occupational name
Trade-based family name
An occupational name is a surname derived from an ancestor's trade or profession.
Smith comes from metalworking, Miller from grain milling, Baker from baking, Carpenter from woodworking.
Such names typically crystallized in medieval Europe when hereditary surnames became fixed, preserving a forebear's occupation regardless of what descendants actually did for a living.
- tailorClothing alteration professional
- silversmithMaker of silver objects
- CooperBarrel-making surname
- surnameHereditary family identifier
- FletcherArrow-making surname
blacksmith · carpenter · Miller · weaver · Thatcher · fishmonger · Barber · cobbler · Farmer · carter · job title · Shepherd · Mason · brewer · potter · sawyer · tanner · hunter
- name typespatronymic, matronymic, nicknames, pseudonyms, pen names
- Arabic NamesAhmad, Ahmed, Ali, Omar, Mohamed
occupational nameplace name
Geographic location's title
patronymic · matronymic · tribal name · clan name · metronymic
name, occupy, occupation, nominate, preoccupation, nomenclature, occupational, occupations, reoccupation