Browse Submitted Surnames

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Kremic Bosnian (Rare)
Surname Kremić was used in early middle-ages, in Bosnia. It was used by royal and ordinary people. That surname is very rare today and it's almost extinct, but in the past it had very big influence.
Yablokov Russian
From Russian яблоко (yabloko) meaning "apple", used as a nickname for a ruddy person or a gardener who received a plentiful harvest.
Mamun Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mamun.
Tongbang Korean
Korean form of Dongfang, from Sino-Korean 東方 (tongbang).
Fernandes Indian (Christian)
Adopted from the Portuguese surname Fernandes meaning "son of Fernando"
Ferramosca Italian
From Latin word ferrum meaning "iron" and Italian word mosca meaning "housefly". A notable bearer of this name was Italian professional violinist Francesco Ferramosca (1893-1932).
Zhynnyk Ukrainian
Means "bender, flexer".
Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.
Fukawa Japanese
From Japanese 府 (fu) meaning "prefecture" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Costiniu Romanian
Meaning unknown.
Storgård Finland Swedish
From Swedish stor "large, big, great" and gård "farm, estate".
Oviir Estonian
Oviir is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning "stripe" or "streak".
Yarovyi m Ukrainian
Variant transcription of Yarovyy.
Citrine Jewish
An invented Jewish name based on Yiddish tsitrin "lemon tree".
Kohsaka Japanese
Variant transcription of Kosaka.
Ólafsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Ólafur" in Icelandic.
Kasteel Dutch
Dutch cognate of Castle.
Breeze Welsh
Derived from the surname Breese, which came from the surname Rees.
Mazariego Spanish
Altered form of Mazariegos in singular for matching with the bearer.
Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"
Brochtrup German
Possibly indicated someone who was from a farm called Brochtrup in the town of Lüdinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A famous bearer is American actor Bill Brochtrup (1963-).
Daniilidis Greek
Means "Son of Daniil".
Itsutsu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).
Akey English
Possibly an Americanized form of German Eiche "oak".
Suurjaak Estonian
Suurjaak is an Estonian surname meaning "big Jaak (an Estonian masculine given name)"; a nickname.
Falone Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a dialectical word for a row of grapes or tomatoes.
Černjak South Slavic
South Slavic cognate of Chernyak.
Mercy French
Variant of Mercey.
Gralha Portuguese
From Portuguese meaning "jackdaw".
Vong Khmer
Means "dear, beloved, darling" in Khmer.
Derakhshan Persian
Means "bright, brilliant" in Persian.
Botticelli Italian
Etymology uncertain. It can derive from the Italian word botte meaning "barrel" and from the occupation bottaio meaning "cooper". In the case of Sandro Botticelli it has probably another origin... [more]
Viies Estonian
Viies is an Estonian surname meaning "fifth".
Ginel Catalan
My Great Grandfather's name was Jose Maria Ginel
Redwood English
Name possibly derived from the colour of the bark of trees or the name of the town Reedworth between Durham and Devon
Harareet Hebrew
Topographic name derived from Hebrew הֲרָרִית (hararit) meaning "mountainous". A famous bearer was Israeli actress Haya Harareet (1931-2021; birth name Haya Neuberg), who had a prominent role in the movie Ben-Hur (1959).
Alikakos Greek
From Greek αλικός (alikos) meaning "red" with the diminutive suffix -akos.
Koelsch German
German from the adjective kölsch, denoting someone from Cologne (German Köln).
Slaats Dutch
Possibly a contracted form of Dutch des laats meaning "the serf", from Middle Dutch laets "serf, bondsman, freedman".
Bogusz Polish
From Bogusz, a diminutive of a name with the element bogu ("god") such as Bogdan, Boguchwał, Bogusław or Chwalibóg.
Ostwald German
from the ancient Germanic personal name Ostold composed of the elements ōst "east" (see Oest ) and Old High German walt(an) "to rule". Variant of Oswald.
Mabini Tagalog
Means "modest, prudent, civil" in Tagalog. A notable bearer was Filipino revolutionary Apolinario Mabini (1864-1903).
Ubukata Japanese
From 生 (ubu) meaning "life, live, raw, fresh" or 冲 (ubu) meaning "offing, open sea" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, alternative, square, direction".
Hodny Czech
My great grandfather Frank Hodny homesteaded in Lankin, North Dakota, came from Czechoslovakia in 1870's. With his brother Joseph Hodny, both had large families. ... [more]
Speca Italian
From a variant of spiga "spike, ear (of grain)"
Danilova Russian
Feminine form of Danilov.
Kuniki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and ki means "tree, wood".
Vidrine French (Cajun)
Vidrines are French Cajuns that live mostly around south central Louisiana, towns and cities like Mamou, Eunice and Ville Platte.
