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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Abell English
Variant of Abel 1.
Riek German
German: variant spelling of Rieck.
Unaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).
Agada Japanese
Variant of Agata.
Liem Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Lin used by Chinese Indonesians.
Elkjær Danish
From Danish el meaning "alder" and kær meaning "fen, marsh". Danish former soccer player Preben Elkjær Larsen (1957-) bears this name.
Kreul German
From Middle Low German krouwel "hook, claw; three-pronged fork, trident, meat hook", a metonymic name for someone who made such tools, or a nickname for someone who used them.
Charyew Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Чарыев (see Charyev).
Riquier French
From the given name Riquier and a variant of Richer.
Imagyuure Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).
Sidorov Russian
Means "son of Sidor".
Ligi Estonian
Ligi is an Estonian surname meaning "near" or "accessible".
Zenin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 禅院 or 禪院 (see Zen'in).
Eskandari Persian
From the given name Eskandar.
Kõrts Estonian
Kõrts is an Estonian surname meaning "pub" or "inn".
Monasterio Spanish
Means "monastery" in Spanish, denoting a person who lives or works in a monastery.
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.
Trezise Cornish
Means "person from Trezise or Tresayes", Cornwall ("Englishman's farmstead").
Marcet Catalan
Marcet is a name that roughly translates to "Seven Seas" or "The Sea and the Sky" in the Catalan language. The name is unusual in the United States but very common in areas of Spain such as Barcelona, and in neighboring France.
Ishima Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and shims means "island", or it could be spelled with ishi meaning "rock, stone" and ma meaning "pause".
Olin English
Etymology uncertain, possibly derived from the Swedish surname Olander.
Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), sound- and script-changed from 若木 (Osanagi), a clipping of 若木山 (Osanagiyama) meaning "Osanagi Mountain", a mountain in the city of Higashine in the prefecture of Yamagata in Japan.
Blackberry English
English surname of unexplained origin, probably from the name of a lost or unidentified place.
Ekvall Swedish
Composed of Swedish ek "oak" and vall "field, pasture".
Van Leuven Dutch, Flemish
Means "from Leuven" (English and French Louvain), the capital city of Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
Calinisan Tagalog
From Tagalog kalinisan meaning "cleanliness, purity".
Yeoman English, Scottish
Occupational name for an official providing duties in a royal household, ranking between a Sergeant and a Groom or between Squire and a Page, or for a freeholder, derived from Middle English yoman, of uncertain origin.
Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".
Schmidlapp German
Derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker" and lap(pe) meaning "cloth, patch, rag".
Behnen German
Derived from the given name Bernhard.
Katsura Japanese
This surname is used as 桂, 勝占, 勝羅, 勝良, 曽良 or 葛良 with 桂 (kei, katsura) meaning "cinnamon tree, Japanese Judas-tree", 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win", 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once", 葛 (kachi, katsu, kuzu, tsudzura, katsura) meaning "arrowroot, kudzu", 占 (sen, urana.u, shi.meru) meaning "divining, forecasting, fortune-telling, get, have, hold, occupy, take", 羅 (ra, usumono) meaning "gauze, Rome, thin silk" and 良 (ryou, i.i, yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]
Marcus German, English, Dutch, Irish, Swedish, Danish, French, Jewish
From the given name Marcus. Variant of Marks.
Drahun Ukrainian
Ukrainianized form of Dragun.
Camastral Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and mastral, a word denoting an Ammann (see Ammann).
Mumby English
Habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire so named from the Old Norse personal name Mundi (see Monday ) + Old Norse bȳ 'farmstead village'.
Paulose Indian (Christian)
From the given name Paulose.
Morera Spanish, Catalan
Means "mulberry" in Spanish and Catalan, denoting a person who lived near a mulberry tree.
Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".
McCorvey English
A notable bearer was Norma McCorvey (1947-2017), who was the plaintiff for the case that legalized abortion across the United States.
Matana Hebrew
Literally means "gift" in Hebrew.
Dagenais French (Quebec)
Denotes a person originally from the prefecture of Agen in southwestern France.
Biet Romansh
Derived from the given name Beatus.
Csepregi Hungarian
Someone from the district of Csepreg in Hungary
Strid Swedish
From the Swedish word stid meaning either "swift, rapid" or "battle, combat, fight".
Presser Jewish (Ashkenazi)
An occupational surname used to describe someone who ironed clothes. Derived from the Yiddish pres meaning "flat iron".
Ryuzono Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ryūzono.
Oeltjenbruns German
Combination of Oeltjen and Bruns.
Hurrell Irish
This may be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Hearghaill ‘descendant of Earghall’, a variant of Ó Fearghail (see Farrell).
Jourdain French
From the given name Jourdain.
Kirimura Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Pompey French, English
Variant of Italian Pompei.
Mishima Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Mcelhinney Northern Irish (Anglicized)
Irish (mainly Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Choinnigh ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Coinneach’ (see Kenny).
Gober English, French
The surname Gober was first found in Warwickshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Norman influence of English history dominated after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed.
Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.
Dorney Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of O'Doirinne.
Soghomonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սողոմոնյան (see Soghomonyan).
Tranquilli Italian
Derived from the given name Tranquillo.
Abelsson Swedish
Means "son of Abel" in Swedish.
Lantziego Basque (Rare)
From the name of a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, of uncertain etymology.
Dolfi Italian
From the given name Dolfo a diminutive or short form of Germanic names that end with dolfo Adolfo, Gandolfo, and Rodolfo making it a cognitive of Dolph.
Urrutia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "distant, far away".
Mawdsley English
Derived from Mawdesley in Lancashire, England; meaning "Maud's clearing," from the given name Maud and leah (woodland, clearing).
Monsivais Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monsiváis): Perhaps A Topographic Name Derived From Latin Mons Silvaticus ‘Wooded Mountain’ Or A Habitational Name From Monsivalls A Hill In Ribagorza In Huesca Province (Spain) Named From Latin Monte Ipsa Vallis ‘Mount Of The Valley’.
Čiernjak Belarusian
Łacinka spelling of Chernyak.
Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Zingaro Italian
Means "gypsy" in Italian.
Ranatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණතුංග (see Ranathunga).
Kosugi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".
Ikaika Hawaiian
Mighty, Strong, Unmovable
Zelenin Russian
Derived from Russian зелень (zelen) meaning "greens, vegetables, verdure".
Maserati Italian
Most notably the Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati, founded in Bologna, Italy all the way back in December 1914.
Conley Irish
Variant of Connolly.
Herttua Finnish
From Finnish meaning "duke".
Hutabarat Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and barat meaning "west".
Suwanrat Thai
From Thai สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
Minelli Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Minello, a pet form of the personal name Mino, which is a short form of a personal name formed with the hypocoristic suffix -mino, such as Adimino, Giacomino, Guglielmino, etc.
Ananthanarayanan Tamil
Means “descendant of devotee of Lord Vishnu”.
Šalamon Slovene
From the given name Šalamon.
Steinhaus German, Jewish
topographic name for someone living in a stone-built house from Middle High German stein "stone" and hus "house" or a habitational name from any of the many places called Steinhaus for example near Fulda and near Wels in Austria... [more]
Haydn German
Meaning "heathen". Famous bearer is Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).
Tokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Toki means "time", no means "therefore, of", and ue means "above, top, upper".
Sugimori Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar tree" and 森 (mori) means "forest".
Hucke English
Variant of Huck
Thilakaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Kotb Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطب (see Qutb) chiefly used in Egypt.
Koppen German
Patronymic from a reduced pet form of the personal name Jakob.
Goertzen German
German: probably a variant of Göretz, a reduced form of Gerhards (see Gerhardt), or a variant of Goertz.
Comito Italian
From the medieval Latin comitus, meaning "count", or the medieval Greek form of this word, komitos, used as a nickname for someone who put on airs and graces or worked for a count.
Petrillo Italian
From the given name Pietro. A famous user of this name is Sophia Petrillo, one of the main characters on the sitcom, The Golden Girls.
Kremko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian крем (krem), meaning "cream".
Ridamäe Estonian
Ridamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "range hill".
Bohannon Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhachanáin, a double diminutive of buadhach ‘victorious’
Ogiyenko Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Ageyev (Агеев), derived from Ukrainian given name Ogiy (Огiй)
Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".
Šahbegović Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian šah, ultimately from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), combined with Turkish element beg and the patronymic element -ić.
Vääri Estonian
Vääri is an Estonian surname derived from "vääriv", meaning "worthy" and "deserving".
Tarassaco Italian
Surname meaning “Dandelion” in Italian
Ersoy Turkish
From Turkish er meaning "man, male, soldier" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent".
Miletić Croatian, Serbian
Means ''son of Mile''.
Constantinides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Konstantinidis chiefly used in Cyprus.
Remmelgas Estonian
Remmelgas is an Estonian surname; a colloquial name meaning "willow".
Toyoguchi Japanese (Rare)
Toyo means "abundant" and guchi means "mouth, opening". ... [more]
Xompero Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Cimbrian somerousch "pack horse", indicating the bearer's strength or occupation. Alternately, may mean "son of Piero".
Zeller German, Dutch, Jewish
Originally denoted someone from Celle, Germany or someone living near a hermit's cell from German zelle "cell". It is also occupational for someone employed at a zelle, for example a small workshop.
Child English
From a nickname for an affectionate term for a person, or for a young man of noble birth, or for a young noble waiting for knighthood, or for someone who was younger than their siblings, or who was a minor on the death of his father, derived from Old English cild "baby, child"... [more]
Yabuno Japanese
From 薮 (yabu) meaning "thicket, bush, underbrush, grove", combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness"..
Faridi Arabic, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Farid.
Pärtelpoeg Estonian
Pärtelpoeg is an Estonian surname meaning "son of Pärtel (a masculine given name)".
Acuff English (American)
Possibly a derived from Aculf, a variant of the Old Norse given name Agúlfr, composed of agi "awe, terror, fear" and ulfr "wolf"... [more]
Khouri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic خوري (see Khoury).
Schweinsteiger German
Means "Swine Climber". ... [more]
Portman German (Americanized), Dutch
Americanized form of German Portmann, as well as a Dutch variant of Poortman (and in some cases an Americanized form)... [more]
Tep Khmer
Means "god, deity, angel" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit देव (deva).
Nissim Jewish
From the given name Nissim.
Elbe German
habitational name from any of various places called Elbe, Elben or from the river name.
Waris Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Waris.
Brunsvig Danish, Jewish
Danish form of the German "Braunschweig", a German city.
Mørk Norwegian
From Old Norse mork "wood". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
Kline American
Kline is one of the smaller groups of anglicized forms of the German surname Klein.... [more]
Mifune Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 御 (mi) meaning "honourable" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".
Ak Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish.
Bala Indian
1 Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi name, probably from Persian bālā ‘high’, ‘exalted’.... [more]
Nestle German
Variant of Nestler.
Høyer Danish
A surname relatively common in Denmark, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, meaning "mound, cairn, hill". Alternatively, meaning can be traced back to the old Germanic personal name Hucger, a compound consisting of hug- "heart, mind, spirit" and geirr "spear".
Penda Wolof
Penda stems from the Swahili “kupenda” = to love/like/be pleasant. Notable bearer was Fara Penda, a Waalo noble of the Wolof people in West Africa. Waalo was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in in what is now Senegal and Mauritania.
Fontanarosa Italian
Denoted a person who came from one of the various places in Italy with this name or similar, derived from Italian meaning "red fountain".
Agassi Italian
Derived from the given name Agazio, an Italian form of Latin Agathius, ultimately derived from the Greek element ἀγαθός (agathos) meaning "good".
Janačkin Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the Belarusian given name Jan 1.
Hafeez Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hafiz.
Okoturo Nigerian
A surname most popular in Nigeria; meaning currently unknown.
Plas Dutch
Means "pool, pond, puddle" in Dutch.
Miyadokoro Japanese (Rare)
From 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine" and 所 (tokoro) meaning "spot, place, location".
Vongpanya Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ປັນຍາ (panya) meaning "wisdom, intelligence, reason".
Ivanovici Romanian, Moldovan
Romanian equivalent of Russian surname Ivanovich, meaning son of Ivan.
Gürsoy Turkish
From Turkish gür meaning "bushy, strong" or "thunder" and soy meaning "ancestry, descent, family".
Zarate Basque
From the name of a hamlet in Álava province, Spain, possibly derived from Basque zara "thicket".
Harouna Western African
From the given name Harouna.
