Submitted Surnames with "water" in Description

Aasjõe Estonian
Aasjõe is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea water".

Abagnale Italian
Either an occupational name for a shepherd or a person who lived near a sheepfold (derived from Italian abbagnale meaning "good shepherd, good sheepfold"), or a topographic name for someone who lived in a wet or swampy area (from abagnato meaning "drenched, soaked")... [more]

Ach German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Old High German aha meaning "running water".

Achenbach German
Habitational name from places in Hesse and Westphalia named Achenbach, from the obsolete word Ach or Ache (from Middle High German ahe meaning "water", "stream") + Bach meaning "brook".

Acquaviva Italian
From an Italian place name meaning "running water, spring", literally "living water".

Aksu Turkish
Means "white water" in Turkish.

Alajõe Estonian
Alajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".

Alavee Estonian
Alavee is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".

Alford English, Scottish
Habitation name found in Lincolnshire, Surrey and Somerset, England and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name can be derived by combining the Old English female personal name Ealdg- and -ford meaning "water crossing" or can mean "from the alder tree ford".

Allik Estonian
Means "water source, spring" in Estonian.

Allikmaa Estonian
Allikmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".

Alliksaar Estonian
Alliksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".

Allikvee Estonian
Allikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "well water" or "wellspring water".

Allingu Estonian
Allingu is an Estonian surname related to "allikas" meaning "(water) spring".

Aluvee Estonian
Aluvee is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation water".

Amayo Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl amaitl "inlet, estuary; an arm or branch of a body of water", or from atl "water" and -mayo "branches of a tree, foliage".

Amber English
This surname may be derived from the River Amber, located in Derbyshire in England.... [more]

Anamizu Japanese
From 穴 (ana) meaning "hole" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Anan Various
Anan (Hebrew: עָנַן ‘ānan) is used as both a Hebrew or Arabic name meaning "cloud, vapour" or descriptive "visible water vapour floating above the earth". The Arabic form is from Classical Arabic, possibly adopted from the Hebrew, but with the spelling (Arabic: عَنَان ‘anān) since the proper term of "cloud" in Arabic is saḥāb (سَحَاب).

Ankjær Danish
From a place name meaning 'water-hole with ducks.'

Ann English
Habitational name from Abbots Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning ‘water’.

Anschütz German
Occupational name for someone whose job was to keep a dam or pool filled with water. (Anschützen "to fill up")

Apale Nahuatl
Possibly means "coloured water", from atl "water" and tlapalli "painting".

Apanecatl Nahuatl
Possibly related to Nahuatl apantli, "canal, channel, water ditch".

Aquinas Italian
Aquinas indicates ancestral origins from the Italian county "Aquino." Aquino comes from the latin word "Aquinum" which itself probably comes from the latin word aqua. Aqua means water in English.

Aruvee Estonian
Aruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow water".

Asamizu Japanese
made with kanji 朝(asa) meaning "morning" or 浅(asa) meaning "shallow" with 水(mizu) neaning "water".

Asperges Italian
It means "you bless", and it is also the device used by priests to spread holy water over people or places

Atempa Mexican, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Means "on the riverbank" or "on the bank of the lake", derived from Nahuatl atl meaning "water" combined with tentli "bank, shore" and the suffix -pan "in, on".

Au Upper German, Swiss, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
South German, Swiss, and Austrian topographic name from dialect Au ‘water meadow’, ‘stream’ (see Aue).

Ausley English (Modern)
Rare surname which was from an English place name in which the second element is Old English leah "wood, clearing". The first element may be hors "horse" (in which case the name likely referred to a place where horses were put out to pasture) or the river name Ouse (ultimately from the ancient British root ud- "water").

Ayohua Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly from ayotli "squash, pumpkin" or ayotl "turtle" combined with the possessive suffix -hua, or from ayohua "to fill with water".

Bacatan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano bakat meaning "billow, large wave of water".

Bainebridge English, Irish
Bridge over the Bain, An English town named for its place on the river Bain, now used as a surname. Lives near the bridge over the white water... [more]

Banwell English
Means "person from Banwell", Somerset ("killer spring (perhaps alluding to a contaminated water source)").

