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Accrington EnglishHabitational name for a person from the town of Accrington in Lancashire, from Old English
æcern "acorn" and
tun "enclosure, town".
Ace English, Norman, Medieval FrenchThe surname Ace's origin is from a Norman and Old French personal name, Ace, Asse, from Germanic Frankish origin Azzo, Atso, a pet form of personal names containing adal ‘noble’ as a first element.
Acebo Spanishpanish: Habitational Name From A Place Named Acebo, For Example In Cáceres Province; The Place Name Is From Acebo ‘Holly’ (Latin Aquifolium, Literally ‘Sharp-Leafed’).
Acero SpanishFrom
acero "steel, steelworker" (from Late Latin
aciarium), an occupational name for a metal worker or an armorer.
Acevedo SpanishDerived from Spanish
acebedo meaning "holly grove", itself from
acebo meaning "holly tree".
Ach GermanTopographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Old High German aha meaning "running water".
Achenbach GermanHabitational name for a person from the tributaries named Achenbach in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, from Middle High German
Ache "water" (derived from Latin
aqua) and
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Achenza ItalianA Sardinian name, possibly denoting someone from the former town of Aquensa or Acquesa.
Achio Spanish (Latin American)Possibly derived from the town, Achio, near Guadalajara in Mexico. The name itself is probably from the Nahuatl
achio meaning "frequent".
Achladiotis GreekFrom Greek αχλάδι
(achladi) meaning "pear". Possibly from a village in the island of Syros, Greece.
Achmatowicz Polish (Rare)Means "son of Achmat", from a Polish form of the given name
Ahmad. This name is primarily used among Lipka Tatar Muslims in Poland.
Ackerson EnglishFrom the middle english word "aker" meaning field, basically means "son of the field"
Acocella m ItalianDerived from a diminutive of 'acco', related to 'hawk' or 'eagle'
Acquaviva ItalianFrom an Italian place name meaning "running water, spring", literally "living water".
Acquistapace ItalianMeans "buy peace" in Italian, from
acquista "to buy, to purchase" and
pace "peace".
Acri ItalianHabitational name from a city in Cosenza province named
Acri, derived from Ancient Greek ἄκρα
(akra) meaning "peak, top, extremity" or "citadel overlooking a town".
Acton EnglishHabitational name for a person from any of several places in England named Acton, from Old English
ac "oak" and
tun "enclosure, town".
Acuna Spanish (Latin American)Related tho the Acuna Indians of Mexico, there is also a city by the name. Popular in border areas of Mexico and Texas.
Adaagist BerberMoroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the town of Daagist in the province of Řḥusima.
Adachi JapaneseFrom Japanese 安
(a) meaning "peace" or 足
(a) meaning "leg, foot" and 達
(tachi), a plural marker, or 立
(tachi) meaning "stand".
Adachihara JapaneseA means "leg, limb, step",
dachi is a form of
tachi meaning "stand", and hara means "plain". ... [
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Adair CelticMostly Scottish surname meaning "at the oak ford".
Adakai NavajoFrom Navajo
adikaʼí meaning "gambler, card player".
Adamek Polish, CzechMeans "son of
Adam." A famous bearer was Tomasz Adamek (1976-), one of Poland's most succesfull boxers.
Adamski m PolishPatronymic from given name
Adam suffixed with
-ski based on habitational names.
Adamthwaite EnglishHabitational name for a person from a place in Ravenstonedale, derived from the personal name
Adam and Old Norse
þveit "clearing, pasture".
Adderley EnglishHabitational name from places called Adderley. (Mostly dominant in the Bahamas)
Addington EnglishHabitational name from any of various places named in Old English as Eaddingtun 'settlement associated with Eadda' or Æddingtun 'settlement associated with Æddi'.
Adegboyega Nigerian, YorubaFrom the given name
Adegboyega. A famous bearer of the name is British actor and producer John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega (1992-), known professionally as John Boyega, whose parents are of Yoruba descent.
Adélàjá YorubaMeans "the crown settles the dispute, royalty resolves conflict" from
adé meaning "crown" combined with
la meaning "settle, resolve" and
ja meaning "fight, conflict".
Adeleye YorubaFrom Yoruba meaning "the crown, royal one has dignity, honor" with "crown" understood as a metaphor for "child".
Adelmund FrankishMeaning "Noble Protection", Adel, being a variation of germanic adal, meaning "noble" and mund, meaning "protection".
Adelstein German, JewishVariant of
Edelstein. Paul Adelstein (1969-) is an American actor known for his role as Paul Kellerman in the 2005-2017 television series
Prison Break.
Aders German (Silesian)Variation of Eders, a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of bare, uncultivated land, from Middle High German (o)ed(e) 'wasteland'. It may also be a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this element.
Adi Hebrew (Rare)Means "jewel; ornament" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname.
Adıgüzel TurkishFrom Turkish
adı meaning "name" and
güzel meaning "beautiful, nice".
Adipietro ItalianFrom Italian
adì Pietro meaning "to tell Peter" or "to appear before Peter", derived from
adire "to go to, to tell, to appear before" and the given name
Pietro, referring to an informant of or someone presenting cases before Saint
Peter Adleiba AbkhazMost likely from the given name
Adlei, itself derived from Arabic عَادِل
(ʿādil) meaning "fair, just", combined with Abkhaz аҧа
(āpā) meaning "son"... [
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Adlington EnglishHabitational name from any of the two places called Adlington in Cheshire and Lancashire, both derived from Old English given name
Eadwulf and
tun "enclosure, town".
Adney EnglishHabitational name from Adeney in Shropshire, named in Old English as Eadwynna ey "island of a woman called Eadwynn". English: from a Middle English pet form of
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Adornado FilipinoDerived from the given name
Adorno meaning "adorned". However, its root actually came from Spanish meaning “decoration, embellishment, ornament”... [
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Adorno SicilianMeans "honey buzzard" in the Calabrian dialect, a nickname given to someone with a hawklike appearance, or an occupational name for a falconer.
Adrienne Medieval EnglishThe surname dervies from the Latin male given name "(H)adrianus", originally an ethnic name for someone from the seaport of Adria - which gave its name to the Adriatic Sea - who settled in Rome and became known as "the man from Adria" (in Latin, "Adrianus")... [
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Adriwec BerberMoroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the city and province of Driwec.
Aduriz BasquePatronymic from the given name
Adur, meaning "luck, fate" in Basque.
Advani Indian, SindhiMeans "descendant of Adu" in Sindhi,
Adu probably being the name of a past ancestor.
Advíncula SpanishPerhaps from Latin
ad vincula "in chains", a title of Saint Peter.
Aed EstonianAed is an Estonian surname meaning "garden".
Aedma EstonianAedma is an Estonian surname derived from "aed", meaning "garden", or "aedmaasikas" meaning "strawberry".
Aedviir EstonianAedviir is an Estonian surname meaning "garden line/stripe".
Aesoo EstonianAesoo is an Estonian surname possibly taken from the location of the village of the same name in Pärnu County.
Əfəndiyev m AzerbaijaniMeans "son of the effendi", from the Ottoman title افندي
(efendi) meaning "lord, master".