Check out this compilation of Victorian last names you can give your child, and their meanings. The era lasted for 64 years, between 1837 and 1901.

While names from a number of European languages originated from nicknames, below we have broken out only English last names and their likely corresponding meanings, as determined by Hanks and Hodges.

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