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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Seul French
From Fr. "only, alone"
Mark English, German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Old High German marka "border, boundary, march". The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.
Strassmann German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone living on a main street, from Middle High German strasse, German Strasse "street, road" and man "man".
Iduh Nigerian
Iduh surname occurs mainly in Africa, of the Idoma people of Benue state, Nigeria.
Boswachter Dutch (Rare)
Means "forest ranger, forester" in Dutch.
Brownsmith English
Occupational name for a worker in copper or bronze.
Konkyuhryoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).
Mattson English
Anglicized form of Mattsson or a variant of Matson.
Taina'an Chamorro (Modern, Rare)
Chamorro for "No name or reference".
Adleiba Abkhaz
Most likely from the given name Adlei, itself derived from Arabic عَادِل (ʿādil) meaning "fair, just", combined with Abkhaz аҧа (āpā) meaning "son"... [more]
Hodsen English
Variant of Hodson.
Neks Estonian
Neks is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "nekrut" meaning "recruit" and "conscript".
Kosmas German, Greek
From the given name Kosmas.
Knigga German (Rare)
Possible variant of Knigge
Aadli Estonian
Aadli is an Estonian surname, derived from "aadel", meaning "nobility".
Ojastu Estonian
Ojastu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek/stream".
Haweł Polish (Rare)
Variant of Gaweł via Czech.
Moskal Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish
Originally denoted a person who was an inhabitant of the Grand Principality of Moscow during the 12th to 15th centuries or someone who was Russian or Russian-like, derived from Russian москаль (moskalʹ) "Muscovite", from Old Ruthenian москаль (moskal')... [more]
Reimers German
North German variant of Reimer.
Sobhy Arabic
Derived from the given name Subhi.
Hovsepyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovsep".
Blight English
comes from blithe
Stamos Greek
Pet form of the given name Stamatis.
Cron Scottish
Variant of Crone meaning "son of the swarthy one".
Sankara Mossi (?), Fula (?)
The surname of the assassinated Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara (1949-1987).
Garrick English
From the first name Garrick.
Creath English
Reduced form of the Scottish McCreath.
Jeras Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the forename Jere, short form of Jeronim.
Naru Japanese
The meaning of the name Naru is ''become''
Jääväli Estonian
Jääväli is an Estonian surname meaning "ice field".
Ainla Estonian
Ainla is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Ain".
Brueckman Low German
it means "bridge man" or one who cares for a bridge
Lazos Greek
Either from the short version of the name Lazaros or meaning the Laz, an ethnic group in Pontus related to the Georgians.
Dano French
Perhaps an altered spelling of French Danot or Danon, from pet forms of Jourdain or Daniel.
Hatsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 初 (hatsu) meaning "first, start, beginning, initial, new". Notable bearers of this surname is Akiko Hatsu (Japanese manga artist) and a bearer of the first name form is Hatsu Hioki (Japanese wrestler).
Higashiyama Japanese
Higashi means "east" and yama means "hill, mountain".
Ōuchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Doval Galician
From 'do val' meaning 'of the valley. Galician origins.
Dulay Filipino, Tagalog
Occupational name for a picker of fruit or a gatherer of bird nests, from Tagalog dulay meaning "climbing a tree".
Habelt German
from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Habo, a short form of various compound names formed with had(u) ‘battle’, ‘strife’
Fluture Romanian
From Romanian fluture, flutur "butterfly" (itself possibly a deverbative from flutura "flutter, float, flit").
Öztürk Turkish
From the given name Öztürk.
Sangngam Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงงาม (see Saengngam).
Apacible Spanish (Philippines)
Means "peaceful" in Spanish. Galicano Apacible was a Filipino physician and politician who was the co-founder of La Solidaridad and the Nacionalista Party.
Rubiáns Galician
It indicates familial origin in the parish of Santa María de Rubiáns in the municipality of Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Vampyr English (American)
A gothic surname.
Bartolotta Italian
Bartolotta was the name taken by the followers of Saint Bartholomew. Bartholomew was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. He is credited as bringing Christianity to Armenia in the 1st century.
Stocks English (British)
meaning "lives near tree stumps"
Noone Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuadháin "descendant of Nuadhán" (see Nuadha).
Gips German, Dutch
Patronymic derived from a short form of names containing the Old Germanic element gebō "gift", or a Dutch cognate of Gibbs.
Prophet English, Scottish, French, German
Scottish, English, French, and German: nickname from Middle English and Old French prophete, Middle High German prophet ‘prophet’, ‘seer’, ultimately from Greek prophetes ‘predictor’, from pro ‘before’ + a derivative of phemi ‘to speak’... [more]
Widger English
From the Old English male personal name Wihtgār, literally "elf-spear".
Aglipay Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to play with lipay seeds", referring to a type of thorny shrub or bush.
Djärv Swedish (Rare)
Means "bold, daring" in Swedish.
Wibowo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Huang (黃). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Fabio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Fabio.
Gorbunov Russian
From Russian горбун (gorbun) meaning "humpback".
Esmaeilzadeh Persian
From the given name Esmaeil combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Coffey Irish
Ireland County Cork
Galvan Irish
Variant form of O'Galvin (see also Galvin).
Martial French
Derived from the given name Martial.
Musa Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Musa.
Hacızadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Hajizadeh.
Ketts English (British)
The proud Norman name of Ketts was developed in England soon after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It was a name for a person who has a fancied resemblance to a cat. The name stems from the Old Northern French cat, of the same meaning, which occurs in many languages in the same form from a very early period.
Kivisild Estonian
Kivisild is an Estonian surname meaning "stone bridge".
Zipplies German (East Prussian)
Lithuanian-Germanized form of the Swiss German surname Süpply
Nourse English
Variant of Norris 2, from norice "nurse".
Nietling German
The last name Nietling has its origins in Germany, specifically within the regions of Bavaria and the Rhineland. It is believed to derive from a combination of the Germanic elements "nied," meaning "low" or "beneath," and "ling," which can denote a diminutive or a person associated with a particular place or characteristic... [more]
Luup Estonian
Luup is an Estonian surname meaning "sloop" as well as "hand lens".
Dow Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Douw.
Mighty Jamaican Patois
Apparently a nickname for a very strong man from English mighty "very strong".
Äärismaa Estonian
Äärismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "edge/border land".
Alpert Jewish
Variant of Halpern.
Ladstetter German
JEWS AND GREMAM
Muli Eastern African
Muli is chiefly found among the Kamba ethnic group in Kenya which is largely located in the Eastern Province. The Kamba people are part of the larger Bantu-speaking group. It derives from the given name and when used as a surname is patronymic... [more]
Levonyuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Levon".
Aylen English
Either derived from the given name Alan or from the Old English word ætheling which were princes eligible to be king. The word ætheling was sometimes used as a given name
Voolaid Estonian
Voolaid is an Estonian surname derived from "vool ("current/flow") and "laid" ("islet").
Nepomuceno Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Philippines)
From the town of Nepomuk in the Czech Republic, in honor of Saint John of Nepomuk (1345-1393) (see given name Nepomuceno, of the same origin)... [more]
Metsla Estonian
Metsla is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".
Tiger Swedish
Perhaps taken from Swedish tiga "to keep quiet, to say nothing". Tiger is one of the names adopted by Swedish soldiers in the 17th century.
Barba Spanish
Spanish: nickname for a man noted for his beard, from barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).
Goudeau Germanic (Rare, Archaic), French
Possible variant of the surname Goethe. It also possibly derives from the diminutive Old French of "gode", meaning "happy-go-lucky, debauched".
Sugimori Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar tree" and 森 (mori) means "forest".
Sievewright English, Scottish
Occupational name indicating one who made sieves.
Malachi Hebrew
From the given name Malachi.
Kitashima Japanese
Kita means "north" and shima means "island".
Peles English, Welsh, Italian
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Livio, Primo, Santo.... [more]
Bear English
From the Middle English nickname Bere meaning "bear" (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or possibly from a personal name derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with this first element... [more]
Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".
Nizharadze Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Schnapp German
Derived from Middle High German snappen meaning "to chatter", or Middle Low German snappen meaning "to grab". This was originally a nickname for a chatterer or a greedy person.
Reznov Russian
Name given to the son of a butcher.
Butta Italian
Italian: from a short form of a compound name formed with butta- ‘throw’, as for example Buttacavoli.Italian: from an old German feminine personal name Butta.Italian: variant of Botta.
Suursoo Estonian
Suursoo is an Estonian surname meaning "big marsh/bog".
Larkin English
From a diminutive of Laurence (see Larkin).
Zwack Polish
Comes from the Polish name "Czwak." Possible German roots as well.
Lapin Russian
From lapa, meaning "paw".
