Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
usage
gender
Ottosson Swedish
Means "son of Otto".
Fleischer German
Occupational name meaning "butcher" in German.
Mäkelä Finnish
Means "the place of the hill" in Finnish.
Ó Caoimh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Keefe.
Koval Ukrainian
Means "blacksmith" in Ukrainian.
Daniel um English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.
Rousseau French
Diminutive of Roux. A famous bearer was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) whose ideas influenced the French Revolution.
Moulin French
Means "mill" in French.
Deák Hungarian
Possibly a Hungarian form of Deacon.
Dibra Albanian
From the Albanian name for the city of Debar in Macedonia, originally given to someone who came from there.
Szilágyi Hungarian
Denoted one from the region of Szilágy in Hungary, derived from Hungarian szil meaning "elm" and ágy meaning "bed".
Benoit French
From the given name Benoît.
Król Polish
Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one who acted like a king or was connected in some way with a king's household.
Bakke Norwegian
Means "slope, hillside" in Norwegian, from Old Norse bakki "bank".
Zyma Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zima.
Filippi Italian
Derived from the given name Filippo.
Brice English
From the given name Brice.
Rowe 2 English
From the medieval name Row, which is either a variant of Roul or short form of Roland.
Cannon English
From the ecclesiastical usage of canon, referring to a church official or servant who worked in a clergy house.
Ó Deasmhumhnaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Desmond.
Keo Khmer
Means "glass" in Khmer.
Nardo Italian
Variant of Nardi.
Juhász Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian, from juh "sheep".
Sessions English
From the name of the city of Soissons in northern France, itself derived from the name of the Celtic tribe of the Suessiones.
Jäger German
Means "hunter" in German, from Old High German jagon meaning "to hunt".
Hayward English
Occupational name for a person who protected an enclosed forest, from Old English hæg "enclosure, fence" and weard "guard".
Pugliese Italian
From an adjectival derivative of Puglia, from Latin Apulia, a region of southeast Italy containing the boot heel and some of the coastline of the Adriatic Sea. It is a regional name for someone from that region.
Magyar Hungarian
Means "Hungarian" in Hungarian.
Mac Naoimhín Irish
Means "son of Naomhán" in Irish.
Hanson English
Means "son of Hann".
Szwed Polish
Variant of Szweda.
Stanković Serbian
Means "son of Stanko".
Saad Arabic, Malay
From the given name Sa'd.
Ruud Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse ruð meaning "cleared land".
Caiazzo Italian
From the name of a city near Naples, originally Caiatia in Latin, a derivative of the given name Caius.
Swango German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schwangau.
Sato Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐藤 (see Satō).
Baasch Low German
From Middle Low German bas meaning "boss".
Fortuyn Dutch
Dutch cognate of Fortune.
Bureau French
From Old French burel, a diminutive of bure, a type of woollen cloth. It may have originated as a nickname for a person who dressed in the material or as an occupational name for someone who worked with it.
Borgia Italian
Italian form of Borja. This was the name of an Italian noble family who were influential during the Renaissance period.
Schmeling German
From Middle Low German smal meaning "small, slender".
Maiella Italian
From the name of the Maiella massif in Abruzzo, Italy.
Zuñiga Basque
From the name of a Spanish town, formerly named Estuniga in Basque, possibly derived from Basque istuin "channel, strait".
Westbrook English
From the name of places in England, derived from Old English west "west" and broc "brook, stream".
Mahoney Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Mathghamhna meaning "descendant of Mathgamain".
Ughi Italian
From the given name Ugo.
Park 1 Korean
From Sino-Korean 樸 or 朴 (bak) meaning "plain, unadorned, simple". This is the third most common surname in South Korea.
Benton English
Denoted someone who came from Benton, England, which is derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and tun "enclosure".
Van der Zee Dutch
Means "from the sea" in Dutch. The original bearer may have been someone who lived on the coast.
Humphrey English
Derived from the given name Humphrey.
Quirke Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuirc meaning "descendant of Corc", a given name meaning "heart".
Ajam Arabic
From Arabic عَجَم (ʿajam) meaning "foreigner, non-Arab".
Oliynyk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian олія (oliya) meaning "oil, fat".
Willemsen Dutch
Means "son of Willem".
Michaelis German
Derived from the given name Michael.
Spitz German
Means "sharp" in German, indicating the original bearer lived near a pointed hill.
Michael English, German
From the given name Michael.
Dallas 1 English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley" and hus meaning "house".
Khatib Arabic
Means "speaker, orator" in Arabic, referring person who delivers sermons.
Wróbel Polish
Means "sparrow" in Polish.
Cash English
Variant of Case.
Miyagawa Japanese
From Japanese (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Chan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Chen.
Lengyel Hungarian
Means "Polish" in Hungarian.
