Submitted Surnames on the United States Popularity List

Ruthven English, Scottish
From the name of a barony in Perthshire, Scotland, which comes from Scottish Gaelic Ruadhainn "Dun uplands".

Rutigliano Italian
From the name of a town located in Bari Province of Apulia, Italy.

Rutledge English, Scottish
Origin unknown

Rutman Jewish, German
1. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rothman. ... [more]

Rutt English, German
English: variant of Root.... [more]

Rutter English
Either (i) "player of the rote (a medieval stringed instrument played by plucking)"; or (ii) from a medieval nickname for a dishonest or untrustworthy person (from Old French routier "robber, mugger")... [more]

Rutz Romansh, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Rudolf.

Rutz Low German
Derived from Middle Low German rūtze or ruce "cobbler".

Ruvolo Italian
From Sicilian ruvolo "sessile oak".

Ruxer French

Ruz Spanish
Possibly a variant of Ruiz or Cruz.

Ruz Breton
From Breton meaning "red".

Ružek Czech
It means "rose". Derived from name Ružena.

Ružić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from ruža meaning ''rose''.

Ruzicki Polish
Ruzicki was first found in Polesie, inhabited by Ruthenians, called Polesians, of Ukrainian descent. One of the principal names of the area was the royal Clan of Poraj, of which the family name Ruzycki is a branch.

Ry Danish

Ryal English

Ryall English
From any of several places in England named from Old English ryge "rye" + hyll "hill".

Ryalls English

Ryals English
English occupational surname.

Ryan Korean (Russified)
Form of Ryang used by Koreans in Russia.

Ryans English
Variant of Ryan.

Rybacki Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Rybaki, derived from Polish ryba meaning "fish".

Rybak Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Jewish
Means "fisherman" in some Slavic languages. Derived from the word ryba "fish". A famous bearer is Byelarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak (b. 1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009.

Rybakov Russian
Means "son of the fisher" from Russian рыбак (rybak) meaning "fisherman".

Rybarczyk Polish (Modern)
A derivative of polish word 'Rybak' (fisherman)

Rybczyński Polish

Rybinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called 'Rybno'.

Rybka Polish

Rybski Polish
Occupational name for a fisherman.

Rycroft English
Derived from Rycroft, in the parish of Birstall, Yorkshire

Rydberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and berg "mountain". Notable bearers are author and poet Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895) and physicist Johannes Rydberg (1854-1919).

Rydell Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and the common surname suffix -ell.

Rydell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Riddell.

Rydén Swedish
Combination of Swedish ryd "woodland clearing" and the common surname suffix -én.

Ryen Norwegian
Habitational name from any of more than ten farmsteads, originally named with Old Norse rugr ‘rye’ + vin ‘meadow’.

Ryerson English (American)
Americanized spelling of Swedish Reierson or of any of its cognates, for example Dutch Ryerse, Ryersen or Norwegian and Danish Reiersen.

Rykaczewski m Polish
Likely means "from Rykaczewo".

Rylaarsdam Dutch
Variant of Rijlaarsdam

Ryle English
Habitational name from Royle in Lancashire (see Royle).

Rylee English (American)
Variant of Riley 1.

Ryles English

Rymar Ukrainian

Rymer English
Occupational name for a poet.

Rynders Dutch, Frisian
Variant of Reinders

Ryne German (Swiss)
Respelling of Swiss German Rhyn, a topographic name for someone living on the Rhine river, Middle High German Rin.

Rynearson German, German (Swiss)
Derived from the Rhine River.

Ryś Polish
Means "Lynx" in Polish.

Ryšavý Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak last name meaning "red-haired".

Ryser English
Variant of Reiser based on the English word riser.

Ryu Japanese

Rzasa Polish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a pond where duckweed grew, from Polish rzasa ‘duckweed’.

Rzepka Polish
from rzepka, diminutive of rzepa ‘turnip’, either a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a peasant who grew root vegetables.

Rzonca Polish
Nickname from Polish dialect rzonca, standard Polish rzodca ‘land steward’.

Rzucidlo Polish
Nickname for an eager or ebullient person from a derivative of rzucic ‘to throw’, ‘to throw oneself at someone’.

Sa Korean
There are three Chinese characters associated with this surname. Two of these are extremely rare and are not treated here. The remaining Sa surname is also quite unusual. There are two distinct clans, one of Kyŏngsang South Province’s Kŏch’ang County and the other originating with a refugee from Ming China who came to Korea near the end of the Koryŏ period (ad 918–1392).

Sá Portuguese, Galician
Variant spelling of Saa, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.

Saa Portuguese, Galician
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Saa, mainly in northern Portugal and Galicia.

