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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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Kathriner German (Swiss, Rare)
From the given name Kathrin + er meaning "of, from."
Hikida Japanese
From 疋 or 匹 (hiki) meaning "counter for small animals" combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Camama Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao kamama meaning "manly, masculine".
Yiğitoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Yiğit".
Lugg English
English (Devon) probably from a local vernacular derivative of Lucas. However, Reaney posits an Old English personal name, Lugga, from which this name could be derived.
De La Luna Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.
Casto Late Roman (Rare, ?)
From the Latin personal name Castus ‘chaste’. Also a nickname from casto ‘chaste’, ‘pure’.
Needle English, Jewish (Americanized)
English: from Middle English nedle nadle ‘needle’ (Old English nǣdle) hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of needles or in some cases perhaps for a tailor. See also Nadler.... [more]
Drag Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of several farms named Drag. The place name is related to Old Norse draga "to pull" (compare modern Norwegian dra with the same meaning) and originally denoted a place where boats were pulled along a river or across an isthmus.
Giri Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Maithili, Assamese, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit गिरि (giri) meaning "mountain".
Kuan Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 关 (see Guan).
Quain Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of O'Cuáin, which derives from the Old Irish given name Cúán.
Laizāns Latvian
Derived from the place name Laizāni.
Cortês Portuguese
Portuguese form of Cortés.
Simard French (Quebec)
From the Germanic name Siegmar via the French form Simar.
Pacino Italian
Diminutive form of Pace. The American actor Al Pacino (1940-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.
Magpantay Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to align" in Tagalog.
Yamato Japanese
From the given name Yamato.
Phó Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Fu, from Sino-Vietnamese 傅 (phó).
Bonanno Italian
From the medieval personal name Bonanno, an omen name meaning "good year". Mainly found throughout southern Italy.
Sanguinetti Italian, Judeo-Italian
From Sanguinetto, the name of two places in Genova and Verona provinces.
Prasinos Greek
From Greek meaning "green".
Beardmore English
A habitational name from a lost place (probably in the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England, where the surname is particularly common).
Burhan Arabic
Derived from the given name Burhan.
Metsamaa Estonian
Metsamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest land".
Gotovina Croatian
Derived from gotovina, meaning "cash".
Sarazen French
From a medieval French nickname for a swarthy person, or for someone who had gone on a Crusade (from Old French sarrazin "Saracen"). It was borne by American golfer Gene Sarazen (1902-99), original name Eugene Saraceni.
Kiyomoto Japanese
Kiyo means "clean, pure" and moto means "origin".
Nawaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit नव (nava) meaning "nine" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Kort Ottoman Turkish
Kort is an ottoman surname from Anatolya,most korts are of ottoman or berber origin,the people with this surname have expressed that their ancestors were aghas(ottoman military or harem commanders)
Souvannavong Lao
From Lao ສຸ (sou) meaning "good, beautiful", ວັນນະ (vanna) meaning "color, caste" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Marcial Spanish, Filipino
From the given name Marcial.
Luhtanen Finnish
Luhtanen is an Finnish surname derived from "luhta" meaning "swamp flood meadow".
Wijekoon Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Sithole Zulu
Derived from Zulu isithole meaning "heifer".
Tael Estonian
Tael is an Estonian surname meaning "tinder" and "touchwood".
Idezuki Japanese
From 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", 出 (de) meaning "exit", and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".
Vendel Hungarian
From the given name Vendel.
Reddi Telugu
Alternate transcription of Telugu రెడ్డి (see Reddy).
Tahirov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Tahir".
Garbrandt Dutch (?), Low German
From the given name Garbrant.
Fils-Aimé Haitian Creole
Means "beloved son" from French fils meaning "son" and aimé "love".
Montone Italian
nickname from montone "ram" (from Medieval Latin multo genitive multonis). Or a habitational name from any of numerous places called Montone ("big mountain").
Huh Korean
Variant transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see Heo).
Harutunian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).
Moulder English
Derived from the Middle English word molder which means "to shape or mold something." It could refer to a person who shaped or molded dough or other ingredients into loaves of bread or other baked goods... [more]
Wightman English
"Wight" in Anglo-saxon could refer to a "soul," a "being," or to "courage." It is similar to the different meanings of the words "spirit" and "spirited." ... [more]
Yuyamidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).
Zaychenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zaytsev.
Bäckström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "brook, small stream" and ström "stream".
Pangestu Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Peng (彭) or Feng 1 (馮). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Krawc Sorbian
Means "tailor" in Upper Sorbian.
Mosqueda Spanish
Mosqueda comes from the Spanish word 'Mosca' meaning house fly.
Naughten Irish
Reduced form of McNaughton.
Puhm Estonian
Puhm is an Estonian surname meaning "shrub".
Kahraman Turkish
Means "hero" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian قهرمان (qahraman).
Alejandre Spanish
Variant of Alejandro.
Cugini Italian
Variant of Cugino, meaning "cousins".
Faqir Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
From the given name Faqir.
Talgatov Kazakh
Means "son of Talgat".
Kallasmets Estonian
Kallasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "shore forest".
Madeiras Portuguese
Came from the Portuguese Madeira word "wood" or "timber". perhaps the portuguese version of the surname Woods or someone who's from the Portuguese island Madeira
Geller Yiddish, German, Russian
The name may derive from the German word "gellen" (to yell) and mean "one who yells." It may derive from the Yiddish word "gel" (yellow) and mean the "yellow man" or from the Yiddish word "geler," an expression for a redheaded man... [more]
Vincetić Croatian
Derived from Vinko, Croatian form of Vincent.
Dodson English (British)
Means "son of Dodd" (see Dudda).
Illustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Ilustrisimo. This spelling variation possibly came about from the influence of American surnames during the American occupation of the Philippines... [more]
Tulloch Scottish
Scottish habitational name from a place near Dingwall on the Firth of Cromarty, named with Gaelic tulach ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, or from any of various other minor places named with this element.
Dillingham English (British)
Habitational name that probably derives from Dullingham in Cambridgeshire which was recorded as Dolingeham in 1214 and Dillyngham in 1298, named in Old English as ‘homestead (Old English hām) of the people (-inga-) of Dull(a)’.
Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".
Norin Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait".
Narimani Persian
From the given name Nariman.
MacTorin Manx (Archaic)
Manx Gaelg "son of Þórfinnr" (from Þórr the name of the Scandinavian thunder god + the ethnic designation Finnr).
Quiapo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kiyapo meaning "water cabbage" (a type of plant), ultimately from Tamil கயப்பு (kayappu).
Duan Chinese
From Chinese 段 (duàn) referring to the ancient fief of Duan Gan (段干).
Van Bommel Dutch
Means "from Bommel", a city now called Zaltbommel, in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. A famous bearer is the former Dutch soccer player Mark van Bommel (1977-).
Standish English
Habitational name Standish (Lancashire Now Part Of Greater Manchester, and Yorkshire) meaning Old English Stān ‘Stone Rock’ + Edisc ‘Enclosure; or Enclosed Park’.
Ketchell English
Indicates familial origin from Kestell in Cornwall
Kunic Yiddish
Variation on Koenig.
Myllymäki Finnish
Combination of Finnish mylly "mill" and mäki "hill, slope".
Ojiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail" and 白 (jiro) meaning "white"
Synge English (British)
First found in Shropshire where they had been anciently seated as Lords of the Manor of Bridgenorth, from the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 A.D.
Akbarzadeh Persian
From the given name Akbar combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Denaut French (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Denault.
Richoux French
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ricwulf a compound of rīc ‘power(ful)’ + wulf ‘wolf’. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Đinh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ding, from Sino-Vietnamese 丁 (đinh).
Rogiński Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Rogi, named with meaning róg "horn".
Imoto Japanese
Means "well root" in Japanese.
Sacasas Spanish
Have researched the surname Sacasas, and have narrowed the usage down to four countries the name has been used in. Spain, Cuba, the United States and Philippines. The uncommonality of the last name and the fact that three of those countries were at one point or another colonized by Spain has led me to theorize Spanish origin.
Gavin Scottish, English
From the given name Gavin.
Aloshi Albanian
Aloshi , Aloshaj
Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".
Tripoli Italian
Habitational name from Tripoli in Libya, a place name of Greek origin meaning "triple city", from the elements τρι- (tri-) "three, thrice" and πόλις (polis) "city".
