All Submitted Surnames

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Gruzinsky Russian, Georgian
Means "Georgian" in Russian.
Grylls English (Rare)
There was an old and distinguished family of Grylls of Tavistock (Devon) and Lanreath (Cornwall) in the 17th century; two high sheriffs of the county then bore the name. The manor of Gryils (commonly mispronounced Garles), near the rocks called the Gryils or Garles, from which they probably derive their name, is in the parish of Lesneweth in that county.
Grynszpan Polish
Polish form of Greenspan.
Grzegorczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Grzegorz.
Grzegorzewski Polish
habitational name for someone from Grzegorzowice or Grzegorzewice, both named with the personal name Grzegorz, Latin Gregorius
Grześkowiak Polish
Patronymic surname derived from Grzesiek, a diminutive of the given name Grzegorz.
Grzib Polish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Grzyb, mostly used outside of Poland.
Grzyb Polish
Meaning "mushroom", a nickname for an old man or simpleton, or signifying someone whose profession involved mushrooms.
Grzybacz Polish
From Grzyb (literally "mushroom") with the suffix -acz.
Grzybała Polish
From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with suffix -ała.
Grzybalski Polish
From Grzybała with suffix -ski based on habitational names.
Grzybczyk Polish
From Grzybek with the suffix -yk or Grzyb with the suffix -czyk, both ultimately from grzyb meaning "mushroom".
Grzybek Polish
From Grzyb (literally "mushroom") with the suffix -ek as a patronymic, or from grzybek meaning "little mushroom".
Grzybiński Polish
Habitational name from Grzybiny or Grzybina.
Grzybko Polish
From Grzyb with suffix -ko, possibly from Belarusian or Russian Gribko.
Grzybowski Polish
Habitational surname from Grzybów, Grzybowa or Grzybowo, all ultimately from grzyb meaning "mushroom".
Gschwendtner German (Austrian)
From the German word "schwenden", which means "swidden agriculture" in English
Gu Korean (Anglicized)
A Korean surname, meaning "tool, device, utensil". Derived from the Chinese surname 具, (Jù)
Gu Chinese
From Chinese 顾 (gù) referring to the ancient state of Gu, which existed during the Xia dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Gu Chinese
From Chinese 辜 (gū) meaning "crime, wrong, sin".
Gu Chinese
From Chinese 谷 (gǔ) referring to the ancient fief of Qin Gu, which existed in what is now the province of either Gansu or Shaanxi. Alternately it may come from the name of the fief of Jia Gu, which was part of the state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty.
Gu Chinese
From Chinese 古 (gǔ) possibly derived from Kucheng (古成 or 苦城), the name of an ancient fief that may have existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province... [more]
Guadagnino Italian
It came from Italian word guadagno which means "earnings" and has a diminutive suffix ino which is also an occupation suffix.
Guadalajara Spanish
habitational name from Guadalajara in Castile named with Arabic wādī-al-ḥijāra (واد الحجرة o وادي الحجرة) "river of the stones".
Guajardo Spanish
Spanish: unexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from a place so named in Estremadura. This name is common in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. ... [more]
Gualtieri Italian
From the given name Gualtiero.
Guanzon Filipino
From Hokkein 关孫 (guān-sun), derived from 关 (guān) meaning "frontier pass" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild."
Guaporá Popular Culture
The surname of a fictional Amerindian family in the telenovela Bicho do Mato.
Guapurú Popular Culture
The surname of a fictitious Amerindian family in the Brazilian telenovela Uga Uga.
Guardado Spanish
The surname Guardado means save, protect, and guard in Spanish
Guàrdia Catalan, Spanish, Italian
Catalan, Spanish, and Italian from Catalan guàrdia, Spanish and Italian guardia ‘guard’, ‘watch’, a topographic name for someone who lived by a watch place, an occupational name for a member of the town guard, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places named (La) Guardia.
Guardiola Catalan
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Guardiola, from guardiola, a diminutive of guàrdia meaning "guard".
Guarino Italian
From the given name Guarino.
Guarracino Italian
Nothing is known of this family name other then they grew up in Manhattan, New York, other states and cities too but most can from boats and had to be quertied at Ellis Island, New York
Guarracino Italian (Americanized, Modern)
from a diminutive of a personal name derived from Guerra ‘war’.
Guasti Italian
Meaning uncertain, may denote someone from the town of Guasto. Alternately, it may be an occupational name from gastaldo "chamberlain", from Latin gastaldus "manager, bailiff, steward", or be a nickname from guasto "broken, crippled".
Guay French
Variant of Guyet or Guet.
Guay French
Variant of Gay.
Gubanov Russian
From guban, meaning "big lips".
