Browse Submitted Surnames

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 逢 (o) meaning "meeting, encounter" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Osaka Japanese
O means "Big" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Overson English
Derived from the Old French name Overson, meaning "dweller by the river-banks". The name was probably brought to England in the wake of the Norman conquest of 1066.

Ozaka Japanese
"Big, great slope". Variant of Osaka.

Palumäe Estonian
Palumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland hill/mountain".

Panksepp Estonian
Panksepp is an Estonian surname meaning "bank smith". May also be derived from "pangsepp", meaning "bucket smith/maker".

Peabody English
Probably from a nickname for a showy dresser, from Middle English pe "peacock" (see Peacock) and body "body, person". Alternatively it may be from the name of a Celtic tribe meaning "mountain men" from Brythonic pea "large hill, mountain" combined with Boadie, the tribe's earlier name, which meant "great man" (or simply "man") among the Briton and Cambri peoples... [more]

Pendlebury English
Likely originated from the area Pendlebury, in the Borough of Swindon and Pendlebury in Greater Manchester. Formed from the Celtic pen meaning "hill" and burh meaning "settlement".... [more]

Penhaligon Cornish
Originally meant "person from Penhaligon", Cornwall ("willow-tree hill"). It is borne by Susan Penhaligon (1950-), a British actress.

Penman Scottish
Occupational name for someone who was a scribe, but could also be a habitational name derived from any place named with the British elements penn "hill" and maen "stone".

Pennycuik Scottish
Originally meant "person from Penycuik", near Edinburgh (probably "hill frequented by cuckoos").

Pickett English
Of Norman origin, from the personal name Pic, here with the diminutive suffixes et or ot, and recorded as Picot, Pigot and Piket. The name is ultimately of Germanic derivation, from pic meaning "sharp" or "pointed", which was a common element in names meaning for instance, residence near a "pointed hill", use of a particular sharp or pointed tool or weapon, or a nickname for a tall, thin person.

Pickup English
The name is derived from when the family resided in Pickup or Pickup Bank in Lancashire. This place-name was originally derived from the Old English word Pic-copp which referred to those individuals who "lived on a hill with a sharp peak."

Piedmont Italian (Americanized, Rare)
Means "foothill," coming from the Italian terms pied "foot" and monte "hill."

Piggott English, Irish, Norman
From the Old French and Old English given names Picot and Pigot, or derived from Old English pic meaning "point, hill", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point (see Pike).

Pikamäe Estonian
Pikamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "long hill/mountain".

Pinn English (British)
A topographic or habitational name from a place named with Middle English pinne, meaning "hill" (Old English penn).

Põldmäe Estonian
Põldmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "field hill/mountain".

Puigdemont Catalan
Means "top of the hill" or "peak of the mountain". It is derived from Catalan puig meaning "hill, peak" combined with either damunt meaning "on top, above", or munt (a diminutive of muntanya) meaning "mountain", using the preposition d'... [more]

Rannamäe Estonian
Rannamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "inshore hill/mountain".

Rannikmäe Estonian
Rannikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "beach/coastal hill/mountain".

Ratcliff English
Habitational name from any of the places, in various parts of England, called Ratcliff(e), Radcliffe, Redcliff, or Radclive, all of which derive their names from Old English rēad meaning "red" + clif meaning "cliff", "slope", "riverbank".

Reichenberg German, Jewish
Habitational name from various places named Reichenberg in several different areas of Germany. As an ornamental name, it is composed of German reich(en) meaning "rich" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Restorick Cornish
Means "person from Restowrack", farm in Cornwall ("watery hill-spur").

Ribera Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from any of various locations in Spain named Ribera, derived from Catalan and Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore".

Richmond English
Habitational name from any of the numerous places so named, in northern France as well as in England. These are named with the Old French elements riche "rich, splendid" and mont "hill"... [more]

Ridamäe Estonian
Ridamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "range hill".

Riihimäki Finnish
Derived from Riihimäki, a town and municipality in southern Finland, meaning "drying barn hill" in Finnish.

Ripamonti Italian
From ripa "bank, shore" and monte "mountain".

