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ToyamaJapanese From 当 (tou) meaning "this, correct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."
ToyokawaJapanese From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
ToyosakiJapanese From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
TozawaJapanese From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
TrabelsiArabic (Maghrebi) Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Tripoli in Libya from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus). The city's name ultimately comes from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis) meaning "three cities", from τρι- (tri-) meaning "three" and πόλις (pólis) meaning "city".
TrachtenbergGerman, 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]
TraffordAnglo-Saxon A habitational surname that originates from villages in Cheshire and Northamptonshire. First recorded as a surname in 1086. ... [more]
TrailScottish 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]
TransonFrench Possibly from Old French tronçon "block of wood", perhaps an occupational name for a woodcutter.
TrapaneseItalian Habitational name meaning "Trapanese", "from the city of Trapani or "from the province of Trapani". Variant of Trapani.
TraunGerman 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.
TrebilcockCornish Means "person from Trebilcock", Cornwall (apparently "dear one's farmstead"). The final -ck is standardly silent.
TregurthaCornish A rare Cornish surname that derives its name from either the manor of Tregurtha in the parish of St. Hilary (located in west Cornwall) or from the hamlet of Tregurtha Barton in the parish of St. Wenn (located in central Cornwall)... [more]
TremayneCornish Name for someone from any of various locations called Tremayne (or Tremaine), from Cornish tre meaning "home, settlement, town" and men meaning "stone".
TreuzGerman Derived from the town Trezzo sull'Adda in northern Italy, the name di Trezzo was used by a Milanese armourer family of the 14th century with the first known member being Bazarino di Trezzo, who was possibly also related to the Missaglia family of armourers... [more]
TrevelyanWelsh, Cornish Derived from Welsh tref "village, settlement" or Cornish trev "farmstead, town" combined with the given name Elyan.
TrevithickCornish Means "person from Trevithick", the name of various places in Cornwall ("farmstead" with a range of personal names). It was borne by British engineer Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), developer of the steam engine.
TreziseCornish Means "person from Trezise or Tresayes", Cornwall ("Englishman's farmstead").
TrimboliMedieval Italian Trimboli: Means: "prince of three valleys." Land or (spoils) were given to worthy soldiers for there efforts after conquest. Three valleys in Calabria were given to a soldier who will become known as Francesco Guytano Trimboli, the new perprieitor in an area near Plati, Italy, Calabria.
TripoliItalian Habitational name from Tripoli in Libya, a place name of Greek origin meaning "triple city", from the elements τρι- (tri-) "three, thrice" and πόλις (polis) "city".
TrollopeEnglish Locational surname derived from Trolhop, the original name of Troughburn, a place in Northumberland, England. The place name means "troll valley" from Old Norse troll "troll, supernatural being" and hop "enclosed valley, enclosed land"... [more]
TruuväliEstonian Truuväli is an Estonian surname meaning "faithful field".
TsuburayaJapanese From Japanese 円 (tsubura) meaning "circle, round" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
TsuchidaJapanese From the Japanese 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil," 槌 (tsuchi) "mallet" or 津 (tsu) "harbour" and 知 (chi) "wisdom," "intellect" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (da or ta) "many."
TsuchiyaJapanese From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
TsuchiyamaJapanese From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Other Kanji combinations are possible.
TsudaJapanese Tsu means "harbor, seaport" and da is a form of ta meaning "rice paddy, field". ... [more]
TsudaJapanese From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
TsugunoJapanese Tsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".
TsuihijiJapanese Tsuihiji (対比地) is translated as (vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare | compare; race; ratio; Philippines | ground; earth) and could be directly translated as "Contrasting Ground"
TsujiharaJapanese From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (hara, bara or wara) "field," "plain," "original."
TsujimuraJapanese From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
TsujinoJapanese From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 野 (no) meaning "field, civilian".
TsujitaJapanese From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."
TsukamotoJapanese From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
TsukasaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound; hillock; tumulus" and 狭 (sa) meaning "narrow; small", referring to a cramped up area with a small hill.
TsukauchiJapanese From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside, within"
TsukinomiyaJapanese Tsuki means "moon, month", no is a possesive article, and miya means "shrine".
TsukiokaJapanese 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.
TsukitaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 舂 (tsuki), from 舂き (tsuki), the continuative form of 舂く (tsuku) meaning "to grind with a mortar" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field where they would grind grain with mortars.
