Van De KerkhofDutch Means "from the churchyard", derived from Middle Dutch kerke meaning "church" and hof meaning "court, garden, yard". Famous bearers of this surname include twin brothers René and Willy Van De Kerkhof (1951-), both retired Dutch soccer players.
ShootmanGermanic Uncertain origin, probably occupational, from German, Dutch, or English. If German, possible occupational surname for a cobbler, from Old German Schuchmann, lit. "shoe man". Similar origin if Dutch... [more]
SolsticeEnglish Taken from it's usage as a given name, which derived from Latin solsticium and thus ultimately from sol "sun" and stito "to stand still". The English word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.
ZendaJapanese (Rare) Combination of Kanji Characters 全 meaning "everything" and 田 meaning "rice paddy field".
KhajimbaAbkhaz Of unknown meaning. A notable bearer is Raul Khajimba (1958-), the current President of Abkhazia.
ElwellEnglish Means "person from Elwell", Dorset (probably "spring from which omens can be read").
TantaiChinese (Rare) From Chinese 澹臺 (tántái) from the name of a place located beside the Tantai Mountain in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.
YamamizuJapanese 山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".
GauciMaltese Derived from Maltese Għawdex through Arabic غودش (ġawdeš) which refers to the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. The name itself is of Phoenician origin (through a Greek borrowing) possibly meaning "turn around"... [more]
SciortinoItalian, Sicilian Diminutive form of Sicilian sciorta, sciurta meaning "city guard, watchman, policeman", derived from Arabic شُرْطِيّ (šurṭiyy), "policeman, police officer", ultimately from Latin cohors "cohort, band, armed force; bodyguard" via Byzantine Greek χόρτη (khórtē).
NeuhausGerman, Jewish Topographical name for someone who lived in a new house, Middle High German niuwe hus, modern German neu Haus, or a habitational name for someone from any of several places named Neuhaus ('new house') in various parts of Germany and Austria, also in Bohemia.
CerdàCatalan Denoted someone from Cerdanya (also called La Cerdanya), a natural and historical region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain.
LindmäeEstonian Lindmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "bird mountain/hill".
HeringhSlovak Heringh, no history known, people having these surnames in Slovakia belong to the same family, very untypical for this region - Slovakia in the middle of Europe.
FleischmanGerman (Austrian) Fleischman translates in English to Meat Man, or Butcher It is most often used with a single "n" for those who were persecuted as Jews. Other Germanic spellings for Christians and others not deemed Jewish are Fleischmann, or Fleishmann... [more]
ÜttEstonian Ütt is an Estonian surname (loosely) meaning "vocative"; a "word of address'' or "exclamatory address".
StrakhovmRussian From страх (strakh) meaning "fear, terror".
LochheadScottish Topographic name for someone who lived at the head of a loch.
KometaniJapanese From 米 (kome) meaning "rice, America" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
LindenbaumGerman, Jewish topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree Lindenbaum or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a lime tree. Derived from the elements linta "linden" and boum "tree".
BuchenkoUkrainian Means "from Bucha". Bucha (Буча) is a city just outside of Kyiv, but the surname can also denote to someone from one of the many villages in Ukraine called Bucha.
YasuraJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
PentaItalian From the name of a hamlet in Salerno, Italy, possibly derived from a southern Italian word meaning "large rock" or "steep slope" (penta, pente, or pendë).
PilcherEnglish Occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches, from an agent derivative of Pilch. In early 17th-century English, pilcher was a popular term of abuse, being confused or punningly associated with the unrelated verb pilch "to steal" and with the unrelated noun pilchard, a kind of fish.
PevensieLiterature Rarely used as a female given name, Pevensie is possibly an invented surname by C.S. Lewis for the Narnia series. It's most famous bearers are- of course- Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie from said series.
ChokalingamIndian, Tamil Variant of Chockalingam. A famous bearer is American actress and comedienne Vera Mindy Chokalingam (1979-), who uses the stage name Mindy Kaling.
TookeEnglish (Rare) This unusual English surname is of pre 7th century Old Scandinavian origin.
CasavantesFrench, Spanish, Basque Topographic name composed of casa "house" + avant "ahead of forward" + the suffix -es, denoting one who lived in the house located at the beginning of a village. This surname has died out in France.
TaberneroSpanish Tabernero is a Spanish-language occupational surname literally meaning "tavern keeper".
KushigeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 櫛笥 (Kushige) meaning "Kushige", a former alley in the area of Kushige in the ward of Kamigyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]
SemenzaItalian From semenza ‘seeds’ possibly used for a seed merchant.
PeruničićSerbian Patronymic, meaning "son of Perun". Perun was the Slavic god of lightning.
SchatzGerman, Jewish German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a treasurer, from German Schatz ‘treasure’, Middle High German scha(t)z. It may also have been a nickname for a rich man (or ironically for a miser), or else for a well-liked person or a ladies’ favorite, from the use of the vocabulary word as a term of endearment... [more]
AmigasayaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 編笠屋 (Amigasaya) meaning "Amigasa Store", from 編笠 (amigasa) meaning "braided hats", referring to a store that sells braided hats.
ManfordEnglish Place name for "Munda's ford" from an Old English personal name Munda, the same element in the second syllable of Edmund and ford meaning a waterway crossing.
KrengelGerman, Jewish An occupational name for a pastry chef from Middle High German krengel German kringel "(cake) ring doughnut". As a Jewish name this may also have been adopted as artificial name.
AvvakumovRussian derived from male given name Avvakum, variant of Abakumov
EdgelyEnglish A surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, and a place name taken from either a village in Cheshire or one in Shropshire. The name means “park by the wood” in Old English.
BellmannGerman Habitational name derived from places in Germany named either Bell, Belle, or Bellen.
SibeliusFinland Swedish Latinization of Swedish Sibbe, the name of an estate in Eastern Uusimaa, Finland. A notable bearer was Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
KavasakiJapanese (Russified) Alternate transcription of Kawasaki more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.