All Submitted Surnames

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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]
Guruge Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala ගුරු (guru) meaning "teacher, master" and the locative suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Gurung Nepali
From the name of the Gurung (Tamu) people of Nepal, itself an exonym probably of Tibetan origin.
Gurung Gurung
From Nepali गुरुङ (Guruṅ) meaning "Gurung", a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.
Gurusinga Batak
From Sanskrit guru, meaning “Mentor”, and singha, meaning “Lion”.
Gurusingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුරුසිංහ (see Gurusinghe).
Gurusinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Gurutzeaga Basque
It means "of the cross".
Gus English
From the given name Gus.
Gusev Russian
Derived from Russian гусь (gus) meaning "goose".
Gushiken Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".
Gushima Japanese
From 具 (gu) meaning "tool" and 島 (shima) meaning "island."
Gusinjac Bosnian
From Gusinje, the name of a town in the Plav municipality of Montenegro where Bosniaks form a regional majority
Gusmão Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Guzmán.
Gusmeroli Italian
Possibly from an alternate form of Cosma.
Gust German
German: from a short form of the personal name Jodocus, which is either a Latinized form of a Breton name, Iodoc, borne by a 7th-century Breton saint (compare Jost and Joyce) or from a reduced form of the personal name Augustus.... [more]
Gustafsdotter f Swedish
Means "daughter of Gustaf".
Gustavo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Gustavo.
Gut Jewish
Derived from Yiddish gut "good".
Guta Bosnian
Possibly a mispronunciation of the Bosnian word for the verb "gutati" (to swallow) or "guta" (swallowing).
Gutang Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cracked heels, cracked calluses of the feet" in Cebuano.
Gutfreund German
From the words gut freund, which means "good friend."
Guth Jewish
Variant of Gut.
Guðfriðsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðfriðr" in Icelandic.
Guðfriðsson Icelandic
Means "son of Guðfriðr" in Icelandic.
Guðmundsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðmund"; not strictly used as a surname, and is also used as a patronymic.
Guðmundsson Icelandic
Means "son of Guðmund" in Icelandic.
Guðnadóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðni". A notable bearer is Icelandic musician and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982).
Guðnason Icelandic
Means "son of Guðni".
Guthrie Scottish, Irish
As a Scottish surname, this is either a habitational name for a person from the village of Guthrie near Forfar, itself from Gaelic gaothair meaning "windy place" (a derivative of gaoth "wind") and the locative suffix -ach, or alternatively it might possibly be an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mag Uchtre meaning "son of Uchtre", a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps related to uchtlach "child".... [more]
Gutierre Spanish
From the given name Gutierre.
Gutjahr German, German (Swiss)
nickname for someone born on New Year's Day from a New Year's greeting meaning "Good year".
Gutknecht German, German (Swiss)
Status name for a page of noble birth (Middle High German guot kneht).
Gutknecht German, German (Swiss)
status name for a page of noble birth (Middle High German guot kneht). Derived from the elements guot "good" and kneht "servant, apprentice".
Gütlin German, Yiddish
Diminutive of GUTE and GUTA, recorded in Frankfurt, Germany throughout the 14th century.
Gutmann German
German cognate of Goodman. from Middle High German guot man literally "good man" "capable man"derived from the elements guot "good" and man "man"... [more]
Gutner Jewish
Variant of Gut.
Gutnik Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish
Yiddish surname meaning "glassworker" from Yiddish hute meaning "glassworks".
Gutt Jewish
Variant of Gut.
Guttenberg German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Bavaria, called Guttenberg, from the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of Old High German guot ‘good’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’... [more]
Gutting German
Of uncertain origin. Probably from a Germanic personal name formed with god "good" or god, got "god".
Guttormsen Norwegian
Means "son of Guttorm" in Norwegian.
Güven Turkish
Means "trust, confidence" in Turkish, perhaps designating a trustworthy person or one who trusts in others readily.
Güvenç Turkish
From the given name Güvenç.
Guy English
Occupational name for a guide, Old French gui (a derivative of gui(d)er "to guide", of Germanic origin).
Guy English, French
From a French form of the Germanic personal name Wido, which is of uncertain origin. This name was popular among the Normans in the forms Wi, Why as well as in the rest of France in the form Guy.
Guyet French
Derived from Guy.
Guynes Welsh
Welsh. Derivitive of Gwynn. Modified in the 19th century when the family came to the United States.
Guyon French
From a diminutive of Guy 1.
Guyton English
Means "hill of Gaega".
Güzel Turkish
Meaning "beutiful" or "pretty" in Turkish.
Guzi Hungarian
As far as known, Guzi means 'friend' but as far as other meanings go, it is unknown. Due to its origin, the last name has two factions of distant family that pronounce it differently- One as "Guh-Zee" as the more uncommon pronunciation that actually follows the origin, and "Goo-Zee" as it is commonly pronounced in English.
Guzman Spanish (Americanized), Filipino, South American
Unaccented form of Guzmán used mainly in America and the Philippines.
Gwak Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 곽 (see Kwak).
Gwan Korean
From Sino-Korean 官 (Gwan) meaning "Tube".
Gwilliam Welsh
From the personal name Gwilym, Welsh form of William.
Gwilliam English
Anglicised form of the Welsh given name Gwilym.
Gwilliams Welsh
Means son of Gwilym, Cognate of Williams
Gwilym Welsh
Derived from the given name Gwilym.
Gwin Welsh
Derived from the forename Gwyn.
Gwinyai Shona
Gwinyai means "be strong".
Gwizdala Polish
Nickname for someone noted for his cheerful whistling, from a derivative of gwizdac ‘to whistle’.
Gwynne Welsh
Means "white" or "blessed"
Gwyther Welsh
meaning, "victor" or "victory"
Gyaltsen Tibetan
From the given name Gyaltsen
Gyasi Akan
Meaning unknown.
Gyatso Tibetan
From the given name Gyatso.
Gye Korean
Etymology uncertain, possibly deriving from the Hanja element 季 (gye) ("season") or 桂 (gye) ("cassia, cinnamon").
Gylespie Scottish
Variant of Gillespie
Gylfadóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Gylfi". Used exclusively by women. Gylfason is the male version.
Gylfason Icelandic
Means "son of Gylfi". Used exclusively by men. Gylfadóttir is the female version.
Gyljárlaugsson Icelandic
The name Gyljárlaugsson combines two Icelandic words, "gylja" meaning "to roar" and "laug" meaning "hot spring". Therefore, the name Gyljárlaugsson could be interpreted as "son of the roaring hot spring".
Gyllenhaal Swedish
The name Gyllenhaal originated from Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal's father Gunne Olofsson Haal, who was from Hahlegården, a crown homestead in South Härene Parish in the county of Västergötland in West Sweden... [more]
György Hungarian
From the given name György.
Gyűjtő Hungarian
Means "gatherer, collector".
Gzheskovyak Polish (Ukrainianized), Polish (Russified)
Russian and Ukrainian form of the Polish surname Grześkowiak.
Ha Korean
From Sino-Korean 河 (ha) meaning "river, stream".
Ha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Ha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 播 (see Hari).
Ha Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Hà.
Hà Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of He, from Sino-Vietnamese 何 (hà).
Hạ Vietnamese
Derived from the Han character 夏 meaning "summer".
Haab Estonian
Haab is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen".
Haabjärv Estonian
Haabjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen lake".
Haabma Estonian
Haabma is an Estonian surname derived from "haab" (aspen) and "maa" (land).
Haabmets Estonian
Haabmets is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest."
Haaboja Estonian
Haaboja is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen creek/stream".
Haack German
One who lived at the bend or hook in the river. (See Hooker)
Haag Germanic (Archaic)
'The German surname Haag, like many surnames, was taken from some geographical feature near the dwelling place of its first bearer. Coming from the Old Norse haga, or some local variation of the word, the name means "one who lives near a hedged or fenced enclosure."... [more]
Haak Estonian
Haak is an Estonian surname meaning "hook" and "fastener".
