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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Guarino Italian
From the given name Guarino.
Zsiga Hungarian
From the given name Zsiga.
Baack German, North Frisian
Either from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Baldeke (a short form of any of the compound names with the first element bald "bold, brave ", for example Baldewin), or from Middle Low German baec, bake "pork, bacon", hence a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or pig farmer.
Illingworth English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Vox English
Variant of Fox
Azadi Persian
From the given name Azad.
Bartley English, American
1. English: habitational name from Bartley in Hampshire, or from Bartley Green in the West Midlands, both of which are named with Old English be(o)rc ‘birch’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’; compare Barclay... [more]
Riddell Scottish, English
Derived from the given name Ridel.
Daquioag Ilocano
Meaning uncertain.
Vorotyntsev Russian
Derived from place names Воротынск (Vorotynsk), Воротынцево (Vorotyntsevo) or Воротынец (Vorotynets).
Spender English
Occupational name for a paymaster or someone in charge of finances, from Old English spendan "to spend" and Latin expendere "to pay out".
Samson Filipino
From Hokkien 三孫 (sam-sun) meaning "third grandson".
Chanthaphone Lao
From Lao ຈັນທະ (chantha) meaning "moon" and ພອນ (phone) meaning "blessing".
Honcharenko Ukrainian
Means "child of the potter", from Ukrainian гончар (honchar).
Orgmaa Estonian
Orgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "valley land".
Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谭 (tán) referring to the state of Tan that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Toney English
Derived from the given name Anthony.
Egia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque (h)egi "border, edge; hill, slope, bank".
Tancinco Chinese (Filipino)
Meaning uncertain, of Hokkien origin.
Chouraqui Judeo-Spanish
Means "the one who comes from the east" from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "eastern".
Mujtaba Arabic
From the given name Mujtaba.
Svärd Swedish
Means "sword" in Swedish.
Cavill English
Derived from Cavil, a place located in the East Riding of Yorkshire in northern England, named from Old English ca meaning "jackdaw" and feld meaning "open country". It is borne by the British actor Henry Cavill (1983-).
Götz German
Originally a hypocorism of Gottfried, which is derived from an Old High German given name. Variants include the surnames Getz and Goetz, as well as the given name Götz.
Mcewen Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’, a widespread and ancient personal name, possibly derived from eo ‘yew’, meaning ‘born of yew’. It was Latinized as Eugenius (see Eugene), and was also regarded as a Gaelic form of John... [more]
Scudamore Anglo-Norman
A locational surname that was first recorded in England in 1264. Derived from one of the ancient villages of Fifield Scudamore or Upton Scudamore, with Scudamore coming from the Old English scitemor, which means "one who lived at the moor."
Schuknecht German
Occupational name for a shoemaker’s assistant, from Middle High German schuoch meaning "shoe" + knecht meaning "journeyman", "assistant".
Oguro Japanese
Variant of Okuro.
Krabbe German, Dutch, Danish
Means "crab, shrimp", either a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught or sold shellfish, or a nickname based on someone’s way of walking.
Vietmeyer German
German: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer who was a tenant of or owed some obligation to an estate or monastery named for Saint Veith.
Lopoy Filipino (Rare)
In the modern day around 300 people have this surname, and it is most commonly used in the Philippines.
Ranaweera Sinhalese
From Sankrit रण (rana) meaning "battle, war" and वीर (vira) maning "hero, man, brave".
Khalife Lebanese (Gallicized)
French version of the Arabic name Khalifa which means “successor of Mohammed” used by Lebanese Christians ever since the French occupation of Lebanon.
Zaouche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name of unknown meaning.
Hiljanen Finnish
Hiljanen derives from hilja which means "quiet" in Finnish.
Ymeri Albanian
Derived from the given name Ymer.
Plymouth English (Rare)
Derived from the place name Plymouth.
Joll Estonian
Joll is an Estonian surname meaning "dinghy (boat)".
Aragaki Japanese
From Japanese 新 (ara) meaning "new" or 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "hedge, fence".
Cocke English
nickname from Middle English cok ‘cock’, ‘male bird or fowl’ (Old English cocc), given for a variety of possible reasons. Applied to a young lad who strutted proudly like a cock, it soon became a generic term for a youth and was attached with hypocoristic force to the short forms of many medieval personal names (e.g. Alcock, Hancock, Hiscock, Mycock)... [more]
Lousada Portuguese
Name given from the village of Lousada, in Northern Portugal.
