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.
Zeqiri Albanian
Derived from the given name Zeqir.
Alfano Italian
From the name of a town in Salerno, Campania, derived from the Ancient Greek toponym Αλφειός (Alpheios) meaning "whiteish". ... [more]
Presser Jewish (Ashkenazi)
An occupational surname used to describe someone who ironed clothes. Derived from the Yiddish pres meaning "flat iron".
Bosso Italian
Derived from Italian bosso "box tree", probably applied as a topographic name but possibly also as a metonymic occupational name for a wood carver or turner.
Iwasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".
Ghiocel Romanian
From Romanian ghiocel meaning "snowdrop" (flower).... [more]
Pisula Polish, Lithuanian
Informal nickname for a scribe or clerk, from a derivative of Polish pisać ‘to write’.
Zieja Polish
Derived from Polish ziajać meaning "to spontaneously/violently show negative feelings". This surname denoted someone who complained often.
Lattik Estonian
Lattik is an Estonian surname meaning "bar" or "lathe".
Pulow German
Pulow is the name of a small village in the northeast of Germany. There is also a lake with the same name.
Konkyū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Demirtaş Turkish
Means "iron rock" from Turkish demir meaning "iron" and taş meaning "rock, stone".
Scheremet German
German cognate of Şeremet.
Rostov Russian, Literature
Either derived from Rostov Oblast, a Russian federal subject, the town of Rostov in Yaroslavl Oblast, or Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city in the Rostov Oblast. This is also the surname of multiple characters from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace".
Gontsov Russian
From gonets, meaning "courier".
Odham English
Variant of Odom, altered by folk etymology as if derived from a place name formed with -ham.
Mcsiene Irish
means "son of Siene" in Irish Gaelic.
Skalaban Polish, French, Spanish (?)
Polish word Skal meaning "Justice" and French word Aban meaning someone who lives near a forest.
Vossler German
Possibly related to Voss.
Weton English
Variant of Weeton
Islami Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.
Jacquot French
From the given name Jacquot, a diminutive of Jacques.
Cdebaca American (Hispanic)
Altered form of the surname Cabeza De Vaca, meaning "cow's head" or "head of a cow".
Khrystosenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христос (Khrystos), meaning "Christ". Likely denoted to very religious person.
Colonna Italian
topographic name from colonna "column" (from Latin columna).
Aixin Chinese, Manchu
A Sinicised variant of Aisin.
Vremec Slovene
Derived from Vreme, a valley in western Slovenia.
Bissonnette French (Quebec)
North American spelling of French Bissonet, a topographic name from a diminutive of Old French buisson meaning "bush, scrub".
Saint-saëns French
From any place named Saint-Saens by honor to the saint Sidonius.
Whybrow English
From the medieval female personal name Wyburgh, literally "war-fortress". (Cf. Germanic cognate Wigburg.)
Cwynar Polish
Polonized form of the German surname Zwirner, an occupational name for a yarn or twine maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwirn ‘twine’, ‘yarn’
Ichon Filipino
Variant of Echon.
Jeremiah English
From the given name Jeremiah
Angelis Greek
Variant of Angelos.
Phongsavath Lao
From Lao ພົງ (phong) meaning "family, lineage" and ສະຫວາດ (sawat) meaning "sincere, open, beautiful".
Zickuhr German
Zickuhr is a German surname that means "zigzag." Although, some person believe that Zickuhr means "cuckoo clock."
Deshima Japanese
Variant reading of Dejima.
Nhim Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Mosel German
Habitational name from any of several places so named. topographic name from the Mosel river in western Germany a tributary of the Rhine that rises in the Vosges and flows through Lorraine and then a deep winding valley from Trier to Koblenz.
Tonderai Shona
Tonderai means "Remember". This name is given as a call to remember a particular event or to remember one's origins.
Arenzana Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 La Riojan municipalities: Arenzana de Abajo or Arenzana de Arriba.
Priester Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch priester preester Middle High German priester "priest" from Latin presbyter... [more]
Stump German
From Middle Low German stump ‘tree stump’ (borrowed into Middle English), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent tree stump, or else a nickname for a short, stocky person.... [more]
Na Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Oueslati Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone from the village of Oueslatia in northern Tunisia.
Friseur German
From German meaning "barber, hairdresser".
Taimsoo Estonian
Taimsoo is an Estonian surname meaning "plant/herb swamp".
Juni Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Hispanicized, Rare)
Refers to the sound or song of a bird, derived from Tagalog huni.
Ōtomo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".
Smollett English, Scottish
From a nickname for someone who had a small head.
Van Schie Dutch
Means "from Schie" in Dutch, the name of a canalised river that lends its name to several nearby toponyms. Possibly related to Middle Dutch scheiden "to separate, to part".
Pontiff French
Means "bridge builder". Comes from the French word pont, which means bridge. ... [more]
Kuivjõgi Estonian
Kuivjõgi is an Estonian surname meaning "dry river".
Brower English (American)
English variant of Brewer. Respelling of Brauer or Brouwer.
Isam Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.
Amy French
From the given name Amé or Aimé.
Sæther Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse sætr "farm" or setr "seat, residence, mountain pastures".
Yook Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.
Gulea Romanian
Aromanian.
Kasparian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant of Gasparyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.
Egede Scandinavian
Derived from a place name on Sjælland containing the name element EIK meaning "oak".
Fallah Persian
Derived from Arabic فلاح (fallah) meaning "farmer, peasant".
Solecki Polish
Habitational surname for someone from any of a number of places called Solec, named with sól ‘salt’.
Chettiar Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Refers to a member of any of the various South Indian castes of traders, businessmen, and merchants. The name itself may be from the Tamil honorific எட்டி (eṭṭi) or from a Sanskrit word meaning "wealth".
Balīhû Babylonian
Means "man from Balīh" (a tributary of the Euphrates river).
Lakoba Abkhaz
From the nickname Lako, possibly meaning "swamp" in Abkhaz (denoting someone who lived in a marshy area).
Hieronymus German
From the Greek given name ‘Ιερωνυμος (Hieronymos) meaning "sacred name" (see Jerome).
Ismat Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.
Tolkacz Polish
Variant of Tkacz.
Zahniser German
Alteration of German Zahneisen and/or Zahnhäuser and/or Zahneiser... [more]
Buchenko Ukrainian
Means "from Bucha". Bucha (Буча) is a city just outside of Kyiv, but the surname can also denote to someone from one of the many villages in Ukraine called Bucha.
Mio Japanese
From 三 (mi, mitsu, ji) meaning "three" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".
Olabarria Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river in the municipality of Markina-Xemein.
Guillotin French
From a diminutive of Guillaume and a variant of Guillot. A notable user is Joseph-Ignace Guillotin whom the guillotine was named after.
Cone Irish
Reduced form of McCone.
Kuurmaa Estonian
Kuurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "shed/hovel land".
Craine Manx
Shortened Anglicization of Manx Mac Ciaráin "son of Ciarán" or Mac Giolla Ciaráin "son of the devotee of Ciarán".
November English (American)
From the name of the month.
Negm Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Najm.
Callum Scottish
From the given name Callum.
Holl German
Short form of German Höld.
Shirima African
Common in Tanzania
Darden English
A habitation name in Northumberland of uncertain origin.
Alavee Estonian
Alavee is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".
Newcomer English (American)
Nickname for a person who was new to a town or location, from Old English niwe meaning "new" and cumen meaning "to come".
Grañón Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Kaku Japanese
From Japanese 角 (kaku) meaning "corner".
Sarangapani Hindi
From the sanskrit words Sarangan "bow of Vishnu" and pani "hand".
Jardel French
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from Old French jardel, a diminutive of jard (jardin in Modern French), meaning "garden".
Tuđman Croatian
Derived from Croatian tuđin meaning "foreigner, stranger". This was the surname of the first president of Croatia, Franjo Tuđman (1922-1999). He was also the ninth and last president of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, which was part of the former state of Yugoslavia.
Kallis Estonian
Kallis is an Estonian surname meaning "darling", "sweetheart", or "beloved".
Brockett English
From the Old French words broque and brocke.
Hjermstad Norwegian (Rare)
Hjerm means royal swords, stad means place. So Hjermstad means "place for the King's swords".
Koori Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 氷 (see Kōri).
San Román Spanish
San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.
Argue Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhearga, though it could be derived from Ó hEarga.
Hindley English
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Manchester, so named from Old English hind ‘female deer’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Conradt German
Derived from the given name Conrad.
Tamang Tibetan
Tamang may be derived from the word Tamang, where Ta means "horse" and Mang means warrior in Tibetan. However there are no written documentations of Horse Rider naming nor present Tamang people have horse riding culture.
Khrebet Ukrainian
Means "ridge".
Góra Polish
A Polish and Jewish name that means; ‘mountain’, ‘hill’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on a hillside or in a mountainous district, or perhaps a nickname for a large person
Kelder Estonian
Kelder is an Estonian surname meaning "cellar".
Hyman Jewish, English
Jewish (American): Americanized variant of Heiman. English: variant of Hayman or Americanized spelling of Heimann.
Alemán Spanish
Means "German, relating to Germany" in Spanish. Cognate to English Allman and French Allemand.
Carlsberg German
Variant spelling of Karlsberg or derived from the name of a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Häggström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" and ström "stream, small river".
Dänzer German
Occupational name for a professional acrobat or entertainer; variant of Tanzer.
Collard English, French
English and French: from the personal name Coll + the pejorative suffix -ard.
Assarsson Swedish
Means "son of Assar".
Adelmund Frankish
Meaning "Noble Protection", Adel, being a variation of germanic adal, meaning "noble" and mund, meaning "protection".
Oyelowo English (African, Rare)
surname born by British actor David Oyelowo (1976-)
Rosseau French, American
Variant spelling of Rousseau. Comes from the Old French word rous meaning "red", likely a nickname for someone with red hair or a particularly rosy complexion.
Kaligayahan Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)
Means "happiness" in Tagalog.
Litvina Russian
Feminine form of Litvin.
