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Antioco Italian
From the given name Antioco.
Antipin Russian, Kazakh
Derived from given name Antip (Антип). Also a variation of Antipov (Антипов)
Antipina f Russian
Feminine form of Antipin.
Antipov Russian
Derived from given name Antip (Антип). Feminine form is Antipova (Антиповa)
Antipova f Russian
Feminine form of Antipov.
Antkowiak Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.
Antoine French
From the given name Antoine.
Antolijao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano antulihaw meaning "Philippine oriole" (a type of bird).
Antolin Spanish
1 Spanish (Antolín): from the personal name, a vernacular form of Antoninus, a name borne by thirteen saints.... [more]
Antolini Italian
The family originated from Sarnano (Macerata) and at the end of the century XVII transplanted to Montealbodo today Ostra (Ancona) where it was aggregated to that nobility.
Antonacci Italian
From the given name Antonio.
Antoñanzas Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Riojan municipality of Munilla.
Antonello Italian
From the given name Antonello.
Antonenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Anton".
Antoniadis Greek
Means "son of Antonios".
Antoniak Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.
Antonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Antonyan.
Antonides Greek
Means "son of Antonios".
Antoniewicz Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.
Antonios Greek
From the given name Antonios.
Antonius Old Celtic
It means invaluable. In the Gaelic languaje is amhrisiadwy.
Antonovas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Antonov.
Antonovich Belarusian, Russian
Derived from given name Anton (Антон) meaning "son of Anton"
Antonsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Anton" in Icelandic.
Antonucci Italian
From the given name Antonio.
Antonyan Armenian
Means "son of Anton".
Antoshin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Antosha of the Russian given name Anton.
Antoshina f Russian
Feminine form of Antoshin.
Antrim Irish
Meaning "lone ridge". This is the name of an Irish county and was among some of Billy the Kid’s other known names (ie: Henry "Kid" Antrim).
Antrobus English
This very unusual name is of Old Norse origin and is a locational surname from the place in Cheshire called "Antrobus". The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Entrebus", and in the Pipe Rolls of Cheshire of 1282 as "Anterbus"... [more]
Antsorena Basque (Rare)
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly means "Antso’s place", from the given name Antso (a Basque form of Sancho) and the genitive suffix -aren "of".
Anttila Finnish
Derived from the given name Antti
Antuña Spanish
From the given name Antonio.
Antuniez Spanish, Galician, Asturian
Meaning "son of Antonius." It is a last name that appears in northern Spain.
Antunyes Medieval Portuguese (Latinized, Modern)
Meaning Son of Anthony or Anton. There is a very old form of the latin which is Antonios or Antonius.
Antury Greek, Hebrew
Haifa, Israel.... [more]
Anuarbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Anuarbek".
Anuarbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Anuarbekov.
Anunoby Nigerian (?)
A famous bearer is the British basketball player O.G. Anunoby (1997-).
Anuruddha Sinhalese
From the given name Anuruddha.
Anvari Persian
From the given name Anwar.
Anwar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Anwar.
Anwari Dari Persian
From the given name Anwar.
Anwarzai Pashto
Means "son of Anwar" in Pashto.
Anwer Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Bengali
Variant transcription of Anwar.
Anyayahan Tagalog
Means "to invite, to be invited" in Tagalog.
Anza Basque
From Basque, which refers to a pasture in the dwarf elder trees.
Anzai Japanese
From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "peace" and 西 (sai) meaning "west", 斎 (sai) meaning "purification, worship", or 済 (sai) meaning "settle, finish".
Anzaldo Italian
Variation of Ansaldo.
Anzalone Italian
The surname Anzalone was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia).
Anzan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).
Anzorov Chechen
Means "son of Anzor".
Anzorova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Анзоров (see Anzorov).
Ao Chinese
From Chinese 敖 (áo) referring to Tai Ao, a legendary teacher who mentored the mythological emperor Zhuanxu.
Ao Estonian
Ao is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "lao", meaning "warehouse".
Aoba Japanese
青 (Ao) means "green, blue" and 葉 (ba) being a form of, ha meaning "leaf". This surname refers to a fresh leaf. ... [more]
Aochi Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and chi means "ground".
Aoda Japanese
So means "green, blue" and da is a form of ta meaning "field, rice paddy".
Aohara Japanese
From 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Aoi Japanese
From Japanese 葵 "hollyhock, althea" or 碧 "blue". This name is a given name as well as a surname.
Aoike Japanese
青 (Ao) means "blue, green" and 池 (ike) means "pond, pool".
