Browse Surnames

Macías Spanish
Derived from the given name Mateo.

Mendelssohn Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Andres German
Derived from the given name Andreas.

Brandon English
From the name of various places in England meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English.

Roijackers Dutch
Variant of Rooijakkers.

Perry 2 Welsh
From Welsh ap Herry meaning "son of Herry".

Bachman German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Bachmann.

Halmi Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian halom meaning "mound, small hill". Originally the name was given to someone who lived near or on a hill.

Walton English
From 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".

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".

Skov Danish
Topographic name meaning "forest, wood" in Danish, from Old Norse skógr.

Lång Swedish
Swedish cognate of Long.

Mac Pharlain Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McFarlane.

Abategiovanni Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Giovanni.

Orman Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Adamczak Polish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Kanemaru Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Molloy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Maolmhuaidh or Ó Maol Aodha.

Underwood English
Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.

Orsós Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian orsó meaning "spindle", an occupational name for a seller or maker of spindles.

O Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 오 (see Oh).

Visser Dutch
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in Dutch.

Bates English
Means "son of Bate".

Göbel German
Derived from the given name Göbel, a diminutive of the Old German name Godabert.

Größel German
Variant of Groß, used in southern Germany.

Albini Italian
Means "son of Albino".

Herrera Spanish
Spanish form of Ferreira.

Thurstan English
Derived from the Old Norse name Þórsteinn.

Jó Hungarian
Means "good" in Hungarian.

Krawczyk Polish
From a diminutive of krawiec meaning "tailor".

Abbott English
English cognate of Abate.

Africano Italian
From the given name Africano, the Italian form of Africanus.

Mulligan Irish
Variant of Milligan.

Desmond Irish
Anglicized 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.

Ó Cnáimhín Irish
Means "descendant of Cnámh", Cnámh being a nickname meaning "bone".

Badcock English
From a diminutive of the medieval given name Bada.

Merx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Mark.

Bumgarner German
Variant of Baumgartner.

Derrick English
Derived from the given name Derrick (see Derek). A famous bearer of this surname is the character Stephan Derrick from the German television series Derrick (1974-1998).

Toft English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many places in Britain of that name, derived from Old Norse topt meaning "homestead".

Phillips English
Means "son of Philip".

Cisternino Italian
From the name of the town of Cisternino, near the city of Bari in southern Italy.

Chaput French
From a diminutive of the Old French word chape meaning "cloak, hood". The name referred to a person who made, sold or often wore cloaks.

Mann German, English
From a nickname meaning "man". This may have originally been given in order to distinguish the bearer from a younger person with the same name.

Grosse German
Variant of Groß.

Haggard English
From a nickname meaning "wild, untamed, worn", from Old French, ultimately from a Germanic root.

Van der Linden Dutch
Means "from the linden trees", from Dutch linde meaning "linden tree".

Ó Corcráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Corcoran.

Luís Portuguese
From the given name Luís.

Guevara Spanish
Hispanicized form of Gebara. A notable bearer was Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-1967).

Ó hEaghra Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Hara.

Coemans Dutch
Variant of Koopman.

Blain Scottish
From the given name Bláán.

Bai Chinese
From Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white".

Capello 1 Italian
From Late Latin cappa meaning "cloak, cape, hood". This was a name for one who made or wore cloaks.

Tsukuda Japanese
From Japanese 佃 (tsukuda) meaning "cultivated rice field".

Alba Spanish
From a Spanish nickname meaning "white".

Antonescu Romanian
Means "son of Anton".

Csonka Hungarian
Means "maimed, mutilated" in Hungarian.

McAfee Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of MacDhubhshìth.

Kövér Hungarian
Means "fat" in Hungarian.

Van Agteren Dutch
Means "from behind", probably referring to a place behind something, such as a building or a place at the end of the road.

Stankiewicz Polish
From a diminutive of Stanisław.

Flanagan Irish
From Irish Ó Flannagáin meaning "descendant of Flannagán". Flannagán is a given name meaning "blood red". From County Roscommon in Ireland, it has many other spellings.

Tisza Hungarian
From the river name Tisza, Hungary's second largest river.

Tani Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Glen Scottish
Variant of Glenn.

Mac Síthigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McSheehy.

Key 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

Holgersson Swedish
Means "son of Holger".

Asano Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Baghdasaryan Armenian
Means "son of Baghdasar".

David um English, French, German, Welsh, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Jewish
From the given name David.

Garner 2 English
Variant of Gardener.

Ranta Finnish
Originally indicated a person who lived near the shore, from Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach".

Dodge English
From Dogge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Kwan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Guan.

Vicente Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Vicente.

