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Aa NorwegianDerived from
aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian
å "small river, stream".
Aab EstonianAab is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from a shortened version of "Aabraham" ("Abraham").
Aaby Norwegian, DanishFrom a place called Aaby or Åby, from Old Norse
á "small river, stream" and
býr "farm".
Aadland NorwegianDerived from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland "land by the river".
Aadli EstonianAadli is an Estonian surname, derived from "aadel", meaning "nobility".
Aak EstonianAak is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "aaker", meaning "acre".
Aal EstonianAal is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "ala" meaning "field", "area" and "range".
Aam EstonianAam is an Estonian surname meaning "cask" or "tun".
Aamissepp EstonianAamissepp is an Estonian surname meaning "cooper". From "aam" (genitive: "aami", partitive "aami" meaning a "big barrel" and "sepp", meaning "smith".)
Aamodt NorwegianCombination of
aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian
å "small river, stream" and
møte "meeting".
Äär EstonianÄär is an Estonian surname meaning "border" and "boundary".
Aardam EstonianAardam is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Aadam" ("Adam"), the Biblical masculine given name.
Aardema FrisianThe surname Aardema is a patronymic from the personal name Aart, a local variant of Arend, + -ma, a Frisian suffix of origin.
Aare EstonianAare is an Estonian masculine given name and surname meaning "treasure".
Aarhus NorwegianDerived from any of the farms so named, from Old Norse
á "river" and
hús "house, farmstead".
Äärma EstonianÄärma is an Estonian surname derived from "ääremaa" meaning "borderland".
Äärmaa EstonianÄärmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "border/boundary land".
Aaronson JewishAaronson is a patronymic surname from the personal name Aaron.
Aas EstonianAas is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" or "open grassy area".
Aasala EstonianAasala is an Estonian surname meaning "wild/meadow area".
Aasjõe EstonianAasjõe is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea water".
Aasmaa EstonianAasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy (lea) land".
Aassalu EstonianAassalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lea (open grassy area) grove".
Aavik EstonianAavik is an Estonian surname, a variation of "haavik", meaning "aspen forest".
Aaviksoo EstonianAaviksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest(ed) swamp".
Abad Judeo-SpanishNickname from abad ‘priest’ (from Late Latin abbas ‘priest’, genitive abbatis, from the Aramaic word meaning ‘father’). The application is uncertain: it could be a nickname, an occupational name for the servant of a priest, or denote an (illegitimate) son of a priest.
Abajian ArmenianThe surname Abjian is a patronymic from Turkish abacι ‘maker or seller of coarse woolen cloth or garments’, from aba ‘coarse woolen cloth’.
Abakelia GeorgianGeorgian surname used by sculptor Tamar Abakelia and physician Ioseb Abakelia.
Abara Japaneseformed with 空 (a, sora) meaning "sky" and 原 (hara) meaning "field".
Abasyan ArmenianThis is a last name. Abasyan's were Kings and Queens, having Kingdoms from the years 750-1280.
Abaza ArabicFrom the name of the Abazin (or Abaza) people native to the Northwest Caucasus. This name was adopted by Abazins, Circassians, and Abkhaz who were expelled from the Caucasus in the 19th century.
Abbruzzese ItalianHabitational name for someone originally from Abruzzo, a region in southern Italy.
Abcede FilipinoA bearer of this name was Salvador Abcede, the leader of the anti-Japanese guerrilla group on Negros.
Abdelmassih ArabicMeans "servant of the anointed (Christ)" from Arabic عبد ال
(‘abd al) meaning "servant of the" and مسيح
(masīḥ) meaning "anointed, Messiah, Christ", used by Arabic-speaking Christians.
Abdo ArabicFrom Arabic عبده
(abduh) meaning "his slave, his servant". This is one of the epithets of
Muhammad.
Abdul Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, PunjabiFrom Arabic عبد ال (
abdul) meaning "servant of the", commonly used as a prefix for given names (such as عبد العزيز (
'Abd al-'Aziz) meaning "servant of the powerful").
