Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which an editor of the name is Jenkowelten.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aaby Norwegian, Danish
From a place called Aaby or Åby, from Old Norse á "small river, stream" and býr "farm".
Abdelmajid Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Majid.
Abdulmajeed Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Majid.
Abdulrahman Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Rahman
Abdurrahman Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Rahman
Abelson English
Means "son of Abel".
Abiko Japanese
From 安 (a) "peaceful, cheap, rested, low" or 我 (a) meaning "I, me, myself, selfish, oneself, ego" combined with 孫 (bi) meaning "grandchild", and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat".
Abimbola Yoruba
From the given name Abimbola
Ablett English
Possibly a variant of Abbott
Abner English
From the given name Abner.
Abo Japanese (Rare)
From 安 (a) meaning "peaceful, relax, cheap, inexpensive, low" or 阿 (a) meaning "corner, nook" and 保 (bo) meaning for "guard, protect".
Abrar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Abrar.
Abston English
Possibly an altered form of Osbiston, or another, uncertain English toponym containing the element tun "yard, town, settlement".
Abundio Spanish, Galician
From the given name Abundio.
Acacio Italian
From the given name Acacio.
Acheamphong Western African (?)
Could mean "destined for greatness"
Achille French, Italian
From the given name Achille
Ackroyd English
Topographic name from northern Middle English ake "oak" and rod "clearing".
Ådahl Swedish, Finland Swedish
Combination of Swedish å meaning "river, stream, creek" (Old Norse á) and dal meaning "dale, valley" (Old Norse dalr).
Adão Portuguese
From the given name Adão.
Adauto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Adauto.
Adebowale Yoruba
From the given name Adebowale
Adegoke Yoruba
From the given name Adegoke
Adelakun Yoruba
From the given name Adelakun
Adelsköld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish adel meaning "nobility" (Old Norse aðal) and sköld meaning "shield".
Ademola Yoruba
From the given name Ademola
Adesina Yoruba
From the given name Adesina
Adewale Yoruba
From the given name Adewale.
Adisa Yoruba
From the given name Adisa
Adorján Hungarian
From the given name Adorján.
Aghili Persian
From the given name Aghil.
Agnes English
From the given name Agnes.
Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.
Ágoston Hungarian
From the given name Ágoston.
Aguni Japanese
From the Japanese 粟 (a or awa) "foxtail millet" and 國 or 国 (kuni) "country."
Aihara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Aimoto Japanese
Aimoto is often written as 愛 (ai) meaning "love, reverence, affection" or 相 (ai) meaning "together, each other, aspect, mutual" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root".
Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]
Åkerhielm Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker (Old Norse akr) meaning "field" and hjälm (Old Norse hjalmr) meaning "helmet".
Åkerström Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker (Old Norse akr) meaning "field" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Akiba Japanese
From the Japanese 秋 (aki) "autumn" and 葉 (ha) "leaf."
Akinfeyev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Akinfeev.
Alberico Italian
From the given name Alberico
Albino Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Albino
Aleixandre Aragonese
From the given name Aleixandre.
Aleixo Portuguese
From the given name Aleixo.
Alejo Spanish
From the given name Alejo.
Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.
Alessio Italian
From the given name Alessio.
Alexandrou Greek
Means "son of Alexandros".
Alexis German, French, English, Greek
From the given name Alexis.
Alfeo Italian
From the given name Alfeo.
Alfredo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Alfredo.
Allston English
Derived from the given name Alstan
Almblad Swedish
Combination of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and blad meaning "leaf".
Almgren Swedish
Composed of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
Almlöf Swedish
Combination of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and löv (Old Norse lauf) meaning "leaf".
Álmos Hungarian
From the given name Álmos.
Almqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and kvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Alpers Scottish
Derived from the given name Albert
Amadeo Italian
From the given name Amadeo.
Amado Spanish
From the given name Amado.
Amâncio Portuguese
From the given name Amâncio.
Amarante French
From the given name Amarante
Ambrocio Spanish
From the given name Ambrocio.
Ambrogio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.
Ambrus Hungarian
From the given name Ambrus.
Américo Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Américo.
Ames English
Derived from the Old French and Middle English personal name Amys, Amice, which is either directly from Latin amicus ‘friend’, used as a personal name, or via a Late Latin derivative of this, Amicius.
