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Numahata Japanese
Possibly from 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 形 (hata) meaning "shape, form, type".

Numan English, German (Anglicized)
Variant of Neumann. A famous bearer is English musician Gary Numan.

Numankadić Bosnian

Numasawa Japanese

Numata Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Numazawa Japanese

Numi Thai

Numme Norwegian

Nunemaker German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Nonnenmacher.

Nunes South African (Anglicized, Archaic, Expatriate)
An English South African Surname.

Nuñez Spanish, Filipino
Variant of Núñez.

Nungesser German
Apparently a variant spelling of German Nonnengasse, derived from a street name meaning "nuns, lane". It could also be a variant of Gnugesser, a nickname for a big eater, derived from g(e)nug meaning "enough" and esser meaning "eater" (which derived from essen meaning "to eat")... [more]

Nuninger German

Nunley English

Nunn English
Means someone who is a nun

Nunnally English (American)
Delivered from Nunnallys

Nunnallys English (American)
A common surname in America, belonging to 4058 individuals. Nunnally is most common among White (63.36%) and Black/African American (30.93%) individuals.

Nunokawa Japanese

Nunoya Japanese

Nuon Khmer
Means "sweet, tender, modest" in Khmer.

Nuotclà Romansh
Derived from the given names Nuot and Clà.

Nupp Estonian
Nupp is an Estonian surname meaning "knob", "button" and "bud".

Nur Arabic, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Nur.

Nuraliev Tajik, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Nurali".

Nurasylov Kazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Nurasyl".

Nurcahya Javanese

Nurchis Italian
Denoting someone from Nure or Nurra in Sardinia, which were possibly derived from the pre-Roman root words nur meaning "fire" or "stones, heap" and the suffix -ke meaning "earth" or "dwelling".

Nureyev Russian, Tatar, Bashkir
Alternate transcription of Russian Нуреев and Tatar/Bashkir Нуриев (see Nuriev).

Nureyeva Russian, Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine variant of Nureyev.

Nurgaliev Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Nurgali".

Nurgamitov Kazakh (Modern)

Nuriev Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Nur".

Nurislamov Tatar
Means "son of Nurislam".

Nuristani Afghan
Derived from the name of Nuristan (meaning "land of light"), a province in northern Afghanistan.

Nuriyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nuri".

Nuriyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nuriyev.

Nurk Estonian
Nurk is an Estonian surname meaning "corner".

Nurković Bosnian

Nurm Estonian
Nurm is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" and "meadow" and "pasture".

Nurmagomedov Avar (Russified)
Russified form of Nurmuhamadov.

Nurmatov Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Nurmat".

Nurme Estonian
Nurme is an Estonian surname, derived from "nurm", meaning "lea" (an open area of grassy land.)

Nurmik Estonian
Nurmik is an Estonian surname meaning "lea/meadow stand".

Nurmiste Estonian
Nurmiste is an Estonian surname derived from "nurm" meaning "lea/meadow".

Nurmsalu Estonian
Nurmsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "pasture/meadow grove".

Nurmuhamadov Avar
Means "son of Nurmuhamad".

Nürnberger German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from the city of Nürnberg in Bavaria.

Nurović Bosnian

Nurra Italian
See Nurchis.

Nurse English
Variant of Norris 2, from Old French norice "nurse".

Nursultanov Kazakh
Means "son of Nursultan".

Nurullin Tatar
From the given name Nurullah.

Nurzhanov Kazakh
Means "son of Nurzhan".

Nushi Albanian

Nushiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主代 (nushiro), a contraction of 主代 (nushishiro), from 主 (nushi), a variant reading of 主 (shu), a clipping of 主人 (shujin) meaning "master, owner, host" and 代 (shiro), a variant reading of 代 (dai), a clipping of 代理 (dairi) meaning "surrogation; proxy", referring to someone who would represent their master.

Nushishiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Nushiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Nuss German
from Middle High German nuz ‘nut’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a gatherer and seller of nuts, or a nickname for a man thought to resemble a nut in some way

Nussrallah Arabic
Nasrallah (Arabic: نصرالله‎) is a male Arabic given name, meaning "Victory of God", and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah and Al-Nasrallah... [more]

Nusuku Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 野底 (Nusuku) meaning "Nosoko", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Nute Anglo-Saxon, English
Derived from the given name Cnute. Alternatively, it may be of nickname origin, from the Old English word hnutu, which meant brown, and would have been given to someone with a brown complexion.

Nutli Romansh
Variant of Nuttli.

Nutt Estonian
Nutt is an Estonian surname meaning "nut" and also "crying" or "weeping".

Nutt Romansh
Derived from Janutt, a medieval diminutive of the given name Johannes.

Nutt Northern Irish
Variant of Mcnutt.

Nuttall English
English: habitational name from some place named with Old English hnutu ‘nut’ + h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘recess’. In some cases this may be Nuthall in Nottinghamshire, but the surname is common mainly in Lancashire, and a Lancashire origin is therefore more likely... [more]

Nutter English
Means either (i) "scribe, clerk" (from Middle English notere, ultimately from Latin notārius); or (ii) "person who keeps or tends oxen" (from a derivative of Middle English nowt "ox")... [more]

Nutti Sami
Derived from the given name Knut via its Finnish form Nuutti.

Nuttli Romansh
Variant of Nutt combined with the diminutive suffix -li.

Nutty English (British)

Nüüd Estonian
Nüüd is an Estonian surname meaning "now" or "at present".

Nuur Arabic, Somali
From the given name Nuur.

Nuut Estonian
Nuut is an an Estonian surname meaning "whip". Also, a masculine given name derived form the Scandinavian name "Knut".

Nuyen Vietnamese
Variant of Nguyen.

Nuzzi Italian

Nwaloka Nigerian

Nwankwo Igbo
From the given name Nwankwo.

Nyaua Indonesian (Rare)
Originally descended from the Pamona tribe, Central Sulawesi which means stinging like a hornet.

Nyblom Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" and blom "bloom".

Nyce English
Variant of Nice.

Nyevelt Belgian, Dutch

Nygaard Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian variant of Nygård.

Nygard English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Form of Nygård mostly used outside Scandinavia, as well as a (rare) Norwegian variant.

Nygma Popular Culture
The surname of Edward Nygma, also known as the Riddler in DC Comics. The name comes from the term enigma, meaning something that is difficult to understand.

Nyholm Swedish, Danish, Finland Swedish
Derived from Swedish and Danish ny "new" and holme "islet".

Nyhuis Dutch
Variant of Nijhuis

Nyideon Tibetan

Nyirenda African

Nykolaev Ukrainian
Means "son of Nykolai."

Nykolaichuk Ukrainian
From the given name Nykolai.

Nykytyn Ukrainian
From the given name Nykyta.

Nyland Norwegian
Combination of Norwegian ny "new" and land "land, yard".

Nylander Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" (possibly a habitational name from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er).

Nymann Danish
Danish form of Neumann.

Nyona African

Nyong’o Luo
Best known as the surname of a certain Lupita.

Nyoo Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Yang via Dutch

Nys Belgian
common surname in belgium and wisonsin

Nystrøm Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of Nyström.

Nyýazow Turkmen (Rare)
Turkmen form of Niyazov.

Nzuyen Vietnamese
Variant of Nguyen.

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