Submitted Surnames Starting with A

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Aissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Isa 1.
Aït Berber, Northern African
Derived from Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ (aït) meaning "son", also commonly used a component for compound names and surnames.
Ait Estonian
Ait is an Estonian surname meaning "granary" and "outbuilding".
Aita Japanese
Variant of Aida.
Aït Ahmed Berber (Gallicized)
Means "son of Ahmed" in Tamazight.
Aitana Spanish
From the name of a mountain in Valencia, Spain.
Ait Bekka Berber
Berber surname derived from ait meaning "son" and Bekka, possibly a Berber given name.
Aïtbrahim Berber, Northern African
Means "son of Brahim", from Tamazight ⴰⵢⵜ (ait) meaning "son" combined with the Arabic given name Brahim.
Aitiņš Latvian
Derived from the word aita, meaning “sheep”.
Aiuchi Japanese
Ai (愛) means 'love', and Uchi (内) means 'inside'.
Aiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Aiwara Japanese
A variant of Aihara.
Aixin Chinese, Manchu
A Sinicised variant of Aisin.
Aiyama Japanese
Ai can mean "together, join", "love, affection" or "indigo" and yama means "mountain".
Aiyuk African American (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Aiyuk is not a common surname.Most Commonly known as the Surname of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers WR,Brandon Aiyuk.There is not much information of ethnicity or background to the name but we know at least a little.
Aizawa Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Aizawa Japanese
Variant reading of 阿久沢 or 阿久澤 (see Akuzawa 2).
Aizen Popular Culture
This Japanese surname is used as 藍染 with 藍 (ran, ai) meaning "indigo" and 染 (sen, shi.mi, shi.miru, -shi.meru, -ji.miru, so.maru, so.meru, -zo.me, -zome) meaning "colour, dye, paint, print, stain." Normally, this would be romanticised as Aizome.... [more]
Aizlewood English (Rare)
Believed to be a South Yorkshire variant of the popular Hazelwood, of which there are several villages in the region. Also known as a development of Olde English 'Ashlac' found in the Yorkshire village of Aislaby, which translates as The farm (bi) of Ashlac... [more]
Aja Spanish
Means "adze" in Spanish, denoting a person who uses the tool.
Ajactle Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.
Ajala Edo
Means "chief of the horses".
Ajami Arabic, Persian
Variant of Ajam.
Ajanel Mayan
Means "carpenter" in Kaqchikel.
Ajango Estonian
Ajango is an Estonian surname related to "time".
Ajari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.
Àjàyí Yoruba
From the given names Àjàyí.
Ajaz Urdu
From the given name Ajaz.
Ajdini Albanian
Derived from the given name Ajdin.
Ajdinović Bosnian
Means "son of Ajdin".
Ajdiri Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian town of Ajdir.
Ajemian Armenian
Patronymic from Turkish acem meaning ‘Persian’, ‘foreigner’, from Arabic a’jam meaning ‘one who speaks Arabic incorrectly’.
Ajiyari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.
Ajmal Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ajmal.
Ajtósi Hungarian
Derived from a destroyed medieval settlement in Békés County, meaning "with door" in Hungarian, from Hungarian ajtó "door". It could also mean "doormaker" in Hungarian.
Ak Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish.
Akaashi Japanese
Comes from the kanji "赤" meaning "red", and "葦" meaning "reed", or alternatively, "足" that means "leg"
Akada Japanese
Aka meant "red" and da comes from ta meaning "rice patty, field".
Akaeda Japanese
Aka means "red" and eda means "branch, bough, twig."
Akagawa Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Akagi Japanese
Means "red tree" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 木 (tree).
Akahira Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".
Akahori Japanese
Aka means "red" and hori means "mound, hill."
Akahoshi Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".
Akaike Japanese (Rare)
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 池 (ike) means "pool, pond".
Akaiwa Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red, vermilion" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".
Akaki Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ki means "tree, wood".
Akama Japanese
Possibly from 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 間 (ma) meaning "between, interval, space, pause".
Akamakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red", referring to pinus densiflora, and 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.... [more]
Akamatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 赤真下 (see Akamakka).
Akame Japanese
This surname can derive from a location: Akame Forty-eight Waterfalls (near Nabari, Mie prefecture, Kansai region). Asides from being a popular hiking spot, the waterfalls are rumored to be the training location for ninja hundreds of years ago... [more]
Akamine Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "mountain peak, mountain ridge".
Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]
Akamura Japanese
Aka means "red" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Akan Turkish
Means "flowing, streaming, running" in Turkish.
Akanami Japanese
Aka means "red" and nami means "wave".
Akane Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ne means "root".
Akanishi Japanese
Means "red west" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 西 (west).
Akano Japanese
(Aka) 赤 means "red, crimson, vermilion" and (no) 野 means "wilderness, plain, field".
Akanuma Japanese
Aka means "red" and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Akao Japanese
Aka means "red" and o means "tail".
Akarregi Basque
Derived from Akerregi, the name of a place in Basque Country composed of aker "goat, billy goat" combined with either hegi "side, slope, bank; edge, border" or -egi "place".
Akasaka Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
Akasaki Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 崎 or 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Akase Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Akashi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (aka) meaning "bright" and 石 (shi) meaning "stone".
Akashiro Japanese
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".... [more]
Akashita Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) or 丹 (aka) both meaning "red" combined with 下 (shita) meaning "below, down, descend, give, low, inferior". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akata Japanese
Variant of Akada.
Akatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Akatsuki Japanese
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, moon". This surname is a reference to what the moon looks like during a lunar eclipse.... [more]
Akatsutsumi Popular Culture
Combination of 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 堤 (tsutsumi) meaning "bank, embankment, dike," used on the character Momoko Akatsutsumi (赤堤 ももこ) in the anime 'Powerpuff Girls Z', the anime adaptation of the Cartoon Network series 'The Powerpuff Girls' (the character in question being equivalent to Blossom in the original cartoon).... [more]
Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".
Akay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and ay meaning "moon".
Akbar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Akbar.
Akbarian Persian
From the given name Akbar.
Əkbərov Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani variant of Akbarov.
Əkbərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Əkbərov.
Akbarova f Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Akbarov.
Akbarpour Persian
Means "son of Akbar" in Persian.
Akbarzadeh Persian
From the given name Akbar combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Akbaş Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and baş meaning "head".
Akbulut Turkish
Means "white cloud" in Turkish.
Akça Turkish
Means "money, coin" or "pale, whitish" in Turkish.
Akçam Turkish
A surname of Turkish origin, ultimate from the words ak meaning "white" and çam meaning "pine tree".
Akçay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and çay meaning "stream, brook".
Akdağ Turkish
Habitational name for someone who lived near any of the various mountains named Akdağ in Turkey, from Turkish ak meaning "white" and dağ meaning "mountain".
Akdemir Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and demir meaning "iron".
Akdoğan Turkish
Means "gyrfalcon" in Turkish.
Akebdani Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): habitational name from the town of Dar Lkebdani.
Akechi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect".
Akehashi Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (ake) meaning "shining, bright" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Akehisa Japanese
Ale means "bright" and hisa means "long time ago, lasting".
Akello Eastern African
A Lou surname that originates from the name of a male ancestor, Okello or Akello. The ancestor was so named as he was a child born after the birth of twins. Lou personal names were given based on a circumstance of birth.
Akemi Japanese
Ake means "bright" and mi means "mindset, view".... [more]
Akemon English
American variant of Aikman.
Åker Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
From Swedish and Norwegian åker "plowed field".
Åkerhielm Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker "field" and hjälm "helmet".
Åkerlund Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish åker meaning "field" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".
Åkerström Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker "field" and ström "stream".
Akey English
Possibly an Americanized form of German Eiche "oak".
Akgül Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and gül meaning "rose".
Akgün Turkish
Means "white day" or "white sun" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and gün meaning "sun, day".
Akhan Turkish
A combination of Ak and Han.... [more]
Akhatov Tatar, Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Akhat".
Akhavan Persian
Derived from Arabic إخوان (ikhwan) meaning "brothers, brethren", the plural of أخ (akh) meaning "brother".
Akhba Abkhaz
Derived from Abkhaz akhba meaning "elder" or аб (āb) "father".
Akhlaghi Persian
From Persian اخلاق (akhlagh) meaning "morals, ethics, virtues" (of Arabic origin).
Akhlaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Akhlaq.
Akhmadiev m Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Means "son of Akhmad".
Akhmadieva f Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Feminine form of Akhmadiev.
Akhmadullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Ahmadullah.
Akhmadullina f Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Tatar Әхмәдуллин or Bashkir Әхмәҙуллин (see Akhmadullin).
Akhmatova Tatar, Russian
Feminine form of Akhmatov, meaning "son of Äxmät".
Akhmedova Russian
Feminine form of Akhmedov (Ахмедов)
Akhmetzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Akhmetzhan".
Akhmetzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Akhmetzhanov.
Akhras Arabic
Meaning unknown.
Akhtar Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Akhtar.
Akhter Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Akhtar.
Akhunzadah Pashto
Means “descendant of a religious leader” or “child of a priest”.
Aki Japanese
Aki commonly means "Autumn" and "Bright,Luminous" as a first name and surname,but there's also "Rising Sun", "Crystal (Ball)" ,"Brightness,Luster" or "Obvious,Clear". First name Aki has far more kanji possibilities.
Akiba Japanese
From the Japanese 秋 (aki) "autumn" and 葉 (ha or ba) "leaf."
Akibara Japanese
This 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."
Akida Japanese
Variant of Akita.
Akihara Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn; fall" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".... [more]
Akiiki Tooro, Nyoro, Alur, Acholi
The pet name of Elizabeth of Toro.
Akimaru Japanese
Aki can mean "bright, luminous" or "autumn". Maru means "circle, round".
Akimoto Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 元 or 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Akimov Russian
Means "son of Akim".
Akimura Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Akın Turkish
Means "raid, rush, influx, inflow" in Turkish.
Akinashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".
Akine Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and ne means "root".
Akinfeev Russian
Means "son of Akinfiy".
Akinnuoye Western African, Yoruba
Means "chief warrior" in Yoruba. A famous bearer is English actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967-).
Akino Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no) meaning "from".
Akins Scottish, English, Northern Irish
Variant of Aikens, which is derived from the given name Aiken, a variant of the medieval diminutive Atkin (see Aitken).
Akinuma Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn", and numa means "swamp, marsh".
Akioka Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and oka means "hill".
Akisato Japanese
秋 (Aki) means "autumn" and 里 (sato) means "village, ri: unit of measurement, league, parent's home". ... [more]
Akisawa Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" and sawa means "swamp".
Akishima Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" or "bright" and shima means "island".... [more]
Akishino Japanese
秋 (Aki) means "autumn" and 篠 (shino) means "dwarf bamboo".
Akita Japanese
This surname can be used as 秋田, 明田, 穐田, 飽田 or 阿北 with 秋/穐 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn," 明 (mei, myou, min, a.kari, aka.rui, aka.rumu, aki.raka, a.keru, -a.ke, a.ku(ru), a.kasu) meaning "clear," 飽 (hou, a.kiru, a.kasu, a.ku, aki) meaning "boredom," 阿 (a, o, omone.ru, kuma) meaning "corner, nook," 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field" and 北 (hou, kita) meaning "north."... [more]
Akitani Japanese
Aki can means "bright" or "autumn" and tani means "valley".
Akiwara Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and wara means "plain, field".
Akiya Japanese (Rare)
A bearer of this surname is Tomoko Akiya (秋谷 智子, born May 14, 1976) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the Ojamajo Doremi series, and Suzume Mizuno in Zatch Bell.
Akiyoshi Japanese
Aki can mean "bright" or "autumn", and yoshi can mean "good luck, fortune".
Akizawa Japanese
A variant of Akisawa.
Akizora Japanese
can be made with the kanji 旻(akizora) meaning "autumn sky" or the word 秋空 (akizora) meaning "autumn sky".
Akizuki Japanese
The Akizuki clan is a Japanese noble family.
Akk Estonian
Akk is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the German surname "Hack".
Akkaş Turkish
Means "white brow" from Old Turkic ak "white" and kaş "brow".
Akkawi Arabic
Means "from Akka" in Arabic.
Akkawy Arabic
Variant of Akkawi.
Akkaya Turkish
Means "white rock" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and kaya "rock".
Akkineni Telugu
The surname Akkineni (అక్కినేని) is derived from the Telugu and Kannada word "akki (అక్కి)" which means rice and the suffix "neni (నేని)" which means country or region... [more]
Akkuş Turkish
Means "white bird" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and kuş meaning "bird".
Akmad Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Akmad.
Akmal Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Akmal.
