Browse Submitted Surnames

Aa Norwegian
Derived from aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian å "small river, stream".

Aaby Norwegian, Danish
From a place called Aaby or Åby, from Old Norse á "small river, stream" and býr "farm".

Aadland Norwegian
Derived from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland "land by the river".

Aamodt Norwegian
Combination of aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian å "small river, stream" and møte "meeting".

Aarhus Norwegian
Derived from any of the farms so named, from Old Norse á "river" and hús "house, farmstead".

Aasjõe Estonian
Aasjõe is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea water".

Aberline English (Australian, Rare, ?)
Possibly from a place name derived from Gaelic aber meaning "(river) mouth" and an uncertain second element.

Abernathy Scottish
A different form of Abernethy, which originally meant "person from Abernethy", Perth and Kinross ("confluence of the (river) Nethy"). This was one of the surnames of the Scots who settled in northern Ireland during the ‘plantation’ in the 17th century, and it was brought to the U.S. as the name of a Southern plantation owner.

Abukawa Japanese
From Japanese 虻 (abu) meaning "horsefly" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Abukumagawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武隈川 (Abukumagawa) meaning "Abukuma River", a river that flows through the prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi in Japan.

Ach German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Old High German aha meaning "running water".

Achenbach German
Habitational name from places in Hesse and Westphalia named Achenbach, from the obsolete word Ach or Ache (from Middle High German ahe meaning "water", "stream") + Bach meaning "brook".

Acquaviva Italian
From an Italian place name meaning "running water, spring", literally "living water".

Ådahl Swedish, Finland Swedish
Combination of Swedish å "river, creek" and dal "valley".

Agam Hebrew (Modern)
Rare variant of the surname Agami, which came from the Hebrew name Agam, means "lake".

Agami Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Agam, means "lake" in Hebrew.

Agarie Japanese
From Japanese 東 (agari) meaning "east" combined with 江 (e) meaning "creek, bay".

Agawa Japanese
阿 (A) means "nook, flatter, corner" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".... [more]

Ahane Japanese (Rare)
亜 (A) means "second, Asia", 波 (ha) means "wave", 根 (ne) means "source, root". ... [more]

Aikawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Aikawa Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ainjärv Estonian
Ainjärv is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Ain" (a masculine give name) and "järv" ("lake"); "Ain's lake."

Akagawa Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Akaike Japanese (Rare)
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 池 (ike) means "pool, pond".

Akanami Japanese
Aka means "red" and nami means "wave".

Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".

Akçay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and çay meaning "stream, brook".

Åkerström Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker "field" and ström "stream".

Akinashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".

Akpınar Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and pınar meaning "spring, fountain".

Aksu Turkish
Means "white water" in Turkish.

Akutagawa Japanese
Akuta (芥) means "mustard", kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Notable bearers of this surname are Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介), a Japanese writer and Ryuunosuke Akutagawa from Bungou Stray dogs who shares the same name.

Alajõe Estonian
Alajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".

Alaoja Estonian
Alaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region creek".

Alavee Estonian
Alavee is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".

Al Behairy Arabic
Linguistic: Comes from the word BOHAYṘA which means lake, the name "lake" is being employed as an adjective.

Alford English, Scottish
Habitation name found in Lincolnshire, Surrey and Somerset, England and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name can be derived by combining the Old English female personal name Ealdg- and -ford meaning "water crossing" or can mean "from the alder tree ford".

Alfvén Swedish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from Swedish älv "river".

Allik Estonian
Allik is an Estonian surname meaning "water source" or "spring".

Allikmaa Estonian
Allikmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".

Alliksaar Estonian
Alliksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".

Allikvee Estonian
Allikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "well water" or "wellspring water".

Allingu Estonian
Allingu is an Estonian surname related to "allikas" meaning "(water) spring".

Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.

Aluvee Estonian
Aluvee is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation water".

