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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Lourenzá Galician
This indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous places in Galicia.
Gran Swedish, Norwegian
Means "spruce" in Swedish and Norwegian.
Cowgill English
From the name of a hamlet in West Riding of Yorkshire.
Stepanyants Russian
From the given name Stepan
Palginõmm Estonian
Palginõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "timber heath".
Skog Norwegian, Swedish
Means "forest" in Norwegian and Swedish.
Santi Italian
Derived from the given name Santi, or as a patronymic form of Santo. It can also be derived as a nickname from santo "holy" or "saint", ultimately from Latin sanctus.
Sumikura Japanese
Sumi means "pure" and kura means "storehouse, warehouse".
Nipper German
1. habitational name for someone from Nippe in Hesse. ... [more]
Chiclana Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Andalusian municipalities: Chiclana de la Frontera or Chiclana de Segura.
Ghaderi Persian
From the given name Ghader.
Kesküla Estonian
Kesküla is an Estonian name, derived from "kesk" ("central") and "küla" ("village").
Dimondstein German
This is a German name which translates into English as diamond stone. It most likely belongs to a miner who mined diamonds or perhaps a jeweler.
Troy Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Troighthigh "descendant of Troightheach", a byname meaning "foot soldier".
Goda Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 合田 (see Gōda).
Aten Frisian, Dutch
Patronymic form of Ade 2 or Aat.
Battersby English
From a place in North Yorkshire derived from the Old Norse given name Bǫðvarr and býr "farm, settlement".
Palad Filipino, Tagalog
Means "fate, destiny, palm in Tagalog.
Cossiga Italian, Sardinian
Sardinian translation of the place name Corsica. A famous bearer of the name is Francesco Cossiga (1928-2010), Italian politician who served as Prime Minister (1979-1980) and as President (1985-1992).
Sher Urdu
Derived from the given name Sher.
Bergen German, Dutch, Flemish, Jewish
Originally denoted a person from any of the various places named Bergen in Germany and the Netherlands. It is also a variant of Berg. Famous bearers include the Americans Candice Bergen (1946-), an actress, and Polly Bergen (1930-2014), an actress, singer and television host.
Marinho Portuguese
From the given name Marinho
Amiti Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Belalcázar Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality with the coordinates 38°34′31″N 5°10′02″W.
Michail Greek
A common last name in Greece. Probably from the Archangel Michael who appeared to the Virgin Mary with a lily.
Wicks English
Variant of Weeks.
Warden English
Occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old French wardein meaning "protector, guard". It was also used as a habbitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Warden... [more]
Danza Italian
Probably a habitational name from a place in Salerno, Italy. In the case of American actor Tony Danza, it’s a shortened form of Iadanza, used as a stage name.
Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.
San Giovanni Italian
Means Saint John in Italian
Acquistapace Italian
Means "buy peace" in Italian, from acquista "to buy, to purchase" and pace "peace".
Neuenschwander German (Swiss), Swiss
Means "newly cleared land".
Nordquist Swedish
Variant spelling of Nordqvist.
Pahlavi Persian
Means "hero, champion, athletic, strong man", a variant of Pahlavan. It could also refer to a person who came from Parthia, a historical region situated in present-day Iran and Turkmenistan, derived from Persian پهلو (pahlaw) meaning "Parthian, person from Parthia"... [more]
Amirzadeh Persian
Means "born of Amir 1".
Qureshi Arabic, Urdu
Denotes a member of the Quraysh, a mercantile Arab tribe that the Prophet Muhammad belonged to, itself is derived from Arabic قرش (qarasha) meaning "to gnash, to grind, to chew".
Malandra Italian
Possibly related to Italian malandrino "dishonest, mischievous; rascal".
Town English
topographic name from Middle English toun(e) th one tun(e) "town village settlement" (Old English tun) often in the senses "primary settlement within an area" "manor estate" and "hamlet farm" for someone who lived in such a place.
Fortounis Greek
Ultimately derived from the Late Roman name Fortunatus.
Dutertre French
Means "of the hillock, of the mound" in French.
Pennywell English
English habitational name from Pennywell in Tyne and Wear or from a similarly named lost place elsewhere.
Petrou Greek
Means "son of Petros".
Lord English
A surname derived from someone of a lordly manner, or perhaps one who had earned the title in some contest of skill or had played the part of the ‘Lord of Misrule’ in the Yuletide festivities.... [more]
Darmon Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the Dharmon branch of the Berber tribe of Haouara, which historically roamed parts of Libya and Tunisia.
Dambudzo Shona
Dambudzo means "that which causes suffering or trouble". #The Zimbabwean writer, Dambudzo Marechera is a famous bearer of this name".
Khismatullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Ismatullah.
Sovereign French
Translation of the French surname Souverain which is derived from Old French souverain meaning "high place".
Daane Dutch
From a pet form of the personal name Daniel.
Hammar Swedish
From a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".
Lyday German (Anglicized)
Probably an Americanized form of German Leidig.
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".
Ó Cearnacháin Irish
It means "descendant of Cearnachán".
Koyle Old Irish
The surname Koyle was first found in Donegal (Irish: Dún na nGall), northwest Ireland in the province of Ulster, sometimes referred to as County Tyrconnel, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
Mickiewicz Polish
Polish form of Mitskevich. A notable bearer is Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), the Polish poet of Belarusian origin.
Hilpert German
Variant of Hilbert, derived from the given name Hildebert.
Mabini Tagalog
Means "modest, prudent, civil" in Tagalog. A notable bearer was Filipino revolutionary Apolinario Mabini (1864-1903).
Merridew English
A different form of Meredith (from the Welsh personal name Meredydd, perhaps literally "lord of splendour"). It occurs in Wilkie Collins' 'The Moonstone' (1868) belonging to Mrs Merridew, widowed sister to Sir John Verinder.
Kharebaty Ossetian
Derived from Georgian ხარება (xareba) meaning "annunciation".
Shama Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "者" meaning "Person", and "間" meaning "Between", "While". Other Kanji Character Combinations possible.
Molla Bengali
Means "mullah (an Islamic religious scholar)" in Bengali, ultimately from from Persian ملا (molla).
Aleixandre Aragonese
From the given name Aleixandre.
Talivere Estonian
Talivere is an Estonian surname meaning "winter blood".
Bunraksa Thai
From Thai บุญ (bun) meaning "merit" and รักษา (raksa) meaning "keep, maintain, preserve".
Dial Indian (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Dayal. It is also found in South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.
Molinaro Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian mulino meaning "mill".
Marji Arabic
From Arabic مرج (marj) meaning "meadow".
Kearny Irish
Variant of Kearney.
Ghareeb Arabic
From the given name Gharib.
Rapson English
Means "son of Rab" or "son of Rap". Both Rab and Rap are diminutives of Robert.
Horoz Turkish
Means "rooster" in Turkish.
Omer Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Umar.
Jorba Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Maccarone Italian
from maccaroni "macaroni" (or in northern Italy "gnocco") perhaps applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of pasta or in the North as a nickname for a silly or foolish person.
Yang Korean
Korean form of Liang, from Sino-Korean 梁 (yang).
Güçlü Turkish
Means "powerful, strong" in Turkish.
Tartaglia Italian
From Italian tartagliare "to stutter".
Coberley English
Possibly from a village in England called Coberley
Zeldin Jewish
Means "son of Zelde", a Yiddish female personal name based on Middle High German sælde "fortunate, blessed".
Consiglio Italian
Derived from the medieval given name Consilius, or from a short form of the auspicious name Buonconsiglio "good advice", associated with the Marian title Madonna del Buon Consiglio "Our Lady of Good Counsel".
Thushara Sinhalese
From the given name Thushara.
Çulha Turkish
Means "weaver" in Turkish.
Acović Serbian, Macedonian
Means "son of Aco".
Iimori Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mori means "forest".
Ataru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka).
Sidiqi Pashto, Persian, Afghan
Means "the veracious" from Arabic صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa) meaning "to be truthful, to be sincere". It is also a variant of Persian Sadeghi.
Õsso Estonian
Õsso is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "õsuma" meaning "shear".
Saengthong Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".
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]
Ameresekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Lepa Estonian
Lepa is an Estonian surname meaning "alder".
Österdahl Swedish
Derived from Swedish öst meaning "east" and dahl meaning "valley."
Ritterman German
From Middle High German riter meaning "rider, knight" and man literally meaning "man".
Gadžo Bosnian
It is assumed that Gadžo derives from the old-Indian gārhya ("domestic") and means farmer, villager, head of the house or husband.
Tulkki Finnish
Means "interpreter, translator" in Finnish.
Garczyński Polish
habitational name for someone from a place called Garczyn, in Gdańsk and Siedlce voivodeships.
Nekraševič Belarusian
From Belarusian dialectal некрасівы (niekrasivy), meaning "ugly, not pretty".
Eggert German, Jewish
Derived from the Proto-Germanic root agi meaning "edge".
Tsygan Russian
Derived from Russian цыган (tsygan) meaning "gypsy".
Milković Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic derived from the given name Milko, itself a diminutive of Slavic names containing the element milu meaning "gracious, dear".
Sahagian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.
Dunahoo Irish (Anglicized)
Further Anglicized version of O'Donahue and O'donoghue.
Wadhwa Indian (Sikh)
Sikh name based on the name of an Arora clan.
Parete Italian
Denoted from a person who lived near a wall.
Yoshidome Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune, auspicious" combined with 留 (tome) meaning "detain, stop, remain, to stay still".
Cinwell English
Meaning "Lives at the King's spring"
Nyblom Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" and blom "bloom".
Benbrahim Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Ben Brahim (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Aurifaber German (Latinized)
Latinised form of Goldschmidt. This name was born by three prominent men of the Reformation period in Germany.
Tonnelier French
Means "cooper" in French, from Middle French tonnel "barrel".
Fforde English (British)
Notably the last name of English novelist Jasper Fforde. The spelling suggests it is Welsh. Possibly a form of Ford? The source is unknown to me.
Schwing German
Occupational name for someone whose job was to swingle flax, i.e. to beat the flax with a swingle in order to remove the woody parts of the plant prior to spinning, from Middle German swingen meaning "to swing" or swing meaning "swingle".
Kapelyukha Ukrainian
From Ukrainian капелюх (kapelyukh), meaning "hat".
Kalju Estonian
Means "cliff, rock" in Estonian. The given name Kalju is an independent invention.
Ban Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 播 (see Hari).
Ivanba Abkhaz
Means "son of Ivan" in Abkhaz.
Dierking Low German, Dutch
Habitational name from a farm so named which once belonged to a certain Dierk and his kin, for instance Dircking (nowadays Derkink) in Enschede.
Kluit Dutch
Means "lump, clod (of earth)" in Dutch.
Cepeda Spanish
A nickname for someone from the region where they grow vineyards.
Klimentov Russian
Means "son of Kliment."
Soderberg English (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Swedish Söderberg
Beeman English
Occupational name for a beekeeper, from Middle English bee "bee" and man.
Bobihoe Gorontalo
Older spelling of Bobihu based on Dutch orthography.
Premachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Demestre French
It's an occupational word coming from Latin. It means "master". It is of French origin.
Anulya Ukrainian
Possibly from diminutive of Anna.
Ivask Estonian
Ivask is an Estonian surname derived from "vask" meaning "copper".
Volpe Italian
Italian cognate of Fox.
Yousefpour Persian
Means "son of Yousef".
Gunathillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Ozarovskaya Russian
Feminine form of Ozarovsky (Озаровский)
Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]
Bulahan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lucky, fortunate, blessed" in Cebuano.
Lei Chinese
From Chinese 雷 (léi) meaning "thunder".
Lapish English (British)
Derives from the surname Lapage, referring to a "law-page", that is, someone who worked as a servant.
Madiga Indian, Telugu
Telugu occupational name for a leather worker, a job historically considered polluting and impure in India, where the surname belongs to Dalit, or "Untouchables" - members of the lowest caste.
Marker German
Status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.
Gyaltsen Tibetan
From the given name Gyaltsen
Farnworth English
Farnworth is a combination of two words: old-English fearn meaning "fern" and worth, making the full meaning of Farnworth "settlers from a place where ferns are abundant." The oldest known record of the surname was in Farnworth with Kearsley (modern-day Farnworth), Lancashire in 1185... [more]
Camoranesi Italian
Originally indicated a person from Camerano, a small town near the city of Ancona in central Italy. A famous bearer of this name is the Argentine-born Italian former soccer player Mauro Camoranesi (1976-).
Karabatsos Greek
Uncommon Greek surname.
Godet French
From Old French godet, meaning "glass, tumbler", used as a nickname for a maker or seller.
Scarlato Italian
From Sicilian scarlatu meaning "scarlet" or "purple". Given as an occupational name for a dyer, or as a nickname for someone who habitually wore scarlet or who had bright red hair.
Dema Spanish
1 Spanish: unexplained; it is associated with Uesca province, in Aragon.... [more]
Geronimi Italian
Derived from the given name Geronimo.
Fightmaster German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Fechtmeister. Emmett Rogers Fightmaster (1992-), known professionally as E. R. Fightmaster, is an American non-binary actor, producer and writer.
