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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Ainuma Japanese
Ai means "unit, join" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Herrgott German, Alsatian
Literally means "Lord God" in German.
Theroux French (Quebec)
Southern French (Théroux): of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name for someone living by "the wells", from a plural variant of Occitan théron "well".
Pach German
Pach is an occupational hereditary surname for a baker in Old German. Pach is also a German local name for someone who lived by a stream, which was originally derived from the German word "bach" which means stream... [more]
Cheilas Greek
From Greek meaning "lips". Possibly a nickname for someone with big lips.
Valério Portuguese
From the given name Valério.
Heartman German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of Hartmann.
Chen Khmer
From Khmer meaning "Chinese". It denotes a person who is Chinese descent or originally came from China.
Olveira Galician
Galician cognate of Oliveira.
Metsamaa Estonian
Metsamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest land".
Muravez Hungarian
Most likely a corruption of the surname Moravec.
Kukava Georgian (Rare), Mingrelian (Rare)
Not much is known about the meaning of the Mingrelian last name "Kukava" (Mingrelia being a province in Georgia), but it is recorded that the surname was possibly Apsuafied somewhere in 17th century, being turned into "Kukaa" (-aa is usually an Apsuan surname suffix) and then re-Mingrelifying some decades later back to its current form - "Kukava." The earliest known person with the last name dates back to 17th century, his name being Ivana Kuka, a Mingrelian male who lived in the Abkhazia province of Georgia.
Desnoyers French (Quebec)
Means "of the walnut trees", from French word "noyer", meaning walnut. "Des noyers" literally translates to "the walnuts".
Allikvee Estonian
Allikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "well water" or "wellspring water".
Aven East Frisian (Rare)
Patronymic form of the Frisian personal name Ave.
Zamudio Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from zama "gorge, ravine" and odi "ravine, channel, tube". Alternatively, the second element could instead be -di "place of, forest of".
Cavalier French (Southern)
Variant of Chevalier (meaning "knight, rider").
Açıkgöz Turkish
Means "crafty, cunning, nimble" in Turkish.
Pratley English
Originates from a now "lost" medieval village believed to have been in the south east of England.
Bar Gil Hebrew (Modern)
Combination of Bar and Gil, with the meaning of "son of Gil" or "one who is joyful".
Gerrits Dutch, Frisian
Patronymic from the given name Gerrit.
Win Dutch
Variant of Winne.
Uwem Ibibio, Efik, Anang
Meaning "Life". It originates from the Efik, Ibibio and Anang tribes of Cross River state, Nigeria which has now been divided with the Ibibios and Anang people in the newly formed Akwa Ibom state. Other variations of the name are: Uwemedimo meaning "life is wealth" and Nkereuwem meaning "my name is life"
Eensoo Estonian
Eensoo is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "soo" meaning "swamp/marsh".
Wenz German
Variant of Wentz
Vindex Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "champion", "avenger", or "defender".... [more]
Sarilar Turkish
Means ''yellows'' in Turkish. A common place name in Turkey.
Mujahid Arabic
From the given name Mujahid.
Agami Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Agam, means "lake" in Hebrew.
Atanesyan Armenian
Means "son of Atanes".
Azaryan Armenian
Patronymic from the Persian personal name Azar
Vahtmaa Estonian
Vahtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "foam/lather land".
al-Tikriti Arabic
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Tikrit in Iraq. This was the birth surname of the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).
Schotte German
From schotte, an ethnic name for a Scottish person or somebody of such descent.
Velten German, Dutch
From a vernacular form of the personal name Valentin or Valentijn.
Kampuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).
Mantilla Spanish
Spanish: from mantilla ‘mantilla’, ‘scarf worn over the head and shoulders’, presumably an occupational name for a maker of mantillas or a descriptive name for someone who habitually wore such a garment.
Love English, Scottish
From Anglo-Norman French lo(u)ve meaning "female wolf."
Glukhov Russian
From glukhoi, meaning "deaf".
Maffia Italian
Variant of Mattia.
Pin Dutch
From Middle Dutch pinne meaning "peg, pin", probably an occupational name for a craftsman who used them in his work.
Montaser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.
Sriram Sanskrit
Meaning "The God 'Ram'" in Sanskrit.
Troyer German (Anglicized)
Surname common among the Amish and the Mennonites. It is the Pennsylvania German form of the German last name "Dreier", "Dreyer" or "Treyer". Hans Treyer, an early Anabaptist leader, died as a martyr of his faith in Bern in 1529... [more]
Miramon French
MIRAMON is a French name with Spanish origins. ... [more]
Ivancho Rusyn
Means "son of Ivan".
Legazpi Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality with the coordinates 43° 03′ 18″ N, 2° 20′ 06″ W.
Tsukigata Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "month, moon" and 形 (gata) means "shape, form, type".
Grayson Scottish, Irish
Means "son of Gray".
Damodaran Hinduism, Indian
One who has Lotus in his Stomach (Vishnu); Lord Shiva
Fayadh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الفياض (see (al-Fayadh).
Uematsu Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Drell Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Metonymic occupational name from East Slavic drel meaning “borer, gimlet.”
Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Ulenspegel Low German, Literature
This is the name of Dyl Ulenspegel is a trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore, possibly meaning "owl mirror".
Demiroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Demir" in Turkish.
Alejandro Spanish
From the personal name Alejandro, Spanish form of Alexander.
Tooker Irish
Variant of Tucker.
Kishlansky Russian (?)
Mark Kishlansky was a historian.
Wolfgang German
From the given name Wolfgang.
Kanisthanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Goodarzi Persian
From the given name Goodarz.
Ninomiya Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Chakri Mon, Thai
The clan name of Thailand’s Royals.
Gatoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Gato.
Priidel Estonian
Priidel is an Estonian surname derived from "prii" meaning "free".
Sosbe English
Variant of Sosby
Haytham Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.
Szyślak Polish
Derived from East Slavic word šišlat "do slowly".
Norah Arabic
Derived from Arabic, or sometime in Christian history this name was used for a woman who symbolizes someone who is creative and intuitive.
De Graaff Dutch
Variant spelling of De Graaf "the count", an occupational name for someone who worked for a count, or perhaps a nickname for someone who behaved like one.
Vukadinović Serbian
Derived from the given name Vukadin.
Oeltjenbruns German
Combination of Oeltjen and Bruns.
Wongyai Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ใหญ่ (yai) meaning "big, large, great".
Kangas Finnish
Derived from Finnish kangas, denoting a type of soil and the type of forest (known as boreal forest or taiga) that grows in such soil.
Rackham English
Means "person from Rackham", Sussex ("homestead or enclosure with ricks"). This surname was borne by British watercolourist and book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939).
Sawicki Polish
This indicates familial origin anywhere within a cluster of 3 Podlachian villages in Gmina Repki: Sawice-Dwór, Sawice-Wieś, or Sawice-Bronisze.
Sarakatsanis Greek
Derived from the Greek Σαρακατσάνοι (Sarakatsanoi) referred to an ethnic Greek population subgroup who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, and North Macedonia... [more]
Joa Estonian
Joa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jõe" meaning "watrer/fluvial" or "joana" meaning "torrents/cascades".
Betsubu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Beppu.
Kreger German
Mercenary or warrior for hire.
Stenson English
From the name of a hamlet (now called Twyford and Stenson) in Derbyshire, England. The name is a combination of the Old Norse name Steinn and Old English tun "settlement, enclosure".
Soul English
Literally from the English word "soul"
O'Keeffe Irish
Variant of O'Keefe. A notable bearer was the American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986).
Coreano Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "Korean" in Spanish and Portuguese, possibly an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Korea or who had connections with Korea.
Norbiato Venetian
Meaning uncertain.
Xing Chinese
From the name of an area called Xing, which existed during in the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of the ruling family of this area adopted Xing as their surname. Another account of the origin derives it from an area named Pingxing.
Rinato Italian
Means "born again, reborn" in Italian.
Idiyatullin Tatar
From the given name Hidayatullah.
Enslie English
Variant of Ensley.
Crossfield English (British)
English Surname. Originated in Anglo-Saxon Families who lived at the Cross fields.
Vujić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Tyshchyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian тихий (tykhyy), meaning "quiet".
Ishchenko Ukrainian
Possibly from dialectal іщити (ishchyty), meaning "to search".
Xaisongkham Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊສົງຄາມ (see Xaysongkham).
Dalglish Scottish
Derived from Gaelic dail meaning "field" and glaise meaning "brook".
Monterrubio Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Monterrubio ‘red mountain’.
Kusaka Japanese
From Japanese 日 (ku) meaning "sun, day" and 下 (saka) meaning "under, below".
Asaad Arabic
From the given name As'ad.
Wyllie English
Variant of Wiley.
Rutigliano Italian
From the name of a town located in Bari Province of Apulia, Italy.
Ballinger American
From the YouTuber, Colleen Ballinger (1986-)
Gascoyne English
Variant of Gascoigne, which was originally a regional name for someone from the province of Gascony, via Old French Gascogne.
Woodfall English
English surname used as a first name. The name means "dweller by a fold in the woods" - in this case, "fold" means "sheep-pen".... [more]
Yatsuyama Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.
Adamantidis Greek
Descentant, son of Adamantios.
Kaštelan Croatian
Derived from Croatian kaštelan "castellan".
Monterei Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Monterrey.
Mares Spanish
A quarternary sand used in construction.
De Fonseka Sinhalese
Sinhala variant of Fonseca.
Fukashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Oku 3.
Cannella Italian
Diminutive form of canna "cane, reed, pipe", possibly a nickname for a tall, thin person, or perhaps taken directly from cannella "cinnamon (spice)" as a metonymic name for a spice merchant.
Kamolchanthr Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Shie German
Variant of Schie.
Tsunoi Japanese
From the Japanese 角 (tsuno) "horn" and 井 (i) "well."
Keate English
Variant of Kite.
Boukouras Greek
Name of Dacian/Illyrian or Thracian origin. It means "happy". Also, see the Romanian surname Bukur
Lindbergh Swedish (Rare), English (Rare)
Rare variant spelling of Lindberg. A famous bearer was American aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) who was the first person to fly non-stop from America to mainland Europe in 1927.
Kunizane Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 実 (zane) meaning "truth," "fruit."
Sax English, Norwegian
From the Old Norse personal name Saxi meaning "knife, sword".
Kulyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kulik.
Shinosaki Japanese
Shino means "bamboo" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Horisawa Japanese
Hori means "canal, moat" and sawa means "swamp, marsh, wetland".
Zaidi Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zaid.
Elsass Alsatian
A geographical surname based on a region named "Alsace" in France.
Chandrasekhar Indian
A Hindu name meaning literally "holder of the moon" (an epithet of the god Shiva). A notable bearer of this surname was the Indian-born US physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995); the Chandrasekhar limit, i.e. the upper limit for the mass of a white dwarf star beyond which the star collapses to a neutron star or a black hole, is named after him.
Chanrueang Thai
Means "bright moon", from Thai จันทร์ (chan) meaning "Moon" and เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright; glowing; brilliant".
Thorbecke Dutch
Possibly an altered form of ter Beek "in the stream" (compare Van der Beek).
Tomlin English
From a pet form of Tom, a short form of the personal name Thomas.
Bale English
Name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle.
Guðmundsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðmund"; not strictly used as a surname, and is also used as a patronymic.
van Beethoven Flemish
Means "from the beet fields", a variant of Beethoven. A famous bearer of this name was German Clasical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827).
Buenaventura Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the given name Buenaventura.
Kibuspuu Estonian
Kibuspuu is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin wood".
Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Aarhus Norwegian
Derived from any of the farms so named, from Old Norse á "river" and hús "house, farmstead".
Tambat Marathi
Marathi form of Tamrakar.
Telleria Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque teileria meaning "tile works, tile kiln; place where tiles are made".
Cobello Medieval Galician (Archaic)
This surname may indicate the name Jacob or Tiago.
Kuivjõgi Estonian
Kuivjõgi is an Estonian surname meaning "dry river".
Okochi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河内 (see Ōkōchi).
Emboaba Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Emboava. A famous bearer of this surname is Brazilian footballer Oscar.
Wajoli African
Swahili Word mjoli. Swahili Plural wajoli. English Word fellow servant.
Sideris Greek
Greek reduced and altered form of the personal name Isidoros (see Isadore), altered by folk etymology as if derived from sidero ‘iron’ (classical Greek sideron), and hence regarded as an omen name: ‘may the child grow up to be as strong as iron’.
Abdulmadid Maranao
From the given name Abdulmadid.
Pärson Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Persson. A notable bearer is Swedish alpine skier Anja Pärson (b. 1981).
Nishihara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, field, plain, wilderness".
Avanesian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ավանեսյան (see Avanesyan)
Boydston Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Boydston near Glasgow. This surname is no longer found in the British Isles.
Blood English
Derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe").
Norvell English
Derived from the name of a place in England named Northwell in Nottinghamshire. It is a combination of the old English term for "north" with other geographic features such as welle meaning "a well, spring."
Royal English
From the given name Royal.
Abasyan Armenian
This is a last name. Abasyan's were Kings and Queens, having Kingdoms from the years 750-1280.
Guivarc'h Breton
Guivarc'h means 'swift stallion' in the Breton language.
Brandenburg German
habitational name from Brandenburg the name of a province its principal city and numerous other places.
Blaque Spanish, Catalan
Variant of "Llaquet". It could also be a Catalan variant of Black
Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former area in the city of Bungotakada in the prefecture of Ōita in Japan.... [more]
Yoffe Hebrew, Jewish
Eastern Ashkenazic variant of Jaffe.
Stornelli Italian
Meaning uncertain; may be from storno "starling", or directly from stornelli, an Italian lyric or folk song.
Chiroto Shona
Meaning unknown.
Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Bakeš Czech
From a derivative of the personal name Bak.
Kuzome Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久染 (see Hisazome).
Simard French (Quebec)
From the Germanic name Siegmar via the French form Simar.
Ak Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish.
Mesutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Mesut".
Samarin Tatar (?)
Means "son of Samar 1".
Van Musschenbroek Dutch
Means "from Musschenbroek", a hamlet in Limburg, derived from plural form of Dutch mus "sparrow" and broek "marsh, wetland". Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692–1761) was a Dutch scientist credited with the invention of the first capacitor.
Azer Persian
Azer or temple fire from the Zoroastrian period in ancient Persia,as a surname relates the individual to the fire maintainers at the Zoroastrian temples
Beckles English
From a place in Suffolk named "Beccles". From Old English bæce meaning "stream" and les meaning "meadow".
Kricfalusi Czech (Archaic, ?)
Has unknown etymology, Beared by disgraced Canadian animator John Kricfalusi (1955-)
Alamäe Estonian
Alamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region hill/mountain".
Asamen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅面 (Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Vladu Romanian
Derived from given name Vlad.
Kathalipatrasamit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
İlhan Turkish
From the given name İlhan
Noop Estonian
Noop is an Estonian surname meaning "block".
Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".
Elverman German
The name Elverman means Eel fisherman.
Golan Jewish
Israeli ornamental name from the Golan Heights in Israel.