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Alamaa Estonian
Alamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "field/area land".

Alameda Spanish
Topographic name from alameda meaning ‘poplar grove’, a collective form of álamo meaning ‘poplar’, or a habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.

Alana Nigerian

Alanya South American

Alaoja Estonian
Alaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region creek".

Alazia Falkland Islands

Albareda Catalan (Rare)

Alberta Italian

Albizua Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Orozko, Basque Country.

Alcabasa Filipino
Derived from Spanish el cabeza meaning "the head".

Alcala Spanish
Variant of Alcalá.

Alcalá Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from numerous towns with this name (fortified villages during the Moorish occupation of Spain), derived from Arabic القلعة (al-qalʿah) meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

Alcántara Spanish
Habitational name denoting someone originally from the municipality of Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain. The name is ultimately derived from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة‎ (al-qanṭara) meaning "the bridge".

Alcântara Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Alcántara.

Alcantara Spanish, Filipino
Simplified form of Alcántara.

Alcayaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Alkaiaga.

Aldaia Basque, Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Valencia, Spain, probably derived from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a) meaning "the village" (compare Aldea).

Aldama Spanish

Aldea Spanish
Topographic name meaning "village, hamlet" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a).

Aleena Ancient Greek
This name was inspired by the greek name "Alina" and is used in places like Turkiye

Alegria Spanish, Portuguese
In Spanish, the name is from a location.... [more]

Alejandra Spanish
Feminine form of Alejandro.

Alekhina Russian
Feminine form of Alekhin (Алехин)

Alekna Lithuanian

Aleksakha Russian
From a diminutive of Aleksandr.

Alemania Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "Germany".

Alera English (American)

Alevia Spanish

Alexandra English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Alexandra

Alexandreina Romanian (Rare)

Alexandrova Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Aleksandrova.

Aleyeva Russian
Feminine form of Aleyev (Алеев)

Alezra Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Ezra.

Alfonseca Spanish

Alga Filipino

Alhambra Spanish
Refers to the Alhambra, a palace complex located in Granada, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء‎‎ (Al-Ḥamrā) meaning "the red one" or, ultimately, from Arabic أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar) "red".

Alia Albanian

Alicea Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Alicia.

Alila Arabic

Alinaya Filipino

Alisandra Spanish

Alistratova Russian
Feminine form of Alistratov (Алистратов)

Aliya Ethiopian

Əlizadə Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əli".

Alizoda Tajik
Tajik form of Alizadeh.

Alkaiaga Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Lesaka, Nevarre, of uncertain etymology. The last element is almost certainly -aga "place of, group of"; suggestions for the other elements include Basque a(ha)l "power, capacity, might" and kai "dock, pier, harbour", or alka "wild oats, wild grass", or alk "rock" and ai "slope".

Alkiza Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Allala Basque, Spanish
Variant spelling of Ayala, in at least one case altered to avoid confusion with an unrelated person of the same name, and apparently to distance the bearer from prejudice against hispanics.

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

Alliluyeva Russian
Feminine form of Alliluyev (Аллилуев)

Allisa Arabic (Egyptian)

Alloula Arabic, French

Almada Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous city.

Almanza Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Almanza, a city in northern Spain. The city's name itself is derived from Arabic المنزل (al-manzil) meaning "the house".

Almarza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 localities: the Castilian municipality of Almarza, Comarca of El Valle or the Riojan municipality of Almarza de Cameros.

Almeda Spanish, Portuguese, Sinhalese
Variant of Almeida or Alameda.

Almena Spanish

Almenara Spanish
Almenara in Spanish is "beacon", but it is an old kind of beacon that consisted of a fire that was lit on top of the battlements to give a signal.

Almeyda Portuguese
Variant of Almeida

Almira Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Almira 1

Almira Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Occupational surname meaning "admiral", referring to the highest rank in the navy, derived from the Spanish almirante meaning "admiral"

Almoguera Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Alogrina Russian
Feminine form of Alogrin (Алогрин)

Alpina Indonesian

Alquiza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Alkiza.

Al Ramana Arabic
Possibly an Arabic Form of Ramani and Ramadan.

Alsamora Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality of the municipality of Sant Esteve de la Sarga.

Al-Sana Arabic

Altavilla Italian
Calque of French Hauteville.

Alttoa Estonian
Alttoa is an Estonian surname meaning "from below, indoors".

Altuzarra Spanish

Aluma Nigerian

Alumaa Estonian
Alumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation land".

Aluna Nigerian

Alva Spanish
Variant of Alba.

Alvarenga Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous parishes.

Alyana Indian

Alyandra Indonesian

Alyea French (Huguenot)
From D'Ailly. It can be traced back to France in 1400's. The family with this last name came over to the United States, mainly on the East Coast in the 16th century as huguenot refugees.

