Submitted Surnames Starting with A

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ahlqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish al "alder" and quist an old spelling of kvist "twig".
Ahlschläger German
The Ahlschlager family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1880 and 1920. The most Ahlschlager families were found in the USA in 1920. In 1880 there were 6 Ahlschlager families living in Iowa... [more]
Ahluwalia Indian, Punjabi
From a village named Ahlu that existed as a misl (state) of the Sikh Confederacy during the 18th century.
Ahmadian Persian
From the given name Ahmad.
Ahmadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Ahmad" in Persian. This surname is borne by former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-).
Əhmədova Azerbaijani
Means "daughter of Əhməd".
Ahmadpour Persian
Means "son of Ahmad" in Persian.
Əhmədzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ahmadzadeh.
Ahmadzadeh Persian
From the given name Ahmad combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Ahmadzai Pashto
Means "son of Ahmad" in Pashto. A notable bearer is Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (1949-), the current President of Afghanistan.
Åhman Swedish
Variant of Åman.
Ahmat Western African
From the given name Ahmat.
Ahmedi Persian
Alternate transcription of Ahmadi.
Ahmedin Amharic
From the given name Ahmedin.
Ahmedov Uzbek
Means "son of Ahmed".
Ahmedova Uzbek
Means "daughter of Ahmed".
Ahmedović Bosnian
Means "son of Ahmed" in Bosnian.
Ahmet Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Ahmet.
Ahmetaj Albanian
From the given name Ahmad.
Ahmeti Albanian
From the given name Ahmet.
Ahmetović Bosnian
Means "son of Ahmet".
Ahn Korean
Alternate romanization of An.
Aho Finnish
Means "glade" in Finnish.
Aho Assyrian
Assyrian surname of unknown meaning.
Ahonen Finnish
A combination of Finnish aho "meadow" and the common surname suffix -nen.
Ahrenaldi English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly an Americanized version of Italian Arenaldi
Ahrens German, Dutch, Jewish
North German and Dutch: Patronymic from the personal name Arend (See Arndt). ... [more]
Ahsan Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Ahsan.
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]
Ahuatl Nahuatl
Means "oak tree" in Nahuatl.
Ahuja Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi
Means "descendant of Ahu", Ahu probably being the name of an ancestor.
Ahumada Spanish
topographic or habitational name from a place named with ahumar "to smoke", possibly denoting a place where ham and other meats were smoked or alternatively a place that had been cleared for settlement by burning... [more]
Ahven Estonian
Ahven is an Estonian surname meaning "perch" (fish; genus "Perca").
Ai Chinese
From Chinese 艾 (ài) referring to the ancient state of Ai, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Jiangxi province.
Ai Japanese
From Japanese 阿 (a) meaning "ridge, eaves, corner" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Aia Estonian
Aia is an Estonian surname meaning "horticultural".
Aiba Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual" or 饗 (ai) meaning "banquet", combined with 馬 (ba) meaning "horse", 場 (ba) meaning "location", 羽 (ba) meaning "feathers", 庭 (ba) meaning "courtyard" or 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf".
Aibana Japanese
From Japanese 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo" combined with 花 (hana, bana, ka) meaning "flower".
Aibar Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oibar.
Aibekov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Aibek".
Aichi Japanese
Kazuo Aichi is a politician.
Aida Japanese
Ai could mean "fit, suit, join", "indigo", or "together, mutual". Da is a form of ta meaning "rice paddy, wilderness, field".
Aida Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Aida Japanese
From Japanese 会 (ai) meaning "meeting, gathering" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Aiden English
Derived from the first name Aiden.
Aidla Estonian
Aidla is an Estonian surname meaning "store/goods area".
Aiestaran Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of Trapagaran.
Aigner German (Austrian)
German: from an agent derivative of Middle High German aigen ‘own’ a status name originally denoting a landowner who held his land outright rather than by rent or feudal obligation. In the Middle Ages this was sufficiently rare to be worthy of remark and was normally a special privilege granted in recognition of some exceptional service... [more]
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".
Aiki Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Aikman Dutch, English, Scottish
Originally a surname or a nickname meaning oak man.
Aikou Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love" combined with 甲 (kou) meaning "armor, first class".
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 Aikuzawa 2).
Aikyo Japanese (Rare)
愛 (Ai) means "love, affection", and 敬 (kyo) means "respect".... [more]
Aikyou Japanese
Ai means "love, affection" and kyo means "respect".
Aim Estonian
Aim is an Estonian surname meaning "idea" or "inkling".
Aim Scottish
Orcadian surname derived from Gaelic aimh "raw".
Aiman Arabic
Derived from the given name Ayman.
Aimar Medieval English, Spanish
1. From the Old English pre 7th Century personal name "Æðelmær", meaning "famous noble." ... [more]
Aimasmäki Finnish (Rare)
Meaning unknown.
