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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Seul French
From Fr. "only, alone"
Lancia Italian
From Latin lancea, meaning "spear", given to those who made, sold or used spears. A famous bearer of this surname is Vincenzo Lancia (1881-1937), who established the Lancia car brand in 1906.
Kelekolio Hawaiian
From the given name Kelekolio.
Kaiba Japanese
From Japanese 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".
Tekin Turkish
From an Old Turkish title meaning "prince".
Konopelko Ukrainian
Means "hemp".
Most German
Metonymic occupational name for a producer or seller of must, i.e. unfermented grape juice, from Middle High German most, ultimately derived from Latin mustum vinum meaning "young (i.e. fresh) wine"... [more]
Hayase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 瀬 (see Se).
Inzaghi Italian
Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).
Copas English
Possibly a topographic name derived from Middle English coppis "coppice, thicket, grove of brushwood; cut-over forest".
Atake Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).
Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Edevane Welsh, Cornish
A rare Welsh surname, believed to be of Cornish origin. This surname is made up of two elements. ‘Ed’ is not a shortened form of Edward, but derives from the ancient (Old English?) ‘ead’ meaning ‘prosperity’ and/or ‘happiness’... [more]
Suksamran Thai
From Thai สุข (suk) meaning "joy, delight" and สำราญ (samran) meaning "happy, joyful".
Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.
Goonawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Beil German
Means "axe, hatchet" in German, an occupational name for someone who made or used axes, such as a carpenter.
Rabski Polish
Habitational surname from Raba, a former settlement now divided into Raba Niżna and Raba Wyżna.
Alario Italian, Spanish
Ultimately from Ancient Roman. Derived from the given name Hilarius.
Öösalu Estonian
Öösalu is an Estonian surname meaning "night grove".
Shida Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Seaforth English
The name of a projection of the sea on the east coast of Lewis, on the Long Island, Scotland. Means "the forth of the sea".
Tallón Spanish
Either a Spanish variant of Catalan Talló (see Tallo) or a habitational name from any of the places in A Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra provinces called Tallón.
Keulen Dutch
Dutch form of Cologne.
Myrchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian мир (myr), meaning "peace".
Amamiya Japanese
From Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天 Amamiya Sora, 1993–).
Ouanounou Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Nounou" in Tamazight, from a diminutive of the given name Nisim.
Barakzai Pashto
Means "son of Barak 2" in Pashto.
Somby Sami
Derived from the name of the village Sompio in Finland.
Matsushige Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds".
Hajizadeh Persian
Means "son of the pilgrim" from Arabic حَاجِيّ‎ (ḥājiyy) meaning "pilgrim" and the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Vogt Von Westerburg Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Members of this noble family also use the surname Vogt von Westerburg und Hachenburg.
Al Harbi Arabic
Originally indicated a person from the Harb tribe derived from Arabic حَرْبيّ (ḥarbiyy) meaning "military, war, army".
Reck German
Nickname from Middle High German recke ‘outlaw’ or ‘fighter’. North German and Westphalian: from Middle Low German recke ‘marsh’, ‘waterlogged ground’, hence a topographic name, or a habitational name from a place named with this term.
Acollador Filipino
Lanyard in Spanish
Zaķis Latvian
Means "hare".
Shichiho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).
Tokiwa Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "管" meaning "Organize", and "和" meaning "Normal", "Japanese". Other combinations possible.
Sild Estonian
Sild is an Estonian name meaning "bridge".
Branciforte Italian, Sicilian
nickname from branchi "claws hands" (plural of branca) and forte "strong" meaning "strong claw".
Yaich Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعيش (see Yaiche).
Laurimaa Estonian
Laurimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's land" (Lauri is an Estonian masculine given name).
Sajuyigbe Yoruba (Americanized, Rare)
The Sajuyigbe family, with its roots in the Yoruba tribe, carries a rich and complex history. The family is believed to descend from a line of royals that held significant influence in Yorubaland around the time of the Nok culture... [more]
Babao Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog babaw meaning "shallowness".
Jordán Spanish, Hungarian
From the given name Jordán.
Gaski Sami
From Finnish kaski "swidden (a field created in slash and burn agriculture)".
Kapodistrias Greek
This surname is a greek version of Capo d'Istria
Hoerman English, German
Variant of Herman. Variant of Hörmann.
Arase Japanese
Ara means "wild" and se means "ripple".
Kekoa Hawaiian
From the given name Kekoa.
Venema Dutch, West Frisian
From Dutch veen "peat, bog, fen" and the Frisian suffix -ema.
Amstutz German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
Topographic name for someone living near or at the foot of a steep mountainside, German am Stutz ‘at the escarpment’.
Wilén Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Variant of Vilén or Willén (meanings uncertain, they might be variants of the same name).
Dizznee Literature
Perhaps a variant of Disney, likely used by Shannon Messenger in her book series Keeper of the Lost Cities for this reason.
Orueta Basque
From the name of a district in the town of Gautegiz-Arteaga, Spain, derived from Basque oru "ground, place, building site" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".
Khorshidian Armenian
Means "son of Khorshid" in Armenian.
Gan Chinese
From Chinese 甘 (gān) of uncertain origin, possibly from the name of Shang dynasty minister Gan Pan or from the name of an ancient territory called Gan that existed in what is now Shaanxi province.
Abdulracman Maranao
From the given name Abdulracman.
Sethna Indian (Parsi)
Gujarati Parsi name meaning "pertaining to the banker", derived from Hindi सेठ (seṭh) meaning "merchant, banker" (see Seth).
Thái Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cai, from Sino-Vietnamese 蔡 (thái).
Kiyosaka Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and saka means "slope, hill".
Arousi Jewish, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic
Yemenite Jewish and Arabic name possibly deriving from Arabic words aroosi, "bridal, relating to a wedding", rousi, "groom". El Aroussi, a variant, is found densely in Morocco and Francophone populations (France, Canada).
Zsigmondy Hungarian
Derived from the given name Zsigmond. The Austrian-born chemist Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865-1929), together with German physicist Henry Siedentopf, invented the ultramicroscope... [more]
Florencio Spanish
From the given name Florencio
Martynenko Ukrainian
Patronymic derived from the given name Martyn.
Tuffin English (Archaic), Anglo-Norman
Tuffin is a surname that was brought to England in the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the medieval female given name Tiffania, that comes from the Greek Theophania, composed of the elements theos, meaning God and phainein meaning to appear... [more]
Danish Urdu
Derived from the given name Danish.
Amarathunga Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and तुङ्ग (tuṅga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".
Ndreu Albanian
From the given name Ndreu.
Manuschki Russian (Rare)
Means ''Guider, Discipline, Adventurer''
Hegazi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجازي (see Hijazi). This corresponds more closely with the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation of the name.
Küng Estonian
Küng is an Estonian surname derived from "küngas" meaning "knoll", "mound" and "hillock".
Joffé French, Jewish
French form of Joffe.
Heinl German
South German variant of Heinle.
Samberg Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places named Samberg in Germany and Austria.
Avellaneda Spanish
It literally means "hazelnut grove", denoting someone who either lived near one or worked in one.
Nipper German
1. habitational name for someone from Nippe in Hesse. ... [more]
Nutt Romansh
Derived from Janutt, a medieval diminutive of the given name Johannes.
Fennessey Irish
An ancient Irish name. Presumed to come from the name Fionnghusa, or sometimes O'Fionnghusa.... [more]
Shipley English (Rare)
English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Shteynhoyz Yiddish
It literally means "stonehouse".
Arik Turkish
Means "thin, lean" in Turkish.
Gabison Judeo-Spanish
From the name of a town located in either the province of Valladolid or near the city of Santander in Spain. It has also been connected to the Spanish word cabeza, used as a nickname for a stubborn person.
Marchant French, English, Spanish
Variant of Marchand, from French marchand meaning "merchant, mercantile". Though it is of French origin, it was transferred into the Spanish-speaking world, especially Chile, by French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
Olaetxea Basque
From the name of a tower house in Elgoibar, an industrial town in Basque Country, derived from Basque ola "factory, foundry, forge; cabin, hut" and etxe "house, building".
Organ English
From a rare medieval personal name, attested only in the Latinized forms Organus (masculine) and Organa (feminine).
Lancelotti Italian
Derived from the given name Lancelotto.
Kaburagi Japanese
A notable bearer is Saiko Kaburagi, an artist.
Solórzano Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Solórzano in Cantabria, Spain.
Azi Afizere
Azi is actually pronounced Azīh which means "Unending, in ended father of many generations" it is named after children believed to become the origin or source of lasting families.
Palazuelos Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Palazuelos a diminutive of Palacios.
Shiyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).
Husemann German
Epithet for a servant or an administrator who worked at a great house, from Middle Low German hus ‘house’ (see House 1, Huse) + man ‘man’.
