Browse Submitted Surnames

Aa Norwegian
Derived from aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian å "small river, stream".

Aaby Norwegian, Danish
From a place called Aaby or Åby, from Old Norse á "small river, stream" and býr "farm".

Aadland Norwegian
Derived from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland "land by the river".

Aamodt Norwegian
Combination of aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian å "small river, stream" and møte "meeting".

Aarhus Norwegian
Derived from any of the farms so named, from Old Norse á "river" and hús "house, farmstead".

Aasjõe Estonian
Aasjõe is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/lea water".

Abara Japanese
formed with 空 (a, sora) meaning "sky" and 原 (hara) meaning "field".

Aberdeen Scottish, English
Habitational name denoting someone from the Scottish city Aberdeen, derived from Scottish Gaelic aber "river mouth" and the name of the river Don.

Aberline English (Australian, Rare, ?)
Possibly from a place name derived from Gaelic aber meaning "(river) mouth" and an uncertain second element.

Abernathy Scottish
A different form of Abernethy, which originally meant "person from Abernethy", Perth and Kinross ("confluence of the (river) Nethy"). This was one of the surnames of the Scots who settled in northern Ireland during the ‘plantation’ in the 17th century, and it was brought to the U.S. as the name of a Southern plantation owner.

Abukawa Japanese
From Japanese 虻 (abu) meaning "horsefly" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Abukumagawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武隈川 (Abukumagawa) meaning "Abukuma River", a river that flows through the prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi in Japan.

Ach German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from Old High German aha meaning "running water".

Achenbach German
Habitational name for a person from the tributaries named Achenbach in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, from Middle High German Ache "water" (derived from Latin aqua) and bach "brook, stream"... [more]

Acquaviva Italian
From an Italian place name meaning "running water, spring", literally "living water".

Ådahl Swedish, Finland Swedish
Combination of Swedish å meaning "river, stream, creek" (Old Norse á) and dal meaning "dale, valley" (Old Norse dalr).

Agawa Japanese
阿 (A) means "nook, flatter, corner" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".... [more]

Aino Japanese (Rare)
Means "of love" or "of the love" in japanese. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Minako Aino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime... [more]

Akagawa Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Akaike Japanese (Rare)
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 池 (ike) means "pool, pond".

Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".

Akizora Japanese
can be made with the kanji 旻(akizora) meaning "autumn sky" or the word 秋空 (akizora) meaning "autumn sky".

Aksu Turkish
Means "white water" in Turkish.

Akutagawa Japanese
Akuta (芥) means "mustard", kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Notable bearers of this surname are Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介), a Japanese writer and Ryuunosuke Akutagawa from Bungou Stray dogs who shares the same name.

Alajõe Estonian
Alajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".

Alavee Estonian
Alavee is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region water".

Alazraki Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic اَلأَزْرَق (al-ʾazraq) meaning "the blue one".

Alford English, Scottish
Habitational name from any of several places in England, derived from Old English ford "ford, river crossing" and an uncertain first element, possibly eald "old", or the given name Ealdgyð.

Alfvén Swedish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from Swedish älv "river".

Aljas Estonian
Aljas is an Estonian surname. It is a corruption of "haljas" meaning "green" and "verdant".

Allik Estonian
Means "water source, spring" in Estonian.

Allikmaa Estonian
Allikmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".

Alliksaar Estonian
Alliksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".

Allikvee Estonian
Allikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "well water" or "wellspring water".

Allingu Estonian
Allingu is an Estonian surname related to "allikas" meaning "(water) spring".

Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.

Aluvee Estonian
Aluvee is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation water".

Amachi Japanese
This surname is used as 天知, 天地, 天池, 天内, 雨知 or 雨地 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 雨 (u, ama-, ame, -same) meaning "rain", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom", 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 池 (chi, ike) meaning "cistern, pond, pool, reservoir" and 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."... [more]

Amagawa Japanese
From the Japanese 天 (ama or ten) "heaven," 塰 (ama) the title of a Noh play or 余 (ama) "complimentary" and 川 or 河 (gawa or kawa) "river."

