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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Wijayadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Tarancón Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Pennant Celtic
Meaning, "Belonging to Pennant" (a common Welsh place-name).
Kondratyuk Ukrainian
Means "child of Kondratiy".
Yarchi Hebrew
From Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yareach), meaning "moon".
Calzadilla Spanish
habitational name from any of the places called (La) Calzadilla, named with a diminutive of calzada 'paved road'
Neztsosie Navajo
From nééz, “tall” in Navajo and tsʼósí, “slim” in Navajo
Kunin Jewish
Metronymic form of Kune.
Branch English
topographic name or nickname from Middle English braunch "branch" (Old French branche braunche) of uncertain application (compare German Zweig)... [more]
Trollope English
Locational surname derived from Trolhop, the original name of Troughburn, a place in Northumberland, England. The place name means "troll valley" from Old Norse troll "troll, supernatural being" and hop "enclosed valley, enclosed land"... [more]
Galiev Tatar, Bashkir
Tatar and Bashkir variant of Aliev.
Vasylyshyna Ukrainian
Feminine transcription of Ukrainian Василишин (see Vasylyshyn).
Masry Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Masri.
Alptekin Turkish, Uyghur
From Turkish alp meaning "brave, hero" and the Old Turkish title tegin meaning "prince".
Ekici Turkish
Means "planter, farmer" in Turkish.
Ndzengue Central African (?)
Unknown. One notable bearer of the surname is Fahd Richard Ndzengue Moubeti, a Gabonese professional footballer.
Trausch German, Slavic, Low German, Luxembourgish
A nickname either derived from Trauschke, a nickname from Old Slavic drugu "companion", or from Middle Low German druus "sullen", "dour".
Easa Dhivehi
From the given name Easa.
Yoakum English (American)
Americanized version of Jochim
Pinches English (British, Rare)
This is one of the very earliest of surnames. This is an English name. First recorded in the 12th century it was a nickname of endearment for a bright, chirpy, person, thought by his peer group to be active like a finch... [more]
Carlander Swedish
Combination of the given name Karl or Swedish karl "man" and ander, from classical Greek andros, "man".
Rodd English
Locational name for someone "at the rod" of land, from Middle English rodde. Also could come from the given name Rod, or the parish of Rodd in Herefordshire, England.
Matsuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Pharamond French
From the given name Pharamond.
Karpiak Ukrainian
Likely from the given name Karp.
Raval Indian, Gujarati
From Gujarati રાવ (rava) meaning "king", ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan).
Mejia Galician
A very ancient surname, infrequent and widely spread across Spain, mostly in Madrid, Barcelona, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Cuenca, Sevilla and Toledo; and also in Pontevedra, Lugo, Guadalajara, Almería, Granada, Alicante and Málaga.... [more]
Capal Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao kapal meaning "boat, ship".
Lescher German
German metonymic occupational name for a mediator or arbitrator, or possibly for a fireman, from Middle High German leschære ‘extinguisher’.
Delvecchio Italian
The surname Delvecchio is derived from the Italian word vecchi, which further derives from the late Latin word veclus, which measn old, aged, or elderly.
Albrizze Italian
Variant of Albrizzi
Hun Khmer
Means "capital, investment" in Khmer, also referring to a unit of weight for precious metals.
Pane English
Variant of Payne.
Plummer English
1. Occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Anglo-Norman French plom(m)er, plum(m)er ‘plumber’, from plom(b), plum(b) ‘lead’ (Latin plumbum)... [more]
Mittag German
Means "midday, noon" in German, with an archaic meaning of "south". Habitational name given to someone who lived south of a main settlement.
Yousef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.
Requa German
Variant of Ricward, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ric ‘power(ful)’ + ward ‘guardian’.
Kamakado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kamado.
Goonaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]
Kitzmiller English (American)
Americanized form of German Kitzmüller, literally ‘kid miller’ ( see Kitz + Muller ), a nickname for a miller who kept goats; alternatively, the first element may be from a personal name formed with the Germanic element Gid-, cognate with Old English gidd ‘song’.
Damm German
From a short form of a personal name containing the Old High German element thank "thanks", "reward".
Samer Arabic
From the given name Samer.
Masihuddin Arab
The name Masih Uddin combines Masih, meaning “Messiah” (a title for Jesus Christ in Christian and Islamic traditions), and Uddin, meaning “of the faith” or “of the religion.” The name can be understood as “Messiah of the Faith”.
Stoneking Cornish, Medieval Cornish
The surname Stoneking was first found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. The name originates in Cornwall, deriving from the Old English word 'stan', meaning stone, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a prominent stone.
