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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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Foulks English
English from a Norman personal name, a short form of various Germanic names formed with folk ‘people’. See also Volk.
Joines English
From a dialectal variant of Jones.
Aimoto Japanese
Aimoto is often written as 愛 (ai) meaning "love, reverence, affection" or 相 (ai) meaning "together, each other, aspect, mutual" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root".
Rudatis German (East Prussian)
Derived from Old Prussian ruds and Lithuanian rudas "(of hair) red" or Lithuanian rudis "redhead".
Vienne French
From the location of Vienne in France.
Uzaki Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese, 宇 (u) meaning "world, universe, space" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A fictional bearer of this surname is Hana Uzaki (宇崎 花) from Uzaki~chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい!).
Oaks English
English variant spelling of Oakes and Americanized form of Jewish Ochs.
Angerjas Estonian
Angerjas is an Estonian surname meaning "eel".
Sayson Filipino
From Hokkien 世孫 (sì sun) meaning "direct lineal descendant" or 西孫 (sai sun) meaning "western grandchild".
Žabek Croatian
From žaba, meaning "frog".
Luikpere Estonian
Luikpere is an Estonian surname meaning "swan family/folk".
Welsh Irish
Variant of Walsh.
Elcano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Elkano.
Fishburne English
Derived from the villages of Fishbourne in West Sussex and the Isle of Wight, or the village and civil parish of Fishburn in County Durham, England, all named from Old English fisc meaning "fish" and burna meaning "stream"... [more]
Salahov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Salah 1".
Guilbert French, Guernésiais
Either from the given name Guilbert the French form of Wilbert or a variant of Gilbert.
Kinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Bohannon Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhachanáin, a double diminutive of buadhach ‘victorious’
Amadeo Italian
From the given name Amadeo.
Stough German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of Stauch.
Rachman Ukrainian, Jewish
Rachman is an old Jewish name which means "Merciful" in Hebrew.... [more]
Khidirbegishvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Boots English
Variant of Boot.
Abeyratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේරත්න (see Abeyrathna).
Lamendola Italian, Sicilian
nickname or more often a habitational name from places named with the dialect term amendola, mendola, mendula "almond" (also "almond tree").
Man Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).
Boldy Scottish
This is a name for someone who lived in Peeblesshire.
Haïk Judeo-Spanish
French variant of Haik.
Danylenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Danylo.
Polk Scottish
Reduced form of Pollock.
Samarathunga Sinhalese
From Sanskrit समर (samará) meaning "coming together, meeting" and तुङ्ग (tuṅga) meaning "lofty, tall, high".
Gudaitis Lithuanian
Ethnic name from gudas meaning "Belorussian".
Debbie English
It comes from Dibden meaning "deep valley".
Ciavarella Italian
From Sicilian ciavaredda "goat kid", an occupational name for a goatherd, or perhaps a nickname based on the bearer's appearance or behaviour.
Reams Polish
The last name Reams comes from Normandy, France.
Kalynychenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "viburnum".
Daskalakis Greek
Comes from the Greek root word of "Daskalalos" (Δάσκαλος) that means "teacher", with the adittion of the ending "akis" (ακης) that usually shows a connection with the island of Crete
Bhateja Punjabi, Jatt, Sikhism
Bhateja is a clan name found among Jatt Sikhs and khatris primarily concentrated in Punjab, India. The clan holds a deep historical, cultural, and social presence within Sikh society. Over time, many Bhateja families have migrated to different parts of the world, particularly to Canada, the UK, the USA, and Australia, where Sikh communities have flourished... [more]
Di Dio Italian
Means "of God" in Italian.
Haginaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 脛永 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a division in the town of Ibigawa in the district of Ibi in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 脛長 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a former large village in the same location, in the district of Ikeda in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu in Japan.
Hatton English
Habitational name from any of the various places named Hatton.
Hodge English
Nickname from Middle English hodge "hog", which occurs as a dialect variant of hogge, for example in Cheshire place names.
Chu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 中 or 仲 (see Chū).
Seekins English (British)
Probably a variant of English Seekings, a Cambridgeshire name of unexplained etymology.
