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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Sukkasem Thai
From Thai ศุข (suk) meaning "joy, happiness, delight" and เกษม (kasem) meaning "contentment, happiness".
Chu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhu, from Sino-Vietnamese 朱 (chu).
Trelawny Cornish
A habitational surname that originated in Cornwall.
Kurachi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom".
Čaikovskis Lithuanian, Latvian
This is a Lithuanian and Latvian, or more broadly Baltic, version of the Balto-Slavic surnames Chayka, and Tchaikovsky... [more]
Hageman Dutch
Combination of Middle Dutch haghe "hedge, enclosure" and man "man".
Pantazis Greek
Derived from the Greek wish: πάντα να ζει! (panta na zei!) or πάντα ζεις! (panta zeis!) meaning "live forever!", from the Greek πάντα (panta) meaning "always" and ζεις (zeis) meaning "live"... [more]
Teranishi Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
Cluxton English
Altered form of English Claxton.
Bookman German (East Prussian)
Bookman, as a surname, derives from East Purssian origin. It is the American version of “Buchmann” with “Buch” meaning book in German, and “Mann” meaning man, creating the Americanized German surname Bookman.
Pepito Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Pepito.
Hnatko Ukrainian (Rare)
From a diminutive of Hnat.
Vongkhamkeo Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family", ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel".
Sinik Estonian
Sinik is an Estonian surname derived from "sinikas" meaning "bog bilberry".
Gwenn Breton
From the given name Gwenn, also "Gwenn" mean white in breton
Yousry Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.
Ivančan Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Flook English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Flóki.
Sunga Filipino, Pampangan
Possibly means "the first breath of a newborn".
Maroni Italian
Can be a nickname derived from Italian maroni "balls, bollocks", from the Latin given name Maronius, or from a diminutive of the Germanic-origin name Ademaro... [more]
Jayawardhena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).
Tegan English
Variant of Teagan.
Brodsky Czech
Habitational name derived from a number of places, including Bohemia.
Brie French
Variant of Labrie.
Takemoto Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Ojaloo Estonian
Ojaloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek swathe".
Sengchanh Lao
Means "moonlight" from Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".
Catching English (American)
Americanized variant of German Göttgen.
Akopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Mamadou Western African
From the given name Mamadou.
Kamalaphirom Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Konkyuhryoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).
Budge English
Nickname from Norman French buge "mouth" (Late Latin bucca), applied either to someone with a large or misshapen mouth or to someone who made excessive use of his mouth, i.e. a garrulous, indiscreet, or gluttonous person... [more]
Metsallik Estonian
Metsallik is an Estonian surname meaning "forest spring".
Proietti Italian
From Latin proiecto "abandoned, thrown away", given to foundlings and children abandoned at orphanages. The name may have been taken from la ruota dei proietti, or "foundling wheel", that some orphanages and religious institutes in Italy installed for infants to be anonymously abandoned in.
Curcillo Italian
Possibly a variant of Curcio, ultimately derived from Latin curtus "short, shortened".
Simmers English
English patronymic from Summer.
Pčolkin Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Pcholkin.
Mitsue Japanese
This surname is used as 光永, 光江, 三枝, 満江, 三ツ江 or 三津江 with 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru, mitsu) meaning "light, ray", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 永 (ei, naga.i, e) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy", 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb" and 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port."... [more]
Ashbrook English
Derived from Ampney St Mary, a small village and civil parish locally known as "Ashbrook", in Gloucestershire, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Estbroce). It is named with Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and broc meaning "brook, stream".
Takaki Japanese
Taka means "high" and ki means "wood, tree".
Mac Gafraidh Irish
The origin of the name is from the Gaelic "Mac Gafraidh" which translates as the "Son of Godfrey", and it is presumed that the first name holders were followers of the 6th century, Saint Godfrey.
Havertz German
Variant of Hafer.
Lapidario Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Spanish lapidário "lapidary". Severino Lapidario (1847-1896) was a corporal in the Spanish Navy Marines who was implicated in the Cavite Mutiny of 1872. He was one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite.
Middelberg Dutch
Variant of Middelburg, derived from middel "middle, centre" and burg "fortress, citadel".
Decierdo Filipino
It can derive from the Spanish root "dicere" which means "to say" or "to tell"
Soulsby English
Habitational name from either of two places called Soulby in Cumbria
Dorwin English
Possibly derived from the given name Deorwine (compare Darwin).
Sekawa Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Mijić Croatian
The surname Mijić is one of those surnames that are very common in Croatia, but also in other countries. This surname sounds very simple and modest, but it has deep roots in history. It is interesting how surnames often arose from some nicknames or personal characteristics of the person who bore that surname... [more]
Cañada Spanish
Means "glen, ravine" in Spanish.
Tsuzurugi Japanese (Rare)
From 綴 (tsuzuru) meaning "bind, compose, spell, write" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Bundy English
Variant of Bond and Bandy.
Couffaine French
Combination of French couffin meaning “coffin” and the French suffix ... [more]
Juon Romansh
Derived from the given name Johann.
Mijangos Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Cuesta Urria.
Frusciante Italian
Derived from the Italian adjective frusciante meaning "rustling, swishing, whishing", which itself is derived from the Italian verb frusciare meaning "to rustle, to swish, to whish". The surname had probably started out as a nickname for someone who made a rustling or whishing sound whenever they walked, which was probably caused by the clothes that they were wearing (in that the clothes must have been made of a certain fabric that is prone to making some noise when touched in any way).... [more]
Siarhun Belarusian
Derived from the Belarusian given name Siarhiej.
Kama Estonian
Kama is an Estonian surname; from "kama", a food made of finely milled flour.
Stanson English
Means "son of Stanley".
Severn English
From the name of the River Severn, which is of unknown meaning. The Severn is Great Britain's longest river, flowing from Wales through much of western England to the Bristol Channel. It is one of Britain’s most ancient river names, recorded as early as the 2nd century AD in the form Sabrina; its original meaning may have been "slow-moving" or "boundary".
Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Goridze Georgian
Denotes to a person from the Georgian city of Gori.
D'Abreo Portuguese (Expatriate), Indian
Probably an altered form of Portuguese De Abreu.
Vurma Estonian
Vurma is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "vurama" meaning to "rattle", "roll", and "whir".
Kaldvee Estonian
Kaldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/inclined" ("kald") "water"" ("vee").
Thuringer German
Habitational name for someone from Thuringia.
Irfan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Irfan.
Zelmerlöw Swedish (Rare)
Rare Swedish surname composed of the name of the family's ancestor Selma Löf. One bearer is Swedish artist Måns Zelmerlöw (b.1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016.
Sharifpour Persian
Means "son of Sharif".
Henri French
From the first name Henri.
Symond English
Variant of Simon.
Rochallyi Hungarian
Probably from Italian Roccalli.
Sage English, French
A nickname for a person with great wisdom. From Middle English and Old French sage "wise" (see also Sage).
Yusufova Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Feminine transcription of Yusufov.
Kawaye Japanese (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kawai.
Syezd Russian (Rare), Kazakh (Rare)
The last name is a Russian last name derived from съезд (s"yezd) meaning "conference, congress, convention", but it is mostly used in Kazakhstan.
Fong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Fang.
Stickman English (Canadian)
The Origin for the surname Stickman comes from the YouTube series Iron Hand character "Tim Stickman" and his wife (season 3) his kids (season 4) and parents (all seasons) made in 2016 and premiering in 2017.
Nanaho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).
Zanto German
Unknown origin and history.
Itou Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Seif German, Jewish
Denoted somebody who made soap, from German Seife meaning "soap".
Mwaruwari Shona
Meaning unknown.
McAlea Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Laoidhigh
Ying Chinese
From Chinese 应 (yīng) referring to the ancient state of Ying, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Joll Estonian
Joll is an Estonian surname meaning "dinghy (boat)".
Oort Dutch
From Middle Dutch oort "edge, corner".
Muhamadov Avar
Means "son of Muhamad".
Ichibakase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).
Fiene German, Low German
A nickname for an elegant person, from Middle Low German fin, meaning ‘fine’. Can also be a locational name from several fields and places named Fiene.
Furtado Portuguese
Means "stolen" in Portuguese, probably used to refer to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.
Pater Dutch, German, English, Polish
From Latin pater "father", used as a religious title for a priest in Roman Catholicism. Possibly used semi-literally for a man who worked in the church, or figuratively for a solemn or pompous man.
Hasuya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 芙 (hasu) meaning "nelumbo nucifera" and 家 (ya) meaning "house", possibly referring to a house in an area with nelumbo nucifera.
Amspacher German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Amsbach
Loam English
1 English and Scottish: unexplained. The name is recorded in both England and Scotland. It may be a variant of Scottish Lour, a habitational name from Lour, formerly a part of the parish of Meathielour.... [more]
Berkson Jewish
Means "son of Berke".
Kangas Estonian
Kangas is an Estonian surname meaning "fabric" and "weft" and "piece goods". Associated with weavers.
Svobodný Czech
Svobodný means "freedom man" in Czech.
Serikbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Serikbay".
Wellington English
Habitational name from any of the three places named Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset. All are most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Weola + -ing- (implying association with) + tun ‘settlement’.
Guli Uzbek, Kurdish, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Albanian, Bosnian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose". It is sometimes borne by Georgians and Armenians of Persian descent.
Çağlayan Turkish
Means "waterfall, cascade" in Turkish.
Bakr Arabic
Derived from the given name Bakr.
Premarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමරත්න (see Premaratne).
Knifati Arabic
Means "Knafeh maker," given to pasty makers specializing in Knafeh, a filo-dough middle-eastern pastry typically filled with cheese and syrup.
Bucog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bukog meaning "bone".
Kasparian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant of Gasparyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.
Érable French (Rare)
From érable meaning "maple."
Peixoto Portuguese
Occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish, derived from Portuguese peixe meaning "fish".
Ige Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藝 or 芸 (ge) meaning "technique".
Kobrynsky Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kobrinsky. Most of the Kobrynsky family had settled in Canada.
Hadi Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Hadi.
Lokerson Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Lokerse.
Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.
Ocak Turkish
Means "stove, oven, furnace" in Turkish.
Akiyoshi Japanese
Aki can mean "bright" or "autumn", and yoshi can mean "good luck, fortune".
Panday Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Hindi पांडे/पाण्डे, Gujarati પાંડે or Bengali পাণ্ডে (see Pandey).
Ton That Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Tôn Thất.
Lagrimas Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish lágrimas meaning "tears".
Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.
Shoaf American
Origin is unknown but it is the surname of American Rachel Shoaf who is a convicted murderer.
Hishmeh Arabic
From Arabic حشمة (hishmah) meaning "modesty, decency".
Madrigal Spanish
"Madrigal" comes from from the Venetian madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (gen. matricis) "womb."
Filemban Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic فلمبان (see Felemban).
Grigoriou Greek
Means "son of Grigorios".
Wachter German, Dutch
Means "guard, sentinel", an occupational name for a watchman.
Chetcuti Maltese
Derived from Arabic كتكوت‎‎ (katkūt) meaning "(newborn) chick, young chicken".
Kerch Russian, Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from the city of Kerch.
Riccia Italian
Variant form of Ricci.
Eller German
Habitational name from places in the North Rhine and Mosel areas
Umburter Tiv
Means, "Remember the father". Father also used in the context of God.
Güleryüz Turkish
Means "smiling face" in Turkish.
Ginige Sinhalese
From Sinhala ගිනි (gini) meaning "fire" combined with the suffix ගේ (ge) meaning "of, home, house" or "custodian". It was used as an occupational name for someone who used fuel and firewood to create fire before the introduction of firearms and gunpowder.
Biet Romansh
Derived from the given name Beatus.
Lothrop English
Habitational name from Lowthorpe in East Yorkshire named with the Old Norse personal name Logi and þrop "outlying farmstead".
Safeya Muslim
• Safeya is derived from the SAD-F-A root which is used in many places in the Quran, This name derives from the Arabic “Ṣafi”, meaning “pure, confidante, best friend”. Safiyya bint Huyayy was a Jewish woman captured from the Banu Nadir tribe at age 17, who became Muhammad's wife... [more]
Lieman Dutch
From a Germanic personal name composed of liut "people", or possibly liob "dear, beloved", combined with man "person, man" (see Liutman, Liefman).
Wunder German
Miracle
Muraji Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".
Le Guen Breton (Gallicized)
Comes from originally of "Gwenn" who means white.
Khaleghi Persian
Derived from Persian خالق (khaleq) meaning "creator (an epithet for God)".
Brosnan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Brosnacháin meaning "descendant of Brosnachán", a given name derived from Brosna, a small village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland. A well-known bearer is the Irish actor Pierce Brosnan (1953-).
Mannheim German, Jewish
Variant of Manheim. A habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany.
Chandra Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
From Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".
Konvalinka Czech
Means "lily-of-the-valley" in Czech.
Nakami Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".
Pechtold German, Dutch, Jewish
From the Old German given name Pechtholt, which is composed of the elements pecht "rotation" and holdt "hero". As a Dutch-language surname, it is derived from the Middle Dutch given name Pechte combined with Old High German walt "power, authority"... [more]
Norvell Scottish
A habitation surname for someone from Normanville, Normandy.
