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DAALMAN     Dutch
Variant of DAALMANS
DAALMANS     Dutch
Originally indicated a person from Daal or Dalen, which is a small town in the province of Drente in the Netherlands... [more]
DABNEY     English
Variant of ABNEY
DAELMAN     Dutch
Variant of DAALMANS
DAELMANS     Dutch
Variant of DAALMANS
DAHL     Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From Middle Low German dal or Old Norse dalr both meaning "valley"... [more]
DAHLMAN     Dutch
Variant of DAALMANS
DAHLMANS     Dutch
Variant of DAALMANS
DALCA     Romanian
From Romanian dalca meaning "lightning".
DALEY     Irish
Variant of DALY
DALGAARD     Scandinavian
From the Old Norse words dal meaning "valley" and gaard meaning "yard or farmstead".
DALI     Hungarian
Derived from the word daliás that means "imposing, virile" in Hungarian.
DALTON     English
Derived from a place name which meant "valley town" in Old English... [more]
DALY     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Dálaigh, meaning "descendent of DÁLACH"... [more]
DAM     Danish
This means "pond" in Danish.
D'AMBROSIO     Italian
From the given name AMBROGIO or the old form AMBROSIO.
DAMIANI     Italian
Derived from the given name DAMIANO.
D'AMORE     Italian
Means "of love", perhaps a nickname for an illegitimate child.
DAMYANOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of DAMYAN".
DANAILOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of DANAIL".
DANCHEV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Dancho", Dancho being a diminutive of either DANIEL or YORDAN.
DANE (1)     English
Variant of DEAN (1) or DEAN (2)
DANE (2)     English
Originally denoted a Dane, that is a person from Denmark.
DANELL     English
Variant of DANIEL
D'ANGELO     Italian
Means "son of ANGELO".
DANIAU     French
French variant of DANIEL
DANIEL     English
Derived from the given name DANIEL.
DANIELL     English
Variant of DANIEL
DANIELOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of DANIEL".
DANIELS     English
Variant of DANIEL
DANIELSEN     Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of DANIEL".
DANIELSON     English
Means "son of DANIEL".
DANIELSSON     Swedish
Means "son of DANIEL".
DANNEL     English
Variant of DANIEL
DANNIEL     English
Variant of DANIEL
DANNIELL     English
Variant of DANIEL
D'ANTONIO     Italian
Means "son of ANTONIO".
D'ARAMITZ     French
Originally denoted one who came from Aramits, a town in the French Pyrenees Mountains named for the abbey it grew around.
DARBINIAN     Armenian
Means "son of the blacksmith", so is equivalent to the English SMITH.
DARBY     English
From the name of the town Derby, meaning "deer farm" in Old Norse.
DARRELL     English
Derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.
DARROW     Scottish
Habitational name from Darroch near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, said to be named from Gaelic darach "oak tree".
DARWIN     English
From the given name DEORWINE
DARZI     Indian, Arabic
Means "tailor".
DASKALOV     Bulgarian
Patronymic name from daskal "teacher".
DAUBE     Dutch
From a nickname meaning meaning "dove".
DAUBNEY     English
Variant of ABNEY
DAUGHERTY     English
Of Norman origin meaning "from Hauterive", a place name derived from Old French haute rive "high bank".
DAVIAU     French
Derived from the given name Davy, a vernacular form of DAVID.
DAVID     English, French, Scottish, Jewish, Czech
From the given name DAVID.
DAVIDOVIC     Serbian
Means "son of DAVID".
DAVIDSEN     Danish
Means "son of DAVID".
DAVIDSON     English
Means "son of DAVID".
DAVIDYAN     Armenian
Means "son of DAVID".
DAVIES     English, Welsh
Variant of DAVIS
DAVIN     Irish
Variant of DEVIN (1)
DAVIS     English, Scottish
Means "son of DAVID"... [more]
DAVISON     English
Means "son of DAVID".
DAWSON     English
Means "son of DAW".
DAY     English
From a diminutive name derived from DAVID.
D'CRUZ     Portuguese, Spanish
Originated in 17th-century Spain and means "of the cross" in Spanish and Portuguese.
D'CRUZE     Portuguese, Spanish
Variation of D'CRUZ.
DEADMAN     English
Trade name for a grave digger.
DEAN (1)     English
Derived from Middle English dene meaning "valley".
DEAN (2)     English
Occupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one... [more]
DE ANGELIS     Italian
Variant of D'ANGELO.
DEASMHUMHAIN     Irish
Irish Gaelic form of DESMOND
DEASÚN     Irish
Irish variant of DESMOND
DE CAMPO     Italian
Locative surname derived from place names called Campo.
DE CLOET     Dutch
Variant of KLOET
DEDRICK     English
Derived from the given name Dederick, an older form of DEREK.
