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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Alson English
English surname meaning "son of all"
Chantry English
Means "singer in a chantry chapel" or "one who lives by a chantry chapel". A chantry was a type of chapel, one endowed for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder (from Old French chanterie, from chanter "to sing").
Dupouy French
Variant of Dupuy.
Westernmeir German
Of German decent.
Main English, Scottish
A nickname for a strong or very large man, derived from Old French magne "great, strong, large".
Lacaze French, Occitan
Derived from Occitan caze meaning "house".
Swiss English (American)
Americanized form of German Schweitz.
Shan Chinese
From the place name Shan. Cheng Wang, the second king (1115–1079 bc) of the Zhou dynasty, granted to a son the area of Shan, and the son’s descendants adopted the place name as their surname. It comes from the Chinese word meaning "mountain"... [more]
Friedgant Yiddish
Means "hand of peace" in Yiddish.
Mitten English
English surname, meaning "from Mitten" various towns with the name or similar spelling. The towns were presumably named after the glove.
Tommaso Italian
From the given name Tommaso.
Hester English
This surname is derived from a given name, which is the Latin form of Esther.
Finstad Norwegian
Means "Finn's farmstead", from the given name Finn 2 and Old Norse staðr "farmstead, dwelling". This was the name of several farms in Norway.
Kudō Japanese
From Japanese 工 (ku) meaning "work, craft, art" and 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria".
Tollefsen Norwegian
From a patronymic from Tollef, a variant of Torleiv, from Old Norse þorleifr (see Torleif).
Igiby Literature
The surname of the main characters in Andrew Peterson's Wingfeather saga. Members of this family include:... [more]
Kyohoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).
Miglinieks Latvian
Name comes from the village Miglinieki.
Noll German
From a short form of any of various medieval personal names derived from Germanic personal names ending in -n + wald 'rule', for example Arnold and Reinwald.
Mac Cearáin Irish
Means "descendant of Ciarán"
Ivandija Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Carrel French
French: from Old French quar(r)el ‘bolt (for a crossbow)’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbow bolts or a nickname for a short, stout man. The word also meant ‘paving slab’, and so it could also have been a metonymic occupational name for a street layer... [more]
Rumbia Indonesian
Named after the rumbia fruit in Indonesia.
Hrushka Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Hruška. Means "pear".
Walkinshaw Scottish
Habitational name from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire, which was probably named from Old English wealcere meaning "fuller" + sceaga meaning "copse".
Hjaltalín Icelandic
From the given name Hjaltalín.
Uitterdijk Dutch
From the toponym Uiterdijk, derived from uiter "outer" and dijk "dike, levee".
Knock English
Topographic name for someone living by a hill, from Middle English knocke "hill" (Old English cnoc).
Kuiva Estonian
Kuiva is an Estonian surname derived from "kuivaks" meaning "dry".
Dow English
Variant of Daw.
Miroslaw Polish
From the given name Miroslaw.
Yoho American (Anglicized)
American Anglicized spelling of Swiss surname 'Joho'
Malmre Estonian
Derived from "malm", meaning "cast iron".
Mac Thighearnáin Irish
Means "descendant of Tighearnán".
Hohensee German
Habitational name from any of several places so named in Pomerania and East Prussia, or perhaps from Hohenseeden near Magdeburg.
Tahmasebi Persian
From the given name Tahmasp.
Szymczyk Polish
Means "son of Szymon".
Minasyan Armenian
Means "son of Minas".
Krishnamurthy Indian
Hindu name from Sanskrit kṛṣnamūrti meaning ‘manifestation of the god Krishna’, from krisna ‘black’ (epithet of an incarnation of the god Vishnu) + murti ‘image’, ‘manifestation’... [more]
Kilroy Irish, Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Ruaidh "son of Giolla Rua or Gilroy".
Chechensky Chechen
Refers to a region in Southwestern Russia named "Chechnya".
Agha Turkish
Means "chief, master, lord" in Turkish. From the Turkish ağa 'chief, master, lord', from the Old Turkish aqa 'elder brother'. Traditionally it was a title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, and was placed after the name of certain military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire... [more]
Aasmäe Estonian
Possibly derived from Estonian aas "meadow, lea" and mäe "mountain, hill".
Jelavić Serbian, Bosnian
derived from the place name Jelav, one of the places in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Samunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒波 (see Kampa).
Razzak Bengali
From the given name Razzaq.
Maaroufi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Maruf.
