Submitted Surnames Matching Pattern *a

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the pattern is *a.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Sejkora Czech, Slovak
Sejkora means titmouse in Czech.
Sekawa Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sekihara Japanese
From 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Sekikawa Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Sekiya Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Sekizawa Japanese
關 translates to "connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning" and 澤 translates to "swamp" so it could be translated as "a connected swamp"
Sela Hebrew
Means "rock" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a city, the capital of Edom. Famous bearer is the Israeli model, actress and television presenter Rotem Sela (born 1983)
Selimoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Selimoski.
Selimovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Selimovski.
Selva Catalan, Italian
From any of various places in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, or northern Italy named Selva, as for instance the Catalan district La Selva, from selva "wood", Latin silva.
Semendueva f Judeo-Tat
Feminine form of Semenduev.
Semenza Italian
From semenza ‘seeds’ possibly used for a seed merchant.
Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".... [more]
Semyonova f Russian, Uzbek
Feminine form of Semyonov.
Senanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනානායක (see Senanayake).
Senarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනාරත්න (see Senaratne).
Senaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සේනාරත්න (see Senaratne).
Senba Japanese
From Japanese 仙 (sen) meaning "immortal, transcendent, sage, hermit" and 波 (ba) meaning "wave".
Senda Japanese
From Japanese 千 (sen) meaning "thousand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sendulla Medieval French
the name was originally from a town in the champagne valley that does not exist any more because of World War I the town's name is forgotten and all we have about it is the name sendulla a young girl whom live there as a child
Senevirathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Seneviratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Senewirathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Senewiratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).
Sengupta Bengali, Indian
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sénā) meaning "army, armament" combined with Gupta.
Senna Portuguese
Possibly coming from the surname "Sanna", it may mean "one with a big protruding tooth".... [more]
Senuma Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Seppälä Finnish
A Finnish surname and toponym derived from the occupation of blacksmith ("seppä")
Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.
Sera Japanese
From Japanese 世 (se) meaning "world, generation" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable".
Serafimova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Serafimov.
Serbia Spanish
Unknown.. researching history of the spanish name that was first identify being used in Utado Puerto, Rico in 1790s by Fransico Serbia and Paula Serbia Filare
Serdà Catalan (Valencian)
Variant of Cerdà, or from the name of the village of Cerdà (also called La Serda) in the province of Valencia in Spain.
Sereda Ukrainian
From sereda, meaning "Wednesday".
Serikbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Serikbaev.
Serikova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Serikov.
Serikzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Serikzhanov.
Serrallonga Catalan
Taken from the name of a town in the Vallespir district, in Northern Catalonia.
Servania Cebuano
Meaning unknown. Probably a form of Cervantes.
Seshita Japanese
From 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, rapids, current" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Seta Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sethna Indian (Parsi)
Gujarati Parsi name meaning "pertaining to the banker", derived from Hindi सेठ (seṭh) meaning "merchant, banker" (see Seth).
Setsuhara Japanese
From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" combined 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
Sevilla Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Seville (or Sevilla) in Andalusia, Spain. The city's name is probably derived from Phoenician šplh meaning "valley, plain" through Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة‎ (ʾišbīliya).
Sewina German, Polish
The first available record of the Sewina family name is around 1620 in the province of Silesia, a mixed cultural region between Germany and Poland. Once part of the Prussian Empire and Germany. After World War Two, the area is now part of Poland... [more]
Seyidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Seyidov.
Seyidzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Seyid".
Sferrazza Italian
Possibly derived from sferra meaning "old horseshoe, rusty knife or sword, piece of junk" or figuratively "good-for-nothing, worthless man", an occupational name for a scrap-metal merchant, or a nickname based on the latter sense... [more]
Sforza Italian
Derived from the Italian verb sforzare meaning "to force, strain"; also compare the related word forza "force, strength". This was the surname of a dynasty of Milanese dukes, which held power in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Sha Hui
From the Arabic name Shah.
Sha Chinese
From Chinese 沙 (shā) referring to the ancient state of Sha, which was part of the state of Song during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hebei province. Alternately it may come from Sha Sui, the name of a fief that was part of Song in what is now Henan province, or from Su Sha, the name of an ancient clan that inhabited parts of present-day Shandong province.
