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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Toriumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".
Leviyev Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Levi".
Oak Korean
Variant transcription of Ok.
Woosencraft Welsh
though this surname has an exotic look & attracts legends, it has it's origins in the Lancashire place name Wolstencraft, from elements Wulfstan (personal name) + croft ("enclosure")
Ehrenreich German, Jewish, Yiddish
Jewish/Yiddish German ornamental surname meaning “Rich in honour”
Hisamoto Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Schelin Swedish
Combination of an unknown element (probably derived from a place name) and the common surname suffix -in.
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.
Grainville French
Original French form of Granville, from locations in France called Grainville from the given name Guarin and ville "town" meaning "Guarin's town".
Rzayev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Rza".
Clore English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Klor (from a short form of the medieval personal name Hilarius (see Hillary) or Klar).
Jaggard English
The name Jaggard is rooted in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It was originally a name for someone who worked as a person who tends draughthorses.
Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (yasu) means "cheap, low, inexpensive, rested, peaceful, relax".良 (ra) means "good, excellent", and 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill"... [more]
Belkadi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic بن قاضي (bin qadi) meaning "son of the judge".
Chrysikakis Greek
The surname comes from the Greek word for gold "χρυσός".
Viard French
from the ancient Germanic personal name Withard from the elements widu "wood forest" and hard "hard".
Bağırzadə Azerbaijani
Means "descendant of Bağır", using the Persian suffix زاده (zade) meaning "offspring".
Forslöf Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish fors "rapid" and löv "leaf".
La Hui
From the Arabic surname al-Din.
Roose English, Dutch, German
Variant spelling of Rose 1, Rose 2, Roos or Ross.
Põldots Estonian
Põldots is an Estonian surname meaning "field end".
Kaba Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".
Etxegarai Basque
Means "house on top of a hill", derived from Basque etxe "house, home, building" and garai "top, highest part".
Stancil English
English habitational name from a place so named in South Yorkshire.
Fernow German
Habitational name from a place called Fernau or Fernow.
Ojalill Estonian
Ojalill is an Estonian surname meaning "stream flower".
Ferding Scandinavian
Meaning unknown.
Duque Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Duke. from duque "duke" (from Latin dux genitive ducis "leader") an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.
Hanmer Welsh
A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.
Cleaveland English
Spelling variant of Cleveland.
Zahid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zahid.
Ichinomiya Japanese
This surname is used as 一宮, 一の宮, 一ノ宮, 一之宮 or 市之宮 with 一 (ichi, itsu, hito, hito.tsu) meaning "one," 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" or 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess."... [more]
Lokhande Indian, Marathi
Derived from Marathi लोखंड (lokhanda) meaning "iron", either a nickname for a person who was strong and well-built or an occupational name for a blacksmith.
Wenig German
From the German word “wenig”, meaning little.
Caswell English
Habitational name from places in Dorset, Northamptonshire, and Somerset named Caswell, from Old English cærse '(water)cress' + well(a) 'spring', 'stream'.
Beteta Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Kamaliazad Pakistani, Persian
It's derived from the words Kamali meaning "Ascetic's blanket" & aazaad meaning "free or independent", or even kamaal-i-aazaad meaning "perfection of the free, or independent".
Valgemäe Estonian
Valgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "white hill".
Headlee English (Rare)
The Anglo-Saxon name Headlee comes from when the family resided in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Headley in Hampshire is the oldest. The surname Headlee belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
Hajian Persian
From Persian حاجی (haji) meaning "hajji" (of Arabic origin), referring to a person who has participated in the حج (hajj), the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.
Gall Scottish, Irish, English
Nickname, of Celtic origin, meaning "foreigner" or "stranger". In the Scottish Highlands the Gaelic term gall was applied to people from the English-speaking lowlands and to Scandinavians; in Ireland the same term was applied to settlers who arrived from Wales and England in the wake of the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century... [more]
Ben Dor Hebrew
Means “son of Dor” in Hebrew.
Jacquot French
From the given name Jacquot, a diminutive of Jacques.
Tsunami Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".
Bligh English
Variant of Blythe.
Pennilope Spanish (Latin American)
Pennilope is a type of surname. It is a type of bike aswell it is almost like a tricycle with 2 sets of stabilisers.
Quackenbosch Dutch
Topographic name meaning "night heron woodlands" in Dutch, from Dutch kwak "night heron" and bosch "woodland wilderness". This surname is now extinct in the Netherlands.
Agam Hebrew (Modern)
Rare variant of the surname Agami, which came from the Hebrew name Agam, means "lake".
Pleve Dutch (Russified)
Russified form of Plehve.
Högberg Swedish
Means "high mountain" in Swedish, a combination of hög "high" and berg "mountain".
Al-tayyib Arabic
Means "the pleasant one" from Arabic طيب (tayyib).
Jalloh Western African, Fula
Variant of Diallo primarily used in Sierra Leone.
Misaka Japanese (Modern)
This name is from Japanese anime A Certain Scientific Railgun's protagonist.
Zrnić Serbian
Derivative of Serbian tribal name located in Ozrinići, Montenegro.
Daugaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix dau of unknown origin. ... [more]
Label French
Variant of Labelle.
Stutts German
Variation of Stutz. From the webpage: https://venere.it/en/the-meaning-and-history-of-the-last-name-stutz/ ... [more]
Emly English
Variant of Elmley.
Hosodaki Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Daki (滝) means "waterfall". Daki is a variant of Taki and it changed the T to D due to rendaku. See also Hosotaki
Nakagame Japanese
仲 (Naka) means "relation" and game is a variation of 亀 (kame), which means "turtle, tortoise".
Niedermeyer German
Means "lower farmer", a distinguishing name for a farmer who worked further south or in a low-lying location.
Klug German (Austrian)
First recorded in the early 14th century in present-day Austria (southeastern region of the Holy Roman Empire at that time). The surname was derived from the ancient Germanic word kluoc meaning "noble" or "refined".... [more]
Leopardi Italian
From the medieval given name Leopardus. A famous bearer of this surname is Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), one of the most influential Italian poets.
Miskinis Lithuanian
Topographic name from miškinis ‘forest’, ‘forest spirit’. This name is also established in Poland.
Hasebe Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase) and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Cernivani Italian
Probably an Italianized form of the Slovenian surname Černivan.
Åslund Swedish
Combination of Swedish ås "ridge, esker" and lund "grove".
Lillywhite English
From a medieval nickname for someone with very fair hair or complexion. It was borne by English cricketers James Lillywhite (1842-1929), first captain of England, and William Lillywhite (1792-1854), pioneer of overarm bowling, uncle of James... [more]
Amadeu Portuguese
From the given name Amadeu.
Dierking Low German, Dutch
Habitational name from a farm so named which once belonged to a certain Dierk and his kin, for instance Dircking (nowadays Derkink) in Enschede.
Blumbarg Yiddish
It literally means "bloom barrow".
Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"
Kimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Ellefsen Norwegian
Means "son of Ellef".
Toney English
Derived from the given name Anthony.
Dodson English (British)
Means "son of Dodd" (see Dudda).
Sohrab Persian, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sohrab.
Nitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.
Pung Estonian
Pung is an Estonian surname meaning "bud".
Estrela Portuguese
The surname Estrela, of Portuguese origin, means "star," symbolizing guidance, hope, and celestial beauty, and is commonly found in Portugal.
Zielinsky Polish, Russian
Russian form and variant of Zieliński.
Hakobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Leufroy French
From the given name Leufroy.
Kuusisto Finnish
Means "spruce forest" in Finnish, from Finnish kuusi "spruce" combined with a collective forming suffix.
Jül Turkish
From the given name Jül, a form of Julius.
Kranich German
Nickname for a long-legged or tall and slender person, from Middle High German kranech "crane".
Buerk German (Anglicized)
German from a short form of the personal name Burkhardt, a variant of Burkhart.
Don Scottish
Don derives from the Old Gaelic "donn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", dull brown or dark, and was originally given as a distinguishing nickname to someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion.
Chichigov Chechen
Meaning unknown.
Dodgson English
Patronymic form of Dodge.
Karakaş Turkish
Means "black eyebrow" from Turkish kara meaning "black, dark" and kaş meaning "eyebrow".
Org Estonian
Org is an Estonian surname meaning "valley".
Iovino Italian
From an Italian form of the Latin given name Jovinus "of Jove", or in some cases a variant of Iovine.
Litherland English
From a place name: either Litherland in Merseyside or Uplitherland in Lancashire. The place names themselves derive from Old Norse hlið "hillside, slope" (genitive form hliðar) and Old English land "land".
Allerton English
Mayflower passengers
Farnam Persian
From the given name Farnam.
Duck Dutch
Dutch variant of Duyck. In a German-speaking environment, this is also a variant of van Dyck and Dyck.
Gastel Dutch
Means "from Gastel", a toponym derived from gastel "inn, guesthouse" (related to gast "guest, stranger").
Madina Various
Meaning unknown.
Munguía Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mungia.
Mac Odhráin Irish
"Son of Odhrán" from the longer "Mac GilleOdrain"
Barrach Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic spelling of Dunbar.
Wentworth English
Habitational name from places in Cambridgeshire and South Yorkshire called Wentworth, both from the Old English byname Wintra or winter, both meaning "winter", and Old English worþ "enclosure".
Nukufuyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.
Łukasiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the personal name Łukasz.
Žaba Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Zhaba.
Chengcuenca Filipino
From Cuenca de Cheng, "Cheng's basin" in Spanish
Lanigan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lonagáin 'descendant of Lonagán
Adhikari Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अधिकारिन् (adhikarin) meaning "official, authority, officer".
Fukae Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and e means "inlet, river".
Bolger Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Bolguidir.
Mac Con Charraige Irish
Means "son of the hound of the rock" in Irish, from Irish "hound" and carraig "rock".
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".
Suzumura Japanese
From Japanese 錫 (suzu) meaning "copper, tin" or 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" combined with 村 (mura) meaning "village, town". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
Preshaw English (British, Rare)
This surname is a habitational name from a locality near Upham on the slopes of the South Downs. It is entirely within a private estate and has its own chapel.
Lavelle French
From Old French val "valley".... [more]
Germanotta Italian
Possibly derived from a diminutive form of the feminine given name Germana. A famous bearer of the surname is singer Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta).
Kunihiko Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and hiko means "prince".
Kristenson English
Anglicized form of Kristensen
Hochfeld German
Means "high field".
Montalto Italian, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province in Italy or from a place in Portugal called Montalto from monte "hill" and alto "high" (from Latin altus).
Cen Chinese
From Chinese 岑 (cén) referring to the ancient fief of Cen, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.
Gere English
Variant of Geer, Gehr or Geary, all related to the Old High German element gēr (Old English gār, Old Norse geirr) meaning "spear, arrow". A famous bearer is American actor Richard Gere (b... [more]
Casillas Spanish
From any of various places called Casillas or Las Casillas, from the plural of casilla, a diminutive of Casa. ... [more]
Kanner German Jewish
Occupational name for a person who makes jugs. It was borne by Leo Kanner who first recorded the neurological disorder, Autism
Kurosaki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Fellows English
English: patronymic from Fellow, from Middle English felagh, felaw late Old English feolaga ‘partner’, ‘shareholder’ (Old Norse félagi, from fé ‘fee’, ‘money’ + legja to lay down)... [more]
Prideaux Cornish
Means "person from Prideaux, earlier Pridias", Cornwall (perhaps based on Cornish prȳ "clay"). The modern Frenchified spelling is based on the idea that the name comes from French près d'eaux "near waters" or pré d'eaux "meadow of waters".
Rafail Greek, Russian
From the given name Rafail.
Formaggio Italian
Occupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.
Tanda Japanese
From Japanese 反 (tan) referring to a unit of areal measure (equivalent to about 991.7 metres squared) and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Zachar Jewish, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Belarusian
Derived from the Hebrew word זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember". As a surname it can also derive from the given name Zakhar (Zechariah) that shares this etymology.
Malewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Malewo in Masovian, Łódź, Pomeranian and Greater Poland voivodeships, or Malewice in Podlaskie Voivodeship. Both place names are named with the personal name Mal, a short form of Old Polish Małomir, based on Old Slavic malъ ‘small, little’.
Mckiernan Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Thighearnáin, a patronymic from a diminutive of the personal name Tighearna.
Bajārs Latvian
Derived from the Slavic title boyar.
Red English
Variant of Read 1.
Orłowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Orłów, Orłowo or Orły, all derived from Polish orzeł meaning "eagle".
Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".
Atefi Persian
From the given name Atef.
Iri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Hanes English, Welsh
variant spelling of Haynes.
Uxbridge English
Place in England. Like Enfield.
Gouda Indian, Hindi, Odia
Alternate transcription of Gauda.
Roper English
English: occupational name for a maker or seller of rope, from an agent derivative of Old English rāp ‘rope’. See also Roop.
Okochi Japanese
Variant transcription of Ookouchi.
Cai Hui
From the Arabic name Osman.
D'abbeville French
Means "of Abbeville" Abbeville is a commune in France. Takes its name from Latin Abbatis Villa meaning "Abbot's Village".
Royse English
From the medieval female given name Royse the medieval form of Rose. Variant of Rose 2.
Sirelpuu Estonian
Sirelpuu is an Estonian name meaning "lilac tree".
Held German, Jewish, Dutch
Means "hero" in German, ultimately derived from Middle High German helt. This name was bestowed upon a person either in its literal meaning or else in an ironic sense.
Bajrami Albanian
Derived from the given name Bajram.
Kuzmych Ukrainian
Means "child of Kuzma".
Maréchal French, Walloon
French cognate of Marshall and variant of Marchal.
Layuk Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian лаяти (layaty), meaning "to scold, to yell at".
Okusawa Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Falso Italian
Not much history is known for Falso however, it was common surrounding Napoli, Lazio, Latin, and Roma. It means False, phony, fake. Because of this, the surname has spread globally especially to United States of America and Brazil... [more]
Yanshiji Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).
Kuromiya Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) "black" and 宮 (miya) "shrine, palace". Notable bearers are Kiyoshi Kuromiya (1943-2000), an author and human rights activist and Hiroaki Kuromiya (1953-), a Japanese-American historian on the Soviet Union and modern Eastern Europe.
Gadot Hebrew
Means "riverbanks" in Hebrew.
Tripoli Italian
Habitational name from Tripoli in Libya, a place name of Greek origin meaning "triple city", from the elements τρι- (tri-) "three, thrice" and πόλις (polis) "city".
Nowag German
German form of Novak.
Strauß German, Jewish
An older spelling of Strauss, which is only used in Germany and Austria.
Inthalangsy Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) meaning "lord, king", also referring to the Hindu god Indra, and ລັງສີ (langsy) meaning "ray, beam".
Anaya Basque
From Basque Anaia, a given name or byname meaning "brother".
Brister English
From old English to break stone.
Kerbel English, German, Russian (Rare)
Means "chervil" in German, a parsley-related herb. The surname probably came into England via Germanic relations between the two languages, hence it being most common in German & English countries.
Dollins English (British)
Variant of Dollin, with post-medieval excrescent -s, itself a variant of Dolling, a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English word dolling douling dulling meaning “dull or stupid one” (compare Doll)... [more]
Palling Estonian
Palling is an Estonian surname meaning "serve".
Aydyn Turkish (Russified)
Russified form of Aydın.
Doroshenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Dorosh".
Weerawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවර්ධන (see Weerawardana).
Cowdell English (British)
Cowdell is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Coldwell' (v. Caldwell), a township in the union of Bellingham, Northumberland Also of Colwell, a township in the union of Hexham, same county.
Zwingli Swiss
Possibly derived from a place name in Toggenburg, Switzerland. A notable bearer was Huldrych Zwingli (1484 – 1531), leader of the protestant reformation in Switzerland, who was born in Wildhaus, Toggenburg... [more]
Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.
Crook English, Scottish
Topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in a river or road, derived from Old English *croc "crook, bend".
Bondesson Swedish
Means "son of Bonde", or possibly "son of a farmer".
Olivas Catalan
Variant spelling of Olives, habitational name from Olives in Girona province, or a topographic name from the plural of Oliva.
Macduff Scottish Gaelic
From the ancient Scottish Gaelic Mac duib meaning "son of the black/dark man." This name may have originated as a ethnic term about the native Scots used by Viking conquestors during the later half of the First Millenium... [more]
Holtzmann Upper German, German
Derived from the Upper German word "holz," which means "forest." Thus many of the names that evolved from this root work have to do with living in the woods
Quant Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch quant meaning "companion, comrade" or "trickster, prankster, rogue", ultimately from an older term meaning "journeyman, tradesman, small merchant". Compare Quandt.
Palomeque Spanish, South American
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Aru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Ugarte Basque
Means "island" in Basque, ultimately derived from ur "water" and -arte "between".
Kiyosaka Japanese
Kiyo means "pure, clean" and saka means "slope, hill".
Yumibe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).
Venzin Romansh
Derived from the given name Vincentius.
Bodi French
The United State Version of Bodi is an alteration of the French name Baudin. The name also has roots from Hungary.
Matsui Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Azumagakito Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東垣外 (see Higashigaito).
Stocke English
English: A topographic name for someone who lived near the trunk or stump of a large tree, Middle English Stocke (Old English Stocc)... [more]
Pasqualini Italian
Derived from Pasqualino, a diminutive of the given name Pasquale.
Diop Western African, Wolof
From Joob, the name of a Wolof clan, derived from a totemic word meaning "black craned swan" or "peacock".
Um Korean
Transliteration of the Korean reading of hanja 嚴 from Chinese meaning “stern”
Allemann German (Swiss)
Derived from German Alemanne, originally "member of the Alemanni tribe", this word came to denote "of Germanic descent". It was used to refer to members of the German-speaking population of Switzerland (as opposed to those who spoke one of the Romance languages; compare Welsch).
Eik Norwegian
From Norwegian eik meaning "oak".
Brunswick English, German
English habitational name from the city in Saxony now known in German as Braunschweig. ... [more]
Mac Muireadhaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Muireadhach"
Boran Turkish
From the given name Boran
Iriomote Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.
Ben Mohamed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Mohamed" (chiefly Maghrebi).
Lavecchia Italian
Means "the old (one)" or "the old lady" in Italian, a nickname for a man who fussed like an old woman, or for someone from an old family. It can also denote someone from a toponym containing the element vecchia.
Chay Khmer
Variant transcription of Chhay.
Saragih Batak
Simalungun clan name derived from the prefix sa- combined with Simalungun ragih meaning "rule, arrange".
Famos Romansh
Corruption of Vonmoos.
Iwaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".
Cugno Italian
From Sicilian cugnu "wedge", indicating someone who lived on a hill or other topographical "wedge", someone whose occupation involved using an axe, or a person who was considered to be hard or angular in personality or appearance.