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.
Montecalvo Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Montecalvo ("bald mountain") especially Montecalvo Irpino in Avellino province, from the elements monte "mountain" and calvo "bald".
Galvão Portuguese
From the given name Galvão.
Pimentel Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from Portuguese pimenta meaning "pepper", used as an occupational name for someone who grew or sold peppers.
Van Der Klok Dutch
Means "from the bell", from Middle Dutch clocke "bell; bell-shaped", a habitational name for someone who lived near a bell tower, or perhaps a sign depicting a bell.
Kwm Hmong
Original Hmong form of Kue.
Fakhri Arabic
From the given name Fakhri.
Katalinić Croatian
Means "son of Katalin" in Croatian.
Futsuhara Japanese
Futsuhara/蓬原 = Mugwort Meadow
Groeneweg Dutch
Dutch cognate of Greenway. habitational name from any of various minor places called Groeneweg a compound of groen "green" and weg "road path" for instance from the hamlets Groeneweg near Hoog Blokland in the province of South Holland and near Westbroek in the province of Utrecht.
Kyte English
Variant of Kite.
Alizadeh Persian
Means "born of Ali 1" in Persian.
Lichten German, Jewish
From German licht meaning "light". Nickname for someone with a light complexion.
Loukas Greek
From the given name Loukas.
Tadayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 多 meaning "many" and 田 meaning "rice field", and 屋 and 敷, 屋敷 meaning "great house".
Lindelöf Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "lime tree" and löf (an archaic spelling of löv) "leaf".
Corboy Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Mac Corrbuidhe or Ó Corrbuidhe, meaning "son of Corrbuidhe", a byname derived from Old Irish corr "crane, heron" and buide "yellow".
Lardinois French
Originally denoted a person from the Ardennes, a forest-covered region situated in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. A notable bearer of this name was the Dutch politician and diplomat Pierre Lardinois (1924-1987).
Salzer German
For someone who worked with salt from Middle High German salz "salt" (from Latin sal).
Mellikov m Russian (Estonianized)
Estonianised form of Melikov.
Kashima Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (ka) meaning "deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Cicala Italian
From Italian meaning "cicada".
Raniero Italian
From the given name Raniero
Tomosaka Japanese
友 (Tomo) means "friend" and 坂 (saka) means "slope, hill".
Cliff English
habitational name from any of numerous places called Cliff(e), Cle(e)ve, or Clive, from Old English clif "slope, bank, cliff", or a topographic name from the same word... [more]
Toomiste Estonian
Toomiste is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Toomas" (a masculine given name).
Stallone Italian
from stallone "stallion" applied either as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a stallion or as a metonymic occupational name for someone who bred horses. from an augmentative of stalla "stable stall" used as a topographic name and as a habitational name from any of the minor places called with this word.... [more]
Wójt Medieval Polish
Occupational name and title from Medieval Polish meaning Lord Protector or Governor. Derived from Latin advocatus. German variant Vogt, Swedish variant Fogde... [more]
Saadat Persian
Means "happiness" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic سعادة (sa'adah).
Durdu Turkish
Means "stopped" in Turkish.
Hörmann German
The distinguished surname Hormann is of very ancient German origin. It is derived from a Germanic personal name made up of the elements "heri," meaning "army," and "man," meaning "man."
Mullery Irish (Rare)
From Irish Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire "descendant of Maolmhuire", a personal name meaning literally "servant of (the Virgin) Mary".
Lousada Portuguese
Name given from the village of Lousada, in Northern Portugal.
Bublik Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian (Russified)
From bublik, a bagel-like bread roll.
Mengele German
Doctor Josef Mengele (Born on March 16, 1911 - Died on February 7, 1979), also known as the Angel of Death, was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) Officer and physician during World War II. He is mainly remembered for his actions at the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he performed deadly experiments on prisoners, was a member of the team of doctors who selected victims to be killed in the gas chambers and was one of the doctors who administered the gas.
Shishimine Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 獅 (shishi), script-changed from 猪 (shishi) meaning "sus scrofa" and 峯 (mine) meaning "peak; summit".... [more]
Bratushka Ukrainian, Russian (?)
Means "(younger, little) brother".
Klapp German
Nickname for a gossip or a slanderer, derived from Middle High German klapf, klaff meaning "prattle, malicious gossip".
Furunaka Japanese
Furu means "old" and naka means "middle".
Ehrenberg Jewish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic), German
In German it means "mountain of honor"
Lively English
From a nickname for a lively person, from Middle English lifly.
Kumashiro Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and shiro can mean "white" or "castle".
Ivanychuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".
Istogu Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Fredericks English
Patronymic from Frederick.
Gilles French, Walloon
From the given name Gilles. Cognate of Giles.
Flyte English
Means "stream" from Old English fleot.
Gauda Indian, Hindi, Kannada
Alternate transcription of Gowda.
Sansuk Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสนสุข (see Saensuk).
Hirst English
Variant of Hurst
Dougenis Greek
Possibly from the elements doulos (δουλος)- "slave, servant" and genes (γενης)- "born".
Le Tallec Breton
Tallec derives from talek which means someone with a large forehead in Breton.
