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Aaviksoo Estonian
Aaviksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest(ed) swamp".

Ainuma Japanese
Ai means "unit, join" and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Aisawa Japanese
Ai can mean "affection, love", "join, together" or "indigo" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Aizawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Akanuma Japanese
Aka means "red" and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Akinuma Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn", and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Akisawa Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" and sawa means "swamp".

Alasoo Estonian
Alasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region swamp".

Anazawa Japanese
From Japanese 穴 (ana) meaning "hole, opening, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Aonuma Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Aosawa Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Arisawa Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

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.

Atmore English
Locational surname derived from Middle English atte more meaning "at the marsh".

Brick Irish (Anglicized), English, German, Jewish
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruic "descendant of Broc", i.e. "badger" (sometimes so translated) or Ó Bric "descendant of Breac", a personal name meaning "freckled"... [more]

Brook German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow or marsh, from Low German brook, Dutch broek (cf. Bruch).... [more]

Bruch German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or a stream that frequently flooded, from Middle High German bruoch "water meadow" or "marsh" (cognate to old English broc "brook", "stream" cf... [more]

Bulstrode English
Locational surname referring to the medieval village of Bulstrode in Berkshire. ... [more]

Demar French, English
Combination of the French word de, meaning "from" and the Old French word maresc, meaning "marsh".

Eensoo Estonian
Eensoo is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "soo" meaning "swamp/marsh".

Eriksoo Estonian
Eriksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Erik's swamp" in Estonian. However, it most likely derived from a corruption of the Swedish surname "Eriksson" that has been Estonianized.

Esawa Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Fahn Low German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a bog, from a Westphalian field name van "marsh", or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

Fenley English
This surname may be:... [more]

Fenner English
A surname of either Old French origin, allegedly meaning “huntsman”, or else more probably referring to those who were brought over from the Low Countries to assist in draining the “fens” or wetlands of England and Ireland – a process which lasted from the 9th to the 18th centuries.

Fenton English
Originated from several place names in England, meaning “marsh town” from Old English fenn “marsh, fen” + tun “enclosure; settlement, town”.

Fenu Italian
From Sardinian fenu "hay, marsh grass". A relation to Latin faenus "interest, profit" has been suggested, but seems unlikely.

Fenway English
Meaning, "through the fens," itself meaning, "through the marsh."

Fiveland Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of a farm in Norway named with the word fivel possibly meaning "cottongrass, bog cotton". This plant grows in abundance in the marshy land near the location of the farm.

Flake English
Surname. Meaning, "lives by a swamp."

Flash English
Means "person who lives near a pool" (Middle English flasshe "pool, marsh").

Fukasawa Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and sawa means "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Fukazawa Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Fukusawa Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Furusawa Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Gohrband German (Rare)
Contained in a Latin land deed granted to a German for a castle-keep dated February 21, 1308. It is believed to be the first written record and original spelling of the name, generally understood to mean in German, "he who lives by the marsh"... [more]

Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Hanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Hasawa Japanese
Ha means "feather, plume" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hasunuma Japanese
Hasu means "Lotus" and numa means "swamp, marsh".

Heinsoo Estonian
Heinsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "hay swamp".

Hiiesoo Estonian
Hiiesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grove swamp/marsh".

Hiranuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 平 (hira, "flat; ordinary; low-ranking person") and 沼 (numa, "swamp, bog"), thus "flat swamp".

Hirasawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Hirosawa Japanese
Hiro means "broad, spacious, wide" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hirvesoo Estonian
Hirvesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "deer swamp".

Horisawa Japanese
Hori means "canal, moat" and sawa means "swamp, marsh, wetland".

Hosonuma Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" numa means "swamp".

Hutapea Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and pea meaning "marsh, swamp, reservoir, lowland".

Iisawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Ishizawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Iwasawa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Izawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Jaaksoo Estonian
Jaaksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaak's swamp" in Estonian. However, it most likely derived from a corruption of the surname "Jackson" or "Jaakson" that has been Estonianized.

Jaansoo Estonian
Jaansoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaan's swamp" in Estonian. However, it most likely derived from a corruption of the surname "Jansen" or "Janson" that has been Estonianized.

Järvsoo Estonian
Järvsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "lake marsh/swamp".

Jimuta Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 爾 (ji), a phonetic character, and 牟田 (muta) meaning "wetland; bog".

Jõgisoo Estonian
Jõgisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "river swamp/marsh".

Jürisoo Estonian
Jürisoo is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Jüri" and "soo" (swamp); "Jüri's swamp". "Soo" was substituted later for the Germanic "son" ("Jüri's son").

Kaarsoo Estonian
Kaarsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "arced/curved swamp". May also be an Estonianization of the surname "Karlson".

Kaizawa Japanese
From Japanese 貝 (Kai) meaning "shellfish" and 澤 (Sawa, Zawa) meaning "swamp".

Kakinuma Japanese
Kaki means "Persimmon" and Numa means "Swamp".

Kakinuma Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Kaljusoo Estonian
Kaljusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Kalju's (a masculine given name) swamp". Also probably an Estonianization of "Kalju's son".

Kallmeyer German
from a Germanized form of Slavic kal "marshland bog" or from Middle High German Middle Low German kalc "lime" and Middle High German meier "tenant farmer" (see Meyer 1) hence a distinguishing nickname for a farmer whose farm lay on marshy land or near a lime pit.

Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kanasawa Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".=

Kanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money, gold" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kitazawa Japanese
Kita (北) means "North", zawa/sawa (沢 or 澤) means "swamp". Sawa changes to zawa because of rendaku.

Kitazawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kumasawa Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Kumasawa Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Kurasawa Japanese
倉 (Kura) means "Owns, Storehouse, Posesses" and 沢 (Sawa) means "Marsh, Swamp".

Kurisoo Estonian
Kurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "evil swamp/marsh".

Kuronuma Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".

Läänsoo Estonian
Läänsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "west swamp".

Lakoba Abkhaz
From the nickname Lako, possibly meaning "swamp" in Abkhaz (denoting someone who lived in a marshy area).

Lánzé Chinese
From Chinese 蓝, 藍 (lán) meaning "blue" combined with 澤, 泽 (zé) meaning "lake, swamp".

Laurisoo Estonian
Laurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's (a masculine given name) swamp". However, the name is probably an Estoniazation of the masculine given name "Lauri" and the Germanic suffix "son"; "Lauri's son".

Lemmiksoo Estonian
Lemmiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "favoured/favourite swamp/bog". Possibly an Estoniazation of the Germanic "-son"; "favourite son".

Linn Scottish, Scots, English, Irish, German, Jewish, Finnish (Anglicized), Estonian
As a Scottish and Northern English surname, it is a variant of Lyne. Its usage as an English name is primarily by Scots living in Northern England.... [more]

Lodu Estonian
Lodu is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh" or "fen".

Luhaäär Estonian
Luhaäär is an Estonian surname, derived from "water meadow (marsh) edge".

Luht Estonian
Luht is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh" or "watery meadow".

Luhtanen Finnish
Luhtanen is an Finnish surname derived from "luhta" meaning "swamp flood meadow".

Luhtla Estonian
Luhtla is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh/glade area".

Lundy English
Either (i) "person from Lundie", the name of various places in Scotland (meaning "place by a marsh"); or (ii) a different form of Mcalinden.

Maesawa Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Mändsoo Estonian
Mändsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "pine swamp".

Marois Norman, Picard, French
topographic name from the Old French words "mareis", "maresc", mareis, marois meaning "marsh" ‘marshy ground’.

Marsher English
Likely from “marsh”.

Marsland English
Probably derived from some place named as being a boggy place, from Old English mersc meaning "marsh" and land meaning "land". Alternatively, it may be a variant of Markland.

Marsman Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch marsch, mersch (Southern Dutch meers), meaning "marsh". In some cases, however, it can also be a variant of Meersman.

Marye English
Derived from Old French marais "a marsh". It may have arisen as a surname from the place name (Le) Marais in Calvados, Normandy.

Matsuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Misawa Japanese
Mi could mean "three" or "beautiful", and sawa means "swamp, marsh, wetland".

Misawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Miyazawa Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizusawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mollet French
Topographic name for someone who lived in a muddy or boggy place from a diminutive of mol "marsh, bog".

Moorhouse English (British)
This derives from the surname Morehouse, with Old English mōr meaning "marsh", "fen" + hūs meaning "house".... [more]

Morehouse English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example Moorhouse in West Yorkshire, named from Old English mōr meaning "marsh", "fen" + hūs meaning "house".

Mosbrucker German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge over a swamp, from Middle High German mos meaning "bog", "swamp" + brucke meaning "bridge".

Mosele Italian, German (Austrian)
This surname is to be found in north-eastern Italy, more specifically in the Vicenza and Verona provinces. Families with this name are certain to be originally from the mountain town of Asiago, situated on a plateau north of Vicenza and now a well-known skiing resort... [more]

Mossberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mosse "bog" and berg "mountain".

Motozawa Japanese
From the Japanese 本 (moto) "base" or 元 (moto) "original" and 沢 or 澤 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Mozart German
The surname was first recorded in the 14th century as Mozahrt, and later as Motzhardt in Germany. It is a compound word, the first part of which is Middle High German mos, also spelt mosz, and meaning “bog, marsh” in southern dialects (compare modern German Moos)... [more]

Müsch German
Either a habitational name from a place named Müsch in Germany, or a topographic name meaning "bog", perhaps given to someone living near a bog.

Myhre Norwegian
Derived from Norwegian myr "bog, swamp".

Myrsten Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and sten "stone, rock".

Myrvall Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and vall "pasture, field of grass".

Naganuma Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Nakazawa Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Narisawa Japanese
From the Japanese 成 (nari) "turn into," "become" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa or zawa) "swamp."

Niitsoo Estonian
Niitsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow swamp".

Nishisawa Japanese
Nishi means "west" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Numa Japanese
Numa means "marsh, swamp".

Numahata Japanese
Possibly from 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 形 (hata) meaning "shape, form, type".

Numata Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ojasoo Estonian
Ojasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "steam/creek swamp".

Okusawa Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ōnuma Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Osawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ozawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Pajusoo Estonian
Pajusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "willow (osier) swamp".

Peetersoo Estonian
Peetersoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Peeter's swamp". However, it most likely derived from an Estonianization of the surname "Peterson" or "Peeterson".

Pindsoo Estonian
Pindsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "surface swamp/marsh".

Põdersoo Estonian
Põdersoo is an Estonian surname meaning "moose swamp".

Porss Estonian
Porss is an Estonian surname meaning "bog myrtle" and "bayberry".

Raba Estonian
Raba is an Estonian surname meaning "bog" or "raised bog".

Rebassoo Estonian
Rebassoo is an Estonian surname meaning "vulpine (fox) swamp".

Ristsoo Estonian
Ristsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "across (perpendicular/transverse) swamp".

Ruutsoo Estonian
Ruutsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "square swamp".

Saarsoo Estonian
Saarsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "island swamp".

Salusoo Estonian
Salusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grove swamp".

Sawa Japanese
From Japanese 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Sawada Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sawaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sawai Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and i means "mineshaft, pit, well."

Sawai Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sawajiri Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and jiri comes from shiri, meaning "rear".

Sawamura Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sawano Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Sawaoka Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and oka means "hill, mound".

Sawasaki Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sawasaki Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Sawashiro Japanese
From Japanese 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Sawayama Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Sekizawa Japanese
關 translates to "connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning" and 澤 translates to "swamp" so it could be translated as "a connected swamp"

Senuma Japanese
Se means "ripple" and numa means "marsh, swamp".

Shibusawa Japanese
From Japanese 渋 or 澁 (shibu) meaning "astringent (taste), harsh" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Shimosawa Japanese
Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Shiozawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Siimsoo Estonian
Siimsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Siim's swamp" in Estonian. "Siim" is a masculine given name. However, it most likely derived from a corruption of the surname "Simson" that has been Estonianized.

