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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Blancaflor Spanish (Philippines)
Means "white flower," from the Spanish words blanca meaning "white" and flor meaning "flower."
Ludwell English
From the Old English elements hlud meaning "famous, loud" and well meaning "well, spring, water hole"
Bijelić Croatian
Derived from bijel, meaning "white".
Nedd English
Variant of Nidd.
Bordziłowski Polish
From Old Germanic Bardil, meaning "beard" or "axe." It was possibly a nickname for a bearded person who had an axe.
Tennoujidani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjidani).
Caune Latvian
Derived from the word cauna meaning "marten".
Roser German
German: topographic name for "someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew" (see Rose 1), with the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.German (Röser): habitational name from places called Rös, Roes, or Rösa in Bavaria, Rhineland, and Saxony, or a variant of Rosser.Swiss German (Röser): from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on hrod "renown".English: "unexplained".
Shinbu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Shimbu).
Shishido Japanese
Japanese: habitational name taken from a district in Hitachi (now Ibaraki prefecture), written with a variant character for ‘flesh’ and ‘door’. It is found mostly in northeastern Japan.
Gavitt English
Perhaps an altered spelling of the middle English Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel.
Matas Croatian, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Matej.
Arscott English
From the the words ars, of unexplained origin, and cot "cottage, small house"
Tristano Italian
From the given name Tristano.
Khashba Abkhaz
Either derived from Abkhaz ахацə (āxācə) meaning "stone" or алашара (ālāšārā) "light".
Aveiro Portuguese, Spanish
Demonymic surname refering to Aveiro a city in middle north-eastern Portugal. A famous bearer of this surname is Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
Silang Tagalog
Means "mountain pass, trail" in Tagalog.
Liborio Italian
From the given name Liborio
Yokotani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".
Nasr Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasr.
Busbee English
Variant of Busby.
Bernadotte French, Swedish
Possibly from the name of a historical province in Southern France named Béarn. This was originally a French non-noble surname. French general Jean Baptise Bernadotte (1763-1844) became the king of Sweden as Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan) in 1818 and founded the current royal house in Sweden, House of Bernadotte.
Boyajian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Boyajyan.
Kuhi Estonian
Kuhi is an Estonian surname meaning "pile" or "stack".
Angela Italian
Derived from the given name Angelus (see Angel).
Serdyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian сердечко (serdechko), meaning "heart".
Tulipan Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Spanish Tulipán "Tulip".
Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".
Canova Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and nova, the feminine form of the adjective nov "new".
Kaga Japanese
From the Japanese 加 (ka) "increase," "step up" and 賀 (ka or ga) "congratulation."
Dotani Japanese (Rare)
戸 (Do) means "door" or 藤 (do) means "wisteria". 谷 (Tani) means "valley".
Sebő Hungarian
Possibly from Hungarian seb, meaning "wound".
Jakaitis Lithuanian
Unknown meaning.
Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk, eagle, falcon", 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]
Delacourt French
Denoting someone who lived or worked at a manorial court a courtly retainer. Derived from French de la meaning "of the" or "from the" and court meaning "court, yard".
Kawano Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) meaning "river, stream" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness."
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.
Fyres English (Rare)
Variant of Ayres or Ayers.... [more]
Pereiru Medieval Portuguese (Latinized, Rare, Archaic)
This is a Military Order (Knights Templar or the Order of Solomon's Temple) and it was founded by the Henrique de Borgonha, conde de Portucale (Henry, Count of Portugal) in the year 1090. It was then confirmed by Pope Alexandre III in the year 1177... [more]
Taimla Estonian
Taimla is an Estonian surname meaning "nursery".
Sangmanee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).
Westgate English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a west gate in a city, or a habitual surname for someone from Westgate. It is derived from Middle English west meaning "west" and gate "gate" (or "street" in northern and eastern areas; from Old Norse gata).
Chen Thai
Possibly a Name that Thai People with Chinese Descendants have. It has a Meaning of "Deserve".
Boccalupo Italian
Possibly from an Italian saying, in bocca al lupo, literally "in the mouth of the wolf", a way of wishing good luck.
Kikumori Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and mori means "forest".
Mondol Bengali
Bengali variant of Mandal.
Acella Italian
Uncertain etymology.
Sevillano Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of Sevilla in Andalusia (see Sevilla).
Wroldsen Norwegian
Means "son of Wrold" in Norwegian.
Arahi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense", referring to rough land, and 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter".
Sow Western African, Fula
Meaning uncertain.
Thanos Greek
From a short form of the personal name Athanasios, literally "immortal". This was the name of several saints venerated in the Greek Orthodox Church, the most important of them being Athanasios the Great (293–373), theologian and patriarch of Alexandria in Egypt.
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".
Su Hui
From the Arabic name Nasr.
Pajusoo Estonian
Pajusoo is an Estonian surname meaning "willow (osier) swamp".
Koniecpolski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Koniecpol.
El-Haddad Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الحداد (see Al-Haddad) chiefly used in Egypt.
Novitsky Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Nowicki.
Lenton English
Habitational name from any of several places called Lenton, which can be derived from the name of the River Leen (from a Celtic word meaning "lake, pool") in Nottinghamshire, from the Old English given name Lāfa (see Leif) in Lincolnshire, or possibly from Old English lin "flax" in some cases, all combined with tun "town, enclosure, settlement".
Tae Taiwanese, Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan and Hokkien romanization of Zheng.
Selimović Bosnian
Means "son of Selim".
Vassie French, English
Meaning "playful or merry" for a cheerful person.
Pilkey English
Shortened variant of Pilkington
Toler English
Variant of Toller.
Haljand Estonian
Haljand is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) derived from "haljas" meaning "green/verdant".
Frankhauser German
Denotes somebody from any of several places with the name Frankenhausen.
Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".
Jourdan Irish
Possibly a Irish form of jordan
Akimoto Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 元 or 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Grogan Irish
Derived from the native Gaelic O'Gruagain Sept that was initially located in County Roscommon but which became widely dispersed. The name is derived from a Gaelic word meaning 'fierceness'.
Mannin English, Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mainnin (see Mainnín).
Yoshii Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good fortune" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Gürbüz Turkish
Means "robust, healthy" in Turkish.
Eberhard German (Americanized)
Americanized version of Eberhardt.
Lindbergh Swedish (Rare), English (Rare)
Rare variant spelling of Lindberg. A famous bearer was American aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) who was the first person to fly non-stop from America to mainland Europe in 1927.
Kuromiya Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Miya means "Shrine".... [more]
Eyre English
Truelove the "Eyr" or "Heyr" was granted land in Derby as a reward for his services at the 1066 Battle of Hastings, together with a coat of arms featuring "a human leg in armour couped at the thigh quarterly argent and sable spurred", in reference to the sacrifice of his limb... [more]
Harugaya Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".
Vox English
Variant of Fox
Chromy Polish
Polish form of Khromykh
Requena Spanish, Catalan
habitational name from Requena in Valencia or Requena de Campos in Palencia apparently so called from a short form of the various Visigothic compound personal names with the first element rīc "powerful" with the addition of the locative suffix -ena.
Rüngas Estonian
Rüngas is an Estonian surname meaning "rock" and "cliff".
Niyazova Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine transcription of Uzbek/Tajik Ниёзова and Kazakh/Kyrgyz Ниязова (see Niyazov).
Kilcommon Irish
Indicated a person who was from Kilcommon, Erris, County Mayo in Ireland. The place name Kilcommon derives from the Gaeltacht phrase Cill Chomáin, meaning "church of St. Comán."
Gaetz English (American)
Americanization of Gätz.
Portier French
occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, Old French portier (from Late Latin portarius)... [more]
Malapitan Filipino
Means "to get close, approachable" in Filipino.
Di Pietrantonio Italian
The surname Di Pietrantonio literally means "son of Pietro" and indicates in a reinforcing way the descent from the progenitor named Pietro.
Păun Romanian
Derived from Romanian păun "peacock".
Abuev Kazakh, Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Abu".
Hazlehurst English
Habitational name for a person from the places in Lancashire, Surrey, or Sussex, or somebody who lives in a hazel grove, all derived from Old English hæsl "hazel" (Archaic form hazle) and hyrst "wood, grove".
Dux German (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
From Latin dux, meaning “duke”.
Amor Spanish, Portuguese
Means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, likely denoting an illegitimate child or a philanderer. It could also be from the given name Amor. Qween Amor (1988-) is a performance artist who predominantly utilizes public space for her performances.
Betanzos Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Albanese Italian
Variant of Albanesi. A famous bearer of the name is Italian international lawyer Francesca Albanese (1977-).
Burghersh English
The surname of the burghersh family. Several people had it, Including Bartholomew Burghersh the Elder and Younger, and Henry Burghersh. They also married into the Badlesmere bloodline. It seems to have descended from the village of Burghersh, now known as Burwash
Rédey Hungarian
Indicated a person from Kisréde or Nagyréde, a village in Hungary.
Inoki Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ki means "tree, wood".
Karhu Finnish
Means "bear" (the animal) in Finnish.
Reinert German
North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ragin ‘counsel’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, for example Reinhard ( see Reinhardt ).
Prior English
Occupational surname for a prior (a high-ranking official in a monastery), ultimately from Latin prior meaning "superior, first".
Coyac Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl coyahuac "broad, wide" or coyoctic "a hole, something with a hole in it".
Osgood English, Jewish
Derived from the Medieval English given name Osgod the anglicized form of the Old Norse name Ásgautr... [more]
Aghajanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աղաջանյան (see Aghajanyan).
Lace Manx
Shortened form of Manx Mac Guilley Chass (Gaelic Mac Giolla Chais) meaning "son of the curly-haired youth", derived from macc "son", gilla "boy, youth; attendant, servant" and cas "curly, twisted".
Creighton English
From Irish 'crioch' meaning "border", and Old English 'tun' meaning "town".
Malmström Swedish
Combination of Swedish malm "ore" and ström "stream".
Sungur Turkish
Means "falcon" in Turkish.
Arashima Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "wild, rough, desolate, barren" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
MacMichael Scottish
Means "son of Michael".
Koshiba Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".
Myrick English
Either means "dark", "work" or "ruler".
Herco Bosnian
Derived from Herceg.
Brando Italian, Portuguese
from the ancient Germanic (Langobardic) personal name Brando a short form of various compound personal names formed with brand "sword" particularly Aldobrando and Ildebrando... [more]
Löwenthal German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of the various places called Löwenthal in Germany, derived from German Löwe "lion" and Thal "valley". As a Jewish name, it is ornamental, sometimes associated with given names that mean "lion" (i.e., Levi, Leib or Lew 2).
Clerihew Scottish
A Scottish surname of unknown origin and meaning. A clerihew is a humorous or satirical verse consisting of two rhyming couplets in lines of irregular metre about someone who is named in the poem. It was invented by the British author Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956; Clerihew was his mother's maiden name)... [more]
Naito Japanese
内 (Nai) means "inside" and 藤 (to) means "wisteria".
Avara Italian
Feminine form of Italian avaro, meaning "miser" or "mean, stingy, avaricious".
Champlain French
Name given to those who live in or around fields. Known barrer of the name is Samuel de Champlain who founded Quebec, Canada and after whom the lake is named.
Furuno Japanese
Furu means "old" and no means "plain, field".
Bocchinfuso Italian
Possibly derived from a diminutive form of Italian bocca "mouth" combined with fuso "melted", from Latin fusus "poured (out)", perhaps a nickname for a talkative or gossipy person.
Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Sargis Armenian
From the given name Sargis.
Lavecchia Italian
Means "the old (one)" or "the old lady" in Italian, a nickname for a man who fussed like an old woman, or for someone from an old family. It can also denote someone from a toponym containing the element vecchia.
Robleda Spanish
From Spanish meaning "oak grove".
Seamark English
Derived from any of several places in France called Saint-Marc.
Malinao Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano malinaw meaning "calm, peaceful, serene".
Beshirov Kazakh
Means "son of Beshir".
Paakkari Finnish
Derived from Swedish bagare "baker".
Maxson Popular Culture, English
Means son of Max. This is the surname of the hereditary leaders of the Brotherhood of Steel in the popular Fallout game. The first bearer of the name was Captain Roger Maxson, who founded the BOS, with the most recent bearer being Arthur Maxson, the current leader of the BOS in Fallout 4.
Orel Ukrainian
A form of Orlov.
Dollar Scottish, English (American)
Scottish: habitational name from Dollar in Clackmannanshire.... [more]
Zanamwe Southern African
Zimbabwean Surname, originally from the Chivi area, shona speaking people of the Shumba(lion) totem originate from the Masvingo province, Mwenezi, Chitanga,Chikombedzi, Boli Chibwedziva. Some migrated to the Mashonaland East province Mhondoro area and assumed the Moyo(heart) totem
Mínervudóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Minerva" in Icelandic. A famous bearer is Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir.
Bastiaan Dutch
From the given name Bastiaan.
Mawari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri).
Benware French
Americanized spelling of Benoit.
Ichida Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "market" and 田 (da) "paddy, field".
Ahladiotis Greek
Alternate transcription of Achladiotis.
Creme English
Variant spelling of Cream.
Thongthip Lao, Thai
From Thai ทอง (thong) or Lao ທອງ (thong) meaning "gold" and Thai ทิพย์ (thip) or Lao ທິບ (thip) meaning "divine, heavenly, celestial".
Fukumoto Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Di Cesare Italian
Means "son of Cesare".
Erdene Mongolian
Meaning "jewel" or "treasure".
Emadi Persian
From the given name Emad.
Moiseyev Russian
Means "son of Moisey".
Bunce Norman
Meaning "good" person in old french. Also means "bain"(exeptionaly tall) in old english
Corsi Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Corso.
Richer French, English, German
From the given name Richer.
Lehtpuu Estonian
Lehtpuu is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf tree".
Krásný Czech, Slovak
Means "beautiful". Pronounced "KRAHS-nee".
Alcabasa Filipino
Derived from Spanish el cabeza meaning "the head".
Həsənli Azerbaijani
From the given name Həsən and the Turkic suffix -li which forms adjectives from nouns.
Aydyn Turkish (Russified)
Russified form of Aydın.
Kaljend Estonian
Kaljend is an Estonian surname derived from the words "kalju" meaning "rock/cliff" and "eend" meaning "protusion/overhang".
Irsay Hungarian
Surname used by people whose original surname was Israel, in Hungary
Eensoo Estonian
Eensoo is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "soo" meaning "swamp/marsh".
Shemer Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Schimmer.... [more]
Cancrini Italian
Diminutive of Cancro.
Dankiewicz Polish
From the Polish given name Daniel, using a nickname of the name Danusz.
Mkrtchyan Armenian
Means "son of Mkrtich".
Filipovich Ukrainian
Patronymic from the personal name Filip.
Humboldt German (?)
Derived from the Germanic given name Hunibald. Notable bearers of this surname were Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a Prussian naturalist, geographer, explorer and polymath, and his brother Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835), a linguist, philosopher and diplomat.
Callicoatte English
From various places called Caldecote or Caldecott.
Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.
Quaderer German
Nickname for someone stocky, from Middle High German quader meaning "building stone".
Marchese Italian
From the title of rank marchése "marquis" (in Italy the rank immediately below that of duke), probably applied as a nickname for someone who behaved like a marquis, or an occupational name for a servant in the household of a marquis... [more]
Mídeno Guanche
From Guanche *mīdĭdăn, meaning "legitimate humans". This surname was borne by Guanche people.
Zhovtenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian жовтий (zhovtyy), meaning "yellow".
Pineau French
Either a diminutive of Pin from Old French pin "pine" or a habitational name from (Le) Pineau the name of several places in the western part of France of the same origin.
Arica Aymara
Refers to a place in modern day Chile near the border of Peru.
Boziga Medieval Occitan
BOZIGA, House or dwelling. ... [more]
Ameer Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amir 1.
Kopli Estonian
Kopli is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "koppel", meaning "enclosure" or "paddock".
Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Javadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Javad".
Gyursantzky ? (?)
Probably from the Hungarian word gyorsan meaning "quickly, swiftly, fast, rapidly".
Khat Khmer
From Chinese 凯 meaning "triumphant","victorious"
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