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.
Akhba Abkhaz
Derived from Abkhaz akhba meaning "elder" or аб (āb) "father".
Hilal Arabic
From the given name Hilal.
Trewin Cornish
Habitational name from Trewin in Cornwall.
Schuler Jewish
Occupational name for a Talmudic scholar or the sexton of a synagogue, from an agent derivative of Yiddish shul "synagogue".
Lyle English
Derived from Norman French l'isle "island".
Snark English
History largely unknown. The word's original meaning, in the mid-nineteenth century, was to snort / snore, or to find fault. ... [more]
Soopere Estonian
Soopere is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp folks".
Pinchasik Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.
Antonovich Belarusian, Russian
Derived from given name Anton (Антон) meaning "son of Anton"
Rochester English
Habitational name from one of three places in Northumberland called Rochester, with names whose early spellings are very similar and sometimes difficult to distinguish from each other... [more]
Onai Shona
Onai means "See, observe". #It is a name that calls the hearer to see or observe that which happened".
Manixay Lao
From Lao ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ໄຊ (xay) meaning "victory".
Kingman English
Derived from Old English cyning "king" and mann, denoting a servant of the king.
Landa Polish
Nickname for a persistent and irritating person, from a derivative of the dialect verb landzić "to ask insistently, badger someone".
Hillard French
From the given name Hilaire.
Arminio Spanish, Italian, Sicilian
From the given name Arminio.
Nasr Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasr.
Ascot English
Surname originating from the village of Arscott in Devon, meaning "eastern cottage" in Saxon. It can also be used to refer to Ascot in Berkshire, where the Royal Ascot race meeting is held each year.
Ribić Croatian
Occupational surname for a fisherman.
Dion French
Meaning uncertain. It may be a habitational name from any of various locations called Dion or Dionne, derived from the Gaulish element divon- meaning "(sacred) spring" or Celtic dēwos meaning "god, deity"... [more]
Austria Spanish (Philippines)
From the name of the European country, either as an ethnic name or a reference to the Austrian Habsburg dynasty, which ruled Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Razavi Persian
From the given name Reza.
Shōami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 正阿弥 (shōami), a sect of kettle brim making, hat brim making, or weapon-end guard making.
Christenson English
Anglicized form of Christensen
Wierzbicka Polish
Feminine form of Wierzbicki.
Värk Estonian
Värk is an Estonian surname meaning both "celebration" and "hootenanny", as well as "thing", "stuff", or a "job".
Phillipson English
Means "son of Phillip"
Boehme German
Variant of Böhm
Samper Catalan
Habitational name from any of the places in Catalonia called Sant Pere, generally as the result of the dedication of a local church or shrine to St. Peter (Sant Pere).
Veltman Dutch
Variant of Veldman.
Bane English
Variant of Bain.
Ó Gríobhtha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Griffin.
Kloda Polish, English
Maybe an anglicized form or a variant of Kłoda.
Rau Indian
Variant of Rao 1.
Cunniff Irish
From Irish Gaelic Mac Conduibh "son of Condubh", a personal name meaning literally "black dog".
Picquet French
A variant of Piquet of which it's meaning is of a military terminology of one soldier/small group of soldiers on a line forward of a postion to provide a warning of an enemy advance... [more]
Haukebø Norwegian
A combination of Norwegian hauk, derived from Old Norse haukr, "hawk" and , derived from Old Norse bœr, "farm". The meaning refers to hawks sitting abode; as on the roof of a barn.
Biesheuvel Dutch
From Biesheuvel, the name of a small village in the north of the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Dutch bies meaning "bulrush, club rush" (a grasslike plant that grows in wetlands and damp locations) and heuvel meaning "hill"... [more]
Mcmurtry Northern Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Muircheartaigh "son of Muircheartach", a personal name meaning "navigator", from muir "sea" and ceartach "ruler".
Ilyina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Ильин (see Ilyin).
Houser English
Variant of House.
Hatam Arabic
From the given name Hatam.
Ohyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Oyagi.
Kenworthy English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
his interesting surname of English origin is a locational name from a place so called in Cheshire, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name Cyna, a short from of the various compound names with the first element "cyne" meaning "Royal", or, Cena, a byname meaning "Keon", "Bold" or a short form of various compound personal names with this first element plus the Old English pre 7th Century "worthing" "enclosure"... [more]
Demuro Italian
Probably denoting someone from Muro, Basilicata. Alternately, may be a nickname from Sardinian muru "wall" or "donkey".
Ishaqzai Pashto
Means "son of Ishaq" in Pashto.
Gunawan Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized version of various Chinese surnames (including 陳 Chen, 郭 Guo, etc.), under the social and political pressure during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia toward Chinese Indonesians.
Nabi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Nabi.
Bolzonaro Italian
Occupational name for a person who operated a battering ram, derived from Italian bolzone literally meaning "battering ram".
Azabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 麻布 (Azabu) meaning "Azabu", a division in the area of Nakauri in the city of Shinshiro in the prefecture of Aichi in Japan.
Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]
Chauncey American
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Norman French habitation names Chancé or an American adaptation of a German place name of Schanze located on the Upper Rhine. Could also be a short form of Chancellor.
Bilancio Italian
Means "balance" in Italian, in the sense of "balance sheet, budget" or "assessment, result, outcome". Possibly a nickname for a clerk or accountant, or perhaps for someone financially frugal.
Borresen Danish
The Danish surname Borresen has two origins. Boerresen is composed of -sen 'son' + the given name Boerre, the modern equivalent of Old Norse Byrgir 'the helper' (from proto-Indo-European root BHER- 'to carry, bear')... [more]
Yavuz Turkish
Means "stern, tough" in Turkish.
Läufer German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Lauf, also an occupational name for a messenger or a nickname for a fast runner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German loufen, German laufen ‘to run’.
Dimalaluan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "insurpassable" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and laluan meaning "surpass, exceed".
Gat Spanish
The catalan form of "gato" cat
Tondi Estonian
Tondi is an Estonian surname meaning "haunted" and "spooky".
Drewery English
Variant of Drury.
Beatriz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Beatriz.
Arige Telugu
This name is famous surname in telugu states of South India.
Perham English
A variation of the English name Parham, based on the village of Parham (one in county Suffolk, another in county Sussex). From the Old English peru, meaning "pear" (the fruit), and ham, meaning "homestead".
Joof Serer
The surname Joof (English spelling in Gambia) whit its derivatives Juuf / Juf (Seereer proper) or Diouf (French spelling in Senegal and Mauritania) is a Senegambian surname found amongst the Seereer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania... [more]
Summ English
Variant of the surname Summers.
Rajasaar Estonian
Rajasaar is an Estonian surname meaning "border island" or "storm island".
Nicolaescu Romanian
Means "son of Nicolae".
Cannavaro Italian
Probably from a nickname used to refer to rope makers or hemp growers. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Fabio (1973–) and Paolo Cannavaro (1981–), former football players.
Oshima Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōshima.
Groover English (American)
Americanized form of German Gruber.
Doune Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂畝 (see Dōune).
Scanagatta Italian
Probably means "cat killer", from Italian scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and gatto "cat", with the figurative meaning of "cheat, scoundrel". (Compare Pelagatti)... [more]
Pruna Spanish (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name from a place so named in Spain. It could also be derived from Catalan pruna "plum".
Summit English (American)
Of uncertain origin and meaning.
Ol Dutch, Flemish
Shortened form of Van Mol.
Cailar Provençal
Modern Provençal form of Caylar
Malfitano Italian
Altered form of Amalfitano.
Bellante Italian
Derived from the medieval name Bellante meaning "belligerent, combative", ultimately from Latin bellum "war", or perhaps from a derivative of the nickname Bello.
Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".
Arnett English
Derived from Arnold, a pet name perhaps. Also could be from /arn/ "eagle" and /ett/, a diminutive.
Salim Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Lin (林). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Hunnam English
Variant form of Hannam. A famous bearer is the English actor and screenwriter Charlie Hunnam (1980-).
Vatanabe Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Watanabe more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Freier German
Status name of the feudal system denoting a free man, as opposed to a bondsman, from an inflected form of Middle High German vri "free".
Mittelkauff German (Archaic)
An extinct occupational name for a broker or middleman from Middle High German mittel meaning "middle" and kauf meaning "purchase".
Hamberger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburger.
Veetõusme Estonian
Veetõusme is an Estonian surname meaning "water (vee) surge (tõusma)".
Favier French
Occupational name for a grower of beans or a bean merchant derived from Latin faba "bean".
Audin ?!
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Luhaäär Estonian
Luhaäär is an Estonian surname, derived from "water meadow (marsh) edge".
Strider English
Likely an anglicized variation of the Dutch term "Strijder" or German term "Streiter," this surname represents an occupational designation for a soldier or a descriptive term for someone with a combative demeanor.... [more]
Yaziji Turkish, Arabic
Arabic surname of Turkish origin meaning “clerk” or “writer”. Alternate spelling to Yazıcı.
Rabinsky Jewish
From the root rabi "rabbi" combined with the Polish suffix -ski
Gestetner Hungarian, Yiddish
Gestetner, of an uncertain etymology, is the surname of the Gestetner mimeograph’s eponymous inventor.
Mattison English
Means son of "Matthew"
Jamil Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Jamil.
Sensabaugh American
Americanized form of German Sensenbach, a topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’.
Riesenberg German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a big mountain, from Middle High German rise meaning "giant" and berg meaning "mountain".
Betjeman English, Dutch (Archaic, ?)
Means "son of Betje", a Dutch diminutive of the feminine given name Elisabeth... [more]
Curtin English
Derived from a diminutive of Old French curt "short".
Jezierski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Jezioro, Jeziory, Jeziora, or Jezierzyce, all places named with jezioro meaning "lake".
Kamolwathin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Goebbels German, History
Originally an occupational name for a brewer. Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Reemets Estonian
Reemets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "rehi" meaning "barn" and "mets" meaning "forest".
Kumaki Pashto
I was given this name from my dad who comes from Afghanistan. It's extremely rare in the UK. My dad always told me that my name was created. My grandfather used to help out refugees near the area (in Afghanistan) and the name "Kumaki" was his nickname from the people he helped out... [more]
Posada Italian, Caribbean
Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places named Posada, from posada ‘halt’, ‘resting place’. ... [more]
Zachar Jewish, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Belarusian
Derived from the Hebrew word זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember". As a surname it can also derive from the given name Zakhar (Zechariah) that shares this etymology.
Vilanova Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Portuguese, Catalan and Galician cognate of Villanueva.
Bearn English
An old English name meaning "Son"
Dyal Indian
Variant of Dayal.
Piir Estonian
Piir is an Estonian surname meaning "border" and "frontier".
Chiavetta Italian
From Italian "chiavetta", deriving from chiave meaning key.
Ameen Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amin.
Naderi Persian
From the given name Nader.
Aetós Greek
"Eagle" - in Greek, spelled αετός.
Aleksandrovich Russian, Belarusian (Russified)
Means "son of Aleksandr" or Russified form of Belarusian Alyaksandravich.
Buelter German, English
Middle European variant of Butler, also meaning "a vat or large trough used to contain wine." The name originated in southern Germany in the mid-seventeenth century.
Katzen Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Katzen is a variant of Kotzen, or a shortened version of Katzenellenbogen. Its origins can also be traced back to a habitational form of Katzenelnbogen. There is no clear answer of where this surname exactly came from... [more]
Inbar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Inbar, means "amber" in Hebrew.
Iacobescu Romanian
Means "son of Iacob".
Chiweshe Shona
Meaning unknown.
Ó Ruadhagáin Irish
Meaning, 'son of Ruadhagáin."
Sarafyan Armenian
Means "son of the banker" from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf) meaning "banker, moneychanger, cashier".
Barbuto Italian
Nickname for a bearded person.
Puello Spanish
Variant of Pueyo.
Rutledge English, Scottish
Origin unknown
Durrani Pashto
Derived from Persian در (dorr) meaning "pearl". It was historically used in the phrase padshah durr-i durran meaning "king pearl of the age", a title used by Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan.
Overath German
From the name of the town of Overath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A famous bearer is the German former soccer player Wolfgang Overath (1943-).
Gedik Turkish
Means "breach, gap, notch" in Turkish.
Burruchaga Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Altered form of Basque Burutxaga, a habitational name from a location in Navarre, Spain, possibly derived from buru "head; top, summit; leader, chief" or burutza "office of chief" combined with -aga "place of".
Gholam Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Gholam.
Omtzigt Dutch
Derived from Dutch omzicht meaning "cautious, careful, circumspection", ultimately from the verb omzien meaning "to look around". It may have originated in a Dutch village with several farms named Omzicht, or as a nickname for a cautious person... [more]
Furrer German (Swiss)
Topographic name from the regional term furre ‘cleft in the ground’.
Della Chièsa Italian
It literally means "of the church".
Onorio Italian
From the given name Onorio.
Fiscus German
From Latin fiscus "basket", a humanistic Latinization of the German surname Korb. This is a metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker or a peddler, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a basket.
Gaddamu Telugu
Variant of Gaddam. This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddamu.
Albinez Spanish
Means "son of Albino".
Lucchesi Italian
Variant form of Lucchese.
Argyll Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
From the regional name Argyll, a county of southwestern Scotland, named in Gaelic as Earre Ghàidheal ‘coast of the Gaels’. Argyll was the earliest part of Scotland to be settled by Gaelic speakers from Ireland from the 6th century onwards... [more]
Yellowhair Navajo, Cheyenne
Native American (mainly Navajo; also Yellow Hair): translation into English of a personal name such as Navajo Bitsiiʼ Łitsoii (literally ‘His Yellow Hair’), which is derived from bitsiiʼ ‘his hair’ and łitso ‘yellow’, or Cheyenne Heova'ehe, derived from the prefix heov- ‘yellow’ and the suffix -a'e ‘hair’.
