All Submitted Surnames

Segale English, Italian
Respelling of SEGAL. A famous bearer is Mario A. Segale, the inspiration for Nintendo's video game character Mario

Seganti Italian

Segantini Italian

Segărceanu Romanian
A topographical surname designating someone from Segarcea, a small town in Dolj County, Romania.

Segarra Catalan
Regional name from the district of La Segarra, or habitational name from any of the places named with Segarra or La Segarra in Catalonia and Valencia.

Segawa Japanese
Variant of Sekawa.

Segawa Eastern African, Swahili

Seger Swedish, English, Dutch
Means "victory" in Swedish. It is also a variant of the English surname Seager or derived from the Germanic given name Sigiheri "victory army".

Segerstam Finland Swedish

Segev Hebrew
Means "exaltation, greatness" in Hebrew.

Seghal Indian

Segismundo Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Segismundo.

Seglias Romansh

Sego English

Segondi French, Italian, Swiss

Segovia Spanish

Segoviano Spanish
One who came from Segovia, a region from Spain.

Šegrt Serbian
Derived from šegrt (шегрт), meaning "apprentice".

Segui Spanish

Segui French

Séguin French, Gascon
From the given name Séguin the French form of Sigwin.

Seguin French

Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.

Šeh Serbian

Šehanović Bosnian

Šehić Bosnian

Šehović Bosnian

Sei Estonian
Sei is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "seib", meaning "washer" and "disk"; or "seil", meaning "sail".

Sei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 生 (see Ike 2).

Seib German
Short form of SEIBOLD. Ultimately derived from names composed of the Germanic name element sigi "victory".

Seichel Maltese

Seicher Maltese

Seick German

Seid German
From the Germanic given name Sito, a short form of a compound name formed with sigi "victory".

Seid Jewish
Metonymic occupational name from German Seide and Yiddish zayd "silk"

Seidakhmet Kazakh

Seide German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German side, German Seide ‘silk’ (from Late Latin seta, originally denoting animal hair), hence a metonymic occupational name for a manufacturer or seller of silk.

Seidenberg German, Jewish
Derived from several places with the same name. As an ornamental name, it is derived from German seide meaning "silk" and berg meaning "mountain".

Seider German
Originating in the region of Saxony. Name of a silk merchant, from the German word for silk: seide

Seiders German

Seidman Jewish, German
Derived from Seid.

Seidowsky m Russian
Seidowsky is a Russian last name, most people think it is Polish, but if it was in fact Polish it would end in "ski".

Seif German, Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a soap maker, from Middle High German seife, German Seife 'soap'.

Seif Arabic, Persian
From the given name Saif.

Seifert German (East Prussian)
German/Russian/Ashkenazi Jewish this surname derived from the very popular personal name siegfried, introduced for the first time inglaterra in the Anglo-Saxon period, and again as a surname thousand years later... [more]

Seifried German
Variant of Siegfried from its Middle High German form Sīvrid.

Seifu Ethiopian

Seiichi Japanese

Seijas Galician (Hispanicized)
Hispanicised Galician cognate of Seixas.

Seijo Spain (Rare)
Seijo is a rare surname hailing from Spain. It is derived from the name Sexia, which in itself derives from the Latin word Saxum, meaning stone.

Seijo Castillan (Rare)
Seijo is a rare surname hailing from Spain. It is derived from the name Sexia, which in itself derives from the Latin word Saxum, meaning stone.

Seiler German
German and Jewish occupational surname for a rope maker.

Seim Upper German
German: metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper, from Middle High German seim ‘honey’.

Seinfeld German, Jewish
From the German word sein "to be" and the word of German Jewish origin feld which means "field". It was a name given to areas of land that had been cleared of forest.

Seino Japanese
From Japanese 清 (sei) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Seire Estonian
Seire is an Estonian surname meaning "monitor" and "examine".

Seisdedos Spanish

Seismundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Variant of Segismundo.

Seisui Japanese

Seisuiryuu Japanese

Seisun Maltese

Seitablayev m Crimean Tatar

Seitis Greek

Seitmuratov m Crimean Tatar

Seitz Upper German
A mainly Bavarian surname, from a reduced form of the personal name Seifried, a variant of Siegfried... [more]

Seitzer German
Variant of Seitz.

Seivert Dutch
Derived from the given name Sivert.

Seivwright English

Seiwert German
Variant of Seivert.

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]

Sekh Ukrainian

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)

Selakjani Persian

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
Habitational name derived from Seldon in Hatherleigh, Devon, and possibly also Selden Farm in Patching, Sussex. The former likely derives from Old English sele "great hall, dwelling, house" (see saliz) and dun "hill, mountain".

Selderslagh Belgian

Seldin English (American)
Variant of Selden.

Seldon English
Variant of Selden.

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

Selezen Ukrainian

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".

Selimov m Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Selimović.

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

Seliverstov m Russian

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".

Sellar Scottish

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

Selvathamby Malaysian

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]

Selyaka Yupik (?)

Selyakin m Yupik (Russified, ?)
Russified form of Selyaka.

Selyaninovich Russian
Mikula Selyaninovich is a character from Russian folk tales. It is an actual surname outside of folktales.

Selyem Hungarian
Means "silk".

Selyutin m Russian

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

Semančik Rusyn
Means "son of Seman".

Semashko Ukrainian (?)

Sembiring Batak

Semchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Semenchuk.

Semedo Portuguese

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
Means "son of Semen".

Semenin Russian
From the given name Semen.

Semenishchev m Russian

Semenov Russian
Means "son of Semyon".

Semenya South African

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

Semer English
From the village of Semer in Suffolk.

Semesyuk Ukrainian

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

Semirenko m Crimean Tatar (Ukrainianized)
Means "son of Semir". It is a Ukrainian style surname.

Semiz Turkish
Means "fat" in Turkish.

Semjonovs Latvian

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, ripple, current" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".... [more]

Semyona Russian

Semyonov m Russian
Means "son of Semyon".

Semyonova f Russian, Uzbek
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".

Senchugov m Russian

Sención Caribbean

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]

Sénéchal French
Variant of Sénécal, a 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").

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
From 妹 meaning "younger sister" combined with 尾 meaning "tail, end, foot of a mountain".

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".

Senyk Ukrainian

Senyuk Ukrainian

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 "completed, finished, succeeded".

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.

Sera Japanese
From Japanese 世 (se) meaning "world, generation" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable".

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.