Amachi Japanese
This surname is used as 天知, 天地, 天池, 天内, 雨知 or 雨地 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 雨 (u, ama-, ame, -same) meaning "rain", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom", 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 池 (chi, ike) meaning "cistern, pond, pool, reservoir" and 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."... [more]

Amagawa Japanese
From the Japanese 天 (ama or ten) "heaven," 塰 (ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (gawa or kawa) "river."

Amamiya Japanese
From Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天 Amamiya Sora, 1993–).

Åman Swedish
Combination of Swedish å "creek, river, big stream" and man "man".

Amatsubo Japanese (Rare)
Means "rainy atrium, rainy courtyards". From Japanese 雨 meaning "rain", and "坪" meaning "(inner)garden, atrium, courtyard". A famous bearer is Mitsumasa Amatsubo.

Amayo Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl amaitl "inlet, estuary; an arm or branch of a body of water", or from atl "water" and -mayo "branches of a tree, foliage".

Amber English
This surname may be derived from the River Amber, located in Derbyshire in England.... [more]

Amenomori Japanese
"Forest of rain."

Anan Various
Anan (Hebrew: עָנַן ‘ānan) is used as both a Hebrew or Arabic name meaning "cloud, vapour" or descriptive "visible water vapour floating above the earth". The Arabic form is from Classical Arabic, possibly adopted from the Hebrew, but with the spelling (Arabic: عَنَان ‘anān) since the proper term of "cloud" in Arabic is saḥāb (سَحَاب).

Ångström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ånga "steam" and ström "river, current, stream". A notable bearer was Swedish physicist Anders Ångström (1814-1874), one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy... [more]

Aoike Japanese
青 (Ao) means "blue, green" and 池 (ike) means "pond, pool".

Apale Nahuatl
Possibly means "coloured water", from atl "water" and tlapalli "painting".

Apanecatl Nahuatl
Possibly related to Nahuatl apantli, "canal, channel, water ditch".

Arakawa Japanese
From 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新 (ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Arase Japanese
Ara means "wild" and se means "ripple".

Archila Spanish
Either a variant of Arcila or derived from Arabic الشَّلَّال (aš-šallāl) meaning "the waterfall".

Arise Japanese
Ari means "exist, have, possess" and se means "ripple".

Aruvee Estonian
Aruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow water".

Asakawa Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river".

Asamizu Japanese
made with kanji 朝(asa) meaning "morning" or 浅(asa) meaning "shallow" with 水(mizu) neaning "water".

Ashbrook English
Derived from Ampney St Mary, a small village and civil parish locally known as "Ashbrook", in Gloucestershire, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Estbroce). It is named with Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and broc meaning "brook, stream".

Ashmore English
English locational name, from either "Aisemare", (from Old English pre 7th Century "aesc" meaning ash plus "mere" a lake; hence "lake where ash-trees grow), or from any of several minor places composed of the Old English elements "aesc" ash plus "mor" a marsh or fen.

Atempa Mexican, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Means "on the riverbank" or "on the bank of the lake", derived from Nahuatl atl meaning "water" combined with tentli "bank, shore" and the suffix -pan "in, on".

Atwell English
Topographic name from Middle English atte welle "by the spring or stream"

Ausley English (Modern)
Rare surname which was from an English place name in which the second element is Old English leah "wood, clearing". The first element may be hors "horse" (in which case the name likely referred to a place where horses were put out to pasture) or the river name Ouse (ultimately from the ancient British root ud- "water").

Avivi Hebrew
Means "springlike" or "of the spring" in Hebrew. (see Aviv)

Avots Latvian
Means "fount, spring" or "source".

Ayanami Japanese
Aya (綾) means "twill", nami (波) means "wave"

Ayden English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".

Ayohua Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly from ayotli "squash, pumpkin" or ayotl "turtle" combined with the possessive suffix -hua, or from ayohua "to fill with water".

Ayukawa Japanese
From 鮎 (ayu) meaning "trout" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river."

Azusagawa Japanese (Rare)
Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.

