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Ugalde BasqueThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Larrabetzu or the one in the municipality of Okondo.
Ugas CatalanProbably from the word
uvas meaning "grapes".
Ugumori Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 鵜久森 (
Ugumori) meaning "Ugumori", a division in the area of Miyakubo in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.... [
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Ugushiro Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 天宮城 (
Ugushiro) meaning "Ugu Castle", a castle that was possibly somewhere in the present-day city of Fukuyama in the prefecture of Hiroshima in Japan.
Uhke EstonianUhke is an Estonian surname meaning "proud" or "vain".
Uhl GermanUhl begins in the German province of Bavaria. Uhl is a nickname surname, a class of German names derived from eke-names, or added names, that described people by a personal characteristic or other attribute... [
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Uhler GermanUhler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Uhlíř CzechUhlíř is a originally craftsman dedicated to the production of charcoal. It is also called a person involved in the distribution of coal.... [
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Uhlmann GermanFrom a pet form of a Germanic compound personal name beginning with
odal ‘inherited property’.
Uhr German, JewishDerived from the given name
Ulrich. In Jewish, it is a metonymic occupational name for a watch or clock maker, derived from German
uhr meaning "watch, clock".
Ühtegi EstonianÜhtegi is an Estonian surname derived from "ühtelugu", meaning "steadily" and "always" and "tegi" meaning "worker/producer".
Uibo EstonianUibo is an Estonian surname derived from "uibu", meaning "wintergreen".
Uiboleht EstonianUiboleht is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen (genus: Pyrola)".
Uibopuu EstonianUibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "apple tree" in South Estonian dialects.
Uiga EstonianUiga is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eluiga" meaning "life" and "age".
Uik EstonianUik is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "luik", meaning "swan"; or "huik", meaning "crake".
Ujiie JapaneseFrom Japanese 氏
(uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家
(ie) menaing "house, home".
Ujula EstonianUjula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".
Ukai JapaneseFrom Japanese 鵜
(u) meaning "cormorant (a type of bird)" and 飼
(kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".
Ukiyo Japanese (Rare)From 浮世
(ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [
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Ulatowski PolishHabitational name for someone from Ulatowo in Ostrołęka voivodeship, a place named with Old Polish ulot, ulatać meaning "to fly away".
Ülavere EstonianÜlavere is an Estonian surname meaning "upper/superior blood".
Ülejõe EstonianÜlejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "across the river".
Ulema EstonianUlema is an Estonian surname; possibly a corruption of "tulema" meaning "come" and "to come/hail from".
Ülesoo EstonianÜlesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "above (beyond) the swamp".
Ülevain EstonianÜlevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".
Ülgekütt EstonianÜlgekütt is an Estonian surname derived from "hülgekütt" meaning "seal hunter".
Ulibarri BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Lana.
Uljas EstonianUljas is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) meaning "daring" and "valiant".
Üljes EstonianÜljes is an Estonian surname derived from "hüljes" meaning "seal".
Ulla EstonianUlla is an Estonian surname derived from "üla-", a prefix meaning "upper".
Ullah Arabic, Urdu, BengaliMeans "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه
(Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.
Ullmann GermanVariant spelling of
Uhlmann, associated with Jewish Europeans, meaning "man from Ulm". It is derived from the name of the city of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Ulloa GalicianThis indicates familial origin within the comarca of A Ulloa.
Ulmer GermanGerman surname meaning "from the city of Ulm".
Ulshöfer GermanHabitational name for someone from a place called Ilshofen (old form Ulleshoven), near Schwäbisch Hall.
Uluots EstonianUluots is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "uluk" ("(hunting) game" ) and "ots" ("end").
Ulusoy TurkishMeans "great lineage", derived from Turkish
ulu meaning "supreme, great, exalted" combined with
soy meaning "ancestry, lineage".
Ulvaeus Swedish (Rare)Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish
ulv "wolf" and
säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.
Ulvestad Norwegian (Rare)Habitational name from any of five farmsteads, most in western Norway, named from Old Norse
ulfr meaning ‘wolf’ +
staðir, plural of
staðr meaning ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.
Ulyanov RussianMeans "son of
Ulyan". A notable bearer was
Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), a Russian revolutionary better known as Vladimir Lenin.
Um KoreanTransliteration of the Korean reading of hanja 嚴 from Chinese meaning “stern”
Um KhmerMeans "uncle, aunt" (literally "elder sibling of one's parents") in Khmer.
Umabe JapaneseFrom Japanese 馬部 (
umabe), a shortened word for 馬飼部 (
umakaibe) meaning "horse feeding department".
Umakoshi JapaneseFrom Japanese 馬
(uma) meaning "horse" and 越
(koshi) meaning "pass, through, over".
Umanodan Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 馬 (
uma) meaning "horse", ノ (
no), a possessive particle, and 段 (
dan) meaning "step", referring to a place with horses and a stepped landscape.... [
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Ümarik EstonianÜmarik is an Estonian surname meaning "round", "chubby" and "plump".
Umburter TivMeans, "Remember the father". Father also used in the context of God.
Umeda JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅
(ume) meaning "plum" and 田
(ta) meaning "field".
Umegaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅 (
ume) meaning "prunus mume" and 垣 (
gaki), the joining form of 垣 (
kaki) meaning "fence", referring to a fence with a family crest of prunus mume patterns.... [
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Umeno JapaneseUme means "plum" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Umesaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Umezu JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅
(ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 津
(zu) meaning "port, harbour".
Umiastowski PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Umiastów.
Umlauf GermanGerman: occupational name for a policeman in a town or city, from Middle High German umbe laufen ‘to make the rounds’.
Umon Japanese (Rare)This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [
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Umpiérrez SpanishMeans "son of Umpierro" in Spanish. The medieval given name
Umpierro is of uncertain meaning.
Umpleby EnglishOriginally given to people from the village of Anlaby in East Yorkshire, UK. Written as
Umlouebi in the Domesday Book, the place name is from Old Norse given name
Óláfr +
býr, "farmstead" or "village".
Unabara JapaneseFrom Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".
Unagi Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 鰻 (
Unagi) meaning "Unagi", a division in the area of Yamagawanarikawa in the city of Ibusuki in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Unagi Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 宇 (
u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (
nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".
Ünal TurkishMeans "become famous" or "become well-known" in Turkish.
Unami Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 海南 (
unami), a contraction of 海南 (
unanami), from 海 (
una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (
nami) meaning "south".
Unamuntzaga BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Etxebarria.
Underberg NorwegianHabitational name from a place named with Old Norse
undir meaning "under" and
berg meaning "mountain, hill".
Undurraga BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeanuri.
Ungar German, Jewishethnic name for a Hungarian or a nickname for someone who had trade relations with Hungary. Cognate of
Ungaro and variant of
Unger.
Unger GermanGerman, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: ethnic name for a Hungarian or a nickname for someone who had trade relations with Hungary, from the ethnic term Unger ‘Hungarian’ ... [
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Ungnade GermanCastle builders in antiquity, my dad came from Ravensburg Germany on Bodensee.
Ungoed WelshDerived from Welsh
un "one" and
coed "a wood".
Universe Popular CultureFrom the English word
universe. It is borne by the titular protagonist in the Cartoon Network show "Steven Universe".
Unjit ThaiFrom Thai อุ่น (
un) meaning "warm" and จิตร (
chit) meaning "beautiful, drawing, mind".
Unnikrishnan MalayalamMeans "Lord Krishna" or "young Krishna", a combination of the title and given name
ഉണ്ണി (uṇṇi) meaning "infant boy, young boy" and the name of
Krishna, Hindu deity.
Unno JapaneseFrom Japanese 海
(un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野
(no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Uno JapaneseFrom Japanese 宇 (
u) meaning "eaves" and 野 (
no) meaning "field".
Unt EstonianUnt is an Estonian surname derived from a Finno-Ugric topographic stem word, thought to mean somewhere hydronymically essential. In some cases, it may be a corruption of the Estonian word "hunt", meaning "wolf".
Unterreiner GermanTopographic name for someone who lived below a mountain ridge, from Middle High German
under meaning ‘under’ +
rein meaning ‘ridge’.
Unthank EnglishFrom a place name meaning "squatter's holding" from Old English
unthanc (literally "without consent").
Untzaga BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Urkabustaiz.
