Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the order is random.
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Waverly English
Meaning, "from Waverley (Surrey)" or "from the brushwood meadow." From either waever meaning "brushwood" or waefre meaning "flickering, unstable, restless, wandering" combined with leah meaning "meadow, clearing."
Kriisa Estonian
Kriisa is an Estonian surname derived from "kriise" meaning "screech".
Avelar Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Ansião.
Truin Dutch
Matronymic form of Trui, a shortened form of the given name Geertruida.
Etxauri Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque etxe "house, building" and uri "town, city".
Özdemir Turkish
Means "pure iron" from Turkish öz meaning "pure" and demir meaning "iron".
Matar Various
Means "rain" in Hebrew and Arabic.
Revell English
From a medieval nickname for someone who is full of noisy enthusiasm and energy (from Middle English revel "festivity, tumult").
Barseghyan Armenian
Means "son of Barsegh".
McCardle Irish
Originally Mac Ardghail, from the word ardghal, which means "high valor" (all together "son of high valor").
MacRoy Scots
The ancient Dalriadan-Scottish name MacRoy is a nickname for a person with red hair. MacRoy is a nickname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress... [more]
Del Negro Italian
Literally “of or belonging to the black one” hence a name denoting the son, apprentice, associate, or servant of a man bearing this nickname or ethnic name.
Janki Romansh
Variant of Janka.
Andou Japanese
Variant transcription of Ando.
Offerhaus Dutch
From Offenhaus, the name of two municipalities, one in Germany and one in Austria.
Cadeddu Italian
From Sardinian cadeddu "puppy, whelp", ultimately from Latin catellus.
Abeyweera Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and वीर (vīra) meaning "hero, man, brave".
Eensalu Estonian
Eensalu is an Estonian name, possibly derived from "eend" (meaning "ledge") and "salu" ("grove").
Nedyalkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Nedyalko".
Jaouad Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jaouad.
Brevard French
French: nickname from Old French bref ‘small’ + the derogatory suffix -ard.... [more]
Stauber German, Jewish
An occupational name from Staub, with the addition of the German agent suffix -er.
Ejiofor Western African, Igbo
Means "one who acts in good faith" in Igbo. A famous bearer is British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977-).
Boyajian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Boyajyan.
Hintzell German (Rare)
Variant from name Hintz which was popular in Saxony and Hessen. Name later used in German Prussia. The name Hintz originates as a short form of the personal name Heinrich.
Dahler Norwegian
Habitational name from the farm name Daler, a plural indefinite form of dal meaning “valley.”
Storgaard Danish
Combination of Danish stor "large, great" and gård "farm, estate".
Marrakchi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Marrakesh in Morocco.
Harbor English
English: variant spelling of Harbour.
Malony Irish
Variant of Moloney.
Takashima Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Anunoby Nigerian (?)
A famous bearer is the British basketball player O.G. Anunoby (1997-).
Kittirattanawiwat Thai (Rare)
From Thai กิตติ (kitti) meaning "fame; renown", รัตน (rattana) meaning "gem; jewel", and วิวัฒน์ (wiwat) of unknown meaning.
Macatulad Tagalog
From Tagalog makatulad meaning "to be able to imitate, to be able to copy".
Rapson English
Means "son of Rab" or "son of Rap". Both Rab and Rap are diminutives of Robert.
Jawdat Arabic
Derived from the given name Jawdat.
Procida Italian
Habitational name from Procida, one of the Flegrean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. Derived from Ancient Greek Προχύτη (Prokhútē) via Latin Prochyta, of uncertain etymology.
Minaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).
Takeishi Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" or 武 (take) meaning "military, martial" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Na Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).
Larcella Italian
Variation of Lauricella, from a pet form of Laura.
Tominaga Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".
Rynearson German, German (Swiss)
Derived from the Rhine River.
Maruno Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".
Oi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 井 (i) meaning "well, spring".
Bizhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Bizhan".
