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.
Triệu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhao, from Sino-Vietnamese 趙 (triệu).
Lento Italian, Portuguese
Nickname from Italian and Portuguese meaning "slow".
Ramaswamy Tamil
Alternate transcription of Tamil ராமசாமி (see Ramasamy).
Ruwanpura Sinhalese
From Sinhala රුවන (ruvana) meaning "gem" combined with Sanskrit पुर (pura) meaning "city".
Iwaizumi Japanese (Rare)
Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.
Ashqar Arabic
From the given name Ashqar.
Lenau German
Habitational name from any of several places so named or from Lienow, all in northern and eastern Germany.
Lubarsky Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Liubar, an urban-type settlement in the Zhytomyr Oblast of Ukraine, or Lubarka, an unknown place in Lithuania.
Cancrini Italian
Diminutive of Cancro.
Görlitz German
The name of a small town in Saxony. Derived from old Sorbian word "Zgorelc" meaning "settlement on a burned-out forest."
Aboulker Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Arabic أبو الخير ('abu al-khayr) meaning "father of the good".
Sabourin French (Quebec), French (Huguenot)
Southern French surname, originally a nickname for a pleasant or amiable person, from a diminutive of sabor meaning "flavor, taste" (Old French saveur). The Huguenots brought this surname to England, and from there it may have been introduced to North America.
Mazaki Japanese
A surname of Japanese origin meaning "cape of truth" which comes from combing 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A notable bearer of this surname is Anzu Mazaki/Téa Gardner from Yu-Gi-Oh!
Manahane Chamorro
Chamorro for "all morning/day"
Santiais Celtic (Latinized, Modern, Rare, Archaic), Old Celtic
Santiais is a surname of the Celtic origin (it's Cisalpine Gaul / Gallia Citerior, therefore, it's Italian-Celts, Italo-Celtic, Italo-Alpine). It meaning saint (sacred or holy)... [more]
Icatlo Tagalog
From Tagalog ikatlo meaning "third".
Gretzinger German
Habitational name for someone from any of three places named Grötzingen (Old High German Grezzingun) in Baden-Württemberg.
Muru Estonian
Muru is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn".
Slimi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Slim.
Chodecki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Kuyavian town of Chodecz.
Jafarzadeh Persian
From the given name Jafar combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Mahmoudian Persian
From the given name Mahmoud.
Chow Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.
Fuckebegger Medieval English (Rare)
In 1286/1287 there is an individual with the surname Fuckebegger, recorded as one of King Edward I’s servants who managed his horses. It’s not clear from this name what the fucke- part was referring to, with the leading hypothesis being a “striker” of some sort.
Gurry Irish
Variant of Gorry.
Kuniyuki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and yuki can mean "good" or "snow".
Azar Hebrew
Means "(he) helped" in Hebrew, a verb form of Ezer or Ezra.
Bilchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian біль (bil'), meaning "pain".
Camarena Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived by a granary.
Torcato Portuguese
From the given name Torcato.
Orazgeldiyew Turkmen
Means "son of Orazgeldi" in Turkmen.
Mstishyn Ukrainian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.
Carrow English
English: habitational name from either of two places: Carrow in Norfolk or Carraw in Northumberland. The first is thought to be named from Old English carr ‘rock’ (a Celtic loan word) + hoh ‘spur of a hill’, while the last may be named either from an Old British plural of carr, or from carr + Old English raw ‘row’... [more]
Enslie English
Variant of Ensley.
Aristava Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz name Арстаа (Arstaa) ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek personal name Aristarchus.
Sepetys Lithuanian
It comes from Šepetys, the Lithuanian word for comb or brush, and is stylized without the diacritic in English speaking countries.
Sulpizio Italian
From the given name Sulpizio
Filosa Italian
Southern Italian: Probably an occupational nickname for a fisherman, from Sicilian filuòsa ‘fishing net’. Also from the subphylum: Filosa. These are known as euglyphids, filose (which means stringy or thread-like), amoebae with shells of siliceous scales or plates, which are commonly found in soils, nutrient-rich waters, and on aquatic plants.
Ahama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿 (a), a phonetic character and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore".
Bénézech Occitan
From the given name Bénézech, an Occitan form of Benedict.
Ishimori Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Deschain French, Literature
Of French origin. This is the last name of the character of the Gunslinger Roland in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series.
Romanek Polish, Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Roman.
Bilotserkivets Ukrainian
Means "resident of Bila Tserkva".
