Browse Surnames

Costantini Italian
From the given name Costantino.

Nikolaidis m Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos" in Greek.

Rollins English
From a diminutive of the given name Roland.

Aling Dutch
Variant of Alink.

Abdullayev m Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Abdulla".

Blair Scottish
From any one of several places of this name in Scotland, which derive from Gaelic blàr meaning "plain, field, battlefield".

Köhler German
Variant of Kohler.

Frye English
Variant of Fry.

Hermann German
From the given name Hermann.

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

Hobson English
Means "son of Hob".

Chavdarova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Chavdarov.

Willard English
From the given name Wilheard or Willihard.

Lončar Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Means "potter", from Serbo-Croatian lonac, Slovene lonec meaning "pot".

Mihailović Serbian
Means "son of Mihailo".

Qasımov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qasım".

Prebensen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Preben".

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

Garnier 1 French
From the given name Garnier.

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

Rodrigo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Rodrigo.

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.

Keen English
From Old English cene meaning "bold, brave".

Murgia Sardinian
Means "brine" in Sardinian, perhaps a nickname for someone who pickled foods.

Dries Dutch
From the given name Dries.

Mottershead English
From the name of a lost place in Cheshire, derived from the Old English byname Motere meaning "speaker" and heafod meaning "headland".

Jóhannsson Icelandic
Means "son of Jóhann".

Kumamoto Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ó Caolaidhe Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Keeley.

İsmayılova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of İsmayılov.

Atwood English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".

Hoggard English
Occupational name meaning "pig herder", from Old English hogg "hog" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

Pons French, Catalan
From the given name Pons.

Jaeger German
Variant of Jäger.

Green English
Descriptive name for someone who often wore the colour green or someone who lived near the village green.

Wheatley English
From any of the various places in England with this name, meaning "wheat clearing" in Old English.

Melnik Russian, Belarusian
Means "miller" in Russian and Belarusian.

Morais Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Morales.

Čermák m Czech
Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

Cvetkova f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Цветкова (see Tsvetkova).

Finnegan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendant of Fionnagán". The given name Fionnagán is a diminutive of Fionn.

Tesař m Czech
Means "carpenter" in Czech, ultimately from the Old Slavic word tesla meaning "adze".

Landi Italian
Derived from the given name Lando.

Mac Mathghamhna Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McMahon.

Strand Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From Old Norse strǫnd meaning "beach, sea shore". It was originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea.

Camus French
Means "flat-nosed" in French. A notable bearer was the French philosopher Albert Camus (1913-1960).

Abe 2 Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Nascimbeni Italian
From the medieval given name Nascimbene, typical of the Venetian region.

Filippov m Russian
Means "son of Filip".

Tudor Romanian
Derived from the given name Tudor 2.

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

Brauer Low German
Derived from Middle Low German bruwer meaning "brewer".

Artz Dutch
Means "son of Aart".

Montagne French
French cognate of Montagna.

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).

Popov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of the priest", derived from Russian and Bulgarian поп (pop).

Weekes English
Variant of Weeks.

Sastre Spanish
Spanish cognate of Sarto.

Herriot English
From an Old French diminutive of the given name Herry.

Ariesen Dutch
Means "son of Aris 2".

Sultanov m Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Sultan".

Tsukuda Japanese
From Japanese 佃 (tsukuda) meaning "cultivated rice field".

Meeuwis Dutch
Variant of Meeuwsen.

Holland 1 English
From various English places of this name, derived from Old English hoh "point of land, heel" and land "land".

Fitzgerald Irish
Means "son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.

Echevarría Spanish
Variant of Echeverría.

Yoxall English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Yoxall in Staffordshire, itself derived from Old English geoc "oxen yoke" and halh "nook, recess".

Zawisza Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.

Ruskin 1 Scottish
From Gaelic rusgaire meaning "tanner".

Nikitin m Russian
From the given name Nikita 1.

Randall English
Derived from the given name Randel.

Snyders English, Dutch (Anglicized), German (Anglicized)
Variant of Snyder.

Grayson English
Means "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward".

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

Mirzoeva f Tajik
Feminine form of Mirzoev.

Qasim Arabic
Derived from the given name Qasim.

Sadıqova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Sadıqov.

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

Schwarzenegger German
From a place name, derived from Old High German swarz meaning "black" and ekka meaning "edge, corner". A famous bearer of this name is actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-).

