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Axton EnglishHabitational name for a person from the village of Axton in Kent, from Old English personal name
Acca and
stan "stone".
Axundov m AzerbaijaniMeans "son of the akhund", from Azerbaijani
axund referring to a Persian title for an Islamic scholar.
Ayan TurkishMeans "evident, clear, manifest" in Turkish.
Ayanokouji Japanese綾 (Aya) means "design", no is a possessive particle, 小 (kou) means "small, little", and 路 (ji) means "road."
Ayari Arabic (Maghrebi), PersianDerived from Arabic عَيَّار
(ʿayyār) or Persian عیار
(ayyâr) meaning "vagabond, loafer, idler" (chiefly Tunisian).
Aybar Basque (Hispanicized)Aybar Name Meaning. Spanish (of Basque origin): habitational name, in most cases probably from Aibar in Navarre, but in some cases perhaps a variant of Eibar, the name of a place in Gipuzkoa. The place names are from Basque ai 'side', 'slope' + ibar 'flood plain', 'valley'.
Ayden English, ScottishFrom a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".
Aydınlar TurkishDerived from the Turkish word “aydın” meaning “enlightened”.
Aylen EnglishEither derived from the given name
Alan or from the Old English word
ætheling which were princes eligible to be king. The word ætheling was sometimes used as a given name
Ayler Englishoccupational name from Old French aillier ‘garlic seller’, from ail ‘garlic’ (from Latin allium).... [
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Aylesworth EnglishIt was first found in Warwickshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Kineton.... [
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Ayliff EnglishFrom the medieval female personal name Ayleve (from Old English
Æthelgifu, literally "noble gift"), or from the Old Norse nickname
Eilífr, literally "ever-life".
Ayllón SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
Ayohua NahuatlMeaning uncertain, possibly from
ayotli "squash, pumpkin" or
ayotl "turtle" combined with the possessive suffix
-hua, or from
ayohua "to fill with water".
Ayotle NahuatlPossibly from Nahuatl
ayoctle "nothing, no more", or from
ayotli "squash, pumpkin".
Ayotte FrenchIt means 'small hedge' or 'small woody plot of land' in Old French.
Ayutthaya ThaiFrom
Ayutthaya, the name of a kingdom that reigned from 1350 to 1767 that is considered the precursor of modern Thailand.
Azabu Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 麻布 (
Azabu), a clipping of 元麻布 (
Motoazabu) meaning "Motoazabu", an area in the ward of Minato in the city of Tokyo in Japan.
Azabu Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 麻布 (
Azabu) meaning "Azabu", a division in the area of Nakauri in the city of Shinshiro in the prefecture of Aichi in Japan.
Azahara JapaneseFrom Japanese 字 (aza) meaning "a section of a village" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Azer PersianAzer or temple fire from the Zoroastrian period in ancient Persia,as a surname relates the individual to the fire maintainers at the Zoroastrian temples
Azi AfizereAzi is actually pronounced Azīh which means "Unending, in ended father of many generations" it is named after children believed to become the origin or source of lasting families.
Azinheira PortugueseOriginates from the Portuguese word "azinheira," which refers to the evergreen oak tree known as the "holm oak"
Azkarraga BasqueDerived from Basque
azkar "maple tree" and
-aga "place of, group of". Alternatively, it may contain the element
harri "stone, rock".
Azkona BasqueFrom the name of a location in Navarre also called
Aizkoa, probably derived from Basque
(h)aitz "stone, rock", though
azkon "badger" has also been suggested.
Azmat UrduDerived from the Arabic عَظَمَة
(ʿaẓama) meaning "majesty, glory".
Aznar SpanishAznar is a Spanish surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri").
Azoulay Judeo-SpanishMeaning uncertain. It may derived from Spanish
azul or French
azur meaning "blue" (both ultimately derived from Persian via Arabic), possibly used as a nickname for someone with blue eyes or an occupational name for a maker of blue ceramic ware... [
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Azpilkueta BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous settlement in the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.
Azua BasqueHabitational and topographic name derived from Basque
(h)artsu "stony place; rocky", itself derived from
(h)arri "stone, rock" and the suffix
-tsu.