Amai Japanese
This surname is used as 天井 or 甘井 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 甘 (kan, ama.i, ama.eru, ama.yakasu, uma.i) meaning "be content, coax, pamper, sugary, sweet" and 井 (shou, sei, i) meaning "community, town, well, well crib."

Amaji Japanese
Ama means "heaven, sky" and ji means "soil, ground".

Åman Swedish
Combination of Swedish å "creek, river, big stream" and man "man".

Amanai Japanese
From 天 (ama) meaning "heaven, sky" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".

Amayo Nahuatl
Possibly from Nahuatl amaitl "inlet, estuary; an arm or branch of a body of water", or from atl "water" and -mayo "branches of a tree, foliage".

Amber English
This surname may be derived from the River Amber, located in Derbyshire in England.... [more]

Ametsuchi Japanese
Means "Heaven & Earth" in Japanese

Anamizu Japanese
From 穴 (ana) meaning "hole" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Anan Various
Anan (Hebrew: עָנַן ‘ānan) is used as both a Hebrew or Arabic name meaning "cloud, vapour" or descriptive "visible water vapour floating above the earth". The Arabic form is from Classical Arabic, possibly adopted from the Hebrew, but with the spelling (Arabic: عَنَان ‘anān) since the proper term of "cloud" in Arabic is saḥāb (سَحَاب).

Ångström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ånga "steam" and ström "river, current, stream". A notable bearer was Swedish physicist Anders Ångström (1814-1874), one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy... [more]

Aoba Japanese
青 (Ao) means "green, blue" and 葉 (ba) being a form of, ha meaning "leaf". This surname refers to a fresh leaf. ... [more]

Aochi Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and chi means "ground".

Aoda Japanese
So means "green, blue" and da is a form of ta meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aohara Japanese
From 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Aoi Japanese
From 蒼 (ao) meaning "blue" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".

Aoike Japanese
青 (Ao) means "blue, green" and 池 (ike) means "pond, pool".

Aokaki Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and kaki means "fence".

Aomatsu Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and matsu means "pine".

Aomine Japanese
Written 青嶺 (青 ao, meaning "blue") (嶺 mine, meaning "peak"). It is the surname of a character in the anime/manga Kuroko no Basket.

Aono Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Aonuma Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Aosaka Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and saka means "slope, hill".

Aosaki Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".

Aosawa Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Aoshima Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and shima means "island".

Aota Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aotsuki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".

Aoyagi Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow".

Aozaki Japanese (Rare)
Ao means "blue,somewhat green" & zaki means "blossom". So, Nobutaka "Blue Blossom",is an artist who was born in Japan,but now lives in New York as an artist who has been featured in magazines.

Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Apale Nahuatl
Possibly means "coloured water", from atl "water" and tlapalli "painting".

Apanecatl Nahuatl
Possibly related to Nahuatl apantli, "canal, channel, water ditch".

Arakawa Japanese
From 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新 (ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Arantzibia Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque arantza "thorn, buckthorn" and ibi "ford, river crossing"

Aruvee Estonian
Aruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "grassy meadow water".

Asakawa Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river".

Asamizu Japanese
made with kanji 朝(asa) meaning "morning" or 浅(asa) meaning "shallow" with 水(mizu) neaning "water".

Atempa Mexican, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Means "on the riverbank" or "on the bank of the lake", derived from Nahuatl atl meaning "water" combined with tentli "bank, shore" and the suffix -pan "in, on".

Ausley English (Modern)
Rare surname which was from an English place name in which the second element is Old English leah "wood, clearing". The first element may be hors "horse" (in which case the name likely referred to a place where horses were put out to pasture) or the river name Ouse (ultimately from the ancient British root ud- "water").

Aven Norwegian
From the name of a farm, itself derived from Norwegian ave "mud, pool, dam; ebb, eddy in a river".

Avon English
From the toponym Avon, meaning "river". Alternatively, from the given name Avine, a pet form of Avis.

Ayohua Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly from ayotli "squash, pumpkin" or ayotl "turtle" combined with the possessive suffix -hua, or from ayohua "to fill with water".

