Submitted Surnames Starting with V

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Vaaderpall Estonian
Vaaderpall is an Estonian surname meaning "level mark".
Vaage Norwegian
Variant of Waage.
Vaaj Hmong
The name may come from the Chinese who gave Hmong names during the 18th century depending on the place they were in. It's a possible clan surname.
Vaaks Estonian
Vaaks is an Estonian surname meaning "elecampane" ("Inula helenium", also called "horse-heal" or "elfdock").
Vaamonde Spanish
Variant of the habitational surname Bahamonde, from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).
Vään Estonian
Vään is an Estonian surname meaning "climbing".
Vaane Estonian
Vaane is an Estonian surname meaning "pious" and "devout".
Väär Estonian
Väär is an Estonian surname meaning "false" and "wrong".
Vaara Finnish, Sami
Means "forested hill" in Finnish, derived from Northern Sami várri "mountain".
Vääri Estonian
Vääri is an Estonian surname derived from "vääriv", meaning "worthy" and "deserving".
Vaarik Estonian
Vaarik is an Estonian surname derived from "vaarikas" meaning "raspberry".
Vaarmets Estonian
Vaarmets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".
Väärsi Estonian
Väärsi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "vääris", meaning "costly", "noble" and "valuable".
Väärt Estonian
Väärt is an Estonian surname meaning "worth".
Väärtnõu Estonian
Väärtnõu is an Estonian surname meaning "advice worthy".
Väät Estonian
Väät is an Estonian surname meaning "withe", "tendril" and "vine".
Vabamäe Estonian
Vabamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "unoccupied/vacant hill/mountain".
Vaca Spanish
Means "cow" in Spanish.
Văcărescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian văcar meaning "cowherd".
Vaccarino Italian
From a diminutive of the occupational name Vaccaro meaning "cowherd".
Vachon French
French definition, cattle herder. Vashon English variant. Vaca Spanish.
Vācietis Latvian
Means "German (person)".
Václavík Czech, Slovak
Václavík is nickname for Slavic name Václav.
Vadalà Italian
Derived from the Arabic given name Abd Allah, meaning "servant of God".
Vadász Hungarian
Hungarian surname meaning "hunter".
Vaddhana Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai วัฒนา (see Watthana).
Vadeboncœur French (Quebec)
From the French phrase va de bon cœur meaning "go with a good (merry) heart". This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers in colonial French Canada, which has been adopted as a principal surname.
Vadelov Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush family name, which is from the name of an Ingush teip (clan) which is of disputed origin, possibly derived from Ingush да (da) meaning "father", Arabic وَعْد (waʿd) meaning "promise" (through Turkish vaat), or from the hypothetical name Vadel derived from Lezgin вад (vad) meaning "five" (hypothetically given to the fifth-born child of a family).
Vadén Swedish
Combination of Swedish place name element vad which in most cases mean "ford, place for wading", and the common surname suffix -én.
Vaden English
Meaning unknown.
Vader German (Rare)
From Middle Low German vader meaning ‘father’, ‘senior’; in the Middle Ages this was used a term of address for someone who was senior in rank or age.
Vadimovna Russian
Russian patronym meaning "daughter of Vadim".
Værnes Norwegian
Værnes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county in Mid-Norway. The original spelling of the village's name was Vannes and it is a combination of var "calm, quiet" and nes "headland"... [more]
Vaessen Dutch
Means "son of Vaas" or "son of Servatius".
Vaga Estonian
Vaga is an Estonian surname meaning "devout" and "pious".
Vagabov Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Vagab".
Våge Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Våge, derived from Old Norse vágr "bay, inlet, fjord".
Vagh Indian
Means "tiger" in Hindi
Vágó Hungarian
Occupational name for a wood- or stonecutter, or butcher, from vágni ‘to cut’.
Vagu Estonian
Vagu is an Estonian surname meaning "furrow".
Vagula Estonian, Brazilian
Vagula is the name of a village and a lake in Võru Parish, Võru County in southern Estonia.
Vahapoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Vahap".
