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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"
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 place in Cosenza province named Acri.
Acton English, Northern Irish"Oak Town" in Old English. Parishes in Cheshire, Suffolk, Middlesex. There is also a place that bears this name in Ulster.
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.
Adamthwaite EnglishHabitational name for a person from a place in Ravenstonedale, derived from Middle English personal name
Adam and Old Norse
þveit "clearing, pasture"... [
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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'.
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".
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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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
Adam... [
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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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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 AzerbaijaniMeans "son of the effendi" from the Ottoman title افندي
(efendi) meaning "lord, master".
Affleck Galician, ScottishVariation of Auchinleck, a town near Dundee, Scotland... Ben & Casey Affleck are famous bearers of the name. Auchinleck appears to have been one of those places where the ancient Celts and Druids held conventions, celebrated their festivals, and performed acts of worship... [
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Afflitto ItalianDerived from Italian "afflitto" meaning "afflicted" or "troubled".
Afghani Persian, PashtoDerived from the term "افغانی" (Afghan), which means "a person from Afghanistan" in Pashto and Persian languages.
Aflalo Judeo-SpanishPossibly from the name of the village of Afelilou in the Tafilalt region of Morocco.
Aflor AragoneseThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Afonso PortugueseOld (6th century derived) Iberian surname, associated with the first dynasty and King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques. The surname was used by all the subsequent illegitimate children of that dynastic line.
Afridi PashtoFrom Pashto اپريدی
(Apriday) of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Afshar PersianFrom the name of the Afshar people, a Turkic tribe residing in Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. The name itself may mean "obedient" or perhaps "extraction, squeeze, press".