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.
Dorsa Italian
Derived from the Albanian placename Durrës.
Fornari Italian
From Italian fornaio "baker", ultimately from Latin furnus "oven".
Siriwardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සිරිවර්ධන (see Siriwardana).
Fukuchi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, soil, ground".
Gralha Portuguese
From Portuguese meaning "jackdaw".
Mac Giolla Adhnamhnáin Northern Irish
It means "a devotee of St Eunan who succeeded St Colm Cille at Iona", Ádhamhnán is a diminutive of Adam
Kohver Estonian
Kohver is an Estonian surname meaning "suitcase", "trunk" and "coffer".
Kostrzewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Kostrzewice in Sieradz voivodeship or Kostrzewy in Kalisz voivodeship, both named with kostrzewa ‘fescue grass’.
Amaya Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Van De Mark Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived by a border or boundary, from Middle Dutch marke meaning "boundary, borderland". Could also derive from the river Mark, likely originating from the same etymology.
Sandell English
Originated from a name for someone who lived on a sand hill
Mac Giolla Chuda Irish
Meaning ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Chuda’, a personal name of unexplained origin. This was the name of a 7th-century abbot-bishop of Rathin in County Westmeath.... [more]
Umeki Japanese
"Plum tree".
Alfonsi Italian
From the given name Alfonso.
Rizza Italian
Variant of Rizzo.
Fayzullin Tatar, Bashkir
Derived from the given name Faizullah.
Adie English, Scottish
From the personal name Adie, a medieval pet form of Adam.
Zubayraeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Зубайраев (see Zubayraev).
Kurauchi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵/藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Kohvakka Finnish
from the Finnish root word Kohva - meaning ice crust, frozen slush, or something hard... [more]
Gantenbein Romansh
Derived from Romansh canta bein "he or she sings well".
Alpini Italian
From Italian alpino meaning "alpine, of the Alps", referring to the mountain range that passes through northern Italy.
Kiley Irish, English
Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic "O' Cadhla" meaning "son of Cadhla". Cadhla means meaning graceful or beautiful; hence, "descendant(s) of 'the graceful one'".
Hnatyuk Ukrainian
From the given name Ihnat.
Annunziato Italian
From the given name Annunziato.
Hollowell English
Either a variant of Halliwell or derived from another place named with Old English hol "hollow" and wella "spring, well".
Cornelius Dutch, German, Danish, English
Derived from the given name Cornelius. Cognate of Corneille, English variant of Cornell.
Kaupmees Estonian
Kaupmees is an Estonian surname meaning "shopkeeper".
Sakata Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Cornelis Flemish, Dutch
From the given name Cornelis.
Uhumahu Arabic
He was arabic but died by cholera
Nowagk German
German form of Novak.
Kocur Ukrainian
means "tom cat" or "male cat"
Van Rijsbergen Dutch
Means "from Rijsbergen", a small town in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Middle Dutch rise meaning "twig, branch, brushwood" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".
Kobel Russian
Means "male dog" in Russian.
Laskurain Basque
Possibly derived from Basque lats "creek, brook, small stream" and the locative suffixes -ko and -ain.
Bruno Portuguese
From a Germanic personal name, Brun.
Tam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tan.
Bilyshko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian білий (bilyy), meaning "white".
Padaiyachi Indian (Rare), Tamil (Rare)
Variant transcription of Padiachy.
Cardellini Italian
From a diminutive of Cardelli. A famous bearer of this surname is the American actress Linda Cardellini (1975-).
Bilir Turkish
Means "understanding, knowledgeable" in Turkish.
Gutmann German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
German cognate of Goodman. from Middle High German guot man literally "good man, capable man" derived from the elements guot "good" and man "man"... [more]
Mitskevich Belarusian, Russian
Derived either from a diminutive form Micek of the Polish given name Mikołaj or from a diminutive form Mitska of Belarusian given names Dzmitry and Zmitser or less likely from other names that begin with mi... [more]
Aomatsu Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and matsu means "pine".
Ostapenko Ukrainian
From the given name Ostap.
Ehrenberg Jewish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic), German
In German it means "mountain of honor"
Kastelic Slovene
Means "from a castle".
Molino Italian, Spanish
From Spanish and Italian meaning "mill".
Shaaban Arabic
Derived from the given name Shaban.
