Quinlan IrishFrom Irish
Ó Caoindealbháin, which means
"descendant of Caoindealbhán", a given name meaning "handsome form" (using a diminutive suffix).
Murgia SardinianMeans
"brine" in Sardinian, perhaps a nickname for someone who pickled foods.
Jung 1 GermanMeans
"young" in German, from Middle High German
junc.
Aoki JapaneseFrom Japanese
青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and
木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Montagna ItalianMeans
"mountain" in Italian, from Latin
montanus, indicating a person who lived on or near a mountain.
Marquardt GermanFrom Old High German
marka "border, boundary" and
wart "protector". This was an occupational name for a border guard.
Schüttmann GermanMeans
"watchman, guard" from Middle High German
schützen "to protect".
Quiroga GalicianOriginally denoted a person from the town of Quiroga in Galicia, Spain.
Killam EnglishDenoted one who hailed from the English town of Kilham, meaning "kiln homestead".
Tessaro ItalianOccupational name meaning
"weaver", ultimately from Latin
texarius.
Stablum ItalianNorthern Italian name derived from Latin
stabulum meaning
"stable".
Moloney IrishFrom Irish
Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh meaning
"descendant of a church servant".
Yasuda JapaneseFrom Japanese
安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" or
保 (yasu) meaning "protect, maintain" and
田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Glazier EnglishMeans
"glass worker, glazier", from Old English
glæs meaning "glass".
Best 2 GermanDerived from the name of the river Beste, meaning unknown.
Seabrook EnglishDenoted a person from a town by this name in Buckinghamshire, England. It is derived from that of a river combined with Old English
broc "stream".
Berlusconi ItalianProbably from the Milanese word
berlusch meaning
"cross-eyed, crooked".
Todaro ItalianFrom a regional form of a given name
Todaro, a variant of
Teodoro. It is quite common in Sicily.
Plamondon FrenchDerived from French
plat "flat" and
mont "mountain", referring to someone who lived near a flat-topped mountain.
Barber English, ScottishIndicated a barber, one who cut hair for a living, ultimately from Latin
barba "beard".
Mushyan ArmenianOriginally denoted someone who came from the Armenian town of Mushi.
Wise EnglishFrom a nickname for a wise person, from Middle English
wys, Old English
wis.
Jenkins EnglishFrom the given name
Jenkin, a diminutive of
Jen, itself a Middle English form of
John.
Affini ItalianFrom Latin
affinis meaning
"neighbouring, kindred".
Slade EnglishDerived from Old English
slæd meaning
"valley".
Piątek PolishMeans
"Friday" in Polish, derived from the word
piąty meaning "fifth".
Weaver 1 EnglishOccupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English
wefan "to weave".
Fuhrmann GermanDerived from Middle High German
vuorman meaning
"cartwright".
Baart DutchMeans
"beard" in Dutch, originally describing a person who wore a beard.
Hafner GermanOccupational name for a potter, derived from Old High German
hafan "pot, vessel".
Walton EnglishFrom the name of any of several villages in England, derived from Old English
wealh "foreigner, Celt",
weald "forest",
weall "wall", or
wille "well, spring, water hole" combined with
tun "enclosure, yard, town".
MacCarrick IrishMeans
"son of Cúcharraige" in Irish. The given name
Cúcharraige is composed of
cú "hound" and
carraig "rock".
Zino ItalianDerived from the given name
Zino, a short form of names ending with
-zino, such as
Lorenzino, a diminutive of
Lorenzo, or
Vincenzino, a diminutive of
Vincenzo.
Sciacca ItalianOriginally denoted someone from Sciacca, Sicily, Italy, which is of uncertain origin.
Król PolishMeans
"king" in Polish. The name referred to one who acted like a king or was connected in some way with a king's household.
Armstrong EnglishMeans
"strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.
Teufel GermanFrom a nickname meaning
"devil" in German, given to a mischievous person or one who was devil-like.
Moser GermanName for someone who lived near a peat bog, from Middle High German
mos.
Lama ItalianDerived from the name place
Lama, common in Italy.
Endicott EnglishTopographic name derived from Old English meaning
"from the end cottage".
Zingel JewishFrom Middle High German
zingel "defensive wall". This name was originally applied to a person who lived near the outermost wall of a castle.
Martel 2 French, EnglishNickname for a smith, derived from Old French
martel "hammer", ultimately from Late Latin
martellus.
Popescu RomanianPatronymic derived from Romanian
popă "priest". This is the second most common surname in Romania.
Abbey EnglishIndicated a person who lived near an abbey or worked in an abbey, from Middle English
abbeye.
Poppins LiteratureUsed by P. L. Travers for the magical nanny in her
Mary Poppins series of books, first published in 1934. It is not known how Travers devised the name. She may have had the English words
pop or
poppet (meaning "young woman") in mind.
Desmond IrishAnglicized form of Irish
Ó Deasmhumhnaigh meaning "descendant of the man from South Munster", originally indicating a person who came from the region of South Munster (Desmond) in Ireland.
Crewe EnglishOriginally denoted someone from Crewe in Cheshire, which is from Welsh
criu "weir, dam, fish trap".
