Browse Surnames

Christison English
Means "son of Christian".

Christodoulou Greek
Means "son of Christodoulos".

Christoffersen Danish
Means "son of Christoffer".

Christophers English
Derived from the given name Christopher.

Christopherson English
Means "son of Christopher".

Claasen Dutch
Means "son of Klaas".

Claesson Swedish
Means "son of Claes".

Clancy Irish
From Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh meaning "descendant of Flannchadh". The given name Flannchadh means "red warrior".

Clarkson English
Patronymic form of Clark.

Clausen Danish
Means "son of Claus".

Clemens English
Derived from the given name Clement. This was the surname of the author Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), also known as Mark Twain.

Clemensen Danish
Means "son of Clemens".

Cocks English
Patronymic form of Cock.

Collins 2 English
Means "son of Colin 2".

Colson English
Means "son of Col".

Connell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaill meaning "descendant of Conall".

Connolly Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conghalaigh, which means "descendant of Conghalach". Conghalach is a nickname meaning "valiant".

Conroy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire, which means "descendant of Conaire". Conaire is a nickname meaning "hound keeper".

Constantinescu Romanian
Means "son of Constantin".

Cookson English
Patronymic form of Cook.

Cooney Irish
From Irish Ó Cuana meaning "descendant of Cuana". Cuana probably means "handsome, elegant". The Cooney sept originated in County Tyrone.

Corcoran Irish
From Irish Ó Corcráin meaning "descendant of Corcrán", a given name derived from the Gaelic word corcair "purple".

Cox English
Patronymic form of Cock.

Cummings English
Variant of Cummins.

Cummins English, Scottish, Irish
From the Old Breton given name Cunmin, a cognate of Cuimín, introduced to Britain at the time of the Norman Conquest.

Cunningham 2 Irish
From Irish Ó Cuinneagáin meaning "descendant of Cuinneagán", a diminutive of Conn.

Curran Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín meaning "descendant of Corraidhín".

D'Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.

Daly Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of Dálach".

D'Ambrosio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.

Damiani Italian
Derived from the given name Damiano.

D'Amore Italian
From the given name Amore.

Damyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Damyan".

Danailov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Danail".

Danchev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dancho".

D'Angelo Italian
Means "son of Angelo".

Danielsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Daniel".

Danielson English
Means "son of Daniel".

Danielsson Swedish
Means "son of Daniel".

D'Antonio Italian
Means "son of Antonio".

Davidović Serbian
Means "son of David".

Davids English
Means "son of David".

Davidsen Danish
Means "son of David".

Davidson English
Means "son of David".

Davies English, Scottish
Variant of Davis.

Davis English, Scottish
Means "son of David". This was the surname of the revolutionary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Davison English
Means "son of David".

Davlatov m Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Davlat".

Davtyan Armenian
Means "son of Davit".

Dawson English
Means "son of Daw".

De Angelis Italian
Means "son of Angelo".

De Felice Italian
Means "son of Felice".

De Filippis Italian
Means "son of Filippo".

De Fiore Italian
Means "son of Fiore".

Delaney 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhshláine meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".

De Laurentis Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo", a Latinized form of the given name.

De Lorenzo Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo".

De Luca Italian
Means "son of Luca 1".

Demirović Bosnian
Means "son of Demir".

Dempsey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh meaning "descendant of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".

Derichs German
Means "son of Dirk".

Derricks English
Derived from the given name Derrick.

Derrickson English
Means "son of Derrick".

Desmond Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deasmhumhnaigh meaning "descendant of the man from South Munster", originally indicating a person who came from the region of South Munster (Desmond) in Ireland.

De Vitis Italian
Means "son of Vito 1", using a Latinized form of the given name.

De Vito Italian
Means "son of Vito 1".

Devlin Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Doibhilin meaning "descendant of Doibhilin", a given name that may be derived from the Gaelic term dobhail meaning "unlucky".

Di Antonio Italian
Variant of D'Antonio.

Dias Portuguese
Means "son of Diogo" in Portuguese.

Díaz Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Dickens English
From the medieval given name Dicun, a medieval diminutive of Dick 1. A famous bearer of this surname was the British author Charles Dickens (1812-1870).

Dickenson English
Variant of Dickinson.

