Browse Submitted Surnames

Aasmets Estonian
Aasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow forest".

Aassalu Estonian
Aassalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lea (open grassy area) grove".

Aavik Estonian
Aavik is an Estonian surname, a variation of "haavik", meaning "aspen forest".

Acevedo Spanish
Derived from Spanish acebedo meaning "holly grove", itself from acebo meaning "holly tree".

Aiki Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Ainsalu Estonian
Ainsalu is an Estonia surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Ain" and "salu", meaning "grove": "Ain's grove".

Akaki Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ki means "tree, wood".

Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]

Åkerlund Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish åker meaning "field" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Alamets Estonian
Alamets is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region forest".

Alasalu Estonian
Alasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region grove".

Allsalu Estonian
Allsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "below grove".

Altmets Estonian
Altmets is an Estonian surname meaning "below forest".

Alusalu Estonian
Alusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation grove".

Amaki Japanese
Ama can mean "heaven" and ki means "wood, tree."... [more]

Ameglio Italian
There are two hypotheses: the first is it derived from the Latin name Amelius which came from Amius, name of Etruscan origin; the other is it derived from Amali, name of a mighty Ostrogothic family, which means "virgin of the forest".

Amenomori Japanese
"Forest of rain."

Angilloy Cornish
From an-kelli, "the grove"; or an-gilly, "the wood or grove of hazels".

Antrobus English
This very unusual name is of Old Norse origin and is a locational surname from the place in Cheshire called "Antrobus". The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Entrebus", and in the Pipe Rolls of Cheshire of 1282 as "Anterbus"... [more]

Araki Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Arboleda Spanish
From arboleda meaning "grove of trees". This is the name of a prominent Colombian family, in which case it is derived from their region of origin in Arboleya, Spain.

Arimori Japanese
Ari means "exist" and mori means "forest".... [more]

Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".

Ashwood English
Habitational name from a place in Staffordshire named Ashwood, from Old English æsc "ash" and wudu "wood".

Åslund Swedish
Combination of Swedish ås "ridge, esker" and lund "grove".

Asplund Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Swedish asp "aspen" and lund "grove".

Ausley English (Modern)
Rare surname which was from an English place name in which the second element is Old English leah "wood, clearing". The first element may be hors "horse" (in which case the name likely referred to a place where horses were put out to pasture) or the river name Ouse (ultimately from the ancient British root ud- "water").

Avellaneda Spanish
It literally means "hazelnut grove", denoting someone who either lived near one or worked in one.

Bäcklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "brook, stream" and Lund "grove".

Backlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish backe "hill, slope" and Lund "grove".

Baquiran Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano bakiran meaning "forest".

Barrow English
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English bearo, bearu "grove" or from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, which is named with an unattested Celtic word, barr, here meaning "promontory", and Old Norse ey "island"... [more]

Bauerdick German
A surname originating from the Rhineland region of Germany. It is derived from German Bauer (Bur in the locals dialects) "farmer" and Deich (Diek and Dick in the local dialects) "levee" or Teich "pond"... [more]

Beckwith English (African)
Habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire named Beckwith, from Old English bece "beech" + Old Norse viðr "wood" (replacing the cognate Old English wudu).

Belgrave English
Aristocratic surname from French, meaning "beautiful grove"; comes from a place name in Leicestershire. A famous namesake is British polar explorer Belgrave Ninnis, who perished in Antarctica on a 1912 expedition.

Bergholtz Swedish, German (Rare)
Possibly a variant of German Bergholz which is either a derivative of Berchtold or from a topographic name meaning "birch wood"... [more]

Berkeley English
From any of the locations called Berkeley derived the elements beorc "birch" and leah "clearing, wood" meaning "birch clearing"... [more]

Berki Hungarian
From a placename in Hungary derived from Hungarian "berek" meaning "grove".

Berwald German, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Originally derived from the given name Bernwald, composed of Old High German bern, bero "bear" and wald "ruler"... [more]

Bindschädler German (Swiss)
Derived from German binden "to bind" and Swiss German schädlen "to make wood vessels", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper, a barrel maker.

Birke Low German, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Birk. Perhaps a shortened form of any of various Danish and Norwegian surnames beginning with Birke-, for example Birkeland and Birkelund ("birch grove").