Kuranoo Japanese
From 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, have, granary, storehouse", 野 (no) meaning "field", and 尾 (o) meaning "end, tail".... [more]
Çevik Turkish
Means "nimble, agile, quick" in Turkish.
Dubhagáinn Irish
Derived from the given name Dubhagáin.
Inthachack Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra combined with ຈັກ (chak) meaning "disk, circle, wheel, chakra".
Baldy English
Possibly derived from an Old English feminine given name, *Bealdgýð, composed of the elements beald "bold" and guð "battle", first recorded c.1170 as Baldith, and in other cases from the Old Norse byname or given name Baldi.
Labeouf French (Cajun)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is American actor Shia LaBeouf (1986-present).
Meseta Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning "plateau" in Spanish. Primarily used mostly in Mexico.
Nukutō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 抽く (nuku) meaning "to pull out; to draw out" and 冬 () meaning "winter".
Caldeira Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Caldera.
Tramontana Italian
From the Italian word tramontana, itself from Latin transmontānus meaning (“across the mountains”), or literally “north of the mountains”.
Fabrizio Italian
From the given name Fabrizio
Mutembwa Shona
From the Shona elements Mu-: a common Shona prefix for people or agents, meaning "one who..." and -tembwa: derived from the verb “kutemba” or related forms meaning “to cut,” “to sever,”... [more]
Kaczor Polish
Means "drake (male duck)" in Polish.
Iimura Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Madkins English
Metronymic from a pet form of the personal name Madde.
Proctor English
Occupational name for a legal practitioner in an ecclesiastical court or a person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves (i.e., lepers and the bedridden), from Middle English proctour "steward", ultimately a contracted form derived from Latin procurator "agent, manager"... [more]
Nhoek Khmer
Means "often; frequent" in Khmer.
Alix French
Derived from the given name Alix.
Saotome Japanese
From Japanese 早乙女 (saotome) meaning "Saotome", a former village in the former district of Shioya in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan. The name of the location itself is derived from Japanese 早乙女 (saotome) meaning "a woman who plants rice in the fields"... [more]
Reimann German
From a pet form of a Germanic personal name formed with a first element from ragin 'advice', 'counsel' or ric 'power(ful)', 'rich'.
Jalandoni Filipino, Hiligaynon
Meaning uncertain.
Isago Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (isago) meaning "sand".
Tsugawa Japanese
From 津 (tsu) meaning "ferry, port, harbor" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Michels German, Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic from the personal name Michel.
Labeeb Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Labib.
Balitaan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to share news" in Tagalog.
Amarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Saaroja Estonian
Saaroja is an Estonian surname meaning "island stream".
Toraman Turkish
Means "powerful young person, someone who looks big for his age" in Turkish.
Eakins English
Variant of Eakin, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Harutiunyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).
Jajčanin Croatian, Serbian
Derived from jaje, meaning "egg".
Goodfellow English
Generally explained as a nickname meaning 'good fellow' or 'good companion'.
Alfano Italian
From the name of a town in Salerno, Campania, derived from the Ancient Greek toponym Αλφειός (Alpheios) meaning "whiteish". ... [more]
Montilla Spanish
Habitational name from Montilla a place in Córdoba province.
Irimoto Japanese
Iri means "input, entry" and moto means "source, origin, root".
Orologas Greek
Means "watchmaker" in Greek.
Amiano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amiano
Rivard French
Geographical name for someone who lived on a river bank.
Bonds English
Variant of Bond.
Bussemaker Dutch
Occupational name for a maker of boxes, tins or firearms, from Dutch bus "box, tin, container, firearm" and maker "maker".
Behnen German
Derived from the given name Bernhard.
Hilbert German, French, Dutch, English
From the Germanic personal name Hildiberht.
Weinstein Jewish
Means "wine stone" from German wein meaning "wine" and stein meaning "stone". It originally referred to the potassium bitartrate crystals produced from the process of fermenting grape juice.
Van Ginneken Dutch
Means "from Ginneken", the name of a former municipality in the Netherlands.
Pappin English (Canadian)
Southeastern Ontario, Canada. My dad and uncle are the only two I met. I was told their family background was Metis/Cree.
Trapanese Italian
Habitational name meaning "Trapanese", "from the city of Trapani or "from the province of Trapani". Variant of Trapani.
Belrio Spanish
From the Spanish word meaning "beautiful river".
