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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Boboev Tajik
Tajik form of Babaev.
Kawai Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Jaunzeme Latvian
Feminine form of Jaunzems, a Latvian occupational surname meaning "new farmer", composed of jauns meaning "new" and zeme meaning "land" (compare zemlja).
Källberg Swedish
Swedish variant of Kjellberg.
Trautwein German
Derived from a medieval given name composed of Middle High German trut meaning "beloved" and win meaning "friend".
Czarniecki Polish
Name for a person from a town named Czarnca, Czarne, Czarnocin or Czarnia, all derived from Polish czarny meaning "black".
Dimafelix Tagalog
Hispanicized variant of Dimapilis.
Eickhoff German
From Middle Low German eke "oak" and hof "manor farm."
Ogushi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大串 (see Ōgushi).
Məcidov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Məcid".
Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Tuleshova Russian, Ukrainian
Was the surname of “The Voice Kids Ukraine”, Daneliya Tuleshova.
Bustan Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Jewish
From Aramaic bustān meaning "garden". Perhaps someone who works or lives near a garden or an orchard.
Uñalivia Spanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name
Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
Beske German
Likely derived from Peschke and Peske, vernacular forms of the given name Petrus.
Imbert French
From the medieval French personal name Imbert, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "vast-bright".
Buck English
From the given name Buck.
Teder Estonian
Means "black grouse" in Estonian.
Cornelissis Flemish
Patronymic form of Cornelis.
Tomé Portuguese
From the given name Tomé.
Rainey Irish, Scottish
An Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Raighne, Ó Ráighne meaning "descendent of Raonull", the given name Raonull being derived from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr (compare Ronald).
Eller German
Habitational name from places in the North Rhine and Mosel areas
Geipelhorst German
This rather rare surname is appears to be the combination of "Geipel", which is a variant of "Geibel" originating from a personal name or topographic name formed with Old High German gawi ‘fertile region’, ‘countryside’ (as opposed to a town), and "Horst" which came from of Old High German, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood"... [more]
Rizvi Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ridha.
Sitthilath Lao
From Lao ສິດທິ (sitthi) meaning "right, accomplishment, success" and ລາດ (lat) meaning "pave, pour".
Hao Chinese
From Chinese 郝 (hǎo) referring to the ancient fief of Hao, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shanxi province.
Corbelli Emilian-Romagnol
May be mean 'raven-like' or 'basket maker'.
Yatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".
Hamedani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Hamedan (or Hamadan) in Iran, from the Old Persian name Hagmatāna meaning "(place of) gathering".
Pakk Estonian
Pakk is an Estonian surname meaning both "parcel" and "forecastle".
Abelleira Galician
Means "beehive, apiary" in Galician, either used as an occupational name for a beekeeper or a habitational name for someone from any of various places in Galicia called Abelleira (derived from the same word).
Hurghada Arabic (Egyptian)
Habitational name for someone who lived in Hurghada, Egypt.
Wadud Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Wadud.
Mcritchie Scottish
Means "son of Ritchie". (Diminutive of Richard)
Feehily Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Fithcheallaigh.
Kunnas Finnish
Means "hill, hillock" in Finnish.
Alhadeff Judeo-Spanish
Possibly an occupational name for a weaver from Arabic الهداف (al-̣haddāf) meaning "the weaver's shuttle". Alternately, it may be from Arabic الهدى (al-hadā) meaning "the guided one".
Leconte French
from the Old French title of rank conte "count", an occupational name for a servant in the household of a count or who was one.
Ariyaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ආරියරත්න (see Ariyaratne).
Inthalangsy Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) meaning "lord, king", also referring to the Hindu god Indra, and ລັງສີ (langsy) meaning "ray, beam".
Spellbody Literature
Used in Jill Murphy's books, The Worst Witch, as well as the 2017 television adaptation for the surname of Maud Spellbody. It is a combination of "spell" and "body".
Vinchenko Ukrainian
Means "from Vinnytsya".
Mostefaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Mustafa" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).
Kanisthasunthon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Jančanka Belarusian
Derived from the Belarusian given name Jan 1.
Hiew Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Qiu.
