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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Dempster English, Manx, Scottish
Occupational name for a judge or arbiter, derived from Middle English demster "judge, one who pronounces sentence or doom".
Ohi Japanese
Variant of Oi.
Cartagena Spanish
From the name of the city of Cartagena in southeastern Spain, derived from Latin Carthāgō Nova meaning "New Carthage" (ultimately derived from Phonecian qrt-ḥdšt meaning "new city").
Hama Japanese
Hama means "Beach, Seashore".
Greenway Welsh
Derived from the given name Goronwy.
Gamache French, Walloon
From French meaning "glove" or "mitten". Possibly an occupational name for a glover, someone who makes gloves or mittens, or had a connection to the glove-making industry.
Sweijs Dutch (Rare)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly derived from German Schweiz "Switzerland".
Villafañe Spanish
Derived from the village of Villafañe in Leon, Spain. His hierarch, perhaps, is the Burgos hidalgo Alvar Fañez.
Brogni Italian
Possibly from the dialectical term brogneau meaning "wild plum", or figuratively "foreigner".
Mohsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin.
Lamshed English
Surname common in Australia & the UK. A variation of Lambshead which was originally a mis-spelling of Lambside which was the area from which the family originated in Pommyland. Other variations include Lambshed, Lamshead, Lammyside and Lamesta... [more]
Ikhlaq Urdu
From the given name Ikhlaq.
Requesens Catalan
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of La Jonquera.
Bajnai Hungarian
Originally denoted a person from Bajna, a village in the region of Central Transdanubia in Hungary. A notable bearer is the former Hungarian prime minister Gordon Bajnai (1968-).
Sootamm Estonian
Sootamm is an Estonian surname meaning "pin oak" (Quercus palustris). Literally, "swamp oak".
Nedilya Ukrainian
Means "sunday" in Ukrainian.
Hviid Danish
derived from hvid, meaning "white".
Schaus German, Luxembourgish
A nickname for a simpleton, from schaus, a word in Rhenish Franconian and Lower Rhine dialects of German.
Tamondong Filipino, Pangasinan
Meaning uncertain.
Hence German, English, Welsh
An American spelling variant of Hentz derived from a German nickname for Hans or Heinrich or from an English habitation name found in Staffordshire or Shropshire and meaning "road or path" in Welsh.
Thorbecke German
Possibly from an unknown place name meaning either "at the brook" or "Thor's stream" in German. A noteworthy bearer was the Dutch liberal statesman and prime minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-1872), whose family was of German origin; he is best known for almost single-handedly drafting the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, which turned the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, during the Revolutions of 1848.
Van Der Zwan Dutch
Dutch surname meaning "from the swan".
Ferranti Italian
Derived from the Latin word ferrum, which means "iron". Originally an occupational name for a blacksmith or a worker in iron.
Zoranić Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Derived from the male given name Zolan.
Kamkaew Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai คำแก้ว (see Khamkaeo).
Espada Portuguese, Spanish
metonymic occupational name for an armorer or a swordsman from espada "sword" (from Latin spata from Greek spathe originally denoting a broad two-edged sword without a point)... [more]
Heureaux French (Caribbean)
Possibly from French heureux "happy, lucky, good". Ulises Heureaux (1845-1899) was the 22nd, 26th, and 27th president of the Dominican Republic
Rockford English
An altered spelling of English Rochford; alternatively it may be an Americanized form of French Rochefort or Italian Roccaforte.
Latino Italian
From the medieval personal name Latino, originally an ethnic name for someone of Latin as opposed to Germanic, Byzantine or Slavic descent.
Xanders German
Variant of Xander.
Kumoiri Japanese
蜘蛛 (Kumo) = spider... [more]
Sorlie Norwegian
From any of several places in Norway called Sørli, derived from Norwegian sør "south" and li "slope, hillside" (see Old Norse suðr and hlíð).
Aldous English
From the given name Aldous.
Gasperoni Italian
Derived from the given name Gaspare.
Klarerstein German
German surname meaning "Clear stone".
Torta Italian
Probably from Italian torto "twisted, bent, crooked", or the related French tort "wrong, deviated".
Demsey Irish
Variant of Dempsey
Ikeya Japanese
"Lake valley".
Sopha Thai, Lao
Means "beautiful, fine" in Thai and Lao.
Brookhaven English (American)
Habitational name from multiple settlements called Brookhaven.
Fluke English
Variant of Flook. Can also be an Americanized form of German Fluck or Pflug.
Kha Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ke, from Sino-Vietnamese 柯 (kha).
Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Itaya Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Schomer Jewish
From Hebrew shomer "watchman".
Bardell English
Originally meant "person from Bardwell", Suffolk ("Bearda's spring"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mrs Bardell, Mr Pickwick's widowed landlady in Charles Dickens's 'Pickwick Papers' (1837), who misconstrues an innocent remark about having a companion as a marriage proposal, which leads to her suing Pickwick for breach of promise.
Hataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).
Daigle French
Referred as a habitual name (someone from L’Aigle) in Orne.
Deshapriya Sinhalese
From Sanskrit देश (deśa) meaning "region, place, country" and प्रिय (priya) meaning "beloved, dear".
McDonnell Scottish, Irish
Variant spelling of MacDonald. It is also an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic surname Mac Domhnaill, which means "son of Donald".
Kisku Santali, Indian
Known as the surname of Rathin Kisku.
Sriboonruang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).
Sood Indian, Punjabi
From the name of a mercantile caste derived from Persian سود (sud) meaning "profit, gain, benefit".
Fedoryv Ukrainian (?)
From the given name Fedir.
Canosa Italian
It derives from the toponym Canosa di puglia.
Mcleish Scottish (Anglicized), Northern Irish (Anglicized), Scottish Gaelic
Northern Irish (Ulster) and Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa, patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of Jesus’.
Kulasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසිංහ (see Kulasinghe).
Zakir Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zakir.
Kütt Estonian
Means "hunter" in Estonian, derived from Middle Low German schütte.
Sarafian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sarafyan.
Clyde Scottish
A river in the south-west of Scotland, running through Inverclyde, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, and the city of Glasgow. The second longest in Scotland; and the eighth longest in the United Kingdom... [more]
Longfield English
Derived from Old English lang "long" and feld "field".
Mathson Scottish
Means "son of Matthew".
Haitham Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.
Hutzel German
from a Germanic personal name, Huzo
Hagstrom English
Anglicized form of Swedish Hagström.
Kazeana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 風穴 (see Kazaana).
Nahksep Estonian
A surname drived from an occupational name meaning, "leatherworker".
Desaulniers French (Quebec)
Topographic name denoting a property distinguished by a grove of alder trees, derived from Old French au(l)ne meaning "alder".
Vaga Estonian
Vaga is an Estonian surname meaning "devout" and "pious".
Luiz Portuguese
From the given name Luis.
Burzinski Polish
Variant spelling of Burzyński.
Võsa Estonian
Võsa is an Estonian surname meaning "brush/thicket".
Fortounis Greek
Ultimately derived from the Late Roman name Fortunatus.
Rathgeber German
From Middle High German ratgebe or Middle Low German ratgever "giver of advice, counselor", an occupational name for an adviser or wise man.
Boyne English, Irish, Scottish
English: variant of Boon.... [more]
Mellali Moroccan
Habitational name from the city of Beni Mellal.
Giammattei Italian
Patronymic form of Giammatteo.
Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".
Kindy English
"From Kinder".
Mujović Bosnian
Means "son of Mujo"
Espen Norwegian
From the given name Espen.
Castonguay French (Quebec)
From a combination of Gaston and Guay, the name of a 17th-century French immigrant to Quebec, Canada.
Pilch English
From Middle English pilch, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches or a nickname for a habitual wearer of these. A pilch (from Late Latin pellicia, a derivative of pellis "skin, hide") was a kind of coarse leather garment with the hair or fur still on it.
Weerawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවර්ධන (see Weerawardana).
Vujanić Serbian
Means "son of Vujan".
Diffey English
Possibly from Anglo-Norman defieu meaning "faithless, disloyal", perhaps denoting an unpious person.
Riccobene Italian, Sicilian
Derived from Italian ricco "rich, wealthy" and bene "good", a variant of Riccobono.
Sulaoja Estonian
Sulaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "thaw stream".
Lomasney Irish
From Gaelic Ó Lomasna meaning "descendant of Lomasna", a byname from lom "bare" and asna "rib".
Allin English
Variant spelling of Allen or Allen.
Rood Dutch
Dutch cognate of Read 1.
Juancarlos Spanish
From the given name Juan Carlos.
Fanthorpe English
Fan means "From France" and Thorpe is a Middle English word meaning "Small Village, Hamlet"
Marwaha Indian, Punjabi
From a place called Marwah in Jammu and Kashmir, India, meaning uncertain.
Younis Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yunus.
Kilroy English
"Kilroy was here" was a phrase widely written up on walls by American service personnel in the UK during World War II. The identity of the probably mythical Kilroy has been much debated (one theory is that he was a shipyard inspector of Quincy, Massachusetts, who chalked the phrase on material he had checked).
Fordson English
Patronymic form of Ford.
Matsoo Estonian
Matsoo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the Danish/Germanic surname "Madsen" or "Matsen".
Tôn Nữ Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 孫女 (tôn nữ) meaning "granddaughter", originally used as a title for various royal women belonging to the Nguyễn dynasty.
Flamel French
Meaning unknown. Proposals include french flamme meaning "flame" or a description of origin, such as "Flemish", or the French term for the same word, Flamand.... [more]
Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.
Gayen Bengali
Occupational name for a singer or bard of traditional Bengali music, ultimately derived from Sanskrit गै (gai) meaning "to sing".
Crescenzo Italian
From the given name Crescenzo
Tilakaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තිලකරත්න (see Thilakaratne).
Fico Italian
from fico "fig" (from Latin ficus) applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or sold figs a topographic name for someone who lived in an area where figs grew or a habitational name from a place called with this word such as the district so named in Valderice Trapani province Sicily.
Kung Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 龚 (see Gong).
Pointe French
Derivation of the name is from the pre 10th century Old French "pointe" meaning a sharp or pointed end, and ultimately from the Latin "puncta", to pierce.
Winks English
Variant of Winch
Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.
Rigoli Italian
Derived from the given name Rigo, a short form of various names.
Rajala Estonian
Rajala is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary area/field".
Paik Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 백 (see Baek).
Vang Hmong
Hmong clan name.
Fedenko Ukrainian
Probably a form of Fedorenko.
Zalusky Ukrainian
Derives from the Slavic word zalew, meaning "bay" or "flooded area". Given to families who lived near water or areas that flooded often.
Chakir Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Shakir.
Ilahi Urdu
From the given name Ilahi.
Erickson English
Americanized form of Erikson.
Mavromichalis Greek
Means "black Michalis (Michael)" in Greek. In Mani, it is said to derive from an orphan named Μιχάλης (Michalis). Because of the dark clothing worn during times of mourning, orphans were often called μαύρος (mavros) meaning "black".
Licursi Italian
Of Albanian origin, either an occupational name for a tanner from lëkurë "skin, leather", or a habitational name.
Smart English
From Old English (smeart) meaning "quick". This surname was used to refer to person who worked as a handyman.
Hisaishi Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago, lasting" and ishi means "stone".
Tahir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Tahir.
Palmiste Estonian
Palmiste is an Estonian surname relating to "palm (tree)".
Uselton English
Perhaps a variant of Osselton, a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, probably in northeastern England, where this name is most common.
Kõu Estonian
Kõu is an Estonian surname meaning "thunder".
Cabaleiro Galician
From a nickname derived from Galician cabaleiro meaning "knight", a cognate of Portuguese Cavaleiro.
Pangan Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan mangan meaning "eat".
Taitingfong Chamorro
Means "without counting" from Chamorro tai meaning "without, not having" and tufong meaning "count".
Shōami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 正阿弥 (shōami), a sect of kettle brim making, hat brim making, or weapon-end guard making.
İşbaşaran Turkish
From Turkish iş "work" and başaran "one who is successful".
Hargreaves English
English: variant of Hargrave.
Zemmosa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 善 (zen) meaning "virtue, goodness", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant", and 砂 (sa) meaning "sand", referring to a place with lots of sand.
Eustáquio Portuguese
From the given name Eustáquio.
Mafune Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".
Novichok Russian (Rare)
Means newcomer in Russian. It is also the name of a Soviet and Russian nerve agent.
Turnbo English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach.
Lars Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), German
Patronymic from the given name Lars.
Alcindor French Creole
From the given name Alcindor.
Boon Dutch
Shortened version of the name Boudjin, which is itself shortened from the given name Boudewijn.
Pouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Bao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Fronda Spanish (Philippines), Spanish
Means "frond, leafy branch" in Spanish.
Karen Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Karel.
Lempinen Finnish
Derived from the given name Lempi, meaning "love" or from a nickname.
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]
Celino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celino
Midford English
Habitational name for someone from Mitford in Northumberland.
Brunke German
Nickname for an ostentatious dresser, from Middle High German brunke "splendor".
Lempiäinen Finnish
Alternative form of Lempinen.
Grajales Spanish
Topographic name from the plural of Spanish grajal ‘place inhabited with rooks’ a derivative of the bird name graja feminine of grajo ‘rook (Corvus frugilegus)’.
Mesipuu Estonian
Mesipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "beehive" (literally, "honey tree").
Tuulik Estonian
Tuulik is an Estonian surname meaning "windmill".
Ac Mayan
From Mayan ak meaning "turtle".
Cimpoieru Romanian
Occupation surname originating from bagpipe players; Romanian version of Piper
De Winter Dutch
Means "the winter" in Dutch, a nickname for a cold or gloomy man, or perhaps for someone born in the winter. It could also be a habitational name referring to a house or tavern named for the season.
Cena Italian
Derived from Latin meaning "dinner, meal, supper". Possibly an occupational name for a cook or a waiter. In an alternative representation, it could be given to someone who's known for hosting or being involved in meals or dinners, or may have given this surname to an illegitimate child who was not welcomed at the dinner table.
Kontrafouris Greek
A surname of Italian origin, from the Italian words 'contra' meaning against, and 'furo' meaning thief. Common in Greece and among the Greek diaspora.
Santano Spanish
Possibly a variant of Santana.
Lovett English
From a nickname derived from Old French louet "wolf cub", a diminutive form of lou "wolf".
De La Parra Spanish
Means "of the vine" in Spanish.
Üits Estonian
Üits is an Estonian surname meaning "nicest".
Quach Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Quách.
Tok Turkish
Means "sated, full" in Turkish.
Basit Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Basit.
Esprit French
From the given name Esprit.
Imagyuure Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).
Abdykadyrov Kyrgyz
Means "son of Abdykadyr", from a variant of the Arabic name Abd al-Qadir.
Zuazo Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque zu(h)haitz "(wild) tree" and the collective suffix -zu.
Steins German
Variant of Stein.
Bainbridge English
Habitational name for a village called Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, derived from the River Bain of North Yorkshire (itself derived from Old Norse beinn meaning "straight") and Old English brycg "bridge".
Lavey American
Form of Levey used most famously by Anton Szandor LaVey and his children.
Tjhia Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xie used by Chinese Indonesians.
Rattanasack Lao
From Lao ລັດຕະນະ (rattana) meaning "precious stone, jewel, gem" and ສັກ (sack) meaning "power, authority".
Fleck English
Meaning unknown. It is used in the 2019 movie Joker as the real name of the titular character played by actor Joaquin Phoenix.
Tsuzurugi Japanese (Rare)
From 綴 (tsuzuru) meaning "bind, compose, spell, write" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Purdum English
Variant spelling of English Purdom.
Hubertz Yiddish
Yiddish form of the German-Jewish surname Huberowitz, meaning "son of Heber."
Kliebert German
Occupational name for a woodsman or woodworker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German klieben meaning "to cleave or split".
Fulcar Spanish (Latin American)
Most common in the Dominican Republic.
Astala Finnish
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps derived from the given names Asta or Aste.
Berethnet Literature
Used by Samantha Shannon in her book The Priory Of The Orange Tree as the surname of the queens of Inys, a fictional queendom in the book.... [more]
Davutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Davut".
Põim Estonian
Põim is an Estonian surname derived from "põimima" ("enlace" or "entwine")' loosely meaning "weaver".
Matarese Italian
habitational name for someone from Matera (see Matera ) from materräisë a local adjectival form of the placename (in standard Italian materano).
Weare English (British)
Derived from the Old English wer, meaning a "weir, dam, fishing-trap". This was used as an occupational surname for fishermen. Originated in Devon, England.... [more]