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Onotora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 男虎 (onotora) meaning "male tiger", from 男 (o) meaning "male; man", の (no), an unwritten possessive particle, and 虎 (tora) meaning "panthera tigris", referring to someone with qualities of a male tiger.... [more]

Onslow English
Locational name from a place called Onslow described in Victorian times as being "a place within the liberty of Shrewsbury, in Salop', the original and still confusingly used, name for the county of Shropshire.

Onslowe English
Variant of Onslow.

Onstad Norwegian, German
Habitational name from the name of any of seven farmsteads mainly in the southeast most of them with names formed from any of various Old Norse personal names plus stathir "farmstead" as for example Augunarstathir from the personal name Auðun (from Auth "wealth" plus un "friend")... [more]

Onstenk Dutch
Derived from a place name, ultimately composed of on- "un-, bad" and stede "city, town" combined with the possessive suffix -ink.

Onstott Norwegian, German
Variant of Onstad.

Onuki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大貫 #(see Ōnuki).

Onuma Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大沼 (see Ōnuma).

Oo Chinese, Burmese
Chinese: variant of U, itself a variant of Yu and Wu.... [more]

Ooi Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Huang.

Oojima Japanese
Variant of Ooshima.

Ool Estonian
Ool is an Estonia surname, possibly a corruption of "õlu", meaning "ale"; or "all", meaning "below".

Ooman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).

Ooms Dutch
Patronymic form of Oom, derived from Dutch oom meaning "uncle". Alternatively, could be from the given name Omaar.

Oono Japanese
Varianr of Ono.

Ooshiba Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshiba.

Oosterhout Dutch
From the name of various places in the Netherlands, derived from ooster "eastern" and hout "wood, forest".

Oosthuizen South African
Came from a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.

Öövel Estonian
Öövel is an Estonian surname, a derivation of "hööve" meaning "plane" and "jointer", or "röövel" meaning "gunman", "robber" and "bandit".

Ooy Indonesian
Indonesian spelling of Huang, based on Hokkien Ooi.

Opaliński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish town of Opalenica, Nowy Tomyśl County.

Opanasenko Ukrainian
Variant of Opanasyuk.

Ó Peatáin Irish
Means "descendant of Peatán"

Opetaia Maori, Polynesian
This name possibly came from the given name Opetaia. A notable bearer of this name is Jai Opetaia, an australian boxer born in 1995.

Ophel English
19th century name from the Cambridgeshire area. Probably derived from Oldfield. Variants include Opheld, Oful and Offel.... [more]

Ophir Hebrew
From the given name Ophir. Ophir (or Ofir) is originally a biblical place name. In the days of King Solomon, Ophir was mentioned as the name of a land, full of abundant natural treasures such as gold, silver, etc.

Opie English, Cornish
From the medieval personal name Oppy or Obby, a diminutive of such names as Osbert, Osborn, and Osbald... [more]

Opp German
Generally considered a (very) contracted form of given names that contained the Old High German element od "fortune; wealth" (or a variant thereof) and a second element that began with or contained the letter B, for example Audobald.

Oppegård Norwegian
Habitational name meaning "upper farm". Derived from Old Norse uppi "upper" and garðr "farm, yard". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway. ... [more]

O'prey Irish
From the Irish Gaelic Á Preith or Ó Preith meaning "of the cattle spoil".

Opstad Norwegian
Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten farmsteads in southeastern Norway named Olstad, from a contracted form of Old Norse Ólafsstaðir, from the personal name Ólaf + staðir, plural of staðr ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.

O'Quinn Irish
Anglicized form of O'Coinn.

Or Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew and used as both first name and surname in Israel.

Or Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ke.

O'Rahilly Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Rathaille.

Orange Medieval English, Medieval French, English
Derived from the medieval female name, or directly from the French place name. First used with the modern spelling in the 17th century, apparently due to William, Prince of Orange, who later became William III... [more]

Oranje Dutch
Means "orange (colour)" in Dutch, in reference to the Dutch Royal Family, who in turn derive their name from the town of Orange (or Auranja) in France, first attested as Arausio in the first century... [more]

Orazbaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Orazbay".

Orazbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orazbaev.

Orazbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Orazbek".

Orazbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orazbekov.

Orazgeldiyew Turkmen
Means "son of Orazgeldi" in Turkmen.

Orazov m Kazakh, Turkmen (Russified)
Means "son of Oraz", also a Russified form of Turkmen Orazow.

Orazow Turkmen
Means "son of Oraz".

Orazowa f Turkmen
Feminine form of Orazow.

Orchard English, Scottish
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an orchard, or a metonymic occupational name for a fruit grower, from Middle English orchard.... [more]

Orcutt English
Perhaps a much altered spelling of Scottish Urquhart used predominantly in Staffordshire, England.

Orczy Hungarian
Was the surname of a family of Hungarian nobility (including Baroness Emmuska Orczy, author of *The Scarlet Pimpernel*) originating from the village Orczi (now called Orci).

Ordabaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Ordabay".

Ordabaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Ordabaev.

Ordóñez Spanish
Means "son of Ordoño".

Ordorica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ordorika.

Ordorika Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Muxika, Spain, possibly derived from Basque ordo "plain, field, meadow" and ori "yellow" combined with the toponymic suffix -ika meaning "slope" or "place of".

Orduña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urduña.

Ordzhonikidze Georgian (Russified)
Russified form of Orjonikidze.

Oregon English (American, Rare)
From the state of Oregon. Meaning “River of the west”

Orel Ukrainian
A form of Orlov.

Organ English
Metonymic occupational name for a player of a musical instrument (any musical instrument, not necessarily what is now known as an organ), from Middle English organ (Old French organe, Late Latin organum ‘device’, ‘(musical) instrument’, Greek organon ‘tool’, from ergein ‘to work or do’).

Organa Popular Culture
This is the surname of Princess Leia from the 'Star Wars' movies.

Orgerii Jewish, Judeo-Provençal
Aaron Orgerii is listed in the index of names of Jews in France in the late middle ages in Heinrich Gross' book Judaia Gallica. There is also an extent copy of a deed between "the Jew Nathan Orgerii and Johannes Raynaud", written in Arles in Provence in 1366... [more]

Orgeron French (Cajun)
From the Norman French family name Orger, which is a abbreviated form of the ancient Norman name Orglander.

Orikasa Japanese
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "fold, bend" and 笠 (kasa) referring to a type of Asian conical hat.

Orime Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Orimen.

Ó Ríoghbhárdáin Irish
Proper, un-Anglicized form of O'Riordan.

O'Riordan Irish
From Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin meaning "descendant of Ríoghbhardán" (see Rórdán).

Orlandi Italian
Variant of Orlando.

Orleans French
From Orléans, a city in France sieged by the English in 1429. Orléans is derived from Aurelianum, meaning "of Aurelius" in Latin.

Orlenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Orlov.

Orley English
Habitational name from Orleigh, possibly meaning "Ordwulf’s clearing", functionally from ort "point" and leah "woodland, clearing"... [more]

Orloff Russian
Jewish ornamental of Orlov.

Orłowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Orłów, Orłowo or Orły, all derived from Polish orzeł meaning "eagle".

Ormay English (American)
Believed to be the Americanization of the last name Ormoi from Hungary.

Ornstein Jewish
Ornamental name composed of a variant of Horn (in regions where Yiddish has no h) + stein ‘stone’.

O'Roark Irish
Variant of O'Rourke.

O’Roarke Irish
Variant of O'Rourke.

Oroña Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Santo Ourente de Entíns in the municipality of Outes.

Orona Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from a town of this name in Burgos province.

Oronoz Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Baztan, Spain, of uncertain etymology.

O'Rorke Irish
Variant of O'Rourke.

Orosco Spanish, Basque
Variant of Orozco. Means "place of the holly trees" from oros meaning "holly tree" and the suffix -ko signifying a place. Also believed to have been derived from Latin orosius meaning "the son of bringer of wisdom".

O'Rourke Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruairc meaning "descendant of Ruarc".

Orowitz Jewish, German
The name comes from a famous Rabbinical dynasty.... [more]

Orozaliev Kyrgyz
From a combination of the given name Oraz of Turkic origin meaning "happiness, joy" and Ali 1.

Orozalieva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Orozaliev.

Orpaz Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Orpaz, means "golden light" in Hebrew.

Orrels Medieval English
Means "Ore hill", likely for iron ore miners. From the Old English ora, meaning "ore" and hyll, meaning hill.... [more]

Orris English (Canadian)
This unusual and interesting name is of Italian, Latin origin, and derives from one of the earliest Roman names, "Horatius". The name is thought to mean something connected with "hora", the Latin for "hour", but the original meaning has been lost... [more]

Orsi Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Orso. It may also be an Italianized form of Slovenian Uršic, metronymic from the female personal name Urša, short form of Uršula (Latin Ursula), or a patronymic from the male personal name Urh, Slovenian vernacular form of Ulrik, German Udalrich

Ortis Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Ortiz.

Ortman German
The surname Ortman was first found in Silesia, where the name emerged after the 14th century, where it was related to the name "Ertmar"; this name is also reflected in the place name Erdmannsdorf, found in both Saxony and Silesia... [more]

Ortolano Italian, Spanish
occupational name for a cultivator or seller of fruit and vegetables ortolano "gardener" from a derivative of orto "vegetable garden" (from Latin hortus "garden"). The term was also used in the medieval period to denote both a cleric with a fervant devotion to pastoral work and a rough or uncouth person and in some instances may have been applied as a nickname in either sense... [more]

Ortone Italian
Italian form of Horton.

Ortonio Italian, Spanish
Variant of Ortone. Italian and Spanish form of Hortonius.

Ó Ruadhagáin Irish
Meaning, 'son of Ruadhagáin."

Ó Ruairc Irish
Means "descendant of Ruarc" in Irish.

Orucov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Oruc".

Orucova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Orucov.

Orueta Basque
From the name of a district in the town of Gautegiz-Arteaga, Spain, derived from Basque oru "ground, place, building site" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".

O'Ryan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Riain.

Orynbaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Orynbay".

Orynbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orynbaev.

Orynbasarov m Kazakh
Means "son of Orynbasar".

Orynbasarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orynbasarov.

Oryschak Ukrainian
Refers to someone from the village of Oryshkivsti in Ternopil Oblast in present-day Western Ukraine.

Orzechowski Polish
Polish from Orzech meaning "hazelnut", someone who is living by a hazelnut tree or a nickname for someone with light brown hair.

Osada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Osafune Japanese
"Osafune" (長船) is a Japanese surname. It originates from the Osafune area in Japan, which historically was known for producing swords during the feudal period. The name "Osafune" itself doesn't have a specific meaning, but it's associated with the renowned sword-making tradition of the region... [more]

Osako Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, large" combined with 迫 (sako) meaning "imperative".... [more]

Osame Japanese
From Japanese 納 (osame), a variant spelling of 納め (osame) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".... [more]

Osamu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (osaragi), from さらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from さらき (saraki), from 更木 (saraki) meaning "new wood; unused wood", referring to a statue of Buddha that was created using fresh wood.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), a variant reading of 大仏 (Daibutsu), a clipping of 大仏ケ谷 (Daibutsugayatsu), a former name for the area of Hase in the city of Kamakura in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), sound- and script-changed from 若木 (Osanagi), a clipping of 若木山 (Osanagiyama) meaning "Osanagi Mountain", a mountain in the city of Higashine in the prefecture of Yamagata in Japan.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from Old Japanese おぽさらぎ (oposaragi), from オポ (opo) meaning "great; large" and サラギ (saragi) meaning "newcomer", referring to the large number of visitors to a great statue of Buddha.

Osas Somali
Variant of Ossas

Ōsawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Osawa.

Osbaldeston English
From a town from England called Osbaldeston derived from the name of a king named Osbald and tun "town" meaning "Osbald's town".

Osbiston English
Variant of Osbaldeston.

Osbourn English
Variant of Osborne.

Ó Scannail Irish
Ó Scannail is both the name of a sept in Ireland and a surname. It is derived from the Gaelic term scannal, meaning "contention" or "strife."

Oscarson English, Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Oscar".

Oscarsson Swedish
Variant of Oskarsson.

Ó Seanachain Irish
Means "grandson of Seanachan". Alternatively, may be derived from Gaelic seanachaidh, meaning "skilled storyteller".

Osegueda Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Oseguera chiefly used in Central America.

Oseguera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Valle de Mena.

Osei Ghanian, Akan
This name is of Ghanaian, Akan, and Fante origin and means "noble, honorable"

Osgood English, Jewish
English: Old Norse personal name Asgautr, composed of the elements as'god'+the tribal name Gaul. This was established in England before the Conquest, in the late old English forms Osgot or Osgod and was later reinforce by the Norman Ansgot.... [more]

Osgood English, Jewish
Derived from the Medieval English given name Osgod the anglicized form of the Old Norse name Ásgautr... [more]

O'Shaughnessey Irish
Variant of O'Shaughnessy.

O'Sheeran Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of either Ó Sírín or Ó Síoráin meaning "descendant of Sírín" and "descendant of Síoráin" respectively. Sírín and Síoráin are variants of the same name, both are derived from a diminutive of síor meaning "long-lasting".

Oshima Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōshima.

Oshita Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大下 (see Ōshita).

Osinaga Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque osin "pit, well, abyss, depths" and -aga "place of, group of".

Ó Síochána Irish
Proper, non-Anglicized form of Sheehan.

Ó Síodhacháin Irish
Means "descendant of Síodhachán".

Ó Síoráin Irish
Means "descendant of Síoráin"

Osipov Russian
Means "son of Osip".

Osipova Russian
Feminine form of Osipov.

Ó Sírín Irish
Means "descendant of Sírín"

Oskarsson Swedish
Means "son of Oskar".

Osler English
Possibly derived from Ostler (from the the Norman 'Hostelier') meaning clerk or bookkeeper. First used in England after the Norman invasion of 1066. Surname of a 19th cent... [more]

Osmanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Osman" in Albanian.

Osmani Albanian
Very common last name in Albania and in the rest of Europe to

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

Osmanović Bosnian
Means ''son of Osman''.

Osmar English
Variant of Hosmer.

Osmeña Filipino (Hispanicized), Cebuano (Hispanicized)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Spanish form of the Arabic name Uthman. A notable bearer was Sergio Osmeña (1878-1961), the fourth president of the Philippines.

Osmer English, Low German
from an Old English and ancient Germanic personal name composed of Old English Old Saxon os "god" and Old English mære Old Saxon mari "famous" (Middle English Osmer)... [more]

Ó Smolláin Irish
Variant of Ó Spealáin

Osmonaliev Kyrgyz
From a combination of the given names Osmon and Ali 1.

Osmonalieva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Osmonaliev.

Osornio Spanish (Mexican)
Likely an altered form of Osorio influenced by Osorno.

Osorno Spanish
From the name of a place in Palencia, a province of northern Spain.

Osowski m Polish
Habititional surname for someone from a village called Osowa, derived from Polish osowy meaning "aspen" (the type of tree).

Ospanov Kazakh
Means "son of Ospan".

Ospanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Ospanov.

Ó Spealáin Irish
Means "descendant of Spealán"

O’Spillane Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Spealáin

Oss English (American)
Americanized Varient of Aas

Ossoliński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Ossolin.

Ostanin Russian
From any of several diminutives of the given name Evstafiy or Evstakhiy.

Ostapchuk Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "son of Ostap".

Ostby Norwegian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Østby.

Öster Swedish
Swedish form of Øster.

Osterday American (Germanized, Rare)
One day in Germany there was a male infant left on the steps to a church. When someone found the baby on the steps, they decided to name him Oster because that day was the day of Easter. Easter in German is Oster... [more]

Osterhout Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Oosterhout.

