Browse Surnames

McLaughlin Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacLachlainn meaning "son of Lachlann".

Sandford English
Indicated a person from Sandford, England, which means simply "sand ford".

Lien Norwegian
Variant of Lie.

Van den Heuvel Dutch
Means "from the hill" in Dutch.

Brunetti Italian
Diminutive of Bruno.

Galilei Italian (Rare)
From the given name Galileo. A notable bearer was the Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Both his given name and surname were from an earlier 15th-century ancestor (a doctor).

O'Niall Irish
Variant of O'Neal.

Ataýew m Turkmen
Means "son of Ata 1".

Meissner German
Originally denoted a person from the German town of Meissen, which is probably of Slavic origin.

Kistler German
Occupational name meaning "chest maker, cabinetmaker" from Middle High German kiste.

Rossi Italian
Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus meaning "red". This is the most common surname in Italy.

MacAngus Scottish
Variant of MacInnes.

Belluomo Italian
Variant of Bellomo.

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

Mac Cnáimhín Irish
Means "son of Cnámh". The Irish given name Cnámh means "bone".

Both Dutch
From the Low German given name Bode.

Donnell Irish
Variant of O'Donnell.

Monk English
Nickname or occupational name for a person who worked for monks. This word is derived from Latin monachus, from Greek μοναχός (monachos) meaning "alone".

Jerković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Jerko".

Nishiyama Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Smirnov m Russian
Derived from Russian смирный (smirny) meaning "quiet, peaceful, timid". This is one of the most common surnames in Russia.

Gauthier French
Derived from the given name Gauthier.

Lantos Hungarian
Means "minstrel, bard, lutist" in Hungarian, from lant meaning "lute".

Scrivener English
Variant of Scriven.

Porter English
Occupational name meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.

Rocchi Italian
Derived from the given name Rocco.

Barre French
French cognate of Barr.

Bonhomme French
Derived from Old French bon homme meaning "good man".

Colquhoun Scottish
From a place name meaning "narrow corner" or "narrow wood" in Gaelic.

Mack 2 Scottish, English
From the given name Mack 2.

Naggi Italian
Originally denoted a person from the town of Naggio in Lombardy, Italy.

Ó Bradáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Braden.

Sorenson Danish (Anglicized), Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Sørensen or Sörensson.

Wernher German
From the given name Werner.

Kováčová f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Kováč.

Csintalan Hungarian
Means "mischievous, naughty" in Hungarian.

Hobson English
Means "son of Hob".

Begbie Scottish
From the name of a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is derived from the Old Norse given name Baggi and býr "farm, settlement".

Del Olmo Spanish
Variant of Olmo.

Boatwright English
Occupational name meaning "maker of boats".

Arnesen Norwegian
Means "son of Arne 1".

Gotti German
Variant of Gott.

Ríos Spanish
Spanish cognate of Rios.

De La Fontaine French
French cognate of De la Fuente.

Bauer German
From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".

Ewart 1 English
From a Norman form of Edward.

Ölvirsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ölvir".

Akker Dutch
Dutch form of Acker.

Porra Catalan
Variant of Porras.

Alexandrescu Romanian
Means "son of Alexandru".

Mattsson Swedish
Means "son of Matts".

Muggia Italian
From the town of Muggia in northeastern Italy near the Slovenian border. It was called Muglae in Latin.

Ó Domhnaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Donnell.

Ó Floinn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flynn.

Bohn German
Occupational name for a bean grower, derived from Middle High German bone "bean".

Dam Dutch, Danish
Means "dike, dam" in Dutch and Danish. In modern Danish it also means "pond".

Iñíguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Nasato Italian
Nickname for someone with a prominent nose, from Italian naso "nose".

Varga um Hungarian, Slovak
Occupational name meaning "cobbler" in Hungarian.

Čížek m Czech
Means "siskin" in Czech, referring to a type of bird in the finch family.

Albescu Romanian
Derived from Romanian alb meaning "white".

Arkes Dutch
Means "son of Arke 2".

Antoniou Greek
Means "son of Antonios".

Ó Loingsigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lynch.

Roydon English
Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill", from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill".

Karamazov Literature
Created by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky for his novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879), about three brothers and their murdered father. Dostoyevsky may have based it on Tartar/Turkic кара (kara) meaning "black" and Russian мазать (mazat) meaning "stain". The connection to black is implied in the novel when one of the brothers is accidentally addressed as Mr. Черномазов (Chernomazov), as if based on Russian чёрный meaning "black".

Szilágyi Hungarian
Denoted one from the region of Szilágy in Hungary, derived from Hungarian szil meaning "elm" and ágy meaning "bed".

Adolvsson Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Adolfsson.

Trevis English
English variant of Travers.

