Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
usage
gender
Ventimiglia Italian
From the name of the historical Italian city Ventimiglia, now near the French border, ultimately from Latin Albintimilium.
De Cloet Dutch
Variant of Kloet.
Teodoro Portuguese
Derived from the given name Teodoro.
Mac Néill Irish
Irish form of McNeil.
Jonkheer Dutch
Variant of Jonker.
Fitzwilliam Irish
Means "son of William" in Anglo-Norman French.
Gabriels English
Derived from the given name Gabriel.
Sandoval Spanish
Derived from the name of a town in Spain, ultimately from Latin saltus "forest, glade" and novalis "unploughed land".
Aukes Dutch
Dutch form of Aukema.
Rusnak Polish
Means "Russian" in Polish.
Sass Hungarian
Variant of Sas.
Wild English, German
Means "wild, untamed, uncontrolled", derived from Old English wilde. This was either a nickname for a person who behaved in a wild manner or a topographic name for someone who lived on overgrown land.
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).
Ziemniak Polish
Means "potato" in Polish.
Carman 1 English
Occupational name for a carter, from Middle English carre "cart" (of Latin origin) and man "man".
McCallum Scottish
Variant form of MacCallum.
Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.
Sweet English
From a nickname meaning "sweet, pleasant", from Old English swete.
Godard French
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.
Kanda Japanese
From Japanese (kan) meaning "god" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Lamb English
From the name of the animal, perhaps a nickname for a shy person.
Gough 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mag Eochadha meaning "son of Eochaidh".
Mallory English
From Old French maleüré meaning "unfortunate", a term introduced to England by the Normans.
Bonfils French
Derived from Old French bon fils meaning "good son".
Axelsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Axel".
Cousineau French
Derived from Old French cosin meaning "cousin".
Koster Dutch
Means "churchwarden, sexton" in Dutch, an occupational name for a caretaker of a church.
Sanchez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Sánchez.
Ramos Spanish, Portuguese
Originally indicated a person who lived in a thickly wooded area, from Latin ramus meaning "branch".
Lehtonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish lehto meaning "grove, small forest".
Maki 2 Japanese
From Japanese (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and (ki) meaning "tree".
Hutmacher German
German cognate of Hoedemaker.
Vámos Hungarian
Means "customs officer" in Hungarian, a derivative of vám "customs".
Nemes Hungarian
Means "noble, gentle" in Hungarian.
Șerban Romanian
Means "a Serb" in Romanian.
Owens Welsh
From the Welsh given name Owain.
Hightower English
Possibly a variant of Hayter.
Ó Corcráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Corcoran.
Mortimer English
From the name of a town in Normandy meaning "dead water, still water" in Old French.
Lecce Italian
Originally indicated a person from Lecce, southern Italy. The town was known as Licea or Litium in Latin, earlier Lupiae.
Župan Croatian
Croatian cognate of Zupan.
Seabrook English
Denoted 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".
Stetson English
Possibly from the name of the village of Stidston in Devon, meaning "Stithweard's town".
Krauß German
Variant of Kraus.
Hino Japanese
From Japanese (hi) meaning "sun, day" or (hi) meaning "fire" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Huỳnh Vietnamese
Variant of Hoàng used more often in southern Vietnam.
Lam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Lin.
Agua Spanish
Means "water" in Spanish, indicating a person who lived near water or worked with water.
Norris 1 English, Scottish
Means "from the north" from Old French norreis. It either denoted someone who originated in the north or someone who lived in the northern part of a settlement.
Ingram English
Derived from the given name Ingram.
Heimisson Icelandic
Means "son of Heimir".
Koszorús Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian koszorú meaning "garland, wreath, girdle", a name for someone who made garlands.
Raskopf German
Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".
Baaiman Dutch
Means "son of Baaij", the given name Baaij being a diminutive of names like Baugulf, Boudewijn or Bernard.
Towner English
Variant of Toller.
Blake English
Variant of Black. A famous bearer was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827).
Boulos Arabic
From the given name Bulus.
Sitz 2 German
Means "house owner", derived from Old High German siz "seat, domicile".
Blue English
From a nickname for a person with blue eyes or blue clothing.
Van de Vliert Dutch
Means "from the elderberry" in Dutch.
Breisacher German
Originally denoted one who came from the town of Breisach, in Germany. The town's name is possibly from a Celtic word meaning "breakwater".
Chia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.
Hood English
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Old English hod.
Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.
Vinković Croatian
Means "son of Vinko".
Hawkins English
From a diminutive of Hawk.
Johns English
Derived from the given name John.
Arnesen Norwegian
Means "son of Arne 1".
Descoteaux French
Means "from the hillside", from French coteau "hillside".
Kilpatrick Irish
From the Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig meaning "son of the servant of Saint Patrick".
Turner English
Occupational name for one who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.
Low English
Variant of Law.
De Vroome Dutch
Variant of Vroom.
Jafari Persian
From the given name Jafar.
Ionescu Romanian
Means "son of Ion 1" in Romanian.
Järvi Finnish
Means "lake" in Finnish.
Mäkinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish mäki meaning "hill".
Ó Cléirigh Irish
Means "descendant of the clerk" in Irish.
Herrema Frisian
Frisian variant of Heeren.
Imai Japanese
From Japanese (ima) meaning "now, present" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Thacker English
Northern Middle English variant of Thatcher.
Aquino Italian, Spanish
From the name of an Italian town near Rome, derived from Latin aqua meaning "water", the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy the surname is derived directly from the town's name. As a Spanish-language surname, it was sometimes bestowed by missionaries in honour of the saint as they evangelized in Spanish colonies.
Rubio Spanish
Nickname for a person with red hair, from Latin rubeus "red".
MacGregor Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGriogair meaning "son of Gregor". It originates from the Highland clan Gregor. A famous bearer was the Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734).
Hitler German
Variant of Hiedler. This was spelling used by Alois Hitler, the father of German dictator Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), when he adopted his stepfather Johann Georg Hiedler's surname.
Buonarroti Italian
From the medieval Italian given name Buonarroto meaning "good increase". This was the surname of the Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo (1475-1564).
Van Althuis Dutch
Dutch cognate of Althaus.
Fournier French
Occupational name for a baker, from French fourneau meaning "oven".
Saitō Japanese
From Japanese (sai) meaning "purification, worship" and () meaning "wisteria". The latter character could indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.
Xiao Chinese
From Chinese (xiāo) referring to the fiefdom or territory of Xiao (in present-day Anhui province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty.
Boyer Occitan
Occitan cognate of Bouvier.
Brandon English
From the name of various places in England meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English.
Vartanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Վարդանյան (see Vardanyan).
Kurucz Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc, referring to rebels who fought against the Habsburgs in the late 17th to early 18th century.
Michael English, German
From the given name Michael.
Al-Amin Arabic
Means "the truthful" from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn).
Ong Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan romanization of Wang 1.
Van Middelburg Dutch (Rare)
Means "from Middelburg", the name of a city in Zeeland in the Netherlands, itself meaning "middle fortress" in Dutch.
Kendall English
Derived from the town of Kendal in England, so-called from the river Kent, on which it is situated, and Old English dæl meaning "valley, dale".
Addario Italian
Derived from the given name Addarius, of unknown meaning.
Tobin English
From a diminutive of the given name Tobias.
Salinas Spanish
Occupational name for a salt worker or someone who lived bear a salt works, from Spanish salina "salt works, salt mine", ultimately from Latin sal "salt".
Marcos Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Marcos. A famous bearer was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989).
Pierson English
Means "son of Piers".
Norwood English
Originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English.
Sherburn English
Denoted a person hailing from any of the various places called Sherborne or Sherburn in England, derived from Old English scir "bright" and burna "spring, fountain, stream".
Kermode Manx
Anglicized form of Mac Diarmada (see McDermott).
McEachern Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eachairn.
Scarsi Italian
Nickname for a poor or miserly person, from Italian scarso "scarce, scant".
Kimberley English
From various English places called Kimberley. They mean either "Cyneburga's field", "Cynebald's field" or "Cynemær's field".
Wilkinson English
Means "son of Wilkin".
Jankovič Slovene
Means "son of Janko".
Janda mu Czech, Polish
Derived from the given name Jan 1.
Berntsson Swedish
Means "son of Bernt".
Burnett English
Means "brown" in Middle English, from Old French brunet, a diminutive of brun.
Nicosia Italian
From the name of the town of Nicosia on Sicily.
Saqqaf Arabic
From Arabic سقف (saqaf) meaning "roof".
Daalmans Dutch
Originally indicated a person who lived in a valley, from Dutch dal meaning "dale, valley" and man meaning "man".
Zhou Chinese
From Chinese (zhōu) referring to the Zhou dynasty, which held power from 1046 to 771 BC, continuing for a few more centuries as figureheads.
Farro Italian
Derived from the name of a place on Sicily, Italy, derived from Latin far meaning "wheat, spelt".
Holub mu Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "dove, pigeon" in Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Németh Hungarian
Means "German" in Hungarian.
Aiello Italian
From various place names in Italy, such as Aiello del Friuli, Aiello del Sabato and others. They are derived from Latin agellus meaning "little field".
Ó Tadhgáin Irish (Rare)
Irish Gaelic form of Teagan.
Albini Italian
Means "son of Albino".
Fitzgerald Irish
Means "son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.
Tómasson Icelandic
Means "son of Tómas".
Kulkarni Marathi
Means "village clerk, revenue collector" in Marathi.
Nicolai Italian
Means "son of Nicola 1".
Markey Irish
From the Irish Ó Marcaigh meaning "descendant of Marcach", a given name meaning "horse rider".
Ó Muireadhaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Murray 2.
Aubert French
From the given name Aubert.
Albescu Romanian
Derived from Romanian alb meaning "white".
Yuen Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ruan.
Czajka Polish
Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.
Gujić Bosnian
Means "son of a snake" from the Bosnian word guja meaning "snake".
Korhonen Finnish
Possibly from archaic Finnish korho meaning "deaf, hard of hearing". This is the most common surname in Finland.
Abbate Italian
Variant of Abate.
Van Leeuwen Dutch
Means "from Leeuwen", the name of towns in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Limburd. The place names may be from the Old Dutch word leo meaning "hill, burial mound".
Van Ankeren Dutch
Means "from the anchor" in Dutch.
Mac Naoimhín Irish
Means "son of Naomhán" in Irish.
Kanzaki Japanese
From Japanese (kan) meaning "god" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Arenas Spanish
From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish arena meaning "sand".
Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.
Bernard um French, English, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovene
From the given name Bernard.
Brown English
Originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin. A notable bearer is Charlie Brown from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz.
Abspoel Dutch
From Abtspoel, the name of an estate near Oegstgeest in South Holland, meaning "abbot's pool".
Legrand French
Means "the tall, the large" in French.
Nagarkar Marathi
Derived from the name of the town of Nagar in Maharashtra, India.
Ó Cuinn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quinn.
Prince English, French
From a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner, ultimately derived from Latin princeps.
Anaya Spanish
From the names of a few Spanish towns, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "stagnant water" or "path".
Groot Dutch
Variant of De Groot.
Ardizzone Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Ardito.
Bulle Dutch
From the given name Boele.
Finley Scottish
Anglicized (typically American) form of MacFhionnlaigh.
Mihajlović Serbian
Means "son of Mihajlo".
Carl English, German
From the given name Carl.
Tawfiq Arabic
From the given name Tawfiq.
Aiken English
From the medieval given name Atkin, a diminutive of Adam.
Marvin English
Derived from the Welsh given name Merfyn or the Old English name Mærwine.
Morishita Japanese
From Japanese (mori) meaning "forest" and (shita) meaning "under, below".
Van Willigen Dutch
Means "from the willows", from Old Dutch wilga "willow".
Nigro Italian
Variant of Negri.
Žitnik Slovene
From the Slavic root žito meaning "rye, grain". This was an occupational name for a dealer in rye or a baker.
Corey English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, of unknown meaning.
Spear English
From Old English spere "spear", an occupational name for a hunter or a maker of spears, or a nickname for a thin person.
Morriss English
Derived from the given name Morris.
Perrot French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.
Monette French
Variant of Monet.
Tittensor English
Indicated a person from Tittensor, England, which means "Titten's ridge".
Accorso Italian
From the given name Bonaccorso.
Heidrich German
From the Old German given name Heidrich.
Tran Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Trần.
Toller English
Occupational name meaning "tax gatherer", derived from Old English toln "toll, fee, tax".
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.
Parks English
Patronymic form of Park 3.
Haakonsson Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".
Orozco Spanish
From the name of a valley in the Basque region of Spain.
Aikawa Japanese
From Japanese (ai) meaning "mutually, together", (ai) meaning "love, affection" or (ai) meaning "grief, sorrow" combined with (kawa) or (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".
Groos German
Variant of Groß.
Kelsey English
From an English place name meaning "Cenel's island", from the Old English name Cenel "fierce" in combination with eg "island".
Andrews English
Means "son of Andrew".
Keane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.
Guillory French
Derived from the Old German given name Williric.
Skinner English
Occupational name for a person who skinned animals, from Old Norse skinn.
Loyola Spanish, Basque
From the name of a place name near the town of Azpeitia in the Basque Country of Spain, derived from Basque loi meaning "mud". This was the birthplace of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of Jesuits.
Vasylenko Ukrainian
From the given name Vasyl.
Lawson English
Means "son of Laurence 1".
Wörner German
From the given name Werner.
Schlosser German
Occupational name for a locksmith, derived from Old High German sloz meaning "lock".
Fried German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.
Haywood English
From various place names meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.
Lovász Hungarian
Means "groom, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian.
Wolf German, English
From Middle High German or Middle English wolf meaning "wolf", or else from an Old German given name beginning with this element.
Peerenboom Dutch
From Dutch meaning "pear tree", referring to someone who lived or worked at a pear orchard.
