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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Carlyon Cornish
Cornish: habitational name from any of three places in Cornwall called Carlyon, in St. Minver and Kea parishes. The first element is Celtic ker ‘fort’; the second could represent the plural of Cornish legh ‘slab’.
Shore English
From the Old English word scora meaning "the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast."
Deschene Navajo
From deeshchiiʼnii (clan designation, “red-streak people”).
Acre English
Variant form of Acker, or an Americanized form of similar-sounding surnames such as Aaker or Egger.
Helgrind Popular Culture
Helgrind is the surname of a King in the fictional series, "Mianite".
Mizuhara Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Hovhannesyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).
Ichijo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 一条 (see Ichijō).
De San Buenaventura Spanish (Archaic)
Means "of Saint Bonaventure" in Spanish.
Shubin Russian
Derived from Russian шуба (shuba) meaning "fur coat".
Wagenmann German
Occupational name from Middle High German wagenman ‘hauler’, ‘wagoner’.
Myshko Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Mishka.
Guéroult French
Old French form of an uncertain Ancient Germanic given name, possibly composed of Old Germanic warōną "to watch, protect, guard", gredaz "desire, hunger" or gernaz "eager, willing", or Old High German ger "spear" combined with either wolf "wolf" or walt "power, authority".
Fujishiro Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria" and shiro means "castle".
Iwaizumi Japanese (Rare)
Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.
Adamov Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Adam".
Withall English
Possibly a variant of Whitehall or Whittle. Could alternatively derive from Withiel, the name of a village in Cornwall, ultimately from Cornish Gwydhyel meaning "wooded place".
Almblad Swedish
Combination of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and blad meaning "leaf".
Bandara Sinhalese
From a title meaning "chief's son, prince" in Sinhala.
Kido Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" or 城 (ki) meaning "castle" combined with 戸 (to) meaning "door".
Kohinata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 日 (hi) meaning "day, sun" and 向 (na, ta) meaning "approach".
Sottile Italian
Southern Italian: nickname from sottile ‘delicate’, ‘refined’, also ‘lean’, ‘thin’ (from Latin subtilis ‘small’, ‘slender’).
Dudayeva Chechen, Ossetian (Russified)
Feminine transcription of Chechen Дудаев, ДудагӀеран and Ossetian Дудайты (see Dudayev).
Cerojano Filipino
Filipino form of the Spanish Cirujano.
Pashaei Persian
From the Ottoman title pasha, which was used by high-ranking military officers.
Akça Turkish
Means "money, coin" or "pale, whitish" in Turkish.
Batchelor English, Scottish
Occupational name for an unmarried man, a young knight or a novice, ultimately from medieval Latin baccalarius "unenfeoffed vassal, knight with no retainers".
Death English
Originally indicated a person who played the personification of death in a play or pageant, from Old English deaþ. Famous bearers of the name include Australian rugby player Jason Death (b. 1971) and English footballer Steve Death (1949-2003).
Ilola Finnish
Derived from Finnish ilo "joy".
Okas Estonian
Okas is an Estonian name meaning "thorn".
Hamill Irish
According to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁdhmaill "descendant of Ádhmall", which he derives from ádhmall "active".
Salthouse English
From the name of any of the various places in England so-called or somebody who lived or worked in a salthouse, all derived from Old English sealthus "salt facility, storehouse for salt".
Amao Japanese
Aka can mean "sweet" or "heaven" and o means "tail".
Sabashvili Georgian
Means "son of Saba 1".
Rathnasuriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නසූරිය (see Ratnasuriya).
Chockalingam Indian, Tamil
From a nickname referring to the Hindu god Shiva, composed of the Sanskrit words चोक्का (cokkā) meaning "alluring" and लिङ्गम् (liṅga) meaning "sign, symbol, mark".
Blond Jewish
Nickname from German Yiddish blond "fair-haired".
Pchyolkin Russian
Derived from Russian пчёлка (pchyolka), a diminutive of пчела (pchela) meaning "bee". The founder of the surname may have been a beekeeper.
Arabia English (American)
Americanized form of French Arabie.
Farooq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Faruq.
Adamthwaite English
Habitational name for a person from a place in Ravenstonedale, derived from the personal name Adam and Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture".
Pangestu Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Peng (彭) or Feng 1 (馮). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
Swartwood English (American, Anglicized)
Variant of Swarthout, a Dutch locational name for a dweller in or near a black wood.
