All Submitted Surnames

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Rathgeber German
From Middle High German ratgebe or Middle Low German ratgever "giver of advice, counselor", an occupational name for an adviser or wise man.
Rathnapala Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නපාල (see Ratnapala).
Rathnapriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නප්‍රිය (see Ratnapriya).
Rathnasiri Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නසිරි (see Ratnasiri).
Rathnasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නසූරිය (see Ratnasuriya).
Rathnasuriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නසූරිය (see Ratnasuriya).
Rathnaweera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Rathnayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Rathnayake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Ratnayake.
Rathnayeke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Ráðúlfsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ráðúlfr" in Icelandic.
Ráðúlfsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ráðúlfr" in Icelandic.
Ratigan Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Ó Reachtagán, meaning "descendant of Reachtagán", a personal name from a diminutive of reachtaire ("steward", "administrator") or reacht ("law")... [more]
Ratnapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Ratnapriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and प्रिय (priya) meaning "beloved, dear".
Ratnasiri Sinhalese, Thai
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty"... [more]
Ratnasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Ratnaweera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නවීර (see Rathnaweera).
Ratnayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Ratnayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Ratnayeke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Ratnikov m Russian
Means "son of the warrior", from Russian ратник (ratnik).
Rätsep Estonian
Means "tailor" in Estonian.
Rattana Khmer, Thai
Derived from Thai รัตน์ (rạtn) meaning "gem jewel"
Rattanabej Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai รัตนเพชร์ (see Rattanaphet).
Rattanapetch Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai รัตนเพชร์ (see Rattanaphet).
Rattanaphet Thai (Rare)
From Thai รัตน (rattana-) meaning "gem; jewel" and เพชร์ (phet), a variant form of เพชร (phet) meaning "diamond".
Rattanasack Lao
From Lao ລັດຕະນະ (rattana) meaning "precious stone, jewel, gem" and ສັກ (sack) meaning "power, authority".
Rattanasiri Thai
From Thai รัตน (rattana) meaning "gem, jewel" and สิริ (siri) meaning "sacred, prosperity, beauty, grace".
Rattanavong Lao
From Lao ລັດຕະນະ (rattana) meaning "precious stone, jewel, gem" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Rätte Estonian
Rätte is an Estonian surname meaning "shawl".
Rattigan Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Ó Reachtagáin "descendant of Reachtagán".
Ratzinger German
Ratzinger means that someone has origins in the town of Ratzing. There are several German towns with this name. RATZ means ‘Serb’. Serbs were indigenous people in Germany, and many German cities originally had Serbian names (Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Brandenburg)... [more]
Ratzon Hebrew (Modern)
Means "will, wish, desire" in Hebrew.
Rau German
Nickname for a ruffian, earlier for a hairy person, from Middle High German ruch, ruhe, rouch "hairy", "shaggy", "rough".
Rau English
From a medieval personal name, a variant of Ralph.
Rau Italian
From a local variant of the personal name Rao, an old form of Ralph.
Rau Indian
Variant of Rao 1.
Räuber German, German (Swiss)
German, Swiss German: derogatory nickname, from Middle High German roubære ‘robber’, ‘bandit’, ‘highwayman’ (from roub, roup ‘booty’, ‘spoils’).
Rauch German
Perhaps an occupational nickname for a blacksmith or charcoal burner, from Middle High German rouch, German Rauch ‘smoke’, or, in the case of the German name, a status name or nickname relating to a hearth tax (i.e. a tax that was calculated according to the number of fireplaces in each individual home).
Raud Estonian
Means "iron" in Estonian.
Raudabaugh German (Americanized)
Raudabaugh is a German-Americanized surname of Reidenbach. People include Dan Raudabaugh (American Football coach) and Dave Raudabaugh (Outlaw who was an acquaintance to Billy the kid).
Raudkell Estonian
Raudkell is an Estonian surname meaning "iron clock".
Raudsepp Estonian
Means "blacksmith" in Estonian, literally "iron smith".
Rauf Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Rauf.
Rauhanen Finnish
Finnish rauha "peace" combined with the common surname suffix -nen. ... [more]
Raum German
From German meaning "room, space".
Raun Estonian
Raun is an Estonian surname derived from "raunjalg" meaning "bird's nest fern" (Asplenium).
Rausch German
Nickname for a noisy person, derived from ruschen, meaning "to make a noise" in Middle High German. ... [more]
Rausing Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Raus, the name of a parish in southern Sweden, and the common surname suffix -ing "belonging to, coming from".
Raut Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Odia, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit राजपुत्र (rajaputra) meaning "prince".
Rautiainen Finnish
Derived from Finnish rautio "smith".
