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COURTENAY (1) : From the name of towns in France which were originally derivatives of the Gallo-Roman personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short"...
COURTENAY (2) : From a nickname for a person with a short nose, from Old French court nes.
COWDEN : From various place names meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill", or "cow pasture" in Old English.
COX : Derived from the medieval nickname cok which meant "rooster". The nickname was commonly added to given names to create such diminutives as Hancock and...
COY : Means "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.
CRACCHIOLO : Derived from the Italian word cracchiola, a chicory-like vegetable.
CRAIG : Derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks". This surname originally belonged to a person who lived near a crag.
CRAWFORD : From a place name derived from Old English crawa "crow" and ford "river crossing".
CREMASCHI : From the name of a city in Lombardy, northern Italy: Crema (near Cremona).
CREMONA : Locative name derived from the Italian city of Cremona, south of Milan, in Lombardy. This name is especially common on Sicily.
CREMONESI : From the name of the city of Cremona in Lombardy.
CRESPO : Referred to a person with curly hair, from Latin crispus.
CREWE : Originally denoted someone from Crewe in Cheshire, which comes from Welsh criu "weir".
CRNČEVIĆ : Derived from the Serbian crn "black". The name referred to a person who was dark-skinned, or a person from the region Crna Gora "Black Mountain" in mo...
CROCE : Locative surname meaning "cross" (see CROSS).
CROCETTI : Locative surname coming from names of places like Crocette, in which the main word is croce "cross". Dino Paolo Crocetti is the real name of the Ameri...
CROFT : From an Old English term that referred to a small pasture near a house.
CROPPER : Occupational name referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.
CROSS : Locative surname meaning "cross". It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol, or near a crossroads.