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.
Ullah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه (Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.
Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".
Manningham English
Means "Manning's estate" from Old English ham "home, estate, settlement".
Hänsel German
Derived from the given name Hänsel.
Oksyonova Russian
Feminine form of Oksyonov (Оксёнов)
Balcom English
Altered spelling of English Balcombe, a habitational name from Balcombe in West Sussex, which is named with Old English bealu "evil, calamity" (or the Old English personal name Bealda) combined with cumb "valley".
Mojtabaei Persian
From the given name Mojtaba.
Chiaramonte Italian
Italianized from of the French surname Clermont, using Italian chiaro "bright, clear" and monte "mountain". It was brought to Sicily from Picardy, France, by a branch of the House of Clermont in the 11th century, and several locations were subsequently named after them... [more]
Ziadeh Arabic
Means surplus, extra in Arabic
Paewai Maori
The Maori meaning of it is "driftwood"
al-Awlaki Arabic
Means "the Awlaki" in Arabic, referring to a person from the Awalik (عواليك) tribe of south Yemen.
Chakraborty Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Eastern Indian form of Chakravarti.
Girgenti Italian, Sicilian
Habitational name for someone from Agrigento in Sicily which was called Girgenti until 1927.
Gans German, Dutch
Means "goose" in German and Dutch, either an occupational name for someone who worked with geese, a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a goose, or a nickname for someone walked oddly or was considered silly or foolish... [more]
Tavitian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Davidyan.
Korotkov m Russian
From Russian короткий (korotkiy), meaning "short, small".
Wirsig German
Means "happy" in German.
Haskin English
Variant of Askin.
McFadyen Scottish, Irish
Variant spelling of MacFadyen.
Kumasawa Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Youk Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.
Kusliy m Ukrainian
Means "gets mad easily".
Niazai Pashto
Most likely from Persian نیاز (niyaz) meaning "need, necessity, desire, wish" (see Niaz or Niyaz) combined with Pashto زوی (zoy) meaning "son (of)"... [more]
Engels German, Dutch
A patronymic surname from the given name Engel.
Kingswood English
Means “King’s wood.”
Koolhof Dutch
Denoted someone from the Dutch neighbourhood Koolhof, derived from koolhof "vegetable garden".
Muroya Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".
Hügel German
From German meaning "hill".
Bogers Dutch
Probably a variant form of Bogert.
Said Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.
Grave English
Variant of Graves.
Januszewski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Januszewo or Januszewice, both derived from the given name Janusz.
Zagrebnev m Russian
Means "from Zagreb". Zagreb the capital of Croatia.
Cardamone Italian
Occupational name for a spicer.
Boubacar Western African
From the given name Boubacar.
Langevin French
From French l'Angevin meaning "the Angevin", denoting a person from the French province of Anjou.
Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".
Adamou Greek
Means "son of Adam".
Deen English
Variant of Dean 1 or Dean 2.
Kokonoe Japanese (Rare)
From 九重 (kokonoe) meaning "ninefold."... [more]
Paradise English, Scottish
Nickname for someone who "lived by a park or pleasure garden".
Tropov Russian
From russian word tropa - "trail".
Panksepp Estonian
Panksepp is an Estonian surname meaning "bank smith". May also be derived from "pangsepp", meaning "bucket smith/maker".
Schreuder Dutch
Dutch cognate of Schröder 1 and Schröder 2.
Copus English
Uncertain etymology. Possibly related to Cope, Copas, or Copp.
Nabeel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nabil.
Oy Khmer, Lao
Khmer and Lao form of Huang, based on Hokkien Oi.
Mykhailenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Михайленко (see Mykhaylenko).
Atak Turkish
Means "rash, audacious, reckless" in Turkish.
Engelbert German, Dutch
From the given name Engelbert.
Ohanian Armenian
Patronymic from the personal name Ohannes, Armenian equivalent of John.
Myradova Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Мырадова (see Myradowa).
Lim Korean
12th most common surname in Korea. ... [more]
Lapin French
Means "Rabbit" in French.
Franchetti Italian
Diminutive spelling of Franco.
Caluori Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a contraction of the given names Gallus and Uori.
Molaison Louisiana Creole
Transferred use of the surname Molaison.
Raynov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Rayno".
Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Cloney Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cluanaigh, meaning "descendant of Cluanach".
Ören Turkish
Means "ruin, ruins" in Turkish.
El-Sayed Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "the master", from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid) meaning "master, lord, prince" (see Sayyid).
Nay German
Northern German variant of Nee.
Trajkova f Macedonian
Feminine form of Trajkov.
Fümm Romansh
Derived from Romansh füm "smoke", this is an occupational surname denoting a blacksmith.
Metslang Estonian
Metslang is an Estonian surname meaning "forest cutting area"; derived from the compounds "mets "forest" and "lank" (cutting area).
Oronoz Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Baztan, Spain, of uncertain etymology.
