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Sugisaka Japanese
From Japanese 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Sugiya Japanese
Variant of Sugitani.

Suha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Suissa Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the town of Suesa in Cantabria, Spain.

Şükürova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şükürov.

Sula Estonian, Finnish
Means "molten, melted, not covered in ice" or "melt, thaw" in Estonian and Finnish.

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

Sulewska Polish

Süleymanova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Süleymanov.

Suleymenova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Сүлейменова (see Suleimenov).

Sülla Estonian
Sülla is an Estonian surname meaning "fathom".

Sullubawa Hausa
The Hausa transliteration of a noted Fulani Clan coming from the Bilād as-Sūdān region of West Africa.

Sultanalieva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Sultanaliev.

Sultanbekova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Sultanbekov.

Sulyha Ukrainian

Sumanadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".

Sumanapala Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".

Sumanarathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සුමනරත්න (see Sumanaratne).

Sumanasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Sumanasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සුමනසේකර (see Sumanasekara).

Sumanasena Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and सेना (sena) meaning "army".

Sumanaweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Sumida Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sumigaya Japanese

Sumikura Japanese
Sumi means "pure" and kura means "storehouse, warehouse".

Sumita Japanese

Sumita Japanese
From Japanese 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sumiya Japanese

Summaria Italian

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Summaria Spanish (Latin American)

Sumura Japanese
From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Sunabara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara).

Sunada Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sunaga Japanese

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

Sunahara Japanese
From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

Sunata Japanese

Sundja Estonian
Sundja is an Estonian surname meaning "forced".

Sunega Slovak

Suñga Filipino, Pampangan
Old spelling of Sunga. Despite other names like Pañganiban or Pañgilinan falling out of use in favor of their untilded forms, Suñga is still used, with Sunga being much more common.

Sunga Filipino, Pampangan
Possibly means "the first breath of a newborn".

Sunga Bemba, Central African
Sunga is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning "a person that takes care of others".... [more]

Suomela Finnish

Suora Finnish

Superla Hungarian

Supta Bengali

Suranga Sinhalese
From the given name Suranga.

Suraweera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit सुर (sura) meaning "god" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Suriyabandara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun" combined with the Sinhala title බණ්ඩාර (bandara) used for a prince or chief's son.

Surroca Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in Tavertet.

Suruga Japanese

Suruma Kiga
Suruma is a Kiga surname. Ezra Suruma is a notable person with that surname.

Surya Indian, Telugu
From the given name Surya.

Suryanarayana Indian, Telugu
From the given name Suryanarayana.

Susana Italian

Sušina Slovak
From Slovak and Czech word Sušina meaning "dry matter"

Suta Romanian
Means "left handed".

Suta Japanese

Sutthiprapha Thai
From Thai สุทธิ (sutthi) meaning "true, pure" and ประภา (prapha) meaning "light".

Suttiprapa Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สุทธิประภา (see Sutthiprapha).

Suurküla Estonian
Suurküla is an Estonian surname meaning "big village".

Suurmaa Estonian
Suurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "big land".

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

Suwa Japanese
From Japanese 諏 (su) meaning "consult, confer" and 訪 (wa) meaning "visit, call on".

Suwa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Suwada Japanese

Suwata Japanese

Suyama Japanese
From Japanese 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Suzuda Japanese

Suzugawa Japanese
Variant of Suzukawa.

Suzugaya Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Suzuhira Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and hira means "peace, level, even".

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

Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".

Suzumura Japanese
From Japanese 錫 (suzu) meaning "copper, tin" or 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" combined with 村 (mura) meaning "village, town". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Suzumura Japanese
From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Suzuta Japanese

Suzuura Japanese
Suzu means "chime, bell" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.

Svanda Czech (Anglicized)

Svetlakova Russian

Svirydzienka Belarusian
Derived from the given name Sviryd.

Svobodná f Czech
Means "freedom woman".

Švraka Bosnian

Świtała Polish
Derived from Polish świt "dawn" "sun" "daylight" or świtać "to dawn". It is a nickname for an early-riser.

Swoboda Czech (Germanized)
Germanised form of Svoboda.

Sybera Ukrainian

Sybiha Ukrainian
Andrii Sybiha is Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Sychyova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Сычёв (see Sychyov).

Syerha Ukrainian (?)

Syla Albanian

Sylla Manding, Western African
Susu surname of unknown meaning.

Symfa Indian

Symfawala Indian

Symfonia English

Syndulla Popular Culture
The surname of Hera from the show "Star Wars Rebels".

Syrymova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Syrymov.

