Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the order is random.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Fahrenheit German
Derived from German fahren, meaning, "to ride", and Heit, which is the equivalent to the suffix "-ness". A famous bearer was Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686- 1736), a Polish physicist who invented the Fahrenheit temperature measuring system.
Flückiger German (Swiss)
Origin and meaning unknown.
Suvi Estonian
Suvi is an Estonian surname meaning "summer".
Valentim Portuguese
From the given name Valentim.
Caju Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "cashew, cashew tree" in Portuguese.
Deegidan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Duibhgeadáin.
Miner English
English occupational name for someone who built mines, either for the excavation of coal and other minerals, or as a technique in the medieval art of siege warfare. The word represents an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French mine ‘mine’ (a word of Celtic origin, cognate with Gaelic mein ‘ore’, ‘mine’).
Coventry English
habitational name from the city of Coventry in the West Midlands, which is probably named with the genitive case of an Old English personal name Cofa (compare Coveney) + Old English treow 'tree'.
Murton English
habitational name from any of various places in northern England called Murton all named in Old English as "settlement or enclosure at the marsh or moor" from mor "marsh, fen, moor" and tun "enclosure, settlement"... [more]
Lapa Latvian
Meaning "leaf".
Marchione Italian
Nickname from marchione ‘marquis’, from medieval Latin marchio, genitive marchionis, from Germanic marka ‘borderland’
Muhi Tagalog
Means "hatred" in Tagalog.
Naydyon Russian
Means "found" in Russian.
Spanier German
Means "Spaniard" in German.
Malikov Uzbek, Tatar, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Malik 1" as well as an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Məlikov.
Uchihashi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and hashi means "bridge".
Hogg English
An occupational name for someone who herded swine.
Chono Japanese
Cho can mean "butterfly" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Baszowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Baszowice.
Pletikosić Croatian
Derived from pletiti, meaning "to knit", and kosa, meaning "hair".
Nandasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Bostock English
From the name of a village in Cheshire, England, meaning "Bota’s place", derived from the Old English given name Bota combined with stoc "place, dwelling".
Nader Arabic
From the given name Nadir.
Akashiro Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".... [more]
Yakhin Bashkir, Tatar
From the given name Yakhya.
Viikilä Finnish
From Swedish vik "bay, gulf" with the suffix -lä indicating a place.
Bacolod Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Derived from Hiligaynon bakolod meaning "hill, mound, rise". This is also the name of a city in the Negros Occidental province in the Philippines.
Kazanjyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).
Harsono Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Hu (胡) or Zhuo (卓). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Lainevool Estonian
Lainevool is an Estonian surname meaning "flowing wave" (literally, "wave flow").
Jõeäär Estonian
Means "riverside", from Estonian jõe "river" and äär "edge".
Spengler German
Occupational surname literally meaning “metal worker” or “tin knocker”.
Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]
Del Campo Spanish
Means "of the camp" in Spanish.
Vlk Czech, Slovak
Means "wolf" in Czech and Slovak.
Hook English
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. "at the hook," from residence in the bend or sudden turn of a lane or valley.
Koschek Hebrew
Derives from the ancient Hebrew given name "Yaakov" meaning "following-after".
Magtibay Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to strengthen" in Tagalog.
Auerbach German, Jewish
Topographical name for someone who lived by a stream (Middle High German bach) that was near a swamp or marsh (auer).
Lagarde French
Habitational name from Lagarde or La Garde names of several places in various parts of France named in Old French with garde "watch protection" (see Garde).
Easa Dhivehi
From the given name Easa.
Taalmaa Estonian
Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"
Takizawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Edgeworth English
From a place name: either Edgeworth in Gloucestershire or Edgworth in Lancashire. The place names themselves derive from Old English ecg "edge" and worþ "enclosure"... [more]
Safari Persian
From the given name Safar.
Mokhtar Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.
Azimi Persian
From the given name Azim.
Lopidana Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lopida.
Premakumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Cantor Spanish
Occupational name for a singer.
Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".
Tjandra Chinese (Indonesian)
Older spelling of Chandra influenced by Dutch orthography.
Argomaniz Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From A Place Called Argomaniz (In Castilian: Argómaniz) In The Araba/Álava Province.
Sol Caribbean
From the given names Sol 1 and Sol 2.