Mutou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.
Oatis English
Altered spelling of Otis, itself a variant of Oates.
Mcbroom Scottish
Means "son of the judge".
Cadieli Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Gieli.
Bernier French
From the personal name Bernier composed of the ancient Germanic elements bern "bear" and hari "army"... [more]
Camden English
From a place name perhaps derived from Old English camp meaning "enclosure" and denu meaning "valley".
Pépin French
From the Old French name Pepis, itself a form of the given name Pépin. Alternatively, it may be derived from French pépin meaning "(fruit) seed", thus making it an occupational name for a gardener or someone who grew fruit-bearing trees.
Queirós Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Quirós.
Odoemene Nigerian
Odoemene roots from Nigeria. It has branched onward to America, and multiple other countries. It literally means 'yellow reluctance' in Igbo.
Haskell English
From the Norman personal name Aschetil.
Selg Estonian
Selg is an Estonian surname meaning "back", "spine" and "back of".
Bostan Romanian
Nickname from Romanian bostan meaning "pumpkin, melon".
Gatou Japanese
Variant transcription of Gato.
Schneller German
Means “faster” in German
Bearden English
English habitational name, a variant of Barden, or from places in Devon and Cornwall called Beardon.
Hartsill English
A habitational name from a place in Warwickshire named Hartshill from the Old English personal name Heardrēd + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
Kallemaa Estonian
Kallemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping land".
Panella Italian
From the name of a kind of fritter or pancake made with chickpea powder. Could be an occupational name for a baker, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a yellowish complexion. Alternatively, can be a diminutive form of Pane.
Devasagayam Tamil
Means "God has Helped/ God's Help"
Yakoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.
Eller German
Habitational name from places in the North Rhine and Mosel areas
Moroux Louisiana Creole
From the surname Moroux.
Whitehall English
From the name of any of several locations in England, derived from Old English hwit "white" and halh "nook, corner", or sometimes heall "hall, manor".
Armada Spanish (Philippines), Spanish
Taken directly from the Spanish word meaning "navy, fleet."
Mazini Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مَزِين (mazīn) meaning “decorated, adorned” or مازن (mazin) meaning “rain cloud” (see Mazin; chiefly Moroccan).
Parete Italian
Denoted from a person who lived near a wall.
Nett German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Early New High German net(t) "clean; pure; unadulterated".
Egbertson English
Means "son of Egbert".
Kitzmüller German
Meaning "kid miller".
Levert French
Means "the green", from French vert "green".
Küttim Estonian
Küttim is an Estonian surname derived from "küttima" meaning "to hunt" or "pursue".
Eggimann German (Swiss)
Denotes someone from the Emmental valley, a valley in Switzerland.
Asa Japanese
Variously written, sometimes with characters used phonetically. It can mean ‘morning’, but the most likely meaning is ‘hemp’, making it a topographic or occupational name. Both forms are found mostly in Amami, one of the Ryūkyū Islands.
Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.
El-qases Arabic
It means "the narrative (which refers to the title of a chapter of the Quran)".
Golomb Polish
Variant of GOLAB.
Lanthier French
From the given name Lantier, derived from German elements land "land" and hari "army".
Külvik Estonian
Külvik is an Estonian surname meaning "thrower" and "(seed) sower".
Sutherlin English
Variant of Sutherland
Malov Russian
From malo, meaning "small".
Delfin Spanish
Meaning "dolphin" in Spanish.
Jaunzemis Latvian
Means "Of the new land".
Brahimaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Brahim" in Albanian.
Tumas Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Tumas.
Hingston English
From any of several towns named Hinxton or Hingston, varyingly meaning "Hengist’s hill" (from hengest "stallion" and dun "hill, mountain") or "hind’s stone" (from hind "female deer" and stan "stone").
Wei Chinese
From Chinese 韦 (wéi) referring to the ancient state of Wei that existed in the pre-Qin period in what is now Henan province.
Dushaj Albanian
It comes from serbian name ''dusha'' meaning soul.In serbian ''dusha moja'' means my sweatheart.Probably a nickname or name given to the patriarch of the dushaj family that got taken as a surname by his descendants later on,adding the popular albanian ending -aj.
Opel German
Derived from the given name Albert.
