Browse Submitted Surnames

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Amici Italian
From the given name Amico.
Scudamore Anglo-Norman
A locational surname that was first recorded in England in 1264. Derived from one of the ancient villages of Fifield Scudamore or Upton Scudamore, with Scudamore coming from the Old English scitemor, which means "one who lived at the moor."
Edward English
From the given name Edward
Jõeleht Estonian
Jõeleht is an Estonian surname meaning "river foliage".
Ardehi Persian, Kurdish, Old Persian
House Ardehis of Zagors or Ardahvans (Persian: اردهیان) were one of the Persian Sassanid royal families, who occupied the Mounts of Zagros before the Islamic conquest of Persia in 650 CE. Ardahvans in Shahnameh and Persian mythology are mentioned to be the first settlers of Zagros mountains, and the constructors of Forts Of Zagros.
Catregn Romansh
Derived from the given name Catregna.
Nequiz Nahuatl
Possibly derived from the Nahuatl word 'Nequiztli' meaning "desirable" which most likely stems from 'Nequi' or "to want/desire."
Oksanen Finnish
Derived from Finnish oksa "branch".
Wolfson English
Means "son of Wolf" in English.
Bourassa Indian
Seems to be an Indian name. I am in touch with a relative whose family were Pottawatomi Indians in Oklahoma. This name comes from that reservation.
Herzl German, Jewish
Variant of Hertz. It was notably borne by the Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, writer and political activist Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), who is considered the founder of the modern Zionist movement.
Aybar Basque (Hispanicized)
Aybar Name Meaning. Spanish (of Basque origin): habitational name, in most cases probably from Aibar in Navarre, but in some cases perhaps a variant of Eibar, the name of a place in Gipuzkoa. The place names are from Basque ai 'side', 'slope' + ibar 'flood plain', 'valley'.
Ojaperv Estonian
Ojaperv is an Estonian surname meaning "stream bank".
Giovanoli Romansh, Italian (Swiss)
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Giovannes.
Riel French
French variant of Riehl. Most notable bearer is Canadian Métis political leader Louis Riel, best known for his Red River Rebellion.
Maffini Italian
Possibly derived from the given name Maffeo.
Akutsu Japanese
From Japanese 阿 (a) meaning "ridge, eaves, corner", 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour".
Asuküla Estonian
Asuküla is an Estonian surname meaning "populated village".
Leusink Medieval Dutch
Descendants from farmers from the Overijssel Province in the Netherlands. History can be traced to the middle ages, perhaps to a farm called Lossyng in the village of Neede.
Üljes Estonian
Üljes is an Estonian surname derived from "hüljes" meaning "seal".
Shan Gujarati, Hindi
A Gujarati and Hindi surname with an unknown meaning.
Pelle German
From Middle Low German pelle "precious purple silk cloth", presumably an occupational name for a maker or seller of such cloth or for a maker of official and church vestments.
Billy English
Derived from the given name Bill.
Amistadi Italian
From the Old Italian word amistade meaning "friendship", possibly given as a nickname, or taken from a personal name.
Gereña Basque
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from the archaic Basque element ger meaning "stone, crag" or "mill" (compare Gernika).
Jump English
Perhaps from the English word jump. A notable namesake was American scientist Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941).
Juhasov Slovak
Hungarian (Juhász): occupational name for a shepherd from juh 'sheep' + the occupational suffix -ász.
Tsukijishin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 築地新 (Tsukijishin) meaning "Tsukijishin", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Shahi Persian, Punjabi, Urdu
Derived from Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king".
Hiddleston English, Scottish
Habitational name from a place called Huddleston in Yorkshire, England. The place name was derived from the Old English personal name HUDEL.
Appel German, Dutch, Jewish, Yiddish
From Low German Appel, Middle Dutch appel, or Yiddish epl "apple", an occupational name for a grower or seller of the fruit. As a Jewish surname, it is generally ornamental rather than occupational.
Wickramanayake Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Robotnik Slovak
The masculine form of "labourer" or "worker". Most famously used for Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Həsənli Azerbaijani
From the given name Həsən and the Turkic suffix -li which forms adjectives from nouns.
Beilschmidt German
means "Axe Smith" in german
Vanduren Dutch
Means "from Deurne" or "from Düren"; compare Van Doorn.
Hidayat Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hidayat.
Van Haitsma Dutch
Habitational name for someone from Haitsma, a place in Friesland.
Sareen Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सरीन or Punjabi Gurmukhi ਸਰੀਨ (see Sarin).
Mansourzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mansour".
Meikäläinen Finnish
Meaning "our" in Finnish.
Lind Yiddish
Variant of Linde.
Vəzirov Azerbaijani
Means "son of the vizier", from the Arabic title وَزِير (wazīr) denoting a minister or high-ranking official in an Islamic government.
Basel German
Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Basel, Switzerland.
Aisha Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aisha.
Daidouji Japanese
From 大 (dai, tai, o) meaning "big, large, great", combined with 道 (michi, do) meaning "road, way, trail, path", and 寺 (ji, tera) meaning "temple".
Colasanti Italian
Derived from the name "Nicola or Nicholas".
Marno Northern Irish (?)
My great grandmother's maiden name, born in Belfast, Ireland and lived in Ayr, Scotland
Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.
Erni German (Swiss)
Derived from a short form of the given name Arnold.
Mathis German, German (Swiss), Flemish, Alsatian, English
Derived from the given name Matthias.
Perham English
A variation of the English name Parham, based on the village of Parham (one in county Suffolk, another in county Sussex). From the Old English peru, meaning "pear" (the fruit), and ham, meaning "homestead".
Spiek Dutch
Possibly a variant of Spijk.
de la Pole Medieval English, Anglo-Norman, Cambro-Norman
Meaning "from the pool", from Norman de la Pole. This name was typically given to families who lived near lakes or similar bodies of water.... [more]
Wacker German
From a nickname for a bold or energetic person, from Middle High German wacker meaning ‘fresh’, ‘lively’, ‘brave’, or ‘valiant’.
Haskell English
From the Norman personal name Aschetil.
Ó Síoráin Irish
Means "descendant of Síoráin"
Aboah Akan
Meaning unknown.
Quaid Irish
Reduced form of Mcquaid.
Tlatilpa Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from a given name.
Cañusa Filipino (Hispanicized, Modern, Archaic)
Cañusa is the only variant of the family name of Cañusa. Used by the descendants of Ortillo Cañosa and Eulalia Cañosa in Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
More Indian, Marathi
Derived from Marathi मोर (mor) meaning "peacock", ultimately from Sanskrit मयूर (mayura).
Truaisch Romansh
Derived from Romansh torbaces "granary; larder".
Ramezanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian رمضانپور (see Ramezanpour).
Fetz Romansh
Derived from a short form of the given name Bonifatius.
Lourenço Portuguese
From the given name Lourenço.
Lesk Estonian
Lesk is an Estonian surname meaning "widow" and "widower".
Ronald English
Derived from the given name Ronald.
Paltrowicz Polish, Jewish
Derived from Palter, a variant of the Yiddish given name Paltiel.
Marhanatelevocic Obscure
My Father And Mother Combined Their Last Name. My Mother's Was Marhana And My Dad's Was Televocic.
Anselm German
From the given name Anselm.
Khanov Turkmen, Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Khan".
Rozenko Ukrainian
From dialectal Ukrainian роза (roza), meaning "rose".
Amys English
From the given name Amis. Compare with Ames. An early example using this spelling is Robert Amys of Cambridgeshire, England in 1273.
Semenenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Semen".
Aomatsu Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and matsu means "pine".
Suutari Finnish
Means "shoemaker, cobbler" in Finnish.
Oyelowo English (African, Rare)
surname born by British actor David Oyelowo (1976-)
Malefeijt Dutch
A variant spelling of Malefeyt. This is also actually an archaic spelling (as the sound written as -eijt will be always be written as -eit or -ijt in modern times), but it has (barely) managed to survive into modern times... [more]
Grzybalski Polish
From Grzybała with suffix -ski based on habitational names.
Alder English
Originally denoted for someone who lived by alder trees, from Old English alor.
Shō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu).
Galbraith Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
Ethnic name for someone descended from a tribe of Britons living in Scotland, from Gaelic gall ‘stranger’ + Breathnach ‘Briton’ (i.e. ‘British foreigner’). These were either survivors of the British peoples who lived in Scotland before the Gaelic invasions from Ireland in the 5th century (in particular the Welsh-speaking Strathclyde Britons, who survived as a distinctive ethnic group until about the 14th century), or others who had perhaps migrated northwestwards at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions.
Panteleev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Пантелеев (see Panteleyev).
Guy English, French
From a French form of the Germanic personal name Wido, which is of uncertain origin. This name was popular among the Normans in the forms Wi, Why as well as in the rest of France in the form Guy.
Fattah Arabic
Derived from the given name Fattah.
Wowereit German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German (and thus heavily Lithuanian influenced) name meaning "squirrel", from Old Prussian wowere and Lithuanian voveraite (which, apart from "squirrel", also means "chanterelle").... [more]
Di Stasio Italian
Means "son of Stasio", Stasio being a short form of Anastasio.
Pınar Turkish
Means "spring, fountain" in Turkish.
Szydło Polish
Means "awl" in Polish, used as an occupational name for a cobbler.
Hirami Japanese
From 平 (hira) meaning "peace, flat, even" and 見 (mi) meaning "see, view, perspective, outlook".
Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.
Dalbert Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the given name Albert.
Kasemaa Estonian
Kasemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "birch land".
Keiper German
Similar to the origins of Kuiper (Dutch) and Cooper (English), Keiper was an occupation which means "cooper" or "barrelmaker".
Nock Celtic, English
Dweller at the oak tree; originally spelt as "Noake" evolved into "Nock".
Əkbərov m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani variant of Akbarov.
Rohtla Estonian
Rohtla is an Estonian surname meaning "veld", "prairie" and "steppe".
Steyn Afrikaans
Derived from Old Dutch stēn "stone" referring ot a (bowl) stone or a weapon made of stone or rock.
Hudspeth English
English (northeastern counties): unexplained. Compare Hedgepeth.
Fanning Irish
The roots of the name are unclear. It seems the name is Native Irish Gaelic. It is thought to be derived from the Gaelic name Ó Fionnáin which means "fair".
Nabi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Nabi.
Koseki Japanese
Ko means "small" and seki means "frontier pass".
Mackie Scottish (Anglicized)
Mackie is a name that comes from the Gaelic name Mac Aodha which means "son of Aodh". Aodh is a given name meaning "fire"... [more]
Rick English
1 English: variant of Rich 2.... [more]
Täheväli Estonian
Täheväli is an Estonian surname meaning "star field".
Dudkin Russian
Derived from Russian дудка (dudka) meaning "fife, pipe", referring to a folk instrument played by shepherds. Thus, it was used to denote someone who made pipes or a shepherd who played pipes.
Szyślak Polish
Derived from East Slavic word šišlat "do slowly".
Heinapuu Estonian
Heinapuu is an Estonian surname meaning "hay wood".
Suurkask Estonian
Suurkask is an Estonian surname meaning "large/big birch".
Orzechowski Polish
Polish from Orzech meaning "hazelnut", someone who is living by a hazelnut tree or a nickname for someone with light brown hair.
Soroka Ukrainian, Jewish
From the nickname Soroka meaning "magpie", which indicates a thievish person or a person with a white streak of hair among black hair.
Laplander English
A surname referring to someone who had immigrated from Lapland, northern Scandinavia.
Glad Swedish
Swedish soldier name meaning "happy". ... [more]
Voronkova f Russian
Feminine form of Voronkov.
Gerbov m Russian
From Russian герб (gerb), meaning "coat of arms".
Treacher English
From a medieval nickname for a tricky or deceptive person (from Old French tricheor "trickster, cheat").
Riach Scottish
Variant Of Reach.
Wijewickrama Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय​ (vijaya) meaning "victory" and विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour".
Schutz German
Occupational surname for an archer or a watchman, from Middle High German schützen "to guard, protect". Also a habitational name from Schutz, a place near Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sutterfield English
Possibly derives from the Old English word ''sutere'', and the Latin word ''sutor'', meaning a shoemaker.
Hänner German
Pet form of Heinrich.
Foresta Italian
Italian cognate of Forest, a derivative of Late Latin forestis "forest".
Kolos Hungarian
From the given name Kolos.
Sigþórsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Sigþór" in Icelandic.
Knuth German
From the given name Knut.
Ngeoncharoen Thai
Thaification of the Chinese surname Wu.
Kowalczuk Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Ukrainian Kovalchuk, which is used by Ukrainians in Poland.
Vanker Estonian
Vanker is an Estonian surname meaning "carriage".
Jänicke German
From a pet form of the personal name Johann.
Phimmasone Lao
From Lao ພິມ (phim) meaning "law, custom, form" and ສອນ (sone) meaning "arrow, weapon".
Sasano Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plains, wilderness".
Macapagal Pampangan
From Kapampangan makapagal meaning "tiring, exhausting". A notable bearer is Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947-), who served as the 14th president of the Philippines.
Kizewski Polish
Polish, variant of Kiszewski a habitational name for someone from Stara Kiszewa (formerly Kiszewa) in Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Polyanski Russian
Meaning "From Fields".
Straughan English
Northern English (Northumbria and the Northeast) variant of Scottish Strachan.
Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Ige Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藝 or 芸 (ge) meaning "technique".
Lucius German, Dutch
From the personal name Lucius.
Tonnelier French
Means "cooper" in French, from Middle French tonnel "barrel".
Anrep Russian
Derived from surname von Anrep
Mayuzumi Japanese
From 黛 (mayuzumi) meaning "eyebrow pencil".
Weetman English
Older form of Waitman.
Centofanti Italian
Means "a hundred soldiers on foot" in Italian, derived from Italian cento meaning "(a) hundred" and Italian fanti, which is the plural form of fante meaning "soldier, infantryman"... [more]
Babao Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano babaw meaning "top, above, over".
Savard French
Either from Old French savart meaning "wasteland" or the Germanic elements sab of uncertain meaning and hard meaning "brave, hardy".
Rodionov Russian
Means "son of Rodion".
Acquaviva Italian
From an Italian place name meaning "running water, spring", literally "living water".
Raouf Arabic
From the given name Raouf.
Kaz Jewish
Variant of Katz.
Lira Galician
Habitational name for someone who lives in a parish called Lira, in Salvatierra, division of Puenteareas.
Glavnyy m Russian
Means "main". Given as a nickname to a leader or chief, probably of a village.
Dowdell English
Habitational name from a lost Ovedale or Uvedale which gave rise to the 14th-century surname de Uvedale alias de Ovedale connected with the manor of D'Ovesdale in Litlington, Cambridgeshire, first recorded as “manor of Overdale, otherwise Dowdale” in 1408... [more]
Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk, eagle, falcon", 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]
Sajjadi Persian
From the given name Sajjad.
Mcgivern Northern Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Uidhrín, a patronymic from a personal name which is from a diminutive of odhar 'dun'. This surname is also found in Galloway in Scotland, where it is of Irish origin.
Scurry Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Scoireadh, meaning ‘descendant of Scoireadh’.
Chittsawangdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิตต์สว่างดี (see Chitsawangdi).
Liebmann Yiddish
a variant of Liebermann originally a Medieval Jewish name... [more]
Ushisawa Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox, 2nd sign of the Chinese zodiac" and 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".
Herrick Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEirc "descendant of Erc", a byname meaning "speckled, spotted".
Kunio Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and o means "tail".
Fawad Urdu
Derived from the given name Fawad.
Hilder English
English (mainly Sussex and Kent): topographic name from the Middle English hilder “dweller on a slope” (from Old English hylde “slope”).
Mulchandani Hindi
Means “descendant of Mulchand”.
Mcaskie Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ascaidh, a patronymic from a diminutive of an Old Norse name, possibly Ascall or Ásketill.
Szynkiewicz Polish, Tatar, Lipka Tatar
Patronymic derived from Szynko, a diminutive of Simon.
Ba Manding
From the Mandinka word ba(a) meaning "big, great".
Marciszewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Marcisze or Marciszów.
Bolsonaro Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Bolzonaro; in the case of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (1955-), his Italian paternal great-grandfather had the spelling changed from Bolzonaro upon emigrating to Brazil in the late 19th century.
Matzeu Italian
Variant of Mazzeo.
Behn German
From the German male personal name Behn, a shortened form of Bernhard. A famous bearer was the English novelist and dramatist Aphra Behn (1640-1689).
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]
Gowan Irish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gobhann ‘descendant of the smith’.
Suranga Sinhalese
From the given name Suranga.
Jacobsmeyer German
Habitational name from an estate so named.
Eggert German, Jewish
Derived from the Proto-Germanic root agi meaning "edge".
Henker German
Occupational name for an Executioner, from the German word "Henker" meaning Hangman.
Hadžimuhamedović Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage", combined with the Bosnian given name Muhamed and the patronymic element -ić.
Bardwell English
From the name of a town in Suffolk, derived from the Old English byname Bearda (derived from beard "beard") or brerd "rim, edge, bank" and wille "well, spring, stream".
Khorinyak Russian
Uncertain meaning.
Jayamanne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and मान (mana) meaning "respect, honour, pride".
Kurylo Ukrainian
From the personal name Kurýlo, a Ukrainian form of the ancient Slavic name Kiril, from Greek Kyrillos, a derivative of kyrios "Lord"... [more]
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