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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Devaney Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibheannaigh ‘descendant of Duibheannach’, a personal name of uncertain origin; the first element is dubh ‘black’, the second may be eanach ‘marshy place’... [more]
Aubine French (Rare)
Derived from the medieval French feminine given name Aubine, which was the French form of Albina. But in other words, you could also say that Aubine was the feminine form of Aubin.
Trinh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Trịnh.
Mellet French
Variant of Mollet.
Witte German, Dutch, English
Cognate to and variant of White, a nickname for someone with white or blonde hair or an unusually pale complexion
İbrahimli Azerbaijani
From the given name İbrahim and the Turkic suffix -li which forms adjectives from nouns.
Başaran Turkish
Means "accomplisher, achiever" in Turkish.
Hantel German (Rare)
Rare Bukovina German variant of Händel.
Samis German
From a pet form of the personal name Samuel.
Stipić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Stipe".
Corcino Spanish
Means "little deer", a diminutive of Spanish corzo "roe deer". More commonly used outside of Spain.
Gamez Spanish
Patronymic from Gamo, a personal name of unexplained etymology.
Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Sawaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".
Kageyama Japanese
From Japanese 影 or 景 (kage) meaning "shadow" or 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade, shelter" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Bucalov Russian, Moldovan
Unknown origin and meaning, could be connected to Bakalov.
Inutile Italian
Means "useless" in Italian.
Ashour Arabic
Derived from Arabic عاشوراء ('ashura) referring to the holy tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Tabak Turkish
Occupational name for a tanner
Pärnasalu Estonian
Pärnasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lime grove".
Mauritzson Swedish
Means "son of Mauritz".
Schau Norwegian
Variant of Skau.
Buttura Thai
From Thai บุตร (but) meaning "son, child" and ธุระ (thura) meaning "business; affairs; errands".
Piri Persian
Derived from Persian پیر (pir) meaning "old, aged".
Melgosa Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Castilian municipalities, Melgosa de Burgos or Melgosa de Villadiego. It could also indicate familial origin within the Manchego municipality La Melgosa.
Wijeyawardana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයවර්ධන (see Wijayawardana).
Stolte German
Derived from Middle Low German stolt "proud; stately; magnificent".
Dharmawardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධර්මවර්ධන (see Dharmawardana).
Zambi African, Lunda, Swahili, Kimbundu
Means "God" in various Bantu languages.
Jendre German (Anglicized, Rare), Czech (Anglicized, Rare), Slovak (Anglicized, Rare), Danish (Anglicized, Rare)
Jendre is an anglicized version of many surnames throughout Europe that start with 'Jendre'.... [more]
Qu Chinese
From Chinese 屈 (qū) meaning "bent, crooked", also referring to the ancient fief of Qu, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.
Jósepsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Jósep" in Icelandic.
Amspacher German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Amsbach
Yelley English (British)
The surname Yelley was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed... [more]
Fuchiwaki Japanese
From 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, deep pool, profound, deep end" and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, flank, side, underarm".
Owsley English
Habitational name form a now lost place name in Southern England. Possibly derived from the name of the river name Ouse and Old English -leah meaning "wood".
Nəsirov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəsir".
Sasportas Judeo-Spanish
Possibly derived from Spanish seis puertas meaning "six doors" or Catalan las portes meaning "the doors".
Sebeok Hungarian, Medieval Hungarian
From Sebők, a diminutive of Sebestyén.
Shiono Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".
Ooms Dutch
Patronymic form of Oom, derived from Dutch oom meaning "uncle". Alternatively, could be from the given name Omaar.
Hendy Welsh
It may mean house in welsh.
Sari Indonesian
Means "essence" in Indonesian. In 2014, this was the most common surname in Indonesia.
Vianney French
The surname in origin is a variant of Viennet, a diminutive of Vien, a short form of Vivien 1. A famous bearer is Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint.
Gillingham English
Habitational name from places in Dorset, Norfolk, and Kent, named Gillingham, 'homestead
Mizumoto Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Waits English
Patronymic form of Waite.
Altnurme Estonian
Altnurme is an Estonian surname meaning "(from) below pasture/meadow".
Minhas Indian
Unknown meaning. Minhas is a clan in India and Pakistan, and offshoot of the Rajput clan.
Göring German
German surname most commonly associated with Nazi Party leader, Hermann Göring.
Neuenfeldt German
Habitational name for someone from places so named in Brandenburg and Pomerania, or from places in Lower Saxony or Westphalia called Neuenfelde.
Gupit Filipino, Tagalog
Means "haircut" in Tagalog.
Penry Welsh, Cornish, English
Derived from Welsh ap Henry meaning "son of Henry". It is also a variant of Pendray, which is derived from a place name in Cornwall meaning "top of the village" in Middle Cornish... [more]
Halchenko Ukrainian
From given name Halyna.
Raig Estonian
Raig is an Estonian surname meaning "slough" (a swamplike area)".
Ayan Turkish
Means "evident, clear, manifest" in Turkish.
Waverly English
Meaning, "from Waverley (Surrey)" or "from the brushwood meadow." From either waever meaning "brushwood" or waefre meaning "flickering, unstable, restless, wandering" combined with leah meaning "meadow, clearing."
Bushe English
Variant of Bush.
Hiruta Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Vlasenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Vlasov.
Sahabi Iranian
Possibly from Arabic صَحَابِيّ‎ (ṣaḥābiyy) meaning "companion", from the verb صَحِبَ‎ (ṣaḥiba) "to accompany, to be one's companion".
Jõgisoo Estonian
Jõgisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "river swamp/marsh".
Fayadh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الفياض (see (al-Fayadh).
Mountain English
Topographic name from Old French montagne "mountain" (see Montagne).
Sytnyk Ukrainian
Means "one who sits".
Ben Moshe Hebrew
Means "son of Moshe" in Hebrew.
Atay Turkish
From the given name Atay.
Bacci Italian
From the given name Baccio.
Hanz German
Variant of Hans.
Baldassare Italian
Frokm the given name Baldassare.
Tammeväli Estonian
Tammeväli is an Estonian surname meaning "oak field".
Ledermann German
Variant form of Leatherman.
Geohegan Irish
a patronymic from the personal name Eochagán
Huckaby English
Means "person from Huccaby", Devon (perhaps "crooked river-bend"), or "person from Uckerby", Yorkshire ("Úkyrri's or Útkári's farmstead").
Bischoff German
Means “bishop” in German.
Dara Khmer
It means star.
Shabanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Shaban" in Albanian.
Ibarguen Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque ibar "valley, riverbank" and guren "limit, edge, bank".
Ranganathan Hinduism
Means ‘lord of mirth’. It is an epithet of Lord Krishna.
Le Monnier French
Occupational surname for a miller, literally meaning "the miller" in French.
Utsugi Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]
Gianola Italian, Italian (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of Gianni and Gian.
Chaudari Indian, Telugu
Variant transcription of Chaudhary used in Southern India.
Tgetgel Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name Francestg.
Karlović Croatian
Means "son of Karlo".
Kashimoto Japanese
From Japanese 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Stampler American
Of uncertain etymology.
Glad Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "happy". ... [more]
Tenaglia Italian
From tenaglia "pincers".
Ots Estonian
Ots is an Estonian surname meaning "cusp" or "tip".
Makimura Japanese
Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".
Miyazono Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "palace" and 園 (sono) meaning "garden, park".... [more]
Munari Italian
From Venetian munaro "miller".
Khodayari Persian
From the given name Khodayar.
Hollander German, English, Jewish, Dutch, Swedish
Regional name for someone from Holland 1.
Barbăneagră Romanian
It literally means "black beard".
Aflalo Judeo-Spanish
Possibly from the name of the village of Afelilou in the Tafilalt region of Morocco.
Verano Spanish
Means 'summer' in Spanish. (See Summer)
Asaki Japanese
From Japanese 杏 (anzu, a) meaning "apricot" or 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Kabe Japanese (Rare)
Ka ("Increase,Step Up"), ... [more]
Rhett Dutch
Anglicized form of Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel". Compare Raad.
Tomkin English
Derived from the forename Thomas.
Alfredo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Alfredo.
Kudō Japanese
From Japanese 工 (ku) meaning "work, craft, art" and 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria".
Mastin English
Variant of Maston.
Randalu Estonian
Randalu is an Estonian surname derived from "rand" ("beach") and "salu" ("sandy heath" or "heathy woodland").
Kosuga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).
Mus Dutch
Dutch variant of Musch.
Crist English
From Old English Crīst meaning "Christ, the Messiah" (see Christos 1). May have been a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or a short form of a given name containing it as an element, such as Christian or Christopher.
Ivančan Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Fadden Irish, Scottish
Shortened form of Mcfadden.
Jary French
France-England-USA
Spatz German
From German meaning "sparrow".
Fagan Irish
'The name Fagan in Ireland is usually of Norman origin, especially in Counties Dublin and Meath. In the County Louth area the name is derived from the native Gaelic O'Faodhagain Sept of which there are a number of variants including Feighan, Fegan and Feehan.' (from irishsurnames.com)
Hranenko Ukrainian
Another form of Hrachenko.
Wójcicki Polish
Habitational name for a person originally from a place called Wójcice.
Catching English (American)
Americanized variant of German Göttgen.
Rétif French
Derived from French rétif "restive; rebellious".
Birney English
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Morayshire, recorded in the 13th century as Brennach, probably from Gaelic braonach 'damp place'.
Wepner German
Variant of Wepener.
Heston English, Irish
Derived from Heston, a suburban area in West London (historically in Middlesex), or Histon, a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is either named with Old English hǣs meaning "brushwood" and tūn meaning "farmstead, settlement, estate", or from hyse "shoot, tendril, son, youth" and tūn... [more]
Tsuchiyama Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". Other Kanji combinations are possible.
Nieuwman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Neumann.
Baucom English
Variant spelling of Balcombe, a habitational name from West Sussex derived from Old English bealu "evil" and cumb "valley".
Farrokhpour Persian
Means "son of Farrokh".
