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.
Ó Hartghaile Irish
It literally means "Artghal’s descendant".
Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).
Auclair French
Patronymic from the personal name Clair or the nickname Leclair (‘the cheerful one’): (fils) à Leclair ‘(son) of Leclair’. It has also absorbed cases of Auclerc (from LeClerc).
Seedorf German
habitational name from any of the numerous places so named from See "lake" and Dorf "village".
Motomura Japanese
Moto means "origin, source" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Komukai Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 向 (mukai) meaning "yonder, facing, beyond".
Lau Estonian
Lau is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lauk" meaning "table" or "desk" or "laul" meaning "song".
O'Rourke Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruairc meaning "descendant of Ruarc".
Tilakawardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකවර්ධන (see Thilakawardana).
Kaneki Japanese
This surname is used as 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城, 兼木 or 鹿子木 with 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold," 兼 (ken, ka.neru, -ka.neru) meaning "and, concurrently," 城 (jou, shiro, ki) meaning "castle," 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mood, mind, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in," 鹿 (roku, ka, shika) meaning "deer" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."
Robuchon French
Robuchon is derived from the Old French personal name Robert.
Maciejewski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Maciejowa, Maciejów or Maciejowice, all derived from the given name Maciej.
Mørk Danish
Means "dark" in Danish.
Zvezdochka Russian, Belarusian
Means "little star" or "small star", from Russian "звезда (zvezda)" meaning "star" with the suffix "-очка (-ochka)" meaning "little, small, young". It can also be translated as "starlet". It is a surname in Russia that is also common in Belarus... [more]
Mangialaglio Italian
Means "eats garlic" in Italian, from mangia "to eat" and aglio "garlic". Possibly a nickname for someone known for heavily seasoning their food, or for having bad breath.
Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "account settlement", referring to someone who would deal with settlement of accounts.
Wickremeratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Samukaze Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).
Barons Latvian
Means "baron".
Chasiyd Hebrew
Nickname for a pious person, derived from Hebrew חָסִיד (chasid) meaning "pious, kind, faithful, saint, godly, holy one".
Dillon Irish, English
Could be an Irish form of the Breton surname de Léon, meaning "of Léon", an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duilleáen, from the given name Dallán "little blind one", or be from a Norman French personal name derived from Ancient Germanic Dillo, possibly a byname from dil- "destroy".
Broeders Dutch
From Middle Dutch broeder "brother, colleague" or "friar, monk, clergyman". Compare the German surname Bruder.
Malecuit French
Means "doughy," "soggy," or "undercooked" in French.
Schiefelbein German
Habitational name from Schievelbein in Pomerania.
Katanabe Japanese
Kata could mean "single" or "shape" and nabe could mean "pot, pan".
Feuer German
Metonymic occupational name for a stoker in a smithy or public baths, or nickname for someone with red hair or a fiery temper, from Middle High German viur "fire".
Shie German
Variant of Schie.
Räim Estonian
Räim is an Estonian surname meaning "Baltic herring".
Beauregard French
From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and regard "look, glance".
Jayawickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවික්‍රම (see Jayawickrama).
Savignac French
Habitational name for someone from various communes by this name in France.
Kärkinen Finnish
Combination of Finnish kärki "peak, point, tip" and the common surname suffix -inen.
Kunt Turkish
Means "Solid", also the old Turkish name of a mountain range in Asia where Turks supposedly originated from.
Cesco Italian
Derived from the given name Francesco.
Krayinyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian країна (krayina), meaning "country, bordered land".
Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Vetrano Italian
The name originates from Italy, mainly Sicily. It means "old man veteran", other times it means "faithful, loyal".
Panou Greek
Means "son of Panos". A famous bearer is the Greek composer Akis Panou (1933-2000)
Akhter Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Akhtar.
Elsemere English
The surname Ellesmere was first found in Shropshire at Ellesmere, a market-town and parish, and the head of a union.
Paramore French (Rare)
origin is unknown but the meaning of the name is lover used in France and England
Hackmann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a butcher or a woodcutter.
Weininger German (Swiss), Jewish
Denoted a person from Weiningen, a municipality in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is also a Jewish ornamental name derived from German wein meaning "wine" and the suffix -inger.
Pennant Celtic
Meaning, "Belonging to Pennant" (a common Welsh place-name).
Heaton English
Comes from "town (or farmstead) on a hill".... [more]
Aaviksoo Estonian
Aaviksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest(ed) swamp".
Paonil Thai
From Thai เปา (pao) meaning "judicial officer, referee, umpire" and นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black".