Vahe Estonian
Vahe is an Estonian surname meaning "middle".
Vahedi Persian
From the given name Vahed.
Vahejõe Estonian
Vahejõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mid/dividing river".
Vahemaa Estonian
Vahemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "middle land".
Vahemets Estonian
Vahemets is an Estonian surname meaning "middle/dividing forest".
Vahenõmm Estonian
Vahenõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "dividing/middle heath".
Vaher Estonian
Vaher is an Estonian surname meaning "maple".
Vahesaar Estonian
Vahesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "middle island".
Vahesalu Estonian
Vahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "dividing/middle grove".
Vähi Estonian
Vähi is an Estonian surname, derived from "vähim", meaning "smallest" or "lightest".
Vahi Estonian
Vahi is an Estonian surname meaning "watch" or "guard"; derived from "vahimees", meaning "watchman".
Vähk Estonian
Vähk is an Estonian surname meaning "crayfish".
Vahtmaa Estonian
Vahtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "foam/lather land".
Vahtra Estonian
Vahtra is an Estonian surname meaning "maple" (Aceraceae).
Vahtramäe Estonian
Vahtramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "maple hill/mountain".
Vaidya Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya) meaning "physician, doctor", ultimately from the word विद् (vid) meaning "to know".
Vaik Estonian
Vaik is an Estonian surname meaning both "quiet/still ("vaikus") and "resin/pitch", "tar".
Vaikjärv Estonian
Vaikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still lake".
Vaikla Estonian
Vaikla is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet area".
Väikmeri Estonian
Väikmeri is an Estonian surname meaning "small sea".
Vaiksaar Estonian
Vaiksaar is an Estonian surname meaing "quiet/still ("vaikus") island ("saar")". May also come from "väike saar", meaning "little island".
Vaiksoo Estonian
Vaiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still swamp".
Vaikvee Estonian
Vaikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still water".
Vaillancourt French (Quebec)
Possibly a variant of Valencourt. This is the surname of a noble family who probably lived near Willencourt.
Vaillant French
From a medieval nickname for a brave person (from Old French vaillant "brave, sturdy").
Vain Estonian
Vain is an Estonian surname meaning "village common", or "village green".
Vaŝingtono Esperanto
Esperanto form of Washington.
Vainküla Estonian
Vainküla is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common village"
Vainmäe Estonian
Vainmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common hill/mountain".
Vaino Estonian
Vaino is an Estonian surname, derived from the patronymic given name Vaino.
Vainumäe Estonian
Vainumäe is an Estonian surname derived from "vainurästas", meaning "redwing blackbird" (Turdus iliacus) and "mäe", meaning ""hill".
Väisänen Finnish
Topographic name from väisä meaning either meaning "road" or "sign placed on the ice" + the common surname suffix -nen.
Vaišutis Lithuanian (?)
Vaiš Utis "disciplined" To Pray. Derived from Vytautas.
Vaitov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Vait".
Väits Estonian
Väits is an Estonian surname derived from "väit" meaning "insist".
Vaj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Vang.
Vajs Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Vays.
Vakhaev Chechen
Means "son of Vakha".
Vakhaeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Вахаев (see Vakhaev).
Vakhayev Chechen
Alternate transcription of Chechen Вахаев (see Vakhaev).
Vakhayeva Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Вахаев (see Vakhayev).
Vakili Persian
Derived from Persian وکیل (vakil) meaning "lawyer, attorney".
Vakk Estonian
Vakk is an Estonian surname meaning "granary bin".
Val Spanish, French
It means valley. It comes from Britain and then moved to Aragón (Spain).
Valade French
Variant of Vallée.
Valadez Asturian, Spanish, Mexican
Asturian-Leonese variant of Valdez.
Valaitis Lithuanian, German (East Prussian)
Best known as the surname of a certain Lena.
Valančiūnas Lithuanian (Rare)
Derived from the place name Valančiūnai.... [more]
Valaulta Romansh
Derived from Romansh val "valley" and aulta, the feminine form of the adjective ault, "high".
Valbuena Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Valbuena for example in Valladolid Cáceres and Salamanca.
