Submitted Surnames Starting with A

Arthakornsiribo Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).

Arthakornsiripho Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).

Arthurs English
From the given name: Arthur.

Artico Italian, French
Nickname from the adjective antico ‘ancient’.

Artigas Aragonese, Catalan, Spanish
Plural form of artiga, referring to land cleared for agriculture.... [more]

Artino Greek
Habitational name for someone from the city of Arta in Epirus.

Artis English
English: regional name for someone from the French province of Artois, from Anglo-Norman French Arteis (from Latin Atrebates, the name of the local Gaulish tribe). This surname is popular in North Carolina and Virginia, of the US.

Artist English

Artois French, Belgian

Artola Spanish (Hispanicized, Rare)

Artsybashev m Russian

Artuk Turkish

Arturi Italian
Derived from the given name Arturo.

Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.

Arturov Russian
Means "son of Artur".

Artursson Swedish
Means "Son of Artur".

Artyomov Russian
Means "son of Artyom”.

Artyomova f Russian
Feminine form of Artyomov.

Artziniega Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Álava, Basque Country, probably derived from Basque artzain "shepherd" and -aga "place of, group of".

Aru Estonian
Aru is an Estonian surname meaning both "dry upland grassy meadow" and "wit" and "intelligence".

Aru Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Sardinian aru, a forked branch used to close hedges (possibly related to Latin varus "bent outwards, bow-legged"), or from arru "ring".

Aru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Arua Nigerian

Aruba English

Aruja Estonian
Aruja is an Estonian surname derived from "varuja" meaning "purveyor".

Arukask Estonian
Arukask is an Estonian surname meaning "silver birch" (Betula pendula).

Aruküla Estonian
Aruküla is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland village".

Aruküll Estonian
Aruküll is an Estonian surname meaning "intelligent enough".

Arukuusk Estonian
Arukuusk is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce meadow".

Arulaid Estonian
Arulaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow islet".

Arumaa Estonian
Arumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow land".

Arumäe Estonian
Arumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland hill/mountain".

Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".

Aruna Indian, Telugu

Arundel English
English surname which comes from two distinct sources. Either it was derived from a place name meaning "horehound valley" in Old English (from harhune "horehound (a plant)" and dell "valley"), or it was from Old French arondel, diminutive of arond "swallow", which was originally a Norman nickname given to someone resembling a swallow.

Arunurm Estonian
Arunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland meadow".

Aruorg Estonian
Aruorg is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/meadow valley".

Arupõld Estonian
Arupõld is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland field".

Arusaar Estonian
Arusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/grassland island".

Arustamyan Armenian
Means "son of Arustam", from a given name derived from a combination of the names Ara and Rustam.

Arutee Estonian
Arutee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland road".

Arutyunyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).

Aruvald Estonian
Aruvald is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland parish".

Aruväli Estonian
Aruväli is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow field".

Aruvee Estonian
Aruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow water".

Aruzhanov Kazakh (Rare)

Arvanitis Greek
Signifying ethnic origin, an Arvanit.

Arvinen Sindhi (Rare)

Arviso Spanish

Arwal Indonesian

Arya Indian, Hindi
From the given name Arya 1.

Aryaev m Buryat (Russified)
Means "son of Arya".

Aryaeva f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Aryaev.

Aryal Nepali
Nepali Hindu surname of unknown meaning.

Aryee Western African

Arystanbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Arystanbek".

Arystanbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Arystanbekov.

Arystanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Arystan".

Arystanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Arystanov.

Arzamendia Basque
"mountain bear"

Arzola Basque
Castilianized form of a Basque topographic name, derived from (h)arri "stone, rock; glass" combined with -tza "large quantity, abundance" and -ola "location, place of".

Arzu Central American

Arzur Breton
Derived from the Breton given name of Arzhur.

Ås Swedish, Norwegian
Means "ridge, esker" in Swedish and Norwegian.

Asa Japanese
Variously written, sometimes with characters used phonetically. It can mean ‘morning’, but the most likely meaning is ‘hemp’, making it a topographic or occupational name. Both forms are found mostly in Amami, one of the Ryūkyū Islands.

Asaad Arabic
From the given name As'ad.

Asaarashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning" and 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm; tempest".

Asabara Japanese
Variant of Asahara.

Asabu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麻布 (see Azabu 1 or Azabu 2).

Asabushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 朝武士 (see Asamushi).

Asad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Asad.

Asada Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp, flax" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Asadauskaitė f Lithuanian

Asadi Persian
From the given name Asad.

Əsədli Azerbaijani
From the given name Əsəd.

Əsədov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əsəd".

Əsədova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əsədov.

Asadpour Persian
Means "son of Asad".

Əsədullayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əsədulla".

Əsədullayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əsədullayev.

Asadullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Asadullah.

Asadullina f Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Asadullin.

Asadzadeh Persian
Means "born of Asad".

Asaf Hebrew
From the given name Asaf.

Asagami Japanese
Variant of Asakami.

Asahara Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asai) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" combined with 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Asahina Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 比 (hi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" or 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", and 奈 (na), a phonetic character.

Asai Japanese
Japanese surname meaning "shallow well".

Asai Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Asaidori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅井取 (asaidori), assigned letters to Iwami dialect アサイドリ (asaidori) meaning "elaeagnus".

Asaka Japanese
From the Japanese 淺 or 浅 (asa) "superficial" and 香 (ka) "odour," "smell,"　加 (ka) "increase," "step-up" or 賀 (ka) "congratulation."

Asakawa Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river".

Asaki Japanese
From Japanese 杏 (anzu, a) meaning "apricot" or 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".

Asakura Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Asal Arabic
means "honey" in Arabic

Asama Japanese

Asamen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅面 (Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Asamizu Japanese
made with kanji 朝(asa) meaning "morning" or 浅(asa) meaning "shallow" with 水(mizu) neaning "water".

Asamoah Western African, Akan
From the given name Asamoah. A famous bearer is the retired Ghanaian soccer player Kwadwo Asamoah (1988-).

Asamura Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Asamushi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅虫 (Asamushi) meaning "Asamushi", an area in the city of Aomori in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]

Ašanin Serbian

Asanov m Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar, Bulgarian
Means "son of Asan".

Asante Western African, Akan
From the ethnic name of the Ashanti, a sub-ethnic group of the Akan from southern Ghana. The name possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.

Asao Japanese
Asa can mean "morning", "shallow" or "hemp" and o means "tail".

Asaoka Japanese

Asaoka Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Asaomo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浅面 or 淺面 (see Asamen).

Asari Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 利 (ri) meaning "benefit, advantage".

Asari Indian, Hindi, Malayalam
From a caste originating from Kerala, India. They belong to a larger group called Vishwakarma. The caste name is mostly linked to the community of people who do carpentry work.

Asari Persian, Arabic
Derived from the given name Asar.

Asari Indonesian
From the given name Asari.

Asaro Italian, Sicilian
Derived from Sicilian Àsaru. A comune in the Province of Enna, Sicily.

Asaroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Asar".

Asata Japanese

Asato Japanese (Rare)
There are several readings for the name but 2 are Asa:"Morning",and To:"Door,Asa:"Safe" and To:"Village". There are multiple places in the Ryukyu's (where the name originates and mostly stays) that have that name;that could've been the influence... [more]

Asatryan Armenian
Means "son of Asatur".

Asawara Japanese
Variant of Asahara.

Asazu Japanese

Asbjørnsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Asbjørn".

Asbroeck Dutch, Belgian
From es "ash tree" and broek "marsh, wetland".

Asbury English
English location name with the elements as- meaning "east" or "ash tree" and -bury meaning "fortified settlement."

Ascanio Italian
From the given name Ascanio.

Ascarez Cebuano (Filipinized, Rare)
The username "Ascarez" does not appear to have a direct meaning in Cebuano. It may be a unique or personalized name chosen by the individual.

Ascarez Cebuano
the original spelling of ascarez is actually ascariz, this username was originated in spain but later on it was change when it was introduced in Philippines.

Ascencio Spanish, Italian
From the personal name (Latin Ascensius), favored by the early Christians, by whom it was bestowed with reference to the ascension of Christ (Late Latin ascensio).

Ascensão Portuguese

Aschan Swedish
Shortened form of Aschanius (now obsolete) taken from the name of a village whose name was derived from Swedish ask "ash tree".

Ascher German
Derived from German asche meaning "ash" (tanners worked with ash)

Aschieris Italian

Asciak Maltese

Ascot English
Surname originating from the village of Arscott in Devon, meaning "eastern cottage" in Saxon. It can also be used to refer to Ascot in Berkshire, where the Royal Ascot race meeting is held each year.

Asea African

Aselton American
Asel being a variant of Asil meaning ""noble"" and ton meaning ""town"".

Asensio Basque
It signifies "dweller at the place where the blackberry bushes grew."

Asgari Persian
From the given name Asgar.

Əsgərov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əsgər".

Əsgərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əsgərov.

Asghar Arabic, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Asghar.

Asghari Persian
From the given name Asghar.

Asgharpour Persian
Means "son of Asghar".

Asgharzadeh Persian
Means "born of Asghar".

Asharia African

Ashbe English
Derived from one of the several places in England called Ashby.

Ashberry English

Ashborn English

Ashborne English

Ashbourn English

Ashbourne English

Ashbrook English
Derived from Ampney St Mary, a small village and civil parish locally known as "Ashbrook", in Gloucestershire, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Estbroce). It is named with Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and broc meaning "brook, stream".

Ashbrooke English
Variant of Ashbrook.

Ashburn English

Ashbury English

Ashby English
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ or the Old Norse personal name Aski + býr ‘farm’.

Ashcraft English
Altered form of English Ashcroft.

Ashcroft English
English (chiefly Lancashire) topographic name from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ + croft ‘enclosure’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with these elements.

Ashdul Indian (Rare)

Ashe Irish, English, Caribbean

Ashen English

Ashenafi Ethiopian
Winner

Asher Jewish
From the given name Asher.

Asher English
Name for someone who dwelled by an ash tree, from Middle English asche or asshe meaning "ash tree".

Asherov um Jewish, Russian
Means "son of Asher".

Ashes English

Asheton English
Variant of Ashton.

Ashfaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ashfaq.

Ashfield English
Meaning "ash tree field".

Ashford English
Derived from Ashford, which is the name of several places in England. All but one of these derive the second element of their name from Old English ford meaning "ford" - for the one in North Devon, it is derived from Old English worō or worth meaning "enclosure".... [more]

Ashida Japanese
Combination of the kanji 芦 (ashi, "reed") and 田 (ta, "field").

Ashido Japanese
From Japanese 芦 (ashi) meaning "reed" and 戸 (do) meaning "door"

Ashihara Japanese

Ashikaga Japanese
Ashikaga is a surname that originated with samurai families. Kaga means "Flower Bud,Reed" and Ashi means "Place",but it is most commonly, ( if not always ) written with characters meaning ,"foot" and "advantage".

Ashila Indian

Ashina Japanese

Ashiq Punjabi, Urdu
Derived from Arabic عَاشِق (ʿāšiq) meaning "enamored, infatuated" or "admirer, lover", ultimately from عِشْق (ʿišq) "being in love".

Ashita Japanese
Variant of Ashida.

Ashitanihara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 芦谷原 (Ashitanihara), a variant reading of 芦谷原 (Ashitaniharu) meaning "Ashitaniharu", a division in the division of Shukukubota in the area of Makizono in the city of Kirishima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or it being a name of a group of several households in the same location, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Ashitomi Japanese

Ashiya Japanese

Ashiyahara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 芦谷原 (see Ashitanihara).

Ashkar Arabic
Variant of Ashqar.

Ashkatsao Abazin
Possibly from an Abkhaz word meaning "lazy", used as a nickname for a lazy person.

Ashkenazi Jewish
From a nickname given by Jews in Slavic countries to Jews from Germany. It was also used to denote a Yiddish-speaking Jew who had settled in an area where non-Ashkenazic Jews were the majority. The name ultimately comes from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז‎‎ (ashk'náz), a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, which is likely from Assyrian Aškūza.

Ashland English
This surname is derived from Old English æsc & land and it means "ash tree land."

Ashlei English

Ashlen English

Ashlund English (Rare)

Ashly English
Variant of Ashley.

Ashman English, Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Anglo-Saxon Æscmann, a byname meaning "pirate, seaman", composed of æsc "(boat or spear made of) ash tree" and man "person, man"... [more]

Ashmole English

Ashmore English
English locational name, from either "Aisemare", (from Old English pre 7th Century "aesc" meaning ash plus "mere" a lake; hence "lake where ash-trees grow), or from any of several minor places composed of the Old English elements "aesc" ash plus "mor" a marsh or fen.

Ashok Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
From the given name Ashok.

Ashour Arabic
Derived from Arabic عاشوراء ('ashura) referring to the holy tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.

Ashqar Arabic
From the given name Ashqar.

Ashraf Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ashraf.

Ashrafi Persian, Bengali
From the given name Ashraf.

Ashten English
Variant of Ashton

Ashtiani Persian
Possibly related to the Iranian city or county of Ashtian.

Ashtin Arabic

Ashuba Abkhaz
Possibly from Abkhaz ашә (āš°) meaning "cheese" or "beech" or ашәа (āš°ā) meaning "song".

Ashukovskiy m Russian, Yiddish (Russified)

Ashwill English

Ashwood English
Habitational name from a place in Staffordshire named Ashwood, from Old English æsc "ash" and wudu "wood".

Ashyrow Turkmen

Asia Bengali (Muslim)

Asicksik Inuit

Asif Urdu

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

Aşık Turkish
Means "lover, devotee, suitor" in Turkish.

Asikkala Finnish
Indicates familial origin from Asikkala, a municipality in southern Finland.

Asim Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Asim 1.

Äşimhan Kazakh

Asimov Russian
A notable bearer was author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) whose name was derived from Russian озимый хлеб (ozímyj khleb) "winter grain" combined with the patronymic suffix -ov. His family name was originally spelled Азимов (Azimov), but it got anglicized to Asimov with an S instead of Z when the family immigrated to the United States... [more]

Asinga South American

Asis Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Asís primarily used in the Philippines.

Asisa Indian

Asitimbay Basque (Hispanicized)

Ask Swedish
From Swedish ask "ash tree".

Aškāpu Babylonian
Means "leatherworker", deriving from the Akkadian aškāpu ("a leatherworker , a cobbler , a shoemaker").

Askarov m Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Askar".

Askarova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Askarov.

Askeladd Folklore
The main character in Asbjornsen and Moe's Norwegian Folktales, Askeladd is usually the youngest and smallest of three brothers who is left to sit by the fire in the ashes, hence his name (similar to Cinderella)... [more]

Askew English (American)

Askey English
Askey is an anglicised form of McAskell, McAskey, and McCaskie

Askia Songhai, Western African
Meaning unknown.

Askin English
From the given name Ásketill.

Askins English
Variant of Askin.

Askoak Yupik

Askren English (American)

Aslaksen Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Aslak".

Aslam Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aslam.

Aslamas Greek
This surname is usually found among Pontic Greeks. The surname comes from the Georgian first name Aslamaz which is likely related to the Georgian adjective ლამაზი (lamazi) meaning "beautiful, handsome".

Aslanbekov Chechen
Means "son of Aslanbek".

Aslanbekova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Асланбеков (see Aslanbekov).

Aslani Persian
From the given name Aslan.

Aslanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Aslanyan.

Aslanis Greek
From the Turkish name/word for lion, Aslan.

Aslanishvili Georgian
Means "son of Aslan" in Georgian.

Aslanoglou Greek
From Greek Ασλάνογλου (aslanoglou) meaning "son of Aslan"

Aslanov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Aslan".

Aslanova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Aslanov.

Aslansen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Aslan".

Aslanyan Armenian
Derived from Turkic arslan meaning "lion".

Asley English

Aslie English
Variant of Ansley.

Aslin English
From the Old French personal name Asceline, a pet form of the personal name Asse.

Asllanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Asllan" in Albanian.

Asllani Albanian

Asllani Albanian
Derived from the given name Asllan.

Åslund Swedish
Combination of Swedish ås "ridge, esker" and lund "grove".

Asmah Arabic

Asmonga African (?)

Ásmundsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ásmundur".

Ásmundsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ásmundur".

Asnicar Italian
From Cimbrian haazo "hare" and ékke "hill, rise".

Aso Japanese
From Japanese 阿蘇 (Aso) meaning "Aso", a former district in the former Japanese province of Higo in parts of present-day Kumamoto, Japan.... [more]

Asō Japanese
Combination of the kanji 麻 (asa, "hemp plant") and 生 (fu, "place where vegetation grows"), thus "place where hemp plants grow". A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎; b. 1940).

Asō Japanese
Variant reading of Aso.

Asobe Japanese

Asoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Aso.

Asoi Japanese

Asola Finnish (Archaic, ?)

Ason English
The name Ason comes from Aythe where Aythe filius Thome received a charter of the lands of Fornochtis in Strathearn from Robert the Steward (later known as Robert II) around 1360. The next of the line was called Johem ayson iuuene... [more]

Asp Swedish
Means "aspen tree" in Swedish.

Aspen English

Asperger German
Denoting a person who lived in Asperg, a town in Southwest Germany, derived from a cadet named Asperg who lived in the ruling house... [more]

Asperges Italian
It means "you bless", and it is also the device used by priests to spread holy water over people or places

Aspig Irish
Aspig is an anglicized form of McGillespie

Aspin English

Aspinall English
A locational name of Anglo-Saxon origin, it means “aspen well”.

Aspiotis Greek

Aspiras Filipino

Aspizúa Spanish, Basque

Asplet Jèrriais
Of uncertain origin and meaning.

Asplin English
From a short form of the given name Absalom.

Asplund Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Swedish asp "aspen" and lund "grove".

Aspro Northern African

Aspros Greek (Cypriot)

Asprou Greek (Cypriot)

Asqarov m Uzbek
Means "son of Asqar".

Asqarova f Uzbek
Feminine form of Asqarov.

Asquez Gibraltarian

Asquith English
Habitational name from a village in North Yorkshire named Askwith, from Old Norse askr ‘ash tree’ + vi{dh}r ‘wood’

Əşrəfov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əşrəf".

Əşrəfova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əşrəfov.

Assa Minahasan

Assad Arabic
Derived from the given name As'ad.

Assagaf Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Assagaff Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Assamoah Akan, Western African
Variant of Asamoah

Assange English (Australian, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is Julian Paul Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.

Assanti Italian
Derived from the Italian personal name Alessandro.

Assaratanakul Thai
From Thai อัสสะ (atsa) meaning "horse", รัตนะ (ratana) meaning "precious gem; precious jewel", and กุล, a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Assaro Italian, Sicilian
Variant of Asaro.

Assarsson Swedish
Means "son of Assar".

Assayag Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sayegh.

Assegaf Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Assegaff Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Asselbrough English
pronouncec assel brudd the origin of the name id unknown but the family were first fiund in heworth .george asselbrough married sarah keatlie in heworth.they had george b1752-1833 alston,srag 17154c nicholas 1757 - 1813 felling pit disaster.peter 1760 james 1762,... [more]

Asselin French