Surnames from Given Names

Ó Díomasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dempsey.

Ó Dochartaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doherty.

Ó Doibhilin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Devlin.

Ó Doirnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Durnin.

Ó Domhnaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Donnell.

Ó Donnchadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donoghue.

Ó Donndubháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donovan.

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

Ó Donnghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Donnelly.

O'Doyle Irish
Variant of Doyle.

Ó Dubháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Duane.

Ó Dubhghaill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Doyle.

Ó Dubhshláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Dolan.

Ó Dubhshláine Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Delaney 2.

Ó Dubhthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Duffy 1.

Ó Duibh Irish
Means "descendant of Dubh", Dubh being a byname meaning "dark".

Ó Fallamháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Fallon.

Ó Faoláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Whelan.

Ó Fearghail Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Farrell.

Ó Fionnagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Finnegan.

Ó Fionnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Fannon.

Ó Flannagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flanagan.

Ó Flannghaile Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flannery.

Ó Floinn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Flynn.

Ó Foghladha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Foley.

Ó Frighil Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Friel.

Ó Gallchobhair Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gallagher.

Ognianov m Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Огнянов (see Ognyanov).

Ognianova f Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Огнянова (see Ognyanova).

Ognyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Ognyan".

Ognyanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Ognyanov.

Ó Gormáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gorman 2.

O'Gorman Irish
Variant of Gorman 2.

Ó Gráda Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Grady.

Ó hAllmhuráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Halloran.

O'Hanegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hanigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannigain.

O'Hannagain Irish
From Irish Ó hAnnagáin, which means "descendant of Annagán". The given name Annagán was a diminutive of Annadh meaning "delay".

Ó hAnnagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannagan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannegan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannigain Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

O'Hannigan Irish
Variant of O'Hannagain.

Ó hAodha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hayes 2.

Ó hAonghuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hennessy.

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).

Ó hEachthighearna Irish
Means "descendant of Echthigern" in Irish.

Ó hEaghra Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Hara.

O'Hearn Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.

Ó hÉideáin Irish
Means "descendant of Éideán" in Irish. The given name Éideán is a diminutive of éideadh meaning "clothes, armour".

Ó hEidhin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hines.

Ó hÉidín Irish
Means "descendant of Éidín" in Irish. The given name Éidín is a diminutive of éideadh meaning "clothes, armour".

Ó hIfearnáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Heffernan.

Ó hÓgáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Hogan.

Ó hUiginn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Higgins.

Okafor Igbo
From the given name Okafor.

O'Kane Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Catháin.

O'Keefe Irish
Variant of Keefe.

Okeke Igbo
From the given name Okeke.

Okonkwo Igbo
From the given name Okonkwo.

Okorie Igbo
From the given name Okorie.

Ó Laoghaire Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Leary.

Olayinka Yoruba
From the given name Olayinka.

Ó Leannáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lennon.

O'Leary Irish
From Irish Ó Laoghaire meaning "descendant of Laoghaire".

Olesen Danish
Means "son of Ole".

Oliver English, Catalan, German, French
Derived from the given name Oliver.

Oliversen Norwegian
Means "son of Oliver".

Oliverson English
Means "son of Oliver".

Oliversson Swedish
Means "son of Oliver".

Olivier French
Derived from the given name Olivier.

Olofsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Olof".

Olofsson Swedish
Means "son of Olof".

Ó Loingsigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lynch.

Olsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Ole".

Olson Swedish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Olsson or Olsen.

Olsson Swedish
Means "son of Olaf".

Ó Luain Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Lane 3.

Ölvirsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ölvir".

Ó Madaidhín Irish
Means "descendant of Madaihín", a given name derived from Irish madadh meaning "dog, mastiff".

Ó Mainnín Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Manning 2.

Ó Manacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Monahan.

Ó Maoil Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Malone.

Ó Maoil Riain Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Rian", derived from Irish maol meaning "follower".

Ó Maoilsheachlainn Irish
Means "descendant of Maolsheachlann" in Irish.

Ó Maolagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Milligan.

Ó Maoláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mullen.

Ó Maol Aodha Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Saint Aodh". It is derived from Irish maol meaning "follower, servant".

Ó Maolmhuaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Maolmhuadh", Maolmhuadh being a given name meaning "proud chief", derived from Gaelic maol meaning "chief" and muadh meaning "proud, noble".

Ó Maonaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Mooney.

Omar Arabic
From the given name Umar.

Ó Marcaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Markey.

Ömərov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ömər".

Omarov m Kazakh
Means "son of Omar 1".

Ömərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Ömərov.

Omarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Omarov.

Ó Mathghamhna Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mahoney.

Ó Meadhra Irish
Means "descendant of Meadhra". The given name Meadhra is derived from the Gaelic meadhar meaning "merry, happy".

Ó Meara Irish
Variant of Ó Meadhra.

Ó Mocháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Mohan.

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

Ó Móráin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Moran.

Ó Muircheartach Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Moriarty.

Ó Muireadhaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Murray 2.

Ó Murchadha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Murphy.

O'Neal Irish
From Irish Ó Néill meaning "descendant of Neil".

O'Neill Irish
Variant of O'Neal.

Ó Néill Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Neal.

O'Niall Irish
Variant of O'Neal.

Ó Nualláin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Nolan.

Opeyemi Yoruba
From the given name Opeyemi.

Oprea Romanian
From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Romanian opri meaning "stop".

Ó Proinntigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Prunty.

Ó Rabhartaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Rafferty.

Ó Raghailligh Irish
Means "descendant of Raghailligh", an Irish given name of unknown meaning.

Orbán Hungarian
Derived from the given name Orbán.

O'Reilly Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Raghailligh.

Ó Riagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Reagan.

Ó Riain Irish
Means "descendant of Rian".

Ó Rinn Irish
Means "descendant of Rinn". The given name Rinn means "star" in Irish.

Ó Ríoghbhárdáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Riordan.

Orlando Italian
Derived from the given name Orlando.

Orman Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Ormond Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Ormonde Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Ruaidh.

Ó Rodagh Irish
Means "descendant of Rodach" in Irish. The given name Rodach is derived from from Irish rod meaning "spirited, furious".

Ortiz Spanish
Means "son of Orti", a byname deriving either from Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or fortunius meaning "fortunate".

Ó Ruadháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadhán" in Irish.

Ó Ruaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadh" in Irish.

Osborne English
Derived from the given name Osborn.

Osbourne English
Derived from the given name Osborn.

Ó Seachnasaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Seachnasach". The given name Seachnasach possibly means "elusive" in Irish.

Ó Séaghdha Irish
Means "descendant of Séaghdha".

Ó Seanáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Shannon.

Ó Seighin Irish
Means "descendant of Seighin". The given name Seighin means "small hawk" from Old Irish séigene.

O'Shaughnessy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Seachnasaigh.

O'Shea Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Séaghdha.

Ó Síoda Irish
Means "descendant of Síoda", a byname meaning "silk" in Irish.

Ó Sirideáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sheridan.

Ó Sluaghadháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sloan.

Osmonov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Osmon".

Osmonova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Osmonov.

Ó Suaird Irish
Means "descendant of Suart" in Irish. Suart is derived from the Old Norse name Sigurd.

Ó Súileabháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Sullivan.

O'Sullivan Irish
Variant of Sullivan.

Ó Tadhgáin Irish (Rare)
Irish Gaelic form of Teagan.

Ó Taidhg Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teague 1.

Ó Téacháin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teahan.

Otieno Luo
Derived from the given name Otieno.

Ó Tíghearnaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Tierney.

Otis English
Means "son of Ode".

O'Toole Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuathail meaning "descendant of Túathal".

Ó Treasaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Tracey 2.

Ott English, German
From the given name Otto.

Otten Dutch
Means "son of Otto".

Otto German
From the given name Otto.

Ottosen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Otto".

Ottosson Swedish
Means "son of Otto".

Ó Tuathail Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Toole.

Outterridge English
Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.

Ovesen Norwegian
Means "son of Ove".

Owen Welsh, English
From the Welsh given name Owain.

Owens Welsh
From the Welsh given name Owain.

Öwezow m Turkmen
Means "son of Öwez".

Öwezowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Öwezow.

Pace Italian
Derived from the Italian given name Pace meaning "peace".

Pacheco Spanish, Portuguese
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Francisco.

Paddon English
Variant of Patton.

Paden English
Variant of Patton.

Pagani Italian
Italian cognate of Payne.

Pagano Italian
Italian cognate of Payne.

Pain English
Variant of Payne.

Pál Hungarian
Derived from the given name Pál.

Pallesen Danish
Means "son of Palle".

Panagiotopoulos m Greek
Means "son of Panagiotis".

Panagiotopoulou f Greek
Feminine form of Panagiotopoulos.

Pandev m Macedonian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Pande", Pande being a diminutive of Petar.

Pandeva f Macedonian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Pandev.

Panossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Փանոսյան (see Panosyan).

Panosyan Armenian
Means "son of Panos".

Papadimitriou Greek
Means "son of Dimitrios the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Dimitrios.

Papageorgiou Greek
Means "son of Georgios the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Georgios.

Papaioannou Greek
Means "son of Ioannis the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Ioannis.

Papakonstantinou Greek
Means "son of Konstantinos the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Konstantinos.

Papanikolaou Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Nikolaos.

Papathanasiou Greek
Means "son of Athanasios the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Athanasios.

Paquet 2 French
From a diminutive of the given name Pascal.

Parish 2 English
Derived from the medieval given name Paris, an Old French diminutive form of Patrick.

Park 3 English
From the medieval name Perkin, a diminutive of Peter.

Parkins English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Parkinson English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Parks English
Patronymic form of Park 3.

Parri Italian
From the given name Gaspare.

Parry Welsh
Derived from ap Harry meaning "son of Harry".

Parsamyan Armenian
Means "son of Parsam", possibly from an Assyrian name Barsauma meaning "fasting".

Pascal French
Derived from the given name Pascal.

Pascual Spanish
From the given name Pascual.

Paszek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of Paweł.

Paterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Patrick English
From the given name Patrick.

Patrickson English
Means "son of Patrick".

Patriksson Swedish
Means "son of Patrik".

Patterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Patton English, Scottish
Diminutive of the medieval name Pate, a short form of Patrick.

Paul English, French, German, Dutch
From the given name Paul.

Paulauskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Paulauskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Paulauskas m Lithuanian
From the given name Paulius.

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

Paulis Dutch
From the given name Paul.

Paulissen Dutch
Means "son of Paul".

Paulsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Paul".

Paulson English
Means "son of Paul".

Pauwels Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Paul".

Pavić Croatian
Means "son of Pavle".

Pavičić Croatian
Means "son of Pavao".

Pavlenko Ukrainian
From the given name Pavlo.

Pavletić Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Pavle.

Pavlík m Slovak, Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Pavol or Pavel.

Pavlíková f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Pavlík.

Pavlov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Pavel". A famous bearer of this surname was the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.

Pavlova f Russian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Pavlov.

Pavlović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pavle".

Pavlovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Pavlovski.

Pavlovskaya f Russian
Feminine form of Pavlovsky.

Pavlovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Pavle".

Pavlovsky m Russian
Means "son of Pavel".

Pavlyuk Ukrainian
From the given name Pavlo.

Pawlak Polish
Means "son of Paweł".

Pawlitzki German
German surname derived from a Slavic form of the given name Paul.

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.

Pearce English
From the given name Piers.

Pearson English
Variant of Pierson.

Pecháček m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Petr.

Pecháčková f Czech
Feminine form of Pecháček.

Pedersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Peder".

Pedrotti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Pietro.

Peeters Dutch, Flemish
Dutch and Flemish variant of Peters.

Pekkanen Finnish
Derived from the given name Pekka.

Peláez Spanish
Means "son of Pelayo".

Pentti Finnish
Derived from the given name Pentti.

Pérez Spanish
Means "son of Pedro".

Perez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Pérez.

Perić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pero".

Perkins English
Means "son of Perkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Perko Slovene, Croatian
Derived from an archaic diminutive of Peter.

Perković Croatian
Patronymic derived from an archaic diminutive of Petar.

Perrault French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.

Perreault French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.

Perrin French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.

Perrot French
From a diminutive of the given name Pierre.

Perry 2 Welsh
From Welsh ap Herry meaning "son of Herry".

Persson Swedish
Means "son of Per".

Pešek m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Petr.

Pešková f Czech
Feminine form of Pešek.

Péter Hungarian
Derived from the given name Péter.

Peter English, German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Peter.

Peters English, German, Dutch
Means "son of Peter".

Petersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Peter".

Peterson English
Means "son of Peter".

Petersson Swedish
Means "son of Peter".

Pethes Hungarian
Derived from Pete, a diminutive of Péter.

Petković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Petko".

Pető Hungarian
Derived from an old diminutive of Péter.

Petőcs Hungarian
Derived from Pető, an old Hungarian diminutive of Péter.

Petőfi Hungarian
Means "son of Pető", an old diminutive of Péter.

Petraitienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Petraitis. This form is used by married women.

Petraitis m Lithuanian
From the given name Petras.

Petraitytė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Petraitis. This form is used by unmarried women.

Petran Romanian
From the Romanian given name Petre.

Petrauskaitė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Petrauskas. This form is used by unmarried women.

Petrauskas m Lithuanian
Means "son of Petras".

Petrauskienė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Petrauskas. This form is used by married women.

Petrenko Ukrainian
From the given name Petro.

Petrescu Romanian
Means "son of Petre" in Romanian.

Petri Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.

Petrić Croatian
Means "son of Petar".

Petrosyan Armenian
Means "son of Petros" in Armenian.

Petrov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Peter" in Russian and Bulgarian.

Petrova f Russian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Petrov.

Petrović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Petar".

Petrovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petrovski.

Petrovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Petar".

Pettersen Norwegian
Means "son of Petter".

Pettersson Swedish
Means "son of Petter".

Peusen Dutch
Derived from the given name Pascal.

Phelps English
Means "son of Philip".

Philippe French
From the given name Philippe.

Philips English, Dutch
Means "son of Philip". Famous bearers of this surname were Frederick Philips (1830-1900) and his son Gerard (1858-1942), the Dutch founders of the company Philips.

Phillips English
Means "son of Philip".

Pierce English
From the given name Piers.

Pierre French
From the given name Pierre.

Pierson English
Means "son of Piers".

Pietri Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.

Pietrzak Polish
Means "son of Piotr".

Pires Portuguese
Means "son of Pedro".

Pohl 2 German
From the given name Paul.

Poletti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Paolo. This name is typical of northern and central Italy.

Pons French, Catalan
From the given name Pons.

Porsche German
Possibly derived from German Bursche meaning "boy, servant" or from the given name Boris.

Poulsen Danish
Means "son of Poul".