Amiano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amiano
Aminzadeh Persian
Means "born of Amin" in Persian.
Amosova Russian
Feminine form of Amosov.
Amuro Japanese
From 安 (a) meaning "relax, cheap, inexpensive, low, rested, peaceful" and 室 (muro) meaning "room".
Anarbekov m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Anarbek".
Anarbekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Anarbekov.
Anastacio Spanish
From the given name Anastacio.
Anastas Russian, Bulgarian
From the given name Anastas.
Anastasio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Anastasio.
András Hungarian
From the given name András.
Andreadis Greek
Means "son of Andreas".
Andrew English
From the given name Andrew
Angelopoulos Greek
From the personal name Angelos or a shortened form of the personal name Evangelos + the patronymic ending -poulos.
Aniceto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Aniceto.
Anisimov m Russian
Means "son of Anisim".
Anisimova f Russian
Feminine form of Anisimov.
Annunziato Italian
From the given name Annunziato.
Ansaldo Italian
From the given name Ansaldo.
Anselm German
From the given name Anselm.
Anselme French
From the given name Anselme.
Antonello Italian
From the given name Antonello.
Antoniadis Greek
Means "son of Antonios".
Antonides Greek
Means "son of Antonios".
Antonios Greek, Arabic
From the given name Antonios.
Apfel German
Means "apple" in German.
Apfelbaum German, Jewish
Means "apple tree" in German.
Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar
Apollonio Italian
From the given name Apollonio
Apostolidis Greek
Means "son of Apostolos".
Apperley English
From the settlements in England called Apperley.
Apprecht German (Rare)
Derived from the given name Albrecht.
Aprahamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբրահամյան (see Abrahamyan)
Aravind Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
From the given name Aravind.
Arcangelo Italian
From the given name Arcangelo.
Ardern English
Means "eagle valley" or "gravel valley". From Old English ear "gravel" or eran "eagle" and denu "valley". Also a variant of Arden.
Ardito Italian
From the given name Ardito.
Arduino Italian
From the given name Arduino.
Aref Persian
From the given name Aref
Arendt German
From the given name Arnold
Aretxederra Basque
Habitational name from a neighborhood in the municipality of Gordexola, Spain, derived from Basque aretx "oak tree" (a variant of haritz) and eder "beautiful, good; abundant".
Arimoto Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "exist, have, possess" and 元 (moto) meaning "foundation, basis, origin" or 本 (moto) meaning "source, root, base, origin".
Aristarkhova f Russian
Feminine form of Aristarkhov.
Arkadiou Greek
Means "son of Arkadios".
Arkhipov m Russian
Means "son of Arkhip".
Arkhipova f Russian
Feminine form of Arkhipov.
Arnt Norwegian
From the given name Arnt.
Arscott English
From the the words ars, of unexplained origin, and cot "cottage, small house"
Arsenadze Georgian
Means "son of Arsen".
Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.
Artyomov Russian
Means "son of Artyom”.
Ascanio Italian
From the given name Ascanio.
Asghar Arabic, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Asghar.
Asghari Persian
From the given name Asghar.
Ashcroft English
English (chiefly Lancashire) topographic name from Middle English æsc ‘ash tree’ + croft ‘enclosure’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with these elements.
Asikkala Finnish
Indicates familial origin from Asikkala, a municipality in southern Finland.
Askin English
From the given name Ásketill.
Askins English
Variant of Askin.
Asteriou Greek
Means "son of Asterios".
Atamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ադամյան (see Adamyan)
Atcheson Scots
Scots form of Atkinson
Atherton English
Habitational name from a place near Manchester named Atherton, from the Old English personal name Æðelhere + Old English tun meaning "settlement".
Atkin English
From the given name Atkin
Attilio Italian
From the given name Attilio.
Ault English
Variant of Old.
Aurélio Portuguese
From the given name Aurélio
Aurelio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Aurelio
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").
Avakyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ավագյան (see Avagyan)
Avanesian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ավանեսյան (see Avanesyan)
Avgoustidis Greek
Means "son of Avgoustos".
Avidan Hebrew
From the given name Avidan
Avramidis Greek
Means "son of Avram".
Avramopoulos Greek
Means "son of Avram".
Aydemir Turkish
From the given name Aydemir.
