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25 Common English Surnames, Their Origins, and Their Meanings. The following is a list of some of the most common surnames in England today, or read about English names for boys or English names for girls.
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Kirby Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
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Winberg Name Meaning. Danish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place so named, most probably the one in Mecklenburg, Germany. Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements vin ‘wine, vine’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’. It could also be of German origin (see 1 above).