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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Ogo Chamorro
Variant of Hocog
Bizkarra Basque
Derived from Basque bizkar "back (of a mountain), hill, slope".
Kuriakose Syrian, Aramaic
Kuriakose is a common male first name and surname among Saint Thomas Christians, mainly from central part of the state of Kerala in India and surrounding areas.... [more]
Furse English
Variant of Furze
Panzacola Indigenous American (Rare)
Named after the tribe meaning "hairy people".
Stryjewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Stryjów in Zamość voivodeship, named with stryj meaning "paternal uncle", "father’s brother".
Kala Estonian
Kala is an Estonian surname meaning "fish".
Soopere Estonian
Soopere is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp folks".
Bufalo Italian
From Italian meaning "buffalo".
Bhaer German
Likely a variant of German Baer, meaning "bear". A notable bearer is character Friedrich Bhaer, Jo's husband in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Grzybko Polish
From Grzyb with suffix -ko, possibly from Belarusian or Russian Gribko.
Wójcicki Polish
Habitational name for a person originally from a place called Wójcice.
Yoshimoto Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Aoi Japanese
From 蒼 (ao) meaning "blue" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".
Sobolev Russian
Variant of Sobol.
Ustinov Russian
Means "son of Ustin". A famous bearer of this surname was the British actor Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004).
Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".
Loveland English
From the name of a farmstead in Devon, England, possibly derived from the Old English given name Leofa (or Lufa) combined with land "land, cultivated land, estate".
Persad Indian, Trinidadian Creole
Indo-Trinidadian variant of Prasad.
Hay English, Scottish
Variant form of Hayes 1
Alforque Spanish (Philippines)
Possibly from the name of a place called Alforque in Zaragoza province, Spain, meaning uncertain.
Krautschat German (East Prussian)
Derived from Prussian-Lithuanian kraucźius (kriaučius in Standard Lithuanian), meaning "tailor".
Failor English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Failer or Fehler, variants of Feiler.
Boisclair French (Quebec), French Creole, English (American)
A place name from the Old French bois meaning "wood" and clair "light, clear". This surname is not common in France.
Lucca Italian
A habitational name from Lucca Sicula in Agrigento province, Sicily, which was called simply Lucca until 1863. It was probably originally named with a Celtic element meaning ‘marshy.’
Knigge Low German
North German: variant of Knick... [more]
Lauper German (Swiss)
From the short form of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut 'people', 'tribe' + berht 'famous'. topographic name for someone who lived at a Lauben, a row of houses and stores with an arcade in front, from Middle High German loube 'arbor', 'bower', 'gallery'.
Uhke Estonian
Uhke is an Estonian surname meaning "proud" or "vain".
Toomik Estonian
Toomik is an Estonian surname meaning "Prunus stand".
Kroll Polish (Germanized)
Germanized form of Król.
Aoshima Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and shima means "island".
Quaid Irish
Reduced form of Mcquaid.
Kanakarat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Laramie English
From the French la ramée "the small wood, the arbour".
Firman English, French
From a medieval personal name meaning "firm, resolute, strong man." Borne by early saints and bishops. First name variants Firman and Firmin... [more]
St Vincent English
Most likely referring to Vincent Ferrer, a friar and preacher or one of the many places called St. Vincent.
Barham English
Habitational name for a person from the villages called Barham in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Kent, of different first elements. The one in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk comes from Old English beorg "mountain, hill", while the one in Kent comes from the Old English byname *Beora (derived from bera "bear (animal)"), all of them have the second element of ham "home, estate, settlement".
Kazan Turkish
From Turkish meaning "cauldron".
Dailey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendant of DÁLACH".
Kumarathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".
Blijleven Dutch
From a nickname meaning "happy life" in Dutch, indicating a cheerful person.
Špaček Czech
Means "tipcat". Pronounced "sh:pah-CZEK".
Ruosch Romansh
Derived from the given name Ambrosius.
Selfridge English
habitational name from an unidentified minor place called with Old English scelf "shelf" and hrycg "ridge".
Yamaya Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Dicus English
Variant of Dycus.
Mohammadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.
