All Surnames

usage
Porsche German
Derived from the given name Boris.
Portelli Italian
Diminutive form of Porto.
Porter English
Occupational name meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.
Portner Low German
Low German cognate of Porter.
Porto Italian
Designated a person who lived near a harbour, from Italian porto, Latin portus.
Portoghese Italian
Means "Portuguese" in Italian.
Pospíšil Czech
Nickname for a person in a hurry, from Czech pospíšit "hurry".
Post Dutch, German, English
Indicated a person who lived near a post, ultimately from Latin postis.
Potenza Italian
From the name of the southern Italian city of Potenza, called Potentia in Latin, meaning "power, force".
Potočnik Slovene
From Slovene potok meaning "stream, brook".
Potter English
Occupational name for a potter, one who makes earthen vessels. This surname was used by J. K. Rowling for the hero in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.
Pottinger English
Occupational name, either for an apothecary, from Old French potecaire, or a seller of stew, from Old French potagier.
Poulin French
Derived from Old French poule meaning "chicken". It was most likely used to denote a person who raised or sold poultry.
Poulsen Danish
Means "son of Poul".
Pound English
Occupational name for a person who kept animals, from Old English pund "animal enclosure".
Powell Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Hywel meaning "son of Hywel".
Power 1 English, Irish
From Old French Poier, indicating a person who came from the town of Poix in Picardy, France.
Power 2 English
From Middle English povre meaning "poor", via Old French from Latin pauper. It could have been a nickname for someone who had no money or a miser.
Pozzi Italian
From Italian pozzo meaning "well, pit", derived from Latin puteus.
Pratt English
From Old English prætt meaning "trick, prank". This was a nickname for a trickster.
Pražak Czech
Means "from Prague" in Czech.
Prescott English
From the name of various English places meaning "priest's cottage" in Old English.
Presley English
Variant of Priestley. This name was borne by musician Elvis Presley (1935-1977).
Preston English
Originally derived from various place names meaning "priest town" in Old English.
Pretorius Southern African, Afrikaans
From Latin praetor meaning "leader". This name was adopted in the 17th century by Wesselius Praetorius as a Latin translation of his previous surname Schulte. It is now common in South Africa.
Price Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Rhys, which means "son of Rhys".
Priddy Welsh
From Welsh prydudd meaning "bard".
Priede Latvian
Means "pine tree" in Latvian.
Priestley English
From a place name meaning "priest clearing", from Old English preost and leah.
Prieto Spanish
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish, referring to a person with dark hair or skin.
Prifti Albanian
From Albanian prift meaning "priest".
Prinsen Dutch
Means "son of the prince", the term prince would have denoted someone who acted in a regal manner.
Prinz German, Jewish
Means "prince", used as an ornamental name by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner.
Pritchard Welsh
From Welsh ap Richard meaning "son of Richard".
Probert Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Robert, which means "son of Robert".
Procházka Czech
Means "walk, wander, stroll" in Czech. This was an occupational name for a travelling tradesman.
Profeta Italian
From Italian profeta meaning "prophet". It probably came from a nickname indicating a person who wanted to predict the future. It is typical of southern Italy.
Prohászka Hungarian
Hungarian form of Procházka.
Prosdocimi Italian
From the given name Prosdocimo, Italian form of Prosdocimus.
Protz German
From a nickname meaning "showy, pompous", derived from an old southern German word meaning "toad".
Proudfoot English
Nickname for a person with a proud step.
Proulx French
Derived from Old French preu meaning "valiant, brave".
Provenza Italian
From the name of the Provence region of southern France (in Italian Provenza). It is derived from Latin provincia "province", a territorial division.
Provenzano Italian
Variant of Provenza typical of southern Italy, namely Sicily and Calabria.
Prunty Irish
From Irish Ó Proinntigh meaning "descendant of Proinnteach", a given name probably derived from Irish bronntach meaning "generous".
Pryce Welsh
Variant of Price.
Pryor English
Originally belonged to one who was a prior (a religious official), or one who worked for a prior.
Puerta Spanish
Means "door, gate", a topographic name for a person who lived near the gates of the town.
Puga Galician
Means "thorn, prickle" in Galician.
Pugh Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Hugh meaning "son of Hugh".
Pugliese Italian
From an adjectival derivative of Puglia, from Latin Apulia, a region of southeast Italy containing the boot heel and some of the coastline of the Adriatic Sea. It is a regional name for someone from that region.
Puig Catalan
Catalan cognate of Poggio.
Pulkrábek Czech
Derived from the medieval status name purkrabí meaning "burgrave". It is derived from German Burggraf meaning "castle count".
Purcell English
From Old French pourcel "piglet", from Latin porcellus, a derivative of porcus "pig". This was a nickname or an occupational name for a swineherd.
Puskás Hungarian
Occupational name for a gunsmith or cannon maker, from Hungarian puska meaning "gun" (from German, itself from Latin buxis "box").
Pusztai Hungarian
From Hungarian puszta meaning "plain, steppe". The name was given to someone living on a plain.
Putin Russian
From Russian путь (put) meaning "road, path". This surname is borne by the Russian president Vladimir Putin (1952-).
Putnam English
From Puttenham, the name of towns in Hertfordshire and Surrey in England, which mean "Putta's homestead".
Qadir Arabic
Derived from the given name Qadir.
Qodirov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Qodir".
Quaranta Italian
Means "forty" in Italian.
Quattrocchi Italian
From Italian quattro meaning "four" and occhi meaning "eyes", a nickname for a person who wore glasses. It is usually found in Sicily.
Queen English
From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.
Quesada Spanish
Habitational name from Quesada, a place in Jaén in southern Spain. The place name is of uncertain derivation; it could be connected to Old Spanish requexada meaning "corner, tight spot".
Quick English
Nickname for a quick or agile person, ultimately from Old English cwic meaning "alive".
Quigg Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuaig meaning "descendant of Cuaig", a given name of unknown meaning.
Quigley Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".
Quijada Spanish
Means "jaw" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with a large jaw.
Quijano Spanish
From the name of a village in northern Spain.
Quijote Literature
Spanish form of Quixote.
Quincy English
Originally from various place names in Normandy that were derived from the given name Quintus.
Quinlan Irish
From Irish Ó Caoindealbháin, which means "descendant of Caoindealbhán", a given name meaning "handsome form" (using a diminutive suffix).
Quinn Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn".
Quiñones Spanish
From various Spanish place names derived from quiñón meaning "shared piece of land", derived from Latin quinque "five".
Quintana Spanish, Catalan
Originally indicated someone who lived on a piece of land where the rent was a fifth of its produce, from Spanish and Catalan quintana "fifth", from Latin quintus.
Quirk Irish
Variant of Quirke.
Quirke Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuirc meaning "descendant of Corc", a given name meaning "heart".
Quiroga Galician
Originally denoted a person from the town of Quiroga in Galicia, Spain.
Quirós Spanish
Denoted a person from one of the various places of this name in Spain, which may derive from Galician queiroa meaning "heather".
Quixote Literature
Created by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes for the main character in his novel Don Quixote (1605), about a nobleman who goes mad after reading too many heroic romances and decides to become a wandering knight under the name Don Quixote. His real name in part one of the book is conjectured to be Quixada or Quesada, though in part two (published 10 years after part one) it is revealed as Alonso Quixano. The Spanish suffix -ote means "large".
Quliyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qulu".
Qurbanov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qurban".
Rácz Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian rác meaning "Rascian", a former name for Serbians who lived in the Habsburg Empire.
Radcliff English
From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.
Rademacher Low German
Low German cognate of Rademaker.
Rademaker Dutch
From the occupation of rademaker meaning "maker of wheels", from Dutch rad meaning "wheel".
Radev Bulgarian
Means "son of Rade", a diminutive of Radoslav, Radomir, or other names beginning with рад (rad).
Radić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic derived from the given name Rade.
Radkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Radko".
Radu Romanian
From the given name Radu.
Rae Scottish
Variant of McRae.
Rafferty Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rabhartaigh meaning "descendant of Rabhartach". The given name Rabhartach means "flood tide".
Ragno Italian
From a nickname meaning "spider" in Italian.
Raimondi Italian
Derived from the given name Raimondo.
Raines English
Originally denoted a person from Rayne, Essex, England (possibly from an Old English word meaning "shelter") or from Rennes, Brittany, France (from the name of the Gaulish tribe of the Redones).
