Unisex Submitted Surnames

Inomata Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 俣 (mata) or 股 (mata) both meaning "fork, crotch".

İnönü Turkish
From the name of a town and district in northwestern Turkey. This was the surname of the Turkish army commander, president and prime minister İsmet İnönü (1884-1973). The surname was bestowed upon him by the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in honour of his services during the First and Second Battles of İnönü near the town in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 (part of the Turkish War of Independence).

Inoo Japanese
Ino means "boar" and o means "tail".

Inor Nigerian

Inose Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Inoshishi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 猪 (cho, i, inoshishi) meaning "boar."

Inot Filipino, Cebuano
Means "frugal, stingy" in Cebuano.

Inouye Japanese
Variant transcription of Inoue.

Inoyatov Uzbek
Means "son of Inoyat".

Inquieti Italian (Rare)
would like to know if any one out there has heard of this name and what part of italy it comes from gt grand father corneluse inquiete/i came to england from parma italy in 1872/4 age 37/8 married in 1875... [more]

Insalaco Italian
A surname in Sicily. Believed to come from the word Salaco an occupational name for a tanner in Arabic.

Insigne Italian
Meaning "great".

Insisiengmay Lao
From Lao ອິນ (in) referring to the Hindu god Indra, ສີ (si) meaning "majesty, glory, splendour", ຊຽງ (siang) meaning "city, town" and ໃໝ່ (mai) meaning "new".

Insixiengmay Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ອິນ​ສີ​ຊຽງ​ໃໝ່ (see Insisiengmay).

Int Estonian
Int is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from a diminutive of the masculine given names "Hendrik" and "Indrek".

Inthachith Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ຈິດ (chit) meaning "heart, soul, mind".

Inthalangsy Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) meaning "lord, king", also referring to the Hindu god Indra, and ລັງສີ (langsy) meaning "ray, beam".

Inthara Lao

Intharath Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ຣັດ (rat) meaning "state, country, kingdom".

Inthasone Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ສອນ (sone) meaning "teach, grow, mature".

Inthavong Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family". This is the most common surname in Laos.

Inthavongsa Lao
Variant of Inthavong.

Inthirath Lao

Intzuntza Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Lemoa.

Inugami Japanese (Rare), Japanese Mythology
A variant of Inukami.... [more]

Inui Japanese
Inu means "dog" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Inui Japanese
From Japanese 乾 (inui) meaning "northwest".

Inukai Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".

Inukami Japanese (Rare)
Inu means "dog" and kami means "god".

Inuma Japanese

Inusaka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and saka means "slope, hill".

Inutile Italian
Means "useless" in Italian.

Inutsuka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and tsuka means "mound".

Inuyama Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 山 (Yama) meaning "mountain, pile".

Inuzaka Japanese
Variant of Inusaka.

Inuzuka Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound".

Inveninato Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Italian (Rare)

Inverarity Scottish
Means "person from Inverarity", Angus ("mouth of the Arity", perhaps a Celtic river-name meaning literally "slow").

Invernizzi Italian
Probably denoted someone from Inverno e Monteleone, a municipality in Lombardy. Inverno itself is Italian for "winter".

In'yaku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 印鑰 (in'yaku) meaning "seal of head government office and keys to various buildings", referring to someone who would make seals or keys for such purposes.

Inyaku Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 印鑰 (see In'yaku).

Inzaghi Italian
Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).

Inzunza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Intzuntza.

Io Japanese
I could mean "this" or "well, pit, mineshaft" and o means "tail".

Ioachim Romanian
Derived from the given name Ioachim.

Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.

Ioannides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Ioannidis chiefly used in Cyprus.

Ioannoglou Greek

Ioffe Russian, Jewish
Russian transcription of Hebrew גופה (see Joffe).

Ioka Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Ionides Greek

Ioniță Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Ion 1.

Ionov Russian

Iordan Romanian
From the given name Iordan (User submitted).

Iordănescu Romanian
Means "son of Iordăn" in Romanian.

Iorgovan Romanian

Iori Japanese
This surname is used as 庵, 井居, 井折, 井織, 伊折 or 伊織 with 庵 (an, iori, io) meaning "hermitage, retreat", 井 (sei, shou, i) meaning "well, well crib, town, community", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 居 (kyo, ko, i.ru, -i, o.ru) meaning "reside, to be, exist, live with", 折 (setsu, o.ru, ori, o.ri, -o.ri, o.reru) meaning "fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit" and 織 (o.ri) meaning "fabric, weave."... [more]

Iosebashvili Georgian
Means "son of Ioseb".

Iosifidis Greek

Iosifov Russian
Variant transcription of Yosifov.

Ioveanu Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Iovino Italian

Ipa Indian

Iparragirre Basque

Iparraguirre Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Iparragirre.

Ipate Romanian
Origin not certain, possibly derived from "Ipatele", a commune in Romania.

Ipatiev Russian
Means "son of Ipatiy".

Ippolito Italian
Italian: from the personal name Ippolito (classical Greek Hippolytos, composed of the elements hippos ‘horse’ + lyein ‘loose’, ‘release’). This was the name of various minor early Christian saints... [more]

Ippolitov Russian
Means "son of Ippolit".

Ippongi Japanese
From 一 (i) meaning "one", 本 (pon) meaning "origin" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Ipsy Papuan

Iqbal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Iqbal.

Irabot Manipuri

Iraeta Basque
From the name of a settlement in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and the toponymic suffix -eta.

Iragorri Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zaratamo.

Iragorry Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Iragorri.

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Iraklidis Greek (Rare)
Means "son of Herakles", it is also a modern form of the first name Herakleides.

Irakoze Central African
Means "thank god" in Burundian and Rwandan.

Irala Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the district of Errekalde in the municipality of Bilbo.

Iran Persian
A name for someone from Iran

Irani Persian
Means "Iranian" in Persian. It is also commonly used within a Zoroastrian community in India with the same name.

Iraquena Filipino
Its meaning is 'era of coins' and its patriarch is Anok Iraquena.

Irarrazabal Basque
Possibly derived from Basque ira "fern" or ilharre "heather" and zabal "wide, broad; open".

Irarrázaval Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Irarrazabal.

Iravani Iranian, Azerbaijani

Irby English

Ird Estonian
Ird is an Estonian surname meaning "detachable" and "removable".

Iredale English

Iredell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Iredale.

Ireland English, Scottish
Ethnic name for someone from Ireland, Old English Iraland. The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Iras "Irishmen" and land "land". The stem Ir- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu... [more]

Irelands English

Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]

Irfan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.

Irfanaluthfi Indonesian

Irgen Gioro Manchu
From the combination of the branch name Irgen meaning "regular citizen" and the clan name Gioro.

Iri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Iriarte Basque
Topographic name for someone who lived between two or more settlements, from Basque iri "settlement, village" and arte "between".

Iribarren Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous district of the municipality of Otsagabia.

Iribe English
1 Southern English: unexplained.... [more]

Irie Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and e means "inlet, river".

Irie Japanese
From Japanese 入江 (irie) meaning "inlet, cove, creek".

Irigai Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irigaya Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irigoien Basque
Means "upper village", derived from Basque (h)iri "village, town, settlement" and goi "high; upper part".

Irikura Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and kura means "have, possess, storehouse, warehouse".

Irimoto Japanese
Iri means "input, entry" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Irin Bengali (?)

Iriomote Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.

Irion German
From a variant of the given name Gereon.

Irisaka Japanese
Iri means "enter, input" and saka means "slope, hill".

Irisarri Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the French arrondissement of Baiona.

Irish English
Derived from Ireland

Iriskić Bosnian

Irissarry Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Irisarri.

Iritani Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and tani means "valley".

