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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Kąkol Polish
Means "corncockle".
Rolls English
Possibly derived from the Latin word rotus, meaning "wheel". It would indicate one who built wheels as a living. A famous bearer was American inventor and entrepreneur Charles Rolls (1877-1910), founder of the Rolls-Royce Ltd along with Henry Royce (1863-1933).
Koivunen Finnish
From Finnish koivu meaning "birch" and the suffix -nen.
Galliard French
It resembles the French word "galliard," meaning "brave, cheerful, spirited." Marcel and Porco Galliard from Attack on Titan are known bearers of this name.
Rachelson English
This surname means “son of Rachel”.
Bolding English, German
Patronymic from Bold as a personal name.
Cumming Irish, Scottish, English
Perhaps from a Celtic given name derived from the element cam "bent", "crooked"
Kham Thai, Lao
From Thai คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech" or Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold".
Wenig German
From the German word “wenig”, meaning little.
Matsoo Estonian
Matsoo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the Danish/Germanic surname "Madsen" or "Matsen".
Najaryan Armenian
Means "son of the carpenter" from dialectal Armenian նաջար (naǰar) meaning "carpenter" (of Arabic origin).
Munesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මුණසිංහ (see Munasinghe).
Kostenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Kostyantyn.
Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".
Chips English (British)
Chips is a rare English (british) last name which is a nickname of Christopher and Charles
Amenomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨宮 (Amenomiya) meaning "Amenomiya", a former area in the district of Hanishina in the former Japanese province of Shinano in parts of present-day Nagano in Japan or an area in the same location in the city of Chikuma in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.... [more]
Wormwood Popular Culture, English
The surname is used in the novel Matilda (1988).
Thane Scots, English
Occupational surname meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king. Variant of Thain.
De Rozen Dutch (Archaic, ?), Jewish
Means "the roses" in Dutch, likely an ornamental surname.
Higuchi Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter, trough" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Erg Estonian
Erg is an Estonian surname derived from "ergas" meaning "cheerful" and "alert".
Cotugno Italian
From Sicilian cutugnu "quince (tree)"
Bucad Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog bukad meaning "opening, unfolding (of flowers)".
Konkyūrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Maksymenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Maksym".
Dalusung Filipino, Pampangan
Means "go with force and agility" in Kapampangan.
Atup Visayan
Literally "roof" in Cebuano
Vitkus Lithuanian
From a pet form of the personal name Vytautas (a compound of vyti ‘to guide’ + tauta ‘the people’).
Constantinides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Konstantinidis chiefly used in Cyprus.
Janeczek Polish
From a pet form of the personal name Jan 1.
Petaccia Medieval Italian
It is one of the thirteen patrician families of Trieste bearing the comital title, and extinct in 1817.
Häuter German, Jewish
German cognate of Skinner, from German haut "skin, hide".
Christmas English
Either an occupational name for someone who was responsible for arrangement of festivities for Christmas day, or it might a nickname for someone who was born on Christmas.
Kashyap Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From the given name Kashyapa.
Kinsella Irish
From Gaelic Uí Ceinnsealaigh meaning "descendant of Cinnsealach", a given name probably meaning "chief warrior".
Millsap English (American), English
Judging by the name and how it sounds, I guess it's occupational. This is the name of a town in Texas, named after Fuller Millsap.
Vorac Medieval Latin
Derived from the Latin word “vorax,” which means ravenous or greedy.
Burtram English (American)
American form of the German surname Bertram.
Blakelock English
A nickname derived from blæc "black" and locc "lock of hair".
Buggly English
Variant of Bugg.
Vanini Italian
Possibly from the given name Giovanni.
Philippi German (Latinized)
Latinized patronymic derived from the given name Philipp.
Paonil Thai
From Thai เปา (pao) meaning "judicial officer, referee, umpire" and นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black".
Curcio Italian
Could be derived from the Ancient Roman gens Curtius, or directly from a regional descendant of Latin curtus meaning "shortened, short" or "mutilated, broken, incomplete"... [more]
Shiojiri Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear, end, back".... [more]
Locke English, German
From Old English or Old High German loc meaning "lock of hair, curl".
Warmbier German
Metonymic occupational name for a brewer, derived from Middle Low German warm meaning "warm" and ber meaning "beer".
Peru Basque
Derived from the given name Peru.
Hagman Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, pasture" and man "man", thus making it a cognate of German Hagemann.
Korbel German
Diminutive of Korb "basket".
Safwat Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwat.
Feroz Urdu
From the given name Feroz.
Mai German
Derived from German der Mai meaning "May", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.
Delbozque French
French Variant of Del Bosque
Kontostephanos Greek
The surname means short (κοντός) Stefanos.
Lyman English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).
Bakytbekov Kyrgyz (Rare)
Means "son of Bakytbek" in Kyrgyz.
Etō Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".
Vogt Von Kloster Heiden Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Bearers of this surname descend from the Edelherren von Truhendingen.
Keobouahom Lao
From Lao ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "jewel, gem", ບົວ (bua) meaning "water lily, lotus" and ຫອມ (hom) meaning "fragrant, aromatic".
Bieler German, Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of the many places in eastern Europe whose name incorporates the Slavic element byel- ‘white’.... [more]
Elo Finnish
Means "life" in Finnish.
Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".
Oxford English
Habitational name from the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire. The placename derives from Old English oxa "ox" and ford "ford, river crossing".
Starbuck English
After Starbeck village in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. A famous bearer of this name was the fictional character, Starbuck, the first mate of the Pequod in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
Theodorsson Swedish
Means "son of Theodor".
Chaichana Thai
From Thai ไชย (chai) meaning "victory" and ชนะ (chana) meaning "win, conquer, defeat".
Vukić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Lindenbaum German, Jewish
topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree Lindenbaum or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a lime tree. Derived from the elements linta "linden" and boum "tree".
Granier French
French for a grain merchant (from Latin granarius), a topographic name for someone who lived by a granary (from Latin granarium) or a metonymic role name for someone who monitors or owned one.
Momohara Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain"
Kaushik Hindi
From Sanskrit कौशिक (kauśika) meaning "descendant of Kusha".
Baldacchino Maltese
Derived from Italian baldacchino meaning "baldachin (or baldaquin)", referring to a type of canopy placed over a throne. It was originally used as an occupational name for a maker of baldachins.
Birmingham English
Indicates familial origin from Birmingham, England
Van Gemert Dutch
Means "from Gemert" in Dutch, the name of a village in North Brabant, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Germanic mari "lake" (compare Old Dutch meri) combined with the collectivising prefix ga-.
Frain French
Topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree from Old French fraisne fresne "ash" from Latin fraxinus "ash".
Sneg Russian
Means "snow" in Russian.
Nett German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Early New High German net(t) "clean; pure; unadulterated".
Dinero Spanish (Philippines)
Means "money" in Spanish.
Boupha Lao
Means "flower" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit पुष्प (pushpa).
Aldaia Basque, Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Valencia, Spain, probably derived from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a) meaning "the village" (compare Aldea).
Kılıçaslan Turkish
From Turkish kılıç meaning "sword" and aslan meaning "lion".
Abesekara Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේසේකර (see Abeysekara).
Tsvetomirova Bulgarian
Patronym derived from the given name Tsvetomir.
Mauk Czech, Russian
The word Mauk is the Eastern European meaning for night. In the early ages a small group of people in the area now known to be in or around Russia and the czech republic founded this word and made it their name... [more]
Satō Japanese (Rare)
Means "sugar" in Japanese, possibly referring to a sugar house owner.
Lezama Basque
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the municipality or the council of the municipality of Amurrio.
Taechaubol Thai (Rare)
Possibly of Chinese origin.
Kinne Flemish
Variant of Kin.
Rezai Persian
Variant transcription of Rezaei.
Lefrançois French
From the given name François. It may also mean "the Frenchman", probably used to denote someone who came from the region of Île de France in France.
Shikanai Japanese
A notable bearer is Kayleigh Shikanai.
Stoltenberg German, Norwegian
Habitational name from places so called in Pomerania and Rhineland. A famous bearer is Jens Stoltenberg (b. 1959), Prime Minister of Norway 2000-2001 and 2005-2013.
Palushi Albanian
Derived from the given name Palush.
Cantor Spanish
Occupational name for a singer.
Caveng Romansh
Variant of Cavegn.
Forouzandeh Persian
Means "illuminator, kindler" in Persian.
Linhares Portuguese
Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called Linhares, for example in Braganca, Guarda, and Vila Real, from the plural of linhar ‘flax field’ (Latin linare, a derivative of linum ‘flax’).
Camarata Sicilian
Name from city in Sicily: Cammarata
Winfrey English
From the Old English personal name Winfrith, literally "friend-peace". A famous bearer of this surname is Oprah Winfrey (1954-), a US television talk-show presenter.
Berfield English
possibly a habitational name from Burghfield in Berkshire named from Old English beorg "hill" and feld "field"... [more]
Carrel French
French: from Old French quar(r)el ‘bolt (for a crossbow)’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbow bolts or a nickname for a short, stout man. The word also meant ‘paving slab’, and so it could also have been a metonymic occupational name for a street layer... [more]
Hoddson French
Variation of the surname, HODSON.
De Lynden Obscure
Combination of the French word de, meaning "from" and the surname Lynden, denoting someone who lived near a linden valley.
Aosaka Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and saka means "slope, hill".
Argomaniz Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From A Place Called Argomaniz (In Castilian: Argómaniz) In The Araba/Álava Province.
Sakou Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 () meaning "facing".
Cois Italian
Possibly from the name of a lost town, Coni. Alternately, may be from dialectical words meaning "to cook" or "finch", referring to an occupation or nickname.
Ponce Spanish, English
The Ponce name was carried into England after the migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066.'Ponce' is derived from 'Ponsoby',a place in Cumberland, where the family settled. The Ponce motto is 'Pro rege, lege grege' meaning "For the King, law, and people"
Uratsuji Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"
Hallett English
Derived from the given name Hallet (see Adalhard).
Coulombe French
Variant of Colombe and Colomb.
Topelius Finnish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Latinized form of the Finnish place name Toppila in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Zachris Topelius (1818-1898) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, journalist, and historian.
Purdum English
Variant spelling of English Purdom.
Buçaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Buç" in Albanian.
Lancashire English
Shire of Lancaster; One who came from Lancashire, a county in the North of England.
Kuniyoshi Japanese
Kuni means "large place, country" and yoshi means "good luck".
Yahata Japanese
From 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 幡 (hata) meaning "banner, flag".
Luangrath Lao
From Lao ຫລວງ (luang) meaning "royal, great, large" and ລາດ (rath) meaning "pave, pour".
Ecklund Swedish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Eklund.
McGillen Irish
An anglicized form of Irish-Gaelic Ó Giolláin, from the word giolla, which means "lad".
Polianskyi Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Polyanskyy.
Appel German, Dutch, Jewish, Yiddish
From Low German Appel, Middle Dutch appel, or Yiddish epl "apple", an occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit. As a Jewish surname, it is generally ornamental rather than occupational.
Kobata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".
Massacre African American
This surname comes from the English word massacre.
Ukrayinka Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Українка (see Ukrainka).
Anbiru Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).
Nickal German
Variant of Nickel
Arige Telugu
This name is famous surname in telugu states of South India.
Norin Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait".
Eugenio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eugenio.
Beas German
Possibly a variant of Bies.
Makihara Japanese
From Japanese 槙 (maki) meaning "evergreen tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Akkawy Arabic
Variant of Akkawi.
Furness English (British)
It originated from the river in England.
Karask Estonian
Karask is an Estonian surname meaning "barley bread".
Arkadiou Greek
Means "son of Arkadios".
Rannamäe Estonian
Rannamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "inshore hill/mountain".
Mo'minov Uzbek
Means "son of Mo'min".
Eargle English
Variant of Ergle.
Rogan Irish
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruadhagáin ‘son of Ruadhagán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ruadh ‘red’.
Van Nuys Dutch
Probably denotes someone from Neuss, a city in Germany.
Ansar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ansar.
Wickramanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමනායක (see Wickramanayake).
Shevelev Russian
Derived by means of suffix "-ev" from Old Slavic verb sheveliti (se) meaning to make noise, to whirr, to rustle, to whistle, to wander. Initially it designated someone bold, daring, hardy, spirited.
Zielenbach German
Literally translates to "aiming brook"
Mckewon Scottish
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of McEwen .
Inagaki Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
O'Coill Irish
Meaning, "wood, forest, or shrub hazel tree."
Dahler Norwegian
Habitational name from the farm name Daler, a plural indefinite form of dal meaning “valley.”
McGillis Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa ‘son of the servant of Jesus’. Compare Mcleish.
Bar Deah Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "one who has opinion" from Hebrew Bar, "son" and de'ah, "opinion".
Pavlopoulos Greek
Means "son of Pavlos".
Brevik Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Brevik, from Norwegian bred "broad" and vik "bay".
Ahven Estonian
Ahven is an Estonian surname meaning "perch" (fish; genus "Perca").
Amada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).
Mcgehee Irish (Anglicized, Modern)
Anglicized form of MAC AODHA.
Sillen Dutch
Derived from a diminutive form of a given name, either Marcelis/Marcilia or Cecilia.
Boloto Filipino, Maranao
Means "rainbow" in Maranao.
Rogaczewski Medieval Polish
Meaning (Polish): "son of he with antlers" Meaning (Serbian): "son of the Devil"
Gilkeson English, Scottish
From the Scottish Gilchristson(son of Gilchrist) meaning "son of the servant/devotee of Christ"
Mendicino Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "Baggar" in Italian.
Farouq Arabic
Derived from the given name Faruq.
Oatridge English
From an unidentified place called Oatridge apparently named with Old English hrycg ‘ridge’ as the final element.
Okubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōkubo.
Juhl Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Low German
Likely originating as a nickname for people born around Christmas or who had a connection with that time of year, from the Old Norse jól, which was the name of the Nordic pagan midwinter festival, or modern Danish jul meaning "Christmas" (cf... [more]
Šimunković Croatian
Derived from the forename Šimun.
Ekanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit एक (eka) meaning "one" and नायक (nāyaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Sangngam Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงงาม (see Saengngam).
Summerhays English
Probably means "person living by a summer enclosure (where animals were grazed on upland pastures in the summer)" (from Middle English sumer "summer" + hay "enclosure").
Wakatsuki Japanese
Combination of the kanji 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree". A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎; 1866–1949).
Demsey Irish
Variant of Dempsey
Shakeri Persian
From the given name Shaker.
Karunathileka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).
Wijesiriwardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" combined with श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, strengthening, growing".
Ca Vietnamese
Originating from the Vietnamese word "ca" meaning descant, or a melody.
Storey English
From the Old Norse nickname Stóri, literally "large man". A literary bearer is British novelist and playwright David Storey (1933-).