Sievewright English, Scottish
Occupational name indicating one who made sieves.
Kaihotsu Japanese
Variant reading of Kaihatsu.
Pepito Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Pepito.
Räisänen Finnish
From an unexplained personal name (possibly of Russian Orthodox origin) + the common surname suffix -nen. It occurs chiefly in central and eastern Finland.
Kort Ottoman Turkish
Kort is an ottoman surname from Anatolya,most korts are of ottoman or berber origin,the people with this surname have expressed that their ancestors were aghas(ottoman military or harem commanders)
Wisneski Polish
A derivate of Wiśniewski, which is said to mean "The Little Cherry Tree"
Meremäe Estonian
Meremäe is an Estonian surname meaning "sea hill".
Hayano Japanese
Haya can mean "swift" or "hawk" and no means "field, plain".
Tufek Bosnian
From Turkish tüfek ''rifle''.
Allcox English
Variant of Alcott.
Zilčyan Armenian
Means "cymbal-maker" in Armenian, from Ottoman Turkish زلجی (zilci) "cymbal-maker" with a surname forming suffix.
Delk German (?)
Possibly an altered form of German telke, meaning “proud” or “famous,” or a shortened form of German Delker.
Vanlow English (Rare)
Possibly an Anglicized form of Van Look.
Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".
Abree English
Variant of Aubrey.
Trumpfheller German
Means "drummer". From Middle High German trumbeler "drummer", from trumbe "drum" and the agent suffix -er.
Weerasekare Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරසේකර (see Weerasekara).
Zviadadze Georgian
Means "son of Zviad".
Vadén Swedish
Combination of Swedish place name element vad which in most cases mean "ford, place for wading", and the common surname suffix -én.
Rodina Russian
Means motherland or homeland in Russian.
Flinton English
Habitational name from Flinton in the East Yorkshire from Old English flint "flint" and tun "enclosure, yard, town"
Bortnik Russian, Ukrainian
Occupational name for a beekeeper who works in the forest with wild honeybees, from Russian борть (bortʹ) "beehive in a hollow tree".
Landgraab Banat Swabian
The surname "Landgrab" (or its variations) is believed to have originated in Swabia, an area in Germany. The HouseOfNames website says the earliest known bearer of the name was Ulrich dictus Landgrave in 1276.
Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".
Halldórsson Icelandic
Means "son of Halldór" in Icelandic.
Janet English
Directly from the given name Janet.
Hewa Batage Sinhalese
House of the Cavalry Warrior; Hewa meaning warrior, Bata - cavalry, ge - house
Maide Estonian
Maide is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "maidel" meaning "gudgeon (a type of freshwater fish)".
Beskow Swedish
Derived from the name of the city Beeskow in Germany. A notable bearer was Swedish author and illustrator Elsa Beskow (1874-1953).
Hershkowitz Jewish
Patronymic from the personal name Hershke, a pet form of Hersh.
Bodkin English
From the medieval male personal name Bowdekyn, a pet-form of Baldwin.
Paytas Hungarian, English (American)
From the Hungarian nickname pajtás meaning "comrade, pal". Possibly originates from the Ottoman Turkish word پایداش‎ (paydaş) meaning "partner, sharer". A notable bearer of the surname is the American YouTuber Trisha Paytas.
Schomer Jewish
From Hebrew shomer "watchman".
Todrick Scottish
From the name of a family manor in Selkirk, Scotland, itself from Scots tod "fox" and rig "ridge".
Juga Estonian
Juga is an Estonian surmane meaning "waterfall" and "cascade".
Almendinger Upper German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Allmendingen, of which there are two examples in Switzerland, in the canton of Bern, and one in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Sanfelippo Italian
Italian (mainly Sicily and southern Calabria): habitational name from any of several places so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to St. Philip, in particular San Filippo del Mela in Messina province.
Blakeway English
Literally means "black way", thus referring to a black road near which the original bearer must have lived. A famous bearer of this surname was Jacob Blakeway (b. 1583-?), the biological father of Mayflower passenger Richard More (1614-1696).
Vojković Croatian
Means "son of Vojko".
Jilani Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jilani.
Pirhadi Persian
Either from Persian پیر (pir) meaning "old" combined with Hadi or from the name of the Persian village of Pirhadi.
Dayaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit दया (daya) meaning "compassion, pity" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Kerbel English, German, Russian (Rare)
Means "chervil" in German, a parsley-related herb. The surname probably came into England via Germanic relations between the two languages, hence it being most common in German & English countries.
