Browse Submitted Surnames

Churchyard English
It comes from when the family lived in or near the precincts of a church. Churchyard belongs to the large class of Anglo-Saxon topographic surnames, which were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as "a hill", "stream", "church", or "type of tree".

Jendre German (Anglicized, Rare), Czech (Anglicized, Rare), Slovak (Anglicized, Rare), Danish (Anglicized, Rare)
Jendre is an anglicized version of many surnames throughout Europe that start with 'Jendre'.... [more]

Vong Hmong
Hmong form of Wong 1 or Wang 1.

Đurković Serbian

Hamberg German, Danish, Jewish
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of Hamburg.

Kelty Scottish
From the name of a village in Fife, Scotland, which was derived from Scottish Gaelic coillte "wooded area, grove".

Tafu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 多布 (Tafu) meaning "Tafu", a former township in the former district of Kōge in the former Japanese province of Buzen in parts of present-day Ōita, Japan and Fukuoka, Japan.

Grewe German, Low German
Low German form of Graf via Middle Low German grave / greve.

Bồ Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Bo.

Guilbeau French
Possibly from Ancient Germanic wil, meaning "will, power", and Latin bellus, meaning "beautiful".

Takahama Japanese
Taka means "tall, high, expensive" and hama means "beach".

Šeh Serbian

Barravino Italian

Chaudron French
From french meaning "cauldron".

Frusciante Italian
Derived from the Italian adjective frusciante meaning "rustling, swishing, whishing", which itself is derived from the Italian verb frusciare meaning "to rustle, to swish, to whish". The surname had probably started out as a nickname for someone who made a rustling or whishing sound whenever they walked, which was probably caused by the clothes that they were wearing (in that the clothes must have been made of a certain fabric that is prone to making some noise when touched in any way).... [more]

Gunasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Gunasekara.

Kol Ukrainian (Germanized)

Naakka Finnish
Means "jackdaw" in Finnish.

Takino Japanese
Taki means "waterfall" and no means field, rice paddy".

Rajneesh Indian, Hindi
From the given name Rajnish. Can also be taken directly from the title रजनीश (rajanish) meaning "lord of the night".

Götz German
Originally a hypocorism of Gottfried, which is derived from an Old High German given name. Variants include the surnames Getz and Goetz, as well as the given name Götz.

Nazareth Hebrew
From the Hebrew for "To guard."

Bonni African

Cleveland Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Norwegian Kleiveland or Kleveland, habitational names from any of five farmsteads in Agder and Vestlandet named with Old Norse kleif "rocky ascent" or klefi "closet" (an allusion to a hollow land formation) and land "land".

Cammaroto Italian
Variant of Cammarata.

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.

Angelos Greek
Reduced form of any of various Greek surnames derived from the forename Angelos (from #angelos ‘messenger’, ‘angel’), as for example Angelopoulos.

Wijayatunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයතුංග (see Wijayathunga).

Penhaligon Cornish
Originally meant "person from Penhaligon", Cornwall ("willow-tree hill"). It is borne by Susan Penhaligon (1950-), a British actress.

Skitt English

Yamaga Japanese

Bozhko Ukrainian (?)

Kaga Japanese
From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate".

Hershman Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hirschman.... [more]

Leyn Russian
Russian variant of Lane 1, reflecting the English pronunciation.

Feerick English (American)

Llewys Welsh
Original Welsh form of "Lewis" used by the former Royal Family of Wales. Most people with the surname "Lewis" derive from the Royal Family. Very few people still have the surname "Llewys," but it is not unheard of.

Marble English

Neziri Albanian
Derived from the given name Nezir.

Eisa Arabic
From the given name Isa 1.

Falcón Spanish, South American
Originally a nickname from falcón, an archaic variant of Spanish halcón "falcon" (from Latin falco). It is a cognate of Falco.

Rachvalsky Jewish
No history

Oleniuc Romanian, Ukrainian
From the Hutsul language.

