Submitted Surnames of Length 8

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the length is 8.
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Krochmal Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew
Krochmal (Yiddish: קראָכמאַל, Hebrew, קרוכמל/קרוכמאל) is a rare Ashkenazi-Jewish-Polish surname meaning "laundry starch" (a starch solution in water used to whiten and stiffen fabric)... [more]
Krolikov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian кролик (krolik) meaning "male rabbit".
Kronberg German, Swedish
German habitational name from any of the places called Kronberg near Frankfurt in Hesse and in Bavaria from the elements krone "crown" and berg "mountain, hill". Swedish ornamental name from kron "crown" and berg "mountain hill".
Krstajić Montenegrin, Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Krsto".
Kruchina Russian
Derived from Russian кручина (kruchina) meaning "sorrow, sadness".
Kruglova Russian
Feminine form of Kruglov.
Krumbach German, German (Austrian)
From the name of various places in Austria and Germany, for example the town of Krumbach in the state of Bavaria.
Krumholz Jewish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Krumbholz ‘bent timber’, ‘mountain pine’, hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a cartwright or wheelwright. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Krupnykh Russian
Derived from Russian крупный (krupny) meaning "big, massive".
Krutxaga Basque
Habitational name, probably derived from a variant of Basque gurutze "cross; intersection, crossing" and -aga "place of, abundance of".
Kruusalu Estonian
Kruusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel grove".
Kruusmaa Estonian
Kruusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel land".
Kruzhkin Russian
Derived from Russian кружка (kruzhka) meaning "cup, mug, tankard". This may have been a nickname either for a drinker or a cupmaker.
Krylenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Krylov.
Krymchak Ukrainian
From Кримчак (Krymchak), a term for a Jewish Crimean Tatar, or just meaning "from Crimea".
Krymenko Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian variant of Krym.
Krymskiy m Russian, Jewish (?)
Means "from Crimea" or "Crimean".
Krznarić Croatian
From krznar meaning ''furrier''.
Kuantaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Kuantai".
Kuboyama Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Kudashev Bashkir, Tatar, Russian
Means "son of Kudash", from a given name of Mordvin or Turkic origin possibly meaning "woman's son" or "wife's son", referring to a boy born from one father and another mother (in relation to his half-siblings)... [more]
Kugimiya Japanese
This surname is used as 釘宮 with 釘 (chou, tei, kugi) meaning "nail, peg, tack" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]
Kugisaki Japanese
Kugi means "nail, tack, peg" and saki means "peninsula, promontory, cape".
Kuhlmann German
German (also Kühlmann) nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’ (see Kuhl).
Kuivjõgi Estonian
Kuivjõgi is an Estonian surname meaning "dry river".
Kujawski Polish
Regional name for someone from Kujawy (see Kujawa) or from a village called Kujawy, for example in Sielce voivodeship.
Kujikawa Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 慈 (ji) meaning "mercy", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".
Kukowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Kukowo in Wlolawek voivodeship or Kuków in Bielsko-Biala voivodeship, named with kuk, the cry of the cuckoo.
Kulasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Kuldkepp Estonian
Kuldkepp is an Estonian surname meaning "gold cane (or, stick)".
Kulhánek Czech
Bohemian for a man who walks with a limp.
Kullamaa Estonian
Kullamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous land".
Kullamäe Estonian
Kullamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous hill/mountain".
Kullberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kulle "hill" and berg "mountain".
Kumakura Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 倉 (kura) meaning "to have, to possess, granary, storehouse".
Kumarage Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince" combined with the Sinhala suffix -ගේ (-ge) meaning "of".
Kumasaka Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
Kumasawa Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Kummerer Upper German (Germanized, Rare)
Kummerer means ""bringer of sorrow""
Kummerow German
Habitational name from any of various places in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg called Kummerow.
Kunihiko Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and hiko means "prince".
Kunimoto Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Kunimura Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Kuninaka Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country, land" and 仲 (naka) meaning "relations, terms".
Kuningas Estonian
Kuningas is an Estonian surname meaning "king".
Kuniyuki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and yuki can mean "good" or "snow".
Kunizane Japanese
From 国 (kuni) meaning "country" and 実 (zane) meaning "truth," "fruit."
Künnapuu Estonian
Künnapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "European white elm tree" (Ulmus laevis).
Kunugiza Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 椚座 (Kunugiza) meaning "Kunugiza", a former division in the former village of Kusaka in the former district of Tsuna in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Kurakhov m Russian
Possibly from the city Kurakhovo (Курахово) in the Donetsk region.
Kuramoto Japanese
From Japanese 倉 or 蔵 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Kuramura Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Kurasawa Japanese
倉 (Kura) means "Owns, Storehouse, Posesses" and 沢 (Sawa) means "Marsh, Swamp".
Kurauchi Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵/藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Kurigawa Japanese
The Surname "Kurigawa/Kurikawa" translates to "Chestnut River"
Kurihaba Japanese
栗幅 = chestnut | hanging scroll; width ... [more]
Kurihara Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."
Kurilkin m Russian
From Russian курить (kurit'), meaning "to smoke (something)".
