Surnames of Length 7

Profeta Italian
From Italian profeta meaning "prophet". It probably came from a nickname indicating a person who wanted to predict the future. It is typical of southern Italy.

Purcell English
From Old French pourcel "piglet", from Latin porcellus, a derivative of porcus "pig". This was a nickname or an occupational name for a swineherd.

Pusztai Hungarian
From Hungarian puszta meaning "plain, steppe". The name was given to someone living on a plain.

Qasımov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qasım".

Qodirov m Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Qodir".

Quesada Spanish
Habitational name from Quesada, a place in Jaén in southern Spain. The place name is of uncertain derivation; it could be connected to Old Spanish requexada meaning "corner, tight spot".

Quigley Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

Quijada Spanish
Means "jaw" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with a large jaw.

Quijano Spanish
From the name of a village in northern Spain.

Quijote Literature
Spanish form of Quixote.

Quincey English
Variant of Quincy.

Quinlan Irish
From Irish Ó Caoindealbháin, which means "descendant of Caoindealbhán", a given name meaning "handsome form" (using a diminutive suffix).

Quiroga Galician
Originally denoted a person from the town of Quiroga in Galicia, Spain.

Quixada Spanish (Archaic)
Old spelling of Quijada.

Quixano Spanish (Archaic)
Old spelling of Quijano.

Quixote Literature
Created by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes for the main character in his novel Don Quixote (1605), about a nobleman who goes mad after reading too many heroic romances and decides to become a wandering knight under the name Don Quixote. His real name in part one of the book is conjectured to be Quixada or Quesada, though in part two (published 10 years after part one) it is revealed as Alonso Quixano. The Spanish suffix -ote means "large".

Quliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qulu".

Radkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Radkov.

Ralston Scottish
Originally denoted a person from Ralston, Scotland, which was derived from the given name Ralph combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Ramaker Dutch
Variant of Rademaker.

Ramires Portuguese
Means "son of Ramiro" in Portuguese.

Ramírez Spanish
Means "son of Ramiro" in Spanish.

Randall English
Derived from the given name Randel.

Randell English
Derived from the given name Randel.

Randrup Danish
From the name of homesteads in Denmark (in Viborg or Rebild municipalities).

Rantala Finnish
From Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach" with the suffix -la indicating a place.

Raskopf German
Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".

Rattray Scottish
From a Scottish place name meaning "fortress town", from Gaelic ráth meaning "fortress" and a Pictish word meaning "town".

Ravenna Italian
From the name of the city of Ravenna in northern Italy, which is of uncertain origin, possibly Etruscan.

Readdie English
Variant of Ready 1.

Reardon Irish
Variant of Riordan.

Redondo Spanish
Means "round" in Spanish, originally a nickname for a plump person, ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Renault French
Derived from the given name Renaud.

Rennell English
Variant of Reynolds.

Rennold English
Variant of Reynolds.

Rennoll English
Variant of Reynolds.

Reynaud French
From the given name Reynaud.

Reynell English
Variant of Reynolds.

Ribeiro Portuguese
Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".

Richard English, French, German, Dutch
From the given name Richard.

Richter German
Means "judge" in German, from Middle High German rihtære.

Rickard English
From the given name Richard.

Rinaldi Italian
Derived from the given name Rinaldo.

Riordan Irish
From Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin meaning "descendant of Rígbarddán".

Ritchie Scottish
From a Scottish diminutive of the given name Richard.

Rivière French
French cognate of Rivers.

Robbins English
Derived from the given name Robin.

Roberts English
Means "son of Robert".

Robledo Spanish
Means "oak wood" from Spanish roble "oak", ultimately from Latin robur.

Rodgers English
Derived from the given name Rodger.

Rodrigo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Rodrigo.

Rolland French
From the given name Roland.

Rollins English
From a diminutive of the given name Roland.

Romagna Italian
From the region of Romagna, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is derived from Latin Romania meaning "land of the Romans".

Romanov m Russian
Means "son of Roman". This was the surname of the last dynasty of Russian tsars.

Romeijn Dutch
Derived from the given name Romein.

Romilly English, French
Originally denoted a person who came from any of the various places in northern France called Romilly or from Romiley in England.

Rosales Spanish
Means "rose bushes" in Spanish.

