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.
Kasatkin m Russian
From Russian касатка (kasatka), meaning "orca, killer whale".
Eldorov Uzbek
Means "son of Eldor".
Redding German
Patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names with the first element rad "counsel, advice".
Zulum Kanuri, Nigerian
Derived from the Arabic Salim.
Golubovec Croatian
From golub meaning ''pigeon''.
Kyoso Japanese
From Japanese 狂 (kyō) meaning "madness" and 想 (sō) meaning "thought, idea". The kanji that makes up Kyoso can also mean "fantasy".
Hauck German
Derived from the first name Hugo.
Brooker English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, a variant of Brook.
Sinha Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá) meaning "lion" (see Singh).
Keifer German
Variant of Kiefer.
Portocarrero Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Spanish form of Porto Carreiro, an old municipality in Galicia, from Galician porto "port, harbour" and carreiro "path, pathway".
Kasparov Armenian (Russified)
Russified form of Gasparyan. A notable bearer is Garry Kasparov (1963-), a Russian chess grandmaster.
Harbach German
Habitational name from any of several places named Harbach.
Verwest Dutch
Contracted form of Van Der Vest.
Prikk Estonian
Prikk is an Estonian surname meaning "(ship's) brig".
Abadžić South Slavic
Means "son of the cloak-maker, descendant of the woolen coat tailor" from abadžija (or abadzhija), which comes from the Turkish word abacı, meaning “cloak-maker” or “wool-worker” combined with the suffix -ić which means "son of" or "descendant of".
Caballo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the Spanish word cabello, ultimately derived from the Latin word caballus, meaning "horse". This denoted someone who worked in a farm that took care of horses, or someone who had personality traits attributed to a horse, such as energetic behaviour.
Albayrak Turkish
Means "red flag" in Turkish.
Jeschke German
Germanized form of Czech and Slovakian Ješko and Polish Jeszka, pet forms of given names beginning with Ja- or Je- such as Jan 1 or Jarosław, as well as various cognates or similar-sounding names, such as Ježek ("hedgehog").
Lahiri Bengali
Habitational name from either the village of Lohori in present-day Bangladesh or the village of Laheria in India.
Zaewa Russian
meaning unknown. female form of ZAEW
Roupert French (Rare)
Derived from the given name Roupert, which is an archaic French variant of Rupert.
Arborne English (British)
A surname found in England as well as in America. This surname has been attached to Americans of English ancestry.
Coward English
Occupational name for a cowherd, from Old English cuhierde.
Dalrymple Scottish
Habitational name from Dalrymple, a village and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland, said to be named from Gaelic dail chruim puill meaning "field of the crooked stream" or "dale of the crooked pool".
Upsher English
Habitational name denoting someone from the hamlet Upshire in County Essex, derived from Old English upp "up, upper" and scir "shire, district".
Soon Estonian
Soon is an Estonian surname meaning "vessel" and "vein".
Irribarren Basque
From the basque surname that means "Inside the village".
Lowenstein Jewish
Combination of German Löwe "lion" and stein "stone". In some cases an ornamental name associated with the name Levi (see also Levy and Lew 2).
Ergashyev Uzbek
Variant transcription of Ergashev.
Heidemann German, Jewish
Topographic name for a heathland dweller from heida "heath" (see Heid) and mann "man".
Rajasaar Estonian
Rajasaar is an Estonian surname meaning "border island" or "storm island".
Tammetalu Estonian
Tammetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "oak farm/farmstead".
Van Helsing Dutch (Rare)
Habitational name that can derive from any of several locations. It is most famously used by the fictional character Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, in which case it may be invented.
Sototoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).
Pryshlyak Ukrainian, Rusyn (?)
Means "one who walks", from Ukrainian прийшли (pryyshly), meaning "walked".
O'Tuathalain Irish
May translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".
Alunurm Estonian
Alunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation meadow".
Bandaranayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala බණ්ඩාරනායක (see Bandaranayake).
Kraivichian Thai
Variant transcription of Kraivichien.
Narva Estonian
Narva is an Estonian surname taken from the city of the same name in Ida-Viru County.
Shuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).
Maximin French
From the given name Maxime.
Pellerin French
From Old French pellerin pelegrin "pilgrim" (from Latin peregrinus "traveler") applied as a nickname for a person who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land or to a famous holy site elsewhere... [more]
Molaison American
Unexplained meaning.
Atamanchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of an ataman (cossack rank title)".
Brasil Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
Denotes someone from Brazil, a country in South America.
Cubero Spanish
occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of cuba ‘barrel’, ‘tub
Zuylen Dutch
Derived from the place name Zuilen.
Saluäär Estonian
Saluäär is an Estonian surname meaning "grove edge".
Breathe English
English variant of Breath. It comes from the La Bret family in Daveham.
Macapaar Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao kapa'ar meaning "leadership, power".
Balloi Italian
From the given name Balloi.
Soomro Pakistani, Sindhi
From the name of the city of سامراء (Sāmarrāʾ) in present-day Iraq. This is the name of a Sindhi tribe in southeastern Pakistan, along with a historical regional dynasty in India (the Soomra).
Iselle French
Frenchified forms of Iseli, a Swiss German variant of Eisele.... [more]
Cormican Scottish
From a pet form of the Gaelic personal name Cormac (see McCormick).
Laan Estonian
Laan is Estonian surname derived from laanelill; starflower and wintergreen (Trientalis europaea).
Penning Upper German
Shortened form of Panno, which is a personal given name.
Palola Finnish
Probably from Palo, the name of many Finnish villages or palo meaning "fire" and the suffix -la signifying a place.
Cordonnier French
Means "shoemaker, cobbler" in French.
Komagata Japanese
Ko could mean "little, small" or "old". Ma could mean "genuine, real" or "horse". Gata could come from kata meaning "shape, form".
Haimawari Japanese
From Japanese 灰 (hai) meaning "ashes, puckery juice, cremate" and 廻 (mawari) meaning "round, revolve, go around, circumference"
Osy Nigerian
From Imo, Nigeria
Bolitho Cornish
Habitational name for someone originally from the locality of Bolitho in western Cornwall, derived from Old Cornish bod or bos meaning "dwelling" combined with an unknown personal name.
Lohara Indian
Means "blacksmith" in Hindi
Khaliq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Khaliq.
Octobre French
Means "October" in French.
Daye English
Variant of Day.
Sahlin Swedish
Swedish sal "hall, large room" (possibly from a place name containing this element) combined with the common surname suffix -in.
Tanguy French, Breton
From the given name Tanguy, derived from Breton tan "fire" and ki "dog".
Lum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Lin.
Badzakov Bulgarian, Macedonian
Patronymic name derived from the Turkish word "bacak" which means "leg".
Ritch English, German, German (Swiss)
1. English: variant spelling of Rich. ... [more]
Kiryukhin m Russian
Possibly derived from a diminutive of Kira 1.
Cocicova Russian
Feminine form of Cocicov.
Etxegarai Basque
Means "house on top of a hill", derived from Basque etxe "house, home, building" and garai "top, highest part".
Vanderpan Dutch
From Dutch van der Pan meaning "from the pan", possibly referring to a location that resembled the shape of a pan.
Sonoike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]
Erhart German
From the given name Erhard.
Pacey English
Habitational name from the French location Pacy-sur-Eure, derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Paccius and the locative suffix -acum... [more]
Felber German
Middle High German residential name "velwer" meaning Willow Tree.
Rokuro Japanese (Rare)
Means "potter's wheel" or "pulley" in Japanese.
Roberti Italian
Derived from the given name Roberto.
Haste English, French
Derived from Old French haste meaning "(roasting) spit" (ultimately from Latin hasta "spear, lance, pike"), an occupational name for a seller of roast meat or a servant who turned the spit to cook meat.
Acorn German
Origin uncertain; most probably an Americanized form of German Eichhorn.
Brito Portuguese
The Brito family has its original roots in the village of Brito, around 1033 of the Christian era, where Dom Hero de Brito, lord of many estates in Oliveira, Carrazelo and Subilhães, all located between the Ave River and Portela dos Leitões, a very rich region and where the Solar dos Brito was located.
Abeyrathna Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Löfholm Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish elements löv "leaf" and holme "islet".
Arao Japanese
Ara means "wild" and o means "tail".
Moskva Russian
Derived from the Russian word Москва meaning "Moscow".
Kıyak Turkish
Means "super, great, fine" in Turkish.
