Surnames Categorized "fruits"

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Agresta Italian
From Latin agrestis meaning "rural, rustic".

Almássy Hungarian
Means "from the apple orchard", derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple".

Apeldoorn Dutch
From the name of a city in the Netherlands, meaning "apple tree" in Dutch.

Appelhof Dutch
Indicated a person who lived by or at an apple garden, from Dutch appel "apple" and hof "yard, court".

Appelo Dutch
Indicated a person who was from a farm called Aperloo, probably a derivative of appel meaning "apple".

Appleby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English æppel "apple" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

Appleton English
From the name of several English towns, meaning "orchard" in Old English (a compound of æppel "apple" and tun "enclosure, yard").

Baumgartner German
Occupational name for a person who worked or lived at an orchard, from German Baumgarten "orchard" (derived from Baum "tree" and Garten "garden").

Berry English
Derived from a place name, which was derived from Old English burh "fortification".

Cropper English
Occupational name derived from Middle English croppe "crop", referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.

Đỗ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Du, from Sino-Vietnamese 杜 (đỗ).

Du Chinese
From Chinese 杜 (dù) meaning "stop, prevent" or "birchleaf pear tree".

Figueroa Spanish
From places named for Galician figueira meaning "fig tree".

Hruška Czech
Means "pear" in Czech, most likely used to denote a person who grew or sold pears.

Jabłoński Polish
Originally denoted someone who lived by an apple tree, from Polish jabłoń meaning "apple tree".

Jagoda Polish
Means "berry" in Polish.

Linden German, Dutch
Indicated a person who lived near a linden tree, derived from Old High German linta or Old Dutch linda.

Lyndon English
Originally from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English.

Mai Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Mei, from Sino-Vietnamese 梅 (mai).

Malinowski Polish
From Polish malina meaning "raspberry", originally indicating a person who lived near a raspberry patch.

Meggyesfalvi Hungarian
Derived from a Hungarian village named Meggyesfalva meaning "cherry village", from meggy "cherry" and falu "village".

Mei Chinese
From Chinese 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot".

Mora Spanish
Derived from Spanish mora meaning "mulberry", of Latin origin.

Moreira Portuguese
Derived from Portuguese amoreira meaning "mulberry tree".

Novosad Czech
From place names meaning "new orchard" in Czech.

Peerenboom Dutch
From Dutch meaning "pear tree", referring to someone who lived or worked at a pear orchard.

Pereira Portuguese, Galician
From Portuguese and Galician pereira meaning "pear tree", ultimately from Latin pirum meaning "pear".

Perry 1 English
From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.

Pittaluga Italian
Originally a nickname for somebody who steals grapes from vineyards. In the Genoese dialect pittà means "to pick" and uga means "grapes" (uva in Italian).

Poirot French, Literature
From a diminutive of French poire "pear", originally referring to a pear merchant or someone who lived near a pear tree. Starting in 1920 this name was used by the mystery writer Agatha Christie for her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Christie based the name on that of Jules Poiret, a contemporary fictional detective.

Tuominen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuomi meaning "bird cherry".

Van de Vliert Dutch
Means "from the elderberry" in Dutch.

Vinogradov Russian
Means "vineyard" in Russian (ultimately from German), referring to a person who worked at a vineyard or lived near one.

Wiśniewski Polish
From the name of various Polish towns named Wiśniewo, derived from Polish wiśnia meaning "sour cherry".