Schoene German
German (Schöne): variant of Schoen 1.
Khoury Arabic
Means "priest, curate, parson" in Arabic, ultimately from Latin curio.
Amandykova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Amandykov.
Nesheiwat Arabic
From the name of clan founder Abu Nushaywah, derived from a diminutive of Arabic نشوة (nashwah) meaning "happiness, elation".
Sujanthan Tamil, Sanskrit
Sujanthan is of South Asian origin, specifically Tamil. The name is derived from the Tamil and Sanskrit roots, with "Sujan" meaning "good-hearted" or "virtuous," and "-than" being a suffix meaning "person" or "one."
Rader German
Variation of Rademacher, meaning "maker of wheels" in German ("rat" meaning wheel), later shortened to Rader and other variations such as Redder, Raeder, Redler, etc.
Dromgoole Irish
An Anglicized from the Irish Gaelic place name Droim Gabhail in County Louth, Ireland meaning "ridge of the forking stream." Dromgoolestown in County Louth is believed to be named after this surname... [more]
Itagaki Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
Zændžiaty Ossetian
From the Persian word zangi meaning "Dark Skinned". Zangiev and Zangief are variants.
Wagle Norwegian
A habitational name derived from farmsteads in Rogaland named Vagle, from the Old Norse vagl meaning a '‘perch’' or '‘roost'’, referring to a high ridge between two lakes.
Guiles French
Of uncertain origin; it could be a variant of French Guill or of English Guile or Giles .
Gordo Spanish, Portuguese
Means "fat" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Oosterwegel Dutch
From Dutch ooster meaning "eastern, east" and weg meaning "way, path, road". Dutch track and field athlete Emma Oosterwegel (1998-) bears this name.
Giersch German
German from the female personal name Gerusch or Gerisch, pet forms of Gertrud (see Trude), with the Slavic suffix -usch or -isch.
Kanokmani Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
Steward English
Occupational name for an administrative official of an estate or steward, from Old English stig "house" and weard "guard".
Soheili Persian
From the given name Soheil.
Quiambao Filipino
Possibly from Hokkien 欠賺 (khiàm-báu) meaning "owed money, lacking money" or 鹹賺 (kiâm-báu) meaning "stingy with money".
Pearsall English
a British surname of French origin derived from the pre-9th-century word "pourcel", which described a breeder of animals or a farmer
Wideman English (American)
Americanized from of German Widemann or Weidmann.
Teacherman Popular Culture
Probably from the surname Teacher and mann meaning "man". Full surname probably means "man of teaching".
Koop West Frisian
From the given name Jakob, a form of Jacob.
Kunihiko Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and hiko means "prince".
Kräft German, Jewish
Nickname for a strong man, from Old High German kraft, German Kraft ‘strength’, ‘power’.
Van Rensselaer Dutch
From Soleur, one of the areas or regions of Switzerland.
Genç Turkish
Means "young, youth" in Turkish.
Aftab Urdu
Derived from the given name Aftab.
Tshabalala African, Zulu, South African
Means "shooting star"
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]
Scorrano Italian
Denotes someone from Scorrano, Italy. Coincides with scorrano "to run, to flow".
Kindy English
"From Kinder".
Raviv Hebrew
From Hebrew רָבִיב (raviv) meaning "droplet, rain, drizzle".
Imre Hungarian
From the given name Imre.
Madani Arabic
Indicated a person from the city of Medina, itself from Arabic مدينة (madinah) meaning "city".
Schatz German, Jewish
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) metonymic occupational name for a treasurer, from German Schatz ‘treasure’, Middle High German scha(t)z. It may also have been a nickname for a rich man (or ironically for a miser), or else for a well-liked person or a ladies’ favorite, from the use of the vocabulary word as a term of endearment... [more]
Nkakoumoussou Southern African
Of Bantu-origin surname connected to family or clan identity (patronymic).
De Talleyrand French
A French noble surname. A cadet branch of the family of sovereign counts of Périgord, they took their name from the estate of Périgord owned by these counts, and date back to Boso I, count of la Marche... [more]
Malmberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish malm "ore" and berg "mountain".
Margarito Spanish (Mexican)
From Spanish margarita "daisy".
Muhi Tagalog
Means "hatred" in Tagalog.
Chapin French, Spanish
From a reduced form of French eschapin or Spanish chapín, a term for a light (woman's) shoe; perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.
Izsák Hungarian
From the given name Izsák.
Cattell English, French, Irish (Anglicized)
Possibly derived from a given name containing the element ketill "kettle, cauldron; helmet", or a diminutive form of Cat or Cate... [more]
Crompton English
Derived from the Old English word "Crometun"
Ghobriel Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic غبريال (see Ghobrial), found predominantly in Lebanon.
