Browse Surnames

Altoviti Italian (Rare)
Derived from the Lombard given name Altwidus.

Botwright English
Variant of Boatwright.

Hatheway English
Variant of Hathaway.

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

Dumas French
Means "from the farm", from Occitan mas "farmhouse", from Latin mansus "dwelling". A famous bearer was the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870).

Towner English
Variant of Toller.

Klasson Swedish
Means "son of Klas".

Trump German
Derived from Middle High German trumbe meaning "drum". This surname is borne by the American president Donald Trump (1946-).

Bosque Spanish
Spanish form of Bosco.

Mac Dhuibh Scottish Gaelic
Means "son of Dubh", where the byname Dubh means "dark".

Weekes English
Variant of Weeks.

Ó Maoláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mullen.

Sinagra 2 Italian
Derived from the given name Senagora, an Italian form of Xenagoras.

Urbonas m Lithuanian
From the given name Urbonas.

Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).

Krasteva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Krastev.

Mulryan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Maoil Riain.

Ueda Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Di Mercurio Italian
Means "son of Mercurio".

Mikulová f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Mikula.

Kristensen Danish
Means "son of Kristen 1".

Nazario Italian
From the given name Nazario.

Van Donk Dutch
Means "from the hill", derived from Dutch donk meaning "(sandy) hill".

Haraldsson Swedish
Means "son of Harald".

Grigorescu Romanian
Means "son of Grigore" in Romanian.

Chadwick English
From the name of English towns meaning "settlement belonging to Chad" in Old English.

Van Baarle Dutch
Means "from Baarle", a town in both the Netherlands and Belgium.

Kędzierska f Polish
Feminine form of Kędzierski.

Akmatov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Akmat".

Olofsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Olof".

Sciacchitano Italian
Variant of Sciacca.

Adcock English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Adam.

Gelens Dutch
Variant of Geelen.

D'Ovidio Italian
From the given name Ovidio.

Zelenková f Czech
Feminine form of Zelenka.

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

Bouvier French
Means "cowherd" in French, from Latin boviarus, a derivative of bos "cow".

Mikkelsen Danish
Means "son of Mikkel".

McWilliam Scottish
Means "son of William" in Gaelic.

Jamison English
Means "son of James".

Nilsen Norwegian
Means "son of Nils".

Van Daalen Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

O'Hearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Mateo Spanish
Derived from the given name Mateo.

Vankov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Vanko", a diminutive of Ivan.

Havelka m Czech
Means "son of Havel" in Czech.

McQueen Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Shuibhne.

Jukić Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Juraj.

Blecher German
Occupational name for someone who worked with tin or sheet metal, from German blech "tin".

Gynt Literature
Meaning unknown. This name was used by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen for the central character in his play Peer Gynt (1867). Ibsen based the story on an earlier Norwegian folktale Per Gynt.

Grey English
Variant of Gray.

Ormond Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Ward 1 English
Derived from Old English weard meaning "guard, guardian".

Richter German
Means "judge" in German, from Middle High German rihtære.

Bristow English
From the name of the city of Bristol, originally Brycgstow in Old English, meaning "the site of the bridge".

Pichler Upper German
From Bavarian Bühel meaning "hill".

Vlašić Croatian
Patronymic from the nickname Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

Mlynárik m Slovak
Slovak form of Mlynář.

Côté French
French form of Costa.

Kazlova f Belarusian
Feminine form of Kazlow.

Kersey English
From an English place name meaning derived from Old English cærse "watercress" and ieg "island".

Acqua Italian
Means "water" in Italian, indicating one who dwelt by or transported water.

Haralampiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Haralampi".

Ghasabyan Armenian
From Armenian ղասաբ (ghasab) meaning "butcher", of Arabic origin.

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

Merx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Mark.

Al-Amin Arabic
Means "the truthful" from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn).

Itō Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Schuster German
Means "shoemaker, cobbler", from Middle High German schuoch "shoe" and suter, from Latin sutor "sewer, cobbler".

Tomioka Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Bunker English
Derived from Old French bon cuer meaning "good heart".

Smagulova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Smagulov.

Braune German
Variant of Braun.

Friseal Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of Fraser.

Mac Naoimhín Irish
Means "son of Naomhán" in Irish.

Navickas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nowicki.

Vũ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Wu 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 武 (vũ).

Dumbledore Literature
From the dialectal English word dumbledore meaning "bumblebee". It was used by J. K. Rowling for the headmaster of Hogwarts in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.

Kuijpers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Barker English
From Middle English bark meaning "to tan". This was an occupational name for a leather tanner.

McSheehy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Síthigh, meaning "son of Sítheach".

Nisi Italian
Means "son of Niso", an Italian form of the mythological name Nisus.

Kearney Irish
From the Irish name Ó Ceithearnaigh meaning "descendant of Ceithearnach", a given name meaning "warrior".

Mas 2 Dutch, Low German
Variant of Maas.

Gaspard French
From the given name Gaspard.

Brankovič Slovene
Slovene form of Branković.

Skjeggestad Norwegian
From a place name, derived from Norwegian skjegg "beard" and stad "town, place".

Íñiguez Spanish
Means "son of Íñigo" in Spanish.

Ivanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Ivanovski.

Tennyson English
Means "son of Denis".

Barbu Romanian
From Romanian barbă meaning "beard".

Hanssen Norwegian
Means "son of Hans".

Kurucz Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc, referring to rebels who fought against the Habsburgs in the late 17th to early 18th century.

Tittensor English
Indicated a person from Tittensor, England, which means "Titten's ridge".

Kovalenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".

North English
Name for a person who lived to the north.

Pilkvist Swedish
From Swedish pil (Old Norse píli) meaning "willow" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Garcia Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese form of García. It is also an unaccented form of the Spanish name used commonly in America and the Philippines.

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

Darzi Persian
Means "tailor" in Persian.

Mosconi Italian
Variant of Moschella.

Saitou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 斎藤 (see Saitō).

Myška m Czech
From a nickname derived from Czech myš meaning "mouse".

Tolkien German
Possibly from a Low German byname Tolk meaning "interpreter" (of Slavic origin). A famous bearer was the English author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973). According to him, the surname was derived from German tollkühn meaning "foolhardy".

Köhler German
Variant of Kohler.

Abdulrashid Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rashid.

Cola Italian
From the given name Nicola 1.

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

Sundström Swedish
From Swedish sund meaning "strait" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Pender 1 English
From Middle English pind "to pen up". This was an occupational name for someone who penned animals.

Riker German
Possibly a variant of Reich.

Savatier French
From Old French savatier "shoemaker", derived from savate "shoe", of uncertain ultimate origin.

Ruud Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse ruð meaning "cleared land".

Süss German
Variant of Süß.

Mac Mathghamhna Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McMahon.

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

Beech 2 English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a beech tree, from Old English bece.

Wash English
Derived from the Norman name Wazo.

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

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

Cockburn Scottish, English
Originally indicated someone who came from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. The place name is derived from Old English cocc "rooster" and burna "stream".

Bergqvist Swedish
From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

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.

Magomadova f Chechen
Feminine form of Magomadov.

Milošević Serbian
Means "son of Miloš".

Slusser German
Variant of Schlosser.

Rhee Korean
North Korean form of Lee 2.

Casas Spanish
From Spanish casa meaning "house", of Latin origin.

Jahodová f Czech
Feminine form of Jahoda.

Wolter German
From the given name Walter.

Armstrong English
Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.

Hawking English
From a diminutive of Hawk. A famous bearer was the British physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

Bul Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bull.

Lang German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Mikhailova f Russian
Feminine form of Mikhailov.

Bernardo Portuguese
From the given name Bernardo.

Stueck German, Jewish
Variant of Stück.

Marszałek Polish
Polish cognate of Marshall.

Simões Portuguese
Means "son of Simão" in Portuguese.

Schmitz German
Variant of Schmidt, originating in the Rhine area in western Germany.

Urbina Basque
Derived from Basque ur "water" and bi "two", indicating a place where two waterways met.

Golob Slovene
Means "pigeon" in Slovene.

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

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

Magomedova f Avar, Dargin, Chechen
Feminine form of Magomedov.

Woodcock English
Nickname referring to the woodcock bird.

O'Hanegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Apted English
Probably from an unidentified place name meaning "up tower" in Old English.

Gárdonyi Hungarian
Originally denoted a person from Gárdony, a town near Budapest in Hungary.

Vicario Spanish, Italian
Means "vicar" in Spanish and Italian, an ecclesiastic title used to denote a representative of a bishop. It is derived from Latin vicarius meaning "substitute, deputy".

French English
Originally denoted a French person, from Middle English Frensch, Old English Frencisc.

Nicastro Italian
From the name of the town of Nicastro in Calabria, southern Italy.

Sulaymanova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Sulaymanov.

Colombera Italian
From a derivative of Italian colomba "dove" indicating a house where doves were held.

Rodney English
From a place name meaning "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is an Old English given name meaning "fame").

Anker Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
Metonymic surname for a sailor, meaning "anchor" in Dutch, Danish and Norwegian.

Hussein Arabic
From the given name Husayn. A famous bearer was the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).

Zhivkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhivko".

Marvin English
Derived from the Welsh given name Merfyn or the Old English name Mærwine.

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

Araujo Spanish
Spanish form of Araújo.

Greenwood English
Topographic name for someone who lived in or near a lush forest, from Old English grene "green" and wudu "wood".

Murgatroyd English
From a place name meaning "Margaret's clearing".

Planck German
German variant of Plank.

Gärtner German
German form of Gardener.

Georgieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Georgiev.

Zingel Jewish
From Middle High German zingel "defensive wall". This name was originally applied to a person who lived near the outermost wall of a castle.

Wray English
Originally denoted someone who came from any of the various places of this name in northern England, from Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook".

Kokot Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian cognate of Kohut.

Radu Romanian
From the given name Radu.

Wauters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Ingham English
From the name of an English town, of Old English origin meaning "Inga's homestead".

Behringer German
From the given name Berengar.

Rey 2 English
Means "female roe deer" from Old English ræge, probably denoting someone of a nervous temperament.

Romanyuk Ukrainian
From the given name Roman.

Gorecka f Polish
Feminine form of Gorecki.

Zimová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Zima.

Frei German
Means "free" in German, probably referring to someone outside the feudal system.

Moriyama Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Snell English
From Old English snel meaning "fast, quick, nimble".

Garber German
Variant of Gerber.

McAlister Scottish, Irish
From Scottish Gaelic MacAlastair or Irish Gaelic Mac Alastair meaning "son of Alistair".

Valerieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Valeriev.

Abdel Arabic
From the given name Abdul.

Gunther German
Derived from the given name Günther.

Haralampieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Haralampiev.

Episcopo Italian
Means "bishop" in Italian, ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos).

Voß German
Variant of Voss.

Mulligan Irish
Variant of Milligan.

Pecháček m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Petr.

Selvaggio Italian
Italian form of Savage.

Lachapelle French
Means "the chapel" in French, most likely used to denote a person who lived by a church or a chapel.

Bianco Italian
Variant of Bianchi.

Kemp English
Derived from Middle English kempe meaning "champion, warrior".

Darby English
From the name of the English town Derby, derived from Old Norse djúr "animal" and býr "farm, settlement".

Schräder Low German (Rare)
Variant of Schröder 1.

Rantala Finnish
From Finnish ranta meaning "shore, beach" with the suffix -la indicating a place.

Kemény Hungarian
Means "firm, hard, tough" in Hungarian.

Fuchs German
From Old High German fuhs meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Mac Giolla Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McLean.

Elmer English
Derived from the Old English name Æðelmær.

Michelakos m Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Klerken Dutch
Variant of De Klerk.

Lindgren Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).

Cuesta Spanish
Spanish form of Costa.

Bennet English
Derived from the medieval English given name Bennett.

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

Kallio Finnish
Means "rock, outcrop" in Finnish.

Sauvageon French
French diminutive form of Savage.

Hussain Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.

Abeln German
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of Albert.

Gerstle German
Variant of Gerst.

Karimova f Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Tatar, Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Karimov. It is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Kərimova.

Pires Portuguese
Means "son of Pedro".

Tesařová f Czech
Feminine form of Tesař.

Troelsen Danish
Means "son of Troels".

Miles English
From the given name Miles.

Alekseyev m Russian
Means "son of Aleksey".

Moore 2 English
Derived from the given name Maurus.

Royceston English
Variant of Royston.

Addison English
Means "son of Addy 2".

Macko m Slovak
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matej.

Sándor Hungarian
Derived from the given name Sándor.

Miyazaki Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Vanags m Latvian
Means "hawk" in Latvian.

Pesaro Italian
From the name of the city of Pesaro, in the Marche region (Latin Pisaurum).

Calabrese Italian
Originally given to a person who came from the region of Calabria in southern Italy.

Arntzenius Dutch
Latinized form of Arntzen.

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

Grosso Italian
Italian cognate of Gros.

Mareš m Czech
Derived from the given name Marek.

Matějková f Czech
Feminine form of Matějka.

Warner German, English
Variant of Werner.

Sansone Italian
Derived from the given name Sansone.

Keaton English
From any of three English place names: Ketton in Rutland, Ketton in Durham or Keaton in Devon. The first is probably derived from an old river name or tribal name combined with Old English ea "river", with the spelling later influenced by tun "enclosure, yard, town". The second is from the Old English given name Catta or the Old Norse given name Káti combined with Old English tun. The third is possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" combined with Old English tun.

Schmitt German
Variant of Schmidt.

Piccirillo Italian
From Neapolitan piccerillo meaning "small, young".

Arnaud French
From the given name Arnaud.

Albuquerque Portuguese
From the name of the Spanish town of Alburquerque, near the Portuguese border in the province of Badajoz. It is probably derived from Latin alba quercus meaning "white oak".

Fairchild English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Pfenning German
From Old High German pfenning meaning "penny, coin". It was used in reference to feudal tax obligations.

Spitz German
Means "sharp" in German, indicating the original bearer lived near a pointed hill.

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.

Jokumsen Danish
Means "son of Jokum".

Waldfogel Jewish
Variant of Waldvogel.

Van de Vliert Dutch
Means "from the elderberry" in Dutch.

Gutierrez Spanish
Variant of Gutiérrez.

Wahner German
Variant of Wagner.

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

Royce English
Originally derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.

Fontana Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of Fontaine.

Papadopoulos m Greek
Means "son of the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the patronymic suffix πουλος (poulos).

Sörös Hungarian
From Hungarian sör meaning "beer". Originally the name was given to beer brewers.

Merritt English
From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".

Burešová f Czech
Feminine form of Bureš.

Szwed Polish
Variant of Szweda.

Zeelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Ceel.

Kedves Hungarian
Means "nice, kind" in Hungarian.

Dries Dutch
From the given name Dries.

Nieves Spanish
From the given name Nieves.

Aalders Dutch
Means "son of Aldert".

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

Rasputin m Russian
From Russian распутье (rasputye) meaning "crossroads". A famous bearer was the Russian mystic Grigoriy Rasputin (1869-1916).

Wootton English
Derived from Old English wudu "wood" and tun "enclosure, town".

Johns English
Derived from the given name John.

Broz Croatian
Derived from Broz, a diminutive of Ambrozije. This was the birth surname of the Yugoslavian dictator Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980).

Badcock English
From a diminutive of the medieval given name Bada.

Wendel German
Derived from the given name Wendel.

Mehmedović Bosnian
Means "son of Mehmed".

Raimondi Italian
Derived from the given name Raimondo.

Di Antonio Italian
Variant of D'Antonio.

Harford English
Habitational name from places called Harford in Gloucestershire and Devon, meaning "hart ford" or "army ford".

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

Einstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German ein "one" and stein "stone". A famous bearer was the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

McTaggart Scottish
Variant of Taggart.

Merckx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Mark.

Yamashita Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Pellegrini Italian
Variant of Pellegrino.

Ibrahim Arabic, Urdu, Hausa
From the given name Ibrahim.

Vernon English
Locational name in the Eure region of Normandy, from the Gaulish element vern "alder (tree)" with the genitive case maker onis.

Horne English
Variant of Horn.

Heiman Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Callaghan Irish
Variant of Callahan.

Thorsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Thor".

Dietrich German
Derived from the given name Dietrich.

Doubek m Czech
Means "small oak" in Czech, derived from dub "oak".

Kay 1 English
Derived from the given name Kay 2.

Persson Swedish
Means "son of Per".

Traverso Italian
Italian form of Travers.

De Campo Italian
Locative surname derived from place names called Campo (meaning "field").

Lecomte French
Means "the count" in French, a nickname for someone in the service of a count or for someone who behaved like one.

Giese German, Danish
Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".

Assies Dutch
Means "son of Asse".

Giuliani Italian
From the given name Giuliano.

Ahearne Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Roth German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

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

Shaw 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived near a prominent thicket, from Old English sceaga meaning "thicket, copse".

Heijman Dutch
Patronymic from a diminutive of the given name Hendrik.

O'Hannagain Irish
From Irish Ó hAnnagáin, which means "descendant of Annagán". The given name Annagán was a diminutive of Annadh meaning "delay".