Submitted Surnames Ending with i

Aadli Estonian
Aadli is an Estonian surname, derived from "aadel", meaning "nobility".

Aali Arabic
From the given name Aali.

Aaskivi Estonian
Aaskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea stone".

Abadi Hebrew

Abadi Persian

Abasi m African
Abasi is a name of African origin that means 'stern' or 'severe'.

Abazi Albanian
Derived from the given name Abaz.

Abbadi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Abbariki Persian

Abbasifeshki Persian

Abbaslı Azerbaijani
From the given name Abbas and the Turkic adjective suffix -li.

Abbassi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abbas.

Abdelhadi Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Hadi.

Abdellahi Western African, Wolof
From the given name Abdellah (chiefly Mauritanian).

Abdellaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abd Allah.

Abdelli Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abd Allah or Abdul.

Abdelshafi Arabic (Egyptian)

Abdi Somali, Ethiopian, Eastern African, Muslim, Arabic

Abdolhosseini Persian
From the given name Abdolhossein.

Abdolkarimi Persian
From the given name Abdolkarim.

Abdollahi Persian
From the given name Abdollah.

Abdolmaleki Persian
From the given name Abdolmalek.

Abdolrezaei Persian
From the given name Abdolreza.

Abdulali Arabic
From the given name Abdulali).

Abdulghani Arabic
From the given name Abdulghani.

Abdulhadi Arabic
From the given name Abdulhadi.

Abdullahi Hausa
From the given name Abdullahi.

Abdulrafi Arabic
Abd "slave/servant", Al Rafi "The Exaulted" as in God

Abedini Persian
From the given name Abedin.

Abei Japanese

Abi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Abinanti Italian

Abkhazi Georgian
Means "Abkhaz person" in Georgian, referring to a member of the Abkhaz ethnic group inhabiting the Black Sea coast. This was the name of a Georgian family of princely status descended from the Shervashidze ruling family of Abkhazia.

Abolfazli Persian
From the given name Abolfazl.

Abolhassani Persian
From the given name Abolhassan.

Aboudi Jewish, Eastern African

Abrahami Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Abraham.

Abramovici Romanian, Moldovan
Romanian equivalent of Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian surname Abramovich, meaning son of Abraham

Abramski Jewish
Means "son of Abram."

Abrashi Albanian

Abrefi African

Abtahi Persian
Possibly denoted someone who originally came from a location named Abtah in Saudi Arabia.

Aburagai Japanese
A variant of Aburatani.

Aburai Japanese (Rare)
Abura means "oil" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Aburatani Japanese
Abura means "oil" and tani means "valley".

Abuzarli Azerbaijani

Acciari Italian
Variant of Acciai.

Aceski m Macedonian
Means "son of Ace 2".

Acevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Ace 2".

Achakzai Pashto
Means "son of Achak" in Pashto.

Achi Japanese
Achi means "distant, remote".

Acovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Aco".

Acri Italian
Habitational name from a city in Cosenza province named Acri, derived from Ancient Greek ἄκρα (akra) meaning "peak, top, extremity" or "citadel overlooking a town".

Adachi Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" or 足 (a) meaning "leg, foot" and 達 (tachi), a plural marker, or 立 (tachi) meaning "stand".

Adakai Navajo
From Navajo adikaʼí meaning "gambler, card player".

Adamashvili Georgian
Means "son of Adam".

Adámi Hungarian

Adamski m Polish
Patronymic from given name Adam suffixed with -ski based on habitational names.

Addesi Italian
Variant of Addessi.

Addessi Italian

Adedeji Yoruba
Means "one crown has become two" in Yoruba.

Ademi Albanian

Ademi Albanian
Derived from the given name Adem.

Adeniji Nigerian

Adeyemi Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Adeyemi

Adhikari Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अधिकारिन् (adhikarin) meaning "official, authority, officer".

Adi Hebrew (Rare)
Means "jewel; ornament" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname.

Adjani African

Adji Nigerian

Adlani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Adlène (chiefly Moroccan).

Adoni Italian
Possibly a patronymic form of the given name Adone, an Italian form of Adonis.

Adori Italian, Maltese

Adorni Italian
Derived from the given name Adorno.

Adoti Nigerian

Advani Indian, Sindhi
Means "descendant of Adu" in Sindhi, Adu probably being the name of a past ancestor.

Adzuchi Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Aerni German (Swiss)
Variant of Erni.

Aeroaiei Medieval Romanian (Italianized, Rare, Archaic)

Afghani English

Afghani Persian, Pashto
Derived from the term "افغانی" (Afghan), which means "a person from Afghanistan" in Pashto and Persian languages.

Afrasiabi Persian
From the given name Afrasiab.

Afridi Pashto
From Pashto اپريدی (Apriday) of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Afzali Persian
From the given name Afzal.

