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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Felderhof Dutch
Derived from Old Dutch felt "field" and hof "court, yard, farmstead".
Frankland English
Status name for a person whom lived on an area of land without having to pay obligations. From Norman French frank, 'free' and Middle English land, 'land'. This surname is common in Yorkshire.... [more]
Pimenta Portuguese
Means "pepper" in Portuguese, used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.
Hryhorenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Hryhor".
Imari Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 今利, 伊万里 or 伊萬里 with 今 (kon, kin, ima) meaning "now", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 万/萬 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."... [more]
Inaki Japanese (Rare)
Ina means "rice plant" and ki means "tree, wood".
Aimé Haitian Creole, French (African)
Means "loved, love" in French.
Tokiwa Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "管" meaning "Organize", and "和" meaning "Normal", "Japanese". Other combinations possible.
Yoshimitsu Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mitsu means "light".
Corder French (Anglicized, Archaic), English (American)
Linked to both English, French and Spanish origin. Cordier, Cordero, Corder- one who makes cord. Can refer to both the act of making cords (rope), cores of fire wood, or actual location names.... [more]
Damgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix dam meaning "pond".
Hadjópulos Greek (Hispanicized, Expatriate), Mexican (Rare)
Spanish form of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).
Iwwerks German
Possibly derived from the given name Euwerik (also Ewerk), a name of uncertain etymology... [more]
Hefner German, Jewish
Recorded in several spellings including Hafner, Haffner, and Hevner, this is as surname of early Germanic origins. ... [more]
Mielke German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Milogost and other Slavic given names beginning with the element mil-.
Jakobson Estonian
Estonian spelling of Jacobson.
Vogelsang German
Means "bird song" in German. From the German words vogel (bird) and sang (song).
Gilgen German (Swiss)
Derived from a short form of the given name Aegidius.
Chiu Chinese
Alternate transcription of Qiu chiefly used in Taiwan.
Chahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶幡 (see Chabata 1).
Ursu Romanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.
Wiig Norwegian
Variant of Vik.
Gammon English
From a medieval nickname applied to a merry or sportive person (from Middle English gamen "game"), or to someone who walked in a strange way or had some peculiarity of the legs (from Anglo-Norman gambon "ham").
Kalk Estonian
Kalk is an Estonian surname meaning "heartless", "callous" and "harsh".
Pourhossein Persian
Means "son of Hossein".
Quin English
Variant of Quinn.
Pevensie Literature
Rarely used as a female given name, Pevensie is possibly an invented surname by C.S. Lewis for the Narnia series. It's most famous bearers are- of course- Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie from said series.
Venini Italian
Possibly a patronymic from the medieval name Bene, meaning "good".
Truan Spanish
Means "Knave" or "Joker"
Kovaçi Albanian
Derived from Albanian kovaç meaning "blacksmith".
Frantz German
Name given to a free man.
Zare Persian
Derived from Arabic زارع (zari') meaning "farmer".
Tadokoro Japanese
Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
Sabourin French (Quebec), French (Huguenot)
Southern French surname, originally a nickname for a pleasant or amiable person, from a diminutive of sabor meaning "flavor, taste" (Old French saveur). The Huguenots brought this surname to England, and from there it may have been introduced to North America.
Babauta Chamorro
Chamorro name for "our banner or flag"
Pilkey English
Shortened variant of Pilkington
Firmino Portuguese
Surname descendant of Firmino, meaning “firm”. A famous bearer is Brazilian footballer Roberto Firmino.
Cleveland Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Kleiveland or Kleveland, habitational names from any of five farmsteads in Agder and Vestlandet named with Old Norse kleif "rocky ascent" or klefi "closet" (an allusion to a hollow land formation) and land "land".
Wraye English
Variant of the habitational name Wray or Ray, from any of various minor places in northern England named Wray, Wrea, or Wreay, from Old Norse vrá ‘nook’, ‘corner’, ‘recess’.
Alipante Portuguese (Portuguese-style, Rare)
The meaning of the given name Alipante represents compassion, creativity, reliability, generosity, loyalty and a love for domestic life.... [more]
Peary English
Variant of Perry 1.
Hairapetian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հայրապետյան (see Hayrapetyan).
Foy French
From a medieval nickname based on Old French foi "faith", applied either to a notably pious person or to one who frequently used the word as an oath; also, from the medieval French female personal name Foy, from Old French foi "faith".
Awad Arabic
Occupational name for a player or maker of lutes, ultimately derived from Arabic عود ('ud) meaning "oud, lute".
Ardern English
Means "eagle valley" or "gravel valley". From Old English ear "gravel" or eran "eagle" and denu "valley". Also a variant of Arden.
Janjić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from janje, meaning "lamb".
Vogt Von Soest Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Bearers of this surname descend from the Edelherren und Vögte von Soest.
Ritt German
Either a topographic name from Old High German ritta meaning "reeds" or a habitational name from a place near Kassel, Germany. Alternately it may also be a variant of Ried.
Paratore Italian
Derived from Italian paratore meaning "decorator, fuller", which refers to a craftsman who fulls coarse cloth. In other words: this surname is the Italian cognate of the English surname Fuller... [more]
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.
Junko Japanese
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:... [more]
Cassatt French
Origin uncertain. This is not known as a surname in Britain. It may be an Americanized form of a French name such as Casault.
Vecino Spanish
Spanish form of Voisin.
Rachamiym Hebrew
From the given name Rachamim.
Alatalu Estonian
Alatalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area farm/farmstead".
Uuk Estonian
Uuk is an Estonian surname meaning "bay" and "dormer".
Balcom English
Altered spelling of English Balcombe, a habitational name from Balcombe in West Sussex, which is named with Old English bealu "evil, calamity" (or the Old English personal name Bealda) combined with cumb "valley".
Ylagan Tagalog
Variant of Ilagan.
Wilbert English, German
From the given name Wilbert.
Van Der Kleij Dutch
Means "from Klei" (literally "from the clay"), the toponym of a settlement in the Netherlands built on clay ground.
Palomino Spanish
Diminutive of Spanish paloma "pigeon, dove" (see Palomo).
De La Peña Spanish
Means "of the Rock" in Spanish.
Friðriksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Friðrik" in Icelandic.
Dreiling German
From Middle High German drīling, meaning “third (part),” possibly denoting a service or tax obligation and hence a status name or a triplet.
Pagtakhan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "wonder, marvel at" in Tagalog.
Batalo Filipino, Maranao
Possibly from Maranao batalo' meaning "practice, compete".
Sorenson Jewish
Means "son of the son of Sore", a Yiddish female personal name (from Hebrew Sara, literally "princess"), with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in and German Sohn "son".
Gunathillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Buenaventura Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the given name Buenaventura.
Yetman English
"gate keeper"
Beaton English
As an English surname, it is derived from either the French town of Béthune, or from the medieval diminutive Beaton, short for Bartholomew or Beatrice... [more]
Imanaliev Kyrgyz
Derived from Arabic إِيمَان (ʾīmān) meaning "faith, creed, religion" (see Iman) combined with the given name Ali 1.
Atlı Turkish
Means "horseman, equestrian" in Turkish.
Solih Dhivehi
From the given name Salih. A notable bearer is Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (1962-), the current president of the Maldives.
Takasato Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and sato means "village, hamlet, type of measurement, league, parent's home".
Ciuffi Italian
Probably from Italian ciuffo "tuft (of hair)".
Sormunen Finnish
from the word sormi "finger" or sormus "ring"
Ariyarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ආරියරත්න (see Ariyaratne).
Szroeder German (Polonized), Polish
Polish phonetic spelling of German Schröder 1 or Schröder 2.
Schlep German
Probably a nickname or occupational name for a laborer or carrier, especially in a mine, from Middle Low German slepen, Middle High German slepen 'to drag or carry (a load)' (modern German schleppen, schleifen).
Kritikos Greek
Means "Cretan" in Greek, from Κρήτη (Kriti) referring to the island of Crete.
Medenica Montenegrin
Derived from medenica, meaning "mead".
Neave English
Variant of Neeve
Özcan Turkish
Means "pure soul" in Turkish.
Van Ommeren Dutch
Means "from Ommeren", a small village in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
Wijayapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Lovett English, French
From Ango-Norman French "louvet" meaning "young wolf".
Kusunoki Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor", an unwritten possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Bonde Swedish, Old Swedish, Danish
From Old Norse bóndi "farmer". Used as both a last name and a (rare) given name in Sweden (see Bonde for the given name and Bondesson as an example of a patronymic derived from this name)... [more]
Hazra Indian, Bengali
Possibly from the name of a location near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Trình Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cheng 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 程 (trình).
