Browse Surnames

Aafjes Dutch
Means "son of Aafje".

Aalders Dutch
Means "son of Aldert".

Aalfs Dutch
Means "son of Aalf", a short form of Adolf.

Aalmers Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Aalmar", a Dutch form of Adelmar.

Aarens Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Aarse Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Aarts Dutch
Means "son of Aart".

Aartsen Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Aartsma Frisian
Means "son of Arend", the suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Abbasov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Abbas".

Abbes Dutch
Means "son of Abbe".

Abdullayev m Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Abdulla".

Abelen Dutch
Patronymic surname derived from Abel or a diminutive of Albert.

Abels Dutch
Means "son of Abel".

Aben Dutch
Means "son of Abe 2".

Abrahams Jewish, English, Dutch
Means "son of Abraham".

Abrahamsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Abraham".

Abrahamson Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Abrahamsson Swedish
Means "son of Abraham".

Abrams Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Abramsen Norwegian
Means "son of Abraham".

Abramson English
Means "son of Abraham".

Abramsson Swedish
Means "son of Abraham".

Acheson Scottish
Scots form of Atkinson.

Adami Italian
Means "son of Adamo".

Adamić Croatian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamoli Italian
Diminutive form of Adami.

Adams English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamson English
Means "son of Adam".

Adamsson Swedish
Means "son of Adam".

Addens Dutch
Means "son of Adde".

Addicks Dutch
Means "son of Addik", a diminutive of Adde.

Addison English
Means "son of Addy 2".

Adelardi Italian
Means "son of Adelardo".

Adema Frisian
Means "son of Ade 2".

Adimari Italian
Means "son of Ademaro".

Adkins English
Variant of Atkins.

Adolfs Dutch
Means "son of Adolf".

Adolfsson Swedish
Means "son of Adolf".

Adolvsson Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Adolfsson.

Adriaans Dutch
Means "son of Adriaan".

Adriaansen Dutch
Means "son of Adriaan".

Aerssens Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Aerts Dutch, Flemish
From a diminutive of the given name Arnout.

Africani Italian
Means "son of Africano", the Italian form of Africanus.

Agani Italian
Means "son of Agano", a given name of unknown meaning.

Ağayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ağa".

Agema Frisian
Means "son of Age 1".

Agnarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Agnar".

Agosti Italian
Means "son of Agosto", a variant of Augusto.

Agostini Italian
Means "son of Agostino".

Ahlers Low German
Means "son of Alard".

Əhmədov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əhməd".

Aikema Frisian
Means "son of Aike".

Aiolfi Italian
Means "son of Aiolfo", which is derived from the Germanic name Agilulf.

Airaldi Italian
Means "son of Aroldo".

Åkesson Swedish
Means "son of Åke".

Akhmadov m Chechen
Means "son of Akhmad".

Akhmetov m Kazakh
Means "son of Akhmet".

Akmatov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Akmat".

Akselsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Aksel".

Albani Italian
Derived from the given name Albano.

Alberghi Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Alberghini Italian
Diminutive of Alberghi.

Alberici Italian
Means "son of Alberico".

Alberighi Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Albers Dutch
Means "son of Albert".

Alberts English, Dutch
Means "son of Albert".

Albertsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Albert".

Albertson English
Means "son of Albert".

Albertsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Albert".

Albini Italian
Means "son of Albino".

Albinson English
Means "son of Albin".

Albinsson Swedish
Means "son of Albin".

Albrecht German
From the given name Albrecht.

Albrechtsson Swedish
Means "son of Albrecht".

Albrecktsson Swedish
Variant of Albrechtsson.

Albrektson Swedish
Variant of Albrechtsson.

Albrektsson Swedish
Variant of Albrechtsson.

Albricci Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Albrici Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Aldebrandi Italian
Means "son of Aldebrando", an Italian form of Aldebrand.

Alderisi Italian
Means "son of Alderissius", a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning.

Alders Dutch
Means "son of Aldert".

Aleksandrov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Aleksandr".

