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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Mu Chinese
Chinese : in the state of Song during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc) there existed a leader who was posthumously given the name of the duke of Mu. His descendants adopted Mu as their surname... [more]
Hildebrandt German
Derived from the given name Hildebrand.
Krupen Belarusian
From Belarusian круп (krup), meaning "grain".
Hoyle Welsh, English
Derived from Old English holh meaning "hole". It is thought to have originally been a name for someone who lived in a round hollow or near a pit.
Sầm Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Cen, from Sino-Vietnamese 岑 (sầm).
Mitsuyasu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and yasu means "cheap, relax, peace".
Knapke German
A relative of mine has said this surname means “over the hill” and that it is of German origin.... [more]
Westling Swedish
Combination of Swedish väst "west" and the common surname suffix -ling. A notable bearer is Prince Daniel (b. 1973), husband of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
Tantawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Egyptian Arabic طنطاوى or Arabic طنطاوي (see Tantawy).
Lyman German
Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.
Malec Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene
a nickname derived from slavic word "maly", meaning small
Peariso French/English
French Canadian Origin
Grandis Italian, French
Ultimately from Latin meaning "big, tall".
Pelevin Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian пелева (peleva) meaning "chaff, shuck". A notable bearer is Victor Pelevin, the Russian fiction writer.
Milashin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Milasha of various Russian given names.
Tetzel German
A variant of Tetzlaff and is derived from the bakery Tetzel Prime in Casey, Illinois.
Kosasih Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Gao (高), Gu (古), Guan (關), Qiu (邱, 丘) or Xu 2 (許)... [more]
Anrep Russian
Derived from surname von Anrep
Arino Japanese
Ari means "exist" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".
Prescod English
A cognate of Prescott.
Skura Polish
Polish name meaning tanner.
Batistuta Italian
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Battista. A famous bearer is the former Argentinian soccer player Gabriel Batistuta (1969-).
Lobato Spanish, Portuguese
nickname from lobato "wolf cub" (from Latin lupus "wolf") or from a medieval personal name based on this word.
Andreozzi Italian
From the given name Andrea 1.
Organ English
From a rare medieval personal name, attested only in the Latinized forms Organus (masculine) and Organa (feminine).
Ivanda Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Gąsienica Polish
Means "caterpillar, leafworm" in Polish.
Talgatov Kazakh
Means "son of Talgat".
Moritani Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Dorzhiev Buryat
From the given name Dorzho.
D'orevalle French (Archaic)
Variant form of D'aurevalle. A known bearer of this surname was the medieval bishop Hugh d'Orevalle (d. 1084 or 1085).
Brucker German
Variant of Brück.
Hossam Arabic
Derived from the given name Husam.
Heiner German
From the given name Heiner.
Giardiniere Italian
Italian form of Gardener.
Abarzúa Basque (Hispanicized)
Altered form of Basque Abartxua, probably derived from a place name.
Majidzadeh Persian
Means "born of Majid".
Seven Turkish
Means "loving, affectionate" in Turkish.
Chasiyd Hebrew
Nickname for a pious person, derived from Hebrew חָסִיד (chasid) meaning "pious, kind, faithful, saint, godly, holy one".
Martinique French, Antillean Creole, French (Caribbean)
From the French department named Martinique.
Kõrgemäe Estonian
Kõrgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "high hill/mountain".
Mauhay Tagalog
From Tagalog uhay meaning "blade of grain, spike".
Kaler English, German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kahler, Köhler, or Kehler.
Bolling English, German
nickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling 'pollard', or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling 'excessive drinking'. German (Bölling): from a personal name Baldwin
Sulu Tagalog
From the sea in the Philippines. Notable bearer is the fictional character Hikaru Sulu from Star Trek. The name is not commonly given to real people.
Nabe Japanese
Possibly from 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron".
Abdollahi Persian
From the given name Abdollah.
Katanabe Japanese
Kata could mean "single" or "shape" and nabe could mean "pot, pan".
Bikuña Basque
From the name of a village in Álava, Basque Country, possibly derived from Latin vicus "street, neighbourhood; village, hamlet" and Basque on "good". Alternatively, the first element could be related to bike "steep slope".
Ivanuša Slovene, Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Vinette English
Derived from French vignette "sprig".
