Submitted Surnames from Locations

Hurton English

Hussey English, Irish
As an English surname, it comes from two distinct sources. It is either of Norman origin, derived from Houssaye, the name of an area in Seine-Maritime which ultimately derives from Old French hous "holly"; or it is from a Middle English nickname given to a woman who was the mistress of a household, from an alteration of husewif "housewife"... [more]

Hussie English, Irish
Variant of Hussey. A notable bearer is American webcomic author/artist Andrew Hussie (1979-).

Husted German
The name was originally spelled "Hustedt" and means "homestead." The family name originated in northern Germany. One branch of the family migrated to England, and a branch of that family to the United States.

Hustopeče Czech
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Moravian towns.

Hutabalian Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and balian meaning "rice field, farm, outside".

Hutabarat Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and barat meaning "west".

Hutagalung Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and galung meaning "embankment, dike, cleared field".

Hutagaol Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and gaol meaning "banana".

Hutajulu Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and julu meaning "upstream".

Hutapea Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and pea meaning "marsh, swamp, reservoir, lowland".

Hutasuhut Batak
From huta meaning “village” and suhut meaning “host”.

Hutauruk Batak
From Batak huta meaning "village, area" and uruk meaning "upper, above" or "bone leaves (a type of plant)".

Hutchison English (American), Scottish

Hutley English

Hutt English

Hutton English, Scottish
Scottish and northern English habitational name from any of the numerous places so called from Old English hoh ‘ridge’, ‘spur’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

Hux German
Probably from a topographic name Huck or Hucks, of uncertain origin. It occurs in many place and field names.

Huxford English
Habitational name from a place in Devon called Huxford (preserved in the name of Huxford Farm), from the Old English personal name Hōcc or the Old English word hōc ‘hook or angle of land’ + ford ‘ford’.

Hyatt English
Topographic name derived from Middle English heih "high" and yate "gate".

Hylander English

Hylton English
Variant of Hilton.

Hynden English

Hyndestan English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hyndestane English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hyndeston English (Rare, Archaic)
An earlier variation of Hingston.

Hyslop Scottish
Habitational name from an unidentified place in northern England, perhaps so called from Old English hæsel (or the Old Norse equivalent hesli) ‘hazel’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’.

Iancovschi m Romanian
Romanian form of Jankowski.

Iartza Basque
Habitational name probably derived from the obscure Basque word ihar "maple tree" and the suffix -tza "large quantity, abundance".

Ibaiguren Basque (Rare)
Means "river's edge", derived from Basque ibai "river" and guren "edge, bank".

Ibara Japanese
Variant of Ihara.

Ibargüen Basque (Hispanicized)
Variant of Ibargüen.

Ibarguen Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in Biscay, Spain, derived from Basque ibar "valley, riverbank" and guren "limit, edge, bank".

Ibarrola Basque
From the name of a village in Basque Country, derived from ibar "valley, riverbank" and ola "factory, forge, ironworks", or possibly -ola "location, place of".

Ibarrolle Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Ibarrola.

Ibata Japanese

Ibba Italian
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Sardinian v-ibba "settlement" (compare Deidda), or from Latin ibi "that place, there".

Ibuzaki Japanese
Variant of Ibusaki.

Ichibagase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibakase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibangase Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]

Ichibangassen Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibankase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibori Japanese
Variant of Ichihori.

Ichida Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "market" and 田 (da) "paddy, field".

Ichihara Japanese
This surname combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu) meaning "one" or 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town" with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness".... [more]

Ichihara Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ichihashi Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ichiji Japanese

Ichikawa Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ichiki Japanese
Ichi means "one" or "market" and ki means "wood, tree".

Ichiko Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "city" and 子 (ko) "child".... [more]

Ichimakase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichimasa Japanese
From 市 (ichi) meaning "market, shop" and 正 (masa) meaning "right, correct, proper, justice".

Ichimura Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Ichimura Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Ichimura Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Ichino Japanese
Ichi can mean "market", or "one", and no means "wilderness, rice paddy, field". ... [more]

Ichinoe Japanese
From 一 (ichi, kazu) meaning "one", 之 (no) meaning "of", and 江 (e) meaning "river, bay, inlet". This is not spelled the same as the town named Ichinohe.

Ichinohe Japanese
This is the name of a town in Iwate prefecture. It is spelled with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 戸 (he) meaning "door". It is not spelled the same as Ichinoe, the name of a district in Edogawa.

Ichinose Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) meaning "market", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Ichinose Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one", an unwritten possessive marker ノ (no), and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Ichinoshime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 一住連 (Ichinoshime), from 一住連門 (Ichinoshimemon) a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Ichioka Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill".

Ichise Japanese

Ichishime Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一住連 (see Ichinoshime).

Ichiyama Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Ichiyasu Japanese
Ichi can mean "one" or "market" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Ida Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Idänpirtti Finnish
Origins remain unknown. Idänpirtti translates as 'The Cabin of The East'

Iddenden English (Rare)
Iden as a village name is to be found in both the counties of Kent and Sussex, and describes a pasture, or strictly speaking an area within a marsh suitable for pasture. The origination is the pre 6th century phrase ig-denn with ig meaning an island... [more]

Ide Japanese

Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Ide Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 手 (te) meaning "hand".

Iden English
Habitational name from a place called Iden Green in Benenden, Kent, or Iden Manor in Staplehurst, Kent, or from Iden in East Sussex. All these places are named in Old English as meaning "pasture by the yew trees", from ig meaning "yew" + denn meaning "pasture".

Idezuki Japanese
From 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", 出 (de) meaning "exit", and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".

Ido Japanese
From Japanese 井門 (Ido) meaning "Ido", a former township in the former district of Ukena in the former Japanese province of Iyo in present-day Ehime, Japan.

Idoh Japanese

Idou Japanese
"This wisteria".

Ieda Japanese
From Japanese 家 (ie) meaning "house, home, family" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ieiri Japanese (Rare)
家 (Ie) means "building, residency, family, dwelling, home, habitation", and 入 (iri) means "enter, input". ... [more]

Iemoto Japanese

Iemura Japanese

Ifergan Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the village of Ifergan in Morocco, itself derived from Tamazight afrag meaning "enclosed place, cloister".

Igai Japanese

Igari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).

Igartua Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in the municipality of Gatika.

Igasato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).

Igawa Japanese

Igawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Igaya Japanese

Igeta Japanese

Iguchi Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) "well, mine shaft, pit" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Igusa Japanese
Variant of Ikusa.

Ihara Japanese

Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Iida Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Iigawa Japanese
Variant of Iikawa.

Iiguni Japanese
Variant of Iikuni.

Iijima Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iijma Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iikawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and kawa means "river, stream".

Iimori Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mori means "forest".

Iimoto Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Iimura Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Iimuro Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and muro means "room".

Iino Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and no means "field, wilderness".

Iinuma Japanese

Iio Japanese
From 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end."

Iisawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Iishima Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and shima means "island".

Iita Japanese

Iitani Japanese

Iiyama Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iizaka Japanese

Iizawa Japanese
Variant of Iisawa.

Iizuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".

Ijima Japanese
Variant of Ishima.

Ijuuin Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "that one", 集 (juu) meaning "gather" and 院 (in) meaning "institution".

Ikado Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井門 (see Ido 2).

Ikari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.

Ikarigawa Japanese
Variant of Ikarikawa.

Ikawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ike Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool".

Ike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 生 (Ike), a clipping of 生勝 (Ikegachi) meaning "Ikegachi", an area in the village of Uken in the district of Ōshima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Ikegai Japanese

Ikegami Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Ikegaya Japanese

Ikegaya Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond", a place name possessive marker ヶ (ga), and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Ikehara Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ikehata Japanese

Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Ikemoto Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Ikenaga Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and naga means "long, chief".

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Ikeno Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Ikenoue Japanese
Ike means "river", no is a possessive particle and ue means "upper, top".

Ikesono Japanese
Ike means "pond, pool" and sono means "garden".

Ikesugi Japanese
池 (Ike) means "pond, pool" and 杉 (sugi) means "cedar".

Iketa Japanese

Iketani Japanese

Ikeuchi Japanese
Ike means "lake" and uchi means "inside".

Ikeuchi Japanese
From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Ikeura Japanese
From 池 (ike) meaning "pond, cistern, pool, reservoir" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore."

Ikeya Japanese
"Lake valley".

Ikezono Japanese
Ike means "lake". Zono comes from Sono meaning "garden".

Iki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 生 (see Ike 2).

Ikuda Japanese
Variant of Ikuta.

Ikumura Japanese

Ikuta Japanese
From Japanese 生 (iku) meaning "living, life" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ilarratza Basque
From the name of a settlement in Álava, Spain, possibly derived from Basque illar "bean, pea; heather" and the abundance suffix -tza.

Ilárraza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ilarratza.

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.

