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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Roszhart German
The original spelling of the name is Roßhart. Roß means "horse" and hart means "hard" in German. The name was changed when the family immigrated to the United States in the 1850's. Some took on the name "Rosshart", and some "Roszhart" as the ß has the "sss" sound.
Süssmann German, Jewish
A nickname for a sweet person.
Chandrarathna Sinhalese
From Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra) meaning "moon" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Alang Filipino, Maranao
Means "obstruct, block" in Maranao.
Lastimosa Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish lastimoso "shameful, pitiful, blameworthy"
Imakyure Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Ammas Estonian
Ammas is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hammas" meaning "tooth", "cog" and "spike".
Maiale Italian
Nickname from Italian meaning "pig, swine, hog".
Requião Portuguese
Derived from the name of a village in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, ultimately from the name of Rechila, a 5th-century Suevic king of Gallaecia.
Tyree Scottish, English
A name that evolved among the descendants of the people of the kingdom of Dalriada in ancient Scotland.
Ó Cnáimhsighe Irish
Means "descendant of Cnáimhseach"
Böhmisch German
Ethnic name for someone from Bohemia.
Banzon Filipino
From Hokkien 萬 (bān) meaning "ten thousand, innumerable" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Smithe English (Rare)
Rare spelling of Smith.
Florent French
From the given name Florent.
Rathnasiri Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නසිරි (see Ratnasiri).
Vikat Estonian
Vikat is an Estonian surname meaning "scythe".
Dies German
From a short form of the personal name Matthias
Tsukimi Japanese
From 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month" and 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset". ... [more]
İnegöllü Turkish
Originally denoted someone from the İnegöl District in the Bursa province of Turkey.
Pruus Estonian
Pruus is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "pruss" meaning "beam" and "timber".
Gain English
Variant of Gaines.
Bergdorf German
Origin unidentified. Possibly a German habitational name from places in Hamburg and Lower Saxony called Bergedorf, Bargdorf in Lower Saxony, or Bergsdorf in Brandenburg.
Wilbers English (American)
from the given name Wilbur
Neks Estonian
Neks is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "nekrut" meaning "recruit" and "conscript".
Provencher French
From the French word for the flower periwinkle. (pervenche) Brought to Canada from France in 1660 by Sebastien Provencher.
D'Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.
Kaneko Okinawan (Japanized)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Tjeng Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Zheng used by Chinese Indonesians.
Jaroch Polish, Medieval Slavic
From the given name Jarosław. It is also used as a diminutive of Jarosław in some Polish communities.
Chaisuk Thai
From Thai ชัย or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and สุข (suk) meaning "joy, happiness".
Misleh Arabic
Variation of Musleh. Means "peacemaker" or "social reformer" in Arabic.
Dmytriyenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Dmytriy". Ukrainian form of Dmitriyev. Compare with Dmytrenko.
Abeygunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේගුණරත්න (see Abeygunaratne).
Ba Chinese
Chinese from the name of the kingdom of Ba, which existed in Sichuan during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of some of the ruling class adopted the name of the kingdom as their surname... [more]
Uçak Turkish
Means "airplane" in Turkish.
Furth German
German cognate of Ford.
Buelna Asturian
Asturian-Leonese and Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Buelna in Asturies and Cantabria.
Yüksel Turkish
Means "increase, rise, ascend" in Turkish.
Peñalver Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Rostomian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ռոստոմյան (see Rostomyan).
Bikandi Basque
Possibly derived from Latin vicus "street, neighbourhood; village, hamlet" and Basque (h)andi "big, large". Alternatively, the first element could be from bike "steep slope".
Guion French
French: from the Germanic personal name Wido (see Guy 1).
Yehia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.
Hållberg Swedish (Rare)
The first element might be taken from place names starting with (or containing) , hål, or håll. The second element is Swedish berg "mountain".
Eto Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 江藤 (see Etō).
Arafat Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Arafat.
Behzadi Persian
From the given name Behzad.
Fukuyama Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Singleton English
Habitational name from either of two villages, one in Lancashire, derived from Old English scingol "shingle, roof tile" and tun "enclosure, yard, town", the other in Sussex, derived from Old English sengel meaning "brushwood" or "burnt clearing".
Gataki Greek (?)
Meaning "kitten" in Greek.
Sunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Chamoto Japanese (Rare)
From 茶 (cha) meaning "tea" and 本 (moto) meaning "origin, source".
Mukushina Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 無垢 (muku) meaning "spiritual purity; freedom from desire or aversion" and 品 (shina), a clipping of 九品 (kokonoshina) meaning "the 9 Stages in Life (in Buddhism)".
Asal Arabic
means "honey" in Arabic
Guðfriðsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðfriðr" in Icelandic.
Gilbertson English
Means "son of Gilbert".
Bahadur Indian, Hindi, Urdu
From the given name Bahadur.
Den Uyl Dutch
Variant of Den Uijl, notably borne by the Dutch prime minister Joop den Uyl (1919-1987).
Graziano Italian
From the given name Graziano.
Mandujano Spanish
Spanish: Possibly An Altered Form Of A Basque Habitational Name From Mandoiana A Town In Araba/Álava Province Basque Country. This Surname Is Most Common In Mexico.
Tarkhov Russian
Means "son of Tarkh". This is a Russian noble surname.
Schut Dutch
Variant of Schutte.
Rokuno Japanese
Roku means "six" and no means "field, wilderness".
Froment French, Walloon, English
from French froment "wheat" (from Latin frumentum "grain") probably applied as a nickname for a peasant or as metonymic occupational name for a dealer in wheat... [more]
Siimpoeg Estonian
Siimpoeg is an Estonian surname meaning "Siim's son" ("Siim" is a maculine given name).
Korada Polish
Polish: nickname from porada ‘advice’, ‘counsel’.
Dowland English
Habitational name from Dowland in Devon, possibly named from Old English dūfe meaning “dove” + land “open country.” The name is pronounced with the first element rhyming with owl, but it may have been confused with and absorbed by Dolling, also a Devon name (see Dollins)... [more]
Samarasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරසිංහ (see Samarasinghe).
Räim Estonian
Räim is an Estonian surname meaning "Baltic herring".
Mézec Breton
Mézec derives from mezeg which means physician in Breton
Kihlberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kil "wedge" and berg "mountain".
Teramoto Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Konda Telugu
Hindu name meaning ‘hill’ in Telugu.
Derungs Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Latin runcare "to weed out, to thin out, to root up", referring to someone who lived near a clearing.
Powale Indian, Marathi
Meaning unknown, of Marathi or Konkani origin.
Ngumba Kongo
From Kongo meaning "mountain".
Cao Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gao, from Sino-Vietnamese 高 (cao).
Ramakrishnan Indian, Tamil
From the given name Ramakrishna. A notable bearer is Tamil-American structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952-).
Siangla Luo, Eastern African
Meaning unavailable.
Mahmoudinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mahmoud" in Persian.
Redfield Scottish
Anglicized form of the Scottish habitational name Reidfuyrd, meaning "reedy ford".
Fridman Yiddish, German (Anglicized)
Derived from the Yiddish "Frid" (see fridu) meaning "peace," combined with "man" meaning "man" or "person." Originally derived from a vernacular form of Shalom, it is also an anglicized spelling of the German name Friedmann.
Rovira Catalan
Topographic name for someone who lived by an oak wood, from Catalan rovira meaning "oak wood, oak grove".
Zane English
Meaning unknown. It could be a Americanization of the German surname Zahn. Zane 1 is also used as a given name.
Corio Italian
Possibly a variant of Coiro, from Latin corium "leather". Alternatively, could derive from the Latin given name Corius, or from the toponym Cori, a town in Lazio, Italy.
Ozan Turkish
From the given name Ozan.
Ura Japanese
Ura means "bay, seacoast".
Routh English
From the village and civil parish of Routh in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (recorded in the Domesday book as Rutha). The place name may derive from Old Norse hrúedhr meaning "rough shaly ground"... [more]
Downing English
Derived from the Old English given name Dunning.
Bhattarai Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhatta) meaning "venerable, learned, philosopher".
Junkins English
Derived from the Middle English given name Jenkin, which was in turn created from a diminutive of the name John, with the suffix "kin," added to the name.
Matoš Croatian
Means "son of Mato".
Yaïche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Yaiche based on French orthography.
Blanton Scottish (Americanized, Modern)
An americanized version of the old Scottish name Ballantine (other forms being Ballantyne, Bannatyne, Ballanden).
Loo Dutch, German
Means "clearing" in Dutch and North German.
Poppinga Dutch, East Frisian, Frisian
Patronymic form of Poppo.
Mcclung Scottish (Anglicized)
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Luinge ‘son of Lunge’, a personal name probably meaning ‘seafarer’, although the literal meaning is ‘ship’, from Latin navis longa.
Barbeau French
Derived from barbeau meaning "barbel", a type of fish, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, or a nickname for a man with a sparse beard, the fish being distinguished by beardlike growths on either side of its mouth... [more]
Sülla Estonian
Sülla is an Estonian surname meaning "fathom".
Jaschke German (Silesian)
Possibly derivative from the given name Johannes
Brands Dutch, German
Patronymic from the given name Brand, derived from Old Dutch brand "fire, sword, torch" or a name containing the element.
Kampū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (Kampū) meaning "Kampū", a former division in the former large village of Kamiminamiaosawa in the former district of Akumi in the former Japanese province of Ugo in parts of present-day Akita and Yamagata in Japan.
Dual Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Romansh ual "brook, creek".
Sasahara Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Coulson English
Means "son of Cole".
Zeldin Jewish
Means "son of Zelde", a Yiddish female personal name based on Middle High German sælde "fortunate, blessed".
Jadhav Indian, Marathi
Marathi variant of Yadav.
Jozi Hlubi (?), African
A Hlubi word referring to a sword or spear mkonto,mkhonto,lerumo
Sunder English
From Sanskrit sundara‘beautiful’. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
Bernárdez Spanish
Means "son of Bernardo".
Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".
Redner German
German: possibly a variant of Redmer, or an occupational name for a spokesman, Middle High German rednære.
Youssef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.
Kraut German
metonymic occupational name for a market gardener or a herbalist from Middle High German krūt "herb plant; cabbage".
Jabr Arabic
From the given name Jabr
Keedus Estonian
Keedus is an Estonian surname meaning "brew".
Purge Estonian
Purge is an Estonian surname derived "purk" meaning "can" and "purgis" meaning "canned".
Chahine Arabic
Variant transcription of Shahin (chiefly Lebanese).
Simbolon Batak
Derived from Batak bolon meaning "big, grand, great".
Luud Estonian
Luud is an Estonian surname meaning "brush" and "broom".
Cassata Italian
Derived from the Italian word cassata, denoting a sweet cake made with cheese and candied fruit.
Renehan Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic, meaning "sharp- or star-pointed."
Kallemets Estonian
Kallemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping forest".
Tuoba Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 拓跋 (tuòbá), the name of a Xianbei clan.
Eroll English
From a Scottish place name.
Inoshishi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 猪 (cho, i, inoshishi) meaning "boar."
Tuncer Turkish
Derived from Turkish tunç meaning ''bronze''.
Fantuzzi Emilian-Romagnol, Italian
A surname derived from the medieval name "Fantino", which is a diminutive of "Fante", usually meaning "infant" or "child", but it was also used to refer to a "foot soldier".
Vakhayeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Вахаев (see Vakhayev).
Diabate Western African
From the name of the Diabaté clan of the Mandinka and the closely related Soninke peoples, usually interpreted as “the irresistible.”
Houdini French
Originated as a stage name. He chose it as an homage to the French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin.
Özgür Turkish
Means "free" in Turkish.
Milazzo Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from Milazzo in Messina province.
Leopold English, German, Dutch
From the given name Leopold.
Butterman Dutch
Occupational name for someone who made or sold butter.
Hallgrímsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hallgrímur" in Icelandic.
Grainville French
Original French form of Granville, from locations in France called Grainville from the given name Guarin and ville "town" meaning "Guarin's town".
Endaya Spanish (Philippines)
Toponymic name from the town of Hendaye (called Hendaia in Basque) in France.
Eckhardt German
From the given name Eckhard.
Evanovich Russian
Means "son of Evan".
Bellmann German
Habitational name derived from places in Germany named either Bell, Belle, or Bellen.
El-qases Arabic
It means "the narrative (which refers to the title of a chapter of the Quran)".
Cazan Romanian
From Romanian meaning "cauldron".
Petcu Romanian (?)
Possibly a diminutive of Petrescu (child of Peter).
Cieri Medieval Italian
Likely shortened from a medieval given name like Fulcieri.
