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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Scali Italian
Habitational name from Scali in Piedimonte Etneo, Sicily, derived from Greek σκαλί (skali) "step, rung (of a ladder)".
Arlegui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arlegi.
Kularatne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Hanner German
From a pet form of Hann, short form of Johann.
Stenmark Swedish
Combination of Swedish sten "stone, rock" and mark "ground, land, field".
Ahi Estonian
Ahi is an Estonian surname meaning "stove" and "furnace".
Morgans English, Irish
Variation of Morgan.
Kaelas Estonian
Kaelas is an Estonian surname derived from "kael" and "kaelus" meaning "neck".
Breuer German, Jewish
occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale from Middle High German briuwer "brewer". Cognate of Brewer.
Quadrillion Obscure
From English 'quadrillion' which means ten to the power of fifteen.
Jayatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතුංග (see Jayathunga).
Scarlata Italian
Feminine variant of Scarlato.
Eichhorst German
Denoted someone from a town called Eichhorn in either Brandenburg or Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Metsasalu Estonian
Metsasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "forest grove".
Kolo Polish
A Polish surname for someone who was born in the area of Koło, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Burlington English
Habitational name from Bridlington in East Yorkshire, from Old English Bretlintun meaning Berhtel's town.
Herridge English
habitational name from Herridges in Pauntley (Gloucestershire) or Highridge in King's Nympton (Devon). The Gloucestershire placename may derive from Old English hæg "fence enclosure" and hrycg "ridge" or while the Devon placename comes from an uncertain initial element and Old English hrycg.
Jane English
Derived from the given name Jane.
Braafheid Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Means "braveness" in Dutch, derived from braaf meaning "brave, well-behaved, obedient" and the suffix -heid denoting a condition or state of being. This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person... [more]
Intharath Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ຣັດ (rat) meaning "state, country, kingdom".
Levísdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Leví" in Icelandic.
Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛下 (Kushige), from 櫛下門 (Kushigemon), the name of one of the groups of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.
Raudkell Estonian
Raudkell is an Estonian surname meaning "iron clock".
Saket Arabic (Maghrebi)
An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.
Floerchinger German
Habitational name for someone from Flörchingen in the Saar region.
Kamiyui Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "God, spirit" and 結 (yui) meaning "connection", referring to the event of someone praying for the descent of God.
Abeyesekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේසේකර (see Abeysekara).
Suwan Thai
Means "gold" in Thai.
Esmond English
It was a name for a person who was of "grace" or "favourable protection". The surname Esmond originally derived from the Old English word Eastmund which referred to "grace".
Moneymaker English (American)
Translated form of German Geldmacher or Geldschläger, occupational names for a coiner.
Arbuckle English, Scottish
Habitational name for a person from the minor place of Arbuckle in North Lanarkshire, derived from Scottish Gaelic earrann "part, section" and buachaill "herdsman".
Amarawickrama Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".
Satsukino Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).
Dreiling German
Habitational name from Drelingen near Uelzen, Lower Saxony.
Fillery English
From a medieval nickname derived from Anglo-Norman fitz le rei "son of the king" (see also Fitzroy), probably applied mainly (and ironically) to an illegitimate person or to someone who put on quasi-royal airs.
Bowyer English
English: occupational name for a maker or seller of bows (see Bow), as opposed to an archer. Compare Bowman.
Heron French, Caribbean
Either derived from the given name Heron, or given to someone who resembled a heron bird.
Dirk Dutch, German
From the given name Dirk.
Lundstedt Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and stad "town, city" (spelling possibly influenced by German Stadt, also meaning "town, city").
Schoen Dutch
Means "shoe" in Dutch, an occupational name for a shoemaker.
Tomasy Malagasy
From the given name Tomasy.
Delage French
From the dialect word age "hedge" for someone who lived by a hedge or from the various places in France called L'Age.
Emly English
Variant of Elmley.
Paganino Italian (Rare)
From the given name Paganino, or a diminutive of Pagano.
Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."
Kudashev Bashkir, Tatar, Russian
Means "son of Kudash", from a given name of Mordvin or Turkic origin possibly meaning "woman's son" or "wife's son", referring to a boy born from one father and another mother (in relation to his half-siblings)... [more]
Hassen Arabic
From the given name Hassen.
