Submitted Surnames of Length 4

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Catt English
Nickname from the animal, Middle English catte "cat". The word is found in similar forms in most European languages from very early times (e.g. Gaelic cath, Slavic kotu). Domestic cats were unknown in Europe in classical times, when weasels fulfilled many of their functions, for example in hunting rodents... [more]
Cava Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
From cava ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (from Latin cavea), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the wine cellars of a great house, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word.
Cave Norman, French, English
A name of various possible origins. As a Norman French name Cave can mean "bald" from cauf or it can mean "worker in a wine cellar" or "one who dwelt in or near a cave". As an English name Cave refers to a Yorkshire river whose fast current inspired the name meaning "swift".
Ceja Spanish
From a common field name or a habitational name from any of various minor places called Ceja Yecla in Aragon.
Çela Albanian
Meaning Unknown.
Çela Albanian
From an old nickname for a brother-in-law, derived from a shortened form of the Turkish title çelebi meaning "gentleman".
Cena English (American), English
Cena is a prominently used English name. It is derived from the word "see", however it rather than referring to the ability to see it, what it actually refers to is the inability to see as the other half of the name ("-na") means "naw" a synonym for "no"... [more]
Cena Italian
Derived from Latin meaning "dinner, meal, supper". Possibly an occupational name for a cook or a waiter. In an alternative representation, it could be given to someone who's known for hosting or being involved in meals or dinners, or may have given this surname to an illegitimate child who was not welcomed at the dinner table.
Cena Polish
From Polish meaning "price". Possibly an occupational name for a trader or dealer.
Cena Arabic (Egyptian), Albanian, Kosovar
Derived from the given name Husain.
Cera Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Sicilian
Metonymic occupational name for a wax seller, derived from Latin cera meaning "wax". A famous bearer of this surname is Canadian actor and musician Michael Cera (1988-).
Chad Indian
Hindu (Bhatia) name of unknown meaning.
Chae Korean
Korean for Cai.
Chai Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 翟 (see Zhai).
Chak Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhai.
Chan Khmer
Means "moon" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra).
Chan Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 詹 (see Zhan).
Chan English (Modern, Rare)
Shortened form of Chandler used by lolcow Christian Weston Chandler (1982-), who goes by the nickname Chris-Chan, most likely influenced by the Japanese diminutive suffix ちゃん (chan) commonly used in anime and manga fandom.
Chao Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 趙 (see Zhao).
Char French
Name for someone who works as a carter, from French char "cart, carriage".
Char Croatian, Serbian, Polish, Slovene
Anglicized spelling of the Slovenian nickname Čar, an ironic nickname from car "tsar".
Char Arabic
French-influenced spelling of Shaar. Borne by both Muslims and Christians.
Char Indian
Name from Sanskrit āčārya "teacher, spiritual guide". Originated among Brahmins, members of the highest caste in Hindu society, who traditionally serve as priests and teachers.
Châu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhou, from Sino-Vietnamese 周 (châu).
Chau Khmer
Means "chief, head, boss" in Khmer.
Chau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.
Chay Khmer
Variant transcription of Chhay.
Chea Chinese
Variant of Xie.
Chea Khmer
Khmer romanization of the Chinese surname Xie.
Chee English
Possibly derived from the place name Cheadle, composed of Brythonic koɨd "woodland, forest" and Old English leah "clearing".
Chee Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xu 1.
Chee Navajo
From Navajo łichííʼ meaning "red".
Chen Thai
Possibly a Name that Thai People with Chinese Descendants have. It has a Meaning of "Deserve".
Chen Khmer
From Khmer meaning "Chinese". It denotes a person who is Chinese descent or originally came from China.
Chen Hebrew
From the given name Chen 2.
Chew English
Habitational name from a place in Somerset named Chew Magna, which is named for the river on which it stands, a Celtic name, perhaps cognate with Welsh cyw ‘young animal or bird’, ‘chicken’.
Chew Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhou.
Chim Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhan.
Chim Khmer
Variant transcription of Choem.
Chim Mayan
From Yucatec Maya chiim meaning "bag, sack".
Chin Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Chen.
Chin English
Variant of Chinn.
Chiu Chinese
Alternate transcription of Qiu chiefly used in Taiwan.
Ch'ng Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Zhuang.
Choi Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.
Choo Korean
Variant romanization of Chu.
Choo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhu.
Chow Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.
Choy Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.
Chua Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Cai.
Chue Hmong
From the clan name Tswb associated with the Chinese character 朱 (zhū) (see Zhu).
Chui Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xu 1.
