Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
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D'artagnan French, Literature
Surname given to a person from Artagnan, France. It is also used by Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, the captain of the Musketeers from the novel, "The Three Musketeers".
Asllani Albanian
Derived from the given name Asllan.
Ayer English, Scottish
Means "heir, inheritor", from Anglo-Norman aire.
Liljeheim Norwegian (?)
Means "home of the lilies", composed of Norwegian lilje "lily" and heim "home".
Finchem English
This surname came from the Norman’s who had invaded England. The surname Finchem means homestead.
Khaw Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Xu 2.
Kreutz German
Topographical name for someone who lived near a cross set up by the roadside, in a marketplace, or as a field or boundary marker, from Middle High German kriuz(e) 'cross'.
Kouris Greek
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a forest, ultimately from Turkish koru meaning "small forest, grove".
Calörtscher Romansh
Derived from the place name Calörtsch, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Tellinghusen East Frisian
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified location in Lower Saxony.
Ōoka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Balza Spanish, Belgian, Filipino (Hispanicized), Italian
Derivation (Belzer, Balzac, Balzer, etc.) of the given name Balthazar, meaning "one of the three wise men."
Tatlı Turkish
Means "sweet, pleasant, agreeable" in Turkish.
Silhouette French (Rare)
Famous bearers include Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician. He was a French Ancien Régime Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV.
Kolenović Montenegrin
Derived from koleno (колено), meaning "knee".
Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".
Pfundt German
Unknown meaning of German origin
Beamer German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Böhmer or Bäumer.
Hjelm Swedish, Danish
From Swedish hjälm or Danish hjelm, both derived from Old Norse hjalmr "helmet".
Palumäe Estonian
Palumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland hill/mountain".
Phonyiam Thai
From Thai พล (phon) meaning "force, strength, power" and เยี่ยม (yiam) meaning "excellent, outstanding, best".
Ōtsutsuki Popular Culture
This surname is used as 大筒木 with 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) "large, big," 筒 (tou, tsutsu) meaning "cylinder, gun barrel, pipe, sleeve, tube" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]
Ishizu Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".
Petač Slovene
slovene version of petazzi
Scheliga Polish
Variant and more Americanized spelling of Szeliga.
Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".
Talcott English, Norman
Norman habitational name from Taillecourt in France.... [more]
Soroush Persian
From the given name Soroush.
Pascoe Cornish
Cornish form of Pascal, meaning "easter", with the Cornish patronymic suffix, -o.
Isebara Japanese
A variant of Isehara.
Quaresima Italian
Means "lent" in Italian.
Sajjad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sajjad.
Rhys Welsh
In addition to being used as a given name, it occurs as a surname both alone and in combination with other surnames. Related patronymic forms of the surname are Price, Prys, Pris and Preece. A notable bearer is John Rhys-Davies.
Temu Swahili
Derived from Swahili timu meaning "team".
Keiser German
Variation of Kaiser.
Sellars Scottish
From the Scottish name for a merchant.
Amai Japanese
This surname is used as 天井 or 甘井 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 甘 (kan, ama.i, ama.eru, ama.yakasu, uma.i) meaning "be content, coax, pamper, sugary, sweet" and 井 (shou, sei, i) meaning "community, town, well, well crib."
Francuski Serbian
From Serbian Francuski meaning French.
Virgil Spanish
From the given name Virgil.
Heinmäe Estonian
Heinmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "hay hill".
Gurel Turkish
Dynamism is the meaning of the name.
Lanier French, English
Occupational name designating one who worked in the wool trade (see Lane 2), derived from Old French lanier (ultimately from laine) meaning "wool", or for a keeper of donkeys, from Old French asnier literally "donkey keeper, donkey driver"... [more]
Lootus Estonian
Lootus is an Estonian surname meaning "hope".
Rivareua Ligurian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous frazione of the commune of Carasco.
Aubinet French (Rare)
Derived from the medieval French masculine given name Aubinet, which was a diminutive (as the -et suffix indicates) of the given name Aubin.... [more]
Aydoğdu Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" and doğdu meaning "born".
Dijks Dutch
Variant of Van Dijks.
Vanajuur Estonian
Vanajuur is an Estonian surname meaning "old roots/origins".
Abolhassani Persian
From the given name Abolhassan.
Nowack German
Variant of Nowak.
Chopra Indian, Punjabi
Of unknown meaning.
Flom Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of any of the farms or places in Norway named with Old Norse flá "terrace shelf, flat piece of land".
Balīhû Babylonian
Means "man from Balīh" (a tributary of the Euphrates river).
Teisen Danish
Danish cognate of Tyson 1.
Fairey English
Either (i) meant "person from Fairy Farm or Fairyhall", both in Essex (Fairy perhaps "pigsty"); or (ii) from a medieval nickname meaning "beautiful eye". This was borne by Fairey Aviation, a British aircraft company, producer of the biplane fighter-bomber Fairey Swordfish... [more]
Ó hAodhagáin Irish
Means "descendant of Aodhagán"
Shuck English
Origin uncertain; perhaps a nickname from Middle English schucke "devil, fiend".
Samoura Fula
Mauritanian Fula Surname, From the name {Sow}
Kort Ottoman Turkish
Kort is an ottoman surname from Anatolya,most korts are of ottoman or berber origin,the people with this surname have expressed that their ancestors were aghas(ottoman military or harem commanders)
Sotto Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Soto. This spelling variation arose during the American occupation of the Philippines, possibly by the influence of Italian American surnames.
Genís Catalan
From the given name Genís.
Tokugawa Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Västrik Estonian
Västrik is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail (bird genus: Motacilla)".
Bartolome Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Bartolomé primarily used in the Philippines.
Duft Old High German
Means “pleasant smell”, from the From Old Norse dupt derived from the Proto-Germanic duftaz, meaning smell, Old High German tuft meaning “fog”.
Grjotheim Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Norwegian (Nynorsk) grjot "stone, rock" and heim "home".
Gavazzi Italian
Means "revelry, merrymaking, riot" in Italian.
Liv Khmer
Means "single, unmarried" in Khmer.
Woodland English
A habitational name for a person who lives in or by a woodland.
Spendlove English
From a medieval nickname for someone who spread their amorous affections around freely. A different form of the surname was borne by Dora Spenlow, the eponymous hero's "child-wife" in Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield' (1849-50).... [more]
Errett English
Either from the Middle English personal name Edret Edred (Old English Eadræd formed from ead "prosperity... [more]
Wijngaard Dutch
Means "vineyard" in Dutch.
Himmelreich German, Jewish
humorous topographic name from a place so named as being at a high altitude from Middle High German himel "heaven" and riche "empire" meaning "kingdom of heaven, heavenly kingdom".
MacFhilib Scottish
Means "son of Filib"
Wimalasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලසේකර (see Wimalasekara).
Pense French
Pense is, quite literally, a French word meaning "to think" or "thought", but is also a surname. Sometimes confused with the surname Pence, which is German.
Berzelius Swedish
Derived from the name of an estate named Bergsätter located near Motala, Östergötland, Sweden. Bergsätter is composed of Swedish berg "mountain" and säter "outlying meadow"... [more]
Khuat Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Khuất.
Rundgren Swedish
Swedish surname with somewhat unclear etymology. The first element is possibly taken from a place named with either of the elements rund and/or run. Rund coincides with the Swedish word for "round", but it is not clear if the element used in this name is derived from that word... [more]
Alikulova Uzbek
Feminine form Alikulov
Mattsen English
Variant of Matson.
Machida Japanese
From Japanese 町 (machi) meaning "town" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sarv Estonian
Sarv is an Estonian surname meaning "horn".
Rawlings English
Patronymic formed from the given name Roul.
Dano French
Perhaps an altered spelling of French Danot or Danon, from pet forms of Jourdain or Daniel.
Kamenashi Japanese
Means "turle pear" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 亀 (turtle) and 梨 (pear).
Lamberto Italian
From the given name Lamberto.
Van Wyngarden Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of van Wijngaarden (see Wijngaard).
Lell Estonian
Lell is an Estonian surname meaning "uncle".
Mulholland Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchallann meaning "descendant of Maolchallann".
Corbie French
From the name of a town in northern France, possibly derived from a given name originating with the Latin word corvus meaning "raven, crow". Alternatively, it could be a variant form of Corbeau.
Wasim Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Wasim.
Sturdivant English
Perhaps a nickname for messenger, a pursuivant or a hasty person, derived from Middle English stirten, sterten meaning "to start, leap" (ultimately from Old English styrtan) and avaunt meaning "forward" (itself from Old French).
Hallikäär Estonian
Hallikäär is an Estonian name meaning "grayish edge".
Van Gelder Dutch
Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Guelders", a county and later duchy in the Low Countries.
Akioka Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and oka means "hill".
Feijo Portuguese
Feijo is a Portuguese surname derived from "feijão", meaning "bean," possibly referring to someone who grew or sold beans.
Joll Estonian
Joll is an Estonian surname meaning "dinghy (boat)".
