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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Bielecki Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Bielcza, derived from Polish biel meaning "white".
Eule German
Variant of Eul.
Kilbride Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhrighde "son of the devotee of Saint Brigid" (cf... [more]
Ben-hur Jewish, Literature
Means "son of Hur" in Hebrew. This was also the name of the protagonist of both the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and the 1959 film adaptation Ben-Hur, named Judah Ben-Hur.
Kiryuin Japanese (?), Popular Culture (?)
Either from 桐生 (Kiryu), a place name, combined with 院 (in) meaning "college" or 鬼 (ki, oni) meaning "demon" and 龍 (ryu) meaning "dragon, imperial" combined with 院 (in) meaning "college".
Tadevosyan Armenian
Means "son of Tadevos".
Sagorsky Polish, Russian
It means literally "of the city/town Sagorsk". Sagorsk is a city near the Russian capital of Moskva. The ending of "sky" means "of". The "Sagor" part of the surname sounds to me like "za gor" which is "za gorod"... [more]
Jahimaa Estonian
Jahimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "shooting/hunting land".
Nighy English
Pet form of Nigh.
Oyakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 親 (oya) "parent" and 川 (kawa) "river."
Schoonings Dutch (Rare)
Meaning not fully understood.... [more]
Kaba Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".
Calderwood English
From the lordship of Calderwood in Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sjunnesson Swedish
Means "son of Sjunne".
Francese Italian
Means "French, Frenchman" in Italian.
Arimao Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao arimaw meaning "lion".
Reuss German
Occupational name for a cobbler, from Middle High German riuze.
Chkhetidze Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Vityshyn Ukrainian
Means "son of Vitya".
Sank English
Possibly taken from a pet form of the given name Samuel.
Dearth English
From a medieval nickname apparently based on Middle English derth "famine".
Gascoyne English
Variant of Gascoigne, which was originally a regional name for someone from the province of Gascony, via Old French Gascogne.
Hohol Ukrainian
Means "garrot, goldeneye (duck)" in Ukrainian.
Lamond Scottish
Scottish classical pianist and composer; Henry George Lamond has this surname. It means lawyer.
Hishida Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), water chestnut, caltrop, rhombus" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Cleamons English (British, ?)
Possibly a variant of Clemons.
Ahlin Swedish
Combination of Swedish al "alder" and the common Swedish surname suffix -in (ultimately derived from Latin -inus, -inius "descendant of").
Luxton English
English habitational name from a minor place, probably one of two in Devon, so called from the possessive form of the Middle English personal name or surname Lugg (from Old English Lugga) + Middle English tune, tone ‘settlement’ (Old English tun).
Martinovich Russian
Means "Son of Martin".
Peary English
Variant of Perry 1.
Dalmas French
Surname Dalmas was first found in Limousin. Literally means "of the sea."
Iwwerks German
Possibly derived from the given name Euwerik (also Ewerk), a name of uncertain etymology... [more]
Shieh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xie or Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.
Wogel German (Portuguesified), Swedish
Swedish and Brazilianized form of Vogel.
Čobanović Croatian, Serbian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Belen Jewish
Variant of Belenky.
Neumeyer German
German: distinguishing name for a newly appointed steward or tenant farmer, or one who was a newcomer to an area, from Middle High German niuwe ‘new’ + meier ‘steward’, ‘tenant farmer’ ( see Meyer 1)... [more]
Sardina Italian, Spanish, Galician, Mexican
From sardina Galician sardiña "sardine" used for someone as a catcher or seller of the fish or a nickname for a thin person.
Corlett Manx
Anglicization of Manx (Mac) Thórliótr "(son of) Þorliótr".
Duschek German
German cognate of Dušek.
Baumfree Dutch, American, African American
This name is clearly derived from Sojourner Truth, a former African-American slave who was born as Isabella Bomefree (but at some point the surname was changed to the more German-looking Baumfree). Although Sojourner's original owners - James and Elizabeth Bomefree/Baumfree - were apparently of Dutch descent, it is questionable whether the surname is really of Dutch origin... [more]
De Hart Dutch
Can mean "the hart", "the heart", or "the hard", derived from Middle Dutch hart "male deer, stag" (see Hart), harte "heart" (see Hertz), or hart "hard, solid, sturdy; harsh, cruel"... [more]
Deshmukh Indian, Marathi
From the historical title देशमुख (deśmukh) meaning "district head", derived from Sanskrit देश (deśá) meaning "country, district" combined with मुख (múkha) meaning "face".
