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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Tuah Malay
From the given name Tuah.
Asaoka Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Żywiecki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Żywiec.
Seitz Upper German
A mainly Bavarian surname, from a reduced form of the personal name Seifried, a variant of Siegfried... [more]
Morshed Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Morshed.
Songkhla Thai
Clipped form of Thai na Songkhla and written สงขลา.
Petkevich Russian
Russian form of Piatkievič.
Van Doren Dutch, Flemish
Variant form of Van Doorn.
Willett English
From a pet form of Will, or an Americanized form of French Ouellette.
Orris English (Canadian)
This unusual and interesting name is of Italian, Latin origin, and derives from one of the earliest Roman names, "Horatius". The name is thought to mean something connected with "hora", the Latin for "hour", but the original meaning has been lost... [more]
Rogan Irish
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruadhagáin ‘son of Ruadhagán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ruadh ‘red’.
Leverock English
Archaic form of Lark. Compare Laverick.
Kitakado Japanese
Kita means "north" and kado means "gate".
Ikeru Japanese
From Japanese 蘓 (ikeru) meaning "revive, resurrect".
Kara-Sal Tuvan
Means "black beard", derived from Tuvan кара (kara) meaning "black" combined with сал (sal) meaning "beard, moustache".
Yemen Arabic
From the Given Name YEMEN.
Splain Irish
Irish: reduced form of Spillane.
Choudhry Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Chaudhary.
Miramond Medieval Occitan, Occitan, French
From Old Occitan mirar "look" and mond "world".
Bellman English
Occupational name for someone who worked as a bell-ringer.
Tellechea Basque
Castilianized spelling of Telletxea, a habitational name meaning "(from) the house with tiles", composed of teila "roof tile" and etxe "house, home, building".
Kyoso Japanese
From Japanese 狂 (kyō) meaning "madness" and 想 (sō) meaning "thought, idea". The kanji that makes up Kyoso can also mean "fantasy".
Bellaïche Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Arabic بن (bin) meaning "son of" and عايش ('aysh) meaning "living, alive".
Feck German, Frisian
From a short form of the Frisian personal name Feddeke, a pet form of Fre(de)rik (see Friederich).
Redwood English
Name possibly derived from the colour of the bark of trees or the name of the town Reedworth between Durham and Devon
Aaviksoo Estonian
Aaviksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest(ed) swamp".
Busquets Catalan
Catalan form of Bousquet.
Samarakkody Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" combined with Sinhala කොඩිය (kodiya) meaning "flag, banner" (of Tamil origin).
Brännström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bränna "to burn" and ström "stream".
Toommägi Estonian
Toommägi is an Estonian surname meaning "prunus (fruit bearing) mountain".
Ivankevych Ukrainian
Means "child of Ivanko".
Winterfeld German
A topographic name from Middle High German winter "winter" and feld "field" denoting a winter pasture or a field with an autumn sowing or a winter crop or a habitational name from any of various places so named for example near Salzwedel... [more]
Sinuraya Batak
From si, indicating a location, and raya, meaning “flow” in Sanskrit.
Tsimikas Greek
Occupational name for a chemist.
Villamil Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Serantes in the municipality of Tapia.
Gramerosa Italian (Rare)
Uncertain etymology.
Oğuz Turkish
From the name of an ancient Turkic people, itself derived from a Turkic word meaning "tribe, clan".
Helsinki Finnish
From the capital of Finland.
Uus Estonian
Uus is an Estonian surname meaning "new".
Ahmedzay Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto احمدزی (see Ahmadzai).
Akhlaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Akhlaq.
Kornnaimuang Thai
The surname "ก้อนในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
El Ouahabi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Ouahabi" from the given name Ouahab.
Cleaves English
Variant of Cleave with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Derkach Ukrainian
Means "derkach", a Ukrainian folk instrument similar to a rattle or a noisemaker, from Ukrainian деркач (derkach).
Chamorro Spanish, Galician
Means "shaved" in Spanish and Galician, denoting a person with a shaved head, a boy, or a Portuguese.