Malec Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene
a nickname derived from slavic word "maly", meaning small
Metsala Estonian
Metsala is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".
Beterbiev Chechen
Chechen form of Batyrbaev.
Rosenblum Jewish
From rosen meaning "rose" and blume meaning "flower".
Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".
Waterhouse German
Old German and Dutch locational name meaning “a house by water.”
Elizaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous hamlet in the commune of Sarrikotapea.
Dickensheets English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Dickenscheid, a habitational name from a place named Dickenschied in the Hunsrück region. The place name is from Middle High German dicke ‘thicket’, ‘woods’ + -scheid (often schied) ‘border area’ (i.e. ridge, watershed), ‘settler’s piece of cleared (wood)land’.
Emmer English
Derived from a nickname for Emerson
Mccreless Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Riallghuis a variant of Mag Niallghuis
Bodily English
Possibly a variant form of Baddeley.
Markoras Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Marcoran.
Lević Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
Derived from levo, meaning "left".
Lööv Swedish
Variant of Löf.
Horino Japanese
Hori means "Moat" and No means "Field, Wilderness."
Fukuhara Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Ilagan Tagalog
Means "to evade, to dodge, to get out of the way (of something)" in Tagalog.
Shibuimaru Japanese
From Japanese 渋 (''shibu'') "unripe persimmon juice", 井 (''i'') "well" and 丸 (''maru'') "circle".
Wijekoon Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Khanom Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খানম (see Khanum).
Jerrold English
From the given name Jerrold.
Croak English
Variant of Croke
Kaburagi Japanese
A notable bearer is Saiko Kaburagi, an artist.
Kolarin Croatian
Derived from Kolar.
Rodericks English
From the given name Roderick.
Łuczak Polish
Derived from the Polish word łuk meaning "bow."
Öström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and ström "stream, river".
Zouhair Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zouhair.
Tomson English
A variant of Thompson, meaning "Son of Thomas".
Schilder Dutch
Means "painter" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch schildere "shield painter" (from schilt "shield"), originally denoting someone who painted coats of arms on shields. An occupational name for someone who painted houses, shields, or anything else.
Augsburger German
habitational name for someone from the city of Augsburg in Bavaria named as the city (burg) of the Roman Emperor Augustus in whose reign it was founded.
Sumita Japanese
From Japanese 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Brekke Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse brekka meaning "hill, slope".
Cornelissis Flemish
Patronymic form of Cornelis.
Melendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Meléndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.
McBurney Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of an unknown Gaelic patronymic surname, possibly Mac Biorna.
Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."
Julianson English
This surname means “son of Julian”.
Orowitz Jewish, German
The name comes from a famous Rabbinical dynasty.... [more]
Somby Sami
Derived from the name of the village Sompio in Finland.
Brahe Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Danish and Swedish noble family with roots in Scania and Halland, southern Sweden (both provinces belonged to Denmark when the family was founded). A notable bearer was Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).
Takeshita Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Hain English
From the Middle English personal name Hein 1. This is derived from the Germanic personal name Hagano, originally a byname meaning "hawthorn"... [more]
Frickel German
Elaboration of Frick.
Skipper English
Occupational name for either a basket weaver Derived from Middle English skeppe witch itself is from Old Norse skeppa... [more]
Shinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).
Ijaz Urdu
Derived from the given name Ijaz.
Hollandsworth English (British, Rare)
Possibly an alternative spelling of Hollingsworth. Likely named after the town of Holisurde(1000s AD)/Holinewurth(1200s)/Hollingworth(Present) The town's name means "holly enclosure"
Obscurite English
A word which means "darkness" in French language.
Kingswell English
An English surname meaning "Lives by the King's spring"
Güney Turkish
Means "south, southern" in Turkish.
Alcaide Spanish, Portuguese
Ancient occupational or status name from alcaide from Arabic al-qāʾid "the leader, the commander" (see Kaid)... [more]
Nedelcu Romanian (Modern)
Entered Romania around the 16th century via Bulgaria as a popular female given name - Neda/Nedelea etc., attested under the form of Nedelco/Nedelcu in the historical region of Basarabia around 1560, became a surname in the following century... [more]
Grämlich German
Nickname for an irascible person, derived from Middle High German gramelich, gremlich meaning "angry".
