Browse Submitted Surnames

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Temirkhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Temirkhan".
Buttacavoli Italian
From Italian butta "to throw, toss" and cavoli "cabbages".
Montfort Medieval French (Rare)
Habitational name from any of numerous places called Montfort from Old French mont "hill" and fort "strong impregnable"
Hellgren Swedish
Combination of Swedish häll "flat rock" and gren "branch".
Achenbach German
Habitational name from places in Hesse and Westphalia named Achenbach, from the obsolete word Ach or Ache (from Middle High German ahe meaning "water", "stream") + Bach meaning "brook".
Xūwáng Chinese
A Chinese surname taken from combining 須 (xū) meaning "must, necessary" with 王 (wáng) meaning "king, monarch". It is the Chinese reading of the Japanese surname Suō.
Prowse English
Nickname for a person who was proud, haughty, brave or valiant, derived from Old French prous, prou, preux, proz and prouz meaning "proud, brave, valiant". A famous bearer was David Prowse (1935-2020), an English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor who portrayed the villain Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies.
Cattrall English
This surname is of Old Scandinavian origin, is an English locational name from Catterall, near Garstang in Lancashire, which appeared as "Catrehala" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and "Caterhale" in the Book of Fees of 1212... [more]
Riedel German
From the given name Riede.
Emanuilov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Emanuil".
Kalicki Polish
Polish: habitational name for someone from a place called Balice.
Kvon Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Kuang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).
Deville English
From Old English "devil, slanderer, enemy".
Hine English
occupational name from Middle English Old English hine "servant member of a household" also "farm laborer" (such as a herdsman or shepherd)... [more]
Neo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Liang chiefly used in Singapore.
Arada Japanese
Variant of Arata.
Rust English, Scottish
A nickname to someone with reddish hair or a ruddy complexion.
Amunategi Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque -tegi "place of" and an uncertain first element, possibly amuno "hill, mound" or amuna "grandmother".
Gladding English
Given as a nickname to someone who is glad, in high spirits, and happy.
Korver Dutch
Derived from Dutch korf meaning "basket", an occupational name for someone who either made baskets or used them, such as a fisherman.
Raaper Estonian
Raaper is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "raapiik", meaning "yardarm" (the outer extremity of a ship's yard).
Ezzati Persian
From the given name Ezzat.
Rõuk Estonian
Rõuk is an Estonian surname derived from the word "rõuk", a type of traditional stack made for the collection and drying of hay, cereals, or straw, often made with a wooden frame.
Irribarren Basque
From the basque surname that means "Inside the village".
Belgorodskiy m Russian (Rare)
Means "from Belgorod".
Herbolsheimer German
Habitational name for someone from either of two places called Herbolzheim, in Baden and Bavaria.
Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "harbor, port, assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".
Feroz Urdu
From the given name Feroz.
Urayama Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Brocos Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Agolada in the Comarca of O Deza.
Kataoka Japanese
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Opetaia Maori, Polynesian
This name possibly came from the given name Opetaia. A notable bearer of this name is Jai Opetaia, an australian boxer born in 1995.
Rudik Russian, Ukrainian (Russified), Yiddish (?)
Nickname for a person with red hair.
Šuškov Croatian
Derived from šuškati, meaning "to rustle".
Guillermo Spanish
From the given name Guillermo
Mohač Croatian
Croatian form of Mohácsi.
Clwyd Welsh
This indicates familial origin near the River Clwyd.
Kiplin English
A locational surname that takes its name from the hamlet of Kiplin in the English county of North Yorkshire. In turn, the hamlet is said to derive its name from Old English Cyppelingas, which means "the people of Cyppel", as it consists of the Old English personal name Cyppel with the Old English word ingas meaning "people".
Fightmaster German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Fechtmeister. Emmett Rogers Fightmaster (1992-), known professionally as E. R. Fightmaster, is an American non-binary actor, producer and writer.
Ciahlo Belarusian (Rare)
Belarusian form of Tyahlo.
Ol Dutch, Flemish
Shortened form of Van Mol.
Żywicki Polish
A habitational name that was given to someone from a place named ̣Zywy, or possibly from a nickname from the Polish word ̣'zywy', which means ‘live wire’.
Toon English
From the Old English word tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town"
Yeasmin Bengali
From the given name Yeasmin.
Shibanami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紫波 (see Shiba).
Nathan English
From the given name Nathan.
Crockett Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riocaird "son of Richard".
