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Jezdimirović Serbian
Means "son of Jezdimir".

Jezierski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Jezioro, Jeziory, Jeziora, or Jezierzyce, all places named with jezioro meaning "lake".

Jeziorski Polish
Variant of Jezierski.

Jha Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit अध्यापक (adhyapaka) meaning "teacher".

Jhala Indian, Gujarati
Gujarati clan name of unknown meaning.

Jhatoliya Rajasthani

Jhingan Hindi

Ji Chinese
From Chinese 纪 (jì) referring to the ancient state of Ji, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Ji Chinese
From Chinese 季 (jì) meaning "youngest brother".

Jia Chinese
From the given name Jia.

Jialan Arabic

Jian Chinese
From Chinese 簡 (jiǎn) meaning "simple, uncomplicated".

Jiang Chinese
From Chinese 蒋 (jiǎng) referring to the ancient state of Jiang, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Jiao Chinese
From Chinese 焦 (jiāo) referring to the ancient state of Jiao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the provinces of Shaanxi and Henan.

Jibiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 字 (ji) meaning "letter; character" and 引 (biki), the joining form of 引 (hiki), from 引き (hiki) meaning "pull", referring to a dictionary.

Jibril Arabic
From the given name Jibril.

Jigane Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 侍金 (see Samuraigane).

Jigger English

Jikumaru Japanese

Jilani Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jilani.

Jilho Portuguese

Jilich Czech

Jilka German (Austrian)

Jill English (New Zealand)

Jillson English
Variant of Gilson, meaning of "son of Giles".

Jim Nigerian

Jima Ethiopian

Jimbo Japanese

Jimbo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimbō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Shimpō).

Jimboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimbou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimeno American (Hispanic), English (American)
Jimeno (pronounced He-me-no in English) is a Hispanic last name varient of Gimeno, Ximeno, or Jimenez... [more]

Jimerson English (British), Scottish
Variant of Scottish and northern English Jameson, based on a pet form of the personal name.

Jimuta Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 爾 (ji), a phonetic character, and 牟田 (muta) meaning "wetland; bog".

Jin Japanese
From Japanese 神 (jin) meaning "deity; god". This may have been used by shrine masters, people who came from shrines, or people who were granted by the emperor of Japan.

Jinbo Japanese

Jinbo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinda Japanese

Jindal Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Meaning uncertain.

Jingūji Japanese
formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 宮 (Kyuu, Guu, Ku, Kuu, Miya) meaning "Palace". and 司 (Shi, Ji) meaning "Director". Which means the surname could possible come out as “God’s Palace of the Director”

Jingushi Japanese

Jinjikhashvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.

Jinnai Japanese

Jinnouchi Japanese
From the Japanese 陣 (jin) "camp" and 内 (uchi or nai) "inside." The grammatical and phonetic particle ノ or 之 (no) is sometimes written between the other two characters.

Jinping Chinese

Jinzai Japanese

Jiráň Czech

Jiranorraphat Thai
From Thai จิระ (chira) meaning "long time, long space", นร (nora) meaning "man", and ภัทร (phatthra) meaning "good, prosperous".

Jiravechsoontornkul Thai

Jiravechsoontornkul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรเวชสุนทรกุล (see Chirawetsunthonkun).

Jirayangyurn Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรยั่งยืน (see Chirayangyuen).

Jirayungyern Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรยั่งยืน (see Chirayangyuen).

Jirayungyurn Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรยั่งยืน (see Chirayangyuen).

Jiro Japanese
From Japanese 耳 (ji) meaning "ear" and 郎 (ro, rou, rō) meaning "son, male"

Jirohman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jirōman Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 次郎 (jirō) meaning "2nd son" and 万 (man), a character clipping of 万屋 (yorozuya) meaning "general store", referring to a general store that was run by a 2nd son.... [more]

Jiroman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jirouman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jishkariani Georgian

Jitchaku Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 勢理客 (see Zerikyaku).

Jitmakusol Thai

Jito Japanese

Jitsue Thai

Jitsue Japanese (Rare)

Jix Thai

Jkitou Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jlassi Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
From the name of an Tamazight (Berber) tribal confederation in Tunisia; the name could be from Arabic إِخْلَاص (ʾiḵlāṣ) meaning "sincerity, devotion, loyalty" or of unknown Berber meaning.

Jō Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Joa Estonian
Joa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jõe" meaning "watrer/fluvial" or "joana" meaning "torrents/cascades".

Joachim German, French, Polish
From the given name Joachim

Joachin Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Joaquín.

Joala Estonian
Joala is an Estonian surname derived from "jõe" ("fluvial") and "ala" ("field" or "area").

Joanes English

Joanin French

Joans English
Means "Son of Joan."

Joansen Faroese, Danish
Means "son of Joen".

João Portuguese
From the given name João.

Joaquim Portuguese
From the given name Joaquim.

Joaquín Spanish
From the given name Joaquín.

Joaquin Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Joaquín.

Job English, French, German, Hungarian
English, French, German, and Hungarian from the personal name Iyov or Job, borne by a Biblical character, the central figure in the Book of Job, who was tormented by God and yet refused to forswear Him... [more]

Jobs English

Joce English

Jocelyn English
Another of the names brought to England in the eleventh century by the Normans, and mentioned in the Domesday Book. Originally a masculine name only.

Jochen German
From the given name Jochen

Jodiet German
Unknown

Jõe Estonian
Jõe is an Estonian surname meaning "fluvial".

Joe English
From the given name Joe

Jõeäär Estonian
Jõeäär is an Estonian surname meaning "riverside".

Jõearu Estonian
Jõearu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grassland/meadow".

Joei Japanese

Jõekallas Estonian
Jõekallas is an Estonian surname meaning "riverbank".

Joel English
Derived from the given name Joel.

Jõeleht Estonian
Jõeleht is an Estonian surname meaning "river foliage".

Jõeloo Estonian
Jõeloo is an Estonians surname derived from "jõelooge", meaning a "river meander".

Joelson English
Means "son of Joel".

Jõeluht Estonian
Jõeluht is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow".

Jõemaa Estonian
Jõemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "river land".

Joemankhan Dutch (Surinamese)

Joensen Faroese, Danish
Means "son of Joen".

Jõeorg Estonian
Jõeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "wash, or fluvial valley" and "dale".

Jõeots Estonian
Jõeots is an Estonian surname meaning "fluvial (water) end".

Jõeper Estonian
Jõeper is an Estonian surname derived from "jõeperv", meaning "riverbank".

Jõerüüt Estonian
Jõerüüt is an Estonian surname meaning "river plover" (Pluvialis).

Jõesaar Estonian
Jõesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "river island".

Jõesuu Estonian
Jõesuu is an Estonian surname meaning "mouth of the river".

Jõevee Estonian
Jõevee is an Estonian surname meaning "river water".

Joffe Hebrew
Variant spelling of Jaffe.

Joffé Spanish (Latin American)

Joffé French, Jewish
French form of Joffe.

Jogesh Indian

Jõgi Estonian
Means "river" in Estonian.

Jõgiaas Estonian
Jõgiaas is an Estonian surname meaning "river meadow".

Jõgila Estonian
Jõgila is an Estonian surname meaning "river area".

Jõgioja Estonian
Jõgioja is an Estonian surname meaning "river creek".

Jõgisaar Estonian
Jõgisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "river island".

Jõgisalu Estonian
Jõgisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "river grove".

Jõgisoo Estonian
Jõgisoo is an Estonian surname meaning "river swamp/marsh".

Johal Indian (Sikh)
Unknown

Joham German (Austrian)

Johann German
From the given name Johann

Johannesdotter f Swedish (Rare)
Means "daughter of Johannes".

Johannesen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Johannes".

Johanneson German, Dutch
Variant of Johannessen which means "son of Johannes

Jóhannessdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Jóhannes" in Icelandic.

Jóhannesson Icelandic
Means "son of Jóhannes" in Icelandic.

Johannesson Swedish
Means "son of Johannes".

Johanni Romansh
Derived from the given name Johannes.

Johanning German
North German patronymic from Johann, German form of John.

Johannisson Swedish
Variant of Johannesson.

Johannknecht German
John The Servant

Jóhannsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Jóhann" in Icelandic.

