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Weinstein Jewish
Means "wine stone" from German wein meaning "wine" and stein meaning "stone". It originally referred to the potassium bitartrate crystals produced from the process of fermenting grape juice.

Wen Chinese
From Chinese 温 (wēn) meaning "warm", also referring to any of several territories that were called Wen, namely an ancient state that existed during the Zhou dynasty.

Westergaard Danish
Danish variant of Westergård.

Westergård Swedish, Finnish
From Swedish väster meaning "west, western" combined with gård meaning "farm, yard, estate".

Westerman English
Topographical surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or someone who had moved to the west, from Old English westerne meaning "western" and mann meaning "man, person".

Westermann Low German
From Middle Low German wester meaning "westerly" and man meaning "man", making it a topographic surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or a regional surname for someone who had moved to the west... [more]

Wickramanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Wickramaratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Wickramasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and सिंह (siṃha) meaning "lion".

Wickramasuriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Widjaja Chinese (Indonesian)
Older spelling of Wijaya influenced by Dutch orthography.

Wiesel German, Jewish
Means "weasel" in German.

Wijeratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Wijesekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Wijesinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Wijesuriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Wijewickrama Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय​ (vijaya) meaning "victory" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".

Wójcicki Polish
Habitational name for a person originally from a place called Wójcice.

Wongchai Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ไชย (chai) meaning "victory".

Wongkaeo Thai
From Thai วงศ์ or วงษ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass, diamond".

Wongkham Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold".

Wongphakdi Thai
From Thai วง (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ภักดี (phakdi) meaning "devotion, loyalty".

Wongsawat Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and สวัสดิ์ (sawat) meaning "happiness".

Wongsuwan Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".

Wongyai Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ใหญ่ (yai) meaning "big, large, great".

Woo Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Hu.

Worldon English (Australian)

Wozniak Polish (Expatriate)
Unaccented form of Woźniak primarily used outside of Poland.

Xəlilov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Xəlil".

Xayavong Lao
Alternate transcription of Sayavong.

Yablokov Russian
From Russian яблоко (yabloko) meaning "apple", used as a nickname for a ruddy person or a gardener who received a plentiful harvest.

Yadav Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Nepali
From Sanskrit यादव (yadava) meaning "descendant of Yadu", Yadu being a legendary king in Hindu mythology who was believed to be an ancestor of Krishna.

Yahia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yahiaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yahyaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yəhyayev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Yəhya".

Yakhin Bashkir, Tatar
From the given name Yakhya.

Yakobashvili Georgian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Iakobashvili chiefly used by Georgian Jews.

Yalaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian family name possibly derived from Arabic يَعْلَى (yaʿlā) or يَعْلَ (yaʿla) both meaning "exalted, high".

Yalçın Turkish
From the given name Yalçın.

Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamadaev Chechen
Means "son of Yamad", possibly from a form of the given name Ahmad.

Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yameen Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Variant transcription of Yamin.

Yanagi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yandarbiev Chechen
Means "son of Yandarbi".

Yandarbin Chechen
Variant of Yandarbiyev.

Yandarov Chechen
Possibly from the given name Yandar, which is of uncertain meaning, perhaps of Turkic or Iranian origin.

Yardley English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Yardley, derived from Old English gierd meaning "branch, twig, pole, stick" and leah meaning "wood, clearing".

Yaşar Turkish
From the given name Yaşar.

Yaseen Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yasin.

Yasenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yasen".

Yasmin Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Yasmin.

Yassin Arabic
From the given name Yasin.

Yavorov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yavor".

Yaylacıoğlu Turkish
Means "descendant of the nomad" from Turkish yaylacı meaning "nomad, highlander, transhumant".

Yazıcı Turkish
Means "writer" or "clerk" in Turkish.

Ybañez Spanish (Philippines)
Filipino form of Ibáñez.

Ybanez Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented variant of Ybañez.

Yeboah Western African, Akan

Yeghiazaryan Armenian
Means "son of Yeghiazar".

Yeh Chinese
Variant romanization of Ye.

Yeo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yesayan Armenian
Means "son of Yesay".

Yesmin Bengali
Variant of Yasmin.

Yick Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yi.

Yiğit Turkish
From the given name Yiğit.

Yıldırım Turkish
From the given name Yıldırım.

Yiu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yao.

Yokoi Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yokoshima Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yoldoshov Uzbek
Variant of Yo'ldoshev.

Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yong Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Yang.

Yong Korean
Korean form of Long from Sino-Korean 龍 (yong).

Yoosuf Dhivehi
From the given name Yoosuf.

Youcefi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian cognate of Yousfi.

Younes Arabic
Variant transcription of Yunus.

Yousaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.

Yousafzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai). A notable bearer is Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (1997-).

Yousef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousefi Persian
From the given name Yousef.

Yousfi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yusuf.

Youssef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousuf Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousufzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Yousafzai.

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yubuza Dungan
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name.

Yueh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Yue chiefly used in Taiwan.

Yüksel Turkish
Means "increase, rise, ascend" in Turkish.

Yulandi Indonesian

Yuldashev Kyrgyz, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek
Means "son of Yuldash".

Yuldoshev Tajik
Tajik form of Yuldashev.

Yunusov Uzbek, Bashkir, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of Yunus".

Yupanqui Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Yusfi Indonesian
Cognate of Yousfi.

Yusifov m Azerbaijani
Means “son of Yusif”.

Yusufi Afghan, Tajik, Urdu
Cognate of Yousfi.

Yusufov Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Means "son of Yusuf".

Yusufzai Pashto
Means "son of Yusuf" in Pashto.

Zaalishvili Georgian
Means "son of Zaal".

Zadeh Persian
From Persian زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring (of)", also often used as a suffix for patronymic-based Persian surnames.

