Aseretisacoolname's Personal Name List

Americanized form of Zijlstra.

Variant of Zoller.

From a prepositional phrase from Middle High German ze hērren, an occupational name for someone was in service of a lord.

Americanized version of the surname Zakowski

A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."

From the name of the town of Wymondham, meaning "home belonging to Wigmund", from the given name Wigmund combined with Old English ham meaning "home, settlement".

From Middle Low German wrok meaning "cantankerous".

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

From Old English winter or Old High German wintar meaning "winter". This was a nickname for a person with a cold personality.

Means "wolf" in Polish.

From a nickname meaning "bat" in Polish, ultimately from wieczór meaning "evening".

From a medieval nickname for a mild-mannered person (from Middle English whit "white" + lam "lamb"). This surname is borne by Australian Labour politician Gough Whitlam (1916-), prime minister 1972-75.

From Middle High German wiz or Yiddish װייַס (vais) meaning "white". This was originally a nickname for a person with white hair or skin.

Derived from Old French gallier meaning "person with a pleasant temper".

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

Derived from Russian ворона (vorona) meaning "crow".

Means "from Grimmelshausen", a town in Germany. It is itself derived from Grimmel, of uncertain meaning, and hausen meaning "houses". A famous bearer was the German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621-1676).

Variant form of Bischoffshausen.

Derived from Russian волк (volk) meaning "wolf".

From Old High German and Old Dutch fogal meaning "bird". It was originally an occupational name for a bird catcher, or a nickname for a person who liked to sing.

Originally denoted a person from one of the various Spanish towns by this name, derived from villa "town" and verde "green".

From a nickname meaning "cheerful" in Czech and Slovak.

Habitational name denoting someone from Maarschalkerweerd, a place near Utrecht in the Netherlands. Derived from Dutch maarschalk "marshal" and weerd "land next to water, riverine island".

Means "from the dry marsh" in Dutch. The city of Brussels was built on dry marshes.

English and Scottish: from a medieval personal name, Latin Valentinus, a derivative of Valens (see also Valente), which was never common in England, but is occasionally found from the end of the 12th century, probably as the result of French influence. The name was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr, whose chief claim to fame is that his feast falls on February 14, the date of a traditional celebration of spring going back to the Roman fertility festival of Juno Februata. A 5th-century missionary bishop of Rhaetia of this name was venerated especially in southern Germany, being invoked as a patron against gout and epilepsy.

Derived from Russian утка (utka) meaning "duck".

Means "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

Probably of German origin, a habitational name from Tecklenburg in North Rhine-Westphalia.

From a nickname meaning "fox" in Turkish.

From Old English þrostle meaning "song thrush", referring to a cheerful person.

Means "son of Denis".

Occupational name for a goat herder, from Turkish teke "goat".

From a nickname meaning "dove" in German.

From a nickname meaning "sweet, pleasant", from Old English swete.

Originally given as a nickname to a person who was noted for purity or excellence, which were taken to be attributes of the swan, or who resembled a swan in some other way. In some cases it may have been given to a person who lived at a house with the sign of a swan. It is also possible that the surname is from the Old Norse and Old English given name Swan.

Alternatively, it may be a variant of Swain or an Americanized form of German Schwan, Norwegian Sveen or Swedish Svan.

From the name of the bird, from Old English swealwe, a nickname for someone who resembled or acted like a swallow.

Regional name for a person who came from the former county by this name in Scotland. It is derived from Old Norse suðr "south" and land "land", because it was south of the Norse colony of Orkney.

From the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from Old English stirc "calf, young bullock" and land "cultivated land".

From Old English styrne meaning "stern, severe". This was used as a nickname for someone who was stern, harsh, or severe in manner or character.

An English surname, meaning "the one who watches".

Means "woodpecker" in German.

Means "worry, care, anxiety" in German, from Old High German sorga.

Variant of Sorge.

Means "sun" from Middle High German sunne. It probably denoted someone of cheerful temperament or a person who lived in a sunny area.

Variant of Smit.

A polish surname which is mostly used in Poland and polish area.

Means "beautiful, attractive" from Old English sciene.

Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.

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

Means "swineherd" from Old English su "sow, female pig" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".

From Middle High German schrecken meaning "to frighten, to scare".

Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.

From Middle Low German smal meaning "small, slender".

From Middle High German schimel "mildew, mould" and pfennic "penny", a nickname for someone who was miserly or stingy with their money, hence it growing mouldy in its purse.

From Old High German scaphare meaning "shepherd".

From schade "damage, injury", a derivative of schaden "to do damage, harm, hurt", generally a nickname for a thug or clumsy person, or, more particularly, a robber knight, who raided others’ lands.

