All Submitted Surnames

Panksepp Estonian
Panksepp is an Estonian surname meaning "bank smith". May also be derived from "pangsepp", meaning "bucket smith/maker".

Panmod Thai

Pann Estonian
Pann is an Estonian surname meaning "pan".

Pannala Finnish
Finnish: from the female personal name Anna + the local suffix -la. Found chiefly in Ostrobothnia.

Pannata Indonesian (Rare)

Pannebakker Dutch
From Middle Dutch panne "pan, roof tile" and backer "baker", an occupational name for someone who made roof tiles.

Pannekoek Dutch
Means "pancake" in Dutch, possibly a nickname for someone who made or liked to eat pancake. Alternatively, it could derive from a place name, such as an inn or field named for pancakes.

Panosovich Russian
Means "Son of Panos" in Russian

Panou Greek
Means "son of Panos". A famous bearer is the Greek composer Akis Panou (1933-2000)

Panov Russian
Means "son of Panya".

Panozzo Italian
Venice, one of the oldest and most beautiful regions of Italy, is the esteemed birthplace of numerous prominent families, and of a family that bears the surname Panozzo. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for them to adopt a second name to identify themselves, as populations grew and travel became more frequent... [more]

Panpiemras Thai

Pantaleo Italian
From the given name Pantaleon.

Pantaleón Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Pantaleón.

Pantaleon Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Pantaleón.

Pantalion Italian

Pantano Italian

Pantazi Greek
Variant of Pantazis.

Pantazidis Greek

Pantazis Greek
Derived from the Greek wish: πάντα να ζει! (panta na zei!) or πάντα ζεις! (panta zeis!) meaning "live forever!", from the Greek πάντα (panta) meaning "always" and ζεις (zeis) meaning "live"... [more]

Pantazzi Romanian
Best known as the surname of a certain Sybille.

Panteleev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Пантелеев (see Panteleyev).

Panteleyev m Russian
Means "son of Panteley".

Panteli Greek
From the given name Pantelis.

Pantheim Hungarian

Panther Cook Islands Maori

Pantić Serbian

Pantolin Swedish (Rare)
Swedish military name

Pantzos Greek

Panuwat Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ภาณุวัฒน์ (see Phanuwat).

Panyanouvong Lao
From Lao ປັນຍາ (panya) meaning "wisdom, intelligence, reason" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Panyarachun m Mon, Thai
Of uncertain meaning. A famous bearer was a Prime Minister of Thailand, himself an ethnic Mon.

Panyobhas Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ปัญโญภาส (see Panyophat).

Panyopas Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ปัญโญภาส (see Panyophat).

Panyophat Thai (Rare)
From Thai ปัญโญ (panyo), a form of ปัญญา (panya) meaning "wisdom; knowledge; intelligence" and

Panyuk Ukrainian
A form of Panchenko.

Panzacola Indigenous American (Rare)
Named after the tribe meaning "hairy people".

Panzer German
Metonymic occupational name for an armorer from Middle High German panzier "mailcoat" (Old French pancier "armor for the stomach, body armor" from Late Latin).

Panzeri Italian
Either a nickname from Italian pancia "belly, paunch", referring to someone with a prominent belly (see Panza), or an occupational name for someone who manufactured girdles and armour, from panciere "corset, girdle; paunce (armour covering the belly)", ultimately from the same root.

Panzica Italian
From Sicilian panzicu "pot-bellied, paunch".

Pão Portuguese
Metonymic occupational name for a baker, from pão meaning "bread"

Pao Chinese
Variant of Bao.

Pao Estonian
Pao is an Estonian surname, derived from "paotama", meaning "slightly open".

Paoa Hawaiian

Paola Italian

Paoli Italian

Paolicelli Italian

Paolini Italian
From the given name Paolino.

Paolino Italian
From the given name Paolino.

Paolo Italian
From the given name Paolo.

Paonil Thai
From Thai เปา (pao) meaning "judicial officer, referee, umpire" and นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black".

Papa Albanian

Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.

Papa French
From French meaning "dad, father". Likely given to someone seen as a father figure.

Papaccio Italian
The root papa comes from the Greek language, whose Italian translation is literally "priest", but during centuries this was also a term of respect, and this is due to the active influence of Greek and Byzantine culture in southern Italy and specifically in Naples... [more]

Papachristodoulopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of the priest and servant of Christ" in Greek.

Papacostas Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Παπακώστας (see Papakostas) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Papademetriou Greek
Alternate transcription of Papadimitriou.