Aokaki Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and kaki means "fence".
Áolāshì Mongolian
A Daur surname.
Aomatsu Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and matsu means "pine".
Aomine Japanese
Written 青嶺 (青 ao, meaning "blue") (嶺 mine, meaning "peak"). It is the surname of a character in the anime/manga Kuroko no Basket.
Aondio Italian
Possibly a contracted form of Abundio.
Aono Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Aonuma Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Aosaka Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and saka means "slope, hill".
Aosaki Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".
Aosawa Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Aoshima Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and shima means "island".
Aota Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Aotsuki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".
Aoun Arabic (Mashriqi), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from a French-influenced variant of a given name based on the Arabic noun عون (aun) meaning "help, aid". This surname is more commonly used by Maronite Christians in Lebanon. A notable bearer is the former Lebanese president Michel Aoun (1933-).
Aoyagi Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow".
Aozaki Japanese (Rare)
Ao means "blue,somewhat green" & zaki means "blossom". So, Nobutaka "Blue Blossom",is an artist who was born in Japan,but now lives in New York as an artist who has been featured in magazines.
Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".
Apa Samoan
Best known as the surname of KJ Apa.
Apacible Spanish (Philippines)
Means "peaceful" in Spanish. Galicano Apacible was a Filipino physician and politician who was the co-founder of La Solidaridad and the Nacionalista Party.
Apale Nahuatl
Possibly means "coloured water", from atl "water" and tlapalli "painting".
Apanecatl Nahuatl
Possibly related to Nahuatl apantli, "canal, channel, water ditch".
Aparício Portuguese
Cognate with spanish Aparicio.
Aparicio Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “aparitio” meaning “appearance” or “arrival”. It may also be a habitational name, indicating a person who lived near or at a place with the same name.
Apas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "catch up with, overtake" in Cebuano.
Apaydın Turkish
Means "very bright, well lit" in Turkish.
Apaydin Turkish
Means "very bright".
Apdunlo Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Apdunlo.
Apellido Spanish (Philippines)
This likely originated as a surname taken by people who didn't have a surname and wrote "Apellido" (the Spanish for surname) when filling in an official form.
Apelsinov m Russian
From Russian aпельсин (apel'sin) meaning "orange (fruit)". Probably denoted to someone who worked with oranges or lived by orange trees.
Apeltia English (Rare)
Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.
Apfel German
Means "apple" in German.
Apfelbaum German, Jewish
Means "apple tree" in German.
Apicella Italian
Southern Italian: from a diminutive of apa ‘bee’, probably applied as a nickname for an industrious person, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper.
Apilado Spanish (Philippines)
Means "stack, pile up."
Apisamaimongkol Thai
From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "superhuman, magic knowledge", สมัย (samai) meaning "time, era", and มงคล (mongkhon) meaning "prosperity".
Aplin English
Probably a patronymic of the popular medieval English given name Abel, or from the pet form Abelin... [more]
Aplin Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Lyon meaning "son of Lyon".
Aplin English
Possibly derived from the feminine given name Appoline, a variant form of Apollonia.
Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar
Apolinario Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Apolinario; variant of Apolinar.
Apollo Italian, Spanish
From the Greek personal name Apollo. There are several saints Apollo in the Christian Church, including an Egyptian hermit and monastic leader who died in 395 ad. The personal name derives from the name in classical mythology of the sun god, Apollo, an ancient Indo-European name, found for example in Hittite as Apulana "god of the gate" (from pula "gate", cognate with Greek pylē), therefore "protector, patron".
Apolloni Italian
From the given name Apollonia, which is the Latin feminine form of Apollonios, which in turn was derived from the name of the Greek god Apollo.
Apollonio Italian
From the given name Apollonio
Aponte Spanish
A misdivision of Daponte. It originates from Majorca, Spain.
Apóstol Spanish (Rare)
Means "apostle" in Spanish.
Apostol Spanish (Philippines), Romanian
Means "apostle" in Romanian and is an unaccented form of Apóstol in Filipino.
Apostoł Polish
Polish cognate of Apostol.
Apostolidis Greek
Means "son of Apostolos".
Apostolopoulos Greek
Means "apostle."
Apostolos Greek
Means "messenger, apostle" in Greek.
Apostoloski m Macedonian
Means "son of Apostol".
Apostolović Serbian
Means "son of Apostolos" in Serbian.
Apostolski Macedonian
Derived from apostol (апостол), meaning "apostle".
