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Neuenschwander German (Swiss), Swiss
Means "newly cleared land".

Neufeld German, English
Neufeld is a surname of German origin, meaning "new field". It is not seldom in Germany and it is common among German speaking Mennonites from Russia.

Neukirch German, German (Swiss)
Derived from the Middle High German niuwe meaning "new" and kirch meaning "church".

Newberg Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Neuberg, an ornamental Jewish name meaning "new mountain" in German.

Newborn English
Habitational name from Newbourn in Suffolk or Newburn in Tyne and Wear (formerly part of Northumberland), both named with Old English niwe "new" and burna "stream", perhaps denoting a stream that had changed its course.

Newby English
Means "person from Newby", Newby being a combination of the Middle English elements newe "new" and by "farm, settlement" (ultimately from Old Norse býr "farm"). British travel writer Eric Newby (1919-2006) bore this surname.

Newlin English, Irish
An Irish surname meaning "By the the spring"

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Niedfeldt German
Topographic name for a person who lived by a lower area of open land, derived from Middle Low German nider meaning "lower" and feld meaning "open country".

Niidera Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 新 (nii-) meaning "temple" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Niihara Japanese
Nii means "new" and hara means "plain, field".

Niinelaid Estonian
Niinelaid is an Estonian surname meaning "linden islet".

Niinemäe Estonian
Niinemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "linden hill/mountain".

Niinemets Estonian
Niinemets is an Estonian surname meaning "linden forest".

Niinepuu Estonian
Niinepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "bast tree/wood".

Niit Estonian
Niit is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow".

Niitsoo Estonian
Niitsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow swamp".

Nijibayashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 虹 (Niji) meaning "Rainbow" and 林 (Bayashi) meaning "Forest". A notable bearer of this surname was academic author Kei Nijibayashi.

Nijino Japanese
Made up of the kanji 虹, meaning "rainbow", and 乃 ,meaning "of"。... [more]

Nikaido Japanese (Rare, ?)
From japanese kanji 二 (ni) meaning "two", 階 (kai) meaning "floor, storey" combined with 堂 (dō) meaning "temple". The last name is a name of a clan of Japanese samurai that ruled the Iwase District of Mutsu Province during the Sengoku period during the Kamakura era... [more]

Nikaidō Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", 階 (kai) meaning "floor, storey" and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".

Nimura Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Ninomiya Japanese
二 (Nino) means "two, second" and 宮 (miya) means "shrine".... [more]

Ninomiya Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nioka Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nishihara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, field, plain".

Nishimiya Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nishino Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Nishinohara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野原 (nohara) meaning "grass field".

Nishioka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nishisawa Japanese
Nishi means "west" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nishishima Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Nishiura Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nishizaki Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Nishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Nisumaa Estonian
Nisumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wheat land".

Niva Sami, Finnish
From Finnish niva "small rapid in a river", ultimately derived from Northern Sami njavvi "small river, small rapid".

Niwa Japanese
Means "garden" in Japanese.

Niziński m Polish
Might be derived from a Polish village called Niziny. It comes from Polish nizina, meaning "plain, lowland."

Noar English
This surname is thought to be derived from nore which could mean "shore, cliff." This could denote that someone might have lived in a shore or cliff. It may also be used as a surname for someone who lived in the now 'diminished' village of Nore in Surrey.

Nobira Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."

Noble English, Scottish, Irish, French
Nickname from Middle English, Old French noble "high-born, distinguished, illustrious" (Latin nobilis), denoting someone of lofty birth or character, or perhaps also ironically someone of low station... [more]

Noceda Spanish
Spanish surname derived from the word "nocedal" meaning "field of walnut trees" it denoted a person who lived or came from such place.

Nocito Italian
from Latin nucetum (Italian noceto) "walnut orchard" applied as either a topographic name for someone who lived by such a place or as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.

Nōda Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.

Noda Japanese
Combination of the kanji 野 (no, "area, field, hidden part of a structure; wild, rustic") and 田 (ta, "rice paddy, field"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; b. 1957).

Nogami Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Noji Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 地 (ji) meaning "earth, land, dirt".

Nojima Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nojiri Japanese
No means "rice paddy, field" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Nokawa Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Nomizu Japanese
No means "field, wilderness" and mizu means "water".

Nõmm Estonian
Nõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "heath".

Nõmme Estonian
Nõmme is an Estonian surname, derived from "nõmm", meaning "heath". It is also the name of several locations of towns and villages in Estonia.

Nõmmela Estonian
Nõmmela is an Estonian surname meaning "heath area".

