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.
Okochi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河内 (see Ōkōchi).
Mayberry English, Irish
Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of Mowbray. Alternatively, it could be derived from an unidentified English place name containing the Old English element burg "fortress, citadel" and an uncertain first element.
Savvidis Greek
Means "son of Savvas".
Trow English
Nickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English trow(e), trew(e) 'faithful', 'steadfast'.
Bakr Arabic
From the given name Bakr. A famous bearer was Abu Bakr (573-634), the first Islamic caliphate.
Trieu Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Triệu.
Quince English, Spanish
Derived from the given name Quinctus.
Germ m Medieval Latin
Meaning Sprout, youngling, or Bud.... [more]
Koiree Indian
Denotes "weaver" in Hindi.
Saykhman Punjabi
This name is a boy's name. used as surname name. mostly used as boys name of Sikh or Hindu religion. originated from Punjabi. (sikh) means "learner" and (maan) means "mind". "Learner's Mind"
Fernby f English (American, Modern, Rare), Irish (Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Name originated in 2000 within Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the USA.... [more]
Espada Portuguese, Spanish
metonymic occupational name for an armorer or a swordsman from espada "sword" (from Latin spata from Greek spathe originally denoting a broad two-edged sword without a point)... [more]
Van Der Hoeden Dutch
Means "from the hatmaker" in Dutch, from Dutch hoede "hat".
Hang Hmong
From the clan name Ham or Haam associated with the Chinese character 項 (xiàng) (see Xiang).
Cherryman English
It is topographical or perhaps occupational and describes a person who lived or worked at a cherry orchard, or who lived by a house known by the sign of the cherry. In the days before house numbering, it was the tradition in almost all western countries to give the house a sign... [more]
Montaser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.
Leisure French (Americanized)
Americanized form of French Lesueur.
Gemino Filipino, Italian
Derived from the latin word 'geminus' meaning "twin".
Mæhle Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Denoted someone from a farm in Norway named Mele, ultimately derived from Old Norse melr meaning "dune, sandbank, gravel bank". Alternatively taken from the name of a farm named Male whose name was derived from Old Norse mǫl "pebbles, gravel".
Weerawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
Rei Estonian
Rei is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "reis", meaning "travel" and "journey" and "reid" meaning "road".
Galit Filipino, Tagalog
Means "anger, indignation" in Tagalog.
Duhon French
Altered form of French Duon, possibly a habitational name from Duon-Grande a place in Lozère. The surname Duon is very rare in France.
Banai Iranian, Persian
Derived from the Hindu goddess Banai, the second wife of Khandoba.
Ó Dornáin Irish
The surname was possibly derived from the word dorn, which means "fist."
Gajda Serbian, Croatian, Czech
A slavicized variant of the German surname, Geidl. This was most notably used by Radola Gajda, a Czech military commander and politician who slaviczed his name from Rudolf Geidl.
Alfstad Norwegian (Rare)
Possibly a combination of the given name Alf 1 and stad "city, town".
Wikramasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමසිංහ (see Wickramasinghe).
Kozlovskyy m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kozłowski.
Kaye English
From the first name Kaye.
Padukone Indian, Kannada (Rare), Konkani (Rare)
From the name of ಕುಂದಾಪುರ (Kundapur), a coastal town in the state of Karnataka in India. This is the surname of Deepika Padukone (1986–), an Indian actress.
Reinbold German
From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ragin "counsel" + bald "bold", "brave."
Thoman German
Derived from the personal name Thoman.
Buckler German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Büchler.
Mcateer Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an tSaoir "son of the craftsman" (cf. McIntyre)
Mróz Polish
From a nickname for a white-haired man or alternatively for one of an icy and unsociable disposition, from Polish mróz "frost". Also can be from a short form of the personal name Ambroży
Ōkuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 大 (ō, "big, great") or 逢 (ō, "meeting") and 熊 (kuma, "bear") or 隈 (kuma, "recess, corner, shade")
Goble English
From “Gobble”, meaning “to gorge, to guzzle”
Aikou Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love" combined with 甲 (kou) meaning "armor, first class".
McKenley Scottish, Jamaican Patois
Variant of McKinley. This surname was borne by Herb McKenley (1922-2007), a Jamaican track and field sprinter.
Jenal Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Johannes.
Starke German, Dutch, English
Variant of German and English Stark and Dutch and German Sterk. Nickname for a strong bold person from Middle High German stark Middle Dutch starcke staerke "strong brave".
Flesch German, German (Austrian)
Possibly from the Middle High German fleisch, itself from the Old High German word fleisk meaning "flesh, meat".
