All Submitted Surnames

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Hajizadeh Persian
Means "son of the pilgrim" from Arabic حَاجِيّ‎ (ḥājiyy) meaning "pilgrim" and the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Hajj Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حاج (see Haj).
Hajjar Arabic
Means "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar) "stone, weight".
Hak Korean
From Sino-Korean 鶴 (hag) meaning "crane" or 斈 (hag) meaning "learn".
Hakeem Arabic
From the given name Hakim.
Hakin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Hakizimana Central African
Means "God cures" in Burundian and Rwandan.
Hakk Estonian
Hakk is an Estonian surname meaning "stack".
Häkkinen Finnish
From given name Heikki
Hakobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Håkonsen Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".
Hakopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)
Hakopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)
Hakosaki Japanese
Hako means "box" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Hakurei Japanese
From haku (博) meaning "wide" or "exposition" and rei (麗) meaning "lovely", "graceful", or "beautiful".... [more]
Hakuryū Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 白 (haku, byaku, shira-, shiro, shiro.i) meaning "white" with 竜 (ryuu, ryou, rou, ise, tatsu) meaning "dragon, imperial" or 柳 (ryuu, yanagi) meaning "willow."... [more]
Hala Arabic
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Halabi Arabic
Means "Aleppine" in Arabic, referring to someone from the city of Aleppo in Syria.
Halaby Arabic
Variant transcription of Halabi.
Halama Polish, Czech
Unflattering nickname meaning ‘big, lumbering fellow’, ‘lout’.
Halart French
Derived from the Germanic given name Halhard.
Halawa Arabic
Means "sweetness" in Arabic.
Halawa Nias
Nias clan name derived from the given name Halawa referring to an ancestor.
Halbershtot Yiddish
Yiddish form of Halberstadt. It was first adopted as a surname by Tzvi Hirsh, the rabbi of the eponymous Eastphalian town.
Halberstadt German
Habitational name from any of various places so named, notably the city near Magdeburg and Halberstadt near Königstein in Saxony.
Haldane English, Scottish
From an old personal name, Old Norse Halfdanr, Old Danish Halfdan, Anglo-Scandinavian Healfdene, meaning ‘half-Dane’.
Haldar Indian, Bengali
Probably from Sanskrit हलधर (haladhara) meaning "one who holds a plough", an epithet of the Hindu god Balarama.
Halder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Haldar.
Haldon English (Rare)
From a place name in Devon, England.
Hale Hawaiian
"House" in Hawaiian.
Haleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Halim.
Halevi Hebrew
Means "The Levite" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname Levi.
Halfon Judeo-Spanish
Occupational name derived from Hebrew חלפן (khalfan) meaning "money changer".
Halfpenny English
Nickname probably for a tenant whose feudal obligations included a regular payment in cash or kind (for example bread or salt) of a halfpenny. From Old English healf "half" (from proto Germanic halbaz) and penning "penny" meaning "half penny".
Haliburton Scottish
Means "town fortified in stone". It comes from a combination of the Old Norse element hallr meaning rock (as in Halle 1) and of the Old English place name Burton, denoting a fortified town... [more]
Haliche Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Halliche.
Halifax English
Habitational name for someone from Halifax in Yorkshire.
Halilaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Halil" in Albanian.
Halili Tagalog
Means "successor, substitute, replacement" in Tagalog, originally used to denote a vice-chief or a chief's successor.
Halili Albanian
From the given name Halil.
Halilović Bosnian
Means "son of Halil".
Halimi Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian
Derived from the given name Halim.
Halimović Bosnian
Means "son of Halim".
Halitaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Halit" in Albanian.
Haliti Albanian
Derived from the given name Halit.
Haljand Estonian
Haljand is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) derived from "haljas" meaning "green/verdant".
Haljas Estonian
Haljas is an Estonian surname meaning "verdant".
Haljaspõld Estonian
Haljaspõld is an Estonians surname meaning "verdant field".
Häll Estonian
Häll is an Estonian surname meaning "cradle" and "birthplace".
Hall Estonian
Hall is an Estonian surname meaning both "grey" and "frost".
Halla Danish
Derived from the Old Norse HALLR, which means 'flat stone, rock' or 'sloping, leaning to one side'... [more]
Hallam English
Habitational name from Halam (Nottinghamshire) or from Kirk or West Hallam (Derbyshire) all named with the Old English dative plural halum "(at the) nooks or corners of land" (from Old English halh "nook recess"; see Hale)... [more]
Hallas Greek
Given to one who is exempted
Hållberg Swedish (Rare)
The first element might be taken from place names starting with (or containing) hå, hål, or håll. The second element is Swedish berg "mountain".
Hallberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and berg "mountain".
Halldén Swedish
Combination of the dialectal Swedish word hall (Standard Swedish häll, Old Norse hallr), a type of flat rock, and the common surname suffix -én. The first element may be taken from a place named with this element (e.g. Halland, Hallsberg, or Hallstavik).
Halldórsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Halldór" in Icelandic.
