Surnames Starting with V

usage
Voclain French
From the Old French given name Vauquelin.
Vodenicharov m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian воденичар (vodenichar) meaning "miller".
Vogel German, Dutch
From Old High German and Old Dutch fogal meaning "bird". It was originally an occupational name for a bird catcher, or a nickname for a person who liked to sing.
Vogels Dutch
Variant of Vogel.
Vogt German
Occupational name from Middle High German voget meaning "bailiff, administrator, steward", ultimately from Latin advocatus.
Vogts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.
Voigt German
Variant of Vogt.
Voigts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.
Volk German
Derived from given names beginning with the Old High German element folk meaning "people".
Volkov m Russian
Derived from Russian волк (volk) meaning "wolf".
Volkova f Russian
Feminine form of Volkov.
Voll 1 Norwegian
Originally indicated a person who lived in a meadow, from Old Norse vǫllr "meadow, field".
Voll 2 German
Variant of Volk.
Voltolini Italian
From the name of the alpine valley of Valtellina in Lombardy, northern Italy.
Von Brandt German
Means "from the area cleared by fire", from Middle High German brant.
Von Essen German
Means "from Essen", a city in Germany, possibly a derivative of Old High German asc meaning "ash tree".
Von Grimmelshausen German
Means "from Grimmelshausen", a town in Germany. It is itself derived from Grimmel, of uncertain meaning, and hausen meaning "houses". A famous bearer was the German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-1676).
Von Ingersleben German
Means "from Ingersleben", a town in Germany, which means "Inge's village".
Vonnegut German
Possibly from the German words von meaning "from, of, by" and gut meaning "good". A famous bearer was the American author Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007).
Voronin m Russian
Derived from Russian ворона (vorona) meaning "crow".
Voronina f Russian
Feminine form of Voronin.
Vörös Hungarian
Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.
Vos Dutch
Dutch cognate of Voss.
Voss German
From Middle Low German vos meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a clever person or a person with red hair.
Voß German
Variant of Voss.
Vossen Dutch
From the given name Vos, which comes from the Frisian name Fos, which is from Old German given names beginning with the element folk meaning "people".
Vrabcová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vrabec.
Vrabec um Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Means "sparrow" in several languages, from Old Slavic vorbĭ.
Vroom Dutch, Flemish
From a nickname derived from Dutch vroom meaning "pious, devout".
Vrubel m Czech
From a dialectal variant of Czech vrabec "sparrow".
Vrublová f Czech
Feminine form of Vrubel.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Wu 2, from Sino-Vietnamese ().
Vukoja Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Vuković Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.