Browse Submitted Surnames

Abdyldaev Kyrgyz
Means "son of Abdylday" from a given name either derived from Arabic Abdullah or from Arabic عبد ال (ʿabd al) meaning "servant of the" combined with the Turkish word day meaning "support, foundation".

Ahane Japanese (Rare)
亜 (A) means "second, Asia", 波 (ha) means "wave", 根 (ne) means "source, root". ... [more]

Aimoto Japanese
Aimoto is often written as 愛 (ai) meaning "love, reverence, affection" or 相 (ai) meaning "together, each other, aspect, mutual" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root".

Akane Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ne means "root".

Akimoto Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 元 or 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Akine Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and ne means "root".

Alu Estonian
Alu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "alus", meaning "fixture", "base" and "foundation".

Alumaa Estonian
Alumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation land".

Alumäe Estonian
Alumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation hill/mountain".

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

Alusaar Estonian
Alusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation island".

Alusalu Estonian
Alusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation grove".

Aluvee Estonian
Aluvee is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation water".

Amole Nahuatl
From the name of a kind of plant used in the production of soap, ultimately from Nahuatl ahmolli "soap, soap root".

Amoran Filipino, Maranao
Means "foundation, framework" in Maranao.

Boden German, Low German
Patronymic from the personal name Bode or a topographic name for someone living in a valley bottom or the low-lying area of a field. From Middle High German boden "ground, bottom".

Boniadi Persian (Rare)
Probably indicated a person from the Iranian village of Boniad, possibly derived from Persian بنیاد (bonyad) meaning "foundation, base". A notable bearer is Iranian-English actress Nazanin Boniadi (1980-).

Byam English
Probably means "person from Bytham", Lincolnshire ("homestead in a valley bottom"). Glen Byam Shaw (1904-1986) was a British theatre director.

Chimoto Japanese
Chi can mean "thousand" or "ground, soil" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Derungs Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Latin runcare "to weed out, to thin out, to root up", referring to someone who lived near a clearing.

Enomoto Japanese
From Japanese 榎 (enoki) meaning "hackberry, nettle tree" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Enroth Swedish
Combination of Swedish en "juniper" and rot "root".

Fahey Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fathaidh or Ó Fathaigh meaning "descendant of Fathadh", a given name derived from the Gaelic word fothadh "base, foundation".... [more]

Foy Irish (Anglicized)
A different form of Fahy (from Irish Gaelic Ó Fathaigh "descendant of Fathach", a personal name probably based on Gaelic fothadh "foundation").

Fukumoto Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Haneda Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather, plume" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". It can also be formed from 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume" combined with 根 (ne) meaning "root" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Harimoto Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".

Harumoto Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".... [more]

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 畑 (hata) meaning "cropfield" and 根 (ne) meaning "root", referring to a place near a cropfield.

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 旗 (hata) meaning "flag" and 根 (ne) meaning "root", referring to a place near a flag.

Higashimoto Japanese
Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".

Hiramoto Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hisamoto Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Honjō Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 庄 (shō) meaning "manor, villa".

Honma Japanese
From Japanese 本 (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Iimoto Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Ikemoto Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Imoto Japanese
Means "well root" in Japanese.

Irimoto Japanese
Iri means "input, entry" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Ishimoto Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and moto means "source, root, origin".

Ishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Juur Estonian
Juur is an Estonian surname meaning "root".

Juurik Estonian
Juurik is an Estonian surname meaning "root".

Juursalu Estonian
Juursalu is an Estonian surname meaning "root/origin grove (grove where one originated)".

Kakine Japanese (Rare)
Kaki (垣) means "fence", ne (根) means "root, base, foundation". Notable bearers of this surname are Takuya Kakine, a football player, and Teitoku Kakine, a character from Toaru Majutsu no Index

Kaname Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and ne means "root, origin".

