Vacca

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "cow" in Italian, and originally denoted a person who worked with cattle.

Vaccaro

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Occupational name meaning "cowherd" in Italian.

Vacek

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Vaclav.

Vacik

Usage: Czech

Variant of Vacek.

Vadas

Usage: Hungarian

From vad meaning "wild animal".

Vãduva

Usage: Romanian

From the Romanian vãduvã meaning "the widow".

Valdez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Valdo", which is derived from the Germanic element bald meaning "brave".

Valencia

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the name of the Spanish city, which is related to the personal name Valencia.

Valenta

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Valentin.

Valenti

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

A patronymic from the given name Valente, an archaic form of Valentino. A famous bearer of that last name was Jack J. Valenti, advisor of US President Lyndon Johnson.

Valentini

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Valentino.

Valentinov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Valentin".

Valeriev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Valery".

Valerio

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Valerio.

Vámos

Usage: Hungarian

Means "customs officer" in Hungarian.

Van Aalsburg

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Aalsburg". Aalsburg might be from Adelsburg, which is composed of adal "noble" and burg "fortress".

Van Aalst

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Alst.

Van Aarle

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aarle.

Van Achteren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Agteren.

Van Achthoven

Usage: Dutch

Denotes a person hailing from any of the various places bearing the name Achthoven.

Van Adrichem

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Adrichem.

Van Aggelen

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Aggelen", the place Aggelen could be Achel in the Belgian province Limburg or Echel in the Dutch province Limburg.

Van Agteren

Usage: Dutch

Means "from behind", probably referring to a place behind something, like a church or other building or a place at the end of the road.

Van Agthoven

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Achthoven.

Van Akkeren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van den Akker.

Van Aller

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Aller, Holland".

Van Alphen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Alphen, Netherlands".

Van Alst

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Aalst, Netherlands". Aalst is believed to be from Germanic alhust meaning "living place".

Van Altena

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Altena, Netherlands".

Van Althuis

Usage: Dutch

Means "from the old house".

Van Amelsvoort

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Amersfoort, Netherlands".

Van Amersvoort

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Amelsvoort.

Van Amstel

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Amstel, Netherlands".

Van Andel

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Andel, Netherlands".

Van Andringa

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Andringa.

Van Ankeren

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Ankeren, Netherlands".

Van Antwerp

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Antwerp, Netherlands".

Van Antwerpen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Antwerp.

Van Apeldoorn

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Apeldoorn".

Van Arendonk

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arendonk.

Van As

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Asch, Netherlands".

Van Asch

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van As.

Van Assen

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Assen, Netherlands". Assen is possibly from essen meaning "ash trees".

Van Baarle

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Baal/Baarle" in Dutch.

Van Bokhoven

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Bokhoven". Bokhoven is a small town in the the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands.

Van Breda

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Breda". Breda is a city in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. Breda is derived from the elements breed meaning "wide" and Aa, the name of a river.

Van Bueren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Buren.

Van Buggenum

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Buggenum". Buggenum is a small town in the middle of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Van Buiren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Buren.

Van Buren

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch surname meaning "of Buren". Buren is a small town near the coast of Ameland, one of the small islands in the north of the Netherlands. The island of Ameland belongs to the province of Friesland. Buren is also the name of a small city in a Dutch province named Gelderland. It has been a county for hundereds of years. The former countess Anna van Buren married Willem the Conqueror, the founder of the Dutch Royal Family. The current family still uses the title Count of Buren. A famous bearer of this surname was the American president Martin van Buren (1782-1862), who was the eighth president of the United States.

Van Can

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Van Cann

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Van Canne

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Vance

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by a fen, marsh" from the Old English fenn.

Vanchev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Vancho", Vancho being a pet form of Ivan.

Vancura

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Václav in the later 15th century.

Van Daal

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Daalen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dael

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Daele

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dale

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Dalen.

Vandale

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dalen

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Dalen". Dalen is a small town in the province of Drente in the Netherlands.

Van De Laar

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Laar.

Van den Akker

Usage: Dutch

Means "from the field".