Mills English
Originally given to one who lived near a mill or who worked in a mill, from Middle English mille.

Watts English
Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Schneider German, Jewish
Means "tailor" in German, a derivative of schneiden "to cut".

Manco Italian
Means "left-handed" in Italian, derived from Latin mancus meaning "maimed".

Hallman Swedish
From Swedish hall (Old Norse hallr) meaning "rock, boulder, slab" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Jacobsen Danish
Means "son of Jacob".

Leung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liang.

Maas Dutch, Low German
From the given name Maas.

Alberts English, Dutch
Means "son of Albert".

Sigurdsson Icelandic, Swedish
Means "son of Sigurður".

Heydari Persian
From the given name Heydar.

Musiał Polish
Polish cognate of Musil.

Branson English
Means "son of Brandr".

Cheshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Cheshire in England. Cheshire is named for its city Chester.

Wilbur English
From the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English.

Geissler 1 German
Derived from the given name Giselher.

Benn English
From a short form of Benedict.

Brooke English
Variant of Brook.

Veres Hungarian
Dialectical variant of Vörös.

Kulmala Finnish
From Finnish kulma meaning "corner" with the suffix -la indicating a place.

Lundgren Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Bourgeois French
French cognate of Burgess.

Lager Swedish
Means "laurel" in Swedish.

Babcock English
Derived from the medieval name Bab, possibly a diminutive of Bartholomew or Barbara.

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

Joseph English, French
Derived from the given name Joseph.

Cermak Czech (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Čermák.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

Statham English
From the name of a village in the English county of Cheshire, derived from Old English stæð meaning "wharf, landing place" and ham "home, settlement".

Zeni Italian
Means "son of Zeno".

John English
Derived from the given name John. A famous bearer is British musician Elton John (1947-), born Reginald Dwight.

Wouters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Ahmed Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the given name Ahmad.

Christodoulou Greek
Means "son of Christodoulos".

Snel Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snell.

Grosser German
Variant of Groß.

Snaaijer Dutch
Variant of Snijder.

Urano Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hunnisett English
Possibly a variant of Honeycutt.

Otto German
From the given name Otto.

Fortier French
Derived from Old French fort "stronghold", indicating a person who lived near or worked at such a place.

Correia Portuguese
Means "leather strap, belt" in Portuguese, denoting a person who worked with leather products.

Muhlfeld German
Means "mill field" in German.

Chiu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhao.

Béranger French
From the given name Bérenger.

Ó Deoradháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doran.

Schroeder German
Variant of Schröder 1 and Schröder 2.

Rasmussen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Rasmus".

Del Olmo Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

Lowell English
From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

Georgeson English
Means "son of George".

Durante Italian
Italian cognate of Durand.

Qasim Arabic
Derived from the given name Qasim.

Cannon English
From the ecclesiastical usage of canon, referring to a church official or servant who worked in a clergy house.

Soucy French
Originally denoted someone from French towns by this name in Aisne or Yonne, both derived from the Latin name Suciacum.

Arkwright English
Occupational name meaning "chest maker", from Middle English arc meaning "chest, coffer" and wyrhta meaning "maker, craftsman".

Tripp English
From Middle English trippen meaning "to dance", an occupational name for a dancer.

Lynn English
From the name of a town in Norfolk (King's Lynn), derived from Welsh llyn meaning "lake".

Moreno Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Acosta Spanish
Spanish form of Da Costa (from a misdivision of the surname).

Cabello Spanish
Means "hair" in Spanish, used as a nickname for a person with a large amount of hair.

Ecclestone English
Variant of Eccleston.

Haroldson Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Haraldsson.

Griffith Welsh, English
Derived from the Welsh given name Gruffudd.

Beverley English
From the name of an English city, derived from Old English beofor "beaver" and (possibly) licc "stream".

Albrecktsson Swedish
Variant of Albrechtsson.

Kok Dutch
Dutch cognate of Cook.

Pellé French
From French pelé meaning "bald".

Muyskens Dutch
Means "little mouse" in Dutch.

Driscoll Irish
From Irish Ó hEidirsceóil meaning "descendant of the messenger".

Ashworth English
From an English place name meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.

Ó Caoimh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Keefe.

Eklund Swedish
From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Inada Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

MacLachlainn Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McLaughlin.

Linton English
Originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "linden tree town" in Old English.

Zhang Chinese
From Chinese 张 (zhāng) meaning "stretch, extend". It may have denoted a bow maker whose job it was to stretch bow wood.

Nygård Norwegian
From Norwegian ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and gård (Old Norse garðr) meaning "farm, estate".

