Submitted Surnames with "spring" in Meaning

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

Akinashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".

Akpınar Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and pınar meaning "spring, fountain".

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".

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

Alrabasi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the root word "rabiʿ" (ربيع), which means "spring" or "springtime" in Arabic.

Atwell English
Topographic name from Middle English atte welle "by the spring or stream"

Avivi Hebrew
Means "springlike" or "of the spring" in Hebrew. (see Aviv)

Avots Latvian
Means "fount, spring" or "source".

Balkwill English
Possibly derived from the name of a lost settlement in Devon, composed of Old English balca "balk, beam; ridge, bank" and wella "spring, stream". Alternatively, can be a variant form of Bakewell.

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

Bardell English
Originally meant "person from Bardwell", Suffolk ("Bearda's spring"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mrs Bardell, Mr Pickwick's widowed landlady in Charles Dickens's 'Pickwick Papers' (1837), who misconstrues an innocent remark about having a companion as a marriage proposal, which leads to her suing Pickwick for breach of promise.

Bardwell English
From the name of a town in Suffolk, derived from the Old English byname Bearda (derived from beard "beard") or brerd "rim, edge, bank" and wille "well, spring, stream".

Bedell English
This place name derives from the Old English words byde, meaning "tub," and "well," meaning a "spring," or "stream." As such, Bedell is classed as a habitational name.

Bidwell English
Habitational name from any of the places called Bidwell in England or similar, all derived from Old English byden "vat, tub" and wille "spring, stream, well".

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

Boonstra West Frisian, Dutch
Denoted someone who cam from the town of Oldeboorn, named for the nearby De Boarn river, related to Middle Dutch borne "well, spring, source".

Bormann German
This surname is presumed to be a variant of Bornemann, which is made up of Middle Low German born meaning "spring" and man meaning "man," denoting someone who lived by a spring or a well.

Borne Dutch
Shortened form of the Dutch surname van den Borne, derived from Middle Dutch borne "well, spring, source". A habitational name for someone from Born in the province of Limburg (Netherlands) or from a place associated with the watercourse of the Borre river in French Flanders.

Borneman Dutch
Variant of Borne "well, spring, source", with the addition of man "man, person".

Bornemann Low German
Topographic name denoting someone who lived by a well or spring, from Middle Low German born "spring, well" and man "person, man".

Bothwell Scottish
Also N Irish... [more]

Brindle English
From the name of a town in Lancashire, England, derived from Old English burna "stream, spring, brook" and hyll "hill".

Brumby English
From the name of a town in Lincolnshire, from the Old Norse given name Brúni or from brunnr "spring, well" combined with býr "farm, settlement".

Brunner Upper German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss), Jewish
Derived from Middle High German brunne "spring, well", this name denoted someone who lived beside a spring.

Cardwell English
Variant of Caldwell. In some cases, it might instead be a variant of Cardall, a habitational name from Cardwell, Devon, meaning "Cærda’s spring".

Childrey English
From the name of a village in Oxfordshire, England, derived from either the Old English given name Cilla or the element cille/cwylla "spring, well" combined with riþ "stream".

Cingeswell English
Meaning "Lives at the King's spring"

Cinwell English
Meaning "Lives at the King's spring"

Depuoz Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Romansh puoz "well, spring".

Desailly French
Originally denoted a person who came from any of the various places in northern or eastern France called Sailly, which is possibly derived from Old French saillir, salir meaning "to spring", ultimately from Latin saliō... [more]

Dion French
Meaning uncertain. It may be a habitational name from any of various locations called Dion or Dionne, derived from the Gaulish element divon- meaning "(sacred) spring" or Celtic dēwos meaning "god, deity"... [more]

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

Elwell English
Means "person from Elwell", Dorset (probably "spring from which omens can be read").

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".

Font Catalan, Occitan, Spanish, French
topographic name for someone living near a spring or well Catalan and Occitan font "spring well" (from Latin fons genitive fontis).

