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Seaborn English
From an Old English personal name derived from the elements sǣ "sea, lake" and beorn "warrior".

Seger Swedish, English, Dutch
Means "victory" in Swedish. It is also a variant of the English surname Seager or derived from the Germanic given name Sigiheri "victory army".

Seminario Spanish (Latin American)
Means "seminar" in Spanish, likely denoting an academic person. Miguel Grau Seminario (1834-1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific

Sen Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army, armament".

Senanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Senapati Odia, Bengali, Assamese
Means "commander" in Sanskrit, from सेना (sena) meaning "army" and पति (pati) meaning "lord".

Senaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Senasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Sengupta Bengali, Indian
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sénā) meaning "army, armament" combined with Gupta.

Sirisena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Soldat Russian, Ukrainian, French, German
Means "soldier" in various languages.

Soldatenko Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Means "son of the soldier". It is a Ukrainian last name, but it is more common in Russia and Belarus.

Soldatov Russian
Soldatov is masculine and Saldatova is feminine. This surname means son and or daughter of a soldier.

Soldatović Serbian
Means "son of a soldier" in Serbian.

Soldo Italian, Croatian
Nickname from soldo "penny cent" also "military pay wage" (from Latin solidus "solid" the name of a gold Roman coin). From a short form of a compound personal name ending with -soldo such as Ansoldo... [more]

Souma Japanese (Rare)
Sou (相) means "appearance, nature", ma (馬) means "horse". Souma is also a city name in Fukishima prefecture. Mitsuko Souma (相馬光子) from Battle Royale bears this surname

Staaf Swedish
Derived from various place names beginning with stav- or staf-, often meaning "boundary marker" when used in place names. Other meanings are possible. Also found occasionally as a soldier's name pre-20th century... [more]

Stang German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Middle High German stang, German Stange ‘pole’, ‘shaft’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden shafts for spears and the like, or a metonymic occupational name for a soldier.

Stolt Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "proud". ... [more]

Strid Swedish
From the Swedish word stid meaning either "swift, rapid" or "battle, combat, fight".

Strider English
Likely an anglicized variation of the Dutch term "Strijder" or German term "Streiter," this surname represents an occupational designation for a soldier or a descriptive term for someone with a combative demeanor.... [more]

Stuckey English
Stuckey was first found in Devonshire where they held family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence diminished after the battle of Hastings in 1066. For the next three centuries the Norman ambience prevailed... [more]

Sumanasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Swannell English
From the Old Norse female personal name Svanhildr, literally "swan-battle".

Tamang Tibetan
Tamang may be derived from the word Tamang, where Ta means "horse" and Mang means warrior in Tibetan. However there are no written documentations of Horse Rider naming nor present Tamang people have horse riding culture.

Tapper Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "brave". ... [more]

Telfer Scottish, English, Italian
From a personal name based on a byname for a strong man or ferocious warrior, from Old French taille or tailler "to cut" + fer "iron" Latin: ferrum "iron" (see Tagliaferro).

Thörn Swedish
Either a cognate of English Thorn or German Torn, or a soldier name derived from Swedish törn "thorn".

Tiger Swedish
Perhaps taken from Swedish tiga "to keep quiet, to say nothing". Tiger is one of the names adopted by Swedish soldiers in the 17th century.

Tourville French
The name Tourville is a very old, and in one case, very famous name. One of the Marshall's of France was named Anne Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville. This reads: Anne Hilarion of/from Cotentin, Comte (Count) of Tourville... [more]

Traoré Western African, Manding
Francization of Manding Tarawele, which is of uncertain etymology. It was originally used by 13th-century Malian warrior Tiramakhan and possibly means "going to call it".

Trimboli Medieval Italian
Trimboli: Means: "prince of three valleys." Land or (spoils) were given to worthy soldiers for there efforts after conquest. Three valleys in Calabria were given to a soldier who will become known as Francesco Guytano Trimboli, the new perprieitor in an area near Plati, Italy, Calabria.

Troy Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Troighthigh "descendant of Troightheach", a byname meaning "foot soldier".

Tsosie Navajo
From the Navajo suffix -tsʼósí meaning "slender, slim", originally a short form of a longer name such as kiitsʼósí "slender boy", hashkétsʼósí "slender warrior", cháalatsʼósí "slim Charlie", dághaatsʼósí "the one with a slender mustache", dinétsʼósí "slender man", or hastiintsʼósí "slender man".

Tysk Swedish
Means "German" in Swedish. It probably started out as a nickname for someone who had immigrated from Germany or for someone who had German ancestry. It could also be a 'soldier name' and refer to the military unit someone belonged to... [more]

Urusov Russian
From Slavic urush which means "warrior". This was the surname of a noble family in Russia.

Vadeboncœur French (Quebec)
From the French phrase va de bon cœur meaning "go with a good (merry) heart". This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers in colonial French Canada, which has been adopted as a principal surname.

