Browse Submitted Surnames

Suurorg Estonian
Suurorg is an Estonian name meaning "big valley".

Suurpalu Estonian
Suurpalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big sandy heath/heath woodland".

Suursalu Estonian
Suursalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big copse" or "big grove".

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

Suurtalu Estonian
Suurtalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big farm".

Suurväli Estonian
Suurväli is an Estonian surname meaning "big field".

Suwannaphum Thai (Rare)
From Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (Suwannaphum), from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (Suvárṇabhūmi) meaning "Suvarnabhumi", referring to various places throughout Southeast Asia as "golden land; land of gold".

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

Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".

Suzumura Japanese
From Japanese 錫 (suzu) meaning "copper, tin" or 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" combined with 村 (mura) meaning "village, town". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Suzumura Japanese
From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Suzutani Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "bell, chime" and tani means "valley".

Suzuura Japanese
Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Svanström Swedish
Combination of Swedish svan "swan" and ström "stream".

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]

Swanwick English
Habitational name from Swanwick in Derbyshire, possibly also Swanwick in Hampshire. Both are named from Old English swan, "herdsman," and wic, "outlying dairy farm."

Swinburne English
habitational name primarily from Great and Little Swinburne (Northumberland) but perhaps also occasionally from one or other places similarly named from Old English swin "pig" and burna "stream" meaning "pig stream".

Swing English
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Schwing or from Middle High German zwinc meaning "legal district", hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a district administrator.

Swinton English, Scottish
From various place names composed of Old English swin "pig, wild boar" and tun "settlement, enclosure".

Taalmaa Estonian
Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"

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

Tabata Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Tabata Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 畑 or 畠 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Tabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".

Tachikawa Japanese
Tachi means "stand" ad kawa means "river, stream".

Tada Japanese
From the Japanese 多 (ta) "many" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Tadano Japanese
From Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tadano Japanese
From Japanese 只 (tada) meaning "only, simply, just" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tadayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 多 meaning "many" and 田 meaning "rice field", and 屋 and 敷, 屋敷 meaning "great house".

Tadokoro Japanese
It literally means "farmland, country", from 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".

Taevas Estonian
Taevas is an Estonian surname meaning "sky", "heavens" and "Heaven"

Tagamets Estonian
Tagamets is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of forest".

Tagaväli Estonian
Tagaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of field".

Tagawa Japanese (Rare)
Tagawa means "ricefield river"

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

Taguchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Tahara Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Täheväli Estonian
Täheväli is an Estonian surname meaning "star field".

Taimsalu Estonian
Taimsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/plant grove".

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

Taitano Chamorro
Meaning "one without land" from Chamorro tai, prefix meaning "to be without", and tano meaning "land".

Tajanlangit Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tahan langit meaning "to surrender to heaven".

Tajima Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Tajiri Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 尻 (shiri) "behind, end, rear".

Takada Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Takagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".

Takahara Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Takahata Japanese
高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [more]

Takaki Japanese
Taka means "high" and ki means "wood, tree".

Takamachi Japanese
A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.

Takamaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"

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

Takamiya Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Takamori Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Takamura Japanese
Taka means "high, expensive, tall" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Takano Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 野 (no) "field, wilderness".

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

Takasaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Takasato Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and sato means "village, hamlet, type of measurement, league, parent's home".

Takashima Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

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

Takatsutsumi Japanese
Taka means "high, tall, expensive" and tsutsumi means "river, bank, enbankment, dike".

Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

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

Takazato Japanese
高 (Taka) means "high, expensive, tall" and zato is a variant of 里 (sato) meaning "type of measurement, village, league, parent's home". ... [more]

Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.

Takehara Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".

Takemiya Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Takemori Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mori means "forest".

Takemura Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Takeno Japanese
Take means "Bamboo" and No means "Field, Wilderness".

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

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

Taketa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

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

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

Taki Japanese (Rare)
Tami means "Waterfall". This is occasionally a first name too,as a matter of a fact,neither of them are common.

Taki Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids".

Takigawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Takiguchi Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and guchi comes from kuchi meaning "mouth, opening".

Takiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".

Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Takino Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".

Takinoue Japanese
Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".

Takisaki Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Takitani Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".

Takiya Japanese (Rare)
Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.

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

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".

Talbert English, French
From a continental Germanic personal name composed of the elements tal "valley" and berth "bright".

