Browse Surnames

Gonzales Spanish
Variant of González.

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.

Kolář m Czech
Means "wheelwright", a derivative of Czech kolo "wheel".

Blaise French
Derived from the given name Blaise.

Sandström Swedish
From Swedish sand (Old Norse sandr) meaning "sand" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Wörner German
From the given name Werner.

Hodgson English
Means "son of Hodge", a medieval diminutive of Roger.

Havener German
Variant of Hafner.

Trengove English
Originally indicated a person from Trengove in Cornwall, England.

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

Courtois French
French form of Curtis.

Jørgensen Danish
Means "son of Jørgen".

León 2 Spanish
From the given name León.

Kunze German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Bullard English
Possibly a nickname derived from Middle English bole "fraud, deceit".

Matsumoto Japanese
From one of the many places with this name in Japan, derived from Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Heikki Finnish
From the given name Heikki.

De Haan Dutch
Means "rooster" in Dutch.

Veres Hungarian
Dialectical variant of Vörös.

Löfgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish löv (Old Norse lauf) meaning "leaf" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Daniell English
Derived from the given name Daniel.

Arbeit German
From German arbeit meaning "work".

Nguyen Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Nguyễn.

MacCrum Scottish
Anglicized form of MacChruim.

Van Amersvoort Dutch
Variant of Van Amelsvoort.

Shea Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Séaghdha.

Hardy English, French
From Old French and Middle English hardi meaning "bold, daring, hardy", from the Germanic root *harduz.

Koenig German
German cognate of King.

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Foss English
Variant of Fosse.

Jewel English
Variant of Jewell.

Molloy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Maolmhuaidh or Ó Maol Aodha.

Stankiewicz Polish
From a diminutive of Stanisław.

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

Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.

Sorg German
Variant of Sorge.

Palencia Spanish
Habitational name from the city or region of Palencia in northern Spain.

Van Daele Dutch
Variant of Van Dalen.

Ševčíková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Ševčík.

Hooper English
Occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.

Triggs English
From a byname derived from Old Norse tryggr meaning "true, loyal".

Goldschmidt German
Occupational name meaning "goldsmith" in German.

Sargent English
Variant of Sergeant.

Küçük Turkish
Means "small" in Turkish.

Mas 1 Catalan
Means "farmhouse" in Catalan.

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

Vodenicharova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Vodenicharov.

Aquila Italian
From a nickname meaning "eagle" in Italian.

Montague English
From a Norman place name meaning "sharp mountain" in Old French.

Alberighi Italian
Variant of Alberici.

Ó hAonghuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hennessy.

Nicolaou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Νικολάου (see Nikolaou).

Marchetti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Marco.

Solo Basque
Means "rural estate" in Basque.

Winograd Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

Romijnders Dutch
Variant of Romeijnders.

Harding English
Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).

William English
Derived from the given name William.

Gaspari Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Viktorov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Viktor".

MacNeachdainn Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Mac Neachtain.

Unruh German
Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe meaning "unrest".

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

Geissler 2 German
Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.

Bengoechea Basque
Variant of Bengoetxea.

Krall Czech (Anglicized), Slovak (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Král or Kráľ.

Potter English
Occupational name for a potter, one who makes earthen vessels. This surname was used by J. K. Rowling for the hero in her Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.

Langley 1 English
From any of the various places with this name, all derived from Old English lang "long" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Ivarsson Swedish
Means "son of Ivar".

Mullane Irish
Variant of Mullen.

McCoy Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

Laurent French
From the given name Laurent.

Krückel German
Nickname for a crippled person or someone who walked with a cane, from Middle High German krücke meaning "cane".

Bianco Italian
Variant of Bianchi.

MacGowan Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Ghabhann.

Pelletier French
Derived from Old French pelletier "fur trader".

Tamura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kos Slovene
Means "blackbird" in Slovene.

Zsoldos Hungarian
Means "mercenary" in Hungarian.

Adenauer German
Denoted a person from the town of Adenau in Germany. The name of the town is of uncertain etymology.

Romeijn Dutch
Derived from the given name Romein.

Jonckers Dutch
Patronymic form of Jonker.

Carver English
Occupational surname for a carver, from Middle English kerve "cut".

Kinsley English
From the name of a town in West Yorkshire, meaning "clearing belonging to Cyne". The Old English given name Cyne is a short form of longer names beginning with cyne meaning "royal".

Doležal m Czech
Nickname for a lazy person, derived from the past participle of the Czech verb doležat "to lie down".

Szántó Hungarian
Occupational name for a ploughman or tiller, derived from Hungarian szánt meaning "to plow".

Frisk Swedish
From Swedish frisk "healthy", which was derived from the Middle Low German word vrisch "fresh, young, frisky".

Anema Frisian
Means "son of Ane 2".

Jaskólska f Polish
Feminine form of Jaskólski.

Brune German
Variant of Braun.

Antonova f Russian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Antonov.

Carroll Irish
From the given name Cearbhall. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Vilhjálmsson Icelandic
Means "son of Vilhjálmur".

Andrade Portuguese, Galician
Possibly from the given name André.

Calvo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Means "bald" in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, from Latin calvus.

Milano Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from Milan.

Izquierdo Spanish
Means "left, left-handed" in Spanish, ultimately from Basque ezker.

Courtenay 1 English
From the name of towns in France that were originally derivatives of the Gallo-Roman personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short".

Navrátilová f Czech
Feminine form of Navrátil.

Swift English
Nickname for a quick person, from Old English swift.

Wayne English
Occupational name meaning "wagon maker, cartwright", derived from Old English wægn "wagon". A famous bearer was the American actor John Wayne (1907-1979).

Villanueva Spanish
Originally denoted someone who came from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and nueva "new".

Catalano Italian
Italian form of Catalán.

Kərimova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Kərimov.

Coughlin Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.

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

Scordato Italian
Means "forgotten, left behind" in Italian.

Saunders English, Scottish
Variant of Sanders.

Werner German
From the given name Werner.

Bonnaire French
French form of Bonner.

Aliyeva f Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Aliyev. This is also an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əliyeva.

Henriksson Swedish
Means "son of Henrik".

Coolen Dutch
From the given name Nicolaas.

Filipe Portuguese
From the given name Filipe.

Slavík m Czech
Means "nightingale" in Czech.

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

Söderberg Swedish
From Swedish söder (Old Norse suðr) meaning "south" and berg meaning "mountain".

Ó Mainnín Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Manning 2.

Čech m Czech
Means "Czech". The name was used to differentiate a native of Bohemia from the natives of Silesia, Moravia and other regions that are now part of the Czech Republic.

MacInnes Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aonghais meaning "son of Aonghas".

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

Lombardo Italian
Variant of Lombardi.

Holt English, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".

Horáček m Czech
Diminutive derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Morozov m Russian
Derived from Russian мороз (moroz) meaning "frost".

Méndez Spanish
Variant of Menéndez.

Szulc Polish
Polish form of Schulz.

Muñoz Spanish
Patronymic derived from the medieval Spanish given name Muño, from Latin Munnius, possibly of Germanic origin.

Plaskett English
Originally denoted a dweller by a swampy meadow, from Old French plascq meaning "wet meadow".

Laguardia Italian
Occupational name meaning "sentry, sentinel" in Italian, also a locative name referring to a person who lived near a watchtower. Fiorello Laguardia (1882-1947) was the first mayor of New York of Italian origin.

Nieves Spanish
From the given name Nieves.

Brankovich Serbian
Alternate transcription of Serbian Бранковић (see Branković).

Baghdasaryan Armenian
Means "son of Baghdasar".

Struna Slovene
From Slovene struna meaning "string, cord", possibly denoting a maker of rope.

Hoshino Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Ong Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan romanization of Wang 1.

Rot German, Jewish
Variant of Roth.

Key 1 English
Variant of Kay 1 or Kay 2.

Poirot French, Literature
From a diminutive of French poire "pear", originally referring to a pear merchant or someone who lived near a pear tree. Starting in 1920 this name was used by the mystery writer Agatha Christie for her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Christie based the name on that of Jules Poiret, a contemporary fictional detective.

Azzarà Italian
Sicilian name, derived from Greek dialects of southern Italy. It is from Greek ψαράς (psaras) meaning "fisherman".

Cowden English
From various English place names, which meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill" or "cow pasture" in Old English.

Nowak Polish
Polish cognate of Novak. This is the most common surname in Poland.

Dvořák m Czech
Occupational name derived from Czech dvůr "manor", indicating a person who worked at such a place. This name was borne by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904).

Dimov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Dimo".

Moon 2 English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Moyon in Normandy.

Řezníček m Czech
Diminutive of Řezník.

Leonardsen Norwegian
Means "son of Lennart".

Warren 1 English
Denoted a person who lived near a warren, from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).

Mercer English
Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".

Tremble French
Variant of Tremblay.

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).

Bedrosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պետրոսյան (see Petrosyan).

Vos Dutch
Dutch cognate of Voss.

Albrecht German
From the given name Albrecht.

Gary English
Variant of Geary.

Albertsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Albert".

Antić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Anto" or "son of Ante 1".

Duchamp French
Variant of Deschamps. A famous bearer was the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).

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

Chalupníková f Czech
Feminine form of Chalupník.

Popović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of the priest", derived from Serbo-Croatian pop meaning "priest".

Burakgazi Turkish
Possibly from the given name Burak and Arabic غازي (ghāzī) meaning "warrior".

Travieso Spanish
Spanish form of Travers.

Lin Chinese
From Chinese 林 (lín) meaning "forest".

Hermanson English
Means "son of Herman".

Hail English
From a nickname derived from Middle English hail meaning "healthy" (of Old Norse origin).

Amatore Italian
From the given name Amatore.

Quixano Spanish (Archaic)
Old spelling of Quijano.

Ormonde Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Dragomirov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Dragomir".

McKinney Irish, Scottish
Variant of McKenna.

Humbert French
From the given name Humbert.

Scherer German
Occupational name for a cutter of cloth or a sheep-shearer, from Old High German skeran "to cut".

Trajkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Trajko".

Milton English
Derived from an English place name meaning "mill town" in Old English. A famous bearer was John Milton (1608-1674), the poet who wrote "Paradise Lost".

Larsson Swedish
Means "son of Lars".

Mac Giolla Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McLean.

Maki 2 Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree".

Rask Danish, Swedish
Means "energetic, quick, healthy" in Danish and Swedish.

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).

O'Clery Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cléirigh.

Ebner 2 German
Means "judge, arbiter" from Middle High German ebenære.

Marková f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of Marek.

Geiszler German (Anglicized)
Variant of Geissler 1 or Geissler 2.

Durdyýew m Turkmen
Means "son of Durdy".

Quaranta Italian
Means "forty" in Italian.

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

Morison English
Variant of Morrison.

Church English
From the English word, derived from Old English cirice, ultimately from Greek κυριακόν (kyriakon) meaning "(house) of the lord". It probably referred to a person who lived close to a church.

Blanchette French (Quebec)
Variant of Blanchet.

Arlotti Italian
Means "son of Arlotto".

Ungur Romanian
Variant of Ungureanu.

Paulauskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Paulauskas. This form is used by married women.

Flores Spanish
Means "son of Floro" in Spanish.

Dickens English
From the medieval given name Dicun, a medieval diminutive of Dick 1. A famous bearer of this surname was the British author Charles Dickens (1812-1870).

Gunnarsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Gunnar".

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

Cory English
Variant of Corey.

Klíma m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of Klement.

Cleveland English
Derived from a place name meaning "cliff land" in Old English.

Ravn Danish
Means "raven" in Danish, from Old Norse hrafn.

Mooney Irish
Variant of O'Mooney.

Haak Dutch
Occupational name meaning "peddler" in Dutch.

Tobin English
From a diminutive of the given name Tobias.

Van Peij Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Van Pey.

Quincey English
Variant of Quincy.

Myles English
From the given name Miles.

Vinci 1 Italian
From the given name Vincenzo.

Janda mu Czech, Polish
Derived from the given name Jan 1.

Halász Hungarian
Means "fisherman" in Hungarian.

Howland English
Variant of Holland 1.

Gore English
From the Old English word gara meaning "triangular plot of land".

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

Nelli Italian
Derived from the given name Nello.

Andresen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Andreas".

Wang 2 German, Dutch
From Middle High German and Middle Dutch wange meaning "cheek", possibly a nickname for someone with round or rosy cheeks.

Stephanidou f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Στεφανίδου (see Stefanidou).

Good English
From a nickname meaning "good", referring to a kindly person.

Hayes 3 Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Chaya.

Ó Cochláin Irish
Means "descendant of Cochlán", where the given name Cochlán is derived from Irish cochal "cape" or "hood". This surname originated in County Cork, Ireland.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

Kavalchuk Belarusian
Belarusian cognate of Kovalchuk.

Tash English
From Middle English at asche meaning "at the ash tree".

Anselmo Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Anselmo.

Keyes 1 English
Variant of Kay 1 or Kay 2.

Mac Giolla Rí Irish
Means "son of the king's servant" in Irish.

Tighe Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Taidhg.

Esposito Italian
Means "exposed" in Italian and denoted a child who was rescued after being abandoned by its parents.

Nováček m Czech
Diminutive of Novak.

Herbertsson Swedish
Swedish form of Herbertson.

Benetton Italian
Northern Italian variant of Benedetti.

Śniegowski m Polish
Derived from Polish śnieg meaning "snow".

Josephson English
Means "son of Joseph".

Bentsen Danish
Means "son of Bent 1".

Petrauskas m Lithuanian
Means "son of Petras".

Vasilescu Romanian
Means "son of Vasile".

Willoughby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English welig "willow" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

Aikawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutually, together", 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" or 哀 (ai) meaning "grief, sorrow" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Coy English
Means "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.

Sharma Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Means "joy, shelter, comfort" in Sanskrit.

Miller English
Occupational surname meaning "miller", referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill, derived from Middle English mille "mill".

Radić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic derived from the given name Rade.

Weeks English
Derived from Old English wic meaning "village, town".

Wetzel German
From the given name Wenzel.

Kovalyova f Russian
Feminine form of Kovalyov.

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

Popescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian popă "priest". This is the second most common surname in Romania.

Borysova f Ukrainian
Feminine form of Borysov.

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

Brook English
Denoted a person who lived near a brook, a word derived from Old English broc.

Fairchild English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Everett English
From the given name Everard.

Forrest English
Variant of Forest.

Tasker English
From Middle English taske meaning "task, assignment". A tasker was a person who had a fixed job to do, particularly a person who threshed grain with a flail.

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

Tupper English
Occupational name for a herdsman, derived from Middle English toupe "ram".

Bisset English
From Old French bis meaning "drab, dingy", a nickname for someone who looked drab.

Suchý m Czech, Slovak
Means "dry" in Czech and Slovak. This was a nickname for a thin person.

Dane 1 English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.

Ó Nualláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Nolan.

Puig Catalan
Catalan cognate of Poggio.

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

François French
Derived from the given name François.

Zini Italian
Derived from names such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.

Sergeant English, French
Occupational name derived from Old French sergent meaning "servant", ultimately from Latin servio "to serve".

Kipling English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, of Old English origin meaning "Cyppel's people", from a given name Cyppel of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of this name was the author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936).

Lowell English
From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

Tyree Scottish
Variant of McIntyre.

Ward 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Bhaird, which means "son of the bard".

Ozolinsh Latvian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ozoliņš.

Krakowska f Polish
Feminine form of Krakowski.

Minett English
From the medieval given name Minna.

Rigó Hungarian
Means "thrush" in Hungarian.

Nervetti Italian
Possibly a nickname for an innkeeper, from archaic Milanese nervètt, a local meal prepared from a calf.

Vámos Hungarian
Means "customs officer" in Hungarian, a derivative of vám "customs".

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

Bell 1 English
From Middle English belle meaning "bell". It originated as a nickname for a person who lived near the town bell, or who had a job as a bell-ringer.

Menéndez Spanish
Means "son of Menendo" in Spanish, the given name Menendo being a medieval Spanish form of Hermenegildo.

Frank 2 English
From Old English franc meaning "free".

Mac Diarmada Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McDermott.

Halloran Irish
From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".

Ó Donnghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donnelly.

Lovrić Croatian
Means "son of Lovro".

Fernandez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Fernández.

Ríos Spanish
Spanish cognate of Rios.

Nifterik Dutch
Variant of Van Niftrik.

Fournier French
Occupational name for a baker, from French fourneau meaning "oven".

Bleier German
Occupational name for a worker of lead, derived from German blei "lead".

Stark English, German
From a nickname meaning "strong, rigid", from Old English stearc or Old High German stark.

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.

Hallman Swedish
From Swedish hall (Old Norse hallr) meaning "rock, boulder, slab" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Koivisto Finnish
Means "birch forest" in Finnish, derived from koivu "birch tree".

Ó Carra Irish
Means "descendant of Carra", Carra being a nickname meaning "spear".

Aiello Italian
From various place names in Italy, such as Aiello del Friuli, Aiello del Sabato and others. They are derived from Latin agellus meaning "little field".

Zeegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Pallesen Danish
Means "son of Palle".

Wojewódzki m Polish
Variant of Wojewoda.

Voltolini Italian
From the name of the alpine valley of Valtellina in Lombardy, northern Italy.

Grosser German
Variant of Groß.

Ré Italian
Italian form of Rey 1.