Submitted Surnames with "mountain" in Meaning

Abplanalp German, German (Swiss)
Topographic name for someone living high on a mountainside, from German ab- "below", "off" + Planalp "high, flat mountain-meadow".

Ainumäe Estonian
Ainumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "single mountain".

Aiyama Japanese
Ai can mean "together, join", "love, affection" or "indigo" and yama means "mountain".

Akamine Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "mountain peak, mountain ridge".

Akdağ Turkish
Habitational name for someone who lived near any of the various mountains named Akdağ in Turkey, from Turkish ak meaning "white" and dağ meaning "mountain".

Alamäe Estonian
Alamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region hill/mountain".

Allmägi Estonian
Allmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "under/below mountain".

Almonte Spanish
From a place between Huelva and Sevilla. Means "the mountain".

Almoroto Filipino
Possibly derived from almus, which means "nurturing", and toto, which means "all over", from Latin during Spanish colonization and rule in the Philippines. Almoroto could mean "nurturing all over."... [more]

Alumäe Estonian
Alumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation hill/mountain".

Ariyama Japanese
Ari means "exist, have, possess" and yama means "mountain".

Arumäe Estonian
Arumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland hill/mountain".

Arzamendia Basque
"mountain bear"

Awayama Japanese
Away means "millet" and yama means "mountain".

Bergamo Italian
From a Celtic word meaning "mountain".

Bergdahl Swedish
Combination of Swedish berg "mountain, hill" and dal "valley".

Bergholtz Swedish, German (Rare)
Possibly a variant of German Bergholz which is either a derivative of Berchtold or from a topographic name meaning "birch wood"... [more]

Bergin Swedish
Derived from Swedish berg "mountain" and the common surname suffix -in.

Bergkamp Dutch, German
From the name of various places in the Netherlands and Germany, derived from Old Dutch and Old High German berg meaning "mountain" and kamp meaning "field". This name is borne by Dutch former soccer player Dennis Bergkamp (1969-).

Berglin Swedish
Combination of Swedish berg "mountain" and the surname suffix -in.

Berglind Swedish
Combination of Swedish berg "mountain, hill" and lind "linden tree".

Bergling Swedish
Combination of Swedish berg "mountain" and the common surname suffix -ing "belonging to, coming from". It has also been found as a spelling variant of similarly spelled names, such as Berlin... [more]

Bergmark Swedish
Combination of Swedish berg "mountain, hill" and mark "land, ground, field".

Bergschneider German
topographic name for someone living by a mountain trail (as in cut into the hillside) from Berg "mountain hill" and Schneit "trail path running on a border" (Old High German sneita).

Bergsma Dutch, West Frisian
From berg "mountain, hill".

Berlin Swedish
Of uncertain origin. The name could be a shortened form of Berglin. It could also be a habitational name from the city in Germany or from a place in Sweden named with ber or berg "mountain"... [more]

Bernfield German
An Americanized variant of the German surname, "Bergfeld", meaning "mountain field".

Berzelius Swedish
Derived from the name of an estate named Bergsätter located near Motala, Östergötland, Sweden. Bergsätter is composed of Swedish berg "mountain" and säter "outlying meadow"... [more]

Besançon French
Habitational name for a person from the capital city of Doubs in France, ultimately from Latin Vesontiō, derived from Proto-Celtic *ves "mountain". Folk etymology states that it is associated with the place name with Old French bison "wisent".

Bizkarrondo Basque
It literally means "near the shoulder of a mountain".

Björnberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish björn meaning "bear" and berg meaning "mountain".

Blumenberg Jewish
Ornamental name composed of German Blume "flower" and Berg "mountain, hill".

Bondoc Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog bundok meaning "mountain".

Boutella Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Means "father of the mountain" or "father of the hill", from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father (of)" and تَلّ (tall) meaning "hill, foothill". Two notable bearers include father and daughter Safy (1950-) and Sofia (1982-) Boutella, an Algerian singer and an Algerian-French actress, respectively.

