Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the order is random.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Turzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Turzhan".
Heureaux French (Caribbean)
Possibly from French heureux "happy, lucky, good". Ulises Heureaux (1845-1899) was the 22nd, 26th, and 27th president of the Dominican Republic
Sakakida Japanese (Rare)
Sakaki (榊) means "sakaki tree", da (田) means "ricefield". Ta changes to da because of rendaku. This surname is extremely rare
Tandon Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Of unknown meaning.
Orav Estonian
Orav is an Estonian surname meaning "squirrel".
Croom English
A habitational surname, describing someone who lived in a place named Croom or Croome.
Szlávik Hungarian
This surname is more common in the modern Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County and in the area that made up the former Jászság.
Quiapo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kiyapo meaning "water cabbage" (a type of plant), ultimately from Tamil கயப்பு (kayappu).
Bridgeford English, Scottish
Habitational name from any of the various places called Bridgford or Bridgeford in England or from a lost or unidentified place in Scotland, all possibly derived from Old English brycg "bridge" and ford "ford".
Karenina Literature
In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.
Cok Chinese
Meaning 'the wall that surrounds a city.'... [more]
Ottósson Icelandic
Means "son of Ottó" in Icelandic.
Nordquist Swedish
Variant spelling of Nordqvist.
Abeyasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේසිංහ (see Abeysinghe).
Ozarovskaya Russian
Feminine form of Ozarovsky (Озаровский)
Codorniz Spanish
Spanish word for quail. From Latin cōturnīx, cōturnīcis.
Van Keulen Dutch
Means "from Cologne" in Dutch, the name of a city in western Germany.
Grantaire Literature
This is the name of a minor character in Victor Hugo's novel 'Les Misérables' (1862), a follower of the revolutionary Enjolras.
Leeming English
Habitational name from either of two places, in West Yorkshire near Keighley and in North Yorkshire near Northallerton. Both are named with a river name, derived from the Old English word lēoma "gleam, sparkle".
Ishaq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ishaq.
Ciminera Italian
from a dialect variant of ciminiera "chimney" hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who built chimneys or worked a furnace oven or kiln with a chimney or a nickname for a tall thin person.
Yuhnomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).
Spoor English, Dutch
From Middle Dutch and Middle English spoor "spur", an occupational name for a maker or seller of spurs.
Šimundić Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".
Gauvin French
Variant of Gauvain. Jean 1 Gauvin from Croix-Chapeau in Charente-Maritime, France, married Anne 1 Magnan in Quebec City, QC, in 1665.
Neuschwanger German (Rare), Dutch
German and Dutch variant of Neuenschwander.
Əzizov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əziz".
Makkelie Dutch (Rare)
Probably derived from the Scottish surname McCulloch.
Whitfield English
It is locational from any or all of the places called Whitfield in the counties of Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire and Northumberland, or from the villages called Whitefield in Lancashire, the Isle of Wight and Gloucestershire.
Steifvater German
from Middle Low German stēfvader 'stepfather' hence a relationship name.
Lazarevski Macedonian
Means "son of Lazar".
Akishima Japanese
Aki can mean "autumn" or "bright" and shima means "island".... [more]
Cambon Old Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
It means zigzagging river or warped (bent) river. It have a second meaning that is leg.
Minium Italian (Modern, ?)
Minium is the name of a red pigment made from lead oxide as well as the name of the mineral itself, coming from Latin. It was named so because the mines it came from were close to the River Minius in Iberia... [more]
Dreamer English
The word dreamer (or surname) comes from the word dream with an added -er at the end indicating someone is dreaming. The word dream comes from the Dutch phrase droom and the German phrase Traum.
Krakauer German
Indicates familial origin from Krakau.
Stroganov Russian
Meaning uncertain. This was the name of a wealthy Russian family of merchants (later aristocrats), probably of Tatar origin.
De San Jose Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Means "of Saint Joseph" in Spanish.
Kink Estonian
Kink is an Estonian surname meaning "bestowal" or "gift".
Brister English
From old English to break stone.
McJohn Scottish
Meaning is "son of John" in Scottish and Irish
Saddam Arabic
Derived from the given name Saddam.
Kitano Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Shauchenka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Shevchenko.
Jõgisalu Estonian
Jõgisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "river grove".
Shenberger English (?)
The name Shenberger comes from a common mix up with the archaic Austrian-German surname Schoenberg; meaning "Beautiful Mountain."
Viezel Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from the given name Viezel, a Romansh form of Wetzel.
De Chinese
From the Chinese element de, meaning "ethics, moral, virtue".
Gordillo Spanish
Derived from the Spanish pet form of fat, "gordito"
Zhumabekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Zhumabekov.
Patricks English
Patronymic form of Patrick.
Çobanov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of the shepherd", from Azerbaijani çoban meaning "shepherd".
Arjwana Eastern African
Eastern African
Hamberg German, Danish, Jewish
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburg.
Phongsavath Lao
From Lao ພົງ (phong) meaning "family, lineage" and ສະຫວາດ (sawat) meaning "sincere, open, beautiful".
Shawki Arabic
Derived from the given name Shawqi.
Cena English (American), English
Cena is a prominently used English name. It is derived from the word "see", however it rather than referring to the ability to see it, what it actually refers to is the inability to see as the other half of the name ("-na") means "naw" a synonym for "no"... [more]
Mizuhori Japanese
Mizu means "water"and hori means "moat, ditch, canal".
Carrasquillo Spanish
The surname Carrasquillo is of Spanish origin and it is derived from the word "carrasca" which means "holm oak". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "a place where there are holm oaks".
Taalmaa Estonian
Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"
Linn German
Toponymic surname derived from Germanic lin "swamp, bog, marsh".
Saxonov Russian (?)
Variant transcription of Saksonov.
Gregg English
Derived from the given name Greg, a short form of Gregory or Gregor.
Stepankov Russian
Means "son of Stepan".
Barsi Hungarian
Name for someone living in a village named Bars. This was the surname of American child actress Judith Barsi (June 6, 1978 - July 25, 1988).
Makovsky Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian variant of Makowski.
Mrefu Swahili
From Swahili meaning "tall, long".
Jayasundera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and सुन्दर (sundara) meaning "beautiful".
Defoor Flemish
Derived from Dutch voort "ford". Alternatively, can be a variant of the French surnames Dufour or Deford.
Chirayangyuen Thai (Rare)
Means "to endure long", From Thai จิร (chira-) meaning "long; extended" and ยั่งยืน (yangyuen) meaning "to endure; to last".
Teates German (Americanized)
Probably an altered spelling of German Dieter .
Puur Estonian
Puur is an Estonian surname meaning "hutch" or "coop".
Komukai Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 向 (mukai) meaning "yonder, facing, beyond".
Tsunematsu Japanese
From the Japanese 恒 (tsune) "constant" or 常 (tsune) "always" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."
Waterson English
It is a patronymic of the male given name Water or Walter.
Solstice English
Taken from it's usage as a given name, which derived from Latin solsticium and thus ultimately from sol "sun" and stito "to stand still". The English word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.
Yuchengco Filipino
From the surnames Yu, Cheng, and Ko.
Berterame Italian
Possibly derived from the Germanic given name Bertram.
Abston English
Possibly an altered form of Osbiston, or another, uncertain English toponym containing the element tun "yard, town, settlement".
Tiffany English
From the medieval female personal name Tiffania (Old French Tiphaine, from Greek Theophania, a compound of theos "God" and phainein "to appear"). This name was often given to girls born around the feast of Epiphany.
Cayabyab Pangasinan, Tagalog
From Pangasinan and Tagalog kayabyab denoting a person who pounded rice grains with a pestle in a mortar.
Augsburger German
habitational name for someone from the city of Augsburg in Bavaria named as the city (burg) of the Roman Emperor Augustus in whose reign it was founded.
Nimura Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Buitrago Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous municipalities: the Castilian one in El Campo de Gómara or the Manchego municipality of Buitrago del Lozoya in Sierra Norte, Comunidad de Madrid.
Hettiarachchi Sinhalese
From Sinhala හෙට්ටි (hetti) referring to the Chetty caste (primarily composed of merchants and traders) combined with the colonial-era title ආරච්චි (arachchi) used to denote a village headman or leader.
Ilyas Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ilyas.
Ferapontov Russian
Means "son of Ferapont".
Croslay English
The name is derived from their residence in a region known as the "cross" or "for the dweller at the cross."