Bjørklund Norwegian
From any of several farms named with Norwegian bjørk "birch" and lund "grove".

Blackley English
The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Blæcleah which meant "dark wood" or "dark clearing".

Bodily Anglo-Saxon
A habitational name from the parish of Budleigh, near Exeter in Devon or Baddeley Green in Staffordshire. From the Old English budda, meaning "beetle" and leah, meaning "wood" or "clearing", also known as a glade... [more]

Bois French, French (Quebec)
Derived from French bois "wood, forest", this name used to denote someone who lived near a forest.

Boisvert French
Means "green wood" in French, from bois "wood" and vert "green".

Boothroyd English
Possibly from the Old English booth meaning "hut, shack" and royd meaning "clearing (in the woods)".

Borák Czech
Habitational name for someone from one of many places named with bor meaning "pine forest"; alternatively from a short form of the personal names Dalibor or Bořivoj, containing the element -bor meaning "battle".

Borecki English
Habitational name for someone from a place called Borek or Borki, from bór "pine forest".

Borkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Borki, Borkowice or Borek, all derived from Polish bór meaning "conifer forest, pine forest".

Bosch American
The surname Bosch originates from the Old Norse word "buski," meaning "bush," or "woods” thus it is classed at a toponymic surname and was most likely used by a man who lived near a prominent bush... [more]

Boscolo Italian
Habitational name for someone who lived by a forest, derived from Italian bosco meaning "woods, forest".

Boys English
From the Old French word bois, which means "wood," indicates that the original bearer lived near a wooded area, such as a forest.

Bradshaw English
Habitational name from any of the places called Bradshaw, for example in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, from Old English brad "broad" + sceaga "thicket".

Brick Irish (Anglicized), English, German, Jewish
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruic "descendant of Broc", i.e. "badger" (sometimes so translated) or Ó Bric "descendant of Breac", a personal name meaning "freckled"... [more]

Brinkley English
"From Brinca's Field" or "Field in the forest"

Brzeziński Polish
Derived from any of the various places named with Polish brzezina "birch forest".

Buczyński Polish
Name for a person from any of various towns named Buczyn or Buczyna, derived from Polish buczyna meaning "beechwood, beech forest".

Buisson French, Haitian Creole (Rare)
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area of scrub land or by a prominent clump of bushes from (Old) French buisson "bush scrub" (a diminutive of bois "wood"); or a habitational name from (Le) Buisson the name of several places in various parts of France named with this word.

Buschiazzo Italian
It's a surname in northern Italy (Piedmont). It emerges from the German spelling Bosch or Busch and this means "forest" or "wooded area".

Bylund Swedish
Combination of Swedish by "village" and lund "grove".

Carballeira Galician
From Galician meaning "oak grove".

Castañeda Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Castañeda, a Spanish word meaning "chesnut grove", itself derived from castaña meaning "chesnut".

Castanheira Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Castañeda meaning "chestnut grove".

Cawood English
Traditional English habitational surname meaning "jackdaw wood" from the Old English ca referring to 'jackdaw' (a member of the crow family), and wudu 'wood'.

Ceretti Italian (Tuscan), Medieval Italian (Tuscan)
The surname Cerri is derived from the Italian word cerro, which means bitter or Turkey oak. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di", which signifies emigration from one place to another.... [more]

Cerrito Italian
Variant of Cerri, or directly from Sicilian cirritu "Turkey oak grove".

Cheyne English
Locational or topographical surname derived from Old French chesne, chesnai "oak tree, oak grove", ultimately derived from medieval Latin casnetum.

Cholmondeley English
An aristocratic surname derived from a place name in Cheshire which means "Ceolmund's grove" in Old English.

Cosca Italian
Topographic name from the Calabrian dialect word c(u)oscu "oak", also "wood".

Cosgrove English
Habitational name from Cosgrove in Northamptonshire, named with an Old English personal name Cof + Old English graf "grove", "thicket".

Deiana Italian
From Sardinian de "of, from" and jana "fairy, spirit of the woods, sorceress" (from Latin Diana).

Doubrava Czech
It means "forest".

Dumfries Scottish, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
From the name of a market town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, derived from Gaelic dùn meaning "fort" and preas meaning "thicket". This surname is found predominantly in Aruba, the Netherlands and Suriname... [more]

Düsterwald German
Derived from Middle Low German düster "dark" combined with Old High German wald "forest".

Duvernay French
Means "from the alder grove," from Gaulish vern meaning "alder" combined with Latin -etum, whence Modern French -aie, forming names of orchards or places where trees/plants are grown)... [more]

Edgely English
A surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a place name taken from either a village in Cheshire or one in Shropshire. The name means “park by the wood” in Old English.

Eelsalu Estonian
Eelsalu is an Estonia surname meaning "fore grove".

Eenmaa Estonian
Eenmaa is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").

Eensalu Estonian
Eensalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").

Ehasalu Estonian
Ehasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "dusk grove". Eha is also an common feminine given name.

Eichenlaub German, Jewish
Derived from Eichenlau, a topographic name from Middle High German eichen "oaks" and loh "forest clearing", reinterpreted through folk etymology as Eichenlaub, meaning "oak leaf".

Ellermeyer German
It is a combination of the German words “Eller,” which means “alder,” and “Meyer,” which means “steward” or farmer”. So, it is thought to refer to someone who was either a steward or farmer who lived near an alder grove.

Elshout Dutch
Means "alder wood" in Dutch.

Elwood English
It's either from a place name in Gloucestershire, England called Ellwood that is derived from Old English ellern "elder tree" and wudu "wood", or a form of the Old English personal name Ælfweald, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and weald "rule".

Emori Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Emsley English
A name that came from a family that lived in Yorkshire, where they derived the family name from Helmsley. Probably of Old English origin Helm and ley or leah, which means "a clearing in the woods."

Englund Swedish, English
Combination of Swedish äng "meadow" and lund "grove".

Eto'o Central African, Ibibio, Efik
Means "tree, wood" in Ibibio and Efik. It is found predominantly in Cameroon. The former Cameroonian soccer player Samuel Eto'o (1981-) is a famous bearer of this surname.

Fältskog Swedish
Combination of Swedish fält "field" and skog "forest". Agnetha Fältskog (b. 1950) is a Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.

Faraday Irish
From Irish Gaelic Ó Fearadaigh "descendant of Fearadach", a personal name probably based on fear "man", perhaps meaning literally "man of the wood". A famous bearer was British chemist and physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867).

Fenley English
This surname may be:... [more]

Foresta Italian
Italian cognate of Forest, a derivative of Late Latin forestis "forest".

Fratta Italian
Means "thicket, hedge".

Fujiki Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Fukumori Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and mori means "forest".

Funaki Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Furey Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Fiúra and Ó Fiodhabhra. Means "bushy eyebrows" derived from Irish fiodh "wood" and (f)abhra "eyebrow."

Fuster Catalan
Means "carpenter" in Catalan, derived from the word fusta meaning "wood".

Fuyuki Japanese
冬 (Fuyu) means "winter" and 木 (ki) means "tree, wood".... [more]

Garrigues French, Provençal
This surname comes from Old Provençal garrique meaning "grove of holm oaks or kermes oaks."

Garwood English
Comes from a lost locational name from the Olde English gara, referring to a "triangular piece of land" or to a "spearhead", and wudu meaning a "wood".

Gayer German
Derived from Slavic gaj "grove", this name denoted a forest warden.

Geipelhorst German
This rather rare surname is appears to be the combination of "Geipel", which is a variant of "Geibel" originating from a personal name or topographic name formed with Old High German gawi ‘fertile region’, ‘countryside’ (as opposed to a town), and "Horst" which came from of Old High German, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood"... [more]

Görlitz German
The name of a small town in Saxony. Derived from old Sorbian word "Zgorelc" meaning "settlement on a burned-out forest."

Granlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish gran "spruce" and lund "grove".

Groenewoud Dutch
Derived from a place name meaning “green wood”.

Grönlund Swedish, Finnish
Combination of Swedish grön "green" and lund "grove".

Haabmets Estonian
Haabmets is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest."

Haavasalu Estonian
Haavasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen grove".

Haavistu Estonian
Haavistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haavik" ("aspen wood") and "iste" ("seat" or "stool"); "aspen wood stool".

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

Haliburton Scottish
Means "town fortified in stone". It comes from a combination of the Old Norse element hallr meaning rock (as in Halle 1) and of the Old English place name Burton, denoting a fortified town... [more]

Hallmets Estonian
Hallmets is an Estonian surname meaning "grey forest".

Hammarlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and lund "grove".

Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".

Hansalu Estonian
Hansalu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Hans" and "salu", meaning "grove"; "Hans' grove".

Haruki Japanese
春 (Haru) means "spring" and 木 (ki) means "tree, wood". ... [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]

Hayashibara Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Hayashida Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hayashizaki Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Healey English
Habitational surname for a person from Healey near Manchester, derived from Old English heah "high" + leah "wood", "clearing". There are various other places in northern England, such as Northumberland and Yorkshire, with the same name and etymology, and they may also have contributed to the surname.

Heinapuu Estonian
Heinapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay wood".

Heinsalu Estonian
Heinsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay grove".

Heywood English
From a place name derived from Old English heah meaning "high" and wudu meaning "tree, wood".

Hiielaid Estonian
Hiielaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grove islet".

Hiiemets Estonian
Hiiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sacred grove forest".

Hiiend Estonian
Hiiend is an Estonian meaning "grove" and "ledge".

Hiiesalu Estonian
Hiiesalu is an Estonian surname derived from the pre-Christian "hiie" (a sacred location), and "salu" ("grove").

Hiiesoo Estonian
Hiiesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grove swamp/marsh".

Hiis Estonian
Hiis is an Estonian surname meaning "grove".

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".

Hinshelwood Scottish, English
Denoted a person from a lost place called Henshilwood near the village of Carnwath on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is derived from Scots hainchil obscurely meaning "haunch" and Old English wudu meaning "wood"... [more]

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

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

Hoadley English
Habitational name from East or West Hoathly in Sussex, so named from Old English hað / Middle English hoath "heath" + leah "wood, clearing".

Hõbemets Estonian
Hõbemets is an Estonian surname meaning "silver forest".

Hõbesalu Estonian
Hõbesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "silver grove".

Hollywood English
Habitational name from any of various farms or hamlets in England called Hollywood such as one in Sandon and Burston (Staffordshire) perhaps named with Middle English holegn "holly" and wudu "wood".

Holstein German
habitational name from the province of Holstein long disputed between Germany and Denmark. This gets its name from holsten the dative plural originally used after a preposition of holst from Middle Low German holt-sate "dweller in the woods" (from Middle Low German holt "wood" and sate sete "tenant")... [more]

Holter English, German, Norwegian
Derived from English holt meaning "small wood". A topographic name for someone who lived near a small wooden area, as well as a habitational name from a place named with that element.

Holtey German
Old German name meaning "Wood Island". Holt means wood and ey means island. Family can be traced back to around 650 A.D. and is located in the Ruhr and Essen area of Germany.

Holtzclaw German (Anglicized, Modern)
Americanized spelling of German Holzklau, which translates into modern German as "wood thief", but is probably a nickname for someone who gathered wood, from Middle High German holz "wood" + a derivative of kluben "to pick up", "gather", "steal".

Holtzmann Upper German, German
Derived from the Upper German word "holz," which means "forest." Thus many of the names that evolved from this root work have to do with living in the woods

Holzhauer German
Occupational name for a "lumberjack, woodsman" with the element holz "forest".

Holzheim German
The meaning of Holzheim is " wood home". Holz=wood and heim=home. ... [more]

Holzklau German
From Middle High German holz ‘wood’ + a derivative of klūben ‘to pick up, gather, steal’. It means "wood thief" but it was probably more likely used as nickname for someone who gathered wood

Holzschuh German
Occupational - from German holz "wood", and schuh "shoe".

Hoot Dutch, German
The Dutch form is a habitation name for someone who lived in the hout or "woods" while the German form hoth is from an occupational name for a maker of hats.

Howald German
From any several places named, from the elements hoh "high" and wald "forest".

Hulse German
derived from Holtz, means "a wood"

Hultgren Swedish
Combination of Swedish hult "grove, copse" and gren "branch".

Hungerford Anglo-Saxon
Hungerford is a Saxon name, meaning "Hanging Wood Ford".... [more]

Hurmsalu Estonian
Hurmsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "enchanted grove".

Hurst German
Topographic name from Middle High German hurst "woodland, thicket".

Ichiki Japanese
Ichi means "one" or "market" and ki means "wood, tree".

Iimori Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mori means "forest".

Iismaa Estonian
Iismaa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hiismaa" meaning "grove land".

Ilomets Estonian
Ilomets is an Estonian surname meaning "merry forest".

Ilumets Estonian
Ilumets is an Estonian surname meaning "pretty/lovely forest".

Imaki Japanese
This could be spelled with ima meaning "now, present" and ki meaning "tree, wood".

Inaki Japanese (Rare)
Ina means "rice plant" and ki means "tree, wood".

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

Ippongi Japanese
From 一 (i) meaning "one", 本 (pon) meaning "origin" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

Ishimori Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".

Jäämets Estonian
Jäämets is an Estonian surname meaning "ice forest".

Jaansalu Estonian
Jaansalu is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaan's (a masculine given name) grove".

Järvemets Estonian
Järvemets is an Estonian surname meaning "lake forest".

Jõgisalu Estonian
Jõgisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "river grove".

Juursalu Estonian
Juursalu is an Estonian surname meaning "root/origin grove (grove where one originated)".

Kaldmets Estonian
Kaldmets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline forest".

Kallasmets Estonian
Kallasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "shore forest".

Kallemets Estonian
Kallemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping forest".

Kamori Japanese
Ka means "increase, step up" or "congratulation" and mori means "forest".

Kanamori Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kanbayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 上 (kan, kami or ue) "upper," "above," 管 (kan) "tube," "canal," 官 (kan) "authorities," "government" or 神 (kan, kami or shin) "god" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods," "grove."

Kandimaa Estonian
Kandimaa is an Estonian surname derived from "kandis" ("neck of the woods") and "land".

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)."

Kasemets Estonian
Kasemets is an Estonian surname meaning "birch forest".

Kasesalu Estonian
Kasesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Kashiwagi Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Keeton English
Habitational name from a place called Ketton in Durham or one in Rutland or from Keaton in Ermington, Devon. The first is named from the Old English personal name Catta or the Old Norse personal name Káti and Old English tūn "settlement"; the second is probably from an old river name or tribal name Cētan (possibly a derivative of Celtic cēd "wood") and Old English ēa "river"; and the last possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" and Old English tūn.

Kelty Scottish
From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".

Kergoat Breton, French
From Breton ker "Village" or "Area" and koad "Woods".

Khmyz Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian хмыз (khmyz) meaning "bush, thicket".

Kibuspuu Estonian
Kibuspuu is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin wood".

Kida Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kidamura Japanese
This surname could be made up of 木 (Ki) meaning "Tree, Wood", 貴 (Ki) meaning "Valuabele", or 喜 (Ki) meaning "Rejoice", with 田 (Da) meaning "Rice Paddy, Field", and 村 (Mura) means "Hamlet, Village"... [more]

Kido Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Kihara Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kikawa Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kikerpuu Estonian
Kikerpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "cicer wood".

Kikumori Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and mori means "forest".

Kikyo Japanese
This surname is used as 桔梗, 喜京, 木京 or 鬼京 with 桔 (kitsu, ketsu, ki), which is used in plant names, 梗 (kyou, kou, oomune, fusagu, yamanire) meaning "close up, flower stem, for the most part", 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 鬼 (ki, oni, oni-) meaning "devil, ghost" and 京 (kyou, kin, kei, miyako) meaning "capital."... [more]

Kilgore Scottish
Habitational name for someone from Kilgour in Fife, named with the Gaelic coille "wood" and gobhar, gabhar "goat".

Kimata Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kimoto Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Kimoto Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kingswood English
Means “King’s wood.”

Kinose Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood", no could be a possessive particle or it could mean "field, wilderness", and se means "current, ripple".

Kinoshita Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Kitabayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 北 (kita) "North" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods."

Kitabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kitani Japanese
From the Japanese 木 (ki or moku) "tree," "wood" and 谷 (tani or ya) "valley."