Bacatan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano bakat meaning "billow, large wave of water".

Bäcklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "brook, stream" and Lund "grove".

Bäckman Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "small stream" and man "man".

Bäckstrand Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "stream" and strand "shore".

Bäckström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "brook, small stream" and ström "stream".

Backström Swedish
Combination of Swedish backe "slope, hill" and ström "stream".

Baechli German (Swiss)
Derived from the word "Bächli," which means "small brook" in Swiss German.

Baio Italian
From a nickname for someone with light brown or reddish-brown hair or beard, from baio meaning "bay horse", ultimately derived from Late Latin badius meaning "red-brown".

Balkwill Anglo-Saxon (Archaic)
From the Old English pre 7th Century balca, "beam", with wiell(a), "spring, stream", and probably refers to a primitive footbridge made by a tree trunk across the stream. The name may also be topographical for a dweller by the footbridge.

Banwell English
Means "person from Banwell", Somerset ("killer spring (perhaps alluding to a contaminated water source)").

Bardell English
Originally meant "person from Bardwell", Suffolk ("Bearda's spring"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mrs Bardell, Mr Pickwick's widowed landlady in Charles Dickens's 'Pickwick Papers' (1837), who misconstrues an innocent remark about having a companion as a marriage proposal, which leads to her suing Pickwick for breach of promise.

Barnewall Anglo-Norman, Irish
A locational surname given to those who lived by a stream in either Cambridgeshire, which derives its name from the Olde English beorna meaning "warrior" and wella meaning "stream", or from one in Northamptonshire, which got its name from the Olde English byrge meaning "burial mound" and well, which also means "stream." a burial mound and 'well(a)'... [more]

Bauerdick German
A surname originating from the Rhineland region of Germany. It is derived from German Bauer (Bur in the locals dialects) "farmer" and Deich (Diek and Dick in the local dialects) "levee" or Teich "pond"... [more]

Baykalov Russian
Derived from the name of Lake Baikal, derived from Turkish baiköl meaning "rich lake".

Beauford English
Variation of Buford. It is derived from the French word "beau", meaning "beautiful", and "ford", an Old English word meaning "river crossing".

Beckius Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "small stream, brook" and the common surname suffix -ius.

Beckley English
This surname was taken from an English habitational name from any of the various places, in Kent, Oxfordshire, and Sussex, named Beckley whose name was derived from the Old English byname Becca and the Old English lēah "woodland clearing".... [more]

Bedell English
This place name derives from the Old English words byde, meaning "tub," and "well," meaning a "spring," or "stream." As such, Bedell is classed as a habitational name.

Belrio Spanish
From the Spanish word meaning "beautiful river".

Ben Shushan Hebrew
Means "son of the lily" in Hebrew.

Ben Tal Hebrew
Means "son of the dew" in Hebrew. (see Tal)

Bentham English
Habitational name from any of various places named Bentham, from Old English beonet "bent grass" + ham "homestead" or hamm "enclosure hemmed in by water".

Berlin German, English
Habitational name from the city in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning swamp or from a West Slavic word meaning "river lake".

Bérubé French
Habitational name from some minor place named with Old French bel ru "beautiful stream", with the subsequent pleonastic addition of bé, variant of bel "beautiful".

Bevilacqua Italian
From Italian bevi l'acqua "drinks water", a nickname likely applied ironically to an alcoholic.

Bisley English (British)
Bisley is a locational surname from the village of Bisley in Surrey. It comes from the words biss meaning “water” and leah meaning “farm”.

Blackford English
Derived from the words blæc "black" or blac "pale, shining, white" and ford "river crossing"

Blackwell English
From an English place name derived from Old English blæc meaning "black" and wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".

Bleau French
Roughly translated into " blue water".

Blomstrand Swedish
From Swedish blomma (Old Norse blóm) meaning "flower" and strand (Old Norse strǫnd) meaning "beach, sea shore".

