Surnames of Length 7

Chaplin English, French
Occupational name for a chaplain, or perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French chapelain. A famous bearer was the British comic actor Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977).

Chapman English
Occupational name derived from Old English ceapmann meaning "merchant, trader".

Charles French
From the given name Charles.

Charron French
Means "cart" in Old French, used to denote a carter or a cartwright.

Chauvin French
From a diminutive of French chauve "bald".

Chester English
From the name of a city in England, derived from Latin castrum "camp, fortress".

Chlebek Polish
From Polish chleb "bread", used to denote a baker.

Chvátal m Czech
Derived from chvátat meaning "to hurry".

Čiernik m Slovak
Variant of Čierny.

Ciobanu Romanian
From Romanian cioban meaning "shepherd".

Čížková f Czech
Feminine form of Čížek.

Claasen Dutch
Means "son of Klaas".

Clacher Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic clachair meaning "stonemason".

Clausen Danish
Means "son of Claus".

Clayton English
From the name of various places meaning "clay settlement" in Old English.

Clemens English
Derived from the given name Clement. This was the surname of the author Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), also known as Mark Twain.

Clément French
Derived from the given name Clément.

Clement English
Derived from the given name Clement.

Clifton English
Derived from various place names meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.

Clinton English
Derived from the English place name Glinton, of uncertain meaning, or Glympton, meaning "settlement on the River Glyme". This surname is borne by former American president Bill Clinton (1946-).

Cochran Scottish
Variant of Cochrane.

Coemans Dutch
Variant of Koopman.

Coghlan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.

Colbert English, French
Derived from the given name Colobert.

Coleman Irish, English
From the given name Colmán.

Collins 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Coileáin. A famous bearer was Michael Collins, an Irish nationalist leader who was assassinated in 1922.

Collins 2 English
Means "son of Colin 2".

Colombo Italian
Either from Italian colomba "dove" indicating a dove keeper, or from the given name Colombo, which is derived from the same word. This was the Italian surname of the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus.

Columbo Italian
Variant of Colombo.

Comtois French
Indicated a person from Franche-Comté, a province in eastern France, which translates to "free county".

Connell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaill meaning "descendant of Conall".

Connery Irish
Variant of Conroy.

Cookson English
Patronymic form of Cook.

Coppola Italian
From the name of a type of hat characteristic of Sicily and southern Italy. This surname indicated a person who wore or made these hats. A famous bearer is the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (1939-), as well as other members of his extended family also in show business.

Cornell English
Derived from the given name Cornelius.

Cornett English
Derived from Old French cornet meaning "horn", referring to one who worked as a horn blower.

Correia Portuguese
Means "leather strap, belt" in Portuguese, denoting a person who worked with leather products.

Coumans Dutch
Variant of Koopman.

Couture French
Means "tailor" in Old French.

Crawley English
From various place names derived from Old English crawe "crow" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Cremona Italian
From the Italian city of Cremona, south of Milan, in Lombardy.

Cropper English
Occupational name derived from Middle English croppe "crop", referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.

Crowley 1 Irish
From the Irish name Ó Cruadhlaoich meaning "descendant of Cruadhlaoch", a given name meaning "hardy hero".

Crowley 2 English
Variant of Crawley.

Császár Hungarian
Hungarian form of Kaiser.

Cuéllar Spanish
Derived from the name of the town of Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain. It may be derived from Latin collis meaning "hill".

Cuijper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Cummins English, Scottish, Irish
From the Old Breton given name Cunmin, a cognate of Cuimín, introduced to Britain at the time of the Norman Conquest.

Cuypers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Cvetkov m Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Цветков (see Tsvetkov).

Czinege Hungarian
Variant of Cinege.

Daalman Dutch
Variant of Daalmans.

Da Costa Portuguese
Variant of Costa.

Daelman Dutch
Variant of Daalmans.

Dahlman Swedish
From Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Damiani Italian
Derived from the given name Damiano.

