Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
usage
gender
Ó Nualláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Nolan.
Zubizarreta Basque
Means "old bridge", from Basque zubia "bridge" and zahar "old". A famous bearer is the Spanish soccer player Andoni Zubizarreta (1961-).
Colbert English, French
Derived from the given name Colobert.
Tisza Hungarian
From the river name Tisza, Hungary's second largest river.
Feigenbaum German, Jewish
Means "fig tree" in German.
Léandre French
Derived from the given name Léandre.
Balogh Hungarian
Means "left handed" in Hungarian.
Bartos Hungarian
From a given name that was a diminutive of Bertalan.
Lockwood English
From an English place name meaning "enclosed wood".
Hermansson Swedish
Means "son of Herman".
Ó Luain Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lane 3.
Rinaldi Italian
Derived from the given name Rinaldo.
Gulbrandsen Norwegian
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian.
Martel 1 English, French
Derived from the given name Martel, a medieval diminutive of Martin.
Pender 1 English
From Middle English pind "to pen up". This was an occupational name for someone who penned animals.
Earl English
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl meaning "nobleman, warrior". It was either a nickname for one who acted like an earl, or an occupational name for a person employed by an earl.
Tomczak Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Tomasz.
Thornton English
From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.
Stavrou Greek
From the given name Stavros.
Reuter 1 German
Fom Middle High German riute meaning "cleared land".
Zino Italian
Derived 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.
Franjić Croatian
Means "son of Franjo".
Pavoni Italian
Variant of Pavone.
Ó Baoghill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Boyle.
Dane 1 English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.
Smolak Polish
Occupational name for a distiller of pitch, derived from the Old Slavic word smola meaning "pitch, resin".
Duarte Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Duarte.
Santos Portuguese, Spanish
From Portuguese and Spanish santo meaning "saint", ultimately from Latin sanctus. This was a nickname for a pious person.
Alvey English
Derived from the given name Ælfwig.
Munroe Scottish
Anglicized (typically Canadian and American) form of Munro.
Sheenan Irish
Variant of Shannon.
Ioannou Greek
Means "son of Ioannis".
Hafner German
Occupational name for a potter, derived from Old High German hafan "pot, vessel".
Mac Suibhne Irish
Means "son of Suibhne" in Irish.
Halloran Irish
From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".
Clarke English
Variant of Clark.
Wildgrube German
From the name of a German town, derived from German wild "wild, untamed" and Grube "hollow, pit".
Potter English
Occupational name for a potter, one who makes earthen vessels. This surname was used by J. K. Rowling for the hero in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.
Deighton English
From English towns by this name, from Old English dic "ditch" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Kaiser German
From Middle High German keiser meaning "emperor", originally a nickname applied to someone who acted kingly. The title ultimately derives from the Roman name Caesar.
Reis German, Jewish
From Middle High German ris meaning "twig, branch, bush", denoting a person who lived in an overgrown area. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
Underhill English
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.
Ngo Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Ngô.
Steffensen Danish
Means "son of Steffen".
Parker English
Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.
Hudnall English
From various English place names, derived from the Old English given name Huda combined with halh "nook, recess".
Vidmar Slovene
From various places in Slovenia named Videm, meaning "church property" in Slovene.
Miazga Polish
Derived from Polish miazga "pulp, crush".
Mac Dhuibhshíthe Irish
Means "son of Duibhshíth" in Irish. The given name Duibhshíth means "black peace".
Nørup Danish
From the name of Danish villages named Nørup or Norup.
Tarr Hungarian
Variant of Tar.
Hasenkamp German
From a northern German place name meaning "rabbit field", from Old Saxon haso "hare" and kamp "field" (from Latin campus).
Cleary Irish
From Irish cléireach meaning "clerk" (see Clark).
Bak Danish
Means "slope, hillside" in Danish, from Old Norse bakki "bank".
Lungu Romanian
Romanian cognate of Long.
Frank 2 English
From Old English franc meaning "free".
Iwasaki Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Dohman German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Thomas.
Lenz German
From a nickname meaning "springtime" in German.
Jameson English
Means "son of James".
Lando Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.
Cano Spanish
Means "white-haired, old" in Spanish, from Latin canus.
Petri Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.
Klerx Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.
Peeters Dutch, Flemish
Dutch and Flemish variant of Peters.
Perrier French
Occupational name for a person who worked with stone, derived from French pierre meaning "stone", from Latin petra, Greek πέτρα (petra).
Arriola Spanish, Basque
From Basque place names, themselves derived from Basque arri "stone" and -ola "place of, house".
Menéndez Spanish
Means "son of Menendo" in Spanish, the given name Menendo being a medieval Spanish form of Hermenegildo.
Garza Spanish
Derived from Spanish garza meaning "heron".
Finch English, Literature
From the name of the bird, from Old English finc. It was used by Harper Lee for the surname of lawyer Atticus Finch and his children in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).
Stevanović Serbian
Means "son of Stevan".
Manco Italian
Means "left-handed" in Italian, derived from Latin mancus meaning "maimed".
Mazza Italian
From a nickname (perhaps occupational) meaning "maul, mallet" in Italian.
Uesugi Japanese
From Japanese (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and (sugi) meaning "cedar".
Hayes 1 English
From various English place names that were derived from Old English hæg meaning "enclosure, fence". A famous bearer was American President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893).
Vietnamese
Variant of used more often in southern Vietnam.
Kuiper Dutch
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Dutch.
Davidson English
Means "son of David".
Dunst German
Derived from Middle High German dunst "haze".
Hardwick English
From Old English heord "herd" and wic "village, town".
Varela Spanish
Derived from Spanish vara "stick". It may have originally been given to one who used a stick in his line of work, for example an animal herder.
Arts 2 Dutch
Dutch cognate of Arzt.
Woodham English
Indicated a person who had a home near a wood, derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home, settlement".
Penzig Yiddish
Denoted a person who came from Penzig, the German name for Pieńsk, a town in southwest Poland. It is derived from Polish pień meaning "stump, tree trunk".
Álvarez Spanish
Means "son of Álvaro".
Demirović Bosnian
Means "son of Demir".
Aston 1 English
From a place name meaning "east town" in Old English.
Fonseca Spanish, Portuguese
Originally belonged to a person who lived near a dry spring, from Latin fons "well, spring" and siccus "dry".
Haynes English
Patronymic derived from the Norman name Hagano.
Church English
From the English word, derived from Old English cirice, ultimately from Greek κυριακόν (kyriakon) meaning "(house) of the lord". It probably referred to a person who lived close to a church.
Nagel German, Dutch
Means "nail" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a carpenter or nailsmith.
Jamison English
Means "son of James".
Pilkvist Swedish
From Swedish pil (Old Norse píli) meaning "willow" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Seymour 1 English
From Saint Maur, a French place name, which commemorates Saint Maurus.
Schouten Dutch
Occupational name derived from Middle Dutch schout meaning "sheriff, bailiff".
Walentowicz Polish
Means "son of Walenty".
Hermans Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Herman".
Mac an Bhaird Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Ward 2.
Tang 1 Chinese
From Chinese (táng) referring to the Tang dynasty, which ruled China from 618 to 907.
Harmon English
From the given name Herman.
Campos Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish variant of Campo.
Miranda Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain and Portugal bearing this name, possibly derived from Latin mirandus "admirable, wonderful". A notable bearer was the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress Carmen Miranda (1909-1955).
Thorley English
From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.
Charbonneau French
Derived from a diminutive form of French charbon "charcoal", a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.
Muhlfeld German
Means "mill field" in German.
Wilson English
Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).
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".
Belmonte Spanish, Italian
From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".
Albers Dutch
Means "son of Albert".
Wang 4 Yiddish
Name for a Jew from Hungary, ultimately from Russian Венгрия (Vengriya) meaning "Hungary".
Jacquet French
From a diminutive of the given name Jacques.
Hurst English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a thicket of trees, from Old English hyrst "thicket".
Spitz German
Means "sharp" in German, indicating the original bearer lived near a pointed hill.
Wouters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".
D'Cruz Indian (Christian)
Variant of Cruz more common among Christians from India.
Clifford English
Derived from various place names that meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.
Ó Néill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Neal.
Ralston Scottish
Originally denoted a person from Ralston, Scotland, which was derived from the given name Ralph combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Malloye Irish
Variant of Molloy.
Adesso Italian
Perhaps a nickname for a punctual or fast person, from Italian adesso meaning "now, at this moment".
Adamoli Italian
Diminutive form of Adami.
Nieri Italian
Either a variant of Neri, or from the Italian name Raniero.
Jónás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jónás.
Begbie Scottish
From the name of a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is derived from the Old Norse given name Baggi and býr "farm, settlement".
Brunty Irish
Variant of Prunty.
Siddall English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English sid "wide" and halh "nook, recess".
Casale Italian
Italian cognate of Casal.
Alesci Italian
Means "son of Alessio".
