Surnames of Length 6

Coburn Scottish, English
Variant of Cockburn.

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.

Coeman Dutch
Variant of Koopman.

Coenen Dutch
Derived from the given name Coenraad.

Colijn Dutch
From a diminutive of the given name Nicolaas.

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".

Conner English
From Middle English connere meaning "inspector", an occupational name for an inspector of weights and measures.

Connor Irish
Variant of O'Connor.

Conroy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire, which means "descendant of Conaire". Conaire is a nickname meaning "hound keeper".

Conway Welsh, English
From the name of the River Conwy in Wales, or the town situated at the mouth of the river. It is possibly derived from Welsh cyn "foremost" and the common river name suffix wy.

Coolen Dutch
From the given name Nicolaas.

Coombs English
From Old English cumb meaning "valley", the name of several places in England.

Cooney Irish
From Irish Ó Cuana meaning "descendant of Cuana". Cuana probably means "handsome, elegant". The Cooney sept originated in County Tyrone.

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

Correa Spanish
Spanish form of Correia.

Cortés Spanish
Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.

Cortez Spanish
Variant of Cortés.

Corwin English
Derived from Old French cordoan "leather", ultimately from the name of the Spanish city of Cordova.

Coutts Scottish
From the name of the town of Cults in Aberdeenshire, derived from a Gaelic word meaning "woods".

Cowden English
From various English place names, which meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill" or "cow pasture" in Old English.

Crespi Italian
Variant of Crespo.

Crespo Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Referred to a person with curly hair, from Latin crispus meaning "curly".

Crosby English
From the name of various towns in England, derived from Old Norse kross "cross" (a borrowing from Latin crux) and býr "farm, settlement".

Crouch English
Variant of Cross.

Crusan Dutch (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Cruyssen.

Csonka Hungarian
Means "maimed, mutilated" in Hungarian.

Csorba Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "chipped, jagged" in Hungarian.

Cuesta Spanish
Spanish form of Costa.

Cuevas Spanish
Derived from Spanish cueva meaning "cave".

Cullen 1 English
From the name of the German city of Cologne, which was derived from Latin colonia "colony".

Cullen 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Coileáin or Ó Cuilinn.

Cuocco Italian
Italian cognate of Cook.

Curran Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín meaning "descendant of Corraidhín".

Curtis English
Nickname for a courteous person, derived from Old French curteis meaning "refined, courtly".

Cuyler Dutch
Variant of Kuijlaars or Koole.

Cuyper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Czajka Polish
Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Dabney English
Variant of Daubney.

Da Gama Portuguese
Variant of Gama. This name was borne by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524).

Dallas 1 English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley" and hus meaning "house".

Dallas 2 Scottish
From the name of a place in Moray, Scotland possibly meaning "meadow dwelling" in Gaelic.

Dalton English
Derived from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was the English chemist and physicist John Dalton (1766-1844).

D'Amore Italian
From the given name Amore.

Danell English
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daniau French
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daniel um English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Dannel English
Variant of Daniel.

Darrow Scottish
Habitational name from Darroch near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, said to be named from Gaelic darach meaning "oak tree".

Darwin English
From the given name Deorwine. A famous bearer was the British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882).

Daviau French
From a diminutive form of David.

Davids English
Means "son of David".

Davies English, Scottish
Variant of Davis.

Dawson English
Means "son of Daw".

Dayton English
Variant of Deighton.

D'Cruze Indian (Christian)
Variant of Cruz more common among Christians from India.

Deacon English
Means "deacon", ultimately from Greek διάκονος (diakonos) meaning "servant".

De Boer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bauer.

De Cock Flemish
Flemish cognate of Cook.

De Haan Dutch
Means "rooster" in Dutch.

De Haas Dutch
Dutch cognate of Hase.

De Jong Dutch
Means "young" in Dutch, from Middle Dutch jonc. This is the most common surname in the Netherlands.

Dekker Dutch
Means "roofer, thatcher" in Dutch.

De Kock Dutch
Dutch cognate of Cook.

De Lang Dutch
Dutch cognate of Long.

Delany Irish
Variant of Delaney 2.

De León Spanish
Referred to someone from the Leon region of Spain.

Del Río Spanish
Means "of the river" in Spanish.

De Luca Italian
Means "son of Luca 1".

Deniau French
Variant of Daniel.

Deniel French
Variant of Daniel.

Denman English
From Middle English dene "valley" combined with man.

Dennel French
Variant of Daniel.

Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.

Denzel German
Variant of Tanzer.

Denzil English
From the place name Denzell, a manor in Cornwall, which is of unknown meaning.

De Rege Italian (Rare)
Italian variant of Rey 1.

