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ÜBERMACHTGerman
Same given to someone with a lot of power.
UCEDASpanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
UCHIDAJapanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside, within" and 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field". ... [more]
UCHIYAMAJapanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
UCLÉSSpanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
UDAMEstonian
Udam is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "südame", meaning "dearest".
UDDINBengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Urdu
From Arabic الدين (ad-dīn) meaning "the religion" (referring to Islam).
UDUEstonian
Udu is an Estonian surname meaning "fog", "mist" and "haze".
UEHARAJapanese
上 (Ue) means "Upper, Above" and 原 (Hara) means "Plain".
UEKIJapanese
Means "planted tree".
UEMATSUJapanese
上 (Ue) means "Above, Upper" and 松 (Matsu) means "Pine Tree".
UEMURAJapanese
上 (Ue) means "Above, Upper" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet".
UESHITAJapanese
Ue means "Upper, Top, Above" and Shita means "Below, Under".
UESUGIJapanese
上 (Ue) means "Upper, Above" and 杉 (Sugi) means "Cedar Tree".
UETAJapanese
This is how Ueda is sometimes said.
UGALDEBasque
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous neighborhoods: the one in the municipality of Larrabetzu or the one in the municipality of Okondo.
UHARTEBasque
Variant of Ugarte.
UHKEEstonian
Uhke is an Estonian surname meaning "proud" or "vain".
UHLERGerman
Uhler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
UHLÍŘCzech
Uhlíř is a originally craftsman dedicated to the production of charcoal. It is also called a person involved in the distribution of coal.... [more]
UHLMANNGerman
From a pet form of a Germanic compound personal name beginning with odal ‘inherited property’.
ÜHTEGIEstonian
Ühtegi is an Estonian surname derived from "ühtelugu", meaning "steadily" and "always".
UIBOEstonian
Uibo is an Estonian surname derived from "Uibu", meaning "wintergreen".
UIBOPUUEstonian
Uibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen tree".
UIKEstonian
Uik is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "luik", meaning "swan"; or "huik", meaning "crake".
ÜKSKÜLAEstonian
Üksküla is an Estonian surname meaning "one village".
ULAKBosnian
From Turkish ulak, "a messenger".
ULATOWSKIPolish
Habitational name for someone from Ulatowo in Ostrołęka voivodeship, a place named with Old Polish ulot, ulatać meaning "to fly away".
ÜLEJÕEEstonian
Ülejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "located on the other side of a river".
ULENSPEGELLow German, Literature
This is the name of Dyl Ulenspegel is a trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore, possibly meaning "owl mirror".
ÜLESOOEstonian
Ülesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "above (beyond) the swamp".
ÜLGEKÜTTEstonian
Ülgekütt is an Estonian surname derived from "hülgekütt" meaning "seal hunter".
ULIBARRIBasque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Lana.
ULJASEstonian
Uljas is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) meaning "daring" and "valiant".
ÜLJESEstonian
Üljes is an Estonian surname derived from "hüljes" meaning "seal".
ULLAEstonian
Ulla is an Estonian surname derived from "üla-", a prefix meaning "upper".
ULLAHUrdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) referring to the monotheistic god in Islamic belief (see Allah).
ULLMANNGerman
A German surname associated with Jewish Europeans, meaning "man from Ulm".
ULLOAGalician
This indicates familial origin within the comarca of A Ulloa.
ULMERGerman
German surname meaning "from the city of Ulm".
ULRICHGerman
Derived from the personal name Ulrich.
ULSHAFERGerman
Altered form of ULSHÖFER.
ULSHÖFERGerman
Habitational name for someone from a place called Ilshofen (old form Ulleshoven), near Schwäbisch Hall.
ULUOTSEstonian
Uluots is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "uluk" ("(hunting) game" ) and "ots" ("end").
ULUSOYTurkish
Means "great lineage", derived from Turkish ulu meaning "supreme, great, exalted" combined with soy meaning "ancestry, lineage".
ULVAEUSSwedish (Rare)
Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.
ULVESTADNorwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of five farmsteads, most in western Norway, named from Old Norse ulfr meaning ‘wolf’ + staðir, plural of staðr meaning ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.
ULYANOVRussian
Means "son of Ulyan". This was the surname of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), who was born as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.
UMAJIRIJapanese (Rare)
Uma ("Horse") + Jiri from Shiri ("Behind,Rear").
UMBLEEnglish
Variant of Humble.
UMBURTERTiv
Means, "Remember the father". Father also used in the context of God.
UMEDAJapanese
From the Japanese 梅 (ume) "plum" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (da or ta) "many."
UMEHARAJapanese
梅原 - "Umehara" meaning field of plums / 原 - "hara" meaning "field" / 梅 - "ume" meaning "plum"
UMEZAWAJapanese
From the Japanese 梅 (ume) "plum" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."
UMIASTOWSKIPolish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Umiastów.
UMONJapanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]
ÜNALTurkish
Means "become famous" or "become well-known" in Turkish.
UÑALIVIASpanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name
UNDERBERGNorwegian
Habitational name from a place named with Old Norse undir meaning "under" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".
UNDIRMAREIndian
Marathi name meaning "mice killer"
UNGERGerman
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: ethnic name for a Hungarian or a nickname for someone who had trade relations with Hungary, from the ethnic term Unger ‘Hungarian’ ... [more]
UNGUREANURomanian
Means "from Hungary" / "Hungarian"
UNIONEnglish, Irish
A bearer: Gabrielle Union, an actress.
ÜNLÜTurkish
Means "famous, celebrity" in Turkish.
UNNIKRISHNANIndian, Malayalam
Means "Lord Krishna" or "young Krishna", a combination of the title and given name ഉണ്ണി (uṇṇi) meaning "infant boy, young boy" and the name of Krishna, Hindu deity.
UNOJapanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves" and 野 (no) meaning "field".
UNTERREINERGerman
Topographic name for someone who lived below a mountain ridge, from Middle High German under meaning ‘under’ + rein meaning ‘ridge’.
UNTHANKEnglish
From a place name meaning "squatter's holding" from Old English unthanc (literally "without consent").
UNTZAGABasque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Urkabustaiz.
UNWINEnglish
From the Old English male personal name Hūnwine, literally "bearcub-friend" (later confused with Old English unwine "enemy"). Bearers include British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) and "Professor" Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), South African-born British purveyor of comical nonsense language.
UPADHYAYIndian, Nepali, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Hindu Brahmin surname derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya) meaning "teacher (of the Vedas)".
UPADHYAYAIndian, Nepali, Hindi, Assamese
Variant transcription of Upadhyay.
UPHAMEnglish
"enclosure surrounded by water"
UPPARAIndian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.
ÜPRUSEstonian
Üprus is an Estonian surname derived from "üpris" meaning "very" and "much".
UPSHUREnglish
Most probably an altered spelling of English Upshire, a habitational name from Upshire in Essex, named with Old English upp "up" and scir "district". Alternatively, it may be a variant of Upshaw.
URAMOTOJapanese (Rare)
浦 (Ura) means "Seacoast,Bay" and 本 (Moto) means "Source, Origin, Root". Kentaro Uramoto is a notable bearer of this surname, he is a former Japanese football player.
URAOKAJapanese (Rare)
Ura means "Bay,Seacoast" and Oka means "Hill, Ridge".
URARAKAPopular Culture
In the case of the character Ochako (Ochaco) Uraraka (麗日 お茶子) from 'My Hero Academia', her surname is made up of 麗 (rei, uruwa.shii, ura.raka, urara) meaning "bright, beautiful" and 日 (jitsu, nichi, -ka, hi, -bi) meaning "day."
URBEstonian
Urb is an Estonian surname meaning "catkin".
URBANEnglish, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, Jewish
From a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning "city dweller", a derivative of urbs meaning "town", "city").
URBANELatvian
Latvian form of Urban.
URBANOWICZPolish
Patronymic from the personal name Urban.
URBAŃSKIPolish
habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name Urban.
URDANEGIBasque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Gordexola.
URDUÑABasque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous city.
URENDABasque
Most probably a topographic name formed with Basque ur- ‘water’.
URIEScottish, English, Irish
From the Scottish Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire. May mean someone who is brave and loud.
URIONDOBasque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Zeberio.
URKIAGABasque
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous hill that is in fact the northernmost one in Navarre.
URMEstonian
Urm is an Estonian surname; a dialectal Estonian word for "catkin" and "frost". Also meaning "bleeding wound" and "gore".
URREYAAragonese
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Urreya de Gayén or Urreya de Xalón.
URRITZOLABasque
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Navarrese localities.
URRUTIABasque
Basque surname meaning "distant, far away" in Euskara.
URRUTIGOITIBasque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Montori, located in the French canton of Euskal Mendialdea.
URSURomanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.
URSÚABasque (Castilianized)
Castilianized form of Urtsua.
URSUYABasque (Parisianized)
Parisianized form of Urtsua.
URTSUABasque
This indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
URUSHIHARAJapanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "Lacquer/Lacker, Varnish" and 原 (Hara) means "Plain".
URUSOVRussian
From Slavic urush which means "warrior". This was the surname of a noble family in Russia.
URZĘDOWSKIPolish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Urzędów.
USANZAItalian (Rare)
"custom, customary" Italian
USECHEBasque
the prefix use means bird in Basque and the prefix che means bird. Useche means bird house
USELTONEnglish
Perhaps a variant of Osselton, a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, probably in northeastern England, where this name is most common.
UTECHGerman
From Middle Low German ūt-echtisch ‘outsider’, a term denoting someone who was not a member of a particular guild.
UTHMANNigerian
From the given name Uthman.
UTSAREstonian
Utsar is an Estonian surname, possibly a truncated variant of "Kutsar", meaning "coachman".
UTSUNOMIYAJapanese
This surname is used as either 宇都宮 or 宇津宮 with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]
ÜTTEstonian
Ütt is an Estonian surname (loosely) meaning "vocative"; a "word of address'' or "exclamatory address".
UUDEKÜLLEstonian
Uudeküll is an Estonian surname meaning "new enough".
UUDMÄEEstonian
Uudmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "virgin/unspoiled hill/mountain".
UUEEstonian
Uue is an Estonian surname meaning "anew".
UUEMAAEstonian
Uuemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".
UUEMÕISEstonian
Uuemõis is an Estonian surname meaning "new manor".
UUETALUEstonian
Uuetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farm".
UUETOAEstonian
Uuetoa is an Estonain surname, meaning "new home" or "new room".
UUKEstonian
Uuk is an Estonian surname meaning "bay" and "dormer".
UUKKIVIEstonian
Uukkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "dormer/bay stone".
UULIEstonian
Uuli is an Estonian surname derived from "uulits", meaning "street".
UURITSEstonian
Uurits is an Estonian surname meaning "engraver" and "burin".
UUSEstonian
Uus is an Estonian surname meaning "new".
UUSIFinnish
Uusi is a Finnish surname meaning "new".
UUSMAAEstonian
Uusmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "new land".
UUSMEESEstonian
Uusmees is an Estonian surname meaning "new man".
UUSPEREEstonian
Uuspere is an Estonian surname meaning "new family".
UUSPÕLDEstonian
Uuspõld is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".
UUSSAAREstonian
Uussaar is an Estonian surname meaning "new island".
UUSTALUEstonian
Uustalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new farmstead".
UUSVÄLIEstonian
Uusväli is an Estonian surname meaning "new field".
UXBRIDGEEnglish
Place in England. Like Enfield.
UYSALTurkish
Means "docile, easygoing, peaceful" in Turkish.
UZARSKIPolish
Either means "nobility" or "servant of nobility"
UZHAKHOVIngush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname derived the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name is possibly derived from a given name, in turn possibly from an Ingush word meaning "bold, strong".
UZUMAKIJapanese (Rare)
This name combines 渦 (ka, uzu) meaning "eddy, vortex, whirlpool" or 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" with 巻 (kan, ken, maki, ma.ki, ma.ku) meaning "book, coil, part, roll up, scroll, tie, volume, wind up."... [more]