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ALLEN : Derived from the given name ALAN.

ALLES : Means "son of ALLE".

ALLSOPP : From the name of the village of Alsop en la Dale in Derbyshire, England. It means "Ælli's valley" in Old English.

ALMA : Means "son of ALE (2)", the suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

ALMEIDA : Designated a person who had originally lived in the town of Almeida in Portugal. The place name is from Arabic ال مائدة (al ma'idah) meaning "t...

ALMSTEDT : Ornamental surname derived from Swedish alm "elm" and stad "town".

ALMÁSSY : Derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple", perhaps originally referring to a person who harvested or sold apples.

ALOI : From a dialectal form of the name ALOISIO.

ALOIA : Variant of ALOI.

ALOISI : From the given name ALOISIO.

ALSCHER : Means "son of ADALHEIDIS".

ALSERDA : Designated a person who was from a farm called Alserd, of uncertain meaning.

ALTAMURA : From the name of the Italian city of Altamura, which means "high walls" in Italian.

ALTENA : From the name of a town in the Netherlands, possibly meaning "close, near" in Dutch.

ALTHAUS : Name for a person dwelled in or by an old house, from German alt "old" and haus "house".

ALTHUIS : Dutch cognate of ALTHAUS.

ALTIMARI : Derived from the given name Altimaro, an alteration of ADELMAR.

ALTING : Means "ALTE (2)'s farm" in Dutch.

ALTINK : Variant of ALTING.

ALTOVITI : Derived from the Lombard given name ALTWIDUS.

ALUNNI : From Italian alunno meaning "student".

ALVARADO : From a Spanish place name, possibly derived from Spanish alba "white".

ALVARSSON : Means "son of ALVAR".

ALVES : Means "son of ÁLVARO".

ALVEY : Derived from the given name ÆLFWIG.

ALVIN : Variant of ELWYN.

ALÒ : Variant of ALOI.

AMADEI : Means "son of AMADEO".

AMADOR : Derived from the given name AMADOR.

AMADORI : Means "son of AMATORE".



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