Submitted Surnames Starting with I

Ī Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "伊" and "井" meaning "Well".

Iacobaccio Italian

Iacomozzi Italian

Iaconetti Italian (Tuscan)

Iacono Italian
From Sicilian jacunu "deacon".

Iacopelli Italian

Iacovella Italian

Iacovenco Romanian
Romanian form of Yakovenko.

Iacovou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Ιακώβου (see Iakovou) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Iadanza Italian
Of Italian origin, and a (currently) unknown meaning.... [more]

Iadarola Italian

Iagorashvili Georgian
Means "son of Iagor".

Iaïche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Iaiche based on French orthography.

Iaiche Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعيش (see Yaiche).

Iakobashvili Georgian
Means "son of Iakob".

Iakovidis Greek
Means "son of Iakovos".

Iakovou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Iakovos".

Iams English (American)
Possibly the result of a misdivision of the given name William.

Ian Khmer
Variant of Yen.

Iancovschi m Romanian
Romanian form of Jankowski.

Iani Indonesian

Iannacone Italian
Means "son of Iannaco", an elaborated form of Ianni.

Iannaielli English

Iannello Italian

Iannitelli Italian

Iannitello Italian
Could mean “Land of Gracious God”, from Ianni, stemming from Ioannes meaning “Yahweh is Gracious” and Tello, meaning “Land”.

Iannitti Italian (Rare)

Iannucci Italian
From a pet form of the given name Ianni. A famous bearer of the name is the Scottish filmmaker and satirist Armando Iannucci (1963-).

Iantosca Italian (Swiss)

Iarna Romanian (Rare)
Means Winter

Iartza Basque
Habitational name probably derived from the obscure Basque word ihar "maple tree" and the suffix -tza "large quantity, abundance".

Iasmin Bengali

Iasonescu Romanian
Means "son of Iason".

Iassites Greek

Iatridis Greek
Derived from the Greek word ιατρός (iatros) meaning "doctor".

Iatrou Greek

Iavarone Italian
Possibly from a shortened form of the personal name Ianni + varone, a variant of barone ‘baron’; literally ‘baron John’.

Ibadin Nigerian

İbadov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of İbad".

İbadova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of İbadov.

Ibaiguren Basque (Rare)
Means "river's edge", derived from Basque ibai "river" and guren "edge, bank".

Ibaka Central African

Ibáñes Spanish
variant of Ibáñez

Ibar Spanish (Mexican)

Ibara Japanese
Variant of Ihara.

Ibares Spanish (Latin American)

Ibargüen Basque (Hispanicized)
Variant of Ibargüen.

Ibarguen Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque ibar "valley, riverbank" and guren "limit, edge, bank".

Ibarrola Basque
From the name of a village in Basque Country, derived from ibar "valley, riverbank" and ola "factory, forge, ironworks", or possibly -ola "location, place of".

Ibarrolle Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Ibarrola.

Ibata Japanese

Ibba Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Sardinian v-ibba "settlement" (compare Deidda), or from Latin ibi "that place, there".

Ibbotson English
Diminutive form ("son of" or little) of Hibbs, itself a patronymic, from a diminutive of Hibbert, which derives from a Norman personal name, "Hil(de)bert", composed of the Germanic elements "hild", battle, and "berht" famous.

Ibert English

İbiş Turkish
Means "fool, idiot" in Turkish.

Ibišević Bosnian

Ibourk Arabic

Ibraheem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahem Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Ibrahim.

Îbrahîm Kurdish
From the given name Îbrahîm.

İbrahim Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İbrahim.

Ibrahimaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Ibrahim" in Albanian.

Ibrahimi Pashto, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Ibrahim.

İbrahimli Azerbaijani
From the given name İbrahim and the Turkic suffix -li which forms adjectives from nouns.

Ibrahimson Swedish
Means "son of Ibrahim" in Swedish.

İbraimov m Crimean Tatar
Means "son of İbraim".

Ibraimov Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Crimean Tatar
Variant of Ibrahimov.

İbraimova f Crimean Tatar
Feminine form of İbraimov.

Ibraimova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Ibraimov.

Ibričić Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Ibro" in Serbo-Croatian.... [more]

Ibrišimović Bosnian

Ibuka Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 深 (fuka) meaning "depth". A notable bearer of this surname was the Japanese industrialist Masaru Ibuka who is known for have been a co-founder of Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony (1908 – 1997).

Ibuki Japanese
It is written as 伊 (I) meaning "that one" and 吹 (buki) meaning "blow into".... [more]

Ibusaki Japanese

Ibuzaki Japanese
Variant of Ibusaki.

Icatlo Tagalog
From Tagalog ikatlo meaning "third".

Ice English
Americanized form of Eis.

Icena Haitian Creole

Icenhower German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Eisenhauer.

Ichibagase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibakase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibangase Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]

Ichibangassen Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibankase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibori Japanese
Variant of Ichihori.

Ichida Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "market" and 田 (da) "paddy, field".

Ichigatani Japanese

Ichihara Japanese
This surname combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu) meaning "one" or 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town" with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness".... [more]

Ichihara Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ichihashi Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ichiji Japanese

Ichijiku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 九 (ichijiku) meaning "9".

Ichijo Japanese

Ichijo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 一条 (see Ichijō).

Ichijō Japanese
From Japanese 一条 (ichijō) meaning "line, streak", derived from 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 条 (jō), a counter for thin, long objects.

Ichijou Japanese

Ichikawa Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ichiki Japanese
Ichi means "one" or "market" and ki means "wood, tree".

Ichiko Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "city" and 子 (ko) "child".... [more]

Ichimakase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichimasa Japanese
From 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop" and 正 (masa) meaning "right, correct, proper, justice".

Ichimura Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Ichimura Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Ichimura Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Ichino Japanese
Ichi can mean "market", or "one", and no means "wilderness, rice paddy, field". ... [more]

Ichinoe Japanese
From 一 (ichi, kazu) meaning "one", 之 (no) meaning "of", and 江 (e) meaning "river, bay, inlet". This is not spelled the same as the town named Ichinohe.

Ichinohe Japanese
This is the name of a town in Iwate prefecture. It is spelled with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 戸 (he) meaning "door". It is not spelled the same as Ichinoe, the name of a district in Edogawa.

Ichinoku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).

Ichinomiya Japanese
This surname is used as 一宮, 一の宮, 一ノ宮, 一之宮 or 市之宮 with 一 (ichi, itsu, hito, hito.tsu) meaning "one," 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" or 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess."... [more]

Ichinose Japanese
From japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "city", 一 (ichi) meaning "one", 之 (no) as in the particle の, and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids,current". ... [more]

Ichinose Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Ichinose Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Ichinoseki Japanese

Ichinoshime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 一住連 (Ichinoshime), from 一住連門 (Ichinoshimemon) a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Ichioka Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill".

Ichise Japanese

Ichishime Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一住連 (see Ichinoshime).

Ichitomi Japanese (Rare)
From either 市 (ichi) meaning "market, fair" or 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 富/冨 (tomi) meaning "riches, wealth, fortune."... [more]

Ichiyama Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Ichiyamamoto Japanese

Ichiyasu Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Ichon Filipino
Variant of Echon.

Ickes German, English
In German the meaning is unknown.... [more]

Ico Mayan

Ida Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Idänpirtti Finnish
Origins remain unknown. Idänpirtti translates as 'The Cabin of The East'

Idarand Estonian
Idarand is an Estonian surname meaning "eastern beach/seashore".

Iddenden English (Rare)
Iden as a village name is to be found in both the counties of Kent and Sussex, and describes a pasture, or strictly speaking an area within a marsh suitable for pasture. The origination is the pre 6th century phrase ig-denn with ig meaning an island... [more]

Iddon English
From the Old Norse female personal name Idunn, literally probably "perform love" (cf. Idony).

Ide Japanese

Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 手 (te) meaning "hand".

Ide Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 射手 (see Ite).

Ideguchi Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well", 手 (de) meaning "hand", and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth".

Ideis English (American)
Variant of Idris.

Idejima Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Dejima.

Iden Norwegian

Iden English
Habitational name from a place called Iden Green in Benenden, Kent, or Iden Manor in Staplehurst, Kent, or from Iden in East Sussex. All these places are named in Old English as meaning "pasture by the yew trees", from ig meaning "yew" + denn meaning "pasture".

