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.
Vengerov m Russian
From Russian венгерский (vengerskiy), meaning "Hungarian".
Cena Polish
From Polish meaning "price". Possibly an occupational name for a trader or dealer.
Pfuhl German
a topographic name for someone who lived by a swamp or pond, Middle High German phuol.... [more]
Anguiano Spanish (Latinized, Modern)
Anguiano is a small town in the province of La Rioja, Spain.
Richer French, English, German
From the given name Richer.
Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".
Hock German
Topographic name for someone living by a hedge, from a dialect variant of Heck.
Truedsson Swedish
Means "son of Trued".
Abdelwahab Arabic
Derived from the given name Abd al-Wahab.
Yako African, Swahili, Xhosa
Derived from bantu yakho meaning "yours" or "yours alone" in Xhosa. It is implying a sense of possession or ownership. This surname may have an association with someone or something that belongs to them exclusively.
Vogt Von Sumerau Medieval German
Toponymic variant of Vogt. Members of this baronial family also use the surnames Vogt zu Sumerau, Vogt von Sumerau zu Leupolz, Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg, and Vogt von Alten-Summerau zu Prasberg.
Seoighe Irish
Irish version of the surname Joyce
Vasin Russian
Derived from the given name Vasya.
Ooman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).
Shin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Desapriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala දේශප්රිය (see Deshapriya).
Ochsner German (Swiss)
Means "oxen herder" in Swiss, from Middle High German ohse "ox".
Unterberger German (Austrian)
Denoted someone from Unterberg, the name of many places in Austria.
Chū Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 or 仲 (see Naka).
Aragón Spanish, South American
Habitational name from Aragon Spain which was an independent kingdom from 1035 to 1479. It took its name from the river Aragón which arises in its northwestern corner... [more]
Satoki Japanese
Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".
Koki Japanese
This surname combines 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old" or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."
Pickersgill English
This famous Yorkshire name is of early medieval English origin, and is a locational surname deriving from the place in West Yorkshire called Pickersgill, or "Robber's Ravine". The placename is derived from the Middle English "pyker", thief, robber, and "gill", gully, ravine, deep glen.
Amys English
From the given name Amis. Compare with Ames. An early example using this spelling is Robert Amys of Cambridgeshire, England in 1273.
Bascöurt French
The Bascourt or Bascur surname is from France, from that place dates the beginning of the surname, however the French of previous centuries had no records of that surname. ... [more]
Quaid Irish
Reduced form of Mcquaid.
Beckwith English (African)
Habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire named Beckwith, from Old English bece "beech" + Old Norse viðr "wood" (replacing the cognate Old English wudu).
Cleaveland English
Spelling variant of Cleveland.
Akanami Japanese
Aka means "red" and nami means "wave".
Buckman English
Occupational name for a goatherd (Middle English bukkeman) or scholar (Old English bucman "book man"). It could also be a shortened form of Buckingham or a variant of BUCKNAM.
Baamonde Spanish
habitational name from one of the Galician places called Baamonde (earlier written Bahamonde) in the province of Lugo most probably Santiago de Baamonde (Begonte).
Mario Italian
There's a popular character named Mario, and his brother, Luigi. Together; they're the Super Mario Bros. They've been very popular since the 80's and came out with the greatest games throughout the 90's, 00's, 10's, and 20's.
Lemons English
Variant of Lemon
Härmatis Estonian
Härmatis is an Estonian surname meaning "hoarfrost".
Pinchenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.
Koyama Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."
Lily English
Derived from Lily, a pet name for Elizabeth. It was also used as a nickname for someone with fair skin or hair, and is derived from Old English lilie meaning "lily (the flower)"... [more]
Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Evesham English
Derived from the Old English homme or ham and Eof, the name of a swineherd in the service of Egwin, third bishop of Worcester.
Momosaki Japanese
Momo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Merrix Welsh
Variant of Merricks.
Türer German
Means "doormaker" in German, from German Tür "door".
Careaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Kareaga.
Mick German, Dutch
Occupational name from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch micke "(wheat or rye) bread". Alternatively, a Germanized form of Mik.
Bruck Jewish
From Polish, Belorussian, or Yiddish bruk "pavement", possibly an occupational name for a paver.
Jabar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Jabbar.
Myrzabaeva f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Myrzabaev.
