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.
Alcantara Spanish, Filipino
Simplified form of Alcántara.
Kaba Turkish
Means "rough, rude, coarse" in Turkish.
Del Rayo Spanish (Mexican)
Means "of the lightning" in Spanish. Primarily used mostly in Mexico.
Yared Arabic
From the given name Yared.
Ushivets Belarusian (Russified), Ukrainian (Russified, ?)
Denoted to a person who made clothes, the actual surname meaning "sewing machine" or "sewer".
Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.
Godínez Spanish
Patronymic from the personal name Godino.
Feulner German
Franconian dialect form of Feilner (see Feiler), or derived from Feuln, a town near the district of Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany. A notable bearer is the American academic Edwin Feulner (1941-).
Mavropanos Greek
Literally means "black cloth", derived from Greek μαύρος (mavros) "black, Moorish" and πανί (pani) "cloth".
Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".
Grzybalski Polish
From Grzybała with suffix -ski based on habitational names.
Kurono Japanese
Kuro means "black" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Budurov Russian
It is believed to mean "The Blessed One" or "Bless You" in Russian.
Radwan Arabic
Variant of Ridwan.
Stilinski Polish (?)
The last name of one of the characters from the Teen Wolf 1980s movie and the MTV show, Stiles Stilinski.
Chinchilla Spanish
Originally denoted a person from the Spanish town of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón in the province of Albacete. The place name is possibly of Arabic origin.
Pavlić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pavle".
Auberjonois French
A French last name meaning "armourer". Actor René Murat Auberjonois is a notable bearer.
Eenpuu Estonian
Eenpuu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "puu" ("tree").
Eagle English
Nickname for a lordly, impressive, or sharp-eyed man, from Middle English egle "eagle" (from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila).
Asamen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅面 (Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Oosthuizen South African
Came from a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Caringal Filipino, Tagalog
Means "very beautiful, very handsome", from Tagalog dingal "beautiful, handsome".
Petrea Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Petre or Petru.
Kwa Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Ke.
Fukuyo Japanese
From the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" or 副 (fuku) "accessory" and 與 or 与(yo) "together with."
Willert German
German cognate and variant of Willard. From a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements willo "will, desire" and hard "hardy, brave, strong".
Petrone Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.
Eisenstein German, Jewish
topographic name for someone who lived by a place where iron ore was extracted or perhaps a habitational name from a place called for its iron works. Jewish artificial compound of German isarn "iron" and stein "stone".
Schwanz German
Form of Schwan. Also means tail in German.
Vitkus Lithuanian
From a pet form of the personal name Vytautas (a compound of vyti ‘to guide’ + tauta ‘the people’).
Wickramarachchi Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" combined with the Sinhala colonial-era title ආරච්චි (arachchi) denoting a native headman.
Miyares Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Piloña.
Emsley English
A name that came from a family that lived in Yorkshire, where they derived the family name from Helmsley. Probably of Old English origin Helm and ley or leah, which means "a clearing in the woods."
Yasunami Japanese
Means "calm wave" in Japanese.
Obenauf German
Surname used to refer to someone who lived 'up there' (on a mountain, hill, etc.).
Aguerre Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Agerre.
Burel French
metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in brown from Old French burel borel a diminutive of boure "frieze" a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (from Late Latin burra "coarse untreated wool").
Secondo Italian
From the given name Secondo
Mattli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matthias.
Peppe German
From Peppo, a pet form of a Germanic personal name (see Pepin).
De La Sierra Spanish
Means "of the mountain range" in Spanish.
Kichida Japanese
A variant pronunciation of Yoshida.
Stefanakos Greek
It is associated with the name Stefanos, perhaps meaning son of Stefanos or little Stefanos. Origin from the Mani peninsula.
Munesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මුණසිංහ (see Munasinghe).
Başar Turkish
From the given name Başar.
Tapu Moriori
Tapu in the Moriori language means sacred. This was the surname of a 19th century Owenga Moriori leader named Hirawanu Tapu (?-1900).
Stgier Romansh
Variant of Sgier.
Jessel English
From a pet-form of Jessop (a medieval male personal name - a different form of Joseph). A literary bearer is Miss Jessel, the governess who has charge of the two troubled and enigmatic children in Henry James's ghost story 'The Turn of the Screw' (1898).
Jinboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).
Pinner English (Rare)
Parish in Middlesex.
Obaid Arabic
From the given name Ubayd.
D'auréville French
Variant spelling of D'aureville.
Ukrainka Ukrainian
Means "Ukrainian woman". This was the pen surname of Lesya Ukrainka, who's real name was Larysa Kosach-Kvitka... [more]
Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Doldersum Dutch
From the name of a village, derived from heim "home, settlement" and an uncertain first element.
Zerah Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Zerah.
Rogier French
From the Old French given name Rogier a variant of Roger. Variant of Roger
Suksai Thai
Means "bright, brilliant, radiant" in Thai.
Wagenmann German
Occupational name from Middle High German wagenman ‘hauler’, ‘wagoner’.
Achmiedaŭ Belarusian
Belarusian form of Akhmedov.
Tombaugh German
topographic name from to dem bach ‘at the creek’, perhaps a hybrid form as Bach is standard German, bek(e) being the Low German form. habitational name from places in Hesse, Baden, and Bavaria called Dombach (earlier Tunbach, from tun, tan ‘mud’).
Jessup English
From the given name Joseph.
Leeming English
Habitational name from either of two places, in West Yorkshire near Keighley and in North Yorkshire near Northallerton. Both are named with a river name, derived from the Old English word lēoma "gleam, sparkle".
Ogishina Russian, Ukrainian
Feminine form of Ogishin (Огишин)
Shahabi Persian
From the given name Shahab.
Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.
Liljegren Swedish
Combination of Swedish lilja "lily" and gren "branch".
Xaisongkham Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊສົງຄາມ (see Xaysongkham).
Elmi Estonian
Elmi is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "helmikas" meaning "melick" (perennial grasses of the genus Melica, related to fescue).
Visschedijk Dutch
Means "fish by the dyke", from Dutch vis meaning "fish" and dijk meaning "dike, ditch, levee".
Rabek Arabic
Rabik (Rabek,Rabbek); "Lord" ... [more]
Shanks English (Modern)
Possibly a diminutive of LONGSHANKS, which would be given to a tall or gangly person.
Puschat German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) surname derived from Lithuanian pušaite "(young) pine tree", which - allegedly - used to be a term of endearment for a young girl.
Keung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Jiang 2.
Naydyon Russian
Means "found" in Russian.
Stay English, American
Possibly related to the word Stay, or a nickname for Stanley.
Ramasamy Tamil
From the name of the Hindu god Rama 1 combined with Tamil சாமி (sami) meaning "chief, master, lord" (ultimately from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svamin)).
Kivisaar Estonian
Kivisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "stone island".
Ben Yahia Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Yahia" in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian).
Rafailović Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Rafail".
Gaínza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gaintza.
Selimaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Selim" in Albanian.
Sether Norwegian
Habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Seter or Sæter.
Kellner German, Dutch, Jewish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, French
Means "waiter, cellarman" in German, ultimately derived from Latin cellarium "pantry, cellar, storeroom". This was an occupational name for a steward, a castle overseer, or a server of wine.
Liell English (British)
Meaning: from the isle, from an island. Early versions of the name can be traced back to the Norman invasion in 1066, and a variation (de Insula) can be found in the Domesday Book... [more]
Toso Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 十都 (see Totsu).... [more]
Hasan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 波山 (see Namiyama).
Zhovtenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian жовтий (zhovtyy), meaning "yellow".
Saelau Thai
Form of Liu used by Chinese Thais (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).
Ikola Yoruba, Finnish
May possibly mean "a lesson to the world" in Yoruba from words ìkọ́ meaning "teaching, lesson, message" combined with either from ilá (territory/line) or means "to cut open, to emerge"... [more]
Arrue Basque
Derived from Basque arro "ravine, basin, hollow" and the toponymic suffix -une.
Jurvetson Estonian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jürevson, probably a patronymic derived from an uncertain given name (possibly related to Jüri).
Kingman English
Derived from Old English cyning "king" and mann, denoting a servant of the king.
Krzyżanowski Polish
habitational name for someone from Krzyżanów in Piotrków or Płock voivodeships, Krzyżanowo in Płock or Poznań voivodeships, or various places in Poland called Krzyżanowice, all named with krzyż ‘cross’.
