Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword herder.
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Abagnale Italian
Either an occupational name for a shepherd or a person who lived near a sheepfold (derived from Italian abbagnale meaning "good shepherd, good sheepfold"), or a topographic name for someone who lived in a wet or swampy area (from abagnato meaning "drenched, soaked")... [more]
Aramaki Japanese
Ara means "wild" and maki means "shepherd".
Arciniega Basque
Castilianized form. Name for someone from the Spanish town of Artziniega. The town's name likely comes from the Basque artzain meaning "shepherd" and -aga, a suffix for place names.
Bergeron French
Diminutive of French berger meaning "shepherd".
Çoban Turkish
Means "shepherd" in Turkish.
Çobanov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of the shepherd", from Azerbaijani çoban meaning "shepherd".
Deveci Turkish
Means "cameleer, camel herder" in Turkish.
Džambas Romani
Meaning "herdsman, horse trader", from Persian ganbas, which translates as "herdsman". In the Turkish language, this term has the same meaning as... [more]
Faraguna Croatian, Italian
Derived from Istro-Romanian fară gună, meaning "without a shepherd's goat-skin cloak".
Feemster English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "herdsman", from Middle English fee "cattle" and English master.
Ghosh Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit घोष (ghosha) meaning "milkman" or "cowherd", ultimately from गो (go) meaning "cow".
Hirt German, English (Anglicized), Czech, Polish
From German Hirte meaning "shepherd".
Karjane Estonian
Karjane is an Estonian surname meaning "herdsman".
Makimura Japanese
Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".
Makino Japanese
Makino means "shepherd" and no means "wilderness, field".
Makino Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Makioka Japanese
Maki means "shepherd" and oka means "hill, mound".
Maugeri Sicilian, Italian
From Sicilian maugeri "herdsman".
Nishimaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle".
Ochsner German (Swiss)
Means "oxen herder" in Swiss, from Middle High German ohse "ox".
Pasteur French
French for "shepherd" or "preacher, pastor". Famous bearer Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist who created the first rabies vaccine, gave his name to the process of 'pasteurization'.
Pastorelli Italian
An occupational name meaning "shepherd."
Pastukhov Russian
Derived from Russian пастух (pastukh) meaning "shepherd".
Swanwick English
Habitational name from Swanwick in Derbyshire, possibly also Swanwick in Hampshire. Both are named from Old English swan, "herdsman," and wic, "outlying dairy farm."
Văcărescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian văcar meaning "cowherd".
Vaccarino Italian
From a diminutive of the occupational name Vaccaro meaning "cowherd".
Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswesenchafew German (Rare)
Full name Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanverstandigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanlebenslamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum... [more]