Bobeck Swedish, German, Jewish, Slavic
A respelling of the Swedish Bobäck, an ornamental name composed of the elements bo meaning "farm" and bäck meaning "stream".... [more]

Bormann German
This surname is presumed to be a variant of Bornemann, which is made up of Middle Low German born meaning "spring" and man meaning "man," denoting someone who lived by a spring or a well.

Boström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bo "dwelling, home" and ström "stream, river".

Bothwell Scottish
Also N Irish... [more]

Braham English
From the name of a town called Braham, probably derived from Old English brom meaning "broom (a type of plant)" and ham meaning "home, settlement" or hamm meaning "river meadow".

Brandybuck Literature
Brandybuck is the surname of Meriadoc, a young Hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings." Possibly derived from the Brandywine River, which in turn is derived from Sindarin Baranduin, "Brown River"... [more]

Brännström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bränna "to burn" and ström "stream".

Braybrooke English
From the name of the Northamptonshire village of Braybrooke, meaning "the broad brook."

Brevik Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Brevik, from Norwegian bred "broad" and vik "bay".

Brink Low German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish
The Dutch and Low German meaning is "village green". In Danish and Swedish, the name is thought to be a borrowing of Middle Dutch brinc / brink, meaning "grassy edge" or perhaps "slope",, and the Danish word now means "where the water runs deep".

Brockhaus German
Occupational hereditary surname for a person who was physically powerful, derived from Old German brock which may refer to persons with a stocky or strong build. Or derived from Old German "Brook" or "Brauk," for people near a marshy landscape, common in northern regions.

Brogden English
From the name of a place in West Yorkshire meaning "valley brook", from Old English broc "brook" and denu "valley".

Brook German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow or marsh, from Low German brook, Dutch broek (cf. Bruch).... [more]

Brooksby English
Means "farm by a brook". From Old English broc "brook, small stream" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement"

Broughton English
Habitational name from any of the many places so called in England. The first name element is derived from Old English broc "brook", burh "fortress", or beorg "castle". The second element is derived from Old English tun "settlement, dwelling".

Bruch German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or a stream that frequently flooded, from Middle High German bruoch "water meadow" or "marsh" (cognate to old English broc "brook", "stream" cf... [more]

Brunner Upper German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss), Jewish
Derived from Middle High German brunne "spring, well", this name denoted someone who lived beside a spring.

Brunton English (Rare)
From Old English burna meaning "stream" and tun, settlement; hence, "settlement by a stream".

Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".

Burbidge Anglo-Saxon
This interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a dialectal variant of the locational surname, deriving from any of the places called "Burbage", in the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Wiltshire... [more]

Çağlayan Turkish
Means "waterfall, cascade" in Turkish.

Calasso Italian
Possibly from the given name Galasso, or from the dialectical word cala "cove, inlet, creek".

Cardwell English
From the traditionally British surname, which is a variant of the British surname Caldwell, a from the Old English cald "cold" and well(a) "spring, stream".

Carisbrook English
Carisbrooke is a village on the Isle of Wight; the name is thought to mean "Carey's brook". When in 1917 the British royal family changed its name from the "House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" to the "House of Windsor" and renounced all German titles, the title of Marquess of Carisbrooke was created for the erstwhile German Prince Alexander of Battenberg.

Carlström Swedish
Combination of the given name Carl and Swedish ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Çay Turkish
Means "river, brook, creek" in Turkish.

Chisaki Japanese
Chi can mean "thousand" or "pond", and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Chiura Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千浦, 地浦 or 知浦 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand," 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "bay, beach, creek, gulf, inlet, seacoast."... [more]

Churchyard English
It comes from when the family lived in or near the precincts of a church. Churchyard belongs to the large class of Anglo-Saxon topographic surnames, which were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as "a hill", "stream", "church", or "type of tree".

Cingeswell English
Meaning "Lives at the King's spring"

Cinwell English
Meaning "Lives at the King's spring"

Claypool English
Derived from Claypole, a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, named from Old English cl?g meaning "clay" and pol meaning "pool".

