All Submitted Surnames

Seixas Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Seixas in Galicia, Spain, most likely derived from Galician seixo meaning "pebble, stone" (ultimately from Latin saxum).

Sējāns Latvian

Sejdić Bosnian

Sejdiu Albanian

Sejismundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Variant of Segismundo.

Sejko Albanian

Sejkora Czech, Slovak
Sejkora means titmouse in Czech.

Sekaquaptewa Hopi

Sekawa Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Şeker Turkish
Means "sugar, candy" in Turkish.

Şekerci Turkish
Means "confectioner, candy seller" in Turkish.

Sekewael Indonesian
The last name Sekewael is an original name from one of the island in Maluku. That one island name is "Negeri Oma." The meaning of Sekewael is "The Guardian of the River" because in "Negeri Oma" any body want to use the river of the water they have to ask for permission by Sekewael family... [more]

Sekhar Indian, Telugu, Bengali

Sekigawa Japanese
Variant of Sekikawa.

Sekiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sekihara Japanese
From 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sekikawa Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sekimoto Japanese

Sekina African

Sekine Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, foundation".

Sekino Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sekiya Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sekizawa Japanese
關 translates to "connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning" and 澤 translates to "swamp" so it could be translated as "a connected swamp"

Sekretarev m Russian
Derived from the Russian word секретарь meaning "secretary."

Sekulic Serbian
There is possibility that name come from latin word secolo, means century. Usual Serb end of surname is IC. All Serbs-Montenegrians, also small number of Croats who has that surname has origion from heart of Montenegro... [more]

Sela Hebrew
Means "rock" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a city, the capital of Edom. Famous bearer is the Israeli model, actress and television presenter Rotem Sela (born 1983)

Selander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sel "stretch of calm water in a river or stream" and the common surname suffix -ander (originally from Greek aner "man"). The first element, sel, is also a common place name element in Northern Sweden and it's possible that this name is both ornamental and locational in origin.

Selasi African

Selassie Ethiopian, Amharic, Western African
Possibly means "trinity" in Amharic. A notable bearer was Haile Selassie (1892-1975), the regent and emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

Selaway English

Selbee English (American)
Variant of Selby.

Selbey English
Variant of Selby.

Selden English

Selderslagh Belgian

Seldin English (American)
Variant of Selden.

Seldon English
Variant of Selden.

Selesnick Russian, Latvian
Also spelled:... [more]

Seleznev m Russian

Self English
East Anglian surname, from the medieval English masculine name Saulf which was derived from the Old English elements sǣ "sea" and wulf "wolf".

Selfridge English
habitational name from an unidentified minor place called with Old English scelf "shelf" and hrycg "ridge".

Selg Estonian
Selg is an Estonian surname meaning "back", "spine" and "back of".

Selge Estonian
Selge is an Estonian surname meaning "clear".

Selick English

Šelieh Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian шэлег (šelieh), a word used for various medieval small coins, primarily for silver and copper solidi, ultimately from the German word Schilling meaning "shilling".

Seligman German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Selig with the German suffix -man meaning "man" and it's originally a patronymic. The surname Seligman is originated in the Rhineland.

Selim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Salim.

Selimai Albanian

Selimaj Albanian

Selimaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Selim" in Albanian.

Selimi Albanian

Selimi Albanian
Derived from the given name Selim.

Selimoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Selimoski.

Selimoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Selim".

Selimović Bosnian
Means "son of Selim".

Selimovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Selimovski.

Selimovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Selim".

Selinofoto Greek
A surname which means "Moonlight" in Greek.

Selivanov m Russian

Seļivanovs Latvian

Seljan Croatian

Selke English

Selkirk Scottish, English

Sell Estonian
Sell is an Estonian surname meaning "apprentice".

Selland Norwegian
From the Old Norse habitational name Seljuland, from selja "willow" and land "land", "farm".

Sellars Scottish
From the Scottish name for a merchant.

Sellati Italian

Sellmeyer German
Occupational name for the steward of a hall or manor house from Middle High German sal "hall residence" and meier "steward" (see Meyer 1).

Selmanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Selman" in Albanian.

Selmani Albanian
Derived from the given name Selman.

Selmanović Bosnian

Selmer German
Teutonic name meaning "hall master" for a steward or keeper of a large home or settlement.

Selmerlyov Russian (?)
Russian translation of Zelmerlöw.

Selouani Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian town of Selouane.

Selph English

Selsey English

Selter Estonian
Selter is an Estonian surname derived from either "selts" meaning "society", "union", "association", or "selters" (of German origin) meaning "seltzer".

Selva Catalan, Italian
From any of various places in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, or northern Italy named Selva, as for instance the Catalan district La Selva, from selva "wood", Latin silva.

Selvakumar Tamil

Selvig Norwegian (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Selvik. Erik Selvig is a fictional character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He appears in several MCU movies between 2011 and 2022 where he is portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård... [more]

Selvik Norwegian
From any of the farms in Norway named with Old Norse selja "willow" or selr "seal" combined with vík "bay, inlet".

Selwyn English
from the Middle English personal name Selewin (Old English Selewine perhaps from sele "manor" or sǣl "happiness prosperity" and wine "friend")... [more]

Selyem Hungarian
Means "silk".

Selz German
The Selz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and a left hand tributary of the Rhine. It flows through the largest German wine region, Rheinhessen or Rhenish Hesse. Also, Seltz (German: Selz) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region in north-eastern France.... [more]

Sem Norwegian
Norwegian: habitational name from any of about fifteen farms so named, a variant of Seim.

Semadeni Romansh
Derived from the place name Samedan.

Semak Ukrainian, Russian
East Slavic surname derived from a Slavic root meaning "seven". This was used as a nickname for someone who was associated with this number and was mainly given to the seventh child.

Semales Russian
Greek

Semashko Ukrainian (?)

Sembiring Batak

Semenchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Semenenko.

Semenduev Judeo-Tat
From the given name Semendu or Simandu, which was possibly derived from Persian سیاه (siyah) meaning "black" and مرد (mard) meaning "man" or Hebrew סימן טוב (siman tov) meaning "good sign, good mark".

Semendueva f Judeo-Tat
Feminine form of Semenduev.

Semenenko Ukrainian
Derived from the Ukrainian given name Semen.

Semenin Russian
From the given name Semen.

Semenov Russian
Means "son of Semyon".

Semenya South African

Semenyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Semenenko using a diminutive form.

Semenza Italian
From semenza ‘seeds’ possibly used for a seed merchant.

Semer English
From the village of Semer in Suffolk.

Seminario Spanish (Latin American)
Means "seminar" in Spanish, likely denoting an academic person. Miguel Grau Seminario (1834-1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific

Semini Maltese

Semiz Turkish
Means "fat" in Turkish.

Semma Ethiopian

Semo Judeo-Italian (Italianized, Archaic)
Semo whose meaning can be Simas or simeon or simão or corruptions of onesimus

Semova Bulgarian

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬村 (Semura), a clipping of 杭瀬村 (Kuinose-Mura) meaning "Semura Village", formerly in the city of Wakayama in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan.

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬村 (Semura), a clipping of 瀬田蔵 (Setagura-Mura) meaning "Setagura Village", formerly in the city of Tottori in the prefecture of Tottori in Japan.

Semyona Russian

Semyonov m Russian
Means "son of Semyon".

Semyonova f Russian
Feminine form of Semyonov.

Şen Turkish
Means "happy, cheerful" in Turkish.

Sen Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army, armament".

Senami Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and nami means "wave".

Senanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනානායක (see Senanayake).

Senanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Senapati Odia, Bengali, Assamese
Means "commander" in Sanskrit, from सेना (sena) meaning "army" and पति (pati) meaning "lord".

Senarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනාරත්න (see Senaratne).

Senarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනාරත්න (see Senaratne).

Senaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනාරත්න (see Senaratne).

Senaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Senasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Senatore Italian
status name from senatore "senator" (from Latin senator) or a nickname for a stately or perhaps pompous man.

Senba Japanese
From Japanese 仙 (sen) meaning "immortal, transcendent, sage, hermit" and 波 (ba) meaning "wave".

Senda Japanese
From Japanese 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sendaydiego Filipino
Possibly from Japanese 仙台 (Sendai), the name of a city in Japan, combined with the given name Diego.

Sender Yiddish
From the given name Sender, a Yiddish diminutive of Alexander or Aleksandr.

Sendoun Ukrainian

Sendra Spanish

Sendulla Medieval French
the name was originally from a town in the champagne valley that does not exist any more because of World War I the town's name is forgotten and all we have about it is the name sendulla a young girl whom live there as a child

Sene Western African

Sénécal French
status name for a seneschal an official in a large household who was responsible for overseeing day-to-day domestic arrangements from Old French seneschal (of ancient Germanic origin composed of the elements sini "old" and scalc "servant")... [more]

Senechal French

Şener Turkish
From the given name Şener.

Senesac English

Senesie Western African
Kissi surname of unknown meaning.

Senevirathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Senevirathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Seneviratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Seneviratne Sinhalese
From Sinhala සෙනෙවි (senevi) meaning "commander, general" combined with Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Senewirathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Senewirathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Senewiratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Senewiratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Seng German
1. Topographic name for someone who lived by land cleared by fire, from Middle High German sengen ‘to singe or burn’. ... [more]

Seng Khmer
Means "multiply" in Khmer.

Sengchanh Lao
Means "moonlight" from Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".

Sengmany Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".

Sengoku Japanese

Sengsavang Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ສະຫວ່າງ (savang) meaning "light, bright, dawn".

Sengsavanh Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Sengsouvanh Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ສຸວັນ (souvanh) meaning "gold".

Şengül Turkish
From Turkish şen meaning "happy, cheerful" and gül meaning "rose".

Sengupta Bengali, Indian
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sénā) meaning "army, armament" combined with Gupta.

Senjean French
Probably from St John (saint-jean) from Christianization of Basques and misspelled

Senjū Japanese
From Japanese 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" and 住 (jū) meaning "abode, residence".

Senn German
Derived from the Middle High German word senne meaning "dairy farmer".

Senna Portuguese
Possibly coming from the surname "Sanna", it may mean "one with a big protruding tooth".... [more]

Sennett English
Variant of Sinnott via Sennott.

Sennia Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sennott English
Variant of Sinnott.

Seno Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Senokosov Russian
Derived from Russian сенокос (senokos) meaning "haymaking, hayfield".

Şenol Turkish
From the given name Şenol.

Senoo Japanese

Senra Portuguese

Senri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千里 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (type of measurement), village."... [more]

Sensabaugh American
Americanized form of German Sensenbach, a topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’.

Sensen German, Dutch
Variant of Samson.

Sensenbach German
A topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’. Pretty common in Iowa and Pennsylvania.

Sensenbrenner German
Combination of German Sense, meaning "scythe", and Brenner meaning "burner".... [more]

Senshu Japanese

Sensi Italian
Derived from Italian "senso" meaning "sense, feeling". Historically, the surname could have been given to someone who was known for their wisdom or intelligence, or to someone who had a keen sense of perception or intuition... [more]

Sensit Thai

Senthilkumar Tamil
Tamil - ... [more]

Senti Romansh
Derived from the given name Maxentius.

Şentürk Turkish
From Turkish şen meaning "happy, cheerful" and Türk meaning "Turk".

Senuki Japanese (?)

Senuma Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Senzaki Japanese
From Japanese 先 (sen) meaning "before, previous" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Seo Korean
From Sino-Korean 徐 (seo) meaning "slowly, quietly, calmly" or 西 (seo) meaning "west, western".

Seoane Galician
This indicates familial origin within any of multiple localities that bear this syncopated form of the name San Xoán.

Seoighe Irish
Irish version of the surname Joyce

Seok Korean
Korean form of Shi, from Sino-Korean 石 (seok).

Seol Korean

Seol Korean
From Sino-Korean 薛 (seol) meaning a type of marsh grass or 偰 (seol) meaning "clear".

Seon English

Seong Korean
From Sino-Korean 成 (Seong) meaning "Success".

Seonu Korean
From the Taewon Sunwoo Clan, written using the hanja 鮮于

Seow Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Xiao.

Šeparović Croatian

Sepeda Spanish
Variant of Cepeda

Seperac Croatian

Seperac Irish

Seperac Irish

Seperac Irish

Sepetys Lithuanian
It comes from Šepetys, the Lithuanian word for comb or brush, and is stylized without the diacritic in English speaking countries.

Seppälä Finnish
A Finnish surname and toponym derived from the occupation of blacksmith ("seppä")

September African

Septembre French (African)

Sepuloni Tongan

Sepúlvado Spanish
Variant of Sepúlveda.

Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.

Serafimoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Serafimoski.

Serafimoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Serafim".

Serafimov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Serafim".

Serafimova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Serafimov.

Serafimovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Serafimovski.

Serafimovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Serafim".

Serafín Spanish, Galician
From the given name Serafín.

Serafino Italian
From the given name Serafino

Séraphin French, French (Caribbean)
From the given name Séraphin.

Serapiglia Italian

Serapin Filipino, Tagalog, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
From the given name Seraphim.

Šerbelj Slovene

Serbest Turkish
Means "free, unconstrained" in Turkish.

Serbia Spanish
Unknown.. researching history of the spanish name that was first identify being used in Utado Puerto, Rico in 1790s by Fransico Serbia and Paula Serbia Filare

Sercombe English
Derived from Sharracombe, a former settlement in Devon, England, derived from Old English cumb "valley, hollow" and an uncertain first element – possibly scir "shire, district" or the related scīrgerēfa "sheriff".

Serdà Catalan (Valencian)
Variant of Cerdà, or from the name of the village of Cerdà (also called La Serda) in the province of Valencia in Spain.

Serdar Turkish, Croatian
Turkish form of Persian sardar, meaning "chief", "leader", "field marshal".

Serdarov Turkmen
Means "son of Serdar".

Serebrennikov Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Belarusian
Denoted somebody who engaged in silver mining or a silversmith, derived from Russian серебреник (serébrenik) meaning "silver coin". This name is also found in Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Sereda Ukrainian
From sereda, meaning "Wednesday".

Serednicki m Polish
Habitational surname for someone from a village called Serednica, meaning uncertain.

Şeremet Turkish
Means "poor man" in some turkic languages.

Seremet Moldovan
Moldovan cognate of Şeremet.

Sereno Italian
1 Italian: from the personal name Sereno (from Latin serenus, serena ‘clear’, ‘calm’).... [more]

Seres Spanish (Latin American)

Seretti Italian

Serettis Greek
From the Italian surname Seretti.

Serfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Serfaty Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Serğazin Kazakh

Sergent French, English
Variant of Sergeant.

Sergente Italian
Italian cognate of Sergeant.

Sergeyan Armenian, Russian
Means "son of Sergey" with the Armenian suffix yan.

Serghei Romanian
From the given name Serghei.

Sergi English

Sergienko Ukrainian, Russian
Likely from the given name Sergey

Serhan Arabic
From the given name Sirhan.

Serhiyenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Serhiy".

Serifović Croatian (?)

Serik Kazakh

Serik Kazakh
From the given name Serik.

Serikbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Serikbay".

Serikbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Serikbaev.

Serikov Kazakh
Means "son of Serik".

Serikova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Serikov.

Serikzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Serikzhan".

Serikzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Serikzhanov.

Serin Turkish
Means "cool, chilly, fresh" in Turkish.

Serker Bengali
Variant of Sarkar.

Sermilakis Greek

Sero Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids" and 呂 (ro) meaning "spine"

Séron Belgian

Serote Spanish (Filipinized)
Means fecal matter in Spanish

Serov m Russian
From Russian серый (seryy), meaning "grey".

Serpas Mexican

Serpik Russian
A diminutive of sickle. "little sickle"

Serrallonga Catalan
Taken from the name of a town in the Vallespir district, in Northern Catalonia.

Serrao Italian
Probably from a dialectical term meaning "closed, shut".

Serre French
Means 'greenhouse' in French.

Serre Occitan
Occitan cognate of Sierra.

Serres French
Altered form of "Serre"

Serrett French

Serringer German

Serrurier French

Sert Turkish
Means "hard, stiff, stern" in Turkish.

Sertić Croatian, Serbian

Sertori English

Servais French
From the given name Servais.

Servania Cebuano
Meaning unknown. Probably a form of Cervantes.

Servantes Spanish
Variant of Cervantes.

Servello English

Serverov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Server".

Servers German

Serverson German

Servín Spanish (Mexican)

Servopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of a Serb" in Greek.

Serzhantov Russian
Means "son of a sergeant".

Sesaki Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sesame French (Rare)

Sesar Croatian

Sesay African, Temne, Loko, Limba, Kuranko
Is a Muslim Surname from Sierra Leone. It is used among many tribes.

Sese Pampangan
From Pampangan se'se meaning "pet, something raised or cared for".

Šešelj Croatian

Sesha Indian

Šestan Croatian

Sestini Italian (Tuscan)

Sesto Italian

Seta Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Seth Scottish, Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sithigh or Ó Síthigh (see Sheehy).

Seth Indian, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi
Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".

Sether Norwegian
Habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Seter or Sæter.

Sethi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Occupational name for a merchant from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".

Sethna Indian (Parsi)
Gujarati Parsi name meaning "pertaining to the banker", derived from Hindi सेठ (seṭh) meaning "merchant, banker" (see Seth).

Setiawan Indonesian, Javanese
From the given name Setiawan.

Seto Japanese
From Japanese 瀬戸 (seto) meaning "strait, channel", derived from 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Seto Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Situ.

Setoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Seto.