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Aitiņš Latvian
Derived from the word aita, meaning “sheep”.

Angioni Italian
From Sardinian angioni "lamb", denoting a shepherd, or perhaps a nickname.

Angius Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly linked to Sardinian angioni "lamb", Ancient Greek άγγος (àngos) "vessel, jug" or άγχω (ankho) "to strangle; anguish, stress", or from a modification of Latin balneum (see Bagni) "bath", indicating a place with hot springs.

Bagge Swedish
From Swedish bagge "ram (male sheep)".

Baranchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian баран (baran), meaning "ram".

Baranov Russian
From Russian баран (baran) meaning "ram, sheep".

Baranowski m Polish, Yiddish (Polonized)
From the the Polish word baran, meaning "ram", or from a place called Baranowo.

Baranski Polish
Means "son of Baran (ram)" in Polish.

Bolzonaro Italian
Occupational name for a person who operated a battering ram, derived from Italian bolzone literally meaning "battering ram".

Carneiro Portuguese, Galician
Means "ram" in Portuguese and Galician, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Carneiro.

Chilver English (British)
Means "ewe lamb" , (a young female sheep).

Cordeiro Portuguese, Galician
Means "young lamb" in Portuguese and Galician (Latin cordarius, a derivative of cordus "young", "new")... [more]

Cordero Spanish
Means "lamb" in Spanish, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a religious name referring to Jesus as the Lamb of God.

Cordisco Italian
Possibly from Italian cordesco "second-born lamb, butchered calf".

Dzugaev Ossetian (Russified)
Probably derived from Dzuga, the name of a past ancestor and the founder of the family/clan of uncertain meaning, though it could have been used to refer to a shepherd or herder if derived from Iron Ossetian дзуг (dzug) meaning "flock, herd (of sheep or cattle)".

Gioi Italian
Possibly from Sardinian angioi "lamb", a nickname for a shepherd, or from gioi "Thursday".

Hamel Dutch
Means "wether, castrated ram" in Dutch, an occupational name for a shepherd.

Janjić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from janje, meaning "lamb".

Karakoç Turkish
Means "black ram" in Turkish.

Koyuncu Turkish
Means "sheep farmer" in Turkish.

Krief Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic خريف (kharif) meaning "lamb" (a dialectal word).

Kushwaha Indian
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture. The term has been used to represent at least four subcastes, being those of the Kachhis, Kachwahas, Koeris and Muraos... [more]

Kuzu Turkish
Means "lamb" in Turkish.

Labba Sami
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps derived from Sami slabba "large reindeer antler shaped like a hand" or from Northern Sami láppis "lamb".

Lam Dutch, North Frisian
Means "lamb" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a lamb or a place named for them. In some cases, it may derive from the name of a ship.

Lambillotte French (Modern)
Currently, a common name in Wallonia, Belgium with some descendants in USA. Believed to be derived from three terms..."lamb" "ill" "otte". The first term has remained unchanged from early Germanic term; the second is latin for "of the" and the third a dimiuative or feminine form suffix... [more]

Lammas Estonian
Lammas is an Estonian surname meaning "sheep".

Lämmle German, Jewish
Derived from German lamm meaning "lamb", a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person or a shepherd.

Lellouche Judeo-Spanish
From Tamazight alûsh meaning "lamb".

Lemming Danish
Derived from any of the places in Denmark called Lemming where the first element lem "lamb" is combined with the suffix -ing denoting a place.

Madau Italian
From Sardinian madau "fold, enclosure for sheep".

Montone Italian
nickname from montone "ram" (from Medieval Latin multo genitive multonis). Or a habitational name from any of numerous places called Montone ("big mountain").

Mouton French
Nickname from Old French mouton "sheep" used for a docile mild-mannered person for someone easily led or perhaps for a curly-haired man... [more]

Oinas Estonian, Finnish
Oinas is an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning "ram (Ovis Aries)" in both languages. The surname is somewhat rare in Finland.

Ovechkin Russian
Patronymic derived from Russian овечка (ovechka) meaning "lamb". A famous bearer is the Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin (1985-).

Oven Slovene, German
Derived from Oven "ram, male sheep".

Pelter English
Derived from Middle English pellet "skin (of an animal, sheep)", an occupational name for someone who tanned or sold hides and pelts for a living. Compare French Pelletier.

Ramm Estonian
Ramm is an Estonian surname meaning both "beetle" and "(to) ram".

Ramsbottom English
Habitational name from a market town called Ramsbottom in Greater Manchester, England (historically in Lancashire), derived from Old English hramsa meaning "wild garlic" or ramm "ram", and bothm meaning "bottom, bottom valley".

Scannapieco Italian
Occupational name for a butcher, from scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and piecuro "sheep, lamb".

Schaap Dutch
Means "sheep" in Dutch, an occupational name for a shepherd. Alternatively, it could be a nickname for someone who looked or behaved like a sheep in some way, or who lived by a sign depicting a sheep.

Shipton English
From Old English scip "sheep", and tun "enclosure; settlement".

Shufflebottom English
Meaning: "From a sheep valley"

Skipworth English
From the name of Skipwith in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The place name was recorded as Schipewic in the Domesday Book of 1086; as Scipewiz in the 1166 Pipe Rolls of the county; and as Skipwith in the 1291 Pipe Rolls, and derives from the Old English sceap, scip "sheep", and wic "outlying settlement"; hence, "settlement outside the village where sheep were kept".

Sriram Sanskrit
Meaning "The God 'Ram'" in Sanskrit.

Sternhagen German
topographic name from Middle High German ster "ram" (and -n- either the plural ending or a folk etymological insert by association with Middle High German stern "star") and hagen "enclosed field or pasture".

Tall Estonian
Tall is an Estonian surname meaning both "lamb" and "stable/barn".

Whitlam English
From a medieval nickname for a mild-mannered person (from Middle English whit "white" + lam "lamb"). This surname is borne by Australian Labour politician Gough Whitlam (1916-), prime minister 1972-75.

Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff German (Rare)
The truncated form of the surname Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvorangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolfhunderttausendjahresvorandieerscheinenvonderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgenachtmittungsteinundsiebeniridiumelektrischmotorsgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchennachbarschaftdersternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneuerassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvorandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum... [more]

Woodfall English
English surname used as a first name. The name means "dweller by a fold in the woods" - in this case, "fold" means "sheep-pen".... [more]

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