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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Milan Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian
From the given name Milan, a derivative of names such as Bohumil and Miloslav, containing the Slavic elements mil or milu meaning ‘grace, favor, dear’.
Cruijff Dutch
Referred to a person with curly locks of hair, derived from Middle Dutch cruuf, cruve literally meaning "curl, lock", ultimately from Latin curvus. A famous bearer was the Dutch soccer player Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (1947-2016), commonly known as Johan Cruyff.
Bahij Arabic
From the given name Bahij.
Krasnoyarsky Russian
The habitational name from Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia.
Steinwedel German
From the German word "stein" and "wedel" which mean "stone frond", which was a name given to someone who lived near a stone wall covered in plants.
Amagawa Japanese
From the Japanese 天 (ama or ten) "heaven," 塰 (ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (gawa or kawa) "river."
Samporna Filipino, Maranao
Means "main point" in Maranao, possibly from Sanskrit संपूर्ण (sampūrṇ) meaning "complete, entire, whole".
Bhavasar Indian, Gujarati
Meaning uncertain.
Abloh Arabic
Arabic origin
Dimaapi Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be oppressed" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and inaapi meaning "oppressed".
Gire English (American), German
Americanized form of German Gaier or Geyer.
Kuwajima Japanese
From 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku.
Rothfus German
Middle High German rot "red" + vuoz "foot", a nickname for someone who followed the fashion for shoes made from a type of fine reddish leather. Or a variant of Rotfuchs, from the Middle Low German form fos "fox", a nickname for a clever person.
Albertov Russian
Means "son of Albert".
Kangelaris Greek
Etymologically it goes back to the Latin cancellarius, which means chief secretary or chancellor.
Kiyomoto Japanese
Kiyo means "clean, pure" and moto means "origin".
Otodanketsu Japanese
音 (oto) means sound, 団 (Dan) means group, and 結 (ketsu) means conclusion, 団結 (danketsu) means Unity, making the full name 音団結(Otodanketsu) mean sound unity. the name was borne from Yasuhito Otodanketsu, a character in a Danganronpa fan series called Danganronpa endless: Hope Convalescence.
Gwinyai Shona
Gwinyai means "be strong".
Bastiat French
Meaning of this name is unknown. Possibly derived from Sebastian The surname Bastiat was first found in Poitou, where this family held a family seat since ancient times.
Millare Spanish (Philippines)
Possibly a variant of Millares.
Marksman English
An occupational surname indicating a person who was a hunter, especially a skilled one.
Simonetti Italian
Means "son of Simonetto", a diminutive of Simone 2.... [more]
Voorand Estonian
Voorand is an Estonia surname derived from "voor" meaning "drumlin" and "rand" meaning "beach/seashore".
Zsiga Hungarian
From the given name Zsiga.
Boring English (American)
Possibly an altered form of Irish Boran, or a very rare variant or Americanized form of Bohring, which comes from a short form of an Old Slavic personal name composed with the element bor (‘to fight’) or the Slavic topographic name bor (meaning ‘pine tree’).
Ingleby English
From the names of either of two hamlets in England, derived from Old Norse Englar "Englishman" and býr "farmstead, village".
Sercombe English
Derived from Sharracombe, a former settlement in Devon, England, derived from Old English cumb "valley, hollow" and an uncertain first element – possibly scir "shire, district" or the related scīrgerēfa "sheriff".
Bargy English
Possibly derived from the name of a barony in County Wexford, Ireland, itself derived from the Celtic tribe Uí Bairrche.
Luter English
From Middle English leuter "lute player", or else from Old French lutre "otter", either a nickname or a metonymic name for someone who hunted otters.
Spann English
Derived from Old English spann meaning "span (of a hand)", a unit of measurement equaling about nine inches, possibly used to refer to someone who lived on a strip of land or by a narrow footbridge.
Anardu Italian
From a dialectical variant of Italian anatra "duck (bird)".
Souma Japanese (Rare)
Sou (相) means "appearance, nature", ma (馬) means "horse". Souma is also a city name in Fukishima prefecture. Mitsuko Souma (相馬光子) from Battle Royale bears this surname
Ausmaa Estonian
Ausmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "honorable land".
Sjöström Swedish
Ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and ström "stream, small river".
Aibana Japanese
From Japanese 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo" combined with 花 (hana, bana, ka) meaning "flower".
Nutt Estonian
Nutt is an Estonian surname meaning "nut" and also "crying" or "weeping".
