Browse Submitted Surnames

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Atzeni Italian
From a lost Sicilian toponym.
Warnecke German
North German from a pet form of the personal name Warner, Low German form of Werner.
Monkey Popular Culture
This is the surname of a few characters in the manga One Piece written by mangaka Eiichiro Oda including the main character. The main character Monkey D. Luffy is the founding father and captain of the pirate Straw Hats who, as of this writing, seeks the treasure the One Piece and desires to be the Pirate King... [more]
Nabeel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nabil.
Josipović Croatian
Means "son of Josip" in Croatian.... [more]
Arik Turkish
Means "thin, lean" in Turkish.
Irani Persian
Means "Iranian" in Persian. It is also commonly used within a Zoroastrian community in India with the same name.
Rabenstein German
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Rabenstein.
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.
Aberdeen Scottish, English
Habitational name denoting someone from the Scottish city Aberdeen, derived from Scottish Gaelic aber "river mouth" and the name of the river Don.
Macuha Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog makuha meaning "get, obtain (something)".
Alejandre Spanish
Variant of Alejandro.
Dimants Latvian
Means "diamond".
D'aoust French
D'Aoust, denotes someone from Aoust(e) in France. Aouste is situated in the Ardennes department (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 29 km from Charleville-Mézières, the department capital... [more]
Wiseman English
Variant of Wise combined with the suffix man. It may have also been used ironically.
Mcquaid Scottish, Irish
This surname is derived from Gaelic Mac Uaid meaning "son of Uaid," Uaid being the Gaelic form of Wat.
Eskelinen Finnish
Derived from a variant of Swedish Eskil and the common surname suffix -inen.
Monoma Japanese
From Japanese 物 (mono) meaning "object" and 間 (ma) meaning "gap" or 物間 (monoma) meaning "among things"
Ghoogassian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղուկասյան (see Ghukasyan).
Koigakubo Japanese
Koi means "love", ga is a language particle, ku means "long time ago, lasting" and bo means "guarantee, protect".
Kauppi Finnish
From the medieval variant of the given name Jaakob. In some cases from the Finnish archaic term meaning "merchant, trader".
Tobing Batak
Means "riverbank, edge" in Batak. It is also used as a short form of Lumbantobing.
Lamounier Portuguese (Brazilian)
Most common in Brazil.
Castanati Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish Origins
Blond French
Nickname from Old French blund, blond meaning "blond, fair-haired", a word of ancient Germanic origin.
Yarovenko Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Yaroslav.
Girai Indian (Muslim), Urdu
Indian cognate of the Turkish surname Giray.
Bieniek Polish
From a pet form of the personal names Benedykt.
Selimoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Selimoski.
Fahad Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Fahad.
Mehendale Indian (Rare), Marathi (Rare)
An Indian Brahmin surname of unknown meaning from the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Bia Navajo
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs ("BIA") required all Indians to choose a family name. The Navajo family name Bia is derived from BIA ("Bureau of Indian Affairs")
Veiga Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Vega.
Byanski Polish
looking for the meaning of this name as it is my maiden name.
Toyokawa Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Gombert French, German
French and German: from Gundbert, a Germanic personal name composed of the elements gund ‘battle’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’... [more]
Carrión Spanish
It comes from the knight Alonso Carreño, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the town of Carrión de los Condes (Palencia), where he founded his solar house.
Amorín Galician
Habitational name from any of various places in Galicia called Amorín, itself possibly derived from a given name.
To Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Tô.
Bergh Swedish, Dutch
Variant of Berg.
Bahaziy m Ukrainian
Volodymyr Bahaziy was the German installed head of Kyiv City during the WWII German occupation.
Valiyev Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Vəliyev.
Faisal Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Faysal.
Ueto Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".
Amani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amani.
Saxonov Russian (?)
Variant transcription of Saksonov.
Tapu Estonian
Tapu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Tapa", a town in Lääne-Viru County.
Afrasiabi Persian
From the given name Afrasiab.
Kautzmann German
Variant of Kautz, with the addition of Middle High German -man "man".
