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

Zięba Polish
From ‘finch’; a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird or maybe because a person lived in an area with many finches. Perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a birdcatcher or dealer.

Ziegenfus German
Variant of Ziegenfuss.

Ziegenfuss German
Meaning "goat foot".

Ziegenhagen German
Derived from Middle High German zige "goat" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture". Could be an occupational name for someone who kept goats, or be derived from any of several places with the name.

Ziegenhorn Upper German (Archaic)
Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain.

Zielinsky Polish, Russian
Russian form and variant of Zieliński.

Zielonka Polish, Jewish
Derived from the Polish word for "green"

Zielsdorf German
Habitational name from an unidentified place, perhaps Ziersdorf in Lower Austria.

Ziemer German

Zieminski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Ziemin in Poznan voivodeship, named with ziemin ‘ground’.

Zier German

Zigler German
Variant of Ziegler.

Žigman Croatian

Žigo Bosnian

Zika Czech, Greek
From a short form of the personal name Zikmund, the Czech form of Siegmund.... [more]

Zilberman Jewish
From nickname meaning "silver man", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and מאן (man), possibly a nickname for a person with grey hair.

Žilić Croatian, Serbian

Zilić Bosnian

Zillmann German

Zimbalist Jewish
Occupational name for a cymbalist or a dulcimer player, particularly the cimbalom, derived from Yiddish tsimbl meaning "dulcimer, cimbalom, cymbal". The American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918-2014) was a famous bearer of this surname.

Zimmer German
Means "room" in German.

Zinchenko Ukrainian
From the given name Zinoviy.

Zing Burmese

Zingaro Italian
Means "gypsy" in Italian.

Zinger German
The surname Zinger was first found in Saxony, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. ... In Old German the name meant "lively" and "spritely," or more literally, "a biting, sharp taste."

Zink German
German:... [more]

Zinn German
From the German for word for tin "tin." The name indicated someone who worked with the metal. A famous bearer is Johann Gottfried Zinn, a German botanist. Carl Linnaeus named the flower Zinnia in his honor.

Zinni Italian
Variant of Zini.

Ziola Italian

Ziolkowski Polish

Zion Hebrew
Means "monument" or "raised up" in Hebrew.

Zipper English

Zisko Slovak

Zito Italian

Ziv Hebrew
From the given name Ziv.

Živanović Serbian
Means "son of Živan".

Zlatić Croatian, Serbian

Zlatkin Jewish
Meaning, "gold" or "yellow."

Zoccola Italian (?)

Zoch German
Derived from Middle High German zoche meaning "cudgel, club".

Zoch German
From a place in Germany named Zochau.

Zohar Hebrew
Derived from the the given name Zohar meaning "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

Zohn English
Probably a variant of John.

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]

Zolan ?, Turkish (Anglicized, ?)

Zoldan Italian
from the name place Zoldo. Zoldan indicates also the name of a little valley North from Venice.

Zolla Italian

Zoller German, Jewish
Occupational name for a customs officer, Middle High German zoller.

Zolli Italian

Zollner English
Variant of Zoller.

Zollo Italian

Zolotarev Russian
Means "son of the goldsmith" derived from Russian золотарь (zolotar) meaning "goldsmith".

Zolton English (American)

Zong Chinese
From Chinese 棕 (zōng) meaning "brown".

Zong Chinese
From Chinese 宗 (zōng) meaning "lineage, ancestry". Perhaps it originally denoted a person who was a geneaolgist.

Zopf German
Nickname for someone who wore his hair in a pigtail or plait, Middle High German zopf, zoph, or from a field name from same word in the sense ‘tail’, ‘end’, ‘narrow point’.

Zoppi Italian
Nickname from zoppo "lame, unsteady".

Zorin m Russian

Zorn German
From Middle High German zorn "wrath, anger". A notable bearer was Swedish painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920) whose father was German.

Zorzi Venetian
From a Venetian form of the given name Giorgio.

Zottola Italian

Zou Chinese
An ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

Zou Chinese
From Chinese 邹 (zōu) referring to the ancient state of Zou, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Zoubek Czech
According to my translator, it means "tooth", so my guess is that it's an occupational surname for someone who's a dentist; the word for dentist is 'zubař.'

Zoumis Greek

Zozaya Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zozaia.

Zrimšek Slovene

Zsiga Hungarian
From the given name Zsiga.

Zubair Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zubayr.

Zubak Croatian

Zuber German, German (Swiss)
German: Metonymic occupational name for a cooper or tubmaker, from Middle High German zuber ‘(two-handled) tub’, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a tub. ... [more]

Zubillaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Lantaron.

Zubkov Russian
From zubok, meaning "little tooth".

Zuck Hebrew

Zucker Jewish
Occupational name for a confectioner or a nickname for someone with a sweet tooth, from German zucker or Yiddish צוקער (tsuker) both meaning "sugar". It is also used as an ornamental name.

Zuckerberg Jewish
Means "sugar mountain" from German zucker meaning "sugar" and Old High German berg meaning "mountain".

Zuckerman German, Yiddish

Zufall Medieval German
A German name from the Middle High German "zuoval," meaning "benefit," "coincidence" or "windfall." It was a nickname for a lucky person, most likely a person to whom a plot of land had been given. It could also be an occupational name for a tax collector.

Zukas Lithuanian
Shortened form of Žukaskaus.

Zukić Bosnian

Zukin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 頭巾 (zukin) meaning "headscarf, hood, handkerchief".

Zuleta Spanish, Basque
Variant of Zulueta, which comes from the Basque topographic name 'zulo' meaning ‘hole hollow’ + the collective suffix '-eta' meaning "place or group of."

Zulfiqar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Zulfiqar.

Zuliani Italian
Derived from Zuliano, the Venetian form of Giuliano.

Zuloaga Basque
It literally means "place of holes".

Zuluaga South American

Zulueta Spanish

Zumpano Italian
Comes from the town Zumpano in the province Cosenza in Calabria, Italy. The meaning is unknown but it possibly comes from a Greek-Calabrese surname.

Zumwalt German
German spelling Zum-Wald (to the forest) older german

Žuna Croatian
Derived from žuna meaning ''woodpecker''.

Zung Chin, Burmese

Zuni Indigenous American

Zúñiga Spanish
Spanish form of Zuñiga.

Zuo Chinese
From Chinese 左 (zuǒ) meaning "left, left-hand side".

Zur Jewish
Ornamental name derived from Hebrew צור (tsur) meaning "rock".

Zürcher German
Habitational name for someone from the Swiss city of Zurich.

Zurich German (Swiss)
Habitational name from a city in Switzerland named Zürich.

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

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

Żurkowski Polish

Żurowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Żurowa.

Zurzolo Italian
The last name of actor, Lorenzo Zurzolo, who is Niccolo in Baby and Theodore Nott in Harry Potter.

Zusman Yiddish

Zutter German, Belgian, German (Swiss)
Variant of Sutter.

Zwack Polish
Comes from the Polish name "Czwak." Possible German roots as well.

Zwagerman Dutch

Zwart Dutch
Means "black" in Dutch.

Zwicker German

Zwiers Dutch

Zwilling German, Jewish
Means "a twin", as in a twin brother or twin sister. Often given to those who were twins.

Zybura Polish

Żyła Polish
Means "vein" (figuratively "bore") in Polish.

Zyla Albanian

Zylstra Dutch, Frisian, English
Derived from Dutch zijl "canal" or "sluice". Originally indicated someone who lives near a canal or sluice.

Żywicki Polish
A habitational name that was given to someone from a place named ̣Zywy, or possibly from a nickname from the Polish word ̣'zywy', which means ‘live wire’.

Zywicki Polish

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