Valderrábano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Valderrama Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places named Valderrama, as for example in Burgos province.
Valderrama Spanish
This surname is made up of the prefix "bal-" from latin "vallis," the equivalent of prefix "-valle" meaning a vale or a valley plus the Spanish "derramare" - to scatter or to spread. Hence, implies valley which is spread out.
Valdés Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Valdivieso Spanish
This place-name is derived from the Asturian word val-di-vieso, which means old man's-valley.
Valdoviño Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Valdovinos Spanish
Spanish: from a personal name of ancient Germanic origin composed of the elements bald 'bold brave' + win 'friend'.
Valdre Estonian
Valdre is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the masculine given name "Valter", or relating to a "parish" or "borough" ("vald").
Vale English
Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, Middle English vale (Old French val, from Latin vallis). The surname is now also common in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bhál.
Valee German
From French origin, denoting someone who lives or comes from a valley.
Valen English, Scottish
English and Scottish: from a medieval personal name, Latin Valentinus, a derivative of Valens (see also Valente), which was never common in England, but is occasionally found from the end of the 12th century, probably as the result of French influence... [more]
València Catalan
Catalan form of Valencia.
Valenciano Spanish
A Spanish surname. It is a regional name denoting someone from Valencia.
Valent English
Means showing great bravery.
Valente Italian, Galician, Portuguese
Italian, Galician, and Portuguese: nickname from valente ‘brave’, ‘valiant’.... [more]
Valentim Portuguese
From the given name Valentim.
Valentín Spanish, Slovak
From the given name Valentín.
Valentin German, Upper German, German (Swiss), Romansh, French, French (Quebec), Haitian Creole, Croatian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Valentin. It was sometimes adopted as a personal name by Jews.
Valentinova Bulgarian
Means "daughter of Valentin".
Valentins English, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Valentin.
Valentyn Ukrainian
From the given name Valentyn.
Valenzuela Spanish
Habitational name from places named Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The place name is a diminutive of Valencia, literally "Little Valencia".
Valera Spanish
Habitational name from either of two places in Spain named Valera.
Valère French
From the given name Valère.
Valério Portuguese
From the given name Valério.
Valez Spanish
I think it is of Spanish Background possibly meaning 'Soldier' or 'Guard'. ... [more]
Valgañón Spanish
This indicates familial within the eponymous Riojan municipality.
Valge Estonian
Valge is an Estonian surname meaning "white".
Valgemäe Estonian
Valgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "white hill".
Valgepea Estonian
Valgepea is an Estonian surname meaning "white head".
Väli Estonian
Väli is an Estonian surname meaning "field".
Vali Spanish, Italian(Swiss), Arabic
This Spanish and Italian surname of VALI was a locational name for someone OR A family who lived in a valley. In valle quiescit ( In the valley of our home, we find peace.)... [more]
Valiant English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old French vaillant meaning "heroic, courageous".
Valier Romansh
Derived from the given name Valerius.
Valikangas Finnish
A Finnish Surname
Vəliyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Vəli".
Valiyev Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Vəliyev.
Vəliyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Vəliyev.
Välja Estonian
Välja is an Estonian surname meaning "outside" and "afield".
Väljaots Estonian
Väljaots is an Estonian surname meaning "out/afield (of the) cusp/tip".
Väljas Estonian
Väljas is an Estonian surname meaning "afield" or "out in the open".
Väljataga Estonian
Väljataga is an Estonian surname meaning "outside behind/at the back of".
Välk Estonian
Välk is an Estonian surname meaning "lightning".
Valkeapää Finnish
From the Finnish valkea meaning "white", and pää meaning "head" or "tip".
Valkonen Finnish
From Finnish valkoinen meaning "white" and the suffix -nen.
Vall Estonian
Vall is an Estonian surname meaning "wall" or "berm".
Vallad Ojibwe
Name given to dozens of a First Nations Anishinaabek at residential schools.
Valladolid Spanish
Habitational name from the city of this name.
Vallance English
Means "person from Valence", southeastern France (probably "place of the brave").
Valle Spanish, Filipino, Italian
Habitational name from any of the many places named with valle "valley", or topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (Latin vallis).
Vallée French
topographic name for someone who lived in a valley from Old French valee "valley" (from Latin vallis) or a habitational name from (La) Vallée the name of several places in various parts of France... [more]
Vallejo Spanish
Denoted someone who lived in a small valley.
Vallera French
French: habitational name from Vallery in Yonne, once a Romano-Gallic estate, recorded in 1218 as Valerianus. The surname is also found in the British Isles and may be of Norman origin, from the same place.
Vallet French, English
French topographic name from a diminutive of Old French val "valley" (see Val ) or a habitational name from (Le) Vallet the name of several places mainly in the northern part of France and French and English occupational name for a manservant from Old French and Middle English vallet "manservant groom".
Valley English
Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, Middle English valeye.
Vallie German
Probably an altered spelling of German Valee, a fairly common surname of French origin denoting someone who lived in a valley. The name in Germany is also spelled Wallee.
Vallikivi Estonian
Vallikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "wall stone".
Vallin Swedish
Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
Valliveere Estonian
Valliveere is an Estonian surname meaning "bank/embankment rolling".
Vällo Estonian
Vällo is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "väli" meaning "field" and "plain".
Valmer Estonian (?)
Surname which is believed to have originated in Estonia, although its meaning is unknown.
Valmont English, French
Means "Hill of the vale"
Valmorida Filipino, Cebuano
Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).
Valo Finnish
means "light" in finnish
Valodźka Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form Valodźka of the Belarusian given name Uladzimir.
Valois French
topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, or a habitational name from any of the various places called Val(l)ois, or regional name from the district in northern France so called, which was once an independent duchy... [more]
Valore Italian
Meaning - Value
Valsecchi Italian
Denoting someone from the former municipality of Valsecca in Lombardy.
Valtierra Basque (Hispanicized)
From the name of the city of Valtierra in Navarre, Spain.
Valverde Spanish
Refers to a place name which suggests a landscape, agreeable with herbs, flowers and water.
Vammus Estonian
Vammus is an Estonian surname meaning "jacket" and "doublet".
Vampyr English (American)
A gothic surname.
Van Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Wang 1 used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Vanaaseme Estonian
Vanaaseme is an Estonian surname meaning "old place".
Vanajuur Estonian
Vanajuur is an Estonian surname meaning "old roots/origins".
Van Amerongen Dutch
Means "from Amerongen", a town in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Van Ark Dutch
Habitational name from a place called Ark in Gelderland.
Vanatoa Estonian
Vanatoa is an Estonian surname meaning "old room".
Vanaveski Estonian
Vanaveski is an Estonian surname meaning "old mill".
Van Beek Dutch
Like Verbeek and Van de(r) Beek, the family name Van Beek can indicate a place of residence on a certain stream, the name for a narrow and shallow (clear and sometimes erratic) water stream, or in a village or hamlet that leads to a stream... [more]
Van Beethoven Flemish
Means "from the beet fields". A famous bearer of this name was German Clasical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827).
Van Blankenberg Dutch, Belgian
Habitational name from any of various places so called, in particular in Hennef and Gelderland, or from Blankenberge in West Flanders, Belgium.
Van Boxtel Dutch
The family name Van Boxtel indicates origin from the North Brabant place Boxtel, written around 1110 Buchestelle, and later in the Middle Ages, among others, Bucstelle and Boextel.... [more]
Van Breukelen Dutch
Means "from Breukelen", a town in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, itself derived from Old Dutch bruoc meaning "marsh, marshland, wetland" and lētha meaning "excavated, canalised watercourse"... [more]
Van Bronckhorst Dutch
Means "from Bronckhorst", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, itself derived from Dutch brink meaning "edge, slope, village green" and horst meaning "overgrown hillock" or "higher located brushwood"... [more]
Van Burgen Dutch
Comes from the Middle Dutch word "burch," or "burg," meaning a fortified town. The prefixes "Van" and "den" mean "from" and "the" respectively. Thus this surname means "from the hill". As such, it may have been topographic name for someone who lived by a citadel or walled city; or, it may have been a habitational name
Van Buskirk Dutch
The name is made up of two Dutch words: "bos," meaning "woods," and "kerk," meaning "church." The characteristic Dutch prefix "van" literally means "from," and thus the surname indicates "one from the church in the woods."
