jfifles's Personal Name List

Xylander
Usage: German
From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.
Wijaya
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indonesian, Sinhalese
Other Scripts: විජය(Sinhala)
Pronounced: wee-JA-ya(Indonesian)
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory". It is sometimes used as a feminine name in Indonesia.
Weinstein
Usage: Jewish
Other Scripts: ויינסטין(Hebrew)
Pronounced: VIEN-shtien(German) WIEN-steen(English) WIEN-stien(English)
Means "wine stone" from German wein meaning "wine" and stein meaning "stone". It originally referred to the potassium bitartrate crystals produced from the process of fermenting grape juice.
Vinogradov
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Виноградов(Russian)
Means "vineyard" in Russian (ultimately from German), referring to a person who worked at a vineyard or lived near one.
Vanderlei
Usage: Brazilian
It derives from the Dutch surname Van der Leij/Ley. The surname arrived in Brazil by Kaspar Nieuwhoff Van Der Leij by 1630, a cavalry captain from the Dutch army.
Valmorida
Usage: Filipino, Cebuano
Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).
Tollefson
Usage: Norwegian
Variant of Tollefsen.
Tollefsen
Usage: Norwegian
From a patronymic from Tollef, a variant of Torleiv, from Old Norse þorleifr (see Torleif).
Þórsson
Usage: Icelandic
Means "son of Þór" in Icelandic.
Shapiro
Usage: Jewish
Other Scripts: שׁפּירא(Hebrew)
Means "pretty, lovely" in Hebrew, from Aramaic.
Setiawan
Usage: Indonesian, Javanese
From the given name Setiawan.
Sendaydiego
Usage: Filipino
Pronounced: sehn-die-DYEH-go
Possibly from Japanese 仙台 (Sendai), the name of a city in Japan, combined with the given name Diego.
Sax
Usage: English, Norwegian
From the Old Norse personal name Saxi meaning "knife, sword".
Sax
Usage: Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant spelling of Sachs.
São João
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: sɐ̃w̃ ʒuɐ̃w̃
Means "St. John" in Portuguese.
Sangster
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: SANG-stər(American English) SANG-stə(British English)
Occupational name or nickname for a singer, from Old English singan "to sing, to chant".
Rousopoulos
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ρουσόπουλος(Greek)
Meaning "of Russian descent".
Rothschild
Usage: Jewish
Pronounced: RO-chilt(German)
From Middle High German rot "red" and schilt "shield", or Yiddish רויט (roit) and שילד (shild). The famous Rothschild family of bankers took their name from a house with a red shield on it.
Rosencrantz
Usage: German
Means "rose wreath" in German.
Rommel
Usage: Upper German, Dutch
Nickname for a noisy and disruptive person, from Middle Dutch rommel "noise, disorder, disturbance". Alternatively, a variant of Rummel.
Rifkin
Usage: Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish female given name Rifke from the Hebrew given name Rivka (see Rebecca), with the addition of the Slavic suffix -in.
Redlightning
Usage: Indigenous American, Sioux (?)
Raj
Usage: Indian, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Odia
Other Scripts: ਰਾਜ(Gurmukhi) राज(Hindi) ராஜ்(Tamil) രാജ്(Malayalam) రాజ్(Telugu) ರಾಜ್(Kannada) রাজ(Bengali) ରାଜ(Odia)
Pronounced: RAHJ(Hindi)
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king".
Popa
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: PO-pa
From Romanian popă "priest", from Old Church Slavic popŭ. This is the most common surname in Romania.
Paquiao
Usage: Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Pacquiao.
Pacquiao
Usage: Filipino, Cebuano
Pronounced: puk-YOW(Tagalog)
From Cebuano pakyaw meaning "wholesale, to buy in bulk", ultimately from Hokkien 跋繳 (poa̍h-kiáu). A famous bearer is Filipino politician and former boxer Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao (1978-).
Othonos
Usage: Greek (Cypriot)
Other Scripts: Όθωνος(Greek)
Pronounced: Ótho̱nos(Cypriot Greek)
Comes from Όθων meaning "Otto" in Greek.
Nordkvelle
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
Nasmith
Usage: Scottish, English
This surname is derived from an occupation, "nail-smith", but may also mean "knife-smith".
Mozart
Usage: German
Pronounced: MOHTS-ahrt
The surname was first recorded in the 14th century as Mozahrt, and later as Motzhardt in Germany. It is a compound word, the first part of which is Middle High German mos, also spelt mosz, and meaning “bog, marsh” in southern dialects (compare modern German Moos). The second part is the common name-forming suffix -hart. It was used as a negative nickname for dirty or sloppy people.
Molan
Usage: English
McCool
Usage: Scottish (Anglicized), Northern Irish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Scottish and northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic MacDhubhghaill (see McDowell).
Scottish and northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Chomhghaill (Scottish), Mac Giolla Comhghaill ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Comhghall’, a personal name, possibly an intensive of gall ‘stranger’, borne by an early Irish saint.
Irish, possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cumhaill ‘son of Cumhall’, a byname meaning ‘champion’. Fionn Mac Cumhaill is the name of a famous hero in traditional Irish literature.
Maharaj
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Trinidadian Creole
Other Scripts: महाराज(Hindi, Marathi) મહારાજ(Gujarati) মহারাজ(Bengali)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "great king" or "great ruler" from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large, big" combined with राज (rāja) meaning "king, sovereign".
Lyons
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Variant of Lyon 1.
Kaʻanāʻanā
Usage: Hawaiian
This Hawaiian surname means The Black Magic.

Ka meaning "The" ʻanāʻanā meaning "Black Magic"

Jason
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAY-sən
Probably a patronymic from James or any of various other personal names beginning with J-.
Iskandar
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسكندر(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-KAN-dar
From the given name Iskandar.
Hatzi
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Χατζής(Greek)
A Greek rendering of حاج‎ (ḥājj), denoting one who has successfully completed a pilgrimage. In a Christian context, the title designates a person who has visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land and was baptised in the Jordan River. While this surname stands alone, it is also a prefix of Greek family names.
Grimm
Usage: German
From a nickname for a stern person, derived from Old High German grim "stern, severe, angry". Famous bearers include Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), known for compiling German folktales.
Gough 1
Usage: Welsh
Nickname for a red-haired person, from Welsh coch "red".
Gatsby
Usage: English (Rare), Literature
Rare variant of Gadsby. This name was used by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald for the central character in his novel The Great Gatsby (1925). In the book, James Gatz renames himself as Jay Gatsby at age 17 because he believes it sounds more sophisticated.
Fitzgerald
Usage: Irish
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.
Faraon
Usage: Filipino (Modern)
Pronounced: pha-RA-on or pa-RA-on
The Tagalog word for "Pharaoh".
Dykstra
Usage: Frisian
From Frisian dyk meaning "dike, ditch". The name was given to a person living near a dyke or embankment.
De Leeuw Van Weenen
Usage: Dutch
Means "the lion of Vienna" in Dutch.
Corlett
Usage: Manx
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Anglicization of Manx (Mac) Thórliótr "(son of) Þorliótr".
Coltrane
Usage: Irish (Anglicized)
Northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coltaráin.
Cojuangco
Usage: Filipino
Pronounced: khaw-HWUNG-ko(Tagalog)
From Hokkien 許寰哥 (Khó͘ Hoân-ko), which was the nickname of Co Yu Hwan (許玉寰), a Chinese migrant who arrived in the Philippines in the 19th century. This is the name of a prominent political and business family in the Philippines.
Cohen
Usage: Jewish
Other Scripts: כֹּהֵן(Hebrew)
Means "priest" from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen). It originally denoted one of the priestly tribe of Levi.
Christoffersen
Usage: Danish
Means "son of Christoffer".
Cherry
Usage: English
Pronounced: ch-EH-ree
From Middle English chirie, cherye "cherry", hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
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The surname Cherry was brought to England by a great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Cherry is derived from the Anglo Norman French word, 'cherise', which means cherry, and was probably used to indicate someone who lived by a cherry tree.

86,045 people have this surname, and is most prevalent in the United States.

Chengcuenca
Usage: Filipino
From Cuenca de Cheng, "Cheng's basin" in Spanish
Chandran
Usage: Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Other Scripts: ചന്ദ്രൻ(Malayalam) சந்திரன்(Tamil)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá) meaning "glittering, shining" or "moon".
Chadwick
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAD-wik
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the name of English towns meaning "settlement belonging to Chad" in Old English.
Castiglione
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: kas-teel-LYO-neh
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Castiglione, derived from Italian castiglione meaning "castle, fortress".
Bones
Usage: English
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derives from bon, "good" in Old French.
Bomba
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak
Other Scripts: Бомба(Ukrainian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From bomba "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.
Blythe
Usage: English
Pronounced: BLIEDH
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Old English meaning "happy, joyous, blithe".
Baumfree
Usage: Dutch, American, African American
Pronounced: BAWM-free(Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
This name is clearly derived from Sojourner Truth, a former African-American slave who was born as Isabella Bomefree (but at some point the surname was changed to the more German-looking Baumfree). Although Sojourner's original owners - James and Elizabeth Bomefree/Baumfree - were apparently of Dutch descent, it is questionable whether the surname is really of Dutch origin. The first part of the surname could indeed refer to a tree (from Dutch boom, German Baum - plural: bomen, Bäume) - but the second part of the surname is very atypical for a Dutch surname. Either this surname was somewhat tampered with by the ancestors of the Baumfree family (adding a self-invented part to the original surname), or the surname is actually of English origin. In the case of the latter, it might be derived from the medieval herb comfrey, which was used for aiding blood clotting and for expelling phlegm. Please also note the similarity of Bomefree/Baumfree with Pomfrey, the surname of the "Harry Potter" character Poppy Pomfrey.
Bagatsing
Usage: Filipino
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
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.
Angelopoulos
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αγγελόπουλος(Greek)
Pronounced: ang-gyeh-LO-poo-los
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the personal name Angelos or a shortened form of the personal name Evangelos + the patronymic ending -poulos.
Alhambra
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-LAM-bra
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Refers to the Alhambra, a palace complex located in Granada, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء‎‎ (Al-Ḥamrā) meaning "the red one" or, ultimately, from Arabic أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar) "red".
Albuquerque
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: al-boo-KEHR-ki(European Portuguese) ow-boo-KEKH-kee(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of the Spanish town of Alburquerque, near the Portuguese border in the province of Badajoz. It is probably derived from Latin alba quercus meaning "white oak".
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