Browse Submitted Surnames

Džambas Romani
Meaning "herdsman, horse trader", from Persian ganbas, which translates as "herdsman". In the Turkish language, this term has the same meaning as... [more]

Dzugaev Ossetian (Russified)
Probably derived from Dzuga, the name of a past ancestor and the founder of the family/clan of uncertain meaning, though it could have been used to refer to a shepherd or herder if derived from Iron Ossetian дзуг (dzug) meaning "flock, herd (of sheep or cattle)".

Eagle English
Nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle "eagle" (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).

Earnshaw English
Means "person from Earnshaw", Lancashire ("Earn's nook of land" - Earn from an Old English personal name meaning literally "eagle"). In fiction this surname is borne by Catherine Earnshaw, her brother Hindley and her nephew Hareton, characters in Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights' (1847).

Edirisinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Eelmaa Estonian
Eelmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "eel" maening "fore" aand "maa" meaning "land".

Eentalu Estonian
Eentalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "talu" meaning "farm".

Eickhoff German
From Middle Low German eke "oak" and hof "manor farm."

Einhorn German, Jewish
Derived from German Einhorn (Middle High German einhorn) "unicorn", denoting someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a unicorn.

Eizuru Japanese
From 栄 (ei) meaning "prosper, flourish, glory, splendid, brilliance" and 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird), white color, long life".

Elkington English
According to Wikipedia Elkington is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire in England. The villages name means "Elta's hill" or perhaps, less likely, "swan hill".... [more]

Emersby English
Meaning "Emery's farm."

Enggaard Danish
Combination of Danish eng "meadow" and gård "farm, estate".

Ennals English
This unusual and interesting surname is of medieval English origin, and derives from either of two Anglo-Scandinavian male given names: Ingald or Ingulf. The former derives ultimately from the Old Norse "Ingialdr", having as its initial element the divine name "Ing", borne by a minor Norse god associated with fertility, and meaning "swelling, protuberance", with "gialdr", tribute; hence, "Ing's tribute"... [more]

Erenhart English (Rare), German, Dutch
“Eren” is derived from the word “Ehren,” which is of German origin and means “honor” or “glory.” ... [more]

Erm Estonian
Erm is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Ermel", or "hermeliin" meaning "ermine" and "stoat".

Ermatinger German (Swiss)
The surname Ermatinger derives from the village of Ermatingen on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance. It simply means "from Ermatingen".... [more]

Erwin English, German, Irish, Scottish
From the given name Erwin. From the Middle English personal name Everwin Erwin perhaps from Old English Eoforwine (eofor "boar" and wine "friend") but mostly from an Old French form of the cognate ancient Germanic name Everwin or from a different ancient Germanic name Herewin with loss of initial H- (first element hari heri "army")... [more]

Escuintla Nahuatl
From Nahuatl Itzcuintlan meaning "abundance or place of dogs".

Espa Italian
From Sardinian espa "wasp", making this a cognate of Vespa.

Eul German
A nickname from Middle High German iule meaning "owl".

Everingham English
Means "homestead of the followers of Eofor". From Old English eofor "boar" inga, meaning "the people of, followers of" and ham meaning "home, estate, settlement".

Eyre English
Truelove the "Eyr" or "Heyr" was granted land in Derby as a reward for his services at the 1066 Battle of Hastings, together with a coat of arms featuring "a human leg in armour couped at the thigh quarterly argent and sable spurred", in reference to the sacrifice of his limb... [more]

Fairey English
Either (i) meant "person from Fairy Farm or Fairyhall", both in Essex (Fairy perhaps "pigsty"); or (ii) from a medieval nickname meaning "beautiful eye". This was borne by Fairey Aviation, a British aircraft company, producer of the biplane fighter-bomber Fairey Swordfish... [more]

Falcão Portuguese
Portuguese surname meaning "falcon".

Falcón Spanish, South American
Originally a nickname from falcón, an archaic variant of Spanish halcón "falcon" (from Latin falco). It is a cognate of Falco.

Falcon Jewish
Possibly derived from the German Falke, meaning "falcon."

Falkenberg German, Danish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of several places named from Old High German falk "falcon" and berg "mountain, hill".

Falkenhagen German
Habitational name from any of several places named from Old High German falke meaning "falcon" + hag meaning "hedge", "fencing". A place so named is documented west of Berlin in the 14th century.

Faraguna Croatian, Italian
Derived from Istro-Romanian fară gună, meaning "without a shepherd's goat-skin cloak".

Farand English (Canadian), French (Quebec)
Derived from the given name FARIMOND or from the French word ferrer meaning "to be clad in iron" or "to shoe a horse".

