Surnames of Length 6

Aafjes Dutch
Means "son of Aafje".

Aarden Dutch
From Dutch aarden meaning "earthen, clay". It denoted a person who worked with clay.

Aarens Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

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.

Abaroa Basque
Possibly from Basque abaro meaning "refuge".

Abbasi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Abbas.

Abbate Italian
Variant of Abate.

Abbing Dutch
Variant of Abbink.

Abbink Dutch
From various Dutch places meaning "(farm) belonging to Abbe".

Abbott English
English cognate of Abate.

Abelen Dutch
Patronymic surname derived from Abel or a diminutive of Albert.

Abelli Italian
From the given name Abele.

Abelló Catalan
From the Latin given name Abellio, which may have been derived from the name of a Pyrenean god.

Abioye Yoruba
From the given name Abioye.

Abrami Italian
Derived from the given name Abramo.

Abramo Italian
Derived from the given name Abramo.

Abrams Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Acardi Italian
Derived from the Norman name Achard, a form of Ekkehard.

Acciai Italian
Derived from medieval Italian accia meaning "axe", ultimately from Latin ascia.

Acerbi Italian
From Italian acerbo meaning "bitter, harsh, severe".

Acosta Spanish
Spanish form of Da Costa (from a misdivision of the surname).

Adamić Croatian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamík m Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak diminutive form of Adam.

Adcock English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Adam.

Addens Dutch
Means "son of Adde".

Adesso Italian
Perhaps a nickname for a punctual or fast person, from Italian adesso meaning "now, at this moment".

Adkins English
Variant of Atkins.

Adolfs Dutch
Means "son of Adolf".

Affini Italian
From Latin affinis meaning "neighbouring, kindred".

Ağayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ağa".

Agosti Italian
Means "son of Agosto", a variant of Augusto.

Aguado Spanish
Derived from Spanish agua "water", indicating a person who lived near water or worked with water.

Ahearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Ahlers Low German
Means "son of Alard".

Ahmadi Persian
From the given name Ahmad.

Ahonen Finnish
From Finnish aho meaning "meadow, glade".

Aiello Italian
From various place names in Italy, such as Aiello del Friuli, Aiello del Sabato and others. They are derived from Latin agellus meaning "little field".

Aikawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutually, together", 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" or 哀 (ai) meaning "grief, sorrow" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Aikema Frisian
Means "son of Aike".

Aiolfi Italian
Means "son of Aiolfo", which is derived from the Germanic name Agilulf.

Aitken Scottish, English
Derived from the medieval given name Atkin, a diminutive of Adam.

Ajello Italian
Variant of Aiello.

Akbari Persian
From the given name Akbar.

Al-Amin Arabic
Means "the truthful" from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn).

Albani Italian
Derived from the given name Albano.

Albano Italian
Derived from the given name Albano.

Albero Italian
From Italian albero meaning "tree", ultimately from Latin arbor, referring to someone who lived in the woods or worked as a woodcutter.

Albers Dutch
Means "son of Albert".

Albert English, French, Catalan, Hungarian, Romanian, German
Derived from the given name Albert.

Albini Italian
Means "son of Albino".

Aldana Basque
From the name of a Basque town, derived from aldats meaning "slope".

Alders Dutch
Means "son of Aldert".

Aleppo Italian
From the name of the Syrian city of Aleppo, which is from Arabic خالاب (Khālāb), of uncertain meaning.

Alesci Italian
Means "son of Alessio".

Alesio Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Alessi Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Alfaro Spanish
Originally denoted someone who was from the city of Alfaro in La Rioja, Spain. It is possibly derived from Arabic meaning "the watchtower".

Alfero Italian
From the given name Adalfarus.

Alfons Dutch
From the given name Alfons.

Alfson Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Alfsson.

Alieva f Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen
Alternate transcription of Tajik/Kyrgyz/Chechen Алиева, Kazakh Әлиева or Avar ГӀалиева (see Aliyeva).

Əliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əli".

Aliyev m Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ali 1". This is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əliyev.

Alkema Frisian
Means "son of Alke".

