JasińskimPolish From the name of various settlements called Jasień, Jasieniec, Jasionna or similar, derived from Slavic asenĭ meaning "ash tree".
JastremskimPolish 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.
JauregiBasque Means "palace, manor" in Basque, literally "lord house".
JazayeriPersian Derived from Persian جزایر (jazâyir) meaning "islands", of Arabic origin.
JeffreyEnglish 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]
JegličSlovene "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.
JelavićSerbian, Bosnian derived from the place name Jelav, one of the places in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
JendoubiArabic (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".
JhandUrdu, Pakistani From Sanskrit or northern India comes from Kemboja kings and warriors, or rulers
JiChinese From Chinese 纪 (jì) referring to the ancient state of Ji, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.
JiaChinese 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.
JiaChinese From Chinese 贾 (jiǎ) referring to an ancient state and fief named Jia, both located in what is now Shanxi province.
JiangChinese From Chinese 蒋 (jiǎng) referring to the ancient state of Jiang, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.
JiaoChinese 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.
JimutaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 爾 (ji), a phonetic character, and 牟田 (muta) meaning "wetland; bog".
JinguJapanese Formed with 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan, kou) meaning "god" and 宮 (kyuu, guu, kuu, miya) meaning "palace, shrine".
JinnouchiJapanese 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.
JodłowiecPolish From a word that used to mean "juniper" in Polish (a dialectal variant of the word jałowiec), or a habitational name for someone from a place named Jodłowa or Jodłówka.
JõeäärEstonian Jõeäär is an Estonian surname meaning "riverside".
JõekallasEstonian Jõekallas is an Estonian surname meaning "riverbank".
JõeorgEstonian Jõeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "wash, or fluvial valley" and "dale".
JõgisaarEstonian Jõgisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "river island".
JongKorean Alternate romanization of Jeong chiefly used in North Korea.
JōnouchiJapanese From Japanese 城 (jō) meaning "castle"; 之 (no), a possessive particle; and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
JooKorean Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 주 (see Ju).
JoofSerer The surname Joof (English spelling in Gambia) whit its derivatives Juuf / Juf (Seereer proper) or Diouf (French spelling in Senegal and Mauritania) is a Senegambian surname found amongst the Seereer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania... [more]
JorbaCatalan It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
JordisonEnglish Possibly meaning son of Jordan. This name is surname of American drummer Joey Jordison.
JorqueraSpanish This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.
JuniperEnglish From the tree name juniper which comes from Latin iūniperus meaning "juniper-tree". This surnames denotes someone who lived near junipers.
JürisooEstonian Jürisoo is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Jüri" and "soo" (swamp); "Jüri's swamp". "Soo" was substituted later for the Germanic "son" ("Jüri's son").
KaagDutch Denotes someone from the Dutch village Kaag, derived from Middle Dutch kaghe "land next to water, land outside of a dyke or levee".
KabaJapanese From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".
KabaWestern African, Manding From a Mandinka clan name perhaps derived from the name of a village in southern Mali.
KabacińskiPolish The surname Kabaciński is a habitational name for someone from a place called Kabaty, in Warszawa voivodeship. It is also a derivative of the nickname Kabat.
KabayelTurkish From Turkish kaba meaning "rough, rude coarse" and yel meaning "wind, breeze".
KabeyaJapanese From Japanese 壁 (kabe) meaning "wall, barrier" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
KabuJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 蕪 (Kabu), a clipping of 蕪 (Kabumon) meaning "Kabu Gate", a name of a group of several households, that was in the division of Kami in the area of Noda in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.... [more]
KabuhashiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 株 (kabu) meaning "tree stump, company share stock" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge", possibly referring to a bridge next to a tree stump.
KaburaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 鏑 (Kabura) meaning "Kabura", a division in the division of Tsuchizawa in the area of Towa in the city of Hanamaki in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.
KadekawaJapanese From 嘉 (ka) meaning "excellent, auspicious, praise", 手 (te) meaning "hand", and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river". Other kanji combinations can be used.
KadenGerman Habitational name for someone from Kaaden in North Bohemia, or any of several other places called Kaden.
KadenokōjiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 勘解由小路 (Kadenokōji) meaning "Kadeno Alley" or its other name 勘解由小路 (Kageyukōji) meaning "Kageyu Alley", a former alley in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]
KagewariJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade" and 割 (wari), from 割り (wari), the continuative form of 割る (waru) meaning "to divide; to separate, to crack", referring to a shady land with cracks.
KageyamaJapanese From Japanese 影 or 景 (kage) meaning "shadow" or 蔭 (kage) meaning "shade, shelter" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
KaihatsuJapanese From Japanese 開発 (Kaihatsu) meaning "Kaihatsu", a former village in the former district of Imizu in the former Japanese province of Etchū in present-day Toyama, Japan.
KakihanaJapanese From 垣 (kaki) meaning "fence" and 花 (hana) meaning "flower".
KakiharaJapanese From Japanese 柿 (kaki) meaning "persimmon" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain". A notable bearer of this surname is voice actor Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也, 1982–).
KakiiJapanese Kaki means "pomegranate" means "well, pit, mineshaft".
KakimuraJapanese Kaki means "persimmon" and mura means "village, hamlet".
KakineJapanese (Rare) Kaki (垣) means "fence", ne (根) means "root, base, foundation". Notable bearers of this surname are Takuya Kakine, a football player, and Teitoku Kakine, a character from Toaru Majutsu no Index
KalinowskimPolish Name for someone from any of various locations named Kalinowa, Kalinowo or Kalinów, all derived from Polish kalina meaning "viburnum (a type of plant)".
KaljuEstonian Means "cliff, rock" in Estonian. The given name Kalju is an independent invention.
KaljumäeEstonian Kaljumäe is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff hill".
KaljurandEstonian Kaljurand is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff beach".
KaljuveeEstonian Kaljuvee is an Estonian surname meaning "cliff water".
KallasEstonian Means "shore, bank (of a river), seashore" in Estonian.
KallasteEstonian Kallaste is and Estonian surname meaning "seaside" or "seashore".
KállayHungarian Habitational name for someone from a place called Kálló or Kallo in Nógrád County or from the provincial town of Nagykálló in Szabolcs County in Hungary
KalleskePolish (Germanized, Rare) The surname Kalleske can be found among 40 telephone subscribers in Germany, in addition to the spelling Kaleske (about 39 times), with at least six namesake. Assuming that the normal spread of a family name is between 400 and 500 times this name is very rare... [more]
KalmEstonian Kalm is an Estonian surname derived from "kalme", meaning "burial mound" and "kalmistu", meaning "cemetery".
KalnieksLatvian Derived from the word kalns meaning "mountain".
KaltenbachGerman habitational name from any of various places with names meaning "(at the) cold stream" from Old High German kalt "cold" and bah "stream brook".
KalthoffGerman German (Westphalian): habitational name from a place named as 'the cold farm', from Middle High German kalt "cold" + hof "farmstead", "manor farm’, "court".
KalvisteEstonian Kalviste is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Kalvi", a village in Lääne-Viru County.
KalynenkoUkrainian From Ukrainian калина (kalyna), meaning "virburnim". Denoted to a person who lived by virburnims.
KameiJapanese Japanese surname meaning "turtle well". It is written as 亀井. A bearer of this surname is Eri Kamei. She is a member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. (1988-)
KameokaJapanese From Japanese 亀 (kame) meaning "turtle, tortoise" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
KammGerman, Estonian Means "comb" in German, an occupational name for a wool comber or fuller, or perhaps a maker of combs. In some cases it might have been used in the sense of "ridge of mountains, hills", making it a topographic name... [more]
KampūJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 寒風 (Kampū) meaning "Kampū", a former division in the former large village of Kamiminamiaosawa in the former district of Akumi in the former Japanese province of Ugo in parts of present-day Akita and Yamagata in Japan.
KanbaraJapanese From Japanese 神 (kan) meaning "god" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
KanbayashiJapanese From the Japanese 上 (kan, kami or ue) "upper," "above," 管 (kan) "tube," "canal," 官 (kan) "authorities," "government" or 神 (kan, kami or shin) "god" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods," "grove."
KanbeJapanese It's written as kan meaning "god, deity" and be meaning "door".
KandelNepali Habitational name from a village called Kanda.
KangChinese, Korean From Chinese 康 (kāng), derived from Kangju (康居), the Chinese name for an ancient kingdom in Central Asia (now known as Sogdiana). It may also refer to the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, which was called 康 in Chinese.
KanieJapanese From Japanese 蟹 (kani) meaning "crab" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".
KanjaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 冠者 (Kanja), a variant spelling of 管者 (Kanja) meaning "Kanja", a former division in the district of Chīsagata in the former Japanese province of Shinano in present-day Nagano, Japan.
KänngårdSwedish (Rare) Derived from a place named Kännavallen (now known as Tjännavallen) outside Enånger, Hälsingland, Sweden.
KannoJapanese From the Japanese 菅 (kan or suga) "sedge" and 野 (no) "field," "area." This name can also be read as Sugano.
KanoJapanese From Japanese 狩 (ka) meaning "hunt, gather" and 野 (no) meaning "field, rice paddy".
KanpistegiBasque It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the commune of Ezterenzubi in the arrondissement of Baiona.
KanrojiJapanese Fron Japanese 甘 (kan) meaning "sweet", 露 (ro) meaning "dew" and 寺 (ji) meaning "temple".
KantakouzenosGreek One of the noble Byzantine families, the surname is connected to the locality of Kouzenas, a name for the southern part of Mount Sipylus near Smyrna (Izmir).
KäosaarEstonian Possibly means "cuckoo island" in Estonian, from a genitive form of kägu "cuckoo" combined with saar "island". It could also indicate someone from the village Käo in Saare county, on the island Saaremaa.
KapelDutch, Dutch (Surinamese) Means "chapel" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived near a chapel (or in a place named after one), or an occupational name for a chaplain.
KapellerGerman, German (Austrian) Derived from Middle High German kappelle, kapelle "chapel", this name denoted someone who lived near a chapel.
KaramanlifGreek Feminine form of Karamanlis. Anna Karamanli (1968-) is a Greek politician, sports journalist, and former athlete.
KaramanlismGreek Originally indicated a person who came from Karaman, a city located in south-central Turkey, itself is derived from Karaman Bey, a Turkoman chieftain who ruled the Karamanids in the 13th century... [more]
KarbowskiPolish Habitational name for someone from Karbowo in Torun voivodeship, a place so named from Polish karbowy "overseer (of farm laborers)", from karbowac "to make notches", i.e. to keep records.
KarczewskiPolish habitational name for someone from Karczew, named with Polish karcz ‘stump’.
KareagaBasque Derived from Basque kare "lime (mineral)" and -aga "place of, abundance of".
KariFinnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]
KarjalaFinnish Finnish from karja ‘cattle’ + the local suffix -la, or possibly from a word of Germanic origin, harja- ‘host’, ‘crowd’, Old Swedish haer. Historic records suggest that the Germanic inhabitants of the area around Lake Ladoga (in present-day Russia) used this term to refer to the Finns who once lived there.