Browse Surnames

Chayka Ukrainian
Means "seagull" in Ukrainian.

Chaykovsky m Russian
Russian form of Chayka. A famous bearer was the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Chaykovsky (1840-1893), with the surname commonly Romanized as Tchaikovsky.

Chevrolet French
From a diminutive of chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.

Cho Korean
Korean form of Zhao, from Sino-Korean 趙 (jo).

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

Christiansen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Christian".

Christianson English
Means "son of Christian".

Christinsen English
Means "son of Christian".

Christison English
Means "son of Christian".

Christodoulou Greek
Means "son of Christodoulos".

Christoffersen Danish
Means "son of Christoffer".

Christopherson English
Means "son of Christopher".

Cinege Hungarian
Means "titmouse bird" in Hungarian.

Čížik m Slovak
Slovak cognate of Čížek.

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".

Clausen Danish
Means "son of Claus".

Clemensen Danish
Means "son of Clemens".

Cock English
Derived from the medieval nickname cok meaning "rooster, cock". The nickname was commonly added to given names to create diminutives such as Hancock or Alcock.

Cocks English
Patronymic form of Cock.

Coelho Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.

Coello Galician
Galician cognate of Coelho.

Collins 2 English
Means "son of Colin 2".

Colombera Italian
From a derivative of Italian colomba "dove" indicating a house where doves were held.

Colombo Italian
Either from Italian colomba "dove" indicating a dove keeper, or from the given name Colombo, which is derived from the same word. This was the Italian surname of the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus.

Colón Spanish
Spanish form of Colombo.

Colson English
Means "son of Col".

Colt English
Occupational name for a keeper of horses, derived from Middle English colt.

Colter English
Variant of Colt using an agent suffix.

Columbo Italian
Variant of Colombo.

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".

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

Coppola Italian
From the name of a type of hat characteristic of Sicily and southern Italy. This surname indicated a person who wore or made these hats. A famous bearer is the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (1939-), as well as other members of his extended family also in show business.

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

Corvi Italian
Nickname derived from Italian corvo meaning "crow".

Cox English
Patronymic form of Cock.

Čtvrtník m Czech
Derived from Czech čtvrtlán meaning "one quarter of a lán", where a lán is a medieval Czech measure of land (approximately 18 hectares). The name denoted someone who owned this much land.

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".

Czajka Polish
Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Czinege Hungarian
Variant of Cinege.

Da Gama Portuguese
Variant of Gama. This name was borne by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524).

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

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".

Darnell 1 English
Derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass.

Daube German
Variant of Taube.

Davidović Serbian
Means "son of David".

Davids English
Means "son of David".

Davidsen Danish
Means "son of David".

Davidson English
Means "son of David".

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".

De Haan Dutch
Means "rooster" in Dutch.

De Haas Dutch
Dutch cognate of Hase.

Delacroix French
Means "of the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads. A notable bearer was the French painter Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863).

De la Fuente Spanish
Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.

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.

Del Bosque Spanish
Means "of the forest" in Spanish.

De Lorenzo Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo".

Del Río Spanish
Means "of the river" in Spanish.

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".

Deng Chinese
From Chinese 邓 (dèng) referring to the ancient state of Deng, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now either Henan or Hubei province.

Derichs German
Means "son of Dirk".

Derrickson English
Means "son of Derrick".

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".

De Vos Dutch
Variant of Vos.

Devos Flemish
Flemish variant of Vos.

Dias Portuguese
Means "son of Diogo" in Portuguese.

Díaz Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

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 Pasqua Italian
Means "of Easter" in Italian.

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".

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".

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".

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".

Drago Italian
From a nickname meaning "dragon" in Italian.

Dragomirov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragomir".

Dragov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".

Dragović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Drago".

Drake English
Derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δράκων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent".

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".

Dudek u & m Polish, Czech
Means "hoopoe (bird)" in Polish and Czech.

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.

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".

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

Edwards English
Means "son of Edward".

Edwardson English
Means "son of Edward".

Einarsson Swedish
Means "son of Einar".

Eliassen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Elias".

Eliasson Swedish
Means "son of Elias".

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.

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".

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".

Everly English
From place names meaning derived from Old English eofor "boar" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Evers Dutch
Means "son of Evert".

Falco Italian
Derived from Italian falco "falcon". The name was used to denote a falconer or a person who resembled a falcon in some way.

Falconer English, Scottish
Variant of Faulkner.

Falk Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
From Old Norse falki or Old High German falco meaning "falcon".

Falkenrath German
Derived from Middle High German falke "falcon" and rat "counsel, advice".

Falkner English, German
English variant and German cognate of Faulkner.

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

Fan Chinese
From Chinese 范 (fàn) meaning "bee".

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

Farkas Hungarian
Means "wolf" in Hungarian.

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

Faulkner English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Feng 2 Chinese
From Chinese 凤 (fèng) meaning "phoenix, fire bird, fenghuang".

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".

Filippov m Russian
Means "son of Filip".

Finch English, Literature
From the name of the bird, from Old English finc. It was used by Harper Lee for the surname of lawyer Atticus Finch and his children in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).

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

Fischer German
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in German.

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

Fishman English
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Fisker Danish
Means "fisherman" in Danish.

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".

Fletcher English
Occupational name for a fletcher, someone who attached feathers to the shaft of an arrow. It is derived from Old French fleche meaning "arrow".

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 3 English
Occupational name for a maker of saddle trees, derived from Old French fustier.

Fox English
From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Franjić Croatian
Means "son of Franjo".

Frankenstein German, Literature
From any of the various minor places by this name in Germany, meaning "stone of the Franks" in German. It was used by the author Mary Shelley in her novel Frankenstein (1818) for the character of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a monster and brings it to life. The monster, nameless in the novel, is sometimes informally or erroneously called Frankenstein in modern speech.

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".

Fries German
Denoted someone from Frisia, an area along the coastal region of the North Sea stretching from Netherlands to Germany.

Friis Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian (mostly Danish) form of Fries.

Fuchs German
From Old High German fuhs meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Fux German
Variant of Fuchs.

Fyodorov m Russian
Means "son of Fyodor".

Gabrielson English
Means "son of Gabriel".

Gagnon French
Derived from old French gagnon "guard dog". The name most likely originated as a nickname for an aggressive or cruel person.

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

Galli Italian
Variant of Gallo, common in northern Italy.

Gallo Italian, Spanish
Means "rooster", ultimately from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person.

Gama Portuguese
Probably from a place name derived from Portuguese gama meaning "fallow deer doe", from Latin gammus.

Garza Spanish
Derived from Spanish garza meaning "heron".

Gatti Italian
Means "cat" in Italian, originally a nickname for an agile person.

Gavrilović Serbian
Means "son of Gavrilo".

Geerts Dutch
Means "son of Geert".

Geier German
Means "vulture" in German, a nickname for a greedy person.

Geisler German
Variant of Geissler.

Geißler German
Variant of Geissler.

Geissler German
Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.

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".

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".

Giorgadze Georgian
Means "son of Giorgi".

Gjorgiev m Macedonian
Means "son of Gjorgji".

Goldhirsch Jewish
Means "golden stag" in Yiddish.

Golob Slovene
Means "pigeon" in Slovene.

Golub Croatian
Means "pigeon" in Croatian.

Gonçalves Portuguese
Means "son of Gonçalo" in Portuguese.

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

Goranov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Goran".

Göransson Swedish
Means "son of Göran".

Gore English
From the Old English word gara meaning "triangular plot of land".

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".

Grgić Croatian
Means "son of Grgur".

Griffin 2 English
Nickname from the mythological beast with body of a lion with head and wings of an eagle. It is ultimately from Greek γρύψ (gryps).

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.

Grover English
From Old English graf meaning "grove of trees". A famous bearer was the American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).

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.

Gulyás Hungarian
Means "herdsman, tender of cows" in Hungarian.

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".

Haan Dutch
Variant of De Haan.

Haas Dutch, German
Variant of Hase.

Haase German
Variant of Hase.

Habich German
German cognate of Hawk.

Habicht German
German cognate of Hawk.

Hahn German
From a nickname for a proud or pugnacious person, from Old High German hano meaning "rooster, cock".

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".

Han Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 韩 (hán) referring to the ancient state of Han, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Shanxi and Henan provinces.

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".

Hardwick English
From Old English heord "herd" and wic "village, town".

Harlan English
Variant of Harland.

Harland English
From various place names meaning "hare land" in Old English.

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".