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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MacRoibin Scottish
Means "son of Robin"
Verdejo Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places so called.
Naiman Ukrainian, Jewish
Before Genghis Khan conquered the world, he conquered his neighbors, and his last great victory, in 1204, was over a tribe of Turkic Christians called the Naiman. (Some Naimans today are Christian but most are Jewish.)... [more]
Meriloo Estonian
Meriloo is an Estonia surname derived from "meri" (sea) and "loo", one of several named locations in Estonia.
Tõugu Estonian
Tõugu is an Estonian surname meaning "half-blooded".
Sergeyan Armenian, Russian
Means "son of Sergey" with the Armenian suffix yan.
Fulga Romanian (Rare)
Means "snowflake" in Romanian.
Dyal Irish
Variant of Doyle.
Glandt German
Nickname from Middle High Geman glander meaning "gleam", "sparkle", "shine", for someone with such a temperament.
Hitotsuyanagi Japanese (Rare)
一 (Hitotsu) means "one" and 柳 (Yanagi) means "willow".
Kidamura Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable", or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", combined with 田 (da) meaning rice paddy, field" and 村 (mura) means "hamlet, village".
Fogerty Irish (Anglicized)
Variant spelling of Fogarty.
Ichioka Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill".
Žugić Serbian, Montenegrin
Derived from žuganje (жугање), meaning "whining, complaining".
Da Vila Portuguese, Galician
A topographic name for someone from a village (vila).
Zalbidea Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque zalbide "horses’ road", ultimately composed of zaldi "horse" and bide "path, track, way; journey".
Menonita Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From Spanish meaning "mennonite".
Corbeddu Sardinian
Means "son of Corbu" in Sardinian.
Ikehara Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Mullee Irish
Possible variant of Malley or Molloy
Tamang Tamang
From Tamang རྟ་དམག་ (Ta Damag) meaning "Tamang", a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.
Cebrián Spanish
From the given name Cebrián.
Mayhew English
Anglicized form of a Norman French variant of the given name Matthew.
Strangeways English
Means "person from Strangeways", Greater Manchester ("strong current").
Van Merrienboer Dutch
Occupational name for a mare farmer, derived from Middle Dutch merrie meaning "mare (female horse)" and boer meaning "peasant, farmer".
Anbu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Ambu).
Bay Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Likely a reduced form of German Bayer.
Gambino Italian
from a diminutive of gamba ‘leg’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with short legs.
Mathys French
Derived from the given name Mathieu.
Penta Italian
From the name of a hamlet in Salerno, Italy, possibly derived from a southern Italian word meaning "large rock" or "steep slope" (penta, pente, or pendë).
Kaihau Maori
This less-common Maori surname means speed
Wijerathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේරත්න (see Wijeratne).
Laveran French
The surname Laveran probably became popular as a first name thanks to the French Nobel Prize in Medicine Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran. Laveran discovered that protozoan parasites were the causative agent of malaria.
Hiiesalu Estonian
Hiiesalu is an Estonian surname derived from the pre-Christian "hiie" (a sacred location), and "salu" ("grove").
Lovett English
From a nickname derived from Old French louet "wolf cub", a diminutive form of lou "wolf".
Magparangalan Tagalog
Means "to show off with pride, to honour one another" in Tagalog.
Kalantari Persian
Derived from Persian کلانتر (kalantar) meaning "sheriff, marshal".
Choi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.
Ishanagyi Okinawan (Archaic)
From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.
Jayawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).
Luniv Ukrainian (Rare)
From Ukrainian луна (luna), meaning "echo".
Everton English
Habitational name from any of various places, in Bedfordshire, Merseyside, and Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English eofor ‘wild boar’ + tun ‘settlement’.
D'Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.
Corrao Sicilian
Italianized form of Currau, a reduced form of the given name Curradu, a Sicilian variant of Conrad.
Makeba African American
Meaning unknown. famous bearer is South African singer songwriter, Miriam Makeba (1936-2008).
