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.
Daquila Tagalog
From Tagalog dakila meaning "great".
Gaski Sami
From Finnish kaski "swidden (a field created in slash and burn agriculture)".
Morgado Portuguese
Means "eldest brother" in Portuguese
Goldfeder Jewish
Ornamental name composed of Old High German gold literally meaning "gold" and feder meaning "feather pen".
Beterbiev Chechen
Chechen form of Batyrbaev.
Cupru Romanian
Means "copper" in Romanian.
Ramp German (Swiss)
German and Swiss German: variant of Rampf, from Middle High German ramft, ranft ‘edge’, ‘wall’, ‘crust (of bread)’; applied as a topographic name for someone who lived at the limit or outer edge of some feature, for example a field, or possibly, in the sense ‘crust’, a nickname for a poor person.
Hendy Welsh
It may mean house in welsh.
Tikhanchik Russian
Derived from тихо (tikho) meaning "quiet".
Routin French
From French route meaning "road".
Lisena Italian
Uncertain etymology.
Lieberherr German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Lieber.
Carnell English
A crossbowman or archer who protected castles and fortresses.
Eisenberger German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of the several places called Eisenberg. As a Jewish name it is also an ornamental name.
Chaisuwan Thai
From Thai ชัย or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".
Aytekin Turkish
From the given name Aytekin.
Benedito Portuguese
From the given name Benedito.
Abeygunawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේගුණවර්ධන (see Abeygunawardana).
Yapıcı Turkish
Means "builder, maker, constructor" in Turkish.
Fulcher English
English (chiefly East Anglia): from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + hari, heri ‘army’, which was introduced into England from France by the Normans; isolated examples may derive from the cognate Old English Folchere or Old Norse Folkar, but these names were far less common.
Wijeyeratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Noack German
Contracted form of Nowack.
Corvo Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Corvo
Zakaria Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Zakariyya.
Kassel German
habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castella cassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.
Luup Estonian
Luup is an Estonian surname meaning "sloop" as well as "hand lens".
Decena Spanish (Philippines)
From the Spanish word decena meaning "a set of ten".
Janse Dutch
Variant of Jansen.
Gyűjtő Hungarian
Means "gatherer, collector".
Niang Western African, Wolof
Refers to a member of the Deme, a Wolof clan whose symbol is the donkey.
Thorén Swedish
Combination of the name Thor (possibly derived from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -én.
Priestland English
From Middle English prest priest "priest" and land "landed property land" (Old English preost land) meaning "land that belonged to priests"... [more]
Souphanthavong Lao
From Lao ສຸ (sou) meaning "good, beautiful", ພັນທະ (phantha) meaning "connect, join, tie, obligation" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage family".
Walden German
Variant of Wald.
Teshima Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Nikolaus German
From the given name Nikolaus.
Ginsburg German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone who came from Gunzberg in Bavaria, Günsburg in Swabia, or Gintsshprik (Königsburg) in East Prussia. Its origin is from the name of the river Günz, written in early Latin documents as Guntia, which was probably of Celtic origin, and Old High German burg meaning "Fortress, walled town".
Belmont English
English surname of Norman origin, a variant of the surname Beaumont, which was derived from place names meaning "lovely hill" in Old French (from beu, bel "fair, lovely" and mont "hill").
Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Nakase Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, current".
Romany Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian cognate of Romani.
Livermore English
Derived from Old English lifer "rush reed, muddy water" and mere "lake".
Żyła Polish
Means "vein" (figuratively "bore") in Polish.
MacDonnell Scottish, Irish
Variant spelling of McDonnell.
Sooster Estonian
Sooster is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "soosik", meaning "favorite" and "heir".
Peerna Estonian
Peerna is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from the city of Pärnu in Pärnu County.
Newlin English, Irish
An Irish surname meaning "By the the spring"
Locklear English
Variant of Lockyer. Locklear is an occupational name of anglo-saxon origin meaning "locksmith".
Thakkar Indian, Gujarati, Marathi
From Sanskrit ठक्कुर (ṭhakkura) meaning "deity".
De Winter Dutch
Means "the winter" in Dutch, a nickname for a cold or gloomy man, or perhaps for someone born in the winter. It could also be a habitational name referring to a house or tavern named for the season.
Noy English
Either (i) from the medieval male personal name Noye, the English form of the Hebrew name Noach "Noah 1"; or (ii) an invented Jewish name based on Hebrew noy "decoration, adornment".
Pen Chinese (Hakka, Rare)
Variant transcription of Chinese (Hakka) 冰 (see Ben 2).
Iniesta Spanish
Possibly from iniesta meaning "leafhopper".
Bosson Swedish
Means "son of Bo 1" in Swedish.
Margarito Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish margarita "daisy".
Movchan Ukrainian
Means "silent one".
Agu Estonian
Agu is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) meaning "daybreak/early dawn".
Matalka Arabic (Mashriqi)
Jordanian surname of uncertain meaning.
Buyeo Korean
Archaic surname of the ancient Buyeo Kingdom
Markou Greek
Means "son of Markos".
Satomura Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Lindmäe Estonian
Lindmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "bird mountain/hill".
Žemaitis Lithuanian
Derives from the Lithuanian ethnonym žemaitis "Samogitian", denoting someone who came from the Lithuanian region of Samogitia (Žemaitija). A notable bearer of this last name is Jonas Žemaitis, one of the leaders of the Lithuanian Partisans.... [more]
Akhunzadah Pashto
Means “descendant of a religious leader” or “child of a priest”.
Makkar Polish
Polish and Ukrainian: from the personal name Makary (Polish), Makar (Ukrainian), vernacular forms of the Greek ecclesiastical name Makarios meaning ‘blessed’.
Nasukawa Japanese
From 那 (na) meaning "what", 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary, moment", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Yörük Turkish
Means "nomad, walker" in Turkish.
Banwell English
Means "person from Banwell", Somerset ("killer spring (perhaps alluding to a contaminated water source)").
Abuhan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano abohan meaning "hearth, fireplace".
Fey German, English, French, Danish
English: variant of Fay. ... [more]
Hồ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hu, from Sino-Vietnamese 胡 (hồ).
Lisboa Portuguese
Habitational name for someone from the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon (called Lisboa in Portuguese).
Purohit Indian
Purohit means ‘one placed foremost’.
Dönmez Turkish
Means "steadfast, steady, firm" in Turkish.
Shevelev Russian
Derived by means of suffix "-ev" from Old Slavic verb sheveliti (se) meaning to make noise, to whirr, to rustle, to whistle, to wander. Initially it designated someone bold, daring, hardy, spirited.
Brunsvig Danish, Jewish
Danish form of the German "Braunschweig", a German city.
Bar Lev Hebrew
Combination of the surnames Bar and Lev.
Ogai Korean (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Ogay.
Keziah English (Rare)
From the given name Keziah.
Burak Rusyn
Means "beetroot" in Rusyn.
Fantasia Italian
From Italian fantasia meaning "imagination", possibly a nickname for a person who had a vivid imagination, or from the personal name Fantasia, the feminine form of Fantasio. Known bearers include American sociologist Rick Fantasia and Australian footballer Orazio Fantasia (1995-).
Gawthrop English
habitational name from any of several places in Yorkshire and Lancashire called Gawthorpe or Gowthorpe all of which are named from Old Norse gaukr "cuckoo" and þorp "enclosure" meaning "village where cuckoo's frequented".
Lemberg German
Habitational name from a place called Lemberg in Silesia, originally Löwenberg, from Middle High German lewe, löwe "lion" and berg "mountain".
Hillery English, Irish
Variant of Hillary. This surname has long been established in the county of Clare in Ireland. It was borne by the Irish president Patrick Hillery (1923-2008).
Höövel Estonian
Höövel is an Estonian surname meaning "planer".
Krymskikh Russian
Another form of Krymskiy.
Cailar Provençal
Modern Provençal form of Caylar
Lubigan Tagalog
Means "sweet flag" (a type of plant; scientific name Acorus calamus) in Tagalog.
Gürsoy Turkish
From Turkish gür meaning "bushy, strong" or "thunder" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent, family".
Hadžimuhamedović Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage", combined with the Bosnian given name Muhamed and the patronymic element -ić.
Baloch Balochi
From the name of the Baloch people who primarily reside in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, itself of uncertain meaning.
Newby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English niwe "new" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".
Ricketson English
It was brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Old German name Ricard, meaning "powerful" and "brave."
De Acutis Medieval Italian
acute, sharp, keen
Choate English
Probably derived from the place name Chute in Wiltshire, England, or from the parish Shute in Devon. Alternatively, it could be from the Dutch surname Van Choate, itself derived from a location in France.