Bardakçı Turkish
Means "glassmaker" from Turkish bardak "glass".
Jewell English
Derived from the Breton given name Judicaël.
Chester English
From the name of a city in England, derived from Latin castrum "camp, fortress".
Peterson English
Means "son of Peter".
Horn English, German, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old English, Old High German and Old Norse word horn meaning "horn". This was an occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn or who played a horn, or a person who lived near a horn-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.
Marangoz Turkish
Occupational name meaning "joiner, carpenter" in Turkish.
Gundersen Norwegian
Means "son of Gunder".
Jusić Bosnian
Perhaps means "son of Josip".
Turchi Italian
Means "Turkish" in Italian.
Kawasaki Japanese
From Japanese (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Lombardi Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from the Lombardy region of northern Italy, which was named for the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century. Their name is derived from the Old German roots lang "long" and bart "beard".
Vermeulen Flemish
Means "from the mill" in Dutch.
Wuopio Swedish
Meaning uncertain, possibly referred to a dweller in a narrow bay with steep shores.
Samsa Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Sámuel.
Halmi Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian halom meaning "mound, small hill". Originally the name was given to someone who lived near or on a hill.
Gašper Slovene
Derived from the given name Gašper.
Ranta Finnish
Originally indicated a person who lived near the shore, from Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach".
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).
Stieber German
Derived from Middle High German stiuben meaning "to run away". It may have been given as a nickname to a cowardly person or a thief.
Blecher German
Occupational name for someone who worked with tin or sheet metal, from German blech "tin".
Eustis English
Derived from the given name Eustace.
Levi Jewish
From the given name Levi.
Barlow English
Derived from a number of English place names that variously mean "barley hill", "barn hill", "boar clearing" or "barley clearing".
Myles English
From the given name Miles.
Rask Danish, Swedish
Means "energetic, quick, healthy" in Danish and Swedish.
Verity English
From a nickname meaning "truth", perhaps given originally to a truthful person.
Ruiz Spanish
Means "son of Ruy" in Spanish.
Scriven English
Occupational name meaning "writer, clerk, scribe" in Old French, derived from Latin scriba.
Gutiérrez Spanish
Means "son of Gutierre".
Baanders Dutch
Dutch cognate of Banner.
Iordanou Greek
From the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yaraḏ) meaning "descend" or "flow down".
Seward 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Suaird.
Sangster English, Scottish
Occupational name or nickname for a singer, from Old English singan "to sing, to chant".
Pesaro Italian
From the name of the city of Pesaro, in the Marche region (Latin Pisaurum).
Armstrong English
Means "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.
Ó Maol Bhréanáin Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Saint Brendan" in Irish.
Ó hEidirsceóil Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Driscoll.
Wilbur English
From the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English.
Ellis English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Elijah, or sometimes Elisedd.
Vencel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.
Matevosyan Armenian
Means "son of Matevos".
Stacy English
Derived from Stace, a medieval form of Eustace.
Anselmetti Italian
Means "son of Anselmetto", a diminutive of Anselmo.
Feldt German, Danish, Swedish
North German, Danish and Swedish variant of Feld.
Bartos Hungarian
From a given name that was a diminutive of Bertalan.
Lin Chinese
From Chinese (lín) meaning "forest".
Lehtinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish lehti meaning "leaf".
Kavanagh Irish
Derived from the Irish Gaelic name Caomhánach, which means "a student of saint Caomhán". It was the name used by a 12th-century king of Leinster, Domhnall Caomhánach, the eldest son of the historic Irish king Diarmait Mac Murchada.
Ó Proinntigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Prunty.
Okazaki Japanese
From Japanese (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
McCaig Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacThaoig meaning "son of Tadhg".
Honkanen Finnish
Derived from Finnish honka meaning "pine".
Alfons Dutch
From the given name Alfons.
Ó Taidhg Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teague 1.
Brinley English
Possibly from English places named Brindley, derived from Old English berned "burned" and leah "woodland, clearing".
Everill English
Derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild.
Amiri Persian
From the given name Amir 1.
Sousa Portuguese
Originally indicated someone who lived near the River Sousa in Portugal, possibly derived from Latin salsus "salty" or saxa "rocks".
Ó Cnáimhín Irish
Means "descendant of Cnámh", Cnámh being a nickname meaning "bone".
Solheim Norwegian
From the name various of various villages in Norway, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and heimr meaning "home".
Lukács Hungarian
From the given name Lukács.
Kostić Serbian
Means "son of Kosta".
Abelen Dutch
Patronymic surname derived from Abel or a diminutive of Albert.
Koning Dutch
Dutch cognate of King.
Grgić Croatian
Means "son of Grgur".
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.
Ilić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ilija".