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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Pike English, Irish
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pic ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.... [more]

Plumtree English
From any of the locations called Plumtree for anyone who lived near a plum tree derived from Old English plume "plum" and treow "tree".

Polanco Spanish
Habitational name from Polanco in Santander province.

Pole English
Variant of Poole, from Old English pól.

Poppe German, Dutch, English
German and Dutch variant of Popp 1 and English variant of Popp 2.

Pöppel Upper German, German
Comes from a pet form of the personal name Popp.

Postgate English
From Postgate in Danby (NR Yorks) which is recorded as Postgate in the 12th century. The place-name derives from Old English post "post pillar" and Old Scandinavian gata ‘way path road" or Old English gæt "gate".

Póveda Spanish
habitational name from any of the places called Poveda in the provinces of Cuenca Ávila Salamanca and Soria or from Póveda de la Sierra in Guadalajara.

Prat English
Variant of Pratt.

Pucci Italian
Patronymic derived from the medieval given name Puccio.

Puglia Italian
habitational name from Apulia (Italian Puglia) in southeastern Italy. Variant of Pugliese.

Puglisi Sicilian
Southern Italian variant of Pugliese.

Quy Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Quý.

Quý Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 貴 (quý) meaning "precious, valuable".

Ramirez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Ramírez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Rawlins English

Réal French
This can derive from several different sources: southern French réal "royal", a word which was applied to someone either as a nickname (presumably given to people perceived as being regal) or as an occupational name (given to a person in the service of the king); or the French place name Réal, in which case this is a habitational name taken from any of various places which were named for having been part of a royal domain (also compare Reau, Reaux).

Real Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician
Either a habitational name from any of numerous places called Real; those in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal being named from real "royal" or as variant of Rial while those in southern Spain and Catalonia are named in part from real meaning "encampment rural property" (Arabic raḥāl "farmhouse cabin")... [more]

Régis French
Occupational name for a local dignitary, from a derivative of Old French régir "to rule or manage".

René French
From the given name René.

Repin Russian
From repa, meaning "turnip".

Requena Spanish, Catalan
habitational name from Requena in Valencia or Requena de Campos in Palencia apparently so called from a short form of the various Visigothic compound personal names with the first element rīc "powerful" with the addition of the locative suffix -ena.

Riccardi Italian

Rich English
Patronymic derived from a short form of Richard.

Rich English
From a nickname of a wealthy person, ultimately derived from Germanic ric "powerful". A notable fictional bearer is Richie Rich who first appeared as a comic book character in 1953.

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

Rivier French

Roblès French
French form of Robles.

Rochester English
Means "person from Rochester", Kent (probably "Roman town or fort called Rovi"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mr Rochester, the Byronic hero of Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre' (1847).

Roe English
Nickname for a timid person, derived from the Middle English ro meaning "roe"; also a midland and southern form of Ray.

Roe Norwegian
Habitational surname for any of the several farmsteads named Roe or Røe, derived from the Old Norse ruð meaning "clearing".

Roe Irish
Derived from/Anglicised form of 'Ruagh', an Irish word meaning redhead, or red haired

Rogaczewski Medieval Polish
Meaning (Polish): "son of he with antlers" Meaning (Serbian): "son of the Devil"

Roland French, German, Scottish
French, German, English, and Scottish: from a Germanic personal name composed hrod ‘renown’ + -nand ‘bold’, assimilated to -lant ‘land’. (Compare Rowland).... [more]

Rolle English
Variant of Roll.

Romo Spanish
Derived from latin (rhombus) meaning obtuse, blunt.

Rosal Filipino, Spanish

Rugg English
Nickname for a person associated with the color red, whether through hair color, clothing, or complexion. Accordingly, the name is derived from the Old French word ruge, meaning red.

Saiz Spanish
Variant of Sáez.

Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".

Salles English

Salt English
Of Anglo-Saxon origin, from the town in Staffordshire.

Salzano Italian

Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.

Sanjurjo Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of Numerous Places In Galicia (Spain) Named Sanjurjo For A Local Church Or Shrine Dedicated To Saint George

Santa María Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Santamaría.

Santa Maria Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Santamaría primarily used in the Philippines.

Santamaría Spanish
Means "Saint Mary" in Spanish, used as a name for someone from any of various locations named after the Virgin Mary.

Santamaria Italian, French, Spanish
Italian and French cognate of Santamaría as well as a Spanish variant.

Satsuma Japanese
From Japanese 薩摩 (Satsuma) meaning "Satsuma", a former Japanese province in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Savio Italian
Italian nickname given to a wise, sage man. Saint Dominic Savio is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Seton English

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]

Shelley English, Irish
From the given name Shelley It means "wooded clearing" in Irish.

Shelley English, Irish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from any of the three places called Shelley (Essex Suffolk Yorkshire) or from Shelley Plain in Crawley (Sussex)... [more]

Sherwin English
English: nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’ + wind ‘wind’.

Sherwood English
From a place name meaning "bright forest", derived from Old English scir meaning "bright" and wudu meaning "tree, wood".

Shizu Japanese

Snow English, Jewish (Anglicized)
Nickname denoting someone with very white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Old English snaw "snow".... [more]

Soderini Italian
Possibly related to French soudoyer "to bribe", referring to paid mercenaries. Alternately, an elaborate form of Sodero.

Sol Korean
North Korean form of Seol.

Solano Spanish, Aragonese
From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish solano meaning "place exposed to the sun" (from Late Latin solanus "pertaining to the sun", a derivative of sol "sun")... [more]

Solèr Romansh

Soler Maltese
Not to be confused with the Catalan and Occitan surname of the same spelling.

Somers English (British)

Sotelo Spanish
From any of various places in Galicia named Soutelo, derived from Galician souto meaning "grove, plantation".

Southwell English
English surname meaning "From the south well"

Southworth English
Means "southern enclosure".

Spadafora Italian
Variant form of Spatafora. Spadafora is the younger out of the two surnames and yet the most common of the two, which might partly be because it is a little bit more italianized... [more]

Speed English
A nickname for a fortunate person, from Middle English sped, "success".

Spinelli Italian
Variant of Spina, of uncertain etymology: could be related to several place names in Italy, to given names such as Crispino, or to the crown of thorns placed on the head of Jesus.

Stock Medieval English
English: A topographic name for someone who lived near the trunk or stump of a large tree, Middle English Stocke (Old English Stocc)... [more]

Story English
Variant of Storey.

Suriano Italian
Variant of Soriano.

Takeshita Japanese
Meaning ‘(one who lives) beneath the bamboo’; it was originally pronounced Takenoshita and taken from a village of that name in Suruga (now part of Shizuoka prefecture). The original bearers were descended from the northern Fujiwara through the Kuzuyama family... [more]

Takeshita Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Téllez Spanish
from the given name Tello which is the Spanish form of the name Tellus, meaning "earth" in Latin

Thành Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 成 (thành) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded", 城 (thành) meaning "castle, city" or 誠 (thành) meaning "sincere, honest, true".

Thanh Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 青 (thanh) meaning "blue, green, young" or 聲 (thanh) meaning "sound, voice, tone".

The Iranian

Thi Vietnamese

Thorpe English

Thulis Irish
The meaning of the name is unclear, but it seems to derive from the pre 13th century Gaelic O' Tuathalain suggesting that it was probably religious and may translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".

Toan Vietnamese

Tomasi Italian
From the given name Tomaso.

Triệu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhao, from Sino-Vietnamese 趙 (triệu).

Trieu Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Triệu.

Troiani Italian
From the given name Troiano and variant of Troiano.

Tsuji Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad".

Tu Chinese
From the ancient city of Zoutu.

Tu Chinese
From Chinese 屠 (tú) referring either to Zou Tu, an ancient country that may have existed in what is now Shandong province, or the ancient fief of Tu, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.

Tu Chinese
From Chinese 涂 (tú), the old name for the Chu River that runs through the present-day provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu.

Tunstall English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Tunstall, derived from Old English tun meaning "enclosure, garden, farm" and steall meaning "position, place, site".

Tuy Khmer

Uribe Spanish

Uy Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Huang primarily used in the Philippines.

Uy Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Huang (based on the Hokkien romanization of the name).

València Catalan
Catalan form of Valencia.

Valfré Italian (Hispanicized, ?), Mexican

Valle Spanish, Filipino, Italian
Habitational name from any of the many places named with valle "valley", or topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (Latin vallis).

Van Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Wang 1 used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Vaz Portuguese

Venegas Spanish
From the hybridization of Ben, meaning "son" in Arabic or Jewish, and Ega(s), a medieval given name of Visigothic origin.

Veron French, Spanish
Nickname for someone with bi-colored eyes. This surname is mostly frequent in Argentina.

Vianney French
The surname in origin is a variant of Viennet, a diminutive of Vien, a short form of Vivien 1. A famous bearer is Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint.

Vicuña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bikuña.

Visconti Italian
Derived from visconte, itself from the Medieval vice comes, a title of rank meaning "deputy of a count". The Visconti of Milan are a noble Italian family. They rose to power in Milan during the Middle Ages where they ruled from 1277 to 1447, initially as Lords then as Dukes, and several collateral branches still exist... [more]

Wall Swedish
Derived from Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass". It may be either ornamental or habitational.

Wall Irish
Anglicized from of de Bhál, a Gaelicized form of de Valle (see Devall).

Walpole English
Originally indicated a person from either of two places by this name in Norfolk and Suffolk (see Walpole). Famous bearers of the surname include Robert Walpole (1676-1745), the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, and his youngest son, the writer Horace Walpole (1717-1797)... [more]

Walworth English
Habitational name from Walworth in Heighington (Durham) and Walworth in Newington (Surrey) both named with Old English wealh "foreigner Briton serf" (genitive plural wala) and worþ "enclosure".

Wang Chinese
From Chinese 汪 (wāng) referring to the ancient state of Wang Mang (汪芒) or Wang Wang (汪罔) in present-day Zhejiang province.

Wang Korean
From Sino-Korean 王 (wang) meaning "king; monarch", referring to the royals of the former dynasty of Goryeo.

Waterson English
It is a patronymic of the male given name Water or Walter.

Watkinson Anglo-Norman

Wharton English
Derived from an Olde English pre 7th Century river name Woefer.

Whiting English
Derived from a patronymic surname, created from the Old English personal name Hwit, meaning "the white one."

Wojtyła Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Wojciech. It was the surname of Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), the pope John Paul II.

Woodhouse English

Xavier English, French
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries.

Xavier Portuguese, French, English
Derived from the given name Xavier.

Ximénez Spanish (Archaic)
Archaic form of Jiménez

Yano Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yaxley English
Meant "person from Yaxley", Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ("glade where cuckoos are heard").

Yen Khmer

Yen Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 严 (see Yan).

Zographos Greek
Means painter in Greek.

Zola Italian
Italian: habitational name from any of various minor places named with Zol(l)a, from a dialect term for a mound or bank of earth, as for example Zola Predosa (Bologna) or Zolla in Monrupino (Trieste)... [more]

Zumarraga Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Zurita Spanish
Habitational surname from either of two places called Zurita in Huesca and Cantabria named with a derivative of Basque zuri 'white'

Zurita Spanish, Aragonese
An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.

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