Bành Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Peng, from Sino-Vietnamese 彭 (bành).
Doerner German
Occupational name for a miller or mill worker.
Telgmaa Estonian
Telgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "axial land".
Albalat Catalan
Means "white winged" from medieval Catalan alb ("white") and alat ("winged"), originally from Latin albalatus ("of white wings") and used by the Visigoths before the Umayyad conquest of Hispania to name the cotton thistle because of its whitish spiny-winged stems.
Kirkwood Scottish, English
From any of several places in Scotland named Kirkwood, derived from Old English cirice "church" and wudu "tree, wood, forest".
Buttram English (American, Rare), English (British, Rare)
Possibly derived from the German cognate Bertram, from the Germanic elements beraht (meaning "bright"), and hrabn (meaning "raven")... [more]
Paljasmaa Estonian
Paljasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "bare land".
D'Aries Italian
Possibly derived from a short form of the given name Aredius.
Asher English
Name for someone who dwelled by an ash tree, from Middle English asche or asshe meaning "ash tree".
Duckstein English (British)
From Audrey Duckstein, who was a fourth-grade girl in SRES>
Uğurlu Turkish
Means "lucky, successful" in Turkish.
Kuningas Estonian
Kuningas is an Estonian surname meaning "king".
Mandarino Italian
Means "mandarin, mandarin orange" in Italian, referring to both the fruit and the colour.
Temel Turkish
From the given name Temel.
Umekita Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".
Elko Slovak
Used in Dubrovka, Slovakia
Bagongahasa Filipino
From Tagalog bagong hasa meaning "something newly sharpened".
Loijen Dutch
Patronymic from the given name Looij, a short form of Lodewijk, Ludolf, or Eligius.
Barua Bengali
From the name of the Barua people of Bangladesh and Myanmar, perhaps meaning "great noble rulers" or of Assamese origin.
Mccarroll Irish (Anglicized)
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cearbhaill (see Carroll).
Tilsley English
Derived from the place name Tyldesley, which in turn derives from Old English personal name Tīlweald with the suffix lēah “clearing, meadow”. Notable bearers of this name include Canadian salvationist and writer Bramwell Tillsley, as well as Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gwilym Tilsley known under his bardic name of "Tilsli".... [more]
Dabbagh Arabic, Persian
Means "tanner, currier" in Arabic.
Georgiev Russian
Means "son of Georgiy".
Wan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wen.
Suurvärav Estonian
Suurvärav is an Estonian surname meaning "big gate/door".
Kerbel English, German, Russian (Rare)
Means "chervil" in German, a parsley-related herb. The surname probably came into England via Germanic relations between the two languages, hence it being most common in German & English countries.
Flepp Romansh
Derived from the given name Philipp.
Pensa Italian
Possibly from Italian pensa "think", indicating the bearer was known for being thoughtful or intelligent.
Caronongan Tagalog
From Tagalog karunungan meaning "wisdom, knowledge".
Ghazanchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).
Carilli Italian
Patronymic form of Carillo.
Cruikshank Scottish
From a medieval Scottish nickname for someone with a crooked leg (from Scots cruik "bent" + shank "leg"). This was the surname of British caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1872) and British actor Andrew Cruikshank (1907-1988).
Mátyás Hungarian
From the given name Mátyás.
Dring English
Means "young man" (from Old Norse drengr).
Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Keren Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Keren.
Juur Estonian
Juur is an Estonian surname meaning "root".
Di Maggio Italian
Came from a child who was born in the month of May. The surname Maggio is derived from the Italian word Maggio, which literally means the month of May.
Lucio Italian
From the given name Lucio.
Zacher English
A reference to Sacheverell, a location in Normandy. May also refer to the given name Zacharias, meaning "to remember God," or "the Lord recalled."
Bhattacharyya Bengali
A variant spelling of Bhattacharya
Jayatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතුංග (see Jayathunga).
Amrani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Imran (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Greaves Popular Culture
Borne by Lucien Greaves, a social activist and the spokesman and co-founder of The Satanic Temple.
Hengst German, Dutch
metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with or bred horses or a nickname for a brave strong man from Middle High German and Middle Dutch hengest "stallion" also "gelding" derived from Old Germanic hangist "stallion"... [more]
Jayalath Sinhalese
Means "winner, victor" from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" combined with Sinhala ලත් (lat) meaning "received, having".
Greening English
Meaning unknown.
Enevoldsen Danish
Means "son of Enevold".
Kalhorh Urdu, Sindhi
Originally a nickname for a person who belonged to the Kalhora clan in Sindh, Pakistan. The clan's name is derived from Sindhi ڪلهوڙو (kalhoro), ultimately from ڪَلھو (kalho) meaning "alone".
Sulek Polish
Derived from the given name Sulimir.
Berrycloth English (Rare)
This name is of English locational origin, from the place called Barrowclough near Halifax in West Yorkshire.
Wendt German, Danish
Ethnic name for a Wend, Middle High German wind(e). The Wends (also known as Sorbians) once occupied a large area of northeastern Germany (extending as far west as Lüneburg, with an area called Wendland), and many German place names and surnames are of Wendish origin... [more]
Samet German, Jewish, Yiddish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish samet ‘velvet’ (German Samt, ultimately from Greek hexamiton, a compound of hex ‘six’ + mitos ‘thread’).
Zervos Greek
Nickname for a left-handed person from Greek ζερβός (zervos) meaning "left, left-handed".
Akinnuoye Western African, Yoruba
Means "chief warrior" in Yoruba. A famous bearer is English actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967-).
Bimbo Italian
From Italian meaning "baby, child".
Ellingson Norwegian
The name Ellingson came from Norway and was spelled Ellingsen but then it was changed to fit with more common English spelling. Ellingson most likely came from the son of Elling but may have more meanings.
Coccimiglio Italian
From Sicilian cuccumeli, the name of several fruit-bearing deciduous trees or of the hackberry plant, itself borrowed from an Ancient Greek word; possibly κοκκύμηλον (kokkymelon) "plum", literally "cuckoo apple", or from κόκκος (kókkos) "grain, seed, kernel" and‎ μῆλον (mêlon) "apple, any fruit from a tree".
Hazra Indian, Bengali
Possibly from the name of a location near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Manson English, Scottish
Manson is a surname of Scottish origin. It is an anglicised version of the Scandinavian name Magnusson, meaning son of Magnus... [more]
Garison English
Means “son of Gary”.
Marriage English
Habitational name from a lost place called Marhach, which was probably in or near Aythorpe Roding (Essex).
Nottet French, Belgian, Flemish
Derived from given names using the French diminutive -otte, such as Ernotte.
Caviedes Cantabrian (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of a surname that indicates familial origin within an eponymous locality in the municipality of Valdáliga.
Francês Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Frances.
Lekkas Greek
Feminine form is Lekka
Timuroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Timur".
Monfared Persian
Means "solitary, single" in Persian (of Arabic origin).
Kowalik Polish
Means "nuthatch" in Polish, or derived from a diminutive of Kowal.
Clason English (American)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Claasen.
Bordner German
A variant spelling of Bartner, a job name for a battle axe maker.
Chadha Indian
Based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community. Ramgarhia Sikhs also have a clan called Chadha.
Bekirov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Bekir".
Biesiadecki Polish
Possible name for a person who came from Biesiadki or Biesiadka in Poland.
Ohms German
Variant of Ohme
Jambreković Croatian
Derived from the forename Jambrek.
Saifullah Arabic
From the given name Saifullah.
Fegatilli Italian
From Italian fegato "liver", figuratively used to denote courage. May be occupational, for someone who cooked liver, or a nickname for someone considered to be courageous.
Riiet Estonian
Riiet is an Estonian surname derived from "riietur" meaning "clothier".
Latina Italian
From a feminine form of Latino.
Chapulin Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning grasshopper.
Ketchell English
Derived from the Ancient Scandinavian name Ketill
Garwood English
Comes from a lost locational name from the Olde English gara, referring to a "triangular piece of land" or to a "spearhead", and wudu meaning a "wood".
Bentancur Spanish
One of the variants of Bettencourt or Bethencourt.
Pedroli Italian (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Peter.
Ermatinger German (Swiss)
The surname Ermatinger derives from the village of Ermatingen on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance. It simply means "from Ermatingen".... [more]
Pettinato Italian
Italian cognate of Peinado.
Behrendt German
Dutch and North German surname which is a variant of Behrend.
Araldi Italian
Means “heralds” in Italian. Famous bearers include Italian painters Alessandro Araldi (c. 1460 – c. 1529) and Paolo Araldi (18th century – after 1820).