Farrugia Maltese
Derived from Maltese farruġ meaning "chicken, cockerel", ultimately from Arabic فُرُوج (furūj). It was used as a nickname for someone who fed chickens.

Fasano Italian
Probably from Italian fasani "pheasant", a nickname for someone who resembled the bird in appearance or (lack of) intelligence, who hunted them, or who lived in an area populated by them. ... [more]

Fastolf English
From the Old Norse male personal name Fastúlfr, literally "strong wolf". It was borne by Sir John Fastolf (1380-1459), an English soldier whose name was adapted by Shakespeare as "Falstaff".

Faucett English
Locational surname from various British places: Fawcett in Cumberland, Facit in Lancashire, Forcett in North Yorkshire, or Fa’side Castle in East Lothian, Scotland. The linguistic origins of the name arise variously from, in Cumberland and Lancashire, "multi-coloured hillside" in 7th century Old English fag or fah, "brightly coloured, variegated, flowery" with side, "slope"; in North Yorkshire from Old English ford, "ford", and sete, "house, settlement"; or, reputedly, in East Lothian, "fox on a hillside"... [more]

Fawkes English
From the Norman personal name Faulques or Fauques, which was derived from a Germanic nickname meaning literally "falcon". A famous bearer of the surname was Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), the English Catholic conspirator... [more]

Fawley English
This is a name for someone who worked as a person who worked as the fowler or the bird-catcher having derived from the Old English word "fugelere" which literally means "hunter of wild birds, fowler"... [more]

Federspiel German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German vederspil "bird of prey (trained for hunting)", this was an occupational name for a falconer.

Fenech Maltese
Derived from Maltese fenek meaning "rabbit", ultimately from Arabic فَنَكْ (fanak) meaning "fennec fox".

Ferrand French, English
This French surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval French masculine given name Ferrand, which was a variant form of the name Fernand, itself a contraction of Ferdinand.... [more]

Ferrando Italian, Spanish
This surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval masculine given name Ferrando, which was in use in both Italy and Spain during the Middle Ages... [more]

Ferrante Italian
This surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval masculine given name Ferrante... [more]

Feuerhahn German
Feuerhahn comes from the Old High German words (fivr) meaning "fire" & (hano) meaning "cock".

Ffelan English
Anglisized version of the Gaelic Ó Faoláin meaning "descendent of Faolán", a given name meaning "wolf".

Fincham English
habitational name from a place in Norfolk so called from Old English finc "finch" and ham "homestead".

Finck English, German
From the German word for "finch" a type of bird

Finco Venetian
From Venetian finco "finch", possibly a nickname for someone considered shrewd or cunning.

Fink German, Slovene, English, Jewish
Nickname for a lively or cheerful person, Jewish ornamental name derived from the Germanic word for "finch", and German translation of Slovene Šinkovec which is from šcinkovec or šcinkavec meaning "finch".

Finkley English
From Finkley, a hamlet in Hampshire, England, derived from Old English finc meaning "finch" and leah meaning "woodland, clearing".

Finstad Norwegian
Means "Finn's farmstead", from the given name Finn 2 and Old Norse staðr "farmstead, dwelling". This was the name of several farms in Norway.

Fisch German, Jewish
From German (fisch) meaning "fish".

Fischbein German, Jewish
Means "fish bone".

Fischmann German, Jewish
Cognate of Fishman. occupational name for a fish seller from Middle High German visch Yiddish fish (German fisch) "fish" and Middle High German and Yiddish man (German mann) "man".

Fishburne English
Derived from the villages of Fishbourne in West Sussex and the Isle of Wight, or the village and civil parish of Fishburn in County Durham, England, all named from Old English fisc meaning "fish" and burna meaning "stream"... [more]

Fishwick English
habitational name from a place in Lancashire so named from Old English fisc "fish" and wic "building"... [more]

Fiske English, Norwegian
From the traditionally Norwegian habitational surname, from the Old Norse fiskr "fish" and vin "meadow". In England and Denmark it was a surname denoting someone who was a "fisherman" or earned their living from selling fish.

Flodgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix flod meaning "river".

Fluture Romanian
From Romanian fluture, flutur "butterfly" (itself possibly a deverbative from flutura "flutter, float, flit").

Flygare Swedish
Means "someone who flies" in Swedish, ultimately a combination of the verb flyga "to fly" and the suffix -are denoting a person who performs the action of the verb. The surname was first used in the 17th century and is therefore unrelated to the modern occupation pilot (the Swedish word for pilot is also "pilot"), instead, a flygare probably referred to a person who was quick, fast.

Fogelström Swedish
From Swedish fågel "bird" and ström "stream".

Fois Italian
From a Sardinian nickname, related to Latin bos "bull, ox".

Foley Irish
As a northern Irish surname it is derived from the Gaelic personal name Searrach, which was based on searrach "foal, colt" and anglicized as Foley because of its phonetic similarity to English foal.

Forman English
An occupational surname for a keeper of swine, Middle English foreman, from Old English for hog, "pig" and mann ‘man’. The word is attested in this sense from the 15th century but is not used specifically for the leader of a gang of workers before the late 16th century.

Formby English
From the name of a town in Merseyside, England, meaning "Forni's village". The second part is derived from Old Norse býr meaning "farm, settlement". A famous bearer is George Formby (1904-1961), English comedian and entertainer.

Formica Italian
Means "ant" in Italian. It used to indicate a humble or short and thin person but hardworker.

Fortune Scottish
Originally meant "person from Fortune", Lothian ("enclosure where pigs are kept").

Fosdick English
From Fosdyke in Lincolnshire, England, meaning "fox dyke".

Fowl English, Popular Culture
This name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from the Old English pre 7th Century word fugol, "fowl", "bird", which was used as a byname and as a personal name. The medieval form of the word was the Middle English development foul, fowl(e), used as a continuation of the Old English personal name and also as a nickname for someone who in some way resembled a bird.

Foxglove Literature
Used in Jill Murphy's books, The Worst Witch, as well as the television adaptations for the surname of Felicity Foxglove. It is a combination of "fox" and "glove".

Foxwell English
Means "fox stream", from Old English fox and well(a), meaning stream.

Foxworth English
"dweller at the homestead infested by foxes." or "house of Fox" aka Foxworthy... [more]

Frisby English
Means "person from Frisby", Leicestershire ("farmstead of the Frisians"). A frisbee is a plastic disc thrown from person to person as a game; the trademarked name, registered in 1959 by Fred Morrison, was inspired by the Frisbie bakery of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose pie tins were the original models for the plastic discs.

Fuglesang Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Means "bird song" in Norwegian (compare German Vogelsang).

Fuks Yiddish
It literally means "fox".

Fullerton English
Habitational name from a place in Scotland. Derived from Old English fugol "bird" and tun "settlement, enclosure".

Fumagalli Italian
Means "smoke the rooster" in Italian, from fuma "to smoke" and gallo "rooster". Refers to filling a henhouse with smoke to keep the chickens quiet when stealing them, thus making this a name probably given to chicken thieves.

Gadbury English
Habitational name from Cadborough, alias Gateborough, in Rye, Sussex, probably so named from Old English gāt meaning "goat" + beorg meaning "hill".

Gagné French (Quebec, Modern)
From Gagnier/Gagner (cf. Gagner), alternative form of Gagneux/Gagneur ("ferm laborer"), from Old French gaignier, "to farm, to work the earth".

Gailis Latvian
Means "rooster".

Gailītis Latvian
Derived from the word gailis meaning "rooster".

Gaitán Spanish
Originated from the Spanish word "gato," which means "cat." It is thought that the name may have been used to describe someone who had cat-like qualities, such as being agile or quick on their feet.

Gajah Indonesian, Batak
From Sanskrit Gaju, meaning “Elephant”.

Galishoff Upper German, German (Austrian)
Derived from the ancient Roman name Gallus, meaning "rooster" in Latin. Hoff meaning house combines the growing or tending to poultry on a farm house, hence the name Galishoff which has been modified over the millennia... [more]

Galkin Russian
Derived from Russian галка (galka) meaning "jackdaw".

Gallatini Italian (Archaic)
Derived from the given name Galla and a suffix, meaning "little rooster".

Gally French
Derived from southern French gal "rooster", this name was used as a nickname for a vain or conceited person.

Gammelgaard Danish
Derived from Danish gammel meaning "old" and gård meaning "enclosure, farm".

Gans German, Dutch
Meaning "goose", perhaps referring to someone who worked with geese, related to Ganser.

Garton English
habitational name from Garton or Garton on the Wolds in the East Yorkshire or from various minor places so named from Old English gara "triangular plot of land" and tun "farmstead".

Gąsior Polish
Means "gander (male goose)" in Polish. It was used as a nickname for a person who resembled a gander or as an occupational name for a keeper of geese.

Gaskill English
Meaning "Goat Shelter". English (Lancashire) habitual name from Gatesgill in Cumbria, so named from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + skáli ‘shelter’. The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 14th Century.

Gasser German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a goat herd from Middle High German geiz meaning "Goat" and (n)er an agent suffix.

Gataki Greek (?)
Meaning "kitten" in Greek.

Gatenby English
Derives from the place of Gatenby in North Yorkshire, which comes from an Old Norse personal name "Gaithen", likely from Old Norse geitin "goats" (later influenced by Old English gāt "goat") and the suffix býr "farm, settlement", referring to a settlement with goats... [more]

Gattini Italian
Means "kitten, little cat" in Italian.

Gatto Italian
Derived from Old Italian gatto meaning "cat", ultimately from Late Latin cattus. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a cat in some way.

Gatton English
Gat means "goat" and ton from tun means "enclosure".

Gavran Croatian, Serbian
Means "raven".

Gawthrop English
habitational name from any of several places in Yorkshire and Lancashire called Gawthorpe or Gowthorpe all of which are named from Old Norse gaukr "cuckoo" and þorp "enclosure" meaning "village where cuckoo's frequented".

Gayakwad Indian, Marathi
From a nickname derived from Marathi गाय (gay) meaning "cow" and कवाड (kavad) meaning "door".

Geiselhart German (Silesian, Rare), Lombardic (Rare), Old High German (Rare)
Possibly after the Geisel, a river in Saxony-Anhalt, which likely received its name from either the Lombardic patronym Giso, meaning "noble, precious promise" or from the Old High German gewi, from the Gothic gavi, or gaujis, a which is a medieval term for a "region within a country", often a former or actual province combined with the suffix Hart, which means "stag", and comes from the Middle English hert and the Old English heort.... [more]

Gelin French
Most often an alternate form of Ghislain. Could also be the Old French gelin (dim. of Latin gallus), "chicken", which would then refers to a cowardly person or a poultry farmer.

Gerwulf German
This is an old Germanic name meaning "spear wolf" (ger "spear" and wulf "wolf.")

Geyik Turkish
Means "deer, stag" in Turkish.

Ghosh Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit घोष (ghosha) meaning "milkman" or "cowherd", ultimately from गो (go) meaning "cow".

Gierc English, Polish
Pronounciation: Rhymes with "pierce." Hard "g" (as in "goat"). ... [more]

Gilby English
Means either (i) "person from Gilby", Lincolnshire ("Gilli's farm"); or (ii) "little Gilbert".

Gilstrap English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
This is a place name acquired from once having lived at a place spelled Gill(s)thorp(e), Gilsthorp(e), Gill(s)throp(e) or Gil(s)throp(e) located in the Old Danelaw area of England.... [more]

Gingell English
Either (i) from a shortened form of the Germanic personal name Gangulf, literally "walking wolf"; or (ii) a different form of Gingold.

Gioi Italian
Possibly from Sardinian angioi "lamb", a nickname for a shepherd, or from gioi "Thursday".

Girling English
From a medieval nickname applied to a brave man (or, with heavy irony, to a cowardly one), from Old French cuer de lion "lion heart".

Gish German
From a shortened form of the Germanic personal name Gisulf, literally "hostage wolf". It was borne by American actress Lillian Gish (?1893-1993), original name Lillian de Guiche.

Gogol Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish
Means "Common goldeneye (a type of duck)" in Ukrainian. Possibly a name for a fowler. A famous bearer was Nikolai Gogol.

Gokhale Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit गवाक्ष (gavaksha) meaning "round window" (literally "cow eye"), from गो (go) meaning "cow" and अक्षि (akshi) meaning "eye"... [more]

Gołąb Polish
Nickname for a mild-mannered or peace-loving man, from Polish golab "dove".

Golomb Jewish
Ornamental name from Polish golab "dove" (from Latin columba "dove").

Golubev Russian
From Russian голубь (golub) meaning "dove, pigeon".

Golubov Russian
From golub, meaning "dove".

Gooderham Danish
It is derived from a personal name, originally "Gudormr", which has the rather unusual translation of "battle-snake".

Goos German, Flemish, Dutch
Either a metonymic occupational name for a breeder or keeper of geese, from Middle Low German gōs and Middle Dutch goes "goose", or a short form of an Old German personal name containing Gote "Goth" or got "god", particularly Goswin or Gozewijn (a compound name with the second element wini "friend").

Gorsuch English
Habitational name from the hamlet of Gorsuch, Lancashire, earlier Gosefordsich, derived from Old English gosford meaning "goose ford" and sic meaning "small stream".

Gosden English
From the name of a lost place in the village and civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England, derived from Old English gos meaning "goose" and denn meaning "woodland pasture".