Papademos Greek
Likely derived from Greek papas, meaning "pope".

Papadiamantopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of the diamond priest" in Greek. A notable bearer of this surname is Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, a Greek revolutionary leader.

Papageorgopoulos Greek

Papahronis English, Greek

Papakonstantinos Greek

Papakostas Greek
Means "son of Kostas the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Kostas.

Papamichael Greek, English (Rare)
Means "son of priest Michael".

Papaqui Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl pakini meaning "happy".

Paparazzo Italian

Papas Greek
From Greek meaning "pope, priest".

Papasideris Greek

Papastathopoulos Greek
Meaning "you are the priest" in Greek.

Papasymeon Greek

Papatheodorou Greek

Papatonis Greek
Means "son of priest Antonis".

Papazian Armenian
Patronymic from Turkish papaz ‘(Orthodox) priest’, ‘father’, from Greek papas (see Papas).

Papazoglou Greek
Means "son of the priest", derived from the Greek παπάς (papás) meaning "priest" combined with the Turkish oğlu or oğul meaning "son, descendant".

Papenbrook English

Papi Iranian

Papili Central American

Papin French
Either from Old French papin "pap (for kids)" a noun derivative of paper "to munch or eat" (from Late Latin pappare in origin a nursery word) as a nickname probably referring to a glutton... [more]

Papinot French

Papkowna Polish

Papon French (Huguenot)
Derived from Old French papon "grandfather", ultimately from Latin pappus.

Papoulias Greek

Pappalardo Italian
Means "glutton, hypocrite" in Italian, originally a nickname for a gluttonous person or someone who pretended to observe religious fasts while eating meat in secret.

Pappel Estonian
Pappel is an Estonian surname meaning "poplar/cottonwood".

Pappin English (Canadian)
Southeastern Ontario, Canada. My dad and uncle are the only two I met. I was told their family background was Metis/Cree.

Pappoe Akan

Paquette French
From the personal name Paquet, a pet form of Pascal.

Paquiao Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Pacquiao.

Paquin French
Originated in east France. This last name signified a freehold that permitted use of a cluster of land or pastures. The name became “he who possesses lands” and "he who is wise."

Par Portuguese
Derived from Portuguese meaning "pair, couple, equal".

Parada Spanish

Paradis French

Paradis French
From a learned variant of Old French pareis "Paradise" (from Greek paradeisos). As a toponym this was applied to verdant places and it is quite common as a place name in Nord and Normandy; the surname therefore can be a topographic or habitational name.

Paradise English, Scottish
Nickname for someone who "lived by a park or pleasure garden".

Paradiso Italian
from paradiso "Paradise" applied as a topographic name for someone living in a verdant place where flowers grew in abundance or near a pleasure garden or from the same word used as a personal name recorded in the form Paradisus in Lazio in 108

Paragas Pangasinan, Ilocano
From Pangasinan or Ilocano ragas meaning "to cut, to trim (clothing)", probably used as an occupational name.

Paraiya Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting laborers in agriculture and/or industry. This is a surname belonging to Dalit, or "Untouchables," in the Hindu caste system.

Parajuli Nepali
From the name of a village in Dailekh District called Parajul.

Paraka Papuan

Paramar Indian, Gujarati
Means "one who strikes the enemy" from Sanskrit पर (para) meaning "other, alien, foreigner, enemy" and मार (mā́ra) meaning "killing, slaying, destroying".

Paramata Gorontalo

Paramore French (Rare)
origin is unknown but the meaning of the name is lover used in France and England

Paranal Spanish (Philippines)
parañal

Paras Asturian

Paras Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Parras.

Paraskevopoulos Greek
Means "son of Paraskevas".

Paraskevopoulou Greek
Feminine form of Paraskevopoulos.

Parata Maori
From a transliteration of the English word "brother" or "brothers".

Paratore Italian
Derived from Italian paratore meaning "decorator, fuller", which refers to a craftsman who fulls coarse cloth. In other words: this surname is the Italian cognate of the English surname Fuller... [more]

Paravicini Romansh, Italian (Swiss)

Parayuelos Spanish

Pardauil Portuguese
An uncommon surname possibly derived from the word pardal, meaning "sparrow".

Pardi Italian

Pardieu French
Variant of Depardieu.

Pardoe English
From a medieval nickname based on the Old French oath par Dieu "by God" (cf. Purdie).

Pardon French
A nickname for someone who had received the royal clemency.

Parduhn German
Variant Of Pardon From Middle English Pardun, Pardon "Pardon" A Metonymic occupational name for a pardoner, a person licensed to sell papal pardons or indulgences. German: either a cognate of 1 (also for a sexton), from Old French pardon ‘pardon’, or perhaps a nickname from Middle Low German bardun, Middle High German purdune ‘pipe’ (instrument), ‘tenor’ (voice).

Pardy English (Modern)
English (Dorset) variant of Perdue.

Pare English
Variant of Parr.

Paré French (Quebec)
Unclear. Possibly occupational for a pareur, a textile worker that smooths and flattens the fabric.

Paredez Spanish
Variant of Paredes.

Pareja Spanish
habitational name from Pareja in Guadalajara province.

Parekh Gujarati
Means "assayer, examiner" in Gujarati, ultimately from Sanskrit परीक्षक (parīkṣaka). It was used to denote a person who tested the authenticity of currency or jewels.

Parelius Norwegian
Latinization of a learned Hellenized translation of either Solvorn, a placename in Luster (Sogn og Fjordane), or of Solnør, a placename in Skodje/Ørskog (Møre og Romsdal), Norway. The surname itself is then derived from Greek para heliou "near (or close by) the sun".

Parentaud French
Variant of Parenteau.

Parente Portuguese (Brazilian)

Parenteau French (Rare), French (Quebec)
Diminutive of Parent. In France, this name is predominantly found in the Poitou-Charentes region.

Paresh Iranian

Parete Italian
Denoted from a person who lived near a wall.

Parfitt English, Welsh
Derived from Middle English parfit meaning "perfect."

Pärg Estonian
Pärg is an Estonian surname meaning "wreath".

Pargo English

Parham Irish, English
This name has been used amongst the Irish and English. This user's great grandmother came from Ireland and her maiden name was Parham. However, in English (London) it is a habitational name from places in Suffolk and Sussex, named in Old English with pere ‘pear’ + ham ‘homestead’.

Parida Indian

Parido Filipino

Parigi Italian
Habitational name for someone who lives in places called "Parigi" (Paris).

Parijs Dutch

Parikh Gujarati
Variant of Parekh.

Parila Italian

Parilla Italian

Parilli Italian

Parillo Spanish, Italian

Parin Romansh

Paris Estonian
Paris is an Estonian surname derived from "päris" meaning "true" and "genuine".

Pariseau French
Derived from a pet form of Paris.

Parisella Italian

Pariz Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate or variant of Paris.

Parkash Indian, Punjabi
From the given name Parkash.

Parke English
Variant spelling of Park 2 or Park 3.

Parkers English

Parkerson English

Parkes English
Variant of Parks.

Parkey Scottish

Parkhurst English (?)
Pankhurst

Parkin English
From the given name Parkin

Parkington English
Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington, from Old English Peartingtun 'settlement (tun) associated with Pearta', a personal name not independently recorded.

Parkis English
Variant of Perkins or Parks.

Parkus Polish

Parkyn English

Parkzer English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of "Parker". Adam Parkzer, better known mononymously as Parkzer, formally known as Adam Park, renamed it to Parkzer because of 'how generic his surname was'

Parlak Turkish
Means "bright, brilliant" in Turkish.

Parlett English

Parletti Italian (Rare)
It is a surname of Italian origin, believed to mean "talkative", although few have this surname. Approximately 11 people bear this surname.

Parlev Bulgarian

Parley English
A place name meaning "pear field" from Old English 'per' with 'lee' or 'lea' meaning a field or clearing, perhaps where land was cleared to cultivate pear trees. Therefore this name denotes someone who lived near or worked at such a location or came from a habitation associated with the name... [more]

Parli Romansh
Derived from the given name Bartholomäus.

Parligras Romanian

Parlov Croatian

Parmar Indian

Parmar Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit परमार (paramara) meaning "slayer of enemies", from पर (para) meaning "enemy, adversary" and मार (mara) meaning "killing, slaying, destroying".

Parmas Estonian
Parmas is an Estonian surname meaning a "heap of sheaves" and an "armful".

Parmely English
Variant of Parmley.

Parmentier French
An occupational surname for a maker of "facings" and "trimmings".

Parmley English
Variant of Parley. This form is found more in northern England, specifically Cumberland and Durham, but is of like derivation.

Pärnakivi Estonian
Pärnakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "linden stone".

