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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Kiyofuji Japanese
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria".
Oktyabrskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Октябрьский (see Oktyabrsky).
Tokimoto Japanese
Toki means "time" and moto means "origin".
Chandrawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රවංශ (see Chandrawansa).
Grady Irish
From the Gaelic Gráda meaning "noble."
Morells Greek
One meaning/explanation of the surname Morells is it's an Americanization of the Greek name surname Mariolis.
Coit Medieval Welsh, French, English
The surname Coit was first found in Carnarvonshire, a former country in Northwest Wales, anciently part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, and currently is divided between the unitary authorities of Gwynedd and Conwy, where they held a family seat... [more]
Hodsen English
Variant of Hodson.
Mattocks English
An occupation name for a digger or pryer.
Wijetilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේතිලක (see Wijethilaka).
Porta Romansh
Derived from Romansh porta "door".
Rubert German, Catalan
From Rubert a variant of Robert and Rupert.
Prosser Welsh
From 'ap Rosser', meaning "son of Rosser".
Buyeo Korean
Archaic surname of the ancient Buyeo Kingdom
Zetterlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and lund "grove".
Aba Japanese
Variant reading of Yasunami.
Harton English
This surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire.... [more]
Turnbow English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach, from a habitational name from any of several places so named or from places in Austria and Bavaria named Dürrenbach (meaning "dry stream").
Kakashi Japanese
This might come from the given name.
Nazarova Russian
Feminine form of Nazarov.
Fjord Danish
From Danish meaning "inlet".
Kalay Turkish
Means "tin (the metal)" in Turkish.
Tsarnaev Chechen (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Chechen царна (tsarna) meaning "them, they" or from an unknown given name or nickname. This is the surname of brothers Tamerlan (1986-2013) and Dzhokhar (1993-) Tsarnaev, the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Briand French
Variant of Brian.
Udam Estonian
Udam is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "südame", meaning "dearest".
Ta Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Tạ.
Joala Estonian
Joala is an Estonian surname derived from "jõe" ("fluvial") and "ala" ("field" or "area").
Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.
Vislapuu Estonian
Vislapuu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "visa" ("tough" and "tenacious") and "puu" ("tree" and "wood"); "tough tree".
Ossola Italian
Habitational name from the Ossola valley in Piedmont, Italy.
Mollica Italian
Means "crumb, breadcrumb; soft inner part of bread" in Italian, a nickname for a physically small or unintelligent person, or perhaps someone considered kind and soft-hearted.
Quenby English
English: of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Quarmby, a habitational name from a place so called in West Yorkshire.
Seire Estonian
Seire is an Estonian surname meaning "monitor" and "examine".
Cordoveiru Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Pravia.
Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Poli Italian
From the given name Polo, medieval variant of Paolo.
Russ English
Variant of Rouse.
Inverarity Scottish
Means "person from Inverarity", Angus ("mouth of the Arity", perhaps a Celtic river-name meaning literally "slow").
Dangerfield English
Habitational name, with fused preposition d(e), for someone from any of the various places in northern France called Angerville, from the Old Norse personal name Ásgeirr and Old French ville "settlement, village"... [more]
Beacher English
Means "near the beech trees".
Saka Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
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.
Parve Estonian
Parve is an Estonian surname meaning "raft". Probably taken from "parvemees" meaning "raftsman".
Bera Indian, Bengali
Meaning uncertain.
Owara Japanese
Variant of Ohara.
Varpunen Finnish (Rare)
From Finnish meaning "sparrow".
Ohno Japanese
From 大 (meaning large) and 野 (meaning field).
Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".
Koh Korean
Alternate romanization of Ko.
Hyatt English
Topographic name derived from Middle English heih "high" and yate "gate".
Branting Swedish
A combination of Swedish brant "steep hill" and the suffix -ing. A famous bearer was Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925), Prime Minister of Sweden in the 1920s.
Rigas Greek
From the Latin word for king, 'rex'.
Toran Galician, Irish
Galician (Torán): habitational name from the village of Santa María de Torán in Ourense province.... [more]
Honikman Yiddish
It literally means "honeyman", possibly denoting a beekeeper.
Uhke Estonian
Uhke is an Estonian surname meaning "proud" or "vain".
Dimarucut Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cannot be caught" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and dukot meaning "draw out, pull".
Scroggins English
Derived from Middle English scrogge meaning "brushwood", given to someone who lived near a bushy area, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a prickly personality.
Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.
Warnapura Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) meaning "colour" or "caste" and पुर (pura) meaning "city".
Polanco Spanish
Habitational name from Polanco in Santander province.
Tuscano Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name for a person from the province of Tuscany in Italy.
Chouinard French (Quebec)
Nickname of a diminutive from French choucas meaning "jackdaw".
Radzhan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Malaysian
Alternate transcription of Rajan.