Snipe English
Derived from a given name; from Old English snip or Old Norse snípr. It is habitational surname from a place so called in the historic county of Northumberland, North East England.
Espen Norwegian
From the given name Espen.
Aleixandre Aragonese
From the given name Aleixandre.
Jaskółka Polish
Nickname from Polish jaskółka meaning "swallow".
Narimani Persian
From the given name Nariman.
Ezpeleta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the French arrondissement of Baiona.
Schoonings Dutch (Rare)
Meaning not fully understood.... [more]
Naegele German
Variant of Nagel.
Shahid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Shahid.
Gulea Romanian
Aromanian.
Soroka Ukrainian, Jewish
From the nickname Soroka meaning "magpie", which indicates a thievish person or a person with a white streak of hair among black hair.
Burbridge English
English: perhaps a variant of Burbage, altered by folk etymology, or possibly a habitational name from a lost place so named.
Abramczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Abraham.
Threet American (Anglicized), German
Americanization of German Tritt.
Mahlangu Southern African, Ndebele, Zulu
Derived from Ndebele hlangula meaning "assist, help, remove (from danger)" or Zulu isihlangu meaning "shield".
Marinho Portuguese
From the given name Marinho
Büchler German
Habitional name for someone from Büchle or Büchel, or who lived near beech trees, ultimately from Büche "beech (tree)". Alternatively, could be an occupational name for someone who pressed oil from beechnuts.
Sarrikolea Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Larrabetzu.
Trettin German
Habitational name from a place so named in Brandenburg.
Kaler English, German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kahler, Köhler, or Kehler.
Kawamura Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Holyfield English, Scottish
Although the Scottish surname is known to derive from the Medieval Latin word "olifantus," meaning "elephant," its origins as a surname are quite uncertain. ... He was one of the many Anglo-Norman nobles that were invited northward by the early Norman kings of Scotland.
Gunji Japanese
From Japanese 郡 (gun) meaning "county, district" and 司 (ji) meaning "officer, official, boss".
Garrigues French, Provençal
This surname comes from Old Provençal garrique meaning "grove of holm oaks or kermes oaks."
Colfax English
From a medieval nickname for someone with dark or black hair, from Old English cola "charcoal" and feax "hair".
Warrior English
From the given name “warrior” from Old Frenchwerreieor, werrieur ‘warrior’.
Maximin French
From the given name Maxime.
Lenoir French
Means "the black" in French, from noir "black", a variant of Noir combined with a definite article le. A famous bearer of the name was Belgian-French engineer Étienne Lenoir (1822-1900), the inventor of the internal combustion engine.
Cobain Scottish
This unusual surname is of Old Norse origin and is found particularly in Scotland. It derives from an Old Norse personal name Kobbi, itself from an element meaning large, and the Gaelic bain, denoting a fair person, with the diminutive ('little' or 'son of') form Cobbie.
Le Borgne French
Means "the one-eyed" in French.
Denier French, French (Swiss), English, English (British, Rare)
from Old French denier (from Latin denarius) "penny" originally the name of a copper coin or penny later a term for money in general hence probably an occupational name for a moneyer or minter... [more]
Żelazny Polish
Means "(made of) iron" in Polish, used as a nickname for a person with a strong personality.
Sphrantzes Greek (Latinized, Rare), History (Rare)
Possibly a Latinized form of Frantzis. George Sphrantzes was a late Byzantine Greek historian and Imperial courtier.
Zaher Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Zaher.
Dollin English (British), Irish
English (British): See Dolling and compare Dollen and Dowland... [more]
Lyngstad Norwegian
Anni-Frid Lyngstad (b. 1945) is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.
Azizpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian عزیزپور (see Azizpour).
Satsukime Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).
Midorino Japanese
Midori means "green" and no means "field, plain".
Onota Japanese
Variant of Onoda.
Michelle English (American)
Directly taken from the given name Michelle.
Yasevich Belarusian
Possibly derived from ясна (yasna), meaning "clear" in Belarusian.
Wijayasundara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सुन्दर (sundara) meaning "beautiful".
Fukae Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and e means "inlet, river".
Castellan Italian
This name is of Latin origin. It comes from "castellanus" meaning 'castellan, steward of a castle'.
Fellenbaum German
nickname for a woodman literally "fell the tree" or possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a fallen tree derived from fellen "fall" and boum "tree".