TsukiyamaJapanese From Japanese 築 (tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
TsumikiJapanese Tsu could mean "harbor, seaport", mi could mean "sign of the snake, ego, I, myself" and ki means "tree, wood".
TsumuraJapanese From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
TsumurayaJapanese From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour", 村 (mura) meaning "town, village", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
TsunashimaJapanese From Japanese 綱 (tsuna) meaning "rope, cable, cord" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
TsunekawaJapanese From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
TsurukiJapanese Tsuru means "crane" and ki means "tree, wood".
TsuruokaJapanese From the Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) "crane" and 岡 (oka) "hill."
TsuruokaJapanese From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
TsurutaJapanese Tsuru means "crane, stork" and ta means "rice paddy, field".
TsurutaJapanese From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
TsuyukiJapanese From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
TsuzunoJapanese Tsuzu means "Twenty" and No means "Feild, Wilderness".
TuckertonEnglish Derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment", and tun "enclosure, yard".
TuinstraFrisian Topographic name for a person who lived by a garden or enclosure, derived from Frisian tuin meaning "garden, yard", or a habitational name denoting someone from a place called Tuin.
TungateEnglish habitational name from Tungate a minor place near North Walsham named from Old English tun "farmstead estate" and Old Norse gata or Old English gæt "way path road street gate".
TunstallEnglish Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Tunstall, derived from Old English tun meaning "enclosure, garden, farm" and steall meaning "position, place, site".
TuranTurkish Refers to Turan, an historical region in Central Asia inhabited by the nomadic Iranian Turanian people. The name itself means "land of the Tur" and is derived from the name of a Persian mythological figure, Tur (تور).
TurnbowEnglish, 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").
TurtonEnglish From Turton, an historical area in Lancashire, England (now part of Greater Manchester); it was originally a township in the former civil parish of Bolton le Moors. It is derived from the Old Norse given name Þórr (see Thor) and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
TuttoilmondoItalian Possibly derived from the French given name Toulemonde, which is either itself derived from the Germanic names Thurmond or Tedmond, or from the phrase tout le monde, literally "all the world", or "everybody"... [more]
TweedelEnglish Tweedel is Scottish for "the dell on the tweed river"
TwiningEnglish From the name of the village of Twyning in Gloucestershire, derived from Old English betweonan meaning "between" and eam meaning "river".
TyroneIrish Probably a habitational name from the county of Tyrone (Gaelic Tir Eoghain "land of Owen 2") in Ulster.
TysoeEnglish Denoted the bearer was from the parish of Tysoe, Warwickshire, England. The name of the parish is derived from Old English Tīges hōh, meaning "spur of land belonging to the god Tiw." (Tiw was the Old English name for the Roman deity Mars, and also inspired the name of Tuesday.)
UeyamaJapanese From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
UibomaaEstonian Uibomaa is an Estonian surneame meaning "evergreen land".
UjiieJapanese From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".
UjulaEstonian Ujula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".
UkiyoJapanese (Rare) From 浮世 (ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [more]
ÜkskülaEstonian Üksküla is an Estonian surname meaning "one village".
ÜlejõeEstonian Ülejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "across the river".
ÜlesooEstonian Ülesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "above (beyond) the swamp".
ÜlevainEstonian Ülevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".
UlmerGerman German surname meaning "from the city of Ulm".
UlvaeusSwedish (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.
UmedaJapanese From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
UmeharaJapanese From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
UmekawaJapanese Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".
UmemuraJapanese From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
UmenoJapanese Ume means "plum" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
UmesawaJapanese Ume means "plum" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".
UmesawaJapanese From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
UmezawaJapanese From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
UmonJapanese (Rare) This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]
UmplebyEnglish Originally given to people from the village of Anlaby in East Yorkshire, UK. Written as Umlouebi in the Domesday Book, the place name is from Old Norse given name Óláfr + býr, "farmstead" or "village".
UnabaraJapanese From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".
UnagiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".
UnamiJapanese (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".
UnderbergNorwegian Habitational name from a place named with Old Norse undir meaning "under" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".
UngoedWelsh Derived from Welsh un "one" and coed "a wood".
UnnoJapanese From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
UnoJapanese From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves" and 野 (no) meaning "field".
