Submitted Surnames with "sea" in Meaning

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Blomstrand Swedish
From Swedish blomma (Old Norse blóm) meaning "flower" and strand (Old Norse strǫnd) meaning "beach, sea shore".

Dallimore English
An English surname probably derived from the French de la mare, meaning "of the sea", though some contend that "mare" springs from the English word moor. This surname probably arose after the Norman conquest of Britain.

Dalmas French
Surname Dalmas was first found in Limousin. Literally means "of the sea."

Del Mar Spanish
Means "of the sea" in Spanish.

Deniz Turkish
Means "sea" in Turkish.

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".

Fuyuumi Japanese
Fuyu means "winter" and umi means "sea".

Havelock English
From the Middle English male personal name Havelok, from Old Norse Hafleikr, literally "sea sport". It was borne by the British general Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857).

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

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]

Hurley English, Irish
Meaning is "from a corner clearing" in Old English. Also an anglicized form of an Irish name meaning "sea tide" or "sea valor".

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

Itxasmendi Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighborhood in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, probably derived from Basque itxaso "sea" and mendi "mountain". Alternatively, the first element could be isats "gorse, broom (plant)".

Kaiba Japanese
From Japanese 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf".

Kaifu Japanese
Combination of the kanji 海 (kai, "sea, ocean") and 部 (bu, "division, section"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu (海部俊樹; b. 1931).

Kaito Japanese
From 海 (kai, umi) meaning "sea, ocean" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

Karadeniz Turkish
Means "black sea" in Turkish.

Marcet Catalan
Marcet is a name that roughly translates to "Seven Seas" or "The Sea and the Sky" in the Catalan language. The name is unusual in the United States but very common in areas of Spain such as Barcelona, and in neighboring France.

Mar Cruzado Spanish, Portuguese
Means "marked with a cross" in Portuguese or "cross sea" in Spanish.

Marinaro Italian
Occupational name for a sailor from marinaro (from Late Latin marinus derived from mare "sea").

Mccurdy Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhuircheartaigh, a patronymic from Muircheartach, a personal name composed of the elements muir "sea" and ceartach "ruler", hence "skilled seaman"... [more]

Mcmurtry Northern Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Muircheartaigh "son of Muircheartach", a personal name meaning "navigator", from muir "sea" and ceartach "ruler".

Meer Dutch, Low German
Means "lake, pool, marsh", from Old Germanic *mari "lake; sea, ocean". Compare Van der Meer.

Meremäe Estonian
Meremäe is an Estonian surname meaning "sea hill".

Meri Estonian, Finnish
Means "sea" in both Estonian and Finnish.

Merikanto Finnish
From Finnish meri "sea" and Kanto, an estate in Finland.... [more]

Merimaa Estonian
Merimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sea land".

Merisaar Estonian
Merisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "sea island".

Merisalu Estonian
Merisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "sea grove".

Meritee Estonian
Meritee is an Estonian surname meaning "sea road/causeway".

Midtsjø Norwegian
Derived from Norwegian midte meaning "middle, center" and sjø meaning "sea, lake".

Morrissey Irish
Morrissey is an Irish name meaning "choice of the sea".

Morskoy Russian
From the Russian word море (more), meaning "sea".

Murchison English (American)
May be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Mac Mhurchaidh" meaning "Son of Sea Warrior"

Murland Irish
Murland is an Irish surname, which according to MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland is MacMurghalain in Gaelic, ultimately deriving from words meaning "sea" and "valor".

Nailsea English
From a town called Nailsea in North Somerset, England. Derived from Old English elements nægel meaning "nail," and sæ meaning "sea."

Narumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning "cry" and 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Navarre French
The name means "By the sea". Originally a country of its own, located between Spain and France, Navarre became a part of France in 1284 when the Queen of Navarre married King Philip IV of France. After much war, becoming independent once again, and falling into Spanish rule, the Kingdom of Navarre is now split between Spain and France.

Oki Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea".

Okiayu Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and ayu means "trout".

Okie Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and e means "inlet, river".

Okimatsu Japanese
Matsu means "pine, fir tree" and oki means "open sea".

Okimoto Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Okino Japanese
O could mean "big, great" and ki can mean "tree, wood", or it could be spelled as oki meaning "open sea", and no means "field, plain".

Okino Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okise Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and se means "river".

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okitani Japanese
Oki could mean "open sea", or it could be spelled as o meaning "big, great", and tani meaning "valley".

Ouwehand Dutch
Means "old hand" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a fisherman, associated with the phrase "old hands at sea". Another theory holds that it comes from a misdivision of the surname Oudeland... [more]

Passmore English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname for someone who crossed marshy moorland (e.g. who lived on the opposite side of a moor, or who knew the safe paths across it); or (ii) perhaps from an alteration of Passemer, literally "cross-sea", an Anglo-Norman nickname for a seafarer... [more]

Rosemary English
From the plant, meaning "dew of the sea".

Sainsbury English
habitational name from Saintbury (Gloucestershire) from the Old English personal name Sæwine (genitive Sæwines from Old English sæ "sea" and wine ‘friend’) plus burg "fortified place".

Saraumi Japanese (Rare)
From 皿 (sara) meaning "dish, plate" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Seaborn English
From an Old English personal name derived from the elements sǣ "sea, lake" and beorn "warrior".

Seabridge English
It means "sea bridge".

Seabright English
Derives from the Old English name Sæbeorht from sæ meaning "sea" and beorht meaning "bright". Related to Seabert.

Seaforth English
The name of a projection of the sea on the east coast of Lewis, on the Long Island, Scotland. Means "the forth of the sea".

Seaward English
Means “dweller by the sea”.

See English, German
Topographic name for someone who lived by the sea-shore or beside a lake, from Middle English see meaning "sea", "lake" (Old English sǣ), Middle High German sē. Alternatively, the English name may denote someone who lived by a watercourse, from an Old English sēoh meaning "watercourse", "drain".

Seehuus Norwegian
Norwegian for "house by the sea."

Self English
East Anglian surname, from the medieval English masculine name Saulf which was derived from the Old English elements sǣ "sea" and wulf "wolf".

Seton Scottish
It has been claimed in the past that the name Seton is Norman in origin, however evidence points to it being Flemish. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding the derivation of the name but nothing proved conclusively; it probably means "town by the sea" and possibly derives from the "sea town" of Staithes in modern day North Yorkshire... [more]

Sewall English
Derived from the Middle English given names Sewal(d) or Sawal(d), variants of Old English Sæweald from sæ "sea" and weald "power, authority, rule".

Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".

Shore English
From the Old English word scora meaning "the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast."

Sjöblom Swedish
Combination of Swediah sjö "lake, sea" and blom "bloom".

Sjödin Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and the common surname suffix -in.

Sjölander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land and the habitational suffix -er). The second element is sometimes said to be derived from Greek aner "man".

Sjöman Swedish
Means "seaman, sailor" in Swedish, although this name is more likely to be an ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and man "man". A notable bearer is film director Vilgot Sjöman (1924-2006).

Sjöö Swedish
Derived from Swedish sjö "lake, sea".

Sjöqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and qvist, an archaic spelling of kvist, "twig".

Sjöstrand Swedish
Combination of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and strand "beach, shore".

Sjöström Swedish
Ornamental name composed of Swedish sjö "lake, sea" and ström "stream, small river".

Søgård Danish
Means "sea farm" indicating a farmstead near the sea or open water.

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

Surridge English
From the medieval personal name Seric, a descendant of both Old English Sǣrīc, literally "sea power", and Sigerīc, literally "victory power".

Tokairin Japanese
From 東 (to, higashi) meaning "east" combined with 海 (kai, umi, mi) meaning "sea, ocean", and 林 (rin) meaning "grove".

Toriumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Ubukata Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".

Uchiumi Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and umi means "sea, ocean".

Unabara Japanese
From Japanese 海 (una) meaning "sea" and 原 (bara) meaning "meadow".

Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".

Unno Japanese
From Japanese 海 (un) meaning "sea, ocean" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Uppadathil Malayalam
From Old Malayalam uppadam (sea), lit. "from over the Arabian sea," referring to the descendants of a group of Arab traders who settled in Kerala. Predominantly Muslim, although sizeable sections have branched away and practice Hinduism... [more]

Väikmeri Estonian
Väikmeri is an Estonian surname meaning "small sea".

Van Der Merwe Dutch, South African
Means "from the Merwe", Merwe being an older form of Merwede, the name of a river in the Netherlands. It derives from meri "lake, sea" and widu "wood"... [more]

Viirmaa Estonian
Viirmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning both "sea swallow" and "varved" (annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock) and "maa" ("land").

Zirkzee Dutch, German
Could be potentially related to the German surname Zirkel or Zirkl. Another theory says that it has its historical roots in the Netherlands, particularly in the region of Zeeland, where it is believed to have originated... [more]

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