Browse Surnames

Aakster Dutch
Derived from Old Dutch ekster "magpie".

Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.

Agnelli Italian
From Italian agnello meaning "lamb" (ultimately from Latin agnus), denoting a pious or timid person.

Agnellini Italian
From a diminutive of Agnelli.

Agnusdei Italian
From Latin Agnus Dei meaning "lamb of God". This was a nickname for someone who was particularly religious or someone who wore this symbol.

Aguilar Spanish
From a place name that was derived from Spanish águila meaning "eagle", ultimately from Latin aquila.

Ahlberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish al (Old Norse ǫlr) meaning "alder" and berg meaning "mountain".

Ahlgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish al (Old Norse ǫlr) meaning "alder" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Ahlström Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish al (Old Norse ǫlr) meaning "alder" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Akamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Alamilla Spanish
From Spanish alamillo meaning "poplar, aspen".

Albero Italian
From Italian albero meaning "tree", ultimately from Latin arbor, referring to someone who lived in the woods or worked as a woodcutter.

Almstedt Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and stad (Old Norse staðr) meaning "town, city".

Amsel 2 German
Means "blackbird" in German.

Aoki Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Aquila Italian
From a nickname meaning "eagle" in Italian.

Arbore Italian
From Latin arbor meaning "tree".

Arce Spanish
Means "maple tree" in Spanish.

Arima Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Aritza Spanish, Basque
From Basque aritz meaning "oak tree". This was a nickname of Iñigo, the first king of Pamplona, Spain (9th century).

Ash English
From Old English æsc meaning "ash tree", indicating a person who lived near ash trees.

Assenberg Dutch
From Dutch es meaning "ash tree" (plural essen) and berg meaning "mountain".

Astor Occitan
Derived from Occitan astur meaning "hawk". The wealthy and influential Astor family, prominent in British and American society, originated in the Italian Alps.

Attwood English
Variant of Atwood.

Atwood English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".

Azarola Basque
Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".

Bähr German
From Middle High German bër "bear" or ber "boar". This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person.

Balık Turkish
From a Turkish word meaning "fish".

Balodis m Latvian
Means "pigeon" in Latvian.

Bambach German
Variant of Baumbach.

Baran um Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "ram, male sheep" in Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.

Bárány Hungarian
Means "lamb" in Hungarian.

Barton English
From a place name meaning "barley town" in Old English.

Baum German, Jewish
Means "tree" in German.

Baumbach German
From a place name meaning "tree stream" in German.

Baumer German
Variant of Baum.

Baumgarten German
Variant of Baumgartner.

Baumgärtner German
Variant of Baumgartner.

Baumgartner German
Occupational name for a person who worked or lived at an orchard, from German Baumgarten "orchard" (derived from Baum "tree" and Garten "garden").

Baumhauer German
Occupational name meaning "woodcutter", derived from German Baum "tree" and hauen "to chop".

Beake English
Variant of Beck 3.

Beauchêne French
From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and chêne "oak".

Becket English
Variant of Beckett.

Beckett English
Originally a diminutive of Beck 1 or Beck 3.

Beech 2 English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a beech tree, from Old English bece.

Bellerose French
Means "beautiful rose" in French.

Belrose French
Variant of Bellerose.

Beran m Czech
Derived from Czech beran meaning "ram, male sheep".

Beránek m Czech
Means "little ram, male lamb" in Czech.

Bergfalk Swedish
Derived from Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and falk (Old Norse falki) meaning "falcon".

Bērziņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian bērzs meaning "birch tree".

Bieber German, Jewish
From Middle High German biber meaning "beaver", possibly a nickname for a hard worker.

Bird English
Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.

Björk Swedish
From Swedish björk meaning "birch tree", Old Norse bjǫrk.

Björklund Swedish
From Swedish björk (Old Norse bjǫrk) meaning "birch tree" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Björkman Swedish
From Swedish björk (Old Norse bjǫrk) meaning "birch tree" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Blackwood English, Scottish
From an English place name meaning "black wood".

Blom Swedish
Means "bloom, flower" in Swedish.

Blomgren Swedish
From Swedish blomma (Old Norse blóm) meaning "flower" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Blomqvist Swedish
From Swedish blomma (Old Norse blóm) meaning "flower" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Blum German, Jewish
Means "flower" in German and Yiddish.

Blumenthal German, Jewish
Derived from German Blumen "flowers" and Thal "valley".

Blumstein Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "flower stone" in German.

Boesch German, Low German
Variant of Bösch 1 or Bösch 2.

Bokor Hungarian
Topographic name derived from Hungarian bokor "bush". This is also the name of a village in Hungary.

Bokori Hungarian
Variant of Bokor.

Bos Dutch
Variant of Bosch 1.

Bösch 2 Low German
Variant of Bosch 1.

