Browse Submitted Surnames

Tatlonghari Tagalog
From Tagalog Tatlong Hari referring to the three kings (also known as the Magi or wise men) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus.

Tatsuno Japanese
From Japanese 辰 (tatsu) meaning "dragon of the Chinese zodiac" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tavitian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Davidyan.

Tawfik Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tawfiq.

Tay Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.

Tayeb Arabic
From the given name Tayeb.

Taymaskhanov m Chechen
Means "son of Taymaskhan".

Taysumov Chechen
Means "son of Taysum".

Tazhibaev Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Tazhibay".

Tecson Filipino
From Hokkien 德孫 (tiak sun) meaning "virtuous grandchild, benevolent grandchild". The bearers of this name are said to be descended from any of the three Tek Son brothers who originally came from Guangzhou, China.

Tee Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zheng.

Teh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.

Teheiura Tahitian
From the given name Teheiura.

Teimouri Persian
From the given name Teimour (see Timur).

Tekin Turkish
From an Old Turkish title meaning "prince".

Temirov Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik
Means "son of Temir".

Teng Chinese
From Chinese 滕 (téng) referring to the ancient state of Teng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Teng Chinese
Alternate transcription of Deng as well as the Hokkien and Teochew romanization of the name.

Tenzin Bhutanese
From the given name Tenzin.

Teo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhang.

Teodorescu Romanian
Means "son of Teodor".

Teoh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhang.

Terada Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Teramoto Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Terashima Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Tesfaye Amharic, Ethiopian
From the given name Tesfaye.

Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Teshome Eastern African, Amharic
From the given name Teshome.

Tetuanui Polynesian, Tahitian

Tezuka Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock, grave".

Thạch Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shi, from Sino-Vietnamese 石 (thạch).

Thahan Thai
Means "military" in Thai.

Thaker Indian, Gujarati
Variant of Thakkar.

Thakkar Indian, Gujarati, Marathi
From Sanskrit ठक्कुर (ṭhakkura) meaning "deity".

Thakur Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Gujarati, Nepali
From a feudal title meaning "lord, master", derived from Sanskrit ठक्कुर (thakkura) meaning "deity".

Tham Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Tan.

Thammavong Lao
From Lao ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Thankappan Malayalam

Thapa Nepali, Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Odia
From an ancient military rank used in the Khasa Kingdom, which ruled parts of South Asia from the 11th to 14th centuries.

Tharu Nepali
Possibly refers to the Tharu, an indigenous ethnic group of Nepal.

Tharwat Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tharwat.

Theodoropoulos Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Theron Southern African, Afrikaans, Occitan
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations in Occitanie named Théron or Thérond, ultimately from Latin torus meaning "elevation, height, embankment". A famous bearer is South African and American actress Charlize Theron (1975-).

Theuma Maltese
Most likely derived from Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm) meaning "garlic", used in reference to someone who grew garlic or owned a garlic field. Alternatively, it may also be from تَوْأَم (tawʾam) meaning "twin, double".

Thirimanne Sinhalese
From an element with an unknown meaning combined with Sanskrit माने (māne) meaning "meaning, purpose".

Thongsing Thai
From Thai ทอง (thong) meaning "gold" and สิงห์ (sing) meaning "lion".

Thongsuk Thai
From Thai ทอง (thong) meaning "gold" and สุก (suk) meaning "ripe, mature".

Tibayan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "strengthen, secure, steady" in Tagalog.

Tikhonov Russian
Means "son of Tikhon".

Timofeev Russian
Means "son of Timofey".

Timoshenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Timofiy".

Tindog Filipino, Cebuano
Means "rise, stand up" in Cebuano.

Ting Chinese (Min Dong)
Min Dong romanization of Chen.

Titov Russian
Means "son of Tit".

Tkhakushinov Circassian (Russified)
Of unknown meaning. A notable bearer is Aslan Tkhakushinov (1947-), a former Head of the Republic of Adygea.

Tlebzu Circassian (Russified)
Derived from Adyghe лӏы (ḷə) meaning "husband, man" and бзэу (bzăw) meaning "deer, stag".

Tlemsani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Tlemcen, the name of a city in north-western Algeria.

Tmenov Ossetian

Tô Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Su from Sino-Vietnamese 蘇 (tô).

Tobing Batak
Means "riverbank, edge" in Batak. It is also used as a short form of Lumbantobing.

Toh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Du.

Toledo Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Toledo in Spain, derived from Latin Toletum of uncertain meaning.

