Submitted Surnames with "yellow" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword yellow.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Blöndal Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse words blondr meaning "fair", "yellow" or "blonde" and dalur meaning "valley".
Buglass English
Possibly from the Booklawes region near Melrose, Roxburgshire, originally spelt "Buke-Lawes" (lit. "buck/stag" combined with "low ground"); otherwise from the Gaelic words buidhe - "yellow" and glas - "green".
Clitso Navajo
From Navajo łitso meaning "yellow".
Corboy Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Mac Corrbuidhe or Ó Corrbuidhe, meaning "son of Corrbuidhe", a byname derived from Old Irish corr "crane, heron" and buide "yellow".
Falbo Italian
Means "dark yellow, tawny; reddish-brown, sorrel" in archaic Italian, from medieval Latin falvus "dun (colour)", ultimately from Proto-Germanic falwaz "pale, grey, fallow".
Geller Yiddish, German, Russian
The name may derive from the German word "gellen" (to yell) and mean "one who yells." It may derive from the Yiddish word "gel" (yellow) and mean the "yellow man" or from the Yiddish word "geler," an expression for a redheaded man... [more]
Kogane Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 黄金, 小金, 古金, 子金, 故金 or 小賀根 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small", 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac", 故 (ko, furu.i, moto, yue) meaning "cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy", 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold."... [more]
Lueangsuwan Thai
From Thai เหลือง (lueang) meaning "yellow" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".
Mcevoy Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Bhuidhe "son of the yellow-haired lad", from giolla "youth, page, boy" and buide "yellow".
Melyn Welsh
Means "yellow" in Welsh.
Ó Bolguidir Irish
The name Ó Bolguidir has changed considerably in the time that has passed since its genesis. It originally appeared in Gaelic as Ó Bolguidir, which likely meant "yellow-belly" (from bolg odhar).
Ordorika Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Muxika, Spain, possibly derived from Basque ordo "plain, field, meadow" and ori "yellow" combined with the toponymic suffix -ika meaning "slope" or "place of".
Orpin English
Means "herbalist" (from Middle English orpin "yellow stonecrop", a plant prescribed by medieval herbalists for healing wounds). A variant spelling was borne by British painter Sir William Orpen (1878-1931).
Punay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "yellow-breasted fruit dove" or "pink-necked green pigeon" (both species of bird) in Cebuano.
Sarı Turkish
Means "yellow, blond" in Turkish.
Sarıkaya Turkish
From Turkish sarı meaning "yellow" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".
Sarikaya Turkish
Sarıkaya is a Turkish word meaning "yellow rock".
Sarıtaş Turkish
Directly translated from Turkish, sarı means "yellow" and taş means "stone".... [more]
Suealueang Thai
From Thai เสือ (suea) meaning "tiger" and เหลือง (lueang) meaning "yellow".
Tsaritsyn Russian
From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".
Van Geelkerken Dutch, Flemish
Means "from the yellow churches", derived from Dutch geel meaning "yellow" and kerken, the plural of kerk meaning "church". A notable bearer was the infamous fascist political leader Cornelis van Geelkerken (1901-1976), who founded the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) during World War II, alongside Anton Mussert.
Zheltov m Russian
From Russian желтый (zheltyy) meaning "yellow".
Zhovtenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian жовтий (zhovtyy), meaning "yellow".
Zlatkin Jewish
Meaning, "gold" or "yellow."