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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Sabusawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風沢 (Sabusawa), a clipping of 寒風沢浜 (Sabusawahama) meaning "Sabusawahama", a former village in the district of Miyagi in the former Japanese province of Rikuzen in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate in Japan, or a clipping of 浦戸寒風沢 (Uratosabusawa) meaning "Uratosabusawa", an area in the city of Shiogama in the prefecture of Miyagi in Japan.... [more]
Kreite Low German
Nickname for a quarrelsome person derived from Middle Low German kreit meaning “strife.”
Painter English
Occupational name for a painter, derived from Middle English paynter.
Dial Scottish
Variant of Dalziel, representing the usual pronunciation of this name in Scotland. Perhaps also an altered form of Irish Dyal.
Umanodan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse", ノ (no), a possessive particle, and 段 (dan) meaning "step", referring to a place with horses and a stepped landscape.... [more]
Rashleigh English
From a location in Devon, derived from Old English "roe buck" + léah "clearing".
Espírito Santo Portuguese
Means “Holy Spirit” in Portuguese.... [more]
Kazacov Russian
Variant spelling of Kazakov.
Heigl German
Derived from the given name Hugo.
Dudaev Chechen, Ossetian (Russified)
Variant transcription of Dudayev.
Carlsberg German
Variant spelling of Karlsberg or derived from the name of a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Quaid Irish
Reduced form of Mcquaid.
Yvenson English
Meaning, "son of Evan" or "son of Ivan."
Reddick English
Habitational name from Redwick in Gloucestershire, named in Old English with hrēod "reeds" and wīc "outlying settlement".
Akkawi Arabic
Means "from Akka" in Arabic.
Petryniec Ukrainian
From the given name Peter.
McVay Irish
A variant of McVeigh
Greenland English (Germanized)
Greenland Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a patch of land left open as communal pasturage, from Middle English grene 'green' + land 'land'. Translated form of German Grönland, a topographic name with the same meaning as 1, from Low German grön 'green' + Land 'land'.
Ibe Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "Italy, that one" and 部 (be) meaning "section, part".
Lafontaine French
Means" The fountain" in French.
Lazio Italian
Named after the region called 'Lazio' of Italy.
En Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 燕 (see Tsubame).
Goodchild English
Nickname derived from Middle English god "good" and cild "child". In some cases, it might have instead derived from godchild and been a nickname for someone who was the godchild of a prominent member of the community.
Keel German (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of German Kühl, Kiehl, or Kiel.
Craigie Scottish
Habitational name from any of several places in Scotland called Craigie, or simply a topographic name derived from Scottish Gaelic creag.
Rugg English
Nickname for a person associated with the color red, whether through hair color, clothing, or complexion. Accordingly, the name is derived from the Old French word ruge, meaning red.
Derry Irish, English
English variant of Deary, or alternatively a nickname for a merchant or tradesman, from Anglo-French darree ‘pennyworth’, from Old French denree... [more]
Chromy Polish
Polish form of Khromykh
Blaylock English
The surname of James P. Blaylock (1950-), an early steampunk author. His surname may mean "black lock" from Middle English blakelok, originally referring to a person with dark hair.
Belhadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of the pilgrim" from Arabic بْن (bn) meaning "son (of)" اَلحَاجّ (al-ḥājj) meaning "the pilgrim".
Marta Old Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
It is a small animal from the variety of mammals living in Spain and is prized for its skin has great finesse. Also known like Beech Marten (Stone Marten or White Breasted Marten).
Faber German, Dutch, French, Danish
An occupational name for a blacksmith or ironworker, ultimately derived from Latin faber "artisan, creator, craftsman, smith".
Nasib Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasib.
Monett French (Americanized)
Americanized form of Monet or Monette.
Southwick English
An English/Scottish locational name from a variety of places, including, Southwick in Northamptonshire, England, and Southwick in Gloucestershire, Sussex, Durham, Hampshire. ... [more]
Delmas Occitan
Occitan cognate of Dumas.
Loudy Irish
Variant of Leddy.
Kanoknawin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Berchelt Spanish (Mexican)
Likely a hispanicized form of Borchelt.
Touret French
Derived from the French town of Tourrettes-sur-Loup which is located in the southeast of France.
Ardella African American
Derivative of Arden, popularized by the poem of the same name by Langston Hughes, the most well-known Black poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Meaning is "garden dweller."... [more]
Io Japanese
I could mean "this" or "well, pit, mineshaft" and o means "tail".
Ribadavia Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Nears English
French in origin, it is derived from the word "Noir," which is the equivalent of the English word "Black." It could have referred to a person with dark features, hair, or perhaps even one who was thought to engage in nafarious, or "dark," deeds.
Sinani Albanian
Derived from the given name Sinan.
Nishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Rafique Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Rafiq.
Keane Irish (Modern)
A nickname for a "brave" or "proud" person deriving from Middle English given name Kene
Doolittle English
From a nickname for a lazy man or an idler, from Middle English don "to do, to perform" and litel "little, small". A famous bearer of the name was American military general Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993).
Mascherano Italian
Occupational name for maker of masks, derived from Italian mascherare meaning "to mask". The Argentine former soccer player Javier Mascherano (1984-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Chikamatsu Japanese
From 近 (chika) meaning "close, near" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine, fir tree".
Kotli Estonian
Kotli is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kotlet" meaning "cutlet" or "chop"
Riedel German
From the given name Riede.
Nõmmik Estonian
Nõmmik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath forest" or "heath stand".
Yoshiyasu Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
Lacombe French
French (western and southwestern): topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine, from la combe ‘the ravine’ (a word of Gaulish origin, related to English Combe).... [more]
Emre Turkish
Derived from the given name Emre.
Mozumder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali মজুমদার (see Majumdar).
Dielmann German (Modern)
It was once spelled as "Dielhmann" and sometimes with one "n". The meaning is unknown, but when I used Google's translator "dielh" means "the" and "mann" was "man".
Ducksworth English
Variant spelling of Duckworth.
Bistolfo Italian
Bistolfi has a lineage between Alessandria Casale Monferrato, Acqui Terme and Prasco, Genoa and Savona. Bistolfo may derive from a modified form of the medieval name Guisulfus. In an act of 1327 Gui-sulfus Cottalorda (Mayor of Breil) signed an important peace agreement with Tenda, probably passing by the name Wisulfus, and therefore by common substitution of W with B.
Nevilis Venetian (Archaic)
An extinct surname. Likely derives from Italian "neve", meaning "snow". This surname was possibly given as a nickname to someone with light hair or fair skin. It could also be a cognate of the French surname Neuville.
Tafa Albanian
Derived from the given name Tafa, itself a short form of Mustafa.
Aragon Spanish, Catalan, French
A surname and an autonomous community of Spain.
Übermacht German
Same given to someone with a lot of power.
Monzo Italian
Possibly a variant of Monsu, which may be an occupational name for a cook, Calabrian munsu, or a nickname or title from Milanese monsu ‘sir’, ‘lord’, ‘gentleman’.
Matsouka Greek (Cypriot)
Means "Bat" from Latin maxuca.
Aldiyarov Kazakh
Means "son of Aldiyar" in Kazakh.
Rifkin Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish female given name Rifke from the Hebrew given name Rivka (see Rebecca), with the addition of the Slavic suffix -in.
Roh Korean
Alternate transcription of No.
Habermann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, composed of the elements Haber and the agent suffix -mann.
Kōri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (kōri) meaning "ice".
Saxer German (Swiss), Romansh
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sax or Saxe.
Waawaashkeshshi Indigenous American
The name Waawaashkeshshi origin is annishinabe given name it means white tailed deer
Marigo Italian
Either from Venetian marigo "mayor of a rural village", or from the given name Amerigo.
Hamill English
Nickname for a scarred or maimed person, from Middle English, Old English hamel "mutilated", "crooked".
Khoo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien spellig of the surname Qiu. This Means a person who lived near a mound, dune or hill. This spelling is found amongst Hokkien and Hakka families in Southeast Asia
Guay French
Variant of Gay.
Dagenais French (Quebec)
Denotes a person originally from the prefecture of Agen in southwestern France.
Sōsuke Japanese
From given name “Sōsuke”
Galpin English
English: occupational name for a messenger or scullion (in a monastery), from Old French galopin ‘page’, ‘turnspit’, from galoper ‘to gallop’.
Agüero Spanish
In Spanish, "agüero" can mean "(bad/good) omen" or "something from which omens are drawn", and it can also be a habitational name from places in Spain named Agüero.
Suurküla Estonian
Suurküla is an Estonian surname meaning "big village".
Seeme Estonian
Seeme is an Estonian surname meaning "seed".
Moradzadeh Persian
Means "born of Morad" in Persian.
Aielts Dutch (Americanized)
Probably an Americanized form of Aeijelts, a patronymic from the given name Aaielt, a diminutive of Agiwald or Adelwald.
Gillani Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Pashto
Alternate transcription of Arabic جيلاني or Persian, Urdu گیلانی (see Gilani).
Aquilina Maltese
Nickname for a person with eagle-like features or a person who owned an eagle, from Latin aquila meaning "eagle".
Sibunrueng Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).
Harbor English
English: variant spelling of Harbour.
Laredu Cantabrian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Haghighi Persian
Means "real, actual, true" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic حقيقي (ḥaqīqiyy).
Katsav Hebrew
Occupational name for a butcher, derived from Hebrew קַצָּב (qatzav) meaning "butcher, purveyor of meat". A famous bearer is former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (1945-), born Musa Qassab.
Bermudo Spanish
From the given name Bermudo.
Ishihara Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Bayers German
Variant of Bayer.
Särk Estonian
Särk is an Estonian surname meaning "shirt".
Hazar Turkish
Turkish / Muslim last name meaning "nightingale".
Ravier Occitan
Means "horseradish" in French, denoting someone who selled them.
Lukens Low German
From Low German, Lückens, a patronymic from the personal name Lüdeke.
Buyeo Korean
Archaic surname of the ancient Buyeo Kingdom
Tripolino Italian
Locational name that originally designated a person who came from Tripoli, a common name of multiple places in Ancient Greece and Modern Greece, all derived from Greek prefix τρι- (tri-) "three" and πολις (polis) "city, city-state".
Pouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Bao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Dressel Italian
Italian form of Dressler
Bastrup Low German (Germanized, Rare)
There is a village near Kolding, Denmark, which is called Bastrup.
Furtado Portuguese
Means "stolen" in Portuguese, probably used to refer to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.
Kira Japanese
From 吉 (ki) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".
Foroughi Persian
From Persian فروغ (forough) meaning "brightness, lustre".
Turnbo English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach.
Romyn Dutch
Variant of Romijn.
Weishaupt German
Nickname for someone with white hair from Middle High German wiz "white" and houbit "head". German cognate of Whitehead.
Troftgruben Norwegian
This last name is common in North Dakota.
Jadallah Arabic
Means "the generosity of Allah" in Arabic.
Tamakoshi Japanese
From 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 越 (koshi) meaning "pass, go over, cross, exceed, surpass, transgress".
Quennell English
From the medieval female personal name Quenilla, from Old English Cwēnhild, literally "woman-battle". This was borne by Peter Quennell (1905-1993), a British poet, critic and historian.
Bak Korean
Variant of Park 1.
Kish English
A name for a person who worked as a maker of leather armor for the knight's legs.
Caasi Filipino, Ilocano
Means "pitiful" in Ilocano.
Voden Ukrainian
Means "hydrogen" in Ukrainian.
Blacks English
Variant of Black.
Shaukat Urdu
From the given name Shaukat.
Nani Japanese (Rare)
Means "what" in Japanese.
Schoug Swedish
Variant of Skog.
Kanisthayon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Martignetti Italian
Patronymic derived from Martignetto, itself a pet form of Martino.
Trumm Estonian
Trumm is an Estonian surname meaning "drum".
Martinčević Croatian
Patronymic, means son of Martin.
Listopad Polish, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Polish listopad "November (month)".
Gatmaitan Filipino, Tagalog
From a Hispanicised form of Gat Maitan, a title meaning "lord of Mait" that was used by rulers of an ancient place named Mait or Maitan.
Kukić Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
Derived from kuka (кука), meaning "hook".
Fricks English (American)
Derived from the German given name Friedrich.
Samarakone Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරකෝන් (see Samarakoon).
Brignac French Creole
Came from numerous French territories such as Corrèze and Hérault.
Querubín Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Either from the personal name Querubín, or a nickname from querubín "cherub".
Yellowman Indigenous American
Native American (also Yellow Man): translation into English of a personal name such as Navajo Hastiin Łitso, based on hastiin ‘man’ and łitso ‘yellow’, referring to the color of the complexion or the hair (Juxtapose Yellowhair).
Macarro Spanish
From the verb Macar meaning 'to bruise'
Kortazar Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque korta "stable, stall, yard; farm" and zahar "old".
Renwick Scottish (Rare)
A habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from the Old English byname Hræfn meaning "raven" + wic "outlying settlement".
Loafman English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Laufmann.
Marcey English
Variant of Mercer.
Wainwright English
Occupational name for a maker or repairer of wagons.
Bruneau French
Derived from a diminutive form of French brun "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair or skin.
Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.
Miraj Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Miraj.
Pärnpuu Estonian
Pärnpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "linden tree".
Brousseau French
Southern French variant of Brosseau.
Kuku Crimean Tatar
Emir-Üsein Kuku (1976-) is a Crimean Tatar human rights activist and political prisoner in Russia.
Metsur Estonian
Metsur is an Estonian surname meaning "forester".
Azi Afizere
Azi is actually pronounced Azīh which means "Unending, in ended father of many generations" it is named after children believed to become the origin or source of lasting families.
Gugliuzza Italian
Derivative of the personal name Guglia.
Tatara Japanese
From 多 (ta) meaning "many", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji, combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good".
Boccaletti Italian
Possibly related to boccale, a kind of jug often used for wine. An occupational name for an innkeeper.
Hu Hui
From the Arabic name Hussein.
Limon Spanish
An occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit.
Ohe Japanese
Variant transcription of Oe.
Tabanao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano tabanaw meaning "fake, not genuine".
Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".
Sarkar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
From the Persian title سرکار (sarkar) meaning "lord, supervisor, overseer".
Knipe English
Habitational name derived from Old Norse gnípa "steep rock, cliff, overhang".
Tsujino Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 野 (no) meaning "field, civilian".
Yağız Turkish
From the given name Yağız.
Samaraweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Schild Jewish
From German Schild "shield" or "(house) sign", applied either as an ornamental name or as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house distinguished by a sign.
Uhumahu Arabic
He was arabic but died by cholera
Obuća Bosnian
Derived from obuća meaning ''footwear'', denoting someone who made or sold footwear.
She Chinese
From Chinese 佘 (shé), which is of unknown significance.
Matsunawa Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 縄 (nawa) meaning "rope".
Giesinger German
Denoted a person from the town of Giesing in Germany. Or perhaps a variant spelling of Geisinger. A famous bearer of this surname is the German singer-songwriter Max Giesinger.
Frizzell English (Rare)
Either (i) from Friseal, the Scottish Gaelic form of Fraser; or (ii) from a medieval nickname applied to someone who dressed in a showy or gaudy style (from Old French frisel "decoration, ribbon").
Koel Estonian
Koel is an Estonian surname meaning "weft" and "seal(ant)".
Monroy Spanish
A habitational surname meaning "red mountain".
Baack German, North Frisian
Either from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Baldeke (a short form of any of the compound names with the first element bald "bold, brave ", for example Baldewin), or from Middle Low German baec, bake "pork, bacon", hence a metonymic occupational name for a butcher or pig farmer.
Gaita Italian
One who came from Gaeta in Italy.
Ratnayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Heidemann German, Jewish
Topographic name for a heathland dweller from heida "heath" (see Heid) and mann "man".
Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Risteski Macedonian
Son of Riste
Knauer German (Silesian)
Nickname for a gnarled person, from Middle High German knur(e) 'knot', 'gnarl'. habitational name for someone from either of two places in Thuringia called Knau.
Lamm German, Jewish
German cognate of Lamb. As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
Tafolla Spanish
Possibly a derivative of southern Spanish tafulla, tahulla, a term denoting a measure of land. The surname is not found in present-day Spain.
Abeyewardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේවර්ධන (see Abeywickrama).
Vincenzo Italian
From the given name Vincenzo
Ching Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cheng 1.
Poncio Spanish
Variant of Ponce.
Knezevich Spanish (?)
rafe knezevich is a cutie patootie
Canosa Italian
It derives from the toponym Canosa di puglia.
Verrone Italian
Italian: probably a nickname from an augmentative form of verro ‘boar’.