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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Nakakuni Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 國 or 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land".
Blazer Dutch
From Middle Dutch blaser "blower", from blâsen "to blow, to sound (a wind instrument); to brag", hence an occupational name for a player of the trumpet or other wind instrument, or a nickname for a braggart or boaster.
Lavelle French
From Old French val "valley".... [more]
Kallemets Estonian
Kallemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping forest".
Siryk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian сірий (siryy), meaning "grey".
Van Agt Dutch
Means "from Acht", a small village within the city of Eindhoven in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Middle Dutch acht, achte meaning either "eight" or "preserve, lordly possession, legal district"... [more]
Bartholomäus German
From the given name Bartholomäus.
Parmar Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit परमार (paramara) meaning "slayer of enemies", from पर (para) meaning "enemy, adversary" and मार (mara) meaning "killing, slaying, destroying".
Munisi Eastern African
Found in Tanzania.
Moo Mayan
From Yucatec Maya mo' meaning "macaw".
Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Camino Spanish
Means "road, path" in Spanish.
Aeby Swiss
Derived from the given name Adalbert.
Agrba Abkhaz
Most likely derived from Abkhaz агыруа (ā́gər-uā) meaning "Mingrelian, farm labourer, serf", historically used to refer to the Mingrelians, an ethic sub-group of the Georgians. Alternatively, it could be from Abkhaz агара (āgārā) meaning "to take" or "to bring"... [more]
Orchard English
Derived from Middle English orchard, from Old English ortgeard. It denoted somebody who lived by or worked in an orchard or lived in a place named Orchard.
Spoor English, Dutch
From Middle Dutch and Middle English spoor "spur", an occupational name for a maker or seller of spurs.
Licata Italian, Sicilian
From the name of a town in Sicily, possibly derived from the Ancient Greek toponym Λευκάδα (Leukada) (see Leocadia) or from Arabic الْقَلْعَةَ‎ (al-qalʕata) "the castle, the fortress".
Douune Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂畝 (see Dōune).
Ölvirsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ölvir" in Icelandic.
Loik Estonian
Loik is an Estonian surname meaning "puddle".
Boukouras Greek
Name of Dacian/Illyrian or Thracian origin. It means "happy". Also, see the Romanian surname Bukur
Tozer English
Tozer is a surname commonly believed to have originated in Devon, South West England. It is a reference to the occupation of carding of wool which was originally performed by the use of teasels (Latin carduus), via the Middle English word tōsen, to tease (out).
Marquillero Filipino
Possibly from Spanish marquillero meaning "materialistic".
Tomiyasu Japanese
Tomi means "wealthy" and yasu means "cheap, inexpensive, relax".
Hebert German
Variant of Heber.
Allman English
From Norman aleman "German, relating to Germany", ultimately from Late Latin Alemannus "member of the Alemanni tribe". Cognate to French Allemand and Spanish Alemán.
Irarrazabal Basque
Possibly derived from Basque ira "fern" or ilharre "heather" and zabal "wide, broad; open".
Valee German
From French origin, denoting someone who lives or comes from a valley.
Aveiro Portuguese, Spanish
Demonymic surname refering to Aveiro a city in middle north-eastern Portugal. A famous bearer of this surname is Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
Varma Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit वर्मन् (varman) meaning "armour, protection".
Weekusk Cree
Weekusk ( last name ) meaning “Sweetgrass” in cree.... [more]
Raider English
Taken from a village called "Rait".
Sopa Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Fuerte Spanish (Mexican)
Derived from the Spanish word "fuerte" meaning strong.
Pyrgos Greek
Means "tower" in Greek. Pyrgos is a city in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece, capital of the regional unit of Elis.
Konzelman German
Orginating from Konrad, which is a variant of Conrad, meaning "brave counsel." The second half of the name indicates one who was a councilman or advisor to someone of importance or power.
Chay Khmer
Variant transcription of Chhay.
Bunce Norman
Meaning "good" person in old french. Also means "bain"(exeptionaly tall) in old english
Taneja Indian
This surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).
Gauvain French
From the given name Gauvain.
