Wieczorek PolishFrom a nickname meaning
"bat" in Polish, ultimately from
wieczór meaning "evening".
Stendahl SwedishOrnamental name derived from Swedish
sten (Old Norse
steinn) meaning "stone" and
dal (Old Norse
dalr) meaning "valley".
Hayter EnglishName for a person who lived on a hill, from Middle English
heyt meaning
"height".
Acerbi ItalianFrom Italian
acerbo meaning
"bitter, harsh, severe".
Szilágyi HungarianDenoted one from the region of Szilágy in Hungary, derived from Hungarian
szil meaning "elm" and
ágy meaning "bed".
Pozzi ItalianFrom Italian
pozzo meaning
"well, pit", derived from Latin
puteus.
Killam EnglishDenoted one who hailed from the English town of Kilham, meaning "kiln homestead".
Jung 1 GermanMeans
"young" in German, from Middle High German
junc.
Everest EnglishOriginally denoted a person from Évreux in Normandy, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices. Mount Everest in the Himalayas was named for the British surveyor George Everest (1790-1866).
Moore 1 EnglishOriginally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English
mor meaning
"open land, bog".
Clancy IrishFrom Irish
Mac Fhlannchaidh meaning
"descendant of Flannchadh". The given name
Flannchadh means "red warrior".
Kennedy IrishFrom the Irish name
Ó Cinnéidigh meaning
"descendant of Cennétig". This surname was borne by assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963).
Giunta ItalianFrom the old Italian given name
Bonagiunta or
Bonaggiunta (derived from
bono "good" and
aggiunto "assistant").
Lee 2 Korean, ChineseKorean form of
Li 1, from Sino-Korean
李 (i). This is the second most common surname in South Korea. It is also a variant Chinese romanization of
Li 1.
Cai ChineseFrom Chinese
蔡 (cài) referring to the ancient state of Cai that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Laird ScottishMeans
"landowner" in Scots, derived from northern Middle English
laverd "lord", from Old English
hlafweard.
Ware 1 EnglishFrom Old English
wer meaning
"dam, weir", indicating someone who lived near such a structure.
Strange EnglishDerived from Middle English
strange meaning
"foreign", ultimately from Latin
extraneus.
Haanraads DutchOriginally indicated a person from Haanrade, a small village in the south of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.
Stilo ItalianDerived from the name of the town of Stilo in southern Italy. It is possibly derived from Greek
στῦλος (stylos) meaning "column, pillar".
Hoedemaker DutchOccupational name for a hat maker, from Dutch
hoed "hat" and
maker "maker".
Holmgren SwedishOrnamental name derived from Swedish
holme (Old Norse
holmr) meaning "small island" and
gren (Old Norse
grein) meaning "branch".
Lusk ScottishPossibly from the place name
Leask in Aberdeenshire, of unknown meaning.
Khan Urdu, Pashto, BengaliFrom a title meaning
"king, ruler", probably of Mongolian origin but used in many languages.
Snell EnglishFrom Old English
snel meaning
"fast, quick, nimble".
Walkenhorst GermanPossibly derived from a German place name
Falkenhorst, from
Falken meaning "falcons" and
Horst meaning "thicket".
Bradshaw EnglishFrom any of the places by this name in England, derived from Old English
brad "broad" and
sceaga "thicket".
Spada ItalianOccupational name for an armourer or swordsman, from Italian
spada "sword", Latin
spatha.
Moto JapaneseFrom Japanese
本 (moto) meaning
"base, root, origin". More commonly it is the final character in Japanese surnames.
Conti ItalianFrom the Italian noble title
conte meaning
"count", derived from Latin
comes (genitive
comitis) meaning "companion, attendant". It denoted a person who worked for a count or behaved like one.
Yasuda JapaneseFrom Japanese
安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" or
保 (yasu) meaning "protect, maintain" and
田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Mercado SpanishMeans
"market" in Spanish, originally given to a person who lived near a market or worked in one.
Tveit NorwegianHabitational name derived from Old Norse
þveit meaning
"clearing".
Schwinghammer GermanOccupational name for a blacksmith, literally meaning
"swing hammer" in German.
Cowden EnglishFrom various English place names, which meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill" or "cow pasture" in Old English.
Rothbauer GermanFrom Old High German
riuten "to clear land" and
bur "peasant, farmer".
Meadows EnglishReferred to one who lived in a meadow, from Old English
mædwe.
Ackermann GermanDenoted a person who lived near a field, from Middle High German
acker "field" and
man "man".
Headley EnglishFrom place names meaning "heather clearing" in Old English.
Häusler GermanName for someone who lived in a house with no land, derived rom Old High German word
hus meaning
"house".
Park 2 EnglishFrom Middle English
park, from Latin
parricus, of Frankish origin. This was a name for someone who worked in or lived in a park.
Blackburn EnglishFrom the name of a city in Lancashire, meaning "black stream" in Old English.
Flanagan IrishFrom 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.
Ziętek PolishPossibly from a diminutive of Polish
zięć meaning
"son-in-law".
Atteberry EnglishMeans
"dweller at the fortified town" from Middle English
at and
burh "fortified place".
Tamura JapaneseFrom Japanese
田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and
村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Young EnglishDerived from Old English
geong meaning
"young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.
Hussein ArabicFrom the given name
Husayn. A famous bearer was the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).
Borja SpanishOriginally indicated a person from the Spanish town of Borja in Aragon, derived from Arabic
برْج (burj) meaning "tower".
Tindall EnglishFrom
Tindale, the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from the name of the river Tyne combined with Old English
dæl "dale, valley".
