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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Couto Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician
Habitational name for a person from any of the various places in Portugal containing Portuguese or Galician word couto "enclosed area of land". In some cases, the name may be topographic.
Coninx Belgian, Dutch
Variant form of Koning, from a genitive form of Middle Dutch coninc "king, leader, important person".
Orange Medieval English, Medieval French, English
Derived from the medieval female name, or directly from the French place name. First used with the modern spelling in the 17th century, apparently due to William, Prince of Orange, who later became William III... [more]
Colclough English
Derived from a place called Cowclough in Whitworth, Lancashire.
Bruney English
First found in Languedoc, France, possibly meaning "brown."
Nosho Japanese
From 納 (no) meaning "payment, supply, acceptance" and 庄 (sho) meaning "village, manor, hamlet."
Abeywardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේවර්ධන (see Abeywardana).
Marchuk Ukrainian
Possibly a patronymic derived from the given name Marko.
Hikida Japanese
From 疋 or 匹 (hiki) meaning "counter for small animals" combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Vahesaar Estonian
Vahesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "middle island".
Gatto Italian
Derived from Old Italian gatto meaning "cat", ultimately from Late Latin cattus. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a cat in some way.
Abalahin Tagalog
Means "to disturb, to bother" in Tagalog.
Teetes German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Dietz
Kesteloot Belgian (Modern)
No idea whatsoever as to the origin of the surname other than it is of Belgian origin.
De Belen Spanish (Philippines)
Means "of Bethlehem" in Spanish.
Roppolo Italian
Perhaps a derivative of Roppo, a given name of Germanic origin.
Cotto Spanish
Variant of Coto.
Taghlian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Տաղլյան (see Taghlyan).
Kuchler German (Rare)
Often confused with Küchler a name for a cookie baker, Kuchler is a noble name for an old german family. Kuchler is origined in a city named Kuchl at the border of todays german bavaria... [more]
Knape German
Variant of Knapp.
Chanrueang Thai
Means "bright moon", from Thai จันทร์ (chan) meaning "Moon" and เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright; glowing; brilliant".
Ambiru Japanese
Form of Abiru but written 安蒜.
Öngo Estonian
Öngo is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "õng", meaning "fishing rod/pole" or from the village of Õngu in Hiiu County.
Heartfield German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Herzfeld.
Chim Mayan
From Yucatec Maya chiim meaning "bag, sack".
Löfquist Swedish
Combination of Swedish löv "leaf" and kvist "twig".
Kütük Turkish
Means "tree log, stump" in Turkish.
Mamik Indian
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Kouri Greek
Variant of Kouris.
Xayaseng Lao
From Lao ໄຊ (xay) meaning "victory" and ແສງ (seng) meaning "light".
Aktaş Turkish
Means "white stone" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and taş meaning "stone, rock".
Ţaga Romanian
Țaga is a commune and village in Cluj County, Romania.
Pomerantz German
Occupational name for an importer or seller of bitter (Seville) oranges, Middle High German pomeranz (medieval Latin pomarancia, composed of the elements arancia, the name imported with the fruit.
Hölttä Finnish
Means "unreliable" or "untrustworthy". A nickname for a deceitful person.
Berlin Swedish
Of uncertain origin. The name could be a shortened form of Berglin. It could also be a habitational name from the city in Germany or from a place in Sweden named with ber or berg "mountain"... [more]
Flury English
Variant of Fleury.
Peregrine English, Popular Culture
Derived from the given name Peregrine. A fictional bearer is Alma LeFay Peregrine, a character from the novel "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (2011) by Ransom Riggs.
Lustgarten Jewish
An invented Jewish name based on German Lustgarten "pleasure garden" (perhaps alluding to the Garden of Eden). It was borne by British barrister, writer and broadcaster Edgar Lustgarten (1907-1978), presenter of television crime reconstructions.
Knifati Arabic
Means "Knafeh maker," given to pasty makers specializing in Knafeh, a filo-dough middle-eastern pastry typically filled with cheese and syrup.
Busby English
Habitational name from a place in North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Buschebi, from Old Norse buskr "bush, shrub" or an Old Norse personal name Buski and býr "homestead, village", or from some other place so called.
Heinemann German, Jewish
Combination of Heine, a short form of Heinrich, and Mann "man".
Veverita Romanian, Moldovan
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a squirrel.
Gianiel Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Gian.
Kumanov Bulgarian (Modern)
Turkic origins, delivered from the Cuman people (Cumanov) who ruled the steppes around 12 century
Aghasaryan Armenian
Means "son of Aghasar".
Valliveere Estonian
Valliveere is an Estonian surname meaning "bank/embankment rolling".
Zerrouki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue".
Todrick Scottish
From the name of a family manor in Selkirk, Scotland, itself from Scots tod "fox" and rig "ridge".
Colley English
With variant Coley, can mean "dark" or "blackbird" or it can be a nickname for Nicholas. Colley was used as a surname for generations of students from the same family taught by a teacher over many years in James Hilton's sentimental novel "Goodbye, Mr... [more]
Herbolsheimer German
Habitational name for someone from either of two places called Herbolzheim, in Baden and Bavaria.
Van Zweden Dutch
Means "from Sweden" in Dutch. Jaap van Zweden (1960-) is a Dutch conductor and violinist.
Nastych Ukrainian
Means "child of Nastya".
Rizza Italian
Variant of Rizzo.
Granarolo Italian (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name related to Italian granaio "granary, barn; region that produces grain", ultimately from Latin granum "grain, seed".
Duclos French
du 'from the' from Old French clos 'enclosure' (see Clos ) or a habitational name for someone from Le Clos the name of several places in various parts of France so it means "from the enclosure"
Guillén Spanish
From the given name Guillén.
Premaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Fujiki Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Mckittrick Scottish
From Gaelic, "son of Shitrig", a personal name adapted from Old Norse Sigtryggr, literally "victory-true".
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.
Inthachack Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra combined with ຈັກ (chak) meaning "disk, circle, wheel, chakra".
Halverson English
Anglicized form of Norwegian or Danish Halvorsen.
Koçak Turkish
Means "brave, strong" or "generous" in Turkish.
Fayard French
Originally French topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech-wood.
Masamoto Japanese (Rare)
Masa means "proper, right" and moto meabs "source, root, origin".
Koh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see ).
Carruthers Scottish
This old Scottish surname was first used by Strathclyde-Briton people. The Carruthers family in the land of Carruthers in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfriesshire. In that are it is pronounced 'Cridders'.... [more]
Laes Estonian
Laes is an Estonian surname meaning "fore" and "overhead".
Atcitty Navajo
From Navajo atsidí meaning "blacksmith" or "smithy, pounder, anvil".
Mac An Ghalloglaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gallogly, from galloglach "foreign warrior" or "galloglass"... [more]
Twersky Russian
Russian surname derived from Tver Oblast (known as Kalinin from 1931-1990, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Ueland Norwegian
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps derived from Old Norse úfr "owl" (usually the European eagle-owl) and land "land, farmstead".
Feldmann Jewish
From the surname Feld combined with the German suffix mann "man"
Annoura Japanese
From 案 (an) meaning "table, desk, legal case, rough draft", (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 浦 (ura) meaning "inlet, bay".
Van Deusen Dutch (Americanized)
Most likely an altered form of Van Deursen. Alternatively, could be a habitational name for someone from the German town of Deusen, north of Dortmund, in North Rhine-Westphalia near the Dutch border... [more]
Van Musschenbroek Dutch
Means "from Musschenbroek", a hamlet in Limburg, derived from plural form of Dutch mus "sparrow" and broek "marsh, wetland". Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692–1761) was a Dutch scientist credited with the invention of the first capacitor.
Rokuno Japanese
Roku means "six" and no means "field, wilderness".
Duong Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Dương.
Jambrek Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the forename Jambrek.
Fortin French
Diminutive of Fort.
Trump English
Metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter, from Middle English trumpe "trumpet".
Sammal Estonian
Sammal is an Estonian surname meaning "moss".
Jazlene Mexican
the name Jazlene is of Puerto Rican origin and means "gift from god".
Panaritis Greek
Occupational name for a baker, from Latin panarium ‘bread basket’.
Dinwiddie Scottish
Habitational name from Dinwoodie near Dumfries. The place name is first recorded in 1296 in the form Dinwithie/Dunwythye and is probably named with British words that are ancestors of Welsh din meaning “forest” + gwydd meaning “shrubs, bushes.”
Rolandez Provençal
Derived from the given name Roland.
