Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword prepare.
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Adiong Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao adiyong meaning "to prepare, to make ready".
Culpepper English
Means "person who collects, prepares and/or sells herbs and spices" (from Middle English cullen "to pick" + pepper).
Currier English
Occupational surname meaning "a worker who prepared leather".
Degamo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano digamu meaning "cook, prepare a meal".
Hager Dutch, North Frisian
From a Germanic personal name, either Hager, composed of hag "hedge, enclosure" and heri "army", or Hadegar, from hadu "battle, combat" and gar "spear" or garu "ready, prepared".
Hennayake Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit संनद्ध (sannaddha) meaning "armoured, ready, prepared" and नयक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Macaluso Italian
Possibly from Arabic مخلوص (maklus) "freed, liberated", indicating a freedman or slave who had been liberated, which may be related to Sicilian macaluscio, "cleaned and prepared cotton".
Paratore Italian
Derived from Italian paratore meaning "decorator, fuller", which refers to a craftsman who fulls coarse cloth. In other words: this surname is the Italian cognate of the English surname Fuller... [more]
Uptain English
Derived from Upton, but meaning "always prepared"