All Submitted Surnames

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Urbane Latvian
Latvian form of Urban.
Urbano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Urbano.
Urbanowicz Polish
Patronymic from the personal name Urban.
Urbansky Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Jewish
In Czech and Slovak usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place called Urbanice. In Polish usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name Urban.
Urbino Sicilian, Italian
Possibly from the name of an Italian town. Could also be from Sicilian urbu or orbu, meaning "blind", in which case it may refer to literal blindness, or a more metaphorical "blind to one's sins", especially in the case of foundlings.
Urbla Estonian
Urbla is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin area".
Urdanegi Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gordexola.
Urdaneta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Aia.
Urduña Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous city.
Urech German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Ulrich.
Urenda Basque
Probably a topographic name formed with Basque ur "water".
Urgu Italian
From an ancient toponym.
Uriarte Basque
It means "between cities".
Urie Scottish, English, Irish
From the Scottish Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire. May mean someone who is brave and loud.
Uriondo Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeberio.
Urkiaga Basque
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous hill that is in fact the northernmost one in Navarre.
Urkiola Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous natural park.
Urm Estonian
Urm is an Estonian surname; a dialectal Estonian word for "catkin" and "frost". Also meaning "bleeding wound" and "gore".
Urquiaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urkiaga.
Urquiola Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urkiola.
Urrea Aragonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urreya.
Urreya Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Urreya de Gayén or Urreya de Xalón.
Urritzola Basque
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Navarrese localities.
Urrunaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Legutio.
Urrutia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "distant, far away".
Urrutigoiti Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Montori, located in the French canton of Euskal Mendialdea.
Urrutikoetxea Basque
From Basque urruti meaning "far, distant" and etxe meaning "house".
Urs Romanian
From Romanian urs meaning "bear".
Ursi Italian
Ultimately from Latin meaning "bear".
Ursu Romanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.
Ursúa Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urtsua.
Ursuya Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Urtsua.
Urtiaga Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous cave in the municipality of Deba.
Urtsua Basque
This indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Urushihara Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".
Urushimakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.
Urushimatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).
Urushino Japanese
Urushi means "lacker/lacquer" and no means "field, plain".
Urushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Urushizaki Japanese
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "lacquer" and 崎/﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Urusov Russian
From Slavic urush which means "warrior". This was the surname of a noble family in Russia.
Urzędowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Urzędów.
Us Slovene (Rare)
Us is a Slovene Surname which in itself is a shortened version of the House Name Ušič,Meaning Son of Us. The surname may be linked the the slovene word Oves, which translates to "Oats", and may have been an occupational surname referring to someone who farmed Oats and or grains.
Usai Italian
Possibly from the name of the former village Usani, or alternately, from Sardinian uscare "to burn, to scorch".
Usami Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".
Usanza Italian (Rare)
"custom, customary" Italian
Usategi Basque
It literally means "dovecote".
Usategui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Usategi.
Useche Basque
Habitational name from Basque Usaetxe, composed of uso "dove, pigeon" and etxe "house, home, building".
Üseinov m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Üsein".
Üseinova f Crimean Tatar
Feminine form of Üseinov.
Uselton English
Perhaps a variant of Osselton, a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, probably in northeastern England, where this name is most common.
Ushakov m Russian
Derives from Russian word "уша (usha)" meaning ear.
Usher English
Occupational name from Middle English usher, meaning "usher, doorkeeper".
Ushi Japanese
Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, secind sign of the Chinese zodiac".
Ushida Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ushijima Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Ushio Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".
Ushishima Japanese
Ushi means "cow, bull, ox, second sign of the Chinese zodiac" and shima means "island".
Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many cows.
Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛山 (Ushiyama) meaning "Ushiyama", an area in the city of Kasugai in the prefecture of Aichi in Japan.
Ushiyama Japanese
From Japanese 牛山 (Ushiyama), replacing 屎 (kuso) meaning "something unclean" with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" in 牛屎 (Ushikuso), a clipping of 牛屎院 (Ushikusoin), a nickname for the former city of Ōkuchi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Ushurov Kazakh
Means "son of Ushur" in Kazakh.
