Browse Submitted Surnames

Remmelkoor Estonian
Remmelkoor is an Estonian surname meaning "willow bark".

Cucuzza Italian
From Sicilian cucuzza "marrow, pumpkin", perhaps a nickname for someone who resembled a pumpkin.

Montagné French
Variant of Montagne.

Orloff Russian
Jewish ornamental of Orlov.

Eilat Jewish

Aino Japanese (Rare)
Means "of love" or "of the love" in japanese. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Minako Aino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime... [more]

Giresse French
Alain Giresse is a French footballer and manager... [more]

Poet Scottish
Of uncertain origin, probably a variant of Pate.

Vil Haitian Creole

Tartu Estonian
Tartu is an Estonian surname derived from the city of the same name in Tartu County.

Cheang Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zheng.

Sumen Japanese

Koufax English

Janutg Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Johannes.

Jayalath Sinhalese
Means "winner, victor" from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" combined with Sinhala ලත් (lat) meaning "received, having".

Takazaki Japanese
Variant of Takasaki.

Azizi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Aziz.

Tsushima Japanese

Desiderio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Desiderio.

Jalil Arabic, Persian
From the given name Jalil

Fantauzzo Italian
Derived from the medieval given name Fante.

Haburchak Rusyn

Özlü Turkish
Means "succinct, concise" in Turkish.

Põhjala Estonian
Põhjala is an Estonian surname meaning "the North" and "Northern area" as well as "Norse".

Maffessanti Italian
Meaning is overall unknown, but might come from Saint of Matthew. In Italian the name “Maffeo” is an Italian spelling of Matthew and “Santi” means saints, so combined it would be Maffessanti... [more]

Makino Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hoot Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hout or Hoed.

Hanmer Welsh
A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.

Yuryevich Russian
Means "son of Yuriy".

Ramzy Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Ramzi.

Suigusaar Estonian
Suigusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "somnolent (sleepy) island".

Bobeck Swedish, German, Jewish, Slavic
A respelling of the Swedish Bobäck, an ornamental name composed of the elements bo meaning "farm" and bäck meaning "stream".... [more]

Haydt German
Varient of Heid.

Merkouris Greek
Possibly a Greek cognate of Italian Mercurio, which is ultimately derived from Latin Mercurius.

Overla American (Rare)

Woodman English
Occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester (compare Woodward), or topographic name for someone who lived in the woods. Possibly from the Old English personal name Wudumann.

Alaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ali 1. This is the name of the current ruling royal family of Morocco, which was founded in 1631.

Wildschut Dutch
Occupational name meaning "gamekeeper, game warden" in Dutch. A famous bearer is the Dutch former soccer player Piet Wildschut (1957-).

Ramone Spanish (Anglicized), Portuguese (Anglicized), Catalan (Anglicized)
From Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan Ramón, from the personal name Ramón or Ramon, of Germanic origin (see Raymond).

Suetsuna Japanese

Maamägi Estonian
Maamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "land/rural mountain".

Balett Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Paul.

Hitchcock English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval name Hitch. A famous bearer of the name was English film director Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980).

Simanullang Batak

Birhane Amharic, Ethiopian

Lula Portuguese
From Lula.

Yabe Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Selmani Albanian
Derived from the given name Selman.

Welker German
Variant of Walker.

Herndon English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly derived from Old English hyrne "corner, angle, nook" and dun "hill, mountain". Alternatively, it could derive from an older form of the toponym Harrowden, composed of hearg "temple, altar, pile of stones" and dun "hill".

Poortman Dutch
Occupational name for a gatekeeper or topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town, from Dutch poort "gate" and man "man, person".

Turrillo Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of Calatayú.

Goffo Italian
From Italian meaning "clumsy, awkward".

Ragusea Italian (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Ragusa. Adam Ragusea (1982-) is an American internet personality who makes videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture.

Zieminski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Ziemin in Poznan voivodeship, named with ziemin ‘ground’.

Virkkula Kven
from virkku meaning "spike" and the ending -la meaning "place".

Cavadenti Italian
From Italian cava ("to extract, to pull out") and denti ("teeth"), an occupational name for a dentist.

Rugień Polish

Wolverton English

Murillo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Murillo, so named from a diminutive of Spanish muro meaning "wall".

Filiz Turkish
Means "sprout, bud, shoot" in Turkish.

Tsaoussis Greek (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
From the Greek meaning "peacock"

Lambrou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Lambros".

Bonelli Italian

Sztojka Romani
From the Slavic verb stojati meaning "to stand, to be located". Pál Sztojka was a notable Romani bishop in Hungary.

Melanay Filipino (Latinized, Modern, Rare)
From Bicol region in the Philippines, the most population name in Naga City.

Maggs English
Metronymic from the medieval personal name Mag.

Sawazaki Japanese
Variant of Sawasaki.

Csizmazia Hungarian
Means "bootmaker" in Hungarian.

Shouaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Gaber Slovene
Means "hornbeam" in Slovene, denoting someone who lived by a place where those types of trees grew. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of the surnames Gaberšek or Gaberšček.

Karapetian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Karapetyan.

Cohan English

Harkleroad German

Bullivant English
From a medieval nickname for a "good chap" or amiable companion (from Old French bon enfant, literally "good child").

Visitor English
Likely from someone who was a stranger in a place.

Taugelchee Navajo

Qurbanlı Azerbaijani
From the given name Qurban.

Wimalarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලරත්න (see Wimalarathna).

Quiapo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kiyapo meaning "water cabbage" (a type of plant), ultimately from Tamil கயப்பு (kayappu).

Krasulya Russian
Means "beauty".

Triki Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Lindell Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind "lime tree".

Bizzarri Italian
From Italian bizzarro, "odd, eccentric, strange".

Cacoub Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Arabic كوكب (kawkab) meaning "star" (with the votive meaning of "lucky star").

Iwakuchi Japanese

Haijima Japanese (Rare)
Hai (拝) here means "worship", hai (灰) here means "ash", jima/shima (島) means "island".

Selmanović Bosnian

Balam Mayan
Means "jaguar" in Mayan.

Doucet French
Nickname for a gentle minded person from French doux "sweet" (from Latin dulcis).

Liebhart German
From a Germanic personal name, composed of the elements liub "beloved, dear" and hard "brave, strong".

Podbielski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Podbielsko in Konin voivodeship.

Morice French, Scottish
French variant of Maurice and Scottish variant of Morris.

Ognjanović Serbian
Means "son of Ognjan".

Nancy French
Habitational name from a city named Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

Mrsny English (American)

Raish English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Raisch.

Spering English
There is a fish in Germany or Austria names "Spering or Spiering fish" it is in the meat Isle of Germany orAustrian fish.... [more]

Septembre French (African)

Curk Slovene

Southwick English
An English/Scottish locational name from a variety of places, including, Southwick in Northamptonshire, England, and Southwick in Gloucestershire, Sussex, Durham, Hampshire. ... [more]

Sandano Italian
Derived from an older form of Italian sandalo "sandal (plant), sandalwood", ultimately from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana). Possibly an occupational name for someone who crafted with the wood, or perhaps a nickname for someone who often wore a sandalwood scent.

O'flynn Irish
Means "descendant of Flynn.

Oak English
Topographic surname for someone who lived near an oak tree or in an oak wood, from Middle English oke "oak".

Furujima Japanese
Variant of Furushima.

Murebwayire Rwandan

Permana Hebrew
Permana is another form of Hebrew, namely Paramana (פרמנה) which means eternal.

Imakai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Hajipour Persian
Means "son of Haji".

Gailis Latvian
Means "rooster".

Amherst English
It comes from when the family lived in the locality of Amherst, in the parish of Pembury in Kent.

Prato Italian
Meaning "feild, meadow" in Italian, likely detonating to someone who lived on a meadow.

Younes Arabic
Variant transcription of Yunus.

Haskell English
From the Norman personal name Aschetil.

Paŭlovič Belarusian
Means "son of Paviel".

Zhevzhyk Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "sparrow" in Ukrainian.

Tamai Japanese
From the Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, bundle" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".

Heringh Slovak
Heringh, no history known, people having these surnames in Slovakia belong to the same family, very untypical for this region - Slovakia in the middle of Europe.