Means "sour" in German, a nickname for an embittered or cantankerous person.

Habitational name from any of several places named with the element salas, the plural form of Sala meaning "room, hall".

Originally given to a person who lived near a rowan tree or mountain ash.

Anglicized form of Ó Rinn.

Originally derived from the name of a town in Lancashire, itself from Old Norse hryggr "ridge" and býr "farm, settlement".

Means "female roe deer" from Old English ræge, probably denoting someone of a nervous temperament.

Variant of Reeve.

From Italian ratto meaning "rat", originally denoting a sly individual.

Of unknown origin, but might denote a person with short legs. From Olde English rhath, meaning "short, and bon, "legs".

Means "energetic, quick, healthy" in Danish and Swedish.

English habitation name in Devon meaning "red woodland clearing".

From a nickname meaning "spider" in Italian.

Variant of Quirke.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn".

From Irish Ó Caoindealbháin, which means "descendant of Caoindealbhán", a given name meaning "handsome form" (using a diminutive suffix).

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coigligh meaning "descendant of Coigleach", a given name meaning "untidy".

A variant of Quayle, derived from various patronymics meaning "son of Paul". Alternately, an English nickname derived from the bird, perhaps given to a person who was timid, or known for being promiscuous.

From Old French pourcel "piglet", from Latin porcellus, a derivative of porcus "pig". This was a nickname or an occupational name for a swineherd.

From Irish Ó Proinntigh meaning "descendant of Proinnteach", a given name probably derived from Irish bronntach meaning "generous".

From a nickname meaning "showy, pompous", derived from an old southern German word meaning "toad".

From Old English prætt meaning "trick, prank". This was a nickname for a trickster.

Means "swineherd" from Old French and Middle English porchier, from Latin porcus "pig".

Ethnic name for a Pole.

Habitational name from places called Piórkowo in Toruń voivodeship or Piórków in Tarnobrzeg voivodeship.

Nickname for a short person, from Italian piccolo "small".

From Neapolitan piccerillo meaning "small, young".

From Italian pica meaning "magpie". This probably denoted someone who was talkative or prone to stealing, although it may have described someone's unusual colouring. The Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a famous bearer of this name.

Means "sheep" in Italian, an occupational name for a shepherd.

Means "peacock" in Italian. It was originally a nickname for a proud or haughty person.

Feminine form of Paraskevopoulos.

Means "son of Paraskevas".

Means "descendant of the priest and servant of Christ" in Greek.

Means "pilgrim", ultimately from Latin palma "palm tree", since pilgrims to the Holy Land often brought back palm fronds as proof of their journey.

Variant of Paley.

Variant of Payne.

From a nickname meaning "little bear" in Italian, from Latin ursus "bear".

Means "descendant of Maolsheachlann" in Irish.

Irish Gaelic form of Doherty.

Irish Gaelic form of Desmond.

Irish Gaelic form of Quinlan.

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

Means "bear" in several languages, from the Old Slavic root medvědĭ.

Means "son of Reynold" in Gaelic.

Northern Irish (Ulster) and Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa, patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of Jesus’.

From a nickname meaning "mouse", from Old High German mus.

From the Serbian word мали meaning "small".

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

Anglicized form of Ó Madaidhín.

It literally means "Muircheartach’s son".

Means "son of the red-haired servant" in Irish.

Means "son of the servant of Mernoch".

Proper, non-Anglicized form of Mcfeely, meaning "son of Fithcheallach".

Patronymic from the personal name Flannchadh, which is derived from flann "red".

Means "son of Duibhshíth" in Irish. The given name Duibhshíth means "black peace".

Meaning, ‘son (or descendant) of Coingheallach’, a personal name meaning ‘faithful to pledges’.

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

From a nickname derived from Old French and Middle English lion meaning "lion".

Form of Lucius, meaning "light". A notable bearer of this surname is French singer-songwriter Renan Luce (1980-).

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

Means "lion" in German.

From Gaelic Ó Lomasna meaning "descendant of Lomasna", a byname from lom "bare" and asna "rib".

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

derived from the Old English elements leah "wood, clearing, meadow" or læge "fallow" and land "land, area". The name was indicative of one who lived near a clearing or piece of fallow land.

Derived from Old English lēof "dear, beloved".

Means "love" in Czech and Slovak.

Derived from German lamm meaning "lamb", a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person or a shepherd.

From the name of the animal, perhaps a nickname for a shy person.

Possibly denoting someone from Alà dei Sardi, or derived from the given name Nicola 1. Alternately, it may derive from lai, a type of lyrical poem.

Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Dutch.

Means "crab" in German, perhaps a nickname for a person with a crab-like walk.

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a forest, ultimately from Turkish koru meaning "small forest, grove".

Given to someone from Constantinople.

Means "rooster" in Ukrainian and Polish, a nickname for a proud person.

Derived from Knopf (German for "button"), this surname was originally given to button makers or button sellers. A famous bearer of this surname is English musician Mark Knopfler (1949-).

Means "servant, assistant" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a journeyman or male servant derived from Old Germanic kneht meaning "servant, knight" or "youth, boy". Cognate to English Knight.

Means "small, little" from German klein or Yiddish kleyn. A famous bearer of this name is clothes designer Calvin Klein (1942-).

Derived from Dutch kikker meaning "frog".

Means "pine tree" in German.

From Scots and northern Middle English kerr meaning "thicket, marsh", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr.

Kenyon is a surname from Wales meaning "a person from Ennion's Mound"

This surname is derived from the name of a town and river in Cornwall, England (called Keynwynn in Cornish). It is said that the name is derived from Cornish keyn meaning "back, keel, ridge" and gwynn meaning "white, fair, blessed."

From the settlement of Kenwood in the parish of Kenton, county of Devon, England.

The surname was first found in Gloucestershire long before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

From Old English cene meaning "bold, brave".

Derived from Hebrew כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohen tzedek) meaning "priest of justice", indicating a descendant of Aaron.

Occupational name meaning "calf (animal)" in German.

Means "hedgehog" in Polish. It may have originally been given to a person who resembled a hedgehog in some way.

From a nickname meaning "stag" in Czech and Slovene.

Derived from the given name James.

Means son of the "Master-Hunter". Originally given to the son of the master-hunter in hunting camps.

Derived from the given name Humbert.

Nickname for a busy person, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hommel, Middle High German hummel, all meaning "bee".

"From a hedged estate", from Old English haga ("hedge, haw") and worð ("farm, estate"). Likely originating from the Yorkshire village of the same name. Common in Lancashire and recorded from at least 1518, as Howorthe, with an earlier version of Hauewrth in Gouerton dated 1317 recorded in the Neubotle charters.

Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.

From a place name that was derived from Old English haguthorn meaning "hawthorn (tree)" and Old Norse þveit meaning "clearing, meadow".

From Middle High German and Middle Low German hase meaning "hare, rabbit". This was a nickname for a person who was quick or timid.

Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.

From the name of towns in England, meaning either "Hæfer's town" or "stony town" in Old English.

Means "son of Hann".

German cognate of Hawk.

Derived from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and muot meaning "mind, spirit". It was a nickname for an optimistic person.

Variant of Groß.

Occupational name meaning "steward, farm manager" in Middle English, related to the German title Graf.

Nickname for an irritable or irascible person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German grellen "to be angry".

Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Welsh glyn and Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

Means "vulture" in German, a nickname for a greedy person.

Derived from the given name Geel, itself from Gillis or Gilbert.

Means "cat" in Italian, originally a nickname for an agile person.

Derived from Middle English gaile meaning "jovial".

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

Means "son of Gabriel".

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

From Swedish frisk "healthy", which was derived from the Middle Low German word vrisch "fresh, young, frisky".

Means "joy" in German, a nickname for a cheerful person. A famous bearer was the psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

This surname has two possible origins. The more accepted explanation is that it comes from the Gaelic given name Fearsithe, which means "man of peace" from the elements fear "man" and sithe "peace". The less accepted explanation is that it originated as a habitational name for a person from some minor or lost place called Fersith or Forsith, which is suggested by some early forms with prepositions (for example, de Fersith, recorded in 1365). The hypothetical place name perhaps meant "fairy pastures" or "fairy mound" from the Gaelic elements fer "grass" or for "hill, mound" and sithe "fairies"; however, no place name of suitable form is known.

This spelling is associated chiefly with northern Ireland.

Means "From the town of Fleetwood, in Lancaster".

Means "son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.

Derived from the given name Fionn.

Nickname for a lively or cheerful person, Jewish ornamental name derived from the Germanic word for "finch", and German translation of Slovene Šinkovec which is from šcinkovec or šcinkavec meaning "finch".

Anglisized version of the Gaelic Ó Faoláin meaning "descendent of Faolán", a given name meaning "wolf".

Originated from several place names in England, meaning “marsh town” from Old English fenn “marsh, fen” + tun “enclosure; settlement, town”.

From a medieval nickname meaning literally "fine love" (from Old French fin amour).

Derived from Middle High German vederspil "bird of prey (trained for hunting)", this was an occupational name for a falconer.

