Submitted Surnames Starting with S

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Süleymanoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Süleyman", from the given name Süleyman combined with the Turkish patronymic suffix -oğlu.
Suleymanov Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Süleymanov.
Suleymenov Kazakh
Means "son of Suleymen".
Sulg Estonian
Sulg is an Estonian surname meaning "feather".
Sulick Polish
Derived from the Polish given name “Sułislaw,” which is composed of the elements “sun” and “sław,” which mean “sun” and “glory”. It is thought to have originally referred to someone who was associated with the sun or who was considered to be illustrious or famous.
Sulieman Arabic
Derived from the given name Sulayman.
Suliman Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Sulit Filipino, Tagalog
From a nickname derived from Tagalog sulit which can mean "test, gain" or "return of something borrowed, remittance".
Sulivar Medieval Russian
Sulivar was a name used in Southern Russia near Kazakhstan and was even a name a leader had when the mongol empire fell.
Suljagić Bosnian
Means "son of Suljo".
Suljić Bosnian
Means "son of Suljo".
Sułkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Sułkowo Borowe.
Sülla Estonian
Sülla is an Estonian surname meaning "fathom".
Sullenberger German (Swiss)
Derived from an unknown place called Sullenberg or from Schallenberg in Baden, Switzerland. A famous bearer is Sully Sullenberger (1951-), an American retired Air Force fighter pilot and airline captain who is best known for saving all 155 people aboard in the 2009 ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, after both engines were disabled by a bird strike.
Sullubawa Hausa
The Hausa transliteration of a noted Fulani Clan coming from the Bilād as-Sūdān region of West Africa.
Sully English
Sully, Varient of the last name Sullivan. Notable people include Alfred Sully, American Civil war officer famous for his paintings.
Sully French, Haitian Creole
from any of the various places called Sully for example in Calvados Loiret Saone-et-Loire and Oise. The first of these is recorded in 1180 as Silleium from the Gallo-Roman personal name Silius or Cilius and the Latin locative element acum... [more]
Sulpizio Italian
From the given name Sulpizio
Sultán Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sultan.
Sultanović Bosnian
Means "son of Sultan" in Bosnian.
Sulu Tagalog
From the sea in the Philippines. Notable bearer is the fictional character Hikaru Sulu from Star Trek. The name is not commonly given to real people.
Sulzer German
occupational name for someone who made prepared meats from Middle High German sulzer "butcher charcutier". from a derivative of Middle High German sulze "brine" hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a spring of salty water or a habitational name for someone from any of the places called Sulz in Germany Austria Alsace and Switzerland.
Sum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cen.
Sumalinog Filipino, Cebuano
Meaning uncertain.
Sumeragi Japanese
From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]
Sumida Japanese
Sumi means "pure, clean" and da means "rice patty, field".
Sumida Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sumida Japanese
From Japanese 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sumigai Japanese
Possibly from (ko) meaning "small" and 住 (sumi) meaning "residence, dwelling, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook.
Sumikura Japanese
Sumi means "pure" and kura means "storehouse, warehouse".
Sumisu Japanese
This is the Japanese pronunciation of Smith
Sumita Japanese
From Japanese 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sumitomo Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "living" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".
Sumiyoshi Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".
Summ English
Variant of the surname Summers.
Summer English, German
From Middle English sum(m)er, Middle High German sumer "summer", hence a nickname for someone of a warm or sunny disposition, or for someone associated with the season of summer in some other way.
Summerhays English
Probably means "person living by a summer enclosure (where animals were grazed on upland pastures in the summer)" (from Middle English sumer "summer" + hay "enclosure").
Summerlee English (Rare)
This surname is originated from Old English sumer meaning "summer" and leah meaning "clearing, meadow."
Summerlin English, German, Scottish
An English surname.... [more]
Summerly Irish
From Irish Gaelic Ó Somacháin "descendant of Somachán", a nickname meaning literally "gentle" or "innocent".
Summerset English
Regional surname for someone from Somerset, an area in England. The name is derived from Old English sumer(tun)saete meaning "dwellers at the summer settlement".