Stanek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Stanisław.
Cullen 1 English
From the name of the German city of Cologne, which was derived from Latin colonia "colony".
Cavan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Caoimháin meaning "descendant of Caomhán".
Kuzmenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Kuzma.
Mendel 2 German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Meino. A famous bearer was Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a Czech monk and scientist who did experiments in genetics.
Holzmann German
Derived from Old High German holz "wood" and man "man", a name for someone who lived close to a wood or worked with wood.
Kalmár Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "merchant, shopkeeper" in Hungarian, of German origin.
Lowell English
From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.
Ruotsalainen Finnish
Means "Swede" in Finnish.
Stasyuk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Стасюк (see Stasiuk).
Aguirre Spanish
From Basque ageri meaning "open, cleared, prominent", originally given to a peron who lived in an open area.
Niven Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Naoimhín.
Bandyopadhyay Bengali
From the name of the village of Bandoghat combined with upadhaya "instructor, priest".
Voss German
From Middle Low German vos meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a clever person or a person with red hair.
Asturias Spanish
From the name of a region in Spain, formerly a medieval kingdom. It is possibly derived from Basque asta "rock" and ur "water".
Otxoa Basque
From Basque otso meaning "wolf".
Kersey English
From an English place name meaning derived from Old English cærse "watercress" and ieg "island".
Freud German, Jewish
Means "joy" in German, a nickname for a cheerful person. A famous bearer was the psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
Dufour French
Occupational name for a baker, from French four "oven".
Nizzola Italian
From the name of the Italian town of Nizzola near Modena.
Maestri Italian
Means "master" in Italian.
Yu 2 Chinese
From Chinese () meaning "surplus".
Axelsson Swedish
Means "son of Axel".
Savchuk Ukrainian
From the given name Sava.
Oh Korean
Korean form of Wu 1, from Sino-Korean (o).
Benn English
From a short form of Benedict.
Wise English
From a nickname for a wise person, from Middle English wys, Old English wis.
De Campo Italian
Locative surname derived from place names called Campo (meaning "field").
Ó Nualláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Nolan.
Mac Cárthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCarthy.
Basile Italian, French
From the given name Basilio or Basile.
Rocco Italian
Derived from the given name Rocco.
Acquafredda Italian
Denoted a person who came from one of the various places in Italy with this name, derived from Italian meaning "cold water".
Heinonen Finnish
From the given name Heino.
Jacobsen Danish
Means "son of Jacob".
Garry English
Variant of Geary.
Lane 3 Irish
From Irish Ó Luain meaning "descendant of Luan", a given name meaning "warrior".
Ó Marcaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Markey.
Osborne English
Derived from the given name Osborn.
Idowu Yoruba
From the given name Idowu.
Soldati Italian
From Italian soldato meaning "soldier", ultimately from Latin solidus, a type of Roman coin.
Callahan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallacháin meaning "descendant of Cellachán".
Jensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jens". This is the most common surname in Denmark.
Ghasemi Persian
From the given name Ghasem.
Sauvageon French
French diminutive form of Savage.
Maria Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name Maria.
Iancu Romanian
From the given name Iancu.
Strange English
Derived from Middle English strange meaning "foreign", ultimately from Latin extraneus.
Leitzke German
Either from Leitzkau, the name of a town in Saxony-Anhalt, or from a diminutive of the given name Leutz, a variant of Lutz.
Olsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Ole".
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).
Seegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".
Pilkvist Swedish
From Swedish pil (Old Norse píli) meaning "willow" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Griffin 1 Welsh
Derived from the given name Gruffudd.
Vernon English
Locational name in the Eure region of Normandy, from the Gaulish element vern "alder (tree)" with the genitive case maker onis.
Newman English
English cognate of Neumann.
Wu 3 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Hu.
Böhme German
Variant of Böhm.
Wahner German
Variant of Wagner.
Ronchi Italian
From Italian places named Ronchi, derived from ronco meaning "cleared land, terraced land". It is most common in northern and central Italy.
Cleary Irish
From Irish cléireach meaning "clerk" (see Clark).
Pittaluga Italian
Originally a nickname for somebody who steals grapes from vineyards. In the Genoese dialect pittà means "to pick" and uga means "grapes" (uva in Italian).
Duerr German
Variant of Dürr.
Acone Italian
Possibly from the name of a harbour in Bithynia (in modern Turkey).
Halloran Irish
From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".
Ayers 1 English
From Middle English eir meaning "heir".
Buhr Low German
Low German form of Bauer.
Martinson English
Means "son of Martin".
Slade English
Derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".
Quaranta Italian
Means "forty" in Italian.
McNiven Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cnáimhín.
Hsieh Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Xie).
Ballard English
Variant of Ball using a pejorative suffix.
