Browse Submitted Surnames

Mäehans Estonian
Mäehans is an Estonian surname, a corruption meaning "mountain/hill city".

Mäekalle Estonian
Mäekalle is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain slope".

Mäekivi Estonian
Mäekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain stone".

Mäeloog Estonian
Mäeloog is an Estonian surname meaning "hill windrow".

Mäemets Estonian
Mäemets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".

Mäeorg Estonian
Mäeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill glen".

Mäeots Estonian
Mäeots is an Estonian surname meaning "hill cusp/tip".

Mäepea Estonian
Mäepea is an Estonian surname meaning "hill head" ("top of the hill").

Mäepõld Estonian
Mäepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain field".

Mäesalu Estonian
Mäesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hill grove".

Mäetalu Estonian
Mäetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill farmstead".

Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Mäki Finnish
Finnish surname from the word mäki meaning "hill".

Makioka Japanese
Maki means "shepherd" and oka means "hill, mound".

Mallows English
From Anglo-Saxon origins, meaning "The cross or mark on the hill". This surname is taken from the location 'Mallows Green' in England.

Malmberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish malm "ore" and berg "mountain".

Manchester English
Habitational name from the city in northwestern England, formerly part of Lancashire. This is so called from Mamucio (an ancient British name containing the element mammā "breast", and meaning "breast-shaped hill") combined with Old English ceaster "Roman fort or walled city" (Latin castra "legionary camp").

Mändmäe Estonian
Mändmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "pine hill".

Manhattan English
From the name of the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. Derived from the Munsee Lenape language term manaháhtaan (where manah- means "gather", -aht- means "bow" and -aan is an abstract element used to form verb stems), meaning "the place where we get bows" or "place for gathering the (wood to make) bows"... [more]

Marjamäe Estonian
Marjamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "berry hill/mountain."

Marlborough English
From the name of the market town and civil parish of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England, derived from the Old English given name Mǣrla and beorg meaning "hill, mound".

Maruyama Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Masaoka Japanese
Masa means "right, proper" and oka means "hill, mound".

Masuyama Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Mcalpine Irish, Scottish
differing meanings include, "fair", "rolling hills"

Mendiburu Basque
Means "top of the mountain" in Basque.

Meremäe Estonian
Meremäe is an Estonian surname meaning "sea hill".

Meusburger German (Austrian)
The history of this last name is that it means "Mountain Dweller." Being as part of the Austrian surnames, it's a widely used one in it's home country. A few brothers had gone to various countries, as of now there is Meusburgers in Columbia, as well as the United States and throughout Europe... [more]

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Mine Japanese
This surname is used as 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根, 美根, 美祢, 美禰 or 見根 with 岑 (gin, shin, mine), an outdated character meaning "mountaintop, peak," 峯/峰 (hou, ne, mine) meaning "peak, summit," 嶺 (ryou, rei, mine) meaning with the same meaning as 峯/峰, 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three," 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty/iful," 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible," 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 祢/禰 (dei, nai, ne) meaning "ancestral shrine."... [more]

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 or 峰 (mine) meaning "peak, summit, ridge" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Mineo Japanese
Mine means "peak" and i means "tail".

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Miyama Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Miyaoka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Moberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and berg "mountain". A notable bearer was Swedish author and playwright Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973).

Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.

Moncrieffe Scottish
Clan Moncreiffe is a Scottish clan. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Monadh croibhe which means "Hill of the sacred bough". The plant badge of Clan Moncreiffe is the oak, this presumably comes from the sacred tree.... [more]

Mondragón Spanish
From the name of a town in Basque County, Spain, which is derived from Latin mons draconis meaning "dragon mountain".

Mont French, Catalan
topographic name for a mountain dweller from Catalan and Old French mont "mountain" (from Latin mons genitive montis).

Montagnet French, Basque
Meaning "mountains," this name is commonly found in the Basque Pyrenees.

Montale Italian
From Latin mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.

Montalto Italian, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province in Italy or from a place in Portugal called Montalto from monte "hill" and alto "high" (from Latin altus).

Montalvo Portuguese Spanish Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".