Nikolas English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.
Engram English
Variant of Ingram.
Prematilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).
Päev Estonian
Päev is an Estonian surname meaning "day".
Pantaleo Italian
From the given name Pantaleo.
Nine English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Nein or Neun, from Middle High German niun meaning "nine".
Jurauskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Jurowski.
Muangkhot Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เมืองโคตร (see Mueangkhot).
Güç Turkish
Means "power, strength, force" in Turkish.
Zarta South American
Chiefly used in Colombia.
Ladja Filipino, Tausug
Derived from Tausug raja meaning "king, ruler".
Hiszpański Polish
Meaning "Spanish", denoting a person of Spanish heritage.
Salkind Yiddish
a last name originally derived from a medieval Yiddish given name
Bitsilly Navajo
Means "his younger brother", from Navajo bi- meaning "his" and atsilí meaning "younger brother".
Macarro Spanish
From the verb Macar meaning 'to bruise'
Donaghy Irish
Irish: variant of Donahue.
Nicodemou Greek (Cypriot)
Variant transcription of Νικοδήμου (see Nikodimou), a patronymic from the genitive form of Nikodimos... [more]
Ristoja Estonian
Ristoja is an Estonian surname meaning "across (abeam) creek".
Cuda Slovak
Derives from the word name derives from cuda meaning "miracle".
Abers Latvian
This name is from the fiords and was given to the people that lived there and mainly were fishermen. Now people that have the last name can be anyware in Latvia (or other country) but most likely had ancestors from the fiords.
Churchyard English
It comes from when the family lived in or near the precincts of a church. Churchyard belongs to the large class of Anglo-Saxon topographic surnames, which were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as "a hill", "stream", "church", or "type of tree".
Tímóteusson Icelandic
Means "son of Tímóteus" in Icelandic.
Fathi Arabic, Persian
From the given name Fathi.
Cdebaca American (Hispanic)
Altered form of the surname Cabeza De Vaca, meaning "cow's head" or "head of a cow".
Peebles Scottish, Spanish (?)
Habitational name from places so named in Scotland. The place names are cognate with Welsh pebyll "tent, pavilion".
Chomchuen Thai
Means "congratulations" from Thai ชม (chom) meaning "see, watch, praise, admire" and ชื่น (chuen) meaning "happy, joyful, delighted".
Okuoka Japanese
The meaning of Okuoka/奥岡 equals to "Interior Hill"
Pangestu Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Peng (彭) or Feng 1 (馮). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".
Abajian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբաջյան (see Abajyan).
Noshima Japanese
No means "field, rice paddy, wilderness" and shima means "island".
Malo Italian
Possibly from Italian mano "hand", a nickname for a skillful person, or a short form of a given name such as Romano.
Misiewicz Polish
Patronymic from Miś.
Hellmann German
Habitational name from Middle Low German helle meaning precipitous terrain, steep slope" and mann meaning "man".
Žyhaviec Belarusian
Łacinka form of Zhyhavets.
Dutroux French, Belgian
Last name of Marc Dutroux, Belgian serial killer and child molester.
Westendorf German
A habitational surname that means 'West Village' in German.
Makélélé Central African, Lingala (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Makelele. A notable bearer is the French former soccer player Claude Makélélé (1973-).
Juillet French
Means "July" in French.
Cicco Italian
From a diminutive of Francesco.
Sea English
Variant of See.
Mäesalu Estonian
Mäesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hill grove".
Anttila Finnish
Derived from the given name Antti
Hilger German, Dutch, French
From the personal name Hilger, composed of the elements hild "strife, battle" and ger "spear".
Manhattan English
From the name of the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. Derived from the Munsee Lenape language term manaháhtaan (where manah- means "gather", -aht- means "bow" and -aan is an abstract element used to form verb stems), meaning "the place where we get bows" or "place for gathering the (wood to make) bows"... [more]
Grawert Low German, German (East Prussian)
As a Low German name, Grawert is derived from Middle High German grā and Old High German grāo "gray" (originally "shimmery, gleaming"). As a surname, it was a nickname given to someone with gray hair.... [more]
Pöyry Finnish
The Pöyry surname is connected to the ancient Scandinavian male name Biur.
Hitchins English
Can be either a patronymic derived from the medieval given name Hitch, or a habitational name denoting someone from the town Hitchin, itself from Old English Hicce, the name of the Celtic tribe who originally resided in the area.
Savasti Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).
Essig German
From the word Essig, meaning vinegar.
Jayathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark (on the forehead), dot, ornament".
Nagler German
Form Middle High German nagel "nail".
Bzdak Polish
Derived from bździć meaning "to fart".
Gilpin English, Irish, Northern Irish
English: in the northeast, from the Gilpin river in Cumbria; in southern counties, probably a variant of Galpin. ... [more]
Wisneski Polish
A derivate of Wiśniewski, which is said to mean "The Little Cherry Tree"
Eun Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 銀 (eun) meaning "silver".
Caillot French (African), English
From Old French maillot ‘big mallet’, used as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with such an implement, e.g. a smith, and perhaps also as a nickname for a fearsome warrior (see English Mallett)... [more]
Chiura Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千浦, 地浦 or 知浦 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand," 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "bay, beach, creek, gulf, inlet, seacoast."... [more]
Kyiashko Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Kyyashko.
Bianki Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Bianchi. A famous bearer is Vitaly Valentinovich Bianki, the Soviet children’s writer.
Knab German
Variant of Knabe.
Jõhvik Estonian
Jõhvik is an Estonian surname meaning "cranberry".
Liebrecht German
From a Germanic personal name formed with liut "people, tribe" and berht "shining, famous".
Cornelius Dutch, German, Danish, English
Derived from the given name Cornelius. Cognate of Corneille, English variant of Cornell.
Makimura Japanese
Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".
Nashkho Circassian
Literally means “blue-eyed” from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning “eye” combined with шхъуантӏэ (šχ°ānṭă) meaning “blue”.
Chapelle French
Topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel from French chapelle "chapel" or from several places in France and Belgium called (La) Chapelle and variant of Lachapelle, Capelle, and Chappelle.
Jerenić Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Jere, short form of Jeronim.
Aleksyk Ukrainian
From the given name Aleksandr.
Sugden English (British)
This surname denotes a person who may have lived in a place near a swamp or marsh in a valley or on a hill. It derives from Old English suċġa "kind of small bird" and denu “valley”... [more]
Librado Spanish
From the given name Librado.
Toom Estonian
Toom is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "Toomingas" ("bird cherry") or, from the shortened version of the masculine given name "Toomas".
Nylander Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" (possibly a habitational name from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er).
Siddig Northern African, Arabic
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" (chiefly Sudanese).
Blankenbühler German
Possibly means "from the bare hill", from blanken "bare, bright" and bühl "hill".
Korkmaz Turkish
Means "unafraid, fearless" in Turkish.
Eliseo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eliseo.
Hałas Polish
Means "noise, racket, din" in Polish, a nickname for a noisy or disruptive person.
Nagakawa Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and kawa means "river, stream".
Ehlers German
Variant of Ehlers.
Lamberg Finnish, Swedish
Perhaps combination of an unexplained first element (maybe taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain". It could also be of German origin (see other submission).
Capin Filipino, Cebuano
Means "excess, surplus, over" in Cebuano.
Saddam Arabic
Derived from the given name Saddam.
Heart English
Variant of Hart.
Altman German
Said to mean "Wise man" of German origin
Eule German
Variant of Eul.
Ahmedzay Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto احمدزی (see Ahmadzai).
Matvejs Latvian
From the given name Matvejs.
Celms Latvian
Means "stump".
Wiesel German, Jewish
Means "weasel" in German.
Van Zweden Dutch
Means "from Sweden" in Dutch. Jaap van Zweden (1960-) is a Dutch conductor and violinist.
Pfifen Old High German
Directly taken from pfifen meaning "whistle".
Agzenay Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the tribe of Igzenayen from the province of Daza.
Shikder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali শিকদার (see Sikder).
Stallman German
Variant of Staller. German: topographic name for someone who lived in a muddy place, from the dialect word stal. English: habitational name from Stalmine in Lancashire, named probably with Old English stæll 'creek', 'pool' + Old Norse mynni 'mouth'.
