Browse Submitted Surnames

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Županović Croatian
Derived from župan, a noble and administrative title, the leader of a territorial unit called županija.
Kondi Kongo, Vili
Of uncertain meaning.
Krishnakumar Indian
Combination of Krishna and Kumar.
Kirkwood Scottish, English
From any of several places in Scotland named Kirkwood, derived from Old English cirice "church" and wudu "tree, wood, forest".
Storm English, Low German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Nickname for a man of blustery temperament.
Bakır Turkish
From the given name Bakır.
Curcuru Italian
Short form of Curcuruto.
Ohanyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Օհանյան (See Ohanian)
Fornous m Czech
A dialectal word referring to a manorial servant who receives some of their goods as partial payment.
Hang Hmong
From the clan name Ham or Haam associated with the Chinese character 項 (xiàng) (see Xiang).
Boatfield English
Occupational name for a person who worked on the deck of a ship.
Lazareski m Macedonian
Means "son of Lazar".
Luangrath Lao
From Lao ຫລວງ (luang) meaning "royal, great, large" and ລາດ (rath) meaning "pave, pour".
Zaychenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zaytsev.
Agozzino m Italian
The name Agozzino derives from the Italian surname, which likely has its roots in the name 'Agostino,' meaning 'majestic' or 'venerable.'
Momoi Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Tsikalas Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Cikala.
Numa Japanese
Numa means "marsh, swamp".
Franchetti Italian
Diminutive spelling of Franco.
Bidwell English
Habitational name from any of the places called Bidwell in England or similar, all derived from Old English byden "vat, tub" and wille "spring, stream, well".
Ootono Japanese (Rare)
Oo means "big, great, large, huge" and tono is an outdated honorific that literally means "lord".
Stapleton English
Habitational surname from any of various places in England.
Pepper English
Occupational name for a spicer.
Caruthers Scottish
Means "Rhydderch's fort" in Cumbric. This might refer to the king of Alt Clut, Rhydderch Hael.
Tomek Czech
Comes from a pet form of the personal name Tomáš.
Hernes Estonian
Hernes is an Estonian surname meaning "pea".
Clague Manx
Shortened Anglicization of either Gaelic Mac Luathóg "son of Luathóg", itself derived from a diminutive of Gaelic luath, Manx leah "swift", or from Gaelic Mac Laoghóg "son of Laoghóg", which is derived from a diminutive of Gaelic laogh and Manx lheiy "calf".
Grässli Romansh
Derived from Romansh grass "fat" in combination with the diminutive suffix -li.
Sannomiya Japanese
From 三 (san) meaning "three", ノ (no) an invisible possessive particle, and 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine".
Carmignani Italian
Denoted a person from Carmignano, a municipality in Tuscany, Italy. In some cases, it could instead derive from the Latin nomen Carminianus (see Carminius).
Toomingas Estonian
Means "bird cherry" in Estonian.
Kopel Jewish
From a Yiddish diminutive of the given name Jacob.
Shimono Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "under, below" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Iwatate Japanese
From Japanese 岩館 (Iwatate) meaning "Iwatate", a former village in the former district of Tsugaru in parts of present-day Aomori, Japan, in the former Japanese province of Mutsu.
Lucchesi Italian
Variant form of Lucchese.
Chan Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 詹 (see Zhan).
Mulkerin Irish
The Irish surname Mulkerin is an anglicied rendering of the Gaelic surname O'Maoilchiarain which means ,literally, "descendant of a follower of Saint Ciaran", the Irish saint who founded the great monastery at Clonmacnois... [more]
Schincariol Italian, Portuguese
Unknown meaning.
Saffioti Italian
From the place name Punta Safò, a settlement in Briatico.
Behrangi Persian
From the given name Behrang.
Crombrugge Belgian, Flemish
Possibly means "crooked bridge", from Middle Dutch crom "bent, not straight" and brugge "bridge".
Mangiaracina Italian
The Sicilian name for salpa, a kind of fish, from mangia "to eat" and racina "grapes".
