Browse Submitted Surnames

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Dancy French, English
Denoted a person from Annecy, France.
Aoi Japanese
From 蒼 (ao) meaning "blue" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".
Ziegenhagen German
Derived from Middle High German zige "goat" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture". Could be an occupational name for someone who kept goats, or be derived from any of several places with the name.
Alipoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian علیپور (see Alipour).
Birk Slovene
Of unknown origin.
Feijo Portuguese
Feijo is a Portuguese surname derived from "feijão", meaning "bean," possibly referring to someone who grew or sold beans.
Pedroso Portuguese
Its origin is the word "pedra", which means "stone".
Northcott English
Derived from the Old English words "norð," meaning "north," and "cot," meaning a "cottage," or "shelter."
Barnabi American (Rare)
Possibly from a variant of the given name Barnaby.
Waga Japanese
Waga means "young".
Frisby English
Means "person from Frisby", Leicestershire ("farmstead of the Frisians"). A frisbee is a plastic disc thrown from person to person as a game; the trademarked name, registered in 1959 by Fred Morrison, was inspired by the Frisbie bakery of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose pie tins were the original models for the plastic discs.
Remmelgas Estonian
Remmelgas is an Estonian surname; a colloquial name meaning "willow".
Kikuda Japanese
Kiku means "chrysanthemum" and da means "field, rice paddy".
Klemetti Finnish
From the given name Klemetti.
Liyanage Sinhalese
Of unknown meaning.
Karjahärm Estonian
Karjahärm is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "pasture (karjamaa) frost (härmatis)".
Rüdiger German
From the given name Rüdiger.
Arteaga Basque
Derived from Basque arte "oak tree; holm oak, evergreen oak" and -aga "place of, group of".
Monterrey Spanish
Derived from places named Monterrey. From Spanish monte meaning "mountain" and rey meaning "king".
Kosach Ukrainian
Means "mower" in Ukrainian, ultimately from косити (kosyty), meaning "to mow". This was the birth surname of Lesya Ukrainka.
Judeh Arabic
From Arabic جودة (jawdah) meaning "excellence, goodness".
Deloye French
An occupational name for a keeper of geese, derived from the Old French word oie "goose", combined with de "of" and l' "the" (all together "of the goose").
Nikkilä Finnish
Origins remain unknown
Kaljurand Estonian
Kaljurand is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff beach".
Dáni Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian given name Dáni.
Malfatto Italian
Means "badly made, shoddy; deformed" in Italian, possibly originating with the nickname Malefactus "ugly, injured". Cognate to French Malfait.
Nishina Japanese
From 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence, compassion" and 科 (shina) meaning "grade, examination, categorized classes".
Aminyev Russian
Feminine counterpart is Aminyeva (Аминевa)
Rizza Italian
Variant of Rizzo.
Rilo English
Transferred use of the surname derived from the Old English elements ryge (rye) and lēah (wood, clearing, meadow). See also Riley 1.
Markovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Markovski.
Dadashev Dagestani, Kazakh
Variant transcription of Dadashov.
Brzobohatý Czech
Means "soon to be rich" in Czech.
Bude German, Dutch
Means "booth, stall" or "hut, small house".
Ardies Irish
Irish Isle Of Ards
Cabaleiro Galician
From a nickname derived from Galician cabaleiro meaning "knight", a cognate of Portuguese Cavaleiro.
Mufaro Shona
Mufaro means "Joy, happiness". It is a name of rejoicing
Reifinger German
1 German: perhaps a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Reiting in Bavaria and Austria, or from a Germanic personal name, a variant of Rediger .... [more]
Topolovec Slovene, Croatian
Several locations in Slovenia and Croatia bare the name "Topolovec".
Wataboushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).
Paolini Italian
From the given name Paolino.
Foxe English
Variant of Fox
Kobel Russian
Means "male dog" in Russian.
Bingel German
A topographic name derived from a diminutive of Middle High German binge, which means "depression", "ditch", or "pit". May also be derived from pingel, which is a Westphalian nickname for a pedantic person.
Northland English
Meaning "North land".
Konkyuurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūrei).
Beysenov m Kazakh
Means "son of Beysen".
