Browse Surnames

Langlais French
Means "the Englishman" in French.

Abe 1 Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" and 倍 (be) meaning "multiple times".

Zhivkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhivko".

Raskopf German
Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".

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

Magorian Irish
Possibly a variant of McGowan or McGovern.

Berkowitz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Ye Chinese
From Chinese 叶 (yè) meaning "leaf".

Butkus m Lithuanian
Possibly from a given name that was derived from Lithuanian būti meaning "to be, to exist".

Nicolson English
Variant of Nicholson.

Tchaikovsky m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Чайковский (see Chaykovsky).

Stephanidis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Στεφανίδης (see Stefanidis).

Ahlers Low German
Means "son of Alard".

Astrauskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Astrauskas. This form is used by married women.

Derrickson English
Means "son of Derrick".

Zajec Slovene
Means "hare" in Slovene.

Laaksonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish laakso meaning "valley".

Straub German
From Old High German strub meaning "rough, unkempt".

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

Wagner German
From Middle High German wagener meaning "wagon maker, cartwright". This name was borne by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Del Bosque Spanish
Means "of the forest" in Spanish.

Deniau French
Variant of Daniel.

Russo Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Ramsay Scottish
Variant of Ramsey.

Porra Catalan
Variant of Porras.

Beneš m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Benedikt.

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.

Nowakowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from various towns called Nowakowo or similar, derived from Polish nowy meaning "new".

Chapman English
Occupational name derived from Old English ceapmann meaning "merchant, trader".

Sherman 1 English
Means "shear man", referring to someone who used shears in his line of work, such as a sheep-shearer.

Mac an Fhilidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McNeilly.

Żbikowski m Polish
From Polish towns named Żbikowice or Żbików, which are derived from żbik meaning "wildcat".

Yamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Best 2 German
Derived from the name of the river Beste, meaning unknown.

Benscoter Dutch (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Bunschoten.

Akker Dutch
Dutch form of Acker.

Szymańska f Polish
Feminine form of Szymański.

Martínková f Czech
Feminine form of Martínek.

Pryce Welsh
Variant of Price.

Trucco Italian
Denoted a person coming from a place of this name in northern Italy.

Belmont French, English
French and English form of Belmonte.

Czajkowski m Polish
Originally indicated a person from any of the Polish towns named Czajków, all derived from Polish czajka meaning "lapwing (bird)".

Atwater English
From Middle English meaning "dweller at the water".

Ritchie Scottish
From a Scottish diminutive of the given name Richard.

Shimamura Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Abdullah Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd Allah.

Teufel German
From a nickname meaning "devil" in German, given to a mischievous person or one who was devil-like.

Rodrigues Portuguese
Means "son of Rodrigo" in Portuguese.

Gunnarsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Gunnar".

Perry 1 English
From Old English pirige meaning "pear tree", a derivative of peru meaning "pear", itself from Latin pirum. A famous bearer was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.

Paget English, French
Diminutive of Page.

Crawford English
From a place name derived from Old English crawe "crow" and ford "river crossing". A notable bearer was the American actress Joan Crawford (1904-1977), born Lucille Fay LeSueur.

Piovene Italian
From the name of the town of Piovene Rocchette in Veneto, Italy.

Rutherford Scottish
From the name of places in southern Scotland and northern England, derived from Old English hriðer meaning "cattle, ox" and ford meaning "ford, river crossing".

Solo Basque
Means "rural estate" in Basque.

Hadžić Bosnian
From Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage", ultimately derived from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj). It originally denoted a person who had completed the hajj.

Vacíková f Czech
Feminine form of Vacík.

Winter English, German, Swedish
From Old English winter or Old High German wintar meaning "winter". This was a nickname for a person with a cold personality.

Ardizzone Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Ardito.

Beulen Dutch
Means "son of Boele".

Vroom Dutch, Flemish
From a nickname derived from Dutch vroom meaning "pious, devout".

Sano Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Masterson English
Patronymic derived from Middle English maister meaning "master", via Old French from Latin magister.

Podsedník m Czech
Means "one who sits behind" in Czech, an equivalent to Zahradník mainly used in the region of Moravia.

Ó Marcaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Markey.

Cory English
Variant of Corey.

Tamaro Italian
Possibly from the Old German given name Thietmar. It is typical of the area around Trieste in northern Italy.

Domínguez Spanish
Means "son of Domingo".

Olmo Spanish
Means "elm tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin ulmus. The name originally indicated a person who lived near such a tree.

Dickman English
From Old English dic "ditch" combined with man "person, man". It was originally a name for a ditch digger or someone who lived near a ditch.

