Browse Submitted Surnames

Khrul Ukrainian

Shivaza Dungan
Derived from Chinese 十娃子 (shí wázǐ) manning "the tenth child". A notable bearer was Iasyr Shivaza (1906-1988), a Soviet Dungan poet.

Lelouch Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Lellouche.

Massing German

Osnaya Mexican

Argenziano Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Argenzio, ultimately from Latin argenteus meaning "silver". A famous bearer was American actor Carmen Argenziano (1943-2019).

Sato Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Turakhia Indian, Hindi, Gujarati

Tanginoa Tongan

Avelino Spanish, Polynesian, Filipino
Spanish form of Avellino, the surname of the 17th-century Italian saint Andrew Avellino.

Connington English
This name means "The king's manor, the royal estate," from the Old Scandinavian word "konunger" + the Old English word "tun." It was listed twice in the Domesday Book of 1086, once as Coninctune and secondly as Cunitone.

Agreste French
French cognate of Agresta. This is also the French word for the grayling butterfly, Hipparchia semele.

Yuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Usui Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" or 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Janeway English
Derived from Middle English Janaways, the name for someone from the city of Genoa, Italy. A notable fictional bearer is Kathryn Janeway, the captain of starship USS Voyager on the TV-series 'Star Trek: Voyager' (1995-2001).

Docarmo Portuguese

Ariyananda Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit आर्य (arya) meaning "noble" and नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight".

Pase Venetian
Venetian form of Pace.

Noko Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 古 (ko) meaning "old, antique, ancient".

Ilosaar Estonian
Ilosaar is an Estonian surname meaning "merry island".

Metsalu Estonian
Metsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "forest grove".

Hosotani Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine slender narrow" and tani means "valley".

Ōtsubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.

Filippenko Ukrainian
Variant of Pylypenko derived from an older form of the given name Pylyp.

Suranga Sinhalese
From the given name Suranga.

Mohar Slovene

Raharimampionona Malagasy

Shirokane Japanese

Kempton English
From the name of a place in Shropshire meaning "Cempa's town" or "warrior town", from a combination of either the Old English word cempa "warrior" or the byname derived from it and tun "farmstead, settlement".

Mccluske Irish
Irish: Variant of McCluskey

Cottignon French

Marinescu Romanian
Means "son of Marin".

Hiranaka Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and naka means "middle".

Kinpō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).

Shepley English

Jakka Indian

Fairbarn English

Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Vivis English (Rare)
Found in the 1891, 1901 & 1911 British census, other Ancestry.co.uk records & FreeBMD. Could derive from Vivas from Spanish Catalan

Dawiczyk Polish (?)
Last name of father,polish.

Tortora Italian
From a given name derived from Italian tortora meaning "turtle dove", ultimately from Latin turtur (genitive turturis). It could also derive from a town and comune with the same name, located in the province of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy.

Burdett Irish

Sondheim English (American, Rare), German (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Sontheimer.

Schoeppner German

Nevil English
"Variant of the name Neville"

Savisaar Estonian
Savisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "loam" or "clay island".

Biran Hebrew

Stachnik Polish
From Stach.

Derakhshani Persian
Variant of Derakhshan.

Hershberger German

Lardinois French
Originally denoted a person from the Ardennes, a forest-covered region situated in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. A notable bearer of this name was the Dutch politician and diplomat Pierre Lardinois (1924-1987).

Cù Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Qu, from Sino-Vietnamese 瞿 (cù).

Schleehahn German

Koop Estonian
Derived from Estonian koopa, the genitive form of koobas meaning "cave; hole, burrow".

Niedermeyer German
Means "lower farmer", a distinguishing name for a farmer who worked further south or in a low-lying location.

Brenden Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse brenna "land cleared for cultivation by burning" (also known as svedjebruk "slash-and-burn agriculture").

Mac Lochlainn Scottish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish
Gaelic form of McLaughlin.

Dugan Irish (Anglicized)
Surname derived from Ó Dubhagáinn.

Heier German
The Heier surname is an occupational name from the Middle High German word "heie", which means "ranger guard".

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".

Hansford English

Avdyunin Russian
variant of Avdonin

Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]

Imagawa Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "present" and 川 (gawa) meaning "river".

Fenster German, Jewish
Occupational name for a window maker from Middle High German venster German fenster "window".

Błeński Polish
This indicates familial origin anywhere within a cluster of 3 Kuyavian villages in Gmina Izbica Kujawska: Błenna, Błenna A, or Błenna B.

Heaton English
Comes from "town (or farmstead) on a hill".... [more]

Lesynski Luxembourgish
Luxembourgish form of Lesinski.

De Jonghe Dutch
Variant of De Jong

Tsoi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.

Ratsiraka Malagasy

Santamaría Spanish
Means "Saint Mary" in Spanish, used as a name for someone from any of various locations named after the Virgin Mary.

Bolkiah Malay (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from Arabic وَاقِيَة‎ (wāqiya) meaning "protector, preserver", or it may be an alteration of the Hadhrami surname بلفقيه (Balfaqih) from Arabic الفَقِيه (al-faqīh) meaning "the jurist"... [more]

Radončić Bosnian

Sarachaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Saratxaga.

Osugi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大杉 (see Ōsugi).

Avniel Hebrew

Krupnykh Russian
Derived from Russian крупный (krupny) meaning "big, massive".

Belgo Brazilian
Possibly derived from Latin belga "Belgian, person from Belgium".

Kulaweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Ferdous Bengali
From the given name Ferdous.

Hallgrímsson Icelandic
Means "son of Hallgrímur".

Adelsköld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish adel meaning "nobility" (Old Norse aðal) and sköld meaning "shield".

Mirando Spanish

Batifi Central African

Mault French

Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Boggiano Italian, South American

Penta Italian
Possibly derived from a variant of the Ancient Greek given name Pentheus.

Camion French

Morávek Czech, Slovak
Means "Moravian".

Macconuisce Irish, Old Irish
Varient of o'hUisce... [more]

Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.

Kumai Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

State German
Nickname from Middle High German stæt(e) meaning "firm", "steadfast", "constant".

al-Werfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Warfalli).

Peppe German
From Peppo, a pet form of a Germanic personal name (see Pepin).

Iles English (British), French
English (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.

Nibo Circassian
Of unknown meaning.

Haleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Halim.

Mesina Italian
From Sardinian mesina "keg, small barrel", probably given as a nickname to someone with a round or fat build.

Haney Irish
Derived from the Gaelic name Ó hEighnigh

Brouwers Dutch
Patronymic of Brouwer.

Vellal Telugu

Psyroukis Greek

Harless English, German
English: probably a variant spelling of Arliss, a nickname from Middle English earles ‘earless’, probably denoting someone who was deaf rather than one literally without ears.

Micucci Italian
Patronymic or plural form of a pet form of the personal name Mico, a short form of Michele 1.

Fasano Italian
Probably from Italian fasani "pheasant", a nickname for someone who resembled the bird in appearance or (lack of) intelligence, who hunted them, or who lived in an area populated by them. ... [more]

Shitayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 下屋敷 (see Shimoyashiki).

Kasap Turkish
Means "butcher" in Turkish.

Zsolnay Hungarian
Hungarian form of the surname Zilinsky.

Gwyther Welsh
meaning, "victor" or "victory"

Bahrami Persian
From the given name Bahram.

Curnow Cornish
From Cornish Kernow "Cornwall, Cornishman", denoting somebody who was Cornish or from Cornwall.

Aul Estonian
Aul is an Estonian surname meaning "long-tailed duck" (Clangula hyemalis).

Perrina Corsican

Dubuc English

Vidojević Serbian
Means "son of Vidoje".

Lank English

Hansberry English

Grange English, French
From Old French grange "granary, barn", denoting someone who lived or worked in a granary, or who came from any of several places in France called Grange... [more]

Zhane English (?), Popular Culture
meaning "z," used by Aidan Zhane on RuPaul's Drag Race

Fukuwara Japanese
Variant of Fukuhara.

Affan Arabic
Derived from the given name Affan.

Weah African, Western African

Obonsawin Indigenous American, English (Canadian)

Lukina Russian, Croatian, Belarusian

Passelewe Medieval English
The medieval name is from Old French passe(r) ‘to pass or cross’ + l’ewe ‘the water’, hence a nickname, probably for a ferryman or a merchant who was in the habit of traveling overseas, or else someone who had been on a pilgrimage or crusade.

Elfman Jewish (Ashkenazi), German
May be an Americanized form of German Elfmann. This is both a habitational name for someone from a place called Elvede or Elbe and a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed of the elements alf ‘ghost’ + man ‘man’... [more]

Medellin Spanish
Habitational name from a place so named in Badajoz province Latin (Caecilia) Metellina derived from the name of a 1st-century Roman proconsul in Spain Cecilio Metello Pio.

Nikolayenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Mykolayenko.

Tagliabue Italian

Lepri Italian
From Italian lepre "hare", a nickname for a fast runner, or for a timid person.

Ledoux French, Belgian
Means "the amiable" from French doux meaning "sweet, soft, gentle".

Carigiet Romansh

Kushwaha Indian
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture. The term has been used to represent at least four subcastes, being those of the Kachhis, Kachwahas, Koeris and Muraos... [more]

Langhans German
German and Dutch: distinguishing nickname for a tall man (see Lang) called Hans.

Melander Swedish
Combination of the element Mel-, which is unexplained but probably derived from a place name, and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er)... [more]

Lotta Italian
Possibly derived from a short form of the feminine given name Carlotta, or of names such as Paola or Orsola using the diminutive suffix -otta... [more]

Mukhametshin Tatar (Russified)
From the given name Mukhametsha.

Shiitake Japanese

Despabiladeras Filipino

Dunkinson English (British)
Derives from the Scottish surname of Duncanson with the same meaning of "son of Duncan". Likewise, it may derive further from the Gaelic male given name "Donnchad", related ultimately to "Donncatus", a Celtic personal name of great antiquity.

Aradhya Indian, Sanskrit
Means "one who worships god". Commonly seen in India, Karnataka and other parts of India like kashi. They wear holy thread (yagnopaveetha).

Khondkar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).

Zaky Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Zaki chiefly used in Egypt.

Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".

Deerasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධීරසිංහ (see Dheerasinghe).

Robarts English
Variant of Roberts.

Porcaro Italian
From Italian porcaro "swineherd".

Ghisletti Romansh

De Bruyn Afrikaans
"Bruyn" is an archaic spelling of "bruin", meaning "brown"

Silawan Cebuano
From Cebuano silaw meaning "beam, brilliance, lustre".

Bo Burmese
From a title for a military officer or someone who distinguished themselves in the struggle for independence of Burma.

Zeidane Western African
Mauritanian variant of Zidane.

Boldea Romanian

Bhutto Sindhi
Meaning uncertain. This is the name of a prominent Pakistani political family of Sindhi origin. Two of its members, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) and Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) served as prime ministers of Pakistan.

Majors Norman
Based on the Norman given name Mauger. The name indicates one who is the son of Maugier, an Old French personal name, which is derived from the Old Germanic name Malger, which means council spear.

Pagaduan Filipino, Ilocano
Topographic name for a bountiful place, from a derivative of Ilocano ado meaning "many, much".

Glineur Belgian

Rushdie Kashmiri (Rare)
Derived from Arabic رَشَدَ (rašada) meaning "to go the right way, to follow the right course" or "to be well guided" (related to the given names Rashad and Rashid)... [more]

Sackman German

Honjou Japanese

Conybeare English

Vahapoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Vahap".

Dela Calzada Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Calzada.

Breach English

Mccardel Irish
Variant of McCardle.

Reuther German
Variant of Reuter

Zulum Kanuri, Nigerian
Derived from the Arabic Salim.

Thell Swedish, German (Austrian)
Variant of Tell.

Malmre Estonian
Derived from "malm", meaning "cast iron".

Fratta Italian
Means "thicket, hedge".

Nettles English

Farish Scottish
"Farish" derives from "Fari" meaning "Farrier".This unravells to many decades ago when people forged shoes for horses,people who were extremly skilled blacksmiths and named "farrier".This group of "farriers" named "Farish" lived in the highlands of the cool misty moors of scotland-the mighty country,who unleashed highly educated citizens who dispersed all over britain.

Mortezaei Persian
From the given name Morteza.

Saldías Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Delcheva Bulgarian

Kanssen Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Kant".

Ikegaya Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond", a place name possessive marker ヶ (ga), and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Banas Polish, Ukrainian (?)

Trautwein German
Derived from a medieval given name composed of Middle High German trut meaning "beloved" and win meaning "friend".

Mazy French

Morohoshi Japanese

Chirillo Italian

Vaarik Estonian
Vaarik is an Estonian surname derived from "vaarikas" meaning "raspberry".