Flynn Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Floinn meaning "descendant of Flann".
Moroz Ukrainian
Means "frost" in Ukrainian.
Ristić Serbian
Means "son of Risto".
Van Aarle Dutch
Variant of Aarle.
Fuchs German
From Old High German fuhs meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.
Ellison English
Patronymic form of the English name Ellis, from the medieval given name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah.
Nyitrai Hungarian
Indicated someone from Nitra, a city and historic principality of Slovakia (formerly in Hungary). Its name is derived from that of a local river, which is of unknown meaning.
Kay 1 English
Derived from the given name Kay 2.
Alferink Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Alfhard" in Dutch.
Abbà Italian
Variant of Abate.
Michel French, German, Dutch, Basque
Derived from the given name Michel, Michiel or Mitxel.
Krstić Serbian
Means "son of Krsto".
Bannister English
From Norman French banastre meaning "basket". This was originally a name for a maker of baskets.
Pascal French
Derived from the given name Pascal.
Ewart 1 English
From a Norman form of Edward.
Oliynyk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian олія (oliya) meaning "oil, fat".
Deniaud French
Variant of Daniel.
Napoli Italian
Originally indicated a person from Naples in Italy.
Curtis English
Nickname for a courteous person, derived from Old French curteis meaning "refined, courtly".
Abatescianni Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Gianni.
Šimić Croatian
Means "son of Šime".
Satō Japanese
From Japanese (sa) meaning "help, aid" and () meaning "wisteria". The final character might indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan. This is the most common surname in Japan.
Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.
Chance English
From a nickname for a lucky person or a gambler.
Laganà Italian
Occupational name for a greengrocer, meaning "vegetables" in southern Italian dialects, ultimately from Greek λάχανον (lachanon).
Pineda Spanish, Catalan
Means "pine forest" in Spanish and Catalan.
Gujić Bosnian
Means "son of a snake" from the Bosnian word guja meaning "snake".
Roig Catalan
Means "red" in Catalan, from Latin rubeus, originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a red complexion.
Guadarrama Spanish
Derived from the name of the town of Guadarrama near Madrid.
Tomić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Toma 2".
O'Toole Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuathail meaning "descendant of Túathal".
Nepi Italian
From the town of Nepi in central Italy, which is of uncertain origin.
Emmett English
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Emma.
Long English
Originally a nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall.
Devos Flemish
Flemish variant of Vos.
Sinclair English
Derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair".
Basurto Spanish
From the Basque place name Basurtu, a village (now part of Bilbao) in Biscay. It means "middle of the forest".
Bagley English
From various English place names, derived from the Old English given name Bacga combined with leah "woodland, clearing".
Yoshino Japanese
From Japanese (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hailey English
Variant of Haley.
Najjar Arabic
Means "carpenter" in Arabic.
Coiro Italian
From Italian cuoio meaning "leather", ultimately from Latin corium. This was an occupational surname for a leather worker or tanner.
Burns 2 Irish
Variant of O'Byrne.
Kartal Turkish
From a nickname meaning "eagle" in Turkish.
Cassano Italian
Indicated a person from any of the various towns named Cassano in Italy.
Kertész Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.
Kohler German
From Middle High German koler meaning "charcoal burner" or "charcoal seller".
Fenwick English
From an English place name, derived from Old English fenn "fen, swamp, bog" and wic "village, town".
Manz German
From a diminutive of the given name Managold.
Moles Catalan
From Catalan mola meaning "millstone".
Tobin English
From a diminutive of the given name Tobias.
Mullen Irish
From the Irish Ó Maoláin meaning "descendant of Maolán". The given name Maolán meant "devotee, servant, tonsured one".
Glöckner German
Derived from Middle High German glocke "bell". It may have referred to a person who worked at or lived close to a bell tower.
Shelton English
From the name of various English towns, meaning "shelf town" in Old English.
Van Buren Dutch
Means "from Buren", a small town on the island of Ameland in the north of the Netherlands, as well as a small city in the Dutch province Gelderland. The place names derive from Old Dutch bur meaning "house, dwelling". In the 16th century the countess Anna van Buren married William of Orange, the founder of the Dutch royal family. A famous bearer of this surname was Martin van Buren (1782-1862), the eighth President of the United States.
Ingram English
Derived from the given name Ingram.
Jain Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Referred to a person who followed the principles of Jainism, a religion practiced in India. Jains are the followers of Lord Mahavira (599-527 BC).
Maçon French
French cognate of Mason.
Porra Catalan
Variant of Porras.
