Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords citrus or fruit.
usage
meaning
Almássy Hungarian
Means "from the apple orchard", derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple".
Appelhof Dutch
Indicated a person who lived by or at an apple garden, from Dutch appel "apple" and hof "yard, court".
Appelo Dutch
Indicated a person who was from a farm called Aperloo, probably a derivative of appel meaning "apple".
Apperlo Dutch
Variant of Appelo.
Đỗ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Du, from Sino-Vietnamese (đỗ).
Du Chinese
From Chinese () meaning "stop, prevent" or "birchleaf pear tree".
Feigenbaum German, Jewish
Means "fig tree" in German.
Figueroa Spanish
From places named for Galician figueira meaning "fig tree".
Hruška m Czech, Slovak
Means "pear" in Czech and Slovak, most likely used to denote a person who grew or sold pears.
Jabłoński m Polish
Originally denoted someone who lived by an apple tree, from Polish jabłoń meaning "apple tree".
Jagoda Polish
Means "berry" in Polish.
Jahoda m Czech
Czech cognate of Jagoda.
Lee 2 Korean, Chinese
Korean form of Li 1, from Sino-Korean (i). This is the second most common surname in South Korea. It is also a variant Chinese romanization of Li 1.
Li 1 Chinese
From Chinese () meaning "plum, plum tree". This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Tang dynasty.
Lindbeck Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and bäck (Old Norse bekkr) meaning "stream".
Lindberg Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and berg meaning "mountain".
Linden German, Dutch
Indicated a person who lived near a linden tree, derived from Old High German linta or Old Dutch linda.
Lindgren Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).
Lindholm Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island".
Lindner German
Variant of Linden.
Lindqvist Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Lindström Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Mai Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Mei, from Sino-Vietnamese (mai).
Malinowski m Polish
From Polish malina meaning "raspberry", originally indicating a person who lived near a raspberry patch.
Mei Chinese
From Chinese (méi) meaning "plum, apricot".
Mora Spanish
Derived from Spanish mora meaning "mulberry", of Latin origin.
Morales Spanish
Derived from Spanish moral meaning "mulberry tree", of Latin origin.
Moreira Portuguese
Derived from Portuguese amoreira meaning "mulberry tree".
Oleastro Spanish
Means "wild olive" in Spanish, originally indicating one who lived near such a tree.
Oliveira Portuguese
Means "olive tree" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin oliva. It indicated a person who lived near or worked with olive trees.
Peerenboom Dutch
From Dutch meaning "pear tree", referring to someone who lived or worked at a pear orchard.
Pereira Portuguese, Galician
From Portuguese and Galician pereira meaning "pear tree", ultimately from Latin pirum meaning "pear".
Perry 1 English
From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.
Pittaluga Italian
Originally a nickname for somebody who steals grapes from vineyards. In the Genoese dialect pittà means "to pick" and uga means "grapes" (uva in Italian).
Poirier French
Means "pear tree" in French, originally a nickname for someone who lived close to such a tree.
Poirot French, Literature
From a diminutive of French poire "pear", originally referring to a pear merchant or someone who lived near a pear tree. Starting in 1920 this name was used by the mystery writer Agatha Christie for her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Christie based the name on that of Jules Poiret, a contemporary fictional detective.
Rhee Korean
North Korean form of Lee 2.
Sakurada Japanese
From Japanese (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tachibana Japanese
From Japanese (tachibana) meaning "orange, tangerine".
Tuominen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuomi meaning "bird cherry".
Van der Linden Dutch
Means "from the linden trees", from Dutch linde meaning "linden tree".