Winterbottom English
From Old English winter meaning "winter" and botm meaning "ground, soil, bottom". This name probably referred to a winter pasture at the bottom of a lowland valley.

Newton English
From the name of one of many English towns meaning "new town". A famous bearer was the English physicist Isaac Newton (1643-1727).

Popovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Popovski.

Allan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

MacAlastair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McAlister.

Moray Scottish
Variant of Murray 1.

Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.

Ripley English
From the name of various English towns, from Old English rippel "grove, thicket" and leah "woodland, clearing". A notable fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley from the movie Alien (1979) and its sequels.

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

Heikkinen Finnish
From the given name Heikki.

Schultheiss German
Variant of Schulz.

Lazarević Serbian
Means "son of Lazar".

Traverse French
French variant of Travers.

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

Outterridge English
Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.

Panagiotopoulou f Greek
Feminine form of Panagiotopoulos.

Torres Spanish, Portuguese
Name for a person who lived in or near a tower, ultimately from Latin turris.

Stacy English
Derived from Stace, a medieval form of Eustace.

Huddleston English
From the name of a town in the Yorkshire region of England, which means "Hudel's town" in Old English.

Žukauskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žukauskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Vargha Hungarian
Variant of Varga.

León 1 Spanish
Referred to a person from the city of León in northern Spain, derived from Latin legio (genitive legionis) meaning "legion", so named because the Roman 7th Legion Gemina was stationed there.

Leonard English
Derived from the given name Leonard.

Vogt German
Occupational name from Middle High German voget meaning "bailiff, administrator, steward", ultimately from Latin advocatus.

Jack English, Scottish
From the given name Jack.

Lovell English
Variant of Lowell.

Bernardo Portuguese
From the given name Bernardo.

Konečný m Czech, Slovak
Means "final, last" in Czech and Slovak, perhaps a nickname for the youngest son of a family or a topographic name for someone who lived at the end of a settlement.

Wieczorek Polish
From a nickname meaning "bat" in Polish, ultimately from wieczór meaning "evening".

Dyer English
Occupational name meaning "cloth dyer", from Old English deah "dye".

Barends Dutch
Means "son of Barend".

Mag Eochadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McGough.

Markwardt German
Variant of Marquardt.

Kikkert Dutch
Derived from Dutch kikker meaning "frog".

Priddy Welsh
From Welsh prydudd meaning "bard".

Mac an Bhaird Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Ward 2.

Stirling Scottish
Variant of Sterling.

Marešová f Czech
Feminine form of Mareš.

Mercier French
French form of Mercer.

Wawrzaszek Polish
Means "son of Wawrzyniec".

Macey English
Variant of Massey.

Leppänen Finnish
From Finnish leppä meaning "alder".

Palacio Spanish
Spanish cognate of Palazzo.

Sneijders Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Fedorov m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Фёдоров (see Fyodorov).

Takenaka Japanese
Means "dweller amongst bamboo", from Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Teunissen Dutch
Means "son of Teunis".

Hüber German
Variant of Huber.

Abbadelli Italian
Means "little abbot" from Italian abate and the diminutive suffix -elli.

Sokolová f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Sokol.

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

MacKenzie Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacCoinnich meaning "son of Coinneach". It originates from the Kintail area of Scotland on the northwest coast.

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

Davin Irish
Variant of Devin 1.

Rao 1 Telugu, Kannada
From Sanskrit राज (rāja) meaning "king".

Wyrick Polish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Wyrzyk.

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

Petrović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Petar".

Perić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pero".

Addison English
Means "son of Addy 2".

Taggart Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac an tSagairt meaning "son of the priest". This name comes from a time when the rules of priestly celibacy were not strictly enforced.

Boothman English
Variant of Booth.

Moreno Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Alferink Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Alfhard" in Dutch.

Bogdanova f Russian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Bogdanov.

Cermak Czech (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Čermák.

Rantanen Finnish
From Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach".

Crawley English
From various place names derived from Old English crawe "crow" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Palacios Spanish
Spanish cognate of Palazzo.

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

Raines English
Originally denoted a person from Rayne, Essex, England (possibly from an Old English word meaning "shelter") or from Rennes, Brittany, France (from the name of the Gaulish tribe of the Redones).

Beattie Scottish
From the medieval name Battie, a diminutive of Bartholomew.

Herbertsson Swedish
Swedish form of Herbertson.

Dreessen Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Stoyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Stoyan".

Sultan Arabic
From a nickname meaning "sultan, ruler" in Arabic.

Gage French, English
Occupational name derived either from Old French jauge "measure" (a name for an assayer) or gage "pledge, payment" (a name for a moneylender). Both words were ultimately of Frankish origin.

Vlahou f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Βλάχου (see Vlachou).

Elvis English
Variant of Elwes.

Papadakis m Greek
From a diminutive of Greek πάπας (papas) meaning "priest".

Çelik Turkish
Occupational name for a metalworker, meaning "steel" in Turkish.

Vandroogenbroeck Flemish
Means "from the dry marsh" in Dutch. The city of Brussels was built on dry marshes.

Ó hEachthighearna Irish
Means "descendant of Echthigern" in Irish.

Tuominen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuomi meaning "bird cherry".

Yuuki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 結城 (see Yūki).

Koenigsmann German
Variant of Königsmann.

Morriss English
Derived from the given name Morris.

Weigand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Sartor Italian
Variant of Sarto.

Michiels Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Michiel".

Trueman English
Variant of Truman.

Şahin Turkish
Means "hawk" in Turkish (of Persian origin), probably used to refer to someone who was a hawk tamer.

Toller English
Occupational name meaning "tax gatherer", derived from Old English toln "toll, fee, tax".

Banes Welsh
Variant of Baines 1.

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

Gerstle German
Variant of Gerst.

Amerighi Italian
Means "son of Amerigo".

Giehl German
German form of Giles.

Knowles English
From Middle English knoll, Old English cnoll meaning "small hill, knoll". A famous bearer is American singer Beyoncé Knowles (1981-).

Pitts English
Indicated a person who lived by a pit or hollow, from Old English pytt. It could also indicate a person from Pitt (Hants) or Pett (East Sussex) in England.

Pryor English
Originally belonged to one who was a prior (a religious official), or one who worked for a prior.

Kóbor Hungarian
From Hungarian kóbor meaning "wanderer, ranger".

Laine Finnish, Estonian
Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.

Abbatangelo Italian
Variant of Abatangelo.

Ely English
From the name of a town in eastern England meaning "eel district".

Tsunoda Japanese
From Japanese 角 (tsuno) meaning "point, corner" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Abramsen Norwegian
Means "son of Abraham".

Havlíčková f Czech
Feminine form of Havlíček.

Salim Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Connell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaill meaning "descendant of Conall".

Charpentier French
French cognate of Carpenter, derived from Old French charpentier.

Rodriquez Spanish
Variant of Rodríguez.

Barrett English
Probably derived from the Middle English word barat meaning "trouble, deception", originally given to a quarrelsome person.

Baas Dutch
Means "boss, overseer" in Dutch.

Halmi Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian halom meaning "mound, small hill". Originally the name was given to someone who lived near or on a hill.

Horvat Croatian, Slovene
From Croatian and Slovene Hrvat meaning "Croat, person from Croatia".

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

Ash English
From Old English æsc meaning "ash tree", indicating a person who lived near ash trees.

Argyri f Greek
Feminine form of Argyris.

Tavares Portuguese
From any of the numerous places in Portugal called Tavares, likely of pre-Roman origin.

Plaza Spanish
Spanish cognate of Piazza.

Weiner German
Variant of Wagner.

Garner 2 English
Variant of Gardener.

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

Van der Linden Dutch
Means "from the linden trees", from Dutch linde meaning "linden tree".

Honeycutt English
Derived from the name of the English town of Hunnacott, derived from Old English hunig "honey" or the given name Huna combined with cot "cottage".

Sanford English
Variant of Sandford.

Kaufman German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

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

Perko Slovene, Croatian
Derived from an archaic diminutive of Peter.

Lacy English
Variant of Lacey.

Fonda Italian
Of Italian origin, possibly from a place derived from fondo meaning "deep". The family of Henry Fonda (1905-1982) came from the Netherlands, but they were of Genoese origin.

Iliev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Iliya".

Waltersson Swedish
Variant of Walterson.

Cock English
Derived from the medieval nickname cok meaning "rooster, cock". The nickname was commonly added to given names to create diminutives such as Hancock or Alcock.

De Felice Italian
Means "son of Felice".

Hudáková f Slovak
Feminine form of Hudák.

Brant German, English
Variant of Brand 1 and Brand 2.

Gebara Basque
Habitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a village in the province of Álava in Spain.

Manning 1 English
Patronymic form of Mann.

Oriol Catalan
From Catalan or meaning "gold", originally a nickname for a person with blond hair.

Villalba Spanish
Denoted a person from one of the various Spanish places by this name. It is derived from Spanish villa "town" and alba "white".

Abramsson Swedish
Means "son of Abraham".

Morrish English
Variant of Morriss.

Moravec m Czech
Originally indicated a person from Moravia (Czech Morava).

Labelle French
Means "fair, beautiful" in French.

Musiał Polish
Polish cognate of Musil.

Alexandersson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Alexander".

Salucci Italian
From Italian sale meaning "salt".

Ingólfsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ingólfr".

