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Ampo JapaneseFrom Japanese 安 (an) meaning "calm, peaceful" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect, maintain".
Ampuan Filipino, MaranaoFrom a royal title meaning "one who asks for apology" or "revered, great" in Maranao.
Amsalem Judeo-SpanishFrom an uncertain first element, perhaps the Tamazight prefix
'am denoting an agent, combined with Hebrew שָׁלוֹם
(shalom) meaning "peace".
Amsdon English (Modern)Unknown. Possibly a spelling variant of Amsden. Ancestry.com suggests probably a habitational name, from a reduced form of the Oxfordshire place name Ambrosden, which is composed of an Old English personal name Ambre + Old English dun ‘hill’... [
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Amsler German (Swiss)Derived from German
Amsel "(European) blackbird", this was an occupational name for a fowler (bird catcher).
Amstad Germantopographic name from Middle Low German
am "at the" and
stade "bank shore".
Amunategi BasqueHabitational name derived from Basque
-tegi "place of" and an uncertain first element, possibly
amuno "hill, mound" or
amuna "grandmother".
Amuro JapaneseFrom 安 (
a) meaning "relax, cheap, inexpensive, low, rested, peaceful" and 室 (
muro) meaning "room".
Amusan Japanese (Rare)The Amusan Clan (秋道一族, Amusan Ichizoku) is a prominent clan in Kanazawa. Since its disbandment, most of its known members reside in Neuilly-sur-Seine ,Britain and Washington D.C.
Amuskibar BasqueHabitational name possibly derived from Basque
amusko "dark" and
ibar "valley, riverbank".
Amys EnglishFrom the given name
Amis. Compare with
Ames. An early example using this spelling is Robert Amys of Cambridgeshire, England in 1273.
Anacker GermanNickname for a day laborer, as opposed to someone who owned fields, from Middle High German āne meaning "without" + acker meaning "field".
Anai JapaneseFrom Japanese 穴
(ana) meaning "hole, pit" and 井
(i) meaning "well".
Anan VariousAnan (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).
Anandteerth KannadaMadhvacharya (1199-1278 or 1238–1317), sometimes anglicised as Madhva Acharya, and also known as Purna Prajna and Ānanda Tīrtha, was a Hindu philosopher and the chief proponent of the Dvaita (dualism) school of Vedanta.
Anarbaev KyrgyzDerived from Persian انار
(anâr) meaning "pomegranate" combined with Turkic
bay meaning "rich, wealthy".
Anardu ItalianFrom a dialectical variant of Italian
anatra "duck (bird)".
Anastassakis GreekCrete born John Anthony Aniston, (birth name Yiannis Anitios Anastassakis) is an American actor and the father of actress Jennifer Aniston.
Anay-ool TuvanDerived from Tuvan анай
(anay) meaning "goat, kid" combined with оол
(ool) meaning "son, boy".
Anazawa JapaneseFrom Japanese 穴
(ana) meaning "hole, opening, pit" and 沢 or 澤
(sawa) meaning "marsh".
Anbar ArabicMeans "amber" in Arabic (see English name
Amber). Notable actress Nihal Anbar was born in 1960.
Andaluz SpanishMeans "from Andalusia" or "from Spain", derived from the region of Spain called
Andalucía, once called
Al-Ándalus (a classical Arab name for the Iberian Peninsula)... [
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Anderson Scottish, IrishAnglicized form of the Gaelic
Mac Ghille Andrais meaning 'Son of the devotee of St. Andrew'. ... [
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Anderton EnglishHabitational name for a person from the villages called Anderton in Cheshire, Lancashire and Devon, of different origins. the one in Cheshire is derived from Old English given name
Eanred while the one in Lancashire is derived from Old Norse given name
Eindriði, both of them have the second element of
tun "enclosure, town"... [
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Andia BasqueDerived from Basque
(h)andi "great" and the definite article
-a.
Andikoetxea BasqueFrom the name of a neighborhood in the town of Kortezubi, Biscay, possibly derived from Basque
(h)andiko "distant, remote; from the other side" and
etxe "house, home, building". Alternatively, the first element could instead derive from
(h)andi "big, large, great" and the locative suffix
-ko.
Andino GreekThis surname was originally derived from the Greek Andreas, a name meaning manly. It was the name of the first of Jesus Christ's disciples, which is known in various local forms throughout Christendom... [
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Andishmand Old PersianANDISHMAND (pronounced: AEN-DEESH-MAND, in the West D is silent), Origin Middle-Persian, means one who thinks (i.e. an intellectual). Given to people of Persian and non-Persian descent of diverse Persian or Central Asian ethnic and religious backgrounds (including Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians) based on a person's profession that requires thinking (technocrat, writer, poet, intellectual).
Ando JapaneseFrom the Japanese 安 (
an or
yasu) "relax," "inexpensive," "low," and 藤 (
to or
fuji) "wisteria." The second character may indicate historical or familial links to the formerly powerful
Fujiwara (藤原) clan.
Andorn PiedmonteseThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the Province of Biela.
Andrási HungarianIt's an other form of the hungarian surename Andrassy. Man, warrior... a surname that derives from the personal name "Andreas", meaning manly, and was held by the first of Christ's disciples.
Andrássy Hungarianman, warrior... a surname that derives from the personal name "Andreas", meaning manly, and was held by the first of Christ's disciples.
Andrianakis GreekPatronym from the given name
Andreas, with the Cretan suffix
-akis. Common in Australian Greek communities.
Andronikashvili GeorgianMeans "son of
Andronikos". This was the name of a Georgian family of nobility that claimed descent from Andronikos I, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1183-1185.
Andújar SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
Anedda ItalianPossibly from Sardinian
anedda "ring", referring to a walled ring in which animals were tied. May alternately be a diminutive form of the given name
Ana.
Aney EnglishEnglish surname of uncertain origin, though it has been suggested that this is an anglicized form of French
Ané.
Ané itself is said to be taken from a personal name, possibly a gallicized form of
Asnar or
Aznar, which may be derived from Latin
asinarius meaning "keeper of asses, ass-driver", from
asinus "ass".
Angelo ItalianFrom a popular medieval personal name,
Angelo, Latin
Angelus, from Greek
angelos "messenger, angel" (considered as a messenger sent from God).
Angeloni ItalianMeans "great angels" in Italian. It derives from Biblical Latin
angelus meaning "angel", ultimately from Ancient Greek
angelos, originally meaning "messenger", changing meaning in the Bible.
Angelos GreekReduced form of any of various Greek surnames derived from the forename
Angelos (from #angelos ‘messenger’, ‘angel’), as for example
Angelopoulos.
Angelou Greek (Cypriot)Means "son of
Angelos" or "son of the angel" in Greek. A famous bearer is the American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Angilley English (Australian, Modern)Supposedly from a long history of Tin and Terracotta miners in Wales under the name Gilley in the 15-60's. the 'An' is theorised to be a result of the Anglo-Saxon faith being a prominent belief within the area, and has become a prominent name ever since with few more variations.... [
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Angilloy CornishFrom
an-kelli, "the grove"; or
an-gilly, "the wood or grove of hazels".
Angioni ItalianFrom Sardinian
angioni "lamb", denoting a shepherd, or perhaps a nickname.
Angius ItalianMeaning uncertain, possibly linked to Sardinian
angioni "lamb", Ancient Greek
άγγος (
àngos) "vessel, jug" or
άγχω (
ankho) "to strangle; anguish, stress", or from a modification of Latin
balneum (see
Bagni) "bath", indicating a place with hot springs.