Browse Submitted Surnames

Newborn English
Habitational name from Newbourn in Suffolk or Newburn in Tyne and Wear (formerly part of Northumberland), both named with Old English niwe "new" and burna "stream", perhaps denoting a stream that had changed its course.

Newlin English, Irish
An Irish surname meaning "By the the spring"

Nishiura Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Niva Sami, Finnish
From Finnish niva "small rapid in a river", ultimately derived from Northern Sami njavvi "small river, small rapid".

Nokawa Japanese
No means "field, plain, wilderness" and kawa means "river, stream".

Nomizu Japanese
No means "field, wilderness" and mizu means "water".

Norell Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait" and the common surname suffix -ell.

Norén Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait" and the common surname suffix -én.

Norin Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait".

Norman Swedish
Combination of Swedish norr "north", or in some cases nor "narrow strait of water", and man "man".

Northam English
habitational namefrom Northam (Devon) Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset) Northam in Southampton (Hampshire) or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred Hampshire. The place names derive from Old English norþ "north northern" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow".

Norwel English
English surname meaning "From the North Spring"

Norwell English
Means, "from the North Spring"

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Ōe Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Oe Japanese
O means "big, great" and e means "inlet, shore".

Ōga Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 淡河, 王賀 or 相賀 with 淡 (tan, awa.i) meaning "faint, fleeting, pale, thin," 河 (ka, kawa) meaning "river," 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule," 相 (shou, sou, ai-, ou) meaning "aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy."... [more]

Oi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 井 (i) meaning "well, spring".

Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Oja Estonian
From the Estonian word oja, meaning "creek".

Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".

Ojalill Estonian
Ojalill is an Estonian surname meaning "stream flower".

Ojalind Estonian
Ojalind is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek bird".

Ojaloo Estonian
Ojaloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek swathe".

Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".

Ojandi Estonian
Ojandi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oja" ("stream/creek") and "rand" ("beach").

Ojanurm Estonian
Ojanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "stream pasture/meadow".

Ojaperv Estonian
Ojaperv is an Estonian surname meaning "stream bank".

Ojasalu Estonian
Ojasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek grove".

Ojasoo Estonian
Ojasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "steam/creek swamp".

Ojaste Estonian
From Estonian oja meaning "brook, creek".

Ojastu Estonian
Ojastu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek/stream".

Ojasu Estonian
Ojasu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek".

Ojavee Estonian
Ojavee is an Estonians surname meaning "stream water".

Ojavool Estonian
Ojavool is an Estonian surname meaning "stream current/flow".

Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Oki Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea".

Okiayu Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and ayu means "trout".

Okie Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and e means "inlet, river".

Okimatsu Japanese
Matsu means "pine, fir tree" and oki means "open sea".

Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Okino Japanese
O could mean "big, great" and ki can mean "tree, wood", or it could be spelled as oki meaning "open sea", and no means "field, plain".

Okino Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okise Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and se means "river".

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okitani Japanese
Oki could mean "open sea", or it could be spelled as o meaning "big, great", and tani meaning "valley".

Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".

Okukawa Japanese (Rare)
Oku means "interior,secluded,further out" and kawa means "river". Minako Okukawa is a fictional character from Yuri!!! On Ice and it's also the name of a company.

Oldham English
Habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald "old" and Old Norse holmr "island water meadow" or eald "old" and ham "farmstead" meaning either "old lands" or "old farm".

Olwell English
Possibly a habitational name from Ulwell in Swanage Dorset named with Old English ule "owl" and wille "stream".

O'Mulvenna Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Maoilmheana, meaning "descendant of Maoilmheana" a personal name meaning "chieftain of the main river."

Onoe Japanese
O means "Big, great", No means "plain", and E means "inlet, shore."

Ookouchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big", 河 (kou) meaning "river" and 内 (chi) meaning "inside".

Oregon English (American, Rare)
From the state of Oregon. Meaning “River of the west”

Orujärv Estonian
Orujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "valley lake".

Oruvee Estonian
Oruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "valley water".

Öström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and ström "stream, river".

Ōtaki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall".

Ōura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Overbeeke Dutch
Means "over/on brook" or "over/on stream" or "over/on creek"... [more]

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.

Oyakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 親 (oya) "parent" and 川 (kawa) "river."

Ọyáwálé Yoruba, Nigerian
Means "the river goddess came home" in Yoruba.

