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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Gilgen German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German gilge "lily", this was a habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning "at the lily".
Murdmaa Estonian
Murdmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "off-road" (literally, "fraction(al) land").
Koepcke German, Polish (Germanized, ?), Sorbian (Germanized, ?)
From a Low German pet form of the personal name Jakob (see Jacob). Also the Germanized form (Köpke) of Polish Kopka and of Sorbian Kopk, a diminutive of Kopa... [more]
Sugg English (British)
Surname of internet personalities Zoe and Joe Sugg. Zoe is known as Zoella on the website YouTube and has a book on sale called "Girl Online". Joe is also a YouTuber.
Baril French
During the middle ages, when people were named after their given job, Baril was what winemakers and brewers were named. Baril simply means "Barrel" or "Keg"
Bartoli Italian
Derived from the Italian name Bartolo.
Avetisyan Armenian
Means "son of Avetis".
De Goey Dutch
Variant of De Goeij. Famous bearers of this name include former Dutch soccer goalkeeper Ed de Goey (1966-) and Australian rules footballer Jordan De Goey (1996-).
Mernissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly a variant of Marnissi. A famous bearer was Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist Fatima Mernissi (1940-2015).
Louganis Greek
Variant of Loukanis. A famous bearer is American former olympic diver Greg Louganis (1960-).
Gheata Romanian
Means "ice."
Takamachi Japanese
A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.
Christ German, Dutch
Either from a short form of the personal name Christian, or from a nickname meaning "the Christian", both from Latin Christ (see Christos 1).
Ainjärv Estonian
Ainjärv is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Ain" (a masculine give name) and "järv" ("lake"); "Ain's lake."
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.
Agam Hebrew (Modern)
Rare variant of the surname Agami, which came from the Hebrew name Agam, means "lake".
Pasta Italian
From Italian pasta meaning "dough, paste". Occupational name for a baker or cook.
Yakushiji Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.
Ribchester English
From the name of a village in Lancashire, derived from the River Ribble and Old English ceaster "fortress, fort" (derived from Latin castrum).
Dotani Japanese (Rare)
戸 (Do) means "door" or 藤 (do) means "wisteria". 谷 (Tani) means "valley".
Wagatoki Japanese
Waga means "young" and toki means "time".
Acahua Nahuatl
Means "owner of reeds", from Nahuatl acatl "reed, cane" and the possessive suffix -hua.
Zolotar Ukrainian
Means "goldsmith" in Ukrainian.
Mathiuet Romansh
Derived from the given name Mathiu in combination with a diminutive suffix.
Moyongan Filipino, Bontoc
Means "bumble bee" in Bontok.
Kimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Aasmäe Estonian
Possibly derived from Estonian aas "meadow, lea" and mäe "mountain, hill".
Karter Breton
Breton form of Carter. This was the birth surname of Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the gulf of St. Lawrence.
Əlili Azerbaijani
From the given name Əli and the Turkic adjective suffix -li.
Suō Japanese (Rare)
Derived from place name Suō.... [more]
Flatow German
Derived from the name of a district that existed in Prussia from 1818 to 1945. Today the territory of the Flatow district lies in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland.
Asis Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Asís primarily used in the Philippines.
Kuz'menko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kuzmenko.
Võlumägi Estonian
Võlumägi is an Estonian surname meaning "magic mountain".
Büchler German
Habitional name for someone from Büchle or Büchel, or who lived near beech trees, ultimately from Büche "beech (tree)". Alternatively, could be an occupational name for someone who pressed oil from beechnuts.
Mouratis Greek
Possibly a patronymic from the Turkish given name Murat.
Tanielian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դանիելյան (see Danielyan)
Peureux French
In the war there was a French resistance fighter named Maurice Peureux.
Mcdermid Irish (Anglicized)
Possibly an alternate spelling of McDermott. Comes from the Gaelic name MacDhiarmaid, meaning ‘son of Dermaid’.
Seydoux French, French (Swiss), Occitan
Derived from the Germanic names Sedulius, Sedulfus or Segedolfus. Another theory suggests Occitan roots; it might be an occupational name for someone who worked with silk, derived from Occitan sedós meaning "silky, soft"... [more]
Bovary French
It is the surname of the famous fictional character Emma Bovary protagonist of Gustave Flaubert's novel.
De Praetere Flemish
Means "the prattler", from or related to Middle Dutch praten "to chatter" (c. 1400), from a Proto-Germanic imitative root.