UpchurchEnglish habitational name from a place called as "the high church" or possibly the higher of two churches from Middle English up "up high higher" and chirche "church" (Old English upp and cirice)... [more]
UppadathilMalayalam 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]
UpshurEnglish Most probably an altered spelling of English Upshire, a habitational name from Upshire in Essex, named with Old English upp "up" and scir "district". Alternatively, it may be a variant of Upshaw.
UpwoodEnglish Derived from a place name meaning "upper forest" in Old English.
UrushiharaJapanese (Rare) 漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".
UrushinoJapanese Urushi means "lacker/lacquer" and no means "field, plain".
UshidaJapanese From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
UshijimaJapanese From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
UshisawaJapanese From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".
UshishimaJapanese Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, second sign of the Chinese zodiac" and shima means "island".
UshiyamaJapanese From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many cows.
UshiyamaJapanese 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.
UssisooEstonian Ussisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "vermian swamp".
UtagawaJapanese Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".
UtakawaJapanese Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".
UtamuraJapanese Uta means "song, poem" and mura means "village, hamlet".
UtleyEnglish Derived from the Old English elements ote, or "oats" and leah, meaning "a clearing."
UtsugiJapanese Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]
UtsunomiyaJapanese This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]
UtsunomiyaJapanese From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 都 (tsu) meaning "city", and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
UudmäeEstonian Uudmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "virgin/unspoiled hill/mountain".
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".
UukEstonian Uuk is an Estonian surname meaning "bay" and "dormer".
UukkiviEstonian Uukkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "dormer/bay 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".
UusorgEstonian Uusorg is an Estonian surname meaning "new valley".
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".
UzakiJapanese, Popular Culture From Japanese, 宇 (u) meaning "world, universe, space" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A fictional bearer of this surname is Hana Uzaki (宇崎 花) from Uzaki~chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい!).
VaaraFinnish, Sami Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".
VaarmetsEstonian Vaarmets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".
VabamäeEstonian Vabamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "unoccupied/vacant hill/mountain".
VadénSwedish Combination of Swedish place name element vad which in most cases mean "ford, place for wading", and the common surname suffix -én.
VærnesNorwegian Værnes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county in Mid-Norway. The original spelling of the village's name was Vannes and it is a combination of var "calm, quiet" and nes "headland"... [more]
VågeNorwegian Habitational name from any of several farms named Våge, derived from Old Norse vágr "bay, inlet, fjord".
VahejõeEstonian Vahejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mid/dividing river".
VahemaaEstonian Vahemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "middle land".
VahemetsEstonian Vahemets is an Estonian surname meaning "middle/dividing forest".
VahenõmmEstonian Vahenõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "dividing/middle heath".
VahesaarEstonian Vahesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "middle island".
VahesaluEstonian Vahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "dividing/middle grove".
VahtmaaEstonian Vahtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "foam/lather land".
VahtramäeEstonian Vahtramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "maple hill/mountain".
VaikjärvEstonian Vaikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still lake".
VaiklaEstonian Vaikla is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet area".
VäikmeriEstonian Väikmeri is an Estonian surname meaning "small sea".
VaiksaarEstonian Vaiksaar is an Estonian surname meaing "quiet/still ("vaikus") island ("saar")". May also come from "väike saar", meaning "little island".
VaiksooEstonian Vaiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still swamp".
VainEstonian Vain is an Estonian surname meaning "village common", or "village green".
VainkülaEstonian Vainküla is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common village"
VainmäeEstonian Vainmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common hill/mountain".
VäisänenFinnish Topographic name from väisä meaning either meaning "road" or "sign placed on the ice" + the common surname suffix -nen.
ValaultaRomansh Derived from Romansh val "valley" and aulta, the feminine form of the adjective ault, "high".
ValgemäeEstonian Valgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "white hill".
VäliEstonian Väli is an Estonian surname meaning "field".
ValiSpanish, Italian (Swiss), Arabic This Spanish and Italian surname of VALI was a locational name for someone OR A family who lived in a valley. In valle quiescit ( In the valley of our home, we find peace.)... [more]
VallanceEnglish Means "person from Valence", southeastern France (probably "place of the brave").
ValleSpanish, Filipino, Italian Habitational name from any of the many places named with valle "valley", or topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (Latin vallis).
ValléeFrench topographic name for someone who lived in a valley from Old French valee "valley" (from Latin vallis) or a habitational name from (La) Vallée the name of several places in various parts of France... [more]
ValletFrench, English French topographic name from a diminutive of Old French val "valley" (see Val ) or a habitational name from (Le) Vallet the name of several places mainly in the northern part of France and French and English occupational name for a manservant from Old French and Middle English vallet "manservant groom".
VallinSwedish Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
ValliveereEstonian Valliveere is an Estonian surname meaning "bank/embankment rolling".
VälloEstonian Vällo is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "väli" meaning "field" and "plain".
ValmoridaFilipino, Cebuano Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).
ValoisFrench topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, or a habitational name from any of the various places called Val(l)ois, or regional name from the district in northern France so called, which was once an independent duchy... [more]
VanaasemeEstonian Vanaaseme is an Estonian surname meaning "old place".
Van AgtDutch Means "from Acht", a small village within the city of Eindhoven in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Middle Dutch acht, achte meaning either "eight" or "preserve, lordly possession, legal district"... [more]
Van BeethovenFlemish Means "from the beet fields". A famous bearer of this name was German Clasical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827).
Van BreukelenDutch 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]
Van BronckhorstDutch Means "from Bronckhorst", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, itself derived from Dutch brink meaning "edge, slope, village green" and horst meaning "overgrown hillock" or "higher located brushwood"... [more]
Van BurgenDutch 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 BuskirkDutch The name is made up of two Dutch words: "bos," meaning "woods," and "kerk," meaning "church." The characteristic Dutch prefix "van" literally means "from," and thus the surname indicates "one from the church in the woods."
Van De KerkhofDutch Means "from the churchyard", derived from Middle Dutch kerke meaning "church" and hof meaning "court, garden, yard". Famous bearers of this surname include twin brothers René and Willy Van De Kerkhof (1951-), both retired Dutch soccer players.
Van den BogaardDutch Means "from the orchard", derived from Dutch boomgaard literally meaning "orchard".
Van Der BiltDutch (Rare) Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill"
VanderbiltDutch, German Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill".
Van Der VeldeDutch Meaning "of the field" from Dutch van -"Of"- der - "The"- and veld - "field".
Van de VeldeDutch A toponymic name meaning "from the field" in Dutch.
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".
Van NistelrooijDutch Means "from Nistelrode", a small village in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Middle Dutch nest meaning "nest, burrow, resting place" and lo meaning "light forest", combined with rode meaning "land cleared of trees"... [more]
Van 't BoveneindDutch Means "from Boveneind", the name of various places in the Netherlands, itself meaning "from the top end" in Dutch. It is derived from boven meaning "upper, upstream" and eind meaning "edge, end".
Van TienhovenDutch Means "from Tienhoven", the name of several villages in the Netherlands. Their names are derived from Middle Dutch tien meaning "ten" and a plural form of huue meaning "piece of land of a certain size"... [more]
VeaNorwegian Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from the plural of Old Norse viðr meaning "wood", "tree".
VeeNorwegian Habitational name from farmsteads named Ve, for example in Hordaland and Sogn, from Old Norse vé "sacred place".
VeedlaEstonian Veedla is an Estonian surname meaning "watery/waters area".
VeemaaEstonian Veemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water land".
VeeorgEstonian Veeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "water valley/gully".
VeeremaaEstonian Veeremaa is an Estonian surname meaning "rolling land".
VeermäeEstonian Veermäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border hill/mountain".
VeermetsEstonian Veermets is an Estonian surname meaning "border forest".
VeesaarEstonian Veesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "water island".
VeesaluEstonian Veesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grove".
VeraSpanish Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera from Spanish meaning "shore, bank".
VerdierFrench, Norman, English Occupational name for a forester. Derived from Old French verdier (from Late Latin viridarius, a derivative of viridis "green"). Also an occupational name for someone working in a garden or orchard, or a topographic name for someone living near one... [more]
VermontFrench (Rare) Derived from french, meaning "green mountain" (Vert, "green"; mont, "mountain").
VerranCornish Perhaps means "person from Treverran", Cornwall (from Cornish tre "farmstead" with an unknown second element), or "person from Veryan", Cornwall ("church of St Symphorian").
VesiloikEstonian Vesiloik is an Estonian surname meaning "water puddle/a small pool of water."
VeskijärvEstonian Veskijärv is an Estonian surname meaning "(water)mill lake".
VeskilaEstonian Veskila is an Estonian surname meaning "(water)mill area".
VeskimetsEstonian Veskimets is an Estonian surname meaning "mill woods/forest".
VeskinõmmEstonian Veskinõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "mill heath".
VeskiojaEstonian Veskioja is an Estonian surname meaning "(water) mill creek".
ViardFrench from the ancient Germanic personal name Withard from the elements widu "wood forest" and hard "hard".
ViengsavanhLao From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".
ViengvilayLao From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".
ViengxayLao From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ໄຊ (xay) meaning "victory".
VieuFrench From a place called Vieu in Ain from Latin vicus "village". French cognitive of Vico.
VignaItalian Meaning "vineyard", referring to someone who lived near one.
VignolaItalian habitational name from any of various minor places so named from vignola "small vineyard".
ViherpaluEstonian Viherpalu is an Estonian surname meaning "buckthorn heath".
ViikmäeEstonian Viikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "crease hill/mountain".
ViirelaidEstonian Viirelaid is an Estonian surname meaning "tern islet".
ViirmaaEstonian Viirmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning both "sea swallow" and "varved" (annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock) and "maa" ("land").
ViklundSwedish Combination of Swedish vik "bay" and lund "grove".
ViljamaaEstonian Viljamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fruit-bearing land".
ViljarandEstonian Viljarand is an Estonian surname meanig "grain/harvest shore".
ViljasooEstonian Viljasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grain/harvest swamp".
VillaniItalian Derives from Latin villa "village, farm, settlement", related to Italian villano "peasant" or "rude, bad-mannered".
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]
VillarrealSpanish Habitational name from any of various places called Villarreal (or Villareal), derived from Spanish villa meaning "farm, town, settlement" and real meaning "royal".
ViramontesSpanish Viramontes is composed of the elements "mira" and "montes," two Spanish words with the combined meaning of "place with a view of the mountains."
VirkkulaKven from virkku meaning "spike" and the ending -la meaning "place".
VislapuuEstonian Vislapuu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "visa" ("tough" and "tenacious") and "puu" ("tree" and "wood"); "tough tree".
VõlumägiEstonian Võlumägi is an Estonian surname meaning "magic mountain".
VoogEstonian Voog is an Estonian surname meaning "stream", "flow", "billow" and "flood".
VooglaidEstonian Vooglaid is an Estonian surname meaning "billowing islet".
VoolEstonian Vool is an Estonian surname meaning "current", "flow" and "stream".
VoorandEstonian Voorand is an Estonia surname derived from "voor" meaning "drumlin" and "rand" meaning "beach/seashore".
VooremaaEstonian Vooremaa is an Estonian surname meaning "drumlin/moraine land".
VorstDutch, Low German topographic name for someone who lived in a vorst "forest" or habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Vorst or Voorst... [more]
VorwaldGerman Topographic name for someone who lived "in front of (Middle High German vor) a forest (Middle High German walt)".
VõsaEstonian Võsa is an Estonian surname meaning "brush/thicket".
VosbergDutch, German Topographic name for someone who lived by a hill frequented by foxes, from Middle Low German vos "fox" and berg "hill", "mountain".
VoughtGerman The surname Vought originates in the Latin form "vocatus" or "advocatus," and referred to someone who appeared in court on another's behalf. As a surname, Vought is an occupational hereditary surname for a "bailiff" or "overseer of a nobleman's estate".
WaaraFinnish Ornamental, from (vaara) meaning, “range of hills.”
WaddingtonEnglish Habitational name from any of various places called Waddington. One near Clitheroe in Lancashire and another in Lincolnshire (Wadintune in Domesday Book) were originally named in Old English as the "settlement" (Old English tūn) associated with Wada.
WadleyEnglish From a place in England named with Old English wad "woad" or the given name Wada combined with Old English leah "woodland clearing".
WadsworthEnglish Location name from Yorkshire meaning "Wæddi's enclosure or settlement" with Wæddi being an old English personal name of unknown meaning plus the location element -worth. Notable bearer is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) for whom the middle name was his mother's maiden name.
WagaharaJapanese Waga is possibly from waka meaning "young" and hara means "plain, field".
WahlGerman, Jewish From Middle High German Walhe, Walch "foreigner from a Romance country", hence a nickname for someone from Italy or France, etc. This surname is also established in Sweden.