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Achmatowicz Polish (Rare)
Means "son of Achmat", from a Polish form of the given name Ahmad. This name is primarily used among Lipka Tatar Muslims in Poland.

Achmiedaŭ Belarusian
Belarusian form of Akhmedov.

Achour Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عاشور (see Ashour) chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Achton Danish
A Graecised form of Jordløse meaning 'without land.'

Açıkgöz Turkish
Means "crafty, cunning, nimble" in Turkish.

Aćimović Serbian
A patronymic surname derived from the given name Aćim.

Ackary English
Possibly derived from the Middle English given name Achary or Acharias, a variant of Zacharias.

Ackerley English
Derived from Old English æcer "field" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Ackers English

Ackerson English
From the middle english word "aker" meaning field, basically means "son of the field"

Ackert English (American), German
Ultimately derived from the Germanic personal name Ekkehard.

Ackie Akan

Ackles English, German (Americanized)
Variant form of Eccles. In some cases, might also be an Americanized form of Achilles.

Ackley English
Derived from Old English ac "oak (tree)" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Ackroyd English
Topographic name from northern Middle English ake "oak" and rod "clearing".

Acmad Filipino, Maranao
From the given name Acmad.

Acogido Filipino (Rare)

Acollador Filipino
Lanyard in Spanish

Acorn German
Origin uncertain; most probably an Americanized form of German Eichhorn.

Acosta Spanish
Surname (from location)... [more]

Acothley Navajo
Acothley means "cowboy".

Acović Serbian, Macedonian
Means "son of Aco".

Acovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Acovski.

Acovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Aco".

Acquaviva Italian
From an Italian place name meaning "running water, spring", literally "living water".

Acquistapace Italian
Means "buy peace" in Italian, from acquista "to buy, to purchase" and pace "peace".

Acre English
Variant form of Acker, or an Americanized form of similar-sounding surnames such as Aaker or Egger.

Acree English (American)
Americanized form of surnames such as German Acker or Swedish and Norwegian Akre. Can also be a variant of Ackary.

Acres English
Variant of Akers.

Acri Italian
Habitational name from a place in Cosenza province named Acri.

Acton English, Northern Irish
"Oak Town" in Old English. Parishes in Cheshire, Suffolk, Middlesex. There is also a place that bears this name in Ulster.

Acuff English (American)
Possibly a derived from Aculf, a variant of the Old Norse given name Agúlfr, composed of agi "awe, terror, fear" and ulfr "wolf"... [more]

Acuña Galician, Spanish
Derived from a place named "Acuña Alta".

Acuna Spanish (Latin American)
Related tho the Acuna Indians of Mexico, there is also a city by the name. Popular in border areas of Mexico and Texas.

Acy English (Rare)
Possibly from the given name Ace 1.

Acyl African

Adaagist Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the town of Daagist in the province of Řḥusima.

Adachi Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" or 足 (a) meaning "leg, foot" and 達 (tachi), a plural marker, or 立 (tachi) meaning "stand".

Adachibara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Adachihara Japanese
A means "leg, limb, step", dachi is a form of tachi meaning "stand", and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Adachiwara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Ådahl Swedish, Finland Swedish
Combination of Swedish å meaning "river, stream, creek" (Old Norse á) and dal meaning "dale, valley" (Old Norse dalr).

Adaikkappan Indian

Adair Celtic
Mostly Scottish surname meaning "at the oak ford".

Adaire French

Adakai Navajo
From Navajo adikaʼí meaning "gambler, card player".

Adaksin Russian

Adaksina Russian
Feminine form of Adaksin (Адаксин)

Adalson English
English surname meaning "Son of all"

Adalya Turkish

Adamadze Georgian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamantidis Greek
Descentant, son of Adamantios.

Adamashvili Georgian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamaŭ Belarusian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamberg Yiddish
Probably from the given name Adam.

Adamchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Adamenko.

Adamčyk Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Adam.

Adamec Czech, Slovak
From a pet form of the personal name Adam.

Adamek Polish, Czech
Means "son of Adam." A famous bearer was Tomasz Adamek (1976-), one of Poland's most succesfull boxers.

Adamenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Adam".

