This is a list of submitted surnames in which the number of syllables is more than 3.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
HatoyamaJapanese Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).
HidegkutiHungarian Derived from a Hungarian village named Hidegkút meaning "cold well", from hideg "cold" and kút "well". A famous bearer of this surname was the Hungarian soccer legend Nándor Hidegkuti (1922-2002).
HietamäkiFinnish Derived from hieta ("fine-sand") & mäki ("hill").
HigashidaJapanese From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
HigashigaitoJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east", 垣 (gai), sound-changed from 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", and 外 (to) meaning "outside", referring to an outside fence facing the east.
HigashikoJapanese Higashi means "east" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
HigashikokubaruJapanese From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning “east”, 国 (koku) meaning “country”, and 原 (baru) meaning “meadow”.
HigashimotoJapanese Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".
HijikataJapanese From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]
HirukawaJapanese From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
HisaedaJapanese From Japanese 久枝 (Hisaeda) meaning "Hisaeda", a former area in the former district of Wake in the former Japanese province of Iyo in parts of present-day Ehime, Japan.
HisaishiJapanese Hisa means "long time ago, lasting" and ishi means "stone".
HisamaruJapanese Hisa means "long time, long time ago, longetivity" and maru means "circle, round".
HisamatsuJapanese Hisa (久) means "long ago, everlasting" and matsu (松) means "pine".
HisamotoJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
HisamuraJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
HisanagaJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
HisatomiJapanese Hisa means "long time ago" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".
HisatomiJapanese From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".
HisazomeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time" and 染 (zome), the joining continuative form of 染める (someru) meaning "to dye", referring to the process of dying for a long time.
HitokiriJapanese A notable bearer is the author Gentatsu Hitokiri.
HitotoseJapanese (Rare) This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.
HoshizoraJapanese (Rare) Hoshi (星) means "star", sora/zora (空) means "sky", this name literally means "starry sky". Sora changes to zora due to rendaku
HoshizukiJapanese From 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, dot" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month".
HosodakiJapanese (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
HuckleberryEnglish From the name of the variety of shrubs (genus Vaccinium) or the berries that grow on them. This is also the anglicized form of the German surname Hackelberg.
HuhtamäkiFinnish Derived from huhta (“woodland cleared for slash-and-burn cultivation”) + mäki (“hill”).
IchibangaseJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]
IchinoeJapanese From 一 (ichi, kazu) meaning "one", 之 (no) meaning "of", and 江 (e) meaning "river, bay, inlet". This is not spelled the same as the town named Ichinohe.
IchinomiyaJapanese This surname is used as 一宮, 一の宮, 一ノ宮, 一之宮 or 市之宮 with 一 (ichi, itsu, hito, hito.tsu) meaning "one," 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" or 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess."... [more]
IchinoseJapanese From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market, city" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one", combined with an unwritten possessive marker, or the written possessive markers ノ (no) or 之 (no), that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current"... [more]
IchinoshimeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 一住連 (Ichinoshime), from 一住連門 (Ichinoshimemon) a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
IchitomiJapanese (Rare) From either 市 (ichi) meaning "market, fair" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune."... [more]
IllustrisimoSpanish (Philippines) Variant of Ilustrisimo. This spelling variation possibly came about from the influence of American surnames during the American occupation of the Philippines... [more]
InagakiJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
InamoriJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
InamuraJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
IñárrituBasque Means "between the valleys" or "in the valley", derived from Basque iñar meaning "valley" and ritu meaning "between". The Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963-) is a famous bearer of this name.
InazumaJapanese (Rare) This surname is used as 稲妻 which means "(flash of) lightning" (from 稲 (te, tou, ina-, ine) meaning "rice plant" and 妻 (sai, tsuma) meaning "spouse, wife").... [more]
InsisiengmayLao From Lao ອິນ (in) referring to the Hindu god Indra, ສີ (si) meaning "majesty, glory, splendour", ຊຽງ (siang) meaning "city, town" and ໃໝ່ (mai) meaning "new".
IppolitoItalian Italian: from the personal name Ippolito (classical Greek Hippolytos, composed of the elements hippos ‘horse’ + lyein ‘loose’, ‘release’). This was the name of various minor early Christian saints... [more]