Ji Mei's Personal Name List

Vaněk

Usage: Czech

Rating: 73% based on 4 votes

From an old diminutive of the given name Václav.

Van Althuis

Usage: Dutch

Rating: 73% based on 4 votes

Van Aalsburg

Usage: Dutch

Rating: 75% based on 4 votes

Means "from Aalsburg", which is possibly Adelsburg, composed of adal "noble" and burg "fortress".

Vadas

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: VAW-dawsh

Rating: 50% based on 4 votes

From Hungarian vad meaning "wild", either a nickname or an occupational name for a hunter of wild game.

Stieber

Usage: German

Rating: 75% based on 4 votes

Derived from Middle High German stiuben meaning "to run away". It may have been given as a nickname to a cowardly person or a thief.

Nyström

Usage: Swedish

Rating: 70% based on 5 votes

Ornamental name derived from Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Nylund

Usage: Swedish

Rating: 63% based on 6 votes

From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Lykke

Usage: Danish

Rating: 44% based on 7 votes

Means "happiness" in Danish.

Linwood

Usage: English

Pronounced: LIN-wuwd

Rating: 54% based on 7 votes

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

Landvik

Usage: Norwegian

Rating: 54% based on 7 votes

From the name of a Norwegian town meaning "land inlet".

Eld

Usage: Swedish

Rating: 46% based on 7 votes

From Old Norse eldr, modern Swedish eld, meaning "fire".