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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Dadgar Persian
Means "just, fair" in Persian.
Von Westphalen German
Denoted a person from Westphalia, a region of northwestern Germany, borrowed from Medieval Latin Westphalia, derived from Middle Low German Westvâlen "west field".
Clarence English
From the given name Clarence.
Abeywickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේවික්‍රම (see Abeywickrama).
Altbauer German (Austrian)
“Old farmer” from the root Bauer meaning “farmer” in German
Reisz Hungarian, German (Archaic), Jewish
Variant form of Reis, or else a patronymic from a pet form of one of the Germanic compound names formed with raginą "counsel, advice" as the first element.
Kingibe Kanuri, Nigerian
Meaning unavailable.
Hospod Polish (Rare)
From the Proto-Slavic gospodь, meaning "lord" or "host." Variant of the Old Polish gospodzin, meaning "landlord."... [more]
Makabe Japanese
From 真 (ma, shin) meaning "real, genuine, true" and 壁 (kabe, heki) meaning "wall, barrier".
Barreiro Galician, Portuguese
Barreiro is a habitational name from any of numerous places in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal named with a derivative of barro 'clay loam'.
Bangoura Manding
Guinean Susu surname of unknown Meaning.
Krot Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "mole" in Russian.
Dib Arabic
From Arabic meaning "wolf".
Fritzsche German
A German patronymic derived from the given name Friedrich.
Silhouette French (Rare)
Famous bearers include Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician. He was a French Ancien Régime Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV.
Ushida Japanese
From Japanese 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Grammer German, English
Variant of Krämer or a habitational name for someone possibly from German places called Gram or Grammen. It can also be an English occupational name for a scholar or an astrologer, derived from Old French gramaire meaning "grammarian, scholar, astrologer"... [more]
Sussman German, Jewish
In German, this is an elaborated form of Süß, meaning "sweet man".... [more]
Fukai Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Riesen German
It is a name for a wood carver.
Arakelyan Armenian
Means "son of Arakel".
Chauray French
Habitational name from Chauray a place in Deux-Sèvres, France.
Chuto Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Chūtō.
Kersten Low German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Kersten, a Dutch and low German form of Christian.
Batey English (?)
Originates from mostly northern England. Is the presumed given name to fishers. (With it meaning "Small fishing boat" in old English.)
Froud English
From the Old English personal name Frōda or Old Norse Fróði, both meaning literally "wise" or "prudent". A variant spelling was borne by British historian James Anthony Froude (1818-1894).
Deveaux French, Bahamian Creole
Means "of the valleys", derived from French val "valley".
Hmingthanga Mizo
Hmingthanga means ‘famous’ in Mizo.
Aasmets Estonian
Aasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow forest".
Mantia Italian
Shortened variant of Amantea.
Erby German
From the medieval given name Erbe, meaning "descendant, heir"
Cable English
English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Anglo-Norman French cable ‘cable’ (Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).... [more]
Berfield English
possibly a habitational name from Burghfield in Berkshire named from Old English beorg "hill" and feld "field"... [more]
Pfund German
metonymic occupational name for a sealer of weights, or for a wholesale merchant, from Middle High German pfunt ‘pound’ (as a measure of weight and a unit of currency).
Strawbridge English (American)
Someone who built bridges as a living.
Gatenby English (British)
Derives from the place of Gatenby in North Yorkshire, which comes from an Old Norse personal name "Gaithen", likely from Old Norse geitin "goats" (later influenced by Old English gāt "goat") and the suffix býr "farm, settlement", referring to a settlement with goats... [more]
Van Schoonhoven Dutch
Means "from Schoonhoven", refers to a local town from Netherlands.
Aretino Italian
Topographical, meaning "from Arezzo", as in the case of native (Italian writer and controversialist) Pietro Aretino (1492–1556).
Ametxazurra Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Gordexola, Spain, possibly derived from an element related to Basque ametz "Pyrenean oak" and zur "wood, timber".
Brissenden English
Derived from either of two places in Kent, England called Brissenden (one near Frittenden and the other near Tenterden), both named with the Old English given name Breosa (a byname derived from bresa meaning "gadfly") and Old English denn meaning "woodland pasture (for swine)".
