All Submitted Surnames

Vianney French
The surname in origin is a variant of Viennet, a diminutive of Vien, a short form of Vivien 1. A famous bearer is Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint.

Vianzino Italian

Viard French
from the ancient Germanic personal name Withard from the elements widu "wood forest" and hard "hard".

Viberg Swedish
Variant of Wiberg.

Vicaire French
Means "vicar" in old French From Latin vicarius. French cognitive of Vicario.

Vicari Romansh
Derived from Romansh vicari "vicar".

Vicari Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Patronymic form of Vicario.

Vicary English (British)
There are a number of theories as to the origins of the name, Spanish sailors shipwrecked after the Armada and French Huguenots fleeing the Revolution are two of the more romantic ones. It is more likely to have come as someone associated with the church - the vicar, who carried out the pastoral duties on behalf of the absentee holder of a benefice... [more]

Vicat French

Vice English
May come from "devise", an Old French word that means "dweller at the boundary". It may also derive a number of place names in England, or be a variant of Vise.

Viceconte Italian
Means viscount in Italian, Originally for served as or worked for a viscount.

Viciedo Spanish (Rare)

Vičik Croatian

Vicino Italian
Italian form of Voisin.

Vick English

Vickers English
Means "son of the vicar". It could also be the name of someone working as a servant of a vicar.

Vickery French (Huguenot, Anglicized)
La Vache = having to do with cows, cow fields, cow pastures, cow barns; French Language. ... [more]

Victori Spanish

Victoria Portuguese
Transferred use of the given name Victoria

Victoriano Spanish
From the given name Victoriano

Victorino Spanish
From the given name Victorino

Victorson English
Means “son of Victor”.

Victory Irish

Vicuña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bikuña.

Vidacovich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare), Croatian (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Vidaković.

Vidaković Croatian, Serbian
Means ''son of Vidak or Vid''.

Vidale Italian

Vidas Lithuanian
From a short form of the personal name Vidmantas.

Vidas Croatian

Vidaurreta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bidaurreta.

Vide Slovene
Derived from the given name Vid.

Videc Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the given name Vid.

Videgain Spanish
Videgain is a surname. It is of Basque origin language with the form Bidegain. Videgain is considered a Spanish surname because the letter V does not exist in the Basque alphabet. It extended through the Iberian peninsula following the Reconquista, where different forms of the name developed and houses were founded with the differentiation of Videgáin, Bidegain, Videgaín... [more]

Vidger Jewish

Vidhani Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Derived from Sanskrit विधान (vidhāna) meaning "disposing, arranging".

Vidic Slovene
Derived from the given name Vid.

Vidić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the given name Vid.

Vidič Slovene
Cognate of Vidić.

Vidkovič Slovene
Derived from the given name Vid.

Vidler English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname based on Anglo-Norman vis de leu, literally "wolf-face"; or (ii) "violinist, fiddle player" (cf. Fiedler).

Vidmar Slovene, Croatian

Vidojević Serbian
Means "son of Vidoje".

Vidovič Slovene
Cognate of Vidović.

Vidraru Romanian
Derived from Romanian vidră meaning "otter".

Vidrine French (Cajun)
Vidrines are French Cajuns that live mostly around south central Louisiana, towns and cities like Mamou, Eunice and Ville Platte.

Viegas Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese variant of Venegas.

Vieira English (Anglicized)
A surname of British origin mainly from Ireland and Scotland but Anglicised into and english name when many Vieira's immigrated to England.

Vieites Galician
Means "son of Bieito".

Viejo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "old".

Viela Spanish, Portuguese

Vieli Romansh
Derived from the given name Vigilius.

Viener German (Austrian)
Variant of Weiner.

Viengsavanh Lao
From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Viengvilay Lao
From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".

Viengxay Lao
From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ໄຊ (xay) meaning "victory".

Vienne French
From the location of Vienne in France.

Vienneau French
Denoted a person from Vienne, a commune in the Isère department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France, or perhaps derived from the given name Vivien 1.

Vier French

Vierge French
French form of Virgo.

Vieri Italian
From French surname Olivier.

