Submitted Surnames Starting with B

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Bakalinsky Russian
From Russian Бакали (bakaly) which is derived from Turkish bakkal (Slavicized form bakal) "grocer". Possibly given to someone who dwells in Bakaly or Bakalinsky.
Bakan Turkish
Means "minister, chancellor" in Turkish.
Bake English
Probably an occupational name for a baker.
Bakedano Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Ameskoabarrena.
Bakeš Czech
From a derivative of the personal name Bak.
Bakhsh Urdu
Derived from Persian بخش (bakhsh) meaning "fortune, lot, share, portion".
Bakhsoliani Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Bakhtiar Persian, Urdu
From the given name Bakhtiar.
Bakhtiari Persian
From the given name Bakhtiar, also used to refer to a member of the Bakhtiari tribe from southwestern Iran.
Bakır Turkish
From the given name Bakır.
Bakırcı Turkish
Means "coppersmith" in Turkish.
Bəkirov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Bəkir".
Bəkirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Bəkirov.
Bakirtzis Greek
Greek from Turkish meaning 'coppersmith'
Bakisto Esperanto
Occupational surname for a baker. Comes from baki, meaning "to bake" and -isto, a suffix used for professions.
Bakkedahl Norwegian
From Norwegian bakke "slope, hillside" and dal "valley". Dan Bakkedahl (1969-) is an American actor and improvisational comedian.
Bakkum Dutch
Habitational name from a village in North Holland province, Netherlands, derived from Old Germanic *baka "back, curve, elevated place" and Old Dutch hēm "home, house; settlement, hamlet".
Bakon Polish
Variant of Bakun.
Bąkowska f Polish
Feminine form of Bąkowski.
Bąkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Bąkowa, Bąkowice, Bąkowiec or Bąkowo, all derived from Polish bąk meaning "horsefly", "bumblebee" or "bittern" (a type of bird).
Bakr Arabic
From the given name Bakr. A famous bearer was Abu Bakr (573-634), the first Islamic caliphate.
Bakr Arabic
Derived from the given name Bakr.
Baksa Polish
From Polish meaning "hawser".
Bakshi Indian, Bengali, Punjabi
Derived from Persian بخشی (baxši) meaning "paymaster, scribe, secretary", used as a title for officials who distributed wages in Muslim armies.
Bakshis Lithuanian
Means fighter or boxer
Baktybaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Bakytbay".
Bakugo Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 爆 (baku) meaning "bomb" and 豪 (go, gō, gou) meaning "powerful"... [more]
Bakulin Russian
possibly a variant of Abakumov
Bakulina Russian
feminine form of Bakulin
Bakun Polish
Possibly from bak "screaming" or bakać "to scold", from bakun "low-quality tobacco", or from the Hebrew personal name Bakum, possibly related to Habakkuk.
Bakunin Russian
derived from Russian words "бакуня" (bakunya) and "бакуля" (bakulya) meaning chatterbox, talkative person or agile, business-like person.... [more]
Bakunina Russian
feminine form of Bakunin
Bakytbaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Bakytbay".
Bakytbekov Kyrgyz (Rare)
Means "son of Bakytbek" in Kyrgyz.
Bakytov m Kazakh
Means "son of Bakyt".
Bakytova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Bakytov.
Bakytzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Bakytzhan".
Bakytzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Bakytzhanov.
Bal Punjabi
Based on the name of a branch of the Jat clan, meaning "strength, power, force" in Punjabi, derived from Sanskrit बल (bala).
Bal Turkish
Means "honey" in Turkish, originally denoting a person who worked as a beekeeper.
Bal Dutch
Diminutive form of the given name Baldwin, or perhaps another name beginning with bald "bold, brave".
Bal Dutch
Means "ball, sphere" in Dutch, a nickname for a ball player or someone who made balls, or a habitational name for someone who lived by a landmark shaped like a ball. Cognate to English Ball.
Bala Indian
1 Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi name, probably from Persian bālā ‘high’, ‘exalted’.... [more]
Balaban Turkish
Means "large, robust, burly" in Turkish.
Balachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit बाल (bala) meaning "young, boy, child" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".
Balage Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit बाल (bala) meaning "young, boy, child" combined with the Sinhala suffix ගේ (ge) meaning "of, home, house".
Balagtas Filipino, Tagalog
Means "shortcut, direct (path or statement)" in Tagalog.
Balaguer Catalan, Spanish, Filipino
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Balaguer in Catalonia, Spain.
Balaji Tamil, Telugu
From the given name Balaji.
Balam Mayan
Means "jaguar" in Mayan.
Balandin Russian
From a nickname derived from Russian баланда (balanda) meaning "idle talk, nonsense".
