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Fouch English
Variant of French Fouché or German Fouts.
Foulkes English (Anglicized, ?)
English variant spelling of Foulks.
Foulks English
English from a Norman personal name, a short form of various Germanic names formed with folk ‘people’. See also Volk.
Fountas Greek
Someone with a lot of hair from the Latin word funda.
Fouquereau French (Quebec)
Jean Fouquereau was born on November 6, 1617, in Anjou, Isère, France, his father, Louis, was 23 and his mother, Catherine, was 20. He married Renee Bataille on December 31, 1639, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France... [more]
Fouquet French
From a pet form or a diminutive of Fouques.
Foweather English
Derived from the place name Fawether, Bingley, itself a combination of Middle English fah "multicoloured, stippled" and hather "heather"... [more]
Fowl English, Popular Culture
This name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from the Old English pre 7th Century word fugol, "fowl", "bird", which was used as a byname and as a personal name. The medieval form of the word was the Middle English development foul, fowl(e), used as a continuation of the Old English personal name and also as a nickname for someone who in some way resembled a bird.
Foxe English
Variant of Fox
Foxglove Literature
Used in Jill Murphy's books, The Worst Witch, as well as the television adaptations for the surname of Felicity Foxglove. It is a combination of "fox" and "glove".
Foxworth English
Variant of Foxworthy, a habitational name derived from the unattested Old English given name Færoc and worþig "estate, enclosure, homestead".
Foxx English
Variant of Fox.
Foy Irish (Anglicized)
A different form of Fahy (from Irish Gaelic Ó Fathaigh "descendant of Fathach", a personal name probably based on Gaelic fothadh "foundation").
Foy Irish
Variant of Fee.
Føyen Norwegian
Named after a small island originally called Føyen, now known as Føynland in the Vestfold county of Norway. ... [more]
Fraga Portuguese
Fraga, also derived from the Spanish variation of the word frescas meaning "strawberries", in the Portugal it translates to "from the cliffs or cliffside"
Fragola Italian
apparently from fragola "strawberry" probably applied as either a topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of wild strawberries a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of soft fruits or a nickname for someone with a conspicuous strawberry mark.
Fragoso Portuguese, Spanish
Means "rocky, rough, uneven" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin fragosus. It was originally a habitational name from any of various places called Fragoso.
Fraidstern Jewish (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized version of Freydshtern, Yiddish for "Joyful Star" literally "Joy Star".
Fraley English (American)
Anglicized/Americanized version of the German surname "Frohlich", meaning "happy" or "cheerful".
Frampton English
English: habitational name from any of various places so called, of which there are several in Gloucestershire and one in Dorset. Most take the name from the Frome river (which is probably from a British word meaning ‘fair’, ‘brisk’) + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’... [more]
France French
Ethnic name for an inhabitant of France, a country in Europe.
France Czech
Variant of Franc.
France Slovene
Derived from the given name France 2, a vernacular form of Frančišek, which is ultimately from Latin Franciscus.
Francês Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Frances.
Frances Spanish, Catalan
From Spanish and Catalan meaning "French". Denoting someone of French origin.
Francescoli Italian
Variant form of Francesco. This name is borne by the former Uruguayan soccer star Enzo Francescoli (1961-).
Francescone Italian
Ancient family of Navelli, which recognizes as its progenitor that Francis, called "Francescone", who, between 1227 and 1230, was awarded the title of Baron by Emperor Frederick II, for having juggled leveraging troops with success and honor in the Sixth Crusade.
Franchetti Italian
Diminutive spelling of Franco.
Franchi Italian
Variant spelling of Franco.
Franchini Italian
Italian patronymic of Franchino.
Franchino Italian
Diminutive form of Franco.
Francoletti Italian
Probably means "son of Franco", or derives from a similar name.
Frangieh Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means "occidental" in Arabic, denoting someone who came from the western world. Famous bearers of this name include the Frangieh family of Lebanese Maronite politicians, notably the fifth president Suleiman Frangieh (1910-1992)... [more]
Frangopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of a Frank" in Greek.
Franjieh Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic فرنجية (see Frangieh).
Frankel German
Variant of Frank.
Franken Dutch
Patronymic form of the given name Frank.
Frankenberg German, Jewish
habitational name from a place in northern Hesse named as "fort (Old High German burg) of the Franks". From German franken and berg "mountain hill mountain"... [more]
Frankenhoff German (Americanized, ?)
House of the Franks (French)
Frankfurter German
Habitational name for someone from either Frankfurt am Main or Frankfurt an der Oder, both places in Germany, derived from German Franke "Franconian, Frank" and Furt "ford", literally meaning "ford of the Franks"... [more]
Frankhauser German
Denotes somebody from any of several places with the name Frankenhausen.
Frankland English
Status name for a person whom lived on an area of land without having to pay obligations. From Norman French frank, 'free' and Middle English land, 'land'. This surname is common in Yorkshire.... [more]
Frankly English (Rare)
Variant of Frank (1).
Frankowska f Polish
Feminine form of Frankowski.
Frankowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Franki, Frankowo, or Frankowa, all derived from Polish frank "franc, free"
Frankson English
This surname means "son of Frank."
Franquez Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese for "son of Franco."
Franson English
This surname means “son of Francis”.
Franssen Dutch
Means "son of Frans".
Franzblau Jewish
Means "french blue" in German. One of the many names assigned to Jews during the rule of Emperor Joseph II, who required all Jews in the Hapsburg Empire to adopt surnames.
Franzén Swedish
Combination of the given name Franz and the popular surname suffix -én, derived from Latin -enius "descendant of".
Franzetti Italian
Italian diminutive form of Franzese.
Fraraccio Italian
Possibly a variant of Frare using the pejorative suffix -accio.
Frare Italian
Probably derived from a North Italian descendant of Latin frater "brother", used to denote a member of a religious order or a close male friend (compare Friar)... [more]
Frascatore Italian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly derived from (or related to) Italian frasca meaning "bough, branch", which might possibly indicate that the surname had first started out as a nickname for someone who worked as a woodcutter or as a forester... [more]
Frase German
Variant of Fraas.
Frasure French
The surname Frasure is of French origin and is derived from the Old French word "frasor," meaning "breaker" or "smasher." It is believed to have been a nickname given to someone who was strong or forceful.
Fratzke German (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a Slavic origin and a derivation from Middle Low German vratz "glutton".
Fredman Swedish
Combination of Swedish fred "peace" and man "man".
Fredrickson English, Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Fredrick", sometimes used as an Americanized spelling of Fredriksson or Fredriksen.
Freeling Dutch, German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch Vrielink or German Frühling.
Freer French
Dutch spelling of Frere (brother); another variant spelling is Frear.
Fregeau French
Metathesized form of Fergeau from an old vernacular form of the Latin personal name Ferreolus derived from ferrum meaning "iron".
Freiburg German
Derives from the German words, frei, which means free, and berg, which means hill, and is the name of a city in Germany.
Freier German
Status name of the feudal system denoting a free man, as opposed to a bondsman, from an inflected form of Middle High German vri "free".
Freier German
Archaic occupational name, from Middle High German, Middle Low German vrier, vriger, denoting a man who had the ceremonial duty of asking guests to a wedding.
Freimann German
German cognate of Freeman. from Middle High German vriman "free man" status name in the feudal system for a free man as opposed to a bondman or serf derived from the elements fri "free" and man "man".
Frenssen Flemish
Variant of Franssen, from Limburgish Frens.
Fresco Italian
From a shortened form of the name Francesco.
Frescobaldi Italian
Derived from the given name Frescobaldo. This was the name of a prominent Florentine noble family as well as Italian composer and virtuoso Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643).
Fresia Italian (Modern, Rare)
The surname is the 202,062nd most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,535,927 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Fresia reside; 59 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent reside in Italic Europe... [more]
Fresnillo Spanish
Diminutive of Fresno meaning "little ash tree".
Frett English
English from Middle English frette, Old French frete ‘interlaced work (in metal and precious stones)’ such as was used for hair ornaments and the like, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such pieces.
Freyer German
Variant of Freier.
Freyjusdóttir Icelandic (Rare)
Means "daughter of Freyja" in Icelandic.
Freyjuson Icelandic (Rare)
Means "son of Freyja" in Icelandic
Friar English
Denoted a member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders. (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans)
Frías Spanish
Taken from the city of Frías, in Spain. The name of the city is taken from the Spanish phrase aguas frías, meaning "cold waters".
Frias English
English form of Frías.
Frič Czech
Czechized form of Fritsch.
Frick German
Variant of Fricke.
Fricke German
Derived from a Low German diminutive of the given name Friedrich.
Frickel German
Elaboration of Frick.
Fricker German
Patronymic form of Frick.
Fricker German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from the Frick valley in Baden, Germany, or from Frick in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
Friddle German
Americanized version of Friedel.
Fridman Yiddish, German (Anglicized)
Derived from the Yiddish "Frid" (see fridu) meaning "peace," combined with "man" meaning "man" or "person." Originally derived from a vernacular form of Shalom, it is also an anglicized spelling of the German name Friedmann.
Friedberg German, Jewish
Combination of either German vride "security, protection" or Friede "peace", with berg "hill, mountain". The name is most often locational, but may in some cases be ornamental.
Friedgant Yiddish
Means "hand of peace" in Yiddish.
Friedman English (American), Jewish
Americanized form of Friedmann as well as a Jewish cognate of this name.
Friedmann German, German (Swiss), Jewish (Ashkenazi)
German and Swiss German from a derivative of Friedrich. ... [more]
Friend English
Nickname for a companionable person, from Middle English frend "friend" (Old English freond). In the Middle Ages the term was also used to denote a relative or kinsman, and the surname may also have been acquired by someone who belonged to the family of someone who was a more important figure in the community
Friesen German, Dutch
Patronymic form of Friso (see Fries).
Frink Low German
Altered form of a diminutive of Severin.
Frisby English
Means "person from Frisby", Leicestershire ("farmstead of the Frisians"). A frisbee is a plastic disc thrown from person to person as a game; the trademarked name, registered in 1959 by Fred Morrison, was inspired by the Frisbie bakery of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose pie tins were the original models for the plastic discs.
Frischkorn German, Jewish
An occupational name for a farmer composed of German frisch "fresh" and korn "grain"... [more]
Frish Yiddish
Yiddish form of Frisch.
Frith English, Scottish
From Old English friþ "peace, refuge, sanctuary", probably denoting a person who lives in a sanctuary or at peace. It also be a variant of English surname Firth.
Friðriksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Friðrik" in Icelandic.
Friðriksson Icelandic
Means "son of Friðrik" in Icelandic.
Fritschun Romansh
Romanshized form of Frizzoni.
Fritzen German
Variant of Fritz.
Frizzell English (Rare)
Either (i) from Friseal, the Scottish Gaelic form of Fraser; or (ii) from a medieval nickname applied to someone who dressed in a showy or gaudy style (from Old French frisel "decoration, ribbon").
Frizzoni Romansh
Italianized form of Fritsche.
Frobisher English
The surname Frobisher is derived from an occupation, 'the furber' or 'furbisher.' (Middle English fourbishour, from Old French forbisseor). A furbisher was a scourer of armour and metals generally, found also as' furbearer.' Frobisher is the most prominent modern form of the surname... [more]
Froch Polish
Polish form of Frosch.
Fröding Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly from a place name element derived from Swedish frodig meaning "lush, thriving, flourishing" or from the name of the Norse god Frö (see Freyr)... [more]
Frog English
From the English word frog which is a type of amphibian.
Froggatt English
Topographical name from the village of Froggatt in Derbyshire.
Fröjd Swedish
Swedish cognate of Freud.
Frollo Literature
Meaning unknown. This was the surname of Claude Frollo, the antagonist of Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Frolov Russian
Means "son of Frol".
Frolova Russian
Feminine form of Frolov.
From Jewish
Variant of Fromm.
Froment French, Walloon, English
from French froment "wheat" (from Latin frumentum "grain") probably applied as a nickname for a peasant or as metonymic occupational name for a dealer in wheat... [more]
Frost Welsh
Originally spelled Ffrost (the double ff is a Welsh letter). The Welsh word ffrost refered to someone who is excessively bold or a brag, especially with regard to warrior feats. Edmund Ffrost signed his name this way on the ship's register of the boat which brought him to the Massachussett's Bay Colony in 1631... [more]
Frühlingová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Frühling.
Frusciante Italian
Derived from the Italian adjective frusciante meaning "rustling, swishing, whishing", which itself is derived from the Italian verb frusciare meaning "to rustle, to swish, to whish". The surname had probably started out as a nickname for someone who made a rustling or whishing sound whenever they walked, which was probably caused by the clothes that they were wearing (in that the clothes must have been made of a certain fabric that is prone to making some noise when touched in any way).... [more]
Frys English, Dutch, German, Polish
1. English Origin (Variant of Fry or Frye)... [more]
Fu Chinese
From Chinese 傅 (fù) meaning "teacher, instructor", also referring to an ancient place named Fu Yan (傅岩) possibly located in what is now Shanxi province. It could also come from the name of the ancient fief of Fu, which existed during the Western Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Fucci Italian
From the plural of Fuccio, a short form of any of various personal names with a root ending in -f (as for example Rodolfo, Gandolfo) to which has been attached the hypocoristic suffix -uccio, or alternatively from a reduced form of a personal name such as Fantuccio, Feduccio.
Fucik Czech, German
Most likely from the Czech word fuch which means "fool, idiot". It could also be a variant of the German surname Fuch, which is related to fuchs meaning "fox".
Fuckebegger Medieval English (Rare)
In 1286/1287 there is an individual with the surname Fuckebegger, recorded as one of King Edward I’s servants who managed his horses. It’s not clear from this name what the fucke- part was referring to, with the leading hypothesis being a “striker” of some sort.
Fudzhimoto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Fudzimoto.
Fudzimoto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Fujimoto more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Fuenokaze Japanese
Borne by character Ren Fuenokaze (笛の 風錬) in the fake visual novel adventure game 'Danganronpa 4K: Hopeless Rising', made up of the nouns 笛 (fue) meaning "flute", の (no) meaning "of the", and 風 (kaze) meaning "winds".... [more]
Fuente Spanish
topographic name from fuente "fount, spring" (from Latin fons, genitive fontis), or a habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain named with this word... [more]
Fuhrer German
Originally, an occupational name for a carrier or carter, a driver of horse-drawn vehicles.... [more]
Fujijima Japanese
A variant of Fujishima, meaning "Wisteria island".
Fujinomiya Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria", no means "therefore, of", and miya means "shrine".
Fukagai Japanese
An eastern Japanese variant of Fukatani.... [more]
Fukashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Oku 3.
Fukhimori Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Fujimori more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Fukuba Japanese
From 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 葉 (ba) being a form of ha meaning "leaf".
Fulbright German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German surname Vollbrecht, composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’
Fulcher English
English (chiefly East Anglia): from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + hari, heri ‘army’, which was introduced into England from France by the Normans; isolated examples may derive from the cognate Old English Folchere or Old Norse Folkar, but these names were far less common.
Fung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Feng 1.