Seow Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Xiao.

Elridi Arabic

Ó Cionnfhaolaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Cionnfhaoladh".

Schobel German

Dale Norwegian, Danish
Habitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse dalr "valley".

Angell Norwegian

Kogan Jewish (Russified)
Russified version of the common Jewish surname Cohen.

Macri Italian
Italian variant of Magro. It could also be a southern Italian nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall, derived from Greek μακρύς (makrýs) literally meaning "long, tall" (see Makris)... [more]

Susilo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Lin (林) or Luo (羅). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.

Theodoropoulos Greek
Means "son of Theodoros".

Brunette French (Quebec)
Variant of Brunet, reflecting the French Canadian pattern of pronouncing the final -t, which is not pronounced in metropolitan French.

Donald English (African), English, Scottish
From the given name Donald.

Hosking English (British)
Variant of Hoskin.

Elmore English
From the given name Æðelmær, via Middle English Ailmer.

Mcmath Scottish, English
Means "son of Math".

Schlossberg German
Ornamental name composed of German Schloss ‘castle’ + Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.

Nazarbayeva Kazakh
Feminine form of Nazarbayev.

Hellwig German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Heilwig.

Markarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Margaryan.

Ardzinba Abkhaz
Means "son of silver" from Abkhaz араʒны (aradzny) meaning "silver" and аҧа (apa) meaning "son".

Olaore Nigerian

Mizrahi Hebrew
From Hebrew מִזְרָחִי (mizrakhí) meaning "East, eastern".

Haefele Upper German
Occupational name for a potter.

Jeter Sugg French (Modern)
alsace-lorraine, france

Menalu Batak

Gaiser German
German

Novoselić Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".... [more]

Broughton English
Habitational name from any of the many places so called in England. The first name element is derived from Old English broc "brook", burh "fortress", or beorg "castle". The second element is derived from Old English tun "settlement, dwelling".

Ning Chinese

Laan Estonian
Laan is Estonian surname derived from laanelill; starflower and wintergreen (Trientalis europaea).

Aiba Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual" or 饗 (ai) meaning "banquet", combined with 馬 (ba) meaning "horse", 場 (ba) meaning "location", 羽 (ba) meaning "feathers", 庭 (ba) meaning "courtyard" or 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf".

Hindenburg German (Rare)

Gozzi Italian, Venetian
Meaning unknown.

Inōe Japanese
猪上 comes from the kanji (猪 = boar) and (上 = above; up) and could be translated as "The boar from above"

Horibe Japanese

Ellicott English

Gatineau French (Quebec)
Unknown

De Tienne Belgian

Aguer Dinka
the name was mainly given to boys of the Dinka tribe ,mainly in the Upper Nile state of South Sudan. meaning is unknown but is synonymous with "tree"

Pevec Croatian
From pevec meaning ''rooster''

Tsurumi Japanese

Brisse French
Derived from the given name Brictius.

Petříček Czech
From given name Petr.

Koshikawa Japanese

Eremenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Єременко (see Yeremenko).

Wachs Luxembourgish

Nieuwenhuizen Dutch
Habitational name meaning "new houses".

Effenberger Czech

Belden English

Eesmaa Estonian
Eesmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "(a)fore land".

Marcussen Norwegian

Omoto Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大本 (see Ōmoto).

Cuomo Italian
Derived from a shortened form of Cuosëmo (or Cuosimo), a Neapolitan variant of the Italian given name Cosimo.

Wirsig German
Means "happy" in German.

Flutterby English
An English name once used to describe a butterfly.

Dutta Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi
Variant of Datta.

Tanacea Romanian (Rare)

Pojani Albanian

Pierpont English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Aisne and Calvados, so called from Old French pierre ‘stone’ + pont ‘bridge’.

Villalva Filipino (Filipinized, Rare)

Willbanks English
Variant of Wilbanks.

Marku Albanian
Derived from the given name Mark.

Talon Filipino

Ayler English
occupational name from Old French aillier ‘garlic seller’, from ail ‘garlic’ (from Latin allium).... [more]

Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 手 (te) meaning "hand".

Penning Upper German
Shortened form of Panno, which is a personal given name.

