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ACH GermanTopographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Old High German aha meaning "running water".
ACHENBACH GermanHabitational name from places in Hesse and Westphalia named Achenbach, from the obsolete word Ach or Ache (from Middle High German ahe meaning "water", "stream") + Bach meaning "brook".
AKIYA Japanese (Rare)A bearer of this surname is Tomoko Akiya (秋谷 智子, born May 14, 1976) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the Ojamajo Doremi series, and Suzume Mizuno in Zatch Bell.
ALDINGER GermanHabitational name for someone from Aldingen in Württemberg.
ALMENDINGER German, German (Swiss)Habitational name for someone from a place called Allmendingen, of which there are two examples in Switzerland, in Bern canton, and one in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
ANACKER GermanNickname for a day laborer, as opposed to someone who owned fields, from Middle High German āne meaning "without" + acker meaning "field".
ANGRISANI ItalianFrom Angrisano, a habitational name for someone from Angri in Salerno province.
ANSCHÜTZ GermanOccupational name for someone whose job was to keep a dam or pool filled with water. (Anschützen "to fill up")
APPLE EnglishFrom Middle English appel meaning "apple" (Old English æppel). An occupational name for a grower or seller of apples.
APPLEGARTH English, ScottishTopographic name from northern Middle English applegarth meaning "apple orchard" (Old Norse apaldr meaning "apple tree" + gar{dh}r meaning "enclosure"), or a habitational name from a place so named, of which there are examples in Cumbria and North and East Yorkshire, as well as in the county of Dumfries.
APPLEGATE EnglishExtremely common variant of
Applegarth, in which the less familiar final element has been assimilated to the northern Middle English word gate meaning "road" or to modern English gate.
ARASHIRO Japanese (Rare)A Japanese surname. A bearer of this surname is Yukiya Arashiro (Born 1984-) He is a Japanese cyclist.
ARLINGHAUS GermanPerhaps a habitational name from Oerlinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
ARQUETTE FrenchFrom arquet meaning "little bow" or "little arch" (diminutive of arche, from Latin arcus). It was originally an occupational name for an archer, but the French word arquet(te) is also found in the sense 'market trader' (originally, perhaps, one with a stall underneath an arch)...
[more] ATHERTON EnglishHabitational name from a place near Manchester named Atherton, from the Old English personal name Æ{dh}elhere + Old English tūn meaning "settlement".
BABINEC CzechNickname from Old Czech babinec meaning "coward".
BABINGTON EnglishHabitational name for someone from Babington in Somerset or Great or Little Bavington in Northumberland, named with the Old English personal name Babba + the connective particle -ing- meaning "associated with", "named after" + tūn meaning "settlement".
BADOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Badowo in Skierniewice voivodeship.
BĄKOWSKI Polish, JewishHabitational name for someone from a place called Bąkowa, Bąkowice, Bąkowiec, or Bąkowo.
BAO ChineseThere are three different surnames that are Romanized in pinyin as Bao. Other Romanizations include Bau, Pao, and Pau. This character also means "abalone", but the name comes from an old place name...
[more] BASIŃSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Basin.
BAXENDALE EnglishHabitational name, probably an altered form of Baxenden, a place near Accrington, which is named with an unattested Old English word bæcstān meaning "bakestone" (a flat stone on which bread was baked) + denu meaning "valley"...
[more] BEA SpanishHabitational name from a place of this name in Teruel.
BEAR EnglishFrom the Middle English nickname Bere meaning "bear" (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or possibly from a personal name derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with this first element...
[more] BEE EnglishFrom Middle English be meaning "bee", Old English beo, hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper.
BENZEMA Arabic (Maghrebi)This is the surname of French professional footballer Karim Benzema who is of Algerian descent.
BERBER GermanPossibly a habitational name from a place called Berber near Kevelaer.
BERBERIĆ BosnianOccupational name for a barber, from berber(in) meaning "barber", from Turkish.
