All Submitted Surnames

Dondo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 闐々 (dondo), from ドンド (dondo), an onomatopoeic word for sounds of thuds and bangs, referring to a water gate; to a person working at one.... [more]

Dondon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 闐々 (see Dondo).

Doneddu Italian
From Sardinian doneddu "little gift".

Donegan Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Donnagáin. Diminutive of "donn" which means "brown," referring to hair color.

Donel Irish
Variant of Donnel

Donell Irish
Variant of Donnell

Donelson Irish, Scottish
Variant of McDonnell.

Döner Turkish
Means "rotating, turning" in Turkish.

Donestevez Spanish

Donetskiy m Russian, Yiddish (Russified, ?)
Means "from Donyetsk".

Donets'kyy m Ukrainian, Yiddish (Ukrainianized, ?)
Ukrainian form of Donetskiy.

Donev Macedonian

Đồng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Tong, from Sino-Vietnamese 同 (đồng).

Dongen Dutch

Dongfang Chinese
From Chinese 東方 (dōngfāng) meaning "east".

Donggo Manchu

Dongo African

Donham Scottish
A surname meaning "House on the Hill" .

Donica English

Donizetti Italian

Donk Dutch
Means "sandy hill" in Dutch, specifically referring to a hill above a marsh or silty area. Element found in several place names.

Donker Dutch
Means "dark, dim, somber" in Dutch, a nickname for a person with dark hair or a dark complexion, or perhaps for someone with a gloomy demeanour.

Donkoh Ghana

Donladson English (Rare)
Means "son of Donald".

Donleavy Irish (Anglicized)

Donlin English

Donlucas Spanish

Dönmez Turkish
Means "steadfast, steady, firm" in Turkish.

Donn Scottish, Irish
Variant of Donne.

Donna Italian
Probably a matronymic, from the given name Donna meaning "lady, mistress" in classical Italian and "woman" in modern Italian. May alternately derive from a place name.

Donnachie English

Donnal Scottish
Variant of Donnel

Donnaloia Italian
A matronymic from Italian donna "lady, mistress" and Aloia.

Donnan English

Donnarumma Italian

Donnel Irish
Variant of Donnell

Donnellan Irish
From the Gaelic Domhnallain, a diminutive of Donnell/Domhnall meaning "world mighty" (Irish form of the Scottish Donald).

Donnelson Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
Variant of Donelson

Donners Dutch
Variant of Donders.

Donnrin Irish
Irish origin derived from Donn. ... [more]

Donny French

Dono English

Donough Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Donnchadha meaning "the descendent of Donnchadh" (cf. Donoghue).

Donskikh Russian
Derived from the name of the Don river, derived from an Aryan root meaning "river".

Donson English
Means "son of Don

Donth Low German (Rare)
Donth is a very rare surname that comes from Germany. No real information about this surname.

Dontis Greek

Donyale Biblical French (Modern, Rare, Archaic, ?)

Dönz Romansh
Variant of Tönz.

Doofenshmirtz Popular Culture

Dooher Irish

Dooky African American

Dooley Old Irish

Doolin Irish
Variant of Dolan.

Doolittle English
From a medieval nickname applied to a lazy man (from Middle English do "do" + little "little"). It was borne by the American poet Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961). A fictional bearer is Eliza Doolittle, the flower seller in Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' (1913); and a variant spelling was borne by Dr Dolittle, the physician who had the ability to talk to animals, in the series of books written by Hugh Lofting from 1920.

Dooly Irish, English
Variant of Dooley.

Doomun Mauritian Creole

Doonle Somali
The surname "Doonle" can be interpreted as "the one who seeks" or "the seeker." This reflects a meaningful characteristic of pursuit and exploration. The name is derived from the Somali word "doon," which means "to seek" or "to want." Additionally, "doon" also translates to "boat," symbolizing the journey and exploration of new horizons.

Doornbos Dutch
Denoted a person who lived near thorn bushes, derived from Dutch doornbos literally meaning "thorn bush".

Doos Luxembourgish

Dopereiro Galician
This is a surname that alludes to the locality of Pereiro de Aguiar (northern Spain). Also, this is an apple tree and its fruit is the pero (apple fruit).

Do Pereyro Galician
Do Pereyro is an apple tree. It is very old surname, dating from the Middle Ages. Do Pereyro comes from Galicia (northern Spain).

Dopieralski Polish

Dopson English
Means "son of Dobbe".

Dor Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Dor, means "generation" in Hebrew.

Dora Romansh
Derived from the given name Dorothea.