Balston English
From the name of a place meaning "Beald's valley" from Old English denu meaning valley.
Swaminathan Indian
From a personal name derived from Sanskrit Svāmi ‘Lord’ + Nātha ‘Lord’ + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -N.
Rohtla Estonian
Rohtla is an Estonian surname meaning "veld", "prairie" and "steppe".
Janney English
Derived from a diminutive of the Medieval English given name Jan 3. A famous bearer is American actress Allison Janney (1959-).
Slotboom Dutch
From a place name meaning "lock beam", a piece of wood used to close an opening.
Frankiewicz Polish
From the given name Franek.
Rusin Polish
Means "Rusyn, Ruthenian" in Polish.
Salk English (American)
Likely the English form of Schalk, which means "dweller near a willow tree".
Sully French, Haitian Creole
from any of the various places called Sully for example in Calvados Loiret Saone-et-Loire and Oise. The first of these is recorded in 1180 as Silleium from the Gallo-Roman personal name Silius or Cilius and the Latin locative element acum... [more]
Dowrick English
This name is found fairy widely in Cornwall, England.
Slats Dutch
Possibly derived from a toponym related to Old Germanic slaut meaning "puddle, pool" or "ditch, channel".
Collison English
A variant of Collinson, which is a variant of Collins 2.
Abdelhak Arabic
From the given name Abdelhak.
Pigera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Figueira.
Kázmér Hungarian
From the given name Kázmér.
Moustafa Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.
Denyer English
Variant of Denier.
Masaami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).
Donders Dutch
From Dutch donder meaning "thunder", a nickname for someone loud or boisterous.
Nauta Dutch
Humanistic Latinization of Schipper, from nauta "sailor, seaman, mariner".
Lucchese Italian
Denoted someone from Lucca, a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy.
Sokhotskyy Ukrainian
From Ukrainian соха (soha) meaning "wooden plough".
Fricke German
Derived from a Low German diminutive of the given name Friedrich.
Whistler English
An English occupational surname, meaning "one who whistles."
Orgla Estonian
Orgla is an Estonian surname meaning "valley area".
Lehtomäki Finnish
Lehto means "grove" and Mäki means "hill" in Finnish. This type of surname (combination of two nature related words) is very common in Finland.
Russ English
Variant of Rouse.
Shuaib Arabic
From the given name Shuaib.
Makhachev Avar, Lak
Means "son of Makhach".
Commander English
From Middle English comander "commander, leader, director", derived from Old French comandeor "military commander". This may have been either an occupational name or a nickname.
Fischmann German, Jewish
Cognate of Fishman. occupational name for a fish seller from Middle High German fisc Yiddish fish (German fisch) "fish" and Middle High German and Yiddish man (German mann) "man".
Thianthong Thai
From Thai เทียน (thian) meaning "candle" and ทอง (thong) meaning "gold".
Hearne Irish
Anglicized form of Ó hEachthighearna.
Byvol Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Bivol.
Orange English, French
Nickname for someone associated with the color orange.
Čerkez Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Turkish çerkez, meaning "Circassian".
Edo Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and to means "wisteria".
Dück Low German, German
North German nickname for a coward, from Low German duken ‘to duck or dive’. ... [more]
Shishimine Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 獅 (shishi), script-changed from 猪 (shishi) meaning "sus scrofa" and 峯 (mine) meaning "peak; summit".... [more]
Magindara Cebuano
Magindara is a name of a demigoddess who turned into a mermaid, it is also the name of mythical creatures in the Philippines that are man-eating mermaids. It's a Central Bikol word for "mermaid".
Workman English
Ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, derived from Middle English work and man. According to a gloss, the term was used in the Middle Ages to denote an ambidextrous person, and the surname may also be a nickname in this sense.
Mesila Estonian
Mesila is an Estonian surname meaning "apiary" and "bee garden".
Hutabalian Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and balian meaning "rice field, farm, outside".
Sasako Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".
Teelaht Estonian
Teelaht is an Estonian surname meaning "road/causeway bay".
Burk English, Irish
Variant of Burke
Walshe Irish
Variant spelling of Walsh.
Van Coevorden Dutch
Means "from Coevorden", the name of a city in the Netherlands derived from Middle Dutch coe "cow" and voorde "ford, crossing".
Gladding English
Given as a nickname to someone who is glad, in high spirits, and happy.
Fundora Spanish (Canarian), Spanish (Caribbean)
From Spanish fundador meaning "founder". Possibly an occupational name for someone who owns a business.
Voytek Polish, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Americanized spelling of the given names VOJTEK, Vojtech, Wojtek, all pet forms of the Polish given name Wojciech, or other Slavic cognates.
Helsinki Finnish
From the capital of Finland.
Amusan Japanese (Rare)
The Amusan Clan (秋道一族, Amusan Ichizoku) is a prominent clan in Kanazawa. Since its disbandment, most of its known members reside in Neuilly-sur-Seine ,Britain and Washington D.C.
Bentaleb Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Taleb" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Pervik Estonian
Pervik is an Estonian surname meaning "embankment".