BenfieldEnglish 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).
BenthamEnglish Habitational name from any of various places named Bentham, from Old English beonet "bent grass" + ham "homestead" or hamm "enclosure hemmed in by water".
ChigusaJapanese 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]
ÇimenTurkish Means "grass, lawn, turf" in Turkish.
FenuItalian From Sardinian fenu "hay, marsh grass". A relation to Latin faenus "interest, profit" has been suggested, but seems unlikely.
ForsytheScottish, 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]
GrassEnglish, 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".
GratoEnglish From a nickname given to somebody with grass-like hair, making this surname’s meaning “he with grass-like hair.”
KusamaJapanese From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
KusanagiJapanese 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–).
KusanoJapanese From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
KusayanagiJapanese From Japanese 草 (kusayanagi) meaning "grass" or 日 (kusayanagi) meaning "sun, day". Other kanji combinations are possible.
LieshoutDutch 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".
MyrvallSwedish (Rare) From Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and vall "pasture, field of grass".
NishinoharaJapanese From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野原 (nohara) meaning "grass field".
ÖvallSwedish (Rare) Combination of Swedish ö "island" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
RaikEstonian Raik is an Estonian surname derived from "raikaerik" meaning "oat grass"
RitongaBatak From Batak ri meaning "reed, grass" and tonga meaning "middle, centre".
RohiEstonian Rohi is an Estonian surname meaning "grass" or "pasturage".
SandvallSwedish Combination of Swedish sand "sand" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
SasaguriJapanese From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".
SasaharaJapanese From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
SasaiJapanese Sasa means "bamboo grass" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
SasakawaJapanese From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
SasakoJapanese Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".
SasanoJapanese From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains". Other characters are also possible.
SilvergrassEnglish 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.
UekusaJapanese From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herb".
VallinSwedish Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
WallSwedish Derived from Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass". It may be either ornamental or habitational.
WallmanSwedish Combination of Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass" and man "man".