Aafjes

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aafje". Aafje is a Dutch form of Ave "elf".

Aaij

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aaij".

Aakster

Usage: Dutch

Means "magpie" from the Old Dutch ekster.

Aaldenberg

Usage: Dutch

Denotes a person who came from a place called Aaldenberg, which perhaps meant "old mountain".

Aalders

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aaldert." Aaldert may be a variant form of Albert or composed of the Germanic elements ald meaning "old" and beraht meaning "bright, famous".

Aalfs

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aalf" in Dutch. The given name Aalf stems from Adolf.

Aalmers

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aalmar". Aalmar is a cognate of Elmer.

Aaltink

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Alto/Alte's farm". Alto is a short form of names that start with Alt-.

Aalto

Usage: Finnish

Means "wave" from the Finnish aalto. A famous namesake was Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976).

Aarden

Usage: Dutch

Means "clay, stone, earth" from the Dutch aarden. Probably denoted a person who worked with these materials.

Aarens

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Aarle

Usage: Dutch

Denotes a person who hailed from a place of this name in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

Aaron

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Aaron.

Aarse

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Aarts

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of A(a)rt". A(a)rt is derived from Arnold.

Aartsen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Aartsma

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold. The suffix -ma means that the surname is Frisian in origin.

Abadjiev

Usage: Bulgarian

A patronymic name derived from the Turkish word aba "coat". The name was most likely used to denote the children of a tailor.

Abana

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Abano.

Abandonato

Usage: Italian

Derived from the Latin given name Abandonato which means "forsaken".

Abano

Usage: Spanish

Denoted someone hailing from Abano in Spain, a spa town whose name probably is related to the Celtic root ab meaning "water".

Abarca

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "leather soled footwear" from the Spanish abarca or "from Abarca, Spain".

Abaroa

Usage: Basque

Means "refugee" from the Basque abaro-a.

Abascal

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "priest's street" from the Spanish abas "priest" and kale "street". It may sometimes be a variant of Abasolo.

Abasolo

Usage: Basque

Means "dweller on the priest's meadow" from the Basque abas "priest" and solo "meadow".

Abatangelo

Usage: Italian

Means "priest, abbot Angelo" from the Italian abate.

Abatantuono

Usage: Italian

Means "priest, abbot Antonio from the Italian abate.

Abate

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abbà.

Abategiovanni

Usage: Italian

Means "priest, abbot Giovanni" from the Italian abate.

Abatescianni

Usage: Italian

Means "priest, abbot Gianni" from the Italian abate.

Abbà

Usage: Italian

Means "priest, abbot" from the Italian abate. This was used either as a nickname for someone or as an occupational surname for a worker in a priest's house.

Abbadelli

Usage: Italian

Means "little priest, abbot" from the Italian abate and the diminutive suffix -elli.

Abbascia

Usage: Italian

Aphetic form of Abatescianni.

Abbatangelo

Usage: Italian

Variant of Abatangelo.

Abbatantuono

Usage: Italian

Variant of Abatantuono.

Abbate

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abbà.

Abbatelli

Usage: Italian

Variant of Abbadelli.

Abbes

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Abbe".

Abbey

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the abbey" or "worker at the abbey" from the Middle English abbeye, abbaye.

Abbiati

Usage: Italian

Means "from Abbiategrasso, Italy".

Abbing

Usage: Dutch, German

Variant of Abbink.

Abbingh

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Abbink.

Abbink

Usage: Dutch

Means "Abbe's farmstead".

Abbracciabene

Usage: Italian

Derived from the medieval name Abbracciabene.

Abbracciabeni

Usage: Italian

Variant of Abbracciabene.

Abdullah

Usage: Muslim Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abd'Allah.

Abdulrashid

Usage: Arabic

Derived from Abdul, which means "the servant of", and the personal name Rashid. This surname means "servant of the righteous" in Arabic.

Abel

Usage: English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abel.

Abelen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Abel". This surname may also denote a person who hails from Abelen in Germany.

Abelli

Usage: Italian

Derived from the Latin given name Abellio which was the name of a Pyrenean god in the Roman times.

Abelló

Usage: Catalan, Italian

Variant of Abelli.

Abeln

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abel.

Abels

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Abel".

Aben

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Aberquero

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Abarca.

Abney

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Originally the name was D'Aubigne and is found as the name of towns in four locations in France. Dabney is also used as a surname by some descendants. Nigel d'Aubigne fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and was granted numerous estates in England for his loyalty to William the Conqueror. William Albigney and Philip Daubigny were signers of the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. Paul Abney fought in the Revolutionary War at Brandywine, other battles, and was with George Washington at Valley Forge.

Abraham

Usage: Dutch, English, French Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abraham.

