ChristmasEnglish Either an occupational name for someone who was responsible for arrangement of festivities for Christmas day, or it might a nickname for someone who was born on Christmas.
NomuraJapanese From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
ArmendaritzeBasque (Rare) From the name of a commune in the French arrondissement of Bayonne, or directly from a patronymic form of the given name Armentarius.
MilnerEnglish, Scottish Northern English (mainly Yorkshire) and Scottish: variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of the Middle English word, which was a result of Scandinavian linguistic influence, as in Old Norse mylnari.
KodaJapanese From Japanese 香 (kō) meaning "fragrance, incense", 神 (kō) meaning "god", or 行 (kō) meaning "journey, travel" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
CarrierEnglish An occupational name meaning someone who transports goods.
RootDutch From Dutch root, a derivative of roten "to ret", a topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place, a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.
TartaroSpanish Ethnic name or regional name for someone who was from Tatarstan or who had traded with Tatarstan.
FigueiraPortuguese, Galician Means "fig tree" in Portuguese and Galician, ultimately from Latin ficaria. It was used a topographic name for someone who lived or worked near fig trees or for someone from any of various places called Figueira (derived from the same word).
OlwellEnglish Possibly a habitational name from Ulwell in Swanage Dorset named with Old English ule "owl" and wille "stream".
NokhaevKalmyk Derived from Kalmyk ноха (nokha) meaning "dog".
KeethIrish A Scottish and Irish place surname meaning "forest" or "wood" or "windy place".
ČapekCzech Derived from a diminutive of Czech cáp meaning "stork", applied as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In some cases the family name may have derived from a heraldic symbol.
TengChinese Alternate transcription of Deng as well as the Hokkien and Teochew romanization of the name.
BainScottish, Irish Derived from Scottish Gaelic bàn "white, pale, fair", a nickname for a person with fair hair.
ShokutsuJapanese From Japanese 食 (shoku) meaning food and 通 (tsu) meaning "connoisseur".
AwaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 阿波 (Awa), a clipping of 上阿波 (Kamiawa) or 下阿波 (Shimoawa), both areas in the city of Iga in the prefecture of Mie in Japan.
KilKorean There is one Chinese character for the Kil surname. In the 1930 census, there was a significantly larger number of Kils living in Korea; it was the 62nd most common name in Korea. In a census taken after the Korean War, however, it had dropped to 72nd... [more]
EranHebrew From the Hebrew name Eran meaning "watchful, vigilant".
GalliganIrish Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gealagáin 'descendant of Gealagán' a personal name from a double diminutive of geal 'bright white'.
FiskeEnglish, Norwegian From the traditionally Norwegian habitational surname, from the Old Norse fiskr "fish" and vin "meadow". In England and Denmark it was a surname denoting someone who was a "fisherman" or earned their living from selling fish.
RuskykhUkrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized) Means "a Russian", from Ukrainian руський (rus'kyy) "Russian". It can also derived from the Russian word русский (russkiy), with the same meaning.
ViscardiItalian patronymic or plural form of Viscardo a variant of the personal name Guiscardo itself from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wisa "wise" and hard "hardy strong"... [more]
HeckenlaibleGerman (Rare) Probably derived from Middle High German hecke "hedge" and a diminutive form of loube "arbour, bower".
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.
TurbaItalian Possibly from Italian turbare, "to disturb, to trouble", itself from Latin turba, "turmoil, disturbance; mob, crowd". Alternately, it could be from the German surname Turba, of uncertain meaning.
CoraggioItalian From Italian meaning "courage, bravery". Historically, the surname could have been given to someone who was known for their bravery or courage in the face of conflict, danger, or adversity, or to someone associated with the military or warfare.
HautalaFinnish Finnish. Topographical, (haute) meaning, “graves, tomb” combined with (la) meaning “abode, home, or land of….”
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.
EncarnaciónSpanish Means "incarnation" in Spanish. This is given in reference to the Incarnation of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary (see Encarnación).
PolychronakisGreek The suffix 'akis' indicates that this name comes from the island of Crete. The precise meaning is unknown, though it is theorised that, as 'poly' means "many" or "much" and 'chron' might be supposed to come from the same root as 'Chronos' meaning "time", the name means "much time" or "long time".
ZuritaSpanish, Aragonese An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.
SchwarzkopfGerman Means "black head", from German Schwarz "black", and Kopf "head".
HatayamaJapanese From Japanese 畑 (hata) or 畠 (hata) both meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
ŠegrtSerbian Derived from šegrt (шегрт), meaning "apprentice".
HematiPersian Derived from Persian همت (hemat) meaning "aspiration, ambition, zeal".
TailwalIndian Tailwal is a Garhwali Brahmin surname used in the state of Uttarakhand. Tailwal are Kanyakubja Brahmin. They came from western-Central part of India and settled in Taila village of Garhwal in 1600.
ShibasakiJapanese Shiba (柴) means firewood, Saki (崎) means small peninsula.
PrincipBosnian, Serbian Probably derived from Latin princeps "leader, initiator, prince", which itself was ultimately derived from primus "first" and capere "to take". The surname may thus have originated as a nickname for someone with a princely appearance, or for someone who was the illegitimate offspring of a prince... [more]
GallandFrench Nickname for a cheerful or high-spirited or bold person from Old French galant "lively vivacious" also "bold valiant" (the meanings "gallant" and "attentive to women" developed only in the 16th century) the present participle of Old French galer "to be in good humor to enjoy oneself" a word of ancient Germanic origin... [more]
PosavecCroatian Denotes a person living in Posavina, an area that is adjacent or near the Sava river in Croatia.
JavaheriPersian Occupational name for a jeweller from Persian جواهر (javaher) meaning "jewel".
AsahinaJapanese From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 比 (hi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" or 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", and 奈 (na), a phonetic character.
RampGerman (Swiss) German and Swiss German: variant of Rampf, from Middle High German ramft, ranft ‘edge’, ‘wall’, ‘crust (of bread)’; applied as a topographic name for someone who lived at the limit or outer edge of some feature, for example a field, or possibly, in the sense ‘crust’, a nickname for a poor person.
BalokovićCroatian Most of Croatian families with the surname (last name) Baloković originate from the town of Donji Miholjac located in Osijek-Baranja County on the border with Hungary. During the 1700s and 1800s most of the people bearing this family name were born either in Donji Miholjac and/or nearby Nasice... [more]
LandeFrench, Norwegian, Jewish French: topographic name for someone living on a heath, lande (from Gaulish landa ‘space’, ‘land’), or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places named La Lande from this word.... [more]
MatsuoJapanese From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
TawneyEnglish, Norman Habitational name from either of two places, Saint-Aubin-du-Thennay or Saint-Jean-du-Thennay, in Eure, Normandy, both so named from an uncertain first element (possibly a Gallo-Roman personal name or the Gaulish word tann ‘oak’, ‘holly’) + the locative suffix -acum.