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Arshba AbkhazMost likely from a contracted form of Arabic أَرْشَد
(ʾaršad) meaning "most sensible, most reasonable" or Persian ارشد
(arshad) "senior, superior, eldest" combined with Abkhaz аԥа
(āpā) "son".
Artabia Basque (Rare)From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Allin, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque
arte "oak (tree), evergreen oak, holm oak" or
arto "millet; corn, maize" combined with the suffix
-be "lower part".
Arteaga BasqueDerived from Basque
arte "oak tree; holm oak, evergreen oak" and
-aga "place of, group of".
Artell English (American)Artell is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Artell family when they emigrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Artell comes from the Dutch surname Van Arkel. The name Van Arkel may spring from the Anglo-Saxon form of Hercules, which is Ercol.
Arteta BasqueHabitational name from any of several places in Navarre and Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque
arte "oak tree, holm oak" and the toponymic suffix
-eta "place of, abundance of".
Artino GreekHabitational name for someone from the city of Arta in Epirus.
Artis EnglishEnglish: regional name for someone from the French province of Artois, from Anglo-Norman French Arteis (from Latin Atrebates, the name of the local Gaulish tribe). This surname is popular in North Carolina and Virginia, of the US.
Artziniega BasqueFrom the name of a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, probably derived from Basque
artzain "shepherd" and
-aga "place of, group of".
Aru EstonianAru is an Estonian surname meaning both "dry upland grassy meadow" and "wit" and "intelligence".
Aru ItalianMeaning uncertain, possibly from Sardinian
aru, a forked branch used to close hedges (possibly related to Latin
varus "bent outwards, bow-legged"), or from
arru "ring".
Aruja EstonianAruja is an Estonian surname derived from "varuja" meaning "purveyor".
Arukask EstonianArukask is an Estonian surname meaning "silver birch" (Betula pendula).
Aruküla EstonianAruküla is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland village".
Aruküll EstonianAruküll is an Estonian surname meaning "intelligent enough".
Arulaid EstonianArulaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow islet".
Arumaa EstonianArumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow land".
Arumäe EstonianArumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland hill/mountain".
Arumets EstonianArumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".
Arundel EnglishEnglish surname which comes from two distinct sources. Either it was derived from a place name meaning "horehound valley" in Old English (from
harhune "horehound (a plant)" and
dell "valley"), or it was from Old French
arondel, diminutive of
arond "swallow", which was originally a Norman nickname given to someone resembling a swallow.
Aruorg EstonianAruorg is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/meadow valley".
Arusaar EstonianArusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/grassland island".
Arutee EstonianArutee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland road".
Aruväli EstonianAruväli is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow field".
Aruvee EstonianAruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow water".
Arzola BasqueCastilianized form of a Basque topographic name, derived from
(h)arri "stone, rock; glass" combined with
-tza "large quantity, abundance" and
-ola "location, place of".
Asa JapaneseVariously written, sometimes with characters used phonetically. It can mean ‘morning’, but the most likely meaning is ‘hemp’, making it a topographic or occupational name. Both forms are found mostly in Amami, one of the Ryūkyū Islands.
Asada JapaneseFrom Japanese 浅
(asa) meaning "shallow" or 麻
(asa) meaning "hemp, flax" and 田
(ta) meaning "field".
Asahara JapaneseFrom Japanese 朝
(asa) meaning "morning", 浅
(asai) meaning "shallow", or 麻
(asa) meaning "hemp" combined with 原
(hara) meaning "field, plain".
Asahina JapaneseFrom Japanese 朝
(asa) meaning "morning", 比
(hi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" or 日
(hi) meaning "sun, day", and 奈
(na), a phonetic character.
Asai JapaneseFrom Japanese 浅
(asa) meaning "shallow" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Asaidori Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 浅井取 (
asaidori), assigned letters to Iwami dialect アサイドリ (
asaidori) meaning "elaeagnus".
Asaka JapaneseFrom the Japanese 淺 or 浅 (
asa) "superficial" and 香 (
ka) "odour," "smell," 加 (
ka) "increase," "step-up" or 賀 (
ka) "congratulation."
Asaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 杏 (anzu, a) meaning "apricot" or 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Asakura JapaneseFrom Japanese 朝
(asa) meaning "morning", 浅
(asa) meaning "shallow", or 麻
(asa) meaning "hemp" and 倉
(kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".
Asamen Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 浅面 (
Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (
Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Asamizu Japanesemade with kanji 朝(asa) meaning "morning" or 浅(asa) meaning "shallow" with 水(mizu) neaning "water".
Asamushi Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 浅虫 (
Asamushi) meaning "Asamushi", an area in the city of Aomori in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [
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Asante Western African, AkanFrom the ethnic name of the Ashanti, a sub-ethnic group of the Akan from southern Ghana. The name possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.
Asao JapaneseAsa can mean "morning", "shallow" or "hemp" and o means "tail".
Asari JapaneseFrom Japanese 浅
(asa) meaning "shallow" and 利
(ri) meaning "benefit, advantage".
Asari Indian, Hindi, MalayalamFrom a caste originating from Kerala, India. They belong to a larger group called Vishwakarma. The caste name is mostly linked to the community of people who do carpentry work.
Asato Japanese (Rare)There are several readings for the name but 2 are Asa:"Morning",and To:"Door,Asa:"Safe" and To:"Village". There are multiple places in the Ryukyu's (where the name originates and mostly stays) that have that name;that could've been the influence... [
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Asbury EnglishEnglish location name with the elements
as- meaning "east" or "ash tree" and
-bury meaning "fortified settlement."
Ascarez Cebuano (Filipinized, Rare)The username "Ascarez" does not appear to have a direct meaning in Cebuano. It may be a unique or personalized name chosen by the individual.
Ascarez Cebuanothe original spelling of ascarez is actually ascariz, this username was originated in spain but later on it was change when it was introduced in Philippines.
Ascencio Spanish, ItalianFrom the personal name (Latin Ascensius), favored by the early Christians, by whom it was bestowed with reference to the ascension of Christ (Late Latin ascensio).
Aschan SwedishShortened form of
Aschanius (now obsolete) taken from the name of a village whose name was derived from Swedish
ask "ash tree".
Ascher GermanDerived from German
asche meaning "ash" (tanners worked with ash)
Ascot EnglishSurname originating from the village of Arscott in Devon, meaning "eastern cottage" in Saxon. It can also be used to refer to Ascot in Berkshire, where the Royal Ascot race meeting is held each year.
Asensio BasqueIt signifies "dweller at the place where the blackberry bushes grew."
Ashbe EnglishDerived from one of the several places in England called Ashby.
Ashbrook EnglishDerived from Ampney St Mary, a small village and civil parish locally known as "
Ashbrook", in Gloucestershire, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as
Estbroce). It is named with Old English
est meaning "east, eastern" and
broc meaning "brook, stream".
Ashby EnglishEnglish: habitational name from any of the numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse
askr ‘ash’ or the Old Norse personal name
Aski +
býr ‘farm’.
Ashcroft EnglishEnglish (chiefly Lancashire) topographic name from Middle English
asche ‘ash tree’ +
croft ‘enclosure’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with these elements.
Asher EnglishName for someone who dwelled by an ash tree, from Middle English
asche or
asshe meaning "ash tree".
Ashford EnglishDerived from
Ashford, which is the name of several places in England. All but one of these derive the second element of their name from Old English
ford meaning "ford" - for the one in North Devon, it is derived from Old English
worō or
worth meaning "enclosure".... [
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Ashido JapaneseFrom Japanese 芦 (ashi) meaning "reed" and 戸 (do) meaning "door"
Ashikaga JapaneseAshikaga is a surname that originated with samurai families. Kaga means "Flower Bud,Reed" and Ashi means "Place",but it is most commonly, ( if not always ) written with characters meaning ,"foot" and "advantage".
Ashiq Punjabi, UrduDerived from Arabic عَاشِق
(ʿāšiq) meaning "enamored, infatuated" or "admirer, lover", ultimately from عِشْق
(ʿišq) "being in love".
Ashitanihara Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 芦谷原 (
Ashitanihara), a variant reading of 芦谷原 (
Ashitaniharu) meaning "Ashitaniharu", a division in the division of Shukukubota in the area of Makizono in the city of Kirishima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or it being a name of a group of several households in the same location, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Ashkatsao AbazinPossibly from an Abkhaz word meaning "lazy", used as a nickname for a lazy person.
Ashkenazi JewishFrom a nickname given by Jews in Slavic countries to Jews from Germany. It was also used to denote a Yiddish-speaking Jew who had settled in an area where non-Ashkenazic Jews were the majority. The name ultimately comes from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז
(ashk'náz), a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, which is likely from Assyrian
Aškūza.
Ashland EnglishThis surname is derived from Old English
æsc &
land and it means "ash tree land."
Ashmore EnglishEnglish locational name, from either "Aisemare", (from Old English pre 7th Century "aesc" meaning ash plus "mere" a lake; hence "lake where ash-trees grow), or from any of several minor places composed of the Old English elements "aesc" ash plus "mor" a marsh or fen.
Ashour ArabicDerived from Arabic عاشوراء
('ashura) referring to the holy tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Ashuba AbkhazPossibly from Abkhaz ашә
(āš°) meaning "cheese" or "beech" or ашәа
(āš°ā) meaning "song".
Ashwood EnglishHabitational name from a place in Staffordshire named Ashwood, from Old English
æsc "ash" and
wudu "wood".
Asimov RussianA notable bearer was author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) whose name was derived from Russian озимый хлеб (
ozímyj khleb) "winter grain" combined with the patronymic suffix
-ov. His family name was originally spelled Азимов (Azimov), but it got anglicized to Asimov with an S instead of Z when the family immigrated to the United States... [
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Aškāpu BabylonianMeans "leatherworker", deriving from the Akkadian
aškāpu ("a leatherworker , a cobbler , a shoemaker").
Askeladd FolkloreThe main character in Asbjornsen and Moe's Norwegian Folktales, Askeladd is usually the youngest and smallest of three brothers who is left to sit by the fire in the ashes, hence his name (similar to Cinderella)... [
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Aslamas GreekThis surname is usually found among Pontic Greeks. The surname comes from the Georgian first name
Aslamaz which is likely related to the Georgian adjective ლამაზი (lamazi) meaning "beautiful, handsome".
Åslund SwedishCombination of Swedish
ås "ridge, esker" and
lund "grove".
Aso JapaneseFrom Japanese 阿蘇 (
Aso) meaning "Aso", a former district in the former Japanese province of Higo in parts of present-day Kumamoto, Japan.... [
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Asō JapaneseCombination of the kanji 麻 (
asa, "hemp plant") and 生 (
fu, "place where vegetation grows"), thus "place where hemp plants grow". A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎; b. 1940).
Ason EnglishThe name Ason comes from Aythe where Aythe filius Thome received a charter of the lands of Fornochtis in Strathearn from Robert the Steward (later known as Robert II) around 1360. The next of the line was called Johem ayson iuuene... [
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Asperger GermanDenoting a person who lived in Asperg, a town in Southwest Germany, derived from a cadet named
Asperg who lived in the ruling house... [
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Asperges ItalianIt means "you bless", and it is also the device used by priests to spread holy water over people or places
Aspinall EnglishA locational name of Anglo-Saxon origin, it means “aspen well”.