HerridgeEnglish 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.
BraafheidDutch, 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]
KushigeJapanese (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.
RaudkellEstonian Raudkell is an Estonian surname meaning "iron clock".
SaketArabic (Maghrebi) An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.
FloerchingerGerman Habitational name for someone from Flörchingen in the Saar region.
KamiyuiJapanese (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.
EsmondEnglish 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".
MoneymakerEnglish (American) Translated form of German Geldmacher or Geldschläger, occupational names for a coiner.
ArbuckleEnglish, 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".
DreilingGerman Habitational name from Drelingen near Uelzen, Lower Saxony.
FilleryEnglish 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.
BowyerEnglish English: occupational name for a maker or seller of bows (see Bow), as opposed to an archer. Compare Bowman.
HeronFrench, Caribbean Either derived from the given name Heron, or given to someone who resembled a heron bird.
OkawaJapanese From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."
KudashevBashkir, 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]
BorneFrench 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.
ClemenceauFrench 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.
SullenEnglish Means "gloomy, ill-tempered, moody" in English, with the archaic meanings "lonely, desolate" and "mischievous, malignant, obstinate", derived from Anglo-Norman soleyn "solitary, alone".
TamatsukiJapanese (Rare) This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."
HoornGerman (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.
DahlénSwedish, Norwegian Combination of Swedish dal "valley" and the common surname suffix -én.
GoosGerman, 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").
OkukawaJapanese (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.
YoshiyasuJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
GunzenhauserGerman, Jewish Habitational name for someone from either of two places named Gunzenhausen, one in Württemberg and the other in Bavaria.
KamosawaJapanese Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
PardoeEnglish From a medieval nickname based on the Old French oath par Dieu "by God" (cf. Purdie).
AyanTurkish Means "evident, clear, manifest" in Turkish.
PulverLow 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.
ZawadaPolish From zawada literally meaning "obstacle, hindrance", figuratively meaning "swashbuckler, troublemaker".
HerschbachGerman 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-).
BalageSinhalese Means "military, forces, cavalry", derived from Sanskrit बल (bala) meaning "strength, might" combined with the Sinhala suffix ගේ (ge) meaning "of, home, house".
AmysEnglish From the given name Amis. Compare with Ames. An early example using this spelling is Robert Amys of Cambridgeshire, England in 1273.
AuricchioItalian "A nickname from a dialect variant of orecchio ‘ear’ (from Latin auricula)."
HoshisakiJapanese Hoshi means "star" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".
YarchiHebrew From Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yareach), meaning "moon".
BayırTurkish Means "slope, incline, hill" in Turkish.
KemperGerman, 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".
RollsEnglish 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).
VeskiEstonian Veski is an Estonian surname meaning "mill".
BurgioItalian 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".
KozuJapanese From 神 (ko) meaning "god" and 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port".
AltringerGerman Habitational name for someone from a place called Altringen or Aldingen, of which there are two in Württemberg.
RacineFrench 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.
IizukaJapanese From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".
MessiItalian 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]
RedgateEnglish Habitational name from any of several places called Redgate such as Redgate in Uppingham (Rutland) recorded as le Redegate in 1290... [more]
ÖzelTurkish Means "private, personal" or "special, exceptional" in Turkish.
RapierDutch 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]
AllendeBasque, 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".
ThulisIrish 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".
FichtnerGerman 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
WarizayaJapanese (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.
LianChinese From Chinese 连 (lián) meaning "link, join, connect".
SenaratneSinhalese Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
ShinozukaJapanese From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
NeggoEstonian Neggo is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "nõgu", meaning "dell".
MerrimenNorman 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.
WhippleEnglish 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.
WeishuhnGerman 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.
WiebeGerman From a short form of any of various Germanic personal names beginning with wig ‘battle’, ‘war.’
VäärEstonian Väär is an Estonian surname meaning "false" and "wrong".
DolinRussian From Russian долой (doloy), meaning "away (with), off (with)".
DharmawardanaSinhalese Derived from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma) meaning "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
SarōdoJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.
LicataItalian, 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".
BankovRussian Feminine Bankova (Russian: Банкова) is a Russian surname derived from банковское meaning Bank, Banking.
HisatomiJapanese Hisa means "long time ago" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".
PendarvisEnglish (American) The American English spelling of the Cornish surname Pendarves. Ultimately, the surname is traced back to Pendarves Island, Cornwall.
SikderBengali From a historical title used to denote a person who owned one quarter of land, derived from Bengali সিকি (siki) meaning "quarter, fourth".
KileNorwegian (Rare) Habitational name from any of thirteen farmsteads named Kile from, ultimately derived from Old Norse kíll "wedge" and, by extension, "narrow bay inlet".
FahrenheitGerman 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.