Ayukawa Japanese
From 鮎 (ayu) meaning "trout" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river."

Azoulay Judeo-Spanish
Meaning uncertain. It may derived from Spanish azul or French azur meaning "blue" (both ultimately derived from Persian via Arabic), possibly used as a nickname for someone with blue eyes or an occupational name for a maker of blue ceramic ware... [more]

Azusagawa Japanese (Rare)
Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.

Bacatan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano bakat meaning "billow, large wave of water".

Baigorri Basque
From the name of a commune in Bayonne, France, derived from Basque ibai "river" and gorri "red" or "bare, naked".

Banwell English
Means "person from Banwell", Somerset ("killer spring (perhaps alluding to a contaminated water source)").

Batabor Filipino, Maranao
Means "coffeepot, teapot" or "green malong (tube skirt)" in Maranao.

Bauerdick German
A surname originating from the Rhineland region of Germany. It is derived from German Bauer (Bur in the locals dialects) "farmer" and Deich (Diek and Dick in the local dialects) "levee" or Teich "pond"... [more]

Beauford English
Variation of Buford. It is derived from the French word "beau", meaning "beautiful", and "ford", an Old English word meaning "river crossing".

Belrio Spanish
From the Spanish word meaning "beautiful river".

Bentham English
Habitational name from any of various places named Bentham, from Old English beonet "bent grass" + ham "homestead" or hamm "enclosure hemmed in by water".

Berlin German, English
Habitational name from the city in Germany, the name of which is of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from an Old Slavic stem berl- meaning swamp or from a West Slavic word meaning "river lake".

Berlinerblau German, Jewish
Means “Prussian blue” in German. A notable bearer of this surname is Jacques Berlinerblau, a professor of Jewish civilization, and Stefania Berlinerblau, an American anatomist and physician.

Bevilacqua Italian
From Italian bevi l'acqua "drinks water", a nickname likely applied ironically to an alcoholic.

Bhowmik Indian, Bengali
Means "landowner, landlord" in Bengali, ultimately derived from Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi) "earth, soil, ground".

Bhuyan Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Means "landlord, chieftain", derived from Sanskrit भूमि (bhumi) meaning "earth, soil".

Blaauw Dutch, South African
Archaic spelling of Dutch blauw "blue", a nickname referring to the bearer’s eye colour, clothes, or possibly a pale and sickly complexion. It could also be an occupational name for someone who made blue dye, or bluing for laundry.

Blackford English
Derived from the words blæc "black" or blac "pale, shining, white" and ford "river crossing".

Blackwell English
From an English place name derived from Old English blæc meaning "black" and wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".

Blauman German, Jewish
From German Blau meaning "blue" and Mann meaning "man". It can be a nickname for a person who wears blue clothes.

Blaustein German, Jewish
Ornamental name from German blau "blue" and Stein "stone", i.e. lapis lazuli.

Bleau French
Roughly translated into " blue water".

Bleu French
"Blue."

Blewett English
From a medieval nickname for a blue-eyed person or one who habitually wore blue clothing (from Middle English bleuet "cornflower" or bluet "blue cloth").

Boisvert French
Means "green wood" in French, from bois "wood" and vert "green".

Borjigin Mongolian
This is the name of a Mongol sub-clan, of which Genghis Khan was part of. A suggested origin is a Turkic-language term borčïqïn meaning "man with dark blue eyes", though this is somewhat dubious... [more]

Boström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bo "dwelling, home" and ström "stream, river".

Braham English
From the name of a town called Braham, probably derived from Old English brom meaning "broom (a type of plant)" and ham meaning "home, settlement" or hamm meaning "river meadow".

Brandybuck Literature
Brandybuck is the surname of Meriadoc, a young Hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings." Possibly derived from the Brandywine River, which in turn is derived from Sindarin Baranduin, "Brown River"... [more]

Brau Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from the dialectical term brau, meaning "wild, untamed" in Sardinian and "brave, fierce" or "bull" in Catalan, or from blau "blue, turquoise".

