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.
Schwenk German
Variant spelling of Schwanke, or apparently a nickname referring to a person's gait, derived from Middle High German swenken meaning "to swing back and forth, to sling" (see Schwenke 1).
Bellante Italian
From the name of a town in Abruzzo, Italy.
Blennerhassett English
The Blennerhassett surname comes from someone having lived in Cumberland, on the Borderlands between Scotland and England. ... [more]
Osterday American (Germanized, Rare)
One day in Germany there was a male infant left on the steps to a church. When someone found the baby on the steps, they decided to name him Oster because that day was the day of Easter. Easter in German is Oster... [more]
Paip Medieval Scottish, Biblical Latin, Scottish Gaelic
An ancient Caithness surname, meaning father. The family changed their name from "Paip" to "Pope".
Zhai Chinese
From Chinese 翟 (zhái) referring to the ancient state of Zhai, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shanxi province. The character 翟 was originally read as Di but was later changed to Zhai due to dialectal differences.
Albizua Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Orozko, Basque Country.
Dara Khmer
It means star.
Valentín Spanish, Slovak
From the given name Valentín.
Ouaguenouni Berber
Means "from/of Guenoun"
Hirami Japanese
From 平 (hira) meaning "peace, flat, even" and 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, perspective, outlook".
Eisner German, Jewish
Occupational name for an ironworker, smith, or ironmonger, from an agent derivative of Middle High German īsen and German Eisen, meaning ‘iron’ (see Eisen).
Howcroft English
Means "enclosed field on a hill". Derived from the words haugr "hill", of Norse origin, and croft "enclosed field"
Lavers English
English (chiefly Devon and Cornwall): Medieval English and occupational, from pre-10th century Old French "lavandier". Introduced by the Normans after 1066, originally described a worker in the wool industry, and was a metonymic or nickname for a person employed to wash raw wool or rinse the cloth after fulling... [more]
Westenra Literature
The name is originated from a term meaning 'Lights from the West'. The name could be given to someone who is born in the west. This was the surname of a character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker.
Vitebsky Belarusian
Refers to a region named "Vitebsk" in Belarus.
Backhouse English (British), English (Australian)
Denoted someone who worked in a bakery, from Old English bæchūs meaning "bakehouse, bakery", a word composed of Old English *bæc "something baked" and hus "house".
Aghasian Armenian
Derived from the given name Aghasi.
Vatistas Greek
From the Latin Batista which means "baptist", originally deriving from Greek βάπτω (bapto) meaning "to dip".
Amezkua Basque (Rare)
Habitational name meaning "place of the oak trees", derived from Basque ametz "Pyrenean oak (tree)" and the locative suffix -ko.
Zaad Dutch
Originating from Dutch, meaning "seed", and in my opinion, ties well with Harald. Harald Zaad.
Clores Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese form of Flores
Seagrave English
Habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Satgrave and Setgrave; probably named from Old English (ge)set meaning "fold", "pen" (or sēað meaning "pit", "pool") + grāf meaning "grove" or græf meaning "ditch".
Fust German
Variant of Faust or a nickname for a person who was strong and pugnacious, derived from Old German fust "fist".
Quimson Filipino
From Hokkien 金孫 (kim-sun) meaning "golden grandchild".
Nagamatsu Japanese
This surname is used as 永松, 長松 or 永末 with 永 (ei, naga.i) meaning "eternity, lengthy, long," 長 (chou, osa, naga.i) meaning "leader, long," 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, end, posterity, powder, tip."
Sinise English
The meaning of this surname is unknown. A notable bearer is American actor, Gary Sinise.
Myszka Polish
Means 'mouse' in Polish.
Siddiqi Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Siddiq.
Ivačević Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Lovegood Literature (Modern), Popular Culture
The Character 'Luna Lovegood' in the Harry Potter has last name as well as 'Xenophilius Lovegood'.
Brousseau French
Southern French variant of Brosseau.
Horikawa Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".
Guibert French
From the given name Guibert.
Thạch Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shi, from Sino-Vietnamese 石 (thạch).
Butkereit German (East Prussian)
Derived from Prussian-Lithuanian butkėrė (Standard Lithuanian butkėrė), a Balticized form of German Böttcher "cooper, barrel maker" combined with the East Prussian German patronymic suffix -eit.
Soghomonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սողոմոնյան (see Soghomonyan).
Bentancur Spanish
One of the variants of Bettencourt or Bethencourt.
Dahlqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish dal "valley" and qvist "twig, branch".
Wait English
Variant spelling of Waite.
Symeonidis Greek
Means "son of Symeon".
Amaki Japanese
Ama can mean "heaven" and ki means "wood, tree."... [more]
Jefcoat English
Means “Son of Geoffrey”.
Nakafuji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and fuji means "wisteria".
Slaats Dutch
Possibly a contracted form of Dutch des laats meaning "the serf", from Middle Dutch laets "serf, bondsman, freedman".
Morgado Portuguese
Means "eldest brother" in Portuguese
Cleveland English
English regional name from the district around Middlesbrough named Cleveland ‘the land of the cliffs’, from the genitive plural (clifa) of Old English clif ‘bank’, ‘slope’ + land ‘land’... [more]
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]
Taalmaa Estonian
Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"
Hosp German (Austrian)
Means "odd bird" or "strange man"
Konno Japanese
From Japanese 今 (kon) meaning "this, now" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Barkai Hebrew
Means ''morning star'' in Hebrew.
Lauj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Lor.
Goldmann German, Jewish
occupational name for someone who worked with gold denoting anything from a gold-miner to a maker of gold jewelry or a gilder (someone skilled in decorating surfaces with a very thin layer of gold leaf)... [more]
Eek Estonian
Possibly a corruption of Estonian leek, meaning "flame" or "blaze". Or perhaps a corruption of the Swedish word ek "oak" (see Ek).
Neeser German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Agnes.
Waqa Fijian
The president of Nauru is called Baron Waqa.
Ó Loingseacháin Irish
It means 'descendant of Loingseacháin'. Ó Loingsigh, however, is a diminutive form of this surname.
Place English
Topographic name for someone who lived in or near the main market square.
Beerbrewer English
Means Brewer of Beer.
Wodziński Polish
Habitational name for someone from Wodzin in Piotrków voivodeship, named with Polish woda meaning "water".
Vinchenko Ukrainian
Means "from Vinnytsya".
Firouzi Persian
From the given name Firouz.
Krstajić Montenegrin, Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Krsto".
Tampubolon Batak
From Batak tampuk meaning "leaf stalk, base" and bolon meaning "big, large, great".
Shortall English
Nickname from Anglo-Saxon scorkhals meaning "a person with a short neck".
Aasum Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse aas "hill" and um "around".
Rajani Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Malaysian
Meaning unknown, either from the titles Rajan, Raja, or Raj, or from the given name Rajani.
Vorac Medieval Latin
Derived from the Latin word “vorax,” which means ravenous or greedy.
Çetin Turkish
Means "hard, tough" in Turkish.
Copenhagen Jewish
From the name of the capital city of Denmark.
Bandaranayake Sinhalese
From the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර (baṇḍāra) meaning "chief's son, prince" combined with Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Narutaki Japanese
Naru means "become" and taki means "fountain".
Feemster English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "herdsman", from Middle English fee "cattle" and English master.
Rassi Italian
Comes from the Italian rosso, meaning "red".
Sriruang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ศรีเรือง (see Sirueang).
Arduino Italian
From the given name Arduino.
Pinner English (Rare)
Parish in Middlesex.
Mckim Scottish
Means "son of Simon 1."
Greensmith English
Occupational name for a greensmith, a smith who works with lead.
Taj Pashto, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Taj.
Meanswell Popular Culture
Simply the English words "means well". This is the surname of the main protagonist of LazyTown, Stephanie Meanswell, as well as her uncle, Mayor Milford Meanswell.
Tallarico Italian
It came from the Medieval Italian names Tallarico and Talarico ultimately from the Ostrogothic name Atalarico.... [more]
Fujieda Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 枝 (eda) meaning "branch".
Abdolkarimi Persian
From the given name Abdolkarim.
Sonoda Japanese
From Japanese 園 or 薗 (sono) meaning "park, garden, orchard" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Winkel German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German winkel "corner, angle", a topographic name for someone who lived on a corner of land in the country or a street corner in a town or city. This word also came to denote a corner shop (see Winkelmann)... [more]
Ediriweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Jason English
Probably a patronymic from James or any of various other personal names beginning with J-.
Clef Italian
At the end of the 10th century, Gregorian musical scribes increased the precision of early notation by introducing a horizontal line to indicate a base pitch. The pitch of this line was indicated by a letter at its start... [more]
Langerak Dutch
A habitational name from any of several places called Langerak, derived from lang "long" and rak "straight section of a waterway".
Chandrasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Szarabajka Polish, English
His surname, Szarabajka, means "Grey Tale" in Polish. Last name is pronounced "sarah-bike-ah".
Hayabusa Japanese
This name means "falcon" in Japanese.
Vernetti Italian, Piedmontese
From various places called Vernetti or Vernetto in Piedmont, Italy.
Straka Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak: Nickname from straka ‘magpie’, probably for a thievish or insolent person.... [more]
Nieuwenhuizen Dutch
Habitational name meaning "new houses".
Rajaguru Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage".
Vongmany Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".
Deslauriers French (Quebec)
A topographic name for someone living among laurels, a combination of the fused preposition and plural definite article des ‘from the’ + the plural of Old French lorier ‘laurel’.
Junker German, Danish
Derived from Middle High German junc hērre "young nobleman" (literally "young master")... [more]
Candido Italian
From the given name Candido.
Clopath Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Clo.
Shehab Arabic
From the given name Shihab.
Gainsborough English
From the city of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, England. A famous bearer of this surname includes English painter Thomas Gainsborough.
Akmad Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Akmad.
Sandeman English
Scottish surname of famous merchant family engaged in banking in Scotland and London and in the Port Wine trade in London. The same family were earlier the founders of an obscure Protestant sect the Sandemanians.
Eckland English (Rare), Norwegian (Anglicized, Rare, Expatriate), Swedish (Anglicized, Expatriate)
Possibly a variant of Ecklund. It might also be an anglicization of the rare Swedish surname Ekland or of a Norwegian name derived from several farmsteads named with eik "oak" and land "land".
Troye Dutch, English
Dutch and French variant of Troy.
Zouhair Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zouhair.
Moorehouse English
Variant spelling of Morehouse.
Kord German
Possibly a nickname of Slavic origin, derived from an adjective cognate with Polish and Lower Sorbian chory 'ailing, skinny.
Yanai Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 内 (nai or uchi) "inside."
Idou Japanese
"This wisteria".
Cornelissen Dutch
Means "son of Cornelius".
Longley English
Geographic name referring to multiple places by the same name in Yorkshire, England. The name comes from the word "long" plus Old English leáh "meadow".
Ülevain Estonian
Ülevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".
Karmann German
German form of Carman 1.
Pechtold German, Dutch, Jewish
From the Old German given name Pechtholt, which is composed of the elements pecht "rotation" and holdt "hero". As a Dutch-language surname, it is derived from the Middle Dutch given name Pechte combined with Old High German walt "power, authority"... [more]
Kessel German
Occupational name for a maker of cooking vessels from Middle High German kezzel meaning "kettle, cauldron, boiler".
Abdulghani Arabic
From the given name Abdulghani.
Ekin Turkish
From the given name Ekin.
Bogosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).
McCance Scottish
Variant form of MacCance.
Swinburne English
habitational name primarily from Great and Little Swinburne (Northumberland) but perhaps also occasionally from one or other places similarly named from Old English swin "pig" and burna "stream" meaning "pig stream".
Polívka Czech
Means "soup".
Harris Welsh
A combination of the Welsh adjective 'hy', meaning 'bold' or 'presumptuous' and the common Welsh personal name 'Rhys'. This surname is common in South Wales and the English West Country and has an official Welsh tartan... [more]
Fazli Persian
From the given name Fazl.
Mitt Estonian
Mitt is an Estonian surname, a possible borrowing from Old German "mitte" ("middle" or "center"). Possibly, from the Estonian negative "mitte" meaning "no" or "not".
Ábalos Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Ábalos in La Rioja, Spain, likely of Basque origin.
Tomiyama Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Ó Labhradha Irish
Means "descendant of Labhraidh"
Chatelaine French
A chatelaine is the mistress of a wealthy house or a castle.... [more]
Kuramae Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse, have, possess" and mae means "front, forward".
Mignogna Italian
Probably derived from Italian mignone "small, cute, pretty, graceful; favourite", or perhaps from a river of the same name in Lazio, Italy.
Kalaycı Turkish
Means "tinsmith" in Turkish.
Parete Italian
Denoted from a person who lived near a wall.
Hanakawa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Wijayakumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Pillsbury English
Derived from a place in Derbyshire, England, so named from the genitive of the Old English given name Pil and burh meaning "fortified place".
Woosencraft Welsh
though this surname has an exotic look & attracts legends, it has it's origins in the Lancashire place name Wolstencraft, from elements Wulfstan (personal name) + croft ("enclosure")
Idrissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Idriss (chiefly Moroccan).