Grynszpan Polish
Polish form of Greenspan.
Kwiecień Polish
Means "April (month)" in Polish.
Cao Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gao, from Sino-Vietnamese 高 (cao).
Silawan Cebuano
From Cebuano silaw meaning "beam, brilliance, lustre".
Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Ioachim Romanian
Derived from the given name Ioachim.
Maqbool Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Maqbul.
Qureishi Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu قریشی (see Qureshi).
Fallahi Persian
Derived from Arabic فلاح (fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".
Alarie French (Quebec)
Derived from the Visigothic given name Alaric. This form was established in Quebec from 1681.
Muraji Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".
Girolamo Italian
From the given name Girolamo.
Bagacay Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bagakay referring to a type of bamboo.
Shchusev Russian
Surname derived from Alexey Shchusev
Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.
Floros Greek
From the Latin word for flower, 'florus', also could be associated with the name Florus
Clerc French
Occupational or status name for a member of a minor religious order or for a scholar Old French clerc from Late Latin clericus from Greek klerikos a derivative of kleros "inheritance legacy" with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy ) "whose inheritance was the Lord"... [more]
Westerman English
Topographical surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or someone who had moved to the west, from Old English westerne meaning "western" and mann meaning "man, person".
Corris Manx
Depalatalized form of Corish.
Cardo Spanish, Italian
From cardo "thistle, cardoon" (from Latin carduus) either a topographic or occupational name for using wool carder thistles, or from the given name Cardo a short form of given names Accardo, Biancardo, or Riccardo.
Hexspoor Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch hicken "to pick, to chop" and spoor "spur", a nickname for a rider who often spurred on their horse.
Higashiuchi Japanese
Higashi means "east" and uchi means "inside".
Gyllenhaal Swedish
The name Gyllenhaal originated from Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal's father Gunne Olofsson Haal, who was from Hahlegården, a crown homestead in South Härene Parish in the county of Västergötland in West Sweden... [more]
Klempner German, Jewish
Means "plumber, tinsmith" in German, derived from Middle Low German klampe "clamp".
Lemaigre French
Means "the skinny" in French
Rydinger Swedish (Rare)
Either a combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and the common surname suffix -ing "belonging to, coming from" (compare Norling), a variant of Ryding, or a Swedish form of German Rüdinger.
Adamovič Belarusian
Means "son of Adam".
Kohyama Japanese
Variant transcription of Koyama.
Ó Duibhne Irish
Means "descendent of Duibhne", a given name possibly meaning "ill-tempered, surly".
Surdi Italian
Meaning "deaf" in Latin.
Benavides Spanish
Patronymic name from the Medieval personal name Ben Avid, of Arabic origin, derived from ibn Abd meaning "son of the servant of God".
Armenopoulos Greek
Descendant, son of the Armenian.
Grisel French, French (Swiss)
Derived from the Old French adjective grisel, a variant of gris meaning "grey". It was a nickname for a person with grey hair a grey complexion or who habitually wore grey.
Frosch German
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a frog.
Messoud Western African
From the given name Mas'ud; used in Mauritania.
Drummonds Scottish
Variant of Scottish Drummond.
Słomiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Masovian villages named Słomin.
Vosberg German
Means "foxhole" or "fox hill", from vos "fox" and berg "hill, mountain".
Bordeaux French
City in France.
Baroni Italian
Variant of Barone.
Ishaqzai Pashto
Means "son of Ishaq" in Pashto.
Midler English
Nickname for a person who causes trouble or meddles in the affairs of others, derived from Middle English medeler meaning "meddler, troublemaker, one who interferes". This name is borne by the American singer, actress and comedienne Bette Midler (1945-).
Narr German
Nickname for a foolish or silly person, from Middle High German narr ‘fool’, ‘jester’.
Szálas Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian szál "thread, stick, straw", a nickname for a tall, thin person.
Schwieder German
Derived from the given name Swider.
Nachum Jewish
Derived from the given name Nachum.
Vainküla Estonian
Vainküla is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common village"
Sarapuu Estonian
Sarapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel tree".