Sulpizio Italian
From the given name Sulpizio
Hetherington English
Derived from Hetherington, a like-named place in Northumberland
Soghomonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սողոմոնյան (see Soghomonyan).
Aggrawal Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अग्रवाल (see Agarwal).
Amory English, Norman
English from a Germanic personal name, Aimeri, composed of the elements haim ‘home’ + ric ‘power’... [more]
Belgique French (Belgian)
Denotes someone from Belgium.
Mellenthin German
Habitational name from places so called near Berlin and on the island of Usedom.
Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".
Tarver English
Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Thorferth, a variant of the Old Norse given name Þórfreðr (compare Tolfree), or perhaps from Torver, the name of a former village in Lancashire... [more]
Volmar German, Germanic, Low German
Variant Of Vollmar.
Dimapasoc Tagalog
From Tagalog di mapasok meaning "uninsertable, impenetrable".
Goertze German
Probably a variant of Göretz, a reduced form of Gerhards (see Gerhardt), or a variant of Goertz.
Scarff English
Nickname from Old Norse skarfr meaning "cormorant".
Plass German
From Middle Low German plas meaning "place, open square, street". Can also derive from a medieval form of the given name Blasius.
Abimbola Yoruba
From the given name Abimbola
Süssmann German, Jewish
A nickname for a sweet person.
Altounian Armenian
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer was Roger Altounyan (1922-1987), Anglo-Armenian physician and the namesake of Roger in the Swallows and Amazons books series.
Nirk Estonian
Nirk is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat".
Lillicrap English
From a medieval nickname for someone with very fair hair (literally "lily-head").
Batarseh Arabic
From a plural form of the given name Butrus.
Rashidov Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Rashid".
Etchon Filipino
Variant of Echon.
Uptain English
Derived from Upton, but meaning "always prepared"
Hück German
Topographic name meaning "bog" or "corner".
Bramble English
This surname is taken from the word which refers to a common blackberry (British) or any of several closely related thorny plants in the Rubus genus (US). It also refers to any thorny shrub. The word is derived from Old English bræmbel with a euphonic -b- inserted from the earlier bræmel or brémel, which is then derived from Proto-Germanic *bræmaz meaning "thorny bush."
Debaun English (American), Dutch
Americanized form of De Boon.
Clair French
From the given name Clair.
Stamos Greek
Pet form of the given name Stamatis.
Agashe Indian
According to Wikipedia, Agashe is a surname used by Chitpavan Brahmins of the Kaushik gotra in the Marathi populated Deccan in India and by the Chitpavan Brahmin diaspora across the globe.
Bohne German
Habitational name for someone form the town of Bone in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Abesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේසිංහ (see Abeysinghe).
Koretskiy Russian
Name for a person originally from the Ukrainian city of Korets, derived from Russian корец (korets) or корчик (korchik) both referring to a type of ladle.
Hatsune Popular Culture
A fictional bearer is the Yamaha engineered Vocaloid and fictional character, Hatsune Miku. It combines the kanji 初 (hatsu) meaning "first time" and 音 (ne) meaning "sound".
Misuari Filipino, Tausug
Meaning uncertain. A famous bearer is Nurallaji Pinang Misuari (1939-), better known as Nur Misuari, a Moro Filipino revolutionary.
Vidič Slovene
Cognate of Vidić.
Kumhar Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Hindi and Nepali form of Kumbhakar.
Fujiyama Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Talaba Filipino, Cebuano
Means "oyster" in Cebuano.
Panciera Italian
from panciera denoting the piece of the armor covering the stomach (from pancia "belly paunch") perhaps used for an armorer or for someone with a large paunch.
Chaban Ukrainian
Means "sheep herder".
Pardoe English
From a medieval nickname based on the Old French oath par Dieu "by God" (cf. Purdie).
Conrad German, German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from the given name Conrad.
Fenley English
This surname may be:... [more]
Ergashyev Uzbek
Variant transcription of Ergashev.
Weerasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Maharana Indian, Odia
Derived from the Sanskrit title महाराणा (maharana) meaning "king of kings", from महा (maha) meaning "great" and राणा (rana) meaning "king".
D'orival French
Variant form of D'oreval. This is also one of the very few forms (of what is ultimately the D'aurevalle surname) that is still in use nowadays.
Cahana Jewish (Rare, Archaic)
Jewish surname, originally of Eastern European Ashkenazi origin, found in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova. Currently a relatively common surname in Israel. Aramaic equivalent of Cohen.
Kinne German
From the female given name Kinne, a Silesian diminutive of Kunigunde.
Janiš Sorbian, Czech, Slovak
Derived from a derivative of the given name Jan 1.