Kurita Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Weininger German (Swiss), Jewish
Denoted a person from Weiningen, a municipality in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is also a Jewish ornamental name derived from German wein meaning "wine" and the suffix -inger.
Elmo Italian
From the given name Elmo.
Ennor English
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the Welsh given name Ynyr and a derivation from Jenner.
Hachmi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Hashmi (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).
Lumpkin English
Diminutive form of Lamb.
Monir Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali
Derived from the given name Munir.
Vergel De Dios Spanish (Philippines)
Means "garden of God" in Spanish.
Thabet Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.
Gorriti Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, probably derived from Basque gorri meaning "red" or "bare, stripped".
Ó Síoráin Irish
Means "descendant of Síoráin"
Cord English
Either a nickname or metonymic occupational name from Middle English (Old French) corde "rope cord string" possibly given to someone who wore a cord (round the waist) or who made ropes, bowstrings, etc.
Laanoja Estonian
Laanoja is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill", meaning "starflower" and "wintergreen" (Trientalis europaea) and "oja" meaning "stream/creek".
Dainty English
From a medieval nickname meaning "handsome, pleasant" (from Middle English deinte, from Old French deint(i)é). This was borne by Billy Dainty (1927-1986), a British comedian.
Largin English (American)
The surname Largin origin is English. Largin is not common and it probably came from Larkin, or Lawerson. My mother is from North Carolina I don't know any information about her or her family. My dad's family who I live with is Holders which my name will be soon... [more]
Pacyna Polish
Unflattering nickname from paczyna meaning "clod", "brickbat", or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a boatman, from the same word in the sense meaning "oar", "rudder".
Wanton English, Scottish
From Middle English wanton, meaning "unruly", "thoughtless" or "promiscuous".
Roane Irish
Variant spelling of Rowan or possibly a variant of Ruane.
Bayabao Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao Bayabaw, the term used to refer to traditional subdivisions of the eastern regions of Lanao.
Gizzatullin Bashkir
From the given name Izzatullah.
Caschimun Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Schimun.
Koçi Albanian
Nickname from koç meaning "domestic buffalo calf", figuratively "strong, muscular man".
Fukuoka Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Almqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and kvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
Elsing German
From a variant of the old personal name Elsung.
Wolkers Dutch
Patronymic form of the given names Wulfger "wolf spear" or Volker "people army".
Carlin Italian
Derived from a pet form of the given name Carlo.
Camerons English
A form of the last name Cameron
Arnau Catalan
From the given name Arnau.
Tepetl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "hill".
Zhai Chinese
From Chinese 翟 (zhái) referring to the ancient state of Zhai, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shanxi province. The character 翟 was originally read as Di but was later changed to Zhai due to dialectal differences.
Shafter German (Americanized)
The Americanized form of Schaffter as well as a German and Ashkenazic variant.
Novoselov m Russian
From Russian новый (novyy), meaning "new", and село (selo), meaning "village".
Hutchings English
Patronymic of Hutchin, a medieval diminutive of Hugh.
Keith German
Nickname from Middle High German kit "sprout, offspring".
Albertini Italian
"Son of Alberto".
Ahmedović Bosnian
Means "son of Ahmed" in Bosnian.
Grzegorczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Grzegorz.
Gundry English
From Gondri, Gundric, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements gund "battle" and rīc "power(ful)".
Fukuno Japanese
Fuku means "lucky, fortunate" and no means "field, plain".
Hayashibara Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Əfəndiyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of the effendi", from the Ottoman title افندي (efendi) meaning "lord, master".
Clem English
From the given name Clem.
Agiashvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Granata Italian
Granata is an Italian word for a shade of red (maroon), and the Latin name of the city of Granada.
Peete English
Variant spelling of Peet.
Ishag Arabic (Mashriqi)
Derived from the given name Ishaq (chiefly used in Sudan).
Vahemets Estonian
Vahemets is an Estonian surname meaning "middle/dividing forest".
Grünbaum German, Jewish
from Middle High German gruoni "green" and boum "tree" probably a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a tree in leaf... [more]
Bazinyan Armenian
Derived from Armenian bazin meaning "falcon".
Purificacion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish purificación, meaning "purification," referring to the ritual purification of the Virgin Mary after her childbirth.
Loveday English
Means either (i) "person particularly associated with a 'loveday'" (a day when, by custom, old differences were settled and reconciliations were made); or (ii) from the medieval female personal name Loveday, a descendant of Old English Leofdæg, literally "beloved day"... [more]
Kılıç Turkish
Means "sword" in Turkish.