Barbella Italian
Derived from Italian barba meaning "beard".
Auksi Estonian
Auksi is an Estonian surname derived from "auks" meaning "in honor of".
Suō Japanese (Rare)
Derived from place name Suō.... [more]
Gilbertson English
Means "son of Gilbert".
Avrorin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Avrora.
Braxiatel Popular Culture
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Sonoue Japanese
"Garden under."
Nishioka Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Rietums Latvian
Derived from the word rietumi meaning "west".
Damianakos Greek
Son of, or little Damianos.
Nimaeva f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Nimaev.
Lichtblau Yiddish
Means "light blue" in German. Leon Lichtblau was a pro-revolution communist who was imprisoned in Romania in 1921.
Shokutsu Japanese
From Japanese 食 (shoku) meaning food and 通 (tsu) meaning "connoisseur".
Dayasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit दया (daya) meaning "compassion, pity" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".
Varaev Chechen
Chechen surname of unknown meaning.
Dawud Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Dawud.
Usatyy m Ukrainian
Means "has mustache" in Ukrainian.
Palermo Italian
From the name of the capital city in Sicily.
Sarver English, Jewish
English and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) occupational name from Old French serveur (an agent derivative of server ‘to serve’), Yiddish sarver ‘servant’.
Bootz German, Dutch
Could be a patronymic form of Booz or Bodo, or a variant of Boots.
Wünsche German
Probably denoted a person from Wendland, a region in Germany on the borders of the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Wendling, a municipality in the Grieskirchen District, Upper Austria, Austria.
Rugeley English
From the name of a town in Staffordshire, England, derived from Old English hrycg "ridge" and leah "woodland clearing".
Baş Turkish
Means "head, top" or "leader" in Turkish.
Diao Chinese
From Chinese 刁 (diāo) referring to the ancient state of Diao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. It was adopted due to being homophonous with the character 雕, which was the actual name of the state.
Saruta Japanese
From Japanese 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Trewin Cornish
Habitational name from Trewin in Cornwall.
Zurru Italian
From Sardinian "gush, spring (of water)".
Chatwin English
Old English given name CEATTA combined with Old English (ge)wind "winding ascent".
Levai Jewish
Comes from the Levitic surnames of 'Levi' and 'Levy', signifying the descendants from the Tribe of Levi. All bearers today are of Hungarian–Jewish descent.
Brindisi Italian
habitational name from Brindisi a port of southern Italy named in Latin as Brundisium.
Maqbool Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Maqbul.
Merivale English
The surname Merivale was first found in Cornwall and Devon, where this prominent family flourished. Walter Merifild was recorded in Devon in 1200 but it is believed the family had established itself earlier in St... [more]
Husaini Persian, Afghan, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Hausa
From the given name Husayn.
Nauryzbaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nauryzbaev.
Cziffra Banat Swabian, Hungarian, Romani
Means “digit” in Hungarian.
Hol Dutch
Variant form of Holl.
Foothill Indigenous American
Combination of "foot" and "hill".
Zaad Dutch
Originating from Dutch, meaning "seed", and in my opinion, ties well with Harald. Harald Zaad.
Kuronire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Nushiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).
Audy French
Occitan form of Audin.
Sibley English (British)
From the Anglo-Saxons influence in England. Said to be derived from the ancient Sibbelee, a woman’s Christian name, and has been traced through Sibilla, Sybbly, and finally Sibley. Sibilla was the name of a Greek princess who uttered the ancient oracles, and is represented on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel... [more]
Iselle French
Frenchified forms of Iseli, a Swiss German variant of Eisele.... [more]
Leija Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning uncertain, but it might be a variant of Leixà.
Lodde Italian
From Sardinian lodde "fox".
France French
Ethnic name for an inhabitant of France, a country in Europe.
Sommerset Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of Somerset.
Hinkel German
Nickname for a timid, fearful person, from dialect hinkel ‘chicken’
Tomkiewicz Polish, German, Jewish, Yiddish
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Katarzyna, Maciej, Zygmunt... [more]
Wijayasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".
Dueñas Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Palencia province, Spain, derived from Spanish dueña meaning "madame, mistress".
Etchells English (British)
This surname was a habitation name derived from the Old English word "ecels" which is roughly translated as the "dweller on a piece of land added to an estate." Alternatively, the name may have derived from the Old English word "ecan" which means "to increase."
Strain Romanian
From Romanian meaning "strange, foreign".
Noronha Portuguese
Derived from Noreña, the name of a village in Asturias, northern Spain.
Holle Dutch
Derived from a short form of given names containing the element hold "friendly, gracious, loyal".
Mansor Arabic
Derived from the given name Mansur.
Ursu Romanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.
Laveran French
The surname Laveran probably became popular as a first name thanks to the French Nobel Prize in Medicine Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran. Laveran discovered that protozoan parasites were the causative agent of malaria.
