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.
Zororo Shona
Zororo means "rest". It may be given to mean that the parent has rested after the birth of this child. Zimbabwean politician Zororo Duri was a well known bearer of this name.
Casley English
Derived from Old English C(e)atta, a personal name meaning "cat" and leah "woodland, clearing"."
Spender English
Occupational name for a paymaster or someone in charge of finances, from Old English spendan "to spend" and Latin expendere "to pay out".
Hassanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسن‌پور (see Hassanpour).
Hasanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hasan" in Albanian.
Rajasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජසිංහ (see Rajasinghe).
Hryniv Ukrainian (Rare)
From the Hryniv village in Ukraine.
Oktyabrskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Октябрьский (see Oktyabrsky).
Quin English
Variant of Quinn.
Emer Jewish
Metonymic occupational name from Yiddish emer "pail, bucket".
Fukagai Japanese
An eastern Japanese variant of Fukatani.... [more]
Wiest Polish
Not available
Bickham English
Habitational name from places so named in Devon and Somerset, most of which are most probably named with an Old English personal name Bicca and Old English cumb "valley". The first element could alternatively be from bica "pointed ridge".
Leask Scottish
Named after the village of Leask in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.... [more]
Verma Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Varma.
Plass German
From Middle Low German plas meaning "place, open square, street". Can also derive from a medieval form of the given name Blasius.
Oms German
Some characteristic forenames: German Matthias, Otto.... [more]
Riola Italian
Regional variant of Riolo.
Shindō Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new", 進 (shin) meaning "advance, progress", 信 (shin) meaning "trust, faith", or 真 (shin) meaning "truth, reality" combined with 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria" or 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".
Abdurrahman Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Rahman
Schell German
Means "noisy" or "loud" from the German word "schel"
Yardley English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Yardley, derived from Old English gierd meaning "branch, twig, pole, stick" and leah meaning "wood, clearing".
Fàbregas Catalan
Deriving from any of the places in Barcelona province named Fàbregues, from the plural of Fàbrega. Famous bearer of this surname is Spanish/Catalan footballer Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas Soler.
Cormier French
French topographic name for someone who lived near a sorb or service tree, Old French cormier (from corme, the name of the fruit for which the tree was cultivated, apparently of Gaulish origin).
Yonekawa Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Bade German
Occupational name for a messenger, derived from an element related to Old Germanic budą "message, offer".
Poopuu Estonian
Poopuu is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "poom" ("beam") "puu" ("wood" or "tree").
Audelin French
Variant of Odelin, which is not to be confused with Odelín as it is Spanish while the other one is French, though they could have similar origins in name.
Sulejmani Albanian
From the given name Sulejman.
Aman Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万 or 阿萬 (see Ama).
Iikawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and kawa means "river, stream".
Bassett English
From Old French bas meaning "short", low". It was either used as a nickname for a short person or someone of humble origins.
Pavel Slovak
Comes from the personal name Pavel.
Free English
Nickname or status name from Old English frēo "free(-born)", i.e. not a serf.
Wickremarachchi Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමආරච්චි (see Wickramarachchi).
Szeto Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Situ.
Minagofña Chamorro
Chamorro for "all their happiness"
Van Gool Dutch
Means "from Goirle" in Dutch, the name of a town in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch goor "filth, dirty; swampy forest floor" and lo "forest clearing, light forest".
Apple English (American)
Americanized form of surnames meaning "apple, apple tree" (i.e., German Apfel or Estonian Õunapuu).
Beas Spanish (Mexican)
Spanish (common in Mexico): habitational name from any of the places in Andalusia named Beas.
Dayaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala දයාරත්න (see Dayaratne).
Goonesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුනසිංහ (see Gunasinghe).
Chockalingam Indian, Tamil
From a nickname referring to the Hindu god Shiva, composed of the Sanskrit words चोक्का (cokkā) meaning "alluring" and लिङ्गम् (liṅga) meaning "sign, symbol, mark".
Nedd English
Variant of Nidd.
Kivistik Estonian
Kivistik is an Estonian surname meaning "stone grove".
Pitcock English
Old English Pytta
Rashid Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Rashid.
Fleischmann German, Jewish
occupational name for a butcher literally "meatman, butcher" from Middle High German fleisch "flesh, meat" and man "man".
Yelich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Yelich is an Anglicized spelling of the last name Jelić.
Gaitanos Greek
Derived from the Ancient Greek Καίετανος (Kaietanos) meaning "who come from the cave/port" or "who come from Gaeta", an ancient Greek port that is located in the Italian modern province of Lazio.
Kinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Duvillard French
French surname, pronounced /dyvilaʁ/, whose bearers mainly live in Haute-Savoie. It means "from Le Villard", a village in the Rhône-Alpes region, whose name comes from the Latin 'villare' which means 'hamlet'... [more]
Buffon Venetian
Venetian form of Buffone.
Witham English
habitational name from any of various places so called particularly those in Essex Lincolnshire and Somerset though most often from Essex. The Essex placename may derive from Old English wiht "curve bend" and ham "village homestead"... [more]
Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]
Bode German, Dutch, English, Danish
Means "messenger, deliverer, herald; prophet, omen", ultimately from Old Germanic budą. This can be an occupational name, or a patronymic derived from a given name containing the element (see Bothe).
Sank English
Possibly taken from a pet form of the given name Samuel.
Huber Maltese
Not to be confused with the German surname.
Reyna Spanish, Caribbean
This could be transferred use of the first name Reyna, a variant of Reina, which means "queen".
Maurizio Italian
From the given name Maurizio
Alyonin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Alyona.
Arrano Basque
Derived from the Basque word "Arranoa", meaning eagle.
Zivai Shona
Zivai means "you must know".
Cowdell English (British)
Cowdell is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Coldwell' (v. Caldwell), a township in the union of Bellingham, Northumberland Also of Colwell, a township in the union of Hexham, same county.
Del Frate Italian
Derived from Italian del "of the" and frate meaning "monk, friar" or "brother", the latter used as an appellation for close friends or peers as opposed to a literal sense.
Malacad Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano malakad meaning "walkable (distance)".
Lemaigre French
Means "the skinny" in French
Urtsua Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, derived from Basque ur "water" and -tzu "plenty of".
Kaenphakdi Thai
From Thai แก่น (kaen) meaning "core, heart" and ภักดี (phakdi) meaning "devotion, loyalty".
Pilipović Bosnian, Croatian
means "son of Pilip"... [more]
Snowdon English
Variant spelling of Snowden, a surname initially used by the Border Reivers. Comes from the mountain in Wales.
Diebold German
Derived from the Germanic given name Theudebald.
Michalk Sorbian
a last name of Sorbian origin, literally means "little Michael", spelling has been anglicized.
Pettee French, Scottish, English
Meaning "Petit", a word meaning "small" in French.
Violet English
Derived from the given name Violet
Deburau Czech (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Dvořák. Jean-Gaspard Deburau, born as Jan Kašpar Dvořák (1796-1846), was a Bohemian-French mime. He performed from 1816 to the year of his death at the Théâtre des Funambules, which was immortalized in Marcel Carné's poetic-realist film Children of Paradise.
Archila Spanish
Either a variant of Arcila or derived from Arabic الشَّلَّال (aš-šallāl) meaning "the waterfall".
Monarrez Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monárrez): Altered Form Of Basque Munárriz Itself A Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From Munarritz (Also Amunarritz In Castilian Munárriz) A Town In Navarre.
Shpigl Yiddish
Yiddish form of Spiegel.
Kalp German, Jewish
From Middle High German kalp ‘calf’, German Kalb, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who reared calves.
Focșăneanu Romanian
Focșăneanu is a family name found at the Roman sculptor Paul Focșeneanu.
Gemayel Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given names Jamal or Jamil. This surname is borne by members of a Lebanese Maronite Christian political family, notably the assassinated president-elect and militia commander Bachir Gemayel (1947-1982).
Bertoli Italian
Derived from the given name Bertolo, a variant of Bartolo, which is an Italian short form of Bartholomew.
Azuchi Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.
Ben Tzvi Hebrew
Means "son of Tzvi" in Hebrew.
Zanamwe Southern African
Zimbabwean Surname, originally from the Chivi area, shona speaking people of the Shumba(lion) totem originate from the Masvingo province, Mwenezi, Chitanga,Chikombedzi, Boli Chibwedziva. Some migrated to the Mashonaland East province Mhondoro area and assumed the Moyo(heart) totem
Linn German
Derived from the given name Linto, a short form of names containing the element lind "soft, flexible".
Nemo English
A different form of Nimmo (a Scottish name of unknown origin).
Baguio Filipino, Cebuano
Hispanicized form of Cebuano bagyo meaning "typhoon, storm".
Saclolo Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog saklolo meaning "help, aid".
Tayebi Persian
From the given name Tayeb.
Cortizo Spanish
Nickname from Spanish cortito meaning "the little short one".
Kekkai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).
Irish English, Irish
Originally denoting a person who was of Irish heritage, ultimately derived from Old Irish Ériu.
Hiemstra West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from West Frisian hiem "home" or the related Dutch Low Saxon hiem "farmstead, homestead" combined with the habitational suffix -stra.
Swannell English
From the Old Norse female personal name Svanhildr, literally "swan-battle".
Uzochukwu Igbo
Meaning "god's way".
Tee Estonian
Tee is an Estonian surname meaning "road" or "causeway".
Bledig Welsh
"like a wolf"
Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.
Solomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Solomón.
Keay Irish (?), Scottish
Possibly from the given name Kay 1.
Rođak Croatian
Derived from rođak, meaning "family relative".
Amézquita Spanish (Mexican)
The surname Amézquita is of Basque origin and it is derived from the Basque words "amezti" which means "meadow" and "keta" which means "house". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "house in the meadow".
Gerritsen Dutch
Means "Gerrit’s son" in Dutch.
Orman Turkish
Means "forest, woods" in Turkish.
Weetman English
Older form of Waitman.
Kimigafukuro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 君ケ袋 (Kimigafukuro) meaning "Kimigafukuro", a former large village in the district of Kami in the former Japanese province of Rikuzen in parts of present-day Miyagi, Japan and Iwate, Japan.
Guillard French
Derived from the given name Willihard and French cognate of Willard.
McGahan Irish (Rare), Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eacháin or Mag Eocháin, meaning "son of Eachán" a diminutive of Eachaidh, a personal name based on ech meaning "horse"... [more]
Lancashire English
Shire of Lancaster; One who came from Lancashire, a county in the North of England.
Zweig German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German zwīg "branch bough twig graft" German zweig applied perhaps as a nickname for a new member in a family offspring or as an occupational name for a horticultural expert... [more]
Labba Sami
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps derived from Sami slabba "large reindeer antler shaped like a hand" or from Northern Sami láppis "lamb".
Season English
Likely a corruption of the surname Searson, meaning "son of Saer".
Gurung Gurung
From Nepali गुरुङ (Guruṅ) meaning "Gurung", a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group.
Mccolgan Irish, Scottish
Has several possible meanings. It might mean someone from the village of Kilcolgan, County Galway; a follower of St. Columba; or the son of someone named Colga... [more]
Harduin French
From the given name Harduin.
Krawčik Sorbian
Derived from a diminutive of Krawc.
Fett German
Nickname for a fat man, from Middle Low German vett meaning "fat".
Ogasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Sumanarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සුමනරත්න (see Sumanaratne).
Villalva Spanish (Rare)
Villa meaning "Town", Alva meaning "White"
Rutulante Italian
Uncertain etymology, probably originates from Capestrano, Italy.
Kozue Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 梢, 小梢 or 梢江 with 梢 (shou, kusunoki, kozue) meaning "treetops, twig", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" and 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet."... [more]
Novoselec Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".
Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".
Diyab Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic دياب (see Diab).
Kurogi Japanese
Variant of Kuroki, Kuro means "Black" and Gi means "Tree, Wood".
Bituon Visayan
Literally "star" in Cebuano, related to Tagalog Bituin
Weixel German
German: variant spelling of Weichsel, a topographic name for someone who lived near a sour cherry tree (St. Luce cherry), from Middle High German wīhsel (modern German Weichsel(n), pronounced ‘Weiksel’.
Saldrim Irish
Means "One who knows".
Kharebaty Ossetian
Derived from Georgian ხარება (xareba) meaning "annunciation".
Sasano Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains, wilderness".
Iwaoka Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Jameel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Jamil.
Cumba Gaulish
A topographic name from Gaulish cumba meaning "narrow valley" or a habitational name for a village associated with this name (see Coombe).
Au Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ou.
Sticca Italian
Possibly from a dialectical word meaning "long shovel".
Ikram Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.
Kupina Croatian, Russian
The Croatian form is derived from kupina, meaning "blackberry". The Russian form is derived from Неопалимая купина (Neopalimaya Kupina), referring to the burning bush from the Book of Exodus.
Urahata Japanese
Ura means "bay, creek, inlet, beach, gulf, seacoast" and hata means "field".
Linikoja Estonian
Linikoja is an Estonian surname meaning "cloth stream".
Mutter German
(also Mütter): occupational name for an official employed to measure grain, from Middle High German mutte, mütte 'bushel', 'grain measure' (Latin modius) + the agent suffix -er.
Shao Chinese
From Chinese 邵 (shào) referring to the ancient fief of Zhao, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. The name of the fief, 召, had the same pronunciation as the character 邵.
Kell Estonian
Kell is an Estonian surname meaning "clock".
Mcgillicuddy Irish
The surname McGillicuddy comes from the Irish Mac GiollaMochuda, meaning 'son of the devotee of St. Mochuda'. It's part of the O'Sullivan sect and comes from the West part of Ireland in county Kerry... [more]
Glad Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "happy". ... [more]
Ngamnaimuang Thai
The surname "งามในเมือง" is used after the place they was born Nai Muang District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Murawski Polish
Name for someone from placed called Murawa or Murawy, both derived from Polish murawa meaning "lawn, green, sward".
Cronkite Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant form of Cronkhite. A well-known bearer of this surname was the American broadcast journalist and anchorman Walter Cronkite (1916-2009).
Ambar Hebrew
Combination of the word am, means "people, nation" and the name Bar. This surname means "son of the nation" in Hebrew and its variant is Baram which is the same elements but in reverse order.
Oyama Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 山 (yama) "mountain."
Sashenka Russian, Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
From the Russian and Ukrainian given name Sashenka (a diminutive of Aleksandr or Oleksandr), or Belarusianised form of Ukrainian Sashenko.
Zhytnyk Ukrainian
Means "rye worker".
Krakauer German
Indicates familial origin from Krakau.
Langkous Literature
Dutch and Afrikaans form of Långstrump
Filipi Kurdish, Albanian
From the given name Filipî.
Nuga Estonian
Nuga is an Estonian surname meaning "knife".
Žabka Czech, Slovak
From Polish zaba meaning "frog", of Slavic origin.
Luoma Finnish
A name derived from the Finnish topographic word luomi, meaning "creek" or "small river". Common in central and western Finland.
Keel English
English habitational name from Keele in Staffordshire, named from Old English cy ‘cows’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from East and West Keal in Lincolnshire, which are named from Old Norse kjolr ‘ridge’... [more]
Manouchehri Persian
From the given name Manuchehr.
Vergel De Dios Spanish (Philippines)
Means "garden of God" in Spanish.
Palacol Filipino, Tagalog
Means "ax" in Tagalog.
Hjälm Swedish
Variant of Hjelm.
Gaetano Italian
From the given name Gaetano.
Grene English
Variant of Green.
Hough English
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cheshire and Derbyshire, so named from Old English hoh ‘spur of a hill’ (literally ‘heel’). This widespread surname is especially common in Lancashire... [more]
Le Costa Sinhalese
Variant of La Costa used in Sri Lanka.
Margolin Jewish
Derived from Hebrew מרגלית (margalit) meaning "pearl".
Cataldi Italian
Means "son of Cataldo".
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.
Jakaitis Lithuanian
Unknown meaning.
Beswick English
habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and East Yorkshire named Beswick. The second element is Old English wic "outlying (dairy) farm"... [more]
Farahmand Persian
Means "glorious, magnificent" or "intelligent, wise" in Persian.
Kentie Dutch
Origin and meaning unknown. Possibly derived from a Scottish surname such as MacKenzie.
Rodia Italian
Habitational name from Rodia, a locality in Messina, Sicily.
Tsuburaya Japanese
From Japanese 円 (tsubura) meaning "circle, round" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Cendejas Spanish
Cendejas is a city in Guadalahara. It is short for Cendejas de la Torre.
Manville French
A locational surname deriving from any of the various places in France called "Manneville or Magneville", named, from the Old Germanic personal name "Manno" or the Old French adjective "magne", great, with the word "ville", meaning a town or settlement.
Wijayaratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayarathna).
Poolamets Estonian
Poolamets is an Estonian surname meaning "half forest(ed)".
Ravencroft English (Rare)
Probably a variant of Ravenscroft.
Limanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Limanowa.
Tikhon'ko Russian
Means "quietly" in Russian.
Əsədli Azerbaijani
From the given name Əsəd.
Balloi Italian
From the given name Balloi.
Pīlēns Latvian
Means “duckling”.
Filippenko Ukrainian
Variant of Pylypenko derived from an older form of the given name Pylyp.
Akane Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ne means "root".