Allard French, English
Derived from the given name Adalhard (or the Old English cognate Æðelræd).

Aloisi Italian
From the given name Aloisio.

Alonso Spanish
From the given name Alonso.

Al Saud Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic آل سعود (see Al Su'ud).

Al Su'ud Arabic
From Arabic آل (ʾāl) meaning "family" combined with the given name Su'ud. Normally transcribed Al Saud, this is the family name of the ruling dynasty of Saudia Arabia.

Altena Dutch
From the name of a town in the Netherlands, possibly meaning "close, near" in Dutch.

Alting Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Alte 2" in Dutch.

Altink Dutch
Variant of Alting.

Alunni Italian
From Italian alunno meaning "student".

Amadei Italian
Means "son of Amadeo".

Amador Spanish
Derived from the given name Amador.

Amsing Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Amse" in Dutch.

Andela Dutch
From the given name Andreas.

Andrei Romanian
From the given name Andrei.

Andrés Spanish
Derived from the given name Andrés.

Andres German
Derived from the given name Andreas.

Andreu Catalan
From the given name Andreu.

Anghel Romanian
From the given name Anghel.

Anjema Frisian
Denoted a person from the village of Anjum in the Netherlands. It possibly means "corner" in Dutch.

Annema Frisian
Means "son of Anne 2".

Antall Hungarian (Rare)
Variant of Antal.

Antema Frisian
Means "son of Ante 2".

Antoni f Greek
Feminine form of Antonis.

Antova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Antov.

Antuma Frisian
Variant of Antema.

Aoyama Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Appelo Dutch
Indicated a person who was from a farm called Aperloo, probably a derivative of appel meaning "apple".

Aquila Italian
From a nickname meaning "eagle" in Italian.

Aquino Italian, Spanish
From the name of an Italian town near Rome, derived from Latin aqua meaning "water", the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy the surname is derived directly from the town's name. As a Spanish-language surname, it was sometimes bestowed by missionaries in honour of the saint as they evangelized in Spanish colonies.

Araújo Portuguese
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many areas that bear this name in Portugal, which is of unknown meaning.

Araujo Spanish
Spanish form of Araújo.

Arbeid Dutch
From Dutch arbeid meaning "work".

Arbeit German
From German arbeit meaning "work".

Arbore Italian
From Latin arbor meaning "tree".

Archer English
Occupational name for one who practiced archery, from Latin arcus "bow" (via Old French).

Arenas Spanish
From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish arena meaning "sand".

Arends Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Arents Dutch
Variant of Arends.

Arentz Dutch
Variant of Arends.

Argall Cornish
From a place name meaning "shelter, quiet place" in Cornish.

Argyri f Greek
Feminine form of Argyris.

Aritza Spanish, Basque
From Basque aritz meaning "oak tree". This was a nickname of Iñigo, the first king of Pamplona, Spain (9th century).

Arkema Frisian
Means "son of Arke 2".

Armani Italian
Means "son of Ermanno".

Armati Italian
From Italian armato meaning "armed, armoured, equipped".

Arnaud French
From the given name Arnaud.

Arnold English, German
Derived from the given name Arnold.

Arnoni Italian
Means "son of Arnone" from the medieval name Arnone, of uncertain origin.

Arroyo Spanish
Means "stream, brook" in Spanish.

Arthur English, French
From the given name Arthur.

Asenov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Asen".

Ashley English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many places in England that bear this name. The place name itself is derived from Old English æsc "ash tree" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Ashton English
Denoted a person from one of the towns in England that bear this name, itself derived from Old English æsc "ash tree" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Assies Dutch
Means "son of Asse".

Assink Dutch
From a place name meaning "(farm) belonging to Asse".

Åström Swedish
From Swedish å meaning "river, stream" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream, current, flow".

Ataýew m Turkmen
Means "son of Ata 1".

Atkins English
Means "son of Atkin", a medieval diminutive of Adam.

Atwood English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".

Aubert French
From the given name Aubert.

Audley English
From a place name meaning "Ealdgyð's clearing" in Old English.

Aukema Frisian
Means "son of Auke".

Austin English
Derived from the given name Austin.

Aylmer English
Derived from the Old English name Æðelmær.

Azzarà Italian
Sicilian name, derived from Greek dialects of southern Italy. It is from Greek ψαράς (psaras) meaning "fisherman".

Baarda Frisian
From the name of the town of Baard in the Netherlands, possibly derived from a given name that was a variant of Bert.

Baasch Low German
From Middle Low German bas meaning "boss".

Bäcker German
Variant of Becker, mostly found in northern Germany.

Backus English
Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker, from Old English bæchus literally "bake house".

Baggio Italian
Originally denoted a person from the Italian town of Baggio (now part of Milan). It is probably derived from Latin Badalocum meaning "watch place".

Bagley English
From various English place names, derived from the Old English given name Bacga combined with leah "woodland, clearing".

Baglio Italian
Italian cognate of Bailey.

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

Baines 1 Welsh
From Welsh ab Einws meaning "son of Einws", a diminutive of Einion.

Baines 2 English
From a nickname derived from Old English ban "bones", probably for a thin person.

Bajusz Hungarian
Means "moustache" in Hungarian.

Bakema Frisian
Means "son of Bake", a short form of names starting with the Old German element batu "fight, struggle".

Bakken Norwegian
Means "the slope, the hillside" in Norwegian, from Old Norse bakki "bank".

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

Balázs Hungarian
Derived from the given name Balázs.

Bálint Hungarian
Derived from the given name Bálint.

Balode f Latvian
Feminine form of Balodis.

Balogh Hungarian
Means "left handed" in Hungarian.

Banner English
Occupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French baniere meaning "banner", ultimately of Germanic origin.

Bárány Hungarian
Means "lamb" in Hungarian.

Baráth Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian barát meaning "friend".

Barber English, Scottish
Indicated a barber, one who cut hair for a living, ultimately from Latin barba "beard".

Barker English
From Middle English bark meaning "to tan". This was an occupational name for a leather tanner.

Barlow English
Derived from a number of English place names that variously mean "barley hill", "barn hill", "boar clearing" or "barley clearing".

Barnes English
Denoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word barn is derived from Old English bere "barley" and ærn "dwelling".

Barnet English
Variant of Barnett.

Barone Italian
Italian cognate of Baron.

Barret English
Variant of Barrett.

Barros Portuguese, Spanish
From the Portuguese and Spanish word barro meaning "clay, mud". This could either be an occupational name for a person who worked with clay or mud such as a builder or artisan, or a topographic name for someone living near clay or mud.

Bartha Hungarian
Variant of Barta.

Barton English
From a place name meaning "barley town" in Old English.

Bartos Hungarian
From a given name that was a diminutive of Bertalan.

Bartoš m Czech, Slovak
Derived from Bartoš, a diminutive of Bartoloměj or Bartolomej.

Basile Italian, French
From the given name Basilio or Basile.

Bátori Hungarian
Variant of Báthory.

Battle English
From a nickname for a combative person. In some cases it may come from the name of English places called Battle, so named because they were sites of battles.

Baudin French
From the given name Baud, French form of Baldo.

Bauers German
Variant of Bauer.

Baumer German
Variant of Baum.

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

Baylor German (Anglicized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Beiler.

Beatty Scottish
Variant of Beattie.

Becker German
Derived from Middle High German becker meaning "baker".

Becket English
Variant of Beckett.

Begbie Scottish
From the name of a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is derived from the Old Norse given name Baggi and býr "farm, settlement".

Beiler German
Derived from Middle High German beile meaning "measuring stick".

Beirne Irish
Variant of O'Byrne.

Beitel German
Variant of Beutel.

Benbow English
From a nickname "bend the bow" given to an archer.

Benini Italian
Means "son of Benino" from a diminutive of Bene or Beno, short forms of Benedetto.

Benito Spanish
From the given name Benito.

Bennet English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

Benoit French
From the given name Benoît.

Benson English
Means "son of Benedict".

Benton English
Denoted someone who came from Benton, England, which is derived from Old English beonet "bent grass" and tun "enclosure".