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.

Elmersson Swedish
Means "son of Elmar".

Olofsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Olof".

Abbingh Dutch
Variant of Abbink.

Rustici Italian
From Italian rustico meaning "rustic, rural".

Anderson English
Means "son of Andrew".

Michiels Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Michiel".

Panosyan Armenian
Means "son of Panos".

Gonzalez Spanish
Unaccented variant of González.

Laukkanen Finnish
From a nickname for a person who took big steps, from Finnish laukka meaning "canter, gallop".

Olguín Spanish
Variant of Holguín.

Karlsson Swedish
Means "son of Karl".

Mac Conmara Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McNamara.

Kendrick 2 Welsh
Derived from the given name Cynwrig.

Herbertson English
Means "son of Herbert".

Tschida German
Possibly derived from a Slavic given name of unknown meaning.

Lohrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Sloane Irish
Variant of Sloan.

Macey English
Variant of Massey.

Arendsen Dutch
Variant of Arends.

Léandre French
Derived from the given name Léandre.

Gagnon French
Variant of Gagneux.

Renard French
From the given name Renard.

Vlčková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vlček.

Ibrohimova f Uzbek, Tajik
Feminine form of Ibrohimov.

Mac Eoghain Irish
Means "son of Eoghan" in Irish.

Bertrand French
Derived from the given name Bertrand.

Lepik Estonian
Means "alder forest" in Estonian, from lepp "alder tree".

Echevarría Spanish
Variant of Echeverría.

Burgstaller German
From German Burg "fortress, castle" and Stelle "place, position". This was a name given to a person dwelling at or near such a site.

Jeanes 1 English
Derived from the given name Jan, a medieval English form of John.

Courtois French
French form of Curtis.

Dimitrijević Serbian
Means "son of Dimitrije".

Zelenková f Czech
Feminine form of Zelenka.

Tatham English
From the name of the town of Tatham in Lancashire, itself from the Old English given name Tata combined with ham meaning "home, settlement".

Ó Cruadhlaoich Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Crowley 1.

Mwangi Kikuyu
Derived from the given name Mwangi.

Lagunova f Russian
Feminine form of Lagunov.

Saari Finnish
From Finnish saari meaning "island".

Thompkins English
From a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Chester English
From the name of a city in England, derived from Latin castrum "camp, fortress".

Gottschalk German
Derived from the given name Gottschalk.

Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.

Murray 1 Scottish
Derived from the region in Scotland called Moray (Gaelic Moireabh), possibly of Pictish origin, meaning "seashore, coast". A notable bearer of this surname was General James Murray (1721-1794), who was the first British Governor-General of Canada.

Cuoco Italian
Italian cognate of Cook.

MacEanruig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKendrick.

Yu 3 Chinese
From Chinese 俞 (yú) meaning "consent, approve".

Montagne French
French cognate of Montagna.

Dávidová f Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Dávid.

Van der Berg Dutch
Variant of Van den Berg.

Adamík m Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak diminutive form of Adam.

Furnadzhieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Furnadzhiev.

Moss 1 English
From Middle English mos meaning "bog, moss".

Zariņa f Latvian
Feminine form of Zariņš.

Arlotti Italian
Means "son of Arlotto".

Ingersleben German
From the name of the town of Ingersleben, Germany, which meant "Inge's village".

Alan English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Alan.

Benenati Italian
Means "son of Benenato", a given name derived from Latin bene "good, well" and natus "good".

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

Best 1 English
Derived from Middle English beste meaning "beast", an occupational name for a keeper of animals or a nickname for someone who acted like a beast. A famous bearer of this surname was soccer legend George Best (1946-2005).

Payne English
From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Latin paganus meaning "heathen, pagan" (from an earlier sense "rural, rustic"), which was given to children whose baptism had been postponed or adults who were not overly religious.

Haberkorn German
Occupational name for a dealer in oats, derived from Old High German habaro "oat" and korn "kernel, grain".

O'Hara Irish
From the Irish Ó hEaghra, which means "descendant of Eaghra", Eaghra being a given name of uncertain origin. Supposedly, the founder of the clan was Eaghra, a 10th-century lord of Luighne. A famous fictional bearer of this surname is Scarlett O'Hara, a character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind (1936).

Mac an tSagairt Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of Taggart.

Linwood English
Originally from place names meaning "linden tree forest" in Old English.

Perrault French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.

Adema Frisian
Means "son of Ade 2".

Poindexter English
From the Jèrriais surname Poingdestre meaning "right fist".

De La Fontaine French
French cognate of De la Fuente.

Millard English
Variant of Millward.