Erzhu Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 爾朱 (ěrzhū), from a place named Erzhuchuan (尔朱川), now Zhujiachuan in northwestern Shanxi province. This was the residence of the Qihu tribe. After Han assimilation, many changed their names to Zhu.
Uik Estonian
Uik is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "luik", meaning "swan"; or "huik", meaning "crake".
Jap Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Ye used by Chinese Indonesians.
Gutherz German, Jewish
Nickname for a kindly or righteous person. Derived from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and herz meaning "heart".
Mayberry English, Irish
Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of Mowbray. Alternatively, it could be derived from an unidentified English place name containing the Old English element burg "fortress, citadel" and an uncertain first element.
Dorsa Italian
Derived from the Albanian placename Durrës.
Nõmmsalu Estonian
Nõmmsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "heath grove".
Hammar Swedish
From a common place name element ultimately derived from Old Norse hamarr meaning "hammer, stone, steep cliff".
Tontodonati Italian
From Italian tonto "foolish, stupid" and the given name Donato.
Hexenjäger German
Hexenjäger is a German last name meaning hunter of witches or witch Hunter.
Brookman English, American
English: variant of Brook. ... [more]
Wind English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pathway, alleyway, or road, Old English (ge)wind (from windan "to go").
Sisombath Lao
From Lao ສີ (si) meaning "splendour, brilliance, glory" and ສົມບັດ (sombath) meaning "wealth, riches, fortune".
Hoskins English
Patronymic form of Hoskin.
Gainsbourg French
French form of Ginsburg.
Laithwaite English
Habitational name for a person from the places named Laithwaite in Pemberton or Cockerham, derived from Old Norse hlaða "storehouse, barn" and þveit "clearing".
Amiama Spanish
Translating to “Love Love” and meaning to love loving and being happy with helping others ... [more]
Codispoti Italian
A Calabrian surname from Greek οικοδεσπότης (oikodespótis) "host, master of the house".
Dake English
The origins of the name Dake are from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the personal name David. Daw was a common diminutive of David in the Middle Ages. The surname is a compound of daw and kin, and literally means "the kin of David."
Kalyniuk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kalynyuk.
Wijayawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Papa French
From French meaning "dad, father". Likely given to someone seen as a father figure.
Marler English (British)
The name Marler might be loosely tied to marl, the type of crumbly clay made up of sand, silt, or clay. The name Marler likely means to mine marl, so they were called Marlers.
Maybree English
Variant of Mabry.
Arámbulo American (Hispanic)
Hispanic variant of Aramburú, mostly found in Peru and the Philippines.
De Walle Dutch, Flemish
Variant spelling of Van Der Walle.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Su from Sino-Vietnamese 蘇 (tô).
Gooneratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Reine French
From the given name Reine or Rainier
Dinglasan Tagalog
From Tagalog dinglas meaning "slide, slip, glide".
Takamachi Japanese
A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.
Sluiter Dutch
Means "gatekeeper, porter, prison guard, cellar master" in Dutch, literally "one who closes".
Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Reese Low German, Dutch, German
Variant of Riese or Reus, from risi meaning "giant". Alternatively, could be a patronymic form of the Germanic given name Razo, derived from rēdaz "counsel, advise", or a habitational name from places called Rees or Reese in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.
Percival English, Norman
Variant of Perceval, derived from the given name Percival.
Aylesworth English
It was first found in Warwickshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Kineton.... [more]
Rattigan Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Ó Reachtagáin "descendant of Reachtagán".
Elston English
A habitational surname orgininating from multiple different places called Elston in Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Wiltshire.
Haginaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 脛永 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a division in the town of Ibigawa in the district of Ibi in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 脛長 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a former large village in the same location, in the district of Ikeda in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu in Japan.
Riccobene Italian, Sicilian
Derived from Italian ricco "rich, wealthy" and bene "good", a variant of Riccobono.
Upadhyayula Telugu
Telugu form of Upadhyay.
Ferranti Italian
Derived from the Latin word ferrum, which means "iron". Originally an occupational name for a blacksmith or a worker in iron.
Munasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මුණසිංහ (see Munasinghe).
Ostrum English (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Swedish Öström.