Asís SpanishOriginally denoted a person from the Italian city of Assisi (called
Asís in Spanish).
Tyler EnglishOccupational 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).
Turati ItalianFrom the name of the town of Turate near Como in Lombardy.
Kim KoreanKorean form of
Jin, from Sino-Korean
金 (gim) meaning
"gold". This is the most common surname in South Korea.
Hahn GermanFrom a nickname for a proud or pugnacious person, from Old High German
hano meaning
"rooster, cock".
Peck 2 EnglishOccupational name for a maker of pecks (vessels used as peck measures), derived from Middle English
pekke.
Thrussell EnglishFrom Old English
þrostle meaning
"song thrush", referring to a cheerful person.
Borja SpanishOriginally indicated a person from the Spanish town of Borja in Aragon, derived from Arabic
برْج (burj) meaning "tower".
Copperfield LiteratureCreated from the English words
copper and
field by the author Charles Dickens, who used it for the title character in his novel
David Copperfield (1850).
Ohme GermanFrom Middle High German
oem meaning
"maternal uncle".
Chase EnglishOccupational name for a hunter, from Middle English
chase "hunt".
Rosário PortugueseMeans
"rosary" in Portuguese. This name was often given to people born on the day of the festival of Our Lady of the Rosary.
Vroom Dutch, FlemishFrom a nickname derived from Dutch
vroom meaning
"pious, devout".
Obama LuoFrom a rare Luo given name meaning
"crooked, bent". It was possibly originally given to a baby who had an arm or leg that looked slightly bent immediately after birth or who was born in the breech position.
Carson ScottishMeaning uncertain, possibly from the town of Courson in Normandy.
Tang 1 ChineseFrom Chinese
唐 (táng) referring to the Tang dynasty, which ruled China from 618 to 907.
Gajos PolishDerived from Polish
gaj meaning
"grove, thicket".
Kelsey EnglishFrom an English place name meaning "Cenel's island", from the Old English name
Cenel "fierce" in combination with
eg "island".
Polishchuk UkrainianDenoted a person from Polesia, a large region between Ukraine, Belarus and Poland.
Skov DanishTopographic name meaning
"forest, wood" in Danish, from Old Norse
skógr.
Fabbri ItalianFrom Italian
fabbro meaning
"blacksmith", ultimately from Latin
faber.
Cassano ItalianIndicated a person from any of the various towns named Cassano in Italy.
Triggs EnglishFrom a byname derived from Old Norse
tryggr meaning
"true, loyal".
Chester EnglishFrom the name of a city in England, derived from Latin
castrum "camp, fortress".
Brassington EnglishFrom a place name, which is derived from Old English meaning "settlement by a steep path".
Farina ItalianOccupational name for a miller, derived from Italian
farina "flour".
Sandford EnglishIndicated a person from Sandford, England, which means simply "sand ford".
Kinnunen FinnishPossibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word
kinni meaning
"animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish
skinn.
Oomen DutchPatronymic derived from Middle Dutch
oom meaning
"(maternal) uncle".
Carpenter EnglishFrom the occupation, derived from Middle English
carpentier (ultimately from Latin
carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").
Kumięga PolishPossibly from Polish
kum "godfather, friend" or
komięga "raft, barge".
Elder EnglishDerived from Old English
ealdra meaning
"older", used to distinguish two people who had the same name.
Lindgren SwedishFrom Swedish
lind meaning "linden tree" and
gren (Old Norse
grein) meaning "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).
Hood EnglishMetonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Old English
hod.
Joly FrenchFrom Old French
joli meaning
"happy, jolly, pretty".
Stein German, JewishFrom Old High German
stein meaning
"stone". It might indicate the original bearer lived near a prominent stone or worked as a stonecutter. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
Gilmore Scottish, IrishAnglicized form of Scottish Gaelic
MacGilleMhoire or Irish Gaelic
Mac Giolla Mhuire meaning
"son of the servant of Moire".
Ashworth EnglishFrom an English place name meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.
Clifford EnglishDerived from various place names that meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.
Everest EnglishOriginally denoted a person from Évreux in Normandy, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices. Mount Everest in the Himalayas was named for the British surveyor George Everest (1790-1866).
Finnegan IrishAnglicized form of Irish
Ó Fionnagáin meaning
"descendant of Fionnagán". The given name
Fionnagán is a diminutive of
Fionn.
Ojala Finnish, EstonianFrom Finnish and Estonian
oja meaning
"ditch, channel, brook" with the suffix
-la indicating a place.
Summerfield EnglishOriginally indicated the bearer was from a town of this name, derived from Old English
sumor "summer" and
feld "field".
Capello 1 ItalianFrom Late Latin
cappa meaning
"cloak, cape, hood". This was a name for one who made or wore cloaks.
Xu 2 ChineseFrom Chinese
许 (xǔ) referring to the minor state of Xu, which existed to the 4th century BC in what is now Henan province. The character
许 means "allow, permit".
Marley EnglishOriginally denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in Britain called
Marley, ultimately meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. One of the main characters in Charles Dickens'
A Christmas Carol (1843) bears this surname. It was also borne by the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).