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.
Gamanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) meaning "village, settlement" and नायक (nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Chegwin Cornish
Means "white house" from Cornish chi "house" and gwynn "white". It denoted a person who lived in a white house or someone who lived in places so named.
Mahilum Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano mahilom meaning "quiet, still, silent".
Nystrøm Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of Nyström.
Vivis English (Rare)
Found in the 1891, 1901 & 1911 British census, other Ancestry.co.uk records & FreeBMD. Could derive from Vivas from Spanish Catalan
Yehya Arabic, Uyghur
From the given name Yehya.
Matthieu French
From the given name Matthieu.
Suriyabandara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun" combined with the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර (bandara) used for a prince or chief's son.
Ōsuga Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge".
Akbarian Persian
From the given name Akbar.
Karja Estonian
Karja is an Estonian surname meaning "herding".
Okuno Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Bosley English
English habitation surname derived from the Old English personal name Bosa and the Old English leah "clearing, field". It's also possibly a variant of the French surname Beausoleil meaning "beautiful sun" from the French beau 'beautiful, fair' and soleil 'sun'... [more]
Graceffa Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a southern Italian place name in the comune of Aragona in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.
Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.
Bereznyak Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian береза (bereza), meaning "birch tree".
Kadak Estonian
Kadak is an Estonian surname derived from "kadakas", meaning "juniper".
Farhad Bengali, Persian
From the given name Farhad.
Mohammadzadeh Persian
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Fonseka Sinhalese
Sinhalese variant of Fonseca.
Dalebout Dutch
From the Germanic given name Dalbaldus.
Chatwin English
Old English given name CEATTA combined with Old English (ge)wind "winding ascent".
Oatfield English
Means "oat field". Cognate of Haberfeld
Krähenbühl German (Swiss)
Combination of German Krähen "crow" and Bühl "hill".
Yorulmaz Turkish
Means "tireless, unfailing" in Turkish.
Sheinbaum Jewish
Derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, friendly" and baum meaning "tree".
Nakami Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".
Mac Ascaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Ascadh"
Cabungcal Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog kabungkal meaning "digger, tiller".
Brickner German
Derived from "brückenbauer," which means "bridge builder" in English. It was originally an occupational name for someone who built bridges. Over time, the name Brickner was likely shortened from Brückenbauer to its current form.
Aak Estonian
Aak is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "aaker", meaning "acre".
Ihsan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ihsan.
Maccaa Scottish
MacCaa has many clan associations; the most prominent being with the Stuarts of Bute, the Clan MacKay, the Clan MacFarlane, the Clan MacDonald and Clan Galloway. The name is a phonetic variation of MacKay, meaning 'son of Aoh (ie the champion)'... [more]
Hamdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.
Rappa Italian, Sicilian
from Sicilian rappa meaning ‘bunch, cluster’ or Italian rappa meaning ‘lock, quiff’, which was presumably applied as a nickname with reference to someone’s hair.
Alkaiaga Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Lesaka, Nevarre, of uncertain etymology. The last element is almost certainly -aga "place of, group of"; suggestions for the other elements include Basque a(ha)l "power, capacity, might" and kai "dock, pier, harbour", or alka "wild oats, wild grass", or alk "rock" and ai "slope".
Kyōnō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皛 (kyō) of unknown meaning and 納 () meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".
Matsuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Birčanin Serbian
Possibly derived from the village of Birač, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Namba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".
Blogg English
The name is most likely Anglo-Saxon or early medieval English in origin. ... [more]
Bigot French
Either from Old French bigot possibly meaning "beggar" or from the Norman interjection bî got ("by God"), used as a pejorative nickname for the Normans... [more]
Sichkar Ukrainian
Probably from Ukrainian Січ (Sich), the name of Zaporizhzhyan cossack group.
Held German, Jewish, Dutch
Means "hero" in German, ultimately derived from Middle High German helt. This name was bestowed upon a person either in its literal meaning or else in an ironic sense.
Sasi Estonian
Sasi is an Estonian surname meaning "shock", "skein", and "snarl".
Kusuda Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sikander Persian
Sikander ultimately comes from Persian literature by the Shahnameh. It is a variant of Alexander along with the word “Eskander”. Both words are used in Persian literature to refer to Alexander the Great... [more]
Giarrizzo Italian
From the given name Giovanni and riccio "curly".