Brandenburg German (East Prussian, Rare)
From a state in eastern Germany, formerly known as Prussia, containing the capital city of Berlin. Ancient. Associated with the Margravate (Dukedom) of Brandenburg, the seat of power in the Holy Roman Empire... [more]

Byberg Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish and Norwegian by "village" and berg "mountain".

Carlberg Swedish
Combination of the given name Carl or Swedish karl "man", and berg "mountain".

Chaumont French
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Chaumont "bald mountain" from the elements chals caux "bald" and mont "mountain" (ultimately from Latin calvus mons) for example in Cher Orne Jura Haute-Savoie.

Chiaramonte Italian
comes from the italian word chiara meaning "clear" and the the word monte meaning "mountain", possibly denoting someone who lived by clear mountians, hills, etc.

Claremont French
Means "clear hill" in French, from the Latin clarus "clear" and French mont "mountain", A cognate of Clairmont.

Clayberg English
Meaning is unknown, but it most likely means "clay mountain", from surnames Clay "clay" and Berg "mountain".

Coggill English
Recorded in several forms as shown below, this is a surname of two possible nationalities and origins. Firstly it may be of Scottish locational origins, from the lands of Cogle in the parish of Watten, in Caithness, or secondly English and also locational from a place called Cogges Hill in the county of Oxfordshire... [more]

Coll Catalan
Topographic name from Catalan coll meaning "hill, mountain pass", ultimately from Latin collum.

Crnković Croatian
Derived from crn "black". The name refers to a person who was dark-skinned, or a person from the region Crna Gora "Black Mountain" (modern-day Montenegro).

Dağ Turkish
Means "mountain" in Turkish.

De La Montagne French
Means "of the mountain" in French.

De La Sierra Spanish
Means "of the mountain range" in Spanish.

Downs English
This surname is derived from the Old English element dun meaning "hill, mountain, moor." This denotes someone who lives in a down (in other words, a ridge of chalk hills or elevated rolling grassland).

Dudayev Chechen, Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of a Chechen and Ossetian family name of disputed meaning; the name may be derived from Ossetian дудахъхъ (dudaqq) meaning "bustard", from Ingush тат (tat) meaning "Mountain Jew", or from Circassian дадэ (dade) meaning "grandfather" or "king, head, chief"... [more]

Effenberg German
Possibly denoted a person coming from a place of this name in Germany, or for someone who lived on or near a mountain or hill covered with elm trees, derived from German effe meaning "elm" and berg meaning "mountain, hill"... [more]

Ehrenberg Jewish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic), German
In German it means "mountain of honor"

Eichelberg German
Habitational name from any of various places, notably one southeast of Heidelberg, named from Middle High German eichel meaning "acorn" + berc meaning "mountain", "hill", or topographic name for someone who lived on an oak-covered hill.

Ekberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and berg "mountain".

Ellenberg German, Jewish, German (Swiss)
Derived from two municipalities and a village called Ellenberg in Germany. As an ornamental name, it is derived from German ölenberg, literally meaning "olive mountain".

Eomäe Estonian
Eomäe is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eose-" meaning "spore" or "eospea" meaning "cone" and "mäe" meaning "hill/mountain"; "cone hill".

Falkenberg German, Danish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of several places named from Old High German falk "falcon" and berg "mountain, hill".

Fiermonte Italian
Meaning uncertain. It possibly consists of the medieval Italian given name Fiero and the Italian word monte meaning "mountain", which would give this surname the meaning of "Fiero's mountain".

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

Floberg Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Of uncertain origin. Could possibly be combination of flo, an unexplained element (but probably either ornamental or locational), and berg "mountain", or a habitational name from a place so named.

Florimonte Italian
Roughly "flower mountain".

Frankenberg German, Jewish
habitational name from a place in northern Hesse named as "fort (Old High German burg) of the Franks". From German franken and berg "mountain hill mountain"... [more]

Friedberg German, Jewish
Combination of either German vride "security, protection" or Friede "peace", with berg "hill, mountain". The name is most often locational, but may in some cases be ornamental.