Dorado Spanish
From dorado "golden" (from Late Latin deaurare "to gild", from aurum "gold"), probably applied as a nickname to someone with golden hair.

Dorakis Greek

Doral Indian

Dorchester English
Derived from either the village in Oxfordshire, or the county town of Dorset, England (both of which have the same name). Both are named with a Celtic name, respectively Dorcic and Durnovaria combined with Old English ceaster meaning "Roman fort, walled city".

Dorchincez German (Austrian, ?), Hungarian (?)

D'Oreste Italian
From the given name Oreste

D'oreval French (Archaic)
Shorter form of D'orevalle.

D'orevalle French (Archaic)
Variant form of D'aurevalle. A known bearer of this surname was the medieval bishop Hugh d'Orevalle (d. 1084 or 1085).

D'oreville French (Archaic)
Variant form of D'aureville.

Dorey English, Guernésiais

Doriani Italian
Derived from the given name Doriano.

Dorin English

Dorin Romanian
From the given name Dorin.

D'orival French
Variant form of D'oreval. This is also one of the very few forms (of what is ultimately the D'aurevalle surname) that is still in use nowadays.

Dorizzi Romansh
Derived from the given name Duri.

Dorjee Tibetan
From the given name Dorji.

Dorji Bhutanese
Means "diamond"; derived from Tibetan. The Dorji are a prominent and powerful family in Bhutan, with some members having been monarchs or holders of government positions. In 2014, this was the most common surname in Bhutan.

Dorjsuren Mongolian

Dorkenoo Akan
Meaning unknown.

Dorko Slovak

Dorland English
A variant of Darling. It was a name for a person who was greatly loved by his friends and family. The surname was originally derived from the word deorling, which meant "darling".

Dorlia French, Italian

Dorman English
From the Old English personal name Deormann, composed of Old English deor (see Dear) + mann 'man'. This surname became established in Ireland in the 17th century; sometimes it is found as a variant of Dornan.

Dormeuil French

Dorn German, Jewish, Flemish
Means "thorn" in German. Given as a habitational name to someone who lived near thorn bushes, or as an ornamental name.

Dorn English
Either a place name from Dorn, Worcestershire, possibly derived from a root word meaning "fort, stronghold", or a variant of Thorn from Middle High German dorn "thorn" (from ancient Germanic þurnaz).

Dorňák Czech

Dornan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic surname Ó Dornáin

Dorne French

Dorney Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of O'Doirinne.

Dorofeev Russian
Variant transcription of Dorofeyev.

Dorofeyev Russian
Means "son of Dorofey".

Doron Hebrew
From the given name Doron.

Doronio Tagalog, Filipino

Doroshevich Russian

Dorozhkin Russian
Derived from Russian дорожка (dorozhka) meaning "strip" or "small road, path".

Dörr German
Variant of Dürr.

Dorša Latvian

Dorsa Italian
Derived from the Albanian placename Durrës.

Dorsainvil Haitian Creole
Ornamental name derived from French d'or meaning "of gold" combined with saint "holy" and vil "settlement" (the Haitian Creole spelling of French ville).

Dorsay French
French form of Dorsey.

Dorschke Polish

Dorta Romansh

Dortmund German
Regional name for someone from Dortmund.

Dortmundt Dutch
Dutch form of Dortmund.

d'Orves French
Denoted someone from Orve, a commune in the Doubs department in eastern France.

Dorwin English (Rare)

Doryn English

Dorzhiev Buryat
From the given name Dorzho.

Dorzhieva f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Dorzhiev.

Dos Arabic

Dosamantes Spanish

Dosch German
Topographic name for someone living near bushes or brush, from Middle High German doste, toste ‘leafy branch’, or a habitational name from a house with a sign depicting a bush. Also an altered spelling of Dasch.

Dosch Romansh
Variant of Dusch.

Doshi Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Means "cloth seller" derived from Persian دوش (duš) meaning "shoulder".

Døskeland Norwegian
A surname originating from south-western Norway. The Døskeland farm in Sande, Gaular is the most notable place name. An older pronunciation, Dysjeland, has also been suggested by the Norwegian archaeologist Oluf Rygh... [more]

Doss German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss)
German: Habitational name for someone from Dosse in Altmark. Variant of Dose ... [more]

Dos Santos Portuguese, Galician
Means "of the saints" in Portuguese and Galician, originally given to a person born or baptized on All Saints' Day.

Dossat English, Scottish
Possibly from French origins (used predominantly in Louisiana in the United States).

Dossett English
Recorded in several forms including Dowsett, Dosset, and Dossit, this is an English surname. ... [more]

Doster German, Belgian
A German surname, which is from an agent derivative of the Middle High German words 'doste' and 'toste' (meaning ‘wild thyme’, ‘shrub’, ‘bouquet’). It is a topographic surname which was given to someone whose land abutted an uncultivated piece of land, or possibly an occupational name for someone who dealt herbs.... [more]

Dostoyevsky Belarusian, Russian
Habitational name from Dostoev in Belarus.

Doszhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Doszhan".

Doszhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Doszhanov.

Dot English

Dota Japanese
From 土 (do) meaning "soil, ground earth" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Dotani Japanese (Rare)
戸 (Do) means "door" or 藤 (do) means "wisteria". 谷 (Tani) means "valley".

Dotson English
Patronymic of the Middle English name Dodde. Originally derived from the Germanic root dodd meaning "something rounded", used to denote a short, rotund man.

Dötter German
From a Germanic personal name formed with theud ‘people’, ‘race’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘strong’ or hari, heri ‘army’

Dou Chinese
From Chinese 窦 (dòu) meaning "hole, burrow".

Doua Western African

Douangdara Lao
From Lao ດວງ (douang) meaning "ball, sphere, circle" and ດາລາ (dara) meaning "star".

Douangmala Lao
From Lao ດວງ (douang) meaning "circle" and ມາລາ (mala) meaning "bunch of flowers, garland".

Douangphachanh Lao
From the Lao classifier ດວງ (douang) for spherical objects and ພະຈັນ (phachanh) meaning "moon".

Douangphrachanh Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ດວງພະຈັນ (see Douangphachanh).

Douangsavanh Lao
From Lao ດວງ (douang) meaning "circle, sphere" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Doubleday English
Possibly from the nickname or byname do(u)bel meaning "the twin", or a combination of the given name Dobbel (a pet form of Robert) and Middle English day(e) meaning "servant".

Doublet Maltese

Doubrava Czech
It means "forest".

Doubtfire English

Doucet French
Nickname for a gentle minded person from French doux "sweet" (from Latin dulcis).

Doucette English (Canadian)

Douchi Japanese
Possibly from 戸 (do) meaning "door" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Doucouré Western African, Soninke
Meaning uncertain.

Doud English, Irish
Variant of Dowd.

Doudesis Greek

Dougall Scottish

Dougan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Dubhagáin or Ó Duibhginn.

Dougenis Greek
Possibly from the elements doulos (δουλος)- "slave, servant" and genes (γενης)- "born".

Doughtie English
Variant of Doughty.

Doughty English
Doughty. This interesting surname of English origin is a nickname for a powerful or brave man, especially a champion jouster, deriving from the Middle English "doughty", Olde English pre 7th Century dohtig dyhtig meaning "valiant" or "strong"... [more]

Douillard French
Nickname for a softie, possibly derived from Old French do(u)ille meaning "soft, tender".

Doukaina f History, Late Greek
Feminine form of Doukas. Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina was a Byzantine Empress by marriage to the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos.

Doukakis Greek
Means "son of the duke", from Greek Δούκας (doúkas) combined with the patronymic suffix ακης (akis).

Doukas Greek
From medieval Greek doukas "duke", "lord", from Latin dux. This was the name of a family of imperial rank in medieval Byzantium.

Douma West Frisian
Patronymic from the personal name Douwe.

Doumbia Western African

Doumer French

Doumergue French

Dōune Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall" and 畝 (une) meaning "raised ridge of earth in a field; furrow", referring to possibly a place with a hall and a field.

Doune Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂畝 (see Dōune).

Dourado Portuguese

Douune Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂畝 (see Dōune).

Douw Dutch
Possibly from the given name Douwe, derived from West Frisian do "dove, pigeon". Alternatively, from a short form of David.

Douwes Dutch

Douwes Dutch, Frisian
From the given name Douwe, itself derived from Frisian dou meaning "dove, pigeon". A notable bearer was the Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli.

Doux French
From French meaning "sweet". Probably a nickname for someone who's gentle and kind-hearted.

Douyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂湯 (see Dōyu).

Dova Italian

Doval Galician
From 'do val' meaning 'of the valley. Galician origins.

Dovbyk Ukrainian

Dove English

Dovel English
A English name that originated from the french surname Duval in 1725 in England, the Dovels are historically farmers and are mostly found in the USA.

Dover English

Dovey English

Dovhanych Rusyn
From Rusyn довгий (dovhyy), meaning "long".

Dövlətov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Dövlət".

Dovletov m Turkmen (Russified)
Russified form of Döwletow.

Dovletova f Turkmen (Russified)
Russified form of Döwletowa.

Dovzhenko Ukrainian
Derived from the word довгий, which means "long" in Ukrainian.

Dow Scottish, Irish
Variant of Duff.

Dow English
Variant of Daw.

Dow Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Douw.

Dow German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dau, from the Frisian personal name Douwe meaning "dove, pigeon".

Doward English, Welsh
Indicated that the bearer lived by two hills, from Old Welsh dou "two" and garth "hill"

Dowd Irish
From Irish Ó Dubhda meaning "descendant of Dubhda", where Dubhda is a byname derived from Irish dubh "black, black-haired".

Dowd English
Derived from the given name Doude.

Dowdall Irish
Of English origin

Dowell English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Dubhgall, composed of the elements dubh meaning "black" and gall, "stranger". This was used as a byname for Scandinavians, in particular to distinguish the dark-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians.

Dowler English
Occupational name for a maker of dowels and similar objects, from a derivative of Middle English “dowle”.

Döwletow m Turkmen
Means "son of Döwlet".

Döwletowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Döwletow.

Dowling Irish (Anglicized), English
Anglicanized form of Ó Dúnlaing and Ó Dubhlainn.

Down English
Derived from Old English dun meaning "down, low hill".

Downard English
Downard comes from England as a diminutive of Downhead in Somerset and Donhead in Wiltshire.

Downe English (British)
a Sloping Declivity or Tract of Low Hills

Downes English

Downey Irish
Anglicization of Irish name Dounaigh, which is, in turn, an Gaelicization of a Norman name. Dates from the 11th c.

Downing English
Derived from the Old English given name Dunning.

Downing English
Topographic name derived from Middle English doun "hill, down" (see dun). Compare Downer.

Downs English
This surname is derived from the Old English element dun meaning "hill, mountain, moor." This denotes someone who lives in a down (in other words, a ridge of chalk hills or elevated rolling grassland).

Downsy English

Downy English (Australian)

Dowrick English
This name is found fairy widely in Cornwall, England.

Dowsett English

Dowson English
Either a patronymic surname derived from the given name Dow, a medieval variant of Daw (which was a diminutive of David), or else a metronymic form of the medieval feminine name Dowce, literally "sweet, pleasant", from Old French dolz, dous (cf... [more]

Dox Belgian

Doyenarte Medieval Basque (Latinized, Rare, Archaic)
It means a place or site near the forest.

Doyne Irish
From the word donn meaning "brown".

Dōyu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall" and 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath; hot spring".

Doyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂湯 (see Dōyu).

Dozier French
Meaning "lives near willow trees" or possibly someone who made goods, such as baskets, from willow wood.

Drab Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ทรัพย์ (see Sap).

Drabkin Belarusian, Jewish
Jewish (from Belarus): metronymic from Yiddish drabke “loose woman”. Can also be from drabki (Belarusian) 'light cart' (+ the same suffix -in), an occupational name for a coachman (Alexander Beider).... [more]

Drabot Polish (?)

Draby Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ทรัพย (see Sap).

Drace English

Drach Irish
Variant of Drake.

Drach Jewish
Ornamental surname derived from German Drache "dragon" (ultimately from Middle High German trache).

Dracos English

Dracula Romanian
The Wallachian name for dragon was "Drac" or "Dracul". Vlad II of Wallachia joined a semi-secret order known as The Order of the Dragon and took the name Vlad Dracul. The word "Drac" can also mean "devil" or "evil spirit"... [more]

Drag Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of several farms named Drag. The place name is related to Old Norse draga "to pull" (compare modern Norwegian dra with the same meaning) and originally denoted a place where boats were pulled along a river or across an isthmus.

Drag Polish
Nickname for a tall, thin person.

Dragan Romanian
Possibly from the given name Dragan or a form of Draganov.

Dragaš Serbian

Dragases Greek, History, Serbian (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Serbian surname Dragaš. This was the surname of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, who took her mother's surname, Helena Dragaš, as his second last name

Dragavei Romanian (Rare)
"It is a wild plant that consists in big curly leaves.It is called curly dock in english."

Dragneel Popular Culture
Possibly based on the word dragon. This is the surname of Natsu Dragneel, a main character in Fairy Tail.

Dragoev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".

Dragoeva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dragoev.

Dragojević Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Dragoje".

Dragomir Romanian
From the given name Dragomir.

Dragomiroff Bulgarian (Anglicized)

Dragomirović Serbian
Means "son of Dragomir" in Serbian.

Dragon French, English
Nickname or occupational name for someone who carried a standard in battle or else in a pageant or procession, from Middle English, Old French dragon "snake, monster" (Latin draco, genitive draconis, from Greek drakōn, ultimately from derkesthai "to flash")... [more]

Dragone Italian
See Drago.

Dragonetti Italian
Diminutive of drago or dragone "dragon".

Dragoo American, French (Huguenot)
Americanized form of Dragaud, a French (Huguenot) surname derived from the Germanic given name Dragwald, itself derived from the elements drag- meaning "to carry" and wald "power, rule".

Dragunas English

Dragusha Albanian

Dragutinović Serbian
Means "son of Dragutin".

Drahuschak Ukrainian

Drai Arabic (Maghrebi)

Drakakis Greek

Drakeford English
The first element of this locational surname is probably derived from the personal name Draca or Draki (see Drake), while the second element is derived from Old English ford meaning "ford"... [more]

Drakopoulos Greek
Descendant or son of the dragon.

Drakos Greek
From the Greek name Δρακων (Drakon) which means "dragon, serpent"

Drakoularakos Greek

Dramis Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Not just a surname in Italy; it can also be found in Argentina and Brazil.... [more]

Dransfield English
Means "Drains the fields".

Drap Slovak

Drapkin Belarusian, Jewish
Phonetic spelling in Belarus of Drabkin... [more]

Drapšin Serbian

Draskóczy Hungarian

Drašković Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin

Dratch Jewish

Draxler German
Derived from the Middle High German "Drehseler," meaning "turner," and was most likely initially borne by a turner or lathe worker.

Dray English
From Middle English dregh, probably as a nickname from any of its several senses: "lasting", "patient", "slow", "tedious", "doughty". Alternatively, in some cases, the name may derive from Old English drýge "dry, withered", also applied as a nickname.

Drayon English

Drayton English

Drażba Polish
Polish occupational name from dražba "auction".

Dražeta Serbian
Derived from the name Dražen.

Dražić Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Draža".

Dreamer English
The word dreamer (or surname) comes from the word dream with an added -er at the end indicating someone is dreaming. The word dream comes from the Dutch phrase droom and the German phrase Traum.

Dreifuss German, Jewish
Variant of Dreyfuss

Dreik French
Derived from the Old Norse given name Draki or the Old English given name Draca both meaning "dragon".

Dreissigacker German

Drennan Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
From Gaelic Ó Draighneáin meaning "descendant of Draighneán", a byname meaning "blackthorn".

Drenović Serbian

Drenth Dutch
From the place name Drenthe, possibly derived from Old Dutch thrie "three" and hant "lands".

Drepanis Greek
From the Greek word for scythe: drepani (δρεπάνι).

Drescher Yiddish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a thresher, German Drescher, Yiddish dresher, agent derivatives of Middle High German dreschen, Yiddish dresh(e)n 'to thresh'.... [more]

Drešević Montenegrin
Habitational name for someone from Drešaj, Montenegro.

Dreshaj Albanian

Dressel Italian
Italian form of Dressler

Dreu Filipino

Dreux French

Drever English, Scottish

Drew Irish

Drewery English
Variant of Drury.

Drewitt English, French
English (Wiltshire Berkshire and Surrey): of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Druet a diminutive of Drue Dreu (from ancient Germanic Drogo); see Drew Alternatively the name may be from a diminutive of Old French dru ‘lover’

Drewkona Polish

Drewry English
Variant of Drury.

Drews German
draves... [more]

Drex Hebrew

Drexel German, Jewish
It originates from the pre 7th century word 'dreseler' meaning 'to turn', a verb which in medieval times had a wide range of meanings.

Drexler German
Variant of Dressler.

Drey English

Dreyfous Jewish
Variant of Dreyfuss.

Dreyfus French, German, Jewish
French-influenced variant of Dreyfuss, popular amongst people of Alsatian Jewish descent.

Dreyfuss German, Jewish
Means "three feet" in German. This surname originates from the German city of Trier. The Latin name for the city was "Treveris," whose pronunciation eventually developed into Dreyfuss. The spelling variants tend to correspond to the country the family was living in at the time the spelling was standardized: the use of one "s" tends to be more common among people of French origin, while the use of two tends to be found among those of German descent

Dridi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown (chiefly Tunisian and Algerian).

Drielsma Dutch, Jewish
Derived from the Frisian town IJlst. IJlst in Frisian is Drylts > Dryls > Driels combined with the Frisian surname suffix -(s)ma, which is most likely derived from Old Frisian monna meaning "men". Drielsma has Frisian Jewish origins.... [more]

Drieu French