Al Mokaddem Arabic
History: Descendants of the blessed Fatima the daughter of prophet Mohammed in the Arabian Peninsula.... [more]
Teraguchi Japanese
Tera means "temple" and guchi means "opening, mouth".
Benmoussa Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Moussa" in Arabic.
Trinh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Trịnh.
Methven Scottish
From the village name "Methven" in Scotland.
Matulac Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Means "pushful" in Tagalog.
Bhuiyan Indian, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Bhuyan.
Vollmar German, Germanic, Low German
This name is a variant form of Volkmar and the Low German form of Waldemar. It is of Germanic and Slavic origin and comes from the following roots: (VOLKMAR) and (VOLODIMĚRŬ).
Amjadi Persian
From the given name Amjad.
Varasteh Persian
Means "virtuous, pious, devout, humble" in Persian.
Yussuf Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.
Vongsay Lao
Alternate transcription of Vongxay.
Tumbrell English (Rare, Archaic)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly derived from Old English tumbrel, a kind of small, two-wheeled cart designed to be easily tipped over, or from a variant form of timbrel, a percussion instrument similar to a tambourine.
Milchik Yiddish
From the Yiddish milch, meaning “milk”derived from Old High German. Refers to food containing and/or prepared with dairy products in Ashkenazi Judaism.... [more]
Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".
Hasan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 波山 (see Namiyama).
Aga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Brickner German
Derived from "brückenbauer," which means "bridge builder" in English. It was originally an occupational name for someone who built bridges. Over time, the name Brickner was likely shortened from Brückenbauer to its current form.
Hornsby English
From the name of any of the various places in England so-called or similar, all derived from the Old Norse given name Ormr and býr "farm, settlement".
Reedus English, Scottish
An English and Scottish name of uncertain origin. Possibly a reduced form of English Redhouse, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Redhouse, including over ninety farms.
Mercante Italian
An occupational name meaning "merchant, trader" in Italian, from Latin mercans "trading".
Veeorg Estonian
Veeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "water valley/gully".
Saffeels English (Rare), German (Rare)
Used as a last name a minimum of 82 times in (USA, Germany).
Gu Chinese
From Chinese 谷 (gǔ) referring to the ancient fief of Qin Gu, which existed in what is now the province of either Gansu or Shaanxi. Alternately it may come from the name of the fief of Jia Gu, which was part of the state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty.
Elul Jewish
From the given name Elul.
Kvong Chinese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Kvon.
Akimaru Japanese
Aki can mean "bright, luminous" or "autumn". Maru means "circle, round".
Rabago Spanish
Habitational name from Rábago in Cantabria province.
Carini Italian
Means "beloved" in Italian.
Boekestyn Dutch
Canadian form and variant of Boekestijn.
Hakizimana Central African
Means "God cures" in Burundian and Rwandan.
Speiser German
German cognate of Spencer.
Anni Estonian
Anni is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "anne" meaning "aptitude for" and "talent"; or "hani" meaning "goose".
Vincek Croatian
Possibly derived from the Croatian nickname for Vincent.
Shikari Indian, Hindi
From Hindi meaning "hunter, huntsman".
Grzybko Polish
From Grzyb with suffix -ko, possibly from Belarusian or Russian Gribko.
Szokolyi Hungarian
Derived from Szokolya, a village in Pest county, Hungary. It is located in the largest basin of the Börzsöny Hills. The Morgó Brook runs across the village.
Noteboom Dutch, Flemish
Dutch cognate of Nussbaum.
Turton English
From Turton, an historical area in Lancashire, England (now part of Greater Manchester); it was originally a township in the former civil parish of Bolton le Moors. It is derived from the Old Norse given name Þórr (see Thor) and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town"... [more]
Chandraratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රරත්න (see Chandrarathna).
Querubín Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Either from the personal name Querubín, or a nickname from querubín "cherub".
Mok Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Mo.
Groński Vilamovian
Habitational name for someone from Grońsko in Greater Poland Voivodeship (named with the nickname Gron, Grono, from grono "bunch of grapes") or from Groń, the name of several places in southern, mountainous part of Lesser Poland (named with the regional word groń "ridge").
Ou Chinese
From Chinese 欧 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China. According to legend, this name (along with the compound name Ouyang containing this character) was adopted by the descendants of a prince from the Yue state who settled in the area around the mountain.
Kim Korean (Americanized, Rare)
Surname of North Korean leaders and also means rock
Warizaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 割 (wari), from 割り (wari) meaning "breakage into separate pieces" and 鞘 (zaya), the joining form of 鞘 (saya) meaning "sheath", referring to a broken sheath.
Sigurdson English (Canadian)
English form of Icelandic and Swedish surname Sigurdsson.
Siauw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xiao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Aradera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).
Apaydın Turkish
Means "very bright, well lit" in Turkish.
Skalaban Polish, French, Spanish (?)
Polish word Skal meaning "Justice" and French word Aban meaning someone who lives near a forest.
Kalt German, German (Swiss)
From Middle High German kalt "cold" probably applied as a nickname for someone who felt the cold or for someone with an unfriendly disposition.
Canu Italian
From Sardinian canu "gray-haired, hoary-haired". Compare Canuto.
Bossmann German
Patronymic form of the Germanic name Boso.
Dayley English
English surname of Norman origin derived from the Norman preposition de for someone from any of numerous places in Northern France called Ouilly.
Bouchareb Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of the moustache" or "father of the drinker" from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father" and شَارِب (šārib) meaning "moustache" or "drinker".
Alarcón Spanish
Alarcón was a fort owned by the arabs in the Iberian Peninsula (Alarcón literally meaning 'the fort' in arabic), and the spaniards had the goal of owning it during the spanish reconquista. After 9 months of siege, Fernán Martínez de Ceballos climbed the walls of the fort using only two daggers and opened the gates from the inside allowing the castillan army to come in and conquer Alarcón... [more]
Melikyan Armenian
Means "son of Melik".
Aders German (Silesian)
Variation of Eders, a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of bare, uncultivated land, from Middle High German (o)ed(e) 'wasteland'. It may also be a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this element.
Slate English
Occupational name for a slater, from Middle English slate, "slate".
Seid Jewish
Metonymic occupational name from German Seide and Yiddish zayd "silk"
Kono Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 河野 (see Kōno).
Krumholz Jewish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Krumbholz ‘bent timber’, ‘mountain pine’, hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a cartwright or wheelwright. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Humayun Urdu
From the given name Humayun.
Ó Déadaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Deady.
Orekhov Russian
From orekh, meaning "nut".
Bak Korean
Variant of Park 1.
Matarrita Spanish (Latin American)
Mostly used in Costa Rica.
Alpers Scottish
Derived from the given name Albert
Ó hEodhusa Irish
Means "descendant of Eodhus"
Nemchik Russian (?), Dutch (?)
Possibly a variant form of Niemczyk.
Xayalath Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊຍະລາດ (see Sayalath).
Arditi Italian
Variant of Ardito.
Sinise English
The meaning of this surname is unknown. A notable bearer is American actor, Gary Sinise.
Duyck Flemish
Nickname from Middle Dutch duuc "duck"; in some cases the name may be a derivative of Middle Dutch duken "to dive" and cognate with Ducker... [more]
Gokongwei Filipino
From the surnames Goh, Kong, and Wei.
Applewhite English
Habitational name from a place named Applethwaite, from Old Norse apaldr ‘apple tree’ and þveit ‘meadow’. There are two or three such places in Cumbria; Applethwaite is also recorded as a surname from the 13th century in Suffolk, England, pointing to a possible lost place name there... [more]
Oianguren Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque oihan "forest, woods" and guren "limit, edge, boundary".
Paolini Italian
From the given name Paolino.
Malaeb Arabic
Lebanese Druze name possibly derived from Arabic مَلْعَب (malʿab) meaning "scene, theatre, sport".
Reisner Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) nickname for a traveler, from an agent derivative of German reisen ‘to travel’ (see Reise). Also a variant of Reis.
Kadowaki Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".
Bulan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "moon" in Cebuano.
Sarnowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the many places in Poland called Sarnowa, Sarnowo, or Sarnów, named with Polish sarna "roe deer".
Gaddam Indian, Telugu
Derived from Telugu గడ్డము (gaddamu) meaning "beard".
Honjo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 本庄 (see Honjō).
Sivertsson Swedish
Swedish cognate of Sivertsen.
Saldaña Spanish
Habitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.
