Submitted Surnames with "forest" in Meaning

Aasmets Estonian
Aasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow forest".

Aavik Estonian
Aavik is an Estonian surname, a variation of "haavik", meaning "aspen forest".

Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]

Alamets Estonian
Alamets is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region forest".

Altmets Estonian
Altmets is an Estonian surname meaning "below forest".

Ameglio Italian
There are two hypotheses: the first is it derived from the Latin name Amelius which came from Amius, name of Etruscan origin; the other is it derived from Amali, name of a mighty Ostrogothic family, which means "virgin of the forest".

Amenomori Japanese
"Forest of rain."

Amestoy Spanish, French, Basque
From Basque Ameztoia, a common place name in Basque Country meaning "oak forest".

Arimori Japanese
Ari means "exist" and mori means "forest".... [more]

Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".

Baquiran Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano bakiran meaning "forest".

Berkhout Dutch
Habitational name derived from Dutch berk "birch (tree)" and hout "wood, forest".

Berwald German, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Originally derived from the given name Bernwald, composed of Old High German bern, bero "bear" and wald "ruler"... [more]

Bois French, French (Quebec)
Derived from French bois "wood, forest", this name used to denote someone who lived near a forest.

Borák Czech
Habitational name for someone from one of many places named with bor meaning "pine forest"; alternatively from a short form of the personal names Dalibor or Bořivoj, containing the element -bor meaning "battle".

Borecki English
Habitational name for someone from a place called Borek or Borki, from bór "pine forest".

Borkowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Borki, Borkowice or Borek, all derived from Polish bór meaning "conifer forest, pine forest".

Borowski mu Polish, Jewish
Derived from Polish "bor", meaning "pine forest".

Boschman Dutch
From Middle Dutch bosch "wood, forest" and man "person, man", a name for someone who lived or worked in a forest.

Boscolo Italian
Habitational name for someone who lived by a forest, derived from Italian bosco meaning "woods, forest".

Bosma West Frisian, Dutch
Means "man of the forest", from Dutch bos "forest, woods" and the Frisian suffix -ma.

Boswachter Dutch (Rare)
Means "forest ranger, forester" in Dutch.

Brinkley English
"From Brinca's Field" or "Field in the forest"

Brzeziński Polish
Derived from any of the various places named with Polish brzezina "birch forest".

Buczyński Polish
Name for a person from any of various towns named Buczyn or Buczyna, derived from Polish buczyna meaning "beechwood, beech forest".

Buschiazzo Italian
It's a surname in northern Italy (Piedmont). It emerges from the German spelling Bosch or Busch and this means "forest" or "wooded area".

Doubrava Czech
It means "forest".

Düsterwald German
Derived from Middle Low German düster "dark" combined with Old High German wald "forest".

Eichenlaub German, Jewish
Derived from Eichenlau, a topographic name from Middle High German eichen "oaks" and loh "forest clearing", reinterpreted through folk etymology as Eichenlaub, meaning "oak leaf".

Emori Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Fältskog Swedish
Combination of Swedish fält "field" and skog "forest". Agnetha Fältskog (b. 1950) is a Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.

Foresta Italian
Italian cognate of Forest, a derivative of Late Latin forestis "forest".

Fukumori Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and mori means "forest".

Geipelhorst German
This rather rare surname is appears to be the combination of "Geipel", which is a variant of "Geibel" originating from a personal name or topographic name formed with Old High German gawi ‘fertile region’, ‘countryside’ (as opposed to a town), and "Horst" which came from of Old High German, meaning "man from the forest", "bosk" or "brushwood"... [more]

Görlitz German
The name of a small town in Saxony. Derived from old Sorbian word "Zgorelc" meaning "settlement on a burned-out forest."

Gubatan Tagalog
From Tagalog gubat meaning "woods, forest".

Haabmets Estonian
Haabmets is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen forest."

Hallmets Estonian
Hallmets is an Estonian surname meaning "grey forest".

Hanamori Japanese
Hana means "flower, blossom" and mori means "forest".

Hayashibara Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Hayashida Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hayashizaki Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Hiiemets Estonian
Hiiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sacred grove forest".

Hirabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Hõbemets Estonian
Hõbemets is an Estonian surname meaning "silver forest".

Holtzmann Upper German, German
Derived from the Upper German word "holz," which means "forest." Thus many of the names that evolved from this root work have to do with living in the woods

Holzhauer German
Occupational name for a "lumberjack, woodsman" with the element holz "forest".

Hout Dutch
Means "wood, forest", a Dutch cognate of Holt. Can also be an occupational name (see Houtman).

Howald German
From any several places named, from the elements hoh "high" and wald "forest".

Iimori Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mori means "forest".

Ilomets Estonian
Ilomets is an Estonian surname meaning "merry forest".

Ilumets Estonian
Ilumets is an Estonian surname meaning "pretty/lovely forest".

Ishimori Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Jäämets Estonian
Jäämets is an Estonian surname meaning "ice forest".

Järvemets Estonian
Järvemets is an Estonian surname meaning "lake forest".

Kaldmets Estonian
Kaldmets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline forest".

Kallasmets Estonian
Kallasmets is an Estonian surname meaning "shore forest".

Kallemets Estonian
Kallemets is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping forest".

Kamori Japanese
Ka means "increase, step up" or "congratulation" and mori means "forest".

Kanamori Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "gold, money" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kanbayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 上 (kan, kami or ue) "upper," "above," 管 (kan) "tube," "canal," 官 (kan) "authorities," "government" or 神 (kan, kami or shin) "god" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods," "grove."

Kasemets Estonian
Kasemets is an Estonian surname meaning "birch forest".

Keeth Irish
A Scottish and Irish place surname meaning "forest" or "wood" or "windy place".

Kikumori Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and mori means "forest".

Kitabayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 北 (kita) "North" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods."

Kitabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Koitmets Estonian
Koitmets is an Estonian surname meaning "dawn forest".

Kõivastik Estonian
Kõivastik is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stand/forest". "Kõiv" comes from the Võro dialect.

Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kouris Greek
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a forest, ultimately from Turkish koru meaning "small forest, grove".

Kurahayashi Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Kuribayashi Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Läänemets Estonian
Läänemets is an Estonian surname meaning "western forest".

Laasma Estonian
Laasma is an Estonian surname derived from "laas" meaning "forest" and "woodland".

Laasmaa Estonian
Laasmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland land".

Laasmägi Estonian
Laasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland mountain".

Laaspere Estonian
Laaspere is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland folk".

Łazowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Łazy, Łazow, or Łazowa, named with łazy meaning "clearing in a forest".

Lehismets Estonian
Lehismets is an Estonian surname meaning "larch forest".

Lehtmets Estonian
Lehtmets is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf(y) forest".

Lepmets Estonian
Lepmets is an Estonian word meaning "alder (lepp) forest (mets)".

Lieshout Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the village of Lieshout in the province of North-Brabant, Netherlands. It is possibly derived from either Dutch lies meaning "great manna grass" (a grasslike plant that grows near riverbanks and ponds) or Middle Dutch lese meaning "track, furrow", combined with hout meaning "forest".

Lillemets Estonian
Lillemets is an Estonian surname meaning "flower forest".

Lindhorst German
It means "linden forest" in German.

Lindskog Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and skog meaning "forest".

Litchfield English
locational origin either from Lichfield, south east of Stafford in Staffordshire, or from Litchfield in Hampshire... [more]

Luque Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Luque in Córdoba, Spain, derived from Latin lucus meaning "sacred grove, wood, forest".

Mäemets Estonian
Mäemets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".

Maglasang Filipino, Cebuano
Denotes a forest dweller or a person originally from a forest, derived from Cebuano lasang meaning "forest".

Maimets Estonian
Maimets is an Estonian surname meaning "May forest".

Mändmets Estonian
Mändmets is an Estonian surname meaning "pine forest".

Männik Estonian
Männik is an Estonian surname meaning "pine stand" or "pine forest".

Matsubayashi Japanese
Matsu means "Pine Tree" and Bayashi is a variant pronunciation of "Hayashi" meaning "Forest". This surname means "Pine Tree Forest". Matsubayashi-ryu is a kind of martial arts.

Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".

Mets Estonian
Mets is an Estonian surname meaning "forest".

Metsä Finnish
Means “forest” in Finnish.

Metsaäär Estonian
Metsaäär is an Estonian surname meaning "forest edge".

Metsala Estonian
Metsala is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".

Metsallik Estonian
Metsallik is an Estonian surname meaning "forest spring".

Metsalu Estonian
Metsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "forest grove".

Metsamaa Estonian
Metsamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest land".

Metsanurm Estonian
Metsanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "forest meadow".

Metsaorg Estonian
Metsaorg is an Estonian surname meaning "forest valley".

Metsasalu Estonian
Metsasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "forest grove".

Metsavaht Estonian
Metsavaht is an Estonian surname meaning "forest guard" and "forest warden".

Metsla Estonian
Metsla is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".

Metslang Estonian
Metslang is an Estonian surname meaning "forest cutting area"; derived from the compounds "mets "forest" and "lank" (cutting area).

Metsnõmm Estonian
Metsnõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "forest heath/moorland".

Miyamori Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple" and mori means "forest".

Mizumori Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mori means "forest, grove".

Moriai Japanese
From the Japanese 盛 (mori) "assortment" or 森 (mori) "forest" and 合 (ai) "fit," "suit," "join."

Moribe Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Morifuji Japanese
Mori means "forest" and fuji means "wisteria".

Moriguchi Japanese
From 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "entrance," "mouth."

Morihara Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Morihei Japanese
This surname combines 森 (shin, mori) meaning "forest, woods" with 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace."... [more]

Morii Japanese
Mori means "forest" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Morijima Japanese
A variant of Morishima.... [more]

Morikita Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]

Morikubo Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" and 保 (bo) meaning "protect".

Morimatsu Japanese
Mori means "forest" and matsu means "pine".

Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".

Morimura Japanese (Rare)
From Kanji "森" (Mori) meaning "Forest" and "村" (Mura) meaning "Village".

Morinaga Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Morinaka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Morio Japanese
Mori means "forest" and o means "tail."

Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".

Morisaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Morisato Japanese
Mori means "forest" and sato means "village".

Morishige Japanese
Mori means "forest" and shige means "luxury".

Morishima Japanese
Mori means "forest, grove" and shima means "island".

Morishima Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".

Moritake Japanese
Mori means "forest" and take needs "bamboo".

Moritani Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Moriuchi Japanese
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 内 (uchi) means "inside".

Moriwaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Moriya Japanese
From the Japanese 守 (mori or kami) "guard," "protect," "defend" or 森 (mori) "forest" and 屋 (ya) "dwelling" or 谷 (ya or tani) "valley."

Moriya Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Murahayashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Muramori Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and mori means "forest".

Nagamori Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and mori means "forest".

Nakahayashi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Nakamori Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mori means "forest".

Niinemets Estonian
Niinemets is an Estonian surname meaning "linden forest".

Nijibayashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 虹 (Niji) meaning "Rainbow" and 林 (Bayashi) meaning "Forest". A notable bearer of this surname was academic author Kei Nijibayashi.

Nõmmik Estonian
Nõmmik is an Estonian surname meaning "heath forest" or "heath stand".

Nomori Japanese (?)
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Noormets Estonian
Noormets is an Estonian surname meaning "young forest".

Nørskov Danish
Means "northern forest" from the Danish nord "north" and skov "forest".

Ōbayashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

O'Coill Irish
Meaning, "wood, forest, or shrub hazel tree."

Ó Cuill Irish
Meaning, "wood, forest, or shrub hazel tree."

Õiemets Estonian
Õiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/flower forest".

Õismets Estonian
Õismets is an Estonian surname meaning "flower/blossom forest".

Olumets Estonian
Olumets is an Estonian surname meaning "existing forest".

Ōmori Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Omori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 森 (mori) "forest," "woods."

Oosterhout Dutch
From the name of various places in the Netherlands, derived from ooster "eastern" and hout "wood, forest".

Orgmets Estonian
Orgmets is an Estonian surname meaning "valley forest".

Orman Turkish
Means "forest, woods" in Turkish.

Õuemets Estonian
Õuemets is an Estonian surname meaning "open forest".

Paimets Estonian
Paimets is an Estonian surname meaning "good forest".

Pajumets Estonian
Pajumets is an Estonian surname meaning "willow forest".

Palamets Estonian
Palamets is an Estonian surname meaning "piece (of) forest". It is derived from the compound words "pala", meaning "piece" and "mets", meaning "forest".

Palumets Estonian
Palumets is an Estonian surname meaning "sandy heath/heathy woodland forest".