Heidari Persian
Alternate transcription of Heydari.
Sawano Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".
Rajarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජරත්න (see Rajaratne).
Baseggio Italian
Venetian variant of the given name Basilio.
Nazemi Persian
From the given name Nazem.
Hamataka Japanese
Hana means "beach" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Barba Spanish
Spanish: nickname for a man noted for his beard, from barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).
Onaga Japanese
O means "big, great" and naga means "long, cheif".
Nakata Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Dumile South African, Xhosa, Zulu
Derived from the word odumile meaning "famous, popular".
Leppoja Estonian
Leppoja is an Estonian surname meaning "alder creek".
Lipiński Polish
Name for someone from any of various places named Lipno, Lipin, Lipiny or Lipino, all derived from Polish lipa meaning "lime tree".
Barbarossa Italian
Means "red beard" in Italian.
Panyophat Thai (Rare)
From Thai ปัญโญ (panyo), a form of ปัญญา (panya) meaning "wisdom; knowledge; intelligence" and
Gaber Jewish, German
In Jewish, from Haber, and in German from Gabrijel.
Antonius Old Celtic
It means invaluable. In the Gaelic languaje is amhrisiadwy.
Haritani Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and tani means "valley".
Van Driel Dutch
Means "from Driel" in Dutch, referring to either the village Driel or any of several other settlements containing driel as an element... [more]
Bertelsen Norwegian
Norwegian surname meaning son of Bertel .
Bertucci Italian
Derived from the given name Bertuccio.
Ashkatsao Abazin
Possibly from an Abkhaz word meaning "lazy", used as a nickname for a lazy person.
Christofi Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Christofis, a short form of Christophoros.
Sebastíansson Icelandic
Means "son of Sebastían" in Icelandic.
Kivirähk Estonian
Kivirähk is an Estonian surname meaning "stone scree".
Värbu Estonian
Värbu is an Estonian surname; a diminutive of "värb" meaning "sparrow".
Tatematsu Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Armellino Italian
Italian: of uncertain origin; possibly from a masculinized form of Armellina, an old female personal name derived from Latin animula, a diminutive of anima ‘spirit’, ‘soul’.
Vangarde French
"(A soldier) in the leading edge of an army formation"
Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]
Heredia Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Basque Country called Heredia, probably derived from Latin heredium meaning "hereditary estate".
Stensgaard Danish
Means "stone farm" in Danish.
Hannam English
Habitational name from a place called Hanham in Gloucestershire, which was originally Old English Hānum, dative plural of hān ‘rock’, hence ‘(place) at the rocks’. The ending -ham is by analogy with other place names with this very common unstressed ending.
Dorchester English
Derived from either the village in Oxfordshire, or the county town of Dorset, England (both of which have the same name). Both are named with a Celtic name, respectively Dorcic and Durnovaria combined with Old English ceaster meaning "Roman fort, walled city".
Rasband American (Americanized, Rare)
This name is not a very common family name found in the United States. The first Rasband (Thomas) coming to the U.S. arrived in New Orleans on the ship North Atlantic on 1 November 1850 and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on 13 August 1856... [more]
Christiani German, Dutch
From the given name Christian.
al-Ansari Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic أنصاري and Persian/Urdu انصاری (see Ansari).
Kalynenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "virburnim". Denoted to a person who lived by virburnims.
Maniago Italian
From the name of a town in Friuli, Italy, probably derived from the given name Manilius and the Italian toponymic suffix -ago, ultimately from Proto-Celtic -*akos.
Soliday American
Reportedly German and Dutch background? Never have really known. The history that has been told my siblings and I is that three brothers came from Germany to the US in late 1800 and went into business in Phila - they eventually argued and split up and two of them changed the spelling of their last name and scattered throughout PA - When I left home in 1963 - mY Father James Edward Soliday, son of John Soliday and Martha Freidline Soliday and us children were the only ones in our area... [more]
Roelofs Dutch
Variant of Roelfs, meaning "son of Roelof".
Kiur Estonian
Kiur is an Estonian surname meaning "pipit" (Anthus).
Kelshaw English
Variant of the habitational name Culcheth, or of Kershaw or Kelsall.
Orazio Italian
From the given name Orazio.
Rainey Irish, Scottish
An Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Raighne, Ó Ráighne meaning "descendent of Raonull", the given name Raonull being derived from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr (compare Ronald).
Mckiernan Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Thighearnáin, a patronymic from a diminutive of the personal name Tighearna.
Bragg English, Welsh
From a nickname for a cheerful or lively person, derived from Middle English bragge meaning "lively, cheerful, active", also "brave, proud, arrogant".
Tuffin English (Archaic), Anglo-Norman
Tuffin is a surname that was brought to England in the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the medieval female given name Tiffania, that comes from the Greek Theophania, composed of the elements theos, meaning God and phainein meaning to appear... [more]
Skawinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Skawina in Kraków province.
Senesie Western African
Kissi surname of unknown meaning.
Kumanov Bulgarian (Modern)
Turkic origins, delivered from the Cuman people (Cumanov) who ruled the steppes around 12 century
Oorull Estonian
Oorull is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oot (esker)" and "rull" meaning "roller".
V’yazovyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian в’яз (v yaz), meaning "elm".
Mutsumi Japanese (Rare)
Mutsumi means "order".... [more]
Steelworker English (Rare)
Modern version of Smith, meaning "someone who works with steel". Comes from the occupation Steel Worker .
Grieser Upper German
topographic name for someone living on a sandy site, from Middle High German griez ‘sand’ + -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.
Proosa Estonian
Proosa is an Estonian surname meaning "prose".
Pollusaar Estonian (Anglicized, Rare)
Means "field island" in Estonian.
Hulbert English
1 English and German: from a Germanic personal name, Holbert, Hulbert, composed of the elements hold, huld ‘friendly’, ‘gracious’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.... [more]
Vestin Swedish
Combination of Swedish väst "west" and the common surname suffix -in.
Munden English
From the name of a parish in Hertfordshire, England.
Sanda Japanese
Variant of Mita.
Welby English (British, Rare)
Lincolnshire family name
Mccrindle Scottish
Scottish surname, McCrindle, originating in the area of Ayrshire.
Ritonga Batak
From Batak ri meaning "reed, grass" and tonga meaning "middle, centre".
Vorst Dutch, Low German
topographic name for someone who lived in a vorst "forest" or habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Vorst or Voorst... [more]
Mao Khmer
Variant transcription of Mau.
Azizpour Persian
Means "son of Aziz" in Persian.
Sawajiri Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and jiri comes from shiri, meaning "rear".
Carrier English
An occupational name meaning someone who transports goods.
Türk Turkish
Türk means "Turk" in Turkish.
Ben-Gurion Hebrew
Means "son of the lion cub", from Hebrew גוּר (gur) meaning "lion cub, young lion". A notable bearer was the Polish-born David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973; real name David Grün), the founding father of the State of Israel who also served as the country's first prime minister.
Medcalf English (British)
Variant spelling of Metcalfe.
Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Herbarth German, Norman
References Old Norse Deity "Odin" being one of the "Son's of Odin". Remember that the Geats became the Ostrogoths through the Denmark pass--referenced in Beowulf. Or, it means "Warrior of the Bearded One", perhaps a King... [more]
Gajda Serbian, Croatian, Czech
A slavicized variant of the German surname, Geidl. This was most notably used by Radola Gajda, a Czech military commander and politician who slaviczed his name from Rudolf Geidl.
Kristófersdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Kristófer" in Icelandic.
Luukas Estonian
Luukas is an Estonian surname (and given name); from the Latin masculine given name "Lucas". A cognate of the English masculine given name "Luke".
Hamidović Bosnian
Means "son of Hamid 1".
Kirves Estonian
Kirves is an Estonian surname meaning "axe".
Roshchepa Russian
Means "grove".
Suurem Estonian
Suurem is an Estonian surname meaning "major", "bigger" and "greater".
Tuulinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuuli meaning "wind".
Dale Norwegian, Danish
Habitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse dalr "valley".
Laurel Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Topographic name for someone who lived by a laurel tree, Spanish laurel (Latin laurus), or a habitational name from Laurel in the Canary Islands.
Kurogiri Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 霧 (giri) meaning "mist"
Castiglia Italian
Habitational name for someone from Castile, Spain (see Castilla).
Aird Scottish Gaelic
Derived from a variation of the place name "Aird". The Gaelic term "Aird" would mean "high ground" or "hill" in English.
Kyono Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 皛納 (see Kyōnō).
Avara Italian
Feminine form of Italian avaro, meaning "miser" or "mean, stingy, avaricious".
Iordan Romanian
From the given name Iordan 1.
Van Loon Dutch
Means "from Loon", the name of several locations, derived from Middle Dutch lo "forest clearing, light forest".
Bojaxhiu Albanian
Derived from Albanian bojaxhi meaning "painter". This was the surname of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, better known as Mother Teresa (1910-1997), who was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojiaxhiu.