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Amistadi ItalianFrom the Old Italian word
amistade meaning "friendship", possibly given as a nickname, or taken from a personal name.
Ammann Upper German, German (Swiss)Alemannic form of
Amtmann "official". Ultimately derived from Middle High German
ambet man "retinue man; retainer", this word came to denote various kinds of administrator including a tax farmer.
Ammas EstonianAmmas is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hammas" meaning "tooth", "cog" and "spike".
Ammazzalorso ItalianMeans "slaughter the bear" from Italian
ammazzare "to kill, to murder" and
orso "bear", given as an occupational name to someone who hunted bears, or as a nickname to someone considered to be courageous or bold.
Ammer German, English (Rare)This surname may be derived from Middle High German
amer which means "bunting (as in the bird)." As such, it is used as a nickname for someone with a fine voice or someone who is a flamboyant dresser.... [
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Amole NahuatlFrom the name of a kind of plant used in the production of soap, ultimately from Nahuatl
ahmolli "soap, soap root".
Amondarain BasqueThe surname Amondarain is not very common, but its geographical origin can be traced with some precision. It is a Basque-Navarrese toponymic surname, and its most likely root is a hamlet or location named Amondarain, situated in the region of Navarre or the French Basque country (Iparralde), particularly in:... [
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Amor Spanish, PortugueseMeans "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, likely denoting an illegitimate child or a philanderer. It could also be from the given name
Amor. Qween Amor (1988-) is a performance artist who predominantly utilizes public space for her performances.
Amores SpanishFrom a nickname for a philanderer meaning "loves" in Spanish, the plural of
amor meaning "love".
Amorín GalicianHabitational name from any of various places in Galicia called Amorín, itself possibly derived from a given name.
Amparo Spanish (Philippines)Means "protection, shelter, refuge" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary,
Nuestra Señora del Amparo, meaning "Our Lady of Refuge".
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.
Andrepont French CreoleOriginates from Joseph André Pont, who immigrated to Louisiana from Marseilles, France, in the mid-1780s.
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.