Surnames of Length 12 - Behind the Name

ABATESCIANNI Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name GIANNI.

ABBATANTUONO Italian
Variant of ABATANTUONO.

ALBRECHTSSON Swedish
Means "son of ALBRECHT".

ALBRECKTSSON Swedish
Variant of ALBRECHTSSON.

ALDERLIESTEN Dutch
From Dutch allerliefste meaning "most dearest". This name could have referred to the nature of the person or perhaps a phrase the person commonly used.

ALEXANDERSEN Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of ALEXANDER".

ALEXANDERSON Swedish
Variant of ALEXANDERSSON.

ALEXANDRESCU Romanian
Means "son of ALEXANDRU".

ARECHAVALETA Spanish
Originally indicated a person from the town of Aretxabaleta in Spain. It means "oak trees" in Basque.

BAGHDASARYAN Armenian
Means "son of BAGHDASAR".

BENGTSDOTTER Swedish
Means "daughter of BENGT".

BERNHARDSSON Swedish
Means "son of BERNHARD".

BEZUIDENHOUT Dutch
From Dutch zuid "south" and hout "forest". It refers to the south of the forest in The Hague.

BHATTACHARYA Bengali
From a Bengali title composed of the Sanskrit words भट्ट (bhatta) "scholar, lord" and आचार्य (acharya) "teacher".

BRECKENRIDGE Scottish, English
Originally indicated someone from Brackenrig in Lanarkshire, derived from northern Middle English braken meaning "bracken" (via Old Norse brækni) and rigg meaning "ridge" (via Old Norse hryggr).

BRECKINRIDGE Scottish, English
Variant of BRECKENRIDGE.

CHRISTIANSEN Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of CHRISTIAN".

CHRISTIANSON English
Means "son of CHRISTIAN".

CHRISTOPHERS English
Derived from the given name CHRISTOPHER.

COURTEMANCHE French
Means "short sleeve" in French.

DEASMHUMHAIN Irish
Irish Gaelic form of DESMOND.

DE LA FONTAINE French
French cognate of DE LA FUENTE.

FASHINGBAUER German
From Fasching, a German carnival (Fastnacht meaning "eve of the beginning of the fast", or the time before Lent) celebrated in Austria and Bavaria, and bauer meaning "farmer".

GIANNOPOULOS Greek
Means "son of GIANNIS" in Greek.

GRZEŚKIEWICZ Polish
Derived from the given name GRZEGORZ.

GULDBRANDSEN Danish
Means "son of GULBRAND" in Danish.

HEPPENHEIMER German
From the name of the city of Heppenheim in Hesse, Germany.

HOEDEMAEKERS Dutch
Variant of HOEDEMAKER.

HOVHANNISYAN Armenian
Means "son of HOVHANNES" in Armenian.

KHACHATURIAN Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Խաչատրյան (see KHACHATURYAN).

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

KONSTANTINOV Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of KONSTANTIN".

MAC AODHAGÁIN Irish
Irish Gaelic form of KEEGAN.

MAC CIONAODHA Scottish
Irish Gaelic form of MCKENNA.

MAC DOMHNAILL Scottish, Irish
Gaelic form of MACDONALD.

MAC NEACHTAIN Irish, Scottish
Means "son of NECHTAN" in Gaelic.

MAC REACHTAIN Irish, Scottish
Ulster variant of MAC NEACHTAIN.

MAC UILEAGÓID Irish
Irish Gaelic form of MCELLIGOTT.

MEGGYESFALVI Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian village named Meggyesfalva, literally meaning "cherry village" from meggy "cherry" and falu "village".

MICHELAKAKIS Greek
Patronymic meaning "son of MICHAEL".

Ó CEALLACHÁIN Irish
Irish Gaelic form of CALLAGHAN.

Ó CONCHOBHAIR Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'CONNOR.

Ó CONGHALAIGH Irish
Irish Gaelic form of CONNOLLY.

Ó DOCHARTAIGH Irish
Irish Gaelic form of DOHERTY.

Ó DONNDUBHÁIN Irish
Irish Gaelic form of DONOVAN.

Ó DUBHSHLÁINE Irish
Gaelic form of DELANEY (2).

Ó HALLMHURÁIN Irish
Irish Gaelic form of HALLORAN.

Ó MAOLMHUAIDH Irish
Means "descendant of Maolmhuadh", Maolmhuadh being a given name meaning "proud chief", derived from Gaelic maol meaning "chief" and muadh meaning "proud, noble".

Ó MATHGHAMHNA Irish
Irish Gaelic form of MAHONEY.

Ó RABHARTAIGH Irish
Irish Gaelic form of RAFFERTY.

Ó RAGHAILLIGH Irish
Means "descendant of Raghailligh", an Irish given name of unknown meaning.

Ó SÚILEABHÁIN Irish
Irish Gaelic form of SULLIVAN.

PANZAVECCHIA Maltese
From a nickname meaning "old stomach" in Italian.

PAPADOPOULOS Greek
Means "son of the priest", from Greek παπας (papas) combined with the patronymic suffix πουλος (poulos).

RAGNVALDSSON Swedish
Means "son of RAGNVALD".

RUOTSALAINEN Finnish
Means "Swede" in Finnish.

SCIACCHITANO Italian
Variant of SCIACCA.

SEELENFREUND Jewish
From German Seele meaning "soul" and Freund meaning "friend".

SLOOTMAEKERS Dutch, Flemish
Occupational name for a locksmith, from Dutch slot "lock" and maker "maker".

SWINDLEHURST English
From the place name Swinglehurst in the Forest of Bowland in central Lancashire, derived from Old English swin "swine, pig", hyll "hill" and hyrst "wood, grove".

VAN ACHTHOVEN Dutch
Variant of ACHTHOVEN.

VAN ANTWERPEN Dutch
Variant of VAN ANTWERP.

VAN APELDOORN Dutch
Variant of APELDOORN.

VAN DER VENNEN Dutch (Rare)
Variant of VAN DER VEEN.

VAN NIFTERICK Dutch
Variant of VAN NIFTRIK.

VILHJÁLMSSON Icelandic
Means "son of VILHJÁLMUR".

VLADIMIRESCU Romanian
Means "son of VLADIMIR".

VODENICHAROV Bulgarian
Patronymic derived from Bulgarian воденичар (vodenichar) meaning "miller".

WINTERBOTTOM English
From Old English winter meaning "winter" and botm meaning "ground, soil, bottom". This name probably referred to a winter pasture at the bottom of a lowland valley.

XANTHOPOULOS Greek
Means "son of XANTHOS".

ZILBERSCHLAG Jewish
Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".

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