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Aglipay Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to play with lipay seeds", referring to a type of thorny shrub or bush.

Avellaneda Spanish
It literally means "hazelnut grove", denoting someone who either lived near one or worked in one.

Cabilan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "petroleum nut" (a type of tree in the genus Pittosporum) in Cebuano.

Calumpang Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog kalumpang meaning "wild almond tree".

Castagna Italian
From Italian castagna "chestnut" (from Latin castanea) for someone who worked with chestnuts. Variant of Castagno and Italian cognitive of Chastain.

Castagno Italian
For someone who lived near a chestnut tree from castagno "chestnut" (from latin castanea). Variant of Castagna and Italian cognitive of Chastain.

Castanheira Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Castañeda meaning "chestnut grove".

Castanho Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Castaño meaning "chestnut tree".

Castaño Spanish, Galician
Means "chestnut tree" in Spanish and Galician.

Castiñeira Galician
Means "chestnut tree" in Galician, ultimately from Latin castanea.

Chastang French
Derived from Olde French castanh meaning "chestnut". Possibly a location or occupation name.

Chestnut English
From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair (see Chastain).

Chestnutt English
"Chestnut." A notable bearer is Charles Waddel Chestnut, a novelist.

Chigusa Japanese
This surname is used as 千種, 千草 or 千艸 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand", 種 (shu, -gusa, tane) meaning "class, kind, seed, species, variety", 草 (sou, kusa, kusa-, -gusa) meaning "draft, grass, herbs, pasture, weeds, write" and 艸 (sou, kusa) meaning "grass, plants."... [more]

Coccia Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Sicilian cocciu "grain, berry", denoting a kind of gruel; an occupational name for a farmer from Greek κόκκος (kokkos) "grain, seed"; or from Italian coccia "head, shell", referring to someone with a large head, or who was stubborn.

Coccimiglio Italian
From Sicilian cuccumeli, the name of several fruit-bearing deciduous trees or of the hackberry plant, itself borrowed from an Ancient Greek word; possibly κοκκύμηλον (kokkymelon) "plum", literally "cuckoo apple", or from κόκκος (kókkos) "grain, seed, kernel" and‎ μῆλον (mêlon) "apple, any fruit from a tree".

Desnoyers French (Quebec)
Means "of the walnut trees", from French word "noyer", meaning walnut. "Des noyers" literally translates to "the walnuts".

Eichelberg German
Habitational name from any of various places, notably one southeast of Heidelberg, named from Middle High German eichel meaning "acorn" + berc meaning "mountain", "hill", or topographic name for someone who lived on an oak-covered hill.

Ezzo Medieval Italian
Derived from a Germanic name Azzo, based on the element z , which originates debated; between the various hypotheses are: ... [more]

Fındık Turkish
Means "hazelnut" in Turkish.

Gretzky Russian, Belarusian
Originally derived from an old Russian word that meant "Greek", though in modern times, the word means "Greek nut" (walnut). A notable bearer is Wayne Gretzky, a former Canadian ice hockey player.

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "wave" and 種 (tane) meaning "seed".

Kanakuri Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, firmness" combined with 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut". ... [more]

Kern German, Dutch, Jewish
from Middle High German kerne "kernel, seed pip"; Middle Dutch kern(e) keerne; German Kern or Yiddish kern "grain" hence a metonymic occupational name for a farmer or a nickname for a physically small person... [more]

Kestenbaum German, Jewish
from German dialect Kästenbaum (from Latin Castanea) a topographic name for someone living near a horse-chestnut tree... [more]

Külv Estonian
Külv is an Estonian surname meaning "(seed) sowing".

Külvet Estonian
Külvet is an Estonian surname derived from "külv" meaning "sowing (seeds)" and "seeding".

Külvik Estonian
Külvik is an Estonian surname meaning "thrower" and "(seed) sower".

Kuri Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Kuribayashi Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kurida Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kurigawa Japanese
The Surname "Kurigawa/Kurikawa" translates to "Chestnut River"

Kurihashi Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and hashi means "bridge".

Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."

Kuriki Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kuriki Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

Kurimoto Japanese
Kuri means "Chestnut" and Moto means "Origin, Source, Root".