Ivanc Slovene
Means "son of Ivan".
Derungs Romansh
Derived from the preposition de "of" and Latin runcare "to weed out, to thin out, to root up", referring to someone who lived near a clearing.
Irawan Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Fu (傅), Lai (賴), Liang (樑), Yu 3 (俞) or Zhang (張)... [more]
Pedrussio Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Peter.
Brick Irish (Anglicized), English, German, Jewish
Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruic "descendant of Broc", i.e. "badger" (sometimes so translated) or Ó Bric "descendant of Breac", a personal name meaning "freckled"... [more]
Debeau French, English (British), History
Nickname from le beau ‘the handsome’, a variant of Beau, with fused masculine definite article le. It is also found in England, as a surname of Huguenot origin... [more]
Krane Dutch, Low German
Variant of Dutch Kraan or German Krahn.
Scroggs English
From Middle English scrogge meaning "brushwood".
Willrich German
from the personal name Williric derived from the elements willo "will, desire" and rih "ruler, king"... [more]
Cabraal Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Cabral.
Gavrilov Russian
Means "son of Gavriil".
Grebyonka Russian
Russian form of Hrebinka.
Basilio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basilio.
Bahşış Crimean Tatar
Derived from Persian بخشش (baxšeš) meaning "forgiveness, amnesty" or بخشیش‎ (bakhšīš) meaning "present, gratuity, reward".
Vise English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary, Old French devise.
Zlatkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Zlatko".
Agusheva f Russian
Feminine form of Agushev.
Armellino Italian
Italian: of uncertain origin; possibly from a masculinized form of Armellina, an old female personal name derived from Latin animula, a diminutive of anima ‘spirit’, ‘soul’.
Mahapatra Indian, Odia
From the Sanskrit महत् (mahat) "great, large, big" possibly combined with पात्र (pātra) "drinking-vessel, goblet, bowl, cup".
Chhay Khmer
Khmer romanization of the Chinese surname Cai, which derives from the name of the ancient Cai state.
Gervais English, French
From the French given name Gervais, cognate with English Jarvis.
Atallah Arabic
From the given name Ataullah.
Tomisawa Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Toporkov m Russian
From Russian топор (topor), meaning "axe".
Knecht German, German (Swiss), Dutch
Means "servant, assistant" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a journeyman or male servant derived from Old Germanic kneht meaning "servant, knight" or "youth, boy"... [more]
Dauletov Kazakh
Means "son of Daulet".
Melton English
Habitational name from any of several places meaning "middle town". Compare Middleton.
Sorgente Italian
From sorgente "spring, rising water".
Belkina f Russian
Feminine form of Belkin.
Askins English
Variant of Askin.
Biesheuvel Dutch
From Biesheuvel, the name of a small village in the north of the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Dutch bies meaning "bulrush, club rush" (a grasslike plant that grows in wetlands and damp locations) and heuvel meaning "hill"... [more]
Jurovský Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Jurowski.
Oegema Dutch, Frisian
Patronymic form of an uncertain personal name, possibly Hugo, using the Frisian suffix -ma "man of".
Hasan Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Hasan.
Rudskoy Russian
Variant of Rudik.
Chiang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Jiang.
Mus Dutch
Dutch variant of Musch.
Abuev Kazakh, Chechen, Dagestani
Means "son of Abu".
Parsi Persian, Indian (Parsi)
Derived from Persian پارسی (pârsi) literally meaning "Persian", though it also refers to the Parsi (or Parsee), a Zoroastrian community in India.
Toyota Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Lukash Polish (Ukrainianized)
Derived from the given name Łukasz.
Fäldt Swedish
Variant of Feldt.
Lepère French
Means "the father" in French.
Von Langenbeck German
Means "from a long stream" in German, from Low German lange "long" and beke "stream". Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck (1810-1887) was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery.
Abuhan Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano abohan meaning "hearth, fireplace".
Rahimian Persian
From the given name Rahim.
Jerič Slovene
Derived from the forename Jere, short form of Jeronim.
Maffini Italian
Possibly derived from the given name Maffeo.
Tjernström Swedish
Combination of Swedish tjärn "tarn" and ström "stream".
May Russian (?)
Means "May (month)".
Molica Italian
Possibly a variant spelling of Mollica.
Wijayasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Rothstein German, Jewish
From German rot meaning "red" and stein meaning "stone".
Krumm German
From a nickname, which in turn is from the Middle High German word krum, meaning "crooked" or "deformed".
José Spanish, Portuguese, French
Derived from the given name José.
Cologne French
Habitational name from a place in France called Cologne.
Mota South American, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.
Kin Dutch, Flemish
Means "chin", a nickname for someone with a pointed or jutting chin. Alternatively, from kinne "relative, family".
Alario Italian, Spanish
Ultimately from Ancient Roman. Derived from the given name Hilarius.
Takesawa Japanese
From Japanese 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Schmoeckel German (East Prussian)
Originally Smekel. In the 17th century the ‘Sm’ in Low German was gradually replaced by the ‘Schm’ from High German. ... [more]
Emory English, Irish
English variant spelling of Emery.
Moyle Cornish, Welsh
Cornish and Welsh: descriptive nickname meaning ‘bald’, from Cornish moyl, Welsh moel.
Harlacher German
Habitational name for someone from Ober- or Unter-Harlachen, near Überlingen.
He Chinese
“He” means “to cheer” in Chinese.
Plescia Italian
From Albanian plesht "flea".
Paudel Nepali
From Nepali पौडी (paudi) possibly referring to the town of Pauri in Uttarakhand, India, combined with आलय (alaya) meaning "house, dwelling".
Arcadiou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Αρκαδίου (see Arkadiou).
Kampū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 寒風 (kampū) meaning "cold winter wind", referring to possibly a person described as cold or an event that involved cold wind.
Bago Cebuano
Derived from malabago and maribago, the Cebuano name for the Hibiscus tiliaceus plant.
Biehl German
From Middle Low German bil "hatchet", Middle High German biel; given to someone who made or used hatchets.
Hanvey Irish
Variant of Hanafin.
O'Mulvenna Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Maoilmheana, meaning "descendant of Maoilmheana" a personal name meaning "chieftain of the main river."
Lepa Estonian
Lepa is an Estonian surname meaning "alder".
Kummerow German
Habitational name from any of various places in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg called Kummerow.
Habermann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of oats, composed of the elements Haber and the agent suffix -mann.
Owaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大脇 (see Ōwaki).
Mikos Polish, Hungarian, Greek
From a derivative of a personal name equivalent to Nicholas: Polish Mikolaj, Slovenian Miklavž, or Hungarian Miklós.... [more]
Tetzel German
A variant of Tetzlaff and is derived from the bakery Tetzel Prime in Casey, Illinois.
Krayinyk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian країна (krayina), meaning "country, bordered land".
Skopintsev m Russian
Means "from Skopin". Skopin is a city in the Ryazan oblast.
Panganoron Filipino, Cebuano
Means "cloudy" in Cebuano.
Edy English
Edy... [more]
Hokaatari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 外 (hoka) meaning "other; rest" and 当 (atari), from 当たり (atari) meaning "hit; winning".... [more]
Grove German
Habitational name from any of several places named Grove or Groven in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, derived from Middle Low Germany grove "hole, pit, ditch, channel"... [more]
Braid Scottish, English
From the Braid Hills.
Windham English, Irish (Anglicized)
English habitational name from Wyndham in West Sussex, near West Grinstead, probably named from an unattested Old English personal name Winda + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’; or from Wymondham in Leicestershire and Norfolk, named from the Old English personal name Wigmund (see Wyman) + Old English ham ‘homestead’... [more]
Wiersma West Frisian
Can be a patronymic form of the given name Wier, a contracted form of Wieger (see also Wiro), or a toponymic surname from West Frisian wier "artificial hill, dwelling mound", a cognate of English weir and Dutch wierde.
Goldberg German, Jewish, Danish
From German gold 'gold' and -berg, meaning 'gold-mountain'.
Öpik Estonian
Öpik is an Estonian surname meaning "textbook" or "manual".
Adamou Western African
From the given name Adamou.
Folkerts German, English
Derived from the given name Folcher. See also Fulcher
Quinene Chamorro
Chamorro for "to take away"
Abakar Western African
From the given name Abakar.
Lysych Ukrainian
From either Ukrainian лиса (lysa) "fox" or лисий (lysyy) "bald".