Surnames Categorized "water"

ANKER Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
Metonymic surname for a sailor, meaning "anchor" in Dutch, Danish and Norwegian.

AYERS (3) English
Indicated a person from the town of Ayr in Scotland. The town was named for the river that flows through it, itself derived from an Indo-European root meaning "water".

BURNHAM English
From the name of various towns in England, typically derived from Old English burna "stream, spring" and ham "home, settlement".

DOUGLAS Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Dubhghlas, which meant "dark river" from dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This is the name of various places in Scotland, such as a tributary of the River Clyde.

FISKER Danish
Means "fisherman" in Danish.

HISAKAWA Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

HORTON English
From the names of various places in England, which are derived from Old English horh "dirt, mud" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".

IKEDA Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

ISHIKAWA Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

KAWAGUCHI Japanese
Means "mouth of the river", from Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

KOIZUMI Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain". A notable bearer of this name is Junichiro Koizumi (1942-), who was Prime Minister of Japan.

KUROSAWA Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh". A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.

LYNCH Irish
From Irish Ó Loingsigh meaning "descendant of Loingseach", a given name meaning "mariner".

MIZUSHIMA Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

MONROE Scottish
Designated a person who had originally lived near the mouth of the Roe River in Derry, Ireland.

MOORE (1) English
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".

MURRAY (1) Scottish
Derived from the region in Scotland called Moray meaning "seaboard settlement". A notable bearer of this surname was General James Murray (1721-1794), who was the first British Governor-General of Canada.

POND English
Originally referred to one who lived near a pond.

SHIMIZU Japanese
From Japanese 清 (shi) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

TRENT English
Denoted one who lived near the River Trent in England.