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Shige Japanese
Shige means "luxurious".

Shigei Japanese

Shigematsu Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Shigemura Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and mura means "hamlet, village" or "town".

Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Shigesato Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and sato means "village".

Shigeta Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shigezato Japanese
Variant of Shigesato.

Shigusawa Japanese
Keiichi Shigusawa, professionally known as Keiichi Sigsawa, is an award winning novelist.

Shiiduka Japanese

Shiina Japanese

Shiio Japanese

Shiitake Japanese

Shikada Japanese

Shikai Japanese
Possibly from 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer, antelope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Shikanai Japanese
A notable bearer is Kayleigh Shikanai.

Shikata Japanese

Shikawa Japanese

Shiki Japanese

Shikimi Japanese

Shimabuku Japanese, Okinawan
Variant of Shimabukuro.

Shimabukuro Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 袋 (fukuro) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".

Shimai Japanese
Shima means "island" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shimajiri Japanese
From 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear".

Shimajuko Japanese

Shimano Japanese
Shima means "island" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".

Shimasaki Japanese

Shimata Japanese

Shimatsu Japanese

Shimazaki Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Shimazu Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbor".

Shimbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Shimemura Japanese

Shimo Japanese

Shimobayashi Japanese

Shimogawara Japanese

Shimokata Japanese
Shimo can mean "under, below" and kata can mean "shape" or "single".

Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shimomae Japanese

Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]

Shimosawa Japanese
Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Shimota Japanese

Shimotsuki Japanese (Rare, ?)
霜 (Shimo) means "hoar, frost" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, noon". This is the traditional Japanese word for "November". ... [more]

Shimoyama Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower portion, end" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Shimozawa Japanese
Variant of Shimosawa.

Shina Japanese
Shina can mean "family, department, section".

Shinada Japanese

Shinagawa Japanese
Variant of Shinakawa.

Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".

Shinbe Japanese

Shinden Japanese
See Arata,this is simply the formal pronunciation.

Shingawa Japanese
Variant of Shinkawa.

Shinkura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".

Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Shino Japanese

Shinomi Japanese
From 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 見 (mi) meaning "view, outlook".

Shinosaki Japanese
Shino means "bamboo" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Shinota Japanese
Variant of Shinoda.

Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Shinozuka Japanese

Shinsawa Japanese

Shinseki Japanese
Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".

Shintoku Japanese

Shinzawa Japanese
Variant of Shinsawa.

Shio Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt".

Shioda Japanese

Shioe Japanese
From 潮 (shio) meaning "salt" and 江 (e) meaning "inlet, river".

Shiohata Japanese

Shiojiri Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear, end, back".... [more]

Shiokawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shiono Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiosaki Japanese

Shiota Japanese

Shiozawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Shiozuka Japanese

Shirado Japanese

Shiradoh Japanese

Shiradou Japanese

Shiraga Japanese

Shiragawa Japanese
Variant of Shirakawa.

Shirahama Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Shirahata Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".

Shiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Shirako Japanese
Meaning "white child".

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

Shiranami Japanese
Shira means "white" and nami means "wave".

Shiranita Japanese
From 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Shirano Japanese
Shira means "white" and no means "field, plain".

Shirao Japanese

Shirasaka Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Shirasawa Japanese

Shirasuga Japanese
Shira means "white" and suga means "sedge".

Shiratō Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria", 戸 (to) meaning "door" or 都 (to) meaning "metropolis, capital".

Shiratoh Japanese

Shiratou Japanese

Shirino Japanese (Rare)
Shiri can mean "rear, behind" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiroda Japanese

Shiroi Japanese
Shrio means "white" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shiroiwa Japanese

Shiroma Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese form of the Okinawan surname 城間 (Gushikuma), derived from Okinawan 城 (gushiku) meaning "castle" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Shironita Japanese (Rare)
From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]

Shirono Japanese
Shiro means "white" and no means "field, wilderness".

Shirota Japanese

Shirtz Jewish

Shiryo Japanese

Shiryou Japanese

Shishikura Japanese
Shishi means "lion" and kura means "possess, have, storehouse, warehouse".

Shishinai Japanese

Shitamori Japanese
From 下 (shita) meaning "lower, downstream, under" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Shitao Japanese
From 下 (shita) meaning "lower, downstream, under" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Shiyune Japanese

Shiyuno Japanese

Shiyuno African

Shizu Japanese

Shizuma Japanese

Shizume Japanese

Shoda Japanese

Shoesmith English

Shoni Japanese

Shortman English

Shorts English

Shotton English

Shotwell English

Shotz Jewish

Shoutz English (American)

Shouyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Shoyu.

Shoyu Japanese (Rare)
Shoyu is made up of two kanji that literally means "soy sauce".

Shu Chinese

Shumiya Japanese

Shuri Japanese

Shuto Japanese
From 首 (shu) meaning "neck, counter for songs or poems" combined with 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Shuttle English

Shuttles English

Shuttlesworth English

Shuttleworth English

Shutz Jewish

Sia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.

Sigsawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The professional surname of Keiichi Shigusawa, an author.

Sikó Hungarian

Sikorski Polish, Lithuanian

Sikorsky Polish, Russian

Sikowicz Jewish

Sikowitz Jewish

Silverton English

Silvi Italian

Singla Indian

Sioux Indigenous American

Sister English

Sky Jewish
Shortened from last names ending in -sky.

Skylar Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Schuyler.

Skyler Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Schuyler.

Slauenwhite German

Slaunwhite German

Smallman English

Smallridge English

Smallwood English

Smally English

Smitham English

Smithart Scottish, English

Smithhart Scottish, English

So Japanese (Rare)
A notable bearer is So Yoshiyori (1818-1890), a fuedal lord of the So clan.

Sobue Japanese
From Japanese 祖 (so) meaning "ancestor", 父 (bu) meaning "father" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Soda Japanese

Sode Anglo-Saxon

Soejima Japanese
Variant of Soeshima.

Soeshima Japanese

Soeta Japanese

Soga Japanese

Sogami Japanese
Variant of Sokami.

Sogawa Japanese

Sohma Japanese

Sokabe Japanese

Soma Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 相馬 (see Sōma).

Somai Japanese
A notable bearer is Shinji Somai (1948-2001). He was a film director.

Someno Japanese

Sommerlee English

Sommers German (?), English (?)
From Sommer 1 or Sommer 2.

Sonan Japanese

Sone Japanese
From Japanese 曾 or 曽 (so) meaning "great- (as in great-grandparent)" or 素 (so) meaning "plain, basic" combined with 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, foundation, base".

Sonehara Japanese
From 曽 (so) meaning "once, formerly, before, ever", 根 (ne) meaning "root", and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".

Sono Japanese
Sono means "garden".

Sonobe Japanese

Sonogai Japanese

Sonogaya Japanese
Variant of Sonotani.

Sonoma Japanese

Sonomura Japanese
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "garden, orchard, plantation" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Sonoo Japanese
Sono means "garden" and o means "tail".

Sonosaki Japanese
Sono means "garden" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sonota Japanese

Sonotani Japanese (Rare)
Sono means "garden" and tani means "valley".

Sonoue Japanese
"Garden under."

Sonoya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sonotani.

Soramoto Japanese
Sora means "sky, heaven" and "source, root, origin".

Sorley English

Sotomi Japanese

Sotomura Japanese
From 外 (soto) meaning "except, other, foreign, outside" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Soucier French

Soukabe Japanese

Souther German
Variant of Southers or Sauter.

Southland English
It means "south land".

Southman English

Southwood English

Sowa Japanese
From 宗 (so) meaning "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" and 和 (wa) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan".

Span German

Spanish English

Sparacino Italian

Sparke English

Spearman English

Spellman English

Spillard English

Spoone English

Spratt English

Springs English

Springwind English

Spruce English

Stable English

Stach Polish
From the given name Stach.

Stachnik Polish
From Stach.

Stäcker Low German

Stallone Italian

Stamps English

Stanbridge English

Standridge English

Stanfield English

Stanhope English

Stanner English

Stanney English

Stanny Polish

Stefton English

Stellino Italian

Stello Italian

Stewards English

Stickney English

Stidham English

Stillwell English

Stilwell English

Stingley English

Stockston English

Stonefield English
Meaning "stone field".

Stoneham English

Stonehill English
Meaning "stone hill".

Stoneley English

Stott English

Stradler German (Austrian), Scottish, English

Strain Scottish, Irish
Derived from the valley of the Aan, or strath Aan.

Straton English

Stratt English

Streatfield English

Streete English

Streetfield English

Streeton English

Suai Japanese

Succi Italian

Suda Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sudou Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sue Japanese

Suegara Japanese

Suegawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Suekawa.

Suekawa Japanese
Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".

Suematsu Japanese
From 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, posterity, end, powder, tip" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine".

Suemune Japanese

Suenaga Japanese

Suenobu Japanese

Suetsugu Japanese

Suetsuna Japanese

Suetsune Japanese
A notable bearer is the actress Sachiko Chijimatsu (1937-), who was born Sachiko Suetsune.

Sueyoshi Japanese

Sugabara Japanese
Variant of Sugahara.

Sugahara Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and hara means "plain, field".

Sugai Japanese

Suganuma Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Sugars German

Sugase Japanese
From 菅 (suga) meaning "reed, sedge, rush" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, shoal, ripple".

Sugatani Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and tani means "valley".

Sugawara Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Sugaya Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sugida Japanese
Variant of Sugita.

Sugie Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Sugieda Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar" and 枝 (eda) means "branch, bought, twig".... [more]

Sugigai Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugigaya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugihara Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sugiki Japanese
Sugi means "pine, fir tree" and ki means "tree, wood".

Sugimiya Japanese
"Pine tree shrine."

Sugimori Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar tree" and 森 (mori) means "forest".

Suginaka Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and naka means "middle".

Sugino Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sugio Japanese
"Pine tree tail."

Sugisaki Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Sugitani Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and tani means "valley".... [more]

Sugiuchi Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and uchi means "inside".

Sugiya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Sugo Japanese

Suguri Japanese (Rare)

Suguro Japanese

Suichi Japanese
Su means "oil" and ichi means "market".

Suisenji Japanese

Sumen Japanese