Browse Submitted Surnames

Weinkauf German
From "wein kaufen" meaning "buy wine" or "wine-buyer"

Dominiković Croatian
Means "son of Dominik" in Croatian.

Õmblus Estonian
Õmblus is an Estonian surname meaning "seam" and "stitching".

Velichko Russian
Derived from Russian великий (velikiy), meaning "great, large".

Mac Giolla Iasachta Irish
Means "son of the strange youth", from Irish Gaelic iasachta "loan" "foreign", hence denoting to a boy who transferred to another family for fosterage, a common custom in ancient Ireland.

Villaseñor Galician (Hispanicized)
Habitational name, apparently a Castilianized spelling of Galician Vilseñor, from any of three places in Lugo province named Vilaseñor.

Schwarzkopf German
Means "black head", from German Schwarz "black", and Kopf "head".

Consuelo Spanish

Ioannoglou Greek

Cottonwood English
The name of a person who lived among cottonwood trees.

Starobrat Polish (Rare)
Possibly comprised of the Polish elements stary "old" deriving from Proto-Slavic *starъ and brat "brother" deriving from Proto-Slavic *bràtrъ or *bràtъ.

Plakushchyi Ukrainian (Germanized)

Bluerock Indigenous American

Puello Spanish
Variant of Pueyo.

Biscuit Southern African

Umon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

Iasmin Bengali

Rubanyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Variant of Rubanov.

Behl Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Punjabi Gurmukhi ਬਹਿਲ or Hindi बहल (see Bahl).

Shushan Hebrew

Teroy Filipino

Koetsier Dutch
Means "coachman, coach driver" in Dutch.

Arwal Indonesian

Harber English

Ivory English
Habitational name from Ivry-la-Bataille in Eure, northern France.

Norouzi Persian
From Persian نوروز (nowruz) referring to the Iranian New Year, which is celebrated on the spring equinox.

Kirton English
Family name for someone who resides near a church. From Old English kirk meaning "church" and ton meaning "town, settlement".

Osuna Mexican

Diogene Italian
From the given name Diogene

Nieuwenhuizen Dutch
Habitational name meaning "new houses".

Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".

Lynes English (Australian)

Arabacı Turkish
Occupational name for a driver, maker or seller of carts and wagons, from Turkish araba meaning "cart, carriage".

Vesik Estonian
Vesik is an Estonian surname meaning both "hydrate" and "pygmyweed"

Pangborn English (Anglicized)

Labonté French (Quebec), Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole
From French la bonté meaning "(the) kindness, (the) goodness", originally used as a soldier's name and perhaps also as a nickname for a benevolent person. This surname is rare in France.

Danisch Danish
Variant of Danish

Makower Jewish

Darchynian Armenian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian form of the Armenian surname Darchinyan.

Nasr Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasr.

Stanić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Stanko".

Ney German, English
A dialectal form of the common German word neu "new".... [more]

Nash Circassian
Shapsug name derived from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning "eye" combined with щэ (š̍ă) meaning "milk" or "crooked, wry, bent".

Cyprian English
Possibly an altered spelling of French Cyprien, from a medieval personal name, from Latin Cyprianus (originally an ethnic name for an inhabitant of Cyprus), or a shortened form of Greek Kyprianos, Kyprianis, Kyprianidis, ethnic names for an inhabitant of Cyprus (Greek Kypros), or patronymics from the personal name Kyprianos (of the same derivation)... [more]

Ó Duibhne Irish
Means "descendent of Duibhne", a given name possibly meaning "ill-tempered, surly".

Faruque Bengali
From the given name Faruq.

Schwan German
Means "Swan" in German.

Nakaima Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ima means "now, present".

Usenko Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian вуса (vusa), meaning "moustache".

Tjhie Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Ji used by Chinese Indonesians.

Sarohdo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Dmytrenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Dmytro". Compare Dmytriyenko.

Birčanin Serbian
Possibly derived from the village of Birač, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Chabatake Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2) and can also be written 茶畠.

Armand French, Mauritian Creole, Haitian Creole
From the given name Armand.

Hasebe Japanese

Trasha Albanian

Barrese Italian, Sicilian
Denoted a person from any of the various minor places named Barra in southern Italy (for example the large district in the eastern part of Naples), derived from Italian barra meaning "barrier, bar, obstacle".

Hanečák Slovak

Yonaga Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".

Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".

Podlesny Polish

Osmanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Osman" in Albanian.

Ruszewska Polish

Jahangirzadeh Persian
Means "born of Jahangir".

Doolittle English
From a nickname for a lazy man or an idler, from Middle English don "to do, to perform" and litel "little, small". A famous bearer of the name was American military general Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993).

Kiviloo Estonian
Kiviloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stone swathe".

Van Mierlo Dutch
Means "from Mierlo", a village in the Netherlands. Likely derived from a compound of Old Dutch *mier "swamp" and lo "light forest".

Kalinska Polish

Staci Moldovan

Khoo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Qiu.

Tabanao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tabanaw meaning "fake, not genuine".

Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".

Sattorov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Sattor".

Cavliogne Italian (Tuscan)

Pulev Bulgarian

Karabuğa Turkish
Means "black bull" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and boğa meaning "bull".

Goodhardt English (Australian)

Dantis Romanian (Rare)

Namatsu Japanese

Prauta Ukrainian (?)

Kimani Eastern African

Drayton English

Cedo Spanish

Bilko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian білий (bilyy) "white".

Dehghani Persian
Derived from Persian دهقان (dehqân) meaning "farmer, peasant".

Slutzky Jewish
Variant of Slutsky.

Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.

Mo'minov Uzbek
Means "son of Mo'min".

Chiklak Yupik

Vanunu Judeo-Spanish
Hebrew transcription of Ouanounou.

Steiger German
Occupational name from Middle High German stiger 'foreman', 'mine inspector'

Shcherbanyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian щербаня (shcherbanya), meaning "crack".

Saijō Japanese
From Japanese 西 (sai) meaning "west" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Desai Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
From a feudal title derived from Sanskrit देश (desha) meaning "country, kingdom" and स्वामिन् (svamin) meaning "owner, master, lord".

Kamolsutthi Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Cernăuţeanu Romanian

Macarthur Scottish (Rare), Northern Irish
Scottish and northern Irish: see McArthur and Arthur.

Heumel German (Gallicized), Dutch (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Hummel 2.

Artega Basque
Variant of Arteaga.

Merson English
Variant of Marston.

Bruecher German

Jumaýew Turkmen
Means "son of Juma".

Wyett English
Variant Wyatt.

Sundquist Swedish
Variant of Sundqvist.

Bacunawa Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano bakunawa referring to a type of serpent or dragon in Visayan mythology.

Barsottini Italian (Tuscan)

Andrukhiv Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Andrukhov.

Niece English (American)

Kazuyuki Japanese

Pokrywka Polish
Nickname from pokrywka meaning ‘cover’, ‘lid’.

Pällo Estonian
Pällo is an Estonian surname derived from "päll" meaning "screech owl".

Nisol French

Kruup Estonian
Kruup is an Estonian surname meaning "goat".

Srebrev Bulgarian

Ellerly English
Variant of Ellery.

Benjamins English

Rattanasiri Thai
From Thai รัตน (rattana) meaning "gem, jewel" and สิริ (siri) meaning "sacred, prosperity, beauty, grace".

Van Lieshout Dutch
Variant of Lieshout.

Bread English

Acebo Spanish
panish: Habitational Name From A Place Named Acebo, For Example In Cáceres Province; The Place Name Is From Acebo ‘Holly’ (Latin Aquifolium, Literally ‘Sharp-Leafed’).

Blomkvist Swedish
Variant of Blomqvist. Mikael Blomkvist is a fictional character in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series.

Uhlmann German
From a pet form of a Germanic compound personal name beginning with odal ‘inherited property’.

McVeigh Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bheatha or Mac an Bheatha, themselves derived from Gaelic Mac Beatha meaning "son of life" (see MacBeth).

Ó Macdha Irish
Means "descendant of Macdha"

Halls English
Variant of Hall.

Salomez French

Hasanzadeh Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسن‌زاده (see Hassanzadeh).

Dollar Scottish, English (American)
Scottish: habitational name from Dollar in Clackmannanshire.... [more]

Hanafy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنفي (see Hanafi) chiefly used in Egypt.

Saba French, Occitan
Nickname from a variant of Occitan sabe meaning "tasty, flavorsome". Compare Sabourin.

Ó hÉilidhe Irish
Means "descendant of the claimant". From éilidhe "claimant"

Hryshchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Hryshchenko.

Wattson English, Scottish
Variant of Watson.

Bruen German
This is my 2nd great uncle's wife's Surname of German ancestry.

Ghorbanzadeh Persian
Means "born of Ghorban".

Tiensuu Finnish
Means "The road's mouth". Tien means "the road" and Suu means "mouth" in Finnish.

Shimotakahara Japanese

Man English, Dutch, Yiddish
Variant of Mann.

Irakoze Central African
Means "thank god" in Burundian and Rwandan.

Badar Urdu
Derived from the given name Badar.

Reggie English

Erskine Scottish

Sudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Weddell Scottish, English
Derived from Wedale, the original name of the parish of Stow in Scotland, possibly composed of Old English weoh "idol, image; temple, sacred place", weod "weed, herb", or wedd "pledge, contract" combined with dæl "dale, valley"... [more]

Spijk Dutch
Possibly a habitational name from any of several locations called Spijk, derived from Old Dutch spich "headland, spit".

Augustus English
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase".

Buglass English
Possibly from the Booklawes region near Melrose, Roxburgshire, originally spelt "Buke-Lawes" (lit. "buck/stag" combined with "low ground"); otherwise from the Gaelic words buidhe - "yellow" and glas - "green".

Ó Cómhanaigh Irish

Pharamond French
From the given name Pharamond.

Jernancy Filipino

Ulisse Italian
From the given name Ulisse.

Akame Japanese
This surname can derive from a location: Akame Forty-eight Waterfalls (near Nabari, Mie prefecture, Kansai region). Asides from being a popular hiking spot, the waterfalls are rumored to be the training location for ninja hundreds of years ago... [more]

Bestauty Ossetian
Derived from Ossetian бистэ (biste) meaning "village, suburb" or from Persian به (beh) meaning "good, excellent, better". In the case of the former, it would have been used to indicate the place of residence of an ancestor.

Nōsawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Alipour Persian
Means "descendant of Ali 1" in Persian.

Prati Italian
Meaning "meadows" in Italian, derived from Italian prato "feild, meadow" (see Prato 1)

Filipkowski Polish
Either a patronymic from the given name Filip, or a habitational name denoting a person from various places called Filipki (also derived from the given name) in Poland.

Ohto Japanese
Variant transcription of Oto.

Talbi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Talib.

Yatsko Ukrainian

Ben Ya'akov Hebrew
Means "son of Yaakov" or "son of Jacob" in Hebrew.

Burtram English (American)
American form of the German surname Bertram.

Satoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Satō.

Jayathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Alcântara Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Alcántara.

Gawkrodger English
From a medieval nickname meaning "clumsy Roger".

Meiklejohn Scottish
A Scottish distinguishing name for identifying the larger or eldest (Older Scots meikle "large") or elder of two men called John. (See also Mickle).

Ay Turkish
Means "moon" in Turkish.

Pilot English
Means a person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

Cortéz Spanish
Variant of Cortés.

Maksymchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Maksym".

Sengchanh Lao
Means "moonlight" from Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".

Penchi Italian

Costner American, English

Tice English

Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".

Alencar Portuguese

Arājs Latvian
Means "the ploughman".

Binsaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鬢 (bin) meaning a type of hairstyle and 崎 (saki) meaning "small peninsula; cape".

Steier German
Variant of Steiger.

Takaku Japanese

Beaudoin French (Quebec), French
From Beaudoin, a variant of Baudoin.

Teather English

Redwater English

Asciak Maltese

Van Soest Dutch
Means "from Soest" in Dutch, a town in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Ribéry French
Indicated a person from La Ribeyre, a town in the Auvergne region of France, which translates to "the riverbank". The former French soccer player Franck Ribéry (1983-) is a famous bearer of this name.

Kirwana African

Oshii Japanese

Ingles Spanish
Spanish (Inglés): ethnic term denoting someone of English origin, from Spanish Inglés ‘English’.

Kadota Japanese (Rare)
Kado means "gate" and ta means "rice paddy, field".

Asmus Ukrainian (?)

Bihag Filipino, Cebuano
Means "captive, hostage" in Cebuano.

Farhat Arabic
Derived from the given name Farhat.

Needham English
From a place name derived from Old English ned meaning "need, constraint" and ham meaning "home, estate, settlement".

György Hungarian
From the given name György.

Naranjo Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived by an orange grove, from Spanish naranjo ‘orange tree’ (from naranja ‘orange’, Arabic nāránjya), or a habitational name from a place named Naranjo in A Coruña and Códoba provinces... [more]

Vlaams Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)
From Dutch and Flemish meaning "Flemish".

Arisawa Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Knorr German
From a nickname for a gnarly person, derived from Middle High/Low German knorre "knot, protruberance".

Dingwall English
From the city of Dingwall in Scotland.

Mestanza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Balam Mayan
Means "jaguar" in Mayan.

Diallo Western African, Fula
Derived from the Fula clan name Jallo of uncertain meaning. Diallo is a common name throughout West Africa.

Lepp Estonian
Means "alder (tree)" in Estonian.

Salu Estonian
Salu is an Estonian surname meaning "grove".

Ainumäe Estonian
Ainumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "single mountain".

Wiggs English (British)
The surname Wiggs was first found in Leicestershire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, at Lennerlyde. This interesting name has two possible origins. The first being a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wedge-shaped bread, from the Medieval English "Wigge" meaning "wedge-shaped"... [more]

Malara Italian

Avelar Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Ansião.

Maddock English

Veermäe Estonian
Veermäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border hill/mountain".

Sickler English (Rare)
Came from one who used a sickle to farm fields

Shelvin English

Kaljumäe Estonian
Kaljumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff hill".

Rochefort French
From various places called Rochefort meaning "strong castle".

Kuniyuki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and yuki can mean "good" or "snow".

Goldsmith English
Occupational name for a worker in gold, a compound of Old English gold "gold" and smið "smith". In North America it is very often an English translation of German or Jewish Goldschmidt.

Sobiesienski Polish

Rix German
given to a person who resided near a hill, stream, church, or tree

Bøe Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse býr "farm, village, settlement" or búa "to reside".

Halitaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Halit" in Albanian.

Todome Japanese

Leijon Swedish
Variant of Lejon.

Oortwijn Dutch
Possibly derived from the given name Ortwin.

Kaigler English (American)
Americanized spelling of Kegler.

Aramburo Spanish
Castilianized variant of Aramburú.

Chernyak Russian, Belarusian
From Old Slavic *чьрнъ (čĭrnŭ) meaning "black".

Gerasimenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Herasymenko.

McDermitt Irish
Variant of McDermott.

Desruisseaux French, French (Quebec)
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area characterized by streams, from the fused preposition and plural definite article des meaning "from the" and ruisseaux (plural of ruisseau) meaning "stream".

