Submitted Surnames with "willow" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword willow.
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Aoyagi Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow".
De Saussure French (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]
Dozier French
Meaning "lives near willow trees" or possibly someone who made goods, such as baskets, from willow wood.
Hakuryū Japanese (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]
Hitotsuyanagi Japanese (Rare)
一 (Hitotsu) means "one" and 柳 (Yanagi) means "willow".
Ivin Russian
From iva, meaning "willow".
Kaljuraag Estonian
Kaljuraag is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff willow".
Koyanagi Japanese
Ko means "small" and yanagi means "willow".
Koyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Krumwiede German
Location-based name for people who lived by a gnarled old willow tree.... [more]
Kuroyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Łozowski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Łoza, derived from Polish łoza meaning "grey willow, osier, wicker".
Oyanagi Japanese
O means "great, big" and yanagi means "willow".
Paju Estonian
Means "osier, willow (tree)" in Estonian.
Pajula Estonian
Pajula is an Estonian surname meaning "willow area".
Pajulaid Estonian
Pajulaid is an Estonian surname meaning "willow islet".
Pajumets Estonian
Pajumets is an Estonian surname meaning "willow forest".
Pajupuu Estonian
Pajupuu is an Estonian surname meaning "willow tree".
Pajusalu Estonian
Pajusalu is an Estonian name meaning "willow grove".
Pajusoo Estonian
Pajusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "willow (osier) swamp".
Pajuste Estonian
Pajuste is an Estonian surname, relating to "willow".
Penhaligon Cornish
Originally meant "person from Penhaligon", Cornwall ("willow-tree hill"). It is borne by Susan Penhaligon (1950-), a British actress.
Rakitin Russian
From rakita, meaning "brittle willow".
Remmel Estonian
Remmel is an Estonian surname meaning "willow".
Remmelgas Estonian
Remmelgas is an Estonian surname; a colloquial name meaning "willow".
Remmelkoor Estonian
Remmelkoor is an Estonian surname meaning "willow bark".
Sakayanagi Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]
Salguero Spanish
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).
Salis Romansh
Derived from Italian salice "willow".
Salk English (American)
Likely the English form of Schalk, which means "dweller near a willow tree".
Sarasibar Basque
From sarats "willow" and ibar "valley". It's the name of a village in Navarre.
Selland Norwegian
From the Old Norse habitational name Seljuland, from selja "willow" and land "land", "farm".
Selvik Norwegian
From any of the farms in Norway named with Old Norse selja "willow" or selr "seal" combined with vík "bay, inlet".
Söğüt Turkish
Means "willow" in Turkish.
Takayanagi Japanese
Taka "High,Tall" and Yanagi "Willow".
Takayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Ueyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Utsugi Japanese
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 Rees Dutch
Means "from Rees", a German town on the bank of the Rhine that probably derives its name from Kleverlandish rys "willow grove".
Vītols Latvian
Meaning "willow".
Vrba Czech
Derived from the word "willow".
Wannell English
English surname which was derived from a medieval nickname, from Middle English wann "wan, pale" (see Wann) and a diminutive suffix.... [more]
Weide German
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]
Widegren Swedish
Combination of Swedish vide "willow" and gren "branch".
Wierzbowski Polish
Taken from the word wierzba meaning "willow", this name may have designated someone who lived near a willow tree.
Willow English
topographic name from Middle English wilwe wilghe willowe "willow" (Old English wilig welig) for a person who lived at or near a willow tree or in an area where willow trees grew... [more]
Wyeth English
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.
Yagi Japanese
This can be read as Yanagi meaning "willow".
Yagihashi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Yaginuma Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Yagira Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".
Yagishita Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Yanagi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Yanagida Japanese
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.
Yanagida Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Yanagihara Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".
Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."
Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".
Yuson Filipino
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".