Browse Submitted Surnames

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Lijewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Lijewo in Włocławek voivodeship.
Cesare Italian
From the given name Cesare.
Goldburg English, Jewish
Anglicized form of Goldberg.
Vesper German
Either a nickname from Latin vesper "6 o’clock in the evening evening time" originally the second to last canonical hour or a habitational name from a place so called on the Ruhr river.
Komaru Japanese
From Japanese 小丸 (Komaru) meaning "Komaru", a former village in the former district of Mikumi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Kidman English
Occupational name for a goatherd or someone in charge of young livestock, from Middle English kid "young goat" and man.
Abdulmalic Filipino, Maranao
From the given name Abdulmalic.
Bostan Romanian
Nickname from Romanian bostan meaning "pumpkin, melon".
Hoen Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch hoen "chicken, hen", perhaps a nickname denoting a silly or foolish person, or an occupational name for someone who raised chickens.
Cranston Scottish
Habitational name from the parish named Cranston in Midlothian, from Old English given name Cran or element cran, both meaning "crane" and tun "enclosure, town"... [more]
Zou Chinese
An ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.
Br Ginting f Batak
Feminine form of Ginting. The Br (short form of beru, pronounced BUH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese, specifically in the Karo tribe.
Sayed Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sayyid.
Nibe Japanese
Variant transcription or reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).
Hovsepyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovsep".
Lynd English
Variant of Lund.
Mayevskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified, ?)
Possibly from Russian май (may), meaning "May (month)".
Mellali Moroccan
Habitational name from the city of Beni Mellal.
Verdejo Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places so called.
De Assis Portuguese
Referred to a person who was originally from the town of Assisi (called Assis in Portuguese) in Umbria, Italy. This surname is borne by several Brazilian soccer players, including Ronaldinho (1980-; birth name Ronaldo de Assis Moreira) and João Alves de Assis Silva (1987-), who is usually called simply Jô... [more]
Girai Indian (Muslim), Urdu
Indian cognate of the Turkish surname Giray.
Beeden English (British)
Probably means "from Beeden", a village near Newbury in Berkshire. Ultimately coming from either Old English byden, meaning "shallow valley", or from the pre 7th century personal name Bucge with the suffix dun, meaning "hill of Bucge".
Boban Croatian
Habitational name, originates from Bobanova Draga, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Anuruddha Sinhalese
From the given name Anuruddha.
Kozub Czech, Polish, Slovak
Either denoted a fireplace maker or a saddler depending on the origin, either meaning "fireplace, hearth" in Czech and Slovak or "saddle" in Polish.
Khokhlenkov m Russian
From the term хохол (khokhol), a type of traditional Ukrainian cossack hairstyle or can be used as derogatory for Ukrainian person.
Bayır Turkish
Means "slope, incline, hill" in Turkish.
Quaresma Portuguese
Means "Lent" in Portuguese.
Eenpuu Estonian
Eenpuu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "puu" ("tree").
Valladolid Spanish
Habitational name from the city of this name.
Pombal Portuguese
from the portuguese word: pombo meaning "dove", "pigeon". ... [more]
Semančik Rusyn
Means "son of Seman".
Paliak Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian паляк (paliak) meaning "Pole, Polish".
Farmani Persian
From Persian فرمان (farman) meaning "decree, command, order".
Hiielaid Estonian
Hiielaid is an Estonian surname meaning "grove islet".
Bjørklund Norwegian
From any of several farms named with Norwegian bjørk "birch" and lund "grove".
Chattapadhyay Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali চট্টোপাধ্যায় (see Chattopadhyay).
Allman English
From Norman aleman "German, relating to Germany", ultimately from Late Latin Alemannus "member of the Alemanni tribe". Cognate to French Allemand and Spanish Alemán.
Mabe Japanese
Variant reading of Umabe.
Lamberg German
Derived from any of several places so named in Germany.
Terzis Greek
From the Italian surname Terzi 1 ultimately from the Italian given name Terzo, meaning the third given usually name to the third child.
