Browse Surnames

Courtois French
French form of Curtis.

Stoyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Stoyan".

Hoedemaker Dutch
Occupational name for a hat maker, from Dutch hoed "hat" and maker "maker".

Stepanova f Russian
Feminine form of Stepanov.

Mlynářová f Czech
Feminine form of Mlynář.

Pond English
Originally referred to one who lived near a pond.

Alberghi Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Holmwood English
Variant of Homewood.

Gagnon French
Variant of Gagneux.

Agnarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Agnar".

Artz Dutch
Means "son of Aart".

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

Pappas m Greek
Means "priest" in Greek.

Hearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Unkle German
Possibly denoted a person from the town of Unkel in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Mac Aodhagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Keegan.

Toole Irish
Variant of O'Toole.

Naoumova f Russian, Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Наумова (see Naumova).

McGill Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill meaning "son of the foreigner", derived from gall "foreigner".

Campana Italian, Spanish
Occupational name from Late Latin campana meaning "bell", ultimately derived from the Italian region of Campania, where bells were produced.

Van Adrichem Dutch
Variant of Adrichem.

Mac Cárthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCarthy.

Nyberg Swedish
From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and berg meaning "mountain".

Hirano Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Witkowski m Polish
From the name of various Polish places called Witkowo, Witków or Witkowice, all derived from the given name Witek.

Dahlman Swedish
From Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Qodirov m Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Qodir".

Foster 1 English
Variant of Forester.

Elizondo Spanish
Originally referred to a person who lived close to a church, from Basque eleiza "church" and ondo "near".

Bakker Dutch
Dutch cognate of Baker, from Middle Dutch backere.

Romijnders Dutch
Variant of Romeijnders.

Gordon Scottish
From the name of a place in Berwickshire, Scotland, derived from Brythonic words meaning "spacious fort".

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

Lebedeva f Russian
Feminine form of Lebedev.

Damiani Italian
Derived from the given name Damiano.

Vera Spanish
Means "shore, bank" in Spanish. This was a name for a person who lived near such a feature, or who came from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera.

Ó Caoimháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Cavan.

Alba Spanish
From a Spanish nickname meaning "white".

Gerhard German
Derived from the given name Gerhard.

Ó Donnghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donnelly.

Vogts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.

Rattray Scottish
From a Scottish place name meaning "fortress town", from Gaelic ráth meaning "fortress" and a Pictish word meaning "town".

Terry English
Derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of Theodoric.

Ó Donndubháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donovan.

Robertson English
Means "son of Robert".

Solheim Norwegian
From the name various of various villages in Norway, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and heimr meaning "home".

Smolová f Czech
Feminine form of Smola.

Ó Caoindealbháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quinlan.

Ruane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin.

Toft English
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many places in Britain of that name, derived from Old Norse topt meaning "homestead".

Buffone Italian
Means "jester, joker" in Italian.

Gjorgiev m Macedonian
Means "son of Gjorgji".

Howard 2 English
Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Duda um Polish, Czech
Means "bagpiper" in Polish and Czech.

Collado Spanish
Means "hill" in Spanish.

Herczog Hungarian
Hungarian form of Herzog.

Legrand French
Means "the tall, the large" in French.

Bass English
English cognate of Basso.

Habicht German
German cognate of Hawk.

Bokor Hungarian
Topographic name derived from Hungarian bokor "bush". This is also the name of a village in Hungary.

Irvine 1 Scottish
Originally derived from the name of a Scottish (North Ayrshire) town, which was named for the River Irvine, derived from Brythonic elements meaning "green water".

McKellar Scottish
From Gaelic MacEalair meaning "son of Ealar".

Sigurðsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sigurður".

Blanchard French, English
Derived from the given name Blanchard.

Swindlehurst English
From the place name Swinglehurst in the Forest of Bowland in central Lancashire, derived from Old English swin "swine, pig", hyll "hill" and hyrst "wood, grove".

Levchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Lev 1.

Popa Romanian
From Romanian popă "priest", from Old Church Slavic popŭ. This is the most common surname in Romania.

Lombardi Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from the Lombardy region of northern Italy, which was named for the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century. Their name is derived from the Old German roots lang "long" and bart "beard".

Burton English
From a common English place name, derived from Old English meaning "fortified town".

Valentinov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Valentin".

Resnik Slovene
Possibly from Slovene resa meaning "heather".

DeGarmo French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of French de Garmeaux, which may derive from a place called Garmeaux in Normandy.

Borgnino Italian
From a nickname derived from the Piedmontese dialect word borgno meaning "one-eyed". This was the real surname of American actor Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012).

Peters English, German, Dutch
Means "son of Peter".

Bridges English
Originally denoted a person who lived near a bridge, or who worked as a bridgekeeper, derived from Middle English brigge, Old English brycg.

Hornick Czech (Anglicized), Slovak (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Horník.

Modugno Italian
From the town of Modugno, in Apulia in southern Italy. It is the surname of the Italian actor and singer Domenico Modugno (1928-1994).

Magellan History
Anglicized form of Magalhães, referring to the explorer.

Gardinier French
French form of Gardener.

Pearce English
From the given name Piers.

De Santis Italian
Italian form of Santos.

Meaney Irish
Variant of O'Mooney.

Aguado Spanish
Derived from Spanish agua "water", indicating a person who lived near water or worked with water.

MacEanruig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKendrick.

Brewer English
Occupational name for a maker of ale or beer.

Antall Hungarian (Rare)
Variant of Antal.

Twist English, Literature
Probably from the name of towns in England and Wales called Twist or Twiss. This surname was used by Charles Dickens for the hero of his novel Oliver Twist (1838), about an orphan surviving the streets of London. Dickens probably had the vocabulary word twist in mind when naming the character.

Vacca Italian
Means "cow" in Italian, originally denoting a person who worked with cattle.

Astrauskas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Ostrowski.

Rautio Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.

Wesley English
Variant of Westley.

Kendrick 1 English
From the Old English given names Cyneric or Cenric.

Yoshino Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Němcová f Czech
Feminine form of Němec.

Gary English
Variant of Geary.

Fukui Japanese
Denoted a person who was from Fukui prefecture in Japan.

Christianson English
Means "son of Christian".

Drago Italian
From a nickname meaning "dragon" in Italian.

Križman Slovene
From Slovene križ meaning "cross".

Larsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Lars".

Siliņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian sils meaning "pine forest".

Hidaka Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Macey English
Variant of Massey.

Sasaki Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Franz German
Derived from the given name Franz.

Schorel Dutch
Variant of Schoorl.

Rudaski Polish (Anglicized)
Americanized variant of Rudawski.

Moschella Italian
From a diminutive of Italian mosca meaning "housefly", perhaps originally a nickname for an annoying person.

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-).

Strnadová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Strnad.

Protz German
From a nickname meaning "showy, pompous", derived from an old southern German word meaning "toad".

Abatescianni Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Gianni.

Van Schoorl Dutch
Variant of Schoorl.

Ježek m Czech
Diminutive form of Jež.

Groß German
From Old High German groz meaning "tall, big".

Monte Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian variant of Monti, as well as a Portuguese and Spanish cognate.

Tighe Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Taidhg.

Otero Spanish
Means "hill, knoll, height" in Spanish.

Frye English
Variant of Fry.

Roig Catalan
Means "red" in Catalan, from Latin rubeus, originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a red complexion.

Gérard French
From the given name Gérard.

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

Dobrev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dobri".

Crowley 2 English
Variant of Crawley.

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

Zawisza Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.

Cardozo Spanish
Variant of Cardoso.

De Haan Dutch
Means "rooster" in Dutch.

Hanegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Sulaymanov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Sulayman".

Wojewódzki m Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Urano Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Farro Italian
Derived from the name of a place on Sicily, Italy, derived from Latin far meaning "wheat, spelt".

Tso Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cao.

Barta Hungarian
From the given name Barta.

Van Breda Dutch
Means "from Breda", a city in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Dutch breed meaning "wide" and Aa, the name of a river.

Royceston English
Variant of Royston.

Dąbrowska f Polish
Feminine form of Dąbrowski.

Persson Swedish
Means "son of Per".

Turk Slovene, Croatian
Means "Turkish" in Slovene and Croatian.

Renaud French
From the given name Renaud.

Pulkrábková f Czech
Feminine form of Pulkrábek.

Leslie Scottish
From a Scottish clan name, earlier Lesselyn, derived from a place name in Aberdeenshire, itself probably from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly".

Bogdanić Croatian
Means "son of Bogdan".

Szewc Polish
Means "shoemaker" in Polish.

Pecora Italian
Means "sheep" in Italian, an occupational name for a shepherd.

Hou Chinese
From Chinese 侯 (hóu) meaning "lord, nobleman".

Seward 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Suaird.

Tate English
Derived from the Old English given name Tata.

Braun German
Means "brown" in German.

Aikema Frisian
Means "son of Aike".

Akkermans Dutch
Dutch form of Ackermann.

Pawlitzki German
German surname derived from a Slavic form of the given name Paul.

Metaxa f Greek
Feminine form of Metaxas.

Ó Caoimh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Keefe.

Stankiewicz Polish
From a diminutive of Stanisław.

Reuter 2 German
From Middle High German riutœre meaning "highwayman, thief".

Nana Italian
From a diminutive of Giovanni.

Outlaw English
Means simply "outlaw" from Middle English outlawe.

Heikkilä Finnish
From the given name Heikki with the suffix -lä indicating a place.

Aoki Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Steensen Danish
Means "son of Steen".

Bachman German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Bachmann.

Ivanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Ivanovski.

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.

Kevorkian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan).

Caden Irish
From Irish Mac Cadáin meaning "descendant of Cadán", a given name of unknown meaning.

Cummins English, Scottish, Irish
From the Old Breton given name Cunmin, a cognate of Cuimín, introduced to Britain at the time of the Norman Conquest.

Lawson English
Means "son of Laurence 1".

Wehnert German
Variant of Wagner.

Mandel German, Yiddish
Means "almond" in German, an occupational name for a grower or seller, or a topographic name for a person who lived near an almond tree. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Kaufer German
Means "trader" in German.

Bergström Swedish
Derived from Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Rey 1 English, Spanish, French, Catalan
Means "king" in Old French, Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin rex (genitive regis), perhaps originally denoting someone who acted like a king.

Bonomo Italian
Italian cognate of Bonhomme.

Bellomi Italian
Variant of Bellomo.

Akker Dutch
Dutch form of Acker.

Gomułka Polish
Variant of Gomółka.

Kazemi Persian
From the given name Kazem.

Jonker Dutch
From the Dutch title jonkheer meaning "young lord". It was originally a medieval noble designation (not an actual title) for a young nobleman.

Como 2 Italian
From the name of the city of Como in Lombardy, the rival city of Milan during the Middle Ages. Its name may come from a Celtic root meaning "valley".

Moreau French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Étienne French
From the given name Étienne.

Perrier French
Occupational name for a person who worked with stone, derived from French pierre meaning "stone", from Latin petra, Greek πέτρα (petra).

Siskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Sauvageau French
French diminutive form of Savage.

McNiel Scottish
Variant of McNeil.

Blevins Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Bleddyn.

Dragomirov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragomir".

Nenci Italian
Means "son of Nencio", a Tuscan diminutive of the name Lorenzo.

Outterridge English
Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.

Hakala Finnish
From Finnish haka meaning "pasture" with the suffix -la indicating a place.

Huddleson English
Means "son of Hudel", a diminutive of Hudde.

Nagyová f Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Nagy.

Aerts Dutch, Flemish
From a diminutive of the given name Arnout.

Traylor English
Meaning unknown.

Brankovič Slovene
Slovene form of Branković.

Bakke Norwegian
Means "slope, hillside" in Norwegian, from Old Norse bakki "bank".

Sovány Hungarian
Means "thin, lean" in Hungarian.

Tyrrell English
Variant of Terrell.

Hathway English
Variant of Hathaway.

Hayden 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hÉideáin or Ó hÉidín.

Hanssen Norwegian
Means "son of Hans".

Croft English
From Old English croft meaning "enclosed field".

Kráľ m Slovak
Slovak form of Król.

Abdul Arabic, Pashto
From the given name Abdul.

Baardsen Norwegian
Means "son of Bård".

Arendonk Dutch
Denoted a person from Arendonk, a town between in northern Belgium. It is derived from arend "eagle" and donk "hill".

Steiner German
Variant of Stein.

Toselli Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Towner English
Variant of Toller.

Andreyev m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Andrey".

Nieddu Italian
From Sardinian nieddu meaning "black", derived from Latin niger.

Hirschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Saari Finnish
From Finnish saari meaning "island".

Albanesi Italian
Originally indicated a person who came from Albania.

Poggio Italian
Means "hillock, small hill" in Italian, a derivative of Latin podium meaning "balcony, platform".

Jiang 1 Chinese
From Chinese 江 (jiāng) meaning "river, Yangtze".

Lamb English
From the name of the animal, perhaps a nickname for a shy person.

Maina Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Maina.

Zambrano Spanish
Possibly a habitational name for someone from Zambrana, a town in the province of Álava in Spain.

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

Davids English
Means "son of David".

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

Costantini Italian
From the given name Costantino.

Hamm English
Means "river meadow" in Old English.

Andrés Spanish
Derived from the given name Andrés.

Pavia Italian
From the name of the city of Pavia in Lombardy, Italy. It is of unknown meaning.

Sokol mu Slovak, Czech, Jewish
From Czech and Slovak sokol meaning "falcon", a nickname or an occupational name for a falconer. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Mag Raith Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of McRae.

Paulson English
Means "son of Paul".

Quliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qulu".

Nikitina f Russian
Feminine form of Nikitin.

Ryland English
From various English place names, derived from Old English ryge "rye" and land "land".

Jacobs English, Dutch
Derived from the given name Jacob.

Kulmala Finnish
From Finnish kulma meaning "corner" with the suffix -la indicating a place.

Darbinian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դարբինյան (see Darbinyan).

Garrastazu Basque
From the Basque word arratz "bush" combined with the suffix sta denoting a place.

Pugliese Italian
From an adjectival derivative of Puglia, from Latin Apulia, a region of southeast Italy containing the boot heel and some of the coastline of the Adriatic Sea. It is a regional name for someone from that region.

Akmatova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Akmatov.

Chancellor English
Occupational name for an administrator, a chancellor, from Norman French chancelier.

Smits Dutch
Variant of Smit.

Parkinson English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Simeonov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Simeon".

Hunter English, Scottish
Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.

Zhivkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Zhivkov.

Wembley English
From the name of a town, now part of Greater London, meaning "Wemba's clearing" in Old English.

Schröder 1 Low German
Occupational name for a tailor, from Middle Low German schroden meaning "to cut".

Szőke Hungarian
Means "blond, fair haired" in Hungarian.

Darrell English
Originally denoted one who came from the town of Airel in Normandy, derived from Late Latin arealis meaning "open space".

Van Aarle Dutch
Variant of Aarle.

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

Elder English
Derived from Old English ealdra meaning "older", used to distinguish two people who had the same name.

Meyer 2 Jewish
From Hebrew מֵאִיר (meir) meaning "enlightened".

Pinho Portuguese
Habitational name meaning "pine" in Portuguese.

Jackson English
Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

Kurzmann German
Means "short man" in German.

Warren 2 English
Originally denoted a person from the town of La Varenne in Normandy, which may derive from a Gaulish word meaning "sandy soil".

Segreti Italian
From Italian segreto meaning "secret", a nickname for a confidant.

Schenk German, Dutch
From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning "wine server" (from Old High German scenken "to pour out").

Rossini Italian
Diminutive form of Rossi. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).

Iyer Tamil
Referred to a person belonging to the Iyer subcaste of the larger Brahmin caste. The Iyer subcaste is traditionally devoted to the God Vishnu.

Niftrik Dutch
Variant of Van Niftrik.

Savić Serbian
Means "son of Sava".

Charron French
Means "cart" in Old French, used to denote a carter or a cartwright.

Arbeid Dutch
From Dutch arbeid meaning "work".

Oppenheimer German
Originally indicated a person from Oppenheim, Germany, perhaps meaning "marshy home". A notable bearer was the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967).

Jaso Basque
Derived from Basque jats meaning "sorghum", a type of cereal grass.

Soucy French
Originally denoted someone from French towns by this name in Aisne or Yonne, both derived from the Latin name Suciacum.

Crocetti Italian
Italian diminutive form of Croce.

Caruso Italian
Means "close-cropped hair" in Italian, also having the secondary sense "boy, young man".

Hendrickx Flemish
Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Nigro Italian
Variant of Negri.

Rostami Persian
Derived from the given name Rostam.

Tamm Estonian
Means "oak" in Estonian. This is among the most common surnames in Estonia.

Ion Romanian
From the given name Ion 1.

Courtney English
Variant of Courtenay 1 or Courtenay 2.

Konstantinov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Konstantin".

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

Kocsis Hungarian
Means "coachman" in Hungarian.

Kaube German
From the name of the town of Kaub in Germany.

Smedley English
From an unidentified place name probably meaning "smooth clearing" in Old English.

Warshawsky Jewish
Variant of Warszawski.

Ibbot English
Variant of Ibbott.

Rapti f Greek
Feminine form of Raptis.

McNamara Irish
From Irish Mac Conmara meaning "son of Conmara". The given name Conmara is composed of cú "hound" and muir "sea".

Gori Italian
Derived from the given name Gregorio.

Lenin History
Surname adopted by the Russian revolutionary and founder of the former Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), whose birth surname was Ulyanov. He probably adapted it from the name of the River Lena in Siberia.

Hüseynova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Hüseynov.

Núñez Spanish
Means "son of Nuño".

Tóth um Hungarian, Slovak
Derived from Hungarian tót, which means "Slovak" or "Slovene".

Averesch Dutch
From a place name, possibly from a dialectal variation of Dutch over meaning "over" combined with esch meaning "ash tree".

Prieto Spanish
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish, referring to a person with dark hair or skin.

Bernard um French, English, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovene
From the given name Bernard.

Szczepański m Polish
Derived from the given name Szczepan.

Sokolof Russian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Sokolov.

Queen English
From a given name that was derived from Old English cwen meaning "queen, woman". In some occurrences it may have been a nickname.

Sedláková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Sedlák.

Zapatero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Savatier.

Vacík m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.