RestorickCornish Means "person from Restowrack", farm in Cornwall ("watery hill-spur").
ChanthaphasoukLao From Lao ຈັນທະ (chantha) meaning "moon" and ພະສຸກ (phasuk) meaning "Venus" or "Friday".
LabontéFrench (Quebec), Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole From French la bonté meaning "(the) kindness, (the) goodness", originally used as a soldier's name and perhaps also as a nickname for a benevolent person. This surname is rare in France.
KilKorean There is one Chinese character for the Kil surname. In the 1930 census, there was a significantly larger number of Kils living in Korea; it was the 62nd most common name in Korea. In a census taken after the Korean War, however, it had dropped to 72nd... [more]
MäeotsEstonian Mäeots is an Estonian surname meaning "hill cusp/tip".
PürgEstonian Pürg is an Estonian surname derived from "pürg" meaning both "avidity (eagerness or enthusiasm") and a colloquial name for the European bison ("Bison bonasus").
ManhilotCebuano, Filipino Means "to massage", from Cebuano acting prefix man- with hilot, a traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage.
PăunescuRomanian Patronymic derived from Romanian păun "peacock".
PagdangananFilipino, Tagalog Means "to be respected" in Tagalog, from Tagalog dangan "respect, consideration" with object trigger prefix and suffix pag- -an. This surname is mostly found in Bulacan.
KaldveeEstonian Kaldvee is an Estonian surname meaning "sloping/inclined" ("kald") "water"" ("vee").
WhistlerEnglish An English occupational surname, meaning "one who whistles."
KamitonoJapanese From 上 (kami) meaning "above, high, upper" and 殿 (tono) meaning "lord, noble, hall, temple, palace".
ShojaeiPersian Derived from Persian شجاع (shoja) meaning "brave, courageous".
GursulturJewish (Latinized), Kurdish, Hebrew This name is a composition of the following words: GUR; Hebrew for "lion cub", SUL; which is an abbreviation of Suleman (Kurdish for king Solomon), TUR; this word is derived from the Arba'ah Turim. The Arbaáh Turim are often called simply the Tur, which is an important Halakhic code.... [more]
ConsiglioItalian Means "advice, counsel" or "council, assembly" in Italian, a nickname for a wise, thoughtful, or perhaps fearful individual, or an occupational name for a member of a council.
BajajIndian, Punjabi, Hindi Occupational name for a clothier from Punjabi ਬਜਾਜ (bajaj) meaning "cloth merchant", ultimately derived from Arabic بزاز (bazzaz).
SujanthanTamil, Sanskrit Sujanthan is of South Asian origin, specifically Tamil. The name is derived from the Tamil and Sanskrit roots, with "Sujan" meaning "good-hearted" or "virtuous," and "-than" being a suffix meaning "person" or "one."
BeaubienFrench (Quebec), English From French beau meaning "beautiful" and bien meaning "well, good". The name referred to someone with physical beauty.
UnamiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".
AdhiaKonkani A famous example is Richa Adhia, a Tanzanian model of Konkani descent.
CasamitjanaCatalan It indicates familial origin within either of 3 farmhouses: the one in Castellnou de Bages, the one in l'Esquirol, or the one in Moià.
DillinghamEnglish (British) Habitational name that probably derives from Dullingham in Cambridgeshire which was recorded as Dolingeham in 1214 and Dillyngham in 1298, named in Old English as ‘homestead (Old English hām) of the people (-inga-) of Dull(a)’.
MagsinoFilipino, Tagalog Means "to look closely", derived from Tagalog sino meaning "who". It was probably used as an occupational name for an investigator.
CasavantesFrench, 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.
KinslowEnglish habitational name from Kingslow in Worfield (Shropshire). The placename means "king's tumulus" from Old English cyning "king" (genitive cyninges) and hlaw "tumulus burial mound hill".
UchidaJapanese From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
NiinelaidEstonian Niinelaid is an Estonian surname meaning "linden islet".
DareEnglish This interesting surname has two possible derivations. Firstly, it may derive from the Olde English pre-7th Century personal name "Deora", Middle English "Dere", which is in part a short form of various compound names with the first element "deor", dear, and in part a byname meaning "Beloved"... [more]
LauperGerman (Swiss) From the short form of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut 'people', 'tribe' + berht 'famous'. topographic name for someone who lived at a Lauben, a row of houses and stores with an arcade in front, from Middle High German loube 'arbor', 'bower', 'gallery'.
OrgeronFrench (Cajun) From the Norman French family name Orger, which is a abbreviated form of the ancient Norman name Orglander.
LaanojaEstonian Laanoja is Estonian surname derived from "laanelill", meaning "starflower" and "wintergreen" (Trientalis europaea) and "oja" meaning "stream/creek".
AngeloItalian From a popular medieval personal name, Angelo, Latin Angelus, from Greek angelos "messenger, angel" (considered as a messenger sent from God).
DrownEnglish Derived from drone meaning "honey bee"
ChapelFrench Occupational name for a maker of cloaks or a nickname for a person who wore a distinctive cloak, from a diminutive of Old French chape meaning "cape, cloak".
LugodTagalog Means "delight, pleasure, enjoyment" in Tagalog.
MoraleeEnglish, French First found in Norfolk where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings.
FairEnglish, Irish English: nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, from Middle English fair, fayr, Old English fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.... [more]
FumagalliItalian Means "smoke the rooster" in Italian, from fuma "to smoke" and gallo "rooster". Refers to filling a henhouse with smoke to keep the chickens quiet when stealing them, thus making this a name probably given to chicken thieves.
BotkinRussian This was the surname of Evgeniy Botkin ( 1865 - 1918) who was the Russian court physician. He remained loyal to the family of Tsar Nicholas II Romanov when the revolution occurred and followed them into exile in Siberia... [more]
SağlamTurkish Means "firm, hard, strong" in Turkish.
SaroukhanianArmenian Here is the combined words meaning of "Saroukhanian" surname: Sar(Armenian origin–սար– means: Mountain ) + u (Armenian origin –եւ– means :and )+ khan( խան _means: prince )+ yan (յան– a suffix for Armenian family names) and the combination of the words finally means The Mountain and Prince or The Prince օf Mountain
Sá FortesPortuguese (Brazilian) Sá is a Portuguese toponymic surname, which refers to places with the same name, especially in the north of Portugal. Fortes, in turn, is a surname that can have a geographical origin (strong, high place) or professional origin (strong, strong person, warrior), also with Portuguese roots.. ... [more]
AlnemyFlemish Only know relation claims birth in East Flanders. Arabic speakers believe it may be of Syrian or Saudi Arabian origin.