Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
usage
gender
Larue French
Means "the street" in French.
Kyler Dutch (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Cuyler.
Harman English
From the given name Herman.
Endicott English
Topographic name derived from Old English meaning "from the end cottage".
Heiman Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.
Accorso Italian
From the given name Bonaccorso.
Dufort French
Means "from the fort", from French fort "stronghold".
Probert Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Robert, which means "son of Robert".
Nazario Italian
From the given name Nazario.
Vardanyan Armenian
Means "son of Vardan".
Landolfi Italian
From the given name Landolfo, Italian form of the Lombardic name Landulf.
Horne English
Variant of Horn.
Kellogg English
Occupational name for a pig butcher, from Middle English killen "to kill" and hog "pig, swine, hog".
Kusumoto Japanese
From Japanese (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Lahtinen Finnish
From Finnish lahti meaning "bay, cove".
Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.
Toloni Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.
Savić Serbian
Means "son of Sava".
Ó Dubhshláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dolan.
Jakobsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jakob".
Kravets Ukrainian
Means "tailor" in Ukrainian.
Colton English
From a place name meaning "Cola's town".
Anderson English
Means "son of Andrew".
Tjäder Swedish
Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.
Geerts Dutch
Means "son of Geert".
Brotz German
Variant of Protz.
Mercier French
French form of Mercer.
Voltolini Italian
From the name of the alpine valley of Valtellina in Lombardy, northern Italy.
Bryan English
From the given name Brian.
Simpson English
Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.
Corey English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, of unknown meaning.
Ebner 2 German
Means "judge, arbiter" from Middle High German ebenære.
Blake English
Variant of Black. A famous bearer was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827).
Arthur English, French
From the given name Arthur.
Travert French
French variant of Travers.
Noble English, Scottish
From a nickname meaning "noble, high-born, illustrious", derived via Middle English and Old French from Latin nobilis. In some cases the nickname may have been given ironically to people of the opposite character.
Peltola Finnish
From Finnish pelto meaning "field" with the suffix -la indicating a place.
Bäcker German
Variant of Becker, mostly found in northern Germany.
Webb English
Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".
Jung 2 Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul (see Jeong).
Giordano Italian
Derived from the given name Giordano.
Al-Hashim Arabic
From the given name Hashim.
Cunha Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Cunha, possibly from Portuguese cunha meaning "wedge".
Headley English
From place names meaning "heather clearing" in Old English.
Ubiña Basque
Possibly a variant of Urbina.
Stilo Italian
Derived from the name of the town of Stilo in southern Italy. It is possibly derived from Greek στῦλος (stylos) meaning "column, pillar".
Labriola Italian
Originally indicated a person from the town of Abriola in southern Italy.
Grosse German
Variant of Groß.
Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.
Devin 2 French, English
Nickname for a person who acted divinely or prophetically, from Old French devin meaning "divine" or "seer, fortune teller", ultimately from Latin divinus.
Jokinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish joki "river".
Maas Dutch, Low German
From the given name Maas.
Ahearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.
Mancini Italian
Diminutive of Manco.
Ó Ruadháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadhán" in Irish.
Hamilton English, Scottish
From an English place name, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". This was the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists).
Garnier 1 French
From the given name Garnier.
Attaway English
Means "at the way", originally denoting someone who lived close to a road.
Slater English
Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.
Carrara Italian
From the name of a city in Tuscany famous for its marble quarries. It is probably derived from Late Latin quadreria meaning "quarry".
Marco Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marco.
Weiß German
Variant of Weiss.
Girard French
From the given name Gérard.
Sovány Hungarian
Means "thin, lean" in Hungarian.
Sousa Portuguese
Originally indicated someone who lived near the River Sousa in Portugal, possibly derived from Latin salsus "salty" or saxa "rocks".
Hildebrand German
From the given name Hildebrand.
Arnold English, German
Derived from the given name Arnold.
Bartolomeo Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.
Nejem Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجم (see Najm).
Gerber German
Means "tanner, leather dresser" in German, derived from Old High German garawen meaning "to prepare".
Ormonde Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.
Luo Chinese
From Chinese (luó) referring to the minor state of Luo, which existed from the 11th to 7th centuries BC in what is now Hubei province.
Yamagishi Japanese
From Japanese (yama) meaning "mountain" and (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank".
Hutmacher German
German cognate of Hoedemaker.
Hier Welsh
Means "tall, long" from Welsh hir.
Kita Japanese
From Japanese (kita) meaning "north".
De Witte Dutch
Means "the white" in Dutch, a nickname for a person with white or fair hair.
Muñoz Spanish
Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.
Akamatsu Japanese
From Japanese (aka) meaning "red" and (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Darcy English
From Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting someone who came from the town of Arcy in La Manche, France. A notable fictional bearer is Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813).
