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.
Davitashvili Georgian
Means "son of Davit".
Bıyık Turkish
Means "moustache" in Turkish.
Hajipour Persian
Means "son of Haji".
Yapp English
From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, derived from Middle English yap "deceitful, shrewd", from Old English geap "crooked, bent, curved".
San Agustín Spanish (Mexican)
Means "Saint Augustine 1" in Spanish.
Van Rees Dutch
Means "from Rees", a German town on the bank of the Rhine that probably derives its name from Kleverlandish rys "willow grove".
Gooneratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Cabell Catalan, English, German
As a Catalan name, a nickname for "bald" from the Spanish word cabello. The English name, found primarily in Norfolk and Devon, is occupational for a "maker or seller of nautical rope" that comes from a Norman French word... [more]
Régnier French
From the medieval given Régnier the older form of Rainier.
Ametsuchi Japanese
Means "Heaven & Earth" in Japanese
Kinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Siahaan Batak
Derived from Batak sihahaan meaning "eldest child, eldest sibling".
Irisarri Basque
From the name of a commune in the French arrondissement of Bayonne, derived from Basque (h)iri "town, city" and sarri "frequent, thickset; thicket, brushwood".
Abeygunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේගුණරත්න (see Abeygunaratne).
Nesky Polish
Many Polish immigrants' names were shortened to Nesky, such as Nosrazesky, Wolinsky-a wide variety of names that had the letter N somewhere within and ended in sky or ski became "Nesky." There are also non-Polish Neskys in the U.S.
Lasher English
Their are many possible meanings. 1. One who lashes ropes together. 2. One who lashes or wipps. 3. One who lashes out in anger.
Ceh Mayan
From Yucatec Maya kéej meaning "deer".
Nyasi Swahili
From Swahili meaning "grass, grassland".
Fábio Portuguese
From the given name Fábio.
Hoshii Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, spot" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, town".
Nanba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".
Haïk Judeo-Spanish
French variant of Haik.
Ardis Scottish
Reduced form of Allardice.
Deberry French
Habitational name for someone from Berry-au-Bac in Aisne, France.
Perseu Italian
Sardinian form of Perseo.
Musch Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch mussche "house sparrow", a nickname for a quick person, or perhaps someone who was small and weak.
Makovsky Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian variant of Makowski.
Colella Italian
From a diminutive of Cola, a short form of the given name Nicola 1.
Deragisch Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the place name Ragisch.
Oracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish oración meaning "sentence, prayer".
Goudier German
Germanic patronym from "godhari" meaning "army of God".
Gilio Italian
Derived from a variant of the given name Giglio, which can be from an Italian form of Latin Aegidius, or else taken directly from the Italian word giglio meaning "lily".
Agbaje Nigerian, Yoruba
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967-), an English actor and model of Yoruba Nigerian descent.
Laikmaa Estonian
Laikmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "blotch land".
Marchuk Ukrainian
Possibly a patronymic derived from the given name Marko.
Mustkivi Estonian
Mustkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "black stone".
Randalu Estonian
Randalu is an Estonian surname derived from "rand" ("beach") and "salu" ("sandy heath" or "heathy woodland").
Toodu Estonian
Toodu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "toode" meaning "product", "manufacture", and "make".
Wijayasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Bresser English
The surname is derived from the old English word brasian, meaning to make out of brass. This would indicate that the original bearer of the name was a brass founder by trade. The name is also derived from the old English Broesian which means to cast in brass and is the occupational name for a worker in brass.
Desmarais French
Means "from the marsh", from French marais "wetlands, swamp, marsh".
Lonsdale English
Habitational name from the district of Lonsdale (straddling Lancashire Yorkshire and Westmorland) and also from Lonsdale in Great Ayton (North Yorkshire). The district takes its name from the river Lune (of uncertain origin) annd Old English dæl "valley"... [more]
Dumfries Scottish, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
From the name of a market town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, derived from Gaelic dùn meaning "fort" and preas meaning "thicket". This surname is found predominantly in Aruba, the Netherlands and Suriname... [more]
Võti Estonian
Võti is an Estonian surname meaning "key" and "cypher".
Higashiosaka Japanese
Higashi means "east", o means "great, large", and saka means "hill, slope".
Apostolski Macedonian
Derived from apostol (апостол), meaning "apostle".
Bloomfield English
This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a locational name from either of the two places thus called in England, one in Staffordshire, and the other in Somerset, or it may be a dialectal variant of Blonville (-sur-Mer) in Calvados, Normandy, and hence a Norman habitation name... [more]
Halim Arabic
From the given name Halim.
Afghani Persian, Pashto
Derived from the term "افغانی" (Afghan), which means "a person from Afghanistan" in Pashto and Persian languages.
Drummonds Scottish
Variant of Scottish Drummond.
Tiger Swedish
Perhaps taken from Swedish tiga "to keep quiet, to say nothing". Tiger is one of the names adopted by Swedish soldiers in the 17th century.
Kaut German
Topographic name from the Franconian dialect word Kaut(e) "hollow", "pit", "den".
Star English
Variant of Starr.
Hallinan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilgheanáin "descendant of Áilgheanán", a pet form of a personal name composed of old Celtic elements meaning "mild, noble person".
Rolloos Dutch
Possibly derived from the given name Rollo.
Kushwaha Indian
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture. The term has been used to represent at least four subcastes, being those of the Kachhis, Kachwahas, Koeris and Muraos... [more]
Belalcázar Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality with the coordinates 38°34′31″N 5°10′02″W.
Cabernard Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Bernard.
Auk Estonian
Auk is an Estonian surname meaning "pit" or "hole".
Maffia Italian
Variant of Mattia.
Hisada Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Calimeris Greek
It can be Kalimeris as well and it means good morning.
Bruckman German, English
German (Bruckmann): variant of Bruck, with the addition of the suffix -mann ‘man’. ... [more]
Shiomi Japanese
From Japanese 汐 (shio) meaning "salt, tide, opportunity" or 塩 (shio) meaning "salt, ocean tide" and 見 (mi) meaning "perspective, view, to see".
Powroznik Polish
Derived from Powroźnik, a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland.
Parmentier French, Belgian
An occupational surname for a maker of "facings" and "trimmings".
Düren German
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Düren in northern Germany, in particular the one near Cologne.
Macmuircheartaich Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Muircheartach’s son".
Solebello Italian
Means, "beautiful sun". Derived from "bello", meaning beautiful, and "sole", meaning sun.
Maserati Italian
Most notably the Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati, founded in Bologna, Italy all the way back in December 1914.
Oksyonova Russian
Feminine form of Oksyonov (Оксёнов)
Di Giacomo Italian
Means "son of Jacob".
Federspiel German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German vederspil "bird of prey (trained for hunting)", this was an occupational name for a falconer.
Dawkins English, Popular Culture
English patronymic from a pet form of Daw. ... [more]
Huppert German, Jewish
German and Ashkenazi Jewish variant of the name Hubert.
Halliche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.
Værnes Norwegian
Værnes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county in Mid-Norway. The original spelling of the village's name was Vannes and it is a combination of var "calm, quiet" and nes "headland"... [more]
Duska English (Rare)
Anglicized spelling of Duška.
Hookham English
This surname may derive from Old English hóc meaning "hook, angle" and hám meaning "village, hamlet, dwelling."
Chūtō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.
Grill German
From a nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German grille "cricket" (Old High German grillo, from Late Latin grillus, Greek gryllos). The insect is widely supposed to be of a cheerful disposition, no doubt because of its habit of infesting hearths and warm places... [more]
Vogt De Salz Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt.
el-Moujtaba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the chosen" in Arabic, from the given name Mujtaba. This name is chiefly used in Mauritania.
Heigl German
Derived from the given name Hugo.
Maged Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Majid.
Bremont French
A variant of Bremond.
Castiglione Italian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Castiglione, derived from Italian castiglione meaning "castle, fortress".
Czicagia Polish
Habitational name meaning someone who is from Chicago.
Mahmoudian Persian
From the given name Mahmoud.
Muir Scottish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a moor, from a Scots form of Middle English more moor, fen.
Dorchester English
Derived from either the village in Oxfordshire, or the county town of Dorset, England (both of which have the same name). Both are named with a Celtic name, respectively Dorcic and Durnovaria combined with Old English ceaster meaning "Roman fort, walled city".
Bink English
Topographic name for someone living by a bink, a northern dialect term for a flat raised bank of earth or a shelf of flat stone suitable for sitting on. The word is a northern form of modern English bench.
Soldatović Serbian
Means "son of a soldier" in Serbian.
Léotard French
From the given name Leopold. Jules Léotard was an acrobat who popularized the leotard, a gymnastics garment. The garment is named after him.
Buffet French
Occupational name for a maker of furniture, derived from Old French buffet meaning "table, cupboard". It could also be a nickname for an angry and violent man, from Old French buffet meaning "slap in the face"... [more]
Perhonen Finnish (Rare)
Means "butterfly" in Finnish.
Lavey American
Form of Levey used most famously by Anton Szandor LaVey and his children.
Rīs Sinhalese
Variant of Reyes or Reis (see user-submitted name) used in Sri Lanka.
Nghiêm Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yan, from Sino-Vietnamese 嚴 (nghiêm).
Bazargan Persian
Means "merchant, trader" in Persian.
Marušič Slovene
Slovene form of Marušić.
Prude English (American)
This surname comes from the English word prude. The definition for the word prude is a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
Bowler English
The surname Bowler has English origins and is primarily derived from an occupational background. It originally referred to a bowl-maker, someone who crafted bowls and similar utensils. The name comes from the Old English term /bowlere/, which itself stems from /bolla/, meaning "pot, cup, or bowl".... [more]
Shull German
Derivative of Scholl
Turcu Romanian
related to https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/turcescu/submitted
Bullivant English
From a medieval nickname for a "good chap" or amiable companion (from Old French bon enfant, literally "good child").
Loorits Estonian
Loorits is an Estonian surname derived from "loor" meaning "veil", "fog" and "shroud".
Gendron French
Either a diminutive of French gendre meaning "son-in-law" or a habitational name for someone from the town of Gendron in Belgium.
Vollbrecht German
From a German personal name composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. In the U.S. this name is often Americanized as Fulbright and Fullbright.
Casilang Tagalog
Literally "One you are born with" in Tagalog.
Yaqub Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.
Ahmadian Persian
From the given name Ahmad.
Viikmäe Estonian
Viikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "crease hill/mountain".
Koço Albanian
Variant of Koco.
Bantli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from the given name Pantaleon.
Amy French
From the given name Amé or Aimé.
Mainé Catalan
Variant of Mainer.
Poznanski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Poznan in west-central Poland, or possibly from other places of this name, in Katowice and Siedlce voivodeships.
Antolin Spanish
1 Spanish (Antolín): from the personal name, a vernacular form of Antoninus, a name borne by thirteen saints.... [more]
Khatri Indian, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi, Nepali
Name for a member of the Kshatriya caste, derived from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kshatriya) referring to the Hindu caste consisting of kings, warriors and soldiers, ultimately from क्षत्र (kshatra) meaning "power, might, dominion".
Zamonte Filipino (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Samonte.
Ubukata Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".
Chandrathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රතිලක (see Chandrathilaka).
Shimmel Yiddish
From the given name Shimmel, a Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.
Kaag Dutch
Denotes someone from the Dutch village Kaag, derived from Middle Dutch kaghe "land next to water, land outside of a dyke or levee".
Rajput Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, Punjabi, Pakistani, Urdu
From Sanskrit राजपुत्र (rajaputra) meaning "prince" (literally "son of the king"), derived from राज (raja) meaning "king" combined with पुत्र (putra) meaning "child, son".
Hermannsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hermann". Only used by women.
Sta Maria Spanish
Means "St. Mary"
Lohu Estonian
Lohu is an Estonian surname derived from "lohutus", meaning "comfort" and "console".
Gaydos Hungarian, English
Anglicized spelling of Hungarian GAJDOS.
Deulofeu Catalan
catalan , used in san feliu de guixols
Lüdi German (Swiss)
Probably derived from the given name Ludwig
Mohrbacher German
Likely arose as a name for those living near Morbach, Germany
Torvaldsson Swedish
Swedish patronymic meaning "son of Torvald". It was the surname name of Erik the Red (Eiríkr Þorvaldsson, anglicized as Erik Thorvaldsson or Erik Torvaldsson), father of Viking explorer Leif Erikson.
Hanouna Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Hanoun used by Jews.
Coney English
Means "seller of rabbits", or from a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a rabbit (in either case from Middle English cony "rabbit").
Blankenbaker English (American)
From German blanken meaning "bare, blank" with English "baker".
Lihou Norman
From the island of Lihou.
Farinha Portuguese
Means "wheat flour" in Portuguese.
