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Smolders Belgian (Modern)A Flemish occupational name equivalent to "Miller", meaning a person who operated a wind or water mill for grinding grain.
Smout Dutch, FlemishMeans "oil, lard, melted animal fat" in Dutch, an occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, or a nickname for someone who ate – or who could afford to eat – large amounts of food containing it.
Smulders DutchOccupational name derived from Dutch
des mulders meaning "son of the miller". A famous bearer is Canadian-American actress Cobie Smulders (1982-).
Smy EnglishVariation of a name given to a blacksmith
Smyczek PolishOccupational surname for someone who made or used strings, derived from Polish
smycz, meaning "leash."
Snäll SwedishPossibly taken from English
Snell or its German cognate
Schnell, meaning "quick, fast", and having its spelling influenced by Swedish
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Snape English (British), ScottishAn old, now rare surname, with various origins in Suffolk and Yorkshire in England and Lanarkshire in Scotland, derived from Middle English
snaipen, “to injure; to nip (of sleet or snow); to criticize, rebuke, revile”, from Old Norse
sneypa, “to disgrace, to dishonor, to outrage”... [
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Snapper DutchFrom Middle Dutch
snappen meaning "to chatter, babble, snap" or "to snatch, grab, seize", a nickname for a talkative person, or perhaps a thief. Compare
Schnapp.
Snark EnglishHistory largely unknown. The word's original meaning, in the mid-nineteenth century, was to snort / snore, or to find fault. ... [
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Snellius Dutch (Latinized)Latinized form of
Snel. A notable bearer was the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius (1580-1626; real name Willebrord Snel van Royen), commonly called Snell, for whom the formula Snell's law is named.
Snelson EnglishMeans "son of
Snell", Snell being a nickname for a brisk or active person, from Middle English
snell "quick, lively" (cf... [
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Snipe EnglishDerived from a given name; from Old English
snip or Old Norse
snípr. It is habitational surname from a place so called in the historic county of Northumberland, North East England.
Snipes EnglishVariant spelling of or a patronymic from
Snipe. A famous bearer is American actor Wesley Snipes (1962-).
Snowden EnglishHabitational name from Snowden, a place in West Yorkshire named from Old English snāw ‘snow’ + dūn ‘hill’, i.e. a hill where snow lies long.
Snowdon EnglishVariant spelling of
Snowden, a surname initially used by the Border Reivers. Comes from the mountain in Wales.
So KoreanAlthough there are two Chinese characters for the So surname, one of these is extremely rare and can be discounted (there are only about two hundred people in Korea who use this rare character). Some records indicate that the more common character for So has as many as 165 clans, but only eleven of them can be documented... [
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So Japanese (Rare)A notable bearer is So Yoshiyori (1818-1890), a fuedal lord of the So clan.
Só HungarianMetonymic occupational name for a salt seller or producer, from
só ‘salt’.
Soa EstonianSoa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "söakas" meaning "bold" and "courageous".
Soames EnglishDenoted a person hailing from a village called Soham in Cambridgeshire, England. The place name itself means "homestead by the lake" from Old English
sæ "lake" and
ham "farm, homestead"... [
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Sobaharaya Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 蕎原屋 (
Sobaharaya) meaning "Sobahara Store", from 蕎原 (
Sobahara) meaning "Sobahara", an area in the city of Kaidzuka in the prefecture of Ōsaka in Japan.
Sobalvarro SpanishSobalvarro/Sobalbarro is a surname with known origins in the Iberian Peninsula. The first record of the name appears in the Basque regions of Spain. The name was purportedly constructed by combining the family name of Soba with the newly given Christian name, Alvarro.
Sobanski PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Sobanice, in Ciechanów voivodeship.
Sobolewski PolishLocational surname that means a person from places in Poland called Sobolew or Sobolewo, both derived from the Polish sobol, meaning "sable".
Sobue JapaneseFrom Japanese 祖
(so) meaning "ancestor", 父
(bu) meaning "father" and 江
(e) meaning "bay, inlet".
Sodano Italian, Siciliannickname or ethnic name from Arabic
sawdān "black Negro". nickname from Old Sicilian
sudanu "sultan".
Soderini ItalianPossibly related to French
soudoyer "to bribe", referring to paid mercenaries. Alternately, an elaborate form of
Sodero.
Sodero ItalianProbably related to the Greek name
Soter, from Ancient Greek
σωτήρ (
sōtḗr) meaning "saviour".
Soe EstonianSoe is an Estonian surname meaning "warm" and "fond".
Soeda JapaneseFrom Japanese 添
(soeru) meaning "attach" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Soetoro IndonesianSoetoro is the surname of the Indonesian stepfather of 44th president Barack Hussein Obama ll named Lolo Soetoro.
Sofian ArabicIt is an old and rare Arabic name and its rapid meaning is to walk, fly or float. Among the famous people who were called by this name is the companion Abu Sufyan bin Harb, the father of Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan
Søgård DanishMeans "sea farm" indicating a farmstead near the sea or open water.
Sohinki JewishUnknown meaning. A notable bearer is YouTube Personality Matt Sohinki, better known simply as Sohinki, who is a member of Smosh Games.
Soikham ThaiFrom Thai สร้อย
(soi) meaning "necklace" and คำ
(kham) meaning "gold".
Sok KhmerMeans "healthy, peaceful, happy, pleasant" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सुख
(sukha).
Sokić CroatianDerived from Turksh
sokak, meaning "street". The word is still used in Croatian meaning "little street, alley". Most people with this surname live in Cernik, Croatia.
Sokk EstonianSokk is an Estonian surname that means both "sock" and "billy-goat".
Sokolnikov m RussianFrom Russian
сокольник (sokol'nik), meaning "falconer, falconist".
Sokolović BosnianFrom
sokol meaning "falcon", a nickname or an occupational name for a falconer.
Solanki Indian, Gujarati, MarathiFrom a vernacular name for the Chaulukya, a dynasty that ruled parts of northwestern India (in what is now Gujarat and Rajasthan) between the 10th and 13th centuries, of uncertain meaning.
Solano Spanish, AragoneseFrom various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish
solano meaning "place exposed to the sun" (from Late Latin
solanus "pertaining to the sun", a derivative of
sol "sun")... [
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Solar Spanish (Rare), Catalan, Aragonese, AsturianSpanish, Catalan, Aragonese, and Asturian-Leonese: topographic name from Latin solarius ‘ancestral home’ (a derivative of solum ‘ground’, ‘floor’), perhaps denoting someone who lived near or at the house of an important family.
Solari ItalianHabitational name from any of various places called "Solaro" or "Solara", from
solaro 'site', 'plot', 'meadow', literally "land exposed to the sun".
Soldano Italian, Sicilianfrom
soldano "sultan" (earlier
sultano from Arabic
sulṭān "ruler") used as a nickname for someone who behaved in an outlandish or autocratic manner.
Soldatov RussianSoldatov is masculine and Saldatova is feminine. This surname means son and or daughter of a soldier.
Soldner GermanGerman surname meaning mercenary. German spelling has umlaut over the O, but American spelling is Soldner or Soeldner.
Soldo Italian, CroatianNickname from
soldo "penny cent" also "military pay wage" (from Latin
solidus "solid" the name of a gold Roman coin). From a short form of a compound personal name ending with -soldo such as
Ansoldo... [
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Solebello ItalianMeans, "beautiful sun". Derived from "bello", meaning beautiful, and "sole", meaning sun.
Solecki PolishHabitational surname for someone from any of a number of places called Solec, named with
sól ‘salt’.
Soler MalteseNot to be confused with the Catalan and Occitan surname of the same spelling.
Soliday AmericanReportedly German and Dutch background? Never have really known. The history that has been told my siblings and I is that three brothers came from Germany to the US in late 1800 and went into business in Phila - they eventually argued and split up and two of them changed the spelling of their last name and scattered throughout PA - When I left home in 1963 - mY Father James Edward Soliday, son of John Soliday and Martha Freidline Soliday and us children were the only ones in our area... [
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Solié FrenchNotable bearers include French cellist Jean-Pierre Solié, who was originally named Jean-Pierre Soulier, possibly making it a variant of
Soulier.
Solinas ItalianMeaning uncertain; could be related to Latin
solum, from which comes Italian
suolo "earth, ground, soil" and
suola "sole (of the foot or shoe)", or from Italian
salina "salt pan, salt marsh".
Sollano BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zalla.
Solntsev m RussianDerives from Russian word солнце (solntse) meaning sun. Yevgeniy Solntsev is the chairman of the DNR.
Solnyshko RussianDerived from Russian diminutive of солнце (solntse), meaning sun.
Solokov RussianDerived from the Russian word 'Sokol', meaning 'falcon'. It is one of the most common Russian surnames, appearing in the top ten.
Solorio SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra de Solorio mountain range that straddles Aragon, La Mancha, & Old Castile.
Solórzano SpanishHabitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Solórzano in Cantabria, Spain.
Solovyov RussianDerived from Russian соловей
(solovey) meaning "nightingale".
Solstice EnglishTaken from it's usage as a given name, which derived from Latin solsticium and thus ultimately from sol "sun" and stito "to stand still". The English word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.
Som KhmerMeans "moon" or "air, wind, sky" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सोम
(soma).
Som KhmerMeans "moon" or "air, wind, sky" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सोम
(soma).
Sōma JapaneseFrom Japanese 相
(sō) meaning "appearance" and 馬
(ma) meaning "horse".
Somai JapaneseA notable bearer is Shinji Somai (1948-2001). He was a film director.
Soman IndianIndian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu): Hindu name from Sanskrit soma ‘moon’ + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
Somatomo JapaneseThe Japanese surname "Somatomo" (相本) is not a common surname, and its meaning can vary depending on the family's history and origin. However, "Soma" can mean "together" or "mutual," and "tomo" can mean "friend" or "companion." So, "Somatomo" might roughly translate to "mutual friend" or "companion together."
Sombat ThaiFrom Thai สมบัติ (
sombat) meaning "wealth; fortune; property".
Somby SamiDerived from the name of the village Sompio in Finland.
Sõmer EstonianSõmer is an Estonian surname meaning "grainy" or "mealy".
Somerset EnglishRegional name from the county of this name, so called from Old English
sumer(tun)saete meaning "dwellers at the summer settlement".
Someya JapaneseFrom Japanese 染
(some) meaning "dye, colour, paint" and 谷
(ya) meaning "valley".
Somov RussianDerived from Russian сом
(som) meaning "catfish".
Somova RussianFeminine form of
Somov. This is borne by Russian ballerina Alina Somova (1985-).
Somphone LaoFrom Lao ສົມ
(som) meaning "worthy, suitable, proper" and ພອນ
(phone) meaning "blessing".
Somsaeng ThaiFrom Thai สม
(som) meaning "worthy, suitable" and แสง
(saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam".
Somsanith LaoFrom Lao ສົມ
(som) meaning "worthy, suitable, proper" and ສະນິດ
(sanith) meaning "type, kind".
Somsri ThaiFrom Thai สม
(sǒm) meaning "suitable, right" combined with ศรี
(sǐi) meaning "honour, glory, splendour".
Somwong ThaiFrom Thai สม
(som) meaning "suitable, well-matched" and วงศ์ or วงษ์
(wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".
Sơn VietnameseVietnamese form of
Shan, from Sino-Vietnamese 山
(sơn). This name is primarily used by ethnic Khmer in Vietnam.
Søndergaard DanishHabitational name from
sønder "southern" and
gård "enclosure", "farm".
Sone JapaneseFrom Japanese 曽 (so) meaning "great" as in great-grandmother, and 根 (ne) meaning "root" as in tree root or plant root.... [
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Soneji AmericanGary Soneji (also known as Gary Murphy) is the antagonist in James Patterson's 1993 crime thriller novel, Along Came a Spider, which was later adapted into a movie of the same name.
Soni HindiA Suryavanshi Khatri family, the surname originating from the Punjab region of India. In India the term caste creates a crucial distinction between Varna and Jāti, even though jati does not fit into any of the four varnas and is more often referred to as Sudras.
Sönmez TurkishMeans "eternal, inextinguishable, unquenchable" in Turkish.
Sonnenberg German, JewishFrom various place names derived from Middle High German
sunne meaning "sun" and
berg meaning "mountain, hill".