Submitted Surnames Starting with A

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Al Sayad Arabic (Egyptian)
This is a rare Arabic title meaning "fisherman" or "fisherman"
Alšėniškis m Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the Belarusian village of Hal’šány, which was originally Lithuanian & named Alšėnai.
Al-shair Arabic
Means "the poet" in Arabic, derived from شاعر (sha'ir) meaning "poet, bard".
Al-Shami Arabic
Means "the Levantine" or "the Syrian", derived from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy) meaning "Levantine, Syrian, Damascene".
Al-shaykh Arabic
From the Arabic honorific شيخ (shaykh) meaning "sir, master", used for tribal or village chiefs as well as Muslim religious scholars.
al-Shebani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic شيباني (see Shebani). This name is chiefly used in Libya.
Al-Shehri Arabic
Means "the Shehri" in Arabic, referring to a member of the Shehri (شهري) tribe of Saudi Arabia.
Alshihab Arabic (Mashriqi, Rare)
Means "son of Shihab." It is Saudi Arabian.
Al-Shishani Arabic, Chechen (Expatriate)
Means "the Chechen" in Arabic. This was adopted by Chechens who migrated to the Arab world from the Caucasus.
Alson English
English surname meaning "son of all"
Alsop English
Habitational name, now chiefly found in the Midlands, for a person from Alsop-en-le-Dale, a chapelry in the parish of Ashborne, Derbyshire. The place name itself meant "Ælle's valley" from the genitive of the Old English personal name Ælle and Old English hōp meaning "enclosed valley" (compare Hope).
Alston English
A locational surname, derived from the many townships in England of the same name, meaning 'of the old manor or of the hillside'
Alt German, Jewish
From German alt ‘old’, typically applied as a distinguishing epithet to the older of two bearers of the same personal name.
Altaf Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Altaf.
Al-tamimi Arabic
Variant of Tamimi with the definite article ال (al).
Altamirano Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name For Someone From Any Of Several Places Called Altamira (See Altamira ).
Altan Turkish
From the given name Altan 1.
Altavilla Italian
Calque of French Hauteville.
Al-tayyib Arabic
Means "the pleasant one" from Arabic طيب (tayyib).
Altbauer German (Austrian)
“Old farmer” from the root Bauer meaning “farmer” in German
Altdorfer German
Denoted a person who lived in the capital of Uri canton in Switzerland or the municipality in Landshut, Bavaria, both derived from German alt "old" and Dorf "village" or Yiddish דאָרף (dorf) "village, countryside"... [more]
Alterman Yiddish
It literally means "old man".
Alters German
Shortened form of Alterstein.
Alterstein German
Means "old stone" in German.
Altham English
Altham is a surname of English origin, based on the placename Altham, Lancashire.
Al Thani Arabic
Means "the second" in Arabic. This is the name of the royal family of Qatar.
Althoff German
A surname predominantly found in Westphalia and the Rhineland region of Germany which is derived from German alt "old" and Hof (Hoff in the local dialects) "farmstead; farm; manor".
al-Tikriti Arabic
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Tikrit in Iraq. This was the birth surname of the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).
Altın Turkish
Derived from Turkish altın "gold", ultimately via Ottoman Turkish آلتون‎ (altın, altun) "gold", from Proto-Turkic *altun "gold".
Altıntaş Turkish
From Turkish altın meaning "gold" and taş meaning "stone".
Altmäe Estonian
Altmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "from below hill".
Altman German
Said to mean "Wise man" of German origin
Altman German, Jewish
Variant of Alt and Alterman.
Altmann German
From Middle High German, literally meaning "old man".
Altmets Estonian
Altmets is an Estonian surname meaning "below forest".
Altmeyer German
Status name for an older steward, headman, or tenant farmer, as distinguished from a younger one, from Middle High German alt ‘old’ + meier ‘steward’, ‘headman’, ‘tenant farmer’
Altnurme Estonian
Altnurme is an Estonian surname meaning "(from) below pasture/meadow".
Alto Estonian
Alto is an Estonian surname meaning "from below".
Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Altosaar Estonian
Altosaar is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from the masculine given name "Alto" and "saar", meaning "island"; "Alto's island".
Altounian Armenian
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer was Roger Altounyan (1922-1987), Anglo-Armenian physician and the namesake of Roger in the Swallows and Amazons books series.
Altringer German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Altringen or Aldingen, of which there are two in Württemberg.
Altschuler Jewish
It is derived from the Altschul, Old Synagogue in Prague.
Alttoa Estonian
Alttoa is an Estonian surname meaning "from below, indoors".
Altun Turkish
From Turkish altın meaning "gold".
Altynbaeva f Kazakh, Bashkir, Tatar
Feminine form of Altynbaev.
Altynbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Altynbek".
Altynbekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Altynbekov.
Alu Estonian
Alu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "alus", meaning "fixture", "base" and "foundation".
Alumaa Estonian
Alumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation land".
Alumäe Estonian
Alumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation hill/mountain".
Alunurm Estonian
Alunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation meadow".
Alusaar Estonian
Alusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation island".
Alusalu Estonian
Alusalu is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation grove".
Aluvee Estonian
Aluvee is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation water".
Alva Spanish
Variant of Alba.
Álváez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Álvarez. Most frequently used in Panama.
Alvalle Spanish (Latin American)
A beautiful valley in Ortona
Alvarenga Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous parishes.
Álvares Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Álvarez.
Álvaro Spanish
Either derived from the given name Alvaro or a variant of Alvarez.
Alvear Spanish
Unexplained.
Alver Estonian
Alver is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "allvee" meaning "underwater".
Alverson English
Variant of Swedish Halvarsson or Alvarsson
Alvi Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ali 1.
Alvord English
Derived from a variation of Ælfræd.
Alwardt German
From the personal name Adelward, composed of the Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + ward ‘keeper’, ‘protector’.
al-Warfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Warfalli" in Arabic, referring to a person from the Warfalla (ورفلة) tribal confederation of western Libya. The tribe is of mixed Arab and Arabized Berber origin, and they mainly reside in the city of Bani Walid in the Misrata district.
al-Werfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Warfalli).
Alwis Sinhalese
Sinhalese variant of Alves.
Aly Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Ali 1.
Alyea French (Huguenot)
From D'Ailly. It can be traced back to France in 1400's. The family with this last name came over to the United States, mainly on the East Coast in the 16th century as huguenot refugees.
Alyenina Russian
Feminine form of Alyenin (Аленин)
Alyokhin Russian
Derived from the given name Alyokha, a diminutive of Aleksey.
Alyokhina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Алёхин (see Alyokhin).
Alyonin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Alyona.
Alyoshin m Russian
Derived from the name Alyosha.
Alza Spanish
Means "to rise" or simply "rise"
Al-Zahrani Arabic
Means "the Zahrani" in Arabic, referring to the Zahran (زهران) tribe in Saudi Arabia. The name itself is derived from Arabic زهراني (zahran) meaning "flowering, blossoming", ultimately from زَهْرَة (zahra) meaning "flower, blossom" (see Zahrah).
Alzalg Arabic
Means "the sharp sword that can slid smoothly from its sheath" in Arabic.
Ama Japanese
From Japanese 阿万 (Ama) meaning "Ama", a former villa in the former district of Mihara in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.... [more]
Amachi Japanese
This surname is used as 天知, 天地, 天池, 天内, 雨知 or 雨地 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 雨 (u, ama-, ame, -same) meaning "rain", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom", 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 池 (chi, ike) meaning "cistern, pond, pool, reservoir" and 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."... [more]
Amada Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Amada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).
Amadeo Italian
From the given name Amadeo.
Amadeu Portuguese
From the given name Amadeu.
Amadi Persian, Romanian, Italian, Maltese
Variant of Ahmadi common in Romania and Italy. It is typical of Malta.
Amado Spanish
From the given name Amado.
Amadou Western African
From the given name Amadou.
Amagai Japanese
This is a variation of Japanese surname Amaya. Ama means "Heaven(ly)" and Gai means "Valley".
Amagawa Japanese
From the Japanese 天 (ama or ten) "heaven," 塰 (ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (gawa or kawa) "river."
Amagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".
Amahan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "father" in Cebuano.
Amai Japanese
This surname is used as 天井 or 甘井 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 甘 (kan, ama.i, ama.eru, ama.yakasu, uma.i) meaning "be content, coax, pamper, sugary, sweet" and 井 (shou, sei, i) meaning "community, town, well, well crib."
Amaji Japanese
Ama means "heaven, sky" and ji means "soil, ground".
Amajiki Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 喰 (jiki) meaning "eating"
Amaki Japanese
Ama can mean "heaven" and ki means "wood, tree."... [more]
Amaliyeva Russian
Feminine form of Amaliyev (Амалиев)
Amami Japanese
amami is a surname which can mean heavenly beauty, heavenly truth, or heavenly ocean. the first meaning is made up of the kanji 天 (ama) meaning heaven and 美 (mi) meaning beauty. the second meaning consists of 天 (ama) and 実 (mi) meaning truth... [more]
Amamiya Japanese
From Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actress and singer Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天 Amamiya Sora, 1993–).
Amamiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya), also written 天宮 and 尼宮.
Åman Swedish
Combination of Swedish å "creek, river, big stream" and man "man".
Aman Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万 or 阿萬 (see Ama).
Amanbaev m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Amanbay".
Amanbaeva f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Amanbaev.
Amâncio Portuguese
From the given name Amâncio.
Amanda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).
Amandykov m Kazakh
Means "son of Amandyk".
Amandykova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Amandykov.
Amangeldi Kazakh
From the given name Amangeldi.
Amangeldiev m Kazakh
Means "son of Amangeldi".
Amangeldieva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Amangeldiev.
Amani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amani.
Amani Tigrinya
From the given name Amani (see user-submitted name) meaning "faith" in Tigrinya. It is possibly related to Arabic Iman or Swahili Imani, also meaning "faith".
Amanjolov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Аманжанов (see Amanzholov).
Amanjolova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Аманжолова (see Amanzholova).
Amankona Akan
Meaning unknown.
Amano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plain".
Amanomiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨ノ宮 or 雨之宮 (see Amenomiya).
Amanpour Persian
Means "son of Aman".
Amantaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Amantay".
Amantaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Amantaev.
Amanzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Amanzhan".
Amanzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Amanzhanov.
Amanzhanuly Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from the given name Amanzhan.
Amanzholov m Kazakh
Means "son of Amanzhol".
Amanzholova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Amanzholov.
Amanzi Italian
Possibly from amate "to love". Alternately, may be from the dialectical word manzu "tame, gentle, docile", or from the given name Mantius.
Amao Japanese
Aka can mean "sweet" or "heaven" and o means "tail".
Amara Italian
Meaning bitter, unhappy or unfortunate.
Amaral Portuguese
Unknown origin. It may come from the name of a country estate near Viseu, Portugal (quinta do Amaral) or from an old word meaning "place full of clary sages". This is also the name of a variety of red wine grape in northern Portugal whose name comes directly from the surname.
Amarant English, French
Derived from the given name Amarantus.
Amarante French
From the given name Amarante
Amaranthe French
Amaranthe is a rare French surname. While it might not be a common last name, it certainly stands out. Unfortunately, there isn’t much information available about its historical or familial context, except that it has been used in France (515), Switzerland (1), Sweden (1), Senegal (1), United States (1) and Vietnam (1).
Amaranti Italian
Derived from the given name Amaranto.
Amarantos Greek
From the given name Amarantos
Amararatne Sinhalese (Rare)
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Amarasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Amarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Amarasekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Amarasingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසිංහ (see Amarasinghe).
Amarasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Amarasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Amarasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසූරිය (see Amarasuriya).
Amarasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Amarathunga Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and तुङ्ग (tunga) meaning "high, lofty, tall".
Amarathunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරතුංග (see Amarathunga).
Amaratunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරතුංග (see Amarathunga).
Amaratunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරතුංග (see Amarathunga).
Amaraweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Amarawickrama Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".
Amari Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ammar (chiefly Algerian).
Amari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 甘 (ama) meaning "sweet" combined with 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit".
Amaro Spanish
Originated in Italy
Amaro Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amaro.
Amase Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".
Amasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Amat Catalan
From the Latin given name Amatus, meaning "beloved".
Amata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field".
Amatani Japanese
天 (Ama) means "heaven" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". This is the pronunciation of it in western Japan.
Amatayagul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).
Amatayakul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).
Amatayakun Thai (Rare)
Means "government officer clan", from Thai อมาตย (amataya-) meaning "government official; public officer; bureaucrat" and กุล (kun), a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".
Amatonding Filipino, Maranao
From a Maranao title of nobility.
Amatsubo Japanese (Rare)
Means "rainy atrium, rainy courtyards". From Japanese 雨 meaning "rain", and "坪" meaning "(inner)garden, atrium, courtyard". A famous bearer is Mitsumasa Amatsubo.
Amatuccio Italian
Derived from the given name Amato.
Amatuzio Italian
The surname *Amatuzio* is of Italian origin and is likely derived from personal names or characteristics. It could be connected to the root Amato, which means "beloved" or "loved" in Italian, suggesting that it might have originally been used as a nickname or descriptor for someone who was cherished or valued within their community... [more]
Amaury French
From the given name Amaury... [more]
Amaya Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
From the name of a mountain and an ancient city in the province of Burgos, Spain, possibly derived from Basque amai "end, ending" and the article suffix -a. Compare the given name Amaia.
