Submitted Surnames with "stream" in Meaning

Aa Norwegian
Derived from aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian å "small river, stream".

Aaby Norwegian, Danish
From a place called Aaby or Åby, from Old Norse á "small river, stream" and býr "farm".

Aamodt Norwegian
Combination of aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian å "small river, stream" and møte "meeting".

Abukawa Japanese
From Japanese 虻 (abu) meaning "horsefly" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Achenbach German
Habitational name for a person from the tributaries named Achenbach in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, from Middle High German Ache "water" (derived from Latin aqua) and bach "brook, stream"... [more]

Ådahl Swedish, Finland Swedish
Combination of Swedish å meaning "river, stream, creek" (Old Norse á) and dal meaning "dale, valley" (Old Norse dalr).

Agawa Japanese
阿 (A) means "nook, flatter, corner" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".... [more]

Akagawa Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".

Akçay Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and çay meaning "stream, brook".

Åkerström Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker (Old Norse akr) meaning "field" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Allsebrook English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in England, possibly from Old English given name Ælfsige and broc "brook, stream".

Åman Swedish
Combination of Swedish å "creek, river, big stream" and man "man".

Ångström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ånga "steam" and ström "river, current, stream". A notable bearer was Swedish physicist Anders Ångström (1814-1874), one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy... [more]

Arakawa Japanese
From 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild, violent" or 新 (ara) meaning "new" combined with 川/河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Arne Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of a place called Arna, derived either from Old Norse ǫrn "eagle" or from an Indo-European root meaning "to stream, to flow".

Ashbrook English
Derived from Ampney St Mary, a small village and civil parish locally known as "Ashbrook", in Gloucestershire, England (recorded in the Domesday Book as Estbroce). It is named with Old English est meaning "east, eastern" and broc meaning "brook, stream".

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

Bäcklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "brook, stream" and Lund "grove".

Bäckman Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "small stream" and man "man".

Bäckstrand Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "stream" and strand "shore".

Bäckström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "brook, small stream" and ström "stream".

Backström Swedish
Combination of Swedish backe "slope, hill" and ström "stream".

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.

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".

Barnewall Anglo-Norman, Irish
A locational surname given to those who lived by a stream in either Cambridgeshire, which derives its name from the Olde English beorna meaning "warrior" and wella meaning "stream", or from one in Northamptonshire, which got its name from the Olde English byrge meaning "burial mound" and well, which also means "stream." a burial mound and 'well(a)'... [more]

Beckius Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "small stream, brook" and the common surname suffix -ius.

Beckles English
From a place in Suffolk named "Beccles". From Old English bæce meaning "stream" and les meaning "meadow".

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.

Beeks Dutch
From Dutch beek meaning "brook, stream".

Bérubé French
Habitational name from some minor place named with Old French bel ru "beautiful stream", with the subsequent pleonastic addition of bé, variant of bel "beautiful".

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".

Bobeck Swedish, German, Jewish, Slavic
A respelling of the Swedish Bobäck, an ornamental name composed of the elements bo meaning "farm" and bäck meaning "stream".... [more]

Boström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bo "dwelling, home" and ström "stream, river".

Bothwell Scottish
Also N Irish... [more]

Brännström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bränna "to burn" and ström "stream".

Breitbach German
habitational name from a place in Bavaria named Breitbach from Middle High German breit "broad" and bah "stream".

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

Brooksby English
Means "farm by a brook". From Old English broc "brook, small stream" and Old Norse býr "farm, settlement"

Bruch German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or a stream that frequently flooded, from Middle High German bruoch "water meadow" or "marsh" (cognate to old English broc "brook", "stream" cf... [more]

Brunton English (Rare)
From Old English burna meaning "stream" and tun, settlement; hence, "settlement by a stream".

Burbage English
Habitational name from any of several places in England, derived from Old English burg "fortress, citadel" and bæc "stream, brook".

Carlström Swedish
Combination of the given name Carl and Swedish ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

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".

Churchyard English
It comes from when the family lived in or near the precincts of a church. Churchyard belongs to the large class of Anglo-Saxon topographic surnames, which were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as "a hill", "stream", "church", or "type of tree".

Comberbach English
Habitational name for a person from the village of Comberbach in Cheshire, from the Old English byname or given name Cumbra "Cumbrian" and bæc "stream, brook".

Conant Old Celtic, Pictish
A patronym from the ancient Celtic personal name Conan, which derives from the Celtic kunovals meaning "high" and "mighty".... [more]

Cowburn English
The place-name, in turn, comes from the Old English cocc, meaning "rooster," and burna, meaning "a stream." As such, the surname is classed as a local, or habitational name, derived from a place where the original bearer lived or held land.

