Browse Submitted Surnames

Bucur Romanian
A ancient Romanian name of Dacian origin. It means "happy". A legendary Romanian shepherd named Bucur it is said to have founded Bucharest, the present capital or Romania, giving his name to it (The Romanian city name is Bucureşti).

Wieslander Swedish
Combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -lander.

Samaraweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".

Ormay English (American)
Believed to be the Americanization of the last name Ormoi from Hungary.

Caseel Romansh
Variant of Caseli.

Nunemaker German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Nonnenmacher.

Toh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhuo.

Saipe English
English: perhaps a habitational name from a minor place in Wiltshire named Stype.

Billing English

Magaldi Italian, South American
Patronymic or plural form of the Old German personal name Magoald (from the elements megin, magan "strength, might, power" and wald "power"), or else a nickname from magaldo meaning "evil, wicked", which was derived from the personal name... [more]

Giel Medieval English
From a medieval personal name of which the original form was Latin Aegidius, from Greek aigidion "kid, young goat". Compare English Giles.... [more]

Ramezanzadeh Persian
Means "offspring of Ramezan" in Persian.

Coetzer German

Žák Czech
Czech form of Żak.

Asakura Japanese
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow", or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Elemesov m Kazakh
Means "son of Elemes".

Vodišek Slovene

Sanabra Catalan
Catalan cognate of Seabra.

Dewasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god" and सिंह (siṃha) meaning "lion".

Aliaksandrava f Belarusian
Feminine form of Aliaksandraŭ.

Antonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Antonyan.

Heim German

Leshman Hebrew

Heartfield German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Herzfeld.

Pagayawan Filipino, Maranao
Means "place of rainbows" from Maranao pagayaw meaning "rainbow".

Odham English
Variant of Odom, altered by folk etymology as if derived from a place name formed with -ham.

Berberić Bosnian
Occupational name for a barber, from berber(in) meaning "barber", from Turkish.

Jerkov Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the forename Jerko.

Klose German

Domenico Italian
From the given name Domenico

Vidger Jewish

Netting English
As Needham the derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century elements 'ned' meaning need, with 'ham', a homestead or village, the name indicating a place that provided a poor living.

Winkley English

Gadzhimetov m Dagestani

Hafen English

Beliauskaya Russian

Clerval m Literature
The name of Victor Frankenstein's best friend in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Tucholski Polish

Shō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu).

Kizilashvili Georgian

Tulloch Scottish
Scottish habitational name from a place near Dingwall on the Firth of Cromarty, named with Gaelic tulach ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, or from any of various other minor places named with this element.

Reimets Estonian
Reimets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "raie" ("cutting" and "felling trees") and "mets", meaning forest. Possibly a corruption of "reid" ("road" and "roadstead") and ""mets" ("forest").

Finnsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Finnur" in Icelandic.

Ang Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Weng.

Milbourne English
Variant form of Milburn.

Šofranac Montenegrin
Derived from šafran (шафран), meaning "saffron".

Hennington English

Zaboo Indian (Rare)

Cummer English
The surname Cummer has origins in both English and Scottish cultures. In English, it's thought to be a topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in a river, derived from the Middle English word "cummer," meaning "bend" or "meander." In Scottish, it could also be a variant of the surname Comer, derived from the Gaelic word "comar," meaning "confluence" or "meeting of waters."

Durschei Romansh
Variant of Durgiai.

Majoleth Romansh

Ó hÉamhthaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Heaphy.

Sorenson Jewish
Means "son of the son of Sore", a Yiddish female personal name (from Hebrew Sara, literally "princess"), with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in and German Sohn "son".

Ochirova f Buryat (Russified), Kalmyk (Russified)
Feminine form of Ochirov.

Wiles English
Occupational name for a trapper or hunter, from Middle English wile "trap, snare". It could also be a nickname for a devious person.

Duca Romanian
Derived from the old Romanian title duca "vaivode duke".

