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Fredrickson English, Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Fredrick", sometimes used as an Americanized spelling of Fredriksson or Fredriksen.
Free English
Nickname or status name from Old English frēo "free(-born)", i.e. not a serf.
Freeling Dutch, German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch Vrielink or German Frühling.
Freer French
Dutch spelling of Frere (brother); another variant spelling is Frear.
Fregeau French
Metathesized form of Fergeau from an old vernacular form of the Latin personal name Ferreolus derived from ferrum meaning "iron".
Freiburg German
Derives from the German words, frei, which means free, and berg, which means hill, and is the name of a city in Germany.
Freidhof German
Topographical name from the German Fredihof 'graveyard', 'cemetery' (from Middle Low German, Middle High German vrithof 'enclosed farmstead or courtyard', later 'cemetery').
Freier German
Status name of the feudal system denoting a free man, as opposed to a bondsman, from an inflected form of Middle High German vri "free".
Freier German
Archaic occupational name, from Middle High German, Middle Low German vrier, vriger, denoting a man who had the ceremonial duty of asking guests to a wedding.
Freimann German
German cognate of Freeman. from Middle High German vriman "free man" status name in the feudal system for a free man as opposed to a bondman or serf derived from the elements fri "free" and man "man".
Freire Portuguese, Galician
Means "friar" in Portuguese and Galician, either an occupational name or a nickname for a pious person.
Freitag German, Jewish
Means "Friday" in German.
Frémont French (Americanized), English (American)
Fremont is a French surname meaning Free Mountain. People include John Frémont a US Explorer and Politician who fought in the Mexican-American War to free California and many places named after him, Including Fremont, California, and Fremont Nebraska.
Frenssen Flemish
Variant of Franssen, from Limburgish Frens.
Frere French
From French frere meaning "brother".
Fresh English
Probably a nickname for someone who's young.
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... [more]
Fresnillo Spanish
Diminutive of Fresno meaning "little ash tree".
Fresno Spanish
From Spanish meaning "ash tree".
Frett English
English 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 English
Taken from the Old English "freht," meaning "augury," and "well," meaning "spring, stream."
Frewin English
From the Middle English personal name Frewine, literally "noble or generous friend".
Frey German
Status name for a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf, in the feudal system, from Middle High German vri "free", "independent".
Freyer German
Variant of Freier.
Freyjusdóttir Icelandic (Rare)
Means "daughter of Freyja" in Icelandic.
Freyjuson Icelandic (Rare)
Means "son of Freyja" in Icelandic
Friar English
Denoted a member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders. (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans)
Frías Spanish
Taken from the city of Frías, in Spain. The name of the city is taken from the Spanish phrase aguas frías, meaning "cold waters".
Frias English
English form of Frías.
Frič Czech
Czechized form of Fritsch.
Frick German
Variant of Fricke.
Fricke German
Derived from a Low German diminutive of the given name Friedrich.
Frickel German
Elaboration of Frick.
Fricker German
Patronymic form of Frick.
Fricker German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from the Frick valley in Baden, Germany, or from Frick in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
Friddle German
Americanized version of Friedel.
Fridman Yiddish, German (Anglicized)
Derived from the Yiddish "Frid" (see fridu) meaning "peace," combined with "man" meaning "man" or "person." Originally derived from a vernacular form of Shalom, it is also an anglicized spelling of the German name Friedmann.
Friedberg German, Jewish
Combination 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.
Friedel German
From the given name Friedrich.
Friedgant Yiddish
Means "hand of peace" in Yiddish.
Friedman English (American), Jewish
Americanized form of Friedmann as well as a Jewish cognate of this name.
Friedmann German, German (Swiss), Jewish (Ashkenazi)
German and Swiss German from a derivative of Friedrich. ... [more]
Friend English
Nickname 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
Friesen German, Dutch
Patronymic form of Friso (see Fries).
Frigerio Italian
Possibly from the Lombard name for hackberry.
Frimodig Swedish
Taken directly from Swedish frimodig meaning "frank, outspoken, bold, ingenuous".
Frink Low German
Altered form of a diminutive of Severin.
Frisby English
Means "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 German
Nickname for someone who was handsome, cheerful, or energetic, from Middle High German vrisch.
Frisch Jewish
Ornamental name or nickname from modern German frisch, Yiddish frish "fresh".
Frischkorn German, Jewish
An occupational name for a farmer composed of German frisch "fresh" and korn "grain"... [more]
Friseur German
From German meaning "barber, hairdresser".