Louissaint Haitian Creole
From a variant of French Saint Louis commemorating Saint Louis.
Alcubierre Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Sierra d’Alcubierre.
Nobe Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field, wilderness" and 邊 (be) meaning "general area, place, vicinity".
Gök Turkish
Means "sky, blue" in Turkish.
Keshavarz Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.
Etxauri Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque etxe "house, building" and uri "town, city".
Fotopoulos Greek
Means "son of Fotis".
Mareischen Romansh
Derived from the given name Mauritius.
Agajanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աղաջանյան (see Aghajanyan).
Phatthanaphanit Thai
From Thai พัฒน (phatthana) meaning "to progress, to develop, to evolve" and พาณิช (phanit) meaning "commerce".
Eesik Estonian
Eesik is an Estonian surname derived from "esik" meaning ""front" ad "vestibule" and "entry".
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".
Abidaoud Aramaic
Ancient last name of Aramaic-Phoenician Origin (Abidaoud)... [more]
Zaydman Jewish
Russian variant of Seidman.
Cagandahan Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog kagandahan meaning "beauty".
Kaaka Maori
Originated from Northland New Zealand town, Te Kao. Te Kao is a district on the Aupouri Peninsula of Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 1 passes through the district. Cape Reinga is 46 km to the north, and Houhora is 24 km to the south... [more]
Mulcaster English (Modern)
The surname Mulcaster was first found in Cumberland where they trace their lineage back to the place name Muncaster, home of Muncaster Castle, a privately owned castle overlooking the Esk river, near the west-coastal town of Ravenglass in Cumbria which dates back at least 800 years. 
Taneichi Japanese
From Japanese 種 (tane) meaning "seed, pit, origin" and 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop".
Järve Estonian
Variant of Järv.
Espoz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Espotz.
Duclos French
du 'from the' from Old French clos 'enclosure' (see Clos ) or a habitational name for someone from Le Clos the name of several places in various parts of France so it means "from the enclosure"
Cardinal English, French
From the rank of the Catholic Church, derived from Latin cardinalis "pertaining to a door hinge", through the notion of the function of such priests as ‘pivots’ of church life. It was used as a nickname for someone who habitually wore red or acted like a cardinal.
Ivanychuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".
Zinyuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Zinoviy".
Guajardo Spanish
Spanish: unexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from a place so named in Estremadura. This name is common in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. ... [more]
Glissen English, Irish
Possible British version of the Irish surname Glasson from the the Gaelic word O’Glasain. Meaning green from the counties of Tipperary.
Korbel German
Diminutive of Korb "basket".
Piatkievič Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Pyatkevich.
Farooqui Urdu
From the given name Faruq.
Rawls English
From the Olde German and Anglo-Saxon personal name Rolf. Originally derived from the Norse-Viking pre 7th Century 'Hrolfr' meaning "Fame-Wolf".
Bleuzen Breton
Derived from the feminine given name Bleuzenn.
Van den Hurk Dutch
From any of several place names derived from the element hornik "corner".
Osame Japanese
From Japanese 納 (osame), a variant spelling of 納め (osame) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".... [more]
Yao Chinese
From Chinese 姚 (yáo) meaning "handsome, elegant".
Kaju Estonian
Kaju is an Estonian surname derived from "kajut" meaning "cabin".
Lage Estonian
Lage is an Estonian surname meaning "plain" or "flat".
Wason Scottish
Variant of Watson.
Wijayatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතිලක (see Wijayathilaka).
Corday French
Either from the French word corde meaning "cord/rope/string", or from the Latin word cor meaning "heart." This was the surname of Charlotte Corday, the assassin who killed Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat during the French revolution.
Tsunogae Japanese
Tsuno means "corner, point" and gae is a form of kae meaning "substitute, exchange".... [more]
Beckson English (British)
The name comes from having lived in an enclosed place, means dweller at the old enclosure or dwelling. The surname Aldeman was first found in Essex, Suffolk and Yorkshire at Aldham. In all cases, the place name meant "the old homestead," or "homestead of a man called Ealda," from the Old English personal name + "ham."
Riedel German
From the given name Riede.
Mushanokouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".
Gal Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Gal 1, means "wave" in Hebrew.
Akiya Japanese (Rare)
A bearer of this surname is Tomoko Akiya (秋谷 智子, born May 14, 1976) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the Ojamajo Doremi series, and Suzume Mizuno in Zatch Bell.
Funayama Japanese
From Japanese 舟 or 船 (funa) meaning "boat, ship" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".