Submitted Surnames of Length 6

Rudner German
German: unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Redner.

Rudolf German
From a personal name composed of Old High German hrōd "renown" and wolf "wolf", equivalent to English Ralph. This name is also found in Slovenia.

Ruedig German
Variation of Rudig.

Rueger German
The name was likely first bestowed on someone thought to have the characteristics of a heron as a nickname, eventually becoming a hereditary surname.

Ruelas French
A last name common in Mexico which is believed to have derived from the French word ruelle (or Portuguese word ruela) meaning lane or alley.

Ruesch German (Swiss), Jewish
Swiss/German variant of Rusch. Meaning "shaggy," "bristly," "unkempt," or "quick."

Rufaro Shona
It is a form of the Shona name Mufaro.

Ruffin English
From the medieval French male personal name Ruffin, from Latin Rufinus, a derivative of Rufus (literally "red-haired one")... [more]

Rugova Albanian

Ruibal Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the council of Moraña.

Ruican Romanian

Ruiter Dutch
Derived from the Dutch noun ruiter meaning "rider, horseman".

Ruland German
Medieval form of Roland.

Rumbia Indonesian
Named after the rumbia fruit in Indonesia.

Rumble English
Descended from the personal name Rumbald/Rombold, which is composed of the Germanic elements hrom "fame, glory" and bald "bold, brave".

Rummel German, Dutch
North German and Dutch: variant of Rommel.... [more]

Rumney English
Variant of Romney.

Rumple German
It is derived from Rumbald, an Old German personal name.

Runcie English, Scottish
Derived from Latin runcinus, and related to the Old French "roncin", for a horse of little value. Middle English, Rouncy, as in Chaucer's Cantebury Tales.... [more]

Rundle English
Cornish surname of unknown origin, possibly related to Arundel.

Rüngas Estonian
Rüngas is an Estonian surname meaning "rock" and "cliff".

Runion English

Runner English (American)
Probably an altered spelling of German Ronner, annoccupational name for a runner or messenger, a lightly armed mounted soldier. Compare Renner. UK The surname Runner was first found in Lancashire. One of the first records of the family was found in the year 1246 when Alan de Runacres held estates in that shire... [more]

Ruosch Romansh
Derived from the given name Ambrosius.

Ruotsi Finnish
Variant of Ruotsalainen.

Rupnik Slovene

Rushen English
Originally denoted a person who lived near a marsh, noted for its rushes (see Rush). A famous bearer of this surname is the American singer Patrice Rushen (b. 1954).

Rusher German (Americanized)
Americanized version of the German surname Rüscher or Roshcer. Either a topographic name for someone who lived among rushes or an occupational name for someone who created things out of rushes.

Rushly English

Russet English

Rüster German

Ruston English

Rutman Jewish, German
1. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rothman. ... [more]

Rutter English
Either (i) "player of the rote (a medieval stringed instrument played by plucking)"; or (ii) from a medieval nickname for a dishonest or untrustworthy person (from Old French routier "robber, mugger")... [more]

Rüütel Estonian
From the Estonian word rüütel, meaning "knight".

Rüütli Estonian
Rüütli is an Estonian surname, meaning "chivalric".

Ruvolo Italian
From Sicilian ruvolo "sessile oak".

Ryalls English

Rybkin Russian
From rybka, meaning "little fish".

Rybski Polish
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Rydell Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and the common surname suffix -ell.

Rydell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Riddell.

Ryšavý Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak last name meaning "red-haired".

Ryūjin Japanese
It means "Dragon God" or "Dragon King". Using the kanjis 龍 (ryuu, ryou, tatsu) meaning "dragon", and 神 (kami, jin or shin) meaning "god". It can be read as Tatsugami as well.

Ryuuen Japanese
Most common transcription of Ryuen, meaning "dragon garden".

Ryuuko Japanese

Ryzeck Polish

Rzayev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Rza".

Rzepka Polish
from rzepka, diminutive of rzepa ‘turnip’, either a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a peasant who grew root vegetables.

Rzonca Polish
Nickname from Polish dialect rzonca, standard Polish rzodca ‘land steward’.

Rzucek Polish

Saabir Somali

Saadat Persian
Means "happiness" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic سعادة (sa'adah).

Saadiq Pakistani
Rare variant of Sadiq.

Saarik Estonian
Saarik is an Estonian surname meaning "ash tree stand".

Saarma Estonian
Saarma is an Estonian surname derived from "saarmas", meaning "otter".

Sabado Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish sábado meaning “Sabbath, Saturday”.

Sabagh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صباغ (see Sabbagh).

Sabato Italian
From sabato "Saturday".

Saberi Persian
From the given name Saber.

Sabino Italian
From the given name Sabino

Sablan Spanish
Of Savoy.

Sabnis Hindi

Sachan Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit सचान (sácāna) meaning "kind, friendly".

Sachse German
Variant of Sachs.

Sadaki Japanese

Saddam Arabic
Derived from the given name Saddam.

Sadiku Albanian

Sadile English
1 English (mostly Lancashire): probably a variant of Sale .... [more]

Saeeda Iranian

Saeedi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.

Saehak Thai
From the Chinese surname Hao.

Saekhu Thai
From the Chinese surname Qiu.

Saelao Thai
Form of Liu used by Thais of Chinese descent, formed with Thai แซ่ (sae) denoting Chinese family names.

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

Saelee Thai
Alternate transcription of Saeli.

Saelim Thai
Form of Lin used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Saelin Thai
From the Chinese surname Lin.

Saetae Thai
Form of Zheng used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Saetan Thai
Form of Chen used by Chinese Thais (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

Sæter Norwegian
Variant of Sæther.

Saetia Thai
Form of Zhang (via the Teochew romanization) used by Thais of Chinese descent, formed with Thai แซ่ (sae) denoting Chinese family names.

Saetta Italian
Means "lightning" in Italian.

Safaei Persian
From the given name Safa.

Safara Nigerian

Safari Persian
From the given name Safar.

Safdar Urdu
Derived from the given name Safdar.

Safeya Muslim
• Safeya is derived from the SAD-F-A root which is used in many places in the Quran, This name derives from the Arabic “Ṣafi”, meaning “pure, confidante, best friend”. Safiyya bint Huyayy was a Jewish woman captured from the Banu Nadir tribe at age 17, who became Muhammad's wife... [more]

Šafran Croatian
Means "crocus, saffron".

Safran Jewish

Safrit English

Safwan Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwan.

Safwat Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwat.

Sagala Batak

Sagami Japanese
Variant of Sakami.

Sagara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (saga) meaning "nature, custom, fate, destiny" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, ease".

Sagawa Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Saggio Italian

Sagisu Japanese

Sağlam Turkish
Means "firm, hard, strong" in Turkish.

Sahabi Iranian
Possibly from Arabic صَحَابِيّ‎ (ṣaḥābiyy) meaning "companion", from the verb صَحِبَ‎ (ṣaḥiba) "to accompany, to be one's companion".

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" or 佐 (Sa), a clipping of 佐野 (Sano), a former manor in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan, and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field"... [more]

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 左 (sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".

Sahara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara).

Saharu Japanese

Sahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶畑 (see Chabata 2).

Sahlén Swedish
Variant of Sahlin.

Sahler Jewish, German

Sahlin Swedish
Swedish sal "hall, large room" (possibly from a place name containing this element) combined with the common surname suffix -in.

Sahota Indian (Sikh)
A sikh surname meaning ‘hare’, derived from the name of a Jat clan.

Sahota Indian, Punjabi
Derived from Punjabi ਸਹਿਆ (sahia) meaning "hare".

Sahryu Japanese

Saifan Hebrew
Last name and surname... [more]

Saikia Indian, Assamese
From a military title used during the Ahom Kingdom that indicated an official who commanded 100 soldiers. The title itself is derived from Assamese শ (xo) meaning "hundred".

Sailer English
Variant spelling of Saylor.

Sailor English
Variant of Saylor.

Säinas Estonian
Säinas is an Estonian surname meaning "ide/orfe" (a freshwater species of fish; genus Leuciscus).

Sainei Korean (Japanized, Rare)
From Japanese 載寧 (Sainei), the Japanese reading of Korean Hanja 載寧 (Chaeryŏng/Jaeyeong) meaning "Chaeryŏng", a clan or a county in province of South Hwanghae in North Korea where the clan originated.

Saipov Uzbek, Kyrgyz
From a given name derived from Arabic صائب (sayib) meaning "just, true, right".

Saique Filipino

Saique Filipino
Saique means ‘sovereign’ or ‘supreme ruler’

Saisho Japanese

Saitoh Japanese

Sajjad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sajjad.

Sakabe Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sakada Japanese

Sakade Japanese

Sakagi Japanese
Variant of Sakaki.

Sakaki Japanese

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakane Japanese
From the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) "slope" or 酒 (saka or sake) "alcohol" and 根 (ne) "root."

Sakano Japanese

Sakano Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sakata Japanese

Sakata Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakate Japanese

Sakato Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakatō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakagashira).