Halldórsson Icelandic
Means "son of Halldór" in Icelandic.
Hallén Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall" or häll "rock, stone" and the common surname -én.
Hallett English
Derived from the given name Hallet (see Adalhard).
Halley English
Location name combining the elements hall as in "large house" and lee meaning "field or clearing."
Hallgren Swedish, English
Combination of the dialectal Swedish word hall (Standard Swedish häll, Old Norse hallr), a type of flat rock, and gren meaning "branch". The first element may be taken from the name of a place named with this element (e.g. Halland, Hallsberg, or Hallstavik)... [more]
Hallgrímsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hallgrímur" in Icelandic.
Halliche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.
Hallie English
Spelling variant of Halley.
Halligan Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilleagán "descendant of Áilleagán" a double diminutive of áille "beauty".
Hallik Estonian
Hallik is an Estonian surname derived from "hallikas" meaning "greyish".
Hallikäär Estonian
Hallikäär is an Estonian name meaning "grayish edge".
Hallikas Estonian
Hallikas is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish".
Hallikmäe Estonian
Hallikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish hill/mountain".
Hallinan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilgheanáin "descendant of Áilgheanán", a pet form of a personal name composed of old Celtic elements meaning "mild, noble person".
Hallingsworth English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Unknown origin and meaning. I found it listed a few times on the 1881 census in the County Durham and in London; it is also supposedly a surname in Australia. Possibly a misspelling of Hollingsworth.
Halliste Estonian
Halliste is an Estonian name relating to "hall", meaning "grey" and "frost".
Halliwell English
Derived from various place names in England named with Old English halig "holy" and well "spring, well".
Hallmark English
From Middle English halfmark ‘half a mark’, probably a nickname or status name for someone who paid this sum in rent.
Hallmets Estonian
Hallmets is an Estonian surname meaning "grey forest".
Hallow English
English: topographic name from Middle English hal(l)owes ‘nooks’, ‘hollows’, from Old English halh (see Hale). In some cases the name may be genitive, rather than plural, in form, with the sense ‘relative or servant of the dweller in the nook’.
Hallowell English
Variant of Halliwell meaning "holy spring".
Hallquist Swedish
Composed of the elements hall "stone, rock" and quist, an old spelling of kvist "twig".
Halls English
Variant of Hall.
Hallström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and ström "stream, small river".
Haložan Slovene
From the Haloze region of Slovenia.
Halperin Jewish
Variant of Heilprin, a Yiddish spelling of the city of Heilbronn, Germany.
Halpern Jewish
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Heilbronn in Germany, derived from Old High German heil meaning "whole" or "holy" combined with brunno meaning "well".
Halpin Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish-Gaelic given name Ó Hailpín.
Halprin English
Halprin is the last name of the main character the book called Ashfall by Mike Mullin.
Halstead English
Geographic surname from places by the same name in Essex, Kent, and Leicestershire.
Halton English
habitational name from any of several places called Halton in Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire... [more]
Haltz Basque
Derived from Basque haltz "alder (tree)".
Halužan Croatian, Slovene
Habitational name for someone from Haloze, a region in Slovenia.
Halvarsson Swedish
Means "son of Halvar".
Halverson English
Anglicized form of Norwegian or Danish Halvorsen.
Ham English, Scottish
Derived from Old English ham "home, estate, settlement".
Hama Japanese
Hama means "Beach, Seashore".
Hamabe Japanese
Hama means "beach" and be means "division".
Hamabe Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Hamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamad.
Hamada Arabic
From the given name Hamada.
Hamada Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hamadache Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname derived from the Arabic given name Hamada.
Hamadani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian همدانی (see Hamedani).
Hamadate Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 舘 or 館(date or tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace"
Hamado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜戸 or 濱戸 (see Hamato).
Hamadou Western African
From the given name Hamadou.
Hamajima Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Hamakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."
Hamamasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Hamamura Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hamanaka Japanese
Hama means "beach" and naka means "middle".
Hamano Japanese
From Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hämarik Estonian
Hämarik is an Estonian surname meaning "dusk". From "Hämarik" in Estonian mythology, a beautiful young maiden who was the personification of dusk.
Hamarneh Arabic
Jordanian
Hamasho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamashō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 正 (shō) meaning "correct".... [more]
Hamashoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamashou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamataka Japanese
Hana means "beach" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Hamato Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore" and 戸 (to) meaning "door; doorway".... [more]
Hamazono Japanese
Hamazono/濱園 = "Beach Garden"
Hamberg German, Danish, Jewish
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburg.
Hamberger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburger.
Hamburg German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from the great city and port at the mouth of the river Elbe, named with the Germanic elements ham ‘water meadow’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.
Hamburger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Hamburg.
Hamdan Arabic
From the given name Hamdan.
Hamdani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamdan.
Hamdaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid 1" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).
Hamdi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamdi.
Hamdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.
Hamed Arabic
From the given name Hamed.
Hamedani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Hamedan (or Hamadan) in Iran, from the Old Persian name Hagmatāna meaning "(place of) gathering".
