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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Spindler English, German, Jewish
Occupational name for a spindle maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English spindle, Middle High German spindel, German Spindel, Yiddish shpindl "spindle, distaff".
Bayzhanov Kazakh
Means “son of Bayzhan”.
Dalin Swedish
Variant of Dahlin.
Weerawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවර්ධන (see Weerawardana).
Blamey English
From blaidh-mez, the wolf's meadow; or pleu-mez, the parish meadow.
Moosavi Persian
Variant transcription of Mousavi.
Gervais English, French
From the French given name Gervais, cognate with English Jarvis.
Gagliano Italian
Habitational name from any of several places in Italy, most of which derive from the Latin personal name Gallius (see Gallus). Alternatively, it could derive directly from the given name Gallius, or from a similar name such as Galianus or Galenus.
Teodorović Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Teodor".
Nitsche German (Silesian)
Derived from a popular Silesian short form of the personal name Nikolaus.
Ó hEodhusa Irish
Means "descendant of Eodhus"
Giedraitis Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the town of Giedraičiai.
Luhtmaa Estonian
Luhtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow land".
Curphey Manx
Shortened Anglicization of Manx Mac Murchadha "son of Murchad".
Chichigova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Чичигов (see Chichigov).
Sill English
English: from a medieval personal name, a short form of Silvester (see Silvester) or Silvanus (see Silvano).
Carnegie Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Carnegie, near Carmyllie in Angus, from Gaelic cathair an eige "fort at the gap".
Quin English
Variant of Quinn.
Rump Estonian
Rump is an Estonian surname meaning "dugout" and "punt".
Lastimosa Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish lastimoso "shameful, pitiful, blameworthy"
Palk Estonian
Palk is an Estonian surname meaning both "timber" and "wage".
Miyashima Japanese
Miya means "shrine, palace temple" and shima means "island".
Gillard English
English from a pejorative derivative of the personal name Giles.
Jan Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi
Derived from the given name Jan.
Chaisongkhram Thai
From Thai ชัย or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and สงคราม (songkhram) meaning "war, battle".
Rabea Arabic
From the given name Rabi 1.
Nacht German, Jewish
From middle German naht meaning "night".
Oakden English (British)
A variant of Ogden, from a place name derived from Old English āc "oak" and denu "valley". Famous bearers include British diplomat Edward Oakden and English cricketer Patrick Oakden.
Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Akçam Turkish
A surname of Turkish origin, ultimate from the words ak meaning "white" and çam meaning "pine tree".
Berinchyk Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian беріть (berit'), meaning "to take".
Kaas Estonian
Kaas is an Estonian surname meaning "brother", "co-" and "fellow".
Seferoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Sefer" in Turkish.
Yameen Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Variant transcription of Yamin.
Higashino Japanese
Higashi means "east" and no means "field, plain".
Evermore English
From ever + more, meaning "at all times; all the time; forever, eternally;" Replacing evermo from Old English æfre ma.
Shariy Ukrainian, Russian
Last name of Anatoly Shariy, the leader of Party of Shariy, a Ukrainian political party that was shut down due to alleged ties to Russia.
Cespedes Spanish
From the plural of cesped "peat", "turf" (Latin caespes, genitive caespitis), applied as a habitational name from a place named Céspedes (for example in Burgos province) or named with this word, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an area of peat, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for someone who cut and sold turf.
Akizuki Japanese
The Akizuki clan is a Japanese noble family.
Adderley English
Habitational name from places called Adderley. (Mostly dominant in the Bahamas)
Yushko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian юшка (yushka), meaning "broth, juice from food". It can also mean "blood".
Ellwood English
Variant spelling of Elwood.
Atlan Judeo-Spanish
From an Arabic word originally meaning "noble" but later taking on the pejorative meaning of "spoiled, worthless" or "crippled, infirm".
Aragón Spanish, South American
Habitational name from Aragon Spain which was an independent kingdom from 1035 to 1479. It took its name from the river Aragón which arises in its northwestern corner... [more]
Denoth Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the given name Not.
Kotaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".
Wijesekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Kulhánek Czech
Bohemian for a man who walks with a limp.
Kausar Urdu
Derived from the given name Kausar.
Abidaoud Aramaic
Ancient last name of Aramaic-Phoenician Origin (Abidaoud)... [more]
Presley Scottish
From Persley, a small Scottish hamlet on the River Don, Aberdeenshire, now a suburb of the much larger city of Aberdeen, named perhaps with the Pictish word *pres-, meaning 'bushes' or 'undergrowth'.... [more]
Djabou Arabic (Maghrebi), Central African
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelmoumene Djabou (1987-), an Algerian footballer.
Peru Basque
Derived from the given name Peru.
Lucht German, Dutch
Topographic name from Lucht "cleared area, garden", ultimately from Old German leuhtą "light".
Neumeyer German
German: distinguishing name for a newly appointed steward or tenant farmer, or one who was a newcomer to an area, from Middle High German niuwe ‘new’ + meier ‘steward’, ‘tenant farmer’ ( see Meyer 1)... [more]
Kurosu Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary".
Daligdig Filipino, Cebuano
Means "ooze, trickle" in Cebuano.
Lundy English
Either (i) "person from Lundie", the name of various places in Scotland (meaning "place by a marsh"); or (ii) a different form of Mcalinden.
Ian Khmer
Variant of Yen.
Straka Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak: Nickname from straka ‘magpie’, probably for a thievish or insolent person.... [more]
Holman Dutch
Topographic or habitational name from Dutch hol "hollow, hole" or Middle Dutch heule "arched bridge, weir". It can also derive from the given name Holle, a short form of names containing the element hold "loyal, faithful, gracious".
Qazi Muslim
Status name for a judge, from a Persian form of Arabic Qadi.
Lavrentiev Russian
Variant transcription of Lavrentyev.
Kousar Urdu
Derived from the given name Kausar.
Viernes Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Friday" in Spanish.
Rovers Dutch
Patronymic form of the Dutch given name Rover, or an alternative form of De Rover.
Leva Bulgarian (Rare), Czech (Rare), French (Rare), Jewish (Rare)
From the Hebrew given name Lev, meaning Lion. It is also the name of the currency in Bulgaria, and a verb in French meaning to lever or to lift.
Zhane English (?), Popular Culture
meaning "z," used by Aidan Zhane on RuPaul's Drag Race
Mahato Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
From a title given to the head of a village or a well-to-do peasant, possibly derived from Sanskrit महत् (mahat) meaning "great, large, big".
Ikuda Japanese
Variant of Ikuta.
Sero Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids" and 呂 (ro) meaning "spine"
Hatoyama Japanese
Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).
Junuzović Bosnian
Means "son of Yunus
Vietmeyer German
German: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer who was a tenant of or owed some obligation to an estate or monastery named for Saint Veith.
Aït Ahmed Berber (Gallicized)
Means "son of Ahmed" in Tamazight.
Adney English
Habitational name from Adeney in Shropshire, named in Old English as Eadwynna ey "island of a woman called Eadwynn". English: from a Middle English pet form of Adam... [more]
Futaba Japanese
Futa can mean "a pair" or "two" and ba is a form of ha meaning "leaf".... [more]
Mokrani Berber, Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Either from the given name Mokrane or derived from El Mokrani, a town in Algeria.
Kashiwada Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and da comes from ta meaning "field, rice paddy". ... [more]
Bellumus Late Roman
Means "beautiful man" derived from the elements bellus "beautiful" and homo "man"
Stender German
Occupational name for a carpenter.
Teepere Estonian
Teepere is an Estonian surname meaning "roadway family".
Darter English (American)
variant of Daughter
Vella Maltese, Italian
Derived from Italian bella meaning "beautiful".
Van Edwards Dutch, English
Not known, Possibly A Dutch variant of Edwards.
Bačvar Croatian
Bačvar family my grandfather Stjepan Bačvar born July 11 1904 in Bosiljevo Croatia in Croatia it means barrel Here in Canada it's spelled Bacvar thank you
Van Etter Dutch
A habitational name for someone from Etten in North Brabant
Honikman Yiddish
It literally means "honeyman", possibly denoting a beekeeper.
Akhatov Tatar, Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Akhat".
Ichibangase Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]
Rhett Dutch
Anglicized form of Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel". Compare Raad.
Branagh Irish
Anglicisation of Irish Ó Branduibh meaning "descendant of Breathnach", a given name meaning "Welshman". A famous bearer is British actor and filmmaker Sir Kenneth Branagh (1960-).
Inman English (British)
Anglo-Saxon in Origin. Occupational surname given to a person who "tended a lodge or an inn". Surname first found in Lancashire, England.
Amu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).
Kriiska Estonian
Kriiska is an Estonian surname derived from "kriiskama" meaning "screech" and "shriek".
Żyła Polish
Means "vein" (figuratively "bore") in Polish.
Jitchaku Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 勢理客 (see Zerikyaku).
Sugatani Japanese
Suga means "sedge" and tani means "valley".
Avvakumova Russian
feminine form of Avvakumov
Gast German, Germanic
From the Ancient Germanic name element gast.
Isachsen Norwegian
Means "son of Isach".
Wijesena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Krymskikh Russian
Another form of Krymskiy.
Persky Belarusian, Lithuanian, Jewish
Derived from the village of Pershai in the Valozhyn District of Belarus, or the place named Perki in Lithuania.
Boodhram Hindi
From a personal name meaning "Buddha".
Su Hui
From the Arabic name Nasr.
Malin Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
From the Serbian word мали meaning "small".
Damestoy French
Variant of Amestoy, fused with the preposition d' "from, of".
Pesci Italian
Variant of Pesce.
Matheos Indonesian
From the given name Matheos, a variant of Matthias. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.
Arterton English
Variant of Atherton. A famous bearer is the English actress Gemma Arterton (1986-).
Cattley English
Means "person from Catley", Herefordshire and Lincolnshire ("glade frequented by cats"). It was borne by the British botanical patron William Cattley (1788-1835).
Mullarkey Irish
From Irish Gaelic Ó Maoilearca "descendent of the follower of (St) Earc", a personal name meaning literally either "speckled one" or "salmon".
Zomers Dutch
Patronymic form of Zomer.
Hutchins English
Southern English patronymic from the medieval personal name Hutchin, a pet form of Hugh.
Hiramitsu Japanese
Means "flat light" in Japanese.
Tagawa Japanese (Rare)
Tagawa means "ricefield river"
Angulo Spanish (Mexican), South American
Habitational name from Encima-Angulo in Burgos province.
Florine French
From the given name Florine.
Sõrmus Estonian
Sõrmus is an Estonian surname meaning "ring" or "annulet".
Piñero Spanish
Castilianized from the Portuguese surname Pinheiro, meaning "pine-tree"
Ploumides Greek
Descendant or son of the ornamented, from the Latin word 'pluma', for ornament.
Yumang Tagalog
From Tagalog umang meaning "snare, trap".
Schot Dutch
Name originates from the German name Schott, meaning peddler. Shortened in late 17th century.
Kavakami Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kawakami more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Altın Turkish
Derived from Turkish altın "gold", ultimately via Ottoman Turkish آلتون‎ (altın, altun) "gold", from Proto-Turkic *altun "gold".
Ōtsubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.
Senanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Tulp Dutch, Estonian
Dutch and Estonian form of Tulip.
Haberland German
Topographic name from Middle High German haber(e) "oats" and land "land", or a habitational name from any of various places so called.
Urreya Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Urreya de Gayén or Urreya de Xalón.
Ambu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).
Gau German
Habitational name from any of various places named with Middle High German gau, göu ‘area of fertile agricultural land’.
Ramagi Ancient Roman
In Caesar's Gallic Wars, the Ramagi built catapults and other mechanical weapons.... [more]
Rinbayashi Japanese (Rare)
It's written like this: 林林. Both rin and hayashi mean "forest". This is because rin is the Chinese reading called onyomi, and hayashi is the Japanese reading called kunyomi.
Wryta Norman
Old Norse Men Normans Wryta brothers fought with William The Conqueror at Battle of Hastings onto King Henry VIII granting landed, gentry, coat of arms, baronetcy, and lord title to Sir John Wright 1 of Kelvedon Hall ESsex on 6/20/1509
Hiscock English
From Hick, a Middle English pet form of Richard, with the diminutive suffix -cok.
Kıran Turkish
Means "pestilence, murrain" or "breaker, crusher" in Turkish.
O'Galvin Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Gealbháin, which means "descendant of the bright, fair one", derived from the Gaelic elements geal "bright" and ban "fair, white". A known bearer of the original form of the surname is Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, former signer of the Irish traditional music band Danú.
Hüüs Estonian
Hüüs is an Estonian surname derived from "hüüsing" meaning "houseline".
Rusakova Russian
Julia Rusakova-Harper was a Russian astronaut for NASA and former wife to Jack Harper in the movie Oblivion (2013). She was played by Olga Kurylenko alongside Jack Harper’s character played by Tom Cruise... [more]
Pereyro Galician
It's a Galician surname and it means apple tree.
Remis Greek, Dutch, German, Asturian
Greek from a medieval Greek personal name, Remis, a vernacular form of the personal name Remigius (see French Remy)... [more]
Teissièr Occitan
Occupational name meaning "weaver", ultimately from Latin texarius.... [more]
Tafara Shona
Tafara means "We are happy or we rejoice". It is a name of rejoicing
Abbys English
Variant of Abbs.
Baskerville English
Means "bush town", from Anglo-Norman French boschet (a little bush) and ville (town).
Anpiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ampiru.
Mangloña Chamorro
Chamorro for "their breath"
Neronov Russian
Means "son of Neron".
Matta Italian
Probably derived from a feminine form of Matto, though other theories include Logudorese Sardinian matta "belly, paunch, entrails" and southern Sardinian matta "plant, tree" (compare Mata).
Heoi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Xu 2.
Herst English
Variant of Hurst
Faiz Arabic
From the given name Faiz.
Lammas English
Lammas is a surname from the village Lamarsh in Essex, England.
Baltatzis Greek
Perhaps from the Italian surname Baldacci.
Dolić Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Turkish
Patronymic from Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian delija, an occupational name for a cavalryman of the Ottoman Turkish army and also a nickname for a hero, from Turkish deli meaning "mad, brave".
Kagewari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade" and 割 (wari), from 割り (wari), the continuative form of 割る (waru) meaning "to divide; to separate, to crack", referring to a shady land with cracks.
Kau German
From Middle High German gehau "(mountain) clearing" hence a topographic name for a mountain dweller or possibly an occupational name for a logger.
Pihlapuu Estonian
Pihlapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan/mountain ash tree".
Zuill English, Scottish
From the town of Zuill, Scotland. The "Z" pronounced as "Y" comes from ancient yogh representing a variety of sounds. The name itself is of unknown origin.
Hjornevik Norwegian
Named after the town of Hjørnevik, Norway
Rau German
Nickname for a ruffian, earlier for a hairy person, from Middle High German ruch, ruhe, rouch "hairy", "shaggy", "rough".
Ajtósi Hungarian
Derived from a destroyed medieval settlement in Békés County, meaning "with door" in Hungarian, from Hungarian ajtó "door". It could also mean "doormaker" in Hungarian.
Herve French
From the given name Hervé.
Omae Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大前 (see Ōmae).
Batongbakal Tagalog
From Tagalog batong-bakal meaning "lodestone, iron ore".
Polyakov Russian, Jewish, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Patronymic from the ethnic name Polak meaning "Pole".
Crumb English
From the English word "crumb".
Ranganathan Hinduism
Means ‘lord of mirth’. It is an epithet of Lord Krishna.
Ōnishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Onishi.
Gus English
From the given name Gus 1.
Bacall Romanian, Jewish
Variant spelling of Bacal. A famous bearer was the American actress Lauren Bacall (1924-2014).