Alyenina Russian
Feminine form of Alyenin (Аленин)

Alyokhina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Алёхин (see Alyokhin).

Alysha Assyrian

Alza Spanish
Means "to rise" or simply "rise"

Alzona Filipino

Ama Japanese
From Japanese 阿万 (Ama) meaning "Ama", a former villa in the former district of Mihara in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.... [more]

Amada Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Amada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amagawa Japanese
From the Japanese 天 (ama or ten) "heaven," 塰 (ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (gawa or kawa) "river."

Amagaya Japanese
Variant of Amaya.

Amaimia Arabic (Maghrebi)

Amaliyeva Russian
Feminine form of Amaliyev (Амалиев)

Amamiya Japanese
From Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天 Amamiya Sora, 1993–).

Amamiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya), also written 天宮 and 尼宮.

Amanda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amandra Indonesian

Amankona Akan
Meaning unknown.

Amanomiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨ノ宮 or 雨之宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amara Italian
Meaning bitter, unhappy or unfortunate.

Amararathna Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Amarasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Amarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).

Amarasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසිංහ (see Amarasinghe).

Amarasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසූරිය (see Amarasuriya).

Amarasuriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and सूर्य (sūrya) meaning "sun".

Amarathunga Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and तुङ्ग (tuṅga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".

Amaratunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරතුංග (see Amarathunga).

Amaraweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Amarawickrama Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".

Amarikwa Nigerian

Amata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field".

Amatista Italian

Amaya Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
From the name of a mountain and an ancient city in the province of Burgos, Spain, possibly derived from Basque amai "end, ending" and the article suffix -a. Compare the given name Amaia.

Amaya Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Ambia Bengali

Amechazurra Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ametxazurra.

Amelia Italian
Variant of D'amelia.

Amemiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amendoeira Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word for 'almond tree'.

Amendola Italian
Southern Italian: habitational name from any of several places in southern Italy named Amendola or Mendola, named with the dialect word amendola 'almond', 'almond tree' (from Greek amygdalea), or a topographic name for someone who lived by an almond tree or trees.

Amenomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨宮 (Amenomiya) meaning "Amenomiya", a former area in the district of Hanishina in the former Japanese province of Shinano in parts of present-day Nagano in Japan or an area in the same location in the city of Chikuma in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.... [more]

Amerasekara Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).

Amerasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).

Ameresekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).

Amescua Spanish
Variant of Amezcua

Ametxazurra Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Gordexola, Spain, possibly derived from an element related to Basque ametz "Pyrenean oak" and zur "wood, timber".

Ametzaga Basque (Rare)
Habitational name derived from Basque ametz "oak tree, Pyrenean oak" and the locative suffix -aga "place of, abundance of".

Amézaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ametzaga.

Amezcua Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Amezkua.

Amezkua Basque (Rare)
Habitational name meaning "place of the oak trees", derived from Basque ametz "Pyrenean oak (tree)" and the locative suffix -ko.

Amézola Spanish, Basque

Amézquita Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Amézquita is of Basque origin and it is derived from the Basque words "amezti" which means "meadow" and "keta" which means "house". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "house in the meadow".

Amiama Spanish
Translating to “Love Love” and meaning to love loving and being happy with helping others ... [more]

Amigasaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 編笠屋 (Amigasaya) meaning "Amigasa Store", from 編笠 (amigasa) meaning "braided hats", referring to a store that sells braided hats.

Amigawa Japanese
Variant of Amikawa.

Amikawa Japanese

Amikura Japanese

Amimiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amisia Papuan

Am Magh Fada Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous former burgh.

Amora Portuguese
Meaning "blackberry".

Amorena Spanish (Latin American)

Amorita Indonesian (Rare)

Amosova Russian
Feminine form of Amosov.

Ana Croatian

Anaka Nigerian

Anakha Thai

Analicia American (Hispanic), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)

Analuka African American

Analukka African American

Anaya Basque
From Basque Anaia, a given name or byname meaning "brother".

Anazawa Japanese
From Japanese 穴 (ana) meaning "hole, opening, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Anba Arabic (Maghrebi)

Anchorena Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Antsorena.

Anchundia Catalan (Hispanicized)

Anculia Romanian

Andaya Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano daya meaning "east".

Andella Neapolitan (Rare)

Andía Spanish

Andia Basque
Derived from Basque (h)andi "great" and the definite article -a.

Andicoechea Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Andikoetxea.

Andikoetxea Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the town of Kortezubi, Biscay, possibly derived from Basque (h)andiko "distant, remote; from the other side" and etxe "house, home, building". Alternatively, the first element could instead derive from (h)andi "big, large, great" and the locative suffix -ko.

