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Porteous Scottish
A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, derived from Middle English port, meaning "gateway" or "entrance", and hous meaning "house". It can also be an occupational name with similar meaning, derived from Latin portarius meaning "porter"... [more]
Portera Italian
Occupational name for a female servant, from Spanish portera.
Portero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Porter.
Portier French
occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, Old French portier (from Late Latin portarius)... [more]
Portillo Spanish
Meaning unknown.
Portis English (American)
A famous bearer is the American basketball player Bobby Portis (1995-).
Portman English
Status name meaning "townsman, burgher, citizen" in Middle English, derived from Old English port "port, harbour" (from Latin portus) and mann "person, man".
Portman German (Americanized), Dutch
Americanized form of German Portmann, as well as a Dutch variant of Poortman (and in some cases an Americanized form)... [more]
Portmann German
Occupational name for a gatekeeper, derived from Middle Low German port(e) meaning "gate" and man, or a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town.
Portnoy Jewish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a tailor from Russian portnoj (an adjective derivative of port "uncut cloth").
Portnyagin Russian
Derived from Russian портняга (portnyaga), a colloquial nickname derived from портной (portnoy) meaning "tailor, clothier".
Portocarrero Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Spanish form of Porto Carreiro, an old municipality in Galicia, from Galician porto "port, harbour" and carreiro "path, pathway".
Portokali Greek
From Greek meaning "orange".
Portokalos Greek
From the Greek word πορτοκάλι (portokáli), which means "orange." The name could refer either to farmers who maintained an orange orchard / grove or someone who had an orange aspect to their appearance or demeanor.
Portola Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Portola is Spanish and Portuguese for Port and is a Romani calo surname. People include Gaspar de Portolá, a Spanish explorer who was the first governor of Baja and Alta California and had many names after him in California cities and streets.
Portrey Jewish
Origin uncertain. Perhaps an altered form of Jewish Portnoy of North German Portner.
Portugais French, Jewish
French cognate of Portugues.
Portugal Spanish, Portuguese, English, Catalan, French, Jewish
Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, French, and Jewish surname meaning ethnic name or regional name for someone from Portugal or who had connections with Portugal. The name of the country derives from Late Latin Portucale, originally denoting the district around Oporto (Portus Cales, named with Latin portus ‘port’, ‘harbor’ + Cales, the ancient name of the city)... [more]
Portugues Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Jewish
Means "Portuguese" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Portuguese Filipino
Anglicized form of Portugues.
Portuguez Spanish
Spanish variant of Portugues.
Porziņģis Latvian
Unknown. A notable bearer of this surname is NBA player Kristaps Porziņģis.
Porzio Italian
From the given name Porzio.
Posada Italian, Caribbean
Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places named Posada, from posada ‘halt’, ‘resting place’. ... [more]
Posavec Croatian
Denotes a person living in Posavina, an area that is adjacent or near the Sava river in Croatia.
Posey English, French
Derived from the Greek word "desposyni." The Desposyni is a term referring to a group of people that are allegedly direct blood relatives to Jesus. They are mentioned in Mark 3:21 and Mark 3:31. American actress Parker Posey is a famous bearer.
Posner German, Polish, Medieval
Originally denoted a person from Poznań, Poland.
Postgate English
From Postgate in Danby (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Postgate in the 12th century. The place-name derives from Old English post "post pillar" and Old Scandinavian gata ‘way path road" or Old English gæt "gate".
Posthumus Dutch, Low German
From a personal name which was given to a posthumous child, i.e., one born after the death of his father, derived from Latin postumus "last, last-born" (superlative of posterus "coming after, subsequent") via Late Latin posthumus, which was altered by association with Latin humare "to bury", suggesting death (i.e., thought to consist of post "after" and humus "grave", hence "after death"); the one born after the father's death obviously being the last.
Postma West Frisian, Dutch
West Frisian variant of the Dutch and North German surname Posthumus, given to a child born after their father’s death. It could also be a variant of the habitational name Post or an occupational name for a mailman or guard, using the Frisian suffix -ma.
Postmus Dutch
Variant form of Posthumus.
Postoyalko Russian
From Russian постоял (postoyal), meaning "stood".
Posy English
Variant of Posey
Pot Dutch
From Middle Dutch pot "pot, jar", an occupational name for a potter, or perhaps a toponymic surname referring to a low-lying piece of land.
Potapov Russian
Means "son of Potap".
Poteet English, Italian (Americanized)
Probably an Anglicized form of Italian Potito, ultimately from the Roman cognomen Potitus.
Potemkin Russian
A Russian surname which derives from the word "Потёмка" (Potyomka) meaning "dark". People bearing the name Potemkin rose to prominence in Muscovy from the 16th century onwards.
Pothier English
One of the Many spellings of Pottier
Potier French
An occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from potier "potter", an agent derivative of Old French pot "drinking vessel"... [more]
Potisepp Estonian
Potisepp is an Estonian surname meaning "spade/shovel maker (smith)".
Potocki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Potok, Gmina Szydłów.
Potot Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano putot meaning "short person", "flower bud" or "young coconut fruit".
Pottier French
A variant of the french word for potter, potier.... [more]
Potulicki Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 3 Greater Polish villages named Potulice.
Poulos Greek
Denotes kinship. Derived from the Latin pullus, meaning "offspring, chick"
Poulton English
English surname that means "settlement by a pool".
Pour Persian
Means "son, descendant" in Persian, typically used as a suffix in compound surnames.
Pourali Persian
Means "son of Ali 1".
Pourhassan Persian
Means "son of Hassan".
Pourhossein Persian
Means "son of Hossein".
Pouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Bao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Pouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Bao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Povarov Russian
Derived from the Russian word "povar" meaning 'cook'.
Póveda Spanish, South American
habitational name from any of the places called Poveda in the provinces of Cuenca Ávila Salamanca and Soria or from Póveda de la Sierra in Guadalajara.
Poverelli Italian
Means "poor (person)" in Italian, given to foundlings and orphans.
Povkh Ukrainian
Means "ground rat" in Ukrainian.
Povod Russian
Means "occasion" in Russian.
Powale Indian, Marathi
Meaning unknown, of Marathi or Konkani origin.
Powalski English (American)
Surname of Leon Powalski from the Star Fox 64 series.
Powis English
The English of Welsh Surname Powys, which derives from the place "Powys" in Wales.
Powles Welsh, English
Patronymic form of Powell or the given name Paul.
Powroznik Polish
Derived from Powroźnik, a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland.
Powyes English
Unknown source. Surname of many early American pilgrims.
Pöyhönen Finnish
Of uncertain etymology. Features the nen suffix commonly found in surnames of Savo-Karelian origin.
Poyraz Turkish
Means "north wind" in Turkish, of Greek origin.
Pöyry Finnish
The Pöyry surname is connected to the ancient Scandinavian male name Biur.
Pozharin Russian
Means "man of fire" in Russian.
Pozharsky Russian
Possibly from Russian пожар (požár) meaning "fire, conflagration". A famous bearer of the name was Russian prince Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky (1577-1642) known for his military leadership during the Polish–Muscovite War.
Poznanski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Poznan in west-central Poland, or possibly from other places of this name, in Katowice and Siedlce voivodeships.
Poznyak Belarusian (Russified), Belarusian
Variant and Russified form of Paznyak.
Pozo Spanish (Caribbean)
Means "well", as in wishing well
Pozos Spanish, Galician
A habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of pozo, meaning ‘well’. See Pozo.
Pra Italian
From Italian prato "feild, meadow" (see Prato 1)
Pradel Italian
From Italian prato, "feild, meadow" (see Prato 1)... [more]
Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".
Pradhan Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Nepali
From a title derived from Sanskrit प्रधान (pradhana) meaning "chief, head".
Pradl Hungarian, German (Austrian)
Meaning unknown. Possibly originating somewhere in Hungary.
Prado Italian
Variant of Prato 1.
Præst Danish
From Danish præst meaning "priest".
Prakapienka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Prokopenko.
Praks Estonian
Praks is an Estonian surname meaning to "crack or "snap".
Pramanick Indian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali প্রামাণিক (see Pramanik).
Pramanik Indian, Bengali, Odia, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रामाणिक (pramanika) meaning "genuine, authentic".
Pramantellu Sardinian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune.
Pranno Estonian
Pranno is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine nickname/given name "Pranno".
