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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Kosarin Polish, Russian, Jewish
Derived from the surname Kosarinsky.
Zoref Biblical Hebrew
Zoref, spelled צורף in Hebrew and pronounced Tzo-ref, though the typical American pronunciation is with a Z, means "Goldsmith" in both Biblical and Modern Hebrew, Zoref does not necessarily connote working only with gold; rather, it is a metalsmith that works with any kind of metallic substance.... [more]
Piip Estonian
Piip is an Estonian surname meaning "pipe".
Polydore French
From the given name Polydore.
Chesterton English
From the name of a parish in Cambridgeshire.
Phillipson English
Means "son of Phillip"
Sendulla Medieval French
the name was originally from a town in the champagne valley that does not exist any more because of World War I the town's name is forgotten and all we have about it is the name sendulla a young girl whom live there as a child
Yefimova Russian
Feminine form of Yefimov.
Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".
Iulitta Italian
Early Italian surname. Gaelic Etruscan origins.... [more]
Azuekwu Igbo
In Igbo culture, Azuekwu means 'back of the word' or 'the unfailing word,' signifying reliability and truthfulness.
Talvik Estonian
Talvik is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).
Bland English
Bland is a habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire called Bland, the origin of which is uncertain. Possibly it is from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’ (from blandan ‘to blend or mingle’), with reference to its exposed situation... [more]
Põhjala Estonian
Põhjala is an Estonian surname meaning "the North" and "Northern area" as well as "Norse".
Heydarpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حیدرپور (see Heydarpour).
Oihaneder Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous palace in the city of Gasteiz.
Sakatoku Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka), the combining form of 酒 (sake) meaning "alcoholic beverage, rice wine" and 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue", referring to a wine server.
Dumfries Scottish, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
From the name of a market town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, derived from Gaelic dùn meaning "fort" and preas meaning "thicket". This surname is found predominantly in Aruba, the Netherlands and Suriname... [more]
Wimalasuriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विमल (vimala) meaning "clean, pure" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Pulisz Maltese
Variant of Pulis
Tourville French
The name Tourville is a very old, and in one case, very famous name. One of the Marshall's of France was named Anne Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville. This reads: Anne Hilarion of/from Cotentin, Comte (Count) of Tourville... [more]
Paljević Montenegrin, Croatian
Derived from paliti (палити), meaning "to burn, to set of fire".
Amada Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Paznyak Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Pazniak or Paźniak.
Agisheva Russian, Kazakh, Uzbek
Feminine form of Agishev.
Tomahawk Sioux
The name comes from Powhatan tamahaac, derived from the Proto-Algonquian root *temah- 'to cut off by tool'. Algonquian cognates include Lenape təmahikan, Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon, Abenaki demahigan, all of which mean "axe".
Shafiq Arabic
From the given name Shafiq
St Louis French, English
In honor of Saint Louis.
Iri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Pius Estonian
Pius is an Estonian surname meaning "pious".
Winkle English
it's said to originate from the village of Wincle, near the town of Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire.
Clavell French, Catalan
The first documented records of the surname Clavell appear in Catalunya between 1291 and 1327. The word clavell traces back to the Indo-European words "kleu", later "klawo" meaning a metal tool. In Latin "clavus", it eventually became a surname "Clavell".
Roossaar Estonian
Roossaar is an Estonian surname meaning "rose island".
Delle French
From the name of a commune in Territoire de Belfort, France, derived from Medieval Latin Dadila, from Late Latin Datira.
Dutton English
Habitational name for a person from the villages called Dutton in Cheshire or Lancashire, of different first elements. The one in Cheshire comes from Old English dun "hill, mountain", while the one in Lancashire comes from the Old English byname Dudda, both of them have the second element of tun "enclosure, town"... [more]
Hosonuma Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" numa means "swamp".
Toommägi Estonian
Toommägi is an Estonian surname meaning "prunus (fruit bearing) mountain".
Udayasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit उदय (udaya) meaning "going up, rising" or "sunrise, dawn" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Ronaldson English
This surname means “son of Ronald”.
Uzumaki Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 渦 (ka, uzu) meaning "eddy, vortex, whirlpool" or 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" with 巻 (kan, ken, maki, ma.ki, ma.ku) meaning "book, coil, part, roll up, scroll, tie, volume, wind up."... [more]
Khnanisho Assyrian
Means "mercy of Jesus" from Syriac ܚܢܢܐ (ḥənānā) meaning "mercy, grace, favour" and ܝܫܘܥ (Išōʿ) meaning "Jesus".
Naim Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Na'im.
Odhiambo Eastern African, Luo
East African surname derived from the given name Odhiambo meaning “born in the evening”.
Kakutani Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Şener Turkish
From the given name Şener.
