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AoyagiJapanese From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow".
De SaussureFrench (Swiss) Referred to a person who came from various places named Saussure, Saulxures or Saussay in northern France. Their names are derived from Medieval Latin salcetum, a derivative of Latin salix meaning "willow"... [more]
DozierFrench Meaning "lives near willow trees" or possibly someone who made goods, such as baskets, from willow wood.
HakuryūJapanese (Rare) This surname combines 白 (haku, byaku, shira-, shiro, shiro.i) meaning "white" with 竜 (ryuu, ryou, rou, ise, tatsu) meaning "dragon, imperial" or 柳 (ryuu, yanagi) meaning "willow."... [more]
KoyanagiJapanese From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
KrumwiedeGerman Location-based name for people who lived by a gnarled old willow tree.... [more]
KuroyanagiJapanese From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
ŁozowskiPolish Name for someone from a place called Łoza, derived from Polish łoza meaning "grey willow, osier, wicker".
OyanagiJapanese O means "great, big" and yanagi means "willow".
PajuEstonian Means "osier, willow (tree)" in Estonian.
PajulaEstonian Pajula is an Estonian surname meaning "willow area".
PajulaidEstonian Pajulaid is an Estonian surname meaning "willow islet".
PajumetsEstonian Pajumets is an Estonian surname meaning "willow forest".
PajupuuEstonian Pajupuu is an Estonian surname meaning "willow tree".
PajusaluEstonian Pajusalu is an Estonian name meaning "willow grove".
PajusooEstonian Pajusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "willow (osier) swamp".
PajusteEstonian Pajuste is an Estonian surname, relating to "willow".
PenhaligonCornish Originally meant "person from Penhaligon", Cornwall ("willow-tree hill"). It is borne by Susan Penhaligon (1950-), a British actress.
SalgueroSpanish Means "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).
SalisRomansh Derived from Italian salice "willow".
TakayanagiJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
UeyanagiJapanese From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
UtsugiJapanese Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]
Van ReesDutch Means "from Rees", a German town on the bank of the Rhine that probably derives its name from Kleverlandish rys "willow grove".
WannellEnglish English surname which was derived from a medieval nickname, from Middle English wann "wan, pale" (see Wann) and a diminutive suffix.... [more]
WeideGerman Either a topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous willow or by a group of willow trees from Middle High German wide "willow"... [more]
WidegrenSwedish Combination of Swedish vide "willow" and gren "branch".
WierzbowskiPolish Taken from the word wierzba meaning "willow", this name may have designated someone who lived near a willow tree.
WillowEnglish topographic name from Middle English wilwewilghewillowe "willow" (Old English wiligwelig) for a person who lived at or near a willow tree or in an area where willow trees grew... [more]
WyethEnglish May come either from the Old English word "withig" meaning "willow" or from Guyat, a pet form of the Old French given name Guy. Probably unrelated to Wyatt.
YagihashiJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
YaginumaJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
YagiraJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".
YagishitaJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
YanagawaJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
YanagiJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
YanagidaJapanese Yanagi (柳) means "willow", ta/da (田) means "ricefield", ta changes to da because of rendaku. Mikio Yanagida (柳田幹雄) from Btooom! is a notable character bearing this surname.
YanagidaJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
YanagiharaJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
YanagimiJapanese Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".
YanagimotoJapanese Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."
YanagisawaJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
YanagiyaJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
YanaseJapanese From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
YeongKorean Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".
YusonFilipino From Hokkien 楊孫 (iûⁿ-sun), derived from 楊 (iûⁿ) meaning "willow, poplar, aspen" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild". It could also be from 余孫 (û-sun), derived from 余 (û) meaning "surplus" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".