Danchev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dancho".

D'Angelo Italian
Means "son of Angelo".

Daniell English
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Daniels English
Variant of Daniel.

Danniel English
Variant of Daniel.

Darling English
From a nickname or byname derived from Middle English dereling, Old English deorling, meaning "darling, beloved one".

Darnell 1 English
Derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass.

Darnell 2 English
From the name of a town near Sheffield, derived from Old English derne "hidden" and halh "nook".

Darrell English
Originally denoted one who came from the town of Airel in Normandy, derived from Late Latin arealis meaning "open space".

Daubney English
From any of the various towns in France called Aubigny, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Albinus.

Da Vinci Italian (Rare)
Means "from Vinci", a town near Florence. A famous bearer was the Italian artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).

Davison English
Means "son of David".

Davtyan Armenian
Means "son of Davit".

Deadman English
Variant of Debenham.

De Bruin Dutch
Dutch cognate of Brown.

De Campo Italian
Locative surname derived from place names called Campo (meaning "field").

De Clerc Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

De Cloet Dutch
Variant of Kloet.

Dedrick English
Derived from the given name Dederick, an older form of Derek.

Deering English
From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".

De Fiore Italian
Means "son of Fiore".

DeGarmo French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of French de Garmeaux, which may derive from a place called Garmeaux in Normandy.

De Graaf Dutch
Dutch cognate of Graf.

De Groot Dutch
From Dutch groot meaning "big, great".

De Jonge Dutch
Variant of De Jong.

De Klerk Dutch
From Dutch klerk meaning "clerk", making this a cognate of Clark.

De Kloet Dutch
Variant of Kloet.

Delaney 1 English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

Delaney 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhshláine meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".

De Lange Dutch
Dutch cognate of Long.

Delgado Spanish, Portuguese
Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese, ultimately from Latin delicatus meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

Del Olmo Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

Demirci Turkish
Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.

Dempsey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh meaning "descendant of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".

Deniaud French
Variant of Daniel.

Dennell English
Variant of Daniel.

De Palma Italian
Means "from the palm tree" in Italian.

Derichs German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dermott Irish
Variant of McDermott.

Derrick English
Derived from the given name Derrick (see Derek). A famous bearer of this surname is the character Stephan Derrick from the German television series Derrick (1974-1998).

Desmond Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deasmhumhnaigh meaning "descendant of the man from South Munster", originally indicating a person who came from the region of South Munster (Desmond) in Ireland.

De Vitis Italian
Means "son of Vito 1", using a Latinized form of the given name.

De Vries Dutch
Means "the Frisian" in Dutch, referring to a person from Friesland.

De Vroom Dutch, Flemish
Variant of Vroom.

De Witte Dutch
Means "the white" in Dutch, a nickname for a person with white hair.

Dickens English
From the medieval given name Dicun, a medieval diminutive of Dick 1. A famous bearer of this surname was the British author Charles Dickens (1812-1870).

Dickman English
From Old English dic "ditch" combined with man "person, man". It was originally a name for a ditch digger or someone who lived near a ditch.

Dickson English
Means "son of Dick 1".

Dirksen Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dittmar German
Derived from the given name Dietmar.

Dobreva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dobrev.

Doherty Irish
From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh meaning "descendant of Dochartach". The byname Dochartach means "obstructive".

Doležal m Czech
Nickname for a lazy person, derived from the past participle of the Czech verb doležat "to lie down".

Domingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.

Donalds English
Derived from the given name Donald.

Donnell Irish
Variant of O'Donnell.

Donohoe Irish
Variant of Donoghue.

Donohue Irish
Variant of Donoghue.

Donovan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendant of Donndubán".

Douglas Scottish
From the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water, derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period.

D'Ovidio Italian
From the given name Ovidio.

Dragova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dragov.

Dreesen Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Dubicka f Polish
Feminine form of Dubicki.

