Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the order is random.
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De La Presa Spanish
Means "of the dam" in Spanish.
Achladiotis Greek
From Greek αχλάδι (achladi) meaning "pear". Possibly from a village in the island of Syros, Greece.
Valentim Portuguese
From the given name Valentim.
Wirz German
Variant of Wirtz.
Bhowmick Bengali, Indian
Variant transcription of Bhowmik.
Holl Dutch
Variant of Holle.
Nabe Japanese
Possibly from 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron".
Kasim Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Tausug
From the given name Qasim.
Ahmedzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto احمدزی (see Ahmadzai).
Lindvall Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and vall "pasture, grassy field".
Hoxhaj Albanian
Variant of Hoxha.
Farhat Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Farhat.
Douune Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 堂畝 (see Dōune).
Ajango Estonian
Ajango is an Estonian surname related to "time".
Ledesma Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain called Ledesma, possibly derived from a Celtic root meaning "broad, wide".
Hurl English
English (Suffolk): unexplained.
Argyropoulos Greek
Descendant, son of the 'silver one'.
Kalchytskyy m Ukrainian
Likely meaning "lives nearby River Kalchyk", from Кальчик (Kal'chyk).
Demachi Japanese
De means ground, soil, dirt, earth" and machi means "town".
Cabboi Italian
Probably from Sardinian caboi "capon", a gelded cockerel, perhaps a nickname for a cowardly person.
Brignac French Creole
Came from numerous French territories such as Corrèze and Hérault.
Mustanen Finnish
It derives from the Finnish word for the colour "black", musta.
Koelewijn Dutch
Derived from Dutch koel "cool, cold" and wei "whey", a metonymic occupational name for a dairy farmer. Altered by folk etymology to mean "cool wine". Can also derive from a place name.
Ochiya Japanese
A variant of Ochitani.
Bartholomäus German
From the given name Bartholomäus.
Xompero Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Cimbrian somerousch "pack horse", indicating the bearer's strength or occupation. Alternately, may mean "son of Piero".
Honkura Japanese
From 本 (hon) meaning "origin, root, source" and 藏 or 蔵 (kura) meaning "granary, cellar, warehouse, storehouse, to stock, to put up".
Arnal Catalan, Occitan
From the given name Arnal, an Catalan and Occitan form of Arnold.
Ühtegi Estonian
Ühtegi is an Estonian surname derived from "ühtelugu", meaning "steadily" and "always" and "tegi" meaning "worker/producer".
Nolf Flemish, German
Derived from a short form of the personal names Arnolf or Nodolf (a variant of Odolf), or possibly another name ending in wolf "wolf".
Single English
From Middle English sengle meaning "alone, solitary, unmarried" or "simple, honest, sincere".
Robinsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Robin".
Hanz German
Variant of Hans.
Filipowicz Polish
A patronymic from the given name Filip.
Schürrle German
Variant of Schurr. A famous bearer is the retired German soccer player André Schürrle (1990-).
Alborz Persian
From the given name Alborz.
Bottai Italian
From bottaio "cooper, barrel-maker".
Herek Croatian (?), Polish (?)
Unsure but read it’s Croatian but I also heard Polish
Mitcham English
Habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey so named from Old English micel "big" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow" meaning either "the great homestead" or "the great meadow".
Vishnyakov m Russian
From Russian вишня (vishnya), meaning "cherry".
Baumeister German
Occupational name for a "builder" in German; from Middle High German 'buwen' 'to build' + meister 'master'.... [more]
Niinemäe Estonian
Niinemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "linden hill/mountain".
İdrisova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of İdrisov.
Préjano Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous La Riojan municipality.
Nəzirov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəzir".
Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Chandratilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රතිලක (see Chandrathilaka).
Akter Bengali
Variant of Akhtar.
Jewson English (British)
A patronymic (also potentially matronymic) surname that means "the son of Jull", coming from the element Jull, a diminutive form of the personal name Julian or Juette from Iovis, the Roman god of thunder and the sky combined with the suffix of son.
Berrada Moroccan
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is novelist/literary critic/translator Mohammed Berrada.
