Browse Submitted Surnames

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Córdoba Spanish
Indicates someone who was originally from the city of Córdoba (Cordova) in Andalusia, Spain. The name itself is derived from Phonecian Qʾrtuba meaning "Juba’s city", itself from Phonecian qʾrt meaning "city" and juba referring to King Juba I of Numidia.
Sebeok Hungarian, Medieval Hungarian
From Sebők, a diminutive of Sebestyén.
el-Moujtaba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the chosen" in Arabic, from the given name Mujtaba. This name is chiefly used in Mauritania.
Alexandru Romanian
From the given name Alexandru.
Vizcaino Basque
Meaning ‘From the Bay of Biscay’.
Chernov Russian
From Russian чёрный (chyorniy) meaning "black".
Atsugi Japanese (Rare)
Atsugi (厚木) means "thick tree", notable bearer of this surname is Nanami Atsugi (厚木 那奈美), a Japanese Voice actress. It is also a city name in Kanagawa perfecture.
Chau Khmer
Means "chief, head, boss" in Khmer.
Gaya African
African spelling, surname form, and variant spelling of Gaia. It is the 18,784th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 246,879 people... [more]
Crepeau French
From the Latin word, crispus, meaning "curly hair".
Araki Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Bouchemlal Kabyle, Berber
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.
Osmonalieva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Osmonaliev.
Arafuka Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate" and 深 (fuka) meaning "deep; profound". It may have been derived from Ara 2.
Tully Scottish
Habitational name from any of various places called Tullo in eastern Scotland.
Cormier French
French topographic name for someone who lived near a sorb or service tree, Old French cormier (from corme, the name of the fruit for which the tree was cultivated, apparently of Gaulish origin).
Kaneki Japanese
This surname is used as 金城, 金木, 金気, 金喜, 兼城, 兼木 or 鹿子木 with 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold," 兼 (ken, ka.neru, -ka.neru) meaning "and, concurrently," 城 (jou, shiro, ki) meaning "castle," 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mood, mind, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in," 鹿 (roku, ka, shika) meaning "deer" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."
Bedell English
This place name derives from the Old English words byde, meaning "tub," and "well," meaning a "spring," or "stream." As such, Bedell is classed as a habitational name.
Jessel English
From a pet-form of Jessop (a medieval male personal name - a different form of Joseph). A literary bearer is Miss Jessel, the governess who has charge of the two troubled and enigmatic children in Henry James's ghost story 'The Turn of the Screw' (1898).
Lawton English
Habitational name from the village called Church Lawton in Cheshire, derived from Old English hlaw "mound, small hill" and tun "enclosure, town".
Esquerra Catalan
Means "left-handed" in Catalan.
Puhach Ukrainian
Means "owl" in Ukrainian
Arámbul Catalan
Catalan variant of Aramburú.
Adamyonok Russian, Ukrainian
From the given name Adam.
Hodny Czech
My great grandfather Frank Hodny homesteaded in Lankin, North Dakota, came from Czechoslovakia in 1870's. With his brother Joseph Hodny, both had large families. ... [more]
Nuttli Romansh
Variant of Nutt combined with the diminutive suffix -li.
Yatano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plains".
Dunwoody Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
It is said that the origin is pre 7th century Gaelic from ''dun'' or ''din'' meaning a wood or forest and ''gwydd'' which means much the same. Arguably the name means wood - wood, a result of language and dialect changing several times in the past 1500 years.
Milkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Milkov.
Hein German, Dutch, Danish, Jewish
German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a short form of the Germanic personal name Heinrich.
Köken Turkish
Means "root, origin" in Turkish.
Corraine Irish
Anglicized form of the surname Ó Corráin.
Tekin Turkish
From an Old Turkish title meaning "prince".
Uekusa Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herb".
Sandmeier German, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
From Middle High German sand combined with Meier 1, referring to a tenant farmer whose farm was on sandy soil.
Mac An Ghalloglaigh Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Gallogly, from galloglach "foreign warrior" or "galloglass"... [more]
Jõemaa Estonian
Jõemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "river land".
Winsininski Polish (Anglicized)
Winsininski is an anglicized version of the name "Wisniewski", which is from multiple places in Poland called Wisniewo, Wisniew, and Wisniewa. These names all have "wisna" which means cherry, or cherry tree.... [more]
Veillette French (Americanized)
Some characteristic forenames: French Lucien, Alain, Armand, Francois, Germaine, Jacques, Jean-Marie, Marcel, Yves.... [more]
Rather German, Jewish
1. Occupational name for a counsellor or nickname for a wise person, from Middle High German rater ‘adviser’. ... [more]
Maimonides Jewish (Hellenized), Judeo-Arabic, History
Hellenized form of Ben Maimon. Moses ben Maimon was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher, commonly known as Maimonides.
Ilonka Hungarian
From the nickname of the Hungarian name Ilona.
Kaup Estonian
Kaup is an Estonian surname meaning "merchandise" or "goods".
Salzmann German, Jewish
Means "salt man" in German, denoting a maker or seller of salt, derived from Middle High German salz "salt" and man. A cognate of English Saltman.
Cancer Norman, English (British), German (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi, Americanized)
English (Middlesex, of Norman origin): variant of Cantor.... [more]
Corea Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Correia.
Duysenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Duysenov.
Sebastíansson Icelandic
Means "son of Sebastían" in Icelandic.
Kanisthachat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Wijayasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Chin Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 金 (see Jin).
Kamat Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Konkani
Means "people who work in soil" from काम (kām) meaning "work, task, labour" combined with मिट्टी (miṭṭī) meaning "soil, earth".
Fredric English
From the given name Fredric
Blasioli Italian
Ancient and illustrious Benevento family, called Blasi or Di Blasi, of clear and avita nobility.
Lauj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Lor.
Wijngaard Dutch
Means "vineyard" in Dutch.
Missingham English
The name means "lost home", and it's from the Old English words "missan" and "ham".
Yankovskyi m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Jankowski.
Utetleuov m Kazakh (Russified)
Possibly from Kazakh утетле (utetle), meaning "profitable".
Romany Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian cognate of Romani.
Matarrita Spanish (Latin American)
Mostly used in Costa Rica.
Yousefpour Persian
Means "son of Yousef".
Lahmar Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the red (one)", derived from Arabic الأحمر (al-ʾaḥmar).
Cumberland English
Regional name for someone from Cumberland in northwestern England (now part of Cumbria).
Carville French, Irish
As a French location name it comes from a settlement in Normandy. As an Irish name it derives from a word for "warrior".
Jelassi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Jlassi (chiefly Tunisian).
Munden English
From the name of a parish in Hertfordshire, England.
Rammo Estonian
Rammo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "rammus", meaning "fat" and "fertile"; or from "ramm", meaning both "beetle" and "strength".
Cabalzar Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Balzer.
Sedaine French
Derived from the given name Sidoine.
Stålberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish stål "steel" and berg "mountain".
Elsegood English (British), English (Australian)
Derived from an Old English given name, possibly *Ælfgod or *Æðelgod, in which the second element is god "god". (Another source gives the meaning "temple-god", presumably from ealh and god.)... [more]
Umesaki Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Suryavanshi Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit सूर्य (surya) meaning "sun" and वंश (vansha) meaning "lineage, clan".
Čobanac Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Harriman English
Means "Harry's man" or "Harry's servant".
Flower Welsh
Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Llywarch, of unexplained origin.
Goupil French
nickname for someone with red hair or for a cunning person from Old French goupil "fox" Late Latin vulpiculus a diminutive of classical Latin vulpes a distant cognate of Wolf . This was replaced as a vocabulary word during the Middle Ages by Renard originally a personal name.
Tsarenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian цар (tsar), meaning "tsar, king".
Dicks German, Dutch
Refers to the descendant of someone with the given name Dick.
Hiroi Japanese
From the Japanese 廣 or 広 (hiro) "wide" and 井 (i) "well."
Óðinsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Óðinn" in Icelandic.
Frankowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Franki, Frankowo, or Frankowa, all derived from Polish frank "franc, free"
Damask English
Presumably an occupational name for someone who sold damask a richly woven material of a kind originally made in Damascus.
Cherubin Polish
nickname from polish cherubin "cherub", from ecclesiastical Latin cherubin... [more]
Nael Estonian
Nael is an Estonian surname meaning "nail".
Kanat Turkish
Occupational name for a seller of poultry from Turkish kanat meaning "(bird) wing".
Abernathy Scottish
A different form of Abernethy, which originally meant "person from Abernethy", Perth and Kinross ("confluence of the (river) Nethy"). This was one of the surnames of the Scots who settled in northern Ireland during the ‘plantation’ in the 17th century, and it was brought to the U.S. as the name of a Southern plantation owner.
Wynn Welsh
Derived from the given name Gwynn, itself from Welsh gwyn meaning "white, fair; blessed".
Luyten Dutch
Variant of Luijten.
Odoemene Nigerian
Odoemene roots from Nigeria. It has branched onward to America, and multiple other countries. It literally means 'yellow reluctance' in Igbo.
Hata Japanese
This is an ancient surname that is another form of Haneda.
Beek Dutch
Variant of Beeks.
Kirchhoff German
An old Norse origin surname. Combination of Norse word Kirkr and Hoff means 'garden'.
Helm English, Dutch, German
Either from Old English helm "protection covering" (in later northern English dialects "cattle shelter barn"). The name may be topographic for someone who lived by or worked at a barn or habitational from a place so named such as Helme in Meltham (Yorkshire)... [more]
Ong Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Weng.
Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Coogler German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Kugler.
Mauricio Spanish
From the given name Mauricio
Sakurayashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "estate; grounds; mansion; compound; residence".... [more]
Raniero Italian
From the given name Raniero
Matcott Australian
Australian/UK variant of Marcotte, a surname of French origin, which means ‘vineshoot forming a layer’ or vine-grower in Old French. This surname is most commonly found in Australia and England.
Heuvel Dutch
Means "hill" in Dutch, the name of several locations.
Carreño Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Debaun English (American), Dutch
Americanized form of De Boon.
Lantaron Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Eingeweide German
A German surname meaning "guts" or "viscera".
Kaer Estonian
Kaer is an Estonian surname meaning "oats".
Havers English
Possible variant of Haver, a German, Dutch and English surname. In Germany or England it refers to oats and is used as an occupational surname for a grower or seller of oats... [more]
Kamachi Japanese
From 蒲 (kama) meaning "reed, bulrush" and 池 (chi) meaning "lake, pond, moat".
Main Scottish
Derived from a short form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus.
Phomvihane Lao
From Lao ພົມ (phom) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ວິຫານ (vihane) meaning "temple, sanctuary". A notable bearer was Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), the second president of Laos.
Herrick English
From the personal name Erik.
Oleynikov m Russian
Russian form of Oliynyk.
Charmian English, French
from the given name Charmian
Bizkarra Basque
Derived from Basque bizkar "back (of a mountain), hill, slope".
Bolan Irish
From the given name Beollán.
Corkill Manx, Irish
The name is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Thorcaill ("son of Thorkell") which is derived from the Old Norse personal name meaning "Thor's kettle".
Suurtamm Estonian
Suurtamm is an Estonian surname meaning "big oak".
Akimaru Japanese
Aki can mean "bright, luminous" or "autumn". Maru means "circle, round".
Uus Estonian
Uus is an Estonian surname meaning "new".
Reddington English
From a place name derived from an uncertain first element (perhaps the Old English given name Rēada) combined with the suffix ing meaning "belonging to" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Musin Tatar, Bashkir, Russian, Kazakh
From the given name Musa.
Matsuzaki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Bendy American
A notable example of this surname is Anthony Bendy
Acosta Spanish
Surname (from location)... [more]
Shamanov Russian
From Russian шаман (shaman) meaning "shaman".
Lukeš Czech
From the personal name Lukáš, Czech form of Lucas.
Kirts English (American)
Probably an Americanized form of German Kirtz.
Kuttner German
Originally from a nickname for someone wearing monk robes from Middle High German kuttner "robe wearing monk".
Naqvi Urdu
Derived from Arabic نقي (naqi) meaning "pure, clean". This is the name of a Shi'ite clan found primarily in Iran, Iraq and South Asia, named after 9th-century imam Ali al-Hadi (also known as al-Naqi).
Azlor Aragonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aflor.
Qin Chinese
From Chinese 秦 (qín) referring to the ancient state of Qin, which existed from 221 BC to 206 BC in what is now the Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.
Alarcón Spanish
Alarcón was a fort owned by the arabs in the Iberian Peninsula (Alarcón literally meaning 'the fort' in arabic), and the spaniards had the goal of owning it during the spanish reconquista. After 9 months of siege, Fernán Martínez de Ceballos climbed the walls of the fort using only two daggers and opened the gates from the inside allowing the castillan army to come in and conquer Alarcón... [more]
Van Der Zanden Dutch
Means "from the sand", most likely given to someone who lived near sandy grounds. It originated in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.
Acothley Navajo
Acothley means "cowboy".
Weissmuller German
Translates to "White Miller".
Redžepagić Bosnian
Derived from Redžeb, meaning "Rajab", the seventh month of the Islamic calendar.
Kokoba Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree" or 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" combined with 々, which duplicates the first syllable and 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hasado Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 挟土 (hasado), a sound-changed clipping from 国之狭土神 (Kuninosadzuchinokami) meaning "Kuninosadzuchinokami" or 天之狭土神 (Amenosadzuchinokami) meaning "Amenosadzuchinokami", both names of gods of soil.... [more]
Uusmees Estonian
Uusmees is an Estonian surname meaning "new man".
Kennethson English
Means “Son Of Kenneth.”
Itamura Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Erion German
From a variant of the given name Gereon.
Mangudadatu Filipino, Maguindanao
From Maguindanao manguda meaning "young" and the Philippine title datu meaning "chief, leader".
Betanzos Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Jaouadi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jaouad (chiefly Tunisian).
Canner Jewish (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
Anglicized (American) version of one of many Eastern European Ashkenazi surnames including Cahana, Cahane, Kahana, Kahane, etc. Cahana et al is a version of the common surname Cohen.
Neeskens Dutch
Nickname for a nosy person, from Dutch nees meaning "nose, snout". It could also be derived from a Dutch diminutive of the feminine given name Agnes... [more]
Rozelle French
Beautiful flower from France brought over by an immigrant named Page Rozelle. People said when she said something nice or touched you, good luck would come to you.
Stepanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Stepanyan.
Johannknecht German
John The Servant
Stiefel German
Either from stiefel "boot", which could mean a boot maker or from middle low german stief which means "stiff", a nickname for a stubborn person
Baskey Indian, Santali
Alternate transcription of Santali ᱵᱟᱥᱠᱮ (see Baske).
Ameer Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amir 1.
Amaraweera Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Azumagakito Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東垣外 (see Higashigaito).
Avanesian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ավանեսյան (see Avanesyan)
Uppara Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.
Elaschuk Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Elashchuk.
Edens English
Variant of Eden with -s, either possessive or a post-medieval embellishment.
Eiho Japanese (Rare)
From 英 (ei) meaning "excellent" and 保 (ho) meaning "guard, protect".
Uitterdijk Dutch
From the toponym Uiterdijk, derived from uiter "outer" and dijk "dike, levee".
Gathje German
Meaning unknown.
Michon French
Originally a diminutive of the given name Michel.
Gerwig German, French
Derived from the Germanic given name Gerwig, ultimately from the elements gēr meaning "spear" and wīg meaning "battle, fight". This surname is also found in France (mainly in the region of Alsace)... [more]
Fitzclarence Irish
Means "son of Clarence" in Anglo-Norman French.
Peugeot French
Meaning unknown.
Hoffa German
Altered form of Hofer. This surname was borne by American labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa (1913-1975?).
Abasi m African
Abasi is a name of African origin that means 'stern' or 'severe'.
Zenelaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Zenel" in Albanian.
Kaselaid Estonian
Kaselaid is an Estonian surname meaning "birch islet".
Launder English
From English launder, itself from French lavandier both meaning "washerman".
Saenger German, Jewish
Occupational name for a chorister or a nickname for someone who liked singing, from Middle High German senger, German Sänger meaning "singer".
Cima Italian
Means "mountain top, peak, summit" in Italian. Alternatively, it could derive from the medieval given name Cima.
Stavonin Russian
Originally Stavnin (shutter-maker), Stavonin resulted from an incorrect spelling that stuck (for over a hundred years)... [more]
Batres Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Sarv Estonian
Sarv is an Estonian surname meaning "horn".
Žydovič Belarusian
Means "child of the Jew", from Belarusian жыд (zhyd), meaning "Jewish person (derogatory)".
Koopmans Dutch
Patronymic form of Koopman.
Sinanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Sinan" in Albanian.
Krumwiede German
Location-based name for people who lived by a gnarled old willow tree.... [more]
Kohyama Japanese
Variant transcription of Koyama.
Engelhardt German
Derived from the Germanic given name Engelhard, composed of German engel meaning "angel" and hard meaning "brave, hardy, strong".
Koefoed Danish
Probably a Danish form of Dutch Koevoets. The name arrived on the Danish island Bornholm via Lübeck, Germany.
Mai Chinese
From Chinese 麦 (mài) meaning "wheat, barley, oats". It was adopted as a family name by the descendants of Maiqiu, a figure from the Spring and Autumn Period, or Mai Tiezheng, a Sui dynasty military general.
Gaitán Spanish
Derived from the city in Italy named Gaeta.
Villamil Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Serantes in the municipality of Tapia.
Haruyama Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Ingebretson Norwegian
Patronymic from the German personal name Engelbrecht.
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