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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Seep Estonian
Seep is an Estonian surname meaning "soap".
Litvina Russian
Feminine form of Litvin.
Heuvel Dutch
Means "hill" in Dutch, the name of several locations.
Malina Czech
Means "raspberry".
Tylson English, German (Anglicized)
English: variant of Dyson (see surname Dye). ... [more]
Käosaar Estonian
Possibly means "cuckoo island" in Estonian, from a genitive form of kägu "cuckoo" combined with saar "island". It could also indicate someone from the village Käo in Saare county, on the island Saaremaa.
Boeing English (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of German Böing. This was the surname of American industrialist William Boeing (1881-1956) who founded The Boeing Company, a manufacturer of airplanes.
Liew Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Liu.
Tsakos Greek
a shortened version of the name Anastasios.
Parts Estonian
Parts is an Estonian surname, derived from "part" meaning "duck".
Zarei Persian
Derived from Arabic زارع (zari') meaning "farmer".
Eke Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ek.
Vogt Von Sumerau Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Members of this baronial family also use the surnames Vogt zu Sumerau, Vogt von Sumerau zu Leupolz, Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg, and Vogt von Alten-Summerau zu Prasberg.
Bael English, German (Americanized)
Variant of Beal. Also the Americanized form of German Biehl, Bühl, or Buehl.
Eran Hebrew
From the Hebrew name Eran meaning "watchful, vigilant".
Avidzba Abkhaz
Derived from Georgian ავი (avi) meaning "currish, severe, sullen" combined with ძე (dze) "son" and Abkhaz аԥа (āpā) "son". The name was most likely borne by Georgians under the spelling Avidze, which was modified with the Abkhaz suffix -ba after migration to Abkhazia.
Kusno Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Gu (古) or Xu 2 (許). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Brenna Norwegian
Variant of Brenden, a Norwegian surname derived from brenna "land cleared for cultivation by burning" (also known as svedjebruk "slash-and-burn agriculture").
Valmorida Filipino, Cebuano
Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).
Nyhuis Dutch
Variant of Nijhuis
Khanuly Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from the given name Khan.
Aksentyeva Russian
Feminine form of Aksentyev (Аксентьев)
Amanda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).
Sticca Italian
Possibly from a dialectical word meaning "long shovel".
Thawornwongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).
Roi French
French variant of Rey 1.
Crossfield English (British)
English Surname. Originated in Anglo-Saxon Families who lived at the Cross fields.
Kotomura Japanese
Koto means "flute" and mura means "village".
Amin Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Amin.
Rodionov Russian
Means "son of Rodion".
Bernell English
From the Old French word brunel, a diminutive of brun, describing someone who had brown hair. It was occasionally also used as a descriptive first name during the middle ages in England.
Silber German, Jewish
From Middle High German silber, German Silber "silver"; a metonymic occupational name for a silversmith, or often, in the case of the Jewish surname, an ornamental name.
Misuari Filipino, Tausug
Meaning uncertain. A famous bearer is Nurallaji Pinang Misuari (1939-), better known as Nur Misuari, a Moro Filipino revolutionary.
Zatz Jewish
Abbreviation of the Hebrew phrase Zera TSadikim "seed of the righteous", assumed in a spirit of pious respect for one’s ancestors.
Zakharenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Zakhar".
Etxauri Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque etxe "house, building" and uri "town, city".
Settle English
From the town of Settle in Yorkshire, England.
Vonmoos Romansh
Derived from German von "of" and Moos "moss". The name itself is a calque of Romansh da Palü which was Germanized after the Reformation.
Gillicuddy Irish
Angliczed from the Irish surname Mac Giolla Chudha means 'descendant of sea warrior'.
Öngo Estonian
Öngo is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "õng", meaning "fishing rod/pole" or from the village of Õngu in Hiiu County.
Khizrieva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Хизриев (see Khizriev).
Aha Japanese
Variant reading of Yasunami.
Latheef Dhivehi
From the given name Latheef.
Halužan Croatian, Slovene
Habitational name for someone from Haloze, a region in Slovenia.
Nukufuyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.
Cable English
English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Anglo-Norman French cable ‘cable’ (Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).... [more]
Gobert French, German, English
From the given name Gobert a compressed form of Godebert composed of the ancient Germanic elements god "good" or god/got "god" and berht "bright famous".
Beccari Italian
Variant of Beccaria, "butcher".
Kokubo Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect".
Zhan Chinese
From Chinese 展 (zhǎn) meaning "open, unfold, stretch, extend".
Balfager Gothic, Medieval Portuguese
Name of a Visigoth noble family (around the 10th century) from the Iberian Peninsula (current northern Portugal), meaning "bold spear"; they descent from the Balti dynasty.
Immer German, English
German: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [more]
Vickers English
Means "son of the vicar". It could also be the name of someone working as a servant of a vicar.
Rott German
As far as I've researched the name dates back to a man by the name of Count Palatine Kuno von Rott (~1083). After he got land from the Pfalzfrafs which seem to be a nobile family line.... [more]
Estopanyà Ribagorçan
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Sompati Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai สมบัติ (see Sombat).
Pomeroy English
From an English surname meaning "dweller by the apple orchard".
Shōmi Japanese
From Japanese 正味 (Shōmi) meaning "Shōmi", a division in the area of Yoshiumi in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.
Wijayathunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතුංග (see Wijayathunga).
Eskenazi Judeo-Spanish
Sephardic variant of Ashkenazi.
Van Helsing Dutch (Rare)
Habitational name that can derive from any of several locations. It is most famously used by the fictional character Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, in which case it may be invented.
Igasato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).
Põldoja Estonian
Põldoja is an Estonian surname meaning "field stream/creek".
Conley Irish
Variant of Connolly.
MacNamara Irish
Variant spelling of McNamara.
Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.
Horsford English
Habitational name for a person from several places named Horsford or similar, all derived from Old English hors "horse" and ford "ford".
Kühl German, Low German
The spelling Kühl results from a folk-etymological association with High German kühl ‘cool’ (Middle High German küel(e), a nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’... [more]
Randle English
English: variant spelling of Randall or Americanized spelling of Randel.
Vaddhana Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai วัฒนา (see Watthana).
Benni Italian
Means "son of Benno".
Puhach Ukrainian
Means "owl" in Ukrainian
Augustus English
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase".
Solomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Solomón.
Evanovich Russian
Means "son of Evan".
Zsiga Hungarian
From the given name Zsiga.
Wildin English
The former placename is composed of the Olde English pre 7th Century words "wilg", willow, and "denu", a valley; while the latter place in Worcestershire is derived from the Olde English personal name "Winela", plus the Olde English "dun", a hill or mountain.
Marku Albanian
Derived from the given name Mark.
Borman Dutch, Low German, English
Dutch and North German: variant of Bormann. ... [more]
Tưởng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Jiang, from Sino-Vietnamese 蔣 (tưởng).
Cazaly English (Australian)
The meaning of this surname is unknown. This is a very important name in Australian Football culture, as it was the surname of a very prestigious Australian rules football player, Roy Cazaly. Mike Brady, from The Two Man Band, published a song called "Up There Cazaly", which is played every year at the AFL grand finals, thus making this surname is well-known by Australian Football fans.
Boyter Scottish
Denoting a person from the island of Bute.
Peruško Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Peruški, Croatia.
Yasui Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Jan Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi
Derived from the given name Jan.
Hanza Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 半左 (Hanza), a clipping of the given name 半左衛門 (see Hanzaemon).
Hiscock English
From Hick, a Middle English pet form of Richard, with the diminutive suffix -cok.
Voytiv Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Voytov.
Aurelio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Aurelio
van der Kloet Dutch
Means "from the clump, lump (?)" from either Dutch cloet meaning "lump, ball" or kluit (From Middle Dutch clute meaning "patch") meaning "clod, clump" (?).
Wünsche German
Probably denoted a person from Wendland, a region in Germany on the borders of the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Wendling, a municipality in the Grieskirchen District, Upper Austria, Austria.
Wurdemann German (Rare)
This is a German surname, also spelled WÜRDEMANN (original) and often rendered as WUERDEMANN in English. It come from the German "würde", "dignity" or "honor" and "mann", meaning "man" or "person".... [more]
Azimi Persian
From the given name Azim.
Calonder Romansh
Either derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Leonhard or from the name of the mountain Calanda.
Bekirov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Bekir".
Pärnakivi Estonian
Pärnakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "linden stone".
Whitman English
From Middle English whit ‘white’ + man ‘man’, either a nickname with the same sense as White, or else an occupational name for a servant of a bearer of the nickname White.... [more]
Grzybowski Polish
Habitational surname from Grzybów, Grzybowa or Grzybowo, all ultimately from grzyb meaning "mushroom".