Van den Andel

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Andel.

Van Denend

Usage: Dutch

In Dutch van means "of" and denend means "the end" meaning the family originated at the end of something, most likely a road.

Van der Aart

Usage: Dutch

Means "from the earth", perhaps referring to an earth bank or a farmer.

Van der As

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van As.

Van der Beek

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from the creek" in Dutch.

Van der Berg

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from the mountain" in Dutch, van meaning "from", der meaning "the", berg meaning "mountain". In the Dutch case, since it is a very flat country, it may refer to a hill. Usually the land a church was built upon was a bit higher than the surrounding land.

Van der Hout

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houten.

Van der Laar

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Laar.

Van der See

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van der Zee.

Van der Stoep

Usage: Dutch

A stoep or stoup is the slope up to a dike, so the name originates from people living near such an entrance, since van der means "from".

Van der Veen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Literally translated, "of the peat". The surname indicates the address or place of residence of the first ancestors in a peat district or fen colony; the name has been taken by several peat workers. The Dutch word for peat, veen, comes from Old German fanja, which means "swampy lake".

Van der Ven

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van der Veen.

Van der Venn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van der Veen.

Van der Venne

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van der Veen.

Van der Vennen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van der Veen.

Van der Zee

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Literally translated, the meaning is "of the sea". It is clear that the first bearer of this surname was someone who lived on the coast, near the sea. Or, it could also be that the first bearer was a sailor, who spent most of his days on the sea.

Van De Vliert

Usage: Dutch

Means "of the farm" or "from the farm" in Dutch.

Van Donk

Usage: Dutch

Means "of Donk" in Dutch. Donk is the Old Dutch word for "hill", so that states that the first bearer of this surname lived on a hill or place that was known as the Donk.

Vandroogenbroeck

Usage: Flemmish

It means "from the dry marshes" in Dutch. (Brussels was built on dry marshes, so it means from Brussels) It's a very common name in Brussels and on the outskirts.

Vanek

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Vanek, an archaic pet form of the given name Vaclav.

Vanev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Vane", Vane being a pet form of Ivan.

Vång

Usage: Swedish

Place or occupational name for a person who lived or worked on a farm, from Old Norse vangr "field, meadow".

Vang (1)

Usage: Norwegian

Place or occupational name for a person who lived or worked on a farm, from Old Norse vangr "field, meadow".

Vang (3)

Usage: Yiddish

Variant of Wang.

Van Haanraads

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Van Haanraats

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Van Haanrade

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Haanrade". Haanrade is a small village in the south of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Van Haanrath

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Van Haenraats

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Van Haenraets

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Vanhanen

Usage: Finnish

From the Finnish word vanha, meaning "old".

Van Hanraets

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Van Hassel

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Hassel (Lower Saxony), Germany". Hassel may mean "place where hazel trees grow" from the Germanic hasel, hassel.

Van Hautem

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houtum.

Van Hautum

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houtum.

Van Heel

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch surname meaning "of Heel". Heel is a small town in the middle of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Van Herten

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Herten". Herten is a small town in the middle of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The name Herten comes from the word herten, which is the plural form of hert, the Dutch word for "deer".

Van Hofwegen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch surname meaning "of Hofwegen". Hofwegen was a small town in the province of Zuid-Holland in the Netherlands. The town was 'removed' in 1855, as was the town Bleskensgraaf. Both towns became one town in the same year. The name of that new town would be Bleskensgraaf En Hofwegen until 1986. In that year, also Bleskensgraaf En Hofwegen was 'removed', and a new town called Graafstroom was founded.

Van Horn (1)

Usage: Dutch

Means "from the town of Hoorn".

Van Hout

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Houten.

Van Houte

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houten.

Van Houtem

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houtum.

Van Houten

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Literally translated, "of forests". Hout is the oldest Dutch word for "forest". We see it back in extensive areas with forests, which were an important component of the environment in the early Middle Ages.

Van Houttum

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houtum.

Van Houtum

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houten.

Van Kan

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Van Kann

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Van Kanne

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Kanne". Kanne is a town in the province of Limburg in Belgium.

Vankov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Vanko", Vanko being a pet form of Ivan.

Van Laar

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

The meaning is "of Laar". A laar (plural form is laren) is an open spot in the forest, which was used quite intensively by man in the past, amongst others for grazing the cattle. These laren were often found in sloping grounds, often in the neighbourhood of brooks.

Van Laren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Laar.

Van Leeuwenhoeck

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Leeuwenhoek.

Van Leeuwenhoek

Usage: Dutch

The meaning is, literally translated, "of lion's corner". The first bearer of this name lived on the corner (= hoek in Dutch) of the Lion's Gate (= Leeuwenpoort in Dutch) in the city of Delft (in the province of Zuid-Holland), which eventually resulted in Leeuwenhoek as a surname. A famous bearer of this surname is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a pioneer in the field of microscopy. He was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa. His observations also helped to disprove the theory of abiogenesis, which claimed that some organisms are created through spontaneous generation.

Van Middelburg

Usage: Dutch

A place name for someone from various places called Middelburg in the Netherlands.

Van Middlesworth

Usage: English, Dutch

An Americanized form of Dutch Van Middelburg.

Vann (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by a fen, marsh" from the Old English fenn.

Vann (2)

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by a water (a freshwater lake)" from the Middle High German vann.

Van Nifterick

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Niftrik.

Van Nifterik

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Niftrik.

Van Niftrik

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Niftrik". Niftrik is a small town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Van Ogtrop

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Agterop.

Van Oirschot

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Oirschot". Oirschot is a small town in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands.

Van Oirschotten

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Oirschot.

Van Oorschot

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Oirschot.

Van Ophoven

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Ophoven". Ophoven is a small town in the middle of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Van Peij

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Pey.

Van Pey

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Pey". Pey is a small town in the middle of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The name Pey comes from the French verb payer, which means "to pay".

Van Rompa

Usage: Dutch

Variant form of Van Rompaey. Though it is a more modern form, it is quite rare: there are no known bearers in The Netherlands, with only about 15 bearers in Flanders (Belgium).

Van Rompaeij

Usage: Dutch

Variant spelling of Van Rompaey. A medieval surname, which still exists today - but it is rather rare. There are only a handful of bearers in both The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium).

Van Rompaey

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Rompade, which is a variant spelling of Van Rumpade. Like the aforementioned two surnames, this surname also originated in the Middle Ages. However, unlike them, Van Rompaey still exists today. It is rather rare in The Netherlands, where it only has a handful of bearers - but it is quite common in Flanders (Belgium), where it has over 900 bearers.

Van Rompaij

Usage: Dutch

Just like Van Rompay, which this surname is a variant spelling of, this surname has its origin in the Late Middle Ages. It is quite rare these days; there are no known bearers in The Netherlands, with only a handful of known bearers in Flanders (Belgium).

Van Rompay

Usage: Dutch

This variant spelling of Van Rompaey originated in the Late Middle Ages. It is quite rare in The Netherlands, but reasonably common in Flanders (Belgium), where there are over 200 bearers of this surname.

Van Rompaye

Usage: Dutch

Variant spelling of Van Rompay, slightly influenced by French. A rather rare surname, there are no known bearers in The Netherlands, with a little over 30 bearers in Flanders (Belgium).

Van Rompu

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Rompuy, though one could also say that it is also a variant of Van Rompa. This surname is rare in The Netherlands, where it has only a handful of known bearers. It is a little bit more common in Flanders (Belgium), where it has a little over 50 known bearers.

Van Rompuy

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Rompay. There are no known bearers of this surname in The Netherlands, but there are a little over 150 bearers in Flanders (Belgium). A well-known bearer of this surname is the Flemish politician Herman Van Rompuy, who is currently the Prime Minister of Belgium.

Van Rossem

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Rossum.