Westover English
Habitational name from Westover in Somerset and the Isle of Wight or Westovers in Sussex. The former two are both named with Old English west "west" and ofer "ridge" or ōfer "bank"... [more]
Wathers Irish
The surname originated in Donegal, Ireland. MacConuisce was an Anglicized form of o'hUisce. Uisce translates to water in English. Wathers is a rather uncommon name because it is an untraditional way of spelling Waters... [more]
Van Gemert Dutch
Means "from Gemert" in Dutch, the name of a village in North Brabant, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Germanic mari "lake" (compare Old Dutch meri) combined with the collectivising prefix ga-.
Tateishi Japanese
Tate can mean "rise, stand" and ishi means "rock, stone".
Mäepõld Estonian
Mäepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain field".
Kolyada Russian, Ukrainian
From Коляда (Kolyada), a name for Slavic Christmas celebrations (or formerly, Slavic pagan traditional winter solstice celebrations).
Gulotta Italian
Italian: from the female personal name, a pet form of Gulla.
Slaughter English
occupational name from Middle English slaughter "butcher" a derivative of Middle English slaught "butchery" and the suffix er or from a shortened form of the synonymous Middle English slaughterer a derivative of slaughter "butchery" and the suffix er.
Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".
Chatelaine French
A chatelaine is the mistress of a wealthy house or a castle.... [more]
Infante Italian
Nickname for someone with a childlike disposition, from infante "child" (Latin infans, literally "one who cannot speak").
Van Driel Dutch
Means "from Driel" in Dutch, referring to either the village Driel or any of several other settlements containing driel as an element... [more]
Davine Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
Frič Czech
Czechized form of Fritsch.
Felicio Galician
From the given name Felicio
Nadig German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from from Old High German (gi-)nadig "kind", this was a nickname for a kind and benevolent person.
Mañozka Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous palace in the municipality of Etxebarria.
Hermosillo Spanish
Nickname for a dandy, from a diminutive of hermoso "finely formed, handsome". From Latin formosus, from forma "shape, form, beauty".
Sy Chinese (Filipino)
Hokkien romanization of Shi chiefly used in the Philippines.
Sorhapuru Basque (Rare)
From the name of a village in south-west France Basque Country, possibly derived from sorho "field, cultivated land" and buru "head, top, summit; leader, chief".
Becher German
Shortened form of Becherer as well as a surname given to for someone who distilled or worked with pitch, in which case it is derived from Middle High German bech / pech "pitch".
Brenari Jewish, Italian
Etymology uncertain, possibly a habitational name.
Carulli Italian
It should derive from the late Latin cognomen Carullus, a hypochoristic form of the more widespread cognomen Carus.... [more]
Lowenstein Jewish
Combination of German Löwe "lion" and stein "stone". In some cases an ornamental name associated with the name Levi (see also Levy and Lew 2).
Van Boxtel Dutch
Means "from Boxtel" in Dutch, the name of a town in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch buk "buck, roebuck, hart" and stelle "stable, safe residence".
Warnakulasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "color" or "caste", कुल (kula) meaning "family" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Moskva Russian
Derived from the Russian word Москва meaning "Moscow".
Melykkatæ Ossetian
From the Ossetian title мæликк (mælikk), meaning "king", ultimately from Arabic ملك‎ (malik).
Billson English
Means "Son of Bill."
Linné Swedish
Swedish form of Linnaeus.
Hennessee Irish
A variant of the traditionally Irish surname Hennessey or Hennessy, an Anglicization of Ó hAonghusa meaning "descendant of Aonghus".
Nõmme Estonian
Derived from Estonian nõmm "heath, moor" or from any towns and villages so named.
Bertogg Romansh
Variant of Bertsch in combination with the diminutive suffix -ogg.
Broin Italian
Italian and French form of or comes from Brown.
Wijnen Dutch
Patronymic form of Wijn, a short form of personal names containing the element wini "friend", such as Boudewijn or Adalwin.
Vissers Flemish, Dutch
Patronymic of Visser.
Svahn Swedish
From Swedish Svan "swan".
Mejia Galician
A very ancient surname, infrequent and widely spread across Spain, mostly in Madrid, Barcelona, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Cuenca, Sevilla and Toledo; and also in Pontevedra, Lugo, Guadalajara, Almería, Granada, Alicante and Málaga.... [more]
Özer Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and er meaning "man, male, warrior".
Quan Chinese
From Chinese 权 (quán) referring to the ancient state of Quan, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now Hubei province.
Morell Romansh
Derived from Latin maurus "Moorish, North African" as well as a derivation from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.
Mac An Airchinnigh Irish
It literally means "son of the hereditary steward of church lands".
Chaffin English
A diminutive that originated from the Old French word chauf, which itself is derived from Latin calvus, both meaning "bald". Originally used as an Anglo-Norman nickname for a bald man.
Negros Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish negro meaning "black". Named after an island in the Philippines.
