Daalman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Daalmans

Usage: Dutch

The surname indicates that the first bearer of this surname was a man from Daal or Dalen, which is a small town in the province of Drente in the Netherlands. See also Van Dalen.

Daelman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Daelmans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Dahl

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

Middle Low German dal and Old Norse dalr = "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl; mostly remembered for children's stories such as 'Matilda' and 'Henry Sugar'.

Dahlman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Daalmans.

Dahlmans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Dalca

Usage: Romanian

From the Romanian dalca, meaning "lightning".

Daley

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Daly.

Dalgaard

Usage: Scandinavian

From the Norse words dal meaning "valley" and gaard/gard meaning "yard or farmstead".

Dali

Usage: Hungarian

Derived from the word daliás that means "imposing, virile" in Hungarian.

Dalton

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from a place name which meant "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was John Dalton, the English chemist and physicist who theorized about the existence of atoms.

Daly

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Derived from old Irish daliagh, meaning "assembler, one who calls councils". The name has strong roots in the county Cork.

Dam

Usage: Danish

This means "pond" in Danish.

D'Ambrosio

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the first name Ambrogio or the old form Ambrosio.

Damiani

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Damiano.

D'Amore

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "of love", perhaps a nickname for an illegitimate child.

Damyanov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Damyan".

Danailov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Danail".

Danchev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Dancho", Dancho being a pet form of either Daniel or Yordan.

Danell

Usage: English

Variant of Daniel.

D'Angelo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Angelo". It is the 40th most common Italian surname.

Daniau

Usage: French

French variant of Daniel.

Daniel

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daniell

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Daniel.

Danielov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Daniel".

Daniels

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Daniel.

Danielsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Daniel".

Danielson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Daniel".

Danielsson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Daniel".

Dannel

Usage: English

Variant of Daniel.

Danniel

Usage: English

Variant of Daniel.

Danniell

Usage: English

Variant of Daniel.

D'Antonio

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Antonio".

D'Aramitz

Usage: French

Means "from Aramits" originally denoting one who came from Aramits, a town in the French Pyrenees Mountains named for the abbey it grew around.

Darbinian

Usage: Armenian

Means "son of the blacksmith", so is equivalent to the English Smith.

Darby

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the name of the town Derby, meaning "deer farm".

Darrow

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

A habitational name from Darroch near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, said to be named from Gaelic darach "oak tree".

Darzi

Usage: Indian, Muslim

Means "tailor".

Daskalov

Usage: Bulgarian

A patronymic name from daskal "teacher".

Daube

Usage: Dutch

From a nickname meaning meaning "dove".

Daugherty

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Of Norman origin meaning "from Hauterive", a place name derived from Old French haute rive "high bank".

Daviau

Usage: French

Derived from the given name Davy, a vernacular form of David.

David

Usage: English, French, Scottish, Jewish, Czech Extra: Statistics

From the given name David.

Davidovic

Usage: Serbian

Means "son of David".

Davidsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of David".

Davidson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of David".

Davidyan

Usage: Armenian

Means "son of David".

Davies

Usage: English, Welsh Extra: Statistics

Variant of Davis.

Davin

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

A variant of Devine.

Davis

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name David. This was the surname of the revolutionary jazz trumpet player, Miles Davis.

Davison

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of David".

Dawson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name David.

Day

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a pet name derived from David.

D'Cruz

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Originated in 17th-century Spain and means "of the cross" in Spanish and Portuguese.

D'Cruze

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish

Variation of D'Cruz.

Deadman

Usage: English

Trade name for a grave digger.

Dean (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "valley" from Old English denu.

Dean (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

An occupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one.

De Angelis

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of D'Angelo.

De Campo

Usage: Italian

A locative surname derived from place names called Campo.

De Cloet

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Deering

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".

De Felice

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Felice".

De Filippis

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Filippo".

De Fiore

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Fiore.

Deforest

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "from the forest" in French.

DeGarmo

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Americanized form of the French de Garmeaux, which may derive from a place named Garmeaux in Normandy.

Degirmenci

Usage: Turkish

From a Turkish word indicating a "miller".

De Groot

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "the Big" or "the Grand".

De Haven

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Middle Dutch word haven signifying a "harbor". The de element is a Dutch definite article, may litterally be translated "the harbor".

