Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the order is random.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Scalia Italian
Habitational name derived from Scalea in the province of Cosenza, deriving ultimately from medieval Greek skaleia meaning "hoeing".
Seth Indian, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi
Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".
Spice English
Occupational name for a dealer in spices or an apothecary, derived from Middle English spice.
Vujisić Serbian, Montenegrin
Derived from vuk (вук), meaning "wolf".
Anarbaeva f Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Anarbaev.
Toʻxtayev m Uzbek
Means "son of Toʻxta".
Holbein German
nickname for a bow-legged man from Middle High German hol "hollow" and bein "leg".
Kamutharat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Paesüld Estonian
Paesüld is an Estonian surname meaning "ribbon/tab cord".
Raisor English (American), German (Americanized)
Possibly a variant of Rasor, or an Americanized form of German Röser or Reiser.
Georgopoulos Greek
Patronymic form of Georgios.
Sass German
Variant of Sasse.
Ivsen English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Ibsen or Iversen.
Sis Czech
Derived from German süss "sweet".
Abeytunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේතුංග (see Abeythunga).
Mendès French
French form of Mendes.
Ebrahimzadeh Persian
From the given name Ebrahim combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Shim Korean
Alternate transcription of Sim.
Relph English
From the Old French male personal name Riulf, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "power-wolf" (cf. Riculf).
Cái Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gai, from Sino-Vietnamese 蓋 (cái).
Mariano Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the personal name Mariano
Arsova f Macedonian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Arsov.
Negro Italian, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Jewish
Nickname or ethnic name from negro "black" (continuation of Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair, dark eyes, a dark complexion, someone who wore dark clothes, someone who worked a job in the night, or was otherwise associated with the night.
Mian Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi
From an honorific title used on the Indian subcontinent meaning "lord, master, sir" or "prince", derived from Persian میان (miyan) meaning "middle, centre, between".
Vincenz Romansh
Derived from the given name Vincentius.
Hogan Norwegian
Anglicized form of the Norwegian surname Haugen (or Haugan), meaning "hill."
Are Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).
Tiao Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 刁 (see Diao).
Marinescu Romanian
Means "son of Marin".
Pluma Spanish
From Spanish meaning "plume, feather". Occupational name for a scribe.
Opie English, Cornish
From the medieval personal name Oppy or Obby, a diminutive of such names as Osbert, Osborn, and Osbald... [more]
Auston English
From the name of various English towns, derived from Latin australis "southern" and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Vongsombath Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ສົມບັດ (sombath) meaning "wealth, riches, fortune".
Telyatynskyy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian телятина (telyatyna), meaning "veal (meat)".
Ardies Irish
Irish Isle Of Ards
Kyrö Finnish
Origins remain unknown, might be deprived from the rare given name Kyrö or the location name. The earliest documented person with Kyrö as a surname dates back to 1553
Subramaniam Tamil
From the given name Subramaniam
D'Amico Italian
Derived from Italian amico meaning "friend".
Kind English
Nickname from Middle English kynde meaning "kind, type, nature" or "disposition", possibly used in the sense of "legitimate".
Manhilot Cebuano, Filipino
Means "to massage", from Cebuano acting prefix man- with hilot, a traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage.
Neujahr German
nickname for someone who owed feudal dues at the New Year, or sometimes a name given to someone born on that day
Frett English
English from Middle English frette, Old French frete ‘interlaced work (in metal and precious stones)’ such as was used for hair ornaments and the like, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such pieces.
Jon Romansh
Variant of Gion.
Kyiashko Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Kyyashko.
Wiles English
Occupational name for a trapper or hunter, from Middle English wile "trap, snare". It could also be a nickname for a devious person.
Lorenzini Italian
Means "son of Lorenzino", a diminutive of Lorenzo.
Pähkel Estonian
Pähkel is an Estonian surname meaning "nut".
Blankenbühler German
Possibly means "from the bare hill", from blanken "bare, bright" and bühl "hill".
De Lévis French
This indicates familial origin within the Orléanais commune of Lévis-Saint-Nom.
Châu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhou, from Sino-Vietnamese 周 (châu).
Caylor English
Anglicized form of Kaylor.
Schue German, Jewish
Variant of Schuh.
Czeslawowicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Czesław.
Hassanzai Pashto
Means "son of Hassan" in Pashto. The Hassanzai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Yousafzai.
Cordell English
Means "maker of cord" or "seller of cord" in Middle English.
