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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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Mockford English
Mockford comes from "Mocca's ford", with Mocca being an Old English name of uncertain origin. An alternative theory is that it comes from "Motholfr's ford" from the Old Norse meaning "renown-wolf". Either way, Mockford was once a place in Sussex, near Rottingdean, and it is from there that most branches of the name originate.
Sarrià Catalan
Catalan habitational name from any of the places named Sarrià or Sàrria, in Catalonia.
Abdeslam Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abdeslam.
Cadutsch Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and Dutsch.
Trofimov Russian
Means "son of Trofim".
Soghomonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սողոմոնյան (see Soghomonyan).
Bouzaher Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Zaher" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).
Buatong Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai บัวทอง (see Buathong).
Junuzović Bosnian
Means "son of Yunus
Burwitz Polabian
From Polabian bur "farmer" and the Germanized Slavic ending -witz.
Montaperto Italian
From the name of a town in Agrigento, Sicily, perhaps meaning "open mountain" from monte "mountain" and aperto "open, unlocked".
Basisty Russian
Derived from Russian басистый (basisty) meaning "having bass, deep voice".
Alexis German, French, English, Greek
From the given name Alexis.
Waynewright English
Variant spelling of Wainwright.
Tsurube Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kinoshi.
Carling Swedish
From the personal name Karl, which is also a common place name prefix, and the common surname suffix -ing "belonging to".
Ishimaru Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".
Mahina Italian, Polish
In Italian, it is likely derived from "màcina," which refers to a millstone or grindstone. This suggests the surname may have been given to individuals who worked as millers or lived near a place with such a feature... [more]
Calinao Filipino, Cebuano, Hiligaynon
Derived from Cebuano and Hiligaynon kalinaw meaning "calmness, peace, tranquility".
Duck Dutch
Dutch variant of Duyck. In a German-speaking environment, this is also a variant of van Dyck and Dyck.
Tsuboi Japanese
From Japanese 坪 (tsubo) referring to a traditional unit of length or 壺 or 壷 (tsubo) meaning "container, pot, jar" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine".
Daoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Dawud (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).
Sugahara Japanese
From 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Caccavale Italian
Possibly a combination of cacare "to shit" and vale "valley".
Sussman German, Jewish
In German, this is an elaborated form of Süß, meaning "sweet man".... [more]
Vernetti Italian, Piedmontese
From various places called Vernetti or Vernetto in Piedmont, Italy.
Verdejo Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places so called.
Di Nardo Italian (Tuscan)
Ancient and illustrious family, called Nardo, Nardi or De Nardi, originally from Tuscany, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy.
Rubtsenko Ukrainian (Rare)
From Ukrainian рубець (rubets'), meaning "scar".
Eustache French
From the given name Eustache.
Granarolo Italian (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name related to Italian granaio "granary, barn; region that produces grain", ultimately from Latin granum "grain, seed".
Sozio Italian
Archaic Italian form of socio meaning "companion, partner, ally".
Macaluso Italian
Possibly from Arabic مخلوص (maklus) "freed, liberated", indicating a freedman or slave who had been liberated, which may be related to Sicilian macaluscio, "cleaned and prepared cotton".
Hajjar Arabic
Means "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar) "stone, weight".
Petrusenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Petrus" or "child of Petrusya".
Çalışır Turkish
Means "on, running, working" in Turkish.
Kullamaa Estonian
Kullamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous land".
Valmer Estonian
Possibly derived from a diminutive form of the personal name Valdemar.
Hanaue Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper, superior" or 植 (ue) meaning "planting".
Bäckman Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "small stream" and man "man".
Smartt English
Variant of Smart.
Panganoron Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cloudy" in Cebuano.
Honegger Swiss
Arthur Honegger (10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer, and a member of Les Six, a group of composers associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. His most famous work is "Pacific 231".
Caldeira Portuguese
Name given to a maker of kettles or other cooking vessels.
Kosuge Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little; short" and 菅 (suge) meaning "sedge".... [more]
Joffé French, Jewish
French form of Joffe.
Iwan Welsh
Derived from the given name Iwan.
Van Look Dutch
Topographic name from look "enclosure, fence", or habitational name from a place named with this word.
Żak Polish
A nickname given to youthful or studious people. Comes from the Polish żak, meaning "student" or "schoolboy". It originally meant "novice" or "candidate for the priesthood", and so in some cases it is perhaps a nickname for someone who had been destined for holy orders.
Bhandari Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit भाण्डागारिक (bhandagarika) meaning "storekeeper, treasurer", ultimately from भाण्डागार (bhandagara) meaning "storeroom, storehouse, treasury".
Sillaste Estonian
Sillaste is an Estonian surname meaning "pertaining to bridges".
Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.
Künnen German
Metronymic from the given name Kunigunde.
Trimble English, Scottish, Northern Irish
A variant of Trumble, recorded in Northern Ireland since the 17th century.... [more]
Didukh Ukrainian
From Ukrainian дідух (didukh), meaning "didukh". A didukh is a Ukrainian Christmas decoration originating from ancient times.
Howbert Germanic
Bright heart in German
Cai Hui
From the Arabic name Osman.
Davari Persian
Derived from Persian داور (davar) meaning "judge, arbiter".
Tomlin English
From a pet form of Tom, a short form of the personal name Thomas.
Umena Japanese
From 梅 ume) meaning "plum" and 名 (na) meaning "reputation, name, status".
Fortounis Greek
Ultimately derived from the Late Roman name Fortunatus.
Chaiwong Thai
From Thai ใจ (chai) meaning "heart, mind, spirit" or ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".
Brahmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Brahim.
Vagabov Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Vagab".
Labazyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian лабазник (labaznyk), a type of tree. Probably denoted to someone who lived near labaznyks.
Saralegi Basque
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque sarale "hay, dry grass, livestock feed" combined with either tegi "stable, pen, enclosure", -(t)egi "place of", or possibly (h)egi "slope, hillside; edge, border".
Bish English
Comes from the old English word bis meaning "dingy" or "murky". Was given to someone who dressed in drab or murky colors.
Kampa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒波 (kampa) meaning "cold wave", referring to possibly a person described as having cold vibes or an event that involved cold waves.
Mitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Mitros".
Vään Estonian
Vään is an Estonian surname meaning "climbing".
Segev Hebrew
Means "exaltation, greatness" in Hebrew.
Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.
Skelton English, German, Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from places in Cumbria and Yorkshire, England, originally named with the same elements as Shelton, but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence.
Howlett English
The name Howlett was brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Norman personal name Hugh. Howlett was a baptismal name which means the son of Hugh... [more]
Jollie English
Variant of Jolly.
Slotnick Jewish (Anglicized, Modern)
A Polish, Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian surname, meaning 'goldsmith'. Also a Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) occupational name for a goldsmith. Variant/anglicization of Polish Zlotnik, Ukrainian Zlotnyk.
Talusaar Estonian
Talusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "farm island".
Hiroto Japanese
From the given name Hiroto.
Həbibzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Habibzadeh.
Kwak Korean
From Sino-Korean 郭 (gwak) meaning "outer city" (making it the Korean form of Guo) or 霍 (gwak) meaning "quickly, suddenly".
Miyanichi Japanese
Miya means "temple, palace, shrine" and nichi means "sun, day".
Witteveen Dutch
From Dutch witte "white" and veen "peat bog, marsh", derived from any of several place names.
Yazar Turkish
Means "writer, author" in Turkish.
Jayesingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසිංහ (see Jayasinghe).
Paskhaeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Пасхаев (see Paskhaev).
Carbonaro Italian
From carbonaro "charcoal burner".
Chałupa Polish
Polish form of Chalupa
Danser German, French, English
German: variant of Danzer. Altered spelling of English Dancer.... [more]
Lijewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Lijewo in Włocławek voivodeship.
Wiener German
Derived from German Wiener meaning "inhabitant of Vienna". The Austrian capital city is known as Wien in German.
Hiielaid Estonian
Hiielaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grove islet".
Bednárik mu Slovak, Hungarian (?)
