Surnames of Length 8

Đorđević Serbian
Means "son of Đorđe".

Doubková f Czech
Feminine form of Doubek.

Douglass Scottish
Variant of Douglas.

Draganov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragan".

Dragović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Drago".

Dreesens Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Dreessen Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Dresdner German
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Dresden in German.

Dressler German
Means "turner" from Middle High German dreseler, an agent derivative of drehen "to turn". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone.

Driessen Dutch
Means "son of Dries".

Driscoll Irish
From Irish Ó hEidirsceóil meaning "descendant of the messenger".

Drummond Scottish
From various Scottish place names that are derived from Gaelic drumainn, a derivative of druim meaning "ridge".

Duchamps French
Variant of Deschamps.

Dunajska f Polish
Feminine form of Dunajski.

Dunajski m Polish
Derived from Dunaj, the Polish name for the river Danube.

Durdyýew m Turkmen
Means "son of Durdy".

Dziedzic Polish
Derived from Polish dziedzic "landowner".

Ebrahimi Persian
From the given name Ebrahim.

Eckstein German
From Old High German ekka meaning "edge, corner" and stein meaning "stone".

Economou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Οικονόμου (see Oikonomou).

Einstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German ein "one" and stein "stone". A famous bearer was the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Eldridge English
Derived from the given name Aldric.

El-Hashem Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الهاشم (see Al-Hashim).

Eliassen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Elias".

Eliasson Swedish
Means "son of Elias".

Elizondo Spanish
Originally referred to a person who lived close to a church, from Basque eleiza "church" and ondo "near".

Ellisson English
Variant of Ellison.

Elliston English
Variant of Ellison.

Endicott English
Topographic name derived from Old English meaning "from the end cottage".

Engström Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Enríquez Spanish
Means "son of Enrique".

Episcopo Italian
Means "bishop" in Italian, ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos).

Ergeshov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Ergesh".

Erickson English
Means "son of Eric".

Ericsson Swedish
Means "son of Eric".

Eriksson Swedish
Means "son of Erik".

Ermacora Italian
From the given name Ermacora.

Espensen Norwegian
Means "son of Espen".

Espenson Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Espensen.

Espinosa Spanish
From Spanish espinoso meaning "thorny", ultimately from Latin spinosus, a derivative of spina meaning "thorn, spine". This was the real surname of the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), who was of Portuguese Jewish origin.

Espinoza Spanish
Variant of Espinosa.

Esposito Italian
Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted a child who was rescued after being abandoned by its parents.

Everhart German
Variant of Eberhardt.

Expósito Spanish
Spanish cognate of Esposito.

Fairburn English
From a place name meaning "fern stream", from Old English fearn "fern" and burna "stream".

Falconer English, Scottish
Variant of Faulkner.

Falstaff Literature
The name of a buffoonish character, John Falstaff, appearing in four of William Shakespeare's plays. He is the central character in The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602). Shakespeare probably adapted it from the surname of John Fastolf, a 15th-century knight. The medieval surname Fastolf, no longer in use, was derived from the Norse given name Fastúlfr.

Faucheux French
Variant of Faucher.

Faulkner English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Fedorova f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Фёдорова (see Fyodorova).

Ferguson Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Fergus".

Ferreira Portuguese, Galician
Denoted a person from a town named because it was near an iron mine, from Latin ferrum meaning "iron".

Ferreiro Galician
Galician cognate of Ferrari.

Ferreyra Portuguese, Galician
Variant of Ferreira.

Figueroa Spanish
From places named for Galician figueira meaning "fig tree".

Filipova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Filipov.

Filipová f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of Filip.

Filippov m Russian
Means "son of Filip".

Finnegan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendant of Fionnagán". The given name Fionnagán is a diminutive of Fionn.

Fiscella Italian
Derived from Italian fiscella, which was a basket used to conserve cheese. The name was probably used to denote a person who made cheese.

Flanagan Irish
From Irish Ó Flannagáin meaning "descendant of Flannagán". Flannagán is a given name meaning "blood red". From County Roscommon in Ireland, it has many other spellings.

Flanagon Irish
Variant of Flanagan.

Flannery Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannghaile meaning "descendant of Flannghal", a given name meaning "red valour".

Fletcher English
Occupational name for a fletcher, someone who attached feathers to the shaft of an arrow. It is derived from Old French fleche meaning "arrow".

Fontaine French
Derived from Old French fontane meaning "well, fountain", a derivative of Latin fons.

Forester English
Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest (see Forest).

Forsberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish fors meaning "waterfall" and berg meaning "mountain".

Förstner German
Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest (see Forst).

Fournier French
Occupational name for a baker, from French fourneau meaning "oven".

François French
Derived from the given name François.

Franklin English
Derived from Middle English frankelin meaning "freeman". It denoted a landowner of free but not noble birth, from Old French franc meaning "free". Famous bearers include American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).

Franklyn English
Variant of Franklin.

Fransson Swedish
Means "son of Frans".

Franzese Italian
From a nickname that indicated a person who came from France. It is typical of the area around Naples.

Fuhrmann German
Derived from Middle High German vuorman meaning "cartwright".

Fujimori Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Fujimoto Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Fujimura Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Fujisawa Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Fujiwara Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Fukuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Furukawa Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Fyodorov m Russian
Means "son of Fyodor".

Gabriels English
Derived from the given name Gabriel.

Gaertner German
German form of Gardener.

Gaillard French
Means "lively, strong" in French.

Gallardo Spanish
Means "gallant, elegant" in Spanish.

Gallegos Spanish
Variant of Gallego.

Gardener English
Occupational surname for one who was a gardener, from Old French jardin meaning "garden" (of Frankish origin).

Gardiner English
Variant of Gardener.

Gárdonyi Hungarian
Originally denoted a person from Gárdony, a town near Budapest in Hungary.

Garfield English
Means "triangle field" in Old English. A famous bearer was American president James A. Garfield (1831-1881).

Garofalo Italian
From a nickname, from a southern variant of the Italian word garofano meaning "carnation".

Gauthier French
Derived from the given name Gauthier.

Geißler German
Variant of Geissler.

Geissler German
Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.

Geiszler German
Variant of Geissler.

Genadiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Genadi".

Genovese Italian
Denoted a person from the Italian city of Genoa (Genova in Italian).

Georgiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Georgi".

Georgiou Greek
Means "son of Georgios".

Gerhardt German
Derived from the given name Gerhard.

Gheorghe Romanian
Derived from the given name Gheorghe.

Ghorbani Persian
From the given name Ghorban.

Giannino Italian
Derived from the given name Giannino.

Giordano Italian
Derived from the given name Giordano.

Gismondi Italian
From the Old German given name Gismund.

Giugovaz Italian
Italian form of the Croatian surname Jugovac.

Giuliani Italian
From the given name Giuliano.

Gjorgiev m Macedonian
Means "son of Gjorgji".

Glöckner German
Derived from Middle High German glocke "bell". It may have referred to a person who worked at or lived close to a bell tower.

Gonzales Spanish
Variant of González.

González Spanish
Means "son of Gonzalo" in Spanish. This is among the most common surnames in Spain.

Gonzalez Spanish
Unaccented variant of González.

Goossens Flemish
From the Germanic given name Gozzo.

Goranova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Goranov.

Gosselin French
Derived from a diminutive of the French given name Gosse.

Gottlieb German
Derived from the given name Gottlieb.

Griffith Welsh, English
Derived from the Welsh given name Gruffudd.

Grigorov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Grigor".

Grimaldi Italian
From the given name Grimaldo. It is the surname of the royal family of Monaco, which came from Genoa.

Grünberg German, Jewish
From German grün meaning "green" and Berg meaning "mountain". This name indicated a person who lived on or near a forest-covered mountain.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

Guarneri Italian
From the given name Guanero, an Italian cognate of Werner.

Guerrero Spanish
Means "warrior" in Spanish, an occupational name for a soldier. It is derived from Late Latin werra "war", of Germanic origin.

Guillory French
Derived from the Old German given name Williric.

Guinness Irish
Variant of McGuinness. The name is well known because of the Guinness brand of ale, established in 1759 by Arthur Guinness.

Guliyeva f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Quliyeva.

Gurbanow m Turkmen
Means "son of Gurban".

Hadjieva f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Хаджиева (see Hadzhieva).

Hadzhiev m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian хаджия (hadzhiya) meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

Hagihara Japanese
From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Hagopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Hakobyan Armenian
Means "son of Hakob" in Armenian.

Halloran Irish
From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".

Hamasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Hamilton English, Scottish
From an English place name, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". This was the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists).

Hannigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hannigen Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Hanraets Dutch
Variant of Haanraads.

Hardwick English
From Old English heord "herd" and wic "village, town".

Hargrave English
Derived from Old English har meaning "grey" and graf "grove".

Harrison English
Means "son of Harry".

Hartmann German
From the German given name Hartmann.

Həsənova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həsənov.

Hasanova f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Həsənova.

Hasegawa Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase, not a standard reading) combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hathaway English
Habitational name for someone who lived near a path across a heath, from Old English hæþ "heath" and weg "way".

Hatheway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Havlíček m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Havel.

