All Submitted Surnames

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Uhke Estonian
Uhke is an Estonian surname meaning "proud" or "vain".
Uhl German
Uhl begins in the German province of Bavaria. Uhl is a nickname surname, a class of German names derived from eke-names, or added names, that described people by a personal characteristic or other attribute... [more]
Uhler German
Uhler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Uhlíř Czech
Uhlíř is a originally craftsman dedicated to the production of charcoal. It is also called a person involved in the distribution of coal.... [more]
Uhlmann German
From a pet form of a Germanic compound personal name beginning with odal ‘inherited property’.
Uhr German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Ulrich. In Jewish, it is a metonymic occupational name for a watch or clock maker, derived from German uhr meaning "watch, clock".
Ühtegi Estonian
Ühtegi is an Estonian surname derived from "ühtelugu", meaning "steadily" and "always" and "tegi" meaning "worker/producer".
Uhumahu Arabic
He was arabic but died by cholera
Uibo Estonian
Uibo is an Estonian surname derived from "uibu", meaning "wintergreen".
Uiboleht Estonian
Uiboleht is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen (genus: Pyrola)".
Uibomaa Estonian
Uibomaa is an Estonian surneame meaning "evergreen land".
Uibopuu Estonian
Uibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "apple tree" in South Estonian dialects.
Uiga Estonian
Uiga is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eluiga" meaning "life" and "age".
Uik Estonian
Uik is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "luik", meaning "swan"; or "huik", meaning "crake".
Üits Estonian
Üits is an Estonian surname meaning "nicest".
Uitterdijk Dutch
From the toponym Uiterdijk, derived from uiter "outer" and dijk "dike, levee".
Ujiie Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".
Ujmajuridze Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Ujula Estonian
Ujula is an Estonian surname meaning "pool" and "pond".
Uk Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Ukai Japanese
From Japanese 鵜 (u) meaning "cormorant (a type of bird)" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".
Ukiyo Japanese (Rare)
From 浮世 (ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world​," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [more]
Ukrainets Russian, Ukrainian (Russified)
Means "Ukrainian" in Russian, also the Russified form of Ukrayinets'.
Ukraintsev m Russian
Means "from Ukraine", from Russian Украина (Ukraina).
Ukrayina Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "Ukraine" in Ukrainian.
Ukrayinets' Ukrainian
Means "Ukrainian".
Ukrayinko Ukrainian (Rare)
Derived from the Ukrainian form of Ukraine, Україна (Ukrayina). It also means "Ukrainian" in Ukrainian.
Ukrayntsev m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian transcription of Ukraintsev, used by Russians in Ukraine.
Üksküla Estonian
Üksküla is an Estonian surname meaning "one village".
Ukumori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鵜久森 (see Ugumori).
Ulak Bosnian
From Turkish ulak, "a messenger".
Ulatowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Ulatowo in Ostrołęka voivodeship, a place named with Old Polish ulot, ulatać meaning "to fly away".
Ülavere Estonian
Ülavere is an Estonian surname meaning "upper/superior blood".
Ülejõe Estonian
Ülejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "across the river".
Ulema Estonian
Ulema is an Estonian surname; possibly a corruption of "tulema" meaning "come" and "to come/hail from".
Ulenspegel Low German, Literature
This is the name of Dyl Ulenspegel is a trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore, possibly meaning "owl mirror".
Ülesoo Estonian
Ülesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "above (beyond) the swamp".
Ülevain Estonian
Ülevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".
Úlfsson Icelandic
Icelandic from of Ulfsson.
Ülgekütt Estonian
Ülgekütt is an Estonian surname derived from "hülgekütt" meaning "seal hunter".
Ülger Turkish
Means "villus, fine hair" in Turkish.
Ulibarri Basque
From the name of a place in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque uri "village, hamlet" and barri "new".
Ulisse Italian
From the given name Ulisse.
Uljas Estonian
Uljas is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) meaning "daring" and "valiant".
Üljes Estonian
Üljes is an Estonian surname derived from "hüljes" meaning "seal".
Ülker Turkish
Means "the Pleiades" in Turkish.
Ulla Estonian
Ulla is an Estonian surname derived from "üla-", a prefix meaning "upper".
Ullah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه (Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.
Ullmann German
Variant spelling of Uhlmann, associated with Jewish Europeans, meaning "man from Ulm". It is derived from the name of the city of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Ulloa Galician
This indicates familial origin within the comarca of A Ulloa.
Ulmer German
German surname meaning "from the city of Ulm".
Ulrich German
Derived from the personal name Ulrich.
Ulshafer German
Altered form of Ulshöfer.
Ulshöfer German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Ilshofen (old form Ulleshoven), near Schwäbisch Hall.
Ulukaya Turkish
From Turkish ulu meaning "great, large, exalted" and kaya meaning "rock".
