Latin Origin Surnames

Colón Spanish
Spanish form of Colombo.

Columbo Italian
Variant of Colombo.

Constantin Romanian, French
From the given name Constantin.

Constantinescu Romanian
Means "son of Constantin".

Constantino Portuguese
From the given name Constantino.

Conti Italian
From the Italian noble title conte meaning "count", derived from Latin comes (genitive comitis) meaning "companion, attendant". It denoted a person who worked for a count or behaved like one.

Cook English
Derived from Old English coc meaning "cook", ultimately from Latin coquus. It was an occupational name for a cook, a man who sold cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house.

Cooke English
Variant of Cook.

Cookson English
Patronymic form of Cook.

Cooper English
Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

Copperfield Literature
Created from the English words copper and field by the author Charles Dickens, who used it for the title character in his novel David Copperfield (1850).

Cornell English
Derived from the given name Cornelius.

Correa Spanish
Spanish form of Correia.

Correia Portuguese
Means "leather strap, belt" in Portuguese, denoting a person who worked with leather products.

Cortés Spanish
Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.

Cortez Spanish
Variant of Cortés.

Corti Italian
From Italian corte meaning "court, yard".

Costa Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italian and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

Costantini Italian
From the given name Costantino.

Costanzo Italian
From the given name Costanzo.

Coste French
French form of Costa.

Côté French
French form of Costa.

Coupe English
From Middle English coupe meaning "barrel", a name for a barrel maker or cooper.

Courtois French
French form of Curtis.

Crespi Italian
Variant of Crespo.

Crespo Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Referred to a person with curly hair, from Latin crispus meaning "curly".

Crisp English
English cognate of Crespo.

Croce Italian
Italian form of Cross.

Crocetti Italian
Italian diminutive form of Croce.

Crosby English
From the name of various towns in England, derived from Old Norse kross "cross" (a borrowing from Latin crux) and býr "farm, settlement".

Cross English
Locative name meaning "cross", ultimately from Latin crux. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

Crouch English
Variant of Cross.

Cruz Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Cross.

Császár Hungarian
Hungarian form of Kaiser.

Cuesta Spanish
Spanish form of Costa.

Cuevas Spanish
Derived from Spanish cueva meaning "cave".

Cuijper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Cuijpers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Cullen 1 English
From the name of the German city of Cologne, which was derived from Latin colonia "colony".

Cuocco Italian
Italian cognate of Cook.

Cuoco Italian
Italian cognate of Cook.

Curtis English
Nickname for a courteous person, derived from Old French curteis meaning "refined, courtly".

Cuyper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Cuypers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Dabney English
Variant of Daubney.

Da Costa Portuguese
Variant of Costa.

Da Gama Portuguese
Variant of Gama. This name was borne by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524).

D'Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.

D'Amore Italian
From the given name Amore.

Dane 1 English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.

D'Angelo Italian
Means "son of Angelo".

D'Antonio Italian
Means "son of Antonio".

Daubney English
From any of the various towns in France called Aubigny, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Albinus.

D'Cruz Indian (Christian)
Variant of Cruz more common among Christians from India.

D'Cruze Indian (Christian)
Variant of Cruz more common among Christians from India.

Dean 2 English
Occupational surname meaning "dean", referring to a person who either was a dean or worked for one. It is from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").

De Angelis Italian
Means "son of Angelo".

De Campo Italian
Locative surname derived from place names called Campo (meaning "field").

De Clerc Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

De Clercq Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

De Cock Flemish
Flemish cognate of Cook.

De Felice Italian
Means "son of Felice".

De Fiore Italian
Means "son of Fiore".

Deforest French
Means "from the forest" in French.

De Klerk Dutch
From Dutch klerk meaning "clerk", making this a cognate of Clark.

De Kock Dutch
Dutch cognate of Cook.

Delacroix French
Means "of the cross" in French. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads. A notable bearer was the French painter Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863).

De la Cruz Spanish
Spanish cognate of Delacroix.

Dela Cruz Spanish (Filipinized)
Variant of De la Cruz primarily used in the Philippines (where it is the most common surname).

De La Fontaine French
French cognate of De la Fuente.

De la Fuente Spanish
Means "of the fountain" in Spanish.

Delaney 1 English
Derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

De Laurentis Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo", a Latinized form of the given name.

Del Bosque Spanish
Means "of the forest" in Spanish.

Delgado Spanish, Portuguese
Means "thin" in Spanish and Portuguese, ultimately from Latin delicatus meaning "delicate, tender, charming".

Del Olmo Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

De Lorenzo Italian
Means "son of Lorenzo".

Del Río Spanish
Means "of the river" in Spanish.

De Palma Italian
Means "from the palm tree" in Italian.

De Rege Italian (Rare)
Italian variant of Rey 1.

De Santiago Spanish
Variant of Santiago.

De Santis Italian
Italian form of Santos.

Deschamps French
Means "from the fields", from French champ "field".

Descoteaux French
Means "from the hillside", from French coteau "hillside".

Desroches French
Means "from the rocks", from French roche "rock".

Desrosiers French
Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

Devin 2 French, English
Nickname for a person who acted divinely or prophetically, from Old French devin meaning "divine" or "seer, fortune teller", ultimately from Latin divinus.

Devine 2 English
Variant of Devin 2.

De Vitis Italian
Means "son of Vito 1", using a Latinized form of the given name.

De Vito Italian
Means "son of Vito 1".

De Vries Dutch
Means "the Frisian" in Dutch, referring to a person from Friesland.

Di Antonio Italian
Variant of D'Antonio.

Dias Portuguese
Means "son of Diogo" in Portuguese.

Díaz Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Diego Spanish
From the given name Diego.

Díez Spanish
Means "son of Diego" in Spanish.

Di Mercurio Italian
Means "son of Mercurio".

Dior French
Possibly from French doré meaning "golden". A famous bearer was the French fashion designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).

Domingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.

Domínguez Spanish
Means "son of Domingo".

Donati Italian
From the given name Donato.

D'Ovidio Italian
From the given name Ovidio.

Dubois French
Means "from the forest", from French bois "forest".

Duchamp French
Variant of Deschamps. A famous bearer was the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).

Duchamps French
Variant of Deschamps.

Dufort French
Means "from the fort", from French fort "stronghold".

Dufour French
Occupational name for a baker, from French four "oven".

Duke English
From the noble title, which was originally from Latin dux "leader". It was a nickname for a person who behaved like a duke, or who worked in a duke's household.

Dukes English
Patronymic form of Duke.

Dumas French
Means "from the farm", from Occitan mas "farmhouse", from Latin mansus "dwelling". A famous bearer was the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870).

Dumont French
Means "from the mountain", from French mont "mountain".

Dupond French
Variant of Dupont.

Dupont French
Means "from the bridge", from French pont "bridge".

Dupuis French
Means "from the well", from Old French puts, Latin puteus "well".

Dupuy French
Means "from the hill", from Occitan puy "hill", from Latin podium "platform".

Durán Spanish
Spanish cognate of Durand.

Durand French, English
From Old French durant meaning "enduring", ultimately from Latin durans. This was a nickname for a stubborn person.

Durant English, French
Variation of Durand.

Durante Italian
Italian cognate of Durand.

Duval French
Means "from the valley" in French.

Eccleston English
Denoted a person from any of the various places named Eccleston in England, derived from Latin ecclesia "church" (via Briton) and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Ecclestone English
Variant of Eccleston.

Ellery English
From the medieval masculine name Hilary.

Émile French
Derived from the given name Émile.

Espina Spanish
Means "thorn" in Spanish, a name for someone who lived near a thorn bush.

Espino Spanish
Variant of Espina.

Espinosa Spanish
From Spanish espinoso meaning "thorny", ultimately from Latin spinosus, a derivative of spina meaning "thorn, spine". This was the real surname of the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), who was of Portuguese Jewish origin.

