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O'Ryan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Riain.

Osas Somali
Variant of Ossas

Oscar English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Oscar.

Oscari Italian
Derived from the given name Oscar.

Osmanov Azerbaijani, Dagestani, Crimean Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek
Means "son of Osman".

Österdahl Swedish
Derived from Swedish öst meaning "east" and dahl meaning "valley."

Østigård Norwegian
From Norwegian øst meaning "east" and gård meaning "farm, enclosure."

Ostrich German (Americanized), English (American), Croatian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Österreich or Oštrić.

Otamendi Basque
From Basque ota meaning "foothill" or "low hill" and mendi meaning "mountain."

Ouali Arabic (Maghrebi)

Oubaali Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ouedraogo Western African, Mossi
Derived from the name of the semi-legendary Ouedraogo, who is believed to have founded the Mossi Kingdoms in the 11th century. Means "son of the elephant" in the Mossi language.

Oven Slovene, German
Derived from Oven "ram, male sheep".

Overfeld German
Variant of Oberfeld.

Overfelt English
Derived from the Old English "ofer," meaning "seashore," or "riverbank" and "felt" meaning "field".

Oviedo Spanish, Asturian
Derived from spanish "oveja" meaning sheep.

Owo Nigerian
From the given name Owo.

Oxlong English

Øy Norwegian
From Norwegian øy meaning "island".

Oyarzabal Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oihartzabal.

Özbekoğlu Turkish
Means "son of an Uzbek".

Ozbekov Kyrgyz
Means "son of an Uzbek".

Özil Turkish
From Turkish words Öz meaning "core", "essence", "pure" and Il meaning "city", "province".

Özyurek Turkish
Formed by the combination of the Turkish words öz "gist, kernel" and yürek "heart".

Packman English
Variant of Pack.

Pafundi Italian

Pagan English
Variant of Payne.

Palay Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog meaning "rice paddy".

Pallas German, Polish (Germanized)
Nickname for a small man, from Slavic palac 'thumb'.

Palomares Spanish
Derived from Spanish "palomar," meaning "dovecote" or "columbarium". An occupational name for someone who was known for raising or caring for carrier pigeons or doves.

Panenka Czech
From Czech meaning "doll". Perhaps a nickname for a petite person.

Panzacola Indigenous American (Rare)
Named after the tribe meaning "hairy people".

Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.

Papa French
From French meaning "dad, father". Likely given to someone seen as a father figure.

Papaqui Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl pakini meaning "happy".

Papas Greek
From Greek meaning "pope, priest".

Papastathopoulos Greek
Meaning "you are the priest" in Greek.

Paradise English, Scottish
Nickname for someone who "lived by a park or pleasure garden".

Paras Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Parras.

Pardon French
A nickname for someone who had received the royal clemency.

Parete Italian
Denoted from a person who lived near a wall.

Parigi Italian
Habitational name for someone who lives in places called "Parigi" (Paris).

Pariz Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate or variant of Paris.

Paro Italian, Venetian

Parras Spanish
Plural form of Parra.

Pascua Spanish
From the personal name Pascual. It also means "Easter" in Spanish.

Pascuas Spanish
Variant of Pascua.

Pasillas Spanish (Mexican)

Pasquariella Italian
Derived from the given name Pasquale.

Pasta Italian
From Italian pasta meaning "dough, paste". Occupational name for a baker or cook.

Patera Czech
Nickname for the illegitimate son of a priest.

Pauro Croatian, Istriot
Probably an Istrian form of Paro.

Pavard French

Pavelov Bulgarian, Russian
Variant of Pavlov.

Pavlidis Greek

Peart English

Pedraza Spanish
Refers to the blow received from a stone thrown intentionally to wound someone.

Peffercorn English

Pegahmagabow Ojibwe

Pelkas Greek

Pepe Italian
From the given name Giuseppe.

Pepi Italian
Derived from the given name Peppi 1.

Peppard English, Irish
Occupational name from Old French pipart meaning "piper".

Pepper English
Occupational name for a spicer.

Pepper English, Irish
Variant of Peppard.

Pepper Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jewish Pfeffer meaning "pepper".

