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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Sugimiya Japanese
"Pine tree shrine."
McDunn Irish
Variant of Dunn.
Feliksov Russian
Means "son of Feliks".
Edl German, Dutch, Jewish (Ashkenazi), Yiddish
From a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Edilo, formed with Old High German adal meaning "noble"... [more]
Devon Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
Wijayawickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයවික්‍රම​ (see Wijewickrama).
Kass Estonian
Means "cat" in Estonian.
Vučević Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Samaratunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරතුංග (see Samarathunga).
Stylinson English (British)
Juxtaposed names Styles and Tomlinson, used to represent (relation)ship between Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles (Larry Stylinson).
Asplin English
From a short form of the given name Absalom.
Alam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
Means "world, universe" (عالم) or "flag, sign, mark" (علم) in Arabic. This spelling represents two separate words in Arabic.
Harbey English
Derived from the given name Harvey.
Scherman German
German version of Sherman 1
Paddington English
Believed to mean "Pada's farm", with the Anglo-Saxon name Pada possibly coming from the Old English word pad, meaning "toad".
Diggory English
Possibly an anglicized form of Degaré, which might come from the French word egare. It might mean "the lost one".
De Hoog Dutch
Means "the high" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch hooch "high, tall; important, noble". Either a nickname for a tall person, or for someone who is high in rank or behaves as though they are, or a habitational name from a settlement built on relatively high ground.
Soong Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Song.
Warnakulasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "color" or "caste", कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Nix German
Derived from Middle High German nickes "water sprite, elf, demon".
Palumäe Estonian
Palumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland hill/mountain".
Mac Phóil Irish
Means "son of Pól".... [more]
Naser Arabic
From the given name Nasir.
Dransfield English
Means "Drains the fields".
Bennani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "my son" in Hebrew, from בן (ben) meaning "son" and אני (ani) meaning "I, me". This is the name of a Moroccan family of Jewish origin that converted to Islam.
Shironita Japanese (Rare)
From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]
Kharebaty Ossetian
Derived from Georgian ხარება (xareba) meaning "annunciation".
Abdulhadi Arabic
From the given name Abdulhadi.
Leonov Russian
Means "son of Leon".
Alderete Spanish, South American
Habitational name from any of the places in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal called Alderete probably from a Gothic personal name or derived from the Old English personal, or first name “Aldrich,” which means old ruler
Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".
Bostani Persian
Derived from Persian بوستان (bostan) meaning "garden".
Kumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Arlegi Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque (h)egi "slope, hillside; edge, border" combined with either (h)arri "stone", arlo "field", or erle "bee" as a first element.
Orusalu Estonian
Orusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "valley grove".
Upadhyayula Telugu
Telugu form of Upadhyay.
Mohammadzai Pashto
Means "son of Muhammad" in Pashto.
Sandeman English
Scottish surname of famous merchant family engaged in banking in Scotland and London and in the Port Wine trade in London. The same family were earlier the founders of an obscure Protestant sect the Sandemanians.
Pool English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pool or pond, Middle English pole (Old English pōl), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, as for example Poole in Dorset, South Pool in Devon, and Poole Keynes in Gloucestershire.
Sulek Polish
Derived from the given name Sulimir.
Hanks English
Patronymic form of Hank.
Laagriküll Estonian
Laagriküll is an Estonian surname meaning "bearing enough". Also possibly derived from "laagrikuul" meaning "bearing ball/bullet".
Vonai Shona
It is a form of the Shona name Onai.
Amundson English (American, Anglicized), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized from or rare Swedish variant of Amundsen.
Schuft German
Means "wretch, blackguard" in German.
Valiant English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old French vaillant meaning "heroic, courageous".
Kowerski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Kowersk.
Uda Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Bielec Polish
Nickname for a man with white hair or a blond beard, from biały meaning "white".
Izubuchi Japanese
From Japanese 出 (Izu) meaning "to exit" and 渕 (buchi) meaning "abyss, bottom (of a pool)".
Krakauer German
Indicates familial origin from Krakau.
Erzhanova Kazakh
Feminine transcription of Kazakh Ержанов (see Erzhanov).
Hasedo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 挾土 (see Hasado).
Filetto Italian
Means fillet fish in Italian
Bunal Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hit, strike (with a bat or club)" in Cebuano.
Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.
Bus Dutch
Possibly derived from Middle Dutch busse meaning "firelock" or "round box, tin", an occupational name for someone who made containers or firearms.
Castellaneta Italian
Originated in an area of Italy, known as the Papal States.
Angeloni Italian
Means "great angels" in Italian. It derives from Biblical Latin angelus meaning "angel", ultimately from Ancient Greek angelos, originally meaning "messenger", changing meaning in the Bible.
Cary African American
This surname is a variant of the surname Carey.
Monty French, English
Topographic name for a mountain dweller, from Old French mont 'mountain' (Latin mons, montis).
Mcquiston English (British)
Anglicized from the Scottish Gaelic name MacUisdean and in Irish MacUistin.
Denicola Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the given name Nicola 1.
Ivanek Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Bismarck German
Noble family from the Altmark Region.
Bạch Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Bai, from Sino-Vietnamese 白 (bạch).
Grzhibovskiy Russian (Polonized)
is a russian version of the polish surname Grzybowski
Kupka Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Sorbian, Jewish
Nickname or topographic name from the Polish, Ukrainian, Czech and Sorbian word kupka, a diminutive of kupa meaning "heap, pile", in Upper Sorbian also "lump".... [more]
Dillingham English (British)
Habitational name that probably derives from Dullingham in Cambridgeshire which was recorded as Dolingeham in 1214 and Dillyngham in 1298, named in Old English as ‘homestead (Old English hām) of the people (-inga-) of Dull(a)’.
Faruq Arabic
From the given name Faruq.
Akbaş Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and baş meaning "head".
Beerbrewer English
Means Brewer of Beer.
Pabalat Tagalog (Filipinized, Archaic)
A Filipino surname meaning "cover, saddle" or "saddle maker". This surname was probably created when a Spanish surveyor conducts a census sometime in the 19th century in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippines... [more]
Sapir Hebrew
Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.
Demsey Irish
Variant of Dempsey
Keever Celtic
From McKeever, a form of McIver, meaning "son of Ivor".
Tanjung Minangkabau, Batak
From Minangkabau tanjuang or Batak tanjung both meaning "cape, headland, point".
Schwier German
Contracted form of Schwieder.
Sherrell English
This surname is of English locational origin, from the place in Devonshire called Shirwell. The placename is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sirewelle, and by 1242 as Shirewill... [more]
Jace English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Jace
Bier German, Jewish
from Middle High German bier "beer" German bier Yiddish bir a metonymic occupational name for a brewer of beer or a tavern owner or in some cases perhaps a nickname for a beer drinker.
Tkacz Polish, Jewish
Variant of Tkach. Means 'to weave'
Greenland English (Germanized)
Greenland Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a patch of land left open as communal pasturage, from Middle English grene 'green' + land 'land'. Translated form of German Grönland, a topographic name with the same meaning as 1, from Low German grön 'green' + Land 'land'.
Camilo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Camilo.
Tri Vietnamese
An unexplained Vietnamese surname.
Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.
Sakatou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).
Hammersmed Norwegian (Archaic, ?), Danish (Archaic, ?)
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from Danish & Norwegian hammer, 'hammer' and smed, 'smith'. See Hammersmith
Jetson English
A patronymic from the personal name Jutt, a pet form of Jordan... [more]
Callard Cornish
Might be from Calartha in Morvah / from cala-arth, the hard or difficult height.
Azayi Moroccan
Derived from the Berber singular word for Zayanes.
Pius Estonian
Pius is an Estonian surname meaning "pious".
Rivabella Italian
Derived from the Italian word riva meaning "bank (shore, riverbank, lakebank)" (from Latin ripa) and bella meaning "beautiful"... [more]
Clayson English
Patronymic from the personal name Classe, a short form of Nicholas.
Kaljuots Estonian
Kaljuots is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff ("kalju") "end/tip" ("ots").
Xavier Portuguese, French, English
Derived from the given name Xavier.
Hiielepp Estonian
Hiielepp is an Estonian surname derived from "hiis" (a sacred grove) alder".
Granda Spanish
Spanish form of the surname Grand.
Neeson Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Naois "son of Naois", usually Anglicized as Mcneese. Surname made famous by the actor Liam Neeson.
Chilvers English
Means "son of Chilver" (probably from the Old English male personal name Cēolfrith, literally "ship-peace").
Lubarsky Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Liubar, an urban-type settlement in the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine, or Lubarka, an unknown place in Lithuania.
Amspacher German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Amsbach
Weerasekare Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරසේකර (see Weerasekara).
Ciminello Italian
Diminutive of Cimino
Pajusalu Estonian
Pajusalu is an Estonian name meaning "willow grove".
Jayasuriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and सूर्य (sūrya) meaning "sun".
Malec Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene
a nickname derived from slavic word "maly", meaning small
Gall Scottish, Irish, English
Nickname, of Celtic origin, meaning "foreigner" or "stranger". In the Scottish Highlands the Gaelic term gall was applied to people from the English-speaking lowlands and to Scandinavians; in Ireland the same term was applied to settlers who arrived from Wales and England in the wake of the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century... [more]
Troiano Italian
From the given name Troiano
Eccles English
From the name of a town in Greater Manchester, England or another town or village named Eccles, derived from Latin ecclesia via Romano-British ecles meaning "church".
Lucius German, Dutch
From the personal name Lucius.
Hiielaid Estonian
Hiielaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grove islet".
Shteynberg Jewish
Russified form of Steinberg.
Wightman English
"Wight" in Anglo-saxon could refer to a "soul," a "being," or to "courage." It is similar to the different meanings of the words "spirit" and "spirited." ... [more]
Grayden Irish
Variation of Graden.
Hashmi Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hashimi.
Giglio Italian
From the personal name Giglio, from giglio "lily" (from Latin lilium), a plant considered to symbolize the qualities of candor and purity.
Petrunkevich Belarusian
From a diminutive of Piotr.
Peričić Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Perica".
Siil Estonian
Means "hedgehog" in Estonian.
Lisiewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Lisiewice in Skierniewice voivodeship, named with lis meaning "fox".
Špiljak Croatian
Possibly derived from špilja, meaning "cave".
Iasonescu Romanian
Means "son of Iason".
Hård Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "hard".
Tennoja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).
Weghorst Dutch, German
Habitational name from a location near Hanover, possibly derived from weg "way, road" and horst "thicket, grove, heap, elevated land" or "nest of a bird of prey, eyrie".
Szpakowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village Szpakowo.
De Mesa Spanish
Variant of Mesa.
Ubushiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天宮城 (see Ugushiro).
Terrace Scottish
Possibly means "from Tarras", a place in Morayshire, Scotland.
Siôn Welsh
From the given name Siôn
Aziz Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Aziz.
Casement Manx
Anglicized and reduced form of Manx Gaelic Mac Asmuint meaning "son of Ásmundr". A notable bearer was Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), an Irish-born British consular official and rebel.
Kaspbrak Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Kasprzak.
Premachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Bonnefoy French
The name is derived from the French words bonne, meaning good, and foi meaning faith.
Laski Polish, Hungarian, Jewish
Polish (Laski) and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from Lasko (now Lask) in Sieradz voivodeship, named with laz, lazy ‘clearing in a forest’. ... [more]
Al-haj Arabic
Variant of Haj.
Kamolkhontha Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Agbay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to put one's arm around another's shoulders" in Cebuano.
Houseman English
Referred to a man who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut (see House). Famous bearers of this name include Romanian-British-American actor John Houseman (1902-1988; real name Jacques Haussmann), Argentine soccer player René Houseman (1953-2018) and Canadian actor Tyson Houseman (1990-).
Jean-louis Haitian Creole
From the given names Jean 1 and Louis.
Laverdière French
Habitational name from various places named La Verdière in France, or a variant of the name Leverdier (see Verdier).
Igasato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).
Fujitani Japanese
From 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley."
Eskandari Persian
From the given name Eskandar.
Thomann German, French
Variant of Thoman. It was first discovered in Germany, where it surfaced in the medieval times.
Fechter German
Occupational name for a fencer or a duelist who fought for public entertainment, derived from Old High German fehtan or Middle Low German vechten, both meaning "to fight".
Kakinuma Japanese
Kaki means "Persimmon" and Numa means "Swamp".
Guilder English
Occupational name for someone who worked in gold. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century "gyldan" and the Old High German "gold", a refiner, jeweller, or gilder.
Usyk Ukrainian
From Ukranian meaning "tendril".
Khamis Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.
Wijekumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Flik Dutch
Possibly related to German Flick.
Verlaine French, French (Belgian)
Habitational name for someone from Verlaine in the province of Liège, Belgium. Paul Verlaine was a noted bearer.
Hayhurst English
Topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) high wood or grove’, from Middle English heigh, high(e) + hirst(e).
Tammsalu Estonian
Means "oak grove, oak copse", from Estonian tamm "oak" and salu "grove, copse".
Barr Hebrew, Jewish
Possibly means “grain”, “son of Reuben”, or “wilderness”.
Verstappen Dutch
Contracted form of Van der Stappen "from the steps". Coincides with a Dutch word meaning "to misstep".
Bland English
Bland is a habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire called Bland, the origin of which is uncertain. Possibly it is from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’ (from blandan ‘to blend or mingle’), with reference to its exposed situation... [more]
Jirakuntacha Obscure
Possibly of Southeast Asian origin
Hojo Japanese
Variant transcription of Houjou.
Frankham English, Anglo-Norman
Status name from Old French franc, fraunc "free" and homme "man", equivalent to Freeman.
Romine Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Romeijn.
Shchyotkin Russian
From the Russian word щетка meaning "brush".
Urizar Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque uri "town, city" and zahar "old, aged".
Volkmann German
Probably denoted for a speaker or a people's person, derived from German volk "people" and mann "man". Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1801-1877) was a German physiologist, anatomist, and philosopher... [more]
Abduhalim Tausug
From the given name Abduhalim.
Hebron Czech
From the Biblical place name of the same name mentioned in II Samuel 1-3 which is said to mean “alliance” in Hebrew.
Malmre Estonian
Derived from "malm", meaning "cast iron".
Ryuen Japanese (Rare)
龍 (Ryuu) means "Dragon" and 円 (En) means "Circle, Round". En also can also mean "Garden" in this surname. ... [more]
Levsha Russian
Means "left-handed" in Russian.
Keel Estonian
Keel is an Estonian surname meaning "language/speech" and also "reed".
Passe French
Possibly a nickname from passe 'sparrow
Deutsch German, English
Means "German" in German.
Žemaitis Lithuanian
Derives from the Lithuanian ethnonym žemaitis "Samogitian", denoting someone who came from the Lithuanian region of Samogitia (Žemaitija). A notable bearer of this last name is Jonas Žemaitis, one of the leaders of the Lithuanian Partisans.... [more]
Amarantos Greek
From the given name Amarantos
Ron Spanish, Galician
Habitational name from a town called Ron in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
Yaman Turkish
Means "intelligent, capable, efficient" in Turkish.
Sumalinog Filipino, Cebuano
Meaning uncertain.
Schaefer German (?)
Originating in Germany SCHAEFER is a given surname meaning Shepard in German.
Abog Visayan
Literally "dust" in Cebuano