Gavitt English
Perhaps an altered spelling of the middle English Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel.
Chui Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xu 1.
Zrobok Ukrainian (Rare)
Lvivan localised surname meaning "at work". Denoted to a hardworker or person who worked too hard.
Vântu Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Thöny Romansh
Derived from the given name Antonius.
Busco Italian
Variant of Bosco.
Beans English
Variant of Bean.
Kallweit German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) name meaning "smith; blacksmith; farrier", derived from Old Prussian kalt "to forge; to hammer" and Old Prussian kalweitis "the village smith".
Szóstak Polish
It literally means a deer with 6-pointed antlers.
Verkuilen Dutch, Flemish
Reduced form of van der Kuylen, a topographic name derived from kuil "pit, quarry, hole in the ground", or a habitational name for someone from Kuil in East Flanders or Kuilen in Limburg.
Mishina Japanese
From 三(mi) meaning "three" and 科 (shina) meaning "categorized classes, grade, examination".
Stancel German
Probably an altered spelling of Stancil or possibly of German Stenzel.
Avhustinovych Ukrainian
From the given name Avhust.
Negrete Spanish
Possibly from negrete denoting a member of a 15th-century faction based in the mountainous area of Cantabria.
Uudelepp Estonian
Uudelepp is an Estonian surname meaning "new alder".
Kremic Bosnian (Rare)
Surname Kremić was used in early middle-ages, in Bosnia. It was used by royal and ordinary people. That surname is very rare today and it's almost extinct, but in the past it had very big influence.
Rodić Serbian, Croatian
Possibly derived from roda (рода), meaning "stork".
Perlman German
Occupational name for a person who makes or sells pearls.
Jourdain French
From the given name Jourdain.
Püüdja Estonian
Püüdja is an Estonian surname meaning "catcher".
Pavey English
Either (i) from the medieval female personal name Pavia, perhaps from Old French pavie "peach"; or (ii) "person from Pavia", Italy.
Heynckes German
From a diminutive of the given name Heinrich. A famous bearer is retired German soccer player and coach Jupp Heynckes (1945-).
Nancarrow Cornish
Means "person from Nancarrow", Cornwall (either "valley frequented by deer" or "rough valley"). It was borne by US composer Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997).
Suomalainen Finnish
Means "Finn, person from Finland" in Finnish, From Finnish Suomi "Finland" and the suffix -lainen that combined with a place name, forms the noun for the inhabitant of a place.
Ruibal Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the council of Moraña.
Fong Chinese
Taishanese version of Kuang
Fluture Romanian
From Romanian fluture, flutur "butterfly" (itself possibly a deverbative from flutura "flutter, float, flit").
Mauer German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a wall, from Middle High German mure "wall".
Tingle English
Derived from Middle English tingel, referring to a kind of very small nail (a word of North German origin); this was either an occupational name for a maker of pins or nails, or else a nickname for a small thin man.... [more]
Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.
Alto Estonian
Alto is an Estonian surname meaning "from below".
İbrahim Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İbrahim.
Ventresca Italian
Meaning Unknown
Ienca Italian (Rare)
Derived from a regional variant of Italian giovenca "heifer (young cow that has not had a calf)", derived from Latin iuvenca "heifer; young woman". Could be a nickname, an occupational name for a cowherd or milker, or a toponymic surname from any of several locations named with the element ienca or jenca... [more]
Sakatoku Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka), the combining form of 酒 (sake) meaning "alcoholic beverage, rice wine" and 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue", referring to a wine server.
Altaf Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Altaf.
Mayordomo Spanish
Means "butler" in Spanish.
Kovatch Hungarian (Americanized)
A corruption of Hungarian Kovács; a name that means “blacksmith”.
Susi Estonian
Susi is an Estonian surname, meaning "wolf" in the Võro dialect.
Wang Chinese
From Chinese 汪 (wāng) referring to the ancient state of Wang Mang (汪芒) or Wang Wang (汪罔) in present-day Zhejiang province.
Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.
Kutsar Estonian
Kutsar is an Estonian surname meaning "coachman".
Quinby English
Variant of Quenby.
Taheri Persian
From the given name Taher.
Taşdemir Turkish
From Turkish taş meaning "stone" and demir meaning "iron".
Wooldridge English
From the medieval personal name Wolrich (from Old English Wulfric, literally "wolf-power").
Van Der Graaf Dutch
Means "from the canal", derived from Dutch graaf "canal, excavated watercourse", itself related to graven "to dig".
Hodgkin English
From Hodge, a diminutive of the given name Roger.
Tarkmeel Estonian
Tarkmeel is an Estonian surname meaning "wise minded".
Konkyūryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Rampersad Indian, Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian Creole
From Sanskrit राम (rāma) meaning "pleasing, pleasant, charming" combined with प्रसाद (prasāda) meaning "clearness, brightness, purity". It is primarily used by the Indian community in Trinidad and Tobago as well as Mauritius.
Cegama Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zegama.
Sipelgas Estonian
Sipelgas is an Estonian surname meaning "ant".
Hayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 波山 (see Namiyama).
Escue American (South), English (American)
Likely a variant form of English Askew; also compare Eskew. This surname is concentrated in Tennessee.
Abdelmajid Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Majid.
Hack German
Variant of Haack.
Metsaorg Estonian
Metsaorg is an Estonian surname meaning "forest valley".
Aug Estonian
Aug is an Estonian surname derived from "auga" meaning "honorably".
Malefeyt Dutch (Archaic)
Archaic Dutch surname that is now no longer in use (not in this exact spelling, that is): the spelling reflects the surname's origin from older times (as -eyt is an exclusively archaic spelling that has not survived into modern times like its counterparts -eit and -ijt did)... [more]
Zeitz German
From a town called Zeitz in Germany. Might be Germanized from Zajec.
Goonathilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Bugajski Polish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Bugaj.
McGonigle Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conghail (sometimes Mac Conghaile), a patronymic from the personal name Conghal, composed of ancient Celtic elements meaning "hound" and "valor"... [more]
Mitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Mitros".
Bamborough English
Bamborough name origin from early Northumberland early times other name know from the Bamborough is bamburgh as in bamburgh castle, ... [more]
Aversano Italian
A nickname for a wealthy person.
Philpot English
English (chiefly southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Philipot/Philpot, a pet form of Philip.
Granier French
French for a grain merchant (from Latin granarius), a topographic name for someone who lived by a granary (from Latin granarium) or a metonymic role name for someone who monitors or owned one.
Prykhodko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian приходить (prykhodit'), meaning "comes, walks to".
Ikeura Japanese
From 池 (ike) meaning "pond, cistern, pool, reservoir" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore."
Noons French
From the Portuguese name Nunes.
Raffaele Italian
From the given name Raffaele.
Bazzi Arabic
Perhaps derived from an Arabic word meaning "foster brother(s)".
Yabuno Japanese
From 薮 (yabu) meaning "thicket, bush, underbrush, grove", combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness"..
Lục Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Lu, from Sino-Vietnamese 陸 (lục).
Cristales Central American, Filipino, Spanish (Mexican, Rare), South American (Rare)
Plural form of Spanish cristal meaning "crystal."... [more]
Yow Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yao or Rao.
Bhowmik Indian, Bengali
Means "landowner, landlord" in Bengali, ultimately derived from Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi) "earth, soil, ground".
Bawa Punjabi
Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan. It is also a title given to the male descendants of the first three Sikh gurus.
Sabat Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazi) ornamental name from German Sabbat "Sabbath".
Murchie English (American, Anglicized), English (British, Anglicized)
"Murchie" comes from the personal name "Murdo". The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname was "Mac Mhurchaidh", meaning son of "Murdo". The name "Murdo" is equivalent to "Murdock", and means sea warrior.
İleri Turkish
Means "advanced, forward, ahead" in Turkish.
Klaptyuk Ukrainian
From клаптик (klaptyk) meaning "patch"
Shahinaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Shahin" in Albanian.
Sulaiman Arabic, Maguindanao, Urdu
From the given name Sulayman.
Suganuma Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Vrielink Dutch
Etymology uncertain. Possibly from the name of a farmstead, itself perhaps derived from a given name such as Frigilo or Friedel... [more]
Adame Spanish (?)
From the given name Adame.
Tala Filipino
meaning a star in philippine culture
Schaul German, Dutch, Jewish
Either from from Middle Low German schulle, Middle Dutch scholle, schulle, Middle High German schülle "plaice"; either a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a plaice... [more]
Capricorne French
Derived from the Latin word (Capricornus) meaning "horned like a goat". Probably a nickname for an ambitious person.