Azuaje-fidalgo Portuguese (Rare), Spanish, ItalianFidalgo from Galician and Portuguese
filho de algo — equivalent to "nobleman", but sometimes literally translated into English as "son of somebody" or "son of some (important family)"—is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility... [
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Azuara AragoneseThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Azuekwu IgboIn Igbo culture, Azuekwu means 'back of the word' or 'the unfailing word,' signifying reliability and truthfulness.
Azusagawa Japanese (Rare)Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.
Azzopardi MaltesePossibly derived from the Hebrew term סְפָרַדִּי
(s'faradí) used to refer to Jews originating from Iberia (called Sephardim or Sephardic Jews). It may also be of Greek origin from a word meaning "black, Mauritanian" or "soldier" with a connection to Middle Persian
spʿh "army" used to refer to a person of African descent or someone who worked as a mercenary... [
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Ba ArabicArabic from a shortened form of
Aba, accusative case of
Abu ‘father’.
Ba ChineseChinese from the name of the kingdom of Ba, which existed in Sichuan during the
Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of some of the ruling class adopted the name of the kingdom as their surname... [
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Ba MandingFrom the Mandinka word
ba(a) meaning "big, great".
Baack German, North FrisianEither from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name
Baldeke (a short form of any of the compound names with the first element
bald "bold, brave ", for example
Baldewin), or from Middle Low German
baec,
bake "pork, bacon", hence a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or pig farmer.
Baamonde GalicianThis indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous parishes.
Baamonde Spanishhabitational name from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).
Baba JapaneseFrom Japanese 馬場
(baba) meaning "riding ground".
Babaylan VisayanFrom "babaylan" which were pre-Hispanic priestesses or mediums. The root word of which is "babaye" which is Cebuano for woman.
Babazoe Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 馬場添 (
Babazoe) meaning "Babazoe", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Babel FrenchEither (i) from the medieval French personal name
Babel, apparently adopted from that of St
Babylas, a 3rd-century Christian patriarch of Antioch, the origins of which are uncertain; or (ii) an invented Jewish name based on German or Polish
Babel "Babylon".
Babinec CzechNickname from Old Czech babinec meaning "coward".
Babington EnglishFrom the name of various places meaning "Babba's town" in Old English.
Babla Polish, IndianPolish: nickname from babula ‘(old) little woman, granny’, a hypocoristic derivative of baba (see Baba).... [
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Babrauskas m LithuanianUltimately from the Balto-Slavic element
*bébrus meaning "beaver". It is possibly an adaptation of Polish
Bobrowski, or a related Slavic surname.
Bac MayanFrom Mayan
b'aq meaning "bone, needle" or "thin".
Bacal Romanian, JewishDerived from Romanian
bacal, an alternative form of
băcan meaning "grocer".
Baccellieri ItalianFrom
baccelliere "batchelor", a title for a young knight, or a university disciple who had studied Canon Law for 5 years and Civil Law for 7 years.
Bacchus English(i) Variant of
Backus (meaning "one who lives in or works in a bakery", from Old English
bǣchūs "bakehouse, bakery"), the spelling influenced by
Bacchus (name of the Greek and Roman god of wine).... [
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Bacha PashtoMeans "king" in Pashto, ultimately from Persian پادشاه
(padeshah).
Bacharach German, JewishDerived from
Bacharach, a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. This surname was borne by the American composer and pianist Burt Bacharach (1928-2023).
Bacharachas JewishBacharachas is a derivate of the Bacharach that is a town in Germany.
Bachleda um Polish, SlovakFrom Romanian
băchlit meaning "grumpy". In Poland, this surname is typically borne by Gorals, often as part of double surnames like Bachleda-Curuś or Bachleda-Księdzularz.
Bacigalupo ItalianFrom Ligurian
bacigare "to beat with a stick" and
lupo "wolf", or from Genoese
basigâ "to swing, to tease" and
lupo "wolf". Possibly a nickname for someone considered courageous or cowardly, or an occupational name for a hunter.
Baciu RomanianRomanian surname from the word "baci" (shepherd)or the capitan of the game "oina".