Van Der Kooi Dutch
Means "from the pen", derived from Dutch kooi "cage", given to someone who owned a duck decoy field for hunting, or who came from a place named after one.
Hermosisima Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish hermosísima meaning "most beautiful".
Culpeper English
Variant of Culpepper. A famous bearer of the name was English botanist Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654).
Nirehara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
Khitrov m Russian
Derived from Russian word хитрость (khitrost') meaning cunning.
Rogaczewski Medieval Polish
Meaning (Polish): "son of he with antlers" Meaning (Serbian): "son of the Devil"
Birčanin Serbian
Possibly derived from the village of Birač, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Apolinar Spanish
From the given name Apolinar
Trezeguet French
Meaning uncertain, possibly an occupational name derived from Old French treize, treze meaning "thirteen" and guet (itself from Old French gué) meaning "look-out, watch, vigil"... [more]
Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.
Männik Estonian
Männik is an Estonian surname meaning "pine stand" or "pine forest".
Maytwayashing Ojibwe
Unknown meaning, most commonly found in Anishinaabe communities in Manitoba. A notable bearer is Clifford Maytwayashing, a legendary fiddle player.
Sergeyan Armenian, Russian
Means "son of Sergey" with the Armenian suffix yan.
Cooglan Irish
Irish surname of unknown meaning. May be a variant of Coghlan.
Nykytyn m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Nikitin.
Yanagi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Kul Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian, Kurdish, Odia, Thai, Khmer, Lao
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".
Evren Turkish
From the given name Evren.
Westgate English
Topographic name for someone who lived near a west gate in a city, or a habitual surname for someone from Westgate. It is derived from Middle English west meaning "west" and gate "gate" (or "street" in northern and eastern areas; from Old Norse gata).
Kang Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.
Nordh Swedish
Variant of Nord.
Bylin Swedish
A combination of Swedish by "village" and the suffix -in, derived from Latin -inus, -inius "descendant of"
Groński Polish
Habitational name for someone from Grońsko in Greater Poland Voivodeship (named with the nickname Gron, Grono, from grono "bunch of grapes") or from Groń, the name of several places in southern, mountainous part of Lesser Poland (named with the regional word groń "ridge").
Froch Polish
Polish form of Frosch.
Violet English
Derived from the given name Violet
Amachi Japanese
This surname is used as 天知, 天地, 天池, 天内, 雨知 or 雨地 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 雨 (u, ama-, ame, -same) meaning "rain", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom", 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 池 (chi, ike) meaning "cistern, pond, pool, reservoir" and 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."... [more]
Hosonuma Japanese
Hoso means "thin, fine, narrow, slender" numa means "swamp".
Soovere Estonian
Soovere is an Estonian surname meaning "swamp blood".
Eugenio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Eugenio.
Wax German, Jewish, English
German and Jewish variant and English cognitive of Wachs, from Middle English wax "wax" (from Old English weax).
Zink German
German:... [more]
Pärnamaa Estonian
Pärnamaa is an Estonians surname meaning "linden land".
Bano Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Hindi बानो (see Banu) as well as the Urdu form.
Temelkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Temelko".
Baldrick Medieval English
The name of Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson)'s much-hated slave in the comedy Blackadder.... [more]
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
Abdelfattah Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Fattah.
Dowland Irish
Probably a variant of Dowlin or Dolan.
Bastien French
From the given name Bastien.
Zetterström Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and ström "stream".
Umebayashi Japanese
From 梅 (ume) meaning "Japanese apricot, plum" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Kolesnikova f Russian
Feminine form of Kolesnikov.
Roan Irish
variant of Roane
Van Der Gracht Dutch
Means "from the canal" in Dutch, from Dutch gracht "canal".
Belchior Portuguese
From the given name Belchior.
Scheper Dutch, Low German
Means "shepherd" in Dutch and Low German.
Al-Qahtani Arabic
Means "the Qahtani" in Arabic, referring to a Qahtanite person from the southern Arabian Peninsula and Yemen.