Nõmmik Estonian
Nõmmik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath forest" or "heath stand".

Nõmmsalu Estonian
Nõmmsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "heath grove".

Nomori Japanese (?)
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Nomoto Japanese
"Field origin".

Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".

Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nonaka Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Nonomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Nonoyama Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Noodla Estonian
Noodla is an Estonian surname meaning "seine/fishing area".

Noormägi Estonian
Noormägi is an Estonian surname meaning "young hill/mountain".

Noormets Estonian
Noormets is an Estonian surname meaning "young forest".

Nordlander Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" and the common surname suffix -lander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er).

Nordlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" and lund "grove".

Norell Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait" and the common surname suffix -ell.

Norén Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait" and the common surname suffix -én.

Norimine Japanese
Possibly from 儀 (nori) meaning "rites, ceremonies" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Norin Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait".

Norman Swedish
Combination of Swedish norr "north", or in some cases nor "narrow strait of water", and man "man".

Noro Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 呂 (ro) meaning "spine, backbone".

Norrgård Finnish, Swedish
From Swedish norr meaning "north" combined with gård meaning "farm, estate".

Nørskov Danish
Means "northern forest" from the Danish nord "north" and skov "forest".

Northam English
habitational namefrom Northam (Devon) Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset) Northam in Southampton (Hampshire) or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred Hampshire. The place names derive from Old English norþ "north northern" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow".

Northey English
Habitational name from Northay in Hawkchurch Devon. The placename derives from Middle English north "north northern" and heie "fence enclosure hedge" (Old English norþ (ge)hæg)... [more]

Northland English
Meaning "North land".

Northway English
Habitational name from one or more of the minor places called with Middle English bi northe weie "(place) to the north of the way or road" from the elements norþ "north" and weg "way" including Northway in Monkleigh Widecombe in the Moor and Parkham Norway in Whitestone Narraway in Drewsteignton (all Devon) and Northway in Halse (Somerset)... [more]

Norwel English
English surname meaning "From the North Spring"

Norwell English
Means, "from the North Spring"

Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nose Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Noshima Japanese
No means "field, rice paddy, wilderness" and shima means "island".

Nosho Japanese
From 納 (no) meaning "payment, supply, acceptance" and 庄 (sho) meaning "village, manor, hamlet."

Nota Japanese
Variant of Noda meaning "field, rice paddy".

Noto Japanese
No means "wilderness, field, plain" and to means "wisteria" or "door".

Nõupuu Estonian
Nõupuu is an Estonian surname meaning "vessel tree/wood".

Novosel Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".

Novoselec Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".

Novoselić Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".... [more]

Noyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Nozaki Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Nozoe Japanese
Possibly from 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 末 (soe) meaning "end, tip, conclusion, final".

Nugent English, Irish, French
An English, Irish (of Norman origin) and French habitational surname derived from any of several places in northern France (such as Nogent-sur-Oise), From Latin novientum and apparently an altered form of a Gaulish name meaning "new settlement".

Nuiamäe Estonian
Nuiamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "clubs hill."

Numa Japanese
Numa means "marsh, swamp".

Numahata Japanese
Possibly from 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 形 (hata) meaning "shape, form, type".

Numasawa Japanese
From 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Numata Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nurchis Italian
Denoting someone from Nure or Nurra in Sardinia, which were possibly derived from the pre-Roman root words nur meaning "fire" or "stones, heap" and the suffix -ke meaning "earth" or "dwelling".

Nureki Japanese
From 濡 (nu, nure) meaning "wet" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Nuristani Afghan
Derived from the name of Nuristan (meaning "land of light"), a province in northern Afghanistan.

Nurm Estonian
Nurm is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" and "meadow" and "pasture".

Nurmik Estonian
Nurmik is an Estonian surname meaning "lea/meadow stand".

Nurmiste Estonian
Nurmiste is an Estonian surname derived from "nurm" meaning "lea/meadow".

Nurmsalu Estonian
Nurmsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "pasture/meadow grove".

Nyholm Swedish, Danish, Finland Swedish
Derived from Swedish and Danish ny "new" and holme "islet".

Nyland Norwegian
Combination of Norwegian ny "new" and land "land, yard".

Nylander Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" (possibly a habitational name from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er).

Oakden English
A variant of Ogden, from a place name derived from Old English āc "oak" and denu "valley". Famous bearers include British diplomat Edward Oakden and English cricketer Patrick Oakden.

Oakland English
This surname is derived from Old English āc and land and it, obviously, means "oak land."

