Surnames Starting with D

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Daalman Dutch
Variant of Daalmans.
Daalmans Dutch
Originally indicated a person who lived in a valley, from Dutch dal meaning "dale, valley" and man meaning "man".
Dabney English
Variant of Daubney.
Dąbrowska f Polish
Feminine form of Dąbrowski.
Dąbrowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Dąbrowa or Dobrów, derived from Polish dąb meaning "oak".
Da Costa Portuguese
Variant of Costa.
Daelman Dutch
Variant of Daalmans.
Daelmans Dutch
Variant of Daalmans.
Da Gama Portuguese
Variant of Gama. This name was borne by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524).
D'Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.
Dahl Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) who is mostly remembered for children's stories such as Matilda and Henry Sugar.
Dahlberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and berg meaning "mountain".
Dahlman Swedish
From Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".
Dahlmans Dutch
Variant of Daalmans.
Dalca Romanian
Meaning uncertain.
Dale English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley", originally indicating a person who lived there.
Daley Irish
Variant of Daly.
Dalgaard Danish
From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley" and garðr meaning "yard, farmstead".
Dalí Spanish
From a given name, itself a diminutive of names beginning with the Old German element adal meaning "noble". This was the surname of the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).
Dallas 1 English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley" and hus meaning "house".
Dallas 2 Scottish
From the name of a place in Moray, Scotland possibly meaning "meadow dwelling" in Gaelic.
Dalton English
Derived from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was the English chemist and physicist John Dalton (1766-1844).
Daly Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of Dálach".
Dam Dutch, Danish
Means "dike, dam" in Dutch and Danish. In modern Danish it also means "pond".
D'Ambrosio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.
Damiani Italian
Derived from the given name Damiano.
D'Amore Italian
From the given name Amore.
Damyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Damyan".
Damyanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Damyanov.
Danailov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Danail".
Danailova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Danailov.
Danchev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dancho".
Dancheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Danchev.
Dane 1 English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.
Dane 2 English
Originally denoted a Dane, that is a person from Denmark.
Danell English
Derived from the given name Daniel.
D'Angelo Italian
Means "son of Angelo".
Daniau French
Derived from the given name Daniel.
Daniel um English, French, German, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Derived from the given name Daniel.
Daniell English
Derived from the given name Daniel.
Danielová f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of Daniel.
Daniels English
Variant of Daniel.
Danielsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Daniel".
Danielson English
Means "son of Daniel".
Danielsson Swedish
Means "son of Daniel".
Dannel English
Variant of Daniel.
Danniel English
Variant of Daniel.
Danniell English
Variant of Daniel.
D'Antonio Italian
Means "son of Antonio".
D'Aramitz French
Originally denoted one who came from Aramits, the name of a town in the French Pyrenees that is possibly derived from Basque haran meaning "valley".
Darbinian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դարբինյան (see Darbinyan).
Darbinyan Armenian
From Armenian դարբին (darbin) meaning "blacksmith".
Darby English
From the name of the English town Derby, derived from Old Norse djúr "animal" and býr "farm, settlement".
Darcy English
From Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting someone who came from the town of Arcy in La Manche, France. A notable fictional bearer is Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813).
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".
Darrow Scottish
Habitational name from Darroch near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, said to be named from Gaelic darach meaning "oak tree".
Darwin English
From the given name Deorwine. A famous bearer was the British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882).
Darzi Persian
Means "tailor" in Persian.
Das Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Marathi
Means "servant, devotee" in Sanskrit.
Daskalov m Bulgarian
Derived from даскал (daskal) meaning "teacher".
Daskalova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Daskalov.
Daube German
Variant of Taube.
Daubney English
From any of the various towns in France called Aubigny, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Albinus.
Daugherty Irish
Variant of Doherty.
Daviau French
From a diminutive form of David.
Dávid um Hungarian, Slovak
From the given name Dávid.
David um English, French, German, Welsh, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Jewish
From the given name David.
Dávidová f Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Dávid.
Davidová f Czech
Czech feminine form of David.
Davidović Serbian
Means "son of David".
Davids English
Means "son of David".
Davidsen Danish
Means "son of David".
Davidson English
Means "son of David".
Davidyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դավթյան (see Davtyan).
Davies English, Scottish
Variant of Davis.
Davin Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
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).
Davis English, Scottish
Means "son of David". This was the surname of the revolutionary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Davison English
Means "son of David".
Davlatov m Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Davlat".
Davlatova f Tajik, Uzbek
Feminine form of Davlatov.
Davtyan Armenian
Means "son of Davit".
Dawson English
Means "son of Daw".
Day English
From a diminutive form of David.
Dayton English
Variant of Deighton.
D'Cruz Indian (Christian)
Variant of Cruz more common among Christians from India.
D'Cruze Indian (Christian)
Variant of Cruz more common among Christians from India.
Deacon English
Means "deacon", ultimately from Greek διάκονος (diakonos) meaning "servant".
Deadman English
Variant of Debenham.
Deák Hungarian
Possibly a Hungarian form of Deacon.
Dean 1 English
Derived from Middle English dene meaning "valley".
Dean 2 English
Occupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one. It is from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").
De Angelis Italian
Means "son of Angelo".
Debenham English
Originally denoted a person from the town of Debenham in Suffolk, derived from the name of the River Deben (meaning "deep" in Old English) combined with ham meaning "home, settlement".
De Boer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bauer.
De Bruijn Dutch
Dutch cognate of Brown.
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 Clercq Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.
De Cloet Dutch
Variant of Kloet.
De Cock Flemish
Flemish cognate of Cook.
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 Felice Italian
Means "son of Felice".
De Filippis Italian
Means "son of Filippo".
De Fiore Italian
Means "son of Fiore".
Deforest French
Means "from the forest" in French.
de Fresel Medieval Scottish
Older form of Fraser.
DeGarmo French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of French de Garmeaux, which may derive from a place called Garmeaux in Normandy.
Değirmenci Turkish
From a Turkish word meaning "miller".
De Graaf Dutch
Dutch cognate of Graf.
De Groot Dutch
From Dutch groot meaning "big, great".
De Haan Dutch
Means "rooster" in Dutch.
De Haas Dutch
Dutch cognate of Hase.
Deighton English
From English towns by this name, from Old English dic "ditch" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
De Jong Dutch
Means "young" in Dutch, from Middle Dutch jonc. This is the most common surname in the Netherlands.
De Jonge Dutch
Variant of De Jong.
De Jonker Dutch
Variant of Jonker.
Dekker Dutch
Means "roofer, thatcher" in Dutch.
De Klerk Dutch
From Dutch klerk meaning "clerk", making this a cognate of Clark.
De Kloet Dutch
Variant of Kloet.
De Kock Dutch
Dutch cognate of Cook.
De Koning Dutch
Dutch cognate of King.
Delacroix French
Means "of the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads. A notable bearer was the French painter Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863).
De la Cruz Spanish
Spanish cognate of Delacroix.
Dela Cruz Spanish (Filipinized)
Variant of De la Cruz primarily used in the Philippines (where it is the most common surname).
De La Fontaine French
French cognate of De la Fuente.
De la Fuente Spanish
Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.
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 Lang Dutch
Dutch cognate of Long.
De Lange Dutch
Dutch cognate of Long.
Delany Irish
Variant of Delaney 2.
De Laurentis Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo", a Latinized form of the given name.
Del Bosque Spanish
Means "of the forest" in Spanish.
De León Spanish
Referred to someone from the Leon region of Spain.
Delgado Spanish, Portuguese
Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese, ultimately from Latin delicatus meaning "delicate, tender, charming".
Del Olmo Spanish
Variant of Olmo.
De Lorenzo Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo".
Del Río Spanish
Means "of the river" in Spanish.
De Luca Italian
Means "son of Luca 1".
Demetriou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Δημητρίου (see Dimitriou).
Demir Turkish
Means "iron" in Turkish, originally referring to an ironworker.
Demirci Turkish
Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.
Demirović Bosnian
Means "son of Demir".
Dempsey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh meaning "descendant of Díomasach", a given name meaning "proud".
Deng Chinese
From Chinese 邓 (dèng) referring to the ancient state of Deng, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now either Henan or Hubei province. A famous bearer was the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997).
