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.
Kjartansdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Kjartan". Used exclusively by women.
Never German
Habitational surname denoting someone from the town of Nevern (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Germany.
Heinvee Estonian
Heinvee is an Estonian surname meaning "hay water".
Gotovina Croatian
Derived from gotovina, meaning "cash".
Hamadani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian همدانی (see Hamedani).
Wolfson English
Means "son of Wolf" in English.
Bastiaan Dutch
From the given name Bastiaan.
MacGillivray Scottish
Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gillebhràth meaning "son of the servant of judgement".
Corris Manx
Depalatalized form of Corish.
Mesropyan Armenian
Means "son of Mesrop".
Verge French
French variant of Verger.
Yovanovich Serbian
Anglicised form of Jovanović.
Denninger German
Habitational name for someone from Denning in Bavaria. Denning is related to Middle Low German denne meaning "wooded vale".
Kabura Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蕪 (see Kabu).
Desmoines French (Archaic), French (American)
An archaic French surname that begins in the US. It denotes a person who lived in places named Des Moines. From French meaning "from the monks" or "of the monks".
Hijikata Japanese
From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]
Cagianut Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a diminutive of the given name Gian.
Kaunisvesi Finnish
Means "beautiful water", deriving from the Finnish elements kaunis ("possessing charm and attractiveness") and vesi ("water").
Laurin French, Slovene (Americanized)
From a diminutive or pet form of Laur. Also the Altered form of French Lorrain. Americanized form of Slovenian Lavrin: derivative of Lavre, a short form of the personal name Lavrencij, Latin Laurentius (see Lawrence).
Tsunekawa Japanese
From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Zhukovsky Russian
Same spelling as Zhukov
Vilkas Lithuanian
Means "wolf" in Lithuanian.
Sudo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 須藤 (see Sudō).
Lacombe French
French (western and southwestern): topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine, from la combe ‘the ravine’ (a word of Gaulish origin, related to English Combe).... [more]
Borthwick English (British), Scottish
Denoted someone who came from the hamlet of Borthwick in Scotland.
Pelham English
From the name of a place in Hertfordshire, which meant "Peotla's homestead" in Old English.
Kariv Hebrew
Means "battle, fight, war" in Hebrew.
Kamara Western African
Used in Sierra Leone.
Bluth German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Middle High German bluot, German Blüte ‘bloom’, ‘flower head’. ... [more]
Penna Italian
Possibly from Italian penna "feather, pen", a nickname for a scribe.
Aubut French
The surname "Aubut" is Old French and was first found in the Burgundy region of France. It is derived from the Germanic name "Alberic" which is from the Latin name "Albericus."
Yeager English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of German Jäger.
Cossu Italian
Probably from Sardinian cossu "tub, trough, basin".
Coard English, Northern Irish
Derived from Old French corde "string", a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cord or string, or a nickname for an habitual wearer of decorative ties and ribbons.
Vilaysack Lao
From Lao ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful" and ສັກ (sack) meaning "rank, power, authority".
Duschen Romansh
Diminutive of Dusch.
Guruge Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala ගුරු (guru) meaning "teacher, master" and the locative suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Kaga Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".
Dominique French
From the given name Dominique
But Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
Means "shoe, boot" in Polish. Possibly an occupational name for a shoemaker.
Yui Japanese
From 由 (yu) meaning "purpose, reason, cause" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit" or 比 (i) meaning "compare". Lastly, it could be spelled with 油 (yu) meaning "oil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".... [more]
Costiniu Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Ouattara Western African, Manding
From the name of the Wattara or Watara clan of the Dyula people, believed to be derived from a word meaning "prince".
Ning Chinese
From Chinese 宁 (níng) meaning "peaceful, tranquil", also referring to the ancient county of Ningyi, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Van De Kerkhof Dutch
Means "from the churchyard", derived from Middle Dutch kerke meaning "church" and hof meaning "court, garden, yard". Famous bearers of this surname include twin brothers René and Willy Van De Kerkhof (1951-), both retired Dutch soccer players.
Taitingfong Chamorro
Means "without counting" from Chamorro tai meaning "without, not having" and tufong meaning "count".
Nanomae Japanese
"Before one."
Artabia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Allin, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque arte "oak (tree), evergreen oak, holm oak" or arto "millet; corn, maize" combined with the suffix -be "lower part".
