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Eras Spanish
From the medieval personal name Egas, probably of Visigothic origin. This surname is very rare in Spain; it is found mainly in Ecuador... [more]

Leija Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning uncertain, but it might be a variant of Leixà.

O'doherty Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Dochartaigh.

Mims English (British)
Habitational name from Mimms (North and South Mimms) in Hertfordshire, most probably derived from an ancient British tribal name, Mimmas.

Vaid Hindi

Sheffield English, English (British)
A surname which named after an city in England.... [more]

Asghari Persian
From the given name Asghar.

Axelrod Jewish (Americanized)
Derived from the Yiddish given name Akslrod.

Pujol Catalan, French
Catalan and French variant of Puig. Spanish tennis player Marcel Granollers (1986-) bears this name.

Pereković Croatian

Overbeeke Dutch
Means "over the creek", from Dutch over "over, above" and beek "brook, creek".

Singpirom Thai

Gemm German

Helo Syrian, Lebanese
Helo is Americanized from the name Helou which means "sweet". Origin around year 1717 from El Helou. Tribal name from Helou Massive a mountain in the Syrian, later Lebanon country. Mentioned in the narratives of the first Crusade.

Fərmanov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Fərman".

Noli Albanian

Barac Romanian

Yevdokymenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yevdokym".

Nurm Estonian
Nurm is an Estonian surname meaning "lea" and "meadow" and "pasture".

Albrup Albanian

Bocquet Irish

Noto Japanese
No means "wilderness, field, plain" and to means "wisteria" or "door".

Basilashvili Georgian
Means "son of Basil 1".

Khalokov Uzbek

Katen English

Angilloy Cornish
From an-kelli, "the grove"; or an-gilly, "the wood or grove of hazels".

Borders English
Americanization of surname Bader. Forefathers who were Hessian soldiers during the American revolution.

Koori Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 氷 (see Kōri).

Ernesto Portuguese (African), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Ernesto.

Bibby English (American)

Oranje Dutch
Means "orange (colour)" in Dutch, in reference to the Dutch Royal Family, who in turn derive their name from the town of Orange (or Auranja) in France, first attested as Arausio in the first century... [more]

Almena Spanish

Ranatunga Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රණතුංග (see Ranathunga).

Sidiqi Pashto, Persian, Afghan
Means "the veracious" from Arabic صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa) meaning "to be truthful, to be sincere". It is also a variant of Persian Sadeghi.

Hrisomállis Greek

Stefkovic Slovak
Possibly means 'son of Stefko', judging by the fact that Slavic suffixes such as '-ovich' and '-ovic' mean '(name)'s son'.

Madiev m Kazakh
Means "son of Madi".

Biedrzycki m Polish

Abeyrathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේරත්න (see Abeyrathna).

Hafen German

Vaganov m Russian

Phùng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Feng 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 馮 (phùng).

Gaspralı Crimean Tatar

Hrinchenko Ukrainian

Roviaro Italian
Uncertain etymology. Most common in Veneto, northern Italy.

Sukharev Russian
From sukhari, meaning "hardtack".

Kleiss Upper German, Alsatian
Variant of Kleis.

Radico Italian

Meehan Irish, English
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhacháin meaning "descendant of Miadhacháin", a diminutive of the byname Miadhach "honorable".

Bartholomieu English
Form of Bartholomew.

Renfrew Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Rinn Friù, meaning "cradle of the Royal Stewards." It is derived from either the historical county of Renfrewshire in the west central lowlands of Scotland, or the town of Renfrew within both the historical and present-day boundaries of the county.

See Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Shi.

Nall English, Irish, German (Americanized)
Variant of Nally, pet form of Alice, short for Nagel, Nagelmackers, or Nagelschmidt.

Bluford English, American (South)
Possibly an English habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. The name occurs in records of the 19th century but is now very rare if not extinct in the British Isles. In the U.S. it is found chiefly in TX and TN.

Hadipour Persian
Means "son of Hadi" in Persian.

McMaster English, Scottish
Patronymic for someone who was the son of the Master, i.e., a cleric

Gharibshahi Persian

İlhan Turkish
From the given name İlhan

Kanoknak Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Maniotis Greek (?)

Hinderks Dutch, Frisian
Means "son of Hinderk".

Weil German, Jewish
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places so named in Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg, from Latin villa ‘country house’, ‘estate’ (later used of a group of houses forming a settlement).

Wynn Welsh
Derived from the given name Gwynn, itself from Welsh gwyn meaning "white, fair; blessed".

Crispim Portuguese
Derived from the given name Crispim.

Imari Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 今利, 伊万里 or 伊萬里 with 今 (kon, kin, ima) meaning "now", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 万/萬 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."... [more]

Hisamoto Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Wignall English

Kamizawa Japanese

Aveline French
Derived from the medieval given name Aveline or Avelin.

Musca Italian, Romanian

Zeah Iranian

Shimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Bicette African American

Keiner German
Reduced form of the personal name Kagenher, from Old High German gagan 'against' + heri 'army'.

Starchenko Ukrainian
Probably from Ukrainian старий (staryy), meaning "old".

Mcelhaney Irish
Irish: variant of Mcelhinney

Sindik Croatian
Derived from sindik, a type of lawyer or representative that existed in Dalmatia in the Middle Ages.

Ivašković Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.

Angoco Chamorro
“to Trust in” “to rely on” “to have confidence in” “to have faith in” “to place reliance in” “to confide in”

Del Toro Spanish
Means "of the bull" in Spanish, denoting a person who owns bulls or a tender of bulls.

Arustamyan Armenian
Means "son of Arustam", from a given name derived from a combination of the names Ara and Rustam.

Mac an tSaoi Irish
From Tyrone

Gufflet French

Patrimonio Spanish (Philippines)
Means "patrimony" in Spanish.

Outhouse English

Åmold Norwegian (Rare)

Alderman English
Occupational name for a person who is a member of the governing body of a city or borough, from Middle English alderman, a compound of Old English ealdor "elder" and man.

Rorke Irish
Variant of O'Rourke.

Sheptitskiy Ukrainian
This indicates familial origin with the village of Sheptychi in Ukraine, which, as of February 2017, is located within Sambir Raion in the Lviv Oblast.

Crombie Scottish

Shiran Hebrew

Wayman English
Variant of Wyman and Waitman. Could also be the Americanized version of Wehmann or Weidmann

Vorst Dutch, Low German
topographic name for someone who lived in a vorst "forest" or habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Vorst or Voorst... [more]

Çakır Turkish
Means "greyish blue (eyes)" in Turkish.

Benhammou Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Alternate transcription of Arabic بنحمو (see Benhamou).

Calvert English

Sandmeier German, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
From Middle High German sand combined with Meier 1, referring to a tenant farmer whose farm was on sandy soil.

Torre Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian cognitive and, Spanish and Portuguese variant of Torres. From torre "tower" (from Latin turris).

Chinouriri Shona
Believed to be from a local dialect, interpretations of the name could be resilience or strength.

Brindley English
Habitational name from a place in England so named. From Old English berned "burnt" and leah "woodland clearing".

Zhumabekov Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zhumabek".

Madau Italian
From Sardinian madau "fold, enclosure for sheep".

Hänner German
Pet form of Heinrich.

Kellog English, Irish
Variant of Kellogg

Nordqvist Swedish
Derived from Swedish nord "north" and qvist "twig, branch".

Serhiychuk Ukrainian
Variant of Serhiyenko.

Werbowa Ukrainian (Germanized)

Hyndestan English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Kelner German, English, Vilamovian
Means "waiter" in German.

Sammartino Italian
From Italian san (apocopic form of santo ("saint") + Martino ("Martin").

Zefi Albanian

Yatsukh Ukrainian

Yankovic Slovene, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Polish
Americanized form of Janković, or perhaps Jankowicz.

Nouvilas Spanish

Beksultanov Kyrgyz
Means "son of Beksultan".

Baldacchino Maltese
Derived from Italian baldacchino meaning "baldachin (or baldaquin)", referring to a type of canopy placed over a throne. It was originally used as an occupational name for a maker of baldachins.

Grap Low German
Variant of Grape.

Demestre French
It's an occupational word coming from Latin. It means "master". It is of French origin.

Hollee Dutch (Rare)

Pähkel Estonian
Pähkel is an Estonian surname meaning "nut".

Conn Scottish

Calgari Italian (Swiss), Romansh
Variant of Caligari.

Van Der Spek Dutch
Habitational name derived from Middle Dutch specke "log dam, bridge of tree trunks, road through a marshy area".

Cali Maltese

Bergemann German
Variant of Bergmann.

Prodromou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Prodromos".

Burdick Anglo-Norman
This surname is derived from a geographical locality.,'of Burdet.'

Sako Western African, Manding
From the name of a Soninke and Mandinka clan most likely derived from saaxo meaning "heron, egret".

Alhadeff Judeo-Spanish
Possibly an occupational name for a weaver from Arabic الهداف (al-̣haddāf) meaning "the weaver's shuttle". Alternately, it may be from Arabic الهدى (al-hadā) meaning "the guided one".

Goonatillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණතිලක (see Gunathilaka).

Nəcəfov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəcəf".

Westhouse Dutch (Anglicized, ?), English
Possibly an Anglicized form of Westhuis. Alternatively, from a place named Westhouse.

Blakewood Medieval English
Derived from the Old English words blaec, which means black, and wudu, which means wood, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a dark, wooded area.

Paonil Thai
From Thai เปา (pao) meaning "judicial officer, referee, umpire" and นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black".

Sciancalepore Italian, German (Austrian)

Drosis Greek

Medenčević Bosnian

Voorhees Dutch
Habitational name from a place in Drenthe called Voorhees.

Markin Russian
Means "son of Mark".

Romanskaya Russian

Kalaitović Serbian

Mescall Irish
Variant of Mescal.

Waltrip German
Derived from the name of the father of the original bearer, indicating the "son of Waldrap." The Germanic personal name Waldrap, is a short form of Walraven, a name used mostly among nobles, knights, and patricians.

Gatenby English
Derives from the place of Gatenby in North Yorkshire, which comes from an Old Norse personal name "Gaithen", likely from Old Norse geitin "goats" (later influenced by Old English gāt "goat") and the suffix býr "farm, settlement", referring to a settlement with goats... [more]

Nəzirova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nəzirov.

Tuzla Turkish
From a city in Bosnia named "Tuzla" or "salt mine". Formally occupied by the Ottoman Empire.

Myung Korean
Korean form of Ming, from Sino-Korean 明 (myeong).

Spring German
From Middle High German sprinc, Middle Low German sprink "spring, well", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or well, or habitational name from Springe near Hannover.

Atari Hebrew

Tilea Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Szyślak Polish
Derived from East Slavic word šišlat "do slowly".

Margarit Catalan

Braafheid Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Means "braveness" in Dutch, derived from braaf meaning "brave, well-behaved, obedient" and the suffix -heid denoting a condition or state of being. This was originally a nickname for a strong or brave person... [more]

Faliu French

Haverbus Yiddish, Dutch
Means "blessed friend", from Hebrew חבר (haver) and ברוך (baruch) "blessed".

Brizendine French, English, Jewish
Derived from a personal name, probably of Celtic origin (Latinized as Britus), which was borne by a 5th century saint, who succeeded St. Martin as bishop of Tours.

Brad English

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

Rodal Galician

Steuart English
Variant of Stewart.

Plum English
From Old French plomb "lead (metal)", a metonymic occupational name for a plumber, or someone who dealt in lead.

Uibopuu Estonian
Uibopuu is an Estonian surname meaning "apple tree" in South Estonian dialects.

Mababangloob Tagalog
From Tagalog mababang-loob meaning "humble".

Heafey Irish

van Lierop Dutch
Means "from Lierop", a village in the Netherlands.

Dela Peña Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Peña primarily used in the Philippines.

Mizuda Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Majoleth Romansh

Nichody English (Rare), Popular Culture

Kang Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.

Kuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.

İbiş Turkish
Means "fool, idiot" in Turkish.

Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Aimoto Japanese
Aimoto is often written as 愛 (ai) meaning "love, reverence, affection" or 相 (ai) meaning "together, each other, aspect, mutual" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root".

Kislitsyn Russian
Derived from Russian кислица (kislitsa) meaning "mope, a dull, spiritless person".

Sampsted Icelandic

Michelle English (American)
Directly taken from the given name Michelle.

Wakasa Japanese
Comes from an old province in Japan.

Iwatachi Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Trybus Polish
Meaning: "corpulent man" "tripod"

Verdín Mexican

Biessman German

Arusaar Estonian
Arusaar is an Estonian surname meaning "meadow/grassland island".

Lima Portuguese
Topographic name for someone living on the banks of the river of this name (of pre-Roman origin, probably akin to a Celtic element lemos, limos 'elm').

Otsukotsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 乙骨 (see Okkotsu).

Dangić Serbian

Carstens German

Badmaeva f Kalmyk (Russified), Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Badmaev.

Ioannoglou Greek

Pavković Croatian, Serbian

Yesmin Bengali
Variant of Yasmin.

Anni Estonian
Anni is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "anne" meaning "aptitude for" and "talent"; or "hani" meaning "goose".

Fernfield Hebrew

Bergara Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, of uncertain etymology. Possibly contains the Basque element garai "high, tall; top" or kala "cove; place for fishing".

Agius Maltese
Nickname derived from Maltese għaġuż meaning "old man".

Malefijt Dutch
Modern form of Malefeyt, which is also the most common form of the surname. In The Netherlands, there were 24 bearers of the surname in 2007.

Vihur Estonian
Vihur is an Estonian surname meaning "whirlwind" or "gust of wind".

Chee Navajo
From Navajo łichííʼ meaning "red".

Zuber German, German (Swiss)
German: Metonymic occupational name for a cooper or tubmaker, from Middle High German zuber ‘(two-handled) tub’, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a tub. ... [more]

Antipova f Russian
Feminine form of Antipov.

Mcalinden Irish
From Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhiontáin "son of the servant of (St) Fiontán", a personal name derived from fionn "white".

Balaban Turkish
Means "large, robust, burly" in Turkish.

Tjoa Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Cai used by Chinese Indonesians.

Dimaisip Filipino, Tagalog
Means "unfathomable" from Tagalog di- meaning "no, not" and isip meaning "intellect, discernment".

Shibata Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Studer German (Americanized, Rare), Russian, German
Often found in Switzerland and germany and in a more rare case Russia in north america it's a little more on the rare side

Zubiarriaín Basque
Zubarriaín has no known meaning.

Geronilla Filipino

Madžar Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Mađar, Madžar, meaning "Hungarian".

Ariychuk Ukrainian

Rudi Albanian

Mutombo Kongo

Angerhofer German
Habitational name for someone from Angerhof in Bavaria.

Casci Italian

Azria Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Azariah.

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]

Hayhurst English
Topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) high wood or grove’, from Middle English heigh, high(e) + hirst(e).

Ishido Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 堂 (do) "hall."

Fathy Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Fathi.

Huisman Dutch
Literally "houseman", an occupational name for a farmer, specifically one who owned his own farm.

Cuneta Tagalog

Mizunokoji Popular Culture

Yahiaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Sell Estonian
Sell is an Estonian surname meaning "apprentice".

Urazgulov m Tatar

Pamphile French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Pamphile.

Lanciego Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Lantziego.

Cifrino Italian (Rare)
Possibly from an inflection of Italian cifrare, meaning "to monogram, to abbreviate (a name) to initials; to encode, to cypher", or perhaps a derived term meaning "little nothing". Ultimately from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr) "empty, zero".

Assor Western African

Nazari Swahili

Schiffer German, Jewish
Variant of Schiff

Piero Italian
From the given name Piero.

