Surnames of Length 9

This is a list of surnames in which the length is 9.
usage
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Kawaguchi Japanese
Means "mouth of the river", from Japanese (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Kevorkian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan).
Khoroushi Persian
Derived from the given name Kurosh.
Kimberley English
From various English places called Kimberley. They mean either "Cyneburga's field", "Cynebald's field" or "Cynemær's field".
Kishimoto Japanese
From Japanese (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Kjellsson Swedish
Means "son of Kjell".
Kobayashi Japanese
From Japanese (ko) meaning "small" and (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Korrapati Indian, Telugu
From an area called Korra or Korrapalem combined with Telugu పతి (pati) meaning "belongs to".
Kovalchuk Ukrainian, Russian
Derived from Ukrainian and Russian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".
Kovalenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".
Kowalczyk Polish
Patronymic derived from Polish kowal "blacksmith".
Kozłowski Polish
Originally a name for a person from Kozłów, Kozłowo, or other places with a name derived from Polish kozioł meaning "male goat".
Krakowski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for a person from the city of Kraków in southern Poland.
Krikorian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գրիգորյան (see Grigoryan).
Krstevski Macedonian
Means "son of Krste".
Kuijlaars Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch cule "hole, pit".
Kuznetsov Russian
Patronymic form of Russian кузнец (kuznets) meaning "blacksmith".
Laakkonen Finnish
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Niklas.
Laaksonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish laakso meaning "valley".
Laguardia Italian
Occupational name meaning "sentry, sentinel" in Italian, also a locative name referring to a person who lived near a watchtower. Fiorello Laguardia (1882-1947) was the first mayor of New York of Italian origin.
Langbroek Dutch
From the name of a small town in the province of Utrecht, Holland, derived from lang meaning "wide" and broek meaning "meadow".
Laukkanen Finnish
From a nickname for a person who took big steps, from Finnish laukka meaning "canter, gallop".
Lauridsen Danish
Means "son of Laurids".
Lauritsen Danish
Means "son of Laurits".
Ławniczak Polish
From Polish ławnik meaning "alderman".
Lesauvage French
French form of Savage.
Lestrange French
From Old French estrange, a cognate of Strange.
Lindqvist Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Lindström Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Ljungborg Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and borg meaning "castle".
Ljunggren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
Llewellyn Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.
Locatelli Italian
From Locatello, a town in Lombardy, northern Italy, near the city of Bergamo.
Longstaff English
Occupational name for an official who was equipped with a ceremonial staff, or a nickname for a tall person.
Losnedahl Norwegian
From Norwegian dahl meaning "valley" and Losna, a place in Norway.
Ludvigsen Danish
Means "son of Ludvig".
Lundqvist Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Lundström Swedish
From Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Mac Cadáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Caden.
MacCallum Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacColuim meaning "son of Columba".
MacChruim Scottish Gaelic
Means "son of Crum", where Crum is a Gaelic byname meaning "bent".
MacColuim Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacCallum.
Mac Dhuibh Scottish Gaelic
Means "son of Dubh", where the byname Dubh means "dark".
MacDonald Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill meaning "son of Donald". It originates from the Highland clan Donald.
MacEalair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKellar.
MacGregor Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGriogair meaning "son of Gregor". It originates from the Highland clan Gregor. A famous bearer was the Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734).
MacKenzie Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacCoinnich meaning "son of Coinneach". It originates from the Kintail area of Scotland on the northwest coast.
MacThaoig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCaig.
Magalhães Portuguese
Denoted a person hailing from one of the numerous minor places of this name in Portugal, possibly of Celtic origin.
Magnusson Swedish
Means "son of Magnus".
Mag Uidhir Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McGuire.
Maldonado Spanish
From a nickname meaning "badly given, ill-favoured" in Spanish.
Mantovani Italian
From the name of the city of Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy (Mantova in Italian).
Marchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Marko.
Marchetti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Marco.
Marchioni Italian
Possibly from the given name Melchiorre or the compound name Marco Giovanni.
Markusson Swedish
Means "son of Markus".
Marquardt German
From Old High German marka "border, boundary" and wart "protector". This was an occupational name for a border guard.
Marszałek Polish
Polish cognate of Marshall.
Martinson English
Means "son of Martin".
Masterson English
Patronymic derived from Middle English maister meaning "master", via Old French from Latin magister.
Mathewson English
Means "son of Matthew".
Mathiasen Danish
Means "son of Mathias".
Matsubara Japanese
From Japanese (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Matsumoto Japanese
From one of the many places with this name in Japan, derived from Japanese (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Matsumura Japanese
From Japanese (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
McAlister Scottish, Irish
From Scottish Gaelic MacAlastair or Irish Gaelic Mac Alastair meaning "son of Alistair".
McConnell Scottish, Irish
Derived from Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill (see MacDonald).
