Unisex Submitted Surnames

Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".

Ojala Estonian, Finnish
From oja meaning ‘ditch’, ‘channel’ + the local suffix -la, a habitational name from any of the numerous farms so named throughout Finland, early settlement of the country having been concentrated along waterways... [more]

Ojalill Estonian
Ojalill is an Estonian surname meaning "stream flower".

Ojalind Estonian
Ojalind is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek bird".

Ojaloo Estonian
Ojaloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek swathe".

Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".

Ojandi Estonian
Ojandi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oja" ("stream/creek") and "rand" ("beach").

Ojanurm Estonian
Ojanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "stream pasture/meadow".

Ojaperv Estonian
Ojaperv is an Estonian surname meaning "stream bank".

Ojasalu Estonian
Ojasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek grove".

Ojasoo Estonian
Ojasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "steam/creek swamp".

Ojaste Estonian
From Estonian oja meaning "brook, creek".

Ojastu Estonian
Ojastu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek/stream".

Ojasu Estonian
Ojasu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek".

Ojavee Estonian
Ojavee is an Estonians surname meaning "stream water".

Ojavool Estonian
Ojavool is an Estonian surname meaning "stream current/flow".

Ojdanić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ojdan".

Öjebo Swedish (Rare)

Ojha Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi
Means "shaman, sorcerer, healer", ultimately derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, spiritual preceptor".

Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.

Ojiri Japanese

Ojiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail" and 白 (jiro) meaning "white"

Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Ok Korean
Means "jade" in Korean.

Ok Turkish
Means "arrow" in Turkish.

Oka Finnish
Means "thorn" in Finnish.

Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Okabayashi Japanese

Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Okagai Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okagawa Japanese
Variant of Okakawa.

Okagaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okahisa Japanese

Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

O'kain Irish
Variant of O'Kane.

Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Okami Japanese

Okamizu Japanese
From 岡 (oka) meaning "hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Ōkano Japanese
Surname of Japanese origin meaning "cherry blossom flower field".

Okano Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".

Okas Estonian
Okas is an Estonian name meaning "thorn".

Okasa Japanese

Okasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".

Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".

Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".

Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".

Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.

Okatani Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill" and tani means "valley".

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Okawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大川 (see Ōkawa).

Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Okawara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河原 (see Ōkawara).

Okaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Okayasu Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet".

Okazaka Japanese
Variant of Okasaka.

Okçu Turkish
Means "archer" in Turkish.

O'keeffe Irish
Variant of O'Keefe, which is ultimately means "descendant of Caomh" (see Keefe).

Okei Japanese

Okekawa Japanese

O'Kelly Irish
Variant of Kelly 1.

Okely English (Australian)

O'Kett Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Haicéid.

O'Kevin Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Caoimhín "descent of Caoimhín."

Okey English
Location name meaning "lives near oak trees".

Okeyoshi Japanese

Okhlopkov Yakut, Russian

Ōki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Oki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大木 (see Ōki).

Oki Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea".

Okiayu Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and ayu means "trout".

Okić Bosnian

Okida Japanese

Okie Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and e means "inlet, river".

Okifuji Japanese

Okigai Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okigaya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okii Japanese

Okiji Japanese

O'kill English

Okimatsu Japanese
Matsu means "pine, fir tree" and oki means "open sea".

Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Okinaya Japanese

Okinikan Nigerian

Okino Japanese
O could mean "big, great" and ki can mean "tree, wood", or it could be spelled as oki meaning "open sea", and no means "field, plain".

Okino Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okise Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and se means "river".

Okisu Japanese

Okita Japanese

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okitani Japanese
Oki could mean "open sea", or it could be spelled as o meaning "big, great", and tani meaning "valley".

Okitsu Japanese

Okiya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okkotsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 乙骨 (Okkotsu), a variant reading and spelling of 乙事 (Okkoto), an area in the town of Fujimi in the district of Suwa in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.

Okmees Estonian
Okmees is an Estonian surname meaning "branch/twig man".

Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".

Okochi Japanese
Variant transcription of Ookouchi.

Okochi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河内 (see Ōkōchi).

Okocimski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Okocim.

