Male Occupational Names
Names that mean artist, bailiff, baker, butcher, carpenter, clerk, craftsman,
deacon, doctor/healer, door-keeper, farmer, forester, gardener, guard, harvester, hunter,
mason, merchant, musician, nurse, park- keeper, peddler, priest, scribe, secretary,
servant, smith, tailor, tanner, teacher, wagon builder/driver, weaver, worker.
 
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102. JÜRGEN: Low German form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
103. JURGEN: Dutch form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
104. JURGIS: Lithuanian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
105. JURI: Slavic form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
106. JURIJ: Slovene form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
107. JURIS: Latvian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
108. JURRIAAN: Dutch form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
109. JYRI: Finnish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer." 
110. JYRKI: Finnish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
111. KALEV: Estonian form of Finnish Kaleva, probably meaning "smith."
112. KALEVA: Finnish name of the ancestor of all Finns. Andrew Lang, author of Custom and Myth, 1884, gives the meaning "heroic, magnificent," but it is more likely to be connected with the Lithuanian word kalvis, meaning "smith," like the Baltic god Kalevias. 
113. KALEVI: Finnish name derived from Kaleva, probably meaning "smith."
114. KALEVIAS: Ancient Baltic myth name of a smith god, from the Lithuanian element kalvis, meaning "smith." 

115. KEMP: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle English word kempe "athlete, wrestler," itself from Old English kempa "champion, warrior."

116. KENAN: Variant of biblical Cainan, meaning "possession; smith." 

117. KENICHI (Ken'ichi): Japanese name meaning " first builder/governor."

118. KEOKI: Hawaiian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

119. KEPHEUS: Original Greek form of Latin Cepheus, meaning "gardener."

120. KEVORK: Armenian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

121. KHAYYAM: Arabic name meaning "tent-maker."

122. LAMECH: Biblical name of the son of Methusael and father of Tubal-Cain, meaning "pauper" in Hebrew and "priest/servant of God" in Akkadian.

123. MAKYA: Native American Hopi name meaning "eagle hunter."

124. MARSHAL: Variant of English Marshall, meaning "keeper of horses" or "shoeing smith."

125. MARSHALL: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from a Norman French occupational term denoting someone who was a "keeper of horses," from Germanic morah "horse" and scalc "servant." By the time it became a surname it had acquired the meaning "shoeing smith."

126. MASON: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "stone-worker."

127. MASTERMAN: English/Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself from a Scottish term denoting the "man of the master," in other words a "retainer" or "servant."

128. MAYSON: Variant of English Mason, meaning "stone-worker."

129. MILLARD: "Mill-guard." English surname transferred to forename use, itself a variant of the surname Millward, a form of Millweard which was an old Anglo-Saxon occupational surname composed of the Old English elements mylen "mill" and weard "guardian."

130. MOSEGI: Egyptian name meaning "tailor."

131. ORJAN (Örjan): Swedish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

132. PAEON (Pæon): Greek myth name of a physician god, meaning "healer." 

133. PAIAN: Variant of Greek Paeon, meaning "healer."
134. PAION: Variant of Greek Paeon, meaning "healer."

135. PARKER: "Park-keeper." English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from Middle English parc "park."

136. PIPER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from Middle English pipere, meaning "pipe-player."

137. PORTER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "doorkeeper."

138. POWWAW: Native American Algonquin name meaning "priest."

139. QÊNĀN: Tiberian Hebrew form of biblical Cainan, meaning "possession; smith."

140. QENAN: Variant of biblical Cainan, meaning "possession; smith."

141. QEYNAN: Variant of biblical Cainan, meaning "possession; smith."

142. REGIS (Régis): French occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself from Old French régir, meaning "to rule or manage."

143. SAWYER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself from Middle English saghier, meaning "to saw."

144. SEOIRSE: Irish form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
145. SEORAS (Seòras): Scottish form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
146. SEPPO: Finnish myth name of a smith god, meaning "smith."
147. SERGE: French form of Roman Sergius, possibly meaning "servant."
148. SERGEI: Variant of Russian Sergey, possibly meaning "servant."
149. SERGEJ: Variant of Russian Sergey, possibly meaning "servant."
150. SERGEY: Russian form of Roman Sergius, possibly meaning "servant."
151. SERGHEI: Romanian form of Roman Sergius, possibly meaning "servant."
152. SERGIO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Roman Sergius, possibly meaning "servant."
153. SERGIU: Variant of Romanian Serghei, possibly meaning "servant."
154. SERGIUS: Roman family name, possibly of Etruscan origin meaning "servant."
155. SERGIUSZ: Polish form of Roman Sergius, possibly meaning "servant." 

156. SHERMAN: "Shears-man." English occupational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements sceara "shears" and mann "man." 

157. SIOR (Siôr): Welsh form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
158. SIORS: Welsh form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
159. SIORUS: Welsh form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
160. SIORYS: Variant of Welsh Siorus, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

161. SIWARD: Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Siweard, meaning "sea-guard."

162. SIWEARD: "Sea-guard." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements se "sea" and weard "guard, protect."

163. SJORS: Dutch pet form of Joris, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

164. SPENCER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "dispenser (of provisions)."

165. STEWART: "House guard; steward." Scottish occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself composed of the Old English elements stig "house" and weard "guard." 

166. TANNER: "Tanner of skins." English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from the Middle English word tanner which is possibly ultimately from a Celtic word for "oak."

167. TAYLER: Variant of English unisex Taylor, meaning "cutter of cloth, tailor."

168. TAYLOR: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "cutter of cloth, tailor."

169. TEMPLE: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, denoting someone who was employed at one of the houses, called "temples," maintained by the Knights Templar.

170. THERAPON: Ancient Greek name meaning "servant; worshiper."

171. THERON: Greek name meaning "hunter."

172. TOLTECATL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "artist."

173. TRANTER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself originally a name for a "peddler, hawker," who drove a wagon, derived from the Middle English word traunter, meaning "to convey."

174. TRAVIS: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself from Norman French traverser, meaning "to cross," a name used for someone who was a "collector of bridge/road tolls." 

175. TSUTOMU: Japanese name meaning "worker."

176. TUCKER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "cloth fuller."

177. TYLER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "roof-tiler."

178. VANADOUR: Armenian name meaning "host; inn-keeper."

179. WALKER: "Cloth fuller." English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from Old English wealcere, meaning "to walk, tread." 

180. WAYNE: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "cartwright; wagon-maker."

181. WEBSTER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "weaver."

182. WRIGHT: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "carpenter."

183. XURXO: Galician form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

184. YEGOR: Russian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

185. YIORGOS: Greek form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

186. YORGOS: Greek form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

187. YORICK: English variant of Danish Jorck, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

188. YRJANA (Yrjänä): Variant of Finnish Yrjö, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
189. YRJO (Yrjö): Finnish form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
190. YURI: Variant of Russian Yuriy, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
191. YURIY: Russian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
192. YUVAL: Hebrew form of biblical Jubal, meaning "ram's horn; trumpet; musician." 

Some Surnames

1. FARGO: English variant of Hungarian Vargo, itself a variant of Varga, an occupational surname meaning "cobbler; shoemaker."

2. HOLIC: Czech occupational surname meaning "barber."

3. REZNIK (Řeznik [Czech] Reznik [Slovak]): Occupational surname meaning "butcher."

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