Abrahams

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abraham.

Abrahamsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abrahamson.

Abrahamson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Abraham".

Abrahamssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abrahamson.

Abrahamsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abrahamson.

Abram

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abraham.

Abrami

Usage: Italian

Derived from the given name Abram.

Abramo

Usage: Italian

Variant of Abrami.

Abrams

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abrahams.

Abramsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abramson.

Abramson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Abram". The surname can also be viewed as a variant of the surname Abrahamson.

Abramssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abramson.

Abramsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abramson.

Abreu

Usage: Portuguese, Galician Extra: Statistics

Habitational name from the a place called Abreu in the former Minho province in Portugal.

Abspoel

Usage: Dutch

Denoted a person who lived in or by a house in Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, called Abtspoel.

Abt

Usage: German, Dutch

Derived from Old Low German abt "abbot".

Abujamal

Usage: Muslim

Means, "father of Jamal, from Arabic abu "father of" combined with the first name Jamal. It was originally a kunya, a title referring to the bearer's first-born son.

Acardi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Acardo", Acardo is the Italian form of Eckhard.

Accardi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Acardi.

Accardo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Acardi.

Acciai

Usage: Italian

Means "axe man" from the Italian accia "axe".

Acciaio

Usage: Italian

Variant of Acciai.

Acciaioli

Usage: Italian

Variant of Acciai.

Acconci

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Acconcio", from the Latin name Acconcius.

Acconcio

Usage: Italian

Variant of Acconci.

Accorsi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Accorso", from the medieval name (Bon)accurso meaning "(good) aid".

Accorso

Usage: Italian

Variant of Accorsi.

Accosi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Accoso", from the Latin name Accosius.

Accursio

Usage: Italian

Variant of Accorsi.

Acerbi

Usage: Italian

Means "heartless, harsh" from the Italian acerbo.

Acheson

Usage: Scottish

A variant of Atchison.

Achilles

Usage: English, Portuguese, German, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Achilles.

Achterberg

Usage: Dutch

Denoted a person hailing from one of the various places that bore this name in Germany. The place name probably means "behind the mountain or hill" from the Middle Low German achter "behind" and berg "mountain, hill".

Achterkamp

Usage: Dutch

Denoted a person hailing from one of the various farms that bore this name in and around Holland. The name probably meant "behind the field".

Achterop

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Agterop.

Acker

Usage: English, German Extra: Statistics

Means "field", derived from Old English or Old High German (related to the word acre).

Ackerman

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "ploughman for a manor" from the Middle English acker. Sometimes a variant of Acker.

Ackermann

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Modern German form of the Middle High German word ackerman - acker = "field", man = "man". It was an occupational name for a farmer who did not own the fields he worked on.

Acone

Usage: Italian

Possibly from the Latin surname Acone, which came from the toponym Portus Acone in Bitinia (in nowadays Turkey).

Aconi

Usage: Italian

Variant of Acone.

Acosta

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "coast", and orignally referred to a person who lived there.

Acqua

Usage: Italian

Means "(dweller by) or (carrier of) water".

Acquafredda

Usage: Italian

Denotes a person who came from a place called Acquafredda in Italy.

Acquarone

Usage: Italian

Means "dweller by a large expanse of water".

Acquati

Usage: Italian

Variant of Acqua.

Adalardi

Usage: Italian

Variant of Adelardi.

Ádám

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Hungarian form of Adam.

Adam

Usage: English, French, German, Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamczak

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamczyk

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Adam.

Adami

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Adamo".

Adamic

Usage: Croatian

Means "son of Adam".

Adamik

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Czech diminutive form of Adam.

Adamo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Adami.

Adamoli

Usage: Italian

Diminutive form of Adami.

Adams

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Adamson.

Adamson

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Adam".

Adamssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Adamson.

Adamsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Adamson.

Adcock

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Adam.

Addario

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Addarius.

Addens

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adde". The given name Adde is probably derived from the Germanic element adal meaning "noble".

Addicks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Addik. Addik probably means "little noble one".

Addiks

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Addicks.

Addison

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Addy", in which Addy was a nickname for Adam.

Adelardi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Adalardo", Adelardo is an Italian form of the Germanic name Adelard which probably means "noble and hardy".

Adema

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the any of the many Germanic given names that began with the element adal meaning "noble".

Adenauer

Usage: German

Denoted a person from Adenau (a German city).

Adessi

Usage: Italian

Perhaps means "punctual or fast person" from the Italian adesso "now, at this moment".

Adimari

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Ademaro". Ademaro is the Italian form of Adelmar.

Adler

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "noble eagle" from the Germanic word Adler.

Adlersflügel

Usage: German

Means "eagle's wing" from the Germanic words Adler "eagle" and Flügel "wing".

