KusunokiJapanese From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree".
KusunokiJapanese From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
KutsarEstonian Kutsar is an Estonian surname meaning "coachman".
KutschGerman Topographic name of Slavic origin, from Sorbian kut ‘corner’, ‘nook’. Variant of Kutsche, metonymic occupational name for a coachman or coachbuilder, from the Hungarian loanword kocsi (see Kocsis).
KüttEstonian Kütt is an Estonian surname meaning "hunter".
KuttelwascherGerman Surname given to those who had the occupation of cleaning tripe. Combines the words kuttel meaning "tripe" and washer meaning "washer". Bearers of the surname typically live in Austria.
KüttimEstonian Küttim is an Estonian surname derived from "küttima" meaning "to hunt" or "pursue".
KuttnerGerman Originally from a nickname for someone wearing monk robes from Middle High German kuttner "robe wearing monk".
KuularTuvan Derived from Tuvan куу (kuu) meaning "swan" or "gray". Names bearing unfavourable meanings were traditionally used by Tuvans to ward off evil spirits.
KuulmataEstonian Kullmata is an Estonian surname derived from "kuulmatu" meaning "unheard".
KuulpakEstonian Kuulpak is an Estonian surname meaning "bullet ("kuul") "pack/packet/stock" ("pakk").
KuumEstonian Kuum is an Estonian surname meaning "hot" and "blazing".
KüünEstonian Küün is an Estonian surname meaning "barn".
KüünalEstonian Küünal is an Estonian surname meaning "candle".
KuurEstonian Kuur is an Estonian surname meaning "shed" or "hovel".
KuurmaaEstonian Kuurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "shed/hovel land".
KuusaluEstonian Kuusalu is an Estonian surname derived from "kuusik" meaning "spruce wood" and "salu" meaning "grove".
KuuseEstonian Kuuse is an Estonian surname meaning "fir".
KuusepuuEstonian Kuusepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "fir tree".
KuusikEstonian Kuusik is an Estonian surname meaning "spruce stand".
KuusinenFinnish A surname originating from Eastern Finland, comprised of the elements “kuusi” meaning “six” or “moon”, and the suffix “-nen” which is typical of Eastern Finnish surnames. A notable bearer of this name is the Finnish-Soviet politician and writer Otto V. Kuusinen, one of the original founders of the Finnish Communist Party.
KuuskEstonian Kuusk is an Estonian surname meaning "spruce".
KuuskmaaEstonian Kuuskmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce land".
KuuspaluEstonian Kuuspalu is an Estonian surname meaning "fir (kuusk) heathy woodland (palu)".
KuutEstonian Kuut is an Estonian surname meaning "kennel".
KüütsEstonian Küüts is an Estonian surname meaning "lift".
KuwajimaJapanese (Rare) Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima/jima (島) means "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku. It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwashima
KuwakoJapanese Kuwa means "mulberry tree" and ko means "child, sign of the rat, first of the Chinese zodiac."
KuwataJapanese From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
KuwataniJapanese From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" combined with 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". A notable bearer of this surname is Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Ryōko Asakura from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Alph from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
KuwayamaJapanese From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
KuyengChinese (Russified) Russified form of Kuang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).
KuyonHungarian, Romanian Largely unknown, but may have origins in a village in Poland, called Kujan. There’s records on the name at Ellis Island in New York where it was anglicized to the phonetic, Kuyon. There’s also a split in the main families with the name in the US to another diminutive, Kenyon.... [more]
KuzmaUkrainian, Belarusian From the personal name Kuzma, Greek Kosmas, a derivative of kosmos ‘universe’, ‘(ordered) arrangement’. St. Cosmas, martyred with his brother Damian in Cilicia in the early 4th century ad, came to be widely revered in the Eastern Church.
KvitsiniaAbkhaz Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Kutsnia; the Abkhaz name was replaced by the Mingrelian spelling during the era of Joseph Stalin. It is most likely derived from Abkhaz икуцны иааз (ikutsny iaaz) meaning "one who migrates", though the word квици (kvitsi) has no real meaning in Abkhaz... [more]
KvonChinese (Russified) Russified form of Kuang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).