Arunurm Estonian
Arunurm is an Estonian surname meaning "grassland meadow".
Granlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish gran "spruce" and lund "grove".
Blakelock English
A nickname derived from blæc "black" and locc "lock of hair".
Carmical Scottish, English
Variant spelling of Carmichael.
Abekoon Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala අබේකෝන් (see Abeykoon).
Magdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Majdi chiefly used in Egypt.
Lebna Ethiopian
Means "spirit, essence" in Amharic.
Osaki Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 崎, 埼, 﨑 or 岬 (saki) "peninsula," "cape" or 嵜 (saki) "steep," "promontory."
Comer English
Occupational name for a maker or seller of combs, or to someone who used them to prepare wool or flax for spinning, derived from Middle English combere, an agent derivative of Old English camb meaning "comb"... [more]
Beaman English
Variant of Beeman.
Jumaniyozov Uzbek
Means "son of Jumaniyoz" in Uzbek.
Jary French
France-England-USA
Uhler German
Uhler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Areekun Thai
Variant transcription of Arikun.
Blaga Romanian
Probably related to several places named Blaga in Romania.
Packard English, Norman, Medieval English, German (Anglicized)
English from Middle English pa(c)k ‘pack’, ‘bundle’ + the Anglo-Norman French pejorative suffix -ard, hence a derogatory occupational name for a peddler. ... [more]
Bonville French
Variant of Bonneville
Frescobaldi Italian
Derived from the given name Frescobaldo. This was the name of a prominent Florentine noble family as well as Italian composer and virtuoso Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643).
Pears English
Patronymic from the given name Piers (see Pearson).
Hojo Japanese
Variant transcription of Houjou.
Marcell Hungarian
From the given name Marcell.
Shirahata Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".
Sakakawa Japanese
Saka means "slope, hill" and kawa means "river, stream".
Stalton English
Etymology uncertain. Possibly derived from a place name, as the last element resembles the suffix -ton "town".
Shchepkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щепкин (see Shchepkin).
Rosencrantz German
Means "rose wreath" in German.
Handa Japanese
From Japanese 半 (han) meaning "half" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Bekirov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Bekir".
Heffron Irish, English (American)
Of uncertain meaning. Private Babe Heffron was a famous bearer of that name.
Riis Scandinavian
Nickname from ris 'twigs', 'scrub', or a habitational name from any of several places so named in Denmark. Norwegian: habitational name from any of five farmsteads named Ris, from Old Norse hrís 'brushwood'.
Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "klesha to nirvana".
Kohli Indian
Derived from the Khatri clan of the Punjab state of India.
Stekelenburg Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch stekel meaning "prickle, stickle, spine, spike" and burg meaning "fortress". A famous bearer is the retired Dutch soccer goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (1982-).
Hartung German
German, Dutch, and Danish: from a Germanic personal name, a derivative (originally a patronymic) of compound names beginning with hart ‘hardy’, ‘strong’.
Aukio Finnish
"square", "plaza", "clearing", or "concourse"
Lāce f Latvian
Feminine form of Lācis "bear".
Ghorbanpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian قربان‌پور (see Ghorbanpour).
Eplboym Yiddish
It means "apple tree", denoting either someone who planted them or lived near them.
Erdmann German
From the given name Erdmann.
Genco Italian
From Sicilian jencu "calf, young heifer or bullock", figuratively referring to a large or strong boy, derived from Latin iuvencus meaning "young" or "bullock; young man".
Tones English
Variant of Tone.
Gamanayaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගමනායක (see Gamanayake).
Davitadze Georgian
Means "son of Davit".
Beterbiev Chechen
Chechen form of Batyrbaev.
Grushkin Russian
From grushka, meaning "pear tree".
Bassy English
Variant of Basey.
Deschene Navajo
From deeshchiiʼnii (clan designation, “red-streak people”).
Fayaz Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Fayaz.
Aslin English
From the Old French personal name Asceline, a pet form of the personal name Asse.
