Origin
Eng : 1: Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads so named from Old Norse eng ‘meadow’.2: Swedish: ornamental name from äng ‘meadow’ in some cases perhaps chosen as a topographic name by someone who lived by a meadow.3: German and Swiss German: variant of Enge.4: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 吳 and 伍 see Wu 1 and 2.5: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 黃 possibly based on its pronunciation in Teochew see Huang 1.6: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 應 possibly based on its pronunciation in Teochew or Cantonese see Ying 1.7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 邢 see Xing 1.8: Chinese: Teochew form of the surname 翁 see Weng 1.9: Cambodian: written អេង probably of Chinese origin (compare above).
Dahling : 1: German (Dähling): topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (see Dahl) or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word.2: Swedish: variant of Dahl + the suffix -ing ‘belonging to’.3: Norwegian: from the farm name Daling composed of the elements dal ‘valley’ + eng ‘meadow’.
Engberg : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + berg ‘mountain hill’.
Engblom : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + blom ‘flower’.
Engdahl : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + dahl an ornamental (old) spelling of dal ‘valley’.
Enge : 1: German: topographic name for someone who lived in a narrow place such as a valley from eng ‘narrow’.2: Norwegian: variant of Eng.
Engen : 1: Norwegian: habitational name from the widespread farm name Engen from the singular definite form of Old Norse eng ‘meadow’.2: In some cases probably also an American shortened form of Dutch Van Engen.
Enger : 1: Norwegian: habitational name from various farmsteads notably in eastern Norway so named from the plural indefinite form of Old Norse eng ‘meadow’.2: South German: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Enge Engen Engar Enger or Engern.3: South German: nickname from Middle High German enger ‘(feudal) obligation to a lord’.
Engholm : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + holm ‘small island’.
England : 1: English: habitational name from Middle English Engelond ‘England’. It was probably a formal alternative to English which is also well evidenced as a surname in England. These names may have been acquired by English landowners who moved in Norman social circles or who lived in a neighbouring country (Scotland Wales or Ireland) or by English merchants who traded abroad.2: Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads so named from Old Norse eng ‘meadow’ + land ‘land’.3: Swedish: ornamental name with the same meaning as 2.
Englund : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + lund ‘grove’.
Engman : 1: Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + man ‘man’.2: Americanized form of German Engmann: variant of Engemann.
Engquist : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + quist an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’.
Engstrand : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + strand ‘shore’.
Engstrom : Swedish (Engström): ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + ström ‘river’.
Engwall : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements eng a variant of äng ‘meadow’ (possibly from a placename) + wall a variant of vall ‘field’.
Gain : 1: English and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for a cunning person from Engaine which is based on Old French engaigne ‘ingenuity cunning trickery’.2: English: habitiational name from any of various places called after the Engain family including Colne Engaine and Gaynes Park (Essex) d'Engaine's Farm (Cambridgeshire) and Aston Ingham (Hereford). Engaine (see 1 above) was the name of a powerful Norman family with lands in several counties. The original form of the surname has since died out surviving as Gain and its variants. There has also been considerable confusion with Ingham.3: French: nickname from a noun derivative of Old French gaainier ‘to obtain gain win’.
Ingmire : 1: English (Kent and London): habitational name from Inglemire in Kingston upon Hull (East Yorkshire) also sometimes known as Igglemire. The placename is probably from Old Norse igli ‘leech’ + marr ‘marsh’ or Old English mere ‘pool’. This surname is now rare in Britain.2: Perhaps an Americanized form of German Engemeyer a topographic name for a tenant farmer who lived in a narrow place i.e. a deep narrow valley from eng ‘narrow’ (see Enge) + Meyer ‘tenant farmer’.
Moseng : Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms named from mos ‘moss’ + eng ‘meadow pasture’.
Skilling : 1: Scottish and English: habitational name from Skelling in Skirwith (Cumberland) probably from Old Norse skáli ‘shieling temporary hut’ + eng ‘meadow pasture’.2: Scottish and English: from the Old English personal name Scilling in a Scandinavianized form unrecorded in Middle English or Older Scots.3: English: possibly a Scots variant of Shilling.
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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