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SAAB     Arabic
From the Arabic given name Sabah which means "morning".
SAARI     Finnish
Means "(dweller on) an island" from the Finnish saari.
SABBADIN     Italian
From sabbato "Saturday", a name for one born on that day of the week.
SACCO     Italian
Means "sack-maker".
SACHS     German
From Old German sachs, which means "Saxon"... [more]
SACKVILLE     English
From the latin de sicca villa meaning "from the dry town".
SADIK     Turkish
From the Turkish word sadik meaning "loyal".
SADLER     English
Means "saddle-maker" from the Old English sadol.
SADOWSKI     Polish
Name for someone who lived in Sadowo, Sadowice or other place whose name began with sad- "garden".
SAITO     Japanese
From sai meaning "correct" and to meaning "wisteria", the latter syllable indicating a connection to the Fujiwara ("wisteria field") clan.
SALA     Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian
Means "worker at a manor house" from the Old French salle.
SALAMANCA     Spanish
Means "from Salamanca, Western Spain".
SALAZAR     Spanish, Portuguese
Means "dweller in the old hall" from the Romance word sala meaning "hall" and the Basque zahar meaning "old"... [more]
SALCEDO     Spanish
Derived from the Latin word salix meaning "willow tree"... [more]
SALINAS     Spanish
Means "(dweller by or worker at) a saltworks" from the Spanish salinas.
SALLER (1)     German
Means "from Sallern, Bavaria".
SALLER (2)     German
Means "(dweller by) a sallow tree" from the Middle High German salhe.
SALOMON     English, French, Italian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian
Derived from the given name SALOMON.
SALUCCI     Italian
Means "salt".
SALVAGE     English, French
Variant of SAVAGE
SALVAGGI     Italian
Italian form of SAVAGE.
SALVAI     Italian
Means "to save" from the Italian salvai.
SALVAIL     Italian
Variant of SALVAI
SALVATICI     Italian
Italian form of SAVAGE.
SALVAY     Italian
Variant of SALVAI
SALZWEDEL     German
Means "from Salzwedel, Germany".
SAMARA     Arabic
Means "benefit, gain" from the Arabic tharama.
SAMPSON     English
Derived from a medieval form of the given name SAMSON.
SAMS     Irish
Derived from the given name SAMUEL.
SAMSA     Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name SÁMUEL.
SAMSON     English, French, German, Jewish, Dutch
Derived from the name SAMSON.
SAMUEL     English, French, German, Jewish
Derived from the given name SAMUEL.
SAMUELS     English
Derived from the given name SAMUEL.
SAMUELSON     English
Means "son of SAMUEL".
SANCHEZ     Spanish
Means "son of SANCHO".
SANDER     German
Derived from the given name ALEXANDER.
SANDERS     English
Patronymic of the given name Sander, a medieval form of ALEXANDER.
SANDERSON     English
Means "son of ALEXANDER".
SANDFORD     English
Indicated a person from Sandford, England, which means simply "sand ford".
SÁNDOR     Hungarian
Derives from the given name SÁNDOR.
SANDOVAL     Spanish
Derived from the name of a town in Spain, ultimately from Latin meaning "new forest".
SANDS     English
From the English word, meaning the person lived near or on a beach.
SANFORD     English
Variant of SANDFORD
SANGSTER     English, Scottish
Occupational surname meaning "song-maker or singer" from Old English.
SANNA (1)     Italian
Means "one with a big protruding tooth".
SANNA (2)     Dutch
Means "son of SUSANNA".
SANNA (3)     Greek
Means "hay seller" from the Greek sano meaning "hay".
SAN NICOLAS     Spanish
Means "Saint NICHOLAS" in Spanish.
SANSONE     Italian
Italian form of SAMSON.
SANTANA     Spanish, Portuguese
From any of the numerous places named Santa ANA.
SANTIAGO     Portuguese, Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese place name that described the man who emigrated from any of the several locations so-named, which got their names from the dedication of their church to Saint JAMES, the patron saint of Spain.
SANTILLIAN     Spanish
Meaning unknown, presumably a derivative of santos "saint"... [more]
SANTINI     Italian
Means "little SANTO".
SANTORO     Italian
Means "all saint's day" in Italian, a nickname for one born on that day.
SANTOS     Spanish, Portuguese
Means "little saint" from the Latin sanctus.
SAPIENTI     Italian
Means "wise" in Latin or Italian, most likely given to someone who was wise or behaved wisely.
SAPPINGTON     English
From the city of Sapperton, England, from Old English sapere meaning "soap maker" and ton meaning "town, farm, or settlement".
SAQQAF     Arabic
Means "roof" from the Arabic saqaf.
