Submitted Surnames Matching Pattern *a

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the pattern is *a.
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Liška Czech
Liška means "fox" in Czech. A famous bearer is actor Pavel Liška.
Litvina Russian
Feminine form of Litvin.
Livaza Dungan
Dungan surname of unknown meaning; the second element is derived from Chinese 娃子 (wázǐ) meaning "child".
Liyanasuriya Sinhalese
From Sinhala ලියන (liyana) meaning "writing" combined with Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun".
Lizárraga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Basque Lizarraga, a habitational name from any of several places derived from Basque lizar (archaic form leizar) "ash tree" and the locative suffix -aga meaning "abundance of" or "place of".
Llapashtica Kosovar, Albanian, Serbian
Derived from the name of Kosovan villages named Llapashticë e Poshtme or Llapashticë e Epërme. It could also denote a person from Serbian villages called Donja Lapaštica or Gornja Lapaštica.
Llongoria Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Samartín de Llodón in the municipality of Balmonte.
Llovera Catalan
Topographic name from llovera "wolf pack" or "wolves' lair".
Loaiza Basque
Castilianized form of a Basque topographic name derived from lohi "mud, mire" and the suffix -tza denoting abundance.
Lobera Spanish
Either a topographic name from lobera "wolf pack" or "wolves' lair" or a habitational name from any of several places called La Lobera. variant of Lovera.
Lobosvilla Spanish
Rare variant of Villalobos.
Lo Guasta Italian
Variant of Guasti, literally "the broken". Probably used as a nickname for someone with a twisted or deformed limb, used in at least one case for a foundling.
Lohara Indian
Means "blacksmith" in Hindi
Loia Italian
Most likely a variant of Aloia. May alternately be related to Italian loggia "atrium, open-roofed gallery", Greek λεώς (leos) "the people", or Tuscan loia "dirt, filth on clothes or skin", perhaps a nickname for someone with a profession that often made them dirty, such as mining.
Lopata Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Russian лопата (lopata) or Ukrainian лопата (lopata) both meaning "spade, shovel". This may have been a nickname for a digger or a truck farmer.
Lopatina f Russian
Feminine form of Lopatin.
Lopida Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Gasteiz.
Lopidana Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lopida.
Lorenzana Spanish
Habitational name from Lourenza near Lugo in Spain.
Losada Spanish, Portuguese
topographic name for someone who lived by an area paved with flagstones Spanish losada (from losar "to pave" a derivative of losa a word of pre-Roman origin meaning a "flat stone slab").
Losha Albanian
An Albanian surname, most common on the south in the variant Loshaj. The most famous person bearing it was Peter Losha, head of the Losha clan and the despot of Arta.The surname originates from the word lios means "pockmark" in Albanian.
Lõuna Estonian
Lõuna is an Estonian surname meaning "south".
Lourenzá Galician
This indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous places in Galicia.
Lousada Portuguese
Name given from the village of Lousada, in Northern Portugal.
Lovera Italian, Spanish
Either a topographic name from lovera "wolf pack" or "wolves’ lair" or a habitational name from a place called Lovera. Spanish variant of Lobera.
Loya Basque, Spanish
From a location in Navarre, Spain, probably means "the mud", derived from Basque lohi "mud, mire".
Lozada Spanish
Variant of Lozano.
L'Silva Indian (Christian)
Form of La Silva more common among Christians from India.
Luca Italian
Variant of De Luca.
Luca Romanian, Italian
From the given name Luca 1.
Lucca Italian
A habitational name from Lucca Sicula in Agrigento province, Sicily, which was called simply Lucca until 1863. It was probably originally named with a Celtic element meaning ‘marshy.’
Lucía Spanish, Italian
From the feminine personal name Lucia, feminine derivative of Latin lux meaning "light".
Luhamaa Estonian
Luhamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "water meadow land".
Luhtla Estonian
Luhtla is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh/glade area".
Luhtmaa Estonian
Luhtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow land".
Luiga Estonian
Luiga is an Estonian surname derived from "luik" meaning "swan". "Eluiga" is also an Estonian word meaning "life".
Lukanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Lukanov.
Lukenda Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Luka".
Luoma Finnish
A name derived from the Finnish topographic word luomi, meaning "creek" or "small river". Common in central and western Finland.
Lusa Italian
Used by people from Lusa, Italy, a town named after the Roman 'gens lusia'.
Lutsoja Estonian
Lutsoja is an Estonian surname meaning "burbot stream/creek".
Luza Basque
Surname originally used by people from Lusa, Castro Urdiales, Spain. It comes from the Basque word "luze" (long, tall), possibly of Celtic origin.
Luzuriaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Donemiliaga.
Lyselia Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Lyselius used in the 18th century.
Lysytsya Ukrainian
Means "fox".
Lyubenova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Lyubenov.
Ma Hui
From the Arabic name Muhammad.
Ma Korean
From Sino-Korean 馬 meaning “horse”, or 麻 meaning “hemp, flax, jute”.
Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ma, from Sino-Vietnamese 馬 (mã).
Maatta Italian
1 Southern Italian: from a feminine form of Matto .... [more]
Macabenta Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog makabenta meaning "to sell."
Macalinga Tagalog
From Tagalog makalinga meaning "to be supported, to be cared for".
Macaraya Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao makaraya meaning "sharp tongued, vitriolic".
Maccaa Scottish
MacCaa has many clan associations; the most prominent being with the Stuarts of Bute, the Clan MacKay, the Clan MacFarlane, the Clan MacDonald and Clan Galloway. The name is a phonetic variation of MacKay, meaning 'son of Aoh (ie the champion)'... [more]
Mac Cana Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCann.
Mac Carrghamhna Irish
Means "descendant of Corrghamhain"
Macchia Italian
Topographic name from Italian macchia "thicket, scrub, brush" (from Latin macula "spot, fleck, stain") as well as a habitational name from any of various places named Macchia... [more]
Macgilledheòradha Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "pilgrim’s servant’s son".
Mac Gille Íosa Scottish
Meaning ‘son of the servant of Jesus’. Compare Mcleish. The usual spelling in Scotland is Gillies.
Mac Giolla Chuda Irish
Meaning ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Chuda’, a personal name of unexplained origin. This was the name of a 7th-century abbot-bishop of Rathin in County Westmeath.... [more]
Mac Giolla Iasachta Irish
Means "son of the strange youth", from Irish Gaelic iasachta "loan" "foreign", hence denoting to a boy who transferred to another family for fosterage, a common custom in ancient Ireland.
Mac Giolla Íosa Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McAleese.
Mac Giolla Rua Irish
It means "son of servant of Rua".
Machida Japanese
From Japanese 町 (machi) meaning "town" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Machuca American (Hispanic, Hispanicized, Modern, Rare)
in Spanish and Portuguese Machuca means "to squash" or "to crush." it is a Hispanic surname
Məcidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Məcidov.
Maciupa Polish (Anglicized, ?)
Ukrainian/Polish (Historically Galicia/Western Ukraine/Austro-Hungary); although it is often seen spelt this Anglicized way; due to the changing land-borders and occupation of land throughout history, it has been spelt with a slightly different transliteration pronunciation in Cyrillic (phonetic sound in Cyrillic is 'ts' as opposed to 'ch').
Mac Murchadha Irish
Means "descendant of Murchadha"
MacNamara Irish
Variant spelling of McNamara.
Macuha Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog makuha meaning "get, obtain (something)".
Madanpotra Indian (Rare), Sindhi (Rare), Punjabi (Rare)
Surname of the Arora caste of the Punjab and Sindh.
Madariaga Basque
Basque: habitational name from any of various places in Gipuzkoa named Madariaga, from Basque madari ‘pear tree’ + -aga ‘place’.
Mədətova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mədətov.
Madera Spanish
describing someone who lived or worked in a forest. the word Madera means "wood" in Spanish. Spanish meaning of surname Wood
Madera Polish, Slovak, Hungarian
Ethnic name from an old word for a Hungarian (see Magyar).
Madhusanka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මධුෂංක (see Madushanka).
Madhushanka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මධුෂංක (see Madushanka).
Madieva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Madiev.
Madiga Indian, Telugu
Telugu occupational name for a leather worker, a job historically considered polluting and impure in India, where the surname belongs to Dalit, or "Untouchables" - members of the lowest caste.
Madina Various
Meaning unknown.
Madlang-awa Tagalog
From Tagalog madlang awa meaning "mercy for the community".
Madonia Italian
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Madonia, or a regional name for someone from Madonie in Sicily.
Madonna Italian
From the person name Madonna, from donna meaning "lady", bestowed in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Madraswala Indian (Parsi)
From Madras (presently Chennai), the name of the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Madriaga Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Madariaga primarily used in the Philippines.