Shakya Nepali, Indian, Hindi
From the name of an ancient clan that inhabited parts of present-day Nepal and northern India. The name may have been derived from Sanskrit शाक (shaka) or शक (shaka) referring to the Sakas, a group of nomadic Iranian peoples, or from शक्य (shakya) meaning "possible, capable".
Shama Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "者" meaning "Person", and "間" meaning "Between", "While". Other Kanji Character Combinations possible.
Shandera Czech (Anglicized, Modern)
Shandera is anglicized for Šandera, a patronymic for Alexander (son of Alexander), the euiqvalent of Sandoor in Hungarian or Sanders in English.
Shanvitha f Indian
ℍ𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕃𝕒𝕜𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕚, 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖, 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘
Shauchenka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Shevchenko.
Shcheglova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щеглов (see Shcheglov).
Shchepkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щепкин (see Shchepkin).
Shcherba Belarusian
Probably related to Shcherbanyuk.
Shchyotkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щёткин (see Shchyotkin).
Shehata Arabic
Derived from Arabic شحات (shahhat) meaning "beggar".
Sheremeteva Russian
Feminine equivalent of Sheremetev.
Sherpa Nepali
From the name of the Sherpa people of Nepal, India and Bhutan, itself derived from Tibetan ཤར (shar) meaning "east" and the nominalising particle པ (pa).
Shettima Kanuri, Nigerian
Meaning unknown.
Shia Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Xie.
Shiba Japanese
From Japanese 斯波 (Shiba) meaning "Shiba", a former district in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]
Shibakawa Japanese
From Japanese 芝 (shiba) meaning "turf, lawn, sod" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".
Shibata Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Shibusawa Japanese
From Japanese 渋 or 澁 (shibu) meaning "astringent (taste), harsh" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Shida Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shidama Japanese
From 師 (shi) meaning "teacher, master, mentor" and 玉 (tama) meaning "ball, sphere, jewel, gem".
Shidehara Japanese
From Japanese 幣 (shide) meaning "currency" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, meadow, plain".
Shigemura Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and mura means "hamlet, village" or "town".
Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Shigeta Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shigusawa Japanese
Keiichi Shigusawa, professionally known as Keiichi Sigsawa, is an award winning novelist.
Shiha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Shilova f Russian
Feminine form of Shilov.
Shima Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".
Shimoda Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shimokata Japanese
Shimo can mean "under, below" and kata can mean "shape" or "single".
Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Shimomura Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]
Shimosawa Japanese
Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Shimoyama Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower portion, end" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Shimura Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Shina Japanese
Shina can mean "family, department, section".
Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".
Shinazugawa Japanese (Rare)
Means "immortal river; never dying river; river with no deaths" in Japanese.
Shindera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).
Shinkura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".
Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".
Shinozuka Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
Shinyama Japanese
Means "New Mountain".... [more]
Shioda Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shiokawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Shiozawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".
Shirahama Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".
Shirahata Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".
Shiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".
Shiranita Japanese
From 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Shirasaka Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
Shirasuga Japanese
Shira means "white" and suga means "sedge".
Shirima African
Common in Tanzania
Shiroma Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese form of the Okinawan surname 城間 (Gushikuma), derived from Okinawan 城 (gushiku) meaning "castle" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
Shironita Japanese (Rare)
From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]
Shishikura Japanese
Shishi means "lion" and kura means "possess, have, storehouse, warehouse".
Shishima Japanese
I don't know the history of this last name. I saw it in a magazine somewhere...
Shitara Japanese
From Japanese 設 (shita) meaning "establish" and 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort".
Shivaza Dungan
Derived from Chinese 十娃子 (shí wázǐ) manning "the tenth child". A notable bearer was Iasyr Shivaza (1906-1988), a Soviet Dungan poet.
Shiwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 or 紫波 (see Shiba) or variant of Shiba but written 志和.
Shkoda Ukrainian
Means "damage" in Ukrainian.
Shōaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).
Shoaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).
Shōjiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).
Shojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Shōjiya).
Shokanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Shokanov.
Shopa Ukrainian
Jewish, found in Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Native spelling is Шопа.
Shouaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).
Shovkhalova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Шовхалов (see Shovkhalov).
Shrestha Nepali
Means "excellent" in Nepali, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, most excellent".
Shrestha Newar
From Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śrēṣṭha) meaning "important; most excellent; great" in Sanskrit. This is originally used by the Shrestha caste but is now adopted by many castes.
Shrivastava Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Shrivastav.
Shuba Ukrainian
Means "fur cloth (usually coat)".
Shukla Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi
Derived from Sanskrit शुक्ल (shukla) meaning "white, bright, pure".
Shvedova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Шведов (see Shvedov).
Shyla Belarusian
Means "awl" in Belarusian, from the Old Slavic root šidlo.
Shylava f Belarusian
Feminine form of Shylau.
Shyngysova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Shyngysov.
Sia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.
Siamwalla Thai
From Thai สยาม (Sayam) meaning "Siam" and วาลา (wala), a transcription of Pali वाला (vālā) meaning "malicious".
Siangla Luo, Eastern African
Meaning unavailable.
Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.
Sidorova f Russian
Feminine form of Sidorov.
Sigera Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Siqueira.
Sigsawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The professional surname of Keiichi Shigusawa, an author.
Sigüenza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Siinmaa Estonian
Siinmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "here/herein land".
Sika Akan
Meaning unknown.
Sikkema West Frisian, Dutch
Patronymic form of Sikke, a short form of names containing the element sigu "victory", using the Frisian suffix -ma "man of".
Silla Estonian
Silla is an Estonian surname meaning "bridges".
Sillamaa Estonian
Means "bridge land" in Estonian.
Sillanpää Finnish
Means "bridgehead" in Finnish, an area around the end of a bridge. Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888-1964) was a Finnish author and the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.
Silveyra Spanish
Topographic name from silveira 'woodland', a collective derivative of silva (see Silva ); or a habitational name from any of the places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, Galicia, Iberia.
Silvia Portuguese (Americanized)
SILVIA is an Americanized version of the Portuguese surname Silva, which is derived from the Latin silvae and Portuguese silva words meaning “forest,” “woodland,” or “jungle.” This variation of the surname SILVA was often adopted by Portuguese immigrants upon arrival to the United States.
Simamora Batak
From the Batak prefix si for place names and mamora meaning "rich, prosperous, wealthy".
Simarmata Batak
From si, indicating location, and mata,
Simha Indian, Odia, Telugu
Alternate transcription of Sinha.
Similä Finnish
From the given name Simi 3 and the suffix -lä signifying a place.
Simonovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Simonovski.
Sina Arabic (Egyptian), Albanian
Derived from the given name Husain.
Sinaga Batak
Possibly from the Batak prefix si used for place names and naga meaning "dragon, naga (a type of mythological snake)".
Sinatra Italian
Comes from a personal name in Sicily and souther Calabria. The name was apparently in origin a nickname from Latin senator member of the Roman senate, Latin senatus, a derivative of senex ‘old’... [more]
Sinema English (American)
Uncertain etymology and origin.
Singha Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Derived from Sanskrit सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Singla Indian, Punjabi
Punjabi variant of Singhal.
Sinha Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá) meaning "lion" (see Singh).
Sinistra English
Sinistra - last name used by a Harry Potter character. She is a Hogwarts professor in Astronomy, Aurora Sinistra.
Sinuraya Batak
From si, indicating a location, and raya, meaning “flow” in Sanskrit.
Siodina Medieval Spanish
Use by some Filipinos/Spanish
Sipala Italian
From Sicilian sipala "hedge".
Siqueira Portuguese
Habitational name from numerous places called Siqueira or Sequeira in Portugal or Galicia, derived from sequeira meaning "arid land" (ultimately from Latin siccus "dry").
Siracusa Italian, Sicilian
From the name of the city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy (siracusa in Italian and sarausa in Sicilian).
Sirimanna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සිරිමාන්න (see Sirimanne).
Şirinova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şirinov.
Sirisena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".
Siriwardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
Siriwardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සිරිවර්ධන (see Siriwardana).
Siriwardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සිරිවර්ධන (see Siriwardana).
Siriwardhena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සිරිවර්ධන (see Siriwardana).
Sirota Russian
From Russian сирота (sirota) "orphan", perhaps given to a foundling, or a nickname for someone who was poorly-dressed.
Şıxəlizadə Azerbaijani
Means "child of Şıxəli", using the Persian suffix زاده (zade) meaning "offspring".
Sjoerdsma Frisian, Dutch
Derived from the Frisian given name Sjoerd combined with the Frisian surname suffix -(s)ma, which is most likely derived from Old Frisian monna meaning "men".
Skaria Indian (Christian)
From the given name Skaria.