Pärnamets Estonian
Pärnamets is an Estonian surname meaning "linden forest".

Pláňsker Czech (Rare, Archaic), Slovak (Rare, Archaic), German (Rare, Archaic)
Originating from Bohemia, a region between The Czech Republic and Germany. The name means "forest clearing", Pláň: forest, sker: clearing. It is a very rare last name with only about 20 holders of it.

Randmets Estonian
Randmets is an Estonian surname meaning "beach/seashore forest".

Reemets Estonian
Reemets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "rehi" meaning "barn" and "mets" meaning "forest".

Rin Japanese
From Japanese 林 (rin) meaning "forest".

Rinbayashi Japanese (Rare)
It's written like this: 林林. Both rin and hayashi mean "forest". This is because rin is the Chinese reading called onyomi, and hayashi is the Japanese reading called kunyomi.

Roest Dutch
Habitational name derived from Old Dutch roest "reed bed, rush forest". Alternatively, from Dutch roest "rust", a nickname for a red-haired person.

Rosenwald German, Jewish
Means "rose forest" in German. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Salumets Estonian
Salumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grove/coppice forest", derived from the compounds "salu" (grove/coppice) and "mets" (forest).

Selwyn English
from the Middle English personal name Selewin (Old English Selewine perhaps from sele "manor" or sǣl "happiness prosperity" and wine "friend")... [more]

Shainwald German
German for "beautiful forest", probably (?) related to Sheinfeld

Sherwood English
From a place name meaning "bright forest", derived from Old English scir meaning "bright" and wudu meaning "tree, wood".

Shimamori Japanese
Shima (島) means "island", mori (森) means "forest"

Siimets Estonian
Siimets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Siim" (a masculine given name) and "mets" meaning "forest".

Silvia Portuguese (Americanized)
SILVIA is an Americanized version of the Portuguese surname Silva, which is derived from the Latin silvae and Portuguese silva words meaning “forest,” “woodland,” or “jungle.” This variation of the surname SILVA was often adopted by Portuguese immigrants upon arrival to the United States.

Sin Khmer
Derived from Chinese 森 (sēn) meaning "forest".

Skau Norwegian, Danish
Ultimately derived from Old Norse skógr "forest".

Skog Norwegian, Swedish
Means "forest" in Norwegian and Swedish.

Skogheim Norwegian
Combination of Swedish and Norwegian skog "forest" and German heim ''home''.

Skoglund Swedish, Norwegian
Combination of Swedish and Norwegian skog "forest" and lund "grove".

Skoubye Danish (Americanized, Rare)
from the Danish Skovby (also pronounced SKO-bee), meaning "city by a forest" or "forest town"

Soomets Estonian
Soomets is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp forest".

Stanwood English (American)
From Old English stan meaning "stone, rock" and weald meaning "forest, wooded area".

Sugimori Japanese
杉 (Sugi) means "cedar tree" and 森 (mori) means "forest".

Suurmets Estonian
Suurmets is an Estonian surname meaning "big woods/forest".

Tagamets Estonian
Tagamets is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of forest".

Takamori Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Takemori Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mori means "forest".

Talumets Estonian
Talumets is an Estonian surname literally meaning "farm (talu) forest (mets)"; a farmstead in or near a forest.

Tammets Estonian
Tammets is an Estonian surname meaning "oak forest".

Tammik Estonian
Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Tammiku Estonian
Tammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Thirring Upper German (Rare)
The name Thirring has many different forms/variant spellings. These include Thiering, Thiring, Thuring,Thuringer, Turinger, Duringer, Diringer, Diring and During. One of the reasons for all the variant spellings is that the church scribes in Hungary originally all recorded the name differently... [more]

Tokimori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 時 (toki) meaning "time; moment" (referring to the time of purification of oneself, rituals, and praying for the advent of God) and 森 (mori) meaning "forest; woods".

Toshimori Japanese
It could be from Japanese 敏 (toshi) meaning "smart; clever" 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Upwood English
Derived from a place name meaning "upper forest" in Old English.

Vaarmets Estonian
Vaarmets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".

Vahemets Estonian
Vahemets is an Estonian surname meaning "middle/dividing forest".

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).

