Surnames with "germanic" in Description

This is a list of surnames in which the description contains the keyword germanic.
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Abreu Portuguese, Galician
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a given name that was of Germanic origin.
Aggio Italian
Possibly from the name Aggius, probably related to the Germanic name Agi.
Aiolfi Italian
Means "son of Aiolfo", which is derived from the Germanic name Agilulf.
Alderisi Italian
Means "son of Alderissius", a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning.
Alduino Italian
Derived from the Italian given name Alduino, derived from the Germanic name Aldwin.
Alinari Italian
Means "son of Alinario", which is from the Germanic name Ellanher.
Amalberti Italian
Means "son of Amalberto", from the Germanic name Amalbert.
Arias Spanish
Possibly derived from a medieval given name of Germanic origin.
Baak Dutch
From a Frisian given name, a short form of Germanic names starting with the element batu "fight, struggle".
Banner English
Occupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French baniere meaning "banner", ultimately of Germanic origin.
Bardolph Literature
The name of a drunken thief and frequent companion of John Falstaff in four of William Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare probably adapted it from the aristocratic English surname Bardolf, now rare, which was itself derived from the Germanic given name Bardulf.
Borgogni Italian
From the name of the French region of Burgundy (called Bourgogne in French), which is named after the Germanic tribe the Burgundians, meaning "people from the high land".
Faraldo Italian
From a given name, ultimately the Germanic name Faroald.
Faulkner English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.
Geary English
Derived from a Norman given name that was a short form of Germanic names starting with the element ger "spear".
Géroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.
Giffard French, English
Possibly from Old French gifart meaning "chubby" or possibly from the Germanic name Gebhard. Walter Giffard was one of the Norman companions of William the Conqueror.
Giroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.
Godard French
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.
Goddard English
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.
Goossens Flemish
From the Germanic given name Gozzo.
Gros French
Means "thick, fat, big" in French, from Late Latin grossus, possibly of Germanic origin.
Guerrero Spanish
Means "warrior" in Spanish, an occupational name for a soldier. It is derived from Late Latin werra "war", of Germanic origin.
Guzmán Spanish
From the name of the town of Guzmán in Burgos, Spain. The town's name itself may be derived from an old Visigothic given name, from the Germanic elements *gautaz "a Geat" and *mannô "person, man".
Haggard English
From a nickname meaning "wild, untamed, worn", from Old French, ultimately from a Germanic root.
Hardy English, French
From Old French and Middle English hardi meaning "bold, daring, hardy", from the Germanic root *harduz.
Karppinen Finnish
From Finnish karppi meaning "carp", of Germanic origin.
Knežević Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).
Kukk Estonian
Means "rooster" in Estonian, ultimately of Germanic origin.
Lombardi Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from the Lombardy region of northern Italy, which was named for the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century. Their name is derived from the Old German roots lang "long" and bart "beard".
Major English
From the Norman French given name Mauger, derived from the Germanic name Malger.
Marshall English
Derived from Middle English mareschal "marshal", from Latin mariscalcus, ultimately from Germanic roots akin to Old High German marah "horse" and scalc "servant". It originally referred to someone who took care of horses.
Muñoz Spanish
Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.
Musil Czech
Possibly from a nickname meaning "the one who had to", from the past participle of the Czech verb muset meaning "must" (of Germanic origin).
Oláh Hungarian
Means "Romanian" in Hungarian, from old Slavic volhu "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).
Olasz Hungarian
Means "Italian" in Hungarian, from old Slavic volhu "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).
Rayne English, French
Derived from a Germanic name that was short for longer names beginning with the element ragin meaning "advice, counsel".
Sachs German
Originally indicated a person from Saxony (German Sachsen). The region was named for the Germanic tribe of the Saxons, ultimately derived from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife".
Sala Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian
Occupational name for a worker at a manor house, from the Romance word sala meaning "hall, large room", of Germanic origin.
Slater English
Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.
Ślusarski Polish
Occupational name for a locksmith, from Polish ślusarz, of Germanic origin.
Talbot English
Of Norman origin, possibly derived from an unattested Germanic given name composed of the elements dala "to destroy" and bod "message".
Tolbert English
Possibly from a Germanic given name of unknown meaning. The second element of the name is derived from beraht meaning "bright, famous".
Van Alst Dutch
Means "from Aalst", the name of towns in Belgium and the Netherlands, which is possibly from Germanic *alhs meaning "temple, shelter".
Wallace Scottish, English, Irish
Means "foreigner, stranger, Celt" from Norman French waleis (of Germanic origin). It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. A famous bearer was the 13th-century Sir William Wallace of Scotland.
Warren 1 English
Denoted a person who lived near a warren, from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).