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Bauer German
From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".

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

Bogdán Hungarian
From the given name Bogdan.

Bognár Hungarian
Hungarian form of Wagner.

Bokor Hungarian
Topographic name derived from Hungarian bokor "bush". This is also the name of a village in Hungary.

Bolton English
From any of the many places in England called Bolton, derived from Old English bold "house" and tun "enclosure".

Boone English
Variant of Boon 1 or Boon 2.

Booth English
Topographic name derived from Middle English both meaning "hut, stall".

Borghi Italian
Derived from Italian borgo meaning "village".

Borja Spanish
Originally indicated a person from the Spanish town of Borja in Aragon, derived from Arabic برْج (burj) meaning "tower".

Boros Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian bor "wine". Originally it could have indicated someone who made or sold wine.

Boulos Arabic
From the given name Bulus.

Bover Catalan
Catalan cognate of Bove.

Bowie Scottish
Anglicized 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).

Bowman English
Occupational name for an archer, derived from Middle English bowe, Old English boga meaning "bow".

Boyko Ukrainian
Originally indicated a member of the Boykos, an ethnic group of western Ukraine.

Boyle Irish
From Irish Ó Baoighill meaning "descendant of Baoigheall". The meaning of the given name Baoigheall is uncertain, but it is thought to be connected to Irish geall meaning "pledge".

Božić Croatian
Means "Christmas" in Croatian, a diminutive of bog meaning "god".

Budai Hungarian
Originally indicated a person from the Hungarian city of Buda (one of the two cities that were joined to make Budapest in 1873).

Budny Polish
Possibly from Polish buda meaning "hut, cabin".

Bunnag Thai
From the name of Bunnag, an 18th-century general of Persian heritage.

Busto Spanish, Italian
From the name of towns in Spain and Italy, derived from Late Latin bustum meaning "ox pasture".

Bustos Spanish
Variant of Busto.

Calvo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "bald" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, from Latin calvus.

Coelho Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.

Coello Galician
Galician cognate of Coelho.

Coiro Italian
From Italian cuoio meaning "leather", ultimately from Latin corium. This was an occupational surname for a leather worker or tanner.

Colby English
From various English place names, which were derived from the Old Norse byname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "farm, settlement".

Colson English
Means "son of Col".

Colter English
Variant of Colt using an agent suffix.

Colton English
From a place name meaning "Cola's town".

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.

Cooper English
Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

Cortés Spanish
Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.

Corti Italian
From Italian corte meaning "court, yard".

Cunha Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Cunha, possibly from Portuguese cunha meaning "wedge".

Dobos Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian dob meaning "drum". Originally the name was given to someone who played drums or made them.

Donati Italian
From the given name Donato.

Downer English
Name for someone who lived on or near a down, which is an English word meaning "hill".

Duarte Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Duarte.

Dudek um Polish, Czech
Means "hoopoe (bird)" in Polish and Czech.

Dukes English
Patronymic form of Duke.

Dunai Hungarian
From Duna, the Hungarian name for river Danube.

Durán Spanish
Spanish cognate of Durand.

Đurić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Đuro".

Faust German
Derived from the given name Faust, a form of Faustus.

Fausti Italian
From the given name Fausto.

Fodor Hungarian
From Hungarian fodor meaning "curly, wavy", referring to a person with curly or wavy hair.

Fonda Italian
Of Italian origin, possibly from a place derived from fondo meaning "deep". The family of Henry Fonda (1905-1982) came from the Netherlands, but they were of Genoese origin.

Fowler English
Occupational name for a fowler or bird catcher, ultimately derived from Old English fugol meaning "bird".

Fujita Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Fukui Japanese
Denoted a person who was from Fukui prefecture in Japan.

Fusco Italian
From Italian fosco meaning "dark", from Latin fuscus. This was a nickname for a person with dark features.

Giunta Italian
From the old Italian given name Bonagiunta or Bonaggiunta (derived from bono "good" and aggiunto "assistant").

Gomes Portuguese
From the medieval given name Gomes.

Gómez Spanish
Spanish form of Gomes.

Gomez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Gómez.

Górska f Polish
Feminine form of Górski.

Górski m Polish
From the Polish word góra meaning "mountain".

Gulyás Hungarian
Means "herdsman, tender of cows" in Hungarian.

Holden English
From various English place names, derived from Old English hol "hollow, sunken, deep" and denu "valley".

Holmes English, Scottish
Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.

Honda Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hooper English
Occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.

House English
Referred to a person who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut.

Howard 1 English
Derived from the given name Hughard or Hávarðr.

Howard 2 English
Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Hubert French, German, English
Derived from the given name Hubert.

Jewel English
Variant of Jewell.

Jewell English
Derived from the Breton given name Judicaël.

Joiner English
Occupational name for a carpenter (that is, a person who joins wood together to make furniture).

Jokela Finnish
Derived from Finnish joki "river".

Jónás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jónás.

Jones English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John. This is the most common surname in Wales.

Joseph English, French
Derived from the given name Joseph.

Joshi Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
From Sanskrit ज्योतिश (jyotiśa) meaning "astronomer".

Joyner English
Variant of Joiner.

Juhász Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian, from juh "sheep".

Kóbor Hungarian
From Hungarian kóbor meaning "wanderer, ranger".

Kocsis Hungarian
Means "coachman" in Hungarian.

Kováč m Slovak, Czech
Slovak and Czech cognate of Kovač.

Kovács Hungarian
Hungarian form of Kovač.

Kumar Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "boy, prince" in Sanskrit.

Kurata Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuroda Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuroki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Lewis 1 English
Derived from the given name Lewis. The author C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a bearer of this surname.

Lloyd Welsh, English
Originally a nickname from the Welsh word llwyd meaning "grey".

López Spanish
Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

Lopez Spanish
Unaccented variant of López.

Lorenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lovász Hungarian
Means "groom, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian.

Lowell English
From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.

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

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.

Ludwig German
From the given name Ludwig.

Lukács Hungarian
From the given name Lukács.

Mårdh Swedish
From Swedish mård meaning "pine marten".

Molina Spanish
Means "mill" in Spanish.

Molnár Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "miller" in Hungarian.

Monte Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian variant of Monti, as well as a Portuguese and Spanish cognate.

Montes Spanish
From Spanish monte "mountain, hill", derived from Latin mons.

Monti Italian
Means "mountain, hill" in Italian, from Latin mons.

Morais Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Morales.

Morán Spanish
Spanish form of Morandi.

Moreno Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Morita Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

Musiał Polish
Polish cognate of Musil.

Neuman German, Jewish
Variant of Neumann.

Newman English
English cognate of Neumann.

Newton English
From the name of one of many English towns meaning "new town". A famous bearer was the English physicist Isaac Newton (1643-1727).

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.

Novák mu Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Czech, Slovak and Hungarian form of Novak.

Nozawa Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Nunes Portuguese
Means "son of Nuno".

Núñez Spanish
Means "son of Nuño".

Nurmi Finnish
Means "meadow, field" in Finnish. It was the surname of the athlete Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973).

Oliver English, Catalan, German, French
Derived from the given name Oliver.

Olsson Swedish
Means "son of Olaf".

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).

Popova f Russian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Popov.

Porra Catalan
Variant of Porras.

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.

Powers English
Variant of Power 1 or Power 2.

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

Puskás Hungarian
Occupational name for a gunsmith or cannon maker, from Hungarian puska meaning "gun" (from German, itself from Latin buxis "box").

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

Rautio Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.

Rhodes English
Topographic name derived from Old English rod meaning "cleared land", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.

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).

Robles Spanish
Originally indicated a person who lived near an oak tree or forest, from Spanish roble "oak", from Latin robur.

Rojas Spanish
Variant of Rojo.

Roldán Spanish
Derived from the given name Roldán.

Román Spanish
From the given name Román.

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

Romano 1 Italian
Derived from the given name Romano.

Romano 2 Italian
Denoted a person from the city of Rome, either a resident or someone who visited as a pilgrim. In Calabria it was also used to designate a person from New Rome, a name for Constantinople.

Romão Portuguese
Portuguese form of Romano 1 or Romano 2.

Romero Spanish
Derived from Spanish romero meaning "pilgrim to Rome".

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.

Rounds English
Patronymic derived from Middle English rond meaning "round, plump", ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Roxas Filipino
Filipino form of the Spanish Rojas.

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

Roydon English
Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill", from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill".

Rózsa Hungarian
From the feminine given name Rózsa.

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

Ruoho Finnish
Means "grass" in Finnish.

Russo Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Sauber German
Means "clean, tidy" in German.

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

Sawyer English
Occupational name meaning "sawer of wood, woodcutter" in Middle English, ultimately from Old English sagu meaning "saw". Mark Twain used it for the main character in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

Seward 1 English
Derived from the given name Sigeweard.

Seward 2 English
Means "swineherd" from Old English su "sow, female pig" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Sobol Ukrainian, Russian, Jewish
Occupational name for a fur trader, from the Slavic word sobolĭ meaning "sable, marten". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Sokol mu Slovak, Czech, Jewish
From Czech and Slovak sokol meaning "falcon", a nickname or an occupational name for a falconer. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Soler Occitan, Catalan
Denoted a person from any of the numerous places in the area whose names derive from Occitan or Catalan soler meaning "ground, floor".

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

Sordi Italian
From Italian sordo meaning "deaf", from Latin surdus.

Sousa Portuguese
Originally indicated someone who lived near the River Sousa in Portugal, possibly derived from Latin salsus "salty" or saxa "rocks".

Sówka Polish
From a diminutive of Polish sowa meaning "owl".

Suchý m Czech, Slovak
Means "dry" in Czech and Slovak. This was a nickname for a thin person.

Sugita Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sultan Arabic
From a nickname meaning "sultan, ruler" in Arabic.

Suzuki Japanese
From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood". This is the second most common surname in Japan. A notable bearer was the artist Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770).

Tawfiq Arabic
From the given name Tawfiq.

Teufel German
From a nickname meaning "devil" in German, given to a mischievous person or one who was devil-like.

Thomas English, Welsh, French, German
Derived from the given name Thomas.

Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.

Tobin English
From a diminutive of the given name Tobias.

Tolvaj Hungarian
Means "thief" in Hungarian.

Tomàs Catalan
Derived from the given name Tomàs.

Tomčić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Toma 2.

Tomić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Toma 2".

Torres Spanish, Portuguese
Name for a person who lived in or near a tower, ultimately from Latin turris.

Towner English
Variant of Toller.

Toyoda Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". A famous bearer was Kiichiro Toyoda (1894-1952), founder of Toyota Motor Corporation.

Tudor Romanian
Derived from the given name Tudor 2.

Turati Italian
From the name of the town of Turate near Como in Lombardy.

Uberti Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.

Uehara Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Uesugi Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Ungaro Italian
Means "Hungarian" in Italian.

Ungur Romanian
Variant of Ungureanu.

Urano Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Urban mu Czech, Slovak, Polish, German
Derived from the given name Urban.

Utkin m Russian
Derived from Russian утка (utka) meaning "duck".

Vogel German, Dutch
From Old High German and Old Dutch fogal meaning "bird". It was originally an occupational name for a bird catcher, or a nickname for a person who liked to sing.

Volkov m Russian
Derived from Russian волк (volk) meaning "wolf".

Wójcik Polish
From the Polish word wójt meaning "chief, mayor" (related to German Vogt).

Wojda Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Yokota Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yuuki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 結城 (see Yūki).

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