Bruch German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or a stream that frequently flooded, from Middle High German bruoch "water meadow" or "marsh" (cognate to old English broc "brook", "stream" cf... [more]
Costache Romanian
From the given name Costache
Aasum Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse aas "hill" and um "around".
Abdykadyrova f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Abdykadyrov.
Lowenstein Jewish
Combination of German Löwe "lion" and stein "stone". In some cases an ornamental name associated with the name Levi (see also Levy and Lew 2).
Sneed English
Variant of Sneyd.
Gotham English
English: habitational name from Gotham in Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English gat ‘goat’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Guereña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gereña.
Kazamatsuri Japanese
From Japanese 風祭 (Kazamatsuri) meaning "Kazamatsuri", an area in the city of Odawara in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.
Ekblad Swedish
Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and blad "leaf".
Playfair English
From a medieval nickname for an enthusiastic competitor in sports and games (from Middle English pleyfere "companion in play, playmate"), or else a different form of Playford (from a Suffolk place-name meaning "ford where sports are held")... [more]
Caju Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "cashew, cashew tree" in Portuguese.
Kalp German, Jewish
From Middle High German kalp ‘calf’, German Kalb, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who reared calves.
Lyubenov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Lyuben".
Durden English
A different form of Dearden. A fictional bearer is Tyler Durden, a character from Chuck Palahniuk's 'Fight Club' (1996) and its subsequent film adaptation (1999).
Mentsoian Armenian
Meaning unknown.
Polman Dutch
Variant of Pol using the element man "person, man" as a suffix.
Torshkhoev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush family name derived the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name itself is derived from ТӀаьрши (Tarsh), a village in Ingushetia, of unknown meaning.
Van Velsen Dutch
Means "from Velsen" in Dutch, a municipality in North Holland, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel "swamp, marsh" combined with the hydronymic suffix *isa.
Cully English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Colla meaning "descendant of Colla". The Old Irish name Colla was a variant of Conla (perhaps the same Connla).
Raspberry English
Variant spelling of Rasberry.
Fumagalli Italian
Means "smoke the rooster" in Italian, from fuma "to smoke" and gallo "rooster". Refers to filling a henhouse with smoke to keep the chickens quiet when stealing them, thus making this a name probably given to chicken thieves.
Raguzin m Russian
Derived from рагу (ragu) meaning stew or soup.
Vitryanyuk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian вітряний (vitryanyy), meaning "windy".
Bauerdick German
A surname originating from the Rhineland region of Germany. It is derived from German Bauer (Bur in the locals dialects) "farmer" and Deich (Diek and Dick in the local dialects) "levee" or Teich "pond"... [more]
Lind Yiddish
Variant of Linde.
Tan Chinese
From Chinese 谭 (tán) referring to the state of Tan that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
Schlanser Romansh
Derived from the place name Schlans, a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Rybakina f Russian
Feminine form of Rybakin. A notable bearer is the Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player Elena Rybakina (1999-).
Guillermo Spanish
From the given name Guillermo
Davidzon Russian
Davidzon means son of David.
Dady Irish
Variant of Deady.
Chubatyy m Ukrainian
Means "person with long bang" in Ukrainian, referring to the khokhol cossack hairstyle.
Aburada Japanese
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Gibbon English
English from the medieval personal name Gibbon, a pet form of Gibb.
Rizvanova f Azerbaijani, Tatar
Feminine form of Rizvanov.
Yousif Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.
Binzaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 鬢崎 (see Binsaki).
Gaétan French
From the given name Gaétan.
Tischner German
Tischner means carpenter.
Mautasch Czech
SUDOMERICE, TABOR DISTRICT, BOHEMIA 1880
Charlet French
From the French given name Charlet, a pet form of Charles.
Pucheta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Putxeta.
Wakabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".
Elko Slovak
Used in Dubrovka, Slovakia
Smout Dutch, Flemish
Means "oil, lard, melted animal fat" in Dutch, an occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, or a nickname for someone who ate – or who could afford to eat – large amounts of food containing it.
