This is a list of surnames in which the length is 9.
Tarantino ItalianLocational name that originally designated a person who came from Taranto, a city in southeastern Italy, which was originally called
Τάρας (Taras) by Greek colonists. A famous bearer of this name is the American director Quentin Tarantino (1963-).
Targaryen LiteratureCreated by author George R. R. Martin for his series
A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation
Game of Thrones (2011-2019). The Targaryens were the rulers of Westeros for almost 300 years until shortly before the beginning of the first novel. The name is presumably from the Valyrian language, though Martin provides no explanation of the meaning.
Thrussell EnglishFrom Old English
þrostle meaning
"song thrush", referring to a cheerful person.
Tittensor EnglishIndicated a person from Tittensor, England, which means "Titten's ridge".
Trumbauer GermanPossibly from Middle High German
trame "rafter, frame" and
bauer "peasant, neighbour".
Underhill EnglishMeans
"dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English
under and
hyll.
Underwood EnglishMeans
"dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English
under and
wudu.
Van Alphen DutchMeans
"from Alphen", a town in the Netherlands. It is derived from the name of the Roman fort
Albaniana, itself from Latin
albus "white".
Van Amstel DutchMeans
"from Amstel", a Dutch river that means "water area".
Van Baarle DutchMeans
"from Baarle", a town in both the Netherlands and Belgium.
Van der Zee DutchMeans
"from the sea" in Dutch. The original bearer may have been someone who lived on the coast.
Van Hassel DutchMeans
"from Hassel", a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It may be derived from Old Dutch
hasal meaning "hazel tree".
Van Herten DutchMeans
"from Herten", a small town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The town's name comes from Dutch
herten, the plural of
hert meaning "deer".
Van Rossum DutchMeans
"from Rossum", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It is mentioned as
Rotheheim in a 9th-century document, and is derived from Dutch
rothe "cleared area in a forest" and
heim "home".
Van Tonder DutchMeans
"from Tønder", a town in Denmark near the German border.
Van Wieren Frisian, DutchMeans
"from Wieren". This is the name of towns in Frisia and other parts of the Netherlands, which mean "seaweed".
Verhoeven DutchMeans
"from the farm" in Dutch, derived from
hoeve "farm", and so indicated a person who lived on a farm.
Voltolini ItalianFrom the name of the alpine valley of Valtellina in Lombardy, northern Italy.
Von Brandt GermanMeans
"from the area cleared by fire", from Middle High German
brant.
Wakefield EnglishOriginally indicated a person who came from the English city of Wakefield, derived from Old English
wacu "wake, vigil" and
feld "field".
Waldvogel JewishOrnamental name derived from German
Wald meaning "forest" and
Vogel meaning "bird".
Waxweiler GermanDenoted a person from Waxweiler, a village in the Eifel region of Germany.
Wieczorek PolishFrom a nickname meaning
"bat" in Polish, ultimately from
wieczór meaning "evening".
Wildgrube GermanFrom the name of a German town, derived from German
wild "wild, untamed" and
Grube "hollow, pit".
Yamaguchi JapaneseFrom Japanese
山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and
口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance". Olympic figure-skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi (1971-) bears this name.
Żbikowski PolishFrom Polish towns named
Żbikowice or
Żbików, which are derived from
żbik "wildcat".
Zdunowski PolishDenoted a person from one of the various towns named Zduny in Poland, which is derived from Polish
zdun meaning "potter". It can also be an occupational surname derived directly from
zdun.
Zellweger German (Swiss)Originally denoted a person from the Appenzell region of Switzerland. The place name is derived from Latin
abbatis cella meaning
"estate of the abbot". A famous bearer is actress Renée Zellweger (1969-).
Zieliński PolishFrom Polish
zieleń meaning
"green". It was possibly a nickname for a person who dressed in green clothing.