This is a list of submitted surnames in which the length is 7.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
AADLAND NorwegianDerived from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland "land by the river".
AARDEMA FrisianThe surname Aardema is a patronymic from the personal name Aart, a local variant of Arend, + -ma, a Frisian suffix of origin.
AASSALU EstonianAassalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lea (open grassy area) grove".
ABAJIAN ArmenianThe surname Abjian is a patronymic from Turkish abacι ‘maker or seller of coarse woolen cloth or garments’, from aba ‘coarse woolen cloth’.
ABASYAN ArmenianThis is a last name. Abasyan's were Kings and Queens, having Kingdoms from the years 750-1280.
ABELSON EnglishThis name derives from the surname Abelson, meaning "son of Abel." Patronymic.
ABERGEL Judeo-SpanishMeans "one-legged" or "one-footed" in Moroccan Arabic, from Arabic رِجْل
(rijl) meaning "leg, foot".
ABITBOL Judeo-SpanishMeans "father of drums" (figuratively referring to a drum maker) from Arabic أَبُو
(abū) meaning "father" and طَبْل
(ṭabl) meaning "drum".
ABKHAZI GeorgianMeans "Abkhaz person" in Georgian, referring to a member of the Abkhaz ethnic group inhabiting the Black Sea coast. This was the name of a Georgian family of princely status descended from the Shervashidze ruling family of Abkhazia.
ABRUZZO ItalianRegional name for someone from the Abruzzi, a mountainous region of Italy east of Rome (cf.
ABRUZZESE).
ABUNDIS Spanish (Mexican)The surname Abundis is patronymic from the Old Spanish personal name Abundio, ultimately from Latin abundus ‘abundant’, ‘plentiful’.
ABURAYA Japanese (Rare)Made with (Abura) 油 "Oil", and 谷 (Ya) "Valley". Shigeru Aburaya is a notable bearer; he specializes in marathon running, and long-distance running in general.
ACKROYD EnglishTopographic name from northern Middle English
ake "oak" and
royd "clearing".
ADAMSKI PolishName for someone from a place called Adamy, Adamowo or Adamki, all derived from the given name
ADAM.
ADLEIBA AbkhazMost likely from the given name
Adlei, itself derived from Arabic عَادِل
(ʿādil) meaning "fair, just", combined with Abkhaz аҧа
(āpā) meaning "son"... [
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AEDVIIR EstonianAedviir is an Estonian surname meaning "garden line/stripe".
AFFLECK Galician, ScottishVariation of Auchinleck, a town near Dundee, Scotland... Ben & Casey Affleck are famous bearers of the name. Auchinleck appears to have been one of those places where the ancient Celts and Druids held conventions, celebrated their festivals, and performed acts of worship... [
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AGARMAA EstonianAgarmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "busy/industrious land".
AGINAGA BasqueHabitational name from a place named
Aginaga, from Basque
(h)agin meaning "yew tree" combined with
-aga, a collective suffix.
AGISHIN Russianvariant of Ageyev, also possibly derived from given name Agapiy (Агапий) or Agafon (Агафон)
AGUIRRE BasqueBasque toponymic surname, also arguably meaning "prominence" in Old Basque.
AGUSHEV RussianVariant of Ageyev (Агеев), also possibly derived from given name Agapiy (Агапий) or Agafon (Агафон)
AHLBORN Swedish (Rare)Combination of Swedish
al "alder" and
-born, a Swedish surname suffix derived from German
geboren "born".
AHLBORN GermanFrom the old personal name
Albern, from Germanic
adal meaning "noble" and
boran meaning "born".
AIKUCHI Japanese合 (Ai) means "Suit, Jion" and 口 (Kuchi) means "Mouth, Opening".
AINJÄRV EstonianAinjärv is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Ain" (a masculine give name) and "järv" ("lake"); "Ain's lake."
AINSALU EstonianAinsalu is an Estonia surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Ain" and "salu", meaning "grove": "Ain's grove".
AJEMIAN ArmenianPatronymic from Turkish
acem meaning ‘Persian’, ‘foreigner’, from Arabic
a’jam meaning ‘one who speaks Arabic incorrectly’.
AKAASHI JapaneseComes from the kanji "赤" meaning "red", and "葦" meaning "reed", or alternatively, "足" that means "leg"
AKABANE JapaneseFrom Japanese 赤
(aka) meaning "red" and 羽
(hane) meaning "feather". A notable bearer of this surname was professional midget wrestler Shigeru Akabane (赤羽 茂
Akabane Shigeru, 1941–2011), who is best known under his ring name Little Tokyo.
AKAMINE JapaneseFrom Japanese 赤
(aka) meaning "red" and 嶺
(mine) meaning "mountain peak, mountain ridge".
AKASAKI JapaneseFrom Japanese 赤
(aka) meaning "red" and 崎 or 﨑
(saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
AKIBARA JapaneseThis surname combines 昭 (shou, aki) meaning "shining, bright", 秋 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn" or 穐 with the same sounds and meaning with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."
