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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Seyler German
Germanic surname
Caballo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the Spanish word cabello, ultimately derived from the Latin word caballus, meaning "horse". This denoted someone who worked in a farm that took care of horses, or someone who had personality traits attributed to a horse, such as energetic behaviour.
Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
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-).
Bechet English
A famous bearer of this surname was Sidney Bechet (1897–1959), an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
Nuiamäe Estonian
Nuiamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "clubs hill."
Lönn Swedish
Means "maple" in Swedish.
Kidder English
English: possibly an occupational name from early modern English kidd(i)er ‘badger’, a licensed middleman who bought provisions from farmers and took them to market for resale at a profit, or alternatively a variant of Kidman... [more]
Angelevski Macedonian
Son of Angele
Mangione Italian
From Italian mangiare meaning "to eat". Perhaps a nickname for someone who eats a lot.
Cerezo Spanish (European)
Surname, in general, of toponymic origin, frequent and distributed throughout Spain, from the noun -cerezo-, "fruit tree whose fruit is the cherry". The surname was derived from nicknames or through the many toponyms in Cerezo existing in Spain, names of populations such as Cerezo (Cáceres), Cerezo de Mohernando (Guadalajara), etc., whose name was taken by some individuals for be native from one of them, as was the custom in the Middle Ages.There were, therefore, different houses of the surname Cerezo unrelated to each other, the Castilian and Extremaduran being very old, whose branches passed to La Rioja, Andalusia, Valencia and Murcia.
Luker German
Luker see also Lucher or Luchre, meaning money more specifically money obtained by nefarious means.
Ó Hannáin Irish
Hundreds of years ago, the Gaelic name used by the Hannant family in Ireland was Ó hAnnáin, which means "descendant of hAnnáin".... [more]
Chohan Urdu, Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Chauhan.
Barzelaij Dutch, Jewish
Dutch form (or "dutchization", if you will) of Barzilai via Barzelay. Also compare Barzilaij... [more]
Ives English
Means "son of Ive", a medieval male personal name, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin, a shortened form of any of a range of compound names beginning with īv "yew" (cf... [more]
Oderasak Yoruba (Rare)
It is Yoruba mispronunciation of the the name Oscar. It was a middle name that became a last name.
Chehab Arabic
From the given name Chehab.
Falaguerra Italian
Possibly means "make war" in Italian, from fare "to make, to provoke" and guerra "war". Alternately, from a given name of the same origin. ... [more]
Wuma Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 巫馬 (wūmǎ) meaning "horse doctor", the title of an official in the Zhou dynasty who took care of horses. After the Zhou dynasty, most bearers changed their names to Wu (巫) or Ma.
Lumbreras Spanish
Habitational Name From A Place Called Lumbreras In La Rioja From The Plural Of Lumbrera ‘Lamp’ Possibly Referring To An Old Signal Tower.
Neho Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "raised foundation".
Blancaflor Spanish (Philippines)
Means "white flower," from the Spanish words blanca meaning "white" and flor meaning "flower."
Weidemann Medieval German, German (Austrian), Norwegian
Weidemann is a German family name and comes from the Middle High German terms for hunter or woad farmer.... [more]
Kingsepp Estonian
Kingsepp is an Estonian surname meaning "shoemaker".
Kärp Estonian
Kärp is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat" or "ermine".
Araraki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蘭 (see Araragi).
Madadi Persian
Derived from Persian مدد (madad) meaning "help, aid, assistance".
Rou French
Variant of Roux.
Sonnenberg German, Jewish
From various place names derived from Middle High German sunne meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".
Ben Nun Hebrew
Joshua or Yehoshua Ben Nun functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua
Alanís Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
Kitson Scottish, English
Patronymic form of Kit.
Lignoisto Esperanto
Lignoisto-means woodworker is derived from the Esperanto words meaning wood and to work
Fritz German
From the given name Fritz.
Armand Pilon French
Armand is the original surname, and it is a French modification from a German surname. The original being Hartmann, that spelled by a francophone becomes Armand.... [more]
Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Geipelhorst German
This rather rare surname is appears to be the combination of "Geipel", which is a variant of "Geibel" originating from a personal name or topographic name formed with Old High German gawi ‘fertile region’, ‘countryside’ (as opposed to a town), and "Horst" which came from of Old High German, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood"... [more]
Sobranie Macedonian (Rare)
Sobranie means "Parliament" in Macedonian.