Balandina f Russian
Feminine form of Balandin.
Balansag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bansag meaning "name".
Balaod Visayan
Literally "law" in Cebuano
Balaska Greek, Jewish, Polish
Feminine form of Balaskas (Greek) or Balaski (Jewish), it is used by Greeks and Slavic Jews.
Balaskas Greek
Masculine form of Balaska.
Balasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese බාලසූරිය (see Balasuriya).
Balasubramanian Tamil
A Hindu name from Sanskrit bālasubrahmạnya ‘child Subrahmanya’ (from bāla ‘child’ + subrahmạnya ‘dear to Brahmans’, an epithet of the god Kartikeya, son of the god Shiva) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n... [more]
Balasuriya Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit बाल (bala) meaning "young, boy" and सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Balayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Balayev.
Balbino Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the given name Balbino.
Balboa Galician
Habitational name from the city of Balboa, named with Latin vallis bona 'pleasant valley'.
Bălcescu Romanian
Derived from the name of a Romanian town Bălcești.
Balch Welsh
From the Welsh adjective balch, which has a range of meanings—"fine", "splendid", "proud", "arrogant", "glad"—but the predominant meaning is "proud" and from this the family name probably derives.
Balcı Turkish
Means "beekeeper" in Turkish, ultimately from bal meaning "honey".
Balcom English
Altered spelling of English Balcombe, a habitational name from Balcombe in West Sussex, which is named with Old English bealu "evil, calamity" (or the Old English personal name Bealda) combined with cumb "valley".
Baldacchino Maltese
Derived from Italian baldacchino meaning "baldachin (or baldaquin)", referring to a type of canopy placed over a throne. It was originally used as an occupational name for a maker of baldachins.
Baldassare Italian
Frokm the given name Baldassare.
Baldinger German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from a place called Baldingen, either in Württemberg, Germany, or Aargau, Switzerland.
Baldis Frisian
Frisian, Dutch, and North German: from a reduced and altered form of the personal name Balthasar (see Baltazar).
Baldo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Baldo.
Baldock English (Rare)
Means "person from Baldock", Hertfordshire ("Baghdad": in the Middle Ages the lords of the manor were the Knights Templar, whose headquarters were in Jerusalem, and they named the town Baldac, the Old French name for Baghdad).
Baldomero Spanish
From the given name Baldomero.
Baldomir Galician
Derived from the given name Baldo.
Baldoni Italian
From the Germanic word "baltha", which means "gallant" or "bold."
Baldovino Italian
From the given name Baldovino.
Baldovino Spanish
Hispanic (mainly Philippines and Colombia) and Italian: from the personal name Baldovino from ancient Germanic Baldowin (see Baldwin ).
Baldrick Medieval English
The name of Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson)'s much-hated slave in the comedy Blackadder.... [more]
Baldy Scottish, Northern Irish
From the personal name Baldy or Baldie, a diminutive of Archibald.
Baldy English
Possibly derived from an Old English feminine given name, *Bealdgýð, composed of the elements beald "bold" and guð "battle", first recorded c.1170 as Baldith, and in other cases from the Old Norse byname or given name Baldi.
Bale English
Variant of Bail. This is the surname of Welsh footballer Gareth Bale.
Bale English
Name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle.
Baleckas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Valeska
Balen English
English surname, perhaps of Cornish British origin, from belen, meaning "mill."
Bales English
Variant of Bale.
Balett Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Paul.
Balfager Gothic, Medieval Portuguese
Name of a Visigoth noble family (around the 10th century) from the Iberian Peninsula (current northern Portugal), meaning "bold spear"; they descent from the Balti dynasty.
Balfe Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Balbh meaning 'stammering dumb' itself probably a translation of a Norman surname of similar meaning ultimately derived from Latin balbus 'stammering'.
Baliad Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to bend backwards" in Cebuano.
Balian Armenian
Patronymic of uncertain origin, perhaps from Turkish bal ‘lord’, ‘master’, a word of Arabic origin.
Balić Croatian
Derived from the word balija meaning "peasant" or from the forename Balislav.
Balīhû Babylonian
Means "man from Balīh" (a tributary of the Euphrates river).
Balija Indian, Telugu
It is a Telugu name, denoting either "traders/merchants" or "agriculturists".
Balili Filipino, Cebuano
Means "grass, turf" in Cebuano.
Balindong Filipino, Maranao
From a title of nobility meaning "philosopher, seer" in Maranao.
Balingbing Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from the devil chase, a percussion instrument originating in Southern Asia commonly found in India and the Philippines, via its other name balingbing.
Balingit Filipino, Tagalog
From the name of Rajah Balingit (or Pedro Balingit), a 16th-century Filipino chief.