Kleanthous Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Κλεάνθους (see Cleanthous).
Payton Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Peatáin "descendant of Peatán.
Evren Turkish
From the given name Evren.
Blennerhassett English
The Blennerhassett surname comes from someone having lived in Cumberland, on the Borderlands between Scotland and England. ... [more]
Javorski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Jawory or Jaworze, named with Polish jawor 'maple', 'sycamore'.
Weekusk Cree
Weekusk ( last name ) meaning “Sweetgrass” in cree.... [more]
Mitsuyasu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and yasu means "cheap, relax, peace".
Rostomian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ռոստոմյան (see Rostomyan).
Kha Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ke, from Sino-Vietnamese 柯 (kha).
Fromager French
Occupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.
Olmert Jewish
Possibly from a Germanic given name of uncertain meaning. It could be derived from the Old High German elements ol meaning "ancestor" and mert, a diminutive of merida meaning "fame" or "bright"... [more]
Spruce English
Altered form of Prowse.
Zhytnyuk Ukrainian (Rare)
From Ukrainian життя (zhyttya), meaning "life".
Lehtiranta Finnish
From the word "Lehtirant" meaning "Leaflet".
Bumrap Bosnian (Rare)
Of Slavic origin, possibly originating near the city of Tuzla.
Knick German
German: from Knick “hedge”, “boundary”, hence a topographic name for someone living near a hedge or hedged enclosure or a metonymic occupational name for someone who lays hedges. Hedging is a characteristic feature of the pastureland of Holstein, Mecklenburg, Westphalia, and Lower Saxony.
Rheims French
From the city of Reims in France, also known as Rheims in English.
Bulguchev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush surname derived from the name of an Ingush teip (clan). The clan's name is derived from the name Bulguch of unknown meaning.
Arisaka Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess, exist" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
Ardzinba Abkhaz
Means "son of silver" from Abkhaz араʒны (aradzny) meaning "silver" and аҧа (apa) meaning "son".
Voznesensky Russian
Common surname, could be location-related?
Inan English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Dunn.
Džomek Slovak (?)
Origin of the name is not known. Possibly came from Poland. In Slovakia in 1995 lived 15 people with this surname.
Käser German, German (Swiss)
occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant (see Kaeser ). topographic name for someone who lived by a summer dairy in the Alps from a Tyrolean dialect word derived from Ladin casura... [more]
Hladika Croatian
Possibly derived from hladno, meaning "cold".
Corby English
From the name of a town in Northamptonshire, England, derived from the Old Norse byname Kóri combined with býr "farm, settlement".
Javadpour Persian
Means "son of Javad".
Selbey English
Variant of Selby.
Makhov Circassian (Russified)
Russified form of a Circassian surname derived from Kabardian махуэ (māx°ă) meaning "day".
Kaldmaa Estonian
Kaldmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/incline land".
Cesur Turkish
Means "bold, brave, courageous" in Turkish.
Deshpande Indian, Marathi
Means "district accountant", derived from Sanskrit देश (deśá) meaning "country, kingdom, province" combined with पण्डित (paṇḍitá) meaning "learned, wise man".
Mirzamagomedov Lezgin (Russified)
Derived from the Persian title میرزا (mirzâ) meaning "prince" (see Mirza) combined with the given name Magomed.
Neaves English
Variant of Neeve
Graciano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Graciano.
Nouwens Dutch
Patronymic of a form of Noud, a Dutch diminutive of Arnold.
He Chinese
“He” means “to cheer” in Chinese.
Cruikshank Scottish
From a medieval Scottish nickname for someone with a crooked leg (from Scots cruik "bent" + shank "leg"). This was the surname of British caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1872) and British actor Andrew Cruikshank (1907-1988).
Toombu Estonian
Toombu is an Estomian surname possibly derived "toompuu" meaning "bird-cherry tree".
Danvers Irish, English
For someone from Anvers, which is the French name of a port called Antwerp, located in what is now Belgium.
Tennohjiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).
Catt English
Variant of Cat.
Sacayan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano sakayan meaning "boat, vessel".
Knodel German
dweller near a hilltop; descendant of Knut (hill, or white-haired); a lumpish, thickset person.
Ninh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ning, from Sino-Vietnamese 寧 (ninh).
Giarrizzo Italian
From the given name Giovanni and riccio "curly".
Veere Estonian
Veere is an Estonian surname meaning "rolling" and "avalanche".
Muffett Scottish
A different form of Moffatt. 'Little Miss Muffett' is a traditional nursery rhyme: Little Miss Muffett / Sat on a tuffet, / Eating her curds and whey; / There came a big spider, / Who sat down beside her / And frightened Miss Muffet away. It has been speculated that 'Miss Muffett' is Patience Muffet, the daughter of the physician and entomologist Dr Thomas Muffet (1553-1604).
Yeo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.
Dykes English
Variant of Dicks or Dyke with plural or post-medieval S, or Americanized form of Dutch Dijks.
Schmidtke German
Diminutive form of Schmidt.
Emmanuel English (African)
Derived from the name Emmanuel
Agyei Akan
Meaning unknown.
Taşdemir Turkish
From Turkish taş meaning "stone" and demir meaning "iron".
Honikman Yiddish
It literally means "honeyman", possibly denoting a beekeeper.
Oak English
Topographic surname for someone who lived near an oak tree or in an oak wood, from Middle English oke "oak".
Leidig German
From a short form of any of several Germanic personal names composed with the first element liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’. Also a nickname for a disagreeable, cantankerous person, from Middle High German leidic ‘disagreeable’, ‘tiresome’.
Kurtoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the wolf" from Turkish kurt meaning "wolf".
Lieberknecht German
A compound name where lieber is derived from the given name Liebert and kneckt is an occupational surname for a journeyman, derived from the Middle Low German knecht meaning "knight’s assistant, servant".
Frick German
Variant of Fricke.
Matsouka Greek (Cypriot)
Means "Bat" from Latin maxuca.
Samporna Filipino, Maranao
Means "main point" in Maranao, possibly from Sanskrit संपूर्ण (sampūrṇ) meaning "complete, entire, whole".
Carlos Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Carlos.
Kemelova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kemelov.
Xəlilova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Xəlilov.
Barad Biblical Hebrew (Rare)
It's the Hebrew name of one the biblical plagues in the Hebrew bible that God cast on Egypt. It means Hail as in the Ice storm.
Okoturo Nigerian
A surname most popular in Nigeria; meaning currently unknown.
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]
Presbitero Filipino
Borrowed from Spanish presbítero meaning "presbyter", an elder or priest in various Christian Churches. A notable bearer of this name is Filipino singer Thaddeus Presbitero Durano Jr... [more]
Rollo Scottish
From a Latinized form, common in early medieval documents, of the personal name Rou(l), the usual Norman form of Rolf.
Laflèche French (Quebec)
A French-Canadian secondary surname from "Richer dit Laflèche," used independently since 1746. Laflèche is derived from the French town of La Flèche, in the former province of Anjou.
Reynoldson English
Means "son of Reynold".
Kou Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神 (see ).
Silfwergård Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish silver "silver" and gård "farm, estate, yard".
Bleu French
"Blue."
Cherenkov m Russian
Derived from Russian черенок (čerenók) "handle, hilt", denoting a tall, thin person or a maker of such handles. Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904-1990) was a Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934.
Lacson Chinese (Filipino)
From Hokkien 六孫 (la̍k-sun) meaning "sixth grandson".
Khrystosenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian Христос (Khrystos), meaning "Christ". Likely denoted to very religious person.
Berastegi Basque
From the name of a town in Basque Country, Spain, derived from the Basque suffix -(t)egi "house, workshop; place of" and an uncertain first element. Possibly from the given name Beraxa (also written Beratza, Berasa, or Beraza), itself possibly from beratz "soft", or from the element beratz which means "meadow, grassy place"... [more]
Jenatsch Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Johannes.
Qureishi Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu قریشی (see Qureshi).
Jayasinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".
Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Ang Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Hong.
Reinmaa Estonian
Reinmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "Rein's land". From the masculine give name "Rein" and "maa" ("land").
Maya Basque (Hispanicized), Portuguese (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Portuguese Maia or of Basque Maia.
Gorodnov m Russian
From Russian город (gorod), meaning "city".
Nadim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nadim.
Raven English, Dutch
From a variety of sources all ultimately derived from the name of the bird. Could be a patronymic form of a given name such as Raven, Hraban, or Walraven; from a nickname referring to dark hair or thieving tendencies; or from a toponym derived from a given name.
Akkuş Turkish
Means "white bird" from Turkish ak meaning "white" and kuş meaning "bird".
Kuroko Japanese (Rare)
Kuro means "black" and ko means "child, sign of the rat". ... [more]
Blanke German, English, Dutch
Nickname for someone with a fair complexion. From Old High German blanc meaning "white".
Keerd Estonian
Keerd is an Estonian surname meaning "winding", "turn" and "spin".