Ramdani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ramadan.
Övall Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Kattan Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic قطان (see Qattan).
Zhukovsky Russian
Same spelling as Zhukov
Sangmani Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).
Inose Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Five English (African)
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Damas French
French form of Damascus. Famous bearer Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978) was a French poet and politican from French Guiana, cofounder of the Négritude Mouvement and author of the collection "Black Label".
Pifrader German (Sudeten)
Of uncertain meaning.
Viberg Swedish
Variant of Wiberg.
Jacinto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Jacinto.
Ehmke German
From a pet form of Ehm.
Ossa Italian, South American
Means "bones" in Italian.
Scheidegger German, German (Swiss)
Topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary or watershed. The name was derived from the Old German word SCHEIDE, meaning 'to part, to divide'. It may also have been a habitation name from any of the numerous places named with this word.
Stenlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish sten "stone, rock" and lund "grove".
Zaitsev Russian
From zaits, meaning "hare".
Zigeuner German (Austrian)
Means "gypsy" in German.
Joffé French, Jewish
French form of Joffe.
Fagan Irish
'The name Fagan in Ireland is usually of Norman origin, especially in Counties Dublin and Meath. In the County Louth area the name is derived from the native Gaelic O'Faodhagain Sept of which there are a number of variants including Feighan, Fegan and Feehan.' (from irishsurnames.com)
Kanakapradisth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Enrique Spanish
From the given name Enrique.
Cotter Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Oitir meaning "son of Oitir", a given name borrowed from Old Norse Óttarr, composed of the elements ótti "fear, dread" and herr "army, warrior".
Longley English
Geographic name referring to multiple places by the same name in Yorkshire, England. The name comes from the word "long" plus Old English leáh "meadow".
Toodu Estonian
Toodu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "toode" meaning "product", "manufacture", and "make".
Adolf German
From the given name Adolf.
Scuro Italian
From Italian meaning "dark".
Sledge English
Sledge. Refers to a sledge as a sled.
Toupin French, Breton, Norman
nickname from Old French toupin "spinning-top". in rare instances in the south probably from Old Occitan toupin "small earthenware pot" used as a metonymic occupational name for a potter.
Adhia Konkani
A famous example is Richa Adhia, a Tanzanian model of Konkani descent.
Kingdom English
Either a variant of Kingdon or from Old English cyningdom "kingdom" derived from cyning "king" or cyne "royal" and dom "authority".
Caylor English
Anglicized form of Kaylor.
Nast German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a thickly wooded area, or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter, from Middle High German nast meaning "branch", a regional variant of ast, resulting from the misdivision of forms such as ein ast meaning "a branch".
Pilipović Bosnian, Croatian
means "son of Pilip"... [more]
Behnam Persian
From the given name Behnam.
Angel Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, English, Slovene
From the Latin personal name Angelus meaning "Angel", derived from the Greek word ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger" (see the given name Angel).
Shoygu Tuvan
Sergey Shoygu is a Russian politician.
Yamaha Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).
Smitherman English
Somebody who assisted the blacksmith.
Knowles Irish
As an Irish surname it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail meaning "descendant of Tnúthgal", a given name composed of the elements tnúth "desire, envy" and gal "valor".
Murase Japanese
rom Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Yaqubzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Yaqub".
Batawi Arabic
Means "Betawi" in Arabic, referring to someone originally from the city of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in Indonesia.
Stefański Polish
Name for someone from any of various places named Stefanów or Stefanowo, derived from the given name Stefan.
Garde Indian
Found among the Konkanasth Brahmins, probably from Marathi gəṛda ‘belch’.
Treichel German (Swiss)
Swiss German: from a word meaning ‘cow bell’, presumably a nickname for a cowherd or farmer, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made cow bells.
Magondacan Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao magondakan meaning "artistic, graceful".
Eisenhauer German
Occupational name meaning "iron cutter" where Eisen- means "iron" and -hauer means "hewer". The verb 'hew' being less well used in English than in earlier times, but still understood to mean cut, such as in hewing tree limbs... [more]
Shramchuk Ukrainian
Derived from the word шрам, meaning "scar".... [more]
Jeudi French (Caribbean), French
From the French for Thursday. Brought over from Europe to the Caribbean, where it is now mainly found in Haiti.
Kile English (American)
Americanized form of Keil.