Menéndez Spanish
Means "son of Menendo" in Spanish, the given name Menendo being a medieval Spanish form of Hermenegildo.
Isaksson Swedish
Means "son of Isak".
Wells English
Derived from Middle English wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".
Appelhof Dutch
Indicated a person who lived by or at an apple garden, from Dutch appel "apple" and hof "yard, court".
Beethoven Dutch (Archaic)
From a place name derived from Dutch beet "beet, beetroot" and hoven "farms". This name was borne by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), whose family was of Flemish origin. The surname is now mostly extinct.
Hermann German
From the given name Hermann.
Kovalchuk Ukrainian, Russian
Derived from Ukrainian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".
Maessen Dutch
Means "son of Maas".
Vann English
From Old English fenn meaning "fen, swamp", indicating a person who lived near such a place.
Quixote Literature
Created by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes for the main character in his novel Don Quixote (1605), about a nobleman who goes mad after reading too many heroic romances and decides to become a wandering knight under the name Don Quixote. His real name in part one of the book is conjectured to be Quixada or Quesada, though in part two (published 10 years after part one) it is revealed as Alonso Quixano. The Spanish suffix -ote means "large".
Eaton English
From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English ea "river" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Siskin Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.
Ahlgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish al (Old Norse ǫlr) meaning "alder" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
Ellison English
Patronymic form of the English name Ellis, from the medieval given name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah.
De Laurentis Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo", a Latinized form of the given name.
Dahlman Swedish
From Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".
Mac an Fhilidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McNeilly.
Addens Dutch
Means "son of Adde".
MacDonald Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill meaning "son of Donald". It originates from the Highland clan Donald.
Mateus Portuguese
From the given name Mateus.
Abrahamsson Swedish
Means "son of Abraham".
Reese 2 Low German
Low German cognate of Riese.
Chevrolet French
From a diminutive of chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.
Parkinson English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.
Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.
Grósz Hungarian
Hungarian form of Groß.
Solís Spanish
From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain, derived from Spanish sol "sun".
Berkovich Jewish
Means "son of Berko" in Yiddish, Berko being a derivative of Ber.
Damiani Italian
Derived from the given name Damiano.
Northrop English
Originally denoted one who came from a town of this name England, meaning "north farm".
Abbing Dutch
Variant of Abbink.
Antić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Anto" or "son of Ante 1".
MacKay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.
Aalders Dutch
Means "son of Aldert".
Van Houten Dutch
Means "from forests", derived from Dutch hout "forest".
Mac Fhlannchaidh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Clancy.
Abbiati Italian
Originally a name for a person from the city of Abbiategrasso, near Milan in Italy, called Abiatum in Latin.
Mlakar Slovene, Croatian
Referred to someone who lived near a pool, derived from South Slavic mlaka meaning "pool, puddle".
Tracey 1 English
From the village of Tracy-sur-mer on the Normandy coast in France. It was brought to England with William the Conqueror.
Cristea Romanian
From the given name Cristian.
Ibrahim Arabic, Urdu, Hausa
From the given name Ibrahim.
Koumans Dutch
Variant of Koopman.
Sams English
Derived from the given name Samuel.
Mac Amhalghaidh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCauley.
Ramírez Spanish
Means "son of Ramiro" in Spanish.
Agema Frisian
Means "son of Age 1".
Sarno Italian
Originally denoted a person from Sarno in Italy, named for the Sarno River (called Sarnus in Latin).
Piccoli Italian
Nickname for a short person, from Italian piccolo "small".
Sheridan Irish
From the Irish name Ó Sirideáin meaning "descendant of Sirideán". The given name Sirideán possibly means "searcher".
Layton English
Derived from the name of English towns, meaning "town with a leek garden" in Old English.
Schulze German
Variant of Schulz.
Fukuzawa Japanese
From Japanese (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Bellincioni Italian
Means "son of Bellincione", from a medieval name (borne for example by Dante's grandfather) that was probably a derivative of Italian bello "beautiful, fair".
Pierson English
Means "son of Piers".
Simmons English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.
Benbow English
From a nickname "bend the bow" given to an archer.
Poirot French, Literature
From a diminutive of French poire "pear", originally referring to a pear merchant or someone who lived near a pear tree. Starting in 1920 this name was used by the mystery writer Agatha Christie for her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Christie based the name on that of Jules Poiret, a contemporary fictional detective.
Bassanelli Italian
Diminutive form of Bassani.
Barsamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պարսամյան (see Parsamyan).
Frye English
Variant of Fry.
Cullen 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Coileáin or Ó Cuilinn.