Cottrant French
Meaning unknown.
Alttoa Estonian
Alttoa is an Estonian surname meaning "from below, indoors".
Enamorado Spanish
Nickname for a person relating to love.
Chell French
Probably a respelling of the French habitational name Challe, from any of the various places so named from Late Latin cala ‘rock shelter’.
Riola Italian
Regional variant of Riolo.
Nijio Japanese
Niji means "rainbow" and o means "tail".
Aygün Turkish
From Turkish ay meaning "moon" and gün meaning "sun".
Ottósdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ottó" in Icelandic.
Byun Korean
From Sino-Korean (Byun) meaning "Border".
Fogg Germanic
This surname appeared in Denmark during the time of the Vikings. It is believed to have Jute origin. It spread to Italy during the Roman Empire and to England as early as the 1080s, being listed in the Doomsday Book compiled by William the Conqueror... [more]
Reb Alsatian
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the given name Raban and a variant of the surname Reber.
Ermekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Ermek".
Chryssomallis Greek
Means "golden hair" in Greek.
Vere English, Irish
habitational name mostly from Vair in Ancenis named with Gaulish vern "alder"... [more]
Mctony American
Tony McTony!
Bizi Albanian
Meaning unknown.
Metcalfe English
An occupational name from Northern England, from Old English mete, 'food' and calf, 'calf', i.e calfs being fattened for consumption in late summer. Thus, making this surname an occupational name for either a slaughterer or herdsman... [more]
Hittenrauch Prussian
from the prussian word von hittenraoucht meaning "of royalty"
Zhaksylykov m Kazakh
Means "son of Zhaksylyk".
G'afurov Uzbek
Means "son of G'afur".
Chernyshevich Belarusian
Likely derived from a Slavic word meaning "black".
Murutalu Estonian
Mututalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn farm/farmstead".
Karunathileka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala කරුණාතිලක (see Karunathilaka).
Heydlauff German (Americanized, Modern)
people lived in the Black Forest region of Germany. Many migrated to Michigan, USA
Wann Scottish
WANN. Surname or Family name. Origin Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English wann ‘wan’, ‘pale’ (the meaning of the word in Old English was, conversely, ‘dark’).
Gearhart English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Gierhard, a variant of Gerhardt.
Bi Chinese
From Chinese 毕 (bì) referring to the ancient fief of Bi, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.
Reinlund Norwegian (Rare)
The last name didn't show up until the early 1900s. Only a few people in Norway and Finnland have this last name
Leivat Estonian
Leivat is an Estonian surname derived from "leivatehas" meaning "baker" ("bread maker").
Geoffroy French
From the given name Geoffroy
Shie German
Variant of Schie.
Catching English
Likely a variant of Kitchen.
Baldo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Baldo.
Gioia Italian
Means "joy, delight" in Italian. Can derive from the given name Gioia, from a nickname, or from any of several toponyms in southern Italy.
Parkin English
From the given name Parkin
Arnould French
Variant of Arnaud.
Bolnavu Romanian
From Romanian bolnav meaning "sick, ill".
Sơn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shan, from Sino-Vietnamese 山 (sơn). This name is primarily used by ethnic Khmer in Vietnam.
Sabbagh Arabic
Means "dyer" in Arabic.
Mukhamedov Kazakh
Means "son of Mukhamed".
Koshima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Proost Dutch, Belgian
Means "provost" in Dutch, a leadership position.
Gries Upper German
Topographic name for someone who lived in a sandy place from Middle High German griez meaning “sand pebble” or a shortened form of German Griese.
Addams English
Variant of Adams.
Pedroli Italian (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Peter.
Larcher French
variant, with fused definite article l', of Archer "bowman".
Andryushyn Ukrainian
Derived from a diminutive form Andryusha of the Ukrainian name Andriy.
Gavitt English
Perhaps an altered spelling of the middle English Gabbett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel.
