All Submitted Surnames

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Dzhamalova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Джамалов (see Dzhamalov).
Dzharimov Circassian (Russified)
Russified form of a Circassian name possibly from Adyghe джары (ǯ̍ārə) meaning "that is" combined with мэ (mă) meaning "this" or "smell". A notable bearer is Aslan Dzharimov (1936-), the former President of the Adyghe Republic from 1992-2002.
Dzhioty Ossetian
Most likely related to Sanskrit उज्ज्वल (ujjvala) meaning "bright, radiant, luminous".
Dzhokharov Chechen
Means "son of Dzhokhar".
Dzhokharova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Джохаров (see Dzhokharov).
Dzhopua Abkhaz
Abkhaz family name of unknown meaning.
Dziadzienka Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian дзед (dzied) meaning "grandfather, old man".
Działo Polish
Derived from Polish działo "cannon" or "gun" as an occupational name metonymically. It can also be a nickname from Polish działać "to work", "to do", "to influence", etc.
Działoszyński Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Działoszyn.
Działyński Polish
This indicates familial origin within Działyń, Gmina Zbójno.
Dziamidčyk Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Dziamid.
Dziekan Polish
Occupational name for "dean" from Polish dziekan.
Dziemidzienka Belarusian
Derived from the given name Dziamid.
Dziencielsky Polish
It is the surname of Chaya, a character in the movie Defiance played by Mia Wasikowska.
Dziuba Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from Polish dziub or Ukrainian dzyuba. It is a nickname for a person with pock-marks on his or her face.
Džomek Slovak (?)
Origin of the name is not known. Possibly came from Poland. In Slovakia in 1995 lived 15 people with this surname.
Dzugaev Ossetian (Russified)
Probably derived from Dzuga, the name of a past ancestor and the founder of the family/clan of uncertain meaning, though it could have been used to refer to a shepherd or herder if derived from Iron Ossetian дзуг (dzug) meaning "flock, herd (of sheep or cattle)".
Dzul Mayan
Mayan name from a term meaning ‘stranger’ also ‘gentleman’.
Dźwigał Polish
Derived from Polish dźwigać "to lift; to lug".
E Chinese
Meaning is "abbr. of Iraq/Iran"
Eachus English, Swiss
Name is said to have originated in Cheshire and Lancashire. A variant of Etches, possibly a variant of Edge , with post-medieval excrescent -s and devoicing of the consonant, or an altered pronunciation of the nickname Edgoose (Middle English Edcus, early modern English Etcus)... [more]
Eade English (British, ?)
Originally derived from the Old English name Eadwig. Surname found mainly in Scotland and northern England. Americanized spelling of Norwegian Eide... [more]
Eadie English
Variant of Eady
Eagle English
Nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle "eagle" (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).
Eagleburger English (American)
Americanized form of German Adelberger, a habitational name for someone from a place called Adelberg near Stuttgart.
Eaglesham Scottish
From the name of a village in Scotland.
Eakin Irish
Variant of Egan.
Eakin English
Variant of Atkin.
Eakins English
Variant of Eakin, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Ealey English
Variant of Ely.
Eamer English
Possibly derived from the given name Eomer, or from Middle English yẹ̄mer "guardian, keeper, protector; guard".
Eames English
Probably from the possessive case of the Middle English word eam ‘uncle’, denoting a retainer in the household of the uncle of some important local person. Possibly also a variant of Ames.
Eanes Portuguese
Variant of Anes.
Eargle English
Variant of Ergle.
Earhart English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Ehrhardt.
Earickson Norwegian
A form of Ericsson or Erikson
Earlbaum Germanic
Derived from Germanic eorl, meaning "earl('s)" and boum, meaning "tree".
Earle English
Variant of Earl.
Earley German, Irish
The surname Earley originally derived from the Old English word Eorlic which referred to one who displayed manly characteristics.... [more]
Early Irish, English, American, German
Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó Mocháin (see Mohan; Gaelic moch means ‘early’ or ‘timely’), or of some other similar surname, for example Ó Mochóir, a shortened form of Ó Mochéirghe, Ó Maoil-Mhochéirghe, from a personal name meaning ‘early rising’.... [more]
Earnhardt German
It is a name for a courageous or honorable person. The surname Earnhardt is composed of two German words meaning honor and bravery.
Earnshaw English
Means "person from Earnshaw", Lancashire ("Earn's nook of land" - Earn from an Old English personal name meaning literally "eagle"). In fiction this surname is borne by Catherine Earnshaw, her brother Hindley and her nephew Hareton, characters in Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights' (1847).
Easa Dhivehi
From the given name Easa.
East English
From the English vocabulary word, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *austrą "east". It originally denoted someone who lived to the east of something, or someone who came from the east.
Eastburn English
Habitational name from either of two places, one in Humberside and one in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English ēast, ēasten "east" and burna "stream".
Eastep English
Altered form of Easthope.
Easterbrook English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter meaning "eastern" + brook meaning "stream".
Eastgate English
Name for a person who lived near the eastern gate of a town or in a town named Eastgate.
Easthope English
From the name of the village and civil parish of Easthope in Shropshire, England, derived from Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and hop meaning "enclosed valley".
Eastin English
Variant of Easton.
Eastlake English
"East lake".
Eastland English
Meaning "east land".
Eastley English
A Saxon village called East Leah has been recorded to have existed since 932 AD. (Leah is an ancient Anglo-Saxon word meaning 'a clearing in a forest'). There is additional evidence of this settlement in a survey from the time which details land in North Stoneham being granted by King Æthelstan to his military aid, Alfred in 932 AD... [more]
Eastman English
Derived from the Old English given name Eastmund, or a variant of East.
Eastvold English (American)
Anglicized form of the Norwegian surname Østvold.
Eastwood English
From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English east "east" and wudu "forest, wood"... [more]
Eatherton English
Probably a variant spelling of Atherton.
Ebadi Persian
Derived from Arabic عِبَاد (ʿibād), the plural of عَبْد (ʿabd) meaning “servant, slave”.
Ebanks English
Probably a variant of Eubanks.
Ebben Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the personal name Ebbe derived from Egbert, after conversion by assimilation into Ebbert... [more]
Ebbert Low German
From the personal name Ebbert, an assimilated form of Egbert.
Ebbert Low German
Variant of Ebert as a shortened form of Eberhardt.
Eben English
Meaning unknown. It could be from the given name Eden, from the place name Eden, meaning "Place Of Pleasure".
Ebeneezer English
Obtained from the given name Ebenezer
Ebenezer English
From the given name Ebenezer.
Eberhard German (Americanized)
Americanized version of Eberhardt.
Eberhart German
From the given name Eberhard
Eberling German (Austrian)
The surname Eberling was first found in Austria, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. Always prominent in social affairs, the name became an integral part of that turbulent region as it emerged to form alliances with other families within the Feudal System and the nation... [more]
Eberly Upper German, German (Swiss), English (American)
Variant of Eberle, which is a diminutive of Eberhard.
Ebert German, American
Shortened form of the German given name Eberhard.
Ebihara Japanese
From a combination of 海 (e) meaning "vastly, gathered, sea, ocean, wide, vast" and 老 (bi) meaning "old age, elderly" or 蛯 (ebi) meaning "pawn, shrimp, lobster", that is then combined with 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Ebikeme African
Unsure of the source, used famously by Charles Ebikeme, African scholar and educator in the 21st century.
Ebina Japanese
From Japanese 蝦 (ebi) meaning "shrimp, prawn" and 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation".
Ebisu Japanese, Japanese Mythology
This name most likely comes from the god Ebisu, his name being spelled in numerous ways, one of them being 戎 (ebisu) meaning "arms" or 蛭 (ebi, hiru) meaning "leech" and 子 (ko, su) meaning "child, sign of the rat"... [more]
Ebitsubo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海老坪 (Ebitsubo) meaning "Ebitsubo", a division in the area of Mimura in the city of Ishioka in the prefecture of Ibaraki in Japan.
Ebrahimian Persian
From the given name Ebrahim.
Ebrahimpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian ابراهیم‌پور (see Ebrahimpour).
Ebrahimpour Persian
Means "son of Ebrahim" in Persian.
Ebrahimzadeh Persian
From the given name Ebrahim combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Ebtehaj Persian
Derived from Arabic ابتهاج (ibtihāj) meaning "joy, delight".
Ecca Italian
From Sardinian ecca "gate".
Eccbeer English (Rare)
From Middle English aker "field" and Old English bǣre "swine pasture," denoting someone who lived near one.... [more]
Eccles English
From the name of a town in Greater Manchester, England or another town or village named Eccles, derived from Latin ecclesia via Romano-British ecles meaning "church".
Echalar Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxalar.
Echauri Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxauri.
Echelbarger English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Eichelberger.
Echon Filipino
From Hokkien 一孫 (it-sun) meaning "first grandson".
Eck German
From Old High German ekka meaning "edge, corner".
Eckert German
Derived from the given name Eckhard.
Eckhard German
From the given name Eckhard.
Eckhardt German
From the given name Eckhard.
Eckhart German
From the given name Eckhart.
Eckhoff German
Derived from Middle Low German ecke meaning "corner, far end of a village", and hof meaning "farm, manor".
Eckland English (Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare, Expatriate), Swedish (Anglicized, Expatriate)
Possibly a variant of Ecklund. It might also be an anglicization of the rare Swedish surname Ekland or of a Norwegian name derived from several farmsteads named with eik "oak" and land "land".
Ecklund Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Eklund.
Eckström Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ekström. Ekström is often anglicized as Eckstrom.
École French (Rare)
From French meaning "school". Given to a person who lived or worked near a school.
Economides Greek
Patronymic form of Economos.
Economos Greek (Anglicized, Expatriate, ?)
Alternate transcription of Greek Οικονόμος (see Oikonomos), which was an occupational surname meaning "one who manages a household, steward of an estate, housekeeper" from the ancient Greek word οἰκόνομος (oikonomos), itself derived from οἶκος (oikos) "house, household" and νόμος (nomos) "law, custom".
Economy Greek (Americanized), English
Americanized form of Greek Οικονόμος (see Economos) meaning "steward", or of the patronymic Οικονόμου (see Economou).
Ecru French (?)
It means "unbleached" in French, but is used in English to mean brown.
Eda Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Edamura Japanese
The kanji 枝 (Eda) means "Branch", while 村 (Mura) means "Town, Village". Combine the two and the surname means "Branching Town/Village".
Eddleman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Edelmann.
Eddowes English
Derived from the given name Aldus, a medieval variant of Aldous.
Eddudóttir f Icelandic
Means "daughter of Edda 2". Used only by women.
Edduson m Icelandic
Means "son of Edda 2". Used only by men.
Eddy American
A common surname used among people whose ancestry originates from the United Kingdom (England, Ireland and Scottland etc.) Shelia Eddy is an American who was convicted in 2014 for the murder of Skylar Neese in the state of West Virginia.
Edelstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German Edelstein "gemstone; precious stone".
Edén Swedish
Possibly a habitational name from a place named with the element ed "isthmus". In some cases it could also be a shortened form of EDENIUS (a combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and the Latin suffix -enius "descendant of").
Eden English
From Middle English given name Edun, derived from Old English Ēadhūn, with the elements ēad "prosperity, wealth" and hūn "bear cub".... [more]
Eden East Frisian, German, Dutch
Refers to a descendant of someone with the given name Ede or Edo.
Eden German
Refers to someone from one of several places of the same name, mainly in Bavaria and Austria, from Middle High German œde "wasteland" and the suffix n, which signifies an action toward the root word... [more]
Eden Dutch
Variant of Van Eden.
Edens English
Variant of Eden with -s, either possessive or a post-medieval embellishment.
Edens Dutch, German
Possessive form of the give name Ede or Edo.
Edevane Welsh, Cornish
A rare Welsh surname, believed to be of Cornish origin. This surname is made up of two elements. ‘Ed’ is not a shortened form of Edward, but derives from the ancient (Old English?) ‘ead’ meaning ‘prosperity’ and/or ‘happiness’... [more]
Edgars Latvian
Latvian form of Edgar.
Edge English
Topographic name, especially in Lancashire and the West Midlands, for someone who lived on or by a hillside or ridge, from Old English ecg "edge".
Edgecombe English
From a location meaning ridge valley, from Old English ecg "edge, ridge" and cumb "valley".
Edgell English
Probably derived from the Old English given name Ecgwulf.
Edgely English
A surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a place name taken from either a village in Cheshire or one in Shropshire. The name means “park by the wood” in Old English.
Edgerly English
Habitational name from any of numerous minor places named Edgerley, Edgerely, or Hedgerley.
Edgerton English
From a place name meaning either "settlement of Ecghere" or "settlement of Ecgheard" (see Ekkehard).
Edgeworth English
From a place name: either Edgeworth in Gloucestershire or Edgworth in Lancashire. The place names themselves derive from Old English ecg "edge" and worþ "enclosure"... [more]
Edging English
Variant of Edge.
Edin Swedish
Variant of Edén.
Edirisingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala එදිරිසිංහ (see Edirisinghe).
Edirisinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Edirisooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese එදිරිසූරිය (see Edirisuriya).
Edirisuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Ediriweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Edith English
From the given name Edith.
Edl German, Dutch, Jewish (Ashkenazi), Yiddish
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Rudi, Alois, Bernhard, Ernst.... [more]
Edler German
"Noble man." It comes from Edelman.
Edmeades English
Meant "son of Edmede", from a medieval nickname for a self-effacing person (literally "humble", from Old English ēadmēde "easy mind").
Edminsteire Scottish
john edminsteire was a person captured at the battle of dunbar in 1651 and shipped to boston in 1652 on the ship john and sarah. we can find no previous record of the edminsteire name. conjecture from f.custer edminster that did the geneology is it is a combination of french and german names and originated from people that migrated to scotland with mary queen of scots about 100 years earlier.
Edmison English, Scottish
Patronymic surname meaning “Son of Edmund”.
Edmiston Scottish
Habitational name from Edmonstone, near Edinburgh, so named from the Old English personal name Ēadmund + tūn meaning "settlement".
Edmondson English
This surname means “son of Edmond”.
Edmunds English, Welsh
Patronymic from the personal name Edmund (see Edmond).
Edmundson English
Means "son of Edmund".
Edney English
From the Middle English female personal name Idony/Edony, a French name from Latin Idonea/Idonia meaning “suitable” introduced to Britain after the Conquest.
Edo Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and to means "wisteria".
Edoh Japanese
Variant of Edo.
Edou Japanese
Variant of Edo.
Édouard French
From the given name Édouard.
Edra Jewish
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Moshe, Ehud, Haskel, Shalom, Shoshanna, Yoram.... [more]
Edralin Filipino
The most well-known bearer of this name is Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, a Filipino politician, lawyer, and kleptocrat.
Edris Arabic
Derived from the given name Idris 1.
Edson English
Patronymic or metronymic from Eade.
Edström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and ström "stream".
Eduardo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Eduardo.
Edvardsson Swedish
Means "son of Edvard".
Edward English
From the given name Edward
Edy English
Edy... [more]
Eegeesiak Inuit
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Eek Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Ek.
Eek Estonian
Possibly a corruption of Estonian leek, meaning "flame" or "blaze". Or perhaps a corruption of the Swedish word ek "oak" (see Ek).
Eelmaa Estonian
Eelmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "eel" maening "fore" aand "maa" meaning "land".
Eelmäe Estonian
Eelmäe is an Estonians surname meaning "fore hill".
Eelsalu Estonian
Eelsalu is an Estonia surname meaning "fore grove".
Eenlo Estonian
Eenlo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eend" meaning "protrusion", "overhang" and "jetty".
Eenmaa Estonian
Eenmaa is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").
Eenpalu Estonian
Eenpalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "palu" ("sandy heath").
Eenpuu Estonian
Eenpuu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "puu" ("tree").
Eensaar Estonian
Eensaar is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "saar" ("island").
Eensalu Estonian
Eensalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").
Eensoo Estonian
Eensoo is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "soo" meaning "swamp/marsh".
Eentalu Estonian
Eentalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "talu" meaning "farm".
Eero Estonian
Eero is both an Estonian surname and masculine given name.
Eesik Estonian
Eesik is an Estonian surname derived from "esik" meaning ""front" ad "vestibule" and "entry".
Eesmaa Estonian
Eesmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "(a)fore land".
Eespere Estonian
Eespere is an Estonian surname meaning "in front of (ees) homefolk/family (pere)".
Eespõld Estonian
Eespõld is an Estonian surname meaning "afore/ahead of field".
Eessaar Estonian
Eessaar is an Estonian surname meaning "fore island".
Efe Turkish
Means "older brother, brave" in Turkish.
Efetürk Turkish
Means "brother of the Turks", derived from Turkish efe meaning "older brother, brave".
Effenberg German
Possibly denoted a person coming from a place of this name in Germany, or for someone who lived on or near a mountain or hill covered with elm trees, derived from German effe meaning "elm" and berg meaning "mountain, hill"... [more]
Efimov Russian
Variant transcription of Yefimov.
Efner English
Variant of Hefner.
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