WhatleyEnglish From any of the various places in England named with Old English hwæte "wheat" and leah "woodland clearing".
BurdeineiRusyn (Ukrainianized, Rare) Burdeinei is an 18th century Ruthenian (Rusyn) surname from the Carpathian Mountains and Western Ukraine. It is a descriptive surname that indicates a type of location of residence.... [more]
GheorghilașRomanian Gheorghilaș is a family name met in the past at a haiduc named Negoiță Gheorghilaș.
NagavekarIndian Of Indian origin, specifically from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The name is derived from the words "nagav" which means cobra and "kar" meaning owner, thus Nagavekar means "owner of cobras" in English... [more]
MarksmanEnglish An occupational surname indicating a person who was a hunter, especially a skilled one.
HaramijaCroatian Derived from harambaša, which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.
SchwankGerman Either a nickname for a thin person, (derived from Middle High German swanc meaning "little, slender, thin"), a pretty person (from Middle Low German swank "fine, dainty") or a fun, loving person (from Middle High German swanc and Middle Low German swank "funny idea, joke, jest, foolery").
JõeperEstonian Jõeper is an Estonian surname derived from "jõeperv", meaning "riverbank".
MalecuitFrench Means "doughy," "soggy," or "undercooked" in French.
SwettEnglish Derived from the old English words "swete" and "swot".
BeswickEnglish habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and East Yorkshire named Beswick. The second element is Old English wic "outlying (dairy) farm"... [more]
DrewittEnglish, 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’
SandénSwedish Combination of Swedish sand "sand" and the common surname suffix -én.
ModiglianiItalian Used by Sepharditic Jews, this surname comes from the Italian town of Modigliana, in Romagna. Famous bearers of this surname include painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) and Nobel Prize in Economics recipient Franco Modigliani (1918–2003).
MallettEnglish Possible origins Malet a medieval diminutive of Mal(le) being a pet form of and name Mary, could also be of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Malhard.
JehleHebrew Jehle-Romanov surname was given name of monarchical leaders over the areas of eastern Eurasia known as Russia and all Russia's yet upon revolution family erroneously reported all dead. Most family of Alexander died while remaining in Russia, while those whom escaped circa 1880 survived... [more]
JibikiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 字 (ji) meaning "letter; character" and 引 (biki), the joining form of 引 (hiki), from 引き (hiki) meaning "pull", referring to a dictionary.
HayamaJapanese From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
AkdağTurkish Habitational name for someone who lived near any of the various mountains named Akdağ in Turkey, from Turkish ak meaning "white" and dağ meaning "mountain".
LalliFinnish Of uncertain etymology. This surname has been attested in Finland since 1550 CE.
AzuaBasque Habitational and topographic name derived from Basque (h)artsu "stony place; rocky", itself derived from (h)arri "stone, rock" and the suffix -tsu.
LehmkuhlGerman, Low German topographic or occupational name for someone working or living by a clay pit from Middle Low German lēm "clay" and kule "pit" a habitational name from any of several places called with this term for example Lehmkuhlen near Kiel.
SasaharaJapanese From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
FormanEnglish An occupational surname for a keeper of swine, Middle English foreman, from Old English for hog, "pig" and mann ‘man’. The word is attested in this sense from the 15th century but is not used specifically for the leader of a gang of workers before the late 16th century.
LandgraabBanat Swabian The surname "Landgrab" (or its variations) is believed to have originated in Swabia, an area in Germany. The HouseOfNames website says the earliest known bearer of the name was Ulrich dictus Landgrave in 1276.
MaysonetProvençal Deriving from the Old French word machun, which meant 'stone cutter.' Inferring the original bearer of the name worked in stone or mason.
ManjarrésSpanish This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
AlduateBasque (Rare) From the name of a location in Urraulbeiti valley, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque altu "tall, high" combined with either una "pasture" or une "place" and -eta "place of, abundance of"... [more]
IshiyamaJapanese From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."
VatistasGreek From the Latin Batista which means "baptist", originally deriving from Greek βάπτω (bapto) meaning "to dip".
ZopfGerman Nickname for someone who wore his hair in a pigtail or plait, Middle High German zopf, zoph, or from a field name from same word in the sense ‘tail’, ‘end’, ‘narrow point’.
RaadDutch Metonymic occupational name for an adviser, counselor, or member of a town council, from raad "advice, counsel", or derived from a given name containing the element (see rēdaz).
NavarreFrench The name means "By the sea". Originally a country of its own, located between Spain and France, Navarre became a part of France in 1284 when the Queen of Navarre married King Philip IV of France. After much war, becoming independent once again, and falling into Spanish rule, the Kingdom of Navarre is now split between Spain and France.
RoeberLow German Habitational name from a place named Roben, for example in Thuringia or Schleswig. From a Germanic personal name based on hrod ‘renown’, ‘victory’. Low German variant of Räuber and Rauber.
ZhuoChinese From Chinese 卓 (zhuó) meaning "outstanding, lofty".
De SantaItalian (Tuscan) The surname De Santa was first found in Lucca, a city and comune in Tuscany, capital of the province of Lucca and where Bascilican type churches abound. The history commences in 218 B.C., and passed through many hands in the intervening centuries... [more]
KhúcVietnamese Vietnamese form of Qu, from Sino-Vietnamese 曲 (khúc).
KeetonEnglish Habitational name from a place called Ketton in Durham or one in Rutland or from Keaton in Ermington, Devon. The first is named from the Old English personal name Catta or the Old Norse personal name Káti and Old English tūn "settlement"; the second is probably from an old river name or tribal name Cētan (possibly a derivative of Celtic cēd "wood") and Old English ēa "river"; and the last possibly from Cornish kee "hedge, bank" and Old English tūn.
ChildEnglish From a nickname for an affectionate term for a person, or for a young man of noble birth, or for a young noble waiting for knighthood, or for someone who was younger than their siblings, or who was a minor on the death of his father, derived from Old English cild "baby, child"... [more]
NewcomerEnglish (American) Nickname for a person who was new to a town or location, from Old English niwe meaning "new" and cumen meaning "to come".
VeitchScottish Derived from the Latin word vacca which means "cow". This was either an occupational name for a cowherd or a nickname for a gentle person.
BorbergDanish Borberg is derived from the location Borbjerg in Western Jutland in Denmark.
CambriaItalian Possibly denoted someone from Cambria, Sicily, which might be of Arabic origin and unrelated to the latinized form of Cymru; alternatively, it could derive from the Roman cognomen Cambria, which would be related to the Latin toponym Cambria.
HowarthEnglish "From a hedged estate", from Old English haga ("hedge, haw") and worð ("farm, estate"). Likely originating from the Yorkshire village of the same name. Common in Lancashire and recorded from at least 1518, as Howorthe, with an earlier version of Hauewrth in Gouerton dated 1317 recorded in the Neubotle charters.
BraunsteinerGerman (Austrian) This surname means brown stone in German and it may be an ornamental surname or an occupational surname for someone who may have been a miner.
RumfeltGerman, Dutch Altered spelling of German Romfeld, derived from Middle Low German rüm- meaning "to clear (land)" and feld meaning "open country, field", hence a topographic name or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a person engaged in clearing woodland, or in some cases a habitational name for someone from Romfelt in the Ardennes... [more]
DemegawaJapanese From Japanese 出 (de) "out", 目 (me) "eye" and 川 (kawa) "river".
VillagranSpanish From a lost village called Villa Grande, meaning 'large farmstead or settlement'.
LaithenEnglish English habitational name from any of various places so called, for example in Lancashire (near Blackpool) and in North Yorkshire. The former was named in Old English as ‘settlement by the watercourse’, from Old English lad ‘watercourse’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter as ‘leek enclosure’ or ‘herb garden’, from leac ‘leek’ + tun... [more]