Alekseyev m Russian
Means "son of Aleksey".

Alesci Italian
Means "son of Alessio".

Alesi Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Alesini Italian
Means "son of Alesino", a diminutive of Alessio.

Alessandri Italian
Means "son of Alessandro".

Alessi Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Alexandersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Alexander".

Alexanderson Swedish
Variant of Alexandersson.

Alexandersson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Alexander".

Alexandrescu Romanian
Means "son of Alexandru".

Alexiou Greek
Means "son of Alexios".

Alfredson English
Means "son of Alfred".

Alfredsson Swedish
Means "son of Alfred".

Alfsson Swedish
Means "son of Alf 1".

Aliberti Italian
Means "son of Alberto".

Alinari Italian
Means "son of Alinario", which is from the Germanic name Ellanher.

Alinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Ali 1" in Persian.

Aliprandi Italian
Means "son of Alibrand".

Əliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əli".

Aliyev m Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ali 1". This is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əliyev.

Alkema Frisian
Means "son of Alke".

Alles Dutch
Means "son of Alle".

Allison English
Means "son of Alan" or "son of Alexander" (as well as other given names beginning with Al).

Alma Frisian
Means "son of Ale 2", the suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Alscher German
Means "son of Adalheidis".

Álvarez Spanish
Means "son of Álvaro".

Alvarsson Swedish
Means "son of Alvar".

Alves Portuguese
Means "son of Álvaro".

Amadei Italian
Means "son of Amadeo".

Amadori Italian
Means "son of Amatore".

Amalberti Italian
Means "son of Amalberto", from the Germanic name Amalbert.

Ambrogi Italian
Means "son of Ambrogio".

Ambrosi Italian
Means "son of Ambrogio".

Amerighi Italian
Means "son of Amerigo".

Amundsen Norwegian
Means "son of Amund". This name was borne by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928).

Anastasiou Greek
Means "son of Anastasios".

Andersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Anders". A noteworthy bearer was the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).

Anderson English
Means "son of Andrew".

Andersson Swedish
Means "son of Anders". This is the most common surname in Sweden.

Andonov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Andon".

Andreasen Danish
Means "son of Andreas".

Andreassen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Andreas".

Andréasson Swedish
Variant of Andreasson.

Andreasson Swedish
Means "son of Andreas".

Andresen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Andreas".

Andrews English
Means "son of Andrew".

Andrewson English
Variant of Anderson.

Andreyev m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Andrey".

Andriessen Dutch
Means "son of Andries".

Andrysiak Polish
Means "son of Andrzej".

Anema Frisian
Means "son of Ane 2".

Angelov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Angel".

Anghelescu Romanian
Means "son of Anghel".

Angioli Italian
Means "son of Angiolo".

Annema Frisian
Means "son of Anne 2".

Ansaldi Italian
Means "son of Ansaldo".

Anselmetti Italian
Means "son of Anselmetto", a diminutive of Anselmo.

Anselmi Italian
Means "son of Anselmo".

Anson English
Means "son of Agnes".

Antema Frisian
Means "son of Ante 2".

Anthonsen Danish, Norwegian
Variant of Antonsen.

Anthonyson English (Rare)
Means "son of Anthony".

Antić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Anto" or "son of Ante 1".

Antonelli Italian
Means "son of Antonello".

Antonescu Romanian
Means "son of Anton".

Antonini Italian
Means "son of Antonino".

Antoniou Greek
Means "son of Antonios".

Antonisen Danish
Means "son of Anton".

Antonov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Anton".

Antonsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Anton".

Antov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Anton".

Antuma Frisian
Variant of Antema.

Antunes Portuguese
Means "son of António".

Antúnez Spanish
Means "son of Antonio".

Antunović Croatian
Means "son of Antun".

Apostolov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Apostol".

Ardiccioni Italian
Means "son of Ardiccione", a derivative of Ardito.

Ardovini Italian
Means "son of Arduino".

Arends Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Arendsen Dutch
Variant of Arends.

Arents Dutch
Variant of Arends.