Gubler German (Swiss)
Means "Of the Mountains"... [more]
Güç Turkish
Means "power, strength, force" in Turkish.
Gucci Italian
Patronymic or plural form of the given name Guccio, a late medieval Italian diminutive of various names ending in go, such as Arrigo (via Arriguccio) or Ugo (via Uguccio)... [more]
Gucciardo Italian
From the personal name Gucciardo, a revival of French Guichard, of Germanic origin, probably composed of the elements wig 'battle' or wisa 'experience' + hard 'strong', 'brave', 'hardy'.
Gucciardo Italian, Sicilian
from the given name Gucciardo a cognate of French Guichard of ancient Germanic origin probably composed of the elements wig "battle" or wisa "experience" and hard "strong brave hardy"... [more]
Guccione Italian, Sicilian
Derived from the given name Guccio, a diminutive of Arriguccio, Uguccio and other names ending in guccio.
Guchetl Adyghe (Russified)
From Circassian гъукӏэ (ġ°č̣̍ă) meaning "blacksmith" and лӏы (ḷə) meaning "man".
Guchol Micronesian
Means "turmeric" in a Micronesian language.
Güçlü Turkish
Means "powerful, strong" in Turkish.
Gudaitis Lithuanian
Ethnic name from gudas meaning "Belorussian".
Gudgeon English
from Middle English gojon, gogen, Old French gougon ‘gudgeon’ (the fish) (Latin gobio, genitive gobionis), applied as a nickname or perhaps as a metonymic occupational name for a seller of these fish... [more]
Gudkov Russian
From gudok, meaning "hooter".
Guendica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gendika.
Guengerich German (Americanized)
Potentially from German “junge” and “reich,” meaning “rich at a young age.” Anglicized by immigrants as either Guengerich or Gingrich.
Guenther German
German: from a Germanic personal name composed of gund ‘battle’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
Guercio Italian
Probably a variant of Guerzoni, though it may derive from a Germanic given name.
Guereña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gereña.
Guerino Italian
From the given name Guerino.
Guerlain French
Derived from the given name Guerlain.
Güero Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
A given nickname in latin America of a person with light features.... [more]
Guerre French
French Cognitive of Guerra, from the element werra "war".
Guerrer Catalan
It literally means "warrior".
Guerrier French, Haitian Creole
Nickname for an aggressive person or occupational name for a soldier, from Old French guerrier "warrior". Cognate of Guerrero and Guerriero.
Guerry French
From the Germanic given name Wigric derived from the elements wig "battle" and ric "powerful".
Guertin French
A French surname that evolved from the Old Germanic given name, Warin, "meaning to guard", or "protection". This surname was often given as an occupational name for a guard, or someone who served as a protector in their community.
Guerzoni Italian
From guercio "cross-eyed, one-eyed; blind in one eye".
Guest English
Nickname for a stranger or newcomer to a community, from Middle English g(h)est meaning "guest", "visitor" (from Old Norse gestr, absorbing the cognate Old English giest).
Guet French
French - From Old French guet "lookout, watchman".
Guevara Spanish
Hispanicized form of Gebara. A notable bearer was Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara (1928-1967), who was born Ernesto Guevara.
Guevarra Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Guevara primarily used in the Philippines.
Guevera Spanish
means "protector"
Guèye Western African, Wolof
Variant of Gueye influenced by French orthography.
Gueye Western African, Wolof
From a clan name of uncertain meaning.
Gug Korean
From korean hanja 國, 菊, or 鞠. A surname for 19 000 koreans
Guglielmi Italian
From the given name Guglielmo.
Guglielmo Italian
From the given name Guglielmo.
Gugliuzza Italian
Derivative of the personal name Guglia.
Guha Bengali
From Bengali গুহা (guha) meaning "cave" (figuratively "mind" or "heart"), ultimately derived from Sanskrit गुहा (guha).
Gui Chinese
From Chinese 桂 (guì) referring to the ancient state of Gui, which existed during the Han dynasty in what is now Guangxi province.
Gui Chinese
From Chinese 归 (guī) referring to the ancient state of Gui, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.
Guichard French
From the medieval name Guichard derived form the Germanic name Wighard... [more]
Guidetti Italian
Derived from the given name Guido.
Guido Italian, German
From the given name Guido.
Guidry French (Cajun), Louisiana Creole
Derived from the given name Witeric. This surname is particularly associated with Cajuns in Louisiana, United States, who seem all to be descended from Claude Guédry dit Grivois, who arrived in Acadia before 1671.
Guignard French
from the old Germanic name Winhard composed of the elements win "friend" and hard "hard strong".
Guijarro Spanish
Spanish: nickname from guijarro 'pebble' perhaps applied to a man who sold pebbles (used for paving the streets).
Guilbeau French
Possibly from Ancient Germanic wil, meaning "will, power", and Latin bellus, meaning "beautiful".
Guilbert French, Guernésiais
Either from the given name Guilbert the French form of Wilbert or a variant of Gilbert.
Guilder English
Occupational name for someone who worked in gold. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century "gyldan" and the Old High German "gold", a refiner, jeweller, or gilder.
Guiles French
Of uncertain origin; it could be a variant of French Guill or of English Guile or Giles .
Guilfoyle Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Phoil
Guiling Filipino, Maranao
Possibly from Maranao giling meaning "revolve, spin".
Guillard French
From the given name Willihard and French cognitive of Willard.
Guilleaume French, German
Possibly related to the French given name Guillaume.
Guillem Catalan
From the given name Guillem
Guillén Spanish
From the given name Guillén.
Guillen Spanish
Unaccented form of Guillén.
Guillermo Spanish
From the given name Guillermo
Guilliot French
From a pet form of the personal name Guille, itself a short form of Guillaume.
Guillotin French
From a diminutive of Guillaume and a variant of Guillot. A notable user is Joseph-Ignace Guillotin whom the guillotine was named after.
Guillou French, Breton
Possibly derived from the given name Guillaume.
Guimao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano gimaw meaning "emerge, protrude, stick out".
Guimarães Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Guimarães in northern Portugal.
Guimond French
from the medieval French name Guimond from the Germanic name Wigmund composed of the ancient Germanic elements wīg "battle combat" and mund "protection".
Guin French
From the given name Guin the French form of Wino a short form of names with the element win "friend".
Guinan Irish
The surname Guinan comes from the Irish surname O Cuanain (O'Conein and MacConein) and is derived from the Irish Cuinin for "rabbit", son of Dugal. They claim descendancy through the Donnelly line of the native Irish.
Guinta Filipino
Means "good addiction".
Guinto Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog ginto meaning "gold".
Guion French
French: from the Germanic personal name Wido (see Guy).
Guiraldo Filipino
From the visayan province of Samar
Guiscard French
Derived from the Medieval French given name Guiscard.
Guitry French
Derived from the given name Witeric. A famous bearer of this name was Sacha Guitry (1885-1957), a French actor, playwright, screenwriter and director.
Guivarc'h Breton
Guivarc'h means 'swift stallion' in the Breton language.
Gukasyan Armenian
Means "son of Gukas", the Armenian equivalent of Luke.
Gül Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Means "rose" in Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, and Uyghur, ultimately from Persian.
Gul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".
Gulbis Latvian
Means "swan".
Guldberg Danish
Derived from the name of Guldbjerg Parish on the island Funen, Denmark.
Gülden Dutch, German
from gulden "golden" derived from vergulden vergolden "to gild" a metonymic occupational name for a craftsman who gilds objects; compare Guldner. From gulden the name of the coin (English guilder) applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as In den silvren Gulden ("In the Silver Guilder") or from related verb meaning "to gild" applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as De Gulden Hoeve ("The Gilded Farmhouse") or De Gulden Zwaan ("The Gilded Swan").
Gulea Romanian
Aromanian.
Güleç Turkish
Means "smiling" in Turkish.
Güler Turkish
Means "laughing, smiling" in Turkish.
Güleryüz Turkish
Means "smiling face" in Turkish.
Guli Uzbek, Kurdish, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Albanian, Bosnian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose". It is sometimes borne by Georgians and Armenians of Persian descent.
Gulian Armenian
From Armenian word gul meaning "rose", as well as "laughter", combined with the common suffix of ian meaning "son of".
Guliyeva Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Quliyev.
Gullette French
Comes from Guillemme or William of Normandy. Reference 1066: The Battle of Hastings.
Gullick English
From the Middle English personal name Gullake, a descendant of Old English Gūthlāc, literally "battle-sport".
Gullit Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Possibly derived from Old Dutch golt meaning "gold", most likely referring to a person who worked with gold. The former Dutch soccer player Ruud Gullit (1962-; birth name Rudi Dil) is a famous bearer of this name.
Gulliver English
From a medieval nickname for a greedy person (from Old French goulafre "glutton"). Jonathan Swift used it in his satire 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726), about the shipwrecked ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures "offer opportunities for a wide-ranging and often savage lampooning of human stupidity and vice."
Güllü Turkish
Means "(made) with roses" in Turkish.
Gulo Indonesian, Nias
From the Nias clan name Gulö, possibly derived from the name of the clan's ancestor, Kulo Ana'a.
Gulö Nias
Nias form of Gulo.
Gulotta Italian
Italian: from the female personal name, a pet form of Gulla.
Gültekin Turkish
From Turkish gül meaning "rose" combined with the title tekin meaning "prince".
