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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Parkzer English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of "Parker". Adam Parkzer, better known mononymously as Parkzer, formally known as Adam Park, renamed it to Parkzer because of 'how generic his surname was'
Robards English
Altered form of Roberts. A famous bearer was American actor Jason Robards (1922-2000), as well as his father Jason Robards Sr. (1892-1963) and son Sam Robards (1961-), also noted actors.
Jlassi Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
From the name of an Tamazight (Berber) tribal confederation in Tunisia; the name could be from Arabic إِخْلَاص (ʾiḵlāṣ) meaning "sincerity, devotion, loyalty" or of unknown Berber meaning.
Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".
Kindness English (Puritan)
Simply from the English abstract noun
Papier French, German, Jewish
Means "paper" in French and German, denoting a paper maker or merchant, both derived from Old French papier.
Batirov Uzbek
Means "son of Batir" in Uzbek.
Ivanda Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Kauw Dutch
From Dutch meaning "jackdaw".
Iams English (American)
Possibly the result of a misdivision of the given name William.
Conatser English (Anglicized)
A variant of the German last name Konitzer.
Ryuzono Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ryūzono.
Aspinall English
A locational name of Anglo-Saxon origin, it means “aspen well”.
Jovanov Serbian, Macedonian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Jovan".
Nestle German
Variant of Nestler.
Jonkman Dutch
Means "young man" or "bachelor".
Sakabe Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Klaes Frisian
From the given name Klaes.
Saleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Salim.
Kiiroja Estonian
Kiiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "fast (flowing) creek".
Kozamurai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小侍 (Kozamurai) meaning "Kozamurai", a division in the area of Kitataku in the city of Taku in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.
Bonilla Spanish
From the area of Spain of the same name
Riess Germanic
A name after the word 'reis' meaning twig or stick.
Zhevzhyk Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "sparrow" in Ukrainian.
Rockett French
From the French "la roche," or "of the rock." Some family histories trace this back to French Hugenots (sp) who immigrated to England in the 1500's from the Normandy region of France.
Ten Boom Dutch
Means "at the tree" in Dutch. A notable bearer of this surname was Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983), a German woman who helped Jewish people take refuge into her home during the Second World War.
Jeglič Slovene
"The Slovenian word for the Carniolan primrose." This name would likely have been given to people who inhabited the meadows of northwestern Slovenia where this flower is endemic.
Qandil Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "lamp, candle" in Arabic.
Pijl Dutch
Means "arrow, projectile" in Dutch, an occupational name for an archer or fletcher.
Kostas Greek
From the given name Kostas.
Keklik Turkish
Means "partridge" in Turkish.
Brumbaugh Germanic
Brumbaugh is derived from towns of the same name, located in various regions of Germany: from "in der Brumbach" a farm near Müsen, Germany, or in the town of Brombach, Swabia and or Switzerland.
Akama Japanese
Possibly from 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 間 (ma) meaning "between, interval, space, pause".
Harbachow Belarusian
Belarusian form and equivalent of Gorbachev.
Malcolm English
From the given name Malcolm.
Farooq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Faruq.
Hristoff Bulgarian (Archaic)
Means "son of HRISTO".
Blumshteyn Yiddish
Original Yiddish form of Blumstein.
Jõõger Estonian
Jõõger is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "jääger" meaning "hunter" and "trapper".
Grindstaff German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Frenzhof or Grenzhof, a place near Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg or Granzow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.
Halili Tagalog
Means "successor, substitute, replacement" in Tagalog, originally used to denote a vice-chief or a chief's successor.
Abruzzese Italian
Means "from Abruzzo" in Italian, a mountainous region of Italy to the east of Rome.
Hanz German
Variant of Hans.
Melero Spanish
Occupational name for a collector or seller of honey, melero (Late Latin mellarius, an agent derivative of mel, genitive mellis, ‘honey’).
Jovon Italian
Possibly related to the Ancient Roman cognomen Jovian, ultimately derived from the name of the god Jupiter.
Takaoka Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Arnault French
From the given name Arnault.
Papa French
From French meaning "dad, father". Likely given to someone seen as a father figure.
Cicero Italian
From Sicilian cìciru "chickpea", an occupational name for someone who grew or sold chickpeas, or perhaps a nickname for someone with notable pimples or skin sores.
Bleu French
"Blue."
Tandon Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Of unknown meaning.
Csatár Hungarian
Meaning unknown.
Mráz Czech
Mráz means "frost".
Alfani Italian
Variant of Alfano.
Ratnapriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and प्रिय (priya) meaning "beloved, dear".
Mortezaie Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مرتضایی (see Mortezaei).
Saarsoo Estonian
Saarsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "island swamp".
Aasa Estonian
"Aasa" is an Estonian surname meaning "wild".
Mccarl Irish (Anglicized)
Probably an Americanized form of Mccarroll.
Mattingley English
From a place name meaning "Matta's clearing" in Old English.
Errett English
Either from the Middle English personal name Edret Edred (Old English Eadræd formed from ead "prosperity... [more]
Jaynes English (British)
The Jaynes surname is a patronymic name created from the personal name Jan, which was a Middle English variant of the name John, or as "son of Jan.
Kremer German, Dutch, Jewish
Variant of German Krämer or Dutch Kramer.
Dano Slovak, Bulgarian
Derived from the given names Daniel, Jordan or Danail.
Farey Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic surname Ó Faircheallaigh.
Snoek Dutch
Means "pike (fish)" in Dutch.
Ulema Estonian
Ulema is an Estonian surname; possibly a corruption of "tulema" meaning "come" and "to come/hail from".
Salgari Italian, Venetian
Meaning unknown.
Rammus Estonian
Rammus is an Estonian surname meaning "fat", "nourishing" and "fertile".
Nephus Greek
A Gods son who will become God
Taoufik Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Tawfiq.
Goswami Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit गोस्वामिन् (gosvamin) meaning "religious mendicant" (literally "owner of cows" or "lord of cows"), from गो (go) meaning "cow" and स्वामिन् (svamin) meaning "owner, lord, master".
Suekawa Japanese
Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".
Jenal Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Johannes.
Sarder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali সরদার (see Sardar).
Jeremiah English
From the given name Jeremiah
Iimuro Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and muro means "room".
Moala Tongan, Samoan
Meaning uncertain.
Cetrulo Italian
Possibly from Italian citrullo "fool, simpleton", or alternately from Latin citrullus "watermelon".
Benchabane Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Chabane" in Arabic, chiefly used in Algeria.
Sokhotskyy Ukrainian
From Ukrainian соха (soha) meaning "wooden plough".
Nolte German
From a short form of various medieval given names derived from Germanic given names ending with -n and wald meaning "rule", for example Arnold and Reinwald... [more]
Gogula Indian, Telugu
Possibly from Telugu గోగు (gōgu) "hemp plant".
Salerno Italian
Southern Italian habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.
Doux French
From French meaning "sweet". Probably a nickname for someone who's gentle and kind-hearted.
Waterson English
It is a patronymic of the male given name Water or Walter.
Aduriz Basque
Patronymic from the given name Adur, meaning "luck, fate" in Basque.
Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Muxtarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Muxtar".
Dunahoo Irish (Anglicized)
Further Anglicized version of O'Donahue and O'donoghue.
Schwandt German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a forest clearing, from Middle High German swant (from swenden "to thin out", "make disappear", causative from swinden "to disappear" modern German schwinden.
Hishikawa Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), rhombus, water chestnut, caltrop" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".
Dorozhkin Russian
Derived from Russian дорожка (dorozhka) meaning "strip" or "small road, path".
Welford English
From any of the various places in England, all derived from Old English wille "well, spring, stream" or welig "willow" and ford "ford".
Totsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 十 (to) meaning "10" and 都 (tsu) meaning "all; everyone".
Ovdiyenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Ovdiy". Variant of Avdiyenko.
Holcomb English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and Somerset, so named from Old English hol meaning "hollow", "sunken", "deep" + cumb meaning "valley".
Prats Catalan
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Catalonia called Prats, from the plural of prat ‘meadow’
Yuno Japanese
From 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath, hot spring" and 野 (no) meaning "plains, field".
Highlander Scottish
Name given to a person who lived in the high lands of Scotland.
Oleksenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Oleksiy" or "son of Oleksandr".
