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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Archangel Eastern African
From the given name Archangel.
Radler German
Occupational name, which was derived from the kind of work done by the original bearer. It is a name for a wheelmaker or wheelwright. The name stems from the German noun rat, meaning wheel. The origin is more clear in the variant Rademacher
Grisch Romansh
Derived from Romansh grisch "grey".
Aljas Estonian
Aljas is an Estonian surname. It is a corruption of "haljas" meaning "green" and "verdant".
Kenobi Popular Culture
Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character in the 'Star Wars' saga, created by George Lucas. The meaning of the name is not known, but as Lucas was very much influenced by Japanese samurai movies, it is possible that the name is a combination of Japanese 剣 (ken) "sword" and 帯 (obi) "belt".
Kamposos Greek
Diminutive of Kampos.
Jindal Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Meaning uncertain.
Plantagenet Medieval English, Medieval French
Borne by the House of Plantagenet, a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France. It also originated as a nickname for Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1113-1151), father of King Henry II of England (1133-1189), who ascended the English throne in 1154... [more]
Taşkın Turkish
Means "flood" in Turkish.
Mavros Greek
Means "black, dark" in Greek, originally used as a nickname for a person with a dark complexion.
Bettino Italian
From the given name Bettino.
Brenden Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse brenna "land cleared for cultivation by burning" (also known as svedjebruk "slash-and-burn agriculture").
Bellis Italian
Patronymic from the given name Bello, using the Latin ablative plural suffix -is to indicate "of, belonging to".
Bever German
Nickname from bever ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal.
Mahler German
Variant of Maler, a German occupational surname meaning "painter", particularly a stained glass painter.... [more]
Leamon English
From an Old English word leof related to love and in this case meaning "beloved" plus the word man.
Karanfil Turkish
Means "carnation" or "clove" in Turkish.
Devera English (British)
English elaboration of Norman surname De Vere, literally meaning "from Ver," a settlement near Bayeaux.
Shek Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shi.
Fils French
From fils "son", used to identify the younger of two bearers of the same personal name in a family.
Truumeel Estonian
Truumeel is an Estonian surname meaning "loyal/faithful minded".
Stefanopoulos Greek
Means "son of Stefan".
Alaküla Estonian
Alaküla is an Estonian surname meaning "village area".
Iwaya Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house".
Benkirane Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic بْن (bn) meaning "son" combined with كِيرَان (kīrān) meaning "forges, furnaces", possibly denoting descent of a blacksmith or metalworker (chiefly Moroccan).
Remini Italian
Famous bearer: Actress and Scientology critic Leah Remini.
Neuser German (Rare)
Person who had ancestors that lived in Germany near Dusseldorf in the town called Neuss.
Kaits Estonian
Kaits is an Estonian surname meaning "guard".
Steingräber German
occupational name for a quarry worker from Middle High German stein "stone" and agent derivative of Middle High German graben "to dig".
Inquieti Italian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Italian inquieto "restless, agitated; anxious, worried", perhaps given as a nickname or as a foundling name. This surname is no longer found in Italy.
Cadena Spanish
From Aguilar de Campoo, a district of Villalon in Valladolid.
Pruna Spanish (Rare)
Possibly a habitational name from a place so named in Spain. It could also be derived from Catalan pruna "plum".
Kapity English
Meaning unknown.
Basque French
Originally denoted a Basque person or someone from the Basque Country in Spain.
Casals Catalan, French
Plural form of Casal.
Leiter German
From Leiter ‘leader’, status name for a foreman or for the leader of a military expedition, from Middle High German leiten ‘lead’.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Leitner.
Velama Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting mainly agricultural laborers.
Neuhauser German, German (Austrian)
Means "new house" in German.
Hiiragi Japanese
From Japanese 柊 (hiiragi) meaning "holly osmanthus".
Adelsköld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish adel meaning "nobility" (Old Norse aðal) and sköld meaning "shield".
Mirzadeh Persian
Means "prince" in Persian, derived from Arabic أمير (amir) meaning "prince, commander" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Tuquib Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tukib meaning "well-defined, detailed, complete".
Mccarney Irish
From either the Gaelic O Cearnaigh, meaning "victorious", or O Catharnaigh, meaning "warlike".
Maurel Occitan
Occitan cognate of Morel.
Delmar English
derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond" a place called La Mare in Normandy.
Timm German, Dutch, English
English: probably from an otherwise unrecorded Old English personal name, cognate with the attested Continental Germanic form Timmo. This is of uncertain origin, perhaps a short form of Dietmar... [more]
Länik Estonian
Länik is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "elanik" meaning "occupant", "resident" or "dweller".
Mukoyama Japanese
From 向 (muko) meaning "facing, yonder, toward" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Pyromallis Greek
The redhaired, from the words, πύρ fire/reddish and μαλλί for hair.
Scafata Italian
Possibly denoting someone from the Italian town Scafati, from Latin scapha "skiff, light boat". Alternately, may be from Italian scafare "to husk peas", either literally referring to someone's occupation, or from the figurative meaning of "to make more confident; alert, shrewd".
Shime Japanese
This surname is used as 七五三, 志免 or 志馬 with 七 (shichi, nana, nana.tsu, nano, shi) meaning "seven", 五 (go, itsu, itsu.tsu, me) meaning "five", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling", 免 (men, manuka.reru, manuga.reru, me) meaning "dismissal, excuse" and 馬 (ba, uma, -uma, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]
Tripathi Indian, Hindi, Odia, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
From Sanskrit त्रिपाठिन् (tripathin) meaning "one who has studied three Vedas".
Dimabasa Filipino, Tagalog
Means "dry" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and basa meaning "wet, watery".
Ayler English
occupational name from Old French aillier ‘garlic seller’, from ail ‘garlic’ (from Latin allium).... [more]
Ashqar Arabic
From the given name Ashqar.
Tones English
Variant of Tone.
Steacy English
Variant of Stacy.
Minamide Japanese
From 南 (minami, nan) meaning "south" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
Gerahty Irish
Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mag Oireachtaigh, meaning "son of Oireachtach", which in turn means "member of the assembly".
Paustenbach German
Family name associated with the town Paustenbach, Germany
Eubanks English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a bank of yew trees, from Old English iw "yew" and bank "bank".
Heringh Slovak
Heringh, no history known, people having these surnames in Slovakia belong to the same family, very untypical for this region - Slovakia in the middle of Europe.
Katase Japanese
From 片 (kata) meaning "one side, single" and 瀬 (se) meaning "current, ripple".
Hoàng Phủ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huangfu, from Sino-Vietnamese 皇甫 (hoàng phủ).
Figaroa Papiamento
Papiamento form of Figueroa.
Mcgarrie Scottish, Irish
Irish name meaning 'the son of the descendant of the fearless one'.
Purdie English
It means "by God" in Norman French.
Baroni Italian
Variant of Barone.
Dzul Mayan
Mayan name from a term meaning ‘stranger’ also ‘gentleman’.
Choice English
Derived from the personal names Josse or Goce, which are derived from the Latin word "gaudere" and is a cognate in origin with the word "joy."
Churchward English
Occupational name for a churchwarden, someone who handled the secular affairs of a parish.
Azayi Moroccan
Derived from the Berber singular word for Zayanes.
Ragusa Italian
Habitational name from Ragusa in Sicily, or from the ancient city of Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia (Italian name Ragusa).
Buenaflor Spanish (Philippines)
Means "good flower" in Spanish.
Cammon Scottish, Irish
Reduced form of Mccammon.
Cytovič Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Tsytovich.
Shikanai Japanese
A notable bearer is Kayleigh Shikanai.
Abrahamyan Armenian
Means "son of Abraham".
Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".
Burlington English
Habitational name from Bridlington in East Yorkshire, from Old English Bretlintun meaning Berhtel's town.
Dycian German (East Prussian), Hebrew
The surname "Dycian" is quite rare, with limited information available regarding its origin or meaning. One suggestion proposes that it may derive from the German word "dicyan," meaning "cyanogen," a chemical compound... [more]
Fawad Urdu
Derived from the given name Fawad.
Eenmaa Estonian
Eenmaa is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").
Leones Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of León in Spain. Coincides with the plural form of Spanish león "lion; cougar, puma".
Montemayor Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places called Montemayor, from monte meaning "mountain" + mayor meaning "main", "larger", "greater", in particular in the provinces of Cordova, Salamanca, and Valladolid.
