AriasSpanish Possibly derived from a medieval given name of Germanic origin.
BaakDutch From a Frisian given name, a short form of Germanic names starting with the element batu "fight, struggle".
BannerEnglish Occupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French baniere meaning "banner", ultimately of Germanic origin.
BardolphLiterature 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.
BorgogniItalian 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".
FaulknerEnglish, Scottish Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.
GearyEnglish Derived from a Norman given name that was a short form of Germanic names starting with the element ger "spear".
GiffardFrench, 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.
GrosFrench Means "thick, fat, big" in French, from Late Latin grossus, possibly of Germanic origin.
GuerreroSpanish Means "warrior" in Spanish, an occupational name for a soldier. It is derived from Late Latin werra "war", of Germanic origin.
GuzmánSpanish 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".
HaggardEnglish From a nickname meaning "wild, untamed, worn", from Old French, ultimately from a Germanic root.
HardyEnglish, French From Old French and Middle English hardi meaning "bold, daring, hardy", from the Germanic root *harduz.
KarppinenFinnish From Finnish karppi meaning "carp", of Germanic origin.
KneževićCroatian, Serbian Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).
KukkEstonian Means "rooster" in Estonian, ultimately of Germanic origin.
LombardiItalian 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".
MajorEnglish From the Norman French given name Mauger, derived from the Germanic name Malger.
MarshallEnglish 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.
MuñozSpanish Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.
MusilmCzech Possibly from a nickname meaning "the one who had to", from the past participle of the Czech verb muset meaning "must" (of Germanic origin).
OláhHungarian Means "Romanian, Wallachian" in Hungarian, from Old Slavic volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).
OlaszHungarian Means "Italian" in Hungarian, from Old Slavic volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).
Raine 2English, French Derived from a Germanic name that was short for longer names beginning with the element ragin meaning "advice, counsel".
SachsGerman 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".
SalaItalian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian Occupational name for a worker at a manor house, from the Romance word sala meaning "hall, large room", of Germanic origin.
SlaterEnglish Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.
ŚlusarskimPolish Occupational name for a locksmith, from Polish ślusarz, of Germanic origin.
TalbotEnglish Of Norman origin, possibly derived from an unattested Germanic given name composed of the elements dala "to destroy" and bod "message".
TolbertEnglish Possibly from a Germanic given name of unknown meaning. The second element of the name is derived from beraht meaning "bright, famous".
Van AlstDutch Means "from Aalst", the name of towns in Belgium and the Netherlands, which is possibly from Germanic *alhs meaning "temple, shelter".
VlachosmGreek Means "Romanian, Wallachian" in Greek, from Old Slavic volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).
WallaceScottish, 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 Scottish hero William Wallace.
Warren 1English Denoted a person who lived near a warren, from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).