Steichen German, Luxembourgish
Variant of Stauch.

Ohue Japanese

Dollar Scottish, English (American)
Scottish: habitational name from Dollar in Clackmannanshire.... [more]

Saharaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic صحراوي (Ṣaḥrāwī) meaning "inhabitant of the desert" (from صحراء (Ṣaḥrā') "desert"), referring to the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara (see Sahraoui)... [more]

Verrone Italian
Italian: probably a nickname from an augmentative form of verro ‘boar’.

Allerton English
Mayflower passengers

Hatsui Japanese

Valentique English (Rare), French
From the given name Valentique.

Desrouleaux French, Haitian Creole
Means "of the scrolls" in French. It is a occupational name for a scribe, a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing... [more]

Khateeb Arabic, Urdu
Arabic alternate transcription of Khatib as well as the Urdu form.

Lanz German, German (Swiss)

Hotz German (Swiss), German, Hungarian
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a habitional name for someone from the Hotzenwald, a derivation from any given name containing the Germanic name element hadu "battle, combat" and a derivation from the verb hotzen "to swing, to sway, to tremble".

Freddy African

Flodqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish flod "river" and kvist "twig, branch".

Syrett English
Either (i) from the medieval male personal name Syred (from Old English Sigeræd, literally "victory-counsel"); or (ii) from the medieval female personal name Sigerith (from Old Norse Sigfrithr, literally "victory-lovely").

Khuat Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Khuất.

Woolgar English
From the medieval male personal name Wolgar (from Old English Wulfgār, literally "wolf-spear").

Mokrani Berber, Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Either from the given name Mokrane or derived from El Mokrani, a town in Algeria.

Turi Estonian
Turi is an Estonian surname meaning both "scruff" or "withers".

Mon Japanese
Mon means "Gate".

Dayne English
Variant of Dane.

Dastur Persian, Indian, Urdu, Indian (Parsi)
A Parsi surname.

Sobue Japanese
From Japanese 祖 (so) meaning "ancestor", 父 (bu) meaning "father" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Simeunović Serbian
Means "son of Simeun" in Serbian.

Eisenstein German, Jewish
topographic name for someone who lived by a place where iron ore was extracted or perhaps a habitational name from a place called for its iron works. Jewish artificial compound of German isarn "iron" and stein "stone".

Viin Estonian
Viin is an Estonian surname, derived from "viinapuu", meaning "grape".

Markianov Russian
Russian form of Markiyanov.

Kellock Scottish

Synjuk Ukrainian (Germanized)

Macgilledheòradha Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "pilgrim’s servant’s son".

Calagahan Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog kahalagahan meaning "importance".

Barrino Spanish (Latin American)

Ylvisåker Norwegian (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Famous bearers of this name are the Norwegian comedy duo "Ylvis" consisting of brothers Vegard (b. 1979) and Bård Ylvisåker (b. 1982).

Fleet English

Kiyomoto Japanese
Kiyo means "clean, pure" and moto means "origin".

How English

Hendschel German

Petriv Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Petrov.

Santora Italian
Feminine form of Santoro.

Ferreras Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
A Spanish plural form of Ferrera

Gioi Italian
Possibly from Sardinian angioi "lamb", a nickname for a shepherd, or from gioi "Thursday".

Beachey English

Callen English (Rare)
From the forename Callen

Wappara Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.

Zhytomyrets Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "a resident of Zhytomyr".

Ugalde Basque
Habitational name meaning "waterside, by the river" or "flood, deluge" in Basque, derived from ur "water" and -alde "side, near".

Öst Swedish
Means "east" in Swedish.

Putkaradze Georgian

Sette Italian
Means "seven". Probably a nickname for the seventh child of a family, though it could derive from a place name containing the element.

Chrome Polish, Czech, Slovak
Chrome comes from the Polish word chromy, meaning "lame".

Jęczmyk Polish

Grider English, German (Americanized)
Americanized form of South German surname Greiter, itself a variant or an altered form of South German surname Greuter.

Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk, eagle, falcon", 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]

Demachi Italian
Possibly a variant of the French surname Demachy.

Audrey English

Uenosono Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above", ノ or の (no) being a possessive particle, and 園 (sono) meaning "garden, plantation, orchard".

Õnnepalu Estonian
Õnnepalu is an Estonian surname meaning "benefic/happy heath".

Siahaya Moluccan

Chalcraft English
Surname of Anglo- Saxon origin. Topographical or locational surname... [more]

Greenland English (Germanized)
Greenland Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a patch of land left open as communal pasturage, from Middle English grene 'green' + land 'land'. Translated form of German Grönland, a topographic name with the same meaning as 1, from Low German grön 'green' + Land 'land'.

Sikder Bengali
From a historical title used to denote a person who owned one quarter of land, derived from Bengali সিকি (siki) meaning "quarter, fourth".

Revord French (Quebec)
Comes from the French surname of Rivard, a geographical name for someone who lived on a river bank. The -ard ending is changed to -ord in Canadian and American French.

Pham Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Phạm.

Oby French (Acadian, Americanized), English, Hebrew
English habitat from Oby Norfolk, meaning serving God in Hebrew.

Sensabaugh American
Americanized form of German Sensenbach, a topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’.

Miyagi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 城 (gi) meaning "castle".

Krempaský Slovak

Hunyadi Hungarian
A name of a noble family of Hungary. The Regent John Hunyadi had this last name.

Garabedian Armenian
Means "son of Garabed", an Armenian personal name meaning literally "leader, precursor" and traditionally used as an epithet of John the Baptist in the Armenian church.

Hertzog German, Jewish
Variant of Herzog.

Jehle Hebrew
Jehle-Romanov surname was given name of monarchical leaders over the areas of eastern Eurasia known as Russia and all Russia's yet upon revolution family erroneously reported all dead. Most family of Alexander died while remaining in Russia, while those whom escaped circa 1880 survived... [more]

Sharon English (American)

Aflor Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Rubalcava Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Rubalcaba in Cantabria, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الربع الخالي (ar-rubʿ al-ḵālī) meaning "the Empty Quarter", referring to the Rub' al Khali desert in the Arabian Peninsula.

Andriyko Ukrainian
Variant of Andriyenko.

Anwer Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Bengali
Variant transcription of Anwar.

Lethbridge English
Believed to have derived from a location in Devonshire around the 16th century.

Toni Italian
From the given name Antonio.

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 冴 (sae) meaning "clear, serene" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Gastelum Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico): Probably An Altered Form Of Basque Gaztelu (See Gastelo ).

Feuerhahn German
Feuerhahn comes from the Old High German words (fivr) meaning "fire" & (hano) meaning "cock".

Straga Medieval Croatian
Straga means behind in Croatian. This surname means behind the hill or behind the knoll.

Godil English
English: habitational name for someone from Gadshill in Kent, either of two places called Godshill in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, or Godsell Farm in Wiltshire, which were all originally named Godeshyll ‘God's hill’.

Sooksri Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สุขศรี (see Suksi).

Specker South American

Rennet French, Scottish

Savko Ukrainian
From a pet form of the personal name Sava (see Savas).

Bacco Italian

Hooley English

Kombayi African (Rare)

Golder German
Meaning "gold worker, jeweller".

Dede Turkish

Bitencourt Brazilian, Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Rare), English
BITENCOURT, derives from Bittencourt, Bettencourt and Bethencourt; They are originally place-names in Northern France. The place-name element -court (courtyard, courtyard of a farm, farm) is typical of the French provinces, where the Frankish settlements formed an important part of the local population... [more]

Rushton English
From the name of various places in England or similar, all derived from Old English risc "rush plant" and tun "enclosure, town".

Kallaku Albanian

Konovalov Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian коновал (konoval) meaning "farrier, horseleech".

Vukman Croatian
Derived from vuk meaning ''wolf''.

Aragasi Filipino, Maranao
Means "bully" or "ogre" in Maranao.

Right English
Variant spelling of Wright 1.

Buyanjargalyn Mongolian

Édouard French
From the given name Édouard.

Tanacea Romanian (Rare)

Manaj Albanian

Achour Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عاشور (see Ashour) chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Sopczak Polish

Sugimiya Japanese
"Pine tree shrine."

Tolinggi Gorontalo

Guma'taotao Chamorro
Chamorro for "house of the people"

Heisler German

Penderwick American
A family in a book series by Jeanne Birdsall.

Tenly English

Carrey Irish
Variant of Carey. A famous bearer is Canadian-American actor and comedian Jim Carrey (1962-).

Sacré French

Eroğlu Turkish
Means "son of the warrior" in Turkish.