According to the royal family's website, when male or unmarried female descendants of Queen Elizabeth need to use a surname ...

Last names. You've probably got one or two, and they definitely came from somewhere. Whether it's ancient or modern, signifies the beauty of nature or an abstract concept or a job, or is something ...

Ever wondered what's in a name? Well, we are about to find out. For a groundbreaking project promises to reveal the origins of all 150,000 surnames in use in Britain today. The study, to be undertaken ...