Tolegenov Kazakh
Means "son of Tolegen".

Tolentino Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, Italian (Rare), Judeo-Italian
Ultimately derived from the name of a town in the province of Macerata, Italy (see Tolentino). This was adopted as a Spanish given name in honour of the 14th-century Italian saint and mystic Nicholas of Tolentino... [more]

Tolstoy Russian
Means "fat" from Russian толстый (tolstyy) meaning "thick, stout, fat". This was the name of a Russian family of nobility; a notable member was Count Lev "Leo" Tolstoy (1828-1910), a Russian writer.

Tomasi Italian
From the given name Tomaso.

Tomaszek Polish
From the given name Tomasz.

Tomczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Tomek.

Tominaga Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomita Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, fortune" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Tomkins English
Variant of Tompkins.

Tomonaga Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (tomo) meaning "morning, epoch, period" and 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tomonaga Japanese
From Japanese 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Tompkins English
Patronymic formed from a diminutive of Tom 1.

Tôn Thất Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 宗室 (tông thất) meaning "imperial clan", originally given to members of the royal family of the Nguyễn dynasty.

Toprak Turkish
Means "earth, soil, land" in Turkish.

Torkington English
From the name of a place in Greater Manchester, originally meaning "Tork's settlement" (Tork being a name or nickname combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town").

Torshkhoev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush family name derived the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name itself is derived from ТӀаьрши (Tarsh), a village in Ingushetia, of unknown meaning.

Toscano Italian, Spanish
Originally indicated someone who came from the region of Tuscany in central Italy.

Tosun Turkish
Means "bullock" or "healthy, plump, stout" in Turkish.

Touati Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Habitational name denoting someone who originally came from the region of Touat (or Tuat) in Algeria.

Touilbini Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelaziz Touilbini (1978-), an Algerian boxer.

Toulain French (Rare)

Tounsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic تُونِسِيّ (tūnisiyy) meaning “Tunisian”, ultimately from تُونِس (tūnis) meaning "Tunisia, Tunis". It can refer to a native of the country of Tunisia, someone from the city of Tunis (in Tunisia), or the Tunisian Tounsi dialect of Arabic.

Touzani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly derived from Aït Touzine, the name of a Rifian tribe in Morocco.

Tovmasyan Armenian
Means "son of Tovmas".

Tozzi Italian
Derived from the Italian adjective tozzo meaning "squat; stocky" and also "chunk; hunk", both from Latin túndere meaning "to dent" or from Slavic stotz meaning "stump".... [more]

Trabelsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Tripoli in Libya from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus). The city's name ultimately comes from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis) meaning "three cities", from τρι- (tri-) meaning "three" and πόλις (pólis) meaning "city".

Trabelssi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Trabelsi.

Trachang Thai (Rare)
Means "elephant seal" in Thai.

Trang Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhuang from Sino-Vietnamese 莊 (trang).

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".

Tremain Cornish
Variant of Tremayne.

Tremaine Cornish
Variant of Tremayne. A famous fictional bearer is Lady Tremaine, the main antagonist of Disney's Cinderella (1950).

Tremayne Cornish
Name for someone from any of various locations called Tremayne (or Tremaine), from Cornish tre meaning "home, settlement, town" and men meaning "stone".

Trendafilov Bulgarian
Means "son of Trendafil".

Triệu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhao, from Sino-Vietnamese 趙 (triệu).

Trieu Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Triệu.

Trikha Indian, Hindi

Trịnh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zheng, from Sino-Vietnamese 鄭 (trịnh).

Trinidad Filipino, Spanish
Means "trinity" in Spanish, referring to the Holy Trinity.

Tripathi Indian, Hindi, Odia, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
From Sanskrit त्रिपाठिन् (tripathin) meaning "one who has studied three Vedas".

Trivedi Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Means "one who knows the three Vedas", derived from Sanskrit त्रि (tri) meaning "three" and वेद (veda) meaning "Veda".

Trofimov Russian
Means "son of Trofim".

Trudet French
Variant of Trudel.

Trunchbull Popular Culture

Trương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhang, from Sino-Vietnamese 張 (trương).

Truong Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Trương.

Tsai Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Cai chiefly used in Taiwan.

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".

Tsarnaev Chechen (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Chechen царна (tsarna) meaning "them, they" or from an unknown given name or nickname. This is the surname of brothers Tamerlan (1986-2013) and Dzhokhar (1993-) Tsarnaev, the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Tseng Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Zeng chiefly used in Taiwan.