Dewan Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali
From a title for a high-ranking government official or minister, derived from Persian دیوان (divan) meaning "royal court, tribunal, ministry, assembly".
Amarant English, French
Derived from the given name Amarantus.
Carbonell English
From a medieval nickname for a dark-haired or swarthy person, from Anglo-Norman carbonel, literally "little charcoal".
Duchek Czech
Duchek is short form of name Duchoslav.
Szendeffy Hungarian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Hungarian szende meaning ''meek''.
Reddish English
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reddish,' a village near Stockport, Cheshire.
Zuhm Low German
Name of a noble family from the island of Rügen.
Weerasekare Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරසේකර (see Weerasekara).
Puhar Serbian (Modern, Rare)
The last name of the contestant Mirjana Puhar from America's Next Top Model, who originally was born in Serbia. She died on February 24, 2015, aged 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Hayles English
Variant of Hales.
Ivčetić Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Machen English
Occupational name for a stonemason, Anglo-Norman French machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French masson (see Mason).
Wickstrand Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Wikstrand, a surname composed of Swedish vik "bay" and strand "beach".
Yarden Hebrew (Rare)
From the given name Yarden, which is named after the Jordan 2 River. ... [more]
Bobiński Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Bobin or Bobino.
Must Estonian
Means "black (colour)" in Estonian.
Chiya Japanese (Rare)
Means "bloody arrow; arrow of blood" in Japanese.
Cancer English (British), German (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi, Americanized)
Variant of Cantor. Also the Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kanter and perhaps also of Kantor.
Nagahama Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".
Younghusband English
Combination of Middle English yong ”young” and husbonda ”farmer”.
Mansur Arabic
From the given name Mansur.
McIlveen Scottish Gaelic
The surname McIlveen is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name "Mac Giolla Mhín," meaning "son of Giolla Mín".
Stocke English
English: A topographic name for someone who lived near the trunk or stump of a large tree, Middle English Stocke (Old English Stocc)... [more]
Tape English, German
Variant spelling of Tapp.
Hallberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and berg "mountain".
Groński Polish
Habitational name for someone from Grońsko in Greater Poland Voivodeship (named with the nickname Gron, Grono, from grono "bunch of grapes") or from Groń, the name of several places in southern, mountainous part of Lesser Poland (named with the regional word groń "ridge").
Ilumets Estonian
Ilumets is an Estonian surname meaning "pretty/lovely forest".
Le Monnier French
Occupational surname for a miller, literally meaning "the miller" in French.
Branche French
From Old French branche meaning ‘branch’ (which is from Late Latin branca meaning ‘foot’, ‘paw’), the application of which as a surname is not clear. Compare Branch.
Cobbs English
Variant of Cobb.
Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.
Kornnaimuang Thai
The surname "ก้อนในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Portnyagin Russian
Derived from Russian портняга (portnyaga), a colloquial nickname derived from портной (portnoy) meaning "tailor, clothier".
Vainmäe Estonian
Vainmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common hill/mountain".
Shoygu Tuvan
Sergey Shoygu is a Russian politician.
Truax French (Americanized)
An Americanized spelling of the French surname Trieux.
Masood Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mas'ud
Pigue French
French family last name may have been changed from the original French
Pickenpaugh German
The surname Pickenpaugh is an Americanized version of the German name Beckenbach, meaning "from the river basin"... [more]
Askren English (American)
Habitational name from Askern in Campsall near Doncaster (Yorkshire).
Sui Chinese
From Chinese 隋 (suí) referring to the Sui dynasty, which briefly held power from 581 to 618 and was succeeded by the Tang dynasty.
Murav'ya Russian
Means ant in Russian.
Mulchandani Hindi
Means “descendant of Mulchand”.
Stantz German
Possibly an altered spelling of German Stanz, a habitation name from places called Stans or Stanz in Austria and Switzerland (see also Stentz).
Kuramochi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess".
Masilungan Tagalog
Means "to shelter, to provide refuge" in Tagalog.
Haefele Upper German
Occupational name for a potter.
Craven Irish, English
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Crabháin (County Galway) or Mac Crabháin (Louth, Monaghan) ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Crabhán’... [more]
Utomo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Ke (柯) or Wen (溫). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Suurlaht Estonian
Suulaht is an Estonian surname meaning "big bay/gulf".
Çeçen Turkish, Chechen (Expatriate)
Means "Chechen" in Turkish, used by those of Chechen descent living in Turkey.
Tapio Finnish
From the given name Tapio.
Öövel Estonian
Öövel is an Estonian surname, a derivation of "hööve" meaning "plane" and "jointer", or "röövel" meaning "gunman", "robber" and "bandit".
Kitley English
Derived from a place name in Devonshire, England, and was first recorded in the form of Kitelhey in 1305.... [more]
Antury Greek, Hebrew
Haifa, Israel.... [more]
Paasoja Estonian
Paasoja is an Estonian surname meaning "slate/limestone stream".
Hiranaka Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and naka means "middle".
Cortês Portuguese
Portuguese form of Cortés.
Danza Italian
Means "dance" in Italian, a nickname for a dancer. Alternatively, it could derive from an Italian form of the given name Abundantius.
Košir Slovene
From the Slavic word koš meaning "basket". It originally indicated a person who made or sold baskets.
Adamescu Romanian
Patronymic from the given name Adam.
Lillevere Estonian
Lillevere is an Estonian surname meaning "flower/floral blood".
Hrdina Czech, Slovak
Hrdina is a Czech and Slovak surname meaning "hero". Two notable bearers are Jan Hrdina, and Jiří Hrdina, both are ice hockey players.
Hadjadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic حجاج (hajjaj) meaning "arguer, one who argues" or "pilgrim".
Zeff Jewish
From the given name Zev.
Osuga Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大菅 (see Ōsuga).
Peet English
Derived from a pet form of the given name Peter.
Jeune French, Haitian Creole
Derived from the French word jeune "young" (from Latin iuvenis). It found more common in Haiti... [more]
Koçi Albanian
Nickname from koç meaning "domestic buffalo calf", figuratively "strong, muscular man".
Dursun Turkish
Means "stop" or "alive" in Turkish.
Basler German
Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Basel, Switzerland.
Debs French
From the given name Debus, a variant of Thebs or Thebus, which was an altered short form of Mattheus. This was borne by American union leader Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926).
Singtong Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สิงห์ทอง (see Singthong).
Warrior English
From the given name “warrior” from Old Frenchwerreieor, werrieur ‘warrior’.
Joos Romansh
Derived from a short form of the given name Jodocus.
Leiter German
From Leiter ‘leader’, status name for a foreman or for the leader of a military expedition, from Middle High German leiten ‘lead’.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Leitner.
Joaquín Spanish
From the given name Joaquín.
Phasee Thai
Means "tax" in Thai.
Del Prato Italian
Meaning "of the meadow" in Italian, likely detonating to someone who lived on a field.
Hanekawa Japanese
羽 meaning feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.川 meaning stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical
Simonyan Armenian
Means "son of Simon 1".
Doepner German
Derived from Middle Low German top and dop "pot". This is an occupational surname originally given to a potter.
Mee Estonian
Mee is an Estonian surname derived from "mees" meaning "man".
Felemban Arabic
From the name of the city of Palembang in Indonesia, originally denoting someone who came from that city.
Ault English
Variant of Old.
Aanenson English (American, Anglicized)
Anglicized form of rare Norwegian surname Ånundson meaning "son of Ånund".
Korolyov Russian
Derived from Russian король (korol) meaning "king".
Justo Spanish
From the given name Justo.
Ferenc Hungarian
From the given name Ferenc.
Cayabyab Pangasinan, Tagalog
From Pangasinan and Tagalog kayabyab denoting a person who pounded rice grains with a pestle in a mortar.
Jõeleht Estonian
Jõeleht is an Estonian surname meaning "river foliage".
Ó Maolmhóna Irish
Means "descendant of Maolmhóna"
Simasathien Thai
Alternate transcription of Simasathian.
Sebald Literature
In 'A Series Of Unfortunate Events', Gustav Sebald was a film director who hid secret codes in his movies, a member of V.F.D., and the likely creator of the Sebald Code.
Hulse German
derived from Holtz, means "a wood"
Panambolan Filipino, Maranao
Means "rainbow" in Maranao.
Onose Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Dundass Scottish
Variation of Dundas possibly miss spelled at imagination into Quebec (Lower Canada) late 18th Century
Cabatuan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano kabatoan meaning "rocky area, rocky place".
Kuronishi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Hammadi Arabic
From the given name Hammad.
Schulman Yiddish
Refers to a person, typically a Rabbi, who works at a Shul (Synagogue in Yiddish.)... [more]
Sanfilippo Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from any of several places called with reference to a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Philip specifically San Filippo del Mela in Messina province, San Filippo near Reggio Calabria.
Degutis Lithuanian
Occupational name for a person who sold tar; from the Lithuanian word degutas meaning "tar".
Anvari Persian
From the given name Anwar.
Paustenbach German
Family name associated with the town Paustenbach, Germany
Carden English
Derived from Middle English cardoon "wild thistle, artichoke thistle". Could be a nickname for someone who carded wool (which was originally done with thistles), for a person who lived near a thistle patch, or for a prickly and unapproachable person... [more]