Jorba Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Ryslink Czech (Rare)
Czech spelling or interpretation of an Irish (I think) name. First introduced in 1620 at the beginning of the 30 Years War at White Mountain near Prague, CZ when an Irish (I think) soldier fathered a Czech son... [more]
Whitter English
Occupational name for someone who painted structures white or a caulker or bleacher, from an agent derivative of Old English hwitian "to whiten", itself from hwit "white".
Sangkrachang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงกระจ่าง (see Saengkrachang).
Du Lac Arthurian Cycle
In the series Merlin, this was the surname of Sir Lancelot: Lancelot du Lac. du Lac possibly means "of the lake."
Præst Danish
From Danish præst meaning "priest".
Gaida Latvian
From a personal name Gaida, based on the verb gaidīt meaning ‘to wait for’.
Czubiński Polish
This denotes that someone’s family originated in the Masovian village of Czubin.
Maimeri Italian
Surname of italian painter and entrepreneur Giovanni (Gianni) Maimeri.
Kotaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".
Hewa Sinhalese
Means "soldiers, military, martial" in Sinhala.
Valenzuela Spanish
Habitational name from places named Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The place name is a diminutive of Valencia, literally "little Valencia".
Dielmann German (Modern)
It was once spelled as "Dielhmann" and sometimes with one "n". The meaning is unknown, but when I used Google's translator "dielh" means "the" and "mann" was "man".
Coit Medieval Welsh, French, English
The surname Coit was first found in Carnarvonshire, a former country in Northwest Wales, anciently part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, and currently is divided between the unitary authorities of Gwynedd and Conwy, where they held a family seat... [more]
Brück German
Topographic name for someone who lived near a bridge, or an occupational name for a bridge keeper or toll collector on a bridge, from Middle High German bruck(e) "bridge".
Oboronko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian оборонець (oboronets), meaning "defender".
Pletikosić Croatian
Derived from pletiti, meaning "to knit", and kosa, meaning "hair".
Kostenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Kostyantyn.
Gerahty Irish
Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mag Oireachtaigh, meaning "son of Oireachtach", which in turn means "member of the assembly".
Gillis Dutch
Dutch form of Giles.
Tofte Norwegian
Named after the village of Tofte in the Halstoy district of Norway. The town of Tofte, Minnesota, United States, was founded by Norwegian immigrants with the surname.
Nadir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadir.
Vernier French
Surname for a person who lived near an alder tree. Also a variant of Garnier 1 and Varnier and the eastern French form of Warner.
McAlea Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Laoidhigh
Zeltiņš Latvian
Derived from the word zelts meaning "gold".
Casparis Romansh
Derived from the given name Casper.
Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".
Kirchschläger German (Austrian)
Habitational name of several places in Austria named Kirchschlag, all possibly from Middle High German kirche "church" and Schlag "blow, hit".
Bounyavong Lao
From Lao ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Moscati Italian
Possibly a variant of Moscato.
Lieberherr German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Lieber.
Reinholdt German
From the German given name Reinhold.
Puddephatt English
Probably from the unattested Old English *pudi "fat, swollen; round in the belly" combined with fæt "vat, cask, barrel", a nickname for someone with a large paunch, or perhaps who was known for drinking.
Gouda Indian, Hindi, Telugu
Alternate transcription of Gowda.
Hamberger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from any of various places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburger.
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’).
Glad English
From a short form of the various Old English personal names with a first element glæd "shining, joyful". Compare Gladwin.
Cork English
Metonymic occupational name for a supplier of red or purple dye or for a dyer of cloth, Middle English cork (of Celtic origin; compare Corkery).
Birkeland Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse birki "birch" and land "farm, land". This was the name of several farms in Norway.
Premasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Wakatsuchi Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil."
Hartshorn English
habitational name from Hartshorne (Derbyshire) from Old English heorot "hart stag" (genitive heorotes) and horn "horn" perhaps in reference to the nearby hill (known as Hart Hill) and its supposed resemblance to a hart's horn... [more]
Ariyaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit आर्य (arya) meaning "noble, honourable, respectable" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Takahoshi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (Taka) meaning "tall, high" and 星 (Hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Tomino Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and no means "field, plain".
Vinette English
Derived from French vignette "sprig".
Alonto Filipino, Maranao
Means "extraordinary" in Maranao.