Browse Submitted Surnames

Aaronov Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Aaron".

Abadilla Spanish
Variant of Badilla

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]

Abakumov Russian
Means "son of Abakum".

Abalahin Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to disturb, to bother" in Tagalog.

Abbruzzese Italian
Habitational name for someone originally from Abruzzo, a region in southern Italy.

Abdelazim Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd al-Azim.

Abdelaziz Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd al-Aziz.

Abdelfattah Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd al-Fattah.

Abdelhadi Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Hadi.

Abdelhamid Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abd al-Hamid.

Abdelkader Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abd al-Qadir.

Abdellaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abd Allah.

Abdelmajid Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Majid.

Abdelnaby Arabic (Egyptian)

Abdelrahim Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rahim.

Abdelrahman Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rahman.

Abdelsalam Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd as-Salam.

Abdelwahab Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd al-Wahab.

Abdollahi Persian
From the given name Abdollah.

Abdollahzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Abdollah" in Persian.

Abdul-Jabbar Arabic, Indian
This last name is famous for a basketball player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Abduljabbar Arabic, Filipino, Maranao
Derived from the given name Abd al-Jabbar.

Abduljalil Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Jalil

Abdulmajeed Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Majid.

Abdulmawla Arabic
Combination of the Arabic word “Abdul,” which means “servant of,” and the word “Mawla,” which means “lord” or “patron.”

Abdulrahim Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rahim.

Abdulrahman Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Rahman

Abdurahman Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Abd al-Rahman.

Abdurrahman Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Rahman

Abelleira Galician
Means "beehive, apiary" in Galician, either used as an occupational name for a beekeeper or a habitational name for someone from any of various places in Galicia called Abelleira (derived from the same word).

Abgarowicz Polish (Rare)
Meaning "son of Abgar". The name originates from a wealthy Armenian merchant family (called Sołtan at the time) who settled in Kyiv in the 16th century... [more]

Abgarowiczowa f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
Historical married name of Abgarowicz.

Abgarowiczówna f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
Historical maiden name of Abgarowicz.

Aboubacar Western African
From the given name Aboubacar.

Aboubakar Western African
From the given name Aboubakar.

Abrahamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Abrahamyan.

Abrahamowicz Polish
Variant of Abramowicz.

Abrahamyan Armenian
Means "son of Abraham".

Abramienia Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Abram 1.

Abramovici Romanian, Moldovan
Romanian equivalent of Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian surname Abramovich, meaning son of Abraham

Abramowicz Polish
Means "son of Abraham".

Abukawa Japanese
From Japanese 虻 (abu) meaning "horsefly" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Abukumagawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武隈川 (Abukumagawa) meaning "Abukuma River", a river that flows through the prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi in Japan.

Abulafia Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic أبو العافية‎‎ (abū l-ʿāfiya) meaning "father of health" from أبو (abū) meaning "father" and عافية (ʿāfiya) meaning "health, well-being".

Aburada Japanese
Abura means "oil" and da means "field, rice paddy."

Aburagai Japanese
A variant of Aburatani.

Aburagaya Japanese
A variant of Aburatani.

Aburai Japanese (Rare)
Abura means "oil" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Aburata Japanese
Abura means "oil" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Aburatani Japanese
Abura means "oil" and tani means "valley".

Aburaya Japanese (Rare)
A variant of Aburatani. ... [more]

Acevedo Spanish
Derived from Spanish acebedo meaning "holly grove", itself from acebo meaning "holly tree".

Achadh Nan Leac Scottish Gaelic

Achikita Japanese (Rare)
遥 (Achi) means "distant, remote" and 北 (kita) means "north".

Adachibara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Adachihara Japanese
A means "leg, limb, step", dachi is a form of tachi meaning "stand", and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Adachiwara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Adamovič Belarusian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamowicz Polish
Means "son of Adam".

Adeoye Western African, Yoruba
From given name Adeoye

Adeyemi Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Adeyemi

Adhikari Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अधिकारिन् (adhikarin) meaning "official, authority, officer".

Adhikary Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Alternate transcription of Adhikari.

Adıgüzel Turkish
From Turkish adı meaning "name" and güzel meaning "beautiful, nice".

Adipietro Italian
meaning "to tell Peter"; "to appear before Peter"... [more]

Adriano Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Adriano.

Advíncula Spanish
Perhaps from Latin ad vincula "in chains", a title of Saint Peter.

Advincula Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Advíncula primarily used in the Philippines.

Afanasyev Russian
Means "son of Afanasiy".

Agajanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աղաջանյան (see Aghajanyan).

Agapito Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Agapito.

Agatsuma Japanese (Rare)
From 上 (aga) meaning "upper, top, above" and 妻 (tsuma) meaning "wife, spouse".... [more]

Aghajanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աղաջանյան (see Aghajanyan).

Aghajanyan Armenian
Means "son of Aghajan".

Agoncillo Spanish (Philippines)
It is believed that the surname comes from an ancient Celtic settlement named Egon, whose ruins lie near the town of Agoncillo, La Rioja, Spain.

Agostinelli Italian
From the given name Agostino.

Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.

Aguilera Spanish
Habitational name from a location in Soria province, Spain, named Aguilera, derived from Spanish aguilera meaning "eagle's nest". A famous bearer is American singer Christina Aguilera (1980-).

Aguiñaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aginaga.

Aguinaldo Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Aguinaldo. A notable bearer was Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), the first president of the Philippines.

Aguzarov Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of an Ossetian surname of unknown meaning.

Ahamada Comorian
From the given name Ahamada.

Aharonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ահարոնյան (see Aharonyan).

Aharonyan Armenian
Means "son of Aharon".

Ahiejaviec Belarusian
Derived from the given name Ahiej.

Ahishakiye Rwandan
AHISHAKIYE is a both male (most) and female name which means "Whenever God want" and is originally from Rwanda. It is a familiar name in the East African countries speaking Kinyarwanda and Kirundi such as Rwanda, Uganda, RDC, Burundi and Tanzania... [more]

Ahmadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Ahmad" in Persian. This surname is borne by former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-).

Ahtisaari Finnish (Rare)
A notable bearer is Martti Ahtisaari (b. 1937), the tenth president of Finland (1994-2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work... [more]

Aibara Japanese
Variant of Aihara.

Aigawa Japanese
Variant of Aikawa.

Aiguchi Japanese
Variant of Aikuchi.

Aihara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Aikawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Aikawa Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Aikuchi Japanese
合 (Ai) means "suit, join" and 口 (kuchi) means "mouth, opening".

Aikuzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1 or Akuzawa 2).

Aimoto Japanese
Aimoto is often written as 愛 (ai) meaning "love, reverence, affection" or 相 (ai) meaning "together, each other, aspect, mutual" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root".

Aimura Japanese
Ai can mean "together, join" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Ainara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual, reciprocal, with one another", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Ainuma Japanese
Ai means "unit, join" and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Aioi Japanese

Aisaki Japanese
Ai can mean "indigo", "love, affection" or "together, join" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Aisawa Japanese
Ai can mean "affection, love", "join, together" or "indigo" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Aiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Aiwara Japanese
A variant of Aihara.

Aiyama Japanese
Ai can mean "together, join", "love, affection" or "indigo" and yama means "mountain".

Aizaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Aisaka.

Aizaki Japanese
Variant of Aisaki.

Aizawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Aizawa Japanese
Variant reading of 阿久沢 or 阿久澤 (see Akuzawa 2).

Ajiyari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.

Akaeda Japanese
Aka means "red" and eda means "branch, bough, twig."

Akagawa Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Akahane Japanese
Variant of Akabane.

Akahira Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Akahori Japanese
Aka means "red" and hori means "mound, hill."

Akahoshi Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".

Akaike Japanese (Rare)
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 池 (ike) means "pool, pond".

Akaiwa Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red, vermilion" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Akamakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red", referring to pinus densiflora, and 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.... [more]

Akamatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 赤真下 (see Akamakka).

Akamine Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "mountain peak, mountain ridge".

Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]

Akamura Japanese
Aka means "red" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Akanami Japanese
Aka means "red" and nami means "wave".

Akanishi Japanese
Means "red west" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 西 (west).