Maserati Italian
Most notably the Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati, founded in Bologna, Italy all the way back in December 1914.
Kile Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of thirteen farmsteads named Kile from, ultimately derived from Old Norse kíll "wedge" and, by extension, "narrow bay inlet".
Marsland English
Probably derived from some place named as being a boggy place, from Old English mersc meaning "marsh" and land meaning "land". Alternatively, it may be a variant of Markland.
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]
Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".
Nygaard Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian variant of Nygård.
Ông Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Weng, from Sino-Vietnamese 翁 (ông).
Maduea Thai
Means "fig" in Thai.
Blomstrand Swedish
From Swedish blomma (Old Norse blóm) meaning "flower" and strand (Old Norse strǫnd) meaning "beach, sea shore".
Eastgate English
Name for a person who lived near the eastern gate of a town or in a town named Eastgate.
Van Ruisdael Dutch
Means "from Ruisdael", the name of a lost castle, also called Ruisschendaal, near the village of Blaricum in North Holland, the Netherlands. It means "noisy valley" in Dutch. This name was borne by members of the Van Ruisdael family of artists during the Dutch Golden Age, notably the landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael (c... [more]
Newbrough English (British)
Newbrough surname is thought to be a habitational, taken on from a place name such as from Newbrough in Northumberland, which is derived from the Old English words niwe, meaning "new," and burh, meaning "fortification."
Mubarak Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian)
From Arabic مُبَارَك (mubārak) meaning "lucky, blessed".
Gvozdik Russian
Means "carnation" in Russian.
Nadyozhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надёжа (nadyozha) meaning "hope".
Ang Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Weng.
Anastassiou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Αναστασίου (see Anastasiou) chiefly used in Cyprus.
Wieland German, Germanic Mythology
Derived from the given name Wieland.
Omaña Leonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oumaña.
Higaki Japanese
From 檜 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence".
Unaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).
Pallominy Spanish (?)
Possibly an altered form of Spanish Palomino.
Urushimatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).
Podolski Polish
Refers to a region named Podolia in Ukraine.
Chiacchiaretta Italian
From chiacchierare "to chat, to chatter, to gossip".
Vivenzio Italian
From the given name Vivenzio.
Kanatsu Japanese
From 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Hufford Low German
Likely German and dates back to Christian Hufford, and is likely derived from the name of the city Ufford in Modern-day Germany
Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".
Matthíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Matthías" in Icelandic.
Kröll German
From Middle High German krellen "to claw", a nickname for a snappish or cruel person. Compare Kreul.
Finsky Russian, Belarusian
Means "Finnish" in Russian and Belarusian.
Venn English
Southwestern English variant of Fenn.
Sasselli Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "small stones" in Italian.
Rzucidlo Polish
Nickname for an eager or ebullient person from a derivative of rzucic ‘to throw’, ‘to throw oneself at someone’.
Mazar Polish
Slovak occupational name for mortar, or an alternate spelling of Mazur
Akama Japanese
Possibly from 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 間 (ma) meaning "between, interval, space, pause".
Walk English
Variant of Walker.
Tennakone Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තෙන්නකෝන් (see Tennakoon).
Sriboonruang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).
Bindschädler German (Swiss)
Derived from German binden "to bind" and Swiss German schädlen "to make wood vessels", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper, a barrel maker.
Aniol Catalan, German
Possibly derived from the Catalan given name Aniol. Alternatively it has a German origin.
Ramezani Persian
From the given name Ramezan.
Ohayon Judeo-Spanish, Jewish
Means "son of Chayyim" from the Berber prefix ou- or au- meaning "son (of)" and the given name Chayyim.
Farman English
(i) from an Old Norse personal name denoting literally a seafarer or travelling trader, brought into English via French; (ii) "itinerant trader, pedlar", from Middle English fareman "traveller"
Künnapuu Estonian
Künnapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "European white elm tree" (Ulmus laevis).
Quattrociocchi Italian
From quattro ciocchi, "four logs of wood" in Italian.
Huq Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Keeth Irish
A Scottish and Irish place surname meaning "forest" or "wood" or "windy place".
Cord Northern Irish
Reduced form of Mccord.
Shindera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).
Dishman German (Americanized)
Americanized form of North German Dischmann or Tischmann: occupational name for a joiner from Middle Low German disch 'table' + man 'man'.
