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Alaee PersianDerived from the word "Ala," which means "exalted" or "noble."
Alajõe EstonianAlajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".
Alakivi EstonianAlakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region stone".
Alam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, PersianMeans "world, universe" (عالم) or "flag, sign, mark" (علم) in Arabic. This spelling represents two separate words in Arabic.
Alamaa EstonianAlamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "field/area land".
Alamäe EstonianAlamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region hill/mountain".
Alameda SpanishTopographic name from
alameda meaning ‘poplar grove’, a collective form of
álamo meaning ‘poplar’, or a habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.
Alamets EstonianAlamets is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region forest".
Alami Arabic (Maghrebi)Derived from Arabic عَلِيم
(ʿalīm) meaning "knowing, learned, education" (see
Alim), mainly used in a religious context.
Alamillo SpanishSpanish: topographic name from alamillo a diminutive of álamo 'poplar' or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word in particular one in Ciudad Real.
Álamo Spanish, PortugueseEither a topographic name from
álamo "poplar" or a habitational name from any of several places in Spain and Portugal named with this word.
Alanís SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
Alaoja EstonianAlaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region creek".
Alaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)From the given name
Ali 1. This is the name of the current ruling royal family of Morocco, which was founded in 1631.
Alarcón SpanishAlarcón was a fort owned by the arabs in the Iberian Peninsula (Alarcón literally meaning 'the fort' in arabic), and the spaniards had the goal of owning it during the spanish reconquista. After 9 months of siege, Fernán Martínez de Ceballos climbed the walls of the fort using only two daggers and opened the gates from the inside allowing the castillan army to come in and conquer Alarcón... [
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Alardyce ScottishScottish regional surname meaning "southern cliff". From the Gaelic
all 'cliff' and
deas 'southern'.
Alas EstonianAlas is an Estonian surname, derived from either "ala-" meaning "area" and "region"; or "alasti", meaning "bald" and "nude"; "alastus" means "bareness".
Alasalu EstonianAlasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region grove".
Alasoo EstonianAlasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region swamp".
Alatalu EstonianAlatalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area farm/farmstead".
Al-attar ArabicMeans "the perfumer, the druggist" from Arabic عَطَّار
(ʿaṭṭār) "perfumer, druggist, pharmacist".
Alaväli EstonianAlaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region field".
Alavee EstonianAlavee is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".
al-Awlaki ArabicMeans "the Awlaki" in Arabic, referring to a person from the
Awalik (عواليك) tribe of south Yemen.
al-Baghdadi ArabicOriginally denoted a person who came from
Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq.
Albalat CatalanMeans "white winged" from medieval Catalan
alb ("white") and
alat ("winged"), originally from Latin
albalatus ("of white wings") and used by the Visigoths before the Umayyad conquest of Hispania to name the cotton thistle because of its whitish spiny-winged stems.
Albanese ItalianSouthern Italian : ethnic name from albanese ‘(an) Albanian’, applied to someone from Albania or from one of the Albanian settlements in Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, and Sicily.
Albany Scottish, English (American)From the title of the Dukes of Albany (House of Stuart), hence a name borne by their retainers. It is an infrequent surname in England and Scotland. The city of Albany, NY (formerly the Dutch settlement of Beverwijck or Fort Orange) was named for James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany; he was the brother of King Charles II and later king in his own right as James II... [
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Albaz Jewish, Northern AfricanAshkenazic Jewish name meaning, "falconer" found mainly amongst Jewish peoples emigrating from Algeria and Morocco.
Albee ScottishMeans either "son of the blond one" or "son of Alpin".
Al Behairy ArabicLinguistic: Comes from the word BOHAYṘA which means lake, the name "lake" is being employed as an adjective.
Albeiz Basque (Rare)From the name of a village (also called
Albéniz) in Álava, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque
albeni, which could mean "strand of thread", "thin, twisted", or "edge, bank, margin" combined with the toponymic suffix
-iz, or perhaps
(h)aitz "rock, stone"... [
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Alber GermanAlber family name was first found in
Alsace. The nickname given to someone fair in complexion or blond haired is derived from Latin word
Albanus, which means white.
Albinet FrenchDerived from the medieval French masculine given name
Albinet, which was a diminutive (as the
-et suffix indicates) of the given name
Albin.... [
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Albios Filipino (Rare)It derives from the Latin term "Albio" which means "white" or "bright". It has also been linked to geographical locations like "Albion" an ancient and poetic name for Britain. In Celtic mythologies Albio is associated with ancient Gods and Deities often embodying traits like nobility and guardianship.
Albizua BasqueFrom the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Orozko, Basque Country.
Alblas DutchFrom the name of a river in the Netherlands, or a nearby town.
Alborty OssetianDerived from
Loir, the name of a village in present-day North Ossetia-Alania.
Albright AmericanThis name was originally Albrecht. It was changed by German imigrants to America in the 1600s.
Alcalá SpanishDerived from numerous towns with this name (fortified villages during the Moorish occupation of Spain), derived from Arabic القلعة (
al-qalʿah) meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".
Alcalde SpanishSpanish: from alcalde 'mayor' from Arabic al-qāḍī 'the judge' a title dating from the days of Moorish rule in Spain.
Alcántara SpanishHabitational name denoting someone originally from the municipality of Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain. The name is ultimately derived from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة
(al-qanṭara) meaning "the bridge".
Alcaraz SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Alcázar SpanishHabitational name from any of various places for example in the provinces of Ciudad Real Cuenca and Granada named with the word
alcázar "citadel" or "palace" (from Arabic
al "the" and
qaṣr "fortress" a borrowing of Latin
castrum; see
Castro).
Alcobendas SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Alcock EnglishFrom a diminutive of given names starting with Al-.
Alcorn ScottishScottish variation of Allcorn, a name that originally came from Alchorn, a manor in the parish of Rotherfield, Sussex.
Alcott EnglishEnglish: ostensibly a topographic name containing Middle English
cott,
cote ‘cottage’ (see
Coates). In fact, however, it is generally if not always an alteration of
Alcock, in part at least for euphemistic reasons.
Alcubierre AragoneseThis indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra d’Alcubierre.
Aldaia Basque, SpanishFrom the name of a municipality in Valencia, Spain, probably derived from Arabic الضيعة
(ad-day'a) meaning "the village" (compare
Aldea).
Aldatz BasqueThe name of two towns in Basque Country, Spain, derived from
alde "side, slope" and the suffix
-tza.
Aldazabal BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of Azkoitia.
Aldea SpanishTopographic name meaning "village, hamlet" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic الضيعة
(ad-day'a).
Alderete SpanishHabitational name from any of the places in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal called Alderete probably from a Gothic personal name or derived from the Old English personal, or first name “Aldrich,” which means old ruler
Alderman EnglishStatus name from Middle English
alderman, Old English ealdorman, "elder". In medieval England an alderman was a member of the governing body of a city or borough; also the head of a guild.
Aldinger GermanHabitational name for someone from Aldingen in Württemberg.
al-Dosari ArabicMeans "the Dosari" in Arabic, referring to a person from the
Dawasir (الدواسر) Bedouin tribe of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The tribe was formed in the town of Wadi Al Dawasir, in the Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia.
Aldous EnglishAldous is one of the thousands of new names that the Norman Conquest of 1066 brought to England. It comes from the Old English female given name Aldus. Ald, the first part of the name, means old.
Aldridge Englishhabitational name from a place in the West Midlands called Aldridge; it is recorded in Domesday Book as Alrewic, from Old English alor ‘alder’ + wīc ‘dwelling’, ‘farmstead’.
Alduate Basque (Rare)From the name of a location in Urraulbeiti valley, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque
altu "tall, high" combined with either
una "pasture" or
une "place" and
-eta "place of, abundance of"... [
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al-Dulaimi ArabicMeans "the Dulaimi" in Arabic, referring to a person from the
Dulaim (الدليم) royal tribe of Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and Jordan.
Aleena Ancient GreekThis name was inspired by the greek name "Alina" and is used in places like Turkiye
Aleghieri Medieval Italian (Tuscan, Rare, Archaic)It has a hard to trace meaning, but the research shows that the meaning might be "clurgyman's family" or "son of professers." People know this last name for the poet Dante Aligheri who wrote the Dievine Comedy.
Aleksinas Greek (?)A famous bearer is the American former professional basketball player Chuck Aleksinas (1959-).
Alemán Spanishfrom
alemán an ethnic name for a German also used as a nickname for a Spanish person having some connection with Germany. Cognate to
Allman and
Allemand.
Alemdar TurkishOccupational name for a carrier of flags, banners or ensigns, from Turkish
alem meaning "banner, flag".
Aleong Trinidadian Creole, Caribbean, ChineseThe surname Aleong is likely of Chinese origin, commonly found in Trinidad and Tobago and other parts of the Caribbean. It may be derived from the Chinese surnames
Liang (梁), meaning "bridge" or "beam," or
Long (龙), meaning "dragon," both of which carry symbolic cultural significance.
Aler English (Rare), GermanFrom the alder tree, a tree found in the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. The much less common given name
Aler is possibly derived from it.
Alfani Italian(or Alfano) three possibilities: from the German word
halfer ("helper"), from a place called Alfano, which is supposed to be from the Arab
al fannan ("wild donkey"), and Alfana is the name of a race (as in type) of Arab horses, so could be someone related to horses.
al-Fayadh ArabicMeans "the generous, the charitable, the bountiful" in Arabic, derived from Arabic فَيَّاض (
fayyāḍ) meaning "to overflow".
Alfeev RussianDerived from the Russian monastic name
Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος
(eleutheros) meaning "free".
Alferyev RussianDerived from the Russian monastic name
Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος
(eleutheros) meaning "free".
Alfes JewishOfficial website of the the City of Alfés (in the Province Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) says:... [
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Alfieri ItalianFrom Italian
alfiere "standard-bearer, ensign", ultimately from Arabic
فارس (
al-faris) "horseman, rider; knight, cavalier". May alternately derive from the Germanic given name
Adalfarus, meaning "noble journey".
Alford English, ScottishHabitation name found in Lincolnshire, Surrey and Somerset, England and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name can be derived by combining the Old English female personal name
Ealdg- and
-ford meaning "water crossing" or can mean "from the alder tree ford".
Alfyorov RussianDerived from the Russian monastic name
Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος
(eleutheros) meaning "free".
Algerie Arabic (Maghrebi)Derived from the French
Algérie meaning "Algeria" (referring directly to the country itself). It also refers to someone from Annaba, Algeria.
Al-ghamdi ArabicMeans "the Ghamdi", referring to the Ghamd tribe of Saudi Arabia.
al-Ghoul Arabic (Mashriqi)Perhaps from the Arabic folklore tradition of the ghoul. In the English speaking world, this name is probably known from the Batman comic/movie characters Ra's al Ghul and Talia al Ghul.
Alhadeff Judeo-SpanishPossibly an occupational name for a weaver from Arabic الهداف
(al-̣haddāf) meaning "the weaver's shuttle". Alternately, it may be from Arabic الهدى
(al-hadā) meaning "the guided one".
Alhambra SpanishRefers to the Alhambra, a palace complex located in Granada, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء
(Al-Ḥamrā) meaning "the red one" or, ultimately, from Arabic أَحْمَر
(ʾaḥmar) "red".
Al Harbi ArabicOriginally indicated a person from the Harb tribe derived from Arabic حَرْبيّ
(ḥarbiyy) meaning "military, war, army".