Espinoza Spanish
Variant of Espinosa.

Esposito Italian
Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted a child who was rescued after being abandoned by its parents.

Estrada Spanish
Spanish form of Street.

Expósito Spanish
Spanish cognate of Esposito.

Fabbri Italian
From Italian fabbro meaning "blacksmith", ultimately from Latin faber.

Fabbro Italian
Variant of Fabbri.

Fabel German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Fabian.

Fábián Hungarian
Derived from the given name Fábián.

Fabian German, English, Polish
Derived from the given name Fabian.

Fabien French
Derived from the given name Fabien.

Fabre Occitan, French
Occitan form of Fèvre.

Fabron French
Diminutive form of Fabre.

Falco Italian
Derived from Italian falco "falcon". The name was used to denote a falconer or a person who resembled a falcon in some way.

Falconer English, Scottish
Variant of Faulkner.

Falkner English, German
English variant and German cognate of Faulkner.

Farina Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian farina "flour".

Faucher French
Occupational name meaning "mower" in French, ultimately from Latin falx meaning "sickle, scythe".

Faucheux French
Variant of Faucher.

Faulkner English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

Faure Occitan, French
Occitan form of Fèvre.

Faust German
Derived from the given name Faust, a form of Faustus.

Fausti Italian
From the given name Fausto.

Favero Italian
Variant of Fabbri.

Favre French
Southern French variant of Fèvre.

Favreau French
Diminutive of Favre.

Fay 1 French, English
Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus.

Fay 2 English
From a nickname for a person who was thought to have magical qualities, from Middle English faie meaning "magical, enchanted".

Feigenbaum German, Jewish
Means "fig tree" in German.

Feliciano Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Feliciano.

Félix French, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Felix.

Fenwick English
From an English place name, derived from Old English fenn "fen, swamp, bog" and wic "village, town".

Ferrara Italian
Italian form of Ferreira.

Ferrari Italian
Occupational name for a metalworker or smith, derived from Latin ferrarius, a derivative of ferrum meaning "iron".

Ferraro Italian
Variant of Ferrari.

Ferreira Portuguese, Galician
Denoted a person from a town named because it was near an iron mine, from Latin ferrum meaning "iron".

Ferreiro Galician
Galician cognate of Ferrari.

Ferrer Catalan
Catalan cognate of Ferrari.

Ferrero Italian
Regional variant of Ferrari. It is typical of the area around Turin.

Ferreyra Portuguese, Galician
Variant of Ferreira.

Ferri Italian
Variant of Ferro.

Ferro Italian, Spanish
Means "iron", ultimately from Latin ferrum. This was an occupational name for one who worked with iron.

Fèvre French
Occupational name meaning "blacksmith" in Old French, derived from Latin faber.

Fierro Spanish, Italian
Variant of Ferro.

Fini Italian
Derived from given names ending in fino, such as Serafino.

Fiore Italian
Derived from the given name Fiore.

Firmin English, French
From the given name Firmin.

Fitzpatrick Irish
Means "son of Patrick" in Anglo-Norman, usually adopted as an Anglicization of Mac Giolla Phádraig.

Fitzroy English
Means "son of the king" in Anglo-Norman French, from French roi meaning "king". This name has been bestowed upon illegitimate children of kings.

Fleury French
From the name of various towns in northern France, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Florus.

Florea Romanian
From the given name Florea.

Flores Spanish
Means "son of Floro" in Spanish.

Flower English
From Middle English flour meaning "flower, blossom", derived from Old French flur, Latin flos. This was a nickname given to a sweet person. In other cases it could be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of flour (a word derived from the same source).

Flowers English
Variant of Flower.

Fonseca Spanish, Portuguese
Originally belonged to a person who lived near a dry spring, from Latin fons "well, spring" and siccus "dry".

Fontaine French
Derived from Old French fontane meaning "well, fountain", a derivative of Latin fons.

