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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Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".
Caxaro Maltese
One bearer is Maltese philosopher Pietru Caxaro.
Maison English
Variant of Mayson.
Amstad German
topographic name from Middle Low German am "at the" and stade "bank shore".
Aota Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Corten Dutch, Belgian
Possibly a patronymic form of a given name such as Koert.
Teodorescu Romanian
Means "son of Teodor".
Bolyak Ukrainian
Means "one who is in pain", derived from біль (bil'), meaning "pain, hurt".
Hayton English
habitational name from any of various places called Hayton such as those in Cumberland East Yorkshire Nottinghamshire and Shropshire named with Old English heg "hay" and tun "farmstead estate".
Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Roland French, German, Scottish
French, German, English, and Scottish: from a Germanic personal name composed hrod ‘renown’ + -nand ‘bold’, assimilated to -lant ‘land’. (Compare Rowland).... [more]
Brinkley English
"From Brinca's Field" or "Field in the forest"
Granlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish gran "spruce" and lund "grove".
Rikardsson Swedish
Means "son of Rikard".
Wallach Scottish
Variant of Wallace, meaning 'foreigner' that is found chiefly in Dumfries.
Laura Italian
Either from the given name Laura or a topographic name from Latin laurea meaning "laurel".
Veca Italian
Southern Italian: possibly from vece ‘change’, ‘mutation’, ‘alternation’ (from Latin vix, vicis, plural vices), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with this element.
Lieberherr German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Lieber.
Gupit Filipino, Tagalog
Means "haircut" in Tagalog.
Vogelmann German
occupational name for a birdcatcher from Middle High German Middle Low German fogal "bird" and mann "man".
Huque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Beauford English
Variation of Buford. It is derived from the French word "beau", meaning "beautiful", and "ford", an Old English word meaning "river crossing".
Joonas Estonian
Joonas is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name); a variant of the name "Jonas".
Orlyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian орлик (orlyk), meaning "little eagle".
Kalyoncu Turkish
Means "sailor" in Turkish.
Copenhagen Jewish
From the name of the capital city of Denmark.
Raščius Lithuanian
Probably from Lithuanian raštvedys meaning "clerk" or "scribe".
Kiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Liszt Hungarian
Liszt is a Hungarian surname that literally means "flour".... [more]
Salumäe Estonian
Salumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grove ridge".
Aumere Estonian
Aumere is an Estonian surname derived from "aumees" meaning "gentleman".
Nesterenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Nestor.
Van Den Bosch Dutch
Means "from De Bosch" or "from the woods", derived from Middle Dutch bosch "forest, wood".
Iliopoulos Greek
Means "son of Ilias".
Kataoka Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Dowland Irish
Probably a variant of Dowlin or Dolan.
Dalloway English
Meant "person from Dallaway", West Midlands (perhaps from a Norman personal name, "person from (de) Alluyes", northern France). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mrs Dalloway, central figure of the eponymous novel (1925) by Virginia Woolf.
Creel Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized, Modern)
Fish Basket. The word Creel relates to Crille in Gaelic meaning weave.
Bhanuvadh Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ภาณุวัฒน์ (see Phanuwat).
Crnković Croatian
Derived from crn "black". The name refers to a person who was dark-skinned, or a person from the region Crna Gora "Black Mountain" (modern-day Montenegro).
Zvejniece Latvian
Feminine form of Zvejnieks.
Czak Polish
From Old Polish czakać meaning "to wait", or from the short form of a personal name such as Czabor or Czasław.
Hoàng Phủ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huangfu, from Sino-Vietnamese 皇甫 (hoàng phủ).
Tulinius Icelandic
this name is a family name/surname, which are held by only about 10% of Icelanders. The majority of Icelanders use patronymic names and not family names.
Finnan Irish
Variant of Finan.
Charming English (Archaic)
An extinct surname. From English meaning "pleasing, attractive". In an alternative representation, it could be derived from the given name Charles.
Matcott Australian
Australian/UK variant of Marcotte, a surname of French origin, which means ‘vineshoot forming a layer’ or vine-grower in Old French. This surname is most commonly found in Australia and England.
Malsagnaqan Ingush
Original Ingush form of Malsagov.
Novoselec Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".
Lammers Dutch, German
Patronymic form of the given name Lammert, a variant of Lambert.
Atamaint Shuar, Indigenous American, South American
The surname of a certain indigenous Ecuadorian politician.
Trotter English, Scottish, German
Northern English and Scottish: occupational name for a messenger, from an agent derivative of Middle English trot(en) 'to walk fast' (Old French troter, of Germanic origin). ... [more]
Khosla Indian, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.
Mehov Bulgarian
Variant of Mihov.
Neuts Flemish
Flemish Dutch, meaning "New Son" lore tells of a son of a foreign given this name after being born in Flanders with no known father
Ike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 生 (Ike), a clipping of 生勝 (Ikegachi) meaning "Ikegachi", an area in the village of Uken in the district of Ōshima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.
Sawant Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta) meaning "universal, complete, entire".
Uddin Bengali, Urdu, Tausug
From Arabic الدين (ad-dīn) meaning "the religion", commonly used as a suffix for given names.
Bascöurt French
The Bascourt or Bascur surname is from France, from that place dates the beginning of the surname, however the French of previous centuries had no records of that surname. ... [more]
Cueto Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places especially in Asturias named with the topographic term cueto meaning “hill, or fortified settlement.”
Villasurda German
Villasurda is a Germanic name dating back to the time of the Vikings. It, roughly translated from a Norse word, means, "the one who is fat."
Bakhtiari Persian
From the given name Bakhtiar, also used to refer to a member of the Bakhtiari tribe from southwestern Iran.
Krzyżewski Polish
Derived from the name of any of the villages called Krzyżewo in Poland. A notable bearer is American basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (b. 1947).
Uselton English
Perhaps a variant of Osselton, a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, probably in northeastern England, where this name is most common.
Ivčević Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Dexheimer German
From the German village Dexheim (south of Mainz).
Kibus Estonian
Kibus is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin" (a small wooden pail with one stave extended upward as a handle).
See English, German
Topographic name for someone who lived by the sea-shore or beside a lake, from Middle English see meaning "sea", "lake" (Old English sǣ), Middle High German sē. Alternatively, the English name may denote someone who lived by a watercourse, from an Old English sēoh meaning "watercourse", "drain".
Sarrikolea Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Larrabetzu.
Brault French
Variant of Béraud.
Darwish Arabic
From the given name Darwish.
Grzybowski Polish
Habitational surname from Grzybów, Grzybowa or Grzybowo, all ultimately from grzyb meaning "mushroom".
Mikulin Russian
Means "son of Mikula".
Francês Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Frances.
Tennoujiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).
Petrunkevich Belarusian
From a diminutive of Piotr.
Trondsen Norwegian
Means "son of Trond".
Endou Japanese
Variant of Edo.
Rindfleisch German
Means "beef" in German (lit. cow flesh). Compare Kalbfleisch.
Kiuru Finnish
Means "skylark" in Finnish
Hervarðr Old Norse
Old Norse cognate to Harvard
Shreve English
Altered English variant of Sheriff. In some cases, this surname may have arisen from a nickname.
Schmeichel German
Nickname for a flatterer, derived from Middle High German smeichen literally meaning "to flatter". Famous bearers of this surname include Peter Schmeichel (1963-) and his son Kasper Schmeichel (1986-), both of whom are Danish soccer goalkeepers.
Hatendi Shona
Meaning unknown.
Haney Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Ó hEighnigh
Achenza Italian
A Sardinian name, possibly denoting someone from the former town of Aquensa or Acquesa.
Acothley Navajo
Acothley means "cowboy".
Ko Korean
There is only one Chinese character for the surname Ko. There are ten different Ko clans, but they are all descended from the Ko clan of Cheju Island. There is no historical information regarding the founder of this clan, but there is a legend which tells of three men who appeared from a cave on the north side of Cheju Island’s Halla Mountain... [more]
Causinel Old Norman
Possibly an Old Norman form of Cassino, itself a diminutive of Cassio, the Italian variant of the Roman name Cassius... [more]
Kusano Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Ravenhill English
From Rauenilde or Ravenild, medieval English forms of the Old Norse given name Hrafnhildr.