SARGENT     English, French
Variant of SERGEANT
SARKA (1)     Czech
Means "dweller by a bend in a river" from the Old Czech šárový meaning "curved".
SARKA (2)     Czech
Means "grey" from the Old Czech šarý.
SARKA (3)     Hungarian
Americanized form of SZARKA.
SARKISIAN     Armenian
Means "son of Sarkis" in Armenian... [more]
SÁRKÖZI     Hungarian
Someone from Sárköz, Sárköz being a region of Hungary.
SARKOZI     French
French form of SÁRKÖZI.
SÁRKÖZY     Hungarian
Spelling variant of SÁRKÖZI.
SARKOZY     French
French form of SÁRKÖZY.
SARNO     Italian
Means "from Sarno, Italy".
SARTI     Italian
Variant of SARTO
SARTINI     Italian
Diminutive form of SARTO.
SARTO     Italian
Occupational surname meaning "tailor" in Italian, from Latin sartus "to mend".
SARTRE     French
Cognate of SARTO.
SAS     Hungarian
Means "eagle" in Hungarian.
SASHA     Czech
Derived from the given name SASHA.
SASS     Hungarian
Variant of SAS
SASTRE     Spanish
Variant of SARTRE
SATO (1)     Japanese
From sa meaning "help" and to meaning "wisteria", the latter syllable indicating a connection to the Fujiwara ("wisteria field") clan.
SATO (2)     Japanese
Refers to a village or road marker.
SAUBER     German
Means "clean" in German... [more]
SAUNDERS     English, Scottish
Variant of SANDERS
SAUVAGE     English, French
Variant of SAVAGE
SAUVAGEAU     French
French form of SAVAGE.
SAUVAGEON     French
French form of SAVAGE.
SAUVAGEOT     French
French form of SAVAGE.
SAUVETERRE     French
Named after one of the towns in France derived from sauve "safe" and terre "land": therefore "safe haven".
SAVAGE     English
English nickname for a "wild or uncouth person", derived from a Middle English version of Old French salvage or sauvage, which means "untamed".
SAVEGE     English
Variant of SAVAGE
SAVIDGE     English
Variant of SAVAGE
SAVONA     Italian
From the name of the city of Savona, near Genoa.
SAWYER     English
Occupational surname meaning "sawer of wood" in Middle English... [more]
SAYER     Welsh
Means "carpenter" from the Welsh saer.
SAYLOR     English
Occupational name for a leaper, acrobat, or dancer, from Old French sailleor.
SCARLETT     English
Denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet, a kind of cloth, ultimately derived from Persian سقرلاط (sakhrilat).
SCARPA     Italian
Means "shoemaker" from the Italian scarpa meaning "shoe".
SCARSI     Italian
Nickname for a poor or miserly person from the Italian scarso "scarse, scant".
SCAVO     Italian
Means "serf, slave" from the Old Sicilian scavu.
SCHÄFER     German
From Middle High German schæfære meaning "shepherd".
SCHEER     German
From a word meaning "shearer" or "cutter"... [more]
SCHEINBERG     German, Jewish
Means "lovely, beautiful mountain" from the German schön "fine, beautiful" and berg meaning "mountain".
SCHENCK     German, Dutch, Jewish
From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning "wine server" (from Old High German scenken "to pour out")... [more]
SCHERMER     Dutch, Low German
Occupational name for a fencer or swordsman, akin to Old High German skirmen "to defend".
SCHINDLER     German, Jewish
Means "shingler, roof tiler"... [more]
SCHIRMER     German
Means "fencer, fencing master" from the Old High German skirmen meaning "to defend".
SCHLENDER     German
Means "to dawdle" from the Middle High German slinderen or "to swallow, eat" from the Middle Low German slinden.
SCHLIMME     German
Means "bad" from the German schlimme.
SCHLUSSER     German
Means "keeper of the keys" or "jailer" in German.
SCHMELING     German
Means "small, slender".
SCHMID     German
Variant of SCHMIDT
SCHMIDT     German, Hungarian
From the occupation of schmied, which is "smith" or "metalworker" in English.
SCHMITT     German, Hungarian
Variant of SCHMIDT
SCHMITZ     German
Variant of SCHMIDT... [more]
SCHNEIDER (1)     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SCHNEIDER (2)     German, Jewish
Means "tailor" from the German schneider or Yiddish shnayder... [more]
SCHNEIDERS     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SCHNEIJDER     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SCHNEIJDERS     Dutch
Variant of SNYDER
SCHNOOR     German
Variant of SCHNUR
SCHNUR     German, Jewish
Means "rope maker" from the German schnur or Yiddish shnur.