De Smet Flemish
Flemish variant of Smit.

De Veen Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Devine 1 Irish
Variant of Devin 1.

Devine 2 English
Variant of Devin 2.

De Vito Italian
Means "son of Vito 1".

Devlin Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Doibhilin meaning "descendant of Doibhilin", a given name that may be derived from the Gaelic term dobhail meaning "unlucky".

De With Dutch
Variant of De Witte.

De Witt Dutch
Variant of De Witte.

Dexter English
Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (originally this was a feminine word, but it was later applied to men as well).

Dieter German
Derived from the given name Dieter.

Dimova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Dimov.

Dirchs Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Dirk".

Dircks Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirckx Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirkse Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".

Disney English
Means "from Isigny", referring to the town of Isigny in Normandy. This surname was borne by the American animator and filmmaker Walt Disney (1901-1966).

Dobrev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dobri".

Dobson English
Means "son of Dobbe", a medieval diminutive of Robert.

Doctor English
Originally denoted someone who was a doctor, ultimately from Latin doctor meaning "teacher".

Dohman German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Donati Italian
From the given name Donato.

Dorsey English
Means "from Orsay", referring to the town of Orsay near Paris, its name deriving from the Latin personal name Orcius.

Doubek m Czech
Means "small oak" in Czech, derived from dub "oak".

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

Dragić Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Patronymic from any of the Slavic given names starting with Drag (see Drago).

Dragov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".

Draper English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of woollen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap "cloth").

Dreher German
Means "turner" from Middle High German drehen "to turn". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone.

Dreier German
Variant of Dreher.

Dreyer German
Variant of Dreher.

Duarte Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Duarte.

Dubois French
Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".

Dudley English
From a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English. The surname was borne by a British noble family.

Dudová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Duda.

Dufort French
Means "from the fort", from French fort "stronghold".

Dufour French
Occupational name for a baker, from French four "oven".

Duguay French
Means "from the ford", from French gué "ford".

Dumont French
Means "from the mountain", from French mont "mountain".

Dunbar Scottish
From the name of a town in East Lothian, Scotland, derived from Gaelic dùn meaning "fort" and barr meaning "summit", so called from its situation on a rock that projects into the sea.

Duncan Scottish
From the given name Duncan.

Dunkel German
Means "dark" in German.

Dupond French
Variant of Dupont.

Dupont French
Means "from the bridge", from French pont "bridge".

Dupuis French
Means "from the well", from Old French puts, Latin puteus "well".

Durand French, English
From Old French durant meaning "enduring", ultimately from Latin durans. This was a nickname for a stubborn person.

Durant English, French
Variation of Durand.

Durnin Irish
From Irish Ó Doirnáin meaning "descendant of Doirnín", a given name meaning "little fist".

Dustin English
From the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn.

Dvořák m Czech
Occupational name derived from Czech dvůr "manor", indicating a person who worked at such a place. This name was borne by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904).

Dwight English
From the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysius.

Easton English
From the name of various places meaning "east town" in Old English.

Edison English
Means "son of Eda 2" or "son of Adam". The surname was borne by American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).

Eglīte f Latvian
Feminine form of Eglītis.

Eichel German
Means "acorn" in German, indicating a person who lived near an oak tree.

Eklund Swedish
From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

El-Amin Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الأمين (see Al-Amin).

Eldred English
From the given name Ealdræd.

Eliott English
Variant of Elliott.

Ellery English
From the medieval masculine name Hilary.

Elliot English
Variant of Elliott.

Emmett English
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Emma.

Emmitt English
Variant of Emmett.

Engman Swedish
From Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man", originally a name for a person who lived in a meadow.

Erkens Dutch
Derived from the given name Erk, a variant of Erik.

Espina Spanish
Means "thorn" in Spanish, a name for someone who lived near a thorn bush.

Espino Spanish
Variant of Espina.

Essert German
Variant of Esser.

Eustis English
Derived from the given name Eustace.

Evelyn English
Derived from the given name Aveline.

Evered English
From the given name Everard.

Everly English
From place names meaning derived from Old English eofor "boar" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Évrard French
From the given name Évrard.

Fabbri Italian
From Italian fabbro meaning "blacksmith", ultimately from Latin faber.

Fabbro Italian
Variant of Fabbri.

Fábián Hungarian
Derived from the given name Fábián.

Fabian German, English, Polish
Derived from the given name Fabian.

Fabien French
Derived from the given name Fabien.

Fabron French
Diminutive form of Fabre.

Fallon Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamháin meaning "descendant of Fallamhán", a given name meaning "leader".

Fannon Irish
From the Irish Ó Fionnáin meaning "descendant of Fionn".

Faragó Hungarian
An occupational name meaning "woodcutter", from Hungarian farag meaning "carve, cut".