Béna Hungarian
Nickname from béna ‘lame’, or from a pet form of Benedek.
Osvaldo Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Osvaldo.
Šillers Latvian
Latvian form of Schiller.
Even-shoshan Hebrew
Hebrew translation of the last name Rosenstein is derived from אבן (Even) "Stone" and שושן (Shoshan) meaning "Lily", but it is often mistranslated as "Rose", especially in Earlier times in Israel.
Changdo Chinese
Changdo was originated from a earlier translation of the word "Change"
Samper Catalan
Habitational name from any of the places in Catalonia called Sant Pere, generally as the result of the dedication of a local church or shrine to St. Peter (Sant Pere).
Astore Italian
Derived from Italian astore meaning "goshawk", an occupational name for a falconer, or a nickname for a person who had aquiline features or who was cunning by nature.
Yubuza Dungan
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name.
Casavantes French, 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.
Jacoway English (American)
Altered form of the personal name Jacques.
Oianguren Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque oihan "forest, woods" and guren "limit, edge, boundary".
Tampõld Estonian
Tampõld is an Estonian surname derived from "tamm" ("oak") and "põld" ("field").
Agcaoili Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano agkawili meaning "hold on to".
Wierczowokowski Polish
A polish surname that is not used anymore to often. It was common in Polish areas.
Boon Dutch
From boon "bean". Refers to a person who grows beans, or a nickname for someone tall and thin (i.e. stringbean).
Singleton English
Habitational name from either of two villages, one in Lancashire, derived from Old English scingol "shingle, roof tile" and tun "enclosure, yard, town", the other in Sussex, derived from Old English sengel meaning "brushwood" or "burnt clearing".
Janačkin Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the Belarusian given name Jan 1.
Round English
Variant of Rounds.
Panichi Italian
Probably from panico, a type of millet grown in Italy. Alternately, it could be from the Latin name Panicus "of Pan, panic".
Molone Irish
Variant of Malone.
L'Silva Indian (Christian)
Form of La Silva more common among Christians from India.
Akita Japanese
This surname can be used as 秋田, 明田, 穐田, 飽田 or 阿北 with 秋/穐 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn," 明 (mei, myou, min, a.kari, aka.rui, aka.rumu, aki.raka, a.keru, -a.ke, a.ku(ru), a.kasu) meaning "clear," 飽 (hou, a.kiru, a.kasu, a.ku, aki) meaning "boredom," 阿 (a, o, omone.ru, kuma) meaning "corner, nook," 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field" and 北 (hou, kita) meaning "north."... [more]
Kruus Estonian
Kruus is an Estonian surname meaning "gravel".
Seferoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Sefer" in Turkish.
Beihl English, German
Variant of Biehl, a short form of BIEHLER.
Afif Arabic
From the given name Afif.
Tapdıqov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Tapdıq".
Müür Estonian
Müür is an Estonian surname meaning "wall".
Dolic Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Turkish
Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian (Delić): 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 ‘mad, brave’.
Winfred English
From the given name Winfred.
Bienvenido Spanish
From the given name Bienvenido.
Österreicher German, German (Austrian)
Means "One from Austria", "the Austrian".
Rives French, Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal name Rive a back-formation from Rivke (see Rifkin).... [more]
Guthrie Scottish, Irish
As a Scottish surname, this is either a habitational name for a person from the village of Guthrie near Forfar, itself from Gaelic gaothair meaning "windy place" (a derivative of gaoth "wind") and the locative suffix -ach, or alternatively it might possibly be an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mag Uchtre meaning "son of Uchtre", a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps related to uchtlach "child".... [more]
Sarasa Japanese (Rare)
Means "chintz" in Japanese.
Ballaster English
Meant "person who makes or is armed with a crossbow" (from a derivative of Middle English baleste "crossbow", from Old French).
Leifsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Leif" in Icelandic.
Kozhedub Ukrainian
Probably from Ukrainian кожа (kozha) "skin, leather" and дуб (dub) "oak".
Cossart English, French
From French, referring to "a dealer of horses" (related to the English word "courser"). This surname was brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066, and became one of the many Anglo-Norman words that made up Middle English.
Sangmani Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).
Munk German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
From Middle High German münich Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish munk Middle Dutch munc "monk" a nickname for someone thought to resemble a monk or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a monastery... [more]
Pavese Italian
Means "one from Pavia". Pavia is an Italian town located in Lombardy, northern Italy. It can also derive from pavese, a kind of big, Medieval shield.... [more]
Battiloro Italian
Means "goldworker", specifically an artisan who applied gold foil to other material, from Italian batti "to beat, to strike" and 'l oro "the gold".
