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Irigoien Basque

Irikura Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and kura means "have, possess, storehouse, warehouse".

Irimoto Japanese
Iri means "input, entry" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Irin Bengali (?)

Iriomote Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.

Irion German
From a variant of the given name Gereon.

Irisaka Japanese
Iri means "enter, input" and saka means "slope, hill".

Irisarri Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous commune in the French arrondissement of Baiona.

Irish English
Derived from Ireland

Irissarry Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Irisarri.

Iritani Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and tani means "valley".

Iriya Japanese

Irizar Basque

Irizarry Basque
Variant of Irisarri.

Irles French

Irmak Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.

Irodori Japanese

Irokawa Japanese

Iron English

Ironmonger English
From Middle English ire(n)mongere, er(n)mongere meaning "ironmonger; dealer in household goods".

Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]

Ironside English
Possibly from Middle English irenside (Old English iren ‘iron’ + side ‘side’), a nickname for an iron-clad warrior.

Irribarra Basque (Hispanicized)
This surname born as a bad translation of Irribarren surname in Quirihue, Chile at the time of registration.

Irribarren Basque
From the basque surname that means "Inside the village".

Irsay Hungarian
Surname used by people whose original surname was Israel, in Hungary

Irshad Urdu
Derived from the given name Irshad.

Iru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Irukayama Japanese (Rare)

Isa Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Isa 1.

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French
Derived from the given name Isaac.

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French, Catalan, Spanish, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Isaac.

Isaba Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Izaba.

Isabel Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, English
From the given name Isabel.

Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.

Isabeth French
A matronym derived from the given name Élisabeth/Elisabeth.

Isabeth French

Isacco Italian
From the given name Isacco.

Isachsen Norwegian
Means "son of Isach".

Isaev Chechen, Lezgin, Dargin, Avar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Isa 1".

Isaeva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Исаев Isaev.

Isageum Korean
From Old Korean - Shillan 泥師今/니ᄉᆞ금 (nisokum) "ruler" or "emperor" and derived from Old Korean 니 "first, principal, main, teeth" + ㅅ "genitive particle" and Old Korean 금 "grand, great, big"... [more]

Isago Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (isago) meaning "sand".

Isai Albanian

Isaiah English
From the given name Isaiah

Ísaksdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ísak" in Icelandic.

Ísaksson Icelandic
Means "son of Ísak" in Icelandic.

Isam Arabic
Derived from the given name 'Isam.

Isamu Japanese
Isamu means courageous warrior

Isato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2 or Ikari 3).

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Isayama Japanese
A Japanese surname meaning "admonish mountain". A bearer of this surname is Hajime Isayama. He is a Japanese manga artist. (1986-)

İşbaşaran Turkish
From Turkish iş "work" and başaran "one who is successful".

Ise Japanese

Isebara Japanese
A variant of Isehara.

Iselle French
Frenchified forms of Iseli, a Swiss German variant of Eisele.... [more]

Isemura Japanese

Isenbarger German, Jewish
Respelling of German or Jewish Eisenberger.

Isenhour German (Anglicized)
Variant spelling of Eisenhauer.

Iseno Japanese

Iseppi Romansh
Derived from the given name Gisep.

Isepponi Romansh
Variant of Iseppi.

Isetani Japanese

Isewara Japanese
Variant of Isehara.

Iseya Japanese

İsgəndərov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İsgəndər".

İsgəndərova Azerbaijani
Feminine form of İsgəndərov.

Ishag Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given name Ishaq (chiefly used in Sudan).

Ishak Arabic
From the given name Ishak.

Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.

Ishanagyi Okinawan (Archaic)
From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Ishaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.

Ishaqzai Pashto
Means "son of Ishaq" in Pashto.

Isheanesu Shona
Isheanesu means "The Lord is with us".

Isherwood English

Ishfaq Urdu
Derived from the given name Ishfaq.