Bedford English
From the English county Bedfordshire and its principal city or from a small community in Lancashire with the same name. The name comes from the Old English personal name Beda, a form of the name Bede and the location element -ford meaning "a crossing at a waterway." Therefore the name indicates a water crossing once associated with a bearer of the medieval name.

Bellew English, Irish
Of Norman origin: habitational name from any of the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning ‘watercress’... [more]

Bentham English
Habitational name from any of various places named Bentham, from Old English beonet "bent grass" + ham "homestead" or hamm "enclosure hemmed in by water".

Bevilacqua Italian
From Italian bevi l'acqua "drinks water", a nickname likely applied ironically to an alcoholic.

Bisley English (British)
Bisley is a locational surname from the village of Bisley in Surrey. It comes from the words biss meaning “water” and leah meaning “farm”.

Blackwell English
From an English place name derived from Old English blæc meaning "black" and wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".

Bleau French
Roughly translated into " blue water".

Bontrager German
Coming from the Old German, Bonträger or Bornträger, meaning 'water carrier'.

Brockman German
German in origin, in heraldry a "brock" is represented by a badger. It could mean wet/water and man. It also has been said to mean broker.

Bruch German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or a stream that frequently flooded, from Middle High German bruoch "water meadow" or "marsh" (cognate to old English broc "brook", "stream" cf... [more]

Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".

Bywater English
The surname Bywater came from the Anglo-Saxon origin and means ’dweller by the water‘

Cabebe Pampangan
Topographic name for someone who lived by a body of water, derived from Pampangan be'be meaning "shore, edge of a body of water".

Canales Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places called Canales, from canales, plural of canal ‘canal’, ‘water channel’, from Latin canalis.

Carabeo Filipino
water buffalo

Coulibaly Western African, Manding
Francization of Bambara kulu bari meaning "without a canoe", referring to someone who crossed a river or another body of water without the use of a canoe.

Danao Filipino, Tagalog
Topographic name for someone who lived near a body of water, derived from Tagalog danaw meaning "lagoon, lake".

de la Pole Medieval English, Anglo-Norman, Cambro-Norman
Meaning "from the pool", from Norman de la Pole. This name was typically given to families who lived near lakes or similar bodies of water.... [more]

Dokbua Thai
Means "lotus, water lily" in Thai.

Dondo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 闐々 (dondo), from ドンド (dondo), an onomatopoeic word for sounds of thuds and bangs, referring to a water gate; to a person working at one.... [more]

Dōyu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall" and 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath; hot spring".

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

Eiland German
Topographic name for someone who lived on or owned property surrounded by water, from Middle High German eilant, "island"

Elam English
English habitational name for someone from a place called Elham, in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is derived from Old English el ‘eel’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’... [more]

Ellervee Estonian
Ellervee is an Estonian surname meaning "Eller water", but of undetermined origin. Possibly from the German "Eller". Possibly a corruption of the surname "Ellerbee" or "Ellerby".

Epshteyn German, Jewish
This surname may be derived from a German town known as Eppstein in Hesse. Epp probably came from Gaulish apa which means water or river and stein translates into English as stone.

Ess Low German, German (Swiss)
North German: topographic name for someone living on or owning land that was waterlogged or partly surrounded by water, from Middle Low German es ‘swamp’, ‘water’. ... [more]

Fising Romanian (Rare)
Possibly related to Hungarian víz "water".

Fordham English
Habitational name from any of the places in Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Norfolk named Fordham, from Old English ford ‘ford’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.

Funamizu Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Gadgil Marathi
A Chitpavan Brahmin surname from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Likely means "Holder of a Urn of water" during a Hindu ritual.

Goldwater German (Anglicized), Jewish (Anglicized)
This name is an Anglicized form of the German or Ashkenazic ornamental surname 'Goldwasser', or 'Goldvasser'. The name derives from the German or Yiddish gold', gold, with 'wasser', water, and is one of the very many such compound ornamental names formed with 'gold', such as 'Goldbaum', golden tree, 'Goldbert', golden hill, 'Goldkind', golden child, 'Goldrosen', golden roses, and 'Goldstern', golden star.

Gorga Italian
Topographic name from Sicilian gorga, Catalan gorg(a) ‘place where water collects’, ‘mill pond’, ‘gorge’.

