This is a list of surnames in which the order is random.
Greenwood EnglishTopographic name for someone who lived in or near a lush forest, from Old English
grene "green" and
wudu "wood".
Hines IrishAnglicized form of Irish
Ó hEidhin meaning
"descendant of Eidhin", a given name or byname of unknown origin.
Aaldenberg DutchOriginally denoted a person who came from an uncertain place called
Aaldenberg, meaning "old mountain".
Hood EnglishMetonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Old English
hod.
Strickland EnglishFrom the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from Old English
stirc "calf, young bullock" and
land "cultivated land".
Breda ItalianFrom the name of a town near Venice, possibly derived from a Lombardic word meaning "field".
Waller 2 EnglishDerived from Old English
weall meaning
"wall", denoting a builder of walls or someone who lived near a prominent wall.
Monday 2 EnglishDenoted a person for whom this was a significant day, often the day they would pay their feudal fees.
Botello GalicianOccupational name for a maker of bottles, from Galician
bottela meaning
"bottle".
Drummond ScottishFrom various Scottish place names that are derived from Gaelic
drumainn, a derivative of
druim meaning
"ridge".
Moya SpanishFrom any of various towns named Moya in Spain, of uncertain meaning.
Burgess EnglishFrom Middle English and Old French
burgeis meaning
"city-dweller", ultimately from Frankish
burg "fortress".
Hackett EnglishFrom a diminutive of the medieval byname
Hake, which was of Old Norse origin and meant "hook".
Rubio SpanishNickname for a person with red hair, from Latin
rubeus "red".
Smedley EnglishFrom an unidentified place name probably meaning "smooth clearing" in Old English.
Hoggard EnglishOccupational name meaning
"pig herder", from Old English
hogg "hog" and
hierde "herdsman, guardian".
Harlow EnglishHabitational name derived from a number of locations named Harlow, from Old English
hær "rock, heap of stones" or
here "army", combined with
hlaw "hill".
Lindgren SwedishFrom 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).
Graves EnglishOccupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English
greyve, related to the German title
Graf.
Schirmer GermanMeans
"fencer, fencing master", from Old High German
skirmen meaning "to defend".
Paternoster English, ItalianOccupational 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.
Popescu RomanianPatronymic derived from Romanian
popă "priest". This is the second most common surname in Romania.
Žagar SloveneOccupational name for a woodcutter, from Slovene
žaga meaning
"saw".
Lyne ScottishHabitational name for someone who lived in places of this name in Scotland.
Donaldson EnglishMeans
"son of Donald". A notable bearer is the online personality Jimmy Donaldson (1998-), who goes by the alias MrBeast.
Láník m CzechDerived from Czech
lán, a measure of land equal to approximately 18 hectares. The name loosely translates as "farmer" and is considered a Moravian equivalent of
Sedlák.
Waller 1 EnglishDerived from Old French
gallier meaning
"person with a pleasant temper".
Melnyk UkrainianMeans
"miller" in Ukrainian. This is the most common Ukrainian surname.
Crewe EnglishOriginally denoted someone from Crewe in Cheshire, which is from Welsh
criu "weir, dam, fish trap".
Lagunov m RussianDerived from Russian
лагун (lagun) meaning
"water barrel". It was used to denote the descendants of a person who made water barrels.
Fay 2 EnglishFrom a nickname for a person who was thought to have magical qualities, from Middle English
faie meaning "magical, enchanted".
Schuchardt GermanFrom Middle High German
schuochwürte meaning
"shoemaker, cobbler".
Huddleston EnglishFrom the name of a town in the Yorkshire region of England, which means "Hudel's town" in Old English.
Power 1 English, IrishFrom Old French
Poier, indicating a person who came from the town of Poix in Picardy, France.
Novosad m CzechFrom place names meaning
"new orchard" in Czech.
Sessions EnglishFrom the name of the city of Soissons in northern France, itself derived from the name of the Celtic tribe of the Suessiones.
Wood English, ScottishOriginally denoted one who lived in or worked in a forest, derived from Old English
wudu "wood".
Østergård DanishFrom Danish
øst meaning "east" and
gård meaning "enclosure, farm".
Tafani ItalianFrom the nickname
tafano meaning
"gadfly", indicating an annoying person.
Čížek m CzechMeans
"siskin" in Czech, referring to a type of bird in the finch family.
Porras Spanish, CatalanFrom a nickname meaning
"club" in Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin
porrum meaning "leek".
Rafferty IrishAnglicized form of Irish
Ó Rabhartaigh meaning
"descendant of Rabhartach". The given name
Rabhartach means "flood tide".
Power 2 EnglishFrom Middle English
povre meaning
"poor", via Old French from Latin
pauper. It could have been a nickname for someone who had no money or a miser.
Wildgrube GermanFrom the name of a German town, derived from German
wild "wild, untamed" and
Grube "hollow, pit".
Acone ItalianPossibly from the name of a harbour in Bithynia (in modern Turkey).
Van Aller DutchMeans
"from the Aller", a river in Germany, of uncertain meaning.
McMillan ScottishAnglicized form of Gaelic
MacMhaoilein meaning
"son of Maolan", itself meaning "devotee, servant, tonsured one".
Szweda PolishDerived from Polish
Szwed meaning
"Swede, person from Sweden".
Ackerman EnglishMeans
"ploughman", derived from Middle English
aker "field" and
man.
Tipton EnglishOriginally given to one who came from the town of Tipton, derived from the Old English given name
Tippa combined with
tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Sterling ScottishDerived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning.
Kotnik SloveneFrom Slovene
kot meaning
"corner". The name referred to someone who was from a remote area.
Penders DutchFrom Middle Dutch
paender meaning
"brewer", derived from
panne meaning "pan, pot", ultimately from Latin
patina.
Bruce ScottishPossibly from the name of the town of Brix in Normandy, which is of unknown meaning. It was brought to Scotland in the 12th century by the Anglo-Norman baron Robert de Brus. It was later borne by his descendant Robert the Bruce, a hero of the 14th century who achieved independence from England and became the king of Scotland.
Holzknecht GermanOccupational name for a forester's helper, from Old High German
holz "wood" and
kneht "servant, apprentice".
Hail EnglishFrom a nickname derived from Middle English
hail meaning
"healthy" (of Old Norse origin).
Huerta SpanishMeans
"garden, orchard" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin
hortus.
Abascal SpanishMeans
"priest's street" from Basque
abas "priest" and
kale "street".
Zambrano SpanishPossibly a habitational name for someone from Zambrana, a town in the province of Álava in Spain.
Van Aggelen DutchDenoted someone from Aggelen, which could refer to Achel in the Belgian province of Limburg or Egchel in the Dutch province of Limburg.
Agli ItalianFrom place names like
Agliè,
Aglietti,
Agliana and
Agliate, all originating from the Latin name
Allius or
Alleius.
Tivoli ItalianDerived from the resort town of Tivoli, near Rome, originally called
Tibur in Latin, of uncertain origin.
Sigourney EnglishFrom the name of the commune of Sigournais in western France, called
Segurniacum in medieval Latin, itself of unknown meaning.
Ross English, ScottishFrom various place names (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), which are derived from Scottish Gaelic
ros meaning "promontory, headland".
Yoxall EnglishOriginally indicated a person from the town of Yoxall in Staffordshire, itself derived from Old English
geoc "oxen yoke" and
halh "nook, recess".
Tesař m CzechMeans
"carpenter" in Czech, ultimately from the Old Slavic word
tesla meaning "adze".
Carré FrenchMeans
"square" in French, derived from Latin
quadratus. It was used as a nickname for a squat person.
Wakefield EnglishOriginally indicated a person who came from the English city of Wakefield, derived from Old English
wacu "wake, vigil" and
feld "field".
Tehrani PersianIndicated a person from the Iranian city of Tehran, of unknown meaning.
Homewood EnglishFrom various place names derived from Old English
ham meaning "home" and
wudu meaning "wood".
Vlachos m GreekMeans
"Romanian, Wallachian" in Greek, from Old Slavic
volxŭ "Romance-speaker" (of Germanic origin).
Pollock ScottishFrom the name of a place in Renfrewshire, Scotland, derived from a diminutive of Gaelic
poll meaning
"pool, pond, bog". A famous bearer was the American artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956).
Arany HungarianMeans
"golden" in Hungarian. A famous bearer of the name was Hungarian poet János Arany (1817-1882).
Monroe ScottishAnglicized (typically American) form of
Munro. It was borne by the American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962).
Omdahl NorwegianDenoted a person hailing from any one of a number of farms in Norway called either Åmdal or Omdal meaning "elm valley".
Bodrogi HungarianOriginally denoted someone living near the Bodrog, a river in northeastern of Hungary.
Frisk SwedishFrom Swedish
frisk "healthy", which was derived from the Middle Low German word
vrisch "fresh, young, frisky".
Hájek m CzechMeans
"thicket" in Czech, a diminutive of
háj "woods".
Lehr GermanFrom Old High German
loh meaning
"meadow, clearing".
Attar PersianFrom Persian
عطر (ʿaṭr) meaning
"fragrance, perfume", ultimately from Arabic. It probably denoted a seller of perfume.
He ChineseFrom Chinese
何 (hé), representing a southern pronunciation of the name of the ancient state of Han (see
Han). After Han was destroyed by the state of Qin, those who resettled further south changed their name to this character in order to match the local pronunciation.
Gebara BasqueHabitational name for someone who lived in Gebara, a village in the province of Álava in Spain.
Gerber GermanMeans
"tanner, leather dresser" in German, derived from Old High German
garawen meaning "to prepare".