Casapiccola Italian
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations called Casapiccola or Casa Piccola, derived from Italian casa meaning "house" and piccola meaning "small".
Huon Breton
Huon is a form of the name Hugh.
Kuchler German (Rare)
Often confused with Küchler a name for a cookie baker, Kuchler is a noble name for an old german family. Kuchler is origined in a city named Kuchl at the border of todays german bavaria... [more]
Oosterweghel Dutch
Derived from the Dutch words ooster "east" and weg "road".
Saechueng Thai
Form of Zhuang used by Chinese Thais.
Temelkoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Temelko".
Ruelas French
A last name common in Mexico which is believed to have derived from the French word ruelle (or Portuguese word ruela) meaning lane or alley.
Wallwork English (British)
Anglo-Saxon name originating from Lancashire, first recorded in Worsley in 1278. May originate from the Old Warke area in Worsley, shown as "Le Wallwerke" in old documents. The surname Walworth may be related.
Dixit Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Odia
Alternate transcription of Dikshit.
Rivard French
Geographical name for someone who lived on a river bank.
Bushi Japanese
Bushi means "warrior, smaurai".
Majedi Persian
From the given name Majed.
Gosden English
From the name of a lost place in the village and civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England, derived from Old English gos meaning "goose" and denn meaning "woodland pasture".
Pallino Italian
Possibly from Italian palla "ball".
Buschiazzo Italian
It's a surname in northern Italy (Piedmont). It emerges from the German spelling Bosch or Busch and this means "forest" or "wooded area".
Ajemian Armenian
Patronymic from Turkish acem meaning ‘Persian’, ‘foreigner’, from Arabic a’jam meaning ‘one who speaks Arabic incorrectly’.
Mac Giolla Íosa Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McAleese.
Floros Greek
From the Latin word for flower, 'florus', also could be associated with the name Florus
Reial Estonian
Reial is an Estonian surname derived from "treial" meaning "lathe turner".
Sas Dutch
Cognate of Sachs.
Vicino Italian
Italian form of Voisin.
Kiener German
Named after profession from Middle High German kien ‘pine chip, torch’ for someone who chips pine wood (wood from pine or spruce) and sells it (e.g. to smelters), a lumberjack or charcoal burner.... [more]
Auchinleck Scottish (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac... [more]
Küng Estonian
Küng is an Estonian surname derived from "küngas" meaning "knoll", "mound" and "hillock".
Gaitanos Greek
Derived from the Ancient Greek Καίετανος (Kaietanos) meaning "who come from the cave/port" or "who come from Gaeta", an ancient Greek port that is located in the Italian modern province of Lazio.
Liekki Finnish (Rare)
Means 'flame' in Finnish.
Villani Italian
Derives from Latin villa "village, farm, settlement", related to Italian villano "peasant" or "rude, bad-mannered".
Gazarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազարյան (see Ghazaryan).
Serafimoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Serafim".
Abakushin Russian
variant of Abakumov
Schlote German
literal meaning: smokestack
Yoichien Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".
Tano Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".
Almoguera Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Schie German
From a nickname that meant "shy".
Takada Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Zeghlache Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.
Esmaili Persian
From the given name Ismail.
Madzharov m Bulgarian
From Bulgarian маджар (madzhar) meaning "Hungarian", ultimately from Hungarian magyar.
Grill German
From a nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German grille "cricket" (Old High German grillo, from Late Latin grillus, Greek gryllos). The insect is widely supposed to be of a cheerful disposition, no doubt because of its habit of infesting hearths and warm places... [more]
Oll Estonian
Oll is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from the masculine give name "Olev".
Thurles English
Today's generation of the Thurles family bears a name that was brought to England by the migration wave that was started by the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Thurles family lived in Suffolk, at Thurlow which was in turn derived from the Old English word tryohlaw, meaning dweller by the hill.
Mieles Italian, Spanish, French
Meaning "honey".
Conley Irish
Variant of Connolly.
Pflüger German
Occupational name for a Ploughman, literally meaning "Ploughman/Plowman" in German.
Baskin Jewish
Means "son of Baske", a Yiddish female personal name (a pet-form of the Biblical name Bath Seba). Baskin-Robbins is a US chain of ice-cream parlours founded in Glendale, California in 1945 by Burt Baskin (1913-1969) and Irv Robbins (1917-2008).
