Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword friendly.
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Alif Malay (Arabized, Rare, Archaic)
"Good friends" "Close friend" "Best friend" "Companion" "Close companion" "Kind" "Meek" "Gentle" "Compassionated" "soft"
Bain Scottish, French, English
Nickname for a hospitable person from northern Middle English beyn, bayn meaning "welcoming", "friendly".... [more]
Chigusa Japanese
This surname is used as 千種, 千草 or 千艸 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand", 種 (shu, -gusa, tane) meaning "class, kind, seed, species, variety", 草 (sou, kusa, kusa-, -gusa) meaning "draft, grass, herbs, pasture, weeds, write" and 艸 (sou, kusa) meaning "grass, plants."... [more]
Dayal Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit दयालु (dayālu) meaning "kind, compassionate, merciful".
De Goede Dutch
From a nickname meaning "the good" or "the kind".
Eun Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 慇 (eun) meaning "to be kind, to be wealthy".
Gourkuñv Breton
Breton combination of gour and kuñv meaning "a charming, affable, gentle or conciliatory man". The digraph -ff was introduced by Middle Ages' authors to indicate a nasalized vowel.
Kibar Turkish
Means "kind, polite, noble" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic كبار (kibar).
Ledoux French
Means "the amiable" from French doux meaning "sweet, soft, gentle".
Liik Estonian
Liik is an Estonian surname meaning "kind" or "benevolent".
Maloloy-on Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano maluloy-on meaning "kind, merciful, compassionate".
Melmoth English
From middle english milde, meaning "mild, gentle, friendly" and mouth. The development of the surname may have been influenced by association with Middle English mele-mouth, meaning "mealy-mouthed, reticent, ingratiating, hypocritical".
Nadig German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from from Old High German (gi-)nadig "kind", this was a nickname for a kind and benevolent person.
Nice English
From the English word 'nice', meaning "kind".
Sachan Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit सचान (sácāna) meaning "kind, friendly".
Schön German, Swedish
Derived from Middle High German schoene "beautiful, friendly".
Snäll Swedish
Possibly taken from English Snell or its German cognate Schnell, meaning "quick, fast", and having its spelling influenced by Swedish snäll "nice, kind"... [more]
Somsanith Lao
From Lao ສົມ (som) meaning "worthy, suitable, proper" and ສະນິດ (sanith) meaning "type, kind".
Switser English
Either (i) from the medieval nickname Swetesire (literally "sweet sir, amiable master"), applied sarcastically either to someone who used the expression liberally as a form of address or to someone with a de-haut-en-bas manner; or (ii) an anglicization of Schweitzer (from Middle High German swīzer "Swiss person").