Prants Estonian
Prants is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "prantsuse" meaning French, or "prantsti/prantsatus" meaning to "slam" and "bang". Could also derived from "prints" meaning "prince".
Prasanna Sinhalese, Telugu
From the given name Prasanna.
Praseuth Lao
Means "excellent, magnificent" in Lao.
Prasinos Greek
From Greek meaning "green".
Prat English
Variant of Pratt.
Prata Italian
Variant of Prato 1.
Pratap Indian, Hindi
From the given name Pratap.
Prather Irish
The name Prather derives from the word Praetor which means leader or each of two ancient Roman magistrates ranking below consul.
Prati Italian
Meaning "meadows" in Italian, derived from Italian prato "feild, meadow" (see Prato 1)
Pratl Hungarian
Possible variant of Pradl.
Pratley English
Originates from a now "lost" medieval village believed to have been in the south east of England.
Prato Italian
Meaning "feild, meadow" in Italian, likely detonating to someone who lived on a meadow.
Prato English
From Latin praetor, meaning "reeve".
Prats Catalan
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Catalonia called Prats, from the plural of prat ‘meadow’
Pravda Russian
Pravda translates into English as “Truth”.
Pravdić Croatian
Derived from pravda, meaning "justice".
Pravdo Russian
Alt spelling of Russian newspaper Pravda
Pravdyuk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian правда (pravda), meaning "truth, justice".
Pravsha Russian
Means "right-handed" in Russian.
Prawda Polish
From the root Praw, meaning right. Prawda means "truth."... [more]
Precht German
Variant of Brecht.
Preci Italian
Italian origin. Native spelling is Preçi.
Preciado Spanish
Past participle of the infinitive preciar meaning "excellent, precious, of great estimation".
Precio Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish meaning "price".
Preda Italian
Derived from the first name Prato, meaning "field, meadow".
Preece Welsh (Anglicized), English
Variant of Price. From Welsh ap Rhys meaning "son of Rhys". ... [more]
Prees Estonian
Prees is an Estonian surname meaning "brooch".
Pregler German
Nickname for a chatterer or grumbler, from an agent derivative of Middle High German breglen ‘to chatter’, ‘complain’, ‘yell’, ‘roar’.
Préjano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous La Riojan municipality.
Premachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Premadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Premakumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Premarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමරත්න (see Premaratne).
Premarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමරත්න (see Premaratne).
Premaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමරත්න (see Premaratne).
Premaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Premasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Premasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Premathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".
Premathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).
Prematilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).
Prematilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).
Prematillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).
Prematilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).
Premawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
Premawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමවර්ධන (see Premawardana).
Premawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමවර්ධන (see Premawardana).
Preminger Jewish
Meaning unknown, possibly a nickname for a person deported to Spain, derived from the name of a location in Portugal.
Prendergast Irish
means "good priest's glen" in Irish
Prentice English
Derived from apprentice.
Preobrazhenskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Преображенский (see Preobrazhensky).
Preobrazhensky m Russian
Derived from Russian преображение (preobrazenije) meaning "transformation, transfiguration", referring to the Transfiguration of Jesus. A famous bearer of the name was Russian revolutionary Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886-1937).
Prepon Jewish
This is the surname of American actress Laura Prepon (born March 7, 1980).
Presbitero Filipino
Borrowed from Spanish presbítero meaning "presbyter", an elder or priest in various Christian Churches. A notable bearer of this name is Filipino singer Thaddeus Presbitero Durano Jr... [more]
Prescod English
A cognate of Prescott.
Preshaw English (British, Rare)
This surname is a habitational name from a locality near Upham on the slopes of the South Downs. It is entirely within a private estate and has its own chapel.
Presley Scottish
From Persley, a small Scottish hamlet on the River Don, Aberdeenshire, now a suburb of the much larger city of Aberdeen, named perhaps with the Pictish word *pres-, meaning 'bushes' or 'undergrowth'.... [more]
Press English, Jewish
A nickname for a pious individual from the Middle English form of "priest" or possibly someone employed by a priest. In the Jewish sense, one whose occupation was to iron clothes.
Prestwich English, Irish
habitational name from a place in Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) so called Prestwick from Old English preost "priest" and wic "outlying settlement" or from other places with the same derivation.
Prestwood English
habitational name from any of several places called from Middle English prest priest "priest" and wode "wood" (Old English preost wudu) meaning "dweller by the priest's wood"
Preto Portuguese
comes from the Portuguese word preto meaning "black" or "dark". referring to someone with dark skin and/or hair. possibly a cognate of the spanish surname Prieto
Prett English
Variant of Pratt.
Preüs German
Variant spelling of Preüss.
Preus German/Norwegian
Unknown, but may have come from Prussia or be Jewish. It could mean to jabber. Maybe the same as Preuss, but eliminated the S when immigrating to America.
Preuss German, Jewish
From the German word preussen meaning "Prussia". Indicating someone from Prussia.
Preve Italian
Derives from the Latin "presbyter" with the meaning of "Older". Abundant in the Piedmont region.
Preve Italian
From Greek "πρεσβύτερος" (presbyteros), via Latin "presbyter" with the meaning of "The Old One".... [more]
Prevedoros Greek
From the Italian rank of provveditore "he who sees to things" (overseer) was the style of various local district governors in the extensive, mainly maritime empire of the Republic of Venice.
Prévost French
From Old French prevost meaning "provost", a status name for officials in a position of responsibility.
Prevot French
A prevot was a govenment position during the Ancient Régime
Prewett English
The surname Prewett is derived from the Middle English word prou, meaning "brave," or "valiant," with the addition of either of two common diminutive suffixes: -et or -ot. As such, this name is thought to have originally been a nickname for someone small but brave.
Prewitt English
English surname meaning brave, valor.
Prey Irish
Variant of O'prey.
Prezioso Italian
Means "precious, valuable" in Italian, derived from a nickname or from a medieval given name (masculine form of Preziosa).
Pribadi Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Fang (方 or 房), Lin (林) or Pan 2 (潘)... [more]
Price Irish, Northern Irish
The translated form of the surname O'Luachain, of the Hy-Neill septs of Ulster.
Prideaux Cornish
Means "person from Prideaux, earlier Pridias", Cornwall (perhaps based on Cornish prȳ "clay"). The modern Frenchified spelling is based on the idea that the name comes from French près d'eaux "near waters" or pré d'eaux "meadow of waters".
Pridmore English
unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. Pridmore has long been a Leicestershire name.
Pridonov Russian
The surname Pridonov is derived from a nickname. It contains an indication of the place of residence of the ancestor: "at the Don, i.e. on the Don River". The river named Don flows not only in the European part of Russia, but also in Scotland (the city of Aberdon is located on it) and in France (a tributary of the Vilena).
Priel Hebrew
Means "the fruit of god"
Prieskorn German
Possibly either a derisive nickname for a grain merchant from pries a variant of Middle High German brüsch or Middle Low German bross "brittle crumbly" and korn "grain" or alternatively for a grain seller from prisekorn "(I) determine the price of grain".
Priest English
Derived from the occupation priest, which is a minister of a church. It could also be a nickname for a person who is / was a priest.
Priester Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch priester preester Middle High German priester "priest" from Latin presbyter... [more]
Priestland English
From Middle English prest priest "priest" and land "landed property land" (Old English preost land) meaning "land that belonged to priests"... [more]
Prieur French
from prieur Old French prior "prior" a monastic official immediately subordinate to an abbot (from Latin prior "superior") hence an occupational name for a servant of a prior or an ironic nickname... [more]
Prigozhin m Russian
From Russian пригожий (prigozhiy), meaning "beautiful, pretty". Prigozhin was the last name of Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner PMC until 2023 when he died in a plane crash... [more]
Prii Estonian
Prii is an Estonian surname meaning "free".
Priidel Estonian
Priidel is an Estonian surname derived from "prii" meaning "free".
Prikk Estonian
Prikk is an Estonian surname meaning "(ship's) brig".
Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Primeau French
First found in Burgundy France.
Primrose Scottish
From the name of Primrose in Fife, Scotland, a place originally named Prenrhos, literally "tree-moor" in Welsh. This is the family name of the Earls of Rosebery.
Prince English, French
Nickname from Middle English, Old French prince (Latin princeps), presumably denoting someone who behaved in a regal manner or who had won the title in some contest of skill.
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