Browse Submitted Surnames

Golubov Russian
From golub, meaning "dove".

Pyper Scottish, Irish, English, Dutch (Americanized, Archaic)
Scottish, Irish and English: variant of Piper. This form of the surname is found mainly in Scotland and Ireland.... [more]

Bogusiewicz Polish
Variant of Boguszewicz.

Aus English
Variant spelling of Scandinavian Aas.

Peretti Italian
Patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Pero.

Laei Polynesian

Moradzadeh Persian
Means "born of Morad" in Persian.

Eiden English

Munaye Ethiopian

Olimpo Italian (Tuscan)

Hantzi Greek
Variant of Hatzis.

Faynshteyn Yiddish
It literally means "fine stone".

Năstase Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Anastasie.

Wetherell English
Habitational name from Wetheral (Cumberland)

Yoshidome Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune, auspicious" combined with 留 (tome) meaning "detain, stop, remain, to stay still".

Cadieux French (?)

Jinboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Genma Japanese

Viener German (Austrian)
Variant of Weiner.

Quan Chinese
From Chinese 权 (quán) referring to the ancient state of Quan, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now Hubei province.

Moreton English

Onoue Japanese
From the Japanese 尾 (o) "tail" and 上 (ue) "above" (the possessive particle ノ (no) is not always written down but is always included when the name is spoken aloud).

Scotto Italian
Either an ethnic name for someone from Scotland or Ireland from medieval Italian scotto or scoto meaning "Scot", making it a cognate of Scott, or from a diminutive of given names ending in sco such as Francesco (via its diminutive Francescotto) or Maresco (via Marescotto).

Zirkzee Dutch, German
Could be potentially related to the German surname Zirkel or Zirkl. Another theory says that it has its historical roots in the Netherlands, particularly in the region of Zeeland, where it is believed to have originated... [more]

Ferdinandi Italian
Derived from the given name Ferdinando.

MacCombe Irish

Lapp German
From Middle High German lap(pe) ‘cloth’, ‘patch’, ‘rag’; a metonymic occupational name for a mender of clothes or shoes, or a nickname for a simple-minded person.... [more]

Lewison English
Means "son of Lewis".

Pamintuan Pampangan
Means "to obey, to serve" in Pampangan, derived from pintu meaning "respect, restraint, obedience".

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Ketch American

Digne French
From French digne "dignified, worthy" perhaps a nickname for a hardworking person.

Ulmer German
German surname meaning "from the city of Ulm".

Melikishvili Georgian
Means "son of Melik".

Okuna Polish
Polish (also Okuła): nickname for a lame person, from okuleć ‘to stumble or founder’, Old Polish okułac.

Rodericks English
From the given name Roderick.

Darms Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the surname Arms.

Cuni Albanian

Caixeta Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese common name for Tabebuia cassinoides, a tree native to Central and South America.

De Benenden English

Moodie Scottish
The history of the name Moodie originates from the time of the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Brittain.... [more]

Reddish English
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reddish,' a village near Stockport, Cheshire.

Thomis French

Liccy Indian

Laes Estonian
Laes is an Estonian surname meaning "fore" and "overhead".

Livers Romansh

Rebuffo Italian
Possibly from the medieval given names Rebuffo or Robufus. Alternately, may derive from a nickname based on rabuffo "rebuke, scold".

Makarevych Ukrainian
Means "child of Makar".

Kleindienst German
Originally an occupational name for a farmhand or laborer, who was second in line to a more highly paid class of servant. Derived from German klein meaning "small, little" and dienst meaning "service, duty".

Lymar Ukrainian

Moone English

Lawton English
Habitational name from the village called Church Lawton in Cheshire, derived from Old English hlaw "mound, small hill" and tun "enclosure, town".

Skiöld Swedish
Variant of Sköld.

Männil Estonian
Männil is an Estonian surname meaning "pine" ("Pinaceae").

Landsteiner German

Kuijper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper

Mosteller English (American)

Subašić Bosnian, Croatian

Tschander Romansh
Derived from the given name Alexander.

Lizzie Hebrew

Gambirasio Italian

Ratzon Hebrew (Modern)
Means "will, wish, desire" in Hebrew.

Bosser Breton
Bosser means butcher in Breton.

Higa Okinawan, Japanese
Japanese borrowing of Okinawan 比嘉 (Fija), which is of uncertain meaning.

Myrchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian мир (myr), meaning "peace".

Caslari Jewish (Archaic), Judeo-Provençal, Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-French
Abraham ben David Caslari was a Catalan-Jewish physician. Abraham Caslari (presumably a different man) is also listed in the index of known Jews in France in the late middle ages in the book Judaia Gallica by Heinrich Gross.

Batchelor English, Scottish
Occupational name for an unmarried man, a young knight or a novice, ultimately from medieval Latin baccalarius "unenfeoffed vassal, knight with no retainers".

Roppongi Japanese
From 六 (ro) meaning "seven", 本 (pon) meaning "origin", and 木 (gi) meaning "wood, tree".

Consiglio Italian
Means "advice, counsel" or "council, assembly" in Italian, a nickname for a wise, thoughtful, or perhaps fearful individual, or an occupational name for a member of a council.

Karlov Russian
Means "son of Karl".

Pressley English

Kodaira Japanese
Ko means "small" and daira is a form of taira meaning "peace, level". ... [more]

Cantz Jewish

Ikaga Japanese

Farai Shona
Farai means "Rejoice, be happy".

Peep Estonian
Peep is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name). Taken from the given name "Peep".

Five English (African)
a sassy 58 year old trapped in a 13 year old body who is married to a maniqen

Hanso Estonian
Hanso is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Juhan/Johannes".

Tejero Spanish
Occupational Spanish surname for a tiler, its origin may be in Saragossa, Spain. A famous bearer is Antonio Tejero, a Lieutenant Colonel who was responsible for the 23-F coup attempt.

Murataya Japanese (Rare, ?)

Mare Scottish

Villagonzalo Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational for a person from the municipality of Villagonzalo in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.

Masing Estonian
Masing is an Estonian surname derived from "masin" meaning "machine"; ultimately of German origin.

Gazi Bengali, Indian (Muslim)
Variant of Ghazi.

Langstrømpe Literature
Danish and Norwegian form of Långstrump.

Apellido Spanish (Philippines)
This likely originated as a surname taken by people who didn't have a surname and wrote "Apellido" (the Spanish for surname) when filling in an official form.

Richetti Italian

Foxwell English
Means "fox stream", from Old English fox and well(a), meaning stream.

Biden English (British)
Variant of Beeden.

Əlibəyli Azerbaijani
From the given name Əli, the Turkic title bəy meaning "gentleman, mister; lord, master" and the adjective suffix -li.

Shashoua Ancient Aramaic

Yousaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.

Baldis Frisian
Frisian, Dutch, and North German: from a reduced and altered form of the personal name Balthasar (see Baltazar).

Gerrity Irish
the son of Oireachtach (member of an assembly).

Cardello Italian
Variant of Cardillo or a diminutive of Cardo.

Cipi Albanian

Bigley English

Shinobu Japanese
Shinobu is a Japanese name meaning "recall" or "endurance."

Hajdari Albanian
From the given name Hajdar.

Hadžihasanović Bosnian

Imakyūrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Cowan Scottish (Anglicized), Northern Irish (Anglicized), English (Canadian), English (New Zealand)
This surname, widespread in Scotland and Ulster, is an Anglicized form of the old Gaelic Mac Eoghain or MacEoin... [more]

Juht Estonian
Juht is an Estonian surname meaning "leader" and "driver".

Portrey Jewish
Origin uncertain. Perhaps an altered form of Jewish Portnoy of North German Portner.

Osmanković Bosnian

Suleman Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.

Oraon Indian

Arenaldi Italian (Rare)
Originally found in the Campania, Foggia area. Derived from the medieval name of Germanic origin Arenaldus or Arinaldus

Tishchenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Tyshchenko.

Koki Japanese
This surname combines 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old" or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."

Bénisti Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Isti", from a diminutive of the given name Benveniste.

Guiraldo Filipino
From the visayan province of Samar

Ahmadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian احمدپور (see Ahmadpour).

Solecki Polish
Habitational surname for someone from any of a number of places called Solec, named with sól ‘salt’.

Seno Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Pfundt German
Unknown meaning of German origin

Volmer Danish
Variant of Vollmer.

Ippolito Italian
Italian: from the personal name Ippolito (classical Greek Hippolytos, composed of the elements hippos ‘horse’ + lyein ‘loose’, ‘release’). This was the name of various minor early Christian saints... [more]

Mamyota Japanese

Nørskov Danish
Means "northern forest" from the Danish nord "north" and skov "forest".

Raimond Estonian, Dutch, French, Croatian
From the given name Raimond.

Majeed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Majid.

Yone Japanese
Yo (与) means together.... [more]

Raudabaugh German (Americanized)
Raudabaugh is a German-Americanized surname of Reidenbach. People include Dan Raudabaugh (American Football coach) and Dave Raudabaugh (Outlaw who was an acquaintance to Billy the kid).

Assaratanakul Thai
From Thai อัสสะ (atsa) meaning "horse", รัตนะ (ratana) meaning "precious gem; precious jewel", and กุล, a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Borges Portuguese, Spanish
Possibly from Old French burgeis meaning "town-dweller" (see Burgess). Alternately, it may have denoted someone originally from the city of Bourges in France.

Gans German, Dutch
From Old High German ganz "whole, intact, healthy", a nickname for a particularly strong or healthy person.

Cordisco Italian
Possibly from Italian cordesco "second-born lamb, butchered calf".

Danapan Puyuma

Burkin English

Urra South American

Bakić Montenegrin, Serbian

Stinger French

Wetwithan Thai

Shirao Japanese

Elkrief Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Krief.

Absalom English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Absalom.

Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".

Vassell English (American)

Javidi Iranian

Dalmas French
Surname Dalmas was first found in Limousin. Literally means "of the sea."

Lotso Southern African

Žumer Slovene

Val Spanish, French
It means valley. It comes from Britain and then moved to Aragón (Spain).

Counts German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kuntz or Kunz.

Ludemann Low German
Ludemann is a German name

Piela Polish

Soult Welsh

Sawayama Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, wetland, swamp" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Steinkamp German
North German topographic name for someone living by a field with a prominent rocky outcrop or boulder in it, and derived from Middle Low German sten meaning "rock, stone" and kamp meaning "enclosed field".

Klaassen Dutch
Means "son of Klaas".

Aroztegi Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, meaning "carpenter’s workshop, blacksmith’s shop" in Basque, ultimately derived from arotz "carpenter, blacksmith" and -tegi "house, workshop; place of".

Stovers Dutch

Lavi Hebrew
From the given name Lavi, meaning "lion"

Kirksey English
English: probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. This surname is also common in the American South.

Kanasut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Nole English

Jeschke German
Germanized form of Czech and Slovakian Ješko and Polish Jeszka, pet forms of given names beginning with Ja- or Je- such as Jan 1 or Jarosław, as well as various cognates or similar-sounding names, such as Ježek ("hedgehog").

Tabira Japanese

Kember English

Svartvik Norwegian, Swedish

Ellender English
English variant of Allender.

Yahya Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yahya.

Kosho Japanese

Ó Draighneáin Irish, Scottish Gaelic
Original Gaelic form of Drennan.

Galloni D'istria French, Italian
Meaning "Gallons from Istria" in French and Italian.

Maraud French

Rudeen Swedish (Archaic)
Variant or possibly an anglicized form of Rudén. Rudeen is currently not used in Sweden. One known bearer, bishop Torsten Rudeen (1661-1729), got his name from his father's surname Rudenius (also related to Rudén).

Kitajima Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Householter English (American, Rare)
Americanized form of the German surname Haushalter.

Avramopoulos Greek
Means "son of Avram".

Sangwin English
From Middle English sanguine (blood) ,one of the four humours.

Despres French, Guernésiais

Dzyak Ukrainian

Kulasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Kulasekara.

Goos German, Flemish, Dutch
Either a metonymic occupational name for a breeder or keeper of geese, from Middle Low German gōs and Middle Dutch goes "goose", or a short form of an Old German personal name containing Gote "Goth" or got "god", particularly Goswin or Gozewijn (a compound name with the second element wini "friend").

Buti Southern African

Dornan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic surname Ó Dornáin

Flury German (Swiss), Romansh
Variant of Fluri.