Kerin Irish (Latinized, Rare)
Irish variation of Kieran. ... [more]
Whipple English
English surname of uncertain meaning. It might be a shortened form of “whippletree”; an early name for the dogwood. It may also be a variation of Whipp – an early surname for someone who carried out judicial punishments.
Cummer English
The surname Cummer has origins in both English and Scottish cultures. In English, it's thought to be a topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in a river, derived from the Middle English word "cummer," meaning "bend" or "meander." In Scottish, it could also be a variant of the surname Comer, derived from the Gaelic word "comar," meaning "confluence" or "meeting of waters."
Wali Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Arabic
Derived from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy) meaning "helper, friend, protector", used in Islam to describe a saint.
Aghabegian Armenian
Derived from the given name Aghabeg.
Ballut French
Derived from Old Occitan baluter, cognate of French bluter (via Middle French beluter), meaning "to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran", this name used to denote a miller.
Beam English
From Old English beam "beam" or "post". It could be a topographic name from someone living near a post or tree, or it could be a metonymic occupational name for a weaver.... [more]
Krautz Sorbian (Germanized)
Germanized form of Krawc.
Marte Spanish, Italian
From the given name Marte 2.
Kung Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 龚 (see Gong).
Jõhvi Estonian
Jõhvi is an Estonian surname derived from "jõhvikas", meaning "cranberry".
Peit Estonian
Peit is an Estonian surname meaning "concealed" and "hidden".
Goonawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Ohayon Judeo-Spanish, Jewish
Means "son of Chayyim" from the Berber prefix ou- or au- meaning "son (of)" and the given name Chayyim.
Powyes English
Unknown source. Surname of many early American pilgrims.
Keirsey Irish
Topographic name of Norman origin name dating back to the 13th century.
Egert German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Eggert.
Mercury English
In some cases this may represent an anglicized form of French Mercure or Italian Mercuri, Mercurio or Di Mercurio... [more]
Stocke English
English: A topographic name for someone who lived near the trunk or stump of a large tree, Middle English Stocke (Old English Stocc)... [more]
Veng Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Zelimkhanova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Зелимханов (see Zelimkhanov).
Toga Japanese
From Japanese 東 () "East", "eastern" and 賀 (ga) "congratulation". Other kanji combinations can form this surname as well.
Ausage Samoan, English (Australian), American
Possibly from the given name Ausage.
Seymer English
Variant of Seymour, or from the village of Semer in Suffolk.
Taira Japanese
Meaning "peace". Together with the Fujiwara and Minamoto, this is one of the most prominent clans in Japanese history... [more]
Hoyland English, Norwegian
English (South Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various places in South Yorkshire named with Old English hoh ‘hill spur’ + land ‘(cultivated) land’. ... [more]
Ryšavý Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak last name meaning "red-haired".
Taimanglo Chamorro
Chamorro for "without wind/breath"
Shoaib Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Shoaib.
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]
Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Benaïm Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Haïm".
Przysługak Polish
Comes from "przysługa" meaning "favor"
Glowczenski American
This is my surname. My cousin Steve Glowzenski, had the C dropped along the way somewhere, probably the military.
Domènech Catalan
From the given name Domènec.
Rattana Khmer, Thai
Derived from Thai รัตน์ (rạtn) meaning "gem jewel"
Garcie French
French variant of Garcia.
Tamagawa Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "gem, jewel, ball" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Mick German, Dutch
Occupational name from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch micke "(wheat or rye) bread". Alternatively, a Germanized form of Mik.
Reitsma West Frisian
Derived from either the personal name Reitse or the place name Reitsum combined with the Frisian suffix -ma.
Þórhallsson Icelandic
Means "son of Þórhallur" in Icelandic.
Florencio Spanish
From the given name Florencio
Karter Breton
Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.
Sugioka Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Groote Dutch
Variant of De Groot.
Heintzelman German
From a pet form of Heinrich, with the addition of -mann ‘man’.
Sadat German (Rare)
The last name Sadat means "master" and "gentleman," and is originally a religious last name which was popular in the west, more precisely in Germany.
