Submitted Surnames with "arrow" in Meaning

Arrowsmith English
Given to someone who made arrows from the Old English elements arwe "arrow" and smiþ "smith".

Bolt English
From Middle English bolt meaning "bolt", "bar" (Old English bolt meaning "arrow"). In part this may have originated as a nickname or byname for a short but powerfully built person, in part as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts... [more]

Chiya Japanese (Rare)
Means "bloody arrow; arrow of blood" in Japanese.

Gere English
Variant of Geer, Gehr or Geary, all related to the Old High German element gēr (Old English gār, Old Norse geirr) meaning "spear, arrow". A famous bearer is American actor Richard Gere (b... [more]

Kadoya Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow".

Laflash French (Quebec, Anglicized)
Anglicization of the name "Richer dit Laflèche." Richer comes from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ric ‘power(ful)’ + hari, heri ‘army.' Laflèche is a reference to La Flèche, a town in historical Anjou, France... [more]

Nool Estonian
Nool is an Estonian surname meaning "arrow".

Ok Turkish
Means "arrow" in Turkish.

Ōya Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow".

Phimmasone Lao
From Lao ພິມ (phim) meaning "law, custom, form" and ສອນ (sone) meaning "arrow, weapon".

Phommasone Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ສອນ (sone) meaning "arrow, weapon".

Pijl Dutch
Means "arrow, projectile" in Dutch, an occupational name for an archer or fletcher.

Pyle Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch Pijl, a metonymic occupational name for a marksman or an arrowsmith, derived from pijl meaning "arrow".

Saetta Italian
Possibly an Italianized form of Sicilian Saitta, or else taken directly from the Italian word saetta meaning "arrow, bolt" or "thunderbolt, lightning"... [more]

Saitta Sicilian, Italian
Means "arrow" or "lightning bolt" in Sicilian, from Latin sagitta via sajitta. Probably a nickname for a quick or fast-footed person, though it may have also been a metonymic occupational name for a fletcher.

Strel'chenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Derived from стріл (stril, russified: стрел / strel) meaning "arrow".

Strelkov m Russian
From Russian стрелка (strelka), meaning "arrow".

Strelskiy m Russian
From Russian стрела (strela), meaning "arrow".

Strzałkowski Polish
Denoted a person from various places in Poland named Strzałki, Strzałkowo, Strzałków, all derived from Polish strzalka meaning "arrow".

Toya Japanese
From Japanese 斗 (to) “constellation” and 矢 (ya) “arrow”

Yabe Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Yabuki Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 吹 (buki), from 吹き (buki), the joining continuative form of 吹く (fuku) meaning "to blow". It can also derive from 藪 (yabu) meaning "thicket; grove; copse" and 亀 (ki) meaning "tortoise, turtle"... [more]

Yada Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy."

Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".

Yajima Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yamura Japanese
From 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Yanai Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 内 (nai or uchi) "inside."

Yano Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yatabe Japanese
From 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field", and 部 (be) meaning "section, bureau, division".

Yauchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".