Language Latin equivalents Faber, Sutor (Shoemaker), Pister/Pester (Baker), Peregrine (Pilgrim) “This small group of surnames is interesting because the surnames are from written forms, which seem unlikely to have been spoken in the first place.” (McKinley, HBS, p142) Cornish Angrove (Smith) Welsh Saer, Meddick (Doctor), Goyder (Woodman), Gwas (servant) > Wace (but Gwas + personal name = devotional name). Relatively rare: Gow, Caird, Crerar, Dewar, Mavor, Grassick, Toshack, Clacher. Gaelic Old Norse