The word was already used as a byname before the Norman Conquest and the nickname was common in the Middle Ages being used to refer to.

Surname meaning king. King generally started as a nickname for someone who had displayed himself in a kingly manner or who had played the Mayday King in one of the pageants that were so popular in medieval times. It is a common Chinese surname that represents drawing a bow or an archer Thai surnames have a different take on the concept of last names. Updated February 03 2019 King generally comes from the Old English cyning originally meaning tribal leader This nickname was commonly bestowed on a man who carried himself like royalty or who played the part of the king in a medieval pageant.

213 rows The surname King has two origins. The surname comes from the Sanskrit word Meht meaning great large or majestic 98. The Japanese equivalent is Minamoto 源.

From Old English cyning king originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. It is the Chinese reading of the Japanese surname Suō. From Old English cyning king originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king.

Those with the surname King are unfortunately not descended from a king. A Chinese surname taken from combining 須 xū meaning must necessary with 王 wáng meaning king monarch. It is derived from the Old English cyning or cyng meaning king and was probably first bestowed as a nickname upon someone who was kingly in personality or appearance or perhaps to someone who had played the king in a pageant.

The Chinese origin surname means king 99. Occasionally the King surname was used by a man who served in a royal household. One is the Old English word Cyng a king which was.

It is a variant of the Scottish patronymic surname MacAdam meaning son of Adam Although common to England this surname is quite popular around the world. Unlike the other two however Minamoto is a very rare surname today in Japan. Japan never had kings so there arent any native Japanese surnames that translate directly to King.