Oatfield English
Means "oat field". Cognate of Haberfeld

Ōba Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Obama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Obara Japanese
It's written like : 小 (O meaning small) and Bara meaning "Plain". Masakazu Obara's last name is pronounced like this. He is an anime director, he worked on Accel World.

Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 畑 (hata) meaning "field".

Ōbayashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Ocampo Spanish, Galician
From the Galician toponym O Campo meaning "the field", also used as a habitational name from a town of the same name in Lugo, Galicia.

Ochitani Japanese
From 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

O'Coill Irish
Meaning, "wood, forest, or shrub hazel tree."

Ó Cuill Irish
Meaning, "wood, forest, or shrub hazel tree."

Oda Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (o) "small," 尾 (o) "tail" or 織 (o) "fabric," "material," "cloth" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."... [more]

Odajima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Odaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Ødegård Norwegian
Means "deserted farm" in Norwegian. A combination of øde "deserted, empty" and gård "farm, yard".

Ōe Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Oe Japanese
O means "big, great" and e means "inlet, shore".

Ōga Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 淡河, 王賀 or 相賀 with 淡 (tan, awa.i) meaning "faint, fleeting, pale, thin," 河 (ka, kawa) meaning "river," 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule," 相 (shou, sou, ai-, ou) meaning "aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy."... [more]

Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Ogihara Japanese
Ogi means "reed, rush" and hara means "field, plain".

Ogino Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Ogiwara Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Oglethorpe English
From Oglethorpe Hall in Bramham (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Ocelestorp in 1086 and Okelesthorp in 124 The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Oddkell and Old Scandinavian or Old English þorp "secondary settlement outlying farmstead" meaning "Oddkell's village" the surname derived from oddr "point of a weapon" and ketill "cauldron".

Ōhama Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Ōhara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ohara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ohka Japanese
A transcription of Oka meaning "Ridge, Hill". It's likely an americanized spelling.

Oi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 井 (i) meaning "well, spring".

Õiemets Estonian
Õiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/flower forest".

Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Õisla Estonian
Õisla is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom area".

Õismaa Estonian
Õismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "blossom land".

Õismäe Estonian
Õismäe is a Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom hill". The surname can also taken be from the location of Õismäe, which is a subdistrict of the capital Tallinn.

Õismets Estonian
Õismets is an Estonian surname meaning "flower/blossom forest".

Õisnurm Estonian
Õisnurm is an Estonian surname meaning "flower meadow".

Ōiwa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Oja Estonian
From the Estonian word oja, meaning "creek".

Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".

Ojalill Estonian
Ojalill is an Estonian surname meaning "stream flower".

Ojalind Estonian
Ojalind is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek bird".

Ojaloo Estonian
Ojaloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek swathe".

Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".

Ojandi Estonian
Ojandi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oja" ("stream/creek") and "rand" ("beach").

Ojanurm Estonian
Ojanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "stream pasture/meadow".

Ojaperv Estonian
Ojaperv is an Estonian surname meaning "stream bank".

Ojasalu Estonian
Ojasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek grove".

Ojasoo Estonian
Ojasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "steam/creek swamp".

Ojaste Estonian
From Estonian oja meaning "brook, creek".

Ojastu Estonian
Ojastu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek/stream".

Ojasu Estonian
Ojasu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek".

Ojavee Estonian
Ojavee is an Estonians surname meaning "stream water".

Ojavool Estonian
Ojavool is an Estonian surname meaning "stream current/flow".

Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Okamizu Japanese
From 岡 (oka) meaning "hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Ōkano Japanese
Surname of Japanese origin meaning "cherry blossom flower field".

Okano Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".

Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".

Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".

Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".

Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".

Okatani Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill" and tani means "valley".

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Okayasu Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet".

Ōki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Oki Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea".

Okiayu Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and ayu means "trout".

Okie Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and e means "inlet, river".

Okimatsu Japanese
Matsu means "pine, fir tree" and oki means "open sea".

Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Okino Japanese
O could mean "big, great" and ki can mean "tree, wood", or it could be spelled as oki meaning "open sea", and no means "field, plain".

Okino Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okise Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and se means "river".

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okitani Japanese
Oki could mean "open sea", or it could be spelled as o meaning "big, great", and tani meaning "valley".

Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".

Okota Japanese (Rare)
This name is used to combine 興 (kou, kyou, oko.ru, oko.su) meaning "interest, pleasure," or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 古 (ko, furu.i, furu-, -furu.su) meaning "old" and 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy."

Oksmaa Estonian
Oksmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bough/branch land".

Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okukawa Japanese (Rare)
Oku means "interior,secluded,further out" and kawa means "river". Minako Okukawa is a fictional character from Yuri!!! On Ice and it's also the name of a company.

Okuno Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okuoka Japanese
The meaning of Okuoka/奥岡 equals to "Interior Hill"

Okusawa Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Okuyama Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Oldenhave Dutch
From the name of a small village in the province of Drenthe, Holland, composed of Dutch oud and hoeve, meaning "old farm".

Oldham English
Habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald "old" and Old Norse holmr "island water meadow" or eald "old" and ham "farmstead" meaning either "old lands" or "old farm".

Oldroyd English
Derived from Old English euld meaning "old" and royd meaning "clearing".

Olissaar Estonian
Olissaar is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "õli" meaning "oil/fat" and "saar" meaning "island".

Olivares Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places named Olivares, from the plural of Spanish olivar meaning "olive grove". Compare Portuguese and Galician Oliveira.

Olmstead English (British)
Comes from the Old French ermite "hermit" and Old English stede "place".... [more]

Olumets Estonian
Olumets is an Estonian surname meaning "existing forest".

Ölund Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and lund "groove".

Olwell English
Possibly a habitational name from Ulwell in Swanage Dorset named with Old English ule "owl" and wille "stream".

Omaeda Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great", combined with 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Omine Japanese
O means "big, great, large" and mine means "peak".

Ōmori Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Omori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 森 (mori) "forest," "woods."

O'Mulvenna Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Maoilmheana, meaning "descendant of Maoilmheana" a personal name meaning "chieftain of the main river."

Ōmura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Omura Japanese
O means "big, huge, great" and mura means "bamlet, village". ... [more]

Onda Japanese
From Japanese 恩 (on) meaning "obligation" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Onizuka Japanese
From Japanese 鬼 (oni) "demon" and 塚 (dzuka) "mound".

Õnnepalu Estonian
Õnnepalu is an Estonian surname meaning "benefic/happy heath".

Ōno Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (oo) "big" and 野 (no) "field," "area."

Onodera Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Onoe Japanese
O means "Big, great", No means "plain", and E means "inlet, shore."

Onogi Japanese
O means "large, big", no means "field", and gi is a form of ki meaning "tree, wood".

Onoki Japanese
O means "large, big", no means "field", and ki means"tree, wood".

Onose Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Onslow English
Locational name from a place called Onslow described in Victorian times as being "a place within the liberty of Shrewsbury, in Salop', the original and still confusingly used, name for the county of Shropshire.

Onstad Norwegian, German
Habitational name from the name of any of seven farmsteads mainly in the southeast most of them with names formed from any of various Old Norse personal names plus stathir "farmstead" as for example Augunarstathir from the personal name Auðun (from Auth "wealth" plus un "friend")... [more]

Onstenk Dutch
Derived from a place name, ultimately composed of on- "un-, bad" and stede "city, town" combined with the possessive suffix -ink.

Ōnuma Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Ōoka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Ookouchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big", 河 (kou) meaning "river" and 内 (chi) meaning "inside".

Oortwijn Dutch
Patronym of Oort meaning "place" or "location"

Öösalu Estonian
Öösalu is an Estonian surname meaning "night grove".

Oosterhout Dutch
From the name of various places in the Netherlands, derived from ooster "eastern" and hout "wood, forest".

Oostwal Dutch
From the Dutch words oost "east" and wal "coast, shore" or "bank, levee, wall".

Ootani Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Oppegård Norwegian
Habitational name meaning "upper farm". Derived from Old Norse uppi "upper" and garðr "farm, yard". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway. ... [more]

Orbison English
From a village in Lincolnshire, England originally called Orby and later Orreby that is derived from a Scandinavian personal name Orri- and the Scandinavian place element -by which means "a farmstead or small settlement."

Oregon English (American, Rare)
From the state of Oregon. Meaning “River of the west”

Org Estonian
Org is an Estonian surname meaning "valley".

Orgla Estonian
Orgla is an Estonian surname meaning "valley area".

Orgmaa Estonian
Orgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "valley land".

Orgmets Estonian
Orgmets is an Estonian surname meaning "valley forest".

Orgussaar Estonian
Orgussaar is an Estonian surname meaning "valley island".

Orihara Japanese
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "fold, bend" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Orley English
Habitational name from Orleigh, possibly meaning "Ordwulf’s clearing", functionally from ort "point" and leah "woodland, clearing"... [more]

Orman Turkish
Means "forest, woods" in Turkish.