Färber German
Occupational name meaning "dyer", derived from German Farbe "colour".

Farina Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian farina "flour".

Farkas Hungarian
Means "wolf" in Hungarian.

Farmer English
Occupational name for a tax collector, from Middle English ferme "rent, revenue, provision", from medieval Latin firma, ultimately from Old English feorm. This word did not acquire its modern meaning until the 17th century.

Farran English
Derived from Old French ferrant meaning "iron grey".

Fausti Italian
From the given name Fausto.

Favero Italian
Variant of Fabbri.

Fekete Hungarian
Means "black" in Hungarian, originally a nickname for a person with dark hair or a dark complexion.

Felipe Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Felipe.

Ferber German
Variant of Färber.

Ferrer Catalan
Catalan cognate of Ferrari.

Fertig German
Means "ready, prepared" in German.

Fields English
Name for a person who lived on or near a field or pasture, from Old English feld.

Fierro Spanish, Italian
Variant of Ferro.

Finlay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Finley Scottish
Anglicized (typically American) form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Finnin Irish
Diminutive form of Finn.

Firmin English, French
From the given name Firmin.

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

Fisker Danish
Means "fisherman" in Danish.

Flater German
Means "reed bed" in German.

Fleury French
From the name of various towns in northern France, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Florus.

Flipse Dutch
Variant of Flipsen.

Florea Romanian
From the given name Florea.

Flores Spanish
Means "son of Floro" in Spanish.

Floros m Greek
From Greek φλώρος (floros) meaning "greenfinch", derived from classical Greek χλωρός (chloros) meaning "green".

Florou f Greek
Feminine form of Floros.

Flower English
From Middle English flour meaning "flower, blossom", derived from Old French flur, Latin flos. This was a nickname given to a sweet person. In other cases it could be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of flour (a word derived from the same source).

Forest English, French
Originally belonged to a person who lived near or in a forest. It was probably originally derived, via Old French forest, from Latin forestam (silva) meaning "outer (wood)".

Forney German
Name for someone who lived near ferns, from Old High German farn "fern".

Foster 1 English
Variant of Forester.

Foster 2 English
Occupational name for a scissor maker, derived from Old French forcetier.

Foster 3 English
Occupational name for a maker of saddle trees, derived from Old French fustier.

Foster 4 English
Nickname given to a person who was a foster child or foster parent.

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

Franco Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Cognate of Frank 1. This name was borne by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975).

Franić Croatian
Variant of Franjić.

Franke German, Dutch
Variant of Frank 3.

Fraser Scottish
Meaning unknown, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.

French English
Originally denoted a French person, from Middle English Frensch, Old English Frencisc.

Freund German
From Middle High German vriunt, modern German Freund meaning "friend".

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

Fuller English
Occupational name for a fuller, a person who thickened and cleaned coarse cloth by pounding it. It is derived via Middle English from Latin fullo.

Fulton English
From the name of the English town of Foulden, Norfolk, meaning "bird hill" in Old English.

Furlan Italian, Slovene
From the name of the Italian region of Friuli, in the northeast of Italy, which is derived from the name of the Roman town of Forum Iulii meaning "forum of Julius".

Gabler German
Occupational name for someone who made or sold forks, from Old High German gabala "fork".

Gadsby English
Habitational name from the village of Gaddesby in Leicestershire, so named from Old Norse gaddr "spur, spike (of land)" and býr "farm, settlement".

Gagnon French
Variant of Gagneux.

Galani f Greek
Feminine form of Galanis.

Gandhi Gujarati, Hindi
From Sanskrit गान्धिक (gāndhika) meaning "perfumier, perfume seller", derived from गनध (gandha) meaning "scent, perfume". Notable bearers include Indian civil rights leader Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), also known as Mahatma Gandhi, and Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).

Garber German
Variant of Gerber.

García Spanish
From a medieval given name of unknown meaning, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear". This is the most common surname in Spain.

Garcia Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese form of García. It is also an unaccented form of the Spanish name used commonly in America and the Philippines.

Garçon French
Means "boy" in French, referring to a servant.

Garner 1 English
From Old French gernier meaning "granary", a derivative of Latin granum meaning "grain". This name could refer to a person who worked at a granary or lived near one.

Garner 2 English
Variant of Gardener.

Garnet English
Variant of Garnett 1 or Garnett 2.

Garret English
Variant of Garrett.

Garrod English
Derived from the given name Gerald.

Garver German
Variant of Gerber.

Gáspár Hungarian
Derived from the given name Gáspár.

Gaspar Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Gaspar.

Gašper Slovene
Derived from the given name Gašper.

