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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Preda Italian
Derived from the first name Prato, meaning "field, meadow".
Koolhof Dutch
Denoted someone from the Dutch neighbourhood Koolhof, derived from koolhof "vegetable garden".
Filagic Serbian, Croatian
Probably derived from the Turkish word aga. Agas were the Sultan's regents.
Stallard English
Byname for a valiant or resolute person, from a reduced pronunciation of Middle English stalward, stalworth "stalwart" (an Old English compound of stǣl "place" and wierðe "worthy").
Turco Italian
Means "Turkish" in Italian, an ethnic name for someone from Turkey, or a nickname from the same word in the sense of a non-Christian or, following the medieval ethnic stereotype, a cruel, ferocious, or short-tempered person.
Saco Italian
There are several possible derivations for the Saco surname: the Saco name evolved from an old Tuscan personal name, Saccus; it came from the word "sacco" meaning "a sack," and was an occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags; it was a habitational name taken on from the place named Sacco in Salerno province.
Della Italian, Spanish
Likely derived from the Italian and Spanish word della, meaning "of the".
Birne English, German, Jewish
Means "pear" in German, making it the German equivalent of Perry 1, perhaps originally referring to a person who harvested or sold pears... [more]
Markovnikov Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Markov.
Shehata Arabic
Derived from Arabic شحات (shahhat) meaning "beggar".
Hvozdovich Rusyn
Rusyn version of Hvozdyk.
Moslavac Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Moslavina, a region in Croatia.
Iwado Japanese (Rare)
Iwado means "rock door". Iwado from Holyland is a character bearing this surname
Gizzatullin Bashkir
From the given name Izzatullah.
Matarazzo Italian
From Sicilian matarazzu meaning "mattress".
Guinan Irish
The surname Guinan comes from the Irish surname O Cuanain (O'Conein and MacConein) and is derived from the Irish Cuinin for "rabbit", son of Dugal. They claim descendancy through the Donnelly line of the native Irish.
Harano Japanese
Hara means "plain, field" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Annen German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Anna.
Troutman English (American)
Americanized form of German "Trautmann". The German adjective "traut" means “dear” or "beloved", and it derives from the same root as "trauen": to trust. Worldwide, there are now more Troutmans than Trautmanns.... [more]
Barella Italian
From a derivative of Barone.
Rokuro Japanese (Rare)
Means "potter's wheel" or "pulley" in Japanese.
Cwynar Polish
Polonized form of the German surname Zwirner, an occupational name for a yarn or twine maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwirn ‘twine’, ‘yarn’
Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".
Gestetner Hungarian, Yiddish
Gestetner, of an uncertain etymology, is the surname of the Gestetner mimeograph’s eponymous inventor.
Alaväli Estonian
Alaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region field".
Eun Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 殷 (eun) meaning "great, many, magnificent; flourishing".
Gladney English
Probably means "bright island", from the Old English element glæd "bright" (cf. Glædwine) and the English element ney "island" (cf.... [more]
Villasante Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Montija.
Lapin French
Means "Rabbit" in French.
Ooms Dutch
Patronymic form of Oom, derived from Dutch oom meaning "uncle". Alternatively, could be from the given name Omaar.
Miyakuni Japanese
Miya means "Shrine, temple" and kuni "country".
Guercio Italian
Probably a variant of Guerzoni, though it may derive from a Germanic given name.
Vannasdall Dutch
Variant of surname Van Audall
Mikk Estonian
Mikk is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name); a shortened form of the masculine given name Mihkel (a variant of Michael).
Fuchinoue Japanese
Fuchi means "abyss, pool, deep end", no is a possessive particle, and ue means "upper, top, above".
Sjölander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land and the habitational suffix -er). The second element is sometimes said to be derived from Greek aner "man".
Desailly French
Originally denoted a person who came from any of the various places in northern or eastern France called Sailly, which is possibly derived from Old French saillir, salir meaning "to spring", ultimately from Latin saliō... [more]
Hockton German
In relation to Hock a wine producing region and probably being adopted into Britain via Anglo Saxon settlers.
Sumanadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
O'mara Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meadhra "descendant of Meadhair" a personal name derived from meadhair "mirth".
Cordier French
Given to someone who worked or made with cord and or strings from old French corde "string". French cognate of Corder.
Kanada Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kaneda.
Turnbo English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach.
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).
Bortnyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Bortnik.
Bossier French
Occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of Old French bosse 'barrel'.
McCarrey Irish
Variant of Carey.
Karimpour Persian
Means "son of Karim".
Rajapakshe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජපක්ෂ (see Rajapakse).
Yam Hebrew
From the given name Yam.
Mucha Polish, Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian
Nickname for an irritating person or someone considered of no importance, from mucha "fly".
Læstadius Swedish
From the name of the village Lästa in Ångermanland, Sweden, whose name possibly means "Leiðulfr's home". Lars Levi Læstadius (1800-1861) was a Swedish priest who founded a Lutheran revival movement known as Laestadianism.