Orosco Spanish, Basque
Variant of Orozco. Means "place of the holly trees" from oros meaning "holly tree" and the suffix -ko signifying a place. Also believed to have been derived from Latin orosius meaning "the son of bringer of wisdom".

Orrels Medieval English
Means "Ore hill", likely for iron ore miners. From the Old English ora, meaning "ore" and hyll, meaning hill.... [more]

Orris English (Canadian)
This unusual and interesting name is of Italian, Latin origin, and derives from one of the earliest Roman names, "Horatius". The name is thought to mean something connected with "hora", the Latin for "hour", but the original meaning has been lost... [more]

Orro Estonian
Orro is an Estonian surname, probably derived from the prefix "oro-", relating to "hill" ("mäe") and "mountain" ("mägi"); "mountainous" or "hilly".

Ortolano Italian, Spanish
occupational name for a cultivator or seller of fruit and vegetables ortolano "gardener" from a derivative of orto "vegetable garden" (from Latin hortus "garden"). The term was also used in the medieval period to denote both a cleric with a fervant devotion to pastoral work and a rough or uncouth person and in some instances may have been applied as a nickname in either sense... [more]

Ortuzar Basque
It means "old agricultural garden".

Oru Estonian
Oru is an Estonian surname derived from "org" meaning "valley".

Orujärv Estonian
Orujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "valley lake".

Orusaar Estonian
Orusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "valley island".

Orusalu Estonian
Orusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "valley grove".

Oruvee Estonian
Oruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "valley water".

Osada Japanese
From Japanese 長 (osa) meaning "chief, head, leader" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 逢 (o) meaning "meeting, encounter" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Osaka Japanese
O means "Big" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Osaki Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 崎, 埼, 﨑 or 岬 (saki) "peninsula," "cape" or 嵜 (saki) "steep," "promontory."

Osanai Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 山 (san) meaning "mountain" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (osaragi), from さらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from さらき (saraki), from 更木 (saraki) meaning "new wood; unused wood", referring to a statue of Buddha that was created using fresh wood.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), sound- and script-changed from 若木 (Osanagi), a clipping of 若木山 (Osanagiyama) meaning "Osanagi Mountain", a mountain in the city of Higashine in the prefecture of Yamagata in Japan.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (osaragi), from Old Japanese オホソレキ (ohosoreki), from オホ (oho) meaning "great; large", ソレ (sore) meaning "slash-and-burn cultivation" , and キ (ki) meaning "place", referring to a place in the mountains that had been slash-and-burn cultivated.

Osato Japanese
O means "big" and sato means "hamlet, village, town".

Osawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Osbaldeston English
From a town from England called Osbaldeston derived from the name of a king named Osbald and tun "town".

Ōshima Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Østby Norwegian
Habitational name from farmsteads in Norway named Østby or Austby. Derived from Old Norse aust "east" and býr "farm, village".

Österreich German (Austrian)
The German name for Austria, meaning "eastern kingdom".

Öström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and ström "stream, river".

Osumi Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook".

Osuna Spanish
Habitational name from a place in the province of Seville, named from Arabic Oxuna, perhaps named from Late Latin Ursina (villa) "estate of Ursus" a byname meaning "bear".

Ōta Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" or 太 (o) meaning "plump, fat, thick" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk," 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]

Ōtaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Ōtaki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall".

Ōtani Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Otsla Estonian
Otsla is an Estonian surname meaning "cusp/tip area".

Ōtsuka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Otsuka Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" or 太 (o) "fat," "thick" and 塚 (tsuka) "mound."

Ōtsutsuki Popular Culture
This surname is used as 大筒木 with 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) "large, big," 筒 (tou, tsutsu) meaning "cylinder, gun barrel, pipe, sleeve, tube" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Ottoway English
From the Norman male personal names Otoïs, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "wealth-wide" or "wealth-wood", and Otewi, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "wealth-war".

Oudeland Dutch
Habitational name from places called Oudeland in the Netherlands, or perhaps the village of Oudelande in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Their names mean "old land" in Dutch.

Oudenhoven Dutch
Derived from Dutch oude "old" and hoeve "farm, farmstead, manor". As a surname it is derived from one of the many places of this name.

Õuemaa Estonian
Õuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "courtyard".

Õuemets Estonian
Õuemets is an Estonian surname meaning "open forest".

Õunloo Estonian
Õunloo is an Estonian surname meaning "apple swathe/wood row".

Ōura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Ouwehand Dutch
Means "old hand" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a fisherman, associated with the phrase "old hands at sea". Another theory holds that it comes from a misdivision of the surname Oudeland... [more]

Ouyang Chinese
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... [more]