Vicuña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bikuña.
Langerak Dutch
A habitational name from any of several places called Langerak, derived from lang "long" and rak "straight section of a waterway".
Shinobu Japanese
Shinobu is a Japanese name meaning "recall" or "endurance."
Helle German
Topographic name probably derived from Old High German helle "hell", denoting a place with a steep hollow or a wild area.
Licht German, Dutch, Yiddish
Means "light" or "candle". Could be an occupational name for a chandler, a topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing (see Lichte), or a nickname for someone who had light hair, or who was agile and slender.
Fayerman Yiddish
It literally means "fireman".
Ploomipuu Estonian
Means "plum tree", from Estonian ploom "plum" and puu "tree".
Rotstein German
German surname that means "red stone".
Speer German, Dutch, English
German and Dutch cognate of Spear, as well as an English variant of the same surname.
Van Ginneken Dutch
Means "from Ginneken", the name of a former municipality in the Netherlands.
Fawzi Arabic
From the given name Fawzi
Ó Ceanndubháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ceanndubhán"
Shirzai Pashto
Means "son of Sher".
Põldots Estonian
Põldots is an Estonian surname meaning "field end".
Dangal Nepali (Modern)
The surname Dangal is supposed to be the shortened form of the demonym Dangali (pronounced DHAA-NGAA-LEE) for Dang (pronounced DHAA-NG), a district in Mid-Western Nepal. The surname is found to have been adopted by various communities, especially the Tiwaris (for the surname Tiwari), after they migrated to various regions of the countries and the locals in those regions referred to them as Dangalis (later shortened to Dangal) instead of their original surnames.
Fereidouni Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian فریدونی (see Fereydouni).
Kitami Japanese
From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice" or 北 (kita) meaning "north", combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many" and/or 見 (mi) meaning "see".
Pyatkevich Belarusian, Russian
Derived from Belarusian пятко (pyatko) or пятка (pyatka) meaning "fifth child, fifthborn".
Aders German (Silesian)
Variation of Eders, a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of bare, uncultivated land, from Middle High German (o)ed(e) 'wasteland'. It may also be a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this element.
Ishikura Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" combined with 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) storehouse."
Policier French (Caribbean), Haitian Creole
From French meaning "policeman".
Jekal Korean
Diffrent romanization of Chegal.
Isori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Scudamore Anglo-Norman
A locational surname that was first recorded in England in 1264. Derived from one of the ancient villages of Fifield Scudamore or Upton Scudamore, with Scudamore coming from the Old English scitemor, which means "one who lived at the moor."
Papon French (Huguenot)
Derived from Old French papon "grandfather", ultimately from Latin pappus.
Santala Finnish
From Finnish santa meaning "(slightly wet) sand" and the place suffix -la.
Errenteria Basque
Non-Castilianized form of the toponymic surname Rentería. Means "customs house, exchange" in Basque, itself in turn from Spanish rentaría.
Kōjitani Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麹谷, 糀谷, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Fernow German
Habitational name from a place called Fernau or Fernow.
Di Ciuccio Italian
Ciuccio is a surname especially Campano and more precisely of the provinces of Naples and Salerno, should derive from the medieval name Ciuccio, one of the many apheretic hypochoristic forms of the name Francesco, of which a hypochoristic is Francescuccio, which by apheresis becomes Cuccio
Heureaux French (Caribbean)
Possibly from French heureux "happy, lucky, good". Ulises Heureaux (1845-1899) was the 22nd, 26th, and 27th president of the Dominican Republic
Malina Czech
Means "raspberry".
Makhmalbaf Persian
Means "velvet weaver" from Persian مخمل (makhmal) meaning "velvet" (of Arabic origin) and باف (bāf) meaning "to weave, to braid".
Ollivier French
From a variant of the given names Olivier and Oliver.
Ogliari Italian
Possibly derived from a place name, or from oglio "oil", indicating the bearer's occupation, or perhaps appearance.
Ruutu Estonian
Ruutu is an Estonian surname meaning "diamond".
