LegendaryMyth's Personal Name List

Derived from Arabic المنظر (al manẓar) meaning "the view" or "the lookout". This surname is primarily used in the Dominican Republic.

From the names of a few Spanish towns, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "stagnant water" or "path".

From the name of the ancient city of Aror in what is now the Sindh province, Pakistan. The city's name may have been derived from Hindi और (aur) meaning "more, also".

From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".

Habitational name for someone from Babington in Somerset or Great or Little Bavington in Northumberland, named with the Old English personal name Babba + the connective particle -ing- meaning "associated with", "named after" + tūn meaning "settlement".

Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker, from Old English bæchus literally "bake house".

From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".

Means "son of Björn".

From an English place name meaning "black wood".

From a place name derived from Cornish bre "hill".

Topographic name derived from Spanish carrasca meaning "holm oak" (species Quercus ilex).

The surname Cerri is derived from the Italian word cerro, which means bitter or Turkey oak. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di", which signifies emigration from one place to another.

Sicilian cirritu "Turkey oak grove"

This surname may denote the original bearer having lived around Turkey Oaks in Tuscany, Italy. A relation of this locational surname is Cerrito.

Alternatively, the surname Cerri may have originated as a nickname derived from the Italian word cerro, meaning 'hair' or 'curl', for someone who had curly hair.

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.

From Old English croft meaning "enclosed field".

Variant of D'Addario.

Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, recorded in the early 13th century as D(e)ukesbiri, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Deowuc or Duc(c) (both of uncertain origin) + Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke).

Means "son of Einar".

From Swedish ek (Old Norse eik) meaning "oak" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Indicated a person from the county of Farahan in Markazi province, Iran, of unknown meaning.

Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus.

From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.

Derived from the Old German given name Goda 1.

Means "white" or "blessed"

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

Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner, derived from Old English hafoc "hawk".

From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".

Alternate transcription of Chinese 徐 (see Xu 1).

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.

Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.

From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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.

Means "princess", ultimately from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī) meaning "girl". In 1699 Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh female followers the surname Kaur and all males Singh. In many instances, it is also used as a middle name with the family name serving as the surname.

From a Scottish place name derived from coille meaning "grove".

Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Qiu.

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.

Means "blackbird" in Slovene.

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

German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Derived from the given name Laurence 1. Famous bearers include revolutionary T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) and author D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930).

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

From an English place name meaning "enclosed wood".

A variant of the Spanish personal name Llorente.

From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Means "son of Magnus".

From the given name Mahdi.

Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIain Mhalaich "son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows", which was the family name of the MacGregors of Balhaldie. The Ian from whom the name is derived died in the early 16th century.

topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English m?d). metonymic occupational name for a brewer or seller of mead (Old English meodu), an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey

Derived from Russian медведь (medved) meaning "bear".

Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah", from Latin Messias, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashiyaḥ) meaning "anointed".

Variant spelling of Makonnen.

From the medieval given name Minna.

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". A notable bearer is video game pioneer Shigeru Miyamoto (1952-).

From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Ornamental name meaning "morning star" in German.

From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill".

From the given name Okorie.

Means "olive tree" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin oliva. It indicated a person who lived near or worked with olive trees.

From the name of a valley in the Basque region of Spain.

From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)". The name supposedly originated with a prince of the Yue state that settled in the area surrounding the mountain. This is one of the most common compound Chinese surnames.

From Old French picot "pointed object pickaxe" a nickname for someone who used such an implement.

Means "pear tree" in French, originally a nickname for someone who lived close to such a tree.

Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo.

Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".

From the region of Romagna, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is derived from Latin Romania meaning "land of the Romans".

Originally indicated a person from Salamanca, a city in western Spain that is of unknown meaning.

Sallow comes from the medieval word for willow tree. It is a location surname.

From Japanese 真 (sana) meaning "real, genuine" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

From Sebők, a diminutive of Sebestyén.

Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".

From Chinese 盛 (shèng) meaning "flourishing, prosperous", also referring to the ancient state of Sheng which existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shandong province.

From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English sid "wide" and halh "nook, recess".

Derived from Russian сова (sova) meaning "owl". This may have been a nickname for a night person. This is a Russian noble surname.

The surname Stoneking was first found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. The name originates in Cornwall, deriving from the Old English word 'stan', meaning stone, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a prominent stone.

From a surname, itself derived from the name of numerous English towns, of Old English origin meaning "south town".

Indicated a dweller by a fen, from Old English fenn meaning "fen, marsh".

Variant of Van Kan.

From a medieval nickname for a rakish or hot-headed person.

Originally denoted someone who came from any of the various places of this name in northern England, from Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook".

Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain.