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.
Ogliari Italian
Possibly derived from a place name, or from oglio "oil", indicating the bearer's occupation, or perhaps appearance.
Corson English
Nickname from Old French 'corson', a diminutive of curt ‘short’
Gabathuler Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Berchtold.
Bouzaher Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Zaher" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).
Ghazanchyan Armenian
From Turkish kazancı denoting a maker or seller of cauldrons, kettles or boilers, derived from kazan meaning "kettle, cauldron".
Siamwalla Thai
From Thai สยาม (Sayam) meaning "Siam" and วาลา (wala), a transcription of Pali वाला (vālā) meaning "malicious".
Kakinuma Japanese
Kaki means "Persimmon" and Numa means "Swamp".
Pejović Serbian (Russified, Modern)
Pejović is a Serbian surname. Mainly used in serbia. But also used in Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia
Suliman Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Coberley English
Possibly from a village in England called Coberley
San Diego Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name from any of various places named San Diego, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Didacus (San Diego).
Sirel Estonian
Sirel is an Estonian surname meaning "lilac".
Perley English
Variant of Parley or Burley.
Mazurenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Mazur.
Blondel French
From old French blondel a diminutive of blond "blond, fair" variant of Blond.
Etchon Filipino
Variant of Echon.
Christiani German, Dutch
From the given name Christian.
Shrivastava Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Shrivastav.
Montesquieu French
From French montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.
Doğu Turkish
Means "east" in Turkish.
Moslemzadeh Persian
Means "born of Moslem" in Persian.
Goldsmith English
Occupational name for a worker in gold, a compound of Old English gold "gold" and smið "smith". In North America it is very often an English translation of German or Jewish Goldschmidt.
Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" or 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Pally English
Variant of Paley.
Tatarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tatarov.
Peries Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese පීරිස් (see Peiris).
Amanzhanuly Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from the given name Amanzhan.
Sideris Greek
Greek reduced and altered form of the personal name Isidoros (see Isadore), altered by folk etymology as if derived from sidero ‘iron’ (classical Greek sideron), and hence regarded as an omen name: ‘may the child grow up to be as strong as iron’.
Thannhausen German
An old noble family from Germany. Meaning "dwelling in Tann", specifically from their ancestral seat in the town of Tannhausen.
Whippet English
Possibly used as a nickname from the early 17th century English word whippet, meaning "to move briskly". A type of sighthound bears this name.
Kurylenko Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian курити (kuryty), meaning "to smoke". A famous bearer is Ukrainian-French actress and model Olga Kurylenko (1979-).
Nadein Russian
Means "son of Nadei".
Ehala Estonian
Ehala is an Estonian surname meaning "sunset glow/twilight area".
Carnell English
A crossbowman or archer who protected castles and fortresses.
Harkness Scottish
Topographic name or from the name of an unidentified place either in Annandale or Dumfriesshire, derived from the Old English given name Hereca or from hearg "altar, temple, grove" and næs "ness, promontory".
Din Filipino, Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Lin primarily used in the Philippines.
Van Haitsma Dutch
Habitational name for someone from Haitsma, a place in Friesland.
Adamu Amharic, Swahili, Hausa
From the given name Adamu (see user-submitted name).
Krautz Sorbian (Germanized)
Germanized form of Krawc.
Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Grabar Croatian
Derived from grabiti, meaning "to grab".
Mokhtarzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mokhtar" in Persian.
Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".
Leandrez Spanish
Spanish cognate of Leandres.
Mahapatra Indian, Odia
From the Sanskrit महत् (mahat) "great, large, big" possibly combined with पात्र (pātra) "drinking-vessel, goblet, bowl, cup".
Terracciano Italian
Derived from Italian terrazzano "inhabitant of a walled city or castle; fellow countryman, villager, peasant", ultimately derived from Latin terra "land, earth, country".
Kholodinin Russian
From kholodnii, meaning "cold".
Ghoshal Indian, Bengali
Possibly derived from the surname Ghosh.
Ahiru Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru) or 安蒜 (see Ambiru).
Al Saqqaf Arabic
Means "the roofer" from Arabic سقف (saqf) meaning "ceiling, roof".
Huckle English
English surname
Rathnayeke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Samunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒波 (see Kampa).
Roshchepa Russian
Means "grove".
Niitsoo Estonian
Niitsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow swamp".
Purinton English
One who came from Puriton, England.
Smolsky Tatar, Lipka Tatar, Polish
Smolsky is a variant of Smólski, derived from smoła, which means “tar”.
Billig German
Habitational name from a place named Billig, near Cologne. Nickname from Middle High German billich ‘proper’, ‘appropriate’.
Ishiguro Japanese
rom Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".