Izturitze Basque
From the name of a commune in south-western France, possibly derived from Basque estura "strait, scrape; narrowing, tightening" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Bhandari Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit भाण्डागारिक (bhandagarika) meaning "storekeeper, treasurer", ultimately from भाण्डागार (bhandagara) meaning "storeroom, storehouse, treasury".
Thackwray English
Means Thatcher, or someone who thatches roofs. A varient of the name Thatcher
Cuadro Celtic (Latinized, Modern)
It refers to a work of art or a painting (picture, frame). It's very common in Portugal.
Kamosawa Japanese
Kamo means "duck" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Grumpy English, English (American)
Grumpy was english name possibly origin of Germanic languages and other spoken languages or other European languages
Jabar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jabbar.
Musazadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Musa".
Mohamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Mohamad.
Kirihara Japanese
From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Libby English
From the given name Libby.
Krautschat German (East Prussian)
Derived from Prussian-Lithuanian kraucźius (kriaučius in Standard Lithuanian), meaning "tailor".
Cly Navajo
From Navajo tłʼaaí meaning ‎"lefty, left-handed one", from the verb nishtłʼa ‎"to be left-handed".
Olorosisimo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish olorosísimo meaning "most fragrant".
Joshson English (Rare)
Means “son of Joshua”.
Drielsma Dutch, Jewish
Derived from the Frisian town IJlst. IJlst in Frisian is Drylts > Dryls > Driels combined with the Frisian surname suffix -(s)ma, which is most likely derived from Old Frisian monna meaning "men". Drielsma has Frisian Jewish origins.... [more]
Kwa Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Ke.
Saengngam Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and งาม (ngam) meaning "beautiful".
Rudel English
Derived from the location of Ryedale or Rydal
Cabugatan Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao kabugatan, a historical title for a crown prince.
Chau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.
Cinco Filipino
From a Hispanicised form of the Hokkien surname Go.
Arutee Estonian
Arutee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland road".
Alsagoff Arabic
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Southeast Asia. This is the name of a prominent Arab family in Singapore.
Senzaki Japanese
From Japanese 先 (sen) meaning "before, previous" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Junko Japanese
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:... [more]
Tecuceanu Romanian
A topographical Romanian surname meaning "from Tecuci". Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania.
Mckalips Scottish
Variant of McKillip
Sayetang Thai
Alternate transcription of Saetang.
Shojaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian شجاعی (see Shojaei).
Kashii Japanese
Kashi can mean "candy" or "oak" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit"
Siow Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien, Hakka and Teochew romanization of Xiao.
Khalaji Persian
From the name of the Khalaj people who primarily reside in Iran. The name itself is said to be derived from Turkic kal aç meaning "stay hungry".
Albino Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Albino
Hawkiss English (Archaic)
An extinct surname. Corruption of Hawkins.
Koriyama Japanese
Possibly from 氷 (kori, hyou) meaning "ice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Rafailov Russian
Means "son of Rafail".
Gąsior Polish
Means "gander (male goose)" in Polish. It was used as a nickname for a person who resembled a gander or as an occupational name for a keeper of geese.
Cavaleri Italian, Sicilian
occupational name from Sicilian cavaleri "rider mounted soldier knight". It was also used as a patrician title. See Cavaliere.
Ireland English, Scottish
Originally indicated a person who was from Ireland.
Kuronuma Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".
Hachemi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Hashmi (chiefly Algerian).
Annarumma Italian
Probably derived from a regional variant of the feminine given name Annadomenica, the second element deriving from a short form of Rummeneca, a Neapolitan variant of Domenica.
Otradovec Czech
Habitational name for someone from any of four places in Bohemia called Otradov or Otradovice.
Bottaro Italian
Possibly from Italian bottaio "cooper, barrel-maker".
Leal Portuguese, Spanish
Means "loyal" in Portuguese and Spanish. A famous bearer of this surname is Roberto Leal, a very popular singer in Portugal.
Imakyuhrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).
Szurkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages named Szurkowo.
Nabatame Japanese
From 生 meaning "to live, raw", 天 meaning "heaven, sky", and 目 meaning "eyes".
Lokerson Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Lokerse.
Aharon Hebrew
Variant of Aharoni, from the given name Aaron.
Whippet English
Possibly used as a nickname from the early 17th century English word whippet, meaning "to move briskly". A type of sighthound bears this name.
Burney English, Irish
Form of the French place name of 'Bernay' or adapted from the personal name Bjorn, ultimately meaning "bear".
Minter English
Occupational name for someone involved in the production or distribution of coins, such as a moneyer or a clerk in a mint, derived from Old English mynet "coin".
Pardoe English
From a medieval nickname based on the Old French oath par Dieu "by God" (cf. Purdie).
Carvoeiro Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word "carvão," which means "coal." It likely originated as a surname for someone who worked with or lived near coal, or it could have been a nickname based on physical characteristics or personal attributes associated with coal.
Zegarra Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Castilianized form of the Catalan Segarra.
Aisek Micronesian
Derived from the given name Isaac.
Fujitani Japanese
From 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley."
Homola Czech
Variant of Homolka.
Cena English (American), English
Cena is a prominently used English name. It is derived from the word "see", however it rather than referring to the ability to see it, what it actually refers to is the inability to see as the other half of the name ("-na") means "naw" a synonym for "no"... [more]
Wiedemann German
Variation of Wideman.
Nighy English
Pet form of Nigh.
Talts Estonian
Talts is an Estonian surname, possibly deriving from "taltsas", meaning "tame".
Mitskevich Belarusian, Russian
Derived either from a diminutive form Micek of the Polish given name Mikołaj or from a diminutive form Mitska of Belarusian given names Dzmitry and Zmitser or less likely from other names that begin with mi... [more]
Bobola Polish
From a derivative of bób meaning 'bean'.
Bačvar Croatian
Bačvar family my grandfather Stjepan Bačvar born July 11 1904 in Bosiljevo Croatia in Croatia it means barrel Here in Canada it's spelled Bacvar thank you
Oka Finnish
Means "thorn" in Finnish.
Jardin French, English
Derived from Old French jardin meaning "enclosure, garden", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a garden or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked as a gardener.
Apollonio Italian
From the given name Apollonio
Akyüz Turkish
Means "white face" in Turkish, from ak meaning "white" and yüz meaning "face".
Wyler English
English: variant of Wheeler or a respelling of Jewish Weiler.
Sarna Polish
Means "roe deer" in Polish.
Tarik Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.
Blaylock English
The surname of James P. Blaylock (1950-), an early steampunk author. His surname may mean "black lock" from Middle English blakelok, originally referring to a person with dark hair.
Melissenos Greek
Surname associated with the greek word melissa (μέλισσα), which means bee, perhaps a beekeeper.
Gast German, Germanic
From the Ancient Germanic name element gast.
Rumney English
Variant of Romney.
R Obscure
Meaning unknown.
Jolie French
Variant of Joly and Jolly.
Caylar Medieval Occitan, Judeo-Provençal
Mediaeval Occitan word for ""Castle"". This lives on in the Occitanian commune "Le Caylar-en-Larzac"
Maitlis Jewish
Means "son of Meytl", a Yiddish female personal name, literally "little Meyte", a Yiddish female personal name derived from Middle High German maget "maid".
Hinckley English
From the name of a place in Leicestershire meaning "Hynca's wood", from the Old English byname Hynca, derivative of hún "bear cub", and leah "woodland, clearing".
Kayser German
Variant of Kaiser.
Grumbach German (Swiss), Alsatian
From the name of various places in Switzerland and Germany, for example the municipality of Grumbach in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Smid Dutch
Means "smith" in Dutch, cognate to English Smith.
Vonai Shona
It is a form of the Shona name Onai.
Yakivenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yakiv".
Tsukishiro Japanese
Tsuki means "month, moon" and shiro means "castle".
Tanvir Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Tanwir.
Passett Romansh
Romanshized form of Passet.
Tarkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Tarkowo in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or Tarków in Masovian Voivodeship (of uncertain origin compare tarka ‘grater rasper’).
Hungarian
Metonymic occupational name for a salt seller or producer, from ‘salt’.
Pink Estonian
Pink is an Estonian surname meaning "bench" and "garden seat".
Hans Indian
Derived from Sanskrit hamsa "swan; goose".
Scroggins English
Derived from Middle English scrogge meaning "brushwood", given to someone who lived near a bushy area, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a prickly personality.
Ștefănescu Late Roman
Ștefănescu is not a Romanian family name.
Ghaka Bengali
From the historical "Ghataks" who were professional matchmakers in Bengali society, who played a crucial role in arranging marriages and maintaining family lineages.
Rooba Estonian
Rooba is an Estonian surname, derived from "roobas", meaning "ditch" or "rut".
Sahabi Iranian
Possibly from Arabic صَحَابِيّ‎ (ṣaḥābiyy) meaning "companion", from the verb صَحِبَ‎ (ṣaḥiba) "to accompany, to be one's companion".
Chae Korean
Korean for Cai.