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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Szyślak Polish
Derived from East Slavic word šišlat "do slowly".
Protopopescu Romanian
Derived from Romanian protopop meaning "archpriest", from Old Church Slavonic протопопъ (protopopŭ), from Koine Greek πρωτοπαπάς (prōtopapás). A famous bearer of this surname is Dragoș Protopopescu, a Romanian writer, poet, critic, philosopher, and far-right politician.
Precht German
Variant of Brecht.
Wissmach German
I think it is German
Chanthaphasouk Lao
From Lao ຈັນທະ (chantha) meaning "moon" and ພະສຸກ (phasuk) meaning "Venus" or "Friday".
Dynamite Popular Culture
Dynamite is a explosive. This name is borne by Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Graue German
Variant of Grau.
Cambria Italian
Possibly denoted someone from Cambria, Sicily, which might be of Arabic origin and unrelated to the latinized form of Cymru; alternatively, it could derive from the Roman cognomen Cambria, which would be related to the Latin toponym Cambria.
Lalor Irish
Lalor is an Irish surname derived from the Irish Ó Leathlobhair, from leath- “leper; weak, ailing person”
Agler English
From one or more Middle English personal names variously written Alger, Algar, Alcher, Aucher, etc. These represent a falling together of at least three different Continental Germanic and Old English names: Adalgar "noble spear" (Old English Æ{dh}elgār), Albgar "elf spear" (Old English Ælfgār), and Aldgar "old spear" (Old English (E)aldgār)... [more]
Dubno Polish
From Polish dub, meaning "oak".
Tropov Russian
From russian word tropa - "trail".
Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar
Melby Norwegian
Modern form of Meðalbýr meaning "middle farm", a combination of Old Norse meðal "middle" and býr "farm".
Gildo Italian
From the given name Gildo.
Gebhardt German
From a Germanic given name composed of the elements geb "gift" and hard "hardy", "brave", "strong".
Raaf Dutch, German
Means "raven" in Dutch.
Nesmith English, Scottish
Occupational name for a nail or knife maker, derived from Middle English nayl "nail" or knyf "knife" and smyth "craftsman, smith" (from Old English smiþ).
Haychuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гай (hay), meaning "grove".
Klijn Dutch
Could be a variant of Klein "small, little", or could be derived from Old Dutch kluin (also klyn or kloen) "peat".
Mac Giobúin Irish
Means "descendant of Giobúin"
Vietmeyer German
German: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer who was a tenant of or owed some obligation to an estate or monastery named for Saint Veith.
Panganiban Filipino, Tagalog
Means "careful, cautious", derived from Tagalog panganib meaning "danger".
Giraldo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Giraldo.
Marquant Picard
Picard form of Marchand.
Santangelo Italian, Sicilian
Either habitational name from any of numerous places especially in the south named with reference to a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Angel (Italian Sant'Angelo) as for example Sant'Angelo a Cupolo (Benevento) Sant'Angelo a Fasanella (Salerno) Sant'Angelo all’Esca and Sant'Angelo a Scala (Avellino) Sant'Angelo d'Alife (Caserta) and Sant'Angelo del Pesco (Molise)... [more]
Oak Korean
Variant transcription of Ok.
Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic)
Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda... [more]
Chaffey English
Possibly, Chaffcombe in Somerset or Chaffhay in Devon
Culetto Italian
Means "buttocks, little ass" in Italian.
Ghorbanpour Persian
Means "son of Ghorban" in Persian.
Orgerii Jewish, Judeo-Provençal
Aaron Orgerii is listed in the index of names of Jews in France in the late middle ages in Heinrich Gross' book Judaia Gallica. There is also an extent copy of a deed between "the Jew Nathan Orgerii and Johannes Raynaud", written in Arles in Provence in 1366... [more]
Khalji Afghan, Iranian
Meaning ‘From the city of Khalaj’, in Khalaj, a Common Turkic Language.
Chaudron French
From french meaning "cauldron".
Sivongsay Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ສີວົງໄຊ (see Sivongxay).
Onyilogwu Nigerian (Rare), Igbo (Rare)
Possibly means "he who is invulnerable to dark magic" in Igbo.
Vartanyan Armenian
Variant transcription of Vardanyan.
Van Der Spek Dutch
Habitational name derived from Middle Dutch specke "log dam, bridge of tree trunks, road through a marshy area".
Mccorquodale Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thorcadaill "son of Thorketill" a personal name borrowed from Scandinavian meaning "Thor's kettle"... [more]
Roasio Italian
This surname originates from the Piedmont region of Italy. It is most likely derived from Roasio, which is the name of a municipality in that same region. The meaning of the municipality's name is uncertain, but since it is located in Piedmont and known as Roaso in the Piedmontese language, the etymological origin of the name is most likely Piedmontese... [more]
Falcão Portuguese
Portuguese surname meaning "falcon".
Mukhin Russian
From Russian муха (mukha) meaning "fly".
Augustus English
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase".
Jayawarna Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and वर्ण (varṇa) meaning "colour, appearance, form" or "class, tribe, caste".
Arkadiou Greek
Means "son of Arkadios".
Hinckley English
From the name of a place in Leicestershire meaning "Hynca's wood", from the Old English byname Hynca, derivative of hún "bear cub", and leah "woodland, clearing".
Aufderheide German
Topographic name for someone who lived on a heath, derived from German auf der heide literally meaning "on the heath".
Ogaya Japanese
Variant of Otani.
Kariv Hebrew
Means "battle, fight, war" in Hebrew.
Furneaux French (Anglicized), English
Locational surname from any of several places in France called Fourneaux, or from fourneau "furnace".
Hayama Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Lo Guasta Italian
Variant of Guasti, literally "the broken". Probably used as a nickname for someone with a twisted or deformed limb, used in at least one case for a foundling.
Trojek Czech
Derived from trojka, meaning "three."
Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".
Ouedraogo Western African, Mossi
Derived from the name of the semi-legendary Ouedraogo, who is believed to have founded the Mossi Kingdoms in the 11th century. Means "son of the elephant" in the Mossi language.
Premaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Holzberg German
Habitational name from any of various places called Holzberg for example in Hesse and Silesia.
Kohen Jewish, Hebrew, English
Hebrew form of Cohen.
Opetaia Maori, Polynesian
This name possibly came from the given name Opetaia. A notable bearer of this name is Jai Opetaia, an australian boxer born in 1995.
Akpınar Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and pınar meaning "spring, fountain".
Amaranthe French
Amaranthe is a rare French surname. While it might not be a common last name, it certainly stands out. Unfortunately, there isn’t much information available about its historical or familial context, except that it has been used in France (515), Switzerland (1), Sweden (1), Senegal (1), United States (1) and Vietnam (1).
Mountjoy English
Habitational surname for a person from Montjoie in La Manche, France, named with Old French mont "hill", "mountain" + joie "joy".
Kuritsuka Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".
Ọyáwálé Yoruba, Nigerian
Means "the river goddess came home" in Yoruba.
Senanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනානායක (see Senanayake).
Brague English
Began being used in the 1700's
Kamolkhontha Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Bale English
Variant of Bail. This is the surname of Welsh footballer Gareth Bale.
Halley English
Location name combining the elements hall as in "large house" and lee meaning "field or clearing."
Uitterdijk Dutch
From the toponym Uiterdijk, derived from uiter "outer" and dijk "dike, levee".
Bezerra Portuguese
Means "young cow, heifer" in Portuguese.
Kakinuma Japanese
Kaki means "Persimmon" and Numa means "Swamp".
Dambudzo Shona
Dambudzo means "that which causes suffering or trouble". #The Zimbabwean writer, Dambudzo Marechera is a famous bearer of this name".
Sakka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 属 (see Sakan).
Kackley German
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kächele (see Kachel).
Persad Indian, Trinidadian Creole
Indo-Trinidadian variant of Prasad.
Zhytnyk Ukrainian
Means "rye worker".
Adamyan Armenian
Means "son of Adam".
Cervera Spanish
A name for someone coming from any one of many places called Cervera, coming from Late Latin cervaria, meaning "place of stags".
