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.
Destry English
From the French surname Destrier, itself from Old French destrer meaning "warhorse".
Dongfang Chinese
From Chinese 東方 (dōngfāng) meaning "east".
Spanier German
Means "Spaniard" in German.
Lescher German
German metonymic occupational name for a mediator or arbitrator, or possibly for a fireman, from Middle High German leschære ‘extinguisher’.
Navarra Italian, Spanish
Means Navarre in Italian and Spanish; which was also the female equivalent to Navarro.
Sumanto Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳) or Huang (黃). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Cornelie French
Derived from a female baptismal name that is a scholarly version of the Latin name Cornelia.
Alemdar Turkish
Occupational name for a carrier of flags, banners or ensigns, from Turkish alem meaning "banner, flag".
Kamata Japanese
From Japanese 鎌 (kama) meaning "sickle, scythe" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Collison English
A variant of Collinson, which is a variant of Collins 2.
Sorimachi Japanese
From Japanese 反 (sori) referring to a unit of areal measure (equivalent to about 991.7 metres squared) and 町 (machi) meaning "town, city".
Kossow German
unknown
Fowl English, Popular Culture
This name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from the Old English pre 7th Century word fugol, "fowl", "bird", which was used as a byname and as a personal name. The medieval form of the word was the Middle English development foul, fowl(e), used as a continuation of the Old English personal name and also as a nickname for someone who in some way resembled a bird.
Deruelle French
Habitational name for someone who lived near a place called (la) Ruelle, for example Ruelle-sur-Touvre.
Noonan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuanáin (from Irish Gaelic Ó hIonmhaineáin) meaning "descendant of Ionmhaineán", a diminutive of the given name Ionmhain "beloved, dear". ... [more]
Moul Khmer
Variant transcription of Mul.
Aissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Isa 1.
Saxer German (Swiss), Romansh
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sax or Saxe.
Van Der Zanden Dutch
Means "from the sand", most likely given to someone who lived near sandy grounds. It originated in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.
Goldwyn English, Jewish
Derived from the Old English given name Goldwine, composed of the elements gold meaning "gold" and win meaning "friend".
Hanlon Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAnluain "descendant of Anluan", a personal name from the intensive prefix an- and luan "light", "radiance" or "warrior". Occasionally it has been used to represent Hallinan.
Scorsese Italian
From a nickname that indicated a person who came from Scotland, derived from Italian scozzese literally meaning "Scotsman, Scottish". This spelling arose from a transcription error of the surname Scozzese... [more]
Pedra Spanish
Feminine form of Pedro.
Natti Italian
Derived from the Gaulish given name Nattius, possibly derived from either Old Celtic natu "chant, poem" or from Latin (g)nato "born".
Esperón Spanish
From Spanish espera meaning to wait. Perhaps an occupational name for a waiter.
Cam Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gan, from Sino-Vietnamese 甘 (cam).
Rathgeber German
From Middle High German ratgebe or Middle Low German ratgever "giver of advice, counselor", an occupational name for an adviser or wise man.
Tuveri Italian
Possibly from Sardinian Campidanese tuvera, meaning "pipe of the bellows", indicating someone who worked at a forge.
Yoosuf Dhivehi
From the given name Yoosuf.
Altman German, Jewish
Variant of Alt and Alterman.
Maccini Italian
Patronymic form of Maccino, a diminutive of the given name Maccio.
Fudzimoto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Fujimoto more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Vital Romansh
Derived from the given name Vitalis.
Takemiya Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Aceto Italian
Variant of Accetto.
Rastogi Indian, Hindi
Possibly derived from Rohtas, the name of a district in Bihar, India, itself from the name of a Hindu deity.
Maury French, Occitan, English
As a French name, it derives from a short form of the given name Amaury (see Emery)... [more]
Zolomon Popular Culture
A corruption of Zalman, after Hunter Zalman Van Sciver, son of comic book artist Ethan Van Sciver. ... [more]
Polikarpov Russian
Means "son of Polikarp".
Binotto Italian
Possible diminutive of Bini or Bino. Possible variant of German Binoth
Wurz German
Variant of Wurtz
Bounpaseuth Lao
From Lao ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ປະເສີດ (pasoet) meaning "excellent, magnificent".
Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Mckeehan Scottish Gaelic
A patronymic from a personal name or byname derived from caoch ‘blind’, ‘purblind’.
Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (hime) meaning "princess".... [more]
Nōda Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.
Meader English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Mead 1 + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
Weiler German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places so named in southern Germany. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Weil.
Feuchtwanger German
Denoted a person from the town of Feuchtwangen in Germany. The name of the town is probably from German feucht "wet, humid, dank" and possibly wangen "cheek".
Dyar English
Variant of Dyer.
Bohush Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian бог (boh), meaning "god, deity".
Quán Chinese
From Chinese 泉 (quán) meaning "fountain, spring".
Lakhani Indian, Gujarati, Sindhi
Means "descendant of Lakh", Lakh being a short form of the given name Lakshmana.
Vernetti Italian, Piedmontese
From various places called Vernetti or Vernetto in Piedmont, Italy.
Yolcu Turkish
Means "passenger, traveller" in Turkish.
Oegema Dutch, Frisian
Patronymic form of an uncertain personal name, possibly Hugo, using the Frisian suffix -ma "man of".
Sula Estonian, Finnish
Means "molten, melted, not covered in ice" or "melt, thaw" in Estonian and Finnish.
Varpunen Finnish (Rare)
From Finnish meaning "sparrow".
Buxtehude German, Low German
From the name of the town of Buxtehude in Lower Saxony, Germany. A famous bearer of this surname was the German-Danish Baroque composer and organist Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637-1707).
Ramar Indian
From given name Ramar
Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".
Lagerlöf Swedish
A notable bearer was Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature (1909).
Bright English
Derived from a short form of Old English names starting with the element beorht "bright".
Etemad Persian
From the given name Etemad.
Surridge English
Originally meant "person from Surridge", Devon ("south ridge").
Tommaso Italian
From the given name Tommaso.
Dearth English
From a medieval nickname apparently based on Middle English derth "famine".
Santa Ana Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santana primarily used in the Philippines.
Lundmark Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" (Old Norse lundr) and mark "ground, field, land".
Arendt German
From the given name Arnold
Chappell English
Name for someone who lived near a chapel, derived from Old French chapele meaning "chapel".
Agbeko Western African, Ewe
From Ewe meaning "chief of the family line of the Beko people".
McAlea Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Laoidhigh
Sauve' French
Sauve' from France to Canada. Changed probably due to an "a" and an "o" confusion in cursive. My granfather's was typo-ed on WW II old men's sign up in MA. or RI, USA.
Kozuki Japanese
It is written as 上 (Ko) meaning "above" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".
Nygren Swedish
From the elements "ny" meaning "new" and "gren" meaning "branch" or "twig".
Rushdie Kashmiri (Rare)
Derived from Arabic رَشَدَ (rašada) meaning "to go the right way, to follow the right course" or "to be well guided" (related to the given names Rashad and Rashid)... [more]
Selden English
Habitational name derived from Seldon in Hatherleigh, Devon, and possibly also Selden Farm in Patching, Sussex. The former likely derives from Old English sele "great hall, dwelling, house" (see saliz) and dun "hill, mountain".
Mac an Ultaigh Irish
Meaning 'son of the Ulidian', from mac, meaning son, and Ultach, denoting someone from the Irish province of Ulster.
Prokofiev Russian
Means "son of Prokofiy".
Hoogteijling Dutch
Habitational name from Hoogteilingen, derived from hoogh "high" and the toponym Teijlingen, from Old Dutch *tagla "tail, narrow ridge".
Wozzek German
Germanized form of Voytek.
Vukelić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Farge French
Reduced or Americanized form of La Farge/Lafarge.
Cicvara Serbian
Derived from cicvara (цицвара), meaning "gruel", a type of food.
Bénichou Judeo-Spanish
French variant of Benichou.
Rens Dutch
From the personal name Rens, a reduced form of Laurens. Could also derive from a given name containing the element regin "advice, counsel", such as Reinoud.
Takamaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"
Koničanin Serbian
Habitational name for someone from the village of Koniče, Serbia.
Kalleske Polish (Germanized, Rare)
The surname Kalleske can be found among 40 telephone subscribers in Germany, in addition to the spelling Kaleske (about 39 times), with at least six namesake. Assuming that the normal spread of a family name is between 400 and 500 times this name is very rare... [more]
Poyraz Turkish
Means "north wind" in Turkish, of Greek origin.