Du Aimé French
The Duaime surname comes from an Old French word "hamel," which meant "homestead." It was likely first used as a name to describe someone who lived at a farm on the outskirts of a main town, or for someone that lived in a small village.
Dowtin English
Altered form of Doughton.
Dudziak Polish
Nickname for a person who played the bagpipes or perhaps sold them, derived from Polish duda meaning "bagpipe".
Budak Turkish
Means "branch, shoot, knot" in Turkish.
Asaf Hebrew
From the given name Asaf.
Oakes English, Irish
English: Topographic name, a plural variant of Oak.... [more]
Sawasaki Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp, wetland" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Malagón Spanish
Habitational name from Malagón, a place in Ciudad Real, or in some cases, from other place so named in Galicia, in Lugo province.
Moscow English (American, Rare)
From the city of Moscow in Russia.
Montale Italian
From Latin mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.
Roosimägi Estonian
Roosimägi is an Estonian surname meaning "rose mountain".
Nyblom Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" and blom "bloom".
M'bala Central African
Derived from the given name Mbala. This surname is borne by French comedian, actor and political activist Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (1966-).
Sidiqi Pashto, Persian, Afghan
Means "the veracious" from Arabic صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa) meaning "to be truthful, to be sincere". It is also a variant of Persian Sadeghi.
Mcquaid Scottish, Irish
This surname is derived from Gaelic Mac Uaid meaning "son of Uaid," Uaid being the Gaelic form of Wat.
Ahrens German, Dutch, Jewish
Patronymic from the personal name Arend (compare Arndt). As a Jewish name, it’s an assimilation of Aarons.
Sumigai Japanese
Possibly from (ko) meaning "small" and 住 (sumi) meaning "residence, dwelling, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook.
Shalom Hebrew
Means "peace" in Hebrew.
Limoges French
From the city and various places in France of the same name called Limoges.
Chahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶幡 (see Chabata 1).
Taisacan Chamorro
Chamorro for "without year or age"
Romansen Danish, Norwegian
Means 'Son of Roman'.
Gabriele Italian
From the personal name Gabriele 1, Italian form of Gabriel.
Maquiling Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog makiling meaning "uneven, crooked, bent." This name was given in honor of Maria Makiling. She is said to be the protector of Mount Makiling, a volcano in the Philippines.
Hui Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xu 2.
Araya Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Lepistu Estonian
Lepistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lepitus" meaning "conciliation" and "arrangement".
Caraway English
Probably means "spice merchant" (from Middle English carewei "caraway").
Bartal Hungarian
From the given name Bartal.
Żdanowicz Polish
Means "son of Żdan".
Sarago Italian
From Italian sarago "fish".
Paixão Portuguese
Means "passion" in Portuguese, a reference to the Passion, the final period before the death of Jesus commemorated during Holy Week. It was originally used as a nickname for someone born on that day or for someone who had completed a pilgrimage on that day.
Lupin French
Lupin is a variant on the Latin word "lupus", meaning "wolf". Two important literary characters, Arsène Lupin, the famous French gentleman-burglar, and Professor Remus Lupin, from the world of Harry Potter, have this name... [more]
Dressel Italian
Italian form of Dressler
Gojūri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Eul German
A nickname from Middle High German iule meaning "owl".
Tarsney English (British)
Tarsney is a variant spelling of Tosne.
Quinter Romansh
Derived from the place name Quinto in the Swiss canton Ticino.
Osuga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).
Ingle English
Derived from the Old Norse given names Ingialdr or Ingólfr.
Dye English, Welsh
English: from a pet form of the personal name Dennis. In Britain the surname is most common in Norfolk, but frequent also in Yorkshire. Welsh is also suggested, but 1881 and UK both show this as an East Anglian name - very few in Wales.
Nishimiya Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Halder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Haldar.
Hammerschmidt German, Jewish
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from German hamer, 'hammer' and schmidt, 'smith. See Hammersmith.
Machen English
Occupational name for a stonemason, Anglo-Norman French machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French masson (see Mason).
Kauhane Hawaiian
Literally, "the spirit". Ka being "the" and Uhane being "spirit".
Van Helden Dutch
Means "from Helden" in Dutch, the name of a village in Limburg, Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch helde "slope, incline".
Kotkas Estonian
Means "eagle" in Estonian.
Adrienne Medieval English
The surname dervies from the Latin male given name "(H)adrianus", originally an ethnic name for someone from the seaport of Adria - which gave its name to the Adriatic Sea - who settled in Rome and became known as "the man from Adria" (in Latin, "Adrianus")... [more]
Stehlík Czech
It's from goldfinch
Harukawa Japanese
harukawa means "spring river". the kanji used are 春(haru) meaning "spring (the season)" and 河 (kawa) meaning "river" . you could also use 川 (kawa) as the second kanji, but using 河 looks better.
Ribas Spanish
Variant of Rivas.
Sakan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左官 (sakan) meaning "plasterer".
Poulton English
English surname that means "settlement by a pool".
Cowell English (British)
Means "son of Nicholas". A famous bearer is British talent manager Simon Cowell (1959-).
Fane English
From a medieval nickname for a well-disposed person (from Old English fægen "glad, willing"), or from a medieval Welsh nickname for a slim person (Welsh fain). This is the family name of the earls of Westmorland.
Avner Hebrew
From the given name Avner.
Gün Turkish
Means "sun, day" in Turkish.
Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.
Macalinga Tagalog
From Tagalog makalinga meaning "to be supported, to be cared for".
Umebayashi Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "Japanese apricot, plum" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Yoshimori Japanese
From 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Suurkivi Estonian
Suurkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "big stone".
Stuhr German, Danish, German (Austrian)
A nickname for an inflexible, obstinate person.
Serghei Romanian
From the given name Serghei.
Kapu Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting an "agricultural worker".
Amangeldi Kazakh
From the given name Amangeldi.
Rocă Romanian
Romanian cognate of Roach.
Nai Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, famous; reputation" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Davtian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դավթյան (see Davtyan)
Stoianov Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Stoyanov.
Shcherbanyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian щербаня (shcherbanya), meaning "crack".
Arcaro Late Roman
Occupational name for a maker or seller of bows.
Crespolini Italian
Italian diminutive form of Crespo.
Aurifaber German (Latinized)
Latinised form of Goldschmidt. This name was born by three prominent men of the Reformation period in Germany.
Birkeland Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse birki "birch" and land "farm, land". This was the name of several farms in Norway.
Ildefonso Spanish
From the given name Ildefonso.
Bocchino Italian
Means "small mouth" in Italian, either referring to a physical attribute of the bearer, or given as a nickname to a talkative person or someone prone to gossiping.
Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Pross German
Variant of "Prosser"
Laidla Estonian
Laidla is an Estonian surname meaning "near an islet".
Dolling English (British)
From an unrecorded Middle English word dolling, douling, or dulling meaning “dull person.” Compare Doll. Post-medieval examples of the name may also have arisen from a late assimilation of rl to ll in Dorling, a variant of Darling: Samuel Dorling, 1770 is identical with Samuel Dolling, 1782 in Parish Registers (West Stow Suffolk)... [more]
Chernova Russian
Derived from Russian чёрный (chyorniy) meaning "black". Feminine counterpart of Chernov.
Vivenzio Italian
From the given name Vivenzio.
Umanodan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse", ノ (no), a possessive particle, and 段 (dan) meaning "step", referring to a place with horses and a stepped landscape.... [more]
Neztsosie Navajo
From nééz, “tall” in Navajo and tsʼósí, “slim” in Navajo
Sarōdo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.
Gorriti Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, probably derived from Basque gorri meaning "red" or "bare, stripped".
d'Estienne French
From the given name Estienne, a Medieval French form of Stephen.
Ghengat Urdu, Persian
Ghengat is clan of mewati muslim rajpoot Pakistan ... [more]
Cinco Filipino
From a Hispanicised form of the Hokkien surname Go.
Chandratilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රතිලක (see Chandrathilaka).
Spohr German
Occupational name for a maker of spurs, from Middle High German spor ‘spur’, or a topographic name, from Middle High German spor ‘spoor’, ‘animal tracks’.... [more]
Rybalka Ukrainian
Ukrainian surname meaning "fisherman". Derived from ryba "fish".
Saluäär Estonian
Saluäär is an Estonian surname meaning "grove edge".
Kannus Estonian
Kannus is an Estonian surname meaning "spur" and "rowel".
Raider English
Taken from a village called "Rait".
Palk Estonian
Palk is an Estonian surname meaning both "timber" and "wage".
Countryman English
Translation of German Landmann, Landsmann or Dutch Landman, Landsman, which means ‘countryman’ or ‘fellow countryman’.
Lemmiksoo Estonian
Lemmiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "favoured/favourite swamp/bog". Possibly an Estoniazation of the Germanic "-son"; "favourite son".
Tjhia Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xie used by Chinese Indonesians.