Kraftmel Yiddish
It literally means "starch".
Saarela Estonian
Saarela is an Estonian surname meaning "island area".
Grjotheim Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Norwegian (Nynorsk) grjot "stone, rock" and heim "home".
Riiel Estonian
Riiel is an Estonian surname meaning "cloth" or fabric".
Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Pevtsov m Russian
Means "son of the singer", from Russian певец (pevets) "singer".
Ceasar African American, German (Americanized)
Possibly derived from the given name Ceasar (a variant of Caesar), or an Americanized form of German Zieser.
Spoor English, Dutch
From Middle Dutch and Middle English spoor "spur", an occupational name for a maker or seller of spurs.
Šváb Czech
It's from an animal cockroach.
Peles English, Welsh, Italian
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Livio, Primo, Santo.... [more]
Meas Khmer
Means "gold" in Khmer.
Fornousová f Czech
Feminine form of Fornous.
Cocker English, German (Anglicized)
Originally a nickname for a bellicose person, from Middle English cock "to fight". Also an anglicized form of Köcher.
Haffalden Norwegian
Derived from the name of a small farm near the town of Larvik in Eastern Norway in the commune of Vestfold and Telemark.
O'Honeen Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó hUaithnín.
Spallone Italian
From spalla "shoulder, back", indicating someone who carried things on their shoulders. The modern translation is "smuggler". Alternately, may be an elaboration of Spalla.
Younus Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Younus.
Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.
Snoek Dutch
Means "pike (fish)" in Dutch.
Azeri Japanese (Rare)
Means "acharya" in Japanese.
Saemonsaburo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 左衛門三郎 (see Saemonsaburō).
Potier French
An occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from potier "potter", an agent derivative of Old French pot "drinking vessel"... [more]
Lance French
From Old French lance "lance, long spear", an occupational name for a soldier or a nickname for a fighter who used the weapon.
Caxaro Maltese
One bearer is Maltese philosopher Pietru Caxaro.
Alton English
From a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Vejas Spanish
An altered form of the surname Behar
Cassiano Italian
From the given name Cassiano.
Dilag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "beauty, splendour, brilliancy" or "maiden" in Tagalog.
Myōi Japanese
Variant reading of Nai.
Ōtsubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.
Osorio Spanish
From the given name Osorio.
Hutnyk Ukrainian, Yiddish (Rare)
Ukrainian spelling of Gutnik.
Van Eden Dutch
Refers to someone from the town Ede in Gelderland province.
Kuhlmann German
German (also Kühlmann) nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’ (see Kuhl).
Ōtsutsuki Popular Culture
This surname is used as 大筒木 with 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) "large, big," 筒 (tou, tsutsu) meaning "cylinder, gun barrel, pipe, sleeve, tube" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]
Gammelgaard Danish
Derived from Danish gammel meaning "old" and gård meaning "enclosure, farm".
Passmore English
Either (i) from a medieval nickname for someone who crossed marshy moorland (e.g. who lived on the opposite side of a moor, or who knew the safe paths across it); or (ii) perhaps from an alteration of Passemer, literally "cross-sea", an Anglo-Norman nickname for a seafarer... [more]
Northcott English
Derived from the Old English words "norð," meaning "north," and "cot," meaning a "cottage," or "shelter."
Kiryuin Japanese (?), Popular Culture (?)
Either from 桐生 (Kiryu), a place name, combined with 院 (in) meaning "college" or 鬼 (ki, oni) meaning "demon" and 龍 (ryu) meaning "dragon, imperial" combined with 院 (in) meaning "college".
Valk Dutch
Means "falcon" in Dutch, a metonymic occupational name for a falconer, or possibly derived from the given name Falk. Compare Falco.
Gullette French
Comes from Guillemme or William of Normandy. Reference 1066: The Battle of Hastings.
Fedorchak Czech, Slovak
Ukrainian and Slovak from a pet form of the personal name Fedor.
Segev Hebrew
Means "exaltation, greatness" in Hebrew.