Wehlburg German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Possibly derived from German Wehl "pool of water (esp. behind a dyke)" (cognate to Dutch weil "vortex, maelstrom; dyke breach pool") and burg "fortress, citadel".
Guilbert French, Guernésiais
Either from the given name Guilbert the French form of Wilbert or a variant of Gilbert.
Panda Indian, Odia, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डा (panda) meaning "wisdom, knowledge, learning".
Foulkes English (Anglicized, ?)
English variant spelling of Foulks.
Lesch German
German variant of Loesch.
Javadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Javad".
Sandburg English (American, Rare)
Americanized from of Swedish Sandberg.
Rasoulzadeh Persian
Means "born of Rasoul" in Persian.
Chandra Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
From Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Ibrahem Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Ibrahim.
Oved Hebrew
From the given name Oved.
Baldy English
Possibly derived from an Old English feminine given name, *Bealdgýð, composed of the elements beald "bold" and guð "battle", first recorded c.1170 as Baldith, and in other cases from the Old Norse byname or given name Baldi.
Bakhtiar Persian, Urdu
From the given name Bakhtiar.
Yamakado Japanese
From 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 角 (kado) meaning "horn, corner" or 門 (kado) meaning "gate".
Hagström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, garden" and ström "stream, small river".
Tint Estonian
Tint is an Estonian surname meaning "ink".
Ore English
Habitational name from Woore (Shropshire, England).
Reuss German
From German Russe meaning "Russian".
Bormann German
This surname is presumed to be a variant of Bornemann, which is made up of Middle Low German born meaning "spring" and man meaning "man," denoting someone who lived by a spring or a well.
Mussert Dutch
Dutch cognate of Mussett. This name was borne by the infamous Nazi politician Anton Mussert (1894-1946), the leader of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) during World War II.
Ohmori Japanese
Variant of Omori.
Levan French, English
Comes from le vent, meaning "the wind."
Blizanac Serbian
From Serbian meaning 'twin'.
Castelnuovo Italian, Judeo-Italian
From Italian castello "castle" and nuovo "new".
Shiokawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Attieh Arabic (Mashriqi)
From Arabic عطية (atiyah) meaning "gift".
Virgem Portuguese
Portuguese form of Virgo.
Hisazome Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time" and 染 (zome), the joining continuative form of 染める (someru) meaning "to dye", referring to the process of dying for a long time.
Yudin Russian
Means "son of Yuda".
Hugo French
Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He was also the writer of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Misérables'.
Ben Ahmed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Ahmad" (chiefly used in Tunisia).
Naitō Japanese
From Japanese 内 (nai) meaning "inside" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".
Amaji Japanese
Ama means "heaven, sky" and ji means "soil, ground".
Belle English
Possibly a variant of Bell 1 or Bell 2.
Casutt Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and sut "below".
Slough English
A very rare surname, possibly of German origins.
Haque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Magpili Tagalog
Means "to choose" in Tagalog.
Zaken Hebrew
Means "old man" in Hebrew.
Miano Italian
Habitational name from Miano in Naples, Parma, and Teramo; Miane in Treviso; or Mian in Belluno.
Nandasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Khromykh Russian, Ukrainian
From proto-slavic *xromъ meaning "lame, crippled"
Galura Pampangan
Means "eagle" in Kapampangan, ultimately from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).
Dadashev Dagestani, Kazakh
Variant transcription of Dadashov.
Sandblom Swedish
Combination of Swedish sand "sand" and blomma "flower".
Dridi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown (chiefly Tunisian and Algerian).
Ramanayake Sinhalese
From the name of the Hindu god Rama 1 combined with Sanskrit नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Ridder German, Dutch
Dutch form and German variant of Ritter.
Owara Japanese
Variant of Ohara.
Rhein German
From the German name for the River Rhine, denoting somebody whom lived within close proximity to the river. The river name itself comes from a Celtic word meaning 'to flow' (Welsh redan, 'run, flow').
Tomabechi Japanese
From Japanese 苫 (toma) meaning "woven mat", 米 (me) meaning "rice" and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land".
Keomany Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel, glass" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel, precious stone".