Komaba Japanese
From 駒 (koma) meaning "young horse, foal" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".
Emi Japanese
Means bay. In other characters, Emi is also a feminine given name.
Hiroshima Japanese (Rare)
Hiro means "widespread,broad","generous","prosperous" depending on kanji used. Shima means "Island" the same as "jima" does. So this surname rather mean "Prosperous Island"or "Broad Island"."Generous Island" might be possible,but it's not likely used for the last name the same as it is for the given name, Hiro.
Nedyalkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Nedyalko".
Nemirovsky Russian, Ukrainian
Alternate of Nemirov
Nor Arabic, Maranao, Malay, Indonesian
From the given name Nor 1.
Gawrych Polish
Variant of the given name "Gabriel".
Ao Chinese
From Chinese 敖 (áo) referring to Tai Ao, a legendary teacher who mentored the mythological emperor Zhuanxu.
Toomingas Estonian
Means "bird cherry" in Estonian.
Aharonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ահարոնյան (see Aharonyan).
Ojalind Estonian
Ojalind is an Estonian surname meaning "stream/creek bird".
Cahana Jewish (Rare, Archaic)
Jewish surname, originally of Eastern European Ashkenazi origin, found in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova. Currently a relatively common surname in Israel. Aramaic equivalent of Cohen.
Gonzague French (Rare)
Gallicized form of Italian Gonzaga.
Mändmäe Estonian
Mändmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "pine hill".
Koopmeiners Dutch, German
Perhaps derived from koop "purchase, buy" and meiners "mine." An alternate interpretation is that "meiners" could be derived from the German word miner.
Enamorado Spanish
Nickname for a person relating to love.
Hon Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hakka)
Cantonese and Hakka romanization of Han.
Fell English, German, Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a furrier, from Middle English fell, Middle High German vel, or German Fell or Yiddish fel, all of which mean "skin, hide, pelt". Yiddish fel refers to untanned hide, in contrast to pelts "tanned hide" (see Pilcher).
Dingzhen Tibetan
Typical name for Tibetan.
Bryzgalov m Russian
Derived from Russian "брызг (bryzg)" meaning spray.
Surfus German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Zerfas.
Bəhramova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Bəhramov.
Birchall English
Probably a habitational name from Birchill in Derbyshire or Birchills in Staffordshire, both named in Old English with birce "birch" + hyll "hill".
Rasskazov Russian
From rasskaz, meaning "story".
Panibudlaska Ukrainian, Russian (Rare)
From the Cossack nickname, derived from the Ukrainian vocative phrase пані, будь ласка! (pani, bud laska!) meaning "Lady, please!".
Kholodinin Russian
From kholodnii, meaning "cold".
Galano Italian
A Campanian name from Greek γαλανός (galanós) "light blue, pale blue", denoting someone with blue eyes.
Beteta Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Maqsood Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Maqsud.
Baddeley English
From place names in both Suffolk and Staffordshire derived from an Old English personal name, 'Badda,' possibly meaning "battle" and lee or leah for a "woodland clearing," therefore meaning someone from "Badda's woodland clearing."
Cadonau Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Donatus.
Kameya Japanese
"Turtle valley".
Yuhanna Judeo-Arabic (?)
Yuhanna or John is one of the apostles of Christ, the prophet of Christians and the religion of Christianity, who believe that he ascended to heaven.
Alegado Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish alegado meaning "alleged, claimed".
Härmatis Estonian
Härmatis is an Estonian surname meaning "hoarfrost".
Dalziel Scottish
Means "person from Dalyell", in the Clyde valley (probably "white field"). The name is standardly pronounced "dee-el". A fictional bearer is Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel, one half of the detective team of 'Dalziel and Pascoe' in the novels (1970-2009) of Reginald Hill.
Shein Burmese
From the given name Shein.
De La Boulaye French
This indicates familial origin within the Bourgignon commune of La Boulaye.
Bacri Judeo-Spanish
Possibly derived from Arabic بكر (bikr) meaning "firstborn, eldest". Alternately it may be an occupational name for a cowherd or cattle merchant from بقر (baqar) meaning "cattle".