Maxwell
Mack’s stream
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Merritt
Boundary gate
Morgan
Possibly sea circle; the Arthurian feminine name differs
Murphy
Surname descended from Murchadh, sea battle
Nash
At the ash tree
Oakley
Oak clearing
Paige
Page; servant
Palmer
Pilgrim
Parker
Keeper of the park
Peyton
Pæga’s town
Piper
Pipe player
Porter
Doorkeeper
Presley
Priest’s clearing
Preston
Priest’s town
Reese
Probably enthusiasm, through Rhys
Rhett
Advice; counsel
Rhodes
Cleared land in the English surname; an island-name route is separate
Ryder
Rider; mounted messenger
Santana
Saint Anne
Sawyer
A person who saws wood
Scottie
Affectionate form of Scott, associated with Scotland
Shepherd
Sheep herder
Skylar
Variant of Skyler and Schuyler
Sloane
Surname from a diminutive of raid or mobilization
Stetson
From Stidston; Stithweard’s town
Sullivan
From a diminutive name meaning dark-eyed
Sutton
South town
Sydney
Variant of Sidney, linked with wide-island place names
Tate
From Tata; probably happy
Tatum
Tata’s homestead
Taylor
Tailor
Trevor
Big village
Tyler
A person who tiles roofs
Wells
A person living near a well or spring
Adair
Surname from Edgar; wealth + spear
Alton
Town at a river’s source
Auden
Surname from Ealdwine or Hálfdan
Beverly
Possibly beaver stream
Booker
Maker of books
Bowie
Yellow
Darby
Animal settlement
Dashiell
Surname-derived; meaning uncertain
Ellison
Son of Ellis; a separate Scots route also exists
Elton
Ella’s town
Greer
Watchful, through Gregor
Hartley
Stag clearing
Henley
English place-name surname
Kingsley
King’s wood
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