Browse Submitted Surnames

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Kits Estonian
Kits is an Estonian surname meaning "goat".
Cadonau Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Donatus.
Riel French
French variant of Riehl. Most notable bearer is Canadian Métis political leader Louis Riel, best known for his Red River Rebellion.
Saul Estonian
Saul is an Estonian surname derived from the biblical masculine given name "Saul".
Çalışkan Turkish
Means "hard-working, diligent, assiduous" in Turkish.
Zsiros Hungarian
Hungarian surname derived from the Serbo-croation word žȋr meaning "acorn".
Bråthen Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse broti "land cleared for cultivation by burning". This was a common farm name in southeastern Norway.
Neher German
An occupational name for a tailor from a deritive of Middle Low German, 'nehen' which means 'to sew' or 'to embroider'
Tuule Estonian
Tuule is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name) meaning "calm".
Levert French
Means "the green", from French vert "green".
Easterbrook English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter meaning "eastern" + brook meaning "stream".
Herndon English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly derived from Old English hyrne "corner, angle, nook" and dun "hill, mountain". Alternatively, it could derive from an older form of the toponym Harrowden, composed of hearg "temple, altar, pile of stones" and dun "hill".
Ghali Arabic
From the given name Ghali.
Tōkin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 (see Zukin).... [more]
Fieldhouse English
Topographic name for someone who lived in a house in open pasture land. Reaney draws attention to the form de Felhouse (Staffordshire 1332), and suggests that this may have become Fellows.
Dwamena Akan
Meaning unknown.
Sueoka Japanese
From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."
Sandell English
Originated from a name for someone who lived on a sand hill
Rummenigge German
Meaning uncertain. It could possibly be an occupational name for a viticulturist who grew grapes to make wine, a seller or producer of Romanian wine, or a nickname for a person who preferred to drink Romanian wine... [more]
Navidi Persian
From the given name Navid.
Tiriliomis Greek
Tirilomis is the masc variation, Tiriliomi the fem.
Larkichev Russian
Derived from a diminutive form Larka of the Russian monastic name Illarion.
Snäll Swedish
Possibly taken from English Snell or its German cognate Schnell, meaning "quick, fast", and having its spelling influenced by Swedish snäll "nice, kind"... [more]
Cherep Ukrainian
Means "skull" in Ukrainian.
Ho Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Busco Italian
Variant of Bosco.
De Clare English, Anglo-Norman
From the town of Clare in Suffolk, which was the centre-point of lands given to Richard fitz Gilbert after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066... [more]
Maverick English (Rare)
Surname notably borne by Texas lawyer, politician and land baron Samuel Maverick (1803-1870) to whom the word maverick was coined.
Yonezawa Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."
Kiff English
Possibly a variant of Kift, itself from an Old English nickname meaning "clumsy, awkward".
Akechi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect".
Gemistos Greek, Late Greek
Means "full, laden" in Greek, supposedly referring to a head full of knowledge. One of the earliest recorded bearers was Georgios Gemistos Plethon, a Greek scholar of the late Byzantine era. He chose the pseudonym Plethon (from πλῆθος (plethos) "multitude, great number", from πλήθω (pletho) "to fill") partly in reference to the meaning of his surname.
Casaday Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Cassidy .
Pushkin Russian
Derived from Russian пушка (pushka) meaning "gun, cannon". A notable bearer was Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), a Russian poet and writer.
Mannerheim Finland Swedish (Rare)
Swedification of the German surname Marhein. A famous bearer was Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951), a Finnish military leader, statesman and the 6th President of Finland... [more]
Murdick Scottish
Most likely a derivative of Murdock, or Murdoch. Historical documentation, as late as the mid-1800's refer to my ancestors as Murdock, but can also reference the surname of Murdick - even, on occasion, in the same document... [more]
Quế Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gui, from Sino-Vietnamese 桂 (quế).
Bails English
Indicated that the bearer lived outside the walls of a feudal castle, from the Old French baile, refering to the structure
Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".
Hayhurst English
Topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) high wood or grove’, from Middle English heigh, high(e) + hirst(e).
Heigl German
Derived from the given name Hugo.
Mangloña Chamorro
Chamorro for "their breath"
Imura Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Saelao Thai
Form of Liu used by Thais of Chinese descent, formed with Thai แซ่ (sae) denoting Chinese family names.
Kashyap Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From the given name Kashyapa.
Ris French (Huguenot)
Surname of unknown meaning.
Demachi Japanese
De means ground, soil, dirt, earth" and machi means "town".
Oldham English
Habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald "old" and Old Norse holmr "island water meadow" or eald "old" and ham "farmstead" meaning either "old lands" or "old farm".
Caracciolo Italian
Famous bearer of this surname is Canadian-Italian singer Alessia Caracciolo (1996-).
Dzhokharov Chechen
Means "son of Dzhokhar".
Kurisingal Malayalam
Malayalam surname used by the St Thomas Christians of Kerala.
Pramanik Indian, Bengali, Odia, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रामाणिक (pramanika) meaning "genuine, authentic".
Hirv Estonian
Hirv is an Estonian surname meaning "deer"
Latif Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Latif.
Claine Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Gille Eathain, a patronymic name meaning "son of the servant of Saint John."
Hendaia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a commune (Hendaye in French) in southwestern France, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Basque handi "big, large, great" and ibi "ford" or ibai "river", though this structure would not be grammatically correct... [more]
Chilupe Southern African
Chiefly used among the Bemba ethnic group in Zambia in the Lusaka, Copperbelt, and Luapula Provinces. It is in reference to the agricultural tool 'chilupe' which is used to separate husks from pounded grain.
Ieiri Japanese (Rare)
家 (Ie) means "building, residency, family, dwelling, home, habitation", and 入 (iri) means "enter, input". ... [more]
Ruedig German
Variation of Rudig.
Goldschneider German
Means "gold cutter" in German, from the elements gold "gold" and snidan "to cut".
Bosma West Frisian, Dutch
Means "man of the forest", from Dutch bos "forest, woods" and the Frisian suffix -ma.
Rosco English
Variant of Roscoe.
Lamendola Italian, Sicilian
nickname or more often a habitational name from places named with the dialect term amendola, mendola, mendula "almond" (also "almond tree").
Tărniceriu Romanian
From tărnicer meaning "saddler".
Brehme German
Variant form of Bremer. This name was borne by the German soccer player Andreas Brehme (1960-2024).
Minamoto Japanese
From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.... [more]
Kurisu Japanese
This surname is used as 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲 with 栗 (ri, ritsu, ononoku, kuri) meaning "chestnut", 栖 (sei, su.mu) meaning "cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought" and 洲 (shuu, su, shima) meaning "continent, country, island, sandbar."... [more]
Katsu Japanese
Matsu means "victory".
Tonnoir French, French (Belgian)
Means "thunder". Originally, a nickname given to loud men. Very rare.
Luong Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Lương.
Burgen English
Habitational name for someone from Burgundy, France.
Edler German
"Noble man." It comes from Edelman.
Cawthorne English
From a place name: either Cawthorn in North Yorkshire or Cawthorne in West Yorkshire, both are derived from Old English ceald "cold" and þorn "thorn, thornbush".
Le Bras Breton
Altered form of Breton Ar Brazh meaning "the great, the imposing" or "the big, the fat", ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brassos "great, violent".
Sárkány Hungarian
Means "dragon" in Hungarian.
Vergan French (Huguenot)
Family history states that original name was "du Vergau" French Huguenot chased from France to Germany.
Iraeta Basque
From the name of a settlement in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and the toponymic suffix -eta.
Langhofer German
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Langhof.
Pinoy Tagalog, Filipino
Relating to the Philippine Islands or the Filipinos.
Kivik Estonian
Kivik is an Estonian surname relating to "stone".
Aranjuez Spanish
Aranjuez is primarily known as a place name, specifically a historic town located near Madrid, Spain.
Bettany English
Variant of Betteley in the West Midlands and variant of Beatley in East England with /n/ substituted for /l/.
Oryschak Ukrainian
Refers to someone from the village of Oryshkivsti in Ternopil Oblast in present-day Western Ukraine.
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".
Tawney English, Norman
Habitational name from either of two places, Saint-Aubin-du-Thennay or Saint-Jean-du-Thennay, in Eure, Normandy, both so named from an uncertain first element (possibly a Gallo-Roman personal name or the Gaulish word tann ‘oak’, ‘holly’) + the locative suffix -acum.
Dashiev Buryat
Derived from Tibetan བཀྲ་ཤིས (bkra shis) meaning "good fortune, good luck".
Gojković Serbian
Serbian patronymic surname, derived from the masculine given name Gojko.
Almazán Spanish
Habitational name demoting someone originally from the municipality of Almazán in Castile and León, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic المكان المحصن (al-makān al-ḥiṣn) meaning "the fortified place" or "the stronghold".
Zambon Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Zambono, istself a northeastern variant of Giambono.
Amarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Dagohoy Filipino, Cebuano
From a shortened form of the Cebuano phrase dagon sa huyuhoy meaning "talisman of the breeze", which was the nom de guerre of Filipino rebel Francisco "Dagohoy" Sendrijas (1724-1800).
Bagrationi Georgian
Means "son of Bagrat" in Georgian. This was the name of a royal dynasty that ruled Georgia from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
Tsunami Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".
Novikovas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Novikov.
Holzschuh German
Occupational - from German holz "wood", and schuh "shoe".
Genova Italian
habitational name from Genoa (Italian Genova) in Liguria which during the Middle Ages was one of the great seaports of the Mediterranean and a flourishing mercantile and financial center... [more]
O'Loney Irish
Anglicization of Ó Luanaigh.
German English, Norman, German, Jewish, Greek
From Old French germain meaning "German". This sometimes denoted an actual immigrant from Germany, but was also used to refer to a person who had trade or other connections with German-speaking lands... [more]
Karakuş Turkish
Means "black bird" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kuş meaning "bird".
Etzdorf German
Origin and meaning unknown, possibly a given name. Usually has nobiliary particle "Von".
Dimants Latvian
Means "diamond".
Beckemeyer German
Beckemeyer is a surname of German origin. The name likely traces back to a place named Beckum, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The "-eyer" suffix could potentially mean "from" or "of" in this context, so " Beckemeyer " could translate to "from Beckum".
Dethomas Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the given name Thomas.
Goonewardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Murahama Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and hama means "seashore, veach".
Knighton English
English surname which was derived from a place name composed of the Old English elements cnihta meaning "servant, retainer" (genitive plural of cniht) and tun "enclosure, settlement".
Arteta Basque
Habitational name from any of several places in Navarre and Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque arte "oak tree, holm oak" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".
Aksanova Russian
Feminine form of Aksanov (Аксанов)
Saludo Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "to greet".
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]
Ritch English, German, German (Swiss)
1. English: variant spelling of Rich. ... [more]
Shafik Arabic
Derived from the given name Shafiq.
Mohsin Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Muhsin.
Bold German, Swedish
From the given name Baldo. A cognate of Italian and Spanish Baldo.
Lewy Polish
Means "left" in Polish, a nickname for a left-handed person.
Berkeley English
From any of the locations called Berkeley derived the elements beorc "birch" and leah "clearing, wood" meaning "birch clearing"... [more]
Laroussi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Aroussi.
Ossola Italian
Habitational name from the Ossola valley in Piedmont, Italy.
Wit Dutch
Means "white" in Dutch, a variant of De Wit.
Nine English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Nein or Neun, from Middle High German niun meaning "nine".
Komuta Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 無 (mu) meaning "naught, nothing" or 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)", and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Seufale Samoan
seufale is a name which is used in the islands of samoa but is also usedin other countries by the samoan people. seufale is a name passed down by a family member.
Zhytnyk Ukrainian
Means "rye worker".
Kashio Japanese
Derived from 柏 ka meaning oak, cypress./ 尾 shio meaning tail-end, a counter for fish, the lower slope of a mountain.
Kanedakara Japanese
Combination Kanji Character "金" meaning "Gold", with "宝" meaning "Treasure".
Pogue Irish, American
An Irish surname meaning "kiss"
Cieśla Polish
Derived from Polish cieśla "carpenter".
Stefkovic Slovak
Possibly means 'son of Stefko', judging by the fact that Slavic suffixes such as '-ovich' and '-ovic' mean '(name)'s son'.
Augustyniak Polish
Derived from the given name Augustyn.
Warg Swedish
Taken from Swedish varg "wolf", ultimately derived from Old Norse vargr.
Laguindab Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao lagindab meaning "blaze".
Pouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Bao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Rohr German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area thickly grown with reeds, from Middle High German ror. Also a habitational name from one of the several places named with this word.
Hiddleston English, Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Huddleston in Yorkshire, England. The place name was derived from the Old English personal name HUDEL.
Palling Estonian
Palling is an Estonian surname meaning "serve".
Kashii Japanese
Kashi can mean "candy" or "oak" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit"
Upchurch English
habitational name from a place called as "the high church" or possibly the higher of two churches from Middle English up "up high higher" and chirche "church" (Old English upp and cirice)... [more]
Okawara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河原 (see Ōkawara).