Thornley English
Derived from Thornley, which is the name of three villages in England (two are located in the county of Durham, the third in Lancashire). All three villages derive their name from Old English þorn "thorn" and Old English leah "clearing (in a wood), glade", which gives their name the meaning of "the thorny glade"... [more]
Vahidi Persian
From the given name Vahid.
Stavropoulos Greek
Means "son of Stavros."
Muraki Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Shirino Japanese (Rare)
Shiri can mean "rear, behind" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Baidya Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
East Indian and Nepali form of Vaidya.
Zaydman Jewish
Russian variant of Seidman.
Abeywardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේවර්ධන (see Abeywardana).
Ohm German
Variant of Ohme
Gutierre Spanish
From the given name Gutierre.
Sadpara Urdu
Originally denoted a person from Sadpara (also Satpara) which is the name of a village and lake near Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan. The place name Sadpara means "seven gates".
Gazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).
Donnarumma Italian
Composed of Italian donna "lady" (from Latin domina "lady, mistress") and a short form of Rummeneca, a Neapolitan variant of the feminine given name Domenica, meaning "Sunday" and also deriving from Latin dominus "lord"... [more]
Bednarik Slovak (Expatriate), Hungarian (Expatriate, ?)
Simplified form of Bednárik, used in countries where á is not used.
Urie Scottish, English, Irish
From the Scottish Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire. May mean someone who is brave and loud.
Licht German, Dutch, Yiddish
Means "light" or "candle". Could be an occupational name for a chandler, a topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing (see Lichte), or a nickname for someone who had light hair, or who was agile and slender.
Zvaitika Shona
Zvaitika means "It has happened". This name may be given as a celebration that something that was desired or awaited has finally happened.
Saxena Indian, Hindi
Traditionally believed to be derived from Sanskrit सखिसेना (sakhisena) meaning "friend of the army", from सखा (sakha) meaning "friend, companion" and सेना (sena) meaning "army"... [more]
Inose Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Balasubramanian Tamil
A Hindu name from Sanskrit bālasubrahmạnya ‘child Subrahmanya’ (from bāla ‘child’ + subrahmạnya ‘dear to Brahmans’, an epithet of the god Kartikeya, son of the god Shiva) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n... [more]
Di Giovanni Italian
From the given name Giovanni.
Bendtner Danish
Derived from the given name Bendt.
Donn Scottish, Irish
Variant of Donne.
Marfil Spanish
Means "ivory" in Spanish (ultimately of Arabic origin).
Fritschun Romansh
Romanshized form of Frizzoni.
Wiegel German
From a pet form of any of the various Germanic personal names beginning with the element wig 'battle', 'war'.
Bride English
Metathesised form of Bird.
Shaffer German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Schäfer.
Andriyenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Andriy".
Rhett Dutch
Anglicized form of Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel". Compare Raad.
Krasnov Russian
From Russian красный (krasniy) meaning "red".
Trail Scottish
This surname is most likely a habitational name, taken on from a place name; perhaps from the Gaelic "Traill Creek" which runs into Upper Loch Torridon of Scotland.... [more]
Chaisongkhram Thai
From Thai ชัย or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and สงคราม (songkhram) meaning "war, battle".
Mastour Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic مسْتُور (mastur) meaning "hidden, covered".
Bano Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hindi बानो (see Banu) as well as the Urdu form.
Tsuzuki Japanese
From the Japanese 都 (tsu) "metropolis," "capital" and 築 (zuki) "since construction."
Bialik Polish, Czech, Jewish
Derived from Polish biały meaning "white", originally a nickname for a person with blond hair or a pale complexion. A famous bearer of this name is American actress Mayim Bialik (1975-).
Rijsbergen Dutch
Variant of Van Rijsbergen. It is borne by the retired Dutch soccer player Wim Rijsbergen (1952-).
Yvenson English
Meaning, "son of Evan" or "son of Ivan."
Van Vucht Dutch
Means "from Vucht", a place name probably derived from Middle Dutch vucht "humid area, wetland".
Percher English
In textile mills, woven fabric coming off the mill / loom would pass over a frame, or rod, called a 'perch'. It was the job of the 'Percher' to examine the cloth for defects, and repair them when they were found... [more]
Gerundio Spanish (Philippines)
Possibly derived from the Spanish form of the English word gerund.
Anis Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Anis.
Karjamaa Estonian
Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".
Wrzesień Polish
Derived from Polish wresień "September (month)".
Peet Dutch
Means "godparent, godchild" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch pete meaning "godfather, godmother, godchild".
Regel German
from Middle High German regel "(monastic) rule" (from Latin regula), perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in a monastery.
Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Gola Italian
Topographic name from gola "mountain hollow, cavity".
Hastings English, Scottish
Habitational name from Hastings, a place in Sussex, England, derived from Old English Hæstingas meaning "people of Hæsta"... [more]
Vaj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Vang.
Maples English
Variant of Maple, probably a name for plural Maple, a famous bearer of this name is Marla Maples (1963-).
Tõrv Estonian
Tõrv is an Estonian surname meaning "tar".
Waffel Dutch (Anglicized, ?)
Possibly an Anglicized form of a hypothetical Dutch surname derived from wafel "waffle, wafer".
Lamoree French
From the nickname "the loved one" derived from the French word amour meaning "love" from (Latin amor).
Bora Indian, Assamese
From a military title used during the Ahom Kingdom that indicated an official who commanded 20 soldiers.
Peeris Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala පීරිස් (see Peiris).
Asrian Armenian
Variant transcription of Asryan.
Tsujimoto Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tsuboi Japanese
From Japanese 坪 (tsubo) referring to a traditional unit of length or 壺 or 壷 (tsubo) meaning "container, pot, jar" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine".
Fortuna Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Derived from the given name Fortunato.
Sonotani Japanese (Rare)
Sono means "garden" and tani means "valley".
McGinty Irish
Anglicized form of Mac an tSaoi, meaning "son of the scholar".
Pero Italian
Variant of Piero.
Lynn Irish
Shortened Anglicized form of Ó Floinn.
Purnama Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Bao (鮑) or Zhong (鍾). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Ginés Spanish
From the given name Ginés.
Austie Dutch
An altered form of Onstee, itself derived from the place name Unsteding (see Onstenk).
Haavisto Finnish
Means "place with aspens" or "group of aspens". This name comes from a combination of haapa, "aspen", and the suffix -sto which is used for places and groups of things.
Hedayat Persian
From the given name Hedayat.
Lovrek Croatian
Derived from the name Lovro and its nickname, Lovrek.
Zuidema Dutch, West Frisian
Either derived from a toponym containing the element zuid "south, southern" (from Middle Dutch suid), or a patronymic form of a name beginning with the element swith "strong".
Sudan Chinese
From Chinese 苏丹 (sūdān) meaning "sultan". This is a common surname among Hui Muslims.
Larrazabal Basque, Spanish
Habitational name derived from Basque larre "field, pastureland, prairie" and zabal "wide, open, ample".
Tsukioka Japanese
From Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge". A notable bearer of this surname was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年, 1839–1892), a Japanese artist who is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
Filipčić Croatian
Derived from the forename Filip.
Pasdar Persian
Means "guard, sentinel, watchman" in Persian.
Linikoja Estonian
Linikoja is an Estonian surname meaning "cloth stream".
Mishchenko Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian міщанин (mishchanyn). Mishchanyns were medieval Ukrainian economic class.
Kriisa Estonian
Kriisa is an Estonian surname derived from "kriise" meaning "screech".
Kreem Estonian
Kreem is an Estonian surname meaning "cream".
Abington English
Habitational name for someone from any of the places named Abington in England, derived from Old English given name Abba and tun "enclosure, town".
Hull Estonian
Hull is an Estonian surname meaning "loon" (Gavia).
Derks Dutch, Low German
Variant form of Dirks.
Harton English
This surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire.... [more]
Kirigaya Japanese
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, combined with 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," sometimes with the infixation of the historical possessive particle が (ga) (written as ヶ) that is most often used in place names and surnames... [more]
Pluzhnik Russian
Means "plower".
Vig Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian víg "happy, cheerful".
Lapot Filipino
Linguitistic origins of the surname Lapot, which means "thick" pertaining to a consistency originated from Central Luzon region of the Philippines.
Asgharpour Persian
Means "son of Asghar".
Vogt Von Kloster Heiden Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Bearers of this surname descend from the Edelherren von Truhendingen.
Coppersmith English, German (Americanized)
Occupational name for someone who is a maker of copper goods. Sometimes it is an Americanized form of German Kupferschmidt.
Kürschner German
Occupational name for a furrier, Middle High German kürsenære, from Middle High German kürsen meaning "fur coat".
Chudik Russian
Means "a weird person" in Russian.
Michikawa Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "path, road" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ru Chinese
From Chinese 汝 (rǔ) referring to the ancient fief of Ru Chuan (汝川) or the Ru river, both located in what is now Henan province.
Kaminaga Japanese
Kami/神 = "God, Spirit, Supernatural Being" Naga/永 ,長. 永 = "Eternal" 長 = "Length". So it basically means "God Eternal" or "God length".
Zaychenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zaytsev.
Bhuyan Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Means "landlord, chieftain", derived from Sanskrit भूमि (bhumi) meaning "earth, soil".
Abo Japanese (Rare)
From 安 (a) meaning "peaceful, relax, cheap, inexpensive, low" or 阿 (a) meaning "corner, nook" and 保 (bo) meaning for "guard, protect".
Grow English
Likely from the English word "grow".
Makita Japanese
I'm not sure how the surname is usually written, but 真 (Ma) means "Genuine, Real, Sincere" and 北 (Kita) means "North". On the other hand, 牧 (Maki) means "Shepard, Tend cattle" and 田 (Ta) means "Rice Field, Rice Paddy"... [more]
Headlee English (Rare)
The Anglo-Saxon name Headlee comes from when the family resided in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Headley in Hampshire is the oldest. The surname Headlee belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
Halabi Arabic
Means "Aleppine" in Arabic, referring to someone from the city of Aleppo in Syria.
Peikert German
Probably an occupational name for a drummer.
Gushiken Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".
Lekk Estonian
Lekk is an Estonian surname meaning "leak".
Kuslapuu Estonian
Kuslapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "honeysuckle tree".
Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.
Denley English
Apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place, probably so named from Old English denu 'valley' + leah 'woodland clearing'.
Seep Estonian
Seep is an Estonian surname meaning "soap".
Gaddam Telugu
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 Gaddam.
Giovanera Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Giovannes.
Linhares Portuguese
Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called Linhares, for example in Braganca, Guarda, and Vila Real, from the plural of linhar ‘flax field’ (Latin linare, a derivative of linum ‘flax’).
Burela Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of La Mariña Central.
Severiano Spanish
From the given name Severiano
Kwong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Kuang.
Gindlesperger German
Possibly a topographic name for someone who lived on a mountain near the town of Gindels in Bavaria, Germany.
Rikimaru Japanese
This surname is used as 力丸 with 力 (rii, riki, ryoku, chikara) meaning "bear up, exert, power, strain, strength, strong" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]
Trombino Italian
From a trombino a diminutive of tromba "trumpet" applied as an occupational name for a trumpeter or for someone who made trumpets.
Semiz Turkish
Means "fat" in Turkish.
Taunton English
Habitational name from Taunton in Somerset, Taunton Farm in Coulsdon, Surrey, or Tanton in North Yorkshire. The Somerset place name was originally a combination of a Celtic river name (now the Tone, possibly meaning ‘roaring stream’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’... [more]
Hirasaka Japanese
Hira means "peace" and saka means "hill, slope".
Nəsibov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəsib".
Steinbach German, Jewish
German habitational name from any of the many places named Steinbach, named with Middle High German stein ‘stone’ + bach ‘stream’, ‘creek’. ... [more]
Luevisesbaipul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).
De Anda Spanish
Habitational name formed with the preposition de ‘from’ for someone from a town called Anda
Scuderi Sicilian
Patronymic form of Scudero, a status name equivalent to English Squire, from scudero "shield-bearer", Latin scutarius, an agent derivative of scutum "shield"... [more]
Baraki Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Baraki, meaning "one who blesses" in Amharic. It is possibly related to Arabic Barak 2 and Hebrew Baruch, also meaning "blessed".
Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.
Fulbright German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German surname Vollbrecht, composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’
Castanati Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish Origins
Ó Toráin Irish
Meaning, ‘descendant of Torán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of tor ‘lord’, ‘hero’, ‘champion’.
Ercolanese Italian
One who came from Ercolano.
Panfilo Italian
From the given name Panfilo.
Fucci Italian
From the plural of Fuccio, a short form of any of various personal names with a root ending in -f (as for example Rodolfo, Gandolfo) to which has been attached the hypocoristic suffix -uccio, or alternatively from a reduced form of a personal name such as Fantuccio, Feduccio.
Kanai Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Sahakian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.
Lugano Medieval Italian
It meaning sacred forest.
Melanay Filipino (Latinized, Modern, Rare)
From Bicol region in the Philippines, the most population name in Naga City.