Cromwell English
Habitational name from a place called Cromwell in Nottinghamshire, derived from Old English crump "bent, crooked" and wille "well, stream". Famous bearers of the name were English statesman Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), considered as one of the most important figures in British history, as well as his son, English statesman Richard Cromwell (1626-1712).

Dahlström Swedish
Derived from Swedish dal "valley" and ström "stream".

Dalrymple Scottish
Habitational name from Dalrymple, a village and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland, said to be named from Gaelic dail chruim puill meaning "field of the crooked stream" or "dale of the crooked pool".

Dere Turkish
Means "creek, brook, stream" in Turkish.

Desruisseaux French, French (Quebec)
Topographic name for someone who lived in an area characterized by streams, from the fused preposition and plural definite article des meaning "from the" and ruisseaux (plural of ruisseau) meaning "stream".

Dromgoole Irish
An Anglicized from the Irish Gaelic place name Droim Gabhail in County Louth, Ireland meaning "ridge of the forking stream." Dromgoolestown in County Louth is believed to be named after this surname... [more]

Dubec French
Geographical du bec "from the stream". Bec (from Germanic baki) is a regional term in Normandy for a stream.

Durieux French
Derived from Old French riu meaning "river, stream", originally used to indicate someone who lived by a stream.

Eastburn English
Habitational name from either of two places, one in Humberside and one in West Yorkshire, so named from Old English ēast, ēasten "east" and burna "stream".

Easterbrook English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a brook to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter meaning "eastern" + brook meaning "stream".

Edström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and ström "stream".

Egilatz Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a town in Álava, Basque Country, derived from (h)egi "border, edge; hill, slope, bank" and lats "brook, small stream", or possibly latz "rough, crude".

Errey English
This uncommon and intriguing name is of Old Norse origin, and is found chiefly in the north western counties of England, reflecting the dense settlement of Scandinavian peoples in those areas. The surname is locational, from places such as Aira Beck or Aira Force near Ullswater in Cumberland, or some other minor or unrecorded place also named with the Old Norse term "eyrara", meaning "gravel-bank stream river”.

Estabrook English
The placename Estabrook comes from Middle English est meaning "east" and brok meaning "brook stream".

Fishburne English
Derived from the villages of Fishbourne in West Sussex and the Isle of Wight, or the village and civil parish of Fishburn in County Durham, England, all named from Old English fisc meaning "fish" and burna meaning "stream"... [more]

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

Flyte English
Means "stream" from Old English fleot.

Fogelström Swedish
From Swedish fågel "bird" and ström "stream".

Forsström Swedish, Finnish
Derived from Swedish fors meaning "waterfall" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Foxwell English
Means "fox stream", from Old English fox and well(a), meaning stream.

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

Fujikawa Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Fukawa Japanese
From Japanese 府 (fu) meaning "prefecture" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Gilstrap English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
This is a place name acquired from once having lived at a place spelled Gill(s)thorp(e), Gilsthorp(e), Gill(s)throp(e) or Gil(s)throp(e) located in the Old Danelaw area of England.... [more]

Goldbach German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of 22 places in German-speaking places called Goldbach all derived from the elements gold "gold" and bah "stream"... [more]

Gorsuch English
Habitational name from the hamlet of Gorsuch, Lancashire, earlier Gosefordsich, derived from Old English gosford meaning "goose ford" and sic meaning "small stream".

Ha Korean
From Sino-Korean 河 (ha) meaning "river, stream".

Haaboja Estonian
Haaboja is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen creek/stream".

Häggström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hägg "bird cherry" and ström "stream, small river".

Hagström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, garden" and ström "stream, small river".

Hallström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hall "hall, stone, rock" and ström "stream, small river".

Hanakawa Japanese
From 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

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".

Hayakawa Japanese
From Japanese 早 (haya) meaning "early, fast" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hedström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and ström "stream, river".

Hikawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (hi) meaning "ice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hirokawa Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hirukawa Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hoebeke Dutch, Flemish
A habitational name meaning "high brook", from Old Dutch hō "high" and beke "brook, stream, creek".

Holmbeck Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish holm "islet" and bäck "stream".

Horikawa Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Hoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hosokawa Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ichikawa Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Igawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Iikawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and kawa means "river, stream".

Ikawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Imakawa Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and kawa means "river, stream".

Inderrieden Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of Dutch in der Rieden, possibly derived from German ried "reed", or from a cognate of Old English rith "stream".

