Browse Submitted Surnames

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Baclay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "long walk, hike" in Cebuano.
Cucino Italian
From cucina meaning "kitchen".
Lowcock English (British)
A mutation of the location name Laycock. The name is mentioned as far back as 1086.
Põld Estonian
Means "field" in Estonian.
Fumetsugawa Japanese (Rare)
From japanese kanji 不滅 (fumetsu) meaning "immortal, indestructible, undying" and 河 or 川 (gawa/kawa) both meaning "river".
Larin Russian
Means "son of Larya".
Ivanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Իվանյան (see Ivanyan).
Doi Japanese
From Japanese 土 (do) meaning "earth, soil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Shishkov m Russian
Variant of Shishko.
Lentz German
Variant of Lenz.
Rosenwald German, Jewish
Means "rose forest" in German. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
Katoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kato.
Djabou Arabic (Maghrebi), Central African
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelmoumene Djabou (1987-), an Algerian footballer.
Manila Filipino
Derived from the Sanskrit word नील (nīla) meaning "indigo". It comes from the Tagalog phrase maynilá meaning "where indigo is found".
Hayama Japanese
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Vallance English
Means "person from Valence", southeastern France (probably "place of the brave").
Nadori Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian city or province of Nador. A famous bearer is singer Rachid Nadori.
Vlainić Croatian, Bosnian
Variant of Vlajnić or Vlajinić
Cheah Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew), Chinese (Hakka)
Hokkien, Teochew and Hakka romanization of Xie.
Bexley English
Habitational name from Bexley (now Bexleyheath in Greater London), which was named from Old English byxe ‘box tree’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
Carlan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish O'Carlain or O'Caireallain, from the Irish carla meaning a "wool-comb" and an meaning "one who" which roughly translates as "one who combs wool"... [more]
Marwaha Indian, Punjabi
From a place called Marwah in Jammu and Kashmir, India, meaning uncertain.
Yoneda Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) meaning "many."
Dhanushka Sinhalese
From the given name Dhanushka.
Lucchesi Italian
Variant form of Lucchese.
Dollens English
Altered form of English Dollins.
Vogt Von Gerresheim Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Bearers of this surname descend from the Grafen von Keldachgau and Grafen von Berg.
Brogden English
From the name of a place in West Yorkshire meaning "valley brook", from Old English broc "brook" and denu "valley".
Beqiraj Albanian
Meaning unknown.... [more]
Lodovico Italian
From the given name Lodovico.
Wujek Polish
It literally means "uncle" in Polish but it could possibly refer to the Polesian village of the same name.
Bazzaty Ossetian
Derived from Georgian ბაზი (bazi) meaning "falcon" or from a given name derived from Tatar базу (bazu) meaning "to dare" (given in hopes that a son would become a warrior).
Azarian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Azaryan, a patronymic likely derived from an Armenian form of the Hebrew given name 'Azaryah.
Káldor Hungarian
Hungarian borrowing of Kalter.
Mlinarić Croatian
Means "son of a miller".
Ermendinger German
The surname Ermendinger was derived from the older surname Ermatinger, a name connected to the village of Ermatingen on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance, and came into existence at some point during the early 17th or late 16th century when a branch of the Ermatinger family relocated from Schaffhausen, Switzerland, to Mulhouse, Alsace... [more]
Remmelgas Estonian
Remmelgas is an Estonian surname; a colloquial name meaning "willow".
Noelle French
Noelle is a French And Latin Name That Means Chirstmas its Also a film About A Girl Named Noelle
Saeli Thai
Form of Li 1 used by Chinese Thais.
Abajian Armenian
The surname Abjian is a patronymic from Turkish abacι‎ ‘maker or seller of coarse woolen cloth or garments’, from aba ‘coarse woolen cloth’.
Zamfir Romanian
From zamfir, a variant of the Slavonic word samfir or safir meaning "sapphire".
Dimadukot Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unobtainable" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and dukot meaning "pull, draw out".
Lucía Spanish, Italian
From the feminine personal name Lucia, feminine derivative of Latin lux meaning "light".
Waki Japanese
Wa means "harmony" and ki means "tree, wood".
Nock Celtic, English
Dweller at the oak tree; originally spelt as "Noake" evolved into "Nock".
Donell Irish
Variant of Donnell
D'annunzio Italian
Patronymical form of Annunzio, Italian form of the Latin given name Annuntius. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938).
Pauselli Italian
Etymology uncertain. Possibly a nickname derived from Italian pausa "stop, pause, rest" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Köhn German
From the given name Köhn.
Ushakov m Russian
Derives from Russian word "уша (usha)" meaning ear.
Schwarzbach German
Habitational name from any of several places so named literally "dark stream", derived from the elements swarz "black" and bah "stream".
Dmitriev m Russian
Means "son of Dmitry".
Mişär Tatar
A Mişär is a type of Tatar.
Grayden Irish
Variation of Graden.
Florimonte Italian
Roughly "flower mountain".
Timmins English
Patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of Timothy.
Blasquez Spanish
From the medieval diminutive Velasco, from the Basque word 'bela' meaning "crow", and the diminutive suffix 'sko'.
Atwal Punjabi
From the name of the village of Athwal in Punjab state, India.
Cousins French
"Relative" in Old French.
Yaku Japanese
From 夜 (ya) meaning "night, evening" and 久 (ku) meaning "long time, old story".
Degen German, Swiss
Means "rapier, small sword, dagger" in German, an occupational name for someone who made rapiers. Alternately, it could be derived from a given name containing Old High German degan "soldier, warrior", such as Degenhard or Herdegen.
Sean English
The stage Surname of English singer Jay Sean (born Kamaljit Singh Jhooti)
Ó Maoiléidigh Irish
Means "descendant of Maoléidigh" in Irish. This surname was stressed on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable, and may have been shortened in some cases to give Leddy.
Kuzmanovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Kuzman".
Zetterberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and berg "mountain, hill".
Selbey English
Variant of Selby.
Kreegi Estonian
Kreegi is an Estonian surname meaning "blackthorn".
Kowalik Polish
Means "nuthatch" in Polish, or derived from a diminutive of Kowal.
Boboev Tajik
Tajik form of Babaev.
Anni Estonian
Anni is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "anne" meaning "aptitude for" and "talent"; or "hani" meaning "goose".
San Chinese
Variant of Shan or Shen.
Randalu Estonian
Randalu is an Estonian surname derived from "rand" ("beach") and "salu" ("sandy heath" or "heathy woodland").
Fedorchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Fedir".
Bachynsky m Ukrainian
Habitational name for someone from the village of Bachyna.
Bäckman Swedish
Combination of Swedish bäck "small stream" and man "man".
Cosmi Italian
Derived from the given name Cosmo.
Kampa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒波 (kampa) meaning "cold wave", referring to possibly a person described as having cold vibes or an event that involved cold waves.
Cremins Irish
An Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Cruimín
Dela Paz Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Paz primarily used in the Philippines.
Cruse German
Variant of Krause.
Yatabe Japanese
From 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field", and 部 (be) meaning "section, bureau, division".
Wilhelmsson Swedish
Means "son of Wilhelm".
Yurkaw m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Yurkov.
Harbuza Ukrainian
Means "pumpkins".
Fawley English (British)
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]
Aminyev Russian
Feminine counterpart is Aminyeva (Аминевa)
Balkenende Dutch
Possibly from a place name derived from Middle Dutch balke meaning "timber, beam" and einde meaning "end". A famous bearer is the former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende (1956-).
Kite English
From the name of the bird of prey, derived from Middle English kete "kite, bittern".
Călin Romanian
From the given name Călin.
Markovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Marko".
O'Toran Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Toráin ‘descendant of Torán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of tor ‘lord’, ‘hero’, ‘champion’.
