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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Svedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and berg "mountain". This name can be both locational (surname derived from a place named with Sved-... [more]
Löfvén Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish löv "leaf" and the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius "descendant of". Stefan Löfven (b. 1957) is a Swedish politician and the prime minister of Sweden since 2014.
Furman Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann)... [more]
Weinstock German, Jewish
English variant of the German surname Wenstock, an occupational name for a producer or seller of wine, from German Weinstock "grapevine" (also compare Wein).... [more]
Johanning German
North German patronymic from Johann, German form of John.
Kabeya Japanese
From Japanese 壁 (kabe) meaning "wall, barrier" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Rushdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.
Yorulmaz Turkish
Means "tireless, unfailing" in Turkish.
Ishibashi Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Bulsara Indian (Parsi)
From the name of the city of Valsad (historically known as Bulsar) in Gujarat, India. A famous bearer was British singer Farrokh Bulsara (1946-1991), better known as Freddie Mercury.
Cadusch Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Dusch.
Cauchon French, Norman, Picard
Metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of slippers, derived from French chausson literally meaning "slipper".
Beifong Popular Culture
Surname of Toph from the American TV show "Avatar: The Last Airbender". Could be derived from the Chinese word "北方 (Běifāng)" meaning "north".
Ayman Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Ayman.
Boşnak Turkish
Means "Bosniak" in Turkish. One of the only major ethnic groups that adopted Islam during the Ottoman Empire. A huge diaspora of Bosniaks live in Turkey and many Turks have Bosniak heritage.
Rezaeian Persian
From the given name Reza.
Carrie Scottish
Scottish form of Carry.
János Hungarian
From the given name János.
Zacky German
Americanized form of German Zacher . German: occupational name for a farmer, from dialect zackern 'to plow', from Middle High German ze acker gān 'to go to the field'.
Yorkman English
Variant form of York.
Zurbano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Basque Zurbao, a toponym of uncertain etymology. Possibly related to zur "wood, timber" or zurbeltz "holm oak, kermes oak".
Landibar Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the village of Urdazubi, Navarre, derived from Basque landa "field, prairie, plain" and ibar "valley, riverbank".
Gunner English
From Old English gunne meaning "cannon, gun" and the agent suffix "-er"
Zubeldia Basque
Derived from Basque zumel "holm oak" and the locative suffix -di.
Yıldırım Turkish
From the given name Yıldırım.
Seijo Spain (Rare)
Seijo is a rare surname hailing from Spain. It is derived from the name Sexia, which in itself derives from the Latin word Saxum, meaning stone.
Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".
Nugent English, Irish, French
An English, Irish (of Norman origin) and French habitational surname derived from any of several places in northern France (such as Nogent-sur-Oise), From Latin novientum and apparently an altered form of a Gaulish name meaning "new settlement".
Bratov Russian
Derived either from Russian брат (brat) meaning "brother" or from a short form Brat of various Old Russian given names.
Iwawaki Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and waki means "side".
Atis Filipino, Cebuano
Means "sugar apple" in Cebuano.
Sengchanh Lao
Means "moonlight" from Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".
Eufracio Spanish
From the given name Eufracio.
Dollen English (British), Irish
English (British): See Dolling and compare Dollin and Dowland (1)... [more]
Alejandra Spanish
Feminine form of Alejandro.
Ho-Tan Popular Culture
Invented surname belonging to Alfie Ho-Tan, the scribe of the Council of Elders in the TV series Yonderland.
St Clair French, English
From the place name St Clair
Lilley English
Variant of Lilly.
Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".
Gašperič Slovene
Derived from the given name Gašper.
Le Tallec Breton
Tallec derives from talek which means someone with a large forehead in Breton.
Upadhyay Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher".
Maebara Japanese
Maebara is an uncommon Japanese surname that has more than one meaning, depending on the characters used to write it. The first and most common spelling is with the characters for "Before" (前) and "Original" (原)... [more]
Nenge Tiv
Means, "see".
Vasar Estonian
Vasar is an Estonian surname meaning "hammer".
Valencio Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the name of the Spanish city of Valencia.
Barua Indian, Assamese
From a military title historically used in Assam, derived from an Ahom word meaning "ten thousand" (referring to the number of soldiers under the command of such an officer).
Sylejmani Albanian
Derived from the given name Sylejman.
Cortizo Spanish
Nickname from Spanish cortito meaning "the little short one".
Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".
Brusch Romansh
Derived from the given name Ambrosius.
Uzarski Polish
Either means "nobility" or "servant of nobility"
Kerch Russian, Ukrainian
Denotes to a person from the city of Kerch.
Burela Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of La Mariña Central.
Ehlinger German
Habitational name for someone from Ehlingen in the Palatinate.
Amelin Russian, French
Russian feminine counterpart is Amelina (Амелинa)
Mcswain Irish, Scottish
Anglicization of Mac Suibhne.
Lucius German
Latinized form of Lutz.
Põldmäe Estonian
Põldmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "field hill/mountain".
Shomi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).
Aren Estonian
Aren is an Estonan surname meaning "developing" and "growth".
Kularathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලරත්න (see Kularatne).
Cluny Scottish
Possibly derives from Clunie or a place with the same name in Perthshire.
Kasemaa Estonian
Kasemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "birch land".
Taguchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Wijeratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේරත්න (see Wijeratne).
Sevier English
Occupational name for a sieve-maker, Middle English siviere (from an agent derivative of Old English sife "sieve").
Akuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 阿久沢 (Akuzawa), a variant spelling of 悪沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a division in the area of Azuma in the city of Midori in the prefecture of Gumma in Japan.... [more]
Minnieweather African American
Anglicised version of Mannweiler, a municipality in Germany.
Herring German, English, Dutch, Scottish
Occupational name for a fisherman, someone who caught or sold herring, or perhaps someone known for eating herring. It could have also been a nickname from the medieval phrase "to like neither herring nor barrel", meaning something of little value.
Kaeomani Thai
From Thai แก้ว (kaeo) meaning "crystal, glass" and มณี (mani) meaning "precious stone, gem, jewel".
Ratajczak Polish
Means "son of the field worker" from the root rataj which is the Old Polish term for a ploughman or field worker.
Abdelsalam Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd as-Salam.
Wacker German
From a nickname for a bold or energetic person, from Middle High German wacker meaning ‘fresh’, ‘lively’, ‘brave’, or ‘valiant’.
Villein French
"Used in medieval England and France. Villein is another term used for the serfs in the lowest classes of the feudal system."
Trondsen Norwegian
Means "son of Trond".
Higashimoto Japanese
Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".
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.
Vaccarello Italian
The pet form of Vaccaro.
Ebadi Persian
Derived from Arabic عِبَاد (ʿibād), the plural of عَبْد (ʿabd) meaning “servant, slave”.
Villegas Spanish
Habitational name from the municipality of Villegas in Burgos province, Spain.
Chau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.
Kanarbik Estonian
Kanarbik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath/heather".
Reinhard German, Jewish
From the given name Reinhard.
Kari Finnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi
As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]
al-Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Alternate transcription of Uyghur كاشغەرىي and Arabic كاشغري (see Kashgari). A famous bearer was Mahmud al-Kashgari (1005-1102), an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang, China.
Rushdi Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.
Amarante French
From the given name Amarante
Kruzhkin Russian
Derived from Russian кружка (kruzhka) meaning "cup, mug, tankard". This may have been a nickname either for a drinker or a cupmaker.
Muha Czech
Form of Mucha, from Czech "Moucha," meaning housefly.
Shinobu Japanese
Shinobu is a Japanese name meaning "recall" or "endurance."
Shoham Hebrew
Means "onyx" in Hebrew.
Keohavong Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel", ຫາ (ha) meaning "seek, find, obtain" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Minayev Russian
Alternate transcription of Minaev.
Dayasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sinhala दया (daya) meaning "compassion, pity" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Blondin French
Diminutive of Blond, nickname for someone with fair hair.
Boi French
Variant of Bois.