Akmalov Uzbek
Means "son of Akmal".
Akman Turkish
Means "chaste, pure, clean" in Turkish.
Aknin Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Aqnin, a Tamazight variant of Yaakov.
Akobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Akobyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Akol Sundanese
This is my grandpa's (my dad's side) last name
Akopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Akopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Akovantsev Russian (Rare)
Means "from Akova", the name of a few Greek cities and villages.
Akpınar Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and pınar meaning "spring, fountain".
Akram Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Akram.
Akridge English
Possibly 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)... [more]
Akropolitis Greek
Someone from Akropolis, not referring to the Acropolis of Athens specifically, but in general, any fortified area of ancient and medieval Greek cities.
Aksakal Turkish
Means "elder, senior" in Turkish.
Aksakov Russian
Common surname in Russia
Aksakova Russian
Feminine form of Aksakov (Аксаков), a common surname in Russia
Aksamit Polish
Means "velvet" in Polish.
Aksanov Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Aksanova Russian
Feminine form of Aksanov (Аксанов)
Aksentsev Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Aksentseva Russian
Feminine form of Aksentsev (Аксенцев)
Aksentsov Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Aksentsova Russian
Feminine form of Aksentsov (Аксенцов)
Aksentyev Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Aksentyeva Russian
Feminine form of Aksentyev (Аксентьев)
Aksu Turkish
Means "white water" in Turkish.
Aksyanov Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Aksyanova Russian
Feminine form of Aksyanov (Аксянов)
Aksyonov Russian
Derived from given name Avksentiy (Авксентий)
Aksyonova Russian
Feminine form of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Aksyutin Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Aksyutina Russian
Feminine form of Aksyutin (Аксютин)
Aktar Bengali
From the given name Aktar.
Aktaş Turkish
Means "white stone" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and taş meaning "stone, rock".
Akter Bengali
Variant of Akhtar.
Akui Japanese
A means "nook", ku means "long time ago, lasting" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".... [more]
Akulov Russian
Originates from old-Russian nickname Okul/Akul (meaning crook, deceiver) or Greek given name Aquila (Ἀκύλας)
Akulova Russian
Feminine form of Akulov (Акулов)
Akusawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1) or 阿久沢, 阿久澤, 愛久沢, 愛久澤, 悪沢, or 悪澤 (see Akuzawa 2).
Akutagawa Japanese
Akuta (芥) means "mustard", kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Notable bearers of this surname are Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介), a Japanese writer and Ryuunosuke Akutagawa from Bungou Stray dogs who shares the same name.
Akutsu Japanese
From Japanese 阿 (a) meaning "ridge, eaves, corner", 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour".
Akuzawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 愛久沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a former large village in the former Japanese province of Kaga in parts of present-day Ishikawa, Japan.... [more]
Akuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 阿久沢 (Akuzawa), a variant spelling of 悪沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a division in the area of Azuma in the city of Midori in the prefecture of Gumma in Japan.... [more]
Akyeampong African
Akan name from Ghana. It means the one who gives birth to princes. Mostly spelt Acheampong mainly to make life easy for Europeans, however that spelling is wrong because there is no "c" in the Akan or Twi alphabet... [more]
Akyıldız Turkish
Means "white star" in Turkish.
Akylbekov m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Akylbek".
Akylbekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Akylbekov.
Akyol Turkish
Means "white path" or "honest path" from Turkish ak meaning "white" (figuratively "honest, clean") and yol meaning "way, path".
Akyüz Turkish
Means "white face" in Turkish, from ak meaning "white" and yüz meaning "face".
Alaa Arabic
Derived from the given name Ala 1.
Alabanza Spanish
Means "praise" in Spanish, possibly denoted for a worshipper. from Spanish alabar "to praise" and a suffix. Travis Alabanza (1995-) is a British performance artist, writer, and theatremaker.
Alabaster English
From the name of a whitish kind of gypsum used for vases, ornaments and busts, ultimately deriving from Greek alabastros, itself perhaps from Egyptian 'a-labaste "vessel of the goddess Bast"... [more]
Alabed Arabic
means "The Servant of" in Arabic
Alaca Turkish
Means "freckle, fleck" or "multi-coloured, piebald" in Turkish.
Alaee Persian
Derived from the word "Ala," which means "exalted" or "noble."
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