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Sakou JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐 (
sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 (
kō) meaning "facing".
Saks EstonianSaks is an Estonian surname derived from "Saksa" ("German") and "Saksamaa" ("Germany"). Ultimately derived from "Saxon" and "Saxony".
Sakuma JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久
(ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間
(ma) meaning "among, between".
Sakuncharoensuk Thai (Rare)From Thai สกุล (
sakun) meaning "birth; ancestry; family", เจริญ (
charoen) meaning to "grow; to increase; to develop", and สุข (
suk) meaning "joy; happiness".
Sakura JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉
(kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".
Sakuragi Japanese, Popular CultureFrom Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood" or 樹 (gi) meaning "tree". Chloe Cerise and Professor Cerise (also known as Koharu Sakuragi and Dr... [
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Sakurai JapaneseFrom the Japanese 桜 or 櫻
(sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" or 桃 (
sakura or
momo) meaning "peach" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".
Sakurajima JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) both meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 島 (jima) meaning "island". This surname comes from 桜島 (Sakurajima), an active stratovolcano located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan... [
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Sakurakōji JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", 小 (kō) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "road, path, journey" or 寺 (ji) meaning "Buddhist temple". A famous bearer is Kanoko Sakurakōji (surname written 桜小路), a Japanese manga artist.
Sakurami Japaneserom Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (
sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (
mi) meaning "to see, appearance, look, view" or 実 (
mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, seed, reality, truth, real".
Sakuramiya JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Sakurano JapaneseFrom 桜
(sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 野
(no) meaning "wilderness, field".
Sakurayashiki Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 桜 (
sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 屋敷 (
yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".... [
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Saładajczyk PolishA Polish surname consisting of 3 elements:
sała or
сала a word of East Slavic origin meaning "salo" or "slanina",
daj meaning "give" and
czyk meaning "son of". The name means "the son of the one who gives the salo".
Saladin Frenchnickname for a blustering or tyrannical individual from the name of the medieval Egyptian sultan who because of his success in combating the Crusaders became demonized in French and Italian folklore as a monster second only to Herod.
Salakaya AbkhazMingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Шакар-ипа
(Shakar-ipa) meaning "son of
Shakar". The name itself may be derived from Persian شکر
(šakar) meaning "sugar" or from Arabic شَكَرَ
(šakara) meaning "to be thankful, to be grateful".
Salalila Filipino, TagalogDerived from Sanskrit शरीर
(śarīra) meaning "body". This was the name of a rajah of the historical region of Maynila (modern-day Manila).
Salameh ArabicDerived from Arabic سلامة
(salama) meaning "safety, good health" or سلام
(salam) meaning "peace".
Salander SwedishMeaning uncertain. Possibly a variant of
Selander or a combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix
-ander.
Salaŭjoŭ BelarusianPatronymic surname derived from Belarusian салавей
(salaviej) meaning "nightingale".
Salavati PersianFrom Persian صلوات
(salavat) meaning "praise, blessing, greeting".
Saldaña SpanishHabitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name
Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.
Saldívar SpanishCastilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.
Sale English, FrenchEnglish: from Middle English sale ‘hall’, a topographic name for someone living at a hall or manor house, or a metonymic occupational name for someone employed at a hall or manor house. ... [
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Sale SardinianDerived from Sardinian
sale "salt", this name denoted a producer or seller of salt.
Salerno ItalianSouthern Italian habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.
Salgado Galician, PortugueseNickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese
salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").
Salguero SpanishMeans "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin
salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).
Salim Chinese (Indonesian)Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as
Lin (林). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Salinš LatvianTopographic name for someone living on an island, from a derivative of Latvian
sala meaning ‘island’.
Salisbury EnglishHabitational name from the city in Wiltshire, the Roman name of which was Sorviodunum (of British origin). In the Old English period the second element (from Celtic
dun ‘fortress’) was dropped and
Sorvio- (of unexplained meaning) became
Searo- in Old English as the result of folk etymological association with Old English
searu ‘armor’; to this an explanatory
burh ‘fortress’, ‘manor’, ‘town’ was added... [
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Saliste EstonianSaliste is an Estonian surname derived from "salu", meaning "grove".
Salkind Yiddisha last name originally derived from a medieval Yiddish given name
Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, GreekEither a variant of
Salas or
Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian
salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".
Sallis EnglishA name for someone who lives where sallows grow - sallows being a type of willow, from the Middle English 'salwe'.
Sallo EstonianSallo is an Estonian surname. It is a corruption of "salu", meaning "grove" or "copse".
Sallwasser GermanIt is derived from the German words (Salz) meaning "salt", & (Salweide) meaning "water".
