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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Sawaragi Japanese
From 椹 (sawara) meaning "sawara cypress, Chamaecyparis pisifera" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".
Oldt Low German
North German: variant of Alt.
Schäffler German
Occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of Middle High German scheffel "bushel".
Stutely Literature
The last name of Will Stutely, one of Robin Hood's merry men.
Naderian Persian
From the given name Nader.
Dharmawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධර්මවර්ධන (see Dharmawardana).
Bucks English
Variant of "Buck"; a deer.
Carmical Scottish, English
Variant spelling of Carmichael.
Feronz Arabic
Variant of Feroz.
Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Buisson French, Haitian Creole (Rare)
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area of scrub land or by a prominent clump of bushes from (Old) French buisson "bush scrub" (a diminutive of bois "wood"); or a habitational name from (Le) Buisson the name of several places in various parts of France named with this word.
Mcswain Irish, Scottish
Anglicization of Mac Suibhne.
Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".
Ejaz Urdu
Derived from the given name Ijaz.
Pym English
Recorded in several forms including Pim, Pimm, Pimme, Pym, and Pymm, this is a surname which at various times has been prominent in the history of England... [more]
Lukman Arabic
Derived from the given name Luqman.
Champagne French
regional name for someone from Champagne, named in Latin as Campania (from campus "plain", "flat land")... [more]
Goe Korean
Varient of Ko.
Rostova Russian
Feminine form of Rostov.
Burzinski Polish
Variant spelling of Burzyński.
Puente Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Puente, from puente ‘bridge’.
Mittag German
Means "midday, noon" in German, with an archaic meaning of "south". Habitational name given to someone who lived south of a main settlement.
Ignatz German
From the given name Ignatz.
Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".
Miyuki Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "honorific prefix indicating respect, your, godly, imperial, royal, imperial, to govern, control, protect" and 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness, good luck, fortune".
Breit German
From Middle High German breit meaning "broad". a nickname for a stout or fat person.
Silverstone English
Obviously means "silver stone." In addition to people, this is the name of a racetrack in the village of the same name in England.
Elçi Turkish
Means "ambassador, delegate, envoy" in Turkish.
Čizmadija Croatian
Possibly derived from čizma, meaning "boot".
Hackler German
Occupational name for someone who used a small hoe in the field or a vineyard.
Harwood English, Scots
Habitation name found especially along the border areas of England and Scotland, from the Old English elements har meaning "gray" or hara referring to the animals called "hares" plus wudu for "wood"... [more]
Pirrip Literature, Popular Culture
Surname of the main character in Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations.
Brucks German
A variant of the German based surname 'Bruck', which roughly means 'bridge'.
Guarracino Italian (Americanized, Modern)
from a diminutive of a personal name derived from Guerra ‘war’.
Vaiksoo Estonian
Vaiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still swamp".
Zviadadze Georgian
Means "son of Zviad".
Paikidze Georgian
Likely means "son of Paik", derived from the archaic masculine given name Paik (ultimately of Arabic origin) combined with Georgian ძე (dze) meaning "son".
Gardlin English (American, Rare)
Possibly an anglicized form of a Swedish surname like Gardelin.
Elsinger German (Swiss)
Probably a derivative of Elsing.
Bian Chinese
Romanization of a Chinese surname, which in Pinyin may be respectively Biàn, Biān or Biǎn. The former, written with the character means "to be impatient", "to be in a hurry" or "excitable" and is by far the most common... [more]
Cifrino Italian (Rare)
Possibly from an inflection of Italian cifrare, meaning "to monogram, to abbreviate (a name) to initials; to encode, to cypher", or perhaps a derived term meaning "little nothing". Ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr) "empty, zero".
Viirmaa Estonian
Viirmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning both "sea swallow" and "varved" (annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock) and "maa" ("land").
Pabelico Filipino
From the word Pabel which means, "Humble". Pabelico means "Humblest".
Cel Tradat Romanian (Rare)
'cel Tradat' translates to "the betrayed" in Romanian.... [more]
Stryker Dutch
From Dutch Strijker, an occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess... [more]
Khlevnyuk Ukrainian
Possibly a variant of Khlyvnyuk.
Akulova Russian
Feminine form of Akulov (Акулов)
Sassano Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 颯々 (sassa), sound- and script-changed from 颯爽 (sassō) meaning "gallant; jaunty" and 野 (no) meaning "field; plain", referring to a stately person who traveled to the fields.
Sham Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cen.
Eftaxias Greek
Derives from the name Eutaxia, means well ordered.
Rittinghaus German
Name for someone who lives in a farmhouse.
Baquiran Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano bakiran meaning "forest".
Fakhoury Arabic
From Arabic فَخُور (faḵūr) meaning "proud".
Ryals English
English occupational surname.
Amenomori Japanese
"Forest of rain."
Agopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Nadezhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надежда (nadezhda) meaning "hope".
Suomalainen Finnish
Means "Finn, person from Finland" in Finnish, From Finnish Suomi "Finland" and the suffix -lainen that combined with a place name, forms the noun for the inhabitant of a place.
Escuintla Nahuatl
From Nahuatl Itzcuintlan meaning "abundance or place of dogs".
Adamberg Yiddish
Probably from the given name Adam.
Smartt English
Variant of Smart.
Agrba Abkhaz
Most likely derived from Abkhaz агыруа (ā́gər-uā) meaning "Mingrelian, farm labourer, serf", historically used to refer to the Mingrelians, an ethic sub-group of the Georgians. Alternatively, it could be from Abkhaz агара (āgārā) meaning "to take" or "to bring"... [more]
Leidma Estonian
Leidma is an Estonian surname meaning "find".
Meer Dutch, Low German
Means "lake, pool, marsh", from Old Germanic *mari "lake; sea, ocean". Compare Van der Meer.
De Bie Dutch
Means "the bee" in Dutch, a nickname for a beekeeper or a for a busy person, or perhaps a habitational name for someone who lived near a sign depicting a bee.
Loigo Estonian
Loigo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "loiguline" meaning "puddly".
Nordqvist Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord "north" and qvist "twig, branch".
Teemant Estonian
Teemant is an Estonian surname meaning "diamond".
Zarautz Basque
From the name of a town in Basque Country, Spain, possibly derived from zara "bush, undergrowth" and a variant of (h)aitz "rock, stone".
Petrakis Greek
Patronymic form of the Greek given name Petros (see Peter).
Loudon Scottish, English (Canadian)
This surname is Scottish, although also recorded in England. It is believed to be locational from the village of Loudoun, in the district of Cunningham, in the county of Ayrshire. The placename is composed of the Northern English word "low", meaning a flame or beacon, itself from the pre 7th century Norse word "loge", plus the Gaelic "doun", meaning a hill... [more]
Brase German
North German variation of Brass.
Giammatteo Italian
Derived from the given name Giammatteo.
Miyawaki Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname, Sakura Miyawaki from IZONE.
Warszawa Polish
Place name for a person from Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
Minami Japanese
From the Japanese "皆" (Mina) meaning "all" and "実" (mi) meaning "fruit", as well as other kanji and kanji combinations that are pronounced in the same way.
Monteleone Italian
From various place names, meaning "mountain lion", or "mountain of the lion".
Telgmaa Estonian
Telgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "axial land".
Dalmas French
Surname Dalmas was first found in Limousin. Literally means "of the sea."
Macfhearghuis Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Gaelic for "Son of Fhearghuis" (also spelled "Fearghas") and due to the complexities of pronunciation, has been spelled MacFergus, McKerras, MacKersey, MacErris, MacFirries and anglicised as Ferguson or Fergusson and shortened in Fergus, Ferrar, Ferrie, Ferries, Ferris, Ferriss, corrupted into other forms like Fergushill, Fergie etc.
McBain Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Beathain.
Hiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".
Tōno Japanese
From Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
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.
Edralin Filipino
The most well-known bearer of this name is Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, a Filipino politician, lawyer, and kleptocrat.
Tsechoev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of the Ingush clan name Цӏечой (Tsechoy), derived from the name of the ancient village of Tsecha-Akhki in present-day Chechnya.
Pamintuan Pampangan
Means "to obey, to serve" in Pampangan, derived from pintu meaning "respect, restraint, obedience".
Cao Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gao, from Sino-Vietnamese 高 (cao).
Macario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Macario
Siider Estonian
Siider is an Estonian surname meaning "cider".
Artingstall English
From the name of a lost place in Cheshire called Alretunstall, probably derived from Old English alor "alder tree" combined with tun "enclosure, town" and steall "place, stead"... [more]
Oddy Medieval English
Was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as the lords of the manor of Storkhouse, Gisbern and Withernsea in that shire. Believed to be descended from Count Odo.
Pannebakker Dutch
From Middle Dutch panne "pan, roof tile" and backer "baker", an occupational name for someone who made roof tiles.
Shinbu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Shimbu).
Araki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蘭 (see Araragi).
Hooshmand Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمند (see Houshmand).
Sinclaire English
Alternate spelling of the surname "Sinclair", derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair"
Jalali Persian, Urdu
From the given name Jalal.
Peles English, Welsh, Italian
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Livio, Primo, Santo.... [more]
Lõugas Estonian
Lõugas is an Estonian surname derived from "lõugama" meaning to "shout" and "caterwaul".
Arbizu Basque
From the name of a village in Nevarre, Spain, meaning "turnip field", derived from Basque (h)arbi "turnip" and -zu "abundance of".
Barsi Hungarian
Name for someone living in a village named Bars. This was the surname of American child actress Judith Barsi (June 6, 1978 - July 25, 1988).
Westbay English (Rare)
It means "west bay".
Savvidis Greek
Means "son of Savvas".
Fata Italian
Means "fairy" in Italian, ultimately derived from Latin fatum "fate, destiny", possibly a nickname for a healer, or someone believed to use magic. In some cases, it could instead be a variant of Fato, a short form of given names such as Bonifatius meaning "good fate".
Buddhinan Thai
From Thai พุทธิ (putthi), a transcription of Sanskrit बुद्धि (búddhi) meaning "intelligence" and นันทน์ (nan) of unknown meaning.
Niessen German, Dutch
Variant form of Niesen.
Mosharraf Bengali
Bengali form of Musharraf.
Kanatiquelli Cherokee
This surname is derived from the Old French surname Cantrell, meaning "small bell" or "treble". The first known bearer is a part-Cherokee author.
Leverich English
The surname Leverich was first found in West Yorkshire at Liversedge, a township that dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Livresec, a manor belonging to Radulf, a vassal of Ilbert de Lacy... [more]
Rempe German (Americanized, Modern)
The roots of the German surname Rempe lie in the former duchy of Silesia, now part of Poland. The name means, simply, "son of Rempel," and was a popular first name in Silesia during the Middle Ages.
Moggi Romansh
Italianized form of Muoth.
Elis Medieval English
A transition of the given name
Radnice Czech
This indicates familial origin within the Bohemian town of the same name.
Tolegenov Kazakh
Means "son of Tolegen".
Utyugin Russian
Means "man of iron" in Russian.
Goonewardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Uramoto Japanese
From 浦 (ura) meaning "seacoast, bay" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root". ... [more]
Pusey English
Habitational name from Pusey in Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), so called from Old English peose, piosu ‘pea(s)’ + ēg ‘island’, ‘low-lying land’, or from Pewsey in Wiltshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Pevesie, apparently from the genitive case of an Old English personal name Pefe, not independently attested + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Mctraynor Irish
Extended form of Trainor.
Montesquieu French
From French montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.
Arslanuly Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from the given name Arslan.
Malin French, Flemish
From the masculine given name Madalin, a short form of names composed of the Germanic element mahal "council, assembly, meeting" such as Madalbert.
Iseppi Romansh
Derived from the given name Gisep.
Rumney English
Variant of Romney.
Zabaleta Basque
Habitational name meaning "very wide place", derived from Basque zabal "wide, broad, open" and -eta "place of, abundance of".
Murasawa Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Agbeko Western African, Ewe
From Ewe meaning "chief of the family line of the Beko people".
Raj Indian, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king".
Crofter English
A surname of Scottish origin used in the Highlands and Islands and means “an owner or a tenant of a small farm”. The Old English word croft seems to correspond with the Dutch kroft meaning “a field on the downs”.
Hippolyte French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Hippolyte 2, Variant of Hyppolite.
Hennelly Irish
From the Irish Ó'hIonnghaile, itself "descendant of (a variation of) Fionnghal" (fionn, "white, fair"; gall, "stranger")... [more]
Ó Faircheallaigh Irish
It means "descendant of Faircheallaigh", a personal name meaning super war or Ó Fearghail, "descendant of Fearghail", meaning man of valour.
Prusseit German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) name meaning "a Prussian".
Greco Portuguese
Portuguese for Greco.
Cadiñanos Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous minor local entity.
Higuaín Spanish (Rare), Basque (Hispanicized)
Derived from the Basque surname Iguain, of uncertain origin.
Bachechi Italian
Comes from the Tuscan-Italian personal name Baccio.
Khamis Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.
Tamazashvili Georgian
Means "son of Tamaz".
Perello Catalan (Balearic), Catalan
Perello is a Catalan surname linked to regions like Catalonia and the Balearic Islands in Spain, often associated with "pear tree" or specific locations named Perello.
Turcescu Romanian
means "son of Turk" in Romanian
Kress German
From Old High German krassig, gratag "greedy".
Sackdavong Lao
From Lao ສັກດາ (sackda) meaning "power, authority" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Ek Khmer
Means "one, first" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit एक (eka).
Lahner German, Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lahn in Hungary and Germany. In southern Germany and Austria, Lahn denotes a place where there had been an avalanche or landslide, from Middle High German laen, lēne meaning "avalanche".
Edelstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German Edelstein "gemstone; precious stone".
Andrulevičus Jewish (Russified, Modern, Rare), Jewish (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
"Ben-Adam" or "ben-ish" ("ben" being "son" in Hebrew; Adam meaning "man"). The Andrulevičuses were originally Sephardic kohanim whom immigrated to Lithuania, and then Poland, Latvia, and other countries.
Nett German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Early New High German net(t) "clean; pure; unadulterated".
Ó Maoil Sheanaigh Irish
It means "descendant of devotee of Saint Seanach".
Hnatyuk Ukrainian
From the given name Ihnat.
Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ruusuvuori Finnish
Means "rose mountain" in Finnish.
Kunic Yiddish
Variation on Koenig.
Oru Estonian
Oru is an Estonian surname derived from "org" meaning "valley".
Dave Indian, Gujarati
Gujarati form of Dwivedi.
Royal English
From the given name Royal.
Otsuka Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" or 太 (o) "fat," "thick" and 塚 (tsuka) "mound."
Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]
Conlee Irish
Variant spelling of Conley
Van Amerongen Dutch
Means "from Amerongen", a town in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Natalio Spanish
From the given name Natalio.
Lammas English
Lammas is a surname from the village Lamarsh in Essex, England.
Czach Polish
From the short form of a personal name such as Czabor or Czasław.
Ban Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 播 (see Hari).
Askin English
From the given name Ásketill.
Vatatzis Greek
This surname is a diminutive form of the word βάτος, "bramble, briar", perhaps signifying a harsh character. Another possible origin is βατάκι, "ray fish".
Samaniego Basque, Spanish
Habitational name from a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, of uncertain etymology.
Wolfhard German
From the given name Wolfhard.
Bounpaseuth Lao
From Lao ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ປະເສີດ (pasoet) meaning "excellent, magnificent".
Stavropoulos Greek
Means "son of Stavros."
Barnal English
Variant of Bernal.
Siarhun Belarusian
Derived from the Belarusian given name Siarhiej.
Smoke English, German, German (Austrian)
Possibly a variant of English Smock or an altered form of German Schmuck.
Sottile Italian
Southern Italian: nickname from sottile ‘delicate’, ‘refined’, also ‘lean’, ‘thin’ (from Latin subtilis ‘small’, ‘slender’).
Aua Estonian
Aua is an Estonian surname meaning "honorable".
Kōjiya Japanese
From Japanese 麹 (kōji) meaning a substance made from plant molds to make fermented products and 屋 (ya) meaning "seller; shop".
Iwerks East Frisian, Frisian
Meaning Unknown.
Baviera Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "Bavaria" in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Catalan. Indicating for someone from Bavaria a state in Germany.
Thorsby English
habitational name from North and South Thoresby (Lincolnshire) Thoresby in Carperby (North Yorkshire) or Thoresby in Perlethorpe cum Budby (Nottinghamshire). The Lincolnshire and Yorkshire placenames derive from the Old Norse personal name Thorir (genitive Thoris) + Old Norse býr "farmstead village"... [more]
Kovaliv Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Kovalyov.
Roan Irish
variant of Roane
Noon English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname for someone of a sunny disposition (noon being the sunniest part of the day); or (ii) from Irish Gaelic Ó Nuadháin "descendant of Nuadhán", a personal name based on Nuadha, the name of various Celtic gods (cf... [more]
Jõeäär Estonian
Means "riverside", from Estonian jõe "river" and äär "edge".
Lööv Swedish
Variant of Löf.
Nuga Estonian
Nuga is an Estonian surname meaning "knife".
Ueyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Amondarain Basque
The surname Amondarain is not very common, but its geographical origin can be traced with some precision. It is a Basque-Navarrese toponymic surname, and its most likely root is a hamlet or location named Amondarain, situated in the region of Navarre or the French Basque country (Iparralde), particularly in:... [more]