Iriya Japanese

Iriyama Japanese
From 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input", and 山 (yama) meaning "hill, mountain".... [more]

Irizar Basque

Irizarry Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Irisarri.

Irles French

Irmak Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.

Irodori Japanese

Irokawa Japanese

Iron English

Ironmonger English
From Middle English ire(n)mongere, er(n)mongere meaning "ironmonger; dealer in household goods".

Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]

Ironside English
Possibly from Middle English irenside (Old English iren ‘iron’ + side ‘side’), a nickname for an iron-clad warrior.

Irribarra Basque (Hispanicized)
This surname born as a bad translation of Irribarren surname in Quirihue, Chile at the time of registration.

Irribarren Basque
From the basque surname that means "Inside the village".

Irsay Hungarian
Surname used by people whose original surname was Israel, in Hungary

Irshad Urdu
Derived from the given name Irshad.

Iru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Irukayama Japanese (Rare)

Isa Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Isa 1.

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French
Derived from the given name Isaac.

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French, Catalan, Spanish, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Isaac.

Isaba Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Izaba.

Isabel Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, English
From the given name Isabel.

Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.

Isabeth French
A matronym derived from the given name Élisabeth/Elisabeth.

Isabeth French

Isacco Italian
From the given name Isacco.

Isachsen Norwegian
Means "son of Isach".

Isaev Chechen, Lezgin, Dargin, Avar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Isa 1".

Isago Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (isago) meaning "sand".

Isai Albanian

Isaiah English
From the given name Isaiah

Ísaksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ísak" in Icelandic.

Ísaksson Icelandic
Means "son of Ísak" in Icelandic.

Isam Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.

Isamu Japanese
Isamu means courageous warrior

Isato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Isayama Japanese
A Japanese surname meaning "admonish mountain". A bearer of this surname is Hajime Isayama. He is a Japanese manga artist. (1986-)

İsazadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of İsa".

İşbaşaran Turkish
From Turkish iş "work" and başaran "one who is successful".

Ise Japanese

Isebara Japanese
A variant of Isehara.

Isegai Japanese

Isegaya Japanese

Isehara Japanese

Iseini Albanian

Iselle French
Frenchified forms of Iseli, a Swiss German variant of Eisele.... [more]

Isemura Japanese

Isenbarger German, Jewish
Respelling of German or Jewish Eisenberger.

Isenhour German (Anglicized)
Variant spelling of Eisenhauer.

Iseno Japanese

Iseppi Romansh
Derived from the given name Gisep.

Isepponi Romansh
Variant of Iseppi.

Isetani Japanese

Isewara Japanese
Variant of Isehara.

Iseya Japanese

İsgəndərov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İsgəndər".

İsgəndərova Azerbaijani
Feminine form of İsgəndərov.

Ishag Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given name Ishaq (chiefly used in Sudan).

Ishak Arabic
From the given name Ishak.

Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.

Ishanagyi Okinawan (Archaic)
From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Ishaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.

Ishaqzai Pashto
Means "son of Ishaq" in Pashto.

Ishchenko Ukrainian

Isheanesu Shona
Isheanesu means "The Lord is with us".

Isherwood English

Ishfaq Urdu
Derived from the given name Ishfaq.

Ishi Japanese
Ishi means "stone".

Ishibashi Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ishibe Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Ishido Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 堂 (do) "hall."

Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".

Ishigaki Japanese

Ishigaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Ishigaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (gaki), the joining form of 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".... [more]

Ishigaki Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 石垣 (see Ishanagyi).

Ishigaki Japanese
From Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki) meaning "Ishigaki", a division in the area of Yoshihara in the town of Aridagawa in the district of Arida in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan.

Ishigami Japanese
Variant of Ishikami.

Ishigawa Japanese
Variant of Ishikawa.

Ishige Japanese

Ishigura Japanese
Variant of Ishikura.

Ishiguro Japanese
Ishi means "Stone" and Guro is just a form of Kuro, meaning "Black". Hiroshi Ishiguro was the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory.

Ishiguro Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".

Ishihara Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ishihashi Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and hashi means "bridge".

Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Ishijima Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

Ishikura Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" combined with 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) storehouse."

Ishima Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and shims means "island", or it could be spelled with ishi meaning "rock, stone" and ma meaning "pause".

Ishimaru Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Ishimine Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mine means "peak".

Ishimitsu Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mitsu means "light".

Ishimori Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Ishimoto Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and moto means "source, root, origin".

Ishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ishinaka Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and naka means "middle".

Ishino Japanese
From 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 野 (no) meaning "plains," "field."

Ishiodori Japanese

Ishisaki Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Ishita Japanese

Ishito Japanese

Ishitsuka Japanese
"Stone mound".

Ishiuchi Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and uchi means "inside".

Ishiura Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ura means "bay, coast".

Ishiwari Japanese

Ishiwata Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry".

Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".

Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Ishizaka Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ishizaki Japanese

Ishizaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ishizawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ishizu Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".

Ishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Ishmael English
From the given name Ishmael

Ishmail South American

Ish Shalom Hebrew (Modern)
Means "man of peace" in Hebrew. Combination of the word ish, meaning "man" and the name Shalom, meaning "peace".

Ishtiaq Urdu
From the given name Ishtiaq.

Isidor German, Russian
From the given name Isidor.

Isidore French
From the given name Isidore.

Isidoro Portuguese

Isidorov Russian
Means "son of Isidor".

Isidro Spanish
From the given name Isidro.

Işık Turkish
Means "light" in Turkish.

Isip Filipino, Tagalog
Means "mind, intellect, reason" in Tagalog.

Isk Indonesian

Iskakov Kazakh
Means “son of Iskak".

Iskandar Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

İskändärov Tatar, Russian
Means "son of İskändär".

İskəndərov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İskəndər".

Iskändärov Bashkir, Russian
Means "son of Iskändär".

Iskandarov Chechen, Russian, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Iskandar". It can also be an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani İsgəndərov.

İskändärova Tatar, Russian
Means "daughter of İskändär".

Iskändärova Bashkir, Russian
Means "daughter of Iskändär".

Iskandarova Chechen, Russian, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Means "daughter of Iskandar". It can also be an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani İsgəndərova.

Iskander Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

İskenderoğlu Turkish
Means "son of İskender".

Isla Spanish
Means "island" in Spanish.

Islam Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)
From the name of the religion, derived from Arabic إسلام (Islam) meaning "submission (to God)".

Islam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Islam.

Islamaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Islam" in Albanian.

Islambekov Kazakh, Uzbek
Means "son of Islambek".

Islami Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.

Islamkhan Kazakh

İslamov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İslam".

Islamov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Bashkir, Tatar
Means "son of Islam".

Islamović Bosnian

Island Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is "ice" and land "land" or from Island "Iceland" (the name of the country).

Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.

İşler Turkish
Means "works, doings, affairs" in Turkish.

Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".

Ismaeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Isma'il.

Ismael Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Isma'il.

İsmail Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İsmail.

Ismail Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismailaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Ismail" in Albanian.

Ismaili Albanian

Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Ismajli Albanian

Ismat Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.

Ismay English
Matronymic surname from the medieval given name Ismay.

İsmayılzadə Azerbaijani
Means "son of İsmayıl".

İsmayılzadə Azerbaijani
From the given name İsmayıl and the Persian suffix زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Iso Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, shore, beach".

Isobe Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) "beach" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Isoda Japanese

Isoev Tajik
Tajik variant of Isaev.

Isogai Japanese
It can be a variant of Isogai but other kanji combinations are possible.

Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".

Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".

Isogaya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Isom English
Variant of Isham.

Isomura Japanese

Isomura Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Isono Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Isori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".

Isotani Japanese
From 磯 (iso) meaning "beach, shore, seashore" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Isotta Italian
From the given name Isotta.

Isović Bosnian