Browse Submitted Surnames

Sinov Russian
Means "blue", derived from Russian "синий (sinyy)".

Sitwat Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang, Chashan, Biao, Cun
Means "colour of heart".

Sodano Italian, Sicilian
nickname or ethnic name from Arabic sawdān "black Negro". nickname from Old Sicilian sudanu "sultan".

Someya Japanese
From Japanese 染 (some) meaning "dye, colour, paint" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sorrell English
From a medieval nickname meaning literally "little red-haired one", from a derivative of Anglo-Norman sorel "chestnut".

Souvannavong Lao
From Lao ສຸ (sou) meaning "good, beautiful", ວັນນະ (vanna) meaning "color, caste" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Sudan Arabic, Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Sudan or who had traded with Sudan. The name of the country is ultimately derived from Arabic سُود (sud) meaning "black", referring to the darker skin of the inhabitants.

Suealueang Thai
From Thai เสือ (suea) meaning "tiger" and เหลือง (lueang) meaning "yellow".

Suwannaphum Thai (Rare)
From Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (Suwannaphum), from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (Suvárṇabhūmi) meaning "Suvarnabhumi", referring to various places throughout Southeast Asia as "golden land; land of gold".

Swart Afrikaans
Means "black" in Afrikaans

Szarabajka Polish, English
His surname, Szarabajka, means "Grey Tale" in Polish. Last name is pronounced "sarah-bike-ah".

Tan English (Australian, Rare)
Possibly from the English Word "Tan", or from the Given Name Tan.

Tanno Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Teder Estonian
Teder is an Estonian surname, meaning "black grouse" (species: Tetrao tetrix).

Thanh Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 青 (thanh) meaning "blue, green, young" or 聲 (thanh) meaning "sound, voice, tone".

Todokori Japanese
Derived from the Japanese to, meaning "dipper", do, meaning "size", ko, meaning "child", and ri, meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations are also possible.

Toguri Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Torralba Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of several places called Torralba, named with torre meaning "tower" + alba meaning "white".

Tsakiris Greek
Means "crock" in Greek, a nickname for a feeble person. It could also be derived from the Turkish word çakır meaning "gray eyed" or "blue eyed".

Tsaritsyn Russian
From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".

Uchiai Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and ai means "together, join", "indigo" or "love, affection".

Ülevain Estonian
Ülevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".

Vain Estonian
Vain is an Estonian surname meaning "village common", or "village green".

Vainküla Estonian
Vainküla is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common village"

Vainmäe Estonian
Vainmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common hill/mountain".

Valge Estonian
Valge is an Estonian surname meaning "white".

Valgemäe Estonian
Valgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "white hill".

Valgepea Estonian
Valgepea is an Estonian surname meaning "white head".

Valkeapää Finnish
From the Finnish valkea meaning "white", and pää meaning "head" or "tip".

Valkonen Finnish
From Finnish valkoinen meaning "white" and the suffix -nen.

Van Bronckhorst Dutch
Means "from Bronckhorst", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, itself derived from Dutch brink meaning "edge, slope, village green" and horst meaning "overgrown hillock" or "higher located brushwood"... [more]

Van Hertrooij Dutch
Means "from Hertrooij", most likely a place name in the Netherlands. It could possibly derive from Middle Dutch hert meaning "deer" and rood meaning "red".

Vanna Khmer
Means "golden" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit.

Vannavong Lao
From Lao ວັນນະ (vanna) meaning "color, caste" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Vargiu Italian
From the name of a former settlement. Possibly from Latin varius, "many colours, variegated".

Värv Estonian
Värv is an Estonian surname meaning "color" and "paint".

Vayseblum Yiddish
It literally means "white flower"

Verde Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From Spanish verde "green" (Latin viridis), presumably a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in this color or had green eyes, etc. This is also a common element of place names.

Verdi Italian
The Italian word for "green".

Verdier French, Norman, English
Occupational name for a forester. Derived from Old French verdier (from Late Latin viridarius, a derivative of viridis "green"). Also an occupational name for someone working in a garden or orchard, or a topographic name for someone living near one... [more]

Vermont French (Rare)
Derived from french, meaning "green mountain" (Vert, "green"; mont, "mountain").

Violette French
Perhaps a topographic name from a diminutive of viol "path", itself a derivative of vie "way". It is more likely, however, that this name is from the secondary surname Laviolette "the violet (flower)", which was common among soldiers in French Canada.

Von Whittenmeyer German
Germanian... [more]

Wajsbort Jewish
Yiddish meaning "White beard"

Wakuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和久利, 和久理, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]

Warnakula Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "color" or "caste" and कुल (kula) meaning "family".

Warnakulasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "color" or "caste", कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Warnapura Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "colour" or "caste" and पुर (pura) meaning "city".

Warnasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "colour, appearance, form" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Weichselbraun German (Austrian)
From Weichsel, "sour cherry" in German and Braun, "brown" in German

Weisenburger German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Weissenburg "white fortress".

Weisfeld German, Jewish
topographic name from a field name composed of Middle High German wiz "white" and feld "open country". Cognate of Whitfield.

Weishaupt German
Nickname for someone with white hair from Middle High German wiz "white" and houbit "head". German cognate of Whitehead.

Weishuhn German
Derived from Middle High German wiz meaning "white" and huon meaning "hen, fowl", hence a metonymic occupational name for a poultry farmer or dealer, or perhaps in some instances a nickname.

Weisman German, German (Austrian), Jewish
A German surname meaning "white man"

Weißmüller German
from Middle High German wiz "white" and mulin "miller" an occupational name for a miller who produced white flour which was produced as early as the 14th century.

Weissmuller German
Translates to "White Miller".

Whitby English
English surname which was from either of two place names, that of a port in North Yorkshire (which comes from the Old Norse elements hvítr "white" (or Hvíti, a byname derived from it) combined with býr "farm") or a place in Cheshire (from Old English hwit "white" (i.e., "stone-built") and burh "fortress").

Whitehorn Scottish
A locational name from Whithorn near Wigtown, from Old English hwit "white" and ærn "house".

Whiting English
Derived from a patronymic surname, created from the Old English personal name Hwit, meaning "the white one."

Whitlam English
From a medieval nickname for a mild-mannered person (from Middle English whit "white" + lam "lamb"). This surname is borne by Australian Labour politician Gough Whitlam (1916-), prime minister 1972-75.

Whitley English
This surname is derived from a place name composed of Old English elements hwit meaning "white" and leah meaning "clearing, grove."

Winford English
English location name meaning "from a white ford or water crossing" or "from a meadow ford".

Wit Dutch
From Dutch meaning "white".

Witt German
Either from the given name Wittigo or from Middle Low German witte "white", a nickname for a pale person or someone with white hair.

Witte Dutch
Nickname for someone with white or blonde hair or an unusually pale complexion, from Middle Dutch witte "white".

Wittgenstein German, Jewish
Denoted one who came from the Wittgenstein castle in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, derived from Old High German witt meaning "white" and stein meaning "stone"... [more]

Wynn Welsh, English
The surname Wynn ,(also spelled Winn, and Gwynn), is derived from the Welsh element, Gwynn, which can loosely be translated as "white" or "fair". It features in the name of the North Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd, (meaning "white head" or "white land")... [more]

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yeşil Turkish
Means "green" in Turkish.

Žaliūkas Lithuanian
From žaliūkas meaning "young, strong, healthy man", related to žalias meaning "green".

Zbornak American
Zbornak is a surname. A famous bearer is Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur) from “The Golden Girls”.

Zelená f Czech, Slovak
Means "green" in Czech and Slovak.

Zelenchuk Ukrainian
Means "green", from Ukrainian "зелений (zelenyy)", possibly referring to somebody who worked with plants.

Zelenov Russian
From Russian зеленый (zelenyy) meaning "green".

Zelenović Serbian
Derived from Serbian зелен (zelen) "green".

Zelensky Ukrainian
Habitational name derived from the village of Zelenki in the Kaniv region in Ukraine... [more]

Zelený Czech
Zelený means "green" in Czech.

Zelieska Polish
Polish Ashkenazic surname, possibly derived from surname Zieliński what is a habitational name for someone from Zielona or Zielonka (places in Poland), deriving from the root word meaning "green".

Zeroual Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Nickname for a person with blue eyes from Berber aẓerwal meaning "blue".

Zerrouki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue".

Zheltov Russian
From Russian желтый (zheltyy) meaning "yellow".

Zhovtenko Ukrainian
Means "yellow", from Ukrainian "жовтий (zhovtyy)".

Zielonka Polish, Jewish
Derived from the Polish word for "green"

Zielony Polish
From Polish meaning "green".

Zilberman Jewish
From nickname meaning "silver man", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and מאן (man), possibly a nickname for a person with grey hair.

Žižek Slovene
Derived from žižek, meaning "black bug".

Zlatkin Jewish
Meaning, "gold" or "yellow."

Zolotykh Russian
Derived from Russian золотой (zolotoy) meaning "golden".

Zong Chinese
From Chinese 棕 (zōng) meaning "brown".

Zueena English (American, Modern)
Means "Black Feathers" and it originated with The Analuka Family of America.

Zwart Dutch
Means "black" in Dutch.

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.