Appadoo Mauritian Creole
Derived from Telugu అప్ప (appa) meaning "father" combined with the suffix -డు (-du) added to nouns.
Appel German, Dutch, Jewish, Yiddish
From Low German Appel, Middle Dutch appel, or Yiddish epl "apple", an occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit. As a Jewish surname, it is generally ornamental rather than occupational.
Appel German, Dutch
From the personal name Appel, a pet form of Apprecht (common especially in Thuringia and Franconia), itself a variant of Albrecht... [more]
Appelkvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish apel or äpple both meaning "apple" and kvist "branch, twig".
Appelman Dutch
Occupational name from Middle Dutch apelmanger "apple seller".
Appelmann German
German cognate of Appelman.
Appenzell German
Habitational name for someone from Appenzell (village or canton) in northeastern Switzerland. The placename derives from Latin abbatis cella, "cell (i.e., estate) of the abbot".
Apperley English
From the settlements in England called Apperley.
Appiah Akan
Appiah is derived from an Akan male personal name of unexplained etymology.
Apple English
From Middle English appel meaning "apple" (Old English æppel). An occupational name for a grower or seller of apples.
Applebee English
Variant spelling of Appleby.
Applegarth English, Scottish
Topographic name from northern Middle English applegarth meaning "apple orchard" (Old Norse apaldr meaning "apple tree" + gar{dh}r meaning "enclosure"), or a habitational name from a place so named, of which there are examples in Cumbria and North and East Yorkshire, as well as in the county of Dumfries.
Applegate English
Extremely common variant of Applegarth, in which the less familiar final element has been assimilated to the northern Middle English word gate meaning "road" or to modern English gate.
Appleman English
English cognate of Appelman.
Appler German
Variant of Eppler.
Applewhite English
Habitational name from a place named Applethwaite, from Old Norse apaldr ‘apple tree’ and þveit ‘meadow’. There are two or three such places in Cumbria; Applethwaite is also recorded as a surname from the 13th century in Suffolk, England, pointing to a possible lost place name there... [more]
Apprecht German (Rare)
Derived from the given name Albrecht.
Aprahamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբրահամյան (see Abrahamyan)
Apród Hungarian
From the given name Apród, meaning "page, squire" in Hungarian.
Aps Estonian
Aps is an Estonian surname meaning both "howler" and "slip".
Apse Latvian
Derived from Latvian apse "aspen tree" (ultimately from Proto-Baltic *apse).
Apsītis Latvian
Derived from Latvian apse meaning "aspen tree".
Apt German, Yiddish
German: variant of Abt.... [more]
Apte Indian
Hindu (Brahman) name found among the Konkanasth Brahmans, probably from Marathi ap̣ta, denoting the tree Bauhinia tomentosa.
Apukhtin m Russian
Maybe derived from пуха (pukha), meaning fluff.
Apúlia Portuguese
Refers to a town named "Apúlia" in Portugal.
Aqeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Aqil.
Aquila Italian
Habitational name from L'Aquila in Abruzzo or from any of various smaller places called Aquila.
Aquilina Maltese
Nickname for a person with eagle-like features or a person who owned an eagle, from Latin aquila meaning "eagle".
Aquina Dutch (Rare)
Possibly a Dutch variant of Aquino.
Aquinas Italian
Aquinas indicates ancestral origins from the Italian county "Aquino." Aquino comes from the latin word "Aquinum" which itself probably comes from the latin word aqua. Aqua means water in English.
Ara Japanese
From the Japanese 荒 (ara) "primitive," "rude," "crude."
Ara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura) or a form of Yasura but written 荒.
Arabacı Turkish
Occupational name for a driver, maker or seller of carts and wagons, from Turkish araba meaning "cart, carriage".
Arabe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).
Arabeya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate", 部 (be) meaning "department, division; part", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Arabi Arabic, Persian
Means "Arab" in Arabic and Persian.
Aràbia Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name for someone from Arabia or some other Arabic-speaking country or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with one of these countries.
Arabia English (American)
Americanized form of French Arabie.
Arabian Armenian
Patronymic from the ethnic term arab ‘Arab’.
Arabie French
Ethnic name denoting someone from Arabia or an Arabic-speaking person.
Arabiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense", referring to rough land, and 引 (biki), from 引き (biki), the joining continuative form of 引く (hiku) meaning "to pull".
Arable Popular Culture
An occupational surname for people who are capable of being farmed productively. Also used in the novel Charlotte's Web (1952).
Arabuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒深 (see Arafuka).
