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.
Neuburg German
From the name of various places in Germany and Austria.
Nadim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nadim.
Moriya Japanese
From the Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker, guard, protect, defend" or 森 (mori) meaning "forest" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling" or 谷 (ya or tani) meaning "valley."
Jõgioja Estonian
Jõgioja is an Estonian surname meaning "river creek".
Schlote German
literal meaning: smokestack
Fleureme Haitian Creole
The surname Fleureme is found in Haiti more than any other country/territory.Meaning is French Flower.
Coineagan Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Cunningham 1.
Yaich Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعيش (see Yaiche).
Hedayat Persian
From the given name Hedayat.
Levant English
Derived from the Italian word levante, meaning "rising" and the French word levant, meaning "to rise". The term entered the English language in 1497 and was used to describe the "Mediterranean lands east of Italy" by referring to the rising of the sun in the east... [more]
af Trolle Swedish (Rare)
Swedish noble family whose name was taken from the name of another noble family, Trolle.
Ladvik Estonian
Ladvik is an Estonian surname meaning "elite" and "upper class".
Angott Italian (Anglicized)
The origin of this surname is unknown but is most likely an anglicized version of the Italian surname 'Angotti'.... [more]
Mesutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Mesut".
Astridge English
Perhaps a habitational surname from one or more places called Ashridge.
McCreight Scottish (Anglicized)
Meaning with "Mc" meaning "Son of" and "Creight", a given name.
Franceschini Italian
Most likely from the given name Francesco.
Von Arx German (Swiss)
Means "from Arx."
Oh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).
Asgari Persian
From the given name Asgar.
Khorsandi Persian
Derived from Persian خرسند (khorsand) meaning "happy, content, satisfied".
Austria Spanish (Philippines)
From the name of the European country, either as an ethnic name or a reference to the Austrian Habsburg dynasty, which ruled Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Linde Spanish
From Spanish linde "boundary" or a habitational name from places called La Linde in Spain.
Lekk Estonian
Lekk is an Estonian surname meaning "leak".
Lubigan Tagalog
Means "sweet flag" (a type of plant; scientific name Acorus calamus) in Tagalog.
Bulanon Filipino, Cebuano
Means "moonlit, moonstruck" in Cebuano.
Cavagnaro Italian
Means "basket-weaver" or perhaps "basket-carrier", derived from Italian cavagna "basket" and the agentive suffix -aro.
Kercher German
1 Southern German variant of Karcher .... [more]
Takezawa Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Bielawski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Bielawa.
Kalamees Estonian
Kalamees is an Estonian surname meaning "fisherman".
Künnen German
Metronymic from the given name Kunigunde.
Da Rúa Galician
This indicates familial origin within the municipality of A Rúa.
Daniël Dutch
From the given name Daniël.
Kiidemaa Estonian
Kiidemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "praised land".
Ebihara Japanese
From a combination of 海 (e) meaning "vastly, gathered, sea, ocean, wide, vast" and 老 (bi) meaning "old age, elderly" or 蛯 (ebi) meaning "pawn, shrimp, lobster", that is then combined with 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Veermets Estonian
Veermets is an Estonian surname meaning "border forest".
Caballo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the Spanish word cabello, ultimately derived from the Latin word caballus, meaning "horse". This denoted someone who worked in a farm that took care of horses, or someone who had personality traits attributed to a horse, such as energetic behaviour.
Zomer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Sommer.
Kaiyō Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 回 (e, kai, ka.eru, mawa.shi-, -mawa.shi, mawa.su, -mawa.su, -mawa.ri, mawa.ru, -mawa.ru, motoo.ru) meaning "game, revolve, round" and 陽 (you, hi) meaning "daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine, yang principle."... [more]
Yakobashvili Georgian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Iakobashvili chiefly used by Georgian Jews.
Adisa Yoruba
From the given name Adisa
Beernabad Somali
Beer" means farm, and "Nabad" means peace.
Cavill English
Derived from Cavil, a place located in the East Riding of Yorkshire in northern England, named from Old English ca meaning "jackdaw" and feld meaning "open country". It is borne by the British actor Henry Cavill (1983-).
Phương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Fang, from Sino-Vietnamese 方 (phương).
Kapadia Indian, Gujarati
Occupational name for a cloth maker from Gujarati કાપડ (kāpaḍ) meaning "cloth, fabric".
Cherrington English
Habitational name from any of several places in England called Cherington or Cherrington... [more]
Tarik Arabic
Derived from the given name Tariq.
Downing English
Topographic name derived from Middle English doun "hill, down" (see dun). Compare Downer.
Riquelme Spanish
Spanish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements rīc 'power(ful)' + helm 'helmet protection'.
Corleto Italian
Habitational name derived from the town Corleto Perticara, the first element derived from Latin coryletum "hazel tree grove, copse of hazel trees".