Krist German, Dutch
Variant form of Christ, or a short form of the given name Kristen 1.
Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.
Zeitoun Arabic
Derived from the Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive", a cognate of the Maghrebi Zitouni. It could also be linked to the famous El-Zeitoun district in Cairo, Egypt.
Aragón Spanish, South American
Habitational name from Aragon Spain which was an independent kingdom from 1035 to 1479. It took its name from the river Aragón which arises in its northwestern corner... [more]
Ruacho Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly from rúa, "street".
Meysami Persian
From the given name Meysam.
Mac Con Charraige Irish
Means "son of the hound of the rock" in Irish, from Irish cú "hound" and carraig "rock".
Oganesian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).
Hässli German (Swiss), French (Rare)
Swiss German diminutive form of Haas. This is a French surname via Alsace-Lorraine. A notable bearer is French footballer (soccer player) Eric Hassli (1981-).
Io Japanese
I could mean "this" or "well, pit, mineshaft" and o means "tail".
Spjuth Swedish
Variant of Spjut.
Armitage English
Topographic name for someone who lived on or near a hermitage or a habitational for places so called, derived from Middle English ermitage. A famous bearer of the name is English actor Richard Crispin Armitage (1971-).
Mcduff Scottish, Northern Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Duibh, a patronymic from the personal name Dubh "black, dark".
Mukha Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "fly" in several languages.
Brinck German
Means "home on or near a hill".... [more]
Laney English, Irish
Possibly from the given name Laney or the Irish surname McElhinney.
Wicks English
Variant of Weeks.
Edgerly English
Habitational name from any of numerous minor places named Edgerley, Edgerely, or Hedgerley.
Threepwood English
The last name of the main pirate character in Lucaart's Monkey Island.
Wachs German, Jewish
Occupational name for someone who dealt with beeswax from Middle High German wahs German wachs "wax".
Merriam Welsh
Derived from either the personal name Meuric, which is the Welsh form of Maurice, or ultimately from the Latin personal name Mauritius, which means "dark".
Kotromanić Medieval Serbian
The Kotromanić were a late medieval Bosnian and Serbian noble family. The name is thought to have originated from a knight named Cotromano.
Banogon Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hawklike" in Cebuano, ultimately from banog meaning "hawk".
Cigan Slovene
Means "gypsy" in Slovenian.
Weerasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරසේකර (see Weerasekara).
Agirmo Italian (Rare)
Possibly derived from the Italian form of Ancient Greek ἀγυρμός (agyrmos) meaning "gathering, meeting, assembly", referring to the first day of the Greater Eleusinian Mysteries festivals.
Avvakumov Russian
derived from male given name Avvakum, variant of Abakumov
Ngụy Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Wei, from Sino-Vietnamese 魏 (ngụy).
Cure English
Possibly from Middle English cuir meaning “attention, heed, diligence, or care.”
Kenyon English, Welsh
Kenyon is a surname from Wales meaning "a person from Ennion's Mound"
Stekelenburg Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch stekel meaning "prickle, stickle, spine, spike" and burg meaning "fortress". A famous bearer is the retired Dutch soccer goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (1982-).
Scarlatti Italian
Meaning ‘Scarlet’.
Parkes English
Variant of Parks.
Juur Estonian
Juur is an Estonian surname meaning "root".
Tomlin English
From a pet form of Tom, a short form of the personal name Thomas.
Colomban French
From the given name Colomban.
Hingst Low German
From Low German Hingst (stallion).
Izuhara Japanese
This surname is used as 出原, 泉原 or 伊豆原 with 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru, izu) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out", 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 豆 (zu, tou, mame, mame-) meaning "beans, midget, pea" and 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."
Ariyawansa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit आर्य (arya) meaning "noble, honourable, respectable" and वंश (vansa) meaning "lineage, clan, family".
Pruitt English, French
French and English: nickname from a pet form of Old French proux ‘valiant’, ‘brave’, or ‘wise’ (see Proulx, Prue).
Moleski Polish
A variation of Molski, originated from the many places in Poland called "Mole".