Admiraal

Usage: Dutch

Means "admiral" from the Dutch admiraal.

Adolfs

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adolf".

Adolfsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Adolf".

Adolvsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Adolfsson.

Adriaans

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adriaan".

Adriaansen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adriaan".

Adriatico

Usage: Italian

Means "dweller by the Adriatic sea".

Adrichem

Usage: Dutch

Menas "from Adrichem, the Netherlands", which means "Adrik's home".

Aerssens

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Aeschelman

Usage: German

Denoted a man from the Aeschel Valley on the Swiss-German border.

Affini

Usage: Italian

Means "in-law" from the Latin affinis.

Afolayan

Usage: Nigerian

Means "walks with grace, confidence" or "walks like a rich man" in Yoruba.

Africani

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Africano". Africano is the Italian form of Africanus, a saint's name which meant "of Africa".

Africano

Usage: Italian

Variant of Africani.

Agani

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Agano". Agano is from the Latin name Aganus.

Agema

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Age". Age is a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element agi(l) meaning "sword".

Aggi

Usage: Italian

Either from place names like Baraggia or variants, or more plausibly from the Germanic name Aggiuo.

Aggio

Usage: Italian

Variant of Aggi.

Agli

Usage: Italian

From place names like Agliè, Aglietti, Agliana and Agliate, all originating from the Latin name Allius or Alleius.

Agnarsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Agnar". Agnar means "sharp".

Agnelli

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "lamb" denoting a pious or timid person from the Late Latin agnellus.

Agnellutti

Usage: Italian

From a diminutive of Agnelli.

Agnusdei

Usage: Italian

Either under influence from the Church or as a nickname for someone very devoted or someone wearing a Benedictian amulet also called agnusdei. Agnusdei translated from Latin means "lamb of God".

Agócs

Usage: Hungarian

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Ágoston.

Agosti

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Agosto, an Italian form of Augustus.

Agostini

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Agostino.

Agóts

Usage: Hungarian

Variant of Agócs.

Agramunt

Usage: Catalan

Means "from Agramunt, Spain".

Agresta

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the Latin agrestis "rural, rustic" or agresta "sour grape".

Agrioli

Usage: Italian

Possibly from the Latin agricola "farmer".

Agterop

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Ogterop.

Agthoven

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Agthoven" which means "eight gardens" from the Dutch agt "eight" and hoven "garden".

Ahearn

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Ahearne.

Ahearne

Usage: Irish

Variant of MacEachthighearna.

Ahlberg

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

From Swedish al "alder" and berg "mountain".

Ahlers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ahlert". Ahlert is probably a cognate of Adalbert.

Ahlgren

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "alder branch" in Swedish (from al = "alder" and gren = "branch").

Ahlström

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "alder stream" (from Swedish al = "alder" and ström = "stream").

Ahmad

Usage: Muslim Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Ahmad.

Ahmed

Usage: Muslim Extra: Statistics

Variant of Ahmad. This is due to the fact that Arabic uses a system of implicit vowels and is written in Arabic as AHMD, and when writing it in Roman letters they would stick a vowel in between the M and D, some chose A, others chose E.

Aiello

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From place names like Aielli, Aiello Calabro, Aiello del Friuli, Aiello del Sabato and many others. They derive from Latin Agellum "small piece of land near a house often used to grow things".

Aikema

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aike". Aike is a variant of the given name Aai, which is a short form of Germanic names starting with the elements agi(l) "sword" or adel "noble".

Aiken

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the medieval given name Atkin, which was a pet form of Adam.

Ainsworth

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A habitational name for someone who lived in a place named Ainsworth near Manchester, from the old English personal name Ægen and the Old English worþ, meaning enclosure.

Aiolfi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Aiolfo". Aiolfo is from Aghilolfo or Aghinolfo, which are from Agilulfus and Aginulfus, both Germanic names with the same root: agil "sword" and wulf "wolf".

Airaldi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Airaldo". Airaldo is from the Germanic name Harwald, composed of haria "army, warriors" and waldan "guide, command".

Airò

Usage: Italian

From the given name Airaldo (see Airaldi).

Aita

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "from Aieta, Italy". The place name is derived from the Greek aetos meaning "eagle".

Aitken

Usage: Scottish, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Adam.

Aiza

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Aiza is a surname of Basque/Spanish origin. It means "cliff" or "rock".

Ajam

Usage: Muslim

Means "foreigner, non-Arab" from the Arabic 'ajam.

Ajello

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Aiello.

Akerman (1)

Usage: Swedish, English Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the cultivated land" from the Middle English, Germanic word acker, Acker "field". In Swedish, it is spelt Åkerman.

Akerman (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Ackerman.

Akers

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Acker.