Gosling English
1. variant of Joslin - see Jocelyn, Jocelyn. ... [more]

Gosney English
from Middle English gosse "goose" and ei "island" (Old English gos and ieg)... [more]

Goswami Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit गोस्वामिन् (gosvamin) meaning "religious mendicant" (literally "owner of cows" or "lord of cows"), from गो (go) meaning "cow" and स्वामिन् (svamin) meaning "owner, lord, master".

Goupil French
nickname for someone with red hair or for a cunning person from Old French goupil "fox" Late Latin vulpiculus a diminutive of classical Latin vulpes a distant cognate of Wolf . This was replaced as a vocabulary word during the Middle Ages by Renard originally a personal name.

Graybill English (American)
Anglicized form of Swiss German Krähenbühl, meaning "crow hill".

Greif German
Means "Griffin" in German. From the mythological creature.

Gribben Irish
This surname is of Old Gaelic origin, and is a variant of "Cribben", which itself is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic name "MacRoibin", meaning "son of (mac) Robin", a patronymic from the Anglo-Norman French given name "Robin"... [more]

Groulx French
French spelling, often found in Canada, of Groult, Grould, possibly reduced forms of Gréoul, a personal name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements gred "hunger" + wolf, wulf "wolf".

Guinan Irish
The surname Guinan comes from the Irish surname O Cuanain (O'Conein and MacConein) and is derived from the Irish Cuinin for "rabbit", son of Dugal. They claim descendancy through the Donnelly line of the native Irish.

Gulbis Latvian
Means "swan".

Gülden Dutch, German
from gulden "golden" derived from vergulden vergolden "to gild" a metonymic occupational name for a craftsman who gilds objects; compare Guldner. From gulden the name of the coin (English guilder) applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as In den silvren Gulden ("In the Silver Guilder") or from related verb meaning "to gild" applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as De Gulden Hoeve ("The Gilded Farmhouse") or De Gulden Zwaan ("The Gilded Swan").

Gunasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Gursultur Jewish (Latinized), Kurdish, Hebrew
This name is a composition of the following words: GUR; Hebrew for "lion cub", SUL; which is an abbreviation of Suleman (Kurdish for king Solomon), TUR; this word is derived from the Arba'ah Turim. The Arbaáh Turim are often called simply the Tur, which is an important Halakhic code.... [more]

Gurusinga Batak
From Sanskrit guru, meaning “Mentor”, and singha, meaning “Lion”.

Gurusinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Gusev Russian
Derived from Russian гусь (gus) meaning "goose".

Haaland Norwegian
From Old Norse Hávaland, derived from hár "high" and land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.

Habsburg German
This surname may have been used by someone whose descendants originated from the House of Habsburg, which was one of the most important royal houses in Europe. It is assumed that the surname is derived from High German Habichtsburg meaning "hawk castle," but some historians and linguists believe that it may actually be derived from Middle High German hab/hap meaning "ford", as there is a river with a ford nearby.

Hachiya Japanese
From Japanese 蜂 (hachi) meaning "bee, wasp" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Hägg Swedish
From Swedish hägg meaning "prunus padus", but also known as "hackberry, bird cherry". It is a type of small tree native to northern Asia and Europe.

Häggkvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" (a type of tree native to Sweden) and kvist "twig".

Hägglund Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" (a type of tree native to Sweden) and lund "grove".

Häggström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" and ström "stream, small river".

Hahner German
Occupational name for a poultry farmer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German hane "rooster".

Hak Korean
From Sino-Korean 鶴 (Hag) meaning "Crane" or 斈 (Hag) meaning "Learn".

Hakuryū Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 白 (haku, byaku, shira-, shiro, shiro.i) meaning "white" with 竜 (ryuu, ryou, rou, ise, tatsu) meaning "dragon, imperial" or 柳 (ryuu, yanagi) meaning "willow."... [more]

Hang Khmer
Means "swan, wild goose" in Khmer, also referring to a mythological bird known as the hamsa.

Hani Estonian
Hani is an Estonian surname meaning "goose".

Hans Indian
Derived from Sanskrit hamsa "swan; goose".

Härjapea Estonian
Härjapea is an Estonian surname literally meaning "ox head", but derived from a colloquial name for "clover".

Hartnell English
From a location in Marwood, Devon, derived from Old English heort "stag" + cnoll "hill".

Harton English
This surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire.... [more]

Hartshorn English
habitational name from Hartshorne (Derbyshire) from Old English heorot "hart stag" (genitive heorotes) and horn "horn" perhaps in reference to the nearby hill (known as Hart Hill) and its supposed resemblance to a hart's horn... [more]

Harwood English, Scots
Habitation name found especially along the border areas of England and Scotland, from the Old English elements har meaning "gray" or hara referring to the animals called "hares" plus wudu for "wood"... [more]

Hatano Japanese
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "waves, billows", 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, wing", 秦 (hata), a place name, or 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, field, garden" combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many, frequent" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hathurusinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit शत्रु (shatru) meaning "enemy, rival, hostile" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Hatoyama Japanese
Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).

