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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").
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".
Aalderink DutchHabitational name from any of several farms, derived from the older form
Alardink meaning "
Alard’s place".
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".
Aarab ArabicEthnic name for an Arab, from
ʿarab, a collective, meaning literally ‘Arabdom, Arabs’. The surname is most frequent in countries, such as Iran and Algeria, that were not populated by ethnic Arabs in the first millennum; its bearers are both Muslims and Christians.
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".
Aasmäe EstonianPossibly derived from Estonian
aas "meadow, lea" and
mäe "mountain, hill".
Aassalu EstonianAassalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lea (open grassy area) grove".
Aaviksoo EstonianAaviksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest(ed) swamp".
Ababneh ArabicFrom the name of a town in Jordan, indicating someone originally from this town.
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.
Abagnale ItalianEither an occupational name for a shepherd or a person who lived near a sheepfold (derived from Italian
abbagnale meaning "good shepherd, good sheepfold"), or a topographic name for someone who lived in a wet or swampy area (from
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Abajian ArmenianThe surname Abjian is a patronymic from Turkish abacι ‘maker or seller of coarse woolen cloth or garments’, from aba ‘coarse woolen cloth’.
Abajyan ArmenianFrom Turkish
abacı referring to a maker or seller of woollen homespun cloth or garments, ultimately from
aba meaning "coarse woollen cloth".
Abakelia GeorgianGeorgian surname used by sculptor Tamar Abakelia and physician Ioseb Abakelia.
Ábalos SpanishHabitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Ábalos in La Rioja, Spain, likely of Basque origin.
Abara Japaneseformed with 空 (a, sora) meaning "sky" and 原 (hara) meaning "field".
Abasi m AfricanAbasi is a name of African origin that means 'stern' or 'severe'.
Abasyan ArmenianThis is a last name. Abasyan's were Kings and Queens, having Kingdoms from the years 750-1280.
Abayantsev m RussianDerived from dialectal Russian
абаянец (
abayanets) (normal Russian
обоянец (
oboyanets)) "from Oboyan", a town in Western Russia, itself of unknown meaning.
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.
Abboud ArabicFrom a diminutive of the given name
Abdul, as well as any of numerous names beginning with this element.
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.
Abdelaal Arabic (Egyptian)Arabic name, Egyptian form for “Abdul-Aal” (with „Al-Aali“ being one of the names of Allah, and “Abd” meaning servant)
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 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).
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.
Abelleira GalicianMeans "beehive, apiary" in Galician, either used as an occupational name for a beekeeper or a habitational name for someone from any of various places in Galicia called Abelleira (derived from the same word).