Cherki Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Arabic شرقي (sharqiyy) meaning "eastern, one from the east".
Boccafusca Italian
Possibly means "dark mouth", from bocco "mouth" and fosco "dark, gloomy", a nickname for someone who often spoke ill of others, or perhaps given to foundlings.
Cahoy Cebuano
From Cebuano kahoy meaning "tree, wood".
Måsga Chamorro (Modern)
Chamorro for "Had enough off or satiated".
Ødegård Norwegian
Means "deserted farm" in Norwegian. A combination of øde "deserted, empty" and gård "farm, yard".
Tymofiychuk Ukrainian
Means "child of Tymofiy".
Rest Romansh
Derived from the given name Rest.
Arturov Russian
Means "son of Artur".
Widegren Swedish
Combination of Swedish vide "willow" and gren "branch".
Sakuma Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
Barria Spanish
Variant of Barrio.
Minaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).
Gatou Japanese
Variant transcription of Gato.
Carneiro Portuguese, Galician
Means "ram" in Portuguese and Galician, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Carneiro.
Kobashi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 古 (ko) meaning "ancient, old, previous" combined with 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Galmarini Italian
Galmarini is a common surname in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Sundja Estonian
Sundja is an Estonian surname meaning "forced".
Dela Paz Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Paz primarily used in the Philippines.
Addams English
Variant of Adams.
Paşayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Paşa".
Atan Rapa Nui
This name means Adam. This is the surname of the ariki "king" Atamu Tekena's family.
Iams English (American)
Possibly the result of a misdivision of the given name William.
Lyselia Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Lyselius used in the 18th century.
Govani Indian
The meaning of the word is made up of two parts i.e. Go and vani ... [more]
Sawatdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).
Löfholm Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish elements löv "leaf" and holme "islet".
Notaras Greek
From the Latin word 'notarius'.
Damanik Batak
Means "charismatic, noble, intelligent", derived from Simalungun Batak si mada meaning "possessor, owner" and manik meaning "enthusiasm, charisma, intelligence".
Pael Estonian
Pael is an Estonian surname meaning "ribbon".
Mac Gafraidh Irish
The origin of the name is from the Gaelic "Mac Gafraidh" which translates as the "Son of Godfrey", and it is presumed that the first name holders were followers of the 6th century, Saint Godfrey.
Akino Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no) meaning "from".
Pompey French, English
Variant of Italian Pompei.
Ehrlich Yiddish
From the German meaning "honest" or "honorable"
Canavan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceanndubháin "descendant of Ceanndubhán", a byname meaning "little black-headed one", from ceann "head" combined with dubh "black" and the diminutive suffix -án.
De La Presa Spanish
Means "of the dam" in Spanish.
Tsuryū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 釣 (tsu), from 釣り (tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [more]
Labrador Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the root word "labora" meaning labor or work. This means laborer or worker but often associated to farmers as in San Isidro Labrador
Schlossberg German
Ornamental name composed of German Schloss ‘castle’ + Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.
Giroud French
Variant of Giraud.... [more]
Lusong Tagalog
From Tagalog, which is referring to a particular kind of large wooden mortar used in dehusking rice.
Borges Portuguese, Spanish
Possibly from Old French burgeis meaning "town-dweller" (see Burgess). Alternately, it may have denoted someone originally from the city of Bourges in France.
Messler German
Habitational name for someone from Messel near Darmstadt.
Thomason Welsh, English
Means "son of Thomas".
Kojadinović Serbian
Derived from the forename Kojadin.
Narch English
Variant of Narchi.
Hoshida Japanese
From 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, dot" and 田 (da) meaning "rice paddy, field".
Rachid Arabic
From the given name Rashid.
Blankenstein German, Jewish
From German blanken meaning "bare" and stein meaning "stone".
Elam English
English habitational name for someone from a place called Elham, in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is derived from Old English el ‘eel’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’... [more]
Wakamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Toohey Scottish Gaelic
Modern form of the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic O' Tuathaigh meaning the descendant of the chief.
Jousitos Provençal (Archaic)
An extinct surname. Derived from the given name Jousè.
Bagchi Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Bagcha in present-day West Bengal, India.
Perminov Russian
Indicated a person from the Russian city of Perm, of Uralic origin meaning "faraway land".
Seel German
Occupational name for a person who makes or sells ropes.
Grattà Late Greek (Italianized, Modern, Archaic, Expatriate)
Historical origins of Grattà are found in The Southern Region of Italy in The Province of Catanzaro, Calabria; predominately in the Comune of Girafalco and Palermiti. There is also at least one Coat of Arms that place the name being used in the The Commune of Lucca, Region of Tuscany in Central Italy.
Vernier French
Surname for a person who lived near an alder tree. Also a variant of Garnier 1 and Varnier and the eastern French form of Warner.
Belgasem Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Belkacem (chiefly Libyan).
Byam English
Probably means "person from Bytham", Lincolnshire ("homestead in a valley bottom"). Glen Byam Shaw (1904-1986) was a British theatre director.
Jeyi Shona
Porcupine. Wamambo. Strong, Courageous, Joyful and loving.
Hedén Swedish
Combination of Swedish hed "heath, moor" and the common surname suffix -én.
Gillis Scottish
Scottish reduced form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa "son of the servant of Jesus"... [more]
Sailer English
Variant spelling of Saylor.
Inomata Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 俣 (mata) or 股 (mata) both meaning "fork, crotch".
Depeder Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and the given name Peder.
Məsimova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Məsimov.
Bačunić Vlach
From Bačuna
Reeder Medieval English
This surname was given to people in Medieval England who thatched houses using reed
Matalka Arabic (Mashriqi)
Jordanian surname of uncertain meaning.
Catapano Italian
Means "catapan, governor of a catepanate", ultimately from Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō) "(the one) placed at the top, or the topmost".
Bevier French (Germanized)
From Old French bevier, meaning "a measure of land". This was probably a nickname for someone who owned or worked such a piece of land. This surname was first found in Austria, where the name Bevier came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging medieval society.
Avdeyeva Russian
feminine form of Avdeyev
Kvedaravičius m Lithuanian
Means "son of Kvedaras". Mantas Kvedaravičius was a Lithuanian journalist who was killed by the Russian forces in Mariupol.
Ten Have Dutch
Variant form of Hof.
Savino Italian
From the given name Savino.
Perri English
Variant of Perry 1.
Kiraz Turkish
Means "cherry" in Turkish.
Erzhanova Kazakh
Feminine transcription of Kazakh Ержанов (see Erzhanov).
Page German
Metonymic occupational name for a horse dealer, from Middle Low German page "horse".
Shpilbarg Yiddish
Yiddish form of Spielberg.
Dorchester English
Derived from either the village in Oxfordshire, or the county town of Dorset, England (both of which have the same name). Both are named with a Celtic name, respectively Dorcic and Durnovaria combined with Old English ceaster meaning "Roman fort, walled city".
Sakan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左官 (sakan) meaning "plasterer".
Noll German
From a short form of any of various medieval personal names derived from Germanic personal names ending in -n + wald 'rule', for example Arnold and Reinwald.
Aren Estonian
Aren is an Estonan surname meaning "developing" and "growth".
Rahmanian Persian
From the given name Rahman.
Falconi Italian
Means "Falconer"
Franchi Italian
Variant spelling of Franco.
Sauji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" and 氏 (shi) meaning "family, clan". This may also be a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Saudji)... [more]
Vidojević Serbian
Means "son of Vidoje".
Maihara Japanese
A Japanese surname formed from the kanji characters 舞 (Mai, "dance") and 原 (Hara, "field" or "plain"). The meaning could be interpreted as "dancing field/plains" or "field/plain of dance".
Prost Dutch
Variant or Americanized form of Proost.
Milina Croatian, Serbian
passed down from generations
Cheilas Greek
From Greek meaning "lips". Possibly a nickname for someone with big lips.
Coit Medieval Welsh, French, English
The surname Coit was first found in Carnarvonshire, a former country in Northwest Wales, anciently part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, and currently is divided between the unitary authorities of Gwynedd and Conwy, where they held a family seat... [more]
Sarapik Estonian
Sarapik is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel wood".
Vogler German
Occupational name for a birdcatcher.
Velichko Russian
Derived from Russian великий (velikiy), meaning "great, large".
Trevisan Italian
From the city of Treviso, in Veneto.
Giaccone Italian
Probably a modification of the given name Giacomo.
Ivančir Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Barney English
From the given name Barney.
Rolfsen Norwegian
Means "son of Rolf".
