Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword early.
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Agu Estonian
Agu is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) meaning "daybreak/early dawn".
Asimov Russian
A notable bearer was author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) whose name was derived from Russian озимый хлеб (ozímyj khleb) "winter grain" combined with the patronymic suffix -ov. His family name was originally spelled Азимов (Azimov), but it got anglicized to Asimov with an S instead of Z when the family immigrated to the United States... [more]
Coot English
“an early member was a person who seemed to exhibit some of the characteristics of birds.”
Frühling German (Rare)
Nickname from Middle High German vrüelinc German frühling "spring" in some cases for an early-born child from früh "early" and the suffix -ling denoting affiliation.
Hayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hayami Japanese
From Japanese 速 (haya) meaning "fast", 逸 (haya) meaning "deviate" or 早 (haya) meaning "early"; combined with 水 (mi) meaning "water" or 見 (mi) meaning "see".
Zabrzyski m Polish
Possibly a habitational name from Polish za "beyond" and Czech brzy "early, soon"