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Dukeshire English
Probably a combination of Duke and Shire.

Du Lac Arthurian Cycle
In the series Merlin, this was the surname of Sir Lancelot: Lancelot du Lac. du Lac possibly means "of the lake."

Dulaney Irish
Variant of Delaney 2.

Dulay Filipino, Tagalog
Occupational name for a picker of fruit or a gatherer of bird nests, from Tagalog dulay meaning "climbing a tree".

Dulcamara Italian
given to my great great grandfather who was left on the doorstep of a church in Chiavari Italy. The priest took inspiration from names of plants in the garden. This one came from the plant in English would mean 'bitter sweet nightshade'

Duldulao Ilocano
From Ilocano duldulaw referring to a variety of early-maturing rice with a red kernel, used as an occupational name for a grower of this type of rice.

Dullea Irish
Variant of Dunleavy. A well-known bearer is American actor Keir Dullea (1936-).

Dulles English
Variant of Dallas 1

Dumagit Visayan
Literally "to swoop" or "to snatch" in Cebuano. Related to Dumaguete, capital of the province of Negros Oriental.

Dumanski m Ukrainian, Polish
Means "from the place of mist/fog, one associated with thoughts/reflection" from the Slavic word думан (duman) which can mean "fog, mist, haze" in archaic or poetic Ukrainian/Polish but it could also mean "thought, reflection, daydream" in some Slavic uses.

Dumars French
Habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du meaning “from the,” denoting someone from any of several places called Mars. This surname is very rare in France. Alternatively, it could be an altered form of some similar French surname, possibly Demars.

Dumbuya Manding (Anglicized)
Sierra Leonean Susu surname of unknown meaning.

Dumfries Scottish, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
From the name of a market town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, derived from Gaelic dùn meaning "fort" and preas meaning "thicket". This surname is found predominantly in Aruba, the Netherlands and Suriname... [more]

Dümmer German (Rare)
From the name of a lake in Germany.

Dumoulin French, Walloon
Variant with fused preposition and definite article du "from the" of Moulin meaning "from the mill".

Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.

Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.

Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.

Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.

Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.

Dun English, Scottish, Irish
Variant of Dunn.

Dunacre English (British)
From Scottish Gaelic dun or donn, meaning 'fort' or 'brown' respectively, and acre, as in a plot of land.

Dunahoo Irish (Anglicized)
Further Anglicized version of O'Donahue and O'donoghue.

Dunaway English
Originally indicated someone who came from the village and civil parish of Dunwich in Suffolk, England, derived from Old English dun meaning "hill" (or possibly dune meaning "valley") and weg meaning "way"... [more]

Dunayevskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Дунаевский (see Dunayevsky).

Duncans Scottish
Means "son of Duncan".

Dundass Scottish
Variation of Dundas possibly miss spelled at imagination into Quebec (Lower Canada) late 18th Century

Dundee Scottish
From the name of the city of Dundee in Scotland, derived from Gaelic dùn meaning "fort" and dè meaning "fire".

Dundović Croatian
Patronymic of the Ragusan word dundo meaning "uncle" or "gentleman" and originating from the Latin word dominus (meaning "master" or "sir").

Dunford English
Derived either from Dunford Bridge in Yorkshire (named after the River Don and the English word “Ford”), or from Dunford House in Yorkshire (named after “Dunn’s Ford”). One known bearer is US General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Dunham English
From any of the places in England so-called, all derived from Old English dun "hill, mountain" and ham "home, estate, settlement".

Dunkinson English (British)
Derives from the Scottish surname of Duncanson with the same meaning of "son of Duncan". Likewise, it may derive further from the Gaelic male given name "Donnchad", related ultimately to "Donncatus", a Celtic personal name of great antiquity.

Dunleavy Irish, English
Anglicized form of Mac Duinnshléibhe meaning "son of Donn Sléibhe".

Dunmore English, Scottish
Habitational name from Dunmore Farm in Oxfordshire or from any of many places in Scotland named in Gaelic as Dún Môr 'great hill'.

Dunno Irish
Alternate spelling of Donough.

Dunsmuir Scottish
From the lands of Dundemore in Fife, Scotland.

