Submitted Surnames with "meadow" in Meaning

Aasala Estonian
Aasala is an Estonian surname meaning "wild/meadow area".

Aasjõe Estonian
Aasjõe is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea water".

Aaskivi Estonian
Aaskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea stone".

Aaslaid Estonian
Aaslaid is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea islet".

Aasmäe Estonian
Possibly derived from Estonian aas "meadow, lea" and mäe "mountain, hill".

Aasmets Estonian
Aasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow forest".

Aastalu Estonian
Aastalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lea/meadow farm".

Abplanalp German, German (Swiss)
Topographic name for someone living high on a mountainside, from German ab- "below", "off" + Planalp "high, flat mountain-meadow".

Aino Japanese (Rare)
Means "of love" or "of the love" in japanese. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Minako Aino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime... [more]

Akibara Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (shou, aki) meaning "shining, bright", 秋 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn" or 穐 with the same sounds and meaning with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."

Akihara Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn; fall" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".... [more]

Altnurme Estonian
Altnurme is an Estonian surname meaning "(from) below pasture/meadow".

Alunurm Estonian
Alunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation meadow".

Amézquita Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Amézquita is of Basque origin and it is derived from the Basque words "amezti" which means "meadow" and "keta" which means "house". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "house in the meadow".

Aritzala Basque (Rare)
From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, probably derived from Basque haritz "oak tree" and ala "pasture, meadow".

Arro Estonian
Arro is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "aroom", meaning "fragrant". Possibly a corruption of "aru", meaning "upland meadow".

Aru Estonian
Aru is an Estonian surname meaning both "dry upland grassy meadow" and "wit" and "intelligence".

Arukuusk Estonian
Arukuusk is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce meadow".

Arulaid Estonian
Arulaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow islet".

Arumaa Estonian
Arumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow land".

Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".

Arunurm Estonian
Arunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland meadow".

Aruorg Estonian
Aruorg is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/meadow valley".

Arusaar Estonian
Arusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/grassland island".

Aruväli Estonian
Aruväli is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow field".

Aruvee Estonian
Aruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow water".

Beckles English
From a place in Suffolk named "Beccles". From Old English bæce meaning "stream" and les meaning "meadow".

Berastegi Basque
From the name of a town in Basque Country, Spain, derived from the Basque suffix -(t)egi "house, workshop; place of" and an uncertain first element. Possibly from the given name Beraxa (also written Beratza, Berasa, or Beraza), itself possibly from beratz "soft", or from the element beratz which means "meadow, grassy place"... [more]

Berzelius Swedish
Derived from the name of an estate named Bergsätter located near Motala, Östergötland, Sweden. Bergsätter is composed of Swedish berg "mountain" and säter "outlying meadow"... [more]

Błoński Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places named Błonie, derived from Polish błonie meaning "pasture, meadow".

Bonde Norwegian (Rare)
From a farm named Bonde, named with Old Norse bóndi "farmer" and vin "meadow".

Braham English
From the name of a town called Braham, probably derived from Old English brom meaning "broom (a type of plant)" and ham meaning "home, settlement" or hamm meaning "river meadow".

Breitwieser German
Derived from German breit "broad" and wisa "meadow".

Brinsley English
From a place meaning "brun's clearing" or "brown clearing" with the elements brun "brown" and leah "meadow, clearing".

Bruch German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or a stream that frequently flooded, from Middle High German bruoch "water meadow" or "marsh" (cognate to old English broc "brook", "stream" cf... [more]

Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".

Çayır Turkish
Means "meadow, pasture" in Turkish.

Chaires Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly a plural form of Galician chaira "little valley or meadow" or chairo "flat" (way, terrain). Refers to a person who lived in such a place.

Chamanara Persian
Occupational name for a gardener, derived from Persian چمن (chaman) meaning "lawn, meadow" and آرا (ara) meaning "arrange, decorate".

Couderc Occitan
From Occitan codèrc meaning "pasture, meadow, enclosure".

De La Vega Spanish
Means "of the meadow" in Spanish.

Dupré French
Means "of the meadow" in French.

Ekern Norwegian (Rare)
From Old Norse ekra "meadow, field". This was the name of a farmstead in Norway.

Eng Swedish, Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse eng "meadow".

Engdahl Swedish
Combination of Swedish äng "meadow" and dal "valley".

Enggaard Danish
Combination of Danish eng "meadow" and gård "farm, estate".

England Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of several farms in Norway, named with Old Norse eng "meadow" and land "land".

Englund Swedish, English
Combination of Swedish äng "meadow" and lund "grove".

Engqvist Swedish
Derived from Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Etxalar Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque etxe "house, home, building" and larre "pasture, meadow, prairie".

