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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Wara Finnish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Vaara, mostly used outside of Finland.
Graff English
Metonymic occupational name for a clerk or scribe, from Anglo-Norman French grafe "quill, pen" (a derivative of grafer "to write", Late Latin grafare, from Greek graphein).
Artabia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Allin, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque arte "oak (tree), evergreen oak, holm oak" or arto "millet; corn, maize" combined with the suffix -be "lower part".
Labachotte Basque
Meaning: from or near the wet/low lands
Leeds English
From the city of Leeds in Yorkshire. The name was first attested in the form Loidis in AD 731. In the Domesday Book of 1086, it is recorded as 'Ledes'. This name is thought to have ultimately been derived from an earlier Celtic name... [more]
Lever English
Topographic name for someone who lived in a place thickly grown with rushes, from Old English lǣfer "rush, reed". Compare Laver. Great and Little Lever in Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire) are named with this word, and in some cases the surname may also be derived from these places.
Decrusch Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the place name Crusch.
Regencia Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the Latin adjective regens meaning "ruling, governing."
Flag English (Rare), English (African), German (Rare)
Habitual surname for someone who lived in or near a bog or peat soil, from Old Norse flag(ge). Also used as a variant of Flack.
Hovenden English, Irish
Variant of Ovenden a habitational name perhaps derived from Ovingdean (Sussex) or Ovenden (Yorkshire)... [more]
Lilienthal German
Habitational name from any of the places called Lilienthal in Schleswig-Holstein Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemburg named with Middle High German liljen "lilies" (from Latin lilium) and tal "valley".
Kaldmets Estonian
Kaldmets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline forest".
Thurgood English
From the Old English given name Thurgod (see Þórgautr).
Ōura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Sakou Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 () meaning "facing".
Krymchak Ukrainian
From Кримчак (Krymchak), a term for a Jewish Crimean Tatar, or denoting to resident of Crimea.
Drollinger German
Ethnic or habitational name for someone from Tyrol.
Seid German
From the Germanic given name Sito, a short form of a compound name formed with sigi "victory".
Byu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 別府 (see Byū).
Valaitis Lithuanian, German (East Prussian)
Best known as the surname of a certain Lena.
Alaväli Estonian
Alaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region field".
Happygod English (African, Rare)
Possibly from the English words happy and god.
Allik Estonian
Means "water source, spring" in Estonian.
Burela Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality in the Comarca of La Mariña Central.
Farnan Irish (Anglicized)
Irish shortened Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Farannáin ‘descendant of Forannán’, a personal name possibly based on forrán ‘attack’... [more]
Chisaki Japanese
Chi can mean "thousand" or "pond", and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".
E Chinese
Meaning is "abbr. of Iraq/Iran"
Smithee English
From Middle English smythy "smithy, forge".
Gruber Jewish
A nickname from an inflected form of Yiddish dialect grub meaning ‘rude' or 'impolite’.
Quitain Tagalog
From Tagalog kitain meaning "to earn".
Paewai Maori
The Maori meaning of it is "driftwood"
Prati Italian
Meaning "meadows" in Italian, derived from Italian prato "feild, meadow" (see Prato 1)
Floor Dutch
From the given name Floor, a pet form of Florentius.
Deldojar Scottish (Anglicized, Rare)
Deldojar is a nickname for Bangladeshi traders who settled on the coastal port of Perth and Kinross, Scotland. This name is taken from the name of the merchant's hometown, Deldur upazila, a district of Tangail in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Tomson English
A variant of Thompson, meaning "Son of Thomas".
Kimata Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".
Jungnickel German
From German Jung meaning "young" or junior meaning "young, child" and Nickel a short form of Nicolaus.
Chuah Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Cai.
Kamimura Japanese
Kami means "god" or "top, upper" and mura means "village, hamlet "
Kazan Turkish
From Turkish meaning "cauldron".
Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".
Todde Italian
From a modification of Latin tollere "to lift, to raise; to destroy". Alternately, may derive from the medieval Sardinian name Totolle.
Zhurba Ukrainian
Means "sorrow".
Castello Catalan, Italian
Catalan variant of Castell or from Italian castello meaning "castle".
Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Randpalu Estonian
Randpalu is an Estonian surname meaning "beach/seashore sandy heath".
Kasekivi Estonian
Kasekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stone".
Dahlby Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish dal "valley" and by "village".
Palin English
(i) "person from Palling", Norfolk ("settlement of Pælli's people") or "person from Poling", Sussex ("settlement of Pāl's people"); (ii) from the Welsh name ap Heilyn "son of Heilyn", a personal name perhaps meaning "one who serves at table"
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.
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."
Hedge English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge, Middle English hegg(e). In the early Middle Ages, hedges were not merely dividers between fields, but had an important defensive function when planted around a settlement or enclosure.
Vrána Czech
Means "crow".
Gokongwei Filipino
From the surnames Goh, Kong, and Wei.
Urdaneta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Aia.
Srimongkol Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ศรีมงคล (see Simongkhon).
Lootus Estonian
Lootus is an Estonian surname meaning "hope".
Rüütel Estonian
Means "knight" in Estonian.
Ampuan Filipino, Maranao
From a royal title meaning "one who asks for apology" or "revered, great" in Maranao.
Koja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紅蛇 (see Kōja).
Beatriz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Beatriz.
Haverland Dutch
Means "oat field" in Dutch, from Dutch haver "oat" and land.
Grebenstein German
Means "stone from the cliff or ridge" from German greben, (cliff or ridge) and stein (stone).... [more]
Nakakuni Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 國 or 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land".
Bacharachas Jewish
Bacharachas is a derivate of the Bacharach that is a town in Germany.
Gennimatas Greek
Possibly from the Greek verb γεννιέμαι (genniemai) meaning "to be born".
Kassem Arabic
From the given name Kassem, a form of Qasim.
Lapish English (British)
Derives from the surname Lapage, referring to a "law-page", that is, someone who worked as a servant.
Kronen German
From German Krone 'crown', probably as an ornamental name. Or a nickname for a slender, long-legged individual, from a dialect form of Kranich.
Hosny Arabic
Derived from the given name Husni.
El-Sayed Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "the master", from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid) meaning "master, lord, prince" (see Sayyid).
Hermedilla Filipino (Latinized, Modern, Rare)
From Batangas province in Southern Tagalog region in the Philippines since the Spanish colony.
Kääramees Estonian
Kääramees is an Estonian surname meaning "loop/crook man" (man from near a loop or crook in the landscape).
Giann Italian
Variant of Gianni.
Prett English
Variant of Pratt.
Pirovano Italian
Probably from a place in Lombardy, itself possibly deriving from Ancient Greek πυρο- (pyro-) "fire" and -γενής (-genes) "born of".
Dawoodzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto داوودزی (see Daudzai).
Look English, Scottish
From a vernacular pet form of Lucas.
Crabbe English, Literature, Popular Culture
The character 'Vincent Crabbe' has this surname in the Harry Potter series.
Kessler German, Jewish
Means "kettle-maker, tinker", denoting a maker of copper or tin cooking vessels, derived from Middle High German kezzel meaning "kettle, cauldron". In some instances, it could have referred to the shape of a landform.
Rand Estonian
Rand is an Estonian surname meaning "beach".
Wymore English
From a town called Waymore in England, possibly abandoned. Combining Old English wic meaning "dwelling place," and mor meaning "moor."
Kolesnyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kolesnik.
Gadient Romansh
Derived from the given name Gaudentius.
Rohrbach German, German (Swiss)
German and Swiss German: habitational name from any of numerous places called Rohrbach (‘reed brook’ or ‘channel brook’) in many parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It is a common surname in Pennsylvania.
Talley Irish (Anglicized)
Shortend anglicized form of Ó Taithligh.
Königsberg Jewish
Associated with the Polish/Prussian/German/Russian town Königsberg, now called Kaliningrad. This surname was borne by the parents of American actor, writer, teacher, and director Walter Koenig (1936-) before they emigrated to the United States.
Ansari Arabic, Persian, Urdu
From the given name Ansar.
Grove German
Form of Grob.
Zeller German, Dutch, Jewish
Originally denoted someone from Celle, Germany or someone living near a hermit's cell from German zelle "cell". It is also occupational for someone employed at a zelle, for example a small workshop.
Petraliphas Greek
The surname is composed of the name Petros and the city Alifa in Campania, Italy. The surname was held by a Byzantine-Italian family in Epirus.
Denbrough Popular Culture
Surname from the fictional character "Bill Denbrough" from "IT" and "IT Chapter Two".
Zarei Persian
Derived from Arabic زارع (zari') meaning "farmer".
Almasri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المصري (see Al-masri).
Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".
Hampshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]
Taaramäe Estonian
Taaramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "Taara's hill/mountain". Taara is a prominent god in ancient Estonian mythology.
Smieskol Polish
A surname of unknown meaning - originated in Southwestern Poland in the Silesian region.... [more]
Gubatan Tagalog
From Tagalog gubat meaning "woods, forest".
Athinganos Greek
Means "gypsy" in Greek.
Jayasundara Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese ජයසුන්දර (see Jayasundera).
Østigård Norwegian
From Norwegian øst meaning "east" and gård meaning "farm, enclosure."
Elizabethson English (Rare)
Means “son of Elizabeth”.
Cairns Scottish
From Gaelic carn "cairn", a topographic name for someone who lived by a cairn, i.e. a pile of stones raised as a boundary marker or a memorial.
Holcomb English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and Somerset, so named from Old English hol meaning "hollow", "sunken", "deep" + cumb meaning "valley".
Bitsuie Navajo
From bitsóí meaning "his grandchild", a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.
Harbor English
English: variant spelling of Harbour.
Preminger Jewish
Meaning unknown, possibly a nickname for a person deported to Spain, derived from the name of a location in Portugal.
Alumaa Estonian
Alumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation land".
Lecoq French
Coq means rooster or fowl
Rita Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan
From the female personal name Rita, a reduced form of MargharitaMargaret’, chosen in particular in honor of a 15th-century Italian saint who bore the name in this form.
Mcgibney Irish
A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Gibne.
Kubica Polish
Derived from the given name Kuba, a diminutive of Jakub.
Ühtegi Estonian
Ühtegi is an Estonian surname derived from "ühtelugu", meaning "steadily" and "always" and "tegi" meaning "worker/producer".
Ellsey English
Variant of Elsey.
Niwa Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (ni) meaning "cinnabar, red" and 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, plume, wing".
Gumm English
From a nickname or byname from Middle English gome, Old English guma "man".
Sułkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Sułkowo Borowe.
Collison English
A variant of Collinson, which is a variant of Collins 2.
Anan Various
Anan (Hebrew: עָנַן ‘ānan) is used as both a Hebrew or Arabic name meaning "cloud, vapour" or descriptive "visible water vapour floating above the earth". The Arabic form is from Classical Arabic, possibly adopted from the Hebrew, but with the spelling (Arabic: عَنَان ‘anān) since the proper term of "cloud" in Arabic is saḥāb (سَحَاب).
Savorgnan Italian (Rare)
From a small town near Udine named Savorgnano del Torre, of Friulian origin. This was the name of a Friulian aristocratic family, ascribed to the Venetian participate. The famous bearer of this surname was an Italian-French explorer Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905)
Azov Russian, Ukrainian
From the Sea of Azov. Probably denoted to somebody who lived on the Azov coast... [more]
Barilla Italian
Occupational name from medieval Greek barellas "cooper" from Italian barella "barrel" with the suffix (e)as.
Vanhamel Flemish
Means "from Hamel".
Gašperič Slovene
Derived from the given name Gašper.
Veral English
Meaning:stubborn,aggressive,mathamatician smart
Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".
Van Eyck Dutch
It means "of the oak", Eyck is a different, more archaic spelling of the word "eik" which means oak.
Singer German
variant of Sänger, in the sense of ‘poet’
Gutjahr German, German (Swiss)
nickname for someone born on New Year's Day from a New Year's greeting meaning "Good year".
De Forest French
Alternative spelling of Deforest.
Deschanel French
Derived from French eschamel meaning "stepladder" or des chanels meaning "from the channels, from the little jugs". An occupational nickname for a trader, it supposedly originated in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France... [more]
Maden Turkish
Means "mine, mineral, ore" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic معدن (ma'din).
Kanakapinda Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Koitla Estonian
Koitla is an Estonian surname derived from "koit" meaning "dawn".
Capelle French, English, Dutch, Flemish
French topographic name for someone living by a chapel, from a regional variant of chapelle "chapel" (compare Chapell 2), or a habitational name from any of several places named La Capelle... [more]
Gladstone Scottish
Habitational name from a place near Biggar in Lanarkshire, apparently named from Old English gleoda meaning "kite" + stān meaning "stone".
Amarasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Penderwick American
A family in a book series by Jeanne Birdsall.
Pathé French
Meaning, "Dweller near an important path or footway."
Ludemann Low German
Ludemann is a German name
Maloan Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
A rare variant of Malone, the anglicized version of Ó Maoil Eoin.
Sangmanee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).
Ratas Estonian
Ratas is an Estonian surname meaning "wheel".
Di Martino Italian
From the given name Martino.
Iturria Basque
From Basque meaning "well, fountain".
Šaulis Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys meaning "rifleman".
Asplin English
From a short form of the given name Absalom.
Kazaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.
Oddar Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Odda.
Kazan Jewish
From Hebew chazan, which is an occupational name for a cantor in a synagogue.
Snead English
Variant of Sneyd.
Ó Miadhaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Miadhach", a byname meaning "honorable" from Old Irish míad "honour, dignity, elevation".
Chavali Telugu
Brahmin last name of South India, Andhra Pradesh
Capin Filipino, Cebuano
Means "excess, surplus, over" in Cebuano.
Guin French
From the given name Guin the French form of Wino a short form of names with the element win "friend".
Kadosh Hebrew
Means "holy" in Hebrew.
Şeremet Turkish
Means "poor man" in some turkic languages.
Villasurda German
Villasurda is a Germanic name dating back to the time of the Vikings. It, roughly translated from a Norse word, means, "the one who is fat."
Jeff English
From the given name Jeff
Soroka Ukrainian, Jewish
From the nickname Soroka meaning "magpie", which indicates a thievish person or a person with a white streak of hair among black hair.
Xi Chinese
From Chinese 习 (xí) referring to an ancient territory named Xi, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in the Qin state in what is now Shangxian County, Shaanxi province. A notable berarer is Xi Jinping (1953-), the current president of China.
Mockford English
Mockford comes from "Mocca's ford", with Mocca being an Old English name of uncertain origin. An alternative theory is that it comes from "Motholfr's ford" from the Old Norse meaning "renown-wolf". Either way, Mockford was once a place in Sussex, near Rottingdean, and it is from there that most branches of the name originate.
Maggiori Italian
Recorded in many spelling forms including the 'base' form of Maggi, and the diminutives and double diminutives Maggiore, Maggiori, Di Maggio, Maggorini, and many others, this is an Italian surname of Roman (Latin) origins... [more]
Mameli Italian
Possibly from latin surname Mamelius. A famous bearer was Goffredo Mameli, author of the italian national anthem.
Pihlapuu Estonian
Pihlapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan/mountain ash tree".
Raia Italian, Sicilian
Either a topographic name from Sicilian raia ‘smilax’ (a climbing shrub), or else derived from Sicilian raja meaning ‘ray’, or ‘skate’ (the fish), presumably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.
Thursby English
habitational name from a place in Cumbria so named from the Old Norse personal name Thorir a derivative of Thor and Old Norse býr "farmstead settlement"... [more]
Geers Dutch
Patronymic from the short form of any of various personal names formed with the Germanic element ger "spear". Compare Geerts.
Gironda Italian
Possibly from a variant of Italian ghironda ‘barrel-organ’.