Unisex Submitted Surnames

Yacapin Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog yakapin meaning "to hug, to embrace".

Yacob Amharic
From the given name Yacob.

Yacomes Greek (Americanized, Rare, ?), Obscure

Yacoob Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yacoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yacouba Western African
From the given name Yacouba.

Yacub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yada Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy."

Yada Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).

Yadav Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Nepali
From Sanskrit यादव (yadava) meaning "descendant of Yadu", Yadu being a legendary king in Hindu mythology who was believed to be an ancestor of Krishna.

Yadava Indian

Yadavad Indian

Yadavalli Indian

Yadavani Indian

Yadavar Indian

Yaeger German
Yaeger is a relatively uncommon American surname, most likely a transcription of the common German surname "Jaeger/Jäger" (hunter). The spelling was changed to become phonetic because standard English does not utilize the umlaut.

Yafai Arabic
Variant of Al-Yafai.

Yafo African

Yagami Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 神 (kami) meaning "god".

Yağcı Turkish
Means "oil seller" in Turkish.

Yager German
Americanized form of JÄGER, meaning "hunter."

Yagi Japanese
This can be read as Yanagi meaning "willow".

Yagi Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yagihashi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Yagino Japanese
Variant of Yanagino.

Yaginuma Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Yagira Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".

Yagishita Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Yağız Turkish
From the given name Yağız.

Yagnik Indian/Gujarati/Sanskrit (Modern)
Means "one who performs sacrifices". Derived from the Sanskrit word yajña (pronounced yagna or yagya) meaning "sacrifice" or "sacraficial fire".

Yago Japanese
Possibly from 谷 (ya, tani) meaning "valley" and 戸 (go, to) meaning "door".

Yagoda Jewish (Russified)
Russified form of Iyeguda. It also means "berry" in Russian. This was the surname of Genrikh Yagoda, the head of the NKVD (1934-1936).

Yagoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.

Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".

Yagudaev Jewish

Yagüe Spanish
It is possibly derived from a name for someone born on St James' Day, from Old Spanish Santi Yague, a common medieval form of Santiago.

Yagyū Japanese
From 柳 (yag) meaning "willow tree" and 生 (yu) meaning "living, natural, life, fresh, raw".

Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]

Yahagi Japanese

Yahaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).

Yahan Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Arabic

Yahata Japanese
From 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 幡 (hata) meaning "banner, flag".

Yahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yahaya Western African, Comorian
From the given name Yahaya.

Yahgulanaas Haida

Yahia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yahiaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yahn English

Yahola Ukrainian

Yahya Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yahya.

Yahyaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yəhyayev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Yəhya".

Yai Japanese
From 屋 (ya) meaning "dwelling, roof, house, establishment, store, vendor, shop" and 井 (i) meaning "pit, well, mineshaft".

Yaïch Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaich based on French orthography.

Yaich Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعيش (see Yaiche).

Yaïche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaiche based on French orthography.

Yaiche Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic يعيش (ya'ish) meaning "he will live", ultimately derived from the word عاش ('asha) meaning "to live".

Yaida Japanese

Yaish Arabic, Hebrew

Yajima Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yajin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night; evening" and 陣 (jin) meaning "battle formation; camp"

Yak Eastern African

Yakawchuk Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Yakovchuk.

Yakemenko Ukrainian
Vasiliy Yakemenko was the chairman of the Nashi youth group in Russia.

Yakeno Japanese
From 焼 (yake) meaning "grill, burn" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plan".

Yakhin Bashkir, Tatar
From the given name Yakhya.

Yakhnenko Ukrainian

Yakimets Russian
Derived from the given name Yakim.

Yakimov Russian
Means "Son of Yakim".

Yakimovich Belarusian

Yakini African

Yakini Nigerian

Yakivchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yakovchuk.

Yakivenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yakiv".

Yakkola Karelian

Yako Japanese
From Japanese 椰 (ya) meaning "coconut palm" and 子 (ko) "child".

Yako African, Swahili, Xhosa
Derived from bantu yakho meaning "yours" or "yours alone" in Xhosa. It is implying a sense of possession or ownership. This surname may have an association with someone or something that belongs to them exclusively.

Yakobashvili Georgian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Iakobashvili chiefly used by Georgian Jews.

Yakoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yakovchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yakovenko.

Yakovets' Russian, Ukrainian (?)
Derived from given name Yakov.

Yaku Japanese
From 夜 (ya) meaning "night, evening" and 久 (ku) meaning "long time, old story".

Yakub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yakubenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yakub".

Yakubovich Russian, Belarusian
Derived from the given name Yakub.

Yakubu Arabic, Assyrian, Chaldean, Slovak (Americanized), Czech (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi, Americanized)
Arabic and Assyrian/Chaldean: from a variant of the Arabic and Syriac personal name Yaʿqūb ‘Jacob’ (see Yaqub).... [more]

Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]

Yakushigami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushiji Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.

Yakushijin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushikami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushimaru Japanese
A notable bearer is Hiroko Yakushimaru, a singer and actress. ... [more]

Yakushinji Japanese
Variant of Yakushiji.

Yakut Turkish
Means "ruby" in Turkish.

Yakutenko Ukrainian

Yakymchuk Ukrainian

Yakymenko Ukrainian
From the given name Yakym.

Yakymets Ukrainian
From the given name Yakym.

Yalaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian family name possibly derived from Arabic يَعْلَى (yaʿlā) or يَعْلَ (yaʿla) both meaning "exalted, high".

Yalçın Turkish
From the given name Yalçın.

Yalçınkaya Turkish
Means "steep rock", derived from Turkish yalçın meaning "steep" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".

Yaldız Turkish
Means "gilding" in Turkish.

Yalman Turkish
Means "steep" in Turkish. Synonymous with the given name "Sarp".

Yalnazov Bulgarian

Yalnuzov Bulgarian

Yalonglong Paiwan

Yalta Ukrainian

Yam Hebrew
From the given name Yam.

Yam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ren.

Yama Indian

Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".

Yamaba Japanese

Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yamadaev Chechen
Means "son of Yamad", possibly from a form of the given name Ahmad.

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamaga Japanese

Yamagai Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".

Yamagaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaguri Japanese
Variant of Yamakuri.

Yamaha Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).

Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]

Yamahata Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 端 (hata) meaning "tip, edge, end".

Yamahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Yamaji Japanese

Yamaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).

Yamakado Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 角 (kado) meaning "horn, corner" or 門 (kado) meaning "gate".

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamal Muslim
From a personal name based on Arabic jamāl ‘beauty, grace’. This name is also found in compounds such as Jamāl ad-Dīn ‘beauty of religion’... [more]

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamamba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).

Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yaman Turkish

Yaman Turkish
Means "intelligent, capable, efficient" in Turkish.

Yamana Japanese

Yamanae Japanese

Yamanaka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamanashi Japanese

Yamanba Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).

Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yamano Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Yamanouchi Japanese
Variant of Yamauchi with the unwritten possessive marker の (no).

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamantavich Belarusian

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

Yamara African

Yamasato Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamashiro Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Yamata Japanese

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamato Japanese
From the given name Yamato.

Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.

Yamawaki Japanese
From 山 (yama, sen) meaning "mountain, hill", and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, side, flank, underarm".

Yamaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaya Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamazoe Japanese
Variant of Yamasoe.

Yamba Kongo

Yambao Filipino
Possibly from Vietnamese iàm-báu meaning "treasure."

Yameen Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Variant transcription of Yamin.

Yamikawa Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"

Yammada Indian

Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".

Yamura Japanese
From 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Yan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Yang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 严 (yán) referring to the ancient fief of Yan Jun (嚴君) that existed in what is now Sichuan province.

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 阎 (yán) meaning "gate", also referring to a fief that existed in the ancient state of Jin in what is now Shanxi province.

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 颜 (yán) meaning "face, countenance", also referring to the ancient fief of Yan that existed during the Western Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Yanabu Japanese
From 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 父 (bu) meaning "father".

Yanada Japanese

Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Yanagibara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagida Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yanagihara Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."

Yanagino Japanese

Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yanagita Japanese

Yanagiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanagizawa Japanese
Variant of Yanagisawa.

Yanai Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 内 (nai or uchi) "inside."

Yanaibara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaihara Japanese

Yanaiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaka Japanese

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanami Japanese

Yanar Turkish
Means "burns, lights, combusts" in Turkish.

Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" or 簗 (yana) meaning "fish trap" combines with 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, rapids, current".... [more]

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.

Yancey Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Yancy.

Yanchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Yanenko.

Yanchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yanchenko.

Yandarbiev Chechen
Means "son of Yandarbi".

Yandarbin Chechen
Variant of Yandarbiyev.

Yandarbiyeva Chechen
Feminine spelling of Yandarbiyev.

Yandarov Chechen
Possibly from the given name Yandar, which is of uncertain meaning, perhaps of Turkic or Iranian origin.

Yane Korean

Yanenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yan 1".

Yáñez Spanish, Mexican
Patronymic of Juan 1.

Yang Korean
Korean form of Liang, from Sino-Korean 梁 (yang).

Yang Hui

Yanga Filipino

Yanık Turkish
Means "burn, scald" in Turkish.

Yanishchyts Belarusian

Yaniv Hebrew
From the given name Yaniv.

Yankelovich Yiddish (Rare)
Means "son of Yankel".

Yankoviac English
Variant of the name Yankovic.

Yankovic Slovene, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Polish
Americanized form of Janković, or perhaps Jankowicz.

Yanković Croatian, Serbian
means "son of Janko"

Yankovich Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Americanized spelling of Janković or Jankovič.

Yankovoy Russian

Yannotta American
Possibly a variant of Iannotta.

Yano Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yanong Filipino
Yanong in Tagalog can mean "that kind" or "that sort".It can also be a regional name from local dialects and cultures.

Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.

Yansen Indonesian, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Jansen. Most commonly found in Indonesia and Argentina.

Yanshiji Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).

Yanson Filipino
From Hokkien 燕孫 (iàn-sun), derived from 燕 (iàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".

Yant American

Yantorno Italian (Americanized)
Probably an altered spelling of Iantorno, which could derive from the given name Ianni combined with torno meaning "returns, comes back".

Yanukovich Belarusian
See Yanukovych.

Yanukovych Ukrainian
Viktor Yanukovych was president of Ukraine from 2010-2014.

Yanushevych Ukrainian
Variant of Yanukovych.

Yanyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yanenko.

Yanzon Filipino
Variant of Yanson.

Yao Chinese
From Chinese 姚 (yáo) meaning "handsome, elegant".

Yaoyorozu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 百 (o) meaning "one hundred", and 万 (yorozu) meaning "ten thousand"

Yap Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Yapıcı Turkish
Means "builder, maker, constructor" in Turkish.

Yapıcıoğlu Turkish

Yapp English
From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, derived from Middle English yap "deceitful, shrewd", from Old English geap "crooked, bent, curved".

Yaprak Turkish
Means "leaf" in Turkish.

Yaqoob Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqub Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.

Yaqubov Azerbaijani, Uzbek
Means "son of Yaqub".

Yaqubzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Yaqub".

Yara Japanese

Yarar Turkish
Means "benefit, profit, gain" in Turkish.

Yarasavych English (American, Rare)

Yarborough English

Yarbrough English
Habitational name derived from Yarborough or Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, England, both composed of Old English eorþe "earth, ground, dirt" and burg "fortress, citadel, stronghold".

Yarchak Ukrainian

Yarchi Hebrew
From Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yareach), meaning "moon".

Yard Dutch (Surinamese)

Yarden Hebrew (Rare)
From the given name Yarden, which is named after the Jordan 2 River. ... [more]

Yardeni Hebrew (Modern)
Means "of Jordan 2" in Hebrew.

Yardım Turkish
Means "help, aid" in Turkish.

Yardımcı Turkish
Means "helper, assistant, aide" in Turkish.

Yardley English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Yardley, derived from Old English gierd meaning "branch, twig, pole, stick" and leah meaning "wood, clearing".

Yardly English
Variant of Yardley.

Yardy English
The most likely origin of this surname is that it was used to denote someone who held a piece of land known as a "yarde", from the Middle English word "yerd".

Yared Arabic
From the given name Yared.

Yaremchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Yarema".

Yaremenko Ukrainian
Variant of Yaremchuk.

Yarger English (American)
Americanized form of German Järger or Jerger

Yarhak Ukrainian (Rare)

Yari Japanese
From the kanji 槍, meaning spear. Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yarian English
Americanized form of Irion.

Yarigo Western African

Yarimizo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鑓 (yari) meaning "sword" and 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch; drain".

Yarish American
Anglicized form of Jaroš.

Yarmak Ukrainian

Yarmola Ukrainian

Yarmolenko Ukrainian
Regional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.

Yarmolnik Russian, Ukrainian (Russified, ?)

Yarosh Ukrainian, Polish (Ukrainianized)
Variant of Yaroshenko or Ukrainianised form of Jarosz.

Yaroshenko Ukrainian
Derived from a diminutive form of Yaroslav.

Yaroshevitz Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish form of Yarrow.

Yaroslavl Russian

Yarovenko Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Yaroslav.

Yarrow English (British, Modern, Rare)

Yarusov Russian

Yarwood English
habitational name from Yarwood Heath in Rostherne Cheshire earlier Yarwode. The placename derives from Old English earn "eagle" or gear "yair enclosure for catching fish" and wudu "wood".

Yaryan English
Americanized form of Irion.

Yarzagaray Spanish (Caribbean), Papiamento (?)
Aruban surname of Basque origin.

Yas Ukrainian

Yasaka Japanese

Yasaki Japanese

Yaşar Turkish
From the given name Yaşar.

Yaseen Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yasin.

Yasenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yasen".

Yaser Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.

Yasevich Belarusian
Possibly derived from ясна (yasna), meaning "clear" in Belarusian.

Yash Polish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Polish Jeż ‘hedgehog’ and possibly also of its Slovenian or other Slavic cognate Jež (see Jez).