Browse Submitted Surnames

Masumizu Japanese
From 升 (masu) meaning "measuring box, ascend, rise" or 増 (masu) meaning "increase" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Selter Estonian
Selter is an Estonian surname derived from either "selts" meaning "society", "union", "association", or "selters" (of German origin) meaning "seltzer".

Shupik Ukrainian

Äşimhan Kazakh

Aosaki Japanese
Ao means "blue, green" and saki means "promontory, cape, peninsula".

Crimmins English (Anglicized, Modern)

Cellio Italian

Ritta-apinan Thai
From Thai ฤทธิ์ (rit) meaning "power", ธา (tha), a transcription of Sanskrit धा (dhā) meaning "bearer, maintainer", อภิ (api) of unknown meaning, and นันท์ (nan) of unknown meaning.

Mioduszewski m Polish

Kotkas Estonian
Means "eagle" in Estonian.

Sell Estonian
Sell is an Estonian surname meaning "apprentice".

Sperry English
Variant of Spear.

Matas Lithuanian
From the given name Matas.

Coffie Irish
Variant of Coffey.

Ozu Japanese (Rare)
In this surname O can mean "small" and zu means "harbor". ... [more]

Soul English
Literally from the English word "soul"

Zaviyskiy m Russian

Yamana Japanese

Zamboni Italian, Italian (Swiss), Romansh
Italian patronymic form of Zambon.

Palsmeier German (?)

Shahlia Indian
Variant of Shahalia.

Barden English
English: habitational name from places in North and West Yorkshire named Barden, from Old English bere ‘barley’ (or the derived adjective beren) + denu ‘valley’.

Kavak Turkish
Means "poplar" in Turkish.

Dutting German

Bando Japanese
It means "east of the slope", referring to eastern provinces of Osaka. The surname originates from there, and that is where it is most common.

Hoggan English

Bartholomieu English
Form of Bartholomew.

Rieser Swiss, German
Alemannic form of Reiser. A habitational name for someone from Ries near Passau. Alemannic variant of Rüsser and Rüser, a variant of Reusser... [more]

Shukhevych Ukrainian

Wijegunarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේගුණරත්න (see Wijegunaratne).

Chirac French

Pagán Spanish
Castilianized spelling of Catalan Pagà, from the Late Latin personal name Paganus, which originally meant "dweller in an outlying village" (see Paine).

Foody Irish
Anglicized version of ó Fuada, or 'descendent of Fuada'. It comes from the personal name 'fuad' or 'swift' but also 'rush' and 'speed'.

Vaišutis m Lithuanian (Rare)
Diminutive of Vaišys.

Van De Zandschulp Dutch
Means "from the sandy seashell" in Dutch. A famous bearer is the Dutch tennis player Botic van de Zandschulp (1995-).

Fält Swedish
Means "field" in Swedish.

Kadowaki Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Dawoud Arabic
From the given name Dawud.

Malakov Russian

Homura Japanese
This surname is used as 保村, 甫村 or 穂村 with 保 (ho, hou, tamo.tsu) meaning "guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain", 甫 (fu, ho, haji.mete, suke) meaning "for the first time, not until", 穂 (sui, ho) meaning "crest (of wave), ear, ear (of grain), head" and 村 (son, mura) meaning "town, village."... [more]

Grave German
Either from the northern form of Graf, but more commonly a topographic name from Middle Low German grave "ditch", "moat", "channel", or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany named with this word.

Muvaza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Nemo English
A different form of Nimmo (a Scottish name of unknown origin).

Länts Estonian
Länts is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "lant", meaning "drail".

Pogba Western African

Hitzheim German

Eelmäe Estonian
Eelmäe is an Estonians surname meaning "fore hill".

Markopoulos Greek
Means "son of Markos".

Paňková f Slovak

Afrakoma African
Akan... [more]

Chorniy m Ukrainian
Variant of Chornyy.

Westberry English

Ganeko Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganiku).

Kosinets Belarusian

Kamateros Greek

Dela Paz Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Paz primarily used in the Philippines.

Woelke German
German variant spelling of Wölke, itself a variant of Wolk.

Damiano Italian
From the given name Damiano.

Shimanovsk Russian (Rare)
From the city of Shimanovsk (Шимановск) in the Amur Oblast or other places called Shimanovsk.

Assange English (Australian, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is Julian Paul Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.

Boliver Welsh, English
Derived from Welsh ap Oliver meaning "son of Oliver".

Begović Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian

Eagles English

Rijkaard Dutch (Surinamese)

Aotsuki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".

Alfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Alfredo.

Uewara Japanese
Variant of Uehara.... [more]

Cəmilova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Cəmilov.

Macnair Scottish
Variant of McNair.

Parkus Polish

Röntgen German
Meaning uncertain. This was the name of German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) who discovered and studied x-rays. Röntgen called the radiation "X" because it was an unknown type of radiation.

Apelado Filipino
Variant of Apilado.

Farman English
(i) from an Old Norse personal name denoting literally a seafarer or travelling trader, brought into English via French; (ii) "itinerant trader, pedlar", from Middle English fareman "traveller"

Biesiada Polish
Nickname from biesiada meaning "feast", "banquet", probably for someone who liked to feast.

Fallet Romansh

Ješić Serbian

Goldsberry English (British)

Mansueto Italian, Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Mansueto.

Ovanesyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).

Vunisa Fijian

Wijayatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතුංග (see Wijayathunga).

Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.

Tami Japanese

Zaznobin m Russian

Frantzis Greek

Ülesoo Estonian
Ülesoo is an Estonian surname meaning "above (beyond) the swamp".

Plump German

Figarella Corsican
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous river.

Roseta Portuguese

Canović Bosnian

Kowaka Japanese

Belcák Slovak

Marchuck Ukrainian (Anglicized, Expatriate, ?)
Anglicized variant of Marchuk.

Əliverdibəyov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əliverdi bəy", with bəy being a Turkic title meaning "gentleman, mister; lord, master".

Ciarlariello Italian
From Italian ciarlare "to chatter, to gossip".

Kwak Korean
From Sino-Korean 郭 (gwak) meaning "outer city" (making it the Korean form of Guo) or 霍 (gwak) meaning "quickly, suddenly".

Djazairi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic الجزائر (al-Jazā’ir) meaning "the islands", referring to the country of Algeria or referring to an Algerian person. This surname could be used to refer to someone from the city of Algiers, or just a general Algerian person.

Kashkov Russian
From kashka, meaning "bald".

Miya Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Jagodzińska f Polish
Feminine form of Jagodziński.

Labovich Yiddish
Variant of Leibowitz.

Nedyakin m Russian

Otov m Yakut
From Yakut уот (uot), meaning "fire".

Gujarati Indian
Denoted a person of Gujarat descent. From Gujarati ગુજરાત (gujrāt), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā) "country of the Gurjaras”, itself comes from Sanskrit *गुर्जरत्रा (gurjaratrā), of the same meaning... [more]

Femić Montenegrin

Ampiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Tütüncü Turkish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of tobacco, from Turkish tütün meaning "tobacco".

Rosensweig German, Jewish
Variant form of Rosenzweig.

Genzui Japanese

Galicki Jewish, Polish
A Jewish and Polish surname for someone from a lost location called 'Galice'

Hanouna Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Hanoun used by Jews.

Ó Hailpín Irish
Irish-Gaelic or Scottish-Gaelic form of Halpin, meaning "descendant of Alpin".

Cornwall Celtic
One who came from Cornwall, a county in the South West of England.

Alborough South African

Mox Spanish (Latin American)

Revels American
from the surname Revel, a variant of Revell, a Middle English and Old French name referring to festivity

Hiszpański Polish
Meaning "Spanish", denoting a person of Spanish heritage.

Kaldybaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Kaldybay".