Summit English (Canadian)
Of uncertain origin and meaning.
Sumter English
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the sumpter.' Old French sommetier, a packhorseman, one who carried baggage on horseback
Sumulong Filipino, Tagalog
Means "progress, advance" in Tagalog.
Šumuru Manchu
One of the eight clans of Manchu nobility.
Sun Korean
It’s a feminine & Masculine Korean name
Sun Khmer
Means "surpass, exceed" in Khmer.
Sunabara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara 2).
Sunada Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sunadori Japanese (Rare)
漁 (Sunadori) means "fishing".
Sunagawa Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sunahara Japanese
A notable bearer is Yoshinori Sunahara, a record producer.
Sunahara Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".
Sunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba 2).
Sunamoto Japanese
Suna means "sand" and moto means "origin, source, root".
Sunder English
From Sanskrit sundara‘beautiful’. This is only a given name in India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S.
Sunderland English
Habitational name from any of the locations with the name 'Sunderland', most notably the port city County Durham. This, along with other examples in Lancashire, Cumbria and Northumberland derives from either Old English sundor 'seperate' and land 'land' or Old Norse suðr 'southern' and land 'land' (see Sutherland)... [more]
Sundin Swedish
Combination of Swedish sund "strait" and the common surname suffix -in.
Sundja Estonian
Sundja is an Estonian surname meaning "forced".
Sundqvist Swedish
From Swedish sund meaning "sound, strait", and kvist meaning "twig, branch".
Sunesson Swedish
Means "son of Sune".
Suñga Filipino, Pampangan
Old spelling of Sunga. Despite other names like Pañganiban or Pañgilinan falling out of use in favor of their untilded forms, Suñga is still used, with Sunga being much more common.
Sunga Filipino, Pampangan
Possibly means "the first breath of a newborn".
Sunga Bemba, Central African
Sunga is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning "a person that takes care of others".... [more]
Sungcad Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano sungkad meaning "perfect fit, exact fit".
Sungur Turkish
Means "falcon" in Turkish.
Suō Japanese (Rare)
Derived from place name Suō.... [more]
Suokas Finnish
Comes from the finnish word "suo" which means swamp, and directly translated "suokas" means "swampy". This surname originally came from Karelian Isthmus, Sakkola, that in nowadays belongs to Russia... [more]
Suomalainen Finnish
Means "Finn, person from Finland" in Finnish. A combination of Suomi "Finland" and the suffix -lainen that combined with a place name, forms the noun for the inhabitant of a place.
Suomi Finnish
Ethnic name from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland". At one time this term denoted only southwestern Finland, but nowadays it is the national name for the whole of Finland. As a surname it is mostly an adopted name during the names conversion movement at the beginning of the 20th century.
Suominen Finnish
From Suomi meaning ”Finland” in Finnish. The -nen ending can be translated as "little" or "of something" (Suominen="of Finland") but is in Finland mostly seen just as a typical ending for surnames, without any actual meaning.
Suos Khmer
Means "artery" in Khmer.
Suparwatiningsih Indonesian
Possibly a combination of the given names Suparwati and Ningsih.
Supasap Thai
From Thai ศุภ (suppha) meaning "excellence; goodness; prosperity" and ทรัพย์ (sap) meaning "money, valuable object".
Sur Indian, Bengali (Hindu), Sanskrit
From Sanskrit šūra "brave".
Sur Korean (Rare)
A variant of (see So).
Surace Italian, Sicilian
From the italian Greek surname Surakes possibly from Arabic surraq "robber".
Suraweera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सुर (sura) meaning "god" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Surdi Italian
Meaning "deaf" in Latin.
Suri Punjabi, Hindi, Indian (Sikh)
Based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community, from Sanskrit suri "sun", ‘priest’, ‘sage’. It is also an epithet of Krishna.
Suriyawong Thai
From Thai สุริย (suriya) meaning "sun, solar" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".
Surrey English
Regional name for someone from the county of Surrey.