Saadat Persian
Means "happiness" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic سعادة (sa'adah).

Saadiq Pakistani
Rare variant of Sadiq.

Saal Estonian
Saal is an Estonian surname meaning "hall".

Saarela Estonian
Saarela is an Estonian surname meaning "island area".

Saavedra Spanish
Derived from the place-name Saavedra and therefore signifies "descendant or son of one from Saavedra". The place-name Saavedra is located in the north western province of Lugo in Galicia, Spain and is believed to be derived from the elements "Saa" meaning "Hall" and "Vedra" (feminine) meaning "Old".

Saba French, Occitan
Nickname from a variant of Occitan sabe meaning "tasty, flavorsome". Compare Sabourin.

Saba Arabic
From the given name Saba or Sabah.

Sabado Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish sábado meaning “Sabbath, Saturday”.

Sabadoš Croatian, Serbian

Sabag Hebrew
Israeli modern form of Sabbagh.

Sabagh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صباغ (see Sabbagh).

Sabah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Sabah.

Šabanović Bosnian
Means "son of Šaban".

Sàbat Catalan
From a nickname or personal name bestowed on someone born on a Saturday, which was considered a good omen (Late Latin sabbatum, Greek sabbaton, from Hebrew shabat "Sabbath").

Sabat Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazi) ornamental name from German Sabbat "Sabbath".

Sabat French
Nickname for a noisy, rowdy person, from Middle French sab(b)at "noise", "racket".

Sabatier French
Meaning "cobbler, shoemaker".

Sabatini Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Sabatino.

Sabatino Italian
From the given name Sabatino.

Sabato Italian
From sabato "Saturday".

Sabău Medieval Romanian

Sabbagh Arabic
Means "dyer" in Arabic.

Sabbatini Italian
Variant of Sabatini.

Sabbatino Italian

Sabe Manding, Indian

Sabella Sicilian, Italian
Possibly derived from the Latin cognomen Sabellus, or in some cases from a diminutive of the feminine given name Isabella... [more]

Saber Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Saberi Persian
From the given name Saber.

Šabić Bosnian, Croatian

Sabino Italian
From the given name Sabino

Sabir Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Sablan Spanish
Of Savoy.

Sable Indian

Sablone Italian
From Latin sabulo "coarse sand, gravel".

Sabnis Hindi

Sabo Nigerian

Sabo Serbian, Croatian, Romanian
Variant form of Szabó.

Sabouri Persian
Derived from Persian صبور (sabour) meaning "patient, tolerant".

Sabourin French (Quebec), French (Huguenot)
Southern French surname, originally a nickname for a pleasant or amiable person, from a diminutive of sabor meaning "flavor, taste" (Old French saveur). The Huguenots brought this surname to England, and from there it may have been introduced to North America.

Šabović Bosnian

Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Sabry Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Sac Romansh

Sacca Italian

Saccà Italian
From Arabic سقى (saqa) "to give water", a nickname for a water carrier.

Saccente Italian
Nickname from medieval Italian saccente "wise".

Sacdalan Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog sakdalan meaning "perfection, excellence, extremeness".

Sach Hebrew

Sacha Polish

Sachan Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit सचान (sácāna) meaning "kind, friendly".

Sachdev Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit सत्य (satya) meaning "true, virtuous, good" and देव (devá) meaning "deity, god".

Sachdeva Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Variant transcription of Sachdev.

Sache French

Sachse German
Variant of Sachs.

Sachtleben German
Nickname for someone perceived to lead a carefree, easy life, from Middle Low German sacht(e) meaning "soft" + leben meaning "life".

Sackman German

Sackmann German
Occupational name from Middle High German sacman meaning "baggage servant", one who was in charge of transporting and looking after a knight’s baggage and supplies on campaign.

Sackrider English (Rare)

Saclolo Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog saklolo meaning "help, aid".

Saco Italian
There are several possible derivations for the Saco surname: the Saco name evolved from an old Tuscan personal name, Saccus; it came from the word "sacco" meaning "a sack," and was an occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags; it was a habitational name taken on from the place named Sacco in Salerno province.

Sacramento Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning "sacrament" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Sacré French

Sad Arabic (Egyptian)

Sada Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "assist" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Sadat German (Rare)
The last name Sadat means "master" and "gentleman," and is originally a religious last name which was popular in the west, more precisely in Germany.

Saddi Italian

Säde Estonian
Säde is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name) meaning "spark".

Sade Hebrew

Sadeghian Persian
From the given name Sadegh.

Sadek Arabic
From the given name Sadiq.

Sadeq Arabic
Gulf Arabic

Sadeq Arabic
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadi Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'di.

Sadie South African
Pissibly from the given name Sadie.

Sadik Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadiković Bosnian
Means "son of Sadik".

