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AalEstonian Aal is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "ala" meaning "field", "area" and "range".
AasEstonian Aas is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" or "open grassy area".
AasalaEstonian Aasala is an Estonian surname meaning "wild/meadow area".
AassaluEstonian Aassalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lea (open grassy area) grove".
AidlaEstonian Aidla is an Estonian surname meaning "store/goods area".
AlajõeEstonian Alajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".
AlakiviEstonian Alakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region stone".
AlakülaEstonian Alaküla is an Estonian surname meaning "village area".
AlamaaEstonian Alamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "field/area land".
AlamäeEstonian Alamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region hill/mountain".
AlametsEstonian Alamets is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region forest".
AlaojaEstonian Alaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region creek".
AlasEstonian Alas is an Estonian surname, derived from either "ala-" meaning "area" and "region"; or "alasti", meaning "bald" and "nude"; "alastus" means "bareness".
AlasaluEstonian Alasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region grove".
AlasooEstonian Alasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region swamp".
AlataluEstonian Alatalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area farm/farmstead".
AlaväliEstonian Alaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region field".
AlaveeEstonian Alavee is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".
BuschiazzoItalian It's a surname in northern Italy (Piedmont). It emerges from the German spelling Bosch or Busch and this means "forest" or "wooded area".
CaderasRomansh Derived from Romansh casa "house" and dera "free area".
ChénierFrench French surname which indicated one who lived in an oak wood or near a conspicuous oak tree, derived from Old French chesne "oak" (Late Latin caxinus). In some cases it may be from a Louisiana dialectical term referring to "an area of shrub oak growing in sandy soil" (i.e., "beach ridge, usually composed of sand-sized material resting on clay or mud... [more]
EhalaEstonian Ehala is an Estonian surname meaning "sunset glow/twilight area".
FerrarEnglish The Ferrars are the Lincolnshire branch of the noble De Ferrers family. The latter having been linked to Tamworth Castle, manors in Baddesley Clinton, Tutbury Castle and the now ruined Groby Castle as well as many other estates around the UK.... [more]
FukubeJapanese From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
HamabeJapanese From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
HeinlaEstonian Heinla is an Estonian surname meaning "hay area".
HutabalianBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and balian meaning "rice field, farm, outside".
HutabaratBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and barat meaning "west".
HutagalungBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and galung meaning "embankment, dike, cleared field".
HutagaolBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and gaol meaning "banana".
HutajuluBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and julu meaning "upstream".
HutapeaBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and pea meaning "marsh, swamp, reservoir, lowland".
HutaurukBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and uruk meaning "upper, above" or "bone leaves (a type of plant)".
JärvelaEstonian Järvela is an Estonian surname meaning "lake area".
JoalaEstonian Joala is an Estonian surname derived from "jõe" ("fluvial") and "ala" ("field" or "area").
JõgilaEstonian Jõgila is an Estonian surname meaning "river area".
KaljulaEstonian Kaljula is an Estonian surname meaning "rock/cliff area".
KannoJapanese From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.
KawabeJapanese From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
KawanoJapanese From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) and 野 (no) "field," "area."
KeltyScottish From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".
KindikeriTelugu The word ‘Kindi’ meaning “lower or down” in the Telugu language, while ‘Keri’ means “area,”land or street” in Kannada.... [more]
KrajewskiPolish (Rare) Habitational name taken from places in Poland named with Polish kraj "border area".
LaasikEstonian Laasik is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland area/stand".
LelandEnglish derived from the Old English elements leah "wood, clearing, meadow" or læge "fallow" and land "land, area"... [more]
LuchtGerman, Dutch Topographic name from Lucht "cleared area, garden", ultimately from Old German leuhtą "light".
LuhtlaEstonian Luhtla is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh/glade area".
LumbantoruanBatak From Batak lumban meaning "village, hamlet" and toruan meaning "lower (area or place), below".
MaenoJapanese From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 野 (no) meaning "area, field, wilderness".
MändlaEstonian Mändla is an Estonian surname meaning "pine area".
MetsalaEstonian Metsala is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".
MetslaEstonian Metsla is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".
MetslangEstonian Metslang is an Estonian surname meaning "forest cutting area"; derived from the compounds "mets "forest" and "lank" (cutting area).