Isogawa Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (iso) meaning "fifty" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kadekawa Japanese
From 嘉 (ka) meaning "excellent, auspicious, praise", 手 (te) meaning "hand", and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Kadokawa Japanese
From 門 (kado) meaning "gate" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kagawa Japanese
From Japanese 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Käll Swedish
From Swedish källa "source (of a stream of water)", ultimately derived from Old Norse kelda.

Kaltenbach German
habitational name from any of various places with names meaning "(at the) cold stream" from Old High German kalt "cold" and bah "stream brook".

Karakawa Japanese
Kara means "larch" and kawa means "river, stream".

Karlström Swedish
Literally means "Carl's stream" in Swedish.

Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 畑 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Kawabata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Kawabe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Kawachi Japanese
From 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" combined with 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."

Kawada Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kawaei Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 栄 (ei) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper".... [more]

Kawagoe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 越 (koeru) meaning "pass, cross, go through".

Kawahata Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and hata means "field".

Kawahigashi Japanese
From 河 or 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 東 (higashi) meaning "east".

Kawai Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kawajiri Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and jiri comes from shiri meaning "rear, behind".

Kawakatsu Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and katsu means "victory".

Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 又 (mata) meaning "again, once more".

Kawamata Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".

Kawamoto Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Kawamura Japanese
From Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Kawanaka Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Kawanichi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and nichi means "sun, day".

Kawanishi Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Kawano Japanese
From the Japanese 川 or 河 (kawa or gawa) meaning "river, stream" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness."

Kawaragi Japanese
From 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream", 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain", and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Kawase Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream" and 瀬 (se) meaning "ripple, rapids, current".

Kawashima Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream, brook" and 島 (shima) or 嶋 (shima) both meaning "island".

Kawashita Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and shita means "under, below".

Kawasugi Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and sugi means "cedar".

Kawatani Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and tani means "valley".

Kawato Japanese
From 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 戸 (do) meaning "door".

Kerslake English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream where cress grew, derived from Old English cærse meaning "watercress" and lacu meaning "stream".

Kikawa Japanese
From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kikkawa Japanese
From 吉 (kik) meaning "good luck, fortune" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kinugawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (gawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kinukawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Kishikawa Japanese
From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kitakawa Japanese
Kita means "north" and kawa means "river, stream".

Kitashirakawa Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north", 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Kochiyama Japanese
From 河 (ko) meaning "river, stream", 内 (chi) meaning "inside" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Krebsbach German
From a place name meaning "crab stream" in German.

Laanoja Estonian
Laanoja is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill", meaning "starflower" and "wintergreen" (Trientalis europaea) and "oja" meaning "stream/creek".

Lake English
Topographic name for someone who lives by a streamlet or from the name of various places in England, so-called or similar, all derived from Old English lacu "pool, pond, stream". It may also be a topographic name for someone who lives by a lake, derived from Old French lac "lake", although this is unlikely.... [more]

Lakeman Dutch
Either a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pond, from Middle Dutch lake "lake, pool; stream, marshland" and man "person, man", or an occupational name from laken "broadcloth".

Laskurain Basque
Possibly derived from Basque lats "creek, brook, small stream" and the locative suffixes -ko and -ain.

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]

Lazkao Basque (Rare)
Habitational name possibly derived from Basque latsa "small stream, riverlet".

Lehigh German, Irish
Derived from a Native American word "Lechauwekink", meaning "where there are forks in the stream". Variant of Lechau .

Lidström Swedish
Combination of the Swedish place name element lid "slope, hillside" and ström "stream, flow". A notable bearer is Swedish ice hockey player Nicklas Lidström (b. 1970).

Limbach German
Derived from any of numerous places in Germany named with Germanic lindo meaning "lime tree" and bach meaning "stream". Several of these places are in areas such as the Palatinate, which contributed heavily to early German immigration to the United States.

Linikoja Estonian
Linikoja is an Estonian surname meaning "cloth stream".

Ljungström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ljung "heather" and ström "stream".

Löfström Swedish
Combination of Swedish löv "leaf" and ström "stream".

Lutsoja Estonian
Lutsoja is an Estonian surname meaning "burbot stream/creek".

Maegawa Japanese
A variant of Maekawa.... [more]

Malmström Swedish
Combination of Swedish malm "ore" and ström "stream".

Mändoja Estonian
Mändoja is an Estonian surname meaning "pine stream".

Marbach German
habitational name from Marbach on the Neckar river named with Old High German marca "boundary" and bah "stream creek".

Marple English
Means "boundary stream" from Old English maere (boundary), and pyll (stream).

Matsukawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Michikawa Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "path, road" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mitford English
From the name of a village in Northumberland, England, derived from either Old English midd "middle" or (ge)myþe "confluence, stream junction, river mouth" combined with ford "ford, river crossing".

Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mortlock English
Habitational name denoting someone from Mortlake, Surrey, or from Mortlach, Banff. Mortlake could mean either "Morta’s meadow", from the byname Morta and Old English lag "wet pasture, marshy field", or "salmon stream", from mort "young salmon" and lacu "stream, pool"... [more]

Munekawa Japanese
From 宗 (mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 川 (kawa) means "stream, river".

Murakawa Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Muston English
Habitational name from places so named, from Old English mus "mouse", or must, "muddy stream or place" combined with tun "enclosure, settlement". Another explanation could be that the first element is derived from an old Scandinavian personal name, Músi (of unknown meaning), combined with tun.

Nagakawa Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and kawa means "river, stream".

Nagare Japanese
From 流 (nagare, nagaru, ryuu) meaning "flow, current, stream".

Namikawa Japanese
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) both meaning "river, stream".

Nasukawa Japanese
From 那 (na) meaning "what", 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary, moment", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Newborn English
Habitational name from Newbourn in Suffolk or Newburn in Tyne and Wear (formerly part of Northumberland), both named with Old English niwe "new" and burna "stream", perhaps denoting a stream that had changed its course.

Nokawa Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

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.

Oikawa Japanese
From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ojakäär Estonian
Ojakäär is an Estonian name meaning "runnel" or "stream edge".

Ojalill Estonian
Ojalill is an Estonian surname meaning "stream flower".

Ojalind Estonian
Ojalind is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek bird".

Ojaloo Estonian
Ojaloo is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek swathe".

Ojamaa Estonian
Ojamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek land".

Ojandi Estonian
Ojandi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oja" ("stream/creek") and "rand" ("beach").

Ojanurm Estonian
Ojanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "stream pasture/meadow".

Ojaperv Estonian
Ojaperv is an Estonian surname meaning "stream bank".

Ojasalu Estonian
Ojasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek grove".

Ojastu Estonian
Ojastu is an Estonian surname derived from "oja" meaning "creek/stream".

Ojavee Estonian
Ojavee is an Estonians surname meaning "stream water".

Ojavool Estonian
Ojavool is an Estonian surname meaning "stream current/flow".

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ōkawara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great", 河 (ka) meaning "river, stream" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

Olwell English
Possibly a habitational name from Ulwell in Swanage Dorset named with Old English ule "owl" and wille "stream".

Öström Swedish
Combination of Swedish ö "island" and ström "stream, river".

Paasoja Estonian
Paasoja is an Estonian surname meaning "slate/limestone stream".

Paluoja Estonian
Paluoja is an Estonian surname meaning "heath woodland stream".

Pärnoja Estonian
Pärnoja is an Estonian surname meaning "linden creek/stream".

Pikkoja Estonian
Pikkoja is an Estonian surname meaning "long stream".

Põldoja Estonian
Põldoja is an Estonian surname meaning "field stream/creek".

Poortvliet Dutch
From the name of the village and former municipality called Poortvliet in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch port meaning "port, harbour, storage yard, city" and vliet meaning "brook, stream, river, creek, inlet"... [more]

Qvarnström Swedish
Combination of Swedish kvarn meaning "mill" and ström meaning "stream".

Redenbach German
Toponymic name possibly derived from Middle High German reden "to speak, to talk" and bach "stream". It could also be a variant of Wittenbach.

Redenbacher German (Americanized)
Habitational name for someone from any of several places in Bavaria and Austria called Rettenbach, derived from German bach "stream" and an uncertain first element; possibly Old Germanic retten "swamp, moor", reudan "to clear (land), clearing", or roden "to redden, become red".

Reus German
Topographic name from Middle High German riuse "fish trap", or from a regional term reuse meaning "small stream, channel".

Rich English
Derived from the name of a (former) village in Lincolnshire, England named with the Old English element ric "stream, drainage channel".

Rudström Swedish
Combination of Swedish rud "deforested land, clearing" and ström "stream".

Ruthström Swedish
Means "Ruth's stream" in Swedish.

Saaroja Estonian
Saaroja is an Estonian surname meaning "island stream".

Sagawa Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sakagawa Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sasakawa Japanese
From Japanese 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Schoenbeck German, Jewish
Means "beutiful stream" in German.

Schwarzbach German
Habitational name from any of several places so named literally "dark stream", derived from the elements swarz "black" and bah "stream".

Sekawa Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sekikawa Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Selander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sel "stretch of calm water in a river or stream" and the common surname suffix -ander (originally from Greek aner "man"). The first element, sel, is also a common place name element in Northern Sweden and it's possible that this name is both ornamental and locational in origin.

Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".

Shiokawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"

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

Steinbeck German
Denotes a person hailing from one of the many places in Germany called Steinbeck or Steinbach, from Middle High German stein "stone" and bach "stream, creek". In some cases it is a South German occupational name for a mason... [more]

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

Strom Norwegian (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized), Swedish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Danish and Norwegian Strøm and Swedish Ström, all meaning "stream, current".

Strömgren Swedish
Combination of Swedish ström "stream" and gren "branch".

Suekawa Japanese
Sue means "posterity, close, end, powder, tip" and kawa means "river, stream".

Sulaoja Estonian
Sulaoja is an Estonian surname meaning "thaw stream".

Sunagawa Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Suuroja Estonian
Suuroja is an Estonian surname meaning "big stream".

Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".

Svanström Swedish
Combination of Swedish svan "swan" and ström "stream".

Swinburne English
habitational name primarily from Great and Little Swinburne (Northumberland) but perhaps also occasionally from one or other places similarly named from Old English swin "pig" and burna "stream" meaning "pig stream".

Tachikawa Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kawa means "river, stream".

Takekawa Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and kawa means "stream, river".

Takigawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".

Tamagawa Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "gem, jewel, ball" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanigawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tanikawa Japanese
From the Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river."

Thorbecke Dutch
Possibly an altered form of ter Beek "in the stream" (compare Van der Beek).

Thorbecke German
Possibly from an unknown place name meaning either "at the brook" or "Thor's stream" in German. A noteworthy bearer was the Dutch liberal statesman and prime minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-1872), whose family was of German origin; he is best known for almost single-handedly drafting the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, which turned the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, during the Revolutions of 1848.

Thornburg English
The name Thornburg comes from the Old English thorn broc, because the original bearers lived near a "stream by the thorns" in Buckinghamshire and North Yorkshire.

Tjernström Swedish
Combination of Swedish tjärn "tarn" and ström "stream".

Tokugawa Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Toyokawa Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Tsugawa Japanese
From 津 (tsu) meaning "ferry, port, harbor" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".

Tsunekawa Japanese
From Japanese 恒 (tsune) meaning "constant, persistent" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Turnbow English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach, from a habitational name from any of several places so named or from places in Austria and Bavaria named Dürrenbach (meaning "dry stream").

Udagawa Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Uekawa Japanese
From Japanese 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Umekawa Japanese
Ume means "plum" and kawa means "stream, river".

Utakawa Japanese
Uta means "song" and kawa means "river, stream".

Van Der Aa Dutch, Flemish
Means "from the Aa" in Dutch, a common name for rivers and streams derived from Old Germanic *ahwō "stream, river; water".

Van Quakebeke Belgian, Flemish
Possibly related to Dutch quaak "swamp" and beke "stream, brook".

Von Langenbeck German
Means "from a long stream" in German, from Low German lange "long" and beke "stream". Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck (1810-1887) was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery.

Voog Estonian
Voog is an Estonian surname meaning "stream", "flow", "billow" and "flood".

Vool Estonian
Vool is an Estonian surname meaning "current", "flow" and "stream".

Wedderburn Scottish
From the name of a location in Berwickshire, Scotland, which is derived from wedder “wether” and Old English burn “stream”.

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]

Wennerström Swedish
Combination of the place name element wenner, which is probably derived from the name of Lake Vänern, and Swedish ström "stream".

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".

Wikström Swedish
Composed of the elements vik "bay" and ström "stream"

Winterbourn English
A variant spelling of the surname Winterbourne, means "winter stream", a stream or river that is dry through the summer months.

Winterbourne English (British)
Probably meaning "winter stream". A large village in Gloucestershire, From the Thomas Hardy novel "The Woodlanders".

Winterburn English
habitational name from any of various places called with Old English winter "winter" and burna "stream" meaning "winter stream" for a stream which only flows or flows at a faster rate during the winter and more or less dries up in summer such as Winterburn in Gargrave (Yorkshire) Winterbourne (Berkshire Gloucestershire) Winterbourne Bassett (Wiltshire) or one of thirteen parishes named Winterborne in Dorset including Winterborne Abbas Winterborne Monkton and Winterborne Zelstone... [more]

Wittenbach German (Swiss)
Toponymic name meaning "white stream" in German.

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]

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yohe Medieval English
The Yohe surname comes from the Old English word "ea," or "yo," in Somerset and Devon dialects, which meant "river" or "stream." It was likely originally a topographic name for someone who lived near a stream.

Yokokawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yonekawa Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

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

Zetterström Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and ström "stream".