Schaden German, German (Austrian)
Variant of Schade.

Della Italian, Spanish
Likely derived from the Italian and Spanish word della, meaning "of the".

Unwin English
From the Old English male personal name Hūnwine, literally "bearcub-friend" (later confused with Old English unwine "enemy"). Bearers include British publisher Sir Stanley Unwin (1885-1968) and "Professor" Stanley Unwin (1911-2002), South African-born British purveyor of comical nonsense language.

Thongthip Lao, Thai
From Thai ทอง (thong) or Lao ທອງ (thong) meaning "gold" and Thai ทิพย์ (thip) or Lao ທິບ (thip) meaning "divine, heavenly, celestial".

Safwan Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwan.

Uozumi Japanese

Mitsugu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 貢, 三次, 三続 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 続 (kyou, kou, shoku, zou, tsugu.nai, tsudzu.ku, tsudzu.keru) meaning "continue, sequel, series", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Assulin Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Assouline.

Teoh Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhang.

Knoedler German
Occupational name, probably for someone who made dumplings, from an agent derivative of Middle High German knödel.

Vezhnovets Ukrainian

Ojiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail" and 白 (jiro) meaning "white"

Hutchens English
Variant of Hutchins

Keke Nauruan

Crettier Hungarian

Zurabashvili Georgian
Means "son of Zurab".

Atangana Central African

Charleson English
Patronymic from the personal name Charles.

Zeka Albanian

Apostolovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Apostol".

Bowens English (American)

Vuksanov m Russian

Ethelbert English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Ethelbert.

Valdiviezo South American, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Valdivieso.

Hörschelmann German
This denotes familial origin in the former village of Hörschel (annexed to Eisenach in 1994).

Hatzidakis Greek
Diminutive of Hatzis.

Shidahara Japanese

Soheili Persian
From the given name Soheil.

Amisia Papuan

Djurović Montenegrin, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Djuro".

Naarits Estonian
Naarits is an Estonian surname meaning "mink".

Kaljula Estonian
Kaljula is an Estonian surname meaning "rock/cliff area".

Stolarski Polish
Derivative of Stolarz "carpenter" "joiner", with the addition of the common suffix of surnames -ski.

Okuyano Japanese

Gatus Filipino, Tagalog
From Old Tagalog gatos meaning "million" or Cebuano gatos meaning "hundred".

Fetch English

Zarubina Russian
Famous bearer: Olga Zarubina (Ольга Зарубина), Soviet/Russian singer. ... [more]

Whiteham English

Mikulić Croatian
Means ''son of Mikula''.

Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".

Deconceical Portuguese (Portuguese-style)

Seperac Irish

Chrome Polish, Czech, Slovak
Chrome comes from the Polish word chromy, meaning "lame".

Naguib Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Najib. Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984) was the first president of Egypt.

Uurits Estonian
Uurits is an Estonian surname meaning "engraver" and "burin".

Geer Dutch
From Dutch geer "tapering piece of land" (compare Garland). Can also be a shortened form of Van Den Geer.

Rabie Arabic
Derived from the given name Rabi 1.

Wilham English

Musakowski Polish

Ōshita Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Samune Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 実 (sane) meaning "fruit seed" and 宗 (mune) meaning "principle; aim; purpose; meaning; gist", referring to a land with many fruits or with rich fertility.... [more]

Aibu Japanese

Egner German
From a Germanic personal name formed with the element agi ‘point (of a sword)’.

Hayoto Moluccan

Murodulloev Uzbek

Ouldkouider Arabic (Maghrebi)

Komatsu Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

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

Hassanzadeh Persian
From the given name Hasan combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mulberry Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Maoilbhearaigh.

Khem Khmer
Meaning uncertain.

Oddo Italian
From the given name Oddo.

Testaguzza Italian (?)

Sukaesih Sundanese

Pokhabych Russian

Hashida Japanese

Johanson English, Swedish
Variant of Johansson or Johansen.

Clapp German
Variant of Klapp.