Rotstein German
German surname that means "red stone".
Ajaz Urdu
From the given name Ajaz.
Stankovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Stanko".
Arnault French
From the given name Arnault.
Batres Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Van Der Geer Dutch
Means "from the headland", derived from Dutch geer "pointed piece of land, headland; spear".
Ranasinha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණසිංහ (see Ranasinghe).
Guth Jewish
Variant of Gut.
Jayawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).
Kwa Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Ke.
Splinter Low German, German
From Low German splinter ‘splinter’; probably a metonymic occupational name for a woodworker.
Zhaksylykov m Kazakh
Means "son of Zhaksylyk".
Kuwatani Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" combined with 谷 (tani) meaning "valley". A notable bearer of this surname is Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷 夏子), a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for voicing Ryōko Asakura from the Haruhi Suzumiya series and Alph from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
Schoug Swedish
Variant of Skog.
Litwak Jewish
From Yiddish ליטוואַק (litvak) meaning "Litvak (a Lithuanian Jew)", ultimately from the archaic Polish word Litwak meaning "Lithuanian".
Tarruhn German
Origins are found in Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia.
Dolok Batak
From Batak meaning "mountain".
Fraga Portuguese
Fraga, also derived from the Spanish variation of the word frescas meaning "strawberries", in the Portugal it translates to "from the cliffs or cliffside"
Higashigaito Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 東 (higashi) meaning "east", 垣 (gai), sound-changed from 垣 (gaki) meaning "fence", and 外 (to) meaning "outside", referring to an outside fence facing the east.
Bouazizi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Aziz" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi). A notable bearer was Mohamed Bouazizi (1984-2011), a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire... [more]
Ait Bekka Berber
Berber surname derived from ait meaning "son" and Bekka, possibly a Berber given name.
Gittings Welsh
Possibly a patronymic from a byname from Welsh cethin "dusky", "swarthy".
Avdoshin Russian
variant of Avdonin
Hiiekivi Estonian
Hiiekivi is an Estonia surname, derived from the pre-Christian "hiie", a sacred location, and "kivi" meaning "stone".
Afeef Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Afif.
Onose Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Essen Dutch, German
From any of several places called Essen, probably derived from asc "ash tree".
Yefremov m Russian
Means "son of Yefrem".
Vanini Italian
Possibly from the given name Giovanni.
Fleisig German
"industrious"
Narcisse French
From the given name Narcisse.
Hassanpour Persian
Means "son of Hassan" in Persian.
Truup Estonian
Truup is an Estonian surname meaning "(chimney) flue" and "culvert".
Kabuto Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 甲, 兜, 加太, 甲頭, 加部東 or 鹿伏兎 with 甲 (ka, kan, kou, kinoe, kabuto) meaning "A grade, armour, carapace, first class, former, high (voice), instep", 兜 (to, tou, kabuto) meaning "headpiece, helmet", 加 (ka, kuwa.eru, kuwa.waru) meaning "add(ition), Canada, include, increase, join", 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick", 頭 (zu, to, tou, atama, kashira, kaburi, -gashira) meaning "head", 部 (bu, -be) meaning "bureau, class, copy, department, part, portion, section", 東 (tou, higashi) meaning "east", 鹿 (rou, ka, shika) meaning "deer", 伏 (fuku, fu.su, fu.seru) meaning "bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), prostrated" or 兎 (tsu, to, usagi) meaning "hare, rabbit."... [more]
Coltonson English
Means "Son of Colton".
Knutz German
Variant of Kuntz
Ambrozaityte Lithuanian, Latvian
this name comes from far far history of lithuanian people
Mehmetaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Mehmet" in Albanian.
Holkeri Finnish
Finnish surname, derived from Scandinavian given name Holger.
Ermekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Ermek".
Khieu Khmer
Means "to be blue (in colour)" in Khmer.
