All Submitted Surnames

Saperstein Jewish, German
“Sapphire” and “stone”

Sapescu Romanian

Sapiano Maltese

Sapien French

Sapienza Italian
Means "knowledge, wisdom" in Italian.

Sapir Hebrew
Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.

Sapiro Jewish
Varient of Shapiro.

Sapiyev Kazakh

Saporta Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sasportas.

Sapozhnikov m Russian
Derieved from сапожник (sapozhnik), meaning "shoe maker".

Sapperstein Jewish
Ornamental name, a compound of Hebrew sapir 'sapphire' + German Stein 'stone'.

Sappingfield American (Anglicized, Rare)
From the German name "Sappenfeld," a small town in Bavaria, Germany. (Pop. 380.) The town itself is named after an early resident named "Sappo;" in English, the name means "Sappo's Field." The name "Sappo" may mean noble (unconfirmed)... [more]

Sappleton English

Saprino Italian

Sapronenkov m Russian

Sapru Kashmiri (Modern)
Sapru people were a nomadic clan originally from Iran that moved across Asia and settled in Kashmir.

Saprykin m Russian

Saputra Javanese

Saqib Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Saqib.

Sar Khmer
Means "white" in Khmer.

Sara Sami
Probably derived from Finnish saari "island", though some claim that it is taken from the given name Sara.

Šaraba Serbian

Sarabedzović Bosnian

Sarabi Iranian

Sarabia Galician

Saraç Turkish
Means "saddler, saddlemaker" in Turkish.

Saraceno Italian
A nickname from saraceno "Saracen" (from Late Latin Saracenus) denoting someone of swarthy appearance an unruly person or someone who had taken part in a Crusade... [more]

Sarachaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Saratxaga.

Saracho Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Saratxo.

Sarada Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皿 (sara), an assigned character to 更 (sara) meaning "new; unused" and 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", referring to unused farmland.

Sarado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Sarafian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sarafyan.

Sarafraz Persian

Sarafyan Armenian
Means "son of the banker" from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf) meaning "banker, moneychanger, cashier".

Saragat Italian
Meaning unknown, perhaps a variant of Sarago. The surname of a former Italian president.

Saragi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Saragih Batak
Simalungun clan name derived from the prefix sa- combined with Simalungun ragih meaning "rule, arrange".

Sarago Italian
From Italian sarago "fish".

Sarah English

Sarai Indian, Punjabi

Saraiva Portuguese
It literally means "hail".

Sarajlić Bosnian

Sarakar Indian, Odia
Odia variant of Sarkar.

Sarakatsanis Greek
Derived from the Greek Σαρακατσάνοι (Sarakatsanoi) referred to an ethnic Greek population subgroup who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, and North Macedonia... [more]

Sarakinos Greek
Means pirate or Arab, from the medieval word and name Saracen

Sarakis m Greek
Possibly a variant of Sarakinos.

Saralegi Basque
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque sarale "hay, dry grass, livestock feed" combined with either tegi "stable, pen, enclosure", -(t)egi "place of", or possibly (h)egi "slope, hillside; edge, border".

Saralina Italian

Saralino Italian

Saramago Portuguese
It's the name of a plant.

Šaran Bosnian

Saranchin m Russian

Sarandon English (American, Rare)

Sarangapani Hindi
From the sanskrit words Sarangan "bow of Vishnu" and pani "hand".

Šaranović Bosnian, Serbian

Sarap Estonian
Sarap is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel".

Šarapaŭ m Russian (Belarusianized), Belarusian (?)
Belarusianised form of Sharapov.

Sarapik Estonian
Sarapik is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel wood".

Sarapuu Estonian
Sarapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel tree".

Sarasa Japanese (Rare)
Means "chintz" in Japanese.

Sarasibar Basque
From sarats "willow" and ibar "valley". It's the name of a village in Navarre.

Sarata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 皿田 (see Sarada).

Saratxaga Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river.

Saratxo Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Amurrio.

Saraumi Japanese (Rare)
From 皿 (sara) meaning "dish, plate" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Sarazen French
From a medieval French nickname for a swarthy person, or for someone who had gone on a Crusade (from Old French sarrazin "Saracen"). It was borne by American golfer Gene Sarazen (1902-99), original name Eugene Saraceni.

Sarazin French
Variant of Sarrazin.

Sârbu Medieval Romansh
Este nume de familie al actriței Oana Sârbu.

