GodilEnglish English: habitational name for someone from Gadshill in Kent, either of two places called Godshill in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, or Godsell Farm in Wiltshire, which were all originally named Godeshyll ‘God's hill’.
BuffaItalian From Sicilian buffa, "toad". May alternately derive from Rebuffo.
PathanIndian (Muslim) It is used as a last name for Indian Muslims and usually means Hindustani (A Man/Woman that cares about their Country/town) also is a brave person
RyumineJapanese 竜/龍 (Ryu) means "Dragon, Imperial" and 嶺,峰,峯 (Mine) means "Peak, Summit, Mountaintop".
HiraiwaJapanese From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".
HajiriJapanese From Japanese 羽尻 (Hajiri) meaning "Hajiri", a division in the area of Hidaka in the city of Toyooka in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.... [more]
LuuriEstonian Luuri is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from luuraja meaning "scout". Possibly a variation of the masculine given name Lauri.
VianneyFrench The surname in origin is a variant of Viennet, a diminutive of Vien, a short form of Vivien 1. A famous bearer is Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint.
CiriaSpanish This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
AlcántaraSpanish Habitational name denoting someone originally from the municipality of Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain. The name is ultimately derived from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara) meaning "the bridge".
NovichokRussian (Rare) Means newcomer in Russian. It is also the name of a Soviet and Russian nerve agent.
LeisenringGerman (Modern) Occupational name for a blacksmith or wainwright who made or affixed iron rings to the support rods on ladder wagons. Composed of German leuchse "stake, stem bar, rung" and ring "circular band"
AndikoetxeaBasque From the name of a neighborhood in the town of Kortezubi, Biscay, possibly derived from Basque (h)andiko "distant, remote; from the other side" and etxe "house, home, building". Alternatively, the first element could instead derive from (h)andi "big, large, great" and the locative suffix -ko.
Van DyneDutch (Americanized) Americanized form of Dutch Van Duijne, a habitational name from any of several locations in the Netherlands name Duin or Duinen, derived from the element duin "dune".
DanzaItalian Probably a habitational name from a place in Salerno, Italy. In the case of American actor Tony Danza, it’s a shortened form of Iadanza, used as a stage name.
ŌhamaJapanese From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".
KatsumaruJapanese From 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win" and combined with 丸 (maru) "round, circle".
TouzaniArabic (Maghrebi) Possibly derived from Aït Touzine, the name of a Rifian tribe in Morocco.
DagotFrench Derived from the Old French word "fagot", meaning "bundle of firewood". This was likely given as an occupational surname to a gatherer or seller of firewood.
BonkobaraJapanese From 盆 (bon) meaning "tray, bowl, basin, lantern festival", combined with 子 (ko, shi) meaning "child, sign of the rat", and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
ArmitageEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived on or near a hermitage or a habitational for places so called, derived from Middle English ermitage. A famous bearer of the name is English actor Richard Crispin Armitage (1971-).
Da LuzPortuguese From a religious epithet meaning ‘of the light’, specifically the Marian name "Nuestra Señora da Luz" (which means "Our Lady of the Light").
RuszczakPolish From the verb ruszać with numerous potential meanings—"to move; to set out", "to shake; to waver", "to bother; to harass" or "to disturb someone else's belongings"—or from Rus meaning either "reddish-haired person" or "Ruthenian; Rusyn".
BrusseFrench Topographic name for someone living in a scrubby area of country, from Old French broce meaning "brushwood, scrub". It is also occupational name for a brush maker, from Old French brusse meaning "brush".
CabilanFilipino, Cebuano Means "petroleum nut" (a type of tree in the genus Pittosporum) in Cebuano.
SontakkeIndian Means 'golden percentage'. It is derived from the words son, meaning 'golden', and takke, meaning 'percentage'. It originated in the region around Pune city, India -forebears.io
DeChinese From the Chinese element de, meaning "ethics, moral, virtue".
CreusCatalan Means "crosses" in Catalan, the plural of creu. Also compare Spanish Cruces. A famous bearer of this surname is the Spanish footballer Xavi Hernández Creus (1980-).
BiedrońPolish Nickname, either from dialect biedron ‘spotted bullock’, or for someone with conspicuous or deformed hips, from a derivative of dialect biedro ‘hip’.
PrincipBosnian, 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]
RamplingEnglish Originally indicated a person who lived in a thickly wooded area, derived from Latin ramus meaning "branch" (see Ramos). Famous bearers include English actress Charlotte Rampling (1946-) and her father, athlete and British Army officer Godfrey Rampling (1909-2009).
KroneckerJewish, German (Austrian) Derived from the place name Kroneck in Austria. A famous bearer of this surname was Leopold Kronecker(1823~1891),the German mathematician who worked on number theory.
PresleyScottish From Persley, a small Scottish hamlet on the River Don, Aberdeenshire, now a suburb of the much larger city of Aberdeen, named perhaps with the Pictish word *pres-, meaning 'bushes' or 'undergrowth'.... [more]
VaaraFinnish, Sami Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".
TumbrellEnglish (Rare, Archaic) Etymology uncertain. Possibly derived from Old English tumbrel, a kind of small, two-wheeled cart designed to be easily tipped over, or from a variant form of timbrel, a percussion instrument similar to a tambourine.
HolzschuhGerman Occupational - from German holz "wood", and schuh "shoe".
FaranoItalian, Sicilian Possibly deriving from a town Faranò in province of Messina, Sicily. Possible variant of Surname faran which comes from Irish surnames Ó Fearáin, Ó Faracháin, or Ó Forannáin.
SykesEnglish English Surname (mainly Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a stream in a marsh or in a hollow, from Middle English syke ‘marshy stream’, ‘damp gully’, or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, in Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
CakeEnglish From the Middle English cake denoting a flat loaf made from fine flour (Old Norse kaka), hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker who specialized in fancy breads. It was first attested as a surname in the 13th century (Norfolk, Northamptonshire).
CrumpEnglish Originally a nickname for a crippled or deformed person, from Middle English cromp, crump meaning "bent, crooked, stooping" (from Old English crumb).
SendaJapanese From Japanese 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
GrabeGerman Topographic name for someone who lived by a dike or ditch, or habitational name from either of two places in Thuringia named with this word: Grabe and Graba.
LittlewoodEnglish Habitational name for a person from any of the various minor places in Yorkshire, derived from Old English lytel "small, little" and wudu "tree, wood".
KagewariJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade" and 割 (wari), from 割り (wari), the continuative form of 割る (waru) meaning "to divide; to separate, to crack", referring to a shady land with cracks.
MaulGerman, Danish From Middle High German meaning "mouth, jaw". Possibly a nickname for someone with a deformed mouth or jaw.
DebbieEnglish It comes from Dibden meaning "deep valley".
FauntleroyEnglish Little Lord Fauntleroy is the first children's novel written by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. Fauntleroy is also Donald Duck's middle name.
NeeskensDutch Nickname for a nosy person, from Dutch nees meaning "nose, snout". It could also be derived from a Dutch diminutive of the feminine given name Agnes... [more]
ElizabelarBasque Habitational name derived from Basque eliza "church" and belar "grass".
KilmerGerman Variant of Gilmer, from the medieval personal name Gildemir or Gilmar, composed from the German gīsil, meaning "pledge", "hostage", or "noble offspring" and the Old German mâri meaning “famous”... [more]
TroxelGerman Roots of the German surname Troxel can be found in the region of Hesse, where the name originated. Troxel may be an occupational name, derived from the Middle High German word "truhsaesee," meaning "leader." In this case, Troxel would be a variation of the German surname Truchsess.
CifuentesSpanish Habitational Name Probably From Cifuentes In Guadalajara Named From Spanish Cien ‘Hundred’ (From Latin Centum) + Fuentes ‘Springs’ (From Latin Fontes; See Font ) Because Of The Abundance Of Natural Springs In The Area.
PangestuChinese (Indonesian) Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Peng (彭) or Feng 1 (馮). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.