Jenssen Norwegian
Means "son of Jens".
Christians English
Derived from the given name Christian.
Elvis English
Variant of Elwes.
Rogers English
Derived from the given name Roger.
Sundberg Swedish
From Swedish sund meaning "strait" and berg meaning "mountain".
Belloni Italian
Augmented form of Bello.
Sacco Italian
Occupational name for a maker of sacks, from Italian sacco, Latin saccus.
Voigts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.
Spada Italian
Occupational name for an armourer or swordsman, from Italian spada "sword", Latin spatha.
Ó Cuaig Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quigg.
Krüger 1 German
In northern Germany an occupational name for a tavern keeper, derived from Middle Low German kroch meaning "tavern".
Antonise Dutch
Derived from the given name Antonius.
Stabile Italian
From the medieval Italian given name Stabile meaning "stable, firm".
Jacquet French
From a diminutive of the given name Jacques.
De Lang Dutch
Dutch cognate of Long.
Larsson Swedish
Means "son of Lars".
Cameron Scottish
Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".
Jefferson English
Means "son of Jeffrey". A famous bearer was American president Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Since his surname was sometimes adopted by freed slaves, it is now more common among the African-American population.
Trevor Welsh
Originally from the name of various Welsh towns meaning "big village", derived from Middle Welsh tref "village" and maur "large".
I Korean
Variant of Lee 2.
Chaves Portuguese, Spanish
From the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman name Flavius (being named for the emperor Vespasian, whose family name was Flavius).
Okeke Igbo
From the given name Okeke.
Ivanković Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of Ivan.
Rey 2 English
Means "female roe deer" from Old English ræge, probably denoting someone of a nervous temperament.
Llywelyn Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.
Ó Maoil Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Malone.
Higashi Japanese
From Japanese (higashi) meaning "east".
Robertsen Danish
Means "son of Robert".
Evensen Norwegian
Means "son of Even".
Tanaka Japanese
Means "dweller in the rice fields", from Japanese (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and (naka) meaning "middle".
Holm Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Swedish, Danish and Norwegian holme, holm meaning "islet" (Old Norse holmr).
Matsumura Japanese
From Japanese (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
McKendrick Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacEanruig meaning "son of Eanraig".
Hawkins English
From a diminutive of Hawk.
Große German
Variant of Groß.
Protz German
From a nickname meaning "showy, pompous", derived from an old southern German word meaning "toad".
Guzmán Spanish
From the name of the town of Guzmán in Burgos, Spain. The town's name itself may be derived from an old Visigothic given name, from the Germanic elements *gautaz "a Geat" and *mannô "person, man".
Lee 2 Korean, Chinese
Korean form of Li 1, from Sino-Korean (i). This is the second most common surname in South Korea. It is also a variant Chinese romanization of Li 1.
Bosco Italian
Means "forest" in Italian.
Mac Giolla Bhrighde Irish
Means "son of the servant of Brighid" in Irish.
Szűcs Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "furrier" in Hungarian.
Bachchan Hindi
From Hindi बच्चा (bachchā) meaning "child", a word of Persian origin. This surname was adopted by the Indian poet Harivansh Rai Srivastava (1907-2003).
West English, German
Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.
Smolak Polish
Occupational name for a distiller of pitch, derived from the Old Slavic word smola meaning "pitch, resin".
Jansson Swedish
Means "son of Jan 1".
Lie Norwegian
From Norwegian li, Old Norse hlíð meaning "hillside, slope".
Coughlin Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.
Baier German
Variant of Bayer.
Francisco Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Francisco.
Moreau French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.
Claasen Dutch
Means "son of Klaas".
Saito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 斎藤 (see Saitō).
Nieri Italian
Either a variant of Neri, or from the Italian name Raniero.
Hicks English
Derived from the medieval given name Hicke, a diminutive of Richard.
Espensen Norwegian
Means "son of Espen".
Matsumoto Japanese
From one of the many places with this name in Japan, derived from Japanese (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Madeira Portuguese
Occupational name for a carpenter, from Portuguese madeira "wood".
Nieminen Finnish
Derived from Finnish niemi meaning "peninsula, cape".
De Bruijn Dutch
Dutch cognate of Brown.
Becskei Hungarian
Indicated a person from Becske, a town in Hungary, which might be derived from the given name Benedek.
Haynes English
Patronymic derived from the Norman name Hagano.
Adair English
Derived from the given name Edgar.
Plaskett English
Originally denoted a dweller by a swampy meadow, from Old French plascq meaning "wet meadow".
Rothbauer German
From Old High German riuten "to clear land" and bur "peasant, farmer".
Wattana Thai
From Thai วัฒน (wathan) meaning "culture".
Rantala Finnish
From Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach" with the suffix -la indicating a place.
Walsh English, Irish
From Old English wælisc meaning "foreigner, stranger, Celt".
Kästner German
Means "cabinet maker", derived from Middle High German kaste "box".
Vogts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.
Tessaro Italian
Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.
Metz 1 German
Occupational name for maker of knives, from Middle High German metze "knife".
Chong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.
Tavares Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Tavares, likely of pre-Roman origin.
Sanna Italian
From Italian sanna or zanna meaning "tusk, fang", a nickname for a person with a protruding tooth. It is especially common on Sardinia.
Cino Italian
From the given name Cino, a short form of names ending in cino.
Graves English
Occupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English greyve, related to the German title Graf.
Rémy French
From the given name Rémy.
Best 2 German
Derived from the name of the river Beste, meaning unknown.
Chou Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Zhou).
Garbutt English
From the given name Gerbold.
Sikora Polish
Means "tit (bird)" in Polish.
Mutō Japanese
From Japanese (mu) meaning "military, martial" and () meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.
Lachapelle French
Means "the chapel" in French, most likely used to denote a person who lived by a church or a chapel.
Andrews English
Means "son of Andrew".
Mårdh Swedish
From Swedish mård meaning "pine marten".
Mullane Irish
Variant of Mullen.
Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.
Gil Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gil 1.
Antonescu Romanian
Means "son of Anton".
Boyko Ukrainian
Originally indicated a member of the Boykos, an ethnic group of western Ukraine.
Bárány Hungarian
Means "lamb" in Hungarian.
Vasylenko Ukrainian
From the given name Vasyl.
Younge English
Variant of Young.
Sanz Spanish
From the given name Sancho.
Monti Italian
Means "mountain, hill" in Italian, from Latin mons.
Bognár Hungarian
Hungarian form of Wagner.
Spanò Sicilian
From Sicilian spanu meaning "sparse, thin hair", ultimately from Greek σπάνιος (spanios) meaning "scarce, rare".
Domínguez Spanish
Means "son of Domingo".
Kaube German
From the name of the town of Kaub in Germany.
Nani Italian
Variant of Nana.
Abatescianni Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Gianni.
Al-Mufti Arabic
Refers to a mufti, a Muslim legal advisor consulted in applying a religious law.
Underhill English
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.
Bullard English
Possibly a nickname derived from Middle English bole "fraud, deceit".
Moore 1 English
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".
Velasco Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.
Hawking English
From a diminutive of Hawk. A famous bearer was the British physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).
Van Can Dutch
Variant of Van Kan.
Griffin 1 Welsh
Derived from the given name Gruffudd.
Cecil Welsh
From the Welsh given name Seisyll, which was derived from the Roman name Sextilius, a derivative of Sextus.
Oliversen Norwegian
Means "son of Oliver".
Clery Irish
Variant of Cleary.
Brook English
Denoted a person who lived near a brook, a word derived from Old English broc.
Acosta Spanish
Spanish form of Da Costa (from a misdivision of the surname).
Abdullah Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd Allah.
Dresdner German
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Dresden in German.
Liao Chinese
From Chinese (liào) referring to the ancient state of Liao, which was located in present-day Henan province.
Gandhi Gujarati, Hindi
From Sanskrit गान्धिक (gāndhika) meaning "perfumier, perfume seller", derived from गनध (gandha) meaning "scent, perfume". Notable bearers include Indian civil rights leader Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), also known as Mahatma Gandhi, and Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).
Harden English
From a place name meaning "hare valley" in Old English.
Hussain Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.
Teke 1 Turkish
Originally denoted someone from Teke, Turkey.
Bentsen Danish
Means "son of Bent 1".
Klossner German
Derived from German Klausner, Middle High German klosenære meaning "hermit".
Izumi Japanese
From Japanese (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".
Brady Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendant of Brádach". A famous bearer is the American football quarterback Tom Brady (1977-).
Van Ophoven Dutch
Means "from Ophoven", the name of towns in the Netherlands. Their names mean "upper gardens, upper courtyards" in Dutch.
Silva Portuguese, Spanish
From Spanish or Portuguese silva meaning "forest". This is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil.
Potočnik Slovene
From Slovene potok meaning "stream, brook".
Mason English
Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").
Jasso Basque
Variant of Jaso.
Palmer English
Means "pilgrim", ultimately from Latin palma "palm tree", since pilgrims to the Holy Land often brought back palm fronds as proof of their journey.
Golob Slovene
Means "pigeon" in Slovene.
Rios Portuguese
Originally denoted a person who lived near a river, from Portuguese rios "river", ultimately from Latin rivus.
Marquardt German
From Old High German marka "border, boundary" and wart "protector". This was an occupational name for a border guard.