Hrechko Ukrainian
Means "buckwheat".
Diogene Italian
From the given name Diogene
Éliás Hungarian
From the given name Éliás.
Tamir Jewish
From the given name Tamir.
McCorryn Manx
Manx anglicised form of MacTorin, alternate form of MacCorran
Maxson Popular Culture, English
Means son of Max. This is the surname of the hereditary leaders of the Brotherhood of Steel in the popular Fallout game. The first bearer of the name was Captain Roger Maxson, who founded the BOS, with the most recent bearer being Arthur Maxson, the current leader of the BOS in Fallout 4.
Daies Literature
Variant of the surname Days (see Day)
Stojkova f Macedonian
Feminine form of Stojkov.
Ōhashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Brovchenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian брови (brovy), meaning "eyebrows".
Rumfield German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Rumfelt.
Sina Arabic (Egyptian), Albanian
Derived from the given name Husain.
Philpot English
English (chiefly southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Philipot/Philpot, a pet form of Philip.
Enrico Italian
From the given name Enrico.
Mcgonagle American
Irish (Donegal) and Scottish (Glasgow): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conghail, a patronymic from the personal name Conghal, composed of Celtic elements meaning 'hound' + 'valor'.
Minden German, English
Habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Westphalia (German) or Shropshire (English).
Palau Catalan
From palau meaning "palace", "mansion".
Nam Korean
From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south".
Doyal Irish
Variant of Doyle.
Bergdorf German
Origin unidentified. Possibly a German habitational name from places in Hamburg and Lower Saxony called Bergedorf, Bargdorf in Lower Saxony, or Bergsdorf in Brandenburg.
Larke English
Variant of Lark.
Siôn Welsh
From the given name Siôn
Tišljar Croatian
Derived from Chakavian Croatian tišljar, meaning "carpenter".
Bondi Italian
Derived from the given name Abbondio.
Nozaki Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Linklater Scottish
From a place name: either Linklater in South Ronaldsay and North Sandwick, or Linklet in North Ronaldsay, all derived from Old Norse lyng "heather" and klettr "hill, crag, cliff".
Kuilart Dutch
Derived from Dutch kuil "pit, hole in the ground", probably part of a toponym.
Watabōshi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 綿帽子 (watabōshi) meaning "bridal hood".
Mac Giolla Choinnigh Irish
Proper, non-Anglicized form of Mcelhinney.
Wijesiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Vollmar German, Germanic, Low German
This name is a variant form of Volkmar and the Low German form of Waldemar. It is of Germanic and Slavic origin and comes from the following roots: (VOLKMAR) and (VOLODIMĚRŬ).
Southworth English
Means "southern enclosure".
Çetin Turkish
Means "hard, tough" in Turkish.
Kazi Indian (Muslim)
Variant spelling of Qazi ‘judge’.
Sebő Hungarian
Possibly from Hungarian seb, meaning "wound".
Kern German, Dutch, Jewish
Means "kernel, grain, core" in Dutch, German, and Yiddish (as קערן), an occupational name for a farmer or a nickname for a physically small person. As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
Nakache Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic نقاش (naqqash) meaning "engraver, inscriber, sculptor".
Defensor Filipino
From Spanish defensor meaning "defender, advocate". A notable bearer was Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945-2016), a Filipino stateswoman and lawyer.
Komarov Russian
From Russian комар (komar) meaning "mosquito".
Blood English
Derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe").
Laviolette French, French (Quebec), French (Acadian)
A secondary surname, associated with some forty family names in Canada and also used independently since 1698, a nickname from the flower violette ‘violet’, with the definite article la. In feudal France it was a name given to soldiers and domestic servants.
Aardam Estonian
Aardam is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Aadam" ("Adam"), the Biblical masculine given name.
Plebanski Polish
From Polish pleban "parish priest".
Eadie English
Variant of Eady
Hachimi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hashim (chiefly Moroccan).