Sakaue Japanese

Sakawa Japanese

Sakaya Japanese

Sakemi Japanese

Sakhno Ukrainian
Sakhno could be a derivative of the Russian surname Sakhalinsky (Сахалинский), the Polish surname Saczkowski, the Serbian surname Šakota (Схакота), or the German surnames Sachs and/or Sackhoff... [more]

Sakino Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Sakong Korean

Šakota Serbian
From šaka, meaning "hand"

Sakota Japanese
From Japanese 迫 (sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakuda Japanese

Sakuma Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Sakura Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Sakuta Japanese

Salaeh Thai (Muslim)
Alternate transcription of Salae.

Salama Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salaün Breton, French
Form of the given name Solomon.

Saleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Salim.

Salehi Persian
Derived from the given name Saleh.

Salemi Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from a place so called in Trapani.

Salene English

Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]

Salimi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Salinš Latvian
Topographic name for someone living on an island, from a derivative of Latvian sala meaning ‘island’.

Sallam Arabic
Derived from the given name Salam.

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Salles English

Sallis English
A name for someone who lives where sallows grow - sallows being a type of willow, from the Middle English 'salwe'.

Sallow English (Rare)
Sallow comes from the medieval word for willow tree. It is a location surname.

Salman Arabic, Urdu, Turkish
From the given name Salman.

Salter English
Occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt (a precious commodity in medieval times), from Middle English salt 'salt' + the agent suffix -er.

Salvín Spanish

Salzer German
For someone who worked with salt from Middle High German salz "salt" (from Latin sal).

Samadi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Samad.

Samaha Arabic
Derived from Arabic سَمْح (samḥ) meaning "magnanimous, generous".

Samake Western African

Samara Greek
Variant of Samaras.

Sameer Arabic, Dhivehi, Urdu
From the given name Samir 1.

Sameth Jewish, German, Yiddish
Variation of Samet.

Samiri Albanian

Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.

Sammal Estonian
Sammal is an Estonian surname meaning "moss".

Sammel Estonian
Sammel is an Estonian surname meaning "moss".

Sammul Estonian
Sammul is an Estonian surname meaning "pace" and "step".

Samper Catalan
Habitational name from any of the places in Catalonia called Sant Pere, generally as the result of the dedication of a local church or shrine to St. Peter (Sant Pere).

Sample English, Scottish

Samson Filipino
From Min Nan 三孫 (sam-sun) or 三孙 (sam-sun) meaning "third grandchild".

Sámuel Hungarian
From the given name Sámuel.

Samune Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 実 (sane) meaning "fruit seed" and 宗 (mune) meaning "principle; aim; purpose; meaning; gist", referring to a land with many fruits or with rich fertility.... [more]

Samura Japanese
Sa means "support, assist" and mura "village, hamlet" or "town".

Samzun French

Sanara Indonesian

Sanata Japanese

Sancti Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
Sancti or Santi is a Italian surname in the north of Italy, Cisalpine Gaul or Galia Citerior also known as Galia Togata. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.

Sancto Medieval Italian (Latinized, Modern)
It comes from the Latin and it means hallowed or holiness.

Sandén Swedish
Combination of Swedish sand "sand" and the common surname suffix -én.

Sandeo Italian

Sandhu Indian, Punjabi
From Sindhu, the Sanskrit name for the Indus River.

Sandia Spanish (Latin American)

Sandra Central African

Sandri Romansh
Italianized form of Tschander.

Sangma Garo
The clan name of a folklore writer from Northeast India.

Sanjay Hindi

Sanjoh Japanese

Sanjou Japanese
From Japanese 三 (san) meaning "three" and 條 or 条 (jou) meaning "paragraph".

Sankey English, Irish
Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, which derived from the name of an ancient British river, perhaps meaning "sacred, holy." ... [more]

Sanogo Mossi
Not available yet.

Sanogo Western African

Sansuk Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสนสุข (see Saensuk).

Santee English
A topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree.

Santin Istriot

Santin Venetian
Venetian diminutive of Santo.

Santis Medieval Italian (Latinized, Archaic)
It means holliness, hallowed, saintly, sainted, sanctity. It is a surname that corresponds with Italian Celts families (Italo-Celtic family groups), more precisely in Piemonte or Piedmont (north of Italy).

Santra Indian

Sanusi Nigerian

Sanyal Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Senlal (or Sen Lal) in present-day Bangladesh.

Sanzio Italian
Meaning: Holy or Blessed.

Sapien French

Sapiro Jewish
Varient of Shapiro.

Šaraba Serbian

Sarabi Iranian

Sarada Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皿 (sara), an assigned character to 更 (sara) meaning "new; unused" and 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", referring to unused farmland.

Sarado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Saragi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Sarago Italian
From Italian sarago "fish".

Sarasa Japanese (Rare)
Means "chintz" in Japanese.

Sarata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 皿田 (see Sarada).

Sarcos Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Sardar Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu
From a title meaning "chief, leader", derived from Persian سر (sar) meaning "head, authority" and the suffix دار (dar) meaning "possessor".

Sarder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali সরদার (see Sardar).

Sareen Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सरीन or Punjabi Gurmukhi ਸਰੀਨ (see Sarin).

Sargis Armenian
From the given name Sargis.

Sarkar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
From the Persian title سرکار (sarkar) meaning "lord, supervisor, overseer".

Sarker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Sarkar.

Sarkis Arabic, Armenian (Expatriate)
From the given name Sarkis.

Sarley English

Sarnow Polabian (Germanized), German
From the village of Sarnow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Surname of the mayor of Stralsund Karsten Sarnow.

Sarōdo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.

Sarodo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Sarott Romansh

Sarpei Akan
Meaning unknown.

Sarrià Catalan
Catalan habitational name from any of the places named Sarrià or Sàrria, in Catalonia.

Sarris Greek
Derived from Turkish sari meaning "blond, fair-haired".

Saruta Japanese
From Japanese 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sarver English, Jewish
English and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) occupational name from Old French serveur (an agent derivative of server ‘to serve’), Yiddish sarver ‘servant’.

Sarwar Urdu, Bengali
From the Persian title سرور (sarvar) meaning "lord, master".

Sasago Japanese

Sasako Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Sasala Rukai

Sasame Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左 (sa) meaning "left", -s-, used to represent epenthesis between 2 vowels or a possession marker, and 雨 (ame) meaning "rain; rainfall".

Sasano Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains". Other characters are also possible.

Şaşmaz Turkish
Means "infallible" in Turkish.

Sasori Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 佐曽利 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help," 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once" and 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit."

Sasser English

Sassow Polish

Sastri Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Kannada and Telugu variant of Shastri.

Sastry Indian
Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit šāstrī ‘versed in the Shastras’ (from šāstra ‘book of rules’, ‘religious treatise’).

Sastry Indian, Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Satake Japanese

Satake Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Sather Anglo-Saxon
Sather is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the ancient chapelry of Satterthwaite found near Hawkeshead in Lancashire. This surname was originally derived from the Old English elements soetr meaning shield and pveit meaning pasture... [more]

Satoda Japanese
From Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice field"

Satoki Japanese
Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".

Satomi Japanese
Sato means "village" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".... [more]

Satoya Japanese
Sato means "village" and ya means "valley".

Sattar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Sattar.

Satten Latvian, Russian, Jewish
Americanized version of Sattenstein or Schattenstein

Saturn Russian

Sauble English

Saudji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Sauji).

Saukko Finnish
Means "otter" in Finnish.

Šaulis Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys meaning "rifleman".

Saulog Filipino

Savant French
Nickname from savant ‘learned’, a nickname for a university graduate or a particularly knowledgeable person.

Savard French
Either from Old French savart meaning "wasteland" or the Germanic elements sab of uncertain meaning and hard meaning "brave, hardy".

Savary English
Variant of Savery

Savath Lao
Means "sincere, open, beautiful" in Lao.

Savaya African

Savela Finnish
Derived from Finnish savi "clay". Savela is also a place in Helsinki and Jyväskylä.

Savell English
English variant of Saville.

Savery English
Originally from the given name of Germanic origin, Savaric

Savile English
Variant of Saville.

Savini Italian

Savino Italian
From the given name Savino.

Savoia Italian (Archaic)
A Italian royal court name.

Savoie French

Savoir French

Savory English
Variant of Savery

Sawabe Japanese

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Sawada Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sawaki Japanese

Sawano Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Sawant Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta) meaning "universal, complete, entire".

Sawara Japanese (Rare)
Sawara (椹) is a type of cypress native to Japan

Sawara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐原 (see Sahara).

Saward English

Sawata Japanese

Sawdey English (American)
Variant of Sawdy.

Saxena Indian, Hindi
Traditionally believed to be derived from Sanskrit सखिसेना (sakhisena) meaning "friend of the army", from सखा (sakha) meaning "friend, companion" and सेना (sena) meaning "army"... [more]

Saxton English
Habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire, possibly also one in Cambridgeshire, both so named from Old English Seaxe "Saxons" and tūn "enclosure, settlement".

Sayago Leonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Sayagu.