Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
usage
gender
Durán Spanish
Spanish cognate of Durand.
Niven Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Naoimhín.
Brose German
Derived from the given name Ambrose.
Meyer 4 English
Variant of Myer.
Beckham English
From an English place name meaning "Becca's homestead" in Old English (with Becca being a masculine byname meaning "pickaxe"). A famous bearer is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).
Ó Coigligh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quigley.
Laakso Finnish
Means "valley" in Finnish.
Strudwick English
From an English place name derived from Old English strod meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood" and wic meaning "village, town".
Toole Irish
Variant of O'Toole.
Victor French, English
Derived from the male given name Victor.
Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).
Santini Italian
Diminutive form of Santo.
Andersson Swedish
Means "son of Anders". This is the most common surname in Sweden.
Key 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.
Houtkooper Dutch
Means "buyer of wood" in Dutch.
Blakeley English
From name of various English places, derived from Old English blæc "black" and leah "woodland, clearing".
Romano 1 Italian
Derived from the given name Romano.
McGuire Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mag Uidhir meaning "son of Odhar", a given name meaning "pale-coloured".
MacThaoig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCaig.
Jewel English
Variant of Jewell.
Amadei Italian
Means "son of Amadeo".
Lecomte French
Means "the count" in French, a nickname for someone in the service of a count or for someone who behaved like one.
Melville Scottish
From the place name Malleville meaning "bad town" in Norman French.
Dior French
Possibly from French doré meaning "golden". A famous bearer was the French fashion designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).
Briley English
Possibly a variant of Brierley.
Kaczka Polish
Means "duck" in Polish.
Kinnunen Finnish
Possibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word kinni meaning "animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish skinn.
Bond English
Occupational name for a peasant farmer, from Middle English bonde. A famous bearer is the fictional spy James Bond, created by Ian Flemming in 1953.
Ó Marcaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Markey.
Ó Nualláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Nolan.
Hahn German
From a nickname for a proud or pugnacious person, from Old High German hano meaning "rooster, cock".
Britton English
Originally given to a person who was a Briton (a Celt of England) or a Breton (an inhabitant of Brittany).
Chapman English
Occupational name derived from Old English ceapmann meaning "merchant, trader".
Hummel 1 German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Humbert.
Angus Irish, Scottish
From the given name Aonghus.
Parent English, French
Derived from Old French parent meaning either "notable" (from Latin pareo meaning "to be apparent") or "parent" (from Latin pario meaning "to produce, to give birth").
Dibra Albanian
From the Albanian name for the city of Debar in Macedonia, originally given to someone who came from there.
Traves English
English variant of Travers.
Ó hÓgáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hogan.
Baudin French
From the given name Baud, French form of Baldo.
Millhouse English
Name for someone whose house was in a mill or who worked in a mill.
Capitani Italian
Occupational name meaning "captain" in Italian, ultimately from Latin caput "head".
Jónás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jónás.
Mejía Spanish
Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah", from Latin Messias, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashiyaḥ) meaning "anointed".
Braxton English
From an English place name place name meaning "Bracca's town" in Old English.
Jassim Arabic
From the given name Jasim.
Bergman Swedish
From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man", originally a name for a person living on a mountain.
Pryor English
Originally belonged to one who was a prior (a religious official), or one who worked for a prior.
Maguire Irish
Variant of McGuire.
Davids English
Means "son of David".
Slade English
Derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".
Spitznagel German
Means "sharp nail" in German, an occupational name for a nailsmith.
Teixeira Portuguese
From Portuguese teixo meaning "yew tree".
Klerks Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.
Adamo Italian
Italian form of Adam.
Saarinen Finnish
From Finnish saari meaning "island".
Mai Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Mei, from Sino-Vietnamese (mai).
Wilmer German, English
Derived from the given name Willimar or Wilmǣr.
McGovern Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mag Shamhradháin meaning "son of Samhradháin", a given name meaning "summer".
Takeda Japanese
From Japanese (take) meaning "military, martial" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shen Chinese
From Chinese (shēn) referring to the ancient state of Shen, which existed during the Zhou dynasty.
De Lang Dutch
Dutch cognate of Long.
Bai Chinese
From Chinese (bái) meaning "white".
Mathewson English
Means "son of Matthew".
Ebner 2 German
Means "judge, arbiter" from Middle High German ebenære.
Elliott English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Elias.
Headley English
From place names meaning "heather clearing" in Old English.
Babič Slovene
Slovene form of Babić.
Palladino Italian
From Italian paladino meaning "knight, defender", from Late Latin palatinus meaning "palace officer".
Man Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wen.