Varnell English
Variant of Farnell. This form originated in southwestern England, where the change from F to V arose from the voicing of F that was characteristic of this area in Middle English.
Longyear English
Meaning uncertain.
Mikami Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".
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.
Smal Medieval English
Old English version of Small.
Mahmoudian Persian
From the given name Mahmoud.
Youcefi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian cognate of Yousfi.
Bedell English
This place name derives from the Old English words byde, meaning "tub," and "well," meaning a "spring," or "stream." As such, Bedell is classed as a habitational name.
Banjar Arabic
From the name of the Banjar people, itself derived from Javanese mbanjarke meaning "separate, rearrange, organize". This surname is borne by people of Indonesian ancestry in Saudi Arabia.
Van Der Valk Dutch
Means "of the falcon" or "from De Valk" in Dutch. Compare Valk.
Tomeo Italian
From a short form of the given name Bartolomeo.
Udo Japanese
From 有 (u) meaning "posession, existing, having" and 働 (do) meaning "work, labor, toil."
Organ English
From a rare medieval personal name, attested only in the Latinized forms Organus (masculine) and Organa (feminine).
Stålesen Norwegian
Means "son of Ståle".
Tammets Estonian
Tammets is an Estonian surname meaning "oak forest".
Harrod English
Variant of Harold.
Valley English
Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, Middle English valeye.
Sapru Kashmiri (Modern)
Sapru people were a nomadic clan originally from Iran that moved across Asia and settled in Kashmir.
Fedorchak Czech, Slovak
Ukrainian and Slovak from a pet form of the personal name Fedor.
Resurrección Spanish
A nickname for someone who had resurrected from the dead.
Bataille French
nickname for a bellicose man from bataille "battle" (from Latin battalia) or a habitational name from (La) Bataille the name of several places in France all named as the site of a battle in former times... [more]
Haberfield German (Anglicized)
Partial anglicization of Haberfeld
Bagchi Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Bagcha in present-day West Bengal, India.
Asakura Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".
Vogt Von Nersen Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt.
Boydston Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Boydston near Glasgow. This surname is no longer found in the British Isles.
Quandt German, History
From Middle Low German quant "prankster, joker". ... [more]
Polyiam Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai พลเยี่ยม (see Phonyiam).
Zanugg Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Gian.
Ebbert Low German
Variant of Ebert as a shortened form of Eberhardt.
Wu Chinese
From Chinese 伍 (), an alternate form of 五 () meaning "fifth".
Amararathna Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Sumura Japanese
From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Demegawa Japanese
From Japanese 出 (de) "out", 目 (me) "eye" and 川 (kawa) "river".
Breslin Irish
Irish (Sligo and Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breisláin "descendant of Breisleán", a diminutive of the personal name Breasal (see Brazil).
Abdolkarimi Persian
From the given name Abdolkarim.
Orelias Nigerian (Latinized, Modern, Rare), Italian (Tuscan), Venetian
Means "golden", when coupled with a first name becomes "the golden". Varied from Orelia, "golden".... [more]
Gaudenz Romansh
Derived from the given name Gaudenz.
Levent Turkish
From the given name Levent.
Hasslacher German
hass=hate; lacher=laughter... [more]
Taiminen Finnish
Derived from Finnish taimi meaning "sapling, young tree, plant".
Duggan Scottish, Irish, English
Scottish and Irish variant spelling of Dugan. ... [more]
Prost Dutch
Variant or Americanized form of Proost.
Wetherell English
Habitational name from Wetheral (Cumberland)
Malmberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish malm "ore" and berg "mountain".
Teshigawara Japanese
From Japanese 勅 (te) meaning "imperial order", 使 (shi) meaning "messenger, envoy", 河 (ga) meaning "river", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".
Fahmi Arabic
Derived from the given name Fahmi.
Beauchamp English, French
Habitational name for a person for any of the various places named Beauchamp in Northern France, derived from Old French beau "beautiful" and champ "field".
Ito Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Tounsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic تُونِسِيّ (tūnisiyy) meaning “Tunisian”, ultimately from تُونِس (tūnis) meaning "Tunisia, Tunis". It can refer to a native of the country of Tunisia, someone from the city of Tunis (in Tunisia), or the Tunisian Tounsi dialect of Arabic.
Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".
Ienaga Japanese
From Japanese 家 (ie) meaning "house, home" and 長 (naga) meaning "long, chief".
