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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Monsivais Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monsiváis): Perhaps A Topographic Name Derived From Latin Mons Silvaticus ‘Wooded Mountain’ Or A Habitational Name From Monsivalls A Hill In Ribagorza In Huesca Province (Spain) Named From Latin Monte Ipsa Vallis ‘Mount Of The Valley’.
Jessie English
Possibly a variant of Jessey, an occupational name for someone making jesses (a short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry).
Augustyn Polish
From the given name Augustyn.
Sarıkaya Turkish
From Turkish sarı meaning "yellow" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".
Dollahan Irish
Variant of Hallahan, meaning "Descendent of Áilleacháin"
Lösch Low German, Upper German
North German metonymic occupational name for a maker of fine leather, from Middle Low German losche ‘fine leather’. South German variant of Lesch (see Loesch).
Skerry Irish
Variant of Scarry or Scurry.
Tiitsmaa Estonian
Tiitsmaa is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Tiit" and "maa ("land"); "Tiit's land".
Vitsut Estonian
Vitsut is an Estonian surname derived from "vitsutama", meaning "whip", switch", or "hoop".
Kitano Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hollier English, French
Occupational name for a male brothel keeper, from a dissimilated variant of Old French horier "pimp", which was the agent noun of hore "whore, prostitute". Hollier was probably also used as an abusive nickname in Middle English and Old French.... [more]
Elkjær Danish
From Danish el meaning "alder" and kær meaning "fen, marsh". Danish former soccer player Preben Elkjær Larsen (1957-) bears this name.
Cucina Italian
Cucina means "kitchen" in Italian.
Kalahasthi Sanskrit
It is derived from the Sanskrit words “kala,” which mean “time”, and “hasthi,” which means “elephant”. Together, the name means “the elephant of time,” which is a reference to the goddess Kali, who is often depicted riding on the back of an elephant... [more]
Kar Turkish
Means "snow" in Turkish.
Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Chaugule Marathi
Derived from Marathi चौगुला (chaugula) meaning "village officer".
Sakurashima Japanese
Sakura means "cherry blossom" and shima means "island".
Irikura Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and kura means "have, possess, storehouse, warehouse".
Blumbarg Yiddish
It literally means "bloom barrow".
Sabat French
Nickname for a noisy, rowdy person, from Middle French sab(b)at "noise", "racket".
Adlan Arabic
From the given name Adlan.
Angelson English
Means son of Angel.
Ong Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Weng.
Tsudzumi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as either 鼓 or 都積 with 鼓 (ko, tsudzumi) meaning "beat, drum, muster, rouse", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 積 (seki, tsu.mu, tsu.mori, tsu.moru, -dzu.mi) meaning "acreage, amass, contents, load, pile, up, stack, volume."... [more]
Kaji Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "wind". This is the last name of famous Japanese voice actor from Tokyo Japan, Yūki Kaji.
Hryniewski Polish
It indicates familial origin within any of several Polesian villages named "Hryniewicze".
Wazowski Popular Culture
The name of the main character in Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. In Polish, it would be pronounced as vazz-OV-skee, instead now replacing all the letter W to make the V sound.
Scutti Italian
From Sicilian scutu, "shield".
Gann German
Topographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree, Middle High German gant.
Hassanpour Persian
Means "son of Hassan" in Persian.
Tsurubami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鶴喰 (Tsurubami) meaning "Tsurubami", an area in the city of Rokunohe in the district of Kamikita in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]
Hadjópulos Greek (Hispanicized, Expatriate), Mexican (Rare)
Spanish form of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).
Doron Hebrew
From the given name Doron.
Orfanelli Italian
Means "little orphans" in Italian, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀρφᾰνός "without parents; bereft". Given to children raised in an orphanage.
Chea Chinese
Variant of Xie.
Nataf Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Hebrew נטף (nataf) meaning "gum, resin" or "stacte", referring to a type of spice used in preparing incense.
Aielts Dutch (Americanized)
Probably an Americanized form of Aeijelts, a patronymic from the given name Aaielt, a diminutive of Agiwald or Adelwald.
Van Ruisdael Dutch
Means "from Ruisdael", the name of a lost castle, also called Ruisschendaal, near the village of Blaricum in North Holland, the Netherlands. It means "noisy valley" in Dutch. This name was borne by members of the Van Ruisdael family of artists during the Dutch Golden Age, notably the landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael (c... [more]
Simbolon Batak
From the Batak prefix si for place names and bolon meaning "big, large, grand".
