sweetkit's Personal Name List

Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".

From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue".

Means "spreader of gold" in Persian, from زر (zar) meaning "gold" and افشان (afshan) meaning "spreader, scatterer".

Castilianized form of Basque Zaldibar "horse valley".

From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".

Notable bearers of this surname include the Australian politician Les Yewdale (1928-1999) and the Canadian painter M. A. Yewdale (1908-2000).

Means "son of Xanthos".

Derived from the given name Wine.

From Middle Low German wrok meaning "cantankerous".

Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".

From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ใหญ่ (yai) meaning "big, large, great".

Derived from Polish wiatr "wind", a nickname for a quick person.

Nickname for someone with white or light-coloured hair, from Old English hwit "white" and heafod "head".

From a nickname for a carefree person, derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Means "gift" in Arabic, derived from the word وَهَبَ (wahaba) meaning "to grant, to gift".

Derived from the given name Vukašin.

Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.

From the village of Vivar, later renamed Vivar del Cid, nowadays part of Quintanilla Vivar located near Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043–1099) known as 'El Cid Campeador' was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. El Cid became Spain's celebrated national hero and the protagonist of the most significant medieval Spanish epic poem, 'El Cantar de Mio Cid'.

Means "shore, bank" in Spanish. This was a name for a person who lived near such a feature, or who came from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera.

From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe meaning "unrest".

From the Navajo suffix -tsʼósí meaning "slender, slim", originally a short form of a longer name such as kiitsʼósí "slender boy", hashkétsʼósí "slender warrior", cháalatsʼósí "slim Charlie", dághaatsʼósí "the one with a slender mustache", dinétsʼósí "slender man", or hastiintsʼósí "slender man".

Derived from Finnish toivo meaning "hope".

Derived from Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.

Possibly from a nickname meaning "addict, opium user" in Turkish.

Means "oak" in Estonian. This is among the most common surnames in Estonia.

Means "blond, fair haired" in Hungarian.

Derived from Polish staw meaning "pond".

From a diminutive of Polish sowa meaning "owl".

Means "Sudanese (referring to a person from Sudan)", derived from Arabic سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy).

From the given name Shahbaz.

Denoted a person from a town by this name in Buckinghamshire, England. It is derived from that of a river combined with Old English broc "stream".

Means "son of Sargis" in Armenian.

Means "wise, learned" in Italian.

Means "fish" in Polish and Czech, an occupational name for a fisher.

Means "son of Rubin" in Russian, though it could also be derived from Russian рубин (rubin) "ruby".

Means "rose mountain" in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.

Derived from Spanish romero meaning "pilgrim to Rome".

Means "thrush" in Hungarian.

From the given name Rexhep.

From Rauenilde or Ravenild, medieval English forms of the Old Norse given name Hrafnhildr.

Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".

Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".

Originally denoted a person from the town of Quiroga in Galicia, Spain.

Means "jaw" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with a large jaw.

Probably a variant of Percival.

From Albanian prift meaning "priest".

Means "humble" in Czech and Slovak.

Means "Friday" in Polish, derived from the word piąty meaning "fifth".

Means "deer" in Finnish.

From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".

Originally indicated a person from Padmore in England, derived from Old English padde "toad" and mor "moor, marsh".

Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.

From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.

From Polish ostrów meaning "river island".

Originally indicated a person from one of the two towns named Orellana in Badajoz, Spain. Their names are probably derived from Latin Aureliana meaning "of Aurelius".

From the given name Oprea.

Means "wild olive" in Spanish, originally indicating one who lived near such a tree.

Means "white mouse" in Thai.

From the given name Nur.

Nickname for someone with a good voice from Middle English nightegale "nightingale" (Old English nihtegale, ultimately from niht "night" and galan "to sing").

Derived from the given name Neagoe.

From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".

From the given name Mauld, a medieval form of Matilda.

From a nickname derived from Middle English mothe meaning "moth". Known bearers include New Zealand photojournalist Margaret Moth (1951-2010), British artist Charlotte Moth (1978-), and British Roman Catholic bishop Richard Moth (1958-).

Referred to someone who lived near a pool, derived from South Slavic mlaka meaning "pool, puddle".

From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

French form of Miner, an occupational name for a someone working in a mine.

Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of Mowbray. Possibly it is derived from an English place name.

From a diminutive of the given name Martti.

Means "happiness" in Danish.

From various places in Spain meaning "moon".

Means "son of the lion", from Georgian ლომი (lomi) meaning "lion".

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

From a nickname for a person who took big steps, from Finnish laukka meaning "canter, gallop".

Means "pigeon, dove" in Finnish.