Bekhti Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic بَخْت (baḵt) meaning "luck, fortune".
Huot English, French
Variant of Huet.
Gabe Biblical Hebrew
From the name Gabriel
Kippasto Estonian
Kippasto is an Estonian surname derived from "kippama" meaning to "tilt", "rock" and "topple".
Paguirigan Ilocano
From Ilocano irig meaning "to incline, to bend down on one side", referring to a place with leaning trees or plants.
Saika Japanese
From 雑 (sai) meaning "miscellaneous" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulations, joy".
Virolainen Finnish
Means "Estonian" in Finnish.
Danielides Greek
Non-modern variant transcription of Daniilidis.
Tímoteussdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Tímoteus" in Icelandic.
Monma Japanese
From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".
Amemiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).
Boroi Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Allemagne French, Jewish
From French meaning "Germany". Used by Ashkenazi Jews in France.
Straka Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak: Nickname from straka ‘magpie’, probably for a thievish or insolent person.... [more]
Amankona Akan
Meaning unknown.
McKenley Scottish, Jamaican Patois
Variant of McKinley. This surname was borne by Herb McKenley (1922-2007), a Jamaican track and field sprinter.
Yusifzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yousefzadeh.
Khertek Tuvan
Meaning uncertain.
Donham Scottish
A surname meaning "House on the Hill" .
Kumm Estonian
Kumm is an Estonian surname meaning "vault" and "arch".
Grīva Latvian
Means "creek".
Zingeser Jewish, Yiddish
Comes from Yiddish "ציו" meaning "Tin" and "גייסער" meaning "Smith".
Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".
Ruangsri Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เรืองศรี (see Rueangsi).
Đậu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Dou, from Sino-Vietnamese 竇 (đậu).
Angelis Greek
Variant of Angelos.
Guli Uzbek, Kurdish, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Albanian, Bosnian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose". It is sometimes borne by Georgians and Armenians of Persian descent.
Bain Scottish, Irish
Derived from Scottish Gaelic bàn "white, pale, fair", a nickname for a person with fair hair.
Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Kahale Hawaiian
"The house".
San Luis Spanish
In honor of Saint Louis.
Kalleske Polish (Germanized, Rare)
The surname Kalleske can be found among 40 telephone subscribers in Germany, in addition to the spelling Kaleske (about 39 times), with at least six namesake. Assuming that the normal spread of a family name is between 400 and 500 times this name is very rare... [more]
Kise Kise
Kise is very Kise
Nemchik Russian (?), Dutch (?)
Possibly a variant form of Niemczyk.
Bucalov Russian, Moldovan
Unknown origin and meaning, could be connected to Bakalov.
Khrushchev Russian
Derived from Russian хрущ (khrushch) meaning "cockchafer" or "May beetle".
Demidov Russian
Means "son of Demid". This was the name of a Russian industrialist family prominent in the 18th and 19th centuries. A bearer of the feminine form Demidova was Anna Stepanovna Demidova (1878-1918), a lady-in-waiting in the service of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna who acquired posthumous fame for being executed alongside her employer in 1918.
Lutsenko Ukrainian
From the given name Lutsko.
Nedelcu Romanian (Modern)
Entered Romania around the 16th century via Bulgaria as a popular female given name - Neda/Nedelea etc., attested under the form of Nedelco/Nedelcu in the historical region of Basarabia around 1560, became a surname in the following century... [more]
Theodore English
From the given name Theodore.
Bentinck Dutch
Patronymic of the given name Bent 2 with the suffix inck meaning "people".
Beeman English
Occupational name for a beekeeper, from Middle English bee "bee" and man.
Debije Dutch
Variant of De Bie.
Kazi Bengali, Indian
Variant of Qazi.
Kinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.
Doughton English
Habitational name from Doughton in Gloucestershire or Doughton in Norfolk, both from Old English dūce meaning “duck” + tūn “farmstead.”
Whiteman English
From a nickname (see White).
Sukkasem Thai
From Thai ศุข (suk) meaning "joy, happiness, delight" and เกษม (kasem) meaning "contentment, happiness".
Lokman Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Luqman.
Niesen Dutch, German
Means "son of Nies", a reduced form of the personal names Dennis or Agnes.
Czicagia Polish
Habitational name meaning someone who is from Chicago.
Peurala Finnish
Probably derived from the Finnish peura meaning "deer" with the suffix -la indicating a place.
Averina Russian
feminine form of Averin
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