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Achilles German
Derived from the given name Achilles.

Arthur English, French
From the given name Arthur.

Arthurson English
Means "son of Arthur".

Arthursson Swedish
Means "son of Arthur".

Baghdasaryan Armenian
Means "son of Baghdasar".

Baghdassarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Բաղդասարյան (see Baghdasaryan).

Baldi Italian
Derived from the given name Baldo.

Baldini Italian
Derived from the given name Baldino, a diminutive of Baldo.

Baldinotti Italian
Derived from the given name Baldinotto, from the Latin name Baldinoctus, a diminutive of Baldo.

Bjarnesen Danish
Means "son of Bjarne".

Carlisle English
From the name of a city in northern England. The city was originally called by the Romans Luguvalium meaning "stronghold of Lugus". Later the Brythonic element ker "fort" was appended to the name of the city.

Carlyle English
Variant of Carlisle.

Ceelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Ceel.

Denis French
From the given name Denis.

Dennis English
From the given name Dennis.

Di Mercurio Italian
Means "son of Mercurio".

D'Onofrio Italian
Means "son of Onofrio".

Dustin English
From the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn.

Dwight English
From the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysius.

Dyson English
Means "son of Dye".

Elena Italian
Derived from the given name Elena.

Ermacora Italian
From the given name Ermacora.

Gáspár Hungarian
Derived from the given name Gáspár.

Gaspar Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Gaspar.

Gaspard French
From the given name Gaspard.

Gaspari Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Gašper Slovene
Derived from the given name Gašper.

Heimisson Icelandic
Means "son of Heimir".

Ingesson Swedish
Means "son of Inge".

Ingólfsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ingólfr".

Jamshidi Persian
From the given name Jamshid.

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.

Jespersen Danish
Means "son of Jesper".

Kašpar m Czech
Derived from the given name Kašpar.

Kaspar German
Derived from the given name Kaspar.

Kašparová f Czech
Feminine form of Kašpar.

Kaspersen Danish
Means "son of Kasper".

Kasprzak Polish
Means "son of Kacper".

Kató Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the Hungarian feminine given name Katalin.

Léon French
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Leon English
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Lewis 2 Welsh
Anglicized form of Llywelyn.

Llewellyn Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.

Llywelyn Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.

Lyon 1 English, French
Originally denoted a person from the city of Lyon in central France, originally Latin Lugdunum, of Gaulish origin meaning "hill fort of Lugus". It could also denote a person from the small town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy.

Lyons English
Variant of Lyon 1.

MacBride Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Bhrighde.

Mac Giolla Bhrighde Irish
Means "son of the servant of Brighid" in Irish.

Majewska f Polish
Feminine form of Majewski.

Majewski m Polish
Derived from Polish maj meaning "May". It may have been given in reference to the month the bearer was baptized.

Marchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Marko.

Marchetti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Marco.

Marchi Italian
Derived from the given name Marco.

Marchioni Italian
Possibly from the given name Melchiorre or the compound name Marco Giovanni.

Marciniak Polish
Means "son of Marcin".

Marco Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marco.

Marconi Italian
Derived from the given name Marco.

Marcos Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Marcos. A famous bearer was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989).

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

Mareš m Czech
Derived from the given name Marek.

Marešová f Czech
Feminine form of Mareš.

Mariani Italian
From the given name Mariano.

Marín Spanish
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marin Romanian, French
From the given name Marin.

Marini Italian
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marino Italian, Spanish
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marinos m Greek
Derived from the given name Marinos.

Marinou f Greek
Feminine form of Marinos.

Marinov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Marin".

Marinova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Marinov.

Marinović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Marin".

Marjanović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Marjan 2".

Mark English
Derived from the given name Mark.

Markó Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márk.

Markov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Marko or Mark".

Markova f Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Markov.

Marková f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of Marek.

Marković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Marko".

Markusson Swedish
Means "son of Markus".

Marques Portuguese
Means "son of Marcos".

Márquez Spanish
Means "son of Marcos".

Martel 1 English, French
Derived from the given name Martel, a medieval diminutive of Martin.

Martell English
Variant of Martel 1 or Martel 2.

Martens Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Marten".

Mårtensson Swedish
Means "son of Mårten".

Martí Catalan
Derived from the given name Martí.

Martikainen Finnish
From a diminutive of the given name Martti.

Martín Spanish
Derived from the given name Martín.

Martin English, French, German, Swedish
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Martínek m Czech
Derived from the given name Martin.

Martinek m Czech
Derived from the given name Martin.

Martinelli Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Martino.

Martínez Spanish
Means "son of Martín" in Spanish.

Martinez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Martínez.

Martini Italian
Derived from the given name Martino.

Martínková f Czech
Feminine form of Martínek.

Martinková f Czech
Feminine form of Martinek.

Martino Italian
From the given name Martino.

Martinov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Martin".

Martinova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Martinov.

Martinović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Martin".

Martins English, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Martin.

Martinsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Martin".

Martinson English
Means "son of Martin".

Martinsson Swedish
Means "son of Martin".

Márton Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márton.

Martz German
Derived from an old diminutive of Martin.

McArthur Scottish
Means "son of Arthur" in Gaelic.

McBride Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Bhrighde.

Merckx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Mark.

Merkel German
From a diminutive of the given name Markus. A notable bearer is the former German chancellor Angela Merkel (1954-).

Mertens Dutch, Low German, Flemish
From the given name Merten.

Merx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Mark.

Mortensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Morten".

Nisi Italian
Means "son of Niso", an Italian form of the mythological name Nisus.

Parri Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Romilly English, French
Originally denoted a person who came from any of the various places in northern France called Romilly or from Romiley in England.

Rostami Persian
Derived from the given name Rostam.

Seelen Dutch
Variant of Ceelen.

Sidney English
Originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island". Another theory holds that it comes from the name of a town in Normandy called "Saint Denis", though evidence for this is lacking.

St Martin French
From a place named for Saint Martin.

Sydney English
Variant of Sidney.

Tennison English
Means "son of Denis".

Tennyson English
Means "son of Denis".

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

Þórirsson Icelandic
Means "son of Þórir".

Thorsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Thor".

Thurstan English
Derived from the Old Norse name Þórsteinn.

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-).

Tyson 2 English
Variant of Dyson.

Zeelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Ceel.

Zeni Italian
Means "son of Zeno".