Delong French
Habitational name with fused preposition de meaning “from,” denoting someone from a place called Long of which there are examples in Cher Dordogne and Somme.
Uppara Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.
Tepetl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "hill".
Hoag Scottish, English
Either a variant of Hogg or an anglicized form of Norwegian Haug or Swedish Hög (meaning either "mound, hill" or "high").
Salamandyk Ukrainian (Rare, Expatriate)
Rare Ukrainian surname of uncertain origin, perhaps Moldovan.
Dōjima Japanese
From Japanese 堂 (dou) meaning "temple, shrine" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Fullerton English
Habitational name from a place in Scotland. Derived from Old English fugol "bird" and tun "settlement, enclosure".
Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".
Bechdel German
Variant of German Bechtel. ... [more]
Taboada Galician
This indicates familial origin within any of various eponymous localities.
Gustafsdotter f Swedish
Means "daughter of Gustaf".
Makkar Polish
Polish and Ukrainian: from the personal name Makary (Polish), Makar (Ukrainian), vernacular forms of the Greek ecclesiastical name Makarios meaning ‘blessed’.
Lesinski Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Polish Lesiński.
Lohu Estonian
Lohu is an Estonian surname derived from "lohutus", meaning "comfort" and "console".
Reise German, Jewish
German (Westphalia) topographic name, from Middle Low German ris, res ‘swamp’. ... [more]
Verdejo Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places so called.
Relacion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish relación meaning "relation."
Tasevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Tase".
Lukanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Lukanov.
Nurm Estonian
Nurm is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" and "meadow" and "pasture".
Hux German
Probably from a topographic name Huck or Hucks, of uncertain origin. It occurs in many place and field names.
Carlin French
From a pet form of Charles.
Templin German
German habitational name from a place so named in Brandenburg, of Slavic origin.
Lateef Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Latif.
Rīwai Maori
This name is a translation of the name Levi. The name also means potato as a general word for potatoes when its spelled without the letter "ī". This was the surname of founding mother Kiti Karaka Rīwai (1870-1927)... [more]
Maides English
Maides is an almost extinct surname which has decreased significantly in popularity since the 19th century, though has always been relatively uncommon. The surname is today most popular in Leicestershire but the family bearing the surname from that area seem to have originated from the south of Warwickshire... [more]
Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Kaselaid Estonian
Kaselaid is an Estonian surname meaning "birch islet".
Liit Estonian
Liit is an Estonian surname meaning "alliance" or "union".
Pogue Irish, American
An Irish surname meaning "kiss"
Shikongo Southern African
Potentially means "people's leader". Prevalent in Nambia.
Norvell English
Derived from the name of a place in England named Northwell in Nottinghamshire. It is a combination of the old English term for "north" with other geographic features such as welle meaning "a well, spring."
Urrutikoetxea Basque
From Basque urruti meaning "far, distant" and etxe meaning "house".
Marinas Romanian
Derived from the given name Marin.
Heyer Dutch
From Middle Dutch heiger "heron", a nickname for someone with long legs. Alternatively, from a Germanic personal name composed of hag "enclosure, hedge" and heri "army".
Mccreless Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Riallghuis a variant of Mag Niallghuis
Modrić Croatian
Famous bearer of this surname is Croatian footballer Luka Modrić.
Posthumus Dutch, Low German
From a personal name which was given to a posthumous child, i.e., one born after the death of his father, derived from Latin postumus "last, last-born" (superlative of posterus "coming after, subsequent") via Late Latin posthumus, which was altered by association with Latin humare "to bury", suggesting death (i.e., thought to consist of post "after" and humus "grave", hence "after death"); the one born after the father's death obviously being the last.
Hana Japanese
From Japanese “hana” (花) meaning flower.
Kitahara Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Kagan Jewish
Eastern Ashkenazic form of Cohen.
Agojo Tagalog
From Tagalog aguho referring to a type of flowering tree (scientific name Casuarina equisetifolia).
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