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.
Ganiko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Kasepuu Estonian
Means "birch tree", from Estonian kase "birch" and puu "tree".
Hryniv Ukrainian (Rare)
From the Hryniv village in Ukraine.
Mixon English
Means "Mick's son".... [more]
Ahas Estonian
Ahas is an Estonian surname meaning "slender".
Chaiyasing Thai
From Thai ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and สิงห์ (sing) meaning "lion".
Limo African
Most common in Kenya.
Çay Turkish
Means "river, brook, creek" in Turkish.
D'Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.
Barrientos Spanish, Caribbean
Habitational name from a place in León named Barrientos, possibly derived from an Asturleonese word meaning "loamy".
Enright Irish (Anglicized)
From Irish Gaelic Indreachtach, literally "attacker". The surname was borne by British poet D.J. Enright (1920-2002).
Pang Chinese
From Chinese 庞 (páng) referring to the ancient fief of Pang located in what is now either Henan or Shaanxi province.
Cababa Spanish
Spanish (Cabaña) and Portuguese: habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña ‘hut’, ‘cabin’ (Late Latin capanna , a word of Celtic or Germanic origin).
Urusov Russian
From Slavic urush which means "warrior". This was the surname of a noble family in Russia.
Sjöström Swedish
Ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and ström "stream, small river".
Cresta Italian, Romansh
Derived from Italian and Romansh cresta "crest" (ultimately from Latin crista). This name was perhaps applied as a topographic name for someone who lived by the crest of a mountain or as a nickname with reference to the comb of a rooster.
Baylon Spanish
Spanish: variant of Bailón ( see Bailon ).
Mosaddegh Persian
Nickname derived from Persian مصدق (mosaddeğ) meaning "approved, reliable, certified, attested, verified", ultimately from Arabic مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq). It was borne by the politician, author and lawyer Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882-1967), who was Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until his democratic government was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953.
Hultqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish Hult and kvist "branch, twig".
Docker English
Docker is a locational surname from Docker, Westmoreland and Docker, Lancashire. May also refer to the occupation of dockers.
Kazanjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).
Madonna Italian
From the person name Madonna, from donna meaning "lady", bestowed in honor of the Virgin Mary.
San Severino Italian, Neapolitan
From the name of places inside Italy, all named after Saint Severinus of Noricum. This name is mainly found in Naples.
Arcaya Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arkaia.
Gorbachyov Russian
Alternate transcription of Gorbachev.
Stilinski Polish (?)
The last name of one of the characters from the Teen Wolf 1980s movie and the MTV show, Stiles Stilinski.
Bøen Norwegian
Habitational name from the common farm name Bøen, simply meaning "the farm" (ultimately derived from Old Norse býr "farm, village, settlement" and the definite article -en).
Dole English, Irish (Anglicized)
English: from Middle English dole ‘portion of land’ (Old English dal ‘share’, ‘portion’). The term could denote land within the common field, a boundary mark, or a unit of area; so the name may be of topographic origin or a status name... [more]
Kulatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලතිලක (see Kulathilaka).
Dubov Russian
Meaning "oak tree".
Løvaas Norwegian
Ultimately derived from Old Norse lauf "leaf, foliage" and áss "hill, ridge". Taken from any of the many farms in Norway named Løvaas,
Van Breukelen Dutch
Means "from Breukelen", a town in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, itself derived from Old Dutch bruoc meaning "marsh, marshland, wetland" and lētha meaning "excavated, canalised watercourse"... [more]
Arquette French
From arquet meaning "little bow" or "little arch" (diminutive of arche, from Latin arcus). It was originally an occupational name for an archer, but the French word arquet(te) is also found in the sense 'market trader' (originally, perhaps, one with a stall underneath an arch)... [more]
Shalabi Arabic
Means "elegant, stylish, handsome" in Arabic.
Zoubek Czech
According to my translator, it means "tooth", so my guess is that it's an occupational surname for someone who's a dentist; the word for dentist is 'zubař.'
Youssouf Western African
From the given name Youssouf.
Miyasaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 宮崎 (see Miyazaki).
Hamel German, Jewish
Habitational name from the town of Hamelin, which sits on the Hamel river.
Abrar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Abrar.