Salgari Italian, Venetian
Meaning unknown.
Humble English
Nickname for a meek or lowly person, from Middle English, Old French (h)umble (Latin humilis "lowly", a derivative of humus "ground").
Scarla English (American), Italian (Americanized, ?)
Possibly a shortened form of an Italian surname such as Scarlato.
Weerawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවර්ධන (see Weerawardana).
Kuku Crimean Tatar
Emir-Üsein Kuku (1976-) is a Crimean Tatar human rights activist and political prisoner in Russia.
Losco Italian
Nickname from losco ‘sinister’.
Lindstrøm Norwegian
Norwegian form of Lindström.
Deegidan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Duibhgeadáin.
Roseland English
Americanized form of Norwegian Røys(e)land; a habitational name from about 30 farmsteads, many in Agder, named from Old Norse reysi ‘heap of stones’ + land ‘land’, ‘farmstead’.
Pavese Italian
Means "one from Pavia". Pavia is an Italian town located in Lombardy, northern Italy. It can also derive from pavese, a kind of big, Medieval shield.... [more]
Staff English
Derived from Middle English staf "rod staff, stave" (Old English stæf) used as a nickname either for a tall thin person someone who made staves or for anyone who carried a staff of office.
Sycamore English
Probably comes from the tree Sycamore
Nissim Jewish
From the given name Nissim.
Goldbach German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of 22 places in German-speaking places called Goldbach all derived from the elements gold "gold" and bah "stream"... [more]
Datta Indian, Bengali, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit दत्त (datta) meaning "given, granted".
Cipolla Italian
Means "onion" in Italian, given to someone who farmed onions, or perhaps a nickname for someone who resembled an onion in some way.
Tadevosyan Armenian
Means "son of Tadevos".
Norimine Japanese
Possibly from 儀 (nori) meaning "rites, ceremonies" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".
Ignacio Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the given name Ignacio.
Crane English
From Middle English crane "crane (bird)", a nickname for a tall, thin man with long legs. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century... [more]
Clements English
Means "son of Clement".
Djokoto African
from Togo Lome, Vogan in west Africa from the djokoto family.
Tham Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Tan.
Moes Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch moes "stew, mush, vegetables, food", either on its own as a nickname for a cook or vegetable farmer, or as a shortened form of a longer name, such as the toponym Moespot "vegetable pot".
Tiirmaa Estonian
Tiirmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "twirl/wander "land".
Buurman Dutch
From Old Dutch bur meaning "neighbour, resident" or "peasant, farmer" combined with man "person, man". Compare Baumann.
Pilar Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for pillar.
Wildschut Dutch
Occupational name meaning "gamekeeper, game warden" in Dutch. A famous bearer is the Dutch former soccer player Piet Wildschut (1957-).
Smajlović Bosnian
Means "son of Smajl".
Bin Laden Arabic (Rare)
Means "son of Laden", from a name derived from Arabic لدن (ladin) meaning "soft, mellow". It was most notoriously borne by Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), though it is also the surname of an wealthy upper-class Saudi family (of which the former is descended from).
Mangahas Filipino, Tagalog
Means "take (by force), venture, dare" in Tagalog.
Karunadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Asui Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛙 (a) meaning "frog" and 吹 (sui) meaning "puff"
Corson English
Nickname from Old French 'corson', a diminutive of curt ‘short’
Feigenbutz German
Occupational name for someone who sells figs.
Winford English
English location name meaning "from a white ford or water crossing" or "from a meadow ford".
Fomin Russian
Derived from the given name Foma.
Roper English
English: occupational name for a maker or seller of rope, from an agent derivative of Old English rāp ‘rope’. See also Roop.
De Rijke Dutch
Means "the rich one", from Dutch rijk "rich, wealthy, abundant".
Farlee English
Variant of Farley.
Õismaa Estonian
Õismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "blossom land".
Abbass Arabic
From the given name Abbas.
Ambrogio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.
Paulus German, Dutch
From the given name Paulus and variant of Paul.
Aganović Bosnian
means "son of Agan
Courts English
Variant of Court.
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).
Ylagan Tagalog
Variant of Ilagan.
Hiranuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 平 (hira, "flat; ordinary; low-ranking person") and 沼 (numa, "swamp, bog"), thus "flat swamp".
Molin Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix -in.
Himaya Filipino, Cebuano
Means "glory, praise" or "bliss, joy" in Cebuano.
Tortora Italian
From a given name derived from Italian tortora meaning "turtle dove", ultimately from Latin turtur (genitive turturis). It could also derive from a town and comune with the same name, located in the province of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy.
Axelrod Jewish (Americanized)
Derived from the Yiddish given name Akslrod.
Paas Estonian
Paas is an Estonian surname meaning "slate".
Tay Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.
Mainer English
Variant of Mayner.
Szmulik Polish
The Szmulik surname has much history. Its origins are Hebrew. It has taken on various spellings over the centuries, depending on where the person or family lived in Europe or America.... [more]
Żydek Polish (Rare)
Polish variant of Zhydak.
Bezruk Ukrainian
Means "handless".
Tateoka Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Jagiełło Polish
Originally from Old Lithuanian jotis and gaili, meaning "strong rider". This was the last name of the Polish King Władysław Jagiełło, who, along with his wife, started the Jagiellonian dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Kishlansky Russian (?)
Mark Kishlansky was a historian.
Matovski Macedonian
Means "son of Mato".
Ito Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Mée French
French habitational name from places called (Le) Mée in Mayenne, Eure-et-Loir, and Seine-et-Marne, derived from Old French me(i)s ‘farmstead’ (Latin mansus).
Karaduman Turkish
Means "black smoke" in Turkish.
La Cognata Italian
From Sicilian cugnata "hatchet". Compare Cugno.
Garington English
Possibly from the given name Gareth.
Mheenak Thai
From Thai มีนัก (Minak) meaning "of Khmer royalty or nobility".... [more]
Lahaye French, Walloon
topographic name with the definite article la from Old French haye "hedge" (see Haye ) or a habitational name from La Haye the name of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named with this word... [more]
Dimitrin Russian
From the given name Dimitry.
Talija Serbian
Talija... [more]
Motz German
Meaning "dirty" or "grubby".
Montville French
"Mountain town".
Eargle English
Variant of Ergle.
Stahling German (Rare)
Denoted a person who worked with steel. Derived from the name "Stähling", which was derived from "Stalin."
Dy Chinese (Filipino)
Hokkien romanization of Li 1 primarily used in the Philippines.
Dio Italian
Means God in Italian. It was born as a stage name by Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), an American Heavy Metal Musician.
Nasuti Italian
From Italian nasuto "nosey, big-nosed".
Kingdon English
Habitational name from Higher Kingdon in Alverdiscott or from Kendon in North Bovey both in Devon... [more]
Osipova Russian
Feminine form of Osipov.
Sadiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sadiq.
Gottstein German
Topographic name from a field name meaning literally "God's rock" derived from the elements got "god" and stein "stone"... [more]
Pool Estonian
Pool is an Estonian surname meaning "at", "to", "towards", as well as "half". Derived from the location in which one lived.
Katagami Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "single" and 上 (gami) meaning "above".
Shioda Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tsuruhashi Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane" combined with 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Monopoli Italian
Italian: habitational name from a place called Monopoli in Bari province from Greek monē polis ‘single town’.
Kome Japanese
Variant of Yone.
Venini Italian
Possibly a patronymic from the medieval name Bene, meaning "good".
Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.
Imagiire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Joffre French
Derived from the medieval personal name Gautfred.
Mehović Bosnian, Montenegrin
Slavic version that might have developed from the Albanian surname Mehaj
Leiter German
From Leiter ‘leader’, status name for a foreman or for the leader of a military expedition, from Middle High German leiten ‘lead’.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Leitner.
Streep Dutch
Means "stripe, hyphen" in Dutch.
Wentz German (Rare)
Originally a pet form of the given names Werner and Wenceslaw. Meaning "guard" or "army".
Rachmaninoff Russian
Surname used as a nickname for someone of swarthy appearance.
Sultanović Bosnian
Means "son of Sultan" in Bosnian.
Englund Swedish, English
Combination of Swedish äng "meadow" and lund "grove".
Fomichyov Russian
Means "son of Foma".