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.
Da Rúa Galician
This indicates familial origin within the municipality of A Rúa.
Galant French
French cognate of Galante and variant of Galland.
Kunis Jewish
Metronymic form of Kune. This surname is most famous for its association with the American actress named Mila Kunis.
Rovere Italian
From rovere "oak".
Kozamurai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小侍 (Kozamurai) meaning "Kozamurai", a division in the area of Kitataku in the city of Taku in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.
Rundqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish rund "round" and qvist, an archaic spelling of kvist, "twig".
Verdugo Spanish
Occupational name meaning "executioner".
Piirimees Estonian
Piirimees is an Estonian surname meaning "border man".
Calvete Spanish
It means bald. It's a surname of the Galician origin.
Happygod English (African, Rare)
Possibly from the English words happy and god.
Ghanim Arabic
Derived from the given name Ghanim.
Miyuki Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "honorific prefix indicating respect, your, godly, imperial, royal, imperial, to govern, control, protect" and 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness, good luck, fortune".
Nee Irish, Scottish
reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Niadh ("descendant of Nia") or Ó Niadh ("son of Nia"). Compare McNee.
Van Burgen Dutch (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Possibly means "from Burgen", the name of several villages in Germany.
Gonthier French
Derived from the given name Gonthier.
Rathnayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රත්නායක (see Ratnayake).
Chang Korean
Variant romanization of Jang.
Weerawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවර්ධන (see Weerawardana).
Ha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Siimets Estonian
Siimets is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Siim" (a masculine given name) and "mets" meaning "forest".
Mac Muireadhaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Muireadhach"
Pochettino Italian (Modern)
Famous Argentine soccer manager named Mauricio Pochettino (Born 1972)
Britnell English
Habitational name from a place called Brinton in Norfolk, England. See Brinton.
Lyn Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Lin.
Yakimov Russian
Means "Son of Yakim".
Zuazo Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque zu(h)haitz "(wild) tree" and the collective suffix -zu.
Ranganathan Hinduism
Means ‘lord of mirth’. It is an epithet of Lord Krishna.
Kilmer German
Variant of Gilmer, from the medieval personal name Gildemir or Gilmar, composed from the German gīsil, meaning "pledge", "hostage", or "noble offspring" and the Old German mâri meaning “famous”... [more]
Rajabi Persian
From the given name Rajab.
Jõeleht Estonian
Jõeleht is an Estonian surname meaning "river foliage".
Light English
Nickname for a happy, cheerful person, from Middle English lyght, Old English lēoht "light (not dark), bright, cheerful".
Lämmle German, Jewish
Derived from German lamm meaning "lamb", a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person or a shepherd.
Galanty Jewish, Judeo-Italian
Possibly derived from the Italian Galantuomo meaning "gentleman"
Axe English
Locational surname which describes one who lived by the Axe Rivers in Somerset or Dorset.
Brännström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bränna "to burn" and ström "stream".
Licursi Italian
Of Albanian origin, either an occupational name for a tanner from lëkurë "skin, leather", or a habitational name.
Yakubu Arabic, Assyrian, Chaldean, Slovak (Americanized), Czech (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi, Americanized)
Arabic and Assyrian/Chaldean: from a variant of the Arabic and Syriac personal name YaʿqūbJacob’ (see Yaqub).... [more]
Litchfield English
locational origin either from Lichfield, south east of Stafford in Staffordshire, or from Litchfield in Hampshire... [more]
Stalinov Russian
Means "son of the man of steel" in Russian.
Sako Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 古 (ko) meaning "old".
Ó Donnagáin Irish
Means "descendant of Donnagán"
Pancakes Dutch (Americanized), German (Americanized)
The last name "Pancake" is an Americanized form of German and Dutch names like "Pfannkuch," "Pannekoek," and similar terms. It likely originated as a metonymic nickname for someone who had a fondness for pancakes, made or sold them, or lived at an inn or on a farm with a name related to pancakes (like "In de Pannekoek" meaning "In the Pancake")... [more]
Komov m Russian
Maybe a variant of Komarov.
Kuul Estonian
Probably derived from Estonian kuul meaning "bullet, ball".
Laurencio Spanish
Derived from the given name Lorenzo. (Mostly common in Cuba)
Quelch English (British)
Mid 16th Century variant of the name Wels(c)he, Welsh or Welch, itself deriving from the Middle English "walsche", Celtic, foreign, (Olde English "woelisc", a derivative of "wealh", foreign), and originally given as a distinguishing nickname to a Celt... [more]
Kogure Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree, wood" and 暮 (kure) meaning "end, close".
Hamataka Japanese
Hana means "beach" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Provencher French
From the French word for the flower periwinkle. (pervenche) Brought to Canada from France in 1660 by Sebastien Provencher.
Olajide Yoruba
From the given name Olajide.
Mallick Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali মল্লিক (see Mallik).
Arnould French
Variant of Arnaud.
Foody Irish
Anglicized version of ó Fuada, or 'descendent of Fuada'. It comes from the personal name 'fuad' or 'swift' but also 'rush' and 'speed'.
Édouard French
From the given name Édouard.
Malicsi Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog maliksi meaning "quick, agile, alert".
Aslanbekova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Асланбеков (see Aslanbekov).
Benveniste Judeo-French, Judeo-Catalan, Catalan (Rare), French (Rare)
Likely derived from Spanish bien viniste, meaning "your arrival was good", also serving as a cognate of Bienvenido and Benvenuto.
Pugina Italian
Possibly derived from Venetian Pùgia, referring to the region of Puglia (see Pugliese), or pugia meaning "abundance, plenty" as well as referring to the cuccagna pole festivities... [more]
Metselaar Dutch
Means "bricklayer, mason" in Dutch.
Kuromusha Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai 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.
Theissen German
North German: patronymic from Theiss.
Ilarratza Basque
From the name of a settlement in Álava, Spain, possibly derived from Basque illar "bean, pea; heather" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Hjornevik Norwegian
Named after the town of Hjørnevik, Norway
Fegatilli Italian
From Italian fegato "liver", figuratively used to denote courage. May be occupational, for someone who cooked liver, or a nickname for someone considered to be courageous.
Dachs German
German word meaning badger
Goertze German
Probably a variant of Göretz, a reduced form of Gerhards (see Gerhardt), or a variant of Goertz.
Mohamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Mohamad.
Arditi Italian
Variant of Ardito.
Baltacı Turkish
Occupational name for a maker or seller of axes, derived from Turkish balta meaning "axe, hatchet".
Nestoruk Russian
From the given name Nestor.
Sheet Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.
Takikawa Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and kawa means "river, stream".
Kulawansha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලවංශ (see Kulawansa).
Adebowale Yoruba
From the given name Adebowale
Ariq English (American)
This name means a men with many gifts. The first person with the name spelled as this was an gangbanger from Covington, Kentucky. He died in 1998.
Okajima Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Maehdon Welsh
Welsh, of undefined origin.
Thackwray English
Means Thatcher, or someone who thatches roofs. A varient of the name Thatcher
Yelich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Yelich is an Anglicized spelling of the last name Jelić.
Norgaard Danish
North "Nor" Farm "gaard"
Hanzaiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 繁在家 (see Hanzaiya).
Čobanić Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Abbès Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abbas.
Chattopadhyay Bengali
From Chatta, the name of a village, and Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor".
Stonehouse English
From Middle English ston stan 1 "stone" (Old English stan 1) and house "house" (Old English hus)... [more]
Rott German
As far as I've researched the name dates back to a man by the name of Count Palatine Kuno von Rott (~1083). After he got land from the Pfalzfrafs which seem to be a nobile family line.... [more]
Sakoui Iranian
meaning gold merchant
Zañartu Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous rural district in the municipality of Oñati.
Booke American
American variant of the German name Buche meaning "beech" in reference to the beech tree. Notable bearer is the actor Sorrell Booke (1930-1994).
Añorbe Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.
Ashuba Abkhaz
Possibly from Abkhaz ашә (āš°) meaning "cheese" or "beech" or ашәа (āš°ā) meaning "song".
Julianson English
This surname means “son of Julian”.
Burtis English
Variant of Burdis.
Künnen German
Metronymic from the given name Kunigunde.
Laster English
Variant spelling of Lester.
Rockhold German (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of German Rocholl or Rochholt, derived from a Germanic personal name composed of Old Germanic ruoche "care, prudence" and wald "rule, power".
Agarwal Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Agroha in the Indian state of Haryana.
Rumschlag German
This name is possibly a derivative of the German word for "envelope" which is spelled 'Umschlag'.
Fazakerley English
Habitational name for a person from a town of Fazakerley in Liverpool, derived from Old English fæs "border, fringe", æcer "field", and leah "woodland, clearing"... [more]
Knife German (Americanized), English
Americanized form of German Kneif a variant of Kneip. A nickname from Middle English knif "knife dagger" (Old English cnīf) perhaps used for a cutler... [more]
Kwiatek Polish
Derived from a diminutive of Kwiat.
Takamura Japanese
Taka means "high, expensive, tall" and mura means "hamlet, village".
Kipps German
Topographical name for someone living on a hill, from Kippe 'edge', 'brink'.
Than Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Thân.
Jarić Serbian
Possibly derived from jarac meaning "goat".
Namatame Japanese
From Japanese 生 (nama) meaning "raw, fresh, natural", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 目 (me) meaning "look, appearance".
Casley English
Derived from Old English C(e)atta, a personal name meaning "cat" and leah "woodland, clearing"."
Snape English (British), Scottish
An old, now rare surname, with various origins in Suffolk and Yorkshire in England and Lanarkshire in Scotland, derived from Middle English snaipen, “to injure; to nip (of sleet or snow); to criticize, rebuke, revile”, from Old Norse sneypa, “to disgrace, to dishonor, to outrage”... [more]
Cantagallo Italian
From the name of a town, or possibly a nickname meaning "singing rooster".
Ottósdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ottó" in Icelandic.
Ganzon Filipino
From Hokkien 顏 (gân) meaning "face, colour, hue" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Narr German
Nickname for a foolish or silly person, from Middle High German narr ‘fool’, ‘jester’.
Künzi German (Swiss)
Derived from a diminutive of Kunz.
Fujino Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Jablanović Croatian
Derived from jablan meaning ''poplar''.
Senasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Tebay English
From the name of a village in Cumbria, England, derived from the German name element theod meaning "people".
Biedroń Polish
Nickname, either from dialect biedron ‘spotted bullock’, or for someone with conspicuous or deformed hips, from a derivative of dialect biedro ‘hip’.
Trahan French (Cajun), Welsh
From the Welsh name Trahern, derived from the Welsh family seat Trehaverne.
Dench English
Denoting someone from Denmark.
Hristev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Hristo".
Nyholm Swedish, Danish, Finland Swedish
Derived from Swedish and Danish ny "new" and holme "islet".
Pigue French
French family last name may have been changed from the original French
Ivashchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Ivan.
Vergino Esperanto, Brazilian
Taken from the Esperanto word vergino meaning "virgin".
Sutter German, English
English and South German occupational name for a shoemaker or cobbler (rarely a tailor), from Middle English suter, souter, Middle High German suter, sutære (from Latin sutor, an agent derivative of suere ‘to sew’).
Stuhr German, Danish, German (Austrian)
A nickname for an inflexible, obstinate person.
Qian Chinese
From Chinese 錢 (qián) meaning "money".
Zororo Shona
Zororo means "rest". It may be given to mean that the parent has rested after the birth of this child. Zimbabwean politician Zororo Duri was a well known bearer of this name.
Pihlasalu Estonian
Pihlasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "rowan/mountain ash grove".
Yardımcı Turkish
Means "helper, assistant, aide" in Turkish.
Pepper Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jewish Pfeffer meaning "pepper".
Witt English
Variant of White.
Pusey French
Habitational name form Pusey in Haute-Saône, so named from a Gallo-Roman personal name, Pusius, + the locative suffix -acum.
Demers French
From French meaning "of the seas". A famous bearer of this surname was Modeste Demers, a bishop in 18th century Vancouver.
Chasen Jewish
From the Hebrew חזן "cantor".
Ciminello Italian
Diminutive of Cimino
Mackin Dutch
Pet form of Macco.
Menendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Menéndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.
Windus English
Variant of Wingers. The name is a metonymic occupational name for a textile worker or weaver, derived from the Middle English wyndhows ("winding house").
Quisling Norwegian
A treacherous person who sides with opposing forces, this meaning comes from Vidkun Quisling of Norway. He helped the Germans during the German rule of Norway in the 1940's. Original meaning "One from" (-ling) "Quislemark", (quis) A romanization of the place name of Kvislemark.
Meer German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from Late Latin maior domus "mayor of a palace" (compare Meyer 1).
Lambillotte French (Modern)
Currently, a common name in Wallonia, Belgium with some descendants in USA. Believed to be derived from three terms..."lamb" "ill" "otte". The first term has remained unchanged from early Germanic term; the second is latin for "of the" and the third a dimiuative or feminine form suffix... [more]
Almonte Spanish
From a place between Huelva and Sevilla. Means "the mountain".
Hanner German
From a pet form of Hann, short form of Johann.
Silvera Spanish
Spanish cognate of Silveira.
De Winter Dutch
Means "the winter" in Dutch, a nickname for a cold or gloomy man, or perhaps for someone born in the winter. It could also be a habitational name referring to a house or tavern named for the season.
Lansing Dutch
Patronymic form of Lans, Germanic Lanzo, a Dutch cognate of Lance.
Ferkó Hungarian
From the given name Ferkó.
Arterton English
Variant of Atherton. A famous bearer is the English actress Gemma Arterton (1986-).
Kremic Bosnian (Rare)
Surname Kremić was used in early middle-ages, in Bosnia. It was used by royal and ordinary people. That surname is very rare today and it's almost extinct, but in the past it had very big influence.
Somsanith Lao
From Lao ສົມ (som) meaning "worthy, suitable, proper" and ສະນິດ (sanith) meaning "type, kind".
Numasawa Japanese
From 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Sheremeteva Russian
Feminine equivalent of Sheremetev.
Mase Japanese
From Japanese 間 (ma) meaning "among, between" or 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Mercey French
Derived from the name of the commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.
Abbaslı Azerbaijani
From the given name Abbas and the Turkic adjective suffix -li.
Baranova f Russian
Feminine form of Baranov.
Ferraz Portuguese
From a nickname derived from Latin ferrum meaning "iron".
Sakuramiya Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
Leo Italian
Nickname for a fierce or brave warrior, from Latin leo meaning "lion".
Aimi Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "mutual" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "see".
Koni Russian
Derived from Russian конь (konʹ) "horse", denoting someone who worked with horses or whose traits are similar to one. Anatoly Koni (1844-1927) was a Russian jurist, judge, politician and writer... [more]
Łobaczewski Polish
This indicated familial origin within either Łobaczew Duży or Łobaczew Mały, 2 Polesian villages in Gmina Terespol.
Chekh Ukrainian
Means "Czech".
Tano Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".
Kookmaa Estonian
Kookmaa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "koks" meaning "coke" and "charred coal" and "maa" meaning "land": "coke/charred coal land".
Main Scottish
Derived from a short form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus.
Braegon Medieval Scottish (Americanized)
Meaning high noble, or he who shall rule.
Fifield English
Local. Has the same signification as Manorfield. Lands held in fee or fief, for which the individual pays service or owes rent.
Subercaseaux French, Spanish (Latin American)
The Subercaseaux family is a Chilean family of French descent. They became well known during the 19th century due to their wealth amassed in Norte Chico. They have played a very significant role in Chilean mining, winemaking, politics and arts.
Dimitrenko Russian, Ukrainian
From the given name Dimitry.
Strojnowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Strojnów.
Puhar Serbian (Modern, Rare)
The last name of the contestant Mirjana Puhar from America's Next Top Model, who originally was born in Serbia. She died on February 24, 2015, aged 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Seydoux French, French (Swiss), Occitan
Derived from the Germanic names Sedulius, Sedulfus or Segedolfus. Another theory suggests Occitan roots; it might be an occupational name for someone who worked with silk, derived from Occitan sedós meaning "silky, soft"... [more]