Valez Spanish
I think it is of Spanish Background possibly meaning 'Soldier' or 'Guard'. ... [more]

Vanderlei Brazilian
It derives from the Dutch surname Van der Leij/Ley. The surname arrived in Brazil by Kaspar Nieuwhoff Van Der Leij by 1630, a cavalry captain from the Dutch army.

Vangarde French
"(A soldier) in the leading edge of an army formation"

Villard German
Altered form of German Hilgard, from the female personal name Hildegard, composed of the Germanic elements hild "strife, battle" and gard "fortress, stronghold".

Violette French
Perhaps a topographic name from a diminutive of viol "path", itself a derivative of vie "way". It is more likely, however, that this name is from the secondary surname Laviolette "the violet (flower)", which was common among soldiers in French Canada.

Voinov Russian
Derived from the word "voin," which means "warrior" or "soldier" in English. It is a common surname among Russian families and may have originally been used to denote someone who worked as a soldier or was associated with the military in some way.

Vojniković Bosnian, Croatian
Means "son of a soldier" in various Balkan languages.

Walz German
The surname **Walz** has German origins and is derived from the personal name Walther, which means "ruler of the army"³. It is also thought to have originated from the Middle High German word "walz," meaning "to wander" or "to roam," likely describing someone who traveled frequently or was a wandering tradesman or merchant⁵.... [more]

Warrior English
From the given name “warrior” from Old Frenchwerreieor, werrieur ‘warrior’.

Weerakkody Sinhalese
From Sanskrit वीर (vīra) meaning "hero, man, brave" combined with Sinhala කොඩිය (koḍiya) meaning "flag, banner" (of Tamil origin)... [more]

Weichmann German
From the given name Wigman. Derived from ancient Germanic wig "battle fight" and man "man".

Weldon English
Weldon is one of the many names that the Normans brought with them when they conquered England in 1066. The Weldon family lived in Northamptonshire, at Weldon.... [more]

Wentz German (Rare)
Originally a pet form of the given names Werner and Wenceslaw. Meaning "guard" or "army".

Wick English, German
English: topographic name for someone who lived in an outlying settlement dependent on a larger village, Old English wic (Latin vicus), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Worcestershire... [more]

Wiebe German
From a short form of any of various Germanic personal names beginning with wig ‘battle’, ‘war.’

Wiegel German
From a pet form of any of the various Germanic personal names beginning with the element wig 'battle', 'war'.

Wiggin English
Either (i) from the Germanic male personal name Wīgant, literally "warrior", introduced into England by the Normans; or (ii) from the Breton male personal name Wiucon, literally "worthy-noble", introduced into England by the Normans.

Wijayasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Wijesena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Wimalasena Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विमल (vimala) meaning "clean, pure" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Winney English
Derived from an unattested Old English given name, *Wyngeofu, composed of the elements wyn "joy" and geofu "battle".... [more]

Wipulasena Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विपुल (vipula) meaning "large, extensive, plenty" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Wirta Finnish
From virta ‘stream’, used as a topographic name, also as a soldier’s name in the 17th century. Also adopted as an ornamental name, especially in western and southern Finland.

Witter German
From a Germanic personal name, composed of the elements widu "wood" and hari "army".

Witz German, Jewish
From the medieval personal name Witzo, a short form of any of several Germanic compound names beginning with wig ‘battle’... [more]

Wolfer German
Either from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal names Wolfher or Wolfhart composed of the elements wolf "wolf" and hari "army" or hard "hardy, brave"... [more]

Wolkers Dutch
Patronymic form of the given names Wulfger "wolf spear" or Volker "people army".

Wryta Norman
Old Norse Men Normans Wryta brothers fought with William The Conqueror at Battle of Hastings onto King Henry VIII granting landed, gentry, coat of arms, baronetcy, and lord title to Sir John Wright 1 of Kelvedon Hall ESsex on 6/20/1509

Wynd Scottish, Irish
Scotland or Ireland not sure of original origin. There was a childe Wynd some type of royal who slayed a dragon type thing worm or something and a Henery Wynd who was a mercenary in a battle at north inch in Scotland

Xaysongkham Lao
From Lao ໄຊ (sai) meaning "victory" and ສົງຄາມ (songkham) meaning "war, battle".

Yajin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night; evening" and 陣 (jin) meaning "battle formation; camp"

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yelley English (British)
The surname Yelley was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed... [more]

Žaŭniarovič Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian жаўнер (žaŭnier) meaning "soldier (of the Polish army)", borrowed from Polish żołnierz via German Söldner.

Zholnerovsky Russian (Rare)
Surname of Polish noble origin derived from Polish żołnierz meaning "soldier".

Żółkiewski Polish, Yiddish (Polonized)
Possibly from Polish żołnierz, meaning "soldier".

Zwiers Dutch
Patronymic form of the given name Swier, composed of swind "strong" and heri "army".

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