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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Yau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Qiu.
Olufsen Danish
Patronymic form of the Old Norse personal name "Anleifr", or "Oluf", which is composed of the elements "ans", god and "leifr", a relic.
Hausch German
From the Germanic personal name Huso, a short form of a compound name composed with hus ‘house’, ‘dwelling’ as the first element.
Isip Filipino, Tagalog
Means "mind, intellect, reason" in Tagalog.
Chin Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 金 (see Jin).
Nakaga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲嘉 (see Naka).
Świtała Polish
Derived from Polish świt "dawn" "sun" "daylight" or świtać "to dawn". It is a nickname for an early-riser.
Grushkin Russian
From grushka, meaning "pear tree".
Zlatanović Serbian
Means "son of Zlatan".
Cendejas Spanish
Cendejas is a city in Guadalahara. It is short for Cendejas de la Torre.
Anwar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Anwar.
Kallis Estonian
Kallis is an Estonian surname meaning "darling", "sweetheart", or "beloved".
Van Haitsma Dutch
Habitational name for someone from Haitsma, a place in Friesland.
Abdulazis Maranao
From the given name Abdulazis.
Schwank German
Either a nickname for a thin person, (derived from Middle High German swanc meaning "little, slender, thin"), a pretty person (from Middle Low German swank "fine, dainty") or a fun, loving person (from Middle High German swanc and Middle Low German swank "funny idea, joke, jest, foolery").
Ó Caingnigh Irish
Means "descendant of Caingneach"
Soleman Arabic
Derived from the given name Sulayman.
Alaee Persian
Derived from the word "Ala," which means "exalted" or "noble."
Kondratyuk Ukrainian
Means "child of Kondratiy".
Sika Akan
Meaning unknown.
Ran Korean
North Korean form of Nan 2.
Goglia Italian
Nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a person who used leaves from a kind of plant to bind grafts, derived from the Italian dialectal goglia.
Abeywardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Mesrobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Մեսրոպյան (see Mesropyan).
Hiwatig Tagalog
Means "hint, clue, sign" in Tagalog.
Azim Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi, Urdu
From the given name Azim.
Pontz English
The name Pontz likely came from Germanic origin, probably originating from the German Pflanzen.
Yanabu Japanese
From 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 父 (bu) meaning "father".
Meer Dutch, Low German
Means "lake, pool, marsh", from Old Germanic *mari "lake; sea, ocean". Compare Van der Meer.
Aycox English
Variant of Aycock.
Béraud French
Derived from the given name Berwald.
Nikolopoulou Greek
Feminine transcription of Greek Νικολόπουλος (see Nikolopoulos).
Weaponsworth English
Means maker of weapons
Kokan Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).
Desautels French (Quebec), French
A habitational name from the French des meaning "from the" and various places in France called Les Autels, a name which is a derivative of the Latin altare meaning "altar" in the sense of a small chapel.
Weinberg German, Jewish
Weinberg means "Vineyard" in german.
Greenlee English
habitational name from any of various minor places, for example in Staffordshire, so named from Old English grene ‘green’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
Phasee Thai
Means "tax" in Thai.
Esguerra Spanish, Filipino
Castilianized form of Basque Ezkerra from ezker meaning "left, left-handed".
Doğan Turkish
Means "hawk, falcon" in Turkish.
Rosenbluth Jewish
Means "rose bloom" in Middle High German.
Idiyatullin Tatar
From the given name Hidayatullah.
Horobets Ukrainian
Means "sparrow" in Ukrainian. Given to someone who either worked with sparrows (or birds) or someway resembled a sparrow.
Farragut Breton, French, Catalan, American
A Breton-French surname of unknown origin. A notable bearer was American naval flag officer David Farragut (1801-1870), who is known for serving during the American Civil War. His father was of Catalan ancestry... [more]
Urritzola Basque (Rare)
From the names of either of two villages in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque urritz "hazel tree" combined with either ola "hut, cabin" or the suffix -ola "location, place of".
Ó Gormghaile Irish
Means "descendant of Gormgal".
Ó Donnagáin Irish
Means "descendant of Donnagán"
Dzhokharov Chechen
Means "son of Dzhokhar".