Hääl Estonian
Hääl is an Estonian surname meaning "voice".
Haaland Norwegian
From Old Norse Hávaland, derived from hár "high" and land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.
Haam Hmong
A Hmong clan surname, which is sometimes anglicized as Ham or Hang. It may be a variant form of the Chinese surname Hang.
Haamer Estonian
Haamer is an Estonian surname meaning "hammer".
Haamid Arabic
From the first name Haamid, meaning "praiser".
Haapavaara Finnish
Means 'aspenhill'
Haarla Estonian
Haarla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haar" meaning "leg".
Haarma Estonian
Haarma is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "härmas" meaning "frosty".
Haavakivi Estonian
Haavakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "cut stone".
Haavamäe Estonian
Haavamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen hill".
Haavaoks Estonian
Haavaoks is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen bough/branch".
Haavapuu Estonian
Haavapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen tree".
Haavasalu Estonian
Haavasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen grove".
Haavisto Finnish
Means "place with aspens" or "group of aspens". This name comes from a combination of haapa, "aspen", and the suffix -sto which is used for places and groups of things.
Haavistu Estonian
Haavistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haavik" ("aspen wood") and "iste" ("seat" or "stool"); "aspen wood stool".
Hababzai Pashto
Means “son of Habab” in Pashto.
Habagat Filipino, Cebuano
Means "southwest monsoon, southwest wind" in Cebuano.
Habeeb Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Habib.
Habelt German
from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Habo, a short form of various compound names formed with had(u) ‘battle’, ‘strife’
Haber Maltese
Not to be confused with the German surname of the same spelling.
Haberfeld German
Means "oat field". From the words habaro "oat" and feld "field
Haberfield German (Anglicized)
Partial anglicization of Haberfeld
Haberland German
Topographic name from Middle High German haber(e) "oats" and land "land", or a habitational name from any of various places so called.
Häberli German (Swiss)
Derived from Alemannic and Upper German Haber, a variant of Standard High German Hafer "oats" in combination with the diminutive suffix -li. This name denoted a young farmer of oats.
Habermann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, composed of the elements Haber and the agent suffix -mann.
Habermehl German
metonymic occupational name for a producer or seller of oatmeal from Middle High German habaro "oats" and melo "flour".
Habib Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Habib.
Habibi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Habib.
Həbibov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həbib".
Habibović Bosnian
Means "son of Habib".
Həbibzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Habibzadeh.
Habibzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Habib" in Persian.
Habibzai Pashto
Means "son of Habib" in Pashto. The Habibzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Popalzai.
Habramowicz Polish
Historical variant of Abramowicz.
Habsburg German
This surname may have been used by someone whose descendants originated from the House of Habsburg, which was one of the most important royal houses in Europe. It is assumed that the surname is derived from High German Habichtsburg meaning "hawk castle," but some historians and linguists believe that it may actually be derived from Middle High German hab/hap meaning "ford", as there is a river with a ford nearby.
Habyarimana Central African
Variant spelling of Havyarimana. This surname was borne by assassinated Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana (1937-1994).
Hachemi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Hashmi (chiefly Algerian).
Hachida Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).
Hachimi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hashim (chiefly Moroccan).
Hachimitsu Japanese
Means "honey"
Hachimura Japanese
Hachi (蜂) means bee, Mura (村) means village.
Hachita Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).
Hachiya Japanese
From Japanese 蜂 (hachi) meaning "bee, wasp" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Hachiyama Japanese
Means "8 mountains" in Japanese.
Hachmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Hashmi (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Hacıyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of the pilgrim", from Arabic حَاجِيّ (ḥājiyy) denoting a Muslim who has successfully made the hajj to Mecca.
Hacıyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Hacıyev.
Hacızadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Hajizadeh.
Hack German
Variant of Haack.
Hackberry English
Means simply "hackberry".
Hackmann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a butcher or a woodcutter.