Balistreri Sicilian
Means "archer, crossbowman" or "crossbow maker" in Sicilian.
Balitaan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to share news" in Tagalog.
Balitiu Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Balivo Italian
From balivo "bailiff".
Balji Indian, Telugu
Another form of Balija.
Balkarov Karachay-Balkar
Means "son of a Balkar."
Balkema Frisian
Frisian variant of Baldwin
Balkenende Dutch
Possibly from a place name derived from Middle Dutch balke meaning "timber, beam" and einde meaning "end". A famous bearer is the former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende (1956-).
Balkwill English
Possibly derived from the name of a lost settlement in Devon, composed of Old English balca "balk, beam; ridge, bank" and wella "spring, stream". Alternatively, can be a variant form of Bakewell.
Ballaster English
Meant "person who makes or is armed with a crossbow" (from a derivative of Middle English baleste "crossbow", from Old French).
Ballinger American
From the YouTuber, Colleen Ballinger (1986-)
Balloi Italian
From the given name Balloi.
Ballon Spanish
Theoretically it could be a variant of vallón, from valle ‘valley’, but neither form is attested as a vocabulary word or as a place name element. Alternatively, it could be a Castilian spelling of Catalan Batlló, Balló, nicknames from diminutives of batlle ‘dancing’.English: variant spelling of Balon.
Ballou Haitian Creole, French (Caribbean), French
The Ballou name comes from that Medieval landscape of northwestern France known as Brittany. The name Ballou was originally derived from the family having lived in Brittany, where this distinguished family was established from ancient times... [more]
Ballut French
Derived from Old Occitan baluter, cognate of French bluter (via Middle French beluter), meaning "to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran", this name used to denote a miller.
Balma Italian
Perhaps a topographic name from the dialect word balma meaning ‘grotto’, ‘cave’, ‘jutting rock’.
Balmaceda Spanish, Basque
From Balmaseda, the name of a town and municipality in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is derived from Spanish val meaning "valley" and Basque mahatseta meaning "vineyard"... [more]
Balmaseda Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Baloch Balochi
From the name of the Baloch people who primarily reside in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, itself of uncertain meaning.
Balogbog Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano balugbog meaning "marble".
Baloh Slovene
A typical Slovene surname originating from the plant Nardus stricta (slv. domestic name volk, baloh). It is a type of grass that grows on highly acidic and poor soils. Slovene noun pusta means 'poor soil'... [more]
Baloković Croatian
Most of Croatian families with the surname (last name) Baloković originate from the town of Donji Miholjac located in Osijek-Baranja County on the border with Hungary. During the 1700s and 1800s most of the people bearing this family name were born either in Donji Miholjac and/or nearby Nasice... [more]
Balsam German
Occupational name for a seller of spices and perfumes.
Balsan German
Variant of Balsam.
Balsano German (Austrian), Italian
The roots of the distinguished surname Balzano lie in Austria. The name derives itself from "Balthasar," the name of one of the three Magi who followed the star to Bethlehem, and was popular as both a first name and a family name during the 18th century.... [more]
Balson German
Variant of Balsam.
Balston English
From the name of a place meaning "Beald's valley" from Old English denu meaning valley.
Balta Turkish
Means "axe, hatchet" in Turkish.
Baltabaev m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Baltabay".
Baltabaeva f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Baltabaev.
Baltabekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Baltabek".
Baltabekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Baltabekov.
Baltacı Turkish
Occupational name for a maker or seller of axes, derived from Turkish balta meaning "axe, hatchet".
Baltakis Lithuanian
Means “white-eyed” in Lithuanian, from balta meaning “white” and akis meaning “eye”.
Baltasar Spanish
From the given name Baltasar.
Baltatzis Greek
Perhaps from the Italian surname Baldacci.
Baltazar Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Baltazar.
Balthazor German
German/Austrian form of Balthazar.
Baltimore English (American)
From the name of the American city of Baltimore, and an anglicisation of Irish Gaelic Baile an Tí Mhóir meaning "town of the big house".
Baluch Balochi
Alternate transcription of Balochi بلۏچ (see Baloch).
Baluyot Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon
Derived from Hiligaynon baluyot meaning "sack, bag, pouch".
Balza Spanish (Archaic), Belgian (Archaic), Filipino (Hispanicized, Archaic)
Derivation (Belzer, Balzac, Balzer, etc.) of the given name Balthazar, meaning "one of the three wise men."
Balzak French
Variant of Balzac.
Bambino Italian
From Italian meaning "baby, child".
Bamborough English
Bamborough name origin from early Northumberland early times other name know from the Bamborough is bamburgh as in bamburgh castle, ... [more]
Ban Croatian
Derived from a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
Ban Korean
Korean form of Pan 2, from Sino-Korean 潘 (ban).
