New
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English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the adjective new.
- Also as an English surname, from a misdivision of Middle English atten ew (“at the yew”).
- As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Neu.
- As a Chinese surname, from a Romanization of 牛 (niú) (see Niu) and 梁 (liáng) (see Liang).
Proper noun
New
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- 1980, John Douglas Sinks, Karen Mirinda Cain, Sinks: A Family History, page 9:
- The surname, "New," appears on both Hampshire Co., Virginia and Pendleton Co., Kentucky records.
- (Oxford University, informal, uncommon) Ellipsis of New College, Oxford..