Browse Submitted Surnames

Mcchesney Irish

Hodyak Ukrainian (Rare), Rusyn (Rare, ?)

Awoon Indian

Weinkauf German
From "wein kaufen" meaning "buy wine" or "wine-buyer"

Radulay Czech (Modern)

Weidle German

Diplacido Italian
Variant of Di Placido.

Angilley English (Australian, Modern)
Supposedly from a long history of Tin and Terracotta miners in Wales under the name Gilley in the 15-60's. the 'An' is theorised to be a result of the Anglo-Saxon faith being a prominent belief within the area, and has become a prominent name ever since with few more variations.... [more]

Grooms English

Sies German, Dutch
From the ancient Germanic name Sigizo formed with the element sigi "victory" (from proto Germanic segiz).

Vong Chinese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Khuan or Van (based on the Cantonese romanization of the names).

Saripada Filipino, Maranao
From a title meaning "chief" in Maranao, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रीपाद (shripada) literally meaning "holy foot", derived from श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and पाद (pada) meaning "foot".

Gliott Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Gagl.

Tophen English (Canadian)

Puusaag Estonian
Puusaag is an Estoian surname meaning "wood saw".

Rastorguyev m Russian

Kelder Estonian
Kelder is an Estonian surname meaning "cellar".

Petelius Finnish

Aran Irish
From the given name Aran 1.

Koehn German

Samardžić Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

Vaccarelli Italian
Form of Vaccarelli.

Yiddish Yiddish

Amaral Portuguese
Unknown origin. It may come from the name of a country estate near Viseu, Portugal (quinta do Amaral) or from an old word meaning "place full of clary sages". This is also the name of a variety of red wine grape in northern Portugal whose name comes directly from the surname.

Viray Filipino, Tagalog, Pampangan, Pangasinan
Occupational name derived from Tagalog, Pampangan and Pangasinan biray referring to a type of small, flat-bottomed rowing boat.

Prokazov m Russian

Chérubin French
French cognate of Cherubin from Old French chérubin "cherub", perhaps a nickname for a baby-faced individual.

Mance Italian
Variant of Manco.

Laidlaw English (Canadian)

Fusha Albanian

Le Tallec Breton
Tallec derives from talek which means someone with a large forehead in Breton.

Diamant Jewish
Derived from Yiddish דימענט (diment) meaning "diamond".

Mozaffari Persian
From the given name Mozaffar.

Peršin Croatian, Serbian
From Croatian peršin meaning "parsley," likely referring to a grower or seller.

Engländer German, Jewish
German ethnic name from Engländer "Englishman" and Jewish artificial name distributed at random by Austrian clerks.

Tomozov m Russian

Prokopiv Ukrainian
Variant of Prokopenko.

Bromley English
Habitational name from any of the many places so called in England. Most of them derived from Old English brom "common broom" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Mittal Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Possibly derived from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra) meaning "friend".

Bačvar Croatian
Bačvar family my grandfather Stjepan Bačvar born July 11 1904 in Bosiljevo Croatia in Croatia it means barrel Here in Canada it's spelled Bacvar thank you

Tatarenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Tatarov.

van Lieren Dutch
Means "from Lier", the name of the Dutch village De Lier or Belgian province Lier.

Sagwa Eastern African

Apostoł Polish
Polish cognate of Apostol.

Kubrava Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of an Abkhaz surname of unknown meaning.

Charriau French

Bastiani Italian
From the given name Bastiano.

Von Crastenburg German

Arthakornsiripho Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).

Filipczyk Polish

Carbonell English
From a medieval nickname for a dark-haired or swarthy person, from Anglo-Norman carbonel, literally "little charcoal".

Cavalcanti Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Patronymic or plural form of Cavalcante "riding", either given as an occupational name or derived from the medieval given name Cavalcante.

Brzozowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place named Brzozowa, Brzozowice, or Brzozowo, all derived from Polish brzoza, meaning "birch tree".

Hyer English

Rajapakse Sinhalese
From Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and पक्ष (paksha) meaning "faction, party, army".

Laplume m French (Rare)
It is a French last name translated to the feather. It can also mean the quill, the writer, and the pen.

Rosemeyer German
Derived from the Middle High German rose meaning "rose" and meier meaning "(tenant) farmer steward". This is a German nickname and distinguishing name for a farmer who grew or liked roses.

Niala Filipino

Poo Chinese

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Derkowski m Polish

Matsui Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Skarsvåg Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "scarp, promontory, rock cliff". It is derived from a place name in Norway, located in the municipality of Magerøya in the northernmost part of the country. As a surname, "Skarsvåg" likely originated as a toponym, referring to a person who hailed from the Skarsvåg area in Norway.

Nikpour Persian
From Persian نیک‌ (nik) meaning "good" and پور (pour) meaning "son, descendant".

Coffey Irish
Ireland County Cork

Tsuruga Japanese
From Japanese 敦 (tsuru) meaning "kindness, honesty" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Ariyaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ආරියරත්න (see Ariyaratne).

Kashiwado Japanese (Rare)
Kashiwa means "oak" and do means "door". ... [more]

Cruchaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Krutxaga.

Sumanasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Cardel Filipino

Djordjević Serbian
Alternate transcription of Đorđević.

Greet German
Americanized form of German Fried.

Tezuka Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock, grave".

Mankiewicz Polish, Jewish
From the given name Maniek, a diminutive of Marian 2 or sometimes Mariusz, or Mańka, a diminutive of Emanuel... [more]

Tepper German
Meaning "tavern owner"

Ünal Turkish
Means "become famous" or "become well-known" in Turkish.

Kiyotake Japanese

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Naritomi Japanese

Khamkaew Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai คำแก้ว (see Khamkaeo).

Inatsuma Japanese

Arceniega Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Artziniega.

Flammier French

Eastfield English

Fairy English

Lăcustă Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Sloup Croatian

Estremera Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from a place in Madrid province called Estremera.

Kurecka Polish

Röderer Swiss

Menzie Scottish
Menzie (originally spelled Menȝie) derives from the surname Menzies, which in turn derives from the Norman commune Mesnières (known as Maneria in the 1300s)... [more]

Goonasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුණසේකර (see Gunasekara).

Campagne French
Variant of Champagne.

Ivanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Իվանյան (see Ivanyan).

Seijo Castillan (Rare)
Seijo is a rare surname hailing from Spain. It is derived from the name Sexia, which in itself derives from the Latin word Saxum, meaning stone.

Suomalainen Finnish
Means "Finn, person from Finland" in Finnish, From Finnish Suomi "Finland" and the suffix -lainen that combined with a place name, forms the noun for the inhabitant of a place.

Seth Indian, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi
Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".

Cosijn Dutch
Meaning "cousin".

Shyrchenko m Ukrainian

Kocur Ukrainian
means "tom cat" or "male cat"

Delos Reyes Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De Los Reyes primarily used in the Philippines.

Tetreau French
Variant of Tetreault.

Kulhánek Czech
Bohemian for a man who walks with a limp.

Iasmin Bengali

Sheosunker South African
Variant of Sheosanker.

Ergasheva f Uzbek

Van Den Geer Dutch (Rare)
Variant form of Van Der Geer.

Viviano Italian
From the given name Viviano.

Yankovskaya f Russian
Feminine form of Yankovsky.

Spatay Kazakh

Dyter Medieval French (Anglicized)

Sappleton English

Heredia Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Basque Country called Heredia, probably derived from Latin heredium meaning "hereditary estate".

Cristiano Italian
From the given name Cristiano.

Becquet Jèrriais

Rabbani Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from Arabic رباني (rabbani) meaning "divine", ultimately from رب (rabb) meaning "master, lord".

Oladipo Yoruba

Atley English
Variant of Atlee.... [more]

Zeitler German

Hosoh Japanese

Quille Irish
Variation of Quill.

Favaro Italian, Venetian
Venetian form of Fabbro, meaning "blacksmith".

Nanke Japanese
From 南 (nan, minami) meaning "south" and 家 (ke, ie) meaning "home, house residence".

