Browse Submitted Surnames

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Germaine French
Germaine was first found in Savoy in the Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps, where the family held a family seat from ancient times.
Aigner German (Austrian)
German: from an agent derivative of Middle High German aigen ‘own’ a status name originally denoting a landowner who held his land outright rather than by rent or feudal obligation. In the Middle Ages this was sufficiently rare to be worthy of remark and was normally a special privilege granted in recognition of some exceptional service... [more]
Haythornthwaite English
Habitational name for a person from a place called Hawthornthwaite in Lancashire, derived from Old English hagaþorn "hawthorn" and Old Norse þveit "clearing, meadow".
Lor Hmong
From the clan name Lauj associated with either the Chinese character 劉 (liú) (see Liu) or 羅 (luó) (see Luo).
Durieux French
Derived from Old French riu meaning "river, stream", originally used to indicate someone who lived by a stream.
Lutsoja Estonian
Lutsoja is an Estonian surname meaning "burbot stream/creek".
Drešević Montenegrin
Habitational name for someone from Drešaj, Montenegro.
Tsukushi Japanese
Tsukushi means "horsetail plant". It is also a given name.
Ó hAodhagáin Irish
Means "descendant of Aodhagán"
Ripamonti Italian
From ripa "bank, shore" and monte "mountain".
Fein Jewish
German-style spelling of Yiddish fayn as in "fine"; "excellent"
Youngkin Scottish (?), Irish (?)
Possibly derived from Younkin; A Strathclyde-Briton family from the Scottish/English Borderlands was the first to use the surname Younkin. It is a name for a person who was very young, from the Old English word yong and yung... [more]
Canoy Filipino
Possibly derived from Hokkien 橄欖孫 (ka-núi-sun) meaning "great-grandchild".
Kalviste Estonian
Kalviste is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Kalvi", a village in Lääne-Viru County.
Geers Dutch
Patronymic from the short form of any of various personal names formed with the Germanic element ger "spear". Compare Geerts.
Sereno Italian
1 Italian: from the personal name Sereno (from Latin serenus, serena ‘clear’, ‘calm’).... [more]
Fragoso Portuguese, Spanish
Means "rocky, rough, uneven" in Portuguese and Spanish, ultimately from Latin fragosus. It was originally a habitational name from any of various places called Fragoso.
Bigelow English
Habitational name from a place in England called Big Low meaning "big mound".
Mainé Catalan
Variant of Mainer.
Ouazzani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Denotes someone originally from Ouazzane, a town in northern Morocco.
Arthakornsiripho Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).
Harutunian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հարությունյան (see Harutyunyan).
Ondricek Czech
From Ondr, meaning brave or courageous
Məlikov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Məlik".
Muscato Italian
From the given name Muscato, which is derived from the Latin word muscus meaning "moss".
Jessop English
Variant of Jessup.
Mencia Spanish
Derived from the female personal name Mencía Mencia a cognate of the male name Matías.
Jace English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Jace
Renn English (British)
The surname Renn was first found in Durham where they held a family seat from early times, and were originally descended from Ralph de Raines who was granted lands by William, Duke of Albany in that shire... [more]
Macisaac Scottish, Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized)
From Gaelic MacÌosaig meaning "son of Ìosag". Ìosag is the Scottish form of Isaac.
Viard French
from the ancient Germanic personal name Withard from the elements widu "wood forest" and hard "hard".
Horobets Ukrainian
Means "sparrow" in Ukrainian. Given to someone who either worked with sparrows (or birds) or someway resembled a sparrow.
Fuyuumi Japanese
Fuyu means "winter" and umi means "sea".
Maiale Italian
Nickname from Italian meaning "pig, swine, hog".
Srithong Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ศรีทอง (see Sithong).
Budoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Budou.
Durrani Pashto
Derived from Persian در (dorr) meaning "pearl". It was historically used in the phrase padshah durr-i durran meaning "king pearl of the age", a title used by Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan.
Février French
Meaning, "February."
Ben Maimon Jewish, Judeo-Arabic
Means "son of Maimon" in Hebrew.
Apale Nahuatl
Possibly means "coloured water", from atl "water" and tlapalli "painting".
Ammas Estonian
Ammas is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "hammas" meaning "tooth", "cog" and "spike".
Mattli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matthias.
Alliku Estonian
Alliku is an Estonian surname, derived from "Allikas", meaning "wellspring".
Svedin Swedish
Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and the common surname suffix -in.
Rutter English
Either (i) "player of the rote (a medieval stringed instrument played by plucking)"; or (ii) from a medieval nickname for a dishonest or untrustworthy person (from Old French routier "robber, mugger")... [more]
Van Wormer Dutch (Rare)
Means "from Wormer", a town in North Holland. Derived from Old Dutch wer "fishing weir" and mere "lake", or possibly from Proto-Germanic *werm "water".
Splendente Italian
From Italian splendente "bright, shining", supposedly given to an infants abandoned at orphanages on sunny days.
Bera Turkish, Arabic
Means "knowledgeable, smart, beautiful".
Veskinõmm Estonian
Veskinõmm is an Estonian surname meaning "mill heath".
Keshavarzi Persian
Means "farmer" in Persian.
Bertram German
Derived from the German given name Bertram.
Doãn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Yin, from Sino-Vietnamese 尹 (doãn).
Nordvik Norwegian
Geographical/topographical name meaning north cove. There are several places in Norway by this name.
Wonka Popular Culture, Literature
Possibly a diminutive of Wonskolaser.
Silber German, Jewish
From Middle High German silber, German Silber "silver"; a metonymic occupational name for a silversmith, or often, in the case of the Jewish surname, an ornamental name.
Koço Albanian
Variant of Koco.
Ó Luanaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Luanach"
Alegria Spanish, Portuguese
In Spanish, the name is from a location.... [more]
Merivale English
The surname Merivale was first found in Cornwall and Devon, where this prominent family flourished. Walter Merifild was recorded in Devon in 1200 but it is believed the family had established itself earlier in St... [more]
Horschwald German
Surname probably of German origin. Most people with this surname live in Poland today.
Parli Romansh
Derived from the given name Bartholomäus.
Nayak Indian, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Konkani, Nepali
From a title derived from Sanskrit नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Sulayman Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Mehtiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mehtiyev.
Futaba Japanese
Futa can mean "a pair" or "two" and ba is a form of ha meaning "leaf".... [more]
Saakashvili Georgian
Derived from the Georgian name *saaḳi, a given name equivalent of Isaac. A famous bearer of this name is the third president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-).
Maytwayashing Ojibwe
Unknown meaning, most commonly found in Anishinaabe communities in Manitoba. A notable bearer is Clifford Maytwayashing, a legendary fiddle player.
Gourmaud French
A famous bearer is a journalist well known from the educational TV, Jamy Gourmaud
Viezel Romansh (Archaic)
Derived from the given name Viezel, a Romansh form of Wetzel.
Kporaro Nigerian (Rare)
The name Kporaro translates into the English language as "PROGRESS" (literally Kpo which is "Go", Ra which is "OF" and Aro which is "FRONT" in which case the Ra implies "For" or "Of" thus Kporaro is literally "Go Of Front" or more properly "Move Forward")... [more]
Levin Jewish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, German, Russian, French (Quebec, Anglicized), Various
As a Lithuanian Jewish and Belarusian Jewish name, it is a Slavicized form of Levy. As a German and German Jewish name, it is derived from the given name Levin... [more]
Simonin French
From the given name Simon 1. Possibly brought by the Russian migrants who came to France.
Ataullin Bashkir
From the given name Ataullah.
D'abbeville French
Means "of Abbeville" Abbeville is a commune in France. Takes its name from Latin Abbatis Villa meaning "Abbot's Village".
Saperstein Jewish, German
“Sapphire” and “stone”
Joelson English
Means "son of Joel".