Callard Cornish
Might be from Calartha in Morvah / from cala-arth, the hard or difficult height.
Rekdal Norwegian
The name of people from the small town Rekdal in West-Norway. Former footballer Kjetil Rekdal (1968- ) is the most known person from there.
Chalk English
English: from Old English cealc 'chalk', applied as a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of chalk soil, or as a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Chalk in Kent or Chalke in Wiltshire.
Robicheau French (Acadian)
Patronymic name derives from Robert or Robin. Origin, Poitou province of France. Emigrated to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada.
Mulholland Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchallann meaning "descendant of Maolchallann".
Andreola Italian
Meaning of name is unknown
Benyoucef Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Yusuf" in Arabic (chiefly used in Algeria).
Cantagallo Italian
From the name of a town, or possibly a nickname meaning "singing rooster".
Kamaliazad Pakistani, Persian
It's derived from the words Kamali meaning "Ascetic's blanket" & aazaad meaning "free or independent", or even kamaal-i-aazaad meaning "perfection of the free, or independent".
Mohrbacher German
Likely arose as a name for those living near Morbach, Germany
Khoo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Qiu.
Marandici Romanian, Moldovan
Meaning unknown.
Misyats Ukrainian
Means "month, moon" in Ukrainian.
Breaux French (Cajun)
Originally from the region of Poitou.
Kuhlmann German
German (also Kühlmann) nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’ (see Kuhl).
Kaldmaa Estonian
Kaldmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline land".
Stungevičius Lithuanian
The oldest currently known use of the surname in history was for a Polish-Lithuanian noble Kazimieras Stungevičius who lived circa 1667 within the village of Stungaičiai in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth... [more]
Vongphasouk Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ພະສຸກ (phasouk) meaning "Venus, Friday".
András Hungarian
From the given name András.
Mika Polish
A shortened form of the Polish version of Michaelson, which became a family name earlier on.
Cowley Irish, Manx
Contracted anglicised form of the Norse-Gaelic surname "Mac Amhlaoibh", meaning "son of Amhlaoibh". See also: Olafson, Olafsen, Ólafsson, and Ólafsdóttir
Bennion Welsh
Anglicized form of Welsh ab Einion meaning "son of Einion".
Rosenblum Jewish
From rosen meaning "rose" and blume meaning "flower".
Wyn Welsh, English
English: from the Old English personal name and byname Wine meaning ‘friend’, in part a short form of various compound names with this first element. Welsh: variant of Gwynn.
Weiser German
Variant of Weise.
Langtry English
From the Old English ‘lang’, meaning long, and ‘treow’, meaning tree. The name of several settlements across England.
Beilen Dutch
Habitational name from a village in Drenthe, Netherlands, possibly related to Old Germanic *bagil- "swamp, marsh".
Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.
Ibara Japanese
Variant of Ihara.
Saa Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.
Gönül Turkish
Means "heart, soul" in Turkish.
Piccolo Italian
Nickname from piccolo "small".
Saengthong Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".
Saulnier French
In Middle French (the form of French spoken from 1340 to 1610), it literally means "salt merchant".
Kashiwako Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
Jungmann German
Means "young man" from German Jung and Mann.
Tellisaar Estonian
Tellisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "brick island".
Ī Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "伊" and "井" meaning "Well".
Macri Italian
Italian variant of Magro. It could also be a southern Italian nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall, derived from Greek μακρύς (makrýs) literally meaning "long, tall" (see Makris)... [more]
Vide Slovene
Derived from the given name Vid.
Neilson English
Means "son of Neil". Often an English respelling of the surnames Nielsen or Nilsen.
Faiz Arabic
From the given name Faiz.
Maugeri Sicilian, Italian
From Sicilian maugeri "herdsman".
Lannister Literature
Created by author George R. R. Martin for his series A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019). The Lannisters are the wealthiest family in Westeros... [more]
Thavornvongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).
Diddi Italian
Possibly a variant of Di Dio.
Auyong Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Ouyang.
Doll Upper German, German, English
South German: nickname from Middle High German tol, dol ‘foolish’, ‘mad’; also ‘strong’, ‘handsome’.... [more]
Lysytsya Ukrainian
Means "fox".
Cəfərli Azerbaijani
From the given name Cəfər and the Turkic adjective suffix -li.
Osgood English, Jewish
Derived from the Medieval English given name Osgod the anglicized form of the Old Norse name Ásgautr... [more]
Vig Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian víg "happy, cheerful".
Vəliyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Vəli".
Benkowski Polish
Polish Origin
Morinaka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".