Raval Gujarati
"Bramhin King"
Raval Indian, Gujarati
From Gujarati રાવ (rava) meaning "king", ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan).
Rave Low German, Dutch
Variant form of Rabe and Raaf, both meaning "raven".
Ravel French, French (African)
Derived from either a place called Ravel in the district of Drome or Provence, or from the word 'rave' meaning a root vegetable, and hence a grower or seller of such items.
Raveling German
nickname or patronymic from Middle Low German rave(n) ‘raven’
Ravelino Old Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
It means manufacturing of fine and expensive fabrics. Also means the tailor or weaver. It comes from Asti and Piedmont (noth of Italy).
Ravellino Celtic
It means weaver or taylor. In the Gaelic languaje is wehydd or gwehydd.
Raven English, Dutch
From a variety of sources all ultimately derived from the name of the bird. Could be a patronymic form of a given name such as Raven, Hraban, or Walraven; from a nickname referring to dark hair or thieving tendencies; or from a toponym derived from a given name.
Ravencroft English (Rare)
Probably a variant of Ravenscroft.
Ravenel English, French
Habitational name from Ravenel in Oise or a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of horseradish, from a diminutive of Old French ravene ‘horseradish’ (Latin raphanus)... [more]
Ravenhill English
From Rauenilde or Ravenild, medieval English forms of the Old Norse given name Hrafnhildr.
Ravenscar English (British)
From a coastal village with the same name, located in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.
Ravenscroft English, English (British)
Habitational name from a minor place in Cheshire, England. The place name means "Hræfn's croft", from an Old English personal name Hræfn (itself from Old English hræfn meaning "raven", possibly a byname) and Old English croft meaning "enclosed field".
Ravenswaaij Dutch
From the name of a village in Gelderland, Netherlands, meaning "Raven’s ford", derived from the personal name Raven combined with Old Dutch wade "ford, shallows", later reinterpreted as Middle Dutch way "pool, kolk lake".
Ravenswood English (American)
Ravenswood is a gothic surname.
Raver English (American)
Americanization of Röver.
Ravi Indian
From the given name Ravi
Ravid Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Ravid, means "ornament, necklace" in Hebrew.
Ravier Occitan
Means "horseradish" in French, denoting someone who selled them.
Raviv Hebrew
From Hebrew רָבִיב (raviv) meaning "droplet, rain, drizzle".
Ravshanov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Ravshan".
Rawlings English
Patronymic formed from the given name Roul.
Rawls English
From the Olde German and Anglo-Saxon personal name Rolf. Originally derived from the Norse-Viking pre 7th Century 'Hrolfr' meaning "Fame-Wolf".
Raya Galician, Spanish
Possibly a habitational name from Raya in Galicia or in Albacete and Murcia provinces. Possibly a topographic name from Spanish raya meaning "line", denoting the boundary between two countries or provinces.
Rayamajhi Nepali
Probably a portmanteau of the Nepali words meaning 'Royal Fishmongers'. A member of the Rajput-Chhetri subcaste of Nepali family names.
Rayan Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Rayyan.
Rayanov Bashkir, Tatar
Means "son of Rayan."
Rayford American
From a Germanic personal name with the elements ric- meaning "powerful" and -frid meaning "peace".
Raykov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Rayko".
Raykova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Raykov.
Rayl German
Variant of Rehl, which it's meaning is probably a habitational name from Rehl in Rhineland or Rehlen in East Prussia.
Raymond English, French
From the Norman personal name Raimund, composed of the Germanic elements ragin "advice, counsel" and mund "protection".
Raymundo Spanish
From the given name Raymundo.
Raynard English
Derived from the baptismal name Rainer.
Rayner English
From the given name Rayner
Raynes English (American)
Patronymic version of many Germanic names with the first element starting with "ragin"
Raynov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Rayno".
Raynova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Raynov.
Rayyan Arabic
Derived from the given name Rayyan.
Raz Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Raz, means "secret" in Hebrew.
Raza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ridha.
Razaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Razzaq.
Razavi Persian
From the given name Reza.
Razbornik Slovene
Derived from razborit, meaning "prudent".
Razo Galician
A habitational name from Razo in A Coruña province, Galicia.
Razzak Bengali
From the given name Razzaq.
Razzaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Razzaq.
Sinhalese
Variant of Rey 1 used in Sri Lanka.
Reach Scottish, English
Scottish: Nickname For Someone With Streaks Of Gray Or White Hair From Gaelic Riabhach ‘Brindled Grayish’. English And Scottish: Habitational Name From Either Of Two Places Called Reach In Bedfordshire And Cambridgeshire Recorded As Reche In Medieval Documents From Old English Rǣc ‘Raised Strip Of Land Or Other Linear Feature’ (In The Case Of The Cambridgeshire Name Specifically Referring To Devil's Dyke A Post-Roman Earthwork)... [more]
Reade English
English variant spelling of Read.
Reader English
Modernized form of Reeder.
Reading English
Habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Readingas "people of Read(a)", a byname meaning "red".
Réal French
This can derive from several different sources: southern French réal "royal", a word which was applied to someone either as a nickname (presumably given to people perceived as being regal) or as an occupational name (given to a person in the service of the king); or the French place name Réal, in which case this is a habitational name taken from any of various places which were named for having been part of a royal domain (also compare Reau, Reaux).
Real Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Either a habitational name from any of numerous places called Real; those in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal being named from real "royal" or as variant of Rial while those in southern Spain and Catalonia are named in part from real meaning "encampment rural property" (Arabic raḥāl "farmhouse cabin")... [more]
Reale Italian
From reale "royal", either an occupational name for someone in the service of a king or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal manner.
Reali Italian
Variant of the surname Reale, which stems from reale "royal", either a name for someone in the service of a royal or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal, aristocratic manner.
Reams Polish
The last name Reams comes from Normandy, France.
Reaper Scottish
Occupational name for a harvester.
Reaser German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Rieser. A famous bearer is American actress Elizabeth Reaser (1975-).
Reason English
A different form of Raison.
Reat English (British, Rare), German (Rare)
Americanized form of German Roth.... [more]
Reaves English
Variant of Reeves.
Reb Alsatian
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the given name Raban and a variant of the surname Reber.
Rebassoo Estonian
Rebassoo is an Estonian surname meaning "vulpine (fox) swamp".
Rebolledo Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Rebolledo for example Rebolledo de la Torre in Burgos from rebollo denoting a species of oak.
Rebong Chinese (Filipinized)
Filipinized form of Ong.
Rebuffo Italian
Possibly from the medieval given names Rebuffo or Robufus. Alternately, may derive from a nickname based on rabuffo "rebuke, scold".
Recchia Italian
Nickname from a reduced form of orecchia "ear".
Recchio Italian
Probably a shortened form of orecchio "ear".
Recepoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Recep".
Rechner German
Occupational name from Middle High German rechenære "reckoner keeper of accounts".
Recht German
Probably a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhineland.
Recht German, Jewish
Nickname for an upright person, from Middle High German reht, German recht "straight". As a Jewish name it is mainly of ornamental origin.
Reck German
Nickname from Middle High German recke ‘outlaw’ or ‘fighter’. North German and Westphalian: from Middle Low German recke ‘marsh’, ‘waterlogged ground’, hence a topographic name, or a habitational name from a place named with this term.
Recknagel German
from Middle High German recken "to raise or lift" (here in the imperative) and nagel "nail" hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith or perhaps an obscene nickname (with a transferred sense for nagel i.e. ‘penis’).
Recktenwald German
habitational name from Recktenwald, near Saarbrücken.
Rector English
Status name for the director of an institution, in particular the head of a religious house or a college. Also an anglicized form of Richter.
Red English
Variant of Read 1.
Reda Arabic
From the given name Ridha.
Redden English
Location name meaning "clearing or cleared woodland." Communities called Redden include one in Roxburghshire, Scotland and another in Somerset, England. A notable bearer is actor Billy Redden who played the dueling banjoist Lonnie in the 1972 film 'Deliverance.'
Reddi Telugu
Alternate transcription of Telugu రెడ్డి (see Reddy).
Reddick Scottish, Northern Irish
Habitational name from Rerrick or Rerwick in Kirkcudbrightshire, named with an unknown first element and wīc "outlying settlement". It is also possible that the first element was originally Old Norse rauðr "red".
Reddick English
Habitational name from Redwick in Gloucestershire, named in Old English with hrēod "reeds" and wīc "outlying settlement".
Redding English
Variant spelling of Reading.
Redding German
Patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names with the first element rad "counsel, advice".
Reddington English
From a place name derived from an uncertain first element (perhaps the Old English given name Rēada) combined with the suffix ing meaning "belonging to" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Reddish English
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reddish,' a village near Stockport, Cheshire.
Reddy Telugu
Means "village headman" in Telugu.
Reddy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rodaigh.
Redenbach German
Toponymic name possibly derived from Middle High German reden "to speak, to talk" and bach "stream". It could also be a variant of Wittenbach.