Hackney English, Scottish
Habitational name from Hackney in Greater London, named from an Old English personal name Haca (genitive Hacan) combined with ēg "island, dry ground in marshland".
Hackney English, Scottish
From Middle English hakenei (Old French haquenée), an ambling horse, especially one considered suitable for women to ride; perhaps therefore a metonymic occupational name for a stablehand... [more]
Hacohen Hebrew
Means "the priest" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname Cohen.
Hada Japanese
This is another reading of Haneda.
Hadad Arabic, Hebrew
Variant transcription of Haddad.
Hadar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Hadar, means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.
Haddad Arabic, Persian
Means "blacksmith, ironsmith" in Arabic, ultimately from Syriac ܚܕܕܐ (hadado).
Haddadi Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Derived from Arabic حداد (haddad) meaning "blacksmith, ironsmith".
Hadden Irish
Variation of Haden
Haddock English
Haddock is a surname of English. It may refer to many people. It may come from the medieval word Ædduc, a diminutive of Æddi, a short form of various compound names including the root ēad, meaning prosperity or fortune... [more]
Haddon English
Derived from the Old English word had meaning "heathland" and the Old English suffix -don meaning "hill"; hence, the "heathland hill" or the "heather-covered hill".... [more]
Hadfield English
habitational name from a place so named in Derbyshire named from Old English hæth "heathland heather" and feld "field" meaning "heath open land".
Hadi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Hadi.
Hadia Arabic
From the given name Hadia.
Hadipour Persian
Means "son of Hadi" in Persian.
Hadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic حاج (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", referring to the Islamic hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia (chiefly Maghrebi).
Hadjópulos Greek (Hispanicized, Expatriate), Mexican (Rare)
Spanish form of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).
Hadley English
A habitational name from either a place named Hadley, or a place named Hadleigh. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah (means ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’), and the other three are from Old English hǣð (meaning ‘heathland’, ‘heather') + lēah.
Hado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "wavelength" and 動 (do, dou, dō) meaning "motion, change, confusion"
Hae Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 生 (see Ike 2).
Hafeez Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hafiz.
Hafer German, Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in oats, from German Hafer "oats". Compare Haber. As a Jewish surname, it is in many cases ornamental.
Hafez Arabic
Derived from the given name Hafiz.
Hafezi Persian
From the given name Hafez.
Hafidi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hafiz.
Hafstein Icelandic
Either derived from the Icelandic given name Hafsteinn or from Norwegian surname Havstein (probably derived from a place name).
Hafsteinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hafsteinn" in Icelandic.
Hafsteinsson Icelandic
Means "son of Hafsteinn" in Icelandic.
Haga Japanese
Ha means "Fragrance,Aroma" and Ga means "Congratulations". It's mostly in the northeastern Japan, and most likely comes from the place name in Tochigi Prefecture.
Haga Japanese
From Japanese 芳 (ha) meaning "fragrant, reputable, satisfactory" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".
Hagakure Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 隠 (gakure) meaning "to disappear"
Hagan Jewish
Hebrew, shortened from haganah which means soldier
Hagan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁgáin "descendant of Ógán", a personal name from a diminutive of óg "young".
Hagan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin "descendant of Aodhagán", a personal name formed from a double diminutive of Aodh meaning "fire".
Hagedorn German
German cognate of Hawthorne. Topographic name from Middle High German hagedorn "hawthorn" from hac "hedge" and dorn "thorn".
Hagelberg German
From German hagel meaning "hail" and berg meaning "mountain".
Hagelstein German
nickname for a hot-headed irascible man from Middle High German hagelstein "hailstone" derived from the elements hagel "hail" and stein "stone"
Hageman Dutch
Combination of Middle Dutch haghe "hedge, enclosure" and #man "man".
Hageman Dutch
Variant of German Hagemann.
Hagemann German, Danish
Combination of Middle Low German hage "enclosure, hedge" and mann "man".
Hagen German, Dutch, Danish
from the ancient Germanic personal name Hagen a short form of various compound names formed with hag "enclosure protected place" as the first element.
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