Worl is Surname or Lastname and has origin as German (Wörl). Worl means: German (Wörl) : variant of Wehrle.English : perhaps a habitational name for someone from Worle in Somerset, which is most probably named with Old English wōr ‘wood grouse’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Works is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Works means: English : variant of Work.
Workman is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Workman means: English : ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English work + man. According to a gloss cited by Reaney the term was used in the Middle Ages to denote an ambidextrous person, and the surname may also be a nickname in this sense.
Work is Surname or Lastname and has origin as Scottish. Work means: Scottish : habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of St. Ola, Orkney.English : from Old English (ge)weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’, hence probably a topographic name or an occupational name for someone who worked on fortifications or at a fort.Danish : habitational name from a place so called.
Worden is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English (chiefly Lancashire). Worden means: English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from a place near Chorley. Early forms consistently show the first syllable as Wer-, and the name is probably derived from Old English wer ‘weir’ + denu ‘valley’.
Wordell is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Wordell means: English : variant spelling of Wardle.
Worcester is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Worcester means: English : habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) + a British tribal name of uncertain origin.Rev. William Worcester emigrated from England and settled in Salisbury, MA, before 1638. He had many prominent descendants, including Noah Worcester (b. 1758) and Samuel Worcester (b. 1770), both NH Congregational clergymen, and Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784–1865), a noted lexicographer, geographer, and historian.
Worby is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Worby means: English : occupational nickname for a forester, literally ‘guard wood’, from Old French garder, warder ‘to guard’ + bois ‘wood’.English : habitational name from Warboys in Cambridgeshire, possibly from an unattested Old English Wearda or alternatively Old English weard ‘watch’, ‘protection’ + busc ‘bush’.
Wootton is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Wootton means: English : variant spelling of Wooten.
Wootten is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Wootten means: English : variant spelling of Wooten.
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