Fiske English, Norwegian
From the traditionally Norwegian habitational surname, from the Old Norse fiskr "fish" and vin "meadow". In England and Denmark it was a surname denoting someone who was a "fisherman" or earned their living from selling fish.

Hampshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]

Harumatsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 春 (haru), from 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine", referring to grassland with pine trees.

Haythornthwaite English (British)
From a place name that was derived from Old English haguthorn meaning "hawthorn (tree)" and Old Norse þveit meaning "clearing, meadow".

Heinluht Estonian
Heinluht is an Estonian surname meaning "hay meadow/glade".

Higashikokubaru Japanese
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning “east”, 国 (koku) meaning “country”, and 原 (baru) meaning “meadow”.

Hoen Norwegian
Denoted someone from one of two farmsteads called Hon, derived from either Old Norse hundr "dog" or from Hóvin, a compound of hór "high", or possibly hof "temple, shrine", and vin "meadow".

Ichihara Japanese
This surname combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu) meaning "one" or 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town" with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness".... [more]

Ing English
From the name of a former district in Essex, possibly derived from Old English ing "meadow, water meadow", or from ge "district, region" combined with the suffix -ing. Alternatively, it could derive from the given name Inge.

Ivars Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly related to Ibarra, derived from Basque ibar "meadow, riverbank, valley".

Izuhara Japanese
This surname is used as 出原, 泉原 or 伊豆原 with 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru, izu) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out", 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 豆 (zu, tou, mame, mame-) meaning "beans, midget, pea" and 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."

Jõearu Estonian
Jõearu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grassland/meadow".

Jõeluht Estonian
Jõeluht is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow".

Jõgiaas Estonian
Jõgiaas is an Estonian surname meaning "river meadow".

Kasenurm Estonian
Kasenurm is an Estonian surname meaning "birch meadow".

Kikuhara Japanese (Rare)
Kiku (菊) means "chrysanthemum", hara (原) means "plain/field/meadow"

Langwade English
From an English village Langmead, in the county of Devon. It was used to refer to those individuals who lived at the lang-mead, which literally means "the long meadow".

Larraga Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and the locative suffix -aga "place of, group of".

Larralde Basque
Derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and -alde "near, by; side".

Larramendi Basque
Means "pastureland, mountain grassland", derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and mendi "mountain".

Larregi Basque (Archaic)
Derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and -(t)egi "place of".

Leitaru Estonian
Leitaru is an Estonian surname meaning "found grassland/meadow".

Leland English
derived from the Old English elements leah "wood, clearing, meadow" or læge "fallow" and land "land, area"... [more]

Lenkeit German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) surname.... [more]

Leppnurm Estonian
Leppnurm is an Estonian surname meaning "alder meadow".

Liivaru Estonian
Liivaru is an Estonian surname meaning "sand(y) upland meadow".

Loen Norwegian
Loen is a Norwegian place name derived from Old Norse Ló, meaning “flat land” or “meadow,” referencing fertile, flat areas near water, often used for farming in ancient times.

Longley English
Geographic name referring to multiple places by the same name in Yorkshire, England. The name comes from the word "long" plus Old English leáh "meadow".

Ludlam English
Derived from the old English word hlud "loud, roaring" (compare germanic hlud), which gave the name to the river Hlude and ham "water meadow"

Lugovskikh Russian
Possibly from луг (lug), meaning "meadow".

Luhaäär Estonian
Luhaäär is an Estonian surname, derived from "water meadow (marsh) edge".

Luhamaa Estonian
Luhamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow land".

Luhasalu Estonian
Luhasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow grove".

Luhovskyy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian луг (luh), meaning "meadow".

Luht Estonian
Luht is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh" or "watery meadow".

Luhtanen Finnish
Luhtanen is an Finnish surname derived from "luhta" meaning "swamp flood meadow".

Luhtmaa Estonian
Luhtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow land".

Marji Arabic
From Arabic مرج (marj) meaning "meadow".

Matten Flemish
Could derive from a short form of a given name such as Matthias or Mathilde, or be a toponym derived from either Middle High German mata "meadow" or French motte "clod, mound of earth".

Meades English
The name Meades is a plural variation of the name Meade, Mead, Mede, etc., the spelling being rather arbitrary and phonetic in the middle ages (even among the very few scribes, clerics and high-born persons who were literate) and without due consideration of standarized form, hence the various spellings of the name today... [more]

Metsanurm Estonian
Metsanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "forest meadow".

Miedema West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from West Frisian miede "meadow, hayfield" and the suffix -ma "one of the men of".

Mitcham English
Habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey so named from Old English micel "big" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow" meaning either "the great homestead" or "the great meadow".