Sytsma Frisian
Son of Sietse/Sytse/Sijtse

Syuleymanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Syuleymanov.

Syzdykova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Syzdykov.

Szalma Polish, Hungarian
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jacek, Jozef, Małgorzata, Wiesław, Wojiech.... [more]

Szarabajka Polish, English
His surname, Szarabajka, means "Grey Tale" in Polish. Last name is pronounced "sarah-bike-ah".

Szatkowska Polish

Szczepanska f Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Szczepańska.

Szczęsna f Polish
Feminine form of Szczęsny.

Szeliga Polish
Habitational name from places called Szeliga or Szeligi. It is not clear whether there is any connection with the Polish vocabulary word szeliga ‘coat-of-arms’.

Szeremeta Polish
Polish cognate of Sheremeta.

Szmanda Polish
Polish pronunciation is "sh-MAHN-dah" and Hungarian pronunciation is "s-MAHN-dah".

Szopinska Polish

Szpila Polish

Sztojka Romani
From the Slavic verb stojati meaning "to stand, to be located". Pál Sztojka was a notable Romani bishop in Hungary.

Ta Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Tạ.

Tạ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Xie, from Sino-Vietnamese 謝 (tạ).

Taagepera Estonian
Taagepera is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "taga" ("behind", "at the back") and "pere" ("family", "folk").

Taalaybekova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Taalaybekov.

Taalmaa Estonian
Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"

Tabala Ukrainian

Tabata Japanese

Tabata Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge, end, tip".

Tabata Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 畑 or 畠 (hata) meaning "farm, cropfield".

Tabeta Japanese
In eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands, its often written as 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field" and 端 (beta) meaning "edge, end". However, tabe has also been spelled with 多 (ta) meaning "many" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Tabida Japanese

Tabira Japanese

Tabita Japanese

Taboada Galician
This indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous localities.

Tabukasa Japanese

Taccola Italian
Nickname of a diminutive from Italian meaning "jackdaw".

Tachigawa Japanese
Variant of Tachikawa.

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

Tachikura Japanese
Tachi means "stand" and kura means "granary, storehouse, warehouse, have, possess".

Tacza Polish
Deppreciation of TARCZA which means shield in Polish.

Tada Japanese
From the Japanese 多 (ta) "many" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Tadanaga Japanese

Taenaka Japanese

Tafa Albanian

Tafa Albanian
Derived from the given name Tafa, itself a short form of Mustafa.

Tafara Shona
Tafara means "We are happy or we rejoice". It is a name of rejoicing

Tafolla Spanish
Possibly a derivative of southern Spanish tafulla, tahulla, a term denoting a measure of land. The surname is not found in present-day Spain.

Tafoya Spanish
Possibly a variant of Tafolla.

Ţaga Romanian
Țaga is a commune and village in Cluj County, Romania.

Taga Estonian
Taga is an Estonian surname meaning "behind".

Tagashira Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" combined with 頭 (hashira) meaning "head, brain".

Tagawa Japanese (Rare)
Tagawa means "ricefield river"

Tağıyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tağıyev.

Tağızadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Tağı".

Taglialatela Italian
Taglialatela means "the person who cuts the cloth" and is typical in the Naples and Caserta areas of Italy.

Taha Arabic
From the given name Taha.

Tahara Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Tahirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tahirov.

Təhməzova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Təhməzov.

Tahya Indonesian

Taida Japanese

Taimla Estonian
Taimla is an Estonian surname meaning "nursery".

Taira Japanese
Meaning "peace". Together with the Fujiwara and Minamoto, this is one of the most prominent clans in Japanese history... [more]

Taita Japanese

Taiya Papuan

Tajima Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Taka Japanese
From Japanese taka, meaning "high, tall". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Taka Indian

Takada Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Takagahara Japanese

Takagaya Japanese

Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".

Takahara Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Takahara Italian
Takahara means "Treasure" in Italian. It was created as a family name only two generations ago.

Takahata Japanese
高 (Taka) means "expensive, tall, high" and 畑 (hata) means "field, farmland".... [more]

Takakura Japanese

Takakura Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Takakuwa Japanese
From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (kuwa) "mulberry tree."

Takamiya Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Takamura Japanese
Taka means "high, expensive, tall" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Takanaka Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle, in between".

Takaoka Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Takara Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high, boasting" and 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Takashima Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Takashina Japanese

Takata Japanese
Variant of Takada.

Takataka Central African, Southern African

Takatsuka Japanese
Taka means "high" and tsuka means "mound, hill".

Takaura Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Takawa Japanese

Takaya Japanese

Takayama Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Takazuka Japanese
Variant of Takatsuka.

Takeba Japanese

Takebara Japanese
Variant of Takehara.

Takegawa Japanese
Variant of Takekawa.

Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.

Takehara Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

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

Takemiya Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Takemura Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Takeoka Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Takesada Japanese

Takesawa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

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

Taketa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Takewara Japanese
Variant of Takehara.

Takeyama Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Takezawa Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Takida Japanese

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

Takigaya Japanese
Variant of Takitani.

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

Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Takita Japanese

Takiya Japanese (Rare)
Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.

Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Takizawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and zawa comes from sawa meaning "marsh, swamp".

Takizawa Japanese
From Japanese 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Takuma Japanese

Tala Filipino
meaning a star in philippine culture

Talaba Filipino, Cebuano
Means "oyster" in Cebuano.

Talacková f Czech

Talanoa Tongan

Talaveira Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese cognate of Talavera.

Talavera Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Talavera, especially Talavera de la Reina in Toledo province.

Talgatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Talgatov.

Talha Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Talha.

Talia Northern African

Taliana Maltese

Talıbova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Talıbov.

Talıbzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Talıb".

Talija Serbian
Talija... [more]

Talumaa Estonian
Talumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "farmland".

Tamada Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

Tamakawa Japanese
Tama means "jewel square" and kawa means "river".

Tamamura Japanese
Tama means "Jewel" and Mura means "village."... [more]

Tamanaha Japanese
From 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball", 那 (na) meaning "what?", and 覇 (ha) meaning "supremacy, leadership, hegemony, champion".

Tamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "gem, jewel, ball" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Tamara Japanese (Rare)

Tamata Japanese

Tamatsuka Japanese
Tama means "jewel" and tsuka means "mound".

Tamayama Japanese
玉 (Tama) means "jewel, gem" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Tamba Western African

Tamera Indian
Variant of Tamrakar.

Tamiya Japanese (Rare)
Tamiya means "rice field palace". See also Miyata

Tammemaa Estonian
Tammemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "oak land".

Tamta Kumaoni, Garhwali
Kumaoni and Garhwali form of Tamrakar.

Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.

Tanaca Japanese (Portuguese-style), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Tanaka.

Tanacea Romanian (Rare)

Tanada Japanese

Tanaha Indian

Tanahara Japanese
Variant transcription of Tahara or variant of Takahara.

Tanajara Japanese (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Hispanicized form of Tanahara.

Tanata Japanese

Tanatarova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Tanatarov.

Tanatova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Tanatov.

Tanda African

Tanda Japanese
From Japanese 反 (tan) referring to a unit of areal measure (equivalent to about 991.7 metres squared) and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Taneda Japanese
From 種 (tane) meaning "seed" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Tanegashima Japanese

Tanehira Japanese

Taneja Indian
This surname was apparently derived from tən‘blade of grass’ (from Sanskrit tṛna).

Taneva Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tanev.

Tangara Western African, Manding
Malian Bambara surname of unknown meaning.

Tanginoa Tongan

Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.

Tanibara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Tanida Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

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

Tanihara Japanese
Tani means "valley" and hara means "plain". ... [more]

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

Tanikuwa Japanese

Tanimura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Taninaka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and naka means "middle".

Tanioka Japanese
Tani means "valley" and oka means "ridge, hill".

Tanisawa Japanese
Tani means "valley" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Tanita Japanese

Taniura Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Taniwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Taniyama Japanese
Tani means "valley" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Tanizawa Japanese
Variant of Tanisawa.

Tanooka Japanese

Tanuma Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Tanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (tan) meaning "cinnabar" and 沢/澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Taoda Japanese

Tapachula Nahuatl, Aztec
Means "between the waters" in Nahuatl.

Tapavicza Hungarian

Tapdıqova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tapdıqov.

Tapola Finnish

Tara Indian

Taranova f Russian
Feminine form of Taranov.

Tarasova Russian
Feminine form of Tarasov.

Tarcza Polish, Hungarian
Means "shield" in Polish.

Tardáguila Spanish
Tardáguila is a Spanish surname that is believed to have originated from the Basque region of Spain. The surname is a combination of the words "tarda", which means late, and "aguila", which means eagle... [more]

Tarifa Albanian

Tarkpea Estonian
Tarkpea is an Estonian surname meaning "wiseacre" (literally, "clever head").

Tarnawa Polish (Modern)

Tarnowska f Polish
Feminine form of Tarnowski.

Tartaglia Italian
From Italian tartagliare "to stutter".

Tartara Italian, French

Tarverdiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tarverdiyev.

Tasaka Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Tasawa Japanese
Variant of Tazawa.

Taseska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Taseski.