Sadiku Albanian, Kosovar

Sadiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sadiq.

Sado Japanese

Sadri Persian
From the Persian given name Sadr "chief, leader", from arabic ṣadr, literally "chest (of men)".

Sady Bengali

Sadykov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Means "son of Sadyk".

Saechao Thai
Form of Zhao used by Chinese Thais.

Saed Arabic, Somali, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Bengali, Punjabi, Dhivehi
From the given name Sa'id.

Saeed Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Said.

Saeedi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.

Saeki Japanese
This surname is used as 佐伯, 三枝木 or 佐柄木 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 伯 (haku, eki) meaning "chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", 柄 (hei, gara, e, tsuka) meaning "design, pattern, build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 伯 (eki) meaning "official, count, earl".

Saeki Japanese
From Japanese 冴 (sae) meaning "clear, serene" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Saelee Thai
Alternate transcription of Saeli.

Saeli Thai
Form of Li 1 used by Chinese Thais.

Saenger German, Jewish
Occupational name for a chorister or a nickname for someone who liked singing, from Middle High German senger, German Sänger meaning "singer".

Saëns French
From the given name Saëns

Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.

Saetang Thai
Form of Tang used by Chinese Thais. This is one of the most common surnames in Thailand.

Sæther Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse sætr "farm" or setr "seat, residence, mountain pastures".

Saetta Italian
Possibly an Italianized form of Sicilian Saitta, or else taken directly from the Italian word saetta meaning "arrow, bolt" or "thunderbolt, lightning"... [more]

Saeyang Thai
Form of Yang used by Chinese Thais.

Saez French, Spanish

Safa Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.

Safaei Persian
From the given name Safa.

Safari Persian
From the given name Safar.

Səfərov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Səfər".

Safarov Tajik, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Safar".

Safdar Urdu
Derived from the given name Safdar.

Safdari Persian
From the given name Safdar.

Safer Jewish
Variant of Safir.

Saffioti Italian
From the place name Punta Safò, a settlement in Briatico.

Saffron English

Safi Pashto, Afghan, Pakistani
Meaning unknown. This is the name of branch of the Ghurghakhti Pashtun tribe in regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Safi Arabic
From the given name Safi.

Safir Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name from northeastern Yiddish dialect safir and German Saphir ‘sapphire’.

Safonov Russian

Šafran Croatian
Means "crocus, saffron".

Safran Jewish

Safrit English

Saga Japanese

Sagadraca English

Sagala Batak

Sagan English (American)

Sagar Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu
From the given name Sagar.

Sagara Japanese
From Japanese 相 (saga) meaning "nature, custom, fate, destiny" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort, ease".

Sagastume Basque
Topographic name from Basque sagasta "apple tree" and ume "young (plant), child".

Sagat Marathi

Sagawa Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sage English (Modern)
From the English word sage (see Sage).

Säger German

Saget Jewish

Saggio Italian

Sağlam Turkish
Means "firm, hard, strong" in Turkish.

Sagraves English
Variant of Seagrave.

Saguid Tagalog
From Tagalog sagid meaning "slight touch in passing".

Sagun Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Sahagún.

Sah Indian, Hindi
Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu).

Saha Czech

Saha Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Sahagian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.

Sahagún Spanish
Habitational name from Sahagùn in Lleón province.

Sahakian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sahakyan.

Sahakyan Armenian
Means "son of Sahak".

Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid, assist, help" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field". This is the name of areas in the city of Yokosuka and the city of Katori in Japan.

Sahara Japanese
From Japanese 左 (sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".

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

Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.

Sahib Arabic
It means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.

Sahler Jewish, German

Sahlin Swedish
Swedish sal "hall, large room" (possibly from a place name containing this element) combined with the common surname suffix -in.

Sahni Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Possibly from Sahni, the name of a village in Punjab.

Saho Japanese

Sahoo Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Sahu.

Sahota Indian (Sikh)
A sikh surname meaning ‘hare’, derived from the name of a Jat clan.

Sahota Indian, Punjabi
Derived from Punjabi ਸਹਿਆ (sahia) meaning "hare".

Sahu Indian, Odia, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Sai Japanese (Rare)
From 蔡 (sai) meaning "tortoise used for divination, dust, thicket".

Sai Hui
From the Arabic name Sa'id.

Said Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.

Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.

Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.

Saïed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sa'id, influenced by French orthography and chiefly used in Tunisia.

Saied Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'id.

Saif Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Saif.

Saifi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Saifullah Arabic
From the given name Saifullah.

Saiia Italian

Saiki Japanese

Sailer English
Variant spelling of Saylor.

Sailor English
Variant of Saylor.

Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.