SCHOETTMER     German
Means "from Schötmar, Germany".
SCHOOL     Scottish, English
Derived from either the Old Norse given name Skúli, the Old Danish Skuli or the Old Swedish Skule which probably all mean "to protect".
SCHOONENBURG     Dutch
Perhaps German in origin, meaning "beautiful mountain".
SCHOONRAAD     Dutch
Means "refined counsel" from the Low German schoon "refined, beautiful" and raad "counsel, advice".
SCHOOREL     Dutch
Variant of VAN SCHOORL
SCHOORL     Dutch
Variant of VAN SCHOORL
SCHOREL     Dutch
Variant of VAN SCHOORL
SCHOVAJSA     Czech
Means "hide yourself". It is of Moravian origin.
SCHRÄDER     Low German
Variant of SCHRADER
SCHRADER     Low German
From Middle Low German schrader or schroder meaning "tailor".
SCHRECK     German
Means "to frighten, jump" from the Middle High German schrecken.
SCHREIER     German, Jewish
German and Yiddish word that means "screamer" or "shrieker" or "crier", perhaps an occupational name for a town crier... [more]
SCHRIJNEMAKERS     Dutch
From the Dutch occupation of schrijnwerker, which means "cabinet maker".
SCHRÖDER (1)     Low German
In northern Germany: Variant of SCHRADER
SCHRÖDER (2)     German
Southern German variant of SCHRÖTER
SCHROETER     German
Variant of SCHRÖTER
SCHRÖTER     German
From Middle High German schrotaere meaning "a carrier of wine or beer barrels".
SCHUBERT     German
Variant of SCHUCHARD
SCHUCHARD     German
From Middle High German schuochwürhte, schuochworhte, or schuchwarte meaning "shoemaker".
SCHUCHARDT     German
Variant of SCHUCHARD
SCHUCHERT     German
Variant of SCHUCHARD
SCHUHART     German
From the old German words schouch "shoe" and wurhte "maker"... [more]
SCHUHMACHER     German
From the Middle High German occupational name schuochmacher meaning "shoemaker".
SCHULER     German
Means "scholar, student priest" from the German Schule meaning "school".
SCHULT     Low German
Low German variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHULTE     Low German
Low German variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHULTES     German
Early New High German variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHULTHEIS     German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHULTHEIß     German
Occupational surname derived from Middle High German schultheiße meaning "mayor, judge".
SCHULTZ     German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHULTZE     German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHULZ     German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHULZE     German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß
SCHUMACHER     German
Variant of SCHUHMACHER
SCHUSTER     German
From the Middle High German occupational name schuoster meaning "shoemaker".
SCHUTTMANN     German
Means "watchman, guard" from the Middle High German schützen.
SCHUYLER     Dutch
From the Dutch meaning "scholar".
SCHWANGAU     German
From a town in Germany that means "swan land".
SCHWARTZ     German
Variant of SCHWARZ
SCHWARZ     German, Jewish
From Middle High German swarz meaning "black"... [more]
SCHWARZENBERG     Dutch
Means "black, dark mountain".
SCHWARZENEGGER     German
Means "harrower of the dark fields" or "dark harrower of the fields" from the German schwarz meaning "dark, black" and egge meaning "harrow"... [more]
SCHWENKE     German
Derived from the Middle High German word swenke which means "to swing"... [more]
SCHWINGHAMMER     German
From German words for "swing" and "hammer"... [more]
SCIACCA     Italian
Means "from Sciacca, Italy".
SCIACCHITANO     Italian
Variant of SCIACCA
SCIARRA     Italian
From Sicilian sciarra meaning "quarrel, dispute", originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person.
SCORDATO     Italian
Means "forgotten, left behind".
SCOTT     English, Scottish
Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic.
SCOTTI     Italian
From the given name Francescotto, a diminutive of FRANCESCO.
SCRIVEN     English
Means "writer, clerk" in Old French.
SCRIVENER     English
Variant of SCRIVEN
SCRIVENOR     English
Variant of SCRIVEN
SCRIVENS     English
Variant of SCRIVEN
SCULLY     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó SCOLAIDHE.
SCUTESE     Italian
Possibly means "Scottish" from the Italian scozzeze.
SEABROOKE     English
Means "from Seabrook (Bucks), England".
SEAVER     English
From the given name SEVERUS.
SEBASTIANI     Italian
Derived from the given name SEBASTIANO.
SEBASTINO     Italian
Diminutive form of SEBASTIAN.
SEDLÁČEK     Czech
Diminutive form of SEDLAK.
SEDLAK     Czech
Means farmer in Czech (from the Slavic root sed, set, "to sit, stay")... [more]
SEEGER     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
SEEGERS     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
SEELEN     Dutch
Variant of CEELEN
SEELENFREUND     German, Jewish
Middle High German vriunt, modern German freund, meaning "friend" and modern German seele, meaning "soul".
SEGAL (1)     Jewish
Acronym of the Hebrew phrase SeGan Levia meaning "second rank Levite".
SEGAL (2)     French
Means "grower, seller of rye" from the Old French segal.
SEGERS     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
SEGHER     Dutch
Derived from the given name Seger, which comes from Sieger, which meant "victory army" in Old Norse.
SEGHERS     Dutch
Variant of SEGHER
SEGRETI     Italian
Means "confidant" from the Old Italian segreto.
SEIDEL     German, Jewish
From the German word seidel meaning "beer mug".
SELBY     English
From the name of a village which meant "willow farm" in Old English.
SELMONE     Italian
Means "from Selmone (Sulmona), Italy".
SELVAGGIO     Italian
Italian form of SAVAGE.
SEMPERS     English
From Saint PIERRE, the name of a city in France.
SENFT (1)     German
Means "mustard seller" from the German Senf(t).
SENFT (2)     German
Nickname for a helpful, kind person from the Middle High German senfte meaning "soft, accomodating".
SENIOR     English
Originally a name for the elder of two brothers.
SEPPÄ     Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.
SEPPÄNEN     Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.
SEPÚLVEDA     Spanish
Derived from the name of the Sepulveda valley in the mountains of Segovia, and was originally used to denote people from that region... [more]
SERAFIM     Portuguese
Derived from the Latin given name Seraphinus which is derived from the Hebrew serafim which was the name of a class of angels in the Bible whose name originally was derived from saraf meaning "to burn".
SERAFIN     Polish, Italian
Variant of SERAFIM
SERAFINI     Italian
Variant of SERAFIM
SERBAN     Romanian
Means "a Serb" in Romanian.
SERES     Hungarian
Dialectical variant of SÖRÖS.
SERGEANT     English, French
Occupational name derived from Middle English sergent "servant".
SERPICO     Italian
Means "serpent, reptile" from the Italian serpe.
SESSA     Italian
Means "from Sessa, Italy".
SESSIONS     English
Anglicized form of Soissons (a city outside of Paris).
SEVČIK     Czech
Occupational name for one who made or sold shoes; a shoemaker.
SEVERIJNS     Dutch
Derived from the given name Severinus (see SEVERINO).
SÉVERIN     French
Derived from the given name SÉVERIN.
SEVERINS     Dutch
Variant of SEVERIJNS
SEVRIENS     Dutch
Variant of SEVERIJNS
SEWARD (1)     English
Derived from the given name Sigeweard, which means "protector of victory" from the Middle English sige "victory" and weard "protector".
SEWARD (2)     English
Means "swineherd" from the Old English su "pig" and hierde "herdsman".
SEWARD (3)     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó SUAIRD.
SEWICK     Ukrainian
Means "grey (colour)" in Ukrainian.
SEXTON     English
Occupational name for a sexton (Middle English sexteyn), a person who is a caretaker for a church or graveyard.
SEYMOUR (1)     English
From Saint Maur, a French place name, which commemorates Saint MAURUS.
SEYMOUR (2)     English
From an English place name, derived from Old English "sea" and mere "lake".
SGRO     Italian
Means "curly-haired" from the Greek sgouros.
SHÂD     Turkish
Means "joyful" from the Turkish word shâd.
SHAFIR     Jewish
Ornamental surname meaning "sapphire" from the Yiddish shafir.
SHAIN     Jewish
Ornamental surname meaning "beautiful, handsome" from the German schön.
SHAKESHEAVE     English
Means "shake shaft" from the Old English shake "shake" and sceaft "shaft".
SHANNON     Irish
Diminutive of Gaelic Ó Seanaigh which means "descendent of Seanach"... [more]
SHAPIRO     Jewish
From Hebrew shapir which means "pretty, lovely".
SHARMA     Indian
Means "joy, shelter" from Sanskrit šarma.
SHARMAN     English
Variant of SHERMAN (1).
SHARROW     English
Originally a name for someone from Sharrow, England.
SHAW     English
Originally given to a person who lived near a sceaga, Old English meaning "thicket".
SHEACH     Scottish, Irish
Variant of SHEEHY
SHEEDY     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó SÍODA.
SHEEHY     Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic given name Sítheach meaning "mysterious, eerie".
SHEENAN     Irish
Variant of SHANNON
SHEINFELD     German, Jewish
Means "lovely, beautiful field" from the German schön "fine, beautiful" and feld meaning "field".
