Browse Surnames

Traversini Italian
Italian variant of Travers.

Furukawa Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Ōshiro Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle". It is especially common on Okinawa.

Provenza Italian
From the name of the Provence region of southern France (in Italian Provenza). It is derived from Latin provincia "province", a territorial division.

Suggitt English
Variant of Southgate.

Suess German
Variant of Süß. A famous bearer was the American children's author Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), who was born Theodor Seuss Geisel.

Underhill English
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.

Appelhof Dutch
Indicated a person who lived by or at an apple garden, from Dutch appel "apple" and hof "yard, court".

Raine 1 English
From a nickname derived from Old French reine meaning "queen".

León 2 Spanish
From the given name León.

Kedves Hungarian
Means "nice, kind" in Hungarian.

Manning 1 English
Patronymic form of Mann.

Chauvin French
From a diminutive of French chauve "bald".

Halle German
German variant of Hall.

McCrory Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí meaning "son of Ruaidhrí".

Baas Dutch
Means "boss, overseer" in Dutch.

Alders Dutch
Means "son of Aldert".

Biagi Italian
Means "son of Biagio".

Maier 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Demirci Turkish
Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.

Brock English
Derived from Old English brocc meaning "badger", ultimately of Celtic origin.

Eilerts German
Derived from the given name Eilert.

Andriessen Dutch
Means "son of Andries".

Waldo English
From the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Waltheof.

Baron English, French
From the title of nobility, derived from Latin baro (genitive baronis) meaning "man, freeman", possibly from Frankish barō meaning "servant, man, warrior". It was used as a nickname for someone who worked for a baron or acted like a baron.

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

Bakker Dutch
Dutch cognate of Baker, from Middle Dutch backere.

Lahtinen Finnish
From Finnish lahti meaning "bay, cove".

Moffett Scottish
From the town of Moffat in Scotland, meaning "long field" in Gaelic.

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).

Dirckx Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Kubo Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect".

Ye Chinese
From Chinese 叶 (yè) meaning "leaf".

Évrard French
From the given name Évrard.

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

Lozano Spanish
Means "healthy, exuberant, lively" in Spanish, originally used as a nickname for an elegant or haughty person.

Carrasco Spanish
Topographic name derived from Spanish carrasca meaning "holm oak" (species Quercus ilex).

Malley Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Máille.

De Vroome Dutch
Variant of Vroom.

Winfield English
From various English place names, derived from Old English winn "meadow, pasture" and feld "field".

Howell Welsh
From the Welsh given name Hywel.

Tkachenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

Giugovaz Italian
Italian form of the Croatian surname Jugovac.

Barišić Croatian
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of Bartol.

St Pierre French
From a French place named for Saint Peter.

Fortunato Italian
From the given name Fortunato.

Kaluža um Slovene, Czech
Slovene and Czech form of Kałuża.

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.

Sasaki Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Russo Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Kroon Dutch, Estonian
Means "crown" in Dutch and Estonian (from Latin corona).

Small English
From a nickname for a small person, from Middle English smal.

Ewart 1 English
From a Norman form of Edward.

Ó Sluaghadháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sloan.

Bedrosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պետրոսյան (see Petrosyan).

Abramo Italian
Derived from the given name Abramo.

Ó Fionnagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Finnegan.

Kaube German
From the name of the town of Kaub in Germany.

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

Tamm Estonian
Means "oak" in Estonian. This is among the most common surnames in Estonia.

Reyes Spanish
Spanish variant of Rey 1.

Garcia Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese form of García. It is also an unaccented form of the Spanish name used commonly in America and the Philippines.

Ó Díomasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dempsey.

Zeegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Lemaire French
Means "the mayor" in French. It was a title given to a town official, or else a nickname for someone who was pompous and officious.

Caito Italian
Occupational name from Sicilian càjitu meaning "official, leader", ultimately from Arabic قاضي (qāḍī) meaning "judge".

Mas 2 Dutch, Low German
Variant of Maas.

