Submitted Surnames from Locations

Vandenburg Dutch
Variant of Vandenberg

Van Den Geer Dutch
Topographical name from geer 'headland'.

Vandeputte Flemish
From the pit/From the well.

Van Der Dutch
van "from"... [more]

Van Der Bilt Dutch (Rare)
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill"

Van Der Heijden Dutch
The family name Van der Heijden indicates that the original name bearers inhabited a settlement or a farm located near an area or a heathland that was known as 'de Heide'.

Van Der Hooning Dutch

Van Der Klok Dutch
Toponymic surname, meaning "from/of the kolk".

Van Der Kolk Dutch
'van der' means "of the" ... [more]

Van Der Kooi Dutch
name for someone from either of two places, De Kooi in South Holland or De Kooy in North Holland.

Van Der Leij Dutch
Derived from Dutch lei meaning "slate" (effectively meaning "from the slate"), indicating that the original bearer of this name may have come from a place where slate was produced.

Van Der Loop Dutch
Topographical name for someone who lived by a waterway, Middle Dutch lo(e)pe, in particular a waterway called De Loop in North Brabant.

Vandermast Dutch
Topographic name for someone from a place rich in animal fodder, for example acorns.

Van Der Merwe Dutch, South African
While the name is currently very common in South Africa, it originates in Holland, literally meaning "From the Merwe". The first van der Merwes hail from the Merwede river. The name went to South Africa with the Dutch settlers in 1652.

van der Most Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived in a place where moss grew.

Vanderplaat Dutch
Variant of Vanderplaats.

Vanderplaats Dutch
A surname given to someone living near a plaats (open space), or someone from De Plaats in North Brabant.

Vandersluis Dutch
Variant of Van Der Sluijs

Van Der Steen Dutch, Belgian
Habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called Steen or Ten Stene (from steen meaning "stone"), for example in the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and Brabant.

Van Der Veld Dutch
Variant of Van Der Velde.

Van Der Velde Dutch
Meaning "of the field" from Dutch van -"Of"- der - "The"- and veld - "field".

Van Der Waal Dutch
Toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer of the name may have lived or worked at or near a "wal": a river embankment, quay, or rampage.

Van Der Walle Dutch, Flemish
Means "from the rampart" or "from the defensive wall" in Dutch.

Van Der Zanden Dutch
Literally means 'From the sand', most likely given to someone who lived near sand grounds. It originated in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.

Van Deusen Dutch
Habitational name for someone from the German town of Deusen, north of Dortmund, in North Rhine-Westphalia near the Dutch border.

Van de Velde Dutch
A toponymic name meaning "from the field" in Dutch.

Van Dijkhuizen Dutch
Variant of Dijkhuizen.

Vandyke Dutch
Topographic name for someone living near a dyke or levee. Dykes are common structures for keeping lands dry in the low lying Netherlands. ... [more]

Van Dyne Dutch
Habitational name for someone from Duinen in Gelderland.

Van Eck Dutch
Means "from Eck", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Vanesis Greek

van Essen Dutch
Means "from Essen".

Van Etter Dutch
A habitational name for someone from Etten in North Brabant

Van Gameren Dutch
Meaning "from Gameren".

Van Gelder Dutch
Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Guelders", a county and later duchy in the Low Countries.

Van Goch Dutch
Variant of Van Gogh.

Vangorp Dutch, Flemish
Gorp is a neighbourhood in Hilvarenbeek (Netherlands)

Van Haitsma Dutch
Habitational name for someone from Haitsma, a place in Friesland.

Van Halen Dutch
Habitational name for a person from the villages Hoog en Laaghalen in the Dutch province of Drenthe or Halen near Hasselt in Belgian Limburg. Famous bearers include Dutch-born American musicians Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) and his brother Alex Van Halen (1953-) of the rock band Van Halen... [more]

Vanhalen Dutch

Van Helsing Dutch

Van Hertrooij Dutch
Means "from Hertrooij", most likely a place name in the Netherlands. It could possibly derive from Middle Dutch hert meaning "deer" and rood meaning "red".

