Surnames Matching Pattern *r

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Umar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Umar.

Ungur Romanian
Variant of Ungureanu.

Van Aller Dutch
Means "from the Aller", a river in Germany, of uncertain meaning.

Van de Laar Dutch
Variant of Van Laar.

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

Van der Laar Dutch
Variant of Van Laar.

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

Van Laar Dutch
Derived from Dutch laar (plural laren), which means "open spot in the forest". These areas were used to graze cattle for example.

Van Tonder Dutch
Means "from Tønder", a town in Denmark near the German border.

Venner Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

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

Vidmar Slovene
From various places in Slovenia named Videm, meaning "church property" in Slovene.

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

Villar Spanish
Spanish cognate of Vilar.

Vinter Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian variant of Winter.

Visscher Dutch
Variant of Visser.

Visser Dutch
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in Dutch.

Wägner German
Variant of Wagner.

Wagner German
From Middle High German wagener meaning "wagon maker, cartwright". This name was borne by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Wähner German
Variant of Wagner.

Wahner German
Variant of Wagner.

Walker English
Occupational name for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. It is derived from Middle English walkere, Old English wealcan meaning "to move".

Waller 1 English
Derived from Old French gallier meaning "person with a pleasant temper".

Waller 2 English
Derived from Old English weall meaning "wall", denoting a builder of walls or someone who lived near a prominent wall.

Waller 3 English
From Old English wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".

Walter English, German
Derived from the given name Walter.

Walther German
From the given name Walther.

Warner German, English
Variant of Werner.

Waxweiler German
Denoted a person from Waxweiler, a village in the Eifel region of Germany.

Weaver 1 English
Occupational name for a weaver, derived from Old English wefan "to weave".

Weaver 2 English
From the name of the River Weaver, derived from Old English wefer meaning "winding stream".

Weber German
German cognate of Weaver 1.

Webster English
Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".

Wechsler German, Jewish
Means "money changer, banker", from German wechseln "to exchange".

Weeber German
German cognate of Weaver 1.

Wegener Low German
Low German variant of Wagner.

Wegner Low German
Low German variant of Wagner.

Wehner German
Variant of Wagner.

Weiner German
Variant of Wagner.

Welter German
Derived from the given name Walter.

Werner German
From the given name Werner.

Wernher German
From the given name Werner.

Wexler Jewish
Variant of Wechsler.

Wheeler English
Occupational name for a maker of wagon wheels, derived from Middle English whele "wheel".

Whitaker English
From a place name composed of Old English hwit "white" and æcer "field".

Whittaker English
Variant of Whitaker.

Wiater Polish
Derived from Polish wiatr "wind", a nickname for a quick person.

Wilbur English
From the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English.

Wilder English, German
Variant of Wild.

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

Winchester English
From an English place name, derived from Venta, of Celtic origin, and Latin castrum meaning "camp, fortress".

Windsor English
From the name of a few English towns, one notably the site of Windsor Castle. Their names mean "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English, a windlass being a lifting apparatus. In 1917 the British royal family adopted this name (after Windsor Castle), replacing their previous name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Winkler German
Derived from Old High German winkil meaning "corner".

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.

Winther Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish variant of Winter.

Wirner German
From the given name Werner.

Wirnhier German
From the given name Werner.

Wolter German
From the given name Walter.

Wörner German
From the given name Werner.

Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.

Xylander German
From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.

Yonker Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jonker.

Žagar Slovene
Occupational name for a woodcutter, from Slovene žaga meaning "saw".

Zellweger German (Swiss)
Originally denoted a person from the Appenzell region of Switzerland. The place name is derived from Latin abbatis cella meaning "estate of the abbot". A famous bearer is actress Renée Zellweger (1969-).

Ziegler German
Means "bricklayer" or "brickmaker" in German, from Middle High German ziegel "brick, tile".

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