Tserenov Kalmyk
Means "son of Tseren".

Tshering Bhutanese
From Tibetan ཚེ (tshe) "life" and རིང (ring) "long".

Tsikunib Circassian (Russified)
Derived from Adyghe цӏыкӏу (c̣əḳ°) meaning "little" and ныбэ (nəbă) meaning "stomach, belly".

Tsoi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.

Tsoi Korean (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Tsoy.

Tsoy Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Choi used by ethnic Koreans living in former Soviet territories.

Tsuboi Japanese
From Japanese 坪 (tsubo) referring to a traditional unit of length or 壺 or 壷 (tsubo) meaning "container, pot, jar" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine".

Tsuchiya Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Tsugba Abkhaz

Tsui Chinese
Alternate transcription of Cui.

Tsuji Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad".

Tsujimura Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsukada Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsukamoto Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tsukiyama Japanese
From Japanese 築 (tsuki) meaning "fabricate, build, construct" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Tsumura Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsyrenov Buryat
Derived from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".

Tuason Filipino
Variant of Tuazon.

Tuazon Filipino
From Hokkien 大孫 (tōa-sun) or 大孙 (tōa-sun) meaning "grandson".

Tufan Turkish
From the given name Tufan.

Tüfekçi Turkish
Means "gunsmith" in Turkish.

Tuguz Circassian (Russified)
Derived from Adyghe тыгъужъ (təġ°ẑ) meaning "wolf".

Tulegenov Kazakh
Variant of Tolegenov.

Tulush Tuvan
Possibly from a Tuvan tribal measurement used to denote a month or member of a tribe.

Tumgoev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name itself is derived from Tumag (ТIумагI), the name of a village in Ingushetia, possibly meaning "to see with the heart" in Ingush.

Tunç Turkish
From the given name Tunç.

Tunstall English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Tunstall, derived from Old English tun meaning "enclosure, garden, farm" and steall meaning "position, place, site".

Tuquib Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tukib meaning "well-defined, detailed, complete".

Turan Turkish
Refers to Turan, an historical region in Central Asia inhabited by the nomadic Iranian Turanian people. The name itself means "land of the Tur" and is derived from the name of a Persian mythological figure, Tur (تور).

Turbin Russian
From the nickname Турба (Turba) which was probably derived from an old dialectal word meaning "face, snout, muzzle (of an animal)", used as a name for a person with an unpleasant or ugly appearance... [more]

Türkmen Turkish, Turkmen
Refers to a Turkmen person (someone from the present-day nation of Turkmenistan). The ethnonym itself is believed to be derived from Türk combined with the Sogdian suffix -man (thus meaning "almost Turk") or from Türk combined with Arabic إِيمَان (ʾīmān) meaning "faith, belief, religion".

Tursynbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Tursynbay".

Tursynbekov Kazakh
Means "son of Tursynbek".

Tursynov Kazakh
Means "son of Tursyn".

Tuttle English, English (American), Irish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þorkell, derived from the elements þórr (see Thor) and ketill "cauldron". The name evolved into Thurkill and Thirkill in England and came into use as a given name in the Middle Ages... [more]

Tynyshbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Tyhsynbai".

Tzur Jewish
Means "rock, cliff" in Hebrew.

Uchida Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Uchihara Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Uchima Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Uddin Bengali, Urdu, Tausug
From Arabic الدين (ad-dīn) meaning "the religion", commonly used as a suffix for given names.

Ueki Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Uematsu Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Uemura Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" or 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Uentillie Navajo
From Navajo ayóí meaning "very" and áníldííl meaning "husky, large".

Ullah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه (Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.

Ulusoy Turkish
Means "great lineage", derived from Turkish ulu meaning "supreme, great, exalted" combined with soy meaning "ancestry, lineage".

Ulyanov m Russian
Means "son of Ulyan". A notable bearer was Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), a Russian revolutionary better known as Vladimir Lenin.

Umar Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Umar.

Umarov Uzbek, Kazakh, Chechen, Avar, Kumyk, Dargin, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Umar".

Umeda Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Umehara Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Umezawa Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ünal Turkish
Means "become famous" or "become well-known" in Turkish.

Ünlü Turkish
Means "famous, celebrity" in Turkish.

Unnikrishnan Malayalam
Means "Lord Krishna" or "young Krishna", a combination of the title and given name ഉണ്ണി (uṇṇi) meaning "infant boy, young boy" and the name of Krishna, Hindu deity.

Upadhyay Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher".