Bhattacharyya Bengali
A variant spelling of Bhattacharya
Nemirovsky Russian, Ukrainian
Alternate of Nemirov
Melis Sardinian
Derived from Sardinian mele or meli meaning "honey".
Chaimongkhon Thai
Means "auspicious victory" from Thai ชัย (chai) meaning "victory" and มงคล (mongkhon) meaning "auspicious, favourable".
Lester English
Habitational name from Leicester which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore "the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)" and Old English ceaster "city Roman fortification" (from Latin castrum) "camp fortress".
Ieiri Japanese (Rare)
家 (Ie) means "building, residency, family, dwelling, home, habitation", and 入 (iri) means "enter, input". ... [more]
Ishanagyi Okinawan (Archaic)
From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.
Ma Korean
From Sino-Korean 馬 meaning “horse”, or 麻 meaning “hemp, flax, jute”.
Dollar Scottish, English (American)
Scottish: habitational name from Dollar in Clackmannanshire.... [more]
Kilmartin Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
shortened Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhártain or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Màrtainn, "son of the servant of (Saint) Martin"... [more]
Aslanyan Armenian
Derived from Turkic arslan meaning "lion".
Mykhaylyuta Ukrainian
From the given name Mykhaylo.
Herasymenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Herasym.
Abeygunawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේගුණවර්ධන (see Abeygunawardana).
Konkyurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūrei).
Teisen Danish
Danish cognate of Tyson 1.
Nobbs English
Derived from Hob, a Medieval English diminutive of Robert.
Artemenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Artem".
Kleehammer German
Means "Cloverleaf hammer"
Hayles English
Variant of Hales.
Faiz Arabic
From the given name Faiz.
Gingras French (Quebec), French
Western France variant of Gingreau, possibly derived from Old French ginguer ("to frolick, to dance")
Goertze German
Probably a variant of Göretz, a reduced form of Gerhards (see Gerhardt), or a variant of Goertz.
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".
Vagh Indian
Means "tiger" in Hindi
Shcheglov Russian
From Russian щегол (shchegol) meaning "goldfinch".
Mastromarino Italian
Derived from Italian mastro meaning "master, skilled" and marino meaning "mariner, sailor."
Vahi Estonian
Means "watch" or "guard" in Estonian, derived from vahimees meaning "watchman".
Netherland English
Indicates origin from The Netherlands.
Švarc um Croatian, Czech
Croatian and Czech form of Schwarz.
Mirabella Italian, Sicilian
Italian (Campania and Sicily): habitational name from Mirabella Eclano in Avellino or Mirabella Imbaccari in Catania, or from various places with the name Mirabello, all named from medieval Latin mira, "viewpoint", and bella, "beautiful"... [more]
Kohen Jewish, Hebrew, English
Hebrew form of Cohen.
Brockencôte French (Rare), Italian
French, meaning ‘man from the hills’. Direct French translation is: ‘Brock on the hill’.
Aksentyeva Russian
Feminine form of Aksentyev (Аксентьев)
Talvet Estonian
Talvet is an Estonian surname derived from "talve-" meaning "wintry".
Zampedri Italian
Italian cognate of Sampedro.
Khirlig-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "dirty boy" in Tuvan, from Tuvan хирлиг (khirlig) "dirty" and оол (ool) "son, boy".
Micale Italian
Popular in Italy.
Chuto Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Chūtō.
Eleftheriades Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Ελευθεριάδης (see Eleftheriadis) chiefly used in Cyprus.
Merriott English
Either a habitational name from Merriott in Somerset. The placename may derive from Old English mere miere "mare" mere "pool" or gemære "boundary" and gæt "gate gap"... [more]
Çolak Turkish
Means "one-armed, crippled" in Turkish.
Magsarili Tagalog
Means "to live alone, to do alone" in Tagalog.
Forsythe Scottish, Northern Irish
This surname has two possible origins. The more accepted explanation is that it comes from the Gaelic given name Fearsithe, which means "man of peace" from the elements fear "man" and sithe "peace"... [more]
Kanamoto Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and moto means "origin, root, source".
Castanati Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish Origins
Huppert German, Jewish
German and Ashkenazi Jewish variant of the name Hubert.
Sakazaki Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Prowze Anglo-Norman
An Anglo-Norman occupational surname used for soldiers or a nickname for someone bold that is derived from the pre-10th-century Old French proz or prouz, meaning "proud" or "brave". It could also be a variant of the surname Prue... [more]
Vallin Swedish
Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Yuson Filipino
From Hokkien 楊孫 (iûⁿ-sun), derived from 楊 (iûⁿ) meaning "willow, poplar, aspen" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild". It could also be from 余孫 (û-sun), derived from 余 (û) meaning "surplus" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Karabuğa Turkish
Means "black bull" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and boğa meaning "bull".
Balfe Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Balbh meaning 'stammering dumb' itself probably a translation of a Norman surname of similar meaning ultimately derived from Latin balbus 'stammering'.
Hartung German
German, Dutch, and Danish: from a Germanic personal name, a derivative (originally a patronymic) of compound names beginning with hart ‘hardy’, ‘strong’.
Grigorios Greek
from given name Grigorios
Kinkle German
Derived from the Middle High German word "kunkel," which meant "spindle." It is thus supposed that the first bearers of this surname were spindle makers in occupation.
Canoy Filipino
Possibly derived from Hokkien 橄欖孫 (ka-núi-sun) meaning "great-grandchild".
Orcutt English
Perhaps a much altered spelling of Scottish Urquhart used predominantly in Staffordshire, England.
Kolber German
From an agent derived from Middle High German kolbe "club, cudgel" an occupational name for someone who made wooden clubs later for an armorer, or a habitational name for someone from Kolben in Württemberg or Cölbe in Hesse.
Frankenhoff German (Americanized, ?)
House of the Franks (French)
Sablone Italian
From Latin sabulo "coarse sand, gravel".
Margarito Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish margarita "daisy".
Klinefelter German
Americanized form of Kleinfelder.
Danese Italian
Ethnic name for a Dane, or from the personal name Danese, which was introduced to and popularized in medieval Italy through French Carolingian literature, notably the epics Chanson de Roland and Ogier de Denemarche.
Markaryan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Մարգարյան (see Margaryan).
Farmani Persian
From Persian فرمان (farman) meaning "decree, command, order".
Judah English
From the given name Judah
Bongiovanni Italian
Comes from the personal name Giovanni composed of the elements bon ‘good’ + Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John
Çalhanoğlu Turkish
Patronymic meaning "son of Çalhan".
Esfandiari Persian
From the given name Esfandiar.
Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Alverson English
Variant of Swedish Halvarsson or Alvarsson
Smolsky Tatar, Lipka Tatar, Polish
Smolsky is a variant of Smólski, derived from smoła, which means “tar”.
Janovič Belarusian
Means "son of Jan 1".
Tsubaki Japanese
The surname “Tsubaki” means flower.
Breunig German, German (Austrian), American
Origin probably in Frankfurt am Main... [more]
Odaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".
Ostwald German
from the ancient Germanic personal name Ostold composed of the elements ōst "east" (see Oest ) and Old High German walt(an) "to rule". Variant of Oswald.
Baylis English
Derived from the Middle English 'bail(l)i', a development of the Old French 'baillis'. In Scotland the word survives as 'bailie', the title of a chief magistrate for a part of a county or barony. The word survives in England as 'bailiff', an officer who serves writs and summonses for the court.
Khamis Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.
Senewiratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Häggkvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" (a type of tree native to Sweden) and kvist "twig".
Bermejo Spanish
Originally a nickname for a man with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Spanish bermejo "reddish, ruddy" (itself from Latin vermiculus "little worm", from vermis "worm", since a crimson dye was obtained from the bodies of worms).
Nagavekar Indian
Of Indian origin, specifically from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The name is derived from the words "nagav" which means cobra and "kar" meaning owner, thus Nagavekar means "owner of cobras" in English... [more]
Castellanos Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Castellanos, derived from Spanish castellano meaning "Castilian".
Tregarthen Cornish
From Tregarthen in Ludgvan; from treg-ar-den the dwelling upon the hill, or treg-arth-en, the dwelling upon the high place.... [more]
Fantauzzi Italian
Tuscanized form of a surname named for the eponymous settlement at the coordinates 42°28'9N, 12°52'36E.
