Browse Submitted Surnames

Takakuwa Japanese
From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (kuwa) "mulberry tree."

Takamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

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

Takatsuki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, expensive" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month" or 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".

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.

Tamaki Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball, sphere" combined with 城 (ki) meaning "castle", 置 (ki) meaning "put, place, set", or 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."

Tammepuu Estonian
Tammepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak tree".

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".

Tamminen Finnish
From "tammi" meaning "oak tree". A place with lot of oaks.

Tassoni Italian
Probably derived from Italian tasso meaning "badger (animal)", though it can also mean "yew (tree)".

Tatematsu Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Tatsuki Japanese
Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tejada Spanish
Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."

Ten Boom Dutch
Means "at the tree" in Dutch. A notable bearer of this surname was Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983), a German woman who helped Jewish people take refuge into her home during the Second World War.

Teneyck Dutch (Americanized)
From Dutch ten eik meaning "at the oak tree", a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent oak tree. This has been a prominent family name in Albany, NY, area since the 1630s.

Tetsuki Japanese
Tetsu means "iron" and ki means "tree, wood".

Teytlboym Yiddish
It literally means "date tree".

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]

Toht Estonian
Toht is an Estonian surname meaning "(tree) bark".

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".

Tomatsu Japanese
From the Japanese 戸 (to or do) "door," "shutter" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."

Tomoki Japanese
From 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and meaning 木 (ki) "tree, wood".

Toombu Estonian
Toombu is an Estomian surname possibly derived "toompuu" meaning "bird-cherry tree".

Toomingas Estonian
Means "bird cherry (tree)" (species Prunus padus) in Estonian.

Toompuu Estonian
Toompuu is an Estonian surname meaning "bird-cherry tree".

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

Tregurtha Cornish
A rare Cornish surname that derives its name from either the manor of Tregurtha in the parish of St. Hilary (located in west Cornwall) or from the hamlet of Tregurtha Barton in the parish of St. Wenn (located in central Cornwall)... [more]

Tsujibayashi Japanese
The kanji 辻 (tsuji) means "crossroad" or "intersection," and 林 (bayashi) means "woods" or "grove." Together, they could be translated into a sentence like:... [more]

Tsumiki Japanese
Tsu could mean "harbor, seaport", mi could mean "sign of the snake, ego, I, myself" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tsunematsu Japanese
From the Japanese 恒 (tsune) "constant" or 常 (tsune) "always" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."

Tsuruki Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) "crane (bird)" and 木 (ki) "tree, wood".

Tsuyuki Japanese
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Türnpuu Estonian
Means "buckthorn tree" (genus Rhamnus) in Estonian.

Ueki Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Uematsu Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Uibopuu Estonian
Uibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "apple tree" in South Estonian dialects.

Umeki Japanese
"Plum tree".

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

Urkiaga Basque
From the name of the northernmost hill and mountain pass in Navarre, derived from Basque urki "birch tree" and -aga "place of, group of".

Urritzola Basque (Rare)
From the names of either of two villages in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque urritz "hazel tree" combined with either ola "hut, cabin" or the suffix -ola "location, place of".

Utsugi Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]

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

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

Vaher Estonian
Means "maple (tree)" in Estonian.

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".

Van Der Boom Dutch
Means "from the tree", derived from Dutch boom "tree". Compare Verboom.

Van Der Eijk Dutch
Means "from the oak", derived from Middle Dutch eike "oak (tree)".

Van Der Spek Dutch
Habitational name derived from Middle Dutch specke "log dam, bridge of tree trunks, road through a marshy area".

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

Van Es Dutch
Means "from the ash tree", denoting someone who lived by an ash tree or who came from a place named for them, such as Esch.

van Essen Dutch
Means "from Essen" in Dutch, the name of a German city possibly derived from Old High German asc "ash tree".

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.

Vea Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from the plural of Old Norse viðr meaning "wood", "tree".

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".

Viigipuu Estonian
Viigipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "ficus tree".

Viljapuu Estonian
Viljapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "fruit-bearing tree".

Vilpuu Estonian
Vilpuu is an Estonian surname derived from "vili" ("fruit") and "puu" ("tree").

Vislapuu Estonian
Vislapuu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "visa" ("tough" and "tenacious") and "puu" ("tree" and "wood"); "tough tree".

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)".

Waititi Maori
Meaning uncertain. It could derive from Maori waitī both meaning "sweet, melodious", denoting a sweet person, or "sap of the cabbage tree", possibly denoting an occupation. Taika David Cohen, known professionally as Taika Waititi (1975-), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian.

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

Wakaki Japanese
若 (Waka) means "young" and 木 (ki) means "wood, tree".... [more]

Wakamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Wakatsuki Japanese
Combination of the kanji 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree". A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎; 1866–1949).

Waki Japanese
Wa means "harmony" and ki means "tree, wood".

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".

Wallbaum German, Jewish
Either a topographic name from Low German walbom "walnut tree" derived from wal "walnut" and boum "tree"... [more]

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

Warton English
"From the poplar-tree farm"

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".

Wisneski Polish
A derivate of Wiśniewski, which is said to mean "The Little Cherry Tree"

Woodfall English
English surname used as a first name. The name means "dweller by a fold in the woods" - in this case, "fold" means "sheep-pen".... [more]

Yagi Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

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

Yasuki Japanese
Yasu means "Relax, Cheap" and Ki mean "Tree". Yasuki is also a first name.

Yasumatsu Japanese
Yasu means "relax, peaceful, cheap, inexpensive" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Yewdale English
Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".... [more]

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

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

Yukimatsu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "lucky" and matsu means "pine, for tree".

Yuzuki Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

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

Zaldibar Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque zaldi "horse" and ibar "valley". Alternatively, the first element could instead be zaldu "wood, copse, 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").

Zamora Spanish
Habitational name from Zamora, a city in northwestern Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Berber azemur "wild olive tree".

Zamudio Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from zama "gorge, ravine" and odi "ravine, channel, tube". Alternatively, the second element could instead be -di "place of, forest of".

Zigarroa Basque (Rare)
Possibly derived from Basque ziga "mallow", or an altered form of zugar "elm (tree)". Coincides with zigarro "cigar, cigarette".

Zuazo Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque zu(h)haitz "(wild) tree" and the collective suffix -zu.

Zumarraga Basque
From the name of a town in Basque Country, Spain, derived from zumar "elm (tree)" and -aga "place of, group of".