Dyer English
Occupational name meaning "cloth dyer", from Old English deah "dye".
MacEachern Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eachairn.
Slane Irish
Originally indicated a person from Slane, County Meath, Ireland, which is derived from the given name Sláine.
Petit French, Catalan, English
Means "small, little" derived from Old French and Catalan petit. It was perhaps used for a short, small person or to denote the younger of two individuals.
Coolen Dutch
From the given name Nicolaas.
Jackman English
Means "servant of Jack".
Agnusdei Italian
From Latin Agnus Dei meaning "lamb of God". This was a nickname for someone who was particularly religious or someone who wore this symbol.
Heppenheimer German
From the name of the city of Heppenheim in Hesse, Germany.
Kayode Yoruba
From the given name Kayode.
Lindsay English, Scottish
From the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English.
Van den Berg Dutch
Means "from the mountain", derived from Dutch berg meaning "mountain".
Jokela Finnish
Derived from Finnish joki "river".
Hashemi Persian
From the given name Hashem.
Hoch German
Means "tall" in German.
Mac Neachtain Irish
Means "son of Nechtan" in Irish.
Pleško Slovene
Nickname for a bald person, from Slovene pleša meaning "bald patch".
Muñoz Spanish
Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.
Blackman English
From a nickname, a variant of Black.
Caruso Italian
Means "close-cropped hair" in Italian, also having the secondary sense "boy, young man".
Benenati Italian
Means "son of Benenato", a given name derived from Latin bene "good, well" and natus "good".
Unruh German
Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe meaning "unrest".
Ekmekçi Turkish
Means "baker" in Turkish.
Panossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Փանոսյան (see Panosyan).
Wruck German
From Middle Low German wrok meaning "cantankerous".
Rothschild Jewish
From Middle High German rot "red" and schilt "shield", or Yiddish רויט (roit) and שילד (shild). The famous Rothschild family of bankers took their name from a house with a red shield on it.
Coughlin Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.
Capilla Spanish
Spanish form of Kappel.
Sacco Italian
Occupational name for a maker of sacks, from Italian sacco, Latin saccus.
Lindström Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Pilgrim English, German
Nickname for a person who was a pilgrim, ultimately from Latin peregrinus.
Perkins English
Means "son of Perkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.
Ó Tuathail Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Toole.
Shea Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Séaghdha.
Bueno Spanish
From a nickname meaning "good" in Spanish.
MacAoidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Mac Aodha.
Farkas Hungarian
Means "wolf" in Hungarian.
Gilliam English
Variant of William. A famous bearer of the name is cartoonist and filmmaker Terry Gilliam (1940-).
Villeneuve French
French cognate of Villanueva.
Anselmo Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Anselmo.
Satou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐藤 (see Satō).
Alinari Italian
Means "son of Alinario", which is from the Germanic name Ellanher.
Schreck German
From Middle High German schrecken meaning "to frighten, to scare".
Yi Korean
Variant of Lee 2.
Fekete Hungarian
Means "black" in Hungarian, originally a nickname for a person with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Lundgren Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
Salucci Italian
From Italian sale meaning "salt".
Power 1 English, Irish
From Old French Poier, indicating a person who came from the town of Poix in Picardy, France.
Hartell English
From various place names derived from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and hyll "hill".
Wilcox English
From a diminutive of the given name William.
Langdon English
Derived from the name of various places, of Old English origin meaning "long hill" (effectively "ridge").
Kapanadze Georgian
Means "son of the one from Kapan", originally denoting someone who came from the city of Kapan in present-day Armenia (from Armenian կապել (kapel) meaning "to tie, to fasten").
Nussbaum German, Jewish
Means "nut tree", derived from the German Nuss "nut" and Baum "tree".
Ó Cearmada Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Carmody.
Lo Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Luo.
Saylor English
Occupational name meaning "acrobat, dancer", derived from Old French sailleor, from Latin sallitor.
Mertens Dutch, Low German, Flemish
From the given name Merten.
Tóth um Hungarian, Slovak
Derived from Hungarian tót, which means "Slovak" or "Slovene".
Gábor Hungarian
From the given name Gábor.
Strøm Norwegian, Danish
Means "stream" in Norwegian and Danish.
Nannini Italian
From Nanni, a diminutive of the given name Giovanni.
Thibault French
Derived from the given name Thibault.
Colbert English, French
Derived from the given name Colobert.
Cobb English
From a medieval English byname meaning "lump".
Innes 2 Scottish
From the given name Aonghus.
Landau German, Jewish
Derived from the town of Landau in the Palatinate region of Germany, of Old High German origin meaning "land valley".
Paddon English
Variant of Patton.
Aalders Dutch
Means "son of Aldert".
Feldt German, Danish, Swedish
North German, Danish and Swedish variant of Feld.