Rains English
Variant of Raines.
Rais Italian
Occupational name for the fisherman in charge of the boat, from Italian rais "captain", of Arabic origin. It is typical of Sicily and Sardinia.
Rake English
Originally a name for a dweller on a narrow pass or hillside, from Old English hrace meaning "throat, gorge".
Rakes English
Variant of Rake.
Ralston Scottish
Originally denoted a person from Ralston, Scotland, which was derived from the given name Ralph combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Ramires Portuguese
Means "son of Ramiro" in Portuguese.
Ramírez Spanish
Means "son of Ramiro" in Spanish.
Ramos Spanish
Originally indicated a person who lived in a thickly wooded area, from Latin ramus meaning "branch".
Ramsey English, Scottish
Means "garlic island", derived from Old English hramsa "garlic" and eg "island". The surname was brought to Scotland by the Norman baron Simundus de Ramsay.
Rana Italian, Spanish
Means "frog" in Italian and Spanish.
Randal English
Derived from the given name Randel.
Randall English
Derived from the given name Randel.
Randell English
Derived from the given name Randel.
Randrup Danish
From the name of homesteads in Denmark (in Viborg or Rebild municipalities).
Raneri Italian
Derived from the Italian given name Raniero.
Ranta Finnish
Originally indicated a person who lived near the shore, from Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach".
Rantanen Finnish
From Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach".
Rao 1 Indian, Telugu, Kannada
From Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king".
Rao 2 Italian
Derived from the given name Raul.
Rapallino Italian
From the name of the town of Rapallo near Genoa.
Rapp 1 Swedish
From Swedish rapp meaning "quick, prompt", one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century.
Rapp 2 German
From Middle High German raben meaning "raven", a nickname for a person with black hair.
Raptis Greek
Means "tailor" in Greek.
Rasch German
German form of Rask.
Rask Danish, Swedish
Means "energetic, quick, healthy" in Danish and Swedish.
Raskob German
Variant of Raskopf.
Raskop German
Variant of Raskopf.
Raskopf German
Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".
Rasputin Russian
From Russian распутье (rasputye) meaning "crossroads". A famous bearer was the Russian mystic Grigoriy Rasputin (1869-1916).
Ratti Italian
From Italian ratto meaning "rat", originally denoting a sly individual.
Rattray Scottish
From a Scottish place name meaning "fortress town", from Gaelic ráth meaning "fortress" and a Pictish word meaning "town".
Rautio Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.
Ravenna Italian
From the name of the city of Ravenna in northern Italy, which is of uncertain origin, possibly Etruscan.
Ravn Danish
Means "raven" in Danish, from Old Norse hrafn.
Ray English
Variant of Rey 1, Rey 2, Rye or Wray.
Rayne English, French
Derived from a Germanic name that was short for longer names beginning with the element ragin meaning "advice, counsel".
Italian
Italian form of Rey 1.
Read 1 English
Means "red" from Middle English read, probably denoting a person with red hair or complexion.
Read 2 English
From Old English ryd, an unattested form of rod meaning "cleared land". It is also derived from various English place names with various meanings, including "roe headland", "reeds" and "brushwood".
Ready 1 English
From Middle English redi meaning "prepared, prompt".
Ready 2 Scottish
Originally denoted a person from Reedie farm in Angus, Scotland.
Ready 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rodagh.
Reagan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riagáin meaning "descendant of Riagán". A famous bearer was American president Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
Reardon Irish
Variant of Riordan.
Rebane Estonian
Means "fox" in Estonian.
Redondo Spanish
Means "round" in Spanish, originally a nickname for a plump person, ultimately from Latin rotundus.
Reece Welsh
Derived from the given name Rhys.
Reed English
Variant of Read 1.
Reenberg Danish
Meaning unknown. The second element is probably from Old Norse berg "mountain" (modern Danish bjerg).
Rees Welsh
Derived from the given name Rhys.
Reese 1 Welsh
Derived from the given name Rhys.
Reese 2 Low German
Low German cognate of Riese.
Reeve English
Occupational name derived from Middle English reeve, Old English (ge)refa meaning "sheriff, prefect, local official".
Reeves English
Variant of Reeve.
Regan Irish
Variant of Reagan.
