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This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword east.
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Agarie Japanese
From Japanese 東 (agari) meaning "east" combined with 江 (e) meaning "creek, bay".
Andaya Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano daya meaning "east".
Asbury English
English location name with the elements as- meaning "east" or "ash tree" and -bury meaning "fortified settlement."
Ashbrook English
Derived from Ampney St Mary, a small village and civil parish locally known as "Ashbrook", in Gloucestershire, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Estbroce). It is named with Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and broc meaning "brook, stream".
Azuma Japanese
From Japanese 東 (azuma) meaning "east".
Bando Japanese
It means "east of the slope", referring to eastern provinces of Osaka. The surname originates from there, and that is where it is most common.
Chergui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "eastern, one from the east".
Cherki Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Arabic شرقي (sharqiyy) meaning "eastern, one from the east".
Chouraqui Judeo-Spanish
Means "the one who comes from the east" from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "eastern".
Doğu Turkish
Means "east" in Turkish.
Dongfang Chinese
From Chinese 東方 (dōngfāng) meaning "east".
East English
From the English vocabulary word, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *austrą "east". It originally denoted someone who lived to the east of something, or someone who came from the east.
Eastburn English
Habitational name from either of two places, one in Humberside and one in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English ēast, ēasten "east" and burna "stream".
Easthope English
From the name of the village and civil parish of Easthope in Shropshire, England, derived from Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and hop meaning "enclosed valley".
Eastlake English
"East lake".
Eastland English
Meaning "east land".
Eastwood English
Either a habitational name from any of various places called Eastwood such as in Keighley, Rotherham or Todmorden (all Yorkshire) or Eastwood in Nottinghamshire... [more]
Elsharkawy Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "the easterner, the one from the east" from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "east, eastern".
Estes Welsh, Spanish, English
a popular surname derived from the House of Este. It is also said to derive from Old English and have the meaning "of the East." As a surname, it has been traced to southern England in the region of Kent, as early as the mid-16th century.
Higashida Japanese
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Higashigaito Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east", 垣 (gai), sound-changed from 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", and 外 (to) meaning "outside", referring to an outside fence facing the east.
Higashiko Japanese
Higashi means "east" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
Higashimoto Japanese
Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".
Higashino Japanese
Higashi means "east" and no means "field, plain".
Higashiosaka Japanese
Higashi means "east", o means "great, large", and saka means "hill, slope".
Higashiuchi Japanese
Higashi means "east" and uchi means "inside".
Higashiyama Japanese
Higashi means "east" and yama means "hill, mountain".
Higashiyashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".
Higashiyotsuyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Yotsuyanagi, added Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east".... [more]
Idnurm Estonian
Idnurm is an Estonian surname derived from "ida" meaning "east" and "nurm" meaning "pasture".
Kabuto Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 甲, 兜, 加太, 甲頭, 加部東 or 鹿伏兎 with 甲 (ka, kan, kou, kinoe, kabuto) meaning "A grade, armour, carapace, first class, former, high (voice), instep", 兜 (to, tou, kabuto) meaning "headpiece, helmet", 加 (ka, kuwa.eru, kuwa.waru) meaning "add(ition), Canada, include, increase, join", 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick", 頭 (zu, to, tou, atama, kashira, kaburi, -gashira) meaning "head", 部 (bu, -be) meaning "bureau, class, copy, department, part, portion, section", 東 (tou, higashi) meaning "east", 鹿 (rou, ka, shika) meaning "deer", 伏 (fuku, fu.su, fu.seru) meaning "bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), prostrated" or 兎 (tsu, to, usagi) meaning "hare, rabbit."... [more]
Kedem Hebrew
Either means "east" or "ancient" in Hebrew.
Khavari Persian
Means "eastern" from Persian خاور (khāvar) meaning "east".
Levant English
Derived from the Italian word levante, meaning "rising" and the French word levant, meaning "to rise". The term entered the English language in 1497 and was used to describe the "Mediterranean lands east of Italy" by referring to the rising of the sun in the east... [more]
Mizrahi Hebrew
From Hebrew מִזְרָחִי (mizrakhí) meaning "East, eastern".
Oosterweghel Dutch
Derived from the Dutch words ooster "east" and weg "road".
Oostwal Dutch
From the Dutch words oost "east" and wal "coast, shore" or "bank, levee, wall".
Öst Swedish
Means "east" in Swedish.
Østby Norwegian
Habitational name from farmsteads in Norway named Østby or Austby. Derived from Old Norse aust "east" and býr "farm, village".
Österdahl Swedish
Derived from Swedish öst meaning "east" and dahl meaning "valley."
Østigård Norwegian
From Norwegian øst meaning "east" and gård meaning "farm, enclosure."
Östlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish öst "east" and lund "groove".
Östman Swedish
Combination of Swedish öst "east" and man "man".
Ostwald German
from the ancient Germanic personal name Ostold composed of the elements ōst "east" (see Oest ) and Old High German walt(an) "to rule". Variant of Oswald.
Purba Batak
Means "east" in Batak, ultimately from Sanskrit पूर्व (purva).
Sharqawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "easterner, one from the east", derived from Arabic شرق (sharq) meaning "east, Orient".
Sherpa Nepali
From the name of the Sherpa people of Nepal, India and Bhutan, itself derived from Tibetan ཤར (shar) meaning "east" and the nominalising particle པ (pa).
Toga Japanese
From Japanese 東 () "East", "eastern" and 賀 (ga) "congratulation". Other kanji combinations can form this surname as well.
Togo Japanese
From Japanese 東 (to, tou, tō) meaning "east" and 郷 (go, gou, gō) meaning "village"
Tokairin Japanese
From 東 (to, higashi) meaning "east" combined with 海 (kai, umi, mi) meaning "sea, ocean", and 林 (rin) meaning "grove".
Tōno Japanese
From Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Toujou Japanese
From Japanese 東 (tou) meaning "east" and 條 or 条 (jou) meaning "paragraph".
Utsugi Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]
Vostok Russian
Means "east".
Yomohiro Japanese (Rare)
This is a very rare surname with the kanji of all four directions: (東西北南) "east, west, north, south", in that order. Yomo literally means "four directions" and hiro means "extension".