Mátyás Hungarian
From the given name Mátyás.
Balingbing Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from the devil chase, a percussion instrument originating in Southern Asia commonly found in India and the Philippines, via its other name balingbing.
Sande German
Variant of Sand.
Fathy Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Fathi.
Sudo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 須藤 (see Sudō).
Yasumatsu Japanese
Yasu means "relax, peaceful, cheap, inexpensive" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".
Caplazi Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Plazi.
Dijkhuizen Dutch
Means "houses in the dike" in Dutch, derived from dijk meaning "dike, ditch, levee" and huizen meaning "houses, settlement", and so indicated a person who lived in a house close to a dyke or embankment.
Speiser German
German cognate of Spencer.
Mazurchuk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Mazur.
Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".
Zambrana Spanish
Likely comes from a town of the same name in Spain.
Sone Japanese
From Japanese 曾 or 曽 (so) meaning "great- (as in great-grandparent)" or 素 (so) meaning "plain, basic" combined with 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, foundation, base".
O'Lennon Irish
Original form of Lennon. Probably a variant of Ó Leannáin (from a by-name meaning "lover"), but may also be derived from O'Lonain (from lon, "blackbird").
Torrence Scottish, Irish
Scottish and northern Irish habitational name from either of two places called Torrance (one near East Kilbride, the other north of Glasgow under the Campsie Fells), named with Gaelic torran ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, with the later addition of the English plural -s.... [more]
Macfayle Manx
Variant of Mac Phaayl. This form was recorded on the Isle of Man in 1511.
Chekh Ukrainian
Means "Czech".
Valdés Asturian, Spanish, Central American
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Tumibay Tagalog
Means "to become strong, to become firm" in Tagalog.
Flick German
Nickname for a quick and lively person. From Middle High German vlücke meaning "awake, bright, energetic".
Diab Arabic
From Arabic ذئب (dhiʾb) meaning "wolf".
Markson English
This surname means "son of Mark."
Ivančić Croatian
Patronymic from the personal name Ivan.
Rinard English (American)
An Americanized version of the German Surname Reinhardt.
Taketatsu Japanese
竹 (Take) means "bamboo", 達 (tatsu) means "reach". ... [more]
Chekan Ukrainian, Russian
A chekan is an old cavalry weapon. Denoted to someone who made or used chekans.
Mieles Italian, Spanish, French
Meaning "honey".
Uyeno Japanese
Variant of Ueno.
Oberlin German, German (Swiss), Alsatian
Derived from an Alemannic diminutive of the given names Albrecht and Albert.
Amouzegar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار‎ (see Amouzgar).
Sriboonrueng Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).
Lowes English
Patronymic from of Low derived from Middle English lowe meaning "hill, mound".
Karjala Finnish
Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.
Chinji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鎮寺 (Chinji), from 鎮寺門 (Chinjimon), a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.
Yuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).
Wijeyarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Eno Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and no means "field, plain, wilderness "
Caulfield Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cathmhaoil.
Kakos Assyrian, Chaldean
From a personal name derived from kakku, an ancient Assyrian name element, denoting a kind of weapon.
Hardekop German (Rare)
Derived from Middle High German hart "hard" and kopf "head". As a surname, it was given to a hard-headed, stubborn person.
Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Iwamura Japanese
Iwa means "stone " and mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town".
Hayashizaki Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Bauzon Filipino
Possibly from Hokkien 茅 (bâu) meaning "thatch, reeds" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Naeshiro Japanese
The meaning of Naeshiro/苗代 equals to "Seedling Substitute"
Ardehi Persian, Kurdish, Old Persian
House Ardehis of Zagors or Ardahvans (Persian: اردهیان) were one of the Persian Sassanid royal families, who occupied the Mounts of Zagros before the Islamic conquest of Persia in 650 CE. Ardahvans in Shahnameh and Persian mythology are mentioned to be the first settlers of Zagros mountains, and the constructors of Forts Of Zagros.
Piccolantonio Italian
Means "little Antonio" in Italian
Fordson English
Patronymic form of Ford.
Sakalauskas Lithuanian
Ultimately derived from Sokol. Varient forms are Sakalauskienė (married woman or widow) and Sakalauskaitė (unmarried woman).