Surridge English
From the medieval personal name Seric, a descendant of both Old English Sǣrīc, literally "sea power", and Sigerīc, literally "victory power".
Surridge English
Originally meant "person from Surridge", Devon ("south ridge").
Surridge English
Meant "person from the south" (from Old French surreis "southerner").
Surroca Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in Tavertet.
Sürücü Turkish
Means "driver" in Turkish.
Suruma Kiga
Suruma is a Kiga surname. Ezra Suruma is a notable person with that surname.
Surya Indian, Telugu
From the given name Surya.
Suryavanshi Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun" and वंश (vansha) meaning "lineage, clan".
Susan English
Comes from the female personal name Susanna, Susanne (Middle English), Susanna (Dutch), from Hebrew Shushannah ‘lily’, ‘lily of the valley’... [more]
Susi Estonian
Susi is an Estonian surname, meaning "wolf" in the Võro dialect.
Susiluoto Finnish (Rare)
Combination of Finnish susi "wolf" and luoto "islet".
Sušina Slovak
From Slovak and Czech word Sušina meaning "dry matter"
Šuškov Croatian
Derived from šuškati, meaning "to rustle".
Susoev Russian
Means "son of Susoi".
Sussex English
Derived from an English county name meaning "region of the Saxons from the south" in Old English.
Sussman German, Jewish
In German, this is an elaborated form of Süß, meaning "sweet man".... [more]
Süssmann German, Jewish
A nickname for a sweet person.
Suta Romanian
left handed
Sutanto Javanese (Modern)
Sutanto comes in part from the Chinese surname Tan. The prefix Su is Javanese. The Su and to were used to make the name Indonesian but not eliminate the Chinese part... [more]
Sutcliff English
From Old English sūth, meaning "south, southern" and cliff.
Sutcliffe English
The name means ''south of the cliff/hill''.
Sutherlin English
Variant of Sutherland
Šutović Macedonian
Comes from place named Šutovo in Macedonia.
Sutradhar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit सूत्रधार (sutradhara) meaning "thread-holder" or "carpenter", from सूत्र (sutra) meaning "thread, string, line" and धार (dhara) meaning "holding, bearing" (referring to a carpenter's role in weaving together different parts of wooden or metal structures).
Sutt Estonian
Sutt is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "sült" meaning "brawn" and "meat jelly/head cheese".
Sutter German, English
English and South German occupational name for a shoemaker or cobbler (rarely a tailor), from Middle English suter, souter, Middle High German suter, sutære (from Latin sutor, an agent derivative of suere ‘to sew’).
Sutterfield English
Possibly derives from the Old English word ''sutere'', and the Latin word ''sutor'', meaning a shoemaker.
Sutthiprapha Thai
From Thai สุทธิ (sutthi) meaning "true, pure" and ประภา (prapha) meaning "light".
Suttie Scottish
Habitational surname for a person from a place called Suthie in Perthshire or possibly from Suddy (or Suddie) in Knockbain.
Suttiprapa Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สุทธิประภา (see Sutthiprapha).
Suttor English
English... [more]
Suun Estonian
Suun is an Estonian surname derived from "suund" meaning "directional".
Suur Estonian
Suur is an Estonian surname meaning "big" and "grand".
Suurem Estonian
Suurem is an Estonian surname meaning "major", "bigger" and "greater".
Suurhans Estonian
Suurhans is an Estonian surname meaning "Big Hans (masculine given name)".
Suurjaak Estonian
Suurjaak is an Estonian surname meaning "big Jaak (an Estonian masculine given name)"; a nickname.
Suurkask Estonian
Suurkask is an Estonian surname meaning "large/big birch".
Suurkivi Estonian
Suurkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "big stone".
Suurküla Estonian
Suurküla is an Estonian surname meaning "big village".
Suurlaht Estonian
Suulaht is an Estonian surname meaning "big bay/gulf".
Suurmaa Estonian
Suurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "big land".
Suurmäe Estonian
Suurmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "big hill/mountain".
Suurmets Estonian
Suurmets is an Estonian surname meaning "big woods/forest".