Ghaith Arabic
From the given name Ghayth
Kingman English
Derived from Old English cyning "king" and mann, denoting a servant of the king.
Bayzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Bayzhanov.
Suurkivi Estonian
Suurkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "big stone".
Tyner Irish
An Anglicized version of the Gaelic name O Teimhneain, which is derived from the word teimhean, meaning "dark."
Malinis Filipino, Tagalog
Means "clean" in Tagalog.
Baha Arabic
Derived from the given name Baha.
Tatlı Turkish
Means "sweet, pleasant, agreeable" in Turkish.
Ioannides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Ioannidis chiefly used in Cyprus.
Heinvere Estonian
Heinvere is an Estonian surname meaning "hay blood".
Monomachos Greek
Meaning gladiator or 'the one that fights alone.' A surname of a Byzantine family from Nicomedia (Izmit).
Vasa Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish noble and former royal family. Possibly from vase meaning "bundle" or "withy". The name is believed to be a reference to the family's coat of arms. The most notable member of the family was Gustav Eriksson Vasa (1496-1560), later known as Gustav I of Sweden (in modern times known exclusively as Gustav Vasa)... [more]
Trueba Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the eponymous Castilian river.
Kragh Danish
Variant of Krag.
Halstead English
Geographic surname from places by the same name in Essex, Kent, and Leicestershire.
Eustace English
Derived from first name Eustace
Watanuki Japanese
This surname is used as 渡抜, 渡樌, 渡貫, 綿抜, 綿貫, 四月一日 or 四月朔日 with 渡 (to, wata.su, wata.ru) meaning "cross, deliver, diameter, ferry, ford, import, migrate, transit," 綿 (men, wata) meaning "cotton," 抜 (hai, hatsu, batsu, nu.kasu, nu.karu, nu.ki, nu.ku, -nu.ku, nu.keru) meaning "extract, omit, pilfer, pull out, quote, remove, slip out," 樌 (kan, nuki), an outdated kanji meaning "grove," 貫 (kan, tsuranu.ku, nuki, nu.ku) meaning "brace, penetrate, pierce, kan (obsolete unit of measuring weight - equal to 3.75 kg./8.33 lbs... [more]
Dimaliwat Filipino, Tagalog
Means "firm, stubborn" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and liwat meaning "to transfer (liquid from one container to another)".
Kirschenbaum German
From German means "cherry tree".
Bahij Arabic
From the given name Bahij.
Buhl m German
Nickname for a male relative (i.e. a member of an important family who was not the head of it), from Middle High German buole meaning "kinsman" (Old High German buolo, also used as a personal name)... [more]
Tielle Dutch
Possibly related to Thiel.
Warabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (warabi) meaning "Japanese bracken fern". There are multiple places in Japan with this name.
Grudzień Polish
Means "december".
Le Marchand French
Variant of Marchand with fused French definite article le.
Kamegai Japanese
"Turtle valley".
Egert German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Eggert.
Apostolski Macedonian
Derived from apostol (апостол), meaning "apostle".
Bellmann German
Habitational name derived from places in Germany named either Bell, Belle, or Bellen.
Barbera Italian
Feminine form of Barbero, perhaps denoting a barber’s wife. Alternatively, it could derive from the name of a kind of grape from the Piemonte region.
Yehya Arabic, Uyghur
From the given name Yehya.
Lukačević Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian variant of Lukács.
Rogelio Spanish
From the given name Rogelio.
Mineo Japanese
Mine means "peak" and i means "tail".
Kayan Turkish
Means "slippery, smooth, gliding" in Turkish.
Paznyak Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Pazniak or Paźniak.
Shichihou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).
Hagström Swedish
Combination of Swedish hage "enclosure, garden" and ström "stream, small river".
D'Abruzzo Italian
Variant of Abruzzo. It is the real surname of the American actor Alan Alda (1936-), who was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo.
Joutsen Finnish
Means “swan” in Finnish.
Vidler English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname based on Anglo-Norman vis de leu, literally "wolf-face"; or (ii) "violinist, fiddle player" (cf. Fiedler).
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