Browse Submitted Surnames

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Rekdal Norwegian
The name of people from the small town Rekdal in West-Norway. Former footballer Kjetil Rekdal (1968- ) is the most known person from there.
Joliet French
From French Jolie "pretty one" and the popular suffix -et "little" meaning "pretty little one."
Akbaş Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and baş meaning "head".
Farag Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Faraj chiefly used in Egypt.
Tsuzuno Japanese
Tsuzu means "Twenty" and No means "Feild, Wilderness".
Start English
Habitational name from any of the various minor places named from Old English steort "tail".
Bolić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the word bol, meaning "pain, ache".
Zlatanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Zlatanov.
Piemonte Italian
Denotes someone from Piedmont.
Üseinova f Crimean Tatar
Feminine form of Üseinov.
Upham English
"enclosure surrounded by water"
Pecorella Italian
Diminutive of Pecora "sheep", often in the sense of "lamb".
Colomb French
from Old French colomb "pigeon" (from Latin columbus) applied as a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of pigeons or doves... [more]
Colston English
Colston means “Coal town settlement.” It is also a variant of Colton.
Breedlove English
Probably from a medieval nickname for a likable or popular person (from Middle English breden "to produce" + love). This surname is borne by Craig Breedlove (1937-), US land-speed record holder.
Hennebery English (American)
A berry and an alias used by March McQuin
Rozenko Ukrainian
From dialectal Ukrainian роза (roza), meaning "rose".
Ezaka Japanese
Variant of Esaka.
Faries Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic Faries (meaning: fair, beautiful, or handsome) is derived from ancient Scottish Dalriadan MacFergus clans of the mountainous west coast of Scotland... [more]
Aslani Persian
From the given name Aslan.
Rockwell English
Means "person from Rockwell", Buckinghamshire and Somerset (respectively "wood frequented by rooks" and "well frequented by rooks"). Famous bearers include American illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) and Utah pioneer Porter Rockwell (1813-1878).
Arbuzov m Russian
From Russian арбуза (arbuza), meaning "watermelon".
Abulafia Jewish (Sephardic)
Derived from Arabic أبو العافية‎‎ (abū al-ʿāfiya) meaning "father of (good) health", from أبو (abū) meaning "father of" and عافية (ʿāfiya) meaning "health, well-being"... [more]
Abramowitz Jewish
(Eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from Abram, a reduced form of the personal name Abraham.
Mladenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Mladen".
Giri Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Maithili, Assamese, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit गिरि (giri) meaning "mountain".
Nessim Spanish, Jewish, Hebrew
Hebrew for 'miracles'. Name was originally Bar-Nisim; 'Children of the Miricle'
Rang German
Variant of Range.... [more]
Copenhagen Jewish
From the name of the capital city of Denmark.
Šofranac Montenegrin
Derived from šafran (шафран), meaning "saffron".
Badawy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدوي (see Badawi) chiefly used in Egypt.
Takayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Borne Dutch
Shortened form of the Dutch surname van den Borne, derived from Middle Dutch borne "well, spring, source". A habitational name for someone from Born in the province of Limburg (Netherlands) or from a place associated with the watercourse of the Borre river in French Flanders.
Moncrief Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from Moncreiff Hill near Perth, so called from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.
Boone Dutch
Variant of Boen.
Radiamoda Filipino, Maranao
From a title for a crown prince, derived from Maranao radia meaning "king" and moda meaning "young".
Jünger German, Jewish
German (Jünger) distinguishing name, from Middle High German jünger ‘younger’, for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, usually a son who bore the same name as his father... [more]
Hooch Dutch (Americanized, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly an archaic or Americanized form of Dutch Hoog "high, tall".
Strzałkowski Polish
Denoted a person from various places in Poland named Strzałki, Strzałkowo, Strzałków, all derived from Polish strzalka meaning "arrow".
Sendaydiego Filipino
Possibly from Japanese 仙台 (Sendai), the name of a city in Japan, combined with the given name Diego.
Ilarratza Basque
From the name of a settlement in Álava, Spain, possibly derived from Basque illar "bean, pea; heather" and the abundance suffix -tza.
Jakupi Albanian
From the given name Jakup.
Donchankov m Russian
Means "from Donetsk", from Russian дончанка (donchanka) or дончанин (donchanin), both meaning "Donetsk resident".
Zaldibar Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque zaldi "horse" and ibar "valley". Alternatively, the first element could instead be zaldu "wood, copse, forest".
Ó Maoil Sheanaigh Irish
It means "descendant of devotee of Saint Seanach".
