Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the person who added the name is namefix.
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Prints Russian, Estonian
Means "prince" in Russian and Estonian.
Provodnikov Russian
From Russian проводник (provodnik) meaning "conductor". Means "son of a conductor".
Psyllos Greek
Means "flea" in 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.
Purinton English
One who came from Puriton, England.
Purpura Italian
A nickname for someone associated with the color purple.
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.
Raben German, Dutch, Danish
Derived from Low German rauben meaning "raven".
Rabiot French
Occupational name for a radish merchant.
Rabov Russian
Means "son of a slave".
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.
Reader English
Modernized form of Reeder.
Reaper Scottish
Occupational name for a harvester.
Reider German
Variant of Reiter.
Reinoso Spanish, South American
Meaning "place of fields".
Reinstadler German (Austrian)
From German rein meaning "pure" and stadt meaning "city".
Rekov Russian
From Russian река (reka) meaning "river".
Resurrección Spanish
A nickname for someone who had resurrected from the dead.
Reus Dutch
Means "giant" in Dutch, a nickname for a big man.
Reynoldson English
Means "son of Reynold".
Ribas Spanish
Variant of Rivas.
Ribić Croatian
Occupational surname for a fisherman.
Ridder German, Dutch
Dutch form and German variant of Ritter.
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.
Riguccini Italian
Derived from the given name Riguccio.
Rikiishi Japanese
From Japanese (力) 'riki' meaning "force, power" and (石) 'ishi' meaning "stone".
Risso Italian
Variant of Riccio.
Rittinghaus German
Name for someone who lives in a farmhouse.
Ritzi German
Diminutive of Ritz.
Robben Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the given name Robbe, a short form of Robert.
Roberti Italian
Derived from the given name Roberto.
Robertiz Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Roberto.
Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".
Rocă Romanian
Romanian cognate of Roach.
Rødahl Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
From Norwegian and Danish rød meaning "red" and dahl meaning "valley, dale".
Rodericks English
From the given name Roderick.
Rodger English
From the given name Rodger.
Rodrick English
Derived from the given name Roderick.
Roi French
French variant of Rey 1.
Rolandez Provençal
Derived from the given name Roland.
Rolando Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Rolando.
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.
Rossin Venetian
Venetian form of Rossini.
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.
Ruffini Italian
Derived from the given name Rufinus.
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".
Rumbia Indonesian
Named after the rumbia fruit in Indonesia.
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
Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.
Russian Friulian
Friulian form of Russo or Russi.
Rust English, Scottish
A nickname to someone with reddish hair or a ruddy complexion.
Ruthström Swedish
Means "Ruth's stream" in Swedish.
Ruz Spanish
Possibly a variant of Ruiz or Cruz.
Ruz Breton
From Breton meaning "red".
Rybalkin Russian
Occupational name for a fisherman.
Rybalko Russian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a fisherman.
Rybski Polish
Occupational name for a fisherman.
Rybskyi Ukrainian
Occupational name for a fisherman.
Rymer English
Occupational name for a poet.
Rzymski Polish
Derived from a place named ryzm "Rome". Denoting for someone from Rome.
Saaremaa Estonian
Toponymic surname from an island in the West Estonian archipelago, derived from saar "island" and maa "land, earth".
Sacramento Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning "sacrament" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Sævarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sævar" in Icelandic.
Sævarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sævar" in Icelandic.
Sagdiyev Uzbek
Famous barrier: Borat Sagdiyev
Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.
Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".
Saige English (American)
English variant of Sage.
Sakhalinsky Russian
Refers to an island in Eastern Russia named "Sakhalin."
Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".
Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").
Saludo Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "to greet".
Salvat Catalan, Occitan
Catalan and Occitan cognate of Savage. Derived from salvatge.
Samara Greek
Variant of Samaras.
Samarsky Russian
Refers to a region named "Samara" in Russia.
Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.
Samirov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Samir 1".
Sance Spanish (Latin American), Central American, French
Derived from the medieval given name Sans.
San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.
Sans Catalan
From the given name Sans.
Sánta Hungarian
From Hungarian meaning "limping".
Santano Spanish
Possibly a variant of Santana.
Santee English
A topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree.
Santino Italian
Derived from the given name Santino.
São Lucas Portuguese
Means "St. Luke" in Portuguese.
Sarakis m Greek
Possibly a variant of Sarakinos.
Sarangapani Hindi
From the sanskrit words Sarangan "bow of Vishnu" and pani "hand".
Sargento Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
Spanish and Portuguese form of Sergeant. It's also mostly used in the Philippines.
Sauls English
From the given name Saul.
Saunder English
From the given name Alexander.
Scales English
Name for a person who lives in a shed.
Scaloni Italian
Likely derived from Italian scala meaning "ladder, stairs". It may have originated as a occupational name for someone who built or worked with ladders.
Scarf English
Variant of Scarff.
Scarfe English
Variant of Scarff.
Scarff English
Nickname from Old Norse skarfr meaning "cormorant".
Schaufelberger German (Swiss)
likely refers to someone from a place named Schaufenberg.
Scheremet German
German cognate of Şeremet.
Schick German
A nickname given to a person who's smart, stylish, and well-dressed.
Schleider German
Derived from places named Schleid or Schleiden.
Schoenbeck German, Jewish
Means "beutiful stream" in German.
Scholes English
Habitational name from any of the places called Scholes or similar in England, all derived from Old Norse skáli "hut, shed".
Schollenberger German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Schollenberg.
Scuro Italian
From Italian meaning "dark".
Seal English
Variant of Seals, perhaps an occupational name for a person who makes saddles.
Seaman English
Occupational name for a sailor, derived from Old English "sea" and man. In some cases, from the Old English given name Sǣmann, of the same origin.
Seb Hindi
From सेब (seb) meaning "apple".
Sebas French
From the given name Sébastien.
Second French
From the given name Second.
Seel German
Occupational name for a person who makes or sells ropes.
Sefer Turkish
From the given name Sefer.
Seferoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Sefer" in Turkish.
Seferović Bosnian
Means "son of Sefer" in Bosnian.
Segadães Portuguese
Derived from several places named Segadães in Portugal.
Segoviano Spanish
One who came from Segovia, a region from Spain.
Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.
Selbey English
Variant of Selby.
Seldon English
Variant of Selden.
Semenin Russian
From the given name Semen.
Senat French, Haitian Creole
Means "senate" in French. Possibly an occupational name for a senator or others who worked for the senate. Commonly used in Haiti.
Sensi Italian
Derived from Italian "senso" meaning "sense, feeling". Historically, the surname could have been given to someone who was known for their wisdom or intelligence, or to someone who had a keen sense of perception or intuition... [more]
Serçe Turkish
Means "sparrow" in Turkish.
Serdarov Turkmen
Means "son of Serdar".
Şeremet Turkish
Means "poor man" in some turkic languages.
Seremet Moldovan
Moldovan cognate of Şeremet.
Sergente Italian
Italian cognate of Sergeant.
Sergeyan Armenian, Russian
Means "son of Sergey" with the Armenian suffix yan.
Serote Spanish (Filipinized)
Means fecal matter in Spanish
Servania Cebuano
Meaning unknown. Probably a form of Cervantes.
Serzhantov Russian
Means "son of a sergeant".
Sett Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.
Seuss German, Jewish
Means "sweet", "pleasant", or "agreeable".
Seville Spanish, English
a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain. Synonyms: Sevilla Example of: city, metropolis, urban center. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts... [more]
Shakurov Bashkir, Tatar, Uzbek
Means "son of Shakur".
Sheet Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.
Shein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, good, nice"
Shein Burmese
From the given name Shein.
Sheinbaum Jewish
Derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, friendly" and baum meaning "tree".
Sheremetev Russian
Derived from the Turkic word Şeremet meaning "poor man". (See Şeremet)
Sheremeteva Russian
Feminine equivalent of Sheremetev.
Sherlock English, Irish
Nickname for someone with "fair hair" or "a lock of fair hair."
Sheth Indian, Marathi, Bengali, Hindi
Variant transcription of Seth.
Shevalier English (American), English (Canadian)
Anglicized form of the French surname Chevalier.
Shibakawa Japanese
From Japanese 芝 (shiba) meaning "turf, lawn, sod" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".
Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Shikari Indian, Hindi
From Hindi meaning "hunter, huntsman".
Shipman English
Occupational name for a boatman or mariner or boatbuilder, derived from Middle English schipman.
Shipwright English
Occupational name for a ship builder.
Shit Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.
Shokutsu Japanese
From Japanese 食 (shoku) meaning food and 通 (tsu) meaning "connoisseur".
Shomurodov Uzbek
Means "son of Shomurod".
Shortall English
Nickname from Anglo-Saxon scorkhals meaning "a person with a short neck".
Shreck German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Schreck.
Shukurov Uzbek
Means "son of Shukur" in Uzbek.
Shvetsov Russian, Ukrainian
Means "son of a cobbler" or "shoemaker" in Russian or Ukrainian.
Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.
Siciliano Italian, Sicilian
One who came from Sicily.
Siddi Hindi, Marathi
Named after the Siddi tribe in Karnataka.
Sidiropoulos Greek
Means "son of a blacksmith worker" in Greek.
Sierpień Polish
Derived from Polish sierpień "August (month)".
Sigmund German, Czech
From the given name Sigmund.
Sigþórsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sigþór" in Icelandic.
Sigþórsson Icelandic
Means "son of Sigþór" in Icelandic.
Sigur Croatian
Nickname from Croatian siguran meaning "secure, safe, certain".