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I Korean
Variant of LEE (2).

I'ANSON English
Variant of JANSON.

IBÁÑEZ Spanish
Means "son of IBÁN".

IBARRA Basque, Spanish
From Basque place names derived from ibar meaning "meadow".

IBBOT English
Variant of IBBOTT.

IBBOTT English
Matronymic surname derived from the medieval name Ibota, a diminutive of ISABEL.

IBRAHIMOVIĆ Bosnian
Means "son of IBRAHIM".

IBSEN Danish
Means "son of IB". A famous bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).

IDOWU Western African, Yoruba
From the given name IDOWU.

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

IGNÁCZ Hungarian
Derived from the given name IGNÁC.

IGNATIEV Russian
Means "son of IGNATIY".

IGNATOV Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of IGNAT".

IHEJIRIKA Western African, Igbo
Means "the one that I have is greater" in Igbo.

IKEDA Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

IKIN English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval given name IDA.

ILBERT English
Derived from a Norman French form of the Germanic given name HILDIBERHT.

ILIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of ILIJA".

ILIESCU Romanian
Means "son of ILIE".

ILIEV Bulgarian
Means "son of ILIYA".

ILLÉS Hungarian
Derived from the given name ILLÉS.

ILVES Estonian
Means "lynx" in Estonian.

IM Korean
From Sino-Korean 林 (im) meaning "forest", making it the Korean form of LIN, or 任 (im) of uncertain meaning, making it the Korean form of REN.

INABA Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

INGERSLEBEN German
From the name of the town of Ingersleben, Germany, which meant "Inge's village".

INGESSON Swedish
Means "son of INGE".

INGHAM English
From the name of an English town, of Old English origin meaning "INGA's homestead".

INGÓLFSSON Icelandic
Means "son of INGÓLFR".

INGRAM English
Derived from the Norman French given name ENGUERRAND.

ÍÑIGUEZ Spanish
Means "son of ÍÑIGO" in Spanish.

IÑÍGUEZ Spanish
Variant of ÍÑIGUEZ.

INNES (1) Scottish
From a place name derived from Gaelic inis meaning "island".

INNES (2) Scottish
From the given name AONGHUS.

INNOCENTI Italian
From a nickname meaning "innocent" in Italian.

INOUE Japanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

IOANNIDIS Greek
Means "son of IOANNIS" in Greek.

IONESCO Romanian
Variant of IONESCU. French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994), born Ionescu, is a famous bearer of this surname.

IONESCU Romanian
Means "son of ION (1)" in Romanian.

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

IRVIN English
Variant of IRVING or IRWIN.

IRVINE Scottish, English
Variant of IRVING.

IRVING Scottish, English
Originally derived from a Scottish place name (in North Ayrshire) meaning "green water".

IRWIN English
Derived from the Old English given name EOFORWINE.

ISAACSON English
Means "son of ISAAC".

ISAEV Russian
Means "son of ISAY".

ISAKSEN Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of ISAK".

ISAKSSON Swedish
Means "son of ISAK".

ISHIDA Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

İSMAYILOV Azerbaijani
Means "son of İSMAYIL".

ITO Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see ITŌ).

ITŌ Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

ITOU Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see ITŌ).

ITURBURUA Basque
Means "by the fountain" in Basque, from iturri "fountain, spring".

IVANKOV Bulgarian
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of IVAN.

IVANOŬ Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Belarusian Іваноў (see IVANOW).

IVANOV Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian
Means "son of IVAN".

IVANOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of IVAN".

IVANOVSKI Macedonian
Means "son of IVAN".

IVANOW Belarusian
Means "son of IVAN".

IVARSSON Swedish
Means "son of IVAR".

IVERS English, Irish
Patronymic derived from the given name IVOR.

IVERSEN Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of IVER".

IVOV Bulgarian
Means "son of IVO (2)".

IWATA Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

IYER Tamil
Referred to a person belonging to the Iyer subcaste of the larger Brahmin caste. The Iyer subcaste is traditionally devoted to the God Vishnu.

IZUMI Japanese
From Japanese 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

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