AKISATO Japanese秋 (Aki) means "Autumn" and 里 (Sato) means "Village,ri,unit of measurement, league, parent's home". A notable bearer is
WAKUNI Akisato, who is a manga artist.
AKIZORA Japanesecan be made with the kanji 旻(akizora) meaning "autumn sky" or the word 秋空 (akizora) meaning "autumn sky".
AKPINAR TurkishFrom Turkish
ak meaning "white" and
pınar meaning "spring, fountain".
AKRIDGE EnglishPossibly English, a habitational name from a place with a name meaning ‘oak ridge’, as for example Aikrigg in Cumbria (from Old Norse eik ‘oak’ + hryggr ‘ridge’), or any of the many places called Oakridge (from Old English āc + hrycg)... [
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ALAKIVI EstonianAlakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region stone".
ALAMEDA SpanishTopographic name from
alameda meaning ‘poplar grove’, a collective form of
álamo meaning ‘poplar’, or a habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.
ALAMETS EstonianAlamets is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region forest".
ALARCÓN SpanishAlarcón was a fort owned by the arabs in the Iberian Peninsula (Alarcón literally meaning 'the fort' in arabic), and the spaniards had the goal of owning it during the spanish reconquista. After 9 months of siege, Fernán Martínez de Ceballos climbed the walls of the fort using only two daggers and opened the gates from the inside allowing the castillan army to come in and conquer Alarcón... [
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ALASALU EstonianAlasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region grove".
ALATALU EstonianAlatalu is an Estonian surname meaning "area farm/farmstead".
AL-ATTAR ArabicMeans "the perfumer, the druggist" from Arabic عَطَّار
(ʿaṭṭār) "perfumer, druggist, pharmacist".
ALAVÄLI EstonianAlaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region field".
ALBALAT CatalanMeans "white winged" from medieval Catalan
alb ("white") and
alat ("winged"), originally from Latin
albalatus ("of white wings") and used by the Visigoths before the Umayyad conquest of Hispania to name the cotton thistle because of its whitish spiny-winged stems.
ALBAUGH German (Austrian)Albaugh is a surname of Austrian origin. It is an anglicized variation of the German language surname Albach.
ALBERTI ItalianFrom given name Alberto, the Latin translation of Germanic Albert.
ALBINET FrenchDerived from the medieval French masculine given name
Albinet, which was a diminutive (as the
-et suffix indicates) of the given name
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ALBIZUA BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Orozko.
ALBORTY OssetianDerived from
Loir, the name of a village in present-day North Ossetia-Alania.
ALCARAZ SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
ALDUATE BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Urraulbeiti.
ALEXIOU GreekMeans "son of
Alexis" in Greek. A famous bearer is the Greek singer Haris Alexiou.
ALGERIE Arabic (Maghrebi)Derived from the French
Algérie meaning "Algeria" (referring directly to the country itself). It also refers to someone from Annaba, Algeria.
ALGIERI ItalianAlgieri is classified as a geographical surname. Specifically, it is a nation name, referring to the country of Algeria in northern Africa.
AL HARBI ArabicOriginally indicated a person from the Harb tribe derived from Arabic حَرْبيّ
(ḥarbiyy) meaning "military, war, army".
ALISTON EnglishVariant of
Allerston, a habitational surname derived from a place so named in North Yorkshire.
ALLEMAN French (Cajun), Spanish (Canarian), GermanFrom the French and Spanish word for "German". Believed to have originated in the Alsace-Lorraine region. Some holders of the name migrated to the Canary Islands and are part of the larger Isleños population that settled throughout the Americas... [
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ALLENDE Basque, SpanishBasque surname possibly linked to the Spanish word
allende of Latin origin meaning "beyond" or "besides".
ALLGOOD LiteratureCombination of the English words "all" and "good". It is used to denote a virtuous or heroic character in works of fiction.
ALLIKAS EstonianAllikas is an Estonian surname derived from "hallikas" meaning "grayish".
ALLINGU EstonianAllingu is an Estonian surname related to "allikas" meaning "(water) spring".
ALLMÄGI EstonianAllmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "under/below mountain".
ALLOWAY EnglishMeans (i) "person from Alloway, Alloa or Alva", the name of various places in Scotland ("rocky plain"); or (ii) from the medieval male personal name
Ailwi (from Old English
Æthelwīg, literally "noble battle").
ALLSAAR EstonianAllsaar is an Estonian surname meaning "below/under island".
ALMANZA SpanishOriginally indicated a person from Almanza, a city in northern Spain. The city's name itself is derived from Arabic المنزل
(al-manzil) meaning "the house".
ALMARZA SpanishThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 localities: the Castilian municipality of Almarza, Comarca of El Valle or the Riojan municipality of Almarza de Cameros.
ALMAZÁN SpanishHabitational name demoting someone originally from the municipality of Almazán in Castile and León, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic المكان المحصن
(al-makān al-ḥiṣn) meaning "the fortified place" or "the stronghold".
ALMONTE SpanishFrom a place between Huelva and Sevilla. Means "the mountain".
ALPÍZAR SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in the Andalusian province of Huelva.
AL-SHAMI ArabicMeans "the Levantine or "the Syrian", derived from Arabic شَامِيّ
(šāmiyy) meaning "Levantine, Syrian, Damascene".
AL THANI ArabicMeans "the second" in Arabic. This is the name of the royal family of Qatar.
ALTHOFF GermanA surname predominantly found in Westphalia and the Rhineland region of Germany which is derived from German
alt "old" and
Hof (
Hoff in the local dialects) "farmstead; farm; manor".
ALUNURM EstonianAlunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation meadow".
ALUSAAR EstonianAlusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation island".
ALUSALU EstonianAlusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation grove".
ALWARDT GermanFrom the personal name
ADELWARD, composed of the Germanic elements
adal ‘noble’ +
ward ‘keeper’, ‘protector’.
AMAGAWA JapaneseFrom the Japanese 天 (
ama or
ten) "heaven," 塰 (
ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (
ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (
gawa or
kawa) "river."
AMAJIKI JapaneseFrom Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 喰 (jiki) meaning "eating"
AMAMIYA JapaneseFrom Japanese 雨
(ama) meaning "rain" and 宮
(miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天
Amamiya Sora, 1993–).
AMATANI JapaneseIt's the same as the below surname 天谷 (Amaya), meaning "Heavenly Valley". This is simply the western Japanese pronunciation of it.
AMBROSE EnglishFrom the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name
Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal".
AMEGLIO ItalianThere are two hypotheses: the first is it derived from the Latin name Amelius which came from Amius, name of Etruscan origin; the other is it derived from Amali, name of a mighty Ostrogothic family, which means "virgin of the forest".
AMEMORI JapaneseFrom Japanese kanji 雨 (ame) meaning "rain" or 飴 (ame) meaning "candy" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest". Combined together 雨森 (amemori) meaning "rain forest" and 飴森 (amemori) meaning "candy forest"
AMEMURA JapaneseFrom japanese kanji 飴 (ame) meaning "candy" and 村 (mura) meaning "village". 美飴 (amemura) meaning "candy village". ... [
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ANABUKI JapaneseIt is written like this : 穴 (Ana) "Whole, pit" and 吹 (Buki) "Blow into".
ANACKER GermanNickname for a day laborer, as opposed to someone who owned fields, from Middle High German āne meaning "without" + acker meaning "field".
ANAY-OOL TuvanDerived from Tuvan анай
(anay) meaning "goat, kid" combined with оол
(ool) meaning "son, boy".
ANDÚJAR SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
ANGELOS GreekReduced form of any of various Greek surnames derived from the forename
ANGELOS (from #angelos ‘messenger’, ‘angel’), as for example
ANGELOPOULOS.
ANGELOU Greek (Cypriot)Means "son of
ANGELOS" or "son of the angel" in Greek. A famous bearer is the American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
ANNISTE EstonianAnniste is an Estonian surname possibly related or derived from "anne" meaning "gift" or "talent".
ANOUILH FrenchFrom Catalan
anull, meaning "slow worm". It is originally a nickname given to a spineless and slow person. The French author Jean Anouilh is a famous bearer of this surname.
ANTOLIN Spanish1 Spanish (Antolín): from the personal name, a vernacular form of Antoninus, a name borne by thirteen saints.... [
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ANTUNES Ancient Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)It comes from the Greek anthos whose meaning is flower. Alludes to St. Anthony of Padua. It's a surname of the Christian inspiration. Variants and derivatives: Antonius, Antonios, Antunes, Antuñez, Antuña, Antuño, Toni, Tony, Tonino, Tonini, Tonio, Toño, Toñín.
ARABULI GeorgianMeans "Arabic, Arab" in Georgian, referring to Arabs who historically resided in the region of Khevsureti in Georgia.
ARADHYA Indian, SanskritMeans "one who worships god". Commonly seen in India, Karnataka and other parts of India like kashi. They wear holy thread (yagnopaveetha).
ARAGAKI JapaneseFrom Japanese 新
(ara) meaning "new" or 荒
(ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 垣
(kaki) meaning "hedge, fence".
ARAKAWA JapaneseFrom 荒
(ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新
(ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河
(kawa) meaning "river, stream."
ARANGIZ BasqueThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Gasteiz.
ARAVENA CorsicanThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Fuzzà.
ARBORNE English (British)A surname found in England as well as in America. This surname has been attached to Americans of English ancestry.
ARCHILA SpanishEither a variant of
Arcila or derived from Arabic الشَّلَّال
(aš-šallāl) meaning "the waterfall".
ARDELLA African AmericanDerivative of
ARDEN, popularized by the poem of the same name by Langston Hughes, the most well-known Black poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Meaning is "garden dweller."... [
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ARFAOUI Arabic (Maghrebi)Possibly derived from Arabic عَرَفَ
(ʿarafa) meaning "to know" or أَرْفَع
(ʾarfaʿ) meaning "high, lofty, elevated" (chiefly Tunisian).