Popuchet French
Wise and classy

Sabato Italian
From sabato "Saturday".

Quiroz Spanish
Variant of Quirós.

Logatto Italian (Rare)
Variant of Gatto.

Marric English

El-tayeb Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الطيب (see Al-tayyib).

Parkers English

Andrésdóttir f Icelandic
Means "daughter of Andrés" in Icelandic.

Aigawa Japanese
Variant of Aikawa.

Cavelle French

Pilengis Latvian (Rare)
This was my mother's maiden name. She and the rest of my family were born in Latvia. I am the first American born. I do not know what Pilengis means.

Sơn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Shan, from Sino-Vietnamese 山 (sơn). This name is primarily used by ethnic Khmer in Vietnam.

Amoozgar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار (see Amouzgar).

Baynenkov m Russian

Man Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Braaksma Frisian (Dutchified, Modern, Rare)
Topographic name for someone who lived by a piece of wasteland or newly cultivated land, from Frisian, Dutch braak ‘fallow’, ‘waste’ + Frisian ma ‘man’. The suffix -ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Nurmagambetov m Kazakh
Means "son of Nurmagambet".

Greenlee English
habitational name from any of various minor places, for example in Staffordshire, so named from Old English grene ‘green’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Blumberg Jewish

Takamaki Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 巻 (maki) meaning "scroll, book, roll up, tie" or 高巻 (takamaki) meaning "to detour around a waterfall"

Élissalde Basque (Gallicized), French (Rare)
Gallicized form of Elizalde.

Amirpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian امیرپور (see Amirpour).

Shahnawaz Afghan

Cara English

Aloisio Maltese

Samiri Albanian

Palugyae Hungarian

Latto Italian

Prat English
Variant of Pratt.

Kayll English

Benamara Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jeevakumar Indian

Nicolae Romanian
From the given name Nicolae.

Nemcová f Slovak
Feminine form of the surname Nemec exclusively used in Slovakia.

Ármannsdóttir f Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ármann".

Kazandjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղազանչյան (see Ghazanchyan).

Reinstadler German (Austrian)
From German rein meaning "pure" and stadt meaning "city".

Abadie French

Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").

Lipowski Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lipowo, Lipowa, or Lipowe, named with an adjectival derivative of Polish lipa meaning "lime tree".

Lelouch Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Lellouche.

Mizuda Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Şıxəliyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Şıxəliyev.

Brasil Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
Denotes someone from Brazil, a country in South America.

Zarichanskiy m Russian

Abston English
Possibly an altered form of Osbiston, or another, uncertain English toponym containing the element tun "yard, town, settlement".

Bilets'kyy m Ukrainian (Ukrainianized), Yiddish (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian form of Bielecki. This is the last name of Andriy Biletskyy, a former Azov Battalion commander.

Like Southern African

Chollet French

Kirida Japanese
Kiri means "paulownia" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Sameh Arabic
Derived from the given name Samih.

Zhilin m Russian

Gjon Albanian

Okmees Estonian
Okmees is an Estonian surname meaning "branch/twig man".

Pekas Croatian

Ruvalcaba Mexican

Miloh African

Porko Finnish
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Finnish poro meaning "reindeer".

Katsura Japanese
This surname is used as 桂, 勝占, 勝羅, 勝良, 曽良 or 葛良 with 桂 (kei, katsura) meaning "cinnamon tree, Japanese Judas-tree", 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win", 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once", 葛 (kachi, katsu, kuzu, tsudzura, katsura) meaning "arrowroot, kudzu", 占 (sen, urana.u, shi.meru) meaning "divining, forecasting, fortune-telling, get, have, hold, occupy, take", 羅 (ra, usumono) meaning "gauze, Rome, thin silk" and 良 (ryou, i.i, yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]

Shaykhlislamov m Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Shaykhlislam".

Sušić Bosnian

Sawada Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Akrivos Greek

Sarajlić Bosnian

Manupuna Tongan

Dachia Nigerian

Morocco English

Ellamy English (?)

