Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the description contains the keywords bringer or of or light; and the gender is unisex.
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Ilgenfritz German
Compound patronymic, meaning "Fritz, the son of Ilg".
Ilievski Macedonian
Means "son of Iliya".
Ilii Romanian
Corruption of Ilie.
Iliopoulos Greek
Means "son of Ilias".
Illana Spanish (European)
Denoted someone who came from the province of Illana in Guadalajara, Spain.
Illangakoon Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit लङ्का (lanka) referring to the mythical island of Lanka combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Illangasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit लङ्का (lanka) referring to the mythical island of Lanka combined with सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Illarionov Russian
Means "son of Illarion".
Illingworth English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Illoinen Finnish
Ancient Finnish surname derived from the name of an estate located in Rusko, Finland. Today used as a surname, also part of the city of Turku, Finland. Original meaning: a vigorous well.
Illustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Ilustrisimo. This spelling variation possibly came about from the influence of American surnames during the American occupation of the Philippines... [more]
Ilonka Hungarian
From the nickname of the Hungarian name Ilona.
Ilp Estonian
Ilp is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hilp" meaning "rag" and "piece of cloth".
Ilyaev Russian
Means "son of Ilya".
Ilyashevich Belarusian
Means "son of Ilya".
Ilyin Russian
Means "son of Ilya".
Ilyina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Ильин (see Ilyin).
Ilyushenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Illya".
Ilyushin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Ilyusha of the Russian given name Ilya.
Im Khmer
Khmer form of Ren.
Imagiire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imagire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imagirei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imagyuhre Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).
Imagyūre Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imagyure Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).
Imagyuure Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).
Imaishi Japanese
今 (Ima) means "Now, Present" and 石 (Ishi) means "Stone". This was within the 1009's of most used Japanese surnames in 2012.
Imakai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).
Imakiire Japanese
Variant of Kiire but written 給黎 and added Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now; present".
Imakire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imakure Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imakyuhrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).
Imakyuhri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūri).
Imakyure Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imakyūrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imakyurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).
Imakyūri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Imakyuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūri).
Imakyuurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).
Imakyuuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūri).
Imamović Bosnian
Means "son of the imam", from Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) referring to a Muslim leader.
Imari Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 今利, 伊万里 or 伊萬里 with 今 (kon, kin, ima) meaning "now", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 万/萬 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."... [more]
Imberi German (Swiss)
It comes from Stuttgart Germany from the late 1800s. Then the name moved to a small village outside of Odessa Ukraine, in my family at least.
Imbert French
From the medieval French personal name Imbert, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "vast-bright".
Imbimbo Neapolitan
From Italian bimbo meaning "a child, a male baby" (which is a variant of bambino "child") combined with in-, a prefix indicating "belonging to the family of".
Imbroll Maltese
A name of Maltese origin meaning "meddler".
Immer German, English
German: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [more]
Immers English
This unusual surname has two origins. ... [more]
Imon Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井門 (see Ido 2).
Imore English
This unusual surname has two origins. ... [more]
Imperato Italian
From the personal name Imperato from the past participle of imperare "to rule to command".
Imperiale Italian
Derived from Latin imperialis meaning "imperial", either denoting someone of aristocratic lineage or a nickname for a haughty person.
Imperioli Italian
Variant spelling of Imperiale. A famous bearer is American actor Michael Imperioli (1966-).
Impey English
From Impey, the name of various places in England, derived from Old English *imphaga, *imphæg "sapling enclosure". Alternatively it could have indicated a person who lived near an enclosure of young trees.
In Khmer
Khmer form of Lin.
Inan English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Dunn.
Iñárritu Basque
Means "between the valleys" or "in the valley", derived from Basque iñar meaning "valley" and ritu meaning "between". The Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Inazuma Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 稲妻 which means "(flash of) lightning" (from 稲 (te, tou, ina-, ine) meaning "rice plant" and 妻 (sai, tsuma) meaning "spouse, wife").... [more]
Inchbald English
From the medieval male personal name Ingebald, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin and meaning literally "brave Ingel" (Ingel was a different form of Engel - a shortened form of various Germanic compound personal names (e.g. Engelbert and Engelhard) that begin with Engel-; the two main sources of that were Angel "Angle" (the name of the Germanic people) and Ingal, an extended form of Ing (the name of a Germanic god)).
Ind English (?)
Meaning deweller at the end of a villiage (Gypsy)
Inderrieden Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of Dutch in der Rieden, possibly derived from German ried "reed", or from a cognate of Old English rith "stream".
İnegöllü Turkish
Originally denoted someone from the İnegöl District in the Bursa province of Turkey.
Infante Spanish
From infante literally "child", but in Spain also a title borne by the eldest sons of noblemen before they inherited, and in particular by the son of the king of Castile; thus the surname probably originated either as a nickname for one of a lordly disposition or as an occupational name for a member of the household of an infante.
Infantil Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Infante.
Ing English
From the name of a former district in Essex, possibly derived from Old English ing "meadow, water meadow", or from ge "district, region" combined with the suffix -ing. Alternatively, it could derive from the given name Inge.
Ingalls English, Scandinavian (Anglicized)
Patronymic from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Ingell, Old Norse Ingjaldr.... [more]
Ingebretsen Norwegian
Means "son of Ingebret". The given name Ingebret is a Norwegian alteration of Engelbert (see also Engebret).
Ingemarsson Swedish
Means "son of Ingemar".
Ingersoll English
Habitational name derived from Inkersall in Derbyshire, probably composed of a given name such as Ingvarr or the byname Hynkere (meaning "limper") combined with Old English hyll "hill" or Old Norse salr "hall, room"... [more]
Ingleby English
From the names of either of two hamlets in England, derived from Old Norse Englar "Englishman" and býr "farmstead, village".
Ingles Spanish
Spanish (Inglés): ethnic term denoting someone of English origin, from Spanish Inglés ‘English’.
Ingleston English (British)
Ingleston is an exceptionally rare surname and seems to be posessed by a single family who much grew larger in the 19th century. ... [more]
Inglis English (British), Scottish
Originates from the Scots word for English as in a person of English origin. Around 1395 after a dual, the family name became connected to the Scottish clan Douglas as a sept, or a follower, of the clan... [more]
Ingoglia Italian
Means "belonging to the family of Goglia" in Italian, derived from the prefix in- meaning "belonging to the family of" combined with the name Goglia... [more]
Ingólfsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ingólfr" in Icelandic.
Ingraham English, Scottish
Variant spelling of Ingram, influenced by Graham.
Ings English
This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.
Iniesta Spanish
Habitational name from places called Iniesta in the province of Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Spanish former soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.
Inks English
Patronymic variant of Ing.
Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".
İnönü Turkish
From the name of a town and district in northwestern Turkey. This was the surname of the Turkish army commander, president and prime minister İsmet İnönü (1884-1973). The surname was bestowed upon him by the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in honour of his services during the First and Second Battles of İnönü near the town in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 (part of the Turkish War of Independence).
Inouye Japanese
Variant transcription of Inoue.
Inoyatov Uzbek
Means "son of Inoyat".
Insalaco Italian, Sicilian
Believed to come from an occupational name for a tanner in Arabic, which would be دباغ (dabbag), combined with the southern Italian prefix in- meaning "from the family of".
Insixiengmay Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ອິນ​ສີ​ຊຽງ​ໃໝ່ (see Insisiengmay).
Int Estonian
Int is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from a diminutive of the masculine given names "Hendrik" and "Indrek".
Intzuntza Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighbourhood in the municipality of Lemoa, Biscay, possibly derived from Basque inza "heath, reed bed".
Inverarity Scottish
Means "person from Inverarity", Angus ("mouth of the Arity", perhaps a Celtic river-name meaning literally "slow").
In'yaku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 印鑰 (in'yaku) meaning "seal of head government office and keys to various buildings", referring to someone who would make seals or keys for such purposes.
Inyaku Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 印鑰 (see In'yaku).
Inzaghi Italian
Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).
Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.
Ioannides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Ioannidis chiefly used in Cyprus.
Ioffe Russian, Jewish
Russian transcription of Hebrew גופה (see Joffe).
Ioniță Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Ion 1.
Iordănescu Romanian
Means "son of Iordăn" in Romanian.
Iorgulescu Romanian
Means "son of Iorgu".
Iosebashvili Georgian
Means "son of Ioseb".
Ioselevich Jewish (Ashkenazi)
This Russian-Jewish surname means "son of Yossel."
Iosifov Russian
Variant transcription of Yosifov.
Iosifovich Russian
Means "son of Iosif".
Iovine Italian
Possibly derived from the Roman cognomen Iuvenalis "youthful, young", or directly from a variant of Italian giovine "youthful, young"... [more]
Iovino Italian
From an Italian form of the Latin given name Jovinus "of Jove", or in some cases a variant of Iovine.
Ipatiev Russian
Means "son of Ipatiy".
Ippolito Italian
Italian: from the personal name Ippolito (classical Greek Hippolytos, composed of the elements hippos ‘horse’ + lyein ‘loose’, ‘release’). This was the name of various minor early Christian saints... [more]
Ippolitov Russian
Means "son of Ippolit".
Iraeta Basque
From the name of a settlement in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and the toponymic suffix -eta.
Iragorri Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zaratamo, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and gorri "red" or "bare, peeled".
Iraklidis Greek (Rare)
Means "son of Herakles", it is also a modern form of the first name Herakleides.
Irala Basque
Probably a variant of Iraola.
Iraola Basque
Derived from Basque ira "fern" and -ola "location, place of".
Iraquena Filipino
Its meaning is 'era of coins' and its patriarch is Anok Iraquena.
Irawan Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Fu (傅), Lai (賴), Liang (樑), Yu 3 (俞) or Zhang (張)... [more]
Irby English
The name of several places in England, derived from Old Norse Iri býr meaning "Irish settlement".
Iredell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Iredale.
Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]
Irgen Gioro Manchu
From the combination of the branch name Irgen meaning "regular citizen" and the clan name Gioro.
Iri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Iribarren Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous district of the municipality of Otsagabia.
Irion German
From a variant of the given name Gereon.
Irisarri Basque
From the name of a commune in the French arrondissement of Bayonne, derived from Basque (h)iri "town, city" and sarri "frequent, thickset; thicket, brushwood".
Irish English, Irish
Originally denoting a person who was of Irish heritage, ultimately derived from Old Irish Ériu.
Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]
Ironside English, Scottish
From a nickname for a brave warrior, derived from Old English isern "iron" and side "side, flank". A famous bearer of the name as an epithet was the English king Edmund Ironside (990-1016), given due to his valor, while a famous bearer of the name was English Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside (1880-1959).
Ironside Scottish
From the name of a place in Aberdeenshire, derived from Old English earn "eagle" and side "flank, side, hillside".
Irribarra Basque (Hispanicized)
This surname born as a bad translation of Irribarren surname in Quirihue, Chile at the time of registration.
Iru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Isaba Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Izaba.
Isachsen Norwegian
Means "son of Isach".
Ísaksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ísak" in Icelandic.
Ísaksson Icelandic
Means "son of Ísak" in Icelandic.
Isato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Isayama Japanese
A Japanese surname meaning "admonish mountain". A bearer of this surname is Hajime Isayama. He is a Japanese manga artist. (1986-)
İsazadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of İsa".
Isebara Japanese
A variant of Isehara.
Iselle French
Frenchified forms of Iseli, a Swiss German variant of Eisele.... [more]
Isenbarger German, Jewish
Respelling of German or Jewish Eisenberger.
Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.
Ishanagyi Okinawan (Archaic)
From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.
Ishaqzai Pashto
Means "son of Ishaq" in Pashto.
Ishimitsu Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mitsu means "light".
Ish Shalom Hebrew (Modern)
Means "man of peace" in Hebrew. Combination of the word ish, meaning "man" and the name Shalom, meaning "peace".
Isidorov Russian
Means "son of Isidor".
Işık Turkish
Means "light" in Turkish.
Iskakov Kazakh
Means “son of Iskak".