Van Oss Dutch
Means "from Oss", a town in the southern Netherlands.
Gulo Indonesian, Nias
From the Nias clan name Gulö, possibly derived from the name of the clan's ancestor, Kulo Ana'a.
Güler Turkish
Means "laughing, smiling" in Turkish.
Yarmolenko Ukrainian
Regional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.
Takyi Akan
Meaning unknown.
Mccarney Irish
From either the Gaelic O Cearnaigh, meaning "victorious", or O Catharnaigh, meaning "warlike".
Kvyat Russian
Russian form of Kwiat.
Kingsleigh English
It is a variant of KINGSLEY.
Sardo Italian
Means "Sardinian" in Italian.
Bogle Scottish, Northern Irish
From a medieval Scottish and Northern Irish nickname for someone of scary appearance (from Middle Scots bogill "hobgoblin").
Belić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the word belo meaning "white".
Abeyratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේරත්න (see Abeyrathna).
Jayawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).
Wickersham English
A habitational surname that originates from a lost medieval site or village of Norse origins.... [more]
Joffé French, Jewish
French form of Joffe.
Klingler German
Occupational name for a bladesmith.
Raamat Estonian
Raamat is an Estonian surname meaning "book".
Padrik Estonian
Padrik is an Estonian surname meaning "thicket".
Avelar Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Ansião.
Högberg Swedish
Means "high mountain" in Swedish, a combination of hög "high" and berg "mountain".
Bovary French
It is the surname of the famous fictional character Emma Bovary protagonist of Gustave Flaubert's novel.
Bäder Romansh
Derived from the given name Peter.
Kriskó Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of Kriško.
Pervak Ukrainian, Russian
Derived either from Russian первый (pervy) meaning "first" or directly from colloquial Ukrainian первак (pervak) meaning "firstborn".
Gunawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Habibović Bosnian
Means "son of Habib".
Abaño Filipino
Possibly derived from Spanish baño meaning "bath".
Rueangsi Thai
From Thai เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright, brilliant" and ศรี (si) meaning "glory, honour, splendour".
Yong Chinese
From Chinese 雍 (yōng) either referring the ancient state of Yong, located in what is now Henan province, or the ancient fief of Yong, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.
Novoselić Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".... [more]
Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ong Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Weng.
Knowles Irish
As an Irish surname it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail meaning "descendant of Tnúthgal", a given name composed of the elements tnúth "desire, envy" and gal "valor".
Yudas Indonesian, Swahili
From the given name Yudas.
Clores Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese form of Flores
Pettai Estonian
Pettai is an Estonian surname derived from "petta" meaning "to be up to mischief".
Palling Estonian
Palling is an Estonian surname meaning "serve".
Hanai Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Gelso Italian
Means "mulberry tree" in Italian, a topographic name, or perhaps an occupational name for someone who cultivated mulberry trees.
Ābele Latvian (Rare)
Means "apple tree" in Latvian.
Lalaurie French (Cajun)
A French surname meaning "the laurel".
Grigorian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Grigoryan.
Churchillo Italian (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Curcillo, influenced by the unrelated English surname Churchill.
Rayamajhi Nepali
Probably a portmanteau of the Nepali words meaning 'Royal Fishmongers'. A member of the Rajput-Chhetri subcaste of Nepali family names.
Shaulis Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys ‘rifleman’.
Jayesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසිංහ (see Jayasinghe).
Schwandt German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a forest clearing, from Middle High German swant (from swenden "to thin out", "make disappear", causative from swinden "to disappear" modern German schwinden.
Gucci Italian
Patronymic or plural form of the given name Guccio, a late medieval Italian diminutive of various names ending in go, such as Arrigo (via Arriguccio) or Ugo (via Uguccio)... [more]
Sokhotskyy Ukrainian
From Ukrainian соха (soha) meaning "wooden plough".
Josias English
From the given name Josias
Somsri Thai
From Thai สม (som) meaning "worthy, suitable" combined with ศรี (sǐi) meaning "honour, glory, splendour".
Enshōiwa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 焔硝岩 (see Enshōgan).
Vogt Von Findingen Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Members of this noble family also use the surname Vogt de Fundingen.
Jalandoni Filipino, Hiligaynon
Meaning uncertain.
Koitmets Estonian
Koitmets is an Estonian surname meaning "dawn forest".