Uluots Estonian
Uluots is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "uluk" ("(hunting) game" ) and "ots" ("end").
Ulusoy Turkish
Means "great lineage", derived from Turkish ulu meaning "supreme, great, exalted" combined with soy meaning "ancestry, lineage".
Ulvaeus Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.
Ulvestad Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of five farmsteads, most in western Norway, named from Old Norse ulfr meaning ‘wolf’ + staðir, plural of staðr meaning ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.
Ulyanov Russian
Means "son of Ulyan". A notable bearer was Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), a Russian revolutionary better known as Vladimir Lenin.
Ulyanova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Ульянов (see Ulyanov).
Ulyanovskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Ульяновский (see Ulyanovsky).
Ulyanovsky Russian
Means "son of Ulyan".
Ulysse French
From the given name Ulysse.
Um Korean
Transliteration of the Korean reading of hanja 嚴 from Chinese meaning “stern”
Um Khmer
Means "uncle, aunt" (literally "elder sibling of one's parents") in Khmer.
Umabe Japanese
From Japanese 馬部 (umabe), a shortened word for 馬飼部 (umakaibe) meaning "horse feeding department".
Umajiri Japanese (Rare)
Uma means "horse" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".
Umakoshi Japanese
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse" and 越 (koshi) meaning "pass, through, over".
Umali Filipino, Tagalog
Meaning uncertain.
Umanets Russian
From the Russian term уманец (umanets), meaning "smart person".
Umanodan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse", ノ (no), a possessive particle, and 段 (dan) meaning "step", referring to a place with horses and a stepped landscape.... [more]
Umar Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Umar.
Ümarik Estonian
Ümarik is an Estonian surname meaning "round", "chubby" and "plump".
Umble English
Variant of Humble.
Umburter Tiv
Means, "Remember the father". Father also used in the context of God.
Umeda Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Umegaki Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "prunus mume" and 垣 (gaki), the joining form of 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence", referring to a fence with a family crest of prunus mume patterns.... [more]
Umehana Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 花 (hana, ka) meaning "flower, blossom".
Umehara Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".
Umeki Japanese
"Plum tree".
Umekita Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".
Umemoto Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Umemura Japanese
Ume means "plum" and mura means "village".
Umemura Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Umeno Japanese
Ume means "plum" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Umer Urdu
Derived from the given name Umar.
Umesaki Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Umesawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".
Umesawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Umezawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Umezu Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbour".
Umiastowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Umiastów.
Umlauf German
German: occupational name for a policeman in a town or city, from Middle High German umbe laufen ‘to make the rounds’.
Umon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]
Umpiérrez Spanish
Means "son of Umpierro" in Spanish. The medieval given name Umpierro is of uncertain meaning.
Umpleby English
Originally given to people from the village of Anlaby in East Yorkshire, UK. Written as Umlouebi in the Domesday Book, the place name is from Old Norse given name Óláfr + býr, "farmstead" or "village".
Un Korean (Rare)
Variant transcription of Korean Hangul 은 (see Eun).
Unabara Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".
Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (Unagi) meaning "Unagi", a division in the area of Yamagawanarikawa in the city of Ibusuki in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (unagi) meaning "eel".
Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".
Unaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).
Ünal Turkish
Means "become famous" or "become well-known" in Turkish.
Uñalivia Spanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name
Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".
Unamuntzaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Etxebarria.
Uncastiello Aragonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Underberg Norwegian
Habitational name from a place named with Old Norse undir meaning "under" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".
Underbrook English
Meaning "under the brook".
Undirmare Indian
Marathi name meaning "mice killer"
Undurraga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeanuri.
Ung Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yong, from Sino-Vietnamese 雍 (ung).
Ungar German, Jewish
ethnic name for a Hungarian or a nickname for someone who had trade relations with Hungary. Cognate of Ungaro and variant of Unger.
Unger German
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: ethnic name for a Hungarian or a nickname for someone who had trade relations with Hungary, from the ethnic term Unger ‘Hungarian’ ... [more]
Ungnade German
Castle builders in antiquity, my dad came from Ravensburg Germany on Bodensee.
Ungoed Welsh
Derived from Welsh un "one" and coed "a wood".
Uniacke Irish
Unknown meaning.
Union English, Irish
A notable bearer is Gabrielle Union, an actress.
Universe Popular Culture
From the English word universe. It is borne by the titular protagonist in the Cartoon Network show "Steven Universe".
Unjit Thai
From Thai อุ่น (un) meaning "warm" and จิตร (chit) meaning "beautiful, drawing, mind".
Ünlü Turkish
Means "famous, celebrity" in Turkish.
Unnikrishnan Malayalam
Means "Lord Krishna" or "young Krishna", a combination of the title and given name ഉണ്ണി (uṇṇi) meaning "infant boy, young boy" and the name of Krishna, Hindu deity.
Unno Japanese
From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Uno Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, universe" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Unt Estonian
Unt is an Estonian surname derived from a Finno-Ugric topographic stem word, thought to mean somewhere hydronymically essential. In some cases, it may be a corruption of the Estonian word "hunt", meaning "wolf".
Unterberger German (Austrian)
Denoted someone from Unterberg, the name of many places in Austria.
Unterreiner German
Topographic name for someone who lived below a mountain ridge, from Middle High German under meaning ‘under’ + rein meaning ‘ridge’.
Unthank English
From a place name meaning "squatter's holding" from Old English unthanc (literally "without consent").
Untzaga Basque (Rare)
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Spain, derived from Basque (h)untz "ivy" and -aga "place of, abundance of".
Untzueta Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque (h)untz "ivy" and -eta "place of, abundance of".
Ünver Turkish
From the given name Ünver.
Unwin English
From the Old English male personal name Hūnwine, literally "bearcub-friend" (later confused with Old English unwine "enemy"). Bearers include British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) and "Professor" Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), South African-born British purveyor of comical nonsense language.
Únzaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzaga.
Unzueta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzueta.
Uông Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Wang, from Sino-Vietnamese 汪 (uông).
Upadhyay Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher".
Upadhyaya Indian, Nepali, Hindi, Assamese
Variant transcription of Upadhyay.
Upadhyayula Telugu
Telugu form of Upadhyay.
Upamecano French (African), Manding (Gallicized)
A very rare French surname with African roots.
Upchurch English
habitational name from a place called as "the high church" or possibly the higher of two churches from Middle English up "up high higher" and chirche "church" (Old English upp and cirice)... [more]
Upham English
"enclosure surrounded by water"
Uppadathil Malayalam
From Old Malayalam uppadam (sea), lit. "from over the Arabian sea," referring to the descendants of a group of Arab traders who settled in Kerala. Predominantly Muslim, although sizeable sections have branched away and practice Hinduism... [more]
Uppara Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.
Üprus Estonian
Üprus is an Estonian surname derived from "üpris" meaning "very" and "much".
Ups Estonian
Ups is an Estonian surname derived from "upsakas" meaning "proud" and "conceited". "Ups" also also means "whoops" in Estonian.
Upshaw English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place named with Old English upp meaning "up(per)" and sc(e)aga meaning "copse", or a topographic name with the same meaning.
Upsher English
This Anglo-Saxon surname means “of Upshire” and refers to someone from the hamlet Upshire in County Essex.
Upshur English
Most probably an altered spelling of English Upshire, a habitational name from Upshire in Essex, named with Old English upp "up" and scir "district". Alternatively, it may be a variant of Upshaw.
Uptain English
Derived from Upton, but meaning "always prepared"
Upwood English
Derived from a place name meaning "upper forest" in Old English.
Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".
Urahane Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and hane means "feather, plume".
Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".
Urai Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Urain Basque
It indicates familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Oñati.
Uramoto Japanese (Rare)
浦 (Ura) means "Seacoast,Bay" and 本 (Moto) means "Source, Origin, Root". Kentaro Uramoto is a notable bearer of this surname, he is a former Japanese football player.
Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".
Uraraka Popular Culture
In the case of the character Ochako (Ochaco) Uraraka (麗日 お茶子) from 'My Hero Academia', her surname is made up of the adjective 麗らか (uraraka) meaning "bright, clear, beautiful, glorious" and 日 (ka) meaning "day."
Urasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Urasawa Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Urata Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Uratsuji Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"
Urb Estonian
Urb is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin".
Urbain French, Walloon
From the given name Urbain.
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
From the name of a neighborhood in the town of Gordexola in Biscay, Basque Country, probably related to Basque urdandegi "pigsty, pig pen".
Urdaneta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Aia.
Urduña Basque (Rare)
From the name of a municipality in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ortu "garden, orchard" and -une "place, location".
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".
Uribarri Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque uri "town, city" and barri "new". Compare Ulibarri.
Urie Scottish, English, Irish
From the Scottish Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire. May mean someone who is brave and loud.
Urio Chaga, Eastern African
Of unknown meaning.
Uriondo Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zeberio, Spain, derived from Basque uri "town, city" and -ondo "next to, adjacent".
Urizar Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque uri "town, city" and zahar "old, aged".
Urkiaga Basque
From the name of the northernmost hill and mountain pass in Navarre, derived from Basque urki "birch tree" and -aga "place of, group of".
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 (Rare)
From the names of either of two villages in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque urritz "hazel tree" combined with either ola "hut, cabin" or the suffix -ola "location, place of".
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 (Rare)
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "far, distant" and goiti "above, upper (part)".
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.
Ursuya Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Urtsua.
Urtiaga Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous cave in the municipality of Deba.
Urtsua Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, derived from Basque ur "water" and -tzu "plenty of".
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.
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