All Submitted Surnames

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Cahannes Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name Hannes.
Cahans Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Hans.
Cahayag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kahayag meaning "light, splendour".
Cahenzli Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name Hänsli.
Cahoy Cebuano
From Cebuano kahoy meaning "tree, wood".
Cahué Spanish
Variant of Cahuet.
Cahuet Picard
Nickname from Picard caüe "tawny owl".
Cahulogan Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog kahulugan meaning "meaning".
Cái Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gai, from Sino-Vietnamese 蓋 (cái).
Cai Hui
From the Arabic name Osman.
Cailar Provençal
Modern Provençal form of Caylar
Caillou French
Means "pebble" in French. Perhaps a nickname for a bald person.
Cain English
Habitational name from the city of Caen in France, or a variant form of Cane.
Cain Manx
Contracted form of Mac Catháin (see Ó Catháin), a patronymic from the given name Cathán "battle".
Cain French
From the biblical name Cain, probably a nickname for someone considered to be treacherous.
Caine French, English
Originally from a French derogatory nickname for someone with a bad temper.
Caird Scottish
Derived from Scottish Gaelic ceard meaning "craftsman, artist mechanic, travelling tinker".
Cairns Scottish
From Gaelic carn "cairn", a topographic name for someone who lived by a cairn, i.e. a pile of stones raised as a boundary marker or a memorial.
Cairo Italian
One who came from Cairo.
Caithness Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish-Gaelic Gallaibh, which means "among the strangers" (referring to the Norse). The name of the Catti survives in the Gaelic name for eastern Sutherland, Cataibh, and in the old Gaelic name for Shetland, Innse Chat... [more]
Caixeta Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese common name for Tabebuia cassinoides, a tree native to Central and South America.
Cajacob Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Jacob.
Cajavilca Quechua
From kaja (cold) and vilca (supreme) meaning supreme cold. Possibly when the inhabitants of upper Chavín had to cross to the Callejón de Huaylas by the pass near Ulta they described this place as being too cold... [more]
Cajigas Spanish, Filipino
Topographic name from the plural of Spanish cajigo, derived from quejigo meaning "gall oak".
Cajochen Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name Jochen.
Cajöri Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Jöri.
Caju Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "cashew, cashew tree" in Portuguese.
Cajucom Tagalog
From Tagalog kahukom meaning "judge".
Çakal Turkish
Means "jackal" (figuratively "sly, sneaky, wily") in Turkish.
Çakar Turkish
Means "beacon" or "dragnet" in Turkish.
Čakas Lithuanian
Likely from Polish Czak or Czach, or Belarusian Chaka.
Cake English
From the Middle English cake denoting a flat loaf made from fine flour (Old Norse kaka), hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker who specialized in fancy breads. It was first attested as a surname in the 13th century (Norfolk, Northamptonshire).
Cakebread English
From Middle English cakebrede, bread made in flattened cakes, or of the finer and more dainty quality of cake.
Çakır Turkish
Means "greyish blue (eyes)" in Turkish.
Čaklais Latvian
Means "the diligent one".
Çakmak Turkish
Means "lighter" in Turkish, referring to a tool used to ignite fire. This is also the name of a village in Antalya Province, Turkey.
Čakste Latvian
Means "shrike".
Cal English
Possibly from the given name Cal.
Calabaza Spanish, Indigenous American
Nickname from ‘calabaza’ meaning pumpkin squash. This is commonly used by Pueblos (Native Americans) in New Mexico.
Calado Portuguese, Spanish (Philippines)
Menas "silent, quiet" in Portuguese and "soaked drenched" in Spanish.
Calafiore Italian, Sicilian
altered form of Calaciura from the Greek name Kalokiourēs a variant of Kalokyrēs Kalokyrios meaning "good man".
Calagahan Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog kahalagahan meaning "importance".
Calahatian Tagalog
From Tagalog kalahatian meaning "halfway, midway".
Calamari Italian
From Latin calamarius "relating to a writing reed, ink pen", a name for a scribe, or perhaps a fisherman from the Italian descendant calamaro "squid, calamari".
Calandra Italian
from calandra "skylark" (from Latin calandra) probably a nickname for someone with a fine singing voice.
Calasso Italian
Possibly from the given name Galasso, or from the dialectical word cala "cove, inlet, creek".
Calatayud Spanish
From the city in Spain, in province of Zaragoza within the autonomous community Aragón. The name Calatayud came from the Arabic قلعة أيوب Qal‘at ’Ayyūb, "the qalat (fortress) of Ayyub".
Calaway English
Variant spelling of Callaway.
Calaycay Tagalog
From Tagalog kalaykay meaning "rake".
Calcaterra Italian
Nickname from calcare meaning "to tread", "to stamp" + terra meaning "land", "earth", "ground", probably denoting a short person, someone who walked close to the ground, or an energetic walker.
Caldeira Portuguese
Name given to a maker of kettles or other cooking vessels.
Caldeira Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Caldera.
Caldeirao Portuguese
From Portuguese meaning "cauldron".
Calder Scottish
Habitational name from any of the places called Calder in Midlothian and Caithness, or Cawdor in Nairnshire.
Caldera Spanish
Derived from Spanish caldera meaning "basin, crater, hollow", ultimately from Latin caldarium or caldaria both meaning "hot bath, cooking pot". The word also denotes a depression in volcanoes, and it is commonly used as an element for surnames denoting streams or mountains.
Calderone Italian
From the Latin word Caldaria "cauldron". Given to someone who worked as a tinker or tinsmith. Italian cognitive of Calderón.
Calderwood English
From the lordship of Calderwood in Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cale Welsh
Possibly derived from the River Cale. A famous barer of this name is Welsh musician John Cale (1942- ).
Caleb American
Caleb norwood
Calero Spanish
Metonymic occupational name for a burner or seller of lime, from calero ‘lime’.
Calfee English (American)
Possibly an altered form of Irish Calvey or English Caulfield.
Calger Romansh
Derived from Romansh chalger "cobbler; shoemaker".
Calice Italian
Possibly directly from the Italian word calice "chalice, goblet", which derives from Latin calix.
Caliesch Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Aliesch.
Caliezi Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Gliezi.
California Spanish (Latin American)
It is thought that it might've been derived from Latin calida fornax meaning "hot furnace", or from Native American, kali forno meaning "high hill, native land". It is also thought to have derived from the given name Khalif or Khalifa.
Caligiuri Italian
Comes from the Greek words "kalos" meaning "beautiful" and "gheros" meaning "elderly," and was often given to children in the hopes that they would retain their beauty in their old age.
Calihua Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly related to calli "house".
Çalık Turkish
Means "crooked, awry" in Turkish.
Cəlilov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Cəlil".
Cəlilova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Cəlilov.
Calimeris Greek
It can be Kalimeris as well and it means good morning.
Calimlim Pangasinan, Tagalog
From Pangasinan and Tagalog kalimlim denoting a person who lived in a shaded area, from the word limlim meaning "shade, impending darkness".
Călin Romanian
From the given name Călin.
Calinao Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon
Derived from Cebuano and Hiligaynon kalinaw meaning "calmness, peace, tranquility".
Calinawan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kalinawan meaning "peace".
Calingasan Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog kalingasan meaning "lustre of a surface (which reflects light)".
Calinisan Tagalog
From Tagalog kalinisan meaning "cleanliness, purity".
Çalışır Turkish
Means "on, running, working" in Turkish.
Çalışkan Turkish
Means "hard-working, diligent, assiduous" in Turkish.
Calisto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Calisto.
Cālītis Latvian
Derived from the word cālis meaning "chick".
Calixte French
From the given name Calixte
Calixto Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Calixto
Calkin Irish
Variant of Culkin.
Calla Italian
Variant of Cala or Catllà.
Callander Scottish, English, Swedish (Rare)
Habitational name from various places so named in Scotland. ... [more]
Callard Cornish
Might be from Calartha in Morvah / from cala-arth, the hard or difficult height.
Callen English (Rare)
From the forename Callen
Callender Scottish
Variant of Scottish Callander or German Kalander.
Callender English
Occupational name for a person who finished freshly woven cloth by passing it between heavy rollers to compress the weave. From Old Franch calandrier, calandreur.
Calliari Italian (Latinized, Archaic)
This is an Italian surname, in the north of Italy. Calliari is the result of the deformation of the graphically Calligari, where you can clearly see excision of the letter or character D, which is located in the middle of the surname... [more]
Calligan Irish (Rare)
Before Irish names were translated into English, Calligan had a Gaelic form of O Ceallachain, possibly from "ceallach", which means "strife".... [more]
Calloway English
Derived from the place name Caillouet-Orgeville, from Norman caillou "pebble". Alternately, a variant of Galloway.
Callum Scottish
From the given name Callum.
Calma Filipino, Pampangan
From Pampangan kalma meaning "fate, fortune", ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).
Calne Welsh
Calne is derived from the Welsh word "karn," which means "a pile of stones," such as was often used to mark a burial site. The forebears that initially bore the name Calne likely lived by a notable heap of stones.
Calogero Italian
From the given name Calogero.
Calonder Romansh
Either derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Leonhard or from the name of the mountain Calanda.
Calörtscher Romansh
Derived from the place name Calörtsch, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Calumpang Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog kalumpang meaning "wild almond tree".
Calungsod Cebuano
From Cebuano kalungsod meaning "townsperson, townmate", derived from the word lungsod meaning "town". A notable bearer was Filipino saint Pedro Calungsod (1654-1672).
Caluori Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a contraction of the given names Gallus and Uori.
Caluzi Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Luzi.
Calvander Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a combination of a place name and the common surname suffix -ander (from Greek ἀνδρός (andros) "man").
Calvete Spanish
It means bald. It's a surname of the Galician origin.
Calvetto Galician
Meaning baldness.
Calvey Irish
Shortened form of McCalvey or McKelvey.
Calvez Breton
From Breton kalvez meaning "carpenter".
Calvi Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Calvo. Habitational name from Calvi in Benevento province.
Calwell English
I guess a differently spelled form of Caldwell. I don't know.... [more]
Calzada Spanish (Latin American)
Means "road" in Spanish.
Calzadilla Spanish
habitational name from any of the places called (La) Calzadilla, named with a diminutive of calzada 'paved road'
Calzado Spanish
Means "calced" in Spanish.
Calzaghe Sardinian, Italian
From Italian meaning "breeches".
Çam Turkish
Means "pine tree" in Turkish.
Cam Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gan, from Sino-Vietnamese 甘 (cam).
Camalov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Camal".
Camalova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Camalov.
Camama Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao kamama meaning "manly, masculine".
Camansi Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kamansi meaning "breadfruit".
Camantigue Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog kamantigi meaning "garden balsam (a type of plant)".
Cámara Spanish
Occupational name for a courtier or servant who could access the private quarters of a king or noble, from Spanish cámara meaning "room, chamber".
Câmara Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Cámara.
Camarata Sicilian
Name from city in Sicily: Cammarata
Camarena Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived by a granary.
Camargo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from a place in Andalusia called Camargo.
Camargodeabreu Portuguese (Brazilian, Portuguese-style, Archaic)
An old and wealthy family from the southern region of Brazil in Paraná and the Ribeira valley.
Camartin Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Martin.
Camastral Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and mastral, a word denoting an Ammann (see Ammann).
Camathias Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Mathias.
Camay Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kamay meaning "sugar" or "gesture".
Cambareri Italian
Variant of Cammareri, an occupational name from Sicilian cammareri meaning "servant".
Cambon Old Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
It means zigzagging river or warped (bent) river. It have a second meaning that is leg.
Cambre English (American)
Americanization of Kamper.
Cambria Italian
Denoted to someone from Cambria, Sicily, possibly of Arabic origin.
Camden English
From a place name perhaps derived from Old English camp meaning "enclosure" and denu meaning "valley".
Camembert French
Named after the village of Camembert in Normandy, France
Camen Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Men.
Camenisch Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and Menisch, itself derived from the given name Dumeni.
Camerano Italian
From the name of the town of Camerano near the city of Ancona in Marche, Italy.
Camerlengo Italian
From Italian camerlengo "chamberlain".
Camerons English
A form of the last name Cameron
Camichel Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Michael.
Camilleri Maltese, Italian
Derived from Italian cammelliere meaning "camel driver".
Camillo Italian
From the given name Camillo.
Camilo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Camilo.
Cəmilov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Cəmil".
Cəmilova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Cəmilov.
Caminada Romansh
Derived from Late Latin caminata, denoting a room provided with a fireplace.
Camino Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word for "path", or "walkway". This could have been used to denote a person who lived near a path, or one who built paths for a living.
Camiu Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a short form of the given name Barclamiu.
Camm English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Caen in Normandy, France.English: habitational name from Cam in Gloucestershire, named for the Cam river, a Celtic river name meaning ‘crooked’, ‘winding’.Scottish and Welsh: possibly a nickname from Gaelic and Welsh cam ‘bent’, ‘crooked’, ‘cross-eyed’.Americanized spelling of German Kamm.
Cammarata Italian
Habitational name from any of various places in Sicily named Cammarata, all derived from Greek καμάρα (kamara) meaning "vault".
Cammareri Sicilian, Italian
Means "servant, waiter" in Sicilian.
Cammon Scottish, Irish
Reduced form of Mccammon.
Camoranesi Italian
Originally indicated a person from Camerano, a small town near the city of Ancona in central Italy. A famous bearer of this name is the Argentine-born Italian former soccer player Mauro Camoranesi (1976-).
Camoys English
From a medieval nickname for someone with a snub nose (from Old French camus "snub nose").
Camp English
Cognate of Kemp.
Campagna Italian
Name for someone originally from any of various locations named Campagna, all derived from Latin Campania, itself from campus meaning "field".
Campanano Italian
Southern Italian:... [more]
Camper English
Respelling of German Kamper or Kämpfer (see Kampfer). The surname Camper is recorded in England, in the London and Essex area, in the 19th century; its origin is uncertain, but it may have been taken there from continental Europe.
Campi Italian
Variant of Campo.
Campilan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kampilan referring to a type of sword.
Camping English
The English form of Campana, means bells.
Campion Norman, French
English (of Norman origin) and French: status name for a professional champion (see Champion, Kemp), from the Norman French form campion.
Campumanes Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Ḷḷena.
Campus Spanish
Derived from the Latin word campus, meaning "field". It denoted someone who either lived in a field or worked in one.
Camrose English (Rare), Welsh (Rare)
From the village of Camrose in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The surname itself is derived from Welsh cam meaning "crooked, bent", and rhos meaning "moor, heath."
Camus Basque
From the name of a location in Bermeo, Vizcaya (or Biscay), a Basque region in Spain.
Cấn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gen, from Sino-Vietnamese 艮 (gèn).
Can Turkish
Means "soul, life, being" in Turkish, ultimately of Persian origin.
Can Mayan
from the word kaan meaning "snake"
Canabrava Brazilian
Cana is the short form of 'cana de açucar' that means "sugar cane", and Brava is the feminine form of 'bravo' that means "angry". There is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, called Canabrava do Norte, and according to oral tradition, the origin of the name is due to the disease and subsequent death of some animals after eating a plantation of sugar cane.
Canada French, English
It derives from the Middle English "cane", a development of the Old French "cane", meaning cane, reed.
Canak Turkish
From the Turkish town of Çanakkale. Canak is the Anglicised form, which may or may not retain its Turkish pronunciation.
Canales Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places called Canales, from canales, plural of canal ‘canal’, ‘water channel’, from Latin canalis.