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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Gutjahr German, German (Swiss)
nickname for someone born on New Year's Day from a New Year's greeting meaning "Good year".
Wagenmann German
Occupational name from Middle High German wagenman ‘hauler’, ‘wagoner’.
Aškāpu Babylonian
Means "leatherworker", deriving from the Akkadian aškāpu ("a leatherworker , a cobbler , a shoemaker").
Fuoco Italian
Means "fire" in Italian.
Sabouri Persian
Derived from Persian صبور (sabour) meaning "patient, tolerant".
Anaya Basque
From Basque Anaia, a given name or byname meaning "brother".
Ryang Korean
North Korean form of Yang.
Schorgl German (Austrian)
Austrian meaning, “Lover of the land”, used by farmers.
Khomeini Persian
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Khomeyn in the Markazi province of Iran. A notable bearer of this surname was the Islamic revolutionary, politician and religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini (1900 or 1902-1989), who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran following the Iranian Revolution in 1979... [more]
Harith Arabic
Derived from the given name Harith.
Gran Swedish, Norwegian
Means "spruce" in Swedish and Norwegian.
Mobarak Arabic
From the given name Mubarak.
Frankland English
Status name for a person whom lived on an area of land without having to pay obligations. From Norman French frank, 'free' and Middle English land, 'land'. This surname is common in Yorkshire.... [more]
Artingstall English
From the name of a lost place in Cheshire called Alretunstall, probably derived from Old English alor "alder tree" combined with tun "enclosure, town" and steall "place, stead"... [more]
Namdar Persian
Means "famous, celebrated" in Persian.
Higuera Spanish
Higuera is a local surname; that is, the name was derived from the village or estate where the original bearer of the name once lived or held land. The Higuera family originally lived in the area of Figueroa.
Sevillano Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of Sevilla in Andalusia (see Sevilla).
Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Teunis Dutch
From the given name Teunis.
Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.
Gašparini Istriot
Croatian (Istria) cognate of the Italian surname Gasparini.
Amagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".
Yamashiro Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Arciniegas Basque
Pluralized variant of Arciniega.
Snowdon English
Variant spelling of Snowden, a surname initially used by the Border Reivers. Comes from the mountain in Wales.
Henc Polish
Variant of Hinc.
Schmon Romansh
Contracted form of the given names Schimun and Schamun.
Gregson English
Means "son of Greg"
Coen Jewish
Variant of Cohen.
Island Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is "ice" and land "land" or from Island "Iceland" (the name of the country).
Amadeu Portuguese
From the given name Amadeu.
Ashqar Arabic
From the given name Ashqar.
Elis Medieval English
A transition of the given name
Ivanagić Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Dawoodzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto داوودزی (see Daudzai).
Agata Japanese (Rare)
From 県 or 縣 (agata) meaning "prefecture, county, countryside, subdivision, district".
Navid Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.
Knol Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch knolle "tuber, turnip, lump of earth", a nickname for a fat or clumsy person, or an occupational name for a farmer.
Cordier French
Given to someone who worked or made with cord and or strings from old French corde "string". French cognate of Corder.
Reda Arabic
From the given name Ridha.
Eugenikos Greek (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinized form of Evgenikos. Mark of Ephesus, born Manuel Eugenikos, was a Hesychast theologian of the late Palaiologan period of the Byzantine Empire.
Bride Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized), English
Shortened form of MacBride, ultimately from the given name Brighid. It could also be a habitational name derived from any of several places called St Brides, or from the River Bride in Ireland, both also derived from Brighid.
Summ English
Variant of the surname Summers.
Fleischhacker German, Jewish
Occupational name for a butcher from German fleisch "flesh meat", and an agent derivative of hacken "to chop or cut".
Teare Manx
Manx form of McIntyre, from Manx "mac y teyr" and Irish "mac an tSaoir" meaning "son of the craftsman"
Tokin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).
Yahya Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yahya.
Karunaratne Sinhalese
From Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, kindness, mercy" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Tharwat Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tharwat.
Mitsugu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 貢, 三次, 三続 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 続 (kyou, kou, shoku, zou, tsugu.nai, tsudzu.ku, tsudzu.keru) meaning "continue, sequel, series", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]
Hilario Spanish
From the given name Hilarius.
Baboli Mazanderani
Means “from Babol”.