Rexley English
Supposedly meaning "king's clearing" from Latin rex and Old English leah.
Ajaz Urdu
From the given name Ajaz.
Mackson English
Means "son of Mack 2".
Asoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Aso.
Luevisadpaibul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).
Eisenhauer German
Occupational name meaning "iron cutter" where Eisen- means "iron" and -hauer means "hewer". The verb 'hew' being less well used in English than in earlier times, but still understood to mean cut, such as in hewing tree limbs... [more]
Sharov m Russian
From Russian шар (shar), meaning "sphere, ball".
Aurélio Portuguese
From the given name Aurélio
Mayfair English
Locational surname based off Mayfair, a district in the City of Westminster in London, England.
Bulstrode English
Locational surname referring to the medieval village of Bulstrode in Berkshire. ... [more]
Zelnickova Jewish
Zelnickova is a Jewish (Eastern Ashkenazic) surname that can be found in Czechoslovakia, Poland and Slovenia. This surname is derived from the Yiddish word tselnick which in English means haberdashery... [more]
Itakura Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".
Abrosimov m Russian
Means "son of Abrosim".
Narita Japanese
From 成 (nari) meaning "become", and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy".
Antrobus English
This very unusual name is of Old Norse origin and is a locational surname from the place in Cheshire called "Antrobus". The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Entrebus", and in the Pipe Rolls of Cheshire of 1282 as "Anterbus"... [more]
Whittington English
From a place name, meaning "Hwita’s settlement".
Pankov Russian, Uzbek
Means "son of Panko".
Vancouver Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Van Coevorden, meaning "from the cow ford".
Maury French, Occitan, English
As a French name, it derives from a short form of the given name Amaury (see Emery)... [more]
Devilly Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
One of the anglicized versions of Ó Duibhghiolla, and Ancient Irish name meaning "Of the Black Attendant"
Klahan Thai
Means "brave" in Thai.
Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.
Lutfullin m Tatar, Bashkir (?)
From the given name Lutfulla.
Ackerley English
Derived from Old English æcer "field" and leah "woodland, clearing".
Ebanks English
Probably a variant of Eubanks.
Alomar Catalan
From the given name Alomar, used especially in the Balearic Islands, itself derived from the Old German name Aldemar. This is borne by the Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Alomar (1968-).
Cosmo Italian
From the given name Cosmo.
Ozato Japanese
Variant of Osato.
Ertuganov m Kazakh
Means "son of Ertugan".
Manrique Spanish
From the given name Manrique.
Zaporozhskiy m Russian, Jewish (?)
Means "from Zaporozhye".
Um Khmer
Means "uncle, aunt" (literally "elder sibling of one's parents") in Khmer.
Nicks English, German
Means "son of Nick".
Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".
Plas Dutch
Means "pool, pond, puddle" in Dutch.
Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".
Hanzaiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 繁在家 (see Hanzaiya).
Yemelyanov Russian
Means "son of Yemelyan".
Vongphasouk Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ພະສຸກ (phasouk) meaning "Venus, Friday".
Schut Dutch
Variant of Schutte.
Angilletta Italian
From Italian meaning "little angel".
Volkovsky Russian
Habitational name for someone who lives in a multiplicity named Volikovski. Derived from волк (volk) meaning "wolf" in Russian.
Nacht German, Jewish
From middle German naht meaning "night".
Revelle French
Variant of Revell, derived from the Old French word revel meaning pride, rebellion, etc.
Müüripeal Estonian
Müüripeal is an Estonian surname derived from the compounds "müür" (wall) and "peal" (atop, above); "above wall".
Braafheid Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Means "braveness" in Dutch, derived from braaf meaning "brave, well-behaved, obedient" and the suffix -heid denoting a condition or state of being. This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person... [more]
Kalhorh Urdu, Sindhi
Originally a nickname for a person who belonged to the Kalhora clan in Sindh, Pakistan. The clan's name is derived from Sindhi ڪلهوڙو (kalhoro), ultimately from ڪَلھو (kalho) meaning "alone".
