Browse Submitted Surnames

Philippart Belgian
In the Medieval period, of Ancient Greek origin, derives from philippos, a compound made of philein meaning "to love", and hippos, a horse, hence "lover of horses".

Philippou Greek
Alternate transcription of Filippou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Philipson English
Means Son Of Philip

Phillipp English
Variant of Philip.

Phillipps English (New Zealand)
Variant of Phillips.

Phillipson English
Means "son of Phillip"

Philliskirk English (Rare)
From a 'lost' medieval parish in England or Scotland, named with the Old Norse element kirk meaning 'church' or 'place of worship'.... [more]

Philpot English
English (chiefly southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Philipot/Philpot, a pet form of Philip.

Philson English
Patronymic from Phil, a short form of the personal name Philip.

Phitoussi Jewish (Sephardic)
Variant of Fitoussi.

Phó Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Fu, from Sino-Vietnamese 傅 (phó).

Phoenix English
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird which appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology. After living for several centuries in the Arabian Desert, it would be consumed by fire and rise from its own ashes, with this cycle repeating every 500 years... [more]

Phóil Irish
Possibly a short form of Mac Phóil or Mac Giolla Phóil.

Pholyiam Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai พลเยี่ยม (see Phonyiam).

Phomvihane Lao
From Lao ພົມ (phom) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ວິຫານ (vihane) meaning "temple, sanctuary". A notable bearer was Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), the second president of Laos.

Phouthavong Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ພຸດທະວົງ (see Phoutthavong).

Phua Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Pan 2.

Phukuntsi Tswana, Sotho
This surname has multilayered meanings... [more]

Phùng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Feng 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 馮 (phùng).

Phung Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Phùng.

Phương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Fang, from Sino-Vietnamese 方 (phương).

Phyo Korean (Rare)
Variant transcription of Korean Hangul 표 (see Pyo).

Piaget French (Swiss)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. This name was borne by Jean Piaget (1896-1980), a Swiss child psychologist noted for his studies of intellectual and cognitive development in children.

Pian Chinese (Teochew, Rare)
Variant transcription of Chinese (Teochew) 冰 (see Bian 4)

Piana Italian
Topographic name from piana ‘plain’, ‘level ground’, from Latin planus, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word.

Piao Chinese
Chinese transcription of the Korean surname Park 1.

Piatkievič Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Pyatkevich.

Piatraha Belarusian
Derived from an augmentative form of the Belarusian given name Piotr.

Pica Italian, Catalan
Nickname for a gossipy or garrulous person, from the central-southern Italian word pica ‘magpie’. Compare Picazo.Catalan: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Pica.Catalan: from either pica ‘pointed object’ (weapon, etc.) or a derivative of picar ‘to prick’.

Picazo Spanish
Variant of Picasso, from Latin "pica" meaning magpie.

Pichardo Spanish
Spanish form of the surname Picard

Pickenpaugh German
The surname Pickenpaugh is an Americanized version of the German name Beckenbach, meaning "from the river basin"... [more]

Pickersgill English
This famous Yorkshire name is of early medieval English origin, and is a locational surname deriving from the place in West Yorkshire called Pickersgill, or "Robber's Ravine". The placename is derived from the Middle English "pyker", thief, robber, and "gill", gully, ravine, deep glen.

Pickett English
Of Norman origin, from the personal name Pic, here with the diminutive suffixes et or ot, and recorded as Picot, Pigot and Piket. The name is ultimately of Germanic derivation, from pic meaning "sharp" or "pointed", which was a common element in names meaning for instance, residence near a "pointed hill", use of a particular sharp or pointed tool or weapon, or a nickname for a tall, thin person.

Pickford English
This surnames origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of their having lived in the parish of Pitchford in Shropshire. ... [more]

Pickle German
Pickle is an Anglicized form of the North German word “pokel” and or the Dutch word “pekel”.

Pickler English
Derived from the occupation of "pickler," which referred to someone who worked in the pickling industry, preserving foods such as vegetables or meats in brine or vinegar.

Pickles English
Variant of Pickle.

Pico Spanish
meaning beak of a bird, or peak of a mountain in spanish... [more]

Picquet French
A variant of Piquet of which it's meaning is of a military terminology of one soldier/small group of soldiers on a line forward of a postion to provide a warning of an enemy advance... [more]

Pidgeon English
Variant of Pigeon.

Pidluzhnyi m Ukrainian
Denoted to someone from the village of Pidluzhne

Piech Polish, German (Austrian)
From a diminutive form of Peter.

Piednoel French
Modern (and also more common) form of Piénoel.

Piedrahita Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Piedrahita in particular those in Ávila and Teruel.

Pieech Polish
Alternate spelling of Piech.

Pienaar Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of French Pinard.

Piénoel French (Rare)
French surname that possibly refers to the buckled shoes that the original bearer was wearing, in which case it is derived from Old French pié meaning "foot" combined with Old French noiel meaning "buckle"... [more]

Piercy English
Variant of Percy.

Pieris Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese පීරිස් (see Peiris).

Pierpont English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Aisne and Calvados, so called from Old French pierre ‘stone’ + pont ‘bridge’.

Pierri Italian
Variant of Pedrotti.

Pies German
From a variant of the given name Pius.

Pieters Dutch, South African
Means "son of Pieter".

Pietrafesa Italian
From the former name of a town in Potenza, Italy (changed to Satriano di Lucania in 1887), an Italianized form of Medieval Latin Petrafixa, composed of petra "rock, stone" and fixa "fixed, fastened, immovable; constant"... [more]

Pietrangelo Italian
Derived from the given name Pietrangelo, a variant of Pierangelo, formed from Pietro and Angelo.

Pifrader German (Sudeten)
Of uncertain meaning.

Pigera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Figueira.

Pijnenburg Dutch
From the name of an estate or hamlet called Pijnenburg in the town of Soest in Utrecht, Holland, composed of Middle Dutch pijn meaning "pine tree" and burg meaning "fortress, manor, mansion".

Pijpers Dutch
Dutch cognate of Piper.

Pikalev m Russian
Variant of Pikalov.

Pikalov m Russian
Means "from Pikalovo, Pikalevo, Pikalev" or other similar sounding places. These are the names of various Russian villages.

Pikard Germanic
Cognate of Picard.

Pike English, Irish
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pic ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.... [more]

Pikrammenos Greek
From Greek πικρός (pikrós) meaning "bitter, acrid, embittered". A famous bearer is the Greek judge and politician Panagiotis Pikrammenos (1945-), who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece... [more]

Pikrammenou Greek
Feminine form of Pikrammenos.

Pilarski Polish
Occupational name for a sawyer, Polish pilarz + -ski, common ending of surnames.

Pilch English
From Middle English pilch, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches or a nickname for a habitual wearer of these. A pilch (from Late Latin pellicia, a derivative of pellis "skin, hide") was a kind of coarse leather garment with the hair or fur still on it.

Pilcher English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches, from an agent derivative of Pilch. In early 17th-century English, pilcher was a popular term of abuse, being confused or punningly associated with the unrelated verb pilch "to steal" and with the unrelated noun pilchard, a kind of fish.

Pilengis Latvian (Rare)
This was my mother's maiden name. She and the rest of my family were born in Latvia. I am the first American born. I do not know what Pilengis means.

Pilgaonkar Konkani, Indian
Pilgaonkar is a Konkani surname used mostly in Goa by Konkani Hindus. Sachin Pilgaonkar of Bollywood fame is a famous person with that surname... [more]

Pili Italian
Sardinian form of Italian pelo "hair, hairy".

Piliang Minangkabau
Probably derived from Indonesian pili meaning "a lot, many" and hyang meaning "god, deity" or the phrase pili hyang meaning "the god, the deity" (most likely referring to the Hindu-influenced gods that were worshiped before the arrival of Islam in the Indonesian archipelago)... [more]

Pilipchuk Ukrainian (Russified), Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Russified and Belarusianised form of Pylypchuk. Pilipchuk was the maiden name of the Belarusian oppositionist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

Pilipović Bosnian, Croatian
means "son of Pilip"... [more]

Pilkey English
Shortened variant of Pilkington

Pilkinton English
Variant of Pilkington

Pillai Tamil (Modern, Rare, Archaic), Malayalam
Pillai or Pillay is a surname found among the Malayalam and Tamil-speaking people of India and Sri Lanka... [more]

Pillot French
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Middle French pilot or pillot both meaning "stake, pole". This is the name of a wealthy merchant family from Besançon, France.

Pillsbury English
Derived from a place in Derbyshire, England, so named from the genitive of the Old English given name Pil and burh meaning "fortified place".

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

Pimenov Russian
Means "son of Pimen".

Pin English
Variant spelling of Pinn.

Pin Khmer
Of unexplained origin.

Pin Chinese (Wu, Rare)
Wu form of Bing.

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

Pincas Jewish
Variant of Pincus.

Pinches English (British, Rare)
This is one of the very earliest of surnames. This is an English name. First recorded in the 12th century it was a nickname of endearment for a bright, chirpy, person, thought by his peer group to be active like a finch... [more]

Pinchot American
Of unknown origin. Historically, borne most famously by Gifford Pinchot (1865 - 1946) first Chief of the United States Forest Service.

Pinchukov m Russian
Russian form of Pinchuk.

Pinckney English
The surname Pinckney originally denoted someone from Picquigny, France, which derives from a Germanic personal name, Pincino (of obscure derivation) and the Latin locative suffix -acum... [more]

Pincock English
It is believed to be a variant of the surname Pink, which itself can have several origins, including being a nickname for someone with pink cheeks or a rosy complexion, or an occupational name for a dyer or someone who worked with pigment dyes.

Pincus Jewish
From a variant of the given name Phinehas.

Pineau French
Either a diminutive of Pin from Old French pin "pine" or a habitational name from (Le) Pineau the name of several places in the western part of France of the same origin.

Piñeiro Galician
Galician cognate of Pinheiro.

Pines English (American)
Surname of the characters, Dipper, Mabel and Stan from Gravity Falls.

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

Ping Chinese
Ping is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 平 in Chinese character.

Ping Chinese (Rare), Korean (Rare)
Variant/Alternative transcription of Chinese 氷 or Korean Hangul 빙 (see Bing).

Pininfarina Italian
A combination of "pinin", Piedmontese for youngest/smallest brother, and Farina, the Italian variant of Miller. This is the name of the Italian coachbuilder, founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina, later Battista Pininfarina.

Pink English, German
Nickname, possibly for a small person, from Middle English pink penkg ‘minnow’ (Old English pinc).English (southeastern): variant of Pinch .Variant spelling of German Pinck, an indirect occupational name for a blacksmith, an onomatopoeic word imitating the sound of hammering which was perceived as pink(e)pank... [more]

Pinkerton Scottish, Northern Irish
Habitational name for a person originally from a location in Scotland named Pinkerton, which is of uncertain meaning.

Pinkney English
Variant spelling of Pinckney.

Pinn English, German
Derived from Middle English pin and Middle Low German pinne, both meaning "peg" or "pin". This was an occupational name from a maker of these things. The German name can in some cases be an occupational name for a shoemaker.

Pino Spanish, Galician, Italian
Spanish and Galician habitational name from any of the places in Galicia (Spain) named Pino from pino "pine" or a topographic name for someone who lived by a remarkable pine tree. Italian habitational name from Pino d'Asti in Asti province Pino Torinese in Torino or Pino Solitario in Taranto all named with pino "pine’... [more]

Pinochet Basque, French, Spanish
Derived from Basque pinoche meaning "pine cone". Alternately, it could be derived from the name of the hamlet of Pinouchet, located in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France... [more]

Pinpin Tagalog
Means "frame of a plough" in Tagalog.

Pinsker German, Prussian
Habitational name from any of several places named near Posen (Polish Poznan) and in West Prussia.

Pionke German, Polish
Germanized form of Slavic Pinoek, which is a nickname from pionek ‘puppet’.

Piotrowicz Polish
Means "son of Piotr".

Piovasco Italian, Literature
Means "shower, brief fall of rain" in Italian, from Italian piovere or piova, both meaning "rain" with an added suffix. Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò is the protagonist in the Italian novel The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, who inherited this surname from his father, Arminio Piovasco.

Pipa Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian surname of unknown meaning.

Pipola Italian
Probably a variant of Pipolo.

Pipolo Italian
Possibly derived from a Latin word meaning "nothing, insignificant; a thing without value", perhaps a nickname for an unimportant or disliked person. Alternatively, it could be from a pet form of the given name Pippo, a diminutive of Filippo.

Piqué Catalan
A famous bearer of this surname is Spanish/Catalan footballer Gerard Piqué.

Piquet French
Occupational name for someone who dealt with picks from a diminutive of pic ''pick, pickax''.

Pirelli Italian
From an altered form of the given name Piero.

Pirhadi Persian
Either from Persian پیر (pir) meaning "old" combined with Hadi or from the name of the Persian village of Pirhadi.

Pirog Polish, Russian
Variant of Pierog.

Pirovano Italian
Probably from a place in Lombardy, itself possibly deriving from Ancient Greek πυρο- (pyro-) "fire" and -γενής (-genes) "born of".

Pirrip Literature, Popular Culture
Surname of the main character in Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations.

Pirrone Italian
Augmented form of Pirro, ultimately from the Ancient Greek given name Pyrrhos meaning "flame-coloured, red"... [more]

Pirroni Italian
Variant of Pirrone.

Pirrup Popular Culture
Variant of the surname Pirrip. It is the last name of the British character, Pip, on the animated TV series South Park

Pirzada Urdu
Urdu variant of Pirzadeh.

Pirzadeh Persian
Means "born of the pir", from the Persian title پیر (pir) denoting a Sufi spiritual guide (literally meaning "elder, old"). This name was traditionally used by owners or custodians of Sufi mausoleums and shrines.

Pisa Italian
Habitational name from the city of Pisa in Tuscany. The city was probably founded by Greek colonists, but before coming under Roman control it was in the hands of the Etruscans, who probably gave it its name... [more]

Pisano Italian
Variant of Pisani.

Pisch English (British)
Variant of Pink.

Piscopo Italian, Neapolitan
Means "bishop" in Neapolitan, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) "overseer, supervisor, bishop" or "watcher, guardian"... [more]

Pishkin Russian
Variant of Pushkin.

Piskun Russian
Variant of Piskunov.

Pisoni Italian
patronymic "from Pisone", from a derivative of Piso, from Latin pisum "pea"

Pistario English (American, Rare)
Uncertain etymology, possibly an altered spelling of an Italian or Spanish surname derived from Latin pisto "to pound, to beat", perhaps as an occupational name for a baker.

Pisula Polish, Lithuanian
Informal nickname for a scribe or clerk, from a derivative of Polish pisać ‘to write’.

Pitcher English, German
From an agent derivative of Middle English pich ‘pitch’, hence an occupational name for a caulker, one who sealed the seams of ships or barrels with pitch. English variant of Pickard... [more]

Pitogo Filipino, Cebuano
Means "queen sago" (a type of plant in the genus Cycas) in Cebuano.

Pitsch Romansh
Variant of Pitschen.

Pitsenbarger German
Probably an altered spelling of Bezzenberger, which is derived from Boizenburg, a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Pitstick English (American)
Americanization of Pützstück.

Pittau Italian
Sardinian diminutive of Sebastiano.

Pittendrigh Scottish
From various place names possibly derived from pett "holding farm" and drech "face, countenance (of a hill)".

Pittler French
A surname which originally belonged to a person who lived by a pit or hollow. Meaning "King of the Pit" or "King of the Hollow".

Pittsenbarger German
Variant spelling of Pitsenbarger.

Pitz Romansh
Variant of Pitsch.

Piu Chinese
1 Chinese 牛: this name probably arose during the Zhou dynasty ( 1122–221 bc ) in the area of Gansu province; the details are unclear. It was borne by a person named Niu Wen, who was a descendant of the eldest brother of the last king of the Shang dynasty, Zhou Xin ( 1154–1123 bc ).... [more]

Pizza Italian
Variant of Pizzo.

Plahna German (Austrian)
It is a name from the Gratkorn, Graz, Styria area of Austria

Plamenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Plamen".

Plamenova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Plamenov.

Plancarte Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Blancarte.

Planchard French
Variant of Blanchard.

Plankton Popular Culture
This is the surname of Sheldon J. Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants.

Pláňsker Czech (Rare, Archaic), Slovak (Rare, Archaic), German (Rare, Archaic)
Originating from Bohemia, a region between The Czech Republic and Germany. The name means "forest clearing", Pláň: forest, sker: clearing. It is a very rare last name with only about 20 holders of it.

Plantagenet Medieval English, Medieval French
Borne by the House of Plantagenet, a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France. It also originated as a nickname for Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1113-1151), father of King Henry II of England (1133-1189), who ascended the English throne in 1154... [more]

Plante French
French cognate of Plant.

Plantz English (American)
Deriving from England. "Men known as a Planter was an English term for people who were "planted" abroad in order to promote a political, religious cause or for colonization purposes." ... [more]

Plasencia Spanish
habitational name from Plasencia in Cáceres province and possibly also a Castilianized form of a habitational name from Plasenzia the name of towns in Zaragoza and Huesca (Aragon).

Plasket English
Variant of Plaskett.

Plass German
From Middle Low German plas meaning "place, open square, street". Can also derive from a medieval form of the given name Blasius.

Plasschaert Flemish
Probably derived from Middle Dutch plasch "puddle, pool of water" and the suffix -aert.

Plate German, Dutch
metonymic occupational name for a maker of plate armor from Middle High German blate plate Middle Dutch plate "plate armor plating".

Plato German, Dutch, Polish, English
From the Given name Plato the Latinized form of Platon. English variant of Plater.

Platon French, German, Romanian, Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Platon. Spanish variant of Pláton more common in the Philippines.

Platonov m Russian
Means "son of Platon".

Platten English
Diminutive of Platt.

Platter Scottish
Habitational name from the Forest of Plater in Angus.

Playfair English
From a medieval nickname for an enthusiastic competitor in sports and games (from Middle English pleyfere "companion in play, playmate"), or else a different form of Playford (from a Suffolk place-name meaning "ford where sports are held")... [more]

Pleasent English (American)
Variant of Pleasant.

Plemmons English, Irish, German
Altered spelling of Fleming.

Plemons English, Irish, German
Variant form of Plemmons. A famous bearer is American actor Jesse Plemons (1988-).

Plettinck Flemish
Patronymic form of names beginning with the Germanic element blad meaning "blade" or "leaf".

Pleve Dutch (Russified)
Russified form of Plehve.

Plevneliev Bulgarian
From the Bulgarian name for the Greek village of Petroussa (called Plevnya in Bulgarian), itself derived from Bulgarian плевня (plevnya) meaning "barn". A notable bearer is Bulgarian president Rosen Plevneliev (1964-).

Plevnelieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Plevneliev.

Pliev Ingush (Russified), Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush and Ossetian name, which is derived from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The name itself comes from Plievo, the name of a village in Ingushetia, which means "village of the sons of Pkhile", referring to a given name possibly derived from Ossetian пыл (pyl) meaning "elephant".

Plotnikov Russian
Means "son of the carpenter" from Russian плотник (plotnik) "carpenter".

Plotnikova f Russian
Feminine form of Plotnikov.

Plouffe French
Altered form of Blouf, which is no longer found in France. It's meaning is unknown.

Ploumides Greek
Descendant or son of the ornamented, from the Latin word 'pluma', for ornament.

Plum German, Jewish
Variant of Blum.

Plumer German, English, Dutch
North German (Plümer) and English: variant of Plum, the suffix -er denoting habitation or occupation. Altered form of South German Pflümer, an occupational name for a grower or seller of plums, from an agent derivative of Middle High German pflume ‘plum’... [more]

Plumier French, Belgian
Possibly an occupational name for a dealer in feathers and quills, from an agent derivative of Old French plume "feather, plume" (compare English and Dutch Plumer)... [more]

Plumlee English
Variant of Plumley.

Plummer English
1. Occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Anglo-Norman French plom(m)er, plum(m)er ‘plumber’, from plom(b), plum(b) ‘lead’ (Latin plumbum)... [more]

Plumtree English
From any of the locations called Plumtree for anyone who lived near a plum tree derived from Old English plume "plum" and treow "tree".

Png Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Fang.

Pniewski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Pniewy in the district of Poznań, or from any of the many places in Poland named Pniewo.

Pobanz German
Nickname for a braggart or bogeyman, of uncertain Slavic origin.

Pobjoy English
From a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a parrot, from Middle English papejai, popinjay "parrot". This probably denoted someone who was talkative or who dressed in bright colours, although it may have described a person who excelled at the medieval sport of pole archery, i.e. shooting at a wooden parrot on a pole.

Poblete Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name from Poblete in the province of Ciudad Real.

Podolskiy Russian
Variant transcription of Podolsky.

Podolsky Russian
Russian form of Podolski

Podriznik Slovene
From the article of clothing of the same name worn by priests, possibly denoting a maker of them or perhaps a relative of a clergyman.

Podwojski Polish
Archaic -- denotes the office of a minor church official.

Poele Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Poel (see Van Der Poel).

Poelzer German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Pölzer.

Poet Scottish
Of uncertain origin, probably a variant of Pate.

Pöge German
German cognate of Page.

Poghosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Poghossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Poghosyan Armenian
Means "son of Poghos".

Pogonowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Lesser Polish villages.

Pogosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Pogossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).

Poilièvre French, French (Quebec)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from French pois aux lièvres "yellow pea, split pea" or a combination of French poil "hair" and lièvre "hare", denoting a furrier.

Pointe French
Derivation of the name is from the pre 10th century Old French "pointe" meaning a sharp or pointed end, and ultimately from the Latin "puncta", to pierce.

Poitier French
Evidently an altered spelling of Pothier. A famous bearer of this surname was the Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier (1927-2022).

Pokatskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Pokacki.

Pokharel Nepali
Derived from the city of Pokhara in Nepal.

Pol Dutch
From Middle Dutch pol "tussock, grassy hill; area of raised ground in a fen".

Poláčková f Czech
Feminine form of Poláček.

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

Poladov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Polad".

Poladova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Poladov.

Poland English, German, French (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
English and German name is derived from the Middle High German Polan, which means "Poland". The surname originally signified a person with Polish connections.This French surname originated from an occupational name of a poultry breeder, or from a fearful person; it is derived from the Old French poule, which means "chicken".In other cases, particularly in Ireland, the English Poland is a variant of Polin,which is in turn an Anglicised form of the original Gaelic spelling of Mac Póilín, which translated from Irish means "son of little Paul"... [more]

Polański m Polish, Rusyn, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Polana or Polany, all derived from Polish polana meaning "glade, clearing".

Polanski m Polish, Rusyn, Jewish
Unaccented form of Polański. A famous bearer of the name is French film director Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (1933-), who was born to a Polish-Jewish father.

Polansky Czech, Slovak, Russian, Polish, Jewish
Unknown, but having multiple origins, possibly of Baltic, Scandinavian or Slavic descent.

Pole English
Variant of Poole, from Old English pól.

Poleshchuk Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Polishchuk.

Poleshuk Ukrainian (Russified), Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Variant of Poleshchuk or northern (Belarusian) variant of Polishchuk.

Poley French, German, Jewish
French: variant of Polet, Paulet, pet forms of Paul.... [more]

Polhem Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Polhammar, itself of uncertain origin. A notable bearer was Swedish scientist and inventor Christopher Polhem (1661-1751).

Poli Italian
From the given name Polo, medieval variant of Paolo.

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

Poliakoff Russian
Variant transcription of Поляков (see Polyakov).

Poliakov Russian
Variant of Polyakov.

Polianskyi Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Polyanskyy.

Polidore Italian (Americanized), French
Americanized form of Polidoro and French variant of Polydore from the given name Polydore.

Polidori Italian
Means "son of Polidoro". Famous bearers include John William Polidori (1795-1821), a physician to Lord Byron and author of 'The Vampyre' (1819), and his sister Frances Polidori (1800-1886), the mother of painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet Christina Rossetti, critic William Michael Rossetti, and author Maria Francesca Rossetti.

Polikarpov Russian
Means "son of Polikarp".

Poling English, Welsh
Altered form of Bolling, possibly also of Bollinger or Pollinger.

Polito Italian
Reduced form of Ippolito. Compare French Hypolite, Greek Politis... [more]

Politzer Hungarian, German, Jewish
Habitational name derived from any one of several places called Police (known as Pölitz in German) in the Czech Republic. Hugh David Politzer (1949-) is an American theoretical physicist who, along with David Gross and Frank Wilczek, discovered asymptotic freedom.

Poljak Croatian
Means "Polish". It is a cognate of Polyak.

Poljaković Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of Polyakov.

Polk Scottish
Reduced form of Pollock.

Polka German, Polish
Variant of German Polk, also a feminine form for the surname Polak, and comes from the given female name Apolonia.

Polke German
Variant of Polk.

Pollack Polish
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of spelling of Polak.

Pollett English
Patronymic of Paul, with the diminutive suffix -et.

Polli Estonian
Possibly derived from the name of a village in Estonia, which may be related to põld "field".

Pollick Scottish
Variant of Pollock.

Polman Dutch
Variant of Pol using the element man "person, man" as a suffix.

Polombo Italian
Derived from Palombo literally meaning "Ring Dove" or Palombella meaning "Wood Pigeon" in the dialects of Southern Italy.

Poloskin Russian
Derived from полоска (poloska), a diminutive of полоса (polosa) meaning "stripe, strip, streak". This may have been a nickname for a tall and thin person.

Polski Polish, Jewish
Nickname for a Polish person, originating in areas of mixed populations.

Poltimore English (Rare)
Rare English surname derived from a Devon place name of Celtic origin, allegedly meaning “pool by the large house”.

Polyak Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Poliak.

Polychronakis Greek
The suffix 'akis' indicates that this name comes from the island of Crete. The precise meaning is unknown, though it is theorised that, as 'poly' means "many" or "much" and 'chron' might be supposed to come from the same root as 'Chronos' meaning "time", the name means "much time" or "long time".

Polyiam Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai พลเยี่ยม (see Phonyiam).

Pomerantz German
Occupational name for an importer or seller of bitter (Seville) oranges, Middle High German pomeranz (medieval Latin pomarancia, composed of the elements arancia, the name imported with the fruit.

Pompei Italian
Derived from the given name Pompeo, an Italian form of Latin Pompeius "of Pompeii", or a habitational name taken directly from the toponym Pompei... [more]

Pompey French, English
Variant of Italian Pompei.

Pompilii Italian, Medieval Latin
The surname Pompilii is of Italian origin and is likely derived from the Latin name Pompilius, which is historically linked to Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome known for his wisdom and religious reforms... [more]

Ponce Spanish, English
The Ponce name was carried into England after the migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066.'Ponce' is derived from 'Ponsoby',a place in Cumberland, where the family settled. The Ponce motto is 'Pro rege, lege grege' meaning "For the King, law, and people"

Ponce De León Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Compound name composed of the family name Ponce + the habitational name León.

Poncio Spanish
Variant of Ponce.

Pondexter English
Variant of Poindexter.

Pong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Pang.

Pongsilpipat Thai
From Thai พงศ์ (pong) meaning "family, race", ศิลป์ (sin) meaning "art", พิพัฒน์ (phiphat) of unknown meaning.

Poniatowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Poniatowa.

Ponińska f Polish
Feminine form of Poniński.

Ponse Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Ponce.

Ponton Scottish
First recording of surname in scotland in 1306 in the town of Ayr Scotland. I have many links showing ties to Scotland.

Ponyiam Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai พลเยี่ยม (see Phonyiam).

Ponzi Italian
Patronymic form of Ponzio.

Pool English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pool or pond, Middle English pole (Old English pōl), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, as for example Poole in Dorset, South Pool in Devon, and Poole Keynes in Gloucestershire.

Poon Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Pan 2.

Poonia Sindhi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Indian
Poonia or Punia and Puniya is a clan (or gotra) of Jats. It is the oldest Jat clan.

Poorten Low German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
From any of several places named Poort, derived from Dutch poort "gate".

Poortman Dutch
Occupational name for a gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town, from Dutch poort "gate" and man "man, person".

Poortvliet Dutch
From the name of the village and former municipality called Poortvliet in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch port meaning "port, harbour, storage yard, city" and vliet meaning "brook, stream, river, creek, inlet"... [more]

Pootsmann Estonian
Possibly an altered form of German Bootsmann, an occupational name meaning "boatswain, bosun". Compare Frisian Bootsma.

Popalzai Pashto
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Persian پوپل‎‎ (pupal) meaning "betel nut". The Popalzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Durrani in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan.

Popkov Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Variant of Popov.

Popoff Russian, Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Попов (see Popov).

Popoola Yoruba
"The way of the rich man" or "The way of prosperity"

Popovici Romanian
Means "son of the priest" from Romanian popă meaning "priest".

Popovych Ukrainian
Cognate of Popović.

Popp German
Derived from the given name Poppo (or possibly Boppo) which is of uncertain origin and meaning... [more]

Popp English
Derived from an Old English personal name, Poppa, of unknown origin and meaning.

Poppe German, Dutch, English
German and Dutch variant of Popp 1 and English variant of Popp 2.

Pöppel Upper German, German
Comes from a pet form of the personal name Popp.

Poppinga Dutch, East Frisian, Frisian
Patronymic form of Poppo.

Porrin Italian
Americanized form of Perino.

Port English, German, French
Either from Middle English porte "gateway, entrance" (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, or for the gatekeeper... [more]

Portal Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan
Topographical surname for someone living near the gates of a fortified town.

Porte French, German, English
from Old French porte "gateway entrance" (from Latin porta) hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (typically the man in charge of them)... [more]

Porteiro Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Porter.

Porteous Scottish
A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, derived from Middle English port, meaning "gateway" or "entrance", and hous meaning "house". It can also be an occupational name with similar meaning, derived from Latin portarius meaning "porter"... [more]

Portero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Porter.

Portier French
occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, Old French portier (from Late Latin portarius)... [more]

Portilla Spanish
Variant of Portillo.

Portman German (Americanized), Dutch
Americanized form of German Portmann, as well as a Dutch variant of Poortman (and in some cases an Americanized form)... [more]

Portmann German
Occupational name for a gatekeeper, derived from Middle Low German port(e) meaning "gate" and man, or a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town.

Portnoy Jewish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a tailor from Russian portnoj (an adjective derivative of port "uncut cloth").

Portocarrero Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Spanish form of Porto Carreiro, an old municipality in Galicia, from Galician porto "port, harbour" and carreiro "path, pathway".

Portola Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Portola is Spanish and Portuguese for Port and is a Romani calo surname. People include Gaspar de Portolá, a Spanish explorer who was the first governor of Baja and Alta California and had many names after him in California cities and streets.