Aufderheide German
Topographic name for someone who lived on a heath, derived from German auf der heide literally meaning "on the heath".
De Santa Italian (Tuscan)
The surname De Santa was first found in Lucca, a city and comune in Tuscany, capital of the province of Lucca and where Bascilican type churches abound. The history commences in 218 B.C., and passed through many hands in the intervening centuries... [more]
Sherif Arabic
From the given name Sharif.
Kissinger German
HouseofNames.com: The Kissinger surname derives from the Old High German word "kisil," meaning "pebble," or "gravel." The name may have been a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of pebbles or gravel; or it may have evolved from any of several places named with this word.
Dauletbaev m Kazakh
Means "son of Dauletbay".
Hidad Arabic
In Arabic this means "black smith".
Adlam English
Derived from the Germanic given name Adalhelm.
Borchert German, English
Variant of Borchardt (see Burkhard).
Bilsland Scottish
From a place near Kilmaurs in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Allegedly a combination of Bil and land "farm, land, property".
Kathriner German (Swiss, Rare)
From the given name Kathrin + er meaning "of, from."
Bohdan Ukrainian
From the given name Bohdan.
Haabjärv Estonian
Haabjärv is an Estonian surname meaning "aspen lake".
Huijs Dutch
Variant of Huys.
Zeagler English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Ziegler.
Wijewardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
Sugitani Japanese
Sugi means "cedar" and tani means "valley".... [more]
Yakhin Bashkir, Tatar
From the given name Yakhya.
Merl Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merl, a pet form of Hebrew Miryam (see Mirkin).
Nary Old Irish
An anglicized form of the Gaelic surname O Naraigh. This surname is derived from the personal name Narach which means modest.
Lucius German
Latinized form of Lutz.
Rafiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Rafiq.
Lebrón Spanish
Lebrón is a surname most prevalent in the Autonomous Community of Andalucía. It is an augmentative of liebre (meaning "hare" in Spanish).
Fee Irish
Variant of O'fee.
Calligan Irish (Rare)
Before Irish names were translated into English, Calligan had a Gaelic form of O Ceallachain, possibly from "ceallach", which means "strife".... [more]
Mary French
Habitational name from places in Saône-et-Loire, Seine-et-Marne, and Nièvre, named in Latin as Mariacum meaning "estate of Marius".
Narumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning "cry" and 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean".
Tomás Spanish, Portuguese, Irish
From the given name Tomás.
Kraina Czech, South Slavic, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
From Old Slavic крайина (krajina) "country" or from крайь (krajĭ) "border", ultimately from кройити (krojiti) "to cut".
Kuhara Japanese (Rare)
Ku means "long time" and hara means "plain, field".
Neveu French
Relationship name from Old French neveu "nephew" also "grandson" used to distinguish the two bearers of the same personal name.
Mabanglo Filipino, Pampangan
Means "fragrant" in Kapampangan.
Pienaar Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of French Pinard.
Secchi Italian
Probably related to Italian secco "thin, dry". May alternately derive from secare "to cut", Sardinian seghi "sixteen", segete "harvest, harvest fodder", or a shortened form of seneche "old, aged".
Delbert English, Dutch
From the given name Delbert
Nishiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Mccard Scottish, Irish
Scottish or Irish: variant of McCart.
Chiesa Italian
Means "church" in Italian, originally a topographic name for someone who lived near a church, a habitational name from any of various places named Chiesa or perhaps an occupational name for someone who worked in a church.
Ilangasinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ඉලංගසිංහ (see Illangasinghe).
Weerawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala වීරවර්ධන (see Weerawardana).
Paquette French
From the personal name Paquet, a pet form of Pascal.
Dudenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Duda.
Buerk German (Anglicized)
German from a short form of the personal name Burkhardt, a variant of Burkhart.
Alfstad Norwegian (Rare)
Possibly a combination of the given name Alf 1 and stad "city, town".
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]