Akiyama

Usage: Japanese

Means "autumn mountain" from Japanese aki "autumn" and yama "mountain", or "hill".

Akker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van den Akker.

Akkerman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Cognate of Ackerman.

Akkermans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Akkerman.

Akkersdijk

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Akkersdijk, Netherlands". The place name probably means "field by the dyke".

Akselsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Aksel".

Alagona

Usage: Italian

From the Spanish place name Aragon.

Alamanni

Usage: Italian

Means "from Germany".

Alamilla

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Perhaps means "little Alma".

AlBaf

Usage: Muslim, Arabic, Turkish

Means "the person from Baf, Turkey". More commonly known as Paphos.

Albanesi

Usage: Italian

Meaning "Albanian, from Albania".

Albani

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Albano, a cognate of Alban.

Albano

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Albano, a cognate of Alban.

Alberda

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Alberdink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Alberink.

Alberghi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Alberico", a derivative of Alberich.

Alberghini

Usage: Italian

Diminutive form of Alberghi.

Alberici

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Alberico", a derivative of the Germanic name Alberich.

Alberighi

Usage: Italian

Variant of Alberici.

Alberink

Usage: Dutch

Means "dweller at or near Albert's farm".

Albero

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the Italian albero meaning "tree" (the word came from Latin arbor). Referring to someone living in the woods or someone who chops trees.

Albers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Albersnagel

Usage: Dutch

A combination of the name Albers, a cognate of Albert and the Dutch word and name Nagel meaning "nail".

Albert

Usage: Catalan, English, French, Hungarian, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Albert.

Alberts

Usage: English, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Albertsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Albertsson. Means "son of Albert".

Albertson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Albertsson.

Albertsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Albert".

Albescu

Usage: Romanian

Means "white" from the Romanian alb.

Albini

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the Latin given name Albinus (see Albin).

Albinson

Usage: English, Swedish

Means "son of Alban".

Albinsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Albinson.

Albrecht

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the German first name Albrecht.

Albrechtsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Albrecht".

Albrecktsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Albrektsson.

Albrektson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Albrektsson.

Albrektsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Albrekt". Albrekt is a Swedish form of Albrecht.

Albricci

Usage: Italian

Variant of Alberici.

Albrici

Usage: Italian

Variant of Alberici.

Albring

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Alberink.

Albronda

Usage: Dutch

Means"son of Albrand". Albrand derives from Adelbrand, composed of the Germanic elements adel ("noble") and brand ("flaming sword").

Albu

Usage: Romanian Extra: Statistics

From the Romanian alb meaning "white".

Albuquerque

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Derived from the Spanish town of Alburquerque, in the Badajoz province near the Portuguese border.

Alcheri

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Alcherio" from the Latin name Alcherius.

Aldana

Usage: Basque Extra: Statistics

From the name of a Basque town, meaning "slope".

Aldebrandi

Usage: Italian

Means either "son of Aldebrando" or "son of Altebrando", Germanic names, the first composed of alda "wise" and brand "burning sword" and the latter of alt "old" and brand. In fact, alt and alda are related; someone old was often someone wise.

Aldenberg

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aaldenberg.

Aldenkamp

Usage: Dutch

A locational name of two possible etymologies. It either is derived from the place name Oldenkamp meaning "old field" or Alderkamp meaning "Aldert's field".

Alderisi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Alderisio" from the Latin name Alderisius.

Alderliesten

Usage: Dutch

Means "most dearest" from the Dutch allerliefste. This name could have referred to the nature of the person or perhaps it was a phrase they commonly used.

Alders

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aldert". Aldert is made up from the elements ald "old" or adal "noble" and hard "strong".

Aldershof

Usage: Dutch

Means "Aldert's garden, courtyard" from the Dutch hof and the given name Aldert (see Alders).

Alduino

Usage: Italian

Derived from the given name Alduino, from the Germanic name Hardwin, composed of hard- "strong" and -win "friend".

Aleksandrov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Aleksandar".

Alekseev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Aleksey".

Alemagna

Usage: Italian

Denoted someone from Germany (in Italian Alemagna).

Aleppo

Usage: Italian

From the name of the city Aleppo in Syria.

Alesci

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the Latin name Alexius.

Alescio

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the Latin name Alexius.

Aleshire

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

An Anglicized form of Aleshite.

Aleshite

Usage: German

Means "from Ehlscheid, Germany".

Alesi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Alesci.

Alesini

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Alesino". Alesino is a diminutive of Alessio.

Alesio

Usage: Italian

Variant of Alescio.

Alessandri

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Alessandro".

Alessi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Alesci.

Alexander

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Alexander.

Alexandersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Alexander".

Alexanderson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Alexandersson.