Nasser German
Someone from any of the places called Nassen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, and Bavaria.
Olasiman Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano ulasiman meaning "common purslane" (a type of plant).
Yatabe Japanese
From 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field", and 部 (be) meaning "section, bureau, division".
Iwerks East Frisian, Frisian
Meaning Unknown.
Harkonnen Literature
Derived from the Finnish surname Härkönen. Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character in the ’Dune’ franchise created by American author Frank Herbert.
Scali Italian
Habitational name from Scali in Piedimonte Etneo, Sicily, derived from Greek σκαλί (skali) "step, rung (of a ladder)".
Conwell English
Russell Cornwell Hoban was a children's book writer.
Fillol Catalan, French
Means "godson".
Staub German (Swiss), German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) occupational nickname for a miller, from Middle High German stoup, German Staub ‘dust’. The Jewish surname may also be ornamental.
Ryuuen Japanese
Most common transcription of Ryuen, meaning "dragon garden".
Ainscough English
Habitational name for a person from Aiskew, a village in the civil parish of Aiskew and Leeming Bar, in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.
Hosny Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.
Tofiño Spanish
Surname of Vicente Tofiño (de San Miguel y Wanderiales), an 18th century Spanish navigator, cartographer, and cosmographer. The meaning of the name Tofiño is unknown.
Averkiyeva Russian
feminine form of Averkiyev
Sikham Thai
From Thai ศรี (si) meaning "glory, honour, splendour" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold".
Petruškevičius Lithuanian
Comes from the Lithuanian given name Petras.
Rootslane Estonian
Rootslane is an Estonian surname meaning "Swede".
Munua Medieval Spanish (Latinized, Archaic)
Its meaning is Son of Muno.
Ilp Estonian
Ilp is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hilp" meaning "rag" and "piece of cloth".
Tenant English
Variant of the surname Tennant.
Atamanchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of an ataman (cossack rank title)".
Arèshjärta Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "heart of Ares". From the name Ares, the god of war in Greek mythology, and Swedish hjärta "heart".
Tafolla Spanish
Possibly a derivative of southern Spanish tafulla, tahulla, a term denoting a measure of land. The surname is not found in present-day Spain.
Qu Chinese
From Chinese 屈 (qū) meaning "bent, crooked", also referring to the ancient fief of Qu, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.
Ramseyer Swiss
Note: the 'Ramseyer Song' in Switzerland
Breakspear English
From a medieval nickname for someone who had achieved notable success in jousts or in battle. Nicholas Breakspear (?1100-1159) was the original name of Pope Hadrian IV, the only English pope.
Yamanouchi Japanese
Variant of Yamauchi with the unwritten possessive marker の (no).
Alhassan Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Al-Hasan.
Graupman German
Occupational name for someone who produced or dealt with grits and legumes, from early modern German graupe "pot barley" (bohemian krupa) and man "man".
Myszka Polish
Means 'mouse' in Polish.
Bantan Arabic
From the name of the Indonesian province of Banten, originally indicating a person originally from that region.
van Beethoven Flemish
Means "from the beet fields", a variant of Beethoven. A famous bearer of this name was German Clasical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827).
Ông Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Weng, from Sino-Vietnamese 翁 (ông).
Nurmik Estonian
Nurmik is an Estonian surname meaning "lea/meadow stand".
Mast German, Dutch
Derived from Middle High German and Middle Dutch mast "mast (fodder made of acorns and beechnuts); the process of fattening livestock", an occupational name for a pig farmer or a swineherd. In some cases, however, the German name may also have been derived from Middle High German mast, mastic "fat, stout".
Kumano Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Laguna Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Laguna meaning "lake, pond" in Spanish.
Jánošík Slovak
Comes from a pet form of the name Ján.
Hayano Japanese
Haya can mean "swift" or "hawk" and no means "field, plain".
Nuur Arabic, Somali
From the given name Nuur.
Carney Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catharnaigh "descendant of Catharnach", a byname meaning "warlike".
Grabar Croatian
Derived from grabiti, meaning "to grab".
Osmond English
From the given name Osmond
Siavashi Persian
From the given name Siavash.
Brenden Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse brenna "land cleared for cultivation by burning" (also known as svedjebruk "slash-and-burn agriculture").
Kumigashira Japanese
From 組 (kumi) meaning "group, set," and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".