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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Twardowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within any of 3 Greater Polish villages: 2 named Twardowo or 1 named Twardów.
Tomii Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Armenia Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Armenia or who had connections with Armenia. This surname is derived from the feminine form of Armenio, which is ultimately from Greek Αρμένιος (Armenios) meaning "Armenian"... [more]
Darabont Hungarian, Romanian
Occupational name meaning "guardsman" in Hungarian, ultimately derived from French brabançon. The American movie director Frank Darabont (1959-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Nadyozhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надёжа (nadyozha) meaning "hope".
Rajapakshe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජපක්ෂ (see Rajapakse).
Demory French
From the commune in northern France called Mory with the element de "from".
Tschida German
The Germanic spelling of the Hungarian name Çsida. Derived from the Turkish word for rider, or man on horseback.
Arnould French
Variant of Arnaud.
Cavalera Italian
A bearer of this name is Brazilian metal musician Max Cavalera, whose father was Italian.
Villard French
French cognate of Vilar. A topographic name denoting an inhabitant of a hamlet; or a habitational name from (Le) Villard the name of several places in various parts of France... [more]
Nyhuis Dutch
Variant of Nijhuis
Byun Korean
From Sino-Korean (Byun) meaning "Border".
Boualem Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Alam" (see Boualem); mainly found in Algeria.
De Drumon Medieval Scottish
This name appears carved on the tomb of "Jonnes de Drumon". This is said to be the earliest known written example of the Scottish surname Drummond. We believe that de Drumon could have been costal French or Belgium... [more]
Terchenko Ukrainian
Possibly a variant of Tereshchenko.
Kotaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".
Beh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Ma.
Warg Swedish
Taken from Swedish varg "wolf", ultimately derived from Old Norse vargr.
Akmalov Uzbek
Means "son of Akmal".
Rohrbach German, German (Swiss)
German and Swiss German: habitational name from any of numerous places called Rohrbach (‘reed brook’ or ‘channel brook’) in many parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It is a common surname in Pennsylvania.
Baldrick Medieval English
The name of Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson)'s much-hated slave in the comedy Blackadder.... [more]
Spagna Italian
From Italian spagna "Spain" for a Spaniard or someone who had connections to Spain. Also from the female given name of the same meaning, Italian cognitive of Spain.
Scarduzio Italian
From the Italian verb scardare, meaning to husk a hazelnut or chestnut. Possibly a metaphor for a sculptor who 'husked' a sculpture from stone.
Siaw Akan
Meaning unknown.
Al Saqqaf Arabic
Means "the roofer" from Arabic سقف (saqf) meaning "ceiling, roof".
Lunz German
Nickname for a careless or slovenly person, from Middle High German lunzen 'to doze'. Can also be a habitational name for someone from Lunz in Tyrol.
Kılıç Turkish
Means "sword" in Turkish.
Hof Dutch
Standard Dutch form of Hoff.
Dagdag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "addition, increase" in Tagalog.
Oppegård Norwegian
Habitational name meaning "upper farm". Derived from Old Norse uppi "upper" and garðr "farm, yard". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway. ... [more]
Danilović Serbian
Means "son of Danilo".
Kamutharat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Karakas Hungarian
Means "maker of wheels".
Olivieri Italian
From the given name Oliviero.
Cālītis Latvian
Derived from the word cālis meaning "chick".
Grand French, Romansh
Derived from Old French grand, grant and Romansh grand "tall; large".
Dillinger German
Denoted a person from Dillingen, a district in the region of Swabia in Bavaria, Germany. This name was borne by the infamous John Dillinger (1903-1934), an American gangster and bank robber during the Great Depression.
Ijuuin Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "that one", 集 (juu) meaning "gather" and 院 (in) meaning "institution".
Hashikura Japanese
Hashi means "bridge" and kura means "storehouse".
Ghazanchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).
Bradfield English
Habitational name for a person from any of the various places named Bradfield in England, all derived from Old English brad "broad" and feld "field".
Bold German, Swedish
From the given name Baldo. A cognate of Italian and Spanish Baldo.