Van Rossum

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch surname meaning "of Rossum". Rossum was a small town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The town was 'removed' in 1999, as were the towns Ammerzoden, Hedel, Heerewaarden and Maasdriel. All these towns became one town in the same year: Maasdriel. The town of Rossum was founded in 1955, out of the town Hurwenen and the old town Rossum. Rossum is mentioned as Rotheheim in an document from 893. The name Rotheheim is put together of rothe, which indicates a place where forest is cleared, and heim, which means "place of residence".

Van Rumpade

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Rumpade". The name of this place means "wide path", as it is derived from Middle Dutch ruum or rûme "wide, spacious" combined with Middle Dutch pat "path". This surname is medieval and does no longer exist in this spelling today, as do its variant spellings Van Ruympade and Van Rompade.

Van Schoorel

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Schoorl.

Van Schoorl

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Schoorl". Schoorl is a small town in the province of Noord-Holland in the Netherlands.

Van Schorel

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Schoorl.

Vantchev

Usage: Bulgarian

A variant transcription of Vanchev.

Van 't Hout

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Houten.

Van Tonder

Usage: German

Means "from Tonder, Denmark".

Van Veen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Der Veen.

Van Veenen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Der Veen.

Van Wegberg

Usage: Dutch

Dutch variant of Von Wegberg.

Van Wieren

Usage: Frisian, Dutch Extra: Statistics

It means "from Wieren". It originated in Friesland and other parts of the Netherlands. Wieren, the name of several towns, means "seaweed".

Van Willigen

Usage: Dutch

Means "from the willows".

Varano

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Locative surname, derived from one of the many towns of this name in Italy.

Varela

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Spanish vara "stick". It may have originally been given to one who used a stick in his line of work, for example an animal herder.

Varga

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Occupational name that means "cobbler" in Hungarian.

Vargas

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese Extra: Statistics

Topographic name meaning "hut", "slope", or "pastureland" in Spanish and Portuguese dialects.

Vargha

Usage: Hungarian

Form of Varga.

Varley

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from Verly, France".

Varnham

Usage: English

Variant of Farnham.

Vartanian

Usage: Armenian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Vartan" in Armenian. Vartan is a male given name meaning "rose giver".

Vašek

Usage: Czech

Derived from the given name Vašek - a pet from for Václav.

Vasile

Usage: Romanian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Vasile.

Vasilescu

Usage: Romanian

Means "son of Vasile".

Vasilev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Vasil".

Vasilyev

Usage: Russian

Family name derived from the first name Vasiliy.

Vásquez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Vasco".

Vass

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the old Magyar term vass meaning "iron", referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron core or a vendor of goods so manufactured. Alternatively, from the same root word, it may have been a nickname referring to distinctively strong constitution.

Vastag

Usage: Hungarian

Means "bulky, stout" in Hungarian.

Vastagh

Usage: Hungarian

Spelling variant of Vastag.

Vaughan

Usage: English, Welsh Extra: Statistics

The surname is a mutated form of Welsh fychan, which means "younger". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son. In English, the word fychan became vychan.

Vaughn

Usage: English, Welsh Extra: Statistics

Variant of Vaughan.

Vavra

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Vavra, a pet form of Vavrinec.

Vázquez

Usage: Spanish

A variant of Vásquez.

Vega

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller in a) meadow", from the Spanish vega.

Vela (1)

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a medieval given name Vela which was a reduced form of the Germanic name Vigila which is derived from the element wig "war".

Vela (2)

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "watchmaker".

Velazquez

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Spanish first name Velasco, meaning "crow" in Basque.

Velichkov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Velichko". Velichko is a Slavic name derived from velik "great".

Velitchkov

Usage: Bulgarian

A variant transcription of Velichkov.

Vemulakonda

Usage: Hindu

It means "from the city of Vemula". It would be more appropriate as "from the hill of Vemula". There is a city called Vemulakonda in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Venäläinen

Usage: Finnish

Means "Russian" in Finnish. This name was originally used by the ethnic Finns who lived on the Russian side of the border.

Vencel

Usage: Hungarian

Derived from the given name Vencel.

Venczel

Usage: Hungarian

Variant of Vencel.