Lantz Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "lance". ... [more]
Boccabella Italian
Means "beautiful mouth".
Kriiska Estonian
Kriiska is an Estonian surname derived from "kriiskama" meaning "screech" and "shriek".
Girip Romanian
Unknown origin, probably Turkish.
Hildreth Norman
English (Durham): of Norman origin, a variant of the male personal name Hildred (ancient Germanic Hild(i)rad, from hild 'battle' and rād 'counsel'). German: from the ancient Germanic personal name composed of hild 'fight, battle' + rāt 'counsel'.
Bur Swiss, Low German, Czech, French
Swiss and North German variant of Bauer. ... [more]
Sasakawa Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ghoshal Indian, Bengali
Possibly derived from the surname Ghosh.
Makarevych Ukrainian
Means "child of Makar".
Leopold English, German, Dutch
From the given name Leopold.
Mūrnieks Latvian
Means "mason".
Campilan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kampilan referring to a type of sword.
Tommy English
Derived from the given name Tommy.
Parigi Italian
Habitational name for someone who lives in places called "Parigi" (Paris).
V’yazovyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian в’яз (v yaz), meaning "elm".
Daitol Filipino, Cebuano
Means "touch a small part (of something)" in Cebuano.
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.
Vladimirsky Russian (Rare)
The habitational surname from Vladimir oblast in western Russia.
Auksi Estonian
Auksi is an Estonian surname derived from "auks" meaning "in honor of".
Bizzarri Italian
From Italian bizzarro, "odd, eccentric, strange".
Hetherington English
Derived from Hetherington, a like-named place in Northumberland
Riad Arabic
From the given name Riad.
Arretxea Basque
From the name of a hamlet in south-western France, derived from Basque (h)arri "stone, rock" and etxe "house, home, building".
Callard Cornish
Might be from Calartha in Morvah / from cala-arth, the hard or difficult height.
Ratzon Hebrew (Modern)
Means "will, wish, desire" in Hebrew.
Tutumlu Turkish
From the Turkish word tutumlu meaning "frugal, thrifty".
Kinslow English
habitational name from Kingslow in Worfield (Shropshire). The placename means "king's tumulus" from Old English cyning "king" (genitive cyninges) and hlaw "tumulus burial mound hill".
Nose Japanese
From Japanese 能 (no) meaning "ability, talent, skill" and 勢 (se) meaning "force, energy, strength".
Jiravechsoontornkul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรเวชสุนทรกุล (see Chirawetsunthonkun).
Buchwalder German, German (Swiss)
Buchwalder is a German Surname.
Hosotera Japanese
Hoso means "fine, thin, slender, narrow" and tera means "temple".
Dishman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of North German Dischmann or Tischmann: occupational name for a joiner from Middle Low German disch 'table' + man 'man'.
Douma West Frisian
Patronymic from the personal name Douwe.
Criado Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from criado ‘servant’.
Hew English
English: variant of the name Hugh. This was at one time the usual form of the personal name in Scotland. English: occupational name from Middle English hewe ‘domestic servant’
Oliveras Catalan
Catalan: variant spelling of the topographic name Oliveres, from the plural of olivera ‘olive tree’, or a habitational name from Las Oliveras in Murcia province.
Baraga Slovene
A Slovene surname of unknown origin. A notable bearer was Slovene-American Roman Catholic bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868), who was the bishop of Marquette, a town in Upper Michigan, USA. There is also a village in Upper Michigan named Baraga, which was named after the bishop.
Grün German, Jewish
from Middle High German gruoni "green fresh raw" hence a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in green a topographic name for someone who lived in a green and leafy place or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word such as Gruna Grunau in Silesia... [more]
Averina Russian
feminine form of Averin
Setsushi Japanese
From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" and 死 (shi) meaning "death". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Susiluoto Finnish (Rare)
Combination of Finnish susi "wolf" and luoto "islet".
Choppin French
Variant of Chopin.
Babla Polish, Indian
Polish: nickname from babula ‘(old) little woman, granny’, a hypocoristic derivative of baba (see Baba).... [more]
Skëndo Albanian
Ancestors of Skënderbeu
Wakata Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."
Edoh Japanese
Variant of Edo.
