All Submitted Surnames

Wurnig German
German origin from the place name am Virgen originally meaning a person from the town of Virgen in Tyrol. Construed as a family name in 1501.

Würsch German (Swiss)

Wurst German
Variant of Wurster.

Wurster German
Derived from German Wurst (Middle High German wurst) "sausage" and thus either denoted a butcher who specialized in the production of sausages, or was used as a nickname for a plump person or someone who was particularly fond of sausages.

Wurðingtun English
Habitational name from places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington; both may have originally been named in Old English as Wurðingtun "settlement (Old English tun) associated with Wurð", but it is also possible that the first element was Old English worðign, a derivative of worð ‘enclosure’.

Württemberg German
Württemberg is an historical German territory. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, it now forms the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg.

Wurtz German
A metonymic occupational name for a greengrocer or grower or seller of herbs, from Middle High German würz, meaning ‘herb’.

Wurz German
Variant of Wurtz

Wurzburger Jewish
"The Wurzburger surname is derived from the German city of Wurzburg, Bavaria, where Jews first settled in the 11th century. The German and Yiddish ending -er means 'of', 'from'." - from https://forebears.io/surnames/wurzburger

Wuttke German
Originally denoted a person from Wutike, a district near the town of Neuruppin in Brandenburg, Germany.

Wūxīlēi Manchu

Wyandt German
Americanized form of German WIEGAND... [more]

Wycherley English
Derived from a place name apparently meaning "elm-wood clearing" from Old English wice and leah. A famous bearer was the dramatist William Wycherley (1640-1715).

Wyckoff Dutch
name for someone living at the main farm in a district, from Dutch wijk ‘district’ + hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’.

Wyckoff East Frisian (Rare)
The North Germanic meaning is "settlement on a bay," as in the cognate Viking (Viking is derived from Old Norse vík "bay").

Wyclef English

Wyeth English
May come either from the Old English word "withig" meaning "willow" or from Guyat, a pet form of the Old French given name Guy. Probably unrelated to Wyatt.

Wyett English
Variant Wyatt.

Wykeham English
Variant of Wickham.

Wyker English, German

Wykes Anglo-Saxon
From the Old English wic, roughly meaning "farm." The plural form is a patronymic of which is "son of Wic."... [more]

Wylde English (British)
It is a nickname for a person who was of wild or undisciplined character. Looking back even further, the name was originally derived from the Old English word "wilde," meaning "untamed" or "uncivilized."... [more]

Wylden English
Variant of Wilden.

Wyler English
English: variant of Wheeler or a respelling of Jewish Weiler.

Wyles English

Wylie Medieval English
It is of locational origin, and derives from the places called Willey in the counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Devonshire and Surrey.

Wymer English
Either (i) from the medieval male personal name Wymer (from Old English Wīgmǣr, literally "war-famous"); or (ii) from the Old Breton male personal name Wiumarch, literally "worthy-horse".

Wyn Welsh, English
English: from the Old English personal name and byname Wine meaning ‘friend’, in part a short form of various compound names with this first element. Welsh: variant of Gwynn.

Wynd Scottish, Irish
Scotland or Ireland not sure of original origin. There was a childe Wynd some type of royal who slayed a dragon type thing worm or something and a Henery Wynd who was a mercenary in a battle at north inch in Scotland

Wynder English

Wyndhurst English

Wynn Welsh, English
The surname Wynn ,(also spelled Winn, and Gwynn), is derived from the Welsh element, Gwynn, which can loosely be translated as "white" or "fair". It features in the name of the North Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd, (meaning "white head" or "white land")... [more]

Wynnman English (British)
as Wimbledon is said to be rooted in words that mean "Wynnman's Hill," I searched and the closest results indicated that 'Wynnman' must mean 'Heir of Wynn'

Wynter English
Variant of Winter.

Wyoming English (American)
From the name of the US state.

Wyrąbkiewicz Polish

Wyroba Polish

Wyrsch German (Swiss)
Variant of Würsch.

Wyse English
Potential variant of Wise

Wysokiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Wysokin.

Wyspiański m Polish
Derived from the Polish word wyspa meaning "island."

Wyss German (Swiss)
A nickname for someone denoting pale or white skin.

Wyss English
Nickname for someone with pale or white skin.

Wyszyński Polish
It indicates familial origin within any of several Podlachian villages named ''Wyszonki''.

Wytch English

Wzorek Hungarian

Xaisongkham Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊສົງຄາມ (see Xaysongkham).

Xal Iranian (Rare)

Xəlilov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Xəlil".

Xəlilova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Xəlilov.

Xəlilzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Khalilzadeh.

Xaliqov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Xaliq".

Xaliqova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Xaliqov.

Xầm Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 諶 (chén) meaning "faithful".

Xander German
From a short form of the personal name Alexander.

Xanders German
Variant of Xander.

Xántus Hungarian

Xará Portuguese (European)

Xavery Dutch

Xavier English, French
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries.

Xavier Portuguese, French, English
Derived from the given name Xavier.

Xavierson English (Rare)
Means “son of Xavier”.

Xayachack Lao
From Lao ໄຊ​ (xay) meaning "victory" and ຈັກ (chak) meaning "wheel, circle, disk".

Xayalath Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊຍະລາດ (see Sayalath).

Xayaseng Lao
From Lao ໄຊ (xay) meaning "victory" and ແສງ (seng) meaning "light".

Xayavong Lao
Alternate transcription of Sayavong.

Xaysana Lao
Means "victory" in Lao.

Xaysongkham Lao
From Lao ໄຊ (sai) meaning "victory" and ສົງຄາມ (songkham) meaning "war, battle".

Xen Spanish (Latin American)

Xenakis Greek

Xenopoulos Greek

Xenos Ancient Greek
From Greek xenos ‘stranger’, ‘newcomer’ (equivalent to English Newman), or short for a composite name such as Xenocostas ‘Costas the newcomer’.

Xerri Maltese
Variant of Scerri.

Xhafa Albanian

Xhafa Albanian
Derived from the given name Xhafer.

Xhafaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Xhafer" in Albanian.

Xhaferaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Xhafer" in Albanian.

Xhaferi Albanian
From the given name Xhafer.

Xhaka Albanian (Latinized, Modern)

Xhakli Albanian

Xhanari Albanian

Xhaxha Albanian

Xhelilaj Albanian

Xhepa Albanian

Xherahu Albanian

Xhilaga Albanian

Xhuli Albanian

Xhumba Albanian

Xi Chinese
From Chinese 习 (xí) referring to an ancient territory named Xi, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in the Qin state in what is now Shangxian County, Shaanxi province. A notable berarer is Xi Jinping (1953-), the current president of China.

Xia Chinese
From Chinese 夏 (xià) referring to the Xia dynasty, the first dynasty in Chinese history that is believed to have existed from 2070 to 1600 BC. According to legend, this name was adopted by the descendants of Yu the Great (who was also known as Xia Yu), a legendary king who supposedly founded the Xia dynasty.

Xian Chinese (Cantonese)
Variant of Xiang.

Xiang Chinese
From Chinese 向 (xiàng) referring to the ancient state of Xiang, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period in what is now the Shandong province.

Xiang Chinese
From Chinese 项 (xiàng) referring to the ancient state of Xiang, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Xianyu Chinese (Rare)

Xiberius Literature

Xıdırlı Azerbaijani
From the given name Xıdır.

Xıdırov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Xıdır".

Xıdırova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Xıdırov.

Xie Chinese
Meaning "wrong, evil".

Xie Chinese
Means “to solve”.

Ximenes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Jiménez.

Ximénez Spanish (Archaic)
Archaic form of Jiménez

Xin Chinese
From the name of a state of Xin that existed during the Xia dynasty. King Qi (2197–2188 bc) granted this state to one of his sons, whose descendants adopted a modified form of the character for Xin as their surname.

Xing Chinese
From the name of an area called Xing, which existed during in the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of the ruling family of this area adopted Xing as their surname. Another account of the origin derives it from an area named Pingxing.

Xiong Chinese
From Chinese 熊 (xióng) meaning "bear".

Xiphias Greek
Meaning Swordsfish

Xiriha Maltese

Xirivella Catalan (Valencian)
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Xisto Portuguese
Means "schist" or "shale" in Portuguese. Can also be found in Brazil.

Xiu Chinese

Xoe Arabic

Xompero Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Cimbrian somerousch "pack horse", indicating the bearer's strength or occupation. Alternately, may mean "son of Piero".

Xoosh Somali

Xotlanihua Nahuatl
Means "owner of flowering" or "there will be growing" in Nahuatl, probably originating as a personal name.