Jacqueman French
Alsace-Lorraine
Jarzombek Polish
Variant spelling of Jarząbek, from jarząbek meaning "grouse", presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.
Onge English
Variant of Ong or Yonge
Mok Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Mo.
Callender English
Occupational name for a person who finished freshly woven cloth by passing it between heavy rollers to compress the weave. From Old Franch calandrier, calandreur.
Hirsekorn German
Hirsekorn - millet grain - seems to be of Jewish origin
Bouchareb Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of the moustache" or "father of the drinker" from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father" and شَارِب (šārib) meaning "moustache" or "drinker".
Laghari Pakistani, Sindhi, Balochi
From the name of a Balochi tribe in Pakistan.
Nhek Khmer
Means "close, together, often, frequently" in Khmer. It may also be from a short form of Chinese 涅槃 (nièpán) meaning "nirvana".
Lugn Swedish (Rare)
Means "calm" in Swedish.
Julio Spanish
Derived from the forename Julio.
Padrutt Romansh
Derived from the given name Padrutt.
Gilgen German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German gilge "lily", this was a habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning "at the lily".
Seal English
Variant of Seals, perhaps an occupational name for a person who makes saddles.
Żyła Polish
Means "vein" (figuratively "bore") in Polish.
Carlyon Cornish
Cornish: habitational name from any of three places in Cornwall called Carlyon, in St. Minver and Kea parishes. The first element is Celtic ker ‘fort’; the second could represent the plural of Cornish legh ‘slab’.
Balbino Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Balbino.
Ashfield English
Meaning "ash tree field".
Van Quakebeke Belgian, Flemish
Possibly related to Dutch quaak "swamp" and beke "stream, brook".
Cousland Scottish
Of local origin from Cousland in the parish of Cranston, Midlothian.
Zelyonka Russian
Derived from Russian зелёный (zelyonyy), meaning "green".
Ihimaera Maori
This name in English means Ishmael. This name is not only a surname but was used at least in the past as a first name. This name could have another origin. This is the last name of the first Maori author to produce a book made up of stories Witi Ihimaera (1944- ).
Gunner English
From Old English gunne meaning "cannon, gun" and the agent suffix "-er"
Sarrià Catalan
Catalan habitational name from any of the places named Sarrià or Sàrria, in Catalonia.
Ait Estonian
Ait is an Estonian surname meaning "granary" and "outbuilding".
Spalla Italian
Means "shoulder".
Sheene Irish (Anglicized)
Derived from the Gaelic siodhach which means "peaceful." Most commonly used in Ireland and originated in the county's southwest region.
Steinmeier German
Distinguishing name for a tenant farmer (Meyer) whose farm was on stony ground or was distinguished by a conspicuous rock formation (Middle High German stein 'rock').
Lark English
From the name of the bird, a nickname for a singer or a cheerful person, or perhaps someone who caught and sold larks. Alternatively, could be a shortened form of the personal name Larkin.
Stonehill English
Meaning "stone hill".
Aaberg Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian cognate of Åberg.
Sihombing Batak
Meaning ‘where goats roam’. From si, indicating a location, and hombing, meaning “Goat” in Batak Toba.
Hudkins English
Means "son of Hudkin"
Tounsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic تُونِسِيّ (tūnisiyy) meaning “Tunisian”, ultimately from تُونِس (tūnis) meaning "Tunisia, Tunis". It can refer to a native of the country of Tunisia, someone from the city of Tunis (in Tunisia), or the Tunisian Tounsi dialect of Arabic.
Desmoulins French
A French surname meaning “of the windmills.” A famous bearer of this surname is Camille Desmoulins, a journalist and politician during the French Revolution who was guillotined.
Baudelaire French
Possibly from French baudelaire, a type of short sword with a curved blade and S-shaped quillons. A famous bearer of the name was French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867).
Sedin Swedish
Two famous bearers are the Swedish ice hockey players, and twins, Henrik and Daniel Sedin (b. 1980).
Guy English
Occupational name for a guide, Old French gui (a derivative of gui(d)er "to guide", of Germanic origin).
Wilburn English
A habitation name of uncertain origin found in the East Midlands. Speculation includes the possibility of the meaning "well" and "burn, borne" therefore meaning one who lived near a well or spring by a waterway crossing.
Kutschera German
German cognate of Kučera.
Cambier French (Belgian)
Occupational name for a brewer.
Yoichien Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".
Vujisić Serbian, Montenegrin
Derived from vuk (вук), meaning "wolf".
Toy Chinese
From Chinese (coi), meaning "applause, cheer" or "luck, fortune"
Schatz German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a treasurer, from German Schatz ‘treasure’, Middle High German scha(t)z. It may also have been a nickname for a rich man (or ironically for a miser), or else for a well-liked person or a ladies’ favorite, from the use of the vocabulary word as a term of endearment... [more]
Aycox English
Variant of Aycock.
Villagran Spanish
From a lost village called Villa Grande, meaning 'large farmstead or settlement'.
Aïtbrahim Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Brahim", from Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ (ait) meaning "son" combined with the Arabic given name Brahim.
Er Turkish
Means "man, hero, brave" in Turkish.
Mamadou Western African
From the given name Mamadou.
Ringgold German
Comes from Germanic ring "ring" or "assembly" and wald "rule"
Struycken Dutch
Variant of Struijk, notably borne by the Dutch actor Carel Struycken (1948-).
Tulvi Estonian
Tulvi is an Estonian surname derived from "tulvil" meaning "brimful" and "brimming".
Ruskykh Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized)
Means "a Russian", from Ukrainian руський (rus'kyy) "Russian". It can also derived from the Russian word русский (russkiy), with the same meaning.
Sordino Literature
The surname of Melinda "Mel" Sordino, the main character of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak (1999). Her surname was apparently derived from Italian sordino meaning "mute" or "deaf".
Fillmore English
Of uncertain origin: it could be derived from the Norman given name Filimor, composed of the Germanic elements filu ("very") and mari or meri ("famous"), or it might be a combination of the Saxon elements fille ("abundance") and mere, a word denoting a lake or otherwise humid land.
Algotsson Swedish
Means "son of Algot".
Proust French
From a nickname derived from French preux meaning "valiant, brave". A famous bearer was Marcel Proust (1871-1922), a French writer.
Ling Chinese
From Chinese 凌 (líng) meaning "ice", originally used as an occupational name for a palace official who was in charge of storing and handling ice.
Afrah Arabic
From the given name Afrah.
Morant English, French
From the Old French personal name Morant, perhaps from a nickname meaning "steadfast", or alternatively of Germanic origin and meaning literally "courage-raven". A known bearer was the British-born Australian soldier and poet Breaker Morant, original name Edwin Henry Murrant (?1864-1902).
Abdulazis Maranao
From the given name Abdulazis.
Saccavino Italian
Possibly from French sac à vin "drunkard".
Poladov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Polad".
Imakyure Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Sumanto Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳) or Huang (黃). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Alvord English
Derived from a variation of Ælfræd.
Myōchin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 明珍 (myōchin), the 2 characters used in 明らかに珍しい (akiraka ni mezurashii) meaning "evidently rare". This is from the event in the Heian Period, of an armorer who created an armor that was then praised by Emperor Konoe... [more]
Yonezawa Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."
Heuvel Dutch
Means "hill" in Dutch, the name of several locations.
Mendarozketa Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Zigoitia.
Tjhie Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Ji used by Chinese Indonesians.
Reat English (British, Rare), German (Rare)
Americanized form of German Roth.... [more]
Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".
Zanni Italian, Venetian
From the given name Zanni, a Venetan form of Gianni. This is also the name of a broad character archetype of commedia dell’arte, covering a wide range of servant and trickster characters; in some cases, the surname could have originated as a nickname based on this archetype.
Buonanotte Italian
Means "good night" in Italian.
Abrar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Abrar.
Koridze Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Bakun Polish
Possibly from bak "screaming" or bakać "to scold", from bakun "low-quality tobacco", or from the Hebrew personal name Bakum, possibly related to Habakkuk.
Kavak Turkish
Means "poplar" in Turkish.
Abdulbut Thai (Muslim)
Alternate transcription of Thai อับดุลบุตร (see Apdunbut).
Tacza Polish
Deppreciation of TARCZA which means shield in Polish.
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).
Sancak Turkish
Means "flag, banner, emblem" in Turkish.
Vizcaino Basque
Meaning ‘From the Bay of Biscay’.
Maclennan Scottish
Anglicized version of Scottish Gaelic Macgillefhinnein
Lundmark Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" (Old Norse lundr) and mark "ground, field, land".
Langhoor Dutch, Belgian
Means "long ear", from lang "long, tall" and oor "ear", a nickname for someone with large ears, or perhaps good hearing.