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.
Adnane Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Adnan.
Leloup French
Means “the wolf” in French.
Kikkas Estonian
Means "rooster" in Estonian.
Rexley English
Supposedly meaning "king's clearing" from Latin rex and Old English leah.
Timoney Irish (Gallicized)
The name Timoney is an Irish name. It originated in the west of Ireland. In Irish it is O'Tiománaí. Tiománaí means driver in Irish.
Pitsenbarger German
Probably an altered spelling of Bezzenberger, which is derived from Boizenburg, a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Tolomeo Italian
From a personal name which was either a short form of Bartolomeo or an Italian form of the Greek Ptolemaios.
Murganović Vlach
Means "son of Murgan".
Emi Japanese
Means bay. In other characters, Emi is also a feminine given name.
Furze English
Given to someone who lived by a field of furzes, a type of flower
Nadein Russian
Means "son of Nadei".
Pines English (American)
Surname of the characters, Dipper, Mabel and Stan from Gravity Falls.
Schiff German, Jewish
From Middle High German Schif "ship", indicating the bearer was either a sailor, or lived in a house distinguished by a ship sign.
Konieczny Polish
Originally meant "final, last" in Polish, used to refer to a person who lived at the end of a village.
Shoyu Japanese (Rare)
Shoyu is made up of two kanji that literally means "soy sauce".
Beollan English, Irish, Scottish Gaelic
English: variant of Boland.... [more]
Daino Filipino
From daino ‘fallow deer’, applied as a nickname, perhaps for someone who was timid or fleet of foot, or as a metonymic occupational name for a game warden or hunter.
Takeoka Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and oka means "ridge, hill".
Molaison Louisiana Creole
Transferred use of the surname Molaison.
Ochitani Japanese
From 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Puurand Estonian
Puurand is an Estonian surname meaning "tree beach/shore".
Parrot French
Form of Pierone.... [more]
Saemonsaburoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).
Bellringer English (British, Rare)
Occupational name for a person who rung bells (usually a church bell).
Langit Filipino, Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano
Means "heaven, sky" in several languages.
Almanza Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Almanza, a city in northern Spain. The city's name itself is derived from Arabic المنزل (al-manzil) meaning "the house".
Sutter German, English
English and South German occupational name for a shoemaker or cobbler (rarely a tailor), from Middle English suter, souter, Middle High German suter, sutære (from Latin sutor, an agent derivative of suere ‘to sew’).
Gaddafi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From قذاذفة (Qadhadhfa), the Arabic name for a Berber tribe in Libya. The name possibly means "thrower, archer", from Arabic قَذَفَ (qaḏafa) meaning "to throw". A famous bearer was Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), a Libyan politician and revolutionary.
Middaugh English
Variant of German Mittag meaning "midday, south".
Lockett English
Diminutive of the male given name Luke.
Nakada Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Maskhadov Chechen
Possibly from the given name Maskhad. A notable bearer was Chechen politician Aslan Maskhadov (1951-2005).
Kerstein German
Derived from -kirsch "cherry" and -stein "stone", variant of Kirstein.
Mathíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Mathías" in Icelandic.
Simović Serbian, Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Simo".
Choriev Tajik, Uzbek
Masculine form of Chorieva.
Gevorkyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan)
Ansai Japanese
From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "peace" and 西 (sai) meaning "west", 斎 (sai) meaning "purification, worship", or 済 (sai) meaning "settle, finish".
Oishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōishi.
Handa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Škudlárek Czech
Nickname for a stingy person, from a derivative Czech škudil meaning "stingy","tight-fisted".
Hilpert German
Variant of Hilbert, derived from the given name Hildebert.
Akulich Ukrainian
From Ukrainian акула (akula), meaning "shark".
Daleiden German
Habitational name from a place in the Rhineland called Daleiden.
Smart English
From Old English (smeart) meaning "quick". This surname was used to refer to person who worked as a handyman.
Neuger German, French (?)
Was popularized by the German community. Famous bearers include investors Win Neuger and Dan Neuger, author Christie Cozad Neuger.
Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".
Žabek Croatian
From žaba, meaning "frog".
Batawi Arabic
Means "Betawi" in Arabic, referring to someone originally from the city of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in Indonesia.