KyröFinnish Origins remain unknown, might be deprived from the rare given name Kyrö or the location name. The earliest documented person with Kyrö as a surname dates back to 1553
LaaksoFinnish From laakso ‘valley’, generally an ornamental name adopted during the name conversion movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Often, it was adopted by Finnish bearers of Swedish names containing the Swedish element dal ‘valley’.
LääneEstonian Lääne is an Estonian surname meaning "western".
LaanemaaEstonian Laanemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen land".
LaanemäeEstonian Laanemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen hill/mountain".
LäänemetsEstonian Läänemets is an Estonian surname meaning "western forest".
LaaneotsEstonian Laaneots is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen tip" or "edge".
LaanepõldEstonian Laanepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "chickweed-wintergreen field".
LaaneviirEstonian Laaneviir is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Laaneveere", a village in Viimsi Municipality, Harju County.
LaanojaEstonian Laanoja is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill", meaning "starflower" and "wintergreen" (Trientalis europaea) and "oja" meaning "stream/creek".
LaansaluEstonian Laansalu is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen grove".
LäänsooEstonian Läänsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "west swamp".
LaarEstonian Laar is an Estonian name meaning "gyle" (wort in the process of fermentation added to a stout, beer, or ale).
LaasEstonian Laas is an Estonian surname meaning "greenwood" (wood that has been recently cut) and "woodland".
LaasaluEstonian Laasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland grove".
LaasikEstonian Laasik is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland area/stand".
LaasmaEstonian Laasma is an Estonian surname derived from "laas" meaning "forest" and "woodland".
LaasmaaEstonian Laasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland land".
LaasmägiEstonian Laasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland mountain".
LabakhuaAbkhaz Abkhaz name derived from Arabic لَاحَظَ (lāḥaẓa) meaning "to notice, to look" combined with بَهِيجَة (bahīja) meaning "delightful, joyous" (see Bahija)... [more]
LabontéFrench (Quebec), Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole From French la bonté meaning "(the) kindness, (the) goodness", originally used as a soldier's name and perhaps also as a nickname for a benevolent person. This surname is rare in France.
LabordeFrench Derived from the French word borde meaning "small farm" (from Frankish bord meaning "plank") with the definite article la. This is an occupational surname for a tenant farmer.
LabossiereFrench Norman habitational name from a common village name La Boissière, meaning 'wooded area', from bois 'wood'. possibly a metronymic, from a feminine derivative of Bossier 'cooper', denoting the 'wife of the cooper'.
LabradorSpanish, Portuguese, Filipino From the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador
LabrieFrench Topographic name from l’abri meaning "the shelter", or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
LaBrieFrench Referred to a person who came from various places named Brie in France, for example Brie-sous-Matha, a commune in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
LacerdaPortuguese, Spanish Nickname for someone with remarkably thick or long hair, or with an unusually hairy back or chest. From Spanish and Portuguese lacerda ‘the lock (of hair)’.
LachtrupGerman Probably from a place name using the suffix -trup, related to dorf meaning "village". The first element could be lach "laugh, smile", or a corruption of loch "hole, pit".
LacombeFrench French (western and southwestern): topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine, from la combe ‘the ravine’ (a word of Gaulish origin, related to English Combe).... [more]
LadulåsOld Swedish Most likely from Swedish ladulås "barnlock", but it could also be derived from the Slavic name Ladislaus. Magnus Ladulås, sometimes known as Magnus Birgersson or Magnus III in English, was the king of Sweden between 1275 and 1290.
LadvikEstonian Ladvik is an Estonian surname meaning "elite" and "upper class".
LæstadiusSwedish From the name of the village Lästa in Ångermanland, Sweden, whose name possibly means "Leiðulfr's home". Lars Levi Læstadius (1800-1861) was a Swedish priest who founded a Lutheran revival movement known as Laestadianism.