Agabiti Italian

Agadiri Moroccan
Habitational name from the city of Agadir.

Agami Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Agam, means "lake" in Hebrew.

Agapi Italian

Agapiti Italian

Agassi Armenian
Derived from the Armenian given name Աղասի (Aghasi).

Agassi Italian
Derived from the given name Agazio, an Italian form of Latin Agathius, ultimately derived from the Greek element ἀγαθός (agathos) meaning "good".

Agbaji Nigerian

Agbaji English (American)

Agbayani Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to become a hero" in Ilocano.

Agcaoili Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano agkawili meaning "hold on to".

Aghaei Persian
From the Persian title آقا (âqâ) meaning "sir, lord, mister".

Aghili Persian
From the given name Aghil.

Agiashvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.

Agolli Albanian

Agostinelli Italian
From the given name Agostino.

Agoubi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Aguni Japanese
From the Japanese 粟 (a or awa) "foxtail millet" and 國 or 国 (kuni) "country."

Aguzzi Italian
Comes from an ancient Roman cognomen, Acutus, also possibly derived from Italian "aguzzo" meaning sharp, pointed.

Agyei Akan
Meaning unknown.

Ahadi Persian
From the given name Ahad.

Aharoni Jewish
From the given name Aharon.

Ahi Estonian
Ahi is an Estonian surname meaning "stove" and "furnace".

Əhmədli Azerbaijani
From the given name Əhməd.

Ahmadzai Pashto
Means "son of Ahmad" in Pashto.

Ahmedi Persian
Alternate transcription of Ahmadi.

Ahmedovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Ahmed".

Ahmedzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto احمدزی (see Ahmadzai).

Ahmeti Albanian
From the given name Ahmet.

Aholelei Tongan

Ahrenaldi English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly an Americanized version of Italian Arenaldi

Ahtisaari Finnish (Rare)
A notable bearer is Martti Ahtisaari (b. 1937), the tenth president of Finland (1994-2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work... [more]

Ai Chinese
From Chinese 艾 (ài) referring to the ancient state of Ai, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Jiangxi province. Alternately it may be derived from the name of Xia dynasty official Ru Ai (汝艾) or Ai Kong (艾孔), a minister from the state of Qi.

Ai Japanese
From Japanese 阿 (a) meaning "ridge, eaves, corner" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Aichi Japanese
From 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection, favorite" and 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, know".... [more]

Aiguchi Japanese
Variant of Aikuchi.

Aiki Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Aikuchi Japanese
合 (Ai) means "suit, join" and 口 (kuchi) means "mouth, opening".

Aimasmäki Finnish (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Aimi Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "see".

Aioi Japanese

Aisaki Japanese
Ai can mean "indigo", "love, affection" or "together, join" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Aishi Japanese (Anglicized, Rare)

Aissani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Isa 1.

Aissaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Isa 1.

Aissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Isa 1.

Aiuchi Japanese
Ai (愛) means 'love', and Uchi (内) means 'inside'.

Aiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Aizaki Japanese
Variant of Aisaki.

Ajali African

Ajami Arabic, Persian
Variant of Ajam.

Ajari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.

Àjàyí Yoruba
From the given names Àjàyí.

Ajdini Albanian

Ajdini Albanian
Derived from the given name Ajdin.

Ajdiri Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian town of Ajdir.

Ajeti Albanian

Ajiyari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.

Ajtósi Hungarian
Derived from a destroyed medieval settlement in Békés County, meaning "with door" in Hungarian, from Hungarian ajtó "door". It could also mean "doormaker" in Hungarian.

Ajwani Urdu

Akaashi Japanese
Comes from the kanji "赤" meaning "red", and "葦" meaning "reed", or alternatively, "足" that means "leg"

Akagi Japanese
Means "red tree" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 木 (tree).

Akahori Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 堀 (hori) meaning "mound, hill."

Akahoshi Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".

Akaji Japanese

Akaki Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ki means "tree, wood".

Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]

Akanami Japanese
Aka means "red" and nami means "wave".

Akanishi Japanese
Means "red west" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 西 (west).

Akarregi Basque
Derived from Akerregi, the name of a place in Basque Country composed of aker "goat, billy goat" combined with either hegi "side, slope, bank; edge, border" or -egi "place".

Akasaki Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 崎 or 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Akashi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (aka) meaning "bright" and 石 (shi) meaning "stone".

Akatsuki Japanese
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, moon". This surname is a reference to what the moon looks like during a lunar eclipse.... [more]

Akatsutsumi Popular Culture
Combination of 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 堤 (tsutsumi) meaning "bank, embankment, dike," used on the character Momoko Akatsutsumi (赤堤 ももこ) in the anime 'Powerpuff Girls Z', the anime adaptation of the Cartoon Network series 'The Powerpuff Girls' (the character in question being equivalent to Blossom in the original cartoon).... [more]

Akazaki Japanese
Variant of Akasaki.

Akazuki Japanese
Variant of Akatsuki.

Akebdani Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the town of Dar Lkebdani.

Akechi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect".

Akehashi Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (ake) meaning "shining, bright" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Akemi Japanese
Ake means "bright" and mi means "mindset, view".... [more]

Akeyoshi Japanese

Akhlaghi Persian
From Persian اخلاق (akhlagh) meaning "morals, ethics, virtues" (of Arabic origin).

Aki Japanese
Aki commonly means "Autumn" and "Bright,Luminous" as a first name and surname,but there's also "Rising Sun", "Crystal (Ball)" ,"Brightness,Luster" or "Obvious,Clear". First name Aki has far more kanji possibilities.

Akigai Japanese
Variant of Akitani.

Akiiki Tooro, Nyoro, Alur, Acholi
The pet name of Elizabeth of Toro.

Akinai Japanese (Rare)
Variant form of Akinashi.

Akinashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".

Akindayini African

Akitani Japanese
Aki can means "bright" or "autumn" and tani means "valley".

Akiyoshi Japanese
Aki can mean "bright" or "autumn", and yoshi can mean "good luck, fortune".

Akizuki Japanese
The Akizuki clan is a Japanese noble family.

Akkawi Arabic
Means "from Akka" in Arabic.

Akkineni Telugu
The surname Akkineni (అక్కినేని) is derived from the Telugu and Kannada word "akki (అక్కి)" which means rice and the suffix "neni (నేని)" which means country or region... [more]

Akombi Central African

Akui Japanese
A means "nook", ku means "long time ago, lasting" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".... [more]

Alabi Nigerian, Arabic (?)

Al-Ageeli Arabic

Al Akabani Mexican

Alakivi Estonian
Alakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region stone".

Alakozai Pashto
Means "son of Alako" in Pashto.

Alameti Albanian

Alami Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عَلِيم (ʿalīm) meaning "knowing, learned, education" (see Alim), mainly used in a religious context.

Alamiri Arabic
From the given name Al-Amir.

Al-Anazi Arabic

Al-anburi Arabic

al-Ansari Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic أنصاري and Persian/Urdu انصاری (see Ansari).

Alaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ali 1. This is the name of the current ruling royal family of Morocco, which was founded in 1631.

Al-Aqouri Arabic

Al-Aryani Arabic

Ələsgərli Azerbaijani
From the given name Ələsgər and the Turkic suffix -li which forms adjectives from nouns.

Alasi Estonian
Alasi is an Estonian surname meaning "anvil".

Alaväli Estonian
Alaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region field".

Alavi Persian
From the given name Ali 1.

Alawi Arabic
From the given name Ali 1.

al-Awlaki Arabic
Means "the Awlaki" in Arabic, referring to a person from the Awalik (عواليك) tribe of south Yemen.

Alazraki Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic اَلأَزْرَق (al-ʾazraq) meaning "the blue one".

Alazraqi Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Alazraki.

al-Badawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Variant of Badawi.

al-Baghdadi Arabic
Originally denoted a person who came from Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq.

Al-Bahi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Albakri Arabic, Malaysian
Alternate transcription of Albakri also used in Malaysia.

Al-Bedwawi Arabic

Albehbehani Arabic
Meaning "The Behbehani", with "Behbehani" possibly a given name.

Alberoni Italian

Albertelli Italian

Alberti Italian
From the given name Alberto.

Albertinelli Italian
Means "son of Albertinello", a diminutive of Alberto.

Albertini Italian
"Son of Alberto".

Alboni Italian
From the given name Alboin via the Latin derivation Albonius.

Al-Boukhili Arabic (Maghrebi)

Al-Brahmi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Alcalai Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Alcalay.

Al-Dahmani Arabic

Al-Dayyeni Arabic

Al Delaimi Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of al-Dulaimi.

Al-Dhanhani Arabic

al-Dosari Arabic
Means "the Dosari" in Arabic, referring to a person from the Dawasir (الدواسر) Bedouin tribe of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The tribe was formed in the town of Wadi Al Dawasir, in the Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia.

al-Dulaimi Arabic
Means "the Dulaimi" in Arabic, referring to a person from the Dulaim (الدليم) royal tribe of Iraq, Syria, Kuwait and Jordan.

Aleghieri Medieval Italian (Tuscan, Rare, Archaic)
It has a hard to trace meaning, but the research shows that the meaning might be "clurgyman's family" or "son of professers." People know this last name for the poet Dante Aligheri who wrote the Dievine Comedy.

Aleksovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Alekso".

Alesti Indonesian

Alfani Italian
Variant of Alfano.

Alfieri Italian
From Italian alfiere "standard-bearer, ensign", ultimately from Arabic فارس (al-faris) "horseman, rider; knight, cavalier". May alternately derive from the Germanic given name Adalfarus, meaning "noble journey".

Alfonsi Italian
From the given name Alfonso.

Alfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Alfredo.

Al-Fulani Arabic

Al-Gani Arabic (Maghrebi)

Al-Gburi Arabic

Al-ghamdi Arabic
Means "the Ghamdi", referring to the Ghamd tribe of Saudi Arabia.

Al-Gharbi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Algieri Italian
Italian form of Algerie.

Al-Guenichi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Al Harbi Arabic
Originally indicated a person from the Harb tribe derived from Arabic حَرْبيّ (ḥarbiyy) meaning "military, war, army".

Al-hashimi Arabic
From the given name Hashim.

Al-Hindi Arabic

al-Husseini Arabic
Derived from the given name Hussein.

Alibali Albanian

Əlibəyli Azerbaijani
From the given name Əli, the Turkic title bəy meaning "gentleman, mister; lord, master" and the adjective suffix -li.

Alıcı Turkish
Means "customer" in Turkish.

Alievski m Macedonian
Means "son of Ali 1".

Alighieri Italian
From the given name Alighiero, Italian form of Aldiger. A famous bearer of this surname is Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), author of the Divine Comedy.

Əlili Azerbaijani
From the given name Əli and the Turkic adjective suffix -li.

Alirezaei Persian
From the given name Alireza.

Aliti Albanian

Alizai Pashto
Means "son of Ali 1" in Pashto.

Alizoti Albanian

Al-Juneidi Arabic

Al-Kaabi Arabic

Al-Kadamani Arabic
used Dutch "The Voice Of Holland"'s Hanin Al-Kadamani

Alkalai Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Alcalay.

al-Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Alternate transcription of Uyghur كاشغەرىي and Arabic كاشغري (see Kashgari). A famous bearer was Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005-1102), an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang, China.

Al Kayyali Arabic
Arabic surname from aleppo

Al-Khafaji Arabic

Al-khwārizmī Medieval Arabic
This is the name of 9th century mathematician and astronomer Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmi, derived from the region of Khwarazm

Al-kindi Arabic
Originally indicated a person from the Kinda tribe.

Al-Ktebi Arabic

Alkurdi Arabic
Arabic surname, denoting someone who had Kurdish ancestry.

Al Kuwari Arabic
Mainly found in Qatar.

Allali Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from a shortened form of the name Abd Allah (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Allaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Alaoui.

Allevi Italian
Variant of Diotallevi.

Allikivi Estonian
Allikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "source/wellspring stone".

Allmägi Estonian
Allmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "under/below mountain".

al-Logari Pashto, Persian
Denoted a person from Logar, one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan.

Al-Luhaibi Arabic

Al-Madhkhooli Arabic

Al-Mashaykhi Arabic

Almási Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Almás, derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple".

Almasi Iranian

Almasi Persian
Derived from Persian الماس (almas) meaning "diamond".

Al Masri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المصري (see Al-masri).

Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.

Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.

Almasri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المصري (see Al-masri).

Almathrahi Arabic (Rare)
Origin unknown, but most likely an anglicized version of 'Almathami'.... [more]

Al-Mehairi Arabic

Al Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المهندي (see al-Mohannadi).

al-Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Originally indicated a person from the Al Muhannadi (أل مهند) or Al-Mahanda (المهاندة) tribe based primarily in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially in Qatar. The tribe itself is derived from the given name Muhannad.

al-Musrati Arabic (Maghrebi)
Denoted a person from Misrata (also called Misurata or Misratah), a city in the Misrata district in northwestern Libya.

Al-mutairi Arabic
Means “the Mutairi” referring to the Mutayr (مطير) tribe of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

al-Muzaffari Arabic
From the given name Muzaffar.

Al-Nakhli Arabic

Al-Nouiri Arabic (Maghrebi)

Al-Nuami Arabic

Al-Nukhailawi Arabic

Al-Ogaili Arabic

Al-Omari Arabic

Aloni Hebrew
Derived from the forename Alon

Aloshi Albanian
Aloshi , Aloshaj

Al-Otaibi Arabic
Means "the Otaibi", referring to the Otaibah (عتيبة) tribe of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian peninsula.

Alpini Italian
From Italian alpino meaning "alpine, of the Alps", referring to the mountain range that passes through northern Italy.

Al-Qahtani Arabic
Means "the Qahtani" in Arabic, referring to a Qahtanite person from the southern Arabian Peninsula and Yemen.

Al Qatrani Arabic
A tarrer, from 'qatrani' (tar). Most common in Yemen and Libya.... [more]

Al-Qurashi Arabic

Al-Raimi Arabic (Mashriqi)

Al-Rajehi Arabic

Al-Rikabi Arabic