Ideshima Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Dejima.

Idezuki Japanese
From 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", 出 (de) meaning "exit", and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".

Idigov Chechen

Idiyatullin Tatar
From the given name Hidayatullah.

Idnurm Estonian
Idnurm is an Estonian surname derived from "ida" meaning "east" and "nurm" meaning "pasture".

Ido Japanese
From Japanese 井門 (Ido) meaning "Ido", a former township in the former district of Ukena in the former Japanese province of Iyo in present-day Ehime, Japan.

Idoh Japanese

Idou Japanese
"This wisteria".

Idrees Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Idris 1.

Idreis Arabic

Idreius Celtic
“Like the ocean; Unpredictable.”... [more]

Idrial Indonesian (Rare)

Idris Arabic
From the given name Idris 1.

İdrisov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of İdris".

Idrisov Chechen, Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Idris 1".

İdrisova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of İdrisov.

Idriss Western African
From the given name Idriss.

Idrissa Western African
From the given name Idrissa.

Idrissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Idriss (chiefly Moroccan).

Idriya Hebrew
A feminine name of Hebrew origin, meaning "female duck."

Idrizi Albanian

Idrizović Bosnian

Iduh Nigerian
Iduh surname occurs mainly in Africa, of the Idoma people of Benue state, Nigeria.

Idzutsu Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 筒 (tsutsu) meaning "tube, hub of a wheel".

Ieda Japanese
From Japanese 家 (ie) meaning "house, home, family" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Iegami Japanese
Variant of Iekami.

Ieiri Japanese (Rare)
家 (Ie) means "building, residency, family, dwelling, home, habitation", and 入 (iri) means "enter, input". ... [more]

Iekami Japanese
Ie means "family, household, residence" and kami means "below, under".

Iemoto Japanese

Iemura Japanese

Ienaga Japanese
From Japanese 家 (ie) meaning "house, home" and 長 (naga) meaning "long, chief".

Ienca Italian (Rare)
Allegedly derived from Italian giovenca "heifer". A heifer is a young cow that has not yet had a calf. Mount Jenca and Jenca Valley are located near Gran Sasso d'Italia in the Abruzzo region in Italy.

Iero Italian

Ifans Welsh
Derived from Welsh ap Ifan meaning "son of Ifan". A famous bearer is Welsh actor and musician Rhys Ifans (1967-), born Rhys Owain Evans.

Ifergan Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the village of Ifergan in Morocco, itself derived from Tamazight afrag meaning "enclosed place, cloister".

Iftikhar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Iftikhar.

Igai Japanese

Igari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).

Igarik Estonian
Etymology uncertain.

Igartua Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in the municipality of Gatika.

Igasato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).

Igawa Japanese

Igawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Igaya Japanese

Ige Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藝 or 芸 (ge) meaning "technique".

Igeta Japanese

Iglov Russian
From igla, meaning "needle".

Ignácio Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Ignácio.

Ignacio Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the given name Ignacio.

Ignat Romanian
From the given name Ignat.

Ignatenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Ihnatenko.

Ignatius English
From the given name Ignatius

Ignatiussen Greenlandic
Means "son of Ignatius".

Ignatz German
From the given name Ignatz.

Igne Filipino

Ignis Portuguese (Brazilian)

Ignjatović Serbian
Means “son of Ignjat” in Serbian.

Igorov m Russian
Means "son of Igor".

Igot Filipino, Cebuano
Means "lipote" (a type of tree in the genus Syzygium) in Cebuano.

Iguchi Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) "well, mine shaft, pit" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Igumnov Russian
From Russian игумен (igumen) meaning "hegumen", referring to the head of an Eastern Orthodox monastery.

Igumnova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Игумнов (see Igumnov).

Igusa Japanese
Variant of Ikusa.

Igwe Igbo
Means "sky".

Ihara Japanese

Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ihekweme Igbo
Name used mostly by South Eastern Nigerians

Ihimaera Maori
This name in English means Ishmael. This name is not only a surname but was used at least in the past as a first name. This name could have another origin. This is the last name of the first Maori author to produce a book made up of stories Witi Ihimaera (1944- ).

