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OAKLEY     English
From a place name that had many oak trees... [more]
OBAMA     Eastern African, Luo
From a rare Luo given name, based on a word meaning "crooked" or "slightly bent"... [more]
OBANDO     Spanish
Habitational name for someone who lived in Obando in Extremadura, Spain.
O'BEIRNE     Irish
Variant of O'BYRNE.
O'BERNE     Irish
Variant of O'BYRNE.
OBERST     German
Means "from the uppermost end of a village, top of a house" from the Middle High German ober, obar.
OBERTI     Italian
Derived from the given name UBERTO.
OBERTO     Italian
Derived from the given name UBERTO.
O'BOYLE     Irish
From Irish Ó Baoghill, the derivation of which is uncertain, but thought to be connected to the Irish geall, meaning "pledge".
Ó BRÁDAIGH     Irish
Gaelic form of BRADY
Ó BRADÁIN     Irish
Gaelic form of BRADEN
Ó BRIAIN     Irish
Gaelic form of O'BRIEN
O'BRIAN     Irish
Variant of O'BRIEN
O'BRIEN     Irish
From the Irish Ó Briain meaning "descendent of BRIAN".
Ó BROIN     Irish
Gaelic form of O'BYRNE
O'BYRNE     Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Broin meaning "descendent of BRAN (1)".
Ó CAISIDE     Irish
Gaelic form of CASSIDY
O'CALLAGHAN     Irish
Variant of CALLAGHAN
Ó CAOIMH     Irish
Gaelic form of O'KEEFE
Ó CATHÁIN     Irish
Means "descendent of CATHÁN".
Ó CATHASAIGH     Irish
Gaelic form of CASEY
Ó CEALLACHÁIN     Irish
Gaelic form of CALLAGHAN
OCHOA     Basque, Spanish
From a Basque nickname meaning "wolf".
Ó CINNÉIDIGH     Irish
Gaelic form of KENNEDY
Ó CLÉIRIGH     Irish
Means "descendent of the clerk".
O'CLERY     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó CLÉIRIGH
Ó CNÁIMHÍN     Irish
Means "descendent of Cnámh", Cnámh meaning "bone".
Ó COILEÁIN     Irish
Gaelic form of COLLINS (1)
Ó CONAILL     Irish
Gaelic form of CONNELL
O'CONNELL     Irish
Variant of CONNELL
O'CONNOR     Irish
From Irish Gaelic Ó Conchobhair meaning "descendent of CONCHOBHAR".
Ó CORRAIDHÍN     Irish
Gaelic form of CURRAN
Ó CUINN     Irish
Gaelic form of QUINN
Ó DÁLAIGH     Irish
Irish Gaelic form of DALY
Ó DAMHÁIN     Irish
Means "descendent of DAMHÁN".
ODELL     English
Originally denoted a person who was from Odell (Bedfordshire), England.
Ó DOMHNAILL     Irish
Gaelic form of O'DONNELL
Ó DONNCHADHA     Irish
Gaelic form of DONOGHUE
Ó DONNDUBHÁIN     Irish
Gaelic form of DONOVAN
O'DONNELL     Irish
From the Irish Ó Domhnaill meaning "descendent of DOMHNALL".
O'DOYLE     Irish
Variant of DOYLE
Ó DUBHÁIN     Irish
Means "descendent of DUBHÁN".
Ó DÚBHSHLÁINE     Irish
Gaelic form of DELANEY (2)
OELBERG     German
Means "oil hill" from the Germanic oel "oil" and berg "hill".
Ó FEARGHAIL     Irish
Gaelic form of FARRELL
OFFERMANS     Dutch
From the Dutch occupation offerman, the man who collects ofer "money", in a church.
Ó FIONNAGÁIN     Irish
Gaelic form of FINNEGAN
Ó FLOINN     Irish
Gaelic form of FLYNN
OGDEN     English
Means "(dweller of the) oak valley" from Old English âc "oak", denu "valley".
OGNIANOV     Bulgarian
Variant transcription of OGNYANOV
OGNYANOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of OGNYAN".
O'GORMAN     Irish
Variant of GORMAN (2)
OGTEROP     Dutch
Denoted a person who was from Ochtrup, Germany.
O'HANEGAN     Irish
Variant of O'HANNAGAIN
O'HANIGAN     Irish
Variant of O'HANNIGAIN
O'HANNAGAIN     Irish
From Irish Ó Hannagáin, which means "descendent of Annagán"... [more]
O'HANNAGAN     Irish
Variant of O'HANNAGAIN
O'HANNEGAN     Irish
Variant of O'HANNAGAIN
O'HANNIGAIN     Irish
Variant of O'HANNAGAIN
O'HANNIGAN     Irish
Variant of O'HANNAGAIN
O'HARA     Irish
From the Irish Ó Heaghra, which means "the descendent of Eaghra", Ehra being a given name of uncertain origin... [more]
O'HEARN     Irish
Variant of AHEARN, meaning "descendent of Ahearn".
OHME     German
Means "uncle".
OJEDA     Spanish
Originally a name for a dweller on the banks of the Ojeda river.
O'KANE     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó CATHÁIN.
O'KEEFE     Irish
Variant of KEEFE
OLA     Spanish, Basque
Means "forge" or "shepherd's cabin" from the Basque ola.
OLANDER     Swedish
Name for someone from the island of Öland, or a variant spelling of Ålander, which is a habitational name for someone of the island of Åland.
OLASZ     Hungarian
Means "Italian" in Hungarian.
O'LEARY     Irish
From the Irish Ó Laoghaire, meaning "the descendent of the keeper of cattle".
OLEASTRO     Spanish
Means "(dweller by the) wild olive tree".
OLESEN     Danish
Means "son of OLE".
OLGUIN     Spanish
Variant of HOLGUÍN
OLHOUSER     Norwegian, English
Means "(dweller by or near the) old house".
OLIVER     Catalan, English, French, German, Scottish
Derived from the given name OLIVER.
OLIVERSEN     Norwegian
Norwegian form of OLIVERSON
OLIVERSON     English
Means "son of OLIVER".
OLIVERSSON     Swedish
Swedish form of OLIVERSON
OLIVIER     French
Derived from the given name OLIVIER.
OLMOS     Spanish
Means "(dweller by the) elm tree" from Latin ulmus.
OLOFSDOTTER     Swedish
Means "daughter of OLOF".
OLOFSSON     Swedish
Means "son of OLOF".
OLSEN     Danish
Means "son of OLE".
OLSON     English
Means "son of OLAF".
OLSSON     Swedish
Means "son of OLAF".
OLVIRSSON     Icelandic
Means "son of Óleifr", Óleifr is the ancient form of OLAF.
Ó MADAIDHÍN     Irish
Means "descendent of Madaihín", a given name derived from the Gaelic madadh meaning "dog, mastiff".
Ó MÁILLE     Irish
Means "descendent of a nobleman" from the Irish Gaelic mál.
O'MALLEY     Irish
Derived from Ó MÁILLE.
ÖMAN     Swedish
From the Swedish words ö meaning "island" and man meaning "man"... [more]
Ó MAOIL EOIN     Irish
Gaelic form of MALONE
Ó MAOIL RIAIN     Irish
Means "descendent of a follower of Rían", derived from Irish maol meaning "follower" and the given name RÍAN.
Ó MAOL AODHA     Irish
Means "descendent of a devotee of Saint AODH"... [more]
Ó MAOLMHUAIDH     Irish
Means "descendent of Maolmhuadh", Maolmhuadh being a given name meaning "proud chief" derived from Gaelic maol meaning "chief" and muadh meaning "proud, noble".
Ó MATHGHAMHNA     Irish
Gaelic form of MAHONEY
OMDAHL     Norwegian
Denoted a person hailing from any one of a number of farms in Norway called either Åmdal or Omdal meaning "elm valley".
Ó MEADHRA     Irish
Means "descendent of Meadhra"... [more]
Ó MEARA     Irish
Variant of Ó MEADHRA
Ó MOCHÁIN     Irish
Gaelic form of MOHAN
O'MOONEY     Irish
From the Irish Ó Maonaigh meaning "descendent of Maonaigh"... [more]
Ó MURCHADHA     Irish
Gaelic form of MURPHY
O'NEAL     Irish
Means "descendent of NIALL", the original Gaelic spelling of NEIL.
O'NEILL     Irish
Variant of O'NEAL
ONGARO     Italian
Variant of UNGARO
O'NIALL     Irish
Variant of O'NEAL
Ó NUALLÁIN     Irish
Gaelic form of NOLAN
OOMEN     Dutch
Means "son of the uncle".