Bosch 2 Catalan
Catalan cognate of Bosco.

Bosque Spanish
Spanish form of Bosco.

Bove Italian
Derived from an Italian nickname meaning "bull, ox".

Bover Catalan
Catalan cognate of Bove.

Boveri Italian
Variant of Bove.

Boyer Occitan
Occitan cognate of Bouvier.

Braddock English
From various locations derived from Old English meaning "broad oak".

Briedis m Latvian
Means "deer" in Latvian.

Broadbent English
From a place name derived from Old English brad "broad" and beonet "bent grass".

Brock English
Derived from Old English brocc meaning "badger", ultimately of Celtic origin.

Brzezicki m Polish
Derived from Polish brzezina meaning "birch grove".

Buchholz German
From Middle High German buoche "beech" and holz "wood".

Bul Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bull.

Bull English
From a nickname for a person who acted like a bull.

Bullock English
From a nickname meaning "young bull".

Bumgarner German
Variant of Baumgartner.

Busch German
Means "bush" in German, a name for someone who lived close to a thicket.

Bush English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a prominent bush or thicket.

Byrd English
Variant of Bird.

Cabral Portuguese
From places named from Late Latin capralis meaning "place of goats", derived from Latin capra meaning "goat".

Cabrera Spanish
From various place names derived from Late Latin capraria meaning "place of goats", from Latin capra meaning "goat".

Carrasco Spanish
Topographic name derived from Spanish carrasca meaning "holm oak" (species Quercus ilex).

Carvalho Portuguese
Means "oak" in Portuguese, perhaps originally referring to a person who lived near such a tree.

Cavallo Italian
Means "horse" in Italian, an occupational name for a horseman.

Čermák m Czech
Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

Cervantes Spanish
Possibly from Old Spanish servanto meaning "servant" or ciervo meaning "stag". A famous bearer was the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).

Chastain French
From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair.

Chayka Ukrainian
Means "seagull" in Ukrainian.

Chaykovsky m Russian
Russian form of Chayka. A famous bearer was the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Chaykovsky (1840-1893), with the surname commonly Romanized as Tchaikovsky.

Chevrolet French
From a diminutive of chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.

Cinege Hungarian
Means "titmouse bird" in Hungarian.

Čížik m Slovak
Slovak cognate of Čížek.

Cock English
Derived from the medieval nickname cok meaning "rooster, cock". The nickname was commonly added to given names to create diminutives such as Hancock or Alcock.

Cocks English
Patronymic form of Cock.

Coelho Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.

Coello Galician
Galician cognate of Coelho.

Colombera Italian
From a derivative of Italian colomba "dove" indicating a house where doves were held.

Colombo Italian
Either from Italian colomba "dove" indicating a dove keeper, or from the given name Colombo, which is derived from the same word. This was the Italian surname of the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus.

Colón Spanish
Spanish form of Colombo.

Colt English
Occupational name for a keeper of horses, derived from Middle English colt.

Colter English
Variant of Colt using an agent suffix.

Columbo Italian
Variant of Colombo.

Corvi Italian
Nickname derived from Italian corvo meaning "crow".

Cox English
Patronymic form of Cock.

Czajka Polish
Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Czinege Hungarian
Variant of Cinege.

Dąbrowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Dąbrowa or Dobrów, derived from Polish dąb meaning "oak".

Da Gama Portuguese
Variant of Gama. This name was borne by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524).

Darnell 1 English
Derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass.

Daube German
Variant of Taube.

De Haan Dutch
Means "rooster" in Dutch.

De Haas Dutch
Dutch cognate of Hase.

Delaney 1 English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

Del Bosque Spanish
Means "of the forest" in Spanish.

Del Olmo Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

De Palma Italian
Means "from the palm tree" in Italian.

Desrosiers French
Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

De Vos Dutch
Variant of Vos.

Devos Flemish
Flemish variant of Vos.

Đỗ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Du, from Sino-Vietnamese 杜 (đỗ).

Doubek m Czech
Means "small oak" in Czech, derived from dub "oak".

Drago Italian
From a nickname meaning "dragon" in Italian.

Drake English
Derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δράκων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent".

Du Chinese
From Chinese 杜 (dù) meaning "stop, prevent" or "birchleaf pear tree".

Dubois French
Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".

Dudek um Polish, Czech
Means "hoopoe (bird)" in Polish and Czech.

Eglītis m Latvian
Derived from Latvian egle meaning "spruce tree".

Eikenboom Dutch
Means "oak tree", from Dutch eik "oak" and boom "tree".

Ek Swedish
Means "oak" in Swedish.

Eklund Swedish
From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Ekström Swedish
From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Everly English
From place names meaning derived from Old English eofor "boar" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Fairburn English
From a place name meaning "fern stream", from Old English fearn "fern" and burna "stream".