Berger 1 French
Occupational name meaning "shepherd", from Old French bergier.

Berger 2 German, Dutch
Variant of Berg.

Bernat Catalan
Derived from the given name Bernat.

Beulen Dutch
Means "son of Boele".

Beumer Dutch
Possibly a Dutch form of Baumer or Böhmer.

Beutel German
From Middle High German biutel meaning "bag", originally belonging to a person who made or sold bags.

Bianco Italian
Variant of Bianchi.

Bieber German, Jewish
From Middle High German biber meaning "beaver", possibly a nickname for a hard worker.

Binici Turkish
From the Turkish word binici meaning "rider, horseman".

Biondi Italian
Means "fair-haired, blond" in Italian. This name was borne by the American swimmer Matt Biondi (1965-).

Biondo Italian
Variant of Biondi.

Bishop English
Means simply "bishop", ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) meaning "overseer". It probably originally referred to a person who served a bishop.

Biškup Croatian
Croatian cognate of Bishop.

Biskup Polish
Polish cognate of Bishop.

Bisset English
From Old French bis meaning "drab, dingy", a nickname for someone who looked drab.

Blaine Scottish
From the given name Bláán.

Blaise French
Derived from the given name Blaise.

Blanco Spanish
Means "white" in Spanish. The name most likely referred to a person who was pale or had blond hair.

Blažek m Czech, Slovak
Derived from a given name that was a diminutive of Blažej.

Bleier German
Occupational name for a worker of lead, derived from German blei "lead".

Bloxam English
Variant of Bloxham.

Blythe English
From Old English meaning "happy, joyous, blithe".

Böcker German
Variant of Böttcher.

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

Boerio Italian
From Italian boaro meaning "cowherd".

Boesch German, Low German
Variant of Bösch 1 or Bösch 2.

Bogdán Hungarian
From the given name Bogdan.

Bognár Hungarian
Hungarian form of Wagner.

Böhler German
Derived from the name of several German towns called Boll or Böhl, meaning "hill".

Böhmer German, Jewish
Variant of Böhm.

Boivin French
Nickname for a wine drinker, from Old French boi "to drink" and vin "wine".

Bokori Hungarian
Variant of Bokor.

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

Bondar Ukrainian
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Ukrainian.

Bonham English
English form of Bonhomme.

Bonnay French
Variant of Bonnet.

Bonner English
From Middle English boneire "kind, courteous", derived from Norman French bon aire "good bloodline".

Bonnet French
From the given name Bonitus.

Bonney English
From northern Middle English boni meaning "pretty, attractive".

Bonomo Italian
Italian cognate of Bonhomme.

Booker English
Occupational name meaning "book maker", derived from Old English boc "book".

Borghi Italian
Derived from Italian borgo meaning "village".

Borgia Italian
Italian form of Borja. This was the name of an Italian noble family who were influential during the Renaissance period.

Bosque Spanish
Spanish form of Bosco.

Boulos Arabic
From the given name Bulus.

Bourke English
Variant of Burke.

Bourne English
Derived from Old English burna "stream, spring".

Boveri Italian
Variant of Bove.

Bowers English
Variant of Bower.

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

Braden Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bradáin meaning "descendant of Bradán".

Brahms German
Derived from the given name Abraham. A famous bearer of this surname was the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).

Brandt German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch
Variant of Brand 1 or Brand 2.

Brauer Low German
Derived from Middle Low German bruwer meaning "brewer".

Braune German
Variant of Braun.

Brewer English
Occupational name for a maker of ale or beer.

Briede f Latvian
Feminine form of Briedis.

Briggs English
Variant of Bridges.

Briley English
Possibly a variant of Brierley.

Brivio Italian
From the name of the town of Brivio in Lombardy. Supposed it derives from a Celtic word meaning "bridge".

Brodie Scottish
Originally derived from a place in Moray, Scotland. It is probably from Gaelic broth meaning "ditch, mire".

Brogan Irish
Occupational name derived from Irish bróg meaning "shoe".

Brontë Irish
Variant of Brunty adopted by the Irish-born Englishman Patrick Brunty (1777-1861) as an adult. He was the father of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, each prominent authors.

Brooke English
Variant of Brook.

Brooks English
Variant of Brook.

Browne English
Variant of Brown.

Brunet French
From a diminutive of French brun meaning "brown".

Brunty Irish
Variant of Prunty.

Bryant English
From the given name Brian.

Bryson English
Means "son of Brice".

Bunker English
Derived from Old French bon cuer meaning "good heart".

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

Bureau French
From Old French burel, a diminutive of bure, a type of woollen cloth. It may have originated as a nickname for a person who dressed in the material or as an occupational name for someone who worked with it.

Burton English
From a common English place name, derived from Old English meaning "fortified town".

Bustos Spanish
Variant of Busto.

Butkus m Lithuanian
Possibly from a given name that was derived from Lithuanian būti meaning "to be, to exist".

Butler English, Irish
Occupational name derived from Norman French butiller "wine steward", ultimately from Late Latin butticula "bottle". A famous bearer of this surname is the fictional character Rhett Butler, created by Margaret Mitchell for her novel Gone with the Wind (1936).

Byrnes Irish
Variant of O'Byrne.

Cabral Portuguese
From places named from Late Latin capralis meaning "place of goats", derived from Latin capra meaning "goat".

Callan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathaláin meaning "descendant of Cathalán".

Calvin French (Latinized)
Latinized form of Chauvin, used to refer to the French theologian Jean Cauvin (1509-1564).

Campos Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish variant of Campo.

Cannon English
From the ecclesiastical usage of canon, referring to a church official or servant who worked in a clergy house.

Capela Portuguese
Portuguese form of Kappel.

Carman 1 English
Occupational name for a carter, from Middle English carre "cart" (of Latin origin) and man "man".

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

Carran Irish
Variant of Curran.

Carson Scottish
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the town of Courson in Normandy.

Carter English
Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French caretier. A famous bearer is the former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).

Caruso Italian
Means "close-cropped hair" in Italian, also having the secondary sense "boy, young man".

Carver English
Occupational surname for a carver, from Middle English kerve "cut".

Casado Spanish
From a nickname meaning "married" in Spanish.

Casale Italian
Italian cognate of Casal.

Castle English
From Middle English castel meaning "castle", from Late Latin castellum, originally indicating a person who lived near a castle.

Castro Spanish, Portuguese
Means "castle" in Spanish and Portuguese, referring to one who lived near a castle. A famous bearer was Fidel Castro (1926-2016), revolutionary and president of Cuba.

Causer English
Occupational name for one who made leggings, derived from Old French chausse "leggings".

Causey English
Indicated a person who lived near a causeway, from Old French caucie.

Ceelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Ceel.

Čermák m Czech
Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

Cermak Czech (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Čermák.

Černík m Czech
Variant of Černý.

Chance English
From a nickname for a lucky person or a gambler.

Chaput French
From a diminutive of the Old French word chape meaning "cloak, hood". The name referred to a person who made, sold or often wore cloaks.

Chaves Portuguese, Spanish
From the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman name Flavius (being named for the emperor Vespasian, whose family name was Flavius).

Chávez Spanish
Variant of Chaves. A famous bearer was the labour leader César Chávez (1927-1993).

Chayka Ukrainian
Means "seagull" in Ukrainian.

Cheung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.

Chmela m Czech
Derived from Czech chmel "hops", referring to a person who grew hops, a plant used in brewing beer.

Chmiel Polish
Polish cognate of Chmela, from Polish chmiel.

Church English
From the English word, derived from Old English cirice, ultimately from Greek κυριακόν (kyriakon) meaning "(house) of the lord". It probably referred to a person who lived close to a church.

Čierna f Slovak
Feminine form of Čierny.

Čierny m Slovak
Slovak cognate of Černý.

Cinege Hungarian
Means "titmouse bird" in Hungarian.

Clancy Irish
From Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh meaning "descendant of Flannchadh". The given name Flannchadh means "red warrior".

Clarke English
Variant of Clark.

Cleary Irish
From Irish cléireach meaning "clerk" (see Clark).