Kurimida Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".
Kurimita Japanese
Kurimi means "chestnut" and ta means "field, rice paddy".
Kurimoto Japanese
Kuri means "Chestnut" and Moto means "Origin, Source, Root".
Kurimoto Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Kuristik Estonian
Kuristik is an Estonian surname meaning "gully".
Kuritsyn Russian
Derived from Russian курица (kuritsa) meaning "chicken".
Kuriyama Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Kurizuka Japanese
A variant of Kuritsuka.... [more]
Kurobiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Kurogiri Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 霧 (giri) meaning "mist"
Kurokawa Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" combined with 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river."
Kuromiya Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Miya means "Shrine".... [more]
Kuronire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Kuroniwa Japanese
Kuro means "black" and niwa means "garden".
Kuronuma Japanese
Kuro means "black" and numa means "swamp".
Kurosaka Japanese
Kuro means "Black" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".
Kurosaki Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Kurpjuhn German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) name meaning "shoemaker", derived from Old Prussian kurpjuns "shoemaker", ultimately from Old Prussian kurpe, kurpi "shoe".
Kurtoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the wolf" from Turkish kurt meaning "wolf".
Kuryakin Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Koryakin.
Kurzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
From a location name meaning "short mountain" in German, from Middle High German kurz meaning "short" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Kurzhals German
Short Neck
Kusainov Kazakh
Means "son of Kusain" (see Husayn).
Kusakari Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 刈 (kari) meaning "reap, cut, prune".
Kusanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass" and 彅 (nagi) meaning "cutter". A notable bearer of this surname is actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 1974–).
Kusaynov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Құсайынов (see Kusainov).
Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".
Kushwaha Indian
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) is a community of the Indo-Gangetic plain which has traditionally been involved in agriculture. The term has been used to represent at least four subcastes, being those of the Kachhis, Kachwahas, Koeris and Muraos... [more]
Kuslapuu Estonian
Kuslapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "honeysuckle tree".
Kusunoki Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor", an unwritten possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Kutscher German, Jewish
occupational name for a coachman or coach builder from a derivative of the 16th-century Hungarian loanword kocsi "coach" German kutsche. The German -u- vowel comes from Slavic (Polish kucer).
Kuulmata Estonian
Kullmata is an Estonian surname derived from "kuulmatu" meaning "unheard".
Kuusepuu Estonian
Kuusepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "fir tree".
Kuusinen Finnish
A surname originating from Eastern Finland, comprised of the elements “kuusi” meaning “six” or “moon”, and the suffix “-nen” which is typical of Eastern Finnish surnames. A notable bearer of this name is the Finnish-Soviet politician and writer Otto V. Kuusinen, one of the original founders of the Finnish Communist Party.
Kuusisto Finnish
Means "spruce forest" in Finnish, from Finnish kuusi "spruce" combined with a collective forming suffix.
Kuuskmaa Estonian
Kuuskmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce land".
Kuuspalu Estonian
Kuuspalu is an Estonian surname meaning "fir (kuusk) heathy woodland (palu)".
Kuwahara Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kuwajima Japanese
From 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku.
Kuwamoto Japanese
Kuwamoto/桑元 = Mulberry Origin/Book
Kuwatani Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" combined with 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". A notable bearer of this surname is Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Ryōko Asakura from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Alph from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
Kuwayama Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Kuz'menko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Kuzmenko.
Kwiecień Polish
Derived from Polish kwiecień "April (month)".
Kyagumbo Shona
Meaning unknown.
Kyekyeku Akan
Meaning unknown.
Kyiashko Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Kyyashko.
Kyoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 京 (kyo) meaning "capital" and 口 (guchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Kyrgyzov Kyrgyz
Means "son of a Kyrgyz".
Kyriacou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Kyriakou chiefly used in Cyprus.
Kyriakos Greek
From the given name Kyriakos.
Laanemaa Estonian
Laanemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen land".
Laanemäe Estonian
Laanemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen hill/mountain".
Laaneots Estonian
Laaneots is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen tip" or "edge".
Laansalu Estonian
Laansalu is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen grove".
Laasmägi Estonian
Laasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland mountain".
Laaspere Estonian
Laaspere is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland folk".
Laayouni Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Laayoune, the name of a city in the Western Sahara (chiefly Moroccan).
Labakhua Abkhaz
Abkhaz name derived from Arabic لَاحَظَ (lāḥaẓa) meaning "to notice, to look" combined with بَهِيجَة (bahīja) meaning "delightful, joyous" (see Bahija)... [more]
Labazyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian лабазник (labaznyk), a type of tree. Probably denoted to someone who lived near labaznyks.
Labrador Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador
Lachtrup German
Probably from a place name using the suffix -trup, related to dorf meaning "village". The first element could be lach "laugh, smile", or a corruption of loch "hole, pit".
Lackyard French (Anglicized)
Anglicized version of French surname, Lacaillade.
La Cotera Spanish
Spanish variant for Hill and/or someone living in a slope, A "cota" in Spanish.
Laflamme French (Quebec)
Means "The Flame" in French.
Laflèche French (Quebec)
A French-Canadian secondary surname from "Richer dit Laflèche," used independently since 1746. Laflèche is derived from the French town of La Flèche, in the former province of Anjou.
Lafuente Spanish
Means "the fountain" in Spanish derived from fons "fountain" with fused definite article la. Variant of Fuentes and cognate to Lafontaine.
Lagerlöf Swedish
A notable bearer was Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature (1909).
Lagójskì Belarusian
This indicates familial origin within the city of Lagójsk.
Lagrange French
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a granary, a variant of Grange, with the definite article la.
Laguerre French
Nickname for a belligerent person or a valiant soldier from old French guerre "war" (from Latin werra) with fused article la.
Lahesalu Estonian
Lahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "spacious grove".
Lahovary Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Lainevee Estonian
Lainevee is an Estonian surname meaning "wave water".
Lakeland English (Rare)
Taken from the Place name Lakeland.... [more]
Lakinska f Polish
Feminine form of Lakinski.
Lakshman Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi
From the given name Lakshman.
Lakuntza Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque lako "wine press" and -une "place, location" combined with -tza "large quantity, abundance".
Lalaurie French (Cajun)
A French surname meaning "the laurel".
Lamantia Italian
Variant of Mantia using the definite article la.
Lamarche French
French: topographic name or habitational name, a variant of LaMarque.
Lamberto Italian
From the given name Lamberto.
Lanbarri Basque
Habitational name meaning "newly ploughed land", derived from Basque lan "work, labour" (or possibly landa "field") and barri "new".
Lancelot French, English
From the given name Lancelot.
Landauer German
Possibly a variant of Landau. American professional stock car racing driver and motivational speaker Julia Landauer bears this surname.
Landetxo Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Mungia, Spain, derived from Basque landa "field, prairie, plain" and etxe "house, home, building".
Landibar Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the village of Urdazubi, Navarre, derived from Basque landa "field, prairie, plain" and ibar "valley, riverbank".
Landicho Filipino
Either from a nickname derived from Spanish le han dicho meaning "he has been told" or a variant of the name Landecho.
Langerak Dutch
A habitational name from any of several places called Langerak, derived from lang "long" and rak "straight section of a waterway".
Langevin French
From French l'Angevin meaning "the Angevin", denoting a person from the French province of Anjou.
Langhans German
German and Dutch: distinguishing nickname for a tall man (see Lang) called Hans.
Langhoor Dutch, Belgian
Means "long ear", from lang "long, tall" and oor "ear", a nickname for someone with large ears, or perhaps good hearing.
Langhorn Danish
Habitational name from Langenhorn (Danish Langhorn), a settlement in the north of Germany that was at one point under Danish rule.
Langkous Literature
Dutch and Afrikaans form of Långstrump
Langwade English
From an English village Langmead, in the county of Devon. It was used to refer to those individuals who lived at the lang-mead, which literally means "the long meadow".
Lantaron Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Lanthier French
From the given name Lantier, derived from German elements land "land" and hari "army".
Lanzuela Aragonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Lapčević Serbian
Serbo-Croatian surname meaning "river" or "white". Likely from the river Elbe in Germany, which is called Labe and Laba in Slavic languages. Lab also having the meaning "white" in archaic Slavic (like the bird labud - swan).
Lapetina South American, Italian (?)
Possibly from Italian La Petina, the meaning of which is uncertain.
Larbaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Larbi.
Larcella Italian
Variation of Lauricella, from a pet form of Laura.
Larichev Russian
Derived from a diminutive form Larya of the Russian monastic name Illarion.
Larinson ?
Means "son of LARIN".
Larouche French (Quebec)
After any of the various locations called La Rouche in France.
Laroussi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of El Aroussi.
Larralde Basque
Derived from Basque larre "pasture, meadow, prairie" and -alde "near, by; side".
Larregui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Larregi.
Larrison English
This surname means “son of Larry”.
Laskaris Greek
From ancient and medieval Greek laskaris, a kind of soldier, from Persian laeshkaer "army". This is the same word as Urdu lascar "sailor" and Arabic el-askari "the army", "the troops".
Lastavec Croatian
From lasta meaning ''swallow''.
Latsague French, Basque
French form of Lasaga.
Lättemäe Estonian
Lättemäe is an Estonian surname derived from "läte" meaning "spring" or "fountain" and "mäe" meaning "hill" and "mountain"; "spring mountain".
Latxague French, Basque
French form of Lasaga.
Laughton English
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in England so called. Most of them, as for example those in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (near Gainsborough), Sussex, and West Yorkshire, are named with Old English leac ‘leek’ + tun ‘enclosure’... [more]
Laureano Spanish
From the given name Laureano
Laurence English, French
From the given name Laurence.
Laurenti Italian
Derived from the given name Laurentius.
Lauriano Asturian
From the given name Lauriano
Laurimaa Estonian
Laurimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's land" (Lauri is an Estonian masculine given name).
Laurisoo Estonian
Laurisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Lauri's (a masculine given name) swamp". However, the name is probably an Estoniazation of the masculine given name "Lauri" and the Germanic suffix "son"; "Lauri's son".