Magtalas Tagalog
Means "to sharpen" in Tagalog.
Paramar Indian, Gujarati
Means "one who strikes the enemy" from Sanskrit पर (para) meaning "other, alien, foreigner, enemy" and मार (mā́ra) meaning "killing, slaying, destroying".
Tsai Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Cai chiefly used in Taiwan.
Knapke German
A relative of mine has said this surname means “over the hill” and that it is of German origin.... [more]
Vallée French
topographic name for someone who lived in a valley from Old French valee "valley" (from Latin vallis) or a habitational name from (La) Vallée the name of several places in various parts of France... [more]
Gavilán Spanish
It literally means "Eurasian sparrowhawk".
Naeshiro Japanese
The meaning of Naeshiro/苗代 equals to "Seedling Substitute"
Someya Japanese
From Japanese 染 (some) meaning "dye, colour, paint" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Arifović Bosnian
Means "son of Arif".
Khương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Jiang 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 姜 (khương).
Mustafić Bosnian
Means "son of Mustafa".
Seely Medieval English
Means "Blessed", "Happy", and/or "Lucky." By adding an Un- to Seely makes it "Unblessed", "Unhappy", and/or "Unholy." Used primarily in Northern England and Southern Scotland during the Middle English period but is derived from the Old English sǣl and gesǣlig... [more]
Coniglio Italian, Sicilian
From coniglio "rabbit" (from Latin cuniculus ) applied as a nickname for a timid person or a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rabbits... [more]
Wickramasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and सिंह (siṃha) meaning "lion".
Sułkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Sułkowo Borowe.
Kornaros Greek
The Greek version of the surname Cornaro.
Quinney English, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinne “descendant of Coinne”
Gasperoni Italian
Derived from the given name Gaspare.
Buffett French (Anglicized), English
Americanised form or a variant of French Buffet, or probably an English variant of Bufford. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Warren Buffett (1930-), a businessman, investor and philanthropist, and Jimmy Buffett (1946-), a musician.
Čobanac Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Lui Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Lu 1.
Knecht German, German (Swiss), Dutch
Means "servant, assistant" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a journeyman or male servant derived from Old Germanic kneht meaning "servant, knight" or "youth, boy"... [more]
Beall Scottish
Derived from the Gaelic word beal, which means "mouth" or "opening." It could have been a nickname for someone with a large or prominent mouth.
Eliáš Czech, Slovak (?)
Derived from the given name Eliáš.
Croake English
Variant of Croak
Shironita Japanese (Rare)
From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]
Deresse Amharic, Ethiopian
From the given name Deresse or Deressa.
Dobrić Serbian
From Serbo-Croatian dobro, meaning "good, kind".
Ensor English
Derived from Endesor, a village in Derbyshire, indicating a person who lived there. Endesor itself is Old English, coming from the genitive case of the first name Ēadin and ‘ofer’, meaning ‘sloping ridge’ (From ‘Dictionary of American Family Names’, 2nd edition, 2022).... [more]
Bourassa Indian
Seems to be an Indian name. I am in touch with a relative whose family were Pottawatomi Indians in Oklahoma. This name comes from that reservation.
Toh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Du.
Claxton English
From the names of any of several settlements in England, derived from either the personal name Clacc (from Old Norse Klakkr "bump, hillock") or the Old English word clacc "hill, peak" combined with tun "town, settlement".
Tatarshao Abazin
Possibly from a nickname for a Tatar person.
De Marni Italian
From Italy, most likely Northern Italy. One theory is that De Marni or a similar sounding name was the name of an orphanage, but it's origin is unknown.
Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.
Tiesema Frisian
It's a patronym and it means "son of Ties".
Roomet Estonian
Roomet is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) derived from the masculine given name "Roomet".
McCombie Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Thomaidh.
Fa Chinese
From Chinese 花 (huā) meaning "Flower, blossom"
Iyobe Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "that one, Italy" combined with 豫 (yo) meaning "in advance, beforehand", or 五 (i) meaning "five" combined with 百 (yo) meaning "hundred, many, hundred", that is then combined with 部 (be) meaning "section, part".
Haverland Dutch
Means "oat field" in Dutch, from Dutch haver "oat" and land.
Ghengat Urdu, Persian
Ghengat is clan of mewati muslim rajpoot Pakistan ... [more]
Goulet French (Quebec), French
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Old French goule "mouth" (combined with a diminutive suffix), in which case this name would have been a nickname for a glutton.
Ciahlo Belarusian (Rare)
Belarusian form of Tyahlo.
Lauder Scottish, Northern Irish
From a village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It derives from the Celtic Lauuedder, probably indicating a rapidly flowing river, cognate with Modern Welsh llifer meaning 'to gush'.
Gerahty Irish
Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mag Oireachtaigh, meaning "son of Oireachtach", which in turn means "member of the assembly".
Bekanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Bekanówka.
Hugo French
Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He was also the writer of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Misérables'.
Sarsenbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Sarsenbay".
Drum Scottish
Habitational name from a place and castle in Aberdeenshire named from Gaelic druim "ridge".
Kooij Dutch
From Dutch kooi meaning "cage", often referring to a pen or duck decoy (a plot of land with a pond set aside to lure in ducks). Occupational name for someone who raised or hunted ducks, or who made cages.
Sashko Ukrainian
From the given name Sasha.
Amistadi Italian
From the Old Italian word amistade meaning "friendship", possibly given as a nickname, or taken from a personal name.
Wittenbach German (Swiss)
Toponymic name meaning "white stream" in German.
Sudō Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria".
Iwatani Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Stonefield English
Meaning "stone field".
Urain Basque
It indicates familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Oñati.
Knie Swiss
A famous bearer is the Knie family, a Swiss circus dynasty that founded it in 1803. Today the circus is an enterprise with about 200 employees, operated by Frédy and Franco Knie and it is famous worldwide.
Aotsuki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".
Safari Persian
From the given name Safar.
Birchfield English, English (American), German (Americanized)
Variant of English Burchfield or an Americanized form of German Birkenfeld.
Rubinshteyn Jewish
Russian form of Rubinstein.
Elwy Welsh
From the river Elwy in Wales, whose name likely derives from the Welsh elw "gain", "profit". Also sometimes used as a male first name in Wales.
Eskenazi Judeo-Spanish
Sephardic variant of Ashkenazi.
Ishmael English
From the given name Ishmael
Casement Manx
Anglicized and reduced form of Manx Gaelic Mac Asmuint meaning "son of Ásmundr". A notable bearer was Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), an Irish-born British consular official and rebel.
Lacson Chinese (Filipino)
From Hokkien 六孫 (la̍k-sun) meaning "sixth grandson".
Poladov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Polad".
Hüseynli Azerbaijani
From the given name Hüseyn.
Mašek Czech
Derived from the given names Matěj, Matúš and Mattiáš.
Kaihau Maori
This less-common Maori surname means speed
Storck German
German. from the meaning the House of the Storks. ... [more]
Abildgaard Danish
From Danish abildgård "apple garden".
Tsikunib Circassian (Russified)
Derived from Adyghe цӏыкӏу (c̣əḳ°) meaning "little" and ныбэ (nəbă) meaning "stomach, belly".
Carmi Hebrew
From the given name Carmi.
Marcey English
Variant of Mercer.
Ahmadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian احمدپور (see Ahmadpour).
Azkarraga Basque
Derived from Basque azkar "maple tree" and -aga "place of, group of". Alternatively, it may contain the element harri "stone, rock".
Mawar Indonesian
Means "rose" in Indonesian.
Coetsee Afrikaans
Coetsee is a rare Afrikaans given name derived from a historically significant South African surname. Coetsee/Coetzee is a Dutch-influenced adaptation of the French Huguenot surname, Couché, which means "to lay down" or "to place." The name has occupational origins, referencing upholsterers, bedmakers, or those who crafted bedding, as well as scribes and record keepers... [more]
Schlep German
Probably a nickname or occupational name for a laborer or carrier, especially in a mine, from Middle Low German slepen, Middle High German slepen 'to drag or carry (a load)' (modern German schleppen, schleifen).
Amarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Téllez Spanish
from the given name Tello which is the Spanish form of the name Tellus, meaning "earth" in Latin
Koen Jewish
A variant of Cohen
Slough English
A very rare surname, possibly of German origins.
Stifter German, German (Austrian)
Means "founder" in Middle High German, from stiften "to bring about, endow, donate", a name for a tenant farmer on previously unoccupied land, or a habitational name from the related word Stift meaning "endowed monastery, secular convent, church foundation".
Capecchi Italian
Probably from Old Italian capecchio, either denoting a type of cheap batting and, by extension, upholsterers, who worked with it, or as a nickname for a person with bristly hair or beard.... [more]
Rockwell English
Means "person from Rockwell", Buckinghamshire and Somerset (respectively "wood frequented by rooks" and "well frequented by rooks"). Famous bearers include American illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) and Utah pioneer Porter Rockwell (1813-1878).
Gaddam Indian, Telugu
Derived from Telugu గడ్డము (gaddamu) meaning "beard".
Hesbrook Scottish
Scottish surname.
Whitley English
This surname is derived from a place name composed of Old English elements hwit meaning "white" and leah meaning "clearing, grove."
Turba Italian
Possibly from Italian turbare, "to disturb, to trouble", itself from Latin turba, "turmoil, disturbance; mob, crowd". Alternately, it could be from the German surname Turba, of uncertain meaning.
