Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the description contains the keywords evil or villain or monster or devil.
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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.
Teufel German
From a nickname meaning "devil" in German, given to a mischievous person or one who was devil-like.