Adames Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
From the given name Adame.

Adamescu Romanian
Patronymic from the given name Adam.

Adamiak Polish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Adamyan.

Adamis Greek
Means "son of Adam".

Adamopilus Greek

Adamos Greek
Means "son of Adam".

Adamou Greek
Means "son of Adam".

Adamou Western African
From the given name Adamou.

Adamov Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamović Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic from the personal name Adam.

Adamovič Belarusian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamovich Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian (Russified)
Patronymic from the personal name Adam.

Adamowicz Polish
Means "son of Adam".

Adamska f Polish
Feminine form of Adamski.

Adamski m Polish
Patronymic from Adam suffixed with -ski based on habitational names.

Adamsky Jewish
Variant spelling of Adamski.

Adamthwaite English
Habitational name for a person from a place in Ravenstonedale, derived from Middle English personal name Adam and Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture"... [more]

Adamu Amharic, Swahili, Hausa
From the given name Adamu (see user-submitted name).

Adamyan Armenian
Means "son of Adam".

Adanga African

Adão Portuguese
From the given name Adão.

Adap Filipino, Maranao
Means "in front of, before" in Maranao.

Adauto Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Adauto.

Addamo Italian
Variant of Adamo.

Addams English
Variant of Adams.

Adderley English
Habitational name from places called Adderley. (Mostly dominant in the Bahamas)

Addesi Italian
Variant of Addessi.

Addesio Italian

Addessi Italian

Addington English
Habitational name from any of various places named in Old English as Eaddingtun 'settlement associated with Eadda' or Æddingtun 'settlement associated with Æddi'.

Addo English (African)

Addy English
From the personal name Addy 2, a medieval diminutive of Adam... [more]

Adeang Nauruan

Adebowale Yoruba
From the given name Adebowale

Adedeji Yoruba
Means "one crown has become two" in Yoruba.

Adeeb Arabic
Derived from the given name Adib.

Adeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Adil.

Adefope Nigerian, Western African, Yoruba
Derived from Adéfọpẹ́, meaning “the crown grants thanksgivings”.

Adegbamigbe Yoruba
From the given name Adegbamigbe.

Adegoke Yoruba
From the given name Adegoke

Adekoya Nigerian

Adekuoroye Nigerian

Adelakun Yoruba
From the given name Adelakun

Adelan Filipino

Adelman English (American)

Adelmund Frankish
Meaning "Noble Protection", Adel, being a variation of germanic adal, meaning "noble" and mund, meaning "protection".

Adelsköld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish adel meaning "nobility" (Old Norse aðal) and sköld meaning "shield".

Adelson English

Adelstein German, Jewish
Variant of Edelstein. Paul Adelstein (1969-) is an American actor known for his role as Paul Kellerman in the 2005-2017 television series Prison Break.

Adelzhanov Kazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Adelzhan".

Adem Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian, Uyghur
From the given name Adem.

Ademaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Adem" in Albanian.

Ademi Albanian

Ademi Albanian
Derived from the given name Adem.

Ademoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Adem".

Ademola Yoruba
From the given name Ademola

Ademović Bosnian
Means "son of Adem".

Adenekan Yoruba
NIGERIA

Adeniji Nigerian

Adeoye Western African, Yoruba
From given name Adeoye

Ader Estonian
Ader is an Estonian surname meaning "plow".

Aders German (Silesian)
Variation of Eders, a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of bare, uncultivated land, from Middle High German (o)ed(e) 'wasteland'. It may also be a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this element.

Adesanya Yoruba
Meaning "first to be born" in Yoruba.

Adesina Yoruba
From the given name Adesina

Adetokunbo Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Adetokunbo.

Adetu Romanian

Adewale Yoruba
From the given name Adewale.

Adeyemi Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Adeyemi

Adgate English
Variant of Agate.

Adge English

Adger English

Adgo Ethiopian

Adham Arabic
From the given name Adham.

Adhia Konkani
A famous example is Richa Adhia, a Tanzanian model of Konkani descent.

Adhikari Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अधिकारिन् (adhikarin) meaning "official, authority, officer".

Adhikary Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Alternate transcription of Adhikari.