Dubicki m Polish
Originally indicated a person from the town of Dubica in Poland.

Duchamp French
Variant of Deschamps. A famous bearer was the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).

Dudková f Czech
Czech feminine form of Dudek.

Dumitru Romanian
Derived from the given name Dumitru.

Durante Italian
Italian cognate of Durand.

Dušková f Czech
Feminine form of Dušek.

Dykstra Frisian
From Frisian dyk meaning "dike, ditch". The name was given to a person living near a dyke or embankment.

Edwards English
Means "son of Edward".

Eerkens Dutch
Variant of Erkens.

Eglītis m Latvian
Derived from Latvian egle meaning "spruce tree".

Eilerts German
Derived from the given name Eilert.

Ekmekçi Turkish
Means "baker" in Turkish.

Ekström Swedish
From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Elliott English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Elias.

Ellison English
Patronymic form of the English name Ellis, from the medieval given name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah.

El-Mofty Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المفتي (see Al-Mufti).

Elzinga Dutch
Probably from a place name that was a derivative of Dutch els meaning "alder tree".

Emerson English
Means "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.

Engberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and berg meaning "mountain".

English English
Denoted a person who was of English heritage. It was used to distinguish people who lived in border areas (for example, near Wales or Scotland). It was also used to distinguish an Anglo-Saxon from a Norman.

Erckens Dutch
Variant of Erkens.

Ericson English, Swedish
Means "son of Eric".

Eriksen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Erik".

Escarrà Spanish
Possibly from Catalan esquerrá meaning "left-handed".

Escobar Spanish
Derived from Spanish escoba meaning "broom plant", from Latin scopa. It originally indicated a person who lived near a prominent patch of broom.

Esparza Spanish
Derived from the Basque place name Espartza, a town in the province of Navarre.

Esteban Spanish
From the given name Esteban.

Esteves Portuguese
Means "son of Estevão".

Estévez Spanish
Means "son of Esteban".

Estrada Spanish
Spanish form of Street.

Étienne French
From the given name Étienne.

Evanson English
Means "son of Evan".

Evensen Norwegian
Means "son of Even".

Everest English
Originally denoted a person from Évreux in Normandy, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices. Mount Everest in the Himalayas was named for the British surveyor George Everest (1790-1866).

Everett English
From the given name Everard.

Everill English
Derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild.

Faerber German
Variant of Färber.

Falkner English, German
English variant and German cognate of Faulkner.

Faraldo Italian
From a given name, ultimately the Germanic name Faroald.

Farnham English
Indicated a person from any of the various towns named Farnham in England, notably in Surrey. Their names are from Old English fearn "fern" and ham "home, settlement" or ham "water meadow, enclosure".

Farrell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghail meaning "descendant of Fearghal".

Fattore Italian
Means "land agent, bailiff, steward, farmer" in Italian.

Faucher French
Occupational name meaning "mower" in French, ultimately from Latin falx meaning "sickle, scythe".

Favager French
Possibly indicated a person from the town of Faverges in eastern France, derived from Old French faverge meaning "forge".

Favreau French
Diminutive of Favre.

Fazekas Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "potter" in Hungarian.

Fedorov m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Фёдоров (see Fyodorov).

Fenwick English
From an English place name, derived from Old English fenn "fen, swamp, bog" and wic "village, town".

Ferrara Italian
Italian form of Ferreira.

Ferrari Italian
Occupational name for a metalworker or smith, derived from Latin ferrarius, a derivative of ferrum meaning "iron".

Ferraro Italian
Variant of Ferrari.

Ferrero Italian
Regional variant of Ferrari. It is typical of the area around Turin.

Fialová f Czech
Feminine form of Fiala.

Fiddler English
English form of Fiedler.

Fiedler German
Means "fiddler" in German.

Filipek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Filip.

Filipov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Filip".

Filippi Italian
Derived from the given name Filippo.

Findlay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Fischer German
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in German.

Fishman English
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Fitzroy English
Means "son of the king" in Anglo-Norman French, from French roi meaning "king". This name has been bestowed upon illegitimate children of kings.

Fleming English
Given to a person who was a Fleming, that is a person who was from Flanders in the Netherlands.

Flipsen Dutch
Means "son of Flip".

Flowers English
Variant of Flower.

Fonseca Spanish, Portuguese
Originally belonged to a person who lived near a dry spring, from Latin fons "well, spring" and siccus "dry".

Fontana Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of Fontaine.

Forrest English
Variant of Forest.

Fortier French
Derived from Old French fort "stronghold", indicating a person who lived near or worked at such a place.

Fortuin Dutch
Dutch cognate of Fortune.

Fortune English
From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning "fortune, luck, chance". This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.

Fortuyn Dutch
Dutch cognate of Fortune.

Francis English
Derived from the given name Francis.

Franjić Croatian
Means "son of Franjo".

Frazier Scottish
Variant of Fraser.

Freeman English
Referred to a person who was born free, or in other words was not a serf.

Freitas Portuguese
Means "broken" in Portuguese, a name for one who lived on broken, stony ground.

Friseal Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of Fraser.

Fuentes Spanish
Means "spring, well" in Spanish, derived from Latin fons.

Fujioka Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Gadhavi Gujarati
Meaning unknown, related to the Charan caste of Gujarat.

Gagneux French
Derived from Old French gagnier meaning "to farm, to cultivate".

Gagnier French
Variant of Gagneux.

Galanis m Greek
From Greek γαλανός (galanos) meaning "light blue".

Galilei Italian (Rare)
From the given name Galileo. A notable bearer was the Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Both his given name and surname were from an earlier 15th-century ancestor (a doctor).

Gallego Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain.

Garbutt English
From the given name Gerbold.

Gardner English
Variant of Gardener.

Garland English
Means "triangle land" from Old English gara and land. It originally belonged to a person who owned a triangle-shaped piece of land.

Garnett 1 English
Occupational name referring to a person who made hinges, from Old French carne "hinge".

Garnett 2 English
From a diminutive of the given name Guarin.

Garnier 1 French
From the given name Garnier.

Garnier 2 English
Variant of Garner 1.

Garrard English
From the given name Gerard.

Garrett English
Derived from the given name Gerald or Gerard.

Garrido Spanish
Means "elegant, ostentatious" in Spanish.

Gärtner German
German form of Gardener.

Gaspard French
From the given name Gaspard.

Gaspari Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Gautier French
From the given name Gautier.

Gehring German
Derived from a short form of Old German names starting with the element ger "spear".

Geisler German
Variant of Geissler.

Genkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Genkov.

Gentile Italian
From a nickname meaning "gentle, kind" in Italian.

Georges French
From the given name Georges.

Gereben Hungarian
Means "hackle, hatchel" in Hungarian (a hackle is a tool used to comb out fibers).

Gerhard German
Derived from the given name Gerhard.

Germain French
From the French given name Germain.

Germano Italian
From the given name Germano.

Gerstle German
Variant of Gerst.

Ghasemi Persian
From the given name Ghasem.

Gholami Persian
From the given name Gholam.

Giffard French, English
Possibly from Old French gifart meaning "chubby" or possibly from the Germanic name Gebhard. Walter Giffard was one of the Norman companions of William the Conqueror.

Gilbert English, French
Derived from the given name Gilbert.

Gilliam English
Variant of William. A famous bearer of the name is cartoonist and filmmaker Terry Gilliam (1940-).

Gilmore Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacGilleMhoire or Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhuire meaning "son of the servant of Moire".

Gilmour Scottish, Irish
Variant of Gilmore.

Giménez Spanish
Variant of Jiménez.

Gimondi Italian
Probably derived from the Old German given name Gismund.

Gladwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Glædwine.

Gladwyn English
Variant of Gladwin.