McCann Irish
McCann (Irish: Mac Cana, Nic Cana)... [more]
Foltz German
It is from Germany and it is based on the personal name Volz, which was popular in former times. It means son or descendant of a Volz or Folz
Rothacker German
Either a topographic name based on a field name derived from Middle High German riuten roten "to clear land (for cultivation)" and acker "field"... [more]
Ferreyre Galician
Meaning the goldsmith or the ironsmith.
Safa Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.
Dembo Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places in Lithuania or Poland called Dęby.
Mehović Bosnian, Montenegrin
Slavic version that might have developed from the Albanian surname Mehaj
Atmaca Turkish
Means "hawk" in Turkish, referring specifically to the sparrow hawk (genus Accipiter).
Lovelock English
From a medieval nickname for a dandy or a man conceited about his appearance (from lovelock, a term for an elaborately curled lock of hair). This surname is borne by British scientist James Lovelock (1919-), formulator of the "Gaia" concept.
Reston English
Location name from northern England meaning "brush wood settlement" or place where brush wood, also known as rispe, grew.
Siam Thai
From Siam, a historical name for Thailand.
Scanlon Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Scannláin.
Aurora Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese
Means "dawn" in Latin (see the given name Aurora).
Jalajas Estonian
Jalajas is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jalakas" meaning "elm" and "wych elm".
Ruth English, German (Swiss)
English: from Middle English reuthe ‘pity’ (a derivative of rewen to pity, Old English hreowan) nickname for a charitable person or for a pitiable one. Not related to the given name in this case.... [more]
Kolbeins Icelandic
Derived from the given name Kolbeinn.
Offerhaus Dutch
From Offenhaus, the name of two municipalities, one in Germany and one in Austria.
Pavek Czech (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Pávek.
Larinson ?
Means "son of LARIN".
Sooläte Estonian
Sooläte is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp/bog spring".
Buzek Silesian, Polish
A nickname derived from buza 'rebuke' or buzować 'to scold to be cross with somebody'.
Thio Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Zhang used by Chinese Indonesians.
Johann German
From the given name Johann
Dalling English
Habitational name from Wood Dalling or Field Dalling, both derived from the Old English given name Dalla/Dealla.
Khemson Thai (Rare)
Means "pine needle" in Thai.
Chawdhuri Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Variant transcription of Chaudhary.
Asbroeck Dutch, Belgian
From es "ash tree" and broek "marsh, wetland".
Ugas Catalan
Probably from the word uvas meaning "grapes".
Tetsuka Japanese
Te means "hand" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".
Ravshanov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Ravshan".
Osame Japanese
From Japanese 納 (osame), a variant spelling of 納め (osame) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".... [more]
Tooker Irish
Variant of Tucker.
Irshad Urdu
Derived from the given name Irshad.
Paterno Italian
From any of several locations called Paterno or Paterna in Italy, which can derive from Latin patere "open", or from the Roman cognomen Paternus "paternal, fatherly".
Vink Dutch
Means "finch, chaffinch" in Dutch, a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught finches and other small birds. It could also be a nickname for someone cheerful, or who was known for whistling.
Burlington English
Habitational name from Bridlington in East Yorkshire, from Old English Bretlintun meaning Berhtel's town.
Achmatowicz Polish (Rare)
Means "son of Achmat", from a Polish form of the given name Ahmad. This name is primarily used among Lipka Tatar Muslims in Poland.
Lazkao Basque (Rare)
Habitational name possibly derived from Basque latsa "small stream, riverlet".
Sale Sardinian
Derived from Sardinian sale "salt", this name denoted a producer or seller of salt.
Shigeta Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Keyworth English
Habitational name from Keyworth in Nottinghamshire. The place name derives from an uncertain initial element (perhaps Old English ca "jackdaw") and Old English worþ "enclosure".
Fforde English (British)
Notably the last name of English novelist Jasper Fforde. The spelling suggests it is Welsh. Possibly a form of Ford? The source is unknown to me.
Aimé Haitian Creole, French (African)
Means "loved, love" in French.