Mcphail Scottish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Phàil and Irish Gaelic Mac Phóil, both of which are patronymics derived from vernacular forms of the given name Paul... [more]
Di Cesare Italian
Means "son of Cesare".
Guendica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gendika.
Heimlich German
Nickname for a secretive person from Middle High German heimelich German heimlich "confidential secret".
Ulla Estonian
Ulla is an Estonian surname derived from "üla-", a prefix meaning "upper".
Veron English (American)
Anglicized form of Véron and Verón.
Jardin French, English
Derived from Old French jardin meaning "enclosure, garden", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a garden or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked as a gardener.
Jayatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).
Bhuiyan Indian, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Bhuyan.
Vieites Galician
Means "son of Bieito".
Fettiplace English (British)
Means “make room” from Anglo-French fete place, probably a name for an usher.
Keopaseuth Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel" and ​ປະ​ເສີດ (paseuth) meaning "excellent, magnificent".
Zhanibekuly Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from the given name Zhanibek.
Levai Jewish
Comes from the Levitic surnames of 'Levi' and 'Levy', signifying the descendants from the Tribe of Levi. All bearers today are of Hungarian–Jewish descent.
Akasaki Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 崎 or 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Calamari Italian
From Latin calamarius "relating to a writing reed, ink pen", a name for a scribe, or perhaps a fisherman from the Italian descendant calamaro "squid, calamari".
Kouyoumdjian Armenian
Derived from Ottoman Turkish قیوجی (kuyucu) "welldigger".
Hilger German, Dutch, French
From the personal name Hilger, composed of the elements hild "strife, battle" and ger "spear".
Hạ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xia, from Sino-Vietnamese 夏 (hạ).
Mahdipour Persian
Means "son of Mahdi".
Gatlin English
English of uncertain origin; probably a variant of Catlin or Gadling, a nickname from Old English gœdeling ‘kinsman’, ‘companion’, but also ‘low fellow’.
Mchedlishvili Georgian
Means "son of the blacksmith" from Georgian მჭედელი (mchedeli) meaning "smith, blacksmith".
Tempest English (British)
English (Yorkshire): nickname for someone with a blustery temperament, from Middle English, Old French tempest(e) ‘storm’ (Latin tempestas ‘weather’, ‘season’, a derivative of tempus ‘time’).
Oman Arabic, English
From the place Oman.
Dragases Greek, History, Serbian (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Serbian surname Dragaš. This was the surname of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, who took her mother's surname, Helena Dragaš, as his second last name
Schweinhardt German
an occupational or nickname having to do with pigs
Deressa Eastern African, Amharic
From the given name Deressa.
Limoges French
From the city and various places in France of the same name called Limoges.
Hamarneh Arabic
Jordanian
Minh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ming, from Sino-Vietnamese 明 (minh).
Leidig German
From a short form of any of several Germanic personal names composed with the first element liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’. Also a nickname for a disagreeable, cantankerous person, from Middle High German leidic ‘disagreeable’, ‘tiresome’.
Knez Slovene, Croatian
Derived from knez, meaning "prince".
Jarić Serbian
Possibly derived from jarac meaning "goat".
İnegöllü Turkish
Originally denoted someone from the İnegöl District in the Bursa province of Turkey.
Krčmar Croatian
Derived from Croatian krčmar meaning "innkeeper, tavern owner, barkeeper", which is ultimately derived from Croatian krčma meaning "inn, tavern, pub".... [more]
Harigae Japanese
From the Japanese 張 (hari) "Extended Net constellation" and 替 (kae or gae) "exchange," "spare," "substitute."
Annunziato Italian
From the given name Annunziato.
Riccobono Italian, Sicilian
Derived from the medieval given name Riccobono (from Riccobonus or Richelbonus), composed of either the given name Ricco or Italian ricco "rich, wealthy" combined with Latin bonus "good".
Titov Russian
Means "son of Tit".
Comte French
Nickname for someone who worked for a count or for someone acting haughty from Old French conte cunte "count"... [more]
Monstein Romansh
Derived from the place name Monstein, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Minowa Japanese
From Japanese 箕 (mi) meaning "winnow", an unwritten possessive marker の (no) and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".
Preda Italian
Derived from the first name Prato, meaning "field, meadow".
Amari Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ammar (chiefly Algerian).