Iwamoto Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hollands English
Variant of Holland 1.

Barbu Romanian
From Romanian barbă meaning "beard".

Freeman English
Referred to a person who was born free, or in other words was not a serf.

Carbone Italian
From a nickname for a person with dark features, from Italian carbone meaning "coal".

Vilaró Catalan
Catalan variant of Vilar.

Matos Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Mata.

Zelenková f Czech
Feminine form of Zelenka.

Konečná f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Konečný.

Merckx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Mark.

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

Huxtable English
Derived from the name of an English place meaning "hook post", from Old English hoc "hook" and stapol "post".

Stenberg Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Scandinavian sten (Old Norse steinn) meaning "stone" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Swedish name it is ornamental.

Lefebvre French
Variant of Lefèvre.

Higashi Japanese
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east".

Muyskens Dutch
Means "little mouse" in Dutch.

Ibrahimović Bosnian
Means "son of Ibrahim".

Ó Súileabháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sullivan.

Vila Catalan
Catalan form of Villa.

Mały Polish
Polish cognate of Malý.

Acquafredda Italian
Denoted a person who came from one of the various places in Italy with this name, derived from Italian meaning "cold water".

Jaskólska f Polish
Feminine form of Jaskólski.

Jagoda Polish
Means "berry" in Polish.

Lindquist Swedish
Variant of Lindqvist.

Albini Italian
Means "son of Albino".

Arthur English, French
From the given name Arthur.

Torosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Թորոսյան (see Torosyan).

Ueno Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

El-Amin Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الأمين (see Al-Amin).

Daviau French
From a diminutive form of David.

Simmon German
From the given name Simon 1.

Causey English
Indicated a person who lived near a causeway, from Old French caucie.

Rolland French
From the given name Roland.

Accorso Italian
From the given name Bonaccorso.

Lorenzo Spanish
From the given name Lorenzo.

Merino Spanish
From the title for a judge in medieval Spain, derived from Latin maior.

Bergman Swedish
From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man", originally a name for a person living on a mountain.

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

Zielińska f Polish
Feminine form of Zieliński.

Peeters Dutch, Flemish
Dutch and Flemish variant of Peters.

MacKay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

Yukimura Japanese
From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

McDougall Scottish
Variant of MacDougall.

Brams Danish
Derived from the given name Bram.

Kaloyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Kaloyan".

Quesada Spanish
Habitational name from Quesada, a place in Jaén in southern Spain. The place name is of uncertain derivation; it could be connected to Old Spanish requexada meaning "corner, tight spot".

MacNevin Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Naoimhín.

Weber German
German cognate of Weaver 1.

Krejčová f Czech
Feminine form of Krejči.

Wilms Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Klímová f Czech
Feminine form of Klíma.

Biagi Italian
Means "son of Biagio".

Alexandersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Alexander".

Sulzbach German
Toponymic name from German places named Sulzbach meaning "salty stream", derived from Old High German sulza "salty water" and bah "stream".

Dunbar Scottish
From the name of a town in East Lothian, Scotland, derived from Gaelic dùn meaning "fort" and barr meaning "summit", so called from its situation on a rock that projects into the sea.

Abelen Dutch
Patronymic surname derived from Abel or a diminutive of Albert.

McGuinness Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mag Aonghuis meaning "son of Aonghus".

Brooks English
Variant of Brook.

Targaryen Literature
Created by author George R. R. Martin for his series A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019). The Targaryens were the rulers of Westeros for almost 300 years until shortly before the beginning of the first novel. The name is presumably from the Valyrian language, though Martin provides no explanation of the meaning.

Albricci Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Anthonyson English (Rare)
Means "son of Anthony".

Whinery English
From Middle English whin "gorse bush" and wray "nook of land".

Kollár m Slovak
Slovak form of Kolář.

Andreasen Danish
Means "son of Andreas".

Kuijpers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Ashworth English
From an English place name meaning "ash enclosure" in Old English.

Janz German
Means "son of Jan 1".

Martz German
Derived from an old diminutive of Martin.

Voclain French
From the Old French given name Vauquelin.

Liepiņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian liepa meaning "linden tree".

Zuñiga Basque
From the name of a Spanish town, formerly named Estuniga in Basque, possibly derived from Basque istuin "channel, strait".

Shvets Ukrainian
Means "shoemaker" in Ukrainian.

Chalupa m Czech
Means "cottage" in Czech.

Nishitani Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Vaňková f Czech
Feminine form of Vaněk.

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

Kraemer German
Variant of Krämer.

Irvine 2 English
Variant of Irwin.

Adamczak Polish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Neri Italian
From Italian nero "black", indicating a person with a dark complexion or dark hair.

Joosten Dutch
Derived from the given name Joost.