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Balkwill English
Possibly derived from the name of a lost settlement in Devon, composed of Old English balca "balk, beam; ridge, bank" and wella "spring, stream". Alternatively, can be a variant form of Bakewell.
Ballaster English
Meant "person who makes or is armed with a crossbow" (from a derivative of Middle English baleste "crossbow", from Old French).
Ballestero Spanish
Means "crossbowman" or "crossbow builder" in Spanish, derived from Spanish ballesta "crossbow".
Ballinger American
From the YouTuber, Colleen Ballinger (1986-)
Balloch Scottish
From the name of a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic bealach meaning "a pass, gap, road".
Balloi Italian
From the given name Balloi.
Ballon Spanish
Theoretically it could be a variant of vallón, from valle ‘valley’, but neither form is attested as a vocabulary word or as a place name element. Alternatively, it could be a Castilian spelling of Catalan Batlló, Balló, nicknames from diminutives of batlle ‘dancing’.English: variant spelling of Balon.
Ballou Haitian Creole, French (Caribbean), French
The Ballou name comes from that Medieval landscape of northwestern France known as Brittany. The name Ballou was originally derived from the family having lived in Brittany, where this distinguished family was established from ancient times... [more]
Ballut French
Derived from Old Occitan baluter, cognate of French bluter (via Middle French beluter), meaning "to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran", this name used to denote a miller.
Balma Italian
Perhaps a topographic name from the dialect word balma meaning ‘grotto’, ‘cave’, ‘jutting rock’.
Balmaceda Spanish, Basque
From Balmaseda, the name of a town and municipality in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is derived from Spanish val meaning "valley" and Basque mahatseta meaning "vineyard"... [more]
Balmaseda Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Baloch Balochi
From the name of the Baloch people who primarily reside in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, itself of uncertain meaning.
Balogbog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano balugbog meaning "marble".
Baloh Slovene
A typical Slovene surname originating from the plant Nardus stricta (slv. domestic name volk, baloh). It is a type of grass that grows on highly acidic and poor soils. Slovene noun pusta means 'poor soil'... [more]
Baloković Croatian
Most of Croatian families with the surname (last name) Baloković originate from the town of Donji Miholjac located in Osijek-Baranja County on the border with Hungary. During the 1700s and 1800s most of the people bearing this family name were born either in Donji Miholjac and/or nearby Nasice... [more]
Balsam German
Occupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes.
Balsan German
Variant of Balsam.
Balsano German (Austrian), Italian
The roots of the distinguished surname Balzano lie in Austria. The name derives itself from "Balthasar," the name of one of the three Magi who followed the star to Bethlehem, and was popular as both a first name and a family name during the 18th century.... [more]
Balson German
Variant of Balsam.
Balston English
From the name of a place meaning "Beald's valley" from Old English denu meaning valley.
Balta Turkish
Means "axe, hatchet" in Turkish.
Baltabaev m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Baltabay".
Baltabaeva f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Baltabaev.
Baltabekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Baltabek".
Baltabekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Baltabekov.
Baltacı Turkish
Occupational name for a maker or seller of axes, derived from Turkish balta meaning "axe, hatchet".
Baltakis Lithuanian
Means “white-eyed” in Lithuanian, from balta meaning “white” and akis meaning “eye”.
Baltasar Spanish
From the given name Baltasar.
Baltatzis Greek
Perhaps from the Italian surname Baldacci.
Baltazar Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Baltazar.
Balthazor German
German/Austrian form of Balthazar.
Baltimore English (American)
From the name of the American city of Baltimore, and an anglicisation of Irish Gaelic Baile an Tí Mhóir meaning "town of the big house".
Baluch Balochi
Alternate transcription of Balochi بلۏچ (see Baloch).
Baluyot Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon
Derived from Hiligaynon baluyot meaning "sack, bag, pouch".
Balza Spanish, Belgian, Filipino (Hispanicized), Italian
Derivation (Belzer, Balzac, Balzer, etc.) of the given name Balthazar, meaning "one of the three wise men."
Balzak French
Variant of Balzac.
Bambino Italian
From Italian meaning "baby, child".
Bamborough English
Bamborough name origin from early Northumberland early times other name know from the Bamborough is bamburgh as in bamburgh castle, ... [more]
Ban Croatian
Derived from a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
Ban Korean
Korean form of Pan 2, from Sino-Korean 潘 (ban).
Ban Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 播 (see Hari).