DEERING     English
From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".
DE FELICE     Italian
Means "son of FELICE".
DE FILIPPIS     Italian
Means "son of FILIPPO".
DE FIORE     Italian
Variant of FIORE
DEFOREST     French
Means "from the forest" in French.
DEGARMO     French
Americanized form of the French de Garmeaux, which may derive from a place named Garmeaux in Normandy.
DEĞIRMENCI     Turkish
From a Turkish word meaning "miller".
DE GROOT     Dutch
Dutch surname meaning "the big" or "the grand".
DE HAVEN     Dutch
From the Middle Dutch word haven signifying a "harbour"... [more]
DE JONCKHEER     Dutch
Literally means "the young lord"; also see JONCKHEER.
DE JONKER     Dutch
Literally means "the young lord"; also see JONKER.
DE KLERK     Dutch
From the occupation of klerk, which is Dutch for "clerk" (see CLARK).
DE KLOET     Dutch
Variant of KLOET
DELACROIX     French
Means "of the cross" in French... [more]
DE LA CRUZ     Spanish
Means "of the cross", see CROSS.
DE LA FONTAINE     French
French form of DE LA FUENTE.
DE LA FUENTE     Spanish
Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.
DELANEY (1)     English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".
DELANEY (2)     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Dúbhshláine meaning "descendent of DÚBHSHLÁINE".
DELANY     Irish
Variant of DELANEY (2)
DE LAURENTIS     Italian
Means "son of Laurentius (LORENZO)".
DEL BOSQUE     Spanish
Means "of the forest".
DE LEON     Spanish
Referred to someone from the Leon region of Spain.
DELGADO     Spanish, Portuguese
Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese.
DEL OLMO     Spanish
Means "from the elm tree" from Spanish olmo "elm tree".
DE LUCA     Italian
Patronymic surname derived from the given name LUCA (1).
DEMETRIOU     Greek
Variant of DIMITRIOU
DEMIR     Turkish
Means "iron" in Turkish.
DEMIRCI     Turkish
Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.
DEMPSEY     Irish
From Gaelic Ó Díomasaigh meaning "descendent of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".
DENIAU     French
French variant of DANIEL
DENIAUD     French
French variant of DANIEL
DENIEL     French
French variant of DANIEL
DENIS     French
From the given name DENIS.
DENMAN     English
Variant of DEADMAN
DENNEL     English
Variant of DANIEL
DENNELL     English
Variant of DANIEL
DENZEL     German
Variant of TANZER
DENZIL     English
From the place name Denzell, a manor in Cornwall, which is of unknown meaning.
DE PALMA     Italian
Means "from the palm tree".
DERBY     English
Variant of DARBY
DE REGE     Italian
From a nickname re that is "king".
DERICHS     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DERMOTT     Irish
Variant of MACDERMOTT
DERRICK     English, German
Derived from the given name Derrick, which is a form of DEREK... [more]
DERRICKS     English
Derived from the given name DERRICK.
DERRICKSON     English
Means "son of DERRICK".
DE SANTIS     Italian
From the old Latin given name Sanctus (see the Italian given name SANTO)... [more]
DE SAUVETERRE     French
Old form of SAUVETERRE.
DESCHAMPS     French
Means "from the fields", from French champ "hill".
DESCOTEAUX     French
Means "from the hills" from French coteau "hill".
DESJARDINS     French
Means "from the gardens", from French jardin "garden".
DESMOND     Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Deasmhumhain meaning "South Munster", originally indicating a person who came from that region in Ireland.
DE SNAAIJER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
DE SNAIJER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
DESROCHERS     French
Means "of the rocks", from French rocher "boulder, rock".
DESROSIERS     French
Means "of the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush"... [more]
DE VEEN     Dutch
Variant of VAN DER VEEN.
DE VEN     Dutch
Variant of VAN DER VEEN.
DEVEREUX     English
Indicated a person originally from Evreux in France.
DEVIN (1)     Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic surnames Ó DAMHÁIN or Ó DUBHÁIN.
DEVIN (2)     English
Nickname for a person who acted divinely, from Old French devin "divine", ultimately from Latin.
DEVINE (1)     Irish
Variant of DEVIN (1)
DEVINE (2)     English
Variant of DEVIN (2)
DE VITIS     Italian
Means "son of VITO", a Latinized form.
DEVLIN     Irish
Anglicized rendering of the Gaelic O'Duibhlin, meaning literally, "descendent of Duibhlinn", a given name which may be derived from the Gaelic term dubh meaning "black".
DE VRIES     Frisian
Means "the Frisian" or "the Fries", referring to a person from Friesland.