Adisa Yoruba
From the given name Adisa
Rottscheit German
Modernization of Rotscheidt, also a city in Germany (Rottscheidt) bearing another modern alternate spelling. When broken down it ultimately means "red" and "piece of wood", implying that the families of today descends from woodwrokers.
Pothier English
One of the Many spellings of Pottier
Yukino Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".
à Beckett Medieval English, English (Australian)
Medieval Latinized form from Beckett. This surname is not used in modern Anglosphere. (But still exist in Austrailia.)
Borromée Italian (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Borromeo, used in reference to Saint Charles Borromeo, a 16th-century Italian cardinal.
Kereu Eastern African
A surname closely associated with the Kisii (or Abagusii) ethnic group, who primarily live in Kisii County in the western part of Kenya. Kisii clans have unique surnames or roots linked to ancestral lines.
Nagórny Russian, Polish, Ukrainian
Place name for someone from multiple cites of Russia named Nagornoye and Nagorny, itself derived from the The prefix Nagorno- that derives from the Russian attributive adjective nagorny (нагорный), which means "highland".
Goldbach German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of 22 places in German-speaking places called Goldbach all derived from the elements gold "gold" and bah "stream"... [more]
Pirn Estonian
Pirn is an Estonian surname meaning "pear".
Sarma Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Alternate transcription of Assamese শৰ্মা, Bengali শর্মা, Hindi/Nepali शर्मा, Telugu శర్మ or Kannada ಶರ್ಮಾ (see Sharma).
Vill Estonian
Vill is an Estonian surname meaning "wool".
Payen French, French (Caribbean)
From the old French given names Pagen Paien from Latin paganus "pagan"... [more]
Krysin Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived from Russian крыса (krysa) meaning "rat".
Hoorn German (Austrian)
From the Germanic word horn meaning "horn". This was an occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn or who played a horn, or a person who lived near a horn-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.
Gultekin Turkish
It comes from "Kül Tigin" (? - 575 AD) who was a general of the Second Turkic Kaganate (Göktürks' khaganate). He was a second son of Ilterish Shad and the younger brother of Bilge Kagan.
Sydorenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Isidor.
Nõmmik Estonian
Nõmmik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath forest" or "heath stand".
Opie English, Cornish
From the medieval personal name Oppy or Obby, a diminutive of such names as Osbert, Osborn, and Osbald... [more]
Şen Turkish
Means "happy, cheerful" in Turkish.
Kuki Japanese
From 久 (ku) meaning "long time (ago)" and 鬼 (ki) meaning "ghost, demon, spirit" or 岐 (ki) meaning "fork in a road, to branch off".
Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Osawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Damian French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Polish
From the medieval personal name Damian, Greek Damianos (from damazein "to subdue"). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas... [more]
Knorr German
From a nickname for a gnarly person, derived from Middle High/Low German knorre "knot, protruberance".
Sledge English
Sledge. Refers to a sledge as a sled.
Saxer German (Swiss), Romansh
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sax or Saxe.
Breeding German
Americanized form of Breiding.
Stach Polish
From the given name Stach.
Bass Romansh
Derived from Romansh bass "short; low".
Blaxton English
There are two possible origins for this surname; one- from the name of the village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England) on the border of Lincolnshire, or two- from the Old English personal name Blaecstan, meaning "black stone"
Callicoatte English
From various places called Caldecote or Caldecott.
Righetti Italian
Means "son of Righetto" a pet form of the personal name Rigo.
Eelmäe Estonian
Eelmäe is an Estonians surname meaning "fore hill".
Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.
Jambrečec Croatian
Derived from the forename Jambrek.
Marsher English
Likely from “marsh”.
Vihur Estonian
Vihur is an Estonian surname meaning "whirlwind" or "gust of wind".
Buayaem Thai
From Thai บัว (bua) meaning "lotus" and แย้ม (yaem) meaning "bloom, blossom".
Samunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒波 (see Kampa).
Leesik Estonian
Leesik is an Estonian surname meaning "bearberry".
Böðvarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Böðvar" in Icelandic.
Saarejõe Estonian
Saarejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "island river".
Todrick Scottish
From the name of a family manor in Selkirk, Scotland, itself from Scots tod "fox" and rig "ridge".