Sarchette English

Sarchovsky Russian

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Sard English, French, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Denoted a person from Sardinia, Italy.

Sarda Italian
From the feminine form of Sardo or from sarda "large sardine" either a nickname or occupational name for selling sardines.

Sardar Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu
From a title meaning "chief, leader", derived from Persian سر (sar) meaning "head, authority" and the suffix دار (dar) meaning "possessor".

Sərdarov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Sərdar".

Sardarov Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Sardar".

Sərdarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Sərdarov.

Sardelis Greek

Sardella Italian
From sardella "sardine" used as either an occupational name for a fisher or seller of sardines or a nickname for a thin person.

Sarder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali সরদার (see Sardar).

Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician, Mexican
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.

Sardinha Portuguese
Portuguese last name meaning "sardine seller".

Sardo Italian
Means "Sardinian" in Italian.

Sardón South American

Sardone Italian
Augmentative of Sarda or Sardo "the big Sardinian". in the central and southern Adriatic region from sardone "anchovy".

Sareen Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सरीन or Punjabi Gurmukhi ਸਰੀਨ (see Sarin).

Särekanno Estonian
Särekanno is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "säre" ("violent" or "sudden") and "kanne" ("bearing" or "entry").

Sarfati Judeo-Spanish
From Hebrew צרפתית (tsar'fatit) meaning "French". It was originally used to refer to the Biblical place name Tzarfat, which has come to be identified as modern-day France.

Sarfatti Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Sarfaty Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Sarfraz Urdu
Derived from the given name Sarfraz.

Sargant English
Variant of Sergeant.

Sargar Indian

Sargeant English
Variant of Sergeant.

Sargento Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
Spanish and Portuguese form of Sergeant. It's also mostly used in the Philippines.

Sargis Armenian
From the given name Sargis.

Sargsian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սարգսյան (see Sargsyan).

Sari Estonian
Sari is an Estonian surname meaning "cluster" or "batch".

Sari Indonesian
Means "essence" in Indonesian. In 2014, this was the most common surname in Indonesia.

Sarı Turkish
Means "yellow, blond" in Turkish.

Sarian Armenian
Armenian variant of the surname Saryan which is derived from the personal name Saribek and originated from the Turkish sari meaning "yellow, fair-haired" and beg "nobleman".

Şərifov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Sharif".

Şərifova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şərifov.

Sarihodžić Bosnian

Sarii Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sarıkaya Turkish
From Turkish sarı meaning "yellow" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".

Sarikaya Turkish
Sarıkaya is a Turkish word meaning "yellow rock".

Sarilar Turkish
Means ''yellows'' in Turkish. A common place name in Turkey.

Sarin Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.

Šarinić Croatian
Possibly derived from šareno, meaning "colorful".

Sarioğlu Turkish

Sarip Maranao, Maguindanao
From a title of nobility meaning "sharif, religious chief", ultimately from Arabic شريف (sharif).

Saripada Filipino, Maranao
From a title meaning "chief" in Maranao, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रीपाद (shripada) literally meaning "holy foot", derived from श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and पाद (pada) meaning "foot".

Sarıtaş Turkish
Directly translated from Turkish, sarı means "yellow" and taş means "stone".... [more]

Saritov Chechen (Rare)

Sarjent German

Särk Estonian
Särk is an Estonian surname meaning "shirt".

Sárkány Hungarian
Means "dragon" in Hungarian.

Sarkar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
From the Persian title سرکار (sarkar) meaning "lord, supervisor, overseer".

Sarkeesian Armenian
Variant of Sarkisian. Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture.

Sarkenov Kazakh

Sarker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Sarkar.

Sarkis Arabic, Armenian (Expatriate)
From the given name Sarkis.

Sarkisov m Russian

Sarközy Hungarian
Variant of Sárközi.

Sarley English

Sarma Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Alternate transcription of Assamese শৰ্মা, Bengali শর্মা, Hindi/Nepali शर्मा, Telugu శర్మ or Kannada ಶರ್ಮಾ (see Sharma).

Sarmento Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Sarmiento.

Sarmiento Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
From Latin sarmentum meaning "vine shoot."

Sarna Polish
Means "roe deer" in Polish.

Sarnov m Russian

Sarnow Polabian (Germanized), German
From the village of Sarnow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Surname of the mayor of Stralsund Karsten Sarnow.

Sarnowska Polish

Sarnowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the many places in Poland called Sarnowa, Sarnowo, or Sarnów, named with Polish sarna "roe deer".

Sarōdo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.

Sarodo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Saroha Indian

Sarohdo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Saroj Indian

Sarott Romansh

Saroudo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Saroukhanian Armenian
Here is the combined words meaning of "Saroukhanian" surname: Sar(Armenian origin–սար– means: Mountain ) + u (Armenian origin –եւ– means :and )+ khan( խան _means: prince )+ yan (յան– a suffix for Armenian family names) and the combination of the words finally means The Mountain and Prince or The Prince օf Mountain

Sarpei Akan
Meaning unknown.

Sarr English, Scottish

Sarr Western African, Serer
Meaning uncertain.

Sarracino Italian
From Neapolitan sarracino, meaning "Saracen", a term used to refer to a variety of ethnic and religious groups, including a nomadic people from Sinai, Muslims, and pirates from the Mediterranean.

Sarrade French

Sarradet French (Cajun)
Used commonly by people native to Louisiana, United States, is also a variant of Sarrade.

Sarrazin French
Means "Saracen" in Old French, a name used to refer to Arab Muslims in the Middle Ages. It was probably used as a nickname for an unruly person, a person with a dark complexion, or for someone who had taken part in a Crusade.

Sarré English
“apologetic”

Sarrià Catalan
Catalan habitational name from any of the places named Sarrià or Sàrria, in Catalonia.

Sarricolea Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Sarrikolea.

Sarrikolea Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Larrabetzu.

Sarris Greek
Derived from Turkish sari meaning "blond, fair-haired".

Sarsenbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Sarsenbay".

Sarsenbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sarsenbaev.

Sarsenov Kazakh
Means "son of Sarsen".

Sarsenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Sarsenov.

Sarsour Arabic
Means "cockroach" or "roach" in Arabic.

Sartain French
Means, "Tailor".

Sartayev Kazakh

Sartori Italian
Variant of Sarto, through Latin Sartorius.

Sartorius German (Latinized)
Translation into Latin of the German surname Schneider, from Latin sartor, "tailor".

Sarukhanov m Russian

Sarumpaet Batak

Sarus Hungarian

Saruta Japanese
From Japanese 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Saruwatari Japanese
From 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 渡 (watari) meaning "ferry".

Sarv Estonian
Sarv is an Estonian surname meaning "horn".

Sarver English, Jewish
English and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) occupational name from Old French serveur (an agent derivative of server ‘to serve’), Yiddish sarver ‘servant’.

Sarwar Urdu, Bengali
From the Persian title سرور (sarvar) meaning "lord, master".

Sarychev m Russian

Sas Dutch
Cognate of Sachs.

Saša Croatian

Sasago Japanese

Sasaguchi Japanese

Sasaguri Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Sasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sasai Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit"

Sasakawa Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sasako Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Sasala Rukai

Sasame Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左 (sa) meaning "left", -s-, used to represent epenthesis between 2 vowels or a possession marker, and 雨 (ame) meaning "rain; rainfall".

Sasamura Japanese

Sasano Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains, wilderness".

Sasaoka Japanese

Sasayama Japanese
笹 (Sasa) means "bamboo" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Sasazawa Japanese

Sashenka Russian, Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
From the Russian and Ukrainian given name Sashenka (a diminutive of Aleksandr or Oleksandr), or Belarusianised form of Ukrainian Sashenko.

Sashenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Sasha".

Sashenyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Sashnyuk.

Sashihara Japanese
From 指 (sashi) meaning "finger" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Sashko Ukrainian
From the given name Sasha.

Sashnyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Sashenko.

Sashuk Ukrainian
Variant of Sashenko.

Sasi Estonian
Sasi is an Estonian surname meaning "shock", "skein", and "snarl".

Šašivarević Bosnian

Saska Croatian
Name given to someone from Saxony. From Croatian “saska” which translates to Saxony.

Şaşmaz Turkish
Means "infallible" in Turkish.

Sasori Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 佐曽利 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help," 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once" and 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit."

Sasportas Judeo-Spanish
Possibly derived from Spanish seis puertas meaning "six doors" or Catalan las portes meaning "the doors".

Sasportes Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sasportas.

Sass German
Variant of Sasse.

Saß German
Variant of Sass.

Sassa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).

Sassano Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 颯々 (sassa), sound- and script-changed from 颯爽 (sassō) meaning "gallant; jaunty" and 野 (no) meaning "field; plain", referring to a stately person who traveled to the fields.

Sasse German
Variant of Sachs via the form Sachse.

Sasselli Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "small stones" in Italian.

Sasser English

Sassi Estonian
Sassi is an Estonian surname derived form "sassis" meaning "disheveled", "tangled", and "unkempt".

Sassi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sasson Jewish

Sassoon Jewish

Sassow Polish

Sassowna Polish

Sassu Italian
From Sardinian sassu "stone".

Sassy Arabic (Egyptian)

Sastri Kannada, Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Sastrowardoyo Javanese
Means "writings of the heart" from Sanskrit शास्त्र (shastra) meaning "scripture, writings" and हृदय (hrdaya) meaning "heart". This is the name of a Javanese family of nobility.

Sastry Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Sata Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "assist" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Satake Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Şatay Turkish

Satch English

Satchel English

Saterfield English (American)

Sather Norwegian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Sæther.

Sathi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Thai
Alternate transcription of Sethi.

Sathirathai Thai

Satkevich Belarusian

Satlow Jewish

Sato Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Satō Japanese (Rare)
Means "sugar" in Japanese, possibly referring to a sugar house owner.

Satoda Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Satoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Satō.

Satoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Satoi Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Satoki Japanese
Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".

Satomi Japanese
Sato means "village" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".... [more]

Satomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Satomura Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Satonaka Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Satorigi Japanese

Satou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Satoya Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Satsuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsukijo Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsukime Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsukino Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsuma Japanese
From Japanese 薩摩 (Satsuma) meaning "Satsuma", a former Japanese province in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Satsumi Japanese

Satsuya Japanese (Rare)

Satsyuk Ukrainian

Sattar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Sattar.

Sattari Persian
From Persian ستار (setâr) meaning "star" (see Setareh or Sitara).

Səttarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Səttar".

Sattarov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Sattar".

Səttarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Səttarov.

Satten Latvian, Russian, Jewish
Americanized version of Sattenstein or Schattenstein

Satterfield English
Variant of Satterthwaite.

Satterley English

Satterthwaite English
From a place in England named with Old English sætr "shielding" and Old Norse þveit "pasture".

Sattler German
An occupational name meaning "saddle maker".

Sattorov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Sattor".

Saturin Russian

Saturn Russian

Saturnino Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Saturnino.

Saturno Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish
Descendant of Saturn.

Satybaldiev Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Satybaldy".

Satybaldieva f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Satybaldiev.

Sau Estonian
Saue is an Estonian surname meaning "wand" or "staff".

Sauble English

Saucedo Spanish
Variant of Salcedo

Šaŭčenka Belarusian
Alternative transcription of Belarusian Шаўчэнка (see Shauchenka).

Saudji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Sauji).

Sauerbier German
From German sauer meaning "sour" and bier meaning "beer". It originally referred to a brewer of sour beer.

Sauerwein German
Occupational nickname for someone who sold sour wine, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a sour disposition, from Middle High German sur "sour" + win "wine", i.e. vinegar.

Sauji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" and 氏 (shi) meaning "family, clan". This may also be a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Saudji)... [more]

Saukko Finnish
Means "otter" in Finnish.

Saul Estonian
Saul is an Estonian surname derived from the biblical masculine given name "Saul".

Šaulis Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys meaning "rifleman".

Saulnier French
In Middle French (the form of French spoken from 1340 to 1610), it literally means "salt merchant".

Saulog Filipino

Sauls English
From the given name Saul.

Saunches English Creole, Jamaican Patois
English form of Sanches.

Saunder English
From the given name Alexander.

Saunderson English, Scottish
Variant of Sanderson.

Saunier French

Saunière French

Saupõld Estonian
Saupõld is an Estonian surname meaning "stick field".

Saur German
Variant of Sauer.

Sautereau French

Sautome Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 早乙女 or 五月女 (see Saotome).

Sautreau French

Sautter German (Swiss)
Variant of Sauter.

Sauve' French
Sauve' from France to Canada. Changed probably due to an "a" and an "o" confusion in cursive. My granfather's was typo-ed on WW II old men's sign up in MA. or RI, USA.

Sav Indian

Savanović Serbian

Savant French
Nickname from savant ‘learned’, a nickname for a university graduate or a particularly knowledgeable person.

Savard French
Either from Old French savart meaning "wasteland" or the Germanic elements sab of uncertain meaning and hard meaning "brave, hardy".