Brownsmith English
Occupational name for a worker in copper or bronze.
Aranjuez Spanish
Aranjuez is primarily known as a place name, specifically a historic town located near Madrid, Spain.
Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".
Yel Turkish
Means "wind, breeze" in Turkish.
Meath Irish
Denotes a person from County Meath, Ireland (see Mcnamee).
Zahiri Persian, Arabic
From the given name Zahir.
Felton English
A habitation name composed of the elements feld-, meaning "field or pasture" and -tun, meaning "settlement."
Lyn Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Lin.
Urzędowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Urzędów.
Ives English
Means "son of Ive", a medieval male personal name, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin, a shortened form of any of a range of compound names beginning with īv "yew" (cf... [more]
Schwald Romansh
Derived from the given name Oswald.
Quirini Italian
Derived from the given name Quirino
Chadrick English
Possibly a variant of Chadwick.
Medd English
Dweller at the meadow.
Dreik French
Derived from the Old Norse given name Draki or the Old English given name Draca both meaning "dragon".
Grzybała Polish
From grzyb meaning "mushroom" with suffix -ała.
Craven Irish, English
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Crabháin (County Galway) or Mac Crabháin (Louth, Monaghan) ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Crabhán’... [more]
Joon Estonian
Joon is an Estonian surname meaning "line" and "stripe".
İbrahimli Azerbaijani
From the given name İbrahim and the Turkic suffix -li which forms adjectives from nouns.
Barbeito Galician
Means "fallow, farmland" in Galician, likely a habitational name from any of various places called Barbeito.
Thilakawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකවර්ධන (see Thilakawardana).
Blazer Dutch
From Middle Dutch blaser "blower", from blâsen "to blow, to sound (a wind instrument); to brag", hence an occupational name for a player of the trumpet or other wind instrument, or a nickname for a braggart or boaster.
Larregi Basque (Archaic)
Derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and -(t)egi "place of".
Crumrine German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of Krumreihn.
Rintoul Scottish
Derived from a farm with the same name, near the town of Milnathort in Kinross-shire, Scotland.
Enad Visayan
Possibly from Spanish "henar" meaning "meadowland" or "hayfield"
Chau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.
Agarwal Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Agroha in the Indian state of Haryana.
Tärn Estonian
Tärn is an Estonian surname meaning "star".
Garten German, Jewish
metonymic occupational name for a gardener or overseer of a garden or enclosure. Originally the term denoted the keeper of an enclosure for deer later of a vineyard or smallholding from Middle High German garte "garden enclosure"... [more]
Judkins English
Means "decsendent of Jud".
Hosmer English
From the Old English name Osmaer, a combination of the Old English elements oss, meaning "god", and maer, meaning "fame".
Montisci Italian, Sardinian
Probably derived from a descendant of Latin monticulus "small mountain".
Casavantes French, Spanish, Basque
Topographic name composed of casa "house" + avant "ahead of forward" + the suffix -es, denoting one who lived in the house located at the beginning of a village. This surname has died out in France.
Marple English
Means "boundary stream" from Old English maere (boundary), and pyll (stream).
Aretxaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous ghost town within the council of Murgia in the municipality of Zuia.
Hincz Polish
Variant of Hinc.
Luevisesbaipul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).
Deen English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.
Alamets Estonian
Alamets is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region forest".
Linde German, Dutch, Jewish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Middle Hugh German, Dutch linde or Scandinavian lind "lime tree". Almost exclusively ornamental in Swedish, otherwise probably habitational. There are also a number of feminine names containing the element lind, for example Linda, Dietlinde and Gerlinde, and it's possible that the surname is derived from any of those names.
Heerkens Dutch
Derived from a diminutive form of a given name containing the element heri "army". Alternatively, a variant form of Eerkens.
Ricciardi Italian
From the given name Riccardo.
Jutsum Old Danish
Of Jutish extraction. From Jutland.
Farrer English
Variant of Farrar.
List Hungarian
Variant of Liszt.
Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".
Zuhm Low German
Name of a noble family from the island of Rügen.
Arendt German
From the given name Arnold
Karunananda Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight".
Normanno Italian
Italian cognitive of Norman.
Toh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhuo.
Oakland English
This surname is derived from Old English āc and land and it, obviously, means "oak land."