Surnames Categorized "canines"

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Azarola Basque
Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".

Blakesley English
From the name of a town in Northamptonshire, itself meaning "Blæcwulf's meadow" in Old English. Blæcwulf is a byname meaning "black wolf".

Connell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaill meaning "descendant of Conall".

Conroy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conaire, which means "descendant of Conaire". Conaire is a nickname meaning "hound keeper".

Farkas Hungarian
Means "wolf" in Hungarian.

Fox English
From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Fuchs German
From Old High German fuhs meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Gagnon French
Derived from old French gagnon "guard dog". The name most likely originated as a nickname for an aggressive or cruel person.

Géroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Giroux French
Derived from the Germanic name Gerulf.

Lis Polish
Means "fox" in Polish, a nickname for a sly person.

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

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

Lupo Italian
From an Italian nickname meaning "wolf".

Lupu Romanian
From Romanian lup meaning "wolf".

Lyall Scottish
From the Old Norse given name Liulfr, which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf".

Lysenko Ukrainian
From a nickname, either from Ukrainian лис (lys) meaning "fox" or лисий (lysy) meaning "bald".

MacCarrick Irish
Means "son of Cúcharraige" in Irish. The given name Cúcharraige is composed of cú "hound" and carraig "rock".

Madden Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Madaidhín.

McCullough Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cú Uladh meaning "son of Cú Uladh". The byname Cú Uladh means "hound of Ulster". This surname has also been associated with Old Irish cullach "boar".

McNamara Irish
From Irish Mac Conmara meaning "son of Conmara". The given name Conmara is composed of cú "hound" and muir "sea".

Ó Coileáin Irish
Means "descendant of Coileán" in Irish.

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

Otxoa Basque
From Basque otso meaning "wolf".

Rao 2 Italian
Derived from the given name Raul.

Rebane Estonian
Means "fox" in Estonian.

Shaw 2 Scottish
From a given name or byname that was derived from Gaelic sitheach meaning "wolf" (Old Irish sídach).

Stidolph English
From the Old English given name Stithulf.

Tilki Turkish
From a nickname meaning "fox" in Turkish.

Todd English
Means "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

Villalobos Spanish
Habitational name for a person from the town of Villalobos, Spain, which is derived from Spanish villa "town" and lobo "wolf".

Vlček Czech
Diminutive form of Czech vlk meaning "wolf".

Volkov Russian
Patronymic derived from Russian волк (volk) meaning "wolf".

Voss German
From Middle Low German vos meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a clever person or a person with red hair.

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

Wilk Polish
Means "wolf" in Polish.

Wolf German, English
From Middle High German or Middle English wolf meaning "wolf", or else from an Old German given name beginning with this element.