Banaag Tagalog
Means "glimmer, gleam, soft ray" in Tagalog.
Banai Iranian, Persian
Derived from the Hindu goddess Banai, the second wife of Khandoba.
Banaian Armenian
Meaning unknown.
Banasiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Banaś, an old diminutive of Benedykt.
Banchieri Italian
From banchiere "banker" or the related Genoese bancherus "shopkeeper, street vendor".
Bandara Sinhalese
From a title meaning "chief's son, prince" in Sinhala.
Bandaranaike Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese බණ්ඩාරනායක (see Bandaranayake).
Bandaranayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala බණ්ඩාරනායක (see Bandaranayake).
Bandaranayake Sinhalese
From the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර (baṇḍāra) meaning "chief's son, prince" combined with Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Bandasack Lao
From Lao ບັນດາ (banda) meaning "all, entire, whole" and ສັກ (sack) meaning "power, authority".
Bandeira Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Bandera.
Bandera Spanish, Italian, Polish (Rare)
Denoted to a flag bearer or carrier, from Spanish and Polish bandera, meaning "flag, banner, ensign". Variant of Banderas (Spanish) or Bandiera (Italian)... [more]
Banderali Italian
Italian cognate of Banner.
Bandi Italian
Derived from Late Latin Bandus itself from the Germanic band and the Latin banda, all meaning "sign, emblem, banner". It can also derive from the Italian word bando meaning "announcement" from the Germanic bann.
Bandiera Italian
from bandiera "banner flag" hence presumably a status name for a standard bearer. Italian cognate of Banner.
Bandli Romansh
Variant of Bantli.
Bando Japanese
It means "east of the slope", referring to eastern provinces of Osaka. The surname originates from there, and that is where it is most common.
Bandoh Japanese
Variant of Bando.
Bandou Japanese
Variant of Bando.
Bandy English (American)
Americanized form of Bandi.
Bane English
Variant of Bain.
Bane Irish
An anglicized surname of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bháin, meaning "white" or "fair".
Banegas Spanish
Spanish: variant of Benegas a patronymic composed of Arabic or Jewish ben 'son' + the medieval personal name Egas .
Banerjea Bengali
Different spelling of Banerjee.
Banette French
Likely a diminutive of Benoît or derived from bannière meaning "banner".
Banez Spanish
Spanish (Báñez): shortened form of Ibáñez
Bang Danish
Originally a nickname denoting a loud or brash person, from Old Danish bang "noise" (from Old Norse banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin). A literary bearer was Danish author Herman Bang (1857-1912).... [more]
Bang Korean
Bang is derived from the Korean word ‘sarangbang’ referring to a ‘room’.
Bangla Bengali
From বাংলা (Bangla), the endonym of the Bengali people, the region of Bengal (including Bangladesh), and the Bengali language. The word itself is derived either from Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, or from an Austric word meaning "sun god".
Bangon Filipino, Maranao
Means "to rise, to get up" or "plot of land" in Maranao.
Bangoura Manding
Guinean Susu surname of unknown Meaning.
Bangs English
Variant of Banks
Bành Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Peng, from Sino-Vietnamese 彭 (bành).
Banh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Bành.
Baniaga Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog banyaga meaning "foreigner".
Banik Indian
Hindi word for "farmer, merchant" & Bengali word for "the merchant"
Banjar Arabic
From the name of the Banjar people, itself derived from Javanese mbanjarke meaning "separate, rearrange, organize". This surname is borne by people of Indonesian ancestry in Saudi Arabia.
Bankhead Scottish, Northern Irish
Topographic name for someone who lived at the top or end of a bank or hill, derived from Middle English bank meaning "bank" and hed meaning "head". There are several minor places in Scotland so called, but the most likely source of the surname is one on the border between the parishes of Kilmarnock and Dreghorn in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Bankoku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 万国 meaning "all nations; the whole world; universal". The fact that it is homophonous as Japanese バンコク (Bankoku) meaning "Bangkok", the city in Thailand, is coincidental.
Bankov Russian
Feminine Bankova (Russian: Банкова) is a Russian surname derived from банковское meaning Bank, Banking.
Bankova f Russian
Bankova (Банкова) and its male counterpart Bankov (Банкова) is a Russian surname that came from the Russian word Банковское which means directly translates to Banking. It is a common surname in Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia.
Banks Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Bruacháin
Bankston English
Derived from the old English world "Banke" usually given to a family who lived near a hill or a slope.