Haug Estonian
Haug is an Estonian surname meaning "pike (fish)".

Haugland Norwegian
From the name of various farmsteads in Norway, from the Old Norse elements haugr meaning "mound" and land meaning "farmstead, land".

Haukebø Norwegian
A combination of Norwegian hauk, derived from Old Norse haukr, "hawk" and bø, derived from Old Norse bœr, "farm". The meaning refers to hawks sitting abode; as on the roof of a barn.

Hayabusa Japanese
This name means "falcon" in Japanese.

Hayamizu Japanese
Haya means "fast" or "hawk" and mizu means "water".

Hayano Japanese
Haya can mean "swift" or "hawk" and no means "field, plain".

Hayase Japanese
Haya can mean "hawk" or "fast" and se means "ripple, current".

Hayton English
habitational name from any of various places called Hayton such as those in Cumberland East Yorkshire Nottinghamshire and Shropshire named with Old English heg "hay" and tun "farmstead estate".

Hazar Turkish
Turkish / Muslim last name meaning "nightingale".

Heaton English
Comes from "town (or farmstead) on a hill".... [more]

Hebiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇 (hebi) meaning "snake; serpent" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many snakes.

Heenan Old Irish
Thought to be a nickname or metonymic, and to owe its derivation from the early Gaelic word ean meaning a "bird". The derivation is from the ancient name O'hEeanchain, which loosely translates as The descendant of the son of the Bird.

Heintalu Estonian
Heintalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay farm".

Helton English (American)
Habitational name from Helton in Cumbria, named in Old English probably with helde "slope" and tun "farmstead, settlement", or possibly a variant of Hilton... [more]

Hengst German, Dutch
metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with or bred horses or a nickname for a brave strong man from Middle High German and Middle Dutch hengest "stallion" also "gelding" derived from Old Germanic hangist "stallion"... [more]

Hesketh English
Combination of Old Norse hestr "horse" and skeið "racecourse". This is the name of several paces in England.

Heston English, Irish
Derived from Heston, a suburban area in West London (historically in Middlesex), or Histon, a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is either named with Old English hǣs meaning "brushwood" and tūn meaning "farmstead, settlement, estate", or from hyse "shoot, tendril, son, youth" and tūn... [more]

Higashiko Japanese
Higashi means "east" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Hinckley English
From the name of a place in Leicestershire meaning "Hynca's wood", from the Old English byname Hynca, derivative of hún "bear cub", and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hine English
occupational name from Middle English Old English hine "servant member of a household" also "farm laborer" (such as a herdsman or shepherd)... [more]

Hingston English
The distribution of the Hingston surname appears to be based around the South Hams area of Devon. The English Place Name Society volumes for Devon give the best indication of the source of the name... [more]

Hirschberg German, Jewish
Derived from many places named Hirschberg in the states of Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, or the historic city of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. It is composed of Middle High German hirz meaning "deer, stag" and berg meaning "hill, mountain"... [more]

Hirschfeld German, Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name composed of German hirsch or Yiddish hirsh meaning "deer" and feld meaning "field". It is also a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of land frequented by deer or where millets grew.

Hirundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
From Latin hirundo, meaning "swallow".

Hirv Estonian
Hirv is an Estonian surname meaning "deer"

Hirvesoo Estonian
Hirvesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "deer swamp".

Hirvonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish hirvi "elk, moose".

Hodge English
Nickname from Middle English hodge "hog", which occurs as a dialect variant of hogge, for example in Cheshire place names.

Hohn German
Derived from Middle High German hon "chicken". As a surname, it was given to someone who either bred or traded in chickens.... [more]

Højgaard Danish, Faroese
Combination of Danish høj "high" and gård "farm, garden".

Holyfield English, Scottish
Although the Scottish surname is known to derive from the Medieval Latin word "olifantus," meaning "elephant," its origins as a surname are quite uncertain. ... He was one of the many Anglo-Norman nobles that were invited northward by the early Norman kings of Scotland.

Honeyball English
From Honeyball, a medieval personal name of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Annabel, or alternatively from a Germanic compound name meaning literally "bear-cub brave" (i.e. deriving from the elements hun "warrior, bear cub" and bald "bold, brave").

Höök Swedish
Derived from Swedish hök "hawk".

Hornby English
A habitational name from locations called Hornby in northern England, though predominantly associated with Lancashire. Derived from the Norse horni meaning "horn" and býr meaning "farm" or "settlement".