McCormick Irish, Scottish
From Gaelic Mac Cormaic meaning "son of Cormac".
McCracken Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Reachtain, Ulster Irish variant of Mac Neachtain.
McCulloch Scottish
Scottish form of McCullough.
McDermott Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada meaning "son of Diarmaid". The McDermotts were nobility in the Kingdom of Connaught, a province in Ireland.
McEachern Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eachairn.
McFarlane Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhàrlain or Irish Gaelic Mac Pharlain meaning "son of Parthalán".
McWilliam Scottish
Means "son of William" in Gaelic.
Meinhardt German
Derived from the given name Meinhard.
Mhasalkar Indian (Rare), Marathi (Rare)
Derived from the name of the town of Mhasla in Maharashtra, India.
Michaelis German
Derived from the given name Michael.
Michalski Polish
Habitational name for a person from a village named Michale or Michały, both derived from the given name Michał.
Middleton English
Originally denoted a person who lived in one of the numerous English towns by this name, derived from Old English middel "middle" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Mikhailov Russian
Means "son of Mikhail".
Mikkelsen Danish
Means "son of Mikkel".
Millhouse English
Name for someone whose house was in a mill or who worked in a mill.
Milojević Serbian
Means "son of Miloje".
Milošević Serbian
Means "son of Miloš".
Mittelman Jewish
Nickname for a man of moderate means, from Yiddish, ultimately from Old High German mittil "means, resources".
Miyashita Japanese
From Japanese (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and (shita) meaning "under, below".
Mizushima Japanese
From Japanese (mizu) meaning "water" and (shima) meaning "island".
Mochizuki Japanese
Means "full moon" in Japanese, a compound of (mochi) meaning "wish, desire" and (tsuki) meaning "moon".
Mohammadi Persian
From the given name Mohammad.
Mondadori Italian
From Italian mondatore meaning "weeder". This was an occupational name for someone who kept fields clear of weeds.
Montanari Italian
Means "from the mountain" in Italian.
Morishita Japanese
From Japanese (mori) meaning "forest" and (shita) meaning "under, below".
Moschella Italian
From a diminutive of Italian mosca meaning "housefly", perhaps originally a nickname for an annoying person.
Moździerz Polish
Means "mortar" in Polish. It probably referred to someone who worked with or sold mortar.
Muratović Bosnian
Means "son of Murat".
Mussolini Italian
From Italian mussolina meaning "muslin", a type of cloth, itself derived from the city of Mosul in Iraq. This name was borne by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945).
Napoleoni Italian
From the medieval given name Napoleone.
Nardovino Italian (Rare)
Either from Nardo, a short form of names like Bernardo or Leonardo, or from Ardovino, a variant of Arduino.
Nathanson Jewish
Means "son of Nathan".
Nicholson English
Means "son of Nicholas". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Jack Nicholson (1937-).
Nicolescu Romanian
Means "son of Nicolae".
Niklasson Swedish
Means "son of Niklas".
Nishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Nishimura Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
Nishitani Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and (tani) meaning "valley".
Nishiyama Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Nordström Swedish
From Swedish nord (Old Norse norðr) meaning "north" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Nuremberg German
Derived from the name of a city in Bavaria, Germany.
Ó Baoghill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Boyle.
Ó Brádaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Brady.
Ó Braonáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Brennan.
Ó Cearmada Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Carmody.
Ó Cléirigh Irish
Means "descendant of the clerk" in Irish.
Ó Cnáimhín Irish
Means "descendant of Cnámh", Cnámh being a nickname meaning "bone".
Ó Cochláin Irish
Means "descendant of Cochlán", where the given name Cochlán is derived from Irish cochal "cape" or "hood". This surname originated in County Cork, Ireland.
Ó Coigligh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quigley.
Ó Coileáin Irish
Means "descendant of Coileán" in Irish.
Ó Corcráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Corcoran.
Ó Doirnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Durnin.
Offermans Dutch
From Dutch offer meaning "offering, donation", referring to a person who collected money in a church.
Ó Fionnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Fannon.
Ó hÉideáin Irish
Means "descendant of Éideán" in Irish. The given name Éideán is a diminutive of éideadh meaning "clothes, armour".
Ó Leannáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lennon.
Oliversen Norwegian
Means "son of Oliver".
Oliverson English
Means "son of Oliver".
Ölvirsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ölvir".
Ó Maonaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Mooney.
Ó Marcaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Markey.
Ó Nualláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Nolan.
Orenstein Jewish
Means "horn stone" in German.
Ó Ruadháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadhán" in Irish.
Ó Séaghdha Irish
Means "descendant of Séaghdha".
Østergård Danish
From Danish øst meaning "east" and gård meaning "enclosure, farm".
Ostrowski Polish
From Polish ostrów meaning "river island".
Ó Tadhgáin Irish (Rare)
Irish Gaelic form of Teagan.
Ó Téacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teahan.
Ó Tuathail Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Toole.
Palladino Italian
From Italian paladino meaning "knight, defender", from Late Latin palatinus meaning "palace officer".
Palmisano Italian
Locative name from the town of Palmi in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
Panossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Փանոսյան (see Panosyan).
Papoutsis Greek
Means "shoemaker" in Greek.
Parkinson English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.
Parsamyan Armenian
Means "son of Parsam", possibly from an Assyrian name Barsauma meaning "fasting".
Passerini Italian
From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".
Pasternak Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish
Means "parsnip" in various Slavic languages, ultimately from Latin pastinaca. A famous bearer was Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of Doctor Zhivago.
Paulissen Dutch
Means "son of Paul".
Pavlovski Macedonian
Means "son of Pavle".
Pavlovsky Russian
Means "son of Pavel".
Pawlitzki German
German surname derived from a Slavic form of the given name Paul.
Pawłowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a town named Pawłowo, derived from the given name Paweł.
Pelletier French
Derived from Old French pelletier "fur trader".
Pemberton English
From the name of a town near Manchester, derived from Celtic penn meaning "hill" combined with Old English bere meaning "barley" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Perreault French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.
Petersson Swedish
Means "son of Peter".
Petraitis Lithuanian
From the given name Petras.
Petrosyan Armenian
Means "son of Petros" in Armenian.
Petrovski Macedonian
Means "son of Petar".
Pettersen Norwegian
Means "son of Petter".
Pettigrew English
Derived from Norman French petit "small" and cru "growth".
Pickering English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, derived from Old English Piceringas, the name of a tribe.
Pittaluga Italian
Originally a nickname for somebody who steals grapes from vineyards. In the Genoese dialect pittà means "to pick" and uga means "grapes" (uva in Italian).
Plamondon French
Derived from French plat "flat" and mont "mountain", referring to someone who lived near a flat-topped mountain.
Pletscher German
Possibly from the name of a field where cattle fodder was grown, from German Bletsch.
Podsedník Czech
Means "one who sits behind" in Czech, an equivalent to Zahradník mainly used in the region of Moravia.
Pololáník Czech
Derived from Czech polo "one half" and lán, a medieval Czech measure of land (approximately 18 hectares). The name denoted someone who owned this much land.
Popławski Polish
From Polish poplaw meaning "flowing water, flood".
Pottinger English
Occupational name, either for an apothecary, from Old French potecaire, or a seller of stew, from Old French potagier.
Pretorius Southern African, Afrikaans
From Latin praetor meaning "leader". This name was adopted in the 17th century by Wesselius Praetorius as a Latin translation of his previous surname Schulte. It is now common in South Africa.
Priestley English
From a place name meaning "priest clearing", from Old English preost and leah.
Pritchard Welsh
From Welsh ap Richard meaning "son of Richard".
Procházka Czech
Means "walk, wander, stroll" in Czech. This was an occupational name for a travelling tradesman.
Prohászka Hungarian
Hungarian form of Procházka.
Proudfoot English
Nickname for a person with a proud step.
Pulkrábek Czech
Derived from the medieval status name purkrabí meaning "burgrave". It is derived from German Burggraf meaning "castle count".
Rademaker Dutch
From the occupation of rademaker meaning "maker of wheels", from Dutch rad meaning "wheel".
Rapallino Italian
From the name of the town of Rapallo near Genoa.
Remington English
From the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, derived from the name of the stream Riming combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, town".
Rhydderch Welsh
From the given name Rhydderch.
Ricchetti Italian
Diminutive form of Ricci.
Richelieu French
From the name of the town of Richelieu, derived from French riche "wealthy" and lieu "place". The historic figure Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), born Armand du Plessis, was so-called because he became the first Duke of Richelieu. He appears in Alexander Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers (1844).
Robertsen Danish
Means "son of Robert".
Robertson English
Means "son of Robert".
Rodrigues Portuguese
Means "son of Rodrigo" in Portuguese.
Rodríguez Spanish
Means "son of Rodrigo" in Spanish. This is among the most common surnames in Spain.
Rodriguez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Rodríguez.
Roggeveen Dutch
Means "rye field" in Dutch. A famous bearer was Jacob Roggeveen (1659-1729), the first European explorer to Easter Island.
Romijnsen Dutch
Means "son of Romein" in Dutch.
Roosevelt Dutch
Means "rose field" from Dutch roos "rose" and veld "field". This was the surname of American presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945).
Rosenberg German, Swedish, Jewish
Means "rose mountain" in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.
Rosenfeld German, Jewish
Means "field of roses" in German. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Rothbauer German
From Old High German riuten "to clear land" and bur "peasant, farmer".
