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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Liimatainen Finnish
The meaning is: "Son of a Glue Maker"
Wijayakumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".
Kumarasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Lovecraft English
An English surname coming from the Old English lufu, meaning "love, desire", and cæft, meaning "strength, skill".... [more]
ʻŌpūnui Hawaiian
From the given name ʻŌpūnui.
Mullin Irish
From O'maelin
Ichino Japanese
Ichi can mean "market", or "one", and no means "wilderness, rice paddy, field". ... [more]
Katono Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 上遠野 (see Katōno).
Gianossi Romansh, Italian (Swiss)
Derived from a diminutive form of the given names Gian and Gianni.
Inayoshi Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".
Akashiro Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".... [more]
Bingley English
Habitational surname for someone originally from the town of Bingley in West Yorkshire, England. The name is either derived from the given name Bynna combined with the suffix -inga meaning "the people of" or from the Old English elements bing meaning "hollow" and leah meaning "woodland, clearing".
Ordorika Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Muxika, Spain, possibly derived from Basque ordo "plain, field, meadow" and ori "yellow" combined with the toponymic suffix -ika meaning "slope" or "place of".
Cheon Korean
From Sino-Korean 天 (cheon) meaning "sky, heavens" or 千 (cheon) meaning "thousand, many".
Minh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ming, from Sino-Vietnamese 明 (minh).
Cantaro Italian, Sicilian, Spanish (Latin American)
A derogatory nickname from Italian meaning "night pot". This surname is also found in Peru.
Saarepera Estonian
Saarepera is an Estonian surname meaning "island folk".
Vogler German
Occupational name for a birdcatcher.
Imakawa Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and kawa means "river, stream".
Shani Hebrew
Means "red, scarlet" in Hebrew. From the given name Shani 1.
Cangussu Brazilian
The surname Cangussu has its origins in the Tupi-Guarani language and is a variation of Akangu’su, which means "jaguar".
Kütt Estonian
Means "hunter" in Estonian, derived from Middle Low German schütte.
Malatesta Italian
Means "bad head" in Italian, a nickname for a stubborn or perhaps malicious person. It could have also indicated the bearer had a misshapen head. ... [more]
Faaj Hmong
Hmong clan surname, also commonly anglicized as Fang. It may be a form or cognate of the Chinese surname Fang.
Biedermann German, Jewish
nickname for an honest man from a compound of Middle High German biderbe "honorable" and man "man". Jewish surname adopted because of its honorific meaning from German bieder "honest, upright" and mann "man".
Siddig Northern African, Arabic
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" (chiefly Sudanese).
Ellerbrock Low German
North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a low-lying swamp overgrown with alders, from Middle Low German elre 'alder' brock 'swamp'.
Toomsalu Estonian
Toomsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "bird-cherry grove".
Malsagov Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of the Ingush clan name Малсагнаькъан (Malsagnaqan) meaning "tribe of Malsag", from a given name derived from Ingush малх (malkh) meaning "sun, solar" and саг (sag) meaning "person, man".
Niaz Urdu, Pashto
Derived from the given name Niyaz.
Debster Dutch (Rare)
Etymology unknown.
Rowley English
Anglo Saxon Name- locational, comes from several places in England such as in Devonshire, Yorkshire, County Durham and Staffordshire. It means ' rough wood or clearing', from the Old English 'run' meaning rough and 'leah', meaning clearing in a wood.
Smidt Dutch
Variant spelling of Smit, or a corruption of the German cognate Schmidt.
Sanfilippo Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from any of several places called with reference to a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Philip specifically San Filippo del Mela in Messina province, San Filippo near Reggio Calabria.
Januszkiewicz Polish
Means "son of Janusz".
Evesham English
Derived from the Old English homme or ham and Eof, the name of a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third bishop of Worcester.
Külvik Estonian
Külvik is an Estonian surname meaning "thrower" and "(seed) sower".
Aluko Yoruba
From àlùkò meaning "woodcock", said to be a name adopted by Ijesha textile hawkers to deflect the curses of their debtors.
Single German
Derived from a pet form of a Germanic given name beginning with sing-.
Wurnig German
German origin from the place name am Virgen originally meaning a person from the town of Virgen in Tyrol. Construed as a family name in 1501.
Ojalill Estonian
Ojalill is an Estonian surname meaning "stream flower".
Karunasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Dollins English (British)
Variant of Dollin, with post-medieval excrescent -s, itself a variant of Dolling, a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English word dolling douling dulling meaning “dull or stupid one” (compare Doll)... [more]
Junaid Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Junayd.
Bjørklund Norwegian
From any of several farms named with Norwegian bjørk "birch" and lund "grove".
Kanaji Japanese
From 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 治 (ji) meaning "govern, administrate, rule".
Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Pillsbury English
Derived from a place in Derbyshire, England, so named from the genitive of the Old English given name Pil and burh meaning "fortified place".
Rusch German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Rudolf.
Ordwald English
English name meaning "spear strength".
Dimitriadis Greek
Means "son of Dimitris".
Guarracino Italian
Nothing is known of this family name other then they grew up in Manhattan, New York, other states and cities too but most can from boats and had to be quertied at Ellis Island, New York
Deathridge English
Name given to someone who lived near a cemetery on a ridge.
Ichon Filipino
Variant of Echon.
Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".
Heinbokel German
(Hein) is a short form of the name Heinrich, (the German form of the name Henry) & Bokel is a place name in Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein & North Rhine-Westphalia.
Stanisławski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places named Stanisław, Stanisławów or Stanisławice, derived from the given name Stanisław.
Bugalho Portuguese
Portuguese surname Bugalho can be written in two different ways, with a U or with a O after de first letter. This because of different pronunciation from South and North. So with U South and with O North.... [more]
Ishtiaq Urdu
From the given name Ishtiaq.
Alkain Basque
Etymology uncertain. Possibly derived from a place name, using the Basque toponymic suffix -ain with an uncertain first element.
Cohen Irish
Either a version of Cowan or Coyne, not related with the jewish surname.
Sarafyan Armenian
Means "son of the banker" from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf) meaning "banker, moneychanger, cashier".
Irmak Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.
Sebestyén Hungarian
From the given name Sebestyén.
Senoo Japanese
From 妹 meaning "younger sister" combined with 尾 meaning "tail, end, foot of a mountain".
Kirkland English, Scottish
Derived from the Scottish 'kirk', meaning church, and land. This name denoted one who lived near or tended to the land belonging to or surrounding a church. A famous /fictional/ bearer is Arthur Kirkland, a main character in the highly popular anime/webmanga Axis Powers Hetalia... [more]
Battersby English
From a place in North Yorkshire derived from the Old Norse given name Bǫðvarr and býr "farm, settlement".
Kopel Jewish
From a Yiddish diminutive of the given name Jacob.
Candelario Spanish
From the given name Candelario
Brucks German
A variant of the German based surname 'Bruck', which roughly means 'bridge'.
Fritzen German
Variant of Fritz.
Stepanets Ukrainian
From the given name Stepan.
Grove English
Variant of Groves.
Komiya Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Wehlburg German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Possibly derived from German Wehl "pool of water (esp. behind a dyke)" (cognate to Dutch weil "vortex, maelstrom; dyke breach pool") and burg "fortress, citadel".
Dowland Irish
Probably a variant of Dowlin or Dolan.
Akehashi Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (ake) meaning "shining, bright" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Ōoka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Zherdeva Russian
Feminine version of Zherdev
Honkura Japanese
From 本 (hon) meaning "origin, root, source" and 藏 or 蔵 (kura) meaning "granary, cellar, warehouse, storehouse, to stock, to put up".
Padrutt Romansh
Derived from the given name Padrutt.
Stanson English
Means "son of Stanley".
Newhouse English
Either a habitational name for someone who lived at a "new house" (from Middle English niwe "new" and hus "new house") or a habitational name from any of various minor places so called especially perhaps Newhouses in Horton Yorkshire near the border with Lancashire... [more]
Gibert French, German
From a short form of Gilbert.
Oey Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Huang used by Chinese Indonesians.
Fogarty Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fógartaigh ‘son of Fógartach’, a personal name from fógartha meaning "proclaimed", "banished", "outlawed". It is sometimes Anglicized as Howard.
Gatdula Filipino, Tagalog
This surname honors Lakan Dula, the last ruler of the Kingdom of Tondo, via his alternative name Gat Dula. In it, the word or prefix Gat is a shortened version of the Tagalog honorific Pamagat, which at the time meant "nobleman," while Dula possibly means "palace." Altogether, it means "Nobleman of the Palace."
Barnal English
Variant of Bernal.
Vinchenko Ukrainian
Means "from Vinnytsya".
Kruzhkin Russian
Derived from Russian кружка (kruzhka) meaning "cup, mug, tankard". This may have been a nickname either for a drinker or a cupmaker.
Segundo Spanish
From the given name Segundo.
Irgen Gioro Manchu
From the combination of the branch name Irgen meaning "regular citizen" and the clan name Gioro.
Vietmeyer German
German: distinguishing name for a tenant farmer who was a tenant of or owed some obligation to an estate or monastery named for Saint Veith.
Namwong Thai
From Thai นาม (nam) meaning "name, title" and วงศ์ or วงษ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".
Donell Irish
Variant of Donnell
Zengotita Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Mallabia, Spain, of uncertain etymology.
Peza Albanian
Myslim Peza, leader of the anti-fascist movement.
Almas Persian, Arabic
From the given name Almas.
Ivakić Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Rinomato Italian
Derived from Italian rinomato meaning "renowned", "famous", and "well-known". A known bearer is the Canadian television host Sandra Rinomato.
Valdivieso Spanish
This place-name is derived from the Asturian word val-di-vieso, which means old man's-valley.
Urrunaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Legutio.
Kami Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Elizabethson English (Rare)
Means “son of Elizabeth”.
Karataş Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and taş meaning "stone, rock".
Palmtag German
Means "Palm Sunday" in German.
Condrau Romansh
Derived from the given name Cundrau.
Quán Chinese
From Chinese 泉 (quán) meaning "fountain, spring".
Helmsley English
This English habitational name originates with the North Yorkshire village of Helmsley, named with the Old English personal name Helm and leah, meaning 'clearing'.
Tolstoy Russian
Means "fat" from Russian толстый (tolstyy) meaning "thick, stout, fat". This was the name of a Russian family of nobility; a notable member was Count Lev "Leo" Tolstoy (1828-1910), a Russian writer.
Sigera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Siqueira.
Guedj Judeo-Spanish
Possibly derived from the Kabyle word agaji related to movement, though it may in fact be a variant of the surname Guez.
Sadangi Indian
Sadhangi :- Who knows the six Angas(parts)... [more]
Wszółek Polish
From the Slavic root wsze.
Jafarzadeh Persian
From the given name Jafar combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Ma'ayan Hebrew (Rare)
Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname
Carraway English (British)
The name Carraway belongs to the early history of Britain, and its origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of one having lived on a road near a field or piece of land that was triangular in shape... [more]
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".
Chieco Italian
Shortened form of Chirico, ultimately from the given name Ciriaco.
Trautwein German
Derived from a medieval given name composed of Middle High German trut meaning "beloved" and win meaning "friend".
Rosenblatt Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Means "rose leafs", from German rosen "roses" and blatt "leaf".
Gulea Romanian
Aromanian.
Kucher German
Occupational name for a pastry cook from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuoche "cake pastry".
Carneiro Portuguese, Galician
Means "ram" in Portuguese and Galician, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Carneiro.
Im Khmer
Khmer form of Ren.
Hibiya Japanese
It consists of the Japanese Kanji meaning day/sun (日), ratio (比), and valley (谷). Chitose Hibiya from the manga and anime Chobits is a notable bearer of this surname.
Londo Western African
Kissi surname of unknown meaning.
Elçi Turkish
Means "ambassador, delegate, envoy" in Turkish.
Devins Irish
Variant of Devin 1.
Shchyotkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щёткин (see Shchyotkin).
Kõlu Estonian
Kõlu is an Estonian surname meaning "shells" and "scrapings".
Saratxaga Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river.
Masri Arabic
Means "Egyptian (person)" in Arabic.
Iri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Ferrar English
The Ferrars are the Lincolnshire branch of the noble De Ferrers family. The latter having been linked to Tamworth Castle, manors in Baddesley Clinton, Tutbury Castle and the now ruined Groby Castle as well as many other estates around the UK.... [more]
Kaljuraag Estonian
Kaljuraag is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff willow".
Veermäe Estonian
Veermäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border hill/mountain".
Pecchia Italian
Means "bee" in Italian, probably a nickname for a hard-working or industrious person.
Meguri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 廻 (meguri), from 廻り (meguri) meaning "transport route, regular visit". This is the name of a former village in the district of Aira in the former Japanese province of Ōsumi in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Pahlavi Persian
Means "hero, champion, athletic, strong man", a variant of Pahlavan. It could also refer to a person who came from Parthia, a historical region situated in present-day Iran and Turkmenistan, derived from Persian پهلو (pahlaw) meaning "Parthian, person from Parthia"... [more]
Abdurrahman Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Rahman
Hoff German
Means "yard, court, farmyard", from Germanic hof.
Dunham English
From any of the places in England so-called, all derived from Old English dun "hill, mountain" and ham "home, estate, settlement".
Vercetti Italian
Is a Italian surname that is derived from the Italian surname "Verratti".
Potot Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano putot meaning "short person", "flower bud" or "young coconut fruit".
Stavropoulos Greek
Means "son of Stavros."
Jeras Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the forename Jere, short form of Jeronim.
Lobato American (Hispanic)
Lobato variant of Lovato, a Hispanic last name originating from Spanish colonial New Mexico and Colorado. That surname is common with Native New Mexicans... [more]
Al-tayyib Arabic
Means "the pleasant one" from Arabic طيب (tayyib).
Buican Romanian (Rare)
It comes from the name Buicani which comes from the village Buiucani situated in Moldova
Bugas Filipino, Cebuano
Means "milled rice, grain" in Cebuano.
Chử Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Chu, from Sino-Vietnamese 褚 (chử).
Farahani Persian
Indicated a person from the county of Farahan in Markazi province, Iran, of unknown meaning.
Goldsmith English
Occupational name for a worker in gold, a compound of Old English gold "gold" and smið "smith". In North America it is very often an English translation of German or Jewish Goldschmidt.
Huhtamäki Finnish
Derived from huhta (“woodland cleared for slash-and-burn cultivation”) +‎ mäki (“hill”).
Kosuge Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little; short" and 菅 (suge) meaning "sedge".... [more]
Florimonte Italian
Roughly "flower mountain".
Nuotclà Romansh
Derived from the given names Nuot and Clà.
Balansag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bansag meaning "name".
Gascón Spanish
Spanish cognitive of Gascoigne. Habitational name for someone from the province of Gascony Old French Gascogne (see Gascoigne).
Wickramaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Ascanio Italian
From the given name Ascanio.
Rasul Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Rasul.
Wakatani Japanese
Waka means "young" and tani means "valley".
Wrbanek Polish
Polish, Czech (Urbánek), and Sorbian: from a pet form of the personal name Urban . The surname is also established in Germany.
György Hungarian
From the given name György.
Somerville Scottish, Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Scottish (of Norman origin) habitational name, probably from Graveron Sémerville in Nord, named with the Germanic personal name Sigimar (see Siemer) + Old French ville ‘settlement’... [more]
Igumnov Russian
From Russian игумен (igumen) meaning "hegumen", referring to the head of an Eastern Orthodox monastery.
Władysław Polish
four polish kings names
Bordeaux French
City in France.
Okudaira Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 平 (taira) meaning "level, even, peaceful".
Duchemin French
Either a topographic name with fused preposition and definite article du "from the" for someone who lived beside a path from chemin "path way" (from Late Latin caminus a word of Gaulish origin); or a habitational name for someone from Le Chemin the name of several places in various parts of France.
Bulstrode English
Locational surname referring to the medieval village of Bulstrode in Berkshire. ... [more]
Bongiovanni Italian
Comes from the personal name Giovanni composed of the elements bon ‘good’ + Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John
Cuervo Spanish
Means "raven, crow" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin corvus. From a nickname for a man with strikingly glossy black hair or with a raucous voice. Alternatively, a habitational name from places containing this word (e.g. El Cuervo, Teruel).
Berruti Italian
From Late Latin berrutum "cart", indicating someone who drove or made carts.
Gunasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Riach Scottish
Variant Of Reach.
Mongush Tuvan
Theorised to be derived from Tuvan moon meaning "cohesive, powerful" combined with kush "force". It is also believed to have been Mongolified and Turkified during the reign of Chinggis Khan in the 13th century.
Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former division in the area of Fuchū in the city of Toyama in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]
Stock Medieval English
English: A topographic name for someone who lived near the trunk or stump of a large tree, Middle English Stocke (Old English Stocc)... [more]
Brousseau French
Southern French variant of Brosseau.
Perović Serbian, Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Pero".
Chaturanga Sinhalese
From the given name Chaturanga.
Hint Estonian
Hint is an Estonian surname, a diminutive of the masculine given name "Hindrek".
Goonetileke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Walkinshaw Scottish
Habitational name from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire, which was probably named from Old English wealcere meaning "fuller" + sceaga meaning "copse".
Alakivi Estonian
Alakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region stone".
Shramchuk Ukrainian
Derived from the word шрам, meaning "scar".... [more]
Jayarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Jayaratne.
Hufnagel German
Metonymic occupational name for a farrier from Middle High German hufnagel "horseshoe nail" (literally "hoof nail"). Derived from huof "hoof" and nagal "nail".
Botting English, Dutch
Patronymic form of Bott, an Old English personal name of unknown origin, or of Baldwin.