Klostermann German
Combination of "kloster" meaning "monastery," and common German suffix Mann.
Depaul French
Son of Paul
Rosén Swedish
Combination of Swedish ros "rose" and the common Swedish surname suffix -én.
Santiais Celtic (Latinized, Modern, Rare, Archaic), Old Celtic
Santiais is a surname of the Celtic origin (it's Cisalpine Gaul / Gallia Citerior, therefore, it's Italian-Celts, Italo-Celtic, Italo-Alpine). It meaning saint (sacred or holy)... [more]
De Laat Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch laet "serf, freed serf, tenant", probably an occupational name for a tenant farmer.
Saxon English
Derived from the tribe of the Saxons from the Anglo-Saxon element seaxa "a Saxon" derived Germanic elements sahso and sahsaz derived from sahsą "knife"... [more]
Feuerbacher German
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Feuerbach.
Dostoyevsky Belarusian, Russian
Habitational name from Dostoev in Belarus.
Évariste French
From the given name Évariste.
Yost American, Dutch (Americanized), German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Joost or German Jost.
Hisagae Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).
Mällo Estonian
Mällo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "mälu" meaning "memory".
Ferdous Bengali
From the given name Ferdous.
Salahuddin Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Salah al-Din.
Iisawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".
Storbakken Norwegian
From Norwegian meaning "big hill".
Tozawa Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
Taibbi Sicilian (Americanized, Modern)
A Sicilian name of Lebanese origin, Taibbi is a variant spelling of Taibi.
Benedito Portuguese
From the given name Benedito.
Crawfordjohn Medieval Scottish
One who came from Crawfordjohn in Lanarkshire; not to be confused with nearby Crawford, also in Lanarkshire.
Eda Japanese
From Japanese 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Teraoka Japanese
Tera means "temple" and oka means "hill".
Twine English
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of string or thread, and derived from Old English twin meaning "thread, string".
Dražeta Serbian
Derived from the name Dražen.
Elcano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Elkano.
Fick German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.
Kudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kudo.
Corsi Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Corso.
Hosmer English
From the Old English name Osmaer, a combination of the Old English elements oss, meaning "god", and maer, meaning "fame".
Miley Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Ó Maol Aodha, though Ó Máille and Ó Maolmhuaidh can also be possibilities... [more]
Zupanc Slovene
Variant of Zupan.
Midnight Irish
Middle of the night, darkness, dark blue
Gamal Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Jamal.
Enshogan Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 焔硝岩 (see Enshōgan).
Cesco Italian
Derived from the given name Francesco.
Taris Italian
Meaning unknown, probably from Sardinian.
Ruetten German
(Rütten): from a field name, here showing an inflected form from a full name like aus den Rütten ‘from the clearing(s)’ (see Rutten and Reuter 1
Schuurman Dutch
Derived from Dutch schuur "barn, shed" and man "person, man".
Ghaleb Arabic
From the given name Ghalib.
Rull Estonian
Rull is an Estonian surname meaning "spool" and "roll".
Tikhonovskiy m Russian
From the given name Tikhon.
Poroshenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian порох (porokh) meaning "(gun)powder, dust", used as an occupational name for someone who made or sold gunpowder. A notable bearer is the former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (1965-).
Kindikeri Telugu
The word ‘Kindi’ meaning “lower or down” in the Telugu language, while ‘Keri’ means “area,”land or street” in Kannada.... [more]
Sensenbach German
A topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’. Pretty common in Iowa and Pennsylvania.
Secundino Galician
From the given name Secundino
Floerchinger German
Habitational name for someone from Flörchingen in the Saar region.
Macapugay Tagalog
From Tagalog makapugay meaning "to be saluted".
Koçak Turkish
Means "brave, strong" or "generous" in Turkish.
Vardjas Estonian
Vardjas is an Estonian surname meaning "keeper".
Barzilai Jewish
From the given name Barzillai.
Cok Chinese
Meaning 'the wall that surrounds a city.'... [more]
Waititi Maori
Meaning uncertain. It could derive from Maori waitī both meaning "sweet, melodious", denoting a sweet person, or "sap of the cabbage tree", possibly denoting an occupation. Taika David Cohen, known professionally as Taika Waititi (1975-), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian.
Ripp English (American), East Frisian, German
From Ripp, a Frisian pet name for Rippert.
Angioni Italian
From Sardinian angioni "lamb", denoting a shepherd, or perhaps a nickname.
Blease English
From the given name Blaise.
Shavit Jewish
From the given name Shavit.
Rest Romansh
Derived from the given name Rest.