Tsujimura Japanese
From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Matsushima Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Sorlie Scottish
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Somhairle (see McSorley).
Marcell Hungarian
From the given name Marcell.
Viljarand Estonian
Viljarand is an Estonian surname meanig "grain/harvest shore".
Snyder Dutch, English, German, Yiddish, Jewish
Means "tailor" in Dutch, an occupational name for a person who stitched coats and clothing.... [more]
Kimata Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and 俣 (mata) meaning "fork, crotch".
Pietrangelo Italian
Derived from the given name Pietrangelo, a variant of Pierangelo, formed from Pietro and Angelo.
Bektešević Bosnian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Bektaş".
Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".
Böðvarsson Icelandic
Means "son of Böðvar" in Icelandic.
Biddulph English
From the name of a town in Staffordshire, England, derived from Old English bī meaning "beside" and dylf meaning "digging" (a derivative of delfan "to dig").
Vernikov m Russian
From Russian верник (vernik), meaning "believer", usually in the context of religion due to the term вера (vera) "faith, belief, trust" which is often associated with religion.
Bangon Filipino, Maranao
Means "to rise, to get up" or "plot of land" in Maranao.
Macadindang Maranao
From Maranao dindang meaning "stir, trouble, confuse".
Avogadro Italian
An occupational name for a lawyer or public official with administrative duties. Ultimately from Latin advocator, "advocate".
Eccles English
From the name of a town in Greater Manchester, England or another town or village named Eccles, derived from Latin ecclesia via Romano-British ecles meaning "church".
Galt English
An early member was a person with a fancied resemblance to the wild boar.
Florentin Romanian, French, German
From the given name Florentin.
Jayesinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසිංහ (see Jayasinghe).
Madonna Italian
From the person name Madonna, from donna meaning "lady", bestowed in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Ganacsade Somali
Meaning "businessperson" or "entrepreneur." It is often used to refer to someone involved in trade or commerce.
Gracia Spanish
From gracia "grace", or an alteration of García.
Juang Chinese
Variant transcription of Zhuang.
Van Kelt Popular Culture
Used for a character from the 1992 film, School Ties, Rip Van Kelt.
Kanisthaka Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Cleland Belgian, Scottish, Irish
Scottish and Irish reduced form of McClelland. ... [more]
Isufi Albanian
From the given name Isuf.
Asatryan Armenian
Means "son of Asatur".
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".
Ohe Japanese
Variant transcription of Oe.
Teng Chinese
Alternate transcription of Deng as well as the Hokkien and Teochew romanization of the name.
Hiraizumi Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".
Smithberger English (American)
Americanized form of German Schmidtberger or its variant, Schmiedberger.
Breitner German
Derived from Middle High German breit meaning "broad, fat, wide". This was either a nickname for a stout or fat person, a topographic name for someone who lived on fertile and flat land, or an occupational name for a farmer who owned such land... [more]
Iseppi Romansh
Derived from the given name Gisep.
Gioi Italian
Possibly from Sardinian angioi "lamb", a nickname for a shepherd, or from gioi "Thursday".
Spann English
Derived from Old English spann meaning "span (of a hand)", a unit of measurement equaling about nine inches, possibly used to refer to someone who lived on a strip of land or by a narrow footbridge.
Brzoza Polish
Means "birch tree" in Polish.
Murashima Japanese
Shima means "island" and mura means "hamlet, village".
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]
Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Verhulst Dutch, Flemish
Shortened form of van der Hulst "from the holly".
Sebastian German, English
From the given name Sebastian.
Kiel Dutch
From Middle Dutch kidel, kedel "smock", hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who make such garments or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore one. Also a Dutch habitational name from a place so named in Antwerp or from the German city Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
Kumbhakar Indian, Bengali, Hindi
From Sanskrit कुम्भकार (kumbhakara) meaning "potter", derived from कुम्भ (kumbha) meaning "jar, urn, pot" and कार (kara) meaning "maker, doer".
Gamer Jewish
From the Russian pronunciation of Hamer.
Hanzawa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Manalili Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
Occupational name derived from Pampangan alili or Tagalog halili meaning "successor, substitute, replacement".
Urasawa Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Anpo Japanese
From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "calm, peaceful" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect, maintain".
Van Straubenzee Dutch (Anglicized, Rare)
Etymology uncertain, most likely a habitational name.
Sügis Estonian
Sügis is an Estonian surname meaning "Autumn".
Kaigler English (American)
Americanized spelling of Kegler.
Lammers English
Habitational name from either Lamas in Norfolk or Lamarsh in Essex, derived from Old English lām "loam, clay" combined with ersc "plowed field" or mersc "marsh".
Ralls English (Anglicized, Rare)
From old English or Saxon. Originally Rallf ( Raulf) which meant Wolf Council
Sartain French
Means, "Tailor".
Rzaquliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Rzaqulu".
Mellet French
Variant of Mollet.
Izaba Basque
From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Proposed origins include Basque iz "water" combined with aba, which could mean "river, mouth, confluence" and/or be a variant of -aga "place of, abundance of".
Shanks English (Modern)
Possibly a diminutive of LONGSHANKS, which would be given to a tall or gangly person.
Wolfmeyer German
From German wolf "wolf" and meyer "tenant farmer".
Gong Chinese
Gong means palace.... [more]
Dall Irish
Derived from Old Irish dall, a byname meaning "blind".
Whitlock English
Nickname for someone with white or fair hair, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lock ‘tress’, ‘curl’. Compare Sherlock. ... [more]
Milner English, Scottish
Northern English (mainly Yorkshire) and Scottish: variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of the Middle English word, which was a result of Scandinavian linguistic influence, as in Old Norse mylnari.
Olorosisimo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish olorosísimo meaning "most fragrant".
Itano Japanese
From 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".
Abenayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේනායක (see Abeynayake).
Foligno Italian
From the name of an ancient town in Umbria, Italy, derived from Latin Fulginia, of uncertain etymology.
Lethbridge English
Believed to have derived from a location in Devonshire around the 16th century.
Arquette French
From arquet meaning "little bow" or "little arch" (diminutive of arche, from Latin arcus). It was originally an occupational name for an archer, but the French word arquet(te) is also found in the sense 'market trader' (originally, perhaps, one with a stall underneath an arch)... [more]
Masangkay Filipino, Tagalog
Meaning uncertain.
Birchall English
Probably a habitational name from Birchill in Derbyshire or Birchills in Staffordshire, both named in Old English with birce "birch" + hyll "hill".
Kazan Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish
From Turkish kazan meaning "kettle, boiler, furnace".
Harwin English
From the Old French personal name Harduin, composed of the Germanic elements hard 'hardy', 'brave' + win 'friend'.
Matas Croatian, Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Matej.
Balmaseda Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Elston English
A habitational surname orgininating from multiple different places called Elston in Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Wiltshire.
Tomaszek Polish
From the given name Tomasz.
Dylan English
From the given name Dylan.
Rinne Estonian
Rinne is an Estonian surname meaning "front" or "battlefront".
Lundsten Swedish
Combination of Swedish lund "grove" and sten "stone".
Paonil Thai
From Thai เปา (pao) meaning "judicial officer, referee, umpire" and นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black".
Akuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 阿久沢 (Akuzawa), a variant spelling of 悪沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a division in the area of Azuma in the city of Midori in the prefecture of Gumma in Japan.... [more]
Dworkin Jewish
From a pet-form of the Yiddish female personal name Dvoyre, from Hebrew Devorah (source of English Deborah), literally "bee"... [more]
Kübler German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German kübel "tub vat barrel", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper.
Marrero Spanish
Occupational name for a stonecutter, derived from Spanish marrear "to hit with a sledgehammer", ultimately from Latin marra "hoe, hook, spade".
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