Panzeri Italian
Either a nickname from Italian pancia "belly, paunch", referring to someone with a prominent belly (see Panza), or an occupational name for someone who manufactured girdles and armour, from panciere "corset, girdle; paunce (armour covering the belly)", ultimately from the same root.
Stormare Swedish
Swedish variant of Storm 1 meaning "stormer". This surname was adopted by the Swedish actor Peter Stormare (1953-), whose birth surname was Storm.
Kawachi Japanese
From 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" combined with 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."
Candy English
perhaps from Middle English candi "crystallized cane sugar" (via French from Persian qand "sugar") and used as a metonymic occupational name for a sugar merchant... [more]
Tsukigata Japanese
月 (Tsuki) means "month, moon" and 形 (gata) means "shape, form, type".
Belchior Portuguese
From the given name Belchior.
Ubushiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天宮城 (see Ugushiro).
Rand Estonian
Rand is an Estonian surname meaning "beach".
Jayasundare Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසුන්දර (see Jayasundera).
Kashif Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Kashif.
Fialka Czech
Means ''violet'' (the flower) in Czech.
Golston English (Rare)
Meaning uncertain.
Harbin English
This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origins, and is derived from the personal names Rabin, Robin, and Robert. It has the English prefix 'har', which means gray.... [more]
Castelo Branco Portuguese
Means “White Castle” in Portuguese.... [more]
Trachtenberg German, Jewish
Could mean either mean "mountain of thoughts", from Yiddish trakhtn (טראַכטן) "to think" and berg "mountain" or "mountain of costumes", from German tracht "to wear, carry" and berg "mountain"... [more]
Aponte Spanish
A misdivision of Daponte. It originates from Majorca, Spain.
Silvinski Brazilian
The exact origin of Silvinski is unknown.
Takamachi Japanese
A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.
Aguiar Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Aguilar.
Kościarz Polish
Means "bone collector, a person selling bones".
Avhustinovych Ukrainian
From the given name Avhust.
Decoursey French, Anglo-Norman, Northern Irish
A habitational name for someone who originated from or lived in various towns in Northern France called Courcy. Courcy is derived from the name Curtius meaning "short".
Ivančok Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.
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.
Yabukame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 藪亀 or 薮亀 (see Yabuki).
Meeder Estonian
Meeder is an Estonian surname derived from "meede (measure, arrangement)".
Chaker Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Shakir.
Kleffner German
Topographic name from Middle Low German clef, cleff "cliff", "precipice".
Ambor Filipino, Maranao
Means "bullets" or "cannon ball" in Maranao.
Torni Finnish
Means "tower" in Finnish.
Bhalla Indian
This surname is derived from Sanskrit bhalla meaning (among other things) ‘auspicious’, ‘missile’, and ‘bear’.
Vavasour English (Rare)
From the word for a feudal rank, possibly derived (via Old French) from Latin vassus vassorum meaning "vassal of vassals".
Deble English
This surname is of French derivation and was introduced to Britain by the Normans. It has two possible derivations, the first from the Roman (Latin) 'debil-is', which means literally "poorly" or "weak", and may have been a metonymic for a doctor or healer, whilst the second possible origin is a nickname derivation from the old French 'Theodore' to Tibald and Tibble or Dibble, Deble.
Mehdipour Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مهدی‌پور (see Mahdipour).
Alexanderov Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Aleksandrov.
Bakulina Russian
feminine form of Bakulin
Abtahi Persian
Possibly denoted someone who originally came from a location named Abtah in Saudi Arabia.
Bezdenezhnykh Russian
Means "without money", from Russian денежных (denezhnykh) meaning money and prefix без (bez) meaning without. Denoted to a very very poor person.
Doré French
Means "golden" in French, denoting someone with golden hair or someone who works with gold, ultimately derived from Latin deauro "to gild, to cover with gold", a compound of aurum "gold" combined with the prefix de- "derived of, from"... [more]
Noah English
Derived from the biblical name Noah 1.
Espen Norwegian
From the given name Espen.
Asum Filipino, Maranao
Possibly from Maranao asom meaning "bearded, rugged".
Mällo Estonian
Mällo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "mälu" meaning "memory".
Emerin German (Portuguese-style)
Brazilian adaptation of the German surname Emmerich; altered for easier comprehension by the Portuguese-speaking population of Brazil.
Gadolin Finnish (Rare)
Derived from the name of the homestead Magnula in Kalanti (formerly Nykyrko) parish in southwest Finland. Magnula is thought to be associated with Latin magnus "large, big, great" and the name Gadolin is derived from Hebrew gadol with the same meaning... [more]
Bischoffshausen German
Derived from the place name Bischoffshausen.
Bevetto Cornish
From bo-veth, the dwelling by the grave or bo-verth, the green house.
Kozak Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Ukrainian
Ethnic name for a Cossack, a member of a people descended from a group of runaway serfs who set up a semi-independent military republic in Ukraine in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Kruusmägi Estonian
Kruusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel mountain/hill".
Cidro Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "citrus fruit". Possibly an occupational name for someone who sells or raise citrus fruits.
McQueeney Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Shuibhne.
Mountbatten English, German (Anglicized)
Partial calque of Battenberg. This is the name of a British family that originated as a branch of the Battenberg family, a notable bearer of which was British statesman Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979).
Tonkin English, Scottish
Derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony; from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin.
Hallikmäe Estonian
Hallikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish hill/mountain".
Kalsi Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)
Meaning unknown. Kalsi is a clan to Sikhs while it is a sub-caste to Lohars.
Hammoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamoud.
Ghazaryan Armenian
Means "son of Ghazar".
Rask Estonian
Rask is an Estonian surname meaning "puttee (a cloth or leather legging)".
Pininfarina Italian
A combination of "pinin", Piedmontese for youngest/smallest brother, and Farina, the Italian variant of Miller. This is the name of the Italian coachbuilder, founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina, later Battista Pininfarina.
Ramkissoon Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian Creole, South African, South American
Altered form of Ramakrishnan used mainly in Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritius, South Africa and Guyana. This surname is not used in India.
Rallis Greek
A surname held by the descendants of a Frankish-Byzantine noble named Raoul. The Rallis family (also spelled Ralli, Ralles or Rallet in Romanian) is the name of an old Greek Phanariote family, whose members played important political role in the history of modern Greece, Danubian Principalities and later in the United Kingdom... [more]
Gebbia Italian
From Sicilian gebbia "irrigation cistern", itself from Arabic جُبّ‎ (jubb) "cistern, well".
Pantazzi Romanian
Best known as the surname of a certain Sybille.
Goodrich English
Derived from the given name Godric or a habitational name from a village called Goodrich in Herefordshire, of the same origin.
Tone English
Was first found in Leicestershire where Ralph de Toni received lands of the Lordship of Belvoir for his services as Standard bearer at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Tanahara Japanese
Variant transcription of Tahara or variant of Takahara.
Angelson English
Means son of Angel.
Gilgen German (Swiss)
Derived from a short form of the given name Aegidius.
Wędrogowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Wędrogów.
Penta Italian, Neapolitan
Means "painted" or "female turkey" in Neapolitan (see Pinto).
Taurino Italian
From the given name Taurino
Haque Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হক (see Haq).
Eto'o Central African, Ibibio, Efik
Means "tree, wood" in Ibibio and Efik. It is found predominantly in Cameroon. The former Cameroonian soccer player Samuel Eto'o (1981-) is a famous bearer of this surname.
Tsukinomiya Japanese
Tsuki means "moon, month", no is a possesive article, and miya means "shrine".
Abers Latvian
This name is from the fiords and was given to the people that lived there and mainly were fishermen. Now people that have the last name can be anyware in Latvia (or other country) but most likely had ancestors from the fiords.
Sass German
Variant of Sasse.
Oliinyk Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Oliynyk.
Zhdanovych Ukrainian
Means "son of Zhdan".
Gallogly Irish, Irish (Anglicized)
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac An Ghalloglaigh from galloglach "foreign warrior" or "galloglass"... [more]
Rajasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Toledo Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Toledo in Spain, derived from Latin Toletum of uncertain meaning.
Lighthall English
A habitational name from a place called Lightollars in Lancashire, so named from Old English leoht ‘light-colored’ + alor ‘alder’. The surname, however, is not found in current English sources.
Irikura Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and kura means "have, possess, storehouse, warehouse".
Loodus Estonian
Loodus is an Estonian surname meaning "nature/natural".
Kozyrev Russian
From Russian козырь (kozyr) meaning "high standing collar" or "canopy" or "head of a sleigh".
Srisuwan Thai
From Thai ศรี (si) meaning "glory, honour, splendour" combined with สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".
Elortza Basque
Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn, thorn" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Staff English
Derived from Middle English staf "rod staff, stave" (Old English stæf) used as a nickname either for a tall thin person someone who made staves or for anyone who carried a staff of office.
Coel Flemish
Variant of Kool.
Massoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Mas'ud.
Hes Dutch
Variant of Hess.
Mac Naught Old Celtic
The origin is celtic / irish and the meaning is "Son of nobody"
Splain Irish
Irish: reduced form of Spillane.
Bostock English
From the name of a village in Cheshire, England, meaning "Bota’s place", derived from the Old English given name Bota combined with stoc "place, dwelling".
Eigenmann English
Not available.
Rumney English
Variant of Romney.
Laghari Pakistani, Sindhi, Balochi
From the name of a Balochi tribe in Pakistan.
Dor Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Dor, means "generation" in Hebrew.
Pang Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hakka)
Cantonese and Hakka romanization of Peng.
Jason English
Probably a patronymic from James or any of various other personal names beginning with J-.
Hiddleston English, Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Huddleston in Yorkshire, England. The place name was derived from the Old English personal name HUDEL.
Villamar Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of The Three Places Called Villamar In Lugo (Galicia) Oviedo (Asturias) Or Burgos (Castilia).
Shimabukuro Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 袋 (fukuro) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".
Mikail Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Mikail.
Urrutia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "distant, far away".
Rohumaa Estonian
Rohumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland" and "meadow".
Dai Chinese
From Chinese 戴 (dài) referring to the ancient state of Dai, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
Damián Spanish, Czech, Slovak (Rare)
From the given name Damián.
Maejima Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward" and Jima means "Island". This is a variant of Maeshima.
Bava Indian
Variant of Bawa.
Iwaaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff" and 明 (aki) meaning "bright". ... [more]
Gadgil Marathi
A Chitpavan Brahmin surname from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Likely means "Holder of a Urn of water" during a Hindu ritual.
Hershman Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hirschman.... [more]
Boiko Ukrainian, Rusyn
Variant transcription of Boyko.
Rook English
From a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a rook (e.g. in having black hair or a harsh voice).
Maraj Indian, Trinidadian Creole
Shortened form of Maharaj. A notable bearer is singer Onika Maraj-Petty (1982-), professionally known as Nicki Minaj.
Reddy Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Rodaigh.
Kamuthwanit Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Sabbagh Arabic
Means "dyer" in Arabic.
Gul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".
Rööp Estonian
Rööp is an Estonian surname meaning "parallel" and "beside".
Woolston English
From the name of multiple towns in England or similar. The town names are derived from Old English names starting with the element wulf meaning "wolf" (i.e., Wulfric or Wulfsige) and tun "enclosure, town".
Cardinale Italian
Italian cognate of Cardinal.
Tanskanen Finnish
Means "Danish" in Finnish.
Geevarughese Indian (Christian), Malayalam
From the given name Geevarughese, used by Malayalam-speaking Saint Thomas Christians.
Blondel French
From old French blondel a diminutive of blond "blond, fair" variant of Blond.
Bruckner German
Topographic name for someone living by a bridge or an occupational name for a bridge toll collector; a variant of Bruck with the addition of the suffix -ner.
Kishida Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ogino Japanese
Variant of Okino.
Abduljabbar Arabic, Filipino, Maranao
Derived from the given name Abd al-Jabbar.
Hinshelwood Scottish, English
Denoted a person from a lost place called Henshilwood near the village of Carnwath on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is derived from Scots hainchil obscurely meaning "haunch" and Old English wudu meaning "wood"... [more]
Mascherano Italian
Occupational name for maker of masks, derived from Italian mascherare meaning "to mask". The Argentine former soccer player Javier Mascherano (1984-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Darmapriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධර්මප්‍රිය (see Dharmapriya).
Novickas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nowicki. See Navickas.
Marmolejo Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
Gut Jewish
Derived from Yiddish gut "good".
Van Vucht Dutch
Means "from Vucht", a place name probably derived from Middle Dutch vucht "humid area, wetland".
Mchenry Scottish
Meaning "Son of Henry"
Atlee English
English: topographic name for someone whose dwelling was ‘by the clearing or meadow’, Middle English atte lee. The word lea or lee (Old English leah) originally meant ‘wood’, thence ‘clearing in a wood’, and, by the Middle English period, ‘grassy meadow’.
Panagos Greek
From a short form of the personal name Panagiotis ‘All Holy’ (an epithet of the Virgin Mary).
Kokko Finnish
Means "eagle" in Finnish.
Goonatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Catalão Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Catalán.
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).
Scroggs Scottish
Derived from a place in Scotland named Scrogges.