Ho-Tan Popular Culture
Invented surname belonging to Alfie Ho-Tan, the scribe of the Council of Elders in the TV series Yonderland.
Greet German
Americanized form of German Fried.
Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.
Pucci Italian
Patronymic derived from the medieval given name Puccio.
Nassim Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasim.
Mojtabai Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مجتبایی (see Mojtabaei).
Flag English (Rare), English (African), German (Rare)
Habitual surname for someone who lived in or near a bog or peat soil, from Old Norse flag(ge). Also used as a variant of Flack.
Singkham Thai
From Thai สิงห์ (sing) meaning "lion" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech".
Burdon English
From 'bur' meaning "fort" and 'don' meaning "hill"
Nakaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ki means "tree, wood".
Skogman Norwegian, Swedish
From Old Norse skógr "wood, forest" and man.
Zemmosha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).
Bashimow Turkmen
son of Bashim.
Laas Estonian
Laas is an Estonian surname meaning "greenwood" (wood that has been recently cut) and "woodland".
Brunswick English, German
English habitational name from the city in Saxony now known in German as Braunschweig. ... [more]
Mainé Catalan
Variant of Mainer.
Moura Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word "Mouro", which refers to an individual from the Moor people. This is the feminine form of the word, often used in legends of enchanted moor women, which very common in Portugal... [more]
Oeij Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Huang used by Chinese Indonesians.
Ó Draighneáin Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Original Gaelic form of Drennan.
Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".
Clayson English
Patronymic from the personal name Classe, a short form of Nicholas.
Imakyurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).
Rangihau Maori
Rangihau means "windy weather" in Maori
Warton English
"From the poplar-tree farm"
Kess German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Keß.
Kalogeras Greek
From the Greek word καλόγερος (kalogeros), meaning monk.
Coen Jewish
Variant of Cohen.
Ock Korean
Variant transcription of Ok.
Allvee Estonian
Allvee is an Estonian surname meaning "undersea" and "underwater".
Biedermann German, Jewish
nickname for an honest man from a compound of Middle High German biderbe "honorable" and man "man". Jewish surname adopted because of its honorific meaning from German bieder "honest, upright" and mann "man".
Limon Spanish
An occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit.
Juli German
Derived from the given name Julius.
Manimtim Tagalog
Means "to endure, to forebear, to restrain oneself" in Tagalog.
Donley Irish
Variant of Donnelly.
Sari Estonian
Sari is an Estonian surname meaning "cluster" or "batch".
Aries English, French, Dutch, Lombard
From the given name Aries.
Radhakrishnan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Derived from Sanskrit राधा कृष्ण (rādhā-kṛṣṇa), a combination of Radha and Krishna... [more]
Laupmaa Estonian
Laupmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "front/fore land".
Fagin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Feigin.
Vahtmaa Estonian
Vahtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "foam/lather land".
Dollanganger English
The name of the family in the Dollanganger series by V.C. Andrews.
Lilleallik Estonian
Lilleallik is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/flower source".
Rizzuto Italian
From Sicilian rizzutu "curly-haired".
Thi Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shi, from Sino-Vietnamese 施 (thi).
Hashemian Persian
From the given name Hashem.
Subasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සුබසිංහ (see Subasinghe).
Kendrew English
Variant of Andrew, possibly influenced by Mcandrew. Notable namesake is Nobel Prize winning chemist John Kendrew (1917-1997).
Bennouna Arabic (Maghrebi)
Most likely from Arabic بن (bin) meaning "son" and the given name Nouna, which may have been derived from an Arabic word meaning "whale, big fish" or "sabre, sword". Alternately, it may be from an Arabic name for a variety of melon... [more]
Kitase Japanese
Kita means "north" and and se means "ripple".
Mifune Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 御 (mi) meaning "honourable" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".
Farewell English (Rare)
Means "goodbye,departing" in English.
Ciriaco Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciriaco.
Macher German
Either a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Machern, for example one near Leipzig... [more]
Waleed Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Walid.
Kazanchyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).
Turgut Turkish
From the given name Turgut.
Rupp German
Derived from Rupp, which is a medieval short form of Ruppert and Rupprecht.
Woodland English
A habitational name for a person who lives in or by a woodland.
Gramerosa Italian (Rare)
Uncertain etymology.
Chatwin English
Old English given name CEATTA combined with Old English (ge)wind "winding ascent".
Kitabatake Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 畠 (batakat) meaning "field".
Larose French
Topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew; or a habitational name from a town house bearing the sign of a rose. It may also have been a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion, as well as a nickname of a soldier... [more]
O'Neil Irish
Variant of O'Neal.
Osmani Albanian
Very common last name in Albania and in the rest of Europe to
Kanitz German, Jewish
Habitational name from Kanitz in Saxony or from one of the similarly named places in Germany and Bohemia. In some cases Czech kanec "boar" is likely to be the source of the name.
Um Khmer
Means "uncle, aunt" (literally "elder sibling of one's parents") in Khmer.
Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Glushko Russian
From Russian глухой (glukhoy), meaning "deaf".
Ersoy Turkish
From Turkish er meaning "man, male, soldier" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent".
Pouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Bao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Jõeäär Estonian
Means "riverside", from Estonian jõe "river" and äär "edge".
Arata Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" or 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Reemets Estonian
Reemets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "rehi" meaning "barn" and "mets" meaning "forest".
Alas Estonian
Alas is an Estonian surname, derived from either "ala-" meaning "area" and "region"; or "alasti", meaning "bald" and "nude"; "alastus" means "bareness".
Nimchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian німець (nimets'), meaning "German".
Paramar Indian, Gujarati
Means "one who strikes the enemy" from Sanskrit पर (para) meaning "other, alien, foreigner, enemy" and मार (mā́ra) meaning "killing, slaying, destroying".
Brayson English
Patronymic form of the surname Bray.
Luque Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Luque in Córdoba, Spain, derived from Latin lucus meaning "sacred grove, wood, forest".
Mawere Shona
Meaning unknown.
Gayen Bengali
Occupational name for a singer or bard of traditional Bengali music, ultimately derived from Sanskrit गै (gai) meaning "to sing".
Baggerly English
English: variant of Bagley .
Burley English
English habitation name from the elements burg meaning "stronghold or fortified settlement" and leah meaning "field or clearing".
Rucci Italian
Patronymic from the personal name Ruccio, from a short form of various pet names formed with this suffix, as for example Gasparuccio (from Gaspari) or Baldassaruccio (from Baldasare).
Yokozawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Tabor English, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Jewish
English: metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle English, Old French tabo(u)r ‘drum’.... [more]
Tetik Turkish
Means "vigilant, watchful, alert" in Turkish.
Stradivari Italian
Italian surname of uncertain origin, either from the plural of Lombard stradivare meaning "toll-man" or from strada averta meaning "open road" in the Cremonese dialect. A famous bearer was Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), a violin-maker of Cremona.
Matheos Indonesian
From the given name Matheos, a variant of Matthias. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.
Van Schie Dutch
Means "from Schie" in Dutch, the name of a canalised river that lends its name to several nearby toponyms. Possibly related to Middle Dutch scheiden "to separate, to part".
Havard Welsh
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from the name of the city of Hereford in England or the port city of Le Havre in France.
Rasoulian Persian
From the given name Rasoul.
Temple English, French
Occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses ("temples") maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum)... [more]
Pasquali Italian
From the given name Pasquale.
Okubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōkubo.
Tomlinson English
Patronymic from the personal name Tomlin.
Chaikaeo Thai
From Thai ชัย or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass, precious, excellent".
Carrington English, Scottish
English: habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Carrington, probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Cara + -ing- denoting association + tun ‘settlement’.... [more]
Zuccoli Italian
Derived from the Italian word zucca meaning "pumpkin", originally referred to someone who used to grow or trade pumpkins.
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