Montaperto Italian
My father tells me this name means "open mountain." It seems to have come from a small area around Agrigento in Sicily, Italy.

Montecalvo Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Montecalvo ("bald mountain") especially Montecalvo Irpino in Avellino province, from the elements monte "mountain" and calvo "bald".

Montefiore Italian, Jewish
Derived from Montefiore, which is the name of several places in Italy. For example, there is Castle Montefiore in the town of Recanati (province of Macerata), the municipality of Montefiore Conca (province of Rimini) and the municipality of Montefiore dell'Aso (province of Ascoli Piceno)... [more]

Monteith Scottish
From the name of the district of Menteith in south Perthshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic monadh meaning "hill pasture" combined with the Scottish river name Teith. A famous bearer was the Canadian actor and musician Cory Monteith (1982-2013), who played Finn Hudson on the American television series Glee (2009-2015).

Monteleone Italian
From various place names, meaning "mountain lion", or "mountain of the lion".

Montemayor Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places called Montemayor, from monte meaning "mountain" + mayor meaning "main", "larger", "greater", in particular in the provinces of Cordova, Salamanca, and Valladolid.

Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".

Monterosa Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish monte meaning "mountain", and rosa meaning "pink, rose".

Montesano Italian
From Italian monte meaning "mountain" and sano meaning "healthy".

Montesquieu French
From French montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.

Monteverde Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Monteverde, for example in Avellino province, from monte meaning "mountain" + verde meaning "green".

Monteverdi Italian
Derived from Italian monte meaning "mountain" and verdi meaning "green"; literally means "green mountain".

Montezuma Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the word monte meaning "hill". Most frequently used in Panama.

Montigny French
habitational name from (Le) Montigny the name of several places in various parts of France (from a Gallo-Roman estate name Montiniacum formed either from a personal name or from a derivative of mons "mountain" and the locative suffix acum)... [more]

Montixi Italian
Means "small mountain, hill".

Montone Italian
nickname from montone "ram" (from Medieval Latin multo genitive multonis). Or a habitational name from any of numerous places called Montone ("big mountain").

Montpellier French
Means "woad mountain", derived from French mont (itself from Latin mōns) meaning "mountain" and pastel (Latin pastellus, pestellus) meaning "woad, dye", referring to someone who lived near a mountain that was covered with woad (a plant that produces a blue dye)... [more]

Montville French
"Mountain town".

Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".

Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".

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

Mossberg Jewish
Combination of Moses and German berg "mountain, hill".

Motoyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 本 meaning "Book", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Mountain English
Topographic name from Old French montagne "mountain" (see Montagne).

Mountjoy English
Habitational surname for a person from Montjoie in La Manche, France, named with Old French mont "hill", "mountain" + joie "joy".

Mowbray English
Ultimately from the name of a place in Normandy meaning "mud hill" in Old French.

Mugamäe Estonian
Mugamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "comfortable hill/mountain".

Muraoka Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Murayama Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Myllymäki Finnish
Combination of Finnish mylly "mill" and mäki "hill, slope".

Nagaoka Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nagayama Japanese
From Japanese 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy" or 長 (nagai) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nakamine Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Nakaoka Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nakayama Japanese
From the Japanese 中 (naka) "middle," "in" or 仲 (naka) "relationship," "relation" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Nakayama Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Namiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nariyama Japanese
Nari means "thunder" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Navarrete Spanish
From the town of Navarrete in La Rioja, Spain, meaning "the pass of the Navarrans" or "dun mountain pass". It became particularly popular in the province of Jaen through the Castillian conquest of Baeza.

Newberg Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Neuberg, an ornamental Jewish name meaning "new mountain" in German.

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Niinemäe Estonian
Niinemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "linden hill/mountain".

Nioka Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nishioka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nonoyama Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Noormägi Estonian
Noormägi is an Estonian surname meaning "young hill/mountain".

Norimine Japanese
Possibly from 儀 (nori) meaning "rites, ceremonies" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Noyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

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.

Nuiamäe Estonian
Nuiamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "clubs hill."

Ohka Japanese
A transcription of Oka meaning "Ridge, Hill". It's likely an americanized spelling.

Õismäe Estonian
Õismäe is a Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom hill". The surname can also taken be from the location of Õismäe, which is a subdistrict of the capital Tallinn.

Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Okano Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".

Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".

Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".

Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".

Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".

Okatani Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill" and tani means "valley".

Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Okayasu Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet".

Okuoka Japanese
The meaning of Okuoka/奥岡 equals to "Interior Hill"

Okuyama Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Omine Japanese
O means "big, great, large" and mine means "peak".

Ōoka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Orrels Medieval English
Means "Ore hill", likely for iron ore miners. From the Old English ora, meaning "ore" and hyll, meaning hill.... [more]

Orro Estonian
Orro is an Estonian surname, probably derived from the prefix "oro-", relating to "hill" ("mäe") and "mountain" ("mägi"); "mountainous" or "hilly".

Osaka Japanese
O means "Big" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Osanai Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 山 (san) meaning "mountain" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), sound- and script-changed from 若木 (Osanagi), a clipping of 若木山 (Osanagiyama) meaning "Osanagi Mountain", a mountain in the city of Higashine in the prefecture of Yamagata in Japan.

Ouyang Chinese
From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)". The name supposedly originated with a prince of the Yue state that settled in the area surrounding the mountain... [more]

Oyama Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Oyamada Japanese
O means "small", yama means "mountain", da is a form of ta meaning "field, wilderness, rice paddy".

Pähklimägi Estonian
Pähklimägi is an Estonian surname meaning "nutty mountain".

Palmberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish palm "palm tree" and berg "mountain".

Palumäe Estonian
Palumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland hill/mountain".

Peabody English
Probably from a nickname for a showy dresser, from Middle English pe "peacock" (see Peacock) and body "body, person". Alternatively it may be from the name of a Celtic tribe meaning "mountain men" from Brythonic pea "large hill, mountain" combined with Boadie, the tribe's earlier name, which meant "great man" (or simply "man") among the Briton and Cambri peoples... [more]

Pedemonte Italian
Variant of Piemonte, Means "at the foot of the mountains"... [more]

Pendlebury English
Likely originated from the area Pendlebury, in the Borough of Swindon and Pendlebury in Greater Manchester. Formed from the Celtic pen meaning "hill" and burh meaning "settlement".... [more]

Penhaligon Cornish
Originally meant "person from Penhaligon", Cornwall ("willow-tree hill"). It is borne by Susan Penhaligon (1950-), a British actress.

Penman Scottish
Occupational name for someone who was a scribe, but could also be a habitational name derived from any place named with the British elements penn "hill" and maen "stone".

Pennycuik Scottish
Originally meant "person from Penycuik", near Edinburgh (probably "hill frequented by cuckoos").

Pickett English
Of Norman origin, from the personal name Pic, here with the diminutive suffixes et or ot, and recorded as Picot, Pigot and Piket. The name is ultimately of Germanic derivation, from pic meaning "sharp" or "pointed", which was a common element in names meaning for instance, residence near a "pointed hill", use of a particular sharp or pointed tool or weapon, or a nickname for a tall, thin person.

Pickup English
The name is derived from when the family resided in Pickup or Pickup Bank in Lancashire. This place-name was originally derived from the Old English word Pic-copp which referred to those individuals who "lived on a hill with a sharp peak."

Piedmont Italian (Americanized, Rare)
Means "foothill," coming from the Italian terms pied "foot" and monte "hill."

Piggott English, Irish, Norman
From the Old French and Old English given names Picot and Pigot, or derived from Old English pic meaning "point, hill", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point (see Pike).

Pihlakas Estonian
Pihlakas is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan" or "mountain ash".

Pihlapuu Estonian
Pihlapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan/mountain ash tree".

Pihlasalu Estonian
Pihlasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan/mountain ash grove".

Piirimäe Estonian
Piirimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border mountain".

Pikamäe Estonian
Pikamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "long hill/mountain".

Pinn English (British)
A topographic or habitational name from a place named with Middle English pinne, meaning "hill" (Old English penn).

Põdramägi Estonian
Põdramagi is an Estonian surname meaning "moose mountain".

Põldmäe Estonian
Põldmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "field hill/mountain".

Puhasmägi Estonian
Puhasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "pure mountain".