Possibly from Polish kum "godfather, friend" or komięga "raft, barge".

Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one who acted like a king or was connected in some way with a king's household.

Means "blackbird" in Slovene.

From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

Possibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word kinni meaning "animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish skinn.

From the given name Khusraw.

Means "nice, kind" in Hungarian.

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

Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Means "good" in Hungarian.

Derived from Sanskrit अध्यापक (adhyapaka) meaning "teacher".

Variant of Jewell.

Derived from Persian جزایر (jazâyir) meaning "islands", of Arabic origin.

Either from the given name Janvier or the French word janvier meaning "January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

From Japanese 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

From the name of the town of Ingersleben, Germany, which meant "Inge's village".

Means "lynx" in Estonian.

From the given name Ignat.

Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".

From the given name Hossein combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

From the given name Hossein.

Combination of Old Norse hestr "horse" and skeið "racecourse". This is the name of several paces in England.

Means "weaver" in Arabic.

From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Derived from either archaic Polish gwozd meaning "forest" or gwóźdź meaning "nail".

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

Anglicized form of Swiss German Krähenbühl, meaning "crow hill".

From the Polish word góra meaning "mountain".

Derived from the given name Giordano.

Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".

From Armenian ղասաբ (ghasab) meaning "butcher", of Arabic origin.

Means "son of Gela".

Derived from Polish gaj meaning "grove, thicket".

Derived from the Italian adjective frusciante meaning "rustling, swishing, whishing", which itself is derived from the Italian verb frusciare meaning "to rustle, to swish, to whish". The surname had probably started out as a nickname for someone who made a rustling or whishing sound whenever they walked, which was probably caused by the clothes that they were wearing (in that the clothes must have been made of a certain fabric that is prone to making some noise when touched in any way).

A known bearer of this surname is the American musician John Frusciante (b. 1970), who used to be the guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning "fortune, luck, chance". This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.

Southern French surname derived from the given name Florius.

From Greek φλώρος (floros) meaning "greenfinch", derived from classical Greek χλωρός (chloros) meaning "green".

From French figuier meaning "fig tree" (ultimately from Latin ficus; a cognate of Figueroa), possibly indicating a person who lived near a fig tree or one who owned a plantation of fig trees.

From the given name Feliciano.

Means "fig tree" in German.

From Persian فرزانه (farzâne) meaning "wise, learned".

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Means "evangelist" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Means "clever, bright" in Hungarian.

The surname Ellesmere was first found in Shropshire at Ellesmere, a market-town and parish, and the head of a union.

From Spanish ejército meaning "army". A notable bearer was Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1937-), the 13th president of the Philippines.

Means "son of Dragan".

Means "bright, brilliant" in Persian.

Variant of Derryberry.

Derived from Persian داداش (dadash) meaning "brother".

Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Means "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.

Derived from chvátat meaning "to hurry".

Derived from Russian черный (chernyy) meaning "black".

Occupational name for a gardener, derived from Persian چمن (chaman) meaning "lawn, meadow" and آرا (ara) meaning "arrange, decorate".

From Chinese 柴 (chái) meaning "firewood".

Possibly from Old Spanish servanto meaning "servant" or ciervo meaning "stag". A famous bearer was the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).

Probably a habitational name denoting someone originally from any of the multiple locations called Carbajal in León, Asturias, or Zamora in Spain. Alternatively, it may be of pre-Roman origin from the word carbalio meaning "oak", denoting someone who either lived near an oak tree or who was like an oak tree in some way.

This was the name of a family of Marranos (crypto-Jews) in Mexico at the end of the 16th-century through the beginning of the 17th-century, several of whom were executed for Judaizing.

From the name of Bunnag, an 18th-century general of Persian heritage.

From a place name derived from Old English brad "broad" and beonet "bent grass".

Means "grey wolf" from Turkish boz meaning "grey" and kurt meaning "wolf".

Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.

Derived from a place name, which was derived from Old English burh "fortification".

Filipinized form of Bhagat Singh, a combination of Sanskrit भगत (bhagat) meaning "devotee, follower" combined with सिंह (siṃhá) meaning "lion". A notable bearer was Ramon Bagatsing (1916-2006), the 19th Mayor of Manila who was of Indian descent.

From the given name Azad.

Derived from Arabic عَيَّار (ʿayyār) or Persian عیار (ayyâr) meaning "vagabond, loafer, idler" (chiefly Tunisian).

Means "son of Athanasios".

Means "son of Apostol".

Means "teacher" in Persian.

From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 羽 (hane) meaning "feather".

Originally denoted a person from the town of Agramunt, Spain. It means "field hill" in Catalan.