Akanuma Japanese
Aka means "red" and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Akasaka Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Akasaki Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 崎 or 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Akashiro Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".... [more]

Akashita Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) or 丹 (aka) both meaning "red" combined with 下 (shita) meaning "below, down, descend, give, low, inferior". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Akatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Akatsuki Japanese
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, moon". This surname is a reference to what the moon looks like during a lunar eclipse.... [more]

Akatsutsumi Popular Culture
Combination of 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 堤 (tsutsumi) meaning "bank, embankment, dike," used on the character Momoko Akatsutsumi (赤堤 ももこ) in the anime 'Powerpuff Girls Z', the anime adaptation of the Cartoon Network series 'The Powerpuff Girls' (the character in question being equivalent to Blossom in the original cartoon).... [more]

Akazaka Japanese
Variant of Akasaka.

Akazaki Japanese
Variant of Akasaki.

Akazuki Japanese
Variant of Akatsuki.

Akehisa Japanese
Ale means "bright" and hisa means "long time ago, lasting".

Akerregi Basque
Basque surname meaning "goat's hillside", composed of aker and -egi, meaning "goat" and "hillside" respectively.

Akibara Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (shou, aki) meaning "shining, bright", 秋 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn" or 穐 with the same sounds and meaning with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."

Akigai Japanese
Variant of Akitani.

Akigaya Japanese
Variant of Akitani.

Akihara Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn; fall" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".... [more]

Akijima Japanese
Variant of Akishima.

Akimaru Japanese
Aki can mean "bright, luminous" or "autumn". Maru means "circle, round".

Akimoto Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 元 or 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Akimura Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Akinashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".

Akinnuoye Western African, Yoruba
Means "chief warrior" in Yoruba. A famous bearer is English actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967-).

Akinuma Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn", and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Akioka Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and oka means "hill".

Akisato Japanese
秋 (Aki) means "autumn" and 里 (sato) means "village, ri: unit of measurement, league, parent's home". ... [more]

Akisawa Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" and sawa means "swamp".

Akishima Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" or "bright" and shima means "island".... [more]

Akishino Japanese
秋 (Aki) means "autumn" and 篠 (shino) means "dwarf bamboo".

Akitani Japanese
Aki can means "bright" or "autumn" and tani means "valley".

Akiwara Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and wara means "plain, field".

Akiyoshi Japanese
Aki can mean "bright" or "autumn", and yoshi can mean "good luck, fortune".

Akizawa Japanese
A variant of Akisawa.

Akusawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1) or 阿久沢, 阿久澤, 愛久沢, 愛久澤, 悪沢, or 悪澤 (see Akuzawa 2).

Akutagawa Japanese
Akuta (芥) means "mustard", kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Notable bearers of this surname are Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介), a Japanese writer and Ryuunosuke Akutagawa from Bungou Stray dogs who shares the same name.

Akutakawa Japanese

Akuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 阿久沢 (Akuzawa), a variant spelling of 悪沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a division in the area of Azuma in the city of Midori in the prefecture of Gumma in Japan.... [more]

Akuzawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 愛久沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a former large village in the former Japanese province of Kaga in parts of present-day Ishikawa, Japan.... [more]

Alabaster English
From the name of a whitish kind of gypsum used for vases, ornaments and busts, ultimately deriving from Greek alabastros, itself perhaps from Egyptian 'a-labaste "vessel of the goddess Bast"... [more]

Alazraqi Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Alazraki.

Al-badawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Variant of Badawi.

Albanese Italian
Southern Italian : ethnic name from albanese ‘(an) Albanian’, applied to someone from Albania or from one of the Albanian settlements in Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, and Sicily.

Alberico Italian
From the given name Alberico

Alcántara Spanish
Habitational name denoting someone originally from the municipality of Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain. The name is ultimately derived from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة‎ (al-qanṭara) meaning "the bridge".

Alcântara Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Alcántara.

Alcantara Spanish, Filipino
Simplified form of Alcántara.

Alcayaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Alkaiaga.

Alcobendas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

al-Dosari Arabic
Means "the Dosari" in Arabic, referring to a person from the Dawasir (الدواسر) Bedouin tribe of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The tribe was formed in the town of Wadi Al Dawasir, in the Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia.