Dunton English
Either a habitational or topographic name from Dunton in Norfolk or Dunton Bassett in Leicestershire, from Middle English doune, dune "hill" (Old English dun) and Middle English toun "settlement" (Old English tun)... [more]

Dunwoody Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
It is said that the origin is pre 7th century Gaelic from ''dun'' or ''din'' meaning a wood or forest and ''gwydd'' which means much the same. Arguably the name means wood - wood, a result of language and dialect changing several times in the past 1500 years.

Dünyamalıyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Dünyamalı".

Dünyamalıyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Dünyamalıyev.

Đường Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Tang 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 唐 (đường).

Dương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yang, from Sino-Vietnamese 楊 (dương).

Duong Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Dương.

Dupain French
Means "of the bread" in French, probably used as an occupational name for a baker.

Dupin French
Means "of the pine tree" in French, referring to a person who lived near a pine tree or was from any of various locations named Le Pin.

Du Plessis Afrikaans, French Creole, French (Cajun), French (Huguenot)
French topographic name for someone who lived by a quickset fence, Old French pleis (from Latin plexum past participle of plectere ‘plait’, ‘weave’), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’... [more]

Dupouy French
Variant of Dupuy.

Dupré French
Means "of the meadow" in French.

Dupree English
Variant of Dupré.

Duque Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Duke. from duque "duke" (from Latin dux genitive ducis "leader") an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.

Duran Catalan
Catalan cognate of Durand.

Durani Pashto
Variant transcription of Durrani.

Durden English
A different form of Dearden. A fictional bearer is Tyler Durden, a character from Chuck Palahniuk's 'Fight Club' (1996) and its subsequent film adaptation (1999).

Đurđević Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Đorđević.

Düren German
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Düren in northern Germany, in particular the one near Cologne.

Dürer German, History
In the case of the German painter Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), this was a variant of the German surname Türer, a German translation of Hungarian Ajtósi, meaning "doormaker", to adapt to the local Nuremberg dialect... [more]

Durette French
Altered form of French Duret, reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t. In some cases, also derives from the feminine form of Duret.

Durga Indian, Odia, Telugu
From the given name Durga, the name of a Hindu warrior goddess.

Durham English
Denotes a person from either the town of Durham, or elsewhere in County Durham, in England. Durham is derived from the Old English element dun, meaning "hill," and the Old Norse holmr, meaning "island."

Durian Filipino
Cognate of Durán.

Durkin Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Mac Duarcáin meaning "son of Duarcán".

Durnell English
Variant of Darnell and Darnall.

Durning Irish
First found in County Antrim, Ireland, Durning is possibly an Anglicized form of O'Duirnin. The name is derived from "dorn", which means "fist".

Durrani Pashto
Derived from Persian در (dorr) meaning "pearl". It was historically used in the phrase padshah durr-i durran meaning "king pearl of the age", a title used by Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan.

Durrenberger German
habitational name for someone from any of numerous places in Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, and Silesia named Dür(r)nberg or Dürrenberg

Durrett English (British)
Variant of Derrett.

Durrett French
Altered form of French Duret, reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t. Compare Durette.

Durschei Romansh
Variant of Durgiai.

Dursley English (British)
Of English origin and is locational from a place so called in Gloucestershire, which was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Dersilege', in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire in 1195 as 'Derseleie' and in the Fees of 1220 as 'Dursleg'... [more]

Durward English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "doorkeeper, porter", derived from Old English duru "door" and weard "guard, guardian". In Medieval Scotland, this was a hereditary title for the warden of the king’s door.

Duschek German
German cognate of Dušek.

Duschen Romansh
Diminutive of Dusch.

Dushaj Albanian
It comes from serbian name ''dusha'' meaning soul.In serbian ''dusha moja'' means my sweatheart.Probably a nickname or name given to the patriarch of the dushaj family that got taken as a surname by his descendants later on,adding the popular albanian ending -aj.

Dushane American, French (Anglicized)
Anglicized variant of Duchesne.

Duska English (Rare)
Anglicized spelling of Duška.

Dutcher German (Americanized), Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Deutscher or of Dutch Duyster.

Duterte Filipino, Cebuano
Hispanicised spelling of the French surname Dutertre. A notable bearer is Rodrigo Duterte (1945-), the former president of the Philippines.

Dutertre French
Means "of the hillock, of the mound" in French.

Dutroux French, Belgian
Last name of Marc Dutroux, Belgian serial killer and child molester.

Dutt Punjabi, Indian, Hindi
Punjabi and Hindi form of Datta.

Dutta Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi
Variant of Datta.

Dutton English
Habitational name for a person from the villages called Dutton in Cheshire or Lancashire, of different first elements. The one in Cheshire comes from Old English dun "hill, mountain", while the one in Lancashire comes from the Old English byname Dudda, both of them have the second element of tun "enclosure, town"... [more]

D'uva Italian
From Italian uva "grape", meaning "of the grapes". An occupational name for someone who produced grapes, or possibly a nickname.

Duvall French
Variant spelling of Duval.

Duvernay French
Means "from the alder grove," from Gaulish vern meaning "alder" combined with Latin -etum, whence Modern French -aie, forming names of orchards or places where trees/plants are grown)... [more]

Duxbury English
Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, recorded in the early 13th century as D(e)ukesbiri, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Deowuc or Duc(c) (both of uncertain origin) + Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke).

Duyck Flemish
Nickname from Middle Dutch duuc "duck"; in some cases the name may be a derivative of Middle Dutch duken "to dive" and cognate with Ducker... [more]

Duysenov Kazakh
Means "son of Duysen".

Duysenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Duysenov.

Dvir Hebrew
Surname that also used as a first name, probably means "inner room" and related to The Holy of Holies. It is a term in the Hebrew Bible which refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle where God dwelt and later the Temple in Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept during the First Temple, which could be entered only by the High Priest on Yom Kippur after sanctifying himself.

Dvoeglazov m Russian
Means "son of the two-eyed" from двоеглаз (dvoeglaz) meaning "two-eyed"

Dwenger German
From an agent derivative of Middle Low German dwengen "to press or oppress" probably a nickname for a violent person.

Dwiggins Irish
Anglicized form (with English genitive -s) of Gaelic Ó Dubhagáin (see Dugan) or, more likely, of Ó Duibhginn (see Deegan).Possibly a variant (by misdivision) of English Wiggins.

Dworkin Jewish
From a pet-form of the Yiddish female personal name Dvoyre, from Hebrew Devorah (source of English Deborah), literally "bee"... [more]

Dwyer Irish (Anglicized), South African
Anglicized form of Ó Dubhuidhir.

Dy Chinese (Filipino)
Hokkien romanization of Li 1 primarily used in the Philippines.

Dyal Scottish
Variant of Dial.

Dyal Irish
Variant of Doyle.

Dyal Indian
Variant of Dayal.

Dyar English
Variant of Dyer.

Dyatlova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Дятлов (see Dyatlov).

Dycian German (East Prussian), Hebrew
The surname "Dycian" is quite rare, with limited information available regarding its origin or meaning. One suggestion proposes that it may derive from the German word "dicyan," meaning "cyanogen," a chemical compound... [more]

Dycus English, German, Dutch
Likely a variant of similar-sounding names, such as English Dykes, German Diekhaus, or Dutch Dijkhuis.

Dye English, Welsh
English: from a pet form of the personal name Dennis. In Britain the surname is most common in Norfolk, but frequent also in Yorkshire. Welsh is also suggested, but 1881 and UK both show this as an East Anglian name - very few in Wales.

Dyess German (Americanized)
Americanized version of Dies

Dykehouse Dutch
Americanized version of Dijkhuis.

Dykema Dutch, West Frisian
Americanized form of Dijkema.

Dykes English
Variant of Dicks or Dyke with plural or post-medieval S, or Americanized form of Dutch Dijks.

Dykhuis Dutch
Variant of Dijkhuis.

Dymek Polish
Diminutive of Polish dym meaning "smoke".

Dymock English
From the parish of Dymock in Gloucestershire, England. The name comes from Old English Dimóc meaning "dim/shady oak".

Dymytryenko Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Dimitrienko.

Džaferović Bosnian
Means "son of Džafer".

Dzagoev Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of the Ossetian surname Зæгъойты (Zægoyty), which came from the nickname Dzagoy. The name was probably from Ossetian дзаг (dzag) meaning "full, complete", ultimately derived from Persian چاق (čâq) meaning "fat".

Dzagoeva f Ossetian (Russified)
Feminine form of Dzagoev.

Džananović Bosnian
Means "son of Džanan".