Lo Guasta Italian
Variant of Guasti, literally "the broken". Probably used as a nickname for someone with a twisted or deformed limb, used in at least one case for a foundling.
Ramientas Spanish
Ramientas from Spanish word "herramientas" which means tools....
Van Den Vondel Dutch
Means "from the small wooden bridge", derived from a dialectal variant of Dutch vonder meaning either "narrow bridge" or "plank bridge". This name was borne by the Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679).
Mota South American, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.
Talwar Indian
Sikh name based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community, derived from Panjabitəlwār ‘sword’ (Sanskrit taravāri).
Isidore French
From the given name Isidore.
Holliman English
Possibly means "holly man"
Macgrath Irish
First found in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.... [more]
Püss Estonian
Means "gun" in Estonian, from Middle Low German busse "box, firelock".
Courfeyrac Literature
Courfeyrac is the surname that Victor Hugo used for Marius' closest friend in the friend of the ABC. Meaning is unknown.
Ravenswood English (American)
Ravenswood is a gothic surname.
Schools Dutch
Variant of School.
Greaves Popular Culture
Borne by Lucien Greaves, a social activist and the spokesman and co-founder of The Satanic Temple.
Diao Chinese
From Chinese 刁 (diāo) referring to the ancient state of Diao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. It was adopted due to being homophonous with the character 雕, which was the actual name of the state.
Threadgold English
Occupational name for an embroiderer who used golden threads, derived from Middle English thred "thread" and gold "gold".
Al-Saedi Arabic
Means "the happy one" from the Arabic root سعد (saʿida) meaning "to be happy, to be lucky".
Valore Italian
Meaning - Value
Cesari Italian
Variant of Cesare.
Mccard Scottish, Irish
Scottish or Irish: variant of McCart.
Haydarov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Haydar".
Lapetina South American, Italian (?)
Possibly from Italian La Petina, the meaning of which is uncertain.
Spjuth Swedish
Variant of Spjut.
Mcswiggan Irish
Means "son of Swiggan".
Rigolet French
Means "creek" in French. From (American) French rigole (“rivulet”), from Old French regol.
Rieke German
Variant of Rieck
Aretino Italian
Topographical, meaning "from Arezzo", as in the case of native (Italian writer and controversialist) Pietro Aretino (1492–1556).
Hafidi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hafiz.
Myakshenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian м'якшення (m'yakshennya), meaning "mitigation".
Yago Japanese
Possibly from 谷 (ya, tani) meaning "valley" and 戸 (go, to) meaning "door".
Buhat Filipino, Cebuano
Means "work, job, deed" or "make, create" in Cebuano.
Khachatrian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Խաչատրյան (see Khachatryan).
Franssen Dutch
Means "son of Frans".
Ju Korean
Korean form of Zhu, from Sino-Korean 朱 (ju).
Zaimoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Zaim".
Khirlig-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "dirty boy" in Tuvan, from Tuvan хирлиг (khirlig) "dirty" and оол (ool) "son, boy".
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").
Dowler English
Occupational name for a maker of dowels and similar objects, from a derivative of Middle English “dowle”.
Asquith English
Habitational name from a village in North Yorkshire named Askwith, from Old Norse askr ‘ash tree’ + vi{dh}r ‘wood’
Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (yasu) means "cheap, low, inexpensive, rested, peaceful, relax".良 (ra) means "good, excellent", and 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill"... [more]
Molony Irish
Variant of Moloney.
Bekanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Bekanówka.
Pyak Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Baek used by ethnic Koreans living in former Soviet territories.
Hetherington English
Derived from Hetherington, a like-named place in Northumberland
Villalva Spanish (Rare)
Villa meaning "Town", Alva meaning "White"
Shahzadi Urdu
From the given name Shahzad.
Torkington English
From the name of a place in Greater Manchester, originally meaning "Tork's settlement" (Tork being a name or nickname combined with Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town").
Gyljárlaugsson Icelandic
The name Gyljárlaugsson combines two Icelandic words, "gylja" meaning "to roar" and "laug" meaning "hot spring". Therefore, the name Gyljárlaugsson could be interpreted as "son of the roaring hot spring".
Deleuran French (Huguenot), Danish
Huguenot surname of unknown origin. This family emigrated to Denmark in the 16th century, and now most members of the family are Danish
Rössel German
Means "knight" in German.
Takebe Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial", 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo", or 建 (take) meaning "build, construct", and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Mcvicar Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac á Bhiocair (Scottish) or Mac an Bhiocaire (Irish) "son of the vicar" from Latin vicarius.
Amemiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).
Lugo Spanish
Galician and Spanish habitational name from Lugo, a city in Galicia. This was a Roman settlement under the name of Lucus Augusti ‘grove or wood of Augustus’, but that may have been no more than an adaptation of an earlier name derived from that of the Celtic god Lugos.
Kano Japanese
From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kristjánsson Icelandic
Means "son of Kristján" in Icelandic.
Bakan Turkish
Means "minister, chancellor" in Turkish.
Eckhard German
From the given name Eckhard.
Šimičić Croatian
Šimičić comes from the name Šimun, which is the Croatian form of Simeon, which means flatter and/or listener.... [more]
Narch English
Variant of Narchi.
Chernysh Russian
Derived from a Slavic word meaning "black".
Bey French, German, Frisian
North German and Frisian: from the Old Frisian personal name Beyo or Boy/Boye (see Boye).... [more]
Stavonin Russian
Originally Stavnin (shutter-maker), Stavonin resulted from an incorrect spelling that stuck (for over a hundred years)... [more]
Matamoros Spanish
Means "Moor slayer" in Spanish, from Spanish matar "to kill, to slay" and moro "Moor". This is the name associated with the apostle James, who is said to have helped the Christians during the legendary Battle of Clavijo... [more]
Deschain French, Literature
Of French origin. This is the last name of the character of the Gunslinger Roland in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series.
Laasalu Estonian
Laasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "woodland grove".
Carrey Irish
Variant of Carey. A famous bearer is Canadian-American actor and comedian Jim Carrey (1962-).
Molica Italian
Possibly a variant spelling of Mollica.
Phutsa Thai (Rare)
Means "jujube" in Thai.
Shchusev Russian
Surname derived from Alexey Shchusev
Alan Crom Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.
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]
Rusch German
Derived from Middle High German and Middle Low German rusch "rush reeds".
Bondi Italian
Derived from the given name Abbondio.
Miso Japanese (Rare)
Miso is made up of two symbols literally referring to "miso soup". Approximately less than 140 people in Japan possess this last name.
Paddington English
Believed to mean "Pada's farm", with the Anglo-Saxon name Pada possibly coming from the Old English word pad, meaning "toad".
Hållberg Swedish (Rare)
The first element might be taken from place names starting with (or containing) , hål, or håll. The second element is Swedish berg "mountain".
Naegele German
Variant of Nagel.
Avdonin Russian
derived from male given name Avdey
Renna Italian
Variant of Renda.
Racman Filipino, Maranao, Maguindanao
From the given name Racman.
Schauble German
Diminutive of Scaub
Rosemary English
From the plant, meaning "dew of the sea".
Horay Ukrainian
From Ukrainian горе (hore), meaning "mountain".
Andou Japanese
Variant transcription of Ando.
Vario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Vario. Also means "various" in Italian.
Abeyesekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේසේකර (see Abeysekara).
Fukuyama Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Rattanaphet Thai (Rare)
From Thai รัตน (rattana-) meaning "gem; jewel" and เพชร์ (phet), a variant form of เพชร (phet) meaning "diamond".
Versailles French (Rare)
From the location of Versailles Yvelines near Paris.
Bagshaw English
Derived from the village in Derbyshire called Bagshaw
Rowe Jewish
A shortened form of the surname Horowitz, a variant of the surname Horovic, from the town of Horovice, Czech Republic.
Seshita Japanese
From 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, rapids, current" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Hofbauer German
Means - King farmer
Eksi Turkish
Ekºi means "sour" in Turkish.
Humayun Urdu
From the given name Humayun.
Momosaki Japanese
Momo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Santa Maria Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santamaría primarily used in the Philippines.
Bedworth English
An English habitational surname from a place so named near Nuneaton, in Warwickshire, derived most likely from the Old English personal name Baeda (see Bede), suffixed with worþ, 'enclosure', denoting an enclosed area of land belonging to Baeda.
Montesquieu French
From French montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.
Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".
Sashenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Sasha".
Chiacchio Italian
Possibly from Neapolitan chiachiello "all talk, not serious".
Raynes English (American)
Patronymic version of many Germanic names with the first element starting with "ragin"
Cuello Spanish, South American
From Spanish meaning "neck". Could be a nickname for a person with a stiff neck.
Żelazny Polish
Means "(made of) iron" in Polish, used as a nickname for a person with a strong personality.
Bacchus English
(i) Variant of Backus (meaning "one who lives in or works in a bakery", from Old English bǣchūs "bakehouse, bakery"), the spelling influenced by Bacchus (name of the Greek and Roman god of wine).... [more]
Cron English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Variant or Americanized form of Kron.
Idezuki Japanese
From 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", 出 (de) meaning "exit", and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".
Mansor Arabic
Derived from the given name Mansur.
Hazelton English
Hazel is referring to hazel trees, while ton is from old english tun meaning enclosure, so an enclosure of hazel trees, or an orchard of hazel trees.
Hei Chinese
Hei means “Black” in Chinese
Yusufova Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Feminine transcription of Yusufov.
Farquhar Scottish (Anglicized)
Scottish (Aberdeenshire) reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhearchair ‘son of Fearchar’, a personal name composed of the elements fear ‘man’ + car ‘loving’, ‘beloved’.
Mcmath Scottish, English
Means "son of Math".
Reiser German, Upper German
Habitational name for someone from Reis or Reissen in Bavaria (see Reis). An occupational name from Middle High German reisære ‘warrior’, ‘traveler’... [more]
Azi Afizere
Azi is actually pronounced Azīh which means "Unending, in ended father of many generations" it is named after children believed to become the origin or source of lasting families.
Labidi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عابد (ʿābid) "worshiper, adorer, server" (chiefly Tunisian).
Paquin French
Originated in east France. This last name signified a freehold that permitted use of a cluster of land or pastures. The name became “he who possesses lands” and "he who is wise."
Chaudron French
From french meaning "cauldron".
Mighty Jamaican Patois
Apparently a nickname for a very strong man from English mighty "very strong".
Elliotto American
Unknown origin, probably related to Elliott.
Takitani Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".
Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."
Valiant English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old French vaillant meaning "heroic, courageous".
Kasperson English
Means "Son of Kasper".
Salumets Estonian
Salumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grove/coppice forest", derived from the compounds "salu" (grove/coppice) and "mets" (forest).
Makhmetmurzayev Chechen
Ayshat Makhmetmurzayeva is a Chechen singer.
Livingstone Scottish, Irish, Jewish
Scottish: Habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston, from an owner called Levin (Lewin), who appears in charters of David I in the early 12th century.... [more]
Pittau Italian
Sardinian diminutive of Sebastiano.
Zweinstra German
Zweinstra is a German, relatively unknown surname which is also sometimes used in Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.
Marois Norman, Picard, French
topographic name from the Old French words "mareis", "maresc", mareis, marois meaning "marsh" ‘marshy ground’.
Mernissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly a variant of Marnissi. A famous bearer was Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist Fatima Mernissi (1940-2015).
Wajoli African
Swahili Word mjoli. Swahili Plural wajoli. English Word fellow servant.
Haverbus Yiddish, Dutch
Means "blessed friend", from Hebrew חבר (haver) and ברוך (baruch) "blessed".
Bian Chinese
From Chinese 卞 (biàn) referring to the ancient fief of Bian, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Paik Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 백 (see Baek).
Sever Croatian, Slovene
From Proto-Slavic sěverъ meaning ''north''.
Naakka Finnish
Means "jackdaw" in Finnish.
Suwanrat Thai
From Thai สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
Yohe Medieval English
The Yohe surname comes from the Old English word "ea," or "yo," in Somerset and Devon dialects, which meant "river" or "stream." It was likely originally a topographic name for someone who lived near a stream.