This is a list of submitted surnames in which the number of syllables is more than 3.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
GiamattiItalian (Anglicized) Americanized form of Giammattei. Famous bearers include brothers Paul Giamatti (1967-) and Marcus Giamatti (1961-), both American actors.
GuðnadóttirIcelandic Means "daughter of Guðni". A notable bearer is Icelandic musician and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982).
GyljárlaugssonIcelandic The name Gyljárlaugsson combines two Icelandic words, "gylja" meaning "to roar" and "laug" meaning "hot spring". Therefore, the name Gyljárlaugsson could be interpreted as "son of the roaring hot spring".
HaginagaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 脛永 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a division in the town of Ibigawa in the district of Ibi in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 脛長 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a former large village in the same location, in the district of Ikeda in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu in Japan.
HagiwaraJapanese From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".
HanaokaJapanese From Japanese 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
HanarashiJapanese From Japanese, using the kanjis 花 (hana) meaning "flower", combined with 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".
HanasakiJapanese From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". A fictional bearer of this surname is Tsubomi Hanasaki (花咲 つぼみ) from Heartcatch! Pretty Cure.
HanasawaJapanese Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
HanaueJapanese From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper, superior" or 植 (ue) meaning "planting".
HanazawaJapanese From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
HanazonoJapanese Hana means "flower" and zono is a form of sono meaning "garden".
HanesakaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 羽根坂 (Hanesaka), the common name for the area of Furukawachōshimono in the city of Hida in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan.
HanzaikeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 繁在家 (Hanzaike), sound- and script-changed from 半在池 (Hanzaiike) meaning "Hanzaiike", a division in the area of Kirida in the city of Towada in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan... [more]
HarumatsuJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 春 (haru), from 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine", referring to grassland with pine trees.
HarumotoJapanese From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".... [more]
HashizumeJapanese From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 爪 (zume) meaning "end, edge".
HasibuanBatak From the name of Batak king Raja Hasibuan.
HasuderaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus, nelumbo nucifera" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".
HatakeyamaJapanese From Japanese 畠 (hatake) meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
HatanakaJapanese From Japanese 畑 (hata) meaning "field" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
HatayamaJapanese From Japanese 畑 (hata) or 畠 (hata) both meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
HatoyamaJapanese Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).
HietamäkiFinnish Derived from hieta ("fine-sand") & mäki ("hill").
HigashidaJapanese From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
HigashigaitoJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east", 垣 (gai), sound-changed from 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", and 外 (to) meaning "outside", referring to an outside fence facing the east.
HigashikoJapanese Higashi means "east" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
HigashimotoJapanese Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".
HigashiyashikiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".
HijikataJapanese From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]
HirukawaJapanese From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
HisaedaJapanese From Japanese 久枝 (Hisaeda) meaning "Hisaeda", a former area in the former district of Wake in the former Japanese province of Iyo in parts of present-day Ehime, Japan.
HisaishiJapanese Hisa means "long time ago, lasting" and ishi means "stone".
HisamaruJapanese Hisa means "long time, long time ago, longetivity" and maru means "circle, round".
HisamatsuJapanese Hisa (久) means "long ago, everlasting" and matsu (松) means "pine".
HisamotoJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
HisamuraJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
HisanagaJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
HisatomiJapanese Hisa means "long time ago" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".
HisatomiJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".
HisazomeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time" and 染 (zome), the joining continuative form of 染める (someru) meaning "to dye", referring to the process of dying for a long time.
HitokiriJapanese A notable bearer is the author Gentatsu Hitokiri.
HitotoseJapanese (Rare) This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.
HoshizoraJapanese (Rare) Hoshi (星) means "star", sora/zora (空) means "sky", this name literally means "starry sky". Sora changes to zora due to rendaku
HosodakiJapanese (Rare) Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Daki (滝) means "waterfall". Daki is a variant of Taki and it changed the T to D due to rendaku. See also Hosotaki
HuckleberryEnglish From the name of the variety of shrubs (genus Vaccinium) or the berries that grow on them. This is also the anglicized form of the German surname Hackelberg.
HuhtamäkiFinnish Derived from huhta (“woodland cleared for slash-and-burn cultivation”) + mäki (“hill”).
IchibangaseJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]
IchinoeJapanese From 一 (ichi, kazu) meaning "one", 之 (no) meaning "of", and 江 (e) meaning "river, bay, inlet". This is not spelled the same as the town named Ichinohe.
IchinomiyaJapanese This surname is used as 一宮, 一の宮, 一ノ宮, 一之宮 or 市之宮 with 一 (ichi, itsu, hito, hito.tsu) meaning "one," 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" or 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess."... [more]
IchinoseJapanese From japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "city", 一 (ichi) meaning "one", 之 (no) as in the particle の, and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids,current". ... [more]
IchinoseJapanese From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
IchinoseJapanese From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
IchinoshimeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一住連 (Ichinoshime), from 一住連門 (Ichinoshimemon) a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
IchitomiJapanese (Rare) From either 市 (ichi) meaning "market, fair" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune."... [more]
IllustrisimoSpanish (Philippines) Variant of Ilustrisimo. This spelling variation possibly came about from the influence of American surnames during the American occupation of the Philippines... [more]