Binotti Italian
From Latin albus, "white", derivative of Albino.
Hendy Welsh
It may mean house in welsh.
Gemünd German
Regional name for someone who lives in Gemünden.
Kagiyama Japanese
Means "key mountain".... [more]
Luong Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Lương.
Kix English (Rare)
Location name from one of two rivers in West Yorkshire called Kex.
Sugiki Japanese
Sugi means "pine, fir tree" and ki means "tree, wood".
Tefft English
Variant of English Taft. This surname was already well established in Connecticut and Rhode Island by 1715.
Omori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 森 (mori) "forest," "woods."
Sansuk Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสนสุข (see Saensuk).
Ó Muimhneacháin Irish
It literally mean’s "Munsterman’s descendant".
Cardei Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Srisuk Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ศรีสุข (see Sisuk).
Asaad Arabic
From the given name As'ad.
Kawanishi Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
Prett English
Variant of Pratt.
Manjarrez Spanish
Habitational Name From Manjarrés A Village In La Rioja Province.
Raymond English, French
From the Norman personal name Raimund, composed of the Germanic elements ragin "advice, counsel" and mund "protection".
Bärg German
Variant of Berg.
Debs French
From the given name Debus, a variant of Thebs or Thebus, which was an altered short form of Mattheus. This was borne by American union leader Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926).
Whetzel American
Altered spelling of German Wetzel.
Westin Swedish
Variant spelling of Vestin.
Sette Italian
Means "seven". Probably a nickname for the seventh child of a family, though it could derive from a place name containing the element.
Slack English, Dutch
Nickname for an idle person, from Middle Dutch slac "slow, loose", Middle English slak "lazy, careless". Alternatively, the Dutch form could derive from Middle Dutch slecke "snail, slug", with a similar implication of idleness.
Shirasaka Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
Hauck German
Derived from the first name Hugo.
Abdelrahman Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rahman.
Benaïm Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Haïm".
Mineo Japanese
Mine means "peak" and i means "tail".
Tharwat Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tharwat.
Simmo Estonian
Simmo is an Estonian surname and masculine given name; a variant of the name "Simon".
Shyamalan Indian (Rare), Malayalam (Rare)
Derived from the given name Shyamal or Shyama. This is the surname of Manoj "M... [more]
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.
Tambet Estonian
from given name Tambet
Kubec Czech
Kubec is short form of Jakub.
Silber German, Jewish
From Middle High German silber, German Silber "silver"; a metonymic occupational name for a silversmith, or often, in the case of the Jewish surname, an ornamental name.
Demchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Demyan.
Stormo Norwegian
Habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, notably in northern Norway, so named from stor meaning "big" + mo meaning "moor", "heath".
Padrutt Romansh
Derived from the given name Padrutt.
Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".
McInerney Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac An Airchinnigh, meaning "son of the overseer (of church lands)".
Henrie English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Henrie, a variant of Henry.
Eminović Bosnian
Means "son of Emin".
Clute Dutch
Variant form of Dutch Cloet or Kluit. Alternatively, could be from German Kluth.
Rozewicz Polish
The origin of this surname is unknown, but is Polish.... [more]
Mayordomo Spanish
Means "butler" in Spanish.
Sashenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Sasha".
Macklin English, Scottish
Meaning unknown, but it might be related to MacLean.
Meusburger German (Austrian)
The history of this last name is that it means "Mountain Dweller." Being as part of the Austrian surnames, it's a widely used one in it's home country. A few brothers had gone to various countries, as of now there is Meusburgers in Columbia, as well as the United States and throughout Europe... [more]
Smolski Polish
Derived from smoła, meaning “tar”.
Väärsi Estonian
Väärsi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "vääris", meaning "costly", "noble" and "valuable".
Hrysyuk Ukrainian
Maybe related to Hrytsenko.
Vendel Hungarian
From the given name Vendel.
Delage French
From the dialect word age "hedge" for someone who lived by a hedge or from the various places in France called L'Age.
Timmins English
Patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of Timothy.
Badr Arabic
From the given name Badr.
Sabinov Bulgarian
Means “son of Sabin”
Mac Murchadha Irish
Means "descendant of Murchadha"
Leones Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of León in Spain. Coincides with the plural form of Spanish león "lion; cougar, puma".
Lưu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Liu, from Sino-Vietnamese 劉 (lưu).
Smetana Czech
Means "cream".
Smithberger English (American)
Americanized form of German Schmidtberger or its variant, Schmiedberger.
Ghasemzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Ghasem" in Persian.
Poehler German
German (Westphalian): topographic name for someone who lived by a muddy pool, from an agent noun derived from Middle Low pol ‘(muddy) pool’.
Mosher English
It is one of several variants of the name Mauger, also spelt Moger and Major, which itself comes from the Old French Maugier and Old German Malger, a compound name meaning "council-spear"... [more]
Stonor English
Locational name from a village in Oxfordshire, England. The name comes from Old English stán "stony" and the place was named for a stone circle on the land.