Masnick Ukrainian
I believe it is Ukranian. I have been told it was spelled a little different and could be of Russian Jewish origin
Peary English
Variant of Perry 1.
Pelliccia Italian
From Italian pelliccia "fur (of an animal)".
Nagelschmidt German
Means "nail smith" in German
Humperdinck German (?), Literature
From the German surname Humperdinck. As a surname it was born by the composer Engelbert Humperdinck. As a first name it was used for the villain Prince Humperdinck in William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.
Gianotti Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of Gian.
Colburn English
Habitational name from a place near Catterick in North Yorkshire.
Keomanivong Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem", ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Karadeniz Turkish
Means "black sea" in Turkish.
Capulet English
This is the last name of Juliet from William Shakepeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.
Cure Scottish, Irish, English
Shortened form of Mccure.
Pot Dutch
From Middle Dutch pot "pot, jar", an occupational name for a potter, or perhaps a toponymic surname referring to a low-lying piece of land.
Clef Italian
At the end of the 10th century, Gregorian musical scribes increased the precision of early notation by introducing a horizontal line to indicate a base pitch. The pitch of this line was indicated by a letter at its start... [more]
Levanov Russian
Means "son of Levan".
Manganello Italian
Diminutive of Mangano.
Poland English, German, French (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
English and German name is derived from the Middle High German Polan, which means "Poland". The surname originally signified a person with Polish connections.This French surname originated from an occupational name of a poultry breeder, or from a fearful person; it is derived from the Old French poule, which means "chicken".In other cases, particularly in Ireland, the English Poland is a variant of Polin,which is in turn an Anglicised form of the original Gaelic spelling of Mac Póilín, which translated from Irish means "son of little Paul"... [more]
Carballeira Galician
From Galician meaning "oak grove".
Havens Dutch
From Haven, a harbor.
Ódinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Óðinn" in Icelandic.
Connally Irish
John Connally was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. His surname may have derived from the name Conall "rule of a wolf", from Old Irish cú "hound, dog, wolf" (genitive con) and fal "rule."
Caine French, English
Originally from a French derogatory nickname for someone with a bad temper.
Jourdan Irish
Possibly a Irish form of jordan
Filosa Italian
Southern Italian: Probably an occupational nickname for a fisherman, from Sicilian filuòsa ‘fishing net’. Also from the subphylum: Filosa. These are known as euglyphids, filose (which means stringy or thread-like), amoebae with shells of siliceous scales or plates, which are commonly found in soils, nutrient-rich waters, and on aquatic plants.
Horacio Spanish, South American
From the given name Horacio.
Cade English
Either possibly from a Middle English form of the Old English personal name Cada itself probably of Brittonic origin from any of a number of names beginning with catu "battle"... [more]
Allred English
From the Middle English personal name Alured, a form of Alfred, which was sometimes written Alvred, especially in Old French texts.
Josefsson Swedish
Means "son of Josef" in Swedish.
McGonigle Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conghail (sometimes Mac Conghaile), a patronymic from the personal name Conghal, composed of ancient Celtic elements meaning "hound" and "valor"... [more]
Thoj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Thao.
Gaddamu Telugu
Variant of Gaddam. This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddamu.
Kue Hmong
From the clan name Kwm associated with the Chinese character 古 () (see Gu).
Eshkol Hebrew
Means "cluster, bunch" in Hebrew.
Karki Nepali
Occupational name for a tax collector from Nepali कर (kar) meaning "tax" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin).
Toomre Estonian
Toomre is an Estonian surname derived from "toompuu", meaning "Prunus".
Fujishima Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Solomonov mu Russian, Belarusian, Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew name. Means "son of Solomon".
Erion German
From a variant of the given name Gereon.
Doshi Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Means "cloth seller" derived from Persian دوش (duš) meaning "shoulder".
Edelstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German Edelstein "gemstone; precious stone".
Woolard English
from the Middle English personal name Wolfward (Old English Wulfweard from wulf "wolf" and weard "guard").
Grünwald German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of various places called Grünewald from Middle High German gruoni "green" and wald "wood forest"... [more]
Blumenkrantz German, Jewish
Means "flower-wreath" in German.
Oruč Bosnian
Derived from the Turkish Oruç.
Winkworth Medieval English
Locative name from Winkworth Farm in Lea (Wilts), recorded as Winkeworthe in 1248. It is also possible that the surname is from Winkworth Farm in Godalming (Surrey), considering the presence of medieval early bearers in the county, but there are no medieval forms for this place-name and so the early bearers in Surrey may be migrants from the Wilts place, who later gave their name to the place in Surrey.
De Prophetis Italian (Rare)
Means "descendant of the prophetess" from Greek προφήτις (prophētis), meaning "prophetess" or "female prophet".
Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.
Galante Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Jewish
Means "gallant, courteous, chivalrous; romantic" in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, both derived from French galant "gentlemanly" or "flirtatious, amorous". In the case of Mordecai Galante, a Spanish exile in 16th century Rome, his courteous manners won for him from the Roman nobles the surname Galantuomo, meaning "gentleman" in Italian, from which Galante was eventually derived.... [more]
Sachdeva Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Variant transcription of Sachdev.
Keleş Turkish
Means "brave, handsome" as well as "bald" or "ugly" in Turkish.
Joffé French, Jewish
French form of Joffe.
Wajid Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Wajid.
Palmero Italian
The Palmero family lived in the territory of Palma, which is in Campania, in the province of Naples. The surname Palma was also a patronymic surname, derived from the personal name Palma, which was common in medieval times... [more]
Pauro Croatian, Istriot
Probably an Istrian form of Paro.
Van Rijsbergen Dutch
Means "from Rijsbergen", a small town in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Middle Dutch rise meaning "twig, branch, brushwood" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".
Erby German
From the medieval given name Erbe, meaning "descendant, heir"
Alasoo Estonian
Alasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region swamp".
Ensign English
From the military rank.
Bourbon French
Habitational name for a person mainly from the lordship of Bourbon-l'Archambault in Allier, now a spa town, derived from the Celtic god Borvo, from Proto-Celtic *borvo "froth, foam". It could be from other places containing Bourbon of the same origin.
Horiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Ōshita Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Hames English, Welsh, Scottish
Son of "Amy", in Old English. An ancient Leicestershire surname.
Cádiz Spanish
Habitational name for a person from the city of Cádiz in southwestern Spain.
Sablan Spanish
Of Savoy.
Schild Jewish
From German Schild "shield" or "(house) sign", applied either as an ornamental name or as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house distinguished by a sign.
Unwin English
From the Old English male personal name Hūnwine, literally "bearcub-friend" (later confused with Old English unwine "enemy"). Bearers include British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) and "Professor" Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), South African-born British purveyor of comical nonsense language.
Pierpont English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Aisne and Calvados, so called from Old French pierre ‘stone’ + pont ‘bridge’.
Ronaldson English
This surname means “son of Ronald”.
Adap Filipino, Maranao
Means "in front of, before" in Maranao.
Oxendine English
From an English place name meaning "valley of the oxen", which was derived from Old English oxa "ox" (genitive plural oxena) and denu "valley".
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".
Cumani Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Alekhine Russian (Gallicized)
French transliteration of Alekhin, most prominently borne by Russian-French chess player Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946).
Reiziger Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Derived from Middle Dutch reisiger meaning "traveller, voyager", ultimately from Middle High German meaning "soldier on horseback". It is notably borne by the Dutch former soccer player Michael Reiziger (1973-).
Nõmmik Estonian
Nõmmik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath forest" or "heath stand".
Coscollola Catalan
This indicates familial origin within or within the vicinity of the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of Lladurs.
Pilt Estonian
Pilt is an Estonian surname meaning "picture" and "painting".
Piero Italian
From the given name Piero.
Nyholm Swedish, Danish, Finland Swedish
Derived from Swedish and Danish ny "new" and holme "islet".
Paganini Italian
Patronymic form of a diminutive of Pagano.
Muxika Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Coincides with, or possibly derives from, the Basque word muxika meaning "peach".
Hirayama Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Bridgwater English
Habitational name from a town named Bridgwater in Somerset, derived from Old English brycg "bridge" and the given name Walter, after Norman knight Walter of Douai (1046-1107).
Shrivastava Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Shrivastav.
Akarregi Basque
Derived from Akerregi, the name of a place in Basque Country composed of aker "goat, billy goat" combined with either hegi "side, slope, bank; edge, border" or -egi "place".
Wenz German
Variant of Wentz
Elsener German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Elisabeth.
Paolo Italian
From the given name Paolo.
Edin Swedish
Variant of Edén.
Al-Shami Arabic
Means "the Levantine" or "the Syrian", derived from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy) meaning "Levantine, Syrian, Damascene".
Andronikashvili Georgian
Means "son of Andronikos". This was the name of a Georgian family of nobility that claimed descent from Andronikos I, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1183-1185.
Pets Belarusian
Means "to sing" in Belarusian. Occupational name for singer.
Rossiya Russian
Means "Russia" in Russian.
Elzea Hebrew (Gallicized, Rare), American (South, Gallicized, Rare)
The name means G-d’s help It is a French transition of the Hebrew name Eleazar applied to Jews that came to France by way of Egypt. Later it was carried over to the French Caribbean mainly St. Martinique which was the first major Jewish settlement in the Caribbean, but the name also spread to other Latin American Islands including Mexico... [more]
Þórsson Icelandic
Means "son of Þór" in Icelandic.
Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.
Porte French, German, English
from Old French porte "gateway entrance" (from Latin porta) hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town (typically the man in charge of them)... [more]
Frasure French
The surname Frasure is of French origin and is derived from the Old French word "frasor," meaning "breaker" or "smasher." It is believed to have been a nickname given to someone who was strong or forceful.
Untzaga Basque (Rare)
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Spain, derived from Basque (h)untz "ivy" and -aga "place of, abundance of".
Muneer Arabic
From the given name Munir
Špiljak Croatian
Possibly derived from špilja, meaning "cave".
Kozamurai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小侍 (Kozamurai) meaning "Kozamurai", a division in the area of Kitataku in the city of Taku in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.
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]
Harjo Estonian
Harjo is an Estonia surname, a variation of "Harju"; from Harju County.
Fazzi Italian
Variant of Fazio.
Rainey Irish, Scottish
An Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Raighne, Ó Ráighne meaning "descendent of Raonull", the given name Raonull being derived from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr (compare Ronald).
Lomachenko Ukrainian, Russian
Derived from Ukrainian ломач (lomach) meaning "bonfire".
Noggy English (American, Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Hungarian Nagy.
MacVeigh Scottish, Irish
Variant spelling of McVeigh.
Mengin French
Variant of Mangin.
Neele English
Variant of Neal.
Alb Romanian
From Romanian meaning "white".
Thirring Upper German (Rare)
The name Thirring has many different forms/variant spellings. These include Thiering, Thiring, Thuring,Thuringer, Turinger, Duringer, Diringer, Diring and During. One of the reasons for all the variant spellings is that the church scribes in Hungary originally all recorded the name differently... [more]
Kohno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.
Araldi Italian
Means “heralds” in Italian. Famous bearers include Italian painters Alessandro Araldi (c. 1460 – c. 1529) and Paolo Araldi (18th century – after 1820).
Johann German
From the given name Johann
Hilevich Belarusian
Derived from the Belarusian word гіль (hiĺ) meaning "bullfinch" (a name given to two groups of passerine birds) in Belarusian.
Gatica Medieval Spanish
The name appeared sometime after the War of the Bucket and is assumed to mean "bestowed spiritual recognition".
Rkhi Korean (Russified)
Russified form of Rhee used by ethnic Koreans living in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Linh Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 靈 (linh) meaning "spirit, soul".
Auger French
From the given name Auger.
Doolin Irish
Variant of Dolan.
Birch English, German, Danish, Swedish (Rare)
From Middle High German birche, Old English birce, Old Danish birk, all meaning "birch". This was likely a topographic name for someone living by a birch tree or a birch forest... [more]
Bhat Kashmiri, Marathi, Kannada, Konkani, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Bhatt.
Hoot Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hout or Hoed.
Toran Galician, Irish
Galician (Torán): habitational name from the village of Santa María de Torán in Ourense province.... [more]
Wann Scottish
WANN. Surname or Family name. Origin Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English wann ‘wan’, ‘pale’ (the meaning of the word in Old English was, conversely, ‘dark’).
By Dutch
Variant form of De Bie. Alternatively, could derive from a place name.
Kavarai Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, meaning "landowner".
Courcel French
Variant of Courcelles.... [more]
Belloc French
Habitational name for a person from the commune of Belloc in southwestern France, of unknown etymology.
Beqiri Albanian
Derived from the given name Beqir.
Mayson English
Variant of Mason.
Ohi Japanese
Variant of Oi.
Somerset English
Regional name from the county of this name, so called from Old English sumer(tun)saete meaning "dwellers at the summer settlement".
Carstairs English (British)
From the manor or barony of the same name in the parish of Carstairs (= 1170 Casteltarres, 'Castle of Tarres').
Humboldt German (?)
Derived from the Germanic given name Hunibald. Notable bearers of this surname were Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a Prussian naturalist, geographer, explorer and polymath, and his brother Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), a linguist, philosopher and diplomat.
Teeäär Estonian
Teeäär is an Estonia surname meaning "roadside" and "wayside".
Wills German
Patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names beginning with wil "will, desire".
Dalawampu Tagalog
Means "twenty" in Tagalog.
Hulbert English
1 English and German: from a Germanic personal name, Holbert, Hulbert, composed of the elements hold, huld ‘friendly’, ‘gracious’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.... [more]
Nievo Italian
From nievo "grandchild, grandson; nephew", probably used to differentiate between relatives of the same name.
Kreek Estonian
Means "damson (plum)" in Estonian.
Charteris Scottish
The family is said to have originated in the French town of Chartres.
Ercolano Italian
From the given name Ercolano
Fall Western African, Fula, Wolof, Manding
Meaning uncertain.
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-).