Ravenswood English (American)
Ravenswood is a gothic surname.
Stoker Dutch
Means "stoker, one who stokes a fire" or "firestarter, agitator" in Dutch, an occupational name or a nickname for a troublemaker.
Baca Spanish
From Spanish vaca meaning "cow".
Blackstock English
English and southern Scottish: topographic name from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’, ‘dark’ + stok ‘stump’, ‘stock’.
Gantenbein Romansh
Derived from Romansh canta bein "he or she sings well".
Semiz Turkish
Means "fat" in Turkish.
Cerezo Spanish (European)
Surname, in general, of toponymic origin, frequent and distributed throughout Spain, from the noun -cerezo-, "fruit tree whose fruit is the cherry". The surname was derived from nicknames or through the many toponyms in Cerezo existing in Spain, names of populations such as Cerezo (Cáceres), Cerezo de Mohernando (Guadalajara), etc., whose name was taken by some individuals for be native from one of them, as was the custom in the Middle Ages.There were, therefore, different houses of the surname Cerezo unrelated to each other, the Castilian and Extremaduran being very old, whose branches passed to La Rioja, Andalusia, Valencia and Murcia.
Delafosse French
Means "of the ditch" in French.
Yanukovych Ukrainian
Viktor Yanukovych was president of Ukraine from 2010-2014.
Gün Turkish
Means "sun, day" in Turkish.
Yokoshima Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Fiorentino Italian
From the given name Fiorentino
Van Sluytman Dutch (Archaic)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly related to Dutch sloot "ditch, trench", or to sluiten "to close, shut, lock" (compare Sluiter and Slootmaekers)... [more]
Stanisavljević Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Stanislav".
Lateef Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Latif.
MacEachainn Scottish Gaelic
It means "son of Eachann".
Brzozogajski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Brzozogaj.
Pochettino Italian (Modern)
Famous Argentine soccer manager named Mauricio Pochettino (Born 1972)
Higashino Japanese
Higashi means "east" and no means "field, plain".
Maripan Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown, mostly used in Chile.
Dunmore English, Scottish
Habitational name from Dunmore Farm in Oxfordshire or from any of many places in Scotland named in Gaelic as Dún Môr 'great hill'.
Westling Swedish
Combination of Swedish väst "west" and the common surname suffix -ling. A notable bearer is Prince Daniel (b. 1973), husband of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
Diesel German
From the pet form of Matthias or from any Germanic compound name beginning with diota meaning "people"
Ben Moshe Hebrew
Means "son of Moshe" in Hebrew.
Mockler English, Irish
Might derived from Gaelic names Ó Mochlair or Mac Mochlair, where moch means "swift."
Hamdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.
Zapato Spanish
Means "shoe" in Spanish.
Lanzuela Aragonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Hočevar Slovene
Originally indicated a person from Kočevje (Gottschee County), a city and municipality in southern Slovenia.
Pavlisko Slovak
Rusyn patronym based on Pavel
Corsa Italian
Probably a feminine form of Corso. Coincides with Italian corsa "run, running, racing; trip, journey".
Fain French, English, Welsh
Deriving from the Latin fanum meaning "temple."
Jayasundare Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසුන්දර (see Jayasundera).
Mendizabal Basque
Means "wide mountain", derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and zabal "wide, broad, ample". This was also the name of a neighborhood of Arratzua-Ubarrundia that the falangists demolished in 1959 to make way for a reservoir.
Dalogdog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano dalugdog meaning "thunder".
Filiberto Italian
From the given name Filiberto.
Yakubu Arabic, Assyrian, Chaldean, Slovak (Americanized), Czech (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi, Americanized)
Arabic and Assyrian/Chaldean: from a variant of the Arabic and Syriac personal name YaʿqūbJacob’ (see Yaqub).... [more]
Lüdi German (Swiss)
Probably derived from the given name Ludwig
Ibrahimi Pashto, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Ibrahim.
Moleski Polish
A variation of Molski, originated from the many places in Poland called "Mole".
Matamala Catalan
Town of the Capcir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France.
Kunnas Finnish
Means "hill, hillock" in Finnish.
Coon Scottish, Irish
Variant of Cunningham 1, Coonaghan and other names from the same family
Velikov Bulgarian
Means "son of Veliko".