Riseborough English
Denoted a person hailing from any of the various places called Risborough, Riseborough or Risbury in England, derived from Old English hrīs meaning "brushwood" and beorg meaning "hill, mound", or from hrīs and burh meaning "fortification"... [more]

Rivabella Italian
Derived from the Italian word riva meaning "bank (shore, riverbank, lakebank)" (from Latin ripa) and bella meaning "beautiful"... [more]

Rivette French, English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Topographic name derived from a diminutive of Old French rive, meaning "(river) bank, shore"; see also Rivet.

Rootsmäe Estonian
Rootsmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf stalk/stem hill/mountain".

Rowell English
From a diminutive of Rowland or Rolf or a location name meaning "rough hill".

Ryall English
From any of several places in England named from Old English ryge "rye" + hyll "hill".

Saaremäe Estonian
Saaremäe is an Estonian surname meaning "island hill/mountain".

Saka Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as Osaka.

Saka Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Sakabe Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sakagami Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 上 (kami) meaning "high place, top".

Sakagashira Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope; hill" and 頭 (gashira), the joining form of 頭 (kashira) meaning "head", referring to the top of a hill.... [more]

Sakagawa Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sakaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sakahara Japanese
From Japanese 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakane Japanese
From the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) "slope" or 酒 (saka or sake) "alcohol" and 根 (ne) "root."

Sakano Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sakashita Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

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

Sakatani Japanese
阪 (Saka) means "hill, slope" and 谷 (tani) means "Valley".

Sakayanagi Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]

Sakazaki Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Sawaoka Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and oka means "hill, mound".

Seddon English
"Broad hill" in Old English. A surname that most occurs in Merseyside, and Lancashire.

Sharpton English
Habitational name from Sharperton in Northumberland, possibly so named from Old English scearp "steep" and beorg "hill", "mound" and tun "settlement".

Sheard English
English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.

Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".

Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]

Shirasaka Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Shircliff English
Habitational name from Shirecliff in Sheffield (Yorkshire) from Old English scir "bright" and clif "cliff bank".

Sillamäe Estonian
Sillamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "bridge hill/mountain".

Sinimäe Estonian
Sinimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "blue hill/mountain".

Sinnamon English
Scottish surname which is a corruption of the place name Kinnimonth, meaning "head of the hill".

Solbakken Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "sun hill".

Sonnenberg German, Jewish
From various place names derived from Middle High German sunne meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Souness Scottish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from the place name Soonhouse in the town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area (which is of uncertain meaning), or from the place names Sun-hlaw or Sunilaw near the town of Coldstream, also in the Scottish Borders in Scotland, meaning "south hill" or "sunny hill" in Old English... [more]

Stancliff English
Habitational name from Scout in Northowram (Yorkshire) recorded as Staynclif in 1309 and Stancliff Skoute (the home of Edward Stankliff) in 1536. The placename derives from Old English stan "stone rock" with influence from Old Norse steinn "stone rock" and Old English clif "cliff bank" later with Middle English scoute "projecting cliff overhanging rock" (Old Norse skúti).

Standen English
Habitational name predominantly from Standen in Pendleton (Lancashire) and Standean in Ditchling (Sussex) but also from other places similarly named including Standen in East Grinstead (Sussex) Standen in Biddenden (Kent) Standen in Benenden (Kent) Upper and Lower Standen in Hawkinge (Kent) Standen (Berkshire Wiltshire Isle of Wight) and Standon (Devon Hampshire Hertfordshire Staffordshire)... [more]

Stonehill English
Meaning "stone hill".

Storbakken Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "big hill".

Strassberg Jewish
Ornamental name composed of German Strasse "street" and Berg "mountain, hill".

Sueoka Japanese
From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."

Sugioka Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Sugisaka Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Suurmäe Estonian
Suurmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "big hill/mountain".

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tambunan Batak
Derived from Batak tambun meaning "large, many" or "hill, heap, mound".

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

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

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

Tateoka Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tateru) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

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

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

Tepetl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "hill".