Vierling German
Derived from Middle High German vierlinc meaning "one-fourth of a measure", hence a status name or nickname for someone who had an annual tax liability of this amount.

Viernes Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Friday" in Spanish.

Vietmeyer German
German: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer who was a tenant of or owed some obligation to an estate or monastery named for Saint Veith.

Vietnan Indonesian

Vietri Italian

Vieu French
From a place called Vieu in Ain from Latin vicus "village". French cognitive of Vico.

Vieux French

Viezel Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from the given name Viezel, a Romansh form of Wetzel.

Vig Indian

Vig Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian víg "happy, cheerful".

Vig Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vik.

Viganin Albanian

Vigh Hungarian
Variant of Vig, a surname derived from Hungarian víg "happy, cheerful".

Vigil Spanish
Comes from the word "vigil", which is Latin for "vigilia" and "wakefulness".

Vigna Italian
Meaning "vineyard", referring to someone who lived near one.

Vigneron French
Means "vintner" in French from vin "wine" (from Latin vinum).

Vignerot French

Vignola Italian
habitational name from any of various minor places so named from vignola "small vineyard".

Vignone Italian

Vigouroux French

Vigue French

Vigyázó Hungarian
Menas "attentive", "vigilant" in Hungarian.

Vihandi Estonian
Vihandi is an Estonian surname derived from "vihane" meaning "wrathful" and "angry".

Vihar Hungarian
Hungarian for "storm".

Viher Estonian
Viher is an Estonian surname meaning "buckthorn".

Viherpalu Estonian
Viherpalu is an Estonian surname meaning "buckthorn heath".

Vihm Estonian
Vihm is an Estonian surname meaning "rain".

Vihokratana Thai

Viht Estonian
Viht is an Estonian surname and word meaning "the branches used to beat oneself in sauna".

Vihur Estonian
Vihur is an Estonian surname meaning "whirlwind" or "gust of wind".

Viidalepp Estonian
Viidalepp is an Estonian surname derived from "viide" ("reference", or "reference mark) and "lepp" ("alder").

Viiding Estonian
Viiding is an Estonian surname derived from "viide", meaning "reference", "indication" and "lag (delay)".

Viies Estonian
Viies is an Estonian surname meaning "fifth".

Viigipuu Estonian
Viigipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "ficus tree".

Viik Estonian
Viik is an Estonian surname meaning both "crease" and "tie/draw".

Viikmäe Estonian
Viikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "crease hill/mountain".

Viil Estonian
Viil is an Estonian surname meaning "gable".

Viilma Estonian
Viilma is an Estonian surname meaning "filings" and "gabled".

Viimne Estonian
Viimne is an Estonian surname meaning "the very last" and "the last of".

Viin Estonian
Viin is an Estonian surname, derived from "viinapuu", meaning "grape".

Viinamäki Finnish

Viinapuu Estonian
Viinapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "grapevines" (Vitis).

Viir Estonian
Viir is an Estonian surname meaning "tern".

Viira Estonian

Viirelaid Estonian
Viirelaid is an Estonian surname meaning "tern islet".

Viires Estonian
Viires is an Estonian surname meaning "tern".

Viirmaa Estonian
Viirmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning both "sea swallow" and "varved" (annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock) and "maa" ("land").

Viirpuu Estonian
Viirpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "hawthorn" (Crataegus).

Viitas Estonian
Viitas is an Estonian surname meaning "refer" or "point (out/to)".

Vijarro Spanish

Vijay Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Punjabi
From the given name Vijay.

Vikan Norwegian

Vikander Swedish
Swedish vik ”bay” combined with the common surname suffix -ander.

Vikat Estonian
Vikat is an Estonian surname meaning "scythe".

Vikentiev Russian
Means "son of Vikentiy".

Vikentiyev Russian
Variant transcription of Vikentiev.

Vikingsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Viking" in Swedish.

Viklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish vik "bay" and lund "grove".

Vikos Greek

Vikram Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Cook Islands Maori
From the given name Vikram.

Viks Estonian
Viks is an Estonian surname meaning "jaunty".

Vikström Swedish
Variant of Wikström.

Viktorsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Viktor".

Vil Haitian Creole

Vilaamil Spanish
Habitational name from Villamil a place in Asturias.

Vilallonga Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Valencian municipality.

Vilamitjana French

Vilanova Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Portuguese, Catalan and Galician cognate of Villanueva.

Vilavong Lao
From Lao ວິລະ (vila) meaning "hero, brave, courage" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Vilavongsa Lao
From Lao ວິລະ (vila) meaning "hero, brave" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family".

Vilaysack Lao
From Lao ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful" and ສັກ (sack) meaning "rank, power, authority".

Vilaythong Lao
From Lao ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful" and ທອງ (thong) meaning "gold".

Vilayvanh Lao
From Lao ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful" and ວັນ (vanh) meaning "sun, day".

Vilbas Estonian
Vilbas is an Estonians surname meaning "babbler".

Vilbaste Estonian
Vilbaste is an Estonian surname derived from "vilbas" meaning "babbler".

Vilbig German
Unknown.

Vilbre Estonian
Vilbre is an Estonian surname derived from "vilbas" meaning "babbler".

Vilček Croatian, Slovak, Czech
Variant of Wilczek.

Vilde Estonian
Vilde is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "vildakas" meaning "oblique" and "slanting" and "wry".

Vilén Finnish, Swedish

Vilet French

Vilhelmsen Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Vilhelm".

Vilhelmsson Swedish
Means "son of Vilhelm".

Vilhjálmsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Vilhjálmur". Its masculine counterpart is Vilhjálmsson.

Viljamaa Estonian
Viljamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fruit-bearing land".

Viljapuu Estonian
Viljapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "fruit-bearing tree".

Viljarand Estonian
Viljarand is an Estonian surname meanig "grain/harvest shore".

Viljasoo Estonian
Viljasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "grain/harvest swamp".

Viljaste Estonian
Viljaste is an Estonian surname derived from "vilja" meaning "grain", "harvest" and "fruit bearing".

Viljevac Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Viljevo, Croatia.

Viljoen South African

Vilkas Lithuanian
Means "wolf" in Lithuanian.

Vilkin Belarusian, Russian
Derived from Russian вилка (vilka) meaning "fork, pitchfork".

Vill Estonian
Vill is an Estonian surname meaning "wool".

Villacorta Spanish

Villadsen Danish
Villadsen means "son of Villads".

Villafañe Spanish
Derived from the village of Villafañe in Leon, Spain. His hierarch, perhaps, is the Burgos hidalgo Alvar Fañez.

Villaflor Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villaflor in Castile-León, Spain.

Villafranca Spanish

Villafuerte Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villafuerte de Esgueva in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.

Villagonzalo Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational for a person from the municipality of Villagonzalo in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.

Villagra Spanish
Rare castilian surname, distributed throughout Spain with greater presence in Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid and Palencia.

Villagracia Spanish (Philippines)

Villagran Spanish
From a lost village called Villa Grande, meaning 'large farmstead or settlement'.

Villagrande Spanish
Variant of Villagran.

Villagrasa Spanish (European)

Villahermosa Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name for any of the places in Spain with this name, such as Villahermosa del Campo, Villahermosa, and Villahermosa del Río.

Villalbazo Spanish

Villalpando Spanish
It first came from a Spanish village town.

Villaluz Spanish (Philippines)

Villalva Filipino (Filipinized, Rare)

Villalva Spanish (Rare)
Villa meaning "Town", Alva meaning "White"

Villalvazo Spanish
Hispanic (Mainly Mexico): Derivative Of Spanish Villalba Or Villalva .

Villamar Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of The Three Places Called Villamar In Lugo (Galicia) Oviedo (Asturias) Or Burgos (Castilia).

Villamayor Spanish
Habitational name for any of the numerous places in Spain with this name.

Villamil Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Serantes in the municipality of Tapia.

Villamizar Spanish
Habitational name from Villamizar in León.

Villamor Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality oF Villamor de los Escuderos in Castile-León, Spain.

Villamora Spanish (Philippines)

Villan English

Villani Italian
Derives from Latin villa "village, farm, settlement", related to Italian villano "peasant" or "rude, bad-mannered".

Villanova Italian, Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places so called from Latin villa nova "new settlement" (see Villa) from the elements villa "town" and nova "new"... [more]

Villanti Italian

Villaquirán Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Villaquirán de los Infantes or Villaquirán de la Puebla.

Villard Galician, Portuguese
A Galician and Portuguese surname in the north of Iberian Peninsula. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.

Villard German
Altered form of German Hilgard, from the female personal name Hildegard, composed of the Germanic elements hild "strife, battle" and gard "fortress, stronghold".

Villareal Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Villarreal primarily used in the Philippines and Columbia.

Villarin Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Galician Villariño.

Villarino Spanish
Form of Villarin.

Villarojo Spanish

Villarosa Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted a person who came from the town of Villarosa in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.

Villarreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Villarreal (or Villareal), derived from Spanish villa meaning "farm, town, settlement" and real meaning "royal".

Villarrubia Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Villarrubia (Córdoba) Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real) or Villarrubia de Santiago (Toledo) so named from villa '(outlying) farmstead (dependent) settlement' (see Villa ) + rubia 'light red'.

Villarruel Spanish
Cognate of Villa with the second element of unexplained etymology. Compare Villarroel.

Villasante Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Montija.

Villasenor Spanish
Habitational name, apparently a Castilianized spelling of Galician Vilseñor, from any of three places in Lugo province named Vilaseñor.

Villasurda German
Villasurda is a Germanic name dating back to the time of the Vikings. It, roughly translated from a Norse word, means, "the one who is fat."

Villatoro Spanish
Presumably a name given to someone from Villatoro, Spain

Villava Spanish

Villavicencio Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villavicencio de los Caballeros in Castile and León, Spain.

Ville French

Villechaize French

Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.

Villega Spanish

Villegas Spanish
Habitational name from the municipality of Villegas in Burgos province, Spain.

Villein French
"Used in medieval England and France. Villein is another term used for the serfs in the lowest classes of the feudal system."

Villele French

Villepigue French

Villerius Dutch
Villerius is a name of Dutch origin similar to the French DeVilliers

Villier French

Villoslada Spanish
From the village of Villoslada in Spain.

Villota Spanish

Villwock German
Of uncertain and much debated origin.... [more]

Vilnius Lithuanian
From the capital of Lithuania.

Vilpuu Estonian
Vilpuu is an Estonian surname derived from "vili" ("fruit") and "puu" ("tree").

Vilsaint Haitian Creole
Variant of Saint-Vil.

Vilu Estonian
Vilu is an Estonian surname meaning "cool" and "chilly".

Vimbai Shona
Vimbai means "Have hope, trust". It is a call to have hope or to trust in

Vimmerstedt Swedish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Wimmerstedt.

Vimukthi Sinhalese
From the given name Vimukthi.

Vinagre Spanish, Portuguese
An occupational surname for someone who sells vinegar.

Vinagro Italian
Cognate to Vinagre, meaning "bitter wine, vinegar". Possibly given to foundlings.

Viñals Spanish, Catalan

Vinardos Spanish

Vinata Indonesian

Vinberg Swedish

Vince English
From a short form of the personal name Vincent.

Vince Hungarian
Variant of Vincze.

Vincek Croatian
Possibly derived from the Croatian nickname for Vincent.

Vincente English, Italian
English variant of Vincent 1, otherwise from the given name Vincente

Vincenz Romansh
Derived from the given name Vincentius.

Vincenzi Italian
Patronymic form of Vincenzo.

Vincenzo Italian
From the given name Vincenzo

Vincetić Croatian
Derived from Vinko, Croatian form of Vincent.

Vinchenko Ukrainian

Vincy Haitian Creole

Vinda Hindi
Taken from Mitravinda, one of the eight principal queen-consorts of the Hindu god Krishna.

Vindex Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "champion", "avenger", or "defender".... [more]

Vinegar French

Viner English
Occupational name for a vine-grower.

Vinette English
Derived from French vignette "sprig".

Vineyard English

Vinga African

Vingaard Danish
Means "vineyard" in Danish.

Vinh Vietnamese
A royal Vietnamese surname created by the Nguyen Dynasty.

Vinhal English
Basically a character of a fictional story of my own creation before it ever gets published as I believe Vinhal should be pronounced as Vine-hall unlike what the idotic google translate says.

Viniegra Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Riojan municipalities in the Comarca of Anguiano: Viniegra de Arriba or Viniegra de Abajo.

Vining English (British)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Fyning in Rogate in Sussex.

Vink Dutch
Means "finch, chaffinch" in Dutch, a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught finches and other small birds. It could also be a nickname for someone cheerful, or who was known for whistling.

Vinluan Filipino, Pangasinan

Vinnikov m Russian

Vinson English
This surname means "son of Vincent."

Vint English, Scottish
Either an English habitational name from places so named, or a Scottish variant of Wint.

Vint Estonian
Vint is an Estonian surname meaning "finch".

Vinters Latvian

Vinther Danish
Danish variant of Winter.

Vintov m Russian

Vinuesa Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Vinyet Spanish

Vinzelts Ghanaian (Rare)

Viodor Filipino

Violet English
Derived from the given name Violet

Violet English, French
Derived from the given name Violet (English) or a variant of Violette (French).

Violets English, French
Variant of Violette or Violet.

Violette French
Perhaps a topographic name from a diminutive of viol "path", itself a derivative of vie "way". It is more likely, however, that this name is from the secondary surname Laviolette "the violet (flower)", which was common among soldiers in French Canada.

Violy Spanish (Latin American)

Vionne French

Vionnet French

Viotto Italian
The name is derived from the Latin word "vita", meaning "life"

Viox French

Viper Arabic (Egyptian)

Vipulasena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විපුලසේන (see Wipulasena).

Viramontes Spanish
Viramontes is composed of the elements "mira" and "montes," two Spanish words with the combined meaning of "place with a view of the mountains."

Viravong Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ວິລະວົງ (see Vilavong).

Viravongsa Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ວິລະວົງສາ (see Vilavongsa).

Viray Occitan, French, Catalan
Southern French (Occitan) and Catalan variant of Occitan Verai and Veray, nickname from Occitan verai ‘honest’... [more]

Viray Filipino, Tagalog, Pampangan, Pangasinan
Occupational name derived from Tagalog, Pampangan and Pangasinan biray referring to a type of small, flat-bottomed rowing boat.

Virchenko Ukrainian

Virco Greek

Virgem Portuguese
Portuguese form of Virgo.

Virgen Spanish
Spanish form of Virgo.

Virgil Spanish
From the given name Virgil.

Virgin English
Form of Virgo.

Virginia English (American)

Viri Italian

Virile Italian
It comes fron the Italian adjective virile that means 'manly, masculine' ultimately from Latin vir

Virk Punjabi
From the name of the founder of the clan, a Rajput named Virak.

Virkkula Kven
from virkku meaning "spike" and the ending -la meaning "place".

Virolainen Finnish
From the Finnish word, meaning "an Estonian".

Virsik Czech
May mean "peach"

Virtu Maltese

Virtue English
Used as a name for someone who had played the part of Virtue in a medieval mystery play, or as a nickname for someone noted for their virtuousness or (sarcastically) for someone who parades their supposed moral superiority.

Virtuoso English (American), Spanish, Italian
This Italian surname could possibly be connected to those whose ancestors were involved in playing a musical instrument or somehow connected to the musical instrument industry.

Viru Estonian
Viru is an Estonian surname derived from Virumaa, a former county in Estonian now comprised of Ida-Viru and Lääne-Viru Counties.

Vis Dutch
Means "fish" in Dutch, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fishmonger.

Visage French

Viscardi Italian
patronymic or plural form of Viscardo a variant of the personal name Guiscardo itself from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wisa "wise" and hard "hardy strong"... [more]

Viscarrat Basque (Hispanicized, Modern)
Variant of Bizkarra.

Viscera Italian (Rare)

Visconti Italian
Derived from visconte, itself from the Medieval vice comes, a title of rank meaning "deputy of a count". The Visconti of Milan are a noble Italian family. They rose to power in Milan during the Middle Ages where they ruled from 1277 to 1447, initially as Lords then as Dukes, and several collateral branches still exist... [more]