Adi Hebrew (Rare)
Means "jewel; ornament" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname.

Adib Arabic, Persian, Bengali
From the given name Adib.

Adida Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Hadida.

Adie English, Scottish
From the personal name Adie, a medieval pet form of Adam.

Adıgözəlov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Adıgözəl".

Adıgözəlova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Adıgözəlov.

Adıgözəlzadə Azerbaijani
Means "child of Adıgözəl", using the Persian suffix زاده (zade) meaning "offspring".

Adıgüzel Turkish
From Turkish adı meaning "name" and güzel meaning "beautiful, nice".

Adil Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Adil.

Adilbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Adilbek".

Adilbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Adilbekov.

Adiletov Kazakh
Means "son of Adilet".

Ədilov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ədil".

Ədilova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Ədilov.

Adilović Bosnian
Means "son of Adil".

Adiong Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao adiyong meaning "to prepare, to make ready".

Adipietro Italian
meaning "to tell Peter"; "to appear before Peter"... [more]

Adisa Yoruba
From the given name Adisa

Adışen Turkish

Adison English
A variation of Addison.

Adītājs Latvian (Rare)
Means "the knitter" in Latvian.

Adjadj Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حجاج (see Hadjadj).

Adjani African

Adjedj Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Hadjadj.

Adji Nigerian

Adkinson English
Variant of the surname Atkinson.

Adkyn English
Variant of Adkin.

Adlam English
Derived (via Anglo-Norman) from the Old German given name Adalhelm. Also compare Adelelmus (see Adelelm).

Adlani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Adlène (chiefly Moroccan).

Adlao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano adlaw meaning "sun, day".

Adlar Turkish

Adlawan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "daytime" in Cebuano.

Adleiba Abkhaz
Most likely from the given name Adlei, itself derived from Arabic عَادِل (ʿādil) meaning "fair, just", combined with Abkhaz аҧа (āpā) meaning "son"... [more]

Adlerz Swedish (Rare)
Possibly derived from the German surname Adler.

Adlington Anglo-Norman

Adly Arabic
Derived from the given name Adli.

Admire American, French (Americanized)

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

Adnane Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Adnan.

Adney English
Habitational name from Adeney in Shropshire, named in Old English as Eadwynna ey "island of a woman called Eadwynn". English: from a Middle English pet form of Adam... [more]

Adolay German (Rare)

Adolf German
From the given name Adolf.

Adolphson English, Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Adolph".

Adolphsson Swedish
Variant of Adolfsson; means "son of Adolph".

Adonay Central American

Adoni Italian

Adonis South American, Southern African
From the given name Adonis. This surname is particularly common in parts of South Africa, Haiti, and Guyana

Adoo Western African

Adore African

Adori Italian, Maltese

Adorján Hungarian
From the given name Adorján.

Adornado Filipino
Derived from the given name Adorno meaning "adorned". However, its root actually came from Spanish meaning “decoration, embellishment, ornament”... [more]

Adorni Italian
Derived from the given name Adorno.

Adorno Italian
Southern Italian: from the personal name Adorno, meaning ‘adorned’.... [more]

Adoro Late Roman
Meaning "I Pray to". From Latin ad “to” + ōrō “I speak”

Adoti Nigerian

Adriaensz Dutch (Archaic)
Older form of Adriaans.

Adrian Various
From the given name Adrian.

Adrianescu Romanian
Of Romanian origin meaning "son of Adrian".

Adriano Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Adriano.

Adrianov Russian
Means "son of Adrian".

Adríansdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Adrían" in Icelandic.

Adríansson Icelandic
Means "son of Adrían" in Icelandic.

Adrien French
From the given name Adrien.

Adrienne Medieval English
The surname dervies from the Latin male given name "(H)adrianus", originally an ethnic name for someone from the seaport of Adria - which gave its name to the Adriatic Sea - who settled in Rome and became known as "the man from Adria" (in Latin, "Adrianus")... [more]

Adrina Indonesian

Adriwec Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the city and province of Driwec.

Adrović Montenegrin

Adryn Indonesian

Adson English (African)
Possibly means "son of Adam".

Aduba Nigerian, Igbo

Aduriz Basque
Patronymic from the given name Adur, meaning "luck, fate" in Basque.

Adushkin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Adushka of various Russian given names.

Adut Hebrew

Advani Indian, Sindhi
Means "descendant of Adu" in Sindhi, Adu probably being the name of a past ancestor.

Advena German

Advíncula Spanish
Perhaps from Latin ad vincula "in chains", a title of Saint Peter.

Advincula Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Advíncula primarily used in the Philippines.

Ađžić Montenegrin

Adzuchi Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Aebig German (Archaic)
Short form of Adalbert, used in the 16th century.

Aeby Swiss
Derived from the given name Adalbert.

Aed Estonian
Aed is an Estonian surname meaning "garden".

Aedma Estonian
Aedma is an Estonian surname derived from "aed", meaning "garden", or "aedmaasikas" meaning "strawberry".

Aedviir Estonian
Aedviir is an Estonian surname meaning "garden line/stripe".

Aeg Estonian
Aeg is an Estonian surname meaning "time".

Ael Khmer

Aemillianus Ancient Roman
From Aemilianus.

Aeneas English (Rare), Indigenous American (Anglicized, Rare)
From the given name Aeneas.

Aer Estonian
Aer is an Estonian surname meaning "oar".

Āěrdān Mongolian
A Daur family name.

Aeria African

Aerni German (Swiss)
Variant of Erni.

Aeroaiei Medieval Romanian (Italianized, Rare, Archaic)

Aertsz Dutch (Archaic), Frisian (Archaic)
Older form of Aerts, a patronymic surname from Aert, a shortened form of the first name Arnout.

Aesah Indonesian

Aesoo Estonian
Aesoo is an Estonian surname possibly taken from the location of the village of the same name in Pärnu County.

Aetós Greek
"Eagle" - in Greek, spelled αετός.

Afanador Spanish
Robber

Afanasyev Russian
Means "son of Afanasiy".

Afanasyeva f Russian
Feminine form of Afanasyev.

Əfəndiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of the effendi" from the Ottoman title افندي (efendi) meaning "lord, master".

Əfəndiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əfəndiyev.

Afeef Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Afif.

Afergan Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ifergan.

Affan Arabic
Derived from the given name Affan.

Affelberg Jewish, German

Affergan Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ifergan.

Afflalo Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Aflalo.

Affleck Galician, Scottish
Variation 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... [more]

Afflelou Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Aflalo.

Afflitto Italian
Derived from Italian "afflitto" meaning "afflicted" or "troubled".

Afghan Afghan
Means "from Afghanistan".

Afghani English

Afghani Persian, Pashto
Derived from the term "افغانی" (Afghan), which means "a person from Afghanistan" in Pashto and Persian languages.

Afghanzada Dari Persian
Means "son of the Afghan" in Persian.

Afif Arabic
From the given name Afif.

Aflalo Judeo-Spanish
Possibly from the name of the village of Afelilou in the Tafilalt region of Morocco.

Aflalou Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Aflalo.

Aflor Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Afonin m Russian
Means "son of Afon 2" or "son of Afonya".

Afonso Portuguese
Old (6th century derived) Iberian surname, associated with the first dynasty and King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques. The surname was used by all the subsequent illegitimate children of that dynastic line.

Afonso Portuguese, Galician
From the given name Afonso.

Afrah Arabic
From the given name Afrah.

Afrakoma African
Akan... [more]

Afrasiabi Persian
From the given name Afrasiab.

Africa Filipino

Afridi Pashto
From Pashto اپريدی (Apriday) of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Afrigan Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ifergan.

Afşar Turkish
Turkish form of Afshar.

Afsar Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Afsar.

Afshar Persian
From the name of the Afshar people, a Turkic tribe residing in Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. The name itself may mean "obedient" or perhaps "extraction, squeeze, press".

Aftab Urdu
Derived from the given name Aftab.

Aftanas Greek

Aften English (American, Rare)

Aftodor Romanian

Afton English

Afzaal Urdu
Derived from the given name Afzal.

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

Afzali Persian
From the given name Afzal.

Ag Indonesian

Ağa Turkish

Aga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Ağabalayev m Azerbaijani
From the given name Ağabala.