Kurimoto Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kurio Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and o means "tail".

Kurisu Japanese
This surname is used as 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲 with 栗 (ri, ritsu, ononoku, kuri) meaning "chestnut", 栖 (sei, su.mu) meaning "cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought" and 洲 (shuu, su, shima) meaning "continent, country, island, sandbar."... [more]

Kurisu Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 栖 (su) meaning "nest, den".

Kuritsuka Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Kuriyama Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and yama means "mountain".

Kuriyama Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kurumi Japanese (Rare)
From 栗 (kurumi) meaning "chestnut".

Kurushima Japanese
From 栗 (kuru) meaning "chestnut" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Lamendola Italian, Sicilian
nickname or more often a habitational name from places named with the dialect term amendola, mendola, mendula "almond" (also "almond tree").

Mandela Xhosa, Jewish, German
“District” in Xhosa... [more]

Marron Spanish
Derived from the French word marron meaning "chestnut", which now means "brown" in Spanish.

Mast German, Dutch
Derived from Middle High German and Middle Dutch mast "mast (fodder made of acorns and beechnuts); the process of fattening livestock", this used to be an occupational name for a pig farmer or a swineherd... [more]

Mendola Italian
topographic name for someone who lived by an almond tree or trees or a habitational name from any of the places called with the dialect term amendola mendula "almond almond tree" (see Amendola ). Compare Lamendola.

Noce Italian
Topographic name for someone who lived where nut trees grew, from noce "nut" (Latin nux, genitive nucis).

Noceda Spanish
Spanish surname derived from the word "nocedal" meaning "field of walnut trees" it denoted a person who lived or came from such place.

Nocito Italian
from Latin nucetum (Italian noceto) "walnut orchard" applied as either a topographic name for someone who lived by such a place or as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.

Nogales Spanish
Habitational name from either of two locations in Spain named Nogales, from the plural form of Spanish nogal meaning "walnut tree".

Noisette French
This is a French surname meaning "hazelnut".

Nutt Estonian
Nutt is an Estonian surname meaning "nut" and also "crying" or "weeping".

Oguri Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Okuri Japanese
O means "big, great" and kuri means "chestnut".

Orahovac Montenegrin
Derived from orah (орах), meaning "walnut".

Orekhov Russian
From orekh, meaning "nut".

Orzechowski Polish
Polish from Orzech meaning "hazelnut", someone who is living by a hazelnut tree or a nickname for someone with light brown hair.

Özyurek Turkish
Formed by the combination of the Turkish words öz "gist, kernel" and yürek "heart".

Pähkel Estonian
Pähkel is an Estonian surname meaning "nut".

Pähkli Estonian
Pähkli is an Estonian surname meaning "nutty" ("walnuts", etc.).

Pépin French
From the Old French name Pepis, itself a form of the given name Pépin. Alternatively, it may be derived from French pépin meaning "(fruit) seed", thus making it an occupational name for a gardener or someone who grew fruit-bearing trees.

Popalzai Pashto
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Persian پوپل‎‎ (pupal) meaning "betel nut". The Popalzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Durrani in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan.

Sakurami Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see" or 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real".

Samune Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 実 (sane) meaning "fruit seed" and 宗 (mune) meaning "principle; aim; purpose; meaning; gist", referring to a land with many fruits or with rich fertility.... [more]

Sasaguri Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Seeme Estonian
Seeme is an Estonian surname meaning "seed".

Sorrell English
From a medieval nickname meaning literally "little red-haired one", from a derivative of Anglo-Norman sorel "chestnut".

Taneichi Japanese
From Japanese 種 (tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市 (ichi) meaning "market".

Toguri Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Tõru Estonian
Tõru is an Estonian surname meaning "acorn".

Wakuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和久利, 和久理, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]

Wallbaum German, Jewish
Either a topographic name from Low German walbom "walnut tree" derived from wal "walnut" and boum "tree"... [more]

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Zatz Jewish
Abbreviation of the Hebrew phrase Zera TSadikim "seed of the righteous", assumed in a spirit of pious respect for one’s ancestors.

Zsiros Hungarian
Hungarian surname derived from the Serbo-croation word žȋr meaning "acorn".

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