De La Calle Spanish
Means "of the street" in Spanish.
Amatsubo Japanese (Rare)
Means "rainy atrium, rainy courtyards". From Japanese 雨 meaning "rain", and "坪" meaning "(inner)garden, atrium, courtyard". A famous bearer is Mitsumasa Amatsubo.
Ó Cairealláin Irish
Means "descendant of Caireallán"
Lupin French
Lupin is a variant on the Latin word "lupus", meaning "wolf". Two important literary characters, Arsène Lupin, the famous French gentleman-burglar, and Professor Remus Lupin, from the world of Harry Potter, have this name... [more]
Coy Irish
Reduced form of McCoy.
Sera Japanese
From Japanese 世 (se) meaning "world, generation" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable".
Ben Tal Hebrew
Means "son of the dew" in Hebrew. (see Tal)
Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".
Montalban Spanish
Spanish (Montalbán): habitational name from Montalbán de Córdoba from Latin montem albanum 'white mountain'.
Rossiya Russian
Means "Russia" in Russian.
Boot English
Metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of boots, ultimately from Old French bote "boot, high-sided leather shoe".
Gutmann German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
German cognate of Goodman. from Middle High German guot man literally "good man, capable man" derived from the elements guot "good" and man "man"... [more]
Do Pereyro Galician
Do Pereyro is an apple tree. It is very old surname, dating from the Middle Ages. Do Pereyro comes from Galicia (northern Spain).
Neighbor English
From the Middle English word neighbor, derived from neghebour, which in turn comes from the Old English words neah, meaning "near", and gebur, meaning "a dweller". This may have been used as a nickname for someone who was a 'good neighbor', more likely it evolved from the term of address for someone living nearby.
Antonucci Italian
From the given name Antonio.
Pitcher English, German
From an agent derivative of Middle English pich ‘pitch’, hence an occupational name for a caulker, one who sealed the seams of ships or barrels with pitch. English variant of Pickard... [more]
Agraz Spanish
Refers to an ancient type of grape. In Spanish, agraz means "sour grape, unripe grape, verjuice" Possibly an occupational name for someone who worked on a vineyard or in the wine-making industry... [more]
Brogden English
From the name of a place in West Yorkshire meaning "valley brook", from Old English broc "brook" and denu "valley".
Kongo Kongo
From Kongo meaning "hunter". This surname could also be from places named "Kongo".
Flodgaard Danish
Danish name element gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix flod meaning "river".
Raveling German
nickname or patronymic from Middle Low German rave(n) ‘raven’
Poulton English
English surname that means "settlement by a pool".
Onotora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 男虎 (onotora) meaning "male tiger", from 男 (o) meaning "male; man", の (no), an unwritten possessive particle, and 虎 (tora) meaning "panthera tigris", referring to someone with qualities of a male tiger.... [more]
Puust Estonian
Puust is an Estonian surname meaning "treen" (small handmade functional household objects made of wood) or "wooden".
Buis Dutch
Means "buss, fishing vessel" in Dutch, a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman. Alternatively, a variant of the patronymic surname Buijs.
Kivisild Estonian
Kivisild is an Estonian surname meaning "stone bridge".
Saulnier French
In Middle French (the form of French spoken from 1340 to 1610), it literally means "salt merchant".
Yemelyanov Russian
Means "son of Yemelyan".
Castiglione Italian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Castiglione, derived from Italian castiglione meaning "castle, fortress".
Alb Romanian
From Romanian meaning "white".
Bilici Turkish
Means "visionary", "seer", "omniscient", "aware", "knowing" and derivated from "bil-" root which means "to know".
Spoors English
From Middle English spoor "spur", an occupational name for someone who made spurs, or perhaps a nickname for someone known for wearing them.
Ruwanpura Sinhalese
From Sinhala රුවන (ruvana) meaning "gem" combined with Sanskrit पुर (pura) meaning "city".
Goldfeder Jewish
Ornamental name composed of Old High German gold literally meaning "gold" and feder meaning "feather pen".
Vecchi Italian
Italian: patronymic or plural form of Vecchio, meaning "old".
Siauw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xiao used by Chinese Indonesians.
Karađić Serbian
Variant of Karadžić, and often its misspelling.
Doe English
Indicated a person from Eu in northern France, itself possibly derived from Frankish *auwju "floodplain, island" or a reduction of Latin Augusta.
Suzukawa Japanese
Suzu means "bell, chime" and kawa means "river, stream".
Pelagatti Italian
Probably derives from an old expression meaning "cheat, scoundrel", literally a combination of pela "to skin" and gatti "cats".
Apple English
From Middle English appel meaning "apple" (Old English æppel). An occupational name for a grower or seller of apples.
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