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.
Desrouleaux French, Haitian Creole
Means "of the scrolls" in French. It is a occupational name for a scribe, a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing... [more]
Wurz German
Variant of Wurtz
Esmaeilzadeh Persian
From the given name Esmaeil combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Külvik Estonian
Külvik is an Estonian surname meaning "thrower" and "(seed) sower".
Haverkamp German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived on an oat field from Middle Low German haver "oats" and kamp "field".
Prophète French, Haitian Creole
Originally a nickname (possibly ironic) from French prophète "prophet", making it a cognate of Profeta.
Lüdi German (Swiss)
Probably derived from the given name Ludwig
Bryley English
Variant of Briley.
Toba Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (to) meaning "bird" and 羽 (ba) meaning "feather".
Ruosch Romansh
Derived from the given name Ambrosius.
Alakivi Estonian
Alakivi is an Estonian surname meaning "area/region stone".
İlbey Turkish
Ruler of the Country or Ruler of the City
Osmochescu Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Durisch Romansh
Derived from the given name Durisch.
Tromans English
A nickname surname which was given to a trustworthy man, of medieval English origin.
Loi Punjabi
The surname Loi is predominantly associated with the Sikh Punjabi Jatt community, specifically within the Jatt caste. Originating from North East Punjab, the Lois constitute a relatively small Jatt clan known for their prowess in agriculture... [more]
Rohemaa Estonian
Rohemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "green land".
Barandun Romansh
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from Italian baraonda "chaos; uproar".
Cardillo Italian
Cardillo is a surname of Sicilian origin, derived from the word cardilla, meaning ''goldfinch''.
Arands English, Spanish
Anglicized version of a name given to residents of Aranda de Duero, a small town in the north of Spain.
Schön German, Swedish
Derived from Middle High German schoene "beautiful, friendly".
Maulenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Maulenov.
Tanabe Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 辺 or 邊 (nabe) meaning "area, place".
Sarap Estonian
Sarap is an Estonian surname meaning "hazel".
Westland English
Meaning "west land".
Lock English, Dutch, German
Habitational name from any of various places derived from Old English loca meaning "(locked) enclosure, stronghold".
Ulisse Italian
From the given name Ulisse.
Kraina Czech, South Slavic, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
From Old Slavic крайина (krajina) "country" or from крайь (krajĭ) "border", ultimately from кройити (krojiti) "to cut".
Transfiguracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish transfiguración meaning "transfiguration," referring to an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.
Tahirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Tahirov.
Wackerman English (American), German
From the Americanized spelling of German Wackermann, a variant of Wacker, with the addition of Middle High German man, meaning ‘man’.
Benningfield English
From the place name Benefield in Northamptonshire, composed of the Old English personal name Bera combined with -ing "belonging to" and feld "field".
Ademović Bosnian
Means "son of Adem".
Alıcı Turkish
Means "customer" in Turkish.
Fucik Czech, German
Most likely from the Czech word fuch which means "fool, idiot". It could also be a variant of the German surname Fuch, which is related to fuchs meaning "fox".
Bhaduri Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Bhadur in present-day West Bengal, India.
Pifrader German (Sudeten)
Of uncertain meaning.
Aali Arabic
From the given name Aali.
Popp German
Derived from the given name Poppo (or possibly Boppo) which is of uncertain origin and meaning... [more]
Eira Sami
Derived form the given name Erik.
Garau Italian
Possibly from a Sardinian modification of the given name Gherardo. Alternately, it may be from a Spanish surname derived from Basque garau "grain, wheat".
Samararathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරරත්න (see Samararatne).
Nedkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Nedkov.
Thoj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Thao.
Flütsch Romansh
Derived from the given name Florinus.
Ó Maoil Sheanaigh Irish
It means "descendant of devotee of Saint Seanach".
Kangas Finnish
Derived from Finnish kangas, denoting a type of soil and the type of forest (known as boreal forest or taiga) that grows in such soil.
Gamez Spanish
Patronymic from Gamo, a personal name of unexplained etymology.
Hocog Chamorro (Modern)
Chamorro for "No more, empty, completed".
D'Silva Indian (Christian)
Variant of Silva more common among Christians from India.
Ouanounou Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Nounou" in Tamazight, from a diminutive of the given name Nisim.
Hauptman German
Variant spelling of Hauptmann.
Mauro Italian
From the given name Mauro.
Havens Dutch
From Haven, a harbor.
Omaeda Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great", combined with 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward", and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Zetterlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and lund "grove".
Arifović Bosnian
Means "son of Arif".
Coers Dutch
Variant of Koers.
Soete Low German
Derived from Low German söt /seut "sweet".
Tõldsepp Estonian
Tõldsepp is an Estonian surname meaning "carriage" or "coach smith".
Əlirzayev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Əlirza".
Farman Urdu
Derived from the given name Farman.
Dunno Irish
Alternate spelling of Donough.
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'.
Balenciaga Spanish, Basque
Denoted a person who came from Valencia, derived from Basque Balencia and the locative suffix -aga. A famous bearer of the name was Spanish fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (1895-1972), the founder of the clothing brand Balenciaga.
Keeper German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Kuper.
Nəsirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nəsirov.
Gullick English
From the Middle English personal name Gullake, a descendant of Old English Gūthlāc, literally "battle-sport".
Zaharia Romanian
From the given name Zaharia.
Linn German
Toponymic surname derived from Germanic lin "swamp, bog, marsh".
Maglio Italian
Means "hammer, mallet, maul" in Italian.
Hamza Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Hamza.
Nishio Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Soysal Turkish
Means "noble, highborn" in Turkish.
Ouda Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Mashriqi)
Arabic word and surname meaning “return.”
Garfunkel Jewish, Yiddish
From גאָרפֿינקל‎ (gorfinkl), "carbuncle" in Yiddish, which in turns derives from German Karfunkel. A notable bearer of this surname is Art Garfunkel.... [more]
Generosa Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Means "generous" in several languages, derived from Latin generosus "well-born, noble". It could also be from the given name Generoso, of the same origin.
Tanose Japanese
From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness", and 瀬 (se) meaning "ripple, rapids, current".
Nakaga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲嘉 (see Naka).
Argaman Hebrew
Means "crimson" in Hebrew.
Brattén Swedish (Rare)
Composed of the personal name Bratt and the common surname suffix -én (ultimately from Latin -enius "descendant of").
Cerasuolo Italian
Means "cherry red, cherry-coloured" in Italian, either a habitational name from either of two villages, or a nickname.
Filosa Italian
Southern Italian: Probably an occupational nickname for a fisherman, from Sicilian filuòsa ‘fishing net’. Also from the subphylum: Filosa. These are known as euglyphids, filose (which means stringy or thread-like), amoebae with shells of siliceous scales or plates, which are commonly found in soils, nutrient-rich waters, and on aquatic plants.
Hopla Welsh (?)
1st recorded Hopla.... [more]
Sokolović Bosnian
From sokol meaning "falcon", a nickname or an occupational name for a falconer.
Cvetkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Cvetko".
Homeyer German
Status name from Middle Low German ho "high" and meier "headman steward" (see Meyer 1).
Haftek Polish
“From the english occupation name describing a maker of handles for tools - a hafter”... [more]
Don Scottish
Don derives from the Old Gaelic "donn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", brown, or the Old English pre 7th Century "dunn", dull brown or dark, and was originally given as a distinguishing nickname to someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion.
Duckworth English
Habitational name from Duckworth Fold, in the borough of Bury, Lancashire, which is named from Old English fuce "duck" and wor{dh} "enclosure".
Hein Estonian
Hein is an Estonian surname meaning "hay".
Louise French
From the given name Louise or a variant of Louis.
Arkaia Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Gasteiz.
Esprit French
From the given name Esprit.
Ichijō Japanese
From Japanese 一条 (ichijō) meaning "line, streak", derived from 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 条 (jō), a counter for thin, long objects.
Cecalupo Italian
Possibly means "blind wolf".
Cárcamo Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of the toponym Karkamu.
Asato Japanese (Rare)
There are several readings for the name but 2 are Asa:"Morning",and To:"Door,Asa:"Safe" and To:"Village". There are multiple places in the Ryukyu's (where the name originates and mostly stays) that have that name;that could've been the influence... [more]
Daniilidis Greek
Means "Son of Daniil".
Văcărescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian văcar meaning "cowherd".
Ganzon Filipino
From Hokkien 顏 (gân) meaning "face, colour, hue" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Cholmondeley English
An aristocratic surname derived from a place name in Cheshire which means "Ceolmund's grove" in Old English.
Durieux French
Derived from Old French riu meaning "river, stream", originally used to indicate someone who lived by a stream.
Blacksmith English
Occupational name for a blacksmith, a smith who work with iron. The name is rare in England and mostly found in North America, suggesting that it's a translation of a non-English name meaning "blacksmith" (see Kowalski, Raudsepp and Lefèvre for example).
Purisima Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish purísima meaning "most pure."
Pala Turkish
Means "machete, scimitar, blade" in Turkish.
Gere English
Variant of Geer, Gehr or Geary, all related to the Old High German element gēr (Old English gār, Old Norse geirr) meaning "spear, arrow". A famous bearer is American actor Richard Gere (b... [more]
Gurion Hebrew
Short form of Ben-Gurion.
Rostamzadeh Persian
From the given name Rostam combined with the Persian suffix زاده (-zâde) meaning "offspring".
Piroćanac Serbian
Habitational name for someone from Pirot, Serbia.
Priore Italian
from Italian priore "prior" either a nickname or occupational name which probably most often originated as a metonymic occupational name for a servant of a prior or some important lay dignitary... [more]
Azaranka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Azarenko.
Husse Scandinavian (Archaic)
Variant of Hussey.
Mastenbroek Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the polder area of Mastenbroek in the Dutch province of Overijssel, as well as a small village built around a church in the middle of that polder area. The place names derive from Middle Dutch mast meaning "pole, mast" or "pig feed, fodder" combined with broek meaning "marsh, wetland".
Komatsuzaki Japanese (Rare)
Ko ("Small") + Matsu ("Pine Tree") + Zaki ("Peninsula, Cape"). This is a uncommon name, but it has kanji that 90% of Japanese family names have.
Orav Estonian
Orav is an Estonian surname meaning "squirrel".
De Champagne French
Meaning "Of Champagne" in French.
Tòmas Scottish
From the given name Tòmas.
Egami Japanese
Variant of Ekami.
Jósefsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Jósef" in Icelandic.
Gulea Romanian
Aromanian.
O'Looney Irish
Anglicization of Ó Luanaigh.
Shvedova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Шведов (see Shvedov).
Yunus Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yunus.
Buġeja Maltese
Possibly derived from Maltese abjad meaning "white", ultimately from Arabic أَبْيَض (ʾabyaḍ).
Florencio Spanish
From the given name Florencio
Eminov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Emin".
Gwilliams Welsh
Means son of Gwilym, Cognate of Williams
Kreisler German, Jewish
Derivative of Kreisel with the agent suffix -er.
Telliskivi Estonian
Telliskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "brick stone".
Josifoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Josifoski.
Birney English
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Morayshire, recorded in the 13th century as Brennach, probably from Gaelic braonach 'damp place'.
Krupen Belarusian
From Belarusian круп (krup), meaning "grain".
Dyar English
Variant of Dyer.
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".
Masudov Uzbek
Means "son of Masud".
Ben Asher Jewish
Means "son of Asher" in Hebrew.
Rostási Hungarian
Probably comes from the Hungarian word "rosta" wich means sieve.
Barseghyan Armenian
Means "son of Barsegh".
Kadijević Croatian, Serbian
Derived from kadija (кадија), meaning "Qadi", a judge of a Sharia court.
Middlemore English
Derived from an unidentified place in the West Midlands named with Old English middel "middle" and mor "moor", possibly the Middelmore which is recorded in the 13th and 15th centuries at Haughton in Morville (Shrops).
Pedrussio Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Peter.
Frish Yiddish
Yiddish form of Frisch.
Bekzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Bekzhanov.
Hyka Albanian, Czech
This is both an Albanian and Czech surname. ... [more]
Sukacz Polish (Rare)
father surname.
Marriott English, French
Derived from Mary.
