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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Buzzini Italian

Buzzio Italian

Bwire Spanish (Caribbean)
A name that originated from the Dominican Republic then mostly used in Eastern Africa.

Bwiswmuthiary Bodo, Assamese
A variant of Basumatary.

Bwye Welsh (Rare)
many of this name moved from south wales to india to work for the east india company around 1900's then came back to wales.

By Iranian

By Dutch
Variant form of De Bie. Alternatively, could derive from a place name.

Bya Khmer

Byam English
Probably means "person from Bytham", Lincolnshire ("homestead in a valley bottom"). Glen Byam Shaw (1904-1986) was a British theatre director.

Byanski Polish
looking for the meaning of this name as it is my maiden name.

Byashimov m Turkmen (Russified)
Russified form of Bäşimow.

Byashimova f Turkmen (Russified)
Russified form of Bäşimowa.

Byberg Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish and Norwegian by "village" and berg "mountain".

Bychan Welsh
Proper, unanglicized form of Vaughan.

Bycraft English (American, Rare, ?)
Found mostly in the American Great Lakes region and Canada, likely a singular extended family. Likely of 6th century English descent, though there are very few English natives who bear the name. Name either refers to the occupation running some sort of mill machine, the original holder living near a croft (enclosed pasture or tillage) or implies "craftiness" of its original holder.

Bydłowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Bydłowa.

Bye Norwegian

Byeon Korean (Modern)
Variant romanization of Sino-Korean 邉 (Byun) meaning "Border".

Byer Scottish
The history of the Byer family begins in the Boernician tribes of ancient Scotland. The Byer family lived in or near the place named Byers in Scotland. The place-name, Byers, derives from the Old English word byre, which means cattle shed... [more]

Byers Scottish, English
Scottish and northern English topographic name for someone who lived by a cattleshed, Middle English byre, or a habitational name with the same meaning, from any of several places named with Old English b¯re, for example Byers Green in County Durham or Byres near Edinburgh.

Byers German (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of German Bayers.

Byfield English
Either a habitational name from a place named Byfield, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a field.

Byford English

Bykov Russian
From byk, meaning "bull".

Bykowska f Polish
Feminine form of Bykowski.

Bykowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Bykowice or Byków.

Bylenko Ukrainian
Derived from бил (byl), meaning beat (as in hit or win over).

Bylilly Navajo
Derived from Navajo bá ‎"for him" and álílee "magic power".

Bylin Swedish
A combination of Swedish by "village" and the suffix -in, derived from Latin -inus, -inius "descendant of"

Bylinka Polish (Rare)

Bylund Swedish
Combination of Swedish by "village" and lund "grove".

Bylykbashi Albanian

Bynes Irish
This is the surname of American actress Amanda Bynes (born April 3, 1986).

Bynner English

Byon Korean

Byoun Korean

Byre English
Probably derived from Old English bȳre "farm, barn".

Byres English

Byres Scottish
Byres was first used as a surname by the descendants of the ancient Boernician clans of Scotland. The first Byres family lived in or near the place named Byers in Scotland. The place-name, Byers, derives from the Old English word byre, which means cattle shed... [more]

Byrn English

Byron English
An English place name, earlier Byram, from byre, meaning "farm" and the suffix -ham meaning "homestead". Famously borne by the aristocratic poet, Lord Byron.

Byrum English
Variant of Byron.

Byson Indonesian

Bystedt Swedish
A combination of Swedish by "village" and German stedt "home, place".

Bystroń Polish

Bystrowski m Polish
Habitational surname for someone from a village named Bystrowice, derived from Polish bystry, meaning "light."

Bythesea English (British)
Habitational name for someone who lived near the sea, this name is nearly extinct in England today.

Bythewood English (British)
A nearly extinct habitational surname for one who lived near, by or around a wooded (forested) area.

Bytner Polish

Bytyçi Albanian, Kosovar

Bytyqi Albanian

Byu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 別府 (see Byū).

Byū Japanese
Variant reading of Beppu.

Byuh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 別府 (see Byū).

Byun Korean
From Sino-Korean 邉 (Byun) meaning "Border".

Byuu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 別府 (see Byū).

Byvol Russian, Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Bivol.

Bywater English
The surname Bywater came from the Anglo-Saxon origin and means ’dweller by the water‘

Bzovsky Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian and Russian form of Bzowski.

Bzowski Polish
Habitational name for someone who comes from the town of Bzowo in Poland.

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