Torio Japanese
Tori means "bird" and o means "tail".

Loop Dutch
Habitational name from de Loop, meaning "the watercourse", in the province of Antwerp.

Neÿ Hungarian

Sasaoka Japanese

Umtiti Western African

Tremonti Italian
Pluralised form of Tremonte, a habitational name meaning "over the mountain".

Aiden English
Derived from the first name Aiden.

Babao Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog babaw meaning "shallowness".

Arnemo Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)

Haddock English
Haddock is a surname of English. It may refer to many people. It may come from the medieval word Ædduc, a diminutive of Æddi, a short form of various compound names including the root ēad, meaning prosperity or fortune... [more]

Illescas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Gebhardt German
From a Germanic given name composed of the elements geb "gift" and hard "hardy", "brave", "strong".

Ravelino Old Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)
It means manufacturing of fine and expensive fabrics. Also means the tailor or weaver. It comes from Asti and Piedmont (noth of Italy).

Fujieda Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 枝 (eda) meaning "branch".

Koide Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 出 (ide or de) meaning "rising."

Laplume m French (Rare)
It is a French last name translated to the feather. It can also mean the quill, the writer, and the pen.

Tomizawa Japanese
From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Shimono Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "under, below" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Mano Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 間 (ma) meaning "pause" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".

Mimoun Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Mimoun.

Mattson English
Anglicized form of Mattsson or a variant of Matson.

Becci Italian
Possibly derived from a dialectic form of vecchio "old", or from Celtic becci "beaks", perhaps indicating someone with a large nose.

Nusuku Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 野底 (Nusuku) meaning "Nosoko", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Koçak Turkish
Means "brave, strong" or "generous" in Turkish.

Zogheib Arabic
Variant transcription of Zgheib.

Oguro Japanese
Variant of Okuro.

Teixeria Portuguese, English (Rare)
Variant of Teixeira, more commonly used in the United States likely by American-Portuguese citizens

Bhuyan Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Means "landlord, chieftain", derived from Sanskrit भूमि (bhumi) meaning "earth, soil".

Aboubakar Western African
From the given name Aboubakar.

Daniskas Lithuanian

Ceasar African American, German (Americanized)
Possibly derived from the given name Ceasar (a variant of Caesar), or an Americanized form of German Zieser.

Koops Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the given name Koop, a diminutive form of Jakob. Alternatively, a variant of German and Dutch Koop.

Sengchanh Lao
Means "moonlight" from Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".

Gíslason Icelandic
Means son of Gísla.

Zamudio Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from zama "gorge, ravine" and odi "ravine, channel, tube". Alternatively, the second element could instead be -di "place of, forest of".

Ashten English
Variant of Ashton

Greyton English

Agliullina Russian

Vivó Spanish, Catalan

Gasaway German
Variant of Gassaway.

Sun Khmer
Means "surpass, exceed" in Khmer.

Tammik Estonian
Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".

Lysyanskyy m Ukrainian

Kudinov m Russian

Fulga Romanian (Rare)
Means "snowflake" in Romanian.

Stanbury English

Kozák Slovak, Hungarian
Variant of Kozak.

Breaker English

Tsyrendashieva f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Tsyrendashiev.

Nakasato Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".

Vujke Serbian

Tanibuki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 谷吹 (see Yabuki).

Lafleur French, French (Caribbean)
from la fleur "the flower" used as a soldier's name and also as a servant's name; it was one of the most common nicknames (noms de guerre) among French soldiers.

Kaljujärv Estonian
Kaljujärv is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff lake".

Arretxea Basque
From the name of a hamlet in south-western France, derived from Basque (h)arri "stone, rock" and etxe "house, home, building".

Gunaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Masaki Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Pelkauskas Lithuanian
Pelkoskas

Villota Spanish

Tyoplov m Russian
From Russian тёплый (tyoplyy), meaning "warm".

Myatt English
From the medieval personal name Myat, literally "little Mihel", an Anglo-Norman variant of Michael.

