Browse Surnames

Shiraishi Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".

Ó Sirideáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sheridan.

Winter English, German, Dutch, Swedish
From Old English winter or Old High German wintar meaning "winter". This was a nickname for a person with a cold personality.

Górka Polish
Variant of Gorecki.

Aartsma Frisian
Means "son of Arend", the suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Van den Heuvel Dutch
Means "from the hill" in Dutch.

Costa Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

Beumers Dutch
Possibly a Dutch form of Baumer or Böhmer.

Khachaturyan Armenian
Means "son of Khachatur" in Armenian. A famous bearer was the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan or Khachaturian (1903-1978).

Alma Frisian
Means "son of Ale 2", the suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Daubney English
From any of the various towns in France called Aubigny, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Albinus.

Böttcher German
Occupational name meaning "cooper, barrel maker" in German.

Monette French
Variant of Monet.

Sitko Polish
Means "fine sieve" in Polish, a diminutive of the Polish word sito "sieve".

Bonnaire French
French form of Bonner.

McFee Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of MacDhubhshìth.

Elwes English
Derived from the given name Eloise.

Iwasaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Lundström Swedish
From Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Pensak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Schuchert German
Variant of Schuchardt.

Funar Romanian
Means "rope maker" in Romanian.

Vega Spanish
From Spanish vega meaning "meadow, plain", of Basque origin.

Castle English
From Middle English castel meaning "castle", from Late Latin castellum, originally indicating a person who lived near a castle.

Cotterill English
Derived from Middle English cotter meaning "cottager", referring to a small tenant farmer.

Radcliff English
From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.

Borst Dutch
From a nickname derived from Dutch borst "chest".

Danniel English
Variant of Daniel.

Moore 1 English
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".

Ballard English
Variant of Ball using a pejorative suffix.

Harland English
From various place names meaning "hare land" in Old English.

Mac Giolla Mhuire Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gilmore.

Case English
From Norman French casse meaning "box, case", ultimately from Latin capsa. This was an occupational name for a box maker.

Messmann German
Variant of Messer.

Mac Domhnaill Irish
Irish form of MacDonald.

Alescio Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Bader German
Derived from Old High German bad "bath", most likely referring to a bath attendant.

Graves English
Occupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English greyve, related to the German title Graf.

Ellsworth English
Habitational name for a person from the town of Elsworth in Cambridgeshire. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with worþ meaning "enclosure".

Somma Italian
From the names of Italian places like Somma Lombardo or Somma Vesuviana, derived from Latin summa meaning "summit".

Foss English
Variant of Fosse.

Pahlke German
Low German cognate of Peel.

Jervis English
Variant of Jarvis.

Botha Afrikaans
South African variant of Both.

Martin English, French, German, Swedish
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Affini Italian
From Latin affinis meaning "neighbouring, kindred".

Hunter English, Scottish
Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.

González Spanish
Means "son of Gonzalo" in Spanish. This is among the most common surnames in Spain.

Friis Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian (mostly Danish) form of Fries.

McElligott Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name Mac Uileagóid meaning "son of Uileagóid", a diminutive of Uilleag.

Juhász Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian, from juh "sheep".

Dela Cruz Spanish (Filipinized)
Variant of De la Cruz primarily used in the Philippines (where it is the most common surname).

Nylund Swedish
From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Van Schoorl Dutch
Variant of Schoorl.

Rautio Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.

Amoretto Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Amore.

Munroe Scottish
Anglicized (typically Canadian and American) form of Munro.

Abbadelli Italian
Means "little abbot" from Italian abate and the diminutive suffix -elli.

Rémy French
From the given name Rémy.

Montaña Spanish
Spanish cognate of Montagna.

Hill English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.

Ibrahimović Bosnian
Means "son of Ibrahim".

Maessen Dutch
Means "son of Maas".

Ziętek Polish
Possibly from a diminutive of Polish zięć meaning "son-in-law".

Britton English
Originally given to a person who was a Briton (a Celt of England) or a Breton (an inhabitant of Brittany).

Planche French
French form of Plank.

Mac Giolla Bhrighde Irish
Means "son of the servant of Brighid" in Irish.

Bentley English
From a place name derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing". Various towns in England bear this name.

Leroux French
Means "the red", from Old French ros "red". This was a nickname for a person with red hair.

Takenaka Japanese
Means "dweller amongst bamboo", from Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Rózsa Hungarian
From the feminine given name Rózsa.

Quigley Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

Nicholson English
Means "son of Nicholas". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Jack Nicholson (1937-).

Leone Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Fujimori Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Antonise Dutch
Derived from the given name Antonius.

West English, German
Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.

McGuinness Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mag Aonghuis meaning "son of Aonghus".

Quiroga Galician
Originally denoted a person from the town of Quiroga in Galicia, Spain.

Thompson English
Means "son of Thomas".

Zajec Slovene
Means "hare" in Slovene.

Hermann German
From the given name Hermann.

Faron French
From the given name Faron.

Van der Zee Dutch
Means "from the sea" in Dutch. The original bearer may have been someone who lived on the coast.

Yancy Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jansen.

Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.

Tafani Italian
From the nickname tafano meaning "gadfly", indicating an annoying person.

Alvarez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Álvarez.

Janković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Janko".

McCleary Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cléirich.

Planck German
German variant of Plank.

Cola Italian
From the given name Nicola 1.

Pond English
Originally referred to one who lived near a pond.

Luther German
From the old given name Leuthar. It was notably borne by the religious reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546).

Schnyder German
Variant of Schneider.

Nakajima Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Pitt English
Originally given to a person who lived near a pit or a hole, derived from Old English pytt "pit".

Pastor Spanish
Means "shepherd" in Spanish.

Alesio Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

Mitchell 1 English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Michael.

Mallon Irish
Variant of Malone.

Lee 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a leah, Old English meaning "woodland, clearing".

Ryley English
Variant of Riley 1.

Mackintosh Scottish
Variant of McIntosh.

Tucker English
Occupational name for a fuller of cloth, derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment". A fuller was a person who cleaned and thickened raw cloth by pounding it.

Adel Arabic
From the given name Adil.

Lopez Spanish
Unaccented variant of López.

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

Horowitz Jewish
From the German name of Hořovice, a town in the Czech Republic. Its name is derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Deniel French
Variant of Daniel.

Segers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Fontaine French
Derived from Old French fontane meaning "well, fountain", a derivative of Latin fons.

Raimondi Italian
Derived from the given name Raimondo.

Siegert German
Derived from the given name Sieghard.

Desrosiers French
Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

Fournier French
Occupational name for a baker, from French fourneau meaning "oven".

Brett English
Originally a name given to someone who was a Breton or a person from Brittany.

Bélanger French
From the given name Bérenger.

Marušić Croatian
Matronymic name meaning "son of Marija".

Jepson English
Means "son of Jep".

Lu 2 Chinese
From Chinese 卢 (lú) meaning "rice bowl, black", also referring to an ancient minor territory in what is now Shandong province.

McKendrick Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacEanruig meaning "son of Eanraig".

Arriola Spanish, Basque
From Basque place names, themselves derived from Basque arri "stone" and -ola "place of, house".

Savatier French
From Old French savatier "shoemaker", derived from savate "shoe", of uncertain ultimate origin.

Easom English
Variant of Eads.

Phan Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Pan 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 潘 (phan).

Ávila Spanish
From the name of the city of Ávila in Spain. It is of uncertain meaning, possibly of Punic or Celtic origin.

Banister English
Variant of Bannister.

Remington English
From the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, derived from the name of the stream Riming combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Oberto Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.

Roger French
From the given name Roger.

Krauß German
Variant of Kraus.

Wada Japanese
From Japanese 和 (wa) meaning "harmony, peace" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Deering English
From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".

Einarsson Swedish
Means "son of Einar".

Noguera Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan form of Nogueira.

Eady English
From a diminutive of the given name Eda 2 or Adam.

Rhodes English
Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.

Aerts Dutch, Flemish
From a diminutive of the given name Arnout.

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

Beyer German
Variant of Bayer.

Toyoda Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". A famous bearer was Kiichiro Toyoda (1894-1952), founder of Toyota Motor Corporation.

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

Kozel um Belarusian, Czech
Belarusian and Czech cognate of Kozioł.

Pugh Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Hugh meaning "son of Hugh".

Jeffery English
Derived from the given name Jeffrey.

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.

Marini Italian
Derived from the given name Marino.

Mark 2 English
Originally indicated a person who lived near the boundary of a territory, from Old English mearc meaning "border, boundary".

Sjögren Swedish
From Swedish sjö (Old Norse sær) meaning "lake, sea" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Zilberstein Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and שטיין (shtein), both of Old High German origin.

Chevrolet French
From a diminutive of chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.

Victor French, English
Derived from the male given name Victor.

Nowak Polish
Polish cognate of Novak. This is the most common surname in Poland.

Choudhury Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali চৌধুরী (see Chowdhury).

Cristea Romanian
From the given name Cristian.

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.

Bautista Spanish
Derived from the given name Bautista.

Dirkse Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Porto Italian
Designated a person who lived near a harbour, from Italian porto, Latin portus.

Holm Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Swedish, Danish and Norwegian holme, holm meaning "islet" (Old Norse holmr).

Pawlitzki German
German surname derived from a Slavic form of the given name Paul.

Berkovich Jewish
Means "son of Berko" in Yiddish, Berko being a derivative of Ber.

Prosdocimi Italian
From the given name Prosdocimo, Italian form of Prosdocimus.

Sarno Italian
Originally denoted a person from Sarno in Italy, named for the Sarno River (called Sarnus in Latin).

Correa Spanish
Spanish form of Correia.

Fausti Italian
From the given name Fausto.

Ó hEaghra Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Hara.

Apperlo Dutch
Variant of Appelo.

Almstedt Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and stad (Old Norse staðr) meaning "town, city".

Gynt Literature
Meaning unknown. This name was used by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen for the central character in his play Peer Gynt (1867). Ibsen based the story on an earlier Norwegian folktale Per Gynt.

Ó Madaidhín Irish
Means "descendant of Madaihín", a given name derived from Irish madadh meaning "dog, mastiff".

Preston English
Originally derived from various place names meaning "priest town" in Old English.

MacLachlainn Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McLaughlin.

Bíró Hungarian
Derived from bíró meaning "judge" in Hungarian.

Keighley English
Derived from an English place name meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha". The Old English given name Cyhha is of unknown meaning.

Como 2 Italian
From the name of the city of Como in Lombardy, the rival city of Milan during the Middle Ages. Its name may come from a Celtic root meaning "valley".

Lindberg Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and berg meaning "mountain".

Vestergaard Danish
From a place name, derived from Danish vest "west" and gård "farm, yard".

Pierson English
Means "son of Piers".

Mei Chinese
From Chinese 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot".

Tos Spanish
Spanish form of Tosi.

Blake English
Variant of Black. A famous bearer was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827).

Price Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Rhys, which means "son of Rhys".

Watt English
Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter. A noteworthy bearer was the Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819).

Aiza Spanish, Basque
From Basque aitz meaning "rock, stone".

Giunta Italian
From the old Italian given name Bonagiunta or Bonaggiunta (derived from bono "good" and aggiunto "assistant").

Aartsen Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Alberighi Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Van Veen Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Ó Dochartaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doherty.

Hyland 2 Irish
Variant of Whelan.

Morishita Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Oprea Romanian
From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Romanian opri meaning "stop".

Sauvage French
French form of Savage.

MacEalair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKellar.

Wray English
Originally denoted someone who came from any of the various places of this name in northern England, from Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook".

Van Achteren Dutch
Variant of Van Agteren.

Mahmud Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mahmud.

Shirazi Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Shiraz, located in southern Iran. The city's name is possibly of Elamite origin.

Jónás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jónás.

Scheinberg Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "beautiful mountain" from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and berg "mountain".

Papadimitriou Greek
Means "son of Dimitrios the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Dimitrios.

Ambrosi Italian
Means "son of Ambrogio".

Antema Frisian
Means "son of Ante 2".

Grbić Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Means "hunchback", derived from Serbian, Croatian and Slovene grba "hump".

Brennan Irish
From Irish Ó Braonáin meaning "descendant of Braonán", a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop" (with a diminutive suffix).

Abeln German
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of Albert.

Zeni Italian
Means "son of Zeno".

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

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

Bruno Italian, Portuguese
Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. A famous bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).

King English
From Old English cyning "king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).

Dobbs English
Derived from the medieval given name Dobbe, a diminutive of Robert.

Goossens Flemish
From the Germanic given name Gozzo.

Katou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 加藤 (see Katō).

Bourgeois French
French cognate of Burgess.

Novák mu Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Czech, Slovak and Hungarian form of Novak.

Corey English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, of unknown meaning.

Aldebrandi Italian
Means "son of Aldebrando", an Italian form of Aldebrand.

Fernandes Portuguese
Means "son of Fernando".

Chou Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 周 (see Zhou).

Klerk Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

Graeme Scottish
Variant of Graham.

Szewczyk Polish
Diminutive form of Szewc.

Holmgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Patrick English
From the given name Patrick.

Polley English
From Old French poli meaning "polite, courteous".

Penny English
Nickname meaning "penny, coin" from Old English penning.

