Browse Submitted Surnames

Sercombe English
Derived from Sharracombe, a former settlement in Devon, England, derived from Old English cumb "valley, hollow" and an uncertain first element – possibly scir "shire, district" or the related scīrgerēfa "sheriff".

Frans Dutch, Flemish
From the given name Frans.

Enomoto Japanese
From Japanese 榎 (enoki) meaning "hackberry, nettle tree" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Gamino Italian

Vrbanić Croatian
Derived from vrba meaning ''willow''.

Tsushima Japanese

Kõrts Estonian
Kõrts is an Estonian surname meaning "pub" or "inn".

Hinagpis Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)
Means "anguish" in Tagalog.

Marku Albanian
Derived from the given name Mark.

Torkildsen Norwegian
Variant of Thorkildsen

Leandri French

Pettiway English

Gobel Gorontalo

Peretti Italian
Patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Pero.

Sénécal French
status name for a seneschal an official in a large household who was responsible for overseeing day-to-day domestic arrangements from Old French seneschal (of ancient Germanic origin composed of the elements sini "old" and scalc "servant")... [more]

Sisson English
metronymic from the medieval female personal name Siss, Ciss, short for Sisley, Cecilie, or possibly from a pet form of Sisley (with the old French diminutive suffix -on). variant of Sessions.

Kulasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කුලසූරිය (see Kulasuriya).

Adore African

Breyette English (American)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. First found in the United States around 1880. Self-taught artist Michael Breyette is a bearer of this surname

Cananzi Italian

Moujtaba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujtaba).

Serikzhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Serikzhan".

Seay Scottish, Irish
Of uncertain origin and meaning.

Dimacuha Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unobtainable" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and makuha meaning "to obtain, to get".

Frisbie English
Variant of Frisby.

Sokha Khmer, Cham

Appelkvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish apel or äpple both meaning "apple" and kvist "branch, twig".

Dieu French

Siskov m Russian

Hatzigeorgiou Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Χατζηγεωργίου (see Chatzigeorgiou).

Po Italian
Derived from Po the longest river in Italy (651,8 km). It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps across the regions: Piemonte, Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto... [more]

Pritchett Medieval English (Rare)

Himegawa Japanese
Variant of Himekawa.

Goridze Georgian
Denotes to a person from the Georgian city of Gori.

Arabian Armenian
Patronymic from the ethnic term arab ‘Arab’.

Mitrov Russian
Means "son of Mitro".

Keerd Estonian
Keerd is an Estonian surname meaning "winding", "turn" and "spin".

Hartnell English
From a location in Marwood, Devon, derived from Old English heort "stag" + cnoll "hill".

Avrorin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Avrora.

Amanomiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨ノ宮 or 雨之宮 (see Amenomiya).

Gaínza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Gaintza.

Ben Ari Hebrew
Means "son of Ari 1" in Hebrew.

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

Qin Chinese
From Chinese 秦 (qín) referring to the ancient state of Qin, which existed from 221 BC to 206 BC in what is now the Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.

Pandey Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit पण्डित (pandita) meaning "scholar, teacher".

Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".

Malchuck Ukrainian (Anglicized)
Anglicised variant of Malchuk.

Wofford English (Anglicized, Modern)
Wof=wolf... [more]

Azoulay Judeo-Spanish
Meaning uncertain. It may derived from Spanish azul or French azur meaning "blue" (both ultimately derived from Persian via Arabic), possibly used as a nickname for someone with blue eyes or an occupational name for a maker of blue ceramic ware... [more]

Manabilang Filipino, Maranao
Means "disrupter, uprooter" in Maranao.

Waidell English

Horiuchi Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Wake Japanese

Menalo Croatian, Bosnian

Lukina Russian, Croatian, Belarusian

Pirzada Urdu
Urdu variant of Pirzadeh.

Atayan Armenian

Battye English (British)
A surname common in parts of Yorkshire. Meaning unknown.

Millen English

Saxen Finnish (Rare)

Lahaie French
Locational name for someone who lived near a hedge or large bush, from old French "La" the and "Haie" hedge.

Mytsyk Ukrainian

Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Yörük Turkish
Means "nomad, walker" in Turkish.

Zviadadze Georgian
Means "son of Zviad".

Bemoras English (American)

Lysyak Rusyn, Ukrainian
Rusyn form and Ukrainian variant of Lysyuk.

Fortuni Italian
Italian variant of Fortuna.

Leonenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Leonid.

Dolić Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Turkish
Patronymic from Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian delija, an occupational name for a cavalryman of the Ottoman Turkish army and also a nickname for a hero, from Turkish deli meaning "mad, brave".

Hrisomállis Greek

Coade English (Anglicized, Rare)

Heydarpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حیدرپور (see Heydarpour).

Wertz German
From a pet form of the personal name Werner.

Almoroto Filipino
Possibly derived from almus, which means "nurturing", and toto, which means "all over", from Latin during Spanish colonization and rule in the Philippines. Almoroto could mean "nurturing all over."... [more]

Raymundo Spanish
From the given name Raymundo.

Toto Malagasy

Danner German

Alnajjar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic النجار (see Al-najjar).

Avenida Spanish (Latin American)
The name translates to English, meaning "avenue."

Slack English
Means "small valley, shallow dell", derived from Old Norse slakki "a slope", a topographic name for someone who lived by such a landform, or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.

Edging English
Variant of Edge.

Sankaranarayanan Hindi

Østhagen Norwegian
An uncommon Norwegian surname of uncertain origin. It is most likely a locational name, derived from Norwegian øst, 'east' and hagen, 'enclosure'. ... [more]

Greiner German

Camo Filipino

Thain Scots, English
Occupational surname meaning a nobleman who served as an attendant to royals or who was awarded land by a king.

Hadar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Hadar, means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

Lebovits Yiddish
Variant of Leibowitz.

Andrin French
From the given name André.

Kochadze Georgian

Baccio Italian
From the given name Baccio.

Terakgi Ottoman Turkish, Turkish (Anglicized, Rare), Arabic
Now mainly used as an arabic surname, mainly in Syria or lebanon. This last name possibliy comes from "Tarak Yapımcısı" which means combmaker. This surname can be spelt as "Terakgi" if a arab or a turkish person were to move to an english speaking nation.

Wettlaufer German
Variant of Wettläufer.

Durden English
A different form of Dearden. A fictional bearer is Tyler Durden, a character from Chuck Palahniuk's 'Fight Club' (1996) and its subsequent film adaptation (1999).

Pukspuu Estonian
Pukspuu is an Estonian surname meaning "boxwood" (Buxus).

Haita Japanese

Kozyrev Russian
From Russian козырь (kozyr) meaning "high standing collar" or "canopy" or "head of a sleigh".

Benesh Yiddish
From the given name Benesh, a Yiddish diminutive of Benedict.

Cammon Scottish, Irish
Reduced form of Mccammon.

Kobrinsky Belarusian
Refers to a city named "Kobryn" in Belarus.

Abandando Popular Culture
Probably from Italian. This is the last name of the character Donna Abandando from the American animated sitcom 'NYPD Blue'.

Arduino Italian
From the given name Arduino.

Pinoke Indonesian

Clough English (British)
The distinguished surname Clough is of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin. It is derived from the Old English "cloh," meaning "ravine" or "steep-sided valley," and was first used to refer to a "dweller in the hollow."

McCarrey Irish
Variant of Carey.

Jibril Arabic
From the given name Jibril.

Grella Italian

Ao Estonian
Ao is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "lao", meaning "warehouse".

La Marca Italian, Aragonese, Catalan
Means "the borderland, the frontier", derived from Old Germanic markō via Latin marca "border, boundary, march".

Daunis French

Ismat Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name 'Ismat.

Al-Shami Arabic
Means "the Levantine" or "the Syrian", derived from Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy) meaning "Levantine, Syrian, Damascene".

Kilgour Scottish

Artico Italian, French
Nickname from the adjective antico ‘ancient’.

Serbest Turkish
Means "free, unconstrained" in Turkish.

Schwertner German
Either a habitational name for someone from Schwerta in Silesia or an occupational name for a sword maker.

Yokosawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Banzon Filipino
From Hokkien 萬 (bān) meaning "ten thousand, innumerable" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".

Wakida Japanese
Waki means "side" and da means "rice paddy, field".

Lysheha Ukrainian

Tyllykintsev m Yakut, Russian
Means "from Tyllyky".

Alimsultanov m Chechen
Means "son of Alimsultan"

Horyakin Ukrainian (Germanized)

Slonim Jewish
Habitational name from Slonim, a city in Belarus.

Talvik Estonian
Talvik is an Estonian surname meaning "winter" (from "talv", also a surname).

Castaignède French
Stéphane Castaignède is a French rugby player and coach.... [more]

Cologne French
Habitational name from a place in France called Cologne.

Asher English
Name for someone who dwelled by an ash tree, from Middle English asche or asshe meaning "ash tree".

Felices South American

Take Japanese

Rue French
The name Rue dates back to the days of Medieval France, in the region of Normandy. It is derived from their residence in Normandy. However, the name Ruell is derived from the Old French word ruelle, meaning lane or alley, and indicates that the original bearer lived in such a place... [more]

Beksultanova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Beksultanov.

Spinatsch Romansh

Posi Italian

Campilan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano kampilan referring to a type of sword.

Soohoo Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Situ.

Stivak English

Akaike Japanese (Rare)
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 池 (ike) means "pool, pond".

Sirćo Bosnian

Sophie Central African

Thanas Albanian

Mandzhiev m Kalmyk (Russified)
Means "son of Mandzhi".

Okusaki Japanese

Mamadou Western African
From the given name Mamadou.

Mooring Low German (Modern)
habitational name from möringen or möhringen of northern germany.

Teng Chinese
Alternate transcription of Deng as well as the Hokkien and Teochew romanization of the name.

Bacaraman Filipino, Maranao

Härjapea Estonian
Härjapea is an Estonian surname literally meaning "ox head", but derived from a colloquial name for "clover".

Turnbow English, German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Dürnbach, from a habitational name from any of several places so named or from places in Austria and Bavaria named Dürrenbach (meaning "dry stream").

Baillie Scottish

Tungwenuk Yupik

Barbera Italian
Feminine form of Barbero, perhaps denoting a barber’s wife. Alternatively, it could derive from the name of a kind of grape from the Piemonte region.

Brunswick English, German
English habitational name from the city in Saxony now known in German as Braunschweig. ... [more]

Sesar Croatian

Knefac Slovak (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Uncommon surname from Burgenland, easternmost Austria.

O'day Irish
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O’Dea).

Ibáñes Spanish
variant of Ibáñez

Nabatame Japanese
From 生 meaning "to live, raw", 天 meaning "heaven, sky", and 目 meaning "eyes".

Zubak Croatian

Og Danish

Brookes English
Variant of Brooks

Mohiuddin Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Mohiuddin.

Frantz German
Name given to a free man.

Jeknić Montenegrin
Derived from jekanje (јекање), meaning "moaning, crying".

Darwich Arabic
Variant transcription of Darwish.

Saegusa Japanese
Variant of Saekusa.

Coşkun Turkish
From the given name Coşkun.

Rizvanov m Azerbaijani, Tatar
Means "son of Rizvan".

Mendler German
Occupational name for a maker of coats from an agent derivative of Middle High German mantel, mandel, mendel "coat".

Pettis English
From the possessive or plural form of Middle English pytte, pitte ‘pit’, ‘hollow’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a pit, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Pett in East Sussex.

Ó Smolláin Irish
Variant of Ó Spealáin

Fuyuno Japanese
Fuyu means "winter" and no means "plain, wilderness, field".

Zelynskyy m Ukrainian
Variant of Zelenskyy.

Eisner German, Jewish
Occupational name for an ironworker, smith, or ironmonger, from an agent derivative of Middle High German īsen and German Eisen, meaning ‘iron’ (see Eisen).

Blaine Scottish
Derived from the given name Bláán.

Yonover English (British)
The surname Yonover was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.

Brackins English (American)

Ashita Japanese
Variant of Ashida.

Hosodaki Japanese (Rare)
Hoso (細) means "fine/thin", Daki (滝) means "waterfall". Daki is a variant of Taki and it changed the T to D due to rendaku. See also Hosotaki

Amangeldiev m Kazakh
Means "son of Amangeldi".

Pilkati Albanian

Korbel German
Diminutive of Korb "basket".

Zaydan Arabic
Derived from the given name Zaydan.

Ben Shushan Hebrew
Means "son of the lily" in Hebrew.

Abelson English
Means "son of Abel".

Õis Estonian
Õis is an Estonian surname meaning "flower" and "blossom".

Dellino English
A made up name used for roleplay.

Hanae Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan transcription of the Arabic name Hana 1 or Hanaa.

Waycaster English
The surname Waycaster is German in origin. It means "roll-eater," and was likely derived from a derisive nickname on a baker.

Köppel German (Silesian)
Derived from Silesian German Köppel "head" (ulitmately derived from Low German Kopp), this name was a nickname for someone with a visible deformity or peculiarity of the head.

Audulv Swedish (Rare)

Schaffter German
An occupational name for a shaft maker or maker of tools and weapons, from Middle Low German schaft "shaft, spear, lance."

Terezi African

Blamble English (Modern)

Ocampo Spanish, Galician
From the Galician toponym O Campo meaning "the field", also used as a habitational name from a town of the same name in Lugo, Galicia.

Bakugo Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 爆 (baku) meaning "bomb" and 豪 (go, gō, gou) meaning "powerful"... [more]

Goetz German
Originally a hypocorism of the given name Gottfried. Variants include the surnames Getz, Götz and the given name Götz.

Sriboonrueng Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).

Andrianne Belgian

Viciedo Spanish (Rare)

Joll Estonian
Joll is an Estonian surname meaning "dinghy (boat)".

Rigotti Italian

Dujmović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Dujam".

Lien Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 连 (see Lian).

Elkington English
According to Wikipedia Elkington is a deserted medieval village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire in England. The villages name means "Elta's hill" or perhaps, less likely, "swan hill".... [more]

Costin Romanian

Crytes German (Americanized), Dutch
It may be an Americanized or altered spelling of a German surname, such as Kreutz, Kreitz, or Kritz, all of which are based on the root kreuz meaning "cross" in German... [more]

Shrivastav Indian, Hindi
Short form of Sanskrit श्रीवास्तव्य (shrivastavya) meaning "abode of wealth", itself from श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty, wealth, prosperity" and वास्तव्य (vastavya) meaning "residence, abode, dwelling, inhabiting".

Masunaga Japanese

Dar Kashmiri, Pakistani, Indian
Variant of Dhar used by Kashmiris in Pakistan.

Comish Manx
Manx: from Gaelic Mac Thómais ‘son of Thomas’. The main seat of the family in the Isle of Man was Ballacomish ‘Comish's (or Thomas's) farm’ (Arbory, IoM).

Nater German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German nâtaere "tailor; furrier".

Maffei Romansh, Italian (Swiss), Italian
Patronymic form of Maffeo.

Gai Jewish
From the given name Gai.

Razzaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Razzaq.

Dəmirov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Dəmir".

Suai Japanese

Roseta Portuguese

Abbaspoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian عباس‌پور (see Abbaspour).

Swart Afrikaans
Means "black" in Afrikaans

Kutzler German
This is the surname of my great-grandfather, of German ancestry.

Uhl German
Uhl begins in the German province of Bavaria. Uhl is a nickname surname, a class of German names derived from eke-names, or added names, that described people by a personal characteristic or other attribute... [more]

Shehan Sinhalese, Dhivehi, Tamil
From the given name Shehan.

Alanie Filipino

Bette French

Latupeirissa Moluccan

Boots English
Variant of Boot.

Ramaswami Tamil
Alternate transcription of Tamil ராமசாமி (see Ramasamy).

Naiza Spanish (Latin American)

Ábel Hungarian, Slovak
From the given name Ábel.

Sagisu Japanese

Kaynak Turkish
Means "source" in Turkish.

Naimova f Uzbek

Schu German

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above, as well as others that aren't on this entry.... [more]

Mosiychuk Ukrainian

Francome English (British)

Mosaddegh Persian
Nickname derived from Persian مصدق (mosaddeğ) meaning "approved, reliable, certified, attested, verified", ultimately from Arabic مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq). It was borne by the politician, author and lawyer Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882-1967), who was Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until his democratic government was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953.

Ujiie Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".

Tus Croatian

Sadamoto Japanese

Sanchaz Spanish (Caribbean)

Kobai Japanese

Lindbergh Swedish (Rare), English (Rare)
Rare variant spelling of Lindberg. A famous bearer was American aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) who was the first person to fly non-stop from America to mainland Europe in 1927.

Yuryevich Russian
Means "son of Yuriy".

Shipman English
Occupational name for a shepherd, derived from Middle English schep "sheep" and mann.

Bloem Dutch
Means "flower, bloom" or "flour (of wheat, corn)" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for a pretty or cheerful person, a metonymic occupational name for a florist, gardener, baker or miller, or a habitational name for a person who lived near flowers or a sign depicting them... [more]

Harada Japanese
From Japanese 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Robards English
Altered form of Roberts. A famous bearer was American actor Jason Robards (1922-2000), as well as his father Jason Robards Sr. (1892-1963) and son Sam Robards (1961-), also noted actors.

Agtutubo Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to grow robustly" or "youth" in Ilocano.

Ausländer German, Jewish
Means "foreigner" in German, from Middle High German uzlender, denoting a person new to a district or a farmer who cultivated land outside a community's bounds.

Frankham English, Anglo-Norman
Status name from Old French franc, fraunc "free" and homme "man", equivalent to Freeman.

Ros Dutch
Could be an occupational name for a horse breeder or trader derived from Middle Dutch ros "horse, steed" (see hros), or a nickname for someone with red hair or ruddy skin derived from Dutch ros "reddish; red-haired, ginger".

Cigos Czech

Carcani Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Lon Khmer
Means "superb, magnificent" in Khmer.

Hasawa Japanese
Ha means "feather, plume" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Antufyev m Russian

Chino Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kiivit Estonian
Kiivit is an Estonian surname meaning "peewit/lapwing" (bird species: "Vanellus vanellus").

Megrelishvili Georgian
Means "son of the Mingrelian", derived from Georgian მეგრელი (megreli) meaning "Mingrelian".

Kotono Japanese

Tu'ikolovatu Tongan

Theobold English
Variant spelling of Theobald

Krestovozdvizhensky Russian (Rare)

Gorodetskiy m Russian
From Russian город (gorod), meaning "city, town".

Binoth German

Aperahama Maori

Dou Chinese
From Chinese 窦 (dòu) meaning "hole, burrow".

Gieselman German
Variant spelling of Geiselman.

Juvenal Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese, English (American)
From the given name Juvenal.

Busse German, English
German: variant of Buss. ... [more]

Jandin Romansh

Andrijević Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Andrija".

Morisumi Japanese

Teymurov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Teymur".

Fok Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Huo.

Hockstetter German
Variant of Hostetler.

Sheshenya Ukrainian

Hum Khmer

Akhundzadeh Persian
Means "born/offspring of Akhund", from Akhund and Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "born, offspring".

San Gabriel Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Gabriel" in Spanish.

Korchev m Russian

Nikbakht Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and بخت (bakht) meaning "fortune, happiness".

De Marni Italian
From Italy, most likely Northern Italy. One theory is that De Marni or a similar sounding name was the name of an orphanage, but it's origin is unknown.

Działyński Polish
This indicates familial origin within Działyń, Gmina Zbójno.

Siee Low German

Baquedano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bakedano.

Rugamas Spanish, Central American

Logothetis Greek

Carrier English
An occupational name meaning someone who transports goods.

Kol Ukrainian (Germanized)

Parlev Bulgarian

Cassatti Italian
Variant of Cassati.

Dontis Greek

Ghosh Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit घोष (ghosha) meaning "milkman" or "cowherd", ultimately from गो (go) meaning "cow".

Hannachi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.

Väärtnõu Estonian
Väärtnõu is an Estonian surname meaning "advice worthy".

Shiel Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Siadhail.