Khrebet Ukrainian
Means "ridge".
Fedorchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Fedir".
Torino Italian
Habitational name from the capital city of Piedmont, Italy, called Turin in English.
Sachse German
Variant of Sachs.
Oksa Finnish
Means "branch" in Finnish.
Ovalle Galician
Galician topographic name from o vale ‘the valley’ (Latin uallis, ualles).
Five English (African)
a sassy 58 year old trapped in a 13 year old body who is married to a maniqen
Cleverly English
From a nickname for an intelligent or quick-witted person.
Uchide Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
Jędrzejczyk Polish
From the given name Jędrzej.
Shchegolev m Russian
From Russian щегол (shchegol) meaning "goldfinch".
Moraczewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages named Moraczewo.
Petropoulos Greek
Means "son of Petros" in Greek.
Urizar Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque uri "town, city" and zahar "old, aged".
Haddon English
Derived from the Old English word had meaning "heathland" and the Old English suffix -don meaning "hill"; hence, the "heathland hill" or the "heather-covered hill".... [more]
Perepelkin Russian
From perepel, meaning "quail".
Roy Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Bengali and Assamese form of Raj.
Hember English
From the West Country area near Bristol.
Pavel Slovak
Comes from the personal name Pavel.
Mbappé Central African (Gallicized)
Borne by French professional footballer Kylian Mbappé (1998-), whose father is from Cameroon.
Hoskins English
Patronymic form of Hoskin.
Anastasio Spanish, Italian
From the given name Anastasio.
Della Francesca Italian
Means "son of Francesca". A famous bearer was Piero della Francesca (1415-1492), an Italian fresco painter.
Bernius German (Latinized), Lithuanian
German-Latinized form of Berner.... [more]
Azubuike Igbo
From the given name Azubuike.
Bolaño Spanish
Is a Hispanic surname derived from the spanish word for "stone cannonball" or "stoneshot".
Rhoton German, French
Rhoton is a German and French surname from the 1800s. Some people believe that it is derived from the French word for red, but the origin is overall unknown. The name represents strength and power.
Naitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.
Hiszékeny Hungarian
Means naive in Hungarian.
Gertsen m Danish
Means "son of Gert".
Adgate English
Variant of Agate.
Selmer German
Teutonic name meaning "hall master" for a steward or keeper of a large home or settlement.
Worden English
Guardian
Brún Frisian, Jewish
Frisian form of Brun.
Negley German (Swiss)
Altered spelling of Swiss German Nägele, Naegeli, or Nägeli, variants of Nagel.
Ming-rujiralai Thai
From Thai มิ่ง (ming) meaning "something that is auspicious", รุจิรา (ruchira) of unknown meaning, and ลัย (lai) of unknown meaning.
Gastel Dutch
Means "from Gastel", a toponym derived from gastel "inn, guesthouse" (related to gast "guest, stranger").
Pacetti Italian
Variant of Pacetto, a pet form of the personal name Pace.
Biert Romansh
Derived from the given name Albert.
Wiosna Polish
Derived from Polish wiosna "spring".
Aniko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).
Distler German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a place where thistles grew, from German Distel "thistle" (see Distel) and -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.
Testaburger Popular Culture
Wendy Testaburger is one of the reoccurring characters on the animated TV series South Park
Chadburn English (Rare)
Form the wildcat brook
Ano Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).
Rutulante Italian
Uncertain etymology, probably originates from Capestrano, Italy.
Mahdipour Persian
Means "son of Mahdi".
Jagr Czech
Jágr is a Czech-language surname. It is related to the German surname Jäger which means "hunter" in German. It is used by the Ice Hockey player Jaromír Jágr.
Asari Indonesian
From the given name Asari.
Rubin French, German, Slovene, Croatian, Czech, Slovak
Metonymic occupational name for a jeweler, from Middle High German rubn Old French rubi Slovenian and Croatian rubin Czech and Slovak rubín "ruby"... [more]
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