Hovda Norwegian
Habitational name from the many farmsteads in Norway named Hovda. Derived from Old Norse hófði "rounded peak", itself derived from Old Norse hofuð "head".
Petkevich Russian
Russian form of Piatkievič.
Cooter English
A Sussex, England surname of uncertain meaning. Could be a local pronunciation of Cotter, meaning "cottage dweller" for a serf in the feudal system allowed to live in a cottage in exchange for labor on the cottage owner's estate.
Chönz Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Conrad.
Rattanaphet Thai (Rare)
From Thai รัตน (rattana-) meaning "gem; jewel" and เพชร์ (phet), a variant form of เพชร (phet) meaning "diamond".
Tagaväli Estonian
Tagaväli is an Estonian surname meaning "behind/back of field".
Felli Italian
Possibly derived from a nickname based on fello "criminal; evil, wretched; angry; sad, gloomy".
Darmasiri Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ධර්මසිරි (see Dharmasiri).
Balkenende Dutch
Possibly from a place name derived from Middle Dutch balke meaning "timber, beam" and einde meaning "end". A famous bearer is the former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende (1956-).
Las Polish, Jewish (Ashkenazi, ?)
From Polish las, meaning "forest, wood".
Nesbitt Scottish, Irish, English
Derives from the hamlets of East Nisbet and West Nisbet, Berwickshire. Some bearers of Nisbet/Nesbitt (and variant) names may originate from the village of Nisbet in Roxburghshire.
Balkwill English
Possibly derived from the name of a lost settlement in Devon, composed of Old English balca "balk, beam; ridge, bank" and wella "spring, stream". Alternatively, can be a variant form of Bakewell.
Masoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Mas'ud.
Fechtmeister German
Means "fencing master" in German, this is a nickname for a show fighter or organizer who are a begging and thieving journeyman at fairs in 17th century Germany, from German fechten "to fence" and meister "master".
Galvin French
Variant of Gauvain.
Akins Scottish, English, Northern Irish
Variant of Aikens, which is derived from the given name Aiken, a variant of the medieval diminutive Atkin (see Aitken).
Zlatar Croatian, Serbian
From zlatar meaning "goldsmith" or "jeweler".
Wahab Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Wahab.
Rəhimzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Rahimzadeh.
Mortaz Persian
Mortaz is a family with Persian roots that means suffered or has suffered
Van Der Klok Dutch
Means "from the bell", from Middle Dutch clocke "bell; bell-shaped", a habitational name for someone who lived near a bell tower, or perhaps a sign depicting a bell.
Bucag Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano bukag meaning "basket".
Sewick English
Derived from Sedgwick.
Shipp English
nickname for a mariner or perhaps a boatbuilder from Middle English schip "ship". Compare Shipman . in addition the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a ship.
Reial Estonian
Reial is an Estonian surname derived from "treial" meaning "lathe turner".
Mishler German
Americanized spelling of Swiss German Mischler .
Shibani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.
Cunanan Filipino, Pampangan
Meaning uncertain, of Kapampangan origin.
Pellegrin French
Unknown. Possibly a variant of Pellegrino. This surname was given to the Chilean named Raúl Alejandro Pellegrin Friedmann (1958-1988; nicknamed José Miguel).
Aratani Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Meema Estonian
Meema is an Estonian surname derived from "mesi/mee" meaning "honey".
Slobodyan Ukrainian
Means "person who live in a sloboda". A sloboda (слобода) is type of settlement in old Slavic countries that usually was used by cossacks for colonisation. It comes from the word свобода (svoboda) "freedom".
Shiroi Japanese
Shrio means "white" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".
Nakao Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Balma Italian
Perhaps a topographic name from the dialect word balma meaning ‘grotto’, ‘cave’, ‘jutting rock’.
Terunuma Japanese
From Japanese 照 (teru) meaning "shine" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Mayonaka Japanese
Means "Midnight" in Japanese
Roso Croatian
Croatian variation of the Italian surname Rosso.
Pavloff Russian, Bulgarian
Anglicized variant form of Pavlov.
Mccafferty Irish (Anglicized)
McCafferty is derived from the Gaelic Mac Eachmharcaigh, meaning "son of Eachmharcach".