Ishi Japanese
Ishi means "stone".

Ishibashi Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ishibe Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Ishido Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 堂 (do) "hall."

Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".

Ishigaki Japanese

Ishigaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Ishigaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (gaki), the joining form of 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".... [more]

Ishigaki Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 石垣 (see Ishanagyi).

Ishigaki Japanese
From Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki) meaning "Ishigaki", a division in the area of Yoshihara in the town of Aridagawa in the district of Arida in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan.

Ishigami Japanese
Variant of Ishikami.

Ishigawa Japanese
Variant of Ishikawa.

Ishige Japanese

Ishigura Japanese
Variant of Ishikura.

Ishiguro Japanese
Ishi means "Stone" and Guro is just a form of Kuro, meaning "Black". Hiroshi Ishiguro was the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory.

Ishiguro Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".

Ishihara Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ishihashi Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and hashi means "bridge".

Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Ishijima Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

Ishikura Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" combined with 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) storehouse."

Ishima Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and shims means "island", or it could be spelled with ishi meaning "rock, stone" and ma meaning "pause".

Ishimaru Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Ishimine Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mine means "peak".

Ishimitsu Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mitsu means "light".

Ishimori Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Ishimoto Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and moto means "source, root, origin".

Ishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ishinaka Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and naka means "middle".

Ishino Japanese
From 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 野 (no) meaning "plains," "field."

Ishiodori Japanese

Ishisaki Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Ishita Japanese

Ishito Japanese

Ishitsuka Japanese
"Stone mound".

Ishiuchi Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and uchi means "inside".

Ishiura Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ura means "bay, coast".

Ishiwari Japanese

Ishiwata Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry".

Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".

Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Ishizaka Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ishizaki Japanese

Ishizaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ishizawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ishizu Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".

Ishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Ishmael English
From the given name Ishmael

Ishmail South American

Ish Shalom Hebrew (Modern)
Means "man of peace" in Hebrew. Combination of the word ish, meaning "man" and the name Shalom, meaning "peace".

Ishtiaq Urdu
Derived from the given name Ishtiaq.

Isidor German, Russian
From the given name Isidor.

Isidore French
From the given name Isidore.

Isidoro Portuguese

Isidorov Russian
Means "son of Isidor".

Isidro Spanish
From the given name Isidro.

Işık Turkish
Means "light" in Turkish.

Isip Filipino, Tagalog
Means "mind, intellect, reason" in Tagalog.

Isk Indonesian

Iskakov Kazakh
Means “son of Iskak".

Iskandar Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

İskändärov Tatar, Russian
Means "son of İskändär".

İskəndərov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İskəndər".

Iskändärov Bashkir, Russian
Means "son of Iskändär".

Iskandarov Chechen, Russian, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Iskandar". It can also be an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani İsgəndərov.

İskändärova Tatar, Russian
Means "daughter of İskändär".

Iskändärova Bashkir, Russian
Means "daughter of Iskändär".

Iskandarova Chechen, Russian, Uzbek, Azerbaijani
Means "daughter of Iskandar". It can also be an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani İsgəndərova.

Iskander Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

İskenderoğlu Turkish
Means "son of İskender".

Isla Spanish
Means "island" in Spanish.

Islam Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)
From the name of the religion, derived from Arabic إسلام (Islam) meaning "submission (to God)".

Islam Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Islam.

Islamaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Islam" in Albanian.

Islambekov Kazakh, Uzbek
Means "son of Islambek".

Islami Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Albanian
From the given name Islam.

Islamkhan Kazakh

İslamov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İslam".

Islamov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Bashkir, Tatar
Means "son of Islam".

Islamova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir, Tatar, Chechen
Feminine form of Islamov.

Islamović Bosnian

Island Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is "ice" and land "land" or from Island "Iceland" (the name of the country).

Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.

İşler Turkish
Means "works, doings, affairs" in Turkish.

Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".

Ismaeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Isma'il.

Ismael Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Isma'il.

İsmail Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İsmail.

Ismail Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismailaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Ismail" in Albanian.

Ismaili Albanian

Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Ismajli Albanian

Ismat Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.

Ismay English
Matronymic surname from the medieval given name Ismay.

İsmayılova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of İsmayılov.

İsmayılzadə Azerbaijani
Means "son of İsmayıl".

İsmayılzadə Azerbaijani
From the given name İsmayıl and the Persian suffix زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Isobe Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) "beach" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Isoda Japanese

Isoev Tajik
Tajik variant of Isaev.

Isogai Japanese
Iso meeans "Beach" and Gai means "Valley."

Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".

Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".

Isogaya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Isom English
Variant of Isham.

Isomura Japanese

Isomura Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Isono Japanese

Isono Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Isori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2 or Ikari 3).

Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".

Isotani Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and tani means "valley".

Isotta Italian
From the given name Isotta.

Isović Bosnian

Isoya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isozaki Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) "beach" and 崎 or 埼 (zaki or saki) "cape," "peninsula."

Isozato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2 or Ikari 3).

Israel Jewish
From the given name Israel.

Israelsson Swedish
Means "son of Israel".

İsrafilov Azerbaijani
Means "son of İsrafil".

Israpilov Chechen, Kumyk
Means "son of Israpil".

Israpilova Chechen, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Chechen/Kumyk Исрапилов (see Israpilov).

Israr Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Israr.

Isringhausen German

Issa Arabic
Derived from the given name Isa 1.

Issac English, Spanish
From the given name Issac.

Issak Estonian
Issak is an Estonian surname, a variation of the masculine Biblical given name "Isaac" (Estonian: "Iisak").

Issaka Western African
From the given name Issaka.

Issoufou Western African
From the given name Issoufou.

Istogu Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Istrefi Albanian

Isturits Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Izturitze.

István Hungarian
From the given name István.

Isufaj Albanian
From the given name Isuf.

Isufi Albanian
From the given name Isuf.

Isurieta Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Aretxabaleta.

Ita Japanese

Itabashi Japanese
Variant of Itahashi.

Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Itagaki Japanese

Itagaki Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Itagura Japanese
Variant of Itakura.

Itahashi Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and hashi means "bridge".

Itahashi Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Itakaki Japanese
A variant of Itagaki.

Itakura Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "board" and 倉 (Kura) meaning "storehouse".

Itakura Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Italia Italian

Italici Italian
Meaning "Italics", in Italian.

Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".

Itamiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 伊丹屋 (Itamiya) meaning "Itami Store", a name of a store that was in the city of Itami in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.... [more]

Itamura Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Itani Japanese

Itano Japanese
Ita means "board" and no means "field, plain".

Itaya Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Itchon Filipino
Variant of Echon.

Ite Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 射 (i) meaning "shoot" and 手 (te) meaning "hand", referring to an archer.

Itelson Yiddish, German
Yiddish "Son of Itel"

Itez Turkish

Ithan Arabic

Ito Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Itō Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Itobin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 糸鬢 (itobin) meaning a type of hairstyle.

Itoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).

Itoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Itosato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2 or Ikari 3).

Itou Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).

Itrich Low German

Itsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Itsutsu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Itte Indian

Ittle English

Iturralde Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Lizartza.

Itxasmendi Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of Zarautz.

Itzstein German
Topographic surname that originated from broad regions around the river Itz in Thuringia, Germany. The word "Stein" (German word for stone) historically was also used to describe castles on a hill or at a river, thus a possible meaning of the name is "castle at the river Itz".

Iuchi Japanese

Iuè Italian

Iulitta Italian
Early Italian surname. Gaelic Etruscan origins.... [more]

Ivačević Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivachenko Russian
Variant of Ivashchenko.

Ivaci Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivačić Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivačič Slovene
Cognate of Ivačić.

Ivakić Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivaković Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Ivaly Papuan

Iva Marija Croatian