Thurgood English
From the Old English given name Thurgod (see Þórgautr).
Toth English (Anglicized), German
Either an anglicized form of Hungarian Tóth or derived from German tot "dead" or Middle High German tote "godfather".
Kumarathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".
Szokolyi Hungarian
Derived from Szokolya, a village in Pest county, Hungary. It is located in the largest basin of the Börzsöny Hills. The Morgó Brook runs across the village.
Alipante Portuguese (Portuguese-style, Rare)
The meaning of the given name Alipante represents compassion, creativity, reliability, generosity, loyalty and a love for domestic life.... [more]
Gasparian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Gasparyan.
Baddhanabanij Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Phatthanaphanit.
Simonin French
From the given name Simon 1. Possibly brought by the Russian migrants who came to France.
Bude German, Dutch
Means "booth, stall" or "hut, small house".
Mac an tSaoi Irish
From Tyrone
Maliqi Albanian
Derived from the given name Maliq.
Yukiyasu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "luck" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".
Pärnpuu Estonian
Pärnpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "linden tree".
Avdyushin Russian
variant of Avdonin
Di Pego Italian
the origin of di Pego is unknown, but translates to 'I caught', in Italian.... [more]
Hedén Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and the common surname suffix -én.
Ananthanarayanan Tamil
Means “descendant of devotee of Lord Vishnu”.
Karadere Turkish
Means "black creek" in Turkish.
Germaine French
Germaine was first found in Savoy in the Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps, where the family held a family seat from ancient times.
Ragusea Italian (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Ragusa. Adam Ragusea (1982-) is an American internet personality who makes videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture.
Heinisch German
From a pet form of the personal name Heinrich.
Pelton English
Habitational name from Pelton, a place in County Durham, named from an unattested Old English personal name Peola + tun 'farmstead', 'settlement'.
Noah English
Derived from the biblical name Noah 1.
Vollmer Danish
Danish Variant of Volkmar.
Tumgoev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name itself is derived from Tumag (ТIумагI), the name of a village in Ingushetia, possibly meaning "to see with the heart" in Ingush.
Kuhlmann German
German (also Kühlmann) nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’ (see Kuhl).
Simko Kurdish
From the given name Simko, a Kurdish diminutive of Ismail.
Gafton Romanian
Gafton is a family name encountered at the linguist and philologist Alexandru Gafton or former bishop Iosif Gafton.
Cataldi Italian
Means "son of Cataldo".
Ouyahia Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Yahia", from the Berber prefix ou- meaning "son (of)" combined with the Arabic given name Yahia (chiefly Algerian).
Ayllón Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
Škrijelj Bosnian
Derived from Shkreli, an Albanian tribe and region.
Ziegenhorn Upper German (Archaic)
Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain.
Klimaszewski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Klimaszewnica or Klimasze, both derived from Klimasz, a pet form of the given name Klemens.
Komemoto Japanese
Kome means "rice, America" and moto means "base, origin, root, source".
Kuilart Dutch
Derived from Dutch kuil "pit, hole in the ground", probably part of a toponym.
Suta Romanian
Means "left handed".
Perović Serbian, Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Pero".
Myoi Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname is Myoi Mina from the Kpop girl group TWICE.
Melaku Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Melaku, meaning "the angel" in Amharic. It is possibly related to Arabic/Hebrew Malak and Turkish Melek 2, also meaning "angel".
Breidegam German
"bridegroom"
Dhar Indian, Kashmiri
Meaning uncertain, possibly from an honourific title given to a village head, a strongman or a warlord.
Setiawan Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of various Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳), He (何), Huang (黃), Liu (劉) or Wang 1 (王)... [more]
Fricke German
Derived from a Low German diminutive of the given name Friedrich.
Grayden Irish
Variation of Graden.
Shahbazpour Persian
Means "son of Shahbaz".
Akram Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Akram.
Ferdaus Bengali
From the given name Ferdaus.
Gennaro Italian
From the given name Gennaro
Machín Spanish
Derived from the Basque name Matxin.
Kellers German
Variant of Keller.
Walliser German
Denoting somebody from Valais (German form Wallis), a canton in Switzerland, or someone who immigrated from Valais, ultimately from Latin vallis "valley, vale".
Hatzopoulos Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).
Zsigmondy Hungarian
Derived from the given name Zsigmond. The Austrian-born chemist Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865-1929), together with German physicist Henry Siedentopf, invented the ultramicroscope... [more]
Markússon Icelandic
Means "son of Markús" in Icelandic.
Faheem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Fahim.
Angrisani Italian
From Angrisano, a habitational name for someone from Angri in Salerno province.
Pittau Italian
Sardinian diminutive of Sebastiano.
Sakato Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).
Ashmore English
From the name of any of the various places in England so-called, all derived from Old English æsc "ash tree" and mor "moor, heath, bog" or mere "lake, pool".
Di Ciuccio Italian
Ciuccio is a surname especially Campano and more precisely of the provinces of Naples and Salerno, should derive from the medieval name Ciuccio, one of the many apheretic hypochoristic forms of the name Francesco, of which a hypochoristic is Francescuccio, which by apheresis becomes Cuccio
Guadalajara Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational name from the province of Guadalajara in Castile, derived from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra) meaning "valley of stones" or "river of stones".
Tooey Scottish
Variant of Toohey.
Veverita Romanian, Moldovan
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a squirrel.
Poznyak Belarusian (Russified), Belarusian
Variant and Russified form of Paznyak.
Raval Gujarati
"Bramhin King"
Sa Korean
There are three Chinese characters associated with this surname. Two of these are extremely rare and are not treated here. The remaining Sa surname is also quite unusual. There are two distinct clans, one of Kyŏngsang South Province’s Kŏch’ang County and the other originating with a refugee from Ming China who came to Korea near the end of the Koryŏ period (ad 918–1392).
Ostrow Polish (Americanized)
From any of several places called Ostrów (island), or Jewish-American shortened form of Ostrowski.
Vallin Swedish
Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Qu Chinese
The surname Qu has several sources. One of the main origins is from the ancient state of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. There was an official position named "Qu Ren" responsible for managing the brewing of wine in Jin... [more]
Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Sitwat Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang, Chashan, Biao, Cun
Means "colour of heart".
Del Bosco Italian
Means "of the forest" in Italian.
Kovaçi Albanian
Derived from Albanian kovaç meaning "blacksmith".
Sternhagen German
topographic name from Middle High German ster "ram" (and -n- either the plural ending or a folk etymological insert by association with Middle High German stern "star") and hagen "enclosed field or pasture".
Sakazaki Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Grala Polish
Nickname for a musician. Derived from Polish grać meaning "to play a musical instrument".
Afridi Pashto
From Pashto اپريدی (Apriday) of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Kanemoto Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Mäekivi Estonian
Mäekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain stone".
Sebald Literature
In 'A Series Of Unfortunate Events', Gustav Sebald was a film director who hid secret codes in his movies, a member of V.F.D., and the likely creator of the Sebald Code.
Paade Estonian
Paade is an Estonian surname relating to "boats".
Cantaro Italian, Sicilian, Spanish (Latin American)
A derogatory nickname from Italian meaning "night pot". This surname is also found in Peru.
Kitajima Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Van Delft Dutch
Means "from Delft" in Dutch, a city in South Holland, Netherlands, named for the nearby Delf canal, which derives from Middle Dutch delven "to dig, delve, excavate; to bury".
Sevelev 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... [more]
Vaytsyukevich Belarusian
Belarusian form of Voytov.
Sarasa Japanese (Rare)
Means "chintz" in Japanese.
Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).
Galstyan Armenian
Means "son of Galust".
Gamble English
from the Old Norse byname Gamall meaning "old", which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name. ... [more]
Karla Czech
Karla, from English - carla
Wadud Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Wadud.
Hijnen Dutch
Either deprived from Heine this short form for Heinrich means "home ruler"... [more]
Ogunniyi Yoruba
Means "possess the praise of Ogun" from the Yoruba god Ogun combined with Yoruba words meaning "obtain, get, have, possess" and yẹ́ meaning "praise, favour".
Imakiire Japanese
Variant of Kiire but written 給黎 and added Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now; present".
Abgarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբգարյան (see Abgaryan).
Frescobaldi Italian
Derived from the given name Frescobaldo. This was the name of a prominent Florentine noble family as well as Italian composer and virtuoso Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643).