Baliad Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to bend backwards" in Cebuano.
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.
Samy Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Sami 2.
Boiardo Italian
Means "bureaucrat" in Italian.
Cagianut Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a diminutive of the given name Gian.
Kang Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.
Goodluck English
Early Anglo Saxon name from 6-7th century. Derived from Guolac,meaning battle play.
Shell American
Posibly from the given name Shell.
Sköld Swedish
Means "shield" in Swedish.
Zacatenco Spanish (Mexican)
One who came from Zacatecas.
Mansour Arabic
From the given name Mansur.
Morpurgo Judeo-Italian
Italian surname of Jewish origin, originally Marpurg, from the Austrian city Marburg an der Drau (today Maribor in Slovenia). The progenitor was Moises Jacob, father of Petachia, in Bad-Rackersburg, Austria... [more]
Furjan Croatian
Derived from Florijan.
Haddock English
Haddock is a surname of English. It may refer to many people. It may come from the medieval word Ædduc, a diminutive of Æddi, a short form of various compound names including the root ēad, meaning prosperity or fortune... [more]
Kleinfeld German
Means "small field" in German
Ouahab Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Wahab.
Iulitta Italian
Early Italian surname. Gaelic Etruscan origins.... [more]
Tiik Estonian
Tiik is an Estonian surname meaning "pond".
Foust German
Foust is a name for a person who was strong and pugnacious and was derived from the Old German word "fust," which meant "fist."
Klouda Czech
From Kloud, a vernacular short form of the Latin personal name Claudius (see Claud).
Salakaya Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Шакар-ипа (Shakar-ipa) meaning "son of Shakar". The name itself may be derived from Persian شکر (šakar) meaning "sugar" or from Arabic شَكَرَ (šakara) meaning "to be thankful, to be grateful".
Kamolsutthi Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Pootsmann Estonian
Possibly an altered form of German Bootsmann, an occupational name meaning "boatswain, bosun". Compare Frisian Bootsma.
Farhat Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Farhat.
Dancy French, English
Denoted a person from Annecy, France.
Angoco Chamorro
“to Trust in” “to rely on” “to have confidence in” “to have faith in” “to place reliance in” “to confide in”
Ranz German
The surname that can have one of two origins. In some cases, it is derived from the ancient German given name, Rando, whose origins lie in the word rand, meaning "rim of shield"... [more]
Kulasekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසේකර (see Kulasekara).
Ngamnaimuang Thai
The surname "งามในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Panzeri Italian
Either a nickname from Italian pancia "belly, paunch", referring to someone with a prominent belly (see Panza), or an occupational name for someone who manufactured girdles and armour, from panciere "corset, girdle; paunce (armour covering the belly)", ultimately from the same root.
Yağız Turkish
From the given name Yağız.
Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Gerloff German
Derived from the given name Gerulf. German cognate of Géroux and Giroux.
Bondesson Swedish
Means "son of Bonde", or possibly "son of a farmer".
Tatlı Turkish
Means "sweet, pleasant, agreeable" in Turkish.
Van Blerk Dutch
Van Blerk is a Dutch noble surname.
Davidzon Russian
Davidzon means son of David.
San Juan Spanish
Means "Saint John", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Juan 1. This is a habitational name for a person from any of various places called San Juan, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint John (San Juan).
Kayano Japanese (Rare), Brazilian
Kaya means "yew tree",and No means "field,meadow,wilderness".People with this last name are Kayano Gonbei (a samurai),Ai Kayano(a voice actress of MANY characters /more than 30),and Shigeru Kayano(an Ainu politician who lived well up to 2006)... [more]
Thành Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cheng, from Sino-Vietnamese 成 (thành).
Sibounhom Lao
From Lao ສີ (si) meaning "majesty, glory, splendour" or "color", ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ຫອມ (hom) meaning "fragrant, aromatic".
Melendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Meléndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.
Puškár Slovak, Czech
Occupational name for a rifle maker.
Hasado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 挟 (hasa), from 挟む (hasamu) meaning "to insert; to be sandwiched between" and 土 (do) meaning "earth; soil; ground", referring to a soil land where it is very crammed.... [more]
Lantaron Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Nwankwo Igbo
From the given name Nwankwo.
Haroutunian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).
Quách Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Guo, from Sino-Vietnamese 郭 (quách).
Mango Italian
Variant of Manco.