Ukpeseraye Nigerian

De Carlo Italian
From the prefix De and the first name Carlo.

Pettie Scottish
Predominantly Scottish form of Petty.

Berardo Italian
From the given name Berardo.

Yasevich Belarusian
Possibly derived from ясна (yasna), meaning "clear" in Belarusian.

Rudström Swedish
Combination of Swedish rud "deforested land, clearing" and ström "stream".

Yaqoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.

Iero Italian

Hile English (American)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Heil.

Naramor English, Welsh
Naramor, also Narramore or Naramore, is a corruption of Northmore, and has Welsh/English background. "More North"

Edmond English

Osuna Spanish
Habitational name from a place in the province of Seville, named from Arabic Oxuna, perhaps named from Late Latin Ursina (villa) "estate of Ursus" a byname meaning "bear".

Tsuryuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).

Mizuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Miliddi Italian
Possibly a Sardinian nickname for Camillo.

Whitlock English
Nickname for someone with white or fair hair, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lock ‘tress’, ‘curl’. Compare Sherlock. ... [more]

Carling English (American)
Americanized form of German Garling or Gerling.

Avakyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ավագյան (see Avagyan)

Chandarangsu Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai จันทรางศุ (see Chantharangsu).

Kotlinski Polish (Modern)
polish

Guarino Italian
From the given name Guarino.

Anamizu Japanese
From 穴 (ana) meaning "hole" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Guneratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).

Kööp Estonian
Kööp is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "köök" meaning "kitchen".

Miyatera Japanese

Worton English
habitational name from Nether and Over Worton (Oxfordshire), Worton (Wiltshire), Worton in Aysgarth (North Yorkshire), Worton Hall in Isleworth (Middlesex), or Worton in Cassington (Oxfordshire). The placenames derive from Old English wyrt "plant, vegetable" and tun "farmstead, estate" (i.e. a kitchen garden), except for Nether and Over Worton (Oxfordshire), which derives from Old English ōra "edge, ridge" and tun.

Deremer Dutch
Occupational name for a belt maker or cutter of leather straps, from Dutch riem "belt, strap". It could also be a name for a peat digger, someone who "riems" peat.

Perlstein Jewish
Ornamental name composed of German Perle ‘pearl’ + Stein ‘stone’.

Stang German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Middle High German stang, German Stange ‘pole’, ‘shaft’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden shafts for spears and the like, or a metonymic occupational name for a soldier.

Opas-iamkajorn Thai

Ignis Portuguese (Brazilian)

Beyincé French, Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Creole form of Boyancé.... [more]

Åker Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
From Swedish and Norwegian åker "plowed field".

Tukuafu Tongan

Daníelsson Icelandic
Means "son of Daníel" in Icelandic.

Tejeda Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Kudaybergenov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Variant transcription of Kudaibergenov.

Jacobo Spanish
From the given name Jacobo.

Kushnir Ukrainian
Means "furrier, fur seller, animal skinner" in Ukrainian.

Reden Irish, Scottish

Alipourian Persian

Miki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Abdenour Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abd an-Nur.

Siler English
Anglicized form of Seiler, an occupational name for a rope maker, from German Seil ‘rope’

Tunstall English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Tunstall, derived from Old English tun meaning "enclosure, garden, farm" and steall meaning "position, place, site".

Tritton English (Australian)

Ventress English

Oosterwegel Dutch
From Dutch ooster meaning "eastern, east" and weg meaning "way, path, road". Dutch track and field athlete Emma Oosterwegel (1998-) bears this name.

Heumel German (Gallicized), Dutch (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Hummel 2.

Radradra Fijian

Maran Estonian
Maran is an Estonian surname meaning "cinquefoil" and "common tormentil" (species: "Potentilla erecta").

Matyukha Ukrainian

Aluko Yoruba
From àlùkò ‘woodcock’, said to be a name adopted by Ijesha textile hawkers to deflect the curses of their debtors.

Baharia Swahili

Tong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Tang.

Seth Scottish, Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Sithigh or Ó Síthigh (see Sheehy).

Perdue English, Irish, French
English and Irish from Old French par Dieu ‘by God’, which was adopted in Middle English in a variety of more or less heavily altered forms. The surname represents a nickname from a favorite oath... [more]

Terriah English (Canadian)

Tshombe Kongo

Deb Indian, Bengali, Assamese
East Indian form of Dev.

Chernova Russian
Derived from Russian чёрный (chyorniy) meaning "black". Feminine counterpart of Chernov.

Banas Polish, Ukrainian (?)

Kiçi Albanian

Ozan Turkish
From the given name Ozan.

Questel French, Medieval French (?)
The surname Questel was first found in Normandy. Currently, Questel is the most commonly occurring last name in Saint-Barthélemy, a French island in the Caribbean Sea.... [more]

Óhearcáin Irish
The surname ÓhEarcáin (Harkins) is derived from the Irish nickname of Erc or Earc meaning freckled. The diminutive of Erc or Earc is Ercáin or Earcáin. When the Irish alphabet added the aspirate “h” the name became hErcáin or hEarcáin with the hereditary surname prefixes Uí hErcáin, UahErcáin, ÓhEarcáin and (female)Ní Earcáin that was anglicized as Harkin, Harkan, or Harkins... [more]

Abdul-Jabbar Arabic, Indian
This last name is famous for a basketball player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Tudorache Romanian
From the given name Tudorache.

Iwanyzka Ukrainian (Germanized)

Criscoe Ukrainian (Americanized), Russian (Americanized), Slovak (Americanized), Hungarian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Krisko.

Phil South American

Maiorova Medieval Russian

Allali Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from a shortened form of the name Abd Allah (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

Hovis English

Namdari Persian
Derived from Persian نامدار (namdar) meaning "famous, celebrated".

Patalinghug Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano patalinghog meaning "listen".

Teetes German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Dietz

Nushiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Grigg English (American)

Wiflin English (Rare)
Possibly derived from the elements wefa and land.

Ueto Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Fabris Italian

Wahlgren Swedish
Variant of Wallgren.

Candan Turkish
Means "sincere, wholehearted" in Turkish.

Suthar Indian, Gujarati
Variant of Sutradhar.

Phemister English, Scottish
Variant of Feemster.

Kajitani Japanese
Rare Japanese surname, roughly meaning "to add to the field; extend field boundaries".

Piun Ukrainian (?)

Lanezo Spanish
Means "Lanezo's street" from Basque abas "Lanezo" and kale "street".

Kitz German
Meaning "kid".

Ailán Spanish (Latin American)

Al-shair Arabic
Means "the poet" in Arabic, derived from شاعر (sha'ir) meaning "poet, bard".

Gorsky Russian
Russian form of Górski.

Bundhoo Mauritian Creole
Derived from Sanskrit बन्धु (bandhu) meaning "kinsman, relative".

Yancey Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Yancy.

Tamazight Berber, Northern African
Derived from ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ (Tamaziɣt), the Berber (Amazigh) name for the collective Berber language family used in North Africa.

Camerano Italian
From the name of the town of Camerano near the city of Ancona in Marche, Italy.

Wiseau French

Morici Italian, Hungarian
From a variant of the Italian given name Maurizio, Hungarian name Móric both are cognitive of Morris.

Capetola Italian

Baskakov Russian
Of Turkic origin, specifically derived from the word "Baskak," which means "tax collector".

Arrigo Italian
Italian: from the medieval personal name Arrigo, a variant of Enrico.

Pida English

Byon Korean

Herron English

Acres English
Variant of Akers.

Simou Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Means "son of Simos (or Simon)".

Waszkiewicz Polish

Gaddam Indian, Telugu
Derived from Telugu గడ్డము (gaddamu) meaning "beard".

Santi Italian
Derived from the given name Santi, or as a patronymic form of Santo. It can also be derived as a nickname from santo "holy" or "saint", ultimately from Latin sanctus.

Clive English
English surname meaning "cliff" in Old English, originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.

Hogaki Japanese
Variant of Hokaki.

Pottenger English (American)

Princeweill Nigerian

Guruceaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gurutzeaga.

Bègue French
Means "stutterer, stammerer" in French, used as a nickname for someone with a stutter.