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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Gordo Spanish, Portuguese
Means "fat" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Mohseni Persian
From the given name Mohsen.
Kawanishi Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
Catacutan Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog katakutan meaning "fear, fright".
Fuss Medieval Low German
German from Middle High German fus ‘foot’, hence most probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot, but perhaps also a topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Wijayawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේවර්ධන (see Wijewardana).
Dascălu Romanian
Drtived from Romanian dascăl "teacher".
Samreen Arabic, Indian, Urdu
From the given name Samrin.
Eigenmann English
Not available.
Tovstenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian товстий (tovstyy), meaning "thick, fat, bold".
Negru Romanian
Nickname or ethnic name from negru "black" (Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Poloskin Russian
Derived from полоска (poloska), a diminutive of полоса (polosa) meaning "stripe, strip, streak". This may have been a nickname for a tall and thin person.
De Caters Dutch
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a tom cat, derived from Middle Dutch cater, kater literally meaning "tom cat".
Gwan Korean
From Sino-Korean (Gwan) meaning "Tube".
Czach Polish
From the short form of a personal name such as Czabor or Czasław.
Podolskiy Russian
Variant transcription of Podolsky.
Cirujano Spanish, Filipino
Means "surgeon" in Spanish, used for someone who was a surgeon by profession.
Dagot French
Derived from the Old French word "fagot", meaning "bundle of firewood". This was likely given as an occupational surname to a gatherer or seller of firewood.
Kirouac French (Quebec)
From an unidentified place name in Brittany, France, derived from Breton kaer, caer, ker meaning "fortified settlement" and an unknown given name.
Hedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and berg "mountain".
Malenchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian маленький (malen'kyy), meaning "small".
Stolinski Belarusian
This indicates familial origin within the town of Stólin.
Mikha'il Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Mikha'il.
Elsing German
From a variant of the old personal name Elsung.
Ehn Swedish
Derived from Swedish en "juniper".
Hauteville French
From French haute "high" and ville "town, estate".
Ohman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).
Meng Chinese
From Chinese 孟 (mèng) meaning "eldest brother". It was also adopted by descendants of Meng Sun, a prince from the state of Lu that existed during the Zhou dynasty.
Vaandrager Dutch
Means "flag-bearer, ensign" in Dutch, from vaan "banner, vane, flag" and drager "carrier, bearer".
Bottaro Italian
Possibly from Italian bottaio "cooper, barrel-maker".
Wimalawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලවංශ (see Wimalawansa).
Doerflinger German
Habitational name for someone from any of several places in Bavaria named Dörfling.
Sõber Estonian
Sõber is an Estonian surname meaning "friend".
Wiedemann German
Variation of Wideman.
Schaefer German (?)
Originating in Germany SCHAEFER is a given surname meaning Shepard in German.
Knafo Judeo-Spanish
Likely derived from Tamazight akhnif referring to a type of woolen hooded cloak (a type of burnous). It has also been connected to the Hebrew word כָּנָף (kanaf) meaning "wing".
Falotico Italian
From southern Italian falotico ‘eccentric’, ‘strange’, Greek kephalōtikos, a derivative of Greek kephalē ‘head’.
Tumber English
English: habitational name from any of the various places so called from their situation on a stream with this name. Humber is a common prehistoric river name, of uncertain origin and meaning.
Ó Maoiléidigh Irish
Means "descendant of Maoléidigh" in Irish. This surname was stressed on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable, and may have been shortened in some cases to give Leddy.
Melloy English
Variant of Molloy.
Stather English
Habitational name derived from a place in England by the River Trent 1, derived from Old Norse stǫðvar "jetties, wharfs, landing stage".
Baigorri Basque
From the name of a commune in Bayonne, France, derived from Basque ibai "river" and gorri "red" or "bare, naked".
Simonov Russian
Means "son of Simon 1".
Algerie Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the French Algérie meaning "Algeria" (referring directly to the country itself). It also refers to someone from Annaba, Algeria.
Guillermo Spanish
From the given name Guillermo
Russkikh Russian
Means "Russian" in Russian, probably used as a nickname for a person who lived in a village where the majority of residents were non-Russian.
