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.
Palamets Estonian
Palamets is an Estonian surname meaning "piece (of) forest". It is derived from the compound words "pala", meaning "piece" and "mets", meaning "forest".
Ahama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿 (a), a phonetic character and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore".
Hugues French
From the given name Hugues.
Esaka Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and saka means "slope, hill".
Hosey English
Typically from the name of the area of Houssaye in the Seine-Maritime region of Normandy. A more unusual derivation shows that some in some cases the name finds its roots in the word hussey, an Old English nickname female head of household.
Hatano Japanese
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "waves, billows", 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, wing", 秦 (hata), a place name, or 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, field, garden" combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many, frequent" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Jebson English
Meaning "son of Jeb" of uncertain origin but likely English.
Sheremetev Russian
Derived from the Turkic word Şeremet meaning "poor man". (See Şeremet)
Bangon Filipino, Maranao
Means "to rise, to get up" or "plot of land" in Maranao.
Schwarzschild German
Derives from Old High German swarz meaning "black" and Middle Dutch schilt meaning "shield". A famous bearer of this surname is physicist and astronomer Karl Schwarzschild. (1873-1916)
Freimann German
German cognate of Freeman. from Middle High German vriman "free man" status name in the feudal system for a free man as opposed to a bondman or serf derived from the elements fri "free" and man "man".
Lauth German
Variant of Laut
Cosgrove Irish
From the Gaelic name Ó Coscraigh "descendant of COSCRACH."
Hennessey Irish
Variant spelling of Hennessy.
Taneichi Japanese
From Japanese 種 (tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop".
Ruibal Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the council of Moraña.
Imagyuure Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).
Mridha Bengali
From a title for a high-ranking commander or security guard who was employed by a zamindar (a landowner) during the Mughal era, presumably derived from Sanskrit मृध (mrdha) meaning "battle, war".
Laínez Spanish
Means "son of Laín".
Sobchak Polish (Russified), Polish (Ukrainianized)
Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian spelling of Sobczak.
Kluver German
From the word kluven meaning "split wooden block". It used to refer to bailiffs.
Zurabishvili Georgian
Means "son of Zurab".
Maizles Polish
A polish-jewish name with german origins.... [more]
Venier Venetian
From the medieval name Venerius, meaning "of Venus, dedicated to Venus".
Tackleberry Popular Culture, American (Rare)
This is a surname most notably used by Officer Eugene Tackleberry (played by the lovably hilarious David Graf) in the classic Police Academy movies of the 1980s-90s. Officer Tackleberry is a markedly boyish police officer who has a passionate adoration for guns and adventure... [more]
Adītājs Latvian (Rare)
Means "the knitter" in Latvian.
Rahmat Arabic, Pashto, Urdu
Derived from the given name Rahmat.
Mombeshora Shona
Meaning unknown.
Komen Dutch
This name is more prevalent in Kenya than the Netherlands.
Kies German
Either from Middle High German kis "gravel, shingle", denoting someone who lives in a gravelly place, or kiesen "to choose". Johann Kies (1713–1781) was a German astronomer and mathematician.
Nakahama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hama means "beach, seashore".
Haramija Croatian
Derived from harambaša, which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.
Belisario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Belisario.
Castiñeira Galician
Means "chestnut tree" in Galician, ultimately from Latin castanea.
Maruyama Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Caston English
A habitational name from a place named Caston, which is from the unattested Old English personal name Catt or the Old Norse personal name Káti + Old English tūn meaning ‘farmstead, settlement’.
Carruthers Scottish
This old Scottish surname was first used by Strathclyde-Briton people. The Carruthers family in the land of Carruthers in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfriesshire. In that are it is pronounced 'Cridders'.... [more]
Lepère French
Means "the father" in French.
Siauw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xiao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Nanami Japanese
From Japanese 七海 (nanami) meaning "seven seas".
Shahbaz Urdu
From the given name Shahbaz.
Gorsuch English
Habitational name from the hamlet of Gorsuch, Lancashire, earlier Gosefordsich, derived from Old English gosford meaning "goose ford" and sic meaning "small stream".
Drewry English
Variant of Drury.
Ravier Occitan
Means "horseradish" in French, denoting someone who selled them.
Norum Norwegian
Ultimately derived from Old Norse nór "narrow strait" and heimr "home, farmstead".
Kurien Indian (Christian)
From the given name Kurien.
Noone Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuadháin "descendant of Nuadhán" (see Nuadha).
Bunsuk Thai
From Thai บุญ (bun) meaning "merit" and สุข (suk) meaning "joy, happiness".
Kivikas Estonian
Kivikas is an Estonian surname derived from "kivikamakas" meaning "rock".
Tsujimura Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Olivieri Italian
From the given name Oliviero.
Barrientos Spanish, Caribbean
Habitational name from a place in León named Barrientos, possibly derived from an Asturleonese word meaning "loamy".
Hinshelwood Scottish, English
Denoted a person from a lost place called Henshilwood near the village of Carnwath on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is derived from Scots hainchil obscurely meaning "haunch" and Old English wudu meaning "wood"... [more]
Shitayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 下屋敷 (see Shimoyashiki).
Mouton French
Nickname from Old French mouton "sheep" used for a docile mild-mannered person for someone easily led or perhaps for a curly-haired man... [more]
Mecca Italian
Derived from a medieval short form of the given name Domenico or Domenica.
Ainsalu Estonian
Ainsalu is an Estonia surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Ain" and "salu", meaning "grove": "Ain's grove".
Utley English
Derived from the Old English elements ote, or "oats" and leah, meaning "a clearing."
Kermani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kerman in Iran, derived from Middle Persian klmʾn of uncertain meaning.
Henri French
From the first name Henri.
Bernal Spanish, Catalan
From the given name Bernal.
Drace English (American)
Possibly an Americanized form of Dutch Drees.
Ružić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from ruža meaning ''rose''.
Christophe French
From the given name Christophe.
Żak Polish
A nickname given to youthful or studious people. Comes from the Polish żak, meaning "student" or "schoolboy". It originally meant "novice" or "candidate for the priesthood", and so in some cases it is perhaps a nickname for someone who had been destined for holy orders.
Melendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Meléndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.
Guttormsen Norwegian
Means "son of Guttorm" in Norwegian.
Roue Breton
From Breton meaning "king".
Rogaczewski Medieval Polish
Meaning (Polish): "son of he with antlers" Meaning (Serbian): "son of the Devil"
Neuger German, French (?)
Was popularized by the German community. Famous bearers include investors Win Neuger and Dan Neuger, author Christie Cozad Neuger.
Abedin Bengali, Filipino, Maranao, Maguindanao
Derived from the given name Abidin.
Pehlivan Turkish
Means "wrestler, strongman" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian پهلوان (pahlavân).
Keçeci Turkish
Means "felt seller, person who makes felt" in Turkish, derived from keçe meaning "felt, cloth".
Holman Dutch
Topographic or habitational name from Dutch hol "hollow, hole" or Middle Dutch heule "arched bridge, weir". It can also derive from the given name Holle, a short form of names containing the element hold "loyal, faithful, gracious".
Niemiec Polish
Means "German" in Polish.
Eberhart German
From the given name Eberhard
Ashman English, Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Anglo-Saxon Æscmann, a byname meaning "pirate, seaman", composed of æsc "(boat or spear made of) ash tree" and man "person, man"... [more]
Chevrier French
Occupational name for a goatherd from an agent derivative of chèvre "goat" (from Latin capra "nanny goat").
Devalcourt French (Cajun)
Habitational name from places in France named Valcourt.
Knowlton English
Habitational name from either of two places so named, one in Dorset and the other in Kent.
Henares Spanish
Derived from the Celtic form of "brave". Also is the name of many towns (Alcala de Henares, Espinosa de Henares, Tortola de Henares...) and a river
Hammerschmidt German, Jewish
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from German hamer, 'hammer' and schmidt, 'smith. See Hammersmith.
Zelgowski Polish
Originally, surname Zelegowski was misheard as Zelgowski when Polish immigrants were first coming to the United States through Ellis Island... [more]
Zohar Hebrew
Derived from the the given name Zohar meaning "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.
Sillen Dutch
Derived from a diminutive form of a given name, either Marcelis/Marcilia or Cecilia.
Pask English
Derived from the medieval given name Pask from Middle English Paske Pashe Pake "Easter Passover" (Old French Pasques Paque) probably originally used as a personal name for someone born at Easter... [more]
Ooi Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Huang.
Mbituwoh Central African
From the prefix "Mbi-" which means "people of" or "descendants of." and the root "tuwoh" which is from the clan name, a small regional designation in Cameroon derived from the Toubou people.
Aurelio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Aurelio
Xotlanihua Nahuatl
Means "owner of flowering" or "there will be growing" in Nahuatl, probably originating as a personal name.
Cawas Indian (Parsi), Persian, Indian, Arabic
Cawas is an Indian (Parsi) surname which means “Arch” in Persian and ultimately Arabic. John Cawas of Toofani Tarzan fame was a notable person with that surname.
Yamahata Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 端 (hata) meaning "tip, edge, end".
Poonia Sindhi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Indian
Poonia or Punia and Puniya is a clan (or gotra) of Jats. It is the oldest Jat clan.
Mallett English
Possible origins Malet a medieval diminutive of Mal(le) being a pet form of and name Mary, could also be of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Malhard.
Shinazugawa Japanese (Rare)
Means "immortal river; never dying river; river with no deaths" in Japanese.
Wormwood Popular Culture, English
The surname is used in the novel Matilda (1988).
Kieran Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciaráin ‘descendant of Ciarán’, a byname from a diminutive of ciar ‘dark’, ‘black-haired’... [more]
Ikaika Hawaiian
Mighty, Strong, Unmovable
Tanveer Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.
Kamase Japanese
From Japanese 釜 (kama) meaning "cauldron; pot; kettle" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".
Momoi Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Backhurst English (British)
Meaning bake house or wood cutter
El Moctar Western African
Derived from the given Moctar, a variant of Mokhtar. A bearer is Jidou El Moctar (1985–), a Mauritanian runner.
Kanisthasen Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Hermaküla Estonian
Hermaküla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Herman's village".
Miskell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meisceall meaning "descendant of Meiscill", a personal name of unexplained etymology. It was sometimes Anglicized as Maxwell.
Kurizuka Japanese
A variant of Kuritsuka.... [more]
Aggrawal Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अग्रवाल (see Agarwal).
Knitts English
Derived from the given name Knut.
Bergamin Italian
Traced to 1437, Bergamo. A 'bergamini' was known as a person famrmed and sold milk cows
Peet Estonian
Peet is an Estonian surname meaning "beetroot".
Kitsas Estonian
Kitsas is an Estonian surname meaning "strait".
Longfellow English
From a nickname for a tall person, derived from Middle English lang "long, tall" and felawe "fellow, companion, colleague". A famous bearer of the name was American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Tennant English, Scottish
Occupational name for a farmer who holds a feudal tenure in a property, ultimately derived from Latin teneo "to hold, to keep".
Bonamy English, French
Derived from Old French bon ami meaning "good friend".
Gijon Spanish
From the city of Gijón (Asturian form Xixón) located in the Principality of Asturias in Spain.
Kronenberg German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name from a place called Kronenberg (there is one near Wuppertal) or possibly from any of the places called Kronberg (see Kronberg ) from German Krone "crown" and German Berg "mountain, hill".
Gruszka Polish
Means "pear" in Polish.
Tilakaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Grau Catalan
Means "step, level, grade" or "inlet, landing" in Catalan, from Latin gradus, a topographic name for someone who lived by a canal connected to the sea.
MacRoy Scots
The ancient Dalriadan-Scottish name MacRoy is a nickname for a person with red hair. MacRoy is a nickname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress... [more]
Aznar Spanish
Aznar is a Spanish surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri").
Altnurme Estonian
Altnurme is an Estonian surname meaning "(from) below pasture/meadow".
Nears English
French in origin, it is derived from the word "Noir," which is the equivalent of the English word "Black." It could have referred to a person with dark features, hair, or perhaps even one who was thought to engage in nafarious, or "dark," deeds.
Nelvin English (American)
Female named after her uncle who surname was Melvin. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931.
Shui Chinese
From Chinese 水 (shuǐ) meaning "water".
Rusch German
Derived from Middle High German and Middle Low German rusch "rush reeds".
Henrique Portuguese
From the given name Henrique.
Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]
Tufek Bosnian
From Turkish tüfek ''rifle''.
Ivančević Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Cajochen Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name Jochen.
Kern German, Dutch, Jewish
Means "kernel, grain, core" in Dutch, German, and Yiddish (as קערן), an occupational name for a farmer or a nickname for a physically small person. As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
Mahajan Indian, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali
Means "great (number of) people" or "tradesman, merchant" from Sanskrit महा (maha) meaning "great" combined with जन (jána) meaning "person, people".
Shotashvili Georgian
Means "son of Shota".
Mapleton English
The surname Mapleton was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.
Agojo Tagalog
From Tagalog aguho referring to a type of flowering tree (scientific name Casuarina equisetifolia).
Bairnsfather English
From a medieval nickname in Scotland and northern England for the (alleged) father of an illegitimate child (from northern Middle English bairnes "child's" + father). This surname was borne by British cartoonist and author Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959).
Keeper German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kuper.
Lambe English
Variant of Lamb.
Dimitrin Russian
From the given name Dimitry.
Van Der Velde Dutch
Means "of the field, from the field", from Dutch veld "field".
Arnautović Serbian, Croatian
From Turkish arnavut meaning "Albanian".
Régis French
Occupational name for a local dignitary, from a derivative of Old French régir "to rule or manage".
Demirel Turkish
Means "iron hand" from Turkish demir meaning "iron" and el meaning "hand".
Albertini Italian
"Son of Alberto".
Izaba Basque
From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Proposed origins include Basque iz "water" combined with aba, which could mean "river, mouth, confluence" and/or be a variant of -aga "place of, abundance of".
Asaka Japanese
From the Japanese 淺 or 浅 (asa) "superficial" and 香 (ka) "odour," "smell," 加 (ka) "increase," "step-up" or 賀 (ka) "congratulation."
Lubigan Tagalog
Means "sweet flag" (a type of plant; scientific name Acorus calamus) in Tagalog.
Epstein German, Jewish
A habitational name for someone from a place named Eppstein, which is from Old High German ebur meaning ‘wild boar’ and stein meaning ‘stone’.
Solaire French
Means "solar" in French
Château French
French cognate of Castle.
Grabenstein German
Habitational name from Grafenstein near Wohlau, Silesia.
Saeedi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.
Bergkamp Dutch, German
From the name of various places in the Netherlands and Germany, derived from Old Dutch and Old High German berg meaning "mountain" and kamp meaning "field". This name is borne by Dutch former soccer player Dennis Bergkamp (1969-).
Lischke German
A German surname of slavic origin. A historic bearer was Johann Lischke, a German Protestant reformer in the 16th century. The name may come from the German word “Lisch,” which can refer to a marshy or wetland area.
Wilkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Wilkowo or Wilków, derived from Polish wilk meaning "wolf".
Targuisti Arabic (Maghrebi)
Moroccan (northern): habitational name for someone from the town of Targuist.
Ujiie Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".
Chastang French
Derived from Olde French castanh meaning "chestnut". Possibly a location or occupation name.
Hong Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 洪 (hóng) meaning "flood" or "vast, wide".
Michels German, Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic from the personal name Michel.
Chinouriri Shona
Believed to be from a local dialect, interpretations of the name could be resilience or strength.
Dingfelder Medieval German (Rare, Archaic)
When surnames were finally adopted, family heads who originated from Thungfeld in the Steigerwald area of Mittelfranken, took the name of their traditional home area.
Tio Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhang.
Akaeda Japanese
Aka means "red" and eda means "branch, bough, twig."
Taptiklis Greek
Greek name.... [more]
Chekan Ukrainian, Russian
A chekan is an old cavalry weapon. Denoted to someone who made or used chekans.
Zeimet German, Luxembourgish
Western German and Luxembourgeois: probably a variant spelling of Zeimert, a variant of Zeumer, an occupational name for a harness maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zoum ‘bridle’.
Pacyna Polish
Unflattering nickname from paczyna meaning "clod", "brickbat", or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a boatman, from the same word in the sense meaning "oar", "rudder".
Kurano Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse" no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Aristodemou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Αριστοδήμου (see Aristodimou).
Ebrahimzadeh Persian
From the given name Ebrahim combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Jeras Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the forename Jere, short form of Jeronim.
Paliak Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian паляк (paliak) meaning "Pole, Polish".
Mac An Airchinnigh Irish
It literally means "son of the hereditary steward of church lands".
Zafri Hebrew
From the name Ẓafār (Arabic: ظفار), also Romanized Dhafar or Dhofar, is an ancient Himyarite site situated in Yemen, some 130 km south-south-east of today's capital, Sana'a (Arabic: صَنْعَاء)... [more]
Xavierson English (Rare)
Means “son of Xavier”.
Dollanganger English
The name of the family in the Dollanganger series by V.C. Andrews.
Ravenscar English (British)
From a coastal village with the same name, located in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.
Cristoforo Italian
From the given name Cristoforo.
Dale Norwegian, Danish
Habitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse dalr "valley".
Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.
Chay Khmer
Variant transcription of Chhay.
Aksanov Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
St Germain French, Haitian Creole
From a French place named for Saint Germanus.