Gatsby English (Rare), Literature
Rare variant of Gadsby. This name was used by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald for the central character in his novel The Great Gatsby (1925). In the book, James Gatz renames himself as Jay Gatsby at age 17 because he believes it sounds more sophisticated.

Gebara Basque
Habitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a village in the province of Álava in Spain.

Geelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Geel, itself from Gillis or Gilbert.

Geerts Dutch
Means "son of Geert".

Gehrig German
Variant of Gehring.

Geiger German
Means "fiddle player" in German, derived from Old High German giga "fiddle".

Gelens Dutch
Variant of Geelen.

Genkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Genko".

Genova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Genov.

Gensch German
From the given name Gensch, a Sorbian form of John.

George English
Derived from the given name George.

Gérard French
From the given name Gérard.

Gerber German
Means "tanner, leather dresser" in German, derived from Old High German garawen meaning "to prepare".

Géroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Gerver German
Variant of Gerber.

Gibson English, Scottish
Means "son of Gib".

Gilroy Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Ruaidh or Mac Giolla Rí.

Girard French
From the given name Gérard.

Giraud French
From the given name Gérald.

Giroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

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

Glover English
Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.

Godard French
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.

Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.

Gordon Scottish
From the name of a place in Berwickshire, Scotland, derived from Brythonic words meaning "spacious fort".

Gorman 1 German
From the Old German given name Germund.

Gorman 2 Irish
From the Irish Ó Gormáin meaning "descendant of Gormán". The given name Gormán means "little blue one".

Górska f Polish
Feminine form of Górski.

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

Graeme Scottish
Variant of Graham.

Graham Scottish, English
Derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by William de Graham.

Graner German
Originally denoted a person from Gran, the German name for Esztergom, a city in northern Hungary.

Grassi Italian
Variant of Grasso.

Grasso Italian
Means "fat" in Italian, originally a nickname for a stout person. It is derived from Latin crassus.

Graves English
Occupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English greyve, related to the German title Graf.

Greene English
Variant of Green.

Grieve Scottish
Occupational name meaning "steward, farm manager" in Middle English, related to the German title Graf.

Grillo Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "cricket", perhaps given originally to a cheerful person (the cricket is associated with cheerfulness).

Große German
Variant of Groß.

Grosse German
Variant of Groß.

Grossi Italian
Italian cognate of Gros.

Grosso Italian
Italian cognate of Gros.

Grover English
From Old English graf meaning "grove of trees". A famous bearer was the American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).

Groves English
From Old English graf meaning "grove". This originally indicated a person who lived near a grove (a group of trees).

Gruber Upper German
From German Grube meaning "pit", indicating a person who lived or worked in a pit or depression. This is the most common surname in Austria.

Guérin French
From the Old German given name Warin.

Guerra Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "war", given to a belligerent person or one engaged in warfare.

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

Guzmán Spanish
From the name of the town of Guzmán in Burgos, Spain. The town's name itself may be derived from an old Visigothic given name, from the Germanic elements *gautaz "a Geat" and *mannô "person, man".

Habich German
German cognate of Hawk.

Hadžić Bosnian
From Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage", ultimately derived from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj). It originally denoted a person who had completed the hajj.

Hafner German
Occupational name for a potter, derived from Old High German hafan "pot, vessel".

Haight English
Topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill, derived from Old English heahþu "height, summit".

Hailey English
Variant of Haley.

Haines English
Variant of Haynes.

Hakala Finnish
From Finnish haka meaning "pasture" with the suffix -la indicating a place.

Halász Hungarian
Means "fisherman" in Hungarian.

Hanley English
From various English place names meaning "high meadow" in Old English.

Hansen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Hans". This is the most common surname in Norway, and the third most common in Denmark.

Hanson English
Means "son of Hann".

Harden English
From a place name meaning "hare valley" in Old English.

Hardie Scottish
Scots variant of Hardy.

Harlan English
Variant of Harland.

Harley English
Derived from a place name meaning "hare clearing", from Old English hara "hare" or hær "rock, heap of stones" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Harlow English
Habitational name derived from a number of locations named Harlow, from Old English hær "rock, heap of stones" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill".

Harman English
From the given name Herman.

Harmon English
From the given name Herman.

Harper English
Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.

Harris English
Means "son of Harry".

Harvey English
From the Breton given name Haerviu (see Harvey).

Hassan Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Hassan.

Haugen Norwegian
Means "hill" in Norwegian, referring to a person who lived on a hilltop.

Haward English
Variant of Howard 1 or Hayward.

Hayden 1 English
From place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill".

Hayden 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hÉideáin or Ó hÉidín.

Hayley English
Variant of Haley.

Haynes English
Patronymic derived from the Norman name Hagano.