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This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords bird or eagle or hawk or condor or owl or raven or crow or sparrow or wren.

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Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.

Aguilar Spanish
From a place name that was derived from Spanish águila meaning "eagle", ultimately from Latin aquila.

Aguilera Spanish
From a place name that was derived from Spanish aguilera meaning "eagle's nest". A famous bearer is American singer Christina Aguilera (1980-).

Aquila Italian
From a nickname meaning "eagle" in Italian.

Astor Occitan
Derived from Occitan astur meaning "hawk". The wealthy and influential Astor family, prominent in British and American society, originated in the Italian Alps.

Beake English
Variant of Beck 3.

Becket English
Variant of Beckett.

Beckett English
Originally a diminutive of Beck 1 or Beck 3.

Bird English
Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.

Byrd English
Variant of Bird.

Čermák m Czech
Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

Cinege Hungarian
Means "titmouse bird" in Hungarian.

Čížik m Slovak
Slovak cognate of Čížek.

Corvi Italian
Nickname derived from Italian corvo meaning "crow".

Crawley English
From various place names derived from Old English crawe "crow" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Crowley 2 English
Variant of Crawley.

Czajka Polish
Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Czinege Hungarian
Variant of Cinege.

Dudek um Polish, Czech
Means "hoopoe (bird)" in Polish and Czech.

Feng 2 Chinese
From Chinese 凤 (fèng) meaning "phoenix, fire bird, fenghuang".

Habich German
German cognate of Hawk.

Habicht German
German cognate of Hawk.

Hawk English
Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner, derived from Old English hafoc "hawk".

Hawking English
From a diminutive of Hawk. A famous bearer was the British physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

Hawkins English
From a diminutive of Hawk.

Karga Turkish
Nickname meaning "crow" in Turkish.

Kartal Turkish
From a nickname meaning "eagle" in Turkish.

Kokkonen Finnish
From Finnish kokko meaning "eagle".

Orlov m Russian
Derived from Russian орёл (oryol) meaning "eagle".

Passerini Italian
From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".

Rapp 2 German
From Middle High German raben meaning "raven", a nickname for a person with black hair.

Ravn Danish
Means "raven" in Danish, from Old Norse hrafn.

Şahin Turkish
Means "hawk" in Turkish (of Persian origin), probably used to refer to someone who was a hawk tamer.

Sas Hungarian
Means "eagle" in Hungarian.

Sass Hungarian
Variant of Sas.

Shiratori Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird".

Sikora Polish
Means "tit (bird)" in Polish.

Sólyom Hungarian
Means "hawk, falcon" in Hungarian.

Sówka Polish
From a diminutive of Polish sowa meaning "owl".

Spurling English
From Middle English sparewe "sparrow" and the diminutive suffix -ling.

Strnad mu Czech, Slovene
Means "bunting (bird)" in Czech and Slovene.

Swallow English
From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.

Sýkora m Czech, Slovak
Means "tit (bird)" in Czech and Slovak.

Tuominen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuomi meaning "bird cherry".

Uccello Italian
Means "bird" in Italian, either a nickname for a person who resembled a bird or an occupational name for a birdcatcher.

Vanags m Latvian
Means "hawk" in Latvian.

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.

Voronin m Russian
Derived from Russian ворона (vorona) meaning "crow".

Vrabec um Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Means "sparrow" in several languages, from Old Slavic vorbĭ.

Vrubel m Czech
From a dialectal variant of Czech vrabec "sparrow".

Waldfogel Jewish
Variant of Waldvogel.

Waldvogel German, Jewish
From a nickname for a carefree person, derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Wróbel Polish
Means "sparrow" in Polish.

Wróblewski m Polish
Originally indicated a person from Polish towns named Wróblewo or similar, derived from Polish wróbel meaning "sparrow".

Wrona Polish
Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".

Wroński m Polish
Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".

Zvirbulis m Latvian
Means "sparrow" in Latvian.

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