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AgateEnglish (British) From Middle English gate, meaning a "gate" or "street", denoting a person who lived near a major city gate or street.
ApplegateEnglish Extremely common variant of Applegarth, in which the less familiar final element has been assimilated to the northern Middle English word gate meaning "road" or to modern English gate.
AruteeEstonian Arutee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland road".
AyanokoujiJapanese 綾 (Aya) means "design", no is a possessive particle, 小 (kou) means "small, little", and 路 (ji) means "road."
BanchieriItalian From banchiere "banker" or the related Genoese bancherus "shopkeeper, street vendor".
BrüggemannGerman Name for someone who worked as a street paver or bridge keeper, or someone who lived near a bridge. From Middle Low German brügge "bridge" or brüggeman "street paver".
CarrawayEnglish (British) The name Carraway belongs to the early history of Britain, and its origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of one having lived on a road near a field or piece of land that was triangular in shape... [more]
GassawayGerman From the word gasse meaning "alley, street".
GassmannGerman, Jewish From German Gasse or Yiddish גאַס (gas), both from Middle High German gazze, meaning "street", denoting someone who lived in a street of a city, town or village.... [more]
GreenwayEnglish Originally given to a person who lived near a grassy path, from Middle English grene "green" and weye "road, path" (cf. Way).... [more]
HemingwayEnglish Probably from the name of an unidentified minor place near the village of Southowram in West Yorkshire, England, derived from the Old English given name Hemma combined with weg meaning "way, road, path"... [more]
HenceGerman, English, Welsh An American spelling variant of Hentz derived from a German nickname for Hans or Heinrich or from an English habitation name found in Staffordshire or Shropshire and meaning "road or path" in Welsh.
ImamichiJapanese Ima means "now, present" and michi means "path, road".
JäätesEstonian Jäätes is an Estonian surname derived from "jäätee" meaning "ice road/causeway".
LanezoSpanish Means "Lanezo's street" from Basque abas "Lanezo" and kale "street".
LavieFrench Dialectal variant of French voie "way, road", ultimately from Latin via "road, street, path", combined with the French feminine article la.
MeriteeEstonian Meritee is an Estonian surname meaning "sea road/causeway".
MichidaJapanese Michi means "path, road" and da means field, rice paddy".
MichishigeJapanese From Japanese 道 (michi) meaning "road" and 重 (shige) meaning "greater degree"
MichizoeJapanese From the Japanese 道 (michi) "road," "way," "path" and 添 (zoe or soe) "addition," "add-on," "improvememnt."
MorabitoItalian Ultimately from Arabic مُرَابِط (murabit) "holy man, one who preaches in the street; soldier stationed in an outpost", from which comes Sicilian murabitu "moderate, sober" and murabbiu "teetotal".
MurajiJapanese Mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town", and ji can mean "road" or "ground".
MurdmaaEstonian Murdmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "off-road" (literally, "fraction(al) land").
MushakoujiJapanese From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".
MushanokoujiJapanese From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".
NorthwayEnglish Habitational name from one or more of the minor places called with Middle English bi northe weie "(place) to the north of the way or road" from the elements norþ "north" and weg "way" including Northway in Monkleigh Widecombe in the Moor and Parkham Norway in Whitestone Narraway in Drewsteignton (all Devon) and Northway in Halse (Somerset)... [more]
ReiEstonian Rei is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "reis", meaning "travel" and "journey" and "reid" meaning "road".
ReimetsEstonian Reimets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "raie" ("cutting" and "felling trees") and "mets", meaning forest. Possibly a corruption of "reid" ("road" and "roadstead") and ""mets" ("forest").
ReitaluEstonian Reitalu is an Estonian surname derived from "reid" meaning "road" and "talu" meaning "farm/farmstead".
ReiväliEstonian Reiväli is an Estonian surname meaning "road/roadstead field".
RodwellEnglish Rodwell, a name of Anglo-Saxon origin, is a locational surname deriving from any one of various places in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Kent, England. In English, the meaning of the name Rodwell is "Lives by the spring near the road".
SokićCroatian Derived from Turksh sokak, meaning "street". The word is still used in Croatian meaning "little street, alley". Most people with this surname live in Cernik, Croatia.
StonestreetEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived by a paved road, in most cases a Roman road, from Middle English stane, stone, "stone" and street "paved highway", "Roman road".
StradivariItalian Italian surname of uncertain origin, either from the plural of Lombard stradivare meaning "toll-man" or from strada averta meaning "open road" in the Cremonese dialect. A famous bearer was Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), a violin-maker of Cremona.
StrasburgGerman It is derived from the Old Germanic phrase "an der Strasse," which literally means "on the street." Thus, the original bearer of this name was most likely someone whose residence was located on a street.
StrassbergJewish Ornamental name composed of German Strasse "street" and Berg "mountain, hill".
StrassmannGerman, Jewish Topographic name for someone living on a main street, from Middle High German strasse, German Strasse "street, road" and man "man".
TänavEstonian Tänav is an Estonian surname meaning "street".
TänavotsEstonian Tänavots is an Estonian surname meaning "street end".
TänavsuuEstonian Tänavsuu is an Estonian surname literally meaning "street mouth" ("street entry", or "the beginning of the street"); derived from the compound words "tänav" ("street") and "suu" ("mouth").
TeeEstonian Tee is an Estonian surname meaning "road" or "causeway".
TeearuEstonian Teearu is an Estonian surname meaning "road/lane grassland".
TeelahtEstonian Teelaht is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway bay".
TeesaluEstonian Teesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "road grove".
TeeveerEstonian Teeveer is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway edge".
TiensuuFinnish Means "The road's mouth". Tien means "the road" and Suu means "mouth" in Finnish.
TokoroJapanese As a surname it is often spelled as to meaning "field, wilderness" and koro means "spine, road".
TsujiharaJapanese From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (hara, bara or wara) "field," "plain," "original."
TsujiiJapanese From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 井 (i) "well."
TsujitaJapanese From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."
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".
UuliEstonian Uuli is an Estonian surname derived from "uulits", meaning "street".
VäisänenFinnish Topographic name from väisä meaning either meaning "road" or "sign placed on the ice" + the common surname suffix -nen.
WestgateEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived near a west gate in a city, or a habitual surname for someone from Westgate. It is derived from Middle English west meaning "west" and gate "gate" (or "street" in northern and eastern areas; from Old Norse gata).