Submitted Surnames Starting with O

Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 笠 (kasa) meaning "bamboo hat", and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Ogasawara Japanese
From Japanese 小笠原 (Ogasawara) meaning "Ogasawara", a former village in the former district of Koma in the former Japanese province of Kai in parts of present-day Yamanashi, Japan.

Ogata Japanese

Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "thread" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, way, method".

Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 形 (kata) meaning "shape, form".

Ogawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Ogay Korean (Russified)
Form of Oh used by Koryo-saram using the particle -gay of unexplained meaning.

Ogaya Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Ó Gealbháin Irish
Original Irish form of O'Galvin.

Ogg English (British)

Ogg Scottish
Anglicized form of a nickname from the Gaelic adjective óg meaning "young", used to distinguish the junior of two bearers of the same personal name.

Oggy English

Ogibara Japanese
Variant of Ogihara.

Ó Gibealláin Irish
An Irish-Gaelic surname derived from a given name meaning "descendant of Gibealláin".

Ó Gibne Irish
'Descendant of Gibne', a byname meaning "hound". This sept came from Counties Meath and Cavan. This was a very ancient sept but unfortunately, there are few references surviving.

Ogido Japanese

Ogier French, English
From the given name Ogier.

Ogihara Japanese
Ogi means "reed, rush" and hara means "field, plain".

O'Gilleen Irish
Anglicized form of Irish-Gaelic Ó Cillín

Ogilvie Scottish, English
From the ancient Barony of Ogilvie in Angus, Northeast Scotland. The placename itself is derived from Pictish ocel, 'high' and fa, 'plain'.

Ogilvy Scottish, English
Variant of Ogilvie.

Ogino Japanese
Variant of Okino.

Ogino Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Oginskiai Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the village of Uogintai.

Ó Giolláin Irish
It means 'descendant of Giollán'.

Ogisawa Japanese

Ogishin Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Ageyev (Агеев), derived from Ukrainian given name Ogiy (Огiй)

Ogishina Russian, Ukrainian
Feminine form of Ogishin (Огишин)

Ogiso Japanese

Ogisu Japanese

Ogita Japanese

Ogiwara Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".

Ogiyama Japanese

Ogiyenko Russian, Ukrainian
Variant of Ageyev (Агеев), derived from Ukrainian given name Ogiy (Огiй)

Ogle Scottish, English, Northern Irish
Habitational name from a place in Northumbria, named with the Old English personal name Ocga + Old English hyll 'hill'.

Ogles Northern Irish (?), Scottish (?), English (?)
Variant of Ogle.

Oglesbee English

Oglesby English

Oglethorpe English
It indicates familial origin within the civil parish of Bramham cum Oglethorpe in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Oglethorpe English
From Oglethorpe Hall in Bramham (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Ocelestorp in 1086 and Okelesthorp in 124 The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Oddkell and Old Scandinavian or Old English þorp "secondary settlement outlying farmstead" meaning "Oddkell's village" the surname derived from oddr "point of a weapon" and ketill "cauldron".

Ogliari Italian
Possibly derived from a place name, or from oglio "oil", indicating the bearer's occupation, or perhaps appearance.

Ognibene Italian
From Latin Omnebonus (see Omnebon), "all good".

Ognjanović Serbian
Means "son of Ognjan".

Ognjenović Serbian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Ognjen".

Ogno Sardinian (Americanized, Rare)

Ogo Chamorro
Variant of Hocog

Ó Gormghaile Irish
Means "descendant of Gormghal"

Ogorodnikov Russian
From Russian огородник (ogorodnik) meaning "truck farmer, market gardener".

Ogorodnikova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Огоро́дников (see Ogorodnikov).

Ó Gradaigh Irish
Gaelic form of O'grady.

O'grady Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Gradaigh, meaning "descendant of Gradaigh." Gradaigh is a personal name derived from the Irish Gaelic word grada, "the illustrious one."

Ó Gríobhtha Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Griffin.

Ogston Scottish

Oguchi Japanese
"Big, great mouth/opening".

Oguma Japanese
Variant of Ōkuma.

Ogunmolu Yoruba

Ogunmolu Igbo

Ogunsemilore Nigerian

Ogunwe Nigerian

Ogura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 倉 (kura) meaning "storehouse".

Oguri Japanese
A variant of Okuri.

Oguri Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Oguro Japanese
Variant of Okuro.

Ōgushi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 串 (kushi) meaning "skewer, spit".

Ogushi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大串 (see Ōgushi).

Öğüt Turkish
Means "admonition, advice" in Turkish.

Oğuz Turkish
From the name of an ancient Turkic people, itself derived from a Turkic word meaning "tribe, clan".

Ogyampah Akan
Meaning unknown.

Oh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).

Ó hÁdhmaill Irish
It means "descendant of Ádhmall".

O'hagan Irish

Ohagan Irish

Ó hÁilgheanáin Irish
Means "descendant of Áilgheanán"

Ó hÁilleacháin Irish
It means "descendant of Áilleachán".

Ó Hailpín Irish
Irish-Gaelic or Scottish-Gaelic form of Halpin, meaning "descendant of Alpin".

Ó hAinbhith Irish
It means "descendant of Ainbhioth".

Ó hAinbhthín Irish
Means "descendant of Ainbhthín"

Ó Hainifín Irish
Variant of Ó hAinbhthín

Ohakas Estonian
Ohakas is an Estonian surname meaning "thistle".

O'halloran Irish

Ōhama Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Ohana Judeo-Spanish
From a name meaning "son of Hanna" in Tamazight, either from the given name Hanna 1 or perhaps Tamazight ḥenna meaning "grandmother".

Ó hAngluinn Irish
A patronymic surname meaning "son of Anglninn." This name is, in turn, thought to be derived from Irish Gaelic word anglonn, which means "hero" or "champion."

Ohanian Armenian
Patronymic from the personal name Ohannes, Armenian equivalent of John.

O'hanlon Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAnluain (see Hanlon).

Ó hAnluain Irish
Means "descendant of Anluan"

Ó Hannáin Irish
Hundreds of years ago, the Gaelic name used by the Hannant family in Ireland was Ó hAnnáin, which means "descendant of hAnnáin".... [more]

Ó hAnrachtaigh Irish
It means "descendant of Anrachtach".

Ohanyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Օհանյան (See Ohanian)

Ó hAodhagáin Irish
Means "descendant of Aodhagán"

Ōhara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ohara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ó hArgáin Irish

O'haris Literature

O'harra Irish
A variant of O'Hara.

Ó Hartghaile Irish
It literally means "Artghal’s descendant".

Ōhashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ohashi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōhashi.

Ohayashi Japanese
This is the less common variant of Kobayashi.

Ohayon Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Chayyim" from the Berber prefix ou- or au- meaning "son (of)" and the given name Chayyim.

Ohba Japanese

Ohda Japanese
Variant transcription of Oda.

Ohe Japanese

Ó hÉalaighthe Irish
It means "descendant of Éaladhach".

O’Healy Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó hÉilidhe.

Ó hÉamhthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Heaphy.

Óhearcáin Irish
The surname ÓhEarcáin (Harkins) is derived from the Irish nickname of Erc or Earc meaning freckled. The diminutive of Erc or Earc is Ercáin or Earcáin. When the Irish alphabet added the aspirate “h” the name became hErcáin or hEarcáin with the hereditary surname prefixes Uí hErcáin, UahErcáin, ÓhEarcáin and (female)Ní Earcáin that was anglicized as Harkin, Harkan, or Harkins... [more]

Ó Hearghaill Irish
Variation of Gaelic Ó Fearghail ‘descendant of Fearghal’, a personal name composed of the elements fear ‘man’ + gal ‘valor’.

Ó hÉilidhe Irish
Means "descendant of the claimant". From éilidhe "claimant"

Ó hEinirí Irish
Means "son of Einrí"

Ohene-agyekum Akan

Ó hEodhusa Irish
Means "descendant of Eodhus"

Ó Heoin Irish
Irish surname meaning “descendant of John”.

Ohguro Japanese
Variant transcription of Oguro.

Ohi Bengali, Japanese

Ohi Japanese
Variant of Oi.

Ó Hiarfhlatha Irish
Proper form of Herlihy.

Ohier French

Ohinata Japanese

Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Ohira Japanese

Ohira Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大平 (see Ōhira).

Ohjima Japanese
Variant transcription of Ojima.

Ohka Japanese
A transcription of Oka meaning "Ridge, Hill". It's likely an americanized spelling.

Ohki Japanese
Variant transcription of Oki.

Ohkubo Japanese
Variant transcription of Okubo.

Ohkura Japanese

Ohl German

Ohlsson Swedish
Variant of Olsson.

Ohm German
Variant of Ohme

Öhman Swedish
Variant of Öman.

Ohman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).

Ohmori Japanese
Variant of Omori.

Ohms German
Variant of Ohme

Ohmura Japanese
Variant transcription of Omura.

Ohnishi Japanese

Ohnmacht German
Means "powerlessness; helplessness; without power" in German. This was often used to describe someone very weak.

Ohno Japanese
From 大 (meaning large) and 野 (meaning field).

Ohoilulin Moluccan

Ó hOistín Irish
Means "descendant of Oistín"

O'Honeen Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó hUaithnín.

Ohorella Moluccan

Ohori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 堀 (hori) "moat."

Ohoyama Japanese

Ohrim Ukrainian, Moldovan

Öhrn Swedish
Variant of Örn.

Ohrt English

Ohsawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Osawa.

Ohshima Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshima.

Ohshio Japanese

Ohsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Osuka.

Ohta Japanese

Ohtake Japanese

Ohtani Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.

Ohto Japanese
Variant transcription of Oto.

Ohtsu Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsu.

Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.

Ohtsuki Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuki.

Ó hUallacháin Irish
It means "descendant of Uallachán".

O'hurley Irish
The name Hurley itslef come from the stick used in the game of Hurling, first played in Ireland. The name might have origanated due to a player of the game being dubbed hurley... [more]

Ohwada Japanese
Variant transcription of Owada.

Ohyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Oyagi.

Oi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 井 (i) meaning "well, spring".

Oi Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Huang.

Oianguren Basque
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Elorrio or the one in the municipality of Askoitia.

Oiartzun Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Oibar Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.

Oidekivi Estonian
Oidekivi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oid kivi" meaning "sense/intellect stone", or "hoide kivi" meaning "sustaining stone".

Õiemets Estonian
Õiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/flower forest".

Õige Estonian
Õige is an Estonian surname meaning "true" or "accurate".

Õigemeel Estonian
Õigemeel is an Estonian surname meaning "fair minded".

Õiglane Estonian
Õiglane is an Estonian surname meaning "equitable" and "fair-minded".

Oihaneder Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous palace in the city of Gasteiz.

Oihartzabal Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque oihan "forest, woods" and zabal "wide, broad, open".

Oikawa Japanese
Oikawa is the name of Toru Oikawa from the popular volleyball anime Haikyuu! ... [more]

Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Oiknin Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ouaknine.

Oiknine Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ouaknine.

Oikonomos Greek
Means "housekeeper, steward" from the Greek word οἰκόνομος (oikonomos), derived from οἶκος (oikos) "house, household" and νόμος (nomos) "law, custom"... [more]

Oinas Estonian, Finnish
Oinas is an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning "ram (Ovis Aries)" in both languages. The surname is somewhat rare in Finland.

Õis Estonian
Õis is an Estonian surname meaning "flower" and "blossom".

Ōishi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".

Oishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōishi.

Õisla Estonian
Õisla is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom area".

Õismaa Estonian
Õismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "blossom land".

Õismäe Estonian
Õismäe is a Estonian surname meaning "floral/blossom hill". The surname can also taken be from the location of Õismäe, which is a subdistrict of the capital Tallinn.

Õismets Estonian
Õismets is an Estonian surname meaning "flower/blossom forest".

Õisnurm Estonian
Õisnurm is an Estonian surname meaning "flower meadow".

Oiso Japanese

Õispuu Estonian
Õispuu is an Estonian surname meaning "blossom/flower tree".

Oit Estonian
Oit is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "õitsev", meaning "to blossom" or "to bloom".

Ōiwa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大岩 (see Ōiwa).

Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".

Ojalill Estonian
Ojalill is an Estonian surname meaning "stream flower".

Ojalind Estonian
Ojalind is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek bird".

Ojaloo Estonian
Ojaloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek swathe".

Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".