Straughan English
Northern English (Northumbria and the Northeast) variant of Scottish Strachan.
Busalacchi Italian
Means "father of Zallaq", from Arabic أَبُو‎ (abu) "father of" and الزلاق (zallaq) of unknown meaning, possibly related to the given name Salah 1 meaning "righteousness".
Longoni Italian
Probably a variant of Longo "long, tall" using the augmentative suffix -one. In some cases, it could instead derive from the toponym Longone.
Vilu Estonian
Vilu is an Estonian surname meaning "cool" and "chilly".
Suleymenova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Сүлейменова (see Suleimenov).
Homberg German
The surname Hamberg could be derived from it.
Galevski Macedonian
Son of Gale
Love English, Scottish
From Anglo-Norman French lo(u)ve meaning "female wolf."
Erland English
Derived from the Swedish given name Erland.
Arne English (British, Rare)
From the name of a village in Dorset named with Old English ærn "house" or hær "at the tumuli".
Amaya Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Gravelotte French
Derived from a commune (town) in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, near Metz.
Sibul Estonian
Sibul is an Estonian surname meaning both "onion" and "bulb".
Tõnissoo Estonian
Tõnissoo is an Estonian surname meaning "Tõnis' (a masculine given name) swamp". Probably an Estonianization of "Tõnis' son (son of Tõnis)".
Kartashyan Armenian
Means "son of the stonemason" from Armenian քարտաշ (kʿartaš) meaning "stonecutter, stonemason".
Yu Chinese
Either an alternate form of Chinese 谕 (yù) meaning "to instruct, understand, know" or an alternate form of Yu 3.
Alliksaar Estonian
Alliksaar is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".
Sokić Croatian
Derived from Turksh sokak, meaning "street". The word is still used in Croatian meaning "little street, alley". Most people with this surname live in Cernik, Croatia.
Lodu Estonian
Lodu is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh" or "fen".
Gatmaitan Filipino, Tagalog
From a Hispanicised form of Gat Maitan, a title meaning "lord of Mait" that was used by rulers of an ancient place named Mait or Maitan.
Gove Scottish
Scottish form of Goffe.
Slabko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian слабкий (slabkyy), meaning "weak".
Bünting German
Derived from an unknown given name or from Middle High German binden "to bind".
Dumaraos Tagalog
Means "to celebrate" from Tagalog daos meaning "celebration".
Stipić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Stipe".
Hakurei Japanese
From haku (博) meaning "wide" or "exposition" and rei (麗) meaning "lovely", "graceful", or "beautiful".... [more]
Runds Germanic (Rare)
The Runds surname most likely originated near the Rhine river. It comes from the Proto-Celtic word, rūnā, meaning mystery/mystic. The coat of arms dates back to the middle ages and consists of a black shield with three gold crescent moons... [more]
Tauekelov m Kazakh
Means "son of Tauekel".
Shia Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Xie.
Babel French
Either (i) from the medieval French personal name Babel, apparently adopted from that of St Babylas, a 3rd-century Christian patriarch of Antioch, the origins of which are uncertain; or (ii) an invented Jewish name based on German or Polish Babel "Babylon".
Siôn Welsh
From the given name Siôn
Cratchit Literature
Bob Cratchit is a fictional character in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" novella. Bob Cratchit works for Ebenezer Scrooge as an underpaid clerk.
Kováčik Slovak
Comes from a pet form of Kováč, 'smith'.
Leitch Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
A physician in Old Scots.
Aasen Norwegian
Means "the ridge" in Norwegian. Definite singular form of Aas.
Artemenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Artem".
Arbab Persian, Urdu
Means "lord, master" in Persian.
Turzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Turzhanov.
Dycian German (East Prussian), Hebrew
The surname "Dycian" is quite rare, with limited information available regarding its origin or meaning. One suggestion proposes that it may derive from the German word "dicyan," meaning "cyanogen," a chemical compound... [more]
Shlyukhin Russian
Derived from Russian шлюха (shlyukha) meaning "slut, whore".
Thwing English
Habitational name from a place so called in East Yorkshire named with Old Norse thvengr or Old English thweng "narrow strip of land".
Takao Japanese
From 高 (taka) meaning "high, tall, expensive" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Cam Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Gan, from Sino-Vietnamese 甘 (cam).
Abella Catalan, Galician
Means "bee" in Catalan and Galician, used as a nickname for a small, active person or an occupational name for a beekeeper.