Kuba Japanese
From 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".... [more]
Fakhouri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Fakhoury.
Ecklund Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Eklund.
Claude French
From the first name Claude.
Kuramura Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Eichacker German
Topographic name meaning "oak field. from Middle High German eiche "oak" and acker "field".
Boyter Scottish
Denoting a person from the island of Bute.
Goldschmitt German
Variant of Goldschmidt, meaning "gold smith" in German.
Semo Judeo-Italian (Italianized, Archaic)
Semo whose meaning can be Simas or simeon or simão or corruptions of onesimus
Kaname Japanese
Kana means "gold, metal, money" and ne means "root, origin".
Madonna Italian
From the person name Madonna, from donna meaning "lady", bestowed in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Chan Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 詹 (see Zhan).
Silang Tagalog
Means "mountain pass, trail" in Tagalog.
Helal Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Hilal.
Kitakado Japanese
Kita means "north" and kado means "gate".
Ballaster English
Meant "person who makes or is armed with a crossbow" (from a derivative of Middle English baleste "crossbow", from Old French).
Okas Estonian
Okas is an Estonian name meaning "thorn".
Sorlie Scottish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Somhairle (see McSorley).
Jeknić Montenegrin
Derived from jekanje (јекање), meaning "moaning, crying".
Gamiz Basque
The name of two settlements in Basque Country, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque gain "above, upper part; top, summit, peak" and the toponymic suffix -iz.
Sitthilath Lao
From Lao ສິດທິ (sitthi) meaning "right, accomplishment, success" and ລາດ (lat) meaning "pave, pour".
Puno Tagalog
Means "full, filled" in Tagalog.
Jingūji Japanese
formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 宮 (Kyuu, Guu, Ku, Kuu, Miya) meaning "Palace". and 司 (Shi, Ji) meaning "Director". Which means the surname could possible come out as “God’s Palace of the Director”
Atay Turkish
From the given name Atay.
Booke American
American variant of the German name Buche meaning "beech" in reference to the beech tree. Notable bearer is the actor Sorrell Booke (1930-1994).
Açıkgöz Turkish
Means "crafty, cunning, nimble" in Turkish.
Baudelaire French
Possibly from French baudelaire, a type of short sword with a curved blade and S-shaped quillons. A famous bearer of the name was French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867).
Miyuki Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "honorific prefix indicating respect, your, godly, imperial, royal, imperial, to govern, control, protect" and 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness, good luck, fortune".
Azusagawa Japanese (Rare)
Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.
Hibino Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", 比 (bi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Van Rooijen Dutch
Derived from any of several places named using the suffix rooien, denoting an area cleared of trees.
Süsskind Yiddish
Derived from a Medieval Yiddish given name, it is a variant of a German variant Ziskind
Dara Khmer
It means star.
Kallaste Estonian
Kallaste is and Estonian surname meaning "seaside" or "seashore".
Osanai Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 山 (san) meaning "mountain" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".
Zhunusov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zhunus", from a form of the Arabic name Yunus.
Mbangwa Shona
Meaning unknown.
Dayne English
Variant of Dane.
Etxaide Basque
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 Navarrese neighborhoods: the one in Elizondo or the one in Anue.
Kish English
A name for a person who worked as a maker of leather armor for the knight's legs.
Thân Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shen, from Sino-Vietnamese 申 (thân).
Donavon Irish
Variant of Donovan.
Daan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "old" in Cebuano.
Vares Estonian
Vares is Estonian surname meaning "crow".
Rambert English
From the Old French male personal name Rainbert (see Rainbird). It was borne by Dame Marie Rambert (original name Cyvia Rabbam, later Miriam Rambach; 1888-1982), a Polish-born British ballet dancer and choreographer.
Skaife English
Skaife is a form of Scaife, which is derived from the Old Norse Skeifr meaning "awry, difficult". The first recorded instance of Scaife is in the epic Beowulf... [more]
Sinistra English
Sinistra - last name used by a Harry Potter character. She is a Hogwarts professor in Astronomy, Aurora Sinistra.
Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]
Arol Belarusian
Means "eagle" in Belarusian.
Stańczyk Polish
From a diminutive form of the name Stanisław (See Stańczyk and Stanek).
Hikida Japanese
From 疋 or 匹 (hiki) meaning "counter for small animals" combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Tapp English, German
Derived from an Old English given name Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning. In German, it is a nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, derived from Middle Low German tappe meaning "oaf".
Pachołek Polish
Means "henchman, minion, lackey; boy, young man" in Polish.
Coill Irish
Meaning, "hazel tree."
Vogt De Castel Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt.
Camembert French
Named after the village of Camembert in Normandy, France
Gretzinger German
Habitational name for someone from any of three places named Grötzingen (Old High German Grezzingun) in Baden-Württemberg.
Shimmel Yiddish
From the given name Shimmel, a Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.
Highmore English
From Old English hēah meaning "high" and mōr meaning "moor, marsh".
Mohrbacher German
Likely arose as a name for those living near Morbach, Germany
Swaneveld Dutch
From the place name Zwanenveld, meaning "swan’s field" in Dutch.
Yazzie Indigenous American, Navajo
Derived from the Navajo word yázhí meaning "little".
Gladney English
Probably means "bright island", from the Old English element glæd "bright" (cf. Glædwine) and the English element ney "island" (cf.... [more]
Feronz Arabic
Variant of Feroz.
Okui Japanese
Oku means "interior, inside" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Gaztañaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of Usurbil.
Livermore English
Derived from Old English lifer "rush reed, muddy water" and mere "lake".
Savvides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Σαββίδης (see Savvidis) chiefly used in Cyprus.
Teggin Medieval Welsh
derived from tha ancient area of now Flintshire which was named Tegeingl
Vellalan Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Vellala.
Reine French
From the given name Reine or Rainier
Haneef Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Hanif.
Resurrección Spanish
A nickname for someone who had resurrected from the dead.
Cranley Irish
The surname Cranley was first found in Ulster (Irish: Ulaidh), where they held a family seat but were also to be found in County Offaly and Galway. The sept is styled the Princes of Crich Cualgne and are descended from Cu-Ulladh, a Prince in 576.
Kaʻanāʻanā Hawaiian
This Hawaiian surname means The Black Magic.... [more]
Linderman English (Rare)
From the given name Lynn, combined with the surname mann.
Matsukaze Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind". A notable bearer of this surname is Japanese actor Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也).
Arachchi Sinhalese
From a title used during the British colonial era of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) to denote a native village headman or leader.
Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.
Bax Dutch
Variant of Backs.
Weinheimer German
German: habitational name for someone from any of the places named Weinheim, for example in Baden and Hessen.
Hubble English
From the Norman personal name Hubald, composed of the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind, spirit" and bald "bold, brave".
Punn Estonian
Punn is an Estonian surname meaning "cork" and "plug".
Hardacre English
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard "hard, difficult" (derived from Old English heard) and aker "field" (derived from Old English æcer), or a habitational name from a place called Hardacre in West Yorkshire, of the same origin.
Yukimiya Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Elofsson Swedish
Means "son of Elof".
Ichimasa Japanese
From 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop" and 正 (masa) meaning "right, correct, proper, justice".
Gunathillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Hänner German
Pet form of Heinrich.
Steinbach German, Jewish
German habitational name from any of the many places named Steinbach, named with Middle High German stein ‘stone’ + bach ‘stream’, ‘creek’. ... [more]
Sumanaweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Pavle Slovak
From the given name Pavol.
Helmeier German, Dutch, Danish
Variant spelling of Helmeyer.
Orru Italian
From Sardinian orrù "bramble", itself from Latin rubus "bramble, blackberry bush".
Kazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).
Bobrushko Ukrainian
Means "little beaver", from Ukrainian бобер (bober) "beaver".
Kluivert Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Nickname perhaps related to Dutch kluiven meaning "to gnaw, to bite, to nibble". A notable bearer is Dutch former soccer player Patrick Kluivert (1976-).
Gursultur Jewish (Latinized), Kurdish, Hebrew
This name is a composition of the following words: GUR; Hebrew for "lion cub", SUL; which is an abbreviation of Suleman (Kurdish for king Solomon), TUR; this word is derived from the Arba'ah Turim. The Arbaáh Turim are often called simply the Tur, which is an important Halakhic code.... [more]
Magrath Irish
Variant of Mcgrath.
Averina Russian
feminine form of Averin
Mitsumatsu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".
Svensk Swedish
Means "Swede, Swedish" in Swedish.
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]
Rest Romansh
Derived from the given name Rest.
Öztürk Turkish
From the given name Öztürk.
Tallón Spanish
Either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.
Paźniak Belarusian
Taraškievica łacinka form of Pazniak.
Shouami Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).
Naakka Finnish
Means "jackdaw" in Finnish.
Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.
Reynard English
From the given name Reynard.
Bluemel German
Diminutive of the Middle High German bluome meaning "flower." The name is believed to be an occupational name.
Poh German
From a dialect word for standard German Pfau ‘peacok’, a nickname for a vain person or for someone with a strutting gait.
Kinnick Scottish
From the Gaelic name Coinneach.
Linna Estonian
Linna is an Estonian surname meaning (urban) "town" or "city".
Vista Italian
Probably from a short form of a medieval personal name such as Bellavista, an omen or well-wishing name literally meaning ‘fine view’.