Kitley English
Derived from a place name in Devonshire, England, and was first recorded in the form of Kitelhey in 1305.... [more]

Kiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Kivistik Estonian
Kivistik is an Estonian surname meaning "stone grove".

Kleiber German
Derived from an agent Middle High German kleben "to stick or bind" an occupational name for a builder working with clay or in Swabia for someone who applied whitewash. in Bavaria and Austria an occupational name for a shingle maker from Middle High German klieben "to split (wood or stone)".

Kogure Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree, wood" and 暮 (kure) meaning "end, close".

Koitmets Estonian
Koitmets is an Estonian surname meaning "dawn forest".

Kõivastik Estonian
Kõivastik is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stand/forest". "Kõiv" comes from the Võro dialect.

Kõivisto Estonian
Kõivisto is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Koki Japanese
This surname combines 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old" or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."

Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kouris Greek
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a forest, ultimately from Turkish koru meaning "small forest, grove".

Kreegipuu Estonian
Kreegipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) wood/tree".

Kruusalu Estonian
Kruusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel grove".

Kuchiki Japanese
This name combines 朽 (kyuu, ku.chiru) meaning "decay, remain in seclusion, rot" or 口 (ku, kou, kuchi) meaning "mouth" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Kuniki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kurahayashi Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Kuribayashi Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kuriki Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kurogi Japanese
Variant of Kuroki, Kuro means "Black" and Gi means "Tree, Wood".

Kusunoki Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Kuusalu Estonian
Kuusalu is an Estonian surname derived from "kuusik" meaning "spruce wood" and "salu" meaning "grove".

Läänemets Estonian
Läänemets is an Estonian surname meaning "western forest".

Laansalu Estonian
Laansalu is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen grove".

Laasalu Estonian
Laasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland grove".

Laasma Estonian
Laasma is an Estonian surname derived from "laas" meaning "forest" and "woodland".

Laasmaa Estonian
Laasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland land".

Laasmägi Estonian
Laasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland mountain".

Laaspere Estonian
Laaspere is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland folk".

Lahesalu Estonian
Lahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "spacious grove".

Lakerbaia Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz aristocratic family name Lakrba possibly from Abkhaz а-лакра (a-lakra) meaning "in thickets, to catch in thickets" or "to rank, to include". It was most likely used to refer to a hunter or a member of a large group of peasants.

Lalonde French
Habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called La Londe, from the French feminine definite article la combined with Old Norse lundr meaning "grove".

Laramie English
From the French la ramée "the small wood, the arbour".

Łazowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Łazy, Łazow, or Łazowa, named with łazy meaning "clearing in a forest".

Lehismets Estonian
Lehismets is an Estonian surname meaning "larch forest".

Lehtmets Estonian
Lehtmets is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf(y) forest".

Lehtomäki Finnish
Lehto means "grove" and Mäki means "hill" in Finnish. This type of surname (combination of two nature related words) is very common in Finland.

Leisalu Estonian
Leisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "leeward grove".

Leland English
derived from the Old English elements leah "wood, clearing, meadow" or læge "fallow" and land "land, area"... [more]

Lemsalu Estonian
Lemsalu is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from the masculine given name "Lembit" and "salu", meaning "grove"; "Lembit's grove".

Lepik Estonian
Lepik is an Estonian surname meaning "alder stand/wood".

Lepmets Estonian
Lepmets is an Estonian word meaning "alder (lepp) forest (mets)".

Lieshout Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the village of Lieshout in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived either from Dutch lies meaning "great manna grass" (a grasslike plant that grows near riverbanks and ponds) or Middle Dutch lese meaning "track, furrow", combined with hout meaning "forest".

Lillemets Estonian
Lillemets is an Estonian surname meaning "flower forest".

Lilly English
Derived from Lilly, a pet name for Elizabeth. It was also used as a nickname for someone with fair skin or hair, and is derived from Old English lilie meaning "lily (the flower)"... [more]

Lily English
Derived from Lily, a pet name for Elizabeth. It was also used as a nickname for someone with fair skin or hair, and is derived from Old English lilie meaning "lily (the flower)"... [more]

Lindhorst German
It means "linden forest" in German.

Lindskog Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and skog meaning "forest".