Landauer German
Possibly a variant of Landau. American professional stock car racing driver and motivational speaker Julia Landauer bears this surname.
Faggiano Italian
From Italian faggio "beech (tree)".
Baba Nigerian, Yoruba, Western African
From an honourific title used to denote a father, wise man, or an elder.
Ebadi Persian
Derived from Arabic عِبَاد (ʿibād), the plural of عَبْد (ʿabd) meaning “servant, slave”.
Giammattei Italian
Patronymic form of Giammatteo.
Adeleye Yoruba
From Yoruba meaning "the crown, royal one has dignity, honor" with "crown" understood as a metaphor for "child".
Pinkus Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinkus, which in turn comes from the Biblical Hebrew name Phinehas.
Rock English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a notable crag or outcrop, from Middle English rokke "rock" (see Roach), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Rock in Northumberland.
Haircut English (Australian, Archaic), German (Anglicized, ?)
Possibly an occupational name for a barber. Alternatively, it could also be an anglicized form of Herrgott.
Tennekone Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තෙන්නකෝන් (see Tennakoon).
Nông Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Nong, from Sino-Vietnamese 農 (nông).
Pridonov Russian
The surname Pridonov is derived from a nickname. It contains an indication of the place of residence of the ancestor: "at the Don, i.e. on the Don River". The river named Don flows not only in the European part of Russia, but also in Scotland (the city of Aberdon is located on it) and in France (a tributary of the Vilena).
Albeiz Basque (Rare)
From the name of a village (also called Albéniz) in Álava, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque albeni, which could mean "strand of thread", "thin, twisted", or "edge, bank, margin" combined with the toponymic suffix -iz, or perhaps (h)aitz "rock, stone"... [more]
Katan Jewish
From Hebrew קָטָן (katan) meaning "small, little, young".
Terracciano Italian
Derived from Italian terrazzano "inhabitant of a walled city or castle; fellow countryman, villager, peasant", ultimately derived from Latin terra "land, earth, country".
Klempner German, Jewish
Means "plumber, tinsmith" in German, derived from Middle Low German klampe "clamp".
Markopoulos Greek
Means "son of Markos".
İlhan Turkish
From the given name İlhan
Gutt Jewish
Variant of Gut.
Zamloch German (Austrian)
Altered, likely Americanized or Germanized, version of the Czech surname Zemlicka. Zemlicka derives from žemle, meaning "bread roll," and was a name given to bakers.... [more]
Graves English
Variant of Grave.
Saleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Salim.
Barua Indian, Assamese
From a military title historically used in Assam, derived from an Ahom word meaning "ten thousand" (referring to the number of soldiers under the command of such an officer).
Kirima Japanese (Rare)
Kiri (桐 or 霧) means "paulownia/foxglove tree" or "mist" respectively, ma (間), means "space".
Huck English
From the medieval personal name Hucke, which was probably descended from the Old English personal name Ucca or Hucca, perhaps a shortened form of Uhtræd influenced by a medieval form of Hugh... [more]
Guay French
Variant of Gay.
Hara Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Sadeq Arabic
Derived from the given name Sadiq.
Usry English
Variant of Ussery. It comes from a nickname given to a bear-like person.
Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Yushko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian юшка (yushka), meaning "broth, juice from food". It can also mean "blood".
Bantayan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "watchtower, guard-place" in Cebuano.
Idejima Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Dejima.
Hamamasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Venizelos Greek
From the baptismal name Benizelos, which is already in existence since the 16th century in Athens. Uncertain etymology, most likely to be of Italian origin, (Bene + angelo, the good angel, ie Evangelos)... [more]
Wilbraham English
Denoted a person hailing from Wilbraham in Cambridgeshire, England. The place name itself means "Wilburg's homestead or estate" in Old English, Wilburg or Wilburga allegedly referring to a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon princess who was given the lands later called Wilbraham by her father, King Penda of Mercia.
Alfyorov Russian
Derived from the Russian monastic name Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros) meaning "free".
Álamo Spanish, Portuguese
Either a topographic name from álamo "poplar" or a habitational name from any of several places in Spain and Portugal named with this word.
O'Lonain Irish
Derived from lon ("blackbird") and a diminutive combined with O ("grandson; male descendant").
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.
Dimawala Tagalog
From Tagalog di mawala meaning "cannot be lost".
Suganuma Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Hvozdovich Rusyn
Rusyn version of Hvozdyk.
Berrick English
Variation of Barwick.
Rutledge English, Scottish
Origin unknown
Kaźmierczak Polish
Derived from the given name Kazimierz.
Mervin Welsh, English
From the given name Mervin
Tartu Estonian
Tartu is an Estonian surname derived from the city of the same name in Tartu County.
Durgiai Romansh
Derived from the given name Durisch.
Kobe Japanese
From the Japanese city of Kobe.
Stauch German
From Middle High German stuche, a term used to denote both a type of wide sleeve and a headcovering. Also a habitational name from a place called Staucha, near Dresden.
Boettcher German
Occupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German botecher, bötticher, bütticher, an agent derivative of botech(e), bottich, bütte "vat", "barrel".
Cygan Polish
Ethnic name or nickname from a word meaning ‘gypsy’, ‘Romany’.Altered spelling of eastern German Zigan, from Hungarian cigány ‘gypsy’.
Kantakouzenos Greek
One of the noble Byzantine families, the surname is connected to the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylus near Smyrna (Izmir).
Hankevych Ukrainian
Means "child of Hanka".
Solomonenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.
Yukawa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Lanka Lithuanian, Latvian
Probably a shortened form of Lithuanian Lankauskas.
Allam Arabic
originally an arabic name but has been used by english speakers. the name means "recognized" or "famous". in other languages it means "one who represents us" and in some languages translates as "flag"
Krivov Russian
From krivoi, meaning "crooked".
Lepmets Estonian
Lepmets is an Estonian word meaning "alder (lepp) forest (mets)".
Minde German
Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Minden.
Cahayag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kahayag meaning "light, splendour".
Clair French
From the given name Clair.
Martina Italian
Derived from the given name Martina
Breyette English (American)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. First found in the United States around 1880. Self-taught artist Michael Breyette is a bearer of this surname
Ekland Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and land "land". A famous bearer is Swedish actress Britt Ekland (b. 1942), but in her case, the name is a variant of Eklund.
Albinez Spanish
Means "son of Albino".
Ó Bróithe Irish
Uncorrupted form of Brophy.
Shnayderman Yiddish
It literally means "snitherman".
Brueckner German, German (Silesian)
German (Brückner): from Middle Low German brugge, Middle High German brugge, brücke, brügge ‘bridge’ + the agent suffix -ner, hence a topographic name for someone living by a bridge, an occupational name for a bridge toll collector, or in the southeast (Silesia for example) a bridge keeper or repairer... [more]
Gillette English, French
English: from a feminine form of Gillett.... [more]
Manai Italian
From Sardinian mannai "grandfather, grandmother".
Hanyuu Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (ha) meaning "feather" and 生 (nyuu) meaning "raw".
Mikkel Estonian
Mikkel is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name); an Estonian variant of "Michael".
Nanami Japanese
From Japanese 七海 (nanami) meaning "seven seas".
Agron Spanish
From the town of Agrón in Granada, Spain.
Ludzker Jewish (Rare)
coming from the town of Lutzk in Poland
Komaba Japanese
From 駒 (koma) meaning "young horse, foal" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".
Wijayathunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතුංග (see Wijayathunga).
Do Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Đỗ.
Emad Arabic
Derived from the given name Imad.
Gönül Turkish
Means "heart, soul" in Turkish.
Coster English
Metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of costards (Anglo-Norman French, from coste 'rib'), a variety of large apples, so called for their prominent ribs.
Dicks German, Dutch
Refers to the descendant of someone with the given name Dick.
Zaimi Albanian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Zaim.
Human English, South African, Dutch
Means "Hugh’s man", an occupational name for a servant of a man named Hugh. Alternatively, from the given name Hugheman.
Donth Low German (Rare)
Donth is a very rare surname that comes from Germany. No real information about this surname.
Kaki Japanese
From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon".