Cahenzli Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the German given name Hänsli.
Tellinghusen East Frisian
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified location in Lower Saxony.
Tsikhanouskaya f Belarusian, Russian (Belarusianized)
From the given name Tsikhan. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the Belarusian opposition leader. It is also the Belarusianised form of Russian Tikhonovskaya.
Neale English, Scottish, Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish variant of Neal.
Lajoie French
From a nickname for a happy cheerful person from joie "joy" with fused feminine definite article la.
Kozicki Polish
A habitational name for someone from several places called Kozice, named with Koza 'nanny goat'.... [more]
Galt English
An early member was a person with a fancied resemblance to the wild boar.
Costache Romanian
From the given name Costache
Zomou Manding
Etymology unknown.
Vallejo Spanish, Caribbean
Denoted someone who lived in a small valley.
Amadeo Italian
From the given name Amadeo.
Pally English
Variant of Paley.
Nakagiri Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia".
Kaba Turkish
Means "rough, rude, coarse" in Turkish.
Mētriņš Latvian
The name is a combination of "mētra", the Latvian word for mint and -iņš, a suffix commonly used for Latvian male surnames.
Bobe English
Derived from the nickname Boebel
Curcuru Italian
Short form of Curcuruto.
Ciavatta Italian
From ciabatta "slippers", a nickname for a cobbler, or someone known for dressing casually.
Kegler German
Nickname for a skilled or enthusiastic skittles player, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kegel meaning "skittle", "pin".
Rivlin Belarusian, Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Rivka. A famous bearer is Reuven Rivlin (1939-), the tenth President of Israel.
Hensen English, Irish
English patronymic from the personal name Henn/Henne, a short form of Henry, Hayne (see Hain), or Hendy... [more]
Jabir Arabic
From the given name Jabir.
Slack English
Means "small valley, shallow dell", derived from Old Norse slakki "a slope", a topographic name for someone who lived by such a landform, or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word, for example near Stainland and near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.
Toronto Italian (Anglicized)
Possibly derived from the Italian province, Taranto.
Yaya Western African
From the given name Yaya.
Almoguera Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Siebern German
German. People known with this name are: Emelia Siebern, Hannah Siebern, Caleb Siebern.
Albalat Catalan
Means "white winged" from medieval Catalan alb ("white") and alat ("winged"), originally from Latin albalatus ("of white wings") and used by the Visigoths before the Umayyad conquest of Hispania to name the cotton thistle because of its whitish spiny-winged stems.
Maandi Estonian
Maandi is an Estonian surname derived from "maandus" meaning "earth/ground".
Csatár Hungarian
Meaning unknown.
Ragsdale English
Apparently an English habitational name from Ragdale in Leicestershire, which is probably named from Old English hraca "gully", "narrow pass" + dæl "valley", "dale".
Alfonsi Italian
From the given name Alfonso.
Hodny Czech
My great grandfather Frank Hodny homesteaded in Lankin, North Dakota, came from Czechoslovakia in 1870's. With his brother Joseph Hodny, both had large families. ... [more]
Leszczyński Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Leszczyna, Leszczyno, Leszczyny or Leszczynek, all derived from Polish leszczyna meaning "hazel".
Rubinov Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Rubin" in Russian, though it could also be derived from Russian рубин (rubin) "ruby".
Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".
Tammik Estonian
Tammik is an Estonian surname meaning "oak wood" and "oak forest".
Newhouse English
Either a habitational name for someone who lived at a "new house" (from Middle English niwe "new" and hus "new house") or a habitational name from any of various minor places so called especially perhaps Newhouses in Horton Yorkshire near the border with Lancashire... [more]
Matthiou Greek
Means "son of Matthias".
Mali Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Gujarati
Occupational name for a gardener or florist, derived from Sanskrit माला (mala) meaning "garland, wreath".
Chau Khmer
Means "chief, head, boss" in Khmer.
Əlixanov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əlixan".
Coltonson English
Means "Son of Colton".
Abdelfattah Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Fattah.
Delger Dutch
Possibly an occupational name from an agent derivative of (ver)delgen, meaning “to nullify” or “to exterminate.”
Bhawalkar Indian
From the town of Bhawal in the NorthWest part of India, around the state of Jaipur.
Kobakhov m Yakut
From Yakut куобах (kuobakh), meaning "rabbit, hare, bunny".
Batawi Arabic
Means "Betawi" in Arabic, referring to someone originally from the city of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in Indonesia.
Burkowski Polish
It is composed of buk (Common Slavic for "beech tree") and the Slavic suffixes -ov and -ski. In some cases, the name may originate from a toponym
Nabeshima Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Nakahama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hama means "beach, seashore".
Chartier French
An occupational name for a carter from an agent derivative of Old French charette "cart".
Azuara Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Weerawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවර්ධන (see Weerawardana).