A History of Surnames

Marwood is an English surname derived from the name of a settlement, possibly meaning "boundary wood" from Old English mere/ mǣre (boundary, limit)   and wood (wood). Another possible origin for Marwood is that it may have originated as a nickname for someone believed to have the power of casting the evil eye, coming from an Old French word meaning "evil look. Origin: Old English, Old French Pinterest Variants : Morwood  Marward  Merewood Merwood Marewood

Wickfield is an English surname made up of Middle English wik, wich meaning "village, hamlet, town" from Latin vicus (village, hamlet) via Proto-Indo-European root word  *weyḱ (to settle; settlement);  and field, a topographical name   referring to an open or cultivated land or pasture; so Wickfield originally referred to someone who lived in a hamlet or village near a field.  Origin: Proto-Indo-European Pinterest

Lake is an English surname, originally derived as a topographic name for someone who lived bear a lake or a stream. The name derives from Old English lacu and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European  *leǵ- (to leak, drain).  Origin: Proto-Indo-European Pinterest

Pinterest Whitaker is an English surname deriving from a place name made of up of Old English elements hwit (white) and   æcer (cultivated land, field), meaning "white field" though spelled  Whiteacre it means "wheat field", the first part derived from Old English  hwǣte (wheat). Origin: Old English Variants : Whittaker  Whitacre  Whittakers  Whiteacre  Witacre 

Pinterest Origin: French, Latin Meaning: Dumas is a French surname composed from the French definite article du (of the) and Occitan mas (rural homestead) derived from Latin mansum , so Dumas has the meaning "of the homestead" originally used to refer to someone who lived in an isolated home instead of in a village.

Pinterest Origin: Old English Meaning: Yates is an English surname, the plural form of Yate which comes from Old English geat meaning "gate", a topographical name for someone who lived near the gates of a walled city or an occupationl name for someone who was a gatekeeper. It could also have been used as a locational surname referring to someone who came from a town called Yate/Yates .

Pinterest Origin: English Meaning: Matlock is a surname derived from a place name meaning "meeting oak-place" from Old English maethel (meeting, gathering place) and ac (oak) in reference to a place where a council or meeting was being held.