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Vaux FrenchFrench, English, and Scottish habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Vaux, from the Old French plural of
val ‘valley’.
Vayner YiddishWeiner is a surname or, in fact, the spelling of two different surnames originating in German and the closely related Yiddish language. In German, the name is pronounced
vaɪnɐ(ʁ),of which the rare English pronunciation
vaɪnər is a close approximation... [
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Vəzirov AzerbaijaniMeans "son of the vizier", from the Arabic title وَزِير
(wazīr) denoting a minister or high-ranking official in an Islamic government.
Vea Spanish, GalicianHabitational name, principally from Vea in Soria province, but in some cases from any of four places with the same name in Pontevedra province, Galicia.
Vea NorwegianHabitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from the plural of Old Norse viðr meaning "wood", "tree".
Veca ItalianSouthern Italian: possibly from vece ‘change’, ‘mutation’, ‘alternation’ (from Latin vix, vicis, plural vices), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with this element.
Vecchio ItalianMeans "old, aged" in Italian, originally used as a nickname for an older or oldest son or for someone who was prematurely grey or wrinkled.
Vee NorwegianHabitational name from farmsteads named Ve, for example in Hordaland and Sogn, from Old Norse
vé "sacred place".
Veeber EstonianVeeber is an Estonian surname, an Estonianization of the German surname "Weber".
Veedla EstonianVeedla is an Estonian surname meaning "watery/waters area".
Veel EstonianVeel is an Estonian surname meaning "still", "again", and "heretofore".
Veenre EstonianVeenre is an Estonian surname derived from "veen", meaning "vein".
Veeorg EstonianVeeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "water valley/gully".
Veere EstonianVeere is an Estonian surname meaning "rolling" and "avalanche".
Veermäe EstonianVeermäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border hill/mountain".
Veetõusme EstonianVeetõusme is an Estonian surname meaning "water (vee) surge (tõusma)".
Veevers EnglishMeans "dealer in foodstuffs" (from Old French
vivres "victuals").
Veevo EstonianVeevo is an Estonian surname derived from "veevool", meaning "watercourse".
Veikat EstonianVeikat is an Estonian surname possibly an Estonianization of the German surname "Weikart".
Veitch ScottishDerived from the Latin word
vacca which means "cow". This was either an occupational name for a cowherd or a nickname for a gentle person.
Vélez SpanishHabitational name from any of various places in Andalusia called Vélez.
Velten NorwegianNorwegian habitational name from any of several farmsteads, mainly in Hedmark, named with
velte ‘log pile’.
Vendrell CatalanThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Venegas SpanishFrom the hybridization of Ben, meaning "son" in Arabic or Jewish, and Ega(s), a medieval given name of Visigothic origin.
Venezia Italian, Jewishhabitational name from the city of Venice or from the region of Venetia both called Venezia in Italian from Latin Venetia. The name derives from the tribal name of the Veneti a tribe which inhabited this area before the Roman expansion.
Venieris GreekThe Greek version of the Venetian surname Venier attested in Kythera, where the Venier family ruled on behalf of the Republic of Venice. Originally is thought that the surname derives from
Venus.
Venini ItalianPossibly a patronymic from the medieval name Bene, meaning "good".
Venizelos GreekFrom the baptismal name
Benizelos, which is already in existence since the 16th century in Athens. Uncertain etymology, most likely to be of Italian origin, (Bene + angelo, the good angel, ie
Evangelos)... [
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Venkataraman IndianFrom Sanskrit venkạteša ‘lord of Venkata hill’, an epithet of the god Vishnu (from venkạta ‘name of the hill’ + īša‘lord’).
Ventrelli ItalianMeaning 'small belly' from the Italian ventre (belly) and the diminutive suffix elli, meaning small or little.
Ventris EnglishProbably from a medieval nickname for a bold or slightly reckless person (from a reduced form of Middle English
aventurous "venturesome"). It was borne by British architect and scholar Michael Ventris (1922-1956), decipherer of the Mycenaean Greek Linear B script.
Venzor MexicanNorthern Mexican surname, possibly of Native American origin.
Vera SpanishHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named
Vera or
La Vera from Spanish meaning "shore, bank".
Veraguth RomanshDerived from Latin
ferrum acutum "cutting sword", this name was given to a blacksmith.
Veral EnglishMeaning:stubborn,aggressive,mathamatician smart
Vercetti ItalianIs a Italian surname that is derived from the Italian surname "Verratti".
Verde Italian, Spanish, PortugueseFrom Spanish
verde "green" (Latin
viridis), presumably a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in this color or had green eyes, etc. This is also a common element of place names.
