Browse Submitted Surnames

ALVEREZ Spanish, Portuguese
Means "son of Alvaro".

ARMUIER French
French for "armorer."

BARISICH German
Likely a German version of Baruch.

BERNAL Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Bernaldo.

BOSWACHTER Dutch
Dutch for "forester."

BOULANGER French
Means "baker" in French.

BROY Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Brophy

BURKEN English
English variant of Birkin (see Burkins).

CAINE French, English
Originally from a French derogatory nickname for someone with a bad temper.

CARLINI Italian

CHARRUE French
French for "cartwright."

CIABATTINO Italian
Italian for "cobbler."

CLAUDE French
From the first name Claude.

CLAUDEL French
From the given name Claudel.

COLLINES French
French for "hillbanks".

DE CARLO Italian
From the prefix De and the first name Carlo.

DIDONATO Italian
Combination of the prefix Di and the name Donato.

DOWLING Irish (Anglicized), English
Anglicanized form of Ó Dúnlaing and Ó Dubhlainn.

ENSIGN English
From the military rank.

FLECKENSTEIN German
German for "stain stone".

FORSYTH Scottish
Variant of Forsythe. Known bearers include the Scottish botanist William Forsyth (1737-1804), after whom the genus Forsythia is named, and Scottish inventor Alexander John Forsyth (1769-1843).

FRANCK English, French
From the given name Franck.

GARRICK English
From the first name Garrick.

GEORGIA English
From the given name Georgia.

GERDES German
Patronymic name, coming from "son of Gerhard.

GLASSON Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form O'Glasain.

GLENDON Scottish, English
From the first name, which means "from the dark glen" in Scottish Gaelic.

GROEN Dutch, Low German
Dutch nickname for someone who habitually dressed in green, from Middle Dutch groene ‘green’. ... [more]

HAGGERTY Irish
From the name Eigceartach, meaning "unjust."

HAMMONS English
Variant of Hammon.

HARRINGTON English
From Old English word meaning "hare town"

HENRI French
From the first name Henri.

ISSAC English, Spanish
From the given name Issac.

JANOTA Czech
Derivative of Jan.

KAINE English
Variant of Caine.

KAYE English
From the first name Kaye.

KEALA Hawaiian
From the given name Keala.

KLOSTERMANN German
Combination of "kloster" meaning "monastery," and common German suffix Mann.

LAMBE English
Variant of Lamb.

LE BRETON French
Describes someone from the French region Breton.

LINK English
Comes from Old English word "hlinc"

LOVETT English, French
From Ango-Norman French "louvet" meaning "young wolf".

MAHI Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi
From the given name Mahi.

MCCAWELL Irish
Anglicanized version of Mac Cathmhaoil.

MCGRAITH Irish
Means "Son of Graith."

MEUNIER French
French word for "miller."

MONSEREZ French

Ó CONNACHAÍN Irish
Means "Descendant of Connachaín."

Ó GNÍMH Irish, Scottish
Means "Descendant of Gnímh".

PÊCHEUR French
French for "fisher."

PETROVA Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Petrov.

PETTINGER English
English version of Pottinger.

PITTMAN English
Described someone who lived in a hollow or pitt (see Pitt).

PLATTE French
From Old French plat, meaning "flat."

PREVOT French
A prevot was a govenment position during the Ancient Régime

PUTZ German
German for "plaster". Likely used to denote someone who manufactured plaster

RASSMUSSEN Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Means "son of Rasmus".

RITTMAN German, English
From Middle High German "riet" and "mann", riet meaning reed.

ROYAL English
From the given name Royal.

RUNGE German
From the old word "runga", meaning stick or whip

SCHABEN German
Describes an inhabitant of the region Swabia

SCHERMAN German
German version of Sherman

SCHOENMAKER Dutch
Dutch word for "shoemaker."

TAILLEUR French
French for "tailor."

TIAGO Portuguese
From the given name Tiago.

TICO Spanish
From the given Tico.

TISSERAND French
French for "weaver."

TOLLIVER Italian, English (American)
Americanized version of Taliaferro

TONNELIER French
French for "cooper."

VANSANT Dutch
Derivative of Van Zant.

VASAIO Italian
Italian for "potter."

VOLESKY Belarusian, Ukrainian