Brink Low German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish
Means "village green" or "hill, slope, edge of a field or steep place". As a Swedish name, it’s ornamental.

Brinker German, Dutch
Derived from brink "edge, slope" or "village green", indicating that the bearer of the surname lived near a prominent slope of land or next to the centre of a village.

Bruch German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or a stream that frequently flooded, from Middle High German bruoch "water meadow" or "marsh" (cognate to old English broc "brook", "stream" cf... [more]

Buckingham English
Habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, Old English Buccingahamm "water meadow (Old English hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc(a)".

Bughao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bughaw meaning "blue".

Buglass English
Possibly from the Booklawes region near Melrose, Roxburgshire, originally spelt "Buke-Lawes" (lit. "buck/stag" combined with "low ground"); otherwise from the Gaelic words buidhe - "yellow" and glas - "green".

Cabebe Pampangan
Topographic name for someone who lived by a body of water, derived from Pampangan be'be meaning "shore, edge of a body of water".

Çakır Turkish
Means "greyish blue (eyes)" in Turkish.

Calcaterra Italian
Nickname from calcare meaning "to tread", "to stamp" + terra meaning "land", "earth", "ground", probably denoting a short person, someone who walked close to the ground, or an energetic walker.

Çay Turkish
Means "river, brook, creek" in Turkish.

Chabashira Japanese (Rare)
From 茶 (cha) literally meaning "green tea" and 柱 (hashira) meaning "pillar". A tea pillar is considered good luck in Japanese culture.

Cheon Korean
From Sino-Korean 天 (cheon) meaning "sky, heavens" or 千 (cheon) meaning "thousand, many".

Cherrington English
Habitational name from any of several places in England called Cherington or Cherrington... [more]

Chigusa Japanese
This surname is used as 千種, 千草 or 千艸 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand", 種 (shu, -gusa, tane) meaning "class, kind, seed, species, variety", 草 (sou, kusa, kusa-, -gusa) meaning "draft, grass, herbs, pasture, weeds, write" and 艸 (sou, kusa) meaning "grass, plants."... [more]

Chisaki Japanese
Chi can mean "thousand" or "pond", and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Chishiya Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" 散 (chi) meaning "scatter", 梓 (shi) meaning "Japanese cherry birch", 塩 (shio) meaning "salt", 沙 (shi) meaning "sand", 司 (shi) meaning "to take charge of; to control; to manage", 史 (shi) meaning "history", 四 (shi) meaning "four", 士 (shi) meaning "samurai, warrior", 子 (shi) meaning "child", 市 (shi) meaning "market", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 氏 (shi) meaning "a family; a clan", 糸 (shi) meaning "thread", 紙 (shi) meaning "paper", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet", 至 (shi) meaning "to reach; to arrive", 詩 (shi) meaning "poetry, poem", 資 (shi) meaning "money; fund; wealth; capital", 汐 (shi) meaning "evening tide; night tides; ebb", 心 (shi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 清 (shi) meaning "clear; limpid", and 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation... [more]

Chiura Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千浦, 地浦 or 知浦 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand," 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "bay, beach, creek, gulf, inlet, seacoast."... [more]

Chloros Greek
Meaning "green" in Greek

Cricks American
"living near a river." Comes from a similar origin of Rios

Crownover German (Anglicized)
Americanised spelling of German Kronauer, denoting someone from Kronau, a town near Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It could also be an Americanised form of Kronhöfer (a variant of Grünhofer), a habitational name for someone from a lost place called Grünhof, derived from Middle High German gruene meaning "green" or kranech meaning "crane" and hof meaning "farmstead".

Dalgleish Scottish
Means "person from Dalgleish", near Selkirk ("green field").

Damgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix dam meaning "pond".

Delmar English
derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond" a place called La Mare in Normandy.

Demegawa Japanese
From Japanese 出 (de) "out", 目 (me) "eye" and 川 (kawa) "river".

Deriu Italian
Means "of the river" in Sardinian.