Arabuli Georgian
Means "Arabic, Arab" in Georgian, referring to Arabs who historically resided in the region of Khevsureti in Georgia.
Arachchi Sinhalese
From a title used during the British colonial era of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) to denote a native village headman or leader.
Arachchige Sinhalese
From the colonial-era Sinhala title ආරච්චි (arachchi) used to denote a native village headman combined with the suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Arada Japanese
Variant of Arata.
Aradera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).
Aradhya Indian, Sanskrit
Means "one who worships god". Commonly seen in India, Karnataka and other parts of India like kashi. They wear holy thread (yagnopaveetha).
Arafa Arabic (Egyptian)
Possibly from Arabic عَرَفَ (ʿarafa) meaning “to know”.
Arafat Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Arafat.
Arafuka Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate" and 深 (fuka) meaning "deep; profound". It may have been derived from Ara 2.
Aragaki Japanese
From Japanese 新 (ara) meaning "new" or 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "hedge, fence".
Aragasi Filipino, Maranao
Means "bully" or "ogre" in Maranao.
Aragón Spanish
Habitational name from Aragon Spain which was an independent kingdom from 1035 to 1479. It took its name from the river Aragón which arises in its northwestern corner... [more]
Aragon Spanish, Catalan, French
A surname and an autonomous community of Spain.
Arahi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense", referring to rough land, and 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter".
Arahira Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense" and 平 (hira) meaning "flat; flattened" or, in a dialect, "cliff", referring to a rough flatland or a rough cliff.... [more]
Arai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" or 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Araidaira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).
Arājs Latvian
Means "the ploughman".
Arak Estonian
Arak is an Estonian surname meaning "arrak (an alcoholic liquor typically distilled from the sap of the coconut palm or from rice)".
Arakaki Japanese
Alternate romanization of Aragaki.
Arakawa Japanese
From 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新 (ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."
Arakelyan Armenian
Means "son of Arakel".
Araki Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Araki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蘭 (see Araragi).
Araldi Italian
Means “heralds” in Italian. Famous bearers include Italian painters Alessandro Araldi (c. 1460 – c. 1529) and Paolo Araldi (18th century – after 1820).
Aramaki Japanese
Ara means "wild" and maki means "shepherd".
Aramberri Basque
From Basque aran "valley" and berri "new".... [more]
Arámbul Catalan
Catalan variant of Aramburú.
Arámbulo American (Hispanic)
Hispanic variant of Aramburú, mostly found in Peru and the Philippines.
Aramburo Spanish
Castilianized variant of Aramburú.
Aramburú Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Habitational or topographic name derived from Basque (h)aran "valley" and buru "head, top, summit".
Aran Irish
From the given name Aran 1.
Aran Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
From the given name Aran 2.
Aran Japanese
From 亜 (a), a phonetic character, and 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid."
Arana Basque, Central American
This indicates familial origin within either of 3 eponymous localities: the hamlet in the County of Trebiñu, the neighborhood in Gasteiz, or the neighborhood in Bermeo.
Aranami Japanese
Ara (荒) means rough, wild. Nami (波) means wave(s).
Aranburu Basque
Original Basque form of Aramburú, literally meaning "valley peak".
Arancedo Asturian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of El Franco.
Aranda Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places for example Aranda de Duero in Burgos province which bears a name of pre-Roman probably Celtic origin.
Arands English, Spanish
Anglicized version of a name given to residents of Aranda de Duero, a small town in the north of Spain.
Araneta Filipino
From a Basque name derived from haran meaning "valley" combined with the toponymic suffix -eta.
Arangiz Basque
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Spain, probably derived from Basque aran "valley" and gisu "lime, limestone".
Aranguren Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque aran "valley" and -guren "limit, edge, bank".
Aranha Portuguese
Meaning spider in Portuguese.
Aranibar Basque
It indicates familial origin near Aranibar Palace in the Navarrese municipality of Arantza.
Arano Japanese
Ara means "rough" and no means "field, plain".
Arantzibia Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque arantza "thorn, buckthorn" and ibi "ford, river crossing"
Aranyos Hungarian
Occupational name for a goldsmith.
Arao Japanese
Ara means "wild" and o means "tail".
Arao Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".
Araoka Japanese (Rare)
Ara (荒) means "rough", oka (岡) means "hill", therefore, Araoka means rough hill
Araoka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).
Arapović Croatian, Bosnian (Rare)
From “Arap” meaning “Arab” in Croatian, derived from Turkish Arap
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