Submitted Surnames Starting with I

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

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".

Iakobashvili Georgian
Means "son of Iakob".

Iakovidis Greek
Means "son of Iakovos".

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

Iams Old Irish
iNNES, may have came from the irish clan whose name was Innes

Ian Khmer
Variant of Yen.

Iani Indonesian

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
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Abaltzisketa.

Iasmin Bengali

Iasonescu Romanian
Of Romanian origin means "son of Iason".

Iassites Greek

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

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

Ibaiguren Basque
Means "river's edge" from the Basque words ibai, meaning "river" and guren, meaing "edge".

Ibaka Central African

Ibáñes Spanish
variant of IBANEZ

Ibar Spanish (Mexican)

Ibara Japanese

Ibares Spanish (Latin American)

Ibargüen South American

Ibarguen Basque
Proper, non-Castilianized form of Ibargüen; it indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeanuri.

Ibarrola Basque

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

Ibišević Bosnian

Ibourk Arabic

Ibragimov Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ibragim".

Ibragimova Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani
Feminine transcription of Uzbek/Tajik/Kazakh/Kyrgyz/Chechen Ибрагимова and Avar Ибрагьимова (see Ibragimov).

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.

Ibrahim Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Ibrahim.

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

İbrahimov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İbrahim".

İbrahimova Azerbaijani
Means "daughter of İbrahim".

Ibrahimson Swedish
Means "son of Ibrahim" in Swedish.

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

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

Ice English
Americanized form of Eis.

Icena Haitian Creole

Ichibori Japanese

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]

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

Ichiji Japanese

Ichijo Japanese

Ichijou Japanese

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

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

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

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

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]

Ichinoseki Japanese

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

Ichise Japanese

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

Ichon Filipino
Variant of Echon.

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

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

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

Ideis English (American)
Variant of Idris.

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".

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
"This wisteria". A variant of Ito.

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)

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

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).

Idrizi Albanian

Idrizović Bosnian

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

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

Iemoto Japanese

Iemura Japanese

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.

Iftikhar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Iftikhar.

Igai Japanese

Igari Japanese

Igarik Estonian
Estonian Spelled Igarik was originally spelled Iggarik.

Igawa Japanese

Igaya Japanese

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

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
Alternate transcription of Ihnatenko.

Ignatius English
From the given name Ignatius

Ignatiussen Greenlandic
Means "son of Ignatius".

Ignatyev Russian
Alternate transcription of Ignatiev.

Ignatz German
From the given name Ignatz.

Igne Filipino

Ignis Portuguese (Brazilian)

Ignjatović Serbian
Means “son of Ignjat” in Serbian.

Igorov 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

Igwe Igbo
Means "sky".

Ihara Japanese

Ihekweme Igbo
Name used mostly by South Eastern Nigerians

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

Ihyoso Korean (Archaic)
Archaic title

Ii Japanese

Iiams Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-saxon name meaning "Son of Emma."

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

Iigawa Japanese

Iiguni Japanese

Iijima Japanese

Iijma Japanese

Iikawa Japanese

Iikubo Japanese

Iimori Japanese

Iimoto Japanese

Iimura Japanese

Iimuro Japanese

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

Iino Japanese

Iinuma Japanese

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

Iisawa Japanese

Iishima Japanese

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

Iizaka Japanese

Iizawa Japanese

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

Ijimoto Japanese

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.

Ikarigawa Japanese

Ikawa Japanese

Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "Pond, Pool" in Japanese.

Ikegai Japanese

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

Ikegaya Japanese

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

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".

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Ikeno Japanese

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

Ikesono Japanese

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".

Ikeya Japanese
"Lake valley".

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

Ikilei Tongan

Ikochu African, Eastern African

Ikocu African, Eastern African

Ikoma Japanese

Ikram Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ikram.

Ikuda Japanese

Ikuta Japanese
Iku means "genuine, life, birth" and ta means "field, rice paddy".

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

Ilahi Urdu
From the given name Ilahi.

Ilaimaharitra Malagasy

Ilao Filipino, 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.

Ilarratza Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gasteiz.

Ilárraza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ilarratza.

Ildefonso Spanish
From the given name Ildefonso.

Ilecic Croatian (?)

Iles English (British), French
English (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.