Abdul Gayyoom DhivehiFrom the given name
Abd al-Qayyum. Notable bearers include Maldivian presidents Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom (1959-) and Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom (1937-).
Abdulmawla ArabicCombination of the Arabic word “Abdul,” which means “servant of,” and the word “Mawla,” which means “lord” or “patron.”
Abdyldaev KyrgyzMeans "son of
Abdylday" from a given name either derived from Arabic
Abdullah or from Arabic عبد ال
(ʿabd al) meaning "servant of the" combined with the Turkish word
day meaning "support, foundation".
Abecassis Judeo-SpanishFrom Hebrew אָב
(áv) meaning "father" and Arabic قَصَّاص
(qaṣṣāṣ) meaning "storyteller, narrator" (used as a title for community leaders and rabbis among North African Jews).
Abed Iranianliterally meaning "worshipper", "adorer", or "devout". May be either a surname or given name.
Abegg German, German (Swiss)Topographic name for someone who lived near the corner of a mountain, from German
ab meaning "off" and
Egg, dialect form of
Eck(e) meaning "promontory", "corner".
Abella Catalan, GalicianMeans "bee" in Catalan and Galician, used as a nickname for a small, active person or an occupational name for a beekeeper.
Abelson EnglishThis name derives from the surname Abelson, meaning "son of Abel." Patronymic.
Abendaño BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Zarautz.
Abercrombie ScottishDerived from a surname. It is the name of a parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Frith of Forth, whence the possessor took his surname; from Aber, marshy ground, a place where two or more streams meet; and cruime or crombie, a bend or crook... [
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Abergel Judeo-SpanishMeans "one-legged" or "one-footed" in Moroccan Arabic, from Arabic رِجْل
(rijl) meaning "leg, foot".
Abernathy ScottishA 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.
Abers LatvianThis name is from the fiords and was given to the people that lived there and mainly were fishermen. Now people that have the last name can be anyware in Latvia (or other country) but most likely had ancestors from the fiords.
Abes FilipinoPossibly of Hispanic origin. Common in the Taytay region of Palawan.
Abetxuko BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gasteiz.
Abiera FilipinoIt is borne by approximately 1 in 1,140,397 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Abiera live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Malayo-Asia. This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 6,047 people, or 1 in 16,742.
Abiko JapaneseThis surname is made with 安 (a) "peaceful, cheap, rested, low" or 我 (a) meaning "I, me, myself, selfish, oneself, ego" combined with 孫 (bi) meaning "grandchild", and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat"... [
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Abiru JapaneseFrom Japanese 畔蒜 (
Abiru) meaning "Abiru", a manor that was in the former district of Ahiru in the former Japanese province of Kazusa in parts of present-day Chiba, Japan.... [
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Abitbol Judeo-SpanishMeans "father of drums" (figuratively referring to a drum maker) from Arabic أَبُو
(abū) meaning "father" and طَبْل
(ṭabl) meaning "drum".
Abkhazava Georgian, MingrelianMost likely from Georgian აფხაზი
(apkhazi) meaning "Abkhaz". Alternately, it may be from the Adjaran (Muslim) given name
Abkhas, derived from Arabic أب
('ab) meaning "father" and خاص
(khas) meaning "special, particular".
Abkhazi GeorgianMeans "Abkhaz person" in Georgian, referring to a member of the Abkhaz ethnic group inhabiting the Black Sea coast. This was the name of a Georgian family of princely status descended from the Shervashidze ruling family of Abkhazia.
Aboulafia JewishVariant spelling of
Abulafia, which was originally a Sephardi Jewish surname of Arabic etymological origin.
Abourouphael ArabicMeans "father of
rouphael" in Arabic, used especially in Lebanon and the Maghreb region (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).
About FrenchIt is a french surname that comes from the french word 'about', meaning "an extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece." This surname is notably born by the French novelist Edmond François Valentin About... [
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Abplanalp German, German (Swiss)Topographic name for someone living high on a mountainside, from German
ab- "below", "off" +
Planalp "high, flat mountain-meadow".
Abramowitz Jewish(Eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from Abram, a reduced form of the personal name Abraham.