Swain Scottish, Irish, English
Northern English occupational name for a servant or attendant, from Middle English swein "young man attendant upon a knight", which was derived from Old Norse sveinn "boy, servant, attendant"... [more]
Argyle Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
From the regional name Argyll, a county of southwestern Scotland, named in Gaelic as Earre Ghàidheal ‘coast of the Gaels’. Argyll was the earliest part of Scotland to be settled by Gaelic speakers from Ireland from the 6th century onwards... [more]
Girón Galician (Hispanicized)
Of Galician origin. Occupational name for a clothing maker.
Läufer German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Lauf, also an occupational name for a messenger or a nickname for a fast runner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German loufen, German laufen ‘to run’.
Aharonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ահարոնյան (see Aharonyan).
Kore-eda Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the medieval given name Kore-Eda(是枝) means 'correct branch'. Hirokazu Kore-Eda is a famous movie director.
Muscat Maltese
Maltese form of Muscato.
Exner German (Silesian)
Variant of Oxner (see Ochsner).
Nirk Estonian
Nirk is an Estonian surname meaning "stoat".
Nööp Estonian
Nööp is an Estonian surname meaning "button".
Nouri Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nur.
Fossa Italian
From Latin meaning "ditch".
Bia Navajo
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs ("BIA") required all Indians to choose a family name. The Navajo family name Bia is derived from BIA ("Bureau of Indian Affairs")
Schwarzbach German
Habitational name from any of several places so named literally "dark stream", derived from the elements swarz "black" and bah "stream".
Croghan Irish (Anglicized)
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conchruacháin ‘son of Cú Cruacháin’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of Croghan’... [more]
Mcfall Scottish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Phàil and Irish Gaelic Mac Phóil, patronymics derived from vernacular forms of the given name Paul.
Linzey English
This is a variant of Lindsey.
Shao Chinese
From Chinese 邵 (shào) referring to the ancient fief of Zhao, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. The name of the fief, 召, had the same pronunciation as the character 邵.
Agius Maltese
Nickname derived from Maltese għaġuż meaning "old man".
Dea Irish
Irish: reduced form of O'Dea.
Tellinghusen East Frisian
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified location in Lower Saxony.
Pozharsky Russian
Possibly from Russian пожар (požár) meaning "fire, conflagration". A famous bearer of the name was Russian prince Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky (1577-1642) known for his military leadership during the Polish–Muscovite War.
Iraola Basque
Derived from Basque ira "fern" and -ola "location, place of".
Schug American, German
From the German word Schuh "shoe". ... [more]
Méri Hungarian
Meaning as of yet unknown. It might possibly be a variant of Mérő (or vice versa).
Walid Arabic
Derived from the given name Walid.
Kozakura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom".
Oman Arabic, English
From the place Oman.
Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".
Rilo English
Transferred use of the surname derived from the Old English elements ryge (rye) and lēah (wood, clearing, meadow). See also Riley 1.
Uibopuu Estonian
Uibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "apple tree" in South Estonian dialects.
Mostefaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Mustafa" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).
Saker English
Occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, derived from an agent derivative of Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag".
Abdulloev Tajik
Means "son of Abdullo".
Amsterdam Dutch (Expatriate), Afrikaans
From the name of the capital city of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, meaning "dam of the Amstel".
Griezmann German (Rare)
This is the surname of French professional footballer Antoine Griezmann.
Hayek Arabic
Means "weaver" in Arabic.
Barten Dutch, German
Patronymic from the given name Bart, a short form of Bartholomeus, or from a variant of Bert... [more]
Tonkin English, Scottish
Derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony; from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin.
Pillai Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "child" in Malayalam and Tamil.
Mag Annaidh Irish
Meaning "son of Annaidh"; the fullest and most correct form of the surname which is usually written Mac Anna or Mac Canna, which see... [more]
Trombino Italian
From a trombino a diminutive of tromba "trumpet" applied as an occupational name for a trumpeter or for someone who made trumpets.
Herasymenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Herasym.
Eichhorst German
Denoted someone from a town called Eichhorn in either Brandenburg or Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Palabıyık Turkish
Means “ handlebar moustache” in Turkish