Peppers English (American)
Variant of Pepper.

Perche French
Derived from a former province of the south of Normandy, and extending into Orleanois.

Perish English (American)
Variant of Parish.

Perkiss English
Corruption of Perkins.

Perlman German
Occupational name for a person who makes or sells pearls.

Perotti Italian
from the personal name Pietro.

Pertsukh Ukrainian

Peru Basque
Derived from the given name Peru.

Perv Estonian
Perhaps a variant of Parve.

Pesado Spanish
From Spanish meaning "heavy, weighty". It was likely given to individuals who were physically large or strong or as a reference to a heavy burden or responsibility.

Petitperrin French (Rare)
Descendant of short, little Pierre.

Petroni Italian
Derived from the given name Petronio.

Petronis Lithuanian
Drived from the given name Petronius.

Petry German, French, Luxembourgish, Walloon, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Peter.

Piemonte Italian
Denotes someone from Piedmont.

Pierog Polish
Occupational nickname for a cook.

Pierrez French
Derived from the given name Pierre or from medieval French Piers.

Pierri Italian
Variant of Pedrotti.

Pierrin French
From the given name Pierre.

Piers French, English, Jewish
From the medieval given name Piers

Pika Indian

Pikachu Brazilian
From Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachuu), derived from the onomatopoeic words ピカピカ (pikapika), a sparkly sound, and チュウチュウ (chuuchuu), a mouse sound. It happens to be a nickname for someone with a short stature who runs super fast according to the famous barrier Yago Pikachu (born Glaybson Yago Souza Lisboa) a Brazilian footballer who plays for Fortaleza.

Pikacz Polish
From Polish meaning "picker". Occupational name for someone who had a profession related to picking or sorting through materials.

Pikalev m Russian
Variant of Pikalov.

Pikard Germanic
Cognate of Picard.

Pikhach Ukrainian
From Ukrainian meaning "infantryman".

Pilot English
Means a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

Piñal Spanish
Surname whose house was in Hoz de Anero, in the City council of Ribamontán al Monte (Santander).

Pinal Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish meaning "pine grove".

Pinchasik Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.

Pinchenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.

Pines Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.

Pines English
Plural form of Pine. Possibly given to someone who lives in a pine forest or a pine grove.

Pingayak Yupik

Pinoy Tagalog, Filipino
Relating to the Philippine Islands or the Filipinos.

Pirlo Italian

Pirog Polish, Russian
Variant of Pierog.

Pisica Romanian
From Romanian meaning "cat".

Pizarro Spanish
One who produces, or deals in, slate.

Pizza Italian
Variant of Pizzo.

Pjanić Bosnian

Plancarte Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Blancarte.

Planchard French
Variant of Blanchard.

Plante French
French cognate of Plant.

Plantić Croatian

Pluma Spanish
From Spanish meaning "plume, feather". Occupational name for a scribe.

Podolski Polish
Refers to a region named Podolia in Ukraine.

Podolskiy Russian
Variant transcription of Podolsky.

Podolsky Russian
Russian form of Podolski

Pogba Western African

Pohon Indonesian
Means "tree" in Indonesian.

Pokharel Nepali
Derived from the city of Pokhara in Nepal.

Polaco Spanish
Variant of Polanco. Alternatively, it could as well be referred to inhabitants of Poland.

Poliak Ukrainian, Slovak
Ukrainian cognate and Slovak variant of Polák.

Policier French (Caribbean), Haitian Creole
From French meaning "policeman".

Polke German
Variant of Polk.

Pollak English, German
A name for someone who came from the place called Poland.

Ponce Spanish
Derived from the given name Pontius

Ponce De León Spanish
Compound name composed of the family name Ponce + the habitational name León.

Poncio Spanish
Variant of Ponce.

Ponse Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Ponce.

Popkov Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Variant of Popov.

Poplar English
Nickname for someone living by a poplar tree.

Popoca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "to smoke".

Porteiro Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Porter.

Portero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Porter.

Portokali Greek
From Greek meaning "orange".

Povarov Russian
Derived from the Russian word "povar" meaning 'cook'.

Povetkin Russian

Pozharin Russian
Means "man of fire" in Russian.