Falco Italian
Derived from Italian falco "falcon". The name was used to denote a falconer or a person who resembled a falcon in some way.

Falconer English, Scottish
Variant of Faulkner.

Falk Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
From Old Norse falki or Old High German falco meaning "falcon".

Falkenrath German
Derived from Middle High German falke "falcon" and rat "counsel, advice".

Falkner English, German
English variant and German cognate of Faulkner.

Fan Chinese
From Chinese 范 (fàn) meaning "bee".

Farkas Hungarian
Means "wolf" in Hungarian.

Faulkner English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Fay 1 French, English
Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus.

Feigenbaum German, Jewish
Means "fig tree" in German.

Feng 2 Chinese
From Chinese 凤 (fèng) meaning "phoenix, fire bird, fenghuang".

Fiala m Czech
Means "violet" in Czech, referring to the flower. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing violets, or it may have been given to a person who lived in a place where violets grew.

Figueroa Spanish
From places named for Galician figueira meaning "fig tree".

Finch English, Literature
From the name of the bird, from Old English finc. It was used by Harper Lee for the surname of lawyer Atticus Finch and his children in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).

Fischer German
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in German.

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

Fishman English
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Fisker Danish
Means "fisherman" in Danish.

Flater German
Means "reed bed" in German.

Flower English
From Middle English flour meaning "flower, blossom", derived from Old French flur, Latin flos. This was a nickname given to a sweet person. In other cases it could be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of flour (a word derived from the same source).

Flowers English
Variant of Flower.

Forney German
Name for someone who lived near ferns, from Old High German farn "fern".

Foster 3 English
Occupational name for a maker of saddle trees, derived from Old French fustier.

Fox English
From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Fuchs German
From Old High German fuhs meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Fujimori Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Fujimoto Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Fujimura Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Fujioka Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Fujisawa Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Fujita Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Fujiwara Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Fux German
Variant of Fuchs.

Gagnon French
Derived from old French gagnon "guard dog". The name most likely originated as a nickname for an aggressive or cruel person.

Galli Italian
Variant of Gallo, common in northern Italy.

Gallo Italian, Spanish
Means "rooster", ultimately from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person.

Gama Portuguese
Probably from a place name derived from Portuguese gama meaning "fallow deer doe", from Latin gammus.

Garza Spanish
Derived from Spanish garza meaning "heron".

Gatti Italian
Means "cat" in Italian, originally a nickname for an agile person.

Geier German
Means "vulture" in German, a nickname for a greedy person.

Geisler German
Variant of Geissler.

Geißler German
Variant of Geissler.

Geissler German
Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.

Gerst German
Occupational name for a barley farmer, derived from Old High German gersta "barley".

Gerstle German
Variant of Gerst.

Goldhirsch Jewish
Means "golden stag" in Yiddish.

Golob Slovene
Means "pigeon" in Slovene.

Golub Croatian
Means "pigeon" in Croatian.

Grahn Swedish
From Swedish gran meaning "spruce".

Greenwood English
Topographic name for someone who lived in or near a lush forest, from Old English grene "green" and wudu "wood".

Griffin 2 English
Nickname from the mythological beast with body of a lion with head and wings of an eagle. It is ultimately from Greek γρύψ (gryps).

Grover English
From Old English graf meaning "grove of trees". A famous bearer was the American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).

Gujić Bosnian
Means "son of a snake" from the Bosnian word guja meaning "snake".

Gulyás Hungarian
Means "herdsman, tender of cows" in Hungarian.

Haan Dutch
Variant of De Haan.

Haas Dutch, German
Variant of Hase.

Haase German
Variant of Hase.

Habich German
German cognate of Hawk.

Habicht German
German cognate of Hawk.

Hagihara Japanese
From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Hahn German
From a nickname for a proud or pugnacious person, from Old High German hano meaning "rooster, cock".

Harlan English
Variant of Harland.

Harland English
From various place names meaning "hare land" in Old English.

Hart English
Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.

Hartell English
From various place names derived from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and hyll "hill".

Hartley English
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in England named Hartley, from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hase German
From Middle High German and Middle Low German hase meaning "hare, rabbit". This was a nickname for a person who was quick or timid.

Hasenkamp German
From a northern German place name meaning "rabbit field", from Old Saxon haso "hare" and kamp "field" (from Latin campus).

Hawk English
Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner, derived from Old English hafoc "hawk".

Hawking English
From a diminutive of Hawk. A famous bearer was the British physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

Hawkins English
From a diminutive of Hawk.

Hawthorne English
Denoted a person who lived near a hawthorn bush, a word derived from Old English hagaþorn, from haga meaning "haw berry" and þorn meaning "thorn bush". A famous bearer was the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), author of The Scarlet Letter.

Haywood English
From various place names meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.

Hersch German, Jewish
Variant of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Herschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.

Hiramatsu Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Hirsch 1 German
Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.

Hirschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Hjort Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish cognate of Hart.

Hogarth English
Variant of Hoggard.

Hoggard English
Occupational name meaning "pig herder", from Old English hogg "hog" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Hollins English
Referred to someone living by a group of holly trees, from Old English holegn.

Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).

Holmes English, Scottish
Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

Holmwood English
Variant of Homewood.

Holub mu Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "dove, pigeon" in Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian.

Homewood English
From various place names derived from Old English ham meaning "home" and wudu meaning "wood".

Howard 2 English
Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

Hummel 2 German, Dutch
Nickname for a busy person, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hommel, Middle High German hummel, all meaning "bee".

Ilves Estonian
Means "lynx" in Estonian.

Inaba Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Inada Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Itō Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Jabłoński m Polish
Originally denoted someone who lived by an apple tree, from Polish jabłoń meaning "apple tree".

Jaworski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various places named Jawory or Jaworze, derived from Polish jawor meaning "maple tree".

Jedlička m Czech
Derived from Czech jedle meaning "fir tree", given to a person who lived near a prominent one.

Jelen mu Czech, Slovene
From a nickname meaning "stag" in Czech and Slovene.

Jeleń Polish
Polish form of Jelen.

Jelínek m Czech
Diminutive of Jelen.

Jež um Slovene, Czech
Cognate of Jeż.

Jeż Polish
Means "hedgehog" in Polish. It may have originally been given to a person who resembled a hedgehog in some way.

Ježek m Czech
Diminutive form of Jež.

Kaczka Polish
Means "duck" in Polish.

Kafka m Czech
Derived from Czech kavka meaning "jackdaw". A notable bearer was the author Franz Kafka (1883-1924).

Kalb German
Occupational name meaning "calf (animal)" in German.

Karga Turkish
Nickname meaning "crow" in Turkish.

Kārkliņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian kārkls meaning "osier, willow".

Kartal Turkish
From a nickname meaning "eagle" in Turkish.

Kask Estonian
Means "birch" in Estonian.

Katō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The latter character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Kawa Polish
Derived from Polish kawka "jackdaw".

Kazlow m Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian казёл (kaziol) meaning "male goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kidd English
From a nickname meaning "young goat, kid" in Middle English, of Old Norse origin.

Kiefer 1 German
Means "pine tree" in German.

Kikkert Dutch
Derived from Dutch kikker meaning "frog".

Kimura Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kinnunen Finnish
Possibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word kinni meaning "animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish skinn.

Koç Turkish
Means "ram" in Turkish.

Köhl German
Variant of Kohl.

Kohl German
Derived from Middle High German kol "cabbage".

Kohout m Czech
Czech cognate of Kohut.

Kohut Ukrainian, Polish
Means "rooster" in Ukrainian and Polish, a nickname for a proud person.

Kokot Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian cognate of Kohut.

Kos Slovene
Means "blackbird" in Slovene.

Kozel um Belarusian, Czech
Belarusian and Czech cognate of Kozioł.

Kozieł Polish
Variant of Kozioł.

Kozioł Polish
Means "male goat" in Polish, probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kozlov m Russian
Derived from Russian козёл (kozyol) meaning "male goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.

Krebs German
Means "crab" in German, perhaps a nickname for a person with a crab-like walk.

Krūmiņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian krūms meaning "bush, shrub".

Kukk Estonian
Means "rooster" in Estonian, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Kumagai Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".

Kumamoto Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kuroki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kusumoto Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kwiatkowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo or Kwiatkowice, named from a diminutive of Polish kwiat meaning "flower".

Lager Swedish
Means "laurel" in Swedish.

Lagorio Italian
From a nickname derived from Ligurian lagö, referring to a type of lizard, the European green lizard. This little reptile is respected because it supposedly protects against vipers.

Lamb English
From the name of the animal, perhaps a nickname for a shy person.

Lebedev m Russian
From Russian лебедь (lebed) meaning "swan".

Lee 2 Korean, Chinese
Korean form of Li 1, from Sino-Korean 李 (i). This is the second most common surname in South Korea. It is also a variant Chinese romanization of Li 1.

Leeuwenhoek Dutch
Means "lion's corner" in Dutch. The first bearer of this name lived on the corner (Dutch hoek) of the Lion's Gate (Dutch Leeuwenpoort) in the city of Delft.

Léon French
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Leon English
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Li 1 Chinese
From Chinese 李 (lǐ) meaning "plum, plum tree". This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Tang dynasty.

Liepa Latvian
Means "linden tree" in Latvian.

Liepiņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian liepa meaning "linden tree".

Lind Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Old Norse lind meaning "linden tree".

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.

Lindquist Swedish
Variant of Lindqvist.

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".

Lis Polish
Means "fox" in Polish, a nickname for a sly person.