Surnames which are jobs

Weaver, Webb, Webber and Webster were involved in weaving. Those who treated woollen cloth have given us three surnames, Fuller, Tucker, and Walker, as these were the dialect terms in the south and east, the southwest, and the west and north respectively.

Dying cloth is represented by Dexter, Dyer and Lister, also from different dialects. Card, Kempster, and Tozer were part of the carding process, and Sherman would have sheared either the sheep or the finished cloth. Most of them were used as surnames but many have died out. Another book that usefully classifies and lists a huge number of surnames from occupations is Dolan, however his historical and genealogical information has many inaccuracies, and the presentation is glib.

See England Names, Personal for more information. To learn more about this course or other courses available from the Institute, see our website. Some of them like Sawyer and Rider are already climbing the charts. Some of these names might be ripe for discovery for example, Faulkner and Thatcher seem nice!

However, some names like Lush and Graves probably should stay well out of the naming pools! Occupational Surnames. Name job description Ader.

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