Pärnamaa Estonian
Pärnamaa is an Estonians surname meaning "linden land".

Pärnamets Estonian
Pärnamets is an Estonian surname meaning "linden forest".

Pärnasalu Estonian
Pärnasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lime grove".

Pärnaste Estonian
Pärnaste is an Estonian surname derived from "pärn" meaning "linden".

Parnell English

Parnes Jewish
Eastern Ashkenazic occupational name for the president of a Jewish community, from Yiddish parnes (from Hebrew parnas).

Parness Jewish
Variant of Parnes.

Parnham English
English habitational name from Parnham in Beaminster, Dorset.

Pärnoja Estonian
Pärnoja is an Estonian surname meaning "linden creek/stream".

Pärnpuu Estonian
Pärnpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "linden tree".

Paro Italian, Venetian

Paroche French

Parolo Italian
Italian surname coming from the given name Gaspare.

Parpan Romansh

Parque French

Parquet French

Parquier French
From an Old French word meaning "Keeper of the Park". Made from the element "Parc", meaning park, and the suffix "-ier", which indicates a profession. The surname Parker is a descendant.

Parr English
From a place so named in England. Derived from Old English pearr "enclosure".

Parr German
Variant of Pfarr.

Parras Spanish
Plural form of Parra.

Parreira Portuguese
Means "grapevine" in Portuguese. It was used as a toponymic name for someone from any of various places called Parreira, a topographic name for someone who lived near many grapevines, or an occupational name for someone who worked on a grapevine plantation.

Parrillo Spanish, Italian

Parro Estonian
Parro is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "parun" meaning "baron".

Parrot French
Form of Pierone.... [more]

Parrott English

Parsa Persian
Means "pious, devout" in Persian.

Parsadanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Փարսադանյան (see Parsadanyan).

Parsadanyan Armenian
Means "son of Parsadan".

Parsaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پارسایی (see Parsaei).

Parsaei Persian
From the given name Parsa.

Parsapour Persian
Means "son of Parsa".

Parsi Persian, Indian (Parsi)
Derived from Persian پارسی (pârsi) literally meaning "Persian", though it also refers to the Parsi (or Parsee), a Zoroastrian community in India.

Parsley Medieval French, English, Norman, French
Derived from Old French passelewe "cross the water."... [more]

Parslow English (British)

Pärson Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Persson. A notable bearer is Swedish alpine skier Anja Pärson (b. 1981).

Parson English
Means "priest, cleric, minister" in English, either an occupational name for someone who worked for a parson, a nickname for someone considered particularly pious, or perhaps given to illegitimate children of a priest.

Parson English
Variant of Pearson.

Parson Swedish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Pehrsson, Pärson, or Persson, all patronymics of Swedish diminutives of Peter.

Partalis Greek

Parteen Irish

Pärtel Estonian
Pärtel is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Pärtel".

Pärtelpoeg Estonian
Pärtelpoeg is an Estonian surname meaning "son of Pärtel (a masculine given name)".

Partenheimer German
Habitational name for someone from Partenheim in Rheinhessen.

Parthenis Greek
Derives from the Greek word for 'virgin.'

Parthenopoulos Greek
Descendant or son of the virgin, or someone with the name Parthenis

Partington English
Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington, from Old English Peartingtun "Pearta's town".

Partlov Slovak

Parton English
Habitational name from any of various places called Parton; most are named with Old English peretun ‘pear orchard’. A famous bearer of the surname is Dolly Parton.

Partouche Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Chicheportiche.

Partridge English

Parts Estonian
Parts is an Estonian surname, derived from "part" meaning "duck".

Parungao Filipino, Tagalog

Parvanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Parvan".

Parvanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Parvanov.

Parve Estonian
Parve is an Estonian surname meaning "raft". Probably taken from "parvemees" meaning "raftsman".

Parveen Hindi
From the given name Parveen.

Parveen Urdu, Hindi, Bengali
Derived from the given name Parvin.

Parvez Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Parviz.

Parvin Persian, Bengali
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian.

Parvizi Persian
From the given name Parviz.

Parvizian Persian
From the given name Parviz.

Parwaz Urdu
Meaning... [more]

Pasakarnis Lithuanian (?)

Pașalî Gagauz

Pašalić Bosnian, Croatian
Derived from paša, meaning "Pasha", which was a high rank in the Ottoman political and military system.

Pasaribu Batak
Derived from Batak ribu meaning "thousand".

