What Does the Surname Wildish Mean?

The Wildish surname comes from a Scandinavian personal name, which came from the Old Norse "Valþiófr," composed of the elements "val" meaning "battle," and "þiofr," or "thief."

What does the name Dacosta mean?

Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic): variant of the topographic name Costa, denoting someone who lived on a slope or river bank or on the sea coast, with the addition of the preposition da 'from (the)', 'of (the)'.

What does the surname still mean?

Scottish, English, and German: nickname for a calm man, from Middle English, Middle High German stille 'calm', 'still'. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a fish trap in a river, from Middle English still, stell 'fish trap'. ...