Ozerov Russian
From Russian озеро (ozero) meaning "lake".

Paasoja Estonian
Paasoja is an Estonian surname meaning "slate/limestone stream".

Paluoja Estonian
Paluoja is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland stream".

Paluvee Estonian
Paluvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sandy heath/heathy woodland water".

Paniágua Spanish, Portuguese
Status name for a servant who worked for his board (pan "bread" and agua "water") and lodging.

Pärnoja Estonian
Pärnoja is an Estonian surname meaning "linden creek/stream".

Parsley Medieval French, English, Norman, French
Derived from Old French passelewe "cross the water."... [more]

Passafiume Italian
ferryman "across the water"

Passet French (Huguenot)
Derived from French pas "(geography) strait, pass" in combination with a diminutive suffix.

Passmore English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname for someone who crossed marshy moorland (e.g. who lived on the opposite side of a moor, or who knew the safe paths across it); or (ii) perhaps from an alteration of Passemer, literally "cross-sea", an Anglo-Norman nickname for a seafarer... [more]

Phukuntsi Tswana, Sotho
This surname has multilayered meanings... [more]

Piiroja Estonian
Piiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "border creek".

Pikkoja Estonian
Pikkoja is an Estonian surname meaning "long stream".

Pınar Turkish
Means "spring, fountain" in Turkish.

Põldoja Estonian
Põldoja is an Estonian surname meaning "field stream/creek".

Põldvee Estonian
Põldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "field water".

Poltimore English (Rare)
Rare English surname derived from a Devon place name of Celtic origin, allegedly meaning “pool by the large house”.

Poortvliet Dutch
From the name of the village and former municipality called Poortvliet in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch port meaning "port, harbour, storage yard, city" and vliet meaning "brook, stream, river, creek, inlet"... [more]

Poulton English
English surname that means "settlement by a pool".

Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Puro Finnish (Rare)
From the Finnish word puro, meaning "a brook".

Quán Chinese
From Chinese 泉 (quán) meaning "fountain, spring".

Quiapo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kiyapo meaning "water cabbage" (a type of plant), ultimately from Tamil கயப்பு (kayappu).

Qvarnström Swedish
Combination of Swedish kvarn meaning "mill" and ström meaning "stream".

Rajavee Estonian
Rajavee is an Estonian surname meaning "border water" or "storm water".

Randvee Estonian
Randvee is an Estonian surname meaning "beach water".

Raviv Hebrew
From Hebrew רָבִיב (raviv) meaning "droplet, rain, drizzle".

Redenbacher English (American)
The name "Redenbacher" appears to be a combination of two parts: "Reden" and "Bacher". Here's what I found about the meanings of these parts:... [more]

Reisenauer German
Probably denoted a person from a minor place called Reisenau, or a topographic name for someone living by an overgrown water meadow, derived from Middle High German ris meaning "undergrowth" and owe meaning "water meadow".

Rekov Russian
From Russian река (reka) meaning "river".

Rich English
Derived from the name of a (former) village in Lincolnshire, England named with the Old English element ric "stream, drainage channel".

Rigolet French
Means "creek" in French. From (American) French rigole (“rivulet”), from Old French regol.

Ristoja Estonian
Ristoja is an Estonian surname meaning "across (abeam) creek".

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.

Riviere French, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
Possibly from the French word meaning "river"

Rodwell English
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".

Roka Japanese
Japanese name meaning "White crest of the wave".

Rosemary English
From the plant, meaning "dew of the sea".

Rotterdam Dutch
Denoting someone from a place named Rotterdam "place of the muddy water".

Rudström Swedish
Combination of Swedish rud "deforested land, clearing" and ström "stream".

Saarejõe Estonian
Saarejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "island river".

Saaroja Estonian
Saaroja is an Estonian surname meaning "island stream".

Saccà Italian
From Arabic سقى (saqa) "to give water", a nickname for a water carrier.

Sagawa Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sainsbury English
habitational name from Saintbury (Gloucestershire) from the Old English personal name Sæwine (genitive Sæwines from Old English sæ "sea" and wine ‘friend’) plus burg "fortified place".

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

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

Sallwasser German
It is derived from the German words (Salz) meaning "salt", & (Salweide) meaning "water".

Salmi Finnish
Means "a strait" in Finnish.

Salulaht Estonian
Salulaht is an Estonian surname meaning "grove bay".

Sandvik Norwegian
Combination of Norwegian sand "sand" and vik "bay, inlet".

Sasakawa Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sasame Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左 (sa) meaning "left", -s-, used to represent epenthesis between 2 vowels or a possession marker, and 雨 (ame) meaning "rain; rainfall".

Scannella Italian
Possibly from Italian scannellare "to channel, to cut a groove", itself from Latin scamnum "ridge (of earth formed by plowing)".

Schoenbeck German, Jewish
Means "beutiful stream" in German.

Seaborn English
From an Old English personal name derived from the elements sǣ "sea, lake" and beorn "warrior".

Seabridge English
It means "sea bridge".

Seabright English
Derives from the Old English name Sæbeorht from sæ meaning "sea" and beorht meaning "bright". Related to Seabert.

Seaforth English
The name of a projection of the sea on the east coast of Lewis, on the Long Island, Scotland. Means "the forth of the sea".

Seagrave English
Habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Satgrave and Setgrave; probably named from Old English (ge)set meaning "fold", "pen" (or sēað meaning "pit", "pool") + grāf meaning "grove" or græf meaning "ditch".

Seaward English
Means “dweller by the sea”.

See English, German
Topographic name for someone who lived by the sea-shore or beside a lake, from Middle English see meaning "sea", "lake" (Old English sǣ), Middle High German sē. Alternatively, the English name may denote someone who lived by a watercourse, from an Old English sēoh meaning "watercourse", "drain".

Seedorf German
habitational name from any of the numerous places so named from See "lake" and Dorf "village".

Seehuus Norwegian
Norwegian for "house by the sea."

Sekawa Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sekawa Japanese
Se means "current, ripple" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sekewael Indonesian
The last name Sekewael is an original name from one of the island in Maluku. That one island name is "Negeri Oma." The meaning of Sekewael is "The Guardian of the River" because in "Negeri Oma" any body want to use the river of the water they have to ask for permission by Sekewael family... [more]

Sekikawa Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Selander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sel "stretch of calm water in a river or stream" and the common surname suffix -ander (originally from Greek aner "man"). The first element, sel, is also a common place name element in Northern Sweden and it's possible that this name is both ornamental and locational in origin.

Self English
East Anglian surname, from the medieval English masculine name Saulf which was derived from the Old English elements sǣ "sea" and wulf "wolf".

Selvik Norwegian
From any of the farms in Norway named with Old Norse selja "willow" or selr "seal" combined with vík "bay, inlet".

Senami Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and nami means "wave".

Seno Japanese
From 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Senuma Japanese
Se means "ripple" and numa means "marsh, swamp".

Sesaki Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Seton Scottish
It has been claimed in the past that the name Seton is Norman in origin, however evidence points to it being Flemish. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding the derivation of the name but nothing proved conclusively; it probably means "town by the sea" and possibly derives from the "sea town" of Staithes in modern day North Yorkshire... [more]

Shadwell English
English surname meaning "By the shed spring"

Shereshevsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone originally from the city of Sharashova in Belarus, probably derived Russian шерешь (sheresh) meaning "frozen mud, ice (on a river)".

Sherrell English
This surname is of English locational origin, from the place in Devonshire called Shirwell. The placename is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sirewelle, and by 1242 as Shirewill... [more]

Shibakawa Japanese
From Japanese 芝 (shiba) meaning "turf, lawn, sod" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".

Shinazugawa Japanese (Rare)
Means "immortal river; never dying river; river with no deaths" in Japanese.

Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".

Shioe Japanese
From 潮 (shio) meaning "salt" and 江 (e) meaning "inlet, river".

Shiokawa Japanese
Shio means "Salt, Tide" and Kawa means "River, Stream."

Shiramizu Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Shiranami Japanese
Shira means "white" and nami means "wave".

Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"

Shore English
From the Old English word scora meaning "the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast."

Sillajõe Estonian
Sillajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "river bridge".

Sinijärv Estonian
Sinijärv is an Estonian surname meaning "blue lake".

Sinivee Estonian
Sinivee is an Estonian surname meaning "blue water".

Sjöblom Swedish
Combination of Swediah sjö "lake, sea" and blom "bloom".

Sjödin Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and the common surname suffix -in.

Sjölander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land and the habitational suffix -er). The second element is sometimes said to be derived from Greek aner "man".

Sjöman Swedish
Means "seaman, sailor" in Swedish, although this name is more likely to be an ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and man "man". A notable bearer is film director Vilgot Sjöman (1924-2006).

Sjöö Swedish
Derived from Swedish sjö "lake, sea".

Sjöqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and qvist, an archaic spelling of kvist, "twig".

Sjöstrand Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and strand "beach, shore".

Sjöström Swedish
Ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and ström "stream, small river".

Soames English
Denoted a person hailing from a village called Soham in Cambridgeshire, England. The place name itself means "homestead by the lake" from Old English sæ "lake" and ham "farm, homestead"... [more]

Sobue Japanese
From Japanese 祖 (so) meaning "ancestor", 父 (bu) meaning "father" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Søgård Danish
Means "sea farm" indicating a farmstead near the sea or open water.

Sonoike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]

Sooläte Estonian
Sooläte is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp/bog spring".

Sopp Estonian
Sopp is an Estonian surname meaning "mud", "creek" and "bottom".

Sorgente Italian
From sorgente "spring, rising water".

Spring German
From Middle High German sprinc, Middle Low German sprink "spring, well", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or well, or habitational name from Springe near Hannover.

Springborn German
Derived from Middle Low German sprinkborn meaning "spring, well", hence either a nickname for someone who lived by a spring or a water well, or from various place names in Germany.

Stavig Norwegian
Combination of Old Norse stafr "pole" and vik "bay". This was the name of a farmstead in Norway.

Steinbeck German
Denotes a person hailing from one of the many places in Germany called Steinbeck or Steinbach, from Middle High German stein "stone" and bach "stream, creek". In some cases it is a South German occupational name for a mason... [more]

Steinhilber German
Habitational name for someone from Steinhilben, from Old High German stein "stone" and hülwe or hülbe "hollow, depression; pond, puddle".

Stockwell English
An English boy's name meaning "From the tree stump spring"

Strandberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish strand "beach, sea shore" and berg "mountain".

Strathairn Scottish
From Strathearn, the name of a large valley of the River Earn in Scotland, derived from Gaelic srath meaning "river valley, grassland" combined with the river's name. A famous bearer is American actor David Strathairn (1949-).

Strom Norwegian (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized), Swedish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Danish and Norwegian Strøm and Swedish Ström, all meaning "stream, current".

Strömgren Swedish
Combination of Swedish ström "stream" and gren "branch".

Sucu Turkish
Means "waterman, water carrier" in Turkish.

Suekawa Japanese
Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sugie Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Sulaoja Estonian
Sulaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "thaw stream".

Sunagawa Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sundin Swedish
Combination of Swedish sund "strait" and the common surname suffix -in.

Sundqvist Swedish
From Swedish sund meaning "sound, strait", and kvist meaning "twig, branch".

Surridge English
From the medieval personal name Seric, a descendant of both Old English Sǣrīc, literally "sea power", and Sigerīc, literally "victory power".

Suurlaht Estonian
Suulaht is an Estonian surname meaning "big bay/gulf".

Suuroja Estonian
Suuroja is an Estonian surname meaning "big stream".

Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suzuura Japanese
Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Svanström Swedish
Combination of Swedish svan "swan" and ström "stream".

Swinburne English
habitational name primarily from Great and Little Swinburne (Northumberland) but perhaps also occasionally from one or other places similarly named from Old English swin "pig" and burna "stream" meaning "pig stream".

Tabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".

Tachikawa Japanese
Tachi means "stand" ad kawa means "river, stream".

Tagawa Japanese (Rare)
Tagawa means "ricefield river"

Takamaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"

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

Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".

Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Taki Japanese (Rare)
Tami means "Waterfall". This is occasionally a first name too,as a matter of a fact,neither of them are common.

Taki Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids".

Takigawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Takiguchi Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and guchi comes from kuchi meaning "mouth, opening".

Takiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".

Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Takino Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".

Takinoue Japanese
Taki means "waterfall", no is a possessive particle meaning "therefore, of", and ue means "top, above, upper".

Takisaki Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Takitani Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".

Takiya Japanese (Rare)
Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.

Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall; rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Takizawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".

Takizawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Tal Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Tal, means "dew" in Hebrew.

Talivee Estonian
Talivee is an Estonian surname meaning "winter water".

Talujärv Estonian
Talujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "farm lake".

Tamakawa Japanese
Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".

Tammjärv Estonian
Tammjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "oak lake" and "dam/levee lake".

Tanie Japanese
Tani means "valley" and e means "inlet, river".

Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani or ya) "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) "river."

Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Teelaht Estonian
Teelaht is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway bay".

Telford English
From the words taelf meaning "plateau" and ford meaning "river crossing"... [more]

Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Thimmesch Luxembourgish
Meaning "Tiller of the Water" in Luxembourgish. A variant of the Germanic surname Miller

Thornburg English
The name Thornburg comes from the Old English thorn broc, because the original bearers lived near a "stream by the thorns" in Buckinghamshire and North Yorkshire.

Tiigi Estonian
Tiigi is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".

Tiigimaa Estonian
Tiigimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pond land".

Tiigirand Estonian
Tiigirand is an Estonian surname meaning "pond shore".

Tiik Estonian
Tiik is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".

Tiikjärv Estonian
Tiikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "pond lake".

Tjernström Swedish
Combination of Swedish tjärn "tarn" and ström "stream".

Todachine Navajo
Variant of Todicheene meaning "bitter water people."

Todicheene Navajo
"Bitter water people."

Tokugawa Japanese (Rare)
The kanji in this surname : Toku ("Virtue") + Gawa ("River"). Ieyasu Tokugawa was the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Tomikawa Japanese
From 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river."

Tomose Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and se means "ripple, current".

Toriumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Torriente Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Cuban name likely meaning "river".

Toyokawa Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Trafford Anglo-Saxon
A habitational surname that originates from villages in Cheshire and Northamptonshire. First recorded as a surname in 1086. ... [more]

Trail Scottish
This surname is most likely a habitational name, taken on from a place name; perhaps from the Gaelic "Traill Creek" which runs into Upper Loch Torridon of Scotland.... [more]

Traun German
Derived from the Celtic word dru meaning "river". Traun is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria as well as a city located on the north bank of that river and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east.

Tsaritsyn Russian
From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".

Tsujiura Japanese (Rare)
Tsuji means "crossroad" and ura means "bay, coast". ... [more]

Tsunami Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".

Tsunekawa Japanese
From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tsuryū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 釣 (tsu), from 釣り (tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [more]

Tsuyumoto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dew; dewdrop" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".

Turnbow English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach, from a habitational name from any of several places so named or from places in Austria and Bavaria named Dürrenbach (meaning "dry stream").

Tweedel English
Tweedel is Scottish for "the dell on the tweed river"

Twining English
From the name of the village of Twyning in Gloucestershire, derived from Old English betweonan meaning "between" and eam meaning "river".

Uchiumi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and umi means "sea, ocean".

Udagawa Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Uekawa Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ujula Estonian
Ujula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".

Ülejõe Estonian
Ülejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "across the river".

Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".

Unabara Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".

Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".

Underbrook English
Meaning "under the brook".

Unno Japanese
From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Upham English
"enclosure surrounded by water"

Uppadathil Malayalam
From Old Malayalam uppadam (sea), lit. "from over the Arabian sea," referring to the descendants of a group of Arab traders who settled in Kerala. Predominantly Muslim, although sizeable sections have branched away and practice Hinduism... [more]

Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".

Urahane Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and hane means "feather, plume".

Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".

Urai Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

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

Urasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Urasawa Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Urata Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Uratsuji Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"

Utagawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".

Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".

Uuk Estonian
Uuk is an Estonian surname meaning "bay" and "dormer".

Uukkivi Estonian
Uukkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "dormer/bay stone".

Våge Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Våge, derived from Old Norse vágr "bay, inlet, fjord".

Vahejõe Estonian
Vahejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mid/dividing river".

Vaikjärv Estonian
Vaikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still lake".

Väikmeri Estonian
Väikmeri is an Estonian surname meaning "small sea".

Vaikvee Estonian
Vaikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still water".

Van Der Kolk Dutch
'van der' means "of the" ... [more]

Vasershteyn Yiddish
It literally means "water stone".

Veemaa Estonian
Veemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water land".

Veeorg Estonian
Veeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "water valley/gully".

Veesaar Estonian
Veesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "water island".

Veesalu Estonian
Veesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grove".

Veetamm Estonian
Veetamm is an Estonian surname meaning "water oak".