Pasasauv Paiwan

Paşayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Paşa".

Paşayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Paşayev.

Pascale Italian

Pascall Anglo-Norman

Pasch German
Topographic name for a field or meadow which was used at Easter as a playground; etymologically two sources seem to be combined: Latin pascuum ‘pasture’ and Middle Low German pāsche(n) ‘Easter’.

Paschos Greek

Pascoal Portuguese, Central African
From the given name Pascoal.

Pascoe Cornish
Cornish form of Pascal, meaning "easter", with the Cornish patronymic suffix, -o.

Pascua Spanish
From the personal name Pascual. It also means "Easter" in Spanish.

Pascuas Spanish
Variant of Pascua.

Pasdar Persian
Means "guard, sentinel, watchman" in Persian.

Pasechnik Russian
Means "beekeeper" in Russian. Leonid Pasechnik is the leader of the LNR.

Pash English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Pasch.

Pasha Albanian, Ottoman Turkish (Anglicized), Turkish (Anglicized)
Pasha or pascha (Ottoman Turkish: پاشا‎, Turkish: paşa), formerly anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries and others... [more]

Pasha Urdu, Bengali, Persian, Albanian
From the high-ranking Ottoman military rank pasha of disputed origin, perhaps derived from the Persian title پادشاه (padeshah) meaning "king" or from Turkish baş meaning "head" and ağa meaning "lord, master".

Pashaei Persian
From the Ottoman title pasha, which was used by high-ranking military officers.

Pashayev Azerbaijani (Russified)
Russified form of Paşayev.

Pashby Irish

Pashi Indian

Pashley English
From the an Old English personal name Pæcca, and with the Old English word "le-ah," meaning "clearing in the wood. ''

Pashos Greek

Pashouwer Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Pashouwers

Pasia Tagalog
Variant of Pacia.

Pašić Serbian

Pasillas Spanish (Mexican)

Pasinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Paszyn in Nowy Sacz voivodeship; also a pet form of Paweł.

Paskalev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Paskal".

Paskaleva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Paskalev.

Paskhaev Chechen (Rare)
Of unknown meaning.

Paskhaeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Пасхаев (see Paskhaev).

Pasolini Italian

Paspatis Greek

Pasqua French
Derived from Pasqua, a nickname for a person born during Easter (which itself is derived from Latin pascua). Famous beaters include Charles Victor Pasqua (1927-2015), a French businessman and a Gaullist politician.

Pasquale Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Pasqualetti Italian
Derived from the given name Pasquale.

Pasquali Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Pasqualini Italian
Derived from Pasqualino, a diminutive of the given name Pasquale.

Pasqualino Italian
From the given name Pasqualino.

Pasquariella Italian
Derived from the given name Pasquale.

Pasquier French
Meaning uncertain. Possibly "keeper of the oven."

Passafiume Italian
ferryman "across the water"

Passar Nanai, Russian

Passe French
Possibly a nickname from passe 'sparrow

Passelewe Medieval English
The medieval name is from Old French passe(r) ‘to pass or cross’ + l’ewe ‘the water’, hence a nickname, probably for a ferryman or a merchant who was in the habit of traveling overseas, or else someone who had been on a pilgrimage or crusade.

Passepartout Literature
Derived from French passe-partout, which literally means "goes everywhere" but is actually an idiom for "skeleton key".... [more]

Passet French (Huguenot)
Derived from French pas "(geography) strait, pass" in combination with a diminutive suffix.

Passett Romansh
Romanshized form of Passet.

Passey English

Passi Italian, Medieval Italian
The surname Passi was first found in the town of Mugello, with the Passerini family who moved south to Florence in the 10th century. Terranova dei Passerini is a comune in the Province of Lodi in the Italian region Lombardy about 50 kilometres (31 miles) southeast of Milan.... [more]

Passino Italian

Passmore English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname for someone who crossed marshy moorland (e.g. who lived on the opposite side of a moor, or who knew the safe paths across it); or (ii) perhaps from an alteration of Passemer, literally "cross-sea", an Anglo-Norman nickname for a seafarer... [more]

Passwater English (American)

Pasta Italian
From Italian pasta meaning "dough, paste". Occupational name for a baker or cook.

Pastel French

Pastelle French, Latvian

Pastells Catalan

Pasteur French
French for "shepherd" or "preacher, pastor". Famous bearer Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist who created the first rabies vaccine, gave his name to the process of 'pasteurization'.