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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Capote Italian (Tuscan)
Capote is a name for person who was the chief of the head from the Italian personal name Capo.
Steifvater German
from Middle Low German stēfvader 'stepfather' hence a relationship name.
Glaza Polish
Means "eyes".
Hoq Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Frere French
From French frere meaning "brother".
Jaimez Spanish
Means "son of Jaime 1" in Spanish.
Van Der Zwan Dutch
Dutch surname meaning "from the swan".
Hutabarat Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and barat meaning "west".
Larrion Basque
From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque larre "field, pasture, meadowland" and on "good".
Mohlin Swedish
Variant of Molin.
Lumague Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog lumagi meaning "stay."
Matskevich Belarusian
From the given name Maciek, a variant of Maciej, which is the Polish variant of Matthias.
Alwardt German
From the personal name Adelward, composed of the Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + ward ‘keeper’, ‘protector’.
Wickremarachchi Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමආරච්චි (see Wickramarachchi).
Ben Ahmed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Ahmad" (chiefly used in Tunisia).
Kapittathai Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Rodin Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Rode, and related to the Old Czech root rád "merry", "joyful".
Saint-Simon French
A French surname meaning "Saint Simon". Two famous bearers were Duc de Saint-Simon Louis de Rouvroy(1675-1755), a French memoirist, and his younger relative, Henri de Saint-Simon(1760-1825), the founder of French Socialism and modern theoretical Socialism in general.
Mac Giolla Phóil Irish
Means "son of the servant of Pól"
Kamalas Na Krungthep Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Hua Chinese
From Chinese 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese".
Nazarbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Nazarbay".
Castille French
Regional name for someone from Castile in central Spain (see Castilla).
Ilus Estonian
Ilus is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful".
Licht Jewish
From the German word meaning "light", possibly derived from a given name meaning "light" such as Uri or Meir.
Sabir Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sabir.
Haltz Basque
Derived from Basque haltz "alder (tree)".
Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.
Saensuk Thai
From Thai แสน (saen) meaning "very, extremely" and สุข (suk) meaning "happy, pleased".
Fenley English
This surname may be:... [more]
Allen English
Possibly derived from the feminine given name Aline, a medieval diminutive of Adeline.
Ó Branagáin Irish
Means "descendant of Branagán".
Chapek Czech (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Čapek.
Crossfield English (British)
English Surname. Originated in Anglo-Saxon Families who lived at the Cross fields.
Kohver Estonian
Kohver is an Estonian surname meaning "suitcase", "trunk" and "coffer".
Tint Estonian
Tint is an Estonian surname meaning "ink".
Baeder Romansh
Variant of Bäder.
Wijayadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Farooqi Urdu
From the given name Faruq.
Vasylyshyna Ukrainian
Feminine transcription of Ukrainian Василишин (see Vasylyshyn).
Eras Spanish
From the medieval personal name Egas, probably of Visigothic origin. This surname is very rare in Spain; it is found mainly in Ecuador... [more]
Metsavaht Estonian
Metsavaht is an Estonian surname meaning "forest guard" and "forest warden".
Rezaei Persian
From the given name Reza.
Orange English, French
Nickname for someone associated with the color orange.
Gunji Japanese
From Japanese 郡 (gun) meaning "county, district" and 司 (ji) meaning "officer, official, boss".
Badr Arabic
From the given name Badr.
Mastin French, Flemish, Walloon
occupational name for a household servant or guard from Old French mastin "watchdog, manservant" (from Latin mansuetudinus "domestic"). The Old French word had the further sense of a bad-tempered dog and was used as an adjective in the sense of "bad cruel".
Halverson English
Anglicized form of Norwegian or Danish Halvorsen.
Kremic Bosnian (Rare)
Surname Kremić was used in early middle-ages, in Bosnia. It was used by royal and ordinary people. That surname is very rare today and it's almost extinct, but in the past it had very big influence.
Garibai Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Oñati, Spain, probably derived from Basque gari "wheat" and ibai "river". Alternatively, the first element could be garo "fern" or garai "high, tall, prominent".
Enno Estonian
Enno is an Estonian surname derived from "Enn" and "Enno", diminutives of the the masculine given names "Henrik" and "Hendrik".
Jarsdel German
Are you near extinct or possibly extend last name, referring to the opening part of a jar.
Mazini Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مَزِين (mazīn) meaning “decorated, adorned” or مازن (mazin) meaning “rain cloud” (see Mazin; chiefly Moroccan).
Kuld Estonian
Kuld is an Estonian surname meaning "gold".
Filipczak Polish
Polish cognate of Pylypchuk.
Ammazzalorso Italian
Means "slaughter the bear" from Italian ammazzare "to kill, to murder" and orso "bear", given as an occupational name to someone who hunted bears, or as a nickname to someone considered to be courageous or bold.
Jinnouchi Japanese
From the Japanese 陣 (jin) "camp" and 内 (uchi or nai) "inside." The grammatical and phonetic particle ノ or 之 (no) is sometimes written between the other two characters.
Kaplan Turkish
Means "tiger" in Turkish.
Ophel English
19th century name from the Cambridgeshire area. Probably derived from Oldfield. Variants include Opheld, Oful and Offel.... [more]
Goulding English
From the late Old English personal name Golding, which was derived from Golda (or the feminine form Golde) and the patronymic suffix -ing.... [more]
Hadley English
A habitational name from either a place named Hadley, or a place named Hadleigh. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah (means ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’), and the other three are from Old English hǣð (meaning ‘heathland’, ‘heather') + lēah.
Golubov Russian
From golub, meaning "dove".
Isoev Tajik
Tajik variant of Isaev.
Lehto Finnish
Finnish: from lehto ‘grove’; either a habitational name, recorded since the 17th century, from any of the farms in eastern Finland named for their location by a grove, or in other cases a more recent ornamental adoption... [more]
Maggiori Italian
Recorded in many spelling forms including the 'base' form of Maggi, and the diminutives and double diminutives Maggiore, Maggiori, Di Maggio, Maggorini, and many others, this is an Italian surname of Roman (Latin) origins... [more]
Dayanghirang Tagalog
From a title meaning "chosen lady" in Tagalog, derived from dayang referring to a precolonial noblewoman and hirang meaning "chosen, selected, appointed". It was originally used by a Tagalog noblewoman from Batangas, which became a hereditary surname after conversion to Christianity.
Le Marchand French
Variant of Marchand with fused French definite article le.
Albaz Jewish, Northern African
Ashkenazic Jewish name meaning, "falconer" found mainly amongst Jewish peoples emigrating from Algeria and Morocco.
Gonsalves English (British), Portuguese, Indian (Christian)
Variant of Gonçalves more commonly used in Britain and western India.
Haj Arabic
Refers 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.
Słomiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Masovian villages named Słomin.
O'kain Irish
Variant of O'Kane.
Narayanan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
From the given name Narayanan. A famous bearer was Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1921–2005), the 10th President of India.
Stough German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of Stauch.
Bashimow Turkmen
son of Bashim.
Lalatovic Serbian
Possibly derived from the slavic word for "tulips", lale or from son of Lala (a nickname for Lazar)
Viceconte Italian
Means viscount in Italian, Originally for served as or worked for a viscount.
Kurvits Estonian
Kurvits is an Estonian surname meaning "woodcock" and "snipe".
Spartak Russian
From the given name Spartak.
Kashiwade Japanese (Rare)
This name is made of two symbols literally meaning "Chef".
Jääväli Estonian
Jääväli is an Estonian surname meaning "ice field".
Ōga Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 淡河, 王賀 or 相賀 with 淡 (tan, awa.i) meaning "faint, fleeting, pale, thin," 河 (ka, kawa) meaning "river," 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule," 相 (shou, sou, ai-, ou) meaning "aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy."... [more]
Merriweather English
From a medieval nickname for someone of a cheerful disposition (cf. Meriwether).
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"
Quelch English (British)
Mid 16th Century variant of the name Wels(c)he, Welsh or Welch, itself deriving from the Middle English "walsche", Celtic, foreign, (Olde English "woelisc", a derivative of "wealh", foreign), and originally given as a distinguishing nickname to a Celt... [more]
Isoyama Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Ivanyan Armenian
Means "son of Ivan".
Faruq Arabic
From the given name Faruq.
Pelham English
From the name of a place in Hertfordshire, which meant "Peotla's homestead" in Old English.
Niehaus German
North German: topographic name from Middle Low German nie ‘new’ + hus ‘house’; or a habitational name from a common North German and Westphalian farm name with the same meaning.
Pilengis Latvian (Rare)
This was my mother's maiden name. She and the rest of my family were born in Latvia. I am the first American born. I do not know what Pilengis means.
Schwertfuehrer German (Austrian)
Sword leader; military general or other leadership position
Waddell English
Possibly derived from Woodhill in Wiltshire, England, derived from Old English wad "woad" and hyll "hill". Alternatively, could be from the Middle English given name Wadel.
Bastard English, French
From a nickname for a child born out of wedlock, from Old French bastard.
Panagiotidis Greek
From given name Panagiotis.
Axford English
Habitational name from a village named Axford either in Hampshire or Wiltshire, both derived from Old English æsc "ash tree" and Old English ford "ford", which gives their name the meaning of "ford by the ash trees" or "a ford with ash trees"... [more]
Falconi Italian
Means "Falconer"
Litvinchuk Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian литвин (litvin) historically denoting a Lithuanian or Belarusian person.
Elíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Elías" in Icelandic.
Bekmuratov Kazakh
Means "son of Bekmurat".
Paliak Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian паляк (paliak) meaning "Pole, Polish".
Abeyakoon Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේකෝන් (see Abeykoon).
Sandblom Swedish
Combination of Swedish sand "sand" and blomma "flower".
Sturluson Icelandic
Patronymic meaning "son of Sturla".... [more]
Kostka Polish
From Polish kostka meaning "small bone" or from a form of the name Konstanty.
Corry English, Irish
Derived from the Gaelic word “coire”, meaning “cauldron”
Clotts English
Found in the United States, most likely either an English spelling of Klutz, meaning "awkward, clumsy," or as a plural form of the English surname Clot, meaning "cloth ."
Schell German
Means "noisy" or "loud" from the German word "schel"
Riccardo Italian
From the given name Riccardo
Mauriello Italian
Derived from the given name Mauro.
Morgans English, Irish
Variation of Morgan.
Ehala Estonian
Ehala is an Estonian surname meaning "sunset glow/twilight area".
Anwer Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Bengali
Variant transcription of Anwar.
Jollie English
Variant of Jolly.
Minervini Italian
Either a variant of or son of Minervino.
Makowski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Maków, Makowa or Makowo, all derived from Polish mak meaning "poppy".
Linn German
Toponymic surname derived from Germanic lin "swamp, bog, marsh".
Suriyarachchi Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සූරීයාරාච්චි (see Suriyaarachchi).
Ruland German
Medieval form of Roland.
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Tael Estonian
Tael is an Estonian surname meaning "tinder" and "touchwood".
Hinckle German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hinkel.
Norrgård Finnish, Swedish
From Swedish norr meaning "north" combined with gård meaning "farm, estate".
Clagett English
One who came from a town named "claygate".
Långstrump Literature
Last name of Pippi Långstrump, the original Swedish name for Pippi Longstocking, a character invented by Astrid Lindgren. Pippi's name was allegedly made up by Lindgren's daughter Karin. It's a combination of Swedish lång "long" and strumpa "sock".
Korolyov Russian
Derived from Russian король (korol) meaning "king".
Ragsdale English
Apparently an English habitational name from Ragdale in Leicestershire, which is probably named from Old English hraca "gully", "narrow pass" + dæl "valley", "dale".
Gareginyan Armenian
Means "son of Garegin".
Ampaso Filipino, Maranao
Derived from ampasoʼ, a Maranao ancestral title.
Westlake English (Canadian)
Combined of West and Lake.
Abdullahi Hausa
From the given name Abdullahi.
Del Frate Italian
Derived from Italian del "of the" and frate meaning "monk, friar" or "brother", the latter used as an appellation for close friends or peers as opposed to a literal sense.
Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".
Rannik Estonian
Rannik is an Estonian surname meaning "coast".
Bhaumik Bengali, Indian
Variant transcription of Bhowmik.
Solih Dhivehi
From the given name Salih. A notable bearer is Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (1962-), the current president of the Maldives.
Nurullin Tatar
From the given name Nurullah.
Laster English
Variant spelling of Lester.
Kort Ottoman Turkish
Kort is an ottoman surname from Anatolya,most korts are of ottoman or berber origin,the people with this surname have expressed that their ancestors were aghas(ottoman military or harem commanders)
Pradera Spanish
Pradera is a Spanish surname meaning "meadow".
Mäeots Estonian
Mäeots is an Estonian surname meaning "hill cusp/tip".
Mizoroke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 深泥池 (Mizoro-ga-Ike) meaning "Mizoro Lake", a lake in Kyōto, Kyōto, Japan.
Yamanouchi Japanese
Variant of Yamauchi with the unwritten possessive marker の (no).
Hikasa Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" and 笠 (kasa) meaning "conical hat".
Höövel Estonian
Höövel is an Estonian surname meaning "planer".
Zielenbach German
Literally translates to "aiming brook"
Bellumus Late Roman
Means "beautiful man" derived from the elements bellus "beautiful" and homo "man"
Heenan Old Irish
Thought to be a nickname or metonymic, and to owe its derivation from the early Gaelic word ean meaning a "bird". The derivation is from the ancient name O'hEeanchain, which loosely translates as The descendant of the son of the Bird.
Le Gall French
From a nickname which means “the Gaul”.
Knauer German (Silesian)
Nickname for a gnarled person, from Middle High German knur(e) 'knot', 'gnarl'. habitational name for someone from either of two places in Thuringia called Knau.
Müürikivi Estonian
Müürikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "wall stone".
Piovasco Italian, Literature
Means "shower, brief fall of rain" in Italian, from Italian piovere or piova, both meaning "rain" with an added suffix. Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò is the protagonist in the Italian novel The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, who inherited this surname from his father, Arminio Piovasco.
Sorsa Finnish
Means "duck" in Finnish
Parsley Medieval French, English, Norman, French
Derived from Old French passelewe "cross the water."... [more]
Rockmann German
From German Rock (skirt) + mann (man)
Cordina Maltese
Derived from Italian corda meaning "rope".
Watari Japanese (Rare)
Watari means "ferry, import, deliver". Watari is also a first name and a place name.... [more]
Öst Swedish
Means "east" in Swedish.
Giamatti Italian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Giammattei. Famous bearers include brothers Paul Giamatti (1967-) and Marcus Giamatti (1961-), both American actors.
Vannes Dutch
alternate form of Van Nes
Baggerly English
English: variant of Bagley .
Cintron Spanish
Spanish form for the french "Citroen". Original from Puerto Rico.
Star German, Jewish
Means "starling (bird)" in German, probably denoting a talkative or perhaps a voracious person. Alternatively, an Anglicized form of Stern 2.
Tsunashima Japanese
From Japanese 綱 (tsuna) meaning "rope, cable, cord" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Hung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Hong.
Pasha Albanian, Ottoman Turkish (Anglicized), Turkish (Anglicized)
Pasha or pascha (Ottoman Turkish: پاشا‎, Turkish: paşa), formerly anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries and others... [more]
Azcatl Nahuatl
Means "ant" in Nahuatl.
Jerkov Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the forename Jerko.
Corongiu Italian
Possibly from Sardinian corongiu "rocky hill, boulder, large mass", denoting someone who lived near such a landmark, or perhaps a nickname based on the bearer's physical appearance.
Goodliffe English
Derived from the Middle English feminine given name Godlieve, composed of the Germanic elements god meaning "good" or gud meaning "god", and liub meaning "dear, beloved".
Van Der Hooning Dutch
Possibly related to Honig.
Tarand Estonian
Tarand is an Estonian surname meaning "balustrade".
Topp English
From an English nickname, possibly derived from Old English topp "hair on the head", for someone with distinctive hair.
Ohms German
Variant of Ohme
Ly Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 李 (see Li 1).
Paolo Italian
From the given name Paolo.
Cress German, Jewish, Belarusian
A variant of the German surname Kress. From the Middle High German "kresse" meaning "gudgeon" (a type of fish) or the Old High German "krassig", meaning "greedy". Can also be from an altered form of the names Erasmus or Christian, or the Latin spelling of the Cyrillic "КРЕСС".
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]
Koopmeiners Dutch, German
Perhaps derived from koop "purchase, buy" and meiners "mine." An alternate interpretation is that "meiners" could be derived from the German word miner.
Gilarde Italian (Americanized, ?)
Possibly an altered form of Italian Gilardi.
Tagliacarne Italian
From Italian 'tagliare' "to cut" and 'carne' "meat".
Demić Serbian, Bosnian
Derived from Turkish demir, meaning "iron".
Kohen Jewish, Hebrew, English
Hebrew form of Cohen.
Açıkgöz Turkish
Means "crafty, cunning, nimble" in Turkish.
Rueangsi Thai
From Thai เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright, brilliant" and ศรี (si) meaning "glory, honour, splendour".