Drešević Montenegrin
Habitational name for someone from Drešaj, Montenegro.
Saika Japanese
From 雑 (sai) meaning "miscellaneous" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulations, joy".
Buchmann German
Combination of Buch and German Mann "man".
Khavari Persian
Means "eastern" from Persian خاور (khāvar) meaning "east".
Foulds English (British)
Mr. Fould-Dupont supplied the steel for the Eiffel tower. Later on, he fled to England and changed his last name from Fould-Dupont to Foulds.
Elortz Basque (Rare)
From the name of a location in Navarre, Spain, a variant of Elortza.
Mar Swiss
The surname Mar has roots from Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain. MAR: topographic name for someone living by the sea, from mar ‘sea’ (Latin mare). German: nickname from Middle High German mar(w) ‘tender’, ‘delicate’.
Makkelie Dutch (Rare)
Probably derived from the Scottish surname McCulloch.
Abeygunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" combined with गुण (guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Griffin Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha "descendant of Gríobhtha", a personal name from gríobh "gryphon".
Hallgrímsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hallgrímur" in Icelandic.
Maloret French
This surname comes from the French and means 'unfortunate' or 'luckless'.
Casiano Spanish
From the given name Casiano.
Norell Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait" and the common surname suffix -ell.
Schram German, English, Yiddish
Derived from German Schramme (Middle High German schram(me)) and Yiddish shram, all of which mean "scar".
Guillen Spanish
Unaccented form of Guillén.
Agualo Chamorro
Chamoru for "pertaining to farming"
Eldarzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Eldar".
Gemini Italian
Diminutive of Gemino.
Sévigny French
A kind of bush.
Heinamaa Estonian
Heinamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "hayfield" (literally, "hay land").
Montasser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.
Kuşçu Turkish
Occupational name for a breeder, seller or trainer of birds, from Turkish kuş meaning "bird".
Simuang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ศรีเมือง (see Simueang).
Mollison English, Scottish
Derived from the female given name Molly, wich is diminutive of Mary.
Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.
Immermann German
Habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.
Lipp German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a short form of the given name Philipp.
Jekal Korean
Diffrent romanization of Chegal.
Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.
Shiotani Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Xirivella Catalan (Valencian)
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Vinagre Spanish, Portuguese
An occupational surname for someone who sells vinegar.
Salalila Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra) meaning "body". This was the name of a rajah of the historical region of Maynila (modern-day Manila).
Yukino Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".
Oruvee Estonian
Oruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "valley water".
Cha Hmong
From the clan name Tsab or Tsaab associated with the Chinese character 張 (zhāng) (see Zhang).
Eliseo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eliseo.
Umali Filipino, Tagalog
Meaning uncertain.
MacCrimmon Scottish
Nickname for a person noted as a guardian, and an anglicized form of Mac Cruimein.
Villani Italian
Derives from Latin villa "village, farm, settlement", related to Italian villano "peasant" or "rude, bad-mannered".
Muhi Tagalog
Means "hatred" in Tagalog.
Zola Italian
Italian: habitational name from any of various minor places named with Zol(l)a, from a dialect term for a mound or bank of earth, as for example Zola Predosa (Bologna) or Zolla in Monrupino (Trieste)... [more]
Abruzzi Popular Culture (Italianized)
Means "from Abruzzo". This is the last name of the character John Abruzzi from the show 'Prison Break'.
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).
Psychogios Greek
From the Greek words for soul (ψυχή) and son (γιός), usually means godson.
Eskelinen Finnish
Derived from a variant of Swedish Eskil and the common surname suffix -inen.
Matthiou Greek
Means "son of Matthias".
Gushiken Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".
Protzman German
A habitational name for someone from any of various places in Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, and Luxembourg called Protz.
Leeds English
From the city of Leeds in Yorkshire. The name was first attested in the form Loidis in AD 731. In the Domesday Book of 1086, it is recorded as 'Ledes'. This name is thought to have ultimately been derived from an earlier Celtic name... [more]
Rangarirai Shona
Rangarirai means "Remember, think over, consider".