Quark Manx
Alternate form of Corkish, meaning "Mac Mharcuis", or "son of Marcas" via the name Marc or Mark.
Barrenetxe Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Larrabetzu, Spain, derived from Basque barren "inside, interior; deep; lower part" and etxe "house, building".
Sneed English
Variant of Sneyd.
Lietzen German
Lietzen is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.... [more]
Trajković Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Trajko".
Citlalpopoca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "smoking star" or "comet".
Blaum German
German last name, likely a variant of the last name Blom or Blum, referring to the word flower/blooming.
Hirayama Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Lorah American
Americanized form of French Loreaux, from a variant of the personal name Lorel, a pet form of Laurent... [more]
Maloloy-on Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano maluloy-on meaning "kind, merciful, compassionate".
Muhammed Arabic
From the given name Muhammad.
Westbury English
English British surname originating as a place name. There are several Westbury villages, parishes and even Manors across England that have given the name Westbury to people who take up residence in or come from those places... [more]
Yoldaş Turkish
Means "traveling companion" in Turkish.
Altnurme Estonian
Altnurme is an Estonian surname meaning "(from) below pasture/meadow".
Mehrabi Persian
From the given name Mehrab.
Rakovich Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Rajković
Kocur Ukrainian
means "tom cat" or "male cat"
Melillo Italian
Means "small apple, crab apple" in Neapolitan, either a topographic name, an occupational name for a grower or seller of apples, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a sour disposition. Alternatively, it could be from the Latin given name Mellilus, related to the endearment mellilla "little honey", or be a diminutive form of Meli.
Toomey Irish
from ancient Gaelic personal name 'Tuama', probably derived from 'tuaim', meaning a hill or a small mountain
Redenbach German
Toponymic name possibly derived from Middle High German reden "to speak, to talk" and bach "stream". It could also be a variant of Wittenbach.
Beard English
From a nickname for a bearded person.
Hiiop Estonian
Hiiop is an Estonian surname derived from the Biblical name "Hiiob" (also, "Iiob", or "Job" in English).
Gevorkian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan)
Saneto Japanese
From 實 (sane, jitsu, mino.ru, mi.chiru, mi, mame, makoto) meaning "fruit, seed, ripen, fulfill, truth, sincerity" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".
Limbach German
Derived from any of numerous places in Germany named with Germanic lindo meaning "lime tree" and bach meaning "stream". Several of these places are in areas such as the Palatinate, which contributed heavily to early German immigration to the United States.
Randleman German
Diminutive of the personal name Rand, a short form of various German names with the first element rand meaning shield or wolf.
Essa Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.
Fuwa Japanese
From 不 (fu) meaning "not, non-, un-" and 破 (wa) meaning "break, cut".
Phua Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Pan 2.
Ribadavia Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Shidama Japanese
From 師 (shi) meaning "teacher, master, mentor" and 玉 (tama) meaning "ball, sphere, jewel, gem".
Hartikka Finnish
Finnish surname, possibly a Finnish variant of German first name Harteke.
Jafarian Persian
From the given name Jafar.
Jenny German (Swiss), Alsatian
Derived from the given name Johannes.
Alfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Alfredo.
Rozhko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian рожок (rozhok), a diminutive form of the word "horn" in both langauges.
Folger German
From nickname volger, meaning "companion, supporter"
Nock Celtic, English
Dweller at the oak tree; originally spelt as "Noake" evolved into "Nock".
Braithwaite English
Habitational name for a person from any of the various places named Braithwaite in Cumbria and Yorkshire, from Old Norse breiðr "broad" + þveit "clearing, pasture".
Pabelico Filipino
From the word Pabel which means, "Humble". Pabelico means "Humblest".
Ikuda Japanese
Variant of Ikuta.
Fredric English
From the given name Fredric
Dickmann German
Combination of dick meaning "thick, stout, fat" in German combined with mann meaning "man".
Fleischman German (Austrian)
Fleischman translates in English to Meat Man, or Butcher It is most often used with a single "n" for those who were persecuted as Jews. Other Germanic spellings for Christians and others not deemed Jewish are Fleischmann, or Fleishmann... [more]
Perepelkin Russian
From perepel, meaning "quail".
Filippelli Italian
Means "Son of Filippo." Italian form of Phillips.
Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".
Czimmermann Hungarian
Hungarian form of Zimmermann.
Arczyński Polish
Patronymic from a name beginning with Jaro- (meaning "strong; robust") such as Jarosław, Jaromir or Jarogniew, suffixed with -yński based on habitational surnames.
Kuzmyak Rusyn
Means "child of Kuzma".
Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".
Boltz German
May designate a creator of bolts for crossbows or bowmen. May also be a short form of Baldwin.
Walden German
Variant of Wald.
Paluots Estonian
Paluots is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland's end".
Macaspac Pampangan
From Kapampangan makaspak meaning "breaker, one who breaks".
Khabibullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Habibullah.
Onotora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 男虎 (onotora) meaning "male tiger", from 男 (o) meaning "male; man", の (no), an unwritten possessive particle, and 虎 (tora) meaning "panthera tigris", referring to someone with qualities of a male tiger.... [more]
Alhambra Spanish
Refers to the Alhambra, a palace complex located in Granada, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء‎‎ (Al-Ḥamrā) meaning "the red one" or, ultimately, from Arabic أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar) "red".
Cardone Italian, Sicilian
From Sicilian carduni "thistle, teasel, cardoon" possibly a topographic name but also could mean "rough, uncouth, stingy, or miserly".
Khandker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).
Borchert German, English
Variant of Borchardt (see Burkhard).
Eremia Romanian
From the given name Eremia which is the Romanian form of Jeremiah.
Kayashima Japanese
From Japanese 萱 (kaya) meaning "miscanthus reed" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Schwanz German
Form of Schwan. Also means tail in German.
Drux German
Variant of Trux, which itself is a contracted form of Truxes and derived from the German word Truchsess, ultimately from Middle High German truhsaeze and Old High German truhtsazzo (from truht "band; cohort; regiment" and saza "seat; chair").... [more]
Collines French
French for "hillbanks".
Deerasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධීරසිංහ (see Dheerasinghe).
Rallison English
Means "son of Ralph".
Oaks English
English variant spelling of Oakes and Americanized form of Jewish Ochs.
Fleetwood English
Means "From the town of Fleetwood, in Lancaster".
Usami Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".
Higginbotham English
Habitational name for a minor place in Lancashire, now called Oakenbottom, derived from Old English ac "oak" and botm "ground, soil, bottom"
Al-Kadamani Arabic
used Dutch "The Voice Of Holland"'s Hanin Al-Kadamani
Ohanyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Օհանյան (See Ohanian)
Busque French (Quebec)
Québécois variant of Busquet.
Mizuta Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kin English
From a short form of names containing cyne "royal, kingly" or cynn "relations, family, tribe".
Nikkilä Finnish
Origins remain unknown
Argueta Spanish
This surname was most likely originally used to identify a person who lived in a characteristically bright or luminous area.
Orloff Russian
Jewish ornamental of Orlov.
Tomono Japanese
From 伴 or 友 (tomo) meaning "companion, friend" meaning and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Urizar Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque uri "town, city" and zahar "old, aged".
Berenguer Catalan
Derived from the personal name Berenguer.
Corden English
Derives from Old French Cordon meaning "a seller of ribbon" or from Cordoan, a locational job description for a worker in fine kid leather. Originally associated with the city of Cordova in Spain... [more]
Gleave English
Means either "sword-maker" or "sword-seller", or else from a nickname applied to a skilled swordsman (in either case from Middle English gleyve "sword").
Baram Hebrew
Combination of the word am, means "people, nation" and the name Bar. This surname means "son of the nation" in Hebrew and its variant is Ambar which is the same elements but in reverse order.
Raiste Estonian
Raiste is an Estonian surname derived from "raie" meaning meaning "cutting", "hewing" and "(tree) lumbering".
Teeveer Estonian
Teeveer is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway edge".
Toscano Italian, Spanish
Originally indicated someone who came from the region of Tuscany in central Italy.
Nisumaa Estonian
Nisumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wheat land".
Alexopoulos Greek
From the personal name Alexios + the patronymic ending -poulos.