Submitted Surnames Ending with i

Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Saczkowski Polish

Sadaki Japanese

Sadangi Indian
Sadhangi :- Who knows the six Angas(parts)... [more]

Saddi Italian

Sadi Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'di.

Sadni Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sadozai Pashto, Balochi
Means "son of Sado" in Pashto. The Sadozai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Popalzai mainly inhabiting Pakistan as well as a Baloch tribe living by the Gulf of Oman in Iran... [more]

Sadri Persian
From the Persian given name Sadr "chief, leader", from arabic ṣadr, literally "chest (of men)".

Saeedi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.

Saeki Japanese
This surname is used as 佐伯, 三枝木 or 佐柄木 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 伯 (haku, eki) meaning "chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", 柄 (hei, gara, e, tsuka) meaning "design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 伯 (eki) meaning "official, count, earl".

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 冴 (sae) meaning "clear, serene" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Saeli Thai
Form of Li 1 used by Chinese Thais.

Saenagi Japanese

Saengmai Thai (Rare)
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and ไม้ (mai) meaning "wood, tree".

Saengmani Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and มณี (mani) meaning "jewel, precious stone, gem".

Safaei Persian
From the given name Safa.

Safari Persian
From the given name Safar.

Səfərli Azerbaijani
From the given name Səfər.

Safdari Persian
From the given name Safdar.

Saffioti Italian
From the place name Punta Safò, a settlement in Briatico.

Safi Pashto, Afghan, Pakistani
Meaning unknown. This is the name of branch of the Ghurghakhti Pashtun tribe in regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Safi Arabic
From the given name Safi.

Sagami Japanese
Variant of Sakami.

Sagardui Basque

Sahabi Iranian
Possibly from Arabic صَحَابِيّ‎ (ṣaḥābiyy) meaning "companion", from the verb صَحِبَ‎ (ṣaḥiba) "to accompany, to be one's companion".

Saharaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic صحراوي (Ṣaḥrāwī) meaning "inhabitant of the desert" (from صحراء (Ṣaḥrā') "desert"), referring to the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara (see Sahraoui)... [more]

Sahashi Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Sahni Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Possibly from Sahni, the name of a village in Punjab.

Sahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".

Sai Japanese (Rare)
From 蔡 (sai) meaning "tortoise used for divination, dust, thicket".

Sai Hui
From the Arabic name Sa'id.

Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.

Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.

Saifi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Saiki Japanese

Sainei Korean (Japanized, Rare)
From Japanese 載寧 (Sainei), the Japanese reading of Korean Hanja 載寧 (Chaeryŏng/Jaeyeong) meaning "Chaeryŏng", a clan or a county in province of South Hwanghae in North Korea where the clan originated.

Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.

Saionji Japanese
Japanese surname derived from the kanji for "west", "park, garden" and "Buddhist temple".

Saishiki Japanese
Derived from "彩色" meaning "colouring".

Saitoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Sait".

Saitovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Sait".

Saitozaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Saitosaki.

Saji Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "help, assist" and 治 (ji) meaning "govern, administer, rule, cure".

Sajjadi Persian
From the given name Sajjad.

Sakabayashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sakahayashi.

Sakagai Japanese

Sakagami Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "hill, slope" and 上 (kami) meaning "high place, upper, above, top".

Sakagi Japanese
Variant of Sakaki.

Sakaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sakahayashi Japanese

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakaki Japanese

Sakallı Turkish
Means "bearded" in Turkish.

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakatani Japanese
阪 (Saka) means "hill, slope" and 谷 (tani) means "Valley".

Sakayanagi Japanese (Rare)
阪 (Saka) means "slope, hill" and 柳 (yanagi) means "willow". ... [more]

Sakazaki Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".

Sakemi Japanese

Saki Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sakii Japanese
Saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Sakoui Iranian
meaning gold merchant

Sakuami Japanese

Sakunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Sakuragi Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood" or 樹 (gi) meaning "tree". Chloe Cerise and Professor Cerise (also known as Koharu Sakuragi and Dr... [more]

Sakurai Japanese
From the Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" or 桃 (sakura or momo) meaning "peach" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Sakurakōji Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", 小 (kō) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "road, path, journey" or 寺 (ji) meaning "Buddhist temple". A famous bearer is Kanoko Sakurakōji (surname written 桜小路), a Japanese manga artist.

Sakuramachi Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and machi means "town".

Sakurami Japanese
rom Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see, appearance, look, view" or 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, seed, reality, truth, real".

Sakurasaki Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and saki means "peninsula".

Sakurayashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".... [more]

Sakurazaki Japanese
Variant of Sakurasaki. Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaki is a form of saki means "peninsula".

Sakyi Akan
Meaning unknown.

Salavati Persian
From Persian صلوات (salavat) meaning "praise, blessing, greeting".