Feroze Urdu
Derived from the given name Feroz.
Borne French
From Old French borgne "one-eyed, blind", a nickname for someone with only one eye, or who had other problems with their vision, such as a squint or cross-eyes.
Clemenceau French
Derived from the French given name Clément. A notable bearer was the French prime minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), who successfully lead France through the end of World War I.
MacDonnell Scottish, Irish
Variant spelling of McDonnell.
Sullen English
Means "gloomy, ill-tempered, moody" in English, with the archaic meanings "lonely, desolate" and "mischievous, malignant, obstinate", derived from Anglo-Norman soleyn "solitary, alone".
Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."
Narayanan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
From the given name Narayanan. A famous bearer was Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1921–2005), the 10th President of India.
Mlinarić Croatian
Means "son of a miller".
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.
Colomban French
From the given name Colomban.
Bergamo Italian
From a Celtic word meaning "mountain".
Dahlén Swedish, Norwegian
Combination of Swedish dal "valley" and the common surname suffix -én.
Goos German, Flemish, Dutch
Either a metonymic occupational name for a breeder or keeper of geese, from Middle Low German gōs and Middle Dutch goes "goose", or a short form of an Old German personal name containing Gote "Goth" or got "god", particularly Goswin or Gozewijn (a compound name with the second element wini "friend").
Okukawa Japanese (Rare)
Oku means "interior,secluded,further out" and kawa means "river". Minako Okukawa is a fictional character from Yuri!!! On Ice and it's also the name of a company.
Yoshiyasu Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
Gunzenhauser German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from either of two places named Gunzenhausen, one in Württemberg and the other in Bavaria.
Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Pardoe English
From a medieval nickname based on the Old French oath par Dieu "by God" (cf. Purdie).
Ayan Turkish
Means "evident, clear, manifest" in Turkish.
Ayre English
Variant of Eyre
Tanguy French, Breton
From the given name Tanguy, derived from Breton tan "fire" and ki "dog".
Wijayasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයසූරිය (see Wijayasuriya).
Dananjaya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධනංජය (see Dhananjaya).
Ronalds English
This surname is derived from the given name Ronald.
Garbai Nigerian, Kanuri, Hungarian
Meaning unknown.
Pulver Low German, French, English
I comes from the Latin verb meaning "to make powder." This name was given to either an alchemist or one who made gunpowder.
Iosifovich Russian
Means "son of Iosif".
Pepe Italian
From the given name Giuseppe.
Quiambao Filipino
Possibly from Hokkien 欠賺 (khiàm-báu) meaning "owed money, lacking money" or 鹹賺 (kiâm-báu) meaning "stingy with money".
Zawada Polish
From zawada literally meaning "obstacle, hindrance", figuratively meaning "swashbuckler, troublemaker".
Herschbach German
From the name of two municipalities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. A notable bearer is the American chemist Dudley R. Herschbach (1932-).
Rajabi Persian
From the given name Rajab.
Ilola Finnish
Derived from Finnish ilo "joy".
Mohammadpourkarkaragh Persian (Rare)
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian پور (pur) "son" and the name of the Persian village of Karkaraq.
Balage Sinhalese
Means "military, forces, cavalry", derived from Sanskrit बल (bala) meaning "strength, might" combined with the Sinhala suffix ගේ (ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Amys English
From the given name Amis. Compare with Ames. An early example using this spelling is Robert Amys of Cambridgeshire, England in 1273.
Auricchio Italian
"A nickname from a dialect variant of orecchio ‘ear’ (from Latin auricula)."
Hoshisaki Japanese
Hoshi means "star" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".
Yarchi Hebrew
From Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yareach), meaning "moon".
Damestoy French
Variant of Amestoy, fused with the preposition d' "from, of".
Rafaeli Hebrew
From the given name Rafael.
Sangliana Mizo
Sangliana has an unknown meaning.
Bayır Turkish
Means "slope, incline, hill" in Turkish.
Kemper German, Dutch
From Kamp "field, piece of land", an occupational name denoting a peasant farmer. It could also indicate someone from a place named using the element. Alternatively, a variant of Kempf meaning "fighter".
Rolls English
Possibly derived from the Latin word rotus, meaning "wheel". It would indicate one who built wheels as a living. A famous bearer was American inventor and entrepreneur Charles Rolls (1877-1910), founder of the Rolls-Royce Ltd along with Henry Royce (1863-1933).
Veski Estonian
Veski is an Estonian surname meaning "mill".
Özdemir Turkish
Means "pure iron" from Turkish öz meaning "pure" and demir meaning "iron".
Gotovina Croatian
Derived from gotovina, meaning "cash".
Kratochwil German
German cognate of Kratochvil.
Oktyabrskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Октябрьский (see Oktyabrsky).
Farmani Persian
From Persian فرمان (farman) meaning "decree, command, order".
Chukwuemeka Igbo
From the given name Chukwuemeka.
Sarata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 皿田 (see Sarada).
Amosova Russian
Feminine form of Amosov.
Sævarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sævar" in Icelandic.
Burgio Italian
Denoting someone from a town of the same name, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning "high, lofty", possibly by way of Arabic بُرْج (burj) "tower", German burg "castle, fortification; settlement", French bourg "burg, market town", or Latin burgus "watchtower, fortified town".
Kozu Japanese
From 神 (ko) meaning "god" and 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port".
Altringer German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Altringen or Aldingen, of which there are two in Württemberg.
Racine French
Means "(tree) root" in French, used as an occupational name for a grower or seller of root vegetables or as a nickname for a stubborn person.
Iizuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".
Atiq Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Atiq.
Tonkinson English
Means "son of Tonkin".
Hamidović Bosnian
Means "son of Hamid 1".
Messi Italian
Possibly an occupational name derived from Italian messo "messenger". Alternatively, it could derive from the Germanic Metzel, a pet form of given names such as Matz, Metze, or Matzo... [more]
Põllu Estonian
Põllu is an Estonian surname meaning "arable" or "agrestic"; associated with farming ("farmer" = "põllumees").
Redgate English
Habitational name from any of several places called Redgate such as Redgate in Uppingham (Rutland) recorded as le Redegate in 1290... [more]
Özel Turkish
Means "private, personal" or "special, exceptional" in Turkish.
Bolatov Kazakh
Means "son of Bolat".
Dy Chinese (Filipino)
Hokkien romanization of Li 1 primarily used in the Philippines.
Kurzhals German
Short Neck
Leyn Russian, Jewish
Russian surname of unclear origin. This may be a matronymic surname derived from the Jewish name Leah meaning "weary".
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]
Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".
Hozumi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八朔 (see Hassaku).
Rapier Dutch
Dutch: perhaps from Middle Dutch rapiere ‘foil, sword’, for someone carrying such a weapon, or form a topographic name Raepier ‘land on which rapes are grown’.... [more]
Minowa Japanese
From Japanese 箕 (mi) meaning "winnow", an unwritten possessive marker の (no) and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".
Allende Basque, Spanish
Means "beyond, yonder; on the other side" in Spanish, though it possibly derives from Basque aihen "vine, shoot" or ale "grain" combined with the collective suffix -di, meaning "pasture, cereal field".
Colasanti Italian
Derived from the name "Nicola or Nicholas".
Goods English
Variant of Good.
Thulis Irish
The meaning of the name is unclear, but it seems to derive from the pre 13th century Gaelic O' Tuathalain suggesting that it was probably religious and may translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".
Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).
Mimieux French
Unknown.
Ouahab Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Wahab.
Fichtner German
The Fichtner family name first began to be used in the German state of Bavaria. After the 12th century, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules, and names that were derived from locations became particularly common
De Jesús Spanish (Latin American)
Means "of Jesus" in Spanish.
Warizaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 割 (wari), from 割り (wari) meaning "breakage into separate pieces" and 鞘 (zaya), the joining form of 鞘 (saya) meaning "sheath", referring to a broken sheath.
Lian Chinese
From Chinese 连 (lián) meaning "link, join, connect".
Senaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Shinozuka Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Elshout Dutch
Means "alder wood" in Dutch.
Sawaragi Japanese
From 椹 (sawara) meaning "sawara cypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".
Tischner German
Tischner means carpenter.
Zelnick Jewish
Occupational name for a tax collecter, comes from Yiddish tselnik which means haberdashery.
Neggo Estonian
Neggo is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "nõgu", meaning "dell".
