All Submitted Surnames

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Sheehan Irish (Anglicized, Archaic)
From irish "O Siodhachain" meaning "descendant of Siodhach" - peaceful or gentle, courteous.
Sheehey Irish
Variant of Sheehy.
Sheen English
Meaning unknown, though possibly a variant of Sean. A famous bearer of the surname is actor Charlie Sheen.
Sheene Irish (Anglicized)
Derived from the Gaelic siodhach which means "peaceful." Most commonly used in Ireland and originated in the county's southwest region.
Sheepshanks Scottish
From a medieval Scottish and northern English nickname for someone with a strange or awkward way of walking (literally "sheeplegs").
Sheeran English, Irish
Shortened form of O'Sheeran.
Sheet Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.
Sheffield English, English (British)
A surname which named after an city in England.... [more]
Shehab Arabic
From the given name Shihab.
Shehadeh Arabic
Derived from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda) meaning "testimony, witness, belief (in Islam)".
Shehan Sinhalese, Dhivehi, Tamil
From the given name Shehan.
Shehata Arabic
Derived from Arabic شحات (shahhat) meaning "beggar".
Shehzad Urdu
Derived from the given name Shahzad.
Sheik Arabic, Indian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic شيخ or Bengali শেখ (see Sheikh).
Sheikh Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the Arabic title شَيْخ (šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head". It is used to denote a political or spiritual leader of a Muslim community.
Sheikhi Persian
Persian form of Sheikh.
Shein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, good, nice"
Shein Burmese
From the given name Shein.
Sheinbaum Jewish
Derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, friendly" and baum meaning "tree".
Shek Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shi.
Sheldon English, English (American)
From an Old English place name meaning "valley with steep sides".
Sheldrake English
From a medieval nickname for a dandyish (showy) or vain man, from Middle English scheldrake, the male of a type of duck with brightly-coloured plumage (itself from the East Anglian dialect term scheld "variegated" combined with drake "male duck").
Sheleg Russian
Russian form of Šelieh.
Shell American
Posibly from the given name Shell.
Shelley English, Irish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from any of the three places called Shelley (Essex Suffolk Yorkshire) or from Shelley Plain in Crawley (Sussex)... [more]
Shemer Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Schimmer.... [more]
Shemesh Jewish
Means "sun" in Hebrew.
Shemtov Hebrew (Modern)
Means "good name", derived from Hebrew שם (shem) means "name" and טוב (tov) means "good".
Shen Chinese
From Chinese 沈 (shěn) referring to the ancient state of Shen, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the Henan province.
Shen Chinese
From Chinese 慎 (shèn) meaning "cautious, acting sincerely, with care".
Shenandoah Oneida
From the given name Shenandoah.
Shenberger English (?)
The name Shenberger comes from a common mix up with the archaic Austrian-German surname Schoenberg; meaning "Beautiful Mountain."
Sheng Chinese
From Chinese 盛 (shèng) meaning "flourishing, prosperous", also referring to the ancient state of Sheng which existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shandong province.
Shenton English
"Beautiful town" in Old English. Parishes in Leicestershire, and Cheshire.
Sheperd English
Variant of Shepherd or transferred use of the surname Sheperd.
Sheptitskiy Ukrainian
This indicates familial origin with the village of Sheptychi in Ukraine, which, as of February 2017, is located within Sambir Raion in the Lviv Oblast.
Sher Urdu
Derived from the given name Sher.
Sheraliev Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Sherali", from a combination of the names Sher and Ali 1.
Sheremetev Russian
Derived from the Turkic word Şeremet meaning "poor man". (See Şeremet)
Sheremeteva Russian
Feminine equivalent of Sheremetev.
Shereshevsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone originally from the city of Sharashova in Belarus, probably derived Russian шерешь (sheresh) meaning "frozen mud, ice (on a river)".
Sherif Arabic
From the given name Sharif.
Sheriff English, Scottish
Occupational name for a sheriff, derived from Middle English schiref, shreeve, shryve literally meaning "sheriff", or from Old English scir meaning "shire, administrative district" and (ge)refa meaning "reeve"... [more]
Sherkhanzai Afghan
Meaning "son of Sherkhan" in Pashto. Sherkhan itself means "lion king" in Persian. This surname is found among Afghans belonging to the Barech, one of the Durrani Pashto tribes.
Sherlock English, Irish
Nickname for someone with "fair hair" or "a lock of fair hair."
Sherpa Nepali
From the name of the Sherpa people of Nepal, India and Bhutan, itself derived from Tibetan ཤར (shar) meaning "east" and the nominalising particle པ (pa).
Sherrard English
Probably from a medieval nickname based on Middle English shere "bright, fair", with the derogatory suffix -ard.
Sherrell English
This surname is of English locational origin, from the place in Devonshire called Shirwell. The placename is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sirewelle, and by 1242 as Shirewill... [more]
Sherring English
Patronymic variant of the given name Sherwin.
Sherwin English
English: nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’ + wind ‘wind’.
Sherwood English
From a place name meaning "bright forest", derived from Old English scir meaning "bright" and wudu meaning "tree, wood".
Sherzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Shirzai.
Shestakov m Russian
Derives from Russian word шесть (shest') meaning six.
Shestov Russian
From Russian шесть (shest'), meaning "six".
Sheth Indian, Marathi, Bengali, Hindi
Variant transcription of Seth.
Shettima Kanuri, Nigerian
Meaning unknown.
Shevalier English (American), English (Canadian)
Anglicized form of the French surname Chevalier.
Shevardnadze Georgian
Means "son of the falcon", from Georgian შავარდენი (shavardeni) meaning "falcon, hawk". A famous bearer was Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014).
Shevelev Russian
Derived by means of suffix "-ev" from Old Slavic verb sheveliti (se) meaning to make noise, to whirr, to rustle, to whistle, to wander. Initially it designated someone bold, daring, hardy, spirited.
Shevelyov m Russian
From Russian шевелить (shevelit'), meaning "move, stir".
Shevtsov m Russian
Russian form of Shvets.
Shewell English
Variant of Sewell, possibly influenced by the Middle English word shewel "scarecrow".
Shi Chinese
From Chinese 施 (shī) referring to the ancient state of Shi, which existed during the Xia dynasty in present-day Hubei province.
Shi Chinese
From Chinese 石 (shí) meaning "stone", also referring to the ancient city of Chach that is now Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Shi Chinese
In Chinese Shi means History.
Shi Chinese
From 时(shí) means time.
Shia Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Xie.
Shiba Japanese
From Japanese 斯波 (Shiba) meaning "Shiba", a former district in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]
Shibakawa Japanese
From Japanese 芝 (shiba) meaning "turf, lawn, sod" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".
Shibanami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紫波 (see Shiba).
Shibani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.
Shibasaki Japanese
Shiba (柴) means firewood, Saki (崎) means small peninsula.
Shibata Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Shibazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood, brushwood" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, eninsula".
Shibuimaru Japanese
From Japanese 渋 (''shibu'') "unripe persimmon juice", 井 (''i'') "well" and 丸 (''maru'') "circle".
Shibuki Japanese
Shibu means "astringent, rough" and ki means "tree, wood".
Shibusawa Japanese
From Japanese 渋 or 澁 (shibu) meaning "astringent (taste), harsh" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Shibutani Japanese
From Japanese 澁 or 渋 (shibu) meaning "rough" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Shichiho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).
Shichihō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.
Shichihoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).
Shichihou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).
Shida Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shidama Japanese
From 師 (shi) meaning "teacher, master, mentor" and 玉 (tama) meaning "ball, sphere, jewel, gem".
Shidehara Japanese
From Japanese 幣 (shide) meaning "currency" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, meadow, plain".
Shie German
Variant of Schie.
Shieh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xie or Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.
Shield English
Metonymic occupational name for an armorer, from Middle English scheld "shield" (Old English scild, sceld).
Shields Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Siadhail
Shiemke Kashubian (Americanized, ?), Polish (Americanized, ?), Sorbian (Americanized, ?)
Americanized form of Schimke, which is a Germanized form of an uncertain Slavic name, possibly Polish, Kashubian or Sorbian. The original name was a nickname meaning "little Simon 1", either a diminutive of the given name or meaning "son of Simon".
Shigaraki Japanese
From Japanese 死 (shi) meaning "death", 柄 (gara) meaning "handle, grip", and 木 (ki) meaning "tree"
Shige Japanese
Shige means "luxurious".
Shigematsu Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Shigemura Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and mura means "hamlet, village" or "town".
Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Shigesato Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and sato means "village".
Shigeta Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shigusawa Japanese
Keiichi Shigusawa, professionally known as Keiichi Sigsawa, is an award winning novelist.
Shih Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 施 (see Shi).
Shih Taiwanese
Alternate transcription of Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.
Shiha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Shihab Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Shihab.
Shijou Japanese
From Japanese 市 (shi) meaning "market, town", 四 (shi) meaning "four" or 砥 (shi) meaning "whetstone"; combined with 場 (jou) meaning "place", 條 (jou) meaning "article, twig, ray", 条 (jou) with the same meaning as the previous one, or 上 (jou) meaning "above".
Shikai Japanese
Possibly from 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer, antelope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".
Shikalgar Indian (Muslim), Indian
Derived from the Persian word صیقلگر (saiqalgar) "polisher", referring a person who polishes stuff.
Shikanai Japanese
A notable bearer is Kayleigh Shikanai.
Shikanai Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".
Shikari Indian, Hindi
From Hindi meaning "hunter, huntsman".
Shikazu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 志和 (see Shiwa).
Shikdar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali সিকদার (see Sikder).
Shikder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali শিকদার (see Sikder).
Shikongo Southern African
Potentially means "people's leader". Prevalent in Nambia.
Shilling English, German (Americanized), Dutch (Americanized)
nickname from the Middle English coin name schilling "shilling" (Old English scilling) probably referring to a fee or rent owed or paid... [more]
Shilo Russian, Ukrainian
Means "awl" in Russian and Ukrainian, from the Old Slavic root šidlo.
Shilov m Russian
Derived from Russian шило (shilo) meaning awl, from the Old Slavic root šidlo.
Shilova f Russian
Feminine form of Shilov.
Shim Korean
Alternate transcription of Sim.
Shima Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Shimabukuro Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 袋 (fukuro) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".
Shimadzu Japanese
Variant transcription of Shimazu.
Shimai Japanese
Shima means "island" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Shimajiri Japanese
From 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear".
Shimamori Japanese
Shima (島) means "island", mori (森) means "forest"
Shimamoto Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Shimano Japanese
Shima means "island" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Shimanovsk Russian (Rare)
From the city of Shimanovsk (Шимановск) in the Amur Oblast or other places called Shimanovsk.
Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".
Shimazaki Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Shimazu Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbor".
Shimbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).
Shimbu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).
Shime Japanese
This surname is used as 七五三, 志免 or 志馬 with 七 (shichi, nana, nana.tsu, nano, shi) meaning "seven", 五 (go, itsu, itsu.tsu, me) meaning "five", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling", 免 (men, manuka.reru, manuga.reru, me) meaning "dismissal, excuse" and 馬 (ba, uma, -uma, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]
Shimei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Shimekake.
Shimekake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 七 (shichi) from 楠木七郎 (Kusunoki Shichirō), 五 (go) from 和田五郎 (Wada Gorō), 三 (san) from 三百騎 (sambyakuki) meaning "300 horses" and 掛 (kake), phonetically assigned to write 駆ける (kakeru) meaning "to run"... [more]
Shimmel Yiddish
From the given name Shimmel, a Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.
Shimmin Manx
Contracted form of McSimeen
Shimoda Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shimoenoo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下酔尾 (Shimoenoo) meaning "Shimoenoo", a former division in the area of Terushima in the city of Ichikikushikino in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Shimoji Okinawan (Rare)
Comes from the island in Okinawa, Japan, called Shimoji. The combination of Kanji characters are 下 meaning "down, below", and 地 meaning "place, territory".
Shimokata Japanese
Shimo can mean "under, below" and kata can mean "shape" or "single".
Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Shimomura Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Shimonari Japanese
From 下 (shimo) meaning "below," "under" and 成 (naru) meaning "to become."
Shimono Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "under, below" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]
Shimosawa Japanese
Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Shimotsuki Japanese (Rare, ?)
霜 (Shimo) means "hoar, frost" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, noon". This is the traditional Japanese word for "November". ... [more]
Shimoyama Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower portion, end" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Shimoyashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower, downstream" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "mansion", referring to a mansion in the lowlands.
Shimpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Shimpō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 神 (shin) meaning "deity; god" and 宝 (pō), from 宝 (hō) meaning "treasure".
Shimpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Shimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Shimura Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 泰 (see Tai).
Shin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 針 (see Hari).
Shina Japanese
Shina can mean "family, department, section".
Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".
Shinami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Shinazugawa Japanese (Rare)
Means "immortal river; never dying river; river with no deaths" in Japanese.
Shinbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Shimbe).
Shinbu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Shimbu).
Shinde Indian, Marathi
Meaning unknown; this was also the name of a Indian dynasty from Maharashtra.
Shinden Japanese
See Arata,this is simply the formal pronunciation.
Shindera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).
Shindō Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new", 進 (shin) meaning "advance, progress", 信 (shin) meaning "trust, faith", or 真 (shin) meaning "truth, reality" combined with 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria" or 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".
Shingler English
An occupational name for someone who laid wooden tiles, or shingles on roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English schingle ‘shingle’. ... [more]
Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".
Shinketsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神結 (see Kamiyui).
Shinkura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".
Shinmar Ancient Hebrew (Hellenized, Archaic, ?)
'Shin'; literally translated as 'god', 'crown'. 'Mar'; Hebrew translation for 'master'. Used by Ancient Hebrew descendants/Jews still existing in Middle East & India. Also a city that exists in West Punjab with majority Hebrew/Jews & synagogues.... [more]
Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Shinn English
Metonymic occupational name for a Skinner, from Old English scinn, Middle English shin ‘hide’, ‘pelt’. In Middle English this word was replaced by the Norse equivalent, skinn.
Shinobu Japanese
Shinobu is a Japanese name meaning "recall" or "endurance."
Shinomi Japanese
From 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 見 (mi) meaning "view, outlook".
Shinosaki Japanese
Shino means "bamboo" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".
Shinozuka Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Shinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Shinpō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Shinpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Shinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Shinseki Japanese
Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".
Shinso Japanese
From Japanese 心 (shin) meaning "heart, mind" and 操 (so, sou, sō) meaning "manipulate, operate"
Shintaku Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 宅 (taku) meaning "house, home".
Shintani Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Shinwari Pashto
Perhaps from Shinwar, the name of a Pashtun-inhabited district in Afghanistan. The Shinwari are a Pashtun tribe found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Shinyama Japanese
Means "New Mountain".... [more]
Shio Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt".
Shioda Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
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