Clutterbuck English, Dutch (Anglicized, ?)
English surname of unknown origin, possibly a corrupted form of a Dutch surname derived from Dutch klateren "to clatter" and beek "brook". The original surname may have been brought to England by Flemish weavers whom Edward III brought to England in the 14th century to teach their techniques to the English, or by Huguenots who fled the Netherlands in the 16th century to escape religious persecution... [more]

Conant Old Celtic, Pictish
A patronym from the ancient Celtic personal name Conan, which derives from the Celtic kunovals meaning "high" and "mighty".... [more]

Conway Welsh, Scottish, Irish
As a Welsh surname, it comes from the name of a fortified town on the coast of North Wales (Conwy formerly Conway), taken from the name of the river on which it stands. The river name Conwy may mean "holy water" in Welsh.... [more]

Cowburn English
The place-name, in turn, comes from the Old English cocc, meaning "rooster," and burna, meaning "a stream." As such, the surname is classed as a local, or habitational name, derived from a place where the original bearer lived or held land.

Creek English
"Creek".

Cricks American
"living near a river." Comes from a similar origin of Rios

Cromwell English
Habitational name from places in Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire named Cromwell, from Old English crumb "bent, crooked" and well(a) "spring, stream".

Cumberbatch English
Name for someone from Comberbach in North Cheshire. May come from etymological elements meaning "stream in a valley."

Dahlström Swedish
Derived from Swedish dal "valley" and ström "stream".

Dalglish Scottish
Derived from Gaelic dail meaning "field" and glaise meaning "brook".

Dallimore English
An English surname probably derived from the French de la mare, meaning "of the sea", though some contend that "mare" springs from the English word moor. This surname probably arose after the Norman conquest of Britain.

Dalmas French
Surname Dalmas was first found in Limousin. Literally means "of the sea."

Dalrymple Scottish
Habitational name from Dalrymple, a village and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland, said to be named from Gaelic dail chruim puill meaning "field of the crooked stream" or "dale of the crooked pool".

Damgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix dam meaning "pond".

Danao Filipino, Tagalog
Topographic name for someone who lived near a body of water, derived from Tagalog danaw meaning "lagoon, lake".

Daugaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix dau of unknown origin. ... [more]

de la Pole Medieval English, Anglo-Norman, Cambro-Norman
Meaning "from the pool", from Norman de la Pole. This name was typically given to families who lived near lakes or similar bodies of water.... [more]

Del Mar Spanish
Means "of the sea" in Spanish.

Demegawa Japanese
From Japanese 出 (de) "out", 目 (me) "eye" and 川 (kawa) "river".

Demers French
From French meaning "of the seas". A famous bearer of this surname was Modeste Demers, a bishop in 18th century Vancouver.

Deniz Turkish
Means "sea" in Turkish.

Depuoz Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Romansh puoz "well, spring".

Dere Turkish
Means "creek, brook, stream" in Turkish.

Deriu Italian
Means "of the river" in Sardinian.

Desailly French
Originally denoted a person who came from any of the various places in northern or eastern France called Sailly, which is possibly derived from Old French saillir, salir meaning "to spring", ultimately from Latin saliō... [more]

Deschanel French
Derived from French eschamel meaning "stepladder" or des chanels meaning "from the channels, from the little jugs". An occupational nickname for a trader, it supposedly originated in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France... [more]

Desruisseaux French, French (Quebec)
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area characterized by streams, from the fused preposition and plural definite article des meaning "from the" and ruisseaux (plural of ruisseau) meaning "stream".

Dion French
Meaning uncertain. It may be a habitational name from any of various locations called Dion or Dionne, derived from the Gaulish element divon- meaning "(sacred) spring" or Celtic dēwos meaning "god, deity"... [more]

Dokbua Thai
Means "lotus, water lily" in Thai.

Donskikh Russian
Derived from the name of the Don river, derived from an Aryan root meaning "river".

