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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Orel Ukrainian
A form of Orlov.
Secker English
Variant of Saker.
Krolikov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian кролик (krolik) meaning "male rabbit".
Strassberg Jewish
Ornamental name composed of German Strasse "street" and Berg "mountain, hill".
Violet English
Derived from the given name Violet
Kuchler German (Rare)
Often confused with Küchler a name for a cookie baker, Kuchler is a noble name for an old german family. Kuchler is origined in a city named Kuchl at the border of todays german bavaria... [more]
Degiorgio Maltese
Maltese form of De Giorgio.
May Russian (?)
Means "May (month)".
Bar Hebrew
From Aramaic בְּרָא (b'rā) meaning "son, child" or Hebrew בָּר (bar) meaning "grain, cereal".
Hakizimana Central African
Means "God cures" in Burundian and Rwandan.
Guillen Spanish
Unaccented form of Guillén.
Rajala Estonian
Rajala is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary area/field".
Wyse English
Potential variant of Wise
Hettige Sinhalese
From Sinhala හෙට්ටි (hetti) referring to the Chetty caste (primarily composed of merchants and traders) combined with the suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Nazarova Russian
Feminine form of Nazarov.
Agoncillo Spanish (Philippines)
It is believed that the surname comes from an ancient Celtic settlement named Egon, whose ruins lie near the town of Agoncillo, La Rioja, Spain.
Kamado Japanese
A traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fuelled cookstove/furnace (竈 kama), while the second means "door" (門 do). Other kanji combinations are possible.
Awai Japanese
Awa means "millet" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Verlaine French, French (Belgian)
Habitational name for someone from Verlaine in the province of Liège, Belgium. Paul Verlaine was a noted bearer.
Providence English
From the name of the capital city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, derived from Middle English providence meaning "divine guidance, care", ultimately from Latin providentia.
Kricfalusi Czech (Archaic, ?)
Has unknown etymology, Beared by disgraced Canadian animator John Kricfalusi (1955-)
Mohorko Slovene
It comes from the latin given name ERMACORA. the Sain Bishop of Aquileia, near Venice.
Dobashi Japanese
From Japanese 土 (do) meaning "earth, soil" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Manjhi Indian, Hindi
Means "sailor" in Hindi.
Hugo French
Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He was also the writer of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Misérables'.
Bulgaria Italian, Spanish
Originally an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Bulgaria or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with Bulgaria, which is named after the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, itself possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".
Van Tienhoven Dutch
Means "from Tienhoven", the name of several villages in the Netherlands. Their names mean "ten parcels of land" in Dutch. A famous bearer was the Dutch politician Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841-1914), a Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
Zouaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Indicates a member of the Igawawen (called Zouaoua in French) Kabyle tribe, from Maghrebi Arabic زواوة (zwāwa). The tribe's name is of uncertain meaning; it may be derived from the name of a massif in Kabylie, Algeria.
Thorsby English
habitational name from North and South Thoresby (Lincolnshire) Thoresby in Carperby (North Yorkshire) or Thoresby in Perlethorpe cum Budby (Nottinghamshire). The Lincolnshire and Yorkshire placenames derive from the Old Norse personal name Thorir (genitive Thoris) + Old Norse býr "farmstead village"... [more]
Aminzade Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian امین‌زاده (see Aminzadeh).
Van Der Vest Dutch (Archaic)
Means "from the city wall, of the fort", derived from Middle Dutch veste "fortification, stronghold, castle; reliability".
Wijayasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Kunugiza Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 椚座 (Kunugiza) meaning "Kunugiza", a former division in the former village of Kusaka in the former district of Tsuna in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Tooey Scottish
Variant of Toohey.
Pilar Portuguese
From the Portuguese word for pillar.
Atak Turkish
Means "rash, audacious, reckless" in Turkish.
Mirotvorets Russian
Means "maker of peace" in Russian, from мир (mir) "peace" and творец (tvorets) "creator, maker". Probably given to someone who often mediated fights between villagers.
Özalp Turkish
Comes from Özalp, Van, Turkey
Mayson English
Variant of Mason.
Narukami Japanese
From Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning "cry" and 上 (kami) meaning "above".
Grigorian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Grigoryan.
Flom Jewish (Ashkenazi), Hebrew (?)
From Yiddish floym meaning "plum".
Tambor Jewish
Derived from German Tambour "drummer in a regiment", ultimately via French tambour from Old French tambor "drum".
Leisalu Estonian
Leisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "leeward grove".
Hakurei Japanese
From haku (博) meaning "wide" or "exposition" and rei (麗) meaning "lovely", "graceful", or "beautiful".... [more]
Linnyk Ukrainian
Outdated word meaning "lazy person", from ліневий (linevyy) "lazy".
Casari Italian
Smarano, Italy... [more]
Ambrozaityte Lithuanian, Latvian
this name comes from far far history of lithuanian people
Aisek Micronesian
Derived from the given name Isaac.
Koppen German
Patronymic from a reduced pet form of the personal name Jakob.
Dalby English, Danish, Norwegian
From any of the locations call Dalby from the old Norse elements dalr "valley" and byr "farm, settlement" meaning "valley settlement". Used by one of the catholic martyrs of England Robert Dalby... [more]
Briones Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Marklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish mark "ground, field" and lund "grove".
Suwannaphum Thai (Rare)
From Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (Suwannaphum), from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (Suvárṇabhūmi) meaning "Suvarnabhumi", referring to various places throughout Southeast Asia as "golden land; land of gold".
Ragan English
A variant of Reagan.
Makiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepard" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, opening".
Borquez Spanish
Likely shortened from Bohórquez.
Wijekumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Eplboym Yiddish
It means "apple tree", denoting either someone who planted them or lived near them.
Yahia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.
Suckling English
From a medieval nickname for someone of childlike appearance or childish character (from Middle English suckling "infant still feeding on its mother's milk"). Sir John Suckling (1609-1642) was an English poet and dramatist.
Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).
Lidman Swedish
Combination of Swedish place name element lid "slope, hillside" and man "man". A notable bearer was Swedish writer Sara Lidman (1923-2004).
Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
Malaluan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "surpass, exceed" in Tagalog.
Suiter American (South)
"Suiter" may also refer to a surname that originated in South Germany as an occupational name for a shoemaker. It comes from a metathesized form of the Middle High German word siuter.
Aggrawal Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अग्रवाल (see Agarwal).
Lavery Irish, Northern Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Labhradha, "descendants of Labhradha" (speaker, spokesman, the father of Etru, chief of the Monagh of the Irish over-kingdom of Ulaid); the name of an ancient family originating from Magh Rath (present-day Moira, County Down, Northern Ireland)... [more]
Rosenstein Jewish
Means "rose stone" in German.
Louison English
This surname means “son of Louis”.
Samarage Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" combined with the Sinhala suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Eagleburger English (American)
Americanized form of German Adelberger, a habitational name for someone from a place called Adelberg near Stuttgart.
Gay Catalan
Probably from the Catalan personal name Gai, a variant of Gaius.
Lotfinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Lotfi".
Kuhlman German
Nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm.’
Zouhairi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zouhair.
Dunsmuir Scottish
From the lands of Dundemore in Fife, Scotland.
Soysa Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Sousa.
Chada Indian
Variant of Chadha.
Mcneese Irish
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Naois, a patronymic from a shortened form of the personal name Aonghus (see Angus).
Burney English, Irish
Form of the French place name of 'Bernay' or adapted from the personal name Bjorn, ultimately meaning "bear".
Aghili Persian
From the given name Aghil.
Ferenc Hungarian
From the given name Ferenc.
Fenstermaker German
Means 'one who makes windows' in German.
Kasparyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գասպարյան (see Gasparyan).
Sumanasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Hermoso Spanish (Philippines)
Means "handsome" in Spanish.
Aarelaid Estonian
Aarelaid is an Estonian surname meaning "treasure islet".
Tomašević Serbian, Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Tomaš".
Keshet Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Keshet which means "rainbow" in Hebrew, it is used more as a surname than a given name.
Ciotti Romanian
From Meglenite, a closely related language.
Macchiarini Italian
Possibly a variant of Macchia, or else derived from the related macchiare "to stain, mark, blot" combined with a plural form of the diminutive suffix -ino.
Lande French, Norwegian, Jewish
French: topographic name for someone living on a heath, lande (from Gaulish landa ‘space’, ‘land’), or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places named La Lande from this word.... [more]
Lansdowne French, English
The first marquis lansdowne, land owners for there lords and farmers also know as tenants.
Seaward English
Means “dweller by the sea”.
Fredman Swedish
Combination of Swedish fred "peace" and man "man".
Rix German
given to a person who resided near a hill, stream, church, or tree
Akinuma Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn", and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Presbitero Filipino
Borrowed from Spanish presbítero meaning "presbyter", an elder or priest in various Christian Churches. A notable bearer of this name is Filipino singer Thaddeus Presbitero Durano Jr... [more]
Vario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Vario. Also means "various" in Italian.
Kyan Japanese
From 喜 (ki) meaning "value, expensive", 屋 (ya) meaning "vendor, roof, dwelling", and 武 (n) meaning "military, martial".
Tabak Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a seller of tobacco, from German Tabak, Yiddish and Ukrainian tabik (all ultimately from Spanish tabaco, a word of Caribbean origin). Tobacco was introduced to Europe in the 16th century.
Yokozawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Prööm Estonian
Prööm is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "krööm" meaning "grain".
Krechter German
Possibly derived from Krämer
Gonsalves English (British), Portuguese, Indian (Christian)
Variant of Gonçalves more commonly used in Britain and western India.
Petropoulos Greek
Means "son of Petros" in Greek.
Lahner German, Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lahn in Hungary and Germany. In southern Germany and Austria, Lahn denotes a place where there had been an avalanche or landslide, from Middle High German laen, lēne meaning "avalanche".
Klimentov Russian
Means "son of Kliment."
Honorato Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Honorato
Akinashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".
Roppolo Italian
Perhaps a derivative of Roppo, a given name of Germanic origin.
Jõeleht Estonian
Jõeleht is an Estonian surname meaning "river foliage".
Torsdottir Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Torsdotter meaning "Tor's daughter". It may also be a Swedification of Icelandic Þórsdóttir... [more]
Zaidan Arabic
Derived from the given name Zaydan.
Vigneron French
Means "vintner" in French from vin "wine" (from Latin vinum).
Aurich German
Habitational name from a place in East Frisia or Baden-Württemberg named Aurich.
Liyanage Sinhalese
Of unknown meaning.
Blaque Spanish, Catalan
Variant of "Llaquet". It could also be a Catalan variant of Black
Figueiredo Portuguese
Name for someone from any of various places named Figueiredo, from Portuguese figueiredo meaning "fig tree orchard".
Collin French
From Collin a diminutive of Nicolas. Variant of Colin
Mehmetaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Mehmet" in Albanian.
Solokova Russian
Feminine form of Solokov.
Corradini Italian, Romansh
Italian patronymic form of Corradino.
Jandusay Tagalog
From Tagalog handusay meaning "to prostrate, to lie face down".
Rijsbergen Dutch
Variant of Van Rijsbergen. It is borne by the retired Dutch soccer player Wim Rijsbergen (1952-).
Hohn German
Derived from Middle High German hon "chicken". As a surname, it was given to someone who either bred or traded in chickens.... [more]
Bohuslav Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
From the given name Bohuslav.
Abrahami Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Abraham.
Dyar English
Variant of Dyer.
Ohmori Japanese
Variant of Omori.
Cobbold English
From the medieval male personal name Cubald (from Old English Cūthbeald, literally "famous-brave").
Wäite Luxembourgish (Germanized, Rare)
The name originates from Luxembourg and the surrounding Germanic regions most notably the Rhenish Palatinate from around the 1800s. The word wäite is Luxembourgish for wide and also broad, the word wäit which is an alternative spelling of the Surname Wäite is Luxembourgish for far or distant.... [more]
Aak Estonian
Aak is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "aaker", meaning "acre".
Saengkrachang Thai
From Thai แสง (saeng) meaning "light, ray, beam" and กระจ่าง (krachang) meaning "clear, bright, brilliant".
Wataboushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).
Konks Estonian
Konks is an Estonian surname meaning "hook", "swan neck", and "trammel".
Heinle German
This surname is derived from what may be a pet form of Heinrich.
Khaibri Kashmiri (Rare)
Hindus who were sent to the Khyber region by the Afghans
Tõldsepp Estonian
Tõldsepp is an Estonian surname meaning "carriage" or "coach smith".
Kļaviņš Latvian
Derived from the word kļava meaning "maple".
Lekkas Greek
Feminine form is Lekka
Eenpuu Estonian
Eenpuu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "puu" ("tree").
Goldthwaite English
Possibly derived from Guilthwaite in South Yorkshire, which is named from Old Norse gil meaning "ravine" and þveit meaning "clearing". However, the modern surname is associated with Essex, suggesting some other source, now lost.
Iturbide Basque
From Basque iturri meaning "fountain, spring" and bidea meaning "pathway".
Yu Chinese
Either an alternate form of Chinese 谕 (yù) meaning "to instruct, understand, know" or an alternate form of Yu 3.
Digne French
From French digne "dignified, worthy" perhaps a nickname for a hardworking person.
Ulatowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Ulatowo in Ostrołęka voivodeship, a place named with Old Polish ulot, ulatać meaning "to fly away".
De Chinese
From the Chinese element de, meaning "ethics, moral, virtue".
Hartnell English
From a location in Marwood, Devon, derived from Old English heort "stag" + cnoll "hill".
Parli Romansh
Derived from the given name Bartholomäus.
Furuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Sollano Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zalla.
Amarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Winterberg German
Habitational name from any of several places named with Middle High German winter "winter" and berg "mountain".
Sashihara Japanese
From 指 (sashi) meaning "finger" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Mari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鞠 (mari) meaning a type of ancient football used by courtiers.
McGlashan Scottish
Mcglashan means son of grey in Scotland, with the prefix Mc meaning "son of" and the Glas meaning "grey"
Breland English
Americanized form of Breler.
Vidler English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname based on Anglo-Norman vis de leu, literally "wolf-face"; or (ii) "violinist, fiddle player" (cf. Fiedler).
Axton English
Habitational name for a person from the village of Axton in Kent, from Old English personal name Acca and stan "stone".
Spatafora Italian
This surname originates from the Italian island of Sicily, where it was first borne by a noble family of Byzantine origin, which had settled on the island in the 11th century AD. Their surname was derived from the Greek noun σπάθη (spathe) "blade, sword" (akin to Latin spatha "broad sword with a double edge") combined with Greek φορεω (phoreo) "to carry, to bear", which gives the surname the meaning of "he who carries the sword" or "sword-bearer"... [more]
Kanisthayukta Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Fegley English
A notable bearer is Oakes Fegley, an actor.
Bini Italian
Comes from the given name Albino and other names ending with -bino ending.
Yavaş Turkish
Means "slow, calm, soft" in Turkish.
Stungiewicz Polish
The Stungiewicz family name is recorded in history as heraldically adopted into the Polish heraldic clan Pobog. The Pobog clan was a participant in the Union of Horodlo in the year 1413 between Polish and Lithuanian interests.... [more]
Lennuk Estonian
Lennuk is an Estonian surname derived from "lennukas", meaning "high-spirited" and "energetic". "Lennuk" is also the current Estonian word for "airplane", but the original surname predates this meaning... [more]
Lansangan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "road, street" in Tagalog.
Leech Irish
An Anglicized surname derived from the Irish Gaelic Ò Maol Mhaodhòg, and was often anglicized as Mulvogue... [more]
Chahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2).
Abercrombie Scottish
Derived from a surname. It is the name of a parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Frith of Forth, whence the possessor took his surname; from Aber, marshy ground, a place where two or more streams meet; and cruime or crombie, a bend or crook... [more]
Özcan Turkish
Means "pure soul" in Turkish.
Di Dio Italian
Means "of God" in Italian.
Tekkel Estonian
Tekkel is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "teke" meaning "origin". "Tekkel" also means "college cap".
Kuchenmeister German
Occupational name for a master cook (literally "kitchen master"), a court official.
Semo Judeo-Italian (Italianized, Archaic)
Semo whose meaning can be Simas or simeon or simão or corruptions of onesimus
Desaulniers French (Quebec)
Topographic name denoting a property distinguished by a grove of alder trees, derived from Old French au(l)ne meaning "alder".
Aasjõe Estonian
Aasjõe is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea water".
Truin Dutch
Matronymic form of Trui, a shortened form of the given name Geertruida.
Tuzla Turkish
From a city in Bosnia named "Tuzla" or "salt mine". Formally occupied by the Ottoman Empire.
Smet Flemish
Flemish form of Smit.
Sikkel Estonian
Sikkel is an Estonian surname derived from "sikk" meaning "billy goat".
Santas Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Possibly a nickame for someone born on All Saint's Day.
Araya Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Kirsipuu Estonian
Means "cherry tree" in Estonian.
Melle French
Occupational name derived from Old French melle "buckle, ring".
Kuniyoshi Japanese
Kuni means "large place, country" and yoshi means "good luck".
Ossa Italian, South American
Means "bones" in Italian.
Unwin English
From the Old English male personal name Hūnwine, literally "bearcub-friend" (later confused with Old English unwine "enemy"). Bearers include British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) and "Professor" Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), South African-born British purveyor of comical nonsense language.
Tikkanen Finnish
Meaning "small woodpecker".
Kuhi Estonian
Kuhi is an Estonian surname meaning "pile" or "stack".