Chuo Thai
Thai for Cai.
Chuu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 中 or 仲 (see Chū).
Ciro Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ciro.
Clah Navajo
From Navajo nitłʼa meaning "he is left-handed".
Claw English
The surname Claw is a very rare English surname.
Clef Italian
At the end of the 10th century, Gregorian musical scribes increased the precision of early notation by introducing a horizontal line to indicate a base pitch. The pitch of this line was indicated by a letter at its start... [more]
Clem English
From the given name Clem.
Clue English
Variant of Clough, traditionally found in Devonshire.
Coco Italian, Sicilian
occupational name for a cook a seller of cooked meats or a keeper of an eating house from southern Italian coco "cook" (from Latin cocus coquus).
Coel Flemish
Variant of Kool.
Coen Jewish
Variant of Cohen.
Cois Italian
Possibly from the name of a lost town, Coni. Alternately, may be from dialectical words meaning "to cook" or "finch", referring to an occupation or nickname.
Coit Medieval Welsh, French, English
The surname Coit was first found in Carnarvonshire, a former country in Northwest Wales, anciently part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, and currently is divided between the unitary authorities of Gwynedd and Conwy, where they held a family seat... [more]
Coll Catalan
Topographic name from Catalan coll meaning "hill, mountain pass", ultimately from Latin collum.
Colo Italian
From the personal name Colo, a short form of Nicolo (see Nicholas). (Colò) nickname from medieval Greek kolos ‘lame’, classical Greek kylos.
Cone Irish
Reduced form of McCone.
Công Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gong, from Sino-Vietnamese 公 (công).
Coon Scottish, Irish
Variant of Cunningham 1, Coonaghan and other names from the same family
Coot English
“an early member was a person who seemed to exhibit some of the characteristics of birds.”
Cope English
From Middle English cope "cape, cloak", an occupational name for a maker of cloaks, or a nickname for someone known for wearing one.
Corb Romanian
From Romanian meaning "crow, raven".
Cord Northern Irish
Reduced form of Mccord.
Core English (American), German (Anglicized)
Core is the anglicized form of the German surname Kohr, also spelled Kürr. Alternately, it is an English name of Flemish origin.
Cork English
Metonymic occupational name for a supplier of red or purple dye or for a dyer of cloth, Middle English cork (of Celtic origin; compare Corkery).
Corr Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Corra "descendant of Corra".
Cort Polish, Russian, Jewish
Derived from the surname "Kutalczuk", "Kotelchik", "Cuttlechuck", or "Kuttlechuck"
Coss English
English short form of Cossio.
Cota Galician
From Galician meaning "animal den".
Coto Spanish, Galician
Habitational name from any of the many places named "Coto" especially in Galicia and Asturias. From coto meaning "ground".
Cott English
From the Old English personal name Cotta. Possibly an altered spelling of French Cotte, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of chain mail, from Old French cot(t)e ‘coat of mail’, ‘surcoat’... [more]
Cova Catalan, Galician
Topographic name from Catalan and Galician cova ‘cave’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, in the provinces of Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Catalonia and Valencia.
Cram English
From the the Scottish place name Crambeth (now Crombie), a village and ancient parish in Torryburn, Fife.
Craw English, Scottish, Northern Irish
One who had characteristics of a crow; sometimes used as an element of a place name e.g. Crawford, and Crawfordjohn in Lanarkshire, Crawshawbooth in Lancashire, and Crawley in Sussex
Crew English
From the given name Crew, possibly a variant of Crewe
Crow English
From Middle English crow, Old English crawa, applied as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion or for someone thought to resemble the bird in some other way.
Croy Irish (Anglicized)
A shortened form of the surname McRoy, from Irish Gaelic Mac Rúaidh "son of Ruadh", literally "the red one".
Croy Scottish
Means "person from Croy", the name of various places in Scotland.
Crus Spanish
Variant of Cruz.
Csák um Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Csák.
Cuba Portuguese, Asturian-Leonese, Galician, Spanish
habitational name from any of the places in Portugal (in the provinces of Alentejo and Beira Baixa) or Spain (in Aragon, Asturies, and Galicia) named Cuba, from cuba ‘barrel’ (from Latin cupa)... [more]
Cuda Slovak
Derives from the word name derives from cuda meaning "miracle".
Cuff English
From the english word "cuff"
Cung Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gong, from Sino-Vietnamese 恭 (cung).
Cust English
Metronymic short form of the given name Custance.
Cyle English
Variant of Kille.
