Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword old.
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old meaning
Althaus German
Name for a person dwelled in or by an old house, from German alt "old" and haus "house".
Althuis Dutch
Dutch cognate of Althaus.
Babić Serbian, Croatian
Matronymic surname derived from Serbo-Croatian baba "grandmother, old woman".
Babič Slovene
Slovene form of Babić.
Cano Spanish
Means "white-haired, old" in Spanish, from Latin canus.
Chen Chinese
From Chinese (chén) meaning "exhibit, display, old, ancient" and also referring to the former state of Chen, which existed in what is now Henan province from the 11th to 5th centuries BC.
Furukawa Japanese
From Japanese (furu) meaning "old" and (kawa) or (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".
Panzavecchia Maltese
From a nickname meaning "old stomach" in Italian.
Stárek m Czech
From a nickname derived from Czech starý meaning "old".
Starek Polish
From a nickname derived from Polish stary meaning "old".
Trần Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Chen, from Sino-Vietnamese (trần). This is the second most common surname in Vietnam.
Van Althuis Dutch
Dutch cognate of Althaus.
Vanhanen Finnish
From Finnish vanha meaning "old".
Xun Chinese
From Chinese (xún) meaning "plant, ancient state".
Zubizarreta Basque
Means "old bridge", from Basque zubia "bridge" and zahar "old". A famous bearer is the Spanish soccer player Andoni Zubizarreta (1961-).