Surnames with "small" in Meaning

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Brooke English
Variant of Brook.

Brooks English
Variant of Brook.

Brownlow English
From Old English brun meaning "brown" and hlaw meaning "mound, small hill". The name was probably given to a family living on a small hill covered with bracken.

Doubek m Czech
Means "small oak" in Czech, derived from dub "oak".

Halmi Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian halom meaning "mound, small hill". Originally the name was given to someone who lived near or on a hill.

Harlow English
Habitational name derived from a number of locations named Harlow, from Old English hær "rock, heap of stones" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill".

Holmberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and berg meaning "mountain".

Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).

Holmes English, Scottish
Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

Holmgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Holmström Swedish
From Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Hope English
Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".

Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

Kijek Polish
Means "small stick", from Polish kij "stick".

Kis Hungarian
Variant of Kiss.

Kiss Hungarian
Nickname meaning "small" in Hungarian.

Klein German, Dutch, Jewish
Means "small, little" from German klein or Yiddish kleyn. A famous bearer of this name is clothes designer Calvin Klein (1942-).

Knaggs English
From Middle English knagg meaning "small mound, projection". It is found most commonly in the north of England, in particular Yorkshire.

Knowles English
From Middle English knoll, Old English cnoll meaning "small hill, knoll". A famous bearer is American singer Beyoncé Knowles (1981-).

Kobayashi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Koizumi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain". A notable bearer of this name is Junichiro Koizumi (1942-), who was Prime Minister of Japan.

Konishi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Küçük Turkish
Means "small" in Turkish.

Lehtonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish lehto meaning "grove, small forest".

Lindholm Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island".

Low English
Variant of Law.

Lowe 2 English
Variant of Law.

Mały Polish
Polish cognate of Malý.

Malý m Czech
Means "small" in Czech.

Nosek mu Czech, Polish
Means "small nose" in Czech and Polish.

Ogawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ola Basque
From Basque ola meaning "hut, small house, forge".

Ono Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Petit French, Catalan, English
Means "small, little" derived from Old French and Catalan petit. It was perhaps used for a short, small person or to denote the younger of two individuals.

Piccirillo Italian
From Neapolitan piccerillo meaning "small, young".

Piccoli Italian
Nickname for a short person, from Italian piccolo "small".

Pickle English
Derived from Middle English pighel meaning "small field".

Poggio Italian
Means "hillock, small hill" in Italian, a derivative of Latin podium meaning "balcony, platform".

Prescott English
From the name of various English places meaning "priest's cottage" in Old English.

Schmeling German
From Middle Low German smal meaning "small, slender".

Small English
From a nickname for a small person, from Middle English smal.

Smalls English
Variant of Small.

Soto Spanish
Means "grove of trees, small forest" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin saltus.

Westbrook English
From the name of places in England, derived from Old English west "west" and broc "brook, stream".

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