Edry Hebrew

Hee Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
A Danish habitational name from any of several places named from a word meaning ‘shining’ or ‘clear’, referencing a river.... [more]

Leeya Thai

Loewenhaar German (Anglicized)
Alternate spelling of Lowenhar.

Dželilović Bosnian
Means "son of Dželil".

Tuell German
nickname from Slavic (Old Slavic toliti ""to soothe or calm"")

San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.

McGlashan Scottish
Mcglashan means son of grey in Scotland, with the prefix Mc meaning "son of" and the Glas meaning "grey"

Jespersson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Jesper".

Kaita Japanese

Jakeson English
It means "son of Jake"

Schnopp Romansh

Jeffer English

Matzeu Italian
Variant of Mazzeo.

Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Pedreña Filipino

Chimalhua Nahuatl
Means "has a shield, possessor of shields" in Nahuatl.

Saget Jewish

Vogt De Schachein Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt.

Burfat Pakistani, Sindhi

Kakugaya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Saabira Pakistani

Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".

Wali Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Arabic
Derived from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy) meaning "helper, friend, protector", used in Islam to describe a saint.

Speranza Italian
Means "hope" in Italian.

Van Het Dutch (Rare)

Warburton English
From the village and civil parish of Warburton in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire), England, derived from the Old English feminine given name Werburg (itself derived from wǣr meaning "pledge" and burh "fortress") and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Lotta Italian
Possibly derived from a short form of the feminine given name Carlotta, or of names such as Paola or Orsola using the diminutive suffix -otta... [more]

Oreki Japanese

Bulloni Swiss, Italian

Urdanegui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urdanegi.

Singsanong Thai (Rare, ?)
Famous bearer is Jazz Singsanong.

Noblett English
Variant of Noble

Knabe German
German status name for a young man or a page, from Middle High German knabe (English knave). In aristocratic circles this term denoted a page or squire (a youth destined to become a knight), while among artisans it referred to a journeyman’s assistant or (as a short form of Lehrknabe) ‘apprentice’... [more]

Solemark Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Swedish sol "sun" and mark "ground, earth".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Delchambre French

Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river."

Rayan Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Rayyan.

Lüderitz German

Gattonchieri Italian

Caves English

Ronald English
Derived from the given name Ronald.

Vahejõe Estonian
Vahejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mid/dividing river".

Grajczyk Polish (?)

Wettläufer German
Derived from Middle High German wetteloufer meaning "runner", probably a nickname for a fast runner or someone who rushed around.

Little Shield Arapaho

Shtayyeh Arabic
Meaning unknown.

Wallgren Swedish
Composed of the Swedish elements vall "grassy bank, pasture" and gren "branch".

Peñaflorida Spanish (Philippines)
"flowery cliff" in Spanish

Zelnickova Jewish
Zelnickova is a Jewish (Eastern Ashkenazic) surname that can be found in Czechoslovakia, Poland and Slovenia. This surname is derived from the Yiddish word tselnick which in English means haberdashery... [more]

Weißmüller German
from Middle High German wiz "white" and mulin "miller" an occupational name for a miller who produced white flour which was produced as early as the 14th century.

Barrowman English
A man employed in wheeling a barrow; specifically, in coal-mining, one who conveys the coal in a wheelbarrow from the point where it is mined to the trolleyway or tramway on which it is carried to the place where it is raised to the surface.

Ishimaru Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Krowchuk English (Canadian)

LeBoeuf French
Nickname for a powerfully built man, derived from French boeuf meaning "bull", with the definite article le. In some cases it may have been originally a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman.

Amlani Indian

Ghislanzoni Italian
Possibly from the Germanic name Guislan.

Gerry English
Diminutive of names containing ger, meaning "spear".

Misoya Southern African

Ettinger English

Nosawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).

Ajaz Pakistani

Nestoruk Russian
From the given name Nestor.

Qandaqov Bashkir

Matile Swiss

Alejandre Spanish
Variant of Alejandro.