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IlloinenFinnish 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.
IlometsEstonian Ilomets is an Estonian surname meaning "merry forest".
ImadaJapanese From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta) "many."
ImpeyEnglish 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.
ImuraJapanese From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
ImuroJapanese I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and muro means "room".
InagakiJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".
InamoriJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
InamuraJapanese From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
IñárrituBasque 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.
InataJapanese Ina means "rice plant" and Da comes from Ta, meaning "rice field, paddy".
IndayCebuano 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''
İnegöllüTurkish Originally denoted someone from the İnegöl District in the Bursa province of Turkey.
IngEnglish 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.
IngersollEnglish Habitational name derived from Inkersall in Derbyshire, probably composed of a given name such as Ingvarr or the byname Hynkere (meaning "limper") combined with Old English hyll "hill" or Old Norse salr "hall, room"... [more]
InglebyEnglish From the names of either of two hamlets in England, derived from Old Norse Englar "Englishman" and býr "farmstead, village".
InglestonEnglish (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]
IngletonEnglish (British) This surname originates from the village of Ingleton in East Yorkshire. It derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Ingjaldr and Old English tūn “settlement”... [more]
InglisEnglish (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]
IngoldsbyEnglish Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".
IngsEnglish This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.
IniestaSpanish Habitational name from places called Iniesta in the province of Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Spanish former soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.
İnönüTurkish 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).
InuzukaJapanese From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound".
InverarityScottish Means "person from Inverarity", Angus ("mouth of the Arity", perhaps a Celtic river-name meaning literally "slow").
InvernizziItalian Probably denoted someone from Inverno e Monteleone, a municipality in Lombardy. Inverno itself is Italian for "winter".
InzaghiItalian Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).
IparragirreBasque Derived from Basque ipar "north; north wind" and ageri "open, clear, prominent" (see Aguirre).
IpateRomanian Origin not certain, possibly derived from "Ipatele", a commune in Romania.
IppongiJapanese From 一 (i) meaning "one", 本 (pon) meaning "origin" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".
IraetaBasque From the name of a settlement in Basque Country, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and the toponymic suffix -eta.
IragorriBasque From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zaratamo, Spain, derived from Basque ira "fern" and gorri "red" or "bare, peeled".
IretonEnglish 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]
IriarteBasque Topographic name for someone who lived between two or more settlements, from Basque iri "settlement, village" and arte "between".
IribarrenBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous district of the municipality of Otsagabia.
IrieJapanese From Japanese 入 (iri) meaning "entry, input" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet". 入江 (irie) means "cove, creek".
IrisakaJapanese Iri means "enter, input" and saka means "slope, hill".
IrisarriBasque 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".
IrishEnglish, Irish Originally denoting a person who was of Irish heritage, ultimately derived from Old Irish Ériu.
IronsEnglish 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]
IronsideScottish From the name of a place in Aberdeenshire, derived from Old English earn "eagle" and side "flank, side, hillside".
IrribarraBasque (Hispanicized) This surname born as a bad translation of Irribarren surname in Quirihue, Chile at the time of registration.
IrribarrenBasque From the basque surname that means "Inside the village".
IshamEnglish 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.
IshanagyiOkinawan (Archaic) From Okinawan 石垣 (Ishanagyi) meaning "Ishigaki", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.
IslandNorwegian Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of is "ice" and land "land" or from Island "Iceland" (the name of the country).
İstanbulluTurkish Originally indicated an inhabitant of the city of Istanbul in Turkey, literally meaning "Istanbulite, person from Istanbul" in Turkish.
IsurietaBasque From the name of a neighborhood in the town of Aretxabaleta, Basque Country, derived from Basque izai "fir tree" and uri "town, settlement" combined with the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of"... [more]
ItamiJapanese Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".
ItamiyaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 伊丹屋 (Itamiya) meaning "Itami Store", a name of a store that was in the city of Itami in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.... [more]
ItamuraJapanese Ita means "plank, board" and mura means "village, hamlet".
ItsunoJapanese From 伊 (i) meaning "this", 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port", and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".
IturbideBasque From Basque iturri meaning "fountain, spring" and bidea meaning "pathway".
IturraldeBasque From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Lizartza, Spain, derived from Basque iturri "spring, fountain" and alde "near, by; side, area".
ItxasmendiBasque (Rare) From the name of a neighborhood in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa, probably derived from Basque itxaso "sea" and mendi "mountain". Alternatively, the first element could be isats "gorse, broom (plant)".
IwaizumiJapanese (Rare) Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.
IwataniJapanese From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
IwataniJapanese From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
IwatateJapanese From Japanese 岩館 (Iwatate) meaning "Iwatate", a former village in the former district of Tsugaru in parts of present-day Aomori, Japan, in the former Japanese province of Mutsu.
IyamaJapanese I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".
IyobeJapanese From 伊 (i) meaning "that one, Italy" combined with 豫 (yo) meaning "in advance, beforehand", or 五 (i) meaning "five" combined with 百 (yo) meaning "hundred, many, hundred", that is then combined with 部 (be) meaning "section, part".
IzabaBasque From the name of a municipality in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Proposed origins include Basque iz "water" combined with aba, which could mean "river, mouth, confluence" and/or be a variant of -aga "place of, abundance of".
IzagirreBasque Derived from Basque (h)aize "wind" and ageri "prominent, visible, exposed".