MacCàba Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCabe.

Di Caprio Italian
From the name of the island of Capri near Naples, itself possibly derived from Latin capra meaning "goat" or Greek κάπρος (kapros) meaning "wild boar".

Pritchard Welsh
From Welsh ap Richard meaning "son of Richard".

Đurić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Đuro".

Garry English
Variant of Geary.

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

Soriano Italian
From place names such as Soriano Calabro and Soriano nel Cimino. It is typical of southern Italy.

Roijakkers Dutch
Variant of Rooijakkers.

Simonsson Swedish
Swedish form of Simonson.

Von Grimmelshausen German
Means "from Grimmelshausen", a town in Germany. It is itself derived from Grimmel, of uncertain meaning, and hausen meaning "houses". A famous bearer was the German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-1676).

Gama Portuguese
Probably from a place name derived from Portuguese gama meaning "fallow deer doe", from Latin gammus.

Guillaume French
From the given name Guillaume.

Thorburn English, Scottish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þórbjǫrn.

Jokinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish joki "river".

Ljunggren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Wägner German
Variant of Wagner.

Stoke English
From the name of numerous places in England, derived from Old English stoc meaning "place, dwelling".

Nordin Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord meaning "north" (Old Norse norðr).

Wray English
Originally denoted someone who came from any of the various places of this name in northern England, from Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook".

D'Amore Italian
From the given name Amore.

Nagarkar Marathi
Derived from the name of the town of Nagar in Maharashtra, India.

Vang 1 Norwegian, Danish
Variant of Wang 3.

Adair English
Derived from the given name Edgar.

Ardelean Romanian
From the Romanian region of Ardeal, also called Transylvania. It is possibly derived from Hungarian erdő meaning "forest".

Salzwedel German
Originally denoted a person from Salzwedel, Germany, which is of Old Saxon origin meaning "salt ford".

Abdullah Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd Allah.

Aerssens Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Velasco Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.

Fejes Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian fej meaning "head", originally a nickname applied to a stubborn person.

Mathieu French
Derived from the given name Mathieu.

Ferber German
Variant of Färber.

Pettersen Norwegian
Means "son of Petter".

Tähtinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tähti meaning "star".

Muir Scottish
Scots form of Moore 1. This name was borne by the Scottish-American naturalist John Muir (1838-1914).

Hersch German, Jewish
Variant of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Pintér Hungarian
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Hungarian.

Jenssen Norwegian
Means "son of Jens".

Chai Chinese
From Chinese 柴 (chái) meaning "firewood".

Bellerose French
Means "beautiful rose" in French.

Stevenson English
Variant of Stephenson.

Ó Meadhra Irish
Means "descendant of Meadhra". The given name Meadhra is derived from the Gaelic meadhar meaning "merry, happy".

Musiał Polish
Polish cognate of Musil.

Szilágyi Hungarian
Denoted one from the region of Szilágy in Hungary, derived from Hungarian szil meaning "elm" and ágy meaning "bed".

Leroy French
Variant of Rey 1, using the definite article.

Baxter English
Variant (in origin a feminine form) of Baker.

Perugia Italian
From the name of the city of Perugia in Umbria, Italy. It was known as Perusia in the classical period, and it is of Etruscan origin.

McReynolds Scottish, Irish
Means "son of Reynold" in Gaelic.

Hofwegen Dutch
Variant of Van Hofwegen.

Landvik Norwegian
From the name of a Norwegian town meaning "land inlet".

Salvaggi Italian
Italian form of Savage.

Bennet English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

Korošec Slovene
Originally indicated a person from Koroška (Carinthia), a medieval Slovene state, now divided between Slovenia and Austria.

Michaelis German
Derived from the given name Michael.

Sanderson English
Means "son of Alexander".

Aston 2 English
From the Old English given name Æðelstan.

Nicolescu Romanian
Means "son of Nicolae".

Joó Hungarian
Variant of Jó.

Van Ogtrop Dutch
Variant of Ogtrop.

Agricola Italian
From Latin agricola meaning "farmer".

Berti Italian
Derived from the given name Berto.

Benn English
From a short form of Benedict.

Sidney English
Originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island". Another theory holds that it comes from the name of a town in Normandy called "Saint Denis", though evidence for this is lacking.

Lucas English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch
Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas (1944-), the creator of the Star Wars movies.

Vitale Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Shinoda Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Myers English
Patronymic form of Myer or Mayer 3.

Klymenko Ukrainian
From the given name Klym.

Cullen 1 English
From the name of the German city of Cologne, which was derived from Latin colonia "colony".

Anthony English
From the given name Anthony.

Fitzsimmons Irish
Means "son of Simon 1" in Anglo-Norman French.

Pardo Spanish
Means "brown" in Spanish, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair.

Bengtsson Swedish
Means "son of Bengt".

Mitrović Serbian
Means "son of Mitar".

Everill English
Derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild.

Chmiel Polish
Polish cognate of Chmela, from Polish chmiel.

Benscoter Dutch (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Bunschoten.

Gimondi Italian
Probably derived from the Old German given name Gismund.

Donne Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.

Möller Low German, Swedish
Low German and Swedish form of Müller.

Ó Máille Irish
Means "descendant of a nobleman" from the Irish Gaelic mál.

Ó Ceallaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Kelly 1.

Holt English, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".

Doctor English
Originally denoted someone who was a doctor, ultimately from Latin doctor meaning "teacher".

Ó Suaird Irish
Means "descendant of Suart" in Irish. Suart is derived from the Old Norse name Sigurd.

Pettigrew English
Derived from Norman French petit "small" and cru "growth".

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

Sampson English
Derived from a medieval form of the given name Samson.

Favager French
Possibly indicated a person from the town of Faverges in eastern France, derived from Old French faverge meaning "forge".

Caden Irish
From Irish Mac Cadáin meaning "descendant of Cadán", a given name of unknown meaning.

Nichols English
Derived from the given name Nichol.

Palazzo Italian
Means "palace" in Italian, from Latin palatium. It was originally used by someone who lived near a palace or mansion, or who worked there.

Mohammad Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Mohammad.

Nazario Italian
From the given name Nazario.

Di Stefano Italian
Means "son of Stefano".

Presley English
Variant of Priestley. This name was borne by musician Elvis Presley (1935-1977).

Waterman 1 English
Means "servant of Walter".

Adamoli Italian
Diminutive form of Adami.

Nave Italian
From various Italian places called Nave.

Khachaturyan Armenian
Means "son of Khachatur" in Armenian. A famous bearer was the Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan or Khachaturian (1903-1978).

Kravchenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian кравець (kravets) meaning "tailor".

Palacios Spanish
Spanish cognate of Palazzo.

Nathans Jewish
Derived from the given name Nathan.

Ravenna Italian
From the name of the city of Ravenna in northern Italy, which is of uncertain origin, possibly Etruscan.

Bustos Spanish
Variant of Busto.

Mason English
Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").

Struna Slovene
From Slovene struna meaning "string, cord", possibly denoting a maker of rope.

Perry 1 English
From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.

Blackburn English
From the name of a city in Lancashire, meaning "black stream" in Old English.

Matei Romanian
Derived from the given name Matei.

Frei German
Means "free" in German, probably referring to someone outside the feudal system.

Spirou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Σπύρου (see Spyrou).

Frank 1 English
Derived from the given name Frank.

Winslow English
Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".

Rodriquez Spanish
Variant of Rodríguez.

Carman 2 English
From an Old Norse byname derived from karlmann meaning "male, man".

De Smet Flemish
Flemish variant of Smit.

Dirix Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Kurzmann German
Means "short man" in German.

Stalin History
Surname adopted by the Russian leader Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) during his revolutionary years. He was an ethnic Georgian, born as Ioseb Jughashvili. He derived it from Russian сталь (stal) meaning "steel".

Fiscella Italian
Derived from Italian fiscella, which was a basket used to conserve cheese. The name was probably used to denote a person who made cheese.

Brankovich Serbian
Alternate transcription of Serbian Бранковић (see Branković).

Cockburn Scottish, English
Originally indicated someone who came from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. The place name is derived from Old English cocc "rooster" and burna "stream".

Jung 1 German
Means "young" in German, from Middle High German junc.

Scholz German
Variant of Schulz.

Eikenboom Dutch
Means "oak tree", from Dutch eik "oak" and boom "tree".

Darby English
From the name of the English town Derby, derived from Old Norse djúr "animal" and býr "farm, settlement".

Hollands English
Variant of Holland 1.

Schuchardt German
From Middle High German schuochwürte meaning "shoemaker, cobbler".

McKeever Irish
Variant of McIver.

Ó Mainnín Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Manning 2.

Garbutt English
From the given name Gerbold.

Ward 1 English
Derived from Old English weard meaning "guard, guardian".

Van Amersvoort Dutch
Variant of Van Amelsvoort.

Solís Spanish
From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain, derived from Spanish sol "sun".

Lister Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac an Fleisdeir meaning "son of the arrow maker".

Dieter German
Derived from the given name Dieter.

Schräder Low German (Rare)
Variant of Schröder 1.

Ó Conaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Connell.

Bootsma Frisian
Occupational name meaning "boatman", derived from Dutch boot "boat".

Šimunović Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".

Jansingh Dutch
Variant of Jansen.

Berntsson Swedish
Means "son of Bernt".

MacGuire Irish
Variant of McGuire.

Wang 1 Chinese
From Chinese 王 (wáng) meaning "king, monarch". This is the most common surname in China (and the world).

Ludwig German
From the given name Ludwig.

Dedrick English
Derived from the given name Dederick, an older form of Derek.

Antall Hungarian (Rare)
Variant of Antal.

Heijmans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Ratti Italian
From Italian ratto meaning "rat", originally denoting a sly individual.

Pallesen Danish
Means "son of Palle".

Agnellini Italian
From a diminutive of Agnelli.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

Terranova Italian
Means "new land" in Italian.

Ó hÓgáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hogan.

Novosel Croatian
Means "new settler" in Croatian.

Kiefer 1 German
Means "pine tree" in German.

Duke English
From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader". It was a nickname for a person who behaved like a duke, or who worked in a duke's household.

Baumhauer German
Occupational name meaning "woodcutter", derived from German Baum "tree" and hauen "to chop".

Öman Swedish
From Swedish ö (Old Norse ey) meaning "island" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

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

Albinson English
Means "son of Albin".

Bengoechea Basque
Variant of Bengoetxea.

Ballerini Italian
From Italian ballerino meaning "dancer", an occupational name or nickname for someone who liked to dance.

Meyer 1 German
From Middle High German meier meaning "bailiff, administrator", derived from Latin maior meaning "greater". Later it also denoted a tenant farmer. The spellings Meier and Meyer are more common in northern Germany while Maier and Mayer are more common in southern Germany.

Lusk Scottish
Possibly from the place name Leask in Aberdeenshire, of unknown meaning.

Vaughan Welsh
From Welsh bychan (mutated to fychan) meaning "little". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.

Jonasson Swedish
Means "son of Jonas 2".

Pesaresi Italian
Variant of Pesaro.

Abarca Spanish
From the name of a type of leather-soled shoe or sandal made on the Balearic Islands. It originally indicated a person who made or sold this item.

Ryley English
Variant of Riley 1.

Walther German
From the given name Walther.

Einstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German ein "one" and stein "stone". A famous bearer was the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Krajnc Slovene
Originally denoted a person from Carniola (Slovene Kranjska), a region that makes up a large part of central Slovenia.

Marcos Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Marcos. A famous bearer was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989).

Ó Dochartaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doherty.

Vega Spanish
From Spanish vega meaning "meadow, plain", of Basque origin.

Kitchen English
Occupational name for a person who worked in a kitchen (of a monastery for example), derived from Old English cycene, ultimately from Latin coquina.

Võ Vietnamese
Variant of Vũ used more often in southern Vietnam.

Kowalczyk Polish
Patronymic derived from Polish kowal "blacksmith".

Lång Swedish
Swedish cognate of Long.

Arendsen Dutch
Variant of Arends.

Jacobs English, Dutch
Derived from the given name Jacob.

Ola Basque
From Basque ola meaning "hut, small house, forge".

Savage English
English nickname meaning "wild, uncouth", derived from Old French salvage or sauvage meaning "untamed", ultimately from Latin silvaticus meaning "wild, from the woods".

Rose 1 English, French, German, Jewish
Means "rose" from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).

Caomhánach Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Kavanagh.

Kermit Manx
Anglicized form of Mac Diarmada (see McDermott).

De Jong Dutch
Means "young" in Dutch, from Middle Dutch jonc. This is the most common surname in the Netherlands.

Conti Italian
From 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.

Sarti Italian
Variant of Sarto.

Moto Japanese
From Japanese 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". More commonly it is the final character in Japanese surnames.

Willemse Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Woodcock English
Nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

Vasylyshyn Ukrainian
Means "son of Vasyl".

Gelashvili Georgian
Means "son of Gela".

Spyrou Greek
Means "son of Spyros".

Admiraal Dutch
Means "admiral" in Dutch.

Hino Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" or 火 (hi) meaning "fire" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Fux German
Variant of Fuchs.

Lauwens Dutch
From the given name Laurens.

Vasylenko Ukrainian
From the given name Vasyl.

Doyle Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhghaill, which means "descendant of Dubhghall". A famous bearer was Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.

Marmo Italian
Means "marble" in Italian, possibly indicating a person who lived near a quarry or one who worked with marble.

Ungureanu Romanian
From Romanian ungur meaning "Hungarian".

Vasilescu Romanian
Means "son of Vasile".

Uberti Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.

Tschida German
Possibly derived from a Slavic given name of unknown meaning.

James English
Derived from the given name James.

Armbruster German
Means "crossbow maker" from German armbrust "crossbow". The word armbrust was originally from Latin arcuballista meaning "bow ballista", but was modified under the influence of German arm "arm" and brust "breast".

Schlosser German
Occupational name for a locksmith, derived from Old High German sloz meaning "lock".

Mahoney Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Mathghamhna meaning "descendant of Mathgamain".

Rana Italian, Spanish
Means "frog" in Italian and Spanish.

Wash English
Derived from the Norman name Wazo.

Gibb English
Derived from the given name Gib.

Ó Gallchobhair Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gallagher.

Addison English
Means "son of Addy 2".

Sjögren Swedish
From Swedish sjö (Old Norse sær) meaning "lake, sea" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Tilki Turkish
From a nickname meaning "fox" in Turkish.

Holm Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Swedish, Danish and Norwegian holme, holm meaning "islet" (Old Norse holmr).

Ellisson English
Variant of Ellison.

Bodilsen Danish
Means "son of Bodil".

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.

Fujiwara Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Aaij Dutch
Derived from the given name Aaij, a short form of Adriaan and other names.

Adamo Italian
Italian form of Adam.

Bailey English
From Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", which comes via Old French from Latin baiulus "porter".

Tahirović Bosnian
Means "son of Tahir".

Esposito Italian
Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted a child who was rescued after being abandoned by its parents.

Vasić Serbian
Means "son of Vaso 1".

Nordström Swedish
From Swedish nord (Old Norse norðr) meaning "north" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

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

Acconcio Italian
From the medieval Italian given names Accuntius or Acconcius, of uncertain meaning.

Holst Danish, Low German, Dutch
Originally referred to a person from the region of Holstein between Germany and Denmark. A famous bearer of this name was the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934).