Latvian Submitted Surnames

ĀBELELatvian
Means "apple tree".

ABERSLatvian
This name is from the fiords and was given to the people that lived there and mainly were fishermen. Now people that have the last name can be anyware in Latvia (or other country) but most likely had ancestors from the fiords.

ĀBOLIŅŠLatvian
Means "clover".

ĀBOLSLatvian
Means "apple".

ĀBOLTIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word āboliņš meaning "clover".

ADĪTĀJSLatvian
Means "the knitter".

ALKSNISLatvian
Means "alder".

AMBROZAITYTELithuanian, Latvian
this name comes from far far history of lithuanian people

ANDRULEWICZLithuanian (Modern, Rare), Polish (Modern, Rare), Jewish (Modern, Rare), Latvian
Originally Andrulevičus or Andrulevičius, it means "ben-Adam" or "ben-ish" ("ben" being "son" in Hebrew; Adam meaning "man"). The Andrulevičiuses were originally Sephardic kohanim whom immigrated to Lithuania, and then Poland, Latvia, and other countries.

APSĪTISLatvian
Derived from the word apse meaning "asp".

ARĀJSLatvian
Means "the ploughman".

AUZIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word auzas meaning "oats".

AVOTSLatvian
Means "fount, spring" or "source".

BAJĀRSLatvian
Derived from the Slavic title boyar.

BARONSLatvian
Means "baron".

BOJĀRSLatvian
Derived from the Slavic title boyar.

BRIEDISLatvian
Means "deer".

ČAKLAISLatvian
Means "the diligent one".

ČAKSTELatvian
Means "shrike".

CĀLĪTISLatvian
Derived from the word cālis meaning "chick".

CAUNELatvian
Derived from the word cauna meaning "marten".

CELMIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word celms meaning "stump".

CELMSLatvian
Means "stump".

CĪRULISLatvian
Means "lark".

DAMBISLatvian
Means "dam".

DĀRZIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word dārzs meaning "garden".

DIMANTSLatvian
Means "diamond".

EZERIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word ezers meaning "lake".

GAIDALatvian
From a personal name Gaida, based on the verb gaidīt meaning ‘to wait for’.

GAILISLatvian
Means "rooster".

GAILĪTISLatvian
Derived from the word gailis meaning "rooster".

GRAUDIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word grauds meaning "grain".

GRĪVALatvian
Means "creek".

GULBISLatvian
Means "swan".

HELMANISLatvian
This is a Latvian surname. ... [more]

JĀTNIEKSLatvian
Means "the rider".

JAUNZEMELatvian
Jaunzeme is compound from two words first jauns meaning "new" and second zeme meaning "land". Jaunzeme is femenine form of surname, the masculine form of surname is Jaunzems. Most famous persons with this surname are:... [more]

JAUNZEMISLatvian
Means "Of the new land".

KAIMIŅŠLatvian
Means "neighbour".

KAKTIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word kakts meaning "nook, corner".

KALNIEKSLatvian
Derived from the word kalns meaning "mountain".

KĀRKLIŅŠLatvian
Derived from kārkls meaning "osier".

ĶEMERISLatvian
Derived from the place name Ķemeri.

KĻAVIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word kļava meaning "maple".

KRASTIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word krasts meaning "coast".

KRIEVIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word krievs meaning "Russian".

KRIEVSLatvian
Means "Russian (person)".

KRONBERGSLatvian (Archaic)
Germanic,originally swedish

KRŪMSLatvian
Meaning "bush".

LĀCISLatvian
Means "bear".

LAIZĀNSLatvian
Derived from the place name Laizāni.

LANKALithuanian, Latvian
Probably a shortened form of Lithuanian Lankauskas.

LAPALatvian
Meaning "leaf".

LAPIŅŠLatvian
Derived from lapa meaning "leaf".

LAZDIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word lazda meaning "hazel".

LIEPALatvian
Meaning "lime tree".

LŪSĒNSLatvian
Derived from the word lūsis meaning "lynx".

LŪSISLatvian
Means "lynx".

MEDNISLatvian
Means "wood grouse".

MIGLINIEKSLatvian
Name comes from the village Miglinieki.

MUCENIEKSLatvian
Means "cooper".

MŪRNIEKSLatvian
Means "mason".

OSISLatvian
Meaning "ash tree".

PLŪMELatvian
Meaning "plum, plum tree".

PRIEDELatvian
Means "pine tree" in Latvian.

PUTENISLatvian
Means "blizzard".

RASVAKLatvian
A officer in the Latvian Waffen SS

RIETUMSLatvian
Derived from the word rietumi meaning "west".

RUDZĪTISLatvian
Derived from the word rudzi meaning "rye".

RUDZUTAKALatvian (Rare)
Rudzutaka is compound from two words first rudzu meaning "rye" and second taka meaning "path". Rudzutaka is femenine form of surname, the masculine form of surname is Rudzutaks. Most famous person with this surname is Jānis Rudzutaks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jānis_Rudzutaks... [more]

SELESNICKRussian, Latvian
Also spelled:... [more]

SKRASTIŅALatvian
Feminine form of Skrastiņš.

STRAZDIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the name strazds meaning "starling".

STRAZDSLatvian
Literally means "blackbird".

URBANELatvian
Latvian form of Urban.

VĀCIETISLatvian
Means "German (person)".

VANAGSLatvian
Means "hawk".

VĒJONISLatvian
Derived from the word vējš meaning "wind".

VĪTOLSLatvian
Meaning "willow".

ŽAGARSLatvian
Means "stick".

ZAĶISLatvian
Means "hare".

ZARIŅALatvian
Feminine form of Zariņš.

ZARIŅŠLatvian
From Latvian zars meaning "branch, twig" combined with -iņš, a diminutive suffix.

ZELTIŅŠLatvian
Derived from the word zelts meaning "gold".

ZVEJNIEKSLatvian
Means "fisherman".

ZVIRBULISLatvian
Means "sparrow".