Little is a surname in the English language.

[2] In some cases, the name was originally a nickname for a little man.

In other cases, the name was used to distinguish the younger of two bearers of the same personal name.

For example, Little is sometimes a translation of the Irish Ó Beagáin, meaning "descendant of Beagán".

Little can also be a translation of the French Petit and Lepetit, as well as other surnames in various languages with the same meaning ("little"),[1] especially the German name Klein during World War II.