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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Nicolau Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
From the given name Nicolau.
Fluellen Welsh
Anglicized form of Welsh Llewellyn.
Jenckes English
"Back-formation" of Jenkin, a medieval diminutive of John.
Beauvoir English
From the surname of Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), a French feminist and philosopher.
Chishiya Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" 散 (chi) meaning "scatter", 梓 (shi) meaning "Japanese cherry birch", 塩 (shio) meaning "salt", 沙 (shi) meaning "sand", 司 (shi) meaning "to take charge of; to control; to manage", 史 (shi) meaning "history", 四 (shi) meaning "four", 士 (shi) meaning "samurai, warrior", 子 (shi) meaning "child", 市 (shi) meaning "market", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 氏 (shi) meaning "a family; a clan", 糸 (shi) meaning "thread", 紙 (shi) meaning "paper", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet", 至 (shi) meaning "to reach; to arrive", 詩 (shi) meaning "poetry, poem", 資 (shi) meaning "money; fund; wealth; capital", 汐 (shi) meaning "evening tide; night tides; ebb", 心 (shi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 清 (shi) meaning "clear; limpid", and 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation... [more]
Jaroch Polish, Medieval Slavic
From the given name Jarosław. It is also used as a diminutive of Jarosław in some Polish communities.
Sitar Indian
A type of Indian musical instrumen.
Clah Navajo
From Navajo nitłʼa meaning "he is left-handed".
Ørsted Danish
A notable bearer was Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), a Danish physicist and chemist.
Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".
Michaël Dutch, French
From the given name Michaël.
Lejbowicz Yiddish
Polish form of Leibowitz.
Venkatesh Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Means "lord of Venkata", from Venkata, the name of a hill in southern India (see Venkata), combined with Sanskrit ईश (īśa) meaning "lord, master, husband" (see Isha).
Bunrueang Thai
From Thai บุญ (bun) meaning "merit" and เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright, brilliant".
Kölle German
Variant of Koll.
Omoto Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大本 (see Ōmoto).
Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.
Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.
Ryzhkov Russian
From ryzhko, meaning "red".
Tuazon Chinese (Filipino)
From Hokkien 大孫 (tōa-sun) meaning "eldest grandson".
Uibopuu Estonian
Uibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "apple tree" in South Estonian dialects.
Nedry English (American)
It was the most popular in the United States in 1897-1990.
Jary French
France-England-USA
Gregerson English
Means "son of Gregory/Greg"
Vartanyan Armenian
Variant transcription of Vardanyan.
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]
Hanmer Welsh
A Welsh topographical surname, deviring from 'Hand', a cock, and 'Mere', a lake. A parish in Flintshire, now Wrexham.
Miya Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Satake Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".
Nagaya Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling".
Zaïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zaidi chiefly used in the Maghreb and influenced by French orthography.
Smidt Dutch
Variant spelling of Smit, or a corruption of the German cognate Schmidt.
Laskaris Greek
From ancient and medieval Greek laskaris, a kind of soldier, from Persian laeshkaer "army". This is the same word as Urdu lascar "sailor" and Arabic el-askari "the army", "the troops".
Dykema Dutch, West Frisian
Americanized form of Dijkema.
Liguria Italian
Denotes someone from Liguria.
Stachura Polish
Derived from the given name Stanisław
Wind English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pathway, alleyway, or road, Old English (ge)wind (from windan "to go").
Claessens Flemish, Belgian
Means "son of Claes".
Rodrick English
Derived from the given name Roderick.
Panchenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Panko".
Hol Dutch
Variant form of Holl.
Löfquist Swedish
Combination of Swedish löv "leaf" and kvist "twig".
Cebreiro Jewish, Portuguese
Cebreiro is an olive tree.
Loughrey Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luachra "descendant of Luachra", a personal name derived from luachair "light". The name is often translated, Rush from a Gaelic homonym, luachair meaning "rush".
Veeber Estonian
Veeber is an Estonian surname, an Estonianization of the German surname "Weber".
Maioni Italian
Variant of Maione.
Facchetti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of Italian facchino meaning "porter" (see Facchini). A notable bearer was the Italian soccer star Giacinto Facchetti (1942-2006).
Maximiano Portuguese
Derived from the given name Maximiano.
Tozawa Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Skočdopole Czech
Derived from Czech imperative sentence skoč do pole! meaning "jump in a field!".
Matsuki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Choo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhu.
Aldobrandini Italian
Derived from the given name Aldobrandino. This was the name of an Italian noble family originally from Florence, a famous bearer of which was Ippolito Aldobrandini, more commonly known as Pope Clement VIII (1536-1605).
Considine Irish
Anglicisation of Irish Mac Consaidín meaning "son of Consaidín". The given name Consaidín is the Irish form of Constantine... [more]
Foulkes English (Anglicized, ?)
English variant spelling of Foulks.
Zaib Urdu
From the given name Zaib.
Måsga Chamorro (Modern)
Chamorro for "Had enough off or satiated".
Horgan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó hArgáin.
Shirima African
Common in Tanzania
Aaziz Arabic
From the given name Aziz.
Karam Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Karam.
Əhmədzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ahmadzadeh.
Ingoglia Italian
Means "belonging to the family of Goglia" in Italian, derived from the prefix in- meaning "belonging to the family of" combined with the name Goglia... [more]
De Bono Italian
Derives from the Latin word bonus, meaning "good".
Lansing English
Derived from the name of Lancing, a place in West Sussex, which was composed of the Old English personal name Wlanc and -ingas meaning "family of" or "followers of".
Narita Japanese
From Japanese 成 (nari) meaning "become" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Buchenko Ukrainian
Means "from Bucha". Bucha (Буча) is a city just outside of Kyiv, but the surname can also denote to someone from one of the many villages in Ukraine called Bucha.
Leahy Irish
A surname from southern Ireland.
Karenina Literature
In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.
Binetti Italian
Comes from a diminutive of Bino. Italianized form of French 'Binet'. Habitational name from a place called Binetto (named with Latin vinetum ‘vineyard’) in Bari province.
Bernthal Jewish
Ornamental name derived from the Yiddish given name Ber meaning "bear" and German thal meaning "valley". A famous bearer is American actor Jon Bernthal (1976-).
Sengmany Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".
Yeats English
Scottish and northern English variant spelling of Yates.
Askin English
From the given name Ásketill.
Trebbi Italian
Cesare Mauro Trebbi was an Italian painter and lithographer (1847–1931).... [more]
Ze'ev Hebrew
Means "wolf" in Hebrew.
Bayles English
Variant of Bales.
Vollmer Danish
Danish Variant of Volkmar.
Duggan Scottish, Irish, English
Scottish and Irish variant spelling of Dugan. ... [more]
Nazir Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi
From the given name Nazir 1.
Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".
Alighieri Italian
Patronymic form of Alighiero. A famous bearer of the name was Italian writer Dante Alighieri, full name Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri (1265-1321), author of the Divine Comedy.
Lafuente Spanish
Means "the fountain" in Spanish derived from fons "fountain" with fused definite article la. Variant of Fuentes and cognate to Lafontaine.
Mudry Slavic
Meaning "wise".
Papastathopoulos Greek
Meaning "you are the priest" in Greek.
Rothuizen Dutch
Means "red houses" in Dutch, a habitational name.
Itelson Yiddish, German
Yiddish "Son of Itel"
Grigoryev Russian
Means "son of Grigoriy".
Nakamuro Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 室 (muro) meaning "room, chamber".
Mcquiston English (British)
Anglicized from the Scottish Gaelic name MacUisdean and in Irish MacUistin.
Flinton English
Habitational name from Flinton in the East Yorkshire from Old English flint "flint" and tun "enclosure, yard, town"
Kun Hungarian, Jewish
Hungarian: ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known in English as the Cumanians (Hungarian kún). ... [more]
Čakste Latvian
Means "shrike".
Sarakatsanis Greek
Derived from the Greek Σαρακατσάνοι (Sarakatsanoi) referred to an ethnic Greek population subgroup who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, and North Macedonia... [more]
Trummel Estonian
Trummel is an Estonian surname meaning "drum" and "barrel".
Wilm German
From a short form of the given name Wilhelm.
Bortnyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Bortnik.
Khiev Khmer
From Khmer ខៀវ (khiev) meaning "blue".
Cetrulo Italian
Possibly from Italian citrullo "fool, simpleton", or alternately from Latin citrullus "watermelon".
Flannery Irish
Appears originally in Irish Gaelic as O Flannabhra derived from flann, meaning "red", and abhra, meaning "eyebrow". First appeared in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Drepanis Greek
From the Greek word for scythe: drepani (δρεπάνι).
Rahmanian Persian
From the given name Rahman.
Chandrasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රසේකර (see Chandrasekara).
Calinawan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kalinawan meaning "peace".
Kundla Estonian
Kundla is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kindla", meaning "certain" or "fixed".
Ishiguro Japanese
rom Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".
Nasim Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Nasim.
Degen German, Swiss
Means "rapier, small sword, dagger" in German, an occupational name for someone who made rapiers. Alternately, it could be derived from a given name containing Old High German degan "soldier, warrior", such as Degenhard or Herdegen.
San Pascual Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Pascal" in Spanish.
Niska Finnish, Sami
From Finnish niska "neck" (in this case referring to an isthmus).
Rannamäe Estonian
Rannamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "inshore hill/mountain".
Bouma West Frisian
Shortened form of the now-extinct Frisian surname Bouwema, a patronymic form of the given name Bouwe (see Boudewijn)... [more]
Murdmaa Estonian
Murdmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "off-road" (literally, "fraction(al) land").
Bolen English
Variant of Bullen.
Mohler German (Swiss)
Derived from the Low German word möhl, meaning "mill." Variant of Müller.
Sklueff Russian (Latinized, Rare, ?)
Means bird of prey. From Russia. Was changed by the government from Cellieic letters to Latin letters. Unknown if it was change in Russia or Harbin, Chun where they escaped Bolshevism.
Junk German
Variant of Jung 1.
Howie Scottish
I believe it is from "The Land of How" in Ayrshire
Tsyganov Russian
Means "son of a gypsy" in Russian.
Tikkanen Finnish
Meaning "small woodpecker".
Quế Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gui, from Sino-Vietnamese 桂 (quế).
Khúc Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Qu, from Sino-Vietnamese 曲 (khúc).
Ayman Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Ayman.
Perron Spanish
Spanish (Perrón) : probably from an augmentative of perro 'dog'.
Louwers Dutch
Either a patronymic from a short form of Laurentius, or an occupational name for a tanner from Dutch looien "to tan (leather)".
Ravellino Celtic
It means weaver or taylor. In the Gaelic languaje is wehydd or gwehydd.
Belfer Jewish
Occupational name from Yiddish be(he)lfer, ba(he)lfer "teacher’s assistant".
Nesterenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Nestor.
Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."
Van Staalduinen Dutch
Means "from the steel dunes", a toponym.
Cadan Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Cadáin.
Seedat Indian (Muslim)
“Lord” in Hindustani. Comes from "Sidi". May be Egyptian, Arabic or Persian in origin.
Repić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from repa, meaning "turnip."
Abeywickrama Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".
Hisagae Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).
Raisch German, German (Swiss)
From Middle High German rīsch, rūsch ‘reed’, ‘rush’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a reed bed, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who used or harvested reeds... [more]
Kyriacou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Kyriakou chiefly used in Cyprus.
Baeza Spanish
From a place called Baeza in Andalusia, Spain.
Berwick English, Scottish
Habitational name from Berwick-on-Tweed.
Amirpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian امیرپور (see Amirpour).
Iveković Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivek.
Chappelow English (British)
This rare surname takes its name from the building Chapel How in Ambleside, Westmorland. It derives from Middle English chappel “chapel” and the Cumbric word how “hill”. Notable bearers of this surname include English poet Eric Chappelow (1890-1957), and English suffragette Grace Chappelow (1884-1971).
Rüga Estonian
Rüga is an Estonian surname derived from "rügama" meaning to "toil" and "rügaja" meaning "toiler".
Al-shaykh Arabic
From the Arabic honorific شيخ (shaykh) meaning "sir, master", used for tribal or village chiefs as well as Muslim religious scholars.
Toy Chinese
From Chinese (coi), meaning "applause, cheer" or "luck, fortune"
Crane English
From Middle English crane "crane (bird)", a nickname for a tall, thin man with long legs. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century... [more]
Damm German, Danish
Topographic name from Middle High German damm "dike".
Battellini Italian
Probably a diminutive of Battello.
Lavrov Russian
Lavrova is feminine for Lavrov.
Maller German
An occupational name given to a painter of stained glass.
Mcconaughey Irish
From actor Matthew McConaughey (1969-)
Estabrook English
The placename Estabrook comes from Middle English est meaning "east" and brok meaning "brook stream".
Rostov Russian, Literature
Either derived from Rostov Oblast, a Russian federal subject, the town of Rostov in Yaroslavl Oblast, or Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city in the Rostov Oblast. This is also the surname of multiple characters from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace".
Sijbrandij Frisian
Comes from the Dutch name Sijbren which originates from the Roman Sybrandus
Purificacion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish purificación, meaning "purification," referring to the ritual purification of the Virgin Mary after her childbirth.
Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that is/was somewhere in Ōita in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 () meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]
Rudström Swedish
Combination of Swedish rud "deforested land, clearing" and ström "stream".
Foo Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Hu.
Chiang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Jiang 1.
Agha Turkish
Means "chief, master, lord" in Turkish. From the Turkish ağa 'chief, master, lord', from the Old Turkish aqa 'elder brother'. Traditionally it was a title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, and was placed after the name of certain military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire... [more]
Adamyan Armenian
Means "son of Adam".
Wechter German
Variant spelling of German Wächter
Aznar Spanish
Aznar is a Spanish surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri").
Halstead English
Geographic surname from places by the same name in Essex, Kent, and Leicestershire.
Thorbecke German
Possibly from an unknown place name meaning either "at the brook" or "Thor's stream" in German. A noteworthy bearer was the Dutch liberal statesman and prime minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-1872), whose family was of German origin; he is best known for almost single-handedly drafting the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, which turned the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, during the Revolutions of 1848.
Dortmund German
Regional name for someone from Dortmund.
Oshita Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大下 (see Ōshita).
Tikhanchik Russian
Derived from тихо (tikho) meaning "quiet".
Vaikla Estonian
Vaikla is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet area".
Krivov Russian
From krivoi, meaning "crooked".
Huaranga Incan
Possibly refers to the Inca administrative "unit of a thousand households"
Borgo Italian
Borgo is an Italian surname, which means 'village' or 'borough'.
Luxon South African
Transferred use of the surname Luxon.
Kalanjian Armenian
Meaning unknown.
Craxi Italian
Variant of Crascì.
Toyonaga Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "lush, abundant" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity, a long time".
Koo Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Duhaylungsod Filipino, Cebuano
Means "having two hometowns" from Cebuano duha meaning "two" and lungsod meaning "town."
Westerman English
Topographical surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or someone who had moved to the west, from Old English westerne meaning "western" and mann meaning "man, person".
Terryberry English
Americanized form of German Dürrenberger
Jayesingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසිංහ (see Jayasinghe).