Österman Swedish
Variant of Östman.

Osterreicher German
I was told that this surname in native Austria originates as follows. Oster means East, reich means kingdom, with er meaning native of. In old Austria there were six kingdoms, with the East one being the largest with the seat of government there... [more]

Østhagen Norwegian
An uncommon Norwegian surname of uncertain origin. It is most likely a locational name, derived from Norwegian øst, 'east' and hagen, 'enclosure'. ... [more]

Östlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish öst "east" and lund "groove".

Östman Swedish
Combination of Swedish öst "east" and man "man".

Ostojić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Ostoja".

Ostrander Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an altered form of van Nostrand "from Nordstrand", a former island in Germany.

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

Öström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and ström "stream, river".

Ostrom English (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Swedish Öström.

Ostrovschi m Romanian, Moldovan
Romanian and Moldovan form of Ostrowski.

Ostrovska f Ukrainian
Feminine form of Ostrovskiy.

Ostrovská f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Ostrovský.

Ostrovskaya f Russian
Feminine form of Ostrovsky.

Ostrovskiy m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Ostrowski.

Ostrovsky m Russian
Russian form of Ostrowski.

Ostrovský m Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Ostrowski.

Ostrow Polish (Americanized)
From any of several places called Ostrów (island), or Jewish-American shortened form of Ostrowski.

Ostrum English (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Swedish Öström.

Ostwald German
from the ancient Germanic personal name Ostold composed of the elements ōst "east" (see Oest ) and Old High German walt(an) "to rule". Variant of Oswald.

Osu Japanese
Variant transcription of Ousu.

Osuga Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大菅 (see Ōsuga).

Osuga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osugi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大杉 (see Ōsugi).

O'Sugrue Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Siocfhradha, derived from Norse first name Sigefrith... [more]

Ó Súilleabháin Irish
Variant of Ó Súileabháin.

Osuna Spanish
Habitational name from a place in the province of Seville, named from Arabic Oxuna, perhaps named from Late Latin Ursina (villa) "estate of Ursus" a byname meaning "bear".

Osypenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Osyp".

Otabara Japanese
Variant of Otahara.

Otaka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大高 (see Ōtaka).

Otake Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大竹 (see Ōtake).

Otarashvili Georgian
Means "son of Otar".

Otawara Japanese
A notable bearer is Harukiyo Otwara, a daimyo of the Sengoku Period.

Ötegenov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Otegenov.

Otegenov m Kazakh
Means "son of Otegen".

Otegenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Otegenov.

Óðinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Óðinn" in Icelandic.

Óðinsson Icelandic
Means "son of Óðinn" in Icelandic.

Ōto Japanese
Variant of Amito.

O'Tolan Irish
The meaning of the name is unclear, but it seems to derive from the pre 13th century Gaelic O'Tuathalain suggesting that it was probably religious and may translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".

Otomo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大友 (see Ōtomo).

O’toole Irish
O'Toole, along with Toole, comes from the Irish O Tuathail. This derives from the personal name Tuathal, meaning "ruler of the people", used by many Irish kings and heroes and accordingly incorporated into a surname in a number of distinct areas, among them south Ulster, Mayo and Kildare.

Ó Toráin Irish
Meaning, ‘descendant of Torán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of tor ‘lord’, ‘hero’, ‘champion’.

O'Toran Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Toráin ‘descendant of Torán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of tor ‘lord’, ‘hero’, ‘champion’.

Ó Tormaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Tormach" in Irish.

Otradovec Czech
Habitational name for someone from any of four places in Bohemia called Otradov or Otradovice.

O'Trohy Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Ó Troighthigh.

Ó Troighthigh Irish
Means "descendant of Troightheach"

Ōtsubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.

Otsubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōtsubo.

Otsuka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大塚 (see Ōtsuka).

Ōtsuki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 槻 (tsuki) referring to a type of zelkova tree (scientific name Zelkova serrata).