Helon Hebrew

Toyokawa Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Moustaki Greek
Moustaki is Derived from the Greek word for ‘moustache’, μουστάκι.

Sutterfield English
Possibly derives from the Old English word ''sutere'', and the Latin word ''sutor'', meaning a shoemaker.

Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."

Behzadian Persian
From the given name Behzad.

Sitdikov Bashkir, Tatar
Either derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" or صَادِق (ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious".

Skrastiņš Latvian

Harstein German (Austrian)

Dipasupil Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be suppressed" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and supil meaning "subdued, suppressed".

Ivaci Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Guckenberger German
Variant of Guggenberger.

Andreason English, Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Andreassen and Andreasson as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Andreasson.

Hisaeda Japanese
From Japanese 久枝 (Hisaeda) meaning "Hisaeda", a former area in the former district of Wake in the former Japanese province of Iyo in parts of present-day Ehime, Japan.

Fukami Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 見 (mi) meaning "to see, view, mindset, look, appearance".

Plaine English

Higgins Irish
Variant of Hagan.

Kallal Medieval Czech

Bermeo Basque
From the town Bermeo in Biscay (Basque Country, Spain). Origin likely pre-Roman.

Krim Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Karim.

Soghomonyan Armenian
Means "son of Soghomon".

Phin Khmer

Jacqueman French
Alsace-Lorraine

Mazurik Russian
Means "swindler".

Hermida Galician
A surname of Galician origin, in Northern Spain. Derived from the Spanish word 'hermano', meaning brother.

Fullerton English
Habitational name from a place in Scotland. Derived from Old English fugol "bird" and tun "settlement, enclosure".

Priidel Estonian
Priidel is an Estonian surname derived from "prii" meaning "free".

Fontes Portuguese
From the name of various places in Portugal. Meaning "founts, springs" derived from Portuguese fonte "fount, spring".

Tailwal Indian
Tailwal is a Garhwali Brahmin surname used in the state of Uttarakhand. Tailwal are Kanyakubja Brahmin. They came from western-Central part of India and settled in Taila village of Garhwal in 1600.

Baske Indian, Santali

Liccioli Italian

Kullamäe Estonian
Kullamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous hill/mountain".

Ó Síodhacháin Irish
Means "descendant of Síodhachán".

Pinsker German, Prussian
Habitational name from any of several places named near Posen (Polish Poznan) and in West Prussia.

Hummal Estonian
Hummal is an Estonian surname derived from "Humal" (also an Estonian surname), meaning "hop" and "bine".

Konge Danish
Danish cognate of King.

Carballeira Galician
From Galician meaning "oak grove".

Godiah Nigerian

Èjì Manchu

Breitenfeld German (Latinized, Rare)

Raščić Bosnian

Abalyshev Russian (Rare, ?)

Bahşış Crimean Tatar
Derived from Persian بخشش (baxšeš) meaning "forgiveness, amnesty" or بخشیش‎ (bakhšīš) meaning "present, gratuity, reward".

Sicat Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog sikat meaning "rising" or "splendour, brilliance".

Badenhorst Afrikaans

Beeler English
Anglicized spelling of German BIEHLER.

Roño Spanish
masculine form of roña which means dirt

Nallaparaju Telugu

Treylor English

Petaccia Medieval Italian
It is one of the thirteen patrician families of Trieste bearing the comital title, and extinct in 1817.

Rainey Irish, Scottish
An Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Raighne, Ó Ráighne meaning "descendent of Raonull", the given name Raonull being derived from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr (compare Ronald).

Hiraoji Japanese

De Nola Italian

Galifianakis Greek
Patronymic derived from Galifa, a small village near the former municipality of Episkopi in the regional unit of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece. The place name itself is possibly derived from Greek γαλίφης (galífis) meaning "flatterer", a cognate of Italian gaglioffo... [more]

Cha Hmong
From the clan name Tsab or Tsaab associated with the Chinese character 張 (zhāng) (see Zhang).

Obar Chrombaidh Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Abercrombie.

Kant German

Seldin English (American)
Variant of Selden.

Maqsood Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Maqsud.

Sahetapy Moluccan

Pooga Estonian
Pooga is an Estonian surname derived from "pooge" meaning "graft/grafting".