Regenbogen German, Jewish
From a German nickname meaning "rainbow".
Řeha Czech
Derived from the given name Řehoř.
Reich German, Jewish
Nickname for a wealthy or powerful person, from Old High German rihhi "rich, powerful".
Reid Scottish
Scots variant of Read 1.
Reier German
Variant of Reiher.
Reiher German
Means "heron" in German, a nickname for a person with long legs.
Reilly Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Raghailligh.
Reinders Dutch, Frisian
From the given name Reindert.
Reis German, Jewish
From Middle High German ris meaning "twig, branch, bush", denoting a person who lived in an overgrown area. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
Remington English
From the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, derived from the name of the stream Riming combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, town".
Ren Chinese
From Chinese (rén), of uncertain meaning.
Renard French
From the given name Renard.
Renaud French
From the given name Renaud.
Renault French
Derived from the given name Renaud.
Rendón Spanish
Possibly derived from a variant of Spanish de rondón meaning "unexpectedly, rashly".
Resnik Slovene
Possibly from Slovene resa meaning "heather".
Rettig German
Derived from Middle High German retich, Middle Low German redik meaning "radish", an occupational name for a grower or seller of radishes.
Reuter 1 German
Fom Middle High German riute meaning "cleared land".
Reuter 2 German
From Middle High German riutœre meaning "highwayman, thief".
Revie English
Variant of Reeve.
Rey 1 English, Spanish, French, Catalan
Means "king" in Old French, Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin rex (genitive regis), perhaps originally denoting someone who acted like a king.
Rey 2 English
Means "female roe deer" from Old English ræge, probably denoting someone of a nervous temperament.
Reyer German
Variant of Reiher.
Reyes Spanish
Spanish variant of Rey 1.
Reynolds English
Derived from the given name Reynold.
Řezníček Czech
Diminutive of Řezník.
Řezník Czech, Slovak
Means "butcher" in Czech and Slovak.
Rhee Korean
North Korean form of Lee 2.
Rhodes English
Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.
Rhydderch Welsh
From the given name Rhydderch.
Ribeiro Portuguese
Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".
Riber Danish
Originally indicated a person from the county or town of Ribe in southwestern Denmark.
Ricchetti Italian
Diminutive form of Ricci.
Ricci Italian
From Italian riccio meaning "curly", a nickname for someone with curly hair. It is ultimately from Latin ericius meaning "hedgehog".
Rice Welsh
Derived from the given name Rhys.
Richard English, French, German, Dutch
From the given name Richard.
Richards English
Derived from the given name Richard.
Richardson English
Means "son of Richard".
Richelieu French
From the name of the town of Richelieu, derived from French riche "wealthy" and lieu "place". The historic figure Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), born Armand du Plessis, was so-called because he became the first Duke of Richelieu. He appears in Alexander Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers (1844).
Richter German
Means "judge" in German, from Middle High German rihtære.
Rickard English
From the given name Richard.
Rico Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "rich, wealthy" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Rider English
Variant of Ryder.
Ridge English
Denoted a person who lived near a ridge, from Old English hrycg.
Ridley English
Denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places of this name in England. The places are derived from Old English geryd "channel" or hreod "reed" combined with leah "woodland, clearing".
Rieck Low German
Low German form of Reich.
Riese German, Jewish
Means "giant" in German, from Old High German risi.
Rietveld Dutch
Means "reed field", from Dutch riet "reed" and veld "field". It is found mostly in the western part of the Netherlands (the Holland area).
Rigby English
Originally derived from the name of a town in Lancashire, itself from Old Norse hryggr "ridge" and býr "farm, settlement".
Riggi Italian
From the name of the Italian city of Reggio Calabria, from Latin Rhegium, of Greek origin.
Righi Italian
From the given name Arrigo.
Rigó Hungarian
Means "thrush" in Hungarian.
Riker German
Possibly a variant of Reich.
Riley 1 English
From the name of the town of Ryley in Lancashire, derived from Old English ryge "rye" and leah "woodland, clearing".
Riley 2 Irish
Variant of Reilly.
Rimmer English
Occupational name meaning "poet", from Middle English rime meaning "rhyme".
Rinaldi Italian
Derived from the given name Rinaldo.
Rinne 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rinn.
Rinne 2 Finnish
Means "hillside" in Finnish.
Riordan Irish
From Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin meaning "descendant of Rígbarddán".
Ríos Spanish
Spanish cognate of Rios.
Rios Portuguese
Originally denoted a person who lived near a river, from Portuguese rios "river", ultimately from Latin rivus.
Ripley English
From the name of various English towns, from Old English rippel "grove, thicket" and leah "woodland, clearing". A notable fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley from the movie Alien (1979) and its sequels.
Ritchie Scottish
From a Scottish diminutive of the given name Richard.
Ritter German
From Middle High German riter meaning "rider, knight", a cognate of Ryder.
Riva Italian
Means "bank, shore" in Italian, from Latin ripa, denoting one who lived by a river or a lake.
Rivas Spanish
Spanish form of Riva.
Rivera Spanish
From Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore", from Latin riparius.
Rivero Spanish
Variant of Rivera.
Rivers English
Denoted a person who lived near a river, from Middle English, from Old French riviere meaning "river", from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".
Rivière French
French cognate of Rivers.
Rizzi Italian
Variant of Ricci.
Rizzo Italian
Variant of Ricci.
Roach English
From Middle English and Old French roche meaning "rock", from Late Latin rocca, a word that may be of Celtic origin. It indicated a person who lived near a prominent rock, or who came from a town by this name (such as Les Roches in Normandy).
Robbins English
Derived from the given name Robin.
Robert French, English
From the given name Robert.
Roberts English
Means "son of Robert".
Robertsen Danish
Means "son of Robert".
Robertson English
Means "son of Robert".
Robertsson Swedish
Means "son of Robert".
Robin French
From the given name Robin.
Robinson English
Means "son of Robin".
Robledo Spanish
Means "oak wood" from Spanish roble "oak", ultimately from Latin robur.
Robles Spanish
Originally indicated a person who lived near an oak tree or forest, from Spanish roble "oak", from Latin robur.
Robson English
Means "son of Rob".
Robustelli Italian
From a nickname for a strong person, from Italian robusto "strong", from Latin robustus "firm, solid, oaken".
Rocca Italian
Italian cognate of Roach.
Rocchi Italian
Derived from the given name Rocco.
Rocco Italian
Derived from the given name Rocco.
Rocha Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Roach.
Roche French
French cognate of Roach.
Roderick English
Derived from the given name Roderick.
Rodgers English
Derived from the given name Rodger.
Rodney English
From a place name meaning "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is an Old English given name meaning "fame").
Rodrigo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Rodrigo.
Rodrigues Portuguese
Means "son of Rodrigo" in Portuguese.
Rodríguez Spanish
Means "son of Rodrigo" in Spanish. This is among the most common surnames in Spain.
Rodriguez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Rodríguez.
Róg Polish
Means "animal horn" in Polish.
Roger French
From the given name Roger.
Rogers English
Derived from the given name Roger.
Rogerson English
Means "son of Roger".
Roggeveen Dutch
Means "rye field" in Dutch. A famous bearer was Jacob Roggeveen (1659-1729), the first European explorer to Easter Island.
Roig Catalan
Means "red" in Catalan, from Latin rubeus, originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a red complexion.
Rojas Spanish
Variant of Rojo.
Rojo Spanish
Means "red" in Spanish, referring to the colour of the hair or complexion.
Roldán Spanish
Derived from the given name Roldán.
Rolland French
From the given name Roland.
Rollins English
From a diminutive of the given name Roland.
Rolvsson Norwegian
Means "son of Rolf".
Roma Italian
Variant of Romano 2.
Romà Catalan
Catalan form of Romano 1 or Romano 2.
Romagna Italian
From the region of Romagna, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is derived from Latin Romania meaning "land of the Romans".
Román Spanish
From the given name Román.
Roman Romanian, Polish, Ukrainian
From the given name Roman.
Romano 1 Italian
Derived from the given name Romano.
Romano 2 Italian
Denoted a person from the city of Rome, either a resident or someone who visited as a pilgrim. In Calabria it was also used to designate a person from New Rome, a name for Constantinople.
Romanov Russian
Means "son of Roman". This was the surname of the last dynasty of Russian tsars.
Romão Portuguese
Portuguese form of Romano 1 or Romano 2.