Surnames with 2 Syllables

Hutson English
Variant of Hudson.

Huxley English
From the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).

Ignácz Hungarian
Derived from the given name Ignác.

Illés Hungarian
Derived from the given name Illés.

Ingram English
Derived from the given name Ingram.

Ion Romanian
From the given name Ion 1.

Irvin Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Irvine 2 English
Variant of Irwin.

Irving Scottish, English
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.

Irwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine.

Ishida Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Itō Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Itou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Jackman English
Means "servant of Jack".

Jackson English
Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

Jacobs English, Dutch
Derived from the given name Jacob.

Jagger English
From an English word meaning "carter, peddler". A famous bearer is the British musician Mick Jagger (1943-), the lead singer of the Rolling Stones.

Jakab Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jakab.

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

Jansson Swedish
Means "son of Jan 1".

Janvier French
Either from the given name Janvier or the French word janvier meaning "January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

Jarrett English
Variant of Garrett.

Järvi Finnish
Means "lake" in Finnish.

Jarvis English
Derived from the given name Gervais.

Jeffries English
Patronymic from the given name Jeffrey.

Jekyll English
Derived from the Breton given name Judicaël. This name was used by Robert Louis Stevenson for the character of Dr Henry Jekyll in the book Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886).

Jenkins English
From the given name Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Jennings English
From the given name Jenyn, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Jensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jens". This is the most common surname in Denmark.

Jenson Danish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jensen.

Jepson English
Means "son of Jep".

Jérôme French
Derived from the given name Jérôme.

Jerome English
Derived from the given name Jerome. A famous bearer of this surname was the American-born Jennie Jerome (1854-1921), Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill.

Jesus Portuguese
Derived from the given name Jesus.

Jewel English
Variant of Jewell.

Jewell English
Derived from the Breton given name Judicaël.

Ježek m Czech
Diminutive form of Jež.

Johnson English
Means "son of John". Famous bearers include American presidents Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).

Johnsson Swedish
Means "son of John".

Joiner English
Occupational name for a carpenter (that is, a person who joins wood together to make furniture).

Jónás Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jónás.

Jönsson Swedish
Means "son of Jöns".

Jonsson Swedish
Means "son of Jon 1".

Jordan 1 English, French, German
Derived from the given name Jordan.

Jorge Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Jorge.

Joseph English, French
Derived from the given name Joseph.

Josephs English
Derived from the given name Joseph.

Joubert French
From the given name Gaubert.

Joyner English
Variant of Joiner.

Juárez Spanish
Variant of Suárez.

Juhász Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian, from juh "sheep".

Julien French
From the given name Julien.

Kaczka Polish
Means "duck" in Polish.

Kádár Hungarian
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Hungarian.

Kader Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قادر (see Qadir).

Kaiser German
From Middle High German keiser meaning "emperor", originally a nickname applied to someone who acted kingly. The title ultimately derives from the Roman name Caesar.

Kalmár Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "merchant, shopkeeper" in Hungarian, of German origin.

Kanda Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kan) meaning "god" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kardos Hungarian
From Hungarian kard meaning "sword". It could have been applied to soldiers, sword makers, or one with a pugnacious nature.

Karim Arabic
Derived from the given name Karim.

Karlsson Swedish
Means "son of Karl".

Kaspar German
Derived from the given name Kaspar.

Kasprzak Polish
Means "son of Kacper".

Kato Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 加藤 (see Katō).

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

Katō Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The latter character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Katou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 加藤 (see Katō).

Kaya Turkish
Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.

Keaton English
From any of three English place names: Ketton in Rutland, Ketton in Durham or Keaton in Devon. The first is probably derived from an old river name or tribal name combined with Old English ea "river", with the spelling later influenced by tun "enclosure, yard, town". The second is from the Old English given name Catta or the Old Norse given name Káti combined with Old English tun. The third is possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" combined with Old English tun.

Kedves Hungarian
Means "nice, kind" in Hungarian.

Keegan Irish
From Irish Mac Aodhagáin meaning "descendant of Aodhagán". The given name Aodhagán is a double diminutive of Aodh.

Keeley Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caolaidhe meaning "descendant of Caoladhe", a given name derived from caol "slender".

Keely Irish
Variant of Keeley.

Keller German
Means "cellar" in German, an occupational name for one in charge of the food and drink.

Kelley Irish
Variant of Kelly 1.

Kelly 1 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceallaigh meaning "descendant of Ceallach". Famous bearers include actor and dancer Gene Kelly (1912-1996) and actress and princess Grace Kelly (1929-1982).

Kelly 2 Scottish
From a Scottish place name derived from coille meaning "grove".

Kelsey English
From an English place name meaning "Cenel's island", from the Old English name Cenel "fierce" in combination with eg "island".

Kemény Hungarian
Means "firm, hard, tough" in Hungarian.

Kendal English
Variant of Kendall.

Kendall English
Derived from the town of Kendal in England, so-called from the river Kent, on which it is situated, and Old English dæl meaning "valley, dale".

Kendrick 1 English
From the Old English given names Cyneric or Cenric.

Kennard English
Derived from the given names Cyneweard or Cyneheard.

Kerry English
Variant of Kendrick 1.

Kertész Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.

Khalil Arabic
From the given name Khalil.

Kiefer 1 German
Means "pine tree" in German.

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

Kimball English
Derived from the Welsh given name Cynbel or the Old English given name Cynebald.

Kingsley English
From a place name meaning "king's clearing" in Old English.

Kingston English
From a place name meaning "king's town" in Old English.

Kinsey English
Derived from the given name Cynesige.

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".

Kipling English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, of Old English origin meaning "Cyppel's people", from a given name Cyppel of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of this name was the author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936).

Király Hungarian
Means "king" in Hungarian, of Slavic origin (a cognate of Król).

Kirby English
From numerous towns in northern England named Kirby or Kirkby, derived from Old Norse kirkja "church" and býr "farm, settlement".

Kita Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Kitchen English
Occupational name for a person who worked in a kitchen (of a monastery for example), derived from Old English cycene, ultimately from Latin coquina.

Kitchens English
Variant of Kitchen.

Kóbor Hungarian
From Hungarian kóbor meaning "wanderer, ranger".

Kocsis Hungarian
Means "coachman" in Hungarian.

Koopman Dutch
Occupational name meaning "merchant" in Dutch.

Kováč m Slovak, Czech
Slovak and Czech cognate of Kovač.

Kovács Hungarian
Hungarian form of Kovač.

Kövér Hungarian
Means "fat" in Hungarian.

Kozieł Polish
Variant of Kozioł.

Kozioł Polish
Means "male goat" in Polish, probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kozlov m Russian
Derived from Russian козёл (kozyol) meaning "male goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kramář m Czech
Czech form of Krämer.

Krawczyk Polish
From a diminutive of krawiec meaning "tailor".

Krawiec Polish
Means "tailor" in Polish.

Krüger 1 German
In northern Germany an occupational name for a tavern keeper, derived from Middle Low German kroch meaning "tavern".

Krüger 2 German
In southern Germany an occupational name for a potter, derived from Middle High German kruoc meaning "jug, pot".

Krupa Polish
Means "groats, grain" in Polish.

Kruse German
Variant of Kraus.

Kubo Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect".

Lacey English
Derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius.

Lacy English
Variant of Lacey.

Lahti Finnish
Means "bay, cove" in Finnish.

Laine Finnish, Estonian
Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.

Lamar French, English
Originally from a place name in Normandy, derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".

Lambert French
Derived from the given name Lambert.

Landon English
Variant of Langdon.

Langdon English
Derived from the name of various places, of Old English origin meaning "long hill" (effectively "ridge").

Lange German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Langford English
From any of various places in England with this name, derived from Old English lang "long" and ford "ford, river crossing".

Langley 1 English
From any of the various places with this name, all derived from Old English lang "long" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Langley 2 French (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Langlais.

Langston English
From any of the various locations in England with this name, derived from Old English lang "long" and stan "stone".

Lantos Hungarian
Means "minstrel, bard, lutist" in Hungarian, from lant meaning "lute".

Lara Spanish
From the name of a village in Burgos, Spain. It might be derived from Latin lar "household god, house, home".

Larsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Lars".

Larson Swedish (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Larsson or Larsen.

Larsson Swedish
Means "son of Lars".

László Hungarian
Derived from the given name László.

Laurens Dutch
From the given name Laurens.

Laurent French
From the given name Laurent.

Lavigne French
Means "the vineyard" in French, referring to a person who lived close to a vineyard, or was from the town of Lavigny.

Lawrence English
Derived from the given name Laurence 1. Famous bearers include revolutionary T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) and author D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930).

Lawson English
Means "son of Laurence 1".

Layton English
Derived from the name of English towns, meaning "town with a leek garden" in Old English.

Lázár Hungarian
From the given name Lázár.

Leblanc French
Means "the white", from French blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.

Lecce Italian
Originally indicated a person from Lecce, southern Italy. The town was known as Licea or Litium in Latin, earlier Lupiae.

Leclerc French
Means "the clerk" in French.

Lefebvre French
Variant of Lefèvre.

Lefèvre French
Occupational name meaning "blacksmith" in Old French, derived from Latin faber.

Leighton English
Variant of Layton.

Lengyel Hungarian
Means "Polish" in Hungarian.

Lenin History
Surname adopted by the Russian revolutionary and founder of the former Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), whose birth surname was Ulyanov. He probably adapted it from the name of the River Lena in Siberia.

Lennon Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Leannáin, which means "descendant of Leannán". The byname Leannán means "lover". The name was borne by the musician John Lennon (1940-1980).

Léon French
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

León 2 Spanish
From the given name León.

Leon English
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Leonard English
Derived from the given name Leonard.

Leroux French
Means "the red", from Old French ros "red". This was a nickname for a person with red hair.

Lévesque French
Derived from French évêque, a cognate of Bishop.

Lewis 1 English
Derived from the given name Lewis. The author C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a bearer of this surname.

Leyton English
Variant of Layton.

Lincoln English
Originally indicated that the bearer was from the English city of Lincoln, called Lindum Colonia by the Romans, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". A famous bearer was Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president of the United States during the American Civil War.

Lindgren Swedish
From 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).

Lindon English
Variant of Lyndon.

Lindsay English, Scottish
From the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English.

Lindsey English, Scottish
Variant of Lindsay.

Linna Finnish
Means "castle" in Finnish. A famous namesake is Väinö Linna (1920-1992), Finnish author of The Unknown Soldier.

Linton English
Originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "linden tree town" in Old English.

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

Little English
Meaning simply "little", it was originally a nickname given to a short person.

Ljungborg Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and borg meaning "castle".

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

Ljungman Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".

Lobo Spanish, Portuguese
Originally a nickname meaning "wolf" in Spanish and Portuguese.

London English
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain.

López Spanish
Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

Lopez Spanish
Unaccented variant of López.

Lorenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Losa Spanish
From Spanish losa meaning "tile, slab".

Lovász Hungarian
Means "groom, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian.

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

Lowell English
From a nickname derived from a Norman French lou meaning "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.

Lucas English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch
Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas (1944-), the creator of the Star Wars movies.

Ludwig German
From the given name Ludwig.

Lukács Hungarian
From the given name Lukács.

Luna Spanish
From various places in Spain meaning "moon".

Lundin Swedish
Variant of Lund.

Lyndon English
Originally from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English.

Lynton English
Variant of Linton.

Lynwood English
Variant of Linwood.

Mac Aodha Irish
Means "son of Aodh" in Irish.

Macey English
Variant of Massey.

Mac Ghabhann Irish
Means "son of the smith" in Irish.

MacLeòid Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McLeod.

Maçon French
French cognate of Mason.

MacRae Scottish
Variant of McRae.

Macy English
Variant of Massey.

Madsen Danish
Means "son of Mads".

Magyar Hungarian
Means "Hungarian" in Hungarian.

Mahmoud Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mahmud.

Mahmud Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mahmud.

Major English
From the Norman French given name Mauger, derived from the Germanic name Malger.

Maki 1 Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle".

Maki 2 Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree".

Mały Polish
Polish cognate of Malý.

Malý m Czech
Means "small" in Czech.

Månsson Swedish
Means "son of Måns".

Marchand English, French
Occupational name meaning "merchant", ultimately from Latin mercari "to trade".

Marchi Italian
Derived from the given name Marco.

Marco Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marco.

Marcos Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Marcos. A famous bearer was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989).

Marek u & m Polish, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Marek.

Marie French
From the given name Marie.

Marín Spanish
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marin Romanian, French
From the given name Marin.

Marion French
Derived from the given name Marion 1.

Markó Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márk.

Markov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Marko or Mark".

Marley English
Originally denoted a person who hailed from one of the various places in Britain called Marley, ultimately meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. One of the main characters in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) bears this surname. It was also borne by the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).

Marlow English
Originally a name for a person from Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. The place name means "remnants of a lake" from Old English mere "lake" and lafe "remnants, remains". A notable bearer was the English playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593).

Marlowe English
Variant of Marlow.

Márquez Spanish
Means "son of Marcos".

Marsden English
From a place name derived from Old English mearc "boundary" and denu "valley".

Marshall English
Derived from Middle English mareschal "marshal", from Latin mariscalcus, ultimately from Germanic roots akin to Old High German marah "horse" and scalc "servant". It originally referred to someone who took care of horses.

Martí Catalan
Derived from the given name Martí.

Martín Spanish
Derived from the given name Martín.

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

Martins English, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Martin.

Márton Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márton.

Masi Italian
From the given name Maso a short form of Tommaso.

Mason English
Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").

Masters English
Variant of Masterson.

Mata Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
From Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan mata meaning "trees, shrubs", possibly from Late Latin matta meaning "reed mat".

Matei Romanian
Derived from the given name Matei.

Mateu Catalan
Derived from the given name Mateu.

Mathews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Matos Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Mata.

Matthews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Maxwell Scottish
From a place name meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name Magnus, combined with Old English wille "well, stream". A famous bearer was James Maxwell (1831-1879), a Scottish physicist who studied gases and electromagnetism.

Maynard English
Derived from the Old German given name Meginhard.

Mazur Polish
Indicated a person from either Mazovia (Polish Mazowsze) or Masuria (Polish Mazury), regions in Poland.

Mazza Italian
From a nickname (perhaps occupational) meaning "maul, mallet" in Italian.

McRae Scottish
From Gaelic Mag Raith meaning "son of Rath", a given name meaning "prosperity" or "grace".

Meadows English
Referred to one who lived in a meadow, from Old English mædwe.

Meijer Dutch
Dutch form of Meyer 1.

Melnik Russian, Belarusian
Means "miller" in Russian and Belarusian.

Méndez Spanish
Variant of Menéndez.

Mercer English
Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".

Merchant English
Variant of Marchand.

Merlo Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Merrill 1 English
Derived from the given name Muriel.

Merrill 2 English
From the name of various places in England, derived from Old English myrige "pleasant" and hyll "hill".

Merritt English
From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".

Messer German
Occupational name for a person who made knives, from Middle High German messer "knife".

Metzger German
Means "butcher" in German.

Meyer 1 German
From Middle High German meier meaning "bailiff, administrator", derived from Latin maior meaning "greater". Later it also denoted a tenant farmer. The spellings Meier and Meyer are more common in northern Germany while Maier and Mayer are more common in southern Germany.

Michael English, German
From the given name Michael.

Michaels English
Derived from the given name Michael.

Michel French, German, Dutch, Basque
Derived from the given name Michel, Michiel or Mitxel.

Miguel Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Miguel.

Mihai Romanian
From the given name Mihai.

Milford English
Originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.

Millard English
Variant of Millward.

Miller English
Occupational surname meaning "miller", referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill, derived from Middle English mille "mill".

Millhouse English
Name for someone whose house was in a mill or who worked in a mill.

Millward English
Means "guardian of the mill" in Old English.

Milton English
Derived from an English place name meaning "mill town" in Old English. A famous bearer was John Milton (1608-1674), the poet who wrote "Paradise Lost".

Mitchell 1 English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Michael.

Mitchell 2 English
Originally a nickname for a large person, from Old English micel "big".

Møller Danish
Danish form of Müller.

Molnár Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "miller" in Hungarian.

Monday 1 English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Mundi.

Monday 2 English
Denoted a person for whom this was a significant day, often the day they would pay their feudal fees.

Monet French
Derived from either of the given names Hamon or Edmond. A famous bearer was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).

Montes Spanish
From Spanish monte "mountain, hill", derived from Latin mons.

Mora Spanish
Derived from Spanish mora meaning "mulberry", of Latin origin.

Mori Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Morra Italian
Locative name derived from Italian places such as Morra De Sanctis, Campania, or Morra del Villar, Piedmont.

Morris English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Derived from the given name Maurice.

Morriss English
Derived from the given name Morris.

Morton English
Derived from a place name meaning "moor town" in Old English.

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

Moto Japanese
From Japanese 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". More commonly it is the final character in Japanese surnames.

Motta Italian
From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill".

Moya Spanish
From any of various towns named Moya in Spain, of uncertain meaning.

Müller German
German equivalent of Miller, derived from Middle High German mülnære or müller.

Munson English
Patronymic formed from the Norman French nickname moun meaning "monk".

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

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.

Murray 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireadhaigh meaning "descendant of Muireadhach".

Mutō Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military, martial" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Mutton English
Referred to a shepherd or else someone who in some way resembled a sheep, derived from Norman French mouton "sheep".

Naaji Arabic
From the given name Naaji.

Nagel German, Dutch
Means "nail" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a carpenter or nailsmith.

Nagi Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناجي (see Naaji).

Najjar Arabic
Means "carpenter" in Arabic.

Namgung Korean
From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south" combined with 宮 (gung) meaning "palace, house". This is the most common Korean compound surname.

Nelson 1 English
Means "son of Neil". This name was borne by the British admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

Nelson 2 Swedish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of the Scandinavian names Nilsson, Nilsen, or Nielsen.

Němec m Czech
Means "German" in Czech.