Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the length is 5 or 10 or 15.
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Gouweleeuw Dutch
Means "golden lion", from an inflected form of goud "gold" and leeuw "lion". Probably given to someone who worked by or lived near a sign depicting a lion.
Gover English
Either a nickname from Middle English goe + faire — meaning "beautifully, gently, quietly" — or a variant of Govier.
Gowan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gobhann ‘descendant of the smith’.
Gowda Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada
From the ancient Telugu caste name gamunda meaning "village headman".
Goyal Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain, possibly a form of Agarwal.
Gozar Filipino
A filipino surname from the Spanish word "gozar," meaning "to enjoy."
Gozon Filipino
From Hokkien 五孫 (gō͘-sun) meaning "fifth grandson".
Gozzi Italian, Venetian
Meaning unknown.
Graaf Dutch
Means "count, earl", a Dutch cognate of Graf.
Graanoogst Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Occupational name for a person who harvested grain, derived from Middle Dutch grâen literally meaning "grain, cereal" and ôgest meaning "harvest". A famous bearer is the Surinamese soldier and politician Ivan Graanoogst (c... [more]
Grabe German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a dike or ditch, or habitational name from either of two places in Thuringia named with this word: Grabe and Graba.
Grace English
From the given name Grace
Grace English
Transferred from the given name Grace. Notable fictional bearer is Roy ... [more]
Grady Irish
From the Gaelic Gráda meaning "noble."
Graef Dutch, German
Variant form of Graf or De Graaf.
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).
Grainville French
Original French form of Granville, from locations in France called Grainville from the given name Guarin and ville "town" meaning "Guarin's town".
Grajo Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish meaning "Jackdaw".
Grala Polish
Nickname for a musician. Derived from Polish grać meaning "to play a musical instrument".
Grand French, Romansh
Derived from Old French grand, grant and Romansh grand "tall; large".
Grand English
Variant of Grant.
Grano Italian, Spanish
from grano "grain" (from Latin granum) probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a farmer or grain merchant.
Grant English, Scottish
From a medieval personal name, probably a survival into Middle English of the Old English byname Granta (see Grantham).
Grape Low German
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of metal or earthenware vessels, from Middle Low German grope "pot".
Grass English, German
Topographic name for someone who owned or lived by a meadow, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold hay, from Middle English gras, Middle High German gras "grass, pasture, grazing".
Grass Scottish
Occupational name, reduced from Gaelic greusaiche "shoemaker". A certain John Grasse alias Cordonar (Middle English cordewaner "shoemaker") is recorded in Scotland in 1539.
Grass Romansh
Derived from Romansh grass "fat".
Grato English
From a nickname given to somebody with grass-like hair, making this surname’s meaning “he with grass-like hair.”
Gratz German
From a short form of a Germanic personal name reflected by Old High German gratag 'greedy'
Graue German
Habitational name from a place so named near Hannover.
Graue German
Variant of Grau.
Grave English
Variant of Graves.
Grave English
Topographic name, a variant of Grove.
Grave French
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of gravelly soil, from Old French grave "gravel" (of Celtic origin).
Grave German
Either from the northern form of Graf, but more commonly a topographic name from Middle Low German grave "ditch", "moat", "channel", or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany named with this word.
Gravelotte French
Derived from a commune (town) in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, near Metz.
Greay English (Rare)
The name Greay originated when a family matriarch changed the name to differentiate between the two families with the same name Grey. There was a wedding between the two families and it was easier if the name was changed.
Greco Portuguese
Portuguese for Greco.
Greenblatt Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish Surname incorporating Yiddish/German elements meaning “Greenleaf.” Writer and storyboard artist C. H. Greenblatt (born 1972) most known for SpongeBob SquarePants is a famous bearer of this name.
Greenburgh German, Jewish
The surname Greenburgh is anglicized for the German Jewish surname Greenberg which translates into English as green mountain.
Greenfield English, German (Americanized)
habitational name either from any of numerous minor places called Greenfield, for example in Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire, from Old English grene "green" and feld "pasture, open country"... [more]
Greengrass English
Topographic name for someone who lived in a grassland or a grassy spot.