Breda ItalianFrom the name of a town near Venice, possibly derived from a Lombardic word meaning "field".
Reuter 2 GermanFrom Middle High German
riutœre meaning
"highwayman, thief".
Peel EnglishNickname for a thin person, derived from Old French
pel, Latin
palus meaning
"stake, post" (related to English
pole).
Van Tonder DutchMeans
"from Tønder", a town in Denmark near the German border.
Salazar Basque, SpanishFrom Spanish
sala meaning "hall" and Basque
zahar meaning "old". It can also refer to the town of Salazar in Burgos, Spain, which is of the same origin.
Eichel GermanMeans
"acorn" in German, indicating a person who lived near an oak tree.
Arzt DutchMeans
"doctor, physician" in German, ultimately from Latin
archiater.
Sipos HungarianOccupational name for a fife player or piper, from Hungarian
síp "whistle, pipe".
Banner EnglishOccupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French
baniere meaning
"banner", ultimately of Germanic origin.
Bootsma FrisianOccupational name meaning
"boatman", derived from Dutch
boot "boat".
Unterbrink Low GermanMeans
"dweller under the slope" from Old Saxon
undar "under" and
brink "edge, slope".
Bowie ScottishAnglicized form of Scottish Gaelic
Buidheach, derived from
buidhe meaning
"yellow". A famous bearer was the American pioneer James Bowie (1796-1836), for whom the bowie knife is named. The British musician David Bowie (1947-2016), born David Robert Jones, took his stage name from the American pioneer (and the knife).
Spijker 2 DutchOccupational name for a nailsmith, from Dutch
spijker "nail".
Borde FrenchFrom Old French
bord meaning
"board, plank", derived from Frankish *
bord. This name belonged to a person who lived in a house made of planks.
Dubois FrenchMeans
"from the forest", from French
bois "forest".
Burrows EnglishTopographic name derived from Old English
beorg meaning
"hill, mountain" or
burg meaning
"fort". Alternatively, it could come from a compound of
bur "room, cottage, dwelling" and
hus "house".
Gros FrenchMeans
"thick, fat, big" in French, from Late Latin
grossus, possibly of Germanic origin.
Knowles EnglishFrom Middle English
knoll, Old English
cnoll meaning
"small hill, knoll". A famous bearer is American singer Beyoncé Knowles (1981-).
Freitas PortugueseMeans
"broken" in Portuguese, a name for one who lived on broken, stony ground.
Sordi ItalianFrom Italian
sordo meaning
"deaf", from Latin
surdus.
Monday 2 EnglishDenoted a person for whom this was a significant day, often the day they would pay their feudal fees.
Schenk German, DutchFrom Middle High German, Middle Dutch
schenke meaning
"wine server" (from Old High German
scenken "to pour out").
Dahl Norwegian, Swedish, DanishFrom Old Norse
dalr meaning
"valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) who is mostly remembered for children's stories such as
Matilda and
Henry Sugar.
Porras Spanish, CatalanFrom a nickname meaning
"club" in Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin
porrum meaning "leek".
Mencher PolishPossibly an occupational name derived from Polish
maczarz meaning
"miller".
Capello 2 ItalianNickname for a thin person, from Italian
capello meaning
"a hair", ultimately derived from Latin
capillus.
Zhou ChineseFrom Chinese
周 (zhōu) referring to the Zhou dynasty, which held power from 1046 to 771 BC, continuing for a few more centuries as figureheads.
Jinks EnglishMeans
"son of Jenk", a short form of
Jenkin, a diminutive of
Jen, itself a Middle English form of
John.
Keith ScottishFrom a place name that is probably derived from the Brythonic element
cet meaning
"wood". This was the surname of a long line of Scottish nobles.
Van Laar DutchDerived from Dutch
laar (plural
laren), which means
"open spot in the forest". These areas were used to graze cattle for example.
Sessa ItalianOriginally indicated a person from from Sessa or Sessa Cilento, Italy (from Latin
Suessa, of uncertain meaning).
Newton EnglishFrom the name of one of many English towns meaning "new town". A famous bearer was the English physicist Isaac Newton (1643-1727).
Underhill EnglishMeans
"dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English
under and
hyll.
Graves EnglishOccupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English
greyve, related to the German title
Graf.
Rounds EnglishPatronymic derived from Middle English
rond meaning
"round, plump", ultimately from Latin
rotundus.
Palazzo ItalianMeans
"palace" in Italian, from Latin
palatium. It was originally used by someone who lived near a palace or mansion, or who worked there.
Brownlow EnglishFrom Old English
brun meaning "brown" and
hlaw meaning "mound, small hill". The name was probably given to a family living on a small hill covered with bracken.
Ashworth EnglishFrom an English place name meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.
Blau GermanMeans
"blue" in German, most likely used to refer to a person who wore blue clothes.
Paisley ScottishFrom the name of a town near Glasgow, which may ultimately be derived from Latin
basilica "church".
Cody IrishAnglicized form of Irish
Ó Cuidighthigh or
Mac Óda. A famous bearer was the American frontiersman and showman Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917).
Freud German, JewishMeans
"joy" in German, a nickname for a cheerful person. A famous bearer was the psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
Guinness IrishVariant of
McGuinness. The name is well known because of the Guinness brand of ale, established in 1759 by Arthur Guinness.
Varano ItalianDerived from one of the many towns of this name in Italy.
Terrazas SpanishOriginally a name for a person from Terrazas in the Spanish city of Burgos, a place name meaning "terraces".