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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Rasband American (Americanized, Rare)
This name is not a very common family name found in the United States. The first Rasband (Thomas) coming to the U.S. arrived in New Orleans on the ship North Atlantic on 1 November 1850 and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on 13 August 1856... [more]
Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "harbor, port, assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".
Kimmich German
The surname hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer.
Keymolen Flemish
Derived from the place name Keimolen, itself probably derived from Middle Dutch key "cobblestone, boulder" and molen "mill".
Sarradet French (Cajun)
Used commonly by people native to Louisiana, United States, is also a variant of Sarrade.
Silvestre Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Silvestre.
Quách Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Guo, from Sino-Vietnamese 郭 (quách).
Leloup French
Means “the wolf” in French.
Shirano Japanese
Shira means "white" and no means "field, plain".
German English, Norman, German, Jewish, Greek
From Old French germain meaning "German". This sometimes denoted an actual immigrant from Germany, but was also used to refer to a person who had trade or other connections with German-speaking lands... [more]
Transfiguracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish transfiguración meaning "transfiguration," referring to an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.
Szymczuk Polish
From the given name Szymon.
Isidor German, Russian
From the given name Isidor.
Clah Navajo
From Navajo nitłʼa meaning "he is left-handed".
Baram Hebrew
Combination of the word am, means "people, nation" and the name Bar. This surname means "son of the nation" in Hebrew and its variant is Ambar which is the same elements but in reverse order.
Single English
From Middle English sengle meaning "alone, solitary, unmarried" or "simple, honest, sincere".
Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.
Lall Estonian
Lall is an Estonian surname derived from "lell" meaning "uncle".
Chiravejsundornkul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai จิรเวชสุนทรกุล (see Chirawetsunthonkun).
Sho Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu) or a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).
Hachimi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hashim (chiefly Moroccan).
Kvyat Russian
Russian form of Kwiat.
Hanafi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hanafi.
Wakabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Spoors English
From Middle English spoor "spur", an occupational name for someone who made spurs, or perhaps a nickname for someone known for wearing them.
Kara Turkish
Means "black, dark" in Turkish.
Snygg Swedish
Means "handsome, good looking" in Swedish.
Zosimovich Belarusian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Zosim (see Zosimus)"; rarely used in both Belarus and Ukraine.
Lightfoot Indigenous American
This surname is of Cherokee origin.
Van Eden Dutch
Refers to someone from the town Ede in Gelderland province.
Coventry English
habitational name from the city of Coventry in the West Midlands, which is probably named with the genitive case of an Old English personal name Cofa (compare Coveney) + Old English treow 'tree'.
Eileen Literature
From the given name Eileen.
Charisse French
Of unknown meaning. It was used as a given name in honour of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse (1921-2008).
Rouget French
Derived from the French adjective rouge meaning "red" combined with the French masculine diminutive suffix -et.
Todachine Navajo
Variant of Todicheene meaning "bitter water people."
Heerkens Dutch
Derived from a diminutive form of a given name containing the element heri "army". Alternatively, a variant form of Eerkens.
Gorrion Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
From Spanish meaning "sparrow".
Koelzer German
From a noun derived from kolzen "ankle boots" (from Latin calceus "half-boot walking shoe") hence an occupational name for a boot maker or a cobbler. Or a habitational name for someone from Kölzen near Merseburg.
Leather English, Scottish
A metonymic occupational name for a leatherworker or seller of leather goods, and derived from Middle English and Old English lether meaning "leather".
Meggyes Hungarian
Means "cherry" in Hungarian.
Heydarpour Persian
Means "son of Heydar".
Qing Chinese
From Chinese 青 (qīng) meaning "blue, green, young".
Zumaquero Castilian
It means someone who deals or works with sumac, either or the spice or the dye.
Eslami Persian
From the given name Islam.
Zakareishvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Rolfs German
This surname means "son of Rolf," a patronymic surname from northern Germany.
Khalifa Arabic
From the given name Khalifa.
Englisch German
German cognate of English.
Springborn German
Derived from Middle Low German sprinkborn meaning "spring, well", hence either a nickname for someone who lived by a spring or a water well, or from various place names in Germany.
Atef Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Atif.
Van Der Geer Dutch
Means "from the headland", derived from Dutch geer "pointed piece of land, headland; spear".
Del Campo Spanish
Means "of the camp" in Spanish.
O'Riordan Irish
From Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin meaning "descendant of Ríoghbhardán" (see Rórdán).
Uiboleht Estonian
Uiboleht is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen (genus: Pyrola)".
Ollison Danish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Olesen .
Wills English
Patronymic from Will.
Raouf Arabic
From the given name Raouf.
Aranha Portuguese
Meaning spider in Portuguese.
Heimlich German
Nickname for a secretive person from Middle High German heimelich German heimlich "confidential secret".
Neher German
An occupational name for a tailor from a deritive of Middle Low German, 'nehen' which means 'to sew' or 'to embroider'
De Stefano Italian
Means "son of Stefano".
Ortolano Italian, Spanish
occupational name for a cultivator or seller of fruit and vegetables ortolano "gardener" from a derivative of orto "vegetable garden" (from Latin hortus "garden"). The term was also used in the medieval period to denote both a cleric with a fervant devotion to pastoral work and a rough or uncouth person and in some instances may have been applied as a nickname in either sense... [more]
Suurjaak Estonian
Suurjaak is an Estonian surname meaning "big Jaak (an Estonian masculine given name)"; a nickname.
Kulju Finnish
Means "quagmire, morass" in Finnish
Painter English
Occupational name for a painter, derived from Middle English paynter.
Espiñeira Galician
Habitational from any of numerous places called Espiñeira in Galicia, Spain, from Galician espiño meaning "hawthorn".
Dyal Irish
Variant of Doyle.
Gamer Jewish
From the Russian pronunciation of Hamer.
St Louis French, English
In honor of Saint Louis.
Hadida Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Arabic حديد (hadid) meaning "iron", used as an occupational name for a blacksmith.
Chinen Japanese, Okinawan
From 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom, knowledge" and 念 (nen) meaning "feeling, sense".
Paek Korean
Alternate transcription of Baek.
Al-kindi Arabic
Originally indicated a person from the Kinda tribe.
Karjamaa Estonian
Karjamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "pastureland".
Adeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Adil.
Delalande French
French surname, pronounced /dølalɑ̃də/, which means "from the moor", "from the heath". Famous bearer Michel-Richard Delalande (1657-1726), French baroque composer and organist nicknamed "the Latin Lully", changed its spelling in "de Lalande" in order to give it aristocratic looks.
McGonigle Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
Irish (Donegal and Derry) and Scottish (Glasgow): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conghail (sometimes Mac Conghaile), a patronymic from the personal name Conghal, composed of ancient Celtic elements meaning ‘hound’ + ‘valor’... [more]
Keirnan Irish
Gaelic form of Keirnan is Mac Thighearnain, which is derived from the word tighearna, meaning "lord." First found in County Cavan, Ireland.
Tao Chinese
From Chinese 陶 (táo) meaning "pottery, ceramics", used to denote someone who was responsible for making pottery.
Andaluz Spanish
Means "from Andalusia" or "from Spain", derived from the region of Spain called Andalucía, once called Al-Ándalus (a classical Arab name for the Iberian Peninsula)... [more]
General German
nickname for a mercenary (employed in royal services).
Ewell English
Habitation name from the town of Ewell in Surrey or from Temple Ewell or Ewell Manor, both in Kent or Ewell Minnis near Dover. Originally from Old English Aewill meaning "river source" or "spring".
Maaroufi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Maruf.
Are Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).
Tennant English, Scottish
Occupational name for a farmer who holds a feudal tenure in a property, ultimately derived from Latin teneo "to hold, to keep".
Whitson Scottish (Gallicized)
This surname originated in Lanarkshire in Scotland. The family held a seat from King Malcolm IV in 1153 in Wicestun.
Vivanco Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the Castilian locality of Vivanco de Mena.
Kuzmych Ukrainian
Means "child of Kuzma".
Rööp Estonian
Rööp is an Estonian surname meaning "parallel" and "beside".
Dewan Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali
From a title for a high-ranking government official or minister, derived from Persian دیوان (divan) meaning "royal court, tribunal, ministry, assembly".
Splain Irish
Irish: reduced form of Spillane.
Bonanno Italian
From the medieval personal name Bonanno, an omen name meaning "good year". Mainly found throughout southern Italy.
Sumeragi Japanese
From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]
Quetz German
German family name originating from the town of Quetz (today Quetzdölsdorf).... [more]
Tallinn Estonian
Tallinn is an Estonian surname, derived from "Tallinn", the capital city of Estonia.
Carulli Italian
It should derive from the late Latin cognomen Carullus, a hypochoristic form of the more widespread cognomen Carus.... [more]
Papa Tagalog, Italian, Albanian, Romanian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "pope, priest" in various languages.
Vưu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of You, from Sino-Vietnamese 尤 (vưu).
Velama Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting mainly agricultural laborers.
Arai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" or 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Agbulos Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to let go, to set free" in Ilocano.
Ōtsubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.
Tabata Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".
Hatcher English
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate, from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a floodgate or sluice-gate.
Reusser Swiss, German, Upper German
In Switzerland, an occupational name for a fisherman or maker of fish traps, from an agent derivative of Middle High German riuse "fish trap, weir basket". A nickname from an agent noun based on Middle High German riusen "to moan or complain"... [more]
Şinasi Turkish, Persian
roughly meaning 'Knowing ' or' seeker of knowledge'
Bannykh Russian
From баня (banya) meaning "bath"
Lohara Indian
Means "blacksmith" in Hindi
Xenos Ancient Greek
From Greek xenos ‘stranger’, ‘newcomer’ (equivalent to English Newman), or short for a composite name such as Xenocostas ‘Costas the newcomer’.
Shojaei Persian
Derived from Persian شجاع (shoja) meaning "brave, courageous".
Moseid Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
From Moseid Farm in southern Norway.
Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Thurles English
Today's generation of the Thurles family bears a name that was brought to England by the migration wave that was started by the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Thurles family lived in Suffolk, at Thurlow which was in turn derived from the Old English word tryohlaw, meaning dweller by the hill.
Trukhan Ukrainian
From Ukrainian труха (trukha), meaning "crumbling, dusting, rotting".
Xander German
From a short form of the personal name Alexander.
Harai Japanese
Hara means "field, plain" and i means "pit, mineshaft, well".
Csizmazia Hungarian
Means "bootmaker" in Hungarian.
Saiyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).
Tanielu Samoan
From the given name Daniel.
Stanasila Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Grignon French
From French 'grignard' meaning "angry" and "contemptuous", and Old French (of Germanic origin) 'grignier' "to grit the teeth" or "curl the lips".
Kościarz Polish
Means "bone collector, a person selling bones".
D'coolette French
Not known. A Character from Sonic The Hedgehog, Has This name.
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’.
Çetin Turkish
Means "hard, tough" in Turkish.
Žunec Croatian
Derived from žuna meaning ''woodpecker''.
Bobo Spanish
Means "a fool; stupid, silly, naive" in Spanish, derived from Latin balbus "stammering, stuttering, fumbling".
Dainty English
From a medieval nickname meaning "handsome, pleasant" (from Middle English deinte, from Old French deint(i)é). This was borne by Billy Dainty (1927-1986), a British comedian.
Priidel Estonian
Priidel is an Estonian surname derived from "prii" meaning "free".
Munsch Alsatian
Alsatian variant of Monge and Münch.
Männisalu Estonian
Männisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "pine grove".
Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".
Citovič Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Tsitovich.
Ohda Japanese
Variant transcription of Oda.
Philbert English
From the medieval French male personal name Filibert, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "very bright, very famous".
Sikkens Dutch
Means "son of Sikke".
Fenu Italian
From Sardinian fenu "hay, marsh grass". A relation to Latin faenus "interest, profit" has been suggested, but seems unlikely.
Građankić Bosnian (Rare)
Derived from "građan" meaning "citizen" in Serbo-Croatian.
Birge Hungarian
Occupational name for a shepherd, from birga, a variant spelling of birka 'sheep'.
Warrior English
From the given name “warrior” from Old Frenchwerreieor, werrieur ‘warrior’.
Giambattista Italian
From the given name Giambattista.
Marcato Italian, Venetian
From the given name Marchino.
Ramezanzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Ramezan" in Persian.
Tesfaye Amharic, Ethiopian
From the given name Tesfaye.
Schutte Dutch, Low German, South African
Variant of (Schütte), an occupational name for an archer.
Yagami Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 神 (kami) meaning "god".
Gugliuzza Italian
Derivative of the personal name Guglia.
Subelza Medieval Basque (Latinized, Archaic)
It means bushes weed or shrub tree. Subelza is also Oak or Carrasca tree.
Tuule Estonian
Tuule is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name) meaning "calm".
Jirōman Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 次郎 (jirō) meaning "2nd son" and 万 (man), a character clipping of 万屋 (yorozuya) meaning "general store", referring to a general store that was run by a 2nd son.... [more]
Lif Swedish
This is most likely a name adopted by soldiers in the 17th century. The actual meaning is unclear. It could be taken directly from the Swedish word liv meaning "life" or from a location named with this element.
Fazal Arabic
In Islam Imam Hussain's brother (Abbas) was named Fazal, however he was not his biological brother. Imam Hasan was his biological brother. Fazal was rather referred to as Abbas, in his life (c. 566 – c. 653 CE) he was referred to as Abbas and is also referred to today as Abbas
Alam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
Means "world, universe" (عالم) or "flag, sign, mark" (علم) in Arabic. This spelling represents two separate words in Arabic.
Maged Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Majid.
Abdukadirov Uzbek
Means "son of Abd al-Qadir" in Uzbek.
Kirkwood Scottish, English
From any of several places in Scotland named Kirkwood, derived from Old English cirice "church" and wudu "tree, wood, forest".
Antonovas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Antonov.
Eddleman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Edelmann.
Rogan Irish
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruadhagáin ‘son of Ruadhagán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ruadh ‘red’.
Kihlberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kil "wedge" and berg "mountain".
Pampukha Belarusian
Means "dumpling" in Belarusian.
Zuylen Dutch
Derived from the place name Zuilen.
Luxenberg German, Jewish, Luxembourgish, Belgian, French, Walloon
Habitational name from various places named Luxenberg, Luxemberg, Luxenburg, or Luxembourg, including the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Ryans English
Variant of Ryan.
Zeqiri Albanian
Derived from the given name Zeqir.
Kobori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 堀 (hori) meaning "moat, ditch".
Carradine English, German (Anglicized)
Variant spelling of Caradine. This name is borne by members of the Carradine family of actors, notably the American actor John Carradine (1906-1988).
Fish Medieval English, Jewish
From Middle English fische, fish ‘fish’, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish.... [more]
Kurtoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the wolf" from Turkish kurt meaning "wolf".
Petzold German
German. Derives from a pet form of a Slavic version of the given name Peter.
Ekanayke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ඒකනායක (see Ekanayake).
Tomaschett Romansh
Derived from an archaic diminutive of the given name Tumasch.
Dela Torre Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Torre primarily used in the Philippines.
Tharanga Sinhalese
From the given name Tharanga.
Konami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Douangphachanh Lao
From the Lao classifier ດວງ (douang) for spherical objects and ພະຈັນ (phachanh) meaning "moon".
Woelk German
German variant spelling of Wölk (see Wolk).
Christiani German, Dutch
From the given name Christian.
Çela Albanian
Meaning Unknown.
Klintsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Klint".