Sainsbury English
habitational name from Saintbury (Gloucestershire) from the Old English personal name Sæwine (genitive Sæwines from Old English sæ "sea" and wine ‘friend’) plus burg "fortified place".

Saint English, French
Nickname for a particularly pious individual, from Middle English, Old French saint, seint "holy" (Latin sanctus "blameless, holy"). The vocabulary word was occasionally used in the Middle Ages as a personal name, especially on the Continent, and this may have given rise to some instances of the surname.

Saint-Amour French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Amor" in French.

Saint-Fleur French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Fleur" in French.

Saint-Germain French, Haitian Creole
Variant spelling of St Germain.

Saint-Jean French
Means Saint John in French

Saint-Juste French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Justus" in French.

Saint-Louis French (Caribbean)
Means "Saint Louis" in French.

Saint-Paul Belgian, French

Sainz Spanish
A variation of the surname Sáenz, derived from the extremely popular medieval given name Sancho... [more]

Saita Japanese

Saitta Sicilian, Italian
Means "arrow" or "lightning bolt" in Sicilian, from Latin sagitta via sajitta. Probably a nickname for a quick or fast-footed person, though it may have also been a metonymic occupational name for a fletcher.

Saiz Spanish
Variant of Sáez.

Saji Japanese
From 佐 (sa) meaning "help, assist" and 治 (ji) meaning "govern, administer, rule, cure".

Sajid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sajid.

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

Sajjadi Persian
From the given name Sajjad.

Sak Turkish
Means "conscious, awake" or "stalk, stem" in Turkish.

Saka Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill", often found in other surnames and place names such as Osaka.

Saka Turkish
Either an occupational name for a seller or deliverer of water or a nickname meaning "goldfinch".

Saka Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Sakaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Sakahara Japanese
From Japanese 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakakibara Japanese
From Japanese 榊 (sakaki) meaning "sakaki" (a type of tree) and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".

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

Saker English
Occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, derived from an agent derivative of Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag".

Saki Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Sakihara Japanese

Sako Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".

Sako Western African, Manding
From the name of a Soninke and Mandinka clan most likely derived from saaxo meaning "heron, egret".

Sakoda Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 迫 (sako) meaning "a small valley on the mountain side" and 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Sakon Japanese
A notable bearer is the actor Peter Sakon Lee.

Saks Estonian
Saks is an Estonian surname derived from "Saksa" ("German") and "Saksamaa" ("Germany"). Ultimately derived from "Saxon" and "Saxony".

Saksena Indian, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सक्सेना (see Saxena).

Sakuda Japanese

Sakuma Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Sakurai Japanese
From the Japanese 桜 or 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" or 桃 (sakura or momo) meaning "peach" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Sakyi Akan
Meaning unknown.

Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".

Saladin French
nickname for a blustering or tyrannical individual from the name of the medieval Egyptian sultan who because of his success in combating the Crusaders became demonized in French and Italian folklore as a monster second only to Herod.

Saladino Italian, Sicilian
Either from the personal name Saladino from Arabic (see Saladin ) or a nickname from this name denoting a bully or tyrant... [more]

Salahuddin Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Salah al-Din.

Salam Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Salam.

Salama Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salamah Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salameh Arabic
Derived from Arabic سلامة (salama) meaning "safety, good health" or سلام (salam) meaning "peace".

Šalamon Slovene
From the given name Šalamon.

Salander Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly a variant of Selander or a combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -ander.

Salangsang Filipino, Pampangan
Means "(to) stack" in Kapampangan.

Salas Hungarian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Szálas.

Salaün Breton, French
Form of the given name Solomon.

Salazer Turkish (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Salazar.

Salchow German

Saldaña Spanish
Habitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.

Saldanha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Saldaña.

Saldano Spanish

Saldívar Spanish
Castilianized variant of Basque Zaldibar, a habitational name from a place so named in Biscay province. The place name is of uncertain derivation: it may be from zaldu ‘wood’, ‘copse’ or from zaldi ‘horse’ + ibar ‘water meadow’, ‘fertile plain’.

Sale English, French
English: from Middle English sale ‘hall’, a topographic name for someone living at a hall or manor house, or a metonymic occupational name for someone employed at a hall or manor house. ... [more]

Sale Sardinian
Derived from Sardinian sale "salt", this name denoted a producer or seller of salt.

Saleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Salim.

Salehi Persian
Derived from the given name Saleh.

Salemi Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from a place so called in Trapani.

Salerno Italian
Southern Italian habitational name from the city of Salerno in Campania.

Salętnik Polish

Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").

Salgueiro Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Salguero.

Salguero Spanish
Means "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).

Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.

Salib Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Egyptian Christian derived from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) meaning "cross, crucifix".

Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]

Salic Filipino, Maranao
Derived from the given name Salic.