Verdier French, Norman, EnglishOccupational name for a forester. Derived from Old French
verdier (from Late Latin
viridarius, a derivative of
viridis "green"). Also an occupational name for someone working in a garden or orchard, or a topographic name for someone living near one... [
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Verdon FrenchHabitational name from a place so named, for example in Dordogne, Gironde, and Marne.
Verea GalicianIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Vergan French (Huguenot)Family history states that original name was "du Vergau" French Huguenot chased from France to Germany.
Verkuilen Dutch, BelgianReduced form of van der Kuylen, a topographic name for someone who lived by a pit or hole, or a habitational name for someone from Kuil in East Flanders or Kuilen in Limburg.
Vermilion ScottishFrom the name of the bright red color that is halfway betweed red and orange.
Vermont French (Rare)Derived from french, meaning "green mountain" (Vert, "green"; mont, "mountain").
Verne French, EnglishAs a French surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew. While the English version can mean someone who lived where ferns grew, Verne can also mean a seller of ferns which in medieval times were used in bedding, as floor coverings and as animal feed.
Verneda Spanish, CatalanAs a Spanish and Catalan surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew.
Verney English, FrenchThe surname Verney was first found in Buckinghamshire, England, when they arrived from Vernai, a parish in the arrondissement of Bayeux in Normandy.
Veron French, SpanishNickname for someone with bi-colored eyes. This surname is mostly frequent in Argentina.
Verran CornishPerhaps means "person from Treverran", Cornwall (from Cornish
tre "farmstead" with an unknown second element), or "person from Veryan", Cornwall ("church of St
Symphorian").
Verret FrenchFrom the French word verre, meaning "glass." Possibly denoting someone who worked with glass.
Verrone ItalianItalian: probably a nickname from an augmentative form of verro ‘boar’.
Verville Frenchvariant of Vervelle, which Morlet derives from a word denoting the metal keeper or ring through which a bolt is secured.
Veryard Medieval Spanish (Rare)Rumour has it that the surname De-Veryard represented a Spanish occupation, but unclear what that might be - have never been able to establish the origin.
Vesik EstonianVesik is an Estonian surname meaning both "hydrate" and "pygmyweed"
Vesiloik EstonianVesiloik is an Estonian surname meaning "water puddle/a small pool of water."
Vesper GermanEither a nickname from Latin
vesper "6 o’clock in the evening evening time" originally the second to last canonical hour or a habitational name from a place so called on the Ruhr river.
Vestin SwedishCombination of Swedish
väst "west" and the common surname suffix
-in.
Vetrano ItalianThe name originates from Italy, mainly Sicily. It means "old man veteran", other times it means "faithful, loyal".
Vetter Germanfrom a nickname from Middle High German veter(e) ‘uncle’, ‘nephew’. The word is from Old High German fetiro (a derivative of fater ‘father’), which was used more generally to denote various male relatives; the meaning of modern German Vetter is ‘cousin’.
Vettik EstonianVettik is an Estonian surname meaning "soaked/waterlogged stand".
Vial English, Frenchfrom a personal name derived from Latin
Vitalis (see
Vitale). The name became common in England after the Norman Conquest both in its learned form
Vitalis and in the northern French form
Viel.
Vianney FrenchThe surname in origin is a variant of
Viennet, a diminutive of
Vien, a short form of
Vivien. A famous bearer is Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint.
Vicary English (British)There are a number of theories as to the origins of the name, Spanish sailors shipwrecked after the Armada and French Huguenots fleeing the Revolution are two of the more romantic ones. It is more likely to have come as someone associated with the church - the vicar, who carried out the pastoral duties on behalf of the absentee holder of a benefice... [
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Vice EnglishMay come from "devise", an Old French word that means "dweller at the boundary". It may also derive a number of place names in England, or be a variant of
Vise.
Viceconte ItalianMeans viscount in Italian, Originally for served as or worked for a viscount.
Vickers EnglishMeans "son of the vicar". It could also be the name of someone working as a servant of a vicar.
Videgain SpanishVidegain is a surname. It is of Basque origin language with the form Bidegain. Videgain is considered a Spanish surname because the letter V does not exist in the Basque alphabet. It extended through the Iberian peninsula following the Reconquista, where different forms of the name developed and houses were founded with the differentiation of Videgáin, Bidegain, Videgaín... [
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Vidler EnglishEither (i) from a medieval nickname based on Anglo-Norman
vis de leu, literally "wolf-face"; or (ii) "violinist, fiddle player" (cf.
Fiedler).