AntolinSpanish 1 Spanish (Antolín): from the personal name, a vernacular form of Antoninus, a name borne by thirteen saints.... [more]
AntoliniItalian The family originated from Sarnano (Macerata) and at the end of the century XVII transplanted to Montealbodo today Ostra (Ancona) where it was aggregated to that nobility.
AntrimIrish Meaning "lone ridge". This is the name of an Irish county and was among some of Billy the Kid’s other known names (ie: Henry "Kid" Antrim).
AntrobusEnglish This very unusual name is of Old Norse origin and is a locational surname from the place in Cheshire called "Antrobus". The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Entrebus", and in the Pipe Rolls of Cheshire of 1282 as "Anterbus"... [more]
AnzaBasque From Basque, which refers to a pasture in the dwarf elder trees.
AnzaiJapanese From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "peace" and 西 (sai) meaning "west", 斎 (sai) meaning "purification, worship", or 済 (sai) meaning "settle, finish".
AoChinese From Chinese 敖 (áo) referring to Tai Ao, a legendary teacher who mentored the mythological emperor Zhuanxu.
AoEstonian Ao is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "lao", meaning "warehouse".
AonoJapanese From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
AounArabic (Mashriqi), Arabic (Maghrebi) Derived from a French-influenced variant of a given name based on the Arabic noun عون (aun) meaning "help, aid". This surname is more commonly used by Maronite Christians in Lebanon. A notable bearer is the former Lebanese president Michel Aoun (1933-).
AoyagiJapanese From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow".
ApacibleSpanish (Philippines) Means "peaceful" in Spanish. Galicano Apacible was a Filipino physician and politician who was the co-founder of La Solidaridad and the Nacionalista Party.
AparicioSpanish Derived from the Latin word “aparitio” meaning “appearance” or “arrival”. It may also be a habitational name, indicating a person who lived near or at a place with the same name.
ApfelGerman, Jewish Means "apple" in German, from Middle High German apfel, an occupational name for someone who grew or sold apples. As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
ApicellaItalian Possibly derived from a diminutive of Italian ape "bee", an occupational name for a beekeeper, or perhaps a nickname for an industrious person. Alternatively, it could derive from the Latin cognomen Apicius.
ApolloItalian, Spanish From the Greek personal name Apollo. There are several saints Apollo in the Christian Church, including an Egyptian hermit and monastic leader who died in 395 ad. The personal name derives from the name in classical mythology of the sun god, Apollo, an ancient Indo-European name, found for example in Hittite as Apulana "god of the gate" (from pula "gate", cognate with Greek pylē), therefore "protector, patron".
AppelGerman, Dutch, Jewish, Yiddish From Low German Appel, Middle Dutch appel, or Yiddish epl "apple", an occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit. As a Jewish surname, it is generally ornamental rather than occupational.
AppelGerman, Dutch From the personal name Appel, a pet form of Apprecht (common especially in Thuringia and Franconia), itself a variant of Albrecht... [more]
AppelmanDutch Occupational name from Middle Dutch apelmanger "apple seller".
ApplegarthEnglish, Scottish Topographic or habitational name from Middle English applegarth meaning "apple orchard", from Old Norse apaldr "apple tree" and garðr "enclosure, yard".
ApplewhiteEnglish Habitational name from a place named Applethwaite, from Old Norse apaldr ‘apple tree’ and þveit ‘meadow’. There are two or three such places in Cumbria; Applethwaite is also recorded as a surname from the 13th century in Suffolk, England, pointing to a possible lost place name there... [more]
AràbiaItalian, Spanish Ethnic name for someone from Arabia or some other Arabic-speaking country or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with one of these countries.
AragakiJapanese From Japanese 新 (ara) meaning "new" or 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "hedge, fence".
AragónSpanish, South American Habitational name from Aragon Spain which was an independent kingdom from 1035 to 1479. It took its name from the river Aragón which arises in its northwestern corner... [more]
AraldiItalian Means “heralds” in Italian. Famous bearers include Italian painters Alessandro Araldi (c. 1460 – c. 1529) and Paolo Araldi (18th century – after 1820).
AranJapanese From 亜 (a), a phonetic character, and 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid."
AranaBasque, Central American This indicates familial origin within either of 3 eponymous localities: the hamlet in the County of Trebiñu, the neighborhood in Gasteiz, or the neighborhood in Bermeo.
ArandaSpanish Habitational name from any of various places for example Aranda de Duero in Burgos province which bears a name of pre-Roman probably Celtic origin.
AranetaFilipino From a Basque name derived from haran meaning "valley" combined with the toponymic suffix -eta.
ArangurenBasque Habitational name derived from Basque aran "valley" and -guren "limit, edge, bank".
ArboledaSpanish From arboleda meaning "grove of trees". This is the name of a prominent Colombian family, in which case it is derived from their region of origin in Arboleya, Spain.
ArbuckleEnglish, Scottish Habitational name for a person from the minor place of Arbuckle in North Lanarkshire, derived from Scottish Gaelic earrann "part, section" and buachaill "herdsman".