Deschenes French
"Chenes" is French for "oak tree". In French, "Des" means more than one. "Des"+ "Chenes"= Deschenes meaning "Many oak trees."
Havertz German
Variant of Hafer.
Weixel German
German: variant spelling of Weichsel, a topographic name for someone who lived near a sour cherry tree (St. Luce cherry), from Middle High German wīhsel (modern German Weichsel(n), pronounced ‘Weiksel’.
Nong Chinese, Vietnamese
From Chinese 农 (nóng) meaning "farming, agriculture, cultivation", also referring to the ancient official position Nong Zheng (農正) meaning "agriculture officer". It is also used as a simplified variant of Vietnamese Nông, which is of the same origin.
Bhavasar Indian, Gujarati
Meaning uncertain.
Tagliacarne Italian
From Italian 'tagliare' "to cut" and 'carne' "meat".
Højgaard Danish, Faroese
Combination of Danish høj "high" and gård "farm, garden".
Ristevski Macedonian
Means "son of Risto".
Karataş Turkish
From Turkish kara meaning "black" and taş meaning "stone, rock".
Brockman German
German in origin, in heraldry a "brock" is represented by a badger. It could mean wet/water and man. It also has been said to mean broker.
Skoog Swedish
Variant of Skog.
Teodorczuk Polish
From the given name Teodor.
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."
Larbaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Larbi.
Donaghy Irish
Irish: variant of Donahue.
Deschene Navajo
From deeshchiiʼnii (clan designation, “red-streak people”).
Hachiyama Japanese
Means "8 mountains" in Japanese.
Mozaffari Persian
From the given name Mozaffar.
Liberman German, Jewish
Variant spelling of Liebermann.
Rover English, German (Anglicized)
This surname is derived from Middle English roof (from Old English hrof) combined with the agent suffix (i)er, which denotes someone who does/works with something. Thus, the surname was originally used for a constructor or repairer of roofs.... [more]
Mabbett English
From a pet-form of the medieval female personal name Mabbe, a shortened form of Amabel (ultimately from Latin amābilis "lovable")... [more]
Wight Scottish, English
Nickname from Middle English wiht, wight "nimble, strong".
Tauler Catalan
From the Catalan word tauler meaning "board".
Bispo Portuguese
Means "bishop" in Portuguese, ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos).
Madanpotra Indian (Rare), Sindhi (Rare), Punjabi (Rare)
Surname of the Arora caste of the Punjab and Sindh.
Orleans French
From Orléans, a city in France sieged by the English in 1429. Orléans is derived from Aurelianum, meaning "of Aurelius" in Latin.
Shironita Japanese (Rare)
From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]
Monterroso Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Kvist Swedish
Swedish surname meaning "twig, branch".... [more]
Peza Albanian
Myslim Peza, leader of the anti-fascist movement.
Policier French (Caribbean), Haitian Creole
From French meaning "policeman".
Jensdatter Norwegian, Danish
Strictly feminine patronymic of Jens.
Hollinger English, Northern Irish, Scottish
Topographical name from Middle English holin 'holly' + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Cessa Italian
Variant of Chiesa.
Iles English (British), French
English (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.
Goldfinger Jewish
Ornamental name composed of Old High German gold literally "gold" and finger "finger". It may perhaps also be a nickname for someone who wore a prominent gold ring on their finger.
Plescia Italian
From Albanian plesht "flea".
Damur German (Swiss)
Germanized form of Damour.
Itoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Itō).
Burruchaga Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Altered form of Basque Burutxaga, a habitational name from a location in Navarre, Spain, possibly derived from buru "head; top, summit; leader, chief" or burutza "office of chief" combined with -aga "place of".
Filipovich Ukrainian
Patronymic from the personal name Filip.
Cronje Afrikaans
Altered form of the French surname Cronier, derived from Old French crones, a term denoting a sheltered area by a river bank where fish retreat to. This could be used as an occupational name for someone who fished in such an area, or derived from a place named with the element, such as the French village Crosne.
Wakatsuchi Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil."
Takayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Suleman Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Dome English
Occupational name from the Old English root doma, dema ‘judge’, ‘arbiter’. Compare Dempster.
Ouchi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大内 (see Ōuchi).
Bizet French
Derived from the name “Byset or Bisset”
Kozhevnikov Russian
Derived from "кожевник (kozhevnik)" meaning tanner.... [more]
Higuchi Japanese
From Japanese 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter, trough" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Maruf Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Maruf.
Vujić Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.
Jolly English
From the English word jolly, which is ultimately from Old French joli# ("merry, happy"). Originally a nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition.
Wijayasooriya Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala විජයසූරිය (see Wijayasuriya).
Middelberg Dutch
Variant of Middelburg, derived from middel "middle, centre" and burg "fortress, citadel".
Ngurakahayo Fuliru (Modern, Rare)
An ancenstor's Fuliru name, the meaning of the name is powerful, champion, done , finish, end.
Suleiman Arabic
From the given name Sulayman.
Ilyushenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Illya".
Vrhovac Serbian, Croatian
From vrh meaning ''top, peak, summit''. Also a common place name.Bpхoвaц
Aleyeva Russian
Feminine form of Aleyev (Алеев)
Ord English, English (American)
Ord is an English descent surname that also has Gaelic roots. It's also short for many English surnames that end with "Ord". people include US Army general Edward Ord who practiced in California and had many street names after him.
Mervin Welsh, English
From the given name Mervin
Akyıldız Turkish
Means "white star" in Turkish.
Chamoun Arabic, Arabic (Maghrebi), Assyrian, Jewish
French-influenced variant of Arabic شمعون (see Shamoun), mainly used in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and parts of North Africa. This name was borne by Lebanese president Camille Chamoun (1900-1987).
Redvers English (British)
Variant of Revere originating in Devon.
Win German
One who acted as host in a tavern or inn.
Helbling German (Swiss)
Meaning "half penny" or a cheap /stingy man Know surname in Germany andSwitzerland. Helblings were French Huguenot
Schell German
Means "noisy" or "loud" from the German word "schel"
Rydell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Riddell.
Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk, eagle, falcon", 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]
Altounian Armenian
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer was Roger Altounyan (1922-1987), Anglo-Armenian physician and the namesake of Roger in the Swallows and Amazons books series.
Gaisford English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Marjamäe Estonian
Marjamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "berry hill/mountain."
Bertwig Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the forename elements beraht meaning "bright", and wig, meaning "war, battle".
Damien French
From the given name Damien
Arik Turkish
Means "thin, lean" in Turkish.
Elamanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Elaman".
Henningsdóttir Icelandic (Rare)
Means "daughter of Henning" in Icelandic.
Ohms German
Variant of Ohme
Khorchidian Armenian
Variant transcription of Khorchidyan.
Crider German
Americanized spelling of German Kreider.
Levél Hungarian
Means "leaf" in Hungarian.
Kanep Estonian
Kanep is an Estonian surname meaning "hemp".
Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".
Sumiyoshi Japanese
From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".
Bonera Italian
Derived from the medieval Italian given name Bonora or Buonora meaning "good hour" or "finally", often given to children whose birth was long-awaited or celebrated, or who were born early in the morning... [more]
Kuantaeva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Kuantaev.
Drage English, Norwegian
English:... [more]
Batubara Batak
Means "coal" in Batak.
Rivette French, English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Topographic name derived from a diminutive of Old French rive, meaning "(river) bank, shore"; see also Rivet.
Tolfree English
From the Middle English given name Thorferth or Torfrey, the English and Norman forms of Old Norse Þórfreðr meaning "Thor’s peace".
Sholom Russian
Derived from Old Russian шолом (sholom) meaning "helmet".
Caradine English, German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of German Gardein, itself a Germanized spelling of French Jardin. It could also denote someone from the village and civil parish of Carden in Cheshire, England.
Kondou Japanese
From Japanese 近 (kon) meaning "near, close" and 藤 (dou) meaning "wisteria". The latter character could indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.
Pham Vietnamese
Simplified variant of Phạm.
Machi Sicilian
Unexplained. It may be from the Albanian personal name Maqo. Derivation from a Greek name ending in -akis, which has been suggested, is implausible.
Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".
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