Mamiya Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" or 茉 (ma) meaning "Arabian jasmine, white jasmine" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Cdebaca American (Hispanic)
Altered form of the surname Cabeza De Vaca, meaning "cow's head" or "head of a cow".
Fahad Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Fahad.
Ok Turkish
Means "arrow" in Turkish.
Barad Biblical Hebrew (Rare)
It's the Hebrew name of one the biblical plagues in the Hebrew bible that God cast on Egypt. It means Hail as in the Ice storm.
Hooshmand Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمند (see Houshmand).
Frolova Russian
Feminine form of Frolov.
Aisha Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aisha.
Pikkoja Estonian
Pikkoja is an Estonian surname meaning "long stream".
Vogt Von Clarholz Und Herzebrock Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Bearers of this surname descend from the Edelherren von Lippe.
Kehler German
Habitational name from various places called Kehl, notably the town across the Rhine from Strasbourg. In some cases it may be a variant of Köhler.
Hacohen Hebrew
Means "the priest" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname Cohen.
Takamori Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Hewa Sinhalese
Means "soldiers, military, martial" in Sinhala.
Kolokotronis Greek
Notable bearer of this name is ... [more]
Dorsay French
French form of Dorsey.
Falso Italian
Not much history is known for Falso however, it was common surrounding Napoli, Lazio, Latin, and Roma. It means False, phony, fake. Because of this, the surname has spread globally especially to United States of America and Brazil... [more]
Bialik Polish, Czech, Jewish
Derived from Polish biały meaning "white", originally a nickname for a person with blond hair or a pale complexion. A famous bearer of this name is American actress Mayim Bialik (1975-).
Singla Indian, Punjabi
Punjabi variant of Singhal.
Dowell English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Dubhgall, composed of the elements dubh meaning "black" and gall, "stranger". This was used as a byname for Scandinavians, in particular to distinguish the dark-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians.
Lättemäe Estonian
Lättemäe is an Estonian surname derived from "läte" meaning "spring" or "fountain" and "mäe" meaning "hill" and "mountain"; "spring mountain".
Ikado Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井門 (see Ido 2).
Blomkvist Swedish
Variant of Blomqvist. Mikael Blomkvist is a fictional character in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series.
Farrokhpour Persian
Means "son of Farrokh".
Mondejar Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Mondéjar in Guadalajara province.
Cleveland Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Kleiveland or Kleveland, habitational names from any of five farmsteads in Agder and Vestlandet named with Old Norse kleif "rocky ascent" or klefi "closet" (an allusion to a hollow land formation) and land "land".
Premachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Laflèche French (Quebec)
A French-Canadian secondary surname from "Richer dit Laflèche," used independently since 1746. Laflèche is derived from the French town of La Flèche, in the former province of Anjou.
Mac Raith Irish
Means "descendant of Rath"
Christiani German, Dutch
From the given name Christian.
Rasouli Persian
From the given name Rasoul.
Lei Chinese
From Chinese 雷 (léi) meaning "thunder".
Linder German
Derived from the German word linde, which means lime tree.
Redfield Scottish
Anglicized form of the Scottish habitational name Reidfuyrd, meaning "reedy ford".
Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Melkersson Swedish
Means "son of Melker".
Zabel German
The surname has multiple meanings. It may come from a Slavic given name, or the High German word zabel, meaning "board game" - given, perhaps, as a nickname to those who played many board games.
Shitara Japanese
From Japanese 設 (shita) meaning "establish" and 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort".
Bongiorno Italian
Italian from the medieval personal name Bongiorno (composed of bono ‘good’ + giorno ‘day’), bestowed on a child as an expression of the parents’ satisfaction at the birth (‘it was a good day when you were born’).
Ricard French
From the given name Richard and a variant of Richard.
Aviles Catalan
From Catalan avile "bird".
Søgård Danish
Means "sea farm" indicating a farmstead near the sea or open water.
Gündoğan Turkish
Means "born on the day".
Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar
Ghanim Arabic
Derived from the given name Ghanim.
Neuer German
Inflicted form of Neu meaning "new man" see Neumann
Gareginyan Armenian
Means "son of Garegin".
Yakushikami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).
Hütter German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a hatter from an agent derivative of Middle High German huot ‘hat’; Yiddish hut, German Hut ‘hat’. German (Hütter): topographic name from Middle High German hütte ‘hut’... [more]
Shehzad Urdu
Derived from the given name Shahzad.
Blaxton English
There are two possible origins for this surname; one- from the name of the village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England) on the border of Lincolnshire, or two- from the Old English personal name Blaecstan, meaning "black stone"
Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.
Kaldvee Estonian
Kaldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/inclined" ("kald") "water"" ("vee").