Merrimen Norman
An ancient Norman name, that would have been used in Britain soon after the Conquest of the island in 1066. This name was given to a person who was a person who was a mischievous child, or who liked to play tricks and make jokes.
Pierog Polish
Occupational nickname for a cook.
Sahagian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.
Tarro Estonian
Tarro is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "tare", meaning "hut".
Whipple English
English surname of uncertain meaning. It might be a shortened form of “whippletree”; an early name for the dogwood. It may also be a variation of Whipp – an early surname for someone who carried out judicial punishments.
Saemonsaburoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).
Aizawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Vujčić Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Eckland English (Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare, Expatriate), Swedish (Anglicized, Expatriate)
Possibly a variant of Ecklund. It might also be an anglicization of the rare Swedish surname Ekland or of a Norwegian name derived from several farmsteads named with eik "oak" and land "land".
Ichino Japanese
Ichi can mean "market", or "one", and no means "wilderness, rice paddy, field". ... [more]
Yonah Jewish
Hebrew for "dove" יונה
Bostancı Turkish
Means "vegetable gardener" in Turkish.
Weishuhn German
Derived from Middle High German wiz meaning "white" and huon meaning "hen, fowl", hence a metonymic occupational name for a poultry farmer or dealer, or perhaps in some instances a nickname.
Burcy French
Denoting someone from the town of Burcy.
Pták Czech
Czech surname meaning "bird".
Tennojitani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjitani).
Wiebe German
From a short form of any of various Germanic personal names beginning with wig ‘battle’, ‘war.’
Väär Estonian
Väär is an Estonian surname meaning "false" and "wrong".
Dolin Russian
From Russian долой (doloy), meaning "away (with), off (with)".
Dharmawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Jurišić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Jure".
Sarōdo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.
Licata Italian, Sicilian
From the name of a town in Sicily, possibly derived from the Ancient Greek toponym Λευκάδα (Leukada) (see Leocadia) or from Arabic الْقَلْعَةَ‎ (al-qalʕata) "the castle, the fortress".
Bankov Russian
Feminine Bankova (Russian: Банкова) is a Russian surname derived from банковское meaning Bank, Banking.
Hisatomi Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".
Fiadura Belarusian
Derived from an augmentative form of the Belarusian given name Fiodar.
Kuninaka Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land" and 仲 (naka) meaning "relations, terms".
Veetõusme Estonian
Veetõusme is an Estonian surname meaning "water (vee) surge (tõusma)".
Belarbi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of the Arab" from Arabic بْن (bn) meaning "son (of)" and اَلعَرَبِيّ (al-ʿarabiyy) meaning "the Arab".
Geigle German
Meaning "violinist" in Swabian German.
Ghazi Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghazi.
Franceschini Italian
Most likely from the given name Francesco.
Miché French, Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the given name Michel.
Chin Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Chen.
Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
Takumi Japanese
From 宅 (taku) meaning "home, house, residence" and 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, outlook".
Ajari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.
Okayasu Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet".
Pendarvis English (American)
The American English spelling of the Cornish surname Pendarves. Ultimately, the surname is traced back to Pendarves Island, Cornwall.
Sikder Bengali
From a historical title used to denote a person who owned one quarter of land, derived from Bengali সিকি (siki) meaning "quarter, fourth".
Arbour French (Quebec)
Variant of Harbour or possibly a variant of Harbaud or Herbert.
Biernacki Polish
means bear strong
Vong Khmer
Means "dear, beloved, darling" in Khmer.
Lindpere Estonian
Lindpere is an Estonian surname meaning "bird family".
Abeyweera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and वीर (vīra) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Kile Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of thirteen farmsteads named Kile from, ultimately derived from Old Norse kíll "wedge" and, by extension, "narrow bay inlet".
Fahrenheit German
Derived from German fahren, meaning, "to ride", and Heit, which is the equivalent to the suffix "-ness". A famous bearer was Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686- 1736), a Polish physicist who invented the Fahrenheit temperature measuring system.
Puhach Ukrainian
Means "owl" in Ukrainian
Farooqi Urdu
From the given name Faruq.
Saejung Thai
From the Chinese surname Zhang.
Miyazawa Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Kozhemyakin Russian
Derived from Russian кожемяка (kozhemyaka) meaning "currier, tanner".