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).
Tsukauchi Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside, within"
Tulawie Tausug
Meaning uncertain.
Kinpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".
Leavy Irish
Shortened form of Dunleavy.
Canelo Spanish
From spanish canela meaning "cinnamon". Perhaps a nickname for someone with red hair.
Tsudzuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲 (see Naka).
Bertók Hungarian
From the given name Bertók.
Hagan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁgáin "descendant of Ógán", a personal name from a diminutive of óg "young".
Halili Albanian
From the given name Halil.
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.
Vujić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Pavón Spanish
Spanish cognate of Pavone and variant of Pabón from Spanish pavón "peacock" from Latin pavo.
Amatayakun Thai (Rare)
Means "government officer clan", from Thai อมาตย (amataya-) meaning "government official; public officer; bureaucrat" and กุล (kun), a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".
Macchione Italian
Originally from the south of italy (Calabria or Sicily), from an augmentative of Macchia (stain), in some cases, a habitational name from various places so named in Campania and Puglia.
Fieldman English
Meaning "ploughman".
Elric English, Popular Culture
From the medieval English givin name Elric. Notable bearers were the Fullmetal Alchemist characters Edward and Alphonse Elric, as well as their mother, Trisha Elric.
Druz Ukrainian
From Ukrainian друг (druh), meaning "friend". Influenced by plural друзі (druzi) "friends".
Breidegam German
"bridegroom"
Wikén Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish vik "bay" and the common surname suffix -én.
Kingsbury English
Habitational surname derived from several places in England with the same name, for example in northwest London (formerly Middlesex), Somerset, and Warwickshire. These are mostly named in Old English as cyninges burh meaning "the king’s stronghold", but the last mentioned is cynesburh meaning "stronghold of Cyne" (cyne is a short form of any of various compound names with cyne- meaning "royal" as the first element).
Thongsuk Thai
From Thai ทอง (thong) meaning "gold" and สุก (suk) meaning "ripe, mature".
Jago Cornish
A patronym, Jago is the Cornish for James/Jacob but is most commonly found as a surname. It’s use as a surname dates back to the early 13th Century.... [more]
Passmore English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname for someone who crossed marshy moorland (e.g. who lived on the opposite side of a moor, or who knew the safe paths across it); or (ii) perhaps from an alteration of Passemer, literally "cross-sea", an Anglo-Norman nickname for a seafarer... [more]
Deloy French
Variant of Deloye.
Tsuchii Japanese
A variant reading of Doi.
Shaffer German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Schäfer.
Val Spanish, French
It means valley. It comes from Britain and then moved to Aragón (Spain).
Nishant Indian
Derived from the Sanskrit name for dawn or the end of night. In Sanskrit Nisha (निशा) means 'Night' and Ant (अन्त) means 'End', which can be alliterated as the end of night or the first ray of the morning sun.
Kearse Irish
Variant of Keirsey.
Carraway English (British)
The name Carraway belongs to the early history of Britain, and its origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of one having lived on a road near a field or piece of land that was triangular in shape... [more]
Amarasekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Boykov Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Boyko".
Teh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.
Ruzicki Polish
Ruzicki was first found in Polesie, inhabited by Ruthenians, called Polesians, of Ukrainian descent. One of the principal names of the area was the royal Clan of Poraj, of which the family name Ruzycki is a branch.
Carilli Italian
Patronymic form of Carillo.
Parkington English
Habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Partington, from Old English Peartingtun 'settlement (tun) associated with Pearta', a personal name not independently recorded.
San Luis Spanish
In honor of Saint Louis.
Damar Turkish
Means "vein, vessel" in Turkish.
Mano Italian
From the given name Mano, a short form of names such as Romano.
Curcio Italian
Could be derived from the Ancient Roman gens Curtius, or directly from a regional descendant of Latin curtus meaning "shortened, short" or "mutilated, broken, incomplete"... [more]
Çoban-zade Crimean Tatar
Means "son of a sheperd" from Crimean Tatar сопан (çopan) meaning "sheperd" and Persian زاده (zade) meaning "born, offsping, child".
Helwig German
Variant of Hellwig.
Karlin Swedish (Rare)
Variant spelling of Carlin 3.
Nonomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".
Karras Greek
Means "dark" in Greek. Feminine form is Karra.
Yakubovych Ukrainian
Means "son of Yakub".
Naeshiro Japanese
The meaning of Naeshiro/苗代 equals to "Seedling Substitute"
Guidry French (Cajun), Louisiana Creole
Derived from the given name Witeric. This surname is particularly associated with Cajuns in Louisiana, United States, who seem all to be descended from Claude Guédry dit Grivois, who arrived in Acadia before 1671.
Jamoukha Circassian
Variant transcription of Jaimoukha.
Nemo English
A different form of Nimmo (a Scottish name of unknown origin).
Samways English
From a medieval nickname for a fool (from Middle English samwis "foolish", literally "half-wise").
Salamah Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.
Aquinas Italian
Aquinas indicates ancestral origins from the Italian county "Aquino." Aquino comes from the latin word "Aquinum" which itself probably comes from the latin word aqua. Aqua means water in English.
Stefanakos Greek
It is associated with the name Stefanos, perhaps meaning son of Stefanos or little Stefanos. Origin from the Mani peninsula.
Čobanski Croatian (Rare)
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Cestaro Italian
From cesta "basket" and the suffix -aro, an occupational name for a basket maker.
Seifried German
Variant of Siegfried from its Middle High German form Sīvrid.
Lill Estonian
Means "flower" in Estonian.
Kaneshiro Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Raleigh English
English habitation name in Devon meaning "red woodland clearing".
Agerre Basque
Variant of Aguirre.
Questel French, Medieval French (?)
The surname Questel was first found in Normandy. Currently, Questel is the most commonly occurring last name in Saint-Barthélemy, a French island in the Caribbean Sea.... [more]
Waiter English
Variant of Waite.
Limb Medieval English
Rare name of medieval English origin. A dialectal variant of the locational name 'Lumb', from places so called in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, and derives from the Old English pre-7th Century 'lum(m)'... [more]
Jefson English
"Son of Jef".
Denby English
From various places derived from Old English Dene "Danes, Danish" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".
Thahan Thai
Means "military" in Thai.
Shlomov Jewish, Russian
Means "son of Shlomo".
Utomo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Ke (柯) or Wen (溫). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Bingel German
A topographic name derived from a diminutive of Middle High German binge, which means "depression", "ditch", or "pit". May also be derived from pingel, which is a Westphalian nickname for a pedantic person.
Quartermain English
From a medieval nickname for a very dextrous person, or for someone who habitually wore gloves (from Old French quatremains, literally "four hands"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Allan Quartermain, the hero of 'King Solomon's Mines' (1886) and other adventure novels by H. Rider Haggard... [more]
Elçi Turkish
Means "ambassador, delegate, envoy" in Turkish.
Treadwell English
Occupational name for a fuller, a person who cleaned and shrunk newly woven cloth by treading it. It is derived from Middle English tred(en) "to tread" and well "well".
Bellut French
Variant of Ballut.
Mbangwa Shona
Meaning unknown.
Rybal'chenko Ukrainian
Derived from a Slavic word meaning "fish". ... [more]
Aubuchon French (Modern, ?)
The Aubuchon name is French, but of uncertain origin. It is probably from the patronymic prefix au + buchon, a dialect term for a woodcutter (Standard French bûcheron).
Segarra Catalan
Regional name from the district of La Segarra, or habitational name from any of the places named with Segarra or La Segarra in Catalonia and Valencia.
Montilla Spanish
Habitational name from Montilla a place in Córdoba province.
Kasun Sinhalese
From the given name Kasun.
Yokono Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".
Maptuf Chinese (Hakka, Modern)
Transcription of a Chinese surname. It has been used since the 18th century.
Calvey Irish
Shortened form of McCalvey or McKelvey.
Zororo Shona
Zororo means "rest". It may be given to mean that the parent has rested after the birth of this child. Zimbabwean politician Zororo Duri was a well known bearer of this name.
Ehsanzadeh Persian
Means "born of Ehsan".
Juga Estonian
Juga is an Estonian surmane meaning "waterfall" and "cascade".
Barroeta Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque berro "bramble, thicket, bush" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".
Ó Síochána Irish
Proper, non-Anglicized form of Sheehan.
Jensdatter Norwegian, Danish
Strictly feminine patronymic of Jens.
Bernheim Jewish
From the Germanic elements bern meaning "bear" and heim meaning "home".
Requena Spanish, Catalan
habitational name from Requena in Valencia or Requena de Campos in Palencia apparently so called from a short form of the various Visigothic compound personal names with the first element rīc "powerful" with the addition of the locative suffix -ena.
Zaldibar Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque zaldi "horse" and ibar "valley". Alternatively, the first element could instead be zaldu "wood, copse, forest".
Peet Dutch
Means "godparent, godchild" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch pete meaning "godfather, godmother, godchild".
Balen English
English surname, perhaps of Cornish British origin, from belen, meaning "mill."
Nissan Hebrew, Jewish
Ornamental name from the name of the Jewish month during which Passover takes place.
Mittag German
Means "midday, noon" in German, with an archaic meaning of "south". Habitational name given to someone who lived south of a main settlement.
Mamer French, Luxembourgish
Derived from the given name Mamerius.
Vuitton French
Derived from the Old High German word "witu" and the Old English pre 7th century "widu" or "wudu", meaning a wood, and therefore occupational for one living by such a place.
Ndreu Albanian
From the given name Ndreu.
Akimov Russian
Means "son of Akim".
Surdi Italian
Meaning "deaf" in Latin.
Tarro Estonian
Tarro is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "tare", meaning "hut".
Böðvarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Böðvar" in Icelandic.
Czar Russian
Czar is Russian for Caesar. Czar was the title given to the emperor’s of Russia.
Yasuhiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).
Khamvongsa Lao
From Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ວົງສາ (vongsa) meaning "family line".
Tharindu Sinhalese
From the given name Tharindu.
Goodfriend English
Nickname for a reliable friend or neighbor, from Middle English gode meaning "good", and frend meaning "friend". It is an English translation and cognate of German Gutfreund, from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and vriunt meaning "friend".
Khem Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Ivančin Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Førde Norwegian
From Old Norse fyrði dative form of fjórðr "fjord". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
Goedel German
Variant of Gödel.
Haar Dutch, Low German
Probably from the place name Haar, derived from Middle Dutch harr "sandy hill".
Matsumae Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".
Edirisinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhalese ඉදිරි (idiri) meaning "front, forward" and Sanskrit सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".
Kaihau Maori
This less-common Maori surname means speed
Türer German
Means "doormaker" in German, from German Tür "door".
Whittington English
From a place name, meaning "Hwita’s settlement".
Hasanović Bosnian
Means "son of Hasan".
Stich German, Jewish
metonymic occupational name for a tailor or cobbler from Middle High German stich German stich "stitch".
Musazadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Musa".
Emerin German (Portuguese-style)
Brazilian adaptation of the German surname Emmerich; altered for easier comprehension by the Portuguese-speaking population of Brazil.
Sakota Japanese
From Japanese 迫 (sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Chappell English
Name for someone who lived near a chapel, derived from Old French chapele meaning "chapel".
Wijayadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Boden English
Possibly a variant of Baldwin.
Lynd English
Variant of Lund.
Dharmawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධර්මවර්ධන (see Dharmawardana).
Kuulpak Estonian
Kuulpak is an Estonian surname meaning "bullet ("kuul") "pack/packet/stock" ("pakk").
Noy English
Either (i) from the medieval male personal name Noye, the English form of the Hebrew name Noach "Noah 1"; or (ii) an invented Jewish name based on Hebrew noy "decoration, adornment".
Ó Luanaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Luanach"
Sorto Medieval Spanish
Means “luck” or “destiny” from medieval Spanish, derived from Latin surtus
Kabura Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蕪 (see Kabu).
Berlinerblau German, Jewish
Means “Prussian blue” in German. A notable bearer of this surname is Jacques Berlinerblau, a professor of Jewish civilization, and Stefania Berlinerblau, an American anatomist and physician.
Lapo Italian
From the given name Lapo.
Parwaz Urdu
Meaning... [more]