Browse Surnames

O'Hannigain Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Ó hAonghuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hennessy.

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).

Ojala Finnish, Estonian
From Finnish and Estonian oja meaning "ditch, channel, brook" with the suffix -la indicating a place.

Ojeda Spanish
From the name of the Ojeda river in Soria, Spain, possibly derived from Latin folia "leaves".

Okabe Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

O'Kane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.

Okeke Igbo
From the given name Okeke.

Ó Laoghaire Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Leary.

Olasz Hungarian
Means "Italian" in Hungarian, from Old Slavic volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).

Oliversson Swedish
Means "son of Oliver".

Olmos Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

Ó Loingsigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lynch.

Olsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Ole".

Olson Swedish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Olsson or Olsen.

Ó Madaidhín Irish
Means "descendant of Madaihín", a given name derived from Irish madadh meaning "dog, mastiff".

Ó Manacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Monahan.

Ó Maoil Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Malone.

Ó Maolagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Milligan.

Ó Maol Aodha Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Saint Aodh". It is derived from Irish maol meaning "follower, servant".

Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Moloney.

Ó Murchadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Murphy.

O'Neal Irish
From Irish Ó Néill meaning "descendant of Neil".

Oomen Dutch
Patronymic derived from Middle Dutch oom meaning "(maternal) uncle".

Oprea Romanian
From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Romanian opri meaning "stop".

Orbán Hungarian
Derived from the given name Orbán.

Ó Rinn Irish
Means "descendant of Rinn". The given name Rinn means "star" in Irish.

Oriol Catalan
From Catalan or meaning "gold", originally a nickname for a person with blond hair.

Orlov m Russian
Derived from Russian орёл (oryol) meaning "eagle".

Orman Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Orosz Hungarian
Means "Russian" in Hungarian.

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

Ortiz Spanish
Means "son of Orti", a byname deriving either from Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or fortunius meaning "fortunate".

Ó Scolaidhe Irish
Means "descendant of the scholar" from Irish scholaidhe.

O'Shea Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Séaghdha.

Ó Sirideáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sheridan.

Øster Danish
From Danish øst meaning "east", originally denoting a dweller on the eastern side of a place.

Østergaard Danish
Variant of Østergård.

Otero Spanish
Means "hill, knoll, height" in Spanish.

Ó Treasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Tracey 2.

Otten Dutch
Means "son of Otto".

Otxoa Basque
From Basque otso meaning "wolf".

Owens Welsh
From the Welsh given name Owain.

Ozola f Latvian
Feminine form of Ozols.

Ozols m Latvian
Means "oak tree" in Latvian.

Pabst German
From German Papst, a cognate of Pope.

Pachi f Greek
Feminine form of Pachis.

Paden English
Variant of Patton.

Paget English, French
Diminutive of Page.

Paige English
Variant of Page.

Panagiotopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Panagiotis".

Panagiotopoulou f Greek
Feminine form of Panagiotopoulos.

Panza Italian, Literature
From a variant of the Italian word pancia meaning "stomach, paunch", originally a nickname for a chubby person. The Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes used it in his novel Don Quixote (1605), where it is the surname of Don Quixote's squire Sancho Panza. Not a common Spanish surname, Cervantes may have based it directly on the Spanish word panza (a cognate of the Italian word).

Papke Low German
Low German diminutive form of papa (see Pope).

Pappa f Greek
Feminine form of Pappas.

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

París Spanish
Spanish form of Paris.

Paris French, Italian, English
Originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris, which got its name from the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.

Parks English
Patronymic form of Park 3.

Parma Italian
From the city of Parma in northern Italy, the name of which is probably of Etruscan origin.

Parra Spanish
Means "vine, trellis" in Spanish.

Parri Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Parry Welsh
Derived from ap Harry meaning "son of Harry".

Pasternack Polish (Anglicized), Yiddish
Americanized form of Pasternak.

Patel Gujarati
Means "landowner" in Gujarati.

Patil Marathi
Means "village chief" in Marathi.

Patrickson English
Means "son of Patrick".

Patriksson Swedish
Means "son of Patrik".

Paulauskas m Lithuanian
From the given name Paulius.

Pavía Spanish
Spanish form of Pavia.

Pavia Italian
From the name of the city of Pavia in Lombardy, Italy. It is of unknown meaning.

Pavić Croatian
Means "son of Pavle".

Payne English
From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Latin paganus meaning "heathen, pagan" (from an earlier sense "rural, rustic"), which was given to children whose baptism had been postponed or adults who were not overly religious.

Pecháčková f Czech
Feminine form of Pecháček.

Peerenboom Dutch
From Dutch meaning "pear tree", referring to someone who lived or worked at a pear orchard.

Pellé French
From French pelé meaning "bald".

Pellegrini Italian
Variant of Pellegrino.

Pellegrino Italian
Means "pilgrim, traveller" in Italian, ultimately from Latin peregrinus.

Penny English
Nickname meaning "penny, coin" from Old English penning.

Pérez Spanish
Means "son of Pedro".

Perez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Pérez.

Perić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pero".

Perko Slovene, Croatian
Derived from an archaic diminutive of Peter.

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.

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

Pesce Italian
Means "fish" in Italian, referring either to a fisherman or to a person who resembled a fish in some way.

Pešek m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Petr.

Pesti Hungarian
Originally it indicated someone from Pest, one of the towns that were joined to make Budapest.

Pesty Hungarian
Variant of Pesti.

Péter Hungarian
Derived from the given name Péter.

Peter English, German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Peter.

Petit French, Catalan, English
Means "small, little" derived from Old French and Catalan petit. It was perhaps used for a short, small person or to denote the younger of two individuals.

Petraitytė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Petraitis. This form is used by unmarried women.

Petrauskas m Lithuanian
Means "son of Petras".

Petri Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.

Pettersson Swedish
Means "son of Petter".

Peura Finnish
Means "deer" in Finnish.

Pfaff German
From a nickname meaning "priest, cleric" from Old High German pfaffo, from Latin papa.

Piccirillo Italian
From Neapolitan piccerillo meaning "small, young".

Pinho Portuguese
Habitational name meaning "pine" in Portuguese.

Pinto Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Means "mottled" in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, derived from Late Latin pinctus, Latin pictus "painted".

Piotrowska f Polish
Feminine form of Piotrowski.

Piotrowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from towns named Piotrów, Piotrowo or Piotrowice, all derived from the given name Piotr.

Piper English
Originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute).

Pires Portuguese
Means "son of Pedro".

Pitts English
Indicated a person who lived by a pit or hollow, from Old English pytt. It could also indicate a person from Pitt (Hants) or Pett (East Sussex) in England.

Plank German, English
Means "plank", from Old French, itself from Late Latin planca. This could have referred to a person who lived by a plank bridge over a stream, someone who was thin, or a carpenter.

Platt English
From Old French plat meaning "flat, thin", from Late Latin plattus, from Greek πλατύς (platys) meaning "wide, broad, flat". This may have been a nickname or a topographic name for someone who lived near a flat feature.

Plaza Spanish
Spanish cognate of Piazza.

Poggi Italian
Variant of Poggio.

Poindexter English
From the Jèrriais surname Poingdestre meaning "right fist".

Polák m Czech, Slovak
Means "Pole, person from Poland" in Czech and Slovak.

Polishchuk Ukrainian
Denoted a person from Polesia, a large region between Ukraine, Belarus and Poland.

Pontecorvo Italian, Jewish
From the name of a town in central Italy, home to an old Jewish community. The town's name is derived from Italian ponte "bridge" and curvo "curved".

Poole English
From Old English pol meaning "pool", referring to a person who lived by a small body of water.

Popov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of the priest", derived from Russian and Bulgarian поп (pop).

Porra Catalan
Variant of Porras.

Porto Italian
Designated a person who lived near a harbour, from Italian porto, Latin portus.

Portoghese Italian
Means "Portuguese" in Italian.

Pound English
Occupational name for a person who kept animals, from Old English pund "animal enclosure".

Power 1 English, Irish
From Old French Poier, indicating a person who came from the town of Poix in Picardy, France.

Power 2 English
From Middle English povre meaning "poor", via Old French from Latin pauper. It could have been a nickname for someone who had no money or a miser.

Pozzi Italian
From Italian pozzo meaning "well, pit", derived from Latin puteus.

Pratt English
From Old English prætt meaning "trick, prank". This was a nickname for a trickster.

Price Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Rhys, which means "son of Rhys".

Prinz German, Jewish
German form of Prince. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Prosdocimi Italian
From the given name Prosdocimo, Italian form of Prosdocimus.

Protz German
From a nickname meaning "showy, pompous", derived from an old southern German word meaning "toad".

Provenzano Italian
Variant of Provenza typical of southern Italy, namely Sicily and Calabria.

Pryce Welsh
Variant of Price.

Pryor English
Originally belonged to one who was a prior (a religious official), or one who worked for a prior.

Putin m Russian
From Russian путь (put) meaning "road, path". This surname is borne by the Russian president Vladimir Putin (1952-).

Qadir Arabic
Derived from the given name Qadir.

Qasim Arabic
Derived from the given name Qasim.

Queen English
From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.

Quick English
Nickname for a quick or agile person, ultimately from Old English cwic meaning "alive".

Quigg Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuaig meaning "descendant of Cuaig", a given name of unknown meaning.

Quinn Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn".

Quirk Irish
Variant of Quirke.

Rademacher Low German
Low German cognate of Rademaker.

Rademakers Dutch
Variant of Rademaker.

Radev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Rade", a diminutive of Radoslav or Radomir.

Radić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic derived from the given name Rade.

Ragno Italian
From a nickname meaning "spider" in Italian.

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

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

Rains English
Variant of Raines.

Rakes English
Variant of Rake.

Ramos Spanish, Portuguese
Originally indicated a person who lived in a thickly wooded area, from Latin ramus meaning "branch".

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

Rapti f Greek
Feminine form of Raptis.

Rasch German
German form of Rask.

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

Rayne English, French
Variant of Raine 1 or Raine 2.

Ready 1 English
From Middle English redi meaning "prepared, prompt".

Ready 2 Scottish
Originally denoted a person from Reedie farm in Angus, Scotland.

Ready 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rodagh.

Reece Welsh
Derived from the given name Rhys.

Reese 1 Welsh
Derived from the given name Rhys.

Reese 2 Low German
Low German cognate of Riese.

Reeve English
Occupational name derived from Middle English reeve, Old English (ge)refa meaning "sheriff, prefect, local official".

Regan Irish
Variant of Reagan.

Regenbogen German, Jewish
From a German nickname meaning "rainbow", probably a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with the sign of a rainbow. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Reich German, Jewish
Nickname for a wealthy or powerful person, from Old High German rihhi "rich, powerful".

Reier German
Variant of Reiher.

Revie English
Variant of Reeve.

Reyer German
Variant of Reiher.

Reyes Spanish
Spanish variant of Rey 1.

Řezníčková f Czech
Feminine form of Řezníček.

Riber Danish
Originally indicated a person from the county or town of Ribe in southwestern Denmark.

Ricci Italian
From Italian riccio meaning "curly", a nickname for someone with curly hair. It is ultimately from Latin ericius meaning "hedgehog".

Richardson English
Means "son of Richard".

Rider English
Variant of Ryder.

Ridge English
Denoted a person who lived near a ridge, from Old English hrycg.

Rieck Low German
Low German form of Reich.

Riese German, Jewish
Means "giant" in German, from Old High German risi.

Rigby English
Originally derived from the name of a town in Lancashire, itself from Old Norse hryggr "ridge" and býr "farm, settlement".

Riggi Italian
From the name of the Italian city of Reggio Calabria, from Latin Rhegium, of Greek origin.

Righi Italian
From the given name Arrigo.

Riker German
Possibly a variant of Reich.

Riley 1 English
From the name of the town of Ryley in Lancashire, derived from Old English ryge "rye" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Riley 2 Irish
Variant of Reilly.

Rinne 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rinn.

Rinne 2 Finnish
Means "hillside" in Finnish.

Rivas Spanish
Spanish form of Riva.

Rizzi Italian
Variant of Ricci.

Rizzo Italian
Variant of Ricci.

Roach English
From Middle English and Old French roche meaning "rock", from Late Latin rocca, a word that may be of Celtic origin. It indicated a person who lived near a prominent rock, or who came from a town by this name (such as Les Roches in Normandy).

Róbertsson Icelandic
Means "son of Robert".

Robertsson Swedish
Means "son of Robert".

Robin French
From the given name Robin.

Robustelli Italian
From a nickname for a strong person, from Italian robusto "strong", from Latin robustus "firm, solid, oaken".

Rocca Italian
Italian cognate of Roach.

Rocco Italian
Derived from the given name Rocco.

Rocha Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Roach.

Roche French
French cognate of Roach.

Roger French
From the given name Roger.

Roijackers Dutch
Variant of Rooijakkers.

Roijakkers Dutch
Variant of Rooijakkers.

Rojas Spanish
Variant of Rojo.

Román Spanish
From the given name Román.

Roman Romanian, Polish, Ukrainian
From the given name Roman.

Romão Portuguese
Portuguese form of Romano 1 or Romano 2.

Romeijnsen Dutch
Means "son of Romein" in Dutch.

Romijnders Dutch
Variant of Romeijnders.

Rompa Dutch
Variant of Van Rompa.

Roosa Dutch
From Dutch roos meaning "rose".

Rossi Italian
Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus meaning "red". This is the most common surname in Italy.

Rothenberg German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish name it may be ornamental.

Rothschild Jewish
From Middle High German rot "red" and schilt "shield", or Yiddish רויט (roit) and שילד (shild). The famous Rothschild family of bankers took their name from a house with a red shield on it.

Rowan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin.

Roxas Filipino
Filipino form of the Spanish Rojas.

Royce English
Originally derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.

Royer French
From French roue meaning "wheel", ultimately from Latin rota, an occupational name for a wheelwright.

Royle English
Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and hyll "hill".

Rózsa Hungarian
From the feminine given name Rózsa.

Ruane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin.

Rubio Spanish
Nickname for a person with red hair, from Latin rubeus "red".

Rueda Spanish
Spanish cognate of Royer.

Ruoho Finnish
Means "grass" in Finnish.

Russo Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Rutherford Scottish
From the name of places in southern Scotland and northern England, derived from Old English hriðer meaning "cattle, ox" and ford meaning "ford, river crossing".

Rutherfurd Scottish
Variant of Rutherford.

Ruzsa Hungarian
Dialectical variant of Rózsa.

Rybár m Slovak
Means "fisher" in Slovak, from ryba meaning "fish".

Rybář m Czech
Czech form of Rybár.

Ryder English
Occupational name for a mounted warrior, from Old English ridere meaning "rider".

Ryley English
Variant of Riley 1.

Saari Finnish
From Finnish saari meaning "island".

Sacco Italian
Occupational name for a maker of sacks, from Italian sacco, Latin saccus.

Sachs German
Originally indicated a person from Saxony (German Sachsen). The region was named for the Germanic tribe of the Saxons, ultimately derived from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife".

Sadık Turkish
From the given name Sadık.

Şahin Turkish
Means "hawk" in Turkish (of Persian origin), probably used to refer to someone who was a hawk tamer.

Saito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 斎藤 (see Saitō).

Saitō Japanese
From Japanese 斎 (sai) meaning "purification, worship" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The latter character could indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Salah Arabic
Derived from the given name Salah 1.

Salas Spanish
Variant of Sala.

Saleh Arabic
From the given name Salih.

Salem Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Salih Arabic
From the given name Salih.

Salim Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Salvi Italian
From the given name Salvo or Salvio.

Samsa Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Sámuel.

Samuelsson Swedish
Means "son of Samuel".

Sands English
From Old English, indicated the original nearer lived on sandy ground.

Sandu Romanian
From the given name Sandu.

Sanna Italian
From Italian sanna or zanna meaning "tusk, fang", a nickname for a person with a protruding tooth. It is especially common on Sardinia.

San Nicolás Spanish
Indicated the original bearer was from a place named after Saint Nicholas.

Santo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian form of Santos, as well as a Spanish and Portuguese variant.

Sappington English
Possibly from the city of Sapperton, England, derived from Old English sapere meaning "soap maker" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Šarić Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic of (possibly) Serbo-Croatian šaren meaning "colourful, patterned".

Sarka Hungarian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Szarka.

Sarkissian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սարգսյան (see Sargsyan).

Sarno Italian
Originally denoted a person from Sarno in Italy, named for the Sarno River (called Sarnus in Latin).

Sarti Italian
Variant of Sarto.

Sarto Italian
Occupational name meaning "tailor" in Italian, from Latin sartor, from sarcio meaning "to mend".

Satou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐藤 (see Satō).

Sauer German
Means "sour" in German, a nickname for an embittered or cantankerous person.

Sault French
French cognate of Soto.

Sauveterre French
From the name of various towns in France, derived from French sauve "safe" and terre "land".

Savić Serbian
Means "son of Sava".

Savolainen Finnish
Originally indicated a person from Savonia, a historical province in eastern Finland.

Sayer Welsh
From Welsh saer meaning "carpenter".

Scavo Italian
Means "serf, slave", from Old Sicilian scavu.

Scheinberg Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "beautiful mountain" from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and berg "mountain".

Schneiders German
Variant of Schneider.

Schneijder Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Snijder.

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

Schultheis German
Variant of Schulz.

Schumacher German
Variant of Schuhmacher.

Schüttmann German
Means "watchman, guard" from Middle High German schützen "to protect".

Schweitzer German
Indicated a person from Switzerland (see Schweiz).

Scola Italian
From Italian scuola meaning "school".

Scott English, Scottish
Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic.

Sebastiani Italian
From the given name Sebastiano.

Sedláčková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Sedláček.

Segal 1 Jewish
From the Hebrew phrase סגן לויה (seḡan Lewiya) meaning "assistant Levite".

Segal 2 French
Occupational name for a grower or seller of rye, from Old French, from Latin secale "rye".

Selby English
From the name of a village that meant "willow farm" in Old English.

Senft 1 German
Occupational name for a mustard seller, from German Senf "mustard".

Senft 2 German
Nickname for a helpful, kind person, from Old High German semfti meaning "soft, accommodating".

Seppä Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.

Seres Hungarian
Variant of Sörös.

Serra Italian, Portuguese, Catalan
Italian, Portuguese and Catalan cognate of Sierra.

Sessa Italian
Originally indicated a person from from Sessa or Sessa Cilento, Italy (from Latin Suessa, of uncertain meaning).

Shain Jewish
Means "beautiful, handsome" in Yiddish, from German schön.

Sharp English
Nickname for a keen person, from Old English scearp "sharp".

Shehu Albanian
From the Arabic title شيخ (shaykh) meaning "elder, chief, sheikh".

Shevchenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian швець (shvets) meaning "shoemaker".

Shine 1 English
Means "beautiful, attractive" from Old English sciene.

Shine 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Seighin.

Short English
From a nickname for a short person, from Middle English schort.

Siena Italian
Indicated a person from Siena in Italy, which was named after the Gaulish tribe of the Senones.

Sigurdsson Icelandic, Swedish
Means "son of Sigurður".

Silje Norwegian
Derived from the given name Silje.

Silva Portuguese, Spanish
From Spanish or Portuguese silva meaning "forest". This is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil.

Šimek m Czech
Derived from the name Šimek, a diminutive of Šimon.

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

Šimić Croatian
Means "son of Šime".

Šimko m Slovak
From a diminutive of the given name Šimon.