Hietamäki Finnish
Derived from hieta ("fine-sand") & mäki ("hill").
Cadalbert Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name Adalbert.
Bava Indian
Variant of Bawa.
Karol Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish, Rusyn, Slovak
From the personal name Karol 1, Polish and Slovak equivalent of Charles... [more]
Muratagi Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village", 田 (ta) meaning "rice field" and 義 (gi) meaning "righteousness".
Peer Romansh
Romansh form of Bayer.
Bağcı Turkish
Means "vigneron, winemaker" in Turkish.
Obadia Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Obadiah.
Guijarro Spanish
Spanish: nickname from guijarro 'pebble' perhaps applied to a man who sold pebbles (used for paving the streets).
Hong Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 洪 (hóng) meaning "flood" or "vast, wide".
Seoane Galician
This indicates familial origin within any of multiple localities that bear this syncopated form of the name San Xoán.
Enatsu Japanese
From 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer".
Vlasik Russian
From the given name Vlasiy.
Cadurisch Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and Durisch.
Maisel Yiddish, German, French
Predominantly seems to be a matronymic surname from the Yiddish feminine name Mayzl. Although it is believed that it derived from the Hebrew name Meïser, which means “representative of God”... [more]
Abduševic Vlach
Son of the Abduš.
Senjean French
Probably from St John (saint-jean) from Christianization of Basques and misspelled
Símonsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Símon" in Icelandic.
Lakeman Dutch
Either a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pond, from Middle Dutch lake "lake, pool; stream, marshland" and man "person, man", or an occupational name from laken "broadcloth".
Melker Dutch, Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans
Derived from Dutch melker "milker (one who milks)". In some cases, however, it can also be derived from the given name Melchior.
Hroza Ukrainian
Means "thunderstorm" in Ukrainian.
Ciarlariello Italian
From Italian ciarlare "to chatter, to gossip".
Gillooly Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Ghuala "son of the gluttonous lad" from gola "gullet gut".
Mantia Italian
Shortened variant of Amantea.
Reller German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a miller, derived from the Swiss German dialect term relle meaning "grist mill".
Nibo Circassian
Of unknown meaning.
Hosoda Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "fine, narrow, thin, fine, slender" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Dieckmann German
"one who lives on a dike"
Salk English (American)
Likely the English form of Schalk, which means "dweller near a willow tree".
Watabōshi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 綿帽子 (watabōshi) meaning "bridal hood".
Stylinson English (British)
Juxtaposed names Styles and Tomlinson, used to represent (relation)ship between Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles (Larry Stylinson).
Descalzo Spanish
It means "barefoot"
Officer English (Canadian), English (American, Rare)
Occupational name for the holder of any office, from Anglo-Norman French officer (an agent derivative of Old French office ‘duty’, ‘service’, Latin officium ‘service’, ‘task’).
Lindmaa Estonian
Means "bird land", from Estonian lind "bird" and maa "land, ground".
Marfil Spanish
Means "ivory" in Spanish (ultimately of Arabic origin).
Lapp German
From Middle High German lap(pe) ‘cloth’, ‘patch’, ‘rag’; a metonymic occupational name for a mender of clothes or shoes, or a nickname for a simple-minded person.... [more]
Petričević Croatian, Serbian
A patronymic derived from Petrič, a diminutive of Petar.
Matasz Polish (Rare)
Derived from the given name Mateusz.
Eensalu Estonian
Eensalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").
Usui Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" or 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Kiiver Estonian
Kiiver is an Estonian surname meaning "helmut".
Liiger Estonian
Liiger is an Estonian surname derived from "liige" meaning "member" and "participant".
Do Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Đỗ.
Furuyashiki Japanese
Meaning "Old Grand House", with the Kanji Characters 古屋敷.
Mendicino Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "Baggar" in Italian.
Linklater Scottish
From a place name: either Linklater in South Ronaldsay and North Sandwick, or Linklet in North Ronaldsay, all derived from Old Norse lyng "heather" and klettr "hill, crag, cliff".
Baş Turkish
Means "head, top" or "leader" in Turkish.
Ferhatović Bosnian
Means "son of Ferhat".