All Submitted Surnames

Younus Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Younus.

Yousaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.

Yousafzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai). A notable bearer is Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (1997-).

Yousef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousefi Persian
From the given name Yousef.

Yousefpour Persian
Means "son of Yousef".

Yousefzadeh Persian
From the given name Yousef and the Persian suffix زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Yousfi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousif Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousri Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Yousry Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Youssef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Youssefi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Youssef.

Youssif Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Yusuf.

Youssouf Western African
From the given name Youssouf.

Yousuf Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousufzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Yousafzai.

Yovanovich Serbian
Anglicised form of Jovanović.

Yovel Hebrew
Means "jubilee" or "anniversary" in Hebrew, usually refers to a 50 years anniversary.

Yovnyi Ukrainian
its from the jewish people of Ukraine it comes from the jewish name Ivri

Yow Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yao or Rao.

Yoyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Ypi Albanian

Ypsilantis Greek

Yris Spanish (Mexican)

Yrungaray Basque

Yskakov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ысқақов (see Iskakov).

Yskakova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ысқақова (see Iskakova).

Yttrefjord Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Combination of Norwegian yttre- "outer" and fjord "fjord".

Yu Korean
Korean form of Liu, from Sino-Korean 劉 (yu).

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yuba Japanese
From 弓 (yu) meaning "archery bow" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Yube Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yubi Japanese

Yubuza Dungan
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name.

Yüce Turkish
Means "exalted, lofty, noble" in Turkish.

Yuce French

Yücel Turkish
Means "lofty, exalted" in Turkish.

Yuchengco Filipino
From the surnames Yu, Cheng, and Ko.

Yuchyugyayev m Yakut (Russified)
From Yakut үчүгэй (üchügey), meaning "good".

Yucupicio Cahita (Castilianized)
Castilianized form of Yukkupicio.

Yuda Japanese

Yudas Indonesian, Swahili
From the given name Yudas.

Yudenich Belarusian

Yudin Russian
Means "son of Yuda".

Yuditsky m Russian

Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yu 2.

Yue Chinese
From Chinese 岳 (yuè) referring to the ancient title Tai Yue (太岳), which was used by officials in charge of sacrificial rituals on mountain sites.

Yueh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Yue chiefly used in Taiwan.

Yuehua English

Yuengling German
"youngling" or a "young person"

Yuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Yugov Russian
Derived from Russian юг (yug) meaning "south".

Yuhanna Judeo-Arabic (?)
Yuhanna or John is one of the apostles of Christ, the prophet of Christians and the religion of Christianity, who believe that he ascended to heaven.

Yuhnomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yui Japanese
From 由 (yu) meaning "purpose, reason, cause" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit" or 比 (i) meaning "compare". Lastly, it could be spelled with 油 (yu) meaning "oil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".... [more]

Yuk Korean
From Sino-Korean 陸 (yuk/ryuk) meaning "dry land; land".

Yukawa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yukhnavets Belarusian

Yukhymchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yukhymenko.

Yukhymenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Yukhym".

Yukida Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yukimatsu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "lucky" and matsu means "pine, for tree".

Yukimitsu Japanese
雪 (Yuki) means "snow" and 光 (mitsu) means "light, radiance".

Yukimiya Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukimori Japanese
Means 'snow forest' from 'yuki' meaning 'snow' and 'mori' meaning 'forest'.

Yukino Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".

Yukishita Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and shita means "under".

Yukita Japanese

Yukitō Japanese
From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Yukitomo Japanese
From 行 (yuki) meaning "going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Yukiyama Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yukiyasu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "luck" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Yukizome Japanese
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".

Yukkupicio Cahita
It literally means "drizzle".

Yuko Japanese (Rare)

Yüksek Turkish
Means "high, lofty, great, noble" in Turkish.

Yüksel Turkish
Means "increase, rise, ascend" in Turkish.

Yuktanan Thai

Yukumoto Japanese
Yuku means "conduct, go, travel, line, row" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Yulandi Indonesian

Yuldashev Kyrgyz, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek
Means "son of Yuldash".

Yuldoshev Tajik
Tajik form of Yuldashev.

Yule Medieval English
Nickname for someone who was born on Christmas Day or had some other connection with this time of year, from Middle English yule ‘Christmastide’ (Old English geol, reinforced by the cognate Old Norse term jól).

Yuliyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yuliyan".

Yuliyanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yuliyanov.

Yulo Filipino

Yul'skiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Julski.

Yumang Tagalog
From Tagalog umang meaning "snare, trap".

Yumashev m Russian

Yumbe Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 弓 (yun), a contraction of 弓 (yumi) meaning "bow, archery" and 部 (be) meaning "division", possibly referring to a fighter who specialized in archery.

Yumehara Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumekawa Japanese
Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".

Yumeno Japanese
yumeno means "dream field" the kanji used for this name are 夢 (yume) meaning " dream" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

Yumi Japanese
Yu means "cause, reason, logic" and mi means "beauty". ... [more]

Yumiba Japanese

Yumibe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yumihiro Japanese
From Japanese 弓 (yumi) meaning "archery bow" combined with 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious"

Yumori Japanese

Yumul Filipino, Pampangan

Yunaka Japanese

Yunashev m Russian

Yunbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yung Korean

Yung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Weng.

Yung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Rong.

Yuno Japanese
From 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath, hot spring" and 野 (no) meaning "plains, field".

Yūnomidō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yunomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yunus Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yunus.

Yunusov Uzbek, Bashkir, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of Yunus".

Yunyun Nigerian

Yupanqui Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Yupko Ukrainian

Yurasov m Russian

Yurchak Polish (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Polish Jurczak.

Yurchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yurchenko.

Yurdanidze Kazakh (Rare), Tatar (?), Georgian (?)
Means "son of Yurdan".

Yürekli Turkish

Yuriev m Russian
Means “son of Yuri 1".

Yurimoto Japanese

Yurinov m Russian

Yurkaw m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Yurkov.

Yurkov m Russian
Derived from a diminutive form of Yuriy.

Yurkovich Ukrainian, Belarusian
Patronymic from the personal name Yurko, a pet form of Yuriy, eastern Slavic equivalent of George.

Yurovskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Yurovsky. This was the last name of Yakov Yurovskiy, a notable Bolshevik. He led the execution of the Romanovs.

Yurovsky Russian, Jewish, Polish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from Yurovo, or anglicization of Polish cognate Jurowski.

Yurovskyi Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Jurowski.

Yuryevich Russian
Means "son of Yuriy".

Yusa Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Yusaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.

Yusef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yusein Bulgarian
From the given name Yusein.

Yuseinov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yusein".

Yuseinova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yuseinov.

Yusfi Indonesian
Cognate of Yousfi.

Yushchenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Yukhym". Viktor Yushchenko was the Ukrainian president from 2005 to 2010, and a major figure in the Orange Revolution.

Yushenkov m Russian
Possibly a variant of Yushko.

Yushin m Russian
Possibly a form of Yushko.

Yushkin m Russian
Variant of Yushko.

Yushko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian юшка (yushka), meaning "broth, juice from food". It can also mean "blood".

Yusifov m Azerbaijani
Means “son of Yusif”.

Yusifova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Yusifov.

Yusifzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yousefzadeh.

Yuskov m Russian
Possibly from the letter yus (юс, ѧ, ѫ, ꙛ, ꙙ) of the early Slavonic alphabets.

Yusoff Malaysian

Yuson Filipino
From Hokkien 楊孫 (iûⁿ-sun), derived from 楊 (iûⁿ) meaning "willow, poplar, aspen" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild". It could also be from 余孫 (û-sun), derived from 余 (û) meaning "surplus" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".

Yusov Russian
Derived from Russian юс (yus) meaning "(either little or big) yus".

Yussef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yussuf Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yussupov Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupov.

Yussupova Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Chechen, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupova.

Yusubzhanov m Kyrgyz

Yusuf Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

Yusufaliev m Uzbek

Yusufi Afghan, Tajik, Urdu
Cognate of Yousfi.

Yusufov Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Means "son of Yusuf".

Yusufova Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Feminine transcription of Yusufov.

Yusufzai Pashto
Means "son of Yusuf" in Pashto.

Yusufzay Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai).

Yuuma Japanese
From the Japanese 遊 (yu) "recreation," "fun" and 馬 (uma, ma or ba) "horse."

Yuumori Japanese

Yuunomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yuvienco Filipino

Yuyamido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yuyamidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyan Nanai

Yuyko Belarusian (Rare)

Yuzuki Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yuzurihara Japanese
Means "the field of the gentle Village". From the Japanese words Yasuri (gentle village) and Hara (plain, field).

Yvenson English
Meaning, "son of Evan" or "son of Ivan."

Yzaguirre Basque
Respelling of Basque Izaguirre.

Yzeiraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Yzeir" in Albanian.

Yzquierdo Spanish
Variant of Izquierdo.

Zaad Dutch
Originating from Dutch, meaning "seed", and in my opinion, ties well with Harald. Harald Zaad.

Zaalishvili Georgian
Means "son of Zaal".

Zaat Dutch

Žaba Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Zhaba.

Zabaleta Basque
Habitational name meaning "very wide place", derived from Basque zabal "wide, broad, open" and -eta "place of, abundance of".

Zabashtans'kyy m Ukrainian

Zabatsu Japanese

Žabek Croatian
From žaba, meaning "frog".

Zabel German
The surname has multiple meanings. It may come from a Slavic given name, or the High German word zabel, meaning "board game" - given, perhaps, as a nickname to those who played many board games.

Zabiela Lithuanian

Žabka Czech, Slovak
From Polish zaba meaning "frog", of Slavic origin.

Zabka German
From Polish zaba meaning "frog", of Slavic origin.

Zabolotsky m Russian
From заболотье (zabolote) meaning "from a swampland".

Zaboo Indian (Rare)

Zaborowska f Polish
Feminine form of Zaborowski.

Zaborowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Zaborowo or Zaborów named with Polish za "beyond" and bór "forest".

Zabot Italian

Zabriskie Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Zaborowski or Zabrzyski.

Zabrocka Polish

Zabrocki Polish

Zabrzyski m Polish
Possibly a habitational name from Polish za "beyond" and Czech brzy "early, soon"

Zabu French (African)

Zacarias Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Zacarias.

Zacatenco Spanish (Mexican)
One who came from Zacatecas.

Zaccardo Italian
Could derive from the given name Zachardus, an archaic Germanized form of Zachariah, or be a variant of Saccardo.

Zacchi Italian
Derived from a short form of a variant of the given name Jacopo, or in some cases perhaps Isacco.

Záček Czech
Žáček means "small school boy" in Czech. A famous bearer is Chicagoan writer Dennis Začek.

Zach German
German and Czech from the personal name Zach a short form of Zacharias or in Czech Zachariáš... [more]

Zachar Jewish, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Belarusian
Derived from the Hebrew word זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember". As a surname it can also derive from the given name Zakhar (Zechariah) that shares this etymology.

Zacharia Indian (Christian)
From the given name Zacharia.

Zachariah English
From the given name Zachariah

Zachariáš Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Jewish
From the given name Zachariáš.

Zacharias German, Greek, English, Jewish, Assyrian, Indian (Christian), Malayalam
From the given name Zacharias.

Zachariou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Zacharias".

Zacharis Greek

Zachary English
A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."

Zacher English
A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."

Zachmann German
Extended form of Zach.

Zachos Greek
A shortened version of Zacharias.

Zachow German
Meaning unknown. A notable bearer of this name is Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, a organist, musician, and composer who lived from 1663 to 1712. Zachow, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community named after a local landowner, William Zachow.

Zachrisson Swedish
Variant of Zakrisson.

Zachry English
A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."

Zack English

Zackert English, German
An Americanization of the German surnames Zacher and Zachert. It comes from a vernacular form of the personal name Zacharias.

Zackowski Polish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Zakowski

Zacky German
Americanized form of German Zacher . German: occupational name for a farmer, from dialect zackern 'to plow', from Middle High German ze acker gān 'to go to the field'.

Zada Pashto
Derived from Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Zadeh Persian
From Persian زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring (of)", also often used as a suffix for patronymic-based Persian surnames.

Zadereyko m Ukrainian

Zadjelović Croatian (Rare)

Zadneprovskienė Lithuanian

Zadniprovskyi Ukrainian

Zadornov m Russian

Zadorozhniy m Ukrainian, Russian (?)
Variant of Zadorozhnyy.

Zadorozhnyy m Ukrainian

Zadran Pashto
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe inhabiting Afghanistan and Waziristan (Pakistan).

Zadravec Croatian, Slovene
Denotes a person living near the Drava river.

Zadro Croatian

Zadzisai Shona
Zadzisai means "you must fulfil - a pledge or promise". The name is given as a reminder to fulfil a pledge or promise.

Zændžiaty Ossetian
From the Persian word zangi meaning "Dark Skinned". Zangiev and Zangief are variants.

Zaewa Russian
meaning unknown. female form of ZAEW

Zafar Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Zafar.

Zafari Persian
From the given name Zafar.

Zafeiriou Greek
Means "son of Zafeiris".

Zafirov Bulgarian

Zafri Hebrew
From the name Ẓafār (Arabic: ظفار), also Romanized Dhafar or Dhofar, is an ancient Himyarite site situated in Yemen, some 130 km south-south-east of today's capital, Sana'a (Arabic: صَنْعَاء)... [more]

Žagars Latvian
Means "stick".

Zagazig Arabic (Egyptian)
Habitational name for someone who lived in Zagazig, Egypt.

Žager Slovene, Croatian

Zager German
habitational name from ZAGER, a place near Wollin

Zaghloul Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "squab, young dove" in Egyptian Arabic. A notable bearer was the Egyptian statesman and revolutionary Saad Zaghloul (1857-1927).

Zagnoyko Russian (?)

Zago Italian
Probably from Venetian zago "alter boy", or someone preparing to become a priest. Alternately, may derive from a toponym, such as Massanzago, Lorenzago, Cazzago, Vanzago, or Sozzago.

Zagórowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either the Lesser Polish village of Zagórowa or the Greater Polish town of Zagórów.

Zagorulko Russian (?)

Zagrebelsky Italian (Rare)

Zagrebnev m Russian
Means "from Zagreb". Zagreb the capital of Croatia.

Zagreda Albanian

Zagryazhskiy m Russian

Zagumenny m Russian

Zagurski Polish
Derived from the Polish places Zagórz and Zagórze. Also given to those who lived on the side of a hill opposite a main settlement - za means "beyond" and góra means "hill".

Zagvyazinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Zahaf Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zaharia Romanian
From the given name Zaharia.

Zaharie Romanian

Zaharis Greek

Zahavi Hebrew, Jewish
From Hebrew זהב (zahav) meaning "gold", commonly used as a replacement for Ashkenazi surnames containing the element gold, such as Goldman, Goldstein or Goldberg.

Zahedi Persian
From the given name Zahid.

Zaheed Bengali, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Zahid.

Zaheer Arabic, Urdu
Variant transcription of Zahir.

Zaher Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Zaher.

Zahi Arabic
From the given name Zahi.

Zahid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahid.

Zahidov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Zahid".

Zahidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Zahidov.

Zahir Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali
From the given name Zahir.

Zahiri Persian, Arabic
From the given name Zahir.

Zahirović Bosnian
Means "son of Zahir".

Zahitov m Tatar
From the given name Zahit

Zahm Medieval German
Zahm is a nickname from Middle High German Zam meaning "tame".

Zahn German
Zahn was a nickname given to a person with a peculiar tooth or a strange or defective set of teeth. It comes from the Middle High German Zan(t), which means "tooth".

Zähne German
The German surname Zähne is derived from the Middle High German word "zan," which means "tooth." It is believed that the surname takes its origin from a nickname, most likely bestowed on the original bearer due to either a prominent tooth or a missing tooth.

Zahner German
Name given to people who lived in Zahna, near Wittenberg.

Zahniser German
Alteration of German Zahneisen and/or Zahnhäuser and/or Zahneiser... [more]

Zahornacky South Slavic (Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Zahornacky is the americanized version of name Zahornitski, meaning “The people from over the mountain”. The name has roots in Czechoslovakian and Polish decent.

Zahra Maltese

Zahra Maltese, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahra.

Zahrani Arabic
From the Arabic زهراني (zahran) meaning "flowering, blossoming"; ultimately from زَهْرَة (zahra) meaning "flower, blossom" (see Zahrah)... [more]

Zahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "related to Zahra" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Zahrebelnyi Ukrainian

Zahreddine Arabic

Zähring German, German (East Prussian)
referred to a person from a place called Zehring. Also could refer to a person connected to the Zähringer dynasty that ruled in Southwestern Germany in the 17th century.

Zahuba Ukrainian

Zai Japanese

Zaib Urdu
From the given name Zaib.

Žaibus Lithuanian

Zaičikas Lithuanian

Zaicikas Lithuanian
Could mean "rabbit"

Zaid Arabic
From the given name Zaid.

Zaidan Arabic
Derived from the given name Zaydan.

Zaïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zaidi chiefly used in the Maghreb and influenced by French orthography.

Zaidi Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zaid.

Zaiger German

Žáik Slovak
Slovak form of ZAK.