Salm DutchDenoted a person from any of various places called Salm. It could also derive from Dutch
zalm meaning "salmon", referring to someone who lived near a sign depicting them, or to someone who fished for salmon.
Salmanual m ArabicIt is also called Protected or Peaceful. which is another form of the Arabic name 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯
Salmerón SpanishIt indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Murcian volcano.
Salonga Filipino, TagalogFrom the name of a chief of Polo (presently the city of Valenzuela in Manila) who was later baptised as
Pedro Salonga.
Salt EnglishOf Anglo-Saxon origin, from the town in Staffordshire.
Salter EnglishOccupational name for an extractor or seller of salt (a precious commodity in medieval times), from Middle English salt 'salt' + the agent suffix -er.
Salthouse EnglishSalthouse and other variants come from the place name in Northumberland.
Salumets EstonianSalumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grove/coppice forest", derived from the compounds "salu" (grove/coppice) and "mets" (forest).
Salupalu EstonianSalupalu is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow heathy woodland".
Salussolia Italian, PiedmonteseOriginally denoted a person from
Salussola, a comune (municipality) in the province of Biella in Piedmont, Italy.
Saluveer EstonianSaluveer is an Estonian surname meaning "grove embankment (berm)".
Salvacion Spanish (Philippines)Derived from Spanish
salvación meaning "salvation," referring to the saving of human beings from death and separation from God by Christ's death and resurrection.
Salvatierra SpanishSpanish: habitational name from any of the places called Salvatierra (literally ‘save land’ denoting a place of strategic importance).... [
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Salvatore ItalianDerived from the Italian masculine given name
Salvatore, which in turn was derived from the Italian noun
salvatore meaning "saviour, rescuer"... [
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Salzer GermanFor someone who worked with salt from Middle High German
salz "salt" (from Latin
sal).
Salzmann German, JewishOccupational name for a producer or seller of salt, from German
salz "salt" +
mann "man".
Sam KhmerMeans "excellent, beautiful" in Khmer.
Samaha ArabicDerived from Arabic سَمْح
(samḥ) meaning "magnanimous, generous".
Samaniego Basque, SpanishHabitational name from a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, of uncertain etymology.
Samarage SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" combined with the Sinhala suffix -ගේ
(-ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Samarajeewa SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and जीव
(jiva) meaning "alive, living, life, existence".
Samarakkody SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" combined with Sinhala කොඩිය
(kodiya) meaning "flag, banner" (of Tamil origin).
Samarakoon SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" combined with Sinhala කෝන්
(kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Samaranayake SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and नायक
(nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Samararatne SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and रत्न
(ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Samarasinghe SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and सिंह
(sinha) meaning "lion".
Samarathunga SinhaleseFrom Sanskrit समर
(samará) meaning "coming together, meeting" and तुङ्ग
(tuṅga) meaning "lofty, tall, high".
Samaraweera SinhaleseDerived from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and वीर
(vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Samarawickrama SinhaleseMeans "conqueror of battles" from Sanskrit समर
(samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and विक्रम
(vikrama) meaning "valour, power, strength".
Samba SpanishSpanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.
Samberg JewishHabitational name from any of several places named Samberg in Germany and Austria.
Samejima Japanese”鮫” (sa me) is meaning ”shark”(in ancient use, ”alligator” ) and ”島”(or ”嶋”) (shima in west Japan , jima in east Japan) is meaning "island" in Japan.... [
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Samet German, Jewish, YiddishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish
samet ‘velvet’ (German
Samt, ultimately from Greek hexamiton, a compound of
hex ‘six’ +
mitos ‘thread’).
Samma EstonianSamma is an Estonian surname derived from either "sammal" meaning "moss" or "sammas" meaning " column", "pillar" and "post".
Sammartino ItalianFrom Italian
san (apocopic form of
santo ("saint") +
Martino ("Martin").
Sammul EstonianSammul is an Estonian surname meaning "pace" and "step".
Samon Japanese (Rare)This surname combines 左 (sa, sha, hidari) meaning "left" or 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [
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Samonte Filipino, TagalogMost likely a topographic name derived from the Tagalog prefix
sa- and Spanish
monte meaning "mountain".
Samoura FulaMauritanian Fula Surname, From the name {Sow}
Samper CatalanHabitational name from any of the places in Catalonia called Sant Pere, generally as the result of the dedication of a local church or shrine to St. Peter (Sant Pere).
Samporna Filipino, MaranaoMeans "main point" in Maranao, possibly from Sanskrit संपूर्ण
(sampūrṇ) meaning "complete, entire, whole".
Samrith KhmerMeans "refined, polished, clean, pure" in Khmer.