Browse Submitted Surnames

Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."

Murao Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Murase Japanese
rom Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Murata Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muroi Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Murong Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 慕容 (mùróng), the name of a Xianbei tribe.

Muroya Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Musleh Arabic
Derived from the given name Muslih.

Muslim Arabic
From the given name Muslim.

Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.

Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutsu Japanese (Rare)
Similar to Mutsumi, Mutsu means "order".

Muyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muzyka Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Belarusian музыка (muzyka) or Ukrainian музика (muzyka), both possibly derived from German Musiker meaning "musician".

Muzzi Italian
From the Latin given names Mucius or Mutius (see Muzio), possibly derived from mutus "mute, silent"... [more]

Ndour Western African

Neuser German (Rare)
Person who had ancestors that lived in Germany near Dusseldorf in the town called Neuss.

Newby English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English niwe "new" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement".

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Nobira Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."

Nobori Japanese

Nogami Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

Nogita Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Nohda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nojima Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nojiri Japanese
No means "rice paddy, field" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Nokawa Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Nolte German
From a short form of various medieval given names derived from Germanic given names ending with -n and wald meaning "rule", for example Arnold and Reinwald... [more]

Nomizu Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Nomori Japanese (?)
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".

Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nonaka Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Noonan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuanáin (from Irish Gaelic Ó hIonmhaineáin) meaning "descendant of Ionmhaineán", a diminutive of the given name Ionmhain "beloved, dear". ... [more]

Nordén Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" and the common surname suffix -én.

Nordh Swedish
Variant of Nord.

Norida Japanese

Norita Japanese

Norman Swedish
Combination of Swedish norr "north", or in some cases nor "narrow strait of water", and man "man".

Nōsawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nosawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).

Nosho Japanese
From 納 (no) meaning "payment, supply, acceptance" and 庄 (sho) meaning "village, manor, hamlet."

Nosoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nusuku).

Notoh Japanese
Variant of Noto.

Notomi Japanese

Notou Japanese
Variant of Noto.

Nouda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nouri Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nur.

Novaya f Russian
Feminine form of Novyy.

Novyy m Russian
Means "new" in Russian.

Nowara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Noyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Nozaki Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Nozawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nozoe Japanese
Possibly from 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 末 (soe) meaning "end, tip, conclusion, final".

Nozoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nukhao Thai
Means "white mouse" in Thai.

Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading or transcription of Nukutō.

Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 貫 (nuku) meaning "pierce; go through" and 渡 (to) meaning "go across, migrate".

Nukutō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 抽く (nuku) meaning "to pull out; to draw out" and 冬 (tō) meaning "winter".

Numan English, German (Anglicized)
Variant of Neumann. A famous bearer is English musician Gary Numan.

Numata Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nureki Japanese
From 濡 (nu, nure) meaning "wet" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Nusuku Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 野底 (Nusuku) meaning "Nosoko", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Obaid Arabic
From the given name Ubayd.

Obeid Arabic
From the given name Ubayd.

Omran Arabic
Derived from the given name Umran.

Osama Arabic
Derived from the given name Usama.

Osame Japanese
From Japanese 納 (osame), a variant spelling of 納め (osame) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".... [more]

Osman Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Uthman.

Othman Arabic
From the given name Uthman.

Ousman Western African
From the given name Ousman.

Paonil Thai
From Thai เปา (pao) meaning "judicial officer, referee, umpire" and นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black".

Phòng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Fang 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 房 (phòng).

Phong Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Feng (酆), from Sino-Vietnamese 酆 (phong).

Phutsa Thai (Rare)
Means "jujube" in Thai.

Pōhānō Hawaiian
This surname means "wheezy."

Polhem Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Polhammar, itself of uncertain origin. A notable bearer was Swedish scientist and inventor Christopher Polhem (1661-1751).

Poljak Croatian
Means "Polish". It is a cognate of Polyak.

Polka German, Polish
Variant of German Polk, also a feminine form for the surname Polak, and comes from the given female name Apolonia.

