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Fresia Italian (Modern, Rare)The surname is the 202,062nd most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,535,927 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Fresia reside; 59 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent reside in Italic Europe... [
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Frett EnglishEnglish from Middle English
frette, Old French
frete ‘interlaced work (in metal and precious stones)’ such as was used for hair ornaments and the like, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such pieces.
Fretwell EnglishTaken from the Old English "freht," meaning "augury," and "well," meaning "spring, stream."
Frewin EnglishFrom the Middle English personal name
Frewine, literally "noble or generous friend".
Frey GermanStatus name for a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf, in the feudal system, from Middle High German
vri "free", "independent".
Friar EnglishDenoted a member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders. (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans)
Frías SpanishTaken from the city of Frías, in Spain. The name of the city is taken from the Spanish phrase
aguas frías, meaning "cold waters".
Fricker German, German (Swiss)Habitational name for someone from the Frick valley in Baden, Germany, or from Frick in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
Friedberg German, JewishCombination of either German
vride "security, protection" or
Friede "peace", with
berg "hill, mountain". The name is most often locational, but may in some cases be ornamental.
Friend EnglishNickname for a companionable person, from Middle English frend "friend" (Old English freond). In the Middle Ages the term was also used to denote a relative or kinsman, and the surname may also have been acquired by someone who belonged to the family of someone who was a more important figure in the community
Fries GermanDenoted someone from Frisia, an area along the coastal region of the North Sea stretching from Netherlands to Germany.
Frimodig SwedishTaken directly from Swedish
frimodig meaning "frank, outspoken, bold, ingenuous".
Frink Anglo-Saxon, NormanIt was a name given to a person who was referred to as being free or generous. The surname was originally derived from the Old French franc, which meant "liberal, generous." ... The surname also has origins from the Norman official title, the frank which also means free.
Frisby EnglishMeans "person from Frisby", Leicestershire ("farmstead of the Frisians"). A frisbee is a plastic disc thrown from person to person as a game; the trademarked name, registered in 1959 by Fred Morrison, was inspired by the Frisbie bakery of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose pie tins were the original models for the plastic discs.
Frisch GermanNickname for someone who was handsome, cheerful, or energetic, from Middle High German
vrisch.
Frisch JewishOrnamental name or nickname from modern German
frisch, Yiddish
frish "fresh".
Frizzell English (Rare)Either (i) from
Friseal, the Scottish Gaelic form of
Fraser; or (ii) from a medieval nickname applied to someone who dressed in a showy or gaudy style (from Old French
frisel "decoration, ribbon").
Froehner GermanDerived from Middle High German
vröhner meaning "servant".
Frog EnglishFrom the English word
frog which is a type of amphibian.
Froggatt EnglishTopographical name from the village of Froggatt in Derbyshire.
Frollo LiteratureMeaning unknown. This was the surname of Claude Frollo, the antagonist of
Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
From SwedishFrom Swedish
from "pious, devout, religious, holy".
Fromager FrenchOccupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.
Frosch GermanNickname for someone thought to resemble a frog.
Frost WelshOriginally spelled Ffrost (the double ff is a Welsh letter). The Welsh word ffrost refered to someone who is excessively bold or a brag, especially with regard to warrior feats. Edmund Ffrost signed his name this way on the ship's register of the boat which brought him to the Massachussett's Bay Colony in 1631... [
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Froud EnglishFrom the Old English personal name
Frōda or Old Norse
Fróthi, both meaning literally "wise" or "prudent". A variant spelling was borne by British historian James Anthony Froude (1818-1894).
Frusciante ItalianDerived from the Italian adjective
frusciante meaning "rustling, swishing, whishing", which itself is derived from the Italian verb
frusciare meaning "to rustle, to swish, to whish". The surname had probably started out as a nickname for someone who made a rustling or whishing sound whenever they walked, which was probably caused by the clothes that they were wearing (in that the clothes must have been made of a certain fabric that is prone to making some noise when touched in any way).... [
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Fruth Germannickname from Middle High German vruot ‘clever’, ‘astute’
Fu ChineseFu is a Chinese surname, meaning is uncertain but on Chinese New Year Fu means “blessing” or “good fortune
Fucci ItalianFrom the plural of
Fuccio, a short form of any of various personal names with a root ending in
-f (as for example
Rodolfo,
Gandolfo) to which has been attached the hypocoristic suffix
-uccio, or alternatively from a reduced form of a personal name such as
Fantuccio,
Feduccio.
Fuckebegger Medieval English (Rare)In 1286/1287 there is an individual with the surname Fuckebegger, recorded as one of King Edward I’s servants who managed his horses. It’s not clear from this name what the
fucke- part was referring to, with the leading hypothesis being a “striker” of some sort.
Fudzimoto Japanese (Russified)Alternate transcription of
Fujimoto more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Fuenmayor SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Fuensalida SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Fuerte SpanishDerived from the Spanish word "fuerte" meaning strong.
Fuhrer GermanOriginally, an occupational name for a carrier or carter, a driver of horse-drawn vehicles.... [
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Fujii JapaneseFrom Japanese 藤
(fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Fujisato Japanese藤 (Fuji) means "Wisteria" and 里 (Sato) means "Hamlet, Village".
Fujitani JapaneseFrom 藤
(fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 谷
(tani) meaning "valley."
Fukagai JapaneseThis might've originated in eastern Japan, because in the west, it will be pronounced "Fukatani" instead. ... [
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Fukahori JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 堀
(hori) meaning "moat".
Fukami Japanese深 (Fuka) means "Deep" and 見 (Mi) means "View, Mindset, See".
Fukhimori Japanese (Russified)Alternate transcription of
Fujimori more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Fukuchi JapaneseFrom Japanese 福 (
fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 地 (
chi) meaning "earth, soil, ground".
Fukuda JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Fukuhara JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 原
(hara) meaning "plain, field".
Fukuizumi JapaneseFrom the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" and 泉 (
izumi) "spring," "fountain."
Fukumoto JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 本
(moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Fukunaga JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 永
(naga) meaning "eternity".
Fukuoka JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 岡
(oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Fukushima JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 島
(shima) meaning "island".
Fukuyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山
(yama) meaning "mountain".
Fukuyo JapaneseFrom the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" or 副 (fuku) "accessory" and 與 or 与(yo) "together with."
Fulbright German (Anglicized)Americanized form of German surname Vollbrecht, composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’
Fulcher EnglishEnglish (chiefly East Anglia): from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + hari, heri ‘army’, which was introduced into England from France by the Normans; isolated examples may derive from the cognate Old English
Folchere or Old Norse
Folkar, but these names were far less common.
Fullerton EnglishHabitational name from a place in Scotland. Derived from Old English
fugol "bird" and
tun "settlement, enclosure".
Fumetsugawa Japanese (Rare)From japanese kanji 不滅 (fumetsu) meaning "immortal, indestructible, undying" and 河 or 川 (gawa/kawa) both meaning "river".
Furey IrishAnglicized form of Ó Fiúra and Ó Fiodhabhra. Means "bushy eyebrows" derived from Irish
fiodh "wood" and
(f)abhra "eyebrow."
Furlong English, IrishApparently a topographic name from Middle English furlong ‘length of a field’ (from Old English furh meaning "furro" + lang meaning "long".
Furlow English (British), Irishthe warrens came over to America on the Mayflower. they made settlements and went through the revolutionary war. the name changed to Baughman then Furlow. the furlows fought in the cival war and were slave owners... [
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Furman Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian
furman, a loanword from German (see
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Furuta JapaneseFrom Japanese 古
(furu) meaning "old" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Furuya JapaneseFrom Japanese 古
(furu) meaning "old" and 谷
(ya) meaning "valley" or 屋
(ya) meaning "roof, house".
Furze EnglishGiven to someone who lived by a field of furzes, a type of flower
Fusi ItalianItalian: of uncertain origin; it could be Greek, compare modern Greek Soyses, or alternatively, Caracausi suggests, of Arabic or Hebrew origin.
Fuss Medieval Low GermanGerman from Middle High German
fus ‘foot’, hence most probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot, but perhaps also a topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Fust GermanVariant of
Faust or a nickname for a person who was strong and pugnacious, derived from Old German
fust "fist".
Futaba JapaneseFuta can mean "A Pair" or "Two" with different kanji, and Ba meaning "Leaf".
Futaba is also a feminine first name.
Futamura JapaneseFrom Japanese 二 or 双 (futa) "A Pair, Two" and 村 (mura) "Village, Hamlet".
Futterman JewishOccupational name for a furrier, from Yiddish
futer "fur, fur coat" and Yiddish
man "man".
Fuyuki JapaneseFuyuki is also a first name, it most likely means "Winter Tree", written like this: 冬木.
Gabaraty OssetianDerived from Алгуз
(Alguz), an earlier Ossetian family name of unknown meaning. Historically, the last of the Alguz family migrated to the village of Zalda (located in present-day South Ossetia), where most members of the family presently reside.
Gabiria BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Gable EnglishNorthern English: of uncertain origin, perhaps a habitational name from a minor place named with Old Norse
gafl ‘gable’, which was applied to a triangular-shaped hill. The mountain called Great Gable in Cumbria is named in this way.... [
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Gabriel English, Cornish, Welsh, Scottish, French, German, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Jewish, Indian (Christian)Derived from the given name
Gabriel.