Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords cat or lion or tiger or jaguar or panther.
usage
meaning
Gatti Italian
Means "cat" in Italian, originally a nickname for an agile person.
Leeuwenhoek Dutch
Means "lion's corner" in Dutch. The first bearer of this name lived on the corner (Dutch hoek) of the Lion's Gate (Dutch Leeuwenpoort) in the city of Delft.
Loewe German
Variant of Löwe.
Lomidze Georgian
Means "son of the lion", from Georgian ლომი (lomi) meaning "lion".
Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.
Lyon 2 English, French
From a nickname derived from Old French and Middle English lion meaning "lion".
Singh Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)
From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha) meaning "lion". In 1699 Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh male followers the surname Singh and all females Kaur. It is among the most common surnames in India.
Van Leeuwenhoek Dutch
Variant of Leeuwenhoek. A famous bearer of this surname is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a pioneer in the field of microscopy.