Submitted Surnames of Length 8

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the length is 8.
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Guiraldo Filipino
From the visayan province of Samar
Guirguis Ancient Egyptian, Coptic
The surname Guirguis is of Egyptian and Coptic origin, primarily associated with Christian families from Egypt. It is a transliteration of the Coptic name Girgis (Γεώργιος), which is derived from the Greek name George (Γεώργιος), meaning "farmer" or "earthworker."
Guiscard French
Derived from the Medieval French given name Guiscard.
Guivarc'h Breton
Guivarc'h means 'swift stallion' in the Breton language.
Gujarati Indian
Denoted a person of Gujarat descent. From Gujarati ગુજરાત (gujrāt), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā) "country of the Gurjaras”, itself comes from Sanskrit *गुर्जरत्रा (gurjaratrā), of the same meaning... [more]
Gukasyan Armenian
Means "son of Gukas", the Armenian equivalent of Luke.
Guldberg Danish
Derived from the name of Guldbjerg Parish on the island Funen, Denmark.
Güleryüz Turkish
Means "smiling face" in Turkish.
Gullette French
Comes from Guillemme or William of Normandy. Reference 1066: The Battle of Hastings.
Gulliver English
From a medieval nickname for a greedy person (from Old French goulafre "glutton"). Jonathan Swift used it in his satire 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726), about the shipwrecked ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures "offer opportunities for a wide-ranging and often savage lampooning of human stupidity and vice."
Gültekin Turkish
From Turkish gül meaning "rose" combined with the title tekin meaning "prince".
Gultekin Turkish
It comes from "Kül Tigin" (? - 575 AD) who was a general of the Second Turkic Kaganate (Göktürks' khaganate). He was a second son of Ilterish Shad and the younger brother of Bilge Kagan.
Gulyayev m Russian
Derived from Russian word "гулять (gulyat')" meaning walk.
Gumarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Gumarov.
Gunadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Gunapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".
Gunasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Gündoğan Turkish
Means "born on the day".
Gündoğdu Turkish
From Turkish gün meaning "sun, day" and doğdu meaning "born".
Gurakuqi Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Gurewitz Jewish
Belarusian and Lithuanian variant of Horowitz, a habitational name from Horovice in central Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic, which is named with a short form of a personal name formed with Hor, as for example Horimir, Horislav.
Guroalim Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao goro meaning "teacher, instructor" and alim meaning "sage, philosopher".
Gushiken Okinawan, Japanese
Means "strong-willed" from Japanese 具 (gu) meaning "tool, utensil, means", 志 (shi) meaning "intention, will", and 堅 (ken) meaning "hard, resolute, unyielding".
Gusinjac Bosnian
From Gusinje, the name of a town in the Plav municipality of Montenegro where Bosniaks form a regional majority
Gutierre Spanish
From the given name Gutierre.
Gwilliam Welsh
From the personal name Gwilym, Welsh form of William.
Gwilliam English
Anglicised form of the Welsh given name Gwilym.
Gwizdala Polish
Nickname for someone noted for his cheerful whistling, from a derivative of gwizdac ‘to whistle’.
Gyaltsen Tibetan
From the given name Gyaltsen
Gylespie Scottish
Variant of Gillespie
Gylfason Icelandic
Means "son of Gylfi". Used exclusively by men. Gylfadóttir is the female version.
Gyökeres Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "rooted, radical, drastic" in Hungarian. A famous bearer is Viktor Gyökeres (1998-), a Swedish soccer player of Hungarian descent.
Haabjärv Estonian
Haabjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen lake".
Haabmets Estonian
Haabmets is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest."
Haavamäe Estonian
Haavamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen hill".
Haavaoks Estonian
Haavaoks is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen bough/branch".
Haavapuu Estonian
Haavapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen tree".
Haavisto Finnish
Means "place with aspens" or "group of aspens". This name comes from a combination of haapa, "aspen", and the suffix -sto which is used for places and groups of things.
Haavistu Estonian
Haavistu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "haavik" ("aspen wood") and "iste" ("seat" or "stool"); "aspen wood stool".
Hababzai Pashto
Means “son of Habab” in Pashto.
Həbibova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həbibov.
Habibzai Pashto
Means "son of Habib" in Pashto. The Habibzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Popalzai.
