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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Oosterwegel Dutch
From Dutch ooster meaning "eastern, east" and weg meaning "way, path, road". Dutch track and field athlete Emma Oosterwegel (1998-) bears this name.
Šimunić Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".
Tsybulenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian surname created from the Ukrainian word цибуля (tsybulya) meaning "onion" and the patronymic ending -enko.
Averne French, English
Possibly from the French place name Auvergne. In some cases, might be derived from Middle English at ther vern, meaning "at the fern".
Semadeni Romansh
Derived from the place name Samedan.
Chimalhua Nahuatl
Means "has a shield, possessor of shields" in Nahuatl.
Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".
Huette French
French variant of Huet.
Björnberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish björn meaning "bear" and berg meaning "mountain".
Bito Japanese
From 美 (bi) meaning "beauty" or 尾 (bi) meaning "end, tail, foot of a mountain" combined with 藤 (to) meaning "wisteria".
Erez Hebrew (Modern)
Means "cedar" in Hebrew.... [more]
Cestare English (American, Modern)
There is a similar name, Sastre, which is the Spanish form of the surname Sarto, meaning "tailor." The name CESTARE is phonetically similar to Sastre and could be a derivative of that name.... [more]
Haydn German
Meaning "heathen". Famous bearer is Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).
Safwat Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwat.
Balbino Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Balbino.
Cabeza De Vaca Spanish
Literally translates to "cow's head" or "head of a cow". It is likely an occupational name for someone who was associated with cows or cattle, perhaps as a rancher or butcher. Alternatively, it could also have been used to describe someone with a thick-headed or stubborn personality.
Herder German
An occupational surname in reference to herding animals. The anglicized pronounciation is "Her-der", but is Germanically pronounced, "Herr-der".
Aedma Estonian
Aedma is an Estonian surname derived from "aed", meaning "garden", or "aedmaasikas" meaning "strawberry".
Manley English
Habitational name from places in Devon and Cheshire, named in Old English as "common wood or clearing", from (ge)mǣne "common, shared" and lēah "woodland clearing". The surname is still chiefly found in the regions around these villages.
Yared Arabic
From the given name Yared.
Tänav Estonian
Tänav is an Estonian surname meaning "street".
Rideout English
Means "outrider (a municipal or monastic official in the Middle Ages whose job was to ride around the country collecting dues and supervising manors)".
Ganeku Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Tönz Romansh
Variant of Tenz.
Huitzil Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl uitsitsillin meaning "hummingbird".
Koppen German
Habitational name from any of several places named Koppen.
Israpilova Chechen, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Chechen/Kumyk Исрапилов (see Israpilov).
Dechering German, Dutch
Etymology unknown.
Fisk English
Metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a fish in some way from Old Norse fiskr "fish" (cognate with Old English fisc)... [more]
Kremer German, Dutch, Jewish
Variant of German Krämer or Dutch Kramer.
Maccini Italian
Patronymic form of Maccino, a diminutive of the given name Maccio.
Thondan Tamil, Indian
Tamil for "devotee, votary".
Fulcher English
English (chiefly East Anglia): from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements folk ‘people’ + hari, heri ‘army’, which was introduced into England from France by the Normans; isolated examples may derive from the cognate Old English Folchere or Old Norse Folkar, but these names were far less common.
Borromeo Spanish (Philippines)
Nickname derived from Italian buon romeo meaning "good pilgrim", from buono meaning "good" and Romeo meaning "pilgrim (to Rome)".
Fawley English (British)
This is a name for someone who worked as a person who worked as the fowler or the bird-catcher having derived from the Old English word fugelere which literally means "hunter of wild birds, fowler"... [more]
Kronbergs Latvian (Archaic)
Germanic,originally swedish
Üits Estonian
Üits is an Estonian surname meaning "nicest".
Munger English
Variant of Monger.
Marcucci Italian
From the diminutive form of the given name Marco.
Coffee Irish
Variant of Coffey.
Dương Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yang, from Sino-Vietnamese 楊 (dương).
Kirrin Literature
Used by Enid Blyton in the Famous Five book series (first published 1942) for the main character George Kirrin. It is also used as a place name for the fictional village where she lives and the nearby island.
Martello Italian
Southern Italian: nickname for someone with a forceful personality, from Italian martèllo ‘hammer’ (Late Latin martellus), or a metonymic occupational name for someone who used a hammer in their work.
Penderwick American
A family in a book series by Jeanne Birdsall.
Slot Dutch
Means "lock, clasp" in Dutch, an occupational name for a locksmith.
Aurigemma Italian
From a Neapolitan given name, composed of auri "gold" and gemma "gem".
Fialka Czech
Means ''violet'' (the flower) in Czech.
Taouil Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic طويل (see Tawil) chiefly used in North Africa.
Tkhakushinov Circassian (Russified)
Of unknown meaning. A notable bearer is Aslan Tkhakushinov (1947-), a former Head of the Republic of Adygea.
Siddig Northern African, Arabic
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" (chiefly Sudanese).
Cornelie French
Derived from a female baptismal name that is a scholarly version of the Latin name Cornelia.
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.
Stražičić Croatian
Possibly derived from straža, meaning "guard".
Polack Polish, Jewish
Anglicized from POLAK.
Artursson Swedish
Means "Son of Artur".
Fischi Italian
Rare central Italian surname. Means “whistler” in Italian.
Gerwulf German
This is an old Germanic name meaning "spear wolf" (ger "spear" and wulf "wolf.")
Mauriello Italian
Derived from the given name Mauro.
Wujek Polish
It literally means "uncle" in Polish but it could possibly refer to the Polesian village of the same name.
Safi Arabic
From the given name Safi.
Chevron French
From French chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.
Matta English, Cornish
From Middle Cornish mata "mate, friend, companion".
Kambonde Southern African
Common in Namibia especially.
Flaherty Irish (Anglicized)
Irish (Connacht) reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithbheartaigh ‘descendant of Flaithbheartach’, a byname meaning ‘generous’, ‘hospitable’ (from flaith(eamh) ‘prince’, ‘ruler’ + beartach ‘acting’, ‘behaving’).
Alawi Arabic
From the given name Ali 1.
Noto Japanese
No means "wilderness, field, plain" and to means "wisteria" or "door".
Peh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Bai.
Kelham English
Derived from the village of Kelham, near Newark-upon-Trent, Nottingham.
Ambrogio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.
Poet Scottish
Of uncertain origin, probably a variant of Pate.
Grzybek Polish
From Grzyb (literally "mushroom") with the suffix -ek as a patronymic, or from grzybek meaning "little mushroom".
Dziekan Polish
Occupational name for "dean" from Polish dziekan.
Ostwald German
from the ancient Germanic personal name Ostold composed of the elements ōst "east" (see Oest ) and Old High German walt(an) "to rule". Variant of Oswald.
Ghareeb Arabic
From the given name Gharib.
Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 逢 (o) meaning "meeting, encounter" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".
Baba Nigerian, Yoruba, Western African
From an honourific title used to denote a father, wise man, or an elder.
Hamzi Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamza.
Welford English
From any of the various places in England, all derived from Old English wille "well, spring, stream" or welig "willow" and ford "ford".
Kutz Polish
Germanized form of Polish Kuc "pony", "short person".
Gaínza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gaintza.
Malthouse English
Occupational name for a maker of malt or a malt merchant. It could also be a topographic name for a person who lived at a malt house.
Herrick Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEirc "descendant of Erc", a byname meaning "speckled, spotted".
Chai Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 翟 (see Zhai).
Tromme Belgian, German (Swiss)
From low German meaning "drum".
Tennojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).
Antoine French
From the given name Antoine.
Melikov Azerbaijani (Russified), Armenian (Russified), Ossetian (Russified), Georgian (Russified)
Russified form of other culture forms of names that mean "son of Melik" or alternatively from the Caucasian title мелик (melik) "king" ultimately from Arabic ملك‎ (malik)... [more]
Rahe German
Nickname for a rough individual, from a North German variant of Rauh.
Artingstall English
From the name of a lost place in Cheshire called Alretunstall, probably derived from Old English alor "alder tree" combined with tun "enclosure, town" and steall "place, stead"... [more]
Buçaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Buç" in Albanian.
Dexheimer German
From the German village Dexheim (south of Mainz).
Gavino Italian
From the given name Gavino.
Minaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).
Heilprin Jewish
From the Yiddish name for Heilbronn, Germany.
McKelvey Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Mac Shealbhaigh "son of Sealbhach", a byname meaning "fortunate, lucky, prosperous" or "possessive"... [more]
Kitakawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and kawa means "river, stream".
Petty English, Scottish
Derived from Norman French petit, 'small', thus a nickname for a small or insignificant individual.... [more]
Pyromallis Greek
The redhaired, from the words, πύρ fire/reddish and μαλλί for hair.
Zaid Arabic
From the given name Zaid.
Hałas Polish
Means "noise, racket, din" in Polish, a nickname for a noisy or disruptive person.
Puddu Italian
From Sardinian puddu "chicken" (compare Podda).
Hough English
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cheshire and Derbyshire, so named from Old English hoh ‘spur of a hill’ (literally ‘heel’). This widespread surname is especially common in Lancashire... [more]
Nkata Kongo, Vili
From the Vili nkhata meaning “raffia palm”.
Diamond Jewish
Americanized form of a Jewish surname, spelled in various ways, derived from modern German Diamant, Demant "diamond", or Yiddish dimet or diment, from the Middle High German diemant (via Latin from Greek adamas ‘unconquerable’, genitive adamantos, a reference to the hardness of the stone)... [more]
Selyem Hungarian
Means "silk".
Ivančan Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Yeganeh Persian
Means "unique" in Persian.
Quackenbosch Dutch
Topographic name meaning "night heron woodlands" in Dutch, from Dutch kwak "night heron" and bosch "woodland wilderness". This surname is now extinct in the Netherlands.
Ruacho Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly from rúa, "street".
Addington English
Habitational name from any of various places named in Old English as Eaddingtun 'settlement associated with Eadda' or Æddingtun 'settlement associated with Æddi'.
Gillooly Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Ghuala "son of the gluttonous lad" from gola "gullet gut".
Brion Galician
Refers to a place of the same name from the province A Coruña in pre-Roman Galicia.
Kues German, Dutch (Rare)
Habitational name from Cues, now part of Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland Palatinate.
Villamizar Spanish
Habitational name from Villamizar in León.
Imaruoka Japanese
I means "that one, Italy", maru means "round, circle", and oka means "hill, ridge".
Avdoshina Russian
feminine form of Avdoshina
Coninx Belgian, Dutch
Variant form of Koning, from a genitive form of Middle Dutch coninc "king, leader, important person".
Casement Manx
Anglicized and reduced form of Manx Gaelic Mac Asmuint meaning "son of Ásmundr". A notable bearer was Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), an Irish-born British consular official and rebel.
Risso Italian
Variant of Riccio.
Benkirane Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic بْن (bn) meaning "son" combined with كِيرَان (kīrān) meaning "forges, furnaces", possibly denoting descent of a blacksmith or metalworker (chiefly Moroccan).
Cheam Khmer
Means "bowl, plate" in Khmer.
Kamado Japanese (Rare)
Means "cooking furnace opening" in Japanese.
Haytham Arabic
Derived from the given name Haytham.
Shanks English (Modern)
Possibly a diminutive of LONGSHANKS, which would be given to a tall or gangly person.
Giscard French
Variant spelling of Guiscard. A famous bearer was the French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926-2020).
Reams Polish
The last name Reams comes from Normandy, France.