Dobashi Japanese
From Japanese 土 (do) meaning "earth, soil" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Doi Japanese
Do ("Earth") + I ("Habitation") or ("Well, Mineshaft") in a different region. "Earth Well" is used mainly in the west and in Shikoku, the "Earth Habitation" kanji is used in eastern Japan. This name isn't rare and considered out of the ordinary, but it's uncommon to the ears.

Doi Japanese
From Japanese 土 (do) meaning "earth, soil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Doi Japanese
From Japanese 土 (do) meaning "earth, soil" and 居 (i) meaning "being, sitting".

Doi Japanese
From Japanese 土 (do) meaning "earth, soil" and 肥 (i) meaning "manure, fertilizer".

Dokbua Thai
Means "lotus, water lily" in Thai.

Donchenko Ukrainian
Means "from Donyetsk" or "from the River Don".

Donskikh Russian
Derived from the name of the Don river, derived from an Aryan root meaning "river".

Dota Japanese
From 土 (do) meaning "soil, ground earth" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Dōune Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall" and 畝 (une) meaning "raised ridge of earth in a field; furrow", referring to possibly a place with a hall and a field.

Dowdell English
Habitational name from a lost Ovedale or Uvedale which gave rise to the 14th-century surname de Uvedale alias de Ovedale connected with the manor of D'Ovesdale in Litlington, Cambridgeshire, first recorded as “manor of Overdale, otherwise Dowdale” in 1408... [more]

Dōyu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall" and 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath; hot spring".

Durieux French
Derived from Old French riu meaning "river, stream", originally used to indicate someone who lived by a stream.

Ebihara Japanese
From a combination of 海 (e) meaning "vastly, gathered, sea, ocean, wide, vast" and 老 (bi) meaning "old age, elderly" or 蛯 (ebi) meaning "pawn, shrimp, lobster", that is then combined with 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".

Eden English
From Middle English given name Edun, derived from Old English Ēadhūn, with the elements ēad "prosperity, wealth" and hūn "bear cub".... [more]

Edo Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and to means "wisteria".

Ejiri Japanese
江 (E) means "inlet, river" and 尻 (jiri) means "behind, rear".

Elfving Swedish
Possibly a combination of an obsolete spelling of Swedish älv "river" and the suffix -ing (ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ingaz) meaning "coming from, belonging to, descending from"... [more]

Ellervee Estonian
Ellervee is an Estonian surname meaning "Eller water", but of undetermined origin. Possibly from the German "Eller". Possibly a corruption of the surname "Ellerbee" or "Ellerby".

Emajõe Estonian
Emajõe is an Estonian surname meaning "mother river" (a genitive form of "ema jõgi"). The Emajõgi is a 100km river flowing through Estonia.

Eno Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and no means "field, plain, wilderness "

Errey English
This uncommon and intriguing name is of Old Norse origin, and is found chiefly in the north western counties of England, reflecting the dense settlement of Scandinavian peoples in those areas. The surname is locational, from places such as Aira Beck or Aira Force near Ullswater in Cumberland, or some other minor or unrecorded place also named with the Old Norse term "eyrara", meaning "gravel-bank stream river”.

Esaka Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and saka means "slope, hill".

Esaki Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and saki means "cape, peninsula".

Esawa Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Esprontzeda Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Navarre, Spain, possibly derived from Basque (h)aitz "rock, stone", bera "place below, river bank", on "good" and etxe "house, building".

Esumi Japanese
E means "river, inlet" and sumi mean "residence, dwelling, abide" or "nook, corner".

Eto Japanese
江 (E) means "River, Inlet" and 藤 (To) means "Wisteria".

Ewell English
Habitation name from the town of Ewell in Surrey or from Temple Ewell or Ewell Manor, both in Kent or Ewell Minnis near Dover. Originally from Old English Aewill meaning "river source" or "spring".

Fahey Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fathaidh or Ó Fathaigh meaning "descendant of Fathadh", a given name derived from the Gaelic word fothadh "base, foundation".... [more]

Fawcett English
Habitational name from Fawcett, Westmorland, or Facit, Lancashire, both derived from Old English fāh "multicoloured, variegated, colourful" and sīde "side, hill slope"... [more]

Fising Romanian (Rare)
Possibly related to Hungarian víz "water".