Taugelchee Navajo

Haneda Japanese
From Japanese 羽 (hane) meaning "feather, plume" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy". It can also be formed from 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume" combined with 根 (ne) meaning "root" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Niewiedział Polish

Segovia Spanish

Jeaume French (Rare)
Variant form of the patronymic surname of Jaume.

Deitz German
Variant spelling of German Dietz.

Gruzdev m Russian
Possibly deriving from Грузия (Gruziya) meaning Georgia 1 in Russian.

Moradpour Persian
Means "son of Morad" in Persian.

Huizinga West Frisian, Dutch
Habitational name from Huizinge, a town in Groningen, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Frisian hūs "house" and dinge "newly cultivated lands"... [more]

Terriah English (Canadian)

Boškovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Boškovski.

Bornemann Low German
Topographic name denoting someone who lived by a well or spring, from Middle Low German born "spring, well" and man "person, man".

Naola Spanish (Latin American)

Pfau German, Jewish
from Middle High German pfā pfāwe "peacock" modern German pfau... [more]

Swainson English

Mateas Romanian
Romanian cognate of Matthias.

Vahesaar Estonian
Vahesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "middle island".

Miota Japanese

Beachamp American (?)
Form of Beauchamp.

Suzugaya Japanese
Variant of Suzutani.

Rumford English
From the parish of Romford in Essex, England. The name means "the wide ford" from Old English rúm "wide".

Lustig Swedish, German, Jewish, Dutch
A nickname for a cheerful person, derived from Swedish and German lustig "humorous, funny, enjoyable" or Middle High German lustig "merry, carefree". Usually ornamental as a Jewish surname.

Sajaia Georgian

Zaidan Arabic
Derived from the given name Zaydan.

Ferger German

Down English
Derived from Old English dun meaning "down, low hill".

Epieyu South American

Krutsick Polish (Anglicized)

Blondin French

Lazio Italian
Named after the region called 'Lazio' of Italy.

Apeltia English (Rare)
Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.

Amada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Lord French
Nickname from Old French l'ord "the dirty one".

Zacharia Indian (Christian)
From the given name Zacharia.

Jordi Swiss

Sigsawa Japanese (Anglicized)
The professional surname of Keiichi Shigusawa, an author.

Gardea Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Laudio in Álava, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque gari "wheat" and -di "place of, forest of", or from garagardi "barley field" and arte "in between"... [more]

Blitzer German, Jewish
Variant of Blitz. from German blitzer "lightning" (Middle High German blicze) presumably a nickname for a fast mover.

Steger German
From a derivative of Middle High German stec "steep path or track, narrow bridge". The name was likely given to someone living close to a path or small bridge.

Slim English
A characteristic name for someone noted for being thin.

Saelau Thai
Form of Liu used by Chinese Thais (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).

Dévald Hungarian

Honkura Japanese
From 本 (hon) meaning "origin, root, source" and 藏 or 蔵 (kura) meaning "granary, cellar, warehouse, storehouse, to stock, to put up".

Davronov Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Davron".

Marinković South Slavic
Means "child of Marinko".

Symfler Polish

Scaife English

Božič Slovene
Cognate of Božić.

Meltzer German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a maltster, a brewer who used malt, from German Meltzer (an agent derivative of Middle High German malt ‘malt’, ‘germinated barley’), Yiddish meltser ‘maltster’... [more]

Fallstead English

Ryakhovskiy m Russian, Jewish

Chalaire American (South, Rare, ?)
Chalaire is a very rare surname, few people in the United States have the family name and might be raised in the United States. Around 99 people have been found who wears Chalaire as their family name... [more]

Crease English
Variant of Creese.

Desaki Japanese

Mama Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
Means "man, male" in Maguindanao and Maranao.

Alessio Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Degenhardt German
Derived from the given name Degenhard.

Casamassima Italian
Habitational name for someone from the town in Apulia, Italy, derived from Italian casa meaning "house" and the given name Massimo.

Kinnamon Irish, Scottish

Shimogawara Japanese

Julka Polish

Bindschädler German (Swiss)
Derived from German binden "to bind" and Swiss German schädlen "to make wood vessels", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper, a barrel maker.

Bohdanovych Ukrainian
Means "son of Bohdan". Also masculine patronymic in Ukrainian (unisex surname).

Molchan Russian, Ukrainian
From the Russian word молчан meaning "silent" it was often used as a nickname for someone who was soft-spoken and as a given name following Baptism

Dennison English
Variant of Tennison. Also an Americanized form of Slavic surnames from the given name Denis or Denys, like Denisov or Denysenko.

Rooba Estonian
Rooba is an Estonian surname, derived from "roobas", meaning "ditch" or "rut".

Atmore English
Locational surname derived from Middle English atte more meaning "at the marsh".

Ivashkevich Belarusian
From diminutive of Ivan.

Lockard Irish

Whittum French (Rare)
Altered form of French Vieuxtemps: apparently a nickname meaning literally ‘old-time’. The surname Vieuxtemps is very rare in France; it is, however, also found in Belgium.

Yaca African

Valmaseda Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Balmaseda.

Bagnell English
Variant of Bagnall.

Julis Haitian Creole

Pereverzev m Russian

Piirimees Estonian
Piirimees is an Estonian surname meaning "border man".

Spages Irish
Most likely an Irish surname. It was used in the 1976 movie Alice, Sweet Alice.

Crascì Sicilian
From Sicilian craxi, an obsolete word meaning "wine", ultimately from Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krasis) "mixture, blending".

Stauro Latvian

Bachu Telugu

Pangandag Filipino, Maranao
Means "to boast, to be proud of" in Maranao.

Tu'ungafasi Tongan

Minion French
French form of Miner, an occupational name for a someone working in a mine.

Heyberger German

Akkawy Arabic
Variant of Akkawi.

Álvaro Spanish
Either derived from the given name Alvaro or a variant of Alvarez.

Langmajer Czech

Herd Scottish

Madzharova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Madzharov.

Zavadskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russified form of Zawadski.

Lovrek Croatian
Derived from the name Lovro and its nickname, Lovrek.

Kolomiyets Ukrainian
Means "a person from Kolomyya". Kolomyya is a city and rayon in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine.

Zuo Chinese
From Chinese 左 (zuǒ) meaning "left, left-hand side".

Iwanari Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone, rock", and 成 (nari, naru, sei) meaning "become, get".

Alsamora Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality of the municipality of Sant Esteve de la Sarga.

Sanclemente Italian, Spanish (Latin American)

Bolshunov m Russian

Margaritis Greek
From given name Margaritis.

Viir Estonian
Viir is an Estonian surname meaning "tern".

Peacher English

Sandstorm Scottish

Tysk Swedish
Means "German" in Swedish. It probably started out as a nickname for someone who had immigrated from Germany or for someone who had German ancestry. It could also be a 'soldier name' and refer to the military unit someone belonged to... [more]

Cattle English

Kajan Indian

Ostrow Polish (Americanized)
From any of several places called Ostrów (island), or Jewish-American shortened form of Ostrowski.

Mijić Croatian
The surname Mijić is one of those surnames that are very common in Croatia, but also in other countries. This surname sounds very simple and modest, but it has deep roots in history. It is interesting how surnames often arose from some nicknames or personal characteristics of the person who bore that surname... [more]

Naczk Polish
Pomeranian form of Naczek, a diminutive of a given name beginning with Naczę such as Naczęsław or Naczęmir.

Zhelannov m Russian
From Russian желание (zhelaniye), meaning "wish".

Luburić Croatian, Serbian

Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Neuer German
Inflicted form of Neu meaning "new man" see Neumann

Gzheskovyak Polish (Ukrainianized), Polish (Russified)
Russian and Ukrainian form of the Polish surname Grześkowiak.

Kiestler German
Possibly a form of Kistler an occupation name for a joiner or cabinet maker.

Danza Italian
Means "dance" in Italian, a nickname for a dancer. Alternatively, it could derive from an Italian form of the given name Abundantius.