Đženanić Bosnian
That Means "Son Of Jenan" In Bosnian

Dzerzhinsky Russian
Russian form of Dzierżyński.

Dzhabbarly Azerbaijani (Russified)
Russified form of Cabbarlı.

Dzhabrailov Chechen
Means "son of Dzhabrail".

Dzhabrailova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Джабраилов (see Dzhabrailov).

Dzhamalov Chechen
Means "son of Dzhamal".

Dzhamalova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Джамалов (see Dzhamalov).

Dzhamshedov Tajik (Russified)
Means "son of Jamshed".

Dzharimov Circassian (Russified)
Russified form of a Circassian name possibly from Adyghe джары (ǯ̍ārə) meaning "that is" combined with мэ (mă) meaning "this" or "smell". A notable bearer is Aslan Dzharimov (1936-), the former President of the Adyghe Republic from 1992-2002.

Dzhemilev m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Dzhemil".

Dzhioev Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of Dzhioty.

Dzhioeva f Ossetian (Russified)
Feminine form of Dzhioev.

Dzhokharov Chechen
Means "son of Dzhokhar".

Dzhokharova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Джохаров (see Dzhokharov).

Dzhopua Abkhaz
Abkhaz family name of unknown meaning.

Dzhugashvili Georgian (Russified, Rare)
Russified form of Jughashvili.

Dzhuuga Russian
Russian form of Dzhugashvili

Dziamidčyk Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Dziamid.

Dziemidovič Belarusian
Means "son of Dziamid".

Dziencielsky Polish
It is the surname of Chaya, a character in the movie Defiance played by Mia Wasikowska.

Džomek Slovak (?)
Origin of the name is not known. Possibly came from Poland. In Slovakia in 1995 lived 15 people with this surname.

Dzugaev Ossetian (Russified)
Probably derived from Dzuga, the name of a past ancestor and the founder of the family/clan of uncertain meaning, though it could have been used to refer to a shepherd or herder if derived from Iron Ossetian дзуг (dzug) meaning "flock, herd (of sheep or cattle)".

Dzugaeva f Ossetian (Russified)
Feminine form of Dzugaev.

Dzyaloshinsky Russian
Russian form of Działoszyński.

Dzyameshchanka Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Demeshchenko.

E Chinese
Meaning is "abbr. of Iraq/Iran"

Eabarcrombaigh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Abercrombie.

Eachus English, Swiss
Name is said to have originated in Cheshire and Lancashire. A variant of Etches, possibly a variant of Edge , with post-medieval excrescent -s and devoicing of the consonant, or an altered pronunciation of the nickname Edgoose (Middle English Edcus, early modern English Etcus)... [more]

Eade English (British, ?)
Originally derived from the Old English name Eadwig. Surname found mainly in Scotland and northern England. Americanized spelling of Norwegian Eide... [more]

Eadie English
Variant of Eady

Eagleburger English (American)
Americanized form of German Adelberger, a habitational name for someone from a place called Adelberg near Stuttgart.

Eaglesham Scottish
From the name of a village in Scotland.

Eagleston English (American)
Variant of Eggleston.

Eakin Irish
Variant of Egan.

Eakin English
Variant of Atkin.

Eakins English
Variant of Eakin, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Ealey English
Variant of Ely.

Eames English
Probably from the possessive case of the Middle English word eam ‘uncle’, denoting a retainer in the household of the uncle of some important local person. Possibly also a variant of Ames.

Eanes Portuguese
Variant of Anes.

Eargle English
Variant of Ergle.

Earhart English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Ehrhardt.

Earickson Norwegian
A form of Ericsson or Erikson

Earle English
Variant of Earl.

Earley German, Irish
The surname Earley originally derived from the Old English word Eorlic which referred to one who displayed manly characteristics.... [more]

Early Irish, English, American, German
Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó Mocháin (see Mohan; Gaelic moch means ‘early’ or ‘timely’), or of some other similar surname, for example Ó Mochóir, a shortened form of Ó Mochéirghe, Ó Maoil-Mhochéirghe, from a personal name meaning ‘early rising’.... [more]

Earnest English
Variant of Ernest.

Earnhardt German
It is a name for a courageous or honorable person. The surname Earnhardt is composed of two German words meaning honor and bravery.

Earnhart German
Variant of Earnhardt.