Aldunate Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Alduate.

Alegado Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish alegado meaning "alleged, claimed".

Aleixandre Aragonese
From the given name Aleixandre.

Alejándrez Spanish (Mexican)
Means "son of Alejandro."

Alejandrino Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Alejandrino.

Aleksandrowicz Polish, Jewish
Means "son of Aleksander".

Aleksanyan Armenian
Means "son of Aleksan".

Aleksinas Greek (?)
A famous bearer is the American former professional basketball player Chuck Aleksinas (1959-).

Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.

Alexandre French, Portuguese
From the given name Alexandre.

Alexandreina Romanian (Rare)

Alexandropoulos Greek
Means "son of Alexandros."

Alexandrou Greek
Means "son of Alexandros".

Alexandrov Russian
Variant transcription of Aleksandrov.

Alexandru Romanian
From the given name Alexandru.

Alexanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Aleksanyan.

Al-hashimi Arabic
From the given name Hashim.

al-Husseini Arabic
Derived from the given name Hussein.

Alieksiajevič Belarusian
Means "son of Aliaksiej".

Alighieri Italian
From the given name Alighiero, Italian form of Aldiger. A famous bearer of this surname is Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), author of the Divine Comedy.

Alimasag Filipino, Cebuano
Means "flower crab" in Cebuano.

Alimpiev Russian
Means "son of Alimpiy".

Alimpolos Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano alimpulos meaning "whirlwind, cyclone".

Alizadeh Persian
From the given name Ali 1 combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Allmandinger English (American)

Almarinez Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Form of Almario and Almarez.

Almathrahi Arabic (Rare)
Origin unknown, but most likely an anglicized version of 'Almathami'.... [more]

Almodóvar Spanish
Spanish form of Almodovar.

Almodôvar Portuguese
Portuguese form of Almodovar.

Al Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المهندي (see al-Mohannadi).

al-Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Originally indicated a person from the Al Muhannadi (أل مهند) or Al-Mahanda (المهاندة) tribe based primarily in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially in Qatar. The tribe itself is derived from the given name Muhannad.

al-Muzaffari Arabic
From the given name Muzaffar.

al-Rumaithi Arabic
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Al-Rumaitha in Iraq, or the Rumaithiya area in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The place names are derived from either the Arabic words الرمث (al-ramth) or حافة (rimth), both the names of a type of flowering plant (genus Haloxylon), called saxaul in English... [more]

al-Tikriti Arabic
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Tikrit in Iraq. This was the birth surname of the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).

Altuzarra Spanish

Amadeo Italian
From the given name Amadeo.

Amagai Japanese
This is a variation of Japanese surname Amaya. Ama means "Heaven(ly)" and Gai means "Valley".

Amagawa Japanese
From the Japanese 天 (ama or ten) "heaven," 塰 (ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (gawa or kawa) "river."

Amamiya Japanese
From Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天 Amamiya Sora, 1993–).

Amamiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya), also written 天宮 and 尼宮.

Amanomiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨ノ宮 or 雨之宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amatani Japanese
天 (Ama) means "heaven" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". This is the pronunciation of it in western Japan.

Amatayagul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakun Thai (Rare)
Means "government officer clan", from Thai อมาตย (amataya-) meaning "government official; public officer; bureaucrat" and กุล (kun), a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Amatsubo Japanese (Rare)
Means "rainy atrium, rainy courtyards". From Japanese 雨 meaning "rain", and "坪" meaning "(inner)garden, atrium, courtyard". A famous bearer is Mitsumasa Amatsubo.

Ambrosini Italian
Diminutive form of Ambrosi.

Ambrosishvili Georgian
Means "son of Ambrosi".

Ambrosov m Russian
It comes from the Greek name Ambrose, meaning "god-like" or "immortal". The feminine form is Ambrosova.

Ambrosova f Russian
It comes from the Greek name Ambrose, meaning "god-like" or "immortal". The masculine form is Ambrosov

Amechazurra Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ametxazurra.

Amemiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amenomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨宮 (Amenomiya) meaning "Amenomiya", a former area in the district of Hanishina in the former Japanese province of Shinano in parts of present-day Nagano in Japan or an area in the same location in the city of Chikuma in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.... [more]

Américo Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Américo.

Amerongen Dutch
Variant of Van Amerongen.

Amézaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ametzaga.

Amézquita Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Amézquita is of Basque origin and it is derived from the Basque words "amezti" which means "meadow" and "keta" which means "house". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "house in the meadow".

Amigasaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 編笠屋 (Amigasaya) meaning "Amigasa Store", from 編笠 (amigasa) meaning "braided hats", referring to a store that sells braided hats.

Amigawa Japanese
Variant of Amikawa.

Amikawa Japanese

Amikura Japanese

Amimiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).

Aminzadeh Persian
From the given name Amin combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Am Magh Fada Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous former burgh.

Amunátegui Basque (Hispanicized, Rare)
Castilianized form of Amunategi.

Amuzquívar Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Amuskibar.

Anabuki Japanese
穴 (Ana) means "hole, pit" and 吹 (buki) means "blow into".

Anacleto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Anacleto.

Anastacio Spanish
From the given name Anastacio.

Anastasiadis Greek
Means "son of Anastasios".

Anastasio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Anastasio.

Anazawa Japanese
From Japanese 穴 (ana) meaning "hole, opening, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Anchorena Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Antsorena.

Anderzunas English (American, ?)

Andicoechea Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Andikoetxea.

Andreadis Greek
Means "son of Andreas".

Andreason English, Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Andreassen and Andreasson as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Andreasson.

Andreozzi Italian
From the given name Andrea 1.

Andreucci Italian

Andriashvili Georgian
Means "son of Andria".

Andriuškevičius Lithuanian

Anegawa Japanese

Anekawa Japanese

Angelakis Greek
Patronymic meaning "son of Angelos".

Angelini Italian
Variant of Angelino.

Angelino Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Angelino.

Angelopoulos Greek
From the personal name Angelos or a shortened form of the personal name Evangelos + the patronymic ending -poulos.

Aniceto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Aniceto.

Anigbogu African

Anisimov Russian
Means "son of Anisim".

Annunziato Italian
From the given name Annunziato.

Añonuevo Spanish (Philippines)
Means "New Year" in Spanish.

Antetokounmpo Western African, Yoruba (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Adetokunbo. This name is borne by the Greek-Nigerian basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994-), as well as his brothers Thanasis (1992-), Kostas (1997-) and Alex Antetokounmpo (2001-), also noted basketball players.

Anticristo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Means "antichrist" in Spanish.

Antonacci Italian
From the given name Antonio.

Antonello Italian
From the given name Antonello.

Antoniadis Greek
Means "son of Antonios".

Antoniewicz Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.

Antonios Greek
From the given name Antonios.

Antonopoulos Greek
Means "son of Antonios".

Antonucci Italian
From the given name Antonio.

Anunoby Nigerian (?)
A famous bearer is the British basketball player O.G. Anunoby (1997-).

Anyayahan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "banquet, bid, invitation" in Tagalog.

Aogaki Japanese
Variant of Aokaki.

Aohara Japanese
From 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Aoike Japanese
青 (Ao) means "blue, green" and 池 (ike) means "pond, pool".

Aojima Japanese
Variant of Aoshima.

Aokaki Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and kaki means "fence".

Aomatsu Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and matsu means "pine".

Aonuma Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Aosaka Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and saka means "slope, hill".

Aosaki Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".

Aosawa Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Aoshima Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and shima means "island".

Aoyagi Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow".

Aozaka Japanese
Variant of Aosaka.

Aozawa Japanese
Variant of Aosawa.

Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Aparicio Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “aparitio” meaning “appearance” or “arrival”. It may also be a habitational name, indicating a person who lived near or at a place with the same name.

Apelado Filipino
Variant of Apilado.

Apellido Spanish (Philippines)
This likely originated as a surname taken by people who didn't have a surname and wrote "Apellido" (the Spanish for surname) when filling in an official form.

Apilado Spanish (Philippines)
Means "stack, pile up."

Apisamaimongkol Thai
From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "superhuman, magic knowledge", สมัย (samai) meaning "time, era", and มงคล (mongkhon) meaning "prosperity".

Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar