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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Frascatore Italian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly derived from (or related to) Italian frasca meaning "bough, branch", which might possibly indicate that the surname had first started out as a nickname for someone who worked as a woodcutter or as a forester... [more]
Saijo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 西城 (see Saijō).
Ben Hadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of the pilgrim"; the title Hadj refers to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This surname is mainly found in Tunisia.
Shahbazpour Persian
Means "son of Shahbaz".
Schoenbeck German, Jewish
Means "beutiful stream" in German.
Gamble English
from the Old Norse byname Gamall meaning "old", which was occasionally used in North England during the Middle Ages as a personal name. ... [more]
Anarov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Derived from Persian انار (anâr) meaning “pomegranate.”
Shiwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 or 紫波 (see Shiba) or variant of Shiba but written 志和.
Schiefelbein German
Habitational name from Schievelbein in Pomerania.
Linna Estonian
Linna is an Estonian surname meaning (urban) "town" or "city".
Kurama Japanese
Kura can mean "own, possess, warehouse, storehouse" and ma can mean "horse".
Macalindong Tagalog
From Tagalog makalindong meaning "to provide shelter".
Klarerstein German
German surname meaning "Clear stone".
Biet Romansh
Derived from the given name Beatus.
Nõgene ‎ Estonian
Nõgene is an Estonian surname derived from "nõgine" meaning "sooty" or "nõges" meaning "nettle".
Jaspan English
Uncertain origin.
Hašek Czech (?)
Meaning "Pure" or "Chaste" from Latin Castus, a shortening of Castulus. Diminutive of the personal name Haštal. Noteable people with this surname include Dominik Hašek, a Czech ice hockey Goal-tender and Jaroslav Hašek, a Czech satirist and Journalist, most known for his satirical novel, 'The Good Soldier Švejk'.
Alvalle Spanish (Latin American)
A beautiful valley in Ortona
März German
März means 'March' in German.
Zucchino Italian
Derived from zucchino meaning "zucchini, courgette" (Cucurbita pepo). It is also related to those surnames derived from zucca meaning "pumpkin" and to those derived from zuccone meaning "dumb, stubborn".
Tuisk Estonian
Tuisk is an Estonian surname meaning "blizzard".
Kazueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 数枝 (see Kazue).
Genain English (American, ?)
This pseudonym was used to protect the identities of the Morlok sisters, identical quadruplets born in 1930. All four developed schizophrenia, suggesting a large genetic component to the cause of the disease.
Keränen Finnish
Possibly from Keräpää, a nickname for a bald person or someone with a round head and/or with closely cropped hair, combined with the common surname suffix -nen. In eastern Finland the name dates back to the 16th century.
Carton Irish
Variant of McCartan.
Kulish Ukrainian
Kulish (Куліш) is Ukrainian and Belarusian traditional wheat or grain food similar to better known kasha (porridge).
Ieiri Japanese (Rare)
家 (Ie) means "building, residency, family, dwelling, home, habitation", and 入 (iri) means "enter, input". ... [more]
Rõivas Estonian
Rõivas is an Estonian surname meaning "garment".
Kumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Milenković Serbian
Means "son of Milenko".
Raab German
Derived from German rabe "raven". As a surname, it was given to a person with black hair.
Sammartino Italian
From Italian san (apocopic form of santo ("saint") + Martino ("Martin").
Bolling English, German
nickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling 'pollard', or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling 'excessive drinking'. German (Bölling): from a personal name Baldwin
Kiser German
Variant of Kaiser.
Willows English (British)
This is an English residential or perhaps occupational surname. It may originate from one of the various places in England called 'The Willows', or even a place such as Newton le Willows in Lancashire, or it may describe a supplier of willow.
Khalilzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Khalil" in Persian.
Tsubaki Japanese
The surname “Tsubaki” means flower.
Bartal Hungarian
From the given name Bartal.
Enraejakavarapantiyacuppiramaniyakattepammutuair Obscure
This surname is a created surname made by compressing multiple surnames into one. The only person with this surname lives in India.
Reichstein German
Habitational name from places named Reichstein (in Saxony) or Reichenstein (in Rhineland, Schleswig-Holstein, and Württemberg).
Durdu Turkish
Means "stopped" in Turkish.
Hattler German
Occupational name for someone who raises goats.
Wigand German
From the given name Wigand. Variant of Weigand.
Ebbert Low German
From the personal name Ebbert, an assimilated form of Egbert.
Mbappé Central African (Gallicized)
Borne by French professional footballer Kylian Mbappé (1998-), whose father is from Cameroon.
Overfelt English
Derived from the Old English "ofer," meaning "seashore," or "riverbank" and "felt" meaning "field".
Peppard English, Irish
Occupational name from Old French pipart meaning "piper".
Robichaux French
An altered spelling of Robichon or Roubichou, pet forms of Robert.
Cotner Medieval Low German (Americanized)
Likely originating from an Americanized spelling of Kötner or Köthner, status names for a cotter. Derived from Middle Low German kote ‘shelter’, ‘cottage’.
Pedajas Estonian
Pedajas is an Estonian surname meaning "pine".
Mizunaka Japanese
From 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Raju Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil
Variant of Raj chiefly used in Southern India.
Troisi Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Troise.
Ayden Turkish
Possibly a variant of Aydın.
Šutović Macedonian
Comes from place named Šutovo in Macedonia.
Hosein Persian, Trinidadian Creole
Derived from the given name Hosein.
Zolotareva Russian
Feminine form of Zolotarev.
Agata Japanese (Rare)
From 県 or 縣 (agata) meaning "prefecture, county, countryside, subdivision, district".
Fine English (?)
English nickname for a clever or elegant man, from Old French fin ‘fine’, ‘delicate’, ‘skilled’, ‘cunning’ (originally a noun from Latin finis ‘end’, ‘extremity’, ‘boundary’, later used also as an adjective in the sense ‘ultimate’, ‘excellent’).
Fick German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.
Brenner German, German (Austrian), Jewish
Derived from Middle High German brennen "to burn". Both as a German and a Jewish name, this was an occupational name for a distiller of spirits. As a German surname, however, it also occasionally referred to a charcoal or lime burner or to someone who cleared forests by burning.
De Luna Spanish
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.
Nurmik Estonian
Nurmik is an Estonian surname meaning "lea/meadow stand".
Käesel Estonian
Käesel is an Estonia surname derived from "käes" meaning "on", "in possession", "come" and "arrive".
Twining English
From the name of the village of Twyning in Gloucestershire, derived from Old English betweonan meaning "between" and eam meaning "river".
Eck German
From Old High German ekka meaning "edge, corner".
Finnigan Irish
This interesting surname is of Irish origin, and is an Anglicization of the Gaelic Ó Fionnagáin, meaning the descendant(s) of Fionnagan, an Old Irish personal name derived from the word "fionn", white, fairheaded.
Lems Dutch
Short form of a given name such as Lambrecht, Adelem, or Willem.
Rosenbaum German, Czech
Habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a rosebush, Middle High German rōsenboum.
Simmen German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from the given name Simon 1.
Kamutphisamai Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Mogren Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and gren "branch".
Bui Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Bùi.
Kobylytsya Ukrainian
Means "mare" in Ukrainian.
Naya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Renley Jewish (Rare), English (Rare)
Possibly derived from the Old English rinc "man, warrior" or rim 'edge, circular edge' or possibly wraenna 'wren', and leah "field, clearing".
Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".
Bylenko Ukrainian
Derived from бил (byl), meaning beat (as in hit or win over).
Remedios Spanish (Philippines)
Means "remedies" in Spanish.
Qattan Arabic
Means "cotton merchant" in Arabic, derived from the word قطن (qutn) meaning "cotton".
Oren Jewish
From the given name Oren.
Gōda Japanese
From Japanese 合 (gō) meaning "connect, join" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Lang Estonian
Lang is an Estonian surname meaning "relative" and "in-law".
Borman Dutch, Low German, English
Dutch and North German: variant of Bormann. ... [more]
Păun Romanian
Derived from Romanian păun "peacock".
Sirimanna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සිරිමාන්න (see Sirimanne).
Bağcı Turkish
Means "vigneron, winemaker" in Turkish.
Bjeljac Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
From the Croation Area of Kordun specifically Koranski Lug. Possibly also Bosnia. A large migration of Serbs were enticed by the Austrian government to move from Bosnia to Croatia to act as a buffer militia between the Ottoman Empire of Bosnia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Croatia... [more]
Pervaiz Urdu
From the given name Parviz.
Sagastume Basque
Topographic name from Basque sagasta "apple tree" and ume "young (plant), child".
Kornkosiakat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Cartof Romanian
From Romanian meaning "potato". Possibly given to someone who sells or raise potatoes.
Fudzimoto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Fujimoto more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
Valério Portuguese
From the given name Valério.
Martinien Spanish (Latin American)
A rare Latin American form of Martinez or Martin, meaning "Warring" or "At war"
Bosneanu Romanian
Meaning “Bosnian” or person from Bosnia in Romanian
Abdelhakim Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Hakim.
Oguma Japanese
Variant of Ōkuma.
Spackman English
English variant of Speakman.
Karmazinas Lithuanian
Perhaps a habitational name taken from the Lithuanian village Karmazinai. The name of the village is allegedly derived from Polish karmazyn "crimson". See also Karmazsin, a Hungarian occupational name for a dyer or for someone making dyestuff (taken directly from Hungarian karmazsin "crimson").
Finnsson Icelandic
Means "son of Finnur" in Icelandic.
Georgopoulos Greek
Patronymic form of Georgios.
Charleston English
Means "son of Charles."
Sotto Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Soto. This spelling variation arose during the American occupation of the Philippines, possibly by the influence of Italian American surnames.
Waqar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Waqar.
Kobela Hungarian
May come from the slavic word kobila, meaning mare.
Joséantonio Spanish
From the given name José Antonio.
Sušina Slovak
From Slovak and Czech word Sušina meaning "dry matter"
Kou Chinese
From Chinese 寇 (kòu) meaning "bandit", a shortening of Sikou.
Vagu Estonian
Vagu is an Estonian surname meaning "furrow".
Benesh Yiddish
From the given name Benesh, a Yiddish diminutive of Benedict.
Bara Czech
Comes from a reduced vernacular form of the Latin personal name Bartholomeus, Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartolomej, or possibly from a pet form of the personal name Barbara.
Larrañaga Basque, Spanish
From the name of a farmhouse in Azpeitia, Spain, derived from Basque larrain "threshing yard" and -aga "place of, group of".
Eubanks English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a bank of yew trees, from Old English iw "yew" and bank "bank".
Masey English, Scottish, French, Norman
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places in northern France which get their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius + the locative suffix -acum.... [more]
Dasig Filipino, Cebuano
Means "fast, quick" or "vivacious" in Cebuano.
Van Slingerland Dutch
Habitational name from a place so called in Overijssel.
Roue Breton
From Breton meaning "king".
Cordray English
From a medieval nickname for a proud man (from Old French cuer de roi "heart of a king").
Khondokar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali খন্দকার (see Khandakar).
Aguon Chamorro
From Chamorro agu, meaning "to change, to vary" and the suffix on meaning "to be able". The term's modern usage refers to the starch portion of a Chamorro meal. In the olden days, the Chamorro meal consisted of fish and vegetables, but the starch portion of the meal would highly depend on what was in season.
Wijeyawardana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයවර්ධන (see Wijayawardana).
Kapelyukha Ukrainian
From Ukrainian капелюх (kapelyukh), meaning "hat".
Follador Italian
Derived from Italian follatore "fuller, treader", an occupational name for someone who fulled cloth (see Fuller).
D'Aries Italian
Possibly derived from a short form of the given name Aredius.
Duering German (Anglicized, Rare)
Means "from Thüringen".
Trumm Estonian
Trumm is an Estonian surname meaning "drum".
Zegarra Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Castilianized form of the Catalan Segarra.
Manganello Italian
Diminutive of Mangano.
Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.
Koroi Fijian
Fijian surname of unknown meaning.
Dimayuga Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unshakable" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and mauga meaning "shaky, wobbly".
Siddig Northern African, Arabic
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" (chiefly Sudanese).
Pasta Italian
From Italian pasta meaning "dough, paste". Occupational name for a baker or cook.
Tsukamoto Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Harty Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Hathartaigh.
Bey French, German, Frisian
North German and Frisian: from the Old Frisian personal name Beyo or Boy/Boye (see Boye).... [more]
Pollari Finnish
Finnish surname from farms with said name in central Finland.
Wakamoto Japanese
From Japanese 若 meaning "young" and 本 meaning "base, root, origin".
Zorn German
From Middle High German zorn "wrath, anger". A notable bearer was Swedish painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920) whose father was German.
Bondoc Romanian
Means "stocky" in Romanian.
Peurala Finnish
Probably derived from the Finnish peura meaning "deer" with the suffix -la indicating a place.
Steinwender German (Austrian)
From the German words stein "stone" and wender "turner"
Sayetang Thai
Alternate transcription of Saetang.
Margarito Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish margarita "daisy".
Abeyrathna Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Sande Norwegian
Habitational name from any of forty or more farmsteads so named, especially on the west coast, from the dative case of Old Norse sandr meaning "sand", "sandy plain", "beach".
Dewan Indian, Pakistani
Status name for a treasurer or court official, from Arabic diwan "royal court", "tribunal of justice", or "treasury". Under the Mughal administration in India the dewan was usually the highest official in a state.
Tylson English, German (Anglicized)
English: variant of Dyson (see surname Dye). ... [more]
Jayarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයරත්න (see Jayaratne).
Premathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".
Poppe German, Dutch, English
German and Dutch variant of Popp 1 and English variant of Popp 2.
Hufnagel German
Metonymic occupational name for a farrier from Middle High German hufnagel "horseshoe nail" (literally "hoof nail"). Derived from huof "hoof" and nagal "nail".
Pickenpaugh German
The surname Pickenpaugh is an Americanized version of the German name Beckenbach, meaning "from the river basin"... [more]
Ilacad Tagalog
From Tagalog ilakad meaning "to walk (someone or something)".
Lääts Estonian
Lääts is an Estonian surname meaning "lens".
Aasum Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse aas "hill" and um "around".
Wondergem Dutch
Habitational name from Wondelgem or Wontergem in East Flanders, Belgium, using the suffix -gem which is related to Old Germanic haimaz meaning "home".
Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".
Labazanov Chechen, Avar
Means "son of Labazan".
Youngman English
From Middle English yunge man "young servant", ultimately from Old English geong mann "young man".
Terrence English
From the given name Terrence.
Bhasin Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Believed to be derived from Sanskrit भानु (bhānu) meaning "ray of light" or "sun".
Chetrit Judeo-Spanish
Alternate transcription of Shitrit.
Ayer English
From the Middle English given name Aier, a form of Germanic Agihari, possibly derived from agaz "fear" and hari "army".
Teraoka Japanese
Tera means "temple" and oka means "hill".
Asahara Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asai) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" combined with 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Dağ Turkish
Means "mountain" in Turkish.
Burnley English
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Burnley in Lancashire, so named with the Old English river name Brun (from brun ‘brown’ or burna ‘stream’) + leah ‘woodland clearing’... [more]
Stolk Dutch
Contracted form of Stolwijk, a town in South Holland, Netherlands, probably derived from Middle Dutch stolle "lump, chunk" and wijc "farmstead, village".
Akatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Onofrio Italian
From the given name Onofrio.
Hesham Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Hisham.
Ratigan Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Ó Reachtagán, meaning "descendant of Reachtagán", a personal name from a diminutive of reachtaire ("steward", "administrator") or reacht ("law")... [more]
Malikov Uzbek, Tatar, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Malik 1" as well as an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Məlikov.
Doan Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Đoàn.
Dalusung Filipino, Pampangan
Means "go with force and agility" in Kapampangan.
Pelto Finnish
Translates to "field" from Finnish.
Basom English
origin possible of saxon origin
Chandrasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Lemming Danish
Derived from any of the places in Denmark called Lemming where the first element lem "lamb" is combined with the suffix -ing denoting a place.
Norum Norwegian
Ultimately derived from Old Norse nór "narrow strait" and heimr "home, farmstead".
Hijazi Arabic
Denotes someone who was originally from the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
Abo Japanese (Rare)
From 安 (a) meaning "peaceful, relax, cheap, inexpensive, low" or 阿 (a) meaning "corner, nook" and 保 (bo) meaning for "guard, protect".
Iwasawa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Lukenda Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Luka".
Weigel German
Derived from the given name Wigand.
Vignau French
Vignau may derive from the French words "vigne" or "vignal", meaning "vineyard", and refers to the owner. ... [more]
Heitmeyer German
German: distinguishing nickname for a farmer whose land included heathland, from Middle Low German heide ‘heath’, ‘wasteland’ + Meyer 1.
McCary Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Fhearadhaigh.
Pike English, Irish
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pic ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.... [more]
Quentin English
Derived from the given name Quentin.
Wolfensberger German (Swiss)
Habitational name derived from the name of the now ruined castle of Wolfsberg near Bauma in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Matta Italian
Probably derived from a feminine form of Matto, though other theories include Logudorese Sardinian matta "belly, paunch, entrails" and southern Sardinian matta "plant, tree" (compare Mata).
Caleb American
Caleb norwood
Newby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English niwe "new" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".
Ilyashevich Belarusian
Means "son of Ilya".
De Graaff Dutch
Variant spelling of De Graaf "the count", an occupational name for someone who worked for a count, or perhaps a nickname for someone who behaved like one.
Lavay Jewish
American variant of Levi.
Delarosa Spanish
Means "of the rose" in Spanish.