Bonaiuto Italian
Derived from the Medieval names Bonaita or Bonaiutus or also from the Medieval Italian bon meaning "good" and aita meaning "help"... [more]
Tasaka Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
Dehghani Persian
Derived from Persian دهقان (dehqân) meaning "farmer, peasant".
Mette Dutch
Truncated form of Demetter.
Steiert German
Variant of Steiger and Steier.
Herlev Danish
Derived from the suburb of Herlev in Denmark.
Jurevič Belarusian
Means "son of Juryj".
Ihnatenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Ihnat.
Damiens French
Derived from the given name Damien.
Al Kuwari Arabic
Mainly found in Qatar.
Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".
Hiroshima Japanese (Rare)
Hiro means "widespread,broad","generous","prosperous" depending on kanji used. Shima means "Island" the same as "jima" does. So this surname rather mean "Prosperous Island"or "Broad Island"."Generous Island" might be possible,but it's not likely used for the last name the same as it is for the given name, Hiro.
Diskin Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díscín "descendant of Díscín", which may be derived from díosc "barren". The place name Ballyeeskeen, now Ballydiscin, in County Sligo, is derived from the surname.
Hinriksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hinrik" in Icelandic.
Jacoby Jewish, English, German
Variant spelling of Jacobi.
Löffler German
Derived from German löffel, it denotes a person who produces or trades spoons.
Barrick English
Variation of Barwick.
Sriruang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ศรีเรือง (see Sirueang).
Brevik Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Brevik, from Norwegian bred "broad" and vik "bay".
Zakariya Arabic
Arabic surname derived from the name of the prophet Zechariah.
Kulyak Ukrainian, Belarusian
From Belarusian and Ukrainian куля (kulya), meaning "bullet", probably used to describe a shooter, soldier, or a hunter.
Ledo Catalan
Variant spelling of Lledó, a habitational name from Lledó d’Empordà in Girona province.
Lizzi Italian
Derived from lizzo, a Salerno dialect word meaning "holm oak".
Pezda Polish
Probably old polish word for "Orzech Ziemny" (Peanut)
Omuraliev Kyrgyz
From the name Omur (the Kyrgyz form of Umar) or the Kyrgyz word өмүр (ömür) meaning "life, breath" combined with the name Ali 1.
Pettinger English
English version of Pottinger.
Alfeo Italian
From the given name Alfeo.
Birčanin Serbian
Possibly derived from the village of Birač, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ōman Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Daiman).
Thongthip Lao, Thai
From Thai ทอง (thong) or Lao ທອງ (thong) meaning "gold" and Thai ทิพย์ (thip) or Lao ທິບ (thip) meaning "divine, heavenly, celestial".
Murcia Spanish
Habitational name from the city Murcia.
Bieniek Polish
From a pet form of the personal names Benedykt.
Haida Japanese
From 灰 (hai) meaning "ash, gray, grayish" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Groeneveld Dutch
Means "green field" in Dutch.
Kimmich German
The surname hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer.
Cavaleri Italian, Sicilian
occupational name from Sicilian cavaleri "rider mounted soldier knight". It was also used as a patrician title. See Cavaliere.
Agojo Tagalog
From Tagalog aguho referring to a type of flowering tree (scientific name Casuarina equisetifolia).
Tinetariro Shona
Tinetariro means "We have hope". Usually given to declare that we have our hope in God.
Axton English
Habitational name for a person from the village of Axton in Kent, from Old English personal name Acca and stan "stone".
Cardamone Italian
Occupational name for a spicer.
Szczepankiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Szczepan.
Juanda Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Zhou (周) or Zhuang (莊). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Baucom English
Variant spelling of Balcombe, a habitational name from West Sussex derived from Old English bealu "evil" and cumb "valley".
Turney English, Norman
Habitational name from places in France called Tournai, Tournay, or Tourny. All named with the pre-Roman personal name Turnus and the locative suffix -acum.
Ozaki Japanese
A variant of Osaki. O means "Big" and Zaki means "Peninsula, Cape, Promontory".
Valley English
Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, Middle English valeye.
Hirsekorn German
Hirsekorn - millet grain - seems to be of Jewish origin
Brancato Italian
This surname can be derived from a given name (thus making it a patronymic surname) as well as from a place name (thus making it a locational surname). In the case of a patronymic surname, the surname is derived from the medieval Italian given name Brancato, which is a variant form of the given name Brancazio, itself ultimately derived from the late Latin given name Brancatius... [more]
Mac Cathmhaoil Irish
It literally means Cathmhaol’s son".
Zubok Ukrainian
From Ukrainian зуб (zub), meaning "tooth".
Oaks English
English variant spelling of Oakes and Americanized form of Jewish Ochs.
Rietums Latvian
Derived from the word rietumi meaning "west".
Hathurusinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru) meaning "enemy, rival, hostile" and सिंह (siṃha) meaning "lion".
Taş Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.
Lumbantoruan Batak
From Batak lumban meaning "village, hamlet" and toruan meaning "lower (area or place), below".
Välja Estonian
Välja is an Estonian surname meaning "outside" and "afield".
Krupen Belarusian
From Belarusian круп (krup), meaning "grain".
Herrgott German, Alsatian
Literally means "Lord God" in German.
Çalık Turkish
Means "crooked, awry" in Turkish.
Louw Afrikaans
Louw is a surname that has pre 7th century Germanic origins. It is a Dutch/Flemish variant on the word Lowe, meaning Lion.
Auksi Estonian
Auksi is an Estonian surname derived from "auks" meaning "in honor of".
Senda Japanese
From Japanese 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Lundon English
Variant of London.
Nikiforov Russian
Means "son of Nikifor".
Teshima Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Vincente English, Italian
English variant of Vincent 1, otherwise from the given name Vincente
Erixon Swedish
Variant spelling of Eriksson.
Azusawa Japanese
Surname of Kohane Azusawa from project sekai
Chirayangyuen Thai (Rare)
Means "to endure long", From Thai จิร (chira-) meaning "long; extended" and ยั่งยืน (yangyuen) meaning "to endure; to last".
MacTorin Manx (Archaic)
Manx Gaelg "son of Þórfinnr" (from Þórr the name of the Scandinavian thunder god + the ethnic designation Finnr).
Baik Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 백 (see Baek).
Maclehose Scots
Derived from the Gaelic Mac Gille Thamhais, meaning 'son of the gillie of Tammas', Tammas being the Scots form of Thomas.
Moonen Dutch
Patronymic form of Moon, a diminutive of the given name Simon 1.
Kad German
1 German: habitational name for someone from a place called Kade near Magdeburg, Kaaden (German name of Kadeň in North Bohemia), or Kaden in Westerwald.... [more]
Kore-eda Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the medieval given name Kore-Eda(是枝) means 'correct branch'. Hirokazu Kore-Eda is a famous movie director.
Rafailov Russian
Means "son of Rafail".
Ainuma Japanese
Ai means "unit, join" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Rokuro Japanese (Rare)
Means "potter's wheel" or "pulley" in Japanese.
Kuş Turkish
Means "bird" in Turkish.
Baamonde Galician
This indicates familial origin within either of 5 eponymous parishes.
Austinson English
Means "son of Austin".
Ramzi Arabic
From the given name Ramzi.
Elizabeth American
From the given name Elizabeth.
Arisugawa Japanese
Notable bearers are members of the Arisugawa clan, such as Princess Arisugawa no Miya Oriko and her father Prince Arisugawa no Miya Orihito.
Bouzaher Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Zaher" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).
Iwatsuki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".
McCubbins Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giobúin meaning "son of Gilbert".
Tanase Japanese
From 棚 (tana) meaning "shelf", 種 (tana) meaning "seed", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" combined with 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation, status", or 多 (ta) meaning "many, various" combined with 那 (na) meaning "what", that is then combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current, ripple, torrent"
Yusein Bulgarian
From the given name Yusein.
Kobrynsky Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kobrinsky. Most of the Kobrynsky family had settled in Canada.
Meievee Estonian
Meievee is an Estonian surname meaning "our water".
Carrier English
An occupational name meaning someone who transports goods.
Gershon English, Hebrew
Hebrew One of the tribes of Israel ... [more]
Loen Norwegian
Loen is a Norwegian place name derived from Old Norse , meaning “flat land” or “meadow,” referencing fertile, flat areas near water, often used for farming in ancient times.
Edoh Japanese
Variant of Edo.
Takitani Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and tani means "valley".