Caesar Ancient Roman, English
An Ancient Roman political title that indicated a military leader. A famous bearer was Julius Caesar, Roman general, dictator, and politician. In modern times, the surname is used to refer to an individual with a tyrannical attitude, which references the connotative meaning of the word "caesar", meaning "a dictator".
Leheroo Estonian
Leheroo is an Estonian surname meaning "leafy cane".
Dəmirov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Dəmir".
Cugno Italian
From Sicilian cugnu "wedge", indicating someone who lived on a hill or other topographical "wedge", someone whose occupation involved using an axe, or a person who was considered to be hard or angular in personality or appearance.
Reisz Hungarian, German (Archaic), Jewish
Variant form of Reis, or else a patronymic from a pet form of one of the Germanic compound names formed with raginą "counsel, advice" as the first element.
Sáenz Spanish
Patronymic from an unidentified personal name, possibly from Sancho.
Abston English
Possibly an altered form of Osbiston, or another, uncertain English toponym containing the element tun "yard, town, settlement".
Gazdiev Ingush (Russified), Ossetian (Russified)
Russified form of an Ingush and Ossetian surname derived from the name of an Ingush teip (clan) of unknown meaning, possibly of Turkic origin. The name is mainly found in present-day Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania.
Darwich Arabic
Variant transcription of Darwish.
Kadijević Croatian, Serbian
Derived from kadija (кадија), meaning "Qadi", a judge of a Sharia court.
Bogdănescu Romanian
Derived from name Bogdan.
Aristizabal Basque
It indicates familial origin near the eponymous farmhouse in Gipuzkoa.
Aamir Urdu
From the given name 'Aamir.
Laaspere Estonian
Laaspere is an Estonian surname meaning "forest/woodland folk".
Navida Galician
Galician and Asturian-Leonese: habitational name from either of two places named Navia, in Galicia and Asturies.
Hembrom Indian, Santali
Alternate transcription of Santali ᱦᱮᱢᱵᱽᱨᱚᱢ (see Hembram).
Verhagen Dutch
Contracted form of van der Hagen, derived from haag "hedge, undergrowth".
Malvestio Italian
From Venetian malvestio "poorly-dressed, shabby", given to foundlings turned into an orphanage with shabby clothes.
Klarich English
English spelling of Klarić.
Sudlow English (British)
Apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place, perhaps Sudlow Farm in Cheshire.
Eden English
From Middle English given name Edun, derived from Old English Ēadhūn, with the elements ēad "prosperity, wealth" and hūn "bear cub".... [more]
Al Delaimi Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of al-Dulaimi.
Bardhi Albanian
Meaning "White"
Łobaczewski Polish
This indicated familial origin within either Łobaczew Duży or Łobaczew Mały, 2 Polesian villages in Gmina Terespol.
Lattik Estonian
Lattik is an Estonian surname meaning "bar" or "lathe".
Sieber German
The roots of the German surname Sieber can be traced to the Old Germanic word "Siebmacher," meaning "sieve maker." The surname is occupational in origin, and was most likely originally borne by someone who held this position
Mişär Tatar
A Mişär is a type of Tatar.
Sobral Portuguese
Means "cork oak grove" in Portuguese.
Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.
Enad Visayan
Possibly from Spanish "henar" meaning "meadowland" or "hayfield"
Ans Romansh
Variant of Hans.
Davidsson Swedish
Means "son of David".
Krstičević Croatian
Derived from krst, meaning "cross".
Põhi Estonian
Põhi is an Estonian surname meaning "north".
Własow Polish
Polish form of Vlasov.
Audino Italian
Derived from first name 'Alda' which means 'wise and experienced.'
Haliburton Scottish
Means "town fortified in stone". It comes from a combination of the Old Norse element hallr meaning rock (as in Halle 1) and of the Old English place name Burton, denoting a fortified town... [more]
Kakos Greek, Arabic, Muslim, Assyrian, Hungarian, Slovak
Some characteristic forenames: Greek Demetrios, Spiros. Arabic/Muslim Ezzat, Habib, Issam, Jamila, Najib, Talal.... [more]
Cage English
from Middle English, Old French meaning "cage, enclosure". Denoting someone who lived by or was the keeper of a cage, in the sense "lock-up, prison for petty offenders".
Kego Scottish
Scottish - Eaglesham, Renfrewshire Scotland
Craxi Italian
Variant of Crascì.
Iredell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Iredale.
Xirivella Catalan (Valencian)
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Althoff German
A surname predominantly found in Westphalia and the Rhineland region of Germany which is derived from German alt "old" and Hof (Hoff in the local dialects) "farmstead; farm; manor".
Damas French
French form of Damascus. Famous bearer Léon-Gontran Damas (1912-1978) was a French poet and politican from French Guiana, cofounder of the Négritude Mouvement and author of the collection "Black Label".
Minor English, German, French
English: variant spelling of Miner.... [more]
Halawa Nias
Nias clan name derived from the given name Halawa referring to an ancestor.
Prisco Italian
From the given name Prisco
Szeto Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Situ.
Tepetl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "hill".
Wijetilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජේතිලක (see Wijethilaka).
Klyuev Russian
From klyui, meaning "peck".
Nurbolatov m Kazakh
Means "son of Nurbolat".
Jendre German (Anglicized, Rare), Czech (Anglicized, Rare), Slovak (Anglicized, Rare), Danish (Anglicized, Rare)
Jendre is an anglicized version of many surnames throughout Europe that start with 'Jendre'.... [more]
Käsemann German
Occupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.
Van 't Hoff Dutch
Contracted form of Van het Hoff. A famous bearer is Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, the first chemist to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Another famous bearer is Dilano van 't Hoff who won the F4 Spanish Championship in 2021 with MP Motorsport.
Wickramaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වික්‍රමරත්න (see Wickramaratne).
Leones Spanish
Habitational name for someone from the city of León in Spain. Coincides with the plural form of Spanish león "lion; cougar, puma".
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’.
Feemster English, Scottish
Occupational name meaning "herdsman", from Middle English fee "cattle" and English master.
Frisch Jewish
Ornamental name or nickname from modern German frisch, Yiddish frish "fresh".
Iwae Japanese
Iwa means "stone, rock" and e means "bay, creek, inlet".
Hylan Scottish, English
Variation of the surname Hyland 1.
Minsky Belarusian, Russian
Refers to the city named "Minsk" in Belarus.
Agner Danish
Derived from the given name Agner.
Caldera Spanish
Derived from Spanish caldera meaning "basin, crater, hollow", ultimately from Latin caldarium or caldaria both meaning "hot bath, cooking pot". The word also denotes a depression in volcanoes, and it is commonly used as an element for surnames denoting streams or mountains.
Holling English
Location name for someone who lived near holly trees.
Akkineni Telugu
The surname Akkineni (అక్కినేని) is derived from the Telugu and Kannada word "akki (అక్కి)" which means rice and the suffix "neni (నేని)" which means country or region... [more]
Brougham English
From the parish of Brougham in Westmoreland, derived from Old English burg "stronghold" + ham "piece of land".
Tsuchii Japanese
A variant reading of Doi.
Carabelli Italian
Common surname in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Byfield English
Either a habitational name from a place named Byfield, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a field.
Carmi Hebrew
From the given name Carmi.
Mambelli Italian
Possibly from Italian mano "hand" and bello "beautiful".
Mac Raith Irish
Means "descendant of Rath"
Walpole English
Originally indicated a person from either of two places by this name in Norfolk and Suffolk (see Walpole). Famous bearers of the surname include Robert Walpole (1676-1745), the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, and his youngest son, the writer Horace Walpole (1717-1797)... [more]
Adriano Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Adriano.
Boghosian Armenian
Means "son of Boghos".
Zilčyan Armenian
Means "cymbal-maker" in Armenian, from Ottoman Turkish زلجی (zilci) "cymbal-maker" with a surname forming suffix.