Greensmith English
Occupational name for a greensmith, a smith who works with lead.
Greenstein Jewish
From German, means "Green Stone".
Greet German
Americanized form of German Fried.
Gregg English
Derived from the given name Greg, a short form of Gregory or Gregor.
Greif German
Means "Griffin" in German. From the mythological creature.
Greig Scottish
From the given name Greig
Grell German
Nickname for an irritable or irascible person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German grellen "to be angry".
Grell German
Habitational name from a place named Grelle.
Grene English
Variant of Green.
Gretzinger German
Habitational name for someone from any of three places named Grötzingen (Old High German Grezzingun) in Baden-Württemberg.
Grewe German, Low German
Low German form of Graf via Middle Low German grave / greve.
Grieg Norwegian
Derived from the Scottish surname of Greig.
Gries Upper German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a sandy place from Middle High German griez meaning “sand pebble” or a shortened form of German Griese.
Griff Welsh
Short form of Griffith.
Grigahcine Berber (Rare, ?)
Meaning unknown, perhaps of Kabyle origin. A known bearer is DJ Snake, who was born William Grigahcine (1986-), an Algerian-French musician.
Grigoriyev Russian
Means "son of Grigoriy".
Grill German
From a nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German grille "cricket" (Old High German grillo, from Late Latin grillus, Greek gryllos). The insect is widely supposed to be of a cheerful disposition, no doubt because of its habit of infesting hearths and warm places... [more]
Grindstaff German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Frenzhof or Grenzhof, a place near Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg or Granzow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.
Grinfelder Croatian
Derived from German grün, "green", and feld, "field".
Grīva Latvian
Means "creek".
Groeneveld Dutch
Means "green field" in Dutch.
Groenewold Dutch, East Frisian
Cognate of Grünwald and Grünewald. Habitational name from any of various minor places so named from groen "green" and wold "wood forest".
Groenewoud Dutch
Derived from a place name meaning “green wood”.
Grohl German
Meaning uncertain, but likely a variant of Groll.
Groll German
Derived from grollen, 'to be angry', often used as a nickname for an angry or sulky individual.
Grond Romansh
Variant of Grand.
Gronkowski Polish
Originally indicated a person who came from Gronków, a village in southern Poland.
Grønn Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of Green.
Grote Low German
Low German form of Groß meaning "big, great".
Grove German
Form of Grob.
Grove French (Anglicized)
Anglicized spelling of the French surname Le Grou(x) or Le Greux (see Groulx)
Grove German
Variation of Graf.
Grove German
Habitational name from any of several places named Grove or Groven in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, derived from Middle Low Germany grove "hole, pit, ditch, channel"... [more]
Grove English
Variant of Groves.
Grozdanova Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Grozdanov, which means "son of Grozdan".
Grube German
Name for someone who lived in a depression or hollow, from Middle High German gruobe "pit", "hollow". See also Gruber.
Grube German
From the personal name Grubo.
Grzib Polish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Grzyb, mostly used outside of Poland.
Grzyb Polish
Meaning "mushroom", a nickname for an old man or simpleton, or signifying someone whose profession involved mushrooms.
Grzybalski Polish
From Grzybała with suffix -ski based on habitational names.
Grzybiński Polish
Habitational name from Grzybiny or Grzybina.
Grzybowski Polish
Habitational surname from Grzybów, Grzybowa or Grzybowo, all ultimately from grzyb meaning "mushroom".
Guadagnino Italian
It came from Italian word guadagno which means "earnings" and has a diminutive suffix ino which is also an occupation suffix.
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
Guarracino Italian (Americanized, Modern)
from a diminutive of a personal name derived from Guerra ‘war’.
Gucci Italian
Patronymic or plural form of the given name Guccio, a late medieval Italian diminutive of various names ending in go, such as Arrigo (via Arriguccio) or Ugo (via Uguccio)... [more]
Güçlü Turkish
Means "powerful, strong" in Turkish.
Guddi Somali
Woodworker
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.
Guengerich German (Americanized)
Potentially from German “junge” and “reich,” meaning “rich at a young age.” Anglicized by immigrants as either Guengerich or Gingrich.
Güero Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
A given nickname in latin America of a person with light features.... [more]
Guest English
Nickname for a stranger or newcomer to a community, from Middle English g(h)est meaning "guest", "visitor" (from Old Norse gestr, absorbing the cognate Old English giest).
Guèye Western African, Wolof
Variant of Gueye influenced by French orthography.
Gueye Western African, Wolof
From a clan name of uncertain meaning.
Guido Italian, German
From the given name Guido.
Guilleaume French, German
Possibly related to the French given name Guillaume.
Guion French
French: from the Germanic personal name Wido (see Guy 1).
Guiza Spanish
Spanish cognate of Arabic Giza.
Gulea Romanian
Aromanian.
Güleç Turkish
Means "smiling" in Turkish.
Güler Turkish
Means "laughing, smiling" in Turkish.
Güllü Turkish
Means "(made) with roses" in Turkish.
Guma'taotao Chamorro
Chamorro for "house of the people"
Gumma Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 群馬 (Gumma) meaning "Gumma", a former district in the former Japanese province of Kōzuke in present-day Gumma, Japan.... [more]
Gümüş Turkish
Means "silver" in Turkish.
Gunarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Gunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණරත්න (see Gunaratne).
Gunasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "talent, virtue, quality, merit" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Gunasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Gunasekara.
Gunasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුනසිංහ (see Gunasinghe).
Gunasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Gunatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Gunatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Güner Turkish
From Turkish gün meaning "sun, day" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Güneş Turkish
Means "sun" or "sunny" in Turkish.
Gunesekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණසේකර (see Gunasekara).
Güney Turkish
Means "south, southern" in Turkish.
Gunji Japanese
From Japanese 郡 (gun) meaning "county, district" and 司 (ji) meaning "officer, official, boss".
Gunma Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 群馬 or 郡馬 (see Gumma).
Gupit Filipino, Tagalog
Means "haircut" in Tagalog.
Guppy English
English habitational name from a place in Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, Gupehegh in Middle English. This is named with the Old English personal name Guppa (a short form of Guðbeorht "battle bright") + (ge)hæg "enclosure"... [more]
Gurel Turkish
Dynamism is the meaning of the name.
Gurgenidze Georgian
Means "son of Gurgen".
Gurry Irish
Variant of Gorry.
Gurusingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුරුසිංහ (see Gurusinghe).
Gurusinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, sage" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Gurutzeaga Basque
It means "of the cross".
Gusev Russian
Derived from Russian гусь (gus) meaning "goose".
Guðmundsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Guðmund"; not strictly used as a surname, and is also used as a patronymic.
Guttormsen Norwegian
Means "son of Guttorm" in Norwegian.
Güven Turkish
Means "trust, confidence" in Turkish, perhaps designating a trustworthy person or one who trusts in others readily.
Guyet French
Derived from Guy.
Guyon French
From a diminutive of Guy 1.
Güzel Turkish
Meaning "beutiful" or "pretty" in Turkish.
Guzzo Italian, Sicilian, Calabrian
From a late medieval personal name Guzzo, a shortened pet form of various personal names, for example Arriguzzo, from Arrigo (see Henry), and Uguzzo, from Ugo (see Hugh)... [more]
Gwenn Breton
From the given name Gwenn, also "Gwenn" mean white in breton
Gyasi Akan
Meaning unknown.
Gyatt English, French
Variant of Guyatt, Guyet, or Guyot, all diminutives of Guy.
Gyllenhaal Swedish
The name Gyllenhaal originated from Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal's father Gunne Olofsson Haal, who was from Hahlegården, a crown homestead in South Härene Parish in the county of Västergötland in West Sweden... [more]
Gyros Greek (Cypriot)
From Greek γύρω (gyro) meaning "round".
Haack German
One who lived at the bend or hook in the river. (See Hooker)
Haapa Finnish
Means "aspen tree" in Finnish.
Haapavaara Finnish
Means 'aspenhill'
Haber Maltese
Not to be confused with the German surname of the same spelling.
Haberfield German (Anglicized)
Partial anglicization of Haberfeld
Habib Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Habib.
Habibzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Habib" in Persian.
Hachimitsu Japanese
Means "honey"
Hadad Arabic, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Arabic حداد (see Haddad), also used by Jews.