Kusuda Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kalinin Russian
Derived from Russian калина (kalina) meaning "guelder rose" (a type of plant).
Vella Maltese, Italian
Derived from Italian bella meaning "beautiful".
Giáp Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Jia, from Sino-Vietnamese 甲 (giáp).
Ricketson English
It was brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Old German name Ricard, meaning "powerful" and "brave."
Kirschner German (Silesian)
From the German word "kirchenære." The other occupation is that of a furrier and, in this case, the name is derived from the word "kuerschner."
Nakakuni Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 國 or 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land".
Abdulhamid Arabic
From the given name Abdulhamid.
Vicaire French
Means "vicar" in old French From Latin vicarius. French cognitive of Vicario.
Anakin English (British, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Perhaps a medieval English diminutive of an unknown given name, possibly Ana or Andrew (compare Wilkin, Larkin, and Hopkin).
Pind Estonian
Pind is an Estonian surname meaning "surface" and "area".
Yabut Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan iabut meaning "to hand over, to give".
Hida Japanese
Possibly from 日 (hi) meaning "sun" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Sharifov Tajik, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Sharif", as well as variant of Azerbaijani Şərifov.
Noll German
From a short form of any of various medieval personal names derived from Germanic personal names ending in -n + wald 'rule', for example Arnold and Reinwald.
Gurel Turkish
Dynamism is the meaning of the name.
Ercolani Italian
Derived from the given name Ercolano.
Hazar Turkish
Turkish / Muslim last name meaning "nightingale".
Giàng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yang, from Sino-Vietnamese 楊 (giàng).
Aha Japanese
Variant reading of Yasunami.
Fedynets' Rusyn
From the given name Fedor or Fedir.
Fielding English
Topographic name from an Old English felding ‘dweller in open country’.
Saadiq Pakistani
Rare variant of Sadiq.
Oranje Dutch
Means "orange (colour)" in Dutch, in reference to the Dutch Royal Family, who in turn derive their name from the town of Orange (or Auranja) in France, first attested as Arausio in the first century... [more]
Mor Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Mor, means "myrrh" in Hebrew.
Ghatak Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit घटक (ghataka) meaning "striving for, bringing about, accomplishing".
Dy Chinese (Filipino)
Hokkien romanization of Li 1 primarily used in the Philippines.
Kress German
From a much altered pet form of the personal name Erasmus.
Visla Estonian
Visla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "visa" meaning "tough" and "tenacious".
De La Luz Spanish (Mexican)
Means "of the Light" in Spanish.
Balaji Tamil, Telugu
From the given name Balaji.
Merlette French
Feminine diminutive of French merle "blackbird", this name was given as a nickname to a cheerful person or to someone who liked to sing.
Bohne German
Habitational name for someone form the town of Bone in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Perv Estonian
Perhaps a variant of Parve.
Kartallozi Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Derbyshire English
Habitational name from a county in England, derived from Old English Deorby (see Derby) and scir "shire, district".
Roith Old Irish
Roith, Ruith = "Wheel" / Mug Ruith/Mogh Roith = "Servant of the wheel"... [more]
Myrsten Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and sten "stone, rock".
Tombros Greek
From the Slavic word (dobr), good, honest.
Stather English
Habitational name derived from a place in England by the River Trent 1, derived from Old Norse stǫðvar "jetties, wharfs, landing stage".
Sale English, French
English: from Middle English sale ‘hall’, a topographic name for someone living at a hall or manor house, or a metonymic occupational name for someone employed at a hall or manor house. ... [more]
Van De Kerkhof Dutch
Means "from the churchyard", derived from Middle Dutch kerke meaning "church" and hof meaning "court, garden, yard". Famous bearers of this surname include twin brothers René and Willy Van De Kerkhof (1951-), both retired Dutch soccer players.
Mauriello Italian
Derived from the given name Mauro.
Adegoke Yoruba
From the given name Adegoke
Tahmasebi Persian
From the given name Tahmasp.
Fedorchak Czech, Slovak
Ukrainian and Slovak from a pet form of the personal name Fedor.
Moggi Romansh
Italianized form of Muoth.
Tsunogae Japanese
Tsuno means "corner, point" and gae is a form of kae meaning "substitute, exchange".... [more]
Berwald German, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Originally derived from the given name Bernwald, composed of Old High German bern, bero "bear" and wald "ruler"... [more]