Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords form or of or fire.
usage
meaning
Whelan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin meaning "descendant of Faolán".
Wilkerson English
Means "son of Wilkin".
Wilkins English
Means "son of Wilkin".
Wilkinson English
Means "son of Wilkin".
Willemsen Dutch
Means "son of Willem".
Williams English
Means "son of William".
Williamson English
Means "son of William".
Wilson English
Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).
Wolters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".
Woodrow English
From a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English.
Woodward English
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.
Wouters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".
Wu 1 Chinese
From Chinese () referring to the ancient state of Wu, which was located in present-day Jiangsu province.
Xanthopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Xanthos".
Xiao Chinese
From Chinese (xiāo) referring to the fiefdom or territory of Xiao (in present-day Anhui province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty.
Xie Chinese
From Chinese (xiè) referring to the minor state of Xie, which existed in what is now Hubei province.
Xu 1 Chinese
From Chinese () referring to the ancient state of Xu, which existed to the 6th century BC in what is now Jiangsu and Anhui. The character means "slowly, calmly".
Xu 2 Chinese
From Chinese () referring to the minor state of Xu, which existed to the 4th century BC in what is now Henan province. The character means "allow, permit".
Yakovlev m Russian
Means "son of Yakov".
Yanev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yane", a diminutive of Yoan 2.
Yankov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yanko".
Yo'ldoshev m Uzbek
Means "son of Yo'ldosh".
Yordanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yordan".
Yosipov m Tatar
Means "son of Yosif".
Yusupov m Uzbek, Tajik, Tatar (Russified)
Means "son of Yusuf". This is the name of a Russian noble family, of Tatar origin (Йосыпов in Tatar).
Zahariev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zahari".
Zeegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".
Zegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".
Zellweger German (Swiss)
Originally denoted a person from the Appenzell region of Switzerland. The place name is derived from Latin abbatis cella meaning "estate of the abbot". A famous bearer is actress Renée Zellweger (1969-).
Zeng Chinese
From Chinese (zēng) referring to the former state of Zeng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.
Zeni Italian
Means "son of Zeno".
Zhao Chinese
From Chinese (zhào), which refers to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province. According to legend, King Mu rewarded his chariot driver Zaofu with the city, at which time Zaofu adopted this surname. The later historic state of Zhao, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC, was named after this city.... [more]
Zheng Chinese
From Chinese (zhèng), which refers to the ancient state of Zheng. Zheng existed between the 9th to 4th centuries BC in present-day Henan province. A famous bearer of this surname was the 15th-century explorer Zheng He.
Zhivkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhivko".
Zoltánfi Hungarian
Means "son of Zoltán".
Zorić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Zora".
Župan Croatian
Croatian cognate of Zupan.
Zupan Slovene
From Old Slavic županŭ meaning "head of the district, community leader", a derivative of župa meaning "district, region".
Zupančič Slovene
Patronymic form of Zupan.