Surnames Starting with B: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 7)

From Babb, a personal-name form

Cow

Little Bacchio

The holder, or tenant, of a small farm

The holder, or tenant, of a small farm

"one who lived by a stream"

Bakehouse

Pork butcher

"bathhouse keeper"

Corn dealer

An abbey or a related locality

Bear

Son of Pelayo / Peláez

A possible nickname, marsh place name, or separate Scottish route

From the personal name Bagot

A descendant of Baga or Bacga (the fat one)

Badger clearing

Bacga's wood

Someone from Bagnall or a similarly named place

A bay or a locality by one

From Baião

Bavarian

A historical steward or official

Bailiff; castle outer wall

Bailiff

A dancer-related nickname or another Aragonese route

Fair-haired

From Bainbridge, in Wensleydale, Yorkshire

A dweller near the Bain (straight)

Bay-coloured

Uncertain, perhaps poet

From a place near Halifax, Yorkshire

Gadfly; bittern

Bread baker

A dweller at the sign of the balance

From Balboa

Balthazar

From Baldera

Little Baldo

Bold friend

From Bale

Pasture village

Dweller by a knoll, or a bald man

Someone who came from Ballindean (village by the hill)

Bald-headed man

A descendant of Baldwin (bold, friend)

From Baltasar, one of the Magi

A descendant of Balthasar

Someone from Bamberg

A dweller at a footbridge

Someone who came from Bamborough or Bamburgh (Bebbe's fort)

"the ford by the tree trunk"

From Benedykt / bath

"son of Banasz"

Bean field

Banner

Dweller by a slope or bank

Basket maker / crossbowman

A grandson of Banain (little white one)

A locality named Baño

Little baths

"baptist"

From Barajas

Son of Baraldo

Ram

"from Baranów"

Of Baranowo / ram

"cheap" or "cockroach"

A beard nickname, with separate Italian regional meanings

Foreigner, or bearded

Barber, barber-surgeon

Barber

Barber

A fish nickname, fishing work, or an uncle-related word

"bearded"

A boat-related name or a locality

From Barcelos

From Berkeley / birch lea

A locality or a boat-related occupation

A descendant of Bard or Bart

Barley field

A Portuguese or Galician place-name connection

Someone from Barham

Tanner, or shepherd

Possibly from Birkdale

Barley hill

Barn; from Barnes

A descendant of little Bernard (bear, hard)

Dweller by land cleared by burning

Little Bernard / from Barney

Someone from Barnhill, a hill associated with a man named Beorn

Baron / free warrior

Baron

Hilltop

"ravine of the birch trees"

A place associated with a sloping seed plot

Young man / servant

Clay pit / from Barraza

Barrier

"barrier, clay pit"

"cap"

Norman, perhaps from Old French barat ("trouble, deceit")

A descendant of Barret (bear, rule)

From Barrientos

An old physical nickname or a locality

Place name

"from Barrios"

A locality associated with caves

Baron, lordly