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This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword lake.
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Agam Hebrew (Modern)
Rare variant of the surname Agami, which came from the Hebrew name Agam, means "lake".
Agami Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Agam, means "lake" in Hebrew.
Ainjärv Estonian
Ainjärv is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Ain" (a masculine give name) and "järv" ("lake"); "Ain's lake."
Akaike Japanese (Rare)
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 池 (ike) means "pool, pond".
Al Behairy Arabic
Linguistic: Comes from the word BOHAYṘA which means lake, the name "lake" is being employed as an adjective.
Amachi Japanese
This surname is used as 天知, 天地, 天池, 天内, 雨知 or 雨地 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 雨 (u, ama-, ame, -same) meaning "rain", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom", 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 池 (chi, ike) meaning "cistern, pond, pool, reservoir" and 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."... [more]
Aoike Japanese
青 (Ao) means "blue, green" and 池 (ike) means "pond, pool".
Ashmore English
English locational name, from either "Aisemare", (from Old English pre 7th Century "aesc" meaning ash plus "mere" a lake; hence "lake where ash-trees grow), or from any of several minor places composed of the Old English elements "aesc" ash plus "mor" a marsh or fen.
Atempa Mexican, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Means "on the riverbank" or "on the bank of the lake", derived from Nahuatl atl meaning "water" combined with tentli "bank, shore" and the suffix -pan "in, on".
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]
Baykalov Russian
Derived from the name of Lake Baikal, derived from Turkish baiköl meaning "rich lake".
Berlin German, English
Habitational name from the city in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning swamp or from a West Slavic word meaning "river lake".
Chisaki Japanese
Chi can mean "thousand" or "pond", and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Claypool English
Derived from Claypole, a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, named from Old English cl?g meaning "clay" and pol meaning "pool".
Dalrymple Scottish
Habitational name from Dalrymple, a village and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland, said to be named from Gaelic dail chruim puill meaning "field of the crooked stream" or "dale of the crooked pool".
Damgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix dam meaning "pond".
Danao Filipino, Tagalog
Topographic name for someone who lived near a body of water, derived from Tagalog danaw meaning "lagoon, lake".
de la Pole Medieval English, Anglo-Norman, Cambro-Norman
Meaning "from the pool", from Norman de la Pole. This name was typically given to families who lived near lakes or similar bodies of water.... [more]
Du Lac Arthurian Cycle
In the series Merlin, this was the surname of Sir Lancelot: Lancelot du Lac. du Lac possibly means "of the lake."
Eastlake English
"East lake".
Ezeriņš Latvian
Derived from the word ezers meaning "lake".
Flash English
Means "person who lives near a pool" (Middle English flasshe "pool, marsh").
Fuchino Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, deep end, pool" and no means "field, plain".
Fuchinoue Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, pool, deep end", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "upper, top, above".
Göl Turkish
Means "lake" in Turkish.
Haabjärv Estonian
Haabjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen lake".
Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".
Ikegami Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".
Ikegaya Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond", a place name possessive marker ヶ (ga), and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Ikehara Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Ikemoto Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Ikenaga Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and naga means "long, chief".
Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."
Ikeno Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".
Ikesono Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and sono means "garden".
Ikesugi Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool" and 杉 (sugi) means "cedar".
Ikeuchi Japanese
Ike means "lake" and uchi means "inside".
Ikeuchi Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Ikeya Japanese
"Lake valley".
Ikezono Japanese
Ike means "lake". Zono comes from Sono meaning "garden".
Ilmjärv Estonian
Ilmjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "weather lake".
Iwabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".
Järv Estonian
Derived from Estonian järv "lake" (compare Finnish Järvi).
Järve Estonian
Järve is an Estonian surname meaning "freshwater"; from "järv", meaning "lake".
Järvela Estonian
Järvela is an Estonian surname meaning "lake area".
Järvelill Estonian
Järvelill is an Estonian surname meaning "lake flower".
Järvemets Estonian
Järvemets is an Estonian surname meaning "lake forest".
Järveoja Estonian
Järveoja is an Estonian surname meaning "lake creek".
Järvesaar Estonian
Järvesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "lake island".
Järvet Estonian
Järvet is an Estonian surname derived from "järv", meaning "lake".
Järvevee Estonian
Järvevee is an Estonian surname meaning "lake water".
Järviste Estonian
Järviste is an Estonian surname derived from "järv" meaning "lake".
Järvsoo Estonian
Järvsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "lake marsh/swamp".
Jezierski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Jezioro, Jeziory, Jeziora, or Jezierzyce, all places named with jezioro meaning "lake".
Kaljujärv Estonian
Kaljujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff lake".
Kikuchi Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 池 (chi) meaning "pool, pond" or 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land, ground".
Koike Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 池 (ike) "pond."
Lago Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone living by a lake from lago "lake" (from Latin lacus) or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.
Laguna Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Laguna meaning "lake, pond" in Spanish.
Lampela Finnish
From Finnish word lampi which means "pond" or "pool". There is almost 2000 Finns and 127 people from other countries with this name.
Lánzé Chinese
From Chinese 蓝, 藍 (lán) meaning "blue" combined with 澤, 泽 (zé) meaning "lake, swamp".
Lepsy Slavic (Rare), Turkish (Rare)
Possibly dating back to the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Europe, the original Turkic meaning is veiled in mystery, and possibly meant "one who comes from the edge of the lake." ... [more]
Lima Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived on the banks of the Lima River in Portugal, most likely derived from Indo-European *léymō meaning "lake".
Limb Medieval English
Rare name of medieval English origin. A dialectal variant of the locational name 'Lumb', from places so called in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, and derives from the Old English pre-7th Century 'lum(m)'... [more]
Limnios Greek
From Greek λημνι (limni) meaning "lake".
Lively English
A modern English surname possibly derived from a lost village called Laefer-leah which would give it the meaning "the farm by the lake".... [more]
Loch Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic loch "lake".
Lomax English
Lomax is a territorial surname, derived from the hamlet of Lumhalghs, near Bury, Greater Manchester, and meaning "pool nook" or "recess". Notable persons with the surname Lomax include: Alan Lomax (1915–2002) American musicologist, son of John Avery Lomax... [more]
Lomp Estonian
Lomp is an Estonian surname meaning "pond" or "puddle".
Loomis English
Derived from Lomax (Lumhalghs), near Bury, Lancashire, which means "pool nook/recess."
Mclaughlin Scottish (Anglicized)
A Scottish clan traced as far back as the 11th Century AD/CE.... [more]
Merriott English
Either a habitational name from Merriott in Somerset. The placename may derive from Old English mere miere "mare" mere "pool" or gemære "boundary" and gæt "gate gap"... [more]
Merton English
From a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.
Mizoroke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 深泥池 (Mizoro-ga-Ike) meaning "Mizoro Lake", a lake in Kyōto, Kyōto, Japan.
Orujärv Estonian
Orujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "valley lake".
Ozerov Russian
From Russian озеро (ozero) meaning "lake".
Poltimore English (Rare)
Rare English surname derived from a Devon place name of Celtic origin, allegedly meaning “pool by the large house”.
Poulton English
English surname that means "settlement by a pool".
Seaborn English
From an Old English personal name derived from the elements "sea, lake" and beorn "warrior".
Seagrave English
Habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Satgrave and Setgrave; probably named from Old English (ge)set meaning "fold", "pen" (or sēað meaning "pit", "pool") + grāf meaning "grove" or græf meaning "ditch".
See English, German
Topographic name for someone who lived by the sea-shore or beside a lake, from Middle English see meaning "sea", "lake" (Old English sǣ), Middle High German sē. Alternatively, the English name may denote someone who lived by a watercourse, from an Old English sēoh meaning "watercourse", "drain".
Seedorf German
habitational name from any of the numerous places so named from See "lake" and Dorf "village".
Shore English
From the Old English word scora meaning "the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast."
Sinijärv Estonian
Sinijärv is an Estonian surname meaning "blue lake".
Sjöblom Swedish
Combination of Swediah sjö "lake, sea" and blom "bloom".
Sjödin Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and the common surname suffix -in.
Sjölander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land and the habitational suffix -er). The second element is sometimes said to be derived from Greek aner "man".
Sjöman Swedish
Means "seaman, sailor" in Swedish, although this name is more likely to be an ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and man "man". A notable bearer is film director Vilgot Sjöman (1924-2006).
Sjöö Swedish
Derived from Swedish sjö "lake, sea".
Sjöqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and qvist, an archaic spelling of kvist, "twig".
Sjöstrand Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and strand "beach, shore".
Sjöström Swedish
Ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and ström "stream, small river".
Soames English
Denoted a person hailing from a village called Soham in Cambridgeshire, England. The place name itself means "homestead by the lake" from Old English "lake" and ham "farm, homestead"... [more]
Sonoike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]
Steinhilber German
Habitational name for someone from Steinhilben, from Old High German stein "stone" and hülwe or hülbe "hollow, depression; pond, puddle".
Tabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".
Talujärv Estonian
Talujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "farm lake".
Tammjärv Estonian
Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".
Tiigi Estonian
Tiigi is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".
Tiigimaa Estonian
Tiigimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pond land".
Tiigirand Estonian
Tiigirand is an Estonian surname meaning "pond shore".
Tiik Estonian
Tiik is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".
Tiikjärv Estonian
Tiikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "pond lake".
Ujula Estonian
Ujula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".
Vaikjärv Estonian
Vaikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still lake".
Vesiloik Estonian
Vesiloik is an Estonian surname meaning "water puddle/a small pool of water."
Veskijärv Estonian
Veskijärv is an Estonian surname meaning "(water)mill lake".
Walmer English
Habitational name from Walmer in Kent, so named from Old English wala (plural of walh "Briton") + mere "pool", or from Walmore Common in Gloucestershire.