Sicard French
From the given name Sigihard, derived from the elements sigu "victory" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
Zigler German
Variant of Ziegler.
Iraquena Filipino
Its meaning is 'era of coins' and its patriarch is Anok Iraquena.
Organ English
Metonymic occupational name for a player of a musical instrument (any musical instrument, not necessarily what is now known as an organ), from Middle English organ (Old French organe, Late Latin organum ‘device’, ‘(musical) instrument’, Greek organon ‘tool’, from ergein ‘to work or do’).
Khaliq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Khaliq.
Ai Chinese
From Chinese 艾 (ài) referring to the ancient state of Ai, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Jiangxi province. Alternately it may be derived from the name of Xia dynasty official Ru Ai (汝艾) or Ai Kong (艾孔), a minister from the state of Qi.
Harada Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
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]
Kazi Bengali, Indian
Variant of Qazi.
Ó Duibheannaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Duibheannach"
Salauddin Bengali
From the given name Salauddin.
Jon Korean
Alternate romanization of Chon. Chiefly used in North Korea.
Lahiffe Irish (Rare)
From Irish Ó Laochdha meaning "descendant of the hero" or "descendant of the heroic", ultimately from laoch "warrior, hero".
Maine French
French topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling’, ‘residence’, ‘abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named.
Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff German (Rare)
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Dee English, Scottish
From the name of any of various rivers in England and Scotland named Dee, itself derived from Celtic dewos meaning "god, deity".
Canabrava Brazilian
Cana is the short form of 'cana de açucar' that means "sugar cane", and Brava is the feminine form of 'bravo' that means "angry". There is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, called Canabrava do Norte, and according to oral tradition, the origin of the name is due to the disease and subsequent death of some animals after eating a plantation of sugar cane.
Anastas Russian, Bulgarian
From the given name Anastas.
Wickramarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Goodchild English
Nickname derived from Middle English god "good" and cild "child". In some cases, it might have instead derived from godchild and been a nickname for someone who was the godchild of a prominent member of the community.
Bazargan Persian
Means "merchant, trader" in Persian.
Aeby Swiss
Derived from the given name Adalbert.
Elkins English
Patronymic of Elkin.
Aller German
German variant of Ahler
Natalino Italian
From the given name Natalino.
Garmendia Basque, Spanish
Garmendia is the surname of a family of the Basque Country region of Guipuzcoa, in Spain. The surname means "wheat mountain" in Basque from gar meaning "wheat" and mendi meaning "mountain"... [more]
Mcisaac Scottish
Means "son of Isaac."
Shiha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Papon French (Huguenot)
Derived from Old French papon "grandfather", ultimately from Latin pappus.
Lemsalu Estonian
Lemsalu is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from the masculine given name "Lembit" and "salu", meaning "grove"; "Lembit's grove".
Gabr Arabic
From the given name Jabr.
Miliband Jewish
This is the surname of British Labour Party politicians Ed and David Miliband, who are ethnically Jewish.
Escatel Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “scatellum,” which means “small coin”. It is likely that the surname originally referred to someone who was involved in the production or circulation of small coins, or who had a reputation for being particularly frugal or economical... [more]
Pakk Estonian
Pakk is an Estonian surname meaning both "parcel" and "forecastle".
Roossaar Estonian
Roossaar is an Estonian surname meaning "rose island".
Islamaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Islam" in Albanian.
Koca Turkish
Means "large, great" or "husband" in Turkish.
Akulyonok Russian
Means "little shark".
Zvejnieks Latvian
Means "fisherman".
Dungog Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Means "pride, honour" or "celebrity" in Hiligaynon.
Oras Finnish
Means "shoots (cereal)" in Finnish.
Kuzmych Ukrainian
Means "child of Kuzma".
Sorhapuru Basque (Rare)
From the name of a village in south-west France Basque Country, possibly derived from sorho "field, cultivated land" and buru "head, top, summit; leader, chief".
Jakšić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the forename Jakov.
Marsman Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch marsch, mersch (Southern Dutch meers), meaning "marsh". In some cases, however, it can also be a variant of Meersman.
Greenfeld English
Partly Americanized form of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental name Grun(e)feld or Grinfeld, a compound of Yiddish grin + German Feld 'field', or of German Grünfeld (see Grunfeld).
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