Suuroja Estonian
Suuroja is an Estonian surname meaning "big stream".
Suurorg Estonian
Suurorg is an Estonian name meaning "big valley".
Suurpalu Estonian
Suurpalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big sandy heath/heath woodland".
Suursalu Estonian
Suursalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big copse" or "big grove".
Suursoo Estonian
Suursoo is an Estonian surname meaning "big marsh/bog".
Suursööt Estonian
Suursööt is an Estonian surname meaning "big fallow".
Suurtalu Estonian
Suurtalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big farm".
Suurtamm Estonian
Suurtamm is an Estonian surname meaning "big oak".
Suurväli Estonian
Suurväli is an Estonian surname meaning "big field".
Suurvärav Estonian
Suurvärav is an Estonian surname meaning "big gate/door".
Suutre Estonian
Suutre is an Estonian surname derived from "suutma" meaning "to be able/capable".
Suvarnabhumi Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (see Suwannaphum).
Suvi Estonian
Suvi is an Estonian surname meaning "summer".
Suviste Estonian
Suviste is an Estonian surname relating to "summer" ("suvi").
Suvorov Russian
From Suvorov, the name of a town in the Tula Oblast of Russia.
Suwa Japanese
From Japanese 諏 (su) meaning "consult, confer" and 訪 (wa) meaning "visit, call on".
Suwa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba 2).
Suwabe Japanese
A notable bearer is Junichi Suwabe, a singer and voice actor.
Suwan Thai
Means "gold" in Thai.
Suwannaphum Thai (Rare)
From Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (Suwannaphum), from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (Suvárṇabhūmi) meaning "Suvarnabhumi", referring to various places throughout Southeast Asia as "golden land; land of gold".
Suwannarat Thai
From Thai สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
Suwanrat Thai
From Thai สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
Suyama Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Suzu Japanese
Means "bell" in Japanese.
Suzuhira Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and hira means "peace, level, even".
Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".
Suzukaze Japanese
From Japanese 涼 (suzu) meaning "cool, refreshing" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind".
Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".
Suzumoto Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and moto means "base, source, root, origin".
Suzumura Japanese
From Japanese 錫 (suzu) meaning "copper, tin" or 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" combined with 村 (mura) meaning "village, town". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
Suzumura Japanese
From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Suzushiro Japanese
From 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell, chime" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Suzutani Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "bell, chime" and tani means "valley".
Suzuura Japanese
Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".
Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.
Šváb Czech
It's from an animal cockroach.
Svahn Swedish
From Swedish Svan "swan".
Svan Swedish
Means "swan" in Swedish.
Svanberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish svan ”swan” and berg ”mountain”.
Svanström Swedish
Combination of Swedish svan "swan" and ström "stream".
Švarc Croatian
Croatian form of Schwarz.
Švarcer Croatian
Elaborated form of Švarc.
Svärd Swedish
Means "sword" in Swedish.
Svavarsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Svavar".
Svavarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Svavar".
Švec Czech
It means "shoemaker".
Svedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and berg "mountain". This name can be both locational (surname derived from a place named with Sved-... [more]
Svedin Swedish
Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and the common surname suffix -in.
Svensk Swedish
Means "Swede, Swedish" in Swedish.
Sveshnikov Russian
Russian surname with unknown meaning.
Svirydzienka Belarusian
Derived from the given name Sviryd.
Svobodin Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian свобода (svoboda) meaning "freedom, liberty".
Svobodná f Czech
Means "freedom woman".
Svobodný Czech
Svobodný means "freedom man" in Czech.
Svobodov Russian
Patronymic surname derived from Russian свобода (svoboda) meaning "freedom, liberty".
Swagger English (American)
Probably a nickname for someone who's confident but aggressive and arrogant.
Swaile English
Recorded in the spellings of Swaile, Swale and Swales, this is an English surname. It is locational, and according to the famous Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley, originates from either a hamlet called Swallow Hill, near Barnsley in Yorkshire, with Swale being the local dialectal pronunciation and spelling... [more]