De Jonckheer

Usage: Dutch

This surname literally means "the young lord"; please also see Jonckheer.

De Jonker

Usage: Dutch

This surname literally means "the young lord"; please also see Jonker.

De Klerk

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the occupation of klerk, which is the Dutch word for "clerk". This surname is the Dutch variant of the English surname Clark.

De Kloet

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Delacroix

Usage: French

In French it means "of the cross". It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol, or near a crossroads.

De la Cruz

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "of the cross", see Cross.

De la Fontaine

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

French form of De la Fuente.

De la Fuente

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.

Delaney

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Old Irish Ó Dúbhshláine, derived from the word dubh meaning "dark or black", and the name of the river Slaine (Slaney). Alternatively, the second element may be slan meaning "defiance". The first bearers of this surname were a sept within the areas now known as Laois and Kilkenny, though they probably had migrated westward to this area from the Wicklow / Enniscorthy / Wexford area, due to their original proximity to the Slaney River. The most famous person to bear this name was a Church of Ireland clergyman and close friend of Jonathan Swift: Patrick Delaney (1685-1768).

Delany

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

A variant of Delaney.

De Laurentis

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Laurentius (Lorenzo)".

Del Bosque

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "of the forest".

De Leon

Usage: Spanish

Referred to someone that hailed from the Leon region of Spain.

Delgado

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Del Olmo

Usage: Spanish

Means "from the elm tree" from Spanish olmo "elm tree".

De Luca

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Patronymic surname derived from the given name Luca.

Demetriou

Usage: Greek Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dimitriou.

Demir

Usage: Turkish

Means "iron" in Turkish.

Demirci

Usage: Turkish

Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.

Dempsey

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic Ó Díomasaigh meaning "decendent of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".

Deniau

Usage: French

French variant of Daniel.

Deniaud

Usage: French

French variant of Daniel.

Deniel

Usage: French

French variant of Daniel.

Denis

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

From the masculine first name Denis.

Denman

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Deadman.

Dennel

Usage: English

Variant of Daniel.

Dennell

Usage: English

Variant of Daniel.

De Palma

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "from the palm tree".

De Rege

Usage: Italian

From a nickname re that is "king".

Derichs

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Derrick

Usage: English, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Derrick, which is a form of Derek. A famous bearer of this surname is the character of Stephan Derrick (played by Horst Tappert), the lead character in the German Krimi-series 'Derrick'.

Derricks

Usage: English

Derived from the given name Derrick.

Derrickson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Derrick".

De Santigo

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Santiago.

De Santis

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the old Latin first name Sanctus (see the Italian first name Santo). Quite a few Italian names end in s - it could be a trace of the Latin ablative case.

De Sauveterre

Usage: French

Old form of Sauveterre.

Deschamps

Usage: French

Means "from the fields", from French champ "hill".

Descoteaux

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "from the hills" from French coteau "hill".

Desjardins

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "from the gardens", from French jardin "garden".

De Snaaijer

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

De Snaijer

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Desrochers

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "of the rocks", from French rocher "boulder, rock".

Desrosiers

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "of the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". The name probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

De Veen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Der Veen.

De Ven

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Der Veen.

Devine

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish Ó Daimhin, meaning "descendent of a poet," from daimhin, "poet, bard." A contemporary bearer of this surname is Ned Devine, the title character of the popular film "Waking Ned Devine".

De Vitis

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Vito", a Latinized form.

Devlin

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Anglicized rendering of the Gaelic O'Duibhlin, meaning literally, "descendant of Duibhlinn", a personal name which may be derived from the Gaelic term dubh meaning "black".

De Vries

Usage: Frisian Extra: Statistics

Means "the Frisian" or "the Fries", referring to a person from Friesland.

De Vroom

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish

Variant of Vroom.

De Vroome

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Vroom.

De Wit

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of De Witte.

De With

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Witte.

De Witt

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of De Witte.

De Witte

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

The meaning is "the white one". De Witte was actually a nickname for a person with white hair.

Dexter

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (once referred only to female dyers).

Di Antonio

Usage: Italian

Variant of D'Antonio.