Metsaäär Estonian
Metsaäär is an Estonian surname meaning "forest edge".
Mullet French
Variant of Mulet.
Seshita Japanese
From 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, rapids, current" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Põdersoo Estonian
Põdersoo is an Estonian surname meaning "moose swamp".
Soorm Estonian
Soorm is an Estonian surname, a derivation of "sõrm" meaning "finger" and "digit".
Hanaki Japanese
"Flower tree".
Emami Persian
From Persian امام (emam) meaning "imam, leader", of Arabic origin.
Quraishi Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Qureshi.
Shafiq Arabic
From the given name Shafiq
Srikham Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ศรีคำ (see Sikham).
Akashita Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) or 丹 (aka) both meaning "red" combined with 下 (shita) meaning "below, down, descend, give, low, inferior". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Willing English
Patronymic from the Old English personal name Willa.
Plumier French, Belgian
Possibly an occupational name for a dealer in feathers and quills, from an agent derivative of Old French plume "feather, plume" (compare English and Dutch Plumer)... [more]
Pazniak Belarusian
Means "one who is late", from Belarusian пазней (pazniej) "late".
Ponciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Ponciano.
Sidwell English
From an English surname of uncertain origin, possibly originally a habitational name from an unidentified place with a second element from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, but on the other hand early forms are found without prepositions... [more]
Fenstermaker German
Means 'one who makes windows' in German.
Steinwender German (Austrian)
From the German words stein "stone" and wender "turner"
Altman German, Jewish
Variant of Alt and Alterman.
Emberley English
From the old English word amalric, referring to a person of great power.
Hirvonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish hirvi "elk, moose".
Vaamonde Spanish
Variant of the habitational surname Bahamonde, from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).
Rubalcava Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Rubalcaba in Cantabria, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الربع الخالي (ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī) meaning "the Empty Quarter", referring to the Rub' al Khali desert in the Arabian Peninsula.
Mack German, Dutch, French
From the Germanic personal name Macco or Makko.
Bosser Breton
Bosser means butcher in Breton.
Zakaria Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Zakariyya.
Freers English
From Middle English frere or frier, meaning "brother, friend, comrade".
Brattén Swedish (Rare)
Composed of the personal name Bratt and the common surname suffix -én (ultimately from Latin -enius "descendant of").
Haberland German
Topographic name from Middle High German haber(e) "oats" and land "land", or a habitational name from any of various places so called.
Adson English (African)
Possibly means "son of Adam".
Vitrenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian вітер (viter), meaning "wind".
Dokbua Thai
Means "lotus, water lily" in Thai.
Pendragon Welsh, Arthurian Cycle
From the title used by ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs, derived from Old Welsh penn "head, chief" and dragon "dragon", used figuratively as "commander, war leader"... [more]
Urbaneja Spanish
Likely derived from Urban. This surname is most common in Venezuela.
Moskowitz Jewish
Germanized form of a patronymic surname formed by adding the Slavic suffix "-ovic" meaning "son of" to a Yiddish transformation (Moshke) of the biblical Hebrew personal Moses ("Mosko" was a Polish pet form of the personal name Moses).
Zwaan Dutch
Means "swan" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for a person who resembled a swan in some way, an occupational name for a swan keeper, or a patronymic derived from a given name containing the element swan... [more]
Jayasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසේකර (see Jayasekara).
Kazi Bengali, Indian
Variant of Qazi.
Uysal Turkish
Means "docile, easygoing, peaceful" in Turkish.
Myradow Turkmen
Means "son of Myrat".
Jallai Estonian
Jallai is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jala" meaning "afoot".
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-).
Wakita Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "side" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hatathli Navajo
From Navajo hataałii meaning ‎"medicine man, shaman", literally "singer" (from the verb hataał ‎"he sings, he is chanting").
Jürisoo Estonian
Jürisoo is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Jüri" and "soo" (swamp); "Jüri's swamp". "Soo" was substituted later for the Germanic "son" ("Jüri's son").
Kozarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Kozar.
Roots Estonian
Roots is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf stalk" or "stem". May also derive from "rootslane", meaning "Swede".
Veldhuis Dutch
Means "field house" in Dutch.
Kozakov Ukrainian
From Ukrainian козак (kozak) meaning "cossack".
