Browse Surnames

Temitope Yoruba
From the given name Temitope.

López Spanish
Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

McNab Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Aba meaning "son of the abbot".

Hutmacher German
German cognate of Hoedemaker.

MacGuire Irish
Variant of McGuire.

Vervloet Flemish
Means "from the stream" in Dutch.

Tasse French
From Old French tasse "purse, bag", an occupational name for a maker or seller of purses.

Ibáñez Spanish
Means "son of Ibán".

Adimari Italian
Means "son of Ademaro".

McNeilly Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Fhilidh meaning "son of the poet".

Rome French, English
English and French form of Romano 2.

Agosti Italian
Means "son of Agosto", a variant of Augusto.

Heimans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

Furlan Italian, Slovene
From the name of the Italian region of Friuli, in the northeast of Italy, which is derived from the name of the Roman town of Forum Iulii meaning "forum of Julius".

Coello Galician
Galician cognate of Coelho.

Alberghi Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Färber German
Occupational name meaning "dyer", derived from German Farbe "colour".

Cullen 1 English
From the name of the German city of Cologne, which was derived from Latin colonia "colony".

Klerk Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

Ó Ruadháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadhán" in Irish.

Kean Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.

Finnin Irish
Diminutive form of Finn.

Tollemache English
Means "knapsack" in Old French.

Romagna Italian
From the region of Romagna, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is derived from Latin Romania meaning "land of the Romans".

Nardi Italian
From the given name Nardo, which was originally a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo.

Accursio Italian
From the given name Bonaccorso.

Grigoryan Armenian
Means "son of Grigor" in Armenian.

Black English
Means either "black" (from Old English blæc) or "pale" (from Old English blac). It could refer to a person with a pale or a dark complexion, or a person who worked with black dye.

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

Essert German
Variant of Esser.

Gottschalk German
Derived from the given name Gottschalk.

Rosales Spanish
Means "rose bushes" in Spanish.

Petrenko Ukrainian
From the given name Petro.

Hawkins English
From a diminutive of Hawk.

Carmody Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada meaning "descendant of Cearmaid", a Gaelic given name.

Duane Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubháin meaning "descendant of Dubhán".

Żuraw Polish
Means "crane" in Polish, a nickname for a tall person.

Everill English
Derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild.

Jin Chinese
From Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold".

Emmet English
Variant of Emmett. This name was borne by the Irish nationalist Robert Emmet (1778-1803).

Croft English
From Old English croft meaning "enclosed field".

Kwan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Guan.

Cavanaugh Irish
Variant of Kavanagh.

Süss German
Variant of Süß.

Dibra Albanian
From the Albanian name for the city of Debar in Macedonia, originally given to someone who came from there.

Van Peij Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Van Pey.

McDevitt Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Daibhéid meaning "son of Dáibhí".

Qasim Arabic
Derived from the given name Qasim.

Yūki Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yū) meaning "tie, bind" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Herbert English, German, French
Derived from the male given name Herbert.

Bandoni Italian
From Italian bandone meaning "sheet of iron".

Abatantuono Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Antonio.

Berlusconi Italian
Probably from the Milanese word berlusch meaning "cross-eyed, crooked".

De Cock Flemish
Flemish cognate of Cook.

Hidaka Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Yamasaki Japanese
Variant of Yamazaki.

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

Smith English
Means "metalworker, blacksmith" from Old English smiþ, related to smitan "to smite, to hit". It is the most common surname in most of the English-speaking world. A famous bearer was the Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).

Ó hIfearnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Heffernan.

Collins 2 English
Means "son of Colin 2".

Kosmatka Polish
Derived from Polish kosmaty meaning "shaggy, hairy".

Boothman English
Variant of Booth.

Ardovini Italian
Means "son of Arduino".

Castilla Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Castile, a region (and medieval kingdom) in Spain. The name of the region is derived from Late Latin castellum meaning "castle".

Pentti Finnish
Derived from the given name Pentti.

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.

MacDaniel Scottish
Variant of MacDonald.

Flipsen Dutch
Means "son of Flip".

Marsh English
Originally denoted one who lived near a marsh or bog, derived from Old English mersc "marsh".

Bowen Welsh
From Welsh ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".

Ó Coigligh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quigley.

Viteri Spanish, Basque
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Basque place name.

Wägner German
Variant of Wagner.

Escarrà Spanish
Possibly from Catalan esquerrá meaning "left-handed".

Agostini Italian
Means "son of Agostino".

Dolan Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhshláin meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".

Uzun Turkish
Means "long, tall" in Turkish.

Gereben Hungarian
Means "hackle, hatchel" in Hungarian (a hackle is a tool used to comb out fibers).

De Ven Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Van Ophoven Dutch
Means "from Ophoven", the name of towns in the Netherlands. Their names mean "upper gardens, upper courtyards" in Dutch.

Yamaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance". Olympic figure-skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-) bears this name.

Márton Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márton.

Barsotti Italian
Probably from the medieval Latin word baro meaning "man, freeman" (of Frankish origin).

Forsberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish fors meaning "waterfall" and berg meaning "mountain".

Bognár Hungarian
Hungarian form of Wagner.

Andreasson Swedish
Means "son of Andreas".

Arroyo Spanish
Means "stream, brook" in Spanish.

Legrand French
Means "the tall, the large" in French.

Ó Carra Irish
Means "descendant of Carra", Carra being a nickname meaning "spear".

Carman 2 English
From an Old Norse byname derived from karlmann meaning "male, man".

Westenberg Dutch
Means "west of the mountain", originally referring to a person who lived there.

Salinas Spanish
Occupational name for a salt worker or someone who lived bear a salt works, from Spanish salina "salt works, salt mine", ultimately from Latin sal "salt".

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

Albrektsson Swedish
Variant of Albrechtsson.

Van Rompay Flemish, Dutch
Variant of Van Rompaey.

Van Kann Dutch
Variant of Van Kan.

Lamar French, English
Originally from a place name in Normandy, derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".

Zhao Chinese
From Chinese 赵 (zhào), which refers to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province. According to legend, King Mu rewarded his chariot driver Zaofu with the city, at which time Zaofu adopted this surname. The later historic state of Zhao, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC, was named after this city.... [more]

MacDuff Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Dhuibh.

Power 1 English, Irish
From Old French Poier, indicating a person who came from the town of Poix in Picardy, France.

Opeyemi Yoruba
From the given name Opeyemi.

Ryder English
Occupational name for a mounted warrior, from Old English ridere meaning "rider".

Garnett 2 English
From a diminutive of the given name Guarin.

Fiddler English
English form of Fiedler.

Laterza Italian
From the name of the town of Laterza near Taranto in Apulia. It is typical of southern Italy.

Appeldoorn Dutch
Variant of Van Apeldoorn.

Jørgensen Danish
Means "son of Jørgen".

Nana Italian
From a diminutive of Giovanni.

Neri Italian
From Italian nero "black", indicating a person with a dark complexion or dark hair.

Budai Hungarian
Originally indicated a person from the Hungarian city of Buda (one of the two cities that were joined to make Budapest in 1873).

Fairchild English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Ogden English
From a place name derived from Old English ac "oak" and denu "valley".

Gladwyn English
Variant of Gladwin.

Fabbri Italian
From Italian fabbro meaning "blacksmith", ultimately from Latin faber.

McNiven Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cnáimhín.

Park 3 English
From the medieval name Perkin, a diminutive of Peter.

Tveit Norwegian
Habitational name derived from Old Norse þveit meaning "clearing".

Tomić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Toma 2".

Barbieri Italian
Italian cognate of Barber.

Arntzen Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Bátori Hungarian
Variant of Báthory.

Laaksonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish laakso meaning "valley".

Musiał Polish
Polish cognate of Musil.

Natale Italian
From the given name Natale.

Fenwick English
From an English place name, derived from Old English fenn "fen, swamp, bog" and wic "village, town".

Cameron Scottish
Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".

Giménez Spanish
Variant of Jiménez.

Guttuso Italian
From a Sicilian nickname meaning "sad". It was name of the famous Italian painter Renato Guttuso (born 1912).

Bazzoli Italian
From Italian bazza meaning "protruding chin".

Carlevaro Italian
Northern Italian variant of Carnevale.

Ruskin 1 Scottish
From Gaelic rusgaire meaning "tanner".

Hashiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Yoshioka Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

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

Wechsler German, Jewish
Means "money changer, banker", from German wechseln "to exchange".

Victors English
Derived from the given name Victor.

Beech 2 English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a beech tree, from Old English bece.

Köhler German
Variant of Kohler.

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

Katō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The latter character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Driessen Dutch
Means "son of Dries".

Carrasco Spanish
Topographic name derived from Spanish carrasca meaning "holm oak" (species Quercus ilex).

Frost English, German
From Old English and Old High German meaning "frost", a nickname for a person who had a cold personality or a white beard.

Royston English
Originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "Royse's town". The given name Royse was a medieval variant of Rose.

Ye Chinese
From Chinese 叶 (yè) meaning "leaf".

