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Thälmann German
From the given name Thilo. It was borne by the German communist party leader Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944).

Thatcher English
Referred to a person who thatched roofs by attaching straw to them, derived from Old English þæc meaning "thatch, roof". A famous bearer was the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013).

Theodorou Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theunissen Dutch
Means "son of Theunis".

Thibault French
Derived from the given name Thibault.

Thomas English, Welsh, French, German
Derived from the given name Thomas.

Thomassen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Thomas".

Thompkins English
From a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Thompsett English
From a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Thompson English
Means "son of Thomas".

Thomson English
Variant of Thompson.

Thorburn English, Scottish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þórbjǫrn.

Þórirsson Icelandic
Means "son of Þórir".

Thorley English
From any of the various places in England called Thornley or Thorley, meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.

Thorn English, Danish
Originally applied to a person who lived in or near a thorn bush.

Thorne English
Variant of Thorn.

Thornton English
From any of the various places in England by this name, meaning "thorn town" in Old English.

Thorpe English
From Old Norse þorp meaning "village".

Thorsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Thor".

Thurstan English
Derived from the Old Norse name Þórsteinn.

Tichá f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Tichý.

Tichý m Czech, Slovak
Means "quiet" in Czech and Slovak.

Tiedeman Low German
Variant of Tiedemann.

Tiedemann Low German
Derived from the given name Tiedemann.

Tierney Irish
From Irish Ó Tíghearnaigh meaning "descendant of Tighearnach".

Tifft English
Variant of Toft.

Tighe Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Taidhg.

Tillens Flemish
From the old Dutch name Tiel, a medieval diminutive of Dietrich.

Tirrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Tkachenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

Tkachuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.

Tobin English
From a diminutive of the given name Tobias.

Todaro Italian
From a regional form of a given name Todaro, a variant of Teodoro. It is quite common in Sicily.

Todorov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Todor".

Todorova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Todorov.

Toft English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many places in Britain of that name, derived from Old Norse topt meaning "homestead".

Toller English
Occupational name meaning "tax gatherer", derived from Old English toln "toll, fee, tax".

Toloni Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.

Toma Romanian
From the given name Toma 2.

Tomàs Catalan
Derived from the given name Tomàs.

Tómasson Icelandic
Means "son of Tómas".

Tomasson Swedish
Means "son of Tomas".

Tomčić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Toma 2.

Tomczak Polish
From a diminutive of the given name Tomasz.

Tomić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Toma 2".

Tomov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Toma 2".

Tomova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tomov.

Toole Irish
Variant of O'Toole.

Torosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Թորոսյան (see Torosyan).

Torosyan Armenian
Means "son of Toros" in Armenian.

Torres Spanish, Portuguese
Name for a person who lived in or near a tower, ultimately from Latin turris.

Tos Spanish
Spanish form of Tosi.

Tosell Catalan
Catalan form of Tosi.

Toselli Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Toset Catalan
Catalan form of Tosi.

Tosetti Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Tosi Italian
Means "clean-shaven", usually denoting a younger man, from Latin tonsus "shaved".

Towner English
Variant of Toller.

Townsend English
Indicated a person who lived at the town's edge, from Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town" and ende "end, limit".

Tracey 1 English
From the village of Tracy-sur-mer on the Normandy coast in France. It was brought to England with William the Conqueror.

Tracey 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Treasaigh meaning "descendant of Treasach".

Tracy English, Irish
Variant of Tracey 1 or Tracey 2.

Trajkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Trajkovski.

Trajkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Trajko".

Traver French
French variant of Travers.

Travere French
French variant of Travers.

Travers English, French
From an English and French place name that described a person who lived near a bridge or ford, or occasionally as an occupational name for the collector of tolls at such a location. The place name is derived from Old French traverser (which comes from Late Latin transversare), which means "to cross".

Traversa Italian
Italian form of Travers.

Traverse French
French variant of Travers.

Traversi Italian
Italian form of Travers.

Traversini Italian
Italian variant of Travers.

Traverso Italian
Italian form of Travers.

Travert French
French variant of Travers.

Traves English
English variant of Travers.

Travieso Spanish
Spanish form of Travers.

Travis English
English variant of Travers.

Traviss English
English variant of Travers.

Treacy Irish
Variant of Tracey 2.

Trevis English
English variant of Travers.

Trevor Welsh
Originally from the name of various Welsh towns meaning "big village", derived from Middle Welsh tref "village" and maur "large".

Trifonov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Trifon".

Trifonova f Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Trifonov.

Troelsen Danish
Means "son of Troels".

Trudeau French (Quebec)
From a diminutive of the given name Thouroude, a medieval French form of the Norse name Torvald. This name has been borne by two Canadian prime ministers, Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919-2000) and his son Justin Trudeau (1971-).

Trueman English
Variant of Truman.

Truman English
Means "trusty man" in Middle English. A famous bearer of the surname was American president Harry S. Truman (1884-1972).

Tsvetanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Tsvetan".

Tsvetanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tsvetanov.

Tsvetkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Tsvetko".

Tsvetkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tsvetkov.

Tuff English
Variant of Tuft.

Tuft English
Denoted one who lived near a clump of trees or bushes, from Middle English tufte "tuft, clump", from Old French.

Tumicelli Italian
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Bartolomeo.

Tunison Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Teunissen.

Turnbull English, Scottish
Nickname for someone thought to be strong enough to turn around a bull.

Turner English
Occupational name for one who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.

Tyrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Tyrrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Tyson 2 English
Variant of Dyson.

Uberti Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.

Uggeri Italian
Derived from the given name Edgardo.

Ughi Italian
From the given name Ugo.

Ulfsson Swedish
Means "son of Ulf".

Underhill English
Means "dweller at the foot of a hill", from Old English under and hyll.

Underwood English
Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.

Ungaretti Italian
Diminutive of Ungaro.

Ungaro Italian
Means "Hungarian" in Italian.

Ungur Romanian
Variant of Ungureanu.

Ungureanu Romanian
From Romanian ungur meaning "Hungarian".

Unterbrink Low German
Means "dweller under the slope" from Old Saxon undar "under" and brink "edge, slope".

Upton English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many towns in England bearing this name. The place name itself is derived from Old English upp "up" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Urban m & u Czech, Slovak, Polish, German
Derived from the given name Urban.

Urbanová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Urban.

Urbonaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Urbonas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Urbonas m Lithuanian
From the given name Urbonas.

Urbonienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Urbonas. This form is used by married women.

Vacca Italian
Means "cow" in Italian, originally denoting a person who worked with cattle.

Vaccaro Italian
Occupational name meaning "cowherd" in Italian.

Vacek m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vacík m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vacíková f Czech
Feminine form of Vacík.

Vacková f Czech
Feminine form of Vacek.

Valdez Spanish
Means "son of Baldo".

Vale Portuguese
Means "valley" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin vallis.

Valencia Spanish
From the name of the Spanish city of Valencia.

Valent m Slovak
Derived from the given name Valentín.

Valenta m Czech
Derived from the given name Valentin.

Valenti Italian
Patronymic from the given name Valente, an Italian form of Valens. A famous bearer of the surname was Jack Valenti (1921-2007), advisor to American president Lyndon Johnson.

Valentini Italian
Means "son of Valentino".

Valentinov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Valentin".

Valentinova f Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Valentinov.

Valentová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Valenta or Valent.

Valeriev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Valeri".

Valerieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Valeriev.

Valerio Italian
From the given name Valerio.

Valero Spanish
From the given name Valero.

Valjean Literature
Created by Victor Hugo for Jean Valjean, the hero of his novel Les Misérables (1862). The novel explains that his father, also named Jean, received the nickname Valjean or Vlajean from a contraction of French voilá Jean meaning "here's Jean".

Van Aalst Dutch
Variant of Van Alst.

Van Achteren Dutch
Variant of Van Agteren.

Van Agteren Dutch
Means "from behind", probably referring to a place behind something, such as a building or a place at the end of the road.

Van Akkeren Dutch
Variant of Van den Akker.

Van Alst Dutch
Means "from Aalst", the name of towns in Belgium and the Netherlands, which is possibly from Germanic *alhs meaning "temple, shelter".

Van Althuis Dutch
Dutch cognate of Althaus.

Van As Dutch
Means "from Asch", a town in the Netherlands, meaning "ash tree".

Van Asch Dutch
Variant of Van As.

Vance English
Indicated a dweller by a fen, from Old English fenn meaning "fen, marsh".

Vanchev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vancho".

Vancheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Vanchev.

Vančura m Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.

Vančurová f Czech
Feminine form of Vančura.

Van Daal Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Daalen Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dael Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Daele Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dale Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Vandale Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dalen Dutch
Means "from the valley", from Old Dutch dal meaning "valley".

Van Damme Flemish
Means "from Damme", the name of a town in Belgium, derived from Dutch dam meaning "dam". A famous bearer is the Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960-), who was born with the surname Van Varenberg.

Van den Akker Dutch
Means "from the field" in Dutch.

Van den Berg Dutch
Means "from the mountain", derived from Dutch berg meaning "mountain".

Van der Aart Dutch
Means "from the earth", derived from Dutch aarde "earth". It perhaps referred to either an earth bank or to a farmer.

Van der Beek Dutch
Means "from the creek" in Dutch.

Van der Berg Dutch
Variant of Van den Berg.

Van der Hout Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van der Linden Dutch
Means "from the linden trees", from Dutch linde meaning "linden tree".

Van der Meer Dutch
Means "from the lake" in Dutch.

Van der Veen Dutch
Means "from the swamp", from Dutch veen meaning "fen, swamp, peat". It originally indicated a person who resided in a peat district or fen colony.

Van der Ven Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Van der Venne Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Van der Vennen Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Van der Veen.

Vaněk m Czech
From an old diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vanev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vane", a diminutive of Ivan.

Vaneva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Vanev.

Vång Swedish
Swedish variant of Wang 3.

Vang 1 Norwegian, Danish
Variant of Wang 3.

Vang 2 Yiddish
Variant of Wang 4.

Van Hautum Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Hofwegen Dutch
Means "from Hofwegen", a town in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands, itself derived from Dutch hof "garden, courtyard" and weg "way, path, road".

Van Hoorn Dutch
Dutch form of Horn.

Van Horn Dutch
Dutch form of Horn.

Van Hout Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Houte Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Houtem Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Houten Dutch
Means "from forests", derived from Dutch hout "forest".

Van Houttum Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Houtum Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Vankov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vanko", a diminutive of Ivan.

Vaňková f Czech
Feminine form of Vaněk.

Vankova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Vankov.

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.

Vann English
From Old English fenn meaning "fen, swamp", indicating a person who lived near such a place.

Van Rompa Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Van Rompaey.

Van Rompaey Flemish, Dutch
Means "from the wide path", derived from Middle Dutch ruum "roomy, spacious" combined with pat "path".

Van Rompay Flemish, Dutch
Variant of Van Rompaey.

Van Rompaye Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Van Rompaey.

Van Rompu Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Van Rompaey.

Van Rompuy Flemish
Variant of Van Rompaey. A famous bearer is the Flemish politician Herman Van Rompuy (1947-), a Prime Minister of Belgium.

Van 't Hout Dutch
Variant of Van Houten.

Van Veen Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Van Veenen Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Van Willigen Dutch
Means "from the willows", from Old Dutch wilga "willow".

Vardanyan Armenian
Means "son of Vardan".

Varnham English
Variant of Farnham.

Vartanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Վարդանյան (see Vardanyan).

Vašek m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vasile Romanian
Derived from the given name Vasile.

Vasileiou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βασιλείου (see Vasiliou).

Vasilescu Romanian
Means "son of Vasile".

Vasilev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vasil".

Vasileva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Vasilev.

Vasiliauskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Vasiliauskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Vasiliauskas m Lithuanian
Means "son of Vasilijus".

Vasiliauskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Vasiliauskas. This form is used by married women.

Vasiliev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Васильев (see Vasilyev).

Vasilieva f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Васильева (see Vasilyeva).

Vasiliou Greek
Means "son of Vasilios".

Vasilyev m Russian
Means "son of Vasil".

Vasilyeva f Russian
Feminine form of Vasilyev.

Vaško m Slovak
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vašková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vašek or Vaško.

Vassiliou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βασιλείου (see Vasiliou).

Vasylenko Ukrainian
From the given name Vasyl.

Vasylyk Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Vasyl.

Vasylyshyn Ukrainian
Means "son of Vasyl".

Vaughan Welsh
From Welsh bychan (mutated to fychan) meaning "little". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.

Vaughn Welsh
Variant of Vaughan.

Vávra m Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Vávra, a diminutive of Vavřinec.

Vávrová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vávra.

Velichkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Velichko".

Velichkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Velichkov.

Velitchkov m Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Величков (see Velichkov).

Velitchkova f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Величкова (see Velichkova).

Vencel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.

Venczel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.

Venner Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Ventura Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
From the given name Bonaventura.

Verboom Dutch
Means "from the tree" in Dutch.

Vergoossen Dutch
Means "son of Goswin".

Verhoeven Dutch
Means "from the farm" in Dutch, derived from hoeve "farm", and so indicated a person who lived on a farm.

Vermeulen Flemish
Means "from the mill" in Dutch.

Vernersen Danish
Means "son of Verner".

Verona Italian
From the name of the city of Verona, one of the most important historical cities of northern Italy. The meaning of the city's name is uncertain.

Veronesi Italian
Variant of Verona.

Vervloet Flemish
Means "from the stream" in Dutch.

Veselá f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Veselý.

Veselý m Czech, Slovak
From a nickname meaning "cheerful" in Czech and Slovak.

Vestergaard Danish
From a place name, derived from Danish vest "west" and gård "farm, yard".

Vestri Italian
From the given name Silvestro.

Vicario Spanish, Italian
Means "vicar" in Spanish and Italian, an ecclesiastic title used to denote a representative of a bishop. It is derived from Latin vicarius meaning "substitute, deputy".

Vicente Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Vicente.

Vico Italian, Spanish
Means "town, village", derived from Latin vicus.

Victor French, English
Derived from the male given name Victor.

Victors English
Derived from the given name Victor.

Victorsson Swedish
Means "son of Victor".

Vida Hungarian
From the given name Vid.

Vidal Spanish, Catalan, French
From the given name Vidal.

Vidović Croatian
Means "son of Vid".

Vieth German
From the given name Veit.

Vigo Italian, Spanish
Variant of Vico.

Vik Norwegian
Means "cove, inlet" in Norwegian.

Viktorov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Viktor".

Viktorova f Russian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Viktorov.

Vilar Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Means "hamlet, farm" in Portuguese, Galician and Catalan, from Late Latin villare, a derivative of Latin villa.

Vilaró Catalan
Catalan variant of Vilar.

Vilhjálmsson Icelandic
Means "son of Vilhjálmur".

Villa Italian, Spanish
Means "town" in Italian and Spanish, from Latin. It was originally given to a person who came from a town, as opposed to the countryside.

Villalba Spanish
Denoted a person from one of the various Spanish places by this name. It is derived from Spanish villa "town" and alba "white".

Villalobos Spanish
Habitational name for a person from the town of Villalobos, Spain, which is derived from Spanish villa "town" and lobo "wolf".

Villanueva Spanish
Originally denoted someone who came from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and nueva "new".

Villar Spanish
Spanish cognate of Vilar.

Villaverde Spanish
Originally denoted a person from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and verde "green".

Villeneuve French
French cognate of Villanueva.

Vincent 1 English, French
From the given name Vincent.

Vinci 1 Italian
From the given name Vincenzo.

Vincze Hungarian
From the given name Vince.

Vinković Croatian
Means "son of Vinko".

Vinogradov m Russian
Means "vineyard" in Russian (ultimately from German), referring to a person who worked at a vineyard or lived near one.

Vinogradova f Russian
Feminine form of Vinogradov.

Vinter Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian variant of Winter.

Viola Italian
From the given name Viola.

Visscher Dutch
Variant of Visser.

Visser Dutch
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in Dutch.

Vitale Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Vitali Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Vivas Catalan
From the Catalan byname vivas meaning "may you live", which was bestowed upon children to bring good luck.

Vives Catalan
Variant of Vivas.

Vlachos m Greek
Means "Romanian, Wallachian" in Greek, from Old Slavic volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).

Vlachou f Greek
Feminine form of Vlachos.

Vladimirescu Romanian
Means "son of Vladimir".

Vlahos m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βλάχος (see Vlachos).

Vlahou f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βλάχου (see Vlachou).

Vlahović Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic from Serbo-Croatian Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

Vlašić Croatian
Patronymic from the nickname Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

Vlašič Slovene
Patronymic from the nickname Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

Vlček m Czech, Slovak
Diminutive form of Czech and Slovak vlk meaning "wolf".

Vlčková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vlček.

Voclain French
From the Old French given name Vauquelin.

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.