SHELBY     English
Variant of SELBY
SHEPARD     English
From the English shepherd, meaning "sheep-herder".
SHERAZI     Iranian
Name for someone who came from the city of Sheraz, located in southwest Iran.
SHERBURNE     English
Denotes a person hailing from any of the various places called Sherborne or Sherburn in England.
SHERIDAN     Irish
From the Gaelic name Ó Siridéin meaning "descendent of Siridean"... [more]
SHERMAN (1)     English
Literally "shear man", referring to someone who used shears in his line of work, such as a sheep-shearer.
SHERMAN (2)     Jewish
Means "tailor" in Yiddish, derived from sher "scissors".
SHINE (1)     English
Means "beautiful, attractive" from the Old English sciene.
SHINE (2)     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó SEIGHIN.
SHIZUKA     Japanese
Derived from the given name SHIZUKA.
SHRIVER     German
Occupational name referring to an official or public writer, from German schreiben "to write".
SHWETZ     Ukrainian
Means "shoemaker" in Ukrainian.
SIDNEY     English
Originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island"... [more]
SIEGEL (1)     German
Means "maker of seals or signet rings".
SIEGEL (2)     German
Derived from diminutive forms of Germanic names beginning with the element sigi meaning "victory".
SIEGEL (3)     Jewish
Variant of SEGAL (1).
SIEKERT     German
Derived from the given name SIEGBERT.
SIEMON     German
Variant of SIMON
SIENA     Italian
Means "from Siena, Italy".
SIENKIEWICZ     Polish
Patronymic from the given name Sienko, a diminutive of the archaic name Siemion, a form of SIMON... [more]
SIERRA     Spanish
Means "dweller on a hill range, ridge" from the Old Provençal serre.
SIERZANT     Polish
Means "sergeant" in Polish.
SIGURDSSON     Icelandic
Means "son of SIGURD".
SILJE     Dutch
Derived from the given name SILJE.
SILVA     Portuguese, Spanish
From Spanish or Portuguese silva "forest".
SILVEIRA     Portuguese
Means "forests" in Old Portuguese.
SILVERSTEIN     German, Jewish
Means "silver stone" from German Silber and Stein... [more]
SILVESTRI     Italian
Derived from the given name SILVESTER.
ŠIMEK     Czech
Derived from the name Šimek, a diminutive of ŠIMON.
SIMEN     German
Variant of SIMON
SIMEONOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of SIMEON".
SIMMON     German
Variant of SIMON
SIMMONS     English
Variant of SIMPSON
SIMMS     English
Derived from the medieval given name Sim, a short form of SIMON.
SIMÕES     Portuguese
Means "son of SIMON" in Portuguese.
SIMON     Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew given name SIMON.
SIMONEIT     Lithuanian
Means "son of SIMON".
SIMONIDES     Greek
Means "son of SIMON".
SIMONIS     Dutch, Lithuanian
Means "son of SIMON".
SIMONS     English, German
Derived from the given name SIMON.
SIMONSEN     Danish
Means "son of SIMON".
SIMONSON     English
Means "son of SIMON".
SIMONSSON     Swedish
Swedish form of SIMONSON
SIMPKIN     English
From a diminutive of the given name SIMON... [more]
SIMPSON     English
Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of SIMON.
SIMS     English
Variant of SIMMS
SINAGRA (1)     Italian
Means "from Sinagra, Sicily".
SINAGRA (2)     Italian
Derived from the given name Xenagoras which means "strange honour" from the Greek xenos "strange" and geras "honour".
SINASOHN     German, Jewish
Variant of SINASON
SINASON     Norwegian, Swedish
Means "son of Sina". Sina is a fairly common female name in Scandinavia.
SINCLAIR     English
Derived from a Norman French town called "Saint CLAIR".
SINGH     Indian (Sikh)
In 1699 the Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh male followers the surname Singh and all females Kaur... [more]
SIPOS     Hungarian
Means "fife player, piper" from the Hungarian síp.
SISKIN     German, Jewish
Means "sweet child" from the words suess meaning "sweet" and kind meaning "child".
SISKIND     German, Jewish
Variant of SISKIN
SITKO     Polish
Means "a small sieve" from Polish sito "sieve".
SITZ (1)     German, Jewish
Derived from a given name beginning with the Germanic element sigi meaning "victory".
SITZ (2)     German, Jewish
Means "house owner" from the Middle High German siz "seat, domicile".
SKALA     Polish, Czech
Means "rock" in the Slavic languages.
SKALICKY     Czech, Slovak
Derived from the Slavic word skala "rock"... [more]


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