Hawthorn English
Variant of Hawthorne.

Hayasaka Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "already, now" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Heidrich German
From the Old German given name Heidrich.

Heijmans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.

Heikkilä Finnish
From the given name Heikki with the suffix -lä indicating a place.

Heinonen Finnish
From the given name Heino.

Heinrich German
Derived from the given name Heinrich.

Hendriks Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrikx Dutch
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hennessy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAonghuis meaning "descendant of Aonghus".

Henryson English
Means "son of Henry". A bearer of this surname was the poet Robert Henryson (1425-1500).

Herberts English, Dutch
Variant of Herbert.

Hernando Spanish
From the given name Hernando.

Herrmann German
From the given name Hermann.

Herschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.

Hinrichs Low German
Derived from the given name Hinrich.

Hirschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Hisakawa Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hlaváček m Czech
Diminutive form of Hlaváč.

Hochberg German, Jewish
From place names meaning "high hill" in German.

Hoekstra Frisian
From Frisian hoek meaning "corner".

Hoffmann German
From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".

Hofwegen Dutch
Variant of Van Hofwegen.

Hollands English
Variant of Holland 1.

Holloway English
From the name of various English places, derived from Old English hol "hollow, sunken, deep" and weg "path, way".

Holmberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and berg meaning "mountain".

Holmgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Holmwood English
Variant of Homewood.

Holubová f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of Holub.

Holzmann German
Derived from Old High German holz "wood" and man "man", a name for someone who lived close to a wood or worked with wood.

Homewood English
From various place names derived from Old English ham meaning "home" and wudu meaning "wood".

Horáková f Czech
Feminine form of Horák.

Horowitz Jewish
From the German name of Hořovice, a town in the Czech Republic. Its name is derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Horsfall English
From a minor place in Yorkshire derived from Old English hors "horse" and fall "clearing".

Hosseini Persian
From the given name Hossein.

Hristova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Hristov.

Hrušková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Hruška.

Hudáková f Slovak
Feminine form of Hudák.

Huffmann German
Variant of Hoffmann.

Humphrey English
Derived from the given name Humphrey.

Hüseynov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Hüseyn".

Huxtable English
Derived from the name of an English place meaning "hook post", from Old English hoc "hook" and stapol "post".

Igarashi Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (i) meaning "fifty", an unwritten subject marker が (ga), and 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".

Iglesias Spanish
From Spanish iglesia meaning "church", from Latin ecclesia (of Greek origin).

Ignatiev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Игнатьев (see Ignatyev).

Ignatova f Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Ignatov.

Ignatyev m Russian
Means "son of Ignatiy".

Ikonomou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Οικονόμου (see Oikonomou).

Ingesson Swedish
Means "son of Inge".

Ioannidi f Greek
Feminine form of Ioannidis.

Iordanou Greek
From the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yaraḏ) meaning "descend" or "flow down".

Isaacson English
Means "son of Isaac".

Isaksson Swedish
Means "son of Isak".

Ishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ismailov m Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Chechen, Avar
Means "son of Ismail".

Ismoilov m Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Ismoil".

Ivankova f Russian
Feminine form of Ivankov.

Ivanović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivarsson Swedish
Means "son of Ivar".

Jacobsen Danish
Means "son of Jacob".

Jacobson English
Means "son of Jacob".

Jafarova f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Cəfərova.

Jahodová f Czech
Feminine form of Jahoda.

Jakobsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jakob".

Jamshidi Persian
From the given name Jamshid.

Janković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Janko".

Jankovič Slovene
Means "son of Janko".

Janowska f Polish
Feminine form of Janowski.

Janowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Janowo, Janów or Janowice, all derived from the given name Jan 1.

Jansingh Dutch
Variant of Jansen.

Janssens Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Jan 1".

Järvinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish järvi meaning "lake". It is one of the most common surnames in Finland.

Jaworska f Polish
Feminine form of Jaworski.

Jaworski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various places named Jawory or Jaworze, derived from Polish jawor meaning "maple tree".

Jedlička m Czech
Derived from Czech jedle meaning "fir tree", given to a person who lived near a prominent one.

Jeffries English
Patronymic from the given name Jeffrey.

Jehlička m Czech
From Czech jehla meaning "needle", most likely borne by tailors in reference to their occupation.

Jelenová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Jelen.

Jennings English
From the given name Jenyn, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Jeppesen Danish
Means "son of Jeppe".

Jerković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Jerko".

Jernigan English
Possibly derived from the old Breton name Iarnogon meaning "iron famous".

Johansen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Johan". This is the second most common Norwegian surname.

Johnsson Swedish
Means "son of John".

Johnston Scottish
From the name of a Scottish town, which meant "John's town".

Jokumsen Danish
Means "son of Jokum".

Jonaitis m Lithuanian
From the given name Jonas 1.

Jonasson Swedish
Means "son of Jonas 2".

Jonckers Dutch
Patronymic form of Jonker.

Jonkheer Dutch
Variant of Jonker.

Joossens Flemish
Means "son of Joos".

Kadyrova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Chechen
Feminine form of Kadyrov.

Kadyrowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Kadyrow.

Kalužová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Kaluža.

Kamińska f Polish
Feminine form of Kamiński.

Kamiński m Polish
From Polish kamień meaning "stone", a name for a stonecutter or for one who lived at a place with this name.

Kanemaru Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Kərimova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Kərimov.

Karimova f Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Tatar, Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Karimov. It is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Kərimova.

Kārkliņa f Latvian
Feminine form of Kārkliņš.

Kārkliņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian kārkls meaning "osier, willow".

Karlsson Swedish
Means "son of Karl".

Kárpáthy Hungarian
Variant of Kárpáti.

Kasabian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see Ghasabyan).

Kasprzak Polish
Means "son of Kacper".

Katsaros m Greek
Means "curly" in Greek, referring to a person with curly hair.

Katsarou f Greek
Feminine form of Katsaros.

Kaufmann German, Jewish
Means "trader, merchant" in German.

Kavalioŭ m Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Belarusian Кавалёў (see Kavalyow).

Kavalyow m Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian каваль (kaval') meaning "blacksmith".

Kavanagh Irish
Derived from the Irish Gaelic name Caomhánach, which means "a student of saint Caomhán". It was the name used by a 12th-century king of Leinster, Domhnall Caomhánach, the eldest son of the historic Irish king Diarmait Mac Murchada.

Kawakami Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Kawasaki Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Keighley English
Derived from an English place name meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha". The Old English given name Cyhha is of unknown meaning.

Kendrick 1 English
From the Old English given names Cyneric or Cenric.

Kendrick 2 Welsh
Derived from the given name Cynwrig.

Kendrick 3 Scottish
Variant of McKendrick.

Kenyatta Kikuyu
From kinyata, the name of a type of ornamental belt worn by the Maasai. This was the surname of the first president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta (1897-1978). He adopted the surname in his youth.

Kerimowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Kerimow.

Killough Irish
Indicated a person who was from Killough (County Down, Northern Ireland) or Killough (Wicklow, Ireland). The place name Killough means "church on the lake", derived from the Irish cill "church" and loch "lake".

Kimberly English
Variant of Kimberley.

Kingsley English
From a place name meaning "king's clearing" in Old English.

Kingston English
From a place name meaning "king's town" in Old English.

Kinnaird Scottish
From the name of a place in Scotland, in Gaelic An Ceann Ard, meaning "high headland". In the 12th century a Norman nobleman received a charter of land here from King William the Lion (King of Scots), and was thereafter known by this name.

Kinnunen Finnish
Possibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word kinni meaning "animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish skinn.

Kirchner German
Derived from Middle High German kirchenaere meaning "sexton".

Kitagawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream". A famous bearer was the artist and printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806).

Kitchens English
Variant of Kitchen.

Kjeldsen Danish
Means "son of Kjeld".

Klimková f Czech
Czech feminine form of Klimek.

Klossner German
Derived from German Klausner, Middle High German klosenære meaning "hermit".

Klymenko Ukrainian
From the given name Klym.

Knežević Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).

Knutsson Swedish
Means "son of Knut".

Kokkinos m Greek
From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

Kokkinou f Greek
Feminine form of Kokkinos.

Kolářová f Czech
Feminine form of Kolář.

Korhonen Finnish
Possibly from archaic Finnish korho meaning "deaf, hard of hearing". This is the most common surname in Finland.

Koskinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish koski meaning "rapids".

Kosmatka Polish
Derived from Polish kosmaty meaning "shaggy, hairy".

Koszorús Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian koszorú meaning "garland, wreath, girdle", a name for someone who made garlands.

Kovachev m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian ковач (kovach) meaning "blacksmith".

Kováčová f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Kováč.

Kovaleva f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Ковалёва (see Kovalyova).

Kovalyov m Russian
Derived from Russian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".

Kovářová f Czech
Feminine form of Kovář.

Kowalska f Polish
Feminine form of Kowalski.

Kowalski m Polish
From Polish kowal meaning "blacksmith". This is the second most common surname in Poland.

Krasteva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Krastev.

Krastiņa f Latvian
Feminine form of Krastiņš.