Ban Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 播 (see Hari).
Banaag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "gleam, glimmer, ray" in Tagalog.
Banai Iranian, Persian
Derived from the Hindu goddess Banai, the second wife of Khandoba.
Banaian Armenian
Meaning unknown.
Banas Polish
The town of Bana, in Hungary, is said to have given birth to this family name. The name appears to have traveled northward, within eastern Europe, ending up in Poland where it is most recognized.
Banasiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Banaś, an old diminutive of Benedykt.
Banchieri Italian
From banchiere "banker" or the related Genoese bancherus "shopkeeper, street vendor".
Bandara Sinhalese
From a title used for political and military leaders in the Sinhala Kingdom, which was derived from the name of a group of guardian deities in Sinhalese Buddhist belief.
Bandaranaike Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhalese බණ්ඩාරනායක (see Bandaranayake).
Bandaranayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala බණ්ඩාරනායක (see Bandaranayake).
Bandaranayake Sinhalese
Derived from the Sinhalese royal title බණ්ඩාර (bandara) meaning "prince" and Sanskrit नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Bandasack Lao
From Lao ບັນດາ (banda) meaning "all, entire, whole" and ສັກ (sack) meaning "power, authority".
Bandeira Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Bandera.
Bandera Spanish, Italian
Status name for a bearer of flags or standards, from Spanish bandera meaning "flag, banner". It is also a variant of Italian Bandiera, a cognate of the Spanish name.
Banderali Italian
Italian cognate of Banner.
Bandi Italian
Derived from Late Latin Bandus itself from the Germanic band and the Latin banda, all meaning "sign, emblem, banner". It can also derive from the Italian word bando meaning "announcement" from the Germanic bann.
Bandiera Italian
from bandiera "banner flag" hence presumably a status name for a standard bearer. Italian cognate of Banner.
Bandli Romansh
Variant of Bantli.
Bando Japanese
It means "east of the slope", referring to eastern provinces of Osaka. The surname originates from there, and that is where it is most common.
Bandoh Japanese
Variant of Bando.
Bandou Japanese
Variant of Bando.
Bandy English (American)
Americanized form of Bandi.
Bane English
Variant of Bain.
Bane Irish
An anglicized surname of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bháin, meaning "white" or "fair".
Banegas Spanish
Spanish: variant of Benegas a patronymic composed of Arabic or Jewish ben 'son' + the medieval personal name Egas .
Banerjea Bengali
Different spelling of Banerjee.
Banette French
Likely a diminutive of Benoît or derived from bannière meaning "banner".
Banez Spanish
Spanish (Báñez): shortened form of Ibáñez
Bang Danish
Originally a nickname denoting a loud or brash person, from Old Danish bang "noise" (from Old Norse banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin). A literary bearer was Danish author Herman Bang (1857-1912).... [more]
Bang Korean
Bang is derived from the Korean word ‘sarangbang’ referring to a ‘room’.
Bangla Bengali
From বাংলা (Bangla), the endonym of the Bengali people, the region of Bengal (including Bangladesh), and the Bengali language. The word itself is derived either from Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, or from an Austric word meaning "sun god".
Bangon Filipino, Maranao
Means "to rise, to get up" or "plot of land" in Maranao.
Bangoura Manding (Gallicized)
Guinean Susu surname of unknown Meaning.
Bangs English
Variant of Banks
Bành Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Peng, from Sino-Vietnamese 彭 (bành).
Banh Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Bành.
Baniaga Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog banyaga meaning "foreigner".
Banik Indian
Hindi word for "farmer, merchant" & Bengali word for "the merchant"
Banjar Arabic
From the name of the Banjar people, itself derived from Javanese mbanjarke meaning "separate, rearrange, organize". This surname is borne by people of Indonesian ancestry in Saudi Arabia.
Bankhead Scottish, Northern Irish
Topographic name for someone who lived at the top or end of a bank or hill, derived from Middle English bank meaning "bank" and hed meaning "head". There are several minor places in Scotland so called, but the most likely source of the surname is one on the border between the parishes of Kilmarnock and Dreghorn in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Bankoku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 万国 meaning "all nations; the whole world; universal". The fact that it is homophonous as Japanese バンコク (Bankoku) meaning "Bangkok", the city in Thailand, is coincidental.
Bankov Russian
Feminine Bankova (Russian: Банкова) is a Russian surname derived from банковское meaning Bank, Banking.
Bankova f Russian
Bankova (Банкова) and its male counterpart Bankov (Банкова) is a Russian surname that came from the Russian word Банковское which means directly translates to Banking. It is a common surname in Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia.
Banks Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Bruacháin