Funke German
German: variant of Funk.
Furey Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Fiúra and Ó Fiodhabhra. Means "bushy eyebrows" derived from Irish fiodh "wood" and (f)abhra "eyebrow."
Furino Italian (Rare)
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Furio.
Furlong English, Irish
Apparently a topographic name from Middle English furlong ‘length of a field’ (from Old English furh meaning "furro" + lang meaning "long".
Furlow English (British), Irish
the warrens came over to America on the Mayflower. they made settlements and went through the revolutionary war. the name changed to Baughman then Furlow. the furlows fought in the cival war and were slave owners... [more]
Furman Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann)... [more]
Furmanov Russian
May be a russification of the German surname Fuhrmann, or may be derived from the surname Furman.
Furneaux French (Anglicized), English
Locational surname from any of several places in France called Fourneaux, or from fourneau "furnace".
Furse English
Variant of Furze
Furth German
German cognate of Ford.
Furtwängler German
Denotes somebody from Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Furze English
Given to someone who lived by a field of furzes, a type of flower
Fusi Italian
Italian: of uncertain origin; it could be Greek, compare modern Greek Soyses, or alternatively, Caracausi suggests, of Arabic or Hebrew origin.
Fusillo Italian
From Italian fuso "spindle", referring to their occupation, or a nickname based on the bearer's build. Also the name of a type of pasta.
Fuson French (Huguenot)
An Anglicized variant of the Huguenot surname Fouchon which stems from the Old French personal name Folcher, from Germanic roots folk = “people” and hari/heri = “army”. Fuson may also share anglicization with other Huguenot French surname such as Foucher or Fousson.
Fuss Medieval Low German
German from Middle High German fus ‘foot’, hence most probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot, but perhaps also a topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Fust German
Variant of Faust or a nickname for a person who was strong and pugnacious, derived from Old German fust "fist".
Futaba Japanese
Futa can mean "a pair" or "two" and ba is a form of ha meaning "leaf".... [more]
Fyler English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Feiler.
Fynch English
Variant of Finch.
Fyodarovich m Belarusian
Means "son of Fyodar".
Fyodorovtsev m Russian
Means "from Fyodorovsk". Fyodorovsk is the name of many villages in Russia, the most notable of which being Fyodorovsk, Permskiy Kray.
Fyres English (Rare)
Variant of Ayres or Ayers.... [more]
Ga Korean
Variant of Ka.
Ga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Gaa German
Bavarian dialect variant of Gau.
Gaarder Norwegian
Norwegian form of Gardener.
Gabaldon Spanish
Habitational Name From Gabaldón In The Province Of Cuenca.
Gabaraty Ossetian
Derived from Алгуз (Alguz), an earlier Ossetian family name of unknown meaning. Historically, the last of the Alguz family migrated to the village of Zalda (located in present-day South Ossetia), where most members of the family presently reside.
Gabbett English
From the middle English Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel.
Ğabdrafikov m Bashkir
Another form of Abdrafikov.
Gaber Slovene
Means "hornbeam" in Slovene, denoting someone who lived by a place where those types of trees grew. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of the surnames Gaberšek or Gaberšček.
Gabiria Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque gabi "blacksmith’s hammer, mallet" and hiri "village, town, city".
Gabison Judeo-Spanish
From the name of a town located in either the province of Valladolid or near the city of Santander in Spain. It has also been connected to the Spanish word cabeza, used as a nickname for a stubborn person.
Gable English
Northern English: of uncertain origin, perhaps a habitational name from a minor place named with Old Norse gafl ‘gable’, which was applied to a triangular-shaped hill. The mountain called Great Gable in Cumbria is named in this way.... [more]
Gabras Greek
A corruption of the name Gabriel is also the name of a Byzantine family. Branches of the family live in Greece using the name Gabras, in Turkey as Kavraz and in Russia as Khovrin.
Gabriadze Georgian
Means "son of Gabriel".
Gabriele Italian
From the personal name Gabriele 1, Italian form of Gabriel.
Gabrieloglou Greek (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Greek Γαβριήλογλου (see Gavriiloglou).
Gabríelsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Gabríel" in Icelandic.
Gabríelsson Icelandic
Means "son of Gabríel" in Icelandic.
Gabrielyan Armenian
Means “Son of Gabriel.
Gaddamu Telugu
Variant of Gaddam. This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddamu.
Gadgil Marathi
A Chitpavan Brahmin surname from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Likely means "Holder of a Urn of water" during a Hindu ritual.
Gadolin Finnish (Rare)
Derived from the name of the homestead Magnula in Kalanti (formerly Nykyrko) parish in southwest Finland. Magnula is thought to be associated with Latin magnus "large, big, great" and the name Gadolin is derived from Hebrew gadol with the same meaning... [more]
Gadžo Bosnian
It is assumed that Gadžo derives from the old-Indian gārhya ("domestic") and means farmer, villager, head of the house or husband.
Gaekwad Indian, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Marathi गायकवाड (see Gayakwad).
Gaeta Italian
Derived from the town of Gaeta, in the province of Latina, in Lazio, central Italy. It can also derive from the given name Gaetano which shares its origin.
Gaetz English (American)
Americanization of Gätz.
G'afurov Uzbek
Means "son of G'afur".
G'afurova f Uzbek
Feminine form of G'afurov.
Gagarin m Russian
From Russian гагара (gagara) "loon, diver". A famous bearer of the name was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), who was the first person to journey into outer space.
Gagliano Italian
Habitational name from any of several places in Italy, most of which derive from the Latin personal name Gallius (see Gallus). Alternatively, it could derive directly from the given name Gallius, or from a similar name such as Galianus or Galenus.
Gagné French (Quebec, Modern)
From Gagnier/Gagner (cf. Gagner), alternative form of Gagneux/Gagneur ("ferm laborer"), from Old French gaignier, "to farm, to work the earth".
Gagneau French
Variation of Gagne.
Gagner French (Rare), French (Anglicized)
Alternate or anglicized form of Gagné or Gagneur.
Gagulia Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz name Dzug-ipa meaning "son of Dzug", the name itself of Adyghe or Circassian origin of unknown meaning.
Gaguliya Abkhaz
Variant transcription of Gagulia.
Gaikwad Indian, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Marathi गायकवाड (see Gayakwad).
Gaikwad Indian, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Marathi गायकवाड (see Gayakwad).
Gain Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali গায়েন (see Gayen).
Gain English
Variant of Gaines.
Gaines English, Norman, Welsh
English (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]
Gainsborough English
From the city of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, England. A famous bearer of this surname includes English painter Thomas Gainsborough.
Gainsbourg French
French form of Ginsburg.
Gaínza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gaintza.
Gaitan Romanian
Variant of Gaita.
Gaitano Spanish
Spanish cognate of Gaetano.
Gaitanos Greek
Derived from the Ancient Greek Καίετανος (Kaietanos) meaning "who come from the cave/port" or "who come from Gaeta", an ancient Greek port that is located in the Italian modern province of Lazio.
Gajda Serbian, Croatian, Czech
A slavicized variant of the German surname, Geidl. This was most notably used by Radola Gajda, a Czech military commander and politician who slaviczed his name from Rudolf Geidl.
Gajoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Galano Italian
A Campanian name from Greek γαλανός (galanós) "light blue, pale blue", denoting someone with blue eyes.
Galano Spanish
Variant of Galán.
Galant French
French cognate of Galante and variant of Galland.
Galante Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Jewish
Means "gallant, courteous, chivalrous; romantic" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, both derived from French galant "gentlemanly" or "flirtatious, amorous". In the case of Mordecai Galante, a Spanish exile in 16th century Rome, his courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname Galantuomo, meaning "gentleman" in Italian, from which Galante was eventually derived.... [more]
Galanti Italian
Italian variant of Galante.
Galarza Spanish
Castilianized form of Basque Galartza.
Galasso Italian
From the medieval given name Galasso, an Italianized form of Galahad.
Galbraith Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
Ethnic name for someone descended from a tribe of Britons living in Scotland, from Gaelic gall ‘stranger’ + Breathnach ‘Briton’ (i.e. ‘British foreigner’). These were either survivors of the British peoples who lived in Scotland before the Gaelic invasions from Ireland in the 5th century (in particular the Welsh-speaking Strathclyde Britons, who survived as a distinctive ethnic group until about the 14th century), or others who had perhaps migrated northwestwards at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions.
Galea Biblical Latin
Galea in Latin is HELMET. The Galea was a Roman helmet in excess of 1000 BC. Another basis for the name was for a type of boat with oars and sails. The first Greek boats called galea, appeared around the second half of the 2nd millennium BC... [more]
Galevski Macedonian
Son of Gale
Galewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Galew, Galewice, or Galów in the voivodeships of Kalisz, Kielce, or Konin.
Galicia Spanish
Spanish: ethnic name for someone from the former kingdom of Galicia, now an autonomous region of northwestern Spain.
Galiev Tatar, Bashkir
Tatar and Bashkir variant of Aliev.
Galifianakis Greek
Patronymic derived from Galifa, a small village near the former municipality of Episkopi in the regional unit of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece. The place name itself is possibly derived from Greek γαλίφης (galífis) meaning "flatterer", a cognate of Italian gaglioffo... [more]
Galimov Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar variant of Alimov.
Galindo Spanish
Either from the given name Galindo or from the name of the Galindians, an ancient Baltic tribe.
Gall Scottish, Irish, English
Nickname, of Celtic origin, meaning "foreigner" or "stranger". In the Scottish Highlands the Gaelic term gall was applied to people from the English-speaking lowlands and to Scandinavians; in Ireland the same term was applied to settlers who arrived from Wales and England in the wake of the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century... [more]
Galland French
Nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited or bold person from Old French galant "lively vivacious" also "bold valiant" (the meanings "gallant" and "attentive to women" developed only in the 16th century) the present participle of Old French galer "to be in good humor to enjoy oneself" a word of ancient Germanic origin... [more]
Gallant English
Nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited person, from Old French, Middle English galant "bold, dashing, lively". The meanings "gallant" and "attentive to women" are further developments, which may lie behind some examples of the surname.
Gallet French
Either a nickname for a cheerful companion a noun derivative of the Old French verb galler "to enjoy oneself to have fun". Or from a pet form of the personal name Gall.
Galliard French
It resembles the French word "galliard," meaning "brave, cheerful, spirited." Marcel and Porco Galliard from Attack on Titan are known bearers of this name.
Galligan Irish
Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gealagáin 'descendant of Gealagán' a personal name from a double diminutive of geal 'bright white'.
Gallipoli Italian
Possibly from the town of Gallipoli in Apulia, Italy, derived from Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis) meaning "beautiful city", or perhaps denoted someone from Gallipoli (also Gelibolu) in Turkey, of the same etymology.
Gallogly Irish, Irish (Anglicized)
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac An Ghalloglaigh from galloglach "foreign warrior" or "galloglass"... [more]
Galloway Scottish
Scottish: regional name from Galloway in southwestern Scotland, named as ‘place of the foreign Gaels’, from Gaelic gall ‘foreigner’ + Gaidheal ‘Gael’. From the 8th century or before it was a province of Anglian Northumbria... [more]
Gally English
Variant of Galley.
Gally Scottish
Variant of Gailey.
Galmarini Italian
Galmarini is a common surname in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Galstyan Armenian
Means "son of Galust".
Galvan Irish
Variant form of O'Galvin (see also Galvin).