Arakelyan Armenian
Means "son of Arakel".

Aylen English
Either derived from the given name Alan or from the Old English word ætheling which were princes eligible to be king. The word ætheling was sometimes used as a given name

Akhavan Persian
Derived from Arabic إخوان (ikhwan) meaning "brothers, brethren", the plural of أخ (akh) meaning "brother".

Myōchin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 明珍 (myōchin), the 2 characters used in 明らかに珍しい (akiraka ni mezurashii) meaning "evidently rare". This is from the event in the Heian Period, of an armorer who created an armor that was then praised by Emperor Konoe... [more]

Andrusenko Ukrainian
Variant of Andrushchenko.

Gingras French (Quebec), French
Western France variant of Gingreau, possibly derived from Old French ginguer ("to frolick, to dance")

Lahesalu Estonian
Lahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "spacious grove".

Five Popular Culture
It's fictional surname of Jimmy Five from Monica's Gang

Shoaib Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Shoaib.

Prosalentis Greek

Dalmas French
Surname Dalmas was first found in Limousin. Literally means "of the sea."

Konyashima Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紺屋嶋 or 紺屋島 (see Kon'yashima).

Meieran Norwegian

Takazaki Japanese
Variant of Takasaki.

Ishiuchi Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and uchi means "inside".

Nõupuu Estonian
Nõupuu is an Estonian surname meaning "vessel tree/wood".

Wasinger English

Cuell English

Jame English

Sohinki Jewish
Unknown meaning. A notable bearer is YouTube Personality Matt Sohinki, better known simply as Sohinki, who is a member of Smosh Games.

Poklad Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "deposit".

Macurova Czech

Naud French

Lepley English
From a byname for a cobbler.

Servers German

Hisayuto Japanese
From 久 (hisa) meaning “long time, long time ago”, combined with 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" and 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 人 (to) meaning "person" or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly".

Hasum Papuan

Oit Estonian
Oit is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "õitsev", meaning "to blossom" or "to bloom".

Brunner German (Austrian), Upper German, Jewish
Derived from one of various places named Brunn or Brunnen as well as a habitational name denoting someone from the Czech city of Brno (Brünn in German).

Senna Portuguese
Possibly coming from the surname "Sanna", it may mean "one with a big protruding tooth".... [more]

Ahamed Indian (Muslim), Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Sinhalese
Variant of Ahmed, particularly used in South India and Sri Lanka.

Chapell French

Nikolas English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.

Ha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Rabiou French (African)
African form of Rabiot.

Zakhaev Russian
Russian surname, likely a derivative of the given name Zakhey combined with the Russian suffix "-ev" ("of"), therefore meaning "of Zakhey."... [more]

Lejon Swedish
Means "lion" in Swedish.

Sternik Polish

Moala Tongan, Samoan
Meaning uncertain.

Onodera Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Natsume Japanese
From Japanese 棗 (natsume) meaning "jujube". Natsume was a large village in the former district of Sakai, but the surname could also be from the former name for the area of Ishishimbo.

Endresen Norwegian
Means "son of Endre 2".

Rannaääre Estonian
Rannaääre is an Estonian surname meaning "(sea)shore margin/periphery".

Cruijff Dutch
Referred to a person with curly locks of hair, derived from Middle Dutch cruuf, cruve literally meaning "curl, lock", ultimately from Latin curvus. A famous bearer was the Dutch soccer player Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (1947-2016), commonly known as Johan Cruyff.

Croydon English
From the name of a town in England, which comes from Anglo-Saxon croh “crocus” and denu “valley”.

Kazacov Russian
Variant spelling of Kazakov.

Nowag German
German form of Novak.

Cozart French
Variant of Cossart.

Hershowitz Jewish
Variant of Hershkowitz.

Zhusipbekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Zhusipbek".

Avildsen English (American, Rare)

Uhl German
Uhl begins in the German province of Bavaria. Uhl is a nickname surname, a class of German names derived from eke-names, or added names, that described people by a personal characteristic or other attribute... [more]

Kaphiri Southern African

Breiding German
From the name of a place in the Lippe area in northwestern Germany.

Girolamo Italian
From the given name Girolamo.

Vittone Italian
Probably an augmentative form of the given name Vitto, which can be a variant of Vito 1 (from Latin vita "life"), derive from the Germanic name Wido, or be a shortened form of names ending with -vitto, such as Salvitto or Iacovitto.

Poehler German
German (Westphalian): topographic name for someone who lived by a muddy pool, from an agent noun derived from Middle Low pol ‘(muddy) pool’.

Jáuregui Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Jauregi.

Flaming South American

Mcknight Irish

Medellin Spanish
Habitational name from a place so named in Badajoz province Latin (Caecilia) Metellina derived from the name of a 1st-century Roman proconsul in Spain Cecilio Metello Pio.

Mccamey English

Izzo Italian
Could be a nickname for someone of Arabic or Saracen heritage, or who had dark hair and skin, derived from archaic Italian izzo, ultimately from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigyptios) "Egyptian"... [more]

Nievo Italian
From nievo "grandchild, grandson; nephew", probably used to differentiate between relatives of the same name.

Osuna Spanish
Habitational name from a place in the province of Seville, named from Arabic Oxuna, perhaps named from Late Latin Ursina (villa) "estate of Ursus" a byname meaning "bear".

Terashima Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Avraux French (Belgian)

Holcomb English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and Somerset, so named from Old English hol meaning "hollow", "sunken", "deep" + cumb meaning "valley".

Soddu Sardinian
Possibly from a nickname meaning "money, coin" or from the given name Soddì.

Ciambra Italian
A habitational name from a place containing the Sicilian element ciambra "room, chamber".

Brahimi Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian
From the given name Ibrahim.

Phongsa Lao
Means "lineage, descent" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit वंश (vansha).

Brenden Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse brenna "land cleared for cultivation by burning" (also known as svedjebruk "slash-and-burn agriculture").

Tateo Italian (Italianized)
Italianized version of Tateossian

Kazan Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish
From Turkish kazan meaning "kettle, boiler, furnace".

Pijpers Dutch
Dutch cognate of Piper.

Ki Western African

Yap Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Meikäläinen Finnish
Meaning "our" in Finnish.

Oidekivi Estonian
Oidekivi is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "oid kivi" meaning "sense/intellect stone", or "hoide kivi" meaning "sustaining stone".

Savonne French

Montecalvo Italian
Habitational name from any of various places called Montecalvo ("bald mountain") especially Montecalvo Irpino in Avellino province, from the elements monte "mountain" and calvo "bald".

Bauknecht German, Upper German
Occupational name for a farm worker from Middle High German buknecht "plowboy, farmhand" derived from the elements bu "farm" and kneht "servant, apprentice".

Fairweather English, Scottish
From Middle English fayr "fair, beautiful, pleasant" and weder "weather", a nickname for a person with a sunny temperament, or who only worked in good weather. ... [more]

Reedus English, Scottish
An English and Scottish name of uncertain origin. Possibly a reduced form of English Redhouse, a habitational name from any of the numerous places named Redhouse, including over ninety farms.

Recchia Italian
Reduced or regional form of Italian orecchia "ear", a nickname for someone with notable ears or uncommonly good hearing.

Du Plessis Afrikaans, French Creole, French (Cajun), French (Huguenot)
French topographic name for someone who lived by a quickset fence, Old French pleis (from Latin plexum past participle of plectere ‘plait’, ‘weave’), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’... [more]

Wangphonphathanasiri Thai

Worm German

Eddison English
Variant of Edison.

Curroto Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish surname with unknown origin. Uruguayan / Spanish singer Lucas Curroto has this surname.

Zibners Latvian
Hesitate, Travel Lover, Good Understanding. It can also be used as a boys name

Harold Irish
Of direct Norse origin, but is also occasionally a variant of Harrell and Hurrell.

Cauzon Filipino
Variant of Causon.

Miedinger German
Habitational name for someone from Meitingen in Württemberg.

