This is a list of submitted surnames in which the order is random.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
WallenEnglish Originated from the Old English words "waellan" or "weallan," which mean "to boil" or "to bubble." It is thought that the name may have been used to describe someone who lived near a boiling spring or a bubbling brook.
RagettliRomansh Derived from a truncated form of Anrig in combination with the diminutive suffix -ett and the diminutive suffix -li.
FelliItalian Possibly derived from a nickname based on fello "criminal; evil, wretched; angry; sad, gloomy".
OlivaresSpanish Habitational name from any of several places named Olivares, from the plural of Spanish olivar meaning "olive grove". Compare Portuguese and Galician Oliveira.
MenzieScottish Menzie (originally spelled Menȝie) derives from the surname Menzies, which in turn derives from the Norman commune Mesnières (known as Maneria in the 1300s)... [more]
SilverstoneEnglish Obviously means "silver stone." In addition to people, this is the name of a racetrack in the village of the same name in England.
SibulEstonian Sibul is an Estonian surname meaning both "onion" and "bulb".
YabsleyEnglish It is believed to be a derived spelling of Abboldesi, a place now more commonly known as Abbotsley or Abbotsleigh. However, the original surname had nothing to do with "Abbots" in any spelling, and derives from to the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Eadbeald" meaning "Prosperity-bold".
CorbieFrench From the name of a town in northern France, possibly derived from a given name originating with the Latin word corvus meaning "raven, crow". Alternatively, it could be a variant form of Corbeau.
IlgenGerman Either a patryonimic from the given name Ilg or derived from the name of a district of the Steingaden municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau.
ĐậuVietnamese Vietnamese form of Dou, from Sino-Vietnamese 竇 (đậu).
SakataJapanese From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
RasilaFinnish A variant of the finnish word (rasi) for a forest that has been cleared for slash and burn but has not yet been burnt for agricultural means. The suffix "-la" is usually added to the stem of the word to indicate a location... [more]
BicanCzech, Slovak, Romanian Nickname for a tall, gangling person, from Old Czech bočan ‘stork’. Compare Bocian. Also a nickname from bocan ‘hammer’ or a derivative of Boc.
BeeraleSomali The surname "Beerale" in Somali means "farmer" or "agriculturist." It refers to someone involved in farming or agricultural activities.
JastremskimPolish Derives from the Polish word jastrząb meaning "goshawk". It's a habitational name, meaning it originally indicated someone from a place called Jastrzębie or Jastrząbki, both of which are named after the goshawk.
HartonEnglish This surname is a habitational one, denoting someone who lived in a village in County Durham or in North Yorkshire.... [more]
MilkEnglish Probably from Middle English milk ‘milk’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a producer or seller of milk.In some instances, probably a translation of German Milch, a variant of Slavic Milich or of Dutch Mielke (a pet form of Miele), or a shortening of Slavic Milkovich.
JinJapanese From Japanese 神 (jin) meaning "deity; god". This may have been used by shrine masters, people who came from shrines, or people who were granted by the emperor of Japan.
SolórzanoSpanish Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Solórzano in Cantabria, Spain.
BreretonEnglish Habitational name from any of the various places named Brereton or similar in England, derived from Old English brer "briar" and tun "enclosure, town" or dun "hill, mountain".
RöntgenGerman Meaning uncertain. This was the name of German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) who discovered and studied x-rays. Röntgen called the radiation "X" because it was an unknown type of radiation.
KosakaJapanese From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
LenoirFrench Means "the black" in French, from noir "black", a variant of Noir combined with a definite article le. A famous bearer of the name was Belgian-French engineer Étienne Lenoir (1822-1900), the inventor of the internal combustion engine.
FrancesSpanish, Catalan From Spanish and Catalan meaning "French". Denoting someone of French origin.
MitsushimaJapanese Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".
TsukauchiJapanese From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside, within"
IniestaSpanish Habitational name from places called Iniesta in the province of Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Spanish former soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.
HillierEnglish Occupational name for a roof tiler or thatcher from Middle English helier "roofer, slater, tiler", ultimately derived from Old English helan "to hide, conceal, cover".
PrimroseScottish From the name of Primrose in Fife, Scotland, a place originally named Prenrhos, literally "tree-moor" in Welsh. This is the family name of the Earls of Rosebery.
ToveyEnglish From the Old Norse male personal name Tófi, a shortened form of various compound names beginning with Thorf- or Thorv- (e.g. Þórvaldr), based on the name of the thunder god Þórr... [more]
DunmoreEnglish, Scottish Habitational name from Dunmore Farm in Oxfordshire or from any of many places in Scotland named in Gaelic as Dún Môr 'great hill'.
BezuglyymRussian From Russian без (bez), meaning "without" and угол (ugol), meaning either "angle, corner" or "coal". The surname can mean "cornerless, angleless" or "coalless, without coal".
StellEnglish Unknown origin, possibly a variant of Steel, from the English word "steel", originating in Yorkshire, UK. Alternatively, it may be derived from North German dialect word stel meaning "bog", denoting someone who lived near a marsh; or from Latin stella meaning "star", eg for a person who lived at an inn with a star on its sign.
BalajczaPolish, Hungarian May be related to the Hungarian place name Balaj or it may be a derivation of a personal name. The -cza suffix can suggest "of" or "from", indicating origin or descent.
MurkowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Murkowo.
GrewalPunjabi, Indian (Sikh) Referred to a person belonging to a Jat clan that descended from the Gaharwar subcaste of the larger Rajput caste. The subcaste originated from the prominent Gahadavala dynasty that ruled northern parts of the present-day states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India.
EenmaaEstonian Eenmaa is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").
SaaremaaEstonian Toponymic surname from an island in the West Estonian archipelago, derived from saar "island" and maa "land, earth".
AwadArabic Refers to a person who makes "Oud", an oriental musical instrument.
Armand PilonFrench Armand is the original surname, and it is a French modification from a German surname. The original being Hartmann, that spelled by a francophone becomes Armand.... [more]
Vogt Von FormbachMedieval German Toponymic variant of Vogt. Bearers of this surname descend from the Grafen von Reinhausen-Winzenburg and Grafen von Radelberg. Members of this comital family also use the surnames Vogt von Formbach und Stift and Vogt von Formbach und Göttweih.
ArtisEnglish English: regional name for someone from the French province of Artois, from Anglo-Norman French Arteis (from Latin Atrebates, the name of the local Gaulish tribe). This surname is popular in North Carolina and Virginia, of the US.
DamasFrench French form of Damascus. Famous bearer Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978) was a French poet and politican from French Guiana, cofounder of the Négritude Mouvement and author of the collection "Black Label".
LesterEnglish Habitational name from Leicester which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore "the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)" and Old English ceaster "city Roman fortification" (from Latin castrum) "camp fortress".
OruveeEstonian Oruvee is an Estonian surname meaning "valley water".