Raine 2 English, French
Derived from a Germanic name that was short for longer names beginning with the element ragin meaning "advice, counsel".

Rye English
Topographic name. It could be a misdivision of the Middle English phrases atter ye meaning "at the island" or atter eye meaning "at the river". In some cases it merely indicated a person who lived where rye was grown or worked with rye (from Old English ryge).

Zini Italian
Derived from names such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.

Rothbauer German
From Old High German riuten "to clear land" and bur "peasant, farmer".

Symonds English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Roth German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Jundt German
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Judith.

Roig Catalan
Means "red" in Catalan, from Latin rubeus, originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a red complexion.

Haraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Abbandonato Italian
Means "forsaken, abandoned" in Italian.

Virág Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "flower" in Hungarian.

Kozłow Polish
Variant of Kozłowski.

Delaney 1 English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

Savchuk Ukrainian
From the given name Sava.

Hearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Tómasson Icelandic
Means "son of Tómas".

McLain Scottish
Variant of McLean.

Bartram English
From the given name Bertram.

Sullivan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendant of Súileabhán". The name Súileabhán means "dark eye".

McClain Scottish
Variant of McLain.

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

Van den Andel Dutch
Variant of Van Andel.

Seeger German
From the given name Sieghard.

Balfour Scottish
From various place names that were derived from Gaelic baile "village" and pòr "pasture, crop, cropland".

Oliverson English
Means "son of Oliver".

Causey English
Indicated a person who lived near a causeway, from Old French caucie.

Carlevaro Italian
Northern Italian variant of Carnevale.

Denis French
From the given name Denis.

Levitt English
Variant of Leavitt.

Patton English, Scottish
Diminutive of the medieval name Pate, a short form of Patrick.

Andrews English
Means "son of Andrew".

Hanraets Dutch
Variant of Haanraads.

Ingersleben German
From the name of the town of Ingersleben, Germany, which meant "Inge's village".

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

Marchegiano Italian
From the name of the Marche region in Italy, derived from Late Latin marca meaning "borderland". It was the real surname of the American boxer Rocky Marciano (1923-1969), who was born Rocco Marchegiano.

MacLean Scottish
Variant of McLean.

Borg Swedish
From Swedish borg meaning "fortification, castle".

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.

Karim Arabic
Derived from the given name Karim.

McNeill Scottish, Irish
Variant of McNeil.

Hajós Hungarian
Means "boatman, sailor" in Hungarian.

Bengoetxea Basque
Means "the house furthest down" from Basque bengo "furthest down" and etxe "house".

Yıldız Turkish
Means "star" in Turkish.

Krusen Dutch (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Cruyssen.

Bowers English
Variant of Bower.

Pottinger English
Occupational name, either for an apothecary, from Old French potecaire, or a seller of stew, from Old French potagier.

Easom English
Variant of Eads.

Landolfi Italian
From the given name Landolfo, Italian form of the Lombardic name Landulf.

Forest English, French
Originally belonged to a person who lived near or in a forest. It was probably originally derived, via Old French forest, from Latin forestam (silva) meaning "outer (wood)".

Westcott English
From any of the several English towns by this name, derived from Old English meaning "west cottage".

Kaufman German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

Tang 1 Chinese
From Chinese 唐 (táng) referring to the Tang dynasty, which ruled China from 618 to 907.

Mohammadi Persian
From the given name Mohammad.

Gray English
From a nickname for a person who had grey hair or grey clothes.

Kim Korean
Korean form of Jin, from Sino-Korean 金 (gim) meaning "gold". This is the most common surname in South Korea.

Tar Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian tar meaning "bald".

Simen English (Rare)
From the given name Simon 1.

Wattana Thai
From Thai วัฒน (wathan) meaning "culture".

Seelen Dutch
Variant of Ceelen.

Adair English
Derived from the given name Edgar.

Bell 1 English
From Middle English belle meaning "bell". It originated as a nickname for a person who lived near the town bell, or who had a job as a bell-ringer.

Pastore Italian
Means "shepherd" in Italian.

Andreu Catalan
From the given name Andreu.

Jacques French
From the French given name Jacques.

Johansen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Johan". This is the second most common Norwegian surname.

Baghdassarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Բաղդասարյան (see Baghdasaryan).

Armani Italian
Means "son of Ermanno".

Wembley English
From the name of a town, now part of Greater London, meaning "Wemba's clearing" in Old English.

Bischoffs German
German cognate of Bishop.

Wallace Scottish, English, Irish
Means "foreigner, stranger, Celt" from Norman French waleis (of Germanic origin). It was often used to denote native Welsh and Bretons. A famous bearer was the 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace.

