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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Kubilus Lithuanian
This surname is a derivative of the given name Jacob.
Osmar English
Variant of Hosmer.
Hebert French, German
From the personal name Hebert or Egbert.
Lurie Jewish
It is one of the oldest family trees in the world, tracing back at least to King David born c. 1037 BCE, as documented by Neil Rosenstein in his book The Lurie Legacy... [more]
Lindpere Estonian
Lindpere is an Estonian surname meaning "bird family".
Hamedi Persian
From the given name Hamed.
Sho Japanese
Japanese name meaning "to fly/soar" or "wind instrument".
Brosig German
Brosig is a German patronymic from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose).
Hodapp German
1 South German: probably a nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle High German hōh ‘high’, ‘tall’ + the dialect word dapp ‘fool’.... [more]
Silbermann German, Jewish
Variant of Silber. from Middle High German silber German silber "silver" and Middle High German Yiddish man "man" an occupation for a man who worked with silver.
Brion French
Refers to any of several places of the same name. Derived from Gaulish briga "height, hill" and the suffix -one.
Fouche French
"people army"
Etxezarreta Basque
Derived from Basque etxe "house, building" and zahar "old" combined with the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".
Derwin English
Variant of Darwin.
Bouthillette French
Diminutive form of Boutilier.
Martinique French, Antillean Creole, French (Caribbean)
From the French department named Martinique.
Malizia Italian
Means "malice, spite" or "mischievousness" in Italian.
Riad Arabic
From the given name Riad.
Niedbała Polish
Nickname from niedbały meaning "negligent", "careless", "untidy".
Knowles Irish
As an Irish surname it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail meaning "descendant of Tnúthgal", a given name composed of the elements tnúth "desire, envy" and gal "valor".
Chitsawangdi Thai (Rare)
From Thai จิตต์ (chit) meaning "mind; heart; soul; spirit; mentality", สว่าง (sawang) meaning "bright; shining", and ดี (di) meaning "good".
Väits Estonian
Väits is an Estonian surname derived from "väit" meaning "insist".
Urs Romanian
From Romanian urs meaning "bear".
Schicklgruber German (Austrian)
This was the surname of Maria Schicklgruber (April 15, 1795 - January 7, 1847), the grandmother of Adolf Hitler.
Irfan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.
Calfee English (American)
Possibly an altered form of Irish Calvey or English Caulfield.
Farthing English
(i) "someone who lives on a 'farthing' of land" (i.e. a quarter of a larger area); (ii) from a medieval nickname based on farthing "1/4 penny", perhaps applied to someone who paid a farthing in rent; (iii) from the Old Norse male personal name Farthegn, literally "voyaging warrior"
Hamer English, German
From the town of Hamer in Lancashire from the old english word Hamor combining "Rock" and "Crag". It is also used in Germany and other places in Europe, possibly meaning a maker of Hammers.
Kaukolinna Finnish (Rare)
Derived from Finnish kaukainen(kauko), meaning distant and linna, meaning castle
Brogden English
From the name of a place in West Yorkshire meaning "valley brook", from Old English broc "brook" and denu "valley".
Cālītis Latvian
Derived from the word cālis meaning "chick".
Hieronymus German
From the Greek given name ‘Ιερωνυμος (Hieronymos) meaning "sacred name" (see Jerome).
Herd Dutch
Comes from Middle Dutch hert, herte ‘hart’, ‘stag’; probably a nickname for someone who was fleet of foot, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a deer; variant of Heard.
Esumi Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and sumi mean "residence, dwelling, abide" or "nook, corner".
Morihara Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Pyo Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 俵 (pyo) meaning "to share".
Deleeuw Dutch
Contracted form of De Leeuw.
Kostra Czech, Slovak
Unusual surname found in Slovakia and the Czech Republic meaning "skeleton" from the word kostra, ultimately from the word kost meaning "bone". In Czech in particular, kostra refers only to the biological meaning of "skeleton" - a skeleton as an independent entity is known as a kostlivec.
Cardinal English, French
From the rank of the Catholic Church, derived from Latin cardinalis "pertaining to a door hinge", through the notion of the function of such priests as ‘pivots’ of church life. It was used as a nickname for someone who habitually wore red or acted like a cardinal.
Tampõld Estonian
Tampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").
Ore English
Habitational name from Woore (Shropshire, England).
Maivel Estonian
Maivel is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "maidel" meaning "gudgeon" (a type of freshwater fish).
Martinho Portuguese
From the given name Martinho
Sasi Estonian
Sasi is an Estonian surname meaning "shock", "skein", and "snarl".
Vong Khmer
Means "family, lineage" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit वंश (vansha).
Stang German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Middle High German stang, German Stange ‘pole’, ‘shaft’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden shafts for spears and the like, or a metonymic occupational name for a soldier.
FitzEmpress History, Anglo-Norman
Means "son of the empress" in Anglo-Norman French. The three sons of Empress Matilda (1102-1167) were known as Henry FitzEmpress (King Henry II of England), Geoffrey FitzEmpress, Count of Nantes, and William FitzEmpress, Count of Poitou.
Karjane Estonian
Karjane is an Estonian surname meaning "herdsman".
Hisamura Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Sommar Swedish
Swedish cognate of Summer.
Coakley Irish
From Irish Gaelic Mac Caochlaoich "son of Caochlaoch", a personal name meaning literally "blind warrior".
Vise English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary, Old French devise.
Lazzaro Italian
From the given name Lazzaro
Kusakari Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 刈 (kari) meaning "reap, cut, prune".
Bannion Scottish
Scottish/Irish
Magnus Various
From the given name Magnus.
Tobías Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Jewish
From the given name Tobías.
Mackin Dutch
Pet form of Macco.
Ampiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).
Delorey French (Anglicized)
Anglicized version of Deslauriers, a topographic name for someone living among laurels, a combination of the fused preposition and plural definite article des ‘from the’ + the plural of Old French lorier ‘laurel’.
Lucius German, Dutch
From the personal name Lucius.
Kuur Estonian
Kuur is an Estonian surname meaning "shed" or "hovel".
Arendi Estonian
Arendi is an Estonian surname derived from "arendaja" meaning "developer".
Boşnak Turkish
Means "Bosniak" in Turkish. One of the only major ethnic groups that adopted Islam during the Ottoman Empire. A huge diaspora of Bosniaks live in Turkey and many Turks have Bosniak heritage.
Amarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Chanrueang Thai
Means "bright moon", from Thai จันทร์ (chan) meaning "Moon" and เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright; glowing; brilliant".
Lubahn German
Germanized form of a Slavic or Old Prussian name formed with lub- "love", "dear".
Jarosz Polish
Derived from the given names Jarosław or Hieronim.
Gąsienica Polish
Means "caterpillar, leafworm" in Polish.
Majedi Persian
From the given name Majed.
Wallen English
Originated from the Old English words "waellan" or "weallan," which mean "to boil" or "to bubble." It is thought that the name may have been used to describe someone who lived near a boiling spring or a bubbling brook.
Demirchyan Armenian
From Ottoman Turkish تیمورجی (demirci) "iron dealer, blacksmith".
Ben Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Arabic بْن (bn), a form of اِبْن (ibn) meaning "son (of), offspring". It is often used as a prefix for other Maghrebi patronymic names (such as Benali "son of Ali 1" or Ben Amor "son of Amor").
Rigas Greek
From the Latin word for king, 'rex'.
Clute Dutch
Variant form of Dutch Cloet or Kluit. Alternatively, could be from German Kluth.
Kawahigashi Japanese
From 河 or 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 東 (higashi) meaning "east".
Neuts Flemish
Flemish Dutch, meaning "New Son" lore tells of a son of a foreign given this name after being born in Flanders with no known father
Yonover English (British)
The surname Yonover was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.
Gracia Spanish
From gracia "grace", or an alteration of García.
Tabor English, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Jewish
English: metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle English, Old French tabo(u)r ‘drum’.... [more]
Hisamaru Japanese
Hisa means "long time, long time ago, longetivity" and maru means "circle, round".
Ibuki Japanese
It is written as 伊 (i) meaning "that one" and 吹 (buki) meaning "blow into".
Dowlen English (British)
Variant of Dolling, a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English word dolling, douling, dulling meaning “dull or stupid one.” Compare Doll, Dowling, Dowlin and Dowland.
Duckadam Banat Swabian
Best known as the surname of a certain Helmuth.
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]
Noori Persian, Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Noor 1.
Ōmori Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Aponte Spanish
A misdivision of Daponte. It originates from Majorca, Spain.
Xyooj Hmong
This name is possible from a location since Chinese during the 18th century gave Hmong surnames based on the location the Hmong were in. It's a possible clan surname.
Oit Estonian
Oit is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "õitsev", meaning "to blossom" or "to bloom".
Smither English
Occupational surname Smith with the suffix -er.
Jalloh Western African, Fula
Variant of Diallo primarily used in Sierra Leone.
Tomita Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, fortune" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Arthakornsiripho Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).
Zufall Medieval German
A German name from the Middle High German "zuoval," meaning "benefit," "coincidence" or "windfall." It was a nickname for a lucky person, most likely a person to whom a plot of land had been given. It could also be an occupational name for a tax collector.
Dominic English
From the given name Dominic
Mcsmith Irish
A variant of McGowan with part translation.
Ouardi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic وردي (wardiyy) meaning "floral, rosaceous".
Hübsch German
Nickname from Middle High German hübesch 'courtly', 'polite', 'refined', 'agreeable', German hübsch.
Etherington English (British)
An Old English surname from Kent, the village of Etherington, which derives from the Old English "Ethel"red' ing (meaning people of, coming from) and "ton" a town/village.
Liss Swedish
Dialectal name from Dalarna, Sweden meaning "small, little".
Jafar Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jafar
Godwinson English
Means "Son of Godwin". First born by Harold Godwinson. From his father Godwine, Earl of Wessex... [more]
Shkolnik Russian
A Russian word used to refer to a student.
Goldmann German, Jewish
occupational name for someone who worked with gold denoting anything from a gold-miner to a maker of gold jewelry or a gilder (someone skilled in decorating surfaces with a very thin layer of gold leaf)... [more]
Crosthwaite English
Habitational name for someone from any various places named Crosthwaite in Northern England, from Old Norse kross "cross" and þveit "clearing".
Akçam Turkish
A surname of Turkish origin, ultimate from the words ak meaning "white" and çam meaning "pine tree".
Penning Upper German
Shortened form of Panno, which is a personal given name.
Preece Welsh (Anglicized), English
Variant of Price. From Welsh ap Rhys meaning "son of Rhys". ... [more]
Barbe German
From Middle High German barbe, the name of a species of fish resembling the carp; hence by metonymy an occupational name for a fisherman or fish dealer, or possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.
Vellala Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting agricultural laborers.
Franchi Italian
Variant spelling of Franco.
Rólandsson Icelandic
Means "son of Róland" in Icelandic.
Solomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Solomón.
Hsin Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xin chiefly used in Taiwan.
Schomer Jewish
From Hebrew shomer "watchman".
Merriweather English
From a medieval nickname for someone of a cheerful disposition (cf. Meriwether).
Charm English
The surname "Charm" is of English origin and refers to someone who did odd jobs or chores. It's derived from Middle English "char(re)" or "chere," which means "turn (of activity), small job, or chore"... [more]
Sklueff Russian (Latinized, Rare, ?)
Means bird of prey. From Russia. Was changed by the government from Cellieic letters to Latin letters. Unknown if it was change in Russia or Harbin, Chun where they escaped Bolshevism.
Vahedi Persian
From the given name Vahed.
Rayyan Arabic
Derived from the given name Rayyan.
Šafran Croatian
Means "crocus, saffron".
Ichiko Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "city" and 子 (ko) "child".... [more]
Rahamägi Estonian
Rahamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "money mountain".
Metri Italian
Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from a short form of Demetrio.
Gittings Welsh
From the Welsh personal name Gutyn, Guto, a pet form of Gruffydd, with the redundant addition of English patronymic -s.
Landers English, Irish
From Norman French de Londres meaning "of London".
Nation English
Most probably a variant of Nathan, altered by folk etymology under the influence of the English vocabulary word nation
Applewhite English
Habitational name from a place named Applethwaite, from Old Norse apaldr ‘apple tree’ and þveit ‘meadow’. There are two or three such places in Cumbria; Applethwaite is also recorded as a surname from the 13th century in Suffolk, England, pointing to a possible lost place name there... [more]
Grabiński Polish
Habitational name for someone from a settlement named Grabienice, Grabin, Grabina, Grabiny, etc.; ultimately from grab meaning "hornbeam" or, in the case of Grabienice, possibly from gręba meaning "hill".
Ariyasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ආරියසිංහ (see Ariyasinghe).
Gruszka Polish
Means "pear" in Polish.
Häkkinen Finnish
From given name Heikki
Köök Estonian
Köök is an Estonian surname meaning "kitchen".
Ødegård Norwegian
Means "deserted farm" in Norwegian. A combination of øde "deserted, empty" and gård "farm, yard".
Morceli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مُرْسِل (mursil) meaning "sender, dispatcher" or "sent, transmitted" from أَرْسَلَ (ʾarsala) "to send, to dispatch".
Baba Japanese
From Japanese 馬場 (baba) meaning "riding ground".
Hauser German, Jewish
From Middle High German hus "house", German haus, + the suffix -er, denoting someone who gives shelter or protection.
Hafstein Icelandic
Either derived from the Icelandic given name Hafsteinn or from Norwegian surname Havstein (probably derived from a place name).
Fenton English
Originated from several place names in England, meaning “marsh town” from Old English fenn “marsh, fen” + tun “enclosure; settlement, town”.
Nagarajan Indian
From "Naga" meaning cobra and "Raja" meaning king.
Eisenmenger German
occupational name for an "iron dealer" from Middle High German isarn "iron" and mengære "dealer".
Kvitsinia Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Kutsnia; the Abkhaz name was replaced by the Mingrelian spelling during the era of Joseph Stalin. It is most likely derived from Abkhaz икуцны иааз (ikutsny iaaz) meaning "one who migrates", though the word квици (kvitsi) has no real meaning in Abkhaz... [more]
Ploumides Greek
Descendant or son of the ornamented, from the Latin word 'pluma', for ornament.
Pathak Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit पाठक (pathaka) meaning "reader, learner".
Guðnason Icelandic
Means "son of Guðni".
Methven Scottish
From the village name "Methven" in Scotland.
McGonigle Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conghail (sometimes Mac Conghaile), a patronymic from the personal name Conghal, composed of ancient Celtic elements meaning "hound" and "valor"... [more]
Pecic Albanian
Derived from the name of the small town Peja (Pec) in western Kosovo. Most likely given to the inhabitants of the town and their descedents.
Liné French (Rare)
From Old French liné meaning "made of linen". This name was an occupational name for someone who weaved linen or was a linen merchant.
Døskeland Norwegian
A surname originating from south-western Norway. The Døskeland farm in Sande, Gaular is the most notable place name. An older pronunciation, Dysjeland, has also been suggested by the Norwegian archaeologist Oluf Rygh... [more]
Yanabu Japanese
From 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 父 (bu) meaning "father".
Bekmuratov Kazakh
Means "son of Bekmurat".
Čoban Croatian, Serbian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''. Cognate of Turkish Çoban.
Norrell English, German (?)
A locational surname from the Germanic (Old English/Old Norse) term for the north. It either refers to someone who lived in a location called Northwell, lived north of a well, spring or stream (Old English weall)... [more]
Aleong Trinidadian Creole, Caribbean, Chinese
The surname Aleong is likely of Chinese origin, commonly found in Trinidad and Tobago and other parts of the Caribbean. It may be derived from the Chinese surnames Liang (梁), meaning "bridge" or "beam," or Long (龙), meaning "dragon," both of which carry symbolic cultural significance.
Kirilov Russian
Means "son of Kirill".
Van Oort Dutch
Means "from the edge (of town)", derived from Middle Dutch ort "edge, corner, outermost point of a region". Sometimes altered to or from the surname Van Noort.
Bylin Swedish
A combination of Swedish by "village" and the suffix -in, derived from Latin -inus, -inius "descendant of"
Goonetileke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Bault French
Variant of Baud.
Sayetan Thai
Alternate transcription of Saetan.
Vanaveski Estonian
Vanaveski is an Estonian surname meaning "old mill".
Stefanelli Italian
Derived from the Italian given name Stefano, denoting “little Stefano” or “son/descendant of Stefano.”
Ghorbanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian قربان‌پور (see Ghorbanpour).
Qamo Albanian
Comes from Ancient Greek.
Yarwood English
habitational name from Yarwood Heath in Rostherne Cheshire earlier Yarwode. The placename derives from Old English earn "eagle" or gear "yair enclosure for catching fish" and wudu "wood".
Jagiełło Polish
Originally from Old Lithuanian jotis and gaili, meaning "strong rider". This was the last name of the Polish King Władysław Jagiełło, who, along with his wife, started the Jagiellonian dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Orahovac Montenegrin
Derived from orah (орах), meaning "walnut".
Orrels Medieval English
Means "Ore hill", likely for iron ore miners. From the Old English ora, meaning "ore" and hyll, meaning hill.... [more]
Rankin Scottish, Northern Irish
Patronymic formed from a diminutive of Ronald or Rand.
Thammavong Lao
From Lao ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Alwardt German
From the personal name Adelward, composed of the Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + ward ‘keeper’, ‘protector’.
Raoul French, Breton
From the given name Raoul.
Mahrez Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic مُحْرَز (maḥraz) meaning "accomplished, achieved, attained". A notable bearer is Riyad Mahrez (1991-), an Algerian footballer.
Basra Indian, Punjabi
From the name of a city in present-day Iraq, Basra (البصرة‎).
Biddulph English
From the name of a town in Staffordshire, England, derived from Old English meaning "beside" and dylf meaning "digging" (a derivative of delfan "to dig").
D'Aquila Italian
Means "from L'Aquila", a city in Abruzzo, Italy (known locally as Aquila).
Kōri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (kōri) meaning "ice".
Akuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 阿久沢 (Akuzawa), a variant spelling of 悪沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a division in the area of Azuma in the city of Midori in the prefecture of Gumma in Japan.... [more]