BIAŁKOWSKI Polishhabitational name for someone from a place called Bialkowo in Plock and Torun voivodeships
BIELEC PolishNickname for a man with white hair or a blond beard, from biały meaning "white".
BIELECKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Bielcza in Tarnów voivodeship.
BIEŃKOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Bieńkowice, Bieńkowiec, or Bieńkowo.
BIESIADA PolishNickname from biesiada meaning "feast", "banquet", probably for someone who liked to feast.
BINK EnglishTopographic name for someone living by a bink, a northern dialect term for a flat raised bank of earth or a shelf of flat stone suitable for sitting on. The word is a northern form of modern English bench.
BIZON PolishNickname from bizon meaning "whip", used for a big, ponderous person.
BLEIBERG DutchHabitational name from a place so named in Luxembourg province, Belgium.
BŁOŃSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Błonie, a place named with błonie meaning "meadow".
BOBIŃSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Bobin or Bobino.
BOBROWSKI Polish, JewishHabitational name for someone from a place called Bobrowa, Bobrowo, Bobrowce, or Bobrowiec.
BOLAJI NigerianThis surname is very common in Nigeria. Possibly taken from a word in one of the Nigerian tribes languages.
BOLDY ScottishThis is a name for someone who lived in Peeblesshire.
BOLT EnglishFrom Middle English
bolt meaning "bolt", "bar" (Old English
bolt meaning "arrow’). In part this may have originated as a nickname or byname for a short but powerfully built person, in part as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts...
[more] BONDIA CatalanBondia is a Catalan surname. It means 'good day' or 'good morning'.
BOOTZ DutchA Dutch surname meaning a "nickname for a ridiculous person" or a variant of
Boot BORÁK CzechHabitational name for someone from one of many places named with bor meaning "pine forest"; alternatively from a short form of the personal names Dalibor or Bořivoj, containing the element -bor meaning "battle".
BORSHEIM Norwegian (Rare)Habitational name from either of two farmsteads in Norway: Borsheim in Rogaland and Børsheim in Hordaland. Borsheim is a combination of an unknown first element and Norwegian
heim "home", while Børsheim is a combination of Old Norse
byrgi "fence, enclosure" and
heim.
BRODZIŃSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called for example Brudzyń (formerly Brodzino) in Konin voivodeship, or Brodna in Piła voivodeship.
BRONIKOWSKI PolishHabitational name from any of several places called Broniki or Bronikowo, in Konin, Leszczno, Piła, and Sieradz provinces.
BRUCKNER GermanTopographic name for someone living by a bridge or an occupational name for a bridge toll collector; a variant of
Bruck with the addition of the suffix -ner.
BRUSKI PolishHabitational surname for someone from a place called Brus.
BRZOZOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place named with brzoza meaning "birch tree", for example Brzozowa, Brzozowice, or Brzozowo.
BUGAJSKI PolishHabitational name from any of numerous places called Bugaj.
BURCZYK PolishNickname for a grouse or complainer, from burczeć meaning "to grumble".
BURZYŃSKI PolishHabitational name from places called Burzyn in the voivodeships of Tarnów or łomża, apparently named with burza meaning "tempest", "storm".
BYKOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Bykowice or Byków.
CALCATERRA ItalianNickname from calcare meaning "to tread", "to stamp" + terra meaning "land", "earth", "ground", probably denoting a short person, someone who walked close to the ground, or an energetic walker.
CANADA French, EnglishIt derives from the Middle English "cane", a development of the Old French "cane", meaning cane, reed.
CAPSHAW EnglishUnexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from Cadshaw near Blackburn, Lancashire, although the surname is not found in England.
CARE EnglishOccupational name for a locksmith, Middle English keyere, kayer, an agent derivative of keye.
CHILD EnglishNickname from Middle English child meaning "child", "infant".
CLOPTON EnglishHabitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, Suffolk, and Warwickshire, named Clopton from Old English clopp(a) meaning "rock", "hill" + tūn meaning "settlement".
COMPTON EnglishHabitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England (but especially in the south) named Compton, from Old English cumb meaning "short, straight valley" + tūn meaning "enclosure", "settlement".
COOLIDGE EnglishProbably an occupational name for a college servant or someone with some other association with a university college, for example a tenant farmer who farmed one of the many farms in England known as College Farm, most of which are or were owned by university colleges.
CUA CatalanNickname from Catalan cua meaning "tail".
CYWIŃSKI PolishHabitational name, possibly for someone from Cywiny in Ciechanów province.
DANIELSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Daniel or Daniele.
DAW BurmeseThis surname is derived from an occupation. 'the deye' or 'day,' a maid, a dairy-maid, whence 'dairy'
DELAGARDELLE FrenchHabitational name for someone from Lagardelle, a place in Haute Garonne.
DENNINGTON EnglishHabitational name from a place in Suffolk, recorded in Domesday Book as Dingifetuna, from the Old English female personal name Denegifu (composed of the elements Dene meaning "Dane" + gifu meaning "gift") + Old English tūn meaning "enclosure", "settlement".
DROZDOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Drozdowo or Drozdów, for example.
DUCKWORTH EnglishHabitational name from Duckworth Fold, in the borough of Bury, Lancashire, which is named from Old English
fuce "duck" and
wor{dh} "enclosure".
EAGLEBURGER English (American)Americanized form of German Adelberger, a habitational name for someone from a place called Adelberg near Stuttgart.
EASTERBROOK EnglishTopographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter meaning "eastern" + brook meaning "stream".
ECONOMOS GreekOccupational name for a steward, someone who managed a property, particularly church-owned land, from ancient Greek oikos meaning "household" + nomos meaning "law", "rule".
EDMISTON ScottishHabitational name from Edmonstone, near Edinburgh, so named from the Old English personal name Ēadmund + tūn meaning "settlement".
EGELAND NorwegianFrom the name of several farmsteads in Norway named with Norwegian
eik "oak" and
land "land".
EGUCHI JapaneseJapanese surname meaning "mouth of the river". This surname is mostly found on the island of Kyūshū.
EICHELBERG GermanHabitational name from any of various places, notably one southeast of Heidelberg, named from Middle High German eichel meaning "acorn" + berc meaning "mountain", "hill", or topographic name for someone who lived on an oak-covered hill.
EICHELBERGER GermanHabitational name for someone from any of the various places called Eichelberg.
EISEN German, JewishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an ironworker or smith, or an ironmonger, from Middle High German
isen ‘iron’, German
Eisen. It may also have been used as a nickname, with reference to the strength and hardness of iron or to its color, while as a Jewish name it was also adopted as an ornamental name from modern German
Eisen ‘iron’ or the Yiddish cognate
ayzn.
EISENBERGER German, JewishHabitational name for someone from any of the several places called Eisenberg. As a Jewish name it is also an ornamental name.
EKLÖF SwedishCombination of Swedish
ek "oak" and
löf, an archaic spelling of
löv, "leaf".
EPPLER GermanOccupational name for a fruit grower or dealer, from Middle High German epfeler meaning "grower of or dealer in apples".
ESPAILLAT Catalan, OccitanOccupational name from Catalan espallat, in an old spelling, or directly from Occitan espaiat, espalhat, past participle of espallar meaning "to winnow", "to separate the wheat from the chaff".
FAJARDO GalicianTopographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or in a beech wood, from Late Latin fagea (arbor) meaning "beech (tree)", a derivative of classical Latin fagus meaning "beech".
FALKENHAGEN GermanHabitational name from any of several places named from Old High German falke meaning "falcon" + hag meaning "hedge", "fencing". A place so named is documented west of Berlin in the 14th century.
FEILER GermanOccupational name for a filemaker, from Feil + the agent suffix -er.
