Submitted Surnames with "food" in Description

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Ambong Filipino, Cebuano
Denotes a type of hut or shack used as storage for food harvest.

Beste French, English
Nickname from Middle English beste Old French beste "beast animal" (especially those used for food or work) applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts such as a herdsman or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal... [more]

Cicvara Serbian
Derived from cicvara (цицвара), meaning "gruel", a type of food.

Crivelli Italian
From the Italian crivello, which is derived from the Latin cribrum, meaning "sieve," (a mesh food strainer); likely an occupational name for a maker or user of sieves.

Kama Estonian
Kama is an Estonian surname; from "kama", a food made of finely milled flour.

Leite Portuguese, Galician
Meaning "milk".... [more]

Lord English
A surname derived from someone of a lordly manner, or perhaps one who had earned the title in some contest of skill or had played the part of the ‘Lord of Misrule’ in the Yuletide festivities.... [more]

Mahi'ai Hawaiian
From the elements "mahi" (farm) and "'ai" (food).

Mangialaglio Italian
Means "eats garlic" in Italian, from mangia "to eat" and aglio "garlic". Possibly a nickname for someone known for heavily seasoning their food, or for having bad breath.

Metcalfe English
An occupational name from Northern England, from Old English mete, 'food' and calf, 'calf', i.e calfs being fattened for consumption in late summer. Thus, making this surname an occupational name for either a slaughterer or herdsman... [more]

Moes Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch moes "stew, mush, vegetables, food", either on its own as a nickname for a cook or vegetable farmer, or as a shortened form of a longer name, such as the toponym Moespot "vegetable pot".

Oruç Turkish
From Turkish oruç meaning ''fast, to abstain from food''.

Pesto Italian
1. Etymology:... [more]

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]

Quinata Chamorro
Quinata - meaning "na'ta" food belonging to us, or wanting food. Mostly found in Umatac, Guam.

Ragusea Italian (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Ragusa. Adam Ragusea (1982-) is an American internet personality who makes videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture.

Shokutsu Japanese
From Japanese 食 (shoku) meaning food and 通 (tsu) meaning "connoisseur".

Smout Dutch, Flemish
Means "oil, lard, melted animal fat" in Dutch, an occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, or a nickname for someone who ate – or who could afford to eat – large amounts of food containing it.

Sumeragi Japanese
From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]

Winegar German
This German surname may belong to one whose ancestors worked in the food industry or in the production of vinegar. In German the letter “W” is pronounced as the letter “V” in English.

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