Kuka Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Croatian, German
Slovak, Polish, Czech, Serbian, and Croatian: nickname derived from Slovak kukať, Polish kukać, Czech kukat, Croatian kukati meaning "to cuckoo" or, in some of these languages, from a homonymous verb meaning "to peep, to peer out".... [more]
Fall English, German
English topographic name Middle English falle "fall descent" (from Old English gefeall or gefall "felling of trees" Old Norse fall "forest clearing") denoting a waterfall steep slope or (in northern England) a forest clearing... [more]
Sakamizu Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Cayabyab Pangasinan, Tagalog
From Pangasinan and Tagalog kayabyab denoting a person who pounded rice grains with a pestle in a mortar.
Hosseinpour Persian
Means "son of Hossein" in Persian.
Ülevain Estonian
Ülevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".
Wijngaard Dutch
Means "vineyard" in Dutch.
Armitage English
Topographic name for someone who lived on or near a hermitage or a habitational for places so called, derived from Middle English ermitage. A famous bearer of the name is English actor Richard Crispin Armitage (1971-).
Shareef Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Sharif.
Fonseka Sinhalese
Sinhalese variant of Fonseca.
Yaoyorozu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 百 (o) meaning "one hundred", and 万 (yorozu) meaning "ten thousand"
Scholtes Dutch
Patronymic form of Scholte.
Vejas Spanish
An altered form of the surname Behar
Zengotita Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Mallabia, Spain, of uncertain etymology.
Taris Italian
Meaning unknown, probably from Sardinian.
Malizia Italian
Means "malice, spite" or "mischievousness" in Italian.
Yari Japanese
From the kanji 槍, meaning spear. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Eichacker German
Topographic name meaning "oak field. from Middle High German eiche "oak" and acker "field".
Ganaha Japanese
From Japanese 我 (ga) meaning "selfish", 那 (na) meaning "what" and 覇 (ha) meaning "supremacy".
Parmar Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit परमार (paramara) meaning "slayer of enemies", from पर (para) meaning "enemy, adversary" and मार (mara) meaning "killing, slaying, destroying".
November English (American)
From the name of the month.
Oki Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea".
Kriskó Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of Kriško.
Kurihara Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Romney English
From a village in Kent derived from Latin rumen "gullet, throat" and Old English ea "river, stream". A famous bearer of the name is American businessman Mitt Romney (1947-).
Giovanni Italian
From the given name Giovanni.
Cronholm Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish krona (from Latin corona) meaning "crown" and holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island".
McAreavy Irish
A variant of Gilroy. Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Ruaidh
Hungarian
Metonymic occupational name for a salt seller or producer, from ‘salt’.
Zopf German
Nickname for someone who wore his hair in a pigtail or plait, Middle High German zopf, zoph, or from a field name from same word in the sense ‘tail’, ‘end’, ‘narrow point’.
Sergeyan Armenian, Russian
Means "son of Sergey" with the Armenian suffix yan.
Rungrueang Thai
Means "flourishing, prospering" in Thai.
Daw Irish (Anglicized)
Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh, ‘descendant of Deaghadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin... [more]
Hosoya Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, narrow, fine, slender" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Güllü Turkish
Means "(made) with roses" in Turkish.
Beresford English
English: habitational name from a place in the parish of Alstonfield, Staffordshire named Beresford, from Old English beofor ‘beaver’ (or possibly from a byname from this word) + Old English ford ‘ford’... [more]
Kirieda Japanese
"Paulownia tree branch".
Ramasamy Tamil
From the name of the Hindu god Rama 1 combined with Tamil சாமி (sami) meaning "chief, master, lord" (ultimately from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svamin)).
Loughty Scottish
Uncommon Scottish surname meaning 'by a lake'. It is derived from the Scottish word 'loch', meaning lake, combined with the suffix 'ty', in this case signifying 'by'.
Omine Japanese
O means "big, great, large" and mine means "peak".
Karunasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Salgueiro Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Salguero.
Hathurusingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala හතුරුසිංහ (see Hathurusinghe).
Ornelas Jewish
Hebrew, Jewish, Judah...
Tabares Spanish
Spanish form of Tavares.
Börjesson Swedish
Means "son of Börje".
Blasey French
The name may have been associated with a 4th century (316) French saint Blasius of Armenie (Armienes,) and later introduced into and adopted by Yorkshire people as their saint of wool-combers from a Norman noble.
Göktaş Turkish
From Turkish gök meaning "sky" and taş meaning "stone".
Halevi Hebrew
Means "The Levite" in Hebrew, from the word ha which means "the", and the surname Levi.
Minteer Irish
An Irish variation of the Gaelic surname, Macateer, "Mac" meaning "son of the".
Aaberg Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian cognate of Åberg.
Northcote English
English: variant of Northcutt.
Schwanke German
From a short form of the German given name Swaneke, a pet form of Swane, ultimately derived from a Germanic compound name formed with swan meaning "swan" as the first element (see Schwenke 2).
Cajochen Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name Jochen.
Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Priest English
Derived from the occupation priest, which is a minister of a church. It could also be a nickname for a person who is / was a priest.
Pauley English, German
English: from a medieval pet form of Paul.... [more]
Avivi Hebrew
Means "springlike" or "of the spring" in Hebrew. (see Aviv)
Iyeguda Jewish (Russified)
From the given name Iyeguda.
Miyagishima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Engler German
South German: patronymic from Engel.
Gutt Jewish
Variant of Gut.
Yeoman English, Scottish
Occupational name for an official providing duties in a royal household, ranking between a Sergeant and a Groom or between Squire and a Page, or for a freeholder, derived from Middle English yoman, of uncertain origin.
Stowell English
From multiple places so-called or similar, all derived from Old English stan "stone" and wille "well, spring, stream".
Frankenberg German, Jewish
habitational name from a place in northern Hesse named as "fort (Old High German burg) of the Franks". From German franken and berg "mountain hill mountain"... [more]
Akulyonok Russian
Means "little shark".
Narr German
Nickname for a foolish or silly person, from Middle High German narr ‘fool’, ‘jester’.
Voogd Dutch
Means "guardian" in Dutch, an occupational name for a bailiff, farm manager, or someone appointed to look after the interests of other people. Ultimately from Latin advocatus "witness, advocate; one called upon to help"... [more]
Karman Jewish
From Russian карман (karman) meaning "pocket, bag pocket", probably an occupational name for someone who made such items. Alternatively, could derive from Hungarian Kármán.
Di Maggio Italian
Came from a child who was born in the month of May. The surname Maggio is derived from the Italian word Maggio, which literally means the month of May.
De Praetere Flemish
Means "the prattler", from or related to Middle Dutch praten "to chatter" (c. 1400), from a Proto-Germanic imitative root.
Gay English
Habitational name from a settlement in Normandy called Gaye, possibly derived from a Germanic person name cognate with Wade 2, or perhaps related to Old French gayere "wet ground" or goille "puddle, quagmire".
Devereaux English
Variant form of Devereux, based on the common English mis-pronunciation "Devero".
Gorelick Jewish
A name given to people whose homes were burnt down. Americanized form of Gaerlick.
Saeli Thai
Form of Li 1 used by Chinese Thais.
Goof English (American, Rare)
The name has been Anglicized from the Dutch short form Goof, from Govert, with its roots from the Dutch and Limburgish cognate Godfried... [more]
Melendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Meléndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.
Kapeller German, German (Austrian)
Derived from Middle High German kappelle, kapelle "chapel", this name denoted someone who lived near a chapel.
Youngblood English
Americanisation of the German surname Jungbluth.
Zemmour Berber
Derived from Tamazight azemmur meaning "olive".
Manus Norwegian (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized variant of Magnussen. This was the surname of Norwegian World War II resistance fighter Max Manus, whose father spent much of his life living in Hispanophone countries.
Lasley English
variation of Leslie
Uusmaa Estonian
Uusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".
Osegueda Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Oseguera chiefly used in Central America.
Hanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Danilov Russian
Means "son of Daniil".
Al Delaimi Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of al-Dulaimi.
Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Sevier English
Occupational name for a sieve-maker, Middle English siviere (from an agent derivative of Old English sife "sieve").
Seidman Jewish, German
Derived from Seid.
Ahlborn German
From the old personal name Albern, from Germanic adal meaning "noble" and boran meaning "born".
Batungbakal Filipino
Tagalog Filipino surname meaning "iron stone", from Tagalog bato "stone" combined with bakal "iron, steel".
Raley English
Variant of Raleigh.
Klepper German
Derived from Middle High German kleppern "to clatter, chatter; to gossip", a nickname for a talkative or gossipy person.
Scarlato Italian
From Sicilian scarlatu meaning "scarlet" or "purple". Given as an occupational name for a dyer, or as a nickname for someone who habitually wore scarlet or who had bright red hair.
Doğan Turkish
Means "hawk, falcon" in Turkish.
Dhulgale Somali
Dhulgale – "Land Holder" (referring to someone who owns or works a large piece of land)
Sillajõe Estonian
Sillajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "river bridge".
Lutter Dutch, English, German
Dutch and English: variant of Luter.... [more]
Prey Irish
Variant of O'prey.