Usik Russian
From Russian meaning "tendril".
Uslu Turkish
Means "well-behaved, obedient" in Turkish.
Usmani Urdu
From the given name Uthman.
Usmonov Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek variant of Usmanov.
Usmonova f Uzbek, Tajik
Feminine form of Usmonov.
Usop Filipino, Maguindanao
From the given name Yusuf.
Usry English
Variant of Ussery. It comes from a nickname given to a bear-like person.
Ussisoo Estonian
Ussisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "vermian swamp".
Usta Turkish
Means "master" in Turkish.
Ustinov Russian
Means "son of Ustin". A famous bearer of this surname was the British actor Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004).
Ustinova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Устинов (see Ustinov).
Üstün Turkish
Means "superior, outstanding, excellent" in Turkish.
Usui Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Usui Japanese
From Japanese 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Usyk Ukrainian
From Ukranian meaning "tendril".
Utagawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and Gawa comes from Kawa, meaning "river".
Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".
Utamura Japanese
Uta means "song, poem" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Utech German
From Middle Low German ūt-echtisch ‘outsider’, a term denoting someone who was not a member of a particular guild.
Utegenov m Kazakh
Variant of Otegenov.
Utegenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Utegenov.
Uthman Nigerian
From the given name Uthman.
Utley English
Derived from the Old English elements ote, or "oats" and leah, meaning "a clearing."
Utne Norwegian
In Norwegian, probably has some pre-Germanic elements (i.e. before approx. 200 CE). Other place-names in the area also has an element of pre-Germanic and unknown origins. It has been suggested that it derives from "Út-tún", meaning the hamlet or farmstead that is "out"
Utsar Estonian
Utsar is an Estonian surname, possibly a truncated variant of "Kutsar", meaning "coachman".
Utsler German
Derived from the given name Utz.
Utsugi Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]
Utsunomiya Japanese
This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]
Utsunomiya Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 都 (tsu) meaning "city", and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Ütt Estonian
Ütt is an Estonian surname (loosely) meaning "vocative"; a "word of address'' or "exclamatory address".
Utyugin Russian
Means "man of iron" in Russian.
Uudeküll Estonian
Uudeküll is an Estonian surname meaning "new enough".
Uudelepp Estonian
Uudelepp is an Estonian surname meaning "new alder".
Uudmäe Estonian
Uudmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "virgin/unspoiled hill/mountain".
Uue Estonian
Uue is an Estonian surname meaning "anew".
Uuehendrik Estonian
Uuehendrik is an Estonian surname meaning "new Hendrik (a masculine given name)". Probably derived from the offspring of a Hendrik junior.
Uuemaa Estonian
Uuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".
Uuemõis Estonian
Uuemõis is an Estonian surname meaning "new manor".
Uueni Estonian
Uueni is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "uuenema" meaning "reform" and "renew".
Uuesalu Estonian
Uuesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new grove".
Uuetalu Estonian
Uuetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farm".
Uuetoa Estonian
Uuetoa is an Estonain surname, meaning "new home" or "new room".
Uuk Estonian
Uuk is an Estonian surname meaning "bay" and "dormer".
Uukkivi Estonian
Uukkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "dormer/bay stone".
Uuli Estonian
Uuli is an Estonian surname derived from "uulits", meaning "street".
Uurits Estonian
Uurits is an Estonian surname meaning "engraver" and "burin".
Uus Estonian
Uus is an Estonian surname meaning "new".
Uusi Finnish
Uusi is a Finnish surname meaning "new".
Uuskivi Estonian
Uuskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "new stone".
Uusla Estonian
Uusla is an Estonian surname meaning "new field/area".
Uusmaa Estonian
Uusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".
Uusmägi Estonian
Uusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "new mountain/hill".
Uusmees Estonian
Uusmees is an Estonian surname meaning "new man".
Uusorg Estonian
Uusorg is an Estonian surname meaning "new valley".
Uuspere Estonian
Uuspere is an Estonian surname meaning "new family".
Uuspõld Estonian
Uuspõld is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".
Uussaar Estonian
Uussaar is an Estonian surname meaning "new island".
Uustalu Estonian
Uustalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farmstead".
Uusväli Estonian
Uusväli is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".
Uwem Ibibio, Efik, Anang
Meaning "Life". It originates from the Efik, Ibibio and Anang tribes of Cross River state, Nigeria which has now been divided with the Ibibios and Anang people in the newly formed Akwa Ibom state. Other variations of the name are: Uwemedimo meaning "life is wealth" and Nkereuwem meaning "my name is life"
Uwimana Rwandan, Eastern African
Means "belongs to God"
Uxbridge English
Place in England. Like Enfield.
Uy Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Huang primarily used in the Philippines.
Uy Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Huang (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).
Uyanık Turkish
Means "awake, watchful, vigilant" in Turkish.
Uyar Turkish
Means "notify, alert, caution" in Turkish.
Uyeda Japanese
Variant of Ueda.
Uyehara Japanese
Variant transcription of Uehara.
Uyeno Japanese
Variant of Ueno.
Uyesugi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上杉 (see Uesugi).
Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.
Uygun Turkish
Means "available, suitable, fitting" in Turkish.
Uygur Turkish
From the ethnic group called the "Uyghur" in western China.
Uys Afrikaans
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include an Afrikaans variant of Huijs which seems to have developed into Uijs and finally into Uys.
Uysal Turkish
Means "docile, easygoing, peaceful" in Turkish.
Uytdehaage Dutch
Means "from The Hague", a city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It could also mean "from the hedge". Both etymologies are derived from Dutch uit meaning "out, of, from" and Middle Dutch hage meaning "hedge, bush"... [more]
Uz Turkish
Means "beautiful, good, skillful" in Turkish.
Uzaki Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese, 宇 (u) meaning "world, universe, space" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A fictional bearer of this surname is Hana Uzaki (宇崎 花) from Uzaki~chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい!).
Uzarski Polish
Either means "nobility" or "servant of nobility"
Uzel English (?)
Can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.
Üzeyirov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Üzeyir".
Üzeyirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Üzeyirov.
Uzhakhov Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname derived the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name is possibly derived from a given name, in turn possibly from an Ingush word meaning "bold, strong".
Uzochukwu Igbo
Meaning "god's way".
Üzüm Turkish
Means "grape" in Turkish.
Uzumaki Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 渦 (ka, uzu) meaning "eddy, vortex, whirlpool" or 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" with 巻 (kan, ken, maki, ma.ki, ma.ku) meaning "book, coil, part, roll up, scroll, tie, volume, wind up."... [more]
Vaaderpall Estonian
Vaaderpall is an Estonian surname meaning "level mark".
Vaage Norwegian
Variant of Waage.
Vaaj Hmong
The name may come from the Chinese who gave Hmong names during the 18th century depending on the place they were in. It's a possible clan surname.
Vaaks Estonian
Vaaks is an Estonian surname meaning "elecampane" ("Inula helenium", also called "horse-heal" or "elfdock").
Vaamonde Spanish
Variant of the habitational surname Bahamonde, from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).
Vään Estonian
Vään is an Estonian surname meaning "climbing".
Vaandrager Dutch
Means "flag-bearer, ensign" in Dutch, from vaan "banner, vane, flag" and drager "carrier, bearer".
Vaane Estonian
Vaane is an Estonian surname meaning "pious" and "devout".
Väär Estonian
Väär is an Estonian surname meaning "false" and "wrong".
Vaara Finnish, Sami
Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".
Vääri Estonian
Vääri is an Estonian surname derived from "vääriv", meaning "worthy" and "deserving".
Vaarik Estonian
Vaarik is an Estonian surname derived from "vaarikas" meaning "raspberry".
Vaarmets Estonian
Vaarmets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".
Väärsi Estonian
Väärsi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "vääris", meaning "costly", "noble" and "valuable".
Väärt Estonian
Väärt is an Estonian surname meaning "worth".
Väärtnõu Estonian
Väärtnõu is an Estonian surname meaning "advice worthy".
Väät Estonian
Väät is an Estonian surname meaning "withe", "tendril" and "vine".
Vabamäe Estonian
Vabamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "unoccupied/vacant hill/mountain".
Vaca Spanish
Means "cow" in Spanish.
Văcărescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian văcar meaning "cowherd".
Vaccarello Italian
The pet form of Vaccaro.
Vaccarino Italian
From a diminutive of the occupational name Vaccaro meaning "cowherd".
Vacher French, English
occupational name from Old French vachier "cowherd".
Vachon French
French definition, cattle herder. Vashon English variant. Vaca Spanish.
Vācietis Latvian
Means "German (person)".
Václavík Czech, Slovak
Václavík is nickname for Slavic name Václav.
Vadalà Italian
Derived from the Arabic given name Abd Allah, meaning "servant of God".
Vadász Hungarian
Hungarian surname meaning "hunter".
Vaddhana Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai วัฒนา (see Watthana).
Vadeboncœur French (Quebec)
From the French phrase va de bon cœur meaning "go with a good (merry) heart". This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers in colonial French Canada, which has been adopted as a principal surname.
Vadelov Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush family name, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan) which is of disputed origin, possibly derived from Ingush да (da) meaning "father", Arabic وَعْد (waʿd) meaning "promise" (through Turkish vaat), or from the hypothetical name Vadel derived from Lezgin вад (vad) meaning "five" (hypothetically given to the fifth-born child of a family).
Vadén Swedish
Combination of Swedish place name element vad which in most cases mean "ford, place for wading", and the common surname suffix -én.
Vaden English
Meaning unknown.
Vader German (Rare)
From Middle Low German vader meaning ‘father’, ‘senior’; in the Middle Ages this was used a term of address for someone who was senior in rank or age.
Vadimovna Russian
Russian patronym meaning "daughter of Vadim".
Værnes Norwegian
Værnes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county in Mid-Norway. The original spelling of the village's name was Vannes and it is a combination of var "calm, quiet" and nes "headland"... [more]
Vaessen Dutch
Means "son of Vaas" or "son of Servatius".
Vaga Estonian
Vaga is an Estonian surname meaning "devout" and "pious".
Vagabov Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Vagab".
Våge Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Våge, derived from Old Norse vágr "bay, inlet, fjord".
Vagh Indian
Means "tiger" in Hindi
Vaglia Italian
From the commune in the city of Florence.
Vagliano Italy
Variant of Vaglia.
Vágó Hungarian
Occupational name for a wood- or stonecutter, or butcher, from vágni ‘to cut’.
Vagu Estonian
Vagu is an Estonian surname meaning "furrow".
Vagula Estonian
From the name of a village and a lake in Võru Parish, Võru County in southern Estonia. Possibly derived from vagu "furrow, groove" and the locative suffix -la.
Vahapoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Vahap".
Vahe Estonian
Vahe is an Estonian surname meaning "middle".
Vahedi Persian
From the given name Vahed.
Vahejõe Estonian
Vahejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mid/dividing river".
Vahemaa Estonian
Vahemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "middle land".
Vahemets Estonian
Vahemets is an Estonian surname meaning "middle/dividing forest".
Vahenõmm Estonian
Vahenõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "dividing/middle heath".
Vaher Estonian
Means "maple (tree)" in Estonian.
Vahesaar Estonian
Vahesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "middle island".
Vahesalu Estonian
Vahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "dividing/middle grove".
Vähi Estonian
Vähi is an Estonian surname, derived from "vähim", meaning "smallest" or "lightest".
Vahi Estonian
Means "watch" or "guard" in Estonian, derived from vahimees meaning "watchman".
Vahidi Persian
From the given name Vahid.
Vahidov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Vahid".
Vahidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Vahidov.
Vahidpour Persian
Means "son of Vahid".
Vahidzadeh Persian
Means "born of Vahid".
Vähk Estonian
Vähk is an Estonian surname meaning "crayfish".
Vahtmaa Estonian
Vahtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "foam/lather land".
Vahtra Estonian
Vahtra is an Estonian surname meaning "maple" (Aceraceae).
Vahtramäe Estonian
Vahtramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "maple hill/mountain".