Is the last name watrous greek?

Question

i have a bet going to see if i am right.

Answer 1

uh no it's not, it's English in origin

Answer 2

It's greek to me!

Answer 3

Everywhere I looked shows that the last Watrous is derived from Waterhouse - English origin.  I searched Greek surnames and there is nothing even close.  So did you win or lose?

Answer 4

According to www.ancestry.com, you lose:

Watrous Name Meaning and History

Altered form of English "Waterhouse",which--in turn--means

.English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived in a house by a stretch of water or perhaps a moated house, from Middle English "water" ‘water’ + "hous" ‘house’.

www.behindthename.com:

Names that sound similar to Watrous:

Waters   Waters   Wauters   Witherspoon   Wouters