ArataJapanese From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" or 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
BagongahasaFilipino (Rare), Tagalog Refers to "something newly sharpened". It comes from the words bagong meaning "new" and hasa meaning "sharp". This surname is mostly found in the town of Paete, Laguna, and is often the subject of ridicule because it contains the word gahasa, meaning "rape"... [more]
CanovaRomansh Derived from Romansh casa "house" and nova, the feminine form of the adjective nov "new".
CartagenaSpanish From the name of the city of Cartagena in southeastern Spain, derived from Latin Carthāgō Nova meaning "New Carthage" (ultimately derived from Phonecian qrt-ḥdšt meaning "new city").
GrünGerman, Jewish from Middle High German gruoni "green fresh raw" hence a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in green a topographic name for someone who lived in a green and leafy place or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word such as GrunaGrunau in Silesia... [more]
HatsuJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 初 (hatsu) meaning "first, start, beginning, initial, new". Notable bearers of this surname is Akiko Hatsu (Japanese manga artist) and a bearer of the first name form is Hatsu Hioki (Japanese wrestler).
JaunzemeLatvian Feminine form of Jaunzems, a Latvian occupational surname meaning "new farmer", composed of jauns meaning "new" and zeme meaning "land" (compare zemlja).
LecubarriBasque Noble and old surname from the province of Biscay in the Basque Country, were it was first recorded. It comes from the roots "lek(h)u" meaning "place", and the ending "barri" which means "new" in the Basque language... [more]
MaouloudWestern African Derived from Arabic مولود (mawlud) meaning "born, newborn", used to refer to the مولد (Mawlid) observance of the birth of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (chiefly Mauritanian).
MaukCzech, Russian The word Mauk is the Eastern European meaning for night. In the early ages a small group of people in the area now known to be in or around Russia and the czech republic founded this word and made it their name... [more]
MostGerman Metonymic occupational name for a producer or seller of must, i.e. unfermented grape juice, from Middle High German most, ultimately derived from Latin mustum vinum meaning "young (i.e. fresh) wine"... [more]
NamatameJapanese From Japanese 生 (nama) meaning "raw, fresh, natural", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 目 (me) meaning "look, appearance".
NeinGerman Unexplained. Perhaps from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with an element cognate with Old High German niuwi meaning "new".
NeubertGerman Derived from the German word “neu,” meaning “new,” and the word “Bert,” which is a shortened form of the Germanic given name “Berthold,” meaning “bright ruler.” So, it means “new bright ruler”.
NeufeldGerman, English Neufeld is a surname of German origin, meaning "new field". It is not seldom in Germany and it is common among German speaking Mennonites from Russia.
NewbornEnglish Habitational name from Newbourn in Suffolk or Newburn in Tyne and Wear (formerly part of Northumberland), both named with Old English niwe "new" and burna "stream", perhaps denoting a stream that had changed its course.
NewbroughEnglish (British) Newbrough surname is thought to be a habitational, taken on from a place name such as from Newbrough in Northumberland, which is derived from the Old English words niwe, meaning "new," and burh, meaning "fortification."
NewbyEnglish Means "person from Newby", Newby being a combination of the Middle English elements newe "new" and by "farm, settlement" (ultimately from Old Norse býr "farm"). British travel writer Eric Newby (1919-2006) bore this surname.
NewcomerEnglish (American) Nickname for a person who was new to a town or location, from Old English niwe meaning "new" and cumen meaning "to come".
NeweyEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived at a "new enclosure", from Middle English newe "new" and haga "enclousire".
NewhamEnglish Habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Northumbria and North Yorkshire, so named from Old English neowe "new" and ham "homestead".
NewhouseEnglish Either a habitational name for someone who lived at a "new house" (from Middle English niwe "new" and hus "new house") or a habitational name from any of various minor places so called especially perhaps Newhouses in Horton Yorkshire near the border with Lancashire... [more]
NeyGerman, English A dialectal form of the common German word neu "new".... [more]
NieboerDutch Dutch cognate for Neubauer. epithet for a farmer who was new to an area from nie "new" and bur "farmer".
NieuwenhuisDutch Means "new house" in Dutch. Indicated that the bearer lived in a new house or lived in a village of the same name
NiibeJapanese From Japanese 新 (nii) meaning "new" and 部 (be) meaning "department, division; part".
NiiharaJapanese Nii means "new" and hara means "plain, field".
NiikuraJapanese From the Japanese 新 (nii) "new" and 倉 or 蔵 (kura) "storehouse" or 鞍 (kura) "saddle."
NiimiJapanese Nii means "new" and mi means "see, outlook, viewpoint".
NovaSpanish From the Spanish word 'nueva' meaning "new".
NoviItalian Derived from Italian novello and ultimately derived from Latin novellus meaning "new". "Novi" also means "new" in several Slavic languages.
NovoselCroatian Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".
NovoselecCroatian Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".
NovoselićCroatian Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".... [more]
NugentEnglish, Irish, French An English, Irish (of Norman origin) and French habitational surname derived from any of several places in northern France (such as Nogent-sur-Oise), From Latin novientum and apparently an altered form of a Gaulish name meaning "new settlement".
NyblomSwedish Combination of Swedish ny "new" and blom "bloom".
NylandNorwegian Combination of Norwegian ny "new" and land "land, yard".
NylanderSwedish Combination of Swedish ny "new" (possibly a habitational name from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er).
OsaragiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (osaragi), from さらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from さらき (saraki), from 更木 (saraki) meaning "new wood; unused wood", referring to a statue of Buddha that was created using fresh wood.
PortanovaItalian, Portuguese, Galician Habitational name from a place or locality called Portanova "new gate" from the elements neos "new" and porta "door".
SaradaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 皿 (sara), an assigned character to 更 (sara) meaning "new; unused" and 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", referring to unused farmland.
SerinTurkish Means "cool, chilly, fresh" in Turkish.
ShindōJapanese From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new", 進 (shin) meaning "advance, progress", 信 (shin) meaning "trust, faith", or 真 (shin) meaning "truth, reality" combined with 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria" or 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".
ShinkaiJapanese From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".
ShinkuraJapanese From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".
ShinmuraJapanese From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
ShinsekiJapanese Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".
ShintakuJapanese From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 宅 (taku) meaning "house, home".
UudeküllEstonian Uudeküll is an Estonian surname meaning "new enough".
UudeleppEstonian Uudelepp is an Estonian surname meaning "new alder".
UuehendrikEstonian Uuehendrik is an Estonian surname meaning "new Hendrik (a masculine given name)". Probably derived from the offspring of a Hendrik junior.
UuemaaEstonian Uuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".
UuemõisEstonian Uuemõis is an Estonian surname meaning "new manor".
UuesaluEstonian Uuesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new grove".
UuetaluEstonian Uuetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farm".
UuetoaEstonian Uuetoa is an Estonain surname, meaning "new home" or "new room".
UusEstonian Uus is an Estonian surname meaning "new".
UusiFinnish Uusi is a Finnish surname meaning "new".
UuskiviEstonian Uuskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "new stone".
UuslaEstonian Uusla is an Estonian surname meaning "new field/area".
UusmaaEstonian Uusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".
UusmägiEstonian Uusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "new mountain/hill".
UusmeesEstonian Uusmees is an Estonian surname meaning "new man".
UusorgEstonian Uusorg is an Estonian surname meaning "new valley".
UuspereEstonian Uuspere is an Estonian surname meaning "new family".
UuspõldEstonian Uuspõld is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".
UussaarEstonian Uussaar is an Estonian surname meaning "new island".
UustaluEstonian Uustalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farmstead".
UusväliEstonian Uusväli is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".
van NiekerkAfrikaans Topographic name for any of the various locations named Nieuwerkerk in The Netherlands or Nieuwerkerken in Belgium. The name itself means "of the new church" from Dutch van meaning "of" combined with nieuw meaning "new" and kerk meaning "church".
VillanovaItalian, Spanish Habitational name from any of numerous places so called from Latin villa nova "new settlement" (see Villa) from the elements villa "town" and nova "new"... [more]
WolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswesenchafewGerman (Rare) Full name Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanverstandigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanlebenslamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum... [more]
XavierEnglish, French Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries.