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Ardzinba Abkhaz
Means "son of silver" from Abkhaz араʒны (aradzny) meaning "silver" and аҧа (apa) meaning "son".

Argentis Greek
Means "silver" in Italian, originally used as an occupational name for a silversmith or a nickname for a person with gray hair. Greek version of the Italian surname Argenti.

Argento Italian
Means "silver" in Italian, originally used as an occupational name for a silversmith or a nickname for a person with gray hair.

Argenziano Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Argenzio, ultimately from Latin argenteus meaning "silver". A famous bearer was American actor Carmen Argenziano (1943-2019).

Argyros Greek
Means "silver" in Greek.

Arukask Estonian
Arukask is an Estonian surname meaning "silver birch" (Betula pendula).

Bixio Italian
From an older form of Ligurian bixo "grey", a nickname for someone with grey hair.

Borjigin Mongolian
This is the name of a Mongol sub-clan, of which Genghis Khan was part of. A suggested origin is a Turkic-language term borčïqïn meaning "man with dark blue eyes", though this is somewhat dubious... [more]

Boz Turkish
Means "grey" in Turkish.

Bozkurt Turkish
Means "grey wolf" from Turkish boz meaning "grey" and kurt meaning "wolf".

Brak Khmer
Means "silver, money" in Khmer.

Canomanuel Spanish
The first part of this surname is possibly derived from Spanish cano "hoary, white-haired, grey-haired". The second part is derived from the given name Manuel... [more]

Canu Italian
From Sardinian canu "gray-haired, hoary-haired". Compare Canuto.

Colque Indigenous American, Aymara (Hispanicized)
Derived from Aymara qullqi, meaning "silver".

Crudup German (Anglicized)
Probably an Americanised form of North German Gratop, a nickname for an old man, derived from Middle Low German gra meaning "gray" and top meaning "braid". Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Billy Crudup (1968-), an actor, and Arthur Crudup (1905-1974), a Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Eun Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 銀 (eun) meaning "silver".

Ferrand French, English
This French surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval French masculine given name Ferrand, which was a variant form of the name Fernand, itself a contraction of Ferdinand.... [more]

Ferrando Italian, Spanish
This surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval masculine given name Ferrando, which was in use in both Italy and Spain during the Middle Ages... [more]

Ferrante Italian
This surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a nickname (thus making it a descriptive surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval masculine given name Ferrante... [more]

Glas Welsh
Nickname meaning "gray, green, silver-haired".

Glass Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of the epithet glas "gray, green, blue" or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.

Grau German, Jewish
Nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from German grau "gray".

Grawert Low German, German (East Prussian)
As a Low German name, Grawert is derived from Middle High German grā and Old High German grāo "gray" (originally "shimmery, gleaming"). As a surname, it was a nickname given to someone with gray hair.... [more]

Grayson Scottish, Irish
Means "son of Gray".

Grisch Romansh
Derived from Romansh grisch "grey".

Grisel French, French (Swiss)
Derived from the Old French adjective grisel, a variant of gris meaning "grey". It was a nickname for a person with grey hair a grey complexion or who habitually wore grey.

Grissom English
From a diminutive of Grice, which was originally a nickname for a grey-haired man, derived from Middle English grice, gris meaning "grey" (itself from Old French gris, apparently of Germanic origin).

Gülden Dutch, German
from gulden "golden" derived from vergulden vergolden "to gild" a metonymic occupational name for a craftsman who gilds objects; compare Guldner. From gulden the name of the coin (English guilder) applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as In den silvren Gulden ("In the Silver Guilder") or from related verb meaning "to gild" applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as De Gulden Hoeve ("The Gilded Farmhouse") or De Gulden Zwaan ("The Gilded Swan").

Gümüş Turkish
Means "silver" in Turkish.

Haida Japanese
From 灰 (hai) meaning "ash, gray, grayish" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hall Estonian
Hall is an Estonian surname meaning both "grey" and "frost".

Halliste Estonian
Halliste is an Estonian name relating to "hall", meaning "grey" and "frost".

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

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]

Hiranchai Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Hiransi Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and ศรี (si) meaning "honour, glory, splendour".

Hiranwong Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty"

Hoare English
From a nickname meaning "gray-haired", ie. "hoary".

Hõbe Estonian
Hõbe is an Estonian surname meaning "silver".

Hõbemägi Estonian
Hõbemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "silver mountain".

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

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

Kuular Tuvan
Derived from Tuvan куу (kuu) meaning "swan" or "gray". Names bearing unfavourable meanings were traditionally used by Tuvans to ward off evil spirits.

Liddiard English
From Celtic place names in England meaning "gray hill".

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

Łozowski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Łoza, derived from Polish łoza meaning "grey willow, osier, wicker".

McGlashan Scottish
Mcglashan means son of grey in Scotland, with the prefix Mc meaning "son of" and the Glas meaning "grey"

Peshlakai Navajo
Derived from the Navajo words béésh "metal" and łigaii "white" meaning “silver”.

Plata Spanish
Byname from plata "silver".

Pykhtin Russian
From pykhta, meaning "silver fir".

Serebrennikov Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Belarusian
Denoted somebody who engaged in silver mining or a silversmith, derived from Russian серебреник (serébrenik) meaning "silver coin". This name is also found in Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Silber German, Jewish
From Middle High German silber, German Silber "silver"; a metonymic occupational name for a silversmith, or often, in the case of the Jewish surname, an ornamental name.

Silberberg Jewish
The meaning of the name is "silver mountain" and comes from Germany

Silbermann German, Jewish
Variant of Silber. from Middle High German silber German silber "silver" and Middle High German Yiddish man "man" an occupation for a man who worked with silver.

Silbernagel German
Occupational for a silversmith from middle high German silber "silver" and nagel "nail".

Silberstein German, Jewish
From Middle High German silber "silver" and stein "stone"; a habitational name from a place so named in Bavaria, or a topographic name.... [more]

Silfwergård Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish silver "silver" and gård "farm, estate, yard".

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.

Silverstone English
Obviously means "silver stone." In addition to people, this is the name of a racetrack in the village of the same name in England.

Silverthorne English (Rare)
Silverthorne, Silverthorn comes from the Old English seolfor "silver" and þorn "thorn bush" and means the family that lived by the "silver or white thorn tree".

Szarabajka Polish, English
His surname, Szarabajka, means "Grey Tale" in Polish. Last name is pronounced "sarah-bike-ah".

Tsakiris Greek
Means "crock" in Greek, a nickname for a feeble person. It could also be derived from the Turkish word çakır meaning "gray eyed" or "blue eyed".

Zilberman Jewish
From nickname meaning "silver man", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and מאן (man), possibly a nickname for a person with grey hair.

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