Guglielmo Italian
From the given name Guglielmo.
Fall English, German
English topographic name Middle English falle "fall descent" (from Old English gefeall or gefall "felling of trees" Old Norse fall "forest clearing") denoting a waterfall steep slope or (in northern England) a forest clearing... [more]
Sandell English
Originated from a name for someone who lived on a sand hill
Badami Indian
The town of Badami is situated in the northern part of Karnataka. It was formerly known as Vatapi and was the capital of the Chalukya kingdom from the 6th to the 8th century ad.
Chernysh Russian
Derived from a Slavic word meaning "black".
Ganeku Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Antonsdóttir f Icelandic
Means "daughter of Anton" in Icelandic.
Al-khwārizmī Medieval Arabic
This is the name of 9th century mathematician and astronomer Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmi, derived from the region of Khwarazm
Radchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Rodion.
Appler German
Variant of Eppler.
Goonewardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණවර්ධන (see Gunawardana).
Attanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අත්තනායක (see Attanayake).
Giammattei Italian
Patronymic form of Giammatteo.
Wysocki m Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Wysocko, Wysoka or Wysokie, all derived from Polish wysoki meaning "tall, high".
Marksman English
An occupational surname indicating a person who was a hunter, especially a skilled one.
Jerkov Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the forename Jerko.
Ciccio Sicilian
Ciccio usually implies the person with given name is as sweet as pie. It also can be lengthened to Francesco.
Demiraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Demir" in Albanian.
Rattanavong Lao
From Lao ລັດຕະນະ (rattana) meaning "precious stone, jewel, gem" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Kozhara Ukrainian
From Ukrainian кожа (kozha), meaning "skin, leather".
Limanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Limanowa.
Monge French
Southern French variant of Moine.
Rudén Swedish (Rare)
Swedish rud "clearing" (compare Ruud) combined with the common surname suffix -én.
Ogorodnikov Russian
From Russian огородник (ogorodnik) meaning "truck farmer, market gardener".
Mole English
Mole is (in some but not all cases) the English form of the German Möhl meaning mill.
Bishwas Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali বিশ্বাস (see Biswas).
Judge Irish
Anglicized calque of Mac an Bhreitheamhan.
Saetia Thai
Form of Zhang (via the Teochew romanization) used by Thais of Chinese descent, formed with Thai แซ่ (sae) denoting Chinese family names.
Drewery English
Variant of Drury.
Mccammon Scottish, Northern Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ámoinn "son of Ámoinn", a Gaelic form of the Norse personal name Amundr, which is composed of the elements ag "awe, fear", or "edge, point" and mundr "protection".
Abura Japanese (Rare)
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil".
Theroux French (Quebec)
Southern French (Théroux): of uncertain origin; perhaps a topographic name for someone living by "the wells", from a plural variant of Occitan théron "well".
Puglia Italian
habitational name from Apulia (Italian Puglia) in southeastern Italy. Variant of Pugliese.
Tremain Literature (Modern)
Surname of a character in Esther Forbes novel, Johnny Tremain.
Pastorelli Italian
An occupational name meaning "shepherd."
Cadisch Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family", in combination with Disch.
Chim Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhan.
Taalmaa Estonian
Taalmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "taal (thaler) maa (land)"
Doolin Irish
Variant of Dolan.
Chu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Zhou, from Sino-Vietnamese 周 (chu).
Gunathillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).
Mõisa Estonian
Mõisa is an Estonian surname meaning "manor".
Tudor English, Welsh
From the given name Tudur. It was borne by five monarchs of England beginning with Henry VII in the 15th century.
Buzelli Italian
Chris Buzelli is an illustrator.
Satō Japanese (Rare)
Means "sugar" in Japanese, possibly referring to a sugar house owner.
Stornelli Italian
Meaning uncertain; may be from storno "starling", or directly from stornelli, an Italian lyric or folk song.
Shroff Indian, Hindi, Gujarati, Arabic, Urdu, Indian (Parsi)
Originally an occupational name for a cashier, money changer or banker, derived from Gujarati સરાફ (saraf) meaning "bullion merchant", itself ultimately derived from Arabic صراف (sarraf) meaning "teller".
Roo Estonian
Roo is an Estonian surname derived from "roog" ("reed" or "cane") or "roos" ("rose").
Humenyuk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian гуменний (humennyy), meaning "rubber (adjective)". Denoted to rubber worker.
Fornousová f Czech
Feminine form of Fornous.
Rogier French
From the Old French given name Rogier a variant of Roger. Variant of Roger
Dragoeva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Dragoev.
Ullah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه (Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.
Amistadi Italian
From the Old Italian word amistade meaning "friendship", possibly given as a nickname, or taken from a personal name.
Tornatore Italian
Derived from Italian tornatore meaning "turner", which refers to a craftsman who turns and shapes various materials (such as wood and metal) on a lathe. In other words: this surname is the Italian cognate of the English surname Turner... [more]
Vaytsyukevich Belarusian
Belarusian form of Voytov.
Sowa Japanese
From 宗 (so) meaning "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" and 和 (wa) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan".
Hammersmith German, English
Normally an anglicization of German Hammerschmidt. Perhaps also from Norwegian Hammersmed.... [more]
Lasagna Italian
From Italian (lasagna) denoting a popular Italian dish made of stacked layers of thin flat pasta alternating with fillings such as ragù and other vegetables, cheese, seasonings and spices.
Telaumbanua Nias
Meaning uncertain.
Akbarzadeh Persian
From the given name Akbar combined with the Persian suffix -زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Boudjin Dutch
Shortened version of the given name Boudewijn.
Yonemoto Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and moto means "origin, root, source, base".
Miyamachi Japanese
From 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine" and 町 (machi) meaning "town".
Guimarães Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Guimarães in northern Portugal.
Mesropyan Armenian
Means "son of Mesrop".
Mainer English
Variant of Mayner.
Kuriyama Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Lahaylahay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to pass time" in Cebuano.
Lemon African American
This surname is a Middle English personal name Lefman, Old English Leofman, composed of the elements leof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’, and mann ‘man’, person. This surname came to be used as a nickname for a lover or sweetheart, from Middle English Lemman.
Raju Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil
Variant of Raj chiefly used in Southern India.
Monteleone Italian
From various place names, meaning "mountain lion", or "mountain of the lion".
De Brazza Italian
Denoted someone who lived in Brač, an island off the coast in Dalmatia, from Italian Brazza "Brač". The famous bearer of this surname was an Italian-French explorer Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905).
Pessoa Portuguese
From Portuguese pessoa meaning "person."
Bertocchi Italian
Comes from a pet form of the personal name Berto.
Goff Welsh
Variant of Gough 1.
Ryuhfuku Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 竜福 or 龍福 (see Ryūfuku).
Vaik Estonian
Vaik is an Estonian surname meaning both "quiet/still ("vaikus") and "resin/pitch", "tar".
Grīva Latvian
Means "creek".
Ferneyhough Anglo-Saxon
The surname Ferneyhough is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a topographic surname for someone who lived in a "Fernhöhle," which translates to a distance hollow or cave. The name is derived from the Old English words "fearn," meaning fern, before the 7th century, and "hol(h)," meaning hollow or depression in the ground... [more]
Tjeng Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Zheng used by Chinese Indonesians.
Charleston English
Means "son of Charles."
Biarujia Taneraic
This is the only existing surname derived from Javant Biarujia’s constructed personal language, Taneraic, which he created over several decades. The meaning is unknown.
Schiefelbein German
Habitational name from Schievelbein in Pomerania.
Lukaš Sorbian
From the given name Lukaš.
Saddam Arabic
Derived from the given name Saddam.
Lainevool Estonian
Lainevool is an Estonian surname meaning "flowing wave" (literally, "wave flow").
Carini Italian
Means "beloved" in Italian.
Samaranayake Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "coming together, meeting" or "conflict, struggle" and नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Narr German
Nickname for a foolish or silly person, from Middle High German narr ‘fool’, ‘jester’.
Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".
Akın Turkish
Means "raid, rush, influx, inflow" in Turkish.
Giardiniere Italian
Italian form of Gardener.
Curmi Maltese
(Warning: Whatever you do, don't look up the coat of arms, if you're squeamish. Take me seriously.)
Sax English
From Middle English sax meaning "knife", an occupational name for a knife maker, or perhaps a nickname for someone skilled with a knife.
Reintalu Estonian
Reintalu is an Estonian surname derived from "Rein" (a masculine given name) and "talu", meaning "farm"; "Rein's farm".
Quraishi Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Qureshi.
Anjum Urdu, Bengali
Means "stars", the plural of Arabic نَجْم‎ (najm) meaning "star".