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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Andelin Finland Swedish
Derived from various place names in Finland and northern Sweden named with the personal names Antti or Anders.
Melas Greek
Possibly from the names of several characters in Greek mythology, including a son of Poseidon who the Nile River was originally named after.
Malin English
From the given name Malin, a Middle English diminutive of Mary or Matilda.
Barden English
English: habitational name from places in North and West Yorkshire named Barden, from Old English bere ‘barley’ (or the derived adjective beren) + denu ‘valley’.
Amerasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Veenre Estonian
Veenre is an Estonian surname derived from "veen", meaning "vein".
De Walle Dutch, Flemish
Variant spelling of Van Der Walle.
Kanai Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Ni Chinese
From Chinese 倪 (ní) referring to the ancient territory of Ni, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the Shandong province.
Ratcliff English
Habitational name from any of the places, in various parts of England, called Ratcliff(e), Radcliffe, Redcliff, or Radclive, all of which derive their names from Old English rēad meaning "red" + clif meaning "cliff", "slope", "riverbank".
Marselli Catalan
Catalan family that appears in the feudal list of 1355 with a Francis, lord of Chia.
Griffeth Welsh
Altered spelling of Griffith.
Desmarais French
Means "from the marsh", from French marais "wetlands, swamp, marsh".
Okuna Polish
Polish (also Okuła): nickname for a lame person, from okuleć ‘to stumble or founder’, Old Polish okułac.
Miah Bengali (Muslim)
Derived from a Bengali word meaning "gentleman".
Knös Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the name of a farm named Knorren or Knörren in Sweden whose name is unexplained but possibly taken from Swedish knusa "to crush, to crumble". Knös coincides with the Swedish word knös meaning "rich person", but the surname existed before the vocabulary word appeared in the Swedish language.
Litvinchuk Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian литвин (litvin) historically denoting a Lithuanian or Belarusian person.
Minda Romanian
From the Meglenite language.
Beffu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Beppu.
Viotto Italian
The name is derived from the Latin word "vita", meaning "life"
Hedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and berg "mountain".
Schwer Upper German, German, Jewish
South German relationship name from Middle High German sweher ‘father-in-law’. ... [more]
Arzur Breton
Derived from the Breton given name of Arzhur.
Miyuki Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "honorific prefix indicating respect, your, godly, imperial, royal, imperial, to govern, control, protect" and 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness, good luck, fortune".
Ramalho Portuguese
Means "cut branch, brushwood" in Portuguese, used as a habitational name from any of various places called Ramalho.
Reus German
Topographic name from Middle High German riuse "fish trap", or from a regional term reuse meaning "small stream, channel".
Öström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and ström "stream, river".
Malinov Bulgarian, Russian
From Bulgarian and Russian малина (malina) meaning "raspberry", probably indicating a person who lived near a raspberry bush.
Marbach German
habitational name from Marbach on the Neckar river named with Old High German marca "boundary" and bah "stream creek".
Wagenknecht German
occupational name from Middle High German wagenknëht "hauler's assistant" from wagan "wagon" and kneht "servant".
Sogomonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սողոմոնյան (see Soghomonyan).
Tulkki Finnish
Means "interpreter, translator" in Finnish.
Tajima Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Nainggolan Batak
From the name of a village located on the island of Samosir in Lake Toba (itself on the island of Sumatra).
Radica Italian
Possibly derived from Italian radica meaning "root vegetable, carrot; briar root (wood)", or figuratively "uncultured person, unintelligent person", ultimately from Latin radix "root".
Bowdoin French (Huguenot)
Americanized form of French Baudouin or Baudoin. Both the French form of Baldwin. A famous bearer of this surname was James Bowdoin II (1726-1790) Who was the second governor of Massachusetts and political rival of John Hancock.
Mättik Estonian
Mättik is an Estonian surname derived from "mätas" meaning "sod". Could also derive from "mätlik" meaning "tufted", or the German surname "Mättig".
La Cotera Spanish
Spanish variant for Hill and/or someone living in a slope, A "cota" in Spanish.
Tsyhanskyi Ukrainian
Means "gypsy" in Ukrainian.
Wallas English
A variant of Wallace.
Zaib Urdu
From the given name Zaib.
Essa Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.
Holtzer German
Variant of Holzer.
Tudor English, Welsh
From the given name Tudur. It was borne by five monarchs of England beginning with Henry VII in the 15th century.
Borne English
Variant spelling of Bourne.
Ivan Croatian, Slovak
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Piccione Italian
Means "pigeon" in Italian, denoting someone who resembles the bird or an occupational name for a pigeon keeper.
Chiacchiaretta Italian
From chiacchierare "to chat, to chatter, to gossip".
Dzata Ewe, Western African
From Ewe meaning "warrior".
Jakub Polish, Czech, Slovak
From the given name Jakub.
Tazelaar Dutch
Dutch (Zeeland) variant of ’t Hazelaar "the hazel bush", a topographic name for someone living by hazel bushes.
Hallikmäe Estonian
Hallikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish hill/mountain".
Bollinger German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from any of three places called Bollingen, in Schwyz, Württemberg, and Oldenburg, or from Bohlingen near Lake Constance (which is pronounced and was formerly written as Bollingen).
Beatriz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Beatriz.
Hasanović Bosnian
Means "son of Hasan".
Card English
English: metonymic occupational name for someone who carded wool (i.e. disentangled it), preparatory to spinning, from Middle English, Old French card(e) ‘carder’, an implement used for this purpose... [more]
Ó Caingnigh Irish
Means "descendant of Caingneach"
Barbe French
From the given name Barbe.
Gravenor Welsh
meaning, "great hunter"
Aloni Hebrew
Derived from the forename Alon
Ragatz German (Swiss)
Habitational name from Ragaz in Grison canton.
Baskin Jewish
Means "son of Baske", a Yiddish female personal name (a pet-form of the Biblical name Bath Seba). Baskin-Robbins is a US chain of ice-cream parlours founded in Glendale, California in 1945 by Burt Baskin (1913-1969) and Irv Robbins (1917-2008).
Brancatello Italian (Rare)
Derived from the masculine given name Brancatello, which is a diminutive of the medieval Italian given name Brancazio, itself ultimately derived from the late Latin given name Brancatius... [more]
Kanisthasut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Naakka Finnish
Means "jackdaw" in Finnish.
Ravenswood English (American)
Ravenswood is a gothic surname.
Vellala Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting agricultural laborers.
Springfield English
Dusty Springfield 1939-1999
Maron English (American)
Americanized form of Maroń.
Main Scottish
Derived from a short form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus.
Sinha Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá) meaning "lion" (see Singh).
Guðmundsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðmund"; not strictly used as a surname, and is also used as a patronymic.
Hughey Irish
From given name Huey
Huaranga Incan
Possibly refers to the Inca administrative "unit of a thousand households"
Gazaev Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of an Ossetian name most likely derived from Ossetian гæзæмæ (gæzæmæ) meaning "few, little, rare".
Ilyaev Russian
Means "son of Ilya".
Hutagaol Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and gaol meaning "banana".
Atiya Arabic
From the given name Atiya.
São João Portuguese
Means "St. John" in Portuguese.
N’dri Western African (Rare)
The meaning behind N’Dri is “ Nearby the river “
Mullery Irish (Rare)
From Irish Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire "descendant of Maolmhuire", a personal name meaning literally "servant of (the Virgin) Mary".
Aer Estonian
Aer is an Estonian surname meaning "oar".
Rajneesh Indian, Hindi
From the given name Rajnish. Can also be taken directly from the title रजनीश (rajanish) meaning "lord of the night".
Siegfried German
From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements sigi "victory" and fridu "peace". The German surname has also occasionally been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews.
Kindy English
"From Kinder".
Ó Ceanndubháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ceanndubhán"
Hagius Greek (Americanized)
Comes from the Ancient Greek word hagios meaning devoted to the gods.
Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".
Hasančić Bosnian
Means "son of Hasan".
Sobhi Arabic
Derived from the given name Subhi.
Schutte Dutch, Low German, South African
Variant of (Schütte), an occupational name for an archer.
Elsass Alsatian
A geographical surname based on a region named "Alsace" in France.
Haddad Arabic, Persian
Means "blacksmith, ironsmith" in Arabic.
Aretxabaleta Basque
Original Basque form of Arechavaleta, composed of aritx (a variant of haritz) meaning "oak tree" or "tree" combined with zabal "wide, ample" and the suffix -eta meaning "abundance of" or "place of".
Griswold English
meaning: from the gray forest.
Verver Dutch
Variant of Ververs,
Augello Italian
Italian (Campania) dialect variant of Uccello ‘bird’, hence either a nickname for a diminutive, birdlike person or an occupational name for a fowler. Compare Auciello.
Bindschädler German (Swiss)
Derived from German binden "to bind" and Swiss German schädlen "to make wood vessels", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper, a barrel maker.
Selmerlyov Russian (?)
Russian translation of Zelmerlöw.
Choules English (British, Rare)
The surname Choules is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a variant of Scholes, itself "a topographical name for someone who lived in a rough hut or shed", from the Northern Middle English 'scale, schole'... [more]
Kikuchi Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" and 池 (chi) meaning "pool, pond" or 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land, ground".
Verdon French
Habitational name from a place so named, for example in Dordogne, Gironde, and Marne.
Jayesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසිංහ (see Jayasinghe).
Natsume Japanese
From Japanese 夏 (Natsu) meaning "summer" and 目 (me) meaning "eye". A famous bearer of this name was Japanese writer Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916).
Shibani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.
Solié French
Notable bearers include French cellist Jean-Pierre Solié, who was originally named Jean-Pierre Soulier, possibly making it a variant of Soulier.
Erdene Mongolian
Meaning "jewel" or "treasure".
Ferencz Hungarian
Derived from the given name Ferenc.
Fedorchak Czech, Slovak
Ukrainian and Slovak from a pet form of the personal name Fedor.
Aurifaber German (Latinized)
Latinised form of Goldschmidt. This name was born by three prominent men of the Reformation period in Germany.
Krzyżaniak Polish
Derived from Polish krzyż meaning "cross".
Sakhalinsky Russian
Refers to an island in Eastern Russia named "Sakhalin."
De Bruyn Afrikaans
"Bruyn" is an archaic spelling of "bruin", meaning "brown"
Gyaltsen Tibetan
From the given name Gyaltsen
Tomkiewicz Polish, German, Jewish, Yiddish
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Katarzyna, Maciej, Zygmunt... [more]
Slough English
A very rare surname, possibly of German origins.
Lakeman Dutch
Either a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pond, from Middle Dutch lake "lake, pool; stream, marshland" and man "person, man", or an occupational name from laken "broadcloth".
Matthew English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Matthew.
Pearks English
Sir Stuart Edmond Pearks (1875–1931) served as the Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province of British India from 1930 until 1931. Sourced from Wikipedia.... [more]
Iwaaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff" and 明 (aki) meaning "bright". ... [more]
Kaba Western African, Manding
From a Mandinka clan name perhaps derived from the name of a village in southern Mali.
Belgo Brazilian
Possibly derived from Latin belga "Belgian, person from Belgium".
Lei Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Li 1.
Huguet French, Catalan
From a diminutive of Hugo.
Quek Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo.
Oxenstierna Swedish (Rare)
A notable surname used by an ancient Swedish noble family from Småland dating back to the 13th century. The name means "the ox's forehead". It is a combination of Swedish oxen, a cognate to the English plural of 'ox', and stierna, which is likely derived from German Stirn "forehead", though it is often mistaken for Swedish stjärna "star"... [more]
Claine Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain, a patronymic name meaning "son of the servant of Saint John."
Krukowsky Polish (Americanized, Rare)
Variant of Krukowski, used outside Poland.
Merkh German (Anglicized, ?)
Anglicized form of the name Märkh, a German name that existed in southern Germany with Arabic roots tied to the village of al-Märkh in Qatar; the name became Anglicized in the early 17th century. It is one of those surnames where anyone who possesses it is related to everyone else who possesses the name.
Shamir Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew שָׁמִיר (shamiyr) meaning "thorn, briar, thistle" or "flint, diamond, emery, adamant". It was borne by the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir (1915-2012), whose birth name was either Yitzhak Yezernitsky or Icchak Jaziernicki.
Nestor English
Transferred use of given name Nestor
Amata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field".
Krawc Sorbian
Means "tailor" in Upper Sorbian.
Gierke German
A derivative of the personal names Gerard or Gerald. ... [more]
Santora Italian
Feminine form of Santoro.
Molinaro Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian mulino meaning "mill".
Bak Korean
Variant of Park 1.
Ducasse French
French: topographic name for someone who lived by an oak tree, from Old French casse ‘oak (tree)’ (Late Latin cassanos, a word of Celtic origin), with the fused preposition and article du ‘from the’... [more]
Boodram Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian Creole
Derived from the given name Budhram.
Öster Swedish
Swedish form of Øster.
Itelson Yiddish, German
Yiddish "Son of Itel"
Camus Basque
From the name of a location in Bermeo, Vizcaya (or Biscay), a Basque region in Spain.
Çatal Turkish
Means "fork, prong, yoke" in Turkish.
Łobaczewski Polish
This indicated familial origin within either Łobaczew Duży or Łobaczew Mały, 2 Polesian villages in Gmina Terespol.
Eichenbaum German, Jewish
German cognate of Eikenboom, from Middle High German eich "oak" and boum "tree".
Hanif Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Hanif.
Pike English, Irish
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pic ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.... [more]
Hingst Low German
From Low German Hingst (stallion).
Fundador Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "founder".
Lopo Portuguese
From the given name Lopo.
Porko Finnish
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Finnish poro meaning "reindeer".
Janse Dutch
Variant of Jansen.
Quispe Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".
Chaleunsouk Lao
From Lao ຈະເລີນ (chaleun) meaning "flourish, prosper, much, many" and ສຸກ (souk) meaning "happiness, pleasure, joy".
Tikker Estonian
Tikker is an Estonian surname meaning "gooseberry".
Tokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Toki means "time", no means "therefore, of", and ue means "above, top, upper".
Geoffrey English, French
From the given name Geoffrey
Wind English, German, Danish
Nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English wind "wind", Middle High German wint "wind", also "greyhound".
Shiranami Japanese
Shira means "white" and nami means "wave".
Della Chièsa Italian
It literally means "of the church".
Bastiat French
Meaning of this name is unknown. Possibly derived from Sebastian The surname Bastiat was first found in Poitou, where this family held a family seat since ancient times.
Watariyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).
Recchia Italian
Reduced or regional form of Italian orecchia "ear", a nickname for someone with notable ears or uncommonly good hearing.
Baruti Albanian
barut means gunpowder in Albanian
Season English
Likely a corruption of the surname Searson, meaning "son of Saer".
Bahl Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit बहल (bahala) meaning "strong, solid, firm".
Ansaldo Italian
From the given name Ansaldo.
Fenner English
A surname of either Old French origin, allegedly meaning “huntsman”, or else more probably referring to those who were brought over from the Low Countries to assist in draining the “fens” or wetlands of England and Ireland – a process which lasted from the 9th to the 18th centuries.
Ajdinović Bosnian
Means "son of Ajdin".
Edgars Latvian
Latvian form of Edgar.
Iosebashvili Georgian
Means "son of Ioseb".
Jõhvik Estonian
Jõhvik is an Estonian surname meaning "cranberry".
Mctony American
Tony McTony!
Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".
Zomerdijk Dutch
From Dutch zomer meaning "summer" and dijk meaning "dike".
Swagger English (American)
Probably a nickname for someone who's confident but aggressive and arrogant.
Marinetti Italian
Variant of Marino. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), considered to be the founder of Futurism.
Stanasila Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Izem Berber, Northern African
From the given name Izem, directly taken from the Tamazight word ⵉⵣⴻⵎ (izem) meaning "lion".
Eggimann German (Swiss)
Denotes someone from the Emmental valley, a valley in Switzerland.
Mordecai English
From the given name Mordecai
Jericho African
Directly taken from the place name Jericho.
Caroli Italian
Derived from the given name Carolus, the Latin form of Charles, or alternatively from a diminutive of Carus "dear, beloved".
Saied Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'id.
Kalynychenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "viburnum".
Shiono Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".
Sherstyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian шерсть (sherst'), meaning "wool".
Mccan Irish
Variant of McCann.