Grove French (Anglicized)
Anglicized spelling of the French surname Le Grou(x) or Le Greux (see Groulx)
Schalk German, Dutch
From Old High German scalc "servant, retainer, jester", which eventually evolved to mean "joker, rogue, knave". Could be an occupational name for an attendant or jester, a nickname for someone mischievous, or derived from a given name containing scalc as an element, such as Godschalk.
Chapin French, Spanish
From a reduced form of French eschapin or Spanish chapín, a term for a light (woman's) shoe; perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.
Bodur Turkish
Means "short, squat" in Turkish.
Maptuf Chinese (Hakka, Modern)
Transcription of a Chinese surname. It has been used since the 18th century.
Serbest Turkish
Means "free, unconstrained" in Turkish.
Benício Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish form of Benedict, from the Late Latin name Benedictus, which meant "blessed". A notable bearer is Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro (born 1967).
Cotugno Italian
From Sicilian cutugnu "quince (tree)"
Mothersbaugh English
Anglicized form of Muttersbach.
Häkkinen Finnish
From given name Heikki
Yassin Arabic
From the given name Yasin.
Mindanao Tagalog
From the name of the second largest island in the Philippines, which was derived from the name of the Maguindanao people (see Mindanao).
Manville French
A locational surname deriving from any of the various places in France called "Manneville or Magneville", named, from the Old Germanic personal name "Manno" or the Old French adjective "magne", great, with the word "ville", meaning a town or settlement.
Osako Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, large" combined with 迫 (sako) meaning "imperative".... [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]
Don Scottish
Don derives from the Old Gaelic "donn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", dull brown or dark, and was originally given as a distinguishing nickname to someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion.
Boğa Turkish
Means "bull" in Turkish.
Aurich German
Habitational name from a place in East Frisia or Baden-Württemberg named Aurich.
Anouilh French
From Catalan anull, meaning "slow worm". It is originally a nickname given to a spineless and slow person. The French author Jean Anouilh is a famous bearer of this surname.
Lind Yiddish
Variant of Linde.
Desser Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Dessau in Germany.
Raaf Dutch, German
Means "raven" in Dutch.
Barakzai Pashto
Means "son of Barak 2" in Pashto.
Agishina Russian
Feminine form of Agishin (Агишин)
Amir Jewish
From the given name Amir 2.
Ohyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Oyagi.
Spjut Swedish
Taken directly from Swedish spjut "spear".
Großkreutz German
From German "groß" meaning big and "kreutz" meaning cross.
Hisamura Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Agajanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աղաջանյան (see Aghajanyan).
Kasei Japanese
From Japanese 火星 (kasei) meaning "Mars".
van Melle Dutch, Flemish
Means "from Melle". Habitational name for someone hailing from Melle in East Flanders, Belgium.
Schnetz German
Variant of Schnitz, meaning "woodcutter".
Amrani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Imran (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Ahmeti Albanian
From the given name Ahmet.
Goonawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Fong Taiwanese
Taiwanese form of Feng
Kukiç Albanian
Albanian form of Kukić.
Lapin Russian
From lapa, meaning "paw".
Emreoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Emre" in Turkish.
Starokon Russian
Means "old horse", from Russian старый (staryy) "old" and конь (kon') "horse".
Heartman German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of Hartmann.
Neo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Liang chiefly used in Singapore.
Honorato Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Honorato
McSorley Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Somhairle meaning "son of Somhairle", a given name borrowed from Old Norse Sumarliði "summer traveller".
Noah English
Derived from the biblical name Noah 1.
Halla Danish
Derived from the Old Norse HALLR, which means 'flat stone, rock' or 'sloping, leaning to one side'... [more]
Tischner German
Tischner means carpenter.
Dworkin Jewish
From a pet-form of the Yiddish female personal name Dvoyre, from Hebrew Devorah (source of English Deborah), literally "bee"... [more]
Bingel German
A topographic name derived from a diminutive of Middle High German binge, which means "depression", "ditch", or "pit". May also be derived from pingel, which is a Westphalian nickname for a pedantic person.
Bushe English
Variant of Bush.
Chiama Igbo
Western Africa (Nigeria)... [more]
Fratello Italian
From Italian fratello meaning "brother".