Sillasoo Estonian
Sillasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "bridge swamp/marsh".

Sinik Estonian
Sinik is an Estonian surname derived from "sinikas" meaning "bog bilberry".

Sinikas Estonian
Sinikas is an Estonian surname meaning "bog bilberry".

Solinas Italian
Meaning uncertain; could be related to Latin solum, from which comes Italian suolo "earth, ground, soil" and suola "sole (of the foot or shoe)", or from Italian salina "salt pan, salt marsh".

Soo Estonian
Soo is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp".

Sooäär Estonian
Sooäär is an Estonian surname, meaning "swamp side".

Sookask Estonian
Sookask is an Estonian surname meaning "dwarf birch" (literally, "swamp/marsh birch").

Sooläte Estonian
Sooläte is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp/bog spring".

Soomets Estonian
Soomets is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp forest".

Soopere Estonian
Soopere is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp folks".

Soosaar Estonian
Soosaar is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp island".

Soosõrv Estonian
Soosõrv is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "soo" meaning "swamp" and "sõrv", possibly a corruption of "serv" meaning "border" or "edge"; "swamp/marsh border".

Sootamm Estonian
Sootamm is an Estonian surname meaning "pin oak" (Quercus palustris). Literally, "swamp oak".

Sooväli Estonian
Sooväli is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh/swamp field".

Soovere Estonian
Soovere is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp blood".

Stell English
Unknown origin, possibly a variant of Steel, from the English word "steel", originating in Yorkshire, UK. Alternatively, it may be derived from North German dialect word stel meaning "bog", denoting someone who lived near a marsh; or from Latin stella meaning "star", eg for a person who lived at an inn with a star on its sign.

Suganuma Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Suursoo Estonian
Suursoo is an Estonian surname meaning "big marsh/bog".

Taimsoo Estonian
Taimsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "plant/herb swamp".

Takesawa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Takezawa Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Takizawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".

Takizawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanuma Japanese
Ta means "rice paddy, field" and Numa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanuma Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Terasawa Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Terunuma Japanese
From Japanese 照 (teru) meaning "shine" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Tomisawa Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tomizawa Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Tõnissoo Estonian
Tõnissoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Tõnis' (a masculine given name) swamp". Probably an Estonianization of "Tõnis' son (son of Tõnis)".

Toomsoo Estonian
Toomsoo is an Estonian surname literally meaning "Toomas' swamp". However, it is a corruption of the surname "Thompson" or "Tomson" that has been Estonianized.

Tozawa Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Uchisawa Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Ülesoo Estonian
Ülesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "above (beyond) the swamp".

Umesawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Umesawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Umezawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

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".

Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".

Ussisoo Estonian
Ussisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "vermian swamp".

Vaiksoo Estonian
Vaiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still swamp".

Van Breukelen Dutch
Means "from Breukelen", a town in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, itself derived from Old Dutch bruoc meaning "marsh, marshland, wetland" and lētha meaning "excavated, canalised watercourse"... [more]

Venn Welsh
at the "fen" or "bog"

Viljasoo Estonian
Viljasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grain/harvest swamp".

Watney English
Probably means "person from Watney", an unidentified place in England (the second syllable means "island, area of dry land in a marsh"; cf. Rodney, Whitney)... [more]

Wicksey English
Two separate surnames, joined together to form Wicksey, when the Vikings invaded England. The name means "Dairy Farmer on the Marsh".

Wigmore English
habitational name from Wigmore in Herefordshire so named from Old English wicga in the sense "something moving quaking unstable ground" and mor "marsh".

Wolford German
Means where the wolves cross the river/stream. Wolf meaning the animal and Ford meaning crossing a body of shallow water.... [more]

Yaginuma Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yokosawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yokozawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yonezawa Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Yoshinuma Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and numa means "marsh, swamp".... [more]

Yoshisawa Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Yoshizawa Japanese
Variant of Yoshisawa meaning "lucky swamp."

Yoshizawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".