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Tsvetanov Bulgarian
Means "son of Tsvetan".

Tsvetkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Tsvetko".

Tumicelli Italian
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Bartolomeo.

Tunison Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Teunissen.

Tyson 2 English
Variant of Dyson.

Uberti Italian
Derived from the given name Uberto.

Uggeri Italian
Derived from the given name Edgardo.

Ughi Italian
From the given name Ugo.

Ulfsson Swedish
Means "son of Ulf".

Umar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Umar.

Umarov Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Umar".

Urbonas Lithuanian
From the given name Urbonas.

Vacek Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.

Vacík Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.

Valdez Spanish
Means "son of Baldo".

Valenta Czech
Derived from the given name Valentin.

Valenti Italian
Patronymic from the given name Valente, an Italian form of Valens. A famous bearer of the surname was Jack Valenti (1921-2007), advisor to American president Lyndon Johnson.

Valentini Italian
Means "son of Valentino".

Valentinov Bulgarian
Means "son of Valentin".

Valeriev Bulgarian
Means "son of Valeri".

Valerio Italian
From the given name Valerio.

Valero Spanish
From the given name Valero.

Valjean Literature
Created by Victor Hugo for Jean Valjean, the hero of his novel Les Misérables (1862). The novel explains that his father, also named Jean, received the nickname Valjean or Vlajean from a contraction of French voilá Jean meaning "here's Jean".

Vanchev Bulgarian
Means "son of Vancho" in Bulgarian.

Vančura Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.

Vaněk Czech
From an archaic diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vanev Bulgarian
Means "son of Ivan" in Bulgarian.

Vankov Bulgarian
Means "son of Ivan" in Bulgarian.

Vantchev Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Ванчев (see Vanchev).

Vardanyan Armenian
Means "son of Vardan".

Vartanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Վարդանյան (see Vardanyan).

Vašek Czech
Derived from the given name Vašek.

Vasile Romanian
Derived from the given name Vasile.

Vasilescu Romanian
Means "son of Vasile".

Vasilev Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Vasil".

Vasiliauskas Lithuanian
Means "son of Vasilijus".

Vasilyev Russian
Means "son of Vasil".

Vásquez Spanish
Means "son of Vasco".

Vasylenko Ukrainian
From the given name Vasyl.

Vasylyk Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Vasyl.

Vasylyshyn Ukrainian
Means "son of Vasyl".

Vávra Czech
Derived from the given name Vávra, a diminutive of Vavřinec.

Vázquez Spanish
Variant of Vásquez.

Velasco Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.

Velásquez Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.

Velázquez Spanish
Derived from the given name Velasco.

Velichkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Velichko".

Velitchkov Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Величков (see Velichkov).

Vencel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.

Venczel Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.

Ventura Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
From the given name Bonaventura.

Vergoossen Dutch
Means "son of Goswin".

Vernersen Danish
Means "son of Verner".

Vestri Italian
From the given name Silvestro.

Vicente Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Vicente.

Victor French, English
Derived from the male given name Victor.

Victors English
Derived from the given name Victor.

Victorsson Swedish
Means "son of Victor".

Vida Hungarian
From the given name Vid.

Vidal Spanish, Catalan, French
From the given name Vidal.

Vidović Croatian
Means "son of Vid".

Vieth German
From the given name Veit.

Viktorov Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Viktor".

Vilhjálmsson Icelandic
Means "son of Vilhjálmur".

Vincent 1 English, French
From the given name Vincent.

Vincent 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhuibhinse meaning "son of Duibhinse", a given name meaning "black island".

Vinci 1 Italian
From the given name Vincenzo.

Vincze Hungarian
From the given name Vince.

Vinković Croatian
Means "son of Vinko".

Viola Italian
From the given name Viola.

Vitale Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Vitali Italian
From the given name Vitale.

Vladimirescu Romanian
Means "son of Vladimir".

Voclain French
From the Old French given name Vauquelin.

Volk German
Derived from given names beginning with the Old High German element folk meaning "people".

Voll 2 German
Variant of Volk.

Vossen Dutch
From the given name Vos, which comes from the Frisian name Fos, which is from Old German given names beginning with the element folk meaning "people".

Vukoja Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.

Vuković Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the given name Vuk.

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

Waldo English
From the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Waltheof.

Walentowicz Polish
Means "son of Walenty".

Walter English, German
Derived from the given name Walter.

Walters English
Derived from the given name Walter.

Walterson English
Means "son of Walter".

Waltersson Swedish
Variant of Walterson.

Walther German
From the given name Walther.

Waltz German
From a diminutive of the given name Walther.

Warner German, English
Variant of Werner.

Wash English
Derived from the Norman name Wazo.

Wasilewski Polish
Means "son of Wasyl".

Waters 2 English
Derived from the given name Walter.

Watkins English
Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, which was a diminutive of the name Walter.

Watson English, Scottish
Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Watt English
Derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Watts English
Patronymic derived from the Middle English given name Wat or Watt, a diminutive of the name Walter.

Wauters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Wawrzaszek Polish
Means "son of Wawrzyniec".

Wedekind German
From the given name Widukind.

Wehunt German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Wiegand.

Weigand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Welter German
Derived from the given name Walter.

Wendel German
Derived from the given name Wendel.

Wendell German
Variant of Wendel (typically American).

Werner German
From the given name Werner.

Wernher German
From the given name Werner.

Wetzel German
From the given name Wenzel.

Whalen Irish
Variant of Whelan.

Whelan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin meaning "descendant of Faolán".

Wiegand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Wilcox English
From a diminutive of the given name William.

Wilkerson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkie English
Double diminutive of the given name William.

Wilkins English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Wilkinson English
Means "son of Wilkin".

Willard English
From the given name Wilheard or Willihard.

Willems Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Willemse Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Willemsen Dutch
Means "son of Willem".

William English
Derived from the given name William.

Williams English
Means "son of William".

Williamson English
Means "son of William".

Willis English
Derived from the given name William. A famous bearer of this surname is actor Bruce Willis (1955-).

Wilmer German, English
Derived from the given name Willimar or Wilmǣr.

Wilms Dutch
Derived from the given name Willem.

Wilson English
Means "son of Will". A famous bearer was the American president Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).

Winston English
Derived from the given name Wynnstan.

Wirner German
From the given name Werner.

Wirnhier German
From the given name Werner.

Wojciechowski Polish
From the given name Wojciech.

Wolter German
From the given name Walter.

Wolters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Wörner German
From the given name Werner.

Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.

Wouters Dutch
Means "son of Wouter".

Wragge English
Derived from the Old Danish given name Wraghi, a variant of Vragi.

Wyatt English
From the medieval given name Wyot.

Wyman English
From the Old English given name Wigmund.

Wynne English
Derived from the given name Wine.

Xanthopoulos Greek
Means "son of Xanthos".

Yakovlev Russian
Means "son of Yakov".

Yancy Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jansen.

Yanev Bulgarian
Means "son of Yane", a diminutive of Yoan 2.

Yankov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yanko".

Yegorov Russian
Means "son of Yegor".

Yılmaz Turkish
From the given name Yılmaz.

Yordanov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yordan".

Yount German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jundt.

Zahariev Bulgarian
Means "son of Zahari".

Zaman Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Zaman.

Zanetti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Giovanni. A famous bearer is Argentinian soccer player Javier Zanetti (1973-).

Zawisza Polish
Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.

Zdravkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Zdravko".

Zeegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Zeelen Dutch
Derived from the given name Ceel.

Zegers Dutch
Means "son of Sieger".

Zeni Italian
Means "son of Zeno".

Zhivkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhivko".

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

Zino Italian
Derived from the given name Zino, a short form of names ending with -zino, such as Lorenzino, a diminutive of Lorenzo, or Vincenzino, a diminutive of Vincenzo.

Živković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Živko".

Zlatkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Zlatko".

Zoltánfi Hungarian
Means "son of Zoltán".

Zorić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Zora".

Zunino Italian
Derived from the given name Giovanni.

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