Gally Scottish
Variant of Gailey.
Verran Cornish
Perhaps means "person from Treverran", Cornwall (from Cornish tre "farmstead" with an unknown second element), or "person from Veryan", Cornwall ("church of St Symphorian").
Noisette French
This is a French surname meaning "hazelnut".
Midler English
Nickname for a person who causes trouble or meddles in the affairs of others, derived from Middle English medeler meaning "meddler, troublemaker, one who interferes". This name is borne by the American singer, actress and comedienne Bette Midler (1945-).
Soni Hindi
A Suryavanshi Khatri family, the surname originating from the Punjab region of India. In India the term caste creates a crucial distinction between Varna and Jāti, even though jati does not fit into any of the four varnas and is more often referred to as Sudras.
Lo Re Italian
Palermo,Sicily,Italy
Fábio Portuguese
From the given name Fábio.
Morshuis Dutch
Probably derived from Old Dutch mor "swamp, marsh, peat" and huis "house, home".
Afeef Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Afif.
Anglin Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó hAngluinn
Durantez Spanish
From the given Italian name Durante.
Alighieri Italian
From the given name Alighiero, Italian form of Aldiger. A famous bearer of this surname is Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), author of the Divine Comedy.
Pulaski Polish
Polish (Pułaski): habitational name for someone from the Pulazie in Łomża Voivodeship.
Čobanac Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Karađić Serbian
Variant of Karadžić, and often its misspelling.
Gevorkian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan)
Himmel German
German word for "sky"
Dikici Turkish
Means "tailor, sewer, stitcher" in Turkish.
Saionji Japanese
Japanese surname derived from the kanji for "west", "park, garden" and "Buddhist temple".
Abisamra Arabic
Means "Father of Brown" - comes from AbouSamra, which means "Son of Brown."
Apeltia English (Rare)
Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.
Ondricek Czech
From Ondr, meaning brave or courageous
Tanimoto Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Lovitz Jewish
From the Polish name of Łowicz, a town in central Poland. Its name is derived from Polish lowisko meaning "fishing, hunting". A well-known bearer is American comedian and actor Jon Lovitz (1957-).
Cesco Italian
Derived from the given name Francesco.
Soma Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 相馬 (see Sōma).
Vittorio Italian
From the given name Vittorio.
Urbanowicz Polish
Patronymic from the personal name Urban.
Tverskiy m Russian
Means "from Tver".
Kropotkin m Russian
The surname of a notable royal family including that of famous anarcho communist philosopher Petr Kropotkin.
Berginc Slovak
Original spelling of Slovene surname "Boreanaz".... [more]
Meza Spanish
Older variant of Mesa.
Bernardeau French
From a diminutive of the given name Bernard.
Horbatenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian горбатий (horbatyy) meaning "humpback".
Krievs Latvian
Means "Russian (person)".
Gillooly Irish
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Ghuala "son of the gluttonous lad" from gola "gullet gut".
Bedwell English
Derived from the town of Bidwell, Hertfordshire, England, from Old English words "Byde", which meant tub, and "Well", meaning fountain or spring. The surname is classified as a habitational name. The name Bedwell is most common in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, England, and the state of Indiana in the USA.
Muangkot Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เมืองโคตร (see Mueangkhot).
Miché French, Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the given name Michel.
Ajango Estonian
Ajango is an Estonian surname related to "time".
Nikashin Russian
Derived from a diminutive form Nikasha of various Russian given names.
Tsuda Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Itakura Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".
Weaponsworth English
Means maker of weapons
Daves English
Variant of Davis.
Bukater Irish, English (British)
From Fictional Titanic character: Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Fanciulacci Italian
Probably means "bad child", from Italian fanciullo "child" and the pejorative suffix -accio.
Fraire Spanish
Comes from Latin frater meaning "brother".
Nakamine Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".
Ujmajuridze Georgian
Meaning unknown.
Florov Russian
Means "son of Flor".
Clarey Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Cléirigh and variant of O'Clery and Cleary.
Whistler English
An English occupational surname, meaning "one who whistles."
Tolfree English
From the Middle English given name Thorferth or Torfrey, the English and Norman forms of Old Norse Þórfreðr meaning "Thor’s peace".
Hepp Estonian
Hepp is an Estonian surname meaning "lively".
Stokes Irish, Scottish
Variant of Stoke and Stohoke... [more]
Chataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶立場 (see Chatateba).
Aibekov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Aibek".
Dorwin English
Possibly derived from the given name Deorwine (compare Darwin).
Gunathillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Di Leo Italian
Means "son of Leo".
Azahara Japanese
From Japanese 字 (aza) meaning "a section of a village" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Donners Dutch
Variant of Donders.
Dickey Irish
Northern Irish: from a pet form of the personal name Dick 1.
Põldsaar Estonian
Põldsaar is an Estonian surname meaning "field island".
Hodnett English
Derived from an English village named "hodnet".
Göktaş Turkish
From Turkish gök meaning "sky" and taş meaning "stone".
Soe Estonian
Soe is an Estonian surname meaning "warm" and "fond".
Güneş Turkish
Means "sun" or "sunny" in Turkish.
Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.
Grazer English
Not available.
Kuulpak Estonian
Kuulpak is an Estonian surname meaning "bullet ("kuul") "pack/packet/stock" ("pakk").
Gulliver English
From a medieval nickname for a greedy person (from Old French goulafre "glutton"). Jonathan Swift used it in his satire 'Gulliver's Travels' (1726), about the shipwrecked ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver, whose adventures "offer opportunities for a wide-ranging and often savage lampooning of human stupidity and vice."
Pyatkov Russian
Possibly from "pyat", meaning "five".
Saramago Portuguese
It's the name of a plant.
Banović Serbian, Croatian
"Son of a Ban", the -ić "son of" suffix with ban, the title of class of Croatian nobility beginning in the 7th century approximately equivalent to viceroy, lord or duke, stemming potentially from the Turkic bajan ("rich, wealthy").
Atempa Mexican, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Means "on the riverbank" or "on the bank of the lake", derived from Nahuatl atl meaning "water" combined with tentli "bank, shore" and the suffix -pan "in, on".
Fleckenstein German
German for "stain stone".
Suurpalu Estonian
Suurpalu is an Estonian surname meaning "big sandy heath/heath woodland".
Pampukha Belarusian
Means "dumpling" in Belarusian.
De La Salle Medieval French, History (Ecclesiastical, Rare)
Means "of the room" in French. It is borne by a saint who is the founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
Ostrovskiy m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Ostrowski.
Pinn English, German
Derived from Middle English pin and Middle Low German pinne, both meaning "peg" or "pin". This was an occupational name from a maker of these things. The German name can in some cases be an occupational name for a shoemaker.
Banjar Arabic
From the name of the Banjar people, itself derived from Javanese mbanjarke meaning "separate, rearrange, organize". This surname is borne by people of Indonesian ancestry in Saudi Arabia.
Kapel Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Means "chapel" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived near a chapel (or in a place named after one), or an occupational name for a chaplain.
Gunawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Llanes Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Likely denoted someone who came from the municipality of Llanes in Spain.
Boonrueng Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai บุญเรือง (see Bunrueang).
Cornelissis Flemish
Patronymic form of Cornelis.
Sönmez Turkish
Means "eternal, inextinguishable, unquenchable" in Turkish.
Kahju Estonian
Kahju is an Estonian surname meaning "loss" and "harm".
Cruzan Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Cruyssen.
Wrobleski Polish
from Polish "wroble" wren.
Eda Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Tostado Spanish
Means "toasted; tanned" or "brown, dark" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with dark skin, or who tanned easily.
Donatien French
From the given name Donatien.
Jõgila Estonian
Jõgila is an Estonian surname meaning "river area".
Strandheim German, Jewish
From a location name meaning "beach home" in German, from Middle High German strand meaning "beach" and heim meaning "home". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Hajjar Arabic
Means "stonemason" from Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar) "stone, weight".
Berruguete Spanish
From Catalan berruga "wart", possibly denoting a person who has warts or lives in a warty place.
Arumets Estonian
Arumets is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland/dry upland meadow forest".
Hård Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "hard".
Rəşidova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Rəşidov.
Kōen Japanese
Japanese form of Cohen.
Stanwick English
Habitational name from a place so called in Northamptonshire, named in Old English with stan ‘stone’ + wic ‘outlying dairy farm’.
Saengkaew Thai
Alternate transcription of Saengkaeo.
Bouchemlal Kabyle, Berber
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.
Cancro Italian
Derived from Italian cancro "cancer". Probably an occupational name for a person who catches, cooks, sells crabs.
Lyle English
Derived from Norman French l'isle "island".
Murahayashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hayashi means "forest, grove".
Horodnyuk Ukrainian
From dialectal Ukrainian город (horod), meaning "city".
Filipčić Croatian
Derived from the forename Filip.
Zeleznik Slovak
Means "iron man".
Kicklighter American
Americanized spelling of German Kückleiter, literally ‘chicken ladder’, probably a nickname for a chicken farmer.
Hadley English
A habitational name from either a place named Hadley, or a place named Hadleigh. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah (means ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’), and the other three are from Old English hǣð (meaning ‘heathland’, ‘heather') + lēah.
Andrási Hungarian
It's an other form of the hungarian surename Andrassy. Man, warrior... a surname that derives from the personal name "Andreas", meaning manly, and was held by the first of Christ's disciples.
Shippo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).
Schechter Yiddish
Yiddish name meaning "butcher."
Jenny German (Swiss), Alsatian
Derived from the given name Johannes.
Kiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Galea Biblical Latin
Galea in Latin is HELMET. The Galea was a Roman helmet in excess of 1000 BC. Another basis for the name was for a type of boat with oars and sails. The first Greek boats called galea, appeared around the second half of the 2nd millennium BC... [more]
Undirmare Indian
Marathi name meaning "mice killer"
Knauss German
A variant of Knaus.
Zhasulanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Zhasulanov.
Urbane Latvian
Latvian form of Urban.
Vian Venetian
Derives from the given name Viviano, or perhaps Ottaviano.
Krastanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Krastanov.