Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords animal or part.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 簗 (yana) meaning "fish trap" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Yanson Filipino
From Hokkien 燕孫 (iàn-sun), derived from 燕 (iàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Yarwood English
habitational name from Yarwood Heath in Rostherne Cheshire earlier Yarwode. The placename derives from Old English earn "eagle" or gear "yair enclosure for catching fish" and wudu "wood".
Yaxley English
Meant "person from Yaxley", Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ("glade where cuckoos are heard").
Yin Chinese
From Chinese 印 (yìn) meaning "stamp, seal".
Yokobe Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Yonah Jewish
Hebrew for "dove" יונה
Yuuma Japanese
From the Japanese 遊 (yu) "recreation," "fun" and 馬 (uma, ma or ba) "horse."
Žabek Croatian
From žaba, meaning "frog".
Zabka German
From Polish zaba meaning "frog", of Slavic origin.
Zaghloul Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "squab, young dove" in Egyptian Arabic.
Zaicikas Lithuanian
Could mean "rabbit"
Zaitsev Russian
From zaits, meaning "hare".
Zajc Slovene
From zajec, meaning "hare".
Zaķis Latvian
Means "hare".
Zaldívar Basque, Spanish
Derived from Basque zaldi meaning "horse" combined with ibar meaning "valley". This is also the name of a town in Biscay, Spain.
Zbären German (Swiss)
Zbären means "Bear hunter".
Zedda Italian
Possibly from Sardinian zedda "cellar" or cedda "herd of animals", indicating someone who was an innkeeper or shepherd.
Ze'ev Hebrew
Means "wolf" in Hebrew.
Zeevi Hebrew
From the Hebrew given name Zev, meaning "wolf."
Zerafa Maltese
Derived from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa) meaning "giraffe" or ظَرِيف (ẓarīf) meaning "charming, elegant, graceful".
Zhaba Belarusian, Russian
Derived from Belarusian жаба (zhaba) meaning "toad, frog". This is an ancient Belarusian noble surname.
Zickuhr German
Zickuhr is a German surname that means "zigzag." Although, some person believe that Zickuhr means "cuckoo clock."
Ziegenfuss German
Meaning "goat foot".
Ziegenhagen German
Derived from Middle High German zige "goat" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture". Could be an occupational name for someone who kept goats, or be derived from any of several places with the name.
Zyk Russian, Belarusian
A Russian name now found in Belarus and other areas around "white Russia". Literally translates to the Russian word "beetle". It's pronounced "Z'ook" and has taken on other forms of spelling, such as; Zuck, Tzook, Shyk, etc.