Tsechoev Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of the Ingush clan name Цӏечой (Tsechoy), derived from the name of the ancient village of Tsecha-Akhki in present-day Chechnya.

Poli Italian
From the given name Polo, medieval variant of Paolo.

Mooring Low German (Modern)
habitational name from möringen or möhringen of northern germany.

Coscollola Catalan
This indicates familial origin within or within the vicinity of the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of Lladurs.

Higashikuni Japanese

Erenhart English (Rare), German, Dutch
“Eren” is derived from the word “Ehren,” which is of German origin and means “honor” or “glory.” ... [more]

Wlodawski Jewish
Habitual surname from Włodawa, Poland. First seen in a 1806 revision list of the city Kobryn (Grodno Guberniya), now Kobryn Belarus. ... [more]

Getachew Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Getachew.

Azaiez Arabic (Maghrebi)

Chea Chinese
Variant of Xie.

Basler Low German
Derived from Middle Low German baseln "to act foolishly".

Maksims Latvian

Peza Albanian
Myslim Peza, leader of the anti-fascist movement.

Herrick Dutch (Rare, ?)
Variant of Hendriks.

Tejeda Spanish
Variant of Tejada.

Menya African

Platten English
Diminutive of Platt.

Almblad Swedish
Combination of Swedish alm (Old Norse almr) meaning "elm" and blad meaning "leaf".

Moo Mexican

Gaguliya Abkhaz
Variant transcription of Gagulia.

Samunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 寒波 (see Kampa).

Bonville French
Variant of Bonneville

Saunier French

Bellaria Italian
From the place name Bellaria, in Milan, Veneto, Piedmont and Sicily, these homonyms widespread throughout Italy.

Zayas Spanish, Caribbean
Derives from the Basque word 'zai', meaning watchman or guard.

Zacatenco Spanish (Mexican)
One who came from Zacatecas.

Gottlob German
From the given name Gottlob.

Jurauskas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Jurowski.

Cakebread English
From Middle English cakebrede, bread made in flattened cakes, or of the finer and more dainty quality of cake.

Grammenos m Greek
Means "written" in Greek.

Gingell English
Either (i) from a shortened form of the Germanic personal name Gangulf, literally "walking wolf"; or (ii) a different form of Gingold.

Greenburgh German, Jewish
The surname Greenburgh is anglicized for the German Jewish surname Greenberg which translates into English as green mountain.

Roemer German
Refers to a pilgrim or merchant visiting Rome.

Vongmany Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".

Enomoto Japanese
From Japanese 榎 (enoki) meaning "hackberry, nettle tree" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Nesse Norwegian

Deas Scottish
From Old French dez meaning “dice.”... [more]

Hasib Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Hasib.

Piz Spanish

Truslove English
A variant of Truelove. Truelove is common in the North of England whereas Truslove is its southern variant, being found in Warwickshire and Leicestershire. It is unclear if individuals bearing either surname are linked by a common ancestor, or if people bearing the surname Truslove are descended from Trueloves who migrated from further North of England.... [more]

Tola Italian, Albanian

Hantel German (Rare)
Rare Bukovina German variant of Händel.

Pagdanganan Filipino, 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.

Belfiore Italian
Means "beautiful (as a) flower", derived from Italian bel "beautiful" combined with Italian fiore "flower". Two Italian sources claim that this surname was derived from the medieval masculine given name Belfiore (which has of course the same meaning), but I can find no evidence that this was an actual given name in medieval Italy... [more]

Boyarskiy m Russian

Golosov m Russian
From Russian голос (golos), meaning "voice".

Moyes English
From the medieval personal name Moise, a vernacular variant of Moses (the biblical name of the Hebrew prophet who led the Children of Israel out of captivity).

Sully French, Haitian Creole
from any of the various places called Sully for example in Calvados Loiret Saone-et-Loire and Oise. The first of these is recorded in 1180 as Silleium from the Gallo-Roman personal name Silius or Cilius and the Latin locative element acum... [more]