Luttrell English
From a diminutive of Old French loutre, meaning "otter" (from Latin lutra), applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an otter or a metonymic occupational name for someone who hunted otters (for their pelts).
Sawatdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).
Norek Polish, Czech
Derived from nora, meaning "burrow."
Hailstone English
Possibly from Hailstone Hill in Wiltshire, which may be derived from Old English hālig-stān meaning "holy stone" or hagolstān meaning "hailstone". Could also derive from English personal name Æthelstān.
Farquhar Scottish (Anglicized)
Scottish (Aberdeenshire) reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhearchair ‘son of Fearchar’, a personal name composed of the elements fear ‘man’ + car ‘loving’, ‘beloved’.
Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Endou Japanese
Variant of Edo.
Vään Estonian
Vään is an Estonian surname meaning "climbing".
Hlöðversson Icelandic
Means "son of Hlöðver". Used exclusively by men; Hlöðversdóttir is the female form].
Myre Norwegian
Variant of Myhre.
Lengsavath Lao
From Lao ແລງ (leng) meaning "evening" and ສະຫວາດ (sawat) meaning "fond, affectionate" or "sincere, open".
Illarionov Russian
Means "son of Illarion".
Vilanova Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Portuguese, Catalan and Galician cognate of Villanueva.
Mosley English
Habitational name from any of several places called Mos(e)ley in central, western, and northwestern England. The obvious derivation is from Old English mos "peat bog" and leah "woodland clearing", but the one in southern Birmingham (Museleie in Domesday Book) had as its first element Old English mus "mouse", while one in Staffordshire (Molesleie in Domesday Book) had the genitive case of the Old English byname Moll.
Sachtleben German
Nickname for someone perceived to lead a carefree, easy life, from Middle Low German sacht(e) meaning "soft" + leben meaning "life".
Silbernagel German
Occupational for a silversmith from middle high German silber "silver" and nagel "nail".
Gawel Polish, English (Americanized), German (Germanized)
Variant of Gaweł, particularly outside of Poland.
Galbraith Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
Ethnic name for someone descended from a tribe of Britons living in Scotland, from Gaelic gall ‘stranger’ + Breathnach ‘Briton’ (i.e. ‘British foreigner’). These were either survivors of the British peoples who lived in Scotland before the Gaelic invasions from Ireland in the 5th century (in particular the Welsh-speaking Strathclyde Britons, who survived as a distinctive ethnic group until about the 14th century), or others who had perhaps migrated northwestwards at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions.
Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ilomets Estonian
Ilomets is an Estonian surname meaning "merry forest".
Jõesaar Estonian
Jõesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "river island".
Novitskaya Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Feminine transcription of Belarusian Навіцкі, Russian Новицкий and Ukrainian Новицький (see Novitsky).
Jean-louis Haitian Creole
From the given names Jean 1 and Louis.
Domènech Catalan
From the given name Domènec.
De Leeuw Dutch, Flemish
Means "the lion" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived at a house or tavern with a sign depicting a lion. In some cases, it may have been a nickname denoting a wild or courageous individual.
Minter English
Occupational name for someone involved in the production or distribution of coins, such as a moneyer or a clerk in a mint, derived from Old English mynet "coin".
Mamoun Arabic
Derived from the given name Mamun.
Susilo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Lin (林) or Luo (羅). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Toro Spanish, Italian
Either a habitational name from Toro in Zamora province. Compare De Toro . Or a nickname for a lusty person or for someone who owned a bull or a metonymic occupational name for a tender of bulls or possibly for a bull fighter from toro "bull" (from Latin taurus).
Higgin English
From the given name Higgin
Ospanov Kazakh
Means "son of Ospan".
Santiprabhob Thai
From Thai สันติ (santi) meaning "peace" and ประภพ (praphop), a transcription of Sanskrit प्रभव (prabhava) meaning "production; source; origin".
Schellekens Dutch
Patronymic form of Schelleken, a diminutive of given names derived from scalc "servant, knight", such as Schalk or Godschalk... [more]
Kasparov Armenian (Russified)
Russified form of Gasparyan. A notable bearer is Garry Kasparov (1963-), a Russian chess grandmaster.
Goldwyn English, Jewish
Derived from the Old English given name Goldwine, composed of the elements gold meaning "gold" and win meaning "friend".
Ōno Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (oo) "big" and 野 (no) "field," "area."
Sabat French
Nickname for a noisy, rowdy person, from Middle French sab(b)at "noise", "racket".
Crisologo Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Crisólogo primarily used in the Philippines.
Massie English
Variant of Massey.
Goodfriend English
Nickname for a reliable friend or neighbor, from Middle English gode meaning "good", and frend meaning "friend". It is an English translation and cognate of German Gutfreund, from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and vriunt meaning "friend".
Tuckerton English
Derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment", and tun "enclosure, yard".
Chakib Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Shakib.
Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (hime) meaning "princess".... [more]