Alexandersson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Alexander".

Alexandrescu

Usage: Romanian

Means "son of Alexandru".

Alfaro

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Originally from the city of Alfaro, in La Rioja, Spain.

Alfarsi

Usage: Muslim

Mean "the Persian" in Arabic.

Alferdinck

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Alfert's farm". Alfert is derived from the elements alf "elf" and hard "strong".

Alferink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Alferdinck.

Alfero

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Adalferio, Germanic in origin, composed of either adal- "noble" and fadan "to travel" or adal- and -fero "to lead".

Alfons

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Alfons".

Alfredson

Usage: English

Means "son of Alfred".

Alfredsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Alfredson.

Alfson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Alf". Alf is a short form of the given name Alfred.

Alfsson

Usage: Swedish

Variant of Alfson.

Ali

Usage: Muslim, Arabic Extra: Statistics

From the given name Ali.

Aliberti

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Alberto".

Alinari

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Alinario". This Germanic given name is composed of alian "power" and haria "army, warriors".

Alinejad

Usage: Iranian

Means "decendant of Ali" in Persian.

Aling

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Ale's farm". Ale is short form of names that start with adal which means "noble".

Alink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aling.

Aliprandi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Aliprando". The given name Aliprandus was borne by a saint.

Alkaev

Usage: Russian

From the Russian verb alkat "to wish, to be wished".

Alkema

Usage: Frisian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Alke". Alke is a form of Ale, which is the short form for names starting with the element adal "noble".

Allard

Usage: English, French

Derived from the given name Æðelred.

Allaway

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a Scottish place name derived from alla "wild" and mhagh "field".

Allegri

Usage: Italian

From an Italian nickname derived from allegro meaning "quick, lively".

Allegro

Usage: Italian

Variant of Allegri.

Allen

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Alan.

Alles

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Aldert/Allo/Ale" all derived from the element adal "noble".

Allsopp

Usage: English

Derived from the village of Alsop en la Dale in Derbyshire, England. The place name means "Ælli's valley".

Alma

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Alkema.

Almássy

Usage: Hungarian

The name contains the word alma, which means "apple" in Hungarian, so it perhaps originally referred to a person who harvested or sold apples.

Almeida

Usage: Portuguese

Designated a person who had originally lived in one of several villages in Portugal called Almeida. The place name is from Arabic al ma'ida, "the plateau" or "the low hill".

Almstedt

Usage: Swedish, German

Means "elm house" in Swedish.

Alò

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Alò, which was a contraction of Aloysius.

Aloia

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From a dialectal form of the name Eligio.

Aloisi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Aloisius (see Aloysius).

Alserda

Usage: Frisian

Means "from the farm named Alserd(a)".

Altamura

Usage: Italian

From the place name Altamura in Italy.

Altena

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Altena.

Althaus

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by or in the old house" from the German alt "old" and Haus "house". It can also refer to the German place names Althaus and Althausen as well.

Althuis

Usage: Dutch

Means "from old house".

Altimari

Usage: Italian

Derived from the personal name Elmer.

Alting

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aaltink.

Altink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aaltink.

Altoviti

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Altovito" from the Lombardian name Altowido.

Alunni

Usage: Italian

Means "student" from the Latin alunni.

Alvarado

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the white hill, or dry land", this is found in many a place name in Spain such as Albarado, Castile.

Álvarez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro".

Alvarsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Alvar".

Alves

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the first name Álvaro.

Alvey

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Comes from the Anglo-Saxon name Ælfwig meaning "elf battle".

Amadei

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Amadeo".

Amador

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Latin given name Amator meaning "lover (of God)".

Amadori

Usage: Italian

Variant of Amatore.

Amalberti

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Amalberto". From the Germanic (Francian) name Amalbertus, composed of amal- "heroic" and beraht "famous".

Amantea

Usage: Italian

From the place name Amantea, a town in Calabria.

Amato

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the Latin given name Amatus, from amare meaning "to love".

Amatore

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Amator". From the medieval name Amator, meaning "lover" in Latin.

Ambrogi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ambrogio".

Ambrosi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Ambrogio".

Amello

Usage: Italian

From the Latin name Amellus, coming from the name of a flower.

Amerighi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Amerigo".

Amirmoez

Usage: Persian, Arabic

Means "protected prince, commander". Derived from the elements Amir "prince, commander" and moez, muaz "protected".

Amjad

Usage: Arabic

Derived from the given name Amjad meaning "more glorious".

Amoretto

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Amoretto". From the Latin name Amor meaning "love" and -etto, a diminutive.

Amos

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Amos.

Amsel (1)

Usage: Jewish

Derived from the given name Amsl, a variant of Anselm.

Amsel (2)

Usage: German

Means "a blackbird" in German.