Redenbacher English (American)
The name "Redenbacher" appears to be a combination of two parts: "Reden" and "Bacher". Here's what I found about the meanings of these parts:... [more]
Rédey Hungarian
Indicated a person from Kisréde or Nagyréde, a village in Hungary.
Redfield Scottish
Anglicized form of the Scottish habitational name Reidfuyrd, meaning "reedy ford".
Redford English
Variant of Radford. A famous bearer is American actor Robert Redford (1936-).
Redgrave English
From the name of a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, derived from Old English hrēod meaning "reed" or rēad "red", and græf meaning "pit, ditch" or grāf "grove"... [more]
Redhage English
This surname originated in Germany
Red'ko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian редька (red'ka), meaning "radish".
Redlinger German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Redling in Bavaria, Germany.
Redman English, Irish
Variant of Raymond. Also a nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English rudde "red" and man "man".
Redmayne English, Irish
Derived from Redmain, a small hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is named with Old English rēad meaning "red" and Welsh main meaning "rock, stone". The name could also be derived from the given name Réamonn, which is an Irish form of Raymond... [more]
Redmer Frisian
North German: from the Frisian personal name, composed of the Germanic elements rad ‘advice’, ‘counsel’ + mari, meri ‘fame’.
Redmond Irish
From the given name Redmond.
Redner German
German: possibly a variant of Redmer, or an occupational name for a spokesman, Middle High German rednære.
Redpath Scottish, English
Habitational name from a place in Berwickshire, probably so called from Old English read ‘red’ + pæð ‘path’. This name is also common in northeastern England.
Redvers English (British)
Variant of Revere originating in Devon.
Redwood English
Name possibly derived from the colour of the bark of trees or the name of the town Reedworth between Durham and Devon
Redžepagić Bosnian
Derived from Redžeb, meaning "Rajab", the seventh month of the Islamic calendar.
Redzhebov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Redzheb".
Redzhebova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Redzhebov.
Ree Estonian
Ree is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "rehi" meaning "barn".
Reeder Medieval English
This surname was given to people in Medieval England who thatched houses using reed
Reedi Estonian
Reedi is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "reeder", meaning "ship owner".
Reedus English, Scottish
An English and Scottish name of uncertain origin. Possibly a reduced form of English Redhouse, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Redhouse, including over ninety farms.
Reek Estonian
Reek is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "kreek", meaning "damson".
Reekie Scottish
Perhaps "person from Reikie", Aberdeenshire, or from a different form of the Scottish male personal name Rikie, literally "little Richard".
Reemets Estonian
Reemets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "rehi" meaning "barn" and "mets" meaning "forest".
Reepalu Estonian
Reepalu is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "ere" ("bright" or "vivd") and "palu" ("sandy heath" and "heathy woodland".)
Reese Low German, Dutch, German
Variant of Riese or Reus, from risi meaning "giant". Alternatively, could be a patronymic form of the Germanic given name Razo, derived from rēdaz "counsel, advise", or a habitational name from places called Rees or Reese in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.
Reeson English
English (Lincolnshire):: patronymic meaning ‘son of the reeve’ from Middle English reve + son.
Reever German
Possibly an altered form of German Riefer, a patronymic from the personal name Rüef, a reduced form of Rudolf.
Refaeli Hebrew
Variant of Rafaeli. The Israeli model and actress Bar Refaeli (1985-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Refatov m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Refat".
Regalado Spanish, Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
Means "gifted", "pleasant", or "capable".
Regar Batak
Variant of Siregar.
Regel German
from Middle High German regel "(monastic) rule" (from Latin regula), perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in a monastery.
Regencia Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the Latin adjective regens meaning "ruling, governing."
Regev Hebrew
Means "clod of earth" in Hebrew.
Reginatto Italian
nato means "born" in italian... [more]
Régis French
Occupational name for a local dignitary, from a derivative of Old French régir "to rule or manage".
Register English
Corruption of Rochester.
Régnier French
From the medieval given Régnier the older form of Rainier.
Rego Portuguese
Primarily Iberian, particularly Portuguese in origin. A topographic name for someone who lived by a channel.
Regragui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning; predominantly found in Morocco.
Regueiro Galician, Portuguese
The name originated in Ourense (Galicia) in the 14th Century. It´s literal meaning in Portuguese is river. It is a surname referring to a person who lived near a river or water source.
Reha Estonian
Reha is an Estonian surname meaning "rake".
Rehder German
Occupational name, which was derived from the kind of work done by the original bearer. It is a name for a wheelmaker or wheelwright.
Rehemaa Estonian
Rehemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "threshing land".
Rehi Estonian
Rehi is an Estonian surname meaning "threshing barn".
Rehman Urdu
From the given name Rehman.