Lowery English, Irish
Irish variant of Lowry
Honecker German
Erich Honecker was the leader of the GDR from 1971 to 1989.
Hartlieb German
Derived from the given name Hartlieb.
Cornelis Flemish, Dutch
From the given name Cornelis.
Kasunić Croatian
Possibly derived from the old Slavic word kazati, meaning "to order, to command".
Alemán Spanish
Means "German, relating to Germany" in Spanish. Cognate to English Allman and French Allemand.
Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".
Wanton English, Scottish
From Middle English wanton, meaning "unruly", "thoughtless" or "promiscuous".
Lancer Jewish, Polish
Ornamental name from German Lanze "lance, spear" combined with the agent suffix -er.
Drag Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of several farms named Drag. The place name is related to Old Norse draga "to pull" (compare modern Norwegian dra with the same meaning) and originally denoted a place where boats were pulled along a river or across an isthmus.
Simbolon Batak
Derived from Batak bolon meaning "big, grand, great".
Ubukata Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".
Tuna Turkish
From the Turkish name for the Danube River, which flows through parts of Central and Southeastern Europe.
Lande French, Norwegian, Jewish
French: topographic name for someone living on a heath, lande (from Gaulish landa ‘space’, ‘land’), or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places named La Lande from this word.... [more]
Lampard English
Derived from the given name Lambert. A famous bearer of this surname is the retired English soccer player Frank Lampard (1978-).
Quebec Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name for a person from the province of Quebec in Canada.
Houghton English
Habitational name derived from any of several locations across England, usually derived from Old English hoh "heel, hough, point of land" and tun "town, settlement, enclosure"... [more]
Ahmedović Bosnian
Means "son of Ahmed" in Bosnian.
Eggleton English
Habitational name meaning "Ecgwulf’s town".
Edward English
From the given name Edward
Lerner German, Jewish
Its literal meaning can be either "student" or "scholar".
Flack English
Probably from Middle English flack / flak meaning "turf, sod" (as found in the place name Flatmoor, in Cambridgeshire), and hence perhaps an occupational name for a turf cutter.
Savignac French
Habitational name for someone from various communes by this name in France.
Odhiambo Eastern African, Luo
East African surname derived from the given name Odhiambo meaning “born in the evening”.
Mcgraves Irish
Irish Variant of Graves or a Variant of MacGraves.
Mac Giolla Iasachta Irish
Means "son of the strange youth", from Irish Gaelic iasachta "loan" "foreign", hence denoting to a boy who transferred to another family for fosterage, a common custom in ancient Ireland.
Torrello Spanish
Uncertain etymology. Possibly related to Torres.
Aruküla Estonian
Aruküla is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland village".
Reisner German
A habitational name for someone from a place called Reisen (for example in Bavaria), Reissen in Thuringia, or Reussen on the Saale river. A variant of Reiser Also from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German rise ‘veil’; perhaps an occupational name for someone who made veils.
Martinique French, Antillean Creole, French (Caribbean)
From the French department named Martinique.
Sattorov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Sattor".
Tursynov Kazakh
Means "son of Tursyn".
Pilot English
Means a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.
Moine French
Derived from French moine "monk" (compare Monk).
Teetes German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Dietz
Shady English, Irish
Origin unidentified. Possibly Irish or English.
Matheny French (Anglicized)
Of French origin. According to Matheny family tradition, this surname comes from the name of a village in France named Mathenay. This may also have been a French Huguenot surname.
De La Chaumette French
Name for someone from one of several places in central France named La Chaumette; or someone who lived on a chaumette, a high, arid plateau with little vegetation. The term is a diminutive of chaume "bare land", from a specialized sense of Latin calmus "calm, unruffled".
Gambier French
Derived from gambier, a Northern French variant of jambier, the masculine form of jambière "greave (a piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet)"... [more]
Esquerra Catalan
Means "left-handed" in Catalan.
Hikmat Arabic
Derived from the given name Hikmat.
Demski Polish
Refers to a dweller at, or near, an oak tree.
Masuko Japanese
From 益 (masu) meaning "profit, benefit" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat".
Suzuhira Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and hira means "peace, level, even".
Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.
Hymel American
Possibly an altered form of Hummel 1 or Hummel 2.