Borne French
From Old French borgne "one-eyed, blind", a nickname for someone with only one eye, or who had other problems with their vision, such as a squint or cross-eyes.
Prophète French, Haitian Creole
Originally a nickname (possibly ironic) from French prophète "prophet", making it a cognate of Profeta.
Wilcoxson English
Patronymic form of Wilcox which is derived from a diminutive of the given name William
Mamurov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Mamur".
Char Indian
Name from Sanskrit āčārya "teacher, spiritual guide". Originated among Brahmins, members of the highest caste in Hindu society, who traditionally serve as priests and teachers.
Deibert German
Variant of Deubert and Daiber.
Ozerov m Russian
From Russian озеро (ozero) meaning "lake".
Toshimori Japanese
It could be from Japanese 敏 (toshi) meaning "smart; clever" 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Fyfe English
From the place 'Fyfe'
Hochstein German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a high rock or a castle of that name from Middle High German hoh "high" and stein "rock stone castle".
Ahadi Persian
From the given name Ahad.
Cannella Italian
Diminutive form of canna "cane, reed, pipe", possibly a nickname for a tall, thin person, or perhaps taken directly from cannella "cinnamon (spice)" as a metonymic name for a spice merchant.
Čobanić Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.
Dakurige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 駄栗毛 (Dakurige) meaning "Dakurige", a division in the area of Sawane in the city of Sado in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
Karamanli f Greek
Feminine form of Karamanlis. Anna Karamanli (1968-) is a Greek politician, sports journalist, and former athlete.
Lindley English, German
English habitational name from either of two places in West Yorkshire called Lindley, or from Linley in Shropshire and Wiltshire, all named from Old English lin ‘flax’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, with epenthetic -d-, or from another Lindley in West Yorkshire (near Otley), named in Old English as ‘lime wood’, from lind ‘lime tree’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’... [more]
Czmiel Polish
Variant of Trzmiel.
Dragoev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Drago".
Lott English
Nickname for someone who owned an allotted share of land, derived from Middle English lot "portion, plot of land".
Guercio Italian
Probably a variant of Guerzoni, though it may derive from a Germanic given name.
Kandel Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic قنديل (see Qandil).
Wager German
An occupational name for an official in charge of the city scales.
Hayworth English
English: habitational name from Haywards Heath in Sussex, which was named in Old English as ‘enclosure with a hedge’, from hege ‘hedge’ + worð ‘enclosure’. The modern form, with its affix, arose much later on (Mills gives an example from 1544).
Lall Estonian
Lall is an Estonian surname derived from "lell" meaning "uncle".
Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".
Pyle Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch Pijl, a metonymic occupational name for a marksman or an arrowsmith, derived from pijl meaning "arrow".
Spruce English
Altered form of Prowse.
Molinero Spanish
An occupational surname from molinero (“miller”).
Gurung Nepali
From the name of the Gurung (Tamu) people of Nepal, itself an exonym probably of Tibetan origin.
Oritz Basque
Habitational name from Oritz, a town in Navarre province.
Chiapello Italian
Possibly connected to chiappare "to catch, to trap", a nickname for a hunter. Alternately, may be an elaborate form of Chiappa.
Lemmik Estonian
Lemmik is an Estonian surname meaning "favorite".
Claypool English
Derived from Claypole, a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, named from Old English cl?g meaning "clay" and pol meaning "pool".
Groeneveld Dutch
Means "green field" in Dutch.
Panyarachun m Mon, Thai
Of uncertain meaning. A famous bearer was a Prime Minister of Thailand, himself an ethnic Mon.
Valent English
Means showing great bravery.
Bouchaib Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Shoaib"; mainly found in Morocco and Algeria.
So Korean
Although there are two Chinese characters for the So surname, one of these is extremely rare and can be discounted (there are only about two hundred people in Korea who use this rare character). Some records indicate that the more common character for So has as many as 165 clans, but only eleven of them can be documented... [more]
Hakizimana Central African
Means "God cures" in Burundian and Rwandan.
Madbouly Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian surname of unknown meaning.
Lima Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived on the banks of the Lima River in Portugal, most likely derived from Indo-European *léymō meaning "lake".
Reus German
Topographic name from Middle High German riuse "fish trap", or from a regional term reuse meaning "small stream, channel".
Danilova Russian
Feminine form of Danilov.