Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the length is 5.
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Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.
Rutte Dutch
Derived from the given name Rutger. This surname is borne by the former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte (1967-).
Ruuge Estonian
Ruuge is an Estonian surname meaning "pale brown" or "dark blonde" or "sorrel" colored.
Ruutu Estonian
Ruutu is an Estonian surname meaning "diamond".
Ružek Czech
It means "rose". Derived from name Ružena.
Ružić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from ruža meaning ''rose''.
Ryall English
From any of several places in England named from Old English ryge "rye" + hyll "hill".
Ryals English
English occupational surname.
Ryang Korean
North Korean form of Yang.
Ryans English
Variant of Ryan.
Rybak Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Jewish
Means "fisherman" in some Slavic languages. Derived from the word ryba "fish". A famous bearer is Byelarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak (b. 1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.
Rydén Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and the common surname suffix -én.
Rymer English
Occupational name for a poet.
Ryser English
Variant of Reiser based on the English word riser.
Ryuen Japanese (Rare)
龍 (Ryuu) means "Dragon" and 円 (En) means "Circle, Round". En also can also mean "Garden" in this surname. ... [more]
Rzasa Polish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pond where duckweed grew, from Polish rzasa ‘duckweed’.
Saame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).
Saara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶新 (see Chashin).
Sääsk Estonian
Sääsk is an Estonian surname meaning "midge" and "gnat".
Sabag Hebrew
Israeli modern form of Sabbagh.
Sabah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Sabah.
Sàbat Catalan
From a nickname or personal name bestowed on someone born on a Saturday, which was considered a good omen (Late Latin sabbatum, Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew shabat "Sabbath").
Sabat Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazi) ornamental name from German Sabbat "Sabbath".
Sabat French
Nickname for a noisy, rowdy person, from Middle French sab(b)at "noise", "racket".
Sabba Russian (Anglicized)
From the given name Sabba.
Saber Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Sabir.
Sabir Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sabir.
Sabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.
Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.
Sabry Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.
Saccà Italian
From Arabic سقى (saqa) "to give water", a nickname for a water carrier.
Sadat German (Rare)
The last name Sadat means "master" and "gentleman," and is originally a religious last name which was popular in the west, more precisely in Germany.
Sadek Arabic
From the given name Sadiq.
Sadel Estonian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Middle Low German sadel "saddle".
Sadeq Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Sadeq Arabic
Derived from the given name Sadiq.
Sadie South African
Pissibly from the given name Sadie.
Sadik Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sadiq.
Sadiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sadiq.
Sadri Persian
From the Persian given name Sadr "chief, leader", from arabic ṣadr, literally "chest (of men)".
Saeed Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Said.
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.
Saeng Thai
Form of Wu used by Chinese Thais (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).
Saëns French
From the given name Saëns
Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.
Şafak Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.
Safer Jewish
Variant of Safir.
Safir Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name from northeastern Yiddish dialect safir and German Saphir ‘sapphire’.
Sağır Turkish
Means "deaf" in Turkish.
Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar
Sahib Arabic
It means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.
Sahni Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Possibly from Sahni, the name of a village in Punjab.
Sahoo Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Sahu.
Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".
Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.
Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.
Saïed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sa'id, influenced by French orthography and chiefly used in Tunisia.
Saied Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'id.
Saige English (American)
English variant of Sage.
Saijo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 西城 (see Saijō).
Saijō Japanese
From Japanese 西 (sai) meaning "west" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".
Saika Japanese
From 雑 (sai) meaning "miscellaneous" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulations, joy".
Sailo Mizo
Sailo means ‘Silo’ in Mizo.
Saimu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宰 (sai) meaning "superintend" and 務 (mu) meaning "task; duty", referring to someone who would supervise or administer others.
Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.
Saint English, French
From a nickname for a very pious or religious person, ultimately derived from Latin sanctus "holy, saintly". In some cases, it may be from the Medieval given name Saint, of the same origin.
Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho... [more]
Saipe English
English: perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Wiltshire named Stype.
Saise English, Welsh
From the welsh ‘sais’ meaning ‘englishman’.
Saiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Saiyō).
Saiyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).
Sajid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sajid.
Sajin French
1 French: metonymic occupational name for a satin merchant or specialist satin weaver, from Middle French satin ‘satin’, a word of Arabic and (ultimately) Chinese origin, a derivative of the Chinese place name Tsinkiang, whence satin silk was brought to the Middle East and Europe in the Middle Ages.... [more]
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".
Sakan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左官 (sakan) meaning "plasterer".
Sakan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐官 (sakan) meaning "field officer".
Sakar Bengali
The surname Sakar is a variant of the more common surname, Sarkar, commonly found in India, particularly in West Bengal and Bangladesh which originates from the Persian word "sarkār," which translates to "chief, superintendent, or lord".
Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".
Saker English
Occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, derived from an agent derivative of Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag".
Saket Arabic (Maghrebi)
An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.
Sakib Bengali
From the given name Shakib.
Sakii Japanese
Saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".
Sakka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 属 (see Sakan).
Sakon Japanese
A notable bearer is the actor Peter Sakon Lee.
Sakou Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 () meaning "facing".
Sakyi Akan
Meaning unknown.
Salae Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Salae, a Thai form of Salih.
Salam Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Salam.
Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.
Salib Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Egyptian Christian derived from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) meaning "cross, crucifix".
Salic Filipino, Maranao
Derived from the given name Salic.
Salim Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Lin (林). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Salis Romansh
Derived from Italian salice "willow".
Salis Sardinian
Variant of Sale.
Sallo Estonian
Sallo is an Estonian surname. It is a corruption of "salu", meaning "grove" or "copse".
Salmi Finnish
Means "a strait" in Finnish.
Samad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Samad.
Samba Spanish
Spanish surname of unknown origin maybe from the same origin as the name for the dance. Omar Samba has this surname.
Sameh Arabic
Derived from the given name Samih.
Samer Arabic
From the given name Samer.
Samet German, Jewish, Yiddish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish samet ‘velvet’ (German Samt, ultimately from Greek hexamiton, a compound of hex ‘six’ + mitos ‘thread’).
Samih Arabic
From the given name Samih.
Samir Arabic
From the given name Samir 1.
Samis German
From a pet form of the personal name Samuel.
Samma Estonian
Samma is an Estonian surname derived from either "sammal" meaning "moss" or "sammas" meaning " column", "pillar" and "post".
Samon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 左 (sa, sha, hidari) meaning "left" or 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]
Sanbe Japanese
From Japanese 三 (san) meaning "three" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Sance Spanish (Latin American), Central American, French
Derived from the medieval given name Sans.
Sanda Japanese
Variant of Mita.
Sande Norwegian
Habitational name from any of forty or more farmsteads so named, especially on the west coast, from the dative case of Old Norse sandr meaning "sand", "sandy plain", "beach".
Sande German
Variant of Sand.
Sanin Russian
Means "son of Sana".
Sanjo Japanese
Variant transcription of Sanjou.
Şanlı Turkish
Means "famous, glorious, magnificent" in Turkish.
Sanon Haitian Creole
From the given name Sanon of uncertain meaning, likely of African origin.
Sánta Hungarian
From Hungarian meaning "limping".
Santa Japanese
Variant of Mita.
Sante Old Celtic
It is a surname of Northern Italy (Cisalpine Gaul). It means sacred or holy.
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.
Santy Celtic (Latinized, Modern)
It means saint, sacred or holy. In the Gaelic language is sanctaidd.
Saoud Arabic
From the given name Saoud.
Sapir Hebrew
Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.
Sapru Kashmiri (Modern)
Sapru people were a nomadic clan originally from Iran that moved across Asia and settled in Kashmir.
Saqib Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Saqib.
Saraç Turkish
Means "saddler, saddlemaker" in Turkish.
Sarap Estonian
Sarap is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel".
Sârbu Medieval Romansh
Este nume de familie al actriței Oana Sârbu.
Sarda Italian
From the feminine form of Sardo or from sarda "large sardine" either a nickname or occupational name for selling sardines.
Sardo Italian
Means "Sardinian" in Italian.
Sarin Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.
Sarip Maranao, Maguindanao
From a title of nobility meaning "sharif, religious chief", ultimately from Arabic شريف (sharif).
Sarma Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Alternate transcription of Assamese শৰ্মা, Bengali শর্মা, Hindi/Nepali शर्मा, Telugu శర్మ or Kannada ಶರ್ಮಾ (see Sharma).
Sarna Polish
Means "roe deer" in Polish.
Sarré English
“apologetic”
Sasai Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit"
Saska Croatian
Name given to someone from Saxony. From Croatian “saska” which translates to Saxony.
Sassa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).
Sasse German
Variant of Sachs via the form Sachse.
Sassi Estonian
Sassi is an Estonian surname derived form "sassis" meaning "disheveled", "tangled", and "unkempt".
Sassu Italian
From Sardinian sassu "stone".
Sathi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Thai
Alternate transcription of Sethi.
Satoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Satō.
Satoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).
Satoi Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Satou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).
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]
Sauls English
From the given name Saul.
Sauve' French
Sauve' from France to Canada. Changed probably due to an "a" and an "o" confusion in cursive. My granfather's was typo-ed on WW II old men's sign up in MA. or RI, USA.
Savas Greek
From the personal name Sav(v)as, New Testament Greek Sabbas, a derivative of Sabbaton "Sabbath", "Saturday".
Savaş Turkish
From the given name Savaş.
Savio Italian
Means "wise, sensible, learned" in Italian, given as a nickname or personal name (see Savio).
Savko Ukrainian
From a pet form of the personal name Sava (see Savas).
Savva Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Savvas.
Sawai Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland,swamp, marsh" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".
Sawin English
From the Old English given name Sæwine, via Middle English Sawin.
Saxby English (British)
Saxby is the surname of the character Stella Saxby from the book Awful Auntie, by David Walliams. Saxby means "Grand" .
Saxer German (Swiss), Romansh
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sax or Saxe.
Saxon English
Derived from the tribe of the Saxons from the Anglo-Saxon element seaxa "a Saxon" derived Germanic elements sahso and sahsaz derived from sahsą "knife"... [more]
Sayed Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sayyid.
Sayer English
Derived from an Anglo-Norman variant of the Germanic given name Sigiheri, composed of sigu "victory" and heri "army".
Sayer English
Occupational name for a professional reciter or minstrel, derived from Middle English seier "speaker".
Saygı Turkish
Means "respect, esteem" in Turkish.
Sayın Turkish
Means "dear, esteemed" in Turkish.
Sayre English
Variant of Sayer.
Sayto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Saitō more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Sazak Turkish
Sazak means soft, warm breeze.
Scala Italian
Means "ladder, stair, scale" in Italian, a habitational name from any of various places named Scala, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent staircase or terraced land... [more]
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.
Scamp English
Variant of Camp with a prosthetic -s.
Scarf English
Variant of Scarff.
Scarr English
Derived from the word ‘skjarr’ meaning a rocky outcrop / hill
Schau Norwegian
Variant of Skau.
Schie German
From a nickname that meant "shy".
Schöb Romansh
Derived from the given name Eusebius.
Schön German, Swedish
Derived from Middle High German schoene "beautiful, friendly".
Schot Dutch
Name originates from the German name Schott, meaning peddler. Shortened in late 17th century.
Schou Danish
Topographic name for someone who lived by a small wood, from a Germanized form of Danish skov 'wood', 'forest', 'copse'.
Schue German, Jewish
Variant of Schuh.
Schug American, German
From the German word Schuh "shoe". ... [more]
Schuh German, Jewish
Occupational name for a maker or repairer of shoes, derived from Middle High German schuoch meaning "shoe". In some cases, it may have denoted a person to a house distinguished by the sign of a shoe.
Schut Dutch
Variant of Schutte.
Schut Jewish
Occupational name from East Slavic šut "jester, fool".
Scime Italian
Possibly from the given name Simone 2, from Shimei or Shemesh, or from the Arabic root word شمس (shams or sams) "sun".
Scuro Italian
From Italian meaning "dark".
Sealy English
Derived from Old English sælig "blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy" and was used as a term to describe someone with a cheerful, happy disposition.
Sears English
Version of Sayer. Used in the United States. Famous bearer of the name is Richard Warren Sears, one of the founders of Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sebas French
From the given name Sébastien.
Sedda Italian
From a place name in Sardinia, meaning "top of a mountain". May alternately derive from Sardinian sedda "saddle", indicating the bearer's occupation.
Sedin Swedish
Two famous bearers are the Swedish ice hockey players, and twins, Henrik and Daniel Sedin (b. 1980).
Sedon English
Variant of "Seddon"
Seeli Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Basilius.
Seely Medieval English
Means "Blessed", "Happy", and/or "Lucky." By adding an Un- to Seely makes it "Unblessed", "Unhappy", and/or "Unholy." Used primarily in Northern England and Southern Scotland during the Middle English period but is derived from the Old English sǣl and gesǣlig... [more]
Seeme Estonian
Seeme is an Estonian surname meaning "seed".