Salehi Persian
Derived from the given name Saleh.

Salei Azerbaijani

Salemi Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from a place so called in Trapani.

Salfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Salgari Italian, Venetian
Meaning unknown.

Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.

Salimi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Saliński Polish

Salmi Finnish
Means "a strait" in Finnish.

Salti Greek, Armenian

Samadalashvili Georgian

Samadi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Samad.

Samadzai Pashto
Means "son of Samad" in Pashto.

Samarakkodi Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරක්කොඩි (see Samarakkody).

Sami Arabic
Derived from the given name Sami 2.

Samiri Albanian

Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.

Samueli Italian (Rare)

Samunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒波 (see Kampa).

Sancti Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
Sancti or Santi is a Italian surname in the north of Italy, Cisalpine Gaul or Galia Citerior also known as Galia Togata. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.

Sandowski Polish
Habitational name from places called Sedowice, Sedowo, Sedów, in Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Piotrków, and Sieradz voivodeships.

Sandri Romansh
Italianized form of Tschander.

Saneyoshi Japanese
This surname is a combination of 實 (sane) meaning or 実 (sane) meaning "fruit, seed, truth" and 好 (yoshi) meaning "to be fond of, to like", or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune".

Sangadji Moluccan

San Giovanni Italian
Means Saint John in Italian

Sangmani Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).

Sanguinetti Italian, Judeo-Italian
From Sanguinetto, the name of two places in Genova and Verona provinces.

Sanhedrai Jewish

Sani Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sani 1.

Sankalpani Sinhalese
Possibly from Sanskrit संकल्पन (saṃkalpana) meaning "purpose, wish, desire".

Şanlı Turkish
Means "famous, glorious, magnificent" in Turkish.

Sanocki Polish (Americanized)

Sanocki Polish
Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair)... [more]

Santarelli Italian

Santelli Italian

Santi Italian
Derived from the given name Santi, or as a patronymic form of Santo. It can also be derived as a nickname from santo "holy" or "saint", ultimately from Latin sanctus.

Santschi German (Swiss)
Derived from Samuel.

Sanusi Nigerian

Sarabi Iranian

Saragi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Sarai Indian, Punjabi

Saralegi Basque
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque sarale "hay, dry grass, livestock feed" combined with either tegi "stable, pen, enclosure", -(t)egi "place of", or possibly (h)egi "slope, hillside; edge, border".

Sarangapani Hindi
From the sanskrit words Sarangan "bow of Vishnu" and pani "hand".

Saraumi Japanese (Rare)
From 皿 (sara) meaning "dish, plate" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Sarfati Judeo-Spanish
From Hebrew צרפתית (tsar'fatit) meaning "French". It was originally used to refer to the Biblical place name Tzarfat, which has come to be identified as modern-day France.

Sarfatti Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Sari Estonian
Sari is an Estonian surname meaning "cluster" or "batch".

Sari Indonesian
Means "essence" in Indonesian. In 2014, this was the most common surname in Indonesia.

Sarı Turkish
Means "yellow, blond" in Turkish.

Sarii Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sarnowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the many places in Poland called Sarnowa, Sarnowo, or Sarnów, named with Polish sarna "roe deer".

Sarpei Akan
Meaning unknown.

Sartori Italian
Variant of Sarto, through Latin Sartorius.

Saruwatari Japanese

Sasaguchi Japanese

Sasaguri Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Sasai Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit"

Sasi Estonian
Sasi is an Estonian surname meaning "shock", "skein", and "snarl".

Sasori Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 佐曽利 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help," 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once" and 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit."

Sasselli Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "small stones" in Italian.

Sassi Estonian
Sassi is an Estonian surname derived form "sassis" meaning "disheveled", "tangled", and "unkempt".

Sassi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sastri Kannada, Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Sathi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Thai
Alternate transcription of Sethi.

Sathirathai Thai

Satoi Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Satoki Japanese
Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".

Satomi Japanese
Sato means "village" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".... [more]

Satorigi Japanese

Satsuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsumi Japanese

Sattari Persian
From Persian ستار (setâr) meaning "star" (see Setareh or Sitara).

Saudji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Sauji).

Sauji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" and 氏 (shi) meaning "family, clan". This may also be a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Saudji)... [more]

Savasti Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).

Savelli Italian
It could derive from the Sabelli (ancient Italic tribe), pre-Roman population, or from toponyms such as Savelli di Norcia (PG) and indicate the origin of the founder.

Savi Estonian
Savi is an Estonian surname meaning "clay".

Savini Italian

Sawaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".

Sawai Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland,swamp, marsh" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Sawajiri Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and jiri comes from shiri, meaning "rear".

Sawaki Japanese

Sawaragi Japanese
From 椹 (sawara) meaning "sawara cypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Sawasaki Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp, wetland" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Sawatari Japanese

Sawatdi Thai
From Thai สวัสดี (sawatdi) meaning "welfare, prosperity, security, goodness, virtue, moral excellence".

Sawatzki m Polish (Germanized)
Germanized form of Zawadski or Zawadzki. This surname is masculine in Poland, but unisex in Germany.

Sawazaki Japanese
Variant of Sawasaki.

Sawicki Polish
This indicates familial origin anywhere within a cluster of 3 Podlachian villages in Gmina Repki: Sawice-Dwór, Sawice-Wieś, or Sawice-Bronisze.

Saygı Turkish
Means "respect, esteem" in Turkish.

Saygılı Turkish
Means "respectful, reverential" in Turkish.

Sazaki Japanese
Sazaki means "wren".

Scaffidi Italian
Variant of Scafidi.

Scafidi Italian

Scaglietti Italian
The name of an Italian coachbuilder, with one of its famous customers being Ferrari when it doesn't want a design from Pininfarina.

Scali Italian
Habitational name from Scali in Piedimonte Etneo, Sicily, derived from Greek σκαλί (skali) "step, rung (of a ladder)".

Scali Italian
Variant of Scala.

Scaloni Italian
Likely derived from Italian scala meaning "ladder, stairs". It may have originated as a occupational name for someone who built or worked with ladders.

Scanarotti Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly a nickname given to a boastful person.

Scannabissi Italian
Possibly from scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and biscio "snake". Alternately, the first element may be from an archaic form of zanna, "tooth (of an animal)".

Scannadinari Italian (Rare)
Taken from the Italian scanna meaning "slaying" and dinari meaning "money" in the plural form. Therefore, killer of money.

Scappaticci Italian

Scarlatti Italian
Meaning ‘Scarlet’.

Scarpaci Italian

Scarselli Italian
From scarsella "purse", a type of bag hung around the neck to keep money in. Possibly indicated a wealthy person.

Scartazzini Romansh

Scerri Maltese
Meaning disputed; it could be derived from Sicilian sciarra meaning "fight, brawl", Arabic شَرّ (šarr) meaning "evil, cruel", or a word meaning "anger".

Schembri Maltese

Schenardi Romansh

Schenitzki Polish (Germanized)

Schimanski Polish

Scilipoti Italian

Scioli Italian
Possibly derived from Scio, a shortened form of the medieval given name Desio (from Latin Desigus or Desijo, associated with literary Italian desio "desire"), or perhaps from medieval Tuscan Ciolo... [more]

Scolari English (American)

Scuderi Sicilian
Patronymic form of Scudero, a status name equivalent to English Squire, from scudero "shield-bearer", Latin scutarius, an agent derivative of scutum "shield"... [more]

Scurti Italian
Possibly from Neapolitan curto "short".

Scuteri Italian
Variant of Scuderi.

Scutti Italian
From Sicilian scutu, "shield".

Secchi Italian
Probably related to Italian secco "thin, dry". May alternately derive from secare "to cut", Sardinian seghi "sixteen", segete "harvest, harvest fodder", or a shortened form of seneche "old, aged".

Seddiki Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi cognate of Siddiqui (chiefly Algerian).

Sedghi Persian

Sediqi Persian
Persian form of Siddiqui.

Sedjati Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sedowski Polish
Habitational name from places called Sedowice, Sedowo, Sedów, in Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Piotrków, and Sieradz voivodeships.

Seeli Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Basilius.

Seferi Albanian
Derived from the given name Sefer.

Seganti Italian

Segantini Italian

Segondi French, Italian, Swiss

Segui Spanish

Segui French

Sei Estonian
Sei is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "seib", meaning "washer" and "disk"; or "seil", meaning "sail".

Sei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 生 (see Ike 2).

Seiichi Japanese

Seisui Japanese

Şekerci Turkish
Means "confectioner, candy seller" in Turkish.

Sekiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Selakjani Persian

Selasi African

Selimai Albanian

Selimi Albanian

Selimi Albanian
Derived from the given name Selim.

Selimoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Selim".

Selimovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Selim".

Sellati Italian

Selmani Albanian
Derived from the given name Selman.

Selouani Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian town of Selouane.

Semadeni Romansh
Derived from the place name Samedan.

Semini Maltese

Senami Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and nami means "wave".

Senapati Odia, Bengali, Assamese
Means "commander" in Sanskrit, from सेना (sena) meaning "army" and पति (pati) meaning "lord".

Senri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千里 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (type of measurement), village."... [more]

Sensi Italian
Derived from Italian "senso" meaning "sense, feeling". Historically, the surname could have been given to someone who was known for their wisdom or intelligence, or to someone who had a keen sense of perception or intuition... [more]

Senti Romansh
Derived from the given name Maxentius.

