ACKER, AKKER:  from the oak tree

ACKERLEY, ACKLEY:  from the oak-tree meadow

ACKERMAN:  man of oak

ADAM:  of the red earth

ADDIS, ADAMSON:  son of Adam

ADY:  ardent

ADKINS, ATTKINS, ATKINSON, ATKINSONE:  son of Aiken

ADNEY, ADDANEYE, ADDNEY, ADNY:  lives on the noble's island

AELDRA:  lives at the elder tree

AELFDANE:  Danish elf

AELFDENE:  from the elfin valley

AETHELISDUN, ATHELSTON, AETHESTON:  from the noble's hill

AIKEN, ADKEN, ADKYN, AIKIN, AICKIN:  oaken

AINSLEY, AINSLIE:  from Ann's meadow

AINSWORTH:  from Ann's estate

ALBERN, AETHELBEORN, ALBURN:  noble warrior

ALBERT, ALBURT, AETHELBERHT, AETHELBERT:  noble, bright

ALCOTT:  from the old cottage

ALDEN, ALDWINE, ALDWYN, ALDWIN:  wise friend

ALDER, ALER:  from the alder tree

ALDO:  archaic

ALDOUS:  "Old" or "From the old house." Variant Aldus exists.

ALDRICH, ALDRIC, ALDRIK:  wise ruler

ALFORD, ALVORD, AVERY:  from the old ford

ALFRED, ALFREDO, AELFRAED, ALFRID:  sage

ALL:  handsome

ALLARD, ALHHARD, AETHELHARD:  brave

ALLRED, ALDRED, ALDRID:  wise, red-haired man

ALMO, AETHELMAER, ATHEMAR, ATHMARR:  noble, famous

ALSTON, AETHELSTUN:  from the elf's home

ALTON, ALDEN, ALDAN, ALDTUN:  from the old manor

AMSDEN:  from Ambrose's valley

ANGLESEY:  from Anglesey

ANN, AIN:  merciful

ANNA:  name of a king

ANSCOM, AENESCUMB, ANSCOMB:  lives in the valley of the majestic one

ANSLEY, AINSLEY, AENEDLEAH, ANSLEIGH:  from the awe-inspiring one's meadow

ARCHER, ARCHERE:  bowman

ARDELL, ARDEL:  from the hare's dell

ARDLEY, ARDALEAH, ARDLEIGH:  from the home-lover's meadow

ARDOLF, ARDWOLF, ARDOLPH:  home-loving wolf

ARIC, ALHRIC, ARIK, ALHRICK, ALHRIK:  sacred ruler

ARKWRIGHT:  makes chests

ARLEDGE:  lives at the hare's lake

ARLEY, ARLIE, ARLEIGH:  from the hare's meadow

ARLO:  fortified hill

ARMSTRONG, ARMSTRANG:  strong-armed

ARNETT, ARNET, ARNATT, ARNOTT:  little eagle

ARTHGALLO:  myth name

ARUNDEL, ARNDELL:  from the eagle's dell

ASCOT, ASCOTT:  lives at the east cottage

ASHBURN, AESOBURNE:  lives near the ash-tree brook

ASHBY, AESCBY:  from the ash-tree farm

ASHFORD, AISFORD, AESCFORD:  lives by the ash-tree ford

ASHLEY, ASHLY, AISLEY, AESCLEAH:  lives in the ash-tree ford

ASHLIN, AESCLIN:  lives at the ash-tree pool

ASHTON, AISTON, AESCTUN:  from the ash-tree farm

ASHWIN, AESCWINE, ASHWYN, AESCWYN:  spear friend

ATHERTON, AETHRETUN:  lives at the spring farm

ATHMORE, ATTMORE, ATMORE:  from the moor

ATWATER, ATTEWATER:  from the waterside

ATWELL, ATTWELL, ATTEWELL:  lives by the spring

ATWOOD, ATTEWODE:  lives in the forest

ATWORTH, ATTEWORTHE:  lives at the farmstead

AURICK:  noble valor

AVERIL, AVERILL, AVERELL:  wild boar

AVERY, AELFRIC, AUBREY:  elf ruler

AXTON, AECCESTANE:  swordsman's stone

AYLMER, ALMER, AETHELMAERE, AEGELMAERE:  infamous

AYLWARD, AEGELWEARD, AETHELWEARD, ATHELWARD:  noble protector