Contemplacion Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish contemplación meaning "contemplation." ... [more]
Hardman English
Occupational name for a herdsman.
Kink Estonian
Kink is an Estonian surname meaning "bestowal" or "gift".
Małachowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Małachowo, Małachów, or Małachowice.
Fallon Irish
Anglicized form of the surname Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendant of Fallamhan", the name being a byname meaning "leader" (derived from follamhnas meaning "supremacy").
Relyea German, French (Anglicized)
Altered spelling of southern German and French Rellier, or probably a regional variant of Swiss German Reller, especially in the western provinces of Austria... [more]
Lateef Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Latif.
Cott English
From the Old English personal name Cotta. Possibly an altered spelling of French Cotte, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of chain mail, from Old French cot(t)e ‘coat of mail’, ‘surcoat’... [more]
Angrisani Italian
From Angrisano, a habitational name for someone from Angri in Salerno province.
Kipps German
Topographical name for someone living on a hill, from Kippe 'edge', 'brink'.
Ōya Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow".
Krechetov Russian
From krechet, meaning "gyrfalcon".
Komaru Japanese
From Japanese 小丸 (Komaru) meaning "Komaru", a former village in the former district of Mikumi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Ruuge Estonian
Ruuge is an Estonian surname meaning "pale brown" or "dark blonde" or "sorrel" colored.
Bounyavong Lao
From Lao ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Arakawa Japanese
From 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新 (ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."
Adaagist Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the town of Daagist in the province of Řḥusima.
Sheepshanks Scottish
From a medieval Scottish and northern English nickname for someone with a strange or awkward way of walking (literally "sheeplegs").
Cram English
From the the Scottish place name Crambeth (now Crombie), a village and ancient parish in Torryburn, Fife.
Heil German, Upper German, Dutch
1. German: from a pet form of Heinrich. ... [more]
Bounpraseuth Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ບຸນປະເສີດ (see Bounpaseuth).
Schönenberger German
Habitational name for someone from any of several places in Germany and Switzerland named Schönenberg.
Raju Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil
Variant of Raj chiefly used in Southern India.
Seymer English
Variant of Seymour, or from the village of Semer in Suffolk.
Maruf Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Maruf.
Solar Spanish (Rare), Catalan, Aragonese, Asturian
Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese, and Asturian-Leonese: topographic name from Latin solarius ‘ancestral home’ (a derivative of solum ‘ground’, ‘floor’), perhaps denoting someone who lived near or at the house of an important family.
Pfeiff German
Abridged form of German Pfeiffer.
Scutti Italian
From Sicilian scutu, "shield".
Montaser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.
Berginc Slovak
Original spelling of Slovene surname "Boreanaz".... [more]
Mansor Arabic
Derived from the given name Mansur.
Hồ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Hu, from Sino-Vietnamese 胡 (hồ).
Fett Popular Culture
Last Name of Bounty hunters Jango and Boba Fett from STAR WARS.
Kronberg German, Swedish
German habitational name from any of the places called Kronberg near Frankfurt in Hesse and in Bavaria from the elements krone "crown" and berg "mountain, hill". Swedish ornamental name from kron "crown" and berg "mountain hill".
Bolzonaro Italian
Occupational name for a person who operated a battering ram, derived from Italian bolzone literally meaning "battering ram".
Bentham English
From various places derived from Old English *beonet "bent grass" and ham "home, settlement".
Ruutikainen Finnish
A rare Finnish surname combining the word for gunpowder, "ruuti", and the common surname ending -nen. The 2017 Finnish population register indicates there are 106 Ruutikainens alive in Finland, and some sites estimate there are another ten abroad... [more]
Lauricella Italian
From the pet form of Laura.
Dimaampao Filipino, Maranao
Possibly from the name of Dima'amapaw Kalinan, a character in the Darangen epic. The name itself may be derived from Maranao di' meaning "no, not" and ampaw meaning "detoured".
Lilja Swedish, Finnish
Means "lily" in Swedish and Finnish. It is also used as a first name (see Lilja).
Ulvaeus Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.
Mckibben Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Mac Giobúin, meaning "son or daughter of Gilbert".
Rohrbach German, German (Swiss)
German and Swiss German: habitational name from any of numerous places called Rohrbach (‘reed brook’ or ‘channel brook’) in many parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It is a common surname in Pennsylvania.
Tesoro Spanish, Italian
from tesoro "treasure" (from Latin thesaurus "hoard") applied as a metonymic occupational name for a treasurer. In some cases this may be a habitational name from El Tesoro in southern Spain... [more]
Gíslason Icelandic
Means son of Gísla.
Gong Chinese
Gong means palace.... [more]
Lung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Long.
Trelawny Cornish
A habitational surname that originated in Cornwall.
Bhuyan Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Means "landlord, chieftain", derived from Sanskrit भूमि (bhumi) meaning "earth, soil".
Niidome Japanese
From 新 (nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 留 (dome) meaning "fasten, halt, stop, detain".
Kurai Japanese
Kura means "warehouse, storehouse" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Del Sol Spanish
Means "of the sun" in Spanish.
Huff English (Rare)
Short form of Humphrey. It is almost exclusively used as short for the surname, not for the first name.
Velte German
German variant of Velten.
Marcellin French
From the given name Marcellin
Otradovec Czech
Habitational name for someone from any of four places in Bohemia called Otradov or Otradovice.
Wijewardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
Hanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Camus Basque
From the name of a location in Bermeo, Vizcaya (or Biscay), a Basque region in Spain.
Pacino Italian
Diminutive form of Pace. The American actor Al Pacino (1940-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.
Kolga Estonian
Kolga is an Estonian surname derived from "kolgas" meaning "back country", "province", and "hinterland".
Leonado Spanish
The color tawny which is an orange, brown color. This descriptive surname was given to the Filipino people by the Spanish when the Philippines was colonized.
Sebron English
Exact origins unknown. It could possibly be from "Seabourne", from a patronymic name ("the son of Sebern"), from William Sebrin, Normandy 1180, or possibly even from Norman or Scandinavian origin.
Raabe German
Cognate of Rabe.
Fält Swedish
Means "field" in Swedish.
Bondi Italian
Derived from the given name Abbondio.
Tricarico Italian
Denoting someone from the province of Tricarico, in Basilicata.
Rattanabej Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai รัตนเพชร์ (see Rattanaphet).
Montgrand French
Means "great mountain" in French
Nanmen Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 南門 (nánmén) meaning "south gate".
Fontane French, Occitan, Catalan
From Old French meaning "well, fountain".
Scannella Italian
Possibly from Italian scannellare "to channel, to cut a groove", itself from Latin scamnum "ridge (of earth formed by plowing)".
Dominie Scottish
Occupational name for a church schoolmaster, from Latin domine, a vocative form of dominus, "lord" "master".
Siraj Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Siraj.
Khandkar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).
Kramatorsk Russian (Rare)
From the place Kramatorsk.
Rivard French
Geographical name for someone who lived on a river bank.
Hebert French, German
From the personal name Hebert or Egbert.
Jeaume French (Rare)
Variant form of the patronymic surname of Jaume.
Canizales Spanish (Latin American)
This surname came from around the beginnings of 1800 in south regions of Colombia where sugar cane was cultivated. It's a variation of Cañizales, that literally means "sugar cane fields".
Urzędowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Urzędów.
Denning Irish
Variant of Dineen.
Mulberry Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Maoilbhearaigh.
Srivastava Indian, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Shrivastav.
Yudas Indonesian, Swahili
From the given name Yudas.
Prodan Romanian
Means "foster."
Haskins English
Variant of Askin.
Jefson English
"Son of Jef".
Çatal Turkish
Means "fork, prong, yoke" in Turkish.
Win German
One who acted as host in a tavern or inn.
Quluzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Qulu".
Baylon Spanish
Spanish: variant of Bailón ( see Bailon ).
Sivertsson Swedish
Swedish cognate of Sivertsen.