Van Berkel Dutch
Means "from Berkel", the name of several villages derived from berk "birch tree" and lo "forest clearing".

Van Buskirk Dutch (Expatriate)
Habitational name denoting someone from Buiskerke, derived from Dutch bos "woods, forest" and kerk "church"... [more]

Van den Bos Dutch
Means "from the forest" in Dutch, a variant form of Van Den Bosch.

Van Den Bosch Dutch
Means "from De Bosch" or "from the woods", derived from Middle Dutch bosch "forest, wood".

Vander Woude Dutch, Frisian, West Frisian
Means "from the woods" or "from the forest".

Van Ginkel Dutch
Means "from Ginkel" in Dutch, the name of a settlement in Gelderland, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Dutch gengi "accessible, passable" and lo "light forest, forest clearing".

Van Gool Dutch
Means "from Goirle" in Dutch, the name of a town in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch goor "filth, dirty; swampy forest floor" and lo "forest clearing, light forest".

Van Holt Dutch
Means "from the forest", a variant of Holt.

Van Iersel Dutch
Habitational name from the town of Eersel in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from the Old Dutch personal name *Ari combined with lo "forest clearing, light forest".

Van Loon Dutch
Means "from Loon", the name of several locations, derived from Middle Dutch lo "forest clearing, light forest".

Van Mierlo Dutch
Means "from Mierlo", a village in the Netherlands. Likely derived from a compound of Old Dutch *mier "swamp" and lo "light forest".

Van Nistelrooij Dutch
Means "from Nistelrode", a small village in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Middle Dutch nest meaning "nest, burrow, resting place" and lo meaning "light forest", combined with rode meaning "land cleared of trees"... [more]

Van Schijndel Dutch
Means "from Schijndel" in Dutch, the name of a village in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from lo "forest clearing, light forest" and an uncertain first element.

Veermets Estonian
Veermets is an Estonian surname meaning "border forest".

Veskimets Estonian
Veskimets is an Estonian surname meaning "mill woods/forest".

Viard French
from the ancient Germanic personal name Withard from the elements widu "wood forest" and hard "hard".

Vorst Dutch, Low German
topographic name for someone who lived in a vorst "forest" or habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Vorst or Voorst... [more]

Vorwald German
Topographic name for someone who lived "in front of (Middle High German vor) a forest (Middle High German walt)".

Wakabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Waldmann German
topographic name for someone who lived in a forest or alternatively an occupational name for a forest warden from Middle High German waltman literally "forest man" derived from the elements wald "forest" and man "man"

Waldorf German
Habitational name from any of at least three places so called, derived from Old High German wald "forest" and dorf "village, settlement"... [more]

Waldron Medieval German, Old Norman, Scottish Gaelic, English (British)
Derived from the German compound wala-hran, literally "wall raven", but originally meaning "strong bird". Also derived from the Gaelic wealdærn, meaning "forest dwelling", thought to be derived from the Sussex village of Waldron... [more]

Waldstein German, Jewish
Habitational surname for a person from a place in Bohemia called Waldstein, which is derived from Middle High German walt "forest" + stein "stone".

Wallenstein German, Jewish
Variant of Waldstein a habitational name from Wallenstein (originally Waldenstein "forest rock" Czech Valdštejn) in Bohemia... [more]

Waud English
From Old English weald meaning "forest".

Wehmann German
From Middle Low German wede, "wood forest" combined with man, "man"

Weld English
Meant "one who lives in or near a forest (or in a deforested upland area)", from Middle English wold "forest" or "cleared upland". A famous bearer is American actress Tuesday Weld (1943-).

Wiberg Swedish
Combination of Old Norse víðr "forest, wood" (probably taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain".

Widman Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Perhaps a combination of Old Swedish viþr "wood, forest" or vid "wide" and man "man". It is also possible, though less likely, that it is a re-spelling of Vikman, where the first element is Swedish vik "bay".

Yamamori Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Yokomori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and mori means "forest".

Yoshimori Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mori means "forest".

Zaborowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Zaborowo or Zaborów named with Polish za "beyond" and bór "forest".

Zale English, Polish (Anglicized)
Possibly from a Polish surname, the meaning of which is uncertain (it may have been a variant of the surname Zalas which originally indicated one who lived "on the other side of the wood", from za "beyond" and las "forest").