StensonEnglish From the name of a hamlet (now called Twyford and Stenson) in Derbyshire, England. The name is a combination of the Old Norse name Steinn and Old English tun "settlement, enclosure".
StenvallSwedish Composed of the elements sten "stone" and vall "mound".
SterleyEnglish This is an English locational surname. Recorded as Starley, Stearley, Sterley, Sturley, and others, it originates from a place called 'ster-leah', meaning "steer" or "cattle farm". However no such place in any of the known surname spellings is to be found in England, although there is place called Starleyburn in Fifeshire in Scotland... [more]
SternhagenGerman topographic name from Middle High German ster "ram" (and -n- either the plural ending or a folk etymological insert by association with Middle High German stern "star") and hagen "enclosed field or pasture".
SteurerGerman Occupational name for someone who collects taxes from Middle High German stiurære "court assistant, tax collector".
StinchcombEnglish Habitational name from Stinchcombe in Gloucestershire, recorded in the 12th century as Stintescombe, from the dialect term stint meaning "sandpiper" + cumb meaning "narrow valley".
StoakleyEnglish This is an English locational name of Anglo-Saxon origin. The meaning is either the wood from which stocks, that is to say tree stumps or logs were obtained and derived from the Old English pre 7th Century word stocc, meaning a stump and leah, "a wood or glade"... [more]
StockdaleEnglish Habitational name from a place in Cumbria and North Yorkshire, England. Derived from Old English stocc "tree trunk" and dæl "valley".
StocktonEnglish Habitational surname for a person from any of the places (e.g. Cheshire, County Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and North and West Yorkshire) so called from Old English stocc "tree trunk" or stoc "dependent settlement" + tun "enclosure", "settlement".
StockwellEnglish An English boy's name meaning "From the tree stump spring"
StokholmDanish, Norwegian (Rare) Combination of Norwegian skyta "to shoot" (indicating a protruding piece of land like a cape or headland) and holme "islet".
StormoNorwegian Habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, notably in northern Norway, so named from stor meaning "big" + mo meaning "moor", "heath".
StrandbergSwedish Combination of Swedish strand "beach, sea shore" and berg "mountain".
StrandheimGerman, Jewish From a location name meaning "beach home" in German, from Middle High German strand meaning "beach" and heim meaning "home". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
StrassbergJewish Ornamental name composed of German Strasse "street" and Berg "mountain, hill".
StrathairnScottish From Strathearn, the name of a large valley of the River Earn in Scotland, derived from Gaelic srath meaning "river valley, grassland" combined with the river's name. A famous bearer is American actor David Strathairn (1949-).
StrindbergSwedish Likely a combination of Strinne, the name of a village in Multrå parish, Ångermanland, Sweden, and berg "mountain". A well known bearer of this name was Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg (1849-1912).
StrömgrenSwedish Combination of Swedish ström "stream" and gren "branch".
StudleyEnglish From any number of places called Studley in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and North Yorkshire. The name comes from Old English stod "stud farm" + leah "pasture".
StukeleyEnglish From a surname meaning "woodland clearing with tree stumps" in Old English.
SuazoSpanish, Spanish (Latin American), Basque "Castilianized form of Basque Zuhatzu, habitational name from places in Araba and Navarre named Zuhatzu, from Basquezu(h)aitz‘tree’ + the collective suffix -zu, tsu."... [more]
SudaJapanese From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
SuekawaJapanese Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".
SuenagaJapanese From Japanese 末 (sue) meaning "tip, end, top" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
SuenoJapanese This surname is used as either 末延 or 末野 with 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, end, posterity, powder, tip", 延 (en, no.basu, no.biru, no.be, no.beru) meaning "prolong, stretching" and 野 (sho, ya, no, no-) meaning "civilian life, field, plains, rustic."... [more]
SueokaJapanese From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."
SueyoshiJapanese From Japanese 末 (sue) meaning "tip, end, top" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".
SugaharaJapanese Suga means "sedge" and hara means "plain, field".
SuganoJapanese From the Japanese 菅 (suga or kan) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Kanno.
SuganumaJapanese From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
SuigusaarEstonian Suigusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "somnolent (sleepy) island".
SukamägiEstonian Sukamägi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "asukas" meaning "resident/dweller" and "mägi" meaning "mountain": "mountain dweller".
SulaojaEstonian Sulaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "thaw stream".
SumanasekaraSinhalese Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
SumeragiJapanese From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]
SumidaJapanese Sumi means "pure, clean" and da means "rice patty, field".
SumidaJapanese From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
SumidaJapanese From Japanese 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
SumigaiJapanese Possibly from (ko) meaning "small" and 住 (sumi) meaning "residence, dwelling, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook.
SumitaJapanese From Japanese 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
SummerhaysEnglish Probably means "person living by a summer enclosure (where animals were grazed on upland pastures in the summer)" (from Middle English sumer "summer" + hay "enclosure").
SummerleeEnglish (Rare) This surname is originated from Old English sumer meaning "summer" and leah meaning "clearing, meadow."
SummersetEnglish Regional surname for someone from Somerset, an area in England. The name is derived from Old English sumer(tun)saete meaning "dwellers at the summer settlement".
SumuraJapanese From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
SunadaJapanese From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
SunagawaJapanese From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
SunaharaJapanese From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field". A notable bearer is Yoshinori Sunahara, a record producer.
SundinSwedish Combination of Swedish sund "strait" and the common surname suffix -in.
SundqvistSwedish From Swedish sund meaning "sound, strait", and kvist meaning "twig, branch".
SurridgeEnglish From the medieval personal name Seric, a descendant of both Old English Sǣrīc, literally "sea power", and Sigerīc, literally "victory power".
SurridgeEnglish Originally meant "person from Surridge", Devon ("south ridge").
SussexEnglish Derived from an English county name meaning "region of the Saxons from the south" in Old English.
SuurkülaEstonian Suurküla is an Estonian surname meaning "big village".
SuurlahtEstonian Suulaht is an Estonian surname meaning "big bay/gulf".
SuurmaaEstonian Suurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "big land".
SuurmäeEstonian Suurmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "big hill/mountain".
SuurmetsEstonian Suurmets is an Estonian surname meaning "big woods/forest".
SuurojaEstonian Suuroja is an Estonian surname meaning "big stream".
SuurorgEstonian Suurorg is an Estonian name meaning "big valley".
SuurpaluEstonian Suurpalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big sandy heath/heath woodland".
SuursaluEstonian Suursalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big copse" or "big grove".
SuursooEstonian Suursoo is an Estonian surname meaning "big marsh/bog".
SuurtaluEstonian Suurtalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big farm".
SuurväliEstonian Suurväli is an Estonian surname meaning "big field".
SuwannaphumThai (Rare) From Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (Suwannaphum), from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (Suvárṇabhūmi) meaning "Suvarnabhumi", referring to various places throughout Southeast Asia as "golden land; land of gold".
SuyamaJapanese From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
SuzukawaJapanese Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".
SuzumuraJapanese From Japanese 錫 (suzu) meaning "copper, tin" or 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" combined with 村 (mura) meaning "village, town". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
SuzuuraJapanese Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
SvanströmSwedish Combination of Swedish svan "swan" and ström "stream".
SvedbergSwedish Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and berg "mountain". This name can be both locational (surname derived from a place named with Sved-... [more]
SwanwickEnglish Habitational name from Swanwick in Derbyshire, possibly also Swanwick in Hampshire. Both are named from Old English swan, "herdsman," and wic, "outlying dairy farm."
SwinburneEnglish habitational name primarily from Great and Little Swinburne (Northumberland) but perhaps also occasionally from one or other places similarly named from Old English swin "pig" and burna "stream" meaning "pig stream".
SwingEnglish Probably an Americanized spelling of German Schwing or from Middle High German zwinc meaning "legal district", hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a district administrator.
SwintonEnglish, Scottish From various place names composed of Old English swin "pig, wild boar" and tun "settlement, enclosure".
TaalmaaEstonian Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"
TaaramäeEstonian Taaramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "Taara's hill/mountain". Taara is a prominent god in ancient Estonian mythology.
TabataJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".
TabataJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 畑 or 畠 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".
TabuchiJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".
TachikawaJapanese Tachi means "stand" ad kawa means "river, stream".
TadaJapanese From the Japanese 多 (ta) "many" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."
TadanoJapanese From Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TadanoJapanese From Japanese 只 (tada) meaning "only, simply, just" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TadayashikiJapanese (Rare) Combination of Kanji Characters 多 meaning "many" and 田 meaning "rice field", and 屋 and 敷, 屋敷 meaning "great house".
TadokoroJapanese It literally means "farmland, country", from 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
TaevasEstonian Taevas is an Estonian surname meaning "sky", "heavens" and "Heaven"
TagametsEstonian Tagamets is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of forest".
TagaväliEstonian Tagaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of field".
TakakiJapanese Taka means "high" and ki means "wood, tree".
TakakuraJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".
TakakuwaJapanese From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (kuwa) "mulberry tree."
TakamachiJapanese A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.
TakamakiJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"
TakamaruJapanese This surname is used as 高丸 with 高 (kou, taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru) meaning "expensive, high, tall" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]
TakamatsuJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
TakamiJapanese Taka means "High, Tall, Expensive" and Mi means "Viewing, See, Outlook".
TakamineJapanese Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".
TakamiyaJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
TakatsutsumiJapanese Taka means "high, tall, expensive" and tsutsumi means "river, bank, enbankment, dike".
TakauraJapanese Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
TakayamaJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
TakayanagiJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
TakayasuJapanese Taka means "tall, high" and yasu means "cheap, inexpensive, relax"
TakazatoJapanese 高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]
TakeharaJapanese (Rare) Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.
TakiJapanese (Rare) Tami means "Waterfall". This is occasionally a first name too,as a matter of a fact,neither of them are common.
TakiJapanese From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids".
TakigawaJapanese From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
TakiguchiJapanese Taki means "waterfall" and guchi comes from kuchi meaning "mouth, opening".
TakiguchiJapanese From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
TakikawaJapanese Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".
TakimotoJapanese From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
TakimuraJapanese Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".
TakinoJapanese Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".
TakinoueJapanese Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".
TakisakiJapanese Taki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
TakitaniJapanese Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".
TakiyaJapanese (Rare) Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.
TakiyamaJapanese From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall; rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
TakizawaJapanese Taki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".
TakizawaJapanese From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
TalbertEnglish, French From a continental Germanic personal name composed of the elements tal "valley" and berth "bright".
TaluEstonian Talu is an Estonian surname meaning "farmstead".
TalujärvEstonian Talujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "farm lake".
TalumetsEstonian Talumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.
TalusaarEstonian Talusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "farm island".
TamadaJapanese From 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
TamadaJapanese From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
TamakawaJapanese Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".
TamakiJapanese From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城 (ki) meaning "castle", 置 (ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
TammearuEstonian Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".
TammemaaEstonian Tammemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "oak land".
TammemägiEstonian Tammemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "oak hill/mountain".
TammeorgEstonian Tammeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "oak valley".
TammetaluEstonian Tammetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak farm/farmstead".
TammetsEstonian Tammets is an Estonian surname meaning "oak forest".
TammeväliEstonian Tammeväli is an Estonian surname meaning "oak field".
TammikEstonian Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
TammiksaarEstonian Tammiksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood island".
TammikuEstonian Tammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
TammjärvEstonian Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".
TammsaarEstonian Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".
TammsaluEstonian Tammsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak ridge".
TamonJapanese (Rare) This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]
TampõldEstonian Tampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").
TanabeJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
TăngVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 曾 (tăng) meaning "high".
TanieJapanese Tani means "valley" and e means "inlet, river".
TannoJapanese From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TanoueJapanese Ta means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".
TanumaJapanese Ta means "rice paddy, field" and Numa means "swamp, marsh".
TanumaJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
TarafdarBengali From a title which denoted a holder of a taraf (a type of administrative division formerly used in South Asia), itself derived from Arabic طرف (taraf) meaning "area, section, side" and the Persian suffix دار (dar) indicating ownership.
TasakaJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
TasakiJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
TashimaJapanese Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".
TashiroJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".
TatenoJapanese From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TateokaJapanese From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
TateyamaJapanese From Japanese 館 (tate) meaning "large building, mansion" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
TatsudaJapanese Means "dragon rice paddy" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 竜 (dragon) and 田 (rice paddy).
TatsukiJapanese Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".
TatsumiJapanese This surname is used as the combinations shown above + others that aren't on this entry.... [more]
TatsumuraJapanese Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".
TatsunoJapanese From Japanese 辰 (tatsu) meaning "dragon of the Chinese zodiac" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
TatsuokaJapanese Tatsu means "Stand" or "Dragon, Imperial", and Oka means "Ridge, Hill."
TaueJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".
TauraJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
TayamaJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
TazawaJapanese From the Japanese 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."
TeasdaleEnglish From Teesdale, the name of a valley of the River Tees in northern England, derived from the river's name (meaning "warmth" in Old English) combined with dæl meaning "valley".
TeearuEstonian Teearu is an Estonian surname meaning "road/lane grassland".
TeelahtEstonian Teelaht is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway bay".
TeesaluEstonian Teesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "road grove".
TelfordEnglish From the words taelf meaning "plateau" and ford meaning "river crossing"... [more]
TelgmaaEstonian Telgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "axial land".
TéllezSpanish from the given name Tello which is the Spanish form of the name Tellus, meaning "earth" in Latin
TellisaarEstonian Tellisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "brick island".
TempleEnglish, French Occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses ("temples") maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum)... [more]
TemplerEnglish Templer is an Old English surname denoting either a servant of one of the Knights Templar, or a person living near or serving at a church. The meaning is “church attendant”.
TenkubashiJapanese (Rare) Written with kanji meaning "Heaven Sky Bridge". This surname is possessed by two characters in popular culture, Aika Tenkubashi from Shomin Sample, and Tomoka Tenkubashi from the Idolm@sters: Million Live videogame.
TennōjiJapanese (Rare) Composed of Japanese ten 天 meaning "heaven," ō (which becomes nō due to renjō) 王 meaning "king," and ji 寺 meaning "temple" or "Buddhist temple."
TennosaarEstonian Tennosaar is an Estonian surname meaning "Tenno's (a masculine given name) island".
Te PokiMaori The word Te means "the." The word Poki possibly means "to clear the garden." This was the name of a Ngati Mutunga tidewaiter and constable on what is now the Chatham Islands named Toenga Te Poki.
TerachiJapanese From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 地 (chi) meaning "ground".
TeradaJapanese From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
TeraguchiJapanese Tera means "temple" and guchi means "opening, mouth".
TeraiJapanese Tera means "temple" and i means "well".