Deniau French
Variant of Daniel.
Deniaud French
Variant of Daniel.
Deniel French
Variant of Daniel.
Denis French
From the given name Denis.
Denman English
From Middle English dene "valley" combined with man.
Dennel French
Variant of Daniel.
Dennell English
Variant of Daniel.
Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.
Denzel German
Variant of Tanzer.
Denzil English
From the place name Denzell, a manor in Cornwall, which is of unknown meaning.
De Palma Italian
Means "from the palm tree" in Italian.
Derby English
Variant of Darby.
De Rege Italian (Rare)
Italian variant of Rey 1.
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).
Derricks English
Derived from the given name Derrick.
Derrickson English
Means "son of Derrick".
De Santiago Spanish
Variant of Santiago.
De Santis Italian
Italian form of Santos.
Deschamps French
Means "from the fields", from French champ "field".
Descoteaux French
Means "from the hillside", from French coteau "hillside".
Desjardins French
Means "from the gardens", from French jardin "garden".
De Smet Flemish
Flemish variant of Smit.
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 Snaijer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.
Desroches French
Means "from the rocks", from French roche "rock".
Desrosiers French
Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.
De Veen Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.
De Ven Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.
Devereux English
Indicated a person from Evreux in France, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices, which was probably derived from a Celtic word meaning "yew".
Devi Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Odia
From Sanskrit देवी (devī) meaning "goddess". It is used as a surname by Indian women who did not originally have a family name. This is the most common surname in several Indian states.
Devin 1 Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish surnames Ó Damháin or Ó Dubháin.
Devin 2 French, English
Nickname for a person who acted divinely or prophetically, from Old French devin meaning "divine" or "seer, fortune teller", ultimately from Latin divinus.
Devine 1 Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
Devine 2 English
Variant of Devin 2.
De Vitis Italian
Means "son of Vito 1", using a Latinized form of the given name.
De Vito Italian
Means "son of Vito 1".
Devlin Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Doibhilin meaning "descendant of Doibhilin", a given name that may be derived from the Gaelic term dobhail meaning "unlucky".
De Vos Dutch
Variant of Vos.
Devos Flemish
Flemish variant of Vos.
De Vries Dutch
Means "the Frisian" in Dutch, referring to a person from Friesland.
De Vroom Dutch, Flemish
Variant of Vroom.
De Vroome Dutch
Variant of Vroom.
De Wit Dutch
Variant of De Witte.
De With Dutch
Variant of De Witte.
De Witt Dutch
Variant of De Witte.
De Witte Dutch
Means "the white" in Dutch, a nickname for a person with white hair.
Dexter English
Occupational name meaning "dyer" in Old English (originally this was a feminine word, but it was later applied to men as well).
Di Antonio Italian
Variant of D'Antonio.
Dias Portuguese
Means "son of Diogo" in Portuguese.
Díaz Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.
Dibra Albanian
From the Albanian name for the city of Debar in Macedonia, originally given to someone who came from there.
Di Caprio Italian
From the name of the island of Capri near Naples, itself possibly derived from Latin capra meaning "goat" or Greek κάπρος (kapros) meaning "wild boar".
Dick English
From the given name Dick 1.
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).
Dickenson English
Variant of Dickinson.
Dickerson English
Means "son of Dick 1".
Dickinson English
Means "son of Dicun", Dicun being a medieval diminutive of Dick 1. American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was a famous bearer.
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".
Diefenbach German
From a German place name meaning "deep creek".
Diego Spanish
From the given name Diego.
Dierickx Flemish
Means "son of Dirk".
Dieter German
Derived from the given name Dieter.
Dietrich German
Derived from the given name Dietrich.
Díez Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.
Dijkstra Frisian
Variant of Dykstra.
Di Mercurio Italian
Means "son of Mercurio".
Dimitriou Greek
Means "son of Dimitrios".
Dimitrov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Dimitar".
Dimitrova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Dimitrov.
Dimov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Dimo".
Dimova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Dimov.
Di Napoli Italian
Means "from Naples" in Italian.
Dinapoli Italian
Variant of Di Napoli.
Ding Chinese
From Chinese 丁 (dīng) meaning "man, person".