Dickinson English
Means "son of Dicun", Dicun being a medieval diminutive of Dick 1. American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was a famous bearer.

Dickson English
Means "son of Dick 1".

Dierickx Flemish
Means "son of Dirk".

Díez Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Di Mercurio Italian
Means "son of Mercurio".

Dimitriou Greek
Means "son of Dimitrios".

Dimitrov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Dimitar".

Dimov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Dimo".

Di Pietro Italian
Means "son of Pietro" in Italian.

Dirchs Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Dirk".

Dircks Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dircksens Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirckx Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirix Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirks Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirkse Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirksen Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirkx Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Dirk".

Di Stefano Italian
Means "son of Stefano".

Dixon English
Means "son of Dick 1".

Dobbs English
Derived from the medieval given name Dobbe, a diminutive of Robert.

Dobrev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dobri".

Dobson English
Means "son of Dobbe", a medieval diminutive of Robert.

Doherty Irish
From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh meaning "descendant of Dochartach". The byname Dochartach means "obstructive".

Dolan Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhshláin meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".

Domínguez Spanish
Means "son of Domingo".

Donalds English
Derived from the given name Donald.

Donaldson English
Means "son of Donald". A notable bearer is the online personality Jimmy Donaldson (1998-), who goes by the alias MrBeast.

Donnelly Irish
From Irish Ó Donnghaile meaning "descendant of Donnghal". The given name Donnghal means "brown valour", from donn "brown" and gal "valour". This surname is associated with the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

D'Onofrio Italian
Means "son of Onofrio".

Donoghue Irish
From Irish Ó Donnchadha meaning "descendant of Donnchadh".

Donovan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendant of Donndubán".

Doran Irish
From Irish Ó Deoradháin meaning "descendant of Deoradhán", where Deoradhán is a given name meaning "exile, wanderer".

D'Ovidio Italian
From the given name Ovidio.

Doyle Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhghaill, which means "descendant of Dubhghall". A famous bearer was Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.

Draganov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragan".

Dragić Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Patronymic from any of the Slavic given names starting with Drag (see Drago).

Dragomirov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragomir".

Dragov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".

Dragović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Drago".

Dreesen Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Dreesens Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Dreessen Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Driessen Dutch
Means "son of Dries".

Driscoll Irish
From Irish Ó hEidirsceóil meaning "descendant of the messenger".

Duane Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubháin meaning "descendant of Dubhán".

Duffy 1 Irish
Derived from Irish Ó Dubhthaigh meaning "descendant of Dubthach". Their original homeland was Monaghan where the surname is still the most common; they are also from Donegal and Roscommon.

Dukes English
Patronymic form of Duke.

Dumitrescu Romanian
Means "son of Dumitru".

Duncanson Scottish
Means "son of Duncan".

Durdyýew m Turkmen
Means "son of Durdy".

Đurić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Đuro".

Durnin Irish
From Irish Ó Doirnáin meaning "descendant of Doirnín", a given name meaning "little fist".

Dyson English
Means "son of Dye".

Eads English
Means "son of Eda 2" or "son of Adam".

Earls English
Patronymic form of Earl.

Easom English
Variant of Eads.

Eason English
Variant of Eads.

Edison English
Means "son of Eda 2" or "son of Adam". The surname was borne by American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).

Edvardsen Norwegian
Means "son of Edvard".

Edwards English
Means "son of Edward".

Edwardson English
Means "son of Edward".

Eerkens Dutch
Variant of Erkens.

Einarsson Swedish
Means "son of Einar".

Eliassen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Elias".

Eliasson Swedish
Means "son of Elias".

Ellison English
Patronymic form of the English name Ellis, from the medieval given name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah.

Ellisson English
Variant of Ellison.

Elliston English
Variant of Ellison.

Elmersson Swedish
Means "son of Elmar".

Emerson English
Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.

Erckens Dutch
Variant of Erkens.

Ergeshov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Ergesh".

Erickson English
Means "son of Eric".

Ericson English, Swedish
Means "son of Eric".

Ericsson Swedish
Means "son of Eric".

Eriksen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Erik".

Eriksson Swedish
Means "son of Erik".

Erkens Dutch
Derived from the given name Erk, a variant of Erik.

Espensen Norwegian
Means "son of Espen".

Esteves Portuguese
Means "son of Estevão".

Estévez Spanish
Means "son of Esteban".

Evans Welsh, English
Means "son of Evan".

Evanson English
Means "son of Evan".

Evensen Norwegian
Means "son of Even".

Evers Dutch
Means "son of Evert".

Fairbairn Scottish, English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English and Scots.

Fairchild English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Fallon Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamháin meaning "descendant of Fallamhán", a given name meaning "leader".

Fannon Irish
From the Irish Ó Fionnáin meaning "descendant of Fionn".

Farrell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghail meaning "descendant of Fearghal".

Ferguson Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Fergus".

Fernandes Portuguese
Means "son of Fernando".

Fernández Spanish
Means "son of Fernando". This is among the most common surnames in Spain.

Filipov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Filip".

Filipović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Filip".

Filipowski m Polish
Either a patronymic from the given name Filip, or a habitational name denoting a person from the Polish town of Filipów (also derived from the given name).

Filippov m Russian
Means "son of Filip".

Finnegan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendant of Fionnagán". The given name Fionnagán is a diminutive of Fionn.

Fitzgerald Irish
Means "son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.

Fitzpatrick Irish
Means "son of Patrick" in Anglo-Norman, usually adopted as an Anglicization of Mac Giolla Phádraig.

Fitzroy English
Means "son of the king" in Anglo-Norman French, from French roi meaning "king". This name has been bestowed upon illegitimate children of kings.

Fitzsimmons Irish
Means "son of Simon 1" in Anglo-Norman French.

Fitzwilliam Irish
Means "son of William" in Anglo-Norman French.

Flanagan Irish
From Irish Ó Flannagáin meaning "descendant of Flannagán". Flannagán is a given name meaning "blood red". From County Roscommon in Ireland, it has many other spellings.

Flannery Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannghaile meaning "descendant of Flannghal", a given name meaning "red valour".

Flipse Dutch
Variant of Flipsen.

Flipsen Dutch
Means "son of Flip".

Flores Spanish
Means "son of Floro" in Spanish.

Flynn Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Floinn meaning "descendant of Flann".

Foley Irish
From Irish Ó Foghladha meaning "descendant of Foghlaidh". The byname Foghlaidh meant "pirate, marauder, plunderer".

Foster 4 English
Nickname given to a person who was a foster child or foster parent.

Franić Croatian
Variant of Franjić.

Franjić Croatian
Means "son of Franjo".

Fransson Swedish
Means "son of Frans".

Frederiksen Danish
Means "son of Frederik".

Fredriksen Norwegian
Means "son of Fredrik".

Fredriksson Swedish
Means "son of Fredrik".

Friel Irish
From the Irish Ó Frighil meaning "descendant of Fearghal".

Fyodorov m Russian
Means "son of Fyodor".

Gabrielson English
Means "son of Gabriel".

Gallagher Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendant of Gallchobhar".

Gavrilović Serbian
Means "son of Gavrilo".

Geerts Dutch
Means "son of Geert".

Gehrig German
Variant of Gehring.

Gehring German
Derived from a short form of Old German names starting with the element ger "spear".

Gelashvili Georgian
Means "son of Gela".

Genadiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Genadi".

Genkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Genko".

Genov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Geno".

Georgeson English
Means "son of George".

Georgiadis m Greek
Means "son of Georgios" in Greek.

Georgiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Georgi".

Georgiou Greek
Means "son of Georgios".

Gerhardsson Swedish
Means "son of Gerhard".

Gerig German
Variant of Gehring.

Gevorgyan Armenian
Means "son of Gevorg".

Giannopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Giannis" in Greek.

Gibbs English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Gibson English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Gilchrist Scottish
From Gaelic MacGilleChrìosd meaning "son of Gille Críst".

Giménez Spanish
Variant of Jiménez.

Giorgadze Georgian
Means "son of Giorgi".

Giuliani Italian
From the given name Giuliano.

Gjorgiev m Macedonian
Means "son of Gjorgji".

Gómez Spanish
Spanish form of Gomes.

Gonçalves Portuguese
Means "son of Gonçalo" in Portuguese.

Gonzales Spanish
Variant of González.

González Spanish
Means "son of Gonzalo" in Spanish. This is among the most common surnames in Spain.