Mortlock English
Habitational name denoting someone from Mortlake, Surrey, or from Mortlach, Banff. Mortlake could mean either "Morta’s meadow", from the byname Morta and Old English lag "wet pasture, marshy field", or "salmon stream", from mort "young salmon" and lacu "stream, pool"... [more]

Mossing Norwegian
Habitational name from a farm name in Trøndelag, probably named with mose meaning "moss" + vin meaning "meadow".

Nassau German, Dutch, Jewish
From the name of the town of Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (formerly the seat of an independent duchy in the 19th century), derived from Old High German naz meaning "damp, wet" and ouwa meaning "water meadow"... [more]

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

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

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

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

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".

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

Nurme Estonian
Derived from nurm, meaning "field, meadow, lea" in Estonian.

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".

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

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

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".

Ordorika Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Muxika, Spain, possibly derived from Basque ordo "plain, field, meadow" and ori "yellow" combined with the toponymic suffix -ika meaning "slope" or "place of".

Põlluaas Estonian
Põlluaas is an Estonian surname meaning "arable meadow".

Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".

Preda Italian
Derived from the first name Prato, meaning "field, meadow".

Prideaux Cornish
Means "person from Prideaux, earlier Pridias", Cornwall (perhaps based on Cornish prȳ "clay"). The modern Frenchified spelling is based on the idea that the name comes from French près d'eaux "near waters" or pré d'eaux "meadow of waters".

Reisenauer German
Probably denoted a person from a minor place called Reisenau, or a topographic name for someone living by an overgrown water meadow, derived from Middle High German ris meaning "undergrowth" and owe meaning "water meadow".

Rohumaa Estonian
Rohumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland" and "meadow".

Saarniit Estonian
Saarniit is an Estonian surname meaning "island meadow".

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid, assist, help" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field". This is the name of areas in the city of Yokosuka and the city of Katori in Japan.

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 左 (sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".

Sakakibara Japanese
From Japanese 榊 (sakaki) meaning "sakaki" (a type of tree) and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Salupalu Estonian
Salupalu is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow heathy woodland".

Shidehara Japanese
Combination of the kanji 幣 (shide, of uncertain meaning) and 原 (hara, "meadow").

Sildaru Estonian
Sildaru is an Estonian surname meaning "bridge meadow".

Summerlee English (Rare)
This surname is originated from Old English sumer meaning "summer" and leah meaning "clearing, meadow."

Sunahara Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Tammearu Estonian
Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".

Thistlethwaite English
A surname found in Lancashire in north west England, taken from the name of a minor place in the parish of Lancaster which meant "meadow overgrown with thistles" from Middle English thistle and thwaite "meadow" (cf... [more]

Tilsley English
Derived from the place name Tyldesley, which in turn derives from Old English personal name Tīlweald with the suffix lēah “clearing, meadow”. Notable bearers of this name include Canadian salvationist and writer Bramwell Tillsley, as well as Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gwilym Tilsley known under his bardic name of "Tilsli".... [more]

Unabara Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".

Van Ooijen Dutch
Means "from Ooijen" in Dutch, the name of a hamlet in Limburg, Netherlands, as well as several other settlements derived from Middle Dutch ooy "floodplain, wetland, meadow in the bend of a river".

Verwey Dutch, Afrikaans, South African
Contracted form of van der Weij meaning "from the meadow".

Wahlberg German, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Composed of German wal "field, meadow" or Swedish vall "grassy bank" and berg "mountain, hill".

Waverly English
Meaning, "from Waverley (Surrey)" or "from the brushwood meadow." From either waever meaning "brushwood" or waefre meaning "flickering, unstable, restless, wandering" combined with leah meaning "meadow, clearing."

Wenger German, German (Swiss)
The surname Wenger is derived from the Middle High German word "wenger," "meaning "wagoner" or "cartwright."" It was an occupational name given to someone who worked as a wagon maker or driver. Another possible origin is that is derived from the German word, wenge, "meaning field of meadow"

Whately English
Old English location or occupational surname meaning "from the wheat meadow".

Wiesenthal Jewish
Ornamental name from German Wiese "meadow" + Tal "valley".

Winford English
English location name meaning "from a white ford or water crossing" or "from a meadow ford".

Woodley English (American)
"From the wooded meadow". The actress Shailene Woodley's last surname

Wriothesley English (British)
Name is of unknown origin, deriving from older Wrotteslega, who were a family that held estates in Staffordshire in the late 1100s. Possibly a combination of wrot "snout" and leah "meadow, cleaning", suggesting it's origin as a pig farm.

Yeardley English
Means "enclosed meadow" in Old English, from Old English g(e)ard (“fence, enclosure”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).

Zaluzhnyy m Ukrainian
Means "meadow (adjective)".

Zelaya Basque
From Basque Zelaia, a habitational or topographic name derived from zelai "field, meadow, prairie".

Zetterberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and berg "mountain, hill".

Zettergren Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and gren "branch".

Zetterlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and lund "grove".

Zetterström Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and ström "stream".