Arentz Dutch
Variant of Arends.

Ariesen Dutch
Means "son of Aris 2".

Arissen Dutch
Variant of Ariesen.

Arkema Frisian
Means "son of Arke 2".

Arkes Dutch
Means "son of Arke 2".

Arlotti Italian
Means "son of Arlotto".

Armani Italian
Means "son of Ermanno".

Ármannsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ármann".

Arnesen Norwegian
Means "son of Arne 1".

Arnolfi Italian
Means "son of Arnolfo".

Arnoni Italian
Means "son of Arnone" from the medieval name Arnone, of uncertain origin.

Arntz Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Arntzen Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Arrighetti Italian
Means "son of Arrighetto", a diminutive of the given name Arrigo.

Arrighi Italian
Means "son of Arrigo".

Arrigucci Italian
Means "son of Arriguccio", a diminutive of the given name Arrigo.

Arthurson English
Means "son of Arthur".

Arthursson Swedish
Means "son of Arthur".

Arts 1 Dutch
Means "son of Aart".

Artz Dutch
Means "son of Aart".

Arvidsson Swedish
Means "son of Arvid".

Asenov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Asen".

Asjes Dutch
Variant of Askes.

Askes Dutch
Means "son of Aske", a diminutive of Asse.

Assies Dutch
Means "son of Asse".

Atanasov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Atanas".

Ataýew m Turkmen
Means "son of Ata 1".

Atchison Scottish
Scots form of Atkinson.

Athanasiou Greek
Means "son of Athanasios".

Atkins English
Means "son of Atkin", a medieval diminutive of Adam.

Atkinson English
Means "son of Atkin", a medieval diminutive of Adam.

Atsma Frisian
Means "son of Atse".

Aukema Frisian
Means "son of Auke".

Aukes Dutch
Dutch form of Aukema.

Avagyan Armenian
Means "son of Avag".

Axelsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Axel".

Axelsson Swedish
Means "son of Axel".

Baaiman Dutch
Means "son of Baaij", the given name Baaij being a diminutive of names like Baugulf, Boudewijn or Bernard.

Baardsen Norwegian
Means "son of Bård".

Babayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Baba".

Babić Serbian, Croatian
Matronymic surname derived from Serbo-Croatian baba "grandmother, old woman".

Bachchan Hindi
From Hindi बच्चा (bachcha) meaning "child", a word of Persian origin. This surname was adopted by the Indian poet Harivansh Rai Srivastava (1907-2003).

Baghdasaryan Armenian
Means "son of Baghdasar".

Baines 1 Welsh
From Welsh ab Einws meaning "son of Einws", a diminutive of Einion.

Bakema Frisian
Means "son of Bake", a short form of names starting with the Old German element batu "fight, struggle".

Banes Welsh
Variant of Baines 1.

Barends Dutch
Means "son of Barend".

Bartalotti Italian
Means "son of Bartalotto", a diminutive of Bartolo.

Bašić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of the chief", derived from Serbo-Croatian baša meaning "chief, boss" (of Turkish origin).

Bates English
Means "son of Bate".

Bateson English
Means "son of Bate".

Batts English
Means "son of Bate".

Behrends German
Derived from the given name Bernd.

Bellandi Italian
Means "son of Bellando", from a medieval given name derived from Latin bellandus meaning "which is to be fought".

Bellincioni Italian
Means "son of Bellincione", from a medieval name (borne for example by Dante's grandfather) that was probably a derivative of Italian bello "beautiful, fair".

Bencivenni Italian
Means "son of Bencivenne", from the medieval name Bencivenga, a Tuscan variant of Benvenuto.

Bendtsen Danish
Means "son of Bendt".

Benenati Italian
Means "son of Benenato", a given name derived from Latin bene "good, well" and natus "good".

Bengtsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Bengt".

Bengtsson Swedish
Means "son of Bengt".

Benini Italian
Means "son of Benino" from a diminutive of Bene or Beno, short forms of Benedetto.

Benítez Spanish
Means "son of Benito".

Benjaminson English
Means "son of Benjamin".

Benson English
Means "son of Benedict".

Bentsen Danish
Means "son of Bent 1".

Benvenuti Italian
Means "son of Benvenuto".

Beridze Georgian
Means "son of the monk", from Georgian ბერი (beri) meaning "monk".

Berkovich Jewish
Means "son of Berko" in Yiddish, Berko being a derivative of Ber.

Berkowicz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Berkowitz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Bermúdez Spanish
Means "son of Bermudo".

Bernardi Italian
From the given name Bernardo.

Bernhardsson Swedish
Means "son of Bernhard".

Berntsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Bernt".

Berntsson Swedish
Means "son of Bernt".

Beulen Dutch
Means "son of Boele".

Beulens Dutch
Means "son of Boele".

Bevan Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Evan meaning "son of Evan".

Biagi Italian
Means "son of Biagio".

Bjarnesen Danish
Means "son of Bjarne".

Björnsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Björn".

Blažević Croatian
Means "son of Blaž".

Blevins Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Bleddyn.

Bodilsen Danish
Means "son of Bodil".

Boelens Dutch
Means "son of Boele".

Boels Dutch
Means "son of Boele".

Bogdanić Croatian
Means "son of Bogdan".

Bogdanov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Bogdan".

Bogdanović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Bogdan".

Bonfils French
Derived from Old French bon fils meaning "good son".

Borislavov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Borislav".

Borisov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Boris".

Borysov m Ukrainian
Means "son of Borys".

Bousaid Arabic
Means "father of Sa'id" in Arabic.

Bowen Welsh
From Welsh ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".

Boyadzhiev m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian бояджия (boyadzhiya) meaning "dyer".

Boyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Boyan".

Boyle Irish
From Irish Ó Baoighill meaning "descendant of Baoigheall". The meaning of the given name Baoigheall is uncertain, but it is thought to be connected to Irish geall meaning "pledge".

Bozhidarov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Bozhidar".

Braden Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bradáin meaning "descendant of Bradán".

Brady Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendant of Brádach". A famous bearer is the American football quarterback Tom Brady (1977-).

Brahms German
Derived from the given name Abraham. A famous bearer of this surname was the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).

Brams Danish
Derived from the given name Bram.

Bramson Jewish
Means "son of Bram".

Branković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Branko".

Brankovič Slovene
Slovene form of Branković.

Branson English
Means "son of Brandr".

Breen Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Braoin meaning "descendant of Braon", a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop".

Brennan Irish
From Irish Ó Braonáin meaning "descendant of Braonán", a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop" (with a diminutive suffix).

Bronson English
Patronymic form of Brown.

Bryson English
Means "son of Brice".

Buckley 2 Irish
From Irish Ó Buachalla meaning "descendant of Buachaill", a nickname meaning "cowherd, servant".

Bullens Dutch
Means "son of Boele".

Caden Irish
From Irish Mac Cadáin meaning "descendant of Cadán", a given name of unknown meaning.

Cəfərov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Cəfər".

Callahan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallacháin meaning "descendant of Cellachán".

Callan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathaláin meaning "descendant of Cathalán".

Carey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardha meaning "descendant of Ciardha".

Carlsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Carl".

Carlson Swedish
Means "son of Carl".

Carlsson Swedish
Means "son of Carl".

Carmody Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada meaning "descendant of Cearmaid", a Gaelic given name.

Carstensen Danish
Means "son of Carsten".

Çaryýew m Turkmen
Means "son of Çary".

Casey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendant of Cathassach".

Cassidy Irish
From Irish Ó Caiside meaning "descendant of Caiside". Caiside is a given name meaning "curly haired".

Cavan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Caoimháin meaning "descendant of Caomhán".

Chavdarov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Chavdar".

Christensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Christen 1".

Christians English
Derived from the given name Christian.

Christiansen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Christian".

Christianson English
Means "son of Christian".

Christinsen English
Means "son of Christian".