Zuaretz Hebrew (Modern)
Means "this land" in Hebrew, also Hebrew form of Suárez.
Agius Maltese
Nickname derived from Maltese għaġuż meaning "old man".
Tsujiura Japanese (Rare)
Tsuji means "crossroad" and ura means "bay, coast". ... [more]
Shaikh Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Sheikh.
Kannike Estonian
Kannike is an Estonian surname meaning "violet".
Gaarder Norwegian
Norwegian form of Gardener.
Mccurdy Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhuircheartaigh, a patronymic from Muircheartach, a personal name composed of the elements muir "sea" and ceartach "ruler", hence "skilled seaman"... [more]
Almatyev Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from Almaty, the name of a city in Kazakhstan.
Limnios Greek
From Greek λημνι (limni) meaning "lake".
Bras French, Dutch
From Old French and Middle Dutch bras "arm". This was probably a descriptive nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the arm, but the word was also used as a measure of length, and may also have denoted a surveyor.
Convers French
Nickname for a Jew who converted to Christianity.
Danzig German
Denoted a person who was from the city of Gdańsk, Poland (called Danzig in German).
Horney German (Anglicized)
German: Eastphalian or Americanized form of a personal name composed of the Germanic elements hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + nit ‘battle fury’, ‘eagerness to fight’, or a habitational name from a place so called in Brandenburg or in the Rhineland... [more]
Needlemeyer Literature
Probably a combination of Needle and Meyer.... [more]
Luk'yanenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Lukyanov.
Spanjer German
One who came from Spain, a Spaniard.
Kraeft German
Possible variant of Kraft and Kräft
Mayoral Spanish
Occupational name for the foreman of a gang of agricultural workers or the leader of a group of herdsmen mayoral (from Late Latin maioralis originally an adjective derivative of maior 'greater').
MacMichael Scottish
Means "son of Michael".
Gallet French
Either a nickname for a cheerful companion a noun derivative of the Old French verb galler "to enjoy oneself to have fun". Or from a pet form of the personal name Gall.
Najimy Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means "starry" in Arabic. A notable bearer is Kathy Najimy (1957--), an American actress.
Soderberg English (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Swedish Söderberg
Halevi Hebrew
Means "The Levite" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname Levi.
Chaisongkram Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ชัยสงคราม or ไชยสงคราม (see Chaisongkhram).
Rosya Ukrainian (Modern), Russian (Modern)
Either a shortened version of "Rossiya", which is Russian for "Russia", or the Russian and Ukrainian version of Rose 1.
Woodhull English
Meaning "wood hill".
Quimby English
Perhaps a variant of Quenby.
Lautemann German
From laute "lute" and man "man". This name was used by musicians who played the lute
Aney English
English surname of uncertain origin, though it has been suggested that this is an anglicized form of French Ané. Ané itself is said to be taken from a personal name, possibly a gallicized form of Asnar or Aznar, which may be derived from Latin asinarius meaning "keeper of asses, ass-driver", from asinus "ass".
Rule Scottish, English
Scottish name from the lands of Rule in the parish of Hobkirk, Roxburghshire. The derivation is from the River Rule which flows through the area, and is so called from the ancient Welsh word "rhull" meaning "hasty or rushing".... [more]
Vaane Estonian
Vaane is an Estonian surname meaning "pious" and "devout".
Comegys Dutch (Americanized)
from a combination of the stems of two Dutch surnames: the occupational name Komen and the patronymic Gijsen... [more]
Bellefleur French, Literature
Means "beautiful flower" in French. This is the surname of the notable family in the 2001 to 2013 novel series The Southern Vampire Mysteries and the 2008-2014 TV series that inspired it, True Blood.
Kleinknecht German
A combining of the German word klein "small" and knecht "servant", originally an occupational name for a secondary hired hand. A famous historic figure who bore this surname was Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (8 April 1722 in Ulm - 11 August 1794 in Ansbach), a German composer of many works of chamber music and symphonies, flutist and Kapellmeister (chapel master).
Merton English
From a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.
Uuetalu Estonian
Uuetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farm".
Mactavish Scottish
Scottish surname from the elements "Mac" ("son of") and "Tavish" (Scottish form of "Thomas").