Springfield English
Dusty Springfield 1939-1999
Oda Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (o) "small," 尾 (o) "tail" or 織 (o) "fabric," "material," "cloth" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."... [more]
Luquette French (Quebec)
Canadian spelling of French Luquet, derived from a pet form of the given name Luc. It is also a variant of French Loquet, a metonymic occupational name for a locksmith.
Moriba Manding
Etymology Unknown.
Paxson English
This surname means "son of Pack." Pack may be a survival of the Old English personal name Pacca or it may have been a Middle English personal name derived from Paschalis (meaning "relating to Easter"), the Latin form of Pascal.
Huys Dutch, Flemish
Derived from Huis, itself a variant of Huus and Huuchs, medieval Dutch genitive forms of the given name Hugo.
Nakamori Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mori means "forest".
Koseki Japanese
Ko means "small" and seki means "frontier pass".
Mändla Estonian
Mändla is an Estonian surname meaning "pine area".
Lecoq French
Coq means rooster or fowl
Slonim Jewish
Habitational name from Slonim, a city in Belarus.
Siv Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Benatar Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of the perfumer", derived from Arabic عطر ('atr) meaning "perfume, scent".
Rizwan Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Ridwan.
Linnyk Ukrainian
Outdated word meaning "lazy person", from ліневий (linevyy) "lazy".
Jaunzemis Latvian
Means "Of the new land".
Sarnowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the many places in Poland called Sarnowa, Sarnowo, or Sarnów, named with Polish sarna "roe deer".
Caddick Welsh
From the Welsh male personal name Cadog, a pet-form of Cadfael (a derivative of Welsh cad "battle").
Laupmaa Estonian
Laupmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "front/fore land".
Requesens Catalan
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of La Jonquera.
Dev Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god" (see the given name Dev).
Fàbregas Catalan
Deriving from any of the places in Barcelona province named Fàbregues, from the plural of Fàbrega. Famous bearer of this surname is Spanish/Catalan footballer Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas Soler.
Künnap Estonian
Künnap is an Estonian surname meaning the "European white elm".
Hurtig Swedish
Nickname for someone full of energy and endurance, from Swedish hurtig "quick, fast, rapid, brisk".
Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Neeve English
Variant of Neve.
Takesawa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Ōkubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect"... [more]
Pearcy English (American)
Variant of Percy, which is a name derived from Perci, a parish and canton near St. Lo, in Normandy
Carrogu Italian
Possibly from Sardinian carroga "crow, carrion crow".
Crusoe English (Rare)
According to Reaney and Wilson this name was taken to England by John Crusoe, a Huguenot refugee from Hownescourt in Flanders, who settled in Norwich.
Koja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紅蛇 (see Kōja).
Cojuangco Chinese (Filipino)
From the name of family patriarch Kho Giok Hoan (許玉寰), a 19th-century Chinese-Filipino businessman originally from Fujian. He was also known by his Hokkien nickname Khó͘ Hoân-ko (許寰哥) meaning "brother Kho Hoan", comprised of 許 (Khó͘), the Hokkien romanization of his surname, 寰 (Hoân), the second syllable of his given name, and 哥 (ko), a male honorific meaning "brother"... [more]
Hintzell German (Rare)
Variant from name Hintz which was popular in Saxony and Hessen. Name later used in German Prussia. The name Hintz originates as a short form of the personal name Heinrich.
Bondevik Norwegian
From Old Norse bóndi "farmer" and vik "inlet".
Dahmer German, Danish
A northern German or Danish habitual name for someone from one of the many places named Dahme in Brandenburg, Holstein, Mecklenburg, or Silesia. A famous bearer of this name was Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer (1960 - 1993).
Almarza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 localities: the Castilian municipality of Almarza, Comarca of El Valle or the Riojan municipality of Almarza de Cameros.
Dieterlin German
From "Dieterlein", a diminuative of the given name Dieter
Russ German, Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of given names starting with hruod meaning "fame, glory", (i.e., Rudolf or Robert).
Wimp English
The surname has at least two origins. The first is occupational and describes a maker of 'wimplels', an Old English veil later much associated with nuns. Second, it may also be locational from the village of Whimple in Devonshire, or Wimpole in Cambridge.
Könz Romansh
Variant of Chönz.
Tabibi Persian
From Persian طبیب (tabib) meaning "doctor, physician" (of Arabic origin).
Pies German
From a variant of the given name Pius.