Rolls English
Possibly derived from the Latin word rotus, meaning "wheel". It would indicate one who built wheels as a living. A famous bearer was American inventor and entrepreneur Charles Rolls (1877-1910), founder of the Rolls-Royce Ltd along with Henry Royce (1863-1933).
Uuesalu Estonian
Uuesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "new grove".
Teplyakov m Russian
From Russian dialectual тепляк (teplyak), meaning "house, home, enclosure" (literally "warm space").
Frankham English, Anglo-Norman
Status name from Old French franc, fraunc "free" and homme "man", equivalent to Freeman.
Pala Turkish
Means "machete, scimitar, blade" in Turkish.
Krabs Popular Culture
This is the surname of Eugene H. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants.
Farmani Persian
From Persian فرمان (farman) meaning "decree, command, order".
Kuum Estonian
Kuum is an Estonian surname meaning "hot" and "blazing".
Hurta Czech
Nickname for an aggressive person, from hurt ‘attack.’
Kasongo Central African
A Congolese surname derived from the town with the same name, located in the Maniema Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Põim Estonian
Põim is an Estonian surname derived from "põimima" ("enlace" or "entwine")' loosely meaning "weaver".
De Luna Spanish
Means "of the moon" in Spanish.
Utetleuov m Kazakh (Russified)
Possibly from Kazakh утетле (utetle), meaning "profitable".
Bačunić Vlach
From Bačuna
Tamagawa Japanese
From Japanese 玉 (tama) meaning "gem, jewel, ball" and 川 (kawa) or 河 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Brugger German, American
South German variant or Americanized spelling of North German Brügger (see Bruegger). habitational name for someone from any of various (southern) places called Bruck or Brugg in Bavaria and Austria.
Samukaze Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒風 (see Kampū).
Qu Chinese
From Chinese 瞿 (qú) meaning "halberd", also possibly referring to an ancient state or fief named Qu (present-day location unknown) that existed during the Shang dynasty.
Sun Korean
It’s a feminine & Masculine Korean name
Heckenlaible German (Rare)
Probably derived from Middle High German hecke "hedge" and a diminutive form of loube "arbour, bower".
Mergenthaler German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Mergenthal in Saxony or Bohemia.
Bier German, Jewish
from Middle High German bier "beer" German bier Yiddish bir a metonymic occupational name for a brewer of beer or a tavern owner or in some cases perhaps a nickname for a beer drinker.
Pyanykh Russian
Derived from Russian пьяный (pyany) meaning "drunk". This may have been a nickname for a family of drunks.
Huckabee English
This surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first, woh, meaning "crooked"; the second, byge, meaning "river bend".... [more]
Eschbaugh German (Americanized, Modern)
An Americanized spelling of the surname Eschbach.
Morganton English (Canadian)
Created by combining the last names Morgan and Middleton in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in September of 2013.
Khamidullin m Tatar
Means "son of Khamidulla"
Schnee German, Popular Culture
A German surname meaning "snow". One fictional bearer of this surname is Weiss Schnee, a main character from the popular web series RWBY.
Maude English
Habitational name derived from Anglo-Norman French mont hault meaning "high hill".
Kahju Estonian
Kahju is an Estonian surname meaning "loss" and "harm".
Kök Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.
Urtsua Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a mountain in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, derived from Basque ur "water" and -tzu "plenty of".
Dipatuan Filipino, Maranao
From a Malay word meaning "master, sir, ruler".
Antonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Antonyan.
Lindvee Estonian
Lindvee is an Estonian surname meaning "bird water".
Ensor English
Derived from Endesor, a village in Derbyshire, indicating a person who lived there. Endesor itself is Old English, coming from the genitive case of the first name Ēadin and ‘ofer’, meaning ‘sloping ridge’ (From ‘Dictionary of American Family Names’, 2nd edition, 2022).... [more]
Sidwell English
From an English surname of uncertain origin, possibly originally a habitational name from an unidentified place with a second element from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, but on the other hand early forms are found without prepositions... [more]
Almandoz Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Navarrese municipality of Baztan.
Bongard German, French
In german a rhenish place name "Obstgarten" (orchard).... [more]
Greenleaf English
From Old English grēne "green" and lēaf "leaf", presumably applied as a nickname, the significance of which is now lost.
Prosser Welsh
From 'ap Rosser', meaning "son of Rosser".
Habelt German
from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Habo, a short form of various compound names formed with had(u) ‘battle’, ‘strife’
Dewolf Dutch
Contracted form of De Wolf.
Troost Dutch, Low German
Means "comfort, consolation" in Dutch, a nickname for someone who was particularly encouraging or helpful, or perhaps a byname for a child born after the death of an older sibling.
Prozesky Polish
process or court case... [more]
Cebrail Turkish, Kurdish, Uyghur
From the given name Cebrail.
Roi French
French variant of Rey 1.
Tōno Japanese
From Japanese 遠 (tō) meaning "distant, far off" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Stickman English (Canadian)
The Origin for the surname Stickman comes from the YouTube series Iron Hand character "Tim Stickman" and his wife (season 3) his kids (season 4) and parents (all seasons) made in 2016 and premiering in 2017.
Barreau French
Possibly a variant of Barreur, an agent derivative of barrer ‘to bar’, ‘to close or block off’, hence possibly an occupational name for a jailer or doorkeeper.
Zawada Polish
From zawada literally meaning "obstacle, hindrance", figuratively meaning "swashbuckler, troublemaker".
Hackney English, Scottish
From Middle English hakenei (Old French haquenée), an ambling horse, especially one considered suitable for women to ride; perhaps therefore a metonymic occupational name for a stablehand... [more]
Abarrow English
At or near a barrow or tumulus.
Huguet French, Catalan
From a diminutive of Hugo.
Wijesekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Ravenswaaij Dutch
From the name of a village in Gelderland, Netherlands, meaning "Raven’s ford", derived from the personal name Raven combined with Old Dutch wade "ford, shallows", later reinterpreted as Middle Dutch way "pool, kolk lake".
Nickel German, Dutch
From the given name Nickel, a medieval short form of Nikolaus. Compare Nichols.
Zarei Persian
Derived from Arabic زارع (zari') meaning "farmer".
Mimana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.
Yaylacıoğlu Turkish
Means "descendant of the nomad" from Turkish yaylacı meaning "nomad, highlander, transhumant".
Ciminello Italian
Diminutive of Cimino
Huff English (Rare)
Short form of Humphrey. It is almost exclusively used as short for the surname, not for the first name.
Gosney English
from Middle English gosse "goose" and ei "island" (Old English gos and ieg)... [more]
Laurencio Spanish
Derived from the given name Lorenzo. (Mostly common in Cuba)
Lugardo Spanish
Spanish (Mainly Huelva): From The Personal Name Lugardo A Variant Of Lutgardo Of Ancient Germanic Origin (See Luckhardt ). This Surname Is Most Common In Mexico.
Bekanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Greater Polish village of Bekanówka.
Tallentire English (Rare)
From a small village in Cumbria, England, meaning 'head of the land' in Cumbric.
Ogura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 倉 (kura) meaning "storehouse".
Mukhin Russian
From Russian муха (mukha) meaning "fly".
Lukasiak Polish
The last name of Dance Moms star: Chloe Lukasiak.
Castañón Spanish
Possibly derived from Spanish castaño, meaning "chestnut tree". Alternatively, it may be derived from castañón, which is the Spanish word for the kippernut plant (species Conopodium majus).
van Melle Dutch, Flemish
Means "from Melle". Habitational name for someone hailing from Melle in East Flanders, Belgium.
Purviance Scottish
Materials collector for the Crown. Materials that may be used as tax or in war. Similar to the system of purveyance. Approximately 1100's , southwest Scotland.
Tiikjärv Estonian
Tiikjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "pond lake".
Pancorbo Spanish
From the name of a town in Burgos, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Suggestions as to its origin include Spanish puente curvo "curved bridge", or a legend about crows delivering bread to the town when it was besieged by Saracens, leading to it being called Pan-Cuervo "Bread-Crow".
Loik Estonian
Loik is an Estonian surname meaning "puddle".
Ben Asher Jewish
Means "son of Asher" in Hebrew.
