Browse Surnames

Boyanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Boyanov.

Sepúlveda Spanish
Derived from the name of the Sepúlveda Valley in the mountains of Segovia, and was originally used to denote people from that region. It is possibly derived from Spanish sepultar "to bury".

De Cloet Dutch
Variant of Kloet.

Beaumont French, English
From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and mont "mountain".

Farina Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian farina "flour".

Van der Vennen Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Van der Veen.

Gonzalez Spanish
Unaccented variant of González.

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

Michiels Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Michiel".

Engel German
Derived from German given names beginning with Engel, such as Engelbert.

Capello 1 Italian
From Late Latin cappa meaning "cloak, cape, hood". This was a name for one who made or wore cloaks.

Shannon Irish
From Irish Ó Seanáin meaning "descendant of Seanán".

Morse English
Variant of Morriss.

Jansingh Dutch
Variant of Jansen.

Majewski m Polish
Derived from Polish maj meaning "May". It may have been given in reference to the month the bearer was baptized.

MacKay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

Mac Diarmada Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McDermott.

Annevelink Dutch
From Dutch aan 't veldink meaning "next to the little field".

Smit Dutch
From Middle Dutch smit "metalworker, blacksmith", a cognate of Smith.

Eszes Hungarian
Means "clever, bright" in Hungarian.

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

Osborne English
Derived from the given name Osborn.

Boveri Italian
Variant of Bove.

Eads English
Means "son of Eda 2" or "son of Adam".

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

Jundt German
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Judith.

Potočnik Slovene
From Slovene potok meaning "stream, brook".

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

Ruotsalainen Finnish
Means "Swede" in Finnish.

Ismailov m Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Chechen, Avar
Means "son of Ismail".

Blanchett French (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Blanchet or Blanchette.

Schuhart German
Variant of Schuchardt.

Jankauskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Jankauskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Chow Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 周 (see Zhou).

Rudzīte f Latvian
Feminine form of Rudzītis.

Balčiūnaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Balčiūnas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Moore 2 English
Derived from the given name Maurus.

Bover Catalan
Catalan cognate of Bove.

Pender 2 Dutch
Variant of Penders.

Crespi Italian
Variant of Crespo.

Jelínková f Czech
Feminine form of Jelínek.

Gheorghe Romanian
Derived from the given name Gheorghe.

Rivière French
French cognate of Rivers.

Martikainen Finnish
From a diminutive of the given name Martti.

Axelsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Axel".

Mac Neachtain Irish
Means "son of Nechtan" in Irish.

Holgersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Holger".

Dreesens Dutch
Variant of Driessen.

Mihov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Miho", the given name Miho being a diminutive of Mihail.

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

Steiner German
Variant of Stein.

Jarrett English
Variant of Garrett.

Nielson English
Variant of Nelson 1.

McKenna Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning "son of Cionaodh".

De With Dutch
Variant of De Witte.

Radcliff English
From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.

Spearing English
Patronymic form of Spear.

Lamon Italian
From the name of the village of Lamon near the city of Belluno in Veneto, Italy.

Làconi Sardinian
From the name of the town of Làconi on Sardinia, Italy.

Hornick Czech (Anglicized), Slovak (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Horník.

Choi Korean
From Sino-Korean 崔 (choe) meaning "high, lofty, towering".

Wähner German
Variant of Wagner.

Morley English
From the name of various English towns, from Old English mor "moor, bog" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Bustillo Spanish
From the name of Spanish towns, diminutive forms of Busto.

Fava Italian
From Italian fava referring to a type of broad bean.

Izumi Japanese
From Japanese 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Klaasen Dutch
Means "son of Klaas".

Cross English
Locative name meaning "cross", ultimately from Latin crux. It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol or near a crossroads.

Rizzo Italian
Variant of Ricci.

Von Essen German
Means "from Essen", a city in Germany, possibly a derivative of Old High German asc meaning "ash tree".

Breiner German, Swedish
Occupational name derived from Middle High German brie "porridge".

Romanova f Russian
Feminine form of Romanov.

Ozoliņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian ozols meaning "oak tree".

Forestier French
French cognate of Forester.

Dragov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".

Jervis English
Variant of Jarvis.

Offermans Dutch
From Dutch offer meaning "offering, donation", referring to a person who collected money in a church.

Pavesi Italian
Variant of Pavia.

Eichel German
Means "acorn" in German, indicating a person who lived near an oak tree.