Habsburg German
This surname may have been used by someone whose descendants originated from the House of Habsburg, which was one of the most important royal houses in Europe. It is assumed that the surname is derived from High German Habichtsburg meaning "hawk castle," but some historians and linguists believe that it may actually be derived from Middle High German hab/hap meaning "ford", as there is a river with a ford nearby.
Hacıyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Hacıyev.
Hacızadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Hajizadeh.
Hackmann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a butcher or a woodcutter.
Haddadin Arabic
From a diminutive of Arabic حداد (haddad) meaning "blacksmith, ironsmith".
Hadfield English
Habitational name from a place so named in Derbyshire named from Old English hæþ "heathland heather" and feld "field" meaning "heath open land".
Hadipour Persian
Means "son of Hadi" in Persian.
Hafstein Icelandic
Either derived from the Icelandic given name Hafsteinn or from Norwegian surname Havstein (probably derived from a place name).
Hagakure Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 隠 (gakure) meaning "to disappear"
Hagedorn German
German cognate of Hawthorne. Topographic name from Middle High German hagedorn "hawthorn" from hac "hedge" and dorn "thorn".
Hagemann German, Danish
Derived from Middle Low German hage "enclosure, hedge" and mann "person, man".
Hägglund Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" (a type of tree native to Sweden) and lund "grove".
Haghighi Persian
Means "real, actual, true" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic حقيقي (ḥaqīqiyy).
Haginaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 脛永 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a division in the town of Ibigawa in the district of Ibi in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 脛長 (Haginaga) meaning "Haginaga", a former large village in the same location, in the district of Ikeda in the former Japanese province of Mino in parts of present-day Gifu in Japan.
Hagiwara Japanese
From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".
Hagström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, garden" and ström "stream, small river".
Hagstrom English
Anglicized form of Swedish Hagström.
Hainrick Micronesian
Derived from the given Heinrich.
Hajdaraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Hajdar" in Albanian.
Hajipour Persian
Means "born of Haji".
Hajipour Persian
Means "son of Haji".
Häkkinen Finnish
From given name Heikki
Hakobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Håkonsen Norwegian
Means "son of Håkon".
Hakopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)
Hakopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan)
Hakosaki Japanese
Hako means "box" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Hållberg Swedish (Rare)
The first element might be taken from place names starting with (or containing) , hål, or håll. The second element is Swedish berg "mountain".
Hallberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and berg "mountain".
Hallgren Swedish, English
Combination of the dialectal Swedish word hall (Standard Swedish häll, Old Norse hallr), a type of flat rock, and gren meaning "branch". The first element may be taken from the name of a place named with this element (e.g. Halland, Hallsberg, or Hallstavik)... [more]
Halliche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.
Halligan Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilleagán "descendant of Áilleagán" a double diminutive of áille "beauty".
Hallikas Estonian
Hallikas is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish".
Hallinan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁilgheanáin "descendant of Áilgheanán", a pet form of a personal name composed of old Celtic elements meaning "mild, noble person".
Halliste Estonian
Halliste is an Estonian name relating to "hall", meaning "grey" and "frost".
Hallmark English
From Middle English halfmark ‘half a mark’, probably a nickname or status name for someone who paid this sum in rent.
Hallmets Estonian
Hallmets is an Estonian surname meaning "grey forest".
Halperin Jewish
Variant of Heilprin, a Yiddish spelling of the city of Heilbronn, Germany.
Halstead English
Geographic surname from places by the same name in Essex, Kent, and Leicestershire.
Hamadani Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian همدانی (see Hamedani).
Hamadate Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 舘 or 館(date or tate) "mansion," "large building," "palace"
Hamajima Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Hamakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."
Hamamasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamamoto Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Hamamura Japanese
From Japanese 浜, 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hamanaka Japanese
Hama means "beach" and naka means "middle".
Hamarneh Arabic
Jordanian
Hamashoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamashou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浜正 or 濱正 (see Hamashō).
Hamataka Japanese
Hana means "beach" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Hamazono Japanese
Hamazono/濱園 = "Beach Garden"
Hamdaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid 1" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).
Hamedani Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Hamedan (or Hamadan) in Iran, from the Old Persian name Hagmatāna meaning "(place of) gathering".
Həmidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Həmidov.
Hammoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).
Hamzagić Bosnian
Means "son of Hamza".
Hamzaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hamza.
Hanabusa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 房 (busa) meaning "room*.
Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".
Hanamura Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Hanasaki Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" or 華 (hana) meaning "flower, petal" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". A fictional bearer of this surname is Tsubomi Hanasaki (花咲 つぼみ) from Heartcatch! Pretty Cure.
Hanasawa Japanese
Haha means "flower, blossom" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Hanasono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and sono means "garden".
Hanazawa Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Hanazono Japanese
Hana means "flower" and zono is a form of sono meaning "garden".
Handique Assamese
The surname of a certain Aideu.
Hanekawa Japanese
羽 meaning feathers, counter for birds, rabbits.川 meaning stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical
Hanesaka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 羽根坂 (Hanesaka), the common name for the area of Furukawachōshimono in the city of Hida in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan.
Hanesato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 羽里 (see Hari).
Haneyama Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hänilane Estonian
Hänilane is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail" (bird species: Motacilla flava).
Hannachi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.
Hanratty Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hInreachtaigh meaning "descendant of Ionnrachtach", a given name meaning "attacker".
Hanzaike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 繁在家 (Hanzaike), sound- and script-changed from 半在池 (Hanzaiike) meaning "Hanzaiike", a division in the area of Kirida in the city of Towada in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan... [more]
Hanzaiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 繁在家 (see Hanzaiya).
Happygod English (African, Rare)
Possibly from the English words happy and god.
Haramija Croatian
Derived from harambaša, which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.
Haramoto Japanese
Hara means "plain, wilderness, field" and moto means "origin".
Harareet Hebrew
Topographic name derived from Hebrew הֲרָרִית (hararit) meaning "mountainous". A famous bearer was Israeli actress Haya Harareet (1931-2021; birth name Haya Neuberg), who had a prominent role in the movie Ben-Hur (1959).
Harcourt French
This name is of locational origin either from the town and ancient chateau of Harcourt near Brionne in Normandy.
Hardacre English
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard "hard, difficult" and aker "cultivated land" (Old English æcer), or a habitational name from Hardacre, a place in Clapham, West Yorkshire, which has this etymology.
Hardekop German (Rare)
Derived from Middle High German hart "hard" and kopf "head". As a surname, it was given to a hard-headed, stubborn person.
Hargitay Hungarian
Denoted one from Hargita, a historical region of Hungary now known as Harghita County in eastern Transylvania, Romania. A famous bearer was Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay (1926-2006), as well as his daughter, actress Mariska Hargitay (1964-)... [more]
Hargrove English
English: variant of Hargrave.
Harimoto Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and moto means "base, origin, source, root".
Haritani Japanese
Hari means "Extended Net constellation" and tani means "valley".
Härjapea Estonian
Härjapea is an Estonian surname literally meaning "ox head", but derived from a colloquial name for "clover".
Harkaway English
From a sporting phrase used to guide and incite hunting dogs.
Harkless English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Harkin, a Scottish diminutive of Henry.
Harkness Scottish, English (British), Northern Irish
Apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place (perhaps in the area of Annandale, with which the surname is connected in early records), probably so called from the Old English personal name Hereca (a derivative of the various compound names with the first element here ‘army’) + Old English næss ‘headland’, ‘cape’... [more]
Härkönen Finnish
A surname derived from the Finnish word härkä, meaning 'bull', and the common surname suffix -nen.
Härmatis Estonian
Härmatis is an Estonian surname meaning "hoarfrost".
Harriman English
Means "Harry's man" or "Harry's servant".
Hartford English
Habitational name from Hertford, or from either of two places called Hartford, in Cheshire and Cumbria; all are named with Old English heorot ‘hart’ + ford ‘ford’.
Hartikka Finnish
Finnish surname, possibly a Finnish variant of German first name Harteke.
Hartnell English
From a location in Marwood, Devon, derived from Old English heort "stag" + cnoll "hill".
Hartwell English
Habitational name from places in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called Hartwell, from Old English heorot ‘stag’, ‘hart’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’... [more]
Harugaya Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".
Harukawa Japanese
harukawa means "spring river". the kanji used are 春(haru) meaning "spring (the season)" and 河 (kawa) meaning "river" . you could also use 川 (kawa) as the second kanji, but using 河 looks better.
Harumoto Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".... [more]
Harutami Japanese
It could be from 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" combined with 民 (tami, tamiyo) meaning "people, nationals, citizens, civil".
Harutani Japanese
Haru means "spring" and tani means "valley".
Haruyama Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Hasanaga Albanian
Albanian surname, Hasani and given "Aga" in Ottoman Empire
Hasančić Bosnian
Means "son of Hasan".
Hasanzai Pashto
Variant transcription of Hassanzai.
Hashioka Japanese
From Japanese 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".
Hasibuan Batak
From the name of Batak king Raja Hasibuan.
Haşımova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Haşımov.
Hastings English, Scottish
Habitational name from Hastings, a place in Sussex, on the south coast of England, near which the English army was defeated by the Normans in 1066. It is named from Old English H?stingas ‘people of H?sta’... [more]
Hastings Irish
Connacht shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hOistín ‘descendant of Oistín’, the Gaelic form of Augustine (see Austin).
Hasudera Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus, nelumbo nucifera" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".
Hasunuma Japanese
Hasu means "Lotus" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Hatanaka Japanese
From Japanese 畑 (hata) meaning "field" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Hatathli Navajo
From Navajo hataałii meaning ‎"medicine man, shaman", literally "singer" (from the verb hataał ‎"he sings, he is chanting").
Hatayama Japanese
From Japanese 畑 (hata) or 畠 (hata) both meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Hatoyama Japanese
Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).
Haugland Norwegian
From the name of various farmsteads in Norway, from the Old Norse elements haugr meaning "mound" and land meaning "farmstead, land".
Hauptman German
Variant spelling of Hauptmann.
Hausmann German
From Middle High German hus "house" (see Haus) + man "man".
Hautamaa Finnish
Finnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (maa) meaning, “country.”
Havelock English
From the Middle English male personal name Havelok, from Old Norse Hafleikr, literally "sea sport". It was borne by the British general Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857).
Haverbus Yiddish, Dutch
Means "blessed friend", from Hebrew חבר (haver) and ברוך (baruch) "blessed".
Havshush Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic (Modern)
Yemenite Jewish surname.
Hawladar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হাওলাদার (see Howlader).
Hawlader Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali হাওলাদার (see Howlader).
Hayabusa Japanese
This name means "falcon" in Japanese.
Hayagawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Hayakawa.
Hayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Hayamizu Japanese
Haya means "fast" or "hawk" and mizu means "water".
Haydarov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Haydar".
Hayhurst English
Topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) high wood or grove’, from Middle English heigh, high(e) + hirst(e).
Hayworth English
English: habitational name from Haywards Heath in Sussex, which was named in Old English as ‘enclosure with a hedge’, from hege ‘hedge’ + worð ‘enclosure’. The modern form, with its affix, arose much later on (Mills gives an example from 1544).
Hazarika Indian, Assamese
From a military title used during the Ahom Kingdom that indicated an official who commanded over 1,000 soldiers. The title itself is derived from Assamese হাজাৰ (hazar) meaning "thousand".
Hazelden English
Means "person from Hazelden", the name of various places in England ("valley growing with hazel trees").
Hazelton English
Hazel is referring to hazel trees, while ton is from old english tun meaning enclosure, so an enclosure of hazel trees, or an orchard of hazel trees.
Heartman German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of Hartmann.
Hebiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇 (hebi) meaning "snake; serpent" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many snakes.
Hedayati Persian
From the given name Hedayat.
Hedström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and ström "stream, river".
Hedstrom American
Anglicized form of Hedström.
Heerkens Dutch
Derived from a diminutive form of a given name containing the element heri "army". Alternatively, a variant form of Eerkens.
Hegadush Hungarian
Meaning violin maker and violin player deriving from the Hungarian work for violin.
Heiliger German
Heiliger means "Holy" or "Holy One" in German.
Heilmann German
Variant of Heil.
Heilprin Jewish
From the Yiddish name for Heilbronn, Germany.
Heimbach German
Town / City in Germany
Heimburg German
German for "home". Originates in the German village of Heimburg (not to be confused with Hamburg) and the nearby castle of the same name.
Heimlich German
Nickname for a secretive person from Middle High German heimelich German heimlich "confidential secret".
Heinamaa Estonian
Heinamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "hayfield" (literally, "hay land").
Heinapuu Estonian
Heinapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay wood".
Heineken Dutch, German
From the given name Hein 1, a Dutch diminutive of Hendrik... [more]
Heinisch German
From a pet form of the personal name Heinrich.
Heinluht Estonian
Heinluht is an Estonian surname meaning "hay meadow/glade".
Heinpõld Estonian
Heinpõld is an Estonian surname meaning "hay field".
Heinsalu Estonian
Heinsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay grove".
Heintalu Estonian
Heintalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay farm".