Johansdotter f Swedish (Rare)
Means "daughter of Johan".

Johanson English, Swedish
Variant of Johansson or Johansen.

Johnescu English (Latinized), English (American)
From the given name John.

Johnkin English

Johnny English
From the given name Johnny, which is diminutive of given name John.

Johnsonson English (Rare)

Johnstone Scottish
Variant of Johnston.

Jõhvi Estonian
Jõhvi is an Estonian surname derived from "jõhvikas", meaning "cranberry".

Jõhvik Estonian
Jõhvik is an Estonian surname meaning "cranberry".

Jõhvikas Estonian
Jõhvikas is an Estonian surname meaning "cranberry".

Joines English, Welsh (?)
From a (Midlands English) dialectal variant of Jones.

Jois Indian

Jokić Serbian, Croatian

Jõks Estonian
Jõks is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jooks" meaning "run", "course", "scamper" and "traveling".

Joksimović Serbian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Joksim".

Jolaha Indian, Muslim
Means "weaver".

Joldescu Romanian (Rare)

Joldušić Bosnian (Rare)

Joli French

Jolicoeur French (Quebec), Haitian Creole
From Old French joli "joyful, cheerful" and cuer "heart". It was originally a nickname for a cheerful person. This was a frequent French Canadian secondary surname (or dit name).

Jolie French
Variant of Joly and Jolly.

Joliet French
From French Jolie "pretty one" and the popular suffix -et "little" meaning "pretty little one."

Joliffe English

Joline English
From the given name Joline.

Jolivet South American

Joll Estonian
Joll is an Estonian surname meaning "dinghy (boat)".

Jolley English
The surname Jolley came from the English word jolly.

Jollie English
Variant of Jolly.

Jolly English
From the English word jolly, which is ultimately from Old French joli# ("merry, happy"). Originally a nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition.

Jomana Northern African

Jon Romansh
Variant of Gion.

Jonah Western African

Jonas Danish, German, Dutch, Norwegian
From the given name Jonas

Jonason English
Variant of Jonasen

Jonathan English
Derived form the given name Jonathan.

Jonathan Jewish, English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Jonathan.

Jonathans English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Jonathan.

Jonathanson English
Means "Son of Jonathan".

Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic)
Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda... [more]

Jong Korean
Alternate romanization of Jeong chiefly used in North Korea.

Jongbloed Dutch
Nickname for a young person, derived from Middle Dutch jonc meaning "young" and bloet meaning "blood". A famous bearer of this surname was the Dutch soccer goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed (1940-2023).

Jonhson English
Variant of Johnson.

Jonn Nigerian

Jonnie Nigerian

Jōnouchi Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle"; 之 (no), a possessive particle; and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Jonsdotter f Swedish (Rare)
Means "daughter of Jon 1" in Swedish. It can be seen as a truncated form of Johansdotter and/or Jonasdotter, especially if the bearer of this name lived pre 20th century.

Jónsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Jón" in Icelandic.

Jonsen Norwegian
Means 'Son of Jon 1'.

Jonson English
Variant of Johnson and English form of Johnsson

Jónsson Icelandic
Means "son of Jón" in Icelandic.

Jonti Papuan

Joo Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 주 (see Ju).

Jood South African

Joof Serer
The surname Joof (English spelling in Gambia) whit its derivatives Juuf / Juf (Seereer proper) or Diouf (French spelling in Senegal and Mauritania) is a Senegambian surname found amongst the Seereer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania... [more]

Jõõger Estonian
Jõõger is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "jääger" meaning "hunter" and "trapper".

Joon Estonian
Joon is an Estonian surname meaning "line" and "stripe".

Joonas Estonian
Joonas is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name); a variant of the name "Jonas".

Jooni Indian

Joos Romansh
Derived from a short form of the given name Jodocus.

Joost Estonian
Joost is an Estonian surname, derived from the masculine given name "Joost"; ultimately from St. Judoc.

Joosu Estonian
Joosu is an Estonian surname (and masculine give name) derived from the biblical name "Joosu" ("Joshua").

Jophrey African

Joplin English
Possibly derived from a Middle English diminutive of Geoffrey, a nickname from Middle English joppe "fool", or from the Biblical name Job... [more]

Jorala Indian

Jorani Indian

Joʻrayev Uzbek
Uzbek variant of Juraev.

Jorba Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Jordà Spanish
Derived from the personal name Jordàn

Jordán Spanish, Hungarian
From the given name Jordán.

Jordanov Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Jordan" in Macedonian, while it is also a Bulgarian variant transcription of Yordanov.

Jordão Portuguese
From the given name Jordão.

Jorde Danish

Jordi Swiss

Jordison English
Possibly meaning son of Jordan. This name is surname of American drummer Joey Jordison.

Jorgenson German, English
Respelling of Jørgensen or Jörgensen (see Jorgensen) or the Swedish cognate Jörgens(s)on.

Jörigustin Romansh
Contraction of Jöri and Gustin.

Jörimann Romansh
Derived from the given name Germanus.

Jorquera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Jorquez Spanish

Jørstad Norwegian

Jose Eastern African

José Spanish, Portuguese, French
Derived from the given name José.

Joséantonio Spanish
From the given name José Antonio.

Jósefsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Jósef" in Icelandic.

Josefsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Josef" in Danish and Norwegian.

Jósefsson Icelandic
Means "son of Jósef" in Icelandic.

Josefsson Swedish
Means "son of Josef" in Swedish.

Josephino Portuguese (Brazilian)

Josephsen English
Variant of Josephson meaning "Son of Joseph."

Jósepsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Jósep" in Icelandic.

Jósepsson Icelandic
Means "son of Jósepr" in Icelandic.

Josev Macedonian

Josh Indian

Joshson English (Rare)
Means “son of Joshua”.

Joshua Nigerian

Josiah English
From the given name Josiah

Josias English
From the given name Josias

Josipović Croatian
Means "son of Josip" in Croatian.... [more]

Joslin English

Jost Dutch, German
Dutch and German: from a personal name, a derivative of the Breton personal name Iodoc (see Joyce), or from the personal name Just.

Josten German

Josvasen Danish (Rare), Norwegian (?)
Means "son of Josva".

Josytewa Navajo

Jothy Bengali

Joto Japanese

Joubran Arabic
Derived from the given name Jubran.

Jõulu Estonian
Jõulu is an Estonian surname meaning "Christmas" (Estonian: "Jõulud").

Joumana Northern African

Jourdain French
From the given name Jourdain.

Jourdemayne Medieval English
Likely from Old French jor de main meaning "day labourer". This was borne by Margery Jourdemayne, an English woman known as the "Witch of Eye" who was burned at the stake in 1441 for conspiring to kill the king with witchcraft... [more]

Jourdine French, English
English and French variant of Jordan.

Joutsen Finnish
Means “swan” in Finnish.

Jouttijärvi Finnish (Rare)
From the name of any of the many lakes named Jouttijärvi in Finland.

Jovanoski Macedonian
Means "son of Jovan".

Jovanov Serbian, Macedonian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Jovan".

Jovet French

Jovi Indonesian

Jović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Jovan".

Jovićević Serbian, Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Jovan".

Jovičić Serbian
Means "son of Jovan".

Jovon Italian

Jovović Serbian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Jovan".

Jovovich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized spelling of Jovović.

Jowell English
Variant of Joel.

Jowett English
From the medieval male personal name Jowet or the female personal name Jowette, both literally "little Jowe", a pet-form of Julian... [more]

Joy English
Either derived directly from the word, indicating a nickname for a joyous person, or a variant of Joyce.

Joy Bengali
From the given name Joy.

Joya Catalan
Catalan variant of Hoya

Joyel Bengali

Joyia Pakistani

Joysmith English

Joyson English
Metronymic of the name Joy from the female given name Joia, deriving from the Middle English, Old French "joie, joye" meaning "joy". It may also be a nickname for a person of a cheerful disposition.

Jozan French

Jozi Hlubi (?), African
A Hlubi word referring to a sword or spear mkonto,mkhonto,lerumo

Jozić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Jozo".

Ju Korean
Korean form of Zhu, from Sino-Korean 朱 (ju).

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