Otsuki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大槻 (see Ōtsuki).

Otsukotsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 乙骨 (see Okkotsu).

Ottaviani Italian
Variant of Ottaviano.

Otte German
Otte was given to someone who lived in Bavaria, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging medieval society. The name Otte evolved from the Old German personal name Ott, a name of Emperors, made famous by Otto the Great (912-973), Holy Roman emperor.

Otter English
An otter is a type of animal

Ottoman Turkish
From a Latin form (through French) of the Turkish given name Osman, itself from Arabic Uthman... [more]

Ottósdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ottó" in Icelandic.

Ottósson Icelandic
Means "son of Ottó" in Icelandic.

Ottoway English
From the Norman male personal names Otoïs, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "wealth-wide" or "wealth-wood", and Otewi, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "wealth-war".

O'Tuathalain Irish
May translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".

O'Twolan Irish
The meaning of the name is unclear, but it seems to derive from the pre 13th century Gaelic O' Tuathalain suggesting that it was probably religious and may translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".

Otxaran Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zalla, Spain, derived from Basque otso "wolf" and (h)aran "valley".

Ou Chinese
From Chinese 欧 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China. According to legend, this name (along with the compound name Ouyang containing this character) was adopted by the descendants of a prince from the Yue state who settled in the area around the mountain.

Ou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).

Ouabdesselam Berber, Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of peace, man of peace" from Maghrebi prefix وواب` (ouab) (Arabic: أبو (abu)) (In North African dialects, abu is often rendered as ouab or oua in Latin script) meaning "father of" combined with ديسسيلام (desselam) (Corresponds to السلام (as-salām)) meaning "peace".

Ouahmed Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name meaning "son of Ahmed", from the Berber prefix ou- meaning "son (of)" combined with the Arabic name Ahmed (chiefly Algerian).

Ouaknin Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ouaknine.

Ouaknine Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Aknine", from a Tamazight form of the given name Jacob.

Ouanounou Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Nounou" in Tamazight, from a diminutive of the given name Nisim.

Ouattara Western African, Manding
From the name of the Wattara or Watara clan of the Dyula people, believed to be derived from a word meaning "prince".

Oubeid Western African
Mauritanian variant of Obeid (see Ubayd).

Ouchi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大内 (see Ōuchi).

Oudehand Dutch
Variant of Ouwehand.

Oudeland Dutch
Habitational name from places called Oudeland in the Netherlands, or perhaps the village of Oudelande in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Their names mean "old land" in Dutch.

Oudenhoven Dutch
Derived from Dutch oude "old" and hoeve "farm, farmstead, manor". As a surname it is derived from one of the many places of this name.

Ouderland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Oudshoorn Dutch
From the name of a former village in South Holland, Netherlands, derived from Out, a Middle Dutch diminutive of the given name Otgar, and hoorn "horn; corner, protruding bend (of a river)"... [more]

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.

Ouellette French (Quebec)
Canadian spelling of French (Norman and Champenois) Ouilet, from a Frenchified form of Willet, a pet form of William.

Oueslati Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone from the village of Oueslatia in northern Tunisia.

Ouhayoun Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ohayon.

Ouk Khmer
Alternate transcription of Khmer អ៊ុក (see Uk).

Oum Khmer
Alternate transcription of Khmer អ៊ំ or អ៊ុំ (see Um).

Oumaña Leonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous comarca of the province of Llión.

Oura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大浦 (see Ōura).

Ouriaghli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the Rifian tribe of Ait Wayagher.

Outland Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Oudeland.

Outteridge English
Variant of Outterridge.

Ouwehand Dutch
Means "old hand" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a fisherman, associated with the phrase "old hands at sea". Another theory holds that it comes from a misdivision of the surname Oudeland... [more]

Ouweland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Ouyahia Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Yahia", from the Berber prefix ou- meaning "son (of)" combined with the Arabic given name Yahia (chiefly Algerian).

Ouyang Chinese
From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)". The name supposedly originated with a prince of the Yue state that settled in the area surrounding the mountain... [more]

Övall Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".

