All Submitted Surnames

Yawana African

Yaxley English
Meant "person from Yaxley", Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ("glade where cuckoos are heard").

Yaya Western African
From the given name Yaya.

Yayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yayla Turkish
Means "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.

Yaylacıoğlu Turkish
Means "descendant of the nomad" from Turkish yaylacı meaning "nomad, highlander, transhumant".

Yazaka Japanese

Yazaki Japanese
A variant of Yasaki.... [more]

Yazar Turkish
Means "writer, author" in Turkish.

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazbeck Arabic
Variant transcription of Yazbek.

Yazdi Persian
Indicated a family or person from the city of Yazd in Iran

Yazıcı Turkish
Means "writer" or "clerk" in Turkish.

Yaziji Turkish, Arabic
Arabic surname of Turkish origin meaning “clerk” or “writer”. Alternate spelling to Yazıcı.

Yazukhin m Russian

Yazzi Navajo

Yazzie Indigenous American, Navajo
Derived from the Navajo word yázhí meaning "little".

Ybañez Spanish (Philippines)
Filipino form of Ibáñez.

Ybanez Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented variant of Ybañez.

Ybiricu Basque (Hispanicized, Rare)
Derived from Basque ibi "ford, river crossing".

Ybl Hungarian

Ybyrai Kazakh

Yde Danish

Ye Western African

Yeager English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of German Jäger.

Yeap Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Yeardley English
Means "enclosed meadow" in Old English, from Old English g(e)ard (“fence, enclosure”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).

Yearley English

Yearwood English

Yeasmin Bengali
From the given name Yeasmin.

Yeats English
Scottish and northern English variant spelling of Yates.

Yeboah Western African, Akan

Yee Chinese (Taishanese)
Taishanese romanization of Yu 2.

Yefet Hebrew
From the given name Yefet (see Japheth).

Yefimov Russian
Means "son of Yefim".

Yefimova Russian
Feminine form of Yefimov.

Yefimovich Russian
Grigori Yefimovich who is best known as "Rasputin" was a Russian peasant, mystic and private adviser to the Romanovs (Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Tsarina Alexandra in the early 20th century).

Yefremov Russian
Means "son of Yefrem"

Yeganeh Persian
Means "unique" in Persian.

Yeghiazaryan Armenian
Means "son of Yeghiazar".

Yegiazarov m Russian

Yeh Chinese
Variant romanization of Ye.

Yehezkel Jewish
From the given name Yehezkel.

Yehia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yehya Arabic, Uyghur
From the given name Yehya.

Yeibi Nigerian

Yeien Malaysian (Rare, ?)

Yekaterinburg Russian

Yekhamov m Russian

Yekhuranov m Russian

Yekutieli Hebrew
From the given name Yekutiel.

Yel Turkish
Means "wind, breeze" in Turkish.

Yelich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Yelich is an Anglicized spelling of the last name Jelić.

Yelizarov m Russian
Anton Yelizarov ("Lotos") was a Russian mercenary leader.... [more]

Yelley English (British)
The surname Yelley was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed... [more]

Yellman English
Yellman comes from the English words yell and man creating Yellman. The last name Yellman was also given to a person who consistently yelled a lot.

Yellow English
Nickname for someone who has yellow hair; wore yellow clothing or has a yellow complexion

Yellow Robe Indigenous American

Yellowtail Indigenous American

Yelly English

Yelnats Literature
Invented by Louis Sacher for his novel "Holes". The name was created because it is Stanley spelled backwards. Stanley Yelnats IV is the main character in the novel.

Yeltsin m Russian
Possibly from Russian word ель (jel') meaning "spruce, fir" and the relational suffix -ин (-in).

Yel'tsov m Russian
A form of Yeltsin.

Yelverton English

Yemel'yanenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Yemelyanov.

Yemelyanov Russian
Means "son of Yemelyan".

Yemelyanova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Емельянов (see Yemelyanov).

Yemen Arabic
From the Given Name YEMEN.

Yemesi Papuan

Yen Khmer

Yen Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 严 (see Yan).