Kartoshkin Russian
From Russian Картошка (kartoshka) "potato".
Kevade Estonian
Kevade is an Estonian surname meaning "Spring (season)".
Kissack Manx
Manx and Derry Irish form of "McIsaac"
Allane Scottish (Rare)
Variant of Allan
Õisnurm Estonian
Õisnurm is an Estonian surname meaning "flower meadow".
Çaylak Turkish
Means "kite (the bird)" or "inexperienced" in Turkish.
Sabino Italian
From the given name Sabino
Lukehart English (American)
Americanized form of German Luckhardt.
Luangrath Lao
From Lao ຫລວງ (ruang) meaning "royal, great, large" and ລາດ (rath) meaning "pave, pour".
Boupha Lao
Means "flower" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit पुष्प (pushpa).
Omura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大村 (see Ōmura).
Amici Italian
From the given name Amico.
Anai Japanese
From Japanese 穴 (ana) meaning "hole, pit" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Rajasaar Estonian
Rajasaar is an Estonian surname meaning "border island" or "storm island".
Aksakov Russian
Common surname in Russia
Daino Filipino
From daino ‘fallow deer’, applied as a nickname, perhaps for someone who was timid or fleet of foot, or as a metonymic occupational name for a game warden or hunter.
Sani Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sani 1.
Akdemir Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and demir meaning "iron".
Romanescu Romanian
Patronymic from the given name Roman.
Povarov Russian
Derived from the Russian word "povar" meaning 'cook'.
Greenburgh German, Jewish
The surname Greenburgh is anglicized for the German Jewish surname Greenberg which translates into English as green mountain.
Fout German
[Foust} maybe german. The Fout name can be traced back to Denmark.
De Marni Italian
From Italy, most likely Northern Italy. One theory is that De Marni or a similar sounding name was the name of an orphanage, but it's origin is unknown.
Dilag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "beauty, splendour, brilliancy" or "maiden" in Tagalog.
Hirt German, English (Anglicized), Czech, Polish
From German Hirte meaning "shepherd".
Yago Japanese
Possibly from 谷 (ya, tani) meaning "valley" and 戸 (go, to) meaning "door".
Barakzay Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto بارکزی (see Barakzai).
Spjuth Swedish
Variant of Spjut.
Keats English
Variant of Kite.
Kanehira Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".
Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".
Ercolani Italian
Derived from the given name Ercolano.
Pelz German, Jewish
Variant of Peltz.
Melero Spanish
Occupational name for a collector or seller of honey, melero (Late Latin mellarius, an agent derivative of mel, genitive mellis, ‘honey’).
Lord French
Nickname from Old French l'ord "the dirty one".
Docherty Scottish
Scottish spelling of the Irish surname Doherty.
Vovchko Rusyn
Rusyn variant of Vovk.
Essa Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.
State German
Nickname from Middle High German stæt(e) meaning "firm", "steadfast", "constant".
Ogasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Alegria Spanish, Portuguese
In Spanish, the name is from a location.... [more]
Nicolin French
From the given name Nicolas.
Numasawa Japanese
From 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Sillanpää Finnish
Means "bridgehead" in Finnish, an area around the end of a bridge. Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888-1964) was a Finnish author and the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Ansted English
Variant of Anstead, possibly derived from places named with Old English ham-stede meaning "homestead".
Candy English
perhaps from Middle English candi "crystallized cane sugar" (via French from Persian qand "sugar") and used as a metonymic occupational name for a sugar merchant... [more]
Matamala Catalan
Town of the Capcir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France.
Weston Dutch
Diminutive of Westenberg
Akulova Russian
Feminine form of Akulov (Акулов)
Malinis Filipino, Tagalog
Means "clean" in Tagalog.
Kocur Ukrainian
means "tom cat" or "male cat"
Kyoo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).
Moana Maori
From the given name Moana.
Tulenheimo Finnish
Meaning "fire's tribe" in Finnish. A famous bearer was Finnish prime minister Antti Tulenheimo (1879-1952), who was born Antti Thulé.
Danyliuk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Danylyuk.
Iyeguda Jewish (Russified)
From the given name Iyeguda.
Tetzel German
A variant of Tetzlaff and is derived from the bakery Tetzel Prime in Casey, Illinois.
Swanney Scottish
Habitational name from Swannay, Orkney
Schwier German
Contracted form of Schwieder.
Matzerath Polish
This was used in The Tin Drum, a 1959 novel originally published as Die Blechtrommel in Germany, written by Günter Grass. The main character was Oskar Matzerath.
Bongiovi Italian
Comes from the given name Giovi, combination of bon 'good' + Giovi.
Tripathy Hindi, Odia, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
Variant transcription of Tripathi.
Iacovou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Ιακώβου (see Iakovou) chiefly used in Cyprus.
Carcan Lombard
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous frazione of the commune of Vila in the province of Còmm.
Ayhan Turkish
Derived from the given name Ayhan.
Roybal Galician (Hispanicized)
Castellanized form of Ruibal.
Kazan Greek
Reduced form of Kazandis which is an occupational surname for a maker of cauldrons or someone who uses a cauldron for the distillation of ouzo or raki... [more]
Bärtsch Romansh
Derived from the given name Bartholomäus.
Dayarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala දයාරත්න (see Dayaratne).
Bulatao Pangasinan
From Pangasinan bulataw meaning "to lead astray, to deceive".
Vargo Hungarian
Comes from the surname Varga.
Lambros Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Λαμπρος (see Lampros), derived from Greek λαμπρός (lampros) meaning "bright, shining, brilliant"... [more]
Fomichyova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Фомичёв, Фомичев (see Fomichyov).
Ahamada Comorian
From the given name Ahamada.
Antuña Spanish
From the given name Antonio.
Conzett Romansh
Derived from Conz, a variant of the given name Kunz, in combination with the diminutive suffix -ett.
Carmack English
Anyone with information about this last name please edit.
Reek Estonian
Reek is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "kreek", meaning "damson".
Boodhoo Mauritian Creole, Trinidadian Creole
Derived from Sanskrit बुध् (budh) meaning "awakened, intelligent, wise".
Ranathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रण (rana) meaning "delight, pleasure, joy" or "battle, war" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".
Harvard English
Variant of Harward. A famous bearer of the name was English clergyman John Harvard (1607-1638), after whom Harvard College is named.
Norðdahl Icelandic
Icelandic form of Nordahl.
Ursu Romanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.
Jäälaid Estonian
Jäälaid is an Estonian surname meaning "ice islet".
Nemoy Russian
Derived from German Nemetz (“dumb” as in “mute”)
Bowell English
Of Norman origin; habitational name from Bouelles, Seine-Maritime, France, which is from Old Norman French "boelle" meaning "enclosure, dwelling".
Sungur Turkish
Means "falcon" in Turkish.
Dewolf Dutch
Contracted form of De Wolf.
Bantadtan Thai
From Thai บรรทัด (banthat) meaning "ruler; straight line" and ฐาน (than) meaning "base; location".
Rowett English
English from a medieval personal name composed of the Germanic elements hrod ‘renown’ + wald ‘rule’, which was introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the form Róaldr, and again later by the Normans in the form Rohald or Roald... [more]
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.
Grixti Maltese
Grixti is entirely of Maltese origin and is thought to mean "rough".
Hegeman Dutch
Toponymic name derived from Middle Dutch hage "hedge, bush".
Herrick English
From the personal name Erik.
Vignola Italian
habitational name from any of various minor places so named from vignola "small vineyard".
Kanisthayon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Shawky Arabic
Derived from the given name Shawqi.
Aharonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ահարոնյան (see Aharonyan).
Yamura Japanese
From 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".
Weidling German (Austrian)
May refer to the district of Weidling, located in the municipality of Klosterneuburg, which is situated in Lower Austria, near Vienna. A notable person with this surname was Helmuth Weidling, a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Nourse English
Variant of Norris 2, from norice "nurse".
Quine Manx
Shortened Anglicization of Manx Mac Vian "son of Mian".
Ara Japanese
From the Japanese 荒 (ara) "primitive," "rude," "crude."