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BackmanEnglish, Swedish, German Combination of Old English bakke "spine, back" and man "man". In Swedish, the first element is more likely to be derived from Swedish backe "hill", and in German the first element can be derived from German backen "to bake"... [more]
BonarIrish A "translation" of Irish Gaelic Ó Cnáimhsighe "descendant of Cnáimhseach", a nickname meaning literally "midwife" and ostensibly a derivative of Gaelic cnámh "bone".
BrisbaneScottish Nickname derived from Old French bris(er) meaning "to break" and Old English ban meaning "bone". The sense of this hybrid name is not clear; it may have been used for someone crippled by a broken bone or for a violent man who broke other people’s bones.
HutaurukBatak From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and uruk meaning "upper, above" or "bone leaves (a type of plant)".
KäämbreEstonian Käämbre is an Estonian surname of undetermined origin, possibly derived from "kämbuline" meaning "chunky", or "kämblaluu" meaning "knuckle bone".
KontEstonian Kont is an Estonian surname meaning "bone".
KościarzPolish Means "bone collector, a person selling bones".
KostraCzech, Slovak Unusual surname found in Slovakia and the Czech Republic meaning "skeleton" from the word kostra, ultimately from the word kost meaning "bone". In Czech in particular, kostra refers only to the biological meaning of "skeleton" - a skeleton as an independent entity is known as a kostlivec.
NoroJapanese From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 呂 (ro) meaning "spine, backbone".
SelgEstonian Selg is an Estonian surname meaning "back", "spine" and "back of".
SeroJapanese From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids" and 呂 (ro) meaning "spine"
StekelenburgDutch Derived from Middle Dutch stekel meaning "prickle, stickle, spine, spike" and burg meaning "fortress". A famous bearer is the retired Dutch soccer goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (1982-).
TokoroJapanese As a surname it is often spelled as to meaning "field, wilderness" and koro means "spine, road".