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Rist Estonian
Rist is an Estonian surname meaning "cross".

Alusaar Estonian
Alusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "base/foundation island".

Curcio Italian
This name derives from Latin “curtĭus”, which in turn derives from the Latin “curtus” meaning “shortened, short, mutilated, broken, incomplete”.

Sačer Croatian

Cartof Romanian
From Romanian meaning "potato". Possibly given to someone who sells or raise potatoes.

Yant American

Acar Turkish
Means "sturdy, hardy" or "bold, fearless" in Turkish.

Myshenov Russian
The first part of the name, mysh actually means mouse!

Mylrae English (Rare)

Rõõmus Estonian
Rõõmus is an Estonian surname meaning "glad" or "joyful".

Murgulescu Romanian

Letter English

Thrall English
Derived from Old English þræl "slave, serf, thrall".

Laiti Finnish

Mcaskell Irish

Elwy Welsh
From the river Elwy in Wales, whose name likely derives from the Welsh elw "gain", "profit". Also sometimes used as a male first name in Wales.

Ravone Italian

Rovira Catalan
Topographic name for someone who lived by an oak wood, from Catalan rovira meaning "oak wood, oak grove".

Marugaya Japanese

Spalla Italian
Means "shoulder".

Ryle English
Habitational name from Royle in Lancashire (see Royle).

Mikhalopoulos Greek

Barrientos Spanish, Caribbean
Habitational name from a place in León named Barrientos, possibly derived from an Asturleonese word meaning "loamy".

Šimičić Croatian
Šimičić comes from the name Šimun, which is the Croatian form of Simeon, which means flatter and/or listener.... [more]

Voytenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Voytov.

Eyvazov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Eyvaz".

Mandžukić Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Famous bearer of this last name is Mario Mandžukić who is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Juventus and the Croatia national team.

Nueva Spanish

Guirguis Ancient Egyptian, Coptic
The surname Guirguis is of Egyptian and Coptic origin, primarily associated with Christian families from Egypt. It is a transliteration of the Coptic name Girgis (Γεώργιος), which is derived from the Greek name George (Γεώργιος), meaning "farmer" or "earthworker."

Chino Italian
Derived from the given name Gioacchino.

Stambolić Croatian, Serbian

Molak Polish

Danilenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Danylenko.

Beeharry Mauritian Creole

Nagadome Japanese

Ikilei Tongan

Morehouse English
Habitational name from any of various places, for example Moorhouse in West Yorkshire, named from Old English mōr meaning "marsh", "fen" + hūs meaning "house".

Sand English, Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German, Jewish
From the vocabulary word sand. As a Swedish and Jewish name, often ornamental. Otherwise topographic.

Lättemäe Estonian
Lättemäe is an Estonian surname derived from "läte" meaning "spring" or "fountain" and "mäe" meaning "hill" and "mountain"; "spring mountain".

Schöndienst German
Variant of Schoendienst.

Gudnev m Russian

Boonmee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai บุญมี (see Bunmi).

Belfer Jewish
Occupational name from Yiddish be(he)lfer, ba(he)lfer "teacher’s assistant".

Pokey Western African

Toya Japanese
From Japanese 斗 (to) “constellation” and 矢 (ya) “arrow”

Müzəffərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Müzəffərov.

Shostakovich Russian
Last name of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich.

Labakhua Abkhaz
Abkhaz name derived from Arabic لَاحَظَ (lāḥaẓa) meaning "to notice, to look" combined with بَهِيجَة (bahīja) meaning "delightful, joyous" (see Bahija)... [more]

Rajalaane Estonian
Rajalaane is an Estonian surname derived from "raja" ("boundary", "border") and "lääne" ("occidental", "western"): "western border/boundary".

Paull English (Australian)

Atiq Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
Derived from the given name Atiq.

Iizuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".

Wijeyakoon Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයරත්න (see Wijayakoon).

Lutz German, German (Swiss), French
From the given name Lutz, a short form of Ludwig, or of names containing the element liut "people" such as Luitgard.

