Update: An editors' note appears at the bottom of this story. The night sky may be a lot starrier than we thought. A study suggests the universe could have triple the number of stars scientists previously calculated. For those of you counting at home, the new estimate is 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's 300 sextillion.
Select Wilson Surname Genealogy. Wilson is a patronymic English name, meaning son of Will, a contraction of William. It is mainly found in the north of England, as opposed to Wills and Willis which are far more common in the south.
There have been a number of explanations as to how the name Foster originated in England. The main line is that Foster is a contracted spelling of Forester, a term which described an official in charge of a forest.In the Middle Ages, the forests and woods were almost always owned or controlled by the lord of the manor.s in England, the name means forester or forest ranger. Forster may also have been an inhabitant of Forst, a town in the Rheinpfalz. For immigrants into America, the name has often been anglicized to Foster.