sweetkit's Personal Name List
Agramunt
Originally denoted a person from the town of Agramunt, Spain. It means "field hill" in Catalan.
Al-Ghazzawi
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: الغزّاوي(Arabic)
Pronounced: al-ghaz-ZA-wee
Originally indicated a person who came from Gaza in Palestine.
Amouzgar
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آموزگار(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-mooz-GAWR
Means "teacher" in Persian.
Attar
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: عطار(Persian)
From Persian
عطر ('atr) meaning
"fragrance, perfume", ultimately from Arabic. It probably denoted a seller of perfume.
Azadi
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آزادی(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-zaw-DEE
From the given name
Azad.
Bagatsing
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.
Berry
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHR-ee
Derived from a place name, which was derived from Old English burh "fortification".
Bird
Usage: English
Pronounced: BURD
Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.
Bozkurt
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: BOZ-koort
Means "grey wolf" from Turkish boz meaning "grey" and kurt meaning "wolf".
Broadbent
From a place name derived from Old English
brad "broad" and
beonet "bent grass".
Bunnag
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: บุนนาค(Thai)
From the name of Bunnag, an 18th-century general of Persian heritage.
Cervantes
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: thehr-BAN-tehs(European Spanish) sehr-BAN-tehs(Latin American Spanish)
Possibly from Old Spanish servanto meaning "servant" or ciervo meaning "stag". A famous bearer was the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).
Chai
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 柴(Chinese)
Pronounced: CHIE
From Chinese
柴 (chái) meaning
"firewood".
Chernykh
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Черных(Russian)
Pronounced: chir-NIKH
Derived from Russian черный (cherniy) meaning "black".
Coy
Usage: English
Pronounced: KOI
Means "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.
Czajka
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: CHIE-ka
Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.
Dayberry
Usage: English, German (Americanized)
Dehghan
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دهقان(Persian)
Pronounced: dehh-GHAWN
Means "farmer, peasant" in Persian.
Ejercito
Usage: Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish ejército meaning "army". A notable bearer was Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1937-), the 13th president of the Philippines.
Elsemere
The surname Ellesmere was first found in Shropshire at
Ellesmere, a market-town and parish, and the head of a union.
Evangelista
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: eh-van-jeh-LEES-ta(Italian) eh-ban-kheh-LEES-ta(Spanish)
Means "evangelist" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Fairchild
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.
Feigenbaum
Usage: German, Jewish
Pronounced: FIE-gən-bowm(German)
Means "fig tree" in German.
Floros
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Φλώρος(Greek)
From Greek
φλώρος (floros) meaning
"greenfinch", derived from classical Greek
χλωρός (chloros) meaning "green".
Fortune
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWR-choon
From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning "fortune, luck, chance". This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.
Gajos
Derived from Polish gaj meaning "grove, thicket".
Gelashvili
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: გელაშვილი(Georgian)
Ghasabyan
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ղասաբյան(Armenian)
Pronounced: rah-sahb-YAHN
From Armenian
ղասաբ (ghasab) meaning
"butcher", of Arabic origin.
Giordano
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jor-DA-no
Górski
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: GOOR-skee
From the Polish word góra meaning "mountain".
Graybill
Usage: English (American)
Anglicized form of Swiss German
Krähenbühl, meaning "crow hill".
Gwózdek
Derived from either archaic Polish gwozd meaning "forest" or gwóźdź meaning "nail".
Hagihara
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 萩原(Japanese Kanji) はぎはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-GYEE-HA-RA
From Japanese
萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and
原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Hesketh
Usage: English
Pronounced: HES-kith
Combination of Old Norse hestr "horse" and skeið "racecourse". This is the name of several paces in England.
Huamán
Usage: Quechua (Hispanicized)
Pronounced: wa-MAN(Latin American Spanish)
Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".
Ignat
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: eeg-NAT
From the given name
Ignat.
Ilves
Means "lynx" in Estonian.
Ingersleben
From the name of the town of Ingersleben, Germany, which meant "Inge's village".
Izumi
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 泉(Japanese Kanji) いずみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EE-ZOO-MEE
From Japanese
泉 (izumi) meaning
"spring, fountain".
Janvier
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHAHN-VYEH
Either from the given name
Janvier or the French word
janvier meaning
"January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.
Jewel
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOO-əl, JOOL
Jha
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia, Nepali
Other Scripts: झा(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) ঝা(Bengali) ઝા(Gujarati) ਝਾਅ(Gurmukhi) ଝା(Odia)
Pronounced: JAH(Hindi) GYA(Bengali, Odia)
Derived from Sanskrit अध्यापक (adhyapaka) meaning "teacher".
Katz
Usage: Jewish
Other Scripts: כּץ, כּייץ(Hebrew)
Derived from Hebrew
כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohen tzedek) meaning
"priest of justice", indicating a descendant of
Aaron.
Kokkinos
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Κόκκινος(Greek)
From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.
Kos
Means "blackbird" in Slovene.
Köse
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: kuu-SEH
Means "beardless" in Turkish.
Król
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.
Kumięga
Possibly from Polish kum "godfather, friend" or komięga "raft, barge".
Kyyhkynen
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KUYH-kuy-nehn
Means "pigeon, dove" in Finnish.
Laine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: LIE-neh
Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.
Lis
Means "fox" in Polish, a nickname for a sly person.
Lomidze
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ლომიძე(Georgian)
Means
"son of the lion", from Georgian
ლომი (lomi) meaning "lion".