Lamberg Finnish, Swedish
Perhaps combination of an unexplained first element (maybe taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain". It could also be of German origin (see other submission).
Kuronire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Charretier French
French form of Carter.
Nakasato Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
Zaalishvili Georgian
Means "son of Zaal".
Stockholm Danish (Rare), English (American)
Danish variant of Stokholm. English usage could be a habitational name for someone from Stockholm, Sweden (see Stockholm), but this etymology does not apply to Scandinavian usage of the name.
Enderlin German
meaning "the line of ender"
Witte German, Dutch, English
Cognate to and variant of White, a nickname for someone with white or blonde hair or an unusually pale complexion
Marangit Filipino, Maranao
Means "cruel, irritable, mean" in Maranao.
Burdon English
From 'bur' meaning "fort" and 'don' meaning "hill"
Donato Italian
From the medieval personal name Donato (Latin Donatus, past participle of donare, frequentative of dare "to give"). It was the name of a 4th-century Italian bishop martyred in c. 350 under Julian the Apostate, as well as various other early saints, and a 4th-century grammarian and commentator on Virgil, widely respected in the Middle Ages as a figure of great learning.
Mješicy Sorbian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Upper Sorbian municipality of Bukecy.
Noack German
Contracted form of Nowack.
Ksiazek Polish
Nickname meaning ‘little priest’ or possibly a patronymic for an illegitimate son of a priest, from ksiadz ‘priest’ + the diminutive suffix -ek.nickname meaning ‘little prince’, from a diminutive of ksia?ze ‘prince’.
Akehashi Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (ake) meaning "shining, bright" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Koretskiy Russian
Name for a person originally from the Ukrainian city of Korets, derived from Russian корец (korets) or корчик (korchik) both referring to a type of ladle.
Səlimov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Səlim".
Aleksakha Russian
From a diminutive of Aleksandr.
Vääri Estonian
Vääri is an Estonian surname derived from "vääriv", meaning "worthy" and "deserving".
Dickter German
From dichter, the German word for "poet".
Sies German, Dutch
From the ancient Germanic name Sigizo formed with the element sigi "victory" (from proto Germanic segiz).
Samarasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Gienal Romansh
Variant of Jenal.
Reddish English
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reddish,' a village near Stockport, Cheshire.
Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Strubel German
German (also Strübel): from a diminutive of Middle High German strūp (see Strub).... [more]
Sušina Slovak
From Slovak and Czech word Sušina meaning "dry matter"
Grønn Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of Green.
Solorio Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra de Solorio mountain range that straddles Aragon, La Mancha, & Old Castile.
Parsaei Persian
From the given name Parsa.
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]
Touch Khmer
From Khmer តូច (touch) meaning "small".
Chen Thai
Possibly a Name that Thai People with Chinese Descendants have. It has a Meaning of "Deserve".
Vrátil Czech
Derived from the past participle of the verb vrátit "to return". The name was perhaps used to denote a person who came back to his home following a long absence.
Bugayong Pangasinan
From Pangasinan bugayong meaning referring to a type of flowering plant (genus Abrus). It was perhaps used as an occupational name for someone who practiced folk medicine with this plant.
Paradiso Italian
from paradiso "Paradise" applied as a topographic name for someone living in a verdant place where flowers grew in abundance or near a pleasure garden or from the same word used as a personal name recorded in the form Paradisus in Lazio in 108
Fratta Italian
Means "thicket, hedge".
Ó Coscraigh Irish
Means "descendant of Coscrach"
Etemadi Persian
From the given name Etemad.
Könz Romansh
Variant of Chönz.
Bake English
Probably an occupational name for a baker.
Kul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian, Kurdish, Odia, Thai, Khmer, Lao
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".
Reha Estonian
Reha is an Estonian surname meaning "rake".
Dondon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 闐々 (see Dondo).
Ratnapriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and प्रिय (priya) meaning "beloved, dear".
Onstenk Dutch
Derived from a place name, ultimately composed of on- "un-, bad" and stede "city, town" combined with the possessive suffix -ink.
Cagandahan Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog kagandahan meaning "beauty".
Şafak Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.
Hayworth English
English: habitational name from Haywards Heath in Sussex, which was named in Old English as ‘enclosure with a hedge’, from hege ‘hedge’ + worð ‘enclosure’. The modern form, with its affix, arose much later on (Mills gives an example from 1544).
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