Hadar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Hadar, means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.
Hadia Arabic
From the given name Hadia.
Hadjópulos Greek (Hispanicized, Expatriate), Mexican (Rare)
Spanish form of Greek Χατζόπουλος (see Chatzopoulos).
Hadzhiyska f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Hadzhiyski.
Hadzhiyski m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian хаджия (hadzhiya) meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from Arabic حَجّ (hajj).
Hadžiabdić Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage" and Arabic-derived عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant", added with the patronymic element -ić.
Hafer German, Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in oats, from German Hafer "oats". Compare Haber. As a Jewish surname, it is in many cases ornamental.
Hafez Arabic
Derived from the given name Hafiz.
Hafsteinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hafsteinn" in Icelandic.
Hagan Jewish
Hebrew, shortened from haganah which means soldier
Hagan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁgáin "descendant of Ógán", a personal name from a diminutive of óg "young".
Hagan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin "descendant of Aodhagán", a personal name formed from a double diminutive of Aodh meaning "fire".
Hagelstein German
nickname for a hot-headed irascible man from Middle High German hagelstein "hailstone" derived from the elements hagel "hail" and stein "stone"
Hagen German, Dutch, Danish
from the ancient Germanic personal name Hagen a short form of various compound names formed with hag "enclosure protected place" as the first element... [more]
Hager Dutch, North Frisian
From a Germanic personal name, either Hager, composed of hag "hedge, enclosure" and heri "army", or Hadegar, from hadu "battle, combat" and gar "spear" or garu "ready, prepared".
Haida Japanese
From 灰 (hai) meaning "ash, gray, grayish" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Haile Ethiopian
Meaning "power" or "might".
Haiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 灰屋 (haiya) meaning "ash store", referring to an ash fertilizer seller or a crematory operator.
Haiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 灰屋 (Haiya), a clipping of 京北灰屋 (Keikokuhaiya) meaning "Keikokuhaiya", an area in the ward of Ukyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.
Hakin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Hakizimana Central African
Means "God cures" in Burundian and Rwandan.
Hałas Polish
Means "noise, racket, din" in Polish, a nickname for a noisy or disruptive person.
Halås Norwegian
Habitational name, probably derived from Norwegian hard "hard, tough" (referring to hard or stony soil) and ås "hill, ridge".
Halas Hungarian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Hungarian Halász.
Halas Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Hałas "racket, noise".
Haliburton Scottish
Means "town fortified in stone". It comes from a combination of the Old Norse element hallr meaning rock (as in Halle 1) and of the Old English place name Burton, denoting a fortified town... [more]
Halim Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Cai (蔡), Lin (林) or Wu 1 (吳)... [more]
Halim Arabic
From the given name Halim.
Haljaspõld Estonian
Haljaspõld is an Estonians surname meaning "verdant field".
Halla Danish
Derived from the Old Norse HALLR, which means 'flat stone, rock' or 'sloping, leaning to one side'... [more]
Hallgrímsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Hallgrímur" in Icelandic.
Halls English
Variant of Hall.
Haltz Basque
Derived from Basque haltz "alder (tree)".
Halvarsson Swedish
Means "son of Halvar".
Hamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Hamad.
Hamdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hamdi.
Hamdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Hamdi.
Hamed Arabic
From the given name Hamed.
Hamel Dutch
Means "wether, castrated ram" in Dutch, an occupational name for a shepherd.
Hamel German, Jewish
Habitational name from the town of Hamelin, which sits on the Hamel river.
Hamel French
topographic name for someone who lived and worked at an outlying farm dependent on the main village Old French hamel (a diminutive from an ancient Germanic element cognate with Old English ham "homestead"); or a habitational name from (Le) Hamel the name of several places in the northern part of France named with this word.
Hamel English
Variant of Hamill.
Hamer English, German
From the town of Hamer in Lancashire from the old english word Hamor combining "Rock" and "Crag". It is also used in Germany and other places in Europe, possibly meaning a maker of Hammers.
Hames English, Welsh, Scottish
Son of "Amy", in Old English. An ancient Leicestershire surname.
Hamid Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Hamid 1 or Hamid 2.