D'Aramitz French
Originally denoted one who came from Aramits, the name of a town in the French Pyrenees that is possibly derived from Basque haran meaning "valley".

Faraldo Italian
From a given name, ultimately the Germanic name Faroald.

Yu 4 Chinese
From Chinese 虞 (yú) meaning "concerned, anxious" and also referring to the ancient state of Yu, which was situated in what is now Shanxi province.

Ó Doibhilin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Devlin.

Lippi Italian
From the given name Filippo. It is common in the area of Florence.

Sjöberg Swedish
From Swedish sjö (Old Norse sær) meaning "lake, sea" and berg meaning "mountain".

Okafor Igbo
From the given name Okafor.

Samson English, French
Derived from the given name Samson.

Branco Portuguese
Means "white" in Portuguese, referring to someone with light skin or hair.

Jeanes 2 English
Originally denoted a person who came from Genoa, Italy.

Pantoja Spanish
Originally indicated a person from the town of Pantoja, in Toledo, Spain.

Beake English
Variant of Beck 3.

Haraldsson Swedish
Means "son of Harald".

Zaman Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Zaman.

Sander German, Danish
Derived from the given name Alexander.

Larue French
Means "the street" in French.

Manfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Manfredo.

Mac an Baird Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Mac an Bhaird (see Ward 2).

Barends Dutch
Means "son of Barend".

Seaver English
From the unattested Old English given name Sæfaru, derived from the Old English elements sæ "sea, ocean" and faru "journey".

Pires Portuguese
Means "son of Pedro".

Reeve English
Occupational name derived from Middle English reeve, Old English (ge)refa meaning "sheriff, prefect, local official".

Ó Riagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Reagan.

Priddy Welsh
From Welsh prydudd meaning "bard".

Dohman German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Wildgrube German
From the name of a German town, derived from German wild "wild, untamed" and Grube "hollow, pit".

Segers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Harrell English
From the given name Harold.

Bukoski Polish (Anglicized)
Variant of Bukowski.

Gosselin French
Derived from a diminutive of the French given name Gosse.

Bonhomme French
Derived from Old French bon homme meaning "good man".

Évrard French
From the given name Évrard.

Mac Cionaodha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McKenna.

Sandford English
Indicated a person from Sandford, England, which means simply "sand ford".

Moors English
Variant of Moore 1.

Abatescianni Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Gianni.

Ariesen Dutch
Means "son of Aris 2".

Zając Polish
Means "hare" in Polish.

Mac Giolla Mhuire Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gilmore.

Umar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Umar.

Wirner German
From the given name Werner.

Kalmár Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "merchant, shopkeeper" in Hungarian, of German origin.

Hébert French
Derived from the given name Herbert.

Van Houte Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Comtois French
Indicated a person from Franche-Comté, a province in eastern France, which translates to "free county".

Bailey English
From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".

Yamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Mac Giolla Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McLean.

Đurić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Đuro".

Hodgson English
Means "son of Hodge", a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Clifford English
Derived from various place names that meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

Cuijpers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Vera Spanish
Means "shore, bank" in Spanish. This was a name for a person who lived near such a feature, or who came from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera.

Drummond Scottish
From various Scottish place names that are derived from Gaelic drumainn, a derivative of druim meaning "ridge".

MacEachern Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eachairn.

Heikki Finnish
From the given name Heikki.

Peyton English
Variant of Payton.

Kevorkian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan).

Van Hautum Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Kumar Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "boy, prince" in Sanskrit.

Donohue Irish
Variant of Donoghue.

Lapointe French
Means "the point (of a lance)" in French, possibly a nickname for a soldier.

Tordai Hungarian
From Torda, the Hungarian name of the city of Turda in Romania (formerly within the Kingdom of Hungary).

Baxter English
Variant (in origin a feminine form) of Baker.

Baghdasaryan Armenian
Means "son of Baghdasar".

Bulle Dutch
From the given name Boele.

Van der Beek Dutch
Variant of Van Beek.

Hatheway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Royce English
Originally derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.

Adamić Croatian
Means "son of Adam".

Leroy French
Variant of Rey 1, using the definite article.

Pelley French (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Pellé.

Åkerman Swedish
Swedish form of Ackermann.

Vilar Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Means "hamlet, farm" in Portuguese, Galician and Catalan, from Late Latin villare, a derivative of Latin villa.

Mogensen Danish
Means "son of Mogens".

Bengochea Basque
Variant of Bengoetxea.

Fonda Italian
Of Italian origin, possibly from a place derived from fondo meaning "deep". The family of Henry Fonda (1905-1982) came from the Netherlands, but they were of Genoese origin.

Holst Danish, Low German, Dutch
Originally referred to a person from the region of Holstein between Germany and Denmark. A famous bearer of this name was the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934).

Jóhannsson Icelandic
Means "son of Jóhann".

Sepp Estonian
Means "smith" in Estonian.

Solos Basque
Possibly a variant of Solo.

Albring Dutch
Variant of Alberink.

Alberda Dutch
Derived from the given name Albert.

Marques Portuguese
Means "son of Marcos".

Kron German, Swedish
From German Krone and Swedish krona meaning "crown" (from Latin corona), perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

Bonham English
English form of Bonhomme.

Reynaud French
From the given name Reynaud.

Agli Italian
From place names like Agliè, Aglietti, Agliana and Agliate, all originating from the Latin name Allius or Alleius.

Courtenay 2 English
From the Old French nickname court nes meaning "short nose".

Cochran Scottish
Variant of Cochrane.

Struna Slovene
From Slovene struna meaning "string, cord", possibly denoting a maker of rope.

Mullins 1 English
Derived from Norman French molin "mill".

Albertsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Albert".

Baker English
Occupational name meaning "baker", derived from Middle English bakere.

Roy 1 French, English
Variant of Rey 1.

Kishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Sultan Arabic
From a nickname meaning "sultan, ruler" in Arabic.

Ritter German
From Middle High German riter meaning "rider, knight", a cognate of Ryder.

Eilerts German
Derived from the given name Eilert.

Hammond English
From the Norman given name Hamo or the Old Norse given name Hámundr.

Parrish English
Variant of Parish 1.

Peusen Dutch
Derived from the given name Pascal.

Clausen Danish
Means "son of Claus".

Sepúlveda Spanish
Derived from the name of the Sepúlveda Valley in the mountains of Segovia, and was originally used to denote people from that region. It is possibly derived from Spanish sepultar "to bury".

Ré Italian
Italian form of Rey 1.

Michel French, German, Dutch, Basque
Derived from the given name Michel, Michiel or Mitxel.

Sharma Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Means "joy, shelter, comfort" in Sanskrit.

O'Hannigain Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Patrick English
From the given name Patrick.

Gomez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Gómez.

Coughlan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.

Cruyssen Dutch
From the name of a place in the Netherlands, derived from kruis "cross".

Aukes Dutch
Dutch form of Aukema.

O'Brien Irish
From the Irish Ó Briain meaning "descendant of Brian".

Strickland English
From the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from Old English stirc "calf, young bullock" and land "cultivated land".

Mendelsohn Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Reynell English
Variant of Reynolds.

Geiszler German (Anglicized)
Variant of Geissler 1 or Geissler 2.

Olivier French
Derived from the given name Olivier.

Hartman Dutch, German
Dutch and Americanized form of Hartmann.

Leon English
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Kertész Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.

Kozłow Polish
Variant of Kozłowski.

Gismondi Italian
From the Old German given name Gismund.

Savege English (Rare)
Variant of Savage.

Andrews English
Means "son of Andrew".

McClain Scottish
Variant of McLain.

Seymour 2 English
From an English place name, derived from Old English sæ "sea" and mere "lake".

Ferrara Italian
Italian form of Ferreira.

Sabbadin Italian
From a nickname from Italian sabbato "Saturday", a name for one born on that day of the week.

Langenberg German, Dutch
From various place names meaning "long mountain" in German and Dutch.

Stark English, German
From a nickname meaning "strong, rigid", from Old English stearc or Old High German stark.

Otto German
From the given name Otto.

Cory English
Variant of Corey.

Murgia Sardinian
Means "brine" in Sardinian, perhaps a nickname for someone who pickled foods.

Van den Andel Dutch
Variant of Van Andel.

Yurchenko Ukrainian
From the given name Yuriy.

Spence English
Variant of Spencer.

Groß German
From Old High German groz meaning "tall, big".

Hightower English
Possibly a variant of Hayter.

Inada Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mathewson English
Means "son of Matthew".

Mac Ruaidhrí Irish
Irish form of McCrory.

Yamagishi Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank".

Kraemer German
Variant of Krämer.

Muhammad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Muhammad.

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

Teodoro Portuguese
Derived from the given name Teodoro.

MacDonald Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill meaning "son of Donald". It originates from the Highland clan Donald.

Alkema Frisian
Means "son of Alke".

Murdoch Scottish
Scottish form of Murdock.

Etxeberria Basque
Original Basque form of Echeverría.

Oh Korean
Korean form of Wu 1, from Sino-Korean 吳 (o).

Ferber German
Variant of Färber.