Prasinos Greek
From Greek meaning "green".

Pravsha Russian
Means "right-handed" in Russian.

Preciado Spanish
Past participle of the infinitive preciar meaning "excellent, precious, of great estimation".

Precio Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish meaning "price".

Prenc Istriot

Prevljak Bosnian

Prevou French (Americanized)
Americanized form of Prévost.

Prints Russian, Estonian
Means "prince" in Russian and Estonian.

Pritzkau German

Prograis French Creole, Louisiana Creole

Promes Dutch (Surinamese)

Provodnikov Russian
From Russian проводник (provodnik) meaning "conductor". Means "son of a conductor".

Psyllos Greek
Means "flea" in Greek.

Psyroukis Greek

Puello Spanish
Variant of Pueyo.

Pueyo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "small hilltop".

Puķe Latvian
Derived from Latvian puķe "flower". Occupational surname for a person who sells flowers.

Pulišić Croatian
Derived From puliš meaning "to smoke". It may refer to a smoker or someone who sells cigarettes.

Purefoy English

Pürevdorj Mongolian

Purinton English
One who came from Puriton, England.

Purpura Italian
A nickname for someone associated with the color purple.

Pyatov Russian, Ukrainian

Qazaishvili Georgian

Quagliarella Italian
From Italian quaglia meaning "quail".

Quagmire Popular Culture
Derived from places named "Quagmire". One notable character is Glenn Quagmire from Family Guy.

Quaker English, Scottish
This surname was used to indicate someone who worked as a son of a vicar, who was a priest in charge of a parish in which most or all of the tithes were paid to another recipient, while the vicar received a stipend.

Quaresima Italian
Means "lent" in Italian.

Quaresma Portuguese
Means "Lent" in Portuguese.

Quince English, Spanish
Derived from the given name Quinctus.

Quirini Italian
Derived from the given name Quirino

Rabago Spanish
Habitational name from Rábago in Cantabria province.

Rabagos Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Rabago.

Raben German, Dutch, Danish
Derived from Low German rauben meaning "raven".

Rabiot French
Occupational name for a radish merchant.

Rabiou French (African)
African form of Rabiot.

Rabov Russian
Means "son of a slave".

Radding English
Variant of Reading.

Răducanu Romanian
Variant of Răducan.

Rahmanović Bosnian
Means "son of Rahman" in Bosnian.

Raider English
Taken from a village called "Rait".

Raimundez Spanish
Means "son of Raimundo" in Spanish.

Rakić Serbian
From Serbian "rak" meaning 'crab', 'lobster', or 'crayfish'. It can also mean 'cancer'.

Rallison English
Means "son of Ralph".

Ramo Aragonese, Italian
Ultimately from Latin ramus meaning "branch".

Rashidin Malaysian, Kazakh (Rare)
From the given name Rashid.

Rashidov Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Rashid".

Raskin Jewish
Derived from the given name Raske which is a pet form of Rachel.

Raum German
From German meaning "room, space".

Rayanov Bashkir, Tatar
Means "son of Rayan."

Raynard English
Derived from the baptismal name Rainer.

Raynolds English
Variant of Reynolds.

Rayphand Micronesian

Reader English
Modernized form of Reeder.

Reaper Scottish
Occupational name for a harvester.

Rection English (American)

Redcliff English (American)
Variant of Radcliff.

Redcliffe English
Variant of Radcliff.

Reding English
Variant of Reading.

Regisson English Creole
Means "son of Regis".

Rei Portuguese, Galician
Cognate of Rey 1

Reider German
Variant of Reiter.

Reinoso Spanish
Meaning "place of fields".

Reinstadler German (Austrian)
From German rein meaning "pure" and stadt meaning "city".

Rekov Russian
From Russian река (reka) meaning "river".

Renfroe English, Scottish
Variant of Renfrew

Resurrección Spanish
A nickname for someone who had resurrected from the dead.

Retegui Basque (Hispanicized)

Reus Dutch
Means "giant" in Dutch, a nickname for a big man.

Reyez Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Reyes.

Reynaga Spanish (Mexican)

Reynaldez Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "son of Reynaldo" in Spanish.

Reynholds English
Variant of Reynolds.

Reynoldson English
Means "son of Reynold".

Reynoso Spanish
Variant of Reinoso.

Ribas Spanish
Variant of Rivas.

Ribeira Portuguese
Variant of Ribeiro.

Ribić Croatian
Occupational surname for a fisherman.

Ridder German, Dutch
Dutch form and German variant of Ritter.

Ridesatthedoor Indigenous American

Rideshorse Indigenous American
Variant of Ridesthewhitehippedhorse.

Ridesthehorse Indigenous American
Variant of Ridesthewhitehippedhorse.

Rigoldi Italian
Derived from the given name Rigo, a short form of various names.

Rigoli Italian
Derived from the given name Rigo, a short form of various names.

Rigondeau French, Occitan (?)

Rigondeaux Caribbean

Riguccini Italian
Derived from the given name Riguccio.

Rijkaard Dutch (Surinamese)

Rikiishi Japanese
From Japanese (力) 'riki' meaning "force, power" and (石) 'ishi' meaning "stone".

Rittinghaus German
Name for someone who lives in a farmhouse.

Ritzi German
Diminutive of Ritz.

Ro Korean

Robare English (American)

Robben Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the given name Robbe, a short form of Robert.

Roberti Italian
Derived from the given name Roberto.

Robertis Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Robertiz.

Robertiz Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Roberto.

Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".

Rødahl Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
From Norwegian and Danish rød meaning "red" and dahl meaning "valley, dale".

Rodebush Dutch (Americanized), Belgian (Americanized)
Variant of Roudebush

Rodericks English
From the given name Roderick.

Rodger English
From the given name Rodger.

Rodrick English
Derived from the given name Roderick.

Rohrbaugh German (Americanized)
Americanized from Rohrbach.

Rohrbough German (Americanized)
Variant of Rohrbaugh.

Roi French
French variant of Rey 1.

Rolandez Provençal
Derived from the given name Roland.

Romo Spanish
Derived from latin (rhombus) meaning obtuse, blunt.

Ronde Dutch
Means "round" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a plump person, ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Rosado Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word rosa, meaning "rose".

Rosas Spanish, Catalan
Variants of Rosa or Rosales.

Rosen English, German
Variant of Rose 1.

Rostovsky Russian
Referring to a region in Southwestern Russia named "Rostov".

Rotterdam Dutch
Denoting someone from a place named Rotterdam "place of the muddy water".

Roudebush Dutch (Americanized), Belgian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch and Belgian Ronderbosch or Rondenbosch, a habitational name for someone from Ronderbos in Dilbeek, Brabant, or Ronden Bos in Maldegen, East Flanders.

Roue Breton
From Breton meaning "king".

Round English
Variant of Rounds.

Routin French
From French route meaning "road".

Routine French
Variant of Routin.

Röwekamp German
From old German röwe meaning "lion" and kamp meaning "fighter". Perhaps named for someone who's brave.

Rueger German
The name was likely first bestowed on someone thought to have the characteristics of a heron as a nickname, eventually becoming a hereditary surname.

Ruegger German
Variant of Rueger

Ruffini Italian
Derived from the given name Rufinus.

Rugamas Spanish, Central American

Rugg English
Nickname for a person associated with the color red, whether through hair color, clothing, or complexion. Accordingly, the name is derived from the Old French word ruge, meaning red.

Ruh German
Derived from German ruhig meaning "quiet".

Rulli Italian

Rumbia Indonesian
Named after the rumbia fruit in Indonesia.

Rungvisai Thai

Ruotsi Finnish
Variant of Ruotsalainen.

Rusch Low German
Derived from Middle Low German rusch "quick, rash, hasty; unkempt", this was a nickname for a quick or unkempt, unrefined person.

Rusch German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Rudolf.

Ruschel German
Variant of Rusch

Ruslanov Kazakh, Dagestani, Tatar
Means "son of Ruslan".

Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Rust English, Scottish
A nickname to someone with reddish hair or a ruddy complexion.

Ruthström Swedish
Means "Ruth's stream" in Swedish.