Andrea Italian
Derived from the given name Andrea 1

Andreba Catalan

Andrella Portuguese (Brazilian)

Andreola Italian
Meaning of name is unknown

Andrianiombonana Malagasy

Andriatsima Malagasy

Anduaga Basque

Anedda Italian
Possibly from Sardinian anedda "ring", referring to a walled ring in which animals were tied. May alternately be a diminutive form of the given name Ana.

Anegawa Japanese

Anekawa Japanese

Angela Italian
Derived from the given name Angelus (see Angel).

Angelina Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Angilletta Italian
From Italian meaning "little angel".

Angkotta Moluccan

Anglesola Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Anguila Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
Ultimately from Latin anguis "snake".

Anguilla Italian
Ultimately from Latin anguis "snake".

Anguissola Italian
Sofonisba Aguissola was a celebrated artist of the Italian Renaissance.

Ania Asturian, Spanish

Anita Indonesian

Anna English, German, Italian, Hungarian, Slovak
Probably derived from the feminine given name Anna, though in some cases it might instead derived from the Old English masculine name Anna.

Annamaa Estonian
Annamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "give land".

Annarumma Italian
Probably derived from a regional variant of the feminine given name Annadomenica, the second element deriving from a short form of Rummeneca, a Neapolitan variant of Domenica.

Annoura Japanese
From 案 (an) meaning "table, desk, legal case, rough draft", (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 浦 (ura) meaning "inlet, bay".

Anotonella Italian

Antala Gujarati
ANTALA SURNAME CAME FROM MANDALIYA SURNAME (HINDU PATEL'S SURNAME), ANTALA FAMILIES LIVED IN MANDALDESH IN VIKRAM SAVANT 1416. IN VIKRAM SAVANT 1416, built a temple OF SHIVA IN ANTALESHWAR AND THEN MANDLIYA BECOME ANTALA.... [more]

Antigua Spanish
From Spanish meaning "antique".

Antilla Finnish, Finnish (Anglicized), English (American)
Variant and/or Anglicized form of Anttila

Antsorena Basque (Rare)
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly means "Antso’s place", from the given name Antso (a Basque form of Sancho) and the genitive suffix -aren "of".

Anttila Finnish
Derived from the given name Antti

Antuña Spanish
From the given name Antonio.

Antuna Italian (Rare)

Anukula Indian

Anulya Ukrainian
Possibly from diminutive of Anna.

Anuruddha Sinhalese
From the given name Anuruddha.

Anyela Indonesian

Anza Basque
From Basque, which refers to a pasture in the dwarf elder trees.

Anzorova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Анзоров (see Anzorov).

Aoba Japanese
青 (Ao) means "green, blue" and 葉 (ba) being a form of, ha meaning "leaf". This surname refers to a fresh leaf. ... [more]

Aoda Japanese
So means "green, blue" and da is a form of ta meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aohara Japanese
From 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Áojiā Manchu

Aojima Japanese
Variant of Aoshima.

Aonuma Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Aosaka Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and saka means "slope, hill".

Aosawa Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Aoshima Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and shima means "island".

Aota Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aozaka Japanese
Variant of Aosaka.

Aozawa Japanese
Variant of Aosawa.

Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Apa Samoan
Best known as the surname of KJ Apa.

Apaza Indigenous American, Quechua (Hispanicized)

Apeltia English (Rare)
Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.

Aperahama Maori

Apicella Italian
Possibly derived from a diminutive of Italian ape "bee", an occupational name for a beekeeper, or perhaps a nickname for an industrious person. Alternatively, it could derive from the Latin cognomen Apicius.

Apikotoa Tongan

à Porta Romansh

Apúlia Portuguese
Refers to a town named "Apúlia" in Portugal.

Aquaviva Italian
Variant of Acquaviva.

Aquena Portuguese (Brazilian)

Aquila Italian
Habitational name from L'Aquila in Abruzzo or from any of various smaller places called Aquila.

Aquilina Maltese
Nickname for a person with eagle-like features or a person who owned an eagle, from Latin aquila meaning "eagle".

Aquina Dutch (Rare)
Possibly a Dutch variant of Aquino.

Aquita Filipino

Ara Japanese
From the Japanese 荒 (ara) "primitive," "rude," "crude."

Ara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura) or a form of Yasura but written 荒.

Arabeya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate", 部 (be) meaning "department, division; part", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Aràbia Italian, Spanish
Ethnic name for someone from Arabia or some other Arabic-speaking country or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with one of these countries.

Arabia English (American)
Americanized form of French Arabie.

Arabuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒深 (see Arafuka).

Arada Japanese
Variant of Arata.

Aradera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).

Aradhya Indian, Sanskrit
Means "one who worships god". Commonly seen in India, Karnataka and other parts of India like kashi. They wear holy thread (yagnopaveetha).

