Submitted Surnames from Locations

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".

Ionașcu Medieval Romansh

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

Irby English
The name of several places in England, derived from Old Norse Iri býr meaning "Irish settlement".

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".

Iriya Japanese
From 入 (iri) meaning "insert, enter" and 谷 (ya) meaning "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-)

Ise Japanese

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.

Ishi Japanese
Ishi means "stone".

Ishibashi Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ishibe Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Ishido Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 堂 (do) "hall."

Ishidori Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and dori comes from tori, meaning "bird".

Ishigaki Japanese, Okinawan (Japanized)
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence".

Ishigami Japanese
Variant of Ishikami.

Ishigawa Japanese
Variant of Ishikawa.

Ishige Japanese

Ishigura Japanese
Variant of Ishikura.

Ishiguro Japanese
rom Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 黒 (kuro) meaning "black".

Ishihara Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ishihashi Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and hashi means "bridge".

Ishii Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Ishijima Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

Ishikura Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" combined with 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) storehouse."

Ishima Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and shims means "island", or it could be spelled with ishi meaning "rock, stone" and ma meaning "pause".

Ishimaru Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".

Ishimine Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mine means "peak".

Ishimitsu Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mitsu means "light".

Ishimori Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Ishimoto Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, base, root, origin".

Ishinaka Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and naka means "middle".

Ishino Japanese
From 石 (shi) meaning "stone" and 野 (no) meaning "plain, wilderness, field".

Ishisaki Japanese
Ishi means "stone, rock" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Ishita Japanese

Ishito Japanese

Ishiuchi Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and uchi means "inside".

Ishiura Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ura means "bay, coast".

Ishiwari Japanese

Ishiwata Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry".

Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".

Ishiyama Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Ishizaka Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Ishizaki Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ishizawa Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh, swamp".

Ishizu Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".

Ishizuka Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Isla Spanish
Means "island" in Spanish.

Island Norwegian
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).

Islas Spanish
Variant of Isla.

Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".

Iso Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, shore, beach".

Isobe Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "beach" and 部 (be) meaning "region, division, part".

Isoda Japanese

Isogai Japanese
It can be a variant of Isogai but other kanji combinations are possible.

Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 貝 (kai) meaning "shellfish".

Isogai Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".

Isogawa Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (iso) meaning "fifty" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Isogaya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isojima Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Isom English
Variant of Isham.

Isomura Japanese

Isomura Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Isono Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

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

Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".

Isotani Japanese
From 磯 (iso) meaning "beach, shore, seashore" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Isoya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Isoyama Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Isozaki Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

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

İstanbullu Turkish
Originally indicated an inhabitant of the city of Istanbul in Turkey, literally meaning "Istanbulite, person from Istanbul" in Turkish.

İstanbulluoğlu Turkish
Means "son of the Istanbulite", that is a person from Istanbul, Turkey (see İstanbullu).

Istrate Late Roman

Isturits Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Izturitze.

Isurieta Basque
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]

Ita Japanese

Itabashi Japanese
Variant of Itahashi.

Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Itagura Japanese
Variant of Itakura.

Itahashi Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Itakaki Japanese
A variant of Itagaki.

Itakura Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Italia Italian

Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".

Itamiya Japanese (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]

Itamura Japanese
Ita means "plank, board" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Itani Japanese

Itano Japanese
From 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Itaya Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

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

Itsuno Japanese
From 伊 (i) meaning "this", 津 (tsu) meaning "harbor, port", and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Iturbide Basque
From Basque iturri meaning "fountain, spring" and bidea meaning "pathway".

Iturralde Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Lizartza, Spain, derived from Basque iturri "spring, fountain" and alde "near, by; side, area".

Iturria Basque
From Basque meaning "well, fountain".

Itxasmendi Basque (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)".

Ivars Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Etymology uncertain. Possibly related to Ibarra, derived from Basque ibar "meadow, riverbank, valley".

Ivey English
Could be a patronymic from the given name Ive, or a habitational name from Ivoy in Cher, northern France.

Ivin Russian
From iva, meaning "willow".

Ivorra Catalan
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Ivory English
Habitational name from Ivry-la-Bataille in Eure, northern France.

Ivy English
Variant of Ivey. In some cases, might instead be derived from the name of the plant.

Iwaaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff" and 明 (aki) meaning "bright". ... [more]

Iwaasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Iwabe Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Iwabuchi Japanese

Iwabuchi Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 渕 or 淵 (fuchi) meaning "abyss, edge, deep pool".

Iwadachi Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwadate Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwado Japanese (Rare)
Iwado means "rock door". Iwado from Holyland is a character bearing this surname

Iwadoh Japanese

Iwadou Japanese

Iwae Japanese
Iwa means "stone, rock" and e means "bay, creek, inlet".

Iwagawa Japanese

Iwaguro Japanese

Iwaizumi Japanese (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.

Iwakawa Japanese

Iwaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".

Iwakiri Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 切 (kiri) meaning "cut, cutoff, to be sharp".

Iwakuchi Japanese

Iwama Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Iwamura Japanese
Iwa means "stone " and mura can mean "village, hamlet" or "town".

Iwanaga Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Iwanaka Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and naka means "middle".

Iwanari Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone, rock", and 成 (nari, naru, sei) meaning "become, get".

Iwano Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and no means "wilderness, plain, rice paddy, field".

Iwański Polish
Name for someone from a place called Iwanie (now Iwonie), derived from the given name Iwan.

Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".

Iwaoka Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Iwasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Iwasawa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Iwase Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Iwashita Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "boulder, cliff, rocks" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Iwatachi Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwatake Japanese

Iwatani Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Iwatani Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Iwatate Japanese
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.

Iwatatsu Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate

Iwatatsu Japanese
Variant reading of Iwatate.

Iwatsubo Japanese

Iwatsuki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 槻 (tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree".

Iwawaki Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and waki means "side".

Iwaya Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house".

Iwayama Japanese
Means "rocky mountain" in Japanese, from 岩 (iwa) "rock" and 山 (yama) "mountain".

Iwazaki Japanese
Variant of Iwasaki, meaning "stone slope, hill."

Iya Japanese

Iyadomi Japanese

Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iyobe Japanese
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".

Izaba Basque
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".

Izagirre Basque
Derived from Basque (h)aize "wind" and ageri "prominent, visible, exposed".

Izaguirre Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Izagirre.

Izarra Basque
Derived from either the village Izarra in Álava, or the town Lizarra in Navarre. The etymology of the former is uncertain, but it coincides with a form of the Basque word izar "star"; the latter derives from lizar "ash tree", but is called Estella ("star") in Spanish due to confusion with the aforementioned word izar.

Izawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Izturitzaga Basque
It indicate familial origin in the vicinity of the eponymous tower house in the municipality of Andoain.

Izturitze Basque
From the name of a commune in south-western France, possibly derived from Basque estura "strait, scrape; narrowing, tightening" and the abundance suffix -tza.

Izubuchi Japanese
From Japanese 出 (Izu) meaning "to exit" and 渕 (buchi) meaning "abyss, bottom (of a pool)".

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

Izukura Japanese

Izumigawa Japanese
Variant of Izumikawa.

Izumikawa Japanese
Izumi means "fountain" and means "river".

Izumiya Japanese

Izurieta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Isurieta.

Jaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇穴 (Jaana) meaning "Jaana", a former village in the former district of Katsujō in the former Japanese province of Yamato in present-day Nara, Japan, or it being a variant reading of 蛇穴 (Saragi) meaning "Saragi", an area in the same place, in the city of Gose in the prefecture of Nara in Japan.

Jaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇穴 (Jaana) meaning "snake pit", from 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpant" and 穴 (ana) meaning "hole; pit".

Jaanimägi Estonian
Jaanimägi is an Estonian surname meaning "Jaan's (Jaan is a masculine give name) mountain".

Jabashiri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇走 (jabashiri), sound- and script-changed from 砂場走 (shabahashiri), from 砂 (sha) meaning "sand", 場 (ba) meaning "place", and 走 (hashiri), from 走り (hashiri) meaning "run", referring to a place where the sand collapses quickly.

Jabłonowski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Jabłonowo or Jabłonow, both derived from Polish jabłoń meaning "apple tree".

Jachimi Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 座喜味 (Jachimi) meaning "Jachimi", a former area in the former district of Yuntanja in the former Ryūkyū kingdom of Chūzan in parts of present-day Okinawa, Japan, or it being the Okinawan form of Japanese 座喜味 (Zakimi) meaning "Zakimi", an area in the same place, in the village of Yomitan in the district of Nakagami in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Jacklin English

Jackowski m Polish
Habitational surname for someone from a village called Jacków, derived from a diminutive of Jacenty.

Jaćmierski m Polish
Derived from the name of the village Jaćmierz in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. The first known bearer of the surname was Fryderyk Jaćmierski, who lived in the end of XIV century.

Jacobsmeyer German
Habitational name from an estate so named.

Jagabana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇ケ鼻 (see Jagahana).

Jagahana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpent", ケ (ga), an obsolete possessive marker for place names, and 鼻 (hana) meaning "nose", referring to a snake and land that sticks out.

Jagodzińska f Polish
Feminine form of Jagodziński.

Jagodziński Polish
Name for someone from a place called Jagodno, Jagodziny, Jagodzinek or Jagodziniec, all derived from Polish jagoda meaning "berry".

Jahimaa Estonian
Jahimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "shooting/hunting land".

Jaketsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Jalakas Estonian
Jalakas is an Estonian surname meaning "wych elm" (Ulmus glabra).

Jamnik Slovene

Jana English

Janeway English
Derived from Middle English Janaways, the name for someone from the city of Genoa, Italy. A notable fictional bearer is Kathryn Janeway, the captain of starship USS Voyager on the TV-series 'Star Trek: Voyager' (1995-2001).

Januszewski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Januszewo or Januszewice, both derived from the given name Janusz.

Japhet Hebrew

Japon Filipino, Spanish, French
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Japan or who had connections with Japan.

Jara Spanish
Habitational name any of the various places in southern Spain named Jara or La Jara, from jara meaning "rockrose", "cistus".