Amsing

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Amse's farm". Amse is a variant of Ame, which is a short form of names such as Adelmar.

Amundsen (1)

Usage: Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Amund". Amund is derived from the Old Scandinavian given name Aghmund from the Germanic elements agi "awe" or ag "point" and mund "protection".

Amundsen (2)

Usage: Norwegian, Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ámundr". Ámundr is derived from the Germanic elements á meaning "great-grandfather, ancestor" and mund "protection".

Ananias

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ananias".

Andela

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Andela's farm". Andela is variant of Andreas.

Andersen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Anders".

Anderson

Usage: English, Icelandic, Scottish, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andrew".

Andersson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Swedish form of Anderson.

Andonov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Andon".

Andreasen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andreas".

Andréasson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Andreasson.

Andreasson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andreas".

Andreev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Andrey".

Andres

Usage: German, Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Andrew.

Andreu

Usage: Catalan Extra: Statistics

From the Catalan given name Andreu.

Andrews

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Andrew.

Andrewson

Usage: English

Variant of Anderson.

Andries

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andries". Andries is a Dutch form of Andreas.

Andriessen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Andries.

Andringa

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from André's farm".

Andrysiak

Usage: Polish

Means "son of Andrys", Andrys being an archaic form of Andrzej.

Anema

Usage: Frisian

Means "son of Ane". Ane could be a short form of names starting with the element arn "eagle".

Angelov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Angel".

Angenent

Usage: Dutch

Means "at the end (of the road, village)" from the Dutch phrase an gen Ent.

Anghelescu

Usage: Romanian

Means "son of Anghel" a male given name meaning "angel".

Angioli

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Angiolo", a diminutive of Angelo.

Anholts

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Anholt". Anholt means "place to hold still", a place where people could rest for the night from the Dutch word anholt.

Anjema

Usage: Frisian

Means "son of Anje".

Anker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "anchor" or denotes a person hailing from Anker, Holland.

Anneijes

Usage: Dutch

Possibly "son of Ananias or Anne".

Annema

Usage: Frisian

Means "from Anne's farm". Anne is a variant of Ane.

Annevelink

Usage: Dutch

Means "dweller next to the little field" from the Dutch aan't Veldink.

Ansaldi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Ansaldo". From the Germanic name Answald (see Oswald).

Anselmetti

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Anselmetto", a derivative of Anselm.

Anselmi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Anselmo".

Anson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Agnes" in Old English.

Antal

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Antal.

Antall

Usage: Hungarian

Spelling variant of Antal.

Antema

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Ante". Ante is short for names starting with the component and "wrathful mood".

Anthonsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Anthon", Anthon being a variant of Anton.

Anthonyson

Usage: English

Means "son of Anthony".

Antic

Usage: Croatian

Means "son of Ante".

Antonelli

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Antonio. The suffix -elli means "little".

Antonescu

Usage: Romanian

Patronymic surname meaning "son of Anton".

Antonini

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From a diminutive of the given name Antonio.

Antonino

Usage: Italian

Derived from the diminutive form of Antonio.

Antoniou

Usage: Greek

A patronymic from the given name Antonios, Antonios being a Greek variant of Anthony.

Antonis

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Antonis". Antonis is a cognate of Anthony.

Antonise

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Antonis.

Antonisen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Antonis.

Antonov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Anton".

Antonsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Anton".

Antov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Anto".

Antuma

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Antema.

Antúnez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Antonio".

Aperlo

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Appelo.

Apostolov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Apostol".

Appeldoorn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Apeldoorn.

Appelhof

Usage: Dutch

Means "dweller by or at the apple garden", from appel and hof.

Appelo

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Apperloo".

Apperlo

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Appelo.

Appleby

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Referring to someone who lived by or tended an apple orchard.

Appleton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means simply "apple town".

Apted

Usage: Welsh

Means "son of Teoda".

Aqua

Usage: Spanish

Means "dweller by water" from the Latin aqua.

Aquila

Usage: Italian

From a nickname meaning "eagle".

Aquino

Usage: Spanish, Italian Extra: Statistics

It comes from the name of an Italian town near Rome and Frosinone: Aquino, the native town of San Tommaso d'Aquino (Saint Thomas Aquinas). In Italy it is a regional surname, not very popular. In Spain it originally became popular as a given name because of devotion to Saint Thomas, and from there became used as a surname.

Arany

Usage: Hungarian

Means "golden" in Hungarian. A famous bearer of the name was János Arany, a poet from the 19th century.

Arap

Usage: Turkish

It means "Arab, Arabian".

Araújo

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Denotes a person hailing from one of the many areas that bear this name in Portugal.

Araullo

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Variant of Araújo.

Araya

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Araya, Spain". This town no longer exists.

Arbeid

Usage: Dutch

Means "worker" from the Dutch arbeider.

Arbeider

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arbeid.

Arbeit

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arbeid.

Arbore

Usage: Italian

From the Latin arbor meaning "tree" (see Albero).

Arce

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "maple tree" in Spanish.

Archambault

Usage: French

From the archaic French given name Archambault.

Archer

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for one who practiced archery.

Ardelean

Usage: Romanian Extra: Statistics

From the region in Romania called Ardeal.

Ardiccioni

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Ardiccione", from the medieval name Ardiccione.

Ardizzone

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "big Arditio". Arditio finds it's origins in the Germanic element hard meaning "strong".

Ardovini

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Ardovino", which was from the Germanic name Hardwin, composed of hard "strong" and win "friend".

Arechavaleta

Usage: Spanish

Means "from Arechavaleta, Spain".

Areleous

Usage: Greek

Possibly a cognate of Aurelius.

Arena

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of several places. Means "sand" in Italian and Spanish.

Arendonk

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Arendonk". Arendonk lays between Antwerpen and Turnhout in Belgium. Its name is derived from arend "eagle" and donk "hill, hightened place".

Arends

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Arend". Arend is from Arnold.

Arendse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arends.

Arendsen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arends.

Arents

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arends.

Arentz

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Arends.

Argall

Usage: Welsh Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller in a quiet place" from the Welsh Argol.

Argyris

Usage: Greek

Means "silver" in Greek.

Ariesen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aris". Aris a pet form of Andries.

Aringheri

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Aringherio", from the Latin name Aringherius.

Arisen

Usage: German

Lived Ohio in 1850 married Margaret Clupper.

Arissen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Ariesen.

Aritza

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Means "oak" in Basque. Famous bearer was King Iñigo Iñiguez Aritza, the first king of Navarre, Spain. The House of Aritza was the ruling house of Navarre from 824 to 1234.

Arkema

Usage: Frisian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Arke".

Arkes

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arkema.

Arkwright

Usage: English

An occupational name for a chest maker, from Middle English, Old French arc which means "chest" or "bin" and the Middle English wright which means "maker" or "craftsman".

Arlotti

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Arlotto", from the Latin name Arloctus.

Armando

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Armando.

Armani

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Armano". From the Germanic name Herman.

Ármannsson

Usage: Icelandic

Means "son of Ármann", Ármann is a cognate of Herman.

Armati

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Armato" from the Latin name Armatus.

Armbrüster

Usage: German

A variant of Armbruster.

Armbruster

Usage: German

Means "crossbow maker" from German armbrust "crossbow". The word armbrust is derived from German arm "arm" and brust "breast" which describes the orientation of the weapon while being used - extending from the breast to the end of the arm.

Armistead

Usage: English, French Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by or at the hermitage" from the Old French ermite and the Old English stede.

Armonni

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Armonne" from the medieval name Armonne.

Armstrong

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Means "strong arm" from the Old English earm and strang. It is said that the armor bearer to a King of Scots acquired this name after he rescued the monarch on a battlefield when the King's horse was killed under him. Because of his strength, he was known as Armstrong.

Arnesen

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Arne".

Arnold

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Arnold.

Arnolfi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Arnolfo" from the name Arnolfus, probably Germanic.

Arnoni

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Arnone" from the medieval name Arnone.

Arntz

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Arend", see Arnold.

Arntzen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Arntz.

Arntzenius

Usage: Dutch

Latinate form of Arntzen.

Arreola

Usage: Spanish, Basque, Mexican Extra: Statistics

A variant of Arriola, found predominantly in Mexico.

Arrighetti

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Arrighetto" from the Latin name Arrighectus, a diminutive of Arrigo (see Arrighi).

Arrighi

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Arrigo". From the Germanic name Arrigus, probably composed of har- "army" and -ric "powerful".

Arrigucci

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Arriguccio" from the Latin name Arriguccius, a diminutive of Arrigo (see Arrighi).

Arrington

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a town originally called Earningaton, meaning "Earna's settlement". Earna was a given name meaning "eagle" in Old English.

Arriola

Usage: Spanish, Basque Extra: Statistics

Derived from any of the places named Arriola, from Basque arri "stone(s)" + -ola "place of", for example in the provinces of Gipuzkoa and Araba.

Arterberry

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Anglicization of Auttenberg.

Arterbury

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Anglicization of Auttenberg.

Arthur

Usage: English, French Extra: Statistics

From the given name Arthur.

Arthursen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Means "son of Arthur".

Arthurson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Arthur".

Arthurssen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Arthurson.

Arthursson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Arthurson.

Arts (1)

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Aarts.