Bockelmann German
Possibly derived from the name Bockel, a place in Germany. A famous bearer is Udo Jürgens (1934-2014), an Austrian musician, born Jürgen Udo Bockelmann.
Tala Filipino
meaning a star in philippine culture
Gauci Maltese
Derived from Maltese Għawdex through Arabic غودش‎ (ġawdeš) which refers to the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. The name itself is of Phoenician origin (through a Greek borrowing) possibly meaning "turn around"... [more]
Yankovskyi m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Jankowski.
Exner German (Silesian)
Variant of Oxner (see Ochsner).
Quinton English
From a place name meaning "queen's town" in Old English.
Bonamici Italian
Means "good friend", originating as a nickname or from a given name of the same meaning.
Guðnason Icelandic
Means "son of Guðni".
Hadden Irish
Variation of Haden
Wakuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和久利, 和久理, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]
Krull Estonian
Krull is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kull" meaning "hawk".
Telfer Scottish, English
From a personal name based on a byname for a strong man or ferocious warrior, derived from Old French tailler "to cut" and fer "iron". Compare Taillefer, Tagliaferro.
Navalnyy m Ukrainian
Means "stormy, cloudy" in Ukrainian. Aleksey Navalnyy was a Russian political dissident of partially Ukrainian origin. He died on 16 February 2024. The more common transcription is Navalny.
Ilkiv Ukrainian
From the given name Illya.
Esmaeilzadeh Persian
From the given name Esmaeil combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Benhammou Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Alternate transcription of Arabic بنحمو (see Benhamou).
Bussard English (Australian)
Variant of Bosshart
Soliman Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Soliman.
Waqar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Waqar.
Figuracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish figuración meaning "figuration."
Trafford English
Habitational name derived from either Trafford, Lancashire (an Anglo-French variant of Stratford), from Bridge Mickle and Wimbolds Trafford, Cheshire (derived from Old English trog "trough, valley" and ford "river crossing"), or from the now-lost settlement of Trafford in Northamptonshire (derived from Old English traeppe "trap, fish trap" and ford).
Lundvall Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "groove" and vall "pasture".
Orcutt English
Perhaps a much altered spelling of Scottish Urquhart used predominantly in Staffordshire, England.
Hamill Irish
According to MacLysaght, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÁdhmaill "descendant of Ádhmall", which he derives from ádhmall "active".
Troth English
From a nickname meaning "truth" or "oath, pledge, promise", given to someone known to be truthful or loyal, or perhaps known for swearing oaths.
Shiryuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).
Isato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).
German Russian
Russian form of Hörmann or Herman.
Raval Gujarati
"Bramhin King"
Joplin English
Possibly derived from a Middle English diminutive of Geoffrey, a nickname from Middle English joppe "fool", or from the Biblical name Job... [more]
Evgenieva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Evgeniev.
Nord Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "north".
Velêz Portuguese
Possibly a habitational name from Vellés in Salamanca.
Mukhtuk Nivkh (Rare)
From Nivkh мухтук (mukhtuk), meaning "mouse".
Tamazashvili Georgian
Means "son of Tamaz".
De La O Spanish
"O" is the archaic form of "Do" - apocope of "donde" - where, the personal name of a woman in the Hispanic world, and a French name of the twelfth century.
Erlingsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Erling" in Icelandic.
Penagos Cantabrian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Schreiner German
Occupational surname for a joiner (maker of wooden furniture), ultimately from Middle High German schrīnære.
Repić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from repa, meaning "turnip."
Sabry Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.
Gill Punjabi
Gill is an Indian (Punjab): Sikh name, probably from Punjabi gil ‘moisture’, also meaning ‘prosperity’. There is a Jat tribe that bears this name; the Ramgarhia Sikhs also have a clan called Gill... [more]
Mattli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matthias.
Yonaga Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".
Anwarzai Pashto
Means "son of Anwar" in Pashto.
Issa Arabic
Derived from the given name عيسى (see Isa 1).
Marinetti Italian
Variant of Marino. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), considered to be the founder of Futurism.
Vovk Ukrainian, Slovene
Derived from Ukrainian вовк (vovk) meaning "wolf", also used in Slovenia.
Osuga Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大菅 (see Ōsuga).
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