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.
Luiz Portuguese
From the given name Luis.
Harmann German
Derived from the name Hermann and Harmann. German cognate of Harman and variant of Hermann and Herrmann.
Afzal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Afzal.
Boldizsár Hungarian
From the given name Boldizsár.
Tominaga Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".
Zivanai Shona
Zivanai means "You must know each other". #This name is a call to family and relatives to get to know each other by visiting and fellowship - usually so that they do not drift apart"
Kõo Estonian
Kõo is an Estonian surname derived from "kõu" meaning "thunder".
Lipinskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Lipiński.
Trotsky Russian
This surname means the Lithuanian city of "Trakai", a notable bearer of this surname was Leon Trotsky.
Nakahayashi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hayashi means "forest, grove".
Rahal Arabic
From Arabic رحال (rahhal) meaning "voyager, traveller".
Grohl German
Meaning uncertain, but likely a variant of Groll.
Ódinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Óðinn" in Icelandic.
Lyham English
From the Anglo-Saxon personal name Liefman.
Darter English (American)
variant of Daughter
Altohami Arabic (Egyptian)
Means, "A person from Tihamah" from the prefix 'al/el' (ال) meaning "the" and 'Tihāmah' (تِهَامَة), a Red Sea coastal plain of the Arabian Peninsula from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Bab el Mandeb.... [more]
Amit Jewish
From the given name Amit 2.
Otarashvili Georgian
Means "son of Otar".
Ivy English
Variant of Ivey. In some cases, might instead be derived from the name of the plant.
Breithaupt German
Nickname for someone with a broad head, from Middle High German breit "broad" and houbet or houpt "head".
Thain Scots, English
Occupational surname meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king.
Lukeš Czech
From the personal name Lukáš, Czech form of Lucas.
Bauerdick German
A surname originating from the Rhineland region of Germany. It is derived from German Bauer (Bur in the locals dialects) "farmer" and Deich (Diek and Dick in the local dialects) "levee" or Teich "pond"... [more]
Abdalla Arabic
From the given name Abd Allah.
Cecalupo Italian
Possibly means "blind wolf".
Red English
Variant of Read 1.
Ichihashi Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Crombrugge Belgian, Flemish
Possibly means "crooked bridge", from Middle Dutch crom "bent, not straight" and brugge "bridge".
Narciso Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Narciso.
Greenblatt Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish Surname incorporating Yiddish/German elements meaning “Greenleaf.” Writer and storyboard artist C. H. Greenblatt (born 1972) most known for SpongeBob SquarePants is a famous bearer of this name.
Pirrup Popular Culture
Variant of the surname Pirrip. It is the last name of the British character, Pip, on the animated TV series South Park
Krukowsky Polish (Americanized, Rare)
Variant of Krukowski, used outside Poland.
Pettis English
From the possessive or plural form of Middle English pytte, pitte ‘pit’, ‘hollow’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a pit, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Pett in East Sussex.
Handschuh German
Occupational name for a maker or seller of gloves or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore gloves from Middle High German hantschuoch "glove" literally "hand shoe" from the elements hant "hand" and schuh "shoe".
Munari Italian
From Venetian munaro "miller".
Honorato Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Honorato
Männiste Estonian
Männiste is an Estonian surname relating to "pine".
Ekblad Swedish
Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and blad "leaf".
Braque French
Surname of cubist artist Georges Braque.
Da Palestrina Italian, History
Means "of Palestrina" in Italian, an Italian commune near Rome, derived from an Italian form of Latin Praenesteus or Praeneste, both of uncertain meaning. a famous bearer of the surname was the Italian late Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594).
Dumbuya Manding (Anglicized)
Sierra Leonean Susu surname of unknown meaning.
Kalyoncu Turkish
Means "sailor" in Turkish.
Westgate English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a west gate in a city, or a habitual surname for someone from Westgate. It is derived from Middle English west meaning "west" and gate "gate" (or "street" in northern and eastern areas; from Old Norse gata).
Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".
Pronk Dutch
Means "flamboyance" in Dutch, derived from pronken "to show off, to display" or "to sulk, be sullen, be displeased".
Garde Indian
Found among the Konkanasth Brahmins, probably from Marathi gəṛda ‘belch’.
Lueangsuwan Thai
From Thai เหลือง (lueang) meaning "yellow" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".
Waidelich German
A variant of the surname Weidlich.