Coelho Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.
Tyler English
Occupational name for a tiler of roofs, derived from Old English tigele "tile". A famous bearer of this name was American president John Tyler (1790-1862).
Beckham English
From an English place name meaning "Becca's homestead" in Old English (with Becca being a masculine byname meaning "pickaxe"). A famous bearer is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).
Akselsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Aksel".
Arima Japanese
From Japanese (ari) meaning "have, possess" and (ma) meaning "horse".
Huddleston English
From the name of a town in the Yorkshire region of England, which means "Hudel's town" in Old English.
Cisternino Italian
From the name of the town of Cisternino, near the city of Bari in southern Italy.
Paget English, French
Diminutive of Page.
Sappington English
Possibly from the city of Sapperton, England, derived from Old English sapere meaning "soap maker" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
O'Brien Irish
From the Irish Ó Briain meaning "descendant of Brian".
Cox English
Patronymic form of Cock.
Hightower English
Possibly a variant of Hayter.
Kelly 2 Scottish
From a Scottish place name derived from coille meaning "grove".
Niemec Polish
Means "German" in Polish.
Bullard English
Possibly a nickname derived from Middle English bole "fraud, deceit".
Comstock English
Possibly from the name of the River Culm in Devon, England. This name is seen in the Domesday book as Culmstoke or Colmstoke.
Castell Catalan
Catalan cognate of Castle.
Daubney English
From any of the various towns in France called Aubigny, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Albinus.
Aritza Spanish, Basque
From Basque aritz meaning "oak tree". This was a nickname of Iñigo, the first king of Pamplona, Spain (9th century).
Labriola Italian
Originally indicated a person from the town of Abriola in southern Italy.
Leeuwenhoek Dutch
Means "lion's corner" in Dutch. The first bearer of this name lived on the corner (Dutch hoek) of the Lion's Gate (Dutch Leeuwenpoort) in the city of Delft.
Bazzoli Italian
From Italian bazza meaning "protruding chin".
Sauvageot French
French diminutive form of Savage.
Serafin Polish, Italian
Derived from the given name Serafin or Serafino.
Mantovani Italian
From the name of the city of Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy (Mantova in Italian).
Kanda Japanese
From Japanese (kan) meaning "god" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Fry English
From Old English frig (a variant of freo) meaning "free".
Meinhardt German
Derived from the given name Meinhard.
Burton English
From a common English place name, derived from Old English meaning "fortified town".
Zimman Jewish
Possibly a variant of Zimmermann.
Doherty Irish
From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh meaning "descendant of Dochartach". The byname Dochartach means "obstructive".
Sapienti Italian
Means "wise, learned" in Italian.
Urquhart Scottish
Derived from Brythonic ar "by" and cardden "thicket". This is the name of several places, the most famous being north of Loch Ness.
McAdams Scottish, Irish
Means "son of Adam" in Gaelic.
Ó Catháin Irish
Means "descendant of Cathán".
Ó Caoimháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Cavan.
Courtemanche French
Means "short sleeve" in French.
Bonham English
English form of Bonhomme.
Dressler German
Means "turner" from Middle High German dreseler, an agent derivative of drehen "to turn". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone.
Tatton English
Originally indicated a person from a town by this name, derived from the Old English given name Tata combined with tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Norris 2 English
Means "wet nurse, foster mother" from Old French norrice, from Latin nutricius.
Arany Hungarian
Means "golden" in Hungarian. A famous bearer of the name was Hungarian poet János Arany (1817-1882).
Renault French
Derived from the given name Renaud.
Kellogg English
Occupational name for a pig butcher, from Middle English killen "to kill" and hog "pig, swine, hog".
Uzun Turkish
Means "long, tall" in Turkish.
Halle German
German variant of Hall.
Midgley English
From the English village of Midgley in West Yorkshire, meaning "midge (insect) wood" in Old English.
Lázár Hungarian
From the given name Lázár.
Everett English
From the given name Everard.
Haugen Norwegian
Means "hill" in Norwegian, referring to a person who lived on a hilltop.
Alink Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Ale 2" in Dutch.
Rojo Spanish
Means "red" in Spanish, referring to the colour of the hair or complexion.
Merrill 1 English
Derived from the given name Muriel.
Bulgarelli Italian
Diminutive of Bulgari.
Hampson English
Means "son of Hamo".
Prieto Spanish
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish, referring to a person with dark hair or skin.
Hass German
From the given name Hasso.
Seward 2 English
Means "swineherd" from Old English su "sow, female pig" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
Salo Finnish
Means "forest" in Finnish.
Benizzi Italian
From the medieval given name Bonizzone.
Waters 2 English
Derived from the given name Walter.
Nigel English
Derived from the given name Neil.