Botwright English
Variant of Boatwright.

McKowen Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Eoghain.

Arends Dutch
Means "son of Arend".

Tian Chinese
From Chinese 田 (tián) meaning "field".

Proulx French
Derived from Old French preu meaning "valiant, brave".

Nogueira Portuguese, Galician
From Portuguese and Galician nogueira meaning "walnut tree", from the Late Latin nucarius, ultimately from Latin nux meaning "nut".

Trần Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Chen, from Sino-Vietnamese 陳 (trần). This is the second most common surname in Vietnam.

Bayer German
Originally denoted a person from Bavaria, from its German name Bayern.

Clifton English
Derived from various place names meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.

Akers English
Variant of Acker.

Kundert German
Derived from the given name Konrad.

MacNiven Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Naoimhín.

O'Hanigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannigain.

Andersson Swedish
Means "son of Anders". This is the most common surname in Sweden.

Fitzsimmons Irish
Means "son of Simon 1" in Anglo-Norman French.

Escarrà Spanish
Possibly from Catalan esquerrá meaning "left-handed".

Oikonomou Greek
Derived from Greek οικονόμος (ikonomos) meaning "housekeeper, steward".

Faure Occitan, French
Occitan form of Fèvre.

Kuroda Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Barnet English
Variant of Barnett.

Lamarre French
Variant of Lamar.

Grossi Italian
Italian cognate of Gros.

Geier German
Means "vulture" in German, a nickname for a greedy person.

Cartwright English
Occupational name indicating one who made carts.

Sakurada Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Romero Spanish
Derived from Spanish romero meaning "pilgrim to Rome".

Natale Italian
From the given name Natale.

Van Adrichem Dutch
Variant of Adrichem.

Górski m Polish
From the Polish word góra meaning "mountain".

Yakovlev m Russian
Means "son of Yakov".

Martell English
Variant of Martel 1 or Martel 2.

Adkins English
Variant of Atkins.

Björkman Swedish
From Swedish björk (Old Norse bjǫrk) meaning "birch tree" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Attaway English
Means "at the way", originally denoting someone who lived close to a road.

De Veen Dutch
Variant of Van der Veen.

Ljunggren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Ó Marcaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Markey.

Mahoney Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Mathghamhna meaning "descendant of Mathgamain".

Tosell Catalan
Catalan form of Tosi.

Angus Irish, Scottish
From the given name Aonghus.

Kató Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the Hungarian feminine given name Katalin.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

Alberici Italian
Means "son of Alberico".

Bertolini Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Bertoldo.

Angelova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Angelov.

Aust German
Derived from Aust, an archaic diminutive of August.

Keely Irish
Variant of Keeley.

Westerberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish *väster (Old Norse vestr) meaning "west" and berg meaning "mountain".

Ó Ceallacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Callahan.

Burroughs English
Variant of Burrows.

Němečková f Czech
Feminine form of Němeček.

Noguchi Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Newport English
Given to one who came from the town of Newport (which means simply "new port"), which was the name of several English towns.

Devos Flemish
Flemish variant of Vos.

Snelling English
Variant of Snell.

Binici Turkish
From the Turkish word binici meaning "rider, horseman".

Van Rompaey Flemish, Dutch
Means "from the wide path", derived from Middle Dutch ruum "roomy, spacious" combined with pat "path".

Sedláčková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Sedláček.

Nikolaeva f Russian, Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Russian Николаева (see Nikolayeva), as well as the usual Bulgarian form.

Grahn Swedish
From Swedish gran meaning "spruce".

Gonzales Spanish
Variant of González.

Andreeva f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Андреева (see Andreyeva).

Miyajima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Diefenbach German
From a German place name meaning "deep creek".

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

Brody Scottish
Variant of Brodie.

Gómez Spanish
Spanish form of Gomes.

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

Albinson English
Means "son of Albin".

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

Tanaka Japanese
Means "dweller in the rice fields", from Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Zellweger German (Swiss)
Originally denoted a person from the Appenzell region of Switzerland. The place name is derived from Latin abbatis cella meaning "estate of the abbot". A famous bearer is actress Renée Zellweger (1969-).

Konstantinidis m Greek
Means "son of Konstantinos" in Greek.

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

Claesson Swedish
Means "son of Claes".

Ó Maoil Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Malone.

Seki Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass".

Sharman English
Variant of Sherman 1.

Olasz Hungarian
Means "Italian" in Hungarian, from Old Slavic volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).

Ó Catháin Irish
Means "descendant of Cathán".

Mac Maghnuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McManus.

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

Cassano Italian
Indicated a person from any of the various towns named Cassano in Italy.

Sergeyeva f Russian
Feminine form of Sergeyev.

Messina Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city of Messina, founded by Greek colonists. The city was named after the Greek city Μεσσήνη (Messene).

McDaniel Scottish
Variant of MacDonald.

Poggi Italian
Variant of Poggio.

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).

Peck 2 English
Occupational name for a maker of pecks (vessels used as peck measures), derived from Middle English pekke.

Chalupa m Czech
Means "cottage" in Czech.

Honeysett English
Possibly a variant of Honeycutt.

Claes Flemish
From the given name Klaus.

George English
Derived from the given name George.

Ádám Hungarian
Hungarian form of Adam.

Bonney English
From northern Middle English boni meaning "pretty, attractive".

Ellisson English
Variant of Ellison.

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

Starosta Polish
Means "mayor, leader, elder" in Polish.

Augustine English
From the given name Augustine 1.

Petrovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petrovski.

Bolívar Spanish
From Bolibar, the name of a small Basque village, derived from Basque bolu "mill" and ibar "meadow". This name was borne by the revolutionary Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).

Schwarzenberg German
Means "black mountain" in German.

Szombathy Hungarian
From Hungarian szombat meaning "Saturday".

Roijackers Dutch
Variant of Rooijakkers.

Nelli Italian
Derived from the given name Nello.

Nannini Italian
From Nanni, a diminutive of the given name Giovanni.

Magorian Irish
Possibly a variant of McGowan or McGovern.

Morison English
Variant of Morrison.

Klassen German
Means "son of Klaus".

Hannigen Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Palmeiro Portuguese
Portuguese form of Palmer.

Lindsey English, Scottish
Variant of Lindsay.

Abategiovanni Italian
From Italian abate meaning "abbot, priest" combined with the given name Giovanni.

Wetzel German
From the given name Wenzel.

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".

Bolkvadze Georgian
From Georgian ბოლქვი (bolkvi) meaning "tuber, bulb".

Slater English
Occupational name indicating that an early member worked covering roofs with slate, from Old French esclat "shard", of Germanic origin.

Braam Dutch
Derived from the given name Bram.

Goffe English
Derived from Breton or Cornish goff meaning "smith", referring to a metalworker.

Gallagher Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendant of Gallchobhar".

Bellini Italian
From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".

Sokal Polish
Polish cognate of Sokol.

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

Radev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Rade", a diminutive of Radoslav or Radomir.

Kunkel German
Occupational name for a maker of distaffs, from Middle High German kunkel "distaff, spindle", of Latin origin.

De Kock Dutch
Dutch cognate of Cook.

Ó Dubhshláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dolan.

Brose German
Derived from the given name Ambrose.

Guillory French
Derived from the Old German given name Williric.

Asjes Dutch
Variant of Askes.

Sigourney English
From the name of the commune of Sigournais in western France, called Segurniacum in medieval Latin, itself of unknown meaning.

Peel English
Nickname for a thin person, derived from Old French pel, Latin palus meaning "stake, post" (related to English pole).

McNeilly Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Fhilidh meaning "son of the poet".

Pappa f Greek
Feminine form of Pappas.

Shine 1 English
Means "beautiful, attractive" from Old English sciene.

Bartolomeo Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.

Kean Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.

Mould English
From the given name Mauld, a medieval form of Matilda.

Konstantinou Greek
Means "son of Konstantinos".

Hermans Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Herman".

Tomov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Toma 2".

Curran Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín meaning "descendant of Corraidhín".

Espino Spanish
Variant of Espina.

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

Lane 3 Irish
From Irish Ó Luain meaning "descendant of Luan", a given name meaning "warrior".

Parri Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Martinov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Martin".

Jean French
From the given name Jean 1.

Fairburn English
From a place name meaning "fern stream", from Old English fearn "fern" and burna "stream".

Petit French, Catalan, English
Means "small, little" derived from Old French and Catalan petit. It was perhaps used for a short, small person or to denote the younger of two individuals.

Stanciu Romanian
Derived from Romanian stânci meaning "rocks".

Bakken Norwegian
Means "the slope, the hillside" in Norwegian, from Old Norse bakki "bank".

O'Mooney Irish
From the Irish Ó Maonaigh meaning "descendant of Maonaigh". The given name Maonaigh means "wealthy".

Putin m Russian
From Russian путь (put) meaning "road, path". This surname is borne by the Russian president Vladimir Putin (1952-).

Jasso Basque
Variant of Jaso.

Bagni Italian
From Italian bagno "bath", derived from Latin balneum, referring to a person who worked as a bath house attendant.

Stanev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Stane", Stane being a diminutive of Stanislav.

Bernhard German
From the given name Bernhard.

Biškup Croatian
Croatian cognate of Bishop.

Krasteva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Krastev.

Steuben German
Name for a dweller by a stump of a large tree, from Middle Low German stubbe "stub".

Kyselá f Czech
Feminine form of Kyselý.

Furnadzhiev m Bulgarian
Occupational name for a baker, derived from Bulgarian фурна (furna) meaning "oven" (of Latin origin).

Janson German, Dutch, Swedish, English
Means "son of Jan 1".

Khaled Arabic
From the given name Khalid.

Redondo Spanish
Means "round" in Spanish, originally a nickname for a plump person, ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Chlebek Polish
From Polish chleb "bread", used to denote a baker.

Joshi Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
From Sanskrit ज्योतिश (jyotiśa) meaning "astronomer".

Einarsson Swedish
Means "son of Einar".

Hughes 2 Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

Dumitrescu Romanian
Means "son of Dumitru".

Hidalgo Spanish
Means "nobleman" in Spanish. The Spanish word is a contraction of the phrase hijo de algo meaning "son of something". This surname was typically in origin a nickname or an occupational name for one who worked in a noble's household.

Alexandersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Alexander".

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

Ó Téacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teahan.

Apostolova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Apostolov.

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

Pryce Welsh
Variant of Price.

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

Ozols m Latvian
Means "oak tree" in Latvian.

Cucinotta Italian
Derived from a diminutive of Italian cucina meaning "kitchen".

Lomidze Georgian
Means "son of the lion", from Georgian ლომი (lomi) meaning "lion".

Flipsen Dutch
Means "son of Flip".

Hsu 2 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 许 (see Xu 2).

Westcott English
From any of the several English towns by this name, derived from Old English meaning "west cottage".

Bryson English
Means "son of Brice".

Hirsch 2 Jewish
Derived from the given name Hirsh.

Fenwick English
From an English place name, derived from Old English fenn "fen, swamp, bog" and wic "village, town".

Məmmədov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Məmməd".

Estrada Spanish
Spanish form of Street.

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

Wescott English
Variant of Westcott.

Shaughnessy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Seachnasaigh.

Rooijakkers Dutch
Means "red field", from Dutch rood "red" and akker "field".

Garofalo Italian
From a nickname, from a southern variant of the Italian word garofano meaning "carnation".

Carvalho Portuguese
Means "oak" in Portuguese, perhaps originally referring to a person who lived near such a tree.

Kohut Ukrainian, Polish
Means "rooster" in Ukrainian and Polish, a nickname for a proud person.

Mayer 3 English
Occupational name for a mayor, from Middle English mair, derived via Old French from Latin maior.

Luther German
From the old given name Leuthar. It was notably borne by the religious reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546).

Šimonis m Lithuanian
Means "son of Simonas".

Boon 2 English
Originally indicated a person from the town of Bohon, in Manche in France. The town's name is of unknown origin.

Gladwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Glædwine.

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

Everly English
From place names meaning derived from Old English eofor "boar" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Aiken English
From the medieval given name Atkin, a diminutive of Adam.

Saari Finnish
From Finnish saari meaning "island".

Bambach German
Variant of Baumbach.

Koval Ukrainian
Means "blacksmith" in Ukrainian.

Riordan Irish
From Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin meaning "descendant of Rígbarddán".

Nissen Danish
Means "son of Nis".

Teixeira Portuguese
From Portuguese teixo meaning "yew tree".

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.

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

Schmidt German
Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.

Rao 2 Italian
Derived from the given name Raul.

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

Filippi Italian
Derived from the given name Filippo.

Kazlauskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Kazlauskas. This form is used by married women.

Tjäder Swedish
Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.

Rowbottom English
Originally indicated a person who lived in an overgrown valley, from Old English ruh "rough, overgrown" and boðm "valley".

Moldovan Romanian
Originally indicated a person from the historic principality of Moldavia (see Moldova).