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.
Wakao Japanese
Waka means "young" and o means "tail".
Öövel Estonian
Öövel is an Estonian surname, a derivation of "hööve" meaning "plane" and "jointer", or "röövel" meaning "gunman", "robber" and "bandit".
Utamura Japanese
Uta means "song, poem" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Cornelissen Dutch
Means "son of Cornelius".
Coach French
Possibly an altered spelling of French Coache, from the Norman and Picard term for a damson, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of plums.
Liekki Finnish (Rare)
Means 'flame' in Finnish.
Shiryuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).
Sterken Dutch
From Dutch sterk meaning "strong".
Altıntaş Turkish
From Turkish altın meaning "gold" and taş meaning "stone".
Abdollahzadeh Persian
Means "born of Abdollah" in Persian.
Wardell English, Irish
A habitational name from Wardle in Lancashire and possibly Wardle in Cheshire, both named with Old English elements weard "guard, guardian" hyll "hill" meaning "watch hill"... [more]
Mac Cearbhaill Irish
Meaning, "son of Cearbhaill."
Del Pueblo Spanish
Means "of the village" in Spanish.
Farrokhpour Persian
Means "son of Farrokh".
Bangon Filipino, Maranao
Means "to rise, to get up" or "plot of land" in Maranao.
Vaiksaar Estonian
Vaiksaar is an Estonian surname meaing "quiet/still ("vaikus") island ("saar")". May also come from "väike saar", meaning "little island".
Wachowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from the village of Wachów
Headlee English (Rare)
The Anglo-Saxon name Headlee comes from when the family resided in one of a variety of similarly-named places. Headley in Hampshire is the oldest. The surname Headlee belongs to the large category of Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.
Koiwai Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" combined with 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "pit, mineshaft, well" or 祝 (iwai) meaning "blessing, celebrate, congratulations".
Dorsay French
French form of Dorsey.
Or Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ke.
Punke German
Unexplained; possibly an altered form of Bunke, from a Middle Low German personal name.
Shaffer German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Schäfer.
Badr Arabic
From the given name Badr.
Takiyama Japanese
From Japanese 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Occhiogrosso Italian
Descriptive nickname meaning "big eye".
Pregler German
Nickname for a chatterer or grumbler, from an agent derivative of Middle High German breglen ‘to chatter’, ‘complain’, ‘yell’, ‘roar’.
Biggs English
Derived from the ancient word, "bigga", meaning large.
Gabriadze Georgian
Means "son of Gabriel".
Pão Portuguese
Metonymic occupational name for a baker, from pão meaning "bread"
Apostolos Greek
Means "messenger, apostle" in Greek.
Reynals Spanish (Rare)
Variant from Spanish word Rey "king". Most likely referred to the royalty. Variant of Reynolds.
Ó Hailpín Irish
Irish-Gaelic or Scottish-Gaelic form of Halpin, meaning "descendant of Alpin".
Jozi Hlubi (?), African
A Hlubi word referring to a sword or spear mkonto,mkhonto,lerumo
Johannknecht German
John The Servant
Megarry Irish, English
From the Irish 'Mag Fhearadhaigh', meaning "descendant of the fearless one"
Turton English
From Turton, an historical area in Lancashire, England (now part of Greater Manchester); it was originally a township in the former civil parish of Bolton le Moors. It is derived from the Old Norse given name Þórr (see Thor) and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town"... [more]
Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]
Noop Estonian
Noop is an Estonian surname meaning "block".
Ramakrishnan Indian, Tamil
From the given name Ramakrishna. A notable bearer is Tamil-American structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952-).
Lomas English, Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
Variant spelling of "Lomax", meaning a steam pool devoted from Lumhalghs, Lancs. Also variant spelling of "Lennox", meaning Elmwood in Gaelic.
Sickler English (Rare)
Came from one who used a sickle to farm fields
Aksyutin Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Mindalano Filipino, Maranao
From the name of Mindalano' sa Tonong, a character in the Darangen epic.
Agras Galician, Catalan (Rare)
Refers to ancient type of grape. Possibly given to someone was known for being a bit tart or sour in personality, or that they owned or worked on a vineyard or in the wine-making industry.
Strelevskiy m Russian
Probably related to Strelskiy.
Mizumori Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mori means "forest, grove".
Meizys Lithuanian
It means barley or wheat farmer
Shimoenoo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下酔尾 (Shimoenoo) meaning "Shimoenoo", a former division in the area of Terushima in the city of Ichikikushikino in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Mosel German
Habitational name from any of several places so named. topographic name from the Mosel river in western Germany a tributary of the Rhine that rises in the Vosges and flows through Lorraine and then a deep winding valley from Trier to Koblenz.
Sawatsky German, Polish (Germanized)
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhart, Erna, Hans.... [more]
Kanisthasut Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Almlöf Swedish
Combination of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and löv (Old Norse lauf) meaning "leaf".
Tammiku Estonian
Tammiku is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
Mundaka Basque (Rare)
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. A popular theory is that it derives from Latin munda aqua "clean water", but there is no evidence to support this origin... [more]
Altermann German, Jewish
Literally means "old man" in German.
Krstanović Croatian, Serbian
Derived from krst, meaning "cross".
Sokić Croatian
Derived from Turksh sokak, meaning "street". The word is still used in Croatian meaning "little street, alley". Most people with this surname live in Cernik, Croatia.
Lear English
Means (i) "person from Leire", Leicestershire ("place on the river Leire", a river-name that may also be the ancestor of Leicestershire); or (ii) "person from Lear", any of several variously spelled places in northern France with a name based on Germanic lār "clearing"... [more]
Uçan Turkish
Means "flying" or "fugitive, volatile" in Turkish.
Bendtsdatter Danish (Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic)
Strictly feminine patronymic for Bendt.
Yandarbiyeva Chechen
Feminine spelling of Yandarbiyev.
Fahd Arabic
Derived from the given name Fahd.
Furman Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann)... [more]
Kõuts Estonian
Kõuts is an Estonian surname meaning "cat" (also, in Estonian "Kass") or "tomcat".
Rosenqvist Swedish
Derived from Swedish ros meaning "rose" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Sototoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).
Minella Italian
Southern Italian, from a pet form of the female personal name Mina 1, a short form of Guglielmina, Giacomina, etc.
Le Guet French
Variant of Guet with the article le "the".
Gawel Polish, English (Americanized), German (Germanized)
Variant of Gaweł, particularly outside of Poland.
Kasetsiri Thai
From Thai เกษตร (kaset) meaning "farmland" and ศิริ (siri) meaning "glory; splendor".
Juur Estonian
Juur is an Estonian surname meaning "root".
Kauten Hungarian
Nickolas Kauten was born July 15, 1890, in Austria - Hungary, ... [more]
D'arcy English, French, Norman
Originally a Norman French surname, meaning "from Arcy"... [more]
Nachtrieb German
It possibly comes from the German name of a nachtrab, which is a "night bird like the owl". Another possible meaning is "night tribe".
Godin English
Comes from the Germanic personal name Godin-, a pet form of any of various compound names beginning with god, got ‘god’. Compare Godbold, Goddard, and Godfrey.
Manheim German, Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany (formerly the residence of the electors Palatine) so named from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann ) annd Old High German heim "homestead"... [more]
Wrubleski Polish (Americanized, Rare)
Rare variant spelling of Wrobleski.... [more]
Fedorchak Czech, Slovak
Ukrainian and Slovak from a pet form of the personal name Fedor.
Kirishima Japanese (Rare)
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 切 (kiri) meaning "end, finish; bounds, limits" combined with 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island."
Guralnick Jewish
Occupational name from Ukrainian guralnyk, Yiddish guralnik "distiller".
La Hui
From the Arabic surname al-Din.
Losano Italian
Italian form of Lozano.
Dissanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala දිසානායක (see Dissanayake).
Ouahabi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ouahab.
Bezuglyy m Russian
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".
Bledsoe English
Comes from a place in Gloucestershire called Bledisloe, comes from an Old English personal name Blið.
Halawa Nias
Nias clan name derived from the given name Halawa referring to an ancestor.
Llorente Catalan
Derived from the given name Lorenzo.
Taglialatela Italian
Taglialatela means "the person who cuts the cloth" and is typical in the Naples and Caserta areas of Italy.
Saks Estonian
Saks is an Estonian surname derived from "Saksa" ("German") and "Saksamaa" ("Germany"). Ultimately derived from "Saxon" and "Saxony".
Abbou Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a diminutive of the given name Abd Allah.
Fukata Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shioda Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sancti Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
Sancti or Santi is a Italian surname in the north of Italy, Cisalpine Gaul or Galia Citerior also known as Galia Togata. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.
Wildrick English
From German Wildreich, a medieval personal name, from Old High German wildi "wild".
Passepartout Literature
Derived from French passe-partout, which literally means "goes everywhere" but is actually an idiom for "skeleton key".... [more]
McKeogh Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eochaidh.
Akopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).
Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.
Arlegui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arlegi.
Asari Indian, Hindi, Malayalam
From a caste originating from Kerala, India. They belong to a larger group called Vishwakarma. The caste name is mostly linked to the community of people who do carpentry work.
Tsukasa Japanese
From Japanese 司 (tsukasa) meaning "official; director; manager".... [more]
Sobalvarro Spanish
Sobalvarro/Sobalbarro is a surname with known origins in the Iberian Peninsula. The first record of the name appears in the Basque regions of Spain. The name was purportedly constructed by combining the family name of Soba with the newly given Christian name, Alvarro.
Albéniz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Albeiz.
Eskesen Danish
Means “Son of Eske”.
Vivis English (Rare)
Found in the 1891, 1901 & 1911 British census, other Ancestry.co.uk records & FreeBMD. Could derive from Vivas from Spanish Catalan
Puerto Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named Puerto, in most cases from puerto ‘harbor’ (from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’).
Jõgi Estonian
Means "river" in Estonian.
Ingemarsson Swedish
Means "son of Ingemar".
Ammari Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ammar (chiefly Algerian).
Razo Galician
A habitational name from Razo in A Coruña province, Galicia.
Killilea Irish
Irish - originally MacGiolla Leith from Gallway
Lambers French
Means "illustrious land", variant of Lambert
Togami Japanese
From Japanese 十神 (togami) meaning "ten gods".
Barbe French
Nickname for someone with a beard, Old French barbe (Latin barba).
Sumura Japanese
From 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Wenn English
Surname from Norfolk, England
Hol Dutch
Variant form of Holl.
Zalusky Ukrainian
Derives from the Slavic word zalew, meaning "bay" or "flooded area". Given to families who lived near water or areas that flooded often.
Losey English (American)
Possibly an Americanized form of a Dutch name.
Cutler English
Given to a "knife maker" or a man that "makes cutlery"
Chestnutt English
"Chestnut." A notable bearer is Charles Waddel Chestnut, a novelist.
Vollmer Danish
Danish Variant of Volkmar.
Heldt German
Variant of Held.
Barzagli Italian
Probably from barezzo, an old word of Germanic origin used to denote people who bred pigs or sold ham.
Hikida Japanese
From 疋 or 匹 (hiki) meaning "counter for small animals" combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Adeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Adil.
Suurlaht Estonian
Suulaht is an Estonian surname meaning "big bay/gulf".
Kvachko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian квач (kvach), meaning "tag (game)".
Viveash English
English surname of uncertain origin. May be Anglo-Norman from French vivace meaning "lively, vigorous", however its pronunciation has led to its connection to various places in southern England called Five Ash Trees.
Səlimov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Səlim".
Krumholz Jewish, German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Krumbholz ‘bent timber’, ‘mountain pine’, hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a cartwright or wheelwright. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Maison English
Variant of Mayson.
Aeby Swiss
Derived from the given name Adalbert.
Hasumi Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".
Wickremasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Fong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Fang.
Verbytskyy m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Verbitskiy.
Elemesov m Kazakh
Means "son of Elemes".
Bugenhagen Pomeranian
Haven on the Bugen river. Hagen coming from the German word haven, and there was once a river or small body of water in Pomerania near the border of modern day Poland and Germany called Bugen. The word Bugen, in German, means to bend or to yield... [more]
Ryan Korean (Russified)
Form of Ryang used by Koreans in Russia.
Bollard English, Irish
According to MacLysaght, this surname of Dutch origin which was taken to Ireland early in the 18th century.
Mangudadatu Filipino, Maguindanao
From Maguindanao manguda meaning "young" and the Philippine title datu meaning "chief, leader".
Antolin Spanish
1 Spanish (Antolín): from the personal name, a vernacular form of Antoninus, a name borne by thirteen saints.... [more]
Hrachenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гра (hra), meaning "game".
Nogales Spanish
Habitational name from either of two locations in Spain named Nogales, from the plural form of Spanish nogal meaning "walnut tree".
Wallenstein German, Jewish
Variant of Waldstein a habitational name from Wallenstein (originally Waldenstein "forest rock" Czech Valdštejn) in Bohemia... [more]
Goonewardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Gaitán Spanish
Derived from the city in Italy named Gaeta.
Dicus English
Variant of Dycus.
Brucker English
Variant spelling of Brooker.
Vitebsky Belarusian
Refers to a region named "Vitebsk" in Belarus.
Tadokoro Japanese
Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
Pijnenburg Dutch
From the name of an estate or hamlet called Pijnenburg in the town of Soest in Utrecht, Holland, composed of Middle Dutch pijn meaning "pine tree" and burg meaning "fortress, manor, mansion".
Balaod Visayan
Literally "law" in Cebuano
Piaget French (Swiss)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. This name was borne by Jean Piaget (1896-1980), a Swiss child psychologist noted for his studies of intellectual and cognitive development in children.
Fukami Japanese
From Japanese 深 (fuka) meaning "deep" and 見 (mi) meaning "to see, view, mindset, look, appearance".
Immermann German
Habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.
Bradstreet English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a Roman road, derived from Old English brad "broad" and strǣt "paved highway, street" (ultimately derived from Latin strata)... [more]
Oxendine Lumbee
The name is a common Lumbee surname. This name was used in the 1700s. This is the surname of Tribal councilman Delton Oxendine as well as Miss Lumbee Laura Oxendine.
Van Eden Dutch
Refers to someone from the town Ede in Gelderland province.
Foulds English (British)
Mr. Fould-Dupont supplied the steel for the Eiffel tower. Later on, he fled to England and changed his last name from Fould-Dupont to Foulds.
Kazehaya Japanese
Kaze means "wind" and haya means "fast".
Sailer English
Variant spelling of Saylor.
Redmer Frisian
North German: from the Frisian personal name, composed of the Germanic elements rad ‘advice’, ‘counsel’ + mari, meri ‘fame’.
Elkin English
Patronymic of a diminutive of the given name Elis.
Rizal Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
From Spanish ricial meaning "green field" or "rice field". A notable bearer was José Rizal (1861-1896), a Filipino nationalist and national hero.
Kadohira Japanese
Kado means "gate" and hira means "peace, level, even".
Valgepea Estonian
Valgepea is an Estonian surname meaning "white head".
Wildschut Dutch
Occupational name meaning "gamekeeper, game warden" in Dutch. A famous bearer is the Dutch former soccer player Piet Wildschut (1957-).
Sakurakaba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "prunus serrulata" and 椛 (kaba) meaning "betula".
Ghali Arabic
From the given name Ghali.
El Bechir Western African
Means "the Bechir", derived from the given name Bashir. This surname is mainly used in Mauritania.
Boone Dutch
Variant of Boen.
Marinaro Italian
Occupational name for a sailor from marinaro (from Late Latin marinus derived from mare "sea").
Ebert German, American
Shortened form of the German given name Eberhard.
Rudel English
Derived from the location of Ryedale or Rydal
Lember Estonian
Lember is an Estonian surname derived from "lembe", meaning "loving" and "affectionate".
Bedoya Spanish
Castilianized form of Bedoia. Name for someone from Bedoña, in the Spanish province Gipuzkoa. Bedoña likely comes from Basque bedi "pasture grazing" and -oña, suffix for a place name.
Leżałka Polish
Means "a fallen tree" or "a fallen brunch" derived from Old Polish.
Hamdani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamdan.
Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.
Mesly French
Variant of Mesley.
Karabeynik Belarusian
Belarusian form of Korobeynik.
Amarasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අමරසේකර (see Amarasekara).
Jeanpetit French
Means "little Jean" from Old French petit "small" and the given name Jean 1, originally a nickname for a small man called Jean (or applied ironically to a large man), or a distinguishing epithet for the younger of two men named Jean.... [more]