Ilese English

Ilgenfritz German
Compound patronymic, meaning "Fritz, the son of Ilg".

İlhan Turkish
From the given name İlhan

Iliese Romanian

Ilievski Macedonian
Means "son of Iliya".

Iliopoulos Greek
Means "son of Ilias" in Greek.

Illana Spanish (European)
Denoted someone who came from the province of Illana in Guadalajara, Spain.

Illarionov Russian
Means "son of Illarion".

Illescas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Illingworth English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Illoinen Finnish
Ancient Finnish surname derived from the name of an estate located in Rusko, Finland. Today used as a surname, also part of the city of Turku, Finland. Original meaning: a vigorous well.

Illopmägi Estonian
Illopmägi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "iisop" meaning "hyssop", or "ilus" meaning "beautiful", and "mägi" meaning "mountain/hill".

Illustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Ilustrisimo. This spelling variation possibly came about from the influence of American surnames during the American occupation of the Philippines... [more]

Ilm Estonian
Ilm is an Estonian surname meaning "weather".

Ilmjärv Estonian
Ilmjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "weather lake".

Ilodigwe Igbo

Ilola Finnish
Derived from Finnish ilo "joy".

Ilomets Estonian
Ilomets is an Estonian surname meaning "merry forest".

Ilonka Hungarian
From the nickname of the Hungarian name Ilona.

Ilophene Haitian Creole (Rare)

Ilosaar Estonian
Ilosaar is an Estonian surname meaning "merry island".

Ilp Estonian
Ilp is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hilp" meaning "rag" and "piece of cloth".

Ilse German

Ilula Estonian
Ilula is an Estonian surname derived from "ilu" meaning "beauty" and "loveliness".

Ilumäe Estonian
Ilumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "pretty/lovely hill/mountain".

Ilumets Estonian
Ilumets is an Estonian surname meaning "pretty/lovely forest".

Ilunga Luba, Central African
Means ‘To Unite’.

Ilus Estonian
Ilus is an Estonian surname meaning "beautiful".

Ilustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish ilustrísimo meaning "most illustrious".

Ilyaev Russian
Means "son of Ilya".

İlyas Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İlyas.

Ilyas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ilyas.

Ilyasov Uzbek, Bashkir, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen, Chechen, Avar, Ossetian, Ingush, Circassian
Means "son of Ilyas".

Ilyin Russian
Means "son of Ilya".

Ilyina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Ильин (see Ilyin).

Ilys English

Ilyushin Russian
Variant of ILYUSHIN 1.

Ilyushin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Ilyusha of the Russian given name Ilya.

Im Khmer
Khmer form of Ren.

Imada Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Imaeda Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 枝 (eda) "branch."

Imagawa Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "present" and 川 (gawa) meaning "river".

Imahori Japanese

Imaishi Japanese
今 (Ima) means "Now, Present" and 石 (Ishi) means "Stone". This was within the 1009's of most used Japanese surnames in 2012.

Imaizumi Japanese

Imakawa Japanese

Imaki Japanese

Imakoji Japanese

Imam Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Urdu
From Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) meaning "leader, guide", used to denote a Muslim leader.

Imamichi Japanese

Imamović Bosnian
Means "son of the imam", from Arabic إِمَام (ʾimām) referring to a Muslim leader.

Imamura Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

İman Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İman.

Iman Muslim
(widespread throughout the Islamic world): from a personal name based on Arabic Iman.

Iman Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
From the given name Iman.

Imanaliev Kyrgyz
Derived from Arabic إِيمَان (ʾīmān) meaning "faith, creed, religion" (see Iman) combined with the given name Ali 1.

Imanari Japanese

Imani Persian
From the given name Iman.

Imanishi Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Imano Japanese

İmanov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İman".

Imaoka Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Imari Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 今利, 伊万里 or 伊萬里 with 今 (kon, kin, ima) meaning "now", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 万/萬 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."... [more]

Imaruoka Japanese
I means "That one, Italy", Maru means "Round, Circle", and Oka means "Hill, Ridge".

Imaseki Japanese

Imata Japanese
Ima means "now" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Imazeki Japanese

Imberi German (Swiss)
It comes from Stuttgart Germany from the late 1800s. Then the name moved to a small village outside of Odessa Ukraine, in my family at least.

Imbert French
From the medieval French personal name Imbert, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "vast-bright".