Behind the Name
the etymology and history of surnames
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Uberti
Usage: Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.

Ubina
Usage: Spanish
Variant of Urbina.

Uccello
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics
Means "bird" in Italian.

Ueda
Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics
From Japanese words meaning "high" and "rice paddy".

Ueno
Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics
Derived from a common place name bearing the meaning "upper field". It is written, and also reads Kamino, Agano and Kôzuke.

Uggeri
Usage: Italian
Derived from the Italian form of Edgar.

Ughi
Usage: Italian
From the old given name Ugo.

Ulfsson
Usage: Swedish
Means "son of Ulf".

Underhill
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill" or from a locational name from Underhill in Devon, which was named after the Old English under "under" + hyll "hill", or from Underhill in Kent, named after the Old English under + helde "slope".

Underwood
Usage: English, Scottish
Extra: Statistics
From a Scottish and English place name for a man who lived at the edge of the woods. It is formed from the Middle English under and wood. Both terms have survived to modern day with the same meanings.

Ungaretti
Usage: Italian
Diminutive of Ungaro.

Ungaro
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics
Means "Hungarian" in Italian.

Ungur
Usage: Romanian
Romanian form of Ungaro.

Unkle
Usage: German
Means "from Unkel". Unkel is a place in Rhineland Palantinate, located about 15 kilometers south of Bonn on the Rhine.

Unruh
Usage: German
Extra: Statistics
Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe, meaning "unrest".

Unterbrink
Usage: German
Means "dweller under the slope, edge" from the Middle Low German unter "under" and brinc "edge, slope".

Upton
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics
Derived from a place name meaning "upper town" in Old English.

Urbina
Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics
Means "city dweller" from the Latin Urbanus.

Ureña
Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics
Most likely derived from the name of Urueña, a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain.

Urquhart
Usage: Scottish
Derived from Welsh ar "by", cardden "thicket". This is the name of several places, the most famous one being north of Loch Ness.

Ursler
Usage: German
Means "from Ursel, Germany".

Utkin
Usage: Russian
From the Russian word utka "duck".

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