Da Palestrina Italian, History
Means "of Palestrina" in Italian, an Italian commune near Rome, derived from an Italian form of Latin Praenesteus or Praeneste, both of uncertain meaning. a famous bearer of the surname was the Italian late Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594).
Maserati Italian
Most notably the Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati, founded in Bologna, Italy all the way back in December 1914.
Paalmaa Estonian
Paalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning both "dolphin land" and "mooring post land".
Rashid Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Rashid.
Abelian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբելյան (see Abelyan).
Bulac Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bulak meaning "flower, bloom, blossom".
Niinepuu Estonian
Niinepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "bast tree/wood".
Thakur Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Gujarati, Nepali
From a feudal title meaning "lord, master", derived from Sanskrit ठक्कुर (thakkura) meaning "deity".
Amigable Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish amigable meaning "amicable".
Breland English
Americanized form of Breler.
Canela Spanish
Derived from the word 'canela' meaning cinnamon in Spanish. It Could also be a variant of the Catalan surname Candela.
Artemenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Artem".
Van Ommen Dutch
Means "from Ommen" in Dutch, a city and municipality in northeastern Netherland, historically attested as de Vmme or Ummen, of unknown etymology. It could derived from a prehistoric hydronym.
Kaji Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "wind". This is the last name of famous Japanese voice actor from Tokyo Japan, Yūki Kaji.
Stelmacov Russian
Form of Stelmakov used outside of Russia.
Nakama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ma can mean "pause" or "genuine, true real".
Aldunate Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Alduate.
Ollison Danish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Olesen .
Arteaga Basque
Derived from Basque arte "oak tree; holm oak, evergreen oak" and -aga "place of, group of".
Blitz German
This surname is presumed to be coming from a nickname for a fast runner or a quick tempered person, from German blitz(er) meaning "lightning" (ultimately from Middle High German blicze.)
Kooistra West Frisian, Dutch
Variant form of Kooij, using the Frisian habitational suffix -stra.
Jeon Korean
From Sino-Korean 全 (jeon) meaning "whole, entire".
Macmuircheartaich Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Muircheartach’s son".
Lafont French
topographic name for someone living near a spring or well a variant of Font with fused feminine definite article la.
Mac Seáin Irish
Irish form of Johnson.
Alford English, Scottish
From various places all derived from the Old English given name Ealdgyð and ford "ford".
Cestaro Italian
From cesta "basket" and the suffix -aro, an occupational name for a basket maker.
Orange French, English
Habitational name from various places named "Orange".
Dimaampao Filipino, Maranao
Possibly from the name of Dima'amapaw Kalinan, a character in the Darangen epic. The name itself may be derived from Maranao di' meaning "no, not" and ampaw meaning "detoured".
Mcgraves Irish
Irish Variant of Graves or a Variant of MacGraves.
Jürimäe Estonian
Jürimäe is an Estonian surname meaninh "Jüri's (masculine given name) hill/mountain".
Aburada Japanese
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kōjiya Japanese
From Japanese 麹 (kōji) meaning a substance made from plant molds to make fermented products and 屋 (ya) meaning "seller; shop".
Ikezono Japanese
Ike means "lake". Zono comes from Sono meaning "garden".
Franchi Italian
Variant spelling of Franco.
Hevia Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Siero.
Lazaros Greek
From the given name Lazaros.
Zahra Maltese, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahra.
Dehghan Persian
Means "farmer, peasant" in Persian.
Goldwasser German
German form of the anglicised surname Goldwater.
Steinhaus German, Jewish
topographic name for someone living in a stone-built house from Middle High German stein "stone" and hus "house" or a habitational name from any of the many places called Steinhaus for example near Fulda and near Wels in Austria... [more]
Yokohama Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and hama means "beach, seashore".
Hashitsume Japanese
Hashi means "bridge" and tsume means "edge, end".
Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".
Na Hui
From the Arabic name Nasr.
Ours French
Nickname from French meaning "bear".
Kodzuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little" and 土 (dzuchi), the joining form of 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth; soil; mud, ground".
Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Maroon Arabic (Americanized)
Americanized form of Maroun.
Becerra Spanish, Galician
Nickname probably for a high-spirited person from becerra "young cow, heifer". It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a cowherd.
Yavari Persian
Derived from Persian یاور (yavar) meaning "assistant, supporter".
Gianiel Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Gian.
Kurauchi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵/藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Stofflet Alsatian (Rare)
Derived from the given name Stoffel in combination with the diminutive suffix -et.