Zvirbule f Latvian
Feminine form of Zvirbulis.

Elton English
From an English place name meaning "Ella's town".

Matějka m Czech
Derived from the given name Matěj.

Mingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.

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

Lundquist Swedish
Variant of Lundqvist.

Swango German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schwangau.

Procházka m Czech
Means "walk, wander, stroll" in Czech. This was an occupational name for a travelling tradesman.

Flores Spanish
Means "son of Floro" in Spanish.

Havel m Czech
Derived from the given name Havel.

Beasley English
From the name of a place in Lancashire, from Old English beos "bent grass" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Tanzi Italian
From a short form of the given name Costanzo.

Mikhailov m Russian
Means "son of Mikhail".

Eikenboom Dutch
Means "oak tree", from Dutch eik "oak" and boom "tree".

Schoorel Dutch
Variant of Schoorl.

Symonds English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Ó Murchadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Murphy.

Notaro Italian
Occupational name for a clerk, derived from Latin notarius.

Underwood English
Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.

Cuyper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper.

Thurstan English
Derived from the Old Norse name Þórsteinn.

Arnesen Norwegian
Means "son of Arne 1".

Lindon English
Variant of Lyndon.

Quigg Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuaig meaning "descendant of Cuaig", a given name of unknown meaning.

Zilberschlag Jewish
Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".

Slavkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Slavko".

Wynne English
Derived from the given name Wine.

Butkuvienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Butkus. This form (or Butkienė) is used by married women.

Paredes Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted a person who lived near a wall, from Portuguese parede and Spanish pared meaning "wall", both derived from Latin paries.

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

Olofsson Swedish
Means "son of Olof".

Leclercq French
Variant of Leclerc.

Tsvetanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Tsvetan".

Küchler German
Occupational surname for a baker who made small cakes or cookies, derived from Middle High German kuoche "cake, pastry".

Périgord French
From the name of a region in southern France, possibly of Gaulish origin.

Armando Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Armando.

Kron German, Swedish
From German Krone and Swedish krona meaning "crown" (from Latin corona), perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

Mäkelä Finnish
Means "the place of the hill" in Finnish.

Bret French
French form of Brett.

Kloeten Dutch
Variant of Kloet.

Davids English
Means "son of David".

Van der Ven Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Palacios Spanish
Spanish cognate of Palazzo.

Markó Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márk.

Gerber German
Means "tanner, leather dresser" in German, derived from Old High German garawen meaning "to prepare".

Francisco Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Francisco.

Rigby English
Originally derived from the name of a town in Lancashire, itself from Old Norse hryggr "ridge" and býr "farm, settlement".

Kapanadze Georgian
Means "son of the one from Kapan", originally denoting someone who came from the city of Kapan in present-day Armenia (from Armenian կապել (kapel) meaning "to tie, to fasten").

Flintstone Popular Culture
From the English words flint and stone, created by Hanna-Barbera Productions for the caveman family (Fred, Wilma and Pebbles) in their animated television show The Flintstones, which ran from 1960 to 1966.

Buhr Low German
Low German form of Bauer.

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

Harmaajärvi Finnish
Means "grey lake" in Finnish.

Devine 1 Irish
Variant of Devin 1.

Ahmadov m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əhmədov.

Gass German
Name for someone who lived on a street in a city, from German gasse.

Vrubel m Czech
From a dialectal variant of Czech vrabec "sparrow".

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

Mayes English
Patronymic form of May.

Leonard English
Derived from the given name Leonard.

Harutyunyan Armenian
Means "son of Harutyun" in Armenian.

Fulton English
From the name of the English town of Foulden, Norfolk, meaning "bird hill" in Old English.

Schuchardt German
From Middle High German schuochwürte meaning "shoemaker, cobbler".

Pound English
Occupational name for a person who kept animals, from Old English pund "animal enclosure".

Duane Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubháin meaning "descendant of Dubhán".

Ignatov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Ignat".

Pastore Italian
Means "shepherd" in Italian.

Amjad Arabic
Derived from the given name Amjad.

Domingo Spanish
From the given name Domingo.

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

Vančura m Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.

Harper English
Originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps.

Sneijers Dutch
Dutch cognate of Snyder.

Arnold English, German
Derived from the given name Arnold.

Ravenna Italian
From the name of the city of Ravenna in northern Italy, which is of uncertain origin, possibly Etruscan.

Todorović Serbian
Means "son of Todor".

Papadopoulou f Greek
Feminine form of Papadopoulos.

Coutts Scottish
From the name of the town of Cults in Aberdeenshire, derived from a Gaelic word meaning "woods".

Oakley English
From a place name meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. It was borne by American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).

Sams English
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Lamberti Italian
Derived from the given name Lamberto.

Rodgers English
Derived from the given name Rodger.

Armani Italian
Means "son of Ermanno".

Bartolomeo Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.

Schäfer German
From Old High German scaphare meaning "shepherd".

McGinnis Irish
Variant of McGuinness.

Gérard French
From the given name Gérard.

Stoke English
From the name of numerous places in England, derived from Old English stoc meaning "place, dwelling".

Danniell English
Variant of Daniel.

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.

Dallas 2 Scottish
From the name of a place in Moray, Scotland possibly meaning "meadow dwelling" in Gaelic.

Moravcová f Czech
Feminine form of Moravec.

Coghlan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cochláin.

Aben Dutch
Means "son of Abe 2".

Serafim Portuguese
Derived from the given name Serafim.

Carey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardha meaning "descendant of Ciardha".

Sartor Italian
Variant of Sarto.

Német Hungarian
Variant of Németh.

Perić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pero".

Roggeveen Dutch
Means "rye field" in Dutch. A famous bearer was Jacob Roggeveen (1659-1729), the first European explorer to Easter Island.

Sousa Portuguese
Originally indicated someone who lived near the River Sousa in Portugal, possibly derived from Latin salsus "salty" or saxa "rocks".

Smythe English
Variant of Smith.

Tosetti Italian
Diminutive form of Tosi.

Vemulakonda Telugu
Indicated a person from the city of Vemula in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Capitani Italian
Occupational name meaning "captain" in Italian, ultimately from Latin caput "head".

Brivio Italian
From the name of the town of Brivio in Lombardy. Supposed it derives from a Celtic word meaning "bridge".

Šulcová f Czech
Feminine form of Šulc.

Tsvetanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tsvetanov.

Aaron Jewish, English
From the given name Aaron.

Vasilyev m Russian
Means "son of Vasil".

Rinne 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rinn.

Mun Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 문 (see Moon 1).

Albring Dutch
Variant of Alberink.

Jovanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Jovanovski.

Šimková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Šimek or Šimko.

Arnolfi Italian
Means "son of Arnolfo".

Bradley English
From a common English place name, derived from brad "broad" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Dumont French
Means "from the mountain", from French mont "mountain".

Waterman 1 English
Means "servant of Walter".

Wheelock English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Wheelock, England. It was named for the nearby River Wheelock, which is derived from Welsh chwylog meaning "winding".

Traylor English
Meaning unknown.

Landon English
Variant of Langdon.

Bardolph Literature
The name of a drunken thief and frequent companion of John Falstaff in four of William Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare probably adapted it from the aristocratic English surname Bardolf, now rare, which was itself derived from the Germanic given name Bardulf.

Ármannsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ármann".

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

Kiefer 2 German
Occupational name for a barrel maker, derived from Old High German kuofa meaning "barrel".

Daly Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of Dálach".

Beck 4 English
From Old English becca meaning "pickaxe", an occupational surname.

Jacobs English, Dutch
Derived from the given name Jacob.

Lum English
From the name of towns in England called Lumb, probably from Old English lum "pool".

Martin English, French, German, Swedish
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Wade 2 English
From the Old English given name Wada, a derivative of the word wadan "to go".

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

Ó Bradáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Braden.

Tar Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian tar meaning "bald".

Kask Estonian
Means "birch" in Estonian.

Daube German
Variant of Taube.

Day English
From a diminutive form of David.

Rapallino Italian
From the name of the town of Rapallo near Genoa.

Vitali Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Cuéllar Spanish
Derived from the name of the town of Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain. It may be derived from Latin collis meaning "hill".

Dudová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Duda.

Murphy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha meaning "descendant of Murchadh". This is the most common Irish surname.

Stamp English
Originally denoted a person from Étampes near Paris. It was called Stampae in Latin, but the ultimate origin is uncertain.

Tan Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan romanization of Chen.

Kynaston English
Originally derived from a place name meaning "Cynefrith's town" in Old English.

Longo Italian
Italian cognate of Long.

Eckstein German
From Old High German ekka meaning "edge, corner" and stein meaning "stone".

Leach English
Originally indicated a person who was a physician, from the medieval practice of using leeches to bleed people of ills.

Mladenovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mladenovski.

Radeva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Radev.

Sergeyeva f Russian
Feminine form of Sergeyev.

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

Appeldoorn Dutch
Variant of Van Apeldoorn.

Adkins English
Variant of Atkins.

Victorsson Swedish
Means "son of Victor".