OORSCHOT     Dutch
Variant of VAN OORSCHOT
Ó PEATAIN     Irish
Means "descendent of PATRICK".
OPPENHEIMER     German
Means "from Oppenheim".
OQUENDO     Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Okendo, Basque Country.
Ó RAGHAILLIGH     Irish
Means "descendent of Raghailligh", a Gaelic given name of unknown meaning.
ORBÁN     Hungarian
Derived from the given name ORBÁN.
O'REILLY     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó RAGHAILLIGH.
ORELLANA     Spanish
Derived from the place name Orellana which, in turn, is derived from the Latin Aureliana "of Aurelius".
ORENSTEIN     Yiddish
Means "horn stone".
Ó RÍAGÁIN     Irish
Irish Gaelic form of REAGAN
Ó RIAIN     Irish
Means "descendent of RÍAN".
Ó RINN     Irish
Means "descendent of Rinn". Rinn means "star" from the Irish rinn.
ORLANDO     Italian
Derived from the given name ORLANDO.
ORLOV     Russian
Means "son of Oryol" in Russian. Oryol is a nickname meaning "eagle".
ORMAN     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó RUAIDH
ORMOND     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó RUAIDH
ORMONDE     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó RUAIDH
Ó RODAGH     Irish
Means "descendent of Rodach"... [more]
OROSZ     Hungarian
Means "Russian" in Hungarian.
ORSINI     Italian
From a nickname meaning "little bear" in Italian.
ORTIZ     Spanish
Means "son of Orti"... [more]
Ó RUADHÁIN     Irish
Means "descendent of RUADHÁN".
Ó RUAIDH     Irish
Means "descendent of RUADH".
OSBORNE     English
Derived from the given name OSBORN.
OSBOURNE     English
Derived from the given name OSBORN.
Ó SCOLAIDHE     Irish
Means "descendent of the scholar" from the Irish scholaidhe.
Ó SÉAGHDHA     Irish
Means "descendent of SÉAGHDHA".
Ó SEIGHIN     Irish
Means "descendent of Seighin"... [more]
O'SHEA     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó SÉAGHDHA
OSHIRO     Japanese
Means "big castle"... [more]
Ó SÍODA     Irish
Means "descendent of Síoda". Síoda means "silk".
ÖSTBERG     Swedish, Jewish
Means "mountain (or hill) in the east" from Swedish öst "east" and berg "mountain", "hill".
OSTBERG     Norwegian
From Østberg, the Norwegian form of ÖSTBERG.
ØSTER     Danish
Means "(dweller in the) eastern (side of a place)" from the Danish øster meaning "eastern".
ØSTERGÅRD     Danish
Means "(dweller by or at the) eastern farm, enclosure" from the Danish øster "eastern" and gård "enclosure, farm".
Ó SUAIRD     Irish
Means "descendent of Suart"... [more]
O'SULLIVAN     Irish
Variant of SULLIVAN
Ó TADHGÁIN     Irish
Irish Gaelic form of TEAGAN
Ó TAIDHG     Irish
Irish Gaelic form of TEAGUE (1)
OTIS     English
Means "son of ODE".
OTT     English, German
From the given name OTTO.
OTTEN     Dutch
Derived from the Dutch given name Ot, which is a nickname of Hadrianus (see ADRIAN) or ODO.
OTTO     German
From the German given name OTTO.
OTTOSEN     Danish
Means "son of OTTO".
OTTOSSON     Swedish
Means "son of OTTO".
OURSLER     German
Anglicized form of URSLER
OUTLAW     English
Means simply "outlaw" from the Middle English outlawe.
OUTTERRIDGE     English
Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric which was composed of the elements uht "dawn" and ric "power".
OVERTON     English
Denotes a person who hailed from one of the various places in England called Overton or Orton.
OVESEN     Norwegian
Means "son of OVE".
OWENS     Irish
From Gaelic Ó hEoghain meaning "descendent of EOGHAN".
OWSTON     English
Denotes a person who came from any one of the places in Britain called Ouston or Owston.
OZOLIŅŠ     Latvian
Derived from ozols meaning "oak tree".
OZOLINSH     Latvian
Anglicized form of OZOLIŅŠ

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