Davaz Romansh
Derived from Romansh da "of; from" and Vaz.
Bayley English
Variant of Bailey.
Ogorodnikova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Огоро́дников (see Ogorodnikov).
Saba French, Occitan
Nickname from a variant of Occitan sabe meaning "tasty, flavorsome". Compare Sabourin.
Kitamura Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Alkain Basque
Etymology uncertain. Possibly derived from a place name, using the Basque toponymic suffix -ain with an uncertain first element.
Aydoğan Turkish
From the given name Aydoğan.
Baygents English (American)
Possibly derived from Old French bezant, a kind of silver or gold coin minted in Byzantium, ultimately derived from Latin byzantius "of Byzantium"... [more]
Lasley English
variation of Leslie
Maceo Spanish (Caribbean)
Derived from the given name Maceo.
Mönch German
Derived from German Mönch "monk" (ultimately via Middle High German münch and Old High German munih from Latin monicus. Compare Monk).
Pensa Italian
Possibly from Italian pensa "think", indicating the bearer was known for being thoughtful or intelligent.
Belmokhtar Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mokhtar, chiefly used in Algeria.
Hellbom Swedish
From Swedish häll, a type of flat rock, and bom "barrier, boom".
Agtarap Ilocano
Means "to sieve, to winnow" in Ilocano.
Šegrt Serbian
Derived from šegrt (шегрт), meaning "apprentice".
Pera Croatian
Derived from Pero. Also means "feathers".
McCawell Irish
Anglicanized version of Mac Cathmhaoil.
Markham English
English name from a place in Nottinghamshire, named in Old English as 'homestead at a (district) boundary', from mearc 'boundary' + ham 'homestead'. English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin 'descendant of Marcachán', a diminutive of Marcach (see Markey).
Hackney English, Scottish
Habitational name from Hackney in Greater London, named from an Old English personal name Haca (genitive Hacan) combined with ēg "island, dry ground in marshland".
Vreeswijk Dutch
Habitational name from a former village and municipality in the province Utrecht, Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch Frieso "Frisian" and wic "village, town"... [more]
Tarkus Estonian
Tarkus is an Estonian surname meaning "cleverness".
Raouf Arabic
From the given name Raouf.
Jõemaa Estonian
Jõemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "river land".
Riza Arabic
From the given name Ridha.
Miao Chinese
From Chinese 缪 (miào), another name for Duke Mu of Lu, an ancient official whose name (穆) had the same pronunciation as the character 缪. After his death, his descendants adopted 缪 as their surname.
Udom English
English: nickname for someone who had done well for himself by marrying the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community, from Middle English odam ‘son-in-law’ (Old English āðum).
Tenayuca Indigenous American, Mexican (Rare), Comanche (?)
Of uncertain origin. A known bearer was Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999), an American labor leader of Comanche descent.
Apostolos Greek
Means "messenger, apostle" in Greek.
Mucenieks Latvian
Means "cooper".
Stepankov Russian
Means "son of Stepan".
Bergwijn Dutch, Frisian, Dutch (Surinamese)
From Dutch berg meaning "mountain" and wijn meaning "vine".
Späth German
Derived from Middle High German spæte "late".
Kornnaimuang Thai
The surname "ก้อนในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Asllani Albanian
Derived from the given name Asllan.
Mitarai Japanese
From Japanese 御手洗 (mitarai) referring to purifying water at the entrance of a shrine.
Pincas Jewish
Variant of Pincus.
Lingard English
Habitational name from Lingart, Lancashire, or Lingards Wood in Marsden, West Yorkshire.
Devooght Belgian
The origin of the surname DeVooght is unknown.... [more]
Lesiński Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Lesin Lesina or Leśna named with les dialect form of standard Polish las ‘forest’.
Buxbaum German, Jewish
Means "box tree" in German.
Eksi Turkish
Ekºi means "sour" in Turkish.
Van Der Graaf Dutch
Means "from the canal", derived from Dutch graaf "canal, excavated watercourse", itself related to graven "to dig".
Adamashvili Georgian
Means "son of Adam".
Constant French, Dutch, English
From the given name Constant or from the word "constant"
Feferbarg Yiddish
It literally means "pepperbarrow".
Dermon Romansh
Derived from the given name Hermann.
Arizkun Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.