Ovanessian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).

Ovanesyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).

Ovechkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Овечкин (see Ovechkin).

Overath German
From the name of the town of Overath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A famous bearer is the German former soccer player Wolfgang Overath (1943-).

Overbeck Low German, Dutch (Americanized)
German cognate of Overbeeke, as well as its Americanized form.

Overduin Dutch
Means "over the dune" in Dutch, derived from any of several place names.

Overfeld German
Variant of Oberfeld.

Overholser German (Swiss)
The Oberholtzer family originated in the Swiss village of Oberholtz, south of Zurich, before the 15th century. However, in 1661, one family left Switzerland for the Palatinate in Germany.

Overkill f Popular Culture
Scarlet Overkill is the main antagonist of the animated film ‘Minions’... [more]

Overmars Dutch
Means "over the marsh", derived from Middle Dutch over meaning "over, above" and marsch meaning "marsh". A famous bearer of this name is the former Dutch soccer player Marc Overmars (1973-).

Overpelt Dutch
From the name of a town in Limburg, Belgium, meaning "above the pelt" (see Van Pelt).

Overson English
Derived from the Old French name Overson, meaning "dweller by the river-banks". The name was probably brought to England in the wake of the Norman conquest of 1066.

Overson Danish, Norwegian
Altered spelling of Oveson, itself a patronymic from the personal name Ove, a Danish form of the older Aghi, with a second element possibly meaning "spear".

Ovezov m Turkmen (Russified)
Russified form of Öwezow.

Ow Chinese
Variant of Ou.

Owaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大脇 (see Ōwaki).

Owara Japanese
Variant of Ohara.

Owari Japanese
From Japanese 終 (owa) meaning “last, to finish” and 里 (ri) meaning “village, the home of one’s parents, hometown”. The latter character is also an archaic Japanese unit of area.

Owsley English
Habitational name form a now lost place name in Southern England. Possibly derived from the name of the river name Ouse and Old English -leah meaning "wood".

Oxendine English
From an English place name meaning "valley of the oxen", which was derived from Old English oxa "ox" (genitive plural oxena) and denu "valley".

Oxendine Lumbee
The name is a common Lumbee surname. This name was used in the 1700s. This is the surname of Tribal councilman Delton Oxendine as well as Miss Lumbee Laura Oxendine.

Oxenstierna Swedish (Rare)
A notable surname used by an ancient Swedish noble family from Småland dating back to the 13th century. The name means "the ox's forehead". It is a combination of Swedish oxen, a cognate to the English plural of 'ox', and stierna, which is likely derived from German Stirn "forehead", though it is often mistaken for Swedish stjärna "star"... [more]

Oxford English
Habitational name from the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire. The placename derives from Old English oxa "ox" and ford "ford, river crossing".

Oy Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Huang, based on Hokkien Oi.

Oya Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Oya Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大屋 (see Ōya).

Oya Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大矢 (see Ōya).

Oyagawa Japanese
Variant of Oyakawa.

Oyamada Japanese
O means "small", yama means "mountain", da is a form of ta meaning "field, wilderness, rice paddy".

Oyaneder Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oihaneder.

Oyanguren Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oianguren.

Oyarzabal Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oihartzabal.

Oyarzún Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oiartzun.

Oyaski English (American)
A surname created by Michael Oyaski (formally Michael O'Yaski). The surname is currently known to only be used by one particular branch of the O'Yaski family tree. The surname means "Dragon Rider of the West" according to members of the Oyaski family.

Oyinvwi Urhobo
A name from the history of the urhobo culture. It's been noted that the name indicate strength and is the name attached to it. The important vice of the tradition. Leads trivial matters in hope for liberty.

Oyuela Spanish, Western African
The surname Oyuela is likely of Spanish or African (specifically, West African) origin, with roots in both linguistic and cultural traditions.... [more]

Oza Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi ओझा or Gujarati ઓઝા (see Ojha).

Ozaka Japanese
"Big, great slope". Variant of Osaka.