Aimé Haitian Creole, French (African)
Means "loved, love" in French.
Aimi Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "see".
Aimla Estonian
Aimla is an Estonian surname derived from either "aim" meaning "idea" or "taimla" meaning "nursery".
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".
Aimre Estonian
Aimre is an Estonian surname derived from "aim" meaning "idea" or "inkling".
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".
Ainjärv Estonian
Ainjärv is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Ain" (a masculine give name) and "järv" ("lake"); "Ain's lake."
Ainla Estonian
Ainla is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Ain".
Aino Japanese (Rare)
Means "of love" or "of the love" in japanese. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Minako Aino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime... [more]
Ainsalu Estonian
Ainsalu is an Estonia surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Ain" and "salu", meaning "grove": "Ain's grove".
Ainscough English
Habitational name for a person from Aiskew, a village in the civil parish of Aiskew and Leeming Bar, in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.
Ainstein German (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Einstein. Most frequently used in Argentina.
Ainuma Japanese
Ai means "unit, join" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Ainumäe Estonian
Ainumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "single mountain".
Aird Scottish Gaelic
Derived from a variation of the place name "Aird". The Gaelic term "Aird" would mean "high ground" or "hill" in English.
Aires English
It was a name for a person who was well-known as the heir to a title, fortune, or estate.
Aisaka Japanese (Rare)
Ai means "Indigo (blueish)", and Saka means "Hill,Slope".In 2014 Aisaka was ranked #9,579 for most used surnames in Japan and had only 5 occurrences that year. It's more popular in the U.S. than in the country it originated from... [more]
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".
Aisha Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aisha.
Aisin-Gioro Manchu
From the combination of the branch name Aisin meaning "gold" and the clan name Gioro from Yilan, Heilongjiang, China.
Aissaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Isa 1.
Aissaouia Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Aïssa (chiefly used in Algeria). This is also the name of a town in Médéa Province, Algeria.
Aït Berber, Northern African
Derived from Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ (aït) meaning "son", also commonly used a component for compound names and surnames.
Ait Estonian
Ait is an Estonian surname meaning "granary" and "outbuilding".
Aita Japanese
Variant of Aida.
Aït Ahmed Berber (Gallicized)
Means "son of Ahmed" in Tamazight.
Ait Bekka Berber
Berber surname derived from ait meaning "son" and Bekka, possibly a Berber given name.
Aïtbrahim Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Brahim", from Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ (ait) meaning "son" combined with the Arabic given name Brahim.
Aitiņš Latvian
Derived from the word aita, meaning “sheep”.
Aiuchi Japanese
Ai (愛) means 'love', and Uchi (内) means 'inside'.
Aiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Aiwara Japanese
A variant of Aihara.
Aixin Chinese, Manchu
A Sinicised variant of Aisin.
Aiyama Japanese
Ai can mean "together, join", "love, affection" or "indigo" and yama means "mountain".
Aiyuk African American (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Aiyuk is not a common surname.Most Commonly known as the Surname of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers WR,Brandon Aiyuk.There is not much information of ethnicity or background to the name but we know at least a little.
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).
Aizen Popular Culture
This Japanese surname is used as 藍染 with 藍 (ran, ai) meaning "indigo" and 染 (sen, shi.mi, shi.miru, -shi.meru, -ji.miru, so.maru, so.meru, -zo.me, -zome) meaning "colour, dye, paint, print, stain." Normally, this would be romanticised as Aizome.... [more]
Aizlewood English (Rare)
Believed to be a South Yorkshire variant of the popular Hazelwood, of which there are several villages in the region. Also known as a development of Olde English 'Ashlac' found in the Yorkshire village of Aislaby, which translates as The farm (bi) of Ashlac... [more]
Ajactle Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.
Ajala Edo
Means "chief of the horses".
Ajami Arabic, Persian
Variant of Ajam.
Ajango Estonian
Ajango is an Estonian surname related to "time".
Ajari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.
Àjàyí Yoruba
From the given names Àjàyí.
Ajdini Albanian
Derived from the given name Ajdin.
Ajdinović Bosnian
Means "son of Ajdin".
Ajdiri Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian town of Ajdir.
Ajemian Armenian
Patronymic from Turkish acem meaning ‘Persian’, ‘foreigner’, from Arabic a’jam meaning ‘one who speaks Arabic incorrectly’.
Ajiyari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.
Ajmal Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ajmal.
Ak Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish.
Akaashi Japanese
Comes from the kanji "赤" meaning "red", and "葦" meaning "reed", or alternatively, "足" that means "leg"
Akada Japanese
Aka meant "red" and da comes from ta meaning "rice patty, field".
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".
Akagi Japanese
Means "red tree" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 木 (tree).
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".
Akaki Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ki means "tree, wood".
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).
Akame Japanese
This surname can derive from a location: Akame Forty-eight Waterfalls (near Nabari, Mie prefecture, Kansai region). Asides from being a popular hiking spot, the waterfalls are rumored to be the training location for ninja hundreds of years ago... [more]
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".
Akan Turkish
Means "flowing, streaming, running" in Turkish.
Akanami Japanese
Aka means "red" and nami means "wave".
Akane Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ne means "root".
Akanishi Japanese
Means "red west" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 西 (west).
Akano Japanese
(Aka) 赤 means "red, crimson, vermilion" and (no) 野 means "wilderness, plain, field".
Akanuma Japanese
Aka means "red" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Akao Japanese
Aka means "red" and o means "tail".
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".
Akase Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Akashi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (aka) meaning "bright" and 石 (shi) meaning "stone".
Akashiro Japanese
赤 (Aka) means "red" and 城 (shiro) means "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.
Akata Japanese
Variant of Akada.
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]
Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".
Akay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and ay meaning "moon".
Akbar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Akbar.
Akbari Persian
From the given name Akbar.
Akbarian Persian
From the given name Akbar.
Əkbərov Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani variant of Akbarov.
Akbarpour Persian
Means "son of Akbar" in Persian.
Akbarzadeh Persian
From the given name Akbar combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Akbaş Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and baş meaning "head".
Akbulut Turkish
Means "white cloud" in Turkish.
Akça Turkish
Means "money, coin" or "pale, whitish" in Turkish.
Akçam Turkish
A surname of Turkish origin, ultimate from the words ak meaning "white" and çam meaning "pine tree".
Akçay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and çay meaning "stream, brook".
Akdağ Turkish
Habitational name for someone who lived near any of the various mountains named Akdağ in Turkey, from Turkish ak meaning "white" and dağ meaning "mountain".
Akdemir Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and demir meaning "iron".
Akdoğan Turkish
Means "gyrfalcon" in Turkish.
Akebdani Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the Rifian town of Dar El Kebdani.
Akebdani Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the town of Dar Lkebdani.
Akechi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect".
Akehisa Japanese
Ale means "bright" and hisa means "long time ago, lasting".
Akello Eastern African
A Lou surname that originates from the name of a male ancestor, Okello or Akello. The ancestor was so named as he was a child born after the birth of twins. Lou personal names were given based on a circumstance of birth.
Akemi Japanese
Ake means "bright" and mi means "mindset, view".... [more]
Akemon English
American variant of Aikman.
Åker Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
From Swedish and Norwegian åker "plowed field".
Åkerhielm Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker "field" and hjälm "helmet".
Åkerlund Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish åker meaning "field" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".
Akerregi Basque
Basque surname meaning "goat's hillside", composed of aker and -egi, meaning "goat" and "hillside" respectively.
Åkerström Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker "field" and ström "stream".
Akey English
Possibly an Americanized form of German EICHE "oak".
Akgül Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and gül meaning "rose".
Akgün Turkish
Means "white day" or "white sun" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and gün meaning "sun, day".
Akhan Turkish
A combination of Ak and Han.... [more]
Akhatov Tatar, Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Akhat".
Akhavan Persian
Derived from Arabic إخوان (ikhwan) meaning "brothers, brethren", the plural of أخ (akh) meaning "brother".
Akhba Abkhaz
Derived from Abkhaz akhba meaning "elder" or аб (āb) "father".
Akhmadov Chechen, Tajik
Means "son of Akhmad".
Akhmadova Chechen, Tajik
Means "daughter of Akhmad".
Akhmadullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Ahmadullah.
Akhmadullina Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine transcription of Tatar Әхмәдуллин and Bashkir Әхмәҙуллин (see Akhmadullin).
Akhmatova Tatar, Russian
Feminine form of Akhmatov, meaning "son of Äxmät".
Akhmedov Russian
Derived from given name Akhmed (Ахмед)
Akhmedova Russian
Feminine form of Akhmedov (Ахмедов)
Akhras Arabic
Meaning unknown.
Akhtar Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from Persian اختر (akhtar) meaning "star".
Akhter Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Akhtar.
Akhunzadah Pashto
Means “descendant of a religious leader” or “child of a priest”.
Aki Japanese
Aki commonly means "Autumn" and "Bright,Luminous" as a first name and surname,but there's also "Rising Sun", "Crystal (Ball)" ,"Brightness,Luster" or "Obvious,Clear". First name Aki has far more kanji possibilities.
Akiba Japanese
From the Japanese 秋 (aki) "autumn" and 葉 (ha or ba) "leaf."
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."
Akida Japanese
Variant of Akita.
Akihara Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn; fall" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".... [more]
Akiiki Tooro, Nyoro, Alur, Acholi
The pet name of Elizabeth of Toro.
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".
Akimov Russian
Means "son of Akim".
Akimura Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Akın Turkish
Means "raid, rush, influx, inflow" in Turkish.
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".