Aylen English
Either derived from the given name Alan or from the Old English word ætheling which were princes eligible to be king. The word ætheling was sometimes used as a given name
Ayoob Arabic
From the given name Ayyub
Azahara Japanese
From Japanese 字 (aza) meaning "a section of a village" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Azubuike Igbo
From the given name Azubuike.
Badr Arabic
From the given name Badr.
Baghdasarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Բաղդասարյան (see Baghdasaryan).
Bagnall English
From a place in England, derived from the Old English name "Badeca", a short form of any name beginning from beadu "battle", and halh "nook, recess".
Bagryanov Bulgarian
Means "son of Bagryan".
Bagshaw English
Derived from the village in Derbyshire called Bagshaw
Bahadır Turkish
From the given name Bahadır.
Bails English
Indicated that the bearer lived outside the walls of a feudal castle, from the Old French baile, refering to the structure
Bakhtiar Persian, Urdu
From the given name Bakhtiar.
Balaji Tamil, Telugu
From the given name Balaji.
Balbino Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Balbino.
Baldassare Italian
Frokm the given name Baldassare.
Baldo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Baldo.
Baldomero Spanish
From the given name Baldomero.
Baldovino Italian
From the given name Baldovino.
Baltasar Spanish
From the given name Baltasar.
Barack Arabic
From the given name Barack
Baranova f Russian
Feminine form of Baranov.
Barsby English
Derived from the Old Norse word barn, which occured as a byname and meant "child", and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement"
Bartal Hungarian
From the given name Bartal.
Barthélémy French
From the given name Barthélémy.
Bartholomäus German
From the given name Bartholomäus.
Bartolo Italian
From the given name Bartolo
Basileo Galician, Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basileo.
Basilio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basilio.
Baudoin French
From the given name Baudoin.
Baudouin French
From the given name Baudouin.
Baughan Welsh
Variant of Vaughan.
Baughn Welsh
Variant of Vaughan.
Bedrossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պետրոսյան (see Petrosyan)
Bedürftig German
Means "poor, needy" in German.
Behzadi Persian
From the given name Behzad.
Beier German
Variant of Bayer.
Belchior Portuguese
From the given name Belchior.
Belisario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Belisario.
Benedek Hungarian
From the given name Benedek.
Benedetto Italian
From the given name Benedetto.
Benedikt German
From the given name Benedikt.
Benedito Portuguese
From the given name Benedito.
Benigno Spanish, Italian
From the given name Benigno.
Benvenuto Italian
From the given name Benvenuto.
Berardo Italian
From the given name Berardo.
Berend Dutch
From the given name Berend.
Bereza Ukrainian
Means "birch tree" in Ukrainian.
Berkeley English
From any of the locations called Berkeley derived the elements beorc "birch" and leah "clearing, wood" meaning "birch clearing"... [more]
Bermudo Spanish
From the given name Bermudo.
Bertalan Hungarian
From the given name Bertalan.
Berthold German
From the given name Berthold.
Berto Italian, Spanish
From the given name Berto.
Bertók Hungarian
From the given name Bertók.
Bertoldo Italian
From the given name Bertoldo.
Besançon French
Habitational name for a person from the eponymous capital city of Doubs in France, ultimately from Latin Vesontiō, derived from Proto-Celtic *ves "mountain". Folk etymology states that it is associated with the place name with Old French bison "wisent".
Bettino Italian
From the given name Bettino.
Beveridge English
Derived from the town of Beverege or from the Old French beivre "drink", a nickname for a person who sealed contracts with a drink
Bibiano Spanish
From the given name Bibiano.
Bilal Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
From the given name Bilal
Birmingham English
Indicates familial origin from Birmingham, England
Blackford English
Derived from the words blæc "black" or blac "pale, shining, white" and ford "river crossing".
Blakelock English
A nickname derived from blæc "black" and locc "lock of hair".
Blyth English
Variant of Blythe
Boehme German
Variant of Böhm
Boehmer German
Variant of Böhm
Boghossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսեան (see Boghosian)
Bogusław Polish
From the given name Bogusław.
Bohuslav Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
From the given name Bohuslav.
Boldizsár Hungarian
From the given name Boldizsár.
Boliver Welsh, English
Derived from Welsh ap Oliver meaning "son of Oliver".
Bonifaz German
From the given name Bonifaz.
Bonito Italian, Spanish
From the given name Bonito.
Boothe English
Variant of Booth
Boran Turkish
From the given name Boran