Rosário Portuguese
Means "rosary" in Portuguese. This name was often given to people born on the day of the festival of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Rosario Spanish
Spanish form of Rosário.

Rossini Italian
Diminutive form of Rossi. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).

Rostami Persian
Derived from the given name Rostam.

Roussel French
French form of Russell.

Rowland English
Derived from the given name Roland.

Royston English
Originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "Royse's town". The given name Royse was a medieval variant of Rose.

Rudaski Polish (Anglicized)
Americanized variant of Rudawski.

Rudenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian рудий (rudy) meaning "red".

Rudzīte f Latvian
Feminine form of Rudzītis.

Ruggeri Italian
Derived from the given name Ruggero.

Ruggles English
From a medieval diminutive of the given name Roger.

Russell English
From a Norman French nickname that meant "little red one", perhaps originally describing a person with red hair.

Rustici Italian
From Italian rustico meaning "rustic, rural".

Rutgers Dutch
Derived from the given name Rutger.

Růžička m Czech
Means "little rose" in Czech.

Ruzzier Italian
From a dialectal variant of Ruggiero. It is typical of northeastern Italy, the area around Trieste.

Ryskamp Dutch
Meaning unknown, probably ending with Dutch kamp meaning "camp".

Sadeghi Persian
From the given name Sadegh.

Sadıqov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Sadıq".

Saidova f Uzbek, Tajik
Feminine form of Saidov.

Salamon Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the given name Salamon or Salomon.

Salazar Basque, Spanish
From Spanish sala meaning "hall" and Basque zahar meaning "old". It can also refer to the town of Salazar in Burgos, Spain, which is of the same origin.

Salcedo Spanish
Derived from Latin salix meaning "willow tree". The name was originally given to one who lived near a willow tree.

Salinas Spanish
Occupational name for a salt worker or someone who lived bear a salt works, from Spanish salina "salt works, salt mine", ultimately from Latin sal "salt".

Salomon French, German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Salomon or Salomo.

Salonen Finnish
From Finnish salo meaning "forest".

Salucci Italian
From Italian sale meaning "salt".

Salvage English
Variant of Savage.

Samaras m Greek
Means "saddle maker" in Greek, from σαμάρι (samari) meaning "saddle".

Sampson English
Derived from a medieval form of the given name Samson.

Samuels English
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Sánchez Spanish
Means "son of Sancho".

Sanchez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Sánchez.

Sanders English
Patronymic of the given name Sander, a medieval form of Alexander.

Sanford English
Variant of Sandford.

Sansone Italian
Derived from the given name Sansone.

Santana Spanish, Portuguese
From any of the numerous places named after Saint Anna. A famous bearer is the Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana (1947-).

Santini Italian
Diminutive form of Santo.

Santoro Italian
Means "all saint's day" in Italian, a nickname for one born on that day.

Sargent English
Variant of Sergeant.

Sárközi Hungarian
Originally indicated someone from Sárköz, a region in Hungary, derived from sár "mud" and köz "margin, lane".

Sarkozi Hungarian (Anglicized)
Variant of Sárközi.

Sárközy Hungarian
Variant of Sárközi.

Sarkozy Hungarian (Anglicized)
Variant of Sárközy.

Sartini Italian
Diminutive form of Sarto.

Sartore Italian
Variant of Sarto.

Sauvage French
French form of Savage.

Savchuk Ukrainian
From the given name Sava.

Savidge English
Variant of Savage.

Schäfer German
From Old High German scaphare meaning "shepherd".

Schenck German
Variant of Schenk.

Scherer German
Occupational name for a cutter of cloth or a sheep-shearer, from Old High German skeran "to cut".

Schmidt German
Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.

Schmitt German
Variant of Schmidt.

Schmitz German
Variant of Schmidt, originating in the Rhine area in western Germany.

Schnell German
German cognate of Snell.

Schnoor German
Variant of Schnur.

Schoorl Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the town of Schoorl in the province of Noord-Holland in the Netherlands. It means "forest by the shore" in Dutch.

Schorel Dutch
Variant of Schoorl.

Schreck German
From Middle High German schrecken meaning "to frighten, to scare".

Schuler German
Means "scholar, student" in German, ultimately from Latin schola meaning "school".