Ojandi Estonian
Ojandi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oja" ("stream/creek") and "rand" ("beach").

Ojanurm Estonian
Ojanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "stream pasture/meadow".

Ojaperv Estonian
Ojaperv is an Estonian surname meaning "stream bank".

Ojasalu Estonian
Ojasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek grove".

Ojasoo Estonian
Ojasoo is an Estonian surname meaning "steam/creek swamp".

Ojaste Estonian
From Estonian oja meaning "brook, creek".

Ojastu Estonian
Ojastu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek/stream".

Ojasu Estonian
Ojasu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek".

Ojavee Estonian
Ojavee is an Estonians surname meaning "stream water".

Ojavool Estonian
Ojavool is an Estonian surname meaning "stream current/flow".

Ojdanić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ojdan".

Öjebo Swedish (Rare)

Ojha Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi
Means "shaman, sorcerer, healer", ultimately derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, spiritual preceptor".

Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.

Ojiri Japanese

Ojiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail" and 白 (jiro) meaning "white"

Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Ok Korean
Means "jade" in Korean.

Ok Turkish
Means "arrow" in Turkish.

Oka Finnish
Means "thorn" in Finnish.

Oka Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Okabayashi Japanese

Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Okagai Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okagawa Japanese
Variant of Okakawa.

Okagaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okahisa Japanese

Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

O'kain Irish
Variant of O'Kane.

Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Okami Japanese

Okamizu Japanese
From 岡 (oka) meaning "hill" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Ōkano Japanese
Surname of Japanese origin meaning "cherry blossom flower field".

Okano Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okanoue Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill", no is a possessive article and ue means "above, top, upper".

Okas Estonian
Okas is an Estonian name meaning "thorn".

Okasa Japanese

Okasahara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okasaka Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and means "slope, hill".

Okasaki Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and saki means "cape, promontory peninsula".

Okasawara Japanese
Variant reading of Ogasawara.

Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".

Okashima Japanese
岡 (Oka) means "ridge, hill" and 島 (shima) means "island".

Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.

Okatani Japanese
Oka means "ridge, hill" and tani means "valley".

Okat'yev m Russian

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Okawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大川 (see Ōkawa).

Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Okawara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河原 (see Ōkawara).

Okaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Okayasu Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet".

Okazaka Japanese
Variant of Okasaka.

Okazumi Japanese
Variant of Okasumi.

Okçu Turkish
Means "archer" in Turkish.

O'Keeffe Irish
Variant of O'Keefe. A notable bearer was the American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986).

O'keenan Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Ó Cianáin

Okei Japanese

Okekawa Japanese

O'Kelly Irish
Variant of Kelly 1.

Okely English (Australian)

O'Kett Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Haicéid.

O'Kevin Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Caoimhín "descent of Caoimhín."

Okey English
Location name meaning "lives near oak trees".

Okeyoshi Japanese

Okhlobystin m Russian
It is the last name of Ivan Okhlobystin, a Russian actor.

Okhlopkov Yakut, Russian

Ōki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Oki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大木 (see Ōki).

Oki Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea".

Okiayu Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and ayu means "trout".

Okić Bosnian

Okida Japanese

Okie Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and e means "inlet, river".

Okifuji Japanese

Okigai Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okigaya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okii Japanese

Okiji Japanese

O'kill English

Okimatsu Japanese
Matsu means "pine, fir tree" and oki means "open sea".

Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Okinaya Japanese

Okinikan Nigerian

Okino Japanese
O could mean "big, great" and ki can mean "tree, wood", or it could be spelled as oki meaning "open sea", and no means "field, plain".

Okino Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okise Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and se means "river".

Okisu Japanese

Okita Japanese

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okitani Japanese
Oki could mean "open sea", or it could be spelled as o meaning "big, great", and tani meaning "valley".

Okitsu Japanese

Okiya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okkotsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 乙骨 (Okkotsu), a variant reading and spelling of 乙事 (Okkoto), an area in the town of Fujimi in the district of Suwa in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.

Okmees Estonian
Okmees is an Estonian surname meaning "branch/twig man".

Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".

Okochi Japanese
Variant transcription of Ookouchi.

Okochi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河内 (see Ōkōchi).

Okocimski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Okocim.

Okolie Nigerian

Okorokov m Russian