FERNOW GermanHabitational name from a place called Fernau or Fernow.
FETT GermanNickname for a fat man, from Middle Low German vett meaning "fat".
FETT EnglishNickname from Old French fait, Middle English fet meaning "suitable", "comely".
FETT Norwegian (Rare)Derived from Old Norse
fit "land, shore". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
FEUERBACHER GermanHabitational name for someone from any of the places called Feuerbach.
FIFIELD EnglishLocal. Has the same signification as Manorfield. Lands held in fee or fief, for which the individual pays service or owes rent.
FINGER English, German, JewishProbably applied as a nickname for a man who had some peculiarity of the fingers, such as possessing a supernumerary one or having lost one or more of them through injury, or for someone who was small in stature or considered insignificant...
[more] FIVELAND Norwegian (Rare)From the name of a farm in Norway named with the word
fivel possibly meaning "cottongrass, bog cotton". This plant grows in abundance in the marshy land near the location of the farm.
FLORKOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Florków in Częstochowa voivodeship, or Florki from Przemyśl voivodeship, both so named from Florek, a pet form of the personal name
Florian.
FOGARTY Irish (Anglicized)Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fógartaigh ‘son of Fógartach’, a personal name from fógartha meaning "proclaimed", "banished", "outlawed". It is sometimes Anglicized as
Howard.
FONTECCHIO ItalianHabitational name from Fontecchio in Aquila province or a topographic name from a diminutive of fonte meaning "spring".
FOOTE EnglishNickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the foot, from Middle English fot (Old English fot), or in some cases from the cognate Old Norse byname Fótr.
FUJIKAWA JapaneseFrom Japanese 藤
(fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 川
(kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook".
FUJINO JapaneseA Japanese surname meaning "wisteria field". It is written as 藤野 or 藤乃.
FURLONG English, IrishApparently a topographic name from Middle English furlong ‘length of a field’ (from Old English furh meaning "furro" + lang meaning "long".
GADBURY EnglishHabitational name from Cadborough, alias Gateborough, in Rye, Sussex, probably so named from Old English gāt meaning "goat" + beorg meaning "hill".
GAINES English, Norman, WelshEnglish (of Norman origin): nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French
engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin
ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap....
[more] GALEWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Galew, Galewice, or Galów in the voivodeships of Kalisz, Kielce, or Konin.
GĄSIOROWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Gąsiorowo, for example in Kalisz or Poznań voivodeships.
GAY English, NormanHabitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.
GEERS DutchPatronymic from a short form of any of various personal names formed with the Germanic element
gar,
ger.
GLANDT GermanNickname from Middle High Geman glander meaning "gleam", "sparkle", "shine", for someone with such a temperament.
GLENDENNING ScottishHabitational name from a place in the parish of Westerkirk, Dumfries, recorded in 1384 as Glendonwyne. It is probably named from Welsh glyn meaning "valley" + din meaning "fort" + gwyn meaning "fair", "white".
GRADOWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from a place called Gradowo in Włocławek voivodeship.
GUARDIOLA CatalanHabitational name from any of the numerous places named Guardiola, from guardiola, a diminutive of guàrdia meaning "guard".
GUEST EnglishNickname 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).
GUNZENHAUSER German, JewishHabitational name for someone from either of two places named Gunzenhausen, one in Württemberg and the other in Bavaria.
HAALAND NorwegianFrom Old Norse
Hávaland, derived from
hár "high" and
land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.
HAJJAR ArabicMeans "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر
(ḥajar) "stone, weight".
HALABI ArabicMeans "Aleppine" in Arabic, referring to someone from the city of Aleppo in Syria.
HALBERSTADT GermanHabitational name from any of various places so named, notably the city near Magdeburg and Halberstadt near Königstein in Saxony.
HARBACH GermanHabitational name from any of several places named Harbach.