Šahbegović Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian šah, ultimately from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), combined with Turkish element beg and the patronymic element -ić.
Nerënxa Albanian
Derived from Albanian nerënxë "bitter orange".
Chilupe Southern African
Chiefly used among the Bemba ethnic group in Zambia in the Lusaka, Copperbelt, and Luapula Provinces. It is in reference to the agricultural tool 'chilupe' which is used to separate husks from pounded grain.
Tómassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Tómas" in Icelandic.
Murtagh Irish
Anglicized form of Muirchertach or Muiredach.
Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Kawabe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Linney English
From an Old English female personal name Lindgifu, Lindgeofu, composed of the elements lind ‘lime (wood)’, i.e. ‘shield’ (a transferred sense) + gifu, geofu ‘gift’.
Sunder English
From Sanskrit sundara‘beautiful’. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
Puurand Estonian
Puurand is an Estonian surname meaning "tree beach/shore".
Enroth Swedish
Combination of Swedish en "juniper" and rot "root".
Telaga Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, mostly denoting agricultural laborers.
Põldroos Estonian
Põldroos is an Estonian surname meaning "field rose".
Bakytbekov Kyrgyz (Rare)
Means "son of Bakytbek" in Kyrgyz.
Miyasato Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
Karunananda Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight".
Trebbi Italian
Cesare Mauro Trebbi was an Italian painter and lithographer (1847–1931).... [more]
Ko Korean
There is only one Chinese character for the surname Ko. There are ten different Ko clans, but they are all descended from the Ko clan of Cheju Island. There is no historical information regarding the founder of this clan, but there is a legend which tells of three men who appeared from a cave on the north side of Cheju Island’s Halla Mountain... [more]
Chawdhuri Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Variant transcription of Chaudhary.
Izsák Hungarian
From the given name Izsák.
Schough Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Swedish Skog or of German Schug.
Dou Chinese
From Chinese 窦 (dòu) meaning "hole, burrow".
Shikai Japanese
Possibly from 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer, antelope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".
Maoka Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "truth, reality, genuine" combined with 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, knoll".
Koshkaki Persian
Means “having a small or pointed nose.”
Santacruz Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places called with Santa Cruz 'the Holy Cross' from the dedication of a local church or shrine from santa 'holy' + cruz 'cross'.
Jeyi Shona
Porcupine. Wamambo. Strong, Courageous, Joyful and loving.
Urbansky Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Jewish
In Czech and Slovak usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place called Urbanice. In Polish usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name Urban.
Torino Japanese
Tori means "bird" and no means "field, rice paddy".
Gaunt English
This name is believed to have derived "from the town of Gaunt, now Ghent, in Flanders."... [more]
Ben Dor Hebrew
Means “son of Dor” in Hebrew.
Kallmeyer German
from a Germanized form of Slavic kal "marshland bog" or from Middle High German Middle Low German kalc "lime" and Middle High German meier "tenant farmer" (see Meyer 1) hence a distinguishing nickname for a farmer whose farm lay on marshy land or near a lime pit.
Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Ojastu Estonian
Ojastu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek/stream".
Mert Turkish
From the given name Mert.
Aniceto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Aniceto.
Islamaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Islam" in Albanian.
Ramazashvili Georgian
Means "son of Ramaz".
Michelet French (Latinized), Belgian
Its name comes from the name Michael, the angel.
Portero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Porter.
Saetia Thai
Form of Zhang (via the Teochew romanization) used by Thais of Chinese descent, formed with Thai แซ่ (sae) denoting Chinese family names.
O'prey Irish
From the Irish Gaelic Á Preith or Ó Preith meaning "of the cattle spoil".
Madeley English
English: habitational name from places so named in Shropshire and Staffordshire, named in Old English with the personal name Mada + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
Purge Estonian
Purge is an Estonian surname derived "purk" meaning "can" and "purgis" meaning "canned".
Martirano Italian
Likely a habitational surname from a place in Catanzaro province in the Calabria region of Italy.
Cassatta Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Cassata. Mostly used in Argentina.
Makovoza Baltic (Latinized, Rare), German (Latinized, Rare), Russian (Rare)
There is no history of the name just a family name I on't know if some people have it as a first name too.
Mørk Norwegian
From Old Norse mork "wood". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
Weininger German (Swiss), Jewish
Denoted a person from Weiningen, a municipality in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is also a Jewish ornamental name derived from German wein meaning "wine" and the suffix -inger.
Boot Dutch, German
Patronymic form of Bode, derived from either Old High German boto "messenger, envoy" or the related bot "command, order".
Sauls English
From the given name Saul.
Huis Dutch
Dutch cognate of House.
Tiefenbrunn German
Possibly a combination of the german word “Tiefe” meaning depths, and germanic brun, meaning armor, protection
Āboliņš Latvian (Rare)
Means "clover" in Latvian.
Almog Hebrew
From the given name Almog, means "coral" in Hebrew.
Dessler German, Yiddish
Meaning Unknown. Known primarily in pop culture as the surname of a certain Michelle in the Fox tv hit 24 and of a certain villain called Albert in Space Battleship Yamato.
Rex English, German (Latinized)
English: variant of Ricks. ... [more]
Schwandt German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a forest clearing, from Middle High German swant (from swenden "to thin out", "make disappear", causative from swinden "to disappear" modern German schwinden.
Çetin Turkish
Means "hard, tough" in Turkish.
Alhadeff Judeo-Spanish
Possibly an occupational name for a weaver from Arabic الهداف (al-̣haddāf) meaning "the weaver's shuttle". Alternately, it may be from Arabic الهدى (al-hadā) meaning "the guided one".
Sonntag German, Jewish
German cognate of Sunday. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
Ivan Croatian, Slovak
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Dimasupil Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unconquerable" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and supil meaning "controlled, repressed, subdued".
Devon Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
Hagedorn German, Dutch
German and Dutch cognate of Hawthorne. Topographic name from Middle High German hagedorn "hawthorn" from hag "hedge" and dorn "thorn"... [more]
Shabtai Hebrew
Shabtai is the Hebrew name for the planet Saturn.
Ashina Japanese
From 芦, 葦, or 蘆 (ashi) meaning "bullrush, common reed" and 名 (na) meaning "name, status, reputation".
Khandaker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).
Tamburini Italian
Means "drummer", from Italian tamburo "drum".
Torn German
Derived from Old High German dorn / torn "thorn". As a surname, it was usually given to someone who lived near a thorn hedge.
Gawkrodger English
From a medieval nickname meaning "clumsy Roger".
Mehamedov Lezgin
Lezgin form of Magomedov.
Illangakoon Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit लङ्का (lanka) referring to the mythical island of Lanka combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Galanti Italian
Italian variant of Galante.
Cayetano Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Cayetano. A famous bearer of the name is Filipino politician Alan Peter Cayetano (1970-).
Puž Croatian
Means ''snail''.
Imuro Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and muro means "room".
Kapincharanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".
Teramoto Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Carraway English (British)
The name Carraway belongs to the early history of Britain, and its origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of one having lived on a road near a field or piece of land that was triangular in shape... [more]
Charyev Turkmen
Means "son of Çariýar", a given name of unknown meaning. This is the most common surname in Turkmenistan.
Iwayama Japanese
Means "rocky mountain" in Japanese, from 岩 (iwa) "rock" and 山 (yama) "mountain".
Beccari Italian
Variant of Beccaria, "butcher".
Walkinshaw Scottish
Habitational name from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire, which was probably named from Old English wealcere meaning "fuller" + sceaga meaning "copse".
Poroshenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian порох (porokh) meaning "(gun)powder, dust", used as an occupational name for someone who made or sold gunpowder. A notable bearer is the former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (1965-).
Salehi Persian
Derived from the given name Saleh.
Mizuhori Japanese
Mizu means "water"and hori means "moat, ditch, canal".
Koyuncu Turkish
Means "sheep farmer" in Turkish.
Magsino Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to look closely", derived from Tagalog sino meaning "who". It was probably used as an occupational name for an investigator.
Arditi Italian
Variant of Ardito.
Mulberry Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Maoilbhearaigh.
Palumäe Estonian
Palumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland hill/mountain".
Hasapis Greek
Hasapi is the word, "butcher" in the Greek language. The last name Hasapis is most probably from immigrants traveling to the new world
Blagojevich Serbian (Americanized, Modern)
Americanized form of Serbian patronymic Blagojević.
Cholmely English
The Cholmely family lived in the township of Cholmondley in the parish of Malpas in Cheshire.
Altamirano Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name For Someone From Any Of Several Places Called Altamira (See Altamira ).
Arol Belarusian
Means "eagle" in Belarusian.
Canella Italian
Probably a variant spelling of Cannella.
Shiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".