Sullen English
Means "gloomy, ill-tempered, moody" in English, with the archaic meanings "lonely, desolate" and "mischievous, malignant, obstinate", derived from Anglo-Norman soleyn "solitary, alone".
Grigoryev Russian
Means "son of Grigoriy".
Ashitanihara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 芦谷原 (Ashitanihara), a variant reading of 芦谷原 (Ashitaniharu) meaning "Ashitaniharu", a division in the division of Shukukubota in the area of Makizono in the city of Kirishima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or it being a name of a group of several households in the same location, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Yuchengco Filipino
From the surnames Yu, Cheng, and Ko.
Vallejo Spanish, Caribbean
Denoted someone who lived in a small valley.
Onnis Italian
From the toponym Fonni.
Advani Indian, Sindhi
Means "descendant of Adu" in Sindhi, Adu probably being the name of a past ancestor.
Õun Estonian
Õun is an Estonian surname meaning "apple".
Beacher English
Means "near the beech trees".
Farkhani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone from the town of Farkhana in Morocco.
Sas Dutch
Cognate of Sachs.
Shircliff English
Habitational name from Shirecliff in Sheffield (Yorkshire) from Old English scir "bright" and clif "cliff bank".
Bliźniak Polish
Derived from Polish bliźniak "twin".
Salemi Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from a place so called in Trapani.
Van der Kuip Dutch
Means "from the cooper's vat", from Dutch kuip meaning "tub, vat, barrel".
Ben Nun Hebrew
Joshua or Yehoshua Ben Nun functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua
Picazo Spanish
Variant of Picasso, from Latin "pica" meaning magpie.
Danvers Irish, English
For someone from Anvers, which is the French name of a port called Antwerp, located in what is now Belgium.
Lauterbach German
From the name of various places in Germany, for example the village of Lauterbach in the district of Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg.
Sakulcharoensuk Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai สกลเจริญสุข (see Sakuncharoensuk).
Streltzin Jewish, Russian, Belarusian
Russian and Belarusian Jewish surname.
Sahara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara).
Helgrind Popular Culture
Helgrind is the surname of a King in the fictional series, "Mianite".
Nakahama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hama means "beach, seashore".
Iakobashvili Georgian
Means "son of Iakob".
Banville French, English, Irish
From a place in france derived from the Germanic name Bada and French ville "village, town".
Rodia Italian
Habitational name from Rodia, a locality in Messina, Sicily.
Guillermo Spanish
From the given name Guillermo
Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".
Runner English (American)
Probably an altered spelling of German Ronner, annoccupational name for a runner or messenger, a lightly armed mounted soldier. Compare Renner. UK The surname Runner was first found in Lancashire. One of the first records of the family was found in the year 1246 when Alan de Runacres held estates in that shire... [more]
Zakowski Polish
a Polish surname which is most frequent in the cities of Warszawa, Płońsk and Bydgoszcz in central Poland and is also to be found as Zakowski among the Polish diaspora.
Enriquez Spanish
Unaccented form of Enríquez.
Islamaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Islam" in Albanian.
Gay English, French
Nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English and Old French gai "happy, cheerful, joyous".
Beste French, English
Nickname from Middle English beste Old French beste "beast animal" (especially those used for food or work) applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts such as a herdsman or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal... [more]
Odaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".
Spare English
Nickname for a frugal person, from Middle English spare ‘sparing, frugal’ (Old English spær).
Papachristodoulopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of the priest and servant of Christ" in Greek.
Tatsumura Japanese
Tatsu means "dragon" and mura could mean "town" or "hamlet, village".
Safdar Urdu
Derived from the given name Safdar.
Atsuda Japanese
From Japanese 渥 (atsu) meaning "moist" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".
Spinosa Italian
Most likely from Italian spinosa meaning "prickly, thorny, spiny, ticklish, touchy".
Dorin Romanian
From the given name Dorin.
Vaessen Dutch
Means "son of Vaas" or "son of Servatius".
Leibniz German
The German surname Leibnitz emerged in the lands that form the modern state of Lower Saxony, which is presently bordered by the North Sea, the Hartz mountains and the Elbe and Ems rivers. Lower Saxony was previously a medieval dukedom... [more]
Czelusniak Czech
Jewish, Polish
Chiappetta Italian
A nickname derived from chiappa, meaning "buttock, butt cheek". Alternately, may be a diminutive of Chiappa.
Reedus English, Scottish
An English and Scottish name of uncertain origin. Possibly a reduced form of English Redhouse, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Redhouse, including over ninety farms.
Satoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Satō.
Perkinson English
"Son of Perkin."
Kunnathuparambil Malayalam (Rare)
Elamkunnapuzha-Kunnathuparambil Family has a rich history of around 200 years and traces its origins to a small village called Elamkunnapuzha in Ernakulam District. It was at that time one of our ancestors migrated from Elamkunnapuzha to a small village called Vennoor, near Mala in Thrissur District for his livelihood... [more]
Auk Estonian
Auk is an Estonian surname meaning "pit" or "hole".
Kumanomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).
Pacana Spanish
From pacana meaning "pecan", "pecan tree", a word of Algonquin origin. This surname is also found in the Philippines.
Frenssen Flemish
Variant of Franssen, from Limburgish Frens.
Bayle French
Occupational name for a Bailiff from Old French Bailli "bailiff" (from Latin baiulus)... [more]
Dudaev Chechen, Ossetian (Russified)
Variant transcription of Dudayev.
Hidayat Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hidayat.
Acevedo Spanish
Derived from Spanish acebedo meaning "holly grove", itself from acebo meaning "holly tree".
Nainggolan Batak
From the name of a village located on the island of Samosir in Lake Toba (itself on the island of Sumatra).
Tromme Belgian, German (Swiss)
From low German meaning "drum".
Löwenstein German
Habitational name from any of several places called Löwenstein.
Doi Japanese
From Japanese 土 (do) meaning "earth, soil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Nabeshima Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Berlin German, English
Habitational name from the city in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning swamp or from a West Slavic word meaning "river lake".
Jerić Croatian
Derived from the forename Jere, short form of Jeronim.
Weerasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese වීරසූරිය (see Weerasuriya).
Saiyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).
Bermudez Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Bermúdez primarily used in the Philippines.
Leinen German
Name means LINEN in German. The first known Leinen was a tailor
Hollis English
Topographic name for someone who lived where holly trees grew.
Pangelinan Chamorro
Chamorro variant of Pangilinan.
Krivov Russian
From krivoi, meaning "crooked".
Chenai Shona
Chenai means "Be clean, be hygienic or come out clean"
Petek Slovene, Croatian
Derived from petek "Friday".
Bircher German (Swiss)
South German and Swiss German topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from Middle High German birche "birch" + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Katsir Hebrew
Variant of Katzir.
Knies Slovak
Slovak surname meaning "priest". Related to Knez.
Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading or transcription of Nukutō.
Tirado Spanish
Likely a nickname for a person with long limbs, from the Spanish tirado meaning "stretched".
Van Der Gracht Dutch
Means "from the canal" in Dutch, from Dutch gracht "canal".
Schönenberger German
Habitational name for someone from any of several places in Germany and Switzerland named Schönenberg.
Nassar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناصر, نصير (see Nasser).
Utsunomiya Japanese
This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]
Riesenburg German
Variant spelling of Riesenberg.
Hasson Hebrew (Modern)
Means "sturdy" or "strong" in Hebrew, it is not related to the Arabic name Hasan.
Solomonov mu Russian, Belarusian, Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew name. Means "son of Solomon".
Kadak Estonian
Kadak is an Estonian surname derived from "kadakas", meaning "juniper".
Badawi Arabic
Means "Bedouin" in Arabic.
Rundqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish rund "round" and qvist, an archaic spelling of kvist, "twig".
Rispoli Italian
A patronymic from a derivative of the given name Rispo, which is probably of Germanic origin. Alternatively, it could be a variant of Ruspoli, which is of unknown origin.
Tsuryu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).
Harimoto Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".
Earhart English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Ehrhardt.
Bowser English
Nickname from the Norman term of address beu sire ‘fine sir’, given either to a fine gentleman or to someone who made frequent use of this term of address.
Pirzadeh Persian
Means "born of the pir", from the Persian title پیر (pir) denoting a Sufi spiritual guide (literally meaning "elder, old"). This name was traditionally used by owners or custodians of Sufi mausoleums and shrines.
Deutsch German, English
Means "German" in German.
Yarovenko Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Yaroslav.
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