Maduea Thai
Means "fig" in Thai.
Madusanka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Madushanka.
Madushanka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit मधु (madhu) meaning "sweet, delicious, honey".
Madutlela Sepedi
Madutlela is a South African surname of the Pedi speaking people.
Madzharova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Madzharov.
Maebara Japanese
Maebara is an uncommon Japanese surname that has more than one meaning, depending on the characters used to write it. The first and most common spelling is with the characters for "Before" (前) and "Original" (原)... [more]
Maegawa Japanese
A variant of Maekawa.... [more]
Maehara Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Maejima Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward" and Jima means "Island". This is a variant of Maeshima.
Maejima Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Mäepea Estonian
Mäepea is an Estonian surname meaning "hill head" ("top of the hill").
Maesawa Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Maeshima Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and shima means "island".
Maeta Japanese
Variant of Maeda.
Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".
Maffia Italian
Variant of Mattia.
Maga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).
Magadia Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog mag-adya meaning "protect, help, deliver from danger".
Magalona Hiligaynon, Filipino, Tagalog
Magalona is a Filipino surname, a derivation of both the Hiligaynon Magalona, which means ‘headline’, and Magalona, a diminutive of the Occitan Margalida.
Magaña Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
Magbanua Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano magbanwa meaning "townsperson", derived from Cebuano bánwa meaning "city, town".
Magdalita Tagalog
Means "to entreat, to beseech, to implore" in Tagalog.
Magindara Cebuano
Magindara is a name of a demigoddess who turned into a mermaid, it is also the name of mythical creatures in the Philippines that are man-eating mermaids. It's a Central Bikol word for "mermaid".
Mahapatra Indian, Odia
From the Sanskrit महत् (mahat) "great, large, big" possibly combined with पात्र (pātra) "drinking-vessel, goblet, bowl, cup".
Maharana Indian, Odia
Derived from the Sanskrit title महाराणा (maharana) meaning "king of kings", from महा (maha) meaning "great" and राणा (rana) meaning "king".
Mahmudova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mahmudov.
Maia Portuguese
Habitational name from any of several places named Maia, especially one in Porto.
Maia Basque
From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, called Amaiur in Basque, derived from amai "end, boundary, limit" (compare the given name Amaia).
Maià Catalan
Habitational name from Maià de Montcal, a village in Girona, or any of several other places named with Maià, which is of pre-Roman origin.
Maidana Spanish
Likely derived from from Arabic ميدانا (maydanan) meaning "field".
Maihara Japanese
A Japanese surname formed from the kanji characters 舞 (Mai, "dance") and 原 (Hara, "field" or "plain"). The meaning could be interpreted as "dancing field/plains" or "field/plain of dance".
Maiorana Italian
From Sicilian maiurana, "marjoram (herb)".
Mairena Spanish
From place name Mairena.
Maitra Bengali
Habitational name from either the village of Maitreya or Mohit (present-day locations unknown).
Majima Japanese (Rare)
Ma means "Real,Genuine" (this is used most likely,anyway) and Jima means "Island".
Maka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulation".
Makeba African American
Meaning unknown. famous bearer is South African singer songwriter, Miriam Makeba (1936-2008).
Makenga m Rwandan (Rare)
From kinyuwanda meaning “my problem”.
Makhambetova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Makhambetov.
Makhanbetova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Makhanbetov.
Makhmutova f Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Feminine form of Makhmutov.
Makihara Japanese
From Japanese 槙 (maki) meaning "evergreen tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Makimura Japanese
Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".
Makioka Japanese
Maki means "shepherd" and oka means "hill, mound".
Makishima Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepard" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Makita Japanese
I'm not sure how the surname is usually written, but 真 (Ma) means "Genuine, Real, Sincere" and 北 (Kita) means "North". On the other hand, 牧 (Maki) means "Shepard, Tend cattle" and 田 (Ta) means "Rice Field, Rice Paddy"... [more]
Makka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).
Makovoza Baltic (Latinized, Rare), German (Latinized, Rare), Russian (Rare)
There is no history of the name just a family name I on't know if some people have it as a first name too.
Maksatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Maksatov.
Maksymova Ukrainian
Feminine transcription of Ukrainian Максимов (see Maksymov).
Mala Filipino, Maranao
Either from Maranao mala meaning "timid, shy" or mala', a title of nobility meaning "big, great".
Málaga Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Málaga, capital of the province of the same name in Andalusia.
Malaga Samoan
From Samoan meaning "travel".
Malandra Italian
Possibly related to Italian malandrino "dishonest, mischievous; rascal".
Malatesta Italian
Means "bad head" in Italian, a nickname for a stubborn or perhaps malicious person. It could have also indicated the bearer had a misshapen head. ... [more]
Malaya Russian, Ukrainian
From Russian малый (maliy) or Ukrainian малий (malyy) both meaning "small, little", used as a nickname for a small child or a person who was thin or short in stature. Alternately, it may have come from Tatar малай (malay) meaning "boy, son" or "apprentice".
Malenkova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Маленков (see Malenkov).
Malfa Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from Malfa on the island of Salina (Messina). Variant of Lamalfa.
Malgiaritta Romansh
Derived from the given name Malgiaritta.
Malia Irish
Originated in Ireland from O'Malia (pronounced Oh-MAH-lee-uh) Most likely usually changed to Malia upon entry.
Maligaya Filipino, Tagalog
Means "happy, pleasant" in Tagalog.
Məlikova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Məlikov.
Malina Czech
Means "raspberry".
Malizia Italian
Means "malice, spite" or "mischievousness" in Italian.
Malka Hebrew
Means "queen" in Hebrew.
Malta Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
habitational or ethnic name for someone from the Mediterranean island of Malta (from Latin Melita Greek Melitē).
Mama Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
Means "man, male" in Maguindanao and Maranao.
Mamatova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Mamatov.
Mambetova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Mambetov.
Mamiya Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" or 茉 (ma) meaning "Arabian jasmine, white jasmine" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Mampuzha Malayalam, Indian (Christian)
Meaning: "Mango Tree River"; based on location in India.
Manacorda Italian
Possibly means "bad heart", from Latin malus "bad" and cordis "heart".
Manafova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Manafov.
Manaka Japanese
This surname combines 真 (shin, ma, ma-, makoto) meaning "Buddhist sect, reality, true" or 間 (kan, ken, ai, aida, ma) meaning "interval, space" with 中 (chuu, ata.ru, uchi, naka) meaning "centre, in(side), mean, middle" or 仲 (chuu, naka) meaning "go-between, relationship."... [more]
Manaka Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka).
Manansala Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
Means "one who prohibits" from Tagalog sansala meaning "inhibition, prohibition, interdiction".
Mancheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Manchev.
Manda Indian
1 Indian (Andhra Pradesh): Hindu (Brahman) name based on the name of a subgroup of Brahmans.... [more]
Mandia Italian
Habitational name from Mandia in Salerno province.
Mandigma Tagalog
Means "to wage war" in Tagalog.
Mändla Estonian
Mändla is an Estonian surname meaning "pine area".
Mändoja Estonian
Mändoja is an Estonian surname meaning "pine stream".
Manera Italian
Either a habitational name from any of two places called Manera in the Italian provinces of Cuneo and Como, a nickname and perhaps a metonymic occupational name (from the dialect word manèra meaning "executioner's axe, cleaver" or from Italian manero "well-behaved, skilled"), or derived from the given name Mainiero (ultimately from Frankish Maginhari, composed of the Ancient Germanic elements magin "strength, might" and hari, heri "army").
Mangiaracina Italian
The Sicilian name for salpa, a kind of fish, from mangia "to eat" and racina "grapes".
Mangloña Chamorro
Chamorro for "their breath"
Manila Filipino
Derived from the Sanskrit word नील (nīla) meaning "indigo". It comes from the Tagalog phrase maynilá meaning "where indigo is found".
Manna Indian, Bengali
Meaning uncertain.
Männamaa Estonian
Männamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "whorl/verticil land".
Manolova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Manolov.
Mañozka Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous palace in the municipality of Etxebarria.
Manresa Catalan
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous localities: the municipality or the neighborhood in the municipality of Badalona.
Mansilla Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Mansilla a place in La Rioja province.
Mantanoña Chamorro
Chamorro for "all of their land"
Mantia Italian
Shortened variant of Amantea.
Mantilla Spanish
Spanish: from mantilla ‘mantilla’, ‘scarf worn over the head and shoulders’, presumably an occupational name for a maker of mantillas or a descriptive name for someone who habitually wore such a garment.