Browse Submitted Surnames

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".

Tjernström Swedish
Combination of Swedish tjärn "tarn" and ström "stream".

Todachine Navajo
Variant of Todicheene meaning "bitter water people."

Todicheene Navajo
"Bitter water people."

Tokugawa Japanese (Rare)
The kanji in this surname : Toku ("Virtue") + Gawa ("River"). Ieyasu Tokugawa was the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Tomikawa Japanese
From 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river."

Tomose Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and se means "ripple, current".

Toriumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Torriente Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Cuban name likely meaning "river".

Toyokawa Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Trafford Anglo-Saxon
A habitational surname that originates from villages in Cheshire and Northamptonshire. First recorded as a surname in 1086. ... [more]

Trail Scottish
This surname is most likely a habitational name, taken on from a place name; perhaps from the Gaelic "Traill Creek" which runs into Upper Loch Torridon of Scotland.... [more]

Traun German
Derived from the Celtic word dru meaning "river". Traun is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria as well as a city located on the north bank of that river and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east.

Tsaritsyn Russian
From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".

Tsujiura Japanese (Rare)
Tsuji means "crossroad" and ura means "bay, coast". ... [more]

Tsunami Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".

Tsunekawa Japanese
From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tsuryū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 釣 (tsu), from 釣り (tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [more]

Tsuyumoto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dew; dewdrop" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".

Turnbow English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach, from a habitational name from any of several places so named or from places in Austria and Bavaria named Dürrenbach (meaning "dry stream").

Tweedel English
Tweedel is Scottish for "the dell on the tweed river"

Twining English
From the name of the village of Twyning in Gloucestershire, derived from Old English betweonan meaning "between" and eam meaning "river".

Uchiumi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and umi means "sea, ocean".

Udagawa Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Uekawa Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ujula Estonian
Ujula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".

Ülavere Estonian
Ülavere is an Estonian surname meaning "upper/superior blood".

Ülejõe Estonian
Ülejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "across the river".

Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".

Unabara Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".

Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".

Underbrook English
Meaning "under the brook".

Unno Japanese
From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Upham English
"enclosure surrounded by water"

Uppadathil Malayalam
From Old Malayalam uppadam (sea), lit. "from over the Arabian sea," referring to the descendants of a group of Arab traders who settled in Kerala. Predominantly Muslim, although sizeable sections have branched away and practice Hinduism... [more]

Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".

Urahane Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and hane means "feather, plume".

Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".

Urai Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Urasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Urasawa Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Urata Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Uratsuji Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"

Utagawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".

Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".

Uuk Estonian
Uuk is an Estonian surname meaning "bay" and "dormer".

Uukkivi Estonian
Uukkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "dormer/bay stone".

Våge Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Våge, derived from Old Norse vágr "bay, inlet, fjord".

Vahejõe Estonian
Vahejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mid/dividing river".

Vaikjärv Estonian
Vaikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still lake".

Väikmeri Estonian
Väikmeri is an Estonian surname meaning "small sea".

Vaikvee Estonian
Vaikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still water".

Van Der Kolk Dutch
'van der' means "of the" ... [more]

Värv Estonian
Värv is an Estonian surname meaning "color" and "paint".

Vasershteyn Yiddish
It literally means "water stone".

Veemaa Estonian
Veemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water land".

Veeorg Estonian
Veeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "water valley/gully".

Veesaar Estonian
Veesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "water island".

Veesalu Estonian
Veesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grove".

Veetamm Estonian
Veetamm is an Estonian surname meaning "water oak".

Veetõusme Estonian
Veetõusme is an Estonian surname meaning "water (vee) surge (tõusma)".

Vesi Estonian
Vesi is an Estonian surname, meaning "water".

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".

Veskioja Estonian
Veskioja is an Estonian surname meaning "(water) mill creek".

Vigneron French
Means "vintner" in French from vin "wine" (from Latin vinum).

Vihm Estonian
Vihm is an Estonian surname meaning "rain".

Viirmaa Estonian
Viirmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning both "sea swallow" and "varved" (annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock) and "maa" ("land").

Viklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish vik "bay" and lund "grove".

Vinagro Italian
Cognate to Vinagre, meaning "bitter wine, vinegar". Possibly given to foundlings.

Võõbus Estonian
Võõbus is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "võõp" meaning to "daub" or "paint".

Voog Estonian
Voog is an Estonian surname meaning "stream", "flow", "billow" and "flood".

Vool Estonian
Vool is an Estonian surname meaning "current", "flow" and "stream".

Wakaizumi Japanese
Waka means "young" and izumi means "fountain, springs".

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.

Warmbier German
Metonymic occupational name for a brewer, derived from Middle Low German warm meaning "warm" and ber meaning "beer".

Wasser German, Jewish
Topographic name from Middle High German wazzer "water".

Wassermann German
German cognate of Waterman 2. occupational name for a water-carrier or a topographic name from Middle High German wazzar "water" and man "man"... [more]

Watase Japanese
Wata means "boat, ferry" and se means "ripple".

Waterhouse German
Old German and Dutch locational name meaning “a house by water.”

Wedderburn Scottish
From the name of a location in Berwickshire, Scotland, which is derived from wedder “wether” and Old English burn “stream”.

Weimar German
Habitational name from any of several places called Weimar in Hesse and Thuringia.... [more]

Wein German, Yiddish, Hungarian
Means "grape, vine, wine" in German and Yiddish (װײַנ). According to Nelly Weiss, Wein-style family names originated from signboards (house sign, house shield) in Jewish communities. Wein may also be related the German verb weinen meaning "to cry"... [more]

Weingartner German
Derived from German weingärtner meaning "wine maker, vintner", which itself is derived from German weingarten meaning "vineyard". The latter is a composite word consisting of German wein "wine" combined with German garten "garden"... [more]

Weininger German (Swiss), Jewish
Denoted a person from Weiningen, a municipality in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is also a Jewish ornamental name derived from German wein meaning "wine" and the suffix -inger.

