Surnames of Length 5

Keith Scottish
From 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.

Kelly 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallaigh meaning "descendant of Ceallach". Famous bearers include actor and dancer Gene Kelly (1912-1996) and actress and princess Grace Kelly (1929-1982).

Kelly 2 Scottish
From a Scottish place name derived from coille meaning "grove".

Kempf German
German cognate of Kemp.

Kerry English
Variant of Kendrick 1.

Keyes 1 English
Variant of Kay 1 or Kay 2.

Keyes 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

Kijek Polish
Means "small stick", from Polish kij "stick".

Kirby English
From numerous towns in northern England named Kirby or Kirkby, derived from Old Norse kirkja "church" and býr "farm, settlement".

Kirch German
German cognate of Church.

Kjær Danish
Topographic name for someone living near a wetland, from Danish kær "marsh", from Old Norse kjarr "thicket".

Kleid Jewish
Occupational name for a tailor, from Old High German kleid meaning "garment, clothing".

Klein German, Dutch, Jewish
Means "small, little" from German klein or Yiddish kleyn. A famous bearer of this name is clothes designer Calvin Klein (1942-).

Klerk Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

Klerx Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

Klíma m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of Klement.

Kloet Dutch
Possibly from Middle Dutch cloet meaning "lump, ball". In some cases this was a nickname for an oafish person. In other cases it may have been a name for someone who lived near a sign that had a globe on it.

Kneib German
Variant of Knef.

Knepp German
Variant of Knopf.

Knopf German
Means "button" in German, originally belonging to a button maker or button seller.

Knopp German
Variant of Knopf.

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

Kohut Ukrainian, Polish
Means "rooster" in Ukrainian and Polish, a nickname for a proud person.

Kokot Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian cognate of Kohut.

Kolář m Czech
Means "wheelwright", a derivative of Czech kolo "wheel".

Kolar Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene cognate of Kolář.

Kolbe German
From Middle High German kolbe meaning "club".

Kolen Dutch
From the given name Nicolaas.

König German
German cognate of King.

Koole Dutch
Derived from a short form of the given name Nicolaas.

Kools Dutch
Derived from the given name Nicolaas.

Košar Croatian
From Croatian koš meaning "basket", originally indicating a person who made or sold baskets.

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

Kovac Slovak (Anglicized), Croatian (Anglicized), Serbian (Anglicized), Czech (Anglicized)
Simplified spelling of Kováč or Kovač.

Kovač Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovene
Means "blacksmith", a derivative of Slavic kovati meaning "to forge".

Kovář m Czech
Czech cognate of Kovač.

Kövér Hungarian
Means "fat" in Hungarian.

Kozel um Belarusian, Czech
Belarusian and Czech cognate of Kozioł.

Kralj Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of Król.

Krall Czech (Anglicized), Slovak (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Král or Kráľ.

Kranz German, Jewish
Derived from Old High German kranz meaning "wreath", an occupational name for a maker of wreaths or an ornamental Jewish name.

Kraus German
From Middle High German krus meaning "curly", originally a nickname for a person with curly hair.

Krebs German
Means "crab" in German, perhaps a nickname for a person with a crab-like walk.

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

Krupa Polish
Means "groats, grain" in Polish.

Kruse German
Variant of Kraus.

Kuang Chinese
From Chinese 邝 (kuàng), which refers to the clan of the same name.

Küçük Turkish
Means "small" in Turkish.

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

Kuntz German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kunze German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kyler Dutch (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Cuyler.

Kyles Scottish
Variant of Kyle.

Lacey English
Derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius.

Lager Swedish
Means "laurel" in Swedish.

Lahti Finnish
Means "bay, cove" in Finnish.

Laine Finnish, Estonian
Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.

Laird Scottish
Means "landowner" in Scots, derived from northern Middle English laverd "lord", from Old English hlafweard.

Lamar French, English
Originally from a place name in Normandy, derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".

Lamon Italian
From the name of the village of Lamon near the city of Belluno in Veneto, Italy.

Landi Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Lando Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Lange German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Láník m Czech
Derived from Czech lán, a measure of land equal to approximately 18 hectares. The name loosely translates as "farmer" and is considered a Moravian equivalent of Sedlák.

Larue French
Means "the street" in French.

Łaska Polish
Means "grace, mercy" in Polish.

Láska m Czech, Slovak
Means "love" in Czech and Slovak.

Lázár Hungarian
From the given name Lázár.

Leach English
Originally indicated a person who was a physician, from the medieval practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills.

Leary Irish
Variant of O'Leary.

Lecce Italian
Originally indicated a person from Lecce, southern Italy. The town was known as Licea or Litium in Latin, earlier Lupiae.

Leigh English
Variant of Lee 1.

Leitz German
Derived from the archaic given name Leutz, a variant of Lutz.

Lemmi Italian
From a short form of the given name Guglielmo. It is typical of Tuscany.

Lenin History
Surname adopted by the Russian revolutionary and founder of the former Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), whose birth surname was Ulyanov. He probably adapted it from the name of the River Lena in Siberia.

Lenox Scottish
Variant of Lennox.

Leone Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Leong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liang.

Leoni Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

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

Leung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liang.

Lewin English
Derived from the given name Leofwine.

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

Lewis 2 Welsh
Anglicized form of Llywelyn.

Liang Chinese
From Chinese 梁 (liáng) referring to the ancient state of Liang, which existed from the 8th to 7th centuries BC in what is now Shaanxi province.

Liepa Latvian
Means "linden tree" in Latvian.

Linna Finnish
Means "castle" in Finnish. A famous namesake is Väinö Linna (1920-1992), Finnish author of The Unknown Soldier.

Lippi Italian
From the given name Filippo. It is common in the area of Florence.

Ljung Swedish
Means "heather" in Swedish.

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

Loewe German
Variant of Löwe.

Logan Scottish
From a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow", derived from Gaelic lag "hollow, pit".

Loman Dutch
From various place names in the Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch loh meaning "meadow, clearing".

Longo Italian
Italian cognate of Long.

Lopes Portuguese
Means "son of Lopo" in Portuguese.

López Spanish
Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

Lopez Spanish
Unaccented variant of López.

Loris German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Louis French
From the given name Louis.

Lovel English
Variant of Lowell.

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

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.

Lučić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Luka".

Lukáč m Slovak
Slovak form of Lukács.

Lukić Serbian
Means "son of Luka".

Lunde Norwegian
Variant of Lund.

Lungu Romanian
Romanian cognate of Long.

Lupei Romanian
Variant of Lupu.

Lyall Scottish
From the Old Norse given name Liulfr, which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf".

Lykke Danish
Means "happiness" in Danish.

Lynch Irish
From Irish Ó Loingsigh meaning "descendant of Loingseach", a given name meaning "mariner".

Lyons English
Variant of Lyon 1.

Macar Turkish
Means "Hungarian" in Turkish.

Macek m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matěj.

Macey English
Variant of Massey.

Macko m Slovak
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matej.

Maçon French
French cognate of Mason.

Maeda Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Magee Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

Magro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "thin, lean", ultimately from Latin macer.

Maier 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Maier 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Maina Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Maina.

Major English
From the Norman French given name Mauger, derived from the Germanic name Malger.

Makri f Greek
Feminine form of Makris.

Manco Italian
Means "left-handed" in Italian, derived from Latin mancus meaning "maimed".

Marco Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marco.

Mårdh Swedish
From Swedish mård meaning "pine marten".

Marek um Polish, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Marek.

Mareš m Czech
Derived from the given name Marek.

María Spanish
From the given the name María.

Maria Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name Maria.

Marić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Marija".

Marie French
From the given name Marie.

Marín Spanish
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marin Romanian, French
From the given name Marin.

Markó Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márk.

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

Maroz Belarusian
Belarusian form of Moroz.

Marsh English
Originally denoted one who lived near a marsh or bog, derived from Old English mersc "marsh".

Martí Catalan
Derived from the given name Martí.

Martz German
Derived from an old diminutive of Martin.

Mašek m Czech
Derived from the given name Mašek, which can be a diminutive of either Matěj or Tomáš.

Masin Italian
Venetian variant of Masi.

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").

Matei Romanian
Derived from the given name Matei.

Mateo Spanish
Derived from the given name Mateo.

Mateu Catalan
Derived from the given name Mateu.

Matić Croatian
Means "son of Matija".

Matos Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Mata.

Mayer 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Mayer 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Mayer 3 English
Occupational name for a mayor, from Middle English mair, derived via Old French from Latin maior.

Mayer 4 English
Variant of Myer.

Mayes English
Patronymic form of May.

Mazur Polish
Indicated a person from either Mazovia (Polish Mazowsze) or Masuria (Polish Mazury), regions in Poland.

Mazza Italian
From a nickname (perhaps occupational) meaning "maul, mallet" in Italian.

McCoy Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

McFee Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of MacDhubhshìth.

McFly Popular Culture
Invented name, using the prefix Mc-, from Irish mac "son", and the English word fly. This name was created for the time-travelling hero Marty McFly of the Back to the Future movie series, beginning 1985.

McGee Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

McKay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

McKee Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

McNab Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Aba meaning "son of the abbot".

McNee Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Niadh.

McRae Scottish
From Gaelic Mag Raith meaning "son of Rath", a given name meaning "prosperity" or "grace".

Meier 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Meier 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Mejía Spanish
Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah", from Latin Messias, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashiyaḥ) meaning "anointed".

Merle French
French form of Merlo.

Merlo Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

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.

Meyer 2 Jewish
From Hebrew מֵאִיר (meir) meaning "enlightened".

Meyer 3 English
Variant of Mayer 3.

Meyer 4 English
Variant of Myer.

Mihai Romanian
From the given name Mihai.

Mihov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Miho", the given name Miho being a diminutive of Mihail.

Miles English
From the given name Miles.

Milić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Mile".

Mills English
Originally given to one who lived near a mill or who worked in a mill, from Middle English mille.