Talu Estonian
Talu is an Estonian surname meaning "farmstead".

Talujärv Estonian
Talujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "farm lake".

Talumets Estonian
Talumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.

Talusaar Estonian
Talusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "farm island".

Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tamakawa Japanese
Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".

Tamaki Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城 (ki) meaning "castle", 置 (ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Tamamura Japanese
Tama means "Jewel" and Mura means "village."... [more]

Tamano Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle.

Tamaru Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 丸 (maru) meaning "whole, complete".

Tamatsuka Japanese
Tama means "jewel" and tsuka means "mound".

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".

Tamiya Japanese (Rare)
Tamiya means "rice field palace". See also Miyata

Tammearu Estonian
Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".

Tammemaa Estonian
Tammemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "oak land".

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

Tammeorg Estonian
Tammeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "oak valley".

Tammetalu Estonian
Tammetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak farm/farmstead".

Tammets Estonian
Tammets is an Estonian surname meaning "oak forest".

Tammeväli Estonian
Tammeväli is an Estonian surname meaning "oak field".

Tammik Estonian
Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Tammiksaar Estonian
Tammiksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood island".

Tammiku Estonian
Tammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Tammjärv Estonian
Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".

Tammsaar Estonian
Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".

Tammsalu Estonian
Tammsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak ridge".

Tamon Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]

Tampõld Estonian
Tampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").

Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".

Tanie Japanese
Tani means "valley" and e means "inlet, river".

Tanifuji Japanese
Tani means "valley" and fuji means "wisteria".

Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani or ya) "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) "river."

Tanimoto Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tanimura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".

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

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

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

Tanjung Minangkabau, Batak
Means "cape, headland, point" in Minangkabau and Batak.

Tanno Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "red, vermilion" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tanoue Japanese
Ta means "field, rice paddy", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "above".

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".

Tarafdar Bengali
From a title which denoted a holder of a taraf (a type of administrative division formerly used in South Asia), itself derived from Arabic طرف (taraf) meaning "area, section, side" and the Persian suffix دار (dar) indicating ownership.

Tasaka Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Tasaki Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Tashima Japanese
Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".

Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".

Tateno Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

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".

Tatsuda Japanese
Means "dragon rice paddy" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 竜 (dragon) and 田 (rice paddy).

Tatsuki Japanese
Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above + others that aren't on this entry.... [more]

Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".

Tatsuno Japanese
From Japanese 辰 (tatsu) meaning "dragon of the Chinese zodiac" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

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

Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

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

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

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."

Teasdale English
From Teesdale, the name of a valley of the River Tees in northern England, derived from the river's name (meaning "warmth" in Old English) combined with dæl meaning "valley".

Teearu Estonian
Teearu is an Estonian surname meaning "road/lane grassland".

Teelaht Estonian
Teelaht is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway bay".

Teesalu Estonian
Teesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "road grove".

Telford English
From the words taelf meaning "plateau" and ford meaning "river crossing"... [more]

Telgmaa Estonian
Telgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "axial land".

Téllez Spanish
from the given name Tello which is the Spanish form of the name Tellus, meaning "earth" in Latin

Tellisaar Estonian
Tellisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "brick island".

Temple English, French
Occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses ("temples") maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum)... [more]

Templer English
Templer is an Old English surname denoting either a servant of one of the Knights Templar, or a person living near or serving at a church. The meaning is “church attendant”.

Tenkubashi Japanese (Rare)
Written with kanji meaning "Heaven Sky Bridge". This surname is possessed by two characters in popular culture, Aika Tenkubashi from Shomin Sample, and Tomoka Tenkubashi from the Idolm@sters: Million Live videogame.

Tennōji Japanese (Rare)
Composed of Japanese ten 天 meaning "heaven," ō (which becomes nō due to renjō) 王 meaning "king," and ji 寺 meaning "temple" or "Buddhist temple."

Tennosaar Estonian
Tennosaar is an Estonian surname meaning "Tenno's (a masculine given name) island".

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

Tepetl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "hill".

Te Poki Maori
The word Te means "the." The word Poki possibly means "to clear the garden." This was the name of a Ngati Mutunga tidewaiter and constable on what is now the Chatham Islands named Toenga Te Poki.

Terachi Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 地 (chi) meaning "ground".

Terada Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Teraguchi Japanese
Tera means "temple" and guchi means "opening, mouth".

Terai Japanese
Tera means "temple" and i means "well".

Teraji Japanese
Tera means "temple" and ji means "road".

Terakado Japanese
From 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" meaning 門 (kado) meaning "gate".

Teramoto Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Teranishi Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Terao Japanese
Tera means "temple" and o means "tail".

Terao Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

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

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

Terasaki Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

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

Terashima Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Teratani Japanese
Tera means "temple" and tani means "valley".

Terauchi Japanese
From the Japanese 寺 (tera) "{Buddhist} temple" and 内 (uchi or nai) "inside."

Terracciano Italian
Italian "Fenced In Land" from Italian "Terra" meaning "Land" and "Ciano" meaning "Fenced"

Terrien French
Topographic name from an adjectival derivative of terre "land", denoting someone who lived and worked on the land, i.e. a peasant. It is Americanized frequently as Landers, and occasionally as Farmer.

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

Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Teshima Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Tetsuka Japanese
Te means "hand" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Tetsuki Japanese
Tetsu means "iron" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tezuka Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock, grave".

Thal Jewish, German
Ornamental and topographic name derived from German Tal "valley".

Thành Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 成 (thành) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded", 城 (thành) meaning "castle, city" or 誠 (thành) meaning "sincere, honest, true".

Theron Southern African, Afrikaans, Occitan
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations in Occitanie named Théron or Thérond, ultimately from Latin torus meaning "elevation, height, embankment". A famous bearer is South African and American actress Charlize Theron (1975-).

Thirring Upper German (Rare)
The name Thirring has many different forms/variant spellings. These include Thiering, Thiring, Thuring,Thuringer, Turinger, Duringer, Diringer, Diring and During. One of the reasons for all the variant spellings is that the church scribes in Hungary originally all recorded the name differently... [more]

Thistlethwaite English
A surname found in Lancashire in north west England, taken from the name of a minor place in the parish of Lancaster which meant "meadow overgrown with thistles" from Middle English thistle and thwaite "meadow" (cf... [more]

Thongsavanh Lao
From Lao ທອງ (thong) meaning "gold" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Thornburg English
The name Thornburg comes from the Old English thorn broc, because the original bearers lived near a "stream by the thorns" in Buckinghamshire and North Yorkshire.

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".

Thornley English
Derived from Thornley, which is the name of three villages in England (two are located in the county of Durham, the third in Lancashire). All three villages derive their name from Old English þorn "thorn" and Old English leah "clearing (in a wood), glade", which gives their name the meaning of "the thorny glade"... [more]

Thorsby English
habitational name from North and South Thoresby (Lincolnshire) Thoresby in Carperby (North Yorkshire) or Thoresby in Perlethorpe cum Budby (Nottinghamshire). The Lincolnshire and Yorkshire placenames derive from the Old Norse personal name Thorir (genitive Thoris) + Old Norse býr "farmstead village"... [more]

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

Thursby English
habitational name from a place in Cumbria so named from the Old Norse personal name Thorir a derivative of Thor and Old Norse býr "farmstead settlement"... [more]

Tiigi Estonian
Tiigi is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".

Tiigimaa Estonian
Tiigimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pond land".

Tiigirand Estonian
Tiigirand is an Estonian surname meaning "pond shore".

Tiik Estonian
Tiik is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".

Tiikjärv Estonian
Tiikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "pond lake".

Tilsley English
Derived from the place name Tyldesley, which in turn derives from Old English personal name Tīlweald with the suffix lēah “clearing, meadow”. Notable bearers of this name include Canadian salvationist and writer Bramwell Tillsley, as well as Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gwilym Tilsley known under his bardic name of "Tilsli".... [more]

Timberley American, English (Rare)
Means "timber clearing" in English. From the Middle English words tymber, meaning wood trees, and leah, meaning clearing. The name's origin be related to tree farming.... [more]

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

Tisgaonkar Marathi
It is derived from the words “tis” meaning “three” and “gaonkar” meaning “landlord or village headman.” The surname’s meaning is “the headman of three villages.”

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

Tobing Batak
Means "riverbank, edge" in Batak. It is also used as a short form of Lumbantobing.

Togo Japanese
From Japanese 東 (to, tou, tō) meaning "east" and 郷 (go, gou, gō) meaning "village"

Tokimori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 時 (toki) meaning "time; moment" (referring to the time of purification of oneself, rituals, and praying for the advent of God) and 森 (mori) meaning "forest; woods".

Tokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Toki means "time", no means "therefore, of", and ue means "above, top, upper".

Tokoro Japanese
As a surname it is often spelled as to meaning "field, wilderness" and koro means "spine, road".

Tokuda Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

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

Tolton English, Irish
habitational name possibly from either of two places called Tollerton in Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire. The first is named from the Old Norse personal name Þórleifr and Old English tun "settlement, enclosure"; the second is from Old English tolnere "tax gatherers" and tun.

Tomabechi Japanese
From Japanese 苫 (toma) meaning "woven mat", 米 (me) meaning "rice" and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land".

Tomida Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and da comes from ta meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Tomiie Japanese (Rare)
Tomi means "wealth, abundance, fortune" and ie means "house, home, building, family, dwelling, residence, habitation".

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

Tomino Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and no means "field, plain".

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

Tomita Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, fortune" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

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

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

Tomoki Japanese
From 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and meaning 木 (ki) "tree, wood".

Tomono Japanese
Tomo can mean "friend" or "wisdom" and no means "field, wilderness".

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".

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

Tōno Japanese
From Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tōno Japanese
From Japanese 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tonosaki Japanese
From Japanese 外 (to) meaning "outside", an unwritten possessive marker 之 (no), and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

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

Toomsalu Estonian
Toomsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "bird-cherry grove".

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.

Toon English
From the Old English word tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town"

Tootmorsel Popular Culture
The surname used by the character Harry "Ocho" Tootmorsel in the animated series "The Amazing World of Gumball".... [more]

Toprak Turkish
Means "earth, soil, land" in Turkish.

Torino Japanese
Tori means "bird" and no means "field, rice paddy".

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

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.

Torkington English
From the name of a place in Greater Manchester, originally meaning "Tork's settlement" (Tork being a name or nickname combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town").

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

Totsuka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Toupin French, Breton, Norman
nickname from Old French toupin "spinning-top". in rare instances in the south probably from Old Occitan toupin "small earthenware pot" used as a metonymic occupational name for a potter.

Town English
topographic name from Middle English toun(e) th one tun(e) "town village settlement" (Old English tun) often in the senses "primary settlement within an area" "manor estate" and "hamlet farm" for someone who lived in such a place.

Townley English
Habitational name for a person from Towneley near Burnley in Lancashire, itself from the Old English elements tun "enclosure, settlement" and leah "wood, clearing"... [more]

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

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

Toyosaki Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

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

Trabelsi Arabic (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".

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]

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

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

Transon French
Possibly from Old French tronçon "block of wood", perhaps an occupational name for a woodcutter.

Trapanese Italian
Habitational name meaning "Trapanese", "from the city of Trapani or "from the province of Trapani". Variant of Trapani.

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

Trebilcock Cornish
Means "person from Trebilcock", Cornwall (apparently "dear one's farmstead"). The final -ck is standardly silent.

Tregurtha Cornish
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]

Tremayne Cornish
Name for someone from any of various locations called Tremayne (or Tremaine), from Cornish tre meaning "home, settlement, town" and men meaning "stone".

Tressillian English
Derived from a Cornish place name meaning "Sulyen's farmstead" (see Sulien).

Treuz German
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]

Trevelyan Welsh, Cornish
Derived from Welsh tref "village, settlement" or Cornish trev "farmstead, town" combined with the given name Elyan.

Trevithick Cornish
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.

Trezise Cornish
Means "person from Trezise or Tresayes", Cornwall ("Englishman's farmstead").

Trimboli Medieval 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.

Tripoli Italian
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".

Trollope English
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]

Truuväli Estonian
Truuväli is an Estonian surname meaning "faithful field".

Tsuburaya Japanese
From Japanese 円 (tsubura) meaning "circle, round" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsuchida Japanese
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."

Tsuchiya Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

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

Tsuda Japanese
Tsu means "harbor, seaport" and da is a form of ta meaning "rice paddy, field". ... [more]

Tsuda Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsuguno Japanese
Tsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".

Tsuihiji Japanese
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"

Tsujihara Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (hara, bara or wara) "field," "plain," "original."

Tsujimura Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsujino Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 野 (no) meaning "field, civilian".