Kember English

Vardjas Estonian
Vardjas is an Estonian surname meaning "keeper".

Seiders German

Tallis English

Yoldaş Turkish
Means "traveling companion" in Turkish.

Olivares Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places named Olivares, from the plural of Spanish olivar meaning "olive grove". Compare Portuguese and Galician Oliveira.

Whet English

Sarai Indian, Punjabi

Jayasundare Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසුන්දර (see Jayasundera).

Zolotarev Russian
Means "son of the goldsmith" derived from Russian золотарь (zolotar) meaning "goldsmith".

Pouw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Bao used by Chinese Indonesians.

Jomana Northern African

Koziorowski Polish
Means "son of koziorożec" (Capricorn).

Mostefaï Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mostefa (chiefly Algerian).

Cholevas Greek
Feminine form is Choleva

Chikafuji Japanese
Chika means "near" and fuji means "wisteria".

Harpin English

Lannan English

Manousos Greek
Surname associated with the name Manouel in Crete. Another possible origin is a Hellenized version of the Venetian surname Manuzio.

Khamis Arabic
Derived from the given name Khamis.

Marsham Anglo-Saxon
This name originated from the Norfolk location of Marsham. The first family to use this name adopted it by living in that area.

Sarus Hungarian

Borneman Dutch
Variant of Borne "well, spring, source", with the addition of man "man, person".

Carrender English (American)

Moghadam Persian
Means "first, preceding, head" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic مقدم (muqaddam).

Kolojejchick American (Rare)

Begashvili Georgian

Sanabra Catalan
Catalan cognate of Seabra.

Hazlehurst English
Habitational name for a person from the places in Lancashire, Surrey, or Sussex, or somebody who lives in a hazel grove, all derived from Old English hæsl "hazel" (Archaic form hazle) and hyrst "wood, grove".

Zeid Arabic
From the given name Zayd.

Dare Italian

Shikawa Japanese

Zhemaletdinov Chuvash, Russian

Will Scottish, English, German
Scottish and northern English from the medieval personal name Will, a short form of William, or from some other medieval personal names with this first element, for example Wilbert or Willard... [more]

Calvi Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Calvo. Habitational name from Calvi in Benevento province.

Wijesinghe Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Wachsmann German, Jewish
Occupational name for a gatherer or seller of beeswax from Middle Low German was "wax" and man "man".

Kudo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Kudō.

Cello Italian

Noonan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuanáin (from Irish Gaelic Ó hIonmhaineáin) meaning "descendant of Ionmhaineán", a diminutive of the given name Ionmhain "beloved, dear". ... [more]

Ellingham English
Habitational name from places so named in Hampshire, Northumbria, and Norfolk. The first of these is named from Old English Edlingaham ‘homestead (Old English ham) of the people of Edla’, a personal name derived from a short form of the various compound names with a first element ead ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’; the others may have the same origin or incorporate the personal name Ella 1 (see Ellington).

Mittal Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Possibly derived from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra) meaning "friend".

Ivaštanin Serbian

Županović Croatian
Derived from župan, a noble and administrative title, the leader of a territorial unit called županija.

Machodkar Marathi

Karamanukyan Armenian
Variant of Karamanyan.

Su Hui

Smyczek Polish
Occupational surname for someone who made or used strings, derived from Polish smycz, meaning "leash."

Krumreihn German
Possibly derived from Middle High German krum(b) meaning "crooked" and rein meaning "border of a field, margin", and hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a field with a crooked edge, or perhaps a nickname for a farmer who plowed a crooked furrow... [more]

Rachelson English
This surname means “son of Rachel”.

Edgerton English
From a place name meaning either "settlement of Ecghere" or "settlement of Ecgheard" (see Ekkehard).

Farewell English (Rare)
Means "goodbye,departing" in English.

Montaser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.

Tabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".

Pierrin French
From the given name Pierre.

Belenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Bilenko.

Estina Russian

Hořovice Czech
Czech from of Horowitz.