Zhuan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Ruan used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Tarafder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali তরফদার (see Tarafdar).
Naskar Indian, Bengali
Derived from Bengali লস্কর (loshkor) meaning "army, legion, soldier", ultimately of Persian origin.
Abeysundara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and सुन्दर (sundara) meaning "beautiful".
Yemelyanova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Емельянов (see Yemelyanov).
Augello Italian
Italian (Campania) dialect variant of Uccello ‘bird’, hence either a nickname for a diminutive, birdlike person or an occupational name for a fowler. Compare Auciello.
Mansell English (Canadian), Norman
Of Norman origin, a habitational or regional name from Old French mansel ‘inhabitant of Le Mans or the surrounding area of Maine’. The place was originally named in Latin (ad) Ceromannos, from the name of the Gaulish tribe living there, the Ceromanni... [more]
Coward English
Occupational name for a cowherd, from Old English cuhierde.
Harrow English
Means "person from Harrow", the district of northwest Greater London, or various places of the same name in Scotland ("heathen shrine").
Nanthavong Lao
From Lao ນັນທະ (nantha) meaning "pleasure, delight" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
De La Tor D’auvèrnhe Occitan
This indicates familial origin within the Arvernian commune of La Tor d’Auvèrnhe.
Nazarbayev Kazakh
Means "son of Nazarbay". Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-) served as the president of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019.
Negro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish
Nickname or ethnic name from negro "black" (Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Vercetti Italian
Is a Italian surname that is derived from the Italian surname "Verratti".
Homka Polish
Simplified version of the polish surname Chomka.
Žaliūkas Lithuanian
From žaliūkas meaning "young, strong, healthy man", related to žalias meaning "green".
Tetik Turkish
Means "vigilant, watchful, alert" in Turkish.
Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.
Ridges English
Variant of Ridge.
Bauzon Filipino
Possibly from Hokkien 茅 (bâu) meaning "thatch, reeds" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Alborty Ossetian
Derived from Loir, the name of a village in present-day North Ossetia-Alania.
Kamolsutthi Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Panzacola Indigenous American (Rare)
Named after the tribe meaning "hairy people".
Montecalvo Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Montecalvo ("bald mountain") especially Montecalvo Irpino in Avellino province, from the elements monte "mountain" and calvo "bald".
Kozhevnikov Russian
Derived from "кожевник (kozhevnik)" meaning tanner.... [more]
McKean Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Iain meaning "son of Ian".
Tajbakhsh Persian
Derived from Persian تاج‌ (taj) meaning "crown" and بخش (bakhsh) meaning "part, portion, section".
Akasaka Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
Põldmäe Estonian
Põldmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "field hill/mountain".
Garg Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From Garga, the name of an ancient Hindu sage.
Cañusa Filipino (Hispanicized, Modern, Archaic)
Cañusa is the only variant of the family name of Cañusa. Used by the descendants of Ortillo Cañosa and Eulalia Cañosa in Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
Rahimzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Rahim" in Persian.
Ören Turkish
Means "ruin, ruins" in Turkish.
Panganoron Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cloudy" in Cebuano.
Beach English
Name for someone living near a beach, stream, or beech tree.
Pilbas Estonian
Pilbas is an Estonia surname meaning "sliver" and "splinter".
Invernizzi Italian
Probably denoted someone from Inverno e Monteleone, a municipality in Lombardy. Inverno itself is Italian for "winter".
Karunanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණානායක (see Karunanayake).
Rosati Italian
Variant of Rosato.
Ghasempour Persian
Means "son of Ghasem".
Seyidzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Seyid".
Walbridge English
English (Dorset): habitational name, probably from Wool Bridge in East Stoke, Dorset.
Kilbride Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhrighde "son of the devotee of Saint Brigid" (cf... [more]
Braley English (American)
A New England variant spelling of Brailey. French: from a diminutive of Brael, from Old French braiel, a belt knotted at the waist to hold up breeches; presumably an occupational name for a maker of such belts... [more]
Lily English
Derived from Lily, a pet name for Elizabeth. It was also used as a nickname for someone with fair skin or hair, and is derived from Old English lilie meaning "lily (the flower)"... [more]
Bang Danish
Originally a nickname denoting a loud or brash person, from Old Danish bang "noise" (from Old Norse banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin). A literary bearer was Danish author Herman Bang (1857-1912).... [more]
Cheyo Tanzanian (Rare)
Italian and Spanish variation of Elisha. "God is my salvation"
Yorita Japanese
From Japanese 依 (yori) meaning "reliant" or 寄 (yori) meaning "bring near", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field".
Juris Latvian
Latvian form if George.
Yoneichi Japanese
Yone (米) means rice.... [more]
Verschuren Dutch
Contracted form of Van der Schuren meaning "from the barns".
Quintela Portuguese
Has its roots in Latin, deriving from "quintus," meaning "fifth." It likely originated from describing a person as the fifth child in a family or from the division of land among heirs, where a fifth part was given to one heir.
Luangkhot Lao
From Lao ຫຼວງ (luang) meaning "royal, great, large" and ໂຄດ (khot) meaning "ancestor, family".
Bukoyo Kongo
Of unknown meaning.
Pogossian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Պողոսյան (see Poghosyan).
Hauteville French
From French haute "high" and ville "town, estate".
Wanton English, Scottish
From Middle English wanton, meaning "unruly", "thoughtless" or "promiscuous".
Van Der Merwe Dutch, South African
Means "from the Merwe", Merwe being an older form of Merwede, the name of a river in the Netherlands. It derives from meri "lake, sea" and widu "wood"... [more]
Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Chaleun Lao
Means "flourish, prosper" or "much, many" in Lao.
Burridge English
Derived from an English place name, derived from Old English burg "fortress, fortification, castle" and Old English hrycg, Old Norse hryggr "ridge" or from the name Burgric.
Päts Estonian
Päts is an Estonian surname meaning "pone" or "loaf".
Ichon Filipino
Variant of Echon.
Olavarrieta Basque
Ola: hut, forge. Varri: new. -eta:abundance of.
Adhikari Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अधिकारिन् (adhikarin) meaning "official, authority, officer".
Bahadur Indian, Hindi, Urdu
From the given name Bahadur.
Matracia Sicilian
Family from Termini-Imerese, Sicily.
Broward English
Probably a variant of Brower.
Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".
Fritzsche German
A German patronymic derived from the given name Friedrich.
Reams Polish
The last name Reams comes from Normandy, France.
Olorosisimo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish olorosísimo meaning "most fragrant".
Hoyt English
Generally a topographical name for someone who lived on a hill or other high ground. As such Hoyt is related to words such as heights or high. Hoyt is also possibly a nickname for a tall, thin person where the original meaning is said to be "long stick".
Linikoja Estonian
Linikoja is an Estonian surname meaning "cloth stream".
Gabin French
From the given name Gabin.
Cram English
From the the Scottish place name Crambeth (now Crombie), a village and ancient parish in Torryburn, Fife.
Tan Turkish
Means "dawn, daybreak" in Turkish.
Wickremasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Usategi Basque
It literally means "dovecote".
Maximova Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Максимова (see Maksimova).
Dimaapi Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be oppressed" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and inaapi meaning "oppressed".
Pakingan Tagalog
From Tagalog pakinggan meaning "to listen, to pay attention, to heed".
Stallard English
Byname for a valiant or resolute person, from a reduced pronunciation of Middle English stalward, stalworth "stalwart" (an Old English compound of stǣl "place" and wierðe "worthy").
Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".
Jani Indian, Odia, Gujarati
Derived from Sanskrit ज्ञानिन् (jñānin) meaning "knowing, learned, wise".
O'Sugrue Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Siocfhradha, derived from Norse first name Sigefrith... [more]
Burbridge English
English: perhaps a variant of Burbage, altered by folk etymology, or possibly a habitational name from a lost place so named.
Manukyan Armenian
Means "son of Manuk".
Preuss German, Jewish
From the German word preussen meaning "Prussia". Indicating someone from Prussia.
Muszynski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Muszyna in Nowy Sacz voivodeship and elsewhere, named with mucha "fly" (see Mucha).
Mckim Scottish
Means "son of Simon 1."
Wickersham English
A habitational surname that originates from a lost medieval site or village of Norse origins.... [more]
Arukask Estonian
Arukask is an Estonian surname meaning "silver birch" (Betula pendula).