Okolie Nigerian

Okota Japanese (Rare)
This name is used to combine 興 (kou, kyou, oko.ru, oko.su) meaning "interest, pleasure," or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 古 (ko, furu.i, furu-, -furu.su) meaning "old" and 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy."

Okoturo Nigerian
A surname most popular in Nigeria; meaning currently unknown.

Okroj Kashubian
The name has been in existence in the Kashubian region for centuries.

Oks Estonian
Oks is an Estonian surname meaning "branch" or "bough".

Oksa Finnish
Means "branch" in Finnish.

Oksanen Finnish
Derived from Finnish oksa "branch".

Oksmaa Estonian
Oksmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bough/branch land".

Öksüz Turkish
Means "orphan, motherless child" in Turkish.

Oksyonov Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)

Oksyonova Russian
Feminine form of Oksyonov (Оксёнов)

Oktyabrskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Октябрьский (see Oktyabrsky).

Oktyabrsky Russian
Meaning "October" in Russian, it often refers to the October Revolution of November 1917, a coup led by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) and the Bolshevik Party.

Oku Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside; inner depths". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.... [more]

Oku Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside, interior".

Ōkubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect"... [more]

Okubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōkubo.

Okuda Japanese

Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Okudaira Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 平 (taira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Okugai Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okugawa Japanese
Variant of Okukawa.

Okugaya Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okuhashi Japanese
Oku means "inside, interior" and hashi means "bridge".

Okui Japanese
Oku means "interior, inside" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Okukawa Japanese (Rare)
Oku means "interior,secluded,further out" and kawa means "river". Minako Okukawa is a fictional character from Yuri!!! On Ice and it's also the name of a company.

Ōkuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 大 (ō, "big, great") or 逢 (ō, "meeting") and 熊 (kuma, "bear") or 隈 (kuma, "recess, corner, shade")

Okumiya Japanese

Okumuş Turkish
Means "educated, well-read" in Turkish.

Okuna Polish
Polish (also Okuła): nickname for a lame person, from okuleć ‘to stumble or founder’, Old Polish okułac.

Okunev Russian
Possibly derived from Russian word "окон (okon)" meaning window.

Okuno Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okuoka Japanese
The meaning of Okuoka/奥岡 equals to "Interior Hill"

Okur Turkish
Means "reader" in Turkish.

Ōkura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse".

Okura Japanese

Okura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大倉 or 大蔵 (see Ōkura).

Okuri Japanese
O means "big, great" and kuri means "chestnut".

Okuro Japanese
O means "big, large" and kuro means "castle".

Okusaki Japanese

Okusawa Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Okuse Japanese
Oku means "secluded, further out, inside, interior" and se means "river,inlet".

Okushi Japanese

Okutani Japanese
Oku means inside, interior" and tani means "valley".

Okutsu Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour".

Okuwa Japanese

Okuya Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okuyama Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Okuyano Japanese

Okuzaki Japanese

Okwabi African (Anglicized, ?)
unknown

Olabarria Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river in the municipality of Markina-Xemein.

Olabeaga Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Bilbo.

Ó Labhradha Irish
Means "descendant of Labhraidh"

Ó Labhraidh Tréan Northern Irish
It literally means "strong O'Lavery"

Olachea Spanish (Latin American)

Ó Lachtnáin Irish
It literally means "Lachtnán’s descendant".

Oladayo Nigerian

Oladipo Yoruba

Oladunni Nigerian

Olaetxea Basque
This indicates familial origin near the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Legazpi.

Olaf Norwegian
From the name Olaf.

Ólafsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ólafur" in Icelandic.

Olafsen Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Olaf".

Olafson English, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Olafsen.

Ólafsson Icelandic
Patronymic of the given Ólafur. This surname is given to their sons.

Olagaraia Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Etxalar.

Olague Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Anue.

Olah Hungarian
Oláh (Olah) is a Hungarian surname that means Vlach/Romanian. A similar word is Olasz, meaning "Italian".Hungarian (Oláh): ethnic name from Hungarian oláh ‘Romanian’, old form volách, from vlach ‘Italian’, ‘speaker of a Romance language’.