Schulte Low German
Low German variant of Schulz.

Schultz German
Variant of Schulz.

Schulze German
Variant of Schulz.

Schwarz German, Jewish
Means "black" in German, from Old High German swarz. It originally described a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

Sciacca Italian
Originally denoted someone from Sciacca, Sicily, Italy, which is of uncertain origin.

Sciarra Italian
From Sicilian sciarra meaning "quarrel, dispute", originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person.

Scriven English
Occupational name meaning "writer, clerk, scribe" in Old French, derived from Latin scriba.

Scrooge Literature
Created by Charles Dickens for the central character in his short novel A Christmas Carol (1843). He probably based it on the rare English word scrouge meaning "to squeeze". In the book Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old man who is visited by three spirits who show him visions of his past, present and future. Since the book's publication, scrooge has been used as a word to mean "miser, misanthrope".

Seegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Seghers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Segreti Italian
From Italian segreto meaning "secret", a nickname for a confidant.

Sempers English
From the name of various towns named Saint Pierre in Normandy, all of which commemorate Saint Peter.

Serafim Portuguese
Derived from the given name Serafim.

Serafin Polish, Italian
Derived from the given name Serafin or Serafino.

Sergeev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Сергеев (see Sergeyev).

Serpico Italian
From a nickname derived from Italian serpe "serpent, reptile".

Serrano Spanish
Variant of Sierra.

Séverin French
Derived from the given name Séverin.

Seymour 1 English
From Saint Maur, a French place name, which commemorates Saint Maurus.

Seymour 2 English
From an English place name, derived from Old English sæ "sea" and mere "lake".

Shannon Irish
From Irish Ó Seanáin meaning "descendant of Seanán".

Shapiro Jewish
Means "pretty, lovely" in Hebrew, from Aramaic.

Sharman English
Variant of Sherman 1.

Sharrow English
Originally a name for someone from Sharrow, England, derived from Old English scearu "boundary" and hoh "point of land, heel".

Shearer English
English cognate of Scherer.

Sheenan Irish
Variant of Shannon.

Shelton English
From the name of various English towns, meaning "shelf town" in Old English.

Shepard English
Variant of Shepherd.

Sherazi Urdu
Urdu form of Shirazi.

Sherman 1 English
Means "shear man", referring to someone who used shears in his line of work, such as a sheep-shearer.

Sherman 2 Jewish
Means "tailor" in Yiddish, derived from שער (sher) meaning "scissors".

Shibuya Japanese
From Japanese 渋 (shibu) meaning "astringent, rough" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Shimada Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shimizu Japanese
From Japanese 清 (shi) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Shinoda Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shirazi Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Shiraz, located in southern Iran. The city's name is possibly of Elamite origin.

Shirley English
From an English place name, derived from Old English scir "bright" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Shriver German
German cognate of Scriven.

Siddall English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English sid "wide" and halh "nook, recess".

Siebert German
Derived from the given name Siegbert.

Siegert German
Derived from the given name Sieghard.

Siekert German (Rare)
Derived from the given name Sieghard.

Šimková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Šimek or Šimko.

Simmons English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Šimonis m Lithuanian
Means "son of Simonas".

Simonis Dutch, German
Means "son of Simon 1".

Simpkin English
From a diminutive of the given name Simon 1.

Simpson English
Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.

Sinagra 1 Italian
Originally denoted a person from Sinagra on Sicily, possibly derived from Latin sinus "inlet" and ager "field".

Sinagra 2 Italian
Derived from the given name Senagora, an Italian form of Xenagoras.

Siskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Sjöberg Swedish
From Swedish sjö (Old Norse sær) meaning "lake, sea" and berg meaning "mountain".

Sjögren Swedish
From Swedish sjö (Old Norse sær) meaning "lake, sea" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Skálová f Czech
Feminine form of Skála.

Skeates English
From the Old Norse nickname or byname skjótr meaning "swift".

Skinner English
Occupational name for a person who skinned animals, from Old Norse skinn.

Slavkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Slavko".

Slusser German
Variant of Schlosser.

Smedley English
From an unidentified place name probably meaning "smooth clearing" in Old English.

Smirnov m Russian
Derived from Russian смирный (smirny) meaning "quiet, peaceful, timid". This is one of the most common surnames in Russia.

