Submitted Surnames of Length 5

Round English
Variant of Rounds.

Rouse English
nickname for a person with red hair, from Middle English, Old French rous ‘red(-haired)’

Roush German (Americanized), English (American), English
Derived from Rausch.

Rouss French

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]

Röver German
This surname was originally used as a derogative nickname for an unscrupulous individual, from Middle Low German rover meaning "pirate, robber."

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]

Rowle English

Roxan English

Royal English
From the given name Royal.

Royel Bengali

Royse English
From the medieval female given name Royse the medieval form of Rose. Variant of Rose 2.

Rozin Ukrainian

Rozio Italian

Rubie English

Rubin Jewish
From the given name Reuben.

Rubin French, German, Slovene, Croatian, Czech, Slovak
metonymic occupational name for a jeweler, from Middle High German rubn Old French rubi Slovenian and Croatian rubin Czech and Slovak rubín "ruby"... [more]

Rubiu Italian
From Sardinian runiu "red", cognate to Rubio.

Rucci Italian
Patronymic from the personal name Ruccio, from a short form of various pet names formed with this suffix, as for example Gasparuccio (from Gaspari) or Baldassaruccio (from Baldasare).

Rudat German (East Prussian)
Variant of Rudatis.

Rudel English
Derived from the location of Ryedale or Rydal

Rudén Swedish (Rare)
Swedish rud "clearing" (compare Ruud) combined with the common surname suffix -én.

Rudyk Ukrainian
Nickname for a person with red hair.

Rueda Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word "rueda" meaning "wheel."

Ruess German

Ruffy English

Ruffy Swiss
From a either of two places so named in Marne only one of which (in Vertus) still exists. Known bearers of this surname include the Swiss politician Eugène Ruffy (1854-1919), and Swiss politician Victor Ruffy (1823-1869).

Rufio Spanish (Mexican)

Rúfus Slovak

Rufus English

Rugby English
From Rugby, Warwickshire. Originally named *Rocheberie, from Old English *Hrocaburg, 'Hroca's fort', the name was altered due to influence fort Danish settlers, with the second element being replaced with Old Norse byr, 'farm'.... [more]

Rukaj Albanian

Rukki Estonian
Rukki is an Estonian surname derived from "rukis", meaning "rye"

Rulfo Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)

Rulli Italian

Rummo Estonian
Rummo is an Estonian surname, derived from "rumm" ("rum").

Runds Germanic (Rare)
The Runds surname most likely originated near the Rhine river. It comes from the Proto-Celtic word, rūnā, meaning mystery/mystic. The coat of arms dates back to the middle ages and consists of a black shield with three gold crescent moons... [more]

Runge German
From the old word "runga", meaning stick or whip

Rünne Estonian
Rünne is an Estonian surname meaning both "attack" and "to make inroads into something".

Rusak Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish

Rusby Scottish, English
Alternative spelling of Busby, a parish in Renfrewshire. A name well represented in the Penistone, and Cawthorne districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Rusch Low German
Derived from Middle Low German rusch "quick, rash, hasty; unkempt", this was a nickname for a quick or unkempt, unrefined person.

Rusch German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Rudolf.

Rusch German
Derived from Middle High German and Middle Low German rusch "rush reeds".

Rushe English, Irish
Variant of Rush

Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Ruszo Czech

Ruuge Estonian
Ruuge is an Estonian surname meaning "pale brown" or "dark blonde" or "sorrel" colored.

Ruutu Estonian
Ruutu is an Estonian surname meaning "diamond".

Ruxer French

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

Ružić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from ruža meaning ''rose''.

Ryall English
From any of several places in England named from Old English ryge "rye" + hyll "hill".

Ryals English
English occupational surname.

Ryang Korean
North Korean form of Yang.

Ryans English
Variant of Ryan.

Rybak Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Jewish
Means "fisherman" in some Slavic languages. Derived from the word ryba "fish". A famous bearer is Byelarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak (b. 1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.

Rybka Polish

Rydén Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and the common surname suffix -én.

Rylah English (Rare)

Rylee English (American)
Variant of Riley.

Ryles English

Rymer English
Occupational name for a poet.

Ryons English

Ryser English
Variant of Reiser based on the English word riser.

