Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords star or space or moon or galaxy or light or dark.
usage
meaning
Dunkel German
Means "dark" in German.
Dunn English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old English dunn "dark" or Gaelic donn "brown", referring to hair colour or complexion.
Fusco Italian
From Italian fosco meaning "dark", from Latin fuscus. This was a nickname for a person with dark features.
Galanis m Greek
From Greek γαλανός (galanos) meaning "light blue".
Himura Japanese
From Japanese (hi) meaning "scarlet, dark red" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hoshino Japanese
From Japanese (hoshi) meaning "star" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Karagiannis m Greek
From the Greek prefix καρα (kara) meaning "black, dark" (of Turkish origin) and the given name Giannis.
Leggièri Italian
Means "light, thin" in Sicilian.
Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.
Luna Spanish
From various places in Spain meaning "moon".
Meir Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.
Mochizuki Japanese
Means "full moon" in Japanese, a compound of (mochi) meaning "wish, desire" and (tsuki) meaning "moon".
Monday 2 English
Denoted a person for whom this was a significant day, often the day they would pay their feudal fees.
Moreno Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Morgenstern German, Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "morning star" in German.
Prieto Spanish
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish, referring to a person with dark hair or skin.
Starr English
From Middle English sterre meaning "star". This was usually a nickname, but it could also occasionally be a sign name from the name of an inn called the Star.
Stern 2 German, Jewish
German cognate of Starr.
Sternberg Jewish
Ornamental name derived from old German stern "star" and berg "mountain".
Tähtinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tähti meaning "star".
Yıldız Turkish
Means "star" in Turkish.