Senuki Japanese (?)

Senzaki Japanese
From Japanese 先 (sen) meaning "before, previous" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Sepuloni Tongan

Serafimoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Serafim".

Serafimovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Serafim".

Serednicki m Polish
Habitational surname for someone from a village called Serednica, meaning uncertain.

Seretti Italian
Possibly derived from a pet form of Baldassare, or perhaps derived from the Latin given name Serettus... [more]

Serfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Serghei Romanian
From the given name Serghei.

Sergi English

Sertori English

Sesaki Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sestini Italian (Tuscan)

Sethi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Occupational name for a merchant from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".

Setsushi Japanese
From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" and 死 (shi) meaning "death". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Settai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 摂待 (Settai) meaning "Settai", a former village in the former district of Hei in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan or a division in the same place, in the area of Tarō in the city of Miyako in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]

Setti Italian

Sevimli Turkish
Means "cute, lovely, charming, pleasant" in Turkish.

Sezaki Japanese
Variant of Sesaki.

Sgambelluri Italian

Shabani Albanian

Shabani Persian, Albanian
From the given name Shaban.

Shabtai Hebrew
Shabtai is the Hebrew name for the planet Saturn.

Shadi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Shadi 1.

Shadmehri Persian
From the given name Shadmehr.

Shafi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Shafi.

Shahabi Persian
From the given name Shahab.

Shahbazi Persian
From the given name Shahbaz.

Shahi Persian, Punjabi, Urdu
Derived from Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king".

Shahidi Persian
From the given name Shahid.

Shahini Persian, Albanian
From the given name Shahin or from one of the multiple places in Iran named Shahini.

Shahnazi Persian
From the given name Shahnaz.

Shahriari Persian
From the given name Shahriyar.

Shahrokhi Iranian
From the given name Shahrokh.

Shahzadi Urdu
From the given name Shahzad.

Shai Hebrew (Modern)
From the unisex given name Shai.

Shakerchi Turkish
Of Turkish origin, the most widely reported origin and meaning is “Sugarman” in English. The name Shakerchi is a nickname or a surname that has been adopted by individuals with Turkish heritage... [more]

Shakeri Persian
From the given name Shaker.

Shakshuki Arabic (Maghrebi)
Most likely from Libyan Arabic شَكْشُوكَةٌ (šakšawka) meaning “a mixture”, referring to a type of North African dish made of vegetables and fried eggs.

Shalabi Arabic
Means "elegant, stylish, handsome" in Arabic.

Shaladi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning (chiefly Libyan).

Shalvashvili Georgian
Means "son of Shalva".

Shami Arabic
Means "Syrian" or "Damascene", derived from Arabic الشام (ash-Sham) referring to both Syria and the Syrian city of Damascus.

Shamsi Persian
From the given name Shams.

Shanakki Portuguese (Brazilian)

Shangri Pakistani

Shani Hebrew
Means "red, scarlet" in Hebrew. From the given name Shani 1.

Shaqiri Albanian

Sharabi Judeo-Arabic
Denotes someone originally from the district of Sharab in western Yemen.

Sharafkandi Kurdish
Denoted a person from Sharafkand, a village in the Central District of Bukan County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Shariati Persian
From Persian شریعت (shari'at) referring to Islamic (shari'a) law, ultimately from Arabic.

Sharqawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "easterner, one from the east", derived from Arabic شرق (sharq) meaning "east, Orient".

Shastri Hindi, Marathi
From a title meaning "scholar", itself derived from Sanskrit शास्त्रिन् (shastrin) denoting a person who was well-versed in the shastras.

Shauri Eastern African

Shavdatuashvili Georgian

Shawki Arabic
Derived from the given name Shawqi.

Shawqi Arabic
Derived from the given name Shawqi.

Shebani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the name of an Arab tribe which is derived from Arabic شيب (šīb) meaning "white hair, grayness" or "cold, snow". This surname is chiefly used in Libya.

Shehhi Albanian

Sheikhi Persian
Persian form of Sheikh.

Sherkhanzai Afghan
Meaning "son of Sherkhan" in Pashto. Sherkhan itself means "lion king" in Persian. This surname is found among Afghans belonging to the Barech, one of the Durrani Pashto tribes.

Sherzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Shirzai.

Sheshani Indian

Shi Chinese
From Chinese 施 (shī) referring to the ancient state of Shi, which existed during the Xia dynasty in present-day Hubei province.

Shi Chinese
From Chinese 石 (shí) meaning "stone", also referring to the ancient city of Chach that is now Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Shi Chinese
In Chinese Shi means History.

Shi Chinese
From 时(shí) means time.

Shibanami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紫波 (see Shiba).

Shibani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.