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Fujii JapaneseFrom Japanese 藤
(fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Fujimaki JapaneseFrom 藤 (
fuji, tou) meaning "wisteria" and 牧 (
maki) meaning "shpeherd, tend cattle".
Fujinomiya JapaneseFuji means "wisteria", no means "therefore, of", and miya means "shrine".
Fujisato Japanese藤 (Fuji) means "wisteria" and 里 (sato) means "hamlet, village".
Fujitani JapaneseFrom 藤
(fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 谷
(tani) meaning "valley."
Fujiwaki JapaneseFrom 藤 (
fuji) meaning "wisteria, kudzu", and 脇 (
waki) meaning "flank, armpit, side, underarm, the other way, supporting role, another place".
Fujiyasu JapaneseFrom Japanese 藤 (
fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 安 (
yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
Fukahori JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 堀
(hori) meaning "moat".
Fukai JapaneseFuka means "deep" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Fukai JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Fukamachi JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 町
(machi) meaning "town".
Fukami Japanese深 (Fuka) means "deep" and 見 (mi) means "view, mindset, see".
Fukami JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 見
(mi) meaning "look, appearance".
Fukano JapaneseFuka means "deep" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Fukata JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Fukatsu JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 津
(tsu) meaning "port, harbor, ferry".
Fukawa JapaneseFrom Japanese 府
(fu) meaning "prefecture" and 川
(kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Fukaya JapaneseFrom Japanese 深
(fuka) meaning "deep" and 谷
(ya) meaning "valley".
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.
Fukuba JapaneseFrom 福 (
fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 葉 (
ba) being a form of
ha meaning "leaf".
Fukube JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 辺
(be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Fukuchi JapaneseFrom Japanese 福 (
fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 地 (
chi) meaning "earth, soil, ground".
Fukuda JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Fukuguchi JapaneseFrom Japanese 福 (
fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 口 (
kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Fukuhara JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 原
(hara) meaning "plain, field".
Fukuizumi JapaneseFrom the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" and 泉 (
izumi) "spring," "fountain."
Fukumoto JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 本
(moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Fukunaga JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 永
(naga) meaning "eternity".
Fukuno JapaneseFuku means "lucky, fortunate" and no means "field, plain".
Fukuoka JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 岡
(oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Fukurai JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 来
(rai) meaning "coming, arriving".
Fukushi JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 士
(shi) meaning "esteemed person, gentleman".
Fukushima JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 島
(shima) meaning "island".
Fukuta JapaneseFuku means "lucky, fortunate" and ta means "field, rice paddy".
Fukuyama JapaneseFrom Japanese 福
(fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山
(yama) meaning "mountain".
Fukuyo JapaneseFrom 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’
Fulcher EnglishEnglish (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.
Fulhu DhivehiFrom an honorific title used for items associated with nobility.
Fullerton EnglishHabitational name from a place in Scotland. Derived from Old English
fugol "bird" and
tun "settlement, enclosure".
Fumagalli ItalianMeans "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 RomanshDerived from Romansh
füm "smoke", this is an occupational surname denoting a blacksmith.
Funaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 船
(funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 木
(ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Furey IrishAnglicized form of Ó Fiúra and Ó Fiodhabhra. Means "bushy eyebrows" derived from Irish
fiodh "wood" and
(f)abhra "eyebrow."
Furihata JapaneseFuri might refer to "fluterring sleeves", and hata means "field".
Furlong English, IrishApparently a topographic name from Middle English furlong ‘length of a field’ (from Old English furh meaning "furro" + lang meaning "long".
Furlow English (British), Irishthe warrens came over to America on the Mayflower. they made settlements and went through the revolutionary war. the name changed to Baughman then Furlow. the furlows fought in the cival war and were slave owners... [
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Furman Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian
furman, a loanword from German (see
Fuhrmann)... [
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Furtado PortugueseMeans "stolen" in Portuguese, probably used to refer to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.
Furuta JapaneseFrom Japanese 古
(furu) meaning "old" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Furutachi JapaneseFrom Japanese 古
(furu) meaning "old" and 舘
(tachi) meaning "large building, mansion, palace".
Furuya JapaneseFrom Japanese 古
(furu) meaning "old" and 谷
(ya) meaning "valley" or 屋
(ya) meaning "roof, house".
Furze EnglishGiven to someone who lived by a field of furzes, a type of flower
Fuse JapaneseFrom Japanese 布
(fu) meaning "cloth" and 施
(se) meaning "give, bestow".
Fusi ItalianItalian: of uncertain origin; it could be Greek, compare modern Greek Soyses, or alternatively, Caracausi suggests, of Arabic or Hebrew origin.
Fusillo ItalianFrom Italian
fuso "spindle", referring to their occupation, or a nickname based on the bearer's build. Also the name of a type of pasta.
Fuss Medieval Low GermanGerman from Middle High German
fus ‘foot’, hence most probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot, but perhaps also a topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Fust GermanVariant of
Faust or a nickname for a person who was strong and pugnacious, derived from Old German
fust "fist".
Fuster CatalanMeans "carpenter" in Catalan, derived from the word
fusta meaning "wood".
Futaba JapaneseFuta can mean "a pair" or "two" and ba is a form of ha meaning "leaf".... [
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Futami JapaneseFrom Japanese 二
(futa) meaning "two" and 見
(mi) meaning "look, appearance".
Futamura JapaneseFrom Japanese 二 (futa) meaning "two" or 双 (futa) meaning "pair", and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Futterman JewishOccupational name for a furrier, from Yiddish
futer "fur, fur coat" and Yiddish
man "man".
Fuwa JapaneseFrom 不 (
fu) meaning "not, non-, un-" and 破 (
wa) meaning "break, cut".
Fuyuki JapaneseFrom 冬 (
fuyu, tou) meaning "winter" and 木 (
ki) meaning "tree, wood".... [
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Fuyuno JapaneseFuyu means "winter" and no means "plain, wilderness, field".
Gabaraty OssetianDerived from Алгуз
(Alguz), an earlier Ossetian family name of unknown meaning. Historically, the last of the Alguz family migrated to the village of Zalda (located in present-day South Ossetia), where most members of the family presently reside.
Gabiria BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Gabison Judeo-SpanishFrom the name of a town located in either the province of Valladolid or near the city of Santander in Spain. It has also been connected to the Spanish word
cabeza, used as a nickname for a stubborn person.
Gable EnglishNorthern English: of uncertain origin, perhaps a habitational name from a minor place named with Old Norse
gafl ‘gable’, which was applied to a triangular-shaped hill. The mountain called Great Gable in Cumbria is named in this way.... [
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Gabras GreekA corruption of the name Gabriel is also the name of a Byzantine family. Branches of the family live in Greece using the name Gabras, in Turkey as Kavraz and in Russia as Khovrin.
Gabriel English, Cornish, Welsh, Scottish, French, German, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Jewish, Indian (Christian)Derived from the given name
Gabriel.
Gadbury EnglishHabitational name from Cadborough, alias Gateborough, in Rye, Sussex, probably so named from Old English gāt meaning "goat" + beorg meaning "hill".
Gadd WelshMeans "battlefield" in Welsh. Comes from the Welsh word
gad which means battlefield.
Gaddafi Arabic (Maghrebi)From قذاذفة
(Qadhadhfa), the Arabic name for a Berber tribe in Libya. The name possibly means "thrower, archer", from Arabic قَذَفَ
(qaḏafa) meaning "to throw". A famous bearer was
Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), a Libyan politician and revolutionary.
Gaddam TeluguThis surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddam.
Gaddamu TeluguVariant of Gaddam. This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddamu.