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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Opel German
Derived from the given name Albert.
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]
Casanova Catalan, Italian, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Means "new house" in various Romance languages, ultimately derived from Latin casa "house" and nova "new".
Gorringe English
Derived from the name of the village of Goring-by-the-Sea in Sussex
Smokvina Croatian
Derived from smokva meaning ''fig''.
Chacon Spanish
Spanish (Chacón): nickname from chacón ‘gecko’.
Sidiqi Pashto, Persian, Afghan
Means "the veracious" from Arabic صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa) meaning "to be truthful, to be sincere". It is also a variant of Persian Sadeghi.
Meysami Persian
From the given name Meysam.
Kanisthasunthon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Ben Romdhane Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Ramadan" in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian).
Aslanis Greek
From the Turkish name/word for lion, Aslan.
Từ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xu 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 徐 (từ).
Wimaladharma Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विमल (vimala) meaning "clean, pure, spotless" and धर्म (dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue".
Esteve Spanish, Catalan
From the Catalan given name Esteve. Cognate to Estévez and Esteves.
Löfquist Swedish
Combination of Swedish löv "leaf" and kvist "twig".
Van Eck Dutch
Means "from Eck", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Derived from hek "fence".
Zeldes Yiddish
An eastern Ashkenazic matronymic surname derived from the Yiddish female personal name Zelde (from the Middle High German word sælde meaning either 'fortunate', 'blessed', or 'happiness'.)
Psmythe English (American)
Originates from Oregon within the USA.
Ehrhardt German
From a Germanic personal name composed of Old High German ēra, meaning ‘honor’, and hard, meaning ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, or ‘strong’.
Hei Chinese
Hei means “Black” in Chinese
Väät Estonian
Väät is an Estonian surname meaning "withe", "tendril" and "vine".
Greenhill English
The name is derived from a geographic locality, "at the green hill", or rather, more specifically of "Greenhill". The surname could also derive from the liberty on the wapentake of Corringham in Lincolnshire, or a hamlet in the parish of Harrow in Middlesex... [more]
Obama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".
Balage Sinhalese
Means "military, forces, cavalry", derived from Sanskrit बल (bala) meaning "strength, might" combined with the Sinhala suffix ගේ (ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Lanphere English
From the Languedoc region of southern France, it came from the ancient Greek personal name, Petros and the Biblical name, Peter, meaning "rock."
Mazzamauro Italian
Italian cognate of Matamoros. A famous bearer of the name is Italian actress Anna Mazzamauro (1938-).
Kozuki Japanese
It is written as 上 (Ko) meaning "above" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".
Kabayel Turkish
From Turkish kaba meaning "rough, rude coarse" and yel meaning "wind, breeze".
Kuusalu Estonian
Kuusalu is an Estonian surname derived from "kuusik" meaning "spruce wood" and "salu" meaning "grove".
Schoenbeck German, Jewish
Means "beutiful stream" in German.
Dabbagh Arabic, Persian
Means "tanner, currier" in Arabic.
Kanisthayon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Jacobi Jewish, Dutch, German, French
Latinized patronymic form of Jacob.
Rueangsi Thai
From Thai เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright, brilliant" and ศรี (si) meaning "glory, honour, splendour".
Fahnbulleh Western African
Means "bold and strong" in Liberian.
Gasparrino Italian (Tuscan)
Gasparinus de Bergamo was a Italian Teacher who tutored The Future Popes of Italy and was a Secertary for Pope Martin V in the late 1400.
Eksi Turkish
Ekºi means "sour" in Turkish.
Natsugawa Japanese
Variant of Natsukawa, meaning "summer river".
Shahbazzadeh Persian
Means "born of Shahbaz".
Bercovici Romanian
Romanian form of Berkovich.
Moskal Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish
Originally denoted a person who was an inhabitant of the Grand Principality of Moscow during the 12th to 15th centuries or someone who was Russian or Russian-like, derived from Russian москаль (moskalʹ) "Muscovite", from Old Ruthenian москаль (moskal')... [more]
Mathíassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Mathías" in Icelandic.
Ólafsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ólafur" in Icelandic.
Dierking Low German, Dutch
Habitational name from a farm so named which once belonged to a certain Dierk and his kin, for instance Dircking (nowadays Derkink) in Enschede.
Rayyan Arabic
Derived from the given name Rayyan.
Kansiime Kiga
The surname of a certain Anne.
Oyinade Western African
Of Yoruba origin, predominantly found in Nigeria. A compound surname from the word Oyin meaning "honey" or "sweetness" and Ade: meaning "crown" or "royalty".
Dawkins English, Popular Culture
English patronymic from a pet form of Daw. ... [more]
Zahornacky South Slavic (Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Zahornacky is the americanized version of name Zahornitski, meaning “The people from over the mountain”. The name has roots in Czechoslovakian and Polish decent.
Cruikshank Scottish
From a medieval Scottish nickname for someone with a crooked leg (from Scots cruik "bent" + shank "leg"). This was the surname of British caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1872) and British actor Andrew Cruikshank (1907-1988).
Aiwara Japanese
A variant of Aihara.
Herlihy Irish
From Irish Gaelic Ó hIarfhlatha "descendant of Iarfhlaith", a personal name meaning literally "lord of the west".
Arisen English (Modern)
From a Dutch surname that means "son of Aris 2". In The Netherlands, this name is never used as a first name, since Dutch law strictly prohibits the use of surnames as first names... [more]
Falkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Falkow
Beaty Scottish, Northern Irish
Variant form of Beattie. A famous bearer of this name was the American basketball player Zelmo Beaty (1939-2013).
Ivanić Croatian
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.
Mukoyama Japanese
From 向 (muko) meaning "facing, yonder, toward" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Podolsky Russian
Russian form of Podolski
Amatonding Filipino, Maranao
From a Maranao title of nobility.
Troiano Italian
From the given name Troiano
Harsono Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Hu (胡) or Zhuo (卓). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Pinhas Hebrew
From the given name Pinhas.
Danser German, French, English
German: variant of Danzer. Altered spelling of English Dancer.... [more]
Liell English (British)
Meaning: from the isle, from an island. Early versions of the name can be traced back to the Norman invasion in 1066, and a variation (de Insula) can be found in the Domesday Book... [more]
Kostopoulos Greek
Means "son of Kostas".
Pung Estonian
Pung is an Estonian surname meaning "bud".
Oatfield English
Means "oat field". Cognate of Haberfeld
Russian Friulian
Friulian form of Russo or Russi.
Norgaard Danish
North "Nor" Farm "gaard"
Rosso Italian
Derived from the Italian word rosso meaning "red". It was used as a nickname for people with red hair or that used to wear in red.
Breaux French (Cajun)
Originally from the region of Poitou.
Pleasant American
Means being a very bright man in the near future. Also can be used as a alias.
Obel Danish
Surname
Takai Japanese
From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "expensive" and 井 (i) "well."
Pennock Cornish, English
From the Cornish 'pennknegh', meaning "hilltop".
Cesare Italian
From the given name Cesare.
Riess Germanic
A name after the word 'reis' meaning twig or stick.
Rochally Hungarian
from hungarian de Rozsalyi
Merriott English
Either a habitational name from Merriott in Somerset. The placename may derive from Old English mere miere "mare" mere "pool" or gemære "boundary" and gæt "gate gap"... [more]
Malaluan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "surpass, exceed" in Tagalog.
Abajian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբաջյան (see Abajyan).
Cudak Polish
Means "oddity, crank" in Polish. It can also come from the word cud meaning "miracle, wonder".
Laîné French
distinguishing epithet from French l'aîné "the eldest (son)", used to identify the older of two bearers of the same name in a family.
Šnajdr Czech
Czech form of Schneider.
Ćmiel Polish
Variant of Trzmiel.
Fichera Italian
From Sicilian fichera "fig tree", a nickname for someone who grew or sold figs, or perhaps lived near them.
Mavrogiannis Greek
Literally means "black Giannis", derived from Greek μαύρος (mavros) "black, Moorish" and Giannis.
Meutstege Dutch
Possibly from Dutch meute meaning "pack, crowd" and steeg meaning "alleyway, lane, narrow path". Dutch former soccer player Wim Meutstege (1952-) bears this name.
Sakellarios Greek
Feminine form is Sakellariou
Alkhatib Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الخطيب (see Al-khatib).
Tsuda Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Konkyuuryou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).
Landicho Filipino
Either from a nickname derived from Spanish le han dicho meaning "he has been told" or a variant of the name Landecho.
De Cunha Portuguese (Brazilian), Sinhalese
Variant of Cunha used in Brazil and Sri Lanka.
Themptander Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the name of Tämta parish in Västergötland, Sweden.
Borzykh Russian
Derived from Russian борзый (borzy) meaning "swift, brisk".
Ghosh Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit घोष (ghosha) meaning "milkman" or "cowherd", ultimately from गो (go) meaning "cow".
Corrie English
Habitational name from places in Arran, Dumfries, and elsewhere, named Corrie, from Gaelic coire "cauldron", applied to a circular hanging valley on a mountain.
Umiastowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Umiastów.
Doyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂湯 (see Dōyu).
Hagler German (Austrian), Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge or enclosure.
Lavender English, Dutch
Occupational name for a washerman or launderer, Old French, Middle Dutch lavendier (Late Latin lavandarius, an agent derivative of lavanda "washing", "things to be washed"). The term was applied especially to a worker in the wool industry who washed the raw wool or rinsed the cloth after fulling... [more]
Chhetri Nepali, Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatríya), the name of the Hindu social class consisting of warriors and rulers.
Gug Korean
From korean hanja 國, 菊, or 鞠. A surname for 19 000 koreans
Kidney Irish
Surname translated from Irish surname Duane to English Kidney Mainly found in County Cork. Original Irish clan name is Ó Dubháin.
Banksy English, Popular Culture
This is pseudonyms Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. Banksy's real name might be Robin Gunningham. How Banksy got his pseudonym is unknown... [more]
Jesús Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, French
From the given name Jesús.
Valmont English, French
Means "Hill of the vale"
Chryssomallis Greek
Means "golden hair" in Greek.
Hisazome Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time" and 染 (zome), the joining continuative form of 染める (someru) meaning "to dye", referring to the process of dying for a long time.
Fornes Norwegian
Habitational name from various farmsteads in Norway named furanes or fornes.
Saitta Sicilian, Italian
Means "arrow" or "lightning bolt" in Sicilian, from Latin sagitta via sajitta. Probably a nickname for a quick or fast-footed person, though it may have also been a metonymic occupational name for a fletcher.
Bosinney Cornish
Denotes the original bearer came from Bossiney, Cornwall. Bossiney comes from Cornish Bod and Cini, meaning "Cini's dwelling," with Cini being a Cornish name of unknown meaning.... [more]
Okuri Japanese
O means "big, great" and kuri means "chestnut".
Regar Batak
Variant of Siregar.
Beau French
Nickname for a handsome man (perhaps also ironically for an ugly one) from Old French beu bel "beautiful, handsome" (from Late Latin bellus)... [more]
Lhomme French
From the name of the commune of Lhomme, located in the Sarthe department in northwestern France.
Häfeli German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a potter.
Podolski Polish
Refers to a region named Podolia in Ukraine.
Forrest French
French and English last name
Matarranz Spanish
Originated in northern Spain, probably from mat- which means to kill and the surname Arranz. It is currently a very rare surname and is found mainly in the province of Segovia.
Eldarzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Eldar".
Hauschild German
Possibly from German haus "house" or hauen "to chop, to hack" combined with schild "shield".
McGinley Irish
Anglicized form of Mag Fhionnghaill, a patronymic from the personal name Fionnghal
Kasenurm Estonian
Kasenurm is an Estonian surname meaning "birch meadow".
Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".
Clements English
Means "son of Clement".
Welker German
Variant of Walker.
Cotugno Italian
From Sicilian cutugnu "quince (tree)"
Fellous Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Maghrebi Arabic فلوس (fallus) meaning "chick, young chicken".
Pfarr German
From Middle High German pfarr 'district' 'parish' or pfarre(r) 'parish priest', hence an occupational name for a parson.
Muggah Scottish
From the Gaelic word mùgach meaning "surly".
Burger English, German, Dutch
Status name for a freeman of a borough. From Middle English burg, Middle High German burc and Middle Dutch burch "fortified town". Also a German habitational name for someone from a place called Burg.
Sarōdo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.
Cunliffe English
Originally meant "person from Cunliffe", Lancashire ("slope with a crevice" (literally "cunt-cliff")).
Le Monnier French
Occupational surname for a miller, literally meaning "the miller" in French.
Chanruang Thai
Variant transcription of Chanrueang.
Rivet French, English
French: from a diminutive of Old French rive ‘(river) bank’, ‘shore’ (see Rives).... [more]
Bahri Arabic, Persian
From the given name Bahri.
Vorokhta Ukrainian
From Hutsul.
Sainte-Marie French, Occitan
French and Occitan cognate of Santamaría.
Pacal German
South German: pet form of Pach .
Wosame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Takiya Japanese (Rare)
Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.
Hecht German
Means "pike (fish)" in German, generally a nickname for a rapacious and greedy person. In some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a fisher, and in others it may be a habitational name from a house distinguished by a sign depicting this fish.
Guyton English
Means "hill of Gaega".
Dishman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of North German Dischmann or Tischmann: occupational name for a joiner from Middle Low German disch 'table' + man 'man'.
Portuguez Spanish
Spanish variant of Portugues.
Franchino Italian
Diminutive form of Franco.
Holcomb English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and Somerset, so named from Old English hol meaning "hollow", "sunken", "deep" + cumb meaning "valley".
Millsap English (American), English
Judging by the name and how it sounds, I guess it's occupational. This is the name of a town in Texas, named after Fuller Millsap.
Borowicz Polish
Patronymic from a pet form of Borowy, or from Borzyslaw, Bolebor, or some other personal name formed with the element bor ‘to fight’.
Głownia Polish
Derived from Polish word głownia which means "blade".
Cabugatan Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao kabugatan, a historical title for a crown prince.
Fiamma Italian
Means "flame" in Italian, possibly a nickname for someone with red hair or a fiery temperament. Compare the feminine given name Fiamma.
Frías Spanish
Taken from the city of Frías, in Spain. The name of the city is taken from the Spanish phrase aguas frías, meaning "cold waters".
Ekvall Swedish
Composed of Swedish ek "oak" and vall "field, pasture".
Saint-Amour French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Amor" in French.
Kummell German
From the German word "Kümmel", which means caraway, a spice. Kummell is an occupational surname referring to someone who grew, sold, or used caraway in trade (e.g., a spice merchant, herbalist, or apothecary)... [more]
Borgedalen Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Norwegian borg "fortification, castle" and dal "valley".
Khrystosenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христос (Khrystos), meaning "Christ". Likely denoted to very religious person.
Sultán Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sultan.
Demosthenous Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Demosthenes" in Greek.
Shima Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Yabut Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan iabut meaning "to hand over, to give".
Ignatz German
From the given name Ignatz.
Balansag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bansag meaning "name".
Grunwald German, German (Swiss), Jewish
German and Swiss German (Grünwald): habitational name from any of various places named Grün(e)wald, from Middle High German gruene ‘green’ + walt ‘wood’, ‘forest’. ... [more]
Garcés Spanish
Meaning "son of García" ultimately from medieval spanish Garsea, using the patronymic suffix és/ez
Tempesta Italian
Originally a nickname for a person with a blustery temperament, from Italian tempesta meaning "storm, tempest" (compare Tempest).... [more]
Dieulafoy French
From Old French Dieu la foy meaning "God the faith". Famous bearers were the married couple of French archeologists Marcel Dieulafoy (1844-1920) and Jane Dieulafoy (1951-1916). A medical condition of the stomach causing gastric bleeding called "Dieulafoy's lesion" was named after Dr... [more]
Bostani Persian
Derived from Persian بوستان (bostan) meaning "garden".
Crofter English
A surname of Scottish origin used in the Highlands and Islands and means “an owner or a tenant of a small farm”. The Old English word croft seems to correspond with the Dutch kroft meaning “a field on the downs”.
Juuso Finnish
From the given name Juuso.
Bohdanovych Ukrainian
Means "son of Bohdan". Also masculine patronymic in Ukrainian (unisex surname).
Herold English, Dutch, German
From the given name Herold. This was the surname of David Herold, one of the conspirators in the Abraham Lincoln assassination plot.
Kumarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Justice English
Simply form the abstract noun "Justice"
Pétursdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Pétur" in Icelandic.
Elfving Swedish
Possibly a combination of an obsolete spelling of Swedish älv "river" and the suffix -ing (ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ingaz) meaning "coming from, belonging to, descending from"... [more]
Hlava Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Direct translation from hlava meaning "head".
Gašpar Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
From the given name Gašpar.
Curroto Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish surname with unknown origin. Uruguayan / Spanish singer Lucas Curroto has this surname.
Hallam English
Habitational name from Halam (Nottinghamshire) or from Kirk or West Hallam (Derbyshire) all named with the Old English dative plural halum "(at the) nooks or corners of land" (from Old English halh "nook recess"; see Hale)... [more]
Ribera Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from any of various locations in Spain named Ribera, derived from Catalan and Spanish ribera meaning "bank, shore".
Comeaux French (Acadian), French Creole
Variant spelling of French Comeau.
Tailwal Indian
Tailwal is a Garhwali Brahmin surname used in the state of Uttarakhand. Tailwal are Kanyakubja Brahmin. They came from western-Central part of India and settled in Taila village of Garhwal in 1600.
Romo Spanish
Derived from latin (rhombus) meaning obtuse, blunt.
Roelofs Dutch
Variant of Roelfs, meaning "son of Roelof".
Bugajski Polish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Bugaj.
Sadie South African
Pissibly from the given name Sadie.
Allenbach German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name from any of several places called Allenbach.
Õun Estonian
Õun is an Estonian surname meaning "apple".
Hjelte Swedish
From Swedish hjälte "hero".
Maligaya Filipino, Tagalog
Means "happy, pleasant" in Tagalog.
Rothwell English
An English surname meaning 'Lives by the red spring"
Roshdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.
Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]
Elsinger German (Swiss)
Probably a derivative of Elsing.
Jordison English
Possibly meaning son of Jordan. This name is surname of American drummer Joey Jordison.
Ódinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Óðinn" in Icelandic.