Fiume Italian
From Italian meaning "river".

Fjellström Swedish
Combination of Swedish fjäll "mountain, fell" and ström "stream, river".

Flodgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix flod meaning "river".

Flodqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish flod "river" and kvist "twig, branch".

Franzblau Jewish
Means "french blue" in German. One of the many names assigned to Jews during the rule of Emperor Joseph II, who required all Jews in the Hapsburg Empire to adopt surnames.

Fujikawa Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Fukae Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and e means "inlet, river".

Fukawa Japanese
From Japanese 府 (fu) meaning "prefecture" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Fukuchi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, soil, ground".

Fumetsugawa Japanese (Rare)
From japanese kanji 不滅 (fumetsu) meaning "immortal, indestructible, undying" and 河 or 川 (gawa/kawa) both meaning "river".

Funamizu Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Gadgil Marathi
A Chitpavan Brahmin surname from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Likely means "Holder of a Urn of water" during a Hindu ritual.

Gagné French (Quebec, Modern)
From Gagnier/Gagner (cf. Gagner), alternative form of Gagneux/Gagneur ("ferm laborer"), from Old French gaignier, "to farm, to work the earth".

Galano Italian
A Campanian name from Greek γαλανός (galanós) "light blue, pale blue", denoting someone with blue eyes.

Ganboa Basque
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque gain "height, summit, peak; over, above", or from the hypothetical archaic word *ganbo "hot spring, sulphurous water".

Garibai Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Oñati, Spain, probably derived from Basque gari "wheat" and ibai "river". Alternatively, the first element could be garo "fern" or garai "high, tall, prominent".

Glas Welsh
Nickname meaning "gray, green, silver-haired".

Glass Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of the epithet glas "gray, green, blue" or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.

Gleason Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glasáin, from a diminutive of glas "green, blue, gray"

Gök Turkish
Means "sky, blue" in Turkish.

Gökçe Turkish
Means "celestial, heavenly, sky" in Turkish.

Göktaş Turkish
From Turkish gök meaning "sky" and taş meaning "stone".

Gormley Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Ó Gormghaile meaning "descendant of Gormghal," Gormghal, a personal name, being derived from gorm meaning "noble, (dark) blue" and gal meaning "valour, ardour."

Greenall English
From Lincolnshire in England, meaning "green hill".

Greenberger German, Jewish
Anglicized form of the German surname Grünberger, which is formed from the words grün "green", Berg "mountain", and the habitational suffix -er. This name indicated a person who lived on or near a forest-covered mountain.

Greenfield English, German (Americanized)
habitational name either from any of numerous minor places called Greenfield, for example in Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire, from Old English grene "green" and feld "pasture, open country"... [more]

Greenhill English
The name is derived from a geographic locality, "at the green hill", or rather, more specifically of "Greenhill". The surname could also derive from the liberty on the wapentake of Corringham in Lincolnshire, or a hamlet in the parish of Harrow in Middlesex... [more]

Greenidge English
From Greenhedge Farm in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, itself derived from Old English grene “green” + hecg “hedge”.

Greenleaf English
From Old English grēne "green" and lēaf "leaf", presumably applied as a nickname, the significance of which is now lost.

Greenstein Jewish
From German, means "Green Stone".

Greenway English
Originally given to a person who lived near a grassy path, from Middle English grene "green" and weye "road, path" (cf. Way).... [more]

Griner German (Anglicized), Jewish
Americanised form of German Greiner. It could also denote a person who came from various German places called Grüna or Grünau. In Jewish, it is a topographic name for someone who lived in a green of leafy area, derived from Yiddish grin meaning "green" or Middle High German gruene meaning "greenery".

Grinfelder Croatian
Derived from German grün, "green", and feld, "field".

Groeneveld Dutch
Means "green field" in Dutch.

Groeneweg Dutch
Dutch cognate of Greenway. habitational name from any of various minor places called Groeneweg a compound of groen "green" and weg "road path" for instance from the hamlets Groeneweg near Hoog Blokland in the province of South Holland and near Westbroek in the province of Utrecht.