Gotham English
English: habitational name from Gotham in Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English gat ‘goat’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.

Grundin Swedish
Combination of Swedish grund "shallow (water)" and the surname suffix -in.

Hamburg German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from the great city and port at the mouth of the river Elbe, named with the Germanic elements ham ‘water meadow’ + burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.

Hampshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]

Hayami Japanese
From Japanese 速 (haya) meaning "fast", 逸 (haya) meaning "deviate" or 早 (haya) meaning "early"; combined with 水 (mi) meaning "water" or 見 (mi) meaning "see".

Hayamizu Japanese
Haya means "fast" or "hawk" and mizu means "water".

Heinvee Estonian
Heinvee is an Estonian surname meaning "hay water".

Hishida Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), water chestnut, caltrop, rhombus" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hishikawa Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), rhombus, water chestnut, caltrop" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

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.

Ings English
This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.

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.

Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Järvevee Estonian
Järvevee is an Estonian surname meaning "lake water".

Jõearu Estonian
Jõearu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grassland/meadow".

Jõeluht Estonian
Jõeluht is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow".

Jõeots Estonian
Jõeots is an Estonian surname meaning "fluvial (water) end".

Jõevee Estonian
Jõevee is an Estonian surname meaning "river water".

Kaag Dutch
Denotes someone from the Dutch village Kaag, derived from Middle Dutch kaghe "land next to water, land outside of a dyke or levee".

Kaldvee Estonian
Kaldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/inclined" ("kald") "water"" ("vee").

Kaljuvee Estonian
Kaljuvee is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff water".

Käll Swedish
From Swedish källa "source (of a stream of water)", ultimately derived from Old Norse kelda.

Kallasvee Estonian
Kallasvee is an Estonian surname meaning "shore water".

Karasu Turkish
Means "black water" derived from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" combined with su "water".

Karin Estonian
Possibly derived from Estonian kari "reef, outcrop of stone in water".

Kaunisvesi Finnish
Means "beautiful water", deriving from the Finnish elements kaunis ("possessing charm and attractiveness") and vesi ("water").

Keobouahom Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem", ບົວ (bua) meaning "water lily, lotus" and ຫອມ (hom) meaning "fragrant, aromatic".

Kiehl Medieval Low German
From Middle Low German kil ‘wedge’, applied as a metonymic occupational name or as a pejorative nickname for a ruffian. Possibly a habitational name from Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein, from Dutch and Frisian kil ‘stagnant water’ (see Kiel)... [more]

Kiel German
German surname of several possible origins and meanings.... [more]

Kiyomizu Japanese
A variation of the popular surname Shimizu. 清 (Kiyo) means "Pure, Clean" and 水 (Mizu) means "Water".

Kjellberg Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse kelda or Swedish källa both meaning "spring, source (of water)", and berg "mountain".

Klaarwater German
"Clear water."

Klarwasser German
"Clear water."

Koshimizu Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small", 清 (shi, kiyo) meaning "pure, clean, purify, exorcise, cleanse", and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Kuldvee Estonian
Kuldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "gold water".

Laidvee Estonian
Laidvee is an Estonian surname meaning "islet water".

Lainevee Estonian
Lainevee is an Estonian surname meaning "wave water".

Laskurain Basque
It literally means "creek of abundant water".

Laycock English
The name comes from a small village in England called "Laycock" and has something to do with "the place of the birds."... [more]

Lepajõe Estonian
Lepajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "alder water".

Lindvee Estonian
Lindvee is an Estonian surname meaning "bird water".

Livermore English
Derived from Old English lifer "rush reed, muddy water" and mere "lake".

Liverpool English
Derived from Old English lifer "rush reed, muddy water" and pol "pool".

Locklear Lumbee
This is a popular surname in the Lumbee Native American tribe. It was pronounced by elders as Locklaha in the early part of the 20th century. "Falling water" is the definition of Locklaha. In 2004 the Lumbee Tribal Council had members named Lawrence (University of North Carolina employee), James H., Al, Danita as well as Jerl Locklear.

Ludlam English
Derived from the old English word hlud "loud, roaring" (compare germanic hlud), which gave the name to the river Hlude and ham "water meadow"

Ludwell English
From the Old English elements hlud meaning "famous, loud" and well meaning "well, spring, water hole"

Luhaäär Estonian
Luhaäär is an Estonian surname, derived from "water meadow (marsh) edge".

Luhamaa Estonian
Luhamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow land".

Luhasalu Estonian
Luhasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow grove".

Ma'ayan Hebrew (Rare)
Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname

Macconuisce Irish, Old Irish
Varient of o'hUisce... [more]

Madalvee Estonian
Madalvee is an Estonian surname meaning "low-lying water".

Mangano Italian
occupational name from mangano "mangle" (a device consisting of a pair of rollers used to press textiles and clothes) or "calender" (a similar device used in making paper). The term mangano also denoted a bucket elevator (used for raising water from a well) and any of various other devices including a catapult... [more]

Masamizu Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Masseter English
Perhaps means "brewery worker" (from Middle English mash "fermentable mixture of hot water and grain" + rudder "rudder-shaped stirrer").

Meievee Estonian
Meievee is an Estonian surname meaning "our water".

Minakami Japanese
From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.

Minamoto Japanese
From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.... [more]

Mioda Japanese
mioda means "water route field". the kanji used for this name are 澪(mio,rei) meaning " water route" and 田(ta) meaning "field". a bearer of this name is Ibuki Mioda from Danganronpa 2.

Mitarai Japanese
From Japanese 御手洗 (mitarai) referring to purifying water at the entrance of a shrine.

Mitcham English
Habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey so named from Old English micel "big" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow" meaning either "the great homestead" or "the great meadow".

Miyamizu Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water". A fictional bearer of this surname is Mitsuha Miyamizu (宮水 三葉) from the 2016 anime movie Your Name/Kimi no Na wa.

Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".

Mizuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mizuhara Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mizuhori Japanese
Mizu means "water"and hori means "moat, ditch, canal".

Mizui Japanese
Mizu means "water" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mizukuchi Japanese
Mizu means "water" and kuchi means "mouth, opening".

Mizumo Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mo means "cloud".

Mizumori Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mori means "forest, grove".

Mizumoto Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Mizumura Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Mizusawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizuse Japanese
Mizu means "water" and se means "ripple".

Mizuta Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mizutama Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Montford English
As a Shropshire name believed to mean "from a communal ford or water crossing" while the Norfolk origin is "from Munda's ford," Munda being an old English personal name meaning "protector, guardian," as seen in names such as Edmund.

Morimizu Japanese
Mori means "grove" and mizu means "water".

Murase Japanese
"Mura" (村) meaning village, and "se" (瀬) meaning rapids or fast moving water

Murdvee Estonian
Murdvee is an Estonian surname meaning "break water".

Nabrotzky German
Supposedly means "lived near water". Originated from Prussia.

Nahar Arabic
Means “river” or “canal”. It is likely that individuals with this last name come from a family with a history or connection to water or irrigation systems.

Nassau German, Dutch, Jewish
From the name of the town of Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (formerly the seat of an independent duchy in the 19th century), derived from Old High German naz meaning "damp, wet" and ouwa meaning "water meadow"... [more]

Nomizu Japanese
No means "field, wilderness" and mizu means "water".

Norman Swedish
Combination of Swedish norr "north", or in some cases nor "narrow strait of water", and man "man".

Northam English
habitational namefrom Northam (Devon) Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset) Northam in Southampton (Hampshire) or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred Hampshire. The place names derive from Old English norþ "north northern" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow".

Ojavee Estonian
Ojavee is an Estonians surname meaning "stream water".

Okamizu Japanese
From 岡 (oka) meaning "hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Oldham English
Habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald "old" and Old Norse holmr "island water meadow" or eald "old" and ham "farmstead" meaning either "old lands" or "old farm".

Oranje Dutch
Means "orange (colour)" in Dutch, in reference to the Dutch Royal Family, who in turn derive their name from the town of Orange (or Auranja) in France, first attested as Arausio in the first century... [more]

Oruvee Estonian
Oruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "valley water".

Pagourtzis Greek
Derived from Greek Παγούρι (Pagouri) meaning "flask, canteen", a vessel containing (usually) water.

Paluvee Estonian
Paluvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sandy heath/heathy woodland water".