Ihira Japanese

Ihle Danish

Ihnacienka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Ignatenko.

Ihnatenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Ihnat.

Iho Finnish, Karelian
"skin"

Ihsan Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Ihsan.

Ihtijarević Bosnian

Ii Japanese

Iiams English (American)
Variant of Iams.

Iida Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Iigawa Japanese
Variant of Iikawa.

Iiguni Japanese
Variant of Iikuni.

Iijima Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iijma Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iikawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and kawa means "river, stream".

Iikubo Japanese

Iimori Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mori means "forest".

Iimoto Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Iimura Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Iimuro Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and muro means "room".

Iin Estonian
Iin is an Estonian surname possibly a corruption of "inn"; from "innas", meaning "amorous".

Iino Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and no means "field, wilderness".

Iinuma Japanese

Iio Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end."

Iir Estonian
Iir is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hiir", meaning "mouse".

Iisawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Iishima Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and shima means "island".

Iismaa Estonian
Iismaa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hiismaa" meaning "grove land".

Iisop Estonian
Iisop is an Estonians surname meaning "hyssop".

Iita Japanese

Iitani Japanese

Iiyama Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iizaka Japanese

Iizawa Japanese
Variant of Iisawa.

Iizuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".

Ijaz Urdu
Derived from the given name Ijaz.

Ijima Japanese
Variant of Ishima.

Ijimoto Japanese

Ijuuin Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "that one", 集 (juu) meaning "gather" and 院 (in) meaning "institution".

Ikado Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井門 (see Ido 2).

Ikahihifo Tongan

Ikaika Hawaiian
Mighty, Strong, Unmovable

Ikande Nigerian

Ikari Japanese
Means "anchor" in Japanese. When written in different kanji, it can also mean anger.

Ikari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.

Ikarigawa Japanese
Variant of Ikarikawa.

Ikawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".

Ike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 生 (Ike), a clipping of 生勝 (Ikegachi) meaning "Ikegachi", an area in the village of Uken in the district of Ōshima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Ikegai Japanese

Ikegami Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Ikegaya Japanese

Ikegaya Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond", a place name possessive marker ヶ (ga), and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Ikehara Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ikehata Japanese

Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Ikemoto Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ikenaga Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and naga means "long, chief".

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Ikeno Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Ikenoue Japanese
Ike means "river", no is a possessive particle and ue means "upper, top".

Ikeru Japanese
From Japanese 蘓 (ikeru) meaning "revive, resurrect".

Ikesono Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and sono means "garden".

Ikesugi Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool" and 杉 (sugi) means "cedar".

Iketa Japanese

Iketani Japanese

Ikeuchi Japanese
Ike means "lake" and uchi means "inside".

Ikeuchi Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Ikeura Japanese
From 池 (ike) meaning "pond, cistern, pool, reservoir" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore."

Ikeya Japanese
"Lake valley".

Ikezono Japanese
Ike means "lake". Zono comes from Sono meaning "garden".

Ikhlaq Urdu
From the given name Ikhlaq.

Iki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 生 (see Ike 2).

Ikilei Tongan

Ikochu African, Eastern African

Ikocu African, Eastern African

Ikoma Japanese

Ikram Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.

Ikromov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Ikrom".

Ikromova Uzbek

Ikuda Japanese
Variant of Ikuta.

Ikumura Japanese

Ikurumi Japanese

Ikuta Japanese
From Japanese 生 (iku) meaning "living, life" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ilacad Tagalog
From Tagalog ilakad meaning "to walk (someone or something)".

Ilagan Tagalog
Means "to evade, to dodge, to get out of the way (of something)" in Tagalog.

Ilahi Urdu
From the given name Ilahi.

Ilaimaharitra Malagasy

Ilangakoon Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ඉලංගකෝන් (see Illangakoon).

Ilangasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ඉලංගසිංහ (see Illangasinghe).

Ilao Tagalog
From Tagalog ilaw meaning "light".

Ilardi Italian
Possibly from the given name Ilardo, which was possibly a derivative of the Germanic name Adalhard... [more]

Ilario Italian
From the given name Ilario.