Weinkauf German
From "wein kaufen" meaning "buy wine" or "wine-buyer"

Weinland German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a wine-producing area from Middle High German win "wine" and land "land" or a habitational name from a place so named.

Weinstein Jewish
Means "wine stone" from German wein meaning "wine" and stein meaning "stone". It originally referred to the potassium bitartrate crystals produced from the process of fermenting grape juice.

Weintraub German, Jewish
from Middle High German wintrub "grape" derived from wein "wine" and traub "grape" hence either a metonymic occupational name for a vintner or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a sign depicting a bunch of grapes.

Welburn English
English surname meaning "From the Spring brook"

Weldon English
Weldon is one of the many names that the Normans brought with them when they conquered England in 1066. The Weldon family lived in Northamptonshire, at Weldon.... [more]

Welford English
English surname meaning "Lives by the spring by the ford"

Weller English, German
Either from the Olde English term for a person who extracted salt from seawater, or from the English and German "well(e)," meaning "someone who lived by a spring or stream."... [more]

Wellman English
From German Welle meaning "wave" and man, meaning "man", referring to someone who lived by a stream.

Wennerström Swedish
Combination of the place name element wenner, which is probably derived from the name of Lake Vänern, and Swedish ström "stream".

Westbay English (Rare)
It means "west bay".

Whaley English
From the name of the village of Whaley and the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, or the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. It is derived from Old English wælla meaning "spring, stream" and leah meaning "woodland clearing".

Wickstrand Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Wikstrand, a surname composed of Swedish vik "bay" and strand "beach".

Widman Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps a combination of Old Swedish viþr "wood, forest" or vid "wide" and man "man". It is also possible, though less likely, that it is a re-spelling of Vikman, where the first element is Swedish vik "bay".

Wijk Swedish
Derived from Swedish vik "bay".

Wikén Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish vik "bay" and the common surname suffix -én.

Wikström Swedish
Composed of the elements vik "bay" and ström "stream"

Wimmer German
Occupational last name, meaning "wine maker," using a derivation of the element Wein (meaning "wine") and likely another derivation from -macher (meaning "maker"). It's possible as well that it is derived from Weimann.

Winford English
English location name meaning "from a white ford or water crossing" or "from a meadow ford".

Winterbourn English
A variant spelling of the surname Winterbourne, means "winter stream", a stream or river that is dry through the summer months.

Winterbourne English (British)
Probably meaning "winter stream". A large village in Gloucestershire, From the Thomas Hardy novel "The Woodlanders".

Winterburn English
habitational name from any of various places called with Old English winter "winter" and burna "stream" meaning "winter stream" for a stream which only flows or flows at a faster rate during the winter and more or less dries up in summer such as Winterburn in Gargrave (Yorkshire) Winterbourne (Berkshire Gloucestershire) Winterbourne Bassett (Wiltshire) or one of thirteen parishes named Winterborne in Dorset including Winterborne Abbas Winterborne Monkton and Winterborne Zelstone... [more]

Wiosna Polish
Derived from Polish wiosna "spring".

Wodziński Polish
Habitational name for someone from Wodzin in Piotrków voivodeship, named with Polish woda meaning "water".

Woolley English
A habitational name from any of various places so-called. Most, including those in Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, and West Yorkshire in England, are derived from the Old English wulf, meaning "wolf", and leah, meaning "wood" or "clearing"... [more]

Wyckoff East Frisian (Rare)
The North Germanic meaning is "settlement on a bay," as in the cognate Viking (Viking is derived from Old Norse vík "bay").

Yağcı Turkish
Means "oil seller" in Turkish.

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamikawa Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yasue Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Yasunami Japanese
Means "calm wave" in Japanese.

Yohe Medieval English
The Yohe surname comes from the Old English word "ea," or "yo," in Somerset and Devon dialects, which meant "river" or "stream." It was likely originally a topographic name for someone who lived near a stream.

Yokokawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yokose Japanese
Yoko means "beside next to" and se means "current, ripple".

Yonekawa Japanese
Yone means "rice" and kawa means "river, stream".

Yonekawa Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yoshiizumi Japanese
formed with 吉 (Yoshi, Kichi, Kitsu) meaning "good luck; joy; congratulations" and 泉 (Izumi, Sen) meaning "spring; fountain". So the meaning could be interpreted as “Fountain of Good Luck” or “Lucky Fountain”

Yoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yui Japanese
It is written three ways: 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit". Or (yu) meaning the same as the latter, but with 比 (i) meaning "compare". Lastly, 油 (yu) can mean "oil" and (i) meaning the same as the first example.... [more]

Yukawa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yumekawa Japanese
Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".

Zalusky Ukrainian
Derives from the Slavic word zalew, meaning "bay" or "flooded area". Given to families who lived near water or areas that flooded often.

Zdrojewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Zdroje or Zdrojewo, in particular in Bydgoszcz voivodeship, named with Polish zdroje meaning "springs","spa".

Zetterström Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and ström "stream".

Zielenbach German
Literally translates to "aiming brook"

Zugrăvescu Romanian
Patronymic surname of uncertain origin. It may be derived from the verb a zugrăvi meaning "to paint, to describe figuratively" and therefore mean "The descendant of he who describes/paints".

Zurru Italian
From Sardinian "gush, spring (of water)".