Gultekin Turkish
It comes from "Kül Tigin" (? - 575 AD) who was a general of the Second Turkic Kaganate (Göktürks' khaganate). He was a second son of Ilterish Shad and the younger brother of Bilge Kagan.
Gulzar Urdu
Derived from the given name Gulzar.
Gum German
North German:... [more]
Guma'taotao Chamorro
Chamorro for "house of the people"
Gumm English
From a nickname or byname from Middle English gome, Old English guma "man".
Gumma Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 群馬 (Gumma) meaning "Gumma", a former district in the former Japanese province of Kōzuke in present-day Gumma, Japan.... [more]
Gummesson Swedish
Means "son of Gumme".
Gümüş Turkish
Means "silver" in Turkish.
Gün Turkish
Means "sun, day" in Turkish.
Gunapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Gunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Gunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Gunaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Gunaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Gunasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "talent, virtue, quality, merit" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Gunasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Gunasekara.
Gunasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුනසිංහ (see Gunasinghe).
Gunasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Gunathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".
Gunathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Gunathillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Gunatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Gunatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Gunatillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Gunatilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Gunawan Indonesian
Indonesianized version of various Chinese surnames (including 陳 Chen, 郭 Guo, etc.), under the social and political pressure during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia toward Chinese Indonesians.
Gunawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Gunawardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Gunawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Gunawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Gunawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Gunawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Gundián Galician
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the parish of Costantín, Baralla or the one in the parish of A Ponte Ulla, Vedra.
Gündoğan Turkish
Means "born on the day".
Gündoğdu Turkish
From Turkish gün meaning "sun, day" and doğdu meaning "born".
Gundry English
From Gondri, Gundric, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements gund "battle" and rīc "power(ful)".
Gündüz Turkish
Means "daytime, day" in Turkish.
Güner Turkish
From Turkish gün meaning "sun, day" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Guneratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Güneş Turkish
Means "sun" or "sunny" in Turkish.
Gunesekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණසේකර (see Gunasekara).
Gunewardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Gunewardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Güney Turkish
Means "south, southern" in Turkish.
Gunji Japanese
From Japanese 郡 (gun) meaning "county, district" and 司 (ji) meaning "officer, official, boss".
Gunma Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 群馬 or 郡馬 (see Gumma).
Gunn Scottish
This ancient Scottish surname is of Norwegian origin derived from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr. This surname, in most cases originated in Caithness, Scotland's most northerly county.
Gunner English
Derived from the given name Gunnvǫr
Gunner English
From Old English gunne meaning "cannon, gun" and the agent suffix "-er"
Gunnery English
The surname Gunnery was first found in Lincolnshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons.
Guntersen Norwegian
Means "son of Gunter".
Guntli Romansh
Derived from Romansh cunt "count" in combination with the diminutive suffix -li.
Gunzenhauser German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from either of two places named Gunzenhausen, one in Württemberg and the other in Bavaria.
Guo Hui
From the Arabic name Kamaruddin.
Gupit Filipino, Tagalog
Means "haircut" in Tagalog.
Guppy English
English habitational name from a place in Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, Gupehegh in Middle English. This is named with the Old English personal name Guppa (a short form of Guðbeorht "battle bright") + (ge)hæg "enclosure"... [more]
Gür Turkish
Means "bushy, strong" or "thunder" in Turkish.
Gurakuqi Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Guralnick Jewish
Occupational name from Ukrainian guralnyk, Yiddish guralnik "distiller".
Guramishvili Georgian
Means "son of Guram".
Gurbanow Turkmen
Means "son of Gurban".
Gürbüz Turkish
Means "robust, healthy" in Turkish.
Gurel Turkish
Dynamism is the meaning of the name.
Gurewitz Jewish
Belarusian and Lithuanian variant of Horowitz, a habitational name from Horovice in central Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic, which is named with a short form of a personal name formed with Hor, as for example Horimir, Horislav.
Gurgenidze Georgian
Means "son of Gurgen".
Gurira Southern African, Shona
From the Ndau word gurira meaning "to break or cut for someone, cut short, take shortcut". The American-Zimbabwean actress and playwright Danai Gurira (1978-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Guro Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor", ultimately from Sanskrit गुरु (guru).
Guroalim Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor" and alim meaning "sage, philosopher".
Gurry Irish
Variant of Gorry.
Gürsoy Turkish
From Turkish gür meaning "bushy, strong" or "thunder" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent, family".
Gursultur Jewish (Latinized), Kurdish, Hebrew
This name is a composition of the following words: GUR; Hebrew for "lion cub", SUL; which is an abbreviation of Suleman (Kurdish for king Solomon), TUR; this word is derived from the Arba'ah Turim. The Arbaáh Turim are often called simply the Tur, which is an important Halakhic code.... [more]
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