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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Bottai Italian
From bottaio "cooper, barrel-maker".
Birchfield English, English (American), German (Americanized)
Variant of English Burchfield or an Americanized form of German Birkenfeld.
Larkichev Russian
Derived from a diminutive form Larka of the Russian monastic name Illarion.
Dumagit Visayan
Literally "to swoop" or "to snatch" in Cebuano. Related to Dumaguete, capital of the province of Negros Oriental.
Jorba Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Taylar English
Possibly a variant spelling of Taylor.
Kaul Kashmiri (Modern)
The word Kaul, meaning well-born, is derived from Kula, the Sanskrit term for family or clan.
Wolfit English
From the medieval male personal name Wolfet or Wolfat (from Old English Wulfgēat, literally "wolf-Geat" (the name of a Germanic people)). This surname was borne by Sir Donald Wolfit (1902-1968), a British actor and manager.
Maust German
Possibly an altered form Mast.
Laskurain Basque
Possibly derived from Basque lats "creek, brook, small stream" and the locative suffixes -ko and -ain.
Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Ó Macáin Irish
Means "descendant of Maicín".
Gandolfini Italian
Means "son of Gandolfo", which is derived from the Germanic name Gandolf... [more]
Kolac Croatian
From kolac, meaning "(wooden) stake".
Hollowell English
Either a variant of Halliwell or derived from another place named with Old English hol "hollow" and wella "spring, well".
Mercey French
Derived from the name of the commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.
Niedbała Polish
Nickname from niedbały meaning "negligent", "careless", "untidy".
Wahab Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Wahab.
Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."
Mõttus Estonian
Mõttus is an Estonian name derived from "Mõtus", meaning "grouse".
Baddhanabanij Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Phatthanaphanit.
Yaïche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaiche based on French orthography.
Ivanyo Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
From the given name Ivan.
Sikander Urdu
Derived from the given name Sikander.
Davenport English
Habitational name from a town in Cheshire named Davenport, from the Dane river (apparently named with a Celtic cognate of Middle Welsh dafnu "drop, trickle") and Old English port "port, haven, harbour town".
Vincetić Croatian
Derived from Vinko, Croatian form of Vincent.
Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".
Bielby English (British)
This surname takes its name from the village of Bielby in East Yorkshire. It derives from the Old Norse personal name Beli and the Old Norse býr "farm, settlement"... [more]
Parata Maori
From a transliteration of the English word "brother" or "brothers".
Dos Passos Portuguese
Means "of the steps" in Portuguese.
Bolen English
Variant of Bullen.
Crnjac Croatian
Derived from crn, meaning "black".
Maximiano Portuguese
Derived from the given name Maximiano.
Sokolachko Ukrainian
Variant of Sokol, in a diminutive form.
Suñga Filipino, Pampangan
Old spelling of Sunga. Despite other names like Pañganiban or Pañgilinan falling out of use in favor of their untilded forms, Suñga is still used, with Sunga being much more common.
Tecuceanu Romanian
A topographical Romanian surname meaning "from Tecuci". Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania.
Catarino Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
From the given name Catarino, a masculine form of Catarina.
Jaynes English (British)
The Jaynes surname is a patronymic name created from the personal name Jan, which was a Middle English variant of the name John, or as "son of Jan.
McClurkin English (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of the Irish surname Mac Cléireacháin, a variant of Mac Cléirich. A famous bearer of this surname is pastor and gospel singer Donnie McClurkin (1959-).
Grelle German
Variant of Grell.
Longfield English
Derived from Old English lang "long" and feld "field".
Kitabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Kingswell English
An English surname meaning "Lives by the King's spring"
Quintero Spanish
Habitational name from a location in Galicia named Quintero, from Galician quinteiro meaning "farmstead, square, plaza". Alternately, it may be derived from Spanish quinto meaning "fifth", possibly used as a name for a renter of quintas (a type of wine-growing estate).
Viilma Estonian
Viilma is an Estonian surname meaning "filings" and "gabled".
Thurston English
Derived from the Old Norse personal name þórsteinn (see Torsten).