Masculine in Slovak and unisex in Hungarian.
Farhad Bengali, Persian
From the given name Farhad.
Kinney Scottish
Reduced form of McKinney.
Abeyewickreme Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේවික්‍රම (see Abeywickrama).
Gieriet Romansh
Derived from the given name Gieri in combination with the diminutive suffix -et.
Kukiç Albanian
Albanian form of Kukić.
Malfitano Italian
Altered form of Amalfitano.
Almazán Spanish
Habitational name demoting someone originally from the municipality of Almazán in Castile and León, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic المكان المحصن (al-makān al-ḥiṣn) meaning "the fortified place" or "the stronghold".
Dauphin French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Dauphin a medieval form of Delphinus.
Saengarun Thai
Means "dawn, aurora" in Thai.
Aixin Chinese, Manchu
A Sinicised variant of Aisin.
Zrnčić Croatian
Possibly derived from the Slavic element zrn, of unknown meaning.... [more]
Solak Polish
Surname; meaning seller of salt or salt
Lääts Estonian
Lääts is an Estonian surname meaning "lens".
Chong Korean
Variant romanization of Jeong.
Toh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Du.
Salim Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Lin (林). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Caruthers Scottish
Means "Rhydderch's fort" in Cumbric. This might refer to the king of Alt Clut, Rhydderch Hael.
Švarcer Croatian
Elaborated form of Švarc.
D'Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.
Lasek Polish
small woods
Veng Khmer
Meaning uncertain.
Rédey Hungarian
Indicated a person from Kisréde or Nagyréde, a village in Hungary.
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.
Dinglasan Tagalog
From Tagalog dinglas meaning "slide, slip, glide".
Halla Danish
Derived from the Old Norse HALLR, which means 'flat stone, rock' or 'sloping, leaning to one side'... [more]
Savko Ukrainian
From a pet form of the personal name Sava (see Savas).
Sebastíansson Icelandic
Means "son of Sebastían" in Icelandic.
Deb Indian, Bengali, Assamese
East Indian form of Dev.
Hackler German
Occupational name for someone who used a small hoe in the field or a vineyard.
Tounsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic تُونِسِيّ (tūnisiyy) meaning “Tunisian”, ultimately from تُونِس (tūnis) meaning "Tunisia, Tunis". It can refer to a native of the country of Tunisia, someone from the city of Tunis (in Tunisia), or the Tunisian Tounsi dialect of Arabic.
Hamburger German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name for someone from Hamburg.
Vasta Italian
Possibly from either of the toponyms Vaste or Vasto... [more]
Mølle Danish
From Danish meaning "mill".
Schwanke German
From a short form of the German given name Swaneke, a pet form of Swane, ultimately derived from a Germanic compound name formed with swan meaning "swan" as the first element (see Schwenke 2).
Bloemendaal Dutch
Means "valley of flowers", the name of several places in the Netherlands, derived from bloem "flower" and dal "valley, dale". Cognate to German Blumenthal.
Wieslander Swedish
Combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -lander.
Maqsudov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Maqsud".
Kackley German
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kächele (see Kachel).
Malak Arabic
Derived from the given name Malak.
Dimaandal Tagalog
From Tagalog di maandal meaning "not pushable, not shovable".
Mchedlidze Georgian
From Georgian მჭედელი (mchedeli), meaning "blacksmith."
Tackleberry Popular Culture, American (Rare)
This is a surname most notably used by Officer Eugene Tackleberry (played by the lovably hilarious David Graf) in the classic Police Academy movies of the 1980s-90s. Officer Tackleberry is a markedly boyish police officer who has a passionate adoration for guns and adventure... [more]
Pridmore English
unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. Pridmore has long been a Leicestershire name.
Giersch German
German from the female personal name Gerusch or Gerisch, pet forms of Gertrud (see Trude), with the Slavic suffix -usch or -isch.
Bourget French
Possibly meaning "from the city, town" or given to wealthy families, (from bourgeois)
Ewbank English
Variant spelling of Eubanks.
Kitz German
Meaning "kid".
Swing English
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Schwing or from Middle High German zwinc meaning "legal district", hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a district administrator.
De Stefano Italian
Means "son of Stefano".
Preobrazhenskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Преображенский (see Preobrazhensky).
Latimer English
Occupational name for an interpreter or clerk who wrote documents in Latin, ultimately derived from Latin latinarius "interpreter, speaker of Latin".
Noël French
Means "Christmas".
Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (yasu) means "cheap, low, inexpensive, rested, peaceful, relax".良 (ra) means "good, excellent", and 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill"... [more]
Hamanaka Japanese
Hama means "beach" and naka means "middle".
Matiyko Ukrainian
A diminutive form of mother мати (maty).
Pettinato Italian
Italian cognate of Peinado.
Donel Irish
Variant of Donnel
Gabriël Dutch
From the given name Gabriël.
Chell French
Probably a respelling of the French habitational name Challe, from any of the various places so named from Late Latin cala ‘rock shelter’.
Čosić Croatian
Variant spelling of Ćosić.
Mohlin Swedish
Variant of Molin.
Dublin English
Habitational name for someone from a places named Dublin.
Hada Japanese
This is another reading of Haneda.
Tokoro Japanese
As a surname it is often spelled as to meaning "field, wilderness" and koro means "spine, road".
Olmstead English (British)
Comes from the Old French ermite "hermit" and Old English stede "place".... [more]
Ben-porat Hebrew
Means "son of Poratha" in Hebrew.
Nein German
Unexplained. Perhaps from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with an element cognate with Old High German niuwi meaning "new".
Ralls English (Anglicized, Rare)
From old English or Saxon. Originally Rallf ( Raulf) which meant Wolf Council
Clive English
English surname meaning "cliff" in Old English, originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.
Hosp German (Austrian)
Means "odd bird" or "strange man"
Malloch Scottish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIain Mhalaich "son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows", which was the family name of the MacGregors of Balhaldie. The Ian from whom the name is derived died in the early 16th century.
Sanyal Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Senlal (or Sen Lal) in present-day Bangladesh.
Yorks English
Variant of York.
Kanayama Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Mian Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi
From an honorific title used on the Indian subcontinent meaning "lord, master, sir" or "prince", derived from Persian میان (miyan) meaning "middle, centre, between".
Hilliker German
The last name of Dance Moms star, Kalani Hilliker.
Raij Spanish, Judeo-Spanish, Portuguese, Romani (Caló)
Borrowed from Hindi राइज (raij) meaning "rice". This surname is found among Christian and Jewish Caló families.
Fossa Italian
From Latin meaning "ditch".
Karask Estonian
Karask is an Estonian surname meaning "barley bread".
Windham English, Irish (Anglicized)
English habitational name from Wyndham in West Sussex, near West Grinstead, probably named from an unattested Old English personal name Winda + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’; or from Wymondham in Leicestershire and Norfolk, named from the Old English personal name Wigmund (see Wyman) + Old English ham ‘homestead’... [more]
Piaget French (Swiss)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. This name was borne by Jean Piaget (1896-1980), a Swiss child psychologist noted for his studies of intellectual and cognitive development in children.
Litwin Polish
Polish form of Litvin.
Teratani Japanese
Tera means "temple" and tani means "valley".
Iwawaki Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and waki means "side".
Olatunji Yoruba
"Olatunji" is a Yoruba surname and a given name meaning "Wealth awakes again".
Kravar Croatian
Means ''cow herder''.
Lesatz English
Unknown origin (I mean by I don't know its origins). Popular in Michigan during the early 20th century.
Seshita Japanese
From 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, rapids, current" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Salurand Estonian
Salurand is an Estonian surname meaning "grove beach".
Cossu Italian
Probably from Sardinian cossu "tub, trough, basin".
Yoichimae Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) means "provide, give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "town, market, city" and 前 (mae) "front, forward".
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.
Magtanong Tagalog
Means "to ask a question" in Tagalog.
Marçal Spanish, Catalan
Derived from the given name Marçal.
Zlatkin Jewish
Meaning, "gold" or "yellow."