Upadhyaya Indian, Nepali, Hindi, Assamese
Variant transcription of Upadhyay.

Upole African

Urata Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

Useinov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Üsein".

Ushijima Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Usman Arabic, Urdu, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug, Maranao, Dhivehi
From the given name Uthman.

Usmani Urdu
From the given name Uthman.

Usmanov Uzbek, Chechen, Tatar, Bashkir, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Usman".

Uthman Nigerian
From the given name Uthman.

Uy Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Huang primarily used in the Philippines.

Uys Afrikaans
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include an Afrikaans variant of Huijs which seems to have developed into Uijs and finally into Uys.

Uysal Turkish
Means "docile, easygoing, peaceful" in Turkish.

Uzhakhov Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname derived the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name is possibly derived from a given name, in turn possibly from an Ingush word meaning "bold, strong".

Văcărescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian văcar meaning "cowherd".

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.

Vadelov Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush family name, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan) which is of disputed origin, possibly derived from Ingush да (da) meaning "father", Arabic وَعْد (waʿd) meaning "promise" (through Turkish vaat), or from the hypothetical name Vadel derived from Lezgin вад (vad) meaning "five" (hypothetically given to the fifth-born child of a family).

Vagabov Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Vagab".

Vagula Estonian
From the name of a village and a lake in Võru Parish, Võru County in southern Estonia. Possibly derived from vagu "furrow, groove" and the locative suffix -la.

Vaitov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Vait".

Vakhaev m Chechen
Means "son of Vakha".

Vakhtangadze Georgian
Means "son of Vakhtang".

Vakhtangishvili Georgian
Means "son of Vakhtang".

Vəliyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Vəli".

Valiyev Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Vəliyev.

Valmorida Filipino, Cebuano
Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).

Vanga Indian, Telugu

van Niekerk Afrikaans
Topographic name for any of the various locations named Nieuwerkerk in The Netherlands or Nieuwerkerken in Belgium. The name itself means "of the new church" from Dutch van meaning "of" combined with nieuw meaning "new" and kerk meaning "church".

Varaev Chechen
Chechen surname of unknown meaning.

Varasteh Persian

Vardanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Vardanyan.

Varma Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit वर्मन् (varman) meaning "armour, protection".

Varsonofyev Russian (Rare)
Means "son of Varsonofy"; rarely used as a surname.

Vartanyan Armenian
Variant transcription of Vardanyan.

Vasilakis Greek
Means "son of Vasilis".

Vasilenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Vasylenko.

Vasilijević Serbian
Means "son of Vasilije".

Vasin Russian
Derived from the given name Vasya.

Vasseur French
From Old French vavasour meaning "subvassal", a historical term used to refer to a tenant of a baron or lord who also had tenants under him.

Vassilakis Greek
Variant of Vasilakis.

Vayntrub Jewish
Russified form of Weintraub.

Vəzirov Azerbaijani
Means "son of the vizier", from the Arabic title وَزِير (wazīr) denoting a minister or high-ranking official in an Islamic government.

Vecchio Italian
Means "old, aged" in Italian, originally used as a nickname for an older or oldest son or for someone who was prematurely grey or wrinkled.

Velikov Bulgarian
Means "son of Veliko".

Velíšek Czech
Czech form of Velliscig.

Vella Maltese, Italian
Derived from Italian bella meaning "beautiful".

Venkatesh Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Means "lord of Venkata", from Venkata, the name of a hill in southern India (see Venkata), combined with Sanskrit ईश (īśa) meaning "lord, master, husband" (see Isha).

Venturini Italian
From the given name Venturino.

Verma Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Varma.

Vernier French
Surname for a person who lived near an alder tree. Also a variant of Garnier 1 and Varnier and the eastern French form of Warner.

Veselinov Bulgarian, Serbian
Means "son of Veselin".

Vidhani Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Derived from Sanskrit विधान (vidhāna) meaning "disposing, arranging".

Vietnan Indonesian

Vikentiev Russian
Means "son of Vikentiy".

Vikentiyev Russian
Variant transcription of Vikentiev.

Vilavong Lao
From Lao ວິລະ (vila) meaning "hero, brave, courage" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Vilhjálmsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Vilhjálmur". Its masculine counterpart is Vilhjálmsson.

Vilkas Lithuanian
Means "wolf" in Lithuanian.

Villarreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Villarreal (or Villareal), derived from Spanish villa meaning "farm, town, settlement" and real meaning "royal".

Villegas Spanish
Habitational name from the municipality of Villegas in Burgos province, Spain.

Vinther Danish
Danish variant of Winter.

Vladimirov Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Vladimir".

Vo Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Võ.

Voinea Romanian
From the given name Voinea.

Volkonsky Russian
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Volkona river south of Moscow. This was the name of a Russian family of nobility.

Vongphachanh Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ພະຈັນ (phachanh) meaning "moon".

Vongphakdy Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ພັກດີ (phakdy) meaning "loyalty, devotion".

Vongsay Lao
Alternate transcription of Vongxay.

Vongxay Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ໄຊ (xay) meaning "victory".

Voraritskul Thai

Voulgaropoulos Greek
Means "descendant of a Bulgarian" in Greek.

Vovk Ukrainian, Slovene
Derived from Ukrainian вовк (vovk) meaning "wolf", also used in Slovenia.

Vu Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Vũ.

Vương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Wang 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 王 (vương).

Wacławski Polish
Name for someone from a place named Wacławice or Wacławów, both derived from the given name Wacław.

Wadia Indian (Parsi)
Parsi surname possibly derived from Wadia, the name of a village in Gujarat.

Waheed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Wahid.

Wahiwala Indian (Rare, ?)

Wainwright English
Occupational name for a maker or repairer of wagons.

Wakabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Wakamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Wali Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Arabic
Derived from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy) meaning "helper, friend, protector", used in Islam to describe a saint.

Walia Indian, Punjabi
Punjabi name of unknown meaning.

Wan Chinese
From Chinese 万 (wàn) referring to a city that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.

Wan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wen.

Wanne Various (Rare)

Wardak Pashto
Meaning uncertain. The Wardak are a Pashtun tribe from the Maidan Wardak Province in Afghanistan.

Warden English
Occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old French wardein meaning "protector, guard". It was also used as a habbitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Warden... [more]

Warga German

Warszawa Polish
Place name for a person from Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

Wawa Western African

Weerasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Weerasinghe Sinhalese
Means "brave lion", derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Weerasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Węgrzyn Polish
Means "Hungarian" in Polish.

Weinbach German, Jewish
From the name of a commune in Hesse, Germany.

Weinstein Jewish
Means "wine stone" from German wein meaning "wine" and stein meaning "stone". It originally referred to the potassium bitartrate crystals produced from the process of fermenting grape juice.

Wen Chinese
From Chinese 温 (wēn) meaning "warm", also referring to any of several territories that were called Wen, namely an ancient state that existed during the Zhou dynasty.

Westergaard Danish
Danish variant of Westergård.

Westergård Swedish, Finnish
From Swedish väster meaning "west, western" combined with gård meaning "farm, yard, estate".

Westerman English
Topographical surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or someone who had moved to the west, from Old English westerne meaning "western" and mann meaning "man, person".

Westermann Low German
From Middle Low German wester meaning "westerly" and man meaning "man", making it a topographic surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or a regional surname for someone who had moved to the west... [more]

Westgate English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a west gate in a city, or a habitual surname for someone from Westgate. It is derived from Middle English west meaning "west" and gate "gate" (or "street" in northern and eastern areas; from Old Norse gata).

Wickramanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Wickramaratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Wickramasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Wickramasuriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Widjaja Indonesian
From the Indonesian word wijaya meaning "victory".

Wiesel German, Jewish
Means "weasel" in German.

Wijayawickrama Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Wijewickrama.

Wijeratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Wijesekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Wijesinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Wijesuriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".

Wijewickrama Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय​ (vijaya) meaning "victory" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".

Win English
Variant spelling of Wynn.

Winters English, German
Patronymic form of Winter.

Wislenko Polish (Rare)

Wójcicki Polish
Habitational name for a person originally from a place called Wójcice.

Wongchai Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ไชย (chai) meaning "victory".

Wongkaeo Thai
From Thai วงศ์ or วงษ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass, diamond".

Wongkham Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold".

Wongphakdi Thai
From Thai วง (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ภักดี (phakdi) meaning "devotion, loyalty".

Wongsawat Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and สวัสดิ์ (sawat) meaning "happiness".

Wongsuwan Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".

Wongyai Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ใหญ่ (yai) meaning "big, large, great".

Woo Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Hu.

Worldon English (Australian)

Wozniak Polish (Expatriate)
Unaccented form of Woźniak primarily used outside of Poland.

Wrzesiński Polish
Name for someone from a place called Września, Wrzesina or Wrzesiny, all derived from Polish wrzos meaning "heather".

Xəlilov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Xəlil".