Litchfield English
locational origin either from Lichfield, south east of Stafford in Staffordshire, or from Litchfield in Hampshire... [more]

Littlewood English (British)
This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may be either a locational or topographical surname. If the former, it derives from any of several minor places in West Yorkshire, such as Littlewood in Wooldale near Holmfirth, all of which are so called from the Olde English pre 7th Century "lytel", little, small, and "wudu", wood... [more]

Luhasalu Estonian
Luhasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow grove".

Lundell Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and the common surname suffix -ell.

Lundholm Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and holm "islet".

Lundmark Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and mark "ground, field, land".

Lundstedt Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and stad "town, city" (spelling possibly influenced by German Stadt, also meaning "town, city").

Lundsten Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and sten "stone".

Lundvik Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and vik "bay".

Lunn Norwegian, English
Derived from Lund, which in turn comes from the Old Norse lundr, meaning "grove of trees".

Macchia Italian
Topographic name from Italian macchia "thicket", "scrub" (from Latin macula) and Habitational name from any of various places named Macchia, as for example Macchia in Trapani province, Sicily.

Madeiras Portuguese
Came from the Portuguese Madeira word "wood" or "timber". perhaps the portuguese version of the surname Woods or someone who's from the Portuguese island Madeira

Madera Spanish
describing someone who lived or worked in a forest. the word Madera means "wood" in Spanish. Spanish meaning of surname Wood

Mäemets Estonian
Mäemets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".

Mäesalu Estonian
Mäesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hill grove".

Maglasang Filipino, Cebuano
Denotes a forest dweller or a person originally from a forest, derived from Cebuano lasang meaning "forest".

Mahlapuu Estonian
Mahlapuu is an Estonian surname derived from "mahlakas"; meaning "lush", "sappy" and "malapert" "tree/wood"; "lush tree".

Maimets Estonian
Maimets is an Estonian surname meaning "May forest".

Mändmets Estonian
Mändmets is an Estonian surname meaning "pine forest".

Manhattan English
From the name of the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. Derived from the Munsee Lenape language term manaháhtaan (where manah- means "gather", -aht- means "bow" and -aan is an abstract element used to form verb stems), meaning "the place where we get bows" or "place for gathering the (wood to make) bows"... [more]

Manley English
Habitational name from places in Devon and Cheshire, named in Old English as "common wood or clearing", from (ge)mǣne "common, shared" and lēah "woodland clearing". The surname is still chiefly found in the regions around these villages.

Männik Estonian
Männik is an Estonian surname meaning "pine stand" or "pine forest".

Männisalu Estonian
Männisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "pine grove".

Markley English
From Old English mearc meaning "border, mark" combined with leah meaning "clearing, grove."

Marklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish mark "ground, field" and lund "grove".

Masaki Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Matsubayashi Japanese
Matsu means "Pine Tree" and Bayashi is a variant pronunciation of "Hayashi" meaning "Forest". This surname means "Pine Tree Forest". Matsubayashi-ryu is a kind of martial arts.

Matsuki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".

Mednis Latvian
Means "wood grouse".

Merisalu Estonian
Merisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "sea grove".

Mets Estonian
Mets is an Estonian surname meaning "forest".

Metsä Finnish
Means “forest” in Finnish.

Metsaäär Estonian
Metsaäär is an Estonian surname meaning "forest edge".

Metsala Estonian
Metsala is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".

Metsallik Estonian
Metsallik is an Estonian surname meaning "forest spring".

Metsalu Estonian
Metsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "forest grove".

Metsamaa Estonian
Metsamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest land".

Metsanurm Estonian
Metsanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "forest meadow".

Metsaorg Estonian
Metsaorg is an Estonian surname meaning "forest valley".

Metsasalu Estonian
Metsasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "forest grove".

Metsavaht Estonian
Metsavaht is an Estonian surname meaning "forest guard" and "forest warden".

Metsla Estonian
Metsla is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".

Metslang Estonian
Metslang is an Estonian surname meaning "forest cutting area"; derived from the compounds "mets "forest" and "lank" (cutting area).

Metsnõmm Estonian
Metsnõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "forest heath/moorland".

Metsola Finnish
From Finnish metso meaning "wood grouse, capercaillie" and the suffix -la indicating a place. Metsola is the realm of forests in Finnish mythology.