Gu Chinese
From Chinese 谷 (gǔ) referring to the ancient fief of Qin Gu, which existed in what is now the province of either Gansu or Shaanxi. Alternately it may come from the name of the fief of Jia Gu, which was part of the state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty.
Maghsoudi Persian
From the given name Maghsoud.
Genç Turkish
Means "young, youth" in Turkish.
El Ouafi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Ouafi", derived from the given name Wafi. A bearer was Ahmed Boughèra El Ouafi (1898-1959), an Algerian athlete during the French rule over the country.
Nie Chinese
From Chinese 聂 (niè) referring to either of two ancient fiefs named Nie. One existed in the state of Wei (Wey) in what is now Henan province, while the other was part of the state of Qi in what is now Shandong province.
Dieckhaus German
Refers to a person from a place of the same name near Diepholz in Lower Saxony.
Burger English, German, Dutch
Status name for a freeman of a borough. From Middle English burg, Middle High German burc and Middle Dutch burch "fortified town". Also a German habitational name for someone from a place called Burg.
Nieman Dutch
Means "new man", a cognate of German Neumann. Can also derive from Middle Dutch nieman "no one, nobody", a byname for an unknown or otherwise nameless person... [more]
Balija Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting either "traders/merchants" or "agriculturists".
Montecchi Italian
Italian form of Montague.
McGuchan Irish
Irish: mainly Scottish spelling of Irish Mac Eacháin, see McGahan.
Schommer German
"one who was a gossip, a vagabond or rascal"... [more]
Küla Estonian
Küla is an Estonian surname meaning "village".
Sabag Hebrew
Israeli modern form of Sabbagh.
Mcfall Scottish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Phàil and Irish Gaelic Mac Phóil, patronymics derived from vernacular forms of the given name Paul.
Muhamed Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhammad.
Rizwan Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Ridwan.
Udovič Slovene
Slovene form of Udović
Hoshi Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".
Gaudioso Italian, Spanish
From the given name Gaudioso.
Massimo Italian
From the given name Massimo
Fazil Urdu
Derived from the given name Fazil.
Spain English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spain.' A very early incomer.
Intharath Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ຣັດ (rat) meaning "state, country, kingdom".
Skoubye Danish (Americanized, Rare)
from the Danish Skovby (also pronounced SKO-bee), meaning "city by a forest" or "forest town"
Yekutieli Hebrew
From the given name Yekutiel.
Kuwamoto Japanese
Kuwamoto/桑元 = Mulberry Origin/Book
Ayanokouji Japanese
綾 (Aya) means "design", no is a possessive particle, 小 (kou) means "small, little", and 路 (ji) means "road."
Tahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tahar.
Calcaterra Italian
Nickname from calcare meaning "to tread", "to stamp" + terra meaning "land", "earth", "ground", probably denoting a short person, someone who walked close to the ground, or an energetic walker.
Ó Maolacháin Irish
It means "descendant of Maolachán".
Hrytsenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Hryts" or "son of Hrytsko".
Garate Basque
Habitational name from a town called Garate in Basque Country, or a topographic name, possibly from a derivative of Basque gara "height, peak" (garhaite in some dialects).
Phutsa Thai (Rare)
Means "jujube" in Thai.
Edevane Welsh, Cornish
A rare Welsh surname, believed to be of Cornish origin. This surname is made up of two elements. ‘Ed’ is not a shortened form of Edward, but derives from the ancient (Old English?) ‘ead’ meaning ‘prosperity’ and/or ‘happiness’... [more]
Geng Chinese
From Chinese 耿 (gěng) referring to the ancient city of Geng, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Henan province. Alternately it may come from the name of an ancient state that existed during the Spring and Autumn period in present-day Shanxi province.
Guglielmi Italian
Patronymic form of Guglielmo.
Solih Dhivehi
From the given name Salih. A notable bearer is Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (1962-), the current president of the Maldives.
Michałowski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Michałowice, derived from the given name Michał.
Saccà Italian
From Arabic سقى (saqa) "to give water", a nickname for a water carrier.
Rodwell English
Rodwell, a name of Anglo-Saxon origin, is a locational surname deriving from any one of various places in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Kent, England. In English, the meaning of the name Rodwell is "Lives by the spring near the road".