Venetianer

Usage: German, Italian, Jewish

Probably one of the few surnames with an unique known ancestor - Mr. Alexsandor Vinazie, a Jewish gentlemen who possibly emigrated from Venice to the town of Liptovsky Mikulas in a region which today is known as the Slovak Republic. Vinazie was later germinized to its present form Venetianer.

Venner

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Der Veen.

Ventimiglia

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the name of a historical Italian city, Ventimiglia, now near the French border.

Ventura

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan Extra: Statistics

Comes from the Italian first name Bonaventura and the Spanish form Buenaventura.

Verboom

Usage: Dutch

Means "the tree" in Dutch.

Veres

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Dialectical variant of Vörös.

Vergoossen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Goswijn". The first part of Goswijn, Gos, comes from the name of a people, the Gotians (Dutch de Goten). The second part, wijn (from old German win), means "friend".

Verhoeven

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Ver means "from the" and hoeve means "farm", so the name means "from the farm".

Verity

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a nickname meaning "truth", perhaps given originally to a truthful person.

Vermeulen

Usage: Flemmish Extra: Statistics

Belgian and Dutch Flemmish surname meaning "dweller by the mill".

Vernersen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Verner".

Verona

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the name of the city of Verona, one of the most important historical cities of northern Italy.

Veronesi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "person from Verona" (see Verona).

Ververs

Usage: Dutch

From the Dutch occupation of verver, which is "painter" in English.

Vervloet

Usage: Flemmish

Means "(dweller by a) stream".

Vescovi

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Derived from Italian vescovo "bishop".

Vesela

Usage: Czech

The surname Vesela means "happy" or "cheerful". It is of Moravian origin.

Vesely

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "cheerful" in Czech.

Vespa

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From an Italian nickname meaning "wasp".

Vestri

Usage: Italian

From the given name Vestro, a pet form of Silvestro.

Vicario

Usage: Spanish, Italian

Means "a vicar" in Spanish and Italian. Vicar is an ecclesiastic title, usually used to denote a representative of a bishop.

Vico

Usage: Italian

From the name of many villages in Italy, their names all derived from Latin vicus "town".

Victor

Usage: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the male given name Victor.

Victore

Usage: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Variant of Victor.

Victors

Usage: Dutch, English, French

Derived from the male given name Victor.

Victorsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Means "son of Victor".

Victorson

Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Means "son of Victor".

Victorsson

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Victorson.

Victorsz

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Victors.

Vida

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Vid.

Vieth

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the given name Vito.

Vigo

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Vico.

Viktorov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Viktor".

Vilaró

Usage: Catalan Extra: Statistics

From the province of Cataluna in Spain, and means "little rustic cabin". The name is thought to have been originally from France and was changed from the 13th century Vilaroux into the Catalan Vilaro.

Vilhjalmsson

Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic

Means "son of Vilhjalmur".

Villa

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "town" in Italian and Spanish. Originally given to a person who came from a town, as opposed to the countryside.

Villalobos

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Villalobos". Villalobos is a city in Spain which derives its name from from Spanish villa "town", lobo "wolf".

Villanueva

Usage: Spanish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller in a) new settlement" from the Spanish villa "settlement" and nueva "new".

Villaverde

Usage: Spanish

A place name meaning "green farm or settlement", from villa "farm, settlement" + verde "green".

Villeneuve

Usage: French

Means "(dweller in a) new settlement" from French ville "settlement", neuve "new".

Vincent (1)

Usage: English, French

From the given name Vincent. Also taken to honor Saint Vincent.

Vincent (2)

Usage: Irish

A name adopted by the Irish as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhinse "son of the dark man of the island".

Vinci (1)

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Vincente, or from other old compound names that began with Vinci-, such as Vinciguerra, Vinciprova, or Vincimala.

Vinci (2)

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

A locative surname from Vinci near Florence, the native village of Leonardo da Vinci.

Vincze

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

A patronymic surname, from the first name Vince.

Vinkovic

Usage: Croatian

Means "son of Vinko".

Vinter

Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Scandinavian variant of Winter.

Viola

Usage: Italian, Spanish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Viola.

Vipond

Usage: French, English Extra: Statistics

Anglicization of the French Vieuxpont "old bridge". It is a place in Calvados (Normandy).

Virág

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "flower" in Hungarian.

Virgo

Usage: English

Possibly from Latin virgo "virgin, maiden". It may have been a nickname for an actor who played the blessed virgin Mary in mystery plays. It may also have been used to describe a shy or girlish man or a lecher.

Virtanen

Usage: Finnish

Derived from Finnish virta "stream".

Visscher

Usage: Dutch

Means "fisherman" in Dutch.

Vitali

Usage: Italian Extra: Statistics

From the given name Vitale.

Viteri

Usage: Spanish, Basque, Italian Extra: Statistics

Means "from Biteri, Basque Country".

Vivas

Usage: Catalan Extra: Statistics

Means "may you live" from the Latin, Catalan and Spanish expression vivas which was bestowed upon children to bring good luck.

Vives

Usage: Catalan, Spanish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Vivas.

Vladimirescu

Usage: Romanian

Means "son of Vladimir".

Vlahovic

Usage: Serbian, Croatian

A patronymic from the nickname vlah "Romanian".

Vlasák

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Czech vlas "hair". The name probably referred to a barber or to a person who bought and sold hair.

Vlašic

Usage: Slovene, Croatian

A patronymic from Vlah "Romanian".

Vlasic

Usage: Serbian, Croatian

A patronymic from Vlah "Romanian".

Vlček

Usage: Czech

Means "little wolf" from the Slavic word vlk "wolf".

Vodenicharov

Usage: Bulgarian

Patronymic from the Bulgarian word vodenichar "miller".

Vogel

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German vogel meaning "bird". Originally a nickname for a happy person.

Vogels

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Vogel.

Vogt

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From the Middle High German occupational name voget, vogt, voit meaning "overseer, bailiff, lawyer".

Vogts

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Patronymic variant of Vogt.

Voigt

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Vogt.

Voigts

Usage: German

Patronymic variant of Vogt.

Volk

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Derived from given names that began with the Germanic element folk meaning "people".

Volkov

Usage: Russian

Patronymic from Russian volk "wolf".

Voll (1)

Usage: Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller in/by a) meadow", from Old Norse völlr.

Voll (2)

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Volk.

Vollan

Usage: Norwegian

From the Old Norse word völlr (see Voll (1)), originally given to someone who lived near a farmstead.

Voltolini

Usage: Italian

From the important alpine valley of Lombardy called Valtellina, near Lake Como. In fact the old name of the inhabitants of this valley was Voltolino.

Von Brandt

Usage: German

Means "(dweller in an) area cleared by fire" from the Middle High German brant.

Von Essen

Usage: German

Means "from Essen (a city in Germany)" in German.

Von Grimmelshausen

Usage: German

Means "from Grimmel's houses", from von, the German word "from"; Grimmel, a name or place, alternatively a word of uncertain meaning; hausen, the plural of the word for "house".

Von Ingersleben

Usage: German

Means "from Ingersleben, Germany". Ingersleben means "Inge's village".

Vonnegut

Usage: German

Possibly means "(dweller by the) good hunting track" from the Germanic vonn "hunting track" and gut "good".

Von Wegberg

Usage: German

German surname meaning "of Wegberg". Wegberg is a small town in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany, close to the border of Germany-The Netherlands.

Vörös

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.

Voss

Usage: Low German Extra: Statistics

From Middle Low German vos meaning "fox". Originally a nickname for a very clever person or for a person with red hair.

Voß

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Voss.

Vossen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the given name Vos, which comes from the Frisian name Fos. Fos comes from Old German given names that start with Folk, like Folkmar. Folk means "people" or "warpeople".

Vroom

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Frumoldus, which comes from Old German fruma-walda, which means "benefit" and "ruler with advantage".

Vroomen

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish

Variant of Vroom.

Vrubel

Usage: Czech

From the Czech word vrabec "sparrow" which in the Silesian dialect was transformed into the form Vrubel.

Vukoja

Usage: Croatian, Serbian

Derived from the given name Vuk.