Davidsen Danish
Means "son of David".
Lacey English
Derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius.
Yeung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yang.
McKowen Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Eoghain.
Andela Dutch
From the given name Andreas.
Winslow English
Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".
Koskinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish koski meaning "rapids".
Barwegen Frisian
Derived from the name of a village in Frisia meaning "road to the dike".
Montague English
From a Norman place name meaning "sharp mountain" in Old French.
Poletti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Paolo. This name is typical of northern and central Italy.
Mulder Dutch
Dutch equivalent of Miller.
Ahlgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish al (Old Norse ǫlr) meaning "alder" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
Obama Luo
From a rare Luo given name meaning "crooked, bent". It was possibly originally given to a baby who had an arm or leg that looked slightly bent immediately after birth or who was born in the breech position.
Probert Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Robert, which means "son of Robert".
Muhlfeld German
Means "mill field" in German.
Banner English
Occupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French baniere meaning "banner", ultimately of Germanic origin.
Lagorio Italian
From a nickname derived from Ligurian lagö, referring to a type of lizard, the European green lizard. This little reptile is respected because it supposedly protects against vipers.
Möller Low German, Swedish
Low German and Swedish form of Müller.
Hegedűs Hungarian
Means "fiddler" in Hungarian, from hegedű "violin".
Venczel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.
Krückel German
Nickname for a crippled person or someone who walked with a cane, from Middle High German krücke meaning "cane".
Traylor English
Meaning unknown.
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).
Guo Chinese
From Chinese (guō) meaning "outer city".
Perko Slovene, Croatian
Derived from an archaic diminutive of Peter.
Vang 2 Yiddish
Variant of Wang 4.
Cremona Italian
From the Italian city of Cremona, south of Milan, in Lombardy.
Schreiber German
German cognate of Scriven.
Ungureanu Romanian
From Romanian ungur meaning "Hungarian".
Brune German
Variant of Braun.
Turnbull English, Scottish
Nickname for someone thought to be strong enough to turn around a bull.
Gottlieb German
Derived from the given name Gottlieb.
Ahearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.
Hartley English
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in England named Hartley, from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".
Hiramatsu Japanese
From Japanese (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Ćosić Croatian, Serbian
From Croatian and Serbian ćosav "beardless", ultimately from Persian کوسه (kūseh) meaning "shark".
Royston English
Originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "Royse's town". The given name Royse was a medieval variant of Rose.
Van Rossum Dutch
Means "from Rossum", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It is derived from Dutch rothe "cleared area in a forest" and heim "home".
Holzmann German
Derived from Old High German holz "wood" and man "man", a name for someone who lived close to a wood or worked with wood.
Penn 2 English
Occupational name for a person who kept penned animals, from Old English penn.
Revie English
Variant of Reeve.
Keane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.
Veenstra Dutch
Derived from Dutch veen meaning "fen, swamp, peat".
Haak Dutch
Occupational name meaning "peddler" in Dutch.
Sörensen Swedish
Swedish form of Sørensen.
Teel English
From Middle English tele meaning "teal, duck".
Berardi Italian
From the given name Berardo.
Kuang Chinese
From Chinese (kuàng), which refers to the clan of the same name.
Maina Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Maina.
Fitzroy English
Means "son of the king" in Anglo-Norman French, from French roi meaning "king". This name has been bestowed upon illegitimate children of kings.
Novik Belarusian
From Belarusian новы (novy) meaning "new", originally a name for a newcomer to a village.
Vidmar Slovene
From various places in Slovenia named Videm, meaning "church property" in Slovene.
Voß German
Variant of Voss.
Bellincioni Italian
Means "son of Bellincione", from a medieval name (borne for example by Dante's grandfather) that was probably a derivative of Italian bello "beautiful, fair".
Wickham English
From any of various towns by this name in England, notably in Hampshire. They are derived from Old English wic "village, town" (of Latin origin) and ham "home, settlement".
Martino Italian
From the given name Martino.
Martel 2 French, English
Nickname for a smith, derived from Old French martel "hammer", ultimately from Late Latin martellus.
Iversen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Iver".
Kollen Dutch
From the given name Nicolaas.
Martens Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Marten".
Arrington English
From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").
Alferink Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Alfhard" in Dutch.
Ó Madaidhín Irish
Means "descendant of Madaihín", a given name derived from Irish madadh meaning "dog, mastiff".
Åström Swedish
From Swedish å meaning "river, stream" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream, current, flow".
Grigoryan Armenian
Means "son of Grigor" in Armenian.
Colby English
From various English place names, which were derived from the Old Norse byname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "farm, settlement".
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.