Jaramillo Spanish
Spanish habitational name from either of two places in the Burgos province: Jaramillo de la Fuente or Jaramillo Quemada.

Jardim Portuguese
Means "garden" in Portuguese, either a topographic name or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Jardim.

Jardin French, English
Derived from Old French jardin meaning "enclosure, garden", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a garden or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked as a gardener.

Jareño Basque (Modern), Spanish
Possibly derived from Basque txara "rockrose".

Jaroszewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places named Jaroszewo or Jaroszowce, both derived from the given name Jarosz.

Järv Estonian
Means "lake" in Estonian (compare Finnish Järvi).

Järvela Estonian
Järvela is an Estonian surname meaning "lake area".

Jasińska Polish
Feminine form of Jasiński.

Jasiński m Polish
From the name of various settlements called Jasień, Jasieniec, Jasionna or similar, derived from Slavic asenĭ meaning "ash tree".

Jastremski m Polish
Derives from the Polish word jastrząb meaning "goshawk". It's a habitational name, meaning it originally indicated someone from a place called Jastrzębie or Jastrząbki, both of which are named after the goshawk.

Jauregi Basque
Means "palace, manor" in Basque, literally "lord house".

Jáuregui Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Jauregi.

Jauw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Cao used by Chinese Indonesians.

Javier Spanish
Indicates familial origin from the town and municipality of Javier in Navarre, Spain.

Javorski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Jawory or Jaworze, named with Polish jawor 'maple', 'sycamore'.

Jaworek Polish
Most likely comes from the last name Javorski meaning someone from "Jawor".

Jayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇山 (see Hebiyama).

Jazayeri Persian
Derived from Persian جزایر (jazâyir) meaning "islands", of Arabic origin.

Jeffrey English
From a Norman personal name that appears in Middle English as Geffrey and in Old French as Je(u)froi. Some authorities regard this as no more than a palatalized form of Godfrey, but early forms such as Galfridus and Gaufridus point to a first element from Germanic gala "to sing" or gawi "region, territory"... [more]

Jeglič Slovene
"The Slovenian word for the Carniolan primrose." This name would likely have been given to people who inhabited the meadows of northwestern Slovenia where this flower is endemic.

Jelavić Serbian, Bosnian
derived from the place name Jelav, one of the places in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jemmott English (American)

Jendoubi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Jendouba, the name of a large city in northwestern Tunisia. The name itself is derived from Berber (Tamazight) jen meaning "market" and douba meaning "wheat".

Jericho African
Directly taken from the place name Jericho.

Jerrick English
Perhaps derrived from the place name Jericho.

Jersier French (Rare)

Jezierski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Jezioro, Jeziory, Jeziora, or Jezierzyce, all places named with jezioro meaning "lake".

Jeziorski Polish
Variant of Jezierski.

Jhand Urdu, Pakistani
From Sanskrit or northern India comes from Kemboja kings and warriors, or rulers

Ji Chinese
From Chinese 纪 (jì) referring to the ancient state of Ji, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Jia Chinese
From Chinese 甲 (jiǎ) meaning "one, first", also referring to an ancient fief or small state named Jia located in what is now either Henan or Hebei province.

Jia Chinese
From Chinese 贾 (jiǎ) referring to an ancient state and fief named Jia, both located in what is now Shanxi province.

Jiang Chinese
From Chinese 蒋 (jiǎng) referring to the ancient state of Jiang, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Jiao Chinese
From Chinese 焦 (jiāo) referring to the ancient state of Jiao, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the provinces of Shaanxi and Henan.

Jimuta Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 爾 (ji), a phonetic character, and 牟田 (muta) meaning "wetland; bog".

Jingu Japanese
Formed with 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan, kou) meaning "god" and 宮 (kyuu, guu, kuu, miya) meaning "palace, shrine".

Jinnai Japanese

Jinnouchi Japanese
From the Japanese 陣 (jin) "camp" and 内 (uchi or nai) "inside." The grammatical and phonetic particle ノ or 之 (no) is sometimes written between the other two characters.

Jinzai Japanese

Jitchaku Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 勢理客 (see Zerikyaku).

Jito Japanese

Jitsue Japanese (Rare)

Jitsumori Japanese

Jizodo Japanese

Jō Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle".

Jodłowiec Polish
Derived from Polish jodła "fir".

Jõeäär Estonian
Jõeäär is an Estonian surname meaning "riverside".

Jõekallas Estonian
Jõekallas is an Estonian surname meaning "riverbank".

Jõeorg Estonian
Jõeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "wash, or fluvial valley" and "dale".

Jõgisaar Estonian
Jõgisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "river island".

Jølstad Norwegian

Jonda Spanish (Latin American, Japanized), American (Hispanic)
Jondá means Slingshot and hole in Spanish and is a surname in some Latin American countries and Americans with Hispanic heritage. It is a Japanized form of the surname Honda... [more]

Jong Korean
Alternate romanization of Jeong chiefly used in North Korea.

Jōnouchi Japanese
From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle"; 之 (no), a possessive particle; and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Joo Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 주 (see Ju).