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Czar RussianCzar is Russian for Caesar. Czar was the title given to the emperor’s of Russia.
Czarnecki PolishName for someone from a place called Czarnca, Czarnocin or Czarnia, all derived from Polish
czarny meaning "black".
Czarniecki PolishName for a person from a town named Czarnca, Czarne, Czarnocin or Czarnia, all derived from Polish
czarny meaning "black".
Czech Polish, EnglishFrom the ethnonym meaning "Czech", or from the short form of a personal name such as
Czesław. The English surname is borrowed from the Polish surname, or from Czech or Slovak
Čech.
Czerwonka PolishDerived from Polish
czerwony meaning "red", probably a nickname for a person who had red hair or a ruddy complexion, or for someone who frequently wore the colour red.
Czibor HungarianHungarian surname derived from the Slavic given name
Ctibor. The Hungarian soccer player Zoltán Czibor (1929-1997) was a famous bearer of this name.
Czigány HungarianOld Hungarian last name, meaning "gypsy". It could mean romani person, but it could also been given after a mental or physical trait.
Czubiński PolishThis denotes that someone’s family originated in the Masovian village of Czubin.
Czymbor PolishFrom cząber, cząbr, cąber "aromatic plant Satureja."
Czyżewski m PolishName for someone from any of various places called Czyżew or Czyżewo, derived from Polish
czyż meaning "siskin".
Dababneh ArabicFrom the name of the village of Dibbin in Jordan, itself likely from a tribal name.
D'abbeville FrenchMeans "of Abbeville" Abbeville is a commune in France. Takes its name from Latin Abbatis Villa meaning "Abbot's Village".
Dabie Akan (Latinized, Modern)Dabie was originally from the Bono people of Ghana and it is portrayed as a royal name amongst the people. Many individuals who have inherited this name are Chiefs. It's meaning is someone who's a Warrior.
D'Abruzzo ItalianVariant of
Abruzzo. It is the real surname of the American actor Alan Alda (1936-), who was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo.
Da Cruz PortugueseA variant of
Cruz, with the addition of the preposition 'da' (meaning 'of the' or 'from the').
Dad PunjabiA name found in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. The meaning of this name is 'the one who gives'. Similar to Ditta or Dutt.
Dade IrishAnglicized form of
MacDaibheid, meaning "son of David".
Dady HungarianHabitational name for someone from a place called Dad, in Fejér and Komárom counties, or Dada, in Somogy and Szabolcs counties.
Dae KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 大 meaning “great”.
Daft EnglishThis is an English surname which was especially associated with the Midland counties of the country. It derived from the Old English word of the pre-7th century "gedaeft" meaning "meek" or "mild", and as such it was a pre-Medieval personal name of some kind of popularity.
Daggett EnglishDerived from the Old French word "Dague", meaning knife or dagger, and as such was a Norman introduction into England after the 1066 Conquest. The name is a medieval metonymic for one who habitually carried a dagger, or who was a manufacturer of such weapons.
Dağlıoğlu TurkishMeans "son of the mountaineer" from Turkish
dağlı meaning "mountaineer, highlander".
Dagohoy Filipino, CebuanoFrom a shortened form of the Cebuano phrase
dagon sa huyuhoy meaning "talisman of the breeze", which was the nom de guerre of Filipino rebel
Francisco "Dagohoy" Sendrijas (1724-1800).
Dagot FrenchDerived from the Old French word "fagot", meaning "bundle of firewood". This was likely given as an occupational surname to a gatherer or seller of firewood.
Dahan Jewish (Sephardic)Occupational name for a painter or a seller of oils from Arabic دُهْن
(duhn) meaning "grease, fat, oil".
Dahlén SwedishCombination of Swedish
dal "valley" and the common surname suffix
-én.
Dahlin SwedishCombination of Swedish
dal "valley" and the common surname suffix
-in.
Dahlke GermanEastern German: from a pet form of the Slavic personal names
Dalibor or
Dalimir, which are both derived from
dal- ‘present’, ‘gift’.
Dahmer German, DanishA northern German or Danish habitual name for someone from one of the many places named Dahme in Brandenburg, Holstein, Mecklenburg, or Silesia. A famous bearer of this name was Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer (1960 - 1993).
Dai ChineseFrom Chinese 戴
(dài) referring to the ancient state of Dai, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Daiber GermanDerived from either Middle High German
tiuber "pigeon breeder, pigeon fancier" or from Middle High German
touber "wind musician, musician who plays a wind instrument".
Daidouji JapaneseFrom 大 (
dai, tai, o) meaning "big, large, great", combined with 道 (
michi, do) meaning "road, way, trail, path", and 寺 (
ji, tera) meaning "temple".
Daigle FrenchReferred as a habitual name (someone from L’Aigle) in Orne.
Daikokuya Japanese (Rare)Possibly from Japanese prefix 大 (
dai) meaning "large" and 黒 (
koku) meaning "black" and suffix 屋 (
ya) meaning "shop".
Dailey IrishAnglicized form of Irish Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of DÁLACH".
Daily IrishAnglicized form of Ó Dálaigh, meaning "descendent of DÁLACH". The name has strong roots in the county Cork.
Daimes DutchOf Dutch origin, related to surnames
Dames and
Daïmes. Arrived in the United States in the 17th century, where it is most common.
Daino FilipinoFrom
daino ‘fallow deer’, applied as a nickname, perhaps for someone who was timid or fleet of foot, or as a metonymic occupational name for a game warden or hunter.
Daintith EnglishFrom a medieval nickname (roughly equivalent to "precious") applied to a dearly loved person (from Middle English
deinteth "pleasure, titbit", from Old French
deintiet).
Daintry EnglishMeans "person from Daventry", Northamptonshire ("Dafa's tree"). The place-name is traditionally pronounced "daintry".
Dainty EnglishFrom a medieval nickname meaning "handsome, pleasant" (from Middle English
deinte, from Old French
deint(
i)
é). This was borne by Billy Dainty (1927-1986), a British comedian.
Dake EnglishThe origins of the name Dake are from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the personal name David. Daw was a common diminutive of David in the Middle Ages. The surname is a compound of daw and kin, and literally means "the kin of David."
Dakurige Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 駄栗毛 (
Dakurige) meaning "Dakurige", a division in the area of Sawane in the city of Sado in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
Dalby English, Danish, NorwegianFrom any of the locations call Dalby from the old Norse elements
dalr "valley" and
byr "farm, settlement" meaning "valley settlement". Used by one of the catholic martyrs of England Robert Dalby... [
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Dale Norwegian, DanishHabitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse
dalr "valley".
Daleiden GermanHabitational name from a place in the Rhineland called Daleiden.
Dalgliesh ScottishScottish habitational name from a place near Selkirk, first recorded in 1383 in the form Dalglas, from Celtic
dol- ‘field’ +
glas ‘green.’
Dalglish ScottishDerived from Gaelic
dail meaning "field" and
glaise meaning "brook".
Dalhousie ScottishMeant "person from Dalhousie", near Edinburgh (perhaps "field of slander").
Dall IrishDerived from Old Irish
dall, a byname meaning "blind".
Dallimore EnglishAn English surname probably derived from the French de la mare, meaning "of the sea", though some contend that "mare" springs from the English word moor. This surname probably arose after the Norman conquest of Britain.
Dalloway EnglishMeant "person from Dallaway", West Midlands (perhaps from a Norman personal name, "person from (
de) Alluyes", northern France). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mrs Dalloway, central figure of the eponymous novel (1925) by Virginia Woolf.
Dalmas FrenchSurname Dalmas was first found in Limousin. Literally means "of the sea."
Dalrymple ScottishHabitational name from
Dalrymple, a village and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland, said to be named from Gaelic
dail chruim puill meaning "field of the crooked stream" or "dale of the crooked pool".
Da Luz PortugueseFrom a religious epithet meaning ‘of the light’, specifically the Marian name "Nuestra Señora da Luz" (which means "Our Lady of the Light").
Dalziel ScottishMeans "person from Dalyell", in the Clyde valley (probably "white field"). The name is standardly pronounced "dee-el". A fictional bearer is Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel, one half of the detective team of 'Dalziel and Pascoe' in the novels (1970-2009) of Reginald Hill.
Damanik BatakMeans "charismatic, noble, intelligent", derived from Simalungun Batak
si mada meaning "possessor, owner" and
manik meaning "enthusiasm, charisma, intelligence".
Damas FrenchFrench form of
Damascus. Famous bearer Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978) was a French poet and politican from French Guiana, cofounder of the Négritude Mouvement and author of the collection "Black Label".
Damask EnglishPresumably an occupational name for someone who sold damask a richly woven material of a kind originally made in Damascus.
Damaskos GreekGreek term for دمشق (
Dimašq) known in English as Damascus, the capital of Syria and one of the oldest capitals in the world.
d'Amboise FrenchDenoted a person from
Amboise, a commune located in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Dambudzo ShonaDambudzo means "that which causes suffering or trouble". #The Zimbabwean writer, Dambudzo Marechera is a famous bearer of this name".
Dame French, EnglishFrom the old French
dame, "lady" ultimately from Latin
domina, "mistress".
Dameron FrenchNickname for a foppish or effeminate young man, Old French
dameron, a derivative of Latin
dominus "lord", "master" plus two diminutive endings suggestive of weakness or childishness.
Damgaard DanishDanish name element
gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix
dam meaning "pond".
Damian French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak, PolishFrom the medieval personal name
Damian, Greek
Damianos (from
damazein "to subdue"). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas... [
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Damm GermanFrom a short form of a personal name containing the Old High German element
thank "thanks", "reward".
Damon English, ScottishFrom the personal name
Damon, from a classical Greek name, a derivative of
damān "to kill". Compare
Damian.
D'Amour FrenchPatronymic from
Amour, this name was a nickname for an amorous man or a love child.
Danao Filipino, TagalogTopographic name for someone who lived near a body of water, derived from Tagalog
danaw meaning "lagoon, lake".