Dioli Italian
Meaning unknown.
Dior French
Possibly from French doré meaning "golden". A famous bearer was the French fashion designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).
Di Pasqua Italian
Means "of Easter" in Italian.
Di Pietro Italian
Means "son of Pietro" in Italian.
Dirchs Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Dirk".
Dircks Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".
Dircksens Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".
Dirckx Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".
Dirix Flemish, Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".
Dirks Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".
Dirkse Dutch
Means "son of Dirk".
Dirksen Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".
Dirkx Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Dirk".
Disney English
Means "from Isigny", referring to the town of Isigny in Normandy. This surname was borne by the American animator and filmmaker Walt Disney (1901-1966).
Di Stefano Italian
Means "son of Stefano".
Dittmar German
Derived from the given name Dietmar.
Dixon English
Means "son of Dick 1".
Đỗ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Du, from Sino-Vietnamese 杜 (đỗ).
Dobbs English
Derived from the medieval given name Dobbe, a diminutive of Robert.
Dobos Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian dob meaning "drum". Originally the name was given to someone who played drums or made them.
Dobrev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dobri".
Dobreva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dobrev.
Dobson English
Means "son of Dobbe", a medieval diminutive of Robert.
Doctor English
Originally denoted someone who was a doctor, ultimately from Latin doctor meaning "teacher".
Dodge English
From Dogge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.
Doherty Irish
From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh meaning "descendant of Dochartach". The byname Dochartach means "obstructive".
Dohman German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Thomas.
Dolan Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhshláin meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine".
Doležal m Czech
Nickname for a lazy person, derived from the past participle of the Czech verb doležat "to lie down".
Doležalová f Czech
Feminine form of Doležal.
Domingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.
Domínguez Spanish
Means "son of Domingo".
Donaghue Irish
Variant of Donoghue.
Donalds English
Derived from the given name Donald.
Donaldson English
Means "son of Donald". A notable bearer is the online personality Jimmy Donaldson (1998-), who goes by the alias MrBeast.
Donati Italian
From the given name Donato.
Dong Chinese
From Chinese 董 (dǒng) meaning "direct, supervise".
Donne Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.
Donnell Irish
Variant of O'Donnell.
Donnelly Irish
From Irish Ó Donnghaile meaning "descendant of Donnghal". The given name Donnghal means "brown valour", from donn "brown" and gal "valour". This surname is associated with the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages.
D'Onofrio Italian
Means "son of Onofrio".
Donoghue Irish
From Irish Ó Donnchadha meaning "descendant of Donnchadh".
Donohoe Irish
Variant of Donoghue.
Donohue Irish
Variant of Donoghue.
Donovan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendant of Donndubán".
Doran Irish
From Irish Ó Deoradháin meaning "descendant of Deoradhán", where Deoradhán is a given name meaning "exile, wanderer".
Đorđević Serbian
Means "son of Đorđe".
Dorsey English
Means "from Orsay", referring to the town of Orsay near Paris, its name deriving from the Latin personal name Orcius.
Doubek m Czech
Means "small oak" in Czech, derived from dub "oak".
Doubková f Czech
Feminine form of Doubek.
Dougherty Irish
Variant of Doherty.
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.
Douglass Scottish
Variant of Douglas.
D'Ovidio Italian
From the given name Ovidio.
Downer English
Name for someone who lived on or near a down, which is an English word meaning "hill".
Doyle Irish
From the Irish Ó Dubhghaill, which means "descendant of Dubhghall". A famous bearer was Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.
Draganov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragan".
Draganova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Draganov.
Dragić Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Patronymic from any of the Slavic given names starting with Drag (see Drago).
Drago Italian
From a nickname meaning "dragon" in Italian.
Dragomirov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragomir".
Dragomirova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dragomirov.
Dragov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".
Dragova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dragov.
Dragović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Drago".
Drake English
Derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δράκων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent".
Draper English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of woollen cloth, from Anglo-Norman French draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap "cloth").
Drechsler German
Variant of Dressler.
Drees Dutch
Variant of Dries.
Dreesen Dutch
Variant of Driessen.
Dreesens Dutch
Variant of Driessen.
Dreessen Dutch
Variant of Driessen.
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