Hayner English (American), German
Possibly a variant of Heiner.

Stuyvesant Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of Stuifzand.

Jamoukha Circassian
Variant transcription of Jaimoukha.

Vergan French (Huguenot)
Family history states that original name was "du Vergau" French Huguenot chased from France to Germany.

Takimoto Japanese
From Japanese 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall, rapids" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Caio Portuguese

Milovanov m Russian

Əfəndiyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of the effendi", from the Ottoman title افندي (efendi) meaning "lord, master".

Kreševljaković Bosnian

Svyatoshenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Svyatoslav".

Goodwill English
Nickname for a friendly or amiable person; from Middle English god(e), gud(e) goud(e), meaning "good" and wil(le), meaning "will, volition".

Luković Serbian

Frangoudis Greek

Linn German
Toponymic surname derived from Germanic lin "swamp, bog, marsh".

Yukhymchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yukhymenko.

Lubben Low German, Dutch
Patronymic from German Lübbe, Dutch Lubbe, short forms of the personal names Leopold and Lübbert (see Luebbert)... [more]

Pfautz German
It was originally given as a nickname for a chubby person.

Mette German
Matronymic surname derived from the given name Mette, a Low German short form of Mechthild.

Balzhinimaeva f Buryat (Russified)
Feminine form of Balzhinimaev.

Bembeeva f Kalmyk (Russified)
Feminine form of Bembeev.

Bhatnagar Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Odia
Derived from the name of a subgroup of the Kayasth community, denoting association with Hanumangarh (formerly named Bhatner), a city in Rajasthan, India.

Schnee German, Popular Culture
A German surname meaning "snow". One fictional bearer of this surname is Weiss Schnee, a main character from the popular web series RWBY.

Menna Italian
Derives from the given name Mena 5.

Laa Marshallese

Ducas French
Habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du meaning “from the,” for someone from any of various minor places called with cas, an Old Occitan variant of Old French chas meaning “house.”

Okei Japanese

Demiraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Demir" in Albanian.

Tormenta Spanish

Lansing Dutch
Patronymic form of Lans, Germanic Lanzo, a Dutch cognate of Lance.

Köprülü Turkish
Derived from Turkish köprü meaning "bridge". It was the name of an influential noble family of Albanian background from the Ottoman Empire.

Bosma West Frisian, Dutch
Means "man of the forest", from Dutch bos "forest, woods" and the Frisian suffix -ma.

Hanlin Scottish, English
Scottish and English: probably a variant spelling of Irish Hanlon.

Van Grieken Dutch
Means "of Greeks", derived from Dutch Griek "Greek (person)".

McMurrough Irish
Variant of Murphy and McMorrow

Aliaksandrava f Belarusian
Feminine form of Aliaksandraŭ.

Selesnick Russian, Latvian
Also spelled:... [more]

Marquez Portuguese

Ivanychuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Ivan".

Borowiec Polish

Gonzague French (Rare)
Gallicized form of Italian Gonzaga.

Deniro Italian
Variant of De Niro.

Anarbekova f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Anarbekov.

Mudrak Ukrainian

Inbar Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Inbar, means "amber" in Hebrew.

Batz Romansh

Baranova f Russian
Feminine form of Baranov.

Cape French, English (British)
French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of capes and cloaks, or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore a cloak or cape, from Middle English and Old Norman French cape ‘cape’, ‘cloak’, ‘hooded cloak’ (in French also ‘hood’ or ‘hat’), from Late Latin cappa, capa, probably a derivative of caput ‘head’ (see Capp)... [more]

Dragunas English

Inuzaka Japanese
Variant of Inusaka.

Kamalandua Central African

Aerni German (Swiss)
Variant of Erni.

Abdelrazek Arabic (Egyptian)

Hipkin English
English name meaning relative of Herbert

Macabuhay Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog makabuhay meaning "to live."

Petrela Albanian

Paulita Portuguese

Ricket English

Wiens German
Patronymic from a short form of an ancient Germanic compound personal name beginning with wini "friend".

