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ARCE : Means "maple tree" in Spanish.

ARCHAMBAULT : From the archaic French given name Archambault, which is related to ARCHIBALD.

ARCHER : Occupational name for one who practiced archery, from Latin arcus "bow" (via Old French).

ARDELEAN : From the Romanian region of Ardeal, also called Transylvania. It is possibly derived from Hungarian erdő meaning "forest".

ARDICCIONI : Means "son of Ardiccione", a derivative of ARDITO.

ARDIZZONE : From a diminutive of the given name ARDITO.

ARDOVINI : Means "son of ARDUINO".

ARECHAVALETA : Originally indicated a person from the town of Aretxabaleta in Spain. It means "oak trees" in Basque.

ARENA : Italian cognate of ARENAS.

ARENAS : From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish arena meaning "sand".

ARENDONK : Denoted a person from Arendonk, a town between in northern Belgium. It is derived from arend "eagle" and donk "hill".

ARENDS : Means "son of AREND".

ARENDSE : Variant of ARENDS.

ARENDSEN : Variant of ARENDS.

ARENTS : Variant of ARENDS.

ARENTZ : Variant of ARENDS.

ARGALL : From a place name meaning "shelter, quiet place" in Cornish.

ARGYRIS : Means "silver" in Greek.

ARIESEN : Means "son of ARIS (2)".

ARISSEN : Variant of ARIESEN.

ARITZA : From Basque aritz meaning "oak tree". This was a nickname of Iñigo, the first king of Pamplona, Spain (9th century).

ARKEMA : Means "son of ARKE".

ARKES : Means "son of ARKE".

ARKWRIGHT : Occupational name for a chest maker, from Middle English arc meaning "chest, coffer" and wyrhta meaning "maker, craftsman".

ARLOTTI : Means "son of ARLOTTO".

ARMANDO : Derived from the given name ARMANDO.

ARMANI : Means "son of ERMANNO".

ARMATI : From Italian armato meaning "armed, armoured, equipped".

ARMBRUSTER : Means "crossbow maker" from German armbrust "crossbow". The word armbrust was originally from Latin arcuballista meaning "bow ballista", but was modif...

ARMBRÜSTER : Variant of ARMBRUSTER.



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