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

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

Tetley English
habitational name from Tetlow in Manchester. The placename derives from the Old English male personal name Tetta or female Tette annd Old English hlaw "mound hill"... [more]

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".

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

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

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".

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.

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

Tsukioka Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". A notable bearer of this surname was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年, 1839–1892), a Japanese artist who is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.

Tsukiyama Japanese
From Japanese 築 (tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tsuruoka Japanese
From the Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) "crane" and 岡 (oka) "hill."

Tsuruoka Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Ueoka Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Uesaka Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and saka means "hill, slope".... [more]

Underberg Norwegian
Habitational name from a place named with Old Norse undir meaning "under" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Uudmäe Estonian
Uudmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "virgin/unspoiled hill/mountain".

Uusmägi Estonian
Uusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "new mountain/hill".

Vaara Finnish, Sami
Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".

Vaarmets Estonian
Vaarmets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".

Vabamäe Estonian
Vabamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "unoccupied/vacant hill/mountain".

Vahtramäe Estonian
Vahtramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "maple hill/mountain".

Vainmäe Estonian
Vainmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common hill/mountain".

Valgemäe Estonian
Valgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "white hill".

Valliveere Estonian
Valliveere is an Estonian surname meaning "bank/embankment rolling".

Valmont English, French
Means "Hill of the vale"

Van Bronckhorst Dutch
Means "from Bronckhorst", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, itself derived from Dutch brink meaning "edge, slope, village green" and horst meaning "overgrown hillock" or "higher located brushwood"... [more]

Van Burgen Dutch
Comes from the Middle Dutch word "burch," or "burg," meaning a fortified town. The prefixes "Van" and "den" mean "from" and "the" respectively. Thus this surname means "from the hill". As such, it may have been topographic name for someone who lived by a citadel or walled city; or, it may have been a habitational name

Van Der Bilt Dutch (Rare)
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill"

Vanderbilt Dutch, German
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill".

Veermäe Estonian
Veermäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border hill/mountain".

Vera Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera from Spanish meaning "shore, bank".

Verdun French, English (British, Rare), Spanish, Catalan
From the various locations in France called Verdun with the Gaulish elements ver vern "alder" and dun "hill fortress" and Verdú in Catalonia, English variant of Verdon

Viikmäe Estonian
Viikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "crease hill/mountain".

Vosberg Dutch, German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hill frequented by foxes, from Middle Low German vos "fox" and berg "hill", "mountain".

Waara Finnish
Ornamental, from (vaara) meaning, “range of hills.”

Wahlberg German, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Composed of German wal "field, meadow" or Swedish vall "grassy bank" and berg "mountain, hill".

Wakisaka Japanese
Wakisaka/脇阪 = "Ribs Hillside" 脇 = Ribs/Armpits, 阪 = Hillside.

Wallgren Swedish
Composed of the Swedish elements vall "grassy bank, pasture" and gren "branch".

Warden English
Occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old French wardein meaning "protector, guard". It was also used as a habbitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Warden... [more]

Wardlow English, Scottish
Habitational name from Wardlow in Derbyshire from Old English weard "watch" and hlaw "hill".

Wolford German
Means where the wolves cross the river/stream. Wolf meaning the animal and Ford meaning crossing a body of shallow water.... [more]

Woodhull English
Meaning "wood hill".

Wynnman English (British)
as Wimbledon is said to be rooted in words that mean "Wynnman's Hill," I searched and the closest results indicated that 'Wynnman' must mean 'Heir of Wynn'

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamashiro Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (Yasu) means "Cheap, Low, Inexpensive, Rested, Peaceful, Relax".良 (Ra) means "Good, Excellent", and 岡 (Oka) means "Ridge, Hill". A notable bearer is Akio Yasuraoka, he was a composer in his earlier days.

Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Youngberg Swedish (Americanized), Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jewish Jungberg, composed of German jung "young" and berg "mountain, hill", or of Swedish Ljungberg.

Zagurski Polish
Derived from the Polish places Zagórz and Zagórze. Also given to those who lived on the side of a hill opposite a main settlement - za means "beyond" and góra means "hill".

Zetterberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and berg "mountain, hill".