Zadran Pashto
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe inhabiting Afghanistan and Waziristan (Pakistan).

Zafirov Bulgarian

Zaghloul Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "squab, young dove" in Egyptian Arabic. A notable bearer was the Egyptian statesman and revolutionary Saad Zaghloul (1857-1927).

Zahaf Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zahavi Hebrew, Jewish
From Hebrew זהב (zahav) meaning "gold", commonly used as a replacement for Ashkenazi surnames containing the element gold, such as Goldman, Goldstein or Goldberg.

Zahedi Persian
From the given name Zahid.

Zaheed Bengali, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Zahid.

Zaheer Arabic, Urdu
Variant transcription of Zahir.

Zaher Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Zaher.

Zahid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahid.

Zahir Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali
From the given name Zahir.

Zahrani Arabic
From the Arabic زهراني (zahran) meaning "flowering, blossoming"; ultimately from زَهْرَة (zahra) meaning "flower, blossom" (see Zahrah)... [more]

Zahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "related to Zahra" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Zaïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zaidi chiefly used in the Maghreb and influenced by French orthography.

Zaimoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Zaim".

Zain Arabic
From the given name Zayn.

Zakariyya Dhivehi, Arabic
From the given name Zakariyya.

Zakaryan Armenian
Means "son of Zakar".

Zaky Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Zaki chiefly used in Egypt.

Zalmai Afghan, Pashto
From the Pashto given name Zalmai.

Zamani Persian
From the given name Zaman.

Zamfir Romanian
From zamfir, a variant of the Slavonic word samfir or safir meaning "sapphire".

Zamfirescu Romanian
Means "son of Zamfir" in Romanian.

Żammit Maltese
Maltese form of the Sicilian name Zammito.

Zammit Berber, Northern African
Tunisian Berber name of unknown meaning.

Zane English
Meaning unknown. It could be a Americanization of the German surname Zahn. Zane 1 is also used as a given name.

Zaouche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name of unknown meaning.

Zapanta Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon
Of Hiligaynon origin and uncertain meaning.

Zapata Spanish
Occupational surname for a shoemaker, from Spanish zapato meaning "shoe". It can also be considered a habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain called Zapata.

Zapato Spanish
Means "shoe" in Spanish.

Zarafshan Persian
Means "spreader of gold" in Persian, from زر (zar) meaning "gold" and افشان (afshan) meaning "spreader, scatterer".

Zaslavsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone from the city of Iziaslav (or Zaslav) in Ukraine, derived from the given name Iziaslav.

Zavarzina Russian
Feminine form of Zavarzin.

Zavrazhin Russian

Zazai Pashto
Meaning uncertain.

Zegarra Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Castilianized form of the Catalan Segarra.

Zeghlache Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.

Zeidane Western African
Mauritanian variant of Zidane.

Zelenović Serbian
Derived from Serbian зелен (zelen) "green".

Zelimkhanov Chechen
Means "son of Zelimkhan".

Zemmamouche Berber (Rare), Northern African (Rare)

Zengin Turkish
Means "rich, wealthy" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian سنگين‏ (sangin).

Zeroual Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Nickname for a person with blue eyes from Berber aẓerwal meaning "blue".

Zerrougui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Zerrouki.

Zerrouki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue".

Zgheib Arabic
Lebanese surname of unknown meaning.

Zhanibekov Kazakh
Means "son of Zhanibek".

Zhaparov Kyrgyz, Kazakh

Zharkov Russian
Possibly derived from Russian жаркий (zharkiy) "hot".

Zhelyazkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Zhelyazko".

Zhemukhov Circassian (Russified)
Russified form of Jaimoukha.

Zhenisov Kazakh
Means "son of Zhenis".

Zhizhiashvili Georgian

Zholdoshev Kyrgyz
Variant of Zholdoshov.

Zholdoshov Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zholdosh".

Zhumabaev Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zhumabay".

Zhumabekov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zhumabek".

Zhumagaliev Kazakh
Means "son of Zhumagali".

Zhunisov Kazakh
Means "son of Zhunis".

Zhunusov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zhunus", from a form of the Arabic name Yunus.

Zhusupov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means “son of Zhusup”.

Ziani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zayyan.

Ziani Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Habitual surname denoting someone from Ziano, a locality in Italy. Unrelated to the Maghrebi surname of the same spelling.

Zidane Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zaydan. A notable bearer is Zinedine Zidane (1972-), a French former footballer of Algerian descent.

Zinnurov Tatar

Zitouni Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive".

Živojinović Serbian
Means "son of Živojin".

Zogheib Arabic
Variant transcription of Zgheib.

Zoheir Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zuhayr.

Zolotarev Russian
Means "son of the goldsmith" derived from Russian золотарь (zolotar) meaning "goldsmith".

Zosimov m Russian
Means "son of Zosim".

Zosimovi Georgian (Rare)
Possibly from the given name Zosim.

Zosimovich Belarusian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Zosim (see Zosimus)"; rarely used in both Belarus and Ukraine.

Zouaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Indicates a member of the Igawawen (called Zouaoua in French) Kabyle tribe, from Maghrebi Arabic زواوة (zwāwa). The tribe's name is of uncertain meaning; it may be derived from the name of a massif in Kabylie, Algeria.

Zouari Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zoubir Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zoubir.

Zouhair Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zouhair.

Zubayraev Chechen
Means "son of Zubaira".

Zuckerberg Jewish
Means "sugar mountain" from German zucker meaning "sugar" and Old High German berg meaning "mountain".

Zurabashvili Georgian
Means "son of Zurab".

Zurabishvili Georgian
Means "son of Zurab".

Zvezdanović Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the given name Zvezdan.

Zviadadze Georgian
Means "son of Zviad".

Zviadauri Georgian
From the given name Zviad.