Browse Surnames

Urbanová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Urban.

Nishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hämäläinen Finnish
Derived from the region in southern Finland known as Häme, also called Tavastia.

Sharrow English
Originally a name for someone from Sharrow, England, derived from Old English scearu "boundary" and hoh "point of land, heel".

Higgins Irish
From Irish Ó hUiginn meaning "descendant of Uiginn". Uiginn is a byname meaning "Viking".

Willemsen Dutch
Means "son of Willem".

Janz German
Means "son of Jan 1".

Nuremberg German
Derived from the name of a city in Bavaria, Germany.

Mayer 4 English
Variant of Myer.

Aston 2 English
From the Old English given name Æðelstan.

Krauss German
Variant of Kraus.

Lyall Scottish
From the Old Norse given name Liulfr, which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf".

Foth Low German
From a nickname meaning "foot" in Low German.

Stankić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Stanko".

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

Glynn Welsh, Cornish
Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Welsh glyn and Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

Dermott Irish
Variant of McDermott.

Wolańska f Polish
Feminine form of Wolański.

Yankova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yankov.

Cremonesi Italian
From the name of the Italian city of Cremona in Lombardy.

Schultes German
Variant of Schulz.

Nani Italian
Variant of Nana.

Akkermans Dutch
Dutch form of Ackermann.

Hodges English
Patronymic of Hodge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Chaplin English, French
Occupational name for a chaplain, or perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French chapelain. A famous bearer was the British comic actor Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977).

Gough 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mag Eochadha meaning "son of Eochaidh".

Law English
Derived from Old English hlaw "hill".

Joó Hungarian
Variant of Jó.

Visscher Dutch
Variant of Visser.

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

Tveit Norwegian
Habitational name derived from Old Norse þveit meaning "clearing".

Kirch German
German cognate of Church.

Holzknecht German
Occupational name for a forester's helper, from Old High German holz "wood" and kneht "servant, apprentice".

Reed English
Variant of Read 1.

Abbas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Abbas.

Planche French
French form of Plank.

Im Korean
From Sino-Korean 林 (im) meaning "forest", making it the Korean form of Lin, or 任 (im) of uncertain meaning, making it the Korean form of Ren.

Bonner English
From Middle English boneire "kind, courteous", derived from Norman French bon aire "good bloodline".

Borbély Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of Barber.

Voll 2 German
Variant of Volk.

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

Banderas Spanish
Spanish cognate of Banner.

Barnes English
Denoted a person who worked or lived in a barn. The word barn is derived from Old English bere "barley" and ærn "dwelling".

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

Mwangi Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Mwangi.

Benvenuti Italian
Means "son of Benvenuto".

Farran English
Derived from Old French ferrant meaning "iron grey".

Jacobse Dutch
Variant of Jacobs.

Ferguson Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Fergus".

Ó Mocháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mohan.

Groos German
Variant of Groß.

Ibrohimov m Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Ibrohim".

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

Laurens Dutch
From the given name Laurens.

Vaneva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Vanev.

Tang 2 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Deng.

Lahti Finnish
Means "bay, cove" in Finnish.

Maier 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Roach English
From Middle English and Old French roche meaning "rock", from Late Latin rocca, a word that may be of Celtic origin. It indicated a person who lived near a prominent rock, or who came from a town by this name (such as Les Roches in Normandy).

English English
Denoted a person who was of English heritage. It was used to distinguish people who lived in border areas (for example, near Wales or Scotland). It was also used to distinguish an Anglo-Saxon from a Norman.

Lee 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a leah, Old English meaning "woodland, clearing".

Kövér Hungarian
Means "fat" in Hungarian.

Mosconi Italian
Variant of Moschella.

Gwerder German (Swiss)
From Swiss German gwerig meaning "agile, alert".

Andonova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Andonov.

Krastiņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian krasts meaning "shore, coast".

Hashiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Vanchev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vancho".

Qurbanov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qurban".

Horáčková f Czech
Feminine form of Horáček.

Fyodorov m Russian
Means "son of Fyodor".

Rubio Spanish
Nickname for a person with red hair, from Latin rubeus "red".

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.

Krawczyk Polish
From a diminutive of krawiec meaning "tailor".

Findlay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacFhionnlaigh.

Tesařík m Czech
Diminutive of Tesař.

Abt German
German cognate of Abate.

Tanzer German
Means "dancer" in German, derived from Middle High German tanzen "to dance".

Starek Polish
From a nickname derived from Polish stary meaning "old".

Clement English
Derived from the given name Clement.

Van Middlesworth Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Van Middelburg.

Guldbrandsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Gulbrand" in Norwegian and Danish.

Gärtner German
German form of Gardener.

Ó Comhraidhe Irish
Means "descendant of Comhraidhe", in which the given name Comhraidhe is of unknown meaning.

Haan Dutch
Variant of De Haan.

Hayward English
Occupational name for a person who protected an enclosed forest, from Old English hæg "enclosure, fence" and weard "guard".

Campbell Scottish
From a Gaelic nickname cam beul meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as de bello campo meaning "of the fair field".

Piraino Italian
From the name of the town of Piraino on Sicily.

Gismondi Italian
From the Old German given name Gismund.

Juan Spanish
From the given name Juan 1.

Jankauskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Jankauskas. This form is used by married women.

Antonsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Anton".

Mac Cormaic Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCormick.

Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.

Loris German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Mathiasen Danish
Means "son of Mathias".

Aylmer English
Derived from the Old English name Æðelmær.

Erős Hungarian
Means "strong" in Hungarian.

Vass Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian vas meaning "iron", referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron ore or a vendor of iron goods. Alternatively, from the same root word, it may have been a nickname referring to one with a distinctively strong constitution.

Stefánsson Icelandic
Means "son of Stefán".

Róbertsson Icelandic
Means "son of Robert".

Gill English
Originally indicated someone who lived near a ravine, from Middle English gil (of Old Norse origin).

Əhmədov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əhməd".

Asanuma Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Ardizzone Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Ardito.

MacFhionnlaigh Scottish Gaelic
Means "son of Fionnlagh" in Scottish Gaelic.

Kalužová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Kaluža.

Herczog Hungarian
Hungarian form of Herzog.

Horváth um Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of Horvat. This is the second most common surname in Hungary and the most common surname in Slovakia (where is is typically borne by those of Hungarian ancestry).

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.

Lovell English
Variant of Lowell.

Brooke English
Variant of Brook.

Vasilescu Romanian
Means "son of Vasile".

Gabrielli Italian
From the given name Gabriele 1.

Attwood English
Variant of Atwood.

Kudrnová f Czech
Feminine form of Kudrna.

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

Steffen Low German, English
Derived from the given name Stephen.

Romeijnders Dutch
From Dutch Romein meaning "Roman, person from Rome".

Aloi Italian
From a dialectal form of the name Aloisio.

Mikaelsson Swedish
Means "son of Mikael".

Jehličková f Czech
Feminine form of Jehlička.

Arena Italian
Italian cognate of Arenas.

Andersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Anders". A noteworthy bearer was the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).

Byrnes Irish
Variant of O'Byrne.

Kozlova f Russian
Feminine form of Kozlov.

Ó Maolagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Milligan.

Dimitrova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Dimitrov.

Dobreva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dobrev.

Myer English
From Old French mire meaning "doctor", derived from Latin medicus.

Coste French
French form of Costa.

Muratović Bosnian
Means "son of Murat".

Šimunović Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".

Kurbonova f Uzbek, Tajik
Alternate transcription of Uzbek/Tajik Қурбонова (see Qurbonova).

Caro Spanish, Italian
From Spanish and Italian caro meaning "beloved".

Nishimura Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Koval Ukrainian
Means "blacksmith" in Ukrainian.

Hill English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.

Robertsson Swedish
Means "son of Robert".

Mandić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Manda".

Farrell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghail meaning "descendant of Fearghal".

Penn 1 English
Derived from various place names that were named using the Brythonic word penn meaning "hilltop, head".

Accorsi Italian
From the given name Bonaccorso.

Haas Dutch, German
Variant of Hase.

Werner German
From the given name Werner.

Adamić Croatian
Means "son of Adam".

Čiernik m Slovak
Variant of Čierny.

Parish 1 English
Originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris, which got its name from the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.

Motta Italian
From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill".

Márquez Spanish
Means "son of Marcos".

Hull English
Variant of Hill.

Skov Danish
Topographic name meaning "forest, wood" in Danish, from Old Norse skógr.

Angus Irish, Scottish
From the given name Aonghus.

Hollins English
Referred to someone living by a group of holly trees, from Old English holegn.

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

Ionescu Romanian
Means "son of Ion 1" in Romanian.

Profeta Italian
From Italian profeta meaning "prophet". It probably came from a nickname indicating a person who wanted to predict the future. It is typical of southern Italy.

Ivanoŭ m Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Belarusian Іваноў (see Ivanow).

Babayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Baba".

Holtman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Holzmann.

Loman Dutch
From various place names in the Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch loh meaning "meadow, clearing".

Cropper English
Occupational name derived from Middle English croppe "crop", referring to a fruit picker or a crop reaper.

Vinković Croatian
Means "son of Vinko".

Mallory English
From Old French maleüré meaning "unfortunate", a term introduced to England by the Normans.

Procházka m Czech
Means "walk, wander, stroll" in Czech. This was an occupational name for a travelling tradesman.

Nejem Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجم (see Najm).

Ó Cuinn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quinn.

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

Contreras Spanish
From the name of a town in Burgos, Spain, derived from Late Latin contraria meaning "area opposite".

Arrington English
From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").

Blakeley English
From name of various English places, derived from Old English blæc "black" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Cullen 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Coileáin or Ó Cuilinn.

Grünewald German
Means "green forest" from German grün "green" and Wald "forest".

Christinsen English
Means "son of Christian".

Yordanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yordanov.

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".

Nyitrai Hungarian
Indicated someone from Nitra, a city and historic principality of Slovakia (formerly in Hungary). Its name is derived from that of a local river, which is of unknown meaning.

Michalski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a village named Michale or Michały, both derived from the given name Michał.

Grabowska f Polish
Feminine form of Grabowski.

Kaloyancheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Kaloyanchev.

Papp 2 German
Nickname perhaps related to Late Latin pappare meaning "to eat".

Berntsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Bernt".

Voronina f Russian
Feminine form of Voronin.

Calderón Spanish
Occupational name for a person who made, repaired or sold cauldrons or kettles, from Spanish calderón "cauldron", from Late Latin caldaria.

Brasher English
Means "brass worker", derived from Old English bræs "brass".

Day English
From a diminutive form of David.

Holloway English
From the name of various English places, derived from Old English hol "hollow, sunken, deep" and weg "path, way".

Haig English, Scottish
From Old English haga or Old Norse hagi meaning "enclosure, pasture".

Everest English
Originally denoted a person from Évreux in Normandy, itself named after the Gaulish tribe of the Eburovices. Mount Everest in the Himalayas was named for the British surveyor George Everest (1790-1866).

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

Ayers 3 English
Indicated a person from the town of Ayr in Scotland. The town was named for the river that flows through it, itself derived from an Indo-European root meaning "water".

Marsh English
Originally denoted one who lived near a marsh or bog, derived from Old English mersc "marsh".

Seki Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass".

Wang 3 German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Old High German wang or Old Norse vangr meaning "grassy slope, meadow".

Adolfsson Swedish
Means "son of Adolf".

Novikova f Russian
Feminine form of Novikov.

Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.

Jagoda Polish
Means "berry" in Polish.

Carr 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Carra.

Henryson English
Means "son of Henry". A bearer of this surname was the poet Robert Henryson (1425-1500).

Ribeiro Portuguese
Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".

Becker German
Derived from Middle High German becker meaning "baker".

Summers 2 English
Variant of Sommer 1.

Corna Italian
Derived from the names of places in northern Italy, especially Lombardy, from a word that means "crag, cliff" in the Lombard dialect.

Bonham English
English form of Bonhomme.

Asenov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Asen".

Emmet English
Variant of Emmett. This name was borne by the Irish nationalist Robert Emmet (1778-1803).

Lis Polish
Means "fox" in Polish, a nickname for a sly person.

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

Andreev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Андреев (see Andreyev).

Ó Máille Irish
Means "descendant of a nobleman" from the Irish Gaelic mál.

Šimková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Šimek or Šimko.

Kavanaugh Irish
Variant of Kavanagh.

Böttcher German
Occupational name meaning "cooper, barrel maker" in German.

MacGrory Irish, Scottish
Variant of McCrory.

Yonkers Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Jonkers.

Baker English
Occupational name meaning "baker", derived from Middle English bakere.

Peura Finnish
Means "deer" in Finnish.

Pottinger English
Occupational name, either for an apothecary, from Old French potecaire, or a seller of stew, from Old French potagier.

Sims English
Variant of Simms.

Lister Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac an Fleisdeir meaning "son of the arrow maker".

Anselmo Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Anselmo.

Ó Flannghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flannery.

Navrátilová f Czech
Feminine form of Navrátil.

Walczak Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Walenty.

Shepard English
Variant of Shepherd.

Favero Italian
Variant of Fabbri.

Bellomo Italian
From a nickname derived from Italian bello "beautiful, fair" and uomo "man".

Newman English
English cognate of Neumann.

Oelberg German
Means "oil hill" from Middle High German öl "oil" and berg "mountain, hill".