Panesh Circassian (Russified)
From Adyghe пэ (pă) meaning "nose" and нэшъу (năŝ°) "blind".
Blacke English
Variant of Black.
Shell American
Posibly from the given name Shell.
Çavuşoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the sergeant" or "son of the messenger", from Turkish çavuş meaning "sergeant, messenger, herald, pursuivant" combined with the patronymic suffix -oğlu.
Darvish Persian
From a title denoting a Sufi ascetic, derived from the Persian word درویش (darviš) meaning "poor, needy".
Mikó Hungarian
From a pet form of the personal names Miklós (Hungarian form of Nicholas) or Mihály (Hungarian form of Michael).
Dassanaike Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala දසනායක (see Dassanayake).
Oosthuizen South African
Came from a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Almond English
From the Middle English personal name Almund, from Old English Æthelmund, "noble protection" and variant of Allman, assimilated by folk etymology to the vocabulary word denoting the tree.
Bahromov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Bahrom".
Kupina Croatian, Russian
The Croatian form is derived from kupina, meaning "blackberry". The Russian form is derived from Неопалимая купина (Neopalimaya Kupina), referring to the burning bush from the Book of Exodus.
Golden English
From the English word golden, likely a nickname for someone with blonde hair.
Pfarr German
From Middle High German pfarr 'district' 'parish' or pfarre(r) 'parish priest', hence an occupational name for a parson.
Wysokiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Wysokin.
Manfroni English (American)
Likely of Italian origin.
Yusufzai Pashto
Means "son of Yusuf" in Pashto.
Almánzar Spanish (Caribbean)
Derived from Arabic المنظر (al manẓar) meaning "the view" or "the lookout". This surname is primarily used in the Dominican Republic.
Van Der Velde Dutch
Means "of the field, from the field", from Dutch veld "field".
Mosel German
Habitational name from any of several places so named. topographic name from the Mosel river in western Germany a tributary of the Rhine that rises in the Vosges and flows through Lorraine and then a deep winding valley from Trier to Koblenz.
Gurira Southern African, Shona
From the Ndau word gurira meaning "to break or cut for someone, cut short, take shortcut". The American-Zimbabwean actress and playwright Danai Gurira (1978-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Garganta Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese
Means "throat" in Spanish and Portuguese. Possibly a nickname for someone with an enlarged Adam's apple.
Sakurazaka Japanese (Rare)
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and zaka is a form of saka that means means "peninsula, cape". ... [more]
Mac Dhíomasaigh Irish
It originally appeared in Irish-Gaelic as Mac Dhíomasaigh, from the word diomasach, which means "proud."
Sumanadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Isufi Albanian
From the given name Isuf.
Ohda Japanese
Variant transcription of Oda.
Doleschal German
German cognate of Doležal.
Heoi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Xu 2.
Hatcher English
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate, from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a floodgate or sluice-gate.
Heimburg German
German for "home". Originates in the German village of Heimburg (not to be confused with Hamburg) and the nearby castle of the same name.
Maivel Estonian
Maivel is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "maidel" meaning "gudgeon" (a type of freshwater fish).
Patacsil Pangasinan
From Pangasinan pataksil meaning "treacherous".
Smalley English, Cornish (?)
Locational surname from places in Derbyshire and Lancashire, so called from Old English smæl ‘narrow’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. This may also be a Cornish name with an entirely separate meaning.
Masri Arabic
Means "Egyptian (person)" in Arabic.
Taevas Estonian
Taevas is an Estonian surname meaning "sky", "heavens" and "Heaven"
Atlee English
English: topographic name for someone whose dwelling was ‘by the clearing or meadow’, Middle English atte lee. The word lea or lee (Old English leah) originally meant ‘wood’, thence ‘clearing in a wood’, and, by the Middle English period, ‘grassy meadow’.
Chernyak Russian, Belarusian
From Old Slavic *чьрнъ (čĭrnŭ) meaning "black".
Urbain French, Walloon
From the given name Urbain.
Banchieri Italian
From Italian banchiere "banker" or from the related Genoese bancherus "shopkeeper, street vendor".
Iwasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".
Alexanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Aleksanyan.