Submitted Surnames of Length 6

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakase Japanese
Naka means "middle" and se means "ripple, current".

Nakata Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nakawa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relation, relationship" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakova Bulgarian

Nalick German (Rare), English (American, Rare)

Namaru Japanese

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a former large village in the former district of Aida in the former Japanese province of Mimasaka in parts of present-day Okayama, Japan.

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a division in the town of Kashima in the district of Kamimashiki in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.

Namdar Persian
Means "famous, celebrated" in Persian.

Nameda Japanese

Namiki Japanese
Nami means "wave" and ki means "tree, wood".

Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Namura Japanese

Nanaho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.

Nanami Japanese
From Japanese 七海 (nanami) meaning "seven seas".

Nánási Hungarian

Nangka Indonesian
Means "jackfruit" in Indonesian.

Nanjou Japanese
From Japanese 南 (nan) meaning "south" combined with 條 (jou) meaning "article", 条 (jou) with the same meaning as the previous, or 場 (jou) meaning "location".

Nanpei Micronesian

Nansen Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Patronymic name derived from an unknown given name.

Napier Scottish, English
Scottish occupational name for a producer or seller of table linen or for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house from the Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier, an agent derivative of Old French nappe ‘table cloth’ (Latin mappa)... [more]

Napora Polish
Nickname for an interfering person, Polish napora, derivative of napierać meaning ‘to insist on somebody doing something’.

Napper English
1 English: occupational name for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier. Compare Scottish Napier .... [more]

Naputi Chamorro
Chamorro name for "giving" (na') "pain" (puti).

Naquin French (Cajun)

Narain Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Fijian, Cook Islands Maori, Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian Creole
From the given name Narayan.

Narchi Brazilian

Naredo Spanish

Nareem Indian

Narida Japanese

Nariño Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Niveiro, Val do Dubra.

Narita Japanese
From 成 (nari) meaning "become", and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy".

Narita Japanese
From Japanese 成 (nari) meaning "become" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Narumi Japanese
Naru means "become". Mi means "veiw, outlook".

Narumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning "cry" and 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Naruse Japanese
From Japanese 成 (naru) meaning "become" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Naseeb Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Nasib.

Naseem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Naseer Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nasir.

Naseri Persian
From the given name Naser.

Nasers German
Habitational, derived from any of several places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.

Nashua South African

Nasiri Persian
From the given name Nasir.

Naskar Indian, Bengali
Derived from Bengali লস্কর (loshkor) meaning "army, legion, soldier", ultimately of Persian origin.

Naslen m Arabic
Naslen is an Arabic male name. It came from India. this means "good", "really", "heart". A notable bearer is the Indian actor Naslen born in (2000)

Nasoko Fijian

Nassar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناصر, نصير (see Nasser).

Nassau German, Dutch, Jewish
From the name of the town of Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (formerly the seat of an independent duchy in the 19th century), derived from Old High German naz meaning "damp, wet" and ouwa meaning "water meadow"... [more]

Nasser Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nasser German
Someone from any of the places called Nassen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, and Bavaria.

Nassim Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Nassir Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nassor African

Nassry Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Nasri.

Nastos Greek

Nasuti Italian
From Italian nasuto "nosey, big-nosed".

Nategh Persian
Means "orator, speaker" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic ناطق (nāṭiq).

Nathan English
From the given name Nathan.

Nathan Jewish, English, French, German, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Nathan.

Nathar Arabic

Nathon English
Variant of Nathan.

Nation English
Most probably a variant of Nathan, altered by folk etymology under the influence of the English vocabulary word nation

Natkho Circassian
Shapsug name possibly derived from Adyghe нат (nāt) meaning "Nart" (referring to a Caucasian saga) combined with хъо (χo) meaning "pig".

Natori Japanese

Natori Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 取 (toru) meaning "take, fetch".

Natsch Romansh
Truncated form of Jenatsch.

Navabi Persian
From the given name Navab.

Navajo Navajo

Navara Czech

Naveed Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navida Galician
Galician and Asturian-Leonese: habitational name from either of two places named Navia, in Galicia and Asturies.

Navidi Persian
From the given name Navid.

Navier French

Navone Italian

Nawada Japanese

Nawata Japanese

Nayeem Bengali
From the given name Nayeem.

Naylor English

Nayoka Papuan

Nayudu Indian, Telugu
Alternate transcription of Telugu నాయుడు (see Naidu).

Nayyar Indian

Nazari Afghan, Iranian

Nazari Swahili

Nazeer Urdu
From the given name Nazir 1.

Nazemi Persian
From the given name Nazem.

Nazeri Persian
From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".

Nazzal Arabic
Means "fight, combat, battle" in Arabic.

Ndiaye Western African

N’diaye Western African

Ndicka Western African

Ndlovu Southern African, Ndebele, Zulu
Derived from Ndebele or Zulu indlovu meaning "elephant".

Ndrita Albanian

Ndungu African

Neagoe Romanian
Derived from the given name Neagoe.

Nealey Irish (Anglicized)

Neaves English
Variant of Neeve

Nedden German (?)

Nedjai Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nedkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Nedko".

Nedley English

Neeley Irish
Reduced form of Mcneely.

Neeser German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Agnes.

Neeson Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Naois "son of Naois", usually Anglicized as Mcneese. Surname made famous by the actor Liam Neeson.

Neeson Dutch (Americanized), German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Niesen.

Neeves English
Variant of Neeve

Negley German (Swiss)
Altered spelling of Swiss German Nägele, Naegeli, or Nägeli, variants of Nagel.

Negoro Japanese

Negron Spanish, Italian
This surname is a most likely variant of the word and name Negro.

Negros Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish negro meaning "black". Named after an island in the Philippines.

Neifer German

Neilan English

Nejjar Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجار (see Najjar) chiefly used in Morocco.

Nekras Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)

Nellor English

Nellor English (American)

Nellor English (American)

Nelsen Danish
Means "son of Nels".

Nelvin English (American)
Female named after her uncle who surname was Melvin. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931.

Nemati Persian
From the given name Nemat.

Nemety Polish

Nemoto Japanese
Ne means "root" and moto means "root, source, origin".

Nemour Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nephus Greek
A Gods son who will become God

Nequiz Nahuatl
Possibly derived from the Nahuatl word 'Nequiztli' meaning "desirable" which most likely stems from 'Nequi' or "to want/desire."

Nerdon English (American)

Nerger German (Silesian)
My family name, Nerger, is listed in the "Deutsches Namenlexicon" by Hans Bahlow. The meaning, given in the lexicon, is "ernahrer" or provider.

Nerman Swedish
Possibly a combination of Swedish nedre "lower, southern" and man "man".

Nerome Japanese

Nesher Hebrew (Modern)
Means "eagle" in Hebrew.

Nesimi Albanian

Nessim Spanish, Jewish, Hebrew
Hebrew for 'miracles'. Name was originally Bar-Nisim; 'Children of the Miricle'

Nestle German
Variant of Nestler.

Nestor English
Transferred use of given name Nestor

Nestor Irish
Derived from the surname Mac Girr an Adhastair (sometimes shortened to Mac an Aghastair), meaning "Short man of the halter." The Mac Girr an Adhastair were associated with the local lords, the Ó Lochlainn family.

Netjes Dutch
Possibly a matronymic from of a diminutive form of Annetje. Coincides with the Dutch word for "tidy, neat" or "decent, proper."

Netley English
Locative name from Netley Marsh in Eling (Hants), which is recorded as Nateleg in 1248. The place name derives from Old English næt "wet" + lēah "open woodland".

Nettle English

Netzke German (Silesian)

Neuber German
Contracted form of Neubauer.

Neuger German, French (?)
Was popularized by the German community. Famous bearers include investors Win Neuger and Dan Neuger, author Christie Cozad Neuger.

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

Nevala Finnish
From Finnish word 'neva', which is a marsh type and '-la', a suffix used for places.

Nevels English, Scottish
(1) Variant of Neville (2) Possibly variant of Dutch Nevens, which is derived from Neve, from Middle English, Old Norse, Middle Dutch neve ‘nephew’, presumably denoting the nephew of some great personage.

Nevera Filipino

Nevins English

Nevins Irish
Variant of Nevin 2.

Newark English
A habitational name taken on from a place name, such as Newark in Cambridgeshire or Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire.

Newham English
Habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Northumbria and North Yorkshire, so named from Old English neowe "new" and ham "homestead".

Newitt English
Possibly derived from Middle English newete "newt", or perhaps from the Dutch personal name Nout.

Newlin English, Irish
An Irish surname meaning "By the the spring"

Newsom English
Variant of Newsome.

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Neziri Albanian
Derived from the given name Nezir.

Ngando French

Nganga Central African

Ngatai English

Ngatai Maori

Ngatai Maori

Nghiêm Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yan, from Sino-Vietnamese 嚴 (nghiêm).

Nghiem Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Nghiêm.

Nguite Central African

Ngumba Kongo
From Kongo meaning "mountain".

Niagra Italian

Niazai Pashto
Most likely from Persian نیاز (niyaz) meaning "need, necessity, desire, wish" (see Niaz or Niyaz) combined with Pashto زوی (zoy) meaning "son (of)"... [more]

Nichai Thai

Nichel Portuguese (Brazilian)

Nichol English

Nickal German
Variant of Nickel

Nickel German, Dutch
From the given name Nickel, a medieval short form of Nikolaus. Compare Nichols.

Nickey English

Nicola Italian

Nicole English

Nicoli Italian
Variant of Niccoli.

Niecko Polish

Nieddo Italian, Sardinian, Corsican
Variant of Nieddu.

Niegas Filipino

Niella Spanish (Latin American)

Nielle French

Nieman Dutch
Means "new man", a cognate of German Neumann. Can also derive from Middle Dutch nieman "no one, nobody", a byname for an unknown or otherwise nameless person... [more]

Niépce French

Niesen Dutch, German
Means "son of Nies", a reduced form of the personal names Dennis or Agnes.

Niggli German (Swiss), Romansh
Variant of Nigg in combination with the diminutive suffix -li.

Niidas Estonian
Niidas is an Estonian surname derived from "niide" meaning "hay harvest", "mowing" and "hay crop".

Niidre Estonian
Niidre is an Estonian surname relating to "niide" (hay harvest).

Nijhof Dutch
From a place name derived from nij "new" and hof "court, yard, farmstead".

Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".

Nijino Japanese
Made up of the kanji 虹, meaning "rainbow", and 乃 ,meaning "of"。... [more]

Nikala African

Nikbin Persian
In Farsi (Persian) 'nik-' means good, and 'bin' means 'seeing'. ... [more]

Nikita Bengali

Nikkel German, Dutch
From a short form of the personal name Nicholas.

Niknam Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and نام (nam) meaning "name".

Niksha Indian

Nikšić Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian

Nimaev m Buryat (Russified)
Means "son of Nima".

Nimira Russian

Nimitz German
Derived from Russian немчин (nemchin) meaning "German", of Slavic origin. This surname was borne by Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966), a fleet admiral of the United States Navy during World War II.

Nimura Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nipper German
1. habitational name for someone from Nippe in Hesse. ... [more]

Nippon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Nishat Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nishat.

Nishii Japanese
Nishi means "west" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Nishii Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nishio Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nissan Hebrew, Jewish
Ornamental name from the name of the Jewish month during which Passover takes place.

Nissim Jewish
From the given name Nissim.

Nistor Romanian
From the given name Nistor.

Nitobe Japanese

Nivana Indian

Nivola Sardinian

Niwano Japanese
From niwa and no.

Niyaaz Maledives

Njeshi African

Nkenge Kongo

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

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

Noceda Spanish
Spanish surname derived from the word "nocedal" meaning "field of walnut trees" it denoted a person who lived or came from such place.

Nocito Italian
from Latin nucetum (Italian noceto) "walnut orchard" applied as either a topographic name for someone who lived by such a place or as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.

Nocton Irish (Americanized)
Americanized form of the patronymic form of Naughton, further related to Ó Neachtain, meaning "(descendant) of Nechtan" and coming from the Uí Néill clan of Ireland... [more]

Noddle Hebrew

Noelle French
Noelle is a French And Latin Name That Means Chirstmas its Also a film About A Girl Named Noelle

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

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

Nõgene ‎ Estonian
Nõgene is an Estonian surname derived from "nõgine" meaning "sooty" or "nõges" meaning "nettle".

Nogler Romansh

Nohara Japanese

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

Noirot Breton, French

Nojima Japanese
A variant of Noshima.... [more]

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."

Noland Irish, French
Irish: variant of Nolan.... [more]

Nomita Indian

Nomizu Japanese
No means "field, wilderness" and mizu means "water".

Nõmmik Estonian
Nõmmik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath forest" or "heath stand".

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

Nomoto Japanese
"Field origin".

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".

Nonell Spanish

Nonnin French (Rare)

Noodla Estonian
Noodla is an Estonian surname meaning "seine/fishing area".

Noodle Hebrew

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]

Nopcsa Hungarian

Nordal Norwegian
Variant of Nordahl.

Nordby Norwegian, Danish
The first half of the word nord is derived from the Old Norse word norþr which means "north", while the second half of the word by is derived from the Norwegian word byr or bo meaning "farmstead" or "settlement"... [more]

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

Nordio Italian
Probably derived from a given name containing the element nord "north", of Frankish or Germanic origin.

Norell Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait" and the common surname suffix -ell.

Norida Japanese

Norita Japanese

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

Norrby Swedish
The first half of the word Norr is derived from the Old Norse word norþr which means "north", while the second half of the word by is derived from the Old Swedish word byr meaning "farmstead" or "settlement"... [more]

Norrin Finnish

Norway English
From the country in Europe.

Norwel English
English surname meaning "From the North Spring"

Nosaka Japanese

Nosaki Japanese

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).

Noskov m Russian

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

Noszka Russian

Notley English

Notomi Japanese

Nottal Romansh
Derived from the given name Notal.

Notter German (Swiss)
Variant of Nater.

Nottet French, Belgian, Flemish
Derived from given names using the French diminutive -otte, such as Ernotte.

Nouken Central African, Cameroonian

Nõupuu Estonian
Nõupuu is an Estonian surname meaning "vessel tree/wood".

Nourse English
Variant of Norris 2, from norice "nurse".

Novais Portuguese

Novara Italian

Novaya f Russian
Feminine form of Novyy.

Nowack German
Variant of Nowak.

Nowagk German
German form of Novak.

Nowara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

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

Noyori Japanese

Nozaki Japanese

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).

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

Nsenga Central African

Ntsako South African

Nubian Hebrew

Nugent English, Irish, French
An English, Irish (of Norman origin) and French habitational surname derived from any of several places in northern France (such as Nogent-sur-Oise), From Latin novientum and apparently an altered form of a Gaulish name meaning "new settlement".

Nuhiji Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Nukhao Thai
Means "white mouse" in Thai.