Stoian Romanian
Derived from Bulgarian Stoyan.
Mac an Bhreitheamhan Irish
Means "son of the judge" in Irish, derived from Old Irish brithem "judge, brehon, jurist".
Woytek Czech, Slovak, Polish
Eastern European surname of unknown meaning. A variant of Vojtek.
Kandhal Indian, Gujarati
People with the last name of "Kandhal" are commonly descendants of Rao Kandhal who belonged to the "Rathore" clan of Rajputs (warrior class) in India. "Rao" is a royal title. Rao Kandhal was younger brother of Rao Jodha who founded the princely state of Jodhpur in western Rajasthan, India... [more]
Bylenko Ukrainian
Derived from бил (byl), meaning beat (as in hit or win over).
Contardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Contardo.
Morpurgo Judeo-Italian
Italian surname of Jewish origin, originally Marpurg, from the Austrian city Marburg an der Drau (today Maribor in Slovenia). The progenitor was Moises Jacob, father of Petachia, in Bad-Rackersburg, Austria... [more]
Kuritsyn Russian
Derived from Russian курица (kuritsa) meaning "chicken".
Paat Estonian
Paat is an Estonian surname meaning "boat".
Xanders German
Variant of Xander.
Rodger English
From the given name Rodger.
Kulatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).
Figgins English
Derived from a medieval diminutive of Fulk (such as Fygge or Fulchon).
Toh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhuo.
Lyselia Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Lyselius used in the 18th century.
Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Timonen Finnish
From the given name Timo 1.
Yoneichi Japanese
Yone (米) means rice.... [more]
Vesilind Estonian
Vesilind is an Estonian surname meaning "waterbird".
Caddick Welsh
From the Welsh male personal name Cadog, a pet-form of Cadfael (a derivative of Welsh cad "battle").
Blasquez Spanish
From the medieval diminutive Velasco, from the Basque word 'bela' meaning "crow", and the diminutive suffix 'sko'.
Krčmar Croatian
Derived from Croatian krčmar meaning "innkeeper, tavern owner, barkeeper", which is ultimately derived from Croatian krčma meaning "inn, tavern, pub".... [more]
Heinsalu Estonian
Heinsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay grove".
Sider English (American)
Americanization of Seider.
Severide Modern
Meaning: Honesty, Sacrificer, Admirer ... [more]
Patalinghug Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano patalinghog meaning "listen".
Allens English
Variant of Allen.
Ore English
Habitational name from Woore (Shropshire, England).
Azlor Aragonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aflor.
Razaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Razzaq.
Bucog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bukog meaning "bone".
Te Poki Maori
The word Te means "the." The word Poki possibly means "to clear the garden." This was the name of a Ngati Mutunga tidewaiter and constable on what is now the Chatham Islands named Toenga Te Poki.
Nadezhkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Надежкин (see Nadezhkin).
Divinagracia Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Divine Grace" in Spanish.
Montalban Spanish
Spanish (Montalbán): habitational name from Montalbán de Córdoba from Latin montem albanum 'white mountain'.
Deetz German (Americanized), German
Either an Americanized form of German Dietz or a North German surname which is ultimately derived from the same source (from an old personal name formed with Old High German diota "people, nation")... [more]
Tatlock English
Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in Lancashire or Cheshire, where the surname occurs most frequently.
Käggo Estonian
Käggo is an Estonian surname derived from "kägu" meaning "cuckoo".
Affleck Galician, Scottish
Variation of Auchinleck, a town near Dundee, Scotland... Ben & Casey Affleck are famous bearers of the name. Auchinleck appears to have been one of those places where the ancient Celts and Druids held conventions, celebrated their festivals, and performed acts of worship... [more]
Çiller Turkish
Means "freckles" in Turkish, referring to a person with freckles on their face. A notable bearer was Turkey's first female prime minister, Tansu Çiller (1946-).
Arciniegas Basque
Pluralized variant of Arciniega.
Dodaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Dodë" in Albanian.
Surzhyk Ukrainian
From the language surzhyk (суржик), name for mixed language with Ukrainian and another language (commonly Russian or Polish).
Pink Estonian
Pink is an Estonian surname meaning "bench" and "garden seat".