Hornsby English
A habitational name from Cumbria, derived from the Norse Ormr meaning "serpent" and býr meaning "farm". Similar in form to Hornby, Hornsby is a widespread surname in northern England.

Horoz Turkish
Means "rooster" in Turkish.

Horsley English
Old English hors ‘horse’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’... [more]

Hosp German (Austrian)
Means "odd bird" or "strange man"

Howarth English
"From a hedged estate", from Old English haga ("hedge, haw") and worð ("farm, estate"). Likely originating from the Yorkshire village of the same name. Common in Lancashire and recorded from at least 1518, as Howorthe, with an earlier version of Hauewrth in Gouerton dated 1317 recorded in the Neubotle charters.

Hu Chinese
From Chinese 虎 (hǔ) meaning "tiger".

Huamán Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".

Huckabee English
This surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first, woh, meaning "crooked"; the second, byge, meaning "river bend".... [more]

Huckaby English
Means "person from Huccaby", Devon (perhaps "crooked river-bend"), or "person from Uckerby", Yorkshire ("Úkyrri's or Útkári's farmstead").

Huitzil Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl uitsitsillin meaning "hummingbird".

Hull Estonian
Hull is an Estonian surname meaning "loon" (Gavia).

Humbert German, Dutch, French
From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hun "Hun, giant" or hun "bear cub" and berht "bright, famous". This was particularly popular in the Netherlands and North Germany during the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of a 7th-century St... [more]

Hunt Estonian
Hunt is an Estonian surname meaning "wolf".

Hutabalian Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and balian meaning "rice field, farm, outside".

Idriya Hebrew
A feminine name of Hebrew origin, meaning "female duck."

Ienca Italian (Rare)
Allegedly derived from Italian giovenca "heifer". A heifer is a young cow that has not yet had a calf. Mount Jenca and Jenca Valley are located near Gran Sasso d'Italia in the Abruzzo region in Italy.

Iir Estonian
Iir is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hiir", meaning "mouse".

Ingoldsby English
Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".

Inōe Japanese
猪上 comes from the kanji (猪 = boar) and (上 = above; up) and could be translated as "The boar from above"

Inoguchi Japanese
Ino means "boar" and guchi means "mouth, opening".

Inoki Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Inokuma Japanese
From 猪 (ino) meaning "boar" and 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear".

Inomata Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 俣 (mata) or 股 (mata) both meaning "fork, crotch".

Inoo Japanese
Ino means "boar" and o means "tail".

Inose Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Inoshishi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 猪 (cho, i, inoshishi) meaning "boar."

Inui Japanese
Inu means "dog" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Inukai Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".

Inukami Japanese (Rare)
Inu means "dog" and kami means "god".

Inusaka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and saka means "slope, hill".

Inutsuka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and tsuka means "mound".

Inuyama Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 山 (Yama) meaning "mountain, pile".

Inuzuka Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound".

In'yaku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 印鑰 (in'yaku) meaning "seal of head government office and keys to various buildings", referring to someone who would make seals or keys for such purposes.

Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".

Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Izem Berber, Northern African
From the given name Izem, directly taken from the Tamazight word ⵉⵣⴻⵎ (izem) meaning "lion".

Jaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇穴 (Jaana) meaning "snake pit", from 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpant" and 穴 (ana) meaning "hole; pit".

Jaimoukha Circassian
Means "cow herd, cowman", from Kabardian жэм (žăm) meaning "cow" and хъу (χ°) "male, man". It traditionally indicated someone who was wealthy because they possessed a large herd of bovine.

Jänes Estonian
Jänes is an Estonian surname meaning "hare".

Janjić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from janje, meaning "lamb".

Jarząbek Polish
A Polish surname meaning "Grouse". A nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.

Jarzombek Polish
Variant spelling of Jarząbek, from jarząbek meaning "grouse", presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.

Jaskółka Polish
Nickname from Polish jaskółka meaning "swallow".

Jay English, French
Nickname from Middle English, Old French jay(e), gai "jay (the bird)", probably referring to an idle chatterer or a showy person, although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits.

Jayasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Jderoiu Romanian
Derived from Romanian jder meaning "marten".

Joutsen Finnish
Means “swan” in Finnish.

Kabe Japanese (Rare)
Ka ("Increase,Step Up"), ... [more]

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]

Kaczor Polish
Means "drake (male duck)" in Polish.

Käggo Estonian
Käggo is an Estonian surname derived from "kägu" meaning "cuckoo".

Kägu Estonian
Kägu is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo" (Cuculus canorus).

Kaizaki Japanese
From Japanese 貝 (kai) meaning "aquatic shellfish" and 崎 (saki) meaning "small peninsula; cape".

Kaizawa Japanese
From Japanese 貝 (Kai) meaning "shellfish" and 澤 (Sawa, Zawa) meaning "swamp".

Kajakas Estonian
Kajakas is an Estonian surname meaning "gull".

Kakizaki Japanese
From Japanese 蠣 (kaki) meaning "oyster" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kakk Estonian
Kakk is an Estonian surname meaning both "cake" and "owl".

Kala Estonian
Kala is an Estonian surname meaning "fish".

Kalahasthi Sanskrit
It is derived from the Sanskrit words “kala,” which mean “time”, and “hasthi,” which means “elephant”. Together, the name means “the elephant of time,” which is a reference to the goddess Kali, who is often depicted riding on the back of an elephant... [more]

Kaleba Polish
Originates from a nickname of Polish dialect meaning “scraggy old cow”

Kalthoff German
German (Westphalian): habitational name from a place named as 'the cold farm', from Middle High German kalt "cold" + hof "farmstead", "manor farm’, "court".

Kameda Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kamegai Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamegaya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kamei Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)

Kameoka Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Kametani Japanese
"Turtle valley."

Kameya Japanese
"Turtle valley".

Kameyama Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kamoshida Japanese
From Japanese 鴨 (kamo) meaning "duck", 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kana Estonian
Kana is an Estonian surname meaning "hen" and "chicken".

Kanat Turkish
Occupational name for a seller of poultry from Turkish kanat meaning "(bird) wing".

Kaneki Japanese
This surname is used as 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城, 兼木 or 鹿子木 with 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold," 兼 (ken, ka.neru, -ka.neru) meaning "and, concurrently," 城 (jou, shiro, ki) meaning "castle," 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mood, mind, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in," 鹿 (roku, ka, shika) meaning "deer" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."

Kanie Japanese
From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Käo Estonian
Käo is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo".

Käosaar Estonian
Käosaar is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "käokann" ("campion"), "käoking" ("Aconitum"), or "käoline" ("cuckoo"), and "saar" ("island").

Kaplan Jewish, Turkish
Means "tiger" in Turkish. This common Jewish surname has a spelling variation: Caplan. For an unknown reason, Jewish immigrants who passed through the port at Baltimore had their names changed to Caplan, while the Jewish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island retained the original K spelling.

Kaplan Turkish, Yiddish, German
In turkish it's a common surname meaning "tiger".... [more]

Karaca Turkish
Means "roe deer" in Turkish.

Karadžić Montenegrin, Serbian
Derived from Turkish karaca, meaning "roe deer".

Karakoç Turkish
Means "black ram" in Turkish.

Karakuş Turkish
Means "black bird" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kuş meaning "bird".

Karasu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 烏 (u, o, izukunzo, karazu, nanzo) meaning "crow, raven" or 鴉, which is an outdated variant of 烏.... [more]

Karbowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Karbowo in Torun voivodeship, a place so named from Polish karbowy "overseer (of farm laborers)", from karbowac "to make notches", i.e. to keep records.

Karhu Finnish
Means "bear" (the animal) in Finnish.

Kärp Estonian
Kärp is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat" or "ermine".

Karu Estonian
Karu is an Estonian surname meaning "bear".

Karunasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Kasetalu Estonian
Kasetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch farmstead".

Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kashiwako Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Kass Estonian
From the Estonian word kass, meaning "cat".

Kat Dutch, Frisian, Afrikaans, Jewish
Means "Cat" in Dutch, Frisian, and Afrikaans, perhaps originally a nickname for someone who owned a cat or somehow resembled a cat.

Kaut German
Netonymic occupational name for a flax grower or dealer, from Middle High German kute, from Kaut(e) "male dove", hence a metonymic occupational name for the owner or keeper of a dovecote.

Kautz German
Nickname for a shy or strange person, from Middle High German kuz "screech owl".

Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".

Kempton English
From the name of a place in Shropshire meaning "Cempa's town" or "warrior town", from a combination of either the Old English word cempa "warrior" or the byname derived from it and tun "farmstead, settlement".

Kenneally Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cionnfhaolaidh "descendant of Cionnfhaoladh", a personal name derived from ceann "head" + faol "wolf".

Kenton English
habitational name from any of various places so named Kenton, for example in Devon, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), Northumberland, and Suffolk... [more]

Kerbow French
Possibly derived from the French word 'corbeau', meaning "raven".

Ketley English
Means "person from Ketley", Shropshire ("glade frequented by cats").

Kettunen Finnish
Derived from Finnish kettu "fox".