Barclay English, Scottish
From the English place name Berkeley, derived from Old English beorc "birch" and leah "woodland, clearing". The surname was imported to Scotland in the 12th century.
Keighley English
Derived from an English place name meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha". The Old English given name Cyhha is of unknown meaning.
Alba Spanish
From a Spanish nickname meaning "white".
Dieter German
Derived from the given name Dieter.
Montgomery English, Scottish
From a place name in Calvados, France meaning "Gumarich's mountain". A notable bearer was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II.
Jamshidi Persian
From the given name Jamshid.
Bengoetxea Basque
Means "the house furthest down" from Basque bengo "furthest down" and etxe "house".
Moto Japanese
From Japanese (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". More commonly it is the final character in Japanese surnames.
Benenati Italian
Means "son of Benenato", a given name derived from Latin bene "good, well" and natus "good".
Nordin Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord meaning "north" (Old Norse norðr).
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".
Oppenheimer German
Originally indicated a person from Oppenheim, Germany, perhaps meaning "marshy home". A notable bearer was the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967).
Garfagnini Italian
Originally denoted one from the region of Garfagnana in Tuscany, Italy, near the historical city of Lucca.
Klausen Danish
Means "son of Klaus".
Espina Spanish
Means "thorn" in Spanish, a name for someone who lived near a thorn bush.
Mancuso Sicilian
Sicilian variant of Manco.
Oja Estonian
Means "brook, creek" in Estonian.
Andrade Portuguese, Galician
Possibly from the given name André.
Jafari Persian
From the given name Jafar.
Buchholz German
From Middle High German buoche "beech" and holz "wood".
Montanari Italian
Means "from the mountain" in Italian.
Smits Dutch
Variant of Smit.
Vivas Catalan
From the Catalan byname vivas meaning "may you live", which was bestowed upon children to bring good luck.
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.
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).
Żuraw Polish
Means "crane" in Polish, a nickname for a tall person.
Genovese Italian
Denoted a person from the Italian city of Genoa (Genova in Italian).
Jones English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John. This is the most common surname in Wales.
Lawson English
Means "son of Laurence 1".
Vemulakonda Telugu
Indicated a person from the city of Vemula in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Adolfsson Swedish
Means "son of Adolf".
McIntyre Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Mac an tSaoir meaning "son of the carpenter".
Mercer English
Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".
Chou Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Zhou).
Jasso Basque
Variant of Jaso.
Styles English
Locational name for one who lived near a steep hill, from Old English stigel "stile, set of steps".
Bendtsen Danish
Means "son of Bendt".
Knight English
From Old English cniht meaning "knight", a tenant serving as a mounted soldier.
Ayers 3 English
Indicated a person from the town of Ayr in Scotland. The town was named for the river that flows through it, itself derived from an Indo-European root meaning "water".
Butler English, Irish
Occupational name derived from Norman French butiller "wine steward", ultimately from Late Latin butticula "bottle". A famous bearer of this surname is the fictional character Rhett Butler, created by Margaret Mitchell for her novel Gone with the Wind (1936).
Binici Turkish
From the Turkish word binici meaning "rider, horseman".
Angioli Italian
Means "son of Angiolo".
Anthony English
From the given name Anthony.
Acconcio Italian
From the medieval Italian given names Accuntius or Acconcius, of uncertain meaning.
Frank 1 English
Derived from the given name Frank.
Haakonsson Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".
Escarrà Spanish
Possibly from Catalan esquerrá meaning "left-handed".
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.
Vastag Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "stout, thick" in Hungarian.
Juhász Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian, from juh "sheep".
Messer German
Occupational name for a person who made knives, from Middle High German messer "knife".
Tsukuda Japanese
From Japanese (tsukuda) meaning "cultivated rice field".
Paulsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Paul".
Kunkel German
Occupational name for a maker of distaffs, from Middle High German kunkel "distaff, spindle", of Latin origin.
Sorg German
Variant of Sorge.
Ojala Finnish, Estonian
From Finnish and Estonian oja meaning "ditch, channel, brook" with the suffix -la indicating a place.
Blanco Spanish
Means "white" in Spanish. The name most likely referred to a person who was pale or had blond hair.
Noble English, Scottish
From a nickname meaning "noble, high-born, illustrious", derived via Middle English and Old French from Latin nobilis. In some cases the nickname may have been given ironically to people of the opposite character.
Hase German
From Middle High German and Middle Low German hase meaning "hare, rabbit". This was a nickname for a person who was quick or timid.
Tessaro Italian
Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.
Côté French
French form of Costa.
Igarashi Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (i) meaning "fifty", an unwritten subject marker (ga), and (arashi) meaning "storm".