Mavrogiannis Greek
Literally means "black Giannis", derived from Greek μαύρος (mavros) "black, Moorish" and Giannis.
Kesteloot Belgian (Modern)
No idea whatsoever as to the origin of the surname other than it is of Belgian origin.
Auston English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Latin australis "southern" and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Hanifnejad Persian
Means "descendant of Hanif" in Persian.
Moriuchi Japanese
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 内 (uchi) means "inside".
Shoji Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 庄司 (see Shōji).
Rätsep Estonian
Means "tailor" in Estonian.
Taherian Persian
From the given name Taher.
Liivamäe Estonian
Liivamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "sandy hill/mountain".
Kaetsu Japanese
From Japanese 嘉 (Ka) meaning "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious", and 悦 (etsu) meaning "ecstasy, joy, rapture". Other kanji combinations are possible, and can create alternate meanings.
Rajasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese රාජසූරිය (see Rajasuriya).
Todachine Navajo
Variant of Todicheene meaning "bitter water people."
Broeders Dutch
From Middle Dutch broeder "brother, colleague" or "friar, monk, clergyman". Compare the German surname Bruder.
Nagatomi Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" or 長 (naga) meaning "superior", combined with 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth" or 冨 (tomi) with the same meaning.
Dangerfield English
Habitational name, with fused preposition d(e), for someone from any of the various places in northern France called Angerville, from the Old Norse personal name Ásgeirr and Old French ville "settlement, village"... [more]
Cena Italian
Derived from Latin meaning "dinner, meal, supper". Possibly an occupational name for a cook or a waiter. In an alternative representation, it could be given to someone who's known for hosting or being involved in meals or dinners, or may have given this surname to an illegitimate child who was not welcomed at the dinner table.
Al Najjar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic النجار (see Al-najjar).
Konkyuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).
Allikmäe Estonian
Allikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "wellspring hill".
Codreanu Romanian, Moldovan
A common surname in Romania and Moldova.... [more]
Namkoong Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 남궁 (see Namgung).
Harris Welsh
A combination of the Welsh adjective 'hy', meaning 'bold' or 'presumptuous' and the common Welsh personal name 'Rhys'. This surname is common in South Wales and the English West Country and has an official Welsh tartan... [more]
Locke English, German
Variant of Lock.
Rajasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Dieringer German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Thüringer, regional name for someone from Thuringia, This was also used as a medieval personal name. Americanized form of German Tieringer, habitational name for someone from Tieringen in Württemberg.
Joans English
Means "Son of Joan."
Osipov Russian
Means "son of Osip".
Kościarz Polish
Means "bone collector, a person selling bones".
Bonaiuto Italian
Derived from the Medieval names Bonaita or Bonaiutus or also from the Medieval Italian bon meaning "good" and aita meaning "help"... [more]
Thongsing Thai
From Thai ทอง (thong) meaning "gold" and สิงห์ (sing) meaning "lion".
Rispoli Italian
A patronymic from a derivative of the given name Rispo, which is probably of Germanic origin. Alternatively, it could be a variant of Ruspoli, which is of unknown origin.
Šillers Latvian
Latvian form of Schiller.
Galsworthy English
From a place in Devonshire meaning "sweet gale enclosure" in Old English. A famous bearer of the name was the English author John Galsworthy (1867-1933), known for making the 'The Forsyte Saga'.
Vääri Estonian
Vääri is an Estonian surname derived from "vääriv", meaning "worthy" and "deserving".
Beausire French
French cognate of Bowser.
Lazcano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lazkao.
Banh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Bành.
Dimapasoc Tagalog
From Tagalog di mapasok meaning "uninsertable, impenetrable".
DeBrincat Maltese
Patronymic "Of Brincat," from the first name Pancratius, meaning "the one who holds everything."
Varb Estonian
Varb is an Estonian surname meaning "rod".
Duran Catalan
Catalan cognate of Durand.
Tammepuu Estonian
Tammepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak tree".
Caderas Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and dera "free area".
Camus Basque
From the name of a location in Bermeo, Vizcaya (or Biscay), a Basque region in Spain.
Vahemets Estonian
Vahemets is an Estonian surname meaning "middle/dividing forest".
Buxtehude German, Low German
From the name of the town of Buxtehude in Lower Saxony, Germany. A famous bearer of this surname was the German-Danish Baroque composer and organist Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637-1707).