Nishinohara Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野原 (nohara) meaning "grass field".
Akemi Japanese
Ake means "bright" and mi means "mindset, view".... [more]
Kennebrew Scottish (Americanized, ?)
Americanized form of the Scottish surname Kinniburgh, which is derived from the feminine given name Kinborough... [more]
Amahan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "father" in Cebuano.
Magalona Hiligaynon, Filipino, Tagalog
Magalona is a Filipino surname, a derivation of both the Hiligaynon Magalona, which means ‘headline’, and Magalona, a diminutive of the Occitan Margalida.
Chaiwong Thai
From Thai ใจ (chai) meaning "heart, mind, spirit" or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".
Saruta Japanese
From Japanese 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kunio Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and o means "tail".
Bratton English
Habitational name from any of the places called Bratten (in Shropshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) or from Bratton Clovelly or Bratton Fleming in Devon. The Shropshire and Somerset places are named with Old English brōc "brook" + tūn "settlement"... [more]
Kamutharat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Szamotulski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish town of Szamotuły.
Hasanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hasan" in Albanian.
Tiisel Estonian
Tiisel is an Estonian surname meaning "pole" and "beam".
Ruus Estonian
Ruus is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kruus" meaning "mug", "shingle" and "ballast". Possibly derived from "rüüs" meaning "frilled".
Wahlberg German, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Composed of German wal "field, meadow" or Swedish vall "grassy bank" and berg "mountain, hill".
Todhunter English
Occupational name for a fox hunter, from Middle English tod "male fox" and hunter.
Asaomo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浅面 or 淺面 (see Asamen).
Joffé French, Jewish
French form of Joffe.
Percival English, Norman
Variant of Perceval, derived from the given name Percival.
Schildhauer German
First appeared during the Middle Ages in Central Europe/Germany. The name means "Shield-Maker" and suggests correlation to Blacksmiths or or other forms of metalwork in the time period.
Pareja Spanish
habitational name from Pareja in Guadalajara province.
Čizmadija Croatian
Possibly derived from čizma, meaning "boot".
Trigga English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Triggs or Trigg.
Um Khmer
Means "uncle, aunt" (literally "elder sibling of one's parents") in Khmer.
Sleigh English
A sled drawn by horses or reindeer, especially one used for passengers.
Caine French, English
Originally from a French derogatory nickname for someone with a bad temper.
Shokry Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Shukri.
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]
Ivačević Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Matsuura Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Gognon French, Occitan
Nickname for an aggressive or belligerent man, from Old French Gagnon ‘ mastiff’, ‘guard dog’. Possibly from Occitan ganhon ‘young pig’, applied as an offensive nickname. See also Gonyeau.
Elbert German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Elbert.
Ostrander Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an altered form of van Nostrand "from Nordstrand", a former island in Germany.
Slobodyan Ukrainian
Means "person who live in a sloboda". A sloboda (слобода) is type of settlement in old Slavic countries that usually was used by cossacks for colonisation. It comes from the word свобода (svoboda) "freedom".
Falcon Jewish
Possibly derived from the German Falke, meaning "falcon."
Her Hmong
From the clan name Hawj associated with the Chinese character 侯 (hóu) (see Hou).
Muas Hmong
Original Hmong form of Moua.
Valsecchi Italian
Denoting someone from the former municipality of Valsecca in Lombardy.
Raisor English (American), German (Americanized)
Possibly a variant of Rasor, or an Americanized form of German Röser or Reiser.
Inagaki Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
Tamazashvili Georgian
Means "son of Tamaz".
Gharbi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "westerner, one from the west" from Arabic غرب (gharb) meaning "west, occident". In Tunisia it is typically used as a name for someone originally from Algeria or Morocco (being the two westernmost countries in North Africa).
Sosby English
Possibly a variant of Soulsby
Abbitt English
Variant of Abbott.
Ahumada Spanish
topographic or habitational name from a place named with ahumar "to smoke", possibly denoting a place where ham and other meats were smoked or alternatively a place that had been cleared for settlement by burning... [more]
Revelle French
Variant of Revell, derived from the Old French word revel meaning pride, rebellion, etc.