Wardlow English, Scottish
Habitational name from Wardlow in Derbyshire from Old English weard "watch" and hlaw "hill".
Alyonin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Alyona.
Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Thorson Norwegian (Americanized), Swedish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Swedish Thorsson or Norwegian Thorsen.
Doleschal German
German cognate of Doležal.
Crowe English
Variant of Crow.
Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.
Vasaio Italian
Italian for "potter."
Sengmany Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".
Krasniqi Albanian
The name "Krasniqi" is of Albanian linguistic origin. The exact historical origin and meaning of the surname "Krasniqi" can vary, but it's believed to be related to the Albanian word "kërsenik" or "kërseniku," which means "blackbird" or "thrush."
Rothstein German, Jewish
From German rot meaning "red" and stein meaning "stone".
Tsimikas Greek
Occupational name for a chemist.
Hadley English
A habitational name from either a place named Hadley, or a place named Hadleigh. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah (means ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’), and the other three are from Old English hǣð (meaning ‘heathland’, ‘heather') + lēah.
Kroma English (American)
Surname of popular YouTuber Justin Kroma (LankyBox).
Fuss Medieval Low German
German from Middle High German fus ‘foot’, hence most probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot, but perhaps also a topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Shim Korean
Alternate transcription of Sim.
Mkerref Berber (Modern, Rare)
Mkerref originated from the 1950s in Tangier, Morocco. The surname is rare and its holders have riffian (amazigh) roots, known as the Temsamanis originally. ... [more]
Sasayama Japanese
笹 (Sasa) means "bamboo" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".
Külper German
German cognate of Culpeper.
Aparicio Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “aparitio” meaning “appearance” or “arrival”. It may also be a habitational name, indicating a person who lived near or at a place with the same name.
Nurk Estonian
Nurk is an Estonian surname meaning "corner".
Cirino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Cirino.
Kaas Estonian
Kaas is an Estonian surname meaning "brother", "co-" and "fellow".
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.
Remini Italian
Famous bearer: Actress and Scientology critic Leah Remini.
Mac An Fhailghigh Irish
Means "son of the poor man". From the word failgheach meaning "poor man" in Irish
Kearsley English
Derived from any of the English settlements called Kearsley
Todhunter English
Occupational name for a fox hunter, from Middle English tod "male fox" and hunter.
Porrin Italian
Americanized form of Perino.
Bonar Scottish, Northern Irish
From a medieval nickname for a courteous or good-looking person (from Middle English boner "gentle, courteous, handsome"). A notable bearer of the surname was Canadian-born British Conservative politician Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), prime minister 1922-23.
Cant English
Means "singer in a chantry chapel", or from a medieval nickname for someone who was continually singing (in either case from Old Northern French cant "song").
Schattenstein Latvian, Russian, Jewish
Notes from Daniel Satten (1896-1972) say that Mordechai Block (1797-) returned to Russia (Latvia) with the surname Schattenstein... [more]
Maksymowicz Polish
Means "son of Maksym".
Ladja Filipino, Tausug
Derived from Tausug raja meaning "king, ruler".
Eenmaa Estonian
Eenmaa is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").
Serikbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Serikbay".
Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".
Sueoka Japanese
From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."
Jara Spanish
Habitational name any of the various places in southern Spain named Jara or La Jara, from jara meaning "rockrose", "cistus".
Haarla Estonian
Haarla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haar" meaning "leg".
Urbaneja Spanish
Likely derived from Urban. This surname is most common in Venezuela.
Oosterhout Dutch
From the name of various places in the Netherlands, derived from ooster "eastern" and hout "wood, forest".
Kurobiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Gemünd German
Regional name for someone who lives in Gemünden.
Abeysinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Montville French
"Mountain town".
Blackwell English
From an English place name derived from Old English blæc meaning "black" and wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".
Linn German
Derived from the given name Linto, a short form of names containing the element lind "soft, flexible".
Matas Croatian, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Matej.
Arend American
From the given name AREND.
Ridala Estonian
Ridala is an Estonia surname meaning "set, line, or range" "area".
Lezama Basque
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the municipality or the council of the municipality of Amurrio.
Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".... [more]
Ratnasiri Sinhalese, Thai
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty"... [more]
Nayak Indian, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Konkani, Nepali
From a title derived from Sanskrit नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Kivimurd Estonian
Kivimurd is an Estonian surname meaning "stone break/fracture".
Lukas Various
From the given name Lukas, mainly used in Scandinavian or Slavic languages.
Burrow English
Used to describe someone who lives in a burrow, which makes this surname’s meaning “he whom lives in a burrow.”
Hattawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, wing".
Võru Estonian
Võru is an Estonian surname meaning "circle" and "ring". "Võru" is also the name a county in southeastern Estonia ("Võru maakond", or more traditionally, "Võrumaa") and the name of the capital town and municipality of Võru County.
Yoldaş Turkish
Means "traveling companion" in Turkish.
Myoi Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname is Myoi Mina from the Kpop girl group TWICE.
Nanjiani Pakistani
A notable bearer is comedian, actor, and screenwriter Kumail Nanjiani (b. 1978).
Ilgen German
Either a patryonimic from the given name Ilg or derived from the name of a district of the Steingaden municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau.
Ogino Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Fábio Portuguese
From the given name Fábio.
Kamoto Japanese
This surname is used as 加本, 嘉本, 家本, 賀本, 下元, 嘉元 or 賀元 with 加 (ka, kuwa.eru, kuwa.waru) meaning "add(ition), Canada, include, increase, join," 嘉 (ka, yoi, yomi.suru) meaning "applaud, esteem, praise," 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional," 賀 (ga, ka) meaning "congratulations, joy," 下 (ka, ge, o.riru, kuda.saru, kuda.ri, kuda.ru, sa.garu, sa.geru, shita, shimo, moto) meaning "below, descend, down, give, inferior, low," 本 (hon, moto) meaning "book, main, origin, present, real, true" and 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin."
Toomet Estonian
Toomet is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "toomingas" ("bird cherry") or, from a variant of the masculine given name "Toomas".
Mallows English
From Anglo-Saxon origins, meaning "The cross or mark on the hill". This surname is taken from the location 'Mallows Green' in England.
Romanowski Polish
Habitational surname from a settlement named Romanowo, Romanów, Romanówka, etc.
Jäämets Estonian
Jäämets is an Estonian surname meaning "ice forest".
Miyoshi Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 好 (yoshi) meaning "fond, pleasing" or 芳 (yoshi) meaning "perfume; balmy; favorable; fragrant".
Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".
Dora Romansh
Derived from the given name Dorothea.
Sonoike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]
Lichevsky Russian
Russian form of Liszewski.
San Severino Italian, Neapolitan
From the name of places inside Italy, all named after Saint Severinus of Noricum. This name is mainly found in Naples.
Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 畑 (hata) meaning "cropfield" and 根 (ne) meaning "root", referring to a place near a cropfield.
Asgari Persian
From the given name Asgar.
Arsenishvili Georgian
Means "son of Arsen" in Georgian.
Hankevych Ukrainian
Means "child of Hanka".
Hanford English
Habitational name from any of several places called Hanford, Handforth, or Hannaford, derived from either Old Welsh hen "old" and ford "road, way", or from Old English ford "ford, river crossing" combined with the given name Hanna.
Phonyiam Thai
From Thai พล (phon) meaning "force, strength, power" and เยี่ยม (yiam) meaning "excellent, outstanding, best".
Flament French, Flemish
French and Flemish cognate of Fleming.
Ubukata Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".
Aslanishvili Georgian
Means "son of Aslan" in Georgian.
Allenbach German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name from any of several places called Allenbach.
Juli German
Derived from the given name Julius.
Tadeo Spanish
From the given name Tadeo
Meghdadi Persian
From the given name Meghdad.
Dorjee Tibetan
From the given name Dorji.
Kulpa Polish
Polish surnname derived from the Latin culpa meaning "guilt" or a nickname for an apologetic person who frequently used the phrase mea culpa meaning "it is my fault".
Neilson English
Means "son of Neil". Often an English respelling of the surnames Nielsen or Nilsen.
Dagdagan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "add, supplement, amplify" in Tagalog.
Chahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2).
Tsuda Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sakka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 属 (see Sakan).
Liebhart German
From a Germanic personal name, composed of the elements liub "beloved, dear" and hard "brave, strong".
Pulitzer Hungarian, German, Jewish
Variant form of Politzer. A famous bearer was the Hungarian-American businessman, newspaper publisher and politician Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911). His family came from Hungary, but they were of Czech origin.
Israel Jewish
From the given name Israel.
Ioannides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Ioannidis chiefly used in Cyprus.
Gevorkian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan)
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