Arafa Arabic (Egyptian)
Possibly from Arabic عَرَفَ (ʿarafa) meaning “to know”.

Arafuka Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate" and 深 (fuka) meaning "deep; profound". It may have been derived from Ara 2.

Arahira Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense" and 平 (hira) meaning "flat; flattened" or, in a dialect, "cliff", referring to a rough flatland or a rough cliff.... [more]

Araidaira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).

Arakawa Japanese
From 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新 (ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Arakchaa Tuvan

Arámbula American (Hispanic)
Hispanic variant of Aramburú.

Arana Basque, Central American
This indicates familial origin within either of 3 eponymous localities: the hamlet in the County of Trebiñu, the neighborhood in Gasteiz, or the neighborhood in Bermeo.

Arancibia Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Arantzibia.

Aranda Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places for example Aranda de Duero in Burgos province which bears a name of pre-Roman probably Celtic origin.

Araneta Filipino
From a Basque name derived from haran meaning "valley" combined with the toponymic suffix -eta.

Aranha Portuguese
Meaning spider in Portuguese.

Arantzibia Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque arantza "thorn, buckthorn" and ibi "ford, river crossing"

Araoka Japanese (Rare)
Ara (荒) means "rough", oka (岡) means "hill", therefore, Araoka means rough hill

Araoka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).

Arashima Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "wild, rough, desolate, barren" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Arata Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" or 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Arata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畭 (see Hari).

Aravena Corsican
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Fuzzà.

Araya Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Arayama Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "wild, rough, desolate, barren" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Arboleda Spanish
From arboleda meaning "grove of trees". This is the name of a prominent Colombian family, in which case it is derived from their region of origin in Arboleya, Spain.

Arcaya Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arkaia.

Arcela South American

Arceniega Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Artziniega.

Archila Spanish
Either a variant of Arcila or derived from Arabic الشَّلَّال (aš-šallāl) meaning "the waterfall".

Archuleta Spanish, English
Castilianized form of Basque Aretxuloeta, a topographic name meaning "oak hollow".

Arcila Spanish (Latin American)
Means "clay" in Spanish. (compare Arcilla)

Arcilla Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish arcilla meaning "clay," derived via Latin from Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos), ultimately from ἀργός (argós) meaning "white."

Arciniega Basque
Castilianized form. Name for someone from the Spanish town of Artziniega. The town's name likely comes from the Basque artzain meaning "shepherd" and -aga, a suffix for place names.

Ardella African American
Derivative of Arden, popularized by the poem of the same name by Langston Hughes, the most well-known Black poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Meaning is "garden dweller."... [more]

Ardila South American

Ardzinba Abkhaz
Means "son of silver" from Abkhaz араʒны (aradzny) meaning "silver" and аҧа (apa) meaning "son".

Arechaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aretxaga.

Arechederra Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aretxederra.

Arehira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).

Arencibia Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Canarian)
Variant of Arancibia. It is concentrated in Cuba and the Canary Islands.

Arenzana Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 La Riojan municipalities: Arenzana de Abajo or Arenzana de Arriba.

Arèshjärta Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "heart of Ares". From the name Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology, and Swedish hjärta "heart".

Aretxabaleta Basque
Original Basque form of Arechavaleta, composed of aritx (a variant of haritz) meaning "oak tree" or "tree" combined with zabal "wide, ample" and the suffix -eta meaning "abundance of" or "place of".

Aretxaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous ghost town within the council of Murgia in the municipality of Zuia.

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".

Arežina Croatian

Arganda Spanish (Latin American), Spanish
town in spain / arganda del rey

Argandoña Basque
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Spain, derived from Basque (h)argan "stony place" and the toponymic suffix -oña.

Argueta Spanish
This surname was most likely originally used to identify a person who lived in a characteristically bright or luminous area.

Arhusia Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Arhusius used in the 17th century.

Ariana Various
Derived from the given name Ariana.

Arica Turkish
Likely refers to a village in the Gercüş district of Batman Province.

Arica Aymara
Refers to a place in modern day Chile near the border of Peru.

Ariga Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulation".

Arihara Japanese

Arimura Japanese
Ari means "exist" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Arioka Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Arisa Nigerian

Arisaka Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess, exist" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Arisawa Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Arishima Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess, exist" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Aristava Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz name Арстаа (Arstaa) ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek personal name Aristarchus.

Arisugawa Japanese
Notable bearers are members of the Arisugawa clan, such as Princess Arisugawa no Miya Oriko and her father Prince Arisugawa no Miya Orihito.

Arisukawa Japanese

Arita Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aritzala Basque (Rare)
From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, probably derived from Basque haritz "oak tree" and ala "pasture, meadow".

Aritzaleta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the Navarrese municipality of Deierri.

Ariyadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit आर्य (arya) meaning "noble" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".