Gorbachev Russian
From Russian горбач (gorbach) meaning "hunchback, humpback". A notable bearer is Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-), a former Soviet politician.
Garrighan Irish
to denote 'son of Geargain' a name which originally in derived from 'gearg' which meant grouse but which was often used figuratively for warrior
Hollingworth English
Habitational name for a person from the village called Hollingsworth in Greater Manchester and other villages so called, all derived from Old English holegn "holly" and worþ "enclosure".
Janibekuly Kazakh (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Zhanibekuly.
Tavakoli Persian
From the given name Tavakol.
Quluzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Qulu".
Prontzos Greek
Originally cattle breeders located in the Parnon mountains, the name derives from its original form, Prountzos, which means red faced ancestor, or bronzed face. It eventually got its current form as the centuries went by.
Akutagawa Japanese
Akuta (芥) means "mustard", kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Notable bearers of this surname are Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介), a Japanese writer and Ryuunosuke Akutagawa from Bungou Stray dogs who shares the same name.
Nepomuceno Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Philippines)
From the town of Nepomuk in the Czech Republic, in honor of Saint John of Nepomuk (1345-1393) (see given name Nepomuceno, of the same origin)... [more]
Zale English (American), Polish (Anglicized)
Possibly a habitational name derived from the Polish toponym Żale meaning "on the other side of the wood", from za "beyond" and las "forest".
Leppoja Estonian
Leppoja is an Estonian surname meaning "alder creek".
Beisel German
German:... [more]
Nicasio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Nicasio.
Kroll Polish (Germanized)
Germanized form of Król.
Dawood Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Dawud.
Törnblad Swedish
Combination of Swedish törne "thorn" and blad "leaf".
Hew English
English: variant of the name Hugh. This was at one time the usual form of the personal name in Scotland. English: occupational name from Middle English hewe ‘domestic servant’
Vaj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Vang.
Arn German (Swiss)
From the name of a place in Switzerland. Otherwise derived from Middle High German arn "eagle"
Gylespie Scottish
Variant of Gillespie
Manimtim Tagalog
Means "to endure, to forebear, to restrain oneself" in Tagalog.
Blasquez Spanish
From the medieval diminutive Velasco, from the Basque word 'bela' meaning "crow", and the diminutive suffix 'sko'.
Horcicky Czech, History
Derived from Czech hořčice, meaning "white mustard". This surname was the original Czech form of Jacobus Sinapius.
Anastasi Italian, Sicilian
From the given name Anastasio.
Luxon South African
Transferred use of the surname Luxon.
Kung Swedish
Swedish cognate of King.
Schlatter Upper German
Topographic name from Middle High German slâte "reedy place", or a habitational name from any of several places named Schlatt, from the same word.
Hämarik Estonian
Hämarik is an Estonian surname meaning "dusk". From "Hämarik" in Estonian mythology, a beautiful young maiden who was the personification of dusk.
Tabibi Persian
From Persian طبیب (tabib) meaning "doctor, physician" (of Arabic origin).
Kühn German, Jewish
Variant of Kuhn or from German kühn meaning "daring, audacious". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
Aman Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万 or 阿萬 (see Ama).
Weiler German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places so named in southern Germany. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Weil.
Séguin French, Gascon
From the given name Séguin the French form of Sigwin.
Kösen Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Habitational name from the city of Poznań (German Posen) in west-central Poland.
Moilanen Finnish
From the given name Moila, a Karelian diminutive of the Russian given name Samuil.
Matarrita Spanish (Latin American)
Mostly used in Costa Rica.
Carrizo Spanish
Nickname for a person who's bold, shameless.
Mendicino Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "Baggar" in Italian.
Lehtmets Estonian
Lehtmets is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf(y) forest".
Uchii Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Avdalyan Armenian
Derived from the given name Avdal.
Japon Filipino, Spanish, French
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Japan or who had connections with Japan.
Alipante Portuguese (Portuguese-style, Rare)
The meaning of the given name Alipante represents compassion, creativity, reliability, generosity, loyalty and a love for domestic life.... [more]
Cannell Manx
Manx cognate of McConnell or O'Connell.
Suzutani Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "bell, chime" and tani means "valley".
Rubert German, Catalan
From Rubert a variant of Robert and Rupert.
Vink Dutch
Means "finch, chaffinch" in Dutch, a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught finches and other small birds. It could also be a nickname for someone cheerful, or who was known for whistling.
Kausch German
From a medieval form of the Old High German personal name Chuzo.
Surace Italian, Sicilian
From the italian Greek surname Surakes possibly from Arabic surraq "robber".
Mandžukić Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Famous bearer of this last name is Mario Mandžukić who is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Juventus and the Croatia national team.
Fraire Spanish
Comes from Latin frater meaning "brother".
Hodapp German
1 South German: probably a nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle High German hōh ‘high’, ‘tall’ + the dialect word dapp ‘fool’.... [more]
Sturdy English
From a nickname meaning "strong".
Mastin French, Flemish, Walloon
occupational name for a household servant or guard from Old French mastin "watchdog, manservant" (from Latin mansuetudinus "domestic"). The Old French word had the further sense of a bad-tempered dog and was used as an adjective in the sense of "bad cruel".
Vrbančić Croatian
Derived from vrba meaning ''willow''.
Finan Irish
Means "descendant of Fionnán", anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fionnáin.
Haswell English
From the names of three towns in Durham, Somerset, or Devon, all derived from Old English hæsel "hazel" and wille "well, spring, stream".
Bailly French, English
French cognate of Bailey, as well as an English variant; derived from Old French baillif "bailiff" (from Latin baiulus).
Ariyarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ආරියරත්න (see Ariyaratne).
Plouffe French
Altered form of Blouf, which is no longer found in France. It's meaning is unknown.
Nippon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Ogasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Ayubi Persian, Pashto, Urdu
Variant transcription of Ayoubi.
Tennōjidani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).
Gyaltsen Tibetan
From the given name Gyaltsen
Lessard French
Name for someone who lived in a clearing, derived from French l'essart meaning "the assart" (a term for cleared forest land used for agriculture). It is also a habitational name for someone from any of various locations named Lessard or Lessart, of the same origin and meaning.
Yusov Russian
Derived from Russian юс (yus) meaning "(either little or big) yus".
Copeland English, Scottish
Habitational name from Copeland or Coupland, both derived from Old Norse kaupland "bought land".
Sood Indian, Punjabi
From the name of a mercantile caste derived from Persian سود (sud) meaning "profit, gain, benefit".
Rengel Medieval Croatian
Used by several houses of Croatia few centuries ago, now, those of this name are but a shadows of once proud and prestigious house
Beauchamp English, French
Habitational name for a person for any of the various places named Beauchamp in Northern France, derived from Old French beau "beautiful" and champ "field".
Alizai Pashto
Means "son of Ali 1" in Pashto.
Travar Croatian, Serbian
Derived from travar, meaning "herbalist".
Granier French
French for a grain merchant (from Latin granarius), a topographic name for someone who lived by a granary (from Latin granarium) or a metonymic role name for someone who monitors or owned one.
Iwanari Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone, rock", and 成 (nari, naru, sei) meaning "become, get".
Hind English, Scottish
English (central and northern): nickname for a gentle or timid person, from Middle English, Old English hind ‘female deer’.... [more]
Šimunec Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".
Philibert French
Derived from the name Philibert.
Tokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Toki means "time", no means "therefore, of", and ue means "above, top, upper".
Thackery English
English (Yorkshire) habitational name from Thackray in the parish of Great Timble, West Yorkshire, now submerged in Fewston reservoir. It was named with Old Norse þak ‘thatching’, ‘reeds’ + (v)rá ‘nook’, ‘corner’.
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.
Lahmar Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the red (one)", derived from Arabic الأحمر (al-ʾaḥmar).
Wickramanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Štajnfeld Serbian
Serbian form of Steinfeld.
Rapson English
Means "son of Rab" or "son of Rap". Both Rab and Rap are diminutives of Robert.
Fass German
From Middle High German faz, German Fass 'cask', 'keg', hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of casks and kegs, or a nickname for someone as rotund as a barrel. German: variant of Fasse, Faas.
O'Looney Irish
Anglicization of Ó Luanaigh.
Lentz German
Variant of Lenz.
Nakakuni Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 國 or 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land".
Dramis Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Not just a surname in Italy; it can also be found in Argentina and Brazil.... [more]
Sumisu Japanese
This is the Japanese pronunciation of Smith
Mian Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi
From an honorific title used on the Indian subcontinent meaning "lord, master, sir" or "prince", derived from Persian میان (miyan) meaning "middle, centre, between".
Rantavuori Finnish (Rare)
Means Mountain By The Beach/Bay
Huntington English
English: habitational name from any of several places so called, named with the genitive plural huntena of Old English hunta ‘hunter’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ or dun ‘hill’ (the forms in -ton and -don having become inextricably confused)... [more]
Lukasiak Polish
The last name of Dance Moms star: Chloe Lukasiak.
Maneely Welsh
A Welsh surname derived from 'map Neely' or 'son of Neely'
Boso Italian
From the medieval personal name Boso, from a Germanic personal name derived from a pejorative nickname meaning ‘leader’, ‘nobleman’, or ‘arrogant person’. Compare Dutch Boos.
Iskandar Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.
Hafezi Persian
From the given name Hafez.
Ozanne Ancient Hebrew
Meaning “save now”.
Yandarbiyeva Chechen
Feminine spelling of Yandarbiyev.
Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Soikham Thai
From Thai สร้อย (soi) meaning "necklace" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold".
Lönn Swedish
Means "maple" in Swedish.
Bhat Kashmiri, Marathi, Kannada, Konkani, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Bhatt.
Newham English
Habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Northumbria and North Yorkshire, so named from Old English neowe "new" and ham "homestead".
Nanaho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).
Elyas Arabic
From the given name Ilyas.
Ebbert Low German
Variant of Ebert as a shortened form of Eberhardt.
Arredondo Spanish
habitational name from a place in Cantabria named Arredondo possibly from redondo 'round' because of the roundish shape of the hill on which it stands.
Tsosie Navajo
From the Navajo suffix -tsʼósí meaning "slender, slim", originally a short form of a longer name such as kiitsʼósí "slender boy", hashkétsʼósí "slender warrior", cháalatsʼósí "slim Charlie", dághaatsʼósí "the one with a slender mustache", dinétsʼósí "slender man", or hastiintsʼósí "slender man".
Cunliffe English
Originally meant "person from Cunliffe", Lancashire ("slope with a crevice" (literally "cunt-cliff")).
Zenda Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 全 meaning "everything" and 田 meaning "rice paddy field".
Janjöri Romansh
Contraction of a short form of the given name Johannes and Jöri.
Rubiáns Galician
It indicates familial origin in the parish of Santa María de Rubiáns in the municipality of Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Yamanouchi Japanese
Variant of Yamauchi with the unwritten possessive marker の (no).
Çınar Turkish
Means "plane tree" in Turkish (genus Platanus), derived from Persian چنار (chenar).
Deyette French (Quebec)
Variation of Guillet, reflecting French Canadian pronunciation of the G and final T.
Coronado Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), Spanish (Philippines)
Means "crowned." This was possibly a nickname for one resembling a clergyman who has received the tonsure.
Moorcock English
From a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a moorcock (the male of the red grouse). It is borne by British author Michael Moorcock (1939-).
Diamond Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Diamáin "descendant of Diamán", earlier Díomá or Déamán, a diminutive of Díoma, itself a pet form of Diarmaid.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of He, from Sino-Vietnamese 何 (hà).
Scheremet German
German cognate of Şeremet.
Mahdizadeh Persian
From the given name Mahdi combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".
Fukagaya Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and gaya means "valley".
Amramyan Armenian
Means "son of Amram".
Zappone Italian
Possibly from an augmentative form of Zappa.
Kouno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.
Yapıcı Turkish
Means "builder, maker, constructor" in Turkish.
Kentie Dutch
Origin and meaning unknown. Possibly derived from a Scottish surname such as MacKenzie.
Dall Irish
Derived from Old Irish dall, a byname meaning "blind".
Aminyev Russian
Feminine counterpart is Aminyeva (Аминевa)
Douangphrachanh Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ດວງພະຈັນ (see Douangphachanh).
Inokuma Japanese
From 猪 (ino) meaning "boar" and 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear".
Van Ginneken Dutch
Means "from Ginneken", the name of a former municipality in the Netherlands.
Bycraft English (American, Rare, ?)
Found mostly in the American Great Lakes region and Canada, likely a singular extended family. Likely of 6th century English descent, though there are very few English natives who bear the name. Name either refers to the occupation running some sort of mill machine, the original holder living near a croft (enclosed pasture or tillage) or implies "craftiness" of its original holder.
Iwatatsu Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.
Almas Persian, Arabic
From the given name Almas.
Yellow English
Nickname for someone who has yellow hair; wore yellow clothing or has a yellow complexion
Flute English
From the English word flute which is an instrument.
Mac Cearáin Irish
Means "descendant of Ciarán"