Reyes Spanish
Spanish variant of Rey 1.

Irwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine.

Millard English
Variant of Millward.

Sedlák m Czech, Slovak
Means "farmer" in Czech and Slovak. A sedlák had more land than a Zahradník or a Chalupník, but less land than a Dvořák.

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".

Verona Italian
From the name of the city of Verona, one of the most important historical cities of northern Italy. The meaning of the city's name is uncertain.

Thorsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Thor".

Lafrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Woods English, Scottish
Variant of Wood.

Lovell English
Variant of Lowell.

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

Meyer 4 English
Variant of Myer.

McBride Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Bhrighde.

Becke German
Variant of Beck 1 or Beck 2.

Maina Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Maina.

Wilson English
Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).

Mikhailova f Russian
Feminine form of Mikhailov.

Hogarth English
Variant of Hoggard.

Mitchell 2 English
Originally a nickname for a large person, from Old English micel "big".

Blackbourne English
Variant of Blackburn.

Smagulova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Smagulov.

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

Spijker 1 Dutch
Denoted a dweller by or worker at a granary, from Dutch spijker "granary".

Coupe English
From Middle English coupe meaning "barrel", a name for a barrel maker or cooper.

Day English
From a diminutive form of David.

Berlusconi Italian
Probably from the Milanese word berlusch meaning "cross-eyed, crooked".

Fekete Hungarian
Means "black" in Hungarian, originally a nickname for a person with dark hair or a dark complexion.

Magomadova f Chechen
Feminine form of Magomadov.

Maurer German
Occupational name meaning "wall builder" in German.

Hagopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Baníková f Slovak
Feminine form of Baník.

Vávra m Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Vávra, a diminutive of Vavřinec.

Sadık Turkish
From the given name Sadık.

Martínek m Czech
Derived from the given name Martin.

Buchholz German
From Middle High German buoche "beech" and holz "wood".

Quirk Irish
Variant of Quirke.

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".

Tóthová f Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Tóth.

Araullo Filipino
Form of Araújo especially common in the Philippines.

Seppä Finnish
Means "smith" in Finnish.

Milford English
Originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.

Chai Chinese
From Chinese 柴 (chái) meaning "firewood".

Hersch German, Jewish
Variant of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Kwan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Guan.

Maeda Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Eccleston English
Denoted a person from any of the various places named Eccleston in England, derived from Latin ecclesia "church" (via Briton) and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".

Asenova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Asenov.

Fashingbauer German
From Fasching, a German carnival (Fastnacht meaning "eve of the beginning of the fast", or the time before Lent) celebrated in Austria and Bavaria, and bauer meaning "farmer".

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

Garnier 2 English
Variant of Garner 1.

Vlasáková f Czech
Feminine form of Vlasák.

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.

Shirazi Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Shiraz, located in southern Iran. The city's name is possibly of Elamite origin.

Davidyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դավթյան (see Davtyan).

Hernández Spanish
Means "son of Hernando" in Spanish.

Teague 2 Cornish
From Cornish tek meaning "fair, beautiful".

Tosetti Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Zelenková f Czech
Feminine form of Zelenka.

Ádám Hungarian
Hungarian form of Adam.

Darnell 1 English
Derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass.

Tucker English
Occupational name for a fuller of cloth, derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment". A fuller was a person who cleaned and thickened raw cloth by pounding it.

Zunino Italian
Derived from the given name Giovanni.

Panagiotopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Panagiotis".

Medveďová f Slovak
Feminine form of Medveď.

Bagnoli Italian
Diminutive form of Bagni.

O'Donnell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Domhnaill meaning "descendant of Domhnall".

Bartos Hungarian
From a given name that was a diminutive of Bertalan.

Machado Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted a person who made or used hatchets, derived from Spanish and Portuguese machado "hatchet", both from Latin marculus "little hammer".

Penzik Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Gunnarsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Gunnar".

Simpson English
Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.

Grieve Scottish
Occupational name meaning "steward, farm manager" in Middle English, related to the German title Graf.

Akamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Bancroft English
From any of the various places of this name, derived from Old English bean meaning "bean" and croft meaning "small enclosed field".

McLaughlan Scottish
Variant of McLaughlin.

Filep Hungarian
From the given name Fülöp.

Colón Spanish
Spanish form of Colombo.

Gabrielson English
Means "son of Gabriel".

Opeyemi Yoruba
From the given name Opeyemi.

Silva Portuguese, Spanish
From Spanish or Portuguese silva meaning "forest". This is the most common surname in Portugal and Brazil.

Kokkinos m Greek
From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.

Van Wijk Dutch
Means "from the settlement", from Dutch wijk meaning "neighbourhood, district, settlement".

Hartmann German
From the German given name Hartmann.

Giannopoulou f Greek
Feminine form of Giannopoulos.

Vogts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.

Finch English, Literature
From the name of the bird, from Old English finc. It was used by Harper Lee for the surname of lawyer Atticus Finch and his children in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).

Mackintosh Scottish
Variant of McIntosh.

Kazlova f Belarusian
Feminine form of Kazlow.

Rivers English
Denoted a person who lived near a river, from Middle English, from Old French riviere meaning "river", from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".

Macháň m Czech
Derived from the given name Mach, a Czech diminutive of Matěj and other given names beginning with Ma.

Yusupova f Uzbek, Tajik, Tatar (Russified)
Feminine form of Yusupov.

Bevan Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Evan meaning "son of Evan".

Steiner German
Variant of Stein.

Jedličková f Czech
Feminine form of Jedlička.

Oomen Dutch
Patronymic derived from Middle Dutch oom meaning "(maternal) uncle".

Matković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Matko".

Vincze Hungarian
From the given name Vince.

Matijević Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Matija".

Yegorova f Russian
Feminine form of Yegorov.

Zajíc m Czech
Means "hare" in Czech.

Slováková f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Slovák.

Dirksen Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".

Holtman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Holzmann.

Nicholson English
Means "son of Nicholas". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Jack Nicholson (1937-).

Pickering English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, derived from Old English Piceringas, the name of a tribe.

Jensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jens". This is the most common surname in Denmark.

Arrigucci Italian
Means "son of Arriguccio", a diminutive of the given name Arrigo.

Noschese Italian
From the name of the town of Nusco in Campania, southern Italy.

Hiedler German
From southern German Hiedl meaning "underground stream".

Tadić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Tadija".

McKendrick Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacEanruig meaning "son of Eanraig".

Matheson Scottish
Means "son of Matthew".

Lunde Norwegian
Variant of Lund.

Warner German, English
Variant of Werner.

Yi Korean
Variant of Lee 2.

Quattrocchi Italian
From Italian quattro meaning "four" and occhi meaning "eyes", a nickname for a person who wore glasses. It is usually found in Sicily.

Blain Scottish
From the given name Bláán.

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.

Kay 2 English
Derived from Old French kay meaning "wharf, quay", indicating one who lived near or worked on a wharf.

Muhammad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Muhammad.

Reynders Dutch, Frisian
Variant of Reinders.

Fleming English
Given to a person who was a Fleming, that is a person who was from Flanders in the Netherlands.

Kumagai Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".

Lester Scottish
Variant of Lister.

Messer German
Occupational name for a person who made knives, from Middle High German messer "knife".

Mag Uidhir Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McGuire.

Trapani Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city of Trapani, derived from Greek δρεπάνη (drepane) meaning "sickle".

Hummel 1 German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Humbert.

Adamíková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Adamík.

Pellé French
From French pelé meaning "bald".

Košar Croatian
From Croatian koš meaning "basket", originally indicating a person who made or sold baskets.

Shevchuk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian швець (shvets) meaning "shoemaker".

Wilkins English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Elliott English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Elias.

Nyquist Swedish
Variant of Nyqvist.

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

Wood English, Scottish
Originally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English wudu "wood".

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.

Maddison English
Variant of Madison.

Van Achteren Dutch
Variant of Van Agteren.

Hasenkamp German
From a northern German place name meaning "rabbit field", from Old Saxon haso "hare" and kamp "field" (from Latin campus).

Morikawa Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Vasilev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vasil".

Houk Dutch (Anglicized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Hoek.

Dane 2 English
Originally denoted a Dane, that is a person from Denmark.

MacNeil Scottish
Variant of McNeil.

Yoon Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 윤 (see Yun).

Winton English
Derived from the name of several English villages. Their names derive from Old English meaning "enclosure belonging to Wine".

Hoxha Albanian
From the Persian title خواجه (khājeh) meaning "lord".

Dobos Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian dob meaning "drum". Originally the name was given to someone who played drums or made them.

Marx German
From the given name Markus. A famous bearer was Karl Marx (1818-1883), a German philosopher known for his work in socioeconomic theory.

Kamińska f Polish
Feminine form of Kamiński.

Lovrić Croatian
Means "son of Lovro".

Banderas Spanish
Spanish cognate of Banner.

Salem Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Chiba Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Živković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Živko".

Piccoli Italian
Nickname for a short person, from Italian piccolo "small".

Bretz German
Indicated a person from the town of Breetz in Brandenburg, Germany. The meaning of the town's name is unknown.

Gatsby English (Rare), Literature
Rare variant of Gadsby. This name was used by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald for the central character in his novel The Great Gatsby (1925). In the book, James Gatz renames himself as Jay Gatsby at age 17 because he believes it sounds more sophisticated.

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.

Sowards English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Seward 1 or Seward 3.

Buhr Low German
Low German form of Bauer.

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

Hisakawa Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

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

Albrektson Swedish
Variant of Albrechtsson.

Vilaró Catalan
Catalan variant of Vilar.

Ó Muircheartach Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Moriarty.

Fabre Occitan, French
Occitan form of Fèvre.

Carlsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Carl".

Devin 2 French, English
Nickname for a person who acted divinely or prophetically, from Old French devin meaning "divine" or "seer, fortune teller", ultimately from Latin divinus.

MacIntyre Scottish
Variant of McIntyre.

Paternoster English, Italian
Occupational name for a maker of rosaries, also called paternosters. They are derived from the Latin phrase pater noster "our Father", the opening words of the Lord's Prayer.

Jankowska f Polish
Feminine form of Jankowski.

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

Pocock English
Variant of Peacock.

Chaves Portuguese, Spanish
From the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman name Flavius (being named for the emperor Vespasian, whose family name was Flavius).

Boothman English
Variant of Booth.

Spada Italian
Occupational name for an armourer or swordsman, from Italian spada "sword", Latin spatha.

Sutherland Scottish
Regional name for a person who came from the former county by this name in Scotland. It is derived from Old Norse suðr "south" and land "land", because it was south of the Norse colony of Orkney.

Seeger German
From the given name Sieghard.

Alexiou Greek
Means "son of Alexios".

Slavkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Slavko".

Mlynáriková f Slovak
Feminine form of Mlynárik.

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

Addario Italian
Derived from the given name Addarius, of unknown meaning.

Veronesi Italian
Variant of Verona.

Hartell English
From various place names derived from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and hyll "hill".

Isakova f Russian
Feminine form of Isakov.

Pandev m Macedonian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Pande", Pande being a diminutive of Petar.

Appleby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English æppel "apple" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

Tsvetkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Tsvetko".

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

Salamanca Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Salamanca, a city in western Spain that is of unknown meaning.

Hahn German
From a nickname for a proud or pugnacious person, from Old High German hano meaning "rooster, cock".

Virtanen Finnish
Derived from Finnish virta meaning "stream". This is the second most common surname in Finland.

Preston English
Originally derived from various place names meaning "priest town" in Old English.

Tod English
Variant of Todd.

Solo Basque
Means "rural estate" in Basque.

Briggs English
Variant of Bridges.

Sturm German
Means "storm" in German, originally a nickname for a volatile person.

Anton Romanian
From the given name Anton.

Tapia Spanish
Means "mud wall" in Spanish.

Jakobsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Jakob".

Lagounova f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Лагунова (see Lagunova).

Denis French
From the given name Denis.

Abasolo Basque
Means "priest's meadow" from Basque abas "priest" and solo "meadow".

Bardakçı Turkish
Means "glassmaker" from Turkish bardak "glass".

Ó Donndubháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donovan.

Agli Italian
From place names like Agliè, Aglietti, Agliana and Agliate, all originating from the Latin name Allius or Alleius.

Tuft English
Denoted one who lived near a clump of trees or bushes, from Middle English tufte "tuft, clump", from Old French.

Wang 4 Yiddish
Name for a Jew from Hungary, ultimately from Russian Венгрия (Vengriya) meaning "Hungary".

Bureš m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the old Czech given name Burjan, a derivative of Jan 1.

Pierson English
Means "son of Piers".

Moździerz Polish
Means "mortar" in Polish. It probably referred to someone who worked with or sold mortar.

Sandu Romanian
From the given name Sandu.

Parsons English
Originally denoted a son of a parson, a derivative of Latin persona "person".

Ó hEidhin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hines.

Glover English
Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.