Puigdemont Catalan
Means "top of the hill" or "peak of the mountain". It is derived from Catalan puig meaning "hill, peak" combined with either damunt meaning "on top, above", or munt (a diminutive of muntanya) meaning "mountain", using the preposition d'... [more]

Rahamägi Estonian
Rahamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "money mountain".

Rahumägi Estonian
Rahumägi is an Estonian surname meaning "peace(ful) mountain".

Rajasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Rannamäe Estonian
Rannamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "inshore hill/mountain".

Rannikmäe Estonian
Rannikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "beach/coastal hill/mountain".

Reichenberg German, Jewish
Habitational name from various places named Reichenberg in several different areas of Germany. As an ornamental name, it is composed of German reich(en) meaning "rich" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Renberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ren "reindeer" and berg "mountain". The first element might also be derived from a place name.

Restorick Cornish
Means "person from Restowrack", farm in Cornwall ("watery hill-spur").

Richmond English
Habitational name from any of the numerous places so named, in northern France as well as in England. These are named with the Old French elements riche "rich, splendid" and mont "hill"... [more]

Ridamäe Estonian
Ridamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "range hill".

Riegel German
From Middle High German rigel "bar, crossbeam, mountain incline", hence a topographic name or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word in Baden, Brandenburg, and Silesia; in some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbars, locks, etc.

Riesenberg German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a big mountain, from Middle High German rise meaning "giant" and berg meaning "mountain".

Riesenberg German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a big mountain, derived from Middle High German rise meaning "giant" and berg meaning "mountain".

Riihimäki Finnish
Derived from Riihimäki, a town and municipality in southern Finland, meaning "drying barn hill" in Finnish.

Ripamonti Italian
From ripa "bank, shore" and monte "mountain".

Riseborough English
Denoted a person hailing from any of the various places called Risborough, Riseborough or Risbury in England, derived from Old English hrīs meaning "brushwood" and beorg meaning "hill, mound", or from hrīs and burh meaning "fortification"... [more]

Rokuyama Japanese (Rare)
Means "6 mountains" in Japanese.

Roosimägi Estonian
Roosimägi is an Estonian surname meaning "rose mountain".

Rootsmäe Estonian
Rootsmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf stalk/stem hill/mountain".

Rosberg German
Meaning "rose" "mountain"

Rothberg German
From the elements rot "red" and berg "mountain" meaning "red mountain". Variant of Rothenberg.

Rowell English
From a diminutive of Rowland or Rolf or a location name meaning "rough hill".

Ryall English
From any of several places in England named from Old English ryge "rye" + hyll "hill".

Rydberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and berg "mountain". Notable bearers are author and poet Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895) and physicist Johannes Rydberg (1854-1919).

Ryumine Japanese
竜/龍 (Ryu) means "Dragon, Imperial" and 嶺,峰,峯 (Mine) means "Peak, Summit, Mountaintop".

Saaremäe Estonian
Saaremäe is an Estonian surname meaning "island hill/mountain".

Sæther Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse sætr "farm" or setr "seat, residence, mountain pastures".

Saka Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as Osaka.

Sakagashira Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope; hill" and 頭 (gashira), the joining form of 頭 (kashira) meaning "head", referring to the top of a hill.... [more]

Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakatani Japanese
阪 (Saka) means "hill, slope" and 谷 (tani) means "Valley".

Sakayanagi Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]

Sakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) "small peninsula, cape" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Samarasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Samonte Filipino, Tagalog
Most likely a topographic name derived from the Tagalog prefix sa- and Spanish monte meaning "mountain".

Sasayama Japanese
笹 (Sasa) means "bamboo" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

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

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

Schoenberg German, Jewish
Means "beautiful mountain" in German

Schwarzberg German
Variant of Schwartzberg, which means "black mountain" in German.

Sedda Italian
From a place name in Sardinia, meaning "top of a mountain". May alternately derive from Sardinian sedda "saddle", indicating the bearer's occupation.

Seddon English
"Broad hill" in Old English. A surname that most occurs in Merseyside, and Lancashire.

Seidenberg German, Jewish
Derived from several places with the same name. As an ornamental name, it is derived from German seide meaning "silk" and berg meaning "mountain".