Ocasio Spanish (Caribbean)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Spanish ocasión meaning "occasion" or ocaso meaning "dusk, sunset". This surname is primarily used in Puerto Rico.
Fratta Italian
Means "thicket, hedge".
Edging English
Variant of Edge.
Assagaf Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.
Oya Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大屋 (see Ōya).
Owner English
From English owner meaning "a person who owns something".
Ranathunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණතුංග (see Ranathunga).
Wakatsuki Japanese
Combination of the kanji 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree". A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎; 1866–1949).
Lazarou Greek
Means "son of Lazaros".
Puudist Estonian
Puudist is an Estonian surname derived from "puude-" meaning "arborary".
Rätsep Estonian
Means "tailor" in Estonian.
Nevins Irish
Variant of Nevin 2.
Transfiguracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish transfiguración meaning "transfiguration," referring to an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.
Yukizome Japanese
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".
Kanatiquelli Cherokee
This surname is derived from the Old French surname Cantrell, meaning "small bell" or "treble". The first known bearer is a part-Cherokee author.
Konkwo Igbo
"Boy born on Nkwo"
Mac Giolla Bháin Irish
It means, "white" or "fair".
Kashiwagi Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Solomonenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.
Ehsani Persian
From the given name Ehsan.
O'Ryan Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Riain.
Kugisaki Japanese
Kugi means "nail, tack, peg" and saki means "peninsula, promontory, cape".
Grealish English
The name derives from the Old Norman French word "greslet", meaning pitted or scarred, and is itself derived from the very early Germanic word "gresle", or hailstone.
Nelms English (American)
Topographic name for someone who lived near or amid a grove of elm trees, from misdivision of Middle English atten elmes ‘at the elms’
Dimalanta Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be withered" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and malanta meaning "fade, wither, wilt".
Vinagre Spanish, Portuguese
An occupational surname for someone who sells vinegar.
Ichinoe Japanese
From 一 (ichi, kazu) meaning "one", 之 (no) meaning "of", and 江 (e) meaning "river, bay, inlet". This is not spelled the same as the town named Ichinohe.
Areekun Thai
Variant transcription of Arikun.
Soh Chinese (Hokkien)
It is from the Hanzi character "蘇" (so͘) meaning "perilla".
Franchi Italian
Variant spelling of Franco.
Saaremaa Estonian
Toponymic surname from an island in the West Estonian archipelago, derived from saar "island" and maa "land, earth".
Ghaffar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghaffar.
Bono Italian
Variant of De Bono.
Rizzotti Italian
From a diminutive of Rizzo.
Strada Italian
Italian form of Street.
Ivčević Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Pierrez French
Derived from the given name Pierre or from medieval French Piers.
Põldots Estonian
Põldots is an Estonian surname meaning "field end".
Radi Arabic
Derived from the given name Radi.
Abeyakoon Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේකෝන් (see Abeykoon).
Crozier English, French
English and French occupational name for one who carried a cross or a bishop’s crook in ecclesiastical processions, from Middle English, Old French croisier.
Sribunrueng Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).
Inaudi Italian
Francesca Inaudi is an Italian actress.... [more]
Suchwani Sanskrit
Suchwani means "decendent of Suchu", where the given name Suchu means "truthful".
People English
Possibly a variant of Pepall, a patronymic form of the given name Pepin. Alternatively, may be a habitational name.
Ramezanian Persian
From the given name Ramezan.
Kilcommon Irish
Indicated a person who was from Kilcommon, Erris, County Mayo in Ireland. The place name Kilcommon derives from the Gaeltacht phrase Cill Chomáin, meaning "church of St. Comán."
Saba French, Occitan
Nickname from a variant of Occitan sabe meaning "tasty, flavorsome". Compare Sabourin.
Silla Estonian
Silla is an Estonian surname meaning "bridges".
Fabronius German
An elaboration of the name Faber.
Canak Turkish
From the Turkish town of Çanakkale. Canak is the Anglicised form, which may or may not retain its Turkish pronunciation.
Ben Moshe Hebrew
Means "son of Moshe" in Hebrew.
Ganesan Indian
Indian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu): Hindu name from Sanskrit gaṇeṣa ‘lord of the army’ ( see Ganesh ) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is found only as a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
Croydon English
From the name of a town in England, which comes from Anglo-Saxon croh “crocus” and denu “valley”.
Locke English, German
From Old English or Old High German loc meaning "lock of hair, curl".
Cluff English
Derived from pre 7th century word "cloh" meaning a ravine or steep-sided valley.
Jayawardena Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
Lüll German
From a short form of any of the Germanic personal names formed with liut- ‘people’ as the first element.
Cetrulo Italian
Possibly from Italian citrullo "fool, simpleton", or alternately from Latin citrullus "watermelon".
Dodaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Dodë" in Albanian.
Dunahoo Irish (Anglicized)
Further Anglicized version of O'Donahue and O'donoghue.
Abeyesekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේසේකර (see Abeysekara).
Özil Turkish
From Turkish words Öz meaning "core", "essence", "pure" and Il meaning "city", "province".
Nosov Russian
From nos, meaning "nose".
Jamgotchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ժամկոչյան (see Zhamkochyan).
Zaïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zaidi chiefly used in the Maghreb and influenced by French orthography.
Kaunissaare Estonian
Kaunissaare is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful/fair island".
Koot Estonian
Koot is an Estonian surname meaning both "flail" and "leg/shank".
Azuaje-fidalgo Portuguese (Rare), Spanish, Italian
Fidalgo from Galician and Portuguese filho de algo — equivalent to "nobleman", but sometimes literally translated into English as "son of somebody" or "son of some (important family)"—is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility... [more]
Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".
Furman Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann)... [more]
Schiavo Italian
Means both "Slav" and "slave" in Italian, the latter meaning deriving from the former. Was most likely given as an ethnonym to people from Eastern Europe, though in some cases it may have been a nickname, or an occupational name for a servant.
Loafman English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Laufmann.
Cajavilca Quechua
From kaja (cold) and vilca (supreme) meaning supreme cold. Possibly when the inhabitants of upper Chavín had to cross to the Callejón de Huaylas by the pass near Ulta they described this place as being too cold... [more]
Luiaondo Basque (Rare)
From the name of a village in Álava, Spain, composed of the Basque suffix -ondo "near, adjacent" and an uncertain first element; possibly related to lur "earth, soil, land".
Balitiu Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Danielides Greek
Non-modern variant transcription of Daniilidis.
Pandolfo Italian, Italian (Tuscan)
From the given name Pandolfo. Variant of Pandolfi.
Nikpour Persian
From Persian نیک‌ (nik) meaning "good" and پور (pour) meaning "son, descendant".
Hayne English
Variant of Hain.
Dummer German, English
From Middle High German tump "simple".
Anguilla Italian
Ultimately from Latin anguis "snake".
Gavrilin Russian
From the given name Gavriil.
Masuda Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase", 益 (masu) meaning "benefit", 舛 (masu) meaning "oppose, to go against" (kun reading), 桝 (masu) meaning "box seat, measure" or 升 (masu) meaning "box" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Metla Russian
Derived from Russian метла (metla) meaning "broom, besom".
D'aureville French
This surname literally means "from Aureville". Aureville is a commune in southwestern France, which was established in late medieval times. It derives its name from Latin aurea villa or villa aurea which literally means "golden country-house, golden farm" but of course later came to mean "golden village".
Gwenn Breton
From the given name Gwenn, also "Gwenn" mean white in breton
Avgustov Russian
Means "son of Avgust".
Chino Spanish (Mexican)
From Mexican Spanish meaning "curly" or "kinky haired".
Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".
Tafoya Spanish
Possibly a variant of Tafolla.
Lou Chinese
From Chinese 娄 (lóu) referring to the 16th constellation of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in traditional Chinese astronomy. It may also refer to the ancient state of Zhu Lou, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province, or the ancient fief of Lou, which existed in the ancient state of Chu in present-day Shandong province.
Ney German, English
A dialectal form of the common German word neu "new".... [more]
Keigwin Welsh
From "kei", meaning 'a dog' and "gwyn", meaning, 'white' in Cornish.(a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family.)... [more]
Komura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 高村 (see Kōmura).
Depeder Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the given name Peder.
Akimura Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Dual Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Romansh ual "brook, creek".
Rostov Russian, Literature
Either derived from Rostov Oblast, a Russian federal subject, the town of Rostov in Yaroslavl Oblast, or Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city in the Rostov Oblast. This is also the surname of multiple characters from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace".
Grishkovets Russian
Means "son of Grishka".