MuddEnglish Either (i) "person who lives in a muddy area"; (ii) from the medieval female personal name Mudd, a variant of Maud (variously Mahalt, Mauld, Malt, vernacular versions of Anglo-Norman Matilda); or (iii) from the Old English personal name Mōd or Mōda, a shortened form of various compound names beginning with mōd "courage".
NobiraJapanese From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."
NodaJapanese 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).
NõmmelaEstonian Nõmmela is an Estonian surname meaning "heath area".
NoodlaEstonian Noodla is an Estonian surname meaning "seine/fishing area".
ÕislaEstonian Õisla is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom area".
ŌnoJapanese From the Japanese 大 (oo) "big" and 野 (no) "field," "area."
OrglaEstonian Orgla is an Estonian surname meaning "valley area".
OtslaEstonian Otsla is an Estonian surname meaning "cusp/tip area".
PajulaEstonian Pajula is an Estonian surname meaning "willow area".
PindEstonian Pind is an Estonian surname meaning "surface" and "area".
PõhjalaEstonian Põhjala is an Estonian surname meaning "the North" and "Northern area" as well as "Norse".
PolDutch From Middle Dutch pol "tussock, grassy hill; area of raised ground in a fen".
RahulaEstonian Rahula is an Estonian surname meaning "reef area".
RaidlaEstonian Raidla is an Estonian surname meaning "sculptural/hewed area".
RajalaEstonian Rajala is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary area/field".
RandlaEstonian Randla is an Estonian surname meaning "coastal area".
RidalaEstonian Ridala is an Estonia surname meaning "set, line, or range" "area".
RiedelGerman Derived from Middle High German riet "damp, mossy area".
RomseyEnglish From the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England. The surname itself is derived from Old English rum meaning "broad", and ey meaning "area of dry land in a marsh."
SaarelaEstonian Saarela is an Estonian surname meaning "island area".
SackhoffGerman Occupational name for a farmer who cultivated land to grow plants, particularly crops, derived from Middle High German sack meaning "sack, end of a valley, area of cultivation" and hof meaning "farmstead, manor, farm"... [more]
SawabeJapanese From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
SoodlaEstonian Soodla is an Estonian surname meaning "favorable/beneficial area".
StanwoodEnglish (American) From Old English stan meaning "stone, rock" and weald meaning "forest, wooded area".
SuganoJapanese From the Japanese 菅 (suga or kan) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Kanno.
TanabeJapanese From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
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.
TownEnglish topographic name from Middle English toun(e) th one tun(e) "town village settlement" (Old English tun) often in the senses "primary settlement within an area" "manor estate" and "hamlet farm" for someone who lived in such a place.
UrblaEstonian Urbla is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin area".
UuslaEstonian Uusla is an Estonian surname meaning "new field/area".
VaiklaEstonian Vaikla is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet area".
Van Der SpekDutch Habitational name derived from Middle Dutch specke "log dam, bridge of tree trunks, road through a marshy area".
Van DongenDutch Means "from Dongen", a village in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from donk "sandy hill (in marshy area)".
Van VuchtDutch Means "from Vucht", a place name probably derived from Middle Dutch vucht "humid area, wetland".
Van WertDutch (Americanized, Archaic), Flemish Habitational name for someone from places in Belgium and the Netherlands called Weert, (De) Weerd, Weerde, or Waarde, all derived from Middle Dutch wert "holm, area surrounded by rivers".
VeedlaEstonian Veedla is an Estonian surname meaning "watery/waters area".
VeskilaEstonian Veskila is an Estonian surname meaning "(water)mill area".
WatneyEnglish Probably means "person from Watney", an unidentified place in England (the second syllable means "island, area of dry land in a marsh"; cf. Rodney, Whitney)... [more]
WeldEnglish Meant "one who lives in or near a forest (or in a deforested upland area)", from Middle English wold "forest" or "cleared upland". A famous bearer is American actress Tuesday Weld (1943-).
YamanobeJapanese From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
ZaluskyUkrainian Derives from the Slavic word zalew, meaning "bay" or "flooded area". Given to families who lived near water or areas that flooded often.