Herschbach German
From the name of two municipalities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. A notable bearer is the American chemist Dudley R. Herschbach (1932-).
Gaunt English
This name is believed to have derived "from the town of Gaunt, now Ghent, in Flanders."... [more]
Hinckley English
From the name of a place in Leicestershire meaning "Hynca's wood", from the Old English byname Hynca, derivative of hún "bear cub", and leah "woodland, clearing".
Drye English
Variant of Dryer.
Vacher French, English
occupational name from Old French vachier "cowherd".
Abesundara Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේසුන්දර (see Abeysundara).
Khrustalyov m Russian
Derived from Russian хрусталь (khrustal'), meaning "crystal". Georgiy Khrustalyov-Nosar was a Russian revolutionary.
Gourmaud French
A famous bearer is a journalist well known from the educational TV, Jamy Gourmaud
Borthwick English (British), Scottish
Denoted someone who came from the hamlet of Borthwick in Scotland.
Biert Romansh
Derived from the given name Albert.
Elis Medieval English
A transition of the given name
Ōtaki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall".
Mostefaï Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mostefa (chiefly Algerian).
Magdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Majdi chiefly used in Egypt.
Griece German
Presumably a variant of Griese or Grieser.
Mawdsley English
Derived from Mawdesley in Lancashire, England; meaning "Maud's clearing," from the given name Maud and leah (woodland, clearing).
Blacksmith English
Occupational name for a blacksmith, a smith who work with iron. The name is rare in England and mostly found in North America, suggesting that it's a translation of a non-English name meaning "blacksmith" (see Kowalski, Raudsepp and Lefèvre for example).
Graf Jewish, Yiddish
Ornamental name selected, like Herzog and other words denoting titles, because of their aristocratic connotations.
Kiin Estonian
Kiin is an Estonian surname meaning both "gadfly" and "cleaver".
Zakir Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Zakir.
Kovaľ m Slovak
Slovak variant of Koval.
Notbohm German, Low German
Low German cognate of High German Nussbaum.
Tubbs Popular Culture
Surname of Cleveland's second wife Donna and her children Roberta and Rallo from American sitcom The Cleveland show (2009-2013)
Asaki Japanese
From Japanese 杏 (anzu, a) meaning "apricot" or 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Seyler German
Germanic surname
Najada Arabic
Najd, location in KSA
Joplin English
Possibly derived from a Middle English diminutive of Geoffrey, a nickname from Middle English joppe "fool", or from the Biblical name Job... [more]
Strahm German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle Hugh German strām "strip of land".
Roest Dutch
Habitational name derived from Old Dutch roest "reed bed, rush forest". Alternatively, from Dutch roest "rust", a nickname for a red-haired person.
Wiebe German
From a short form of any of various Germanic personal names beginning with wig ‘battle’, ‘war.’
Hime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 姫 (Hime) meaning "Hime", a former large village in the former district of Muro in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama, Japan and Mie, Japan.... [more]
Sensabaugh American
Americanized form of German Sensenbach, a topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’.
Arneson English (American), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of the Scandinavian names Arnesen and Arnesson, as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Arnesson.
Chernenkov Russian
From chernoi, meaning "black".
Smart English
From Old English (smeart) meaning "quick". This surname was used to refer to person who worked as a handyman.
Deen English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.
Farhani Persian
From the given name Farhan.
Goonewardena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Şirinova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şirinov.
Agzenay Berber
Moroccan (Rifian): tribal name from the tribe of Igzenayen from the province of Daza.
Rapier Dutch
Dutch: perhaps from Middle Dutch rapiere ‘foil, sword’, for someone carrying such a weapon, or form a topographic name Raepier ‘land on which rapes are grown’.... [more]
Nosrati Persian
From the given name Nosrat.
Bleu French
"Blue."
Khuong Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Khương.
Van Otterloo Dutch
Means "from Otterlo", a village and former municipality in Gelderland, possibly derived from Dutch otter "otter" and lo "pool".
Beqiraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Beqir" in Albanian.
Breiding German
From the name of a place in the Lippe area in northwestern Germany.
Lūsis Latvian
Means "lynx".
Tsvetov m Russian
From Russian цвет (tsvet), meaning "flower".
Abraamowicz Polish
Historical variant of Abramowicz.
Tarnowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish city of Tarnów.
Aksentsev Russian
Variant of Aksyonov (Аксёнов)
Fillmore English
Of uncertain origin: it could be derived from the Norman given name Filimor, composed of the Germanic elements filu ("very") and mari or meri ("famous"), or it might be a combination of the Saxon elements fille ("abundance") and mere, a word denoting a lake or otherwise humid land.
Sinclair Scottish (Anglicized)
Clan Sinclair is a Scottish clan, which held lands in the highlands; thought to have come to Scotland from France after the Norman invasion.
Novgorodsky Russian, Belarusian
Refers to the region named "Novgorod" in Russia.
Giacomini m Italian
Giacomini is a diminutive form of the Italian name Giacomo, equivalent to James. It suggests 'little Giacomo' or 'son of Giacomo'
Turi Estonian
Turi is an Estonian surname meaning both "scruff" or "withers".
Amiti Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Gevorkyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan)
Ricardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ricardo
Koprivica Serbian, Croatian
A diminutive of kopriva meaning ''nettle''.
Gunzenhauser German, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from either of two places named Gunzenhausen, one in Württemberg and the other in Bavaria.
Hruszewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Hruszew.
Mac Scottish, Irish
Variant of Mack
Amanpour Persian
Means "son of Aman".
Petridis Greek
Means "son of Petros".
Svedberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and berg "mountain". This name can be both locational (surname derived from a place named with Sved-... [more]
Furse English
Variant of Furze
Phung Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Phùng.
Kamutharat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Xotlanihua Nahuatl
Means "owner of flowering" or "there will be growing" in Nahuatl, probably originating as a personal name.
Yasui Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Tímoteusson Icelandic
Means "son of Tímoteus" in Icelandic.
Vicary English (British)
There are a number of theories as to the origins of the name, Spanish sailors shipwrecked after the Armada and French Huguenots fleeing the Revolution are two of the more romantic ones. It is more likely to have come as someone associated with the church - the vicar, who carried out the pastoral duties on behalf of the absentee holder of a benefice... [more]
Hirundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
From Latin hirundo, meaning "swallow".
Murdick Scottish
Most likely a derivative of Murdock, or Murdoch. Historical documentation, as late as the mid-1800's refer to my ancestors as Murdock, but can also reference the surname of Murdick - even, on occasion, in the same document... [more]
Valk Dutch
Means "falcon" in Dutch, a metonymic occupational name for a falconer, or possibly derived from the given name Falk. Compare Falco.
Elamanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Elamanov.
Masaaji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).
Delisle English, French
Derived from De L'Isle meaning "of the Isle, from the Isle" in French.
Soderini Italian
Possibly related to French soudoyer "to bribe", referring to paid mercenaries. Alternately, an elaborate form of Sodero.
Dascălu Romanian
Drtived from Romanian dascăl "teacher".
Beeks Dutch
From Dutch beek meaning "brook, stream".
Nakasone Japanese
Combination of the kanji 中 (naka, "middle"), 曽 (so, of uncertain meaning) and 根 (ne, "root"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘; 1918–2019).
Fawley English
This is a name for someone who worked as a person who worked as the fowler or the bird-catcher having derived from the Old English word "fugelere" which literally means "hunter of wild birds, fowler"... [more]
Satoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 砂糖 (see Satō).
Fast German, Swedish
Either a short form of a name starting with the element fast meaning "steadfast, firm", or a nickname for a reliable steadfast person.
Ferella Italian
Possibly an elaborate form of Fera.
Derado English
We think it is Italina?
Kessel Dutch
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in the Netherlands named Kessel, ultimately derived from Latin castellum "fortress, stronghold, castle". Could possibly also be a variant of German Kexel.
Alomar Catalan
From the given name Alomar, used especially in the Balearic Islands, itself derived from the Old German name Aldemar. This is borne by the Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Alomar (1968-).
Santangelo Italian, Sicilian
Either habitational name from any of numerous places especially in the south named with reference to a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Angel (Italian Sant'Angelo) as for example Sant'Angelo a Cupolo (Benevento) Sant'Angelo a Fasanella (Salerno) Sant'Angelo all’Esca and Sant'Angelo a Scala (Avellino) Sant'Angelo d'Alife (Caserta) and Sant'Angelo del Pesco (Molise)... [more]
Tapdıqova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tapdıqov.
Troi Popular Culture
Possibly a variant or corruption of Troy. A notable fictional bearer was the Star Trek: The Next Generation character Deanna Troi, who was the counselor aboard the USS Enterprise.
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