Fontana Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of Fontaine.

Forest English, French
Originally belonged to a person who lived near or in a forest. It was probably originally derived, via Old French forest, from Latin forestam (silva) meaning "outer (wood)".

Forester English
Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest (see Forest).

Forestier French
French cognate of Forester.

Forrest English
Variant of Forest.

Fortier French
Derived from Old French fort "stronghold", indicating a person who lived near or worked at such a place.

Fortuin Dutch
Dutch cognate of Fortune.

Fortunato Italian
From the given name Fortunato.

Fortune English
From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning "fortune, luck, chance". This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.

Fortuyn Dutch
Dutch cognate of Fortune.

Foss English
Variant of Fosse.

Fosse English, French
Derived from Old French fosse "ditch".

Foster 1 English
Variant of Forester.

Fournier French
Occupational name for a baker, from French fourneau meaning "oven".

Francis English
Derived from the given name Francis.

Francisco Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Francisco.

Franco Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Cognate of Frank 1. This name was borne by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975).

François French
Derived from the given name François.

Franić Croatian
Variant of Franjić.

Franjić Croatian
Means "son of Franjo".

Frank 1 English
Derived from the given name Frank.

Fransson Swedish
Means "son of Frans".

Franz German
Derived from the given name Franz.

Franzese Italian
From a nickname that indicated a person who came from France. It is typical of the area around Naples.

Fries German
Denoted someone from Frisia, an area along the coastal region of the North Sea stretching from Netherlands to Germany.

Friis Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian (mostly Danish) form of Fries.

Fuentes Spanish
Means "spring, well" in Spanish, derived from Latin fons.

Furlan Italian, Slovene
From the name of the Italian region of Friuli, in the northeast of Italy, which is derived from the name of the Roman town of Forum Iulii meaning "forum of Julius".

Furnadjiev m Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Фурнаджиев (see Furnadzhiev).

Furnadjieva f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Фурнаджиева (see Furnadzhieva).

Furnadzhiev m Bulgarian
Occupational name for a baker, derived from Bulgarian фурна (furna) meaning "oven" (of Latin origin).

Furnadzhieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Furnadzhiev.

Gaál Hungarian
Variant of Gál.

Gál Hungarian
Derived from the given name Gál.

Gallego Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain.

Gallegos Spanish
Variant of Gallego.

Galli Italian
Variant of Gallo, common in northern Italy.

Gallo Italian, Spanish
Means "rooster", ultimately from Latin gallus. This was a nickname for a proud person.

Gama Portuguese
Probably from a place name derived from Portuguese gama meaning "fallow deer doe", from Latin gammus.

Garner 1 English
From Old French gernier meaning "granary", a derivative of Latin granum meaning "grain". This name could refer to a person who worked at a granary or lived near one.

Garnet English
Variant of Garnett 1 or Garnett 2.

Garnett 1 English
Occupational name referring to a person who made hinges, from Old French carne "hinge".

Garnier 2 English
Variant of Garner 1.

Gatti Italian
Means "cat" in Italian, originally a nickname for an agile person.

Geelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Geel, itself from Gillis or Gilbert.

Geels Dutch
Variant of Geelen.

Genovese Italian
Denoted a person from the Italian city of Genoa (Genova in Italian).

Germain French
From the French given name Germain.

Germano Italian
From the given name Germano.

Giehl German
German form of Giles.

Gil Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gil 1.

Giles English
From the given name Giles.

Giordano Italian
Derived from the given name Giordano.

Giuliani Italian
From the given name Giuliano.

Görög Hungarian
Means "Greek" in Hungarian.

Granger English, French
Means "farm bailiff" from Old French grangier, ultimately from Latin granum meaning "grain". It is borne in the Harry Potter novels by Harry's friend Hermione Granger.

Granville English
Derived from a Norman place name Grainville.

Grassi Italian
Variant of Grasso.

Grasso Italian
Means "fat" in Italian, originally a nickname for a stout person. It is derived from Latin crassus.