Shan Chinese
From the place name Shan. Cheng Wang, the second king (1115–1079 bc) of the Zhou dynasty, granted to a son the area of Shan, and the son’s descendants adopted the place name as their surname. It comes from the Chinese word meaning "mountain"... [more]

Sharpton English
Habitational name from Sharperton in Northumberland, possibly so named from Old English scearp "steep" and beorg "hill", "mound" and tun "settlement".

Sheard English
English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.

Shenberger English (?)
The name Shenberger comes from a common mix up with the archaic Austrian-German surname Schoenberg; meaning "Beautiful Mountain."

Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".

Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]

Shimoyama Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Shinyama Japanese
Means "New Mountain".... [more]

Shishimine Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 獅 (shishi), script-changed from 猪 (shishi) meaning "sus scrofa" and 峯 (mine) meaning "peak; summit".... [more]

Silang Filipino, Tagalog
Means "mountain pass, path" in Tagalog.

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

Sillamäe Estonian
Sillamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "bridge hill/mountain".

Sinimäe Estonian
Sinimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "blue hill/mountain".

Sinnamon English
Scottish surname which is a corruption of the place name Kinnimonth, meaning "head of the hill".

Solbakken Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "sun hill".

Sonnenberg German, Jewish
From various place names derived from Middle High German sunne meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Souness Scottish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from the place name Soonhouse in the town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area (which is of uncertain meaning), or from the place names Sun-hlaw or Sunilaw near the town of Coldstream, also in the Scottish Borders in Scotland, meaning "south hill" or "sunny hill" in Old English... [more]

Spielberg Jewish, German
From Old High German spiegel "lookout point" or German Spiel "game, play" and berg "mountain". Locational surname after a town in Austria. A famous bearer is American director Steven Spielberg (1946-present).

Stålberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish stål "steel" and berg "mountain".

Standen English
Habitational name predominantly from Standen in Pendleton (Lancashire) and Standean in Ditchling (Sussex) but also from other places similarly named including Standen in East Grinstead (Sussex) Standen in Biddenden (Kent) Standen in Benenden (Kent) Upper and Lower Standen in Hawkinge (Kent) Standen (Berkshire Wiltshire Isle of Wight) and Standon (Devon Hampshire Hertfordshire Staffordshire)... [more]

Stonehill English
Meaning "stone hill".

Storbakken Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "big hill".

Strandberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish strand "beach, sea shore" and berg "mountain".

Strassberg Jewish
Ornamental name composed of German Strasse "street" and Berg "mountain, hill".

Strindberg Swedish
Likely a combination of Strinne, the name of a village in Multrå parish, Ångermanland, Sweden, and berg "mountain". A well known bearer of this name was Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg (1849-1912).

Sueoka Japanese
From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."

Sugioka Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Sukamägi Estonian
Sukamägi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "asukas" meaning "resident/dweller" and "mägi" meaning "mountain": "mountain dweller".

Sumeragi Japanese
From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]

Suurmäe Estonian
Suurmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "big hill/mountain".

Suyama Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Svedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and berg "mountain". This name can be both locational (surname derived from a place named with Sved-... [more]

Taaramäe Estonian
Taaramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "Taara's hill/mountain". Taara is a prominent god in ancient Estonian mythology.

Tagliamonte Italian
Tagliamonte means "mountain cutter". From the Italian tagliate (to cut) and monte (mountain).

Takamine Japanese
Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".

Takaoka Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Takatsuka Japanese
Taka means "high" and tsuka means "mound, hill".

Takayama Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Takeoka Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Takeyama Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and yama means "mountain".

Takeyama Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall; rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tamayama Japanese
玉 (Tama) means "jewel, gem" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Tambunan Batak
Derived from Batak tambun meaning "large, many" or "hill, heap, mound".

Tammemägi Estonian
Tammemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "oak hill/mountain".

Tanioka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Tateoka Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tateyama Japanese
From Japanese 館 (tate) meaning "large building, mansion" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tatsuoka Japanese
Tatsu means "Stand" or "Dragon, Imperial", and Oka means "Ridge, Hill."

Tayama Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tepe Turkish
Means "hill, top, peak" in Turkish.

