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AshidoJapanese From Japanese 芦 (ashi) meaning "reed" and 戸 (do) meaning "door"
DaimonJapanese From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, great" and 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door".
DotaniJapanese (Rare) 戸 (Do) means "door" or 藤 (do) means "wisteria". 谷 (Tani) means "valley".
DouchiJapanese Possibly from 戸 (do) meaning "door" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
DurwardEnglish, Scottish (?) Means "guardian of the door, door-keeper" (cf. Durward). A fictional bearer of the surname is Quentin Durward, eponymous hero of the novel (1823) by Sir Walter Scott.
GayakwadIndian, Marathi From a nickname derived from Marathi गाय (gay) meaning "cow" and कवाड (kavad) meaning "door".
GenovaItalian habitational name from Genoa (Italian Genova) in Liguria which during the Middle Ages was one of the great seaports of the Mediterranean and a flourishing mercantile and financial center... [more]
HamatoJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 戸 (to) meaning "door; doorway".... [more]
IwadoJapanese (Rare) Iwado means "rock door". Iwado from Holyland is a character bearing this surname
KamadoJapanese A traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fuelled cookstove/furnace (竈 kama), while the second means "door" (門 do). Other kanji combinations are possible.
KanbeJapanese It's written as kan meaning "god, deity" and be meaning "door".
KawatoJapanese From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".
KidoJapanese From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".
KidoJapanese From Japanese 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".
LaporteFrench Topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (and often was in charge of them; thus in part a metonymic occupational name), from Old French porte "gateway", "entrance" (from Latin porta, "door", "entrance"), with the definite article la... [more]
MonmaJapanese From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".
NotoJapanese No means "wilderness, field, plain" and to means "wisteria" or "door".
PortanovaItalian, Portuguese, Galician Habitational name from a place or locality called Portanova "new gate" from the elements neos "new" and porta "door".