sweetkit's Personal Name List

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

Originally indicated a person who came from Gaza in Palestine.

From an Italian nickname derived from allegro meaning "quick, lively".

Means "son of Angel".

Means "son of Apostol".

From Persian عطر ('atr) meaning "fragrance, perfume", ultimately from Arabic. It probably denoted a seller of perfume.

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.

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

Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.

Habitational name for someone originally from the locality of Bolitho in western Cornwall, derived from Old Cornish bod or bos meaning "dwelling" combined with an unknown personal name.

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

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

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

From German Burg "fortress, castle" and Stelle "place, position". This was a name given to a person dwelling at or near such a site.

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.

Derived from Italian cavalcare "to ride".

Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

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

Means "clear, without clouds" in Thai.

From Chinese 柴 (chái) meaning "firewood".

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

Variant of Derryberry.

Nickname for a cold or gloomy man, from Middle Dutch winter 'winter' + the definite article de.

Nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle "eagle" (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).

Derived from an Old English given name, possibly *Ælfgod or *Æðelgod, in which the second element is god "god". (Another source gives the meaning "temple-god", presumably from ealh and god.)
According to surnamedb.com, 'Although recorded erratically in many parts of England, this unusual surname seems to originate in East Anglia, and specifically the Bury St. Edmunds region of Suffolk. Its survival through the Norman period after 1066 was probably because the fen country was for many years very remote and often untouched by events.'

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

Means "evangelist" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Means "fig tree" in German.

Means "window maker" in German.

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

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

Gaelic form of Fraser.

Means "son of Frol".

Originally indicated a person from Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain.

It is derived from the personal name Gaudi.

Derived from Polish gomółka, a type of round cheese, ultimately from an old Polish word meaning "round".

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

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

From the name of the city of Heppenheim in Hesse, Germany.

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

From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

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

From the given name Ignat.

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

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

Derived from the given name Jane.

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

Variant of Jewell.

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

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

From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

Derived from Polish kosmaty meaning "shaggy, hairy".

Means "heron, stork" in Thai.

Means "pigeon, dove" in Finnish.

Most likely from Swedish ladulås "barnlock", but it could also be derived from the Slavic name Ladislaus. Magnus Ladulås, sometimes known as Magnus Birgersson or Magnus III in English, was the king of Sweden between 1275 and 1290.

The surname Leverich was first found in West Yorkshire at Liversedge, a township that dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Livresec, a manor belonging to Radulf, a vassal of Ilbert de Lacy. The place name probably means "edge" or "ridge of a man called Leofhere," from the Old English personal name ecg.

From various places in Spain meaning "moon".

Means "happiness" in Danish.

Means "falcon, hawk" in Aymara.

Means "mangosteen" in Thai.

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

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

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

From the given name Mousa.

Possibly from a nickname meaning "the one who had to", from the past participle of the Czech verb muset meaning "must" (of Germanic origin).

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

Means "white mouse" in Thai.

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

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 Ostap.

From Polish ostrów meaning "river island".

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

Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.

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

Habitational name for someone from any of various locations in Cornwall named Pengelly, from Cornish penn meaning "head, top, end" and gelli or gilly meaning "copse, grove".

Indo-Guyanese form of Prasad. This is the most common surname in Guyana.

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

The Ponce name was carried into England after the migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066.'Ponce' is derived from 'Ponsoby',a place in Cumberland, where the family settled. The Ponce motto is 'Pro rege, lege grege' meaning "For the King, law, and people"

Derives from Slavic "пономарь"- Sexton.

From Albanian prift meaning "priest".

Probably a variant of Percival.

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

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

Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".

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

From the given name Rexhep.

Means "thrush" in Hungarian.

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

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

Means "son of Sargis" in Armenian.

Occupational name for a blacksmith, literally meaning "swing hammer" in German.

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".

From German Seele meaning "soul" and Freund meaning "friend".

Occupational name for a scrap-metal merchant, from a derivative of Sferro in the sense ‘old and broken iron’. Habitational name from the district of Paternò in Catania, Sicily.

From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird".

From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain, derived from Spanish sol "sun".

From a diminutive of Polish sowa meaning "owl".

Means "spice, drug" in Italian. It was used to denote someone who worked as a spicer or apothecary.

Derived from Polish Szwed meaning "Swede, person from Sweden".

Name for someone originally from the town of Tartakiv (or Tartakov) in Ukraine, derived from Ukrainian тартак (tartak) meaning "sawmill".

From the medieval female personal name Tiffania (Old French Tiphaine, from Greek Theophania, a compound of theos "God" and phainein "to appear"). This name was often given to girls born around the feast of Epiphany.

Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.

From Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

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".

Refers to a place name which suggests a landscape, agreeable with herbs, flowers and water.

Derived from Spanish vara "stick". It may have originally been given to one who used a stick in his line of work, for example an animal herder.

Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera from Spanish meaning "shore, bank".

From a nickname meaning "cheerful" in Czech.

The surname in origin is a variant of Viennet, a diminutive of Vien, a short form of Vivien. A famous bearer is Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint.

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'.

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

Ornamental name derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird".

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

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

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

Derived from the given name Wine.

Means "son of Xanthos".

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).

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

Derived from Basque zaldi meaning "horse" combined with ibar meaning "valley". This is also the name of a town in Biscay, Spain.

Ukrainian cognate of Zieliński.

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

From a Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.