Czak Polish
From Old Polish czakać meaning "to wait", or from the short form of a personal name such as Czabor or Czasław.
Czar Russian
Czar is Russian for Caesar. Czar was the title given to the emperor’s of Russia.
Daae Literature, Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Norwegian surname, originating in Trondheim in the 17th century. Also a variant of Daa, the name of a Danish noble family which originated in Southern Jutland in the 14th century... [more]
Daan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "old" in Cebuano.
Dabb English
Variant of Dobb, a pet form of Robert.
Dacy English
Variant of Dacey.
Dade Irish
Anglicized form of MacDaibheid, meaning "son of David".
Dady Irish
Variant of Deady.
Dady Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from a place called Dad, in Fejér and Komárom counties, or Dada, in Somogy and Szabolcs counties.
Daft English
This is an English surname which was especially associated with the Midland counties of the country. It derived from the Old English word of the pre-7th century "gedaeft" meaning "meek" or "mild", and as such it was a pre-Medieval personal name of some kind of popularity.
Dake English
The origins of the name Dake are from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the personal name David. Daw was a common diminutive of David in the Middle Ages. The surname is a compound of daw and kin, and literally means "the kin of David."
Dale Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Dall.
Dale Norwegian, Danish
Habitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse dalr "valley".
Dall Irish
Derived from Old Irish dall, a byname meaning "blind".
Dame French, English
From the old French dame, "lady" ultimately from Latin domina, "mistress".
Damm German
From a short form of a personal name containing the Old High German element thank "thanks", "reward".
Damm German, Danish
Topographic name from Middle High German damm "dike".
Dang Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Đặng.
Dáni Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian given name Dáni.
Dani Gujarati, Sanskrit
Indian (Gujarat): Hindu Vania name, from the Sanskrit epithet dani ‘liberal in giving’.
Dano French
Perhaps an altered spelling of French Danot or Danon, from pet forms of Jourdain or Daniel.
Dano Slovak, Bulgarian
Derived from the given names Daniel, Jordan or Danail.
Danó Hungarian
From a pet form of the given name Dániel.
Danz German
Derived from a given name, a short form of the name Tandulf, the origins of which are uncertain. (In some cases, however, this surname may have originated as a nickname denoting a person who liked to dance, from the Middle High German word tanz, danz "dance".)
Daou Arabic
Light.
Dara Khmer
It means star.
Dare English
This interesting surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may derive from the Olde English pre-7th Century personal name "Deora", Middle English "Dere", which is in part a short form of various compound names with the first element "deor", dear, and in part a byname meaning "Beloved"... [more]
Dark English
Nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion, from Middle English darke, Old English deorc "dark". In England, the surname is most frequent in the West Country.
Dass Indian, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Das.
Data Polish
Derived from German dato "date" or "day".
Date Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (da) meaning "this" and 達 (te) meaning "achieve, arrive at, intelligent".
Datu Filipino, Tagalog
Means "chief" in Tagalog.
Daum German, Jewish
Nickname for a short person, from Middle High German doum "tap", "plug", or dume, German Daumen "thumb".
Daus German
From Middle Low German dūs denoting the "two on a die or , the ace in cards" hence a nickname for a passionate card or dice player.
Dave Indian, Gujarati
Gujarati form of Dwivedi.
Daws English
"Son of David"
Daye Irish, Scottish
Comes from Irish Ó Déa (m) or Ní Dhéa (f) ... [more]
Daye English
Variant of Day.
Days Welsh
Patronymic from the personal name Dai, a pet form of Dafydd, with the redundant addition of the English patronymic suffix -s.
Daza Spanish
Derived from the Basque word "dazio", meaning "tax". It is a surname that is typically associated with the region of Navarre in Spain.
Deal English
Possibly from the place named Deal in Kent, England.
Dear English (Anglicized, Rare)
Possibly from a nickname meaning "dear".
Deas Scottish
From Old French dez meaning “dice.”... [more]
Debs French
From the given name Debus, a variant of Thebs or Thebus, which was an altered short form of Mattheus. This was borne by American union leader Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926).
Dede Turkish
Means "grandfather" in Turkish.
Deel Low German
Variant of Diehl.
Deen English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.
Deen Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic دين or Urdu دین (see Din).
Dees Irish
The surname Dees refers to the grandson of Deaghadh (good luck); dweller near the Dee River; one with a dark or swarthy complexion. Also considered of Welsh origin.
Dehn German
the Germanic ethnic name for someone from Denmark
Dema Spanish
1 Spanish: unexplained; it is associated with Uesca province, in Aragon.... [more]
Deol Punjabi
Sikh name based on the name of a Jat clan. Etymology unexplained.
Depp German
Derived from Germanic depp which is a nickname for a joker (person who plays jokes on others). A notable bearer is Johnny Depp, an American actor.
Dere Turkish
Means "creek, brook, stream" in Turkish.
De Sá Portuguese
Variant of .
Deva Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit देव (devá) meaning "heavenly, divine" or "deity, god".
Dhar Indian, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit उद्धार (uddhara) meaning "credit, deliverance, redemption".
Dhar Indian, Kashmiri
Meaning uncertain, possibly from an honourific title given to a village head, a strongman or a warlord.
Diab Arabic
Derived from Arabic ذئب (dhiʾb) meaning "wolf".
Diao Chinese
From Chinese 刁 (diāo) referring to the ancient state of Diao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. It was adopted due to being homophonous with the character 雕, which was the actual name of the state.
Diem German
German: from a reduced form of the personal name Dietmar ( see Dittmar ).
Diệp Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ye, from Sino-Vietnamese 葉 (diệp).
Diep Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Diệp.
Dier Jewish
the name allegedly means "dyer (of clothes)"
Dieu French, Walloon
From French dieu "god" given as a nickname for someone who played Christ in medieval mysteries or for a presumptious or an overly religious person, or from a short for of the given name Dieudonné.
Dijk Dutch
Means "dyke, levee" in Dutch.
Dill English
Nickname from Middle English dell, dill, dull "dull, foolish".
Dinç Turkish
Means "energetic, vigorous, active" in Turkish.
Ding Hui
From the Arabic surname al-Din.‎
Đinh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ding, from Sino-Vietnamese 丁 (đinh).
Dinh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Đinh.
Dinn English
From a short form of the personal name Dinis, a variant of Dennis.
Dion French
Meaning uncertain. It may be a habitational name from any of various locations called Dion or Dionne, derived from the Gaulish element divon- meaning "(sacred) spring" or Celtic dēwos meaning "god, deity"... [more]
Diop Western African, Wolof
From Joob, the name of a Wolof clan, derived from a totemic word meaning "black craned swan" or "peacock".
Dios Spanish (European)
Means "God" in Spanish.
Dirk Dutch, German
From the given name Dirk.
Dith Khmer
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá) meaning "scholar, teacher, learned man". It can also be considered a form of the Chinese surname Di.
Doak Scots
A Scots Gaelic name said to be either an Anglicized version of Dabhóc that is a pet form of the given name David or a pet form of the given name Caradoc.
Đoàn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Duan, from Sino-Vietnamese 段 (đoàn).
Doãn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yin, from Sino-Vietnamese 尹 (doãn).
Doan Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Đoàn.
Dobb English
From a nickname of Robert, a variant is Dobbs.
Doby English
From a diminutive of the given name Dob or Dobbe, itself a medieval diminutive of Robert (one of several rhyming nicknames of Robert in which the initial letter was altered; compare Hobbs).
Dock English, Scottish
Possibly a variant of Duke or Duck. Alternatively, could be derived from a place name such as Doxey.
Dock Norwegian
Habitational name from a farm called Dokk, from Old Norse dǫkk "pit, hollow, depression", itself from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz "dark".
Dock German
An occupational name for someone who worked with textiles, related to the German word Tuch "cloth, piece of fabric".
Dodd English
"Son of Dod." Variant of Dodds.
Dodo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 闐闐 (see Dondo).
Dogg English
From the word dog this is the stage surname of American rapper Snoop Dogg born Calvin Broadus Jr. (b. 1971)
Doğu Turkish
Means "east" in Turkish.
Dole English, Irish (Anglicized)
English: from Middle English dole ‘portion of land’ (Old English dal ‘share’, ‘portion’). The term could denote land within the common field, a boundary mark, or a unit of area; so the name may be of topographic origin or a status name... [more]
Dolf African
DOLF FAMILY OF CAPE TOWN
Doll Upper German, German, English
South German: nickname from Middle High German tol, dol ‘foolish’, ‘mad’; also ‘strong’, ‘handsome’.... [more]
Dome English
Occupational name from the Old English root doma, dema ‘judge’, ‘arbiter’. Compare Dempster.
Đồng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Tong, from Sino-Vietnamese 同 (đồng).
Donk Dutch
Means "sandy hill" in Dutch, specifically referring to a hill above a marsh or silty area. Element found in several place names.
Donn Scottish, Irish
Variant of Donne.
Dönz Romansh
Variant of Tönz.