Ó Laithimh Irish
Variant of Ó Flaithimh

Olajide African, Western African, Nigerian, Yoruba

Olajuwon Arabic

Olakauatu Tongan

Olan Filipino

Olano Basque
Province of Araba, so named from ola 'forge', 'ironworks' + the diminutive suffix -no.

Olaore Nigerian

Olărașu Moldovan

Olari Estonian
Olari is an Estonian surname; taken from the masculine given name "Olari".

Olaru Moldovan

Olascuaga Spanish (Latin American)

Olasiman Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano ulasiman meaning "common purslane" (a type of plant).

Olatunji Yoruba
"Olatunji" is a Yoruba surname and a given name meaning "Wealth awakes again".

O'Laughlen English, Irish
Variant of O'Laughlin.... [more]

O'Laughlin Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lochlainn meaning, 'descendant of Lochlann.'

Olausson Swedish
Means "son of Olaus".

Olavarría Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olabarria.

Olavarrieta Basque
Ola: hut, forge. Varri: new. -eta:abundance of.

Olavsen Norwegian
Means "son of Olav".

Olchvary Hungarian

Olcik English

Old English
From Middle English old, not necessarily implying old age, but rather used to distinguish an older from a younger bearer of the same personal name.

Oldenhave Dutch
From the name of a small village in the province of Drenthe, Holland, composed of Dutch oud and hoeve, meaning "old farm".

Oldfield English

Oldford English

Oldham English

Oldham English
Habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald "old" and Old Norse holmr "island water meadow" or eald "old" and ham "farmstead" meaning either "old lands" or "old farm".

Oldknow English
Originally "Oldknoll"; deriving from the word knoll meaning ''hill''.

Oldman English

Oldroyd English
Derived from Old English euld meaning "old" and royd meaning "clearing".

Olds English
English: patronymic from Old .

Oldshield English
Probably came from the occupation of being a shielder

Oldt Low German
North German: variant of Alt.

Ole Estonian
Ole is an Estonian surname meaning "exist" or "entity".

Oleannain Irish

Ó Leathlobhair Irish
Means "son of Leathlobhar"

Oleff German

Olegario Spanish
From the given name Olegario.

Õlekõrs Estonian
Õlekõrs is an Estonian surname meaning "straw".

Oleksenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Oleksiy".

Oleksiewicz Polish

Oleniuc Romanian, Ukrainian
From the Hutsul language.

O'Lennon Irish
Original form of Lennon. Probably a variant of Ó Leannáin (from a by-name meaning "lover"), but may also be derived from O'Lonain (from lon, "blackbird").

Olesdatter Danish
Strictly feminine patronymic of Ole.

Olesk Estonian
Olesk is an Estonian surname meaning to "stay".

Oleson English
Anglicized form of Olesen

Oleti Telugu

Olevian German (Latinized)
Olevian is a latinised word meaning "from Olewig" (a town today incorporated into Trier, Germany). ... [more]

Oley English
Was my mother's fathers name. Also my mother's brother.

Olferyev Russian
Variant of Alferyev.

Olgiati Romansh, Italian (Swiss)

Olgun Turkish
Means "mature, grown" in Turkish.

Olimov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Olim".

Olimpo Italian (Tuscan)

Olin English, Dutch
English or Dutch name meaning either "from a low lying area" or from the word Hollander meaning "one from the Netherlands" a country well known for a low lying landscape.

Olin Swedish
Combination of the unexplained element o-/oh- and the common surname suffix -lin. A notable bearer is Swedish actress Lena Olin (b. 1955).

Olinde French (Americanized)
A French nickname for Holland.

Ó Lionáin Irish
It literally means "Lonán’s descendant".

Oliphant English
Means "elephant" (from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German olifant "elephant"), perhaps used as a nickname for a large cumbersome person, or denoting someone who lived in a building distinguished by the sign of an elephant.

Olissaar Estonian
Olissaar is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "õli" meaning "oil/fat" and "saar" meaning "island".

Oliva Italian, Spanish
Of uncertain origin: derived either from a nickname to those who picked, worked with or sold olives, or from the given name Oliva.

Olivar Spanish

Olivares Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places named Olivares, from the plural of Spanish olivar meaning "olive grove". Compare Portuguese and Galician Oliveira.

Olivarez Spanish
Variant of Olivares.

Olivas Catalan
Variant spelling of Olives, habitational name from Olives in Girona province, or a topographic name from the plural of Oliva.

Olive English

Olive French
Given to someone who worked with olives from old french olive "olive" ultimately latin oliva "olive".

Oliven Scottish
Variant of Olifant.

Olivera Spanish
Comes from the Latin etymology related to olive trees, olive grees and olives.

Oliveras Catalan
Catalan: variant spelling of the topographic name Oliveres, from the plural of olivera ‘olive tree’, or a habitational name from Las Oliveras in Murcia province.

Olivers English

Olivet English

Olivetti Italian

Olivia English
From the given name of Olivia

Olivieri Italian
From the given name Oliviero.

Oliviero Italian
From the given name Oliviero.

Olivius Danish

Olivo Italian, Spanish
Topographic name from olivo "olive tree" or occupational name for someone who sold olives. Or from the given name Olivo given to someone born on Palm Sunday.

Oll Estonian
Oll is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from the masculine give name "Olev".

Ollervides Spanish

Ollis English
Unexplained surname found in records of Bristol and Bath.

Ollison Danish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Olesen .

Olloki Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Esteribar.

Olloqui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olloki.

Ollson English
Variant of Olsson or Olsen.

Ölmez Turkish
Means "immortal, undying, eternal" in Turkish.

Olmre Estonian
Olmre is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "olme" meaning "household".

Olmstead English (British)
Comes from the Old French ermite "hermit" and Old English stede "place".... [more]

Ó Lochlainn Irish
Irish Gaelic form of O'Laughlin.

Ó Loingseacháin Irish
It means 'descendant of Loingseacháin'. Ó Loingsigh, however, is a diminutive form of this surname.

O'Lonain Irish
Derived from lon ("blackbird") and a diminutive combined with O ("grandson; male descendant").

O'lone Irish

O'Loney Irish
Anglicization of Ó Luanaigh.

O'Looney Irish
Anglicization of Ó Luanaigh.

Olorosisimo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish olorosísimo meaning "most fragrant".

Oloroso Spanish (Philippines)
Means "fragrant" or "sweet (having a pleasant smell)" in Spanish.

Olsby English

Olstad Norwegian

Olstead English

Olszański Polish
Name for someone from a place called Olszany or Olszanica, both derived from Polish olsza meaning "alder".

Olterman English
Variant of Alderman

Ó Luanaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Luanach"

Olufsen Danish
Patronymic form of the Old Norse personal name "Anleifr", or "Oluf", which is composed of the elements "ans", god and "leifr", a relic.

Olufson Danish
Variant of Olufsen

Olumets Estonian
Olumets is an Estonian surname meaning "existing forest".

Ölund Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and lund "groove".

O'Lunney Irish
Anglicization of Ó Luanaigh.

Olveira Galician
Galician cognate of Oliveira.

Olvera Spanish

Ölvirsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ölvir" in Icelandic.

Olwagen Afrikaans

Olwell English
Possibly a habitational name from Ulwell in Swanage Dorset named with Old English ule "owl" and wille "stream".

Olympiou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Olympios". A famous bearer is the Greek Cypriot singer Despina Olympiou.

Olyphant English, Scottish
Variant of Oliphant. A famous bearer is American actor Timothy Olyphant (1968-).

Oma Japanese (Modern, ?)
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "large, big" and 間 (ma) meaning "interval, space".

Ó Macáin Irish
Means "descendant of Maicín".

Ó Macdha Irish
Means "descendant of Macdha"

Omadara Nigerian

Ōmae Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward".

Omae Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大前 (see Ōmae).

Omaeda Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great", combined with 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

O'Maher Irish (Rare)
This name comes from the Irish surname 'Meachair' which means hospitality. ... [more]

O'Mahoney Irish
Variant of Mahoney

Ó Maicín Irish
Means "descendant of Maicín".

Ōman Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Daiman).

Oman Arabic, English
From the place Oman.

Oman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).