Kanamoto Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Kanemoto Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kashimoto Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Katsumoto Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Kawamoto Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kimoto Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Kimoto Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kogane Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 黄金, 小金, 古金, 子金, 故金 or 小賀根 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small", 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac", 故 (ko, furu.i, moto, yue) meaning "cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy", 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold."... [more]

Kök Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.

Köken Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.

Komemoto Japanese
Kome means "rice, America" and moto means "base, origin, root, source".

Kunimoto Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kuramoto Japanese
From Japanese 倉, 蔵 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kurimoto Japanese
Kuri means "Chestnut" and Moto means "Origin, Source, Root".

Kurimoto Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 下 (ge) meaning "bottom; low", possibly referring to a comb case.

Masamoto Japanese (Rare)
Masa means "proper, right" and moto meabs "source, root, origin".

Mashimo Japanese
From the Japanese 真 (ma) "real" and 下 (shimo or shita) "down," "bottom."

Masumoto Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Mine Japanese
This surname is used as 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根, 美根, 美祢, 美禰 or 見根 with 岑 (gin, shin, mine), an outdated character meaning "mountaintop, peak," 峯/峰 (hou, ne, mine) meaning "peak, summit," 嶺 (ryou, rei, mine) meaning with the same meaning as 峯/峰, 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three," 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty/iful," 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible," 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 祢/禰 (dei, nai, ne) meaning "ancestral shrine."... [more]

Mizumoto Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Motohashi Japanese
From Japanese 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Motoki Japanese
Moto means "root, source, origin" and ki means "tree, wood".

Motono Japanese
Moto means "source, origin, root" and no means "field, wilderness".

Nakamoto Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakasone Japanese
Combination of the kanji 中 (naka, "middle"), 曽 (so, of uncertain meaning) and 根 (ne, "root"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘; 1918–2019).

Negishi Japanese
From Japanese 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank".

Neho Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "raised foundation".

Nemoto Japanese
Ne means "root" and moto means "root, source, origin".

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".

Nishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".

Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ōmoto Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Racine French
Means "(tree) root" in French, used as an occupational name for a grower or seller of root vegetables or as a nickname for a stubborn person.

Ramsbottom English
Habitational name from a market town called Ramsbottom in Greater Manchester, England (historically in Lancashire), derived from Old English hramsa meaning "wild garlic" or ramm "ram", and bothm meaning "bottom, bottom valley".

Sakane Japanese
From the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) "slope" or 酒 (saka or sake) "alcohol" and 根 (ne) "root."

Sakimoto Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Sakuramoto Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and moto means "origin, root, source".

Sekine Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, foundation".

Shimamoto Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Sone Japanese
From Japanese 曽 (so) meaning "great" as in great-grandmother, and 根 (ne) meaning "root" as in tree root or plant root.... [more]

Sopp Estonian
Sopp is an Estonian surname meaning "mud", "creek" and "bottom".

Soramoto Japanese
Sora means "sky, heaven" and "source, root, origin".

Sunamoto Japanese
Suna means "sand" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Suzumoto Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and moto means "base, source, root, origin".

Takamoto Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Takemoto Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tammejuur Estonian
Tammejuur is an Estonian surname meaning "oak root".

Tanimoto Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Teramoto Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tomimoto Japanese
From 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 本 (moto) meaning "root, base, origin".

Tsujimoto Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tsukamoto Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tsukimoto Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "moon, month" and 本 (moto) meets "origin, root, source".

Tsuyumoto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dew; dewdrop" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".

Uemoto Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Umemoto Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Uramoto Japanese (Rare)
浦 (Ura) means "Seacoast,Bay" and 本 (Moto) means "Source, Origin, Root". Kentaro Uramoto is a notable bearer of this surname, he is a former Japanese football player.

Vanajuur Estonian
Vanajuur is an Estonian surname meaning "old roots/origins".

Wakamoto Japanese
From Japanese 若 meaning "young" and 本 meaning "base, root, origin".

Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."

Yonemoto Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and moto means "origin, root, source, base".

Yoshimoto Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Yukumoto Japanese
Yuku means "conduct, go, travel, line, row" and moto means "origin, source, root".