Essien Western African, Akan, Ibibio, Efik
Means "sixth born child" in Akan, possibly deriving from the given name Nsia. As a Nigerian name it is derived from a given name (found among the Ibibio and Efik people) denoting the son the family lineage depends on, possibly meaning either "a child who belongs to everyone" or "the child who takes charge of outside matters"... [more]
Boguszewski Polish
Habitational name from Bogusze or Boguszewo.
Ganzon Filipino
From Hokkien 顏 (gân) meaning "face, colour, hue" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Shentu Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 申屠 (shēntú) meaning "butcher from Shen", a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.
Hae Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 生 (see Ike 2).
Mabini Tagalog
Means "modest, prudent, civil" in Tagalog. A notable bearer was Filipino revolutionary Apolinario Mabini (1864-1903).
Tsukiyomi Japanese
Means 'moon god' or something like that.
Công Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gong, from Sino-Vietnamese 公 (công).
Holmqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish holm "islet, small island" and kvist "twig".
Saeli Thai
Form of Li 1 used by Chinese Thais.
Muttski Polish, Popular Culture, Literature
Not known, A Notable bearer is Ben Muttski from Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog comics
Benatar Jewish
Possibly from Hebrew בֵּן (ben) meaning "son" and עתר ('atar) meaning "petitioner".
Jillson English
Variant of Gilson, meaning of "son of Giles".
Kaju Estonian
Kaju is an Estonian surname derived from "kajut" meaning "cabin".
Tatara Japanese
From 多 (ta) meaning "many", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji, combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good".
Edgerton English
From a place name meaning either "settlement of Ecghere" or "settlement of Ecgheard" (see Ekkehard).
Basnet Nepali
Meaning uncertain.
Kopf German
Means "head" in German.
Jüni German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Junius.
van Melle Dutch, Flemish
Means "from Melle". Habitational name for someone hailing from Melle in East Flanders, Belgium.
Lengsavath Lao
From Lao ແລງ (leng) meaning "evening" and ສະຫວາດ (sawat) meaning "fond, affectionate" or "sincere, open".
Moorcock English
From a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a moorcock (the male of the red grouse). It is borne by British author Michael Moorcock (1939-).
Katsumaru Japanese
From 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win" and combined with 丸 (maru) "round, circle".
Mohácsi Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from Mohács, a city in Hungary.
Wei Chinese
From Chinese 韦 (wéi) referring to the ancient state of Wei that existed in the pre-Qin period in what is now Henan province.
Abadžić South Slavic
Means "son of the cloak-maker, descendant of the woolen coat tailor" from abadžija (or abadzhija), which comes from the Turkish word abacı, meaning “cloak-maker” or “wool-worker” combined with the suffix -ić which means "son of" or "descendant of".
O'Kett Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Haicéid.
Edén Swedish
Possibly a habitational name from a place named with the element ed "isthmus". In some cases it could also be a shortened form of EDENIUS (a combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and the Latin suffix -enius "descendant of").
Romp English, German
Likely a variant of Rump.
Mimieux French
Unknown.
Romanovsky Russian
Habitational surname from a place called Romanovo or Romanovka... [more]
Cure French
From cure meaning “vicarage” or “presbytery,” possibly applied as a nickname to an employee or from a homonymous word meaning “healing” or “cure” possibly used as a metonymic occupational name for a healer.
Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".
Apostolopoulos Greek
Means "apostle."
Khumpiraphan Thai
From Thai คัมภีร (khampira) meaning "deep; profound" and พันธุ์ (phan) meaning "breed; species; lineage".
Zaldibar Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque zaldi "horse" and ibar "valley". Alternatively, the first element could instead be zaldu "wood, copse, forest".
Weisfeld German, Jewish
topographic name from a field name composed of Middle High German wiz "white" and feld "open country". Cognate of Whitfield.
Hippolyte French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Hippolyte 2, Variant of Hyppolite.
Cooley Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chúille ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Mochúille’, a rare Clare name.
Odd English
Variant of Ott.
Averyanov Russian
derived from male given name Averyan.... [more]
Chabashira Japanese (Rare)
From 茶 (cha) literally meaning "green tea" and 柱 (hashira) meaning "pillar". A tea pillar is considered good luck in Japanese culture.
Mane Indian, Marathi
Drived from Sanskrit मान (mana) meaning "respect, honour" or मान्य (manya) meaning "respected, venerable".
Mckim Scottish
Means "son of Simon 1."
Cly Navajo
From Navajo tłʼaaí meaning ‎"lefty, left-handed one", from the verb nishtłʼa ‎"to be left-handed".
Hagimori Japanese
From 萩 (hagi) meaning "clover" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Nabeshima Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Thawornwong Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).
Dutt Punjabi, Indian, Hindi
Punjabi and Hindi form of Datta.
Jamshed Persian, Tajik
From the given name Jamshed.
Coish English
Variant of Cosh, derived from Middle English cosche "small cottage, hut, hovel".
Raniero Italian
From the given name Raniero
May Irish
Anglicized form of Irish-Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh.
Katamba Bemba
A surname of the Bemba tribe meaning "small wave". To the Lozi tribe, it means "fishing net".
Faridi Arabic, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Farid.
Binzaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 鬢崎 (see Binsaki).
Makeba African American
Meaning unknown. famous bearer is South African singer songwriter, Miriam Makeba (1936-2008).
Tammsaar Estonian
Tammsaar is an Estonian surname, meaning "oak island".
Kägu Estonian
Kägu is an Estonian surname meaning "cuckoo" (Cuculus canorus).
Bordziłowski Polish
From Old Germanic Bardil, meaning "beard" or "axe." It was possibly a nickname for a bearded person who had an axe.
Stringfellow English
Nickname for a powerful man, Middle English streng ‘mighty’, ‘strong’ + felaw ‘fellow’ (see Fellows).
De Guzmán Spanish
Means "of Guzmán" in Spanish.
Nemirow English
Is the English for the Russian/Ukrainian Surname Nemirov
Spagna Italian
From Italian spagna "Spain" for a Spaniard or someone who had connections to Spain. Also from the female given name of the same meaning, Italian cognitive of Spain.
Bernardez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Bernárdez.
Baloh Slovene
A typical Slovene surname originating from the plant Nardus stricta (slv. domestic name volk, baloh). It is a type of grass that grows on highly acidic and poor soils. Slovene noun pusta means 'poor soil'... [more]
Schildhauer German
First appeared during the Middle Ages in Central Europe/Germany. The name means "Shield-Maker" and suggests correlation to Blacksmiths or or other forms of metalwork in the time period.
Dae Korean
From Sino-Korean 大 meaning “great”.
Amsalem Judeo-Spanish
From an uncertain first element, perhaps the Tamazight prefix 'am denoting an agent, combined with Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace".
Petke German
German surname derived from a diminutive form for Peter.
Glauser German (Swiss)
Patronymic form of Glaus.
Dragomirović Serbian
Means "son of Dragomir" in Serbian.
Vanajuur Estonian
Vanajuur is an Estonian surname meaning "old roots/origins".
Xhaferi Albanian
From the given name Xhafer.
Belimace Romanian
From the Aromanian language.
Naptsok Circassian
Circassian name derived from Adyghe напцэ (nāpcă) meaning “eyelash, eyebrow”.
Tadevosyan Armenian
Means "son of Tadevos".
Faaborg Danish
Habitational name from a place so called.
Batur Turkish
Means "hero" in Turkish.
Haugland Norwegian
From the name of various farmsteads in Norway, from the Old Norse elements haugr meaning "mound" and land meaning "farmstead, land".
Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.
Funaki Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Zaharia Romanian
From the given name Zaharia.
Suvorov Russian
From Suvorov, the name of a town in the Tula Oblast of Russia.
Gillis Scottish
Scottish reduced form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa "son of the servant of Jesus"... [more]
Bhavasar Indian, Gujarati
Meaning uncertain.
San Miguel Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to St. Michael (San Miguel).
Holtzclaw German (Anglicized, Modern)
Americanized spelling of German Holzklau, which translates into modern German as "wood thief", but is probably a nickname for someone who gathered wood, from Middle High German holz "wood" + a derivative of kluben "to pick up", "gather", "steal".