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.
Pica Italian, Catalan
Nickname for a gossipy or garrulous person, from the central-southern Italian word pica ‘magpie’. Compare Picazo.Catalan: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Pica.Catalan: from either pica ‘pointed object’ (weapon, etc.) or a derivative of picar ‘to prick’.
Zsiros Hungarian
Hungarian surname derived from the Serbo-croation word žȋr meaning "acorn".
Sušina Slovak
From Slovak and Czech word Sušina meaning "dry matter"
Fresia Italian (Modern, Rare)
The surname is the 202,062nd most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,535,927 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Fresia reside; 59 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 59 percent reside in Italic Europe... [more]
Karunananda Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy, delight".
Cron English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Variant or Americanized form of Kron.
Gunadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "quality, attribute, merit" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Luht Estonian
Luht is an Estonian surname meaning "marsh" or "watery meadow".
Palling Estonian
Palling is an Estonian surname meaning "serve".
Joutsen Finnish
Means “swan” in Finnish.
Berginc Slovak
Original spelling of Slovene surname "Boreanaz".... [more]
Imanaliev Kyrgyz
Derived from Arabic إِيمَان (ʾīmān) meaning "faith, creed, religion" (see Iman) combined with the given name Ali 1.
Yata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).
Melanchthon History
Means "black earth", derived from Greek μελανός (melanos), the genitive of the adjective μέλας (melas) meaning "black, dark", and χθών (chthon) meaning "land, earth, soil"... [more]
Deville English
From Old English "devil, slanderer, enemy".
Gui Chinese
From Chinese 归 (guī) referring to the ancient state of Gui, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.
Bride Irish (Anglicized), Scottish (Anglicized), English
Shortened form of MacBride, ultimately from the given name Brighid. It could also be a habitational name derived from any of several places called St Brides, or from the River Bride in Ireland, both also derived from Brighid.
Ivandić Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Cabbarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Cabbarov.
Hooch Dutch (Americanized, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly an archaic or Americanized form of Dutch Hoog "high, tall".
Mostafavi Persian
From the given name Mostafa.
Mitten English
English surname, meaning "from Mitten" various towns with the name or similar spelling. The towns were presumably named after the glove.
Cats Dutch, Jewish
Habitational name for a person from the village of Kats in Zeeland, Holland, or a nickname for someone who in some way resembled a cat, derived from Middle Dutch catte literally meaning "cat"... [more]
Lilja Swedish, Finnish
Means "lily" in Swedish and Finnish. It is also used as a first name (see Lilja).
Paltrow Polish (Anglicized), Jewish
Anglicized form of Paltrowicz. A famous bearer is American actress Gwyneth Paltrow (1972-).
Kinukawa Japanese
From 絹 (kinu) meaning "silk" combined with 川 or 河 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".
Kirwin Irish
Variant of Kirwan
Loisel French
Derived from Old French oisel "bird" with fused definite article l' used as a nickname for a flighty individual or perhaps for a small birdlike person but possibly also as a metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher.
Schild German, Dutch
Occupational name for a maker or painter of shields, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schilt "shield".
Dade Irish
Anglicized form of MacDaibheid, meaning "son of David".
Sonoike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]
Dudzai Shona
Dudzai means "Speak it out, confess it".
Akimov Russian
Means "son of Akim".
Ling English, German
Variant of Link.
Van der Weide Dutch
Means "from the pasture" in Dutch, either a topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, or a metonymic occupational name for a butcher.
Huāwū Chinese
From Chinese 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with 屋 (wū) meaning "shop".
Calumpang Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog kalumpang meaning "wild almond tree".
Krais German, Brazilian
Brazilian adaptation of the German surname Greis; altered for easier comprehension by the Portuguese-speaking population of Brazil.
Ivčević Croatian
Derived from the forename Ivan.
Agishina Russian
Feminine form of Agishin (Агишин)
Florescu Romanian
Means "son of Florea".
Thahan Thai
Means "military" in Thai.
Cheriyan Indian (Christian)
From the given name Cherian.
Choo Korean
Variant romanization of Chu.
Castagno Italian
For someone who lived near a chestnut tree from castagno "chestnut" (from latin castanea). Variant of Castagna and Italian cognitive of Chastain.
Stroll English
Stroll comes from the English word meaning to walk without hurry, probably for someone who liked to walk.
Slavgorodsky m Russian
Means "from Slavgorod".
Liebmann Yiddish
a variant of Liebermann originally a Medieval Jewish name... [more]
Belin Yiddish
Metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Beyle meaning ‘beautiful’ (related to French belle).
Diffey English
Possibly from Anglo-Norman defieu meaning "faithless, disloyal", perhaps denoting an unpious person.
Adzuchi Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.
Aoi Japanese
From 蒼 (ao) meaning "blue" and 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".
Burak Turkish
From the given name Burak.
Robotnik Slovak
The masculine form of "labourer" or "worker". Most famously used for Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Fontanna Polish
Polish cognate of Fontaine.
Piirimaa Estonian
Piirimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "border land".
Calvander Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a combination of a place name and the common surname suffix -ander (from Greek ἀνδρός (andros) "man").
Brzeziński m Polish
Derived from any of the various places named with Polish brzezina "birch forest".
Özalp Turkish
Comes from Özalp, Van, Turkey
Barzelai Hebrew
Variant form of Barzilai.
Uueni Estonian
Uueni is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "uuenema" meaning "reform" and "renew".
Koroi Fijian
Fijian surname of unknown meaning.
Kaltmann German
From a nickname for a cool, unfriendly person from middle high German kalt "cold" and mann "man".
Som Khmer
Means "moon" or "air, wind, sky" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सोम (soma).
Ehn Swedish
Derived from Swedish en "juniper".
Kuuskmaa Estonian
Kuuskmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fir/spruce land".
Castellar Medieval Italian, Medieval Spanish
An Italian surname variant of or relating to Castello , Castelli, or Spanish Castella, among others, the Castellar family name signified that the original bearers "lived at or near a castle"... [more]
Hoehn German (Anglicized)
Anglicized spelling of Höhn.
Havn Danish, Faroese
It means "Harbour" in Danish.
Nakamatsu Japanese
This surname combines 中 (chuu, ata.ru, uchi, naka) meaning "centre, in(side), mean (not as in the way a person acts), middle" or 仲 (chuu, naka) meaning "go-between, relationship" with 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree." One bearer of this surname is inventor Yoshirō Nakamatsu (中松 義郎), also known as Dr... [more]
Pedretti Italian, Italian (Swiss), Romansh
Italian patronymic form of Pedretto, itself derived from the given name Peter.
Van Der Kleij Dutch
Means "from Klei" (literally "from the clay"), the toponym of a settlement in the Netherlands built on clay ground.
Farhat Arabic
Derived from the given name Farhat.
Tetzel German
A variant of Tetzlaff and is derived from the bakery Tetzel Prime in Casey, Illinois.
Rougeau French
Diminutive of Rouge, a nickname for someone with a ruddy complexion.
Utsler German
Derived from the given name Utz.
Ukrayntsev m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian transcription of Ukraintsev, used by Russians in Ukraine.
Krukowski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Kruki, Kruków or Krukowo, all derived from Polish kruk meaning "raven".
Greenfeld English
Partly Americanized form of the Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental name Grun(e)feld or Grinfeld, a compound of Yiddish grin + German Feld 'field', or of German Grünfeld (see Grunfeld).
Elias Greek, Catalan, Portuguese, English, Welsh, German, Dutch, Jewish
Derived from the medieval given name Elias. Compare Ellis.
İstanbullu Turkish
Originally indicated an inhabitant of the city of Istanbul in Turkey, literally meaning "Istanbulite, person from Istanbul" in Turkish.
Ouazzani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Denotes someone originally from Ouazzane, a town in northern Morocco.
Mazar Polish
Slovak occupational name for mortar, or an alternate spelling of Mazur
Rollo Scottish
From a Latinized form, common in early medieval documents, of the personal name Rou(l), the usual Norman form of Rolf.
Okuse Japanese
Oku means "secluded, further out, inside, interior" and se means "river,inlet".
Carry Irish
Shortened form of McCarry and O'Carry.
Choquette French
Altered spelling of French Choquet, a Picard form of Old French soquet, which was the term for a tax on wines and foodstuffs, hence a metonymic occupational name for a collector of such taxes.
Pellerin French
From Old French pellerin pelegrin "pilgrim" (from Latin peregrinus "traveler") applied as a nickname for a person who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land or to a famous holy site elsewhere... [more]
Ghazi Persian
Persian form of Qazi.
Germanotta Italian
Possibly derived from a diminutive form of the feminine given name Germana. A famous bearer of the surname is singer Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta).
Kama Estonian
Kama is an Estonian surname; from "kama", a food made of finely milled flour.
Rybalkin Russian
Occupational name for a fisherman.
Yusaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.
Kwieciński Polish, Jewish
Habitational surname for someone from a place named Kwiecin, named after the Polish word kwiat, which means "flower".
Sayetan Thai
Alternate transcription of Saetan.
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".
Tôn Thất Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 宗室 (tông thất) meaning "imperial clan", originally given to members of the royal family of the Nguyễn dynasty.
Rittman German, English
From Middle High German "riet" and "mann", riet meaning reed.
Caracciolo Italian
Famous bearer of this surname is Canadian-Italian singer Alessia Caracciolo (1996-).
Andros English (American)
American shortened form of Greek Andronikos.
Yasin Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yasin.
Đženanić Bosnian
That Means "Son Of Jenan" In Bosnian
Dasari Indian, Telugu
Means "mendicant, servant (of Vishnu)" in Telugu, ultimately from Sanskrit दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".
Bobiński Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Bobin or Bobino.
Burkins English
English variant of Birkin, Burkin, a habitational name from the parish of Birkin in West Yorkshire, so named with Old English bircen ‘birch grove’, a derivative of birce (see Birch).
Barfield English
Dweller at the boar-field.
Secundino Galician
From the given name Secundino
Nicodemou Greek (Cypriot)
Variant transcription of Νικοδήμου (see Nikodimou), a patronymic from the genitive form of Nikodimos... [more]
Lahm German, Jewish
From middle-high German lam "slow, lame".
Rind German
Probably a metonymic occupational name for a cattle dealer or butcher, from Middle High German rint meaning "cow".
Buenafe Spanish (Philippines)
Means "good faith" in Spanish, from buena meaning "good" and fe meaning "faith".
Turgut Turkish
From the given name Turgut.
Flewelling Welsh
Derived from the Welsh personal name Llewellyn, which was also spelled Llywelin
Ingoldsby English
Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".
Meguro Japanese
From Japanese 目 (me) meaning "eye, look, appearance" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".
Nissim Jewish
From the given name Nissim.
Bloom Jewish (Americanized), Dutch
Americanized spelling of Bloem and Blum.
Takemitsu Japanese
Take means "bamboo" and mitsu can mean "light".
Kondraki Polish
Kondraki comes from the Polish Kondracki and is given to Benjamin and Draven Kondraki, employees at the fictional SCP Foundation. Benjamin is a chaotic and fun researcher with a carefree attitude, while Draven, his son, is a cautious field agent in a relationship with James Talloran... [more]
Takemizu Japanese
From Japanese 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Beaty Scottish, Northern Irish
Variant form of Beattie. A famous bearer of this name was the American basketball player Zelmo Beaty (1939-2013).
Križaj Slovene
Means "crucify" in Slovene.
Kynnyakhorov m Yakut (Russified)
From Yakut кыынньаа (kyynn'aa), meaning "to make angry, to annoy".
Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Rud Norwegian
Variant of Ruud.
Yakubovich Russian, Belarusian
Derived from the given name Yakub.
Sultán Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Sultan.
Papon French (Huguenot)
Derived from Old French papon "grandfather", ultimately from Latin pappus.
Nordick English
Habitational name from a place so named near Bocholt, in the Lower Rhine area.
Kindness English (Puritan)
Simply from the English abstract noun
Vidojević Serbian
Means "son of Vidoje".
Benayoun Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Ayoun", from a Tamazight transcription of the given name Chayyim.
Blade English
Metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle English blade "cutting edge, sword".
Cueto Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places especially in Asturias named with the topographic term cueto meaning “hill, or fortified settlement.”
Imperioli Italian
Variant spelling of Imperiale. A famous bearer is American actor Michael Imperioli (1966-).
Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".
Laigu Estonian
Laigu is an Estonian surname derived from "laigustama" meaning "blotchy", "dappled" and "mottled".
Guest English
Nickname for a stranger or newcomer to a community, from Middle English g(h)est meaning "guest", "visitor" (from Old Norse gestr, absorbing the cognate Old English giest).
Mlinarić Croatian
Means "son of a miller".
Gilardi Italian
Means "son of Gilardo", a rare Italian form of the Germanic given name Gerard.
Lamberg Finnish, Swedish
Perhaps combination of an unexplained first element (maybe taken from a place name) and Swedish berg "mountain". It could also be of German origin (see other submission).
Knock English
Topographic name for someone living by a hill, from Middle English knocke "hill" (Old English cnoc).
Lunatici Italian
A nickname for a quirky or temperamental person, ultimately from Latin lunaticus "of the moon, moonstruck".
Timotheou Greek
Means "son of Timotheos" in Greek.
Van De Leest Dutch, Flemish
Derived from Dutch leest meaning "last, boottree", a tool used by shoemakers to shape boots. This can be either an occupational name for cobblers, or a habitational name from the settlement of Leest, itself possibly named for a field in the shape of a boot.
Fulhu Dhivehi
From an honorific title used for items associated with nobility.
Djabou Arabic (Maghrebi), Central African
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelmoumene Djabou (1987-), an Algerian footballer.
Taha Arabic
From the given name Taha.
Kozarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian variant of Kozar.
Antrim Irish
Meaning "lone ridge". This is the name of an Irish county and was among some of Billy the Kid’s other known names (ie: Henry "Kid" Antrim).
Ilievska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Ilievski.
Brännström Swedish
Combination of Swedish bränna "to burn" and ström "stream".
Tadano Japanese
From Japanese 只 (tada) meaning "only, simply, just" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Tanimatsu Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (tani) meaning "valley" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Liaonenka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Leonenko.
Saulnier French
In Middle French (the form of French spoken from 1340 to 1610), it literally means "salt merchant".
Takaishi Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
Amro Arabic
Derived from the given name Amr.
Shinseki Japanese
Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".
Il Beato m Italian
Meaning "The blessed one".
Ilyushkin m Russian
Derived from the name Ilya.
Falkenberg German, Danish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of several places named from Old High German falk "falcon" and berg "mountain, hill".
Delacourt French
Denoting someone who lived or worked at a manorial court a courtly retainer. Derived from French de la meaning "of the" or "from the" and court meaning "court, yard".
Natividade Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Natividad.
Ferreirous Galician (Latinized, Archaic)
Its meaning is smith. It comes from Galicia (Spain) and north of Portugal.
Arashiro Japanese (Rare)
A Japanese surname. A bearer of this surname is Yukiya Arashiro (Born 1984-) He is a Japanese cyclist.
Pietrangelo Italian
Derived from the given name Pietrangelo, a variant of Pierangelo, formed from Pietro and Angelo.