Southammavong Lao
From Lao ສຸ (sou) meaning "good, beautiful", ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Francisque French
From the given name Francisque.

Theriault French (Rare)
Possibly from the Greek "therion" which means a beast of a nondescript nature.

Aquita Filipino

Ismaeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Isma'il.

Broadman English

Allala Basque, Spanish
Variant spelling of Ayala, in at least one case altered to avoid confusion with an unrelated person of the same name, and apparently to distance the bearer from prejudice against hispanics.

Getzinger German
Variant of Goetzinger.

Sahie African

Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Nathon English
Variant of Nathan.

Nazari Swahili

Applegarth English, Scottish
Topographic or habitational name from Middle English applegarth meaning "apple orchard", from Old Norse apaldr "apple tree" and garðr "enclosure, yard".

Blumenfeld German, Jewish
habitational name from any of several places called Blumenfeld or Blumenfelde, derived from the elements bluomo "bloom, flower" and feld "field"... [more]

Chiroto Shona
Meaning unknown.

Achiku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿竹 (see Atake).

Tevis English
Uncertain etymology. Possibly related to the German patronymic Tewes.

Móric Hungarian
From the given name Móric.

Oorzhak Tuvan
Means "not a thief", derived from Tuvan оор (oor) meaning "thief, burglar" combined with чок (chok) meaning "not, no".

Bronikowski Polish
Habitational name from any of several places called Broniki or Bronikowo, in Konin, Leszczno, Piła, and Sieradz provinces.

Magbanua Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano magbanwa meaning "townsperson", derived from Cebuano bánwa meaning "city, town".

Shamoun Arabic, Assyrian, Jewish
Derived from the given name شامون (Shamʿūn), itself an Arabic form of Simon 1, used mainly among Christians and Jews... [more]

Vanoni Italian
Derived from Giovannone itself a nickname of Giovanni.

Comins Irish
Variant of Cummings

Takeshita Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Abuya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武屋 (Abuya) meaning "Abu Store", from 阿武 (Abu) meaning "Abu", a district in the prefecture of Yamaguchi in Japan.

Creek English
"Creek".

Toth Jewish
This surname is a Hungarian surname that has been used by the Jewish population.

Fragoso Portuguese, Spanish
Means "rocky, rough, uneven" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin fragosus. It was originally a habitational name from any of various places called Fragoso.

Gustin Malaysian

Macca Italian

Laigle French (?)

Lafont French
topographic name for someone living near a spring or well a variant of Font with fused feminine definite article la.

Chanthavong Lao
From Lao ຈັນທະ (chantha) meaning "moon" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Sarjent German

Nedohibchenko Ukrainian

Słodki Polish
It means "sweet" in Polish.

Anikitoy Ukrainian (?)

Zahn German
Zahn was a nickname given to a person with a peculiar tooth or a strange or defective set of teeth. It comes from the Middle High German Zan(t), which means "tooth".

Noori Persian, Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Noor 1.

Philbrick English (British)
English (southeastern): probably a habitational name from Felbrigg in Norfolk named with Old Norse fjǫl “board plank” + Old English brycg “bridge”.... [more]

Hanks English
Patronymic form of Hank.

Mac Cogadháin Irish
Means "son of Cogadhán"

Ginter German
Variant of Günther.

Honchar Ukrainian
Means "potter" in Ukrainian.

Mess English

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Gjerstad Norwegian
A municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway.

Lanphere English
From the Languedoc region of southern France, it came from the ancient Greek personal name, Petros and the Biblical name, Peter, meaning "rock."

Fallows English
Patronymic form of Fallow.

Gavriilov Russian
Variant transcription of Gavriilov.

Chatelaine French
A chatelaine is the mistress of a wealthy house or a castle.... [more]

Dražić Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Draža".

Vincy Haitian Creole

Javanmardi Persian

Chakkiliyan Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting "cobblers" and "leatherworkers".

Lanzo English (?), German (?)
From the given name Lanzo

Talon English, French
Derived from Old French talon "heel", denoting a person with a deformity or a swift person. It could also be a diminutive form of given names Talbot and Talleyrand.

Sjöstrand Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and strand "beach, shore".

Lambe English
Variant of Lamb.