Pomart French

Pompei Italian
Derived from the given name Pompeo, an Italian form of Latin Pompeius "of Pompeii", or a habitational name taken directly from the toponym Pompei... [more]

Ponzi Italian
Patronymic form of Ponzio.

Popiel Polish
Means "ash" in Polish.

Potot Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano putot meaning "short person", "flower bud" or "young coconut fruit".

Poulos Greek
Denotes kinship. Derived from the Latin pullus, meaning "offspring, chick"

Pounds English
From the Old English word "pund," which has two primary occupational meanings relevant to the surname's etymology. The first is a reference to someone who lived near or worked at a "pound," which was a public enclosure for stray or dis-trained livestock... [more]

Povkh Ukrainian
Means "ground rat" in Ukrainian.

Powis English
The English of Welsh Surname Powys, which derives from the place "Powys" in Wales.

Powles Welsh, English
Patronymic form of Powell or the given name Paul.

Poyraz Turkish
Means "north wind" in Turkish, of Greek origin.

Puhar Serbian (Modern, Rare)
The last name of the contestant Mirjana Puhar from America's Next Top Model, who originally was born in Serbia. She died on February 24, 2015, aged 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pujol Catalan, French
Catalan and French variant of Puig. Spanish tennis player Marcel Granollers (1986-) bears this name.

Pulisz Maltese
Variant of Pulis

Punla Tagalog
Means "seedling, sprout" in Tagalog.

Putsin m Russian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Putin.

Puyat Tagalog
Means "sleepless" in Tagalog.

Puyol Catalan
Catalan variant of Pujol. It is borne by the retired Spanish soccer player Carles Puyol (1978-).

Reuben English, Jewish
From the given name Reuben.

Rhode American
Comes from the state 'Rhode Island' in America

Robard French

Róbert Hungarian, Slovak
From the given name Róbert.

Roblès French
French form of Robles.

Rocher French
From French roche, meaning "rock'. It indicates a person who worked at a quarry.

Rodin Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Rode, and related to the Old Czech root rád "merry", "joyful".

Roith Old Irish
Roith, Ruith = "Wheel" / Mug Ruith/Mogh Roith = "Servant of the wheel"... [more]

Rojan Spanish
Variant of Rojas.

Rokuno Japanese
Roku means "six" and no means "field, wilderness".

Rokuro Japanese (Rare)
Means "potter's wheel" or "pulley" in Japanese.

Rolls English
Possibly derived from the Latin word rotus, meaning "wheel". It would indicate one who built wheels as a living. A famous bearer was American inventor and entrepreneur Charles Rolls (1877-1910), founder of the Rolls-Royce Ltd along with Henry Royce (1863-1933).

Romána Spanish, Hungarian (Rare)
Feminine form of Román.

Romaña Spanish
Habitational name from the Italian city of Romagna.

Romeu Portuguese
From the given name Romeu.

Romie Italian
From a diminutive of Roman or its derivative names.

Romwe English
likes to dress up

Ronan Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rónáin "descendant of Rónán" a personal name apparently based on a diminutive of rón "seal".

Roose English, Dutch, German
Variant spelling of Rose 1, Rose 2, Roos or Ross.

Roosta Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian روستا‎ (see Rousta).

Rosati Italian
Variant of Rosato.

Rosell Swedish
Combination of ros "rose" and the common surname suffix -ell.

Rosén Swedish
Combination of Swedish ros "rose" and the common Swedish surname suffix -én.

Roshdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.

Rothy Belgian (?)

Rouget French
Derived from the French adjective rouge meaning "red" combined with the French masculine diminutive suffix -et.

Rouse English
From a nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, derived from Old French rous "red", from Latin russus "red, reddish-brown".

Rousta Persian
Means "village" in Persian.

Routh English
From the village and civil parish of Routh in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (recorded in the Domesday book as Rutha). The place name may derive from Old Norse hrúedhr meaning "rough shaly ground"... [more]

Rovelo Spanish

Rover English, German (Anglicized)
This surname is derived from Middle English roof (from Old English hrof) combined with the agent suffix (i)er, which denotes someone who does/works with something. Thus, the surname was originally used for a constructor or repairer of roofs.... [more]

Rovira Catalan
Topographic name for someone who lived by an oak wood, from Catalan rovira meaning "oak wood, oak grove".

Rowell English
From a diminutive of Rowland or Rolf or a location name meaning "rough hill".

Rozema Frisian
Possibly a contraction of Roelfsema meaning "son of Roelf" or derived from Roos. Also spelled Rosema, Roosma, Rozeman.

Rozhko Ukrainian, Russian
From Ukrainian and Russian рожок (rozhok), a diminutive form of the word "horn" in both langauges.

Ruacho Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly from rúa, "street".

Runai Japanese
Japanese: written 船井 'boat' and 'well'

Ruotsi Finnish
Variant of Ruotsalainen.

Rushdi Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.

Rushdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.

Ružek Czech
It means "rose". Derived from name Ružena.

Saoud Arabic
From the given name Saoud.

Sewell English
Habitational name derived from any of several places called Sewell, Showell, Sywell, Sowell, or Seawell, all derived from Old English seofon "seven" and wille "well, spring".

Sewell English
Derived from the Middle English given names Sewal(d) and Siwal(d), variants of Old English Sigeweald, composed of sige "victory" and weald "power, authority, rule".

Sobhi Arabic
Derived from the given name Subhi.

Sobhy Arabic
Derived from the given name Subhi.

Sobral Portuguese
Means "cork oak grove" in Portuguese.

Sobue Japanese
From Japanese 祖 (so) meaning "ancestor", 父 (bu) meaning "father" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Sochan English (American)

Soeda Japanese
From Japanese 添 (soeru) meaning "attach" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sofia Spanish
From the given name Sofia.

Sofian Arabic
Derived from the given name Sufyan.

Sogami Japanese
Variant of Sokami.

Sohrab Persian, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sohrab.

Sokha Khmer, Cham

Sokić Croatian
Derived from Turksh sokak, meaning "street". The word is still used in Croatian meaning "little street, alley". Most people with this surname live in Cernik, Croatia.

Solmaz Turkish
Means "colourfast, unfading" in Turkish.

Somai Japanese
A notable bearer is Shinji Somai (1948-2001). He was a film director.

Soman Indian
Indian (Kerala, Tamil Nadu): Hindu name from Sanskrit soma ‘moon’ + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.

Sombat Thai
From Thai สมบัติ (sombat) meaning "wealth; fortune; property".

Someya Japanese
From Japanese 染 (some) meaning "dye, colour, paint" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sonobe Japanese

Sonoda Japanese
From Japanese 園 or 薗 (sono) meaning "park, garden, orchard" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sonoo Japanese
Sono means "garden" and o means "tail".

Sonoya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sonotani.

Soong Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Song.

Sopha Thai, Lao
Means "beautiful, fine" in Thai and Lao.

Sorime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 反り (sori), the continuative form of 反る (soru) meaning "to curve" and 目 (me) meaning "visual feature", referring to a curved landscape of a field.

Sorto Medieval Spanish
Means “luck” or “destiny” from medieval Spanish, derived from Latin surtus

Sosbe English
Variant of Sosby

Sosby English
Possibly a variant of Soulsby

Sotelo Spanish
From any of various places in Galicia named Soutelo, derived from Galician souto meaning "grove, plantation".

Sōtome Japanese
Variant reading of 早乙女 or 五月女 (Saotome).

Sotome Japanese
Variant transcription of 早乙女 or 五月女 (Sōtome).

Sototo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).

Sototō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Hokaatari).

Souta Japanese
From Japanese 颯 (sō) meaning "sudden, sound of the wind" and 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations. Also used as a given name.

Souter English, Scottish
Occupational name for a cobbler or shoemaker, derived from Middle English soutere, ultimately derived from Latin sutor "shoemaker, cobbler".

Souto Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Soto.

Sovern English, French, German, Dutch
Sovern is a modified spelling of Sovereign meaning a ruler or monarch.

Sovin Russian
Derived from Russian сова (sova) meaning "owl". This may have been a nickname for a night person. This is a Russian noble surname.

Sowden English
This surname denotes a place where sows (pigs) were kept. It derives from Old English sugu “sow” and denu “valley”. Notable bearers of this surname include English watercolourist John Sowden (1838-1926), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania William Henry Sowden (1840-1907), as well as South Australian journalist William John Sowden (1858-1943).

Sower English
Occupational name for someone who scatters seeds, derived from Middle English sowere.

Soylu Turkish
Means "noble" in Turkish.

Subhan Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian
Derived from the given name Subhan.

Sudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sudou Japanese
Variant transcription of Sudo.

Sueoka Japanese
From the Japanese 末 (sue) "end" and 岡 (oka) "hill."

Sufian Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Sufyan.

Sugai Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sugano Japanese
From the Japanese 菅 (suga or kan) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Kanno.

Sugase Japanese
From 菅 (suga) meaning "reed, sedge, rush" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, shoal, ripple".

Sugaya Japanese
From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Sugida Japanese
Variant of Sugita.

Sugie Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Sugiki Japanese
Sugi means "pine, fir tree" and ki means "tree, wood".

Sugino Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sugiya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Suguri Japanese (Rare)

Suguro Japanese

Suhail Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Suhail.

Suichi Japanese
Su means "oil" and ichi means "market".

Suksai Thai
Means "bright, brilliant, radiant" in Thai.

Suksi Thai
From Thai สุข (suk) meaning "joy, happiness" and ศรี (si) meaning "glory, honour, splendour".

Suksri Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สุขศรี (see Suksi).

Sulick Polish
Derived from the Polish given name “Sułislaw,” which is composed of the elements “sun” and “sław,” which mean “sun” and “glory”. It is thought to have originally referred to someone who was associated with the sun or who was considered to be illustrious or famous.

Sulit Filipino, Tagalog
From a nickname derived from Tagalog sulit which can mean "test, gain" or "return of something borrowed, remittance".

Sultán Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sultan.

Sumen Japanese

Sumida Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sumita Japanese
From Japanese 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sumiya Japanese

Sumura Japanese
From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sunabe Japanese

Sunada Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sunako Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 砂 or 沙 (suna) both meaning "sand" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".

Suñga Filipino, Pampangan
Old spelling of Sunga. Despite other names like Pañganiban or Pañgilinan falling out of use in favor of their untilded forms, Suñga is still used, with Sunga being much more common.

Sunga Filipino, Pampangan
Possibly means "the first breath of a newborn".

Sungur Turkish
Means "falcon" in Turkish.

Surkov m Russian

Susilo Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Lin (林) or Luo (羅). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.

Suthar Indian, Gujarati
Variant of Sutradhar.

Suwabe Japanese
A notable bearer is Junichi Suwabe, a singer and voice actor.

Suwan Thai
Means "gold" in Thai.

Suwano Japanese

Suyama Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Tautou French, Occitan
Derived from French tatou meaning "armadillo". It may have originally been given to a person who resembled an armadillo in some way. A famous bearer is the French actress and model Audrey Tautou (1976-).

Tawfik Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tawfiq.

Thorén Swedish
Combination of the name Thor (possibly derived from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -én.

Tobar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.

Tobías Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Jewish
From the given name Tobías.

Tobing Batak
Means "riverbank, edge" in Batak. It is also used as a short form of Lumbantobing.

Tofiño Spanish
Surname of Vicente Tofiño (de San Miguel y Wanderiales), an 18th century Spanish navigator, cartographer, and cosmographer. The meaning of the name Tofiño is unknown.

Togami Japanese
From Japanese 十神 (togami) meaning "ten gods".

Toguri Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Tohkin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).

Tokaji Japanese

Tokiai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 伽藍 (see Garan).

Tōkin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 (see Zukin).... [more]

Tokin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).

Tokino Japanese
From 時 (toki) meaning "time, moment" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Tokiwa Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "管" meaning "Organize", and "和" meaning "Normal", "Japanese". Other combinations possible.

Tokoro Japanese
As a surname it is often spelled as to meaning "field, wilderness" and koro means "spine, road".

Tokuda Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tokui Japanese

Tokuma Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 間 (ma) meaning "pause".

Toledo Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Toledo in Spain, derived from Latin Toletum of uncertain meaning.

Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.

Tomáš Czech, Slovak
From the given name Tomáš.

Tomasi Italian
From the given name Tomaso.

Tomei Italian
Patronymic form of Tomeo. Famous bearers include American actresses Marisa Tomei (1964-) and Concetta Tomei (1945-).

Tomeo Italian
From a short form of the given name Bartolomeo.

Tomer Hebrew
From the given name Tomer.

Tomida Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and da comes from ta meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Tomii Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Tomiie Japanese (Rare)
Tomi means "wealth, abundance, fortune" and ie means "house, home, building, family, dwelling, residence, habitation".

Tomino Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and no means "field, plain".

Tomita Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, fortune" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Tomobe Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and be means "section, division".

Tomoki Japanese
From 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and meaning 木 (ki) "tree, wood".

Tomono Japanese
From 伴 or 友 (tomo) meaning "companion, friend" meaning and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tomose Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and se means "ripple, current".

Tomoya Japanese
Variant of Tomotani.

Tongu Japanese

Tonkin English, Scottish
Derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Antony; from the nick. Tony, and with diminutive suffix Ton-kin.

Tôn Nữ Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 孫女 (tôn nữ) meaning "granddaughter", originally used as a title for various royal women belonging to the Nguyễn dynasty.

Toohey Scottish Gaelic
Modern form of the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic O' Tuathaigh meaning the descendant of the chief.

Toono Japanese

Topal Turkish
Means "lame, crippled" in Turkish.

Topçu Turkish
Means "cannoneer, gunner, artilleryman" in Turkish.

Topps English
Variant of Topp.

Toprak Turkish
Means "earth, soil, land" in Turkish.

Topuz Turkish
Means "mace, knob, club" in Turkish.

Torabi Persian
From the given name Torab.

Torii Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 居 (i) meaning "seat, abode".

Torino Japanese
Tori means "bird" and no means "field, rice paddy".

Torino Italian
Habitational name from the capital city of Piedmont, Italy, called Turin in English.

Torino Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Tore 2, a short form of Salvatore, or from the medieval given name Toro.

Torio Japanese
Tori means "bird" and o means "tail".

Torisu Japanese

Torun Turkish
Means "grandchild" in Turkish.

Tosun Turkish
Means "bullock" or "healthy, plump, stout" in Turkish.

Totaka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Totani Japanese
From 戸 (do) meaning "door", and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Totsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 十 (to) meaning "10" and 都 (tsu) meaning "all; everyone".

Touch Khmer
From Khmer តូច (touch) meaning "small".

Toujou Japanese
From Japanese 東 (tou) meaning "east" and 條 or 条 (jou) meaning "paragraph".

Toukin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).

Touzov Russian
Female version is Touzova.

Toyota Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tozaki Japanese
Variant of Tosaki.

Tozawa Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Tozer English
Tozer is a surname commonly believed to have originated in Devon, South West England. It is a reference to the occupation of carding of wool which was originally performed by the use of teasels (Latin carduus), via the Middle English word tōsen, to tease (out).

Tozuka Japanese
Variant of Totsuka.

Tuason Filipino
Variant of Tuazon.

Tuazon Chinese (Filipino)
From Hokkien 大孫 (tōa-sun) meaning "eldest grandson".

Tuđman Croatian
Derived from Croatian tuđin meaning "foreigner, stranger". This was the surname of the first president of Croatia, Franjo Tuđman (1922-1999). He was also the ninth and last president of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, which was part of the former state of Yugoslavia.