Falconi Italian
Means "Falconer"
Bus Dutch
Variant of Bos.
Bosneag Romanian
means "Bosnian" or a descendant of Bosnia in Romanian
Szydło Polish
Means "awl" in Polish, used as an occupational name for a cobbler.
Reyna Spanish, Caribbean
This could be transferred use of the first name Reyna, a variant of Reina, which means "queen".
Beekman Dutch, German (Americanized)
Means "creek man" in Dutch, a topographic name for a person who lived by a creek, or an Americanized form of the German cognate Beekmann.
Yukimori Japanese
Means 'snow forest' from 'yuki' meaning 'snow' and 'mori' meaning 'forest'.
Bleuler German (Swiss)
From an agent derivative of Middle High German bliuwen meaning "to pound". Hence an occupational name for the owner of a pounding mill.
Rajala Estonian
Rajala is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary area/field".
Formichelli Italian
Diminutive of Formica "ant".
Örs Turkish
Means "anvil" in Turkish.
Konrad German
From the given name Konrad.
Jezierski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Jezioro, Jeziory, Jeziora, or Jezierzyce, all places named with jezioro meaning "lake".
Lõuna Estonian
Lõuna is an Estonian surname meaning "south".
Chakkiliyan Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting "cobblers" and "leatherworkers".
Ohanian Armenian
Patronymic from the personal name Ohannes, Armenian equivalent of John.
Kai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri 2).
Brenn German
Variant of Brenner.
Bicknell English (British)
Contracted form of the placename Bickenhill in Somerset, England.
Ainla Estonian
Ainla is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Ain".
Foxx English
Variant of Fox.
Ratchford English
habitational name from Rochford (Worcestershire) from Old English ræcc ‘hunting dog’ (genitive ræcces) and ford "ford"... [more]
Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Su from Sino-Vietnamese 蘇 (tô).
Asplet Jèrriais
Of uncertain origin and meaning.
Jehan French, Breton
From the medieval given name Jehan.
Brehme German
Variant form of Bremer. This name was borne by the German soccer player Andreas Brehme (1960-2024).
Gandolfi Italian
Means "son of Gandolf".
Tskhoidze Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Ludenberg German
From Latin ludere meaning "to play" and German berg meaning "mountain".
Siemiątkowski Polish
It indicates familial origin within in either one of a cluster of Masovian villages.
Beqiri Albanian
Derived from the given name Beqir.
Schwing German
Occupational name for someone whose job was to swingle flax, i.e. to beat the flax with a swingle in order to remove the woody parts of the plant prior to spinning, from Middle German swingen meaning "to swing" or swing meaning "swingle".
Valge Estonian
Valge is an Estonian surname meaning "white".
Provodnikov Russian
From Russian проводник (provodnik) meaning "conductor". Means "son of a conductor".
Vaaks Estonian
Vaaks is an Estonian surname meaning "elecampane" ("Inula helenium", also called "horse-heal" or "elfdock").
Lockhart Scottish, German
Scottish: of uncertain origin, probably from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements loc ‘lock’, ‘bolt’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. English: occupational name for a herdsman in charge of a sheep or cattlefold, from Old English loc ‘enclosure’, ‘fold’ + hierde ‘herd(er)’.
Vögele Upper German, German (Swiss)
Swabian and Swiss German diminutive of Vogel.
Ajemian Armenian
Patronymic from Turkish acem meaning ‘Persian’, ‘foreigner’, from Arabic a’jam meaning ‘one who speaks Arabic incorrectly’.
Daughtry English, Norman
English (of Norman origin) habitational name, with fused French preposition d(e), for someone from Hauterive in Orne, France, named from Old French haute rive ‘high bank’ (Latin alta ripa).
Calinisan Tagalog
From Tagalog kalinisan meaning "cleanliness, purity".
Rajasaar Estonian
Rajasaar is an Estonian surname meaning "border island" or "storm island".
Broderick Irish, Welsh, English
Surname which comes from two distinct sources. As a Welsh surname it is derived from ap Rhydderch meaning "son of Rhydderch". As an Irish surname it is an Anglicized form of Ó Bruadair meaning "descendent of Bruadar"... [more]
Imaizumi Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".
Bourn English
Variant of Bourne.
Tsymbaliuk Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Tsymbalyuk.
Behringer German
Habitational name for someone from either of two places called Behringen, near Soltau and in Thuringia, or from Böhringen in Württemberg.
Pollusaar Estonian (Anglicized, Rare)
Means "field island" in Estonian.
Wimalasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලසූරිය (see Wimalasuriya).
Metel Russian
Probably derives from Russian метель (metél’), which comes from Proto-Slavic *metělь. Метель (Metél’) means "snowstorm, blizzard" which probably indicates someone who lived in an extremely snowy area.
Shintaku Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 宅 (taku) meaning "house, home".
Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"
Laflèche French (Quebec)
A French-Canadian secondary surname from "Richer dit Laflèche," used independently since 1746. Laflèche is derived from the French town of La Flèche, in the former province of Anjou.
Kriebel German
Nickname from Middle High German kribeln "to tickle, tingle, itch". Can also be a variant form of Kreul.
Hovda Norwegian
Habitational name from the many farmsteads in Norway named Hovda. Derived from Old Norse hófði "rounded peak", itself derived from Old Norse hofuð "head".
Elorriaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in Gasteiz, the one in Deba, the one in Kortezubi, the one in Barakaldo, or the one in Lemoa.
Lewison English
Means "son of Lewis".
Mulaney Irish
Variant of Moloney.
Gluhek Croatian
Derived from gluh, meaning "deaf".
Youngberg Swedish (Americanized), Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jewish Jungberg, composed of German jung "young" and berg "mountain, hill", or of Swedish Ljungberg.
Brzykcy Polish
Possibly from Polish brzydki "ugly"
Abeynayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and नायक (nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Brophy Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bróithe ‘descendant of Bróth’, a personal name or byname of unknown origin. Also Anglicized as Broy.
Yokoyama Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Papastathopoulos Greek
Meaning "you are the priest" in Greek.
Malpass English, Scottish, French
Habitational name from any of various places named Malpas, because of the difficulty of the terrain, from Old French mal pas "bad passage" (Latin malus passus). It is a common French minor place name, and places in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gwent, and elsewhere in England were given this name by Norman settlers... [more]
Mathiuet Romansh
Derived from the given name Mathiu in combination with a diminutive suffix.
Urayama Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Maqbool Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Maqbul.
Mbili Central African
Derived from a village in Cameroon named "Bambili".
Bearn English
An old English name meaning "Son"
Nose Japanese
From Japanese 能 (no) meaning "ability, talent, skill" and 勢 (se) meaning "force, energy, strength".
Alfonsi Italian
From the given name Alfonso.
Dan Romanian, English, Danish
Ethnic name in various European languages (including Danish and English) meaning ‘Dane’. ... [more]
Lindskog Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and skog meaning "forest".
Neeves English
Variant of Neeve
Amelio English
from the name Amelio.
Rubino Italian
The surname Rubino derives from the name Rubino, in turn originated from the Latin term "Rubeus" (red) with evident reference to the well-known precious stone. It is thought that originally the surname was attributed to the physical characteristics of having red hair, however, the origin of the surname Rubino from the Hebrew term "Ruben" which meant "son of providence", or even from the apheresis of the name "Cherubino".
Damaskos Greek
Greek term for دمشق‎ (Dimašq) known in English as Damascus, the capital of Syria and one of the oldest capitals in the world.
Bandera Spanish, Italian, Polish (Rare)
Denoted to a flag bearer or carrier, from Spanish and Polish bandera, meaning "flag, banner, ensign". Variant of Banderas (Spanish) or Bandiera (Italian)... [more]
Van Ruisdael Dutch
Means "from Ruisdael", the name of a lost castle, also called Ruisschendaal, near the village of Blaricum in North Holland, the Netherlands. It means "noisy valley" in Dutch. This name was borne by members of the Van Ruisdael family of artists during the Dutch Golden Age, notably the landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael (c... [more]
Kurimoto Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Shōami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 正阿弥 (shōami), a sect of kettle brim making, hat brim making, or weapon-end guard making.
Bramble English
This surname is taken from the word which refers to a common blackberry (British) or any of several closely related thorny plants in the Rubus genus (US). It also refers to any thorny shrub. The word is derived from Old English bræmbel with a euphonic -b- inserted from the earlier bræmel or brémel, which is then derived from Proto-Germanic *bræmaz meaning "thorny bush."
Macaluso Italian
Possibly from Arabic مخلوص (maklus) "freed, liberated", indicating a freedman or slave who had been liberated, which may be related to Sicilian macaluscio, "cleaned and prepared cotton".
Ripp English (American), East Frisian, German
From Ripp, a Frisian pet name for Rippert.
Lauricella Italian
From the pet form of Laura.
Qutb Arabic
Means "pole" in Arabic.
Áolāshì Mongolian
A Daur surname.
Oleksyuk Ukrainian
Means "child of Oleksiy".
Trummel Estonian
Trummel is an Estonian surname meaning "drum" and "barrel".
Taoufik Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tawfiq.
Kiiri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 喜入 (see Kiire).
Centurión Spanish
Originally a nickname derived from Spanish centurión (ultimately from Late Latin centum) literally meaning "centurion". Historically, a centurion is a military officer who commanded one hundred men in an Ancient Roman army during the classical period.
Mouratis Greek
Possibly a patronymic from the Turkish given name Murat.
Radloff Low German
North German: From the Old Norse Radulf.... [more]
Fitzwilliams Irish
Means "son of William" in Anglo-Norman French.
Elam English
English habitational name for someone from a place called Elham, in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is derived from Old English el ‘eel’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’... [more]
Fukushima Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Shitara Japanese
From Japanese 設 (shita) meaning "establish" and 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort".
Çavdar Turkish
Means "rye" in Turkish.
Lahm German, Jewish
From middle-high German lam "slow, lame".
Schwieder German
Derived from the given name Swider.
Fukuchi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, soil, ground".
Senri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千里 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (type of measurement), village."... [more]
Zweeble English
Anglicization of Zwiebel.
Karlowitz German
German form of Karłowicz.
Tennant English, Scottish
Occupational name for a farmer who holds a feudal tenure in a property, ultimately derived from Latin teneo "to hold, to keep".
Blankenbaker English (American)
From German blanken meaning "bare, blank" with English "baker".
Ramezanian Persian
From the given name Ramezan.
Nute English
Possibly derived from the given name Cnute, or be a variant of Newitt. Alternatively, it may be from Old English hnutu "brown", a nickname for someone with a brown complexion or hair.
Topps English
Variant of Topp.
Uwimana Rwandan, Eastern African
Means "belongs to God"
Handelman Jewish
Occupational name for a tradesman merchant or dealer.
Cousin English, French
Nickname derived from Middle English cousin and Old French cosin, cusin meaning "cousin".
Southworth English
Means "southern enclosure".
Fishwick English
habitational name from a place in Lancashire so named from Old English fisc "fish" and wic "building"... [more]
Sarna Polish
Means "roe deer" in Polish.
Scurry Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Scoireadh, meaning ‘descendant of Scoireadh’.
Aselton American
Asel being a variant of Asil meaning ""noble"" and ton meaning ""town"".
Khorinyak Russian
Uncertain meaning.
Kiyota Japanese
From the Japanese 清 (kiyo) "clearly," "brightly," "cleanly" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."
De La Presa Spanish
Means "of the dam" in Spanish.
Pierrin French
From the given name Pierre.
Shiryuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).
Ingraham English, Scottish
Variant spelling of Ingram, influenced by Graham.
Zatarain Basque
From any of several place names in Basque Country, Spain, probably derived from the toponymic suffix -ain and an uncertain first element possibly meaning "thicket, underbrush". Alternatively, could derive from an altered form of Basque talaia "watchtower, lookout, vantage point", which is ultimately from Arabic طليعة (ṭalīʕa) "forefront, vanguard".
Kamuthwanit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Fuwa Japanese
From 不 (fu) meaning "not, non-, un-" and 破 (wa) meaning "break, cut".
Benramdane Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Ben Romdhane (chiefly Algerian).
Ebihara Japanese
From a combination of 海 (e) meaning "vastly, gathered, sea, ocean, wide, vast" and 老 (bi) meaning "old age, elderly" or 蛯 (ebi) meaning "pawn, shrimp, lobster", that is then combined with 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".