Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords old or woman.
usage
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.
Bengtsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Bengt".
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".
Norris 2 English
Means "wet nurse, foster mother" from Old French norrice, from Latin nutricius.
Olofsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Olof".
Panzavecchia Maltese
From a nickname meaning "old stomach" in Italian.
Queen English
From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.
Rey 2 English
Means "female roe deer" from Old English ræge, probably denoting someone of a nervous temperament.
Seward 2 English
Means "swineherd" from Old English su "sow, female pig" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
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".
Virgo English
Possibly from Latin virgo "virgin, maiden". It may have been a nickname for an actor who played the Virgin Mary in mystery plays, or for a shy man or a lecher.
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-).