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ARMISTEAD : Means "hermitage", indicating a person who lived near one, from Middle English ermite "hermit" and stede "place".

ARMSTRONG : Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers ...

ARNESEN : Means "son of ARNE (1)".

ARNOLD : Derived from the given name ARNOLD.

ARNOLFI : Means "son of ARNOLFO".

ARNONI : Means "son of Arnone" from the medieval name Arnone, of uncertain origin.

ARNTZ : Means "son of AREND".

ARNTZEN : Means "son of AREND".

ARNTZENIUS : Latinate form of ARNTZEN.

ARREOLA : Variant of ARRIOLA, found predominantly in Mexico.

ARRIGHETTI : Means "son of Arrighetto", a diminutive of the given name ARRIGO.

ARRIGHI : Means "son of ARRIGO".

ARRIGUCCI : Means "son of Arriguccio", a diminutive of the given name ARRIGO.

ARRINGTON : From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").

ARRIOLA : From Basque place names, themselves derived from Basque arri "stone" and -ola "place of, house".

ARTERBERRY : Variant of ATTEBERRY.

ARTERBURY : Variant of ATTEBERRY.

ARTHUR : From the given name ARTHUR.

ARTHURSON : Means "son of ARTHUR".

ARTHURSSON : Means "son of ARTHUR".

ARTS (1) : Means "son of AART".

ARTS (2) : Dutch cognate of ARZT.

ARTZ : Means "son of AART".

ARZT : Means "doctor, physician" in German, ultimately from Latin archiater.

ASENOV : Means "son of ASEN".

ASH : From Old English æsc meaning "ash tree", indicating a person who lived near ash trees.

ASHLEY : Denoted a person hailing from one of the many places in England which bear this name. The place name itself is derived from Old English æsc "ash tree...

ASHWORTH : From an English place name meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.

ASJES : Variant of ASKES.

ASKES : Means "son of Aske", a diminutive of ASSE.