Smolová f Czech
Feminine form of Smola.

Snaijer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Sneijer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Sniders English
Variant of Snyder.

Snijder Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Snyders English
Variant of Snyder.

Sodiqov m Uzbek
Means "son of Sodiq".

Sokolof Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Sokolov.

Sokolov m Russian, Bulgarian
Patronymic form of Sokol.

Solberg Norwegian, Swedish
From a place name, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Swedish name it may be ornamental.

Soldati Italian
From Italian soldato meaning "soldier", ultimately from Latin solidus, a type of Roman coin.

Solheim Norwegian
From the name various of various villages in Norway, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and heimr meaning "home".

Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Somogyi Hungarian
Originally indicated a person from Somogy, a region within Hungary. It may be derived from Hungarian som meaning "cornel tree".

Soriano Italian
From place names such as Soriano Calabro and Soriano nel Cimino. It is typical of southern Italy.

Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.

Speight English
English form of Specht, probably a loanword from German or Dutch.

Spencer English
Occupational name for a person who dispensed provisions to those who worked at a manor, derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry".

Spijker 1 Dutch
Denoted a dweller by or worker at a granary, from Dutch spijker "granary".

Spijker 2 Dutch
Occupational name for a nailsmith, from Dutch spijker "nail".

Spillum Norwegian
Originally denoted a person from Spillum, Norway.

Spooner English
Occupational name for a maker of spoons or a maker of shingles, derived from Middle English spone meaning "chip of wood, spoon".

Stabile Italian
From the medieval Italian given name Stabile meaning "stable, firm".

Stablum Italian
Northern Italian name derived from Latin stabulum meaning "stable".

Stanciu Romanian
Derived from Romanian stânci meaning "rocks".

Staneva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Stanev.

Stankić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Stanko".

Stanley English
From various place names meaning "stone clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer was the British-American explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904).

Stanton English
From one of the many places named Stanton or Staunton in England, derived from Old English stan meaning "stone" and tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Stasiuk Ukrainian, Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Stanislav.

Šťastná f Czech
Feminine form of Šťastný.

Šťastný m Czech
Means "happy" in Czech.

Statham English
From the name of a village in the English county of Cheshire, derived from Old English stæð meaning "wharf, landing place" and ham "home, settlement".

Stavrou Greek
From the given name Stavros.

Stawska f Polish
Feminine form of Stawski.

Stawski m Polish
Derived from Polish staw meaning "pond".

Steffen Low German, English
Derived from the given name Stephen.

Steiner German
Variant of Stein.

Stenger German
Occupational name for a post maker, from Old High German stanga "pole".

Stępień Polish
Possibly an occupational name for a herbalist, from Polish stępa "mortar".

Stetson English
Possibly from the name of the village of Stidston in Devon, meaning "Stithweard's town".

Steuben German
Name for a dweller by a stump of a large tree, from Middle Low German stubbe "stub".

Stevens English
Variant of Stephens.

Stewart Scottish
Occupational name for an administrative official of an estate or steward, from Old English stig "house" and weard "guard". The Stewart family (sometimes spelled Stuart) held the Scottish crown for several centuries. One of the most famous members of the Stewart family was Mary, Queen of Scots.

Stieber German
Derived from Middle High German stiuben meaning "to run away". It may have been given as a nickname to a cowardly person or a thief.

Stolarz Polish
Occupational name from Polish stolarz meaning "joiner, maker of furniture".

Strange English
Derived from Middle English strange meaning "foreign", ultimately from Latin extraneus.

Strobel German
Diminutive form of Straub.

Stroman German
Means "straw man" in German, an occupational name for a seller of straw.

Suggitt English
Variant of Southgate.

Sugiura Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Šulcová f Czech
Feminine form of Šulc.

Sultana Bengali, Urdu, Maltese
Bengali, Urdu and Maltese form of Sultan.

Summers 1 English
Variant of Sumner.

Summers 2 English
Variant of Sommer 1.

Svensen Norwegian
Means "son of Sven".

Svenson Swedish
Variant of Svensson.

Svoboda m Czech
Means "freedom" in Czech. This was a medieval name for a freeman, someone who was not a serf.

Swallow English
From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.

Swanson English
Patronymic form of Middle English swein meaning "servant" (of Old Norse origin). This word was also used as a byname, and this surname could be a patronymic form of that.

Sweeney Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Suibhne.

Switzer German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schweitzer.

Sydykov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Sydyk".

Symonds English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Szarvas Hungarian
Means "deer" in Hungarian.

Székely Hungarian
Denoted a person of Székely ancestry. The Székelys are a population of Hungarians who live in central Romania.

Szwedko Polish
Variant of Szweda.

Taggart Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac an tSagairt meaning "son of the priest". This name comes from a time when the rules of priestly celibacy were not strictly enforced.

Tailler French
Means "tailor" from Old French tailleur.

Tamboia Italian
Possibly means "drummer", from Italian tamburo meaning "drum".

Tamboli Marathi
From the Sanskrit word ताम्बूल (tāmbūla) meaning "betel leaves". These leaves are used in rituals and worship, and the name was originally given to a person who grew or sold them.

Tavares Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Tavares, likely of pre-Roman origin.

Taverna Italian
From the place name Taverna, common in different parts of Italy. It means "inn, tavern" in Italian.

Tawfeek Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic توفيق (see Tawfiq).

Tedesco Italian
From Italian tedesco meaning "German".

Tehrani Persian
Indicated a person from the Iranian city of Tehran, of unknown meaning.

Teodoro Portuguese
Derived from the given name Teodoro.

Terrell English
Probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel meaning "to pull", referring to a stubborn person.

Tesařík m Czech
Diminutive of Tesař.

Tessaro Italian
Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.

Thacker English
Northern Middle English variant of Thatcher.

Thomson English
Variant of Thompson.

Thorley English
From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.

Thorsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Thor".

Thwaite English
Indicated a dweller in a forest clearing or pasture, from Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture".

Tierney Irish
From Irish Ó Tíghearnaigh meaning "descendant of Tighearnach".

Tillens Flemish
From the old Dutch name Tiel, a medieval diminutive of Dietrich.

Tindall English
From Tindale, the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from the name of the river Tyne combined with Old English dæl "dale, valley".

Tirrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Tiryaki Turkish
Possibly from a nickname meaning "addict, opium user" in Turkish.

Tkachuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

Todorov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Todor".

Tolbert English
Possibly from a Germanic given name of unknown meaning. The second element of the name is derived from beraht meaning "bright, famous".

Tolkien German
Possibly from a Low German byname Tolk meaning "interpreter" (of Slavic origin). A famous bearer was the English author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973). According to him, the surname was derived from German tollkühn meaning "foolhardy".

Tomczak Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Tomasz.

Tomioka Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Toselli Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Tosetti Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Tóthová f Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Tóth.

Trapani Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city of Trapani, derived from Greek δρεπάνη (drepane) meaning "sickle".

Travere French
French variant of Travers.

Travers English, French
From an English and French place name that described a person who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French traverser (which comes from Late Latin transversare), which means "to cross".

Travert French
French variant of Travers.

Traviss English
English variant of Travers.

Traylor English
Meaning unknown.

Treloar English
Originally denoted a person from a place of this name in Cornwall, England.

Tremble French
Variant of Tremblay.

Tritten German
Originally denoted someone who lived by a set of steps, from Middle High German trit "step".

Trudeau French (Quebec)
From a diminutive of the given name Thouroude, a medieval French form of the Norse name Torvald. This name has been borne by two Canadian prime ministers, Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919-2000) and his son Justin Trudeau (1971-).

Trueman English
Variant of Truman.

Tschida German
Possibly derived from a Slavic given name of unknown meaning.

Tsukuda Japanese
From Japanese 佃 (tsukuda) meaning "cultivated rice field".

Tsunoda Japanese
From Japanese 角 (tsuno) meaning "point, corner" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tunison Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Teunissen.

Turunen Finnish
From Finnish turku meaning "marketplace" or the Finnish city of Turku (derived from the same word).

Tyrrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Uccello Italian
Means "bird" in Italian, either a nickname for a person who resembled a bird or an occupational name for a birdcatcher.

Ulfsson Swedish
Means "son of Ulf".

Umarova f Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Umarov.

Urbonas m Lithuanian
From the given name Urbonas.