Ryuen Japanese (Rare)
龍 (Ryuu) means "Dragon" and 円 (En) means "Circle, Round". En also can also mean "Garden" in this surname. ... [more]

Ryuko Japanese (Rare)

Rzasa Polish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pond where duckweed grew, from Polish rzasa ‘duckweed’.

Saame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).

Saara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶新 (see Chashin).

Sääsk Estonian
Sääsk is an Estonian surname meaning "midge" and "gnat".

Sabag Hebrew
Israeli modern form of Sabbagh.

Sabah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Sabah.

Sàbat Catalan
From a nickname or personal name bestowed on someone born on a Saturday, which was considered a good omen (Late Latin sabbatum, Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew shabat "Sabbath").

Sabat Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazi) ornamental name from German Sabbat "Sabbath".

Sabat French
Nickname for a noisy, rowdy person, from Middle French sab(b)at "noise", "racket".

Sabba Russian (Anglicized)
From the given name Sabba.

Saber Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Šabić Bosnian, Croatian

Sabir Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Sabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.

Sable Indian

Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Sabry Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Sacca Italian

Saccà Italian
From Arabic سقى (saqa) "to give water", a nickname for a water carrier.

Sačer Croatian

Sacha Polish

Sache French

Sacré French

Sadah Arabic

Sadat German (Rare)
The last name Sadat means "master" and "gentleman," and is originally a religious last name which was popular in the west, more precisely in Germany.

Saddi Italian

Sadek Arabic
From the given name Sadiq.

Sadel Estonian

Sadeq Arabic
Gulf Arabic

Sadeq Arabic
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadik Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadio African

Sadiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sadiq.

Sadjo Central African

Saeed Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Sa'id.

Saeki Japanese
This surname is used as 佐伯, 三枝木 or 佐柄木 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 伯 (haku, eki) meaning "chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", 柄 (hei, gara, e, tsuka) meaning "design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 伯 (eki) meaning "official, count, earl".

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 冴 (sae) meaning "clear, serene" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Saeli Thai
Form of Li 1 used by Chinese Thais.

Saeng Thai
Form of Wu used by Chinese Thais (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).

Saëns French
From the given name Saëns

Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.

Şafak Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.

Safee Malaysian

Safer Jewish
Variant of Safir.

Safir Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name from northeastern Yiddish dialect safir and German Saphir ‘sapphire’.

Safka Russian, Ukrainian
From Russian за́втрак savtrak, meaning “breakfast”.

Sagan English (American)

Sagar Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu
From the given name Sagar.

Sagat Marathi

Saget Jewish

Sağır Turkish
Means "deaf" in Turkish.

Sagou Japanese

Sagun Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Sahagún.

Sagwa Eastern African

Saham Indian

Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar

Sahib Arabic
It means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.

Sahie African

Sahni Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Possibly from Sahni, the name of a village in Punjab.

Sahoo Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Sahu.

Saida Japanese

Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.

Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.

Saïed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sa'id, influenced by French orthography and chiefly used in Tunisia.

Saied Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'id.

Saigo Japanese

Saiia Italian

Saijo Japanese

Saijo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 西城 (see Saijō).

Saijō Japanese
From Japanese 西 (sai) meaning "west" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Saika Japanese

Saiki Japanese

Sailo Mizo
Sailo means ‘Silo’ in Mizo.

Saimu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宰 (sai) meaning "superintend" and 務 (mu) meaning "task; duty", referring to someone who would supervise or administer others.

Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.

Saint English, French
Nickname for a particularly pious individual, from Middle English, Old French saint, seint "holy" (Latin sanctus "blameless, holy"). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, especially on the Continent, and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname.

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Saenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho. This given name was originally derived from the Latin name Sanctius a derivative of the Latin word 'sanctus', meaning 'holy'.

Saipe English
English: perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Wiltshire named Stype.

Saise English, Welsh
From the welsh ‘sais’ meaning ‘englishman’.

Saita Japanese

Saiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Saiyō).

Saiyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Sajid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sajid.

Sajin French
1 French: metonymic occupational name for a satin merchant or specialist satin weaver, from Middle French satin ‘satin’, a word of Arabic and (ultimately) Chinese origin, a derivative of the Chinese place name Tsinkiang, whence satin silk was brought to the Middle East and Europe in the Middle Ages.... [more]

Sakae Japanese

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左官 (sakan) meaning "plasterer".