Unwin EnglishFrom the Old English male personal name
Hūnwine, literally "bearcub-friend" (later confused with Old English
unwine "enemy"). Bearers include British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) and "Professor" Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), South African-born British purveyor of comical nonsense language.
Upchurch Englishhabitational name from a place called as "the high church" or possibly the higher of two churches from Middle English
up "up high higher" and
chirche "church" (Old English
upp and
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Uppadathil MalayalamFrom Old Malayalam uppadam (sea), lit. "from over the Arabian sea," referring to the descendants of a group of Arab traders who settled in Kerala. Predominantly Muslim, although sizeable sections have branched away and practice Hinduism... [
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Üprus EstonianÜprus is an Estonian surname derived from "üpris" meaning "very" and "much".
Ups EstonianUps is an Estonian surname derived from "upsakas" meaning "proud" and "conceited". "Ups" also also means "whoops" in Estonian.
Upshaw EnglishProbably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place named with Old English
upp meaning "up(per)" and
sc(e)aga meaning "copse", or a topographic name with the same meaning.
Upsher EnglishThis Anglo-Saxon surname means “of Upshire” and refers to someone from the hamlet Upshire in County Essex.
Upshur EnglishMost probably an altered spelling of English Upshire, a habitational name from Upshire in Essex, named with Old English
upp "up" and
scir "district". Alternatively, it may be a variant of
Upshaw.
Upwood EnglishDerived from a place name meaning "upper forest" in Old English.
Urahata JapaneseUra means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".
Urai JapaneseUra means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Urain BasqueIt indicates familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Oñati.
Uramoto Japanese (Rare)浦 (Ura) means "Seacoast,Bay" and 本 (Moto) means "Source, Origin, Root". Kentaro Uramoto is a notable bearer of this surname, he is a former Japanese football player.
Uraraka Popular CultureIn the case of the character Ochako (Ochaco) Uraraka (麗日 お茶子) from 'My Hero Academia', her surname is made up of the adjective 麗らか
(uraraka) meaning "bright, clear, beautiful, glorious" and 日
(ka) meaning "day."
Urata JapaneseFrom Japanese 浦
(ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Urb EstonianUrb is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin".
Urbansky Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, JewishIn Czech and Slovak usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place called Urbanice. In Polish usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name
Urban.
Urbino Sicilian, ItalianPossibly from the name of an Italian town. Could also be from Sicilian
urbu or
orbu, meaning "blind", in which case it may refer to literal blindness, or a more metaphorical "blind to one's sins", especially in the case of foundlings.
Urbla EstonianUrbla is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin area".
Urdanegi BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gordexola.
Urdaneta BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Aia.
Urduña BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous city.
Urenda BasqueMost probably a topographic name formed with Basque ur- ‘water’.
Urie Scottish, English, IrishFrom the Scottish Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire. May mean someone who is brave and loud.
Uriondo BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeberio.
Urkiaga BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous hill that is in fact the northernmost one in Navarre.
Urkiola BasqueIt indicates familial origin near the eponymous natural park.
Urm EstonianUrm is an Estonian surname; a dialectal Estonian word for "catkin" and "frost". Also meaning "bleeding wound" and "gore".
Urreya AragoneseThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Urreya de Gayén or Urreya de Xalón.
Urritzola BasqueThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Navarrese localities.
Urrunaga BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Legutio.
Urrutia BasqueBasque surname meaning "distant, far away" in Euskara.
Urrutigoiti BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Montori, located in the French canton of Euskal Mendialdea.
Urtiaga BasqueIt indicates familial origin near the eponymous cave in the municipality of Deba.
Urtsua BasqueThis indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Urushimakka Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 漆 (
urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (
makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.
Urusov RussianFrom Slavic
urush which means "warrior". This was the surname of a noble family in Russia.
Urzędowski PolishThis indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Urzędów.
Us Slovene (Rare)Us is a Slovene Surname which in itself is a shortened version of the House Name Ušič,Meaning Son of Us. The surname may be linked the the slovene word Oves, which translates to "Oats", and may have been an occupational surname referring to someone who farmed Oats and or grains.
Usai ItalianPossibly from the name of the former village Usani, or alternately, from Sardinian
uscare "to burn, to scorch".
Usami JapaneseFrom Japanese 宇
(u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美
(mi) meaning "beautiful".