Fujiyama Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Fukuyama Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Furuyama Japanese
From Japanese 古 (furu) meaning "old" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Garmendia Basque, Spanish
Garmendia is the surname of a family of the Basque Country region of Guipuzcoa, in Spain. The surname means "wheat mountain" in Basque from gar meaning "wheat" and mendi meaning "mountain"... [more]

Geisinger German
Denoted a person from the town of Geising in Germany, which in turn got it's name from the Geisingberg mountain. The Geisingberg most likely got it's name from the Germanic geut or the Early New High German geußen, both meaning "to pour", and the German word Berg meaning "mountain"... [more]

Giri Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Maithili, Assamese, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit गिरि (giri) meaning "mountain".

Gola Italian
Topographic name from gola "mountain hollow, cavity".

Goldenberg Jewish
Ornamental name from a compound of German golden literally meaning "golden" and berg meaning "mountain, 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.

Hagelberg German
From German hagel meaning "hail" and berg meaning "mountain".

Hållberg Swedish (Rare)
The first element might be taken from place names starting with (or containing) hå, hål, or håll. The second element is Swedish berg "mountain".

Hallberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and berg "mountain".

Hallikmäe Estonian
Hallikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "grayish hill/mountain".

Hammarberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hammare "hammer" and berg "mountain".

Haneyama Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Haruyama Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Hashiyama Japanese
橋 (Hashi) means "Bridge" and 山 (Yama) means "Mountain".

Hatakeyama Japanese
From Japanese Kanjis 畑 (hatake) meaning "crop field" or 畠 (hatake), and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hatakeyama Japanese
From Japanese 畠 (hatake) meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hatayama Japanese
From Japanese 畑 (hata) or 畠 (hata) both meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hatoyama Japanese
Combination of the kanji 鳩 (hato, "pigeon, dove") and 山 (yama, "mountain"). This surname was borne by Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959) and his grandson Yukio (1947–).

Hayama Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hebiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇 (hebi) meaning "snake; serpent" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", referring to a mountain with many snakes.

Hedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and berg "mountain".

Heisenberg German
Made up of German words heis and berg, ultimately meaning “hot mountain.” This was the name of theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg and the alias of Walter White in Breaking Bad.

Hertzberg German
From Hertz "heart" and berg "mountain"

Higashiyama Japanese
Higashi means "east" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Higginbotham English
Habitational name from a place in Lancashire now known as Oakenbottom. The history of the place name is somewhat confused, but it is probably composed of the Old English elements ǣcen or ācen "oaken" and botme "broad valley"... [more]

Hirayama Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hirschberg German, Jewish
Derived from many places named Hirschberg in the states of Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, or the historic city of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. It is composed of Middle High German hirz meaning "deer, stag" and berg meaning "hill, mountain"... [more]

Hiyama Japanese
From Japanese 檜, 桧 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Hõbemägi Estonian
Hõbemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "silver mountain".

Högberg Swedish
Means "high mountain" in Swedish.

Hörberg Swedish
The first element is probably derived from a place name starting with hör. The meaning of this element differs depending on which place name it was derived from, examples include harg "sanctuary, altar" (from Höör, Hörby), hö "hay" (from Hörröd), and hörn "corner" (from Hörnefors)... [more]

Hosoyama Japanese
Hoso means "thin, slender, fine, narrow" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Hultberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish Hult and berg "mountain, hill".

Ichiyama Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Iiyama Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Illopmägi Estonian
Illopmägi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "iisop" meaning "hyssop", or "ilus" meaning "beautiful", and "mägi" meaning "mountain/hill".

Ilumäe Estonian
Ilumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "pretty/lovely hill/mountain".

Inuyama Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 山 (Yama) meaning "mountain, pile".

Iriyama Japanese
From 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input", and 山 (yama) meaning "hill, mountain".... [more]

Isayama Japanese
A Japanese surname meaning "admonish mountain". A bearer of this surname is Hajime Isayama. He is a Japanese manga artist. (1986-)

Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Iwayama Japanese
Means "rocky mountain" in Japanese, from 岩 (iwa) "rock" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Jaanimägi Estonian
Jaanimägi is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaan's (Jaan is a masculine give name) mountain".

Jernberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish järn "iron" and berg "mountain".

Jürimäe Estonian
Jürimäe is an Estonian surname meaninh "Jüri's (masculine given name) hill/mountain".