D'aurevalle French (Archaic)
This medieval surname literally means "from Aurevalle". Aurevalle can refer to any of the three French communes that are nowadays known by the more modern spelling Orival. All of them ultimately derive their name from Latin aurea vallis meaning "golden vale" or "golden valley".
Kasongo Central African
A Congolese surname derived from the town with the same name, located in the Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Pae Estonian
Pae is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "pael" meaning "ribbon".
Raffensperger German
Altered spelling of Ravensburger or Ravensberger, a habitational name for someone from Ravensburg in Württemberg, but there are a number of similar surnames, for example Raffenberg, a farm name near Hamm, and Raffsberger.
Manalili Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
Occupational name derived from Pampangan alili or Tagalog halili meaning "successor, substitute, replacement".
Gamage Sinhalese
Means "of the village" from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) meaning "village, settlement" combined with the Sinhala locative suffix -ගේ (-ge).
Marron Spanish
Derived from the French word marron meaning "chestnut", which now means "brown" in Spanish.
Hertzberg German
From Hertz "heart" and berg "mountain"
Grove German
Variation of Graf.
Brower English (American)
English variant of Brewer. Respelling of Brauer or Brouwer.
Bar Hebrew
From Aramaic בְּרָא (b'rā) meaning "son, child" or Hebrew בָּר (bar) meaning "grain, cereal".
Cái Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gai, from Sino-Vietnamese 蓋 (cái).
Ottmar German
From the given name Ottmar.
Polívka Czech
Means "soup".
Branting Swedish
A combination of Swedish brant "steep hill" and the suffix -ing. A famous bearer was Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925), Prime Minister of Sweden in the 1920s.
Miyaoka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Mook German
This surname means 'flying insect' from a German word that is mauke. (I think it is mauke, I am SO not sure.)
Sejkora Czech, Slovak
Sejkora means titmouse in Czech.
Claudio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Claudio
Chourey Hindi
chourey surname basically belongs to kurmi caste
Payan English
Variant of Payne.
Maruyama Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
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"
Zenelaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Zenel" in Albanian.
Šljivančanin Montenegrin
Habitational name for someone from Šljivansko, Montenegro.
Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Tennakone Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala තෙන්නකෝන් (see Tennakoon).
Furtwängler German
Denotes somebody from Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Myoi Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.
Winstanley English
From the name of a place in Lancashire, England, which means "Wynnstan's field" from the Old English masculine given name Wynnstan and leah meaning "woodland, clearing"... [more]
Akanami Japanese
Aka means "red" and nami means "wave".
Neveu French
Relationship name from Old French neveu "nephew" also "grandson" used to distinguish the two bearers of the same personal name.
Ariza Japanese
From 有 (ari) meaning "exist, possess, maintain, furthermore" and 座 (za) meaning "seat, sitting, platform, rank, constellation, counting words, guild, name, institution".
Ach German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Old High German aha meaning "running water".
Fujino Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Meas Khmer
Means "gold" in Khmer.
Senesie Western African
Kissi surname of unknown meaning.
Kriebel German
Nickname from Middle High German kribeln "to tickle, tingle, itch". Can also be a variant form of Kreul.
Hiatt English
From the given name Hiatt
Vögeli German (Swiss)
Swiss German diminutive of Vogel.
Soltanov Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of Sultanov.
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.
Paeväli Estonian
Paeväli is an Estonian surname meaning "limestone field".
Vihm Estonian
Vihm is an Estonian surname meaning "rain".
Mac Eacháin Irish
It literally means "Eachán’s son".
Verschuren Dutch
Contracted form of Van der Schuren meaning "from the barns".
Canning English, Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
Habitational name from a place so named in England. From the Old English byname Cana and -ingas meaning "people of".... [more]
San Gabriel Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Gabriel" in Spanish.
Chambo English (Canadian)
Suspected to be of French origin. Specifically, a derivative of Archambault.
Samberg Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places named Samberg in Germany and Austria.
Molinares Spanish
Derived from Spanish molina meaning "mill". Possibly an occupational name for a mill worker.