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| CRAWFORD "Ford with crows," places in Scotland and England. |
| CROCKER "Crockery maker, potter." |
| CULLEN "Cologne/colony" (Old French/Latin); or, "at the back of the river" (Gaelic). |
| CUNNINGHAM "Milk pails", place in England. |
| CURRY "Cauldron (for a ravine)," place Scotland (Scots Gaelic). |
| CURTIS "Courteous, educated, well-bred" (Old French); or, " stockings, breeches" |
| DALTON "Dale farm," places in England. |
| DANIEL(L) "God has judged" (Hebrew). |
| DAVIDSON "Son of David". Originally "darling," "friend" (Hebrew) |
| DAVIES "Son of David" - Davies is the typical Welsh spelling. |
| DAWSON "Son of (diminuitive) David." |
| DEAN "Valley". |
| DENMAN "Dane-man," for a Dane. |
| DENNEY Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Duineadhaigh". |
| DILLON "Dillo (='destroy')" (Germanic). |
| DONALD "World mighty" (Scots Gaelic). |
| DONNELLY Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Dunghaile". |
| DOUGLAS "Black water, dark stream" (Scots Gaelic), places in England and Scotland. |
| DOWDELL "Descendant of Black" (Irish). |
| DRUMMOND "Ridge" (Scots Gaelic), places in Scotland. |
| DUFF "Black, dark" (Irish and Scots Gaelic). |
| DUNCAN "Brown warrior" (Irish and Scots Gaelic). |
| EATON "River/island farm," name of many places in England. |
| EDMUND(SON ) "Prosperity/happiness protector"; Saint Edmund. (Son of..) |
| ELLIOT "Noble war" or "mound, back". |
| ELSTON "Elf stone", "old stone" or "temple stone." |
| FEATHERSTON "Four stone, three uprights and a capstone". |
| FERGUS(SON) "Man choice" (Irish and Scots Gaelic). (Son of...) |
| FLETCHER "Arrow-maker, arrow-seller" (Old French). |
| GARTH "Enclosure, garden, paddock" (Old Norse). |
| GILBERT "Pledge/hostage bright" (Germanic). |
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| GODWIN Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "MacGuiggan". |
| GOODMAN "Master of the house, landowner". |
| GORDON "Pasture land" or "great hill" (Scots Gaelic). |
| GOUGH Possibly a modern form of the ancient Irish name "O'Cuaghain". |