Colter English
Variant of Colt using an agent suffix.

Harper English
Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.

Díez Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Inoue Japanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Shepherd English
Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.

MacMathan Irish
Variant of McMahon.

O'Hara Irish
From the Irish Ó hEaghra, which means "descendant of Eaghra", Eaghra being a given name of uncertain origin. Supposedly, the founder of the clan was Eaghra, a 10th-century lord of Luighne. A famous fictional bearer of this surname is Scarlett O'Hara, a character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind (1936).

Niklasson Swedish
Means "son of Niklas".

Collingwood English
From a place name, itself derived from Old French chalenge meaning "disputed" and Middle English wode meaning "woods".

Hayden 1 English
From place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill".

Nyberg Swedish
From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and berg meaning "mountain".

Aho Finnish
Means "meadow, glade" in Finnish.

Addario Italian
Derived from the given name Addarius, of unknown meaning.

Carey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardha meaning "descendant of Ciardha".

Cunningham 1 Scottish
From the name of place in the Ayrshire district of Scotland. It possibly comes from Gaelic cuinneag meaning "milk pail".

Adamo Italian
Italian form of Adam.

Hedley English
Variant of Headley.

Gaspar Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Gaspar.

Mac Shuibhne Scottish Gaelic
Variant of Mac Suibhne.

Maier 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Ardiccioni Italian
Means "son of Ardiccione", a derivative of Ardito.

Ślązak Polish
Polish cognate of Slezák.

Borbély Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of Barber.

Fini Italian
Derived from given names ending in fino, such as Serafino.

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.

Hathway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Vlad Romanian
From the given name Vlad.

Breen Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Braoin meaning "descendant of Braon", a byname meaning "rain, moisture, drop".

Spillum Norwegian
Originally denoted a person from Spillum, Norway.

Kasun Croatian
Possibly derived from the old Slavic word kazati meaning "to order, to command".

Lovász Hungarian
Means "groom, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian.

Rojo Spanish
Means "red" in Spanish, referring to the colour of the hair or complexion.

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

Arissen Dutch
Variant of Ariesen.

Nascimbeni Italian
From the medieval given name Nascimbene, typical of the Venetian region.

Miyamoto Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". A notable bearer is video game pioneer Shigeru Miyamoto (1952-).

Grosse German
Variant of Groß.

Liepa Latvian
Means "linden tree" in Latvian.

Donati Italian
From the given name Donato.

Brun French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Means "brown" in French, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. It was originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin.

Mag Raith Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of McRae.

Rae Scottish
Variant of McRae.

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

Holzer German
German cognate of Holt.

Silvestri Italian
Derived from the given name Silvester.

Christodoulou Greek
Means "son of Christodoulos".

Lithgow Scottish
Habitation name meaning derived from Brythonic roots meaning "pool hollow". A famous bearer of this name is actor John Lithgow (1945-).

Riese German, Jewish
Means "giant" in German, from Old High German risi.

Heydari Persian
From the given name Heydar.

Solak Turkish
From the nickname solak meaning "left-handed".

Flower English
From Middle English flour meaning "flower, blossom", derived from Old French flur, Latin flos. This was a nickname given to a sweet person. In other cases it could be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of flour (a word derived from the same source).

Boon 3 Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bohn.

Ferguson Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Fergus".

Magro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "thin, lean", ultimately from Latin macer.

Schult Low German
Low German variant of Schulz.

Hayter English
Name for a person who lived on a hill, from Middle English heyt meaning "height".

Harrington English
From the name of towns in England, meaning either "Hæfer's town" or "stony town" in Old English.

Bajusz Hungarian
Means "moustache" in Hungarian.

Vrabec um Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Means "sparrow" in several languages, from Old Slavic vorbĭ.

Poirier French
Means "pear tree" in French, originally a nickname for someone who lived close to such a tree.

Valero Spanish
From the given name Valero.

Magalhães Portuguese
Denoted a person hailing from one of the numerous minor places of this name in Portugal, possibly of Celtic origin. A notable bearer was the Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães (1480-1521), normally called Ferdinand Magellan in English.

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

Van Vliet Dutch
Means "from the stream" in Dutch.

Ford English
Name given to someone who lived by a ford, possibly the official who maintained it. A famous bearer was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).

Valerio Italian
From the given name Valerio.

Slater English
Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.

Holtz German
German cognate of Holt.

Ali Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ali 1.

Episcopo Italian
Means "bishop" in Italian, ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos).