All Submitted Surnames

Saetiao Thai
Form of Zhang used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Saetta Italian
Means "lightning" in Italian.

Saeueng Thai
Form of Huang used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hakka romanization of the name).

Sævarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sævar" in Icelandic.

Sævarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sævar" in Icelandic.

Saeyang Thai
Form of Yang used by Chinese Thais.

Sáez Spanish
Derived from an uncertain given name, possibly Sancho.

Saez French, Spanish

Safa Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.

Safaei Persian
From the given name Safa.

Şafak Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.

Safara Nigerian

Safari Persian
From the given name Safar.

Safarov Tajik, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Safar".

Safarova Tatar, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Bashir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Safarov

Safdar Urdu
Derived from the given name Safdar.

Safee Malaysian

Safeena Indian (Rare)

Safer Jewish
Variant of Safir.

Safeya Muslim
• Safeya is derived from the SAD-F-A root which is used in many places in the Quran, This name derives from the Arabic “Ṣafi”, meaning “pure, confidante, best friend”. Safiyya bint Huyayy was a Jewish woman captured from the Banu Nadir tribe at age 17, who became Muhammad's wife... [more]

Saffeels English (Rare), German (Rare)
Used as a last name a minimum of 82 times in (USA, Germany).

Saffioti Italian
From the place name Punta Safò, a settlement in Briatico.

Saffron English

Safi Pashto, Afghan, Pakistani
Meaning unknown. This is the name of branch of the Ghurghakhti Pashtun tribe in regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Safi Arabic
From the given name Safi.

Safir Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name from northeastern Yiddish dialect safir and German Saphir ‘sapphire’.

Şəfiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Şəfi".

Safka Russian, Ukrainian
From Russian за́втрак savtrak, meaning “breakfast”.

Safonov Russian

Šafran Croatian
Means "crocus, saffron".

Safran Jewish

Šafranec Croatian
Variant of Šafran.

Safrit English

Saga Japanese

Sagadraca English

Sagaipov Chechen
Chechen name of unknown meaning, possibly of Arabic or Persian origin.

Sagala Batak

Sagami Japanese

Sagan English (American)

Sagara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (saga) meaning "nature, custom, fate, destiny" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, ease".

Sagardui Basque

Sagastume Basque
Topographic name from Basque sagasta meaning "apple tree" + -ume meaning "young plant".

Sagawa Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sagdiyev Uzbek
Famous barrier: Borat Sagdiyev

Sage English (Modern)
From the English word sage (see Sage).

Saget Jewish

Saggio Italian

Sağır Turkish
Means "deaf" in Turkish.

Sagisu Japanese

Sağlam Turkish
Means "firm, hard, strong" in Turkish.

Sagorsky Polish, Russian
It means literally "of the city/town Sagorsk". Sagorsk is a city near the Russian capital of Moskva. The ending of "sky" means "of". The "Sagor" part of the surname sounds to me like "za gor" which is "za gorod"... [more]

Sagrado Spanish

Sagraves English
Variant of Seagrave.

Sagrika Gujarati
Sagarika patel

Sagun Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Sahagún.

Sagwa Eastern African

Sah Indian, Hindi
Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu).

Saha Czech

Saha Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Sahabi Iranian
Possibly from Arabic صَحَابِيّ‎ (ṣaḥābiyy) meaning "companion", from the verb صَحِبَ‎ (ṣaḥiba) "to accompany, to be one's companion".

Sahagian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sahakian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.

Sahakyan Armenian
Means "son of Sahak".

Saham Indian

Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar

Saharaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic صحراوي (Ṣaḥrāwī) meaning "inhabitant of the desert" (from صحراء (Ṣaḥrā') "desert"), referring to the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara (see Sahraoui)... [more]

Sahatçhiu Albanian

Sahatçiu Albanian
From Turkish saatçi meaning "watchmaker".

Şahbazov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Şahbaz".

Sahib Arabic
It means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.

Sahie African

Şahin Turkish
Means "falcon, hawk" in Turkish, probably used to refer to someone who was a falcon tamer.

Šahinović Bosnian

Sahlén Swedish
Variant of Sahlin.

Sahler Jewish, German

Sahlin Swedish
Swedish sal "hall, large room" (possibly from a place name containing this element) combined with the common surname suffix -in.

Sahni Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Possibly from Sahni, the name of a village in Punjab.

Sahoo Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Sahu.

Sahota Indian (Sikh)
A sikh surname meaning ‘hare’, derived from the name of a Jat clan.

Sahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".

Sahryu Japanese

Sahu Indian, Odia, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Sai Japanese (Rare)
Japanese for Cai.

Sai Hui
From the Arabic name Sa'id.

Said Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.

Saida Japanese

Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.

Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.

Saidov Tajik, Uzbek, Chechen, Avar, Lezgin, Lak, Turkmen
Means "son of Sa'id".

Saif Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Saif.

Saifan Hebrew
Last name and surname... [more]

Saifullah Arabic
From the given name Saifullah.

Saigo Japanese

Saihara Japanese
Prime field, Conspicuous wilderness... [more]

Saiia Italian

Saijo Japanese

Saijō Japanese
From Japanese 西 (sai) meaning "west" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Saiki Japanese

Saikia Indian, Assamese
From a military title used during the Ahom Kingdom that indicated an official who commanded 100 soldiers. The title itself is derived from Assamese শ (xo) meaning "hundred".

Saikrishna Indian

Sailer English
Variant spelling of Saylor.

Sailo Mizo

Sailor English
Variant of Saylor.

Saimura Japanese

Säinas Estonian
Säinas is an Estonian surname meaning "ide/orfe" (a freshwater species of fish; genus Leuciscus).

Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.

Sainsbury English
habitational name from Saintbury (Gloucestershire) from the Old English personal name Sæwine (genitive Sæwines from Old English sæ "sea" and wine ‘friend’) plus burg "fortified place".

Saint English, French
Nickname for a particularly pious individual, from Middle English, Old French saint, seint "holy" (Latin sanctus "blameless, holy"). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, especially on the Continent, and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname.

Saint-Amour French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Amor" in French.

Sainte-Marie French, Occitan
French and Occitan cognate of Santamaría.

Saint-exupery French
From the place named Saint-Exupery. Famous bearer of this surname is Antoine Saint-Exupery, the writer of .

Saint-Fleur French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Fleur" in French.

Saint-Germain French, Haitian Creole
Variant spelling of St Germain.

Saint-Jean French
Means Saint John in French

Saint-Jevin French

Saint-Juste French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Justus" in French.

Saint-Louis French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Louis" in French.

Saint-saëns French
From any place named Saint-Saens by honor to the saint Sidonius.

Saint-Simon French
A French surname meaning "Saint Simon". Two famous bearers were Duc de Saint-Simon Louis de Rouvroy(1675-1755), a French memoirist, and his younger relative, Henri de Saint-Simon(1760-1825), the founder of French Socialism and modern theoretical Socialism in general.

Saint-xandre French
Derived from Saint Alexander

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Saenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho. This given name was originally derived from the Latin name Sanctius a derivative of the Latin word 'sanctus', meaning 'holy'.

Saionji Japanese
Japanese surname derived from the kanji for "west", "park, garden" and "Buddhist temple".

Saipe English
English: perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Wiltshire named Stype.

Saipov Uzbek, Kyrgyz
From a given name derived from Arabic صائب (sayib) meaning "just, true, right".

Saique Filipino

Saique Filipino
Saique means ‘sovereign’ or ‘supreme ruler’

Saishiki Japanese
Derived from "彩色" meaning "colouring".

Saisho Japanese

Saishou Japanese

Saita Japanese

Saitama Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "precious stone peninsula".

Saitozaki Japanese (Rare)

Saiz Spanish
Variant of Sáez.

Sajakul Thai

Saje African

Sajid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sajid.

Sajin French
1 French: metonymic occupational name for a satin merchant or specialist satin weaver, from Middle French satin ‘satin’, a word of Arabic and (ultimately) Chinese origin, a derivative of the Chinese place name Tsinkiang, whence satin silk was brought to the Middle East and Europe in the Middle Ages.... [more]

Sajjad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sajjad.

Sajjadi Persian
From the given name Sajjad.

Saka Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as Osaka.

Saka Turkish
Either an occupational name for a seller or deliverer of water or a nickname meaning "goldfinch".

Saka Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Sakabara Japanese

Sakabayashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sakahayashi.

Sakada Japanese

Sakade Japanese

Sakae Japanese

Sakagai Japanese

Sakagami Japanese

Sakagami Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 上 (kami) meaning "high place, top".

Sakagawa Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sakagaya Japanese

Sakagi Japanese

Sakaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sakagut Zapotec (Anglicized, Rare)
This name is rare and usually given to the "god child."

Sakahara Japanese
From Japanese 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sakahayashi Japanese

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sakaki Japanese

Sakakibara Japanese
From Japanese 榊 (sakaki) meaning "sakaki" (a type of tree) and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Sakakida Japanese (Rare)
Sakaki (榊) means "sakaki tree", da (田) means "ricefield". Ta changes to da because of rendaku. This surname is extremely rare

Sakakihara Japanese

Sakakita Japanese

Sakakiwara Japanese

Sakalauskas Lithuanian
Ultimately derived from Sokol. Varient forms are Sakalauskienė (married woman or widow) and Sakalauskaitė (unmarried woman).

Sakallı Turkish
Means "bearded" in Turkish.

Sakamata Japanese
Perhaps from surname of Naoya Sakamata, who was a composer of dark music.

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakane Japanese
From the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) "slope" or 酒 (saka or sake) "alcohol" and 根 (ne) "root."

Sakano Japanese

Sakano Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sakanoue Japanese

Sakata Japanese

Sakata Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakatani Japanese
阪 (Saka) means "Hill, Slope" and 谷 (Tani) means "Valley".

Sakaue Japanese

Sakawa Japanese

Sakawara Japanese

Sakaya Japanese

Sakayanagi Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]

Sakazaki Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".

Sakellarios Greek
Feminine form is Sakellariou

Saker English
Occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, derived from an agent derivative of Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag".

Saket Arabic (Maghrebi)
An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.

Sakhalinsky Russian
Refers to an island in Eastern Russia named "Sakhalin."

Saki Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sakib Bengali
From the given name Shakib.

Sakihara Japanese

Sakii Japanese

Sakimoto Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Sakino Japanese
Saki means "slope, hill" and no means "field, wilderness, plaine."

Sakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) "small peninsula, cape" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Sako Japanese

Sakoh Japanese

Sakon Japanese
A notable bearer is the actor Peter Sakon Lee.

Sakong Korean

Šakota Serbian
From šaka, meaning "hand"

Sakou Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 (kō) meaning "facing".

Saks Estonian
Saks is an Estonian surname derived from "Saksa" ("German") and "Saksamaa" ("Germany"). Ultimately derived from "Saxon" and "Saxony".

Saksakulm Estonian
Saksakulm is an Estonian surname meaning "German brow".

Saksena Indian, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सक्सेना (see Saxena).

Saku Japanese

Sakuami Japanese

Sakuda Japanese

Sakuma Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Sakura Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Sakuragi Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood" or 樹 (gi) meaning "tree". Chloe Cerise and Professor Cerise (also known as Koharu Sakuragi and Dr... [more]

Sakurai Japanese
From the Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) "cherry blossom" or 桃 (sakura or momo) "peach" and 井 (i) "well."

Sakurai Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well." A notable bearer of this surname is Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井 孝宏), a Japanese voice-actor who is best known for voicing Izuru Kira from Bleach, Kiyomaro Takamine from Zatch Bell, and Ja'far from the Magi series.

Sakurai Japanese
From Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakurajima Japanese
From Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) both meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 島 (jima) meaning "island". This surname comes from 桜島 (Sakurajima), an active stratovolcano located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan... [more]

Sakuramachi Japanese

Sakurami Japanese
Sakura means "Cherry Blossom (tree)" and Mi means "View, See, Mindset."

Sakurami Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see" or 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real".

Sakuramiya Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Sakuramoto Japanese

Sakurano Japanese
Means "cherry blossom field" in Japanese, from 桜 (sakura) "cherry blossom" and 野 (no) "field".

Sakurasaka Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saka means "cape, peninsula".

Sakurasaki Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saki means "peninsula".

Sakurashima Japanese

Sakurata Japanese
Variant of Sakurada.

Sakurazaka Japanese (Rare)
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaka is a form of saka that means means "peninsula, cape". ... [more]

Sakurazaki Japanese
Variant of Sakurasaki. Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaki is a form of saki means "peninsula".

Sakuta Japanese

Sakyi Akan
Meaning unknown.

Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".

Saladin French
nickname for a blustering or tyrannical individual from the name of the medieval Egyptian sultan who because of his success in combating the Crusaders became demonized in French and Italian folklore as a monster second only to Herod.

Saladino Italian, Sicilian
Either from the personal name Saladino from Arabic (see Saladin ) or a nickname from this name denoting a bully or tyrant... [more]

Salae Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Salae, a Thai form of Salih.

Salaeh Thai (Muslim)
Alternate transcription of Salae.

Salagubang Filipino, Tagalog
Means "beetle" in Tagalog.

Salah Arabic
From the given name Salah 1.

Salahov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Salah 1".

Salahuddin Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Salah al-Din.

Salakaya Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Шакар-ипа (Shakar-ipa) meaning "son of Shakar". The name itself may be derived from Persian شکر (šakar) meaning "sugar" or from Arabic شَكَرَ (šakara) meaning "to be thankful, to be grateful".

Salalila Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra) meaning "body". This was the name of a rajah of the historical region of Maynila (modern-day Manila).

Salam Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Salam.

Salama Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salamah Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salamandyk Ukrainian (Rare, Expatriate)
Rare Ukrainian surname of uncertain origin, perhaps Moldovan.

Salameh Arabic
Derived from Arabic سلامة (salama) meaning "safety, good health" or سلام (salam) meaning "peace".

Šalamon Slovene
From the given name Šalamon.

Salamov Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Chechen
Derived from Arabic سَلَام (salām) meaning "peace, greeting".

Salander Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly a variant of Selander or a combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -ander.

Salangsang Filipino, Pampangan
Means "(to) stack" in Kapampangan.

Salapuddin Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Salapuddin.

Salas Spanish, Galician, Aragonese, Portuguese, Catalan, Asturian
Habitational name from places named with salas, plural form of sala, meaning "room, hall" in Spanish and Asturian. Also an anglicized form of the Hungarian name SZÁLAS "tall".

Salaŭjoŭ Belarusian
Patronymic surname derived from Belarusian салавей (salaviej) meaning "nightingale".

Salaün Breton, French
Form of the given name Solomon.

Salavati Persian
From Persian صلوات (salavat) meaning "praise, blessing, greeting".

Salazer Turkish (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Salazar.

Salchow German

Saldaña Spanish
Habitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.

Saldano Spanish

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Saldívar Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.

Saldrim Irish
Means "One who knows".

Sale English, French
English: from Middle English sale ‘hall’, a topographic name for someone living at a hall or manor house, or a metonymic occupational name for someone employed at a hall or manor house. ... [more]

Sale Sardinian
Derived from Sardinian sale "salt", this name denoted a producer or seller of salt.

Saleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Salim.

Saleh Arabic
From the given name Salih.

Salehi Persian
Derived from the given name Saleh.

Salem Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Salemi Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from a place so called in Trapani.

Salendy Brazilian

Salene English

Salerno Italian
Southern Italian habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.

Salętnik Polish

Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person.

Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.

Salia Arabic

Salib Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Egyptian Christian derived from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) meaning "cross, crucifix".

Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]

Salic Filipino, Maranao
Derived from the given name Salic.

Salierno Italian
Possibly denotes someone from the city Salerno.

Salih Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Salih.

Salihamidžić Bosnian

Salim Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Filipino, Tausug, Maguindanao
From the given name Salim.

Salimi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Səlimov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Səlim".

Salimov Uzbek, Tajik, Bashkir, Tatar, Lezgin, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "son of Salim".

Salinger English

Salinš Latvian
Topographic name for someone living on an island, from a derivative of Latvian sala meaning ‘island’.

Saliński Polish

Salipada Filipino, Maguindanao
Maguindanao cognate of Saripada.

Salis Romansh
Derived from Italian salice "willow".

Salis Sardinian
Variant of Sale.

Salisberry English
Variant of Salisbury.

Salisbury English
Habitational name from the city in Wiltshire, the Roman name of which was Sorviodunum (of British origin). In the Old English period the second element (from Celtic dun ‘fortress’) was dropped and Sorvio- (of unexplained meaning) became Searo- in Old English as the result of folk etymological association with Old English searu ‘armor’; to this an explanatory burh ‘fortress’, ‘manor’, ‘town’ was added... [more]

Saliste Estonian
Saliste is an Estonian surname derived from "salu", meaning "grove".

Salizar Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Salazar.

Salk English (American)
Likely the English form of Schalk, which means "dweller near a willow tree".

Salla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Romanian
Variant of Sala.

Sallander Swedish
Variant of Salander.

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Salle English