Del Rosario Spanish, Filipino
Means "of the rosary" in Spanish.
Murrow Irish, Scottish
Variant of Morrow. A famous bearer of the surname was Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), US radio and television journalist.
Wohl German, Yiddish
Meaning "pleasant" in both Middle German and Ashkenazic Yiddish
Vincek Croatian
Possibly derived from the Croatian nickname for Vincent.
Muhsin Arabic, Turkish
From the given name Muhsin
Saneyoshi Japanese
This surname is a combination of 實 (sane) meaning or 実 (sane) meaning "fruit, seed, truth" and 好 (yoshi) meaning "to be fond of, to like", or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune".
Van Den Oever Dutch
Means "from the riverbank" in Dutch, derived from oever "bank, riverbank, shore". Den Oever is also the name of a village in North Holland.
Zijlstra Dutch
Habitational surname derived from Dutch zijl "sluice, pump" and the West Frisian suffix -stra.
Zipperstein Jewish
Stein is German for the English word stone.
Baeder Romansh
Variant of Bäder.
Sarsour Arabic
Means "cockroach" or "roach" in Arabic.
Porko Finnish
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Finnish poro meaning "reindeer".
Zhekov m Russian (Rare)
Means "son of Zheka".
Nawab Urdu, Punjabi
From a title traditionally used by Muslim officials in South Asia who acted as local governors and rulers of deputy states. It is ultimately derived from Arabic نائب (na'ib) via Persian.
Marcell Hungarian
From the given name Marcell.
Shipwright English
Occupational name for a ship builder.
Juni Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Hispanicized, Rare)
Refers to the sound or song of a bird, derived from Tagalog huni.
Kárason Icelandic
Means "son of Kári" in Icelandic.
Devaney Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibheannaigh ‘descendant of Duibheannach’, a personal name of uncertain origin; the first element is dubh ‘black’, the second may be eanach ‘marshy place’... [more]
Dizznee Literature
Perhaps a variant of Disney, likely used by Shannon Messenger in her book series Keeper of the Lost Cities for this reason.
Izuhara Japanese
This surname is used as 出原, 泉原 or 伊豆原 with 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru, izu) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out", 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 豆 (zu, tou, mame, mame-) meaning "beans, midget, pea" and 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."
Vadeboncœur French (Quebec)
From the French phrase va de bon cœur meaning "go with a good (merry) heart". This was a secondary surname, common among soldiers in colonial French Canada, which has been adopted as a principal surname.
Hisaeda Japanese
From Japanese 久枝 (Hisaeda) meaning "Hisaeda", a former area in the former district of Wake in the former Japanese province of Iyo in parts of present-day Ehime, Japan.
Janačkin Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the Belarusian given name Jan 1.
Clayberg English
Meaning is unknown, but it most likely means "clay mountain", from surnames Clay "clay" and Berg "mountain".
Pembroke Welsh
Habitual surname for someone from Pembroke, a town in Wales.
Occhibianco Italian
Means "white eye" in Italian, most often given to foundlings.
Baryshnikov m Russian
From Russian барышник (baryshnik), meaning "an immoral salesman".
Derricott English
Habitational name, possibly a variant of Darracott, from Darracott in Devon. However, the present-day concentration of the form Derricott in the West Midlands and Shropshire suggests that this may be a distinct name, from a different source, now lost.
Fukashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Oku 3.
Moríñigo Spanish
Habitational surname from Moríñigo, Moríñigo is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León.
Chavali Telugu
Brahmin last name of South India, Andhra Pradesh
Beramendi Basque
Derived from Basque behera "below, under" and mendi "mountain".
Barsukov m Russian
From барсук (barsuk) meaning "badger"
Prasanna Sinhalese, Telugu
From the given name Prasanna.
Kangas Finnish
Derived from Finnish kangas, denoting a type of soil and the type of forest (known as boreal forest or taiga) that grows in such soil.
Uncastiello Aragonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Gion Romansh
Derived from the given name Gion.
De Silva Sinhalese
Sinhala variant of Silva.
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