Bobert German (Rare), English (American, Rare)

Musat Romanian

Okçu Turkish
Means "archer" in Turkish.

Ažeĺski m Belarusian (Rare)

Ossoliński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Ossolin.

Gooday English
Modernized form of Goody.

Fairey English
Either (i) meant "person from Fairy Farm or Fairyhall", both in Essex (Fairy perhaps "pigsty"); or (ii) from a medieval nickname meaning "beautiful eye". This was borne by Fairey Aviation, a British aircraft company, producer of the biplane fighter-bomber Fairey Swordfish... [more]

Bulinsky Polish
A surname that was likely a nickname for a fat person. From the Polish word buła meaning "bread roll".

Marcussen Norwegian

Thistlethwayte English
Variant of Thistlethwaite.

Namiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Turcu Romanian
related to https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/turcescu/submitted

Hendel Yiddish, German, Dutch
From the given name Hendel, a Yiddish diminutive of Hannah.

Borák Czech
Habitational name for someone from one of many places named with bor meaning "pine forest"; alternatively from a short form of the personal names Dalibor or Bořivoj, containing the element -bor meaning "battle".

Horsthemke German

Waldrip English, Scottish
The name is derived from the Old Norman warderobe, a name given to an official of the wardrobe, and was most likely first borne by someone who held this distinguished

Safarzadeh Persian
Means "born of Safar" in Persian.

Flontek Slovak (Rare)

Mc English
Variant of Mac

Cheng Hmong
From the clan name Tsheej associated with the Chinese character 陳 (chén) (see Chen).

Castellani Italian
Italian form of Castellano.

Grujičić Serbian

Musayeva Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаева and Kazakh Мұсаева (see Musayev).

Edmison English, Scottish
Patronymic surname meaning “Son of Edmund”.

Trabelssi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Trabelsi.

Cleetus Indian

Wittenberg Low German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Wittenberg, Wittenberge, or Wittenbergen.

Syla Albanian

Fabiano Italian
Comes from the personal name Fabiano, a derivative of Fabian.

Heyerdahl Norwegian
Combination of Heyer from heiðr, "heath, moor" in Old Norse and Dahl from dalr, "valley" in Old Norse... [more]

Salvatore Italian
Derived from the Italian given name Salvatore, meaning "saviour, rescuer".

Malyuk Ukrainian

Tsugaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbor" and 軽 (garu) meaning "light".... [more]

Heletey Ukrainian

Beriya Georgian (Russified)
Russified form of Beria. This is the way the last name of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of the NKVD from 1938-1946, last name was spelled in the official Soviet language (Russian).

Seçkin Turkish
Means "exclusive, elite" or "distinguished, outstanding" in Turkish.

Ajwani Urdu

Kupina Croatian, Russian
The Croatian form is derived from kupina, meaning "blackberry". The Russian form is derived from Неопалимая купина (Neopalimaya Kupina), referring to the burning bush from the Book of Exodus.

Josipović Croatian
Means "son of Josip" in Croatian.... [more]

Lucumi South American

Myrsky Finnish
Means "storm, tempest, gale".

Fenstermaker German (Anglicized)
Anglicized spelling of Fenstermacher.

Prokhorskyy m Ukrainian

Mette Dutch
Truncated form of Demetter.

Mathema Ndebele
The Mathema people mostly inhabit the Northern Matebeleland in Zimbabwe, however their clan names are linked and related of those other Nguni clans. These are as follows: ... [more]

Babaoka Japanese
Baba means "riding ground" and oka means "hill".

Adolay German (Rare)

Urm Estonian
Urm is an Estonian surname; a dialectal Estonian word for "catkin" and "frost". Also meaning "bleeding wound" and "gore".

Atcheson Scots
Scots form of Atkinson

Hijikata Japanese
From 泥 (hiji) meaning "mud, mire," more often written as 土, from tsuchi meaning "earth, soil, dirt, mud," and 方 (kata) meaning "direction, way" or, more rarely, 片 (kata) meaning "one (of a pair); incomplete, fragmentary" (cognate with 方).... [more]