Vancouver Dutch
Dutch name meaning "someone from Coevorden", a city in the Netherlands.
Vandal English (Rare)
A English word meaning "someone who willfully destroys or defaces property",and a member of ancient Germanic tribes.
Van Dam Dutch
Van - meaning "from the" or "of the"... [more]
Van De Kerkhof Dutch
Means "from the churchyard", derived from Middle Dutch kerke meaning "church" and hof meaning "court, garden, yard". Famous bearers of this surname include twin brothers René and Willy Van De Kerkhof (1951-), both retired Dutch soccer players.
Van De Leest Dutch
Possibly an allusion to the shoemaker's profession, whether or not through a house name 'De Leest', which may have been the name of a shoemaker's building. A last is a (wooden) shape over which shoes are formed.
Van De Mark Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived by a border or boundary, from Middle Dutch marke, merke meaning "boundary", "borderland".
Van den Bogaard Dutch
Means "from the orchard", derived from Dutch boomgaard meaning "orchard".
Van Den Bosch Dutch
from the bush or woods
Van Den Broek Dutch
The family name Van den Broek is derived from a toponym with the component Broek, for example a farm name that owes its name to its location near a Broek, a name for a swampy terrain.
Van Den Geer Dutch
Topographical name from geer 'headland'.
Vandeputte Flemish
From the pit/From the well.
Van Der Dutch
van "from"... [more]
Van Der Bilt Dutch (Rare)
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill"
Vanderbilt Dutch, German
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill".
Van Der Graaf Dutch
Dutch toponymic surname. Although graaf is a Dutch noble title similar to "count", here it refers to an old term for a canal with the same origin in the verb graven ("to dig") as gracht and grave.
Van Der Heijden Dutch
The family name Van der Heijden indicates that the original name bearers inhabited a settlement or a farm located near an area or a heathland that was known as 'de Heide'.
Van Der Klok Dutch
Toponymic surname, meaning "from/of the kolk".
Van Der Kolk Dutch
'van der' means "of the" ... [more]
Van Der Kooi Dutch
name for someone from either of two places, De Kooi in South Holland or De Kooy in North Holland.
Vanderlei Brazilian
It derives from the Dutch surname Van der Leij/Ley. The surname arrived in Brazil by Kaspar Nieuwhoff Van Der Leij by 1630, a cavalry captain from the Dutch army.
Van Der Leij Dutch
Derived from Dutch lei meaning "slate" (effectively meaning "from the slate"), indicating that the original bearer of this name may have come from a place where slate was produced.
Van Der Linde Dutch, American
The surname "van der LINDE" comes from the DUTCH language, Of The LINT.
Van Der Loop Dutch
Topographical name for someone who lived by a waterway, Middle Dutch lo(e)pe, in particular a waterway called De Loop in North Brabant.
Vandermast Dutch
Topographic name for someone from a place rich in animal fodder, for example acorns.
Van Der Merwe Dutch, South African
While the name is currently very common in South Africa, it originates in Holland, literally meaning "From the Merwe". The first van der Merwes hail from the Merwede river. The name went to South Africa with the Dutch settlers in 1652.
van der Most Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived in a place where moss grew.
Vanderpan Dutch
Means "of the bannner" meaning most likely indicates ancestry of high-ranking occupation.
Vanderplaats Dutch
A surname given to someone living near a plaats (open space), or someone from De Plaats in North Brabant.
Vanderpool Dutch
Means, from the pool. It was a topographic name for someone who lived by a pool or pond, derived from the Dutch word POL. The name is also spelt POHL, POL, POLL, POLS, Van den POLL and POLMAN.
Van Der Steen Dutch, Belgian
Habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called Steen or Ten Stene (from steen meaning "stone"), for example in the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and Brabant.