Frish Yiddish
Yiddish form of Frisch.
Fristensky Czech, Slovak
Sugar Beet Farmer.
Frith English, Scottish
From Old English friþ "peace, refuge, sanctuary", probably denoting a person who lives in a sanctuary or at peace. It also be a variant of English surname Firth.
Friðriksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Friðrik" in Icelandic.
Friðriksson Icelandic
Means "son of Friðrik" in Icelandic.
Fritsch German
Patronymic name derived from the given name Friedrich.
Fritschun Romansh
Romanshized form of Frizzoni.
Fritz German
From the given name Fritz.
Fritzen German
Variant of Fritz.
Fritzsche German
A German patronymic derived from the given name Friedrich.
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").
Frizzoni Romansh
Italianized form of Fritsche.
Frobisher English
The surname Frobisher is derived from an occupation, 'the furber' or 'furbisher.' (Middle English fourbishour, from Old French forbisseor). A furbisher was a scourer of armour and metals generally, found also as' furbearer.' Frobisher is the most prominent modern form of the surname... [more]
Froch Polish
Polish form of Frosch.
Fröding Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly from a place name element derived from Swedish frodig meaning "lush, thriving, flourishing" or from the name of the Norse god Frö (see Freyr)... [more]
Froehner German
Derived from Middle High German vröhner meaning "servant".
Frog English
From the English word frog which is a type of amphibian.
Froggatt English
Topographical name from the village of Froggatt in Derbyshire.
Fröhlich German
It literally means "happy".
Fröjd Swedish
Swedish cognate of Freud.
Frollo Literature
Meaning unknown. This was the surname of Claude Frollo, the antagonist of Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Frolov Russian
Means "son of Frol".
Frolova Russian
Feminine form of Frolov.
From Jewish
Variant of Fromm.
From Swedish
From Swedish from "pious, devout, religious, holy".
Fromager French
Occupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.
Froment French, Walloon, English
from French froment "wheat" (from Latin frumentum "grain") probably applied as a nickname for a peasant or as metonymic occupational name for a dealer in wheat... [more]
Fronda Spanish (Philippines), Spanish
Means "frond, leafy branch" in Spanish.
Frosch German
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a frog.
Frost Welsh
Originally 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... [more]
Frostenden Medieval English
"White hill" in Old English. Parish in Suffolk; later shortended to Frost.
Froud English
From the Old English personal name Frōda or Old Norse Fróði, both meaning literally "wise" or "prudent". A variant spelling was borne by British historian James Anthony Froude (1818-1894).
Fructuoso Spanish
From the given name Fructuoso.
Frühling German (Rare)
Nickname from Middle High German vrüelinc German frühling "spring" in some cases for an early-born child from früh "early" and the suffix -ling denoting affiliation.
Frühlingová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Frühling.
Fruitman English
Likely referring to someone who sold fruit.
Frusciante Italian
Derived 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).... [more]
Fruth German
nickname from Middle High German vruot ‘clever’, ‘astute’
Fu Chinese
From Chinese 傅 (fù) meaning "teacher, instructor", also referring to an ancient place named Fu Yan (傅岩) possibly located in what is now Shanxi province. It could also come from the name of the ancient fief of Fu, which existed during the Western Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Fuad Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Fuad.
Fucci Italian
From 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.
Fuchino Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, deep end, pool" and no means "field, plain".
Fuchinoue Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, pool, deep end", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "upper, top, above".
Fuchiwaki Japanese
From 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, deep pool, profound, deep end" and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, flank, side, underarm".
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.
Fudeyasu Japanese
Fude means "handwriting, painting/writing brush" and yasu means "cheap, relax, peaceful".
Fudzhimoto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Fudzimoto.
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 Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Fuenokaze Japanese
Borne by character Ren Fuenokaze (笛の 風錬) in the fake visual novel adventure game 'Danganronpa 4K: Hopeless Rising', made up of the nouns 笛 (fue) meaning "flute", の (no) meaning "of the", and 風 (kaze) meaning "winds".... [more]
Fuensalida Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Fuente Spanish
topographic name from fuente "fount, spring" (from Latin fons, genitive fontis), or a habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain named with this word... [more]
Fuerte Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word "fuerte" meaning strong.
Fuglesang Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Means "bird song" in Norwegian (compare German Vogelsang).
Fuhrer German
Originally, an occupational name for a carrier or carter, a driver of horse-drawn vehicles.... [more]
Fuji Japanese
From 藤 (fuji, tou) meaning "wisteria".
Fujieda Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 枝 (eda) meaning "branch".
Fujihara Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Fujihashi Japanese
Fuji means "Wisteria" and Hashi means "Bridge".
Fujii Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Fujijima Japanese
A variant of Fujishima, meaning "Wisteria island".
Fujikawa Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Fujiki Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Fujikura Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and kura means "storehouse".
Fujimaki Japanese
From 藤 (fuji, tou) meaning "wisteria" and 牧 (maki) meaning "shpeherd, tend cattle".
Fujinaga Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity".
Fujinaka Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Fujinami Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and nami means "wave".
Fujino Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Fujinomiya Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria", no means "therefore, of", and miya means "shrine".
Fujio Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and o means "tail".
Fujisaki Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".
Fujisato Japanese
藤 (Fuji) means "wisteria" and 里 (sato) means "hamlet, village".
Fujishima Japanese
"Wisteria island".
Fujishima Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Fujishiro Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and shiro means "castle".
Fujishiro Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost, charge".
Fujitani Japanese
From 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley."
Fujiura Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and ura means "bay, beach".
Fujiwaki Japanese
From 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria, kudzu", and 脇 (waki) meaning "flank, armpit, side, underarm, the other way, supporting role, another place".
Fujiyama Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Fujiyasu Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
Fujiyoshi Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good".
Fukada Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and da means "rice paddy, field."
Fukae Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and e means "inlet, river".
Fukagai Japanese
An eastern Japanese variant of Fukatani.... [more]
Fukagaya Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and gaya means "valley".
Fukahori Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 堀 (hori) meaning "moat".
Fukai Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Fukai Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Fukamachi Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 町 (machi) meaning "town".
Fukami Japanese
深 (Fuka) means "deep" and 見 (mi) means "view, mindset, see".
Fukami Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".
Fukano Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Fukasawa Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and sawa means "wetland, swamp, marsh".
Fukase Japanese
From the Japanese 深 (fuka) "deep" and 瀬 (se) "riffle."
Fukashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Oku 3.
Fukata Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and ta means "field, rice paddy".
Fukata Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Fukatani Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and tani means "valley".
Fukatsu Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbor, ferry".
Fukawa Japanese
From Japanese 府 (fu) meaning "prefecture" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Fukaya Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and ya means "valley".
Fukaya Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Fukazawa Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
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.
Fuks Yiddish
It literally means "fox".
Fukuba Japanese
From 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 葉 (ba) being a form of ha meaning "leaf".
Fukube Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Fukuchi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, soil, ground".
Fukuda Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Fukuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Fukuhara Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Fukuizumi Japanese
From the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" and 泉 (izumi) "spring," "fountain."
Fukumatsu Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and matsu means "pine tree".
Fukumori Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and mori means "forest".
Fukumoto Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Fukumura Japanese
It means "Happy Village" in Japanese.
Fukunaga Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".
Fukuno Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and no means "field, plain".
Fukuoka Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Fukurai Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 来 (rai) meaning "coming, arriving".
Fukusawa Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".
Fukushi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 士 (shi) meaning "esteemed person, gentleman".
Fukushima Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Fukuta Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and ta means "field, rice paddy".
Fukuyama Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Fukuyo Japanese
From 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’
Fulcar Spanish (Latin American)
Most common in the Dominican Republic.
Fulcher English
English (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.
Fulga Romanian (Rare)
Means "snowflake" in Romanian.
Fulhu Dhivehi
From an honorific title used for items associated with nobility.
Fullerton English
Habitational name from a place in Scotland. Derived from Old English fugol "bird" and tun "settlement, enclosure".
Fultz German
All I know is that it's a german name
Fulvio Italian
From the given name Fulvio.
Fumagalli Italian
Means "smoke the rooster" in Italian, from fuma "to smoke" and gallo "rooster". Refers to filling a henhouse with smoke to keep the chickens quiet when stealing them, thus making this a name probably given to chicken thieves.
Fumetsugawa Japanese (Rare)
From japanese kanji 不滅 (fumetsu) meaning "immortal, indestructible, undying" and 河 or 川 (gawa/kawa) both meaning "river".
Fümm Romansh
Derived from Romansh füm "smoke", this is an occupational surname denoting a blacksmith.
Funahashi Japanese
From Japanese 舟 (funa) meaning "boat, ship" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Funaki Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Funamizu Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Fundador Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "founder".
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