Hayase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 瀬 (see Se).
Dunkinson English (British)
Derives from the Scottish surname of Duncanson with the same meaning of "son of Duncan". Likewise, it may derive further from the Gaelic male given name "Donnchad", related ultimately to "Donncatus", a Celtic personal name of great antiquity.
Ottone Italian
From the given name Ottone.
Greenstein Jewish
From German, means "Green Stone".
Cuarto Spanish
Means "fourth" in English. It is derived from the Latin word "quartus," which means "fourth." The surname may have originally been used to denote a fourth child in a family or to indicate that the family lived on the fourth floor of a building.
Vang Hmong
From the clan name Vaj or Vaaj associated with the Chinese character 王 (wáng) (see Wang 1).
Cahans Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Hans.
Paluchowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Paluchów.
Lepmets Estonian
Lepmets is an Estonian word meaning "alder (lepp) forest (mets)".
Hamidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Hamid 1.
İnan Turkish
Means "faith, belief" in Turkish.
Rumpole English
A different form of Rumbold (from the Norman personal name Rumbald, of Germanic origin and probably meaning literally "fame-bold"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Horace Rumpole, the eccentric QC created by John Mortimer (originally for a 1975 television play).
Mattingley English
From a place name meaning "Matta's clearing" in Old English.
Giel Medieval English
From a medieval personal name of which the original form was Latin Aegidius, from Greek aigidion "kid, young goat". Compare English Giles.... [more]
Ayer English, Scottish
Means "heir, inheritor", from Anglo-Norman aire.
Yukimori Japanese
Means 'snow forest' from 'yuki' meaning 'snow' and 'mori' meaning 'forest'.
Ristikivi Estonian
Ristikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "abeam" or "athwart stone".
Baldomero Spanish
From the given name Baldomero.
Tomii Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Aplin English
Probably a patronymic of the popular medieval English given name Abel, or from the pet form Abelin... [more]
Lightyear Popular Culture
From the English term light-year, a unit of length often used when measuring distances in space. Most often used in everyday speech and non-scientific publications. This is the surname of Buzz Lightyear, a fictional character in the Pixar animated film series 'Toy Story'.
Uğurlu Turkish
Means "lucky, successful" in Turkish.
Sidiropoulos Greek
Means "son of a blacksmith worker" in Greek.
Rolandez Provençal
Derived from the given name Roland.
Shaulis Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys ‘rifleman’.
Braxiatel Popular Culture
Irving Braxiatel or Cardinal Braxiatel is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures—spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He subsequently became a regular character in novels and audio dramas in the Bernice Summerfield series... [more]
Ördögh Hungarian
Means "devil" in Hungarian.
Auman Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano awom meaning "mole".
Weldon English
Weldon is one of the many names that the Normans brought with them when they conquered England in 1066. The Weldon family lived in Northamptonshire, at Weldon.... [more]
Mac Carrghamhna Irish
Means "descendant of Corrghamhain"
Razaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Razzaq.
Derckson Swiss
Meaning: "Powerful People"
Gergely Hungarian
From the given name Gergely.
Montalvo Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".
Vagh Indian
Means "tiger" in Hindi
Kashiwa Japanese
This surname is used as 柏 (haku, hyaku, byaku, kashiwa) meaning "oak."... [more]
Figarella Corsican
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river.
Kelsall English
Habitational name probably derived from Kelsall in Cheshire, England, derived from the Old English given name Kell combined with halh "nook, recess", or possibly from Kelshall, Hertfordshire, meaning "Cylle’s hill", or Kelsale, Suffolk, meaning "Ceol’s nook"... [more]
Malaque Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog malaki meaning "big, large, great."
Schomer Jewish
From Hebrew shomer "watchman".
Staff English
Derived from Middle English staf "rod staff, stave" (Old English stæf) used as a nickname either for a tall thin person someone who made staves or for anyone who carried a staff of office.
Soysa Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Sousa.
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.
Cavallaro Italian, Sicilian
either a variant under Spanish influence of Cavaliere or an occupational name for a keeper or dealer in horses Sicilian cavaddaru.
Tabanao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tabanaw meaning "fake, not genuine".
Prorok Polish
The meaning of prorok is prophet. It was the maiden name of my maternal grandmother. It is not a common name. Her family was from the southeastern part of Poland.
Kord German
Possibly a nickname of Slavic origin, derived from an adjective cognate with Polish and Lower Sorbian chory 'ailing, skinny.
Firouzi Persian
From the given name Firouz.
Chandrasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Kuusalu Estonian
Kuusalu is an Estonian surname derived from "kuusik" meaning "spruce wood" and "salu" meaning "grove".
Vargo Hungarian
Comes from the surname Varga.
Farnam Persian
From the given name Farnam.
Josipović Croatian
Means "son of Josip" in Croatian.... [more]
Hosny Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.
Lytwyn English
English transliteration of Ukrainian литвин (see Lytvyn).
Fridman Yiddish, German (Anglicized)
Derived from the Yiddish "Frid" (see fridu) meaning "peace," combined with "man" meaning "man" or "person." Originally derived from a vernacular form of Shalom, it is also an anglicized spelling of the German name Friedmann.
Fitoussi Jewish (Sephardic)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the Tamazight place name Fitous located in present-day Libya. Alternately it may be related to the Arabic root ف ط س (f-t-s) meaning "flatness", possibly used as a nickname for someone with a flat nose.
Okusawa Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Agyei Akan
Meaning unknown.
Acorn German
Origin uncertain; most probably an Americanized form of German Eichhorn.
Leaf English
Derived from Old English lēof "dear, beloved".
Weaponsworth English
Means maker of weapons
Kalviste Estonian
Kalviste is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Kalvi", a village in Lääne-Viru County.
Kedem Hebrew
Either means "east" or "ancient" in Hebrew.
Hallén Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall" or häll "rock, stone" and the common surname -én.
Ciechi Italian
Means "blind (people)" in Italian, from Latin caecus "devoid of light, blind; invisible; aimless".
Nuotclà Romansh
Derived from the given names Nuot and Clà.
Reshetnikov Russian
Occupational name for a maker of sieves or gratings, derived from Russian решетник (reshetnik) meaning "sheathing, grate, sieve".
Moseid Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
From Moseid Farm in southern Norway.
Grass English, German
Topographic name for someone who owned or lived by a meadow, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold hay, from Middle English gras, Middle High German gras "grass, pasture, grazing".
Petcu Romanian (?)
Possibly a diminutive of Petrescu (child of Peter).
Wajoli African
Swahili Word mjoli. Swahili Plural wajoli. English Word fellow servant.
Beramendi Basque
Derived from Basque behera "below, under" and mendi "mountain".
Livengood German
The surname LIVENGOOD is the Americanized version of Leibendgut. Leibengut is Swiss-German in origin. It has been written as Livengood and Levengood in America. Records show the family name back to 1550, in Aarwangen, Canton of Berne, Switzerland... [more]
Ogasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Sirimanne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and मान (mana) meaning "pride, honour".
Nōda Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.
Kartashov Russian
Meaning uncertain.
Rajabov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Rajab".
Chử Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Chu, from Sino-Vietnamese 褚 (chử).
Stead English
Dweller at the homestead.
Hodgkin English
From Hodge, a diminutive of the given name Roger.
Nông Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Nong, from Sino-Vietnamese 農 (nông).
Heeley English, Irish
Variant of English Healey or Irish Healy.
Bhullar Indian, Punjabi
Probably from the name of a village in Punjab, India, which is of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a Jat clan found in India and Pakistan.
Faries Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic Faries (meaning: fair, beautiful, or handsome) is derived from ancient Scottish Dalriadan MacFergus clans of the mountainous west coast of Scotland... [more]
Girai Indian (Muslim), Urdu
Indian cognate of the Turkish surname Giray.
Coors German
Variant of Cords.
Jõgisoo Estonian
Jõgisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "river swamp/marsh".
Archangel Eastern African
From the given name Archangel.
Kerk Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Guo.
Ben Ze'ev Hebrew
Means "son of Ze'ev" in Hebrew.
Cookinham Jewish (Americanized)
This has the form of an English habitational name; however, there is no record of any such place name in the British Isles, and the surname does not appear in present-day records. It is probably an Americanized form of Jewish Guggenheim .
Spruit Dutch
Variant of Spruijt.
Nolte German
From a short form of various medieval given names derived from Germanic given names ending with -n and wald meaning "rule", for example Arnold and Reinwald... [more]
Fabiano Italian
Comes from the personal name Fabiano, a derivative of Fabian.
Rootsmäe Estonian
Rootsmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf stalk/stem hill/mountain".
Cron English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Variant or Americanized form of Kron.
Hososaki Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Sarris Greek
Derived from Turkish sari meaning "blond, fair-haired".
Shuba Ukrainian
Means "fur cloth (usually coat)".
Ainumäe Estonian
Ainumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "single mountain".
Gabríelsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Gabríel" in Icelandic.
Stang German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Middle High German stang, German Stange ‘pole’, ‘shaft’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden shafts for spears and the like, or a metonymic occupational name for a soldier.
Scheuer German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German schiure meaning "barn, granary", denoting somebody who lived in a barn of some sort.
Kush English (American)
Americanization of Kusz, Kusch, Kuš and Kus.
Ōnuki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 貫 (nuki) meaning "pierce, penetrate, brace".
Sciuto Italian
Meaning "thin"... [more]
Mackie Scottish (Anglicized)
Mackie is a name that comes from the Gaelic name Mac Aodha which means "son of Aodh". Aodh is a given name meaning "fire"... [more]
Hryhorovych Ukrainian
Means "child of Hryhor".
Reznyk Ukrainian, Yiddish (Ukrainianized)
Derived from Yiddish "רעזניק (reznik)" meaning butcher.
Vonmoos Romansh
Derived from German von "of" and Moos "moss". The name itself is a calque of Romansh da Palü which was Germanized after the Reformation.
Doneddu Italian
From Sardinian doneddu "little gift".
Novgorodsky Russian, Belarusian
Refers to the region named "Novgorod" in Russia.
Schreuder Dutch
Dutch cognate of Schröder 1 and Schröder 2.
Maréchal French, Walloon
French cognate of Marshall and variant of Marchal.
Novickas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nowicki. See Navickas.
Lagerqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish lager "laurel" and qvist, an archaic spelling of kvist, "twig".
Castaignède French
Stéphane Castaignède is a French rugby player and coach.... [more]
Fórmica Spanish
Spanish transcription of the Italian surname Formica (while the insect in Spanish is hormiga).
Esgueva Spanish
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river.
Mongush Tuvan
Theorised to be derived from Tuvan moon meaning "cohesive, powerful" combined with kush "force". It is also believed to have been Mongolified and Turkified during the reign of Chinggis Khan in the 13th century.
Formichelli Italian
Diminutive of Formica "ant".
Atlı Turkish
Means "horseman, equestrian" in Turkish.
Zangoza Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese city.
Wagenknecht German
occupational name from Middle High German wagenknëht "hauler's assistant" from wagan "wagon" and kneht "servant".
San Francisco Spanish
In honor of Saint Francis.
Jovićević Serbian, Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Jovan".
Kox English
Variant of Cox
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]
Bermejo Spanish
Originally a nickname for a man with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Spanish bermejo "reddish, ruddy" (itself from Latin vermiculus "little worm", from vermis "worm", since a crimson dye was obtained from the bodies of worms).
Maranan Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog madaanan meaning "pass through, pass by somewhere".
Wagle Norwegian
A habitational name derived from farmsteads in Rogaland named Vagle, from the Old Norse vagl meaning a '‘perch’' or '‘roost'’, referring to a high ridge between two lakes.
Duschen Romansh
Diminutive of Dusch.
Ngamnaimuang Thai
The surname "งามในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Jayawickreme Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවික්‍රම (see Jayawickrama).
McCarry Irish
Variant of McCary.
Boonsook Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai บุญสุข (see Bunsuk).
Jeune French, Haitian Creole
Derived from the French word jeune "young" (from Latin iuvenis). It found more common in Haiti... [more]
Bingham English
Ultimately deriving from the toponym of Melcombe Bingham in Dorset. The name was taken to Ireland in the 16th century, by Richard Bingham, a native of Dorset who was appointed governor of Connaught in 1584... [more]
Endrigo Venetian, Istriot, Italian
Derived from Endrigo, an Italian and Istriot variant of the given name Henry.
Bjørk Norwegian, Danish, Faroese
Norwegian, Danish and Faroese form of Björk.
Marasco Italian
Means "morello, morello cherry" in Italian, derived from Latin amarus "bitter".
Wakamoto Japanese
From Japanese 若 meaning "young" and 本 meaning "base, root, origin".
Veverita Romanian, Moldovan
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a squirrel.
Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.
Deen Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic دين or Urdu دین (see Din).
Mordomo Portuguese
Means "butler" in Portuguese.