Hamedi Persian
From the given name Hamed.
Hameed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hamid 1.
Hamel Dutch
Means "wether, castrated ram" in Dutch, an occupational name for a shepherd.
Hamel German, Jewish
Habitational name from the town of Hamelin, which sits on the Hamel river.
Hamel French
topographic name for someone who lived and worked at an outlying farm dependent on the main village Old French hamel (a diminutive from an ancient Germanic element cognate with Old English ham "homestead"); or a habitational name from (Le) Hamel the name of several places in the northern part of France named with this word.
Hamel English
Variant of Hamill.
Hamer English, German
From the town of Hamer in Lancashire from the old english word Hamor combining "Rock" and "Crag". It is also used in Germany and other places in Europe, possibly meaning a maker of Hammers.
Hamers Dutch
Derived from Dutch hamer "hammer".
Hames English, Welsh, Scottish
Son of "Amy", in Old English. An ancient Leicestershire surname.
Hamid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hamid 1 or Hamid 2.
Hamidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.
Hamidou Western African
From the given name Hamidou.
Həmidov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Həmid".
Həmidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həmidov.
Hamidović Bosnian
Means "son of Hamid 1".
Hamidpour Persian
Means "son of Hamid 1".
Hamidzadeh Persian
Means "born of Hamid 1".
Hamill Scottish
Habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche, France, named from the Germanic personal name Hagano + Old French ville "settlement".
Hamill English
Nickname for a scarred or maimed person, from Middle English, Old English hamel "mutilated", "crooked".
Hamill Irish
According to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁdhmaill "descendant of Ádhmall", which he derives from ádhmall "active".
Hamitaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hamit" in Albanian.
Hamiti Albanian
Possibly a variant of Amiti.
Hamiti Albanian
Derived from the given name Hamit.
Hamlin English
From an Old English word meaning "home" or "homestead" and a diminutive suffix -lin.
Hammad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hammad.
Hammadi Arabic
From the given name Hammad.
Hammami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hammam (see Hamam). A bearer is Hamma Hammami (1952–), a Tunisian communist speaker... [more]
Hammar Swedish
From a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".
Hammarberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and berg "mountain".
Hammarlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and lund "grove".
Hammarskjöld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and sköld "shield". A notable bearer was diplomat and Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961).
Hammer German, English, Jewish
From Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or nickname for a forceful person.
Hammerschmidt German, Jewish
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from German hamer, 'hammer' and schmidt, 'smith. See Hammersmith.
Hammershaimb Faroese
An Faroese Surname, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb (1819-1909) was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese, the language of the Faroe Islands, based on the Icelandic language, which like Faroese, derives from Old Norse.
Hammersley English (Modern)
From southern England. From homersley meaning homestead, that later changed to hamersley
Hammersmed Norwegian (Archaic, ?), Danish (Archaic, ?)
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from Danish & Norwegian hammer, 'hammer' and smed, 'smith'. See Hammersmith
Hammersmith German, English
Normally an anglicization of German Hammerschmidt. Perhaps also from Norwegian Hammersmed.... [more]
Hammoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).
Hamner Welsh
Variant spelling of "Hanmer", parish in Flintshire.
Hamnett English
From the given name Hamnet.
Hamon Breton, French, English
From the given name Hamon. English variant of Hammond.
Hamoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hamouda Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Hamoy Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lick" in Cebuano.
Hamp English, German
English: unexplained; compare Hemp.... [more]
Hampshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]
Hamre Scandinavian
Hamre is a Surname used by people who has family from the places called Hamre
Hamson English
A variant of Hampson.
Hamza Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.
Hamzagić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".
Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.
Hamzi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamza.
Hamzić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".
Hàn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Han, from Sino-Vietnamese 韓 (hàn).
Han Japanese
Notable bearers are Megumi and Keiko Han, actresses.
Han Japanese
From Japanese 潘 (ban), of uncertain meaning. Notable bearers of this surname are Megumi and Keiko Han, actresses.
Hana Japanese
From Japanese “hana” (花) meaning flower.
Hanabusa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 房 (busa) meaning "room*.
Hanada Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hanae Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan transcription of the Arabic name Hana 1 or Hanaa.
Hanafi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hanafi.
Hanafin Irish
Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAinbhthín (modernized as Ó hAinifín) ‘descendant of Ainbhthín’, a personal name derived from ainbhíoth ‘non-peace’, ‘storm’.
Hanafy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنفي (see Hanafi) chiefly used in Egypt.
Hanai Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Hanák Czech
Derived from the small town Haná.
Hanaki Japanese
"Flower tree".
Hanami Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and mi means "view".
Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".
Hanamura Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hanao Japanese
Hana means "blossom, flower" and o means "tail".
Hanaoka Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Hanarashi Japanese
From Japanese, using the kanjis 花 (hana) meaning "flower", combined with 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm".
Hanasaki Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". A fictional bearer of this surname is Tsubomi Hanasaki (花咲 つぼみ) from Heartcatch! Pretty Cure.
Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hanasono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and sono means "garden".
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