ArchibongEfik, Ibibio of Efik Origin, originally pronounced asibong but changed by the british to Archibong, meaning Kings Father, Kings Friend, (amasi Obong)
ArchilaSpanish Either a variant of Arcila or derived from Arabic الشَّلَّال (aš-šallāl) meaning "the waterfall".
ArcillaSpanish (Philippines) From Spanish arcilla meaning "clay," derived via Latin from Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos), ultimately from ἀργός (argós) meaning "white."
ArciniegaBasque Castilianized form. Name for someone from the Spanish town of Artziniega. The town's name likely comes from the Basque artzain meaning "shepherd" and -aga, a suffix for place names.
ArciszewskimPolish Habitational name for a person from the Polish village Arciszewo
ArdScottish Habitational name from any of several places called Aird, including one near Hurlford in Ayrshire, another near Stranraer in Galloway, and the Aird, the higher part of the Vale of Beauly, near Inverness... [more]
ArdenEnglish From various English place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".... [more]
ArellanoBasque, Spanish From the name of a town in Nevarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from either of the Latin personal names Valerius or Aurelius, indicating land owned by someone of the name, or from Basque aritz "oak (tree)" (see haritz).
ArensbergGerman From Old High German arn 'eagle' and berg, 'mountain'.
AretzEnglish (American) The Aretz family name was found in the USA, and Canada between 1880 and 1920. The most Aretz families were found in USA in 1920. In 1880 there were 14 Aretz families living in Minnesota. This was 100% of all the recorded Aretz's in USA.
ArévaloSpanish Habitational name from any of the places called Arévalo in the provinces of Ávila and Soria of pre-Roman origin.
ArgentoItalian Means "silver" in Italian, originally used as an occupational name for a silversmith or a nickname for a person with gray hair.
ArgenzianoItalian Derived from a diminutive of the given name Argenzio, ultimately from Latin argenteus meaning "silver". A famous bearer was American actor Carmen Argenziano (1943-2019).
ArgomanizSpanish Spanish: Habitational Name From A Place Called Argomaniz (In Castilian: Argómaniz) In The Araba/Álava Province.
ArguelloSpanish It had its cradle in the so-called Brotherhood of Argüello, formed by the councils of Val de Lugueros, Mediana de Argüello and La Tercia del Camino (León), from where its branches spread throughout Spain.
ArguetaSpanish This surname was most likely originally used to identify a person who lived in a characteristically bright or luminous area.
ArguijoSpanish Spanish: Habitational Name From A Place Called Arguijo In Zamora Province.
ArgyleScottish, Scottish Gaelic From the regional name Argyll, a county of southwestern Scotland, named in Gaelic as Earre Ghàidheal ‘coast of the Gaels’. Argyll was the earliest part of Scotland to be settled by Gaelic speakers from Ireland from the 6th century onwards... [more]
ArimotoJapanese From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "exist, have, possess" and 元 (moto) meaning "foundation, basis, origin" or 本 (moto) meaning "source, root, base, origin".
ArimuraJapanese Ari means "exist" and mura means "village, hamlet".
ArinoJapanese Ari means "exist" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".
ArlenAmerican Of uncertain origin. Possibly a form of the German name Erlen or a Gaelic name meaning "pledge" or "oath".
ArlinghausGerman Perhaps a habitational name from Oerlinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
ArlingtonEnglish Location name that refers to a settlement associated with a personal name reduced to Arl- plus the Anglo-Saxon patronymic element -ing- then the element -ton denoting a "settlement"... [more]
ArmasSpanish Occupational name for an arms maker or soldier, from Spanish armas meaning "arms, weapons".
ArmellinoItalian Italian: of uncertain origin; possibly from a masculinized form of Armellina, an old female personal name derived from Latin animula, a diminutive of anima ‘spirit’, ‘soul’.
ArmendarizSpanish, Basque Variant of Basque Armendaritze, a habitational name from a village in Low Navarre named Armendaritze, or directly from a patronymic form of the Basque personal name Armendari or Armentari, from Latin Armentarius "herdsman".
ArmeniaItalian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Armenia or who had connections with Armenia. This surname is derived from the feminine form of Armenio, which is ultimately from Greek Αρμένιος (Armenios) meaning "Armenian"... [more]
ArmenterosSpanish Habitational name from either of two places called Armenteros, in the provinces of Ávila and Salamanca, from the plural of armenatero meaning ‘cowherd’, from Latin armenta ‘herd(s)’.
ArmijoSpanish Derived from the Spanish adjetive "armigero", meaning "one who bears arms". First found in the Northern Region of Spain in Cantabria. Alternate spellings include: Armijos, Armigo, and Armija.
ArmitageEnglish Topographic name for someone who lived on or near a hermitage or a habitational for places so called, derived from Middle English ermitage. A famous bearer of the name is English actor Richard Crispin Armitage (1971-).
ArmourScottish, Northern Irish From Middle English, Old French armure, blended with the agent noun armer (see Armer), hence an occupational name for a maker of arms and armor. The collective noun armure denoted offensive weapons as well as the more recently specialized sense of protective gear.
ArneNorwegian (Rare) From the name of a place called Arna, derived either from Old Norse ǫrn "eagle" or from an Indo-European root meaning "to stream, to flow".