Surnames with Relationship "from given name"

This is a list of surnames in which the relationship is from given name.
usage
form
Rowe 2 English
From the medieval name Row, which is either a variant of Roul or short form of Roland.
Rowland English
Derived from the given name Roland.
Royce English
Originally derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.
Rózsa Hungarian
From the feminine given name Rózsa.
Ruf German
From the given name Rolf.
Ruff German, English
From the given name Rolf.
Ruggiero Italian
From the given name Ruggiero.
Ruskin 2 English
From a diminutive of the feminine given name Rose.
Rutten Dutch
Derived from the given name Rutger.
Ruzsa Hungarian
Dialectical variant of Rózsa.
Ruzzier Italian
From a dialectal variant of Ruggiero. It is typical of northeastern Italy, the area around Trieste.
Saab Arabic
Possibly from the Arabic given name Sabah.
Saad Arabic, Malay
From the given name Sa'd.
Sadık Turkish
From the given name Sadık.
Salamon Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the given name Salamon or Salomon.
Salem Arabic
From the given name Salim.
Salih Arabic
From the given name Salih.
Salim Arabic
From the given name Salim.
Salmon English, French
Derived from the given name Solomon.
Salomon French, German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Salomon or Salomo.
Salvador Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Salvador.
Salvi Italian
From the given name Salvo or Salvio.
Sampson English
Derived from a medieval form of the given name Samson.
Samsa Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Sámuel.
Samson English, French
Derived from the given name Samson.
Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.
Sancho Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Sancho.
Sander German, Danish
Derived from the given name Alexander.
Sándor Hungarian
Derived from the given name Sándor.
Sandu Romanian
From the given name Sandu.
Sansone Italian
Derived from the given name Sansone.
Sanz Spanish
From the given name Sancho.
Schwenke 2 German
From a given name, a Low German diminutive of Swanhild.
Seeger German
From the given name Sieghard.
Seelen Dutch
Variant of Ceelen.
Seidel German
From a diminutive of the given name Siegfried.
Serafim Portuguese
Derived from the Latin given name Seraphinus.
Serafin Polish, Italian
Derived from the given name Serafin or Serafino.
Serafini Italian
Derived from the given name Serafino.
Séverin French
Derived from the given name Séverin.
Seward 1 English
Derived from the given name Sigeweard.
Siebert German
Derived from the given name Siegbert.
Siegel 2 German
Derived from the diminutive of Old German given names beginning with the element sigu meaning "victory".
Sieger German
From the given name Sieghard.
Siegert German
Derived from the given name Sieghard.
Siekert German (Rare)
Derived from the given name Sieghard.
Siemon German
Variant of Simon.
Sienkiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Sienko, an old diminutive of Szymon. This was the surname of the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916).
Silje Norwegian
Derived from the given name Silje.
Šimek Czech
Derived from the name Šimek, a diminutive of Šimon.
Simen English (Rare)
From the given name Simon 1.
Simmon German
From the given name Simon 1.
Šimon Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Šimon.
Simón Spanish
From the given name Simón.
Simon English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Simon 1.
Simoneit German
From the given name Simon 1.
Simpkin English
From a diminutive of the given name Simon 1.
Sinagra 2 Italian
Derived from the given name Senagora, an Italian form of Xenagoras.
Sitz 1 German
Derived from a given name beginning with the Old High German element sigu meaning "victory".
Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.
Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.
Spyros Greek
From the given name Spyros.
Stacey English
Variant of Stacy.
Stacy English
Derived from Stace, a medieval form of Eustace.
Stan Romanian
Derived from the given name Stan 2.
Stanek 1 Polish
Derived from Stanek, a diminutive of the name Stanisław.
Stanek 2 Czech
Derived from Stanek, a diminutive of the name Stanislav.
Stasiuk Ukrainian, Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Stanislav.
Stavros Greek
From the given name Stavros.
Štěpánek Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Štěpán.
Stidolph English
From the Old English given name Stithulf.
Suero Spanish
Derived from the given name Suero.
Szczepański Polish
Derived from the given name Szczepan.
Szymański Polish
From the given name Szymon.
Tamaro Italian
Possibly from the Old German given name Thietmar. It is typical of the area around Trieste in northern Italy.
Tamás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Tamás.
Tanzi Italian
From a short form of the given name Costanzo.
Tate English
Derived from the Old English given name Tata.
Tawfiq Arabic
From the given name Tawfiq.
Teodoro Portuguese
Derived from the given name Teodoro.
Terry English
Derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of Theodoric.
Terzi 1 Italian
From the given name Terzo, or a name for a third child.
Thälmann German
From the given name Thilo. It was borne by the German communist party leader Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944).