Xuc Central American, Indigenous American

Xudaverdiyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Xudaverdi".

Xudaverdiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Xudaverdiyev.

Xudayarov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Xudayar".

Xudayberdiyev m Uzbek
Variant of Xudoyberdiyev.

Xudoyberdiyev m Uzbek
Means "son of Xudoyberdi" in Uzbek

Xudoyberdiyeva f Uzbek
Feminine form of Xudayberdiyev. Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1947-2018) was an Uzbek poet whose themes at different times of her career have dealt with Uzbek nationhood and history, liberation movements, and feminism.

Xue Chinese
From the area of Xue, in present-day Shandong province. During the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc) an official with the title ‘chief of carts’ was granted this area. Much later, in the state of Qi during the Warring States period (403–221 bc) the same area was granted to a prince... [more]

Xue Chinese
From Chinese 薛 (xuē) referring to the ancient state of Xue that existed during the Xia dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Xuereb Maltese
Possibly means "noble", of Semitic origin transmitted to Central Europe. Alternatively, it may be derived from Arabic شَارِب (šārib) meaning "drinker, drinking" or "moustache", used as a nickname for an alcoholic or someone with distinctive facial hair.

Xueren Malaysian

Xūwáng Chinese
A Chinese surname taken from combining 須 (xū) meaning "must, necessary" with 王 (wáng) meaning "king, monarch". It is the Chinese reading of the Japanese surname Suō.

Xydakis Greek

Xydas Greek

Xylas Greek

Xyooj Hmong
This name is possible from a location since Chinese during the 18th century gave Hmong surnames based on the location the Hmong were in. It's a possible clan surname.

Ya Japanese
From Japanese ya meaning "night". Note that other kanji interpretations and meanings could be possible.

Yabe Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Yaben Basque
It means under the rushes or bracken.

Yablokov Russian
From Russian яблоко (yabloko) meaning "apple", used as a nickname for a ruddy person or a gardener who received a plentiful harvest.

Yabsley English
It is believed to be a derived spelling of Abboldesi, a place now more commonly known as Abbotsley or Abbotsleigh. However, the original surname had nothing to do with "Abbots" in any spelling, and derives from to the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Eadbeald" meaning "Prosperity-bold".

Yabu Japanese
Possibly from 薮 (yabu) meaning "thicket, bush, underbrush, grove".

Yabugame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 籔亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabukame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 藪亀 or 薮亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabuki Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 吹 (buki), from 吹き (buki), the joining continuative form of 吹く (fuku) meaning "to blow". It can also derive from 藪 (yabu) meaning "thicket; grove; copse" and 亀 (ki) meaning "tortoise, turtle"... [more]

Yabunaka Japanese
From 薮 (yabu) meaning "thicket, bush, underbrush, grove" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle, in between".

Yabuno Japanese
From 薮 (yabu) meaning "thicket, bush, underbrush, grove", combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness"..

Yabusaki Japanese
From the Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 武 (bu) which was a traditional unit of measurement approximately equal to 90 centimeters, and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Yabut Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan iabut meaning "to hand over, to give".

Yabuta Japanese

Yaca African

Yacapin Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog yakapin meaning "to hug, to embrace".

Yacob Amharic
From the given name Yacob.

Yacomes Greek (Americanized, Rare, ?), Obscure

Yacoob Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yacoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yacouba Western African
From the given name Yacouba.

Yacub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.

Yada Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy."

Yada Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).

Yadav Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Nepali
From Sanskrit यादव (yadava) meaning "descendant of Yadu", Yadu being a legendary king in Hindu mythology who was believed to be an ancestor of Krishna.

Yadov m Russian
Derived from "яд (yad)" meaning poison.

Yaeger German
Yaeger is a relatively uncommon American surname, most likely a transcription of the common German surname "Jaeger/Jäger" (hunter). The spelling was changed to become phonetic because standard English does not utilize the umlaut.

Yafai Arabic
Meaning unknown.

Yafo African

Yagami Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 神 (kami) meaning "god".

Yağcı Turkish
Means "oil seller" in Turkish.

Yager German
Americanized form of JÄGER, meaning "hunter."

Yagi Japanese
This can be read as Yanagi meaning "willow".

Yagi Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yagihashi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Yagino Japanese
Variant of Yanagino.

Yaginuma Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Yagira Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".

Yagishita Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Yağız Turkish
From the given name Yağız.

Yagmarov m Russian

Yagnik Indian/Gujarati/Sanskrit (Modern)
Means "one who performs sacrifices". Derived from the Sanskrit word yajña (pronounced yagna or yagya) meaning "sacrifice" or "sacraficial fire".

Yago Japanese
Possibly from 谷 (ya, tani) meaning "valley" and 戸 (go, to) meaning "door".

Yagoda Russian, Jewish
Means "berry" in Russian.

Yagoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.

Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Yagudaev Jewish

Yagüe Spanish
It is possibly derived from a name for someone born on St James' Day, from Old Spanish Santi Yague, a common medieval form of Santiago.

Yagyu Japanese

Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]

Yahagi Japanese

Yahaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).

Yahan Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Arabic

Yahata Japanese

Yahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yahaya Western African, Comorian
From the given name Yahaya.

Yahgulanaas Haida

Yahia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yahiaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yahn English

Yahya Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yahya.

Yahyaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yəhyayev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Yəhya".

Yəhyayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Yəhyayev.

Yaïch Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaich based on French orthography.

Yaich Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعيش (see Yaiche).

Yaïche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaiche based on French orthography.

Yaiche Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic يعيش (ya'ish) meaning "he will live", ultimately derived from the word عاش ('asha) meaning "to live".

Yaida Japanese

Yaish Arabic, Hebrew

Yajima Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yajin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night; evening" and 陣 (jin) meaning "battle formation; camp"

Yak Eastern African

Yakemenko Ukrainian
Vasiliy Yakemenko was the chairman of the Nashi youth group in Russia.

Yakhin Bashkir, Tatar
From the given name Yakhya.

Yakhontov m Russian

Yakimov Russian
Means "Son of Yakim".

Yakimovich Belarusian

Yakini African

Yakini Nigerian

Yakivenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yakiv".

Yakkola Karelian

Yakobashvili Georgian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Iakobashvili chiefly used by Georgian Jews.

Yakoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.

Yakovenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Yakov.

Yakovets' Russian, Ukrainian (?)
Derived from given name Yakov.

Yaku Japanese

Yakub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.

Yakubovich Russian, Belarusian
Derived from the given name Yakub.

Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]

Yakushigami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushiji Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.

Yakushijin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushikami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushimaru Japanese
A notable bearer is Hiroko Yakushimaru, a singer and actress. ... [more]

Yakushinji Japanese
Variant of Yakushiji.

Yakut Turkish
Means "ruby" in Turkish.

Yalandayev m Russian

Yalaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian family name possibly derived from Arabic يَعْلَى (yaʿlā) or يَعْلَ (yaʿla) both meaning "exalted, high".

Yalçın Turkish
From the given name Yalçın.

Yalçınkaya Turkish
Means "steep rock", derived from Turkish yalçın meaning "steep" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".

Yaldız Turkish
Means "gilding" in Turkish.

Yalman Turkish
Means "steep" in Turkish. Synonymous with the given name "Sarp".

Yalnazov Bulgarian

Yalnuzov Bulgarian

Yalonglong Paiwan

Yalta Ukrainian

Yam Hebrew
From the given name Yam.

Yam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ren.

Yama Indian

Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".

Yamaba Japanese

Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yamadaev Chechen
Means "son of Yamad", possibly from a form of the given name Ahmad.

Yamadaeva f Chechen
Feminine form of Yamadaev.

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamaga Japanese

Yamagai Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".

Yamagaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaguri Japanese
Variant of Yamakuri.

Yamaha Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).

Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]

Yamahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Yamaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamamba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).

Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yaman Turkish

Yaman Turkish
Means "intelligent, capable, efficient" in Turkish.

Yamana Japanese

Yamanae Japanese

Yamanaka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamanashi Japanese

Yamanba Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).

Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yamano Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yamara African

Yamasato Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamashiro Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Yamata Japanese

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamato Japanese
From the given name Yamato.

Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.

Yamawaki Japanese
From 山 (yama, sen) meaning "mountain, hill", and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, side, flank, underarm".

Yamaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaya Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamazoe Japanese
Variant of Yamasoe.

Yamba Kongo

Yambao Filipino
Possibly from Vietnamese iàm-báu meaning "treasure."

Yameen Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Variant transcription of Yamin.

Yamikawa Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yammada Indian

Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".

Yan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Yang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.