Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword grass.
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Balili Filipino, Cebuano
Means "grass, turf" in Cebuano.
Benfield English
habitational name from one or more of the numerous places in England called Benfield or Binfield which are named from Middle English bent "bent-grass" and feld "open country" or "land converted to arable use" (Old English beonet and feld).
Bentham English
Habitational name from any of various places named Bentham, from Old English beonet "bent grass" + ham "homestead" or hamm "enclosure hemmed in by water".
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]
Çimen Turkish
Means "grass, lawn, turf" in Turkish.
Fenu Italian
From Sardinian fenu "hay, marsh grass". A relation to Latin faenus "interest, profit" has been suggested, but seems unlikely.
Forsythe Scottish, Northern Irish
This surname has two possible origins. The more accepted explanation is that it comes from the Gaelic given name Fearsithe, which means "man of peace" from the elements fear "man" and sithe "peace"... [more]
Grass English, German
Topographic name for someone who owned or lived by a meadow, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold hay, from Middle English gras, Middle High German gras "grass, pasture, grazing".
Grato English
From a nickname given to somebody with grass-like hair, making this surname’s meaning “he with grass-like hair.”
Kusama Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
Kusanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass" and 彅 (nagi) meaning "cutter". A notable bearer of this surname is actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 1974–).
Kusano Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Kusayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusayanagi) meaning "grass" or 日 (kusayanagi) meaning "sun, day". Other kanji combinations are possible.
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".
Myrvall Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and vall "pasture, field of grass".
Nishinohara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野原 (nohara) meaning "grass field".
Övall Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Raik Estonian
Raik is an Estonian surname derived from "raikaerik" meaning "oat grass"
Ritonga Batak
From Batak ri meaning "reed, grass" and tonga meaning "middle, centre".
Rohi Estonian
Rohi is an Estonian surname meaning "grass" or "pasturage".
Sandvall Swedish
Combination of Swedish sand "sand" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Sasaguri Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".
Sasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Sasai Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Sasakawa Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sasako Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".
Sasano Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains". Other characters are also possible.
Silvergrass English
From English "Silver" and "Grass". Probably given from the plant called "Silvergrass", a Miscanthus type growing in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Islands, or a field shining with the sun.
Uekusa Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herb".
Vallin Swedish
Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Wall Swedish
Derived from Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass". It may be either ornamental or habitational.
Wallman Swedish
Combination of Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass" and man "man".