Maradona Spanish
From the name of a place near Lugo in northern Spain. A notable bearer is the former Argentinian soccer star Diego Maradona (1960-2020).

Štěpánková f Czech
Feminine form of Štěpánek.

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

Badem Turkish
Derived from a Turkish word meaning "almond".

Soukup m Czech
Means "co-buyer" in Czech, an occupational name for a merchant.

Hillam English
From English places by this name, derived from Old English hyll meaning "hill".

Ševčíková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Ševčík.

Ishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ericson English, Swedish
Means "son of Eric".

Schlimme German
From German schlimm "bad, crooked, awry".

Herzog German
From a German title meaning "duke", a nickname for a person who either acted like a duke or worked in a duke's household.

Gabrielson English
Means "son of Gabriel".

Frank 3 German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
Name for a person from Franconia in Germany, so called because it was settled by the Frankish people. A notable bearer was the German-Jewish diarist Anne Frank (1929-1945), a victim of the Holocaust.

Jonasson Swedish
Means "son of Jonas 2".

Castilla Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Castile, a region (and medieval kingdom) in Spain. The name of the region is derived from Late Latin castellum meaning "castle".

Bachmann German
Denoted a person who lived near a stream, from Middle High German bach "stream" and man "man".

Picasso Italian
From Italian pica meaning "magpie". This probably denoted someone who was talkative or prone to stealing, although it may have described someone's unusual colouring. The Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a famous bearer of this name.

Pastor Spanish
Means "shepherd" in Spanish.

Dragić Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Patronymic from any of the Slavic given names starting with Drag (see Drago).

Blackburn English
From the name of a city in Lancashire, meaning "black stream" in Old English.

Jones English, Welsh
Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John.

Quirk Irish
Variant of Quirke.

Close English
From Middle English clos meaning "enclosure", a topographic name for someone who lived near a courtyard or farmyard.

Grassi Italian
Variant of Grasso.

Ahmed Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the given name Ahmad.

Draganova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Draganov.

Adolvsson Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Adolfsson.

Santini Italian
Diminutive form of Santo.

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.

Barbier French
French cognate of Barber.

Papanikolaou Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Nikolaos.

McCallum Scottish
Variant form of MacCallum.

Daelman Dutch
Variant of Daalmans.

Erkens Dutch
Derived from the given name Erk, a variant of Erik.

Constable English
From Old French conestable, ultimately from Latin comes stabuli meaning "officer of the stable".

Abdullaeva f Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Cyrillic Абдуллаева (see Abdullayeva).

Zahariev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zahari".

Akker Dutch
Dutch form of Acker.

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

Hunnicutt English
Variant of Honeycutt.

Lippi Italian
From the given name Filippo. It is common in the area of Florence.

Fenn English
From a name for someone who dwelt near a marsh, from Old English fenn meaning "fen, swamp, bog".

Chaput French
From a diminutive of the Old French word chape meaning "cloak, hood". The name referred to a person who made, sold or often wore cloaks.

Gregory English
From the given name Gregory.

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-).

Anselmetti Italian
Means "son of Anselmetto", a diminutive of Anselmo.

Baarsma Frisian
Indicated a person coming from the small town of Beers in Frisia.

Coelho Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for "rabbit", either a nickname or an occupational name referring to a hunter or seller of rabbits.

Forney German
Name for someone who lived near ferns, from Old High German farn "fern".

St Martin French
From a place named for Saint Martin.

Mihai Romanian
From the given name Mihai.

Gábor Hungarian
From the given name Gábor.

Courtemanche French
Means "short sleeve" in French.

Jurado Spanish
Occupational name for a judge or another official who had to take an oath, derived from Latin iurare "to take an oath".

Grosser German
Variant of Groß.

Colijn Dutch
From a diminutive of the given name Nicolaas.

Fields English
Name for a person who lived on or near a field or pasture, from Old English feld.

Həsənova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həsənov.

Rollins English
From a diminutive of the given name Roland.

Uzun Turkish
Means "long, tall" in Turkish.

Prohászka Hungarian
Hungarian form of Procházka.

Järvi Finnish
Means "lake" in Finnish.

Armando Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Armando.

Guillot French
From a diminutive of the given name Guillaume.

Alunni Italian
From Italian alunno meaning "student".

Kazemi Persian
From the given name Kazem.

Ahearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Fulton English
From the name of the English town of Foulden, Norfolk, meaning "bird hill" in Old English.

Ford English
Name given to someone who lived by a ford, possibly the official who maintained it. A famous bearer was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).

Fisker Danish
Means "fisherman" in Danish.