Amaya Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Amayo Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl amaitl "inlet, estuary; an arm or branch of a body of water", or from atl "water" and -mayo "branches of a tree, foliage".
Ambar Hebrew
Combination of the word am, means "people, nation" and the name Bar. This surname means "son of the nation" in Hebrew and its variant is Baram which is the same elements but in reverse order.
Ambedkar Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Derived from the name of the village of Ambadawe (also called Ambavade) in Maharashtra, India. A notable bearer was B. R. Ambedkar (1891-1956), one of the authors of the Indian constitution.
Amber English
This surname may be derived from the River Amber, located in Derbyshire in England.... [more]
Amberg German, Jewish
German and possibly Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several settlements called Amberg (literally ‘by the mountain’), including a city in Bavaria. It could also be a topographic name of identical etymology... [more]
Ambiru Japanese
Form of Abiru but written 安蒜.
Amboloto Filipino, Maranao
Means "rainbow" in Maranao.
Ambong Filipino, Cebuano
Denotes a type of hut or shack used as storage for food harvest.
Ambor Filipino, Maranao
Means "bullets" or "cannon ball" in Maranao.
Ambrìz Spanish
" Probably a variant of Asturian-Leonese Ambres, a habitational name from a village in Asturies. Also a habitational name of Ámbriz a city in Angola, Africa, mainly of Portuguese descendants. "
Ambrocio Spanish
From the given name Ambrocio.
Ambrogio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.
Ambrose English
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal".
Ambrosini Italian
Diminutive form of Ambrosi.
Ambrosov m Russian
It comes from the Greek name Ambrose, meaning "god-like" or "immortal". The feminine form is Ambrosova.
Ambrosova f Russian
It comes from the Greek name Ambrose, meaning "god-like" or "immortal". The masculine form is Ambrosov
Ambrozaityte Lithuanian, Latvian
this name comes from far far history of lithuanian people
Ambrus Hungarian
From the given name Ambrus.
Ambu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).
Ambudkar Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Variant of Ambedkar. A famous bearer of this name is American actor and rapper Utkarsh Ambudkar (1983-).
Ambur Estonian
Ambur is an Estonian surname meaning "arbalist (crossbowman)"
Ameche Italian (Anglicized)
Americanised form of Amici. A famous bearer was American actor, comedian and vaudevillian Don Ameche (1908-1993). After portraying the title character in the movie The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), his surname led Americans to use the word ameche as a juvenile slang for a telephone.
Ameen Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amin.
Ameer Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amir 1.
Ameglio Italian
There are two hypotheses: the first is it derived from the Latin name Amelius which came from Amius, name of Etruscan origin; the other is it derived from Amali, name of a mighty Ostrogothic family, which means "virgin of the forest".
Amel'chenkov m Russian
Probably a form of Amel'kin.
Amelin Russian, French
Russian feminine counterpart is Amelina (Амелинa)
Amelina f Russian
Feminine form of Amelin. This was borne by Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina (1986-2023), who died at age 37 from injuries sustained during the Russian attack on Kramatorsk.
Amelio English
from the name Amelio.
Amel'kin m Russian
Possibly a form of Amelin.
Amemiya Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).
Amendola Italian
Southern Italian: habitational name from any of several places in southern Italy named Amendola or Mendola, named with the dialect word amendola 'almond', 'almond tree' (from Greek amygdalea), or a topographic name for someone who lived by an almond tree or trees.
Amenomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨宮 (Amenomiya) meaning "Amenomiya", a former area in the district of Hanishina in the former Japanese province of Shinano in parts of present-day Nagano in Japan or an area in the same location in the city of Chikuma in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.... [more]
Amenomori Japanese
"Forest of rain."
Amer Arabic, Urdu
Variant of 'Aamir.
Amerasekara Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Amerasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Amerasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසිංහ (see Amarasinghe).
Ameresekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Ameresekere Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Américo Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Américo.
Amerol Maranao
From the given name Amerol.
Ames English
Derived from the Old French and Middle English personal name Amys, Amice, which is either directly from Latin amicus ‘friend’, used as a personal name, or via a Late Latin derivative of this, Amicius.
Amestoy Spanish, French, Basque
From Basque Ameztoia, a common place name in Basque Country meaning "oak forest".
Ametov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Amet" in Crimean Tatar.
Ametsuchi Japanese
Means "Heaven & Earth" in Japanese
Ametxazurra Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gordexola.
Ametzaga Basque (Rare)
Habitational name derived from Basque ametz "oak tree, Pyrenean oak" and the locative suffix -aga "place of, abundance of".
Amezcua Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Amezkua.
Ameziane Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Meziane.
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