All Submitted Surnames

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Armstrong Northern Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Labhraidh Tréan and Mac Thréinfhir from Ulster, Northern Ireland.
Armuier French
French for "armorer."
Armväärt Estonian
Armväärt is an Estonian surname meaning "blessing/grace worth".
Arn German (Swiss), English, Swedish
Swedish: from a short form of any of the many Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element, for example Arnbjorn, Arnfinn, or Arnsten.... [more]
Arnal Catalan, Occitan
From the given name Arnal, an Catalan and Occitan form of Arnold.
Arnau Catalan
From the given name Arnau.
Arnauld French
From the given name Arnauld.
Arnault French
From the given name Arnault.
Arnautović Serbian, Croatian
From Turkish arnavut meaning "Albanian".
Arndt German
Derived from the personal name Arndt.
Arne English, Norwegian, Swedish, German
English (northern) Swedish and German: From the (medieval) personal name Arne a short form of Arnold or in Scandinavia any of the many other Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element for example Arnbjörn Arnfinn and Arnsten.... [more]
Arneson English (American), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of the Scandinavian names Arnesen and Arnesson, as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Arnesson.
Arnesson Swedish
Means "son of Arne 1".
Arnett English
Derived from Arnold, a pet name perhaps. Also could be from /arn/ "eagle" and /ett/, a diminutive.
Arnott Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Arnot, near Kinross
Arnould French
Variant of Arnaud.
Arnt Norwegian
From the given name Arnt.
Arol Belarusian
Means "eagle" in Belarusian.
Arola Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, English (American)
From Latin areola, diminutive of area (area).
Aroll English
From a Scottish place name.
Aron Various
From the given name Aron.
Aronis Greek
The surname is derived from the name Aaron, already attested in the Byzantine period, carried by a Byzantine-Bulgarian family.
Aronson English (American)
English form of Swedish surname Aronsson.
Aronsson Swedish
Means "son of Aron" in Swedish.
Arora Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From the name of the ancient city of Aror in what is now the Sindh province, Pakistan. The city's name may have been derived from Hindi और (aur) meaning "more, also".
Arouet French
A famous bearer was French philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778), whose birth name was François-Marie Arouet.
Arousi Jewish, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic
Yemenite Jewish and Arabic name possibly deriving from Arabic words aroosi, "bridal, relating to a wedding", rousi, "groom". El Aroussi, a variant, is found densely in Morocco and Francophone populations (France, Canada).
Aroztegi Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, meaning "carpenter’s workshop, blacksmith’s shop" in Basque, ultimately derived from arotz "carpenter, blacksmith" and -tegi "house, workshop; place of".
Arquette French
From arquet meaning "little bow" or "little arch" (diminutive of arche, from Latin arcus). It was originally an occupational name for an archer, but the French word arquet(te) is also found in the sense 'market trader' (originally, perhaps, one with a stall underneath an arch)... [more]
Arquint Romansh
Derived from the given name Ortwin.
Arquisch Romansh
Derived from the given name Hartwig.
Arra Galician, Sicilian
Habitational name from a place in Galicia called Arra, this surname was also found in some parts of Sicily.
Arrano Basque
Derived from the Basque word "Arranoa", meaning eagle.
Arredondo Spanish
habitational name from a place in Cantabria named Arredondo possibly from redondo 'round' because of the roundish shape of the hill on which it stands.
Arregi Basque
Derived from Basque (h)arri "stone, rock" and -egi "place".
Arregui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arregi.
Arretxea Basque
From the name of a hamlet in south-western France, derived from Basque (h)arri "stone, rock" and etxe "house, home, building".
Arrhenius Swedish (Rare)
The name of two separate family linages with no relation between each other. One family originates from Linköping, Östergötland and probably got its name from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρρην (árrhēn) "male" (taken from the last syllable of ancestor's last name, Kapfelman)... [more]
Arrigo Italian
Italian: from the medieval personal name Arrigo, a variant of Enrico.
Arrigoni Italian
Derived from the given name Arrigo.
Arrigunaga Basque
From the name of a beach in the municipality of Getxo, Spain, possibly derived from Basque (h)arri "stone, rock" combined with gune "place, area" and the collective suffix -aga.
Arrillaga Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Usurbil, Spain, derived from Basque (h)arri "stone, rock" and a variant form of (h)iri "town, city" combined with -aga "place of, abundance of".
Arro Estonian
Arro is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "aroom", meaning "fragrant". Possibly a corruption of "aru", meaning "upland meadow".
Arroitz Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Navarre, Spain, possibly derived from Basque (h)arri "stone, rock".
Arróniz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arroitz.
Arrotino Italian
Occupational name meaning "knife-sharpener, knife-grinder" in Italian.
Arrowsmith English
Given to someone who made arrows from the Old English elements arwe "arrow" and smiþ "smith".
Arrue Basque
Derived from Basque arro "ravine, basin, hollow" and the toponymic suffix -une.
Arsalan Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Arsalan.
Arsanukaev Chechen
Chechen family name of unknown meaning.
Arscott English
From the the words ars, of unexplained origin, and cot "cottage, small house"
Arsenadze Georgian
Means "son of Arsen".
Arsenault French (Acadian)
From French arsenal meaning "workshop". This is the occupational surname for someone who worked at an arsenal.
Arsenishvili Georgian
Means "son of Arsen" in Georgian.
Arshad Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Arshad.
Arshba Abkhaz
Most 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".
Arslan Turkish
Variant of Aslan.
Arslanagić Bosnian
Means "son of Arslan".
Arslanuly Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from the given name Arslan.
Arsov m Macedonian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Arso".
Arsova f Macedonian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Arsov.
Arsovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Arsovski.
Arsovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Arso".
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".
Artavia Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Artabia.
Arteaga Basque
Derived from Basque arte "oak tree; holm oak, evergreen oak" and -aga "place of, group of".
Artega Basque
Variant of Arteaga.
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.
Artemov Russian
Variant transcription of Artyomov.
Artemova f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Артёмова (see Artyomova).
Arterton English
Variant of Atherton. A famous bearer is the English actress Gemma Arterton (1986-).
Arteta Basque
Habitational 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".
Arthakornsiribo Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).
Arthakornsiripho Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).
Arthurs English
From the given name: Arthur.
Artico Italian, French
Nickname from the adjective antico ‘ancient’.
Artigas Aragonese, Catalan, Spanish
Plural form of artiga, referring to land cleared for agriculture.... [more]
Artino Greek
Habitational name for someone from the city of Arta in Epirus.
Artis English
English: 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.
Arturi Italian
Derived from the given name Arturo.
Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.
Arturov Russian
Means "son of Artur".
Artursson Swedish
Means "Son of Artur".
Artyomov Russian
Means "son of Artyom”.
Artyomova f Russian
Feminine form of Artyomov.
Artyukhin m Russian
Means "son of Artyukha."
Artziniega Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, probably derived from Basque artzain "shepherd" and -aga "place of, group of".
Aru Estonian
Aru is an Estonian surname meaning both "dry upland grassy meadow" and "wit" and "intelligence".
Aru Italian
Meaning 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".
Aru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Aruja Estonian
Aruja is an Estonian surname derived from "varuja" meaning "purveyor".
Arukask Estonian
Arukask is an Estonian surname meaning "silver birch" (Betula pendula).
Aruküla Estonian
Aruküla is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland village".
Aruküll Estonian
Aruküll is an Estonian surname meaning "intelligent enough".
Arukuusk Estonian
Arukuusk is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce meadow".
Arulaid Estonian
Arulaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow islet".
Arumaa Estonian
Arumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow land".
Arumäe Estonian
Arumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland hill/mountain".
Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".
Arundel English
English 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.
Arunurm Estonian
Arunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland meadow".
Aruorg Estonian
Aruorg is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/meadow valley".
Arupõld Estonian
Arupõld is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland field".
Arusaar Estonian
Arusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/grassland island".
Arustamyan Armenian
Means "son of Arustam", from a given name derived from a combination of the names Ara and Rustam.
Arutee Estonian
Arutee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland road".
Arutyunyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).
Aruvald Estonian
Aruvald is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland parish".
Aruväli Estonian
Aruväli is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow field".
Aruvee Estonian
Aruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow water".
Arvanitis Greek
Signifying ethnic origin, an Arvanit.
Arya Indian, Hindi
From the given name Arya 1.
Aryaev m Buryat (Russified)
Means "son of Arya".
Aryaeva f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Aryaev.
Aryal Nepali
Nepali Hindu surname of unknown meaning.
Arylakhov m Yakut
From Yakut арыы (aryy), meaning "island".
Arystanbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Arystanbek".
Arystanbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Arystanbekov.
Arystanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Arystan".
Arystanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Arystanov.
Arzamendia Basque
Derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and an uncertain first element, possibly haritz "oak tree", artz "bear", or a combination of (h)arri "rock, stone" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Arzola Basque
Castilianized form of a Basque topographic name, derived from (h)arri "stone, rock; glass" combined with -tza "large quantity, abundance" and -ola "location, place of".
Arzur Breton
Derived from the Breton given name of Arzhur.
Ås Swedish, Norwegian
Means "ridge, esker" in Swedish and Norwegian.
Asa Japanese
Variously 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.
Asaad Arabic
From the given name As'ad.
Asaarashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning" and 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm; tempest".
Asabu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麻布 (see Azabu 1 or Azabu 2).
Asabushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 朝武士 (see Asamushi).
Asad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Asad.
Asada Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp, flax" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Asadi Persian
From the given name Asad.
Əsədli Azerbaijani
From the given name Əsəd.
Əsədov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əsəd".
Əsədova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əsədov.
Asadpour Persian
Means "son of Asad".
Asadullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Asadullah.
Asadullina f Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Asadullin.
Asadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Asad".
Asaf Hebrew
From the given name Asaf.
Asahara Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asai) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" combined with 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Asahina Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 比 (hi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" or 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", and 奈 (na), a phonetic character.
Asai Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "shallow well".
Asai Japanese
From 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 Japanese
From the Japanese 淺 or 浅 (asa) "superficial" and 香 (ka) "odour," "smell,"　加 (ka) "increase," "step-up" or 賀 (ka) "congratulation."
Asakawa Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river".
Asaki Japanese
From Japanese 杏 (anzu, a) meaning "apricot" or 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Asakura Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".
Asal Arabic
means "honey" in Arabic
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 Japanese
made with kanji 朝(asa) meaning "morning" or 浅(asa) meaning "shallow" with 水(mizu) neaning "water".
Asamoah Western African, Akan
From the given name Asamoah. A famous bearer is the retired Ghanaian soccer player Kwadwo Asamoah (1988-).
Asamura Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Asamushi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅虫 (Asamushi) meaning "Asamushi", an area in the city of Aomori in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]
Asante Western African, Akan
From 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 Japanese
Asa can mean "morning", "shallow" or "hemp" and o means "tail".
Asaoka Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Asaomo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浅面 or 淺面 (see Asamen).
Asari Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 利 (ri) meaning "benefit, advantage".
Asari Indian, Hindi, Malayalam
From 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.
Asari Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Asar.
Asari Indonesian
From the given name Asari.
Asaro Italian, Sicilian
Derived from Sicilian Àsaru. A comune in the Province of Enna, Sicily.
Asaroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Asar".
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... [more]
Asatryan Armenian
Means "son of Asatur".
Asbroeck Dutch, Belgian
From es "ash tree" and broek "marsh, wetland".
Asbury English
English location name with the elements as- meaning "east" or "ash tree" and -bury meaning "fortified settlement."
Ascanio Italian
From the given name Ascanio.
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 Cebuano
the 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, Italian
From 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 Swedish
Shortened form of Aschanius (now obsolete) taken from the name of a village whose name was derived from Swedish ask "ash tree".
Asche German
Variant of Ascher.
Ascher German
Derived from German asche meaning "ash" (tanners worked with ash)
Ascot English
Surname 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.
Aselton American
Asel being a variant of Asil meaning ""noble"" and ton meaning ""town"".
Asensio Basque
It signifies "dweller at the place where the blackberry bushes grew."
Asgari Persian
From the given name Asgar.
Əsgərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əsgərov.
Asghar Arabic, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Asghar.
Asghari Persian
From the given name Asghar.
Asgharpour Persian
Means "son of Asghar".
Asgharzadeh Persian
Means "born of Asghar".
Ashbe English
Derived from one of the several places in England called Ashby.
Ashbrook English
Derived 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 English
English: 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’.
Ashcraft English
Altered form of English Ashcroft.
Ashcroft English
English (chiefly Lancashire) topographic name from Middle English æsc ‘ash tree’ + croft ‘enclosure’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with these elements.
Asher Jewish
From the given name Asher.
Asher English
Name for someone who dwelled by an ash tree, from Middle English asche or asshe meaning "ash tree".
Asherov um Jewish, Russian
Means "son of Asher".
Ashfaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ashfaq.
Ashfield English
Meaning "ash tree field".
Ashford English
Derived 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".... [more]
Ashida Japanese
Combination of the kanji 芦 (ashi, "reed") and 田 (ta, "field").
Ashido Japanese
From Japanese 芦 (ashi) meaning "reed" and 戸 (do) meaning "door"
Ashikaga Japanese
Ashikaga 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, Urdu
Derived 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.
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