Tepetl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "hill".

Teraoka Japanese
Tera means "temple" and oka means "hill".

Teraoka Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Thornhill English
Habitational name from any of various places named Thornhill, for example in Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire, from Old English þorn "thorn bush" + hyll "hill".

Thunberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish tun (from Old Norse tún) "enclosure, courtyard, plot, fence" and berg "mountain".

Tinsley English
From a place name in England composed of the unattested name Tynni and Old English hlaw "hill, mound, barrow".

Tokuyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 徳 meaning "Virtue" and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Tomiyama Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tomooka Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and oka means "hill".

Tomosaka Japanese
友 (Tomo) means "friend" and 坂 (saka) means "slope, hill".

Tõnismäe Estonian
Tõnismäe is an Estonian surname meaning "Tõnis' (a masculine given name) hill".

Toommägi Estonian
Toommägi is an Estonian surname meaning "prunus (fruit bearing) mountain".

Toriyama Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". A notable bearer of this surname is Akira Toriyama (1955–), a manga artist best known for creating the Dragon Ball manga series.

Toyama Japanese
From 当 (tou) meaning "this, correct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Trachtenberg German, Jewish
Could mean either mean "mountain of thoughts", from Yiddish trakhtn (טראַכטן) "to think" and berg "mountain" or "mountain of costumes", from German tracht "to wear, carry" and berg "mountain"... [more]

Tsuchiyama Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Other Kanji combinations are possible.

Tsukioka Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". A notable bearer of this surname was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年, 1839–1892), a Japanese artist who is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.

Tsukiyama Japanese
From Japanese 築 (tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tsuruoka Japanese
From the Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) "crane" and 岡 (oka) "hill."

Tsuruoka Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Ueoka Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Uesaka Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and saka means "hill, slope".... [more]

Ueyama Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Ulvaeus Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.

Underberg Norwegian
Habitational name from a place named with Old Norse undir meaning "under" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

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

Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many cows.

Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛山 (Ushiyama), replacing 屎 (kuso) meaning "something unclean" with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" in 牛屎 (Ushikuso), a clipping of 牛屎院 (Ushikusoin), a nickname for the former city of Ōkuchi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Uudmäe Estonian
Uudmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "virgin/unspoiled hill/mountain".

Uusmägi Estonian
Uusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "new mountain/hill".

Vaara Finnish, Sami
Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".

Vaarmets Estonian
Vaarmets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".

Vabamäe Estonian
Vabamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "unoccupied/vacant hill/mountain".

Vahtramäe Estonian
Vahtramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "maple hill/mountain".

Vainmäe Estonian
Vainmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common hill/mountain".

Valgemäe Estonian
Valgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "white hill".

Valmont English, French
Means "Hill of the vale"

Van Burgen Dutch
Comes from the Middle Dutch word "burch," or "burg," meaning a fortified town. The prefixes "Van" and "den" mean "from" and "the" respectively. Thus this surname means "from the hill". As such, it may have been topographic name for someone who lived by a citadel or walled city; or, it may have been a habitational name

Van Der Bilt Dutch (Rare)
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill"

Vanderbilt Dutch, German
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill".

Veermäe Estonian
Veermäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border hill/mountain".

Verdun French, English (British, Rare), Spanish, Catalan
From the various locations in France called Verdun with the Gaulish elements ver vern "alder" and dun "hill fortress" and Verdú in Catalonia, English variant of Verdon

Vermont French (Rare)
Derived from french, meaning "green mountain" (Vert, "green"; mont, "mountain").

Viikmäe Estonian
Viikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "crease hill/mountain".

Viramontes Spanish
Viramontes is composed of the elements "mira" and "montes," two Spanish words with the combined meaning of "place with a view of the mountains."

Võlumägi Estonian
Võlumägi is an Estonian surname meaning "magic mountain".

Vosberg Dutch, German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hill frequented by foxes, from Middle Low German vos "fox" and berg "hill", "mountain".

Waara Finnish
Ornamental, from (vaara) meaning, “range of hills.”

Wahlberg German, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Composed of German wal "field, meadow" or Swedish vall "grassy bank" and berg "mountain, hill".

Wakayama Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, the other way" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".