Yende South African

Yener Turkish
From the given name Yener.

Yeng Korean

Yeni Turkish
Means "new" in Turkish.

Yeo Korean

Yeo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoman English

Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".

Yeongju Japanese

Yeosu Korean

Yeow Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Yao.

Yepa Papuan

Yepes Spanish
Habitational name from Yepes in the province of Toledo (named as Hippo or Hipona in or before Roman times).

Yépez South American

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yeregin m Russian

Yeremenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Yeremeyev.

Yeremeyev m Russian
Derived from the given name Yeremey. Konstantin Yeremeyev was a Soviet journalist and military person.

Yerges English (American)

Yerian English
Americanized form of Irion.

Yerka English (Rare)

Yerkes German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German and Dutch Jerkes, a patronymic from the personal name Jerke.

Yermakov m Russian

Yermolaev Russian
Variant of Yermolayev.

Yermolayev Russian
Means "son of Yermolai".

Yerokhin Russian

Yeromenko Ukrainian

Yershov Russian

Yerzhanov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ержанов (see Erzhanov).

Yerzhanova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ержанова (see Erzhanova).

Yesayan Armenian
Means "son of Yesay".

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yeşil Turkish
Means "green" in Turkish.

Yeşildere Turkish

Yeşilgöz Turkish, Kurdish
Means "green eye" in Turkish and Kurdish. Dutch politician Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (1977-) bears this name.

Yeska English (American)

Yesmin Bengali
Variant of Yasmin.

Yesua Indonesian
From the given name Yesua, a variant of Yeshua. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Yeszhanov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Есжанов (see Eszhanov).

Yeszhanova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Есжанова (see Eszhanova).

Yeta African

Yetarian Armenian

Yeter Turkish
Means "enough, sufficient" in Turkish.

Yetim Turkish
Means "orphan" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic يتيم (yatim).

Yetman English
"gate keeper"

Yett English
Derived from the Old English word geat, meaning gate.

Yetts English
Variant of Yates

Yeukai Shona
Yeukai means "Remember". This name is given as a call to remember a particular event or to remember one's origins.

Yeun Korean

Yeung Korean

Yevdakov m Russian

Yevdokimov m Russian
Means "son of Yevdokim".

Yevdokimova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Евдокимов (see Yevdokimov).

Yevin Russian

Yevstigneyev Russian
Means "son of Yevstigney".

Yevstigneyeva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Евстигнеев (see Yevstigneyev).

Yevtushik Russian, Jewish (?)

Yew Chinese (?)

Yewdale English
Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".... [more]

Yezhov m Russian
Derived from Russian word "ёж (yozh)" meaning hedgehog. Yezhov was the last name of Nikolay Yezhov, the leader of the Soviet NKVD from 1936-38 who is known for Yezhovshchina.

Yfantis Greek
Means tailor in Greek.

Yglesias Spanish
Variant of Iglesias.

Yia African

Yiannopoulos Greek
Means son of Yianni, a famous bearer of this name is Milo Yiannopolous (1983-).

Yick Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yi.

Yid Obscure
Unknown.

Yiddish Yiddish

Yiğit Turkish
From the given name Yiğit.

Yiğitoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Yiğit".

Yikoshu African, Central African

Yıldırım Turkish
From the given name Yıldırım.

Yim Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yan.

Yim Khmer
Meaning uncertain, probably of Chinese origin.

Yimtatu Amharic

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 殷 (yīn) referring to the ancient city of Yin, which existed in what is now Henan province and served as the capital of the Shang dynasty (which reigned from 1600 to 1045 BC and was also called Yin).

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 尹 (yǐn), a title for a ministerial position in ancient China. It may also refer to the ancient fief of Yin, which existed in what is now either Shanxi or Henan province.

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 印 (yìn) meaning "stamp, seal".

Yíng Chinese (Rare)
From the name of the royal house of the Qin Dynasty from the ancient Chinese state also known as Qin.

Ying Chinese
From Chinese 应 (yīng) referring to the ancient state of Ying, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Yip Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ye.

Yisrael Hebrew
Means "Israel" in Hebrew, from יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl).

Yisselin Spanish (Latin American)

Yiu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yao.

Ylagan Tagalog
Variant of Ilagan.

Ylanan Filipino
Ylan or Ilan in Tagalog means "some" or a "few" it may suggest a regional or direct variation.

Ylaya Cebuano
From Cebuano ilaya meaning "inland, highground, upland".

Yldyrym Turkish (Ukrainianized), Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Yıldırım.

Ylst Dutch
Americanized version of Ijlst

Ylvisåker Norwegian (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Famous bearers of this name are the Norwegian comedy duo "Ylvis" consisting of brothers Vegard (b. 1979) and Bård Ylvisåker (b. 1982).

Ymeraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Ymer" in Albanian.

Ymeri Albanian

Ymeri Albanian
Derived from the given name Ymer.

Ymffrostgar Medieval Welsh
A historic Welsh surname, meaning a brag or boastful person, later shortened to Ffrost and again to Frost.

Yñiguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Yo Korean

Yoakam German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Joachim.

Yoakum English (American)
Americanized version of Jochim

Yoami Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Yocum German (Anglicized), English
Americanized form of Jochum, a Low German form of the given name Joachim.

Yoda Japanese

Yoder German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of the Swiss German surname Joder, derived from a dialectical short form of Theodor, Joder.

Yoffe Hebrew, Jewish
Eastern Ashkenazic variant of Jaffe.

Yogi Japanese
Means ‘bestow’ and ‘ceremony’

Yohanan Assyrian, Indian (Christian), Malayalam, Jewish
From the given name Yohanan, used by Malayalam-speaking Saint Thomas Christians and Cochin Jews.

Yohannan Assyrian, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Yohannan.

Yohe Medieval English
The Yohe surname comes from the Old English word "ea," or "yo," in Somerset and Devon dialects, which meant "river" or "stream." It was likely originally a topographic name for someone who lived near a stream.

Yoho American (Anglicized)
American Anglicized spelling of Swiss surname 'Joho'

Yohuang Thai

Yoichi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 与市 with 与 (yo, ata.eru, azuka.ru, kumi.suru, tomoni) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" and 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town."... [more]

Yoichien Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".

Yoichimae Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) means "provide, give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "town, market, city" and 前 (mae) "front, forward".

Yokkaichi Japanese

Yokobe Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yokobori Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning “beside, next to” and 掘 (hori) meaning “ditch, moat, canal”.

Yokodaira Japanese
Variant of Yokotaira.

Yokodera Japanese
Variant of Yokotera.

Yokogai Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokogaya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokohama Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Yokohira Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Yokohori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hori means "moat, canal".

Yokoi Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yokokawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yokomizo Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "beside" and 溝 (mizo) means "groove, trench, gutter, gully, drain, ditch, gap". A notable bearer is Seishi Yokomizo, a Japanese novelist in the Showa Period.

Yokomori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and mori means "forest".

Yokomura Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.

Yokono Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Yokoo Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Yokosawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yokose Japanese
Yoko means "beside next to" and se means "current, ripple".

Yokoshima Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yokotake Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Yokotani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".

Yokote Japanese
Yoko ("Beside") + Te , this is the Japanese word for hand. This surname means "Beside a Hand". Michiko Yokote is an example. She wrote the Pichi Pichi Pitch manga and did screenwriting for Masamune-kun's Revenge.

Yokouchi Japanese

Yokoya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokoyama Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yokoyama Japanese
A Japanese surname with a combination of Yoko and Yama

Yokozawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yolcu Turkish
Means "passenger, traveller" in Turkish.

Yoldaş Turkish
Means "traveling companion" in Turkish.

Yoldoshov Uzbek
Variant of Yo'ldoshev.

Yomanov Jewish (Russified, Modern)

Yomohiro Japanese (Rare)
This is a very rare surname with the kanji of all four directions: (東西北南) "east, west, north, south", in that order. Yomo literally means "four directions" and hiro means "extension".

Yomtov Hebrew (Modern)
Means "good day", derived from Hebrew יום (yom) means "day" and טוב (tov) means "good".

Yonaga Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".

Yonago Japanese

Yonah Jewish
Hebrew for "dove" יונה

Yonamine Japanese
From the Japanese 與 or 与(yo) "together with," 那 (na) "what" and 嶺 (mine) "peak," "summit."

Yonao Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 与 (yo) or 與 (yo), both meaning "to bestow, to participate, to provide, cause, gift, godsend" or referring to a given name with one of those characters and 猶 (nao) meaning "still".

Yonce English

Yone Japanese
Yo (与) means together.... [more]

Yoneda Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Yoneda Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yonega Japanese

Yonegawa Japanese
Variant of Yonekawa.

Yoneichi Japanese
Yone (米) means rice.... [more]

Yonekawa Japanese
Yone means "rice" and kawa means "river, stream".

Yonekawa Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yonekura Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Yonematsu Japanese

Yonemoto Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and moto means "origin, root, source, base".

Yonemura Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and mura means "village".

Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoneta Japanese

Yonetomi Japanese

Yonetsu Japanese

Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yonezawa Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Yonezu Japanese

Yong Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Yang.

Yong Korean
Korean form of Long from Sino-Korean 龍 (yong).

Yong Chinese
From Chinese 雍 (yōng) either referring the ancient state of Yong, located in what is now Henan province, or the ancient fief of Yong, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.

Yonge English
Variant of Yong

Yongin Korean

Yongsan Korea

Yonoda Japanese

Yonoichi Japanese

Yonota Japanese

Yonover English (British)
The surname Yonover was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.

Yontararak Thai (Rare)
From Thai ยนตร (yontra) meaning "mechanical device; motor; engine" and รักษ์ (rak) meaning "to cure, to take care of".

Yoo Korean
Alternate transcription of Yu.

Yook Korean

Yook Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.

Yoosuf Dhivehi
From the given name Yoosuf.

Yorath Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Iorwerth.

Yorba Catalan (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Jorba.

Yore English (Rare)
Not available.

Yorita Japanese
From Japanese 依 (yori) meaning "reliant" or 寄 (yori) meaning "bring near", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field".

Yorke English
Variant of York.

Yorker English

Yorkey English
Variant spelling of York.

Yorkman English
Variant form of York.

Yorks English
Variant of York.

Yorkshire English
From Yorkshire "the county of York". The place-name is recorded as Eoforwicscire in 1065 and derives from the city name York and Old English scir "district region".

Yorkston English

Yörük Turkish
Means "nomad, walker" in Turkish.

Yorulmaz Turkish
Means "tireless, unfailing" in Turkish.

Yoruno Japanese
From Japanese 夜 (yoru) meaning "night" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yoruw Micronesian

Yosef Jewish
From the given name Yosef.

Yoshi Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortune".

Yoshibara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshidome Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune, auspicious" combined with 留 (tome) meaning "detain, stop, remain, to stay still".

Yoshidomi Japanese
A variant of Yoshitomi.

Yoshihama Japanese
From the Japanese 吉 (yoshi) "good luck" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach."

Yoshihara Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yoshii Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yoshiizumi Japanese
formed with 吉 (Yoshi, Kichi, Kitsu) meaning "good luck; joy; congratulations" and 泉 (Izumi, Sen) meaning "spring; fountain". So the meaning could be interpreted as “Fountain of Good Luck” or “Lucky Fountain”

Yoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yoshikuni Japanese

Yoshimaru Japanese
YOSHIMARU/吉丸 = Good Fortune/Luck Circle

Yoshimi Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".

Yoshimitsu Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mitsu means "light".

Yoshimori Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mori means "forest".

Yoshimoto Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Yoshimura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Yoshinari Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 成 (nari) meaning "become".

Yoshinoue Japanese

Yoshinuma Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and numa means "marsh, swamp".... [more]

Yoshisawa Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Yoshita Japanese

Yoshitake Japanese
Yoshi means "lucky, fortunate, good" and take means "bamboo".

Yoshitake Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial".

Yoshitomi Japanese
From 吉 (yoshi, kichi, kitsu) meaning "good luck, fortunate" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".