Arts (2)

Usage: Dutch

Means "physician" in Dutch.

Artz

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Aarts.

Årud

Usage: Norwegian

It means "a river by a clearing" from å or aa meaning "river", and rud, a very old Norwegian word for a "clearing".

Asenov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Asen".

Ash

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the ash trees" from the Old English æsc.

Ashley

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Denotes a person hailing from one of the many places in England which bear this name. The place name itself means "ash tree clearing" from the Old English æsc and l?ah.

Ashworth

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a place name in Lancashire meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.

Asis

Usage: Spanish

Means "from Assisi, Italy".

Asjes

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Askes.

Askes

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aske". Aske means "little Ase". Ase is either from names starting with ask "ash spear" or ans "good".

Aslan

Usage: Turkish

It comes from the given name Aslan meaning "lion".

Asselman

Usage: Dutch

Denoting a person from Assel(t) or Hassel(t).

Assenberg

Usage: Dutch

Possibly from a place called Assenberg, composed of essen and berg, meaning "ash mountain".

Assendorp

Usage: Dutch

From the name of a place called Assendorp, composed of essen and dorp, meaning "ash tree village".

Assies

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Askes.

Assink

Usage: Dutch

From a place name meaning "Asse's farm".

Astrauckas

Usage: Lithuanian

It is of disputed origin either from the Polish ostrega "dweller by the blackberries", ostry "sharp, keen" or ostrouszek "sharp ear, a type of mixed breed dog".

Asturias

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of an old kingdom in Spain.

Atanasov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Atanas".

Atchison

Usage: Scottish

A variant of Atkinson.

Ateljevic

Usage: Serbian

Possibly means "from Hatelji". Although this place may have got its name from the family.

Atkins

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Atkin, a medieval diminutive of Adam.

Atkinson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Atkin", Atkin being a medieval diminutive of Adam.

Atses

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Atsma.

Atsma

Usage: Frisian

Means "son of Atse". Atse is a variant of Ad(d)e or At(t)e, from names starting with adel "noble" or from Adriaan.

Attar

Usage: Iranian

Means "fragrance" from the Persian word attar. Probably denotes a seller of fragrances.

Attaway

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A short of shortening of the words "at the way", denoting someone who lived close to the road.

Atteberry

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Anglicization of Auttenberg.

Atterberry

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Anglicization of Auttenberg.

Attwater

Usage: English

Means "dweller at the water" from the Middle English at, atte "at" and wæter "water".

Aucciello

Usage: Italian

A variant of Uccello.

Aue

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller on the pasture" from the Middle High German ouwe "pasture". There are many place names Aue in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Auer

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Old German name which means "dweller at a swamp or marsh".

Aukema

Usage: Frisian

Means "son of Auke". Auke is a diminutive of Aue, which might be from Augustine or Aurelius.

Aukes

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch form of Aukema.

Aust

Usage: German

Derived from Aust, an archaic diminutive of August.

Auteberry

Usage: English

Anglicization of Auttenberg.

Autenberry

Usage: English

Anglicized form of Auttenberg.

Autenburg

Usage: German

Variation of Auttenberg.

Auttenberg

Usage: English, German, Polish

Possibly means "dweller at Ealdwine's hill, mountain" from the Germanic name meaning "old friend" and berg meaning "hill, mountain.

Avakian

Usage: Armenian

Armenian patronymic meaning "son of Avak".

Avana

Usage: Spanish

Variant of Abano.

Avci

Usage: Turkish

Means "hunter" in Turkish.

Averesch

Usage: Dutch

From the place name Averesch, possibly composed of haver and esch, meaning "oat farm land". Esch or es in this case is an area of farm land, mostly a bit higher than its surroundings. No doubt there's a connection with the ash tree. It often grew on these places.

Avery

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a Norman French form of the given name Alfred.

Aveskamp

Usage: Dutch

Composed of avest and kamp which possibly mean "forest edge farm".

Avninder

Usage: Indian

Derived from the first name Avninder.

Avraham

Usage: Jewish

Variant form of Abraham.

Axelsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Axel".

Axelsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Axel".

Ayers (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "heir" from the Middle English eir.

Ayers (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Ealhhere which means "temple army" in Old English.

Ayers (3)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from Ayr, Scotland".

Ayton

Usage: English

Means "from Ayton (Berwick) or Ayton (Yorkshire), England". Ayton means "farmstead, estate on a river" from the Old English ea "river" and tun "farmstead, estate".

Azarola

Usage: Basque

Possibly means "like a fox" in Basque, a nickname for someone who resembled a fox.

Azzarà

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From Southern Italy. It derives (like all the surnames with an accent on the final a) from Greek dialects of Calabria or Sicily. It means "fisherman".