Gaddamu Telugu
Variant of Gaddam. This surname means "on the hill" It is derived from the Telugu words "gadda (గడ్డ)" which means hill and "meeda (మీద)/meedi (మీది)" which means on. The two words were put together and shortened to Gaddamu.
D'Alessandro Italian
From the given name Alessandro.
Go Korean
Variant romanization of Ko.
Zorkin m Russian
From Russian зоркий (zorkiy), meaning "sharp-sighted, perspicacious".
Wallgren Swedish
Composed of the Swedish elements vall "grassy bank, pasture" and gren "branch".
Liiv Estonian
Means "sand" in Estonian.
Fukata Japanese
Fuka means "deep" and ta means "field, rice paddy".
Nicolás Spanish
From the given name Nicolás.
Leverett English
Diminutive of Lever, from the Middle English personal name Lefred, Old English Leofræd, composed of the elements leof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + red ‘counsel’.
Umanets Russian
From the Russian term уманец (umanets), meaning "smart person".
Hryniv Ukrainian (Rare)
From the Hryniv village in Ukraine.
Sampedro Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
habitational name from any of several places especially in Galicia so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Peter; variant of San Pedro.
Casaulta Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and aulta, the feminine form of the adjective ault, "high".
Dunsmuir Scottish
From the lands of Dundemore in Fife, Scotland.
Saihara Japanese
Prime field, Conspicuous wilderness... [more]
Thoreau English
Last name of famous American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, sage writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau.
Rosén Swedish
Combination of Swedish ros "rose" and the common Swedish surname suffix -én.
Espen Norwegian
From the given name Espen.
De La Boulaye French
This indicates familial origin within the Bourgignon commune of La Boulaye.
Ageeb Arabic
Means exotic or strange
Gilliard French, Swiss
French and Swiss French from a derivative of Gillier, from the Germanic personal name Giselher, composed of gisil ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’, ‘noble offspring’ (see Giesel) + heri ‘army’.
Chizhov m Russian
Russian form of Czyżewski.
Fabergé French (Huguenot, Russified, ?), Popular Culture
From Russian Фаберже (Faberzhe), which is ultimately of Huguenot French origin, having evolved (since c. 17th century) from Favri; compare Favre... [more]
Jerkovac Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Jerko.
Djokoto African
from Togo Lome, Vogan in west Africa from the djokoto family.
Hilmi Arabic
From the given name Hilmi.
Casuco Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kasuko meaning "anger, hostility, fury".
Vernier French
Surname for a person who lived near an alder tree. Also a variant of Garnier 1 and Varnier and the eastern French form of Warner.
Fellous Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Maghrebi Arabic فلوس (fallus) meaning "chick, young chicken".
Qian Chinese
From Chinese 錢 (qián) meaning "money".
Liesch Romansh
Derived from the given name Alexius.
Sribunruang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).
Asad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Asad.
Herbolsheimer German
Habitational name for someone from either of two places called Herbolzheim, in Baden and Bavaria.
Tharwat Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Tharwat.
Cotugno Italian
From Sicilian cutugnu "quince (tree)"
Zhovtenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian жовтий (zhovtyy), meaning "yellow".
Antkowiak Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.
Ó Marcacháin Irish
Means "descendant of Marcachán"
Mamadou Western African
From the given name Mamadou.
Satterthwaite English
From a place in England named with Old English sætr "shielding" and Old Norse þveit "pasture".
Fenner English
A surname of either Old French origin, allegedly meaning “huntsman”, or else more probably referring to those who were brought over from the Low Countries to assist in draining the “fens” or wetlands of England and Ireland – a process which lasted from the 9th to the 18th centuries.
Pankiewicz Polish
From the nickname Panek, a diminutive of Panas, itself a form of the given name Atanazy.
Jacomet Romansh
Derived from the given name Jacom combined with the diminutive suffix -et.
Whiteman English
From a nickname (see White).
Esterhuizen Afrikaans
Habitational name of French origin, denoting a person from Estreux, a commune in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
Tarbell English
Tarbell is an alteration of the English placename Turville in Buckinghamshire in England.
Nəcəfova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nəcəfov.
Mindalano Filipino, Maranao
From the name of Mindalano' sa Tonong, a character in the Darangen epic.
Olavsen Norwegian
Means "son of Olav".
Kadenokohji Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 勘解由小路 (see Kadenokōji).
Karpyuk Ukrainian
From the given name Karpo.
Panteli Greek
From the given name Pantelis.
De Hoog Dutch
Means "the high" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch hooch "high, tall; important, noble". Either a nickname for a tall person, or for someone who is high in rank or behaves as though they are, or a habitational name from a settlement built on relatively high ground.
Muscato Italian
From the given name Muscato, which is derived from the Latin word muscus meaning "moss".
Isufi Albanian
From the given name Isuf.
Eurlings Dutch, Flemish
Derived from the Germanic given name Ulrich. A famous bearer of this surname is the Dutch politician and businessman Camiel Eurlings (1973-).
Shkolnik Russian
A Russian word used to refer to a student.
Jankoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Jankoski.
Humphries English
Derived from the given name Humphrey.
Selimi Albanian
Derived from the given name Selim.
Shved Ukrainian
Means "Swedish".
Maasik Estonian
Maasik is an Estonian surname derived from "maasikas", meaning "strawberry".
Deniz Turkish
Means "sea" in Turkish.
Marker German
Status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.
Bayram Turkish
From the given name Bayram.
Fukuoka Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Tsvilyy m Ukrainian
Means "moldy" in Ukrainian.
Ammar Arabic
Derived from the given name Ammar.
Daimon Japanese
From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, great" and 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door".
L'Esperance French (Caribbean)
Originates from the French l'esperance meaning "the hope". This surname is rare in France.
Preece Welsh (Anglicized), English
Variant of Price. From Welsh ap Rhys meaning "son of Rhys". ... [more]
Veski Estonian
Veski is an Estonian surname meaning "mill".
Tsaldaris Greek
Feminine version is Tsaldari
Donel Irish
Variant of Donnel
Capecchi Italian
Probably from Old Italian capecchio, either denoting a type of cheap batting and, by extension, upholsterers, who worked with it, or as a nickname for a person with bristly hair or beard.... [more]
Griebe German
Occupational name for a butcher or fat dealer from Middle High German griebe griube "rendered bacon pieces crackling".
Postma West Frisian, Dutch
West Frisian variant of the Dutch and North German surname Posthumus, given to a child born after their father’s death. It could also be a variant of the habitational name Post or an occupational name for a mailman or guard, using the Frisian suffix -ma.
Chabata Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 茶 (cha) meaning "tea" and 幡 (bata), the joining form of 幡 (hata), a clipping of 八幡 (Yahata), the name of a Shintō shrine in possibly Hiroshima, Japan.
Kerjean Breton
Possibly derived from a Breton place name, apparently composed of Breton kêr "city" and the name Jean 1.
Apukhtin m Russian
Possibly from пуха (pukha) meaning "fluff".
Steinauer Medieval German
Dweller at or near a stone or rock, often a boundary mark; one who came from Stein, in Germany and Switzerland; descendant of Staino or Stein ("stone").... [more]
Forsythe Scottish, Northern Irish
This surname has two possible origins. The more accepted explanation is that it comes from the Gaelic given name Fearsithe, which means "man of peace" from the elements fear "man" and sithe "peace"... [more]
Criado Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from criado ‘servant’.
Rodić Serbian, Croatian
Possibly derived from roda (рода), meaning "stork".
Adison English
A variation of Addison.
Penda Wolof
Penda stems from the Swahili “kupenda” = to love/like/be pleasant. Notable bearer was Fara Penda, a Waalo noble of the Wolof people in West Africa. Waalo was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in in what is now Senegal and Mauritania.
Kakisaki Japanese
Kaki means "persimmon" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".
Pačariz Bosnian
Derived from Turkish "paçariz" meaning "damage, difficulty, or mess" ... [more]
Tsuruta Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Chanliongco Filipino
From the surnames Chan, Liong, and Ko.
Ano Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).
Holodnyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian голодний (holodnyy), meaning "hungry".
Akame Japanese
This surname can derive from a location: Akame Forty-eight Waterfalls (near Nabari, Mie prefecture, Kansai region). Asides from being a popular hiking spot, the waterfalls are rumored to be the training location for ninja hundreds of years ago... [more]
Mcglynn Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Fhloinn, patronymic from the personal name Flann "red, crimson".
Erbolatov m Kazakh
Means "son of Erbolat".
Burdis English
A habitational name for Bordeaux, France.
Arase Japanese
Ara means "wild" and se means "ripple".
Mari Estonian
Mari is an Estonian surname (and feminine given name), meaning "berry".
Abisheva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Abishev.
Dumper English
Variant of Dummer.
Shuba Ukrainian
Means "fur cloth (usually coat)".
Zeynalov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Zeynal".
Spiteri Maltese
The surname Spiteri is derived from the Latin word "hospitalieri" meaning hospitaliers. It was initially given to babies born to mothers who worked as nurses at the Knights' hospital during the 16th century where the babies' fathers were usually knights who had been treated at said hospital.