Indicates a person lived in or near Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, England. From Old English feðere "feather", stān "stone", and healh "corner."

Variant of Featherstonhaugh.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearghail meaning "descendant of Fearghal".

From a place name meaning "fair ravine, fair cliff" in Old English.

It's either from a place name in Gloucestershire, England called Ellwood that is derived from Old English ellern "elder tree" and wudu "wood", or a form of the Old English personal name Ælfweald, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and weald "rule".

From the name of multiple towns in England. The town's name is derived from the masculine given name Ella (a short form of Old English names beginning with the elements ælf meaning "elf" or eald meaning "old") combined with tun meaning "enclosure, town".

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan).

Variation of Durand.

Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from druerie "love, friendship" (itself a derivative of dru "lover, favourite, friend" - originally an adjective, apparently from a Gaulish word meaning "strong, vigourous, lively", but influenced by the sense of the Old High German element trut, drut "dear, beloved").

Alternatively (also as a French and English surname) it may be derived from a Germanic personal name composed of the Old High German elements triuwa "truth, trust" and ric "power".

As an Irish surname it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh meaning "son of the druid" (from draoi "druid", genitive druadh).

Means "turner" from Middle High German dreseler, an agent derivative of drehen "to turn". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone.

Means "son of Dick 1".

From the name of a town near Sheffield, derived from Old English derne "hidden" and halh "nook".

Derived from Old English carleas "free from anxiety; unconcerned", cognate to Old Norse kærulauss. This was a nickname given to a carefree person.

From a place name, itself derived from Old French chalenge meaning "disputed" and Middle English wode meaning "woods".

Means "descendant of John and Christ" in Greek. A notable bearer of this surname is Alexandre Christoyannopoulos.

Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Caoimháin meaning "descendant of Caomhán".

Means "horse" in Italian, an occupational name for a horseman.

Combination of the given name Karl, which is also a common place name prefix, and the common surname suffix -in (originally from Latin -inus "descendant of").

From a pet form of Charles.

Originally a name for someone from Cantrell in Devon, from an unknown first element and Old English hyll meaning "hill".

From various place names derived from Late Latin capraria meaning "place of goats", from Latin capra meaning "goat".

From an English place name derived from bucc "buck, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Means "deer" in Latvian.

Americanized form of Braunersreuther.

Means "brown" in German.

There are three possible sources of this surname, the first being that it is a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of bows, a vital trade in medieval times before the invention of gunpowder, and a derivative of the Old English boga "bow", from bugan "to bend".

The surname may also be topographic for someone living near a bridge, the word boga having acquired the sense "arch", as in the supposed resemblance of the arch to a drawn bow. For example, Richard atte Bowe (1306 Calendar of Letter Books in the City of London).

Lastly, Bowe, being chiefly the Irish variant, is the anglicized form of the Gaelic O'Buadhaigh, a descendant of Buadhach a personal name meaning victorious.

Derived from an Italian nickname meaning "bull, ox".

Probably indicated someone from the town of Les Bottereaux in Normandy, itself derived from Old French bot "toad".

From a pet form of the personal name Bonifác, Czech form of Bonifacio.

Derives from bon, "good" in Old French.

From a medieval nickname for a courteous or good-looking person (from Middle English boner "gentle, courteous, handsome"). A notable bearer of the surname was Canadian-born British Conservative politician Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), prime minister 1922-23.

English surname of unexplained origin, probably from the name of a lost or unidentified place.

From a nickname for a person with blue eyes or blue clothing.

Originally indicated someone from the town of Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, which was derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe") combined with worð "enclosure".

Derived from the Welsh given name Bleddyn.

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

Topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree, from Middle High German bir "pear" and boum "tree".

Means "little ram, male lamb" in Czech.

Derived from Czech beran meaning "ram, male sheep".

From the English town name Benington, which can mean either "settlement belonging to Beonna's people" or "settlement by the River Beane".

Means "son of Benjamin".

From Old French bel ami meaning "beautiful friend".

From Old High German bur meaning "peasant, farmer".

Means "ram, male sheep" in Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.

From various place names that were derived from Gaelic baile "village" and pòr "pasture, crop, cropland".

From Middle High German bër "bear" or ber "boar". This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person.

From German Aue, Old High German ouwa, meaning "meadow by a river, wetland".

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

From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").

Means "son of Anthony".

From Sardinian angioni "lamb", denoting a shepherd, or perhaps a nickname.

Means "son of Alexandros."

From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine.

From Italian agnello meaning "lamb" (ultimately from Latin agnus), denoting a pious or timid person.

Means "eagle" in German.

Means "son of Abraham".