Banksy English, Popular Culture
This is pseudonyms Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. Banksy's real name might be Robin Gunningham. How Banksy got his pseudonym is unknown... [more]
Bannai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (ban) meaning "slope" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".
Bannion Scottish
Scottish/Irish
Bannykh Russian
From баня (banya) meaning "bath"
Bano Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hindi बानो (see Banu) as well as the Urdu form.
Banogon Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hawklike" in Cebuano, ultimately from banog meaning "hawk".
Banović Serbian, Croatian
"Son of a Ban", the -ić "son of" suffix with ban, the title of class of Croatian nobility beginning in the 7th century approximately equivalent to viceroy, lord or duke, stemming potentially from the Turkic bajan ("rich, wealthy").
Bansal Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Most likely derived from Sanskrit वंश (vansha) meaning "lineage, clan, race" or "bamboo".
Bantadtan Thai
From Thai บรรทัด (banthat) meaning "ruler; straight line" and ฐาน (than) meaning "base; location".
Bantam English (African), South African
Possibly a variant of Bentham. In an alternate interpretation, it could also be from the word "bantam" which denotes someone who's small but mighty.
Bantan Arabic
From the name of the Indonesian province of Banten, originally indicating a person originally from that region.
Bantayan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "watchtower, guard-place" in Cebuano.
Bantli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from the given name Pantaleon.
Banto Filipino, Maranao
Means "guest" in Maranao.
Banu Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese
From a respectful term of address for women derived from Persian بانو (banu) meaning "lady".
Banuelos Spanish
Spanish (Bañuelos): habitational name from any of various places, primarily Bañuelos de Bureba in Burgos, named for their public baths, from a diminutive of baños ‘baths’ (see Banos)
Banville French, English, Irish
From a place in france derived from the Germanic name Bada and French ville "village, town".
Banwell English
Means "person from Banwell", Somerset ("killer spring (perhaps alluding to a contaminated water source)").
Banzon Filipino
From Hokkien 萬 (bān) meaning "ten thousand, innumerable" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Bao Chinese
From Chinese 鲍 (bào) referring to an area called Bao that existed in the Qi state during the Zhou dynasty.
Bao Chinese
From Chinese 包 (bāo) referring to Shen Baoxu, an official from the Chu state that existed during the Zhou dynasty.
Baptist German, English
From the given name Baptist, or an Anglicized form of Baptiste.
Baqi Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Baqi.
Baqir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Baqir.
Baquiran Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano bakiran meaning "forest".
Bar Hebrew
From Aramaic בְּרָא (b'rā) meaning "son, child" or Hebrew בָּר (bar) meaning "grain, cereal".
Bara Czech
Comes from a reduced vernacular form of the Latin personal name Bartholomeus, Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartolomej, or possibly from a pet form of the personal name Barbara.
Baraban Ukrainian
Means "drum" in Ukrainian.
Barack Arabic
From the given name Barack
Barad Biblical Hebrew (Rare)
It's the Hebrew name of one the biblical plagues in the Hebrew bible that God cast on Egypt. It means Hail as in the Ice storm.
Baraga Slovene
A Slovene surname of unknown origin. A notable bearer was Slovene-American Roman Catholic bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868), who was the bishop of Marquette, a town in Upper Michigan, USA. There is also a village in Upper Michigan named Baraga, which was named after the bishop.
Barajas Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places in Spain, of uncertain etymology. Coincides with Spanish barajas meaning "playing cards" or "quarrels".
Barakat Arabic
Derived from the given name Barakat.
Baraki Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Baraki, meaning "one who blesses" in Amharic. It is possibly related to Arabic Barak 2 and Hebrew Baruch, also meaning "blessed".
Barakzai Pashto
Means "son of Barak 2" in Pashto.
Barakzay Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto بارکزی (see Barakzai).
Baram Hebrew
Combination of the word am, means "people, nation" and the name Bar. This surname means "son of the nation" in Hebrew and its variant is Ambar which is the same elements but in reverse order.
Baran Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Azerbaijani
From the given name Baran.
Baranchik Belarusian
Belarusian form of Baranchyk.
Baranchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian баран (baran), meaning "ram".
Barandun Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from Italian baraonda "chaos; uproar".
Baránek Czech, Slovak
Baránek means "small wether" in Czech (Moravian) and Slovak.
Baranès Judeo-Spanish
French variant of Baranes.
Baranes Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the Baranis tribe of the Amazigh (Berber) people, derived from an Arabic plural form of the name of the tribe's founder, Burnus. His name has been connected to the Arabic word برنس (burnus) meaning "burnoose, cloak".
Baranetskyy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian баран (baran), meaning "ram".
Baranov Russian
From Russian баран (baran) meaning "ram, sheep".
Baranova f Russian
Feminine form of Baranov.
Baranowska f Polish
Feminine form of Baranowski.
Baranowski m Polish, Yiddish (Polonized)
From the the Polish word baran, meaning "ram", or from a place called Baranowo.
Baranski Polish
Means "son of Baran (ram)" in Polish.
Barasch Hebrew
Acronym of the first two letters for the Hebrew phrase "son of the Rabbi Samuel." Bar Rabbi Schmul
Barash Hebrew
Variant of Barasch.
Baratto Italian
From Italian baratto "barter, exchange, swap", likely used for a merchant.
Barba Spanish
Spanish: nickname for a man noted for his beard, from barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).
Barbado Italian
Means bearded
Barbagelata Italian
Named after the hamlet of Barbagelata, located in the commune of Lorsica, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. The name possibly means "cold beard", as it derives from "barba" (beard) and "gelata" (female form of cold).
Barbăneagră Romanian
It literally means "black beard".
Barbareshvili Georgian (Rare)
Possibly means "son of Barbare"
Barbaro Italian
Occupational name for a barbarian.
Barbarossa Italian
Means "red beard" in Italian.
Barbe French
Nickname for someone with a beard, Old French barbe (Latin barba).
Barbe French
From the given name Barbe.
Barbe German
From Middle High German barbe, the name of a species of fish resembling the carp; hence by metonymy an occupational name for a fisherman or fish dealer, or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.
Barbeau French
Derived from barbeau meaning "barbel", a type of fish, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, or a nickname for a man with a sparse beard, the fish being distinguished by beardlike growths on either side of its mouth... [more]
Barbeito Galician
Means "fallow, farmland" in Galician, likely a habitational name from any of various places called Barbeito.
Barbella Italian
Derived from Italian barba meaning "beard".
Barbera Italian
Feminine form of Barbero, perhaps denoting a barber’s wife. Alternatively, it could derive from the name of a kind of grape from the Piemonte region.
Barbero Spanish, Italian, Piedmontese
Occupational name for a barber-surgeon (see Barber), from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba "beard".
Barbin French
Diminutive of Barbe.
Barblan Romansh
Derived from the given name Barbla.
Barbon French (Quebec)
Derived from the nickname barbon meaning "old codger" as well as referring to a "confirmed bachelor".
Barbosa Portuguese
denoting a person who lived by land that contained overgrown leafy vegetation from the portuguese word barba "leaf" + oso/osa (adjective suffix); variant of Barboza
Barbuto Italian
Nickname for a bearded person.
Barceló Catalan
Apparently from a personal name Barcelonus (feminine Barcelona), originally denoting someone from the city of Barcelona.
Barcelona Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from Barcelona, the principal city of Catalonia. The place name is of uncertain, certainly pre-Roman, origin. The settlement was established by the Carthaginians, and according to tradition it was named for the Carthaginian ruling house of Barca; the Latin form was Barcino or Barcilo.
Bárcenas Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Espinosa de los Monteros.
Barchard English
The name is derived from when the family resided in Cheshire, where they held a family seat near Birkenhead at the estuary of the River Birket. It is from the name of the river that their name is derived.
Barcho Circassian
Possibly derived from an Adyghe word meaning "band, lace", referring to someone who made ropes or binding tapes, or from a Chechen word referring to a tailor.
Barck Swedish, German
Variant of Bark.
Barcroft English
English habitational name from for example Barcroft in Haworth, West Yorkshire, so named with Old English bere (barley) and croft (smallholding).
Bar Deah Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "one who has opinion" from Hebrew Bar, "son" and de'ah, "opinion".
Bardell English
Originally meant "person from Bardwell", Suffolk ("Bearda's spring"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mrs Bardell, Mr Pickwick's widowed landlady in Charles Dickens's 'Pickwick Papers' (1837), who misconstrues an innocent remark about having a companion as a marriage proposal, which leads to her suing Pickwick for breach of promise.
Barden English
English: habitational name from places in North and West Yorkshire named Barden, from Old English bere ‘barley’ (or the derived adjective beren) + denu ‘valley’.
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