Earnshaw English
Means "person from Earnshaw", Lancashire ("Earn's nook of land" - Earn from an Old English personal name meaning literally "eagle"). In fiction this surname is borne by Catherine Earnshaw, her brother Hindley and her nephew Hareton, characters in Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights' (1847).

East English
From the English vocabulary word, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *austrą "east". It originally denoted someone who lived to the east of something, or someone who came from the east.

Eastburn English
Habitational name from either of two places, one in Humberside and one in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English ēast, ēasten "east" and burna "stream".

Eastep English
Altered form of Easthope.

Easterbrook English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter meaning "eastern" + brook meaning "stream".

Easterling German (Anglicized), Dutch (Anglicized), English
Americanized form of German Oesterling or Dutch Oosterling.

Eastgate English
Name for a person who lived near the eastern gate of a town or in a town named Eastgate.

Easthope English
From the name of the village and civil parish of Easthope in Shropshire, England, derived from Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and hop meaning "enclosed valley".

Eastin English
Variant of Easton.

Eastley English
A Saxon village called East Leah has been recorded to have existed since 932 AD. (Leah is an ancient Anglo-Saxon word meaning 'a clearing in a forest'). There is additional evidence of this settlement in a survey from the time which details land in North Stoneham being granted by King Æthelstan to his military aid, Alfred in 932 AD... [more]

Eastman English
Derived from the Old English given name Eastmund, or a variant of East.

Eastvold English (American)
Anglicized form of the Norwegian surname Østvold.

Eastwood English
From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English east "east" and wudu "forest, wood"... [more]

Eatherton English
Probably a variant spelling of Atherton.

Ebadi Persian
Derived from Arabic عِبَاد (ʿibād), the plural of عَبْد (ʿabd) meaning “servant, slave”.

Ebanks English
Probably a variant of Eubanks.

Ebben Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the personal name Ebbe derived from Egbert, after conversion by assimilation into Ebbert... [more]

Ebbert Low German
From the personal name Ebbert, an assimilated form of Egbert.

Ebbert Low German
Variant of Ebert as a shortened form of Eberhardt.

Eben English
Meaning unknown. It could be from the given name Eden, from the place name Eden, meaning "Place Of Pleasure".

Eberhard German (Americanized)
Americanized version of Eberhardt.

Eberle Upper German, German (Swiss)
From a diminutive of Eberhard.

Eberling German (Austrian)
The surname Eberling was first found in Austria, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. Always prominent in social affairs, the name became an integral part of that turbulent region as it emerged to form alliances with other families within the Feudal System and the nation... [more]

Eberly Upper German, German (Swiss), English (American)
Variant of Eberle, which is a diminutive of Eberhard.

Ebert German, American
Shortened form of the German given name Eberhard.

Ebibara Japanese
Variant of Ebihara.

Ebihara Japanese
From a combination of 海 (e) meaning "vastly, gathered, sea, ocean, wide, vast" and 老 (bi) meaning "old age, elderly" or 蛯 (ebi) meaning "pawn, shrimp, lobster", that is then combined with 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Ebikeme African
Unsure of the source, used famously by Charles Ebikeme, African scholar and educator in the 21st century.

Ebisu Japanese, Japanese Mythology
This name most likely comes from the god Ebisu, his name being spelled in numerous ways, one of them being 戎 (ebisu) meaning "arms" or 蛭 (ebi, hiru) meaning "leech" and 子 (ko, su) meaning "child, sign of the rat"... [more]

Ebitsubo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海老坪 (Ebitsubo) meaning "Ebitsubo", a division in the area of Mimura in the city of Ishioka in the prefecture of Ibaraki in Japan.

Ebiwara Japanese
Variant of Ebihara.

Ebizawa Japanese
Variant of Ebisawa.

Ebrahimpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian ابراهیم‌پور (see Ebrahimpour).

Ebrahimpour Persian
Means "son of Ebrahim" in Persian.

Ebron English (?)
Variant of Hebron.

Eccles English
From the name of a town in Greater Manchester, England or another town or village named Eccles, derived from Latin ecclesia via Romano-British ecles meaning "church".

Echagüe Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Etxague.

Echalar Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxalar.

Echauri Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxauri.

Echavarry Spanish (Americanized)
Variant of Echeverri.

Echegaray Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxegarai.

Echelbarger English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Eichelberger.

Echenique Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxenike.

Echeverri Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Etxeberri.

Echezarreta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxezarreta.

Eckhoff German
Derived from Middle Low German ecke meaning "corner, far end of a village", and hof meaning "farm, manor".

Eckland English (Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare, Expatriate), Swedish (Anglicized, Expatriate)
Possibly a variant of Ecklund. It might also be an anglicization of the rare Swedish surname Ekland or of a Norwegian name derived from several farmsteads named with eik "oak" and land "land".

Ecklund Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Eklund.

Eckström Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ekström. Ekström is often anglicized as Eckstrom.

Economides Greek
Patronymic form of Economos.

Economos Greek (Anglicized)
Alternate transcription of Greek Οικονόμος (see Oikonomos).

Economy Greek (Americanized), English
Americanized form of Greek Οικονόμος (see Economos) meaning "steward", or of the patronymic Οικονόμου (see Economou).

Eddison English
Variant of Edison.

Eddleman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Edelmann.

Eddowes English
Derived from the given name Aldus, a medieval variant of Aldous.

Eddudóttir f Icelandic
Means "daughter of Edda 2". Used only by women.

Edduson m Icelandic
Means "son of Edda 2". Used only by men.

Eddy American
A common surname used among people whose ancestry originates from the United Kingdom (England, Ireland and Scottland etc.) Shelia Eddy is an American who was convicted in 2014 for the murder of Skylar Neese in the state of West Virginia.

Edén Swedish
Possibly a habitational name from a place named with the element ed "isthmus". In some cases it could also be a shortened form of EDENIUS (a combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and the Latin suffix -enius "descendant of").

Eden English
From Middle English given name Edun, derived from Old English Ēadhūn, with the elements ēad "prosperity, wealth" and hūn "bear cub".... [more]

Eden East Frisian, German, Dutch
Refers to a descendant of someone with the given name Ede or Edo.

Eden German
Refers to someone from one of several places of the same name, mainly in Bavaria and Austria, from Middle High German œde "wasteland" and the suffix n, which signifies an action toward the root word... [more]

Eden Dutch
Variant of Van Eden.

Edens English
Variant of Eden with -s, either possessive or a post-medieval embellishment.

Edens Dutch, German
Possessive form of the give name Ede or Edo.

Edevane Welsh, Cornish
A rare Welsh surname, believed to be of Cornish origin. This surname is made up of two elements. ‘Ed’ is not a shortened form of Edward, but derives from the ancient (Old English?) ‘ead’ meaning ‘prosperity’ and/or ‘happiness’... [more]

Edgars Latvian
Latvian form of Edgar.

Edgecomb English
Variant of Edgecombe.

Edgely English
A surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a place name taken from either a village in Cheshire or one in Shropshire. The name means “park by the wood” in Old English.

Edgerly English
Habitational name from any of numerous minor places named Edgerley, Edgerely, or Hedgerley.

Edgerton English
From a place name meaning either "settlement of Ecghere" or "settlement of Ecgheard" (see Ekkehard).

Edgeworth English
From a place name: either Edgeworth in Gloucestershire or Edgworth in Lancashire. The place names themselves derive from Old English ecg "edge" and worþ "enclosure"... [more]

Edging English
Variant of Edge.

Edin Swedish
Variant of Edén.

Edirisingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala එදිරිසිංහ (see Edirisinghe).

Edirisooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese එදිරිසූරිය (see Edirisuriya).

Edl German, Dutch, Jewish (Ashkenazi), Yiddish
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Rudi, Alois, Bernhard, Ernst.... [more]

Edmeades English
Meant "son of Edmede", from a medieval nickname for a self-effacing person (literally "humble", from Old English ēadmēde "easy mind").

Edminsteire Scottish
john edminsteire was a person captured at the battle of dunbar in 1651 and shipped to boston in 1652 on the ship john and sarah. we can find no previous record of the edminsteire name. conjecture from f.custer edminster that did the geneology is it is a combination of french and german names and originated from people that migrated to scotland with mary queen of scots about 100 years earlier.

Edmison English, Scottish
Patronymic surname meaning “Son of Edmund”.

Edmondson English
This surname means “son of Edmond”.

Edmundson English
Means "son of Edmund".