Luna
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: LOO-na
From various places in Spain meaning "moon".
Lykke
Means "happiness" in Danish.
Mayberry
Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of
Mowbray. Possibly it is derived from an English place name.
Miazga
Derived from Polish miazga "pulp, crush".
Mlakar
Referred to someone who lived near a pool, derived from South Slavic mlaka meaning "pool, puddle".
Mould
From the given name
Mauld, a medieval form of
Matilda.
Nazeri
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ناظری(Persian)
Pronounced: naw-zeh-REE
From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".
Nightingale
Nickname for someone with a good voice from Middle English nightegale "nightingale" (Old English nihtegale, ultimately from niht "night" and galan "to sing").
Nouri
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: نوري(Arabic) نوری(Persian)
Pronounced: noo-REE(Persian)
Nukhao
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: หนูขาว(Thai)
Pronounced: noo-KOW
Means "white mouse" in Thai.
Oleastro
Means "wild olive" in Spanish, originally indicating one who lived near such a tree.
Orellana
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".
Ostrowski
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: aws-TRAWF-skee
From Polish ostrów meaning "river island".
Ōtsubo
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 大坪(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: O-TSOO-BO
From Japanese 大
(o) meaning "big, great" and 坪
(tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.
Outterridge
Derived from the Old English given name
Uhtric.
Padmore
Originally indicated a person from Padmore in England, derived from Old English padde "toad" and mor "moor, marsh".
Persaud
Usage: Indian (Expatriate), South American, Caribbean
Other Scripts: प्रसाद(Hindi)
Indo-Guyanese form of
Prasad. This is the most common surname in Guyana.
Piątek
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: PYAWN-tehk
Means "Friday" in Polish, derived from the word piąty meaning "fifth".
Pokorný
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: PO-kor-nee(Czech)
Means "humble" in Czech and Slovak.
Prifti
From Albanian prift meaning "priest".
Quijada
Means "jaw" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with a large jaw.
Quiroga
Usage: Galician
Pronounced: kee-RAW-ghu
Originally denoted a person from the town of Quiroga in Galicia, Spain.
Quispe
Usage: Quechua (Hispanicized)
Pronounced: KEES-peh(Latin American Spanish)
Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".
Ravenhill
From
Rauenilde or
Ravenild, medieval English forms of the Old Norse given name
Hrafnhildr.
Rigó
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: REE-go
Means "thrush" in Hungarian.
Rosenberg
Usage: German, Swedish, Jewish
Means "rose mountain" in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.
Rubinov
Usage: Russian, Jewish
Other Scripts: Рубинов(Russian)
Pronounced: ruw-BYEE-nəf(Russian)
Means "son of
Rubin" in Russian, though it could also be derived from Russian рубин
(rubin) "ruby".
Ryba
Means "fish" in Polish and Czech, an occupational name for a fisher.
Sargsyan
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Սարգսյան(Armenian)
Means
"son of Sargis" in Armenian.
Schwinghammer
Occupational name for a blacksmith, literally meaning "swing hammer" in German.
Seabrook
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".
Shahbazi
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شهبازی(Persian)
Pronounced: shah-baw-ZEE
Soudani
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: سوداني(Arabic)
Means "Sudanese (referring to a person from Sudan)", derived from Arabic سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy).
Stawski
Derived from Polish staw meaning "pond".
Szőke
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: SUU-keh
Means "blond, fair haired" in Hungarian.
Tamm
Means "oak" in Estonian. This is among the most common surnames in Estonia.
Tiryaki
Possibly from a nickname meaning "addict, opium user" in Turkish.
Tjäder
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: SHEH-dehr
Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.
Tkachuk
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Ткачук(Ukrainian)
From Ukrainian
ткач (tkach) meaning
"weaver".
Tsosie
Usage: Navajo
Pronounced: TSO-see
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".
Varela
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ba-REH-la
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.
Vera
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: BEH-ra
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera from Spanish meaning "shore, bank".
Vivar
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'.
Vörös
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: VUU-ruush
Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.
Vukašin
Derived from the given name
Vukašin.
Waldvogel
From a nickname for a carefree person, derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
Whitehead
Nickname for someone with white or light-coloured hair, from Old English
hwit "white" and
heafod "head".
Wiater
Derived from Polish wiatr "wind", a nickname for a quick person.
Wongyai
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: วงศ์ใหญ่(Thai)
Pronounced: wong-YIE
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ใหญ่ (yai) meaning "big, large, great".
Wrona
Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".
Wynne
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIN
Derived from the given name
Wine.
Xanthopoulos
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ξανθόπουλος(Greek)
Pronounced: ksan-THO-poo-los
Yewdale
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).
Yoshinaga
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 吉永(Japanese Kanji) よしなが(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YO-SHEE-NA-GA
From Japanese
吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and
永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Zaldívar
Derived from Basque zaldi meaning "horse" combined with ibar meaning "valley". This is also the name of a town in Biscay, Spain.
Zečević
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Зечевић(Serbian)
Derived from zec, meaning ''rabbit''.
Zerrouki
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: زروقي(Arabic)
From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue".
Zilberschlag
Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".
Żuraw
Means "crane" in Polish, a nickname for a tall person.
Apostolov
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Апостолов(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
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Carbajal
Usage: Spanish, Judeo-Spanish
Pronounced: kar-ba-KHAL(European Spanish)
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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.
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