Goossens Flemish
From the Germanic given name Gozzo.

Goranov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Goran".

Göransson Swedish
Means "son of Göran".

Goretti Italian
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Gori Italian
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Gorman 2 Irish
From the Irish Ó Gormáin meaning "descendant of Gormán". The given name Gormán means "little blue one".

Gough 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mag Eochadha meaning "son of Eochaidh".

Grady Irish
From Irish Ó Gráda or Ó Grádaigh meaning "descendant of Gráda". The byname Gráda means "noble, illustrious".

Grayson English
Means "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward".

Gregersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Gregers".

Grgić Croatian
Means "son of Grgur".

Griffiths Welsh, English
Means "son of Gruffudd".

Grigorescu Romanian
Means "son of Grigore" in Romanian.

Grigorov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Grigor".

Grigoryan Armenian
Means "son of Grigor" in Armenian.

Grześkiewicz Polish
Derived from the given name Grzegorz.

Gujić Bosnian
Means "son of a snake" from the Bosnian word guja meaning "snake".

Gulbrandsen Norwegian
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian.

Guldbrandsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian and Danish.

Gundersen Norwegian
Means "son of Gunder".

Gunnarsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Gunnar".

Gunnarsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Gunnar".

Gunvaldsen Norwegian
Means "son of Gunvald".

Gurbanow m Turkmen
Means "son of Gurban".

Gustafsson Swedish
Means "son of Gustaf". The actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was originally named Greta Gustafsson.

Gustavsson Swedish
Means "son of Gustav".

Gutiérrez Spanish
Means "son of Gutierre".

Haakonsson Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".

Hadzhiev m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian хаджия (hadzhiya) meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from Arabic حَجّ (hajj).

Håkansson Swedish
Means "son of Håkan".

Hakobyan Armenian
Means "son of Hakob" in Armenian.

Halloran Irish
From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".

Halvorsen Norwegian
Means "son of Halvor".

Hampson English
Means "son of Hamo".

Hansen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Hans". This is the most common surname in Norway, and the third most common in Denmark.

Hanson English
Means "son of Hann".

Hanssen Norwegian
Means "son of Hans".

Hansson Swedish
Means "son of Hans".

Haralampiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Haralampi".

Haraldsen Norwegian
Means "son of Harald".

Haraldsson Swedish
Means "son of Harald".

Harding English
Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

Harrelson English
Means "son of Harold". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Woody Harrelson (1961-).

Harris English
Means "son of Harry".

Harrison English
Means "son of Harry".

Harutyunyan Armenian
Means "son of Harutyun" in Armenian.

Həsənov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həsən".

Havelka m Czech
Means "son of Havel" in Czech.

Hawkins English
From a diminutive of Hawk.

Hayes 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAodha meaning "descendant of Aodh".

Hayes 3 Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Chaya.

Heffernan Irish
From Irish Ó hIfearnáin meaning "descendant of Ifearnán". The byname Ifearnán means "little demon".

Heijman Dutch
Patronymic from a diminutive of the given name Hendrik.

Heijmans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Heimans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Heimisson Icelandic
Means "son of Heimir".

Henderson Scottish, English
Means "son of Hendry".

Hendrickx Flemish
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendriks Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrikx Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrix Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik. A famous bearer was the American rock musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970).

Hennessy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAonghuis meaning "descendant of Aonghus".

Henningsen Danish
Means "son of Henning".

Henriksen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Henrik".

Henriksson Swedish
Means "son of Henrik".

Henriques Portuguese
Means "son of Henrique".

Henryson English
Means "son of Henry". A bearer of this surname was the poet Robert Henryson (1425-1500).

Henson English
Means "son of Henne", a medieval diminutive of Henry.

Herberts English, Dutch
Variant of Herbert.

Herbertson English
Means "son of Herbert".

Herbertsson Swedish
Swedish form of Herbertson.

Hermans Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Herman".

Hermansen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Herman".

Hermanson English
Means "son of Herman".

Hermansson Swedish
Means "son of Herman".

Hernández Spanish
Means "son of Hernando" in Spanish.

Heymans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Hickey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÍcidhe meaning "descendant of the healer".

Higgins Irish
From Irish Ó hUiginn meaning "descendant of Uiginn". Uiginn is a byname meaning "Viking".