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.
Humenyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гуменний (humennyy), meaning "rubber (adjective)". Denoted to rubber worker.
Juliusson Swedish
Means "son of Julius".
Õunroos Estonian
Õunroos is an Estonian surname meaning "apple rose".
Biren Luxembourgish
Of unknown origin and meaning.
Grjotheim Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Norwegian (Nynorsk) grjot "stone, rock" and heim "home".
Caslari Jewish (Archaic), Judeo-Provençal, Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-French
Abraham ben David Caslari was a Catalan-Jewish physician. Abraham Caslari (presumably a different man) is also listed in the index of known Jews in France in the late middle ages in the book Judaia Gallica by Heinrich Gross.
Graciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Graciano.
Coath English
Derived from the Cornish word for smith, goff.
Edgeworth English
From a place name: either Edgeworth in Gloucestershire or Edgworth in Lancashire. The place names themselves derive from Old English ecg "edge" and worþ "enclosure"... [more]
Brindley English
Habitational name from a place in England so named. From Old English berned "burnt" and leah "woodland clearing".
Welti German (Swiss)
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Walter.
Preve Italian
Derives from the Latin "presbyter" with the meaning of "Older". Abundant in the Piedmont region.
Ivancho Rusyn
Means "son of Ivan".
Jayawardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Jayawardena.
Hatzis Greek
Hatzis is the modern form of the Greek khatzis 'a pilgrim to Jerusalem' (either Christian or Muslim), considered a high social distinction. The Greek term is Semitic in origin and is cognate with Arabic hajj 'pilgrimage (to Mecca).'
Marselli Catalan
Catalan family that appears in the feudal list of 1355 with a Francis, lord of Chia.
Ávalos Spanish
Etymologists note the name signifies a "native of Abalos" and the progenitor was someone who hailed from that location.
Samylin Russian
Means "son of Samyl".
Ramone Spanish (Anglicized), Portuguese (Anglicized), Catalan (Anglicized)
From Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan Ramón, from the personal name Ramón or Ramon, of Germanic origin (see Raymond).
Chubbs English
Variant of Chubb.
Marević Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Maro".
Kusano Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Ginebra Spanish
From the Spanish word ginebra, meaning "gin," possibly ultimately from the Latin iuniperus, meaning "juniper."
Bradstreet English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a Roman road, derived from Old English brad "broad" and strǣt "paved highway, street" (ultimately derived from Latin strata)... [more]
Leet Estonian
Leet is an Estonian surname meaning "sandbank".
Hick German
From a derivative of a Slavic pet form of Heinrich.
Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Rahal Arabic
From Arabic رحال (rahhal) meaning "voyager, traveller".
Unzueta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzueta.
Dewald German
Derived from the given name Diebold, a variant of Theobold.
Teodorczuk Polish
From the given name Teodor.
Hagman English (Rare)
From a little town in Scotland.
Pedraza Spanish
Refers to the blow received from a stone thrown intentionally to wound someone.
Mcgillicuddy Irish
The surname McGillicuddy comes from the Irish Mac GiollaMochuda, meaning 'son of the devotee of St. Mochuda'. It's part of the O'Sullivan sect and comes from the West part of Ireland in county Kerry... [more]
Darwiche Arabic
Lebanese spelling of Darwish.
Monir Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali
Derived from the given name Munir.
Knobel German, German (Swiss), Yiddish
Derived from the Middle High German knübel probably a nickname for a fat person or in the sense "ankle". However the term also denotes a rounded elevation and may therefore also be a topographic name for someone who lived by a knoll... [more]
Groenewoud Dutch
Derived from a place name meaning “green wood”.
Ivančević Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
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.
Carling English (American)
Americanized form of German Garling or Gerling.
Panić Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Croatian
Patronymic from the personal names Pane, Pano, Panteleon or Pankracij.
Janota Czech
Derivative of Jan 1.
Jõeleht Estonian
Jõeleht is an Estonian surname meaning "river foliage".
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]
Dziadzienka Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian дзед (dzied) meaning "grandfather, old man".
Princip Bosnian, Serbian
Probably derived from Latin princeps "leader, initiator, prince", which itself was ultimately derived from primus "first" and capere "to take". The surname may thus have originated as a nickname for someone with a princely appearance, or for someone who was the illegitimate offspring of a prince... [more]
Takemori Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mori means "forest".
Sasaguri Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".
Berginc Slovak
Original spelling of Slovene surname "Boreanaz".... [more]
Jaouhari Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar) meaning "jewel, gem, essence" (chiefly Moroccan).
Bookman German (East Prussian)
Bookman, as a surname, derives from East Purssian origin. It is the American version of “Buchmann” with “Buch” meaning book in German, and “Mann” meaning man, creating the Americanized German surname Bookman.
Ledecký Czech
It means "coming from somewhere".
Ābols Latvian (Rare)
Means "apple" in Latvian.
Perseu Italian
Sardinian form of Perseo.
Phongsavath Lao
From Lao ພົງ (phong) meaning "family, lineage" and ສະຫວາດ (sawat) meaning "sincere, open, beautiful".
Kleynen Flemish
From Dutch klein meaning "small".
Lichevsky Russian
Russian form of Liszewski.
Peskett Medieval Welsh
The surname Peskett is derived from the word "peascod" or "peapod," a sack in which peas were kept. This word was originally derived from the Old English words "peose" and "pise," which mean "pea," and "codd," which means "bag." The Peskett name was occupational for a seller of peas... [more]
Marvel English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname (often ironic) for someone regarded as a prodigy; or (ii) "person from Merville", the name of two places in northern France ("smaller settlement" and "settlement belonging to a man with a Germanic name beginning with Meri-, literally 'famous'")... [more]
Záček Czech
Žáček means "small school boy" in Czech. A famous bearer is Chicagoan writer Dennis Začek.
Liška Czech
Liška means "fox" in Czech. A famous bearer is actor Pavel Liška.
Käos Estonian
Käos is an Estonian surname derived from "käosulane", meaning "warbler" (Hippolais).
Kallis Estonian
Kallis is an Estonian surname meaning "darling", "sweetheart", or "beloved".
Poblete Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name from Poblete in the province of Ciudad Real.
Ahtisaari Finnish (Rare)
A notable bearer is Martti Ahtisaari (b. 1937), the tenth president of Finland (1994-2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work... [more]
Pačariz Bosnian
Derived from Turkish "paçariz" meaning "damage, difficulty, or mess" ... [more]
Bagherzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Bagher" in Persian.
Huis Dutch
Dutch cognate of House.
Sabinov Bulgarian
Means “son of Sabin”
Gola Italian
Topographic name from gola "mountain hollow, cavity".
Pavle Slovak
From the given name Pavol.
Imaki Japanese
This could be spelled with ima meaning "now, present" and ki meaning "tree, wood".
Filimon Romanian, Russian, Greek
From the given name Filimon.
Ōman Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Daiman).
Rindt German
Variant of Rind.
Felicio Galician
From the given name Felicio
Dulev Macedonian (Rare, Archaic)
The meaning and origin is still not known it is an Old Macedonian surname ... [more]
Facui Etruscan
Feminine form *Facu (𐌚𐌀𐌂𐌖), and equivialent to Latin Pacuia
Aulakh Indian, Punjabi
From the name of a village in Punjab, India, meaning uncertain.
Dragases Greek, History, Serbian (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Serbian surname Dragaš. This was the surname of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, who took her mother's surname, Helena Dragaš, as his second last name
Giano Italian
From the given name Giano.
Thawornwongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).
Dowler English
Occupational name for a maker of dowels and similar objects, from a derivative of Middle English “dowle”.
Barriera Italian
Means "barrier" in Italian.
O'Trohy Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Ó Troighthigh.
Saengmanee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).
Himmelreich German, Jewish
humorous topographic name from a place so named as being at a high altitude from Middle High German himel "heaven" and riche "empire" meaning "kingdom of heaven, heavenly kingdom".
Uuemõis Estonian
Uuemõis is an Estonian surname meaning "new manor".
Konksi Estonian
Konksi is an Estonian surname derived from "konks" meaning "hook", "swan neck" and "trammel".
Hof Dutch
Standard Dutch form of Hoff.
Bégon French
Probably from French béguin "(male) Beguin", referring to a member of a particular religious order active in the 13th century, and derived from the surname of Lambert le Bègue, the mid-12th-century priest responsible for starting it... [more]
Abelleira Galician
Means "beehive, apiary" in Galician, either used as an occupational name for a beekeeper or a habitational name for someone from any of various places in Galicia called Abelleira (derived from the same word).
Tahk Estonian
Tahk is an Estonian surname meaning both "face/facet" or "aspect" and "whetstone".
Sahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".
Saladino Italian, Sicilian
Either from the personal name Saladino from Arabic (see Saladin ) or a nickname from this name denoting a bully or tyrant... [more]
Keyn Norwegian (Rare)
Derived from the Norwegian word for "strong pillar".
Blight English
comes from blithe
Kalyoncu Turkish
Means "sailor" in Turkish.
Adham Arabic
From the given name Adham.
Raven English, Dutch
From a variety of sources all ultimately derived from the name of the bird. Could be a patronymic form of a given name such as Raven, Hraban, or Walraven; from a nickname referring to dark hair or thieving tendencies; or from a toponym derived from a given name.
Villein French
"Used in medieval England and France. Villein is another term used for the serfs in the lowest classes of the feudal system."
Przespolewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages in Gmina Ceków-Kolonia: Przespolew Pański or Przespolew Kościelny.
Rosi Greek, Italian
Greek: Metronymic from the female personal name Rosa 1, or alternatively a variant of Rosso.... [more]
Kidamura Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable", or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", combined with 田 (da) meaning rice paddy, field" and 村 (mura) means "hamlet, village".
Tow Scottish
Scottish: Variation of Tulloch.... [more]
D'orival French
Variant form of D'oreval. This is also one of the very few forms (of what is ultimately the D'aurevalle surname) that is still in use nowadays.
Buckler English
Occupational name for a maker of buckles, derived from Old French bouclier. Could also be a name for someone who used a buckle, a kind of small shield.
Mendis Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Mendes.
Hryhorovych Ukrainian
Means "child of Hryhor".
Lah Slovene
It means "italian"
Shallcross English
Means "person from Shallcross", Derbyshire ("place by the Shacklecross", an ancient stone cross in the High Peak, its name perhaps denoting a cross to which people could be shackled as a penance).
Valadez Asturian, Spanish, Mexican
Asturian-Leonese variant of Valdez.
Kishio Japanese
Kishi means "bank, shore, beach" and o means "tail".
Khalife Lebanese (Gallicized)
French version of the Arabic name Khalifa which means “successor of Mohammed” used by Lebanese Christians ever since the French occupation of Lebanon.
Gillani Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Alternate transcription of Arabic جيلاني or Persian, Urdu گیلانی (see Gilani).
Furuno Japanese
Furu means "old" and no means "plain, field".
Trivedi Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Means "one who knows the three Vedas", derived from Sanskrit त्रि (tri) meaning "three" and वेद (veda) meaning "Veda".
Pinder English (African)
Pinder originated in England as a surname used in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
Marye English
Derived from Old French marais "a marsh". It may have arisen as a surname from the place name (Le) Marais in Calvados, Normandy.
Cosby English
From the name of a village in Leicestershire, derived from the Old English given name Cossa and Old Norse býr "sarm, settlement". A famous bearer of the name is American comedian and convicted felon Bill Cosby, full name William Henry Cosby Jr... [more]
Steinhagen German
Derived from Old High German stein "stone" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture".
Gasser German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a goat herd from Middle High German geiz meaning "Goat" and (n)er an agent suffix.
Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).
Lions English
Variant of Lyons influencd by the spelling of the word lion
Ukumori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鵜久森 (see Ugumori).
Naramor English, Welsh
Naramor, also Narramore or Naramore, is a corruption of Northmore, and has Welsh/English background. "More North"
Yasuryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura).
Bey Indian (Muslim), Assamese, Turkish, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg) (modern Turkish bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master".
Boykins English (American)
Americanized form of Dutch Boeijkens: patronymic from the personal name Boye with the diminutive element -ken and genitive -s. Compare the English cognate Boykin and North German Boyken.... [more]
Sussman German, Jewish
In German, this is an elaborated form of Süß, meaning "sweet man".... [more]
Potulicki Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 3 Greater Polish villages named Potulice.
Kurogiri Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 霧 (giri) meaning "mist"
Terracina Italian
From the name of a city in Lazio, Italy, called Tarracina in Latin.
San Diego Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name from any of various places named San Diego, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Didacus (San Diego).
Agishcheva Russian
Feminine form of Agishchev (Агищев)
Bundhoo Mauritian Creole
Derived from Sanskrit बन्धु (bandhu) meaning "kinsman, relative".
Phenix French (Quebec, Anglicized)
Either (i) an anglicization of French Canadian Phénix, literally "phoenix", probably originally a nickname of now lost import; or (ii) a different form of Fenwick.
Esaka Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and saka means "slope, hill".
Karunathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).
Hamadani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian همدانی (see Hamedani).
Nesmith English, Scottish
Occupational name for a nail or knife maker, derived from Middle English nayl "nail" or knyf "knife" and smyth "craftsman, smith" (from Old English smiþ).
Arapović Croatian, Bosnian (Rare)
From “Arap” meaning “Arab” in Croatian, derived from Turkish Arap
Jayamanna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයමාන්න (see Jayamanne).
Muramori Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and mori means "forest".
Gyatso Tibetan
From the given name Gyatso.
Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.
Ximenes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Jiménez.
Vong Khmer
Means "family, lineage" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit वंश (vansha).
Hamoy Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lick" in Cebuano.
Oki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大木 (see Ōki).
Wijemanna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේමාන්න (see Wijemanne).
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".
Suljić Bosnian
Means "son of Suljo".
Hanazono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and zono is a form of sono meaning "garden".
Gündüz Turkish
Means "daytime, day" in Turkish.
Lamborghini Italian
Probably from Germanic landa "land" and burg "fortress, castle".
Barriere French
Occupational name for a gatekeeper, from Old French barier.
Alb Romanian
From Romanian meaning "white".
Daice English
Of obscure origin and meaning.
Chaudhry Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Chaudhary.
Pearks English
Sir Stuart Edmond Pearks (1875–1931) served as the Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province of British India from 1930 until 1931. Sourced from Wikipedia.... [more]
Castiglia Italian
Habitational name for someone from Castile, Spain (see Castilla).
Hayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hanouna Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Hanoun used by Jews.
Önder Turkish
From the given name Önder.
Spokony Russian (Anglicized, ?)
comes from the english version of the pronunciation of the Russian word for calm
Dakurige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 駄栗毛 (Dakurige) meaning "Dakurige", a division in the area of Sawane in the city of Sado in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
Kurasawa Japanese
倉 (Kura) means "Owns, Storehouse, Posesses" and 沢 (Sawa) means "Marsh, Swamp".
Ōishi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Tofiño Spanish
Surname of Vicente Tofiño (de San Miguel y Wanderiales), an 18th century Spanish navigator, cartographer, and cosmographer. The meaning of the name Tofiño is unknown.
Tanjung Minangkabau, Batak
From Minangkabau tanjuang or Batak tanjung both meaning "cape, headland, point".
Rou French
Variant of Roux.
Fattig German (Americanized)
Coming from the name “attig” meaning German royalty or nobles. It is also thought to come from Sweden meaning “poor”.
Martinaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Martin" in Albanian.
Varnell English
Variant of Farnell. This form originated in southwestern England, where the change from F to V arose from the voicing of F that was characteristic of this area in Middle English.
Hala Arabic
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Datsyuk Ukrainian
Possibly from Ukrainian дати (daty), meaning "to give".
Kego Scottish
Scottish - Eaglesham, Renfrewshire Scotland
Balza Spanish, Belgian, Filipino (Hispanicized), Italian
Derivation (Belzer, Balzac, Balzer, etc.) of the given name Balthazar, meaning "one of the three wise men."
Stavropoulos Greek
Means "son of Stavros."
Skalaban Polish, French, Spanish (?)
Polish word Skal meaning "Justice" and French word Aban meaning someone who lives near a forest.
Winkie English
For someone who came from Winkley.
Saechao Thai
Form of Zhao used by Chinese Thais.
Arteta Basque
Habitational name from any of several places in Navarre and Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque arte "oak tree, holm oak" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".
Ponzio Italian
From the given name Ponzio.
Abaza Arabic
From the name of the Abazin (or Abaza) people native to the Northwest Caucasus. This name was adopted by Abazins, Circassians, and Abkhaz who were expelled from the Caucasus in the 19th century.
Teitelbaum Jewish
From Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym) meaning "date palm".
Nadeau French
Variant of Nadal, which can be a name or the meaning "Christmas".... [more]