Illana Spanish (European)
Denoted someone who came from the province of Illana in Guadalajara, Spain.

Illangasekara Sinhalese
From Sinhala ලංකා (lanka) referring to Sri Lanka combined with Sanskrit शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Illescas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Illingworth English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Illoinen Finnish
Ancient Finnish surname derived from the name of an estate located in Rusko, Finland. Today used as a surname, also part of the city of Turku, Finland. Original meaning: a vigorous well.

Ilomets Estonian
Ilomets is an Estonian surname meaning "merry forest".

Imada Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Imaeda Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 枝 (eda) "branch."

Imagawa Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "present" and 川 (gawa) meaning "river".

Imagiire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imagire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imagirei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imagyuhre Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).

Imagyūre Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imagyure Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).

Imagyuure Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imagyūre).

Imahori Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and hori means "ditch, canal, moat".

Imaizumi Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Imakai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Imakawa Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and kawa means "river, stream".

Imaki Japanese
This could be spelled with ima meaning "now, present" and ki meaning "tree, wood".

Imakiire Japanese
Variant of Kiire but written 給黎 and added Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now; present".

Imakire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imakure Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imakyuhrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).

Imakyuhri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūri).

Imakyure Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imakyūrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imakyurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).

Imakyūri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imakyuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūri).

Imakyuurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).

Imakyuuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūri).

Imamichi Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and michi means "path, road".

Imamura Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Imanara Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and nara beans "oak".... [more]

Imanari Japanese

Imano Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Imaoka Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Imaruoka Japanese
I means "that one, Italy", maru means "round, circle", and oka means "hill, ridge".

Imaseki Japanese
Ima means "present, now" and seki means "frontier pass".

Imashiro Japanese
From 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Imata Japanese
Ima means "now" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Imazeki Japanese
Variant of Imaseki.

Immer German, English
German: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [more]

Immermann German
Habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.

Imon Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井門 (see Ido 2).

Imori Japanese
I could mean "this" or "mineshaft, pit, well".

Imoto Japanese
Means "well root" in Japanese.

Impey English
From Impey, the name of various places in England, derived from Old English *imphaga, *imphæg "sapling enclosure". Alternatively it could have indicated a person who lived near an enclosure of young trees.

Imura Japanese

Imura Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Imuro Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and muro means "room".

Inagaki Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Inaki Japanese (Rare)
Ina means "rice plant" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inamura Japanese
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Iñárritu Basque
Means "between the valleys" or "in the valley", derived from Basque iñar meaning "valley" and ritu meaning "between". The Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963-) is a famous bearer of this name.

Inata Japanese
Ina means "rice plant" and Da comes from Ta, meaning "rice field, paddy".

Inatsuka Japanese

Inatsuma Japanese

Inazuka Japanese
Variant of Inatsuka.

Inday Cebuano
Inday means ''darling'' in Visayan language after the Spanish colonized the Philippines the name Inday became derogatory often associated with ''slaves'' and in present days ''domestic helpers''

Inderrieden Dutch (Americanized)
Variant of Dutch in der Rieden, possibly derived from German ried "reed", or from a cognate of Old English rith "stream".

Ing English
From the name of a former district in Essex, possibly derived from Old English ing "meadow, water meadow", or from ge "district, region" combined with the suffix -ing. Alternatively, it could derive from the given name Inge.

Ingersoll Medieval English
habitational name from Inkersall in Derbyshire, recorded in the 13th century as Hinkershil(l) and Hinkreshill. The final element is Old English hyll ‘hill’. The first may be the Old Norse personal name Ingvarr or an Old English byname Hynkere meaning ‘limper’... [more]

Ingleby English
From the names of either of two hamlets in England, derived from Old Norse Englar "Englishman" and býr "farmstead, village".

Ingleston English (British)
Ingleston is an exceptionally rare surname and seems to be posessed by a single family who much grew larger in the 19th century. ... [more]

Inglis English (British), Scottish
Originates from the Scots word for English as in a person of English origin. Around 1395 after a dual, the family name became connected to the Scottish clan Douglas as a sept, or a follower, of the clan... [more]

Ingoldsby English
Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".

Ings English
This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.

Iniesta Spanish
Habitational name from places called Iniesta in the province of Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Spanish soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Innis Belgian

Ino Japanese

Inobe Japanese

Inoguchi Japanese
Ino means "boar" and guchi means "mouth, opening".

Inoki Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

İnönü Turkish
From the name of a town and district in northwestern Turkey. This was the surname of the Turkish army commander, president and prime minister İsmet İnönü (1884-1973). The surname was bestowed upon him by the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in honour of his services during the First and Second Battles of İnönü near the town in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 (part of the Turkish War of Independence).

Inoo Japanese
Ino means "boar" and o means "tail".

Inouye Japanese
Variant transcription of Inoue.

Insalaco Italian
A surname in Sicily. Believed to come from the word Salaco an occupational name for a tanner in Arabic.

Intzuntza Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighbourhood in the municipality of Lemoa, Biscay, possibly derived from Basque inza "heath, reed bed".

Inui Japanese
From Japanese 乾 (inui) meaning "northwest".

Inuma Japanese

Inusaka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and saka means "slope, hill".

Inutsuka Japanese
Inu means "dog" and tsuka means "mound".

Inuyama Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 山 (Yama) meaning "mountain, pile".

Inuzaka Japanese
Variant of Inusaka.

Inuzuka Japanese
From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound".

Inverarity Scottish
Means "person from Inverarity", Angus ("mouth of the Arity", perhaps a Celtic river-name meaning literally "slow").

Invernizzi Italian
Probably denoted someone from Inverno e Monteleone, a municipality in Lombardy. Inverno itself is Italian for "winter".

Inzaghi Italian
Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).

Inzunza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Intzuntza.

Io Japanese
I could mean "this" or "well, pit, mineshaft" and o means "tail".

Ioka Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Iparragirre Basque
Derived from Basque ipar "north; north wind" and ageri "open, clear, prominent" (see Aguirre).

Ipate Romanian
Origin not certain, possibly derived from "Ipatele", a commune in Romania.

Ippongi Japanese
From 一 (i) meaning "one", 本 (pon) meaning "origin" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".

Iraeta Basque
From the name of a settlement in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and the toponymic suffix -eta.

Iragorri Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zaratamo, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and gorri "red" or "bare, peeled".

Iragorry Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Iragorri.

Iraheta Spanish (Latin American)
Hispanicized form of Iraeta.

Irala Basque
Probably a variant of Iraola.

Iran Persian
A name for someone from Iran

Iraola Basque
Derived from Basque ira "fern" and -ola "location, place of".

Irarrazabal Basque
Possibly derived from Basque ira "fern" or ilharre "heather" and zabal "wide, broad; open".

Irarrázaval Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Irarrazabal.

Iravani Iranian, Azerbaijani

Iredell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Iredale.

Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]

Iriarte Basque
Topographic name for someone who lived between two or more settlements, from Basque iri "settlement, village" and arte "between".

Iribarren Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous district of the municipality of Otsagabia.

Irie Japanese
From Japanese 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet". 入江 (irie) means "cove, creek".

Irigai Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irigaya Japanese
Variant of Iritani.

Irigoien Basque
Means "upper village", derived from Basque (h)iri "village, town, settlement" and goi "high; upper part".

Irikura Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and kura means "have, possess, storehouse, warehouse".

Irimoto Japanese
Iri means "input, entry" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Iriomote Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.

Irisaka Japanese
Iri means "enter, input" and saka means "slope, hill".

Irisarri Basque
From the name of a commune in the French arrondissement of Bayonne, derived from Basque (h)iri "town, city" and sarri "frequent, thickset; thicket, brushwood".

Irish English
Derived from Ireland

Irissarry Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Irisarri.

Iritani Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and tani means "valley".

Iriyama Japanese
From 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input", and 山 (yama) meaning "hill, mountain".... [more]

Irizar Basque
Means "old settlement", derived from Basque (h)iri "town, city" and zahar "old, aged".

Irizarry Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish (Caribbean)
Variant of Irisarri.

Irmak Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.

Irokawa Japanese

Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]

Irribarra Basque (Hispanicized)
This surname born as a bad translation of Irribarren surname in Quirihue, Chile at the time of registration.

Irribarren Basque
From the basque surname that means "Inside the village".

Isaba Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Izaba.

Isato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Isayama Japanese
A Japanese surname meaning "admonish mountain". A bearer of this surname is Hajime Isayama. He is a Japanese manga artist. (1986-)

Isebara Japanese
A variant of Isehara.

Isegai Japanese

Isegaya Japanese

Isenbarger German, Jewish
Respelling of German or Jewish Eisenberger.

Iseno Japanese

Isetani Japanese

Isewara Japanese
Variant of Isehara.

Iseya Japanese

Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.

Ishanagyi Okinawan (Archaic)
From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.