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Abplanalp German, German (Swiss)
Topographic name for someone living high on a mountainside, from German ab- "below", "off" + Planalp "high, flat mountain-meadow".

Akahira Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Arahira Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense" and 平 (hira) meaning "flat; flattened" or, in a dialect, "cliff", referring to a rough flatland or a rough cliff.... [more]

Bian Chinese
Romanization of a Chinese surname, which in Pinyin may be respectively Biàn, Biān or Biǎn. The former, written with the character 卞 means "to be impatient", "to be in a hurry" or "excitable" and is by far the most common... [more]

Blatt German, Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German blatt and Yiddish blat meaning "leaf", or a topographic name for someone who lived at a farm on a ledge on a mountainside, derived from Middle High German blate meaning "flat surface, ledge, plateau".

Camus French
Means "flat-nosed" in French.

Champagne French
regional name for someone from Champagne, named in Latin as Campania (from campus "plain", "flat land"). This is also the name of various villages in France, and in some cases the family name may derive from one of these.

Deplano Italian
From Latin de plano, "of the plain, from the flat land".

Duplain French
topographic name from Old French plain an adjective meaning "flat" and a noun meaning "plain" with fused preposition and definite article du "from the".

Helland Norwegian
The Old Norse name element -land meaning "country, land" combined with either Old Norse hella "flat rock" or hellir "cave". ... [more]

Hellgren Swedish
Combination of Swedish häll "flat rock" and gren "branch".

Hirabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Hiraga Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Hiraguchi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Hirai Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Hiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Hiraizumi Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".

Hirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hiraki Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and ki means "tree, wood".

Hiramitsu Japanese
Means "flat light" in Japanese.

Hiramoto Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Hiranaka Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and naka means "middle".

Hiranuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 平 (hira, "flat; ordinary; low-ranking person") and 沼 (numa, "swamp, bog"), thus "flat swamp".

Hirao Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Hiraoka Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Hirasawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Hiratani Japanese
Hira means "level, peace" and tani means "valley".

Hiratsuka Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Hirayama Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kadohira Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Kanehira Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Kodaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and daira is a form of taira meaning "peace, level". ... [more]

Kotaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and taira means "peace, level".

Lage Estonian
Lage is an Estonian surname meaning "plain" or "flat".

Lagemaa Estonian
Lagemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "plain/flat land".

Loosaar Estonian
Loosaar is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lood" ("level") and "saar" ("island"); or "loog" ("windrow") and "saar" ("ash tree").

Losada Spanish, Portuguese
topographic name for someone who lived by an area paved with flagstones Spanish losada (from losar "to pave" a derivative of losa a word of pre-Roman origin meaning a "flat stone slab").

Lou Chinese
From Chinese 楼 (lóu) meaning "storey, level, building".

Matsudaira Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, calm".

Morihei Japanese
This surname combines 森 (shin, mori) meaning "forest, woods" with 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace."... [more]

Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Okudaira Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 平 (taira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Plain French
from Old French plain an adjective meaning "flat" and a noun meaning "plain" hence a topographic name denoting e.g. a dwelling on a flat terrain.

Platte French
From Old French plat, meaning "flat."

Shoji Japanese
From the Japanese 庄 (sho) "level" and 司 (shi or ji) "director," "official."

Suzuhira Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Tasane Estonian
Tasane is an Estonian surname meaning "flat".

Vaaderpall Estonian
Vaaderpall is an Estonian surname meaning "level mark".

Yasuhiko Japanese
Yasu means "peace, even, level, cheap, inexpensive, relax" and hiko means "prince".

Yokohira Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hira means "peace, level, even".