Margarito Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish margarita "daisy".

Aydın Turkish
From the given name Aydın.

Diamantopoulos Greek
Means "son of Diamanto".

Taştan Turkish
Means "stone" in Turkish.

Tschida German
Derived from the Czech word "třída," which means class, kind, category, grade, or avenue and place.

Philip Papuan

Pepić Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian

DeBevoise French
Denoted someone from Beauvais, a city and commune in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Emer Jewish
Metonymic occupational name from Yiddish emer "pail, bucket".

Morgans English, Irish
Variation of Morgan.

Veltman Dutch
Variant of Veldman.

Arjona Spanish
Habitational name from Arjona in Jaén province.

Hanner German
From a pet form of Hann, short form of Johann.

Redmayne English, Irish
Derived from Redmain, a small hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is named with Old English rēad meaning "red" and Welsh main meaning "rock, stone". The name could also be derived from the given name Réamonn, which is an Irish form of Raymond... [more]

Stalinov Russian
Means "son of the man of steel" in Russian.

Dzul Mayan
Mayan name from a term meaning ‘stranger’ also ‘gentleman’.

Bouclet French

Naiya Japanese

Lapina Russian

Acorn German
Origin uncertain; most probably an Americanized form of German Eichhorn.

Zhydak Ukrainian (Rare)
Denoted to a Jewish person, from Ukrainian жид (zhyd), a derogatory word for a Jew.

Loubier French (Quebec), French (Acadian)

Bosley English
English habitation surname derived from the Old English personal name Bosa and the Old English leah "clearing, field". It's also possibly a variant of the French surname Beausoleil meaning "beautiful sun" from the French beau 'beautiful, fair' and soleil 'sun'... [more]

Silvita Indonesian

Maferri Italian

Lanciego Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lantziego.

Ornell English (American, Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Crispim Portuguese
Derived from the given name Crispim.

Zoranovski Macedonian
Son of Zoran

Yauchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Farnam Persian
From the given name Farnam.

Dokhadze Georgian

Kaisaki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 貝崎 (see Kaizaki).

Clegg English
From Old Norse kleggi 'haystack'

Berretta Italian
From berretta, originally meaning ‘hooded cloak’ (Latin birrus), later ‘headdress’, ‘bonnet’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such headgear or a nickname for an habitual wearer.

Turkieh Ancient Hebrew, Arabic, Jewish
A Lebanese jewish surname that is often used among Lebanese jews in Israel.

Lemon African American
This surname is a Middle English personal name Lefman, Old English Leofman, composed of the elements leof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’, and mann ‘man’, person. This surname came to be used as a nickname for a lover or sweetheart, from Middle English Lemman.

Guendica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gendika.

Joto Japanese

Cihangiroğlu Turkish
Means "son of Cihangir".

Lacazette French, Occitan
Variant of Lacaze.

Posada Italian, Caribbean
Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places named Posada, from posada ‘halt’, ‘resting place’. ... [more]

Talmage m English (British)

Starbuck English
After Starbeck village in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. A famous bearer of this name was the fictional character, Starbuck, the first mate of the Pequod in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.

D'aurival French (Archaic)
Variant form of D'aureval.

Kyuno Japanese

Kraav Estonian
Kraav is an Estonian surname meaning "ditch".

Ülevain Estonian
Ülevain is an Estonian surname meaning "above/across village green".

Phillip English
Derived from the given name Philip

Mette German (East Prussian)
Variant of Mattutat.

Pisolier French (Rare)

Igorov m Russian
Means "son of Igor".

Jiravechsoontornkul Thai

Zeb Urdu
Derived from Persian زیب‎ (zib) meaning "ornament, adornment, beauty".

Nanjo Japanese
From 南 (nan) meaning "south" and 條 (jo) meaning "section, article, clause".

Burnet English

Dunayevskaya Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Дунаевский (see Dunayevsky).

Fursenko Ukrainian

Kozakowski Polish

Da Conceiçao Portuguese
Variant of Conceição.

Arteaga Basque
Derived from Basque arte "oak tree; holm oak, evergreen oak" and -aga "place of, group of".

Khodjaeva f Uzbek

Fukuyama Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hammersley English (Modern)
From southern England. From homersley meaning homestead, that later changed to hamersley

Egoak Yupik

Tsitsipas Greek

Mac Phaayl Manx
Means "son of Paayl" in Manx Gaelic, Paayl being the Manx form of Paul.... [more]

Pusey English
Habitational name from Pusey in Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), so called from Old English peose, piosu ‘pea(s)’ + ēg ‘island’, ‘low-lying land’, or from Pewsey in Wiltshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Pevesie, apparently from the genitive case of an Old English personal name Pefe, not independently attested + Old English ēg ‘island’.

Schildt German, Jewish
Variant of Schild.

Akulenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian акула (akula), meaning "shark".

Ognjenović Serbian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Ognjen".

Limanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Limanowa.

Neagoe Romanian
Derived from the given name Neagoe.

Tanatov m Kazakh
Means "son of Tanat".

Haberfeld German
Means "oat field". From the words habaro "oat" and feld "field

Abdennour Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abd an-Nur.

Consalvo Italian
From the given name Consalvo.

Edmonton English (Canadian)

Kütük Turkish
Means "tree log, stump" in Turkish.

Pyndt Danish (Rare)
Variant of Pynt.

Mitton English (Modern)

Tourgeman Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Tordjman.

Gables English

Jaffer Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jafar.

Sakawa Japanese

Rarung Minahasan

Krievs Latvian
Means "Russian (person)".

Tsuchiya Japanese
From Japanese 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth, soil, ground" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Gullotti Italian

Harvel English

Bink English
Topographic name for someone living by a bink, a northern dialect term for a flat raised bank of earth or a shelf of flat stone suitable for sitting on. The word is a northern form of modern English bench.

Cegama Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zegama.

Ó Muimhneacháin Irish
It literally mean’s "Munsterman’s descendant".

Gesshel Jewish
Possibly derived from Heshel, a Yiddish diminutive of the given name Yehoshua... [more]

Grewe German, Low German
Low German form of Graf via Middle Low German grave / greve.

Sakota Japanese
From Japanese 迫 (sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Qələndərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Qələndərov.

Kayratov m Kazakh
Means "son of Kairat".

Kosaka Japanese
From 香 (kou) meaning "fragrance" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope."

Waghmare Indian, Marathi
Means "tiger killer" from Marathi वाघ (vagh) meaning "tiger" and मारणे (marne) meaning "to kill".

Roisum Norwegian
Habitational name from the farmstead in Sogn named Røysum, from the dative plural of Old Norse reysi ‘heap of stones’.

Priest English
Derived from the occupation priest, which is a minister of a church. It could also be a nickname for a person who is / was a priest.

Chodak Polish
Chodak is a Polish surname, likely derived from "chodak", meaning a wooden shoe or clog

Tootmorsel Popular Culture
The surname used by the character Harry "Ocho" Tootmorsel in the animated series "The Amazing World of Gumball".... [more]

Zlatkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Zlatko".

Bardeny Catalan

Yasukochi Japanese

Litvinchuk Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from Russian литвин (litvin) historically denoting a Lithuanian or Belarusian person.

Gangemi Sicilian, Italian
Arab origin meaning healer

Urriola Spanish
Variant of Arriola.

Samarawickrama Sinhalese
Means "conqueror of battles" from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "valour, power, strength".

Chaimongkol Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ชัยมงคล or ไชยมงคล (see Chaimongkhon).

Kurabe Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Zajmi Albanian

Mckim Scottish
Means "son of Simon 1."

Trab Danish (Rare)

Colman English
Variant of Coleman

Kontakos Greek

Verrell English

Bilaal Somali

Kudaibergenov Kazakh
Means "son of Kudaibergen".