HAZELWOOD EnglishHabitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Derbyshire, Suffolk, Surrey, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English hæsel (or Old Norse hesli) ‘hazel (tree)’ + wudu ‘wood’; or a topographic name from this term.
HERBOLSHEIMER GermanHabitational name for someone from either of two places called Herbolzheim, in Baden and Bavaria.
HERGENÖTHER GermanHabitational name for someone from Hergenroth near Limburg or from Hergenrode near Darmstadt, both in Hessen.
HINKEBEIN Dutch, GermanNickname for someone with a limp, from Middle Low German hinken meaning "to limp" + bein meaning "leg".
HIROSHIMA Japanese (Rare)Hiro means "widespread,broad","generous","prosperous" depending on kanji used. Shima means "Island" the same as "jima" does. So this surname rather mean "Prosperous Island"or "Broad Island"."Generous Island" might be possible,but it's not likely used for the last name the same as it is for the given name, Hiro.
HOHENSEE GermanHabitational name from any of several places so named in Pomerania and East Prussia, or perhaps from Hohenseeden near Magdeburg.
HOKKANEN FinnishFrom the Karelian personal name Hokka (a derivative of Russian Foka) + the common surname suffix -nen.
HOLCOMB EnglishHabitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and Somerset, so named from Old English hol meaning "hollow", "sunken", "deep" + cumb meaning "valley".
HOOK EnglishThis surname is derived from a geographical locality. "at the hook," from residence in the bend or sudden turn of a lane or valley.
HUDEC Czech, SlovakOccupational name for a fiddler, hudec, a derivative of housti meaning "to play the fiddle".
HUNDERTMARK GermanA nickname for a wealthy man, from Middle High German hundert meaning "hundred" + mark, a denomination of coin.
HUNSBERGER GermanHabitational name for someone from a place called Hunsberg or Huntsberg.
IDEN EnglishHabitational name from a place called Iden Green in Benenden, Kent, or Iden Manor in Staplehurst, Kent, or from Iden in East Sussex. All these places are named in Old English as meaning "pasture by the yew trees", from ig meaning "yew" + denn meaning "pasture".
IMAN Muslim(widespread throughout the Islamic world): from a personal name based on Arabic
Iman.
IMMERMANN GermanHabitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.
INGOLDSBY EnglishHabitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".
IRIARTE BasqueTopographic name for someone who lived between two or more settlements, from Basque iri meaning ‘"settlement", "village" + arte meaning "between".
ISAYAMA JapaneseA Japanese surname meaning "admonish mountain". A bearer of this surname is Hajime Isayama. He is a Japanese manga artist. (1986-)
JABŁONOWSKI Polish, JewishHabitational name for someone from a place called Jabłonowo or Jabłonow; both place names are from jabłoń meaning "apple tree".
JAGODZIŃSKI Polish, JewishHabitational name for someone from a place called Jagodziny, Jagodzinek, or Jagodziniec, all named with jagoda meaning "berry".
JANMAAT DutchFamous bearer of this surname is Dutch footballer Daryl Janmaat.
JANUSZEWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Januszewo or Januszewice, both named with the personal name
Janusz.
JARA SpanishHabitational name any of the various places in southern Spain named Jara or La Jara, from jara meaning "rockrose", "cistus".
JAROSZEWSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Jaroszewo or Jaroszowce, places named with the personal name Jarosz.
JARZĄBEK PolishA Polish surname meaning "Grouse". A nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.
JARZOMBEK PolishVariant spelling of
Jarząbek, from jarząbek meaning "grouse", presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.
JAWORSKI Polish, JewishHabitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Jawory or Jaworze, named with Polish jawor meaning "maple", "sycamore".
JEW EnglishEthnic name for a Jew, from Middle English jeu meaning "Jew" from Old French giu.
JEZIERSKI PolishHabitational name for someone from Jezioro, Jeziory, Jeziora, or Jezierzyce, all places named with jezioro meaning "lake".