Kabayama Japanese (Rare)
Kaba (樺) means "birch", yama (山) means "mountain"

Kageyama Japanese
From Japanese 影 or 景 (kage) meaning "shadow" or 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade, shelter" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kagiyama Japanese
Means "key mountain".... [more]

Kalnieks Latvian
Derived from the word kalns meaning "mountain".

Kameyama Japanese
From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kamiyama Japanese
From Japanese 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 上 (kami) meaning "above, upper" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kanayama Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kana) meaning "metal, money" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Karadağ Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and dağ meaning "mountain".

Karlsberg German
Means "Carl's Mountain" in German language, it is also used in other Germanic languages

Kashgari Uyghur, Arabic
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Katayama Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Katsuyama Japanese
Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Katzenberg Jewish
Elaboration of Katz with the old German word berg meaning "mountain".

Kau German
From Middle High German gehau "(mountain) clearing" hence a topographic name for a mountain dweller or possibly an occupational name for a logger.

Kayama Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase, add" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kihlberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kil "wedge" and berg "mountain".

Kiigemägi Estonian
Kiigemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "swaying mountain".

Kikkamägi Estonian
Kikkamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "spindle (tree: Euonymus) mountain".

Kilburg German, Luxembourgish
"Kyll castle," from German burg (castle) near the Kyll river in Germany. Also "wedge mountain" in Swedish: kil (wedge) and berg (mountain).

Kiriyama Japanese
Kiri (桐) means "Paulownia/foxglove tree", yama (山) means "mountain". Notable bearers of this surname are Kouji Kiriyama (桐山光侍), a Japanese manga author, Kazuo Kiriyama (桐山和雄) from Battle Royale, and Rei Kiriyama (桐山零), the main character of 3-gatsu no lion.

Kishiyama Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kitayama Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kivimägi Estonian
Kivimägi is an Estonian name meaning "stone mountain/hill".

Kjellberg Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse kelda or Swedish källa both meaning "spring, source (of water)", and berg "mountain".

Kobiyama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 檜 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kokamägi Estonian
Kokamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "cookery mountain".

Komiyama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kõrgemäe Estonian
Kõrgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "high hill/mountain".

Koriyama Japanese
Possibly from 氷 (kori, hyou) meaning "ice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Koyama Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Kronberg German, Swedish
German habitational name from any of the places called Kronberg near Frankfurt in Hesse and in Bavaria from the elements krone "crown" and berg "mountain, hill". Swedish ornamental name from kron "crown" and berg "mountain hill".

Kronenberg German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name from a place called Kronenberg (there is one near Wuppertal) or possibly from any of the places called Kronberg (see Kronberg ) from German Krone "crown" and German Berg "mountain, hill".

Kruusmägi Estonian
Kruusmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel mountain/hill".

Kuboyama Japanese
From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago", 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kullamäe Estonian
Kullamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "aurous hill/mountain".

Kullberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish kulle "hill" and berg "mountain".

Kuriyama Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and yama means "mountain".

Kuriyama Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Kurzberg German, Yiddish, Jewish
From a location name meaning "short mountain" in German, from Middle High German kurz meaning "short" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Kuwayama Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Laanemäe Estonian
Laanemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "wintergreen hill/mountain".

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

Lamberg Finnish, Swedish
Perhaps combination of an unexplained first element (maybe taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain". It could also be of German origin (see other submission).

Larramendi Basque
It literally means "mountain grassland".

Lättemäe Estonian
Lättemäe is an Estonian surname derived from "läte" meaning "spring" or "fountain" and "mäe" meaning "hill" and "mountain"; "spring mountain".

Leinberg German
Habitational name for someone in Bavaria, or a topographic name from Middle High German lin meaning "flax" and berg meaning "mountain".

Lemberg German
Habitational name from a place called Lemberg in Silesia, originally Löwenberg, from Middle High German lewe, löwe "lion" and berg "mountain".

Liinamäe Estonian
Liinamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "straight hill"; derived from "liin" meaning "straight/line" and "mäe" meaning "hill/mountain".

Liivamäe Estonian
Liivamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "sandy hill/mountain".

Liivamägi Estonian
Liivamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "sand mountain".

Lillemägi Estonian
Lillemägi is an Estonian surname meaning "flowery mountain".

Lindenberg German, Jewish, Dutch
As a German and Jewish name, it is derived from any of numerous places called Lindenberg in Germany, composed of Middle High German linde meaning "lime tree" and berg meaning "mountain, hill"... [more]

Lindmäe Estonian
Lindmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "bird mountain/hill".

Linnamäe Estonian
Linnamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "urban (city) mountain".

Ljungberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ljung "heather" and berg "mountain".

Ludenberg German
From Latin ludere meaning "to play" and German berg meaning "mountain".

Maamägi Estonian
Maamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "land/rural mountain".

Mäehans Estonian
Mäehans is an Estonian surname, a corruption meaning "mountain/hill city".

Mäekalle Estonian
Mäekalle is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain slope".

Mäekivi Estonian
Mäekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain stone".

Mäeorg Estonian
Mäeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill glen".

Mäepõld Estonian
Mäepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain field".

Mäetalu Estonian
Mäetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill farmstead".

Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Malmberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish malm "ore" and berg "mountain".

Marjamäe Estonian
Marjamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "berry hill/mountain."

Maruyama Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Masuyama Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Mendiburu Basque
Means "top of the mountain" in Basque.

Meusburger German (Austrian)
The history of this last name is that it means "Mountain Dweller." Being as part of the Austrian surnames, it's a widely used one in it's home country. A few brothers had gone to various countries, as of now there is Meusburgers in Columbia, as well as the United States and throughout Europe... [more]

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Miyama Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Moberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and berg "mountain". A notable bearer was Swedish author and playwright Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973).

Momiyama Japanese
From 樅 (momi) meaning "fir tree" or 籾 (momi) "unhulled rice", combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.

Mondragón Spanish
From the name of a town in Basque County, Spain, which is derived from Latin mons draconis meaning "dragon mountain".

Mont French, Catalan, English
topographic name for a mountain dweller from Catalan and Old French mont "mountain" (from Latin mons genitive montis)... [more]

Montale Italian
From Latin mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.

Montalvo Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".

Montaperto Italian
My father tells me this name means "open mountain." It seems to have come from a small area around Agrigento in Sicily, Italy.

Montecalvo Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Montecalvo ("bald mountain") especially Montecalvo Irpino in Avellino province, from the elements monte "mountain" and calvo "bald".

Montefiore Italian, Jewish
Derived from Montefiore, which is the name of several places in Italy. For example, there is Castle Montefiore in the town of Recanati (province of Macerata), the municipality of Montefiore Conca (province of Rimini) and the municipality of Montefiore dell'Aso (province of Ascoli Piceno)... [more]

Monteleone Italian
From various place names, meaning "mountain lion", or "mountain of the lion".

Montemayor Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places called Montemayor, from monte meaning "mountain" + mayor meaning "main", "larger", "greater", in particular in the provinces of Cordova, Salamanca, and Valladolid.

Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".

Monterosa Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish monte meaning "mountain", and rosa meaning "pink, rose".

Montesano Italian
From Italian monte meaning "mountain" and sano meaning "healthy".

Montesquieu French
From French montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.

Monteverde Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Monteverde, for example in Avellino province, from monte meaning "mountain" + verde meaning "green".

Monteverdi Italian
Derived from Italian monte meaning "mountain" and verdi meaning "green"; literally means "green mountain".

Montigny French
habitational name from (Le) Montigny the name of several places in various parts of France (from a Gallo-Roman estate name Montiniacum formed either from a personal name or from a derivative of mons "mountain" and the locative suffix acum)... [more]

Montixi Italian
Means "small mountain, hill".

Montone Italian
nickname from montone "ram" (from Medieval Latin multo genitive multonis). Or a habitational name from any of numerous places called Montone ("big mountain").

Montpellier French
Means "woad mountain", derived from French mont (itself from Latin mōns) meaning "mountain" and pastel (Latin pastellus, pestellus) meaning "woad, dye", referring to someone who lived near a mountain that was covered with woad (a plant that produces a blue dye)... [more]

Montville French
"Mountain town".

Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".

Mossberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mosse "bog" and berg "mountain".

Mossberg Jewish
Combination of Moses and German berg "mountain, hill".

Motoyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 本 meaning "Book", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Mountain English
Topographic name from Old French montagne "mountain" (see Montagne).

Mountjoy English
Habitational surname for a person from Montjoie in La Manche, France, named with Old French mont "hill", "mountain" + joie "joy".

Mugamäe Estonian
Mugamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "comfortable hill/mountain".

Murayama Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Nagayama Japanese
From Japanese 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy" or 長 (nagai) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nakayama Japanese
From the Japanese 中 (naka) "middle," "in" or 仲 (naka) "relationship," "relation" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Nakayama Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Namiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nariyama Japanese
Nari means "thunder" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Navarrete Spanish
From the town of Navarrete in La Rioja, Spain, meaning "the mountain pass of the Navarrans" or "dun mountain pass". It became particularly popular in the province of Jaen through the Castillian conquest of Baeza.

Newberg Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Neuberg, an ornamental Jewish name meaning "new mountain" in German.

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Niinemäe Estonian
Niinemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "linden hill/mountain".

Nonoyama Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Noormägi Estonian
Noormägi is an Estonian surname meaning "young hill/mountain".

Noyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Okayama Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Okuyama Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Orro Estonian
Orro is an Estonian surname, probably derived from the prefix "oro-", relating to "hill" ("mäe") and "mountain" ("mägi"); "mountainous" or "hilly".

Osanai Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 山 (san) meaning "mountain" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), sound- and script-changed from 若木 (Osanagi), a clipping of 若木山 (Osanagiyama) meaning "Osanagi Mountain", a mountain in the city of Higashine in the prefecture of Yamagata in Japan.

Otamendi Basque
From Basque ota meaning "foothill" or "low hill" and mendi meaning "mountain."

Ouyang Chinese
From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)". The name supposedly originated with a prince of the Yue state that settled in the area surrounding the mountain... [more]

Oyama Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Oyamada Japanese
O means "small", yama means "mountain", da is a form of ta meaning "field, wilderness, rice paddy".

Pähklimägi Estonian
Pähklimägi is an Estonian surname meaning "nutty mountain".

Palmberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish palm "palm tree" and berg "mountain".

Palumäe Estonian
Palumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland hill/mountain".

Peabody English
Probably from a nickname for a showy dresser, from Middle English pe "peacock" (see Peacock) and body "body, person". Alternatively it may be from the name of a Celtic tribe meaning "mountain men" from Brythonic pea "large hill, mountain" combined with Boadie, the tribe's earlier name, which meant "great man" (or simply "man") among the Briton and Cambri peoples... [more]

Pihlakas Estonian
Pihlakas is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan" or "mountain ash".

Pihlapuu Estonian
Pihlapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan/mountain ash tree".

Pihlasalu Estonian
Pihlasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan/mountain ash grove".

Piirimäe Estonian
Piirimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border mountain".

Pikamäe Estonian
Pikamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "long hill/mountain".

Põdramägi Estonian
Põdramagi is an Estonian surname meaning "moose mountain".

Põldmäe Estonian
Põldmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "field hill/mountain".

Puhasmägi Estonian
Puhasmägi is an Estonian surname meaning "pure mountain".

Puigdemont Catalan
Means "top of the hill" or "peak of the mountain". It is derived from Catalan puig meaning "hill, peak" combined with either damunt meaning "on top, above", or munt (a diminutive of muntanya) meaning "mountain", using the preposition d'... [more]

Rahamägi Estonian
Rahamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "money mountain".

Rahumägi Estonian
Rahumägi is an Estonian surname meaning "peace(ful) mountain".

Rannamäe Estonian
Rannamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "inshore hill/mountain".

Rannikmäe Estonian
Rannikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "beach/coastal hill/mountain".

Reichenberg German, Jewish
Habitational name from various places named Reichenberg in several different areas of Germany. As an ornamental name, it is composed of German reich(en) meaning "rich" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Renberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ren "reindeer" and berg "mountain". The first element might also be derived from a place name.