Glazier English
Means "glass worker, glazier", from Old English glæs meaning "glass".

Gniewek Polish
Derived from Gniewek, a diminutive of Zbigniew, Jarogniew, or other names containing gniew "anger".

Goddard English
Derived from the Germanic given name Godehard.

Godfrey English
From the Norman given name Godfrey.

Gomółka Polish
Derived from Polish gomółka, a type of round cheese, ultimately from an old Polish word meaning "round".

Gomułka Polish
Variant of Gomółka.

Gonzalo Spanish
From the given name Gonzalo.

Goodman English
Variant of Good.

Goodwin English
Derived from the given name Godwine.

Goranov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Goran".

Gorbold English
From the given name Gerbold.

Gorecka f Polish
Feminine form of Gorecki.

Gorecki m Polish
Originally indicated a person from Górka, the name of various towns in Poland, ultimately from Polish góra "mountain".

Goretti Italian
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Gouveia Portuguese
From the name of the city of Gouveia in Portugal, of unknown meaning.

Grahame Scottish
Variant of Graham.

Granger English, French
Means "farm bailiff" from Old French grangier, ultimately from Latin granum meaning "grain". It is borne in the Harry Potter novels by Harry's friend Hermione Granger.

Grayson English
Means "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward".

Gregory English
From the given name Gregory.

Griffin 1 Welsh
Derived from the given name Gruffudd.

Griffin 2 English
Nickname from the mythological beast with body of a lion with head and wings of an eagle. It is ultimately from Greek γρύψ (gryps).

Gronchi Italian
From the Tuscan word gronchio meaning "numb, bent". This is an Italian regional surname typical of Tuscany. A famous bearer was the Italian president Giovanni Gronchi (1887-1978).

Größel German
Variant of Groß, used in southern Germany.

Großel German
Variant of Groß, used in southern Germany.

Großer German
Variant of Groß.

Grosser German
Variant of Groß.

Guevara Spanish
Hispanicized form of Gebara. A notable bearer was Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-1967).

Guillot French
From a diminutive of the given name Guillaume.

Guliyev m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Quliyev.

Günther German
Derived from the given name Günther.

Gunther German
Derived from the given name Günther.

Guttuso Italian
From a Sicilian nickname meaning "sad". It was name of the famous Italian painter Renato Guttuso (born 1912).

Gwerder German (Swiss)
From Swiss German gwerig meaning "agile, alert".

Gwózdek Polish
Derived from either archaic Polish gwozd meaning "forest" or gwóźdź meaning "nail".

Habicht German
German cognate of Hawk.

Hackett English
From a diminutive of the medieval byname Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".

Hadaway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Hadjiev m Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Хаджиев (see Hadzhiev).

Haggard English
From a nickname meaning "wild, untamed, worn", from Old French, ultimately from a Germanic root.

Hájková f Czech
Feminine form of Hájek.

Hallman Swedish
From Swedish hall (Old Norse hallr) meaning "rock, boulder, slab" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Hammond English
From the Norman given name Hamo or the Old Norse given name Hámundr.

Hampson English
Means "son of Hamo".

Hampton English
From the name of multiple towns in England, derived from Old English ham "home" or ham "water meadow, enclosure" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Hancock English
From a diminutive of the medieval name Hann.

Hanegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hanigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hanssen Norwegian
Means "son of Hans".

Hansson Swedish
Means "son of Hans".

Harding English
Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

Harford English
Habitational name from places called Harford in Gloucestershire and Devon, meaning "hart ford" or "army ford".

Harland English
From various place names meaning "hare land" in Old English.

Harrell English
From the given name Harold.

Hartell English
From various place names derived from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and hyll "hill".

Hartley English
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in England named Hartley, from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hartman Dutch, German
Dutch and Americanized form of Hartmann.

Həsənov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həsən".

Hasanov m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Həsənov.

Hashemi Persian
From the given name Hashem.