Fontecchio Italian
Habitational name from Fontecchio in Aquila province or a topographic name from a diminutive of fonte meaning "spring".

Fontes Portuguese
From the name of various places in Portugal. Meaning "founts, springs" derived from Portuguese fonte "fount, spring".

Fretwell English
Taken from the Old English "freht," meaning "augury," and "well," meaning "spring, stream."

Frühling German (Rare)
Nickname from Middle High German vrüelinc German frühling "spring" in some cases for an early-born child from früh "early" and the suffix -ling denoting affiliation.

Fuente Spanish
topographic name from fuente "fount, spring" (from Latin fons, genitive fontis), or a habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain named with this word... [more]

Fukuizumi Japanese
From the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" and 泉 (izumi) "spring," "fountain."

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".

Ganus Russian
Possibly derived from Russian анис (anis) referring to the anise (Pimpinella anisum) plant or from the Turkish given name Gainislam itself from Arabic عَيْن (ʿayn) meaning "spring, source" combined with the name of the religion Islam.

Gyljárlaugsson Icelandic
The name Gyljárlaugsson combines two Icelandic words, "gylja" meaning "to roar" and "laug" meaning "hot spring". Therefore, the name Gyljárlaugsson could be interpreted as "son of the roaring hot spring".

Halliwell English
Derived from various place names in England named with Old English halig "holy" and wille "spring, well".

Hallowell English
Variant of Halliwell meaning "holy spring".

Harugai Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".

Harugaya Japanese
Variant of Harutani meaning "spring valley".

Harui Japanese
Haru means "spring" "well, pit, mineshaft".

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.

Haruki Japanese
春 (Haru) means "spring" and 木 (ki) means "tree, wood". ... [more]

Harumoto Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" or 東 (haru) meaning "east, Orient" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, source, origin".

Haruna Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 名 (na) meaning "name, fame, renown".

Haruno Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) "spring" and 野 (no) "field, plain, wilderness".

Haruta Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Harutami Japanese
It could be from 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" combined with 民 (tami, tamiyo) meaning "people, nationals, citizens, civil".

Harutani Japanese
Haru means "spring" and tani means "valley".

Haruya Japanese
Variant of Harutani, meaning "spring valley".

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

Haswell English
From the names of three towns in Durham, Somerset, or Devon, all derived from Old English hæsel "hazel" and wille "well, spring, stream".

Hiraizumi Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".

Hitotose Japanese (Rare)
This surname consists of the kanji that reads "spring, summer, autumn, and winter" in that order.

Hollowell English
Either a variant of Halliwell or derived from another place named with Old English hol "hollow" and wella "spring, well".

Iizumi Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 泉 (izumi) means "spring, fountain".

Imaizumi Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Iturbide Basque
From Basque iturri meaning "fountain, spring" and bidea meaning "pathway".

Iturralde Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Lizartza, Spain, derived from Basque iturri "spring, fountain" and alde "near, by; side, area".

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.

Izuhara Japanese
This surname is used as 出原, 泉原 or 伊豆原 with 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru, izu) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out", 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 豆 (zu, tou, mame, mame-) meaning "beans, midget, pea" and 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."

Kasuga Japanese
From 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" and 日 (ga) meaning "sun, day".

Keevallik Estonian
Keevallik is an Estonian surname meaning "hot spring".

Kevade Estonian
Kevade is an Estonian surname meaning "Spring (season)".

Kiel German
German surname of several possible origins and meanings.... [more]

Kingswell English
An English surname meaning "Lives by the King's spring"

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

Konparu Japanese
Kon means "gold" and paru is a form of haru, meaning "spring".

Lätt Estonian
Lätt is an Estonian surname, probably derived from "Läti", meaning "Latvia", or "läte" meaning "spring" and "fountain".

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

Laybourn English
Habitational name from Leyburn in North Yorkshire, High Leybourne in Godalming in Surrey, or Leybourne in Kent. The North Yorkshire name may derive from Old English hlēg “shelter” and burna “spring, stream”... [more]

Lent English, German, Dutch
Nickname from either Old English lencten meaning "spring season, springtime" or from Germanic langa-tinez meaning "long days" which refers to the increasing daylight of spring. Likely a nickname for someone who was born or baptized during springtime.

Ludwell English
From the Old English elements hlud meaning "famous, loud" and well meaning "well, spring, water hole"

Ma'ayan Hebrew (Rare)
Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname

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

Newlin English, Irish
An Irish surname meaning "By the the spring"

Norvell English
Derived from the name of a place in England named Northwell in Nottinghamshire. It is a combination of the old English term for "north" with other geographic features such as welle meaning "a well, spring."

Norwel English
English surname meaning "From the North Spring"

Norwell English
Means, "from the North Spring"

Oi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 井 (i) meaning "well, spring".

Pınar Turkish
Means "spring, fountain" in Turkish.

Primavera Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "spring (the season)" in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Quán Chinese
From Chinese 泉 (quán) meaning "fountain, spring".

Rodwell English
Rodwell, a name of Anglo-Saxon origin, is a locational surname deriving from any one of various places in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Kent, England. In English, the meaning of the name Rodwell is "Lives by the spring near the road".

Sewell English
Habitational name derived from any of several places called Sewell, Showell, Sywell, Sowell, or Seawell, all derived from Old English seofon "seven" and wille "well, spring".

Shadwell English
English surname meaning "By the shed spring"

Sherrell English
This surname is of English locational origin, from the place in Devonshire called Shirwell. The placename is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sirewelle, and by 1242 as Shirewill... [more]

Sooläte Estonian
Sooläte is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp/bog spring".

Sorgente Italian
From sorgente "spring, rising water".

Spring German
From Middle High German sprinc, Middle Low German sprink "spring, well", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or well, or habitational name from Springe near Hannover.

Springborn German
Derived from Middle Low German sprinkborn meaning "spring, well", hence either a nickname for someone who lived by a spring or a water well, or from various place names in Germany.

Stockwell English
An English boy's name meaning "From the tree stump spring"

Stowell English
From multiple places so-called or similar, all derived from Old English stan "stone" and wille "well, spring, stream".

Welburn English
English surname meaning "From the Spring brook"

Weldon English
Weldon is one of the many names that the Normans brought with them when they conquered England in 1066. The Weldon family lived in Northamptonshire, at Weldon.... [more]

Welford English
From any of the various places in England, all derived from Old English wille "well, spring, stream" or welig "willow" and ford "ford".

Weller English, German
Either from the Olde English term for a person who extracted salt from seawater, or from the English and German "well(e)," meaning "someone who lived by a spring or stream."... [more]

Wellmann German
Means "man who lived near the well" from welle "spring, well, wave" combined with mann "man".

Whaley English
From the name of the village of Whaley and the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, or the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. It is derived from Old English wælla meaning "spring, stream" and leah meaning "woodland clearing".

Wiosna Polish
Derived from Polish wiosna "spring".

Woolley English
A habitational name from any of various places so-called. Most, including those in Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, and West Yorkshire in England, are derived from the Old English wulf, meaning "wolf", and leah, meaning "wood" or "clearing"... [more]

Yarovyy m Ukrainian
Means "spring".

Yoshiizumi Japanese
formed with 吉 (Yoshi, Kichi, Kitsu) meaning "good luck; joy; congratulations" and 泉 (Izumi, Sen) meaning "spring; fountain". So the meaning could be interpreted as “Fountain of Good Luck” or “Lucky Fountain”

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yukawa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yuno Japanese
From 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath, hot spring" and 野 (no) meaning "plains, field".

Zurru Italian
From Sardinian "gush, spring (of water)".