Edoh Japanese
Variant of Edo.

Edou Japanese
Variant of Edo.

Edra Jewish
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Moshe, Ehud, Haskel, Shalom, Shoshanna, Yoram.... [more]

Edralín Filipino (Archaic)
Old spelling of Edralin.

Edralin Filipino
The most well-known bearer of this name is Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, a Filipino politician, lawyer, and kleptocrat.

Edström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and ström "stream".

Edvardsson Swedish
Means "son of Edvard".

Edy English
Edy... [more]

Eek Swedish, Norwegian
Variant of Ek.

Eek Estonian
Possibly a corruption of Estonian leek, meaning "flame" or "blaze". Or perhaps a corruption of the Swedish word ek "oak" (see Ek).

Eerikson Estonian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Means "son of Eerik".

Eespere Estonian
Eespere is an Estonian surname meaning "in front of (ees) homefolk/family (pere)".

Eespõld Estonian
Eespõld is an Estonian surname meaning "afore/ahead of field".

Efergan Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ifergan.

Efetürk Turkish
Means "brother of the Turks", derived from Turkish efe meaning "older brother, brave".

Effenberg German
Possibly denoted a person coming from a place of this name in Germany, or for someone who lived on or near a mountain or hill covered with elm trees, derived from German effe meaning "elm" and berg meaning "mountain, hill"... [more]

Effenberger German
Variant of Effenberg.

Efimov Russian
Variant transcription of Yefimov.

Efner English
Variant of Hefner.

Efremov Russian, Macedonian
Means "son of Efrem".

Efremova f Russian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Efremov.

Efstathiou Greek
Means "son of Efstathios".

Efstratiou Greek
Means "son of Efstratios".

Efthimiou Greek
Means "son of Efthymios".

Egami Japanese
Variant of Ekami.

Egan Irish
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan).

Egbertson English
Means "son of Egbert".

Egeland Norwegian
From the name of several farmsteads in Norway named with Norwegian eik "oak" and land "land".

Egert German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Eggert.

Egerton English
Variant of Edgerton.

Eggiman German (Swiss, Americanized, Rare, ?), German (Americanized, Rare, ?), American (Rare)
Possibly a variant of German Eggeman or Swiss Eggimann.

Egiarreta Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighbourhood in Arakil, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque (h)egi "side, slope, bank; edge, border" combined with (h)arri "stone, rock" and -eta "place of, abundance of".

Egilatz Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a town in Álava, Basque Country, derived from (h)egi "border, edge; hill, slope, bank" and lats "brook, small stream", or possibly latz "rough, crude".

Eglington English, Scottish (?)
Variant of Eglinton.

Egner German
From a Germanic personal name formed with the element agi ‘point (of a sword)’.

Egner Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of a farm in Norway, of unknown origin. A known bearer was Norwegian playwright Thorbjørn Egner (1912-1990).

Egorov Russian
Means "son of Yegor".

Eguía Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Egia.

Eguiarreta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Egiarreta.

Eguílaz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Egilatz.

Ehler German
Variant of Ehlert.

Ehlers German
Variant of Ehlers.

Ehlert German
From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements agil "edge", "point (of a sword)" + hard "brave", "hardy", "strong" or ward "guard".

Ehm German
Variant of Ohm.

Ehmke German
From a pet form of Ehm.

Ehrenaldi English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Ahrenaldi

Ehrenberg Jewish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic), German
In German it means "mountain of honor"

Ehrhardt German
From a Germanic personal name composed of Old High German ēra, meaning ‘honor’, and hard, meaning ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, or ‘strong’.

Ehrmantraut German
A Latinized joining of the German words irmin(world, all-encompassing) and trud(strength)

Ehsanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian احسان‌پور (see Ehsanpour).

Ehsanpour Persian
Means "son of Ehsan".

Ehsanzadeh Persian
Means "born of Ehsan".

Eich German
German from Middle High German eich(e) ‘oak’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near an oak tree. In some cases, it may be a habitational name for someone from any of several places named with this word, for example Eiche or Eichen, or for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of an oak.

Eichelberg German
Habitational name from any of various places, notably one southeast of Heidelberg, named from Middle High German eichel meaning "acorn" + berc meaning "mountain", "hill", or topographic name for someone who lived on an oak-covered hill.