HarambašićCroatian, Bosnian, Serbian Derived from harambaša (харамбаша), which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.
TeetammEstonian Means "embankment", from Estonian tee "road" and tamm "dam".
WiesnerGerman German: habitational name for someone from a place called Wiesen, or topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, a derivative of Middle High German wise ‘meadow’.
KuslapuuEstonian Kuslapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "honeysuckle tree".
BulgariaItalian, Spanish Originally an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Bulgaria or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with Bulgaria, which is named after the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, itself possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".
KuranishiJapanese Kura means "granary, warehouse, storehouse, has, possess" and nishi means "west".
KaltGerman, German (Swiss) From Middle High German kalt "cold" probably applied as a nickname for someone who felt the cold or for someone with an unfriendly disposition.
GrabensteinGerman Habitational name from Grafenstein near Wohlau, Silesia.
BraleyEnglish (American) A New England variant spelling of Brailey. French: from a diminutive of Brael, from Old French braiel, a belt knotted at the waist to hold up breeches; presumably an occupational name for a maker of such belts... [more]
AhasEstonian Ahas is an Estonian surname meaning "slender".
SärkEstonian Särk is an Estonian surname meaning "shirt".
CaanScottish, German, Jewish Altered spelling of Jewish Cohen, or probably denoted a person from the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. Famous bearers of this surname include American actor James Caan (1940-2022), as well as his son Scott Caan (1976-), also a noted actor.
ŌishiJapanese From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
NazzalArabic Means "fight, combat, battle" in Arabic.
UmonJapanese (Rare) This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]
AmaJapanese From Japanese 阿万 (Ama) meaning "Ama", a former villa in the former district of Mihara in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.... [more]
FiskeEnglish, Norwegian From the traditionally Norwegian habitational surname, from the Old Norse fiskr "fish" and vin "meadow". In England and Denmark it was a surname denoting someone who was a "fisherman" or earned their living from selling fish.
WillockEnglish From the medieval male personal name Willoc, a pet-form based on the first syllable of any of a range of Old English compound names beginning with willa "will, desire".
YeatonEnglish Habitational name from Yeaton in Shropshire named with Old English ēa "river" + tūn "farmstead estate". This surname is now rare in Britain.
AoChinese From Chinese 敖 (áo) referring to Tai Ao, a legendary teacher who mentored the mythological emperor Zhuanxu.
SilberbergJewish The meaning of the name is "silver mountain" and comes from Germany
ArneNorwegian (Rare) From the name of a place called Arna, derived either from Old Norse ǫrn "eagle" or from an Indo-European root meaning "to stream, to flow".
De BieDutch Means "the bee" in Dutch, a nickname for a beekeeper or a for a busy person, or perhaps a habitational name for someone who lived near a sign depicting a bee.
FrancesconeItalian Ancient family of Navelli, which recognizes as its progenitor that Francis, called "Francescone", who, between 1227 and 1230, was awarded the title of Baron by Emperor Frederick II, for having juggled leveraging troops with success and honor in the Sixth Crusade.
MitomiJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".
FichterGerman Topographic name for someone who lived near pine trees (originally bei den Fichten, Feichten, or Feuchten), from Old High German fiohta. The vowel of the first syllable underwent a variety of changes in different dialects.
UudeleppEstonian Uudelepp is an Estonian surname meaning "new alder".
RegueiroGalician, Portuguese The name originated in Ourense (Galicia) in the 14th Century. It´s literal meaning in Portuguese is river. It is a surname referring to a person who lived near a river or water source.
OotonoJapanese (Rare) Oo means "big, great, large, huge" and tono is an outdated honorific that literally means "lord".
AmadaJapanese From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
PützstückGerman (Rare) Habitational name from a place so named near Königswinter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
HatcherEnglish Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate, from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a floodgate or sluice-gate.
LaffeyIrish Reduced anglicisation of Gaelic Ó Laithimh, itself derived from the earlier form Ó Flaithimh, ultimately from flaitheamh meaning "ruler". It could also be a variant of Leahy.
UrasawaJapanese Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
MelmothEnglish From middle english milde, meaning "mild, gentle, friendly" and mouth. The development of the surname may have been influenced by association with Middle English mele-mouth, meaning "mealy-mouthed, reticent, ingratiating, hypocritical".
BiondolilloItalian Probably from Sicilian biunnuliddu "little fair one", a nickname for someone with blonde hair. Compare Biondi.
EichhornGerman, Jewish, Belgian German topographic name for someone who lived on or near an oak-covered promontory, from Middle High German eich(e) ‘oak’ + horn ‘horn’, ‘promontory’. German from Middle High German eichhorn ‘squirrel’ (from Old High German eihhurno, a compound of eih ‘oak’ + urno, from the ancient Germanic and Indo-European name of the animal, which was later wrongly associated with hurno ‘horn’); probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal, or alternatively a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a squirrel... [more]
FlatowGerman Derived from the name of a district that existed in Prussia from 1818 to 1945. Today the territory of the Flatow district lies in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland.
ShibutaniJapanese From Japanese 澁 or 渋 (shibu) meaning "rough" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
SchadeGerman, Dutch From schade "damage, injury", a derivative of schaden "to do damage, harm, hurt", generally a nickname for a thug or clumsy person, or, more particularly, a robber knight, who raided others’ lands.
HyattEnglish Topographic name derived from Middle English heih "high" and yate "gate".
HinataJapanese From Japanese 日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place", 陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of 向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible.
BolkonskiymRussian, Literature Bolkonsky is the last name of Princess Marya Bolkonskaya from "War and Peace" by Lev Tolstoy. It is a real last name outside of literature as well.
AkaiwaJapanese From 赤 (aka) meaning "red, vermilion" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".
CarneiroPortuguese, Galician Means "ram" in Portuguese and Galician, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Carneiro.
ChageJapanese From Japanese 茶下 (chage) meaning "giver of tea". A notable bearer is Japanese musician Shūji Shibata (1958-), whose stage name is Chage.
BrockmanGerman German in origin, in heraldry a "brock" is represented by a badger. It could mean wet/water and man. It also has been said to mean broker.
PeachyEnglish (Anglicized) Means “lived near a peach tree, sold peaches, or was associated with the fruit in some other way”. Originally arrived with the in England after the Norman conquest of 1066.
WumaChinese (Rare, Archaic) From Chinese 巫馬 (wūmǎ) meaning "horse doctor", the title of an official in the Zhou dynasty who took care of horses. After the Zhou dynasty, most bearers changed their names to Wu (巫) or Ma.
LưuVietnamese Vietnamese form of Liu, from Sino-Vietnamese 劉 (lưu).
DebeauFrench, English (British), History Nickname from le beau ‘the handsome’, a variant of Beau, with fused masculine definite article le. It is also found in England, as a surname of Huguenot origin... [more]
NoeMedieval English, Korean A patronymic form of the biblical male given name Noah from the Hebrew word "noach" meaning long-lived. Possible origins could be ... [more]
KreiselGerman, Jewish Jewish family name and originally a nickname for an active or disorganized person, derived from German kreisel meaning "spinning top, top", ultimately from kreis "circle". Alternatively, it could've be used as a nickname for a person with curly hair in the context of "spiral" or "curl".
DallimoreEnglish An English surname probably derived from the French de la mare, meaning "of the sea", though some contend that "mare" springs from the English word moor. This surname probably arose after the Norman conquest of Britain.
SuomiFinnish Ethnic name from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland". At one time this term denoted only southwestern Finland, but nowadays it is the national name for the whole of Finland. As a surname it is mostly an adopted name during the names conversion movement at the beginning of the 20th century.
FilsFrench From fils "son", used to identify the younger of two bearers of the same personal name in a family.
WaldripEnglish, Scottish The name is derived from the Old Norman warderobe, a name given to an official of the wardrobe, and was most likely first borne by someone who held this distinguished
WoodbridgeEnglish Originated in old England and likely linked to the town of Woodbridge in Suffolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom. Well known Woodbridge's include the Australian Tennis player Todd Woodbridge. There was a famous lineage of six English John Woodbridge's in the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries, all Church ministers... [more]
Van Der GraafDutch Means "from the canal", derived from Dutch graaf "canal, excavated watercourse", itself related to graven "to dig".
HiddlestonEnglish, Scottish Habitational name from a place called Huddleston in Yorkshire, England. The place name was derived from the Old English personal name HUDEL.
NoyeEnglish Patronymic form of the biblical male given name Noah.
MungiaBasque From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, possibly derived from the personal name Munio combined with the locative suffix -(t)egi.
SchonewilleDutch Perhaps a nickname for an attractive person, derived from Middle Dutch schône meaning "beautiful, clean, pure" and wille meaning "to want, to desire".
AkasakaJapanese From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".