Ackley English
Derived from Old English ac "oak (tree)" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Rajasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Bellisario Italian

Alegria Spanish, Portuguese
In Spanish, the name is from a location.... [more]

Kilbride Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhrighde "son of the devotee of Saint Brigid" (cf... [more]

Fish Medieval English, Jewish
From Middle English fische, fish ‘fish’, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish.... [more]

Longfellow English
From a nickname for a tall person, derived from Middle English lang "long, tall" and felawe "fellow, companion, colleague". A famous bearer of the name was American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Stergiou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Stergios".

Axtell English

Zafeiriou Greek
Means "son of Zafeiris".

Brynteson Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Bryntesen.

Ilmjärv Estonian
Ilmjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "weather lake".

Tancredi Italian
From the given name Tancredi.

Slough English
A very rare surname, possibly of German origins.

Shawwal Eastern African

Koscik Polish

Caddick Welsh
From the Welsh male personal name Cadog, a pet-form of Cadfael (a derivative of Welsh cad "battle").

Kuurmaa Estonian
Kuurmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "shed/hovel land".

Dyal Irish
Variant of Doyle.

Anewy Polynesian

Bonnin French
Derived from a diminutive of Bon, it is also found in the island of Mallorca and Turin, Italy.

Brecke English

Kraaijkamp Dutch
Means "field of crows" in Dutch, from the plural form of Dutch kraai "crow" and kamp "camp, field".

Kinjō Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, money, metal" and 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Dhaliwal Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
From the name of the ancient city of Dharanagar (currently Dhar) in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India.

Fruitman English
Likely referring to someone who sold fruit.

Lacross French

Laybourn English
Habitational name from Leyburn in North Yorkshire, High Leybourne in Godalming in Surrey, or Leybourne in Kent. The North Yorkshire name may derive from Old English hlēg “shelter” and burna “spring, stream”... [more]

Podwojski Polish
Archaic -- denotes the office of a minor church official.

Kostyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Kostenko.

Gunsan Korean Mythology

Almasri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المصري (see Al-masri).

Bilodeau French (Quebec)
Variant of Billaudeau.

Romanoff Russian (Americanized), Jewish
Americanised form of Romanov.

Kılıç Turkish
Means "sword" in Turkish.

Hechavarria Caribbean

Reshetnyak m Russian

Kore-eda Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the medieval given name Kore-Eda(是枝) means 'correct branch'. Hirokazu Kore-Eda is a famous movie director.

Freiburger German

Villarreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Villarreal (or Villareal), derived from Spanish villa meaning "farm, town, settlement" and real meaning "royal".

Sax English
From Middle English sax meaning "knife", an occupational name for a knife maker, or perhaps a nickname for someone skilled with a knife.

Zhunisova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhunisov.

Senewirathna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සෙනෙවිරත්න (see Seneviratne).

Parrot French
Form of Pierone.... [more]

Haamid Arabic
From the first name Haamid, meaning "praiser".

Yuk Korean
From Sino-Korean 陸 (yuk/ryuk) meaning "dry land; land".

Tupou Tongan

Fite English

Abittan Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Bettan.

Abrecht German

Kavka Slovak, Ukrainian, Czech
Yet another variant of Kafka and its pop culture equivalents Kefka and Cefca. Also like Kaffka, it simply means ‘Jackdaw’ in Slovak.

Lurkey English

Lade English

Razo Galician
A habitational name from Razo in A Coruña province, Galicia.

Cousins French
"Relative" in Old French.

Hubbert English
Variant of Hubert

Worrell English

Hatane Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (ha) meaning "wave" and 種 (tane) meaning "seed".

Toyotoshi Japanese

Bölöni Hungarian
From the place name Bölön, a village located in what is now Covasna County in Romania. This surname is used mainly among the Székelys.

Soldatov m Russian
From солдат (soldat) meaning "soldier"

Kosinets Belarusian

Jorquera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Mujahid Arabic
From the given name Mujahid.