Verkhoturov Russian (Modern, Rare)
Arrived from Verkhoturye (city in the Urals, on the river Tura)
Khil Russian
Russian spelling of Hill. A notable bearer was Russian baritone singer Eduard Khil (1934-2012).
Rubert German, Catalan
From Rubert a variant of Robert and Rupert.
Vasilakos Greek
Patronymic from the Greek given name Vasilios and the suffix άκος (-akos) which is particularly associated with the Mani Peninsula in southwestern Peloponnese.
Peru Basque
Derived from the given name Peru.
Malfitano Italian
Altered form of Amalfitano.
Chernozub Russian
Means "black tooth", from Russian чёрный (chyornyy) "black" and зуб (zub) "tooth".
Sarwar Urdu, Bengali
From the Persian title سرور (sarvar) meaning "lord, master".
Varsonofyev Russian (Rare)
Means "son of Varsonofy"; rarely used as a surname.
Caesar German (Latinized)
Humanistic retranslation of Kaiser into Latin.
Harutyunian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).
Batobalani Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Means "lodestone, magnet" in Hiligaynon and Cebuano.
Galsworthy English
From a place in Devonshire meaning "sweet gale enclosure" in Old English. A famous bearer of the name was the English author John Galsworthy (1867-1933), known for making the 'The Forsyte Saga'.
Osame Japanese
From Japanese 納 (osame), a variant spelling of 納め (osame) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".... [more]
Oldt Low German
North German: variant of Alt.
Branciforte Italian, Sicilian
nickname from branchi "claws hands" (plural of branca) and forte "strong" meaning "strong claw".
Morača Serbian
Morača is a historical region in Montenegro.
Niin Estonian
Niin is an Estonian surname meaning "bast" and "phloem" (the fibrous material from the phloem of a plant, used as fiber in matting, cord, etc.)
Wijaya Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of various Chinese surnames such as Chen (陳), He (何), Huang (黃), Lin (林) or Lu 2 (盧)... [more]
Fjord Danish
From Danish meaning "inlet".
Todhunter English
Occupational name for a fox hunter, from Middle English tod "male fox" and hunter.
Hinawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 火縄 (hinawa) meaning "matchlock", referring to the occupation of making matchlocks.
Heuermann German
Occupational name for (a freshly hired hand, a day laborer) from Middle High German huren "to hire" and man "man".
Ivanić Croatian
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.
Nemirow English
Is the English for the Russian/Ukrainian Surname Nemirov
Viigipuu Estonian
Viigipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "ficus tree".
Niwano Japanese
From niwa and no.
Fallow English, Jewish
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land, Middle English falwe (Old English f(e)alg). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation.... [more]
Asamura Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Nazim Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nazim.
Flemister English (American)
Unknown etymology.
Ivček Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Zingaro Italian
Means "gypsy" in Italian.
Zafeiriou Greek
Means "son of Zafeiris".
Kuka Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Croatian, German
Slovak, Polish, Czech, Serbian, and Croatian: nickname derived from Slovak kukať, Polish kukać, Czech kukat, Croatian kukati meaning "to cuckoo" or, in some of these languages, from a homonymous verb meaning "to peep, to peer out".... [more]
Hassanzai Pashto
Means "son of Hassan" in Pashto. The Hassanzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Yousafzai.
Wieland German, Germanic Mythology
Derived from the given name Wieland.
D'Mello Indian (Christian)
Variant of Mello more common among Christians from India.
Sawada Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kitchenham English
Occupational surname for a person who was in charge of the kitchen in a royal or noble house, or a monastery. From the Anglo Saxon cycene (German: Küche Dutch: kjøkken Latin: cocina Italian: cucina)
Pinson Jewish, Russian
Derived from Spanish "pinzon", meaning "finch".
Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".
Eyüboğlu Turkish
Means ''son of Eyüp''.
Yevchenko Ukrainian
From the given name Yevhen.
Aisaka Japanese (Rare)
Ai means "Indigo (blueish)", and Saka means "Hill,Slope".In 2014 Aisaka was ranked #9,579 for most used surnames in Japan and had only 5 occurrences that year. It's more popular in the U.S. than in the country it originated from... [more]