Stoppelbein German
Means "stump leg" from Middle Low German stoppel "stump" and bein "leg".

Hendriks Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Mould English
From the given name Mauld, a medieval form of Matilda.

Klymenko Ukrainian
From the given name Klym.

Cropper English
Occupational name derived from Middle English croppe "crop", referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.

Østberg Norwegian
Norwegian form of Östberg.

Kardos Hungarian
From Hungarian kard meaning "sword". It could have been applied to soldiers, sword makers, or one with a pugnacious nature.

Wiater Polish
Derived from Polish wiatr "wind", a nickname for a quick person.

Janković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Janko".

Alamilla Spanish
From Spanish alamillo meaning "poplar, aspen".

Ó Maoil Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Malone.

Gao Chinese
From Chinese 高 (gāo) meaning "tall, high".

Baak Dutch
From a Frisian given name, a short form of Germanic names starting with the element batu "fight, struggle".

Pokorny Polish
Polish form of Pokorný.

Wu 2 Chinese
From Chinese 武 (wǔ) meaning "military, martial".

Strobel German
Diminutive form of Straub.

Keen English
From Old English cene meaning "bold, brave".

Miles English
From the given name Miles.

Oursler German
Originally a name designating a person from Ursel (now Oberursel) in Hesse, Germany.

Messer German
Occupational name for a person who made knives, from Middle High German messer "knife".

Rakes English
Variant of Rake.

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Gaspar Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Gaspar.

Voll 2 German
Variant of Volk.

Huber German
Occupational name for a farmer, derived from Old High German huoba "plot of land, farm".

Sorg German
Variant of Sorge.

Melsbach German
From the name of a German town, possibly meaning "mill stream".

Lyle English
Derived from Norman French l'isle meaning "island".

Okumura Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Behringer German
From the given name Berengar.

Deacon English
Means "deacon", ultimately from Greek διάκονος (diakonos) meaning "servant".

De Vito Italian
Means "son of Vito 1".

Gill English
Originally indicated someone who lived near a ravine, from Middle English gil (of Old Norse origin).

Schultes German
Variant of Schulz.

Ó Cléirigh Irish
Means "descendant of the clerk" in Irish.

Ó Coileáin Irish
Means "descendant of Coileán" in Irish.

Robbins English
Derived from the given name Robin.

Plešec Slovene
Variant of Pleško.

Georges French
From the given name Georges.

Haward English
Variant of Howard 1 or Hayward.

Ó Braoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Breen.

Wheelock English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Wheelock, England. It was named for the nearby River Wheelock, which is derived from Welsh chwylog meaning "winding".

Appeldoorn Dutch
Variant of Van Apeldoorn.

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

Dupuy French
Means "from the hill", from Occitan puy "hill", from Latin podium "platform".

Walther German
From the given name Walther.

Baldi Italian
Derived from the given name Baldo.

Choi Korean
From Sino-Korean 崔 (choe) meaning "high, lofty, towering".

Mushyan Armenian
Originally denoted someone who came from the Armenian town of Mushi.

Lewin English
Derived from the given name Leofwine.

Kuhn German
Derived from a diminutive of the German given name Konrad.

Van As Dutch
Means "from Asch", a town in the Netherlands, meaning "ash tree".

Heyman Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Montagne French
French cognate of Montagna.

Hafner German
Occupational name for a potter, derived from Old High German hafan "pot, vessel".

Zentai Hungarian
Originally indicated a person from the city of Senta in Serbia (formerly a part of Hungary and called Zenta).

Tsang Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zeng.

Jansing Dutch
Variant of Jansen.

Karimi Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Karim.

Fowler English
Occupational name for a fowler or bird catcher, ultimately derived from Old English fugol meaning "bird".

Chlebek Polish
From Polish chleb "bread", used to denote a baker.

Stern 2 German, Jewish
German cognate of Starr.

Notaro Italian
Occupational name for a clerk, derived from Latin notarius.

Kawa Polish
Derived from Polish kawka "jackdaw".

Dirchs Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Dirk".

Milligan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Maolagáin meaning "descendant of Maolagán", a given name derived from maol meaning "bald" or "tonsured".

Stendahl Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish sten (Old Norse steinn) meaning "stone" and dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "valley".

Ray English
Variant of Rey 1, Rey 2, Rye or Wray.

Yamagishi Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank".

Darling English
From a nickname or byname derived from Middle English dereling, Old English deorling, meaning "darling, beloved one".

Colbert English, French
Derived from the given name Colobert.

Vasylyk Ukrainian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Vasyl.

Mari Italian
Aphetic form of Altimari.

Okafor Igbo
From the given name Okafor.