Rovigatti Italian
From the name of the city of Rovigo in northeastern Italy near Venice. It was called Rodigium in Latin, and is of unknown meaning.
Rowbottom English
Originally indicated a person who lived in an overgrown valley, from Old English ruh "rough, overgrown" and boðm "valley".
Rundström Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish rund (from Latin rotundus) meaning "round" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Rutkowski Polish
Originally a name for a person from Rutki, Poland.
Sackville English
From the name of the Norman French town of Saqueneville.
Salamanca Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Salamanca, a city in western Spain that is of unknown meaning.
Salihović Bosnian
Means "son of Salih".
Salvatici Italian
Italian form of Savage.
Salzwedel German
Originally denoted a person from Salzwedel, Germany, which is of Old Saxon origin meaning "salt ford".
Samuelson English
Means "son of Samuel".
Sanderson English
Means "son of Alexander".
Sandström Swedish
From Swedish sand (Old Norse sandr) meaning "sand" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Sarkisian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սարգսյան (see Sargsyan).
Sarkisyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սարգսյան (see Sargsyan).
Sauvageau French
French diminutive form of Savage.
Sauvageon French
French diminutive form of Savage.
Sauvageot French
French diminutive form of Savage.
Schindler German
Occupational name for a roof tiler, from Middle High German schindel "shingle". A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who saved over a thousand Polish Jews during World War II.
Schlender German
From Middle High German slinderen "to dawdle" or Middle Low German slinden "to swallow, to eat".
Schlosser German
Occupational name for a locksmith, derived from Old High German sloz meaning "lock".
Schmeling German
From Middle Low German smal meaning "small, slender".
Schneider German, Jewish
From German schneider or Yiddish shnayder, making it a cognate of Snyder.
Schofield English
From various northern English place names, which were derived from Old Norse skáli "hut" and Old English feld "field".
Schöttmer German
Originally indicated a person from Schötmar, Germany (now part of the city of Bad Salzuflen in North Rhine-Westphalia).
Schovajsa Czech
Means "hide yourself", of Moravian origin.
Schreiber German
German cognate of Scriven.
Schwangau German
From the name of a town in southern Germany, possibly related to German Schwan meaning "swan".
Selvaggio Italian
Italian form of Savage.
Sepúlveda Spanish
Derived from the name of the Sepúlveda Valley in the mountains of Segovia, and was originally used to denote people from that region. It is possibly derived from Spanish sepultar "to bury".
Severijns Dutch
Derived from the Latin given name Severinus.
Sheinfeld Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and feld meaning "field".
Shimamura Japanese
From Japanese (shima) meaning "island" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
Shinohara Japanese
From Japanese (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Shinozaki Japanese
From Japanese (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Shiraishi Japanese
From Japanese (shira) meaning "white" and (ishi) meaning "stone".
Shirakawa Japanese
From Japanese (shira) meaning "white" and (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Shiratori Japanese
From Japanese (shira) meaning "white" and (tori) meaning "bird".
Sigourney English
From the name of the commune of Sigournais in western France, called Segurniacum in medieval Latin, itself of unknown meaning.
Silvestri Italian
Derived from the given name Silvester.
Simonsson Swedish
Swedish form of Simonson.
Šimunović Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".
Skovgaard Danish
From a place name, derived from Danish skov "forest, wood" and gård "farm, yard".
Skywalker Popular Culture
From the English words sky and walker, created by George Lucas as the surname for several characters in his Star Wars movie series, notably the hero Luke Skywalker from the original trilogy (beginning 1977). Early drafts of the script had the name as Starkiller.
Ślusarski Polish
Occupational name for a locksmith, from Polish ślusarz, of Germanic origin.
Sneijders Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.
Söderberg Swedish
From Swedish söder (Old Norse suðr) meaning "south" and berg meaning "mountain".
Sörensson Swedish
Swedish form of Sørensen.
Southgate English
Name for a person who lived near the southern gate of a town or in a town named Southgate, from Old English suþ and gæt.
Spannagel German
Occupational name for a nailsmith, from Middle High German span nagel "connecting bolt".
Stanković Serbian
Means "son of Stanko".
Stefansen Danish
Means "son of Stefan".
Steinmann German
Means "stone man" in German, used as a habitational name for a person who lived near a prominent stone or an occupational name for a stone worker.
Steinsson Icelandic
Means "son of Steinn".
Sternberg Jewish
Ornamental name derived from old German stern "star" and berg "mountain".
Stjepanić Croatian
Means "son of Stjepan".
Strömberg Swedish
From Swedish ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream" and berg meaning "mountain".
Strudwick English
From an English place name derived from Old English strod meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood" and wic meaning "village, town".
Sundström Swedish
From Swedish sund meaning "strait" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".