Lakuntza Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque lako "wine press" and -une "place, location" combined with -tza "large quantity, abundance".
Volker German, Dutch
From the given name Volker. Cognate of Fulcher.
Noriega Asturian, Spanish, South American
This indicates familial origin within an eponymous village.
Takamaru Japanese
This surname is used as 高丸 with 高 (kou, taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru) meaning "expensive, high, tall" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]
Joffe Hebrew
Variant spelling of Jaffe.
Chromczak Polish (Latinized, Rare, ?)
The meaning of the name is: Chromium approval throughput time might.
Madlangsakay Filipino (Modern, Rare, ?)
Meaning in Filipino "people on board"
Kadalipp Estonian
Kadalipp is an Estonian surname meaning "gauntlet".
Yuyamidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).
Geer Dutch
From Dutch geer "tapering piece of land" (compare Garland). Can also be a shortened form of Van Den Geer.
Inayat Urdu
Derived from the given name Inayat.
Davtian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Դավթյան (see Davtyan)
Kuribayashi Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Van Der Vest Dutch (Archaic)
Means "from the city wall, of the fort", derived from Middle Dutch veste "fortification, stronghold, castle; reliability".
Kaljend Estonian
Kaljend is an Estonian surname derived from the words "kalju" meaning "rock/cliff" and "eend" meaning "protusion/overhang".
Thrope English
Probably an altered form of Thorpe.
Sterley English
This is an English locational surname. Recorded as Starley, Stearley, Sterley, Sturley, and others, it originates from a place called 'ster-leah', meaning "steer" or "cattle farm". However no such place in any of the known surname spellings is to be found in England, although there is place called Starleyburn in Fifeshire in Scotland... [more]
Florimonte Italian
Roughly "flower mountain".
Shahi Persian, Punjabi, Urdu
Derived from Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king".
Niemiec Polish
Means "German" in Polish.
Batres Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Ehecatl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "wind".
Papazoglou Greek
Means "son of the priest", derived from the Greek παπάς (papás) meaning "priest" combined with the Turkish oğlu or oğul meaning "son, descendant".
Isoyama Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
McCorvey English
A notable bearer was Norma McCorvey (1947-2017), who was the plaintiff for the case that legalized abortion across the United States.
Shimekake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 七 (shichi) from 楠木七郎 (Kusunoki Shichirō), 五 (go) from 和田五郎 (Wada Gorō), 三 (san) from 三百騎 (sambyakuki) meaning "300 horses" and 掛 (kake), phonetically assigned to write 駆ける (kakeru) meaning "to run"... [more]
De La Calle Spanish
Means "of the street" in Spanish.
Klemetti Finnish
From the given name Klemetti.
Peixoto Portuguese
Occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish, derived from Portuguese peixe meaning "fish".
Rashidov Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Rashid".
Pangandag Filipino, Maranao
Means "to boast, to be proud of" in Maranao.
Sungcad Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano sungkad meaning "perfect fit, exact fit".
Gerlach Dutch, German
From the given name Gerlach.
Bergamin Italian
Traced to 1437, Bergamo. A 'bergamini' was known as a person famrmed and sold milk cows
Davitashvili Georgian
Means "son of Davit".
Proia Italian
From the name of a place in Italy. The meaning is uncertain, but it might be derived from Greek πρωία (proía) "morning".
Sunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Asllanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Asllan" in Albanian.
Miyadokorono Japanese (Rare)
From 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine", 所 (tokoro) meaning "spot, place, location", and 野 (no) meaning "plain, field".
Niyazova Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine transcription of Uzbek/Tajik Ниёзова and Kazakh/Kyrgyz Ниязова (see Niyazov).
Baidya Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
East Indian and Nepali form of Vaidya.
Vongai Shona
Vongai means "be thankful, or appreciative".
Moteki Japanese
From the Japanese 茂 (mote) "overgrown," "to grow thick" and 木 (ki, moku or boku) "tree."
Atzerodt English, German
This was the surname of George Atzerodt, a conspirator in a plot to kidnap Abraham Lincoln.
Aoba Japanese
青 (Ao) means "green, blue" and 葉 (ba) being a form of, ha meaning "leaf". This surname refers to a fresh leaf. ... [more]
Randla Estonian
Randla is an Estonian surname meaning "coastal area".