Ó Gealbháin Irish
Original Irish form of O'Galvin.

Peary English
Variant of Perry 1.

Gawel Polish, English (Americanized), German (Germanized)
Variant of Gaweł, particularly outside of Poland.

Lvov m Russian
Means "son of Lev 1". This also is name of Lviv City in Russian, and could possibly denoted to person from there.

Hasada Indian

Wehrlein German

Kuzmak Ukrainian
From the given name Kuzma.

Pent Estonian
Pent is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "pentsik" meaning "funny" and "eccentric".

Cohrs German

Grosvenor English
English surname of Norman origin meaning ‘the master huntsman’. Derived from Le Grand Veneur, this title was held by Hugh d'Avranches who accompanied William the Conqueror in the Norman invasion of England in 1066.

Tokotoko Melanesian

Gebremariam Ge'ez
Means "servant of Mary", from the combination of Gebre and Mariam, the Ge'ez form of Mary.

Käära Estonian
Käära is an Estonia surname possibly derived from "käär" meaning "loop" and "meander".

Shanks English (Modern)
Possibly a diminutive of LONGSHANKS, which would be given to a tall or gangly person.

Ishimaru Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Vilpuu Estonian
Vilpuu is an Estonian surname derived from "vili" ("fruit") and "puu" ("tree").

Agabito Italian

Ingles Spanish
Spanish (Inglés): ethnic term denoting someone of English origin, from Spanish Inglés ‘English’.

Coles English, Scottish, Irish, German (Anglicized), English (American)
English: from a Middle English pet form of Nicholas.... [more]

Michałowski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Michałowice, derived from the given name Michał.

Rosendahl Swedish, Danish, German
Swedish and Danish ornamental name meaning "rose valley" and German variant of Rosenthal, also meaning "rose valley".

Molchanov m Russian
From Russian молчание (molchaniye), meaning "silence".

Halitović Bosnian

Crescente Italian, Portuguese (?)
From the given name Crescente

Gugić Croatian

Błaszczyk Polish

Claxon English
Variant of Claxton.

Mccraken Irish, Scottish

Naughten Irish
Reduced form of McNaughton.

Nimaeva f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Nimaev.

Sturtridge English (British), Cornish

Midford English
Habitational name for someone from Mitford in Northumberland.

Yusein Bulgarian
From the given name Yusein.

Malachi Hebrew
From the given name Malachi.

Totaka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Dibiase Italian

Da Lua Portuguese
Means "of the moon" in Portuguese.

Jaquan Biblical Hebrew (Americanized, Modern)
Variant of Joachim

Wimalasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විමලසූරිය (see Wimalasuriya).

Fiveland Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of a farm in Norway named with the word fivel possibly meaning "cottongrass, bog cotton". This plant grows in abundance in the marshy land near the location of the farm.

Labarbero Italian
Variant of Labarbera.

Druz Ukrainian
From Ukrainian друг (druh), meaning "friend". Influenced by plural друзі (druzi) "friends".

Casselberry German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Kesselberg, which may derive from various places called Kesselberg or Kesselburg in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria in Germany.

Ruszo Czech

Mirvić Bosnian

Tugwell English

Terzakis Greek

Korol Russian, Ukrainian
Means "king".

Ascarez Cebuano
the original spelling of ascarez is actually ascariz, this username was originated in spain but later on it was change when it was introduced in Philippines.

Lepyashynski m Belarusian

Dražeta Serbian
Derived from the name Dražen.

Wondergem Dutch
Habitational name from Wondelgem or Wontergem in East Flanders, Belgium, using the suffix -gem which is related to Old Germanic haimaz meaning "home".

Beam English
From Old English beam "beam" or "post". It could be a topographic name from someone living near a post or tree, or it could be a metonymic occupational name for a weaver.... [more]

Joy Bengali
From the given name Joy.

Jakupi Albanian
From the given name Jakup.

Talusaar Estonian
Talusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "farm island".

Dransfield English
Means "Drains the fields".

Neary Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic O Naradhaigh "descendant of Naradhach" a byname meaning "modest".

Linn Estonian
Means "city" in Estonian. Compare Finnish Linna "castle".

Hershlag Jewish, Yiddish
This is the original surname of Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman (1981-), birth name Neta-Lee Hershlag.

Crowe English
Variant of Crow.

Lovelady English

Rodigari Romansh

Backer Belgian
Variant of Bäcker.

Katsav Hebrew
Occupational name for a butcher, derived from Hebrew קַצָּב (qatzav) meaning "butcher, purveyor of meat". A famous bearer is former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (1945-), born Musa Qassab.

Sto. Tomas Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Thomas" in Spanish.

Espartza Basque (Rare)
Proper, non-Castilianized form of Esparza.

Kilcullen Irish
Variant of Kilgallen.

Kyeremaa Western African

Nijboer Dutch
Means "new farmer".

Prometta Italian
Promise (prometto), feminine.

Gibraltar Filipino

Aškāpu Babylonian
Means "leatherworker", deriving from the Akkadian aškāpu ("a leatherworker , a cobbler , a shoemaker").

Coca South American

Kasymova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Kasymov.

Kumhar Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Hindi and Nepali form of Kumbhakar.

Thabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.

Lohmeier German
Variant of Lohmeyer

Kudaybergenova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Kudaybergenov.

Orynbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Orynbaev.

Gerogiannis Greek
Α composite surname from the words γέρος (geros), meaning old and the name Giannis.

Ainge English (American)

Naithan Papuan

Morice French, Scottish
French variant of Maurice and Scottish variant of Morris.

Abidaoud Arabic
Arabic surname meaning "son of Dawud".

Vampyr English (American)
A gothic surname.

Männiste Estonian
Männiste is an Estonian surname relating to "pine".

Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Abura Japanese (Rare)
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil".

Uyovbievbo Yoruba

Ohlsson Swedish
Variant of Olsson.

Kadowaki Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Trab Danish (Rare)

Morrow Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Murchadha (see McMorrow).

Gabaraev Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of Gabaraty.

Tsuruda Japanese

Lozza Romansh

Ambrosio Spanish, Italian (?), Portuguese (?)
From the given name Ambrosio

Isović Bosnian

Bunmee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai บุญมี (see Bunmi).

Nolin French

Silberberg Jewish
The meaning of the name is "silver mountain" and comes from Germany

Clinkenbeard Low German
Possibly an Americanized form of North German Klingebiel, a variant of Klingbeil.

Muxtarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Muxtar".

Neuhauser German, German (Austrian)
Means "new house" in German.

Hazar Turkish
Turkish / Muslim last name meaning "nightingale".

Coltrane Irish (Anglicized)
Northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coltaráin.

Winningham English

Haldar Indian, Bengali
Probably from Sanskrit हलधर (haladhara) meaning "one who holds a plough", an epithet of the Hindu god Balarama.

Kuban Northern African, Nubian
Unknown Nubian surname.

Nietzsche German, German (Silesian)
Derived from a Silesian diminutive of the given name Nikolaus. A notable bearer was Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), a German philosopher.

Tsikhanouskaya f Belarusian, Russian (Belarusianized)
From the given name Tsikhan. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the Belarusian opposition leader. It is also the Belarusianised form of Russian Tikhonovskaya.

Fallon Irish
Anglicized form of the surname Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendant of Fallamhan", the name being a byname meaning "leader" (derived from follamhnas meaning "supremacy").

Alnajjar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic النجار (see Al-najjar).

Ranatunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණතුංග (see Ranathunga).

Pyeon Korean (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Approximately 15 000 koreans have this surname

Delsworth English

Lutovac Montenegrin, Serbian

Kızılırmak Turkish

Süleymanova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Süleymanov.

Efpragiotis Greek

Plante French
French cognate of Plant.

Radzhabov m Central Asian

Mushahary Indian, Bodo

Küün Estonian
Küün is an Estonian surname meaning "barn".

Torino Japanese
Tori means "bird" and no means "field, rice paddy".

Gezgin Turkish
Means "traveller, explorer" in Turkish.

Jamgotchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ժամկոչյան (see Zhamkochyan).

Su Hui
From the Arabic name Nasr.

Yorulmaz Turkish
Means "tireless, unfailing" in Turkish.

Chamley English
Variant of Chumley

Teare Manx
Manx form of McIntyre, from Manx "mac y teyr" and Irish "mac an tSaoir" meaning "son of the craftsman"

Musiyenko Ukrainian

Kandemir Turkish
From Turkish kan meaning "blood" and demir meaning "iron".

Tatsuzono Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Ryūzono.

Waniek Polish

Arcilla Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish arcilla meaning "clay," derived via Latin from Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos), ultimately from ἀργός (argós) meaning "white."

Vadász Hungarian
Hungarian surname meaning "hunter".

Vasco Spanish
Originally denoted a Basque person or someone from the Basque Country in Spain, from Latin Vascones of uncertain etymology.

Kavafis Greek

Winterberg German
Habitational name from any of several places named with Middle High German winter "winter" and berg "mountain".

Weghorst Dutch, German
Habitational name from a location near Hanover, possibly derived from weg "way, road" and horst "thicket, grove, heap, elevated land" or "nest of a bird of prey, eyrie".

Yokomori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and mori means "forest".

Mackey Irish, Scottish, Scottish Gaelic, Finnish (Anglicized)
As an Irish name with stress on the first syllable, it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Macdha ‘descendant of Macdha.’... [more]

Booda Dutch (Rare)
Possibly derived from a French surname or place name.

Chiang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Jiang 2.

Sarıtaş Turkish
Directly translated from Turkish, sarı means "yellow" and taş means "stone".... [more]

Schauwecker German
habitational name for someone from Schaubeck near Marbach (Württemberg).

Dračić Bosnian (Rare)

Otsukotsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 乙骨 (see Okkotsu).

Match English

Kaçan Turkish
Means "runaway, fugitive, escaper" in Turkish.

Anquetil Jèrriais
Derived from the medieval French personal name Ansketil.

Yolcu Turkish
Means "passenger, traveller" in Turkish.

Lehmonen Finnish (Finnicized, Modern)

Vliet Dutch
Means "brook" in Dutch.

Elmvale English (Canadian)

Nickolai Russian

Uk Khmer
Meaning uncertain.

Weisman German, German (Austrian), Jewish
A German surname meaning "white man"

Kuhara Japanese (Rare)
Ku means "long time" and hara means "plain, field".

Gammon English
From a medieval nickname applied to a merry or sportive person (from Middle English gamen "game"), or to someone who walked in a strange way or had some peculiarity of the legs (from Anglo-Norman gambon "ham").

Arriva Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Boytsov m Russian
Means "son of the fighter", from Russian боец (boyets) "fighter".

Whitely English
Variant of Whiteley.

Paat Estonian
Paat is an Estonian surname meaning "boat".

Kingham English (Modern)

Ribić Croatian
Occupational surname for a fisherman.

Annasohn German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Anna and German Sohn "son".

Ville French

Teh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zheng.

Radhakrishnan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Derived from Sanskrit राधा कृष्ण (rādhā-kṛṣṇa), a combination of Radha and Krishna... [more]

Novović Serbian, Montenegrin

Zəkiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Zəkiyev.

Beyene Ethiopian

Dunstan English
Either from the given name Dunstan or habitational name from Dunston (Derbyshire Lincolnshire Norfolk) from the Old English personal name Dunn and tun "settlement"... [more]

Lakoro Gorontalo

Maskhadan Chechen
Variant of Maskhadov.

Zarei Persian
Derived from Arabic زارع (zari') meaning "farmer".

Orazow Turkmen
Means "son of Oraz".