Paniágua Spanish, Portuguese
Status name for a servant who worked for his board (pan "bread" and agua "water") and lodging.

Parsley Medieval French, English, Norman, French
Derived from Old French passelewe "cross the water."... [more]

Passafiume Italian
ferryman "across the water"

Passelewe Medieval English
The medieval name is from Old French passe(r) ‘to pass or cross’ + l’ewe ‘the water’, hence a nickname, probably for a ferryman or a merchant who was in the habit of traveling overseas, or else someone who had been on a pilgrimage or crusade.

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

Põldvee Estonian
Põldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "field water".

Quiapo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kiyapo meaning "water cabbage" (a type of plant), ultimately from Tamil கயப்பு (kayappu).

Rainwater English (American)
Americanized form of the German family name Reinwasser, possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a source of fresh water, from Middle High German reine ‘pure’ + wazzer ‘water’.

Rajavee Estonian
Rajavee is an Estonian surname meaning "border water" or "storm water".

Randvee Estonian
Randvee is an Estonian surname meaning "beach water".

Regueiro Galician, Portuguese
The name originated in Ourense (Galicia) in the 14th Century. It´s literal meaning in Portuguese is river. It is a surname referring to a person who lived near a river or water source.

Reisenauer German
Probably denoted a person from a minor place called Reisenau, or a topographic name for someone living by an overgrown water meadow, derived from Middle High German ris meaning "undergrowth" and owe meaning "water meadow".

Rieth German
"reed" -- a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family that grows in water or on marshy ground.

Root Dutch
From Dutch root, a derivative of roten "to ret", a topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place, a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.

Rotterdam Dutch
Denoting someone from a place named Rotterdam "place of the muddy water".

Saccà Italian
From Arabic سقى (saqa) "to give water", a nickname for a water carrier.

Saka Turkish
Either an occupational name for a seller or deliverer of water or a nickname meaning "goldfinch".

Sakamizu Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Saldívar Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.

Sallwasser German
It is derived from the German words (Salz) meaning "salt", & (Salweide) meaning "water".

Sekewael Indonesian
The last name Sekewael is an original name from one of the island in Maluku. That one island name is "Negeri Oma." The meaning of Sekewael is "The Guardian of the River" because in "Negeri Oma" any body want to use the river of the water they have to ask for permission by Sekewael family... [more]

Selander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sel "stretch of calm water in a river or stream" and the common surname suffix -ander (originally from Greek aner "man"). The first element, sel, is also a common place name element in Northern Sweden and it's possible that this name is both ornamental and locational in origin.

Shiramizu Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Sinivee Estonian
Sinivee is an Estonian surname meaning "blue water".

Smolders Belgian (Modern)
A Flemish occupational name equivalent to "Miller", meaning a person who operated a wind or water mill for grinding grain.

Søgård Danish
Means "sea farm" indicating a farmstead near the sea or open water.

Sorgente Italian
From sorgente "spring, rising water".

Springborn German
Derived from Middle Low German sprinkborn meaning "spring, well", hence either a nickname for someone who lived by a spring or a water well, or from various place names in Germany.

Stifflemire English (American)
Derived from Old English words "stiff" and "mere," which together could have referred to a stiff or rigid body of water, perhaps a lake or pond.

Sucu Turkish
Means "waterman, water carrier" in Turkish.

Sulzer German
occupational name for someone who made prepared meats from Middle High German sulzer "butcher charcutier". from a derivative of Middle High German sulze "brine" hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a spring of salty water or a habitational name for someone from any of the places called Sulz in Germany Austria Alsace and Switzerland.

Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Talija Serbian
Talija... [more]

Talivee Estonian
Talivee is an Estonian surname meaning "winter water".

Tang Chinese
From Chinese 汤 (tāng) meaning "hot water, soup, broth", originally derived from the name of Cheng Tang, the first king of the Shang dynasty.

Tanimizu Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Thimmesch Luxembourgish
Meaning "Tiller of the Water" in Luxembourgish. A variant of the Germanic surname Miller

Todachine Navajo
Variant of Todicheene meaning "bitter water people."

Todicheene Navajo
"Bitter water people."

Tsaritsyn Russian
From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".

Tsuryū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 釣 (tsu), from 釣り (tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [more]

Upham English
"enclosure surrounded by water"

Urenda Basque
Probably a topographic name formed with Basque ur "water".

Urtsua Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, derived from Basque ur "water" and -tzu "plenty of".

Vaikvee Estonian
Vaikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still water".

Valverde Spanish
Refers to a place name which suggests a landscape, agreeable with herbs, flowers and water.

Van Der Aa Dutch, Flemish
Means "from the Aa" in Dutch, a common name for rivers and streams derived from Old Germanic *ahwō "stream, river; water".

Van der Plas Dutch
Means "from the pool" in Dutch, derived from plas "pool, puddle, pond; body of stagnant water".

van Maarschalkerweerd Dutch
Habitational name denoting someone from Maarschalkerweerd, a place near Utrecht in the Netherlands. Derived from Dutch maarschalk "marshal" and weerd "land next to water, riverine island".

Vannebo Norwegian
Taken from the farm Vanebu, spelled Vannebo in pre-1950 records. From the Norwegian words vann, meaning water, and bo, meaning to live or reside.

Van Putten Dutch
Means "from Putten" in Dutch, a toponym derived from Old Dutch putti "well (water)".

Van Wormer Dutch (Rare)
Means "from Wormer", a town in North Holland. Derived from Old Dutch wer "fishing weir" and mere "lake", or possibly from Proto-Germanic *werm "water".

Vasershteyn Yiddish
It literally means "water stone".

Veemaa Estonian
Veemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water land".

Veeorg Estonian
Veeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "water valley/gully".

Veesaar Estonian
Veesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "water island".

Veesalu Estonian
Veesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grove".

Veetamm Estonian
Veetamm is an Estonian surname meaning "water oak".

Veetõusme Estonian
Veetõusme is an Estonian surname meaning "water (vee) surge (tõusma)".

Vesi Estonian
Means "water" in Estonian.

Vesiloik Estonian
Vesiloik is an Estonian surname meaning "water puddle/a small pool of water."

Veskioja Estonian
Veskioja is an Estonian surname meaning "(water) mill creek".

Von Aachen German
Means "from Aachen", a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, ultimately derived from Latin acquae "water, water sources", referring to the sacred springs associated with the Celtic god Grannus.

Wagamese Ojibwe
Comes from an Ojibway phrase meaning ‘man walking by the crooked water.’

Wasser German, Jewish
Topographic name from Middle High German wazzer "water".

Wassermann German
German cognate of Waterman 2. occupational name for a water-carrier or a topographic name from Middle High German wazzar "water" and man "man"... [more]

Water Northern African

Waterhouse German
Old German and Dutch locational name meaning “a house by water.”

Waterson English
It is a patronymic of the male given name Water or Walter.

Wathers Irish
The surname originated in Donegal, Ireland. MacConuisce was an Anglicized form of o'hUisce. Uisce translates to water in English. Wathers is a rather uncommon name because it is an untraditional way of spelling Waters... [more]

Wehlburg German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Possibly derived from German Wehl "pool of water (esp. behind a dyke)" (cognate to Dutch weil "vortex, maelstrom; dyke breach pool") and burg "fortress, citadel".

Weimar German
Habitational name from any of several places called Weimar in Hesse and Thuringia.... [more]

Windham English, Irish (Anglicized)
English habitational name from Wyndham in West Sussex, near West Grinstead, probably named from an unattested Old English personal name Winda + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’; or from Wymondham in Leicestershire and Norfolk, named from the Old English personal name Wigmund (see Wyman) + Old English ham ‘homestead’... [more]

Winford English
English location name meaning "from a white ford or water crossing" or "from a meadow ford".

Wish English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow or marsh, Middle English wyshe (Old English wisc). Americanized spelling of Wisch.

Wodziński Polish
Habitational name for someone from Wodzin in Piotrków voivodeship, named with Polish woda meaning "water".

Wolford German
Means where the wolves cross the river/stream. Wolf meaning the animal and Ford meaning crossing a body of shallow water.... [more]

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Zalusky Ukrainian
Derives from the Slavic word zalew, meaning "bay" or "flooded area". Given to families who lived near water or areas that flooded often.

Zurru Italian
From Sardinian "gush, spring (of water)".