Modern Surnames from Period Occupations
Armor, Armour = armorer
Baker = cooking
Barber = surgeon
Bard = storyteller
Barker = removes or prepares bark
Bower, Bowyer, Boyer = bow maker
Brewer = makes ale, beer
Butcher = meat worker
Carpenter = wood worker
Chandler = candlemaker
Chapman = middleman, warehouser
Collier = coal miner
Conner = beer tester
Cooper = barrel maker
Cotter = farm laborer, cottage for work
Cox = coxwain, ship's steerman
Croft = crofter, small farmer
Currier = leather worker
Cutler = knife worker
Draper = clothing???, curtains???
Dyer = dyes & tints
Farmer = farm worker
Fisher = fisherman
Fletcher = arrow feather
Fuller = clothmaker
Glazier = glass worker
Hunter = huntsman
Joiner = cabinet maker
Mason = stone worker
Mercer = seller of ???
Miller = grinds grain into flour
Placer = deposits or arranges
Plumber = lead worker, plummer, pipes
Roper = rope maker
Saddler = saddle maker
Sawyer = wood cutter
Senechal = seneschal
Skinner = leather worker
Taylor = tailor, clothes maker
Trucker = peddler
Turner = wood, lathe work
Warner, Warren, Warrener =
Weaver = cloth maker
Weyerhauser = warehouser
(list in progress...)
Originally created 27 February 1998
by
Michael Foster