Palle Telugu
This Surname usually belong to Fisherman Sect in Andhra Pradesh State of India
Hendryckx Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Hendrick
Heureaux French (Caribbean)
Possibly from French heureux "happy, lucky, good". Ulises Heureaux (1845-1899) was the 22nd, 26th, and 27th president of the Dominican Republic
Fogle German
Variant of Vogel.
Kot Polish, Slovak, Czech, Belarusian, Jewish, German
From a personal name or nickname based on Slavic kot "tom cat".
Građankić Bosnian (Rare)
Derived from "građan" meaning "citizen" in Serbo-Croatian.
Usta Turkish
Means "master" in Turkish.
Boring English (American)
Possibly an altered form of Irish Boran, or a very rare variant or Americanized form of Bohring, which comes from a short form of an Old Slavic personal name composed with the element bor (‘to fight’) or the Slavic topographic name bor (meaning ‘pine tree’).
Plato German, Dutch, Polish, English
From the Given name Plato the Latinized form of Platon. English variant of Plater.
Oshima Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōshima.
Moghadam Persian
Means "first, preceding, head" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic مقدم (muqaddam).
Khavaza Dungan
Derived from the second part of the Arabic given name Muhammad, -ha-.
Villarosa Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted a person who came from the town of Villarosa in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.
Mezquita Spanish
Spanish cognate of Mesquita.
Phukuntsi Tswana, Sotho
This surname has multilayered meanings... [more]
Tennōja Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).
Gebhard German
From the given name Gebhard
Shults Jewish (Anglicized, Rare)
The name Shults comes from one of those ancient dukedoms, territories and states that would eventually form a part of present day Germany. At its birth in the Middle Ages, it was used to indicate someone who worked as a town-mayor derived from the medieval name "Schultheis" which has the same meaning.... [more]
Tomiie Japanese (Rare)
Tomi means "wealth, abundance, fortune" and ie means "house, home, building, family, dwelling, residence, habitation".
Chulenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian чути (chuty), meaning "hear".
Crist English
From Old English Crīst meaning "Christ, the Messiah" (see Christos 1). May have been a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or a short form of a given name containing it as an element, such as Christian or Christopher.
Titovka Russian
Related to Titov.
Eenpalu Estonian
Eenpalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "palu" ("sandy heath").
Rzazadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Rezazadeh.
Lazarewicz Polish
From the given name Lazar.
Ilardi Italian
Possibly from the given name Ilardo, which could be a derivative of the Germanic name Adalhard, or perhaps a southern variant of Gilardi.
Mu Chinese
Chinese : in the state of Song during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc) there existed a leader who was posthumously given the name of the duke of Mu. His descendants adopted Mu as their surname... [more]
Mushanokouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".
Efstathiou Greek
Means "son of Efstathios".
Jankaj Slovak
Jankaj is the name of my ancestors who lived in Snina, Slovakia. It is also spelled Janko
Prude English (American)
This surname comes from the English word prude. The definition for the word prude is a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
Thammalangsy Lao
From Lao ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ລັງສີ (langsy) meaning "ray, beam".
Krivokapić Montenegrin, Serbian
Derived from krivo, meaning "wrong", and kapa, meaning "hat, cap".
Chattopadhyay Bengali
From Chatta, the name of a village, and Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor".
Azusawa Japanese
Surname of Kohane Azusawa from project sekai
Shinozuka Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Bliźniak Polish
Derived from Polish bliźniak "twin".
Symere English (American, Rare)
Name of unknown origin, typically used in the United States. It is best known as the real first name of American rapper Lil Uzi Vert.
Teoh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhang.
Tolomeo Italian
From a personal name which was either a short form of Bartolomeo or an Italian form of the Greek Ptolemaios.
Hammarberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and berg "mountain".
Magpili Tagalog
Means "to choose" in Tagalog.
Sabatino Italian
From the given name Sabatino.
Bellingham English
Habitational name from places called Bellingham.
Ledecký Czech
It means "coming from somewhere".
Yazaki Japanese
A variant of Yasaki.... [more]
Umeki Japanese
"Plum tree".
Watariyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watariyō).
Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".
Sachdev Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit सत्य (satya) meaning "true, virtuous, good" and देव (devá) meaning "deity, god".
Kaštelan Croatian
Derived from Croatian kaštelan "castellan".
Pechanec Czech
Pronounced /Pe-khan-nets/... [more]
Homberg German
The surname Hamberg could be derived from it.
Lanese Italian
Habitational name meaning "from Lana" in Italian.
Rannells English
Patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rannulf, Ranel, of continental Germanic origin.
Mizoe Japanese
From 溝 (mizo) meaning "gully, drain, ditch, trench, gap, gutter" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet, bay".
Pemberly English
From the given name Paegna, ber meaning "barley" and leah meaning "clearing".
Vogt Von Clarholz Und Herzebrock Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Bearers of this surname descend from the Edelherren von Lippe.
Goonawardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Narendra Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati
From the given name Narendra.
Bolyak Ukrainian
Means "one who is in pain", derived from біль (bil'), meaning "pain, hurt".
McCorvey English
A notable bearer was Norma McCorvey (1947-2017), who was the plaintiff for the case that legalized abortion across the United States.
Srinivasan Indian, Tamil
Tamil variant of Shrinivas.
Donatien French
From the given name Donatien.
Zhuge Chinese
One of the rare Chinese double character surnames. It is ranked 314th in the Hundred Family Surnames. The first character can be read as "all, these, various" and the second character as meaning "vine, vines"... [more]
Haruta Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Alang Filipino, Maranao
Means "obstruct, block" in Maranao.
Wijesekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Myshkin Russian
Myshkin is the possessive case of the diminutive of the word 'mouse'.
Shiyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).
Hilmi Arabic
From the given name Hilmi.
Schellekens Dutch
Patronymic form of Schelleken, a diminutive of given names derived from scalc "servant, knight", such as Schalk or Godschalk... [more]
Kaba Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".
Ariganello Italian
This surname is concentrated in the southern Italian region Calabria.
Noorkõiv Estonian
Noorkõiv is an Estonian surname meaning "young (noor) birch (kõiv in Võro dialect)".
Lindenmeyer German
Habitational name for the tenant of a farm identified by a lime tree, derived from Middle High German linde meaning "lime tree" and meier meaning "tenant farmer".
Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Sadykov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Means "son of Sadyk".
Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.
Abundis Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Abundis is patronymic from the Old Spanish personal name Abundio, ultimately from Latin abundus ‘abundant’, ‘plentiful’.
Sribunrueang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).
Bednář Czech
Bednář means "hooper, cooper" in Czech.
Bugtai Filipino, Cebuano
Means "Siamese rough bush" (a type of tree in the genus Streblus) in Cebuano.
Vermilion Scottish
From the name of the bright red color that is halfway betweed red and orange.
Prvulović Vlach
Means "son of Prvul".
Veers German (Rare)
German variant of Weers.
Lekkas Greek
Feminine form is Lekka
Pasqualini Italian
Derived from Pasqualino, a diminutive of the given name Pasquale.
Mian Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi
From an honorific title used on the Indian subcontinent meaning "lord, master, sir" or "prince", derived from Persian میان (miyan) meaning "middle, centre, between".
De Belen Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of Bethlehem" in Spanish.
Akada Japanese
Aka meant "red" and da comes from ta meaning "rice patty, field".
Kirchschläger German (Austrian)
Habitational name of several places in Austria named Kirchschlag, all possibly from Middle High German kirche "church" and Schlag "blow, hit".
Greenway Welsh
Derived from the given name Goronwy.
Dollens English
Altered form of English Dollins.
Proode Estonian
Proode is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "pruudi", meaning "bridal".
Sõõrumaa Estonian
Sõõrumaa is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "sõõr" ("circle") and "maa" (land").
Maor Hebrew
From the given name Maor.
Jon Korean
Alternate romanization of Chon. Chiefly used in North Korea.
Guðnason Icelandic
Means "son of Guðni".
Fabiano Italian
Comes from the personal name Fabiano, a derivative of Fabian.
Çetinkaya Turkish
Means "hard rock" from Turkish çetin meaning "hard, tough" combined with kaya meaning "rock".
Westenra Literature
The name is originated from a term meaning 'Lights from the West'. The name could be given to someone who is born in the west. This was the surname of a character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker.
Parkington English
Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington, from Old English Peartingtun 'settlement (tun) associated with Pearta', a personal name not independently recorded.
Nagoy Russian
Derived from Russian нагой (nagoy) meaning "nude, naked, bare".
Khwaja Dari Persian
Derived from the given name Khwaja.
Pittau Italian
Sardinian diminutive of Sebastiano.
Nepomuceno Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Philippines)
From the town of Nepomuk in the Czech Republic, in honor of Saint John of Nepomuk (1345-1393) (see given name Nepomuceno, of the same origin)... [more]
Cadillac French
From the name of a city in France, of origin I am not sure of (anyone who knows the name's etymology edit this). This is most notably the name of the car company of the same name, named after Detroit, Michigan founder Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac.
Trình Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cheng 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 程 (trình).
Sakan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐官 (sakan) meaning "field officer".
Perkiss English
Corruption of Perkins.
Panagiotidis Greek
From given name Panagiotis.
Brecht German, Dutch
From a short form of any of various personal names formed with the Germanic element berhtaz " bright, famous".
Drewitt English, French
English (Wiltshire Berkshire and Surrey): of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Druet a diminutive of Drue Dreu (from ancient Germanic Drogo); see Drew Alternatively the name may be from a diminutive of Old French dru ‘lover’
Chippendale English
Derived from a place called "Chippingdale".
Doby English
From a diminutive of the given name Dob or Dobbe, itself a medieval diminutive of Robert (one of several rhyming nicknames of Robert in which the initial letter was altered; compare Hobbs).
Galasso Italian
In northern Italy it could derive from Piedmontese galàs "rooster" (see Gallo), while in southern Italy it might derive from Greek γάλα (gala) "milk", as a nickname for someone with pale skin.
Sagrika Gujarati
Sagarika patel
Hasedo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 挾土 (see Hasado).
MacGillebhràth Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic spelling of MacGillivray.
Yasumoro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.
Cabibbo Italian
Ultimately from the Arabic given name Habib, meaning "beloved, darling".
Kanoknawin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Rieth German
"reed" -- a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family that grows in water or on marshy ground.
Maysonet Provençal
Deriving from the Old French word machun, which meant 'stone cutter.' Inferring the original bearer of the name worked in stone or mason.
Arabian Armenian
Patronymic from the ethnic term arab ‘Arab’.
Camembert French
Named after the village of Camembert in Normandy, France
Akbarzadeh Persian
From the given name Akbar combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Ottoway English
From the Norman male personal names Otoïs, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "wealth-wide" or "wealth-wood", and Otewi, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "wealth-war".
Lahner German, Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lahn in Hungary and Germany. In southern Germany and Austria, Lahn denotes a place where there had been an avalanche or landslide, from Middle High German laen, lēne meaning "avalanche".
Abukumagawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武隈川 (Abukumagawa) meaning "Abukuma River", a river that flows through the prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi in Japan.
Swayze German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Schweitzer. A famous bearer was American actor and singer Patrick Swayze (1952-2009).
Jacinto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Jacinto.
Vladić Croatian, Serbian
Means ''son of Vlad''.
Sahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".
Webley English
Habitational name for a person from the civil parish of Weobley in Herefordshire, from the Old English personal name Wiobba and leah "woodland, clearing".
Krasnov Russian
From Russian красный (krasniy) meaning "red".
Taleb Arabic
From the given name Talib.
Kindiki Meru, Eastern African
Kindiki has no known meaning.
Umehara Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Liljeman Swedish (Rare)
From the Swedish lilja meaning "lily" and the suffix man meaning "man."
Chaiariyakul Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ชัยอริยะกุล (see Chaiariyakun).
Matthäus German
From the given name Matthäus.
Kanamoto Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and moto means "origin, root, source".
Cespedes Spanish
From the plural of cesped "peat", "turf" (Latin caespes, genitive caespitis), applied as a habitational name from a place named Céspedes (for example in Burgos province) or named with this word, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an area of peat, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for someone who cut and sold turf.
Courcelles French
The name of several places in France, Belgium and Canada. In Middle French the word courcelle was used to describe a "small court" or a "small garden". The word is derived from the medieval Gallo-Romance and Gallo-Italian word corticella, which was formed from the Latin word cohors, meaning "court" or "enclosure", and the diminutive –icella.... [more]