Dōyu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall" and 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath; hot spring".

Dromgoole Irish
An Anglicized from the Irish Gaelic place name Droim Gabhail in County Louth, Ireland meaning "ridge of the forking stream." Dromgoolestown in County Louth is believed to be named after this surname... [more]

Dual Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Romansh ual "brook, creek".

Dubec French
Geographical du bec "from the stream". Bec (from Germanic baki) is a regional term in Normandy for a stream.

Du Lac Arthurian Romance
In the series Merlin, this was the surname of Sir Lancelot: Lancelot du Lac. du Lac possibly means "of the lake."

Durieux French
Derived from Old French riu meaning "river, stream", originally used to indicate someone who lived by a stream.

Eastburn English
Habitational name from either of two places, one in Humberside and one in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English ēast, ēasten "east" and burna "stream".

Easterbrook English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter meaning "eastern" + brook meaning "stream".

Eastlake English
"East lake".

Eda Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Edo Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and to means "wisteria".

Edström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and ström "stream".

Egashira Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".

Eguchi Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "inlet, bay" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Ejiri Japanese
江 (E) means "inlet, river" and 尻 (jiri) means "behind, rear".

Ejiri Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 尻 (shiri) meaning "behind, end, rear".

Elfving Swedish
Possibly a combination of an obsolete spelling of Swedish älv "river" and the suffix -ing (ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ingaz) meaning "coming from, belonging to, descending from"... [more]

Ellervee Estonian
Ellervee is an Estonian surname meaning "Eller water", but of undetermined origin. Possibly from the German "Eller". Possibly a corruption of the surname "Ellerbee" or "Ellerby".

Elwell English
Means "person from Elwell", Dorset (probably "spring from which omens can be read").

Emajõe Estonian
Emajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mother river" (a genitive form of "ema jõgi"). The Emajõgi is a 100km river flowing through Estonia.

Emori Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker".

Emori Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Emoto Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and moto means "origin".

Enatsu Japanese
江 (E) means "river, inlet" and 夏 (natsu) means "summer".... [more]

Eno Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and no means "field, plain, wilderness "

Enoshima Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay", ノ (no) which is a particle of possession, and 島 (shima) meaning "island". This can refer to the island in the Kanagawa prefecture.

Errey English
This uncommon and intriguing name is of Old Norse origin, and is found chiefly in the north western counties of England, reflecting the dense settlement of Scandinavian peoples in those areas. The surname is locational, from places such as Aira Beck or Aira Force near Ullswater in Cumberland, or some other minor or unrecorded place also named with the Old Norse term "eyrara", meaning "gravel-bank stream river”.

Esaka Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and saka means "slope, hill".

Esaki Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and saki means "cape, peninsula".

Esawa Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Ess Low German, German (Swiss)
North German: topographic name for someone living on or owning land that was waterlogged or partly surrounded by water, from Middle Low German es ‘swamp’, ‘water’. ... [more]

Esumi Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and sumi mean "residence, dwelling, abide" or "nook, corner".

Eto Japanese
江 (E) means "River, Inlet" and 藤 (To) means "Wisteria".

Etō Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Ewell English
Habitation name from the town of Ewell in Surrey or from Temple Ewell or Ewell Manor, both in Kent or Ewell Minnis near Dover. Originally from Old English Aewill meaning "river source" or "spring".

Ezaki Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ezeriņš Latvian
Derived from the word ezers meaning "lake".

Fishburne English
Derived from the villages of Fishbourne in West Sussex and the Isle of Wight, or the village and civil parish of Fishburn in County Durham, England, all named from Old English fisc meaning "fish" and burna meaning "stream"... [more]

Fjellström Swedish
Combination of Swedish fjäll "mountain, fell" and ström "stream, river".

Flash English
Means "person who lives near a pool" (Middle English flasshe "pool, marsh").

Flodgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix flod meaning "river".

Flodqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish flod "river" and kvist "twig, branch".

Flyte English
Means "stream" from Old English fleot.

Fogelström Swedish
From Swedish fågel "bird" and ström "stream".

Font Catalan, Occitan, Spanish, French
topographic name for someone living near a spring or well Catalan and Occitan font "spring well" (from Latin fons genitive fontis).

Fontecchio Italian
Habitational name from Fontecchio in Aquila province or a topographic name from a diminutive of fonte meaning "spring".

Fors Swedish
Means "rapid, small waterfall" in Swedish.

Forsström Swedish, Finnish
Derived from Swedish fors meaning "waterfall" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Foxwell English
Means "fox stream", from Old English fox and well(a), meaning stream.

Fretwell English
Taken from the Old English "freht," meaning "augury," and "well," meaning "spring, stream."

Frühling German (Rare)
Nickname from Middle High German vrüelinc German frühling "spring" in some cases for an early-born child from früh "early" and the suffix -ling denoting affiliation.

Fuchino Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, deep end, pool" and no means "field, plain".

Fuchinoue Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, pool, deep end", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "upper, top, above".

Fujikawa Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Fujinami Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and nami means "wave".

Fujiura Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and ura means "bay, beach".

Fukae Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and e means "inlet, river".

Fukawa Japanese
From Japanese 府 (fu) meaning "prefecture" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Fukuizumi Japanese
From the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" and 泉 (izumi) "spring," "fountain."

Fumetsugawa Japanese (Rare)
From japanese kanji 不滅 (fumetsu) meaning "immortal, indestructible, undying" and 河 or 川 (gawa/kawa) both meaning "river".

Funamizu Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Fuyuumi Japanese
Fuyu means "winter" and umi means "sea".

Gal Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Gal 1, means "wave" in Hebrew.

Ganus Russian, Ukrainian
Possibly derived from Russian анис (anis) referring to the anise (Pimpinella anisum) plant or from the Turkish given name Gainislam itself from Arabic عَيْن (ʿayn) meaning "spring, source" combined with the name of the religion Islam.

Giglio Italian
From the personal name Giglio, from giglio "lily" (from Latin lilium), a plant considered to symbolize the qualities of candor and purity.

Gilgen German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German gilge "lily", this was a habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning "at the lily".

Gilstrap English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
This is a place name acquired from once having lived at a place spelled Gill(s)thorp(e), Gilsthorp(e), Gill(s)throp(e) or Gil(s)throp(e) located in the Old Danelaw area of England.... [more]

Göl Turkish
Means "lake" in Turkish.

Gorsuch English
Habitational name from the hamlet of Gorsuch, Lancashire, earlier Gosefordsich, derived from Old English gosford meaning "goose ford" and sic meaning "small stream".

Grave German
Either from the northern form of Graf, but more commonly a topographic name from Middle Low German grave "ditch", "moat", "channel", or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany named with this word.

Grīva Latvian
Means "creek".

Grundin Swedish
Combination of Swedish grund "shallow (water)" and the surname suffix -in.

Guadalajara Spanish
habitational name from Guadalajara in Castile named with Arabic wādī-al-ḥijāra (واد الحجرة o وادي الحجرة) "river of the stones".

Gyljárlaugsson Icelandic
The name Gyljárlaugsson combines two Icelandic words, "gylja" meaning "to roar" and "laug" meaning "hot spring". Therefore, the name Gyljárlaugsson could be interpreted as "son of the roaring hot spring".

Ha Korean
From Sino-Korean 河 (ha) meaning "river, stream".

Haabjärv Estonian
Haabjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen lake".

Haaboja Estonian
Haaboja is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen creek/stream".

Häggström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" and ström "stream, small river".

Hagström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, garden" and ström "stream, small river".

Hai Chinese
Means "ocean" in Chinese.

Halliwell English
Derived from various place names in England named with Old English halig "holy" and well "spring, well".

Hallowell English
Variant of Halliwell meaning "holy spring".

Hallström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and ström "stream, small river".

Hamakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Hampshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]

Harugai Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".

Harugaya Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".

Harui Japanese
Haru means "spring" "well, pit, mineshaft".

Harukawa Japanese
harukawa means "spring river". the kanji used are 春(haru) meaning "spring (the season)" and 河 (kawa) meaning "river" . you could also use 川 (kawa) as the second kanji, but using 河 looks better.

Haruki Japanese
春 (Haru) means "spring" and 木 (ki) means "tree, wood". ... [more]

Harumoto Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".... [more]

Haruna Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 名 (na) meaning "name, fame, renown".

Haruno Japanese
Means "spring field", from Japanese 春 (haru) "spring" and 野 (no) "field".

Haruoja Estonian
Haruoja is an Estonian surname meaning "branch creek".

Haruta Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Harutani Japanese
Haru means "spring" and tani means "valley".

Haruya Japanese
Variant of Harutani, meaning "spring valley".

Haruyama Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Haswell English
habitational name from Haswell (Durham) or less probably from Haswell (Somerset) or Haswell in North Huish (Devon). The placenames probably derive from Old English hæsel "hazel" and wille "well spring stream".

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

Hatano Japanese
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "waves, billows", 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, wing", 秦 (hata), a place name, or 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, field, garden" combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many, frequent" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Havelock English
From the Middle English male personal name Havelok, from Old Norse Hafleikr, literally "sea sport". It was borne by the British general Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857).

Hayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hayami Japanese
From Japanese 速 (haya) meaning "fast", 逸 (haya) meaning "deviate" or 早 (haya) meaning "early"; combined with 水 (mi) meaning "water" or 見 (mi) meaning "see".

Hayamizu Japanese
Haya means "fast" or "hawk" and mizu means "water".

Hayase Japanese
Haya can mean "hawk" or "fast" and se means "ripple, current".

Hedström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and ström "stream, river".

Heinvee Estonian
Heinvee is an Estonian surname meaning "hay water".

Higai Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (Hi) meaning "rain gutter" and 貝 (Gai) meaning "seashell". A bearer of this surname was Japanese politician Senzo Higai (1890-1953).

Hikawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hiraizumi Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".

Hirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hirokawa Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hiromi Japanese (Rare)
From the stem of adjective 広い/廣い (hiroi), meaning "spacious, vast, wide," combined with either 海 (mi), shortened from umi meaning "sea, ocean," or 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing."... [more]

Hirukawa Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hitotose Japanese (Rare)
This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.

Hollowell English
Either a variant of Halliwell or derived from another place named with Old English hol "hollow" and wella "spring, well".

Holmbeck Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish holm "islet" and bäck "stream".

Homura Japanese
This surname is used as 保村, 甫村 or 穂村 with 保 (ho, hou, tamo.tsu) meaning "guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain", 甫 (fu, ho, haji.mete, suke) meaning "for the first time, not until", 穂 (sui, ho) meaning "crest (of wave), ear, ear (of grain), head" and 村 (son, mura) meaning "town, village."... [more]

Horie Japanese
Hori means "moat, canal" and e means "inlet, river".

Horie Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Horikawa Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Hoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hosodaki Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Daki (滝) means "waterfall". Daki is a variant of Taki and it changed the T to D due to rendaku. See also Hosotaki

Hosokawa Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hosotaki Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Taki (滝) means "waterfall". Sometimes Taki changes to Daki due to rendaku. See also Hosodaki

Huckabee English
This surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first, woh, meaning "crooked"; the second, byge, meaning "river bend".... [more]

Huckaby English
Means "person from Huccaby", Devon (perhaps "crooked river-bend"), or "person from Uckerby", Yorkshire ("Úkyrri's or Útkári's farmstead").

Hurley English, Irish
Meaning is "from a corner clearing" in Old English. Also an anglicized form of an Irish name meaning "sea tide" or "sea valor".

Ibaiguren Basque
Means "river's edge" from the Basque words ibai, meaning "river" and guren, meaing "edge".

Ichikawa Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".