Thibault French
Derived from the given name Thibault.
Thomas English, Welsh, French, German
Derived from the given name Thomas.
Thompsett English
From a diminutive of the given name Thomas.
Thorburn English, Scottish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þórbjǫrn.
Thurstan English
Derived from the Old Norse name Þórsteinn.
Tiedemann Low German
Derived from the given name Tiedemann.
Tillens Flemish
From the old Dutch name Tiel, a medieval diminutive of Dietrich.
Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.
Tobin English
From a diminutive of the given name Tobias.
Todaro Italian
From a regional form of a given name Todaro, a variant of Teodoro. It is quite common in Sicily.
Toma Romanian
From the given name Toma 2.
Tomàs Catalan
Derived from the given name Tomàs.
Tomčić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Toma 2.
Tomczak Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Tomasz.
Trudeau French (Quebec)
From a diminutive of the given name Thouroude, a medieval French form of the Norse name Torvald. This name has been borne by two Canadian prime ministers, Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919-2000) and his son Justin Trudeau (1971-).
Tumicelli Italian
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Bartolomeo.
Uggeri Italian
Derived from the given name Edgardo.
Ughi Italian
From the given name Ugo.
Umar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Umar.
Urbonas Lithuanian
From the given name Urbonas.
Vacek Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.
Vacík Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.
Valenta Czech
Derived from the given name Valentin.
Valerio Italian
From the given name Valerio.
Valero Spanish
From the given name Valero.
Valjean Literature
Created by Victor Hugo for Jean Valjean, the hero of his novel Les Misérables (1862). The novel explains that his father, also named Jean, received the nickname Valjean or Vlajean from a contraction of French voilá Jean meaning "here's Jean".
Vančura Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.
Vaněk Czech
From an archaic diminutive of the given name Václav.
Vašek Czech
Derived from the given name Vašek.
Vasile Romanian
Derived from the given name Vasile.
Vasylenko Ukrainian
From the given name Vasyl.
Vasylyk Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Vasyl.
Vávra Czech
Derived from the given name Vávra, a diminutive of Vavřinec.
Velasco Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.
Vencel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.
Venczel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.
Vestri Italian
From the given name Silvestro.
Vicente Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Vicente.
Victor French, English
Derived from the male given name Victor.
Vida Hungarian
From the given name Vid.
Vidal Spanish, Catalan, French
From the given name Vidal.
Vieth German
From the given name Veit.
Vincent 1 English, French
From the given name Vincent.
Vinci 1 Italian
From the given name Vincenzo.
Vincze Hungarian
From the given name Vince.
Viola Italian
From the given name Viola.
Vitale Italian
From the given name Vitale.
Vitali Italian
From the given name Vitale.
Voclain French
From the Old French given name Vauquelin.
Volk German
Derived from given names beginning with the Old High German element folk meaning "people".
Voll 2 German
Variant of Volk.
Vukoja Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Vuković Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Waldo English
From the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Waltheof.
Walter English, German
Derived from the given name Walter.
Walther German
From the given name Walther.
Waltz German
From a diminutive of the given name Walther.
Wash English
Derived from the Norman name Wazo.
Watt English
Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.
Wedekind German
From the given name Widukind.
Weigand German
From the given name Wiegand.
Welter German
Derived from the given name Walter.
Wendel German
Derived from the given name Wendel.
Werner German
From the given name Werner.
Wernher German
From the given name Werner.
Wetzel German
From the given name Wenzel.
Wiegand German
From the given name Wiegand.
Wilcox English
From a diminutive of the given name William.
Wilkie English
Double diminutive of the given name William.
Willard English
From the given name Wilheard or Willihard.
William English
Derived from the given name William.
Wilmer German, English
Derived from the given name Willimar or Wilmǣr.
Winston English
Derived from the given name Wynnstan.
Wirner German
From the given name Werner.
Wirnhier German
From the given name Werner.
Wojciechowski Polish
From the given name Wojciech.
Wolter German
From the given name Walter.
Wörner German
From the given name Werner.
Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.
Wragge English
Derived from the Old Danish given name Wraghi, a variant of Vragi.
Wyatt English
From the medieval given name Wyot.
Wyman English
From the Old English given name Wigmund.
Wynne English
Derived from the given name Wine.
Yılmaz Turkish
From the given name Yılmaz.
Zaman Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Zaman.
Zanetti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Giovanni. A famous bearer is Argentinian soccer player Javier Zanetti (1973-).
Zawisza Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.
Zeelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Ceel.
Zino Italian
Derived from the given name Zino, a short form of names ending with -zino, such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.
Zunino Italian
Derived from the given name Giovanni.