Sakan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐官 (sakan) meaning "field officer".

Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".

Saker English
Occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, derived from an agent derivative of Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag".

Saket Arabic (Maghrebi)
An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.

Sakib Bengali
From the given name Shakib.

Sakii Japanese
Saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Sakka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 属 (see Sakan).

Sakoh Japanese

Sakon Japanese
A notable bearer is the actor Peter Sakon Lee.

Sakou Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 向 (kō) meaning "facing".

Sakyi Akan
Meaning unknown.

Salae Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Salae, a Thai form of Salih.

Salah Arabic
From the given name Salah 1.

Salam Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Salam.

Salas Spanish, Galician, Aragonese, Portuguese, Catalan, Asturian
Habitational name from places named with salas, plural form of sala, meaning "room, hall" in Spanish and Asturian. Also an anglicized form of the Hungarian name SZÁLAS "tall".

Saleh Arabic
From the given name Salih.

Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.

Salia Arabic

Salib Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Egyptian Christian derived from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) meaning "cross, crucifix".

Salic Filipino, Maranao
Derived from the given name Salic.

Salih Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Salih.

Salim Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Filipino, Tausug, Maguindanao
From the given name Salim.

Salis Romansh
Derived from Italian salice "willow".

Salis Sardinian
Variant of Sale.

Salla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Romanian
Variant of Sala.

Salle English

Sallo Estonian
Sallo is an Estonian surname. It is a corruption of "salu", meaning "grove" or "copse".

Salma Indian

Salmi Finnish
Means "a strait" in Finnish.

Salsa Arabic

Salti Greek, Armenian

Saluz Romansh

Salya Indonesian

Samad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Samad.

Sambo Batak

Sameh Arabic
Derived from the given name Samih.

Samer Arabic
From the given name Samer.

Samet German, Jewish, Yiddish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of velvet, from Yiddish samet ‘velvet’ (German Samt, ultimately from Greek hexamiton, a compound of hex ‘six’ + mitos ‘thread’).

Samih Arabic
From the given name Samih.

Samir Arabic
From the given name Samir 1.

Samis Dutch, German
From a pet form of the personal name Samuel.

Samit Thai

Samma Estonian
Samma is an Estonian surname derived from either "sammal" meaning "moss" or "sammas" meaning " column", "pillar" and "post".

Samoa Samoan

Samon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 左 (sa, sha, hidari) meaning "left" or 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

Sanbe Japanese
From Japanese 三 (san) meaning "three" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sanda Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Sande Norwegian
Habitational name from any of forty or more farmsteads so named, especially on the west coast, from the dative case of Old Norse sandr meaning "sand", "sandy plain", "beach".

Sande German
Variant of Sand.

Sando Japanese

Sandt German

Sandy English (African)

Sanet ?

Sanin Russian
Means "son of Sana".

Sanjo Japanese
Variant transcription of Sanjou.

Şanlı Turkish
Means "famous, glorious, magnificent" in Turkish.

Santa Hungarian

Santa Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Sante Old Celtic
It is a surname of Northern Italy (Cisalpine Gaul). It means sacred or holy.

Santi Italian (Latinized, Archaic)
Santi is a surname of Christian inspiration and it means Son of Santo (Saint). It also has a second meaning in plural that is Santos (Saints). Santi is a last name that comes from Piedmont (northern Italy)... [more]

Santu Basque (Latinized, Modern)
It's a Basque surname and its meaning is hallowed or holiness.

Santy Celtic (Latinized, Modern)
It means saint, sacred or holy. In the Gaelic language is sanctaidd.

Sapir Hebrew
Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.

Sapru Kashmiri (Modern)
Sapru people were a nomadic clan originally from Iran that moved across Asia and settled in Kashmir.

Saqib Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Saqib.

Saraç Turkish
Means "saddler, saddlemaker" in Turkish.

Sarah English

Sarai Indian, Punjabi

Šaran Bosnian

Sarap Estonian
Sarap is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel".

Sarda Italian
From the feminine form of Sardo or from sarda "large sardine" either a nickname or occupational name for selling sardines.

Sardo Italian, Catalan
Ethnic name from sardo "Sardinian".

Sarii Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sarin Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.

Sarip Filipino, Maranao, Maguindanao
Derived from the given name Sarip.

Sarna Polish
IT COMES FROM POLAND FROM LONG-AGO ANCESTORS

Saroj Indian

Sarré English
“apologetic”

Sarus Hungarian

Sasai Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Saska Croatian
Name given to someone from Saxony. From Croatian “saska” which translates to Saxony.

Sassa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 左雨 (see Sasame).

Sasse German
Variant of Sachs via the form Sachse.

Sassi Estonian
Sassi is an Estonian surname derived form "sassis" meaning "disheveled", "tangled", and "unkempt".

Sassu Italian
From Sardinian sassu "stone".

Sassy Arabic (Egyptian)

Satch English

Sathi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Thai
Alternate transcription of Sethi.

Satoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Satō.

Satoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Satou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).

Sauji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" and 氏 (shi) meaning "family, clan". This may also be a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Saudji)... [more]

Sauve' French
Sauve' from France to Canada. Changed probably due to an "a" and an "o" confusion in cursive. My granfather's was typo-ed on WW II old men's sign up in MA. or RI, USA.

Savas Greek
From the personal name Sav(v)as, New Testament Greek Sabbas, a derivative of Sabbaton "Sabbath", "Saturday".

Savaş Turkish
From the given name Savaş.

Savić Serbian
Means "son of Sava".

Savio Italian
Italian nickname given to a wise, sage man. Saint Dominic Savio is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Savko Ukrainian
From a pet form of the personal name Sava (see Savas).

Savra Indian

Savva Greek (Cypriot)
From the given name Savvas.

Sawai Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and i means "mineshaft, pit, well."

Sawai Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sawdy English

Sawka Polish

Saxby English (British)
Saxby is the surname of the character Stella Saxby from the book Awful Auntie, by David Walliams. Saxby means "Grand" .

Saxen Finnish (Rare)

Saxer German (Swiss), Romansh
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sax or Saxe.

Saxon English
Derived from the tribe of the Saxons from the Anglo-Saxon element seaxa "a Saxon" derived Germanic elements sahso and sahsaz derived from sahsą "knife"... [more]

Sayal Punjabi

Sayed Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sayyid.

Saygı Turkish
Means "respect, esteem" in Turkish.

Sayın Turkish
Means "dear, esteemed" in Turkish.

Sayon African

Sayre English

Sayto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Saitō more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Sazak Turkish
Sazak means soft, warm breeze.

Sbeit Arabic

Scala Italian, Greek
Habitational or topographic name from any of various places named with scala, "ladder", "steps", "wharf".

Scale Jamaican Patois, Southern African

Scali Italian
Habitational name from Scali in Piedimonte Etneo, Sicily. From greek skali, "step", "terrace".

Scali Italian
Variant of Scala.

Scamp English
Variant of Camp with a prosthetic -s.

Scarr English
Derived from the word ‘skjarr’ meaning a rocky outcrop / hill

Schau Norwegian
Variant of Skau.

Schau German

Schie German
From a nickname that meant "shy".

Schöb Romansh
Derived from the given name Eusebius.

Schön German, Swedish
Derived from Middle High German schoene "beautiful, friendly".

Schot Dutch
Name originates from the German name "Schott," meaning peddler. Shortened in late 17th century.

Schou Danish
Topographic name for someone who lived by a small wood, from a Germanized form of Danish skov 'wood', 'forest', 'copse'.

Schue German, Jewish
Variant of Schuh.

Schug American, German
From the German word Schuh "shoe". ... [more]

Schuh German, Jewish
Occupational name for a maker or repairer of shoes, derived from Middle High German schuoch meaning "shoe". In some cases, it may have denoted a person to a house distinguished by the sign of a shoe.

Scifo Maltese

Scime Italian
Possibly from the given name Simone 2, from Shimei or Shemesh, or from the Arabic root word شمس (shams or sams) "sun".

Scion French (Rare)

Scire German

Scutt English

Seale Found in South Africa St Helena and the United States of America (Americanized, Modern, ?)

Seals English

Sealy English
Derived from Old English sælig "blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy" and was used as a term to describe someone with a cheerful, happy disposition.

Seare English

Sears English
Version of Sayer. Used in the United States. Famous bearer of the name is Richard Warren Sears, one of the founders of Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Seaux French