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Skinner English
Occupational name for a person who skinned animals, from Old Norse skinn.

Slusser German
Variant of Schlosser.

Smedley English
From an unidentified place name probably meaning "smooth clearing" in Old English.

Snaijer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Sneijer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Sniders English
Variant of Snyder.

Snijder Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Snyders English
Variant of Snyder.

Sokolof Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Sokolov.

Solberg Norwegian, Swedish
From a place name, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Swedish name it may be ornamental.

Soldati Italian
From Italian soldato meaning "soldier", ultimately from Latin solidus, a type of Roman coin.

Solheim Norwegian
From the name various of various villages in Norway, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and heimr meaning "home".

Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Somogyi Hungarian
Originally indicated a person from Somogy, a region within Hungary. It may be derived from Hungarian som meaning "cornel tree".

Soriano Italian
From place names such as Soriano Calabro and Soriano nel Cimino. It is typical of southern Italy.

Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.

Speight English
English form of Specht, probably a loanword from German or Dutch.

Spencer English
Occupational name for a person who dispensed provisions to those who worked at a manor, derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry".

Spijker 1 Dutch
Denoted a dweller by or worker at a granary, from Dutch spijker "granary".

Spijker 2 Dutch
Occupational name for a nailsmith, from Dutch spijker "nail".

Spillum Norwegian
Originally denoted a person from Spillum, Norway.

Spooner English
Occupational name for a maker of spoons or a maker of shingles, derived from Middle English spone meaning "chip of wood, spoon".

Stabile Italian
From the medieval Italian given name Stabile meaning "stable, firm".

Stablum Italian
Northern Italian name derived from Latin stabulum meaning "stable".

Stanciu Romanian
Derived from Romanian stânci meaning "rocks".

Stankić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Stanko".

Stanley English
From various place names meaning "stone clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer was the British-American explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904).

Stanton English
From one of the many places named Stanton or Staunton in England, derived from Old English stan meaning "stone" and tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Stasiuk Ukrainian, Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Stanislav.

Statham English
From the name of a village in the English county of Cheshire, derived from Old English stæð meaning "wharf, landing place" and ham "home, settlement".

Stavrou Greek
From the given name Stavros.

Steffen Low German, English
Derived from the given name Stephen.

Steiner German
Variant of Stein.

Stenger German
Occupational name for a post maker, from Old High German stanga "pole".

Stępień Polish
Possibly an occupational name for a herbalist, from Polish stępa "mortar".

Stetson English
Possibly from the name of the village of Stidston in Devon, meaning "Stithweard's town".

Steuben German
Name for a dweller by a stump of a large tree, from Middle Low German stubbe "stub".

Stevens English
Variant of Stephens.

Stewart Scottish
Occupational name for an administrative official of an estate or steward, from Old English stig "house" and weard "guard". The Stewart family (sometimes spelled Stuart) held the Scottish crown for several centuries. One of the most famous members of the Stewart family was Mary, Queen of Scots.

Stieber German
Derived from Middle High German stiuben meaning "to run away". It may have been given as a nickname to a cowardly person or a thief.

Stolarz Polish
Occupational name from Polish stolarz meaning "joiner, maker of furniture".

Strange English
Derived from Middle English strange meaning "foreign", ultimately from Latin extraneus.

Strobel German
Diminutive form of Straub.

Stroman German
Means "straw man" in German, an occupational name for a seller of straw.

Suggitt English
Variant of Southgate.

Sugiura Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Sultana Bengali, Urdu, Maltese
Bengali, Urdu and Maltese form of Sultan.

Summers 1 English
Variant of Sumner.

Summers 2 English
Variant of Sommer 1.

Svensen Norwegian
Means "son of Sven".

Svenson Swedish
Variant of Svensson.

Swallow English
From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.

Swanson English
Patronymic form of Middle English swein meaning "servant" (of Old Norse origin). This word was also used as a byname, and this surname could be a patronymic form of that.

Sweeney Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Suibhne.

Switzer German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schweitzer.

Symonds English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Szarvas Hungarian
Means "deer" in Hungarian.

Székely Hungarian
Denoted a person of Székely ancestry. The Székelys are a population of Hungarians who live in central Romania.

Szwedko Polish
Variant of Szweda.

Taggart Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac an tSagairt meaning "son of the priest". This name comes from a time when the rules of priestly celibacy were not strictly enforced.

Tailler French
Means "tailor" from Old French tailleur.

Tamboia Italian
Possibly means "drummer", from Italian tamburo meaning "drum".

Tamboli Marathi
From the Sanskrit word ताम्बूल (tāmbūla) meaning "betel leaves". These leaves are used in rituals and worship, and the name was originally given to a person who grew or sold them.

Tavares Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Tavares, likely of pre-Roman origin.

Taverna Italian
From the place name Taverna, common in different parts of Italy. It means "inn, tavern" in Italian.

Tawfeek Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic توفيق (see Tawfiq).

Tedesco Italian
From Italian tedesco meaning "German".

Tehrani Persian
Indicated a person from the Iranian city of Tehran, of unknown meaning.

Teodoro Portuguese
Derived from the given name Teodoro.

Terrell English
Probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel meaning "to pull", referring to a stubborn person.

Tessaro Italian
Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.

Thacker English
Northern Middle English variant of Thatcher.

Thomson English
Variant of Thompson.

Thorley English
From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.

Thorsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Thor".

Thwaite English
Indicated a dweller in a forest clearing or pasture, from Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture".

Tierney Irish
From Irish Ó Tíghearnaigh meaning "descendant of Tighearnach".

Tillens Flemish
From the old Dutch name Tiel, a medieval diminutive of Dietrich.

Tindall English
From Tindale, the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from the name of the river Tyne combined with Old English dæl "dale, valley".

Tirrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Tiryaki Turkish
Possibly from a nickname meaning "addict, opium user" in Turkish.

Tkachuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

Tolbert English
Possibly from a Germanic given name of unknown meaning. The second element of the name is derived from beraht meaning "bright, famous".

Tolkien German
Possibly from a Low German byname Tolk meaning "interpreter" (of Slavic origin). A famous bearer was the English author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973). According to him, the surname was derived from German tollkühn meaning "foolhardy".

Tomczak Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Tomasz.

Tomioka Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Toselli Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Tosetti Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Trapani Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city of Trapani, derived from Greek δρεπάνη (drepane) meaning "sickle".

Travere French
French variant of Travers.

Travers English, French
From an English and French place name that described a person who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French traverser (which comes from Late Latin transversare), which means "to cross".

Travert French
French variant of Travers.

Traviss English
English variant of Travers.

Traylor English
Meaning unknown.

Treloar English
Originally denoted a person from a place of this name in Cornwall, England.

Tremble French
Variant of Tremblay.

Tritten German
Originally denoted someone who lived by a set of steps, from Middle High German trit "step".

Trudeau French (Quebec)
From a diminutive of the given name Thouroude, a medieval French form of the Norse name Torvald. This name has been borne by two Canadian prime ministers, Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919-2000) and his son Justin Trudeau (1971-).

Trueman English
Variant of Truman.

Tschida German
Possibly derived from a Slavic given name of unknown meaning.

Tsukuda Japanese
From Japanese 佃 (tsukuda) meaning "cultivated rice field".

Tsunoda Japanese
From Japanese 角 (tsuno) meaning "point, corner" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tunison Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Teunissen.

Turunen Finnish
From Finnish turku meaning "marketplace" or the Finnish city of Turku (derived from the same word).

Tyrrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Uccello Italian
Means "bird" in Italian, either a nickname for a person who resembled a bird or an occupational name for a birdcatcher.

Ulfsson Swedish
Means "son of Ulf".

Vaccaro Italian
Occupational name meaning "cowherd" in Italian.

Valenti Italian
Patronymic from the given name Valente, an Italian form of Valens. A famous bearer of the surname was Jack Valenti (1921-2007), advisor to American president Lyndon Johnson.

Valerio Italian
From the given name Valerio.

Valjean Literature
Created by Victor Hugo for Jean Valjean, the hero of his novel Les Misérables (1862). The novel explains that his father, also named Jean, received the nickname Valjean or Vlajean from a contraction of French voilá Jean meaning "here's Jean".

Van Alst Dutch
Means "from Aalst", the name of towns in Belgium and the Netherlands, which is possibly from Germanic *alhs meaning "temple, shelter".

Van Asch Dutch
Variant of Van As.

Van Beek Dutch
Means "from the creek" in Dutch.

Van Cann Dutch
Variant of Van Kan.

Van Daal Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dael Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dale Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Vandale Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dijk Dutch
Means "from the dike" in Dutch.

Van Donk Dutch
Means "from the hill", derived from Dutch donk meaning "(sandy) hill".

Van Gogh Dutch
Means "from Goch", a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, near the border with the Netherlands. It may be derived from a Low German word meaning "meadow, floodplain". This name was borne by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890).

Van Heel Dutch
Means "from Heel", a small town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Van Horn Dutch
Dutch form of Horn.

Van Hout Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Kann Dutch
Variant of Van Kan.

Van Laar Dutch
Derived from Dutch laar (plural laren), which means "open spot in the forest". These areas were used to graze cattle for example.

Van Peij Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Van Pey.

Van Rijn Dutch
Means "from the Rhine". A famous bearer was the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).

Van Veen Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Van Wijk Dutch
Means "from the settlement", from Dutch wijk meaning "neighbourhood, district, settlement".

Varnham English
Variant of Farnham.

Vásquez Spanish
Means "son of Vasco".

Vastagh Hungarian
Variant of Vastag.

Vasylyk Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Vasyl.

Vaughan Welsh
From Welsh bychan (mutated to fychan) meaning "little". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.

Vázquez Spanish
Variant of Vásquez.

Velasco Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.

Venczel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.

Ventura Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
From the given name Bonaventura.

Verboom Dutch
Means "from the tree" in Dutch.

Ververs Dutch
Occupational name derived from Dutch verver meaning "dyer, painter".

Vescovi Italian
Derived from Italian vescovo meaning "bishop".

Vicario Spanish, Italian
Means "vicar" in Spanish and Italian, an ecclesiastic title used to denote a representative of a bishop. It is derived from Latin vicarius meaning "substitute, deputy".

Vicente Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Vicente.

Victors English
Derived from the given name Victor.

Vidović Croatian
Means "son of Vid".

Vincent 1 English, French
From the given name Vincent.

Vincent 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhuibhinse meaning "son of Duibhinse", a given name meaning "black island".

Voclain French
From the Old French given name Vauquelin.

Vroomen Dutch, Flemish
Variant of Vroom.

Vuković Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.

Walczak Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Walenty.

Wallace Scottish, English, Irish
Means "foreigner, stranger, Celt" from Norman French waleis (of Germanic origin). It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. A famous bearer was the 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace.

Wallach Yiddish
From Middle High German walch meaning "foreigner (from a Romance country)".

Walters English
Derived from the given name Walter.

Walther German
From the given name Walther.

Warrick English
Variant of Warwick.

Warwick English
From the name of an English town, itself derived from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "village, town".

Watkins English
Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name Walter.

Wattana Thai
From Thai วัฒน (wathan) meaning "culture".

Wauters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Weasley Literature
Used by J. K. Rowling for the character of Ron Weasley (and other members of his family) in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997. Rowling presumably derived it from the English word weasel, perhaps in combination with the common place name/surname suffix -ley, which is derived from Old English leah meaning "woodland, clearing".

Webster English
Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".

Wegener Low German
Low German variant of Wagner.

Wehnert German
Variant of Wagner.

Weigand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Weimann German
From German Wein meaning "wine", an occupational name for a wine seller or producer.

Wembley English
From the name of a town, now part of Greater London, meaning "Wemba's clearing" in Old English.

Wendell German
Variant of Wendel (typically American).

Wernher German
From the given name Werner.

Wescott English
Variant of Westcott.

Westley English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Wheeler English
Occupational name for a maker of wagon wheels, derived from Middle English whele "wheel".

Whinery English
From Middle English whin "gorse bush" and wray "nook of land".

Whitney English
Originally from the name of an English town, meaning "white island" in Old English.

Whittle English
From various English place names derived from Old English hwit "white" and hyll "hill".

Wickham English
From any of various towns by this name in England, notably in Hampshire. They are derived from Old English wic "village, town" (of Latin origin) and ham "home, settlement".

Wiegand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Wilkins English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Willard English
From the given name Wilheard or Willihard.

Willems Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

William English
Derived from the given name William.

Windsor English
From the name of a few English towns, one notably the site of Windsor Castle. Their names mean "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English, a windlass being a lifting apparatus. In 1917 the British royal family adopted this name (after Windsor Castle), replacing their previous name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Winkler German
Derived from Old High German winkil meaning "corner".

Winship English
Possibly denoted a person who came from Wincheap Street in Canterbury, England. It is uncertain origin, possibly meaning "wine market" in Old English.

Winslow English
Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".

Winston English
Derived from the given name Wynnstan.

Winther Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish variant of Winter.

Wolters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Woodham English
Indicated a person who had a home near a wood, derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home, settlement".

Woodrow English
From a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English.

Wootton English
Derived from Old English wudu "wood" and tun "enclosure, town".

Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.

Wortham English
Derived from the name of a town in Suffolk, England meaning "enclosed homestead".

Wouters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Woźniak Polish
From Polish woźny meaning "caretaker, clerk".

Wyndham English
From the name of the town of Wymondham, meaning "home belonging to Wigmund", from the given name Wigmund combined with Old English ham meaning "home, settlement".

Yonkers Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Jonkers.

Yoshida Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yoshino Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Zanetti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Giovanni. A famous bearer is Argentinian soccer player Javier Zanetti (1973-).

Zangari Italian
Southern Italian name, derived from Greek τσαγκάρης (tsankaris) meaning "shoemaker, cobbler".

Zawisza Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.

Zeegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Zelenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Zieliński.

Ziegler German
Means "bricklayer" or "brickmaker" in German, from Middle High German ziegel "brick, tile".

Zientek Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ziętek.

Ziskind Jewish
Ornamental name, or from a given name, meaning "sweet child", derived from Yiddish זיס (zis) meaning "sweet" and קינד (kind) meaning "child", both words of Old High German origin.

Zsoldos Hungarian
Means "mercenary" in Hungarian.

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