Talgatov Kazakh
Means "son of Talgat".
Gierc English, Polish
Pronounciation: Rhymes with "pierce." Hard "g" (as in "goat"). ... [more]
Saygı Turkish
Means "respect, esteem" in Turkish.
Chaleunsouk Lao
From Lao ຈະເລີນ (chaleun) meaning "flourish, prosper, much, many" and ສຸກ (souk) meaning "happiness, pleasure, joy".
Truuväärt Estonian
Truuväärt is an Estonian surname meaning "true worth". Ultimately derived from German.
Myoi Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.
McAtamney Northern Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac An Tiompánaigh
San Gabriel Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Gabriel" in Spanish.
Kwiatek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of Kwiat.
Rahimzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Rahim" in Persian.
Cusimanno Italian, Sicilian
from the personal name Cusimano which may be a fusion of two Christian saints' names: Cosma and Damiano with a loss of the last syllable of one and the first of the other... [more]
Ó Cuill Irish
Meaning, "wood, forest, or shrub hazel tree."
Tulkki Finnish
Means "interpreter, translator" in Finnish.
Gierlachowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Gierlachów.
Seul French
From Fr. "only, alone"
Siamaki Persian
From the given name Siamak.
Własow Polish
Polish form of Vlasov.
Faria Portuguese, Italian
Faria is a Portuguese surname. A habitational name from either of two places called Faria, in Braga and Aveiro. ... [more]
Mughal Urdu
Means "Mughal, Moghul" in Urdu, derived from Persian مغول‎ (moghul) meaning "Mongol". This was the name of the dynasty (of Mongol origin) that ruled much of South Asia from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Fiorelli Italian
The surname Fiorelli was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearly 10,000... [more]
Maihara Japanese
A Japanese surname formed from the kanji characters 舞 (Mai, "dance") and 原 (Hara, "field" or "plain"). The meaning could be interpreted as "dancing field/plains" or "field/plain of dance".
Pang Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hakka)
Cantonese and Hakka romanization of Peng.
Gołyński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Gołyń.
Abeynaike Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේනායක (see Abeynayake).
Rangkuti Batak
From a rapid pronunciation of the nickname Orang Yang Ditakuti meaning "The Feared One".
Espíritu Spanish
From a short form of Spanish del Espíritu Santo meaning "of the Holy Spirit, of the Holy Ghost" (Latin Spiritus Sanctus), which was the second part of religious compound names formed from the bearer's given name and del Espíritu Santo... [more]
Sin Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shan.
Fynch English
Variant of Finch.
Maksymov Ukrainian
Ukrainian transcription of Максимов (see Maksimov), meaning "son of Maksym".
Rasel Bengali
From the given name Rasul.
Piip Estonian
Piip is an Estonian surname meaning "pipe".
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of He, from Sino-Vietnamese 何 (hà).
Senewiratne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Sapienza Italian
Means "knowledge, wisdom" in Italian.
Helmsley English
This English habitational name originates with the North Yorkshire village of Helmsley, named with the Old English personal name Helm and leah, meaning 'clearing'.
Varadarajan Indian, Hindi
Derived from Hindi वरदराजन (varadaraajan).
Gubbels Dutch
Dutch cognate of Göbel.
Ahrens German, Dutch, Jewish
Patronymic from the personal name Arend (compare Arndt). As a Jewish name, it’s an assimilation of Aarons.
Mayorquin Spanish
variant of Mallorquín a habitational name for someone from Majorca the largest island in the Balearic Islands from an adjectival form of its Spanish name Mallorca.
Rohme German
From the Germanic personal name Ruom (Old High German hruom ‘fame’), a short form of Ruombald and similar personal names containing this element.
Jaunzeme Latvian
Feminine form of Jaunzems, a Latvian occupational surname meaning "new farmer", composed of jauns meaning "new" and zeme meaning "land" (compare zemlja).
Kariv Hebrew
Means "battle, fight, war" in Hebrew.
McKinnon Scottish (Anglicized)
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin, a patronymic from a Gaelic personal name meaning ‘fair born’ or ‘fair son’. ... [more]
Busalacchi Italian
Means "father of Zallaq", from Arabic أَبُو‎ (abu) "father of" and الزلاق (zallaq) of unknown meaning, possibly related to the given name Salah 1 meaning "righteousness".
Riroroko Rapa Nui
Riroroko is a surname that comes from the Miru Rapa Nui clan. This was concerning the Riro portion the name of a ariki "king" on Easter Island who succeeded Atamu Tekena. Riro was part of the Miru clan... [more]
Nerënxa Albanian
Derived from Albanian nerënxë "bitter orange".
Cundall English
This is an English surname, deriving from the village so-named in North Yorkshire. The village takes its name from the Cumbric element cumb meaning 'dale' (cognate with Welsh cwm, 'valley') and Old Norse dalr meaning 'valley', forming a compound name meaning 'dale-valley'.
Gawrych Polish
Variant of the given name "Gabriel".
Aytmatov Kyrgyz
Means "son of Aytmat".
Ó Duinnín Irish
Means "descendant of Duinnín"
Burchell English
An English surname derived from the village of Birkehill (also known as Biekel or Birtle). It means "birch hill".
Senewirathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Kumanomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).
Apfelbaum German, Jewish
Means "apple tree" in German, denoting somebody who lived near an apple tree. As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
Ashfaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ashfaq.
Malec Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene
a nickname derived from slavic word "maly", meaning small
Kashani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Kashan in Isfahan province, Iran. The name may be derived from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the area.
Miyares Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Piloña.
Radulović Serbian
Possibly derived from rado lovi, meaning "glad to hunt".
Cale Welsh
Possibly derived from the River Cale. A famous barer of this name is Welsh musician John Cale (1942- ).
Læstadius Swedish
From the name of the village Lästa in Ångermanland, Sweden, whose name possibly means "Leiðulfr's home". Lars Levi Læstadius (1800-1861) was a Swedish priest who founded a Lutheran revival movement known as Laestadianism.
Tabak Turkish
Occupational name for a tanner
Symond English
Variant of Simon.
Clemenceau French
Derived from the French given name Clément. A notable bearer was the French prime minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), who successfully lead France through the end of World War I.
Magcawas Tagalog
From Tagalog magkawas meaning "to liberate, to release, to deliver".
Kanie Japanese
From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".
Akhmadullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Ahmadullah.
Shimbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).
Atcheson Scots
Scots form of Atkinson
Damiens French
Derived from the given name Damien.
Wendler Medieval German
derived from a German word meaning to wander or wanderer
Reusser Swiss, German, Upper German
In Switzerland, an occupational name for a fisherman or maker of fish traps, from an agent derivative of Middle High German riuse "fish trap, weir basket". A nickname from an agent noun based on Middle High German riusen "to moan or complain"... [more]
Bruckheimer German (Rare)
Bruckheimer is a German surname and is for someone who lived near a bridge.... [more]
Tabak Dutch
Occupational name for a butcher or hog breeder, from Middle Dutch tucbake composed of tucken "to pull, push, strike" and bake "hog, pig; meat from the back of a pig".
Usik Russian
From Russian meaning "tendril".
Thompsen English
Variant of Thompson meaning "Son of Thomas".
Lussier French
Occupational name from old French ussier "usher, doorkeeper".
Chouinard French (Quebec)
Nickname of a diminutive from French choucas meaning "jackdaw".
Yusufzai Pashto
Means "son of Yusuf" in Pashto.
Smithberger English (American)
Americanized form of German Schmidtberger or its variant, Schmiedberger.
Paleshi Greek (Cypriot)
Translates roughly to "dirty poet".
Salmona Judeo-Spanish
From a variant of the given name Shelomoh.
Komati Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting "trader".
Plummer English
1. Occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Anglo-Norman French plom(m)er, plum(m)er ‘plumber’, from plom(b), plum(b) ‘lead’ (Latin plumbum)... [more]
Frisch Jewish
Ornamental name or nickname from modern German frisch, Yiddish frish "fresh".
Nikiforov Russian
Means "son of Nikifor".
Pahlavi Persian
Means "hero, champion, athletic, strong man", a variant of Pahlavan. It could also refer to a person who came from Parthia, a historical region situated in present-day Iran and Turkmenistan, derived from Persian پهلو (pahlaw) meaning "Parthian, person from Parthia"... [more]
Goh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Wu 1.
Charette French
Variant of Charrette. In some cases it may also be derived from the place name.
Kwak Korean
From Sino-Korean 郭 (gwak) meaning "outer city" (making it the Korean form of Guo) or 霍 (gwak) meaning "quickly, suddenly".
Von Der Lehr German
"from the Lehr" Meadow or Clearing
Panosovich Russian
Means "Son of Panos" in Russian
Satake Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".
Dasgupta Bengali
Combination of Das and Gupta.
Whitelaw Scottish
Habitational name from any of various places in Scotland so-called, derived from Old English hwit "white" and hlaw "mound, small hill".
Kayıkçı Turkish
Means "boatman, rower" in Turkish.
Okui Japanese
Oku means "interior, inside" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Zubatenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zubatov.
Leite Portuguese, Galician
Meaning "milk".... [more]
Fındık Turkish
Means "hazelnut" in Turkish.
Kibus Estonian
Kibus is an Estonian surname meaning "piggin" (a small wooden pail with one stave extended upward as a handle).
Weeraratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Sto. Tomas Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Thomas" in Spanish.
Koolhof Dutch
Denoted someone from the Dutch neighbourhood Koolhof, derived from koolhof "vegetable garden".
Lam Dutch, North Frisian
Means "lamb" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a lamb or a place named for them. In some cases, it may derive from the name of a ship.
Ducasse French
French: topographic name for someone who lived by an oak tree, from Old French casse ‘oak (tree)’ (Late Latin cassanos, a word of Celtic origin), with the fused preposition and article du ‘from the’... [more]
Maine French
French topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling’, ‘residence’, ‘abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named.
Bergsma Dutch, West Frisian
From berg "mountain, hill".
Ghorbanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian قربان‌پور (see Ghorbanpour).
Alferyev Russian
Derived from the Russian monastic name Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros) meaning "free".
Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]
Lütke German
From a pet name of Ludolf.
Donegan Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Donnagáin. Diminutive of "donn" which means "brown," referring to hair color.
Grundin Swedish
Combination of Swedish grund "shallow (water)" and the surname suffix -in.
Awano Japanese
Awa means "millet" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".
Garvin English
Derived from the Old English given name Garwine meaning "spear friend".
Nosawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).
Ogorodnikova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Огоро́дников (see Ogorodnikov).
Lily English
Derived from Lily, a pet name for Elizabeth. It was also used as a nickname for someone with fair skin or hair, and is derived from Old English lilie meaning "lily (the flower)"... [more]
Kuuskmaa Estonian
Kuuskmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce land".
Abduraimov Uzbek
Means "son of Abduraim".
Thornburg English
The name Thornburg comes from the Old English thorn broc, because the original bearers lived near a "stream by the thorns" in Buckinghamshire and North Yorkshire.
Tidd English
This Old English Surname was derived from a hill named after its resemblance to a teat or tead (mammary gland) of which Tidd is a variant. That name became a name for the locale and further by extension for its people.
Endaya Spanish (Philippines)
Toponymic name from the town of Hendaye (called Hendaia in Basque) in France.
Kyselytsya Ukrainian
A kyselytsya (киселиця) is sweet food made of plums and flour/grain.
Pláňsker Czech (Rare, Archaic), Slovak (Rare, Archaic), German (Rare, Archaic)
Originating from Bohemia, a region between The Czech Republic and Germany. The name means "forest clearing", Pláň: forest, sker: clearing. It is a very rare last name with only about 20 holders of it.
Mikó Hungarian
From a pet form of the personal names Miklós (Hungarian form of Nicholas) or Mihály (Hungarian form of Michael).
Rausing Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Raus, the name of a parish in southern Sweden, and the common surname suffix -ing "belonging to, coming from".
Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.
Sadie South African
Pissibly from the given name Sadie.
Taşdemir Turkish
From Turkish taş meaning "stone" and demir meaning "iron".
Mari Estonian
Mari is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name), meaning "berry".
Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".
Minatoya Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "dwelling, roof".
Tsukushi Japanese
Tsukushi means "horsetail plant". It is also a given name.
Malick Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali মল্লিক (see Mallik).
Hàn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Han, from Sino-Vietnamese 韓 (hàn).
Ebrahimian Persian
From the given name Ebrahim.
Ool Estonian
Ool is an Estonia surname, possibly a corruption of "õlu", meaning "ale"; or "all", meaning "below".
Kulik Russian
Means sandpiper in Russian.
Timotheou Greek
Means "son of Timotheos" in Greek.
Tobi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 登 (to) meaning "to climb; to rise" and 日 (bi), the joining form of 日 (hi) meaning "sun; day", referring to a port that is closest to sunrise.
Goonathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Davutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Davut".
Gofigan Chamorro
Chamorro for "very hot climate". Gof- is an amplifier which means very. Figan is a word for "hot", implying the climate
Okubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōkubo.