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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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Penaluna Cornish
A surname with somewhat uncertain origins, though many agree it is locational. Potentially from pen-lyn, the head of a pond or pool.
Katzman Slavic
Slavic form of Katz. Means "high priest, king".
Aita Japanese
Variant of Aida.
Eckhart German
From the given name Eckhart.
Atiq Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Atiq.
Maître French
occupational name for the head of a craft or trade guild from Old French maistre "master" (from Latin magister)... [more]
Hagakure Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 隠 (gakure) meaning "to disappear"
Võõbus Estonian
Võõbus is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "võõp" meaning to "daub" or "paint".
Treichel German (Swiss)
Swiss German: from a word meaning ‘cow bell’, presumably a nickname for a cowherd or farmer, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made cow bells.
Heaton English
Comes from "town (or farmstead) on a hill".... [more]
Yuunomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).
Ginel Catalan
My Great Grandfather's name was Jose Maria Ginel
Boscolo Italian
Habitational name for someone who lived by a forest, derived from Italian bosco meaning "woods, forest".
Ordorika Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Muxika, Spain, possibly derived from Basque ordo "plain, field, meadow" and ori "yellow" combined with the toponymic suffix -ika meaning "slope" or "place of".
Amici Italian
From the given name Amico.
Rafique Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Rafiq.
Zhuge Chinese
One of the rare Chinese double character surnames. It is ranked 314th in the Hundred Family Surnames. The first character can be read as "all, these, various" and the second character as meaning "vine, vines"... [more]
Laik Estonian
Laik is an Estonian surname meaning "blotch", "stain" and "spot".
Valentyn Ukrainian
From the given name Valentyn.
Jambalos Tagalog
From Tagalog hambalos meaning "to whip, to whack".
Gofigan Chamorro
Chamorro for "very hot climate". Gof- is an amplifier which means very. Figan is a word for "hot", implying the climate
Katano Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, part" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Olgun Turkish
Means "mature, grown" in Turkish.
Ó Fógartaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Fógartach"
Fukumura Japanese
It means "Happy Village" in Japanese.
Buensuceso Spanish (Philippines)
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso, meaning "Our Lady of the Good Event," referring to the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Jesus.
Plante French
French cognate of Plant.
Khatun Bengali, Indian, Hindi, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
From the Persian title خاتون‎ (khatun) meaning "lady, noblewoman" (the feminine counterpart to Khan).
Del Negro Italian
Literally “of or belonging to the black one” hence a name denoting the son, apprentice, associate, or servant of a man bearing this nickname or ethnic name.
Bottai Italian
From bottaio "cooper, barrel-maker".
Devon English
Regional name for someone from the county of Devon. In origin, this is from an ancient British tribal name, Latin Dumnonii, perhaps meaning "worshipers of the god Dumnonos".
Cases Catalan
Catalan family name. Plural of 'casa' meaning 'house', possibly given to people who were given or built a manor or town house or had a slightly better than normal dwelling for their location/village etc..... [more]
Dring English
Means "young man" (from Old Norse drengr).
Garton English
From a place name: either Garton or Garton on the Wolds, both in East Yorkshire, or from various places similarly named, from Old English gara "triangular plot of land" and tun "enclosure, town".
Gingell English
Either (i) from a shortened form of the Germanic personal name Gangulf, literally "walking wolf"; or (ii) a different form of Gingold.
Boban Croatian
Habitational name, originates from Bobanova Draga, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kindem English
1 English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, of unknown etymology (probably a pre-English hill name, but the form is obscure).... [more]
Pregler German
Nickname for a chatterer or grumbler, from an agent derivative of Middle High German breglen ‘to chatter’, ‘complain’, ‘yell’, ‘roar’.
Lill Estonian
Means "flower" in Estonian.
Pozos Spanish, Galician
A habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of pozo, meaning ‘well’. See Pozo.
Sumanaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Aragasi Filipino, Maranao
Means "bully" or "ogre" in Maranao.
Blankenbijl Dutch
Means "white axe", from blanken "white, pale; bare" and bijl "axe". Possibly a toponymic name, or perhaps an occupational name for a woodcutter or carpenter.
Bonkobara Japanese
From 盆 (bon) meaning "tray, bowl, basin, lantern festival", combined with 子 (ko, shi) meaning "child, sign of the rat", and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Czesławski Polish
Indicates familial origin from either Czesławice or Czesławów.
Kenttä Finnish
Means "field" in Finnish.
Roa Spanish
Habitational name from the town of Roa (de Duero) in Burgos province, Spain.
Rajab Arabic
From the given name Rajab.
Qvarnström Swedish
Combination of Swedish kvarn meaning "mill" and ström meaning "stream".
Hoen Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch hoen "chicken, hen", perhaps a nickname denoting a silly or foolish person, or an occupational name for someone who raised chickens.
Bernabéu Catalan (Valencian)
From the given name Bernabé. A famous bearer was Santiago Bernabéu (1895-1978), a Spanish soccer player and the eleventh president of the soccer club Real Madrid CF.
Raskolnikov Literature
The surname of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It derives from the Russian word raskolnik, meaning "schismatic" or a member of the Old Believer sect.
Noer Arabic, Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Nur based on Dutch orthography.
Plunkett English, Irish
habitational name from a metathesized form of Plouquenet in Ille-et-Villaine, Brittany, so named from Breton plou "parish... [more]
Occhibianco Italian
Means "white eye" in Italian, most often given to foundlings.
Esquerra Catalan
Means "left-handed" in Catalan.
Omerbegović Bosnian
Derived from Omer and beg, a title of Turko-Mongol origin meaning ''chief'' or ''commander''.
Den Hartog Dutch
Derived from Dutch hertog "duke", a nickname for someone behaved in a haughty manner, or an occupational name for someone who worked for a duke’s household.
Samararathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරරත්න (see Samararatne).
Stauffer German
This surname refers either to various towns named Stauffen or else it might be derived from Middle High German stouf "high rock/cliff/crag".
Cañete Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name for a person from any of the places in Spain called Cañete, such as Cañete de las Torres (Seville), Cañete la Real (Málaga) and Cañete (Cuenca).
Sitar Indian
A type of Indian musical instrumen.
Ghazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Ghazaryan.
Sarv Estonian
Sarv is an Estonian surname meaning "horn".
Mridha Bengali
From a title for a high-ranking commander or security guard who was employed by a zamindar (a landowner) during the Mughal era, presumably derived from Sanskrit मृध (mrdha) meaning "battle, war".
Chinen Japanese, Okinawan
From 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom, knowledge" and 念 (nen) meaning "feeling, sense".
Šimunić Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".
Bossi Romansh
Derived from the given name Burkhard.
State German
Nickname from Middle High German stæt(e) meaning "firm", "steadfast", "constant".
Kopytov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian копыто (kopyto) meaning "hoof". This may have been a nickname for a lame man or a shepherd.
Klass German
The name is patronymic and it comes from the German first name "Clausen" which is a variant of the name "Nicholas".
Nay German
Northern German variant of Nee.
Lukash Polish (Ukrainianized)
Derived from the given name Łukasz.
Armona Portuguese
It indicates familial origin on the eponymous island in the municipality of Olhão.
Alicea Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the given name Alicia.
Borukhov Jewish
From the given name Borukh, itself a Yiddish form of Baruch.
Hadia Arabic
From the given name Hadia.
Mirotvorets Russian
Means "maker of peace" in Russian, from мир (mir) "peace" and творец (tvorets) "creator, maker". Probably given to someone who often mediated fights between villagers.
Maréchal French, Walloon
French cognate of Marshall and variant of Marchal.
Yudas Indonesian, Swahili
From the given name Yudas.
Siracusa Italian, Sicilian
From the name of the city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy (siracusa in Italian and sarausa in Sicilian).
Sarakinos Greek
Means pirate or Arab, from the medieval word and name Saracen
Basque French
Originally denoted a Basque person or someone from the Basque Country in Spain.
Ageykin Russian
variant of Ageyev
Schut Dutch
Variant of Schutte.
Sengmany Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".
Delaurier French
Altered form of French Deslauriers or a topographic name with fused preposition de meaning “from” denoting someone who lived by a laurel, from laurier.
Dewolf Dutch
Contracted form of De Wolf.
Rexha Albanian
Meaning uncertain.
Bonin French
Variant spelling of Bonnin.
Najeeb Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Najib.
Cavill English
Derived from Cavil, a place located in the East Riding of Yorkshire in northern England, named from Old English ca meaning "jackdaw" and feld meaning "open country". It is borne by the British actor Henry Cavill (1983-).
Luhamaa Estonian
Luhamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow land".
Tanni Finnish, Estonian (Rare)
Derived from a form of the given name Daniel.
Khateeb Arabic, Urdu
Arabic alternate transcription of Khatib as well as the Urdu form.
Marcy English
Variant of Marcey.
Sis Czech
Derived from German süss "sweet".
Sunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Cambon Old Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
It means zigzagging river or warped (bent) river. It have a second meaning that is leg.
Machuca American (Hispanic, Hispanicized, Modern, Rare)
in Spanish and Portuguese Machuca means "to squash" or "to crush." it is a Hispanic surname
Guðmundsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðmund"; not strictly used as a surname, and is also used as a patronymic.
Xhaferaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Xhafer" in Albanian.
Birket English
It's a locational surname taken from the village of Birket Houses in Lancashire.
Hijazi Arabic
Denotes someone who was originally from the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
Dissabandara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit दिशा (diśā) meaning "region, quarter, direction" combined with the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර (baṇḍāra) meaning "chief's son, prince".
Ogiyenko Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Ageyev (Агеев), derived from Ukrainian given name Ogiy (Огiй)
Baldovino Spanish
Hispanic (mainly Philippines and Colombia) and Italian: from the personal name Baldovino from ancient Germanic Baldowin (see Baldwin ).
Miglinieks Latvian
Name comes from the village Miglinieki.
Abdulghani Arabic
From the given name Abdulghani.
Perepelkin Russian
From perepel, meaning "quail".
Luoma Finnish
A name derived from the Finnish topographic word luomi, meaning "creek" or "small river". Common in central and western Finland.
Gunatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Miyagi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 城 (gi) meaning "castle".
Kivistö Finnish
A combination of Finnish kivi "stone, rock" and the suffix -stö.
Clem English
From the given name Clem.
Dyal Scottish
Variant of Dial.
Grajo Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "Jackdaw".
Harry English
From first name Harry.
Cerrito Italian
Variant of Cerri, or directly from Sicilian cirritu "Turkey oak grove".
Kinose Japanese
Ki means "tree, wood", no could be a possessive particle or it could mean "field, wilderness", and se means "current, ripple".
Heydlauff German (Americanized, Modern)
people lived in the Black Forest region of Germany. Many migrated to Michigan, USA
Yisrael Hebrew
Means "Israel" in Hebrew, from יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl).
Bienvenido Spanish
From the given name Bienvenido.
Plumtree English
From any of the locations called Plumtree for anyone who lived near a plum tree derived from Old English plume "plum" and treow "tree".
Mazar Polish
Slovak occupational name for mortar, or an alternate spelling of Mazur
Hatchwell English
Combination of the surnames Hatch and Well.
Habeeb Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Habib.
Hitchcock English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval name Hitch. A famous bearer of the name was English film director Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980).
Steven Scottish, English, Dutch, Low German, English (New Zealand)
From the personal name Steven, a vernacular form of Latin Stephanus, Greek Stephanos "crown".
Scoggins English
Possibly derived from Old Norse skegg meaning "beard".
Nhan Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yan, from Sino-Vietnamese 顏 (nhan).
Midomaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).
Shibata Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sybiha Ukrainian
Andrii Sybiha is Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Tissera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Teixeira.
Ryen Norwegian
Habitational name from any of more than ten farmsteads, originally named with Old Norse rugr ‘rye’ + vin ‘meadow’.
Õuemaa Estonian
Õuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "courtyard".
Kotlyar Ukrainian
Means "boilermaker".
Vorac Medieval Latin
Derived from the Latin word “vorax,” which means ravenous or greedy.
Hindman Irish
Keeper of the king's deer.
Mcmath Scottish, English
Means "son of Math".
Souto Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Soto.
Hooi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xu 2.
Garnica Spanish
Castilianized form of Garnika, a variant of Gernika.
Urain Basque
It indicates familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Oñati.
Aybar Basque (Hispanicized)
Aybar Name Meaning. Spanish (of Basque origin): habitational name, in most cases probably from Aibar in Navarre, but in some cases perhaps a variant of Eibar, the name of a place in Gipuzkoa. The place names are from Basque ai 'side', 'slope' + ibar 'flood plain', 'valley'.
Abbès Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abbas.
Hammersmed Norwegian (Archaic, ?), Danish (Archaic, ?)
Occupational name for a blacksmith, from Danish & Norwegian hammer, 'hammer' and smed, 'smith'. See Hammersmith
Prants Estonian
Prants is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "prantsuse" meaning French, or "prantsti/prantsatus" meaning to "slam" and "bang". Could also derived from "prints" meaning "prince".
Suljić Bosnian
Means "son of Suljo".
Madani Arabic
Indicated a person from the city of Medina, itself from Arabic مدينة (madinah) meaning "city".
Achard French, South American
From the given name Achard.
Nalbant Turkish
Means "farrier" in Turkish.
De Forest French
Alternative spelling of Deforest.
Grjotheim Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Norwegian (Nynorsk) grjot "stone, rock" and heim "home".
Malsagnaqan Ingush
Original Ingush form of Malsagov.
Blitstein German, Jewish
Stein is the German word for stone.
Elizabeth American
From the given name Elizabeth.
Claremont French
Means "clear hill" in French, from the Latin clarus "clear" and French mont "mountain", A cognate of Clairmont.
Tsuguno Japanese
Tsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".
Belson English, Jewish
Either from the Middle English female personal name Belsant (Old French Belisant Belisent from ancient Germanic bili "decent amiable" and swinth "strong fast") or a patronymic from the personal name Bele (see Beal) or a metronymic from a short form of the female personal name Isabel and son... [more]
Sirenko Ukrainian
From Сірен (siren) meaning "cheese".
Rachmaninoff Russian
Surname used as a nickname for someone of swarthy appearance.
Basit Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Basit.
Dock Norwegian
Habitational name from a farm called Dokk, from Old Norse dǫkk "pit, hollow, depression", itself from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz "dark".
Rigoldi Italian
Derived from the given name Rigo, a short form of various names.
Badillo Spanish
One who came from Badillo (small ford), in Spain. This looks like the diminutive form of "badil" meaning a fire shovel. "Badillo" comes from "vado" meaning a place to cross the river. Other Spanish names from this name source are Vado, Bado and Vadillo.
Nii Japanese
From 新 (nii) meaning "new".
Shramko Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from East Slavic шрам (shram) meaning "scar, cicatrix".
Brenton English
habitational name primarily from Brenton near Exminster possibly named in Old English as Bryningtun "settlement (Old English tun) associated with Bryni (a personal name from Old English bryne "fire flame") or "Bryni's town".
Yoruno Japanese
From Japanese 夜 (yoru) meaning "night" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tan English (Australian, Rare)
Possibly from the English Word "Tan", or from the Given Name Tan.
Eldjárn Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Icelandic given name Eldjárn.
Lex German, Dutch
From a short form of the personal name Alexius, Alexis.
Furuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Mendarte Basque
Habitational name of Gipuzkoan origin, possibly derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and arte "between, among".
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."
Hiiemets Estonian
Hiiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sacred grove forest".
Desai Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
From a feudal title derived from Sanskrit देश (desha) meaning "country, kingdom" and स्वामिन् (svamin) meaning "owner, master, lord".
Metcalfe English
An occupational name from Northern England, from Old English mete, 'food' and calf, 'calf', i.e calfs being fattened for consumption in late summer. Thus, making this surname an occupational name for either a slaughterer or herdsman... [more]
Voong Vietnamese
Alternate spelling of the name Vương, which is derived from the name Wang 1.