Bobber English
From the ancient Anglo-Saxon name Baber, a town in the county of Suffolk. A famous bearer of the last name is actor, director, animator, voice actor, and musician Troy Bobber.
Coronacion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish coronación, meaning "coronation", referring to the idea that the Virgin Mother of God was physically crowned as Queen of Heaven after her Assumption.
Shimajiri Japanese
From 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear".
Kostka Polish
From Polish kostka meaning "small bone" or from a form of the name Konstanty.
Nicolay German, French, Romansh
From the given name Nicolay, a form of Nicholas through Russian Nikolay... [more]
Mutsumi Japanese (Rare)
Mutsumi means "order".... [more]
Duering German (Anglicized, Rare)
Means "from Thüringen".
Abeygunawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" combined with गुण (guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Cicco Italian
From a diminutive of Francesco.
Atte Stone Medieval English (Archaic)
Archaic version of the surname Stone from Old English stan, 'atte' being an abbreviated version of "at the" used in several medieval surnames to denote where one lived, still seen in surnames like Attenborough, Atwood, Atwell, and Atteberry... [more]
Gobert French, German, English
From the given name Gobert a compressed form of Godebert composed of the ancient Germanic elements god "good" or god/got "god" and berht "bright famous".
Ólafsson Icelandic
Patronymic of the given Ólafur. This surname is given to their sons.
Boudewijn Dutch
From the given name Boudewijn.
Põldvee Estonian
Põldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "field water".
Barcroft English
English habitational name from for example Barcroft in Haworth, West Yorkshire, so named with Old English bere (barley) and croft (smallholding).
Abercrombie Scottish
Derived from a surname. It is the name of a parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Frith of Forth, whence the possessor took his surname; from Aber, marshy ground, a place where two or more streams meet; and cruime or crombie, a bend or crook... [more]
Nimanbegu Albanian
Nimanbegu or Nimani , given "beg" from Turks in Ottoman Empire
Onaga Japanese
O means "big, great" and naga means "long, cheif".
Jefferies English
Derived from the given name Jeffrey.
Maddrell Manx, Anglo-Saxon
The placename is of Anglo-Saxon origin, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Modred".... [more]
Hua Chinese
From Chinese 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese".
Byron English
An English place name, earlier Byram, from byre, meaning "farm" and the suffix -ham meaning "homestead". Famously borne by the aristocratic poet, Lord Byron.
Konkyuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyū).
İlyas Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İlyas.
Conejo Spanish
from conejo "rabbit" (from Latin cuniculus), presumably applied as a nickname with various possible connotations (big ears, timidity, etc.) or otherwise as a metonymic occupational name for a rabbit catcher or dealer... [more]
Storey English
From the Old Norse nickname Stóri, literally "large man". A literary bearer is British novelist and playwright David Storey (1933-).
Aga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Tassoni Italian
Probably derived from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)", though it can also mean "yew (tree)".
Feldhaus German
habitational name from a place called Feldhaus after a "house standing in open country", derived from the elements feld "field" and hus "house"... [more]
Onstad Norwegian, German
Habitational name from the name of any of seven farmsteads mainly in the southeast most of them with names formed from any of various Old Norse personal names plus stathir "farmstead" as for example Augunarstathir from the personal name Auðun (from Auth "wealth" plus un "friend")... [more]
Darmadi Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Huo (霍) or Wang (汪). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
La Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Luo, from Sino-Vietnamese 羅 (la).
Hatake Japanese
Means "Field" in Japanese
Catchpole English
Occupational name for a bailiff or a tax collector, from Anglo-Norman chacer "to catch, to hunt" and pol "fowl" (ultimately derived from Latin pullus).
Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".
Courville French
Derived from either of two communes in the departments of Marne and Eure-et-Loir in France. It is named with Latin curba villa, denoting a settlement in the curve of a road.
Nuiamäe Estonian
Nuiamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "clubs hill."
Rollin English, German
English: variant of Rolling.... [more]
Badawi Arabic
Means "Bedouin" in Arabic.
Fischbein German, Jewish
Means "fish bone".
Xiong Chinese
From Chinese 熊 (xióng) meaning "bear".
Saxby English (British)
Saxby is the surname of the character Stella Saxby from the book Awful Auntie, by David Walliams. Saxby means "Grand" .
Abdulaziz Arabic
From the given name Abdulaziz.