Takahoshi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (Taka) meaning "tall, high" and 星 (Hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Cahayag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kahayag meaning "light, splendour".
Varsonofyev Russian (Rare)
Means "son of Varsonofy"; rarely used as a surname.
Ouy French
Some derive this name from the French word "gui," meaning mistletoe. Others think it comes through the Celtic name "Kei," from Caius. Others belive the name comes from the French words "guide," a leader, or "guidon," a banner... [more]
Horan Irish
The last name Horan means warlike.It is the last name of one direction member Niall Horan
Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 又 (mata) meaning "again, once more".
Vuksanović Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Duong Khmer
Means "disk, circle" or "dear, darling, beloved" in Khmer.
Katanabe Japanese
Kata could mean "single" or "shape" and nabe could mean "pot, pan".
Napello Italian (Rare)
Means "aconite, monkshood" in Italian, taken from the plant’s scientific name Aconitum napellus, a nickname for someone considered to have an unpleasant or "poisonous" character.
Maples English
Variant of Maple, probably a name for plural Maple, a famous bearer of this name is Marla Maples (1963-).
Takezo Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and zo means "castle".
Bostan Romanian
Nickname from Romanian bostan meaning "pumpkin, melon".
Mac Seáin Irish
Irish form of Johnson.
De Bruyn Afrikaans
"Bruyn" is an archaic spelling of "bruin", meaning "brown"
Alcántara Spanish
Habitational name denoting someone originally from the municipality of Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain. The name is ultimately derived from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة‎ (al-qanṭara) meaning "the bridge".
Iraklidis Greek (Rare)
Means "son of Herakles", it is also a modern form of the first name Herakleides.
Farewell English (Rare)
Means "goodbye,departing" in English.
Ishido Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 堂 (do) "hall."
Tannen German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony or Baden named with German Tannen ‘pine’, or from a short form of any of the many compound names formed with this element... [more]
Ameresekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Sakazaki Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Arol Belarusian
Means "eagle" in Belarusian.
Pavlić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pavle".
Namur Arabic, Maltese
Derived from Arabic نمر, نامور (namur) meaning "tiger". It is typical of Malta.
Mercey French
Derived from the name of the commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.
Simoni Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Simone 2
Haamid Arabic
From the first name Haamid, meaning "praiser".
Elsharkawy Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "the easterner, the one from the east" from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "east, eastern".
Adıgüzel Turkish
From Turkish adı meaning "name" and güzel meaning "beautiful, nice".
Neele English
Variant of Neal.
Føyen Norwegian
Named after a small island originally called Føyen, now known as Føynland in the Vestfold county of Norway. ... [more]
Bilchuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian біль (bil'), meaning "pain".
Železnik Slovene
From the Slavic word "železo/zhelezo", meaning " iron", denoting to a person who worked with iron.
Farag Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Faraj chiefly used in Egypt.
Sakura Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".
Byū Japanese
Variant reading of Beppu.
Bordeaux French
City in France.
Alamgir Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Alamgir.
Philipson English
Means Son Of Philip
Jibril Arabic
From the given name Jibril.
Bontrager German
Coming from the Old German, Bonträger or Bornträger, meaning 'water carrier'.
Scharfe German
Means "sharp" in German.
Couric French
Originally a nickname given to a short person, derived from Middle Breton corr, korr meaning "dwarf, midget". A well-known bearer of this surname is the American journalist, television host and author Katie Couric (1957-).
Alessio Italian
From the given name Alessio.
Acebo Spanish
panish: Habitational Name From A Place Named Acebo, For Example In Cáceres Province; The Place Name Is From Acebo ‘Holly’ (Latin Aquifolium, Literally ‘Sharp-Leafed’).
Zlatar Croatian, Serbian
From zlatar meaning "goldsmith" or "jeweler".
Dunsmuir Scottish
From the lands of Dundemore in Fife, Scotland.
Zashchitnik Russian (Rare)
From Russian защитник (zashchitnik), meaning "defender".
Frantsuzov Russian
Derived from Russian француз (frantsuz) meaning "French, Frenchman".
Walz German
Variant of Waltz.
Wrobleski Polish
from Polish "wroble" wren.
Timonen Finnish
From the given name Timo 1.
Reis Portuguese
Means "kings" in Portuguese.
Smyth English
Creative spelling of the surname Smith.
Kawabe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Philippi German (Latinized)
Latinized patronymic derived from the given name Philipp.
Bidaurreta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
Riihimäki Finnish
Derived from Riihimäki, a town and municipality in southern Finland, meaning "drying barn hill" in Finnish.
Alexandra English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Alexandra
Sjöstrand Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and strand "beach, shore".
Bruski Polish
Habitational surname for someone from a place called Brus.
Bogus Polish
Variant of Bogusz.
Altamirano Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name For Someone From Any Of Several Places Called Altamira (See Altamira ).
Żelazny Polish
Means "(made of) iron" in Polish, used as a nickname for a person with a strong personality.
Titov Russian
Means "son of Tit".
Elmendorf German
Derived from a village with the same name in the district of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Yabut Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan iabut meaning "to hand over, to give".