Groenewold Dutch, East Frisian
Cognate of Grünwald and Grünewald. Habitational name from any of various minor places so named from groen "green" and wold "wood forest".

Groenewoud Dutch
Derived from a place name meaning “green wood”.

Grönlund Swedish, Finnish
Combination of Swedish grön "green" and lund "grove".

Grün German, Jewish
from Middle High German gruoni "green fresh raw" hence a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in green a topographic name for someone who lived in a green and leafy place or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word such as Gruna Grunau in Silesia... [more]

Grünbaum German, Jewish
from Middle High German gruoni "green" and boum "tree" probably a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a tree in leaf... [more]

Grundin Swedish
Combination of Swedish grund "shallow (water)" and the surname suffix -in.

Grünfeld German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places in northern and central Germany named Grünfeld named with elements meaning "green open country" derived from the elements gruoni "green" and feld "field"... [more]

Grünwald German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of various places called Grünewald from Middle High German gruoni "green" and wald "wood forest"... [more]

Guadalajara Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational name from the province of Guadalajara in Castile, derived from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra) meaning "valley of stones" or "river of stones".

Ha Korean
From Sino-Korean 河 (ha) meaning "river, stream".

Häggström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" and ström "stream, small river".

Hagström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, garden" and ström "stream, small river".

Hai Chinese
Means "ocean" in Chinese.

Haljand Estonian
Haljand is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name) derived from "haljas" meaning "green/verdant".

Hallström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and ström "stream, small river".

Hamakawa Japanese
From the Japanese 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Hampshire English
Originally indicated a person from the county of Hampshire in England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Hantescire), derived from Old English ham meaning "water meadow, enclosure" and scir meaning "shire, district"... [more]

Hanakawa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Hanford English
Habitational name from any of several places called Hanford, Handforth, or Hannaford, derived from either Old Welsh hen "old" and ford "road, way", or from Old English ford "ford, river crossing" combined with the given name Hanna.

Harukawa Japanese
harukawa means "spring river". the kanji used are 春(haru) meaning "spring (the season)" and 河 (kawa) meaning "river" . you could also use 川 (kawa) as the second kanji, but using 河 looks better.

Hasado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 挟 (hasa), from 挟む (hasamu) meaning "to insert; to be sandwiched between" and 土 (do) meaning "earth; soil; ground", referring to a soil land where it is very crammed.... [more]

Hayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hayami Japanese
From Japanese 速 (haya) meaning "fast", 逸 (haya) meaning "deviate" or 早 (haya) meaning "early"; combined with 水 (mi) meaning "water" or 見 (mi) meaning "see".

Hayamizu Japanese
Haya means "fast" or "hawk" and mizu means "water".

Hedström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and ström "stream, river".

Heinvee Estonian
Heinvee is an Estonian surname meaning "hay water".

Hendaia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a commune (Hendaye in French) in southwestern France, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Basque handi "big, large, great" and ibi "ford" or ibai "river", though this structure would not be grammatically correct... [more]

Hessay English
From the name of a village in North Yorkshire, derived from Old English hæsel "hazel" and sæ "sea" or eg "water".

Hijikata Japanese
From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]

Hikawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Himlfarb Yiddish
Means "color of the sky".

Himmel German
German word for "sky"

Himmelstein German, Jewish
topographic name for someone living by a feature so named from Middle High German himel "heaven, sky" and stein "rock, stone" meaning "stone in the sky, sky stone"

Himmler German, History
Derived from German Himmel "heaven, sky". This was a topographic name for someone living at a high altitude. ... [more]

Hirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hirokawa Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hiromi Japanese (Rare)
From the stem of adjective 広い/廣い (hiroi), meaning "spacious, vast, wide," combined with either 海 (mi), shortened from umi meaning "sea, ocean," or 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing."... [more]

Hirukawa Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hishida Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), water chestnut, caltrop, rhombus" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hishikawa Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), rhombus, water chestnut, caltrop" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Horie Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, river, inlet".

Horikawa Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Hoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hoshizora Japanese (Rare)
Hoshi (星) means "star", sora/zora (空) means "sky", this name literally means "starry sky". Sora changes to zora due to rendaku

Hosokawa Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Huckabee English
This surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first, woh, meaning "crooked"; the second, byge, meaning "river bend".... [more]

Huckaby English
Means "person from Huccaby", Devon (perhaps "crooked river-bend"), or "person from Uckerby", Yorkshire ("Úkyrri's or Útkári's farmstead").

Hungerford English
From the name of a settlement in Berkshire, England, derived from Old English hungor "hunger, famine" and ford "ford, river crossing".

Ibaiguren Basque (Rare)
Means "river's edge", derived from Basque ibai "river" and guren "edge, bank".

Ichikawa Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ichinoe Japanese
From 一 (ichi, kazu) meaning "one", 之 (no) meaning "of", and 江 (e) meaning "river, bay, inlet". This is not spelled the same as the town named Ichinohe.

Idreius Celtic
“Like the ocean; Unpredictable.”... [more]

Igawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Igwe Igbo
Means "sky".

Iikawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and kawa means "river, stream".

Ikawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".

Ikegami Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Ikegaya Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond", a place name possessive marker ヶ (ga), and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Ikehara Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Ikemoto Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ikenaga Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and naga means "long, chief".

Ikeno Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Ikenoue Japanese
Ike means "river", no is a possessive particle and ue means "upper, top".

Ikesono Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and sono means "garden".

Ikesugi Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool" and 杉 (sugi) means "cedar".

Ikeuchi Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Ikeura Japanese
From 池 (ike) meaning "pond, cistern, pool, reservoir" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore."

Imagawa Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "present" and 川 (gawa) meaning "river".

Imakawa Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and kawa means "river, stream".

Ing English
From the name of a former district in Essex, possibly derived from Old English ing "meadow, water meadow", or from ge "district, region" combined with the suffix -ing. Alternatively, it could derive from the given name Inge.

Irie Japanese
From Japanese 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet". 入江 (irie) means "cove, creek".

Irmak Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.

Isogawa Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (iso) meaning "fifty" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Itzstein German
Topographic surname that originated from broad regions around the river Itz in Thuringia, Germany. The word "Stein" (German word for stone) historically was also used to describe castles on a hill or at a river, thus a possible meaning of the name is "castle at the river Itz".

Iwaizumi Japanese (Rare)
Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.

Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Izaba Basque
From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Proposed origins include Basque iz "water" combined with aba, which could mean "river, mouth, confluence" and/or be a variant of -aga "place of, abundance of".

Izumikawa Japanese
Izumi means "fountain" and means "river".

Janmaat Dutch
Possibly from janmaat, a slang term for a sailor or the collective nautical community, derived from a combination of the common given name Jan 1 and maat "shipmate, sailor; mate, buddy".

Järvevee Estonian
Järvevee is an Estonian surname meaning "lake water".

Jõearu Estonian
Jõearu is an Estonian surname meaning "water grassland/meadow".

Jõeleht Estonian
Jõeleht is an Estonian surname meaning "river foliage".

Jõeloo Estonian
Jõeloo is an Estonians surname derived from "jõelooge", meaning a "river meander".

Jõeluht Estonian
Jõeluht is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow".

Jõemaa Estonian
Jõemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "river land".

Jõeots Estonian
Jõeots is an Estonian surname meaning "fluvial (water) end".

Jõerüüt Estonian
Jõerüüt is an Estonian surname meaning "river plover" (Pluvialis).

Jõesaar Estonian
Jõesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "river island".

Jõesuu Estonian
Jõesuu is an Estonian surname meaning "mouth of the river".

Jõevee Estonian
Jõevee is an Estonian surname meaning "river water".

Jõgi Estonian
Means "river" in Estonian.

Jõgiaas Estonian
Jõgiaas is an Estonian surname meaning "river meadow".

Jõgila Estonian
Jõgila is an Estonian surname meaning "river area".

Jõgioja Estonian
Jõgioja is an Estonian surname meaning "river creek".

Jõgisaar Estonian
Jõgisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "river island".