Grec Catalan
Catalan cognate of Greco.

Greco Italian
Means "from Greece" in Italian.

Grenville English
Variant of Granville.

Gros French
Means "thick, fat, big" in French, from Late Latin grossus, possibly of Germanic origin.

Grossi Italian
Italian cognate of Gros.

Grosso Italian
Italian cognate of Gros.

Guerra Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "war", given to a belligerent person or one engaged in warfare.

Guerrero Spanish
Means "warrior" in Spanish, an occupational name for a soldier. It is derived from Late Latin werra "war", of Germanic origin.

Guerriero Italian
Italian form of Guerrero.

Hardwick English
From Old English heord "herd" and wic "village, town".

Hašek m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Havel.

Hasenkamp German
From a northern German place name meaning "rabbit field", from Old Saxon haso "hare" and kamp "field" (from Latin campus).

Hašková f Czech
Feminine form of Hašek.

Havel m Czech
Derived from the given name Havel.

Havelka m Czech
Means "son of Havel" in Czech.

Havelková f Czech
Feminine form of Havelka.

Havlíček m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Havel.

Havlíčková f Czech
Feminine form of Havlíček.

Havlová f Czech
Feminine form of Havel.

Herrera Spanish
Spanish form of Ferreira.

Herrero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Ferrari.

Hierro Spanish
Spanish form of Ferro.

Hofmeister German
Means "master of the household", from Old High German hof "yard, court, house" and meistar "master" (from Latin magister).

Iglesias Spanish
From Spanish iglesia meaning "church", from Latin ecclesia (of Greek origin).

Ignácz Hungarian
Derived from the given name Ignác.

Ignatiev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Игнатьев (see Ignatyev).

Ignatieva f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Игнатьева (see Ignatyeva).

Ignatov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Ignat".

Ignatova f Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Ignatov.

Ignatyev m Russian
Means "son of Ignatiy".

Ignatyeva f Russian
Feminine form of Ignatyev.

Janvier French
Either from the given name Janvier or the French word janvier meaning "January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

Jeanes 2 English
Originally denoted a person who came from Genoa, Italy.

Joossens Flemish
Means "son of Joos".

Joosten Dutch
Derived from the given name Joost.

Jordà Catalan
Derived from the given name Jordà.

Jordan 1 English, French, German
Derived from the given name Jordan.

Judd English
Derived from the medieval name Judd.

Judson English
Means "son of Judd".

Julien French
From the given name Julien.

Kaiser German
From Middle High German keiser meaning "emperor", originally a nickname applied to someone who acted kingly. The title ultimately derives from the Roman name Caesar.

Kappel German, Dutch
Name for a person who lived near or worked at a chapel, ultimately from Late Latin cappella, a diminutive of cappa "cape", arising from the holy relic of the torn cape of Saint Martin, which was kept in small churches.

Kárpáthy Hungarian
Variant of Kárpáti.

Kárpáti Hungarian
Derived from Kárpátok, the Hungarian name of the Carpathians.

Kárpáty Hungarian
Variant of Kárpáti.

Kay 1 English
Derived from the given name Kay 2.

Kelemen Hungarian
Derived from the given name Kelemen.

Key 1 English
Variant of Kay 1 or Kay 2.

Keyes 1 English
Variant of Kay 1 or Kay 2.

Keys 1 English
Variant of Kay 1 or Kay 2.

Kiefer 2 German
Occupational name for a barrel maker, derived from Old High German kuofa meaning "barrel".

Kilpatrick Irish
From the Irish Mac Giolla Phádraig meaning "son of the servant of Saint Patrick".

Kitchen English
Occupational name for a person who worked in a kitchen (of a monastery for example), derived from Old English cycene, ultimately from Latin coquina.

Kitchens English
Variant of Kitchen.

Klement m Czech
Derived from the given name Klement.

Klementová f Czech
Feminine form of Klement.

Klerk Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

Klerken Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

Klerks Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.