Riegel German
From Middle High German rigel "bar, crossbeam, mountain incline", hence a topographic name or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word in Baden, Brandenburg, and Silesia; in some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbars, locks, etc.

Riesenberg German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a big mountain, from Middle High German rise meaning "giant" and berg meaning "mountain".

Riesenberg German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a big mountain, derived from Middle High German rise meaning "giant" and berg meaning "mountain".

Ripamonti Italian
From ripa "bank, shore" and monte "mountain".

Roosimägi Estonian
Roosimägi is an Estonian surname meaning "rose mountain".

Rootsmäe Estonian
Rootsmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "leaf stalk/stem hill/mountain".

Rosberg German
Meaning "rose" "mountain"

Rothberg German
From the elements rot "red" and berg "mountain" meaning "red mountain". Variant of Rothenberg.

Ruusuvuori Finnish
Means "rose mountain" in Finnish.

Rydberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and berg "mountain". Notable bearers are author and poet Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895) and physicist Johannes Rydberg (1854-1919).

Saaremäe Estonian
Saaremäe is an Estonian surname meaning "island hill/mountain".

Sæther Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse sætr "farm" or setr "seat, residence, mountain pastures".

Sakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 崎 (saki) "small peninsula, cape" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Sakoda m Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 迫 (sako) meaning "a small valley on the mountain side" and 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".... [more]

Samonte Filipino, Tagalog
Most likely a topographic name derived from the Tagalog prefix sa- and Spanish monte meaning "mountain".

Sasayama Japanese
笹 (Sasa) means "bamboo" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Sawayama Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Schaumburg German, Belgian
Habitational name from any of the places called Schaumburg or Schauenburg in Germany, or Schauwberg in Brabant, Belgium. Derived from schūm "slag, cinder" and burg "mountain, hill".

Schoenberg German, Jewish
Means "beautiful mountain" in German

Schwarzberg German
Variant of Schwartzberg, which means "black mountain" in German.

Sedda Italian
From a place name in Sardinia, meaning "top of a mountain". May alternately derive from Sardinian sedda "saddle", indicating the bearer's occupation.

Seidenberg German, Jewish
Derived from several places with the same name. As an ornamental name, it is derived from German seide meaning "silk" and berg meaning "mountain".

Shan Chinese
From the place name Shan. Cheng Wang, the second king (1115–1079 bc) of the Zhou dynasty, granted to a son the area of Shan, and the son’s descendants adopted the place name as their surname. It comes from the Chinese word meaning "mountain"... [more]

Shenberger English (?)
The name Shenberger comes from a common mix up with the archaic Austrian-German surname Schoenberg; meaning "Beautiful Mountain."

Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Shimoyama Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Shinyama Japanese
Means "New Mountain".... [more]

Silang Filipino, Tagalog
Means "mountain pass, path" in Tagalog.

Silberberg Jewish
The meaning of the name is "silver mountain" and comes from Germany

Sillamäe Estonian
Sillamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "bridge hill/mountain".

Sinimäe Estonian
Sinimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "blue hill/mountain".

Sonnenberg German, Jewish
From various place names derived from Middle High German sunne meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain, hill".

Spielberg Jewish, German
From Old High German spiegel "lookout point" or German Spiel "game, play" and berg "mountain". Locational surname after a town in Austria. A famous bearer is American director Steven Spielberg (1946-present).

Stålberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish stål "steel" and berg "mountain".

Strandberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish strand "beach, sea shore" and berg "mountain".

Strassberg Jewish
Ornamental name composed of German Strasse "street" and Berg "mountain, hill".

Strindberg Swedish
Likely a combination of Strinne, the name of a village in Multrå parish, Ångermanland, Sweden, and berg "mountain". A well known bearer of this name was Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg (1849-1912).

Sukamägi Estonian
Sukamägi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "asukas" meaning "resident/dweller" and "mägi" meaning "mountain": "mountain dweller".

Sumeragi Japanese
From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]

Suurmäe Estonian
Suurmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "big hill/mountain".

Suyama Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Svedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and berg "mountain". This name can be both locational (surname derived from a place named with Sved-... [more]