Díaz

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Dibra

Usage: Albanian

From the Albanian name for the city of Debar in Macedonia, most likely given to someone who came from there.

Di Caprio

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the name of the island of Capri near Naples.

Dick

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the given name Dick, which is a medieval short form of Richard.

Dickens

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dick. A famous bearer of this surname is the English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870).

Dickenson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Dickin or Dickon", diminutives of Dick.

Dickinson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Dickin or Dickon", diminutives of Dick. Poet Emily Dickinson was a famous bearer.

Dickman

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From Old English diche "ditch" combined with man "man". Originally a name for a ditch digger or someone who lived near a ditch.

Dickson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Dick".

Diefenbach

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From an old German place name which meant "deep creek".

Dierickx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dieter

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Dieter.

Dietrich

Usage: German

Derived from the given name Dietrich.

Dijkstra

Usage: Frisian

Means from the dyke or near the dyke, from Frisian dijk.

Di Mercurio

Usage: Italian

Means "son of Mercurio", a given name derived from the name of the god Mercury.

Dimitriou

Usage: Greek Extra: Statistics

A patronymic of Dimitris.

Dimitrov

Usage: Bulgarian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Dimitar".

Dimov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Dimo", Dimo being a pet form of Dimitar.

Dinapoli

Usage: Italian

Means "from Naples" in Italian.

Dioli

Usage: Italian

From the given masculine name Andrea.

Di Pasqua

Usage: Italian

Means "of Easter" in Italian.

Di Pietro

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Pietro" in Italian.

Dirchs

Usage: Dutch, German

Variant of Dircks.

Dircks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Diederik.

Dirckse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dircksen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dircksens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirckx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Diriks

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirikx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirix

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dircks.

Dirkse

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dircks.

Dirksen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dircks.

Dirkx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Disney

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

An Anglicized form of D'Isigny meaning "one who is from the canton of Isigny" located in France.

Di Stefano

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Stefano".

Dittmar

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from a personal name of the elements theud meaning "people" or "race" and mari or meri, meaning "famous".

Dixon

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Richard".

Dobos

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from dob that means "drum" in Hungarian. Originally the name was given to someone who played the drum or made them.

Dobrev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Dobri", Dobri being a pet form of Dobromil, Dobroslaw or other names beginning with dobr-.

Doctor

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Undoubtedly derives from an ancestor that was a doctor. It is the name of Danish Shakespeare critic Jens-Aage Doctor.

Doherty

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh, which means "obstructive".

Dohman

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from a pet form of the given name Thomas.

Dolan

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic Ó Dobhailen, meaning "black defiance, challenge". It is derived from dubh meaning "dark".

Doležal

Usage: Czech, Slovak Extra: Statistics

Derived from the past participle of the verb doležit "to lie down".

Dominguez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Domingo".

Donaghue

Usage: Irish, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Donoghue.

Donalds

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Donald.

Donaldson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Donald".

Donati

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Donato.

Donne

Usage: Scottish, Irish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.

Donnell

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

A variant of O'Donnell.

Donnelly

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Irish "Ó Donnghaile," meaning "the descendent of Donnghaile." Donnghaile means "brown valor", from duinn, "brown" and conghaile,"valorous." Like O'Donnell, this surname is associated with the descendents of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

D'Onofrio

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Onofrio".

Donoghue

Usage: Irish, Scottish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic Ó Donnchadha, meaning "the descendent of Donnchadh".

Donohoe

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Donoghue.

Donohue

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Donoghue.

Doubek

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "a small oak" from the Slavic dub "oak".

Dougherty

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Doherty.

Downer

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

English, someone who lived on or near a down, which is an old word for a hill.

Doyle

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From the Gaelic surname Ó Dubhghaill, which means "descendent of Dubhghall". The name Dubhghall means "dark stranger" in Gaelic. A famous bearer was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.

Draganov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Dragan".

Dragic

Usage: Croatian, Serbian

A patronymic from any of the given names starting with Drag-.

Drago

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "dragon".

Dragomirov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Dragomir".

Dragov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Drago".

Dragovic

Usage: Serbian, Croatian

Means "son of Drago".

Draper

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a maker or seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap "cloth").

Drechsler

Usage: German

A variant of Dressler.

Drees

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dries.

Dreese

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dries.

Dreesen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Driessen.

Dreesens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Driessen.

Dreessen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Driessen.

Dreessens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Driessen.

Dreher

Usage: German

Means "a turner" from Middle High German dræhen "to turn". A turner was a person who worked on a lathe and created small objects from wood or bone used for decoration.

Dreschner

Usage: German

Derived from Middle High German dreschen "to thresh", "to separate the grains from a cereal plant".

Dresdner

Usage: German

Means "a person from Dresden" in German.

Dressler

Usage: German

Means "a turner" from Middle High German dreseler. A turner was a person who worked on a lathe and created small objects from wood or bone used for decoration.

Dreyer

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "turner" in Dutch, an occupational name for one who turned wood to create things like ornate chair legs.

Dries

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Dutch given name Dries, which comes from Andreas.

Driessen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Dries", Dries being a Dutch form of Andreas.

Driscoll

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic Ó hEidersceoil meaning "descendent of the interpreter or messenger".

Drummond

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From a place name, meaning "ridge" in Gaelic.

Du

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

Means "pear tree" in Chinese.

Duarte

Usage: Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Duarte.

Dubanowski

Usage: Polish

Means "a person from Dubanowo, Poland".

Dubicki

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Dubica, Poland".

Dubois

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".

DuChamps

Usage: French

From the fields, or countryside, from the French champs.

Duerr

Usage: German

A variant spelling of Dürr.

Duff

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Gaelic dubh meaning "dark".

Duffy (1)

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Ó Dubhthaigh, an Irish name meaning "black" or "swarthy". Their original homeland was Monaghan, where their surname is still the most common; they are also from Donegal and Roscommon.

Duffy (2)

Usage: Scottish, Irish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe meaning "descendent of Dhuibhshíthe", a name meaning "black peace".

Dufort

Usage: French

Means "of the fort".

Dufour

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "of the oven".

Duguay

Usage: French

Duke

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader".

Dukeson

Usage: English

Means "son of the Duke".

Dumitrescu

Usage: Romanian

Means "son of Dumitru".

Dumitru

Usage: Romanian

Derived from the given name Dumitru.

Dunai

Usage: Hungarian

From Duna, the Hungarian name for river Danube.

Dunajski

Usage: Polish

Derived from Dunaj, the Polish name for the river Danube.

Dunbar

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

Means "castle headland" and comes from the old barony of Dunbar, now in East Lothian in Scotland. The place name Dunbar itself comes from the Gaelic dun meaning "fort" and barr meaning "summit". Locality from the town of Dunbar, at the mouth of the Frith of Forth, Scotland, so called from its situation on the rock which at this place projects into the sea.

Duncan

Usage: Scottish, Irish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Duncan.

Duncanson

Usage: Irish, Scottish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Duncan".

Dunkle

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Means "dark" in German.

Dunst

Usage: German

Derived from the Middle High German dunst "haze".

Dupond

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dupont.

Dupont

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

It means "from the bridge" in French.

Durand (1)

Usage: English

Americanized form of Hungarian Durándi.

Durand (2)

Usage: English, French

Variation of Durant.

Durándi

Usage: Hungarian

From a place called Duránd, in the former Szepes county.

Durant

Usage: French, English

From the nickname Durandus, meaning 'enduring'.

Durante

Usage: Spanish, Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Durante, or from a nickname for a stubborn person.

Durnin

Usage: Irish Extra: Statistics

From Gaelic Ó Doirnín meaning "descendent of Doirnín", a given name meaning "little fist".

Dürr

Usage: German

Derived from Middle High German dürre "thin".

Dušek

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Dušek, a pet form of Dušan, or other names beginning with duš "soul".

Duval

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "from the valley" in French. The original name was spelled Du Val (two words).

Dvorak

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a person who either owned a manor, or worked on one. It is derived from the Czech word dvur "manor".

Dwerryhouse

Usage: English

Means "dweller at the dwarf-house" from Middle English dwerugh or Old English dweorh, "a dwarf", and Middle English hous or Old English hus.

Dyer

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "one who dyes", as in a cloth dyer.

Dykstra

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "dyke" or "ditch". The name was given to a resident living near a dyke or embankment.

Dziedzic

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Polish dziedzic "landowner".