Name List: Surnames

Surnames
91African/ Egyptian
30Americas
12East Asian
55Germanic / Old Norse
72Latin / Romance
48Middle Eastern
174Pretty Names
31Slavic / Caucasus
44U.K/ Celtic/ Cornish
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Name M/F Remark Rating
Almánzar Derived from Arabic المنظر (al manẓar) meaning "the view" or "the lookout".
Anaya From the names of a few Spanish towns, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "stagnant water" or "path".
Arora From the name of the ancient city of Aror in what is now the Sindh province, Pakistan.
Atwood From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".
Babington Habitational name for someone from Babington in Somerset.
Bačić Croatian.
Backus Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker, from Old English bæchus literally "bake house".
Bellini From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".
Björnsson From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn, meaning son of Bjorn- "bear".
Blackwood From an English place name meaning "black wood".
Bray From a place name derived from Cornish bre "hill".
Carrasco Topographic name derived from Spanish carrasca meaning "holm oak".
Ceretti This surname may denote the original bearer having lived around Turkey Oaks in Tuscany, Italy.
Chastain From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair.
Chávez Variant of Chaves, from the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman clan name Flavius.
Cissé The French-influenced variant of Gambian surname of Mandinka origin, Cissé is used in Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast and regions of western Africa where French is spoken as a first or second language.
Croft From Old English croft meaning "enclosed field".
Daddario Variant of D'Addario. From the given name Addario.
Duxbury Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, recorded in the early 13th century as D(e)ukesbiri.
Einarsson Swedish surname, means "son of Einar".
Eklund From Swedish. Composed of the elements ek "oak" and lund "grove".
Emad Derived from the given name Imad, means "support, pillar" in Arabic
Farahani Indicated a person from the county of Farahan in Markazi province, Iran.
Farid From the given name Farid, means "unique, precious" in Arabic,
Fay 1 Derived from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus
Fern
Fox From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.
Gott Derived from the Old German given name Goda, derived from the element guot meaning "good" or got meaning "god".
Gwynne Means "white" or "blessed"
Haj Refers to a person who has participated in the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.
Harrington From Old English word meaning "hare town"
Hatt The oldest English surname on record was from East Anglia. An Anglo-Saxon family with the surname Hatt are mentioned in a Norman transcript, and is identified as a pretty regular name in the county.
Hawk Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner, derived from Old English heafoc "hawk".
Helal Derived from the given name Hilal. Means "crescent moon" in Arabic, also referring to the new moon on the Islamic calendar.
Holt From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".
Hsu 1 Alternate transcription of Chinese Xu, referring to the minor state of Xu, which existed to the 4th century BC in what is now Henan province.
Hunnacott From Old English hunig "honey" or the given name Huna combined with cot "cottage". This is the name of a small town in Devon, England.
Hunter Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.
Ikeda From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Isham The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.
Isherwood It's a habitational name thought to come from the name of an unidentified place originating in Lancashire.
Kaur Means "princess", ultimately from Sanskrit (kumari) meaning "girl".
Kelly 2 From a Scottish place name derived from coille "grove".
Khoo
Kirwan From Gaelic Ó Ciardhubháin meaning "descendant of Ciardhubhán", a given name composed of the elements ciar "dark" and dubh "black" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Knorr From a nickname for a gnarly person, derived from Middle High/Low German knorre "knot, protruberance".
Kos Means "blackbird".
Lamb A nickname for a gentle or malleable person or an occupational name for someone who raised or cared for young sheep. Can take the form Lum.
Lang German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of LONG.
Lawrence Derived from the given name LAURENCE.
Linwood Originally derived from a place name meaning "stream forest" in Old English.
Lockwood From an English place name meaning "enclosure forest".
Lorén A variant of the Spanish personal name Llorente.
Maddrell The Isle of Man had the highest population of Maddrell families.
Maeda
Magnusson Means "son of MAGNUS".
Mahdavi From the given name Mahdi.
Malloch Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIain Mhalaich "son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows", which was the family name of the MacGregors of Balhaldie.
Mead Lived by a meadow, from Middle English
Medvedev From Russian медведь (medved') meaning "bear".
Mejía Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah".
Mekonnen Ethiopian surname (from given name), meaning 'aristocrat'.
Minett From the medieval Minna. Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love.
Miyamoto From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Moreno From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Morgenstern Morning star in German.
Motta From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill".
Okorie From the given name Okoriee. Means "born on Orie" in Igbo, Orie being one of the days of the Igbo week.
Oliveira Means "olive tree" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin oliva. It indicated a person who lived near or worked with olive trees.
Orozco Comes from the Bilbao province in the Basque region of Spain.
Ouyang From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)".
Picot Norman French
Poirier French, pear tree
Quek Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo. From Chinese meaning "outer city
Ribeiro Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".
Romagna Latin Romania meaning "land of the Romans".
Salamanca Originally indicated a person from Salamanca, a city in western Spain.
Sallow Medieval for willow tree
Sanada From Japanese locational name meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sebeok From Sebők, a diminutive of Sebestyén.
Seth Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".
Sheng From Chinese meaning "flourishing, prosperous", also referring to the ancient state of Sheng which existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shandong province.
Siddall Siddal. From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English sid "wide" and halh "nook, recess".
Sovin Derived from Russian сова (sova) meaning "owl". This may have been a nickname for a night person. This is a Russian noble surname.
Stoneking The name originates in Cornwall,
Sutton f / m English. From the traditionally English surname meaning "south town".
Vance Old English, dweller by a fen
Van Kann Means "from Kanne", a town in the province of Limburg in Belgium. The meaning of the town's name is unknown.
Wildblood From a medieval nickname for a rakish or hot-headed person.
Wray From Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook"
Ziegenhorn Upper German (Archaic). Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain.