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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Ca-ang Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kaang meaning "flowerpot".
Burkins English
English variant of Birkin, Burkin, a habitational name from the parish of Birkin in West Yorkshire, so named with Old English bircen ‘birch grove’, a derivative of birce (see Birch).
Wataboshi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).
Homberg German
The surname Hamberg could be derived from it.
Teder Estonian
Means "black grouse" in Estonian (species Tetrao tetrix, aka Lyrurus tetrix).
Emigdio Spanish
From the given name Emigdio.
Glebov Russian
Means "son of Gleb".
Ahmadpour Persian
Means "son of Ahmad" in Persian.
Wallee German
Of French origin, denoting a person who lives in or is from a valley.
Prytulyak Ukrainian
From Ukrainian притуляк (prytulyak), meaning "refugee" in Ukrainian, literally "shelter person, person who seeks shelter". It is not the common term for a refugee (біженець, bizhenets').
Vo Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Võ.
Ümarik Estonian
Ümarik is an Estonian surname meaning "round", "chubby" and "plump".
Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Daus German
From Middle Low German dūs denoting the "two on a die or , the ace in cards" hence a nickname for a passionate card or dice player.
Ronan Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rónáin "descendant of Rónán" a personal name apparently based on a diminutive of rón "seal".
Yoshimoto Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Lazcano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lazkao.
Vellalan Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Vellala.
Lokaj Slovak
Footman/Lackey in history meant "servant"
Khanum Bengali, Urdu
From an aristocratic title traditionally used as an honorific for Muslim women in the Middle East and South Asia. It is derived from a feminine form of the title khan meaning "king, ruler", which is probably of Mongolian origin.
Claessens Flemish, Belgian
Means "son of Claes".
McVay Irish
A variant of McVeigh
Corvinus Hungarian
dirived from Corvin, maning raven.
Motome Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 求, 元目 or 求馬 with 求 (kyuu, gu, moto.meru) meaning "demand, request, require, want, wish for", 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 目 (boku, moku, ma, me, -me) meaning "care, class, experience, eye, favour, insight, look" and 馬 (ba, uma, uma-, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]
Marinas Romanian
Derived from the given name Marin.
Kamolchanthr Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Sabado Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish sábado meaning “Sabbath, Saturday”.
Argenziano Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Argenzio, ultimately from Latin argenteus meaning "silver". A famous bearer was American actor Carmen Argenziano (1943-2019).
Laichtchetsev Slovak
Surname used in the Investigation I am doing. Person's name is alledgly:... [more]
Mitani Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Kularatna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලරත්න (see Kularatne).
Bertram German
Derived from the German given name Bertram.
Annunziato Italian
From the given name Annunziato.
Holbrook English, German (Anglicized)
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Derbyshire, Dorset, and Suffolk, so called from Old English hol ‘hollow’, ‘sunken’ + broc ‘stream’. ... [more]
Armitage English
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-).
Frame English, Scottish
From the Old English word fram, meaning "vigorous, strong, brave".
La Barbera Italian
Variant of Barbera using the definite article la.
Ghazi Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ghazi.
Beres Hungarian
Occupational name for a farm laborer or casual harvest hand, béres, a derivative of bér 'wage', 'payment'.
Maisel Yiddish, German, French
Predominantly seems to be a matronymic surname from the Yiddish feminine name Mayzl. Although it is believed that it derived from the Hebrew name Meïser, which means “representative of God”... [more]
Depikolozvane Croatian
Derived from Italian del piccolo Zuan, meaning "of little Zuan".
Asquith English
Habitational name from a village in North Yorkshire named Askwith, from Old Norse askr ‘ash tree’ + vi{dh}r ‘wood’
Eckert German
Derived from the given name Eckhard.
Grond Romansh
Variant of Grand.
Vikingsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Viking" in Swedish.
Baigorri Basque
From the name of a commune in Bayonne, France, derived from Basque ibai "river" and gorri "red" or "bare, naked".
Grelle German
Variant of Grell.
Konvalinka Czech
Means "lily-of-the-valley" in Czech.
Larrazabal Basque, Spanish
Habitational name derived from Basque larre "field, pastureland, prairie" and zabal "wide, open, ample".
Hatta Japanese
From Japanese 八 (hatsu) meaning "eight" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". Hatsuta or Hatta is the name of various places in Japan.
Boupha Lao
Means "flower" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit पुष्प (pushpa).
Abeyrathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේරත්න (see Abeyrathna).
Cuaton Filipino
Possible alternate transcription of Chinese 廣東 (Guǎngdōng) referring to a coastal province in the South China region.
McGann Irish
Variant of McCann.
Bakr Arabic
Derived from the given name Bakr.
Aramburo Spanish
Castilianized variant of Aramburú.
Fresco Italian
From a shortened form of the name Francesco.
Sigler Middle High German (Americanized)
Occupational name, derived from the Middle High German sigel, meaning "seal." It refers to a maker of seals and signet rings or an official keeper of a seal.... [more]
Zazai Pashto
Meaning uncertain.
Keyn Norwegian (Rare)
Derived from the Norwegian word for "strong pillar".
Vignau French
Vignau may derive from the French words "vigne" or "vignal", meaning "vineyard", and refers to the owner. ... [more]
Põlluäär Estonian
Põlluäär is an Estonian surname meaning "arable (land) side".
Christl German
Pet form of the given name Christian.
Kokko Finnish
Means "eagle" in Finnish.
Thames English
Derived from the name of the River Thames, a major river in England. It is thought to have derived from Celtic Tamesis, which may have meant "dark, cloudy" or "turbid, turbulent".
Zukin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 頭巾 (zukin) meaning "headscarf, hood, handkerchief".
Gennarelli Italian
Ancient and illustrious Piedmontese family, originally from Polonghera but residing in Cherasco, which is decorated with the titles of: Counts of Cocconato, Lords of Cocconito and Consignori of Marcorengo.
Casares Spanish, Galician
One who lived in several places named "Casares".
Becerra Spanish, Galician
Nickname probably for a high-spirited person from becerra "young cow, heifer". It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a cowherd.
Franchini Italian
Italian patronymic of Franchino.
Den Besten Dutch
Means "the best" in Dutch, from Middle Dutch beste.
Karapandža Croatian (?)
Originally given to people by their then masters (Ottomans) as an insult. Meaning "dark witch".
Chriqui Judeo-Spanish
Alternate transcription of Chouraqui.
Zadeh Persian
From Persian زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring (of)", also often used as a suffix for patronymic-based Persian surnames.
Preuss German, Jewish
From the German word preussen meaning "Prussia". Indicating someone from Prussia.
Bodin French, English
Derived from Old French personal name Bodin or a variant spelling of Baudouin.
Devilly Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
One of the anglicized versions of Ó Duibhghiolla, and Ancient Irish name meaning "Of the Black Attendant"
Carstairs English (British)
From the manor or barony of the same name in the parish of Carstairs (= 1170 Casteltarres, 'Castle of Tarres').
Min Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 闵 (mǐn) meaning "pity, sorrow", also referring to the posthumous title of the Duke Min of Lu (personal name Ji Qi).
Õigemeel Estonian
Õigemeel is an Estonian surname meaning "fair minded".
Shipley English (Rare)
English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Steinbrecher German
occupational name for someone who worked in a stone quarry from Middle High German stein "stone" and an agent derivative of brechen "to break".
Westhuis Dutch
Means "west house" in Dutch.
Caird Scottish
Derived from Scottish Gaelic ceard meaning "craftsman, artist mechanic, travelling tinker".
Gilles French, Walloon
From the given name Gilles. Cognate of Giles.
Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.
Grzybek Polish
From Grzyb (literally "mushroom") with the suffix -ek as a patronymic, or from grzybek meaning "little mushroom".
Paddock English
Derived from Middle English parrock meaning "paddock, small enclosure", hence a topographic name for a dweller by a paddock or an enclosed meadow. It could also be a nickname for a person who resembled a toad or frog in some way (derived from Middle English paddock meaning "toad, frog"), or denote a person hailing from one of the many places in England that bear this name, for example the town and civil parish of Paddock Wood in Kent.
Vieu French
From a place called Vieu in Ain from Latin vicus "village". French cognitive of Vico.
Cater English
Comes from the English word "caterer".
Ivanešić Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Bernardez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Bernárdez.
Kong Khmer
Means "invulnerable" in Khmer.
Atake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿竹 (Atake) meaning "Atake", a division in the area of Tajiri in the city of Ise in the prefecture of Mie in Japan.
Dominic English
From the given name Dominic
Cherep Ukrainian
Means "skull" in Ukrainian.
Knopfler English, German
Derived from Knopf (German for "button"), this surname was originally given to button makers or button sellers. A famous bearer of this surname is English musician Mark Knopfler (1949-).
Abolfazli Persian
From the given name Abolfazl.
Suematsu Japanese
From 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, posterity, end, powder, tip" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine".
Solomonenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.
Pozsonyi Hungarian
Means "Bratislavan, relating to Bratislava" in Hungarian. Bratislava is now the capital city of Slovakia, which was once the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and was once called Pozsony (or Pressburg in German).
Yzaguirre Basque
Respelling of Basque Izaguirre.
Alfes Jewish
Official website of the the City of Alfés (in the Province Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) says:... [more]
Furneaux French (Anglicized), English
Locational surname from any of several places in France called Fourneaux, or from fourneau "furnace".
Yousefzadeh Persian
From the given name Yousef and the Persian suffix زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Deniz Turkish
Means "sea" in Turkish.
Chegwin Cornish
Means "white house" from Cornish chi "house" and gwynn "white". It denoted a person who lived in a white house or someone who lived in places so named.
Karunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Shafeeq Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Shafiq.
Ferron French
Variant of Feron.
Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Tòmas Scottish
From the given name Tòmas.
Stiglitz German
Variant of Stieglitz
Okuno Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Türkmenoğlu Turkish
Means "son of a Turkmen".
Makhov Circassian (Russified)
Russified form of a Circassian surname derived from Kabardian махуэ (māx°ă) meaning "day".
Feldmann Jewish
From the surname Feld combined with the German suffix mann "man"
Troy Dutch
From a short form of the personal names Geertrui and Geertruida, Dutch forms of Gertrude... [more]
Littman German (East Prussian), German (West Prussian), German, Jewish
Derived from Germanized Czech personal names like Litomir (Czech: Ljutomir) and Litobor (Czech: Ljutobor) which ultimately go back to Old Slavic ljutu "grim; fierce; ferocious; wild". One theory suggests, however, that these given names might have been influenced by ljub- "love; dear".... [more]
Streicher German
Occupational name for someone who measured grain or inspected cloth
Gojūri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
Rachid Arabic
From the given name Rashid.
You Chinese
From Chinese 尤 (yóu) meaning "especially, particularly".
Tõsine Estonian
Tõsine is an Estonian surname meaning "serious" and "earnest".
Togashi Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" and 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak".
Abdolkarimi Persian
From the given name Abdolkarim.
Latino Italian
From the medieval personal name Latino, originally an ethnic name for someone of Latin as opposed to Germanic, Byzantine or Slavic descent.
Popp German
Derived from the given name Poppo (or possibly Boppo) which is of uncertain origin and meaning... [more]
Nakajo Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 条 (jo) meaning "article, strips" or 城 (jo) meaning "castle".
Amarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Nissan Hebrew, Jewish
Ornamental name from the name of the Jewish month during which Passover takes place.
Reck German
Nickname from Middle High German recke ‘outlaw’ or ‘fighter’. North German and Westphalian: from Middle Low German recke ‘marsh’, ‘waterlogged ground’, hence a topographic name, or a habitational name from a place named with this term.
Ruhland German
Variation of Rüland.
Akaki Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ki means "tree, wood".
Ikesugi Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool" and 杉 (sugi) means "cedar".
Dahmani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Dahmane.
Pyle English
From the Middle English word pile, meaning "stake" or "post", which is derived via Old English from Latin pilum, meaning "spike" or "javelin". This was a topographic name for someone who lived near a stake or post serving as a landmark, a metonymic occupational name for a stake maker, or a nickname for a tall, strong man.
Monkman English
Occupational name for a servant in a monastery, from Middle English monk "monk" and man "man", effectively a variant of Monk with an added suffix.
Trotter English, Scottish, German
Northern English and Scottish: occupational name for a messenger, from an agent derivative of Middle English trot(en) 'to walk fast' (Old French troter, of Germanic origin). ... [more]
Ho Korean
Alternative transcription of Korean Hangul 허 (see Heo).
Anees Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Anis.
Murata Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".
Pacia Tagalog
From Tagalog pasiya meaning "decision, judgment".
Welby English (British, Rare)
Lincolnshire family name
Penha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Peña.
Katsumoto Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and moto means "source, origin, root".
Sooksai Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สุกใส (see Suksai).
Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).
Watariyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watariyō).
Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Peralta Catalan, Spanish, Aragonese
Habitational name from any of the places in Aragon, Catalonia, and Navarre called Peralta, from Latin petra alta "high rock". This name is also established in Italy.
Wünsche German
Probably denoted a person from Wendland, a region in Germany on the borders of the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Wendling, a municipality in the Grieskirchen District, Upper Austria, Austria.
Chase French
Topographic name for someone who lived in or by a house, probably the occupier of the most distinguished house in the village, from a southern derivative of Latin casa "hut, cottage, cabin".
Ciotti Romanian
From Meglenite, a closely related language.
Abdulrahim Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd ar-Rahim.
Sahota Indian (Sikh)
A sikh surname meaning ‘hare’, derived from the name of a Jat clan.
Priyankara Sinhalese
From the given name Priyankara.
Neidhart German, German (Swiss)
German and Swiss German variant of Neidhardt.
Bunal Filipino, Cebuano
Means "hit, strike (with a bat or club)" in Cebuano.
Hayabusa Japanese
This name means "falcon" in Japanese.
Knauss German
A variant of Knaus.
Asis Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Asís primarily used in the Philippines.
Amaliyeva Russian
Feminine form of Amaliyev (Амалиев)
Imbimbo Neapolitan
From Italian bimbo meaning "a child, a male baby" (which is a variant of bambino "child") combined with in-, a prefix indicating "belonging to the family of".
Bhutto Sindhi
Meaning uncertain. This is the name of a prominent Pakistani political family of Sindhi origin. Two of its members, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979) and Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) served as prime ministers of Pakistan.
Touilbini Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelaziz Touilbini (1978-), an Algerian boxer.
Van Straubenzee Dutch (Anglicized, Rare)
Etymology uncertain, most likely a habitational name.
Buensuceso Spanish (Philippines)
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso, meaning "Our Lady of the Good Event," referring to the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Jesus.
Maranan Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog madaanan meaning "pass through, pass by somewhere".
Dummer German, English
From Middle High German tump "simple".
Sulek Polish
Derived from the given name Sulimir.
Valentyn Ukrainian
From the given name Valentyn.
Almada Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous city.
Guido Italian, German
From the given name Guido.
Kuusalu Estonian
Kuusalu is an Estonian surname derived from "kuusik" meaning "spruce wood" and "salu" meaning "grove".
Zerdali Turkish
Means "wild apricot."
Laflamme French (Quebec)
Means "The Flame" in French.
Hachiya Japanese
From Japanese 蜂 (hachi) meaning "bee, wasp" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Romany Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian cognate of Romani.
Jablanović Croatian
Derived from jablan meaning ''poplar''.
Ishibashi Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Cao Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gao, from Sino-Vietnamese 高 (cao).
Pukk Estonian
Pukk is an Estonian surname meaning "trestle".
Mundaka Basque (Rare)
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. A popular theory is that it derives from Latin munda aqua "clean water", but there is no evidence to support this origin... [more]
Matsuto Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 藤 (to) meaning "wisteria".
Hutchin English
From the given name Hutchin
Beriya Georgian (Russified)
Russified form of Beria. This is the way the last name of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of the NKVD from 1938-1946, last name was spelled in the official Soviet language (Russian).
McAnulty Northern Irish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Meaning "son of the Ulidian", from the Irish surname Mac an Ultaigh, from mac, meaning son, and Ultach, denoting someone from the Irish province of Ulster.
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