Kelleher Irish
From Gaelic Ó Céileachair meaning "son of Céileachar". The Irish given name Céileachar means "companion-dear", i.e., "lover of company".
Cherian Indian (Christian)
From the given name Cherian.
Kıraç Turkish
Means "barren, wasted, infertile" in Turkish.
Arendi Estonian
Arendi is an Estonian surname derived from "arendaja" meaning "developer".
Löfström Swedish
Combination of Swedish löv "leaf" and ström "stream".
Buelter German, English
Middle European variant of Butler, also meaning "a vat or large trough used to contain wine." The name originated in southern Germany in the mid-seventeenth century.
Herbenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Gerbov.
Jankins English (American)
Variant of Jenkins.
Sitar Indian
A type of Indian musical instrumen.
Shadmehr Persian
From the given name Shadmehr.
Tjhin Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Chen used by Chinese Indonesians.
Radhakrishnan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Derived from Sanskrit राधा कृष्ण (rādhā-kṛṣṇa), a combination of Radha and Krishna... [more]
Liszt Hungarian
Liszt is a Hungarian surname that literally means "flour".... [more]
Yabut Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan iabut meaning "to hand over, to give".
Rivadeneira Spanish
habitational name from a parish named Riba de Neira in Lugo province meaning 'bank of the river Neira' Neira being a tributary of the Miño.
Linnett English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval feminine given name Line, which was a short form of names such as Cateline, Adelina, Amelina and Lecelina.
Marnissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown.
Tokiyoshi Japanese
From 時 (toki) meaning "time" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".
Smout Dutch, Flemish
Means "oil, lard, melted animal fat" in Dutch, an occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, or a nickname for someone who ate – or who could afford to eat – large amounts of food containing it.
Eskelinen Finnish
Derived from a variant of Swedish Eskil and the common surname suffix -inen.
Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Davud Persian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian
From the given name Davud.
Baez Spanish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Spanish Báez, which might be a different form of Peláez (cf. Páez). A famous bearer is American singer and activist Joan Baez (1941-).... [more]
Soete Low German
Derived from Low German söt /seut "sweet".
Van Der Leij Dutch
Derived from Dutch lei meaning "slate" (effectively meaning "from the slate"), indicating that the original bearer of this name may have come from a place where slate was produced.
Phommachack Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ຈັກ (chack) meaning "disk, circle, wheel".
Mau Khmer
From Chinese 毛 (máo) meaning "Mao", an ancient region in parts of present-day Henan, China, during the Zhou Dynasty.
Villard French
French cognate of Vilar. A topographic name denoting an inhabitant of a hamlet; or a habitational name from (Le) Villard the name of several places in various parts of France... [more]
Andrén Swedish
Latinized patronymic from the name Andreas.
Melle Italian
Derived from the place name Melle in Cueno, Piedmont, northern Italy. It could also be derived from the given name Mello, a short form of diminutives ending with -mello (like Giacomello, a diminutive of Giacomo).
Savatdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).
Lauriano Asturian
From the given name Lauriano
Vayner Yiddish
Weiner is a surname or, in fact, the spelling of two different surnames originating in German and the closely related Yiddish language. In German, the name is pronounced vaɪnɐ(ʁ),of which the rare English pronunciation vaɪnər is a close approximation... [more]
Dopson English
Means "son of Dobbe".
Wimalasiri Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विमल (vimala) meaning "clean, pure" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Scanagatta Italian
Probably means "cat killer", from Italian scannare "to slaughter, to cut the throat of" and gatto "cat", with the figurative meaning of "cheat, scoundrel". (Compare Pelagatti)... [more]
Valier Romansh
Derived from the given name Valerius.
Cranston Scottish
Habitational name from the parish named Cranston in Midlothian, from Old English given name Cran or element cran, both meaning "crane" and tun "enclosure, town"... [more]
Bjørklund Norwegian
From any of several farms named with Norwegian bjørk "birch" and lund "grove".
Gardea Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Laudio in Álava, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque gari "wheat" and -di "place of, forest of", or from garagardi "barley field" and arte "in between"... [more]
Claxton English
From the names of any of several settlements in England, derived from either the personal name Clacc (from Old Norse Klakkr "bump, hillock") or the Old English word clacc "hill, peak" combined with tun "town, settlement".