Fajardo Galician
Topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or in a beech wood, from Late Latin fagea (arbor) meaning "beech (tree)", a derivative of classical Latin fagus meaning "beech".
Ahmadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian احمدپور (see Ahmadpour).
Baddhanabanij Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Phatthanaphanit.
Issac English
From the given name Issac.
Woolston English
From the name of multiple towns in England or similar. The town names are derived from Old English names starting with the element wulf meaning "wolf" (i.e., Wulfric or Wulfsige) and tun "enclosure, town".
Methven Scottish
From the village name "Methven" in Scotland.
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. 
Tavernier French
occupational name from Old French tavernier "innkeeper" (from Late Latin tabernarius from taberna "inn")... [more]
Tamaru Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "paddy, field" combined with 丸 (maru) meaning "whole, complete".
Taş Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.
Chikano Japanese
From 近 (chika) meaning "near" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Boom Dutch
From Old Dutch bom "tree", a nickname for someone tall or robust, or a toponymic surname for someone who lived by a notable tree. It could also be an occupational name for someone who operated a boom barrier
Niz Spanish (Latin American, Hispanicized, Modern)
Derived from the city of Nice in France, usually a surname given to someone without paternal recognition in that city.... [more]
Leanne English, Irish
means "gracious plum" in english
Kulasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Wajima Japanese
A variant of Washima.... [more]
Victoria Portuguese
Transferred use of the given name Victoria
Surya Indian, Telugu
From the given name Surya.
Purpura Italian
A nickname for someone associated with the color purple.
Luzader Judeo-Spanish
Sephardi variant of Losada or Lousada.
Madrigal Spanish
"Madrigal" comes from from the Venetian madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (gen. matricis) "womb."
Ariyapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit आर्य (arya) meaning "noble, honourable, respectable" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Adriano Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Adriano.
Amaji Japanese
Ama means "heaven, sky" and ji means "soil, ground".
Uk Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Dushaj Albanian
It comes from serbian name ''dusha'' meaning soul.In serbian ''dusha moja'' means my sweatheart.Probably a nickname or name given to the patriarch of the dushaj family that got taken as a surname by his descendants later on,adding the popular albanian ending -aj.
Sukkasem Thai
From Thai ศุข (suk) meaning "joy, happiness, delight" and เกษม (kasem) meaning "contentment, happiness".
Rivard French
Geographical name for someone who lived on a river bank.
Diede Dutch
From the given name Diede.
Baluch Balochi
Alternate transcription of Balochi بلۏچ (see Baloch).
Kuub Estonian
Kuub is an Estonian surname meaning "coat" and "jacket".
Samarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරසේකර (see Samarasekara).
Vaessen Dutch
Means "son of Vaas" or "son of Servatius".
Gunawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
McAreavy Irish
A variant of Gilroy. Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Ruaidh
Fiermonte Italian
Meaning uncertain. It possibly consists of the medieval Italian given name Fiero and the Italian word monte meaning "mountain", which would give this surname the meaning of "Fiero's mountain".
Crispim Portuguese
Derived from the given name Crispim.
Yoshimura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Marinetti Italian
Variant of Marino. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), considered to be the founder of Futurism.
Pueyo Spanish
From Spanish meaning "small hilltop".
Usɛid Berber
Patronymic from the personal name Saïd; the name is of Arabic origin. Also a habitational name from various places with Sɛid in the name... [more]
Gohar Persian, Urdu, Pashto
From the given name Gohar.
Sakurakōji Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", 小 (kō) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "road, path, journey" or 寺 (ji) meaning "Buddhist temple". A famous bearer is Kanoko Sakurakōji (surname written 桜小路), a Japanese manga artist.
Musin Tatar, Bashkir, Russian, Kazakh
From the given name Musa.
Otsubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōtsubo.
Belhadi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From an Arabic name meaning "father of Hadi" (chiefly Algerian).
Türk Turkish
Türk means "Turk" in Turkish.
Daquila Tagalog
From Tagalog dakila meaning "great".
Haverkamp German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived on an oat field from Middle Low German haver "oats" and kamp "field".
Till German
From the given name Till.
Ausmeel Estonian
Ausmeel is an Estonian surname meaning "honest mind".
Goe Korean
Varient of Ko.
İleri Turkish
Means "advanced, forward, ahead" in Turkish.
Ponce De León Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Compound name composed of the family name Ponce + the habitational name León.
Watariyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watariyō).
Lewison English
Means "son of Lewis".
Ramezanian Persian
From the given name Ramezan.
Eit Estonian
Eit is an Estonian surname meaning "old woman", "crone" and "hag".
Osgood English, Jewish
English: Old Norse personal name Asgautr, composed of the elements as'god'+the tribal name Gaul. This was established in England before the Conquest, in the late old English forms Osgot or Osgod and was later reinforce by the Norman Ansgot.... [more]
Weerakoon Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).
Amsdon English (Modern)
Unknown. Possibly a spelling variant of Amsden. Ancestry.com suggests probably a habitational name, from a reduced form of the Oxfordshire place name Ambrosden, which is composed of an Old English personal name Ambre + Old English dun ‘hill’... [more]
Luoma Finnish
A name derived from the Finnish topographic word luomi, meaning "creek" or "small river". Common in central and western Finland.
Sandahl Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Swedish and Norwegian sand "sand" and dal "valley".
Primrose Scottish
From the name of Primrose in Fife, Scotland, a place originally named Prenrhos, literally "tree-moor" in Welsh. This is the family name of the Earls of Rosebery.
Lotfi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Lotfi.
Siason Filipino
From Hokkien 謝孫 (siā-sun), derived from 謝 (siā) meaning "refuse, decline" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Eanes Portuguese
Variant of Anes.
Coffee Irish
Variant of Coffey.
Bennouna Arabic (Maghrebi)
Most likely from Arabic بن (bin) meaning "son" and the given name Nouna, which may have been derived from an Arabic word meaning "whale, big fish" or "sabre, sword". Alternately, it may be from an Arabic name for a variety of melon... [more]
Lefrançois French
From the given name François. It may also mean "the Frenchman", probably used to denote someone who came from the region of Île de France in France.
Moleski Polish
A variation of Molski, originated from the many places in Poland called "Mole".
Tôn Nữ Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 孫女 (tôn nữ) meaning "granddaughter", originally used as a title for various royal women belonging to the Nguyễn dynasty.
Ichibagase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).
Iritani Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and tani means "valley".
Burgos Spanish
Surname from a place named Burgos of Spain.
Bandara Sinhalese
From a title meaning "chief's son, prince" in Sinhala.
Leech English, Scottish
A physician.
Kapić Bosnian
Derived from kapa, meaning "hat, cap".
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Li 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 李 (lý).
Miyahoshi Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple, palace" and hoshi means "star".
Gunathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Goose English, Norman
Occupational name for a goose-herd (a person who tends to geese) or a medieval nickname for a person who resembled a goose in some way. It could also be a English (of Norman French origins) cognate of Gosse.
Biert Romansh
Derived from the given name Albert.
Giáp Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Jia, from Sino-Vietnamese 甲 (giáp).
Shimazu Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbor".
Niaz Urdu, Pashto
Derived from the given name Niyaz.
Ergashyev Uzbek
Variant transcription of Ergashev.
Jolicoeur French (Quebec), Haitian Creole
From Old French joli "joyful, cheerful" and cuer "heart". It was originally a nickname for a cheerful person. This was a frequent French Canadian secondary surname (or dit name).
Pushpakumara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit पुष्प (pushpa) meaning "flower" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Recknagel German
from Middle High German recken "to raise or lift" (here in the imperative) and nagel "nail" hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith or perhaps an obscene nickname (with a transferred sense for nagel i.e. ‘penis’).
Dzhioty Ossetian
Most likely related to Sanskrit उज्ज्वल (ujjvala) meaning "bright, radiant, luminous".
Chloros Greek
Meaning "green" in Greek
Sayelau Thai
Alternate transcription of Saelau.
Tumgoev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name itself is derived from Tumag (ТIумагI), the name of a village in Ingushetia, possibly meaning "to see with the heart" in Ingush.
Michels German, Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic from the personal name Michel.
Tweedel English
Tweedel is Scottish for "the dell on the tweed river"
Pasaribu Batak
Derived from Batak ribu meaning "thousand".
Bakdash Arabic (Mashriqi)
An Arabic Turkish-Ottoman influenced surname of unknown meaning and is largely found in the Levant region (Syria, Lebanon) as well as among families in the United Arab Emirates and broader Middle Eastern diaspora.
Buayaem Thai
From Thai บัว (bua) meaning "lotus" and แย้ม (yaem) meaning "bloom, blossom".
Elortza Basque
Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn, thorn" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Özbekoğlu Turkish
Means "son of an Uzbek".
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]
Nakatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Iadanza Italian
Habitational name from a place in the province of Benevento, Italy. ... [more]
Dohune Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂畝 (see Dōune).
Zueena English (American, Modern)
Means "Black Feathers" and it originated with The Analuka Family of America.
Bigelow English
Habitational name from a place in England called Big Low meaning "big mound".
Pill Estonian
Pill is an Estonian surname meaning "musical instrument".
Kadoshima Japanese (Rare)
I don't want to assume it's rare but it's definitely uncommon. Kado means "Gate" and Shima means "Island".
Harold Irish
Of direct Norse origin, but is also occasionally a variant of Harrell and Hurrell.
Buck English
From the given name Buck.
Fischkus German
tax collector (fiscal)
Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".