Iskandarov Chechen, Russian, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Iskandar". It can also be an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani İsgəndərov.
Iskandarova Chechen, Russian, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Means "daughter of Iskandar". It can also be an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani İsgəndərova.
Islam Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)
From the name of the religion, derived from Arabic إسلام (Islam) meaning "submission (to God)".
Islamaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Islam" in Albanian.
Island Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is "ice" and land "land" or from Island "Iceland" (the name of the country).
Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.
Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".
Ismailaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Ismail" in Albanian.
Isoev Tajik
Tajik variant of Isaev.
Isogai Japanese
It can be a variant of Isogai but other kanji combinations are possible.
Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
Isom English
Variant of Isham.
Isori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Isozato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Israelsson Swedish
Means "son of Israel".
Israpilov Chechen, Kumyk
Means "son of Israpil".
Israpilova Chechen, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Chechen/Kumyk Исрапилов (see Israpilov).
Issak Estonian
Issak is an Estonian surname, a variation of the masculine Biblical given name "Isaac" (Estonian: "Iisak").
Isserlis Jewish, Yiddish
Rabbinical patronymic surname. It is derived from a French diminutive variation of the Hebrew given name Israel.
İstanbullu Turkish
Originally indicated an inhabitant of the city of Istanbul in Turkey, literally meaning "Istanbulite, person from Istanbul" in Turkish.
İstanbulluoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the Istanbulite", that is a person from Istanbul, Turkey (see İstanbullu).
Isurieta Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the town of Aretxabaleta, Basque Country, derived from Basque izai "fir tree" and uri "town, settlement" combined with the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of"... [more]
Itakaki Japanese
A variant of Itagaki.
Itamiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 伊丹屋 (Itamiya) meaning "Itami Store", a name of a store that was in the city of Itami in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.... [more]
Itelson Yiddish, German
Yiddish "Son of Itel"
Ito Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Itō Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Itobin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 糸鬢 (itobin) meaning a type of hairstyle.
Itoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).
Itoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Itosato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Itou Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Itsubo Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of length.
Itsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Itsutsu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Iturralde Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Lizartza, Spain, derived from Basque iturri "spring, fountain" and alde "near, by; side, area".
Itxasmendi Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, probably derived from Basque itxaso "sea" and mendi "mountain". Alternatively, the first element could be isats "gorse, broom (plant)".
Itzstein German
Topographic surname that originated from broad regions around the river Itz in Thuringia, Germany. The word "Stein" (German word for stone) historically was also used to describe castles on a hill or at a river, thus a possible meaning of the name is "castle at the river Itz".
Iv Khmer
Written អ៊ីវ, unexplained. — Note: In the population figure published by the US Census Bureau, the Roman number IV (meaning ‘the fourth’ of the four bearers of the name) may also be counted as a surname Iv.
Ivanba Abkhaz
Means "son of Ivan" in Abkhaz.
Ivanc Slovene
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivančan Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivančević Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivancho Rusyn
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Իվանյան (see Ivanyan).
Ivanić Croatian
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.
Ivanishvili Georgian
Means "son of Ivane".
Ivaniv Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Ivanov.
Ivankevych Ukrainian
Means "child of Ivanko".
Ivankić Croatian (Rare)
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.
Ivanovas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Ivanov.
Ivanovich Russian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivanovici Romanian, Moldovan
Romanian equivalent of Russian surname Ivanovich, meaning son of Ivan.
Ivans English
Meaning "son of Ivan
Ivanyan Armenian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivanychuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivanyuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivaschenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Іващенко (see Ivashchenko).
Ivashkevich Belarusian
From diminutive of Ivan.
Ivashko Ukrainian
From diminutive of Ivan.
Ivashyna Ukrainian
From a diminutive of the given name Ivan.
Ivaškin Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Ivashkin.
Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".
Ives English
Means "son of Ive", a medieval male personal name, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin, a shortened form of any of a range of compound names beginning with īv "yew" (cf... [more]
Ivić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Ivo 2".
Ivković Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Ivko".
Ivsen English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Ibsen or Iversen.
Ivy English
Variant of Ivey. In some cases, might instead be derived from the name of the plant.
Iwadachi Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwadate Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwaizumi Japanese (Rare)
Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.
Iwatachi Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwatate Japanese
From Japanese 岩館 (Iwatate) meaning "Iwatate", a former village in the former district of Tsugaru in parts of present-day Aomori, Japan, in the former Japanese province of Mutsu.
Iwatatsu Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate
Iwatatsu Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Iwazaki Japanese
Variant of Iwasaki, meaning "stone slope, hill."
Iwuchukwu Igbo, African
It means God's covenant is unwavering. This name is a bearer is a testimony of God's command. This ia a Christian name.
Iwwerks German
Possibly derived from the given name Euwerik (also Ewerk), a name of uncertain etymology... [more]
Ix English, German
English and German: variant of Hicks.... [more]
Izaba Basque
From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Proposed origins include Basque iz "water" combined with aba, which could mean "river, mouth, confluence" and/or be a variant of -aga "place of, abundance of".
Izarra Basque
Derived from either the village Izarra in Álava, or the town Lizarra in Navarre. The etymology of the former is uncertain, but it coincides with a form of the Basque word izar "star"; the latter derives from lizar "ash tree", but is called Estella ("star") in Spanish due to confusion with the aforementioned word izar.
Izturitzaga Basque
It indicate familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Andoain.
Izturitze Basque
From the name of a commune in south-western France, possibly derived from Basque estura "strait, scrape; narrowing, tightening" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Izu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Izubuchi Japanese
From Japanese 出 (Izu) meaning "to exit" and 渕 (buchi) meaning "abyss, bottom (of a pool)".
Izutsu Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Izzo Italian
Possibly derived from the given name Ezzo (see Azzo), from an Italianized form of Germanic Hitz or Hilz (from hildiz "battle, fight"), or from a short form of any of several names ending with -izzo, such as Bonizzo, Obizzo, or Abizzo.
Izzo Italian
Could be a nickname for someone of Arabic or Saracen heritage, or who had dark hair and skin, derived from archaic Italian izzo, ultimately from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigyptios) "Egyptian"... [more]
Jaadla Estonian
Jaadla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jaataja" meaning "yea-sayer". Also, possibly a futher Estoniazation of surnames with foreign language suffixes or roots, such as "Jaakson" and "Jaanson".
Jaago Estonian
Jaago is an Estonian surname; a diminutive of the masculine given name "Jaagup".
Jaakson Estonian
Jaakson is an Estonian surname meaning "son of Jaak". From the Estonian masculine given name "Jaak" and the Germanic suffix "son".
Jaaksoo Estonian
Jaaksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaak's swamp" in Estonian. However, it most likely derived from a corruption of the surname "Jackson" or "Jaakson" that has been Estonianized.
Jaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇穴 (Jaana) meaning "Jaana", a former village in the former district of Katsujō in the former Japanese province of Yamato in present-day Nara, Japan, or it being a variant reading of 蛇穴 (Saragi) meaning "Saragi", an area in the same place, in the city of Gose in the prefecture of Nara in Japan.
Jaanimaa Estonian
Jaanimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaan's land"; Jaan is a masculine given name, an Estonian variant of "John".
Jaanson Estonian
Jaanson is an Estonian surname derived from the Estonian masculine given name "Jaan" and the Germanic suffix "-son"; "son of Jaan".
Jaansoo Estonian
Jaansoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaan's swamp" in Estonian. However, it most likely derived from a corruption of the surname "Jansen" or "Janson" that has been Estonianized.
Jabbari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Jabari.
Jacaruso Italian
An Italian surname from a compound of Ia- (from the personal name Ianni) and the southern Italian word caruso, which means ‘lad’ or ‘boy’.
Jachimi Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 座喜味 (Jachimi) meaning "Jachimi", a former area in the former district of Yuntanja in the former Ryūkyū kingdom of Chūzan in parts of present-day Okinawa, Japan, or it being the Okinawan form of Japanese 座喜味 (Zakimi) meaning "Zakimi", an area in the same place, in the village of Yomitan in the district of Nakagami in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.