Lightfoot English
From a nickname for a messenger or a swift runner, derived from Middle English light "having little weight" and fot "foot".
Halim Arabic
From the given name Halim.
Metslang Estonian
Metslang is an Estonian surname meaning "forest cutting area"; derived from the compounds "mets "forest" and "lank" (cutting area).
So Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Su.
Garczyński Polish
habitational name for someone from a place called Garczyn, in Gdańsk and Siedlce voivodeships.
Saraceno Italian
A nickname from saraceno "Saracen" (from Late Latin Saracenus) denoting someone of swarthy appearance an unruly person or someone who had taken part in a Crusade... [more]
Cassata Italian
Derived from the Italian word cassata, denoting a sweet cake made with cheese and candied fruit.
Dinjer German (Rare)
Occupational surname that originated in the German dialect spoken in the Rhineland-Palatinate region. ... [more]
Hafez Arabic
Derived from the given name Hafiz.
Bowskill English
From the place name Bowscale.
Urbano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Urbano.
Shamsi Persian
From the given name Shams.
Firmino Portuguese
Surname descendant of Firmino, meaning “firm”. A famous bearer is Brazilian footballer Roberto Firmino.
Tarasov Russian
Means "son of Taras".
Jayden English
Surname of the fictional character Norman Jayden, a character from the video game Heavy Rain.
Kürschner German
Occupational name for a furrier, Middle High German kürsenære, from Middle High German kürsen meaning "fur coat".
Mangan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mongáin ‘descendant of Mongán’, originally a byname for someone with a luxuriant head of hair (from mong ‘hair’, ‘mane’), borne by families from Connacht, County Limerick, and Tyrone... [more]
Akita Japanese
This surname can be used as 秋田, 明田, 穐田, 飽田 or 阿北 with 秋/穐 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn," 明 (mei, myou, min, a.kari, aka.rui, aka.rumu, aki.raka, a.keru, -a.ke, a.ku(ru), a.kasu) meaning "clear," 飽 (hou, a.kiru, a.kasu, a.ku, aki) meaning "boredom," 阿 (a, o, omone.ru, kuma) meaning "corner, nook," 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field" and 北 (hou, kita) meaning "north."... [more]
Szalma Polish, Hungarian
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jacek, Jozef, Małgorzata, Wiesław, Wojiech.... [more]
Serker Bengali
Variant of Sarkar.
Billinis Greek
Of Italian origin, probably a Hellenized version of Bellini.
Uchide Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
Väärtnõu Estonian
Väärtnõu is an Estonian surname meaning "advice worthy".
Kimigabukuro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 君ケ袋 (see Kimigafukuro).
Kiều Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Qiao, from Sino-Vietnamese 喬 (kiểu).
O'Kelly Irish
Variant of Kelly 1.
Emami Persian
From Persian امام (emam) meaning "imam, leader", of Arabic origin.
Fanthorpe English
Fan means "From France" and Thorpe is a Middle English word meaning "Small Village, Hamlet"
Faridi Arabic, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Farid.
Asbury English
Variant of Astbury. A famous bearer of the name was British-American Methodist minister Francis Asbury (1745-1816).
Husejnović Bosnian
Means "son of Husejn".
Wie Korean
Means “top” in Korean. Most known for Korean American golfer Michelle Wie West
Forsman Swedish
Combination of Swedish fors "rapid" (geology) and man "man".
Krull Estonian
Krull is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kull" meaning "hawk".
Pletikosić Croatian
Derived from pletiti, meaning "to knit", and kosa, meaning "hair".
Verhofstadt Dutch, Flemish
Means "from the farmstead" or "from the homestead" in Dutch. A notable bearer is the Flemish politician Guy Verhofstadt (1953-), a Prime Minister of Belgium.
Maison French, Walloon
Derived from Old French maison "residence", this name used to be given to someone who lived by an important house.
Lindell Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind "lime tree".
Nectaria Romanian
Feminine version of Nectarie, Greek saint-St.Nectarie from Egina. In Romanian this means "the juice of flowers". Nectaire is probably of the same derivation as the English word "nectar". This is the etymology of nectar (from http://www.etymonline.com/) from negtar > nogalon... [more]
Maggiori Italian
Recorded in many spelling forms including the 'base' form of Maggi, and the diminutives and double diminutives Maggiore, Maggiori, Di Maggio, Maggorini, and many others, this is an Italian surname of Roman (Latin) origins... [more]
Clah Navajo
From Navajo nitłʼa meaning "he is left-handed".
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