Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, New goes back to Middle English atten, meaning “at the yew.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As an English surname, it comes from Middle English atten.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
New’s family of names
In English usage, New as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Neva.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love New, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Thew
“thrall, slave”
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Nesmith
“knife”
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Nock
“at the oaks”
50% boys · 50% girls
Nead
“need, poverty, distress”
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Neat
“ox, cow”
33% boys · 67% girls
Nickel
Nickel is a surname from Middle English.
61% boys · 39% girls
Pardew
“by”
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Noakes
“at the oak trees”
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