Collier English
From the English word for someone who works with coal, originally referring to a charcoal burner or seller. Derived from Old English col "coal, charcoal" combined with the agent suffix -ier.
Hassanzai Pashto
Means "son of Hassan" in Pashto. The Hassanzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Yousafzai.
Abitbol Judeo-Spanish
Means "father of drums" (figuratively referring to a drum maker) from Arabic أَبُو (abū) meaning "father" and طَبْل (ṭabl) meaning "drum".
Tamer Arabic
Derived from the given name Tamir.
Sneg Russian
Means "snow" in Russian.
Berber German
Possibly a habitational name from a place called Berber near Kevelaer.
Palamets Estonian
Palamets is an Estonian surname meaning "piece (of) forest". It is derived from the compound words "pala", meaning "piece" and "mets", meaning "forest".
Kratt German
German metonymic occupational name for a ''basketmaker'', from Middle High German kratte ''basket''.
Viejo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "old".
Sievi Romansh
Derived from the given name Sievi.
Teder Estonian
Means "black grouse" in Estonian.
Nasrollahi Persian
From the given name Nasrollah.
Rothwell English
An English surname meaning 'Lives by the red spring"
De Roma Medieval Spanish (Rare)
A Spanish locational surname meaning “Of Rome”, perhaps for a Spaniard who lived in Rome or an Italian expat who immigrated to Spain
Ruedig German
Variation of Rudig.
Manjhi Indian, Hindi
Means "sailor" in Hindi.
Ahmet Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Ahmet.
Curtin English
Derived from a diminutive of Old French curt "short".
Gorelik Russian
Russian form of Horelyk.
Lantz German
Habitational name from places called Lanz or derived from the given name Lanzo.
Abduraimov Uzbek
Means "son of Abduraim".
Uuetalu Estonian
Uuetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farm".
Vaglia Italian
From the commune in the city of Florence.
Talysh Russian
From Russian талыш (talysh), meaning "a Talysh". The Talysh are a minority ethnic group in Iran and Azerbaidzhan.
Arands English, Spanish
Anglicized version of a name given to residents of Aranda de Duero, a small town in the north of Spain.
Vongdara Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ດາລາ (dara) meaning "star".
Seneviratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Kadowaki Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".
Luangkhot Lao
From Lao ຫຼວງ (luang) meaning "royal, great, large" and ໂຄດ (khot) meaning "ancestor, family".
Rouse English
From a nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, derived from Old French rous "red", from Latin russus "red, reddish-brown".
Som Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit सोम (soma) meaning "moon".
Tannous Arabic
Derived from the given name Tannous, an Arabic form of Anthony.
Rattanavong Lao
From Lao ລັດຕະນະ (rattana) meaning "precious stone, jewel, gem" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Naderian Persian
From the given name Nader.
Rasulev Bashkir, Uzbek, Tatar
Means "son of Rasul".
Joʻrayev Uzbek
Uzbek variant of Juraev.
Sengsouvanh Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ສຸວັນ (souvanh) meaning "gold".
Kurusu Japanese
Combination of 来 (kuru), meaning "come, next", and 栖 (su), meaning "nest, den".
Guchol Micronesian
Means "turmeric" in a Micronesian language.
Owsley English
Habitational name form a now lost place name in Southern England. Possibly derived from the name of the river name Ouse and Old English -leah meaning "wood".
Reza Persian, Bengali
From the given name Reza.
Barno Italian, Ukrainian, French, Ancient Aramaic, Russian
The surname Barno was first found in the north of Italy, especially in Tuscany. The name occasionally appears in the south, usually in forms which end in "o," but the northern forms ending in "i" are much more common... [more]
Bayani Filipino, Tagalog
Means "hero" in Tagalog.
Landgraab Banat 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.
Kanroji Japanese
Fron Japanese 甘 (kan) meaning "sweet", 露 (ro) meaning "dew" and 寺 (ji) meaning "temple".
Preci Italian
Italian origin. Native spelling is Preçi.
Dauletov Kazakh
Means "son of Daulet".
Mondriaan Dutch
Meaning uncertain. It is a variant of the surname Mondriaal, which could possibly be a Dutch cognate of Monreal, meaning "royal mountain". This was the real surname of the Dutch-American painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944).
Ó Cróinín Irish
It literally means "little saffron-colored one’s descendant".
Krasa Thai (Rare)
Means "heron, stork" in Thai.
Davoodi Persian
From the given name Davood.
Baik Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 백 (see Baek).
Enescu Romanian
Means 'son of Aeneas' in Romanian.
Obinaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 帯 (obi) meaning "sash; belt" and 長 (naga), the root form of 長い (nagai) meaning "long; lengthy".... [more]
Camenisch Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and Menisch, itself derived from the given name Dumeni.
Thakkar Indian, Gujarati, Marathi
From Sanskrit ठक्कुर (ṭhakkura) meaning "deity".
Ma Hui
From the Arabic name Muhammad.
Boydston Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Boydston near Glasgow. This surname is no longer found in the British Isles.
Cronkhite Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of the obsolete Dutch surname Krankheyt, derived from krankheid meaning "illness, weakness", most likely a nickname for a sickly individual.
Dzata Ewe, Western African
From Ewe meaning "warrior".
Trotsky Russian
This surname means the Lithuanian city of "Trakai", a notable bearer of this surname was Leon Trotsky.
Haydt German
Varient of Heid.
Eno Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and no means "field, plain, wilderness "
Lavrentis Greek
Derived from the Greek given name Lavrentis.
Donners Dutch
Variant of Donders.
Prinsloo Afrikaans
Prinsloo is an Afrikaans surname. The name is derived from the dutch word Prins (meaning prince), and a loo suffix meaning clearing in the forest. Variant spellings include Prinzloo and Prinslo.
Yeo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.
Wodziński Polish
Habitational name for someone from Wodzin in Piotrków voivodeship, named with Polish woda meaning "water".
Neemelo Estonian
Neemelo is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Neeme".
Kohatsu Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (ko) meaning "old", 波 (ha) meaning "wave", and 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port".
Corbeddu Sardinian
Means "son of Corbu" in Sardinian.
Annam Telugu
The surname is derived from the Telugu word అన్నం (annam) which means rice.
Louise French
From the given name Louise or a variant of Louis.
Kanakakhukun Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Kasai Japanese
It means fire in Japanese
Gohar Persian, Urdu, Pashto
From the given name Gohar.
Tanielian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դանիելյան (see Danielyan)
Krasniqi Albanian
The name "Krasniqi" is of Albanian linguistic origin. The exact historical origin and meaning of the surname "Krasniqi" can vary, but it's believed to be related to the Albanian word "kërsenik" or "kërseniku," which means "blackbird" or "thrush."
Geevarghese Indian (Christian), Malayalam
From the given name Geevarghese, used by Malayalam-speaking Saint Thomas Christians.
Hedén Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and the common surname suffix -én.
Niknam Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and نام (nam) meaning "name".
Shindō Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new", 進 (shin) meaning "advance, progress", 信 (shin) meaning "trust, faith", or 真 (shin) meaning "truth, reality" combined with 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria" or 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".
Stay English, American
Possibly related to the word Stay, or a nickname for Stanley.
Devalson English
Meaning, "son of Deval."
Vanderplaats Dutch
A surname given to someone living near a plaats (open space), or someone from De Plaats in North Brabant.
Triska Czech
Meaning "splinter" in Czech. Nathan Triska is a celebrity born in 1999.
Sufian Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Sufyan.
Oo Chinese, Burmese
Chinese: variant of U, itself a variant of Yu and Wu.... [more]
Kuttelwascher German
Surname given to those who had the occupation of cleaning tripe. Combines the words kuttel meaning "tripe" and washer meaning "washer". Bearers of the surname typically live in Austria.
Bouwens Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic from the given name Bouwe, a diminutive of Boudewijn.
Sylla Manding, Western African
Susu surname of unknown meaning.
Bergmark Swedish
Combination of Swedish berg "mountain, hill" and mark "land, ground, field".
Malinov Bulgarian, Russian
From Bulgarian and Russian малина (malina) meaning "raspberry", probably indicating a person who lived near a raspberry bush.
Konno Japanese
From Japanese 今 (kon) meaning "this, now" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Elezi Albanian
Derived from the given name Elez.
Phanuwat Thai (Rare)
From Thai ภาณุ (phanu) meaning "light, Sun" and วัฒน์ (wat), from วัฒน (watthana-) meaning "prosperity, beauty".
Hubble English
From the Norman personal name Hubald, composed of the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind, spirit" and bald "bold, brave".
Gavril Romanian
From the given name Gavril.
Chandrasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".