DE VROOM     Dutch, Flemish
Variant of VROOM
DE VROOME     Dutch
Variant of VROOM
DE WIT     Dutch
Variant of DE WITTE.
DE WITH     Dutch
Variant of DE WITTE.
DE WITT     Dutch
Variant of DE WITTE.
DE WITTE     Dutch
Means "the white one"... [more]
DEXTER     English
Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (once referred only to female dyers).
DI ANTONIO     Italian
Variant of D'ANTONIO.
DÍAZ     Spanish
Means "son of DIEGO" in Spanish.
DIBRA     Albanian
From the Albanian name for the city of Debar in Macedonia, most likely given to someone who came from there.
DI CAPRIO     Italian
From the name of the island of Capri near Naples.
DICK     English
From the given name DICK (1).
DICKENS     English
From the medieval given name Dicun, a medieval diminutive of DICK (1)... [more]
DICKENSON     English
Variant of DICKINSON
DICKINSON     English
Means "son of Dicun", Dicun being a medieval diminutive of DICK (1)... [more]
DICKMAN     English
From Old English diche "ditch" combined with man "man"... [more]
DICKSON     English
Means "son of DICK (1)".
DIEFENBACH     German
From an old German place name which meant "deep creek".
DIERICKX     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIETER     German
Derived from the given name DIETER.
DIETRICH     German
Derived from the given name DIETRICH.
DIJKSTRA     Frisian
Means from the dyke or near the dyke, from Frisian dijk.
DI MERCURIO     Italian
Means "son of Mercurio", a given name derived from the name of the god MERCURY.
DIMITRIOU     Greek
Patronymic of DIMITRIS.
DIMITROV     Bulgarian
Means "son of DIMITAR".
DIMOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Dimo", Dimo being a diminutive of DIMITAR.
DINAPOLI     Italian
Means "from Naples" in Italian.
DIOLI     Italian
From the given masculine name ANDREA (1).
DI PASQUA     Italian
Means "of Easter" in Italian.
DI PIETRO     Italian
Means "son of PIETRO" in Italian.
DIRCHS     Dutch, German
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRCKS     Dutch
Derived from the given name DIEDERIK.
DIRCKSENS     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRCKX     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRIKS     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRIX     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRKS     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRKSE     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRKSEN     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DIRKX     Dutch
Variant of DIRCKS
DISNEY     English
Anglicized form of D'Isigny meaning "one who is from the canton of Isigny" located in France.
DI STEFANO     Italian
Means "son of STEFANO".
DITTMAR     German
Derived from a given name of the elements theud meaning "people" or "race" and mari or meri, meaning "famous".
DIXON     English
Means "DICK (1)'s son".
DOBOS     Hungarian
Derived from dob meaning "drum" in Hungarian... [more]
DOBREV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Dobri", Dobri being a diminutive of DOBROMIL, DOBROSŁAW or other names beginning with dobr-.
DOCTOR     Danish
Undoubtedly derives from an ancestor that was a doctor... [more]
DOHERTY     Irish
From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh, which means "obstructive".
DOHMAN     German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name THOMAS.
DOLAN     Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Dobhailen, meaning "black defiance, challenge"... [more]
DOLEŽAL     Czech, Slovak
Derived from the past participle of the verb doležit "to lie down".
DOMINGUEZ     Spanish
Means "son of DOMINGO".
DONAGHUE     Irish, Scottish
Variant of DONOGHUE
DONALDS     English
Derived from the given name DONALD.
DONALDSON     English
Means "son of DONALD".
DONATI     Italian
From the given name DONATO.
DONNE     Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.
DONNELL     Irish
Variant of O'DONNELL.
DONNELLY     Irish
From the Irish Ó Donnghaile, meaning "the descendent of Donnghaile"... [more]
D'ONOFRIO     Italian
Means "son of Onofrio".
DONOGHUE     Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Donnchadha meaning "the descendent of DONNCHADH".
DONOHOE     Irish
Variant of DONOGHUE
DONOHUE     Irish
Variant of DONOGHUE
DONOVAN     Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendent of DONNDUBHÁN".
DOUBEK     Czech
Means "a small oak" from the Slavic dub "oak".
DOUGHERTY     Irish
Variant of DOHERTY
DOUGLAS     Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Dubhghlas, meaning "dark river" from dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more]
DOUGLASS     Scottish
Variant of DOUGLAS
DOWNER     English
Name for someone who lived on or near a down, which is an old word for a hill.
DOYLE     Irish
From the Irish surname Ó Dubhghaill, which means "descendent of Dubhghall"... [more]
DRAGANOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of DRAGAN".
DRAGIC     Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic from any of the given names starting with Drag-.
DRAGO     Italian
From a nickname meaning "dragon".
DRAGOMIROV     Bulgarian
Means "son of DRAGOMIR".
DRAGOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of DRAGO".
DRAGOVIC     Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of DRAGO".
DRAPER     English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap "cloth").
DRECHSLER     German
Variant of DRESSLER
DREES     Dutch
Variant of DRIES
DREESE     Dutch
Variant of DRIES
DREESEN     Dutch
Variant of DRIESSEN
DREESENS     Dutch
Variant of DRIESSEN
DREESSEN     Dutch
Variant of DRIESSEN
DREESSENS     Dutch
Variant of DRIESSEN
DREHER     German
Means "a turner" from Middle High German dræhen "to turn"... [more]
DRESCHNER     German
Derived from Middle High German dreschen "to thresh", "to separate the grains from a cereal plant".
DRESDNER     German
Means "a person from Dresden" in German.
DRESSLER     German
Means "a turner" from Middle High German dreseler... [more]
DREYER     Dutch
Means "turner" in Dutch, an occupational name for one who turned wood to create things like ornate chair legs.
DRIES     Dutch
From the Dutch given name Dries, which comes from ANDREAS.
DRIESSEN     Dutch
Means "son of Dries", Dries being a Dutch form of ANDREAS.
DRISCOLL     Irish
From Gaelic Ó Eidirsceóil meaning "descendent of the messenger".
DRUMMOND     Scottish
From a place name meaning "ridge" in Gaelic.
DU     Chinese
Means "pear tree" in Chinese.
DUANE     Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó DUBHÁIN.
DUARTE     Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name DUARTE.
DUBANOWSKI     Polish
Originally indicated a person from Dubanowo, Poland.
DUBHGHLAS     Scottish
Gaelic form of DOUGLAS
DUBICKI     Polish
Means "a person from Dubica, Poland".
DUBOIS     French
Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".
DUCHAMPS     French
From the fields, or countryside, from the French champs.
DUDLEY     English
From a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English... [more]
DUERR     German
Variant spelling of DÜRR.
DUFF     Scottish
Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning "dark".
DUFFY (1)     Irish
Derived from Ó Dubhthaigh, an Irish name meaning "black" or "swarthy"... [more]
DUFFY (2)     Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe meaning "descendent of Dhuibhshíthe", a name meaning "black peace".
DUFORT     French
Means "of the fort".
DUFOUR     French
Means "of the oven".
DUGUAY     French
Derived from the place name Dugay.
DUKE     English
From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader"... [more]
DUKES     English
Patronymic form of DUKE.
DUMITRESCU     Romanian
Means "son of DUMITRU".
DUMITRU     Romanian
Derived from the given name DUMITRU.
DUNAI     Hungarian
From Duna, the Hungarian name for river Danube.
DUNAJSKI     Polish
Derived from Dunaj, the Polish name for the river Danube.
DUNBAR     Scottish
Means "castle headland" and comes from the old barony of Dunbar, now in East Lothian in Scotland... [more]
DUNCAN     Scottish, Irish
From the given name DUNCAN.
DUNCANSON     Scottish, Irish
Means "son of DUNCAN".
DUNKLE     German
Means "dark" in German.
DUNN     English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old English dunn "dark" or Gaelic donn "brown", referring to hair colour or complexion.
DUNST     German
Derived from the Middle High German dunst "haze".
DUPOND     French
Variant of DUPONT
DUPONT     French
Means "from the bridge" in French.
DURAND (1)     English
Americanized form of Hungarian DURÁNDI.
DURAND (2)     English, French
Variation of DURANT.
DURÁNDI     Hungarian
From a place called Duránd, in the former Szepes county.
DURANT     French, English
From the nickname Durandus, meaning "enduring".
DURANTE     Spanish, Italian
From the given name DURANTE, or from a nickname for a stubborn person.
DURNIN     Irish
From Gaelic Ó Doirnín meaning "descendent of Doirnín", a given name meaning "little fist".
DÜRR     German
Derived from Middle High German dürre "thin".
DUŠEK     Czech
Derived from the name Dušek, a diminutive of DUŠAN, or other names beginning with duš "soul".
DUSTIN     English
From the Old Norse given name ÞÓRSTEINN.
DUVAL     French
Means "from the valley" in French... [more]
DVORAK     Czech
Occupational name for a person who either owned a manor, or worked on one... [more]
DWERRYHOUSE     English
Means "dweller at the dwarf-house" from Middle English dwerugh or Old English dweorh, "a dwarf", and Middle English hous or Old English hus.
DWIGHT     English
From the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of DIONYSIUS.
DYER     English
Means "one who dyes", as in a cloth dyer.
DYKSTRA     Dutch
Means "dyke" or "ditch"... [more]
DYSON     English
Means "son of DYE".
DZIEDZIC     Polish
Derived from Polish dziedzic "landowner".

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