Daniau French
Derived from the given name Daniel.
Jakab Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jakab.
Coman Romanian
From the name of the Cumans, a Turkic people from the Eurasian Steppe.
Szwarc Polish
Polish phonetic spelling of German Schwarz.
Söderström Swedish
From Swedish söder (Old Norse suðr) meaning "south" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Vicente Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Vicente.
Estrada Spanish
Spanish form of Street.
Couture French
Means "tailor" in Old French.
Bunschoten Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the Dutch town of Bunschoten, which might mean "raised, enclosed land".
Bašić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of the chief", derived from Serbo-Croatian baša meaning "chief, boss" (of Turkish origin).
O'Kane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.
Baldi Italian
Derived from the given name Baldo.
Bennet English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.
Vardanyan Armenian
Means "son of Vardan".
Lane 1 English
Originally designated one who lived by a lane, a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used of any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Strøm Norwegian, Danish
Means "stream" in Norwegian and Danish.
Tamás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Tamás.
Teodoro Portuguese
Derived from the given name Teodoro.
Van Rompuy Flemish
Variant of Van Rompaey. A famous bearer is the Flemish politician Herman Van Rompuy (1947-), a Prime Minister of Belgium.
Ó hEidhin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hines.
Sutton English
From various English place names meaning "south town".
Jakeman English
Means "servant of Jack".
Hoxha Albanian
From the Persian title خواجه (khājeh) meaning "lord".
Ó hAodha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hayes 2.
Lauwers Dutch
From the given name Laurens.
Winchester English
From an English place name, derived from Venta, of Celtic origin, and Latin castrum meaning "camp, fortress".
Silje Norwegian
Derived from the given name Silje.
Gwerder German (Swiss)
From Swiss German gwerig meaning "agile, alert".
Wakefield English
Originally indicated a person who came from the English city of Wakefield, derived from Old English wacu "wake, vigil" and feld "field".
Starosta Polish
Means "mayor, leader, elder" in Polish.
Blau German
Means "blue" in German, most likely used to refer to a person who wore blue clothes.
Dunst German
Derived from Middle High German dunst "haze".
Mallon Irish
Variant of Malone.
Pugh Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Hugh meaning "son of Hugh".
Fabbro Italian
Variant of Fabbri.
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).
Ó Seanáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Shannon.
Dyer English
Occupational name meaning "cloth dyer", from Old English deah "dye".
Díez Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.
Ackerman English
Means "ploughman", derived from Middle English aker "field" and man.
Garcia Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese form of García. It is also an unaccented form of the Spanish name used commonly in America and the Philippines.
Cárdenas Spanish
From the name of towns in the Spanish provinces of Almería and La Rioja. They are derived from Spanish cárdeno "blue, purple".
Reuter 1 German
Fom Middle High German riute meaning "cleared land".
Deforest French
Means "from the forest" in French.
Rettig German
Derived from Middle High German retich, Middle Low German redik meaning "radish", an occupational name for a grower or seller of radishes.
Hagihara Japanese
From Japanese (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Gárdonyi Hungarian
Originally denoted a person from Gárdony, a town near Budapest in Hungary.
Riley 2 Irish
Variant of Reilly.
Hochberg German, Jewish
From place names meaning "high hill" in German.
Savatier French
From Old French savatier "shoemaker", derived from savate "shoe", of uncertain ultimate origin.
Van Ophoven Dutch
Means "from Ophoven", the name of towns in the Netherlands. Their names mean "upper gardens, upper courtyards" in Dutch.
MacAmhalghaidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCauley.
O'Toole Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuathail meaning "descendant of Túathal".
Hoover German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Huber.
Mac Mathghamhna Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McMahon.
Underhill English
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.
Gim Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul (see Kim).
Fiddler English
English form of Fiedler.
Stendahl Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish sten (Old Norse steinn) meaning "stone" and dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "valley".
Irwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine.
MacGriogair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacGregor.
Gosselin French
Derived from a diminutive of the French given name Gosse.
Fini Italian
Derived from given names ending in fino, such as Serafino.
Tierney Irish
From Irish Ó Tíghearnaigh meaning "descendant of Tighearnach".
Naaji Arabic
From the given name Naaji.
Gerst German
Occupational name for a barley farmer, derived from Old High German gersta "barley".
Fulton English
From the name of the English town of Foulden, Norfolk, meaning "bird hill" in Old English.
Ray English
Variant of Rey 1, Rey 2, Rye or Wray.
Filipe Portuguese
From the given name Filipe.
Jundt German
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Judith.
Funar Romanian
Means "rope maker" in Romanian.