Kunis German, Dutch
From a derivative of the personal name Kuno or Konrad.
Corney English
A habitational surname from places in Cumbria and Hertfordshire named Corney, derived from either Old English corn "grain, seed" or a metathesized form of cran "crane (bird)" combined with eg "island, dry land in a marsh"... [more]
Rexhepi Albanian
From the given name Rexhep.
Markos Greek
From the given name Markos.
Hildreth Norman
English (Durham): of Norman origin, a variant of the male personal name Hildred (ancient Germanic Hild(i)rad, from hild 'battle' and rād 'counsel'). German: from the ancient Germanic personal name composed of hild 'fight, battle' + rāt 'counsel'.
Hajake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 羽者 (haja), sound- and script-changed from 刃物 (hamono) meaning "blade; edged tool" and 家 (-ke), a suffix representing family, referring to a family who specialized with knives.
Rashidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Rashid.
Middag Dutch
Means "midday, noon" in Dutch. Compare German Mittag.
Shimmyo Japanese
From 新 (shim) meaning "new, fresh" and 明 (myo) meaning "bright, enlighten".
Rochester English
Habitational name from one of three places in Northumberland called Rochester, with names whose early spellings are very similar and sometimes difficult to distinguish from each other... [more]
Perdomo Spanish (Canarian)
From French (prud'homme) meaning "expert". This is the Spanish variant of Prudhomme.
Kushibiki Japanese
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 引 (hiki) meaning "pull, stretch".
Friedel German
From the given name Friedrich.
Yorita Japanese
From Japanese 依 (yori) meaning "reliant" or 寄 (yori) meaning "bring near", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field".
Harutami Japanese
It could be from 春 (haru) meaning "spring season" combined with 民 (tami, tamiyo) meaning "people, nationals, citizens, civil".
Ivanešić Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Alizoda Tajik
Tajik form of Alizadeh.
Mauris English
This surname may be a variant of Maurice.
Friesen German, Dutch
Patronymic form of Friso (see Fries).
Hasan Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Hasan.
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]
Nureyeva Russian, Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine variant of Nureyev.
Ariza Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from a place so named in Zaragoza province in Aragón.
Tsujihara Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 原 (hara, bara or wara) "field," "plain," "original."
De La Tour French
Means "of the tower" in French, a cognate of De La Torre. It denoted one who lived near a watchtower.
Montoro Spanish, Italian
A Spanish habitational name from any of the places called Montoro in particular those in Córdoba or Teruel provinces. Italian habitational name from any of the places called Montoro in particular Montoro Inferiore and Montoro Superiore in Avellino province.
Sieber German
The roots of the German surname Sieber can be traced to the Old Germanic word "Siebmacher," meaning "sieve maker." The surname is occupational in origin, and was most likely originally borne by someone who held this position
Spain English, Spanish (Anglicized)
Derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spain.' A very early incomer.
Chandrasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala චන්ද්‍රසේකර (see Chandrasekara).
Yeoh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.
Rong Chinese
From Chinese 容 (róng) referring to a Zhou dynasty title used by officials who were in charge of managing rituals, music, and ceremonies. Alternately it may be derived from the name of the ancient state of Rong (location and time period unknown).
Saenkham Thai
From Thai แสน (saen) meaning "very, extremely" and คำ (kham) meaning "gold" or "word, speech".
Phetdara Lao
From Lao ເພັດ (phet) meaning "diamond" and ດາຣາ (dara) meaning "star".
Sombat Thai
From Thai สมบัติ (sombat) meaning "wealth; fortune; property".
Ship English
This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is an occupational surname for "a mariner", or perhaps, occasionally a "ship or boat-builder". The derivation of the name is from the Olde English pre 7th Century scip, ship, in Middle English schip
Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".
Sitwat Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang, Chashan, Biao, Cun
Means "colour of heart".
Cocker English, German (Anglicized)
Originally a nickname for a bellicose person, from Middle English cock "to fight". Also an anglicized form of Köcher.
Wijk Swedish
Derived from Swedish vik "bay".
Theunis Dutch
From the given name Theunis.
Aizawa Japanese
Variant reading of 阿久沢 or 阿久澤 (see Akuzawa 2).