Jaeger German
Variant of Jäger.
Nagarkar Marathi
Derived from the name of the town of Nagar in Maharashtra, India.
Buffone Italian
Means "jester, joker" in Italian.
Symons English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.
Faure Occitan, French
Occitan form of Fèvre.
Chang Chinese, Korean
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Zhang) or Korean Hangul (see Jang).
Eberhardt German
Derived from the given name Eberhard.
Sturm German
Means "storm" in German, originally a nickname for a volatile person.
Ennis Irish
Variant of Innes 1.
Baars Dutch
Indicated a person coming from the town of Beers in the Netherlands.
Eaton English
From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English ea "river" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Apperlo Dutch
Variant of Appelo.
Abdulrashid Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rashid.
Laursen Danish
Means "son of Laur", a short form of Laurits.
Richards English
Derived from the given name Richard.
Ventimiglia Italian
From the name of the historical Italian city Ventimiglia, now near the French border, ultimately from Latin Albintimilium.
Nishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hendry Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Henry.
Quijote Literature
Spanish form of Quixote.
Budny Polish
Possibly from Polish buda meaning "hut, cabin".
Ó Coileáin Irish
Means "descendant of Coileán" in Irish.
Quincy English
Originally from various place names in Normandy that were derived from the given name Quintus.
Kloet Dutch
Possibly from Middle Dutch cloet meaning "lump, ball". In some cases this was a nickname for an oafish person. In other cases it may have been a name for someone who lived near a sign that had a globe on it.
Gabler German
Occupational name for someone who made or sold forks, from Old High German gabala "fork".
Cary Irish
Variant of Carey.
Davids English
Means "son of David".
Cárdenas Spanish
From the name of towns in the Spanish provinces of Almería and La Rioja. They are derived from Spanish cárdeno "blue, purple".
O'Clery Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cléirigh.
Sampson English
Derived from a medieval form of the given name Samson.
Merx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Mark.
Coman Romanian
From the name of the Cumans, a Turkic people from the Eurasian Steppe.
Correia Portuguese
Means "leather strap, belt" in Portuguese, denoting a person who worked with leather products.
Hughes 1 English
Patronymic of the given name Hugh.
Howard 2 English
Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
Preston English
Originally derived from various place names meaning "priest town" in Old English.
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).
Tarasenko Ukrainian
From the given name Taras.
Ekström Swedish
From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Hill English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.
Senior English
Originally a name for the elder of two brothers.
Laaksonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish laakso meaning "valley".
Anselmo Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Anselmo.
Azarola Basque
Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".
Rapp 1 Swedish
From Swedish rapp meaning "quick, prompt", one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century.
Derichs German
Means "son of Dirk".
Segers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".
Glover English
Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.
Aritza Spanish, Basque
From Basque aritz meaning "oak tree". This was a nickname of Iñigo, the first king of Pamplona, Spain (9th century).
Ishida Japanese
From Japanese (ishi) meaning "stone" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Pavletić Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Pavle.
Schröter German
Means "beer-porter, wine-porter" in German, an occupational name for a carrier of wine or beer barrels.
Arendonk Dutch
Denoted a person from Arendonk, a town between in northern Belgium. It is derived from arend "eagle" and donk "hill".
Lindsay English, Scottish
From the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English.
St Pierre French
From a French place named for Saint Peter.
Boon 2 English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Bohon, in Manche in France. The town's name is of unknown origin.
Blanchet French
From a diminutive of the name Blanc.
Williams English
Means "son of William".
Al-Amin Arabic
Means "the truthful" from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn).
Trump German
Derived from Middle High German trumbe meaning "drum". This surname is borne by the American president Donald Trump (1946-).
Obradović Serbian
Means "son of Obrad".
Aksoy Turkish
From Turkish ak "white" and soy "lineage, ancestry".
McCleary Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cléirich.
Spijker 1 Dutch
Denoted a dweller by or worker at a granary, from Dutch spijker "granary".
Zaal Dutch
Means "hall" in Dutch.
Penn 2 English
Occupational name for a person who kept penned animals, from Old English penn.
Schorel Dutch
Variant of Schoorl.
Bauer German
From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".
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.
Cai Chinese
From Chinese (cài) referring to the ancient state of Cai that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Whitehead English
Nickname for someone with white or light-coloured hair, from Old English hwit "white" and heafod "head".
Tatham English
From the name of the town of Tatham in Lancashire, itself from the Old English given name Tata combined with ham meaning "home, settlement".
Annema Frisian
Means "son of Anne 2".
Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.