Milne Scottish
From Scots and Middle English milne (a variant of mille) meaning "mill".

Mingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.

Misra Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi मिश्र (see Mishra).

Miura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Mohan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mocháin meaning "descendant of Mochán".

Moles Catalan
From Catalan mola meaning "millstone".

Mondo Italian
From a given name, a short form of names such as Raimondo or Edmondo.

Mondy English
Variant of Monday 1 or Monday 2.

Monet French
Derived from either of the given names Hamon or Edmond. A famous bearer was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).

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

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

Moore 1 English
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".

Moore 2 English
Derived from the given name Maurus.

Moore 3 English
Nickname for a person of dark complexion, from Old French more, Latin maurus, meaning "Moorish".

Moors English
Variant of Moore 1.

Morán Spanish
Spanish form of Morandi.

Moran Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Móráin meaning "descendant of Mórán", a given name meaning "great, large".

Moray Scottish
Variant of Murray 1.

Morce English
Variant of Morriss.

Morel French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Morin French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Moroz Ukrainian
Means "frost" in Ukrainian.

Morra Italian
Locative name derived from Italian places such as Morra De Sanctis, Campania, or Morra del Villar, Piedmont.

Morse English
Variant of Morriss.

Moser German
Name for someone who lived near a peat bog, from Middle High German mos.

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

Motta Italian
From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill".

Mould English
From the given name Mauld, a medieval form of Matilda.

Muñoz Spanish
Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.

Munro Scottish
Designated a person who had originally lived near the mouth of the Roe River in Derry, Ireland. It is derived from Gaelic bun meaning "root, base" combined with the river's name.

Musil m Czech
Possibly from a nickname meaning "the one who had to", from the past participle of the Czech verb muset meaning "must" (of Germanic origin).

Myers English
Patronymic form of Myer or Mayer 3.

Myles English
From the given name Miles.

Myška m Czech
From a nickname derived from Czech myš meaning "mouse".

Naaji Arabic
From the given name Naaji.

Nacar Turkish
Turkish form of Najjar.

Næss Norwegian
Variant of Ness.

Naess Norwegian
Variant of Ness.

Nagel German, Dutch
Means "nail" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a carpenter or nailsmith.

Naggi Italian
Originally denoted a person from the town of Naggio in Lombardy, Italy.

Nakai Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Naldi Italian
From given names like Arnaldo and Rinaldo.

Nanni Italian
Variant of Nana.

Nardi Italian
From the given name Nardo, which was originally a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo.

Nardo Italian
Variant of Nardi.

Neely Scottish
Variant of McNeilly.

Negri Italian
Nickname derived from Italian negro "black", used to refer to someone with dark hair or dark skin.

Nejem Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجم (see Najm).

Nelli Italian
Derived from the given name Nello.

Němec m Czech
Means "German" in Czech.

Nemes Hungarian
Means "noble, gentle" in Hungarian.

Német Hungarian
Variant of Németh.

Nenci Italian
Means "son of Nencio", a Tuscan diminutive of the name Lorenzo.

Nervi Italian
From the name of the town of Nervi in Liguria, northwestern Italy.

Nevin 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Naoimhín.

Nevin 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cnáimhín or Ó Cnáimhín.

Niemi Finnish
Means "peninsula, cape" in Finnish.

Nieri Italian
Either a variant of Neri, or from the Italian name Raniero.

Nieto Spanish
From a nickname meaning "grandson" in Spanish.

Nigel English
Derived from the given name Neil.

Nigro Italian
Variant of Negri.

Niles English
Means "son of Neil".

Niven Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Naoimhín.

Nixon English
Means "son of Nick". A famous bearer was the American president Richard Nixon (1913-1994).

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.

Nolan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nualláin meaning "descendant of Nuallán".

North English
Name for a person who lived to the north.

Nørup Danish
From the name of Danish villages named Nørup or Norup.

Norup Danish
Variant of Nørup.

Nosek mu Czech, Polish
Means "small nose" in Czech and Polish.

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

Novak Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Slavic novŭ "new", originally a name for someone who was new to a village.

Novik Belarusian
From Belarusian новы (novy) meaning "new".

Nowak Polish
Polish cognate of Novak. This is the most common surname in Poland.

Noyer French
French form of Nogueira.

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).

Nyman Swedish
From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Obama Luo
From a rare Luo given name meaning "crooked, bent". It was possibly originally given to a baby who had an arm or leg that looked slightly bent immediately after birth or who was born in the breech position.

Öberg Swedish
From Swedish ö (Old Norse ey) meaning "island" and berg meaning "mountain".

Ochoa Spanish
Spanish form of Otxoa.

Odell English
Originally denoted a person who was from Odell in Bedfordshire, derived from Old English wad "woad" (a plant that produces a blue dye) and hyll "hill".

Ogawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ogden English
From a place name derived from Old English ac "oak" and denu "valley".

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).

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.

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

Olmos Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

Olsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Ole".

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

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

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

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".

O'Shea Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Séaghdha.

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

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

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.

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.