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.
Nasim Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Nasim.
Borhani Persian
From the given name Borhan.
Jaansalu Estonian
Jaansalu is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaan's (a masculine given name) grove".
Tennojitani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjitani).
Klen Ukrainian, Russian
Means "maple" in Russian and Ukrainian.
Jadhav Indian, Marathi
Marathi variant of Yadav.
Halprin English
Halprin is the last name of the main character the book called Ashfall by Mike Mullin.
Heman Indian
The name 'Heman' is a Jewish name, meaning 'Faithfull'.... [more]
Monett French (Americanized)
Americanized form of Monet or Monette.
Ishi Japanese
Ishi means "stone".
Tirado Spanish
Likely a nickname for a person with long limbs, from the Spanish tirado meaning "stretched".
Cord Northern Irish
Reduced form of Mccord.
Sandvik Norwegian
Combination of Norwegian sand "sand" and vik "bay, inlet".
Kiiroja Estonian
Kiiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "fast (flowing) creek".
Talat Arabic
Derived from the given name Tal'at.
Pallmann German
The name Pallmann originates from the Landsuhl area of Bavaria, Germany (nor in Rhineland-Palatinate). The meaning of the name is unknown. Some Pallmanns came to America and Americanized the spelling, by dropping the second "n", while others retained the "n".
Teng Chinese
From Chinese 滕 (téng) referring to the ancient state of Teng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Eran Hebrew
From the Hebrew name Eran meaning "watchful, vigilant".
Sashko Ukrainian
From the given name Sasha.
Hosoo Japanese
From the Japanese 細 (hoso) "narrow" and 尾 (o) "tail."
Azmi Arabic
From the given name Azmi.
Vikat Estonian
Vikat is an Estonian surname meaning "scythe".
Marciuš Croatian
Derived from the Roman name Marcius.
Bolsonaro Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Bolzonaro; in the case of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (1955-), his Italian paternal great-grandfather had the spelling changed from Bolzonaro upon emigrating to Brazil in the late 19th century.
Esprit French
From the given name Esprit.
Zumbi Central African, Kimbundu, Lunda
From Kimbundu nzumbi meaning "ghost, spirit" or nzambi meaning "god".
Remmelkoor Estonian
Remmelkoor is an Estonian surname meaning "willow bark".
Keopraseuth Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ແກ້ວ​ປະ​ເສີດ (see Keopaseuth).
Rengel German (Swiss)
From a pet form of a Germanic personal name formed with rang "curved", "bending"; "slender".
Muñecas Spanish
It literally means "dolls" or "wrists".
Soete Low German
Derived from Low German söt /seut "sweet".
Appelman Dutch
Occupational name from Middle Dutch apelmanger "apple seller".
Hääl Estonian
Hääl is an Estonian surname meaning "voice".
Huotari Finnish
From the Karelian vernacular form of Fyodor.
Tuckerton English
Derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment", and tun "enclosure, yard".
Guay French
Variant of Gay.
Itsutsu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Mahmoudinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mahmoud" in Persian.
Karłowicz Polish
Patronymic from Karol 1 or Karl.
Cosijn Dutch
Meaning "cousin".
Sanyal Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Senlal (or Sen Lal) in present-day Bangladesh.
Taşçı Turkish
Means "stonemason, stonecutter" in Turkish.
Doyal Irish
Variant of Doyle.
Wimpey English
Perhaps a deliberate alteration of Impey. It is borne by George Wimpey, a British construction company, founded in Hammersmith, London in 1880 by George Wimpey (1855-1913)... [more]
Pantalion Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly an altered form of Pantaleón
Heidemann German, Jewish
Topographic name for a heathland dweller from heida "heath" (see Heid) and mann "man".
Karaca Turkish
Means "roe deer" in Turkish.
Satsuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).
Kinkade Scottish
Habitation name, from the lands of Kincaid in Scotland.
Israpilova Chechen, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Chechen/Kumyk Исрапилов (see Israpilov).
Curren Irish
Variant of Curran.
Rhein German
From the German name for the River Rhine, denoting somebody whom lived within close proximity to the river. The river name itself comes from a Celtic word meaning 'to flow' (Welsh redan, 'run, flow').
Tsunami Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".
Lucchesi Italian
Variant form of Lucchese.
Rostovsky Russian
Referring to a region in Southwestern Russia named "Rostov".
Qutb Arabic
Means "pole" in Arabic.
O'Kelly Irish
Variant of Kelly 1.
De La Hoya Spanish
Means "of the hole" in Spanish.
Girardot French
Diminutive of the given name Gérard.
Çoban Turkish
Means "shepherd" in Turkish.
Awa Japanese
From Japanese 阿波 (Awa) meaning "Awa", a former Japanese province in present-day Tokushima, Japan.
Mulkerin Irish
The Irish surname Mulkerin is an anglicied rendering of the Gaelic surname O'Maoilchiarain which means ,literally, "descendant of a follower of Saint Ciaran", the Irish saint who founded the great monastery at Clonmacnois... [more]
Kyugoku Japanese
A variant of Kyogoku.
Mijović Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mijo".
Bern German, Scandinavian
From the short form of the given names starting with the Germanic element bern "bear".
Yu Korean
Korean form of Liu, from Sino-Korean 劉 (yu).
Marceau French
From the given name Marcel.
La Cognata Italian
From Sicilian cugnata "hatchet". Compare Cugno.
Sébastien French
From the given name Sébastien.
Winkle English
it's said to originate from the village of Wincle, near the town of Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire.
Marulanda Spanish
topographic or habitational name referring to a house named with maru 'Moor' + landa '(large) field prairie'.
Foglia Italian
From Italian foglia "leaf".
Drielsma Dutch, Jewish
Derived from the Frisian town IJlst. IJlst in Frisian is Drylts > Dryls > Driels combined with the Frisian surname suffix -(s)ma, which is most likely derived from Old Frisian monna meaning "men". Drielsma has Frisian Jewish origins.... [more]
Anunoby Nigerian (?)
A famous bearer is the British basketball player O.G. Anunoby (1997-).
Ramezanzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Ramezan" in Persian.
Crisologo Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Crisólogo primarily used in the Philippines.
Verwest Dutch
Contracted form of Van Der Vest.
Radhakrishnan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Derived from Sanskrit राधा कृष्ण (rādhā-kṛṣṇa), a combination of Radha and Krishna... [more]
Gorelik Russian
Russian form of Horelyk.
Zahavi Hebrew, Jewish
From Hebrew זהב (zahav) meaning "gold", commonly used as a replacement for Ashkenazi surnames containing the element gold, such as Goldman, Goldstein or Goldberg.
Holford English
Habitational name from any of the places named Holford or similar in England, all derived from Old English hol "hole, hollow" and ford "ford".
Flament French, Flemish
French and Flemish cognate of Fleming.
Fujiura Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and ura means "bay, beach".
Soomro Pakistani, Sindhi
From the name of the city of سامراء (Sāmarrāʾ) in present-day Iraq. This is the name of a Sindhi tribe in southeastern Pakistan, along with a historical regional dynasty in India (the Soomra).
Zaid Arabic
From the given name Zaid.
Citroën French
Either a variant of Citron or a cognate of Citroen.
Maurović Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mauro".
Weir Scottish, English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a dam or weir on a river.
Donatucci Italian
From a pet form of the given name Donato.
Bluhm German
German alternate spelling of the Italian surname, Blum meaning flower.
Cimarosa Italian
Possibly derived from Italian cima "top, peak, summit" combined with either rossa "red" or rosa "rose (flower); pink (colour)". If the former, it may be a habitational name derived from Cima Rossa, a mountain in the Alps... [more]
Beres Hungarian
Occupational name for a farm laborer or casual harvest hand, béres, a derivative of bér 'wage', 'payment'.
Hagu Estonian
Hagu is an Estonian surname meaning "brush".
Newey English
Topographic name for someone who lived at a "new enclosure", from Middle English newe "new" and haga "enclousire".
De La Peña Spanish
Means "of the Rock" in Spanish.
Čobanski Croatian (Rare)
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Girgenti Italian, Sicilian
Habitational name for someone from Agrigento in Sicily which was called Girgenti until 1927.
Hodson English
Hodson is a very interesting surname in that it has multiple origins, depending on the Hodson lineage in question. ... [more]
Sanctus Medieval Italian
Sanctus is a very old graphic form in Italy and it means santo (saint).
Bodnaru Romanian
Romanian form of Bodnár.
Palazuelos Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Palazuelos a diminutive of Palacios.
Agostino Italian
From the given name Agostino.
Hengst German, Dutch
metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with or bred horses or a nickname for a brave strong man from Middle High German and Middle Dutch hengest "stallion" also "gelding" derived from Old Germanic hangist "stallion"... [more]
Annamaa Estonian
Annamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "give land".
Lenkeit German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) surname.... [more]
Messer Scottish
Occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, Middle English, Older Scots mess(i)er, from Old French messier (see Messier).
Chekh Ukrainian
Means "Czech".
Abruzzi Popular Culture (Italianized)
Means "from Abruzzo". This is the last name of the character John Abruzzi from the show 'Prison Break'.
Moilanen Finnish
From the given name Moila, a Karelian diminutive of the Russian given name Samuil.
Palginõmm Estonian
Palginõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "timber heath".
Wahab Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Wahab.
Krieger German
Noun to kriegen, kämpfen meaning "to fight (with words)". Describes a person who likes to argue. A wrangler, a quarreler, a brawler. Literal translation "warrior", from the German noun krieg "war" and the suffix -er.
Abad Judeo-Spanish
Nickname from abad ‘priest’ (from Late Latin abbas ‘priest’, genitive abbatis, from the Aramaic word meaning ‘father’). The application is uncertain: it could be a nickname, an occupational name for the servant of a priest, or denote an (illegitimate) son of a priest.
Rivareua Ligurian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous frazione of the commune of Carasco.
Dragão Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Drago.
Knape German
Variant of Knapp.
Vial English, French
from a personal name derived from Latin Vitalis (see Vitale). The name became common in England after the Norman Conquest both in its learned form Vitalis and in the northern French form Viel.
Cesari Italian
Variant of Cesare.
Gingras French (Quebec), French
Western France variant of Gingreau, possibly derived from Old French ginguer ("to frolick, to dance")
Kergoat Breton, French
From Breton ker "Village" or "Area" and koad "Woods".
Meer Dutch, Low German
Means "lake, pool, marsh", from Old Germanic *mari "lake; sea, ocean". Compare Van der Meer.
Riehl German (Austrian), German
Either from the given name Rühle or a from the location of Rühle or Riehl.
Klor German (Austrian)
The Klor surname may have evolved from the feminine personal name Klara. Or it may have come from the Middle High German and Middle Low German "Klar," meaning "Pure" or "Beautiful".
Huff English (Rare)
Short form of Humphrey. It is almost exclusively used as short for the surname, not for the first name.
Proctor English
Occupational name for a legal practitioner in an ecclesiastical court or a person appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves (i.e., lepers and the bedridden), from Middle English proctour "steward", ultimately a contracted form derived from Latin procurator "agent, manager"... [more]
Yousafzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai). A notable bearer is Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (1997-).
Hafez Arabic
Derived from the given name Hafiz.
Dimadukot Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unobtainable" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and dukot meaning "pull, draw out".
Atmore English
Locational surname derived from Middle English atte more meaning "at the marsh".
Karunachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Häuter German, Jewish
German cognate of Skinner, from German haut "skin, hide".
Okuro Japanese
From 奥 (oku) meaning "interior, inner part, inside" combined with 梠 (ro, ryo, hisashi) meaning "companion, follower".
Beakley English
The surname Beakley is a nickname for a person with a prominent nose. Looking back further, we find the name Beakley was originally from the Old English word beke or the Old French word bec, each of which referred to the beak of a bird.
Basler German
Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Basel, Switzerland.
Hatter English
This name derives from the Old English pre 7th Century "haet" meaning a hat and was originally given either as an occupational name to a maker or seller of hats
Etheridge English
Derived from the given name Aldrich.
Witt German
Either from the given name Wittigo or from Middle Low German witte "white", a nickname for a pale person or someone with white hair.
Goedeke Low German
Low German surname composed of the element gode and the diminutive suffix -ke. Gode can mean either "good", "God" or "a Goth".
Minervino Italian
a habitational name from either of two places, Minervino di Lecce or Minervino Murge, in the provinces of Lecce and Bari, which take their names from ancient temples dedicated to the Roman goddess Minerva.
Yetim Turkish
Means "orphan" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic يتيم (yatim).
Porss Estonian
Porss is an Estonian surname meaning "bog myrtle" and "bayberry".
Pita Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese: from Spanish, Portuguese pita ‘chicken’ or in some cases possibly from the plant pita ‘pita’, ‘American aloe’, presumably a topographic name.
Nariyama Japanese
Nari means "thunder" and yama means "mountain, hill".
Lamborghini Italian
Probably from Germanic landa "land" and burg "fortress, castle".
Rolls English
Possibly derived from the Latin word rotus, meaning "wheel". It would indicate one who built wheels as a living. A famous bearer was American inventor and entrepreneur Charles Rolls (1877-1910), founder of the Rolls-Royce Ltd along with Henry Royce (1863-1933).
Parsaie Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پارسایی (see Parsaei).
Thornbury English
From the name of various places in England, derived from Old English þorn "thorn" and burg "fortress, fortification, citadel".
Quaker English, Scottish
This surname was used to indicate someone who worked as a son of a vicar, who was a priest in charge of a parish in which most or all of the tithes were paid to another recipient, while the vicar received a stipend.
McDunn Irish
Variant of Dunn.
Litchfield English
locational origin either from Lichfield, south east of Stafford in Staffordshire, or from Litchfield in Hampshire... [more]
Čelik Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian "čelik", ultimately from Turkish çelik, meaning "steel".
Jerkovac Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Jerko.
Gabdrakhimova Tatar
From given name Gabdrakhim
Maleki Persian
From the given name Malek.
Müsch German
Either a habitational name from a place named Müsch in Germany, or a topographic name meaning "bog", perhaps given to someone living near a bog.
Sakamata Japanese
Perhaps from surname of Naoya Sakamata, who was a composer of dark music.
Stults German
The Stults surname is derived from the German word "stoltz," which means "proud," and as such, it was most likely originally a nickname, which became a hereditary surname.
Broadhead English
From Old English brad "wide, broad" and heafod "head", a topographic name for someone who lived by a broad headland.
Malik Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Malik 1.
Uratsuji Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"
Benyamin Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Yamin" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).
Serrallonga Catalan
Taken from the name of a town in the Vallespir district, in Northern Catalonia.
Miyahoshi Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple, palace" and hoshi means "star".
Kurumi Japanese (Rare)
From 栗 (kurumi) meaning "chestnut".
Centofante Italian
Variant form of Centofanti.
Mcgarrie Scottish, Irish
Irish name meaning 'the son of the descendant of the fearless one'.
Abeyewardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේවර්ධන (see Abeywardana).
Avigdori Jewish (Rare)
Surname variation of Avigdor, used to distinguish from said first name Avigdor.
Răducan Romanian
Means "son of Radu".
Luongo Italian
Neapolitan form of Longo.
Inutile Italian
Means "useless" in Italian.
Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.
Gayen Bengali
Occupational name for a singer or bard of traditional Bengali music, ultimately derived from Sanskrit गै (gai) meaning "to sing".
Razavi Persian
From the given name Reza.
Katziyr Hebrew
Variant of Katzir.
Stål Swedish
Means "steel" in Swedish.
Lafayette French
The name of Marquis de Lafayette; a famous French man during the revolutionary war.
Khuan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Huang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Gilmor Hebrew (Modern)
Combination of the surnames Gil and Mor, means "happy myrrh" in Hebrew, also a modern Hebrew version of the surname Gilmore.
Dorkenoo Akan
Meaning unknown.
Smout Dutch, Flemish
Means "oil, lard, melted animal fat" in Dutch, an occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, or a nickname for someone who ate – or who could afford to eat – large amounts of food containing it.
Watney English
Probably means "person from Watney", an unidentified place in England (the second syllable means "island, area of dry land in a marsh"; cf. Rodney, Whitney)... [more]
Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".
Hamed Arabic
From the given name Hamed.
Hosen Bengali
Derived from the given name Husayn.
Hitchcock English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval name Hitch. A famous bearer of the name was English film director Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980).
Mulcaster English (Modern)
The surname Mulcaster was first found in Cumberland where they trace their lineage back to the place name Muncaster, home of Muncaster Castle, a privately owned castle overlooking the Esk river, near the west-coastal town of Ravenglass in Cumbria which dates back at least 800 years. 
Houseman English
Referred to a man who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut (see House). Famous bearers of this name include Romanian-British-American actor John Houseman (1902-1988; real name Jacques Haussmann), Argentine soccer player René Houseman (1953-2018) and Canadian actor Tyson Houseman (1990-).
Janeczek Polish
From a pet form of the personal name Jan 1.