Ancient Origin Surnames

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Wiegand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Wilcox English
From a diminutive of the given name William.

Wild English, German
Means "wild, untamed, uncontrolled", derived from Old English wilde. This was either a nickname for a person who behaved in a wild manner or a topographic name for someone who lived on overgrown land.

Wilder English, German
Variant of Wild.

Wiley English
From any of the various English towns named Willey or from the River Wylye.

Wilk Polish
Means "wolf" in Polish.

Wilkerson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkie English
Double diminutive of the given name William.

Wilkins English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkinson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Willard English
From the given name Wilheard or Willihard.

Willems Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Willemse Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Willemsen Dutch
Means "son of Willem".

Willey English
Variant of Wiley.

William English
Derived from the given name William.

Williams English
Means "son of William".

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Willis English
Derived from the given name William. A famous bearer of this surname is actor Bruce Willis (1955-).

Willoughby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English welig "willow" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

Wilmer German, English
Derived from the given name Willimar or Wilmǣr.

Wilms Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Wilson English
Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).

Wilton English
From any of the English towns named Wilton.

Winfield English
From various English place names, derived from Old English winn "meadow, pasture" and feld "field".

Winograd Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

Winogrodzka f Polish
Feminine form of Winogrodzki.

Winogrodzki m Polish
Polish cognate of Vinogradov.

Winslow English
Derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine".

Winston English
Derived from the given name Wynnstan.

Winter English, German, Swedish
From Old English winter or Old High German wintar meaning "winter". This was a nickname for a person with a cold personality.

Winterbottom English
From Old English winter meaning "winter" and botm meaning "ground, soil, bottom". This name probably referred to a winter pasture at the bottom of a lowland valley.

Winther Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish variant of Winter.

Winthrop English
Habitational name from the place names Winthrope 1 or Winthrope 2.

Winton English
Derived from the name of several English villages. Their names derive from Old English meaning "enclosure belonging to Wine".

Wirner German
From the given name Werner.

Wirnhier German
From the given name Werner.

Wirt German
Variant of Wirth.

Wirth German, Jewish
Occupational name for an innkeeper, derived from German wirt meaning "host".

Wiśniewska f Polish
Feminine form of Wiśniewski.

Wiśniewski m Polish
From the name of various Polish towns called Wiśniewo, derived from Polish wiśnia meaning "sour cherry".

Wojciechowska f Polish
Feminine form of Wojciechowski.

Wojciechowski m Polish
From the given name Wojciech.

Wójcik Polish
From the Polish word wójt meaning "chief, mayor" (related to German Vogt).

Wojda Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Wojewoda Polish
From the Polish title wojewoda meaning "governor, voivode" (originally meaning "warlord").

Wojewódka Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Wojewódzka f Polish
Feminine form of Wojewódzki.

Wojewódzki m Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Wolf German, English
From Middle High German or Middle English wolf meaning "wolf", or else from an Old German given name beginning with this element.

Wolfe English
Variant of Wolf.

Wolff German, Danish, Norwegian, Jewish
Variant of Wolf.

Wolter German
From the given name Walter.

Wolters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Womack English
Of uncertain origin. One theory suggests that it indicated a dweller by a hollow oak tree, derived from Old English womb "hollow" and ac "oak".

Wood English, Scottish
Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu "wood".

Woodcock English
Nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

Woodham English
Indicated a person who had a home near a wood, derived from Old English wudu "wood" and ham "home, settlement".

Woodhams English
Variant of Woodham.

Woodrow English
From a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English.

Woods English, Scottish
Variant of Wood.

Woodward English
Occupational name for a forester, meaning "ward of the wood" in Old English.

Woolf English
Variant of Wolf.

Wootton English
Derived from Old English wudu "wood" and tun "enclosure, town".

Wörner German
From the given name Werner.

Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.

Wortham English
Derived from the name of a town in Suffolk, England meaning "enclosed homestead".

Wouters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Wragge English
Derived from the Old Danish given name Wraghi, a variant of Vragi.

Wray English
Originally denoted someone who came from any of the various places of this name in northern England, from Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook".

Wright 1 English
From Old English wyrhta meaning "wright, maker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.

Wróbel Polish
Means "sparrow" in Polish.

Wróblewska f Polish
Feminine form of Wróblewski.

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".

Wrońska f Polish
Feminine form of Wroński.

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

Wyatt English
From the medieval given name Wyot.

Wyman English
From the Old English given name Wigmund.

Wyndham English
From the name of the town of Wymondham, meaning "home belonging to Wigmund", from the given name Wigmund combined with Old English ham meaning "home, settlement".

Wynne English
Derived from the given name Wine.

Xanthopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Xanthos".

Xanthopoulou f Greek
Feminine form of Xanthopoulos.

Yakovenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Yakiv.

Yakovlev m Russian
Means "son of Yakov".

Yakovleva f Russian
Feminine form of Yakovlev.

Yancy Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jansen.

Yanev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yane", a diminutive of Yoan 2.

Yaneva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yanev.

Yankov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yanko".

Yankova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yankov.

Yegorov m Russian
Means "son of Yegor".

Yegorova f Russian
Feminine form of Yegorov.

Yong English
Variant of Young.

Yordanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yordan".

Yordanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yordanov.

York English
From the name of the English city of York, which was originally called Eburacon (Latinized as Eboracum), meaning "yew" in Brythonic. In the Anglo-Saxon period it was corrupted to Eoforwic, based on Old English eofor "boar" and wic "village". This was rendered as Jórvík by the Vikings and eventually reduced to York.

Yosipov m Tatar
Means "son of Yosif".

Yosipova f Tatar
Feminine form of Yosipov.

Young English
Derived from Old English geong meaning "young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.

Younge English
Variant of Young.

Yount German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jundt.

Yoxall English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Yoxall in Staffordshire, itself derived from Old English geoc "oxen yoke" and halh "nook, recess".

Yurchenko Ukrainian
From the given name Yuriy.

Yusupov m Uzbek, Tajik, Tatar (Russified)
Means "son of Yusuf". This is the name of a Russian noble family, of Tatar origin (Йосыпов in Tatar).

Yusupova f Uzbek, Tajik, Tatar (Russified)
Feminine form of Yusupov.

Zahariev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zahari".

Zaharieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Zahariev.

Zając Polish
Means "hare" in Polish.

Zajac m Slovak
Means "hare" in Slovak.

Zajacová f Slovak
Feminine form of Zajac.

Zajec Slovene
Means "hare" in Slovene.

Zajíc m Czech
Means "hare" in Czech.

Zajícová f Czech
Feminine form of Zajíc.

Zakharov m Russian
Means "son of Zakhar".

Zakharova f Russian
Feminine form of Zakharov.

Zanetti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Giovanni. A famous bearer is Argentinian soccer player Javier Zanetti (1973-).

Zawisza Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.

Zaytsev m Russian
Derived from Russian заяц (zayats) meaning "hare".

Zaytseva f Russian
Feminine form of Zaytsev.

Zdravkov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Zdravko".

Zdravkova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Zdravkov.

Zeegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Zeelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Ceel.

Zegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Zelenka m Czech
Czech cognate of Zieliński.

Zelenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Zieliński.

Zelenková f Czech
Feminine form of Zelenka.

Zeman m Czech, Slovak
Means "landowner", ultimately from Old Slavic zemľa meaning "land".

Zemanová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Zeman.

Zeni Italian
Means "son of Zeno".

Zhivkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhivko".

Zhivkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Zhivkov.

Zhuk Belarusian
Means "beetle" in Belarusian.

Zhukov m Russian
Derived from Russian жук (zhuk) meaning "beetle".

Zhukova f Russian
Feminine form of Zhukov.

Zielińska f Polish
Feminine form of Zieliński.

Zieliński m Polish
From Polish zieleń meaning "green". It was possibly a nickname for a person who dressed in green clothing.

Zilberstein Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and שטיין (tein), both of Old High German origin.

Žilinskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žilinskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Žilinskas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zieliński.

Žilinskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žilinskas. This form is used by married women.

Zima mu Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian
From an Old Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.

Zimová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Zima.

Zini Italian
Derived from names such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.

Zino Italian
Derived from the given name Zino, a short form of names ending with -zino, such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.

Ziskind Jewish
Ornamental name, or from a given name, meaning "sweet child", derived from Yiddish זיס (zis) meaning "sweet" and קינד (kind) meaning "child", both words of Old High German origin.

Žitnik Slovene
From the Slavic root žito meaning "rye, grain". This was an occupational name for a dealer in rye or a baker.

Živković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Živko".

Zlatkov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Zlatko".

Zlatkova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Zlatkov.

Zorić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Zora".

Zuiderduin Dutch
Means "southern dune" in Dutch.

Zunino Italian
Derived from the given name Giovanni.

Župan Croatian
Croatian cognate of Zupan.

Zupan Slovene
From Old Slavic županŭ meaning "head of the district, community leader", a derivative of župa meaning "district, region".

Zupančič Slovene
Patronymic form of Zupan.

Zyma Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zima.