Sobchak Polish (Russified), Polish (Ukrainianized)
Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian spelling of Sobczak.

El-Garaa Arabic (Maghrebi)

Saakashvili Georgian
Derived from the Georgian name *saaḳi, a given name equivalent of Isaac. A famous bearer of this name is the third president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-).

Trevino Spanish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Treviño.

Borilović Serbian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Boril"

al-Fayadh Arabic
Means "the generous, the charitable, the bountiful" in Arabic, derived from Arabic فَيَّاض (fayyāḍ) meaning "to overflow".

Tibba Western African

Jouttijärvi Finnish (Rare)
From the name of any of the many lakes named Jouttijärvi in Finland.

Gawkrodger English
From a medieval nickname meaning "clumsy Roger".

Preldžić Bosnian

Papadiamantopoulos Greek
Means "descendant of the diamond priest" in Greek. A notable bearer of this surname is Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, a Greek revolutionary leader.

Zelená f Czech, Slovak
Means "green" in Czech and Slovak.

Doublet Maltese

Kawanaka Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Muttski Polish, Popular Culture, Literature
Not known, A Notable bearer is Ben Muttski from Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog comics

Garthwaite English (British)

Murchinskaya Russian

Rischtoff German (Austrian)

Frantsuzov Russian
Derived from Russian француз (frantsuz) meaning "French, Frenchman".

Bahaa Arabic
Derived from the given name Baha.

Cram English
From the the Scottish place name Crambeth (now Crombie), a village and ancient parish in Torryburn, Fife.

Awamura Japanese
Awa means "millet" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Zhmayev m Russian (?), Central Asian (?)

Eastmoreland English

Eileen Literature
From the given name Eileen.

Inatsuma Japanese

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

Paŭlovič Belarusian
Means "son of Paviel".

Alterstein German
Means "old stone" in German.

Oum Khmer
Alternate transcription of Khmer អ៊ំ or អ៊ុំ (see Um).

Chippendale English
Derived from a place called "Chippingdale".

Randale Indian

Kurisingal Malayalam
Malayalam surname used by the St Thomas Christians of Kerala.

Dierking Low German, Dutch
Habitational name from a farm so named which once belonged to a certain Dierk and his kin, for instance Dircking (nowadays Derkink) in Enschede.

Anges African

Elkjær Danish
From Danish el meaning "alder" and kær meaning "fen, marsh". Danish former soccer player Preben Elkjær Larsen (1957-) bears this name.

Poer English, French

Tolaj Albanian

Kudinov m Russian

Andrejević Serbian
Means ''son of Andrej''.

Urasaki Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Kaiyō Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 回 (e, kai, ka.eru, mawa.shi-, -mawa.shi, mawa.su, -mawa.su, -mawa.ri, mawa.ru, -mawa.ru, motoo.ru) meaning "game, revolve, round" and 陽 (you, hi) meaning "daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine, yang principle."... [more]

Kakugaya Japanese
Variant of Kakutani.

Pili Italian
Sardinian form of Italian pelo "hair, hairy".

Uvalles Spanish

Lindén Swedish
Combination of Swedish lind "linden tree" and the common surname suffix -én.

Turowiecka Polish

Luza Basque
Surname originally used by people from Lusa, Castro Urdiales, Spain. It comes from the Basque word "luze" (long, tall), possibly of Celtic origin.

Asciak Maltese

Alb Romanian
From Romanian meaning "white".

Marbach German
habitational name from Marbach on the Neckar river named with Old High German marca "boundary" and bah "stream creek".

Kawajiri Japanese
Kawa means "river, stream" and jiri comes from shiri meaning "rear, behind".

Schwartzberg German

Azarian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Azaryan, a patronymic likely derived from an Armenian form of the Hebrew given name 'Azaryah.

Larcella Italian
Variation of Lauricella, from a pet form of Laura.

Garufi Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly related to the Germanic given name Garulf, or to Arabic qaruf "hard, cruel".

Çavuşoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the sergeant" or "son of the messenger", from Turkish çavuş meaning "sergeant, messenger, herald, pursuivant" combined with the patronymic suffix -oğlu.

Silberberg Jewish
The meaning of the name is "silver mountain" and comes from Germany

Pavard French

Tennojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Radzha Indian, Gujarati, Tamil, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Raja.

Tremain Literature (Modern)
Surname of a character in Esther Forbes novel, Johnny Tremain.

Neuteboom Dutch
Variant of Noteboom.

Hairston English

Prematilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ප්‍රේමතිලක (see Premathilaka).

Tokmak Turkish
Means "mallet" in Turkish.

Heroux French

Caune Latvian
Derived from the word cauna meaning "marten".

Aimka Nanai, Russian

Balian Armenian
Patronymic of uncertain origin, perhaps from Turkish bal ‘lord’, ‘master’, a word of Arabic origin.

Jderoiu Romanian
Derived from Romanian jder meaning "marten".

Buczyńska f Polish
Feminine form of Buczyński.

Jurrez Spanish

Haliche Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Halliche.

Hadley English
A habitational name from either a place named Hadley, or a place named Hadleigh. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah (means ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’), and the other three are from Old English hǣð (meaning ‘heathland’, ‘heather') + lēah.

Clingman English

Medica Central American

Gooby Anglo-Norman

Abdelmagid Arabic (Egyptian)

Yameen Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Variant transcription of Yamin.

Wizzo Bahamian Creole

Turkalj Croatian

Rakhimovich Russian

Mayo English, French
Derived from the given Norman name Mathieu.

Abad Judeo-Spanish
Nickname from abad ‘priest’ (from Late Latin abbas ‘priest’, genitive abbatis, from the Aramaic word meaning ‘father’). The application is uncertain: it could be a nickname, an occupational name for the servant of a priest, or denote an (illegitimate) son of a priest.

Grünfeld German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places in northern and central Germany named Grünfeld named with elements meaning "green open country" derived from the elements gruoni "green" and feld "field"... [more]

Azulai Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Azoulay.

Sumida Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" or 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Devon English
Regional name for someone from the county of Devon. In origin, this is from an ancient British tribal name, Latin Dumnonii, perhaps meaning "worshipers of the god Dumnonos".

Mineiro Portuguese

De La Vega Spanish
Means "of the meadow" in Spanish.

Koseki Japanese
Ko means "small" and seki means "frontier pass".

Faddeyev Russian
Means "son of Faddey".

Özyakup Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "pure, core, essence" combined with the given name Yakup. This name is borne by the Turkish-Dutch soccer player Oğuzhan Özyakup (1992-).

Heineken Dutch, German
From the given name Hein 1, a Dutch diminutive of Hendrik... [more]

Gilles French, Walloon
From the given name Gilles. Cognate of Giles.

Dondon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 闐々 (see Dondo).

Acciari Italian
Variant of Acciai.

Boudewijn Dutch
From the given name Boudewijn.

Adenekan Yoruba
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Duggal Indian

Savaş Turkish
From the given name Savaş.

Mogren Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and gren "branch".

Switser English
Either (i) from the medieval nickname Swetesire (literally "sweet sir, amiable master"), applied sarcastically either to someone who used the expression liberally as a form of address or to someone with a de-haut-en-bas manner; or (ii) an anglicization of Schweitzer (from Middle High German swīzer "Swiss person").

Penning English, Dutch, Low German
From early Middle English penning, Low German penning, and Middle Dutch penninc, all meaning "penny". It was used as a topographic surname from the name of a field, or a nickname referring to tax dues of one penny.

Eye Central African

Mier Dutch
Derived from Dutch mier "ant", perhaps denoting an industrious person.

Cordova Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
Unaccented form of Córdova.

Hoopii Hawaiian

Kumai Indian

Tomaso Italian

Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.

Henneke German

Tougaard Danish

Kirov m Russian
Means "son of Kir".

Régnier French
From the medieval given Régnier the older form of Rainier.

Mac Giolla Phóil Irish
Means "son of the servant of Pól"

Ramani Indian, Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil

Shikimi Japanese

Rainey Irish, Scottish
An Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Raighne, Ó Ráighne meaning "descendent of Raonull", the given name Raonull being derived from Old Norse Rögnvaldr, Røgnvaldr, Rǫgnvaldr (compare Ronald).

Osegueda Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Oseguera chiefly used in Central America.

Dance English

Dunning English

Goonasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණසේකර (see Gunasekara).

Starkey English, German
From a diminutive of Stark. This surname is borne by the English musician Sir Richard Starkey (1940-), also known as Ringo Starr.

Dow English
Variant of Daw.

McCreight Scottish (Anglicized)
Meaning with "Mc" meaning "Son of" and "Creight", a given name.

Didenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian дід (did), meaning "grandfather".

Makam Telugu (Rare)

Wijekoon Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" combined with Sinhala කෝන් (kon) meaning "king" (of Tamil origin).

Blackwater English

Yousif Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Zames Jewish

Okat'yev m Russian

Federico Spanish, Italian
From the given name Federico.

Á Rógvu Faroese

Mac Na Ceàrda Scottish
Gaelic form of Sinclair and Caird.

Marthi Indian

Rizvanova f Azerbaijani, Tatar
Feminine form of Rizvanov.

Ruplinger English (Modern)
German... [more]

Buckins English

Minkowski m Polish

Doronkin m Russian

Welburn English
English surname meaning "From the Spring brook"

Elmholt Danish

Amosova Russian
Feminine form of Amosov.

Sydtangen Norwegian

Kuruvila Indian (Christian)
From the given name Kuruvila.

Mínervuson Icelandic
Means "son of Minerva" in Icelandic

Creedon Irish (Anglicized)

Kinell Swedish

Mumby English
Habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire so named from the Old Norse personal name Mundi (see Monday ) + Old Norse bȳ 'farmstead village'.

Plamenova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Plamenov.

Geonzon Filipino, Cebuano

Buhagiar Maltese
Means "father of rocks" from Maltese bu meaning "father" and ħaġar meaning "stones, rocks".

Pi Chinese

Idezuki Japanese
From 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", 出 (de) meaning "exit", and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".

Cotto Spanish
Variant of Coto.

Runion English

Bondi Italian
Derived from the given name Abbondio.

Jemini Kosovar

Moonie Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Mooney.

Bonilla Spanish
From the area of Spain of the same name

Kühner German
From the given name Kunher.

Duschletta Romansh
Derived from the given name Duscha.

Ham English, Scottish
Derived from Old English ham "home, estate, settlement".

Maloney Irish
Variant of Moloney.

Bidaurreta Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.

Roennfeldt German

Morapedi South African

Eng Swedish, Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse eng "meadow".

Swinton English, Scottish
From various place names composed of Old English swin "pig, wild boar" and tun "settlement, enclosure".

Porcari Italian, English
From Italian porci "pigs", denoting someone who worked as a pig herder.

Musaraj Albanian

Kolarek Croatian
Derived from Kolar.

Kuanysheva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kuanyshev.

Cydni Indonesian

Adlani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Adlène (chiefly Moroccan).

Urkiaga Basque
From the name of the northernmost hill and mountain pass in Navarre, derived from Basque urki "birch tree" and -aga "place of, group of".

Larionov m Russian

Carstens German

D'orival French
Variant form of D'oreval. This is also one of the very few forms (of what is ultimately the D'aurevalle surname) that is still in use nowadays.

Mridangam Indian

Jayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇山 (see Hebiyama).

Ōmori Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Mejia Galician
A very ancient surname, infrequent and widely spread across Spain, mostly in Madrid, Barcelona, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Cuenca, Sevilla and Toledo; and also in Pontevedra, Lugo, Guadalajara, Almería, Granada, Alicante and Málaga.... [more]

Ōsuga Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge".

Sakurano Japanese
From 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 野 (no) meaning "wilderness, field".