Van Hertrooy Dutch
Variant of Van Hertrooij.

Van Heusen Dutch
Heusen is derived from the town Husum in Holland. The town was on the Zuyder Zee, Holstein, Holland.

Van Heutsz Dutch
A bearer of this name is J.B. van Heutsz, also known as the Pacificator of Aceh, former governor general of the Dutch East Indies.

Van Honsté Flemish
Meaning "From Honsté". "Honsté", possibly a Village in Belgium.

Van Kleef Dutch
Van meaning 'of' Kleef is a variant spelling of Kleve: a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine.

Van Leeuwenkamp Dutch
Variant of Leeuwenkamp.

van Lierop Dutch

Van Lieshout Dutch
Variant of Lieshout.

Van Look Dutch
Topographic name from look ‘enclosure’ or habitational name from a place named with this word.

Vanlow English (Rare)
Possibly an Anglicized form of Van Look.

van Maarschalkerweerd Dutch
Habitational name denoting someone from Maarschalkerweerd, a place near Utrecht in the Netherlands.

Van Maurik Dutch
Means "from Maurik" in Dutch, which is a town in the east of the Netherlands.

van Niekerk Afrikaans
Topographic name for any of the various locations named Nieuwerkerk in The Netherlands or Nieuwerkerken in Belgium. The name itself means "of the new church" from Dutch van meaning "of" combined with nieuw meaning "new" and kerk meaning "church".

Van Nistelrooij Dutch
Means "from Nistelrode", a small village in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. It is derived from Middle Dutch nest meaning "nest, burrow, resting place" and lo meaning "light forest", combined with rode meaning "land cleared of trees"... [more]

Van Nistelrooy Dutch
Variant of Van Nistelrooij, notably borne by the former Dutch soccer player Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976-).

Van Nuffelen Dutch, Flemish

Van Nuys Dutch

Van Ommeren Dutch
Means "from Ommeren", a small village in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Van Oss Dutch
Van Oss is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Oss", a town in North Brabant. Variant spellings are Van Osch and Van Os.

Van Persie Dutch
Means someone from "Persie".

Van Poortvliet Dutch
Variant form of Poortvliet.

Van Praag Dutch
Means "from Prague" name given to someone from Prague.

Van Reenan Dutch
Toponymic surname meaning "from/of Rhenen", a city in the province of Utrecht.

Van Rensselaer Dutch
From Soleur, one of the areas or regions of Switzerland.

Van Rijn Dutch
Means "from the Rhine", the second-longest river in central and western Europe (after the Danube). This was the surname of the Dutch Baroque painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), usually known simply as Rembrandt.

Van Rooyen Afrikaans
van Rooyen related to van Rooijen, is an Afrikaans and Dutch toponymic surname. May be rooted from the Rhine area of the Netherlands, possibly having meant "from Rhine" originally... [more]

Van Slingerland Dutch
Habitational name from a place so called in Overijssel.

Van Sluytman Dutch

Van Steen Flemish (Dutchified, Modern)
Van Steen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the stone".

Van 't Boveneind Dutch
Means "from Boveneind", the name of various places in the Netherlands, itself meaning "from the top end" in Dutch. It is derived from boven meaning "upper, upstream" and eind meaning "edge, end".

Van Tienhoven Dutch
Means "from Tienhoven", the name of several villages in the Netherlands. Their names are derived from Middle Dutch tien meaning "ten" and a plural form of huue meaning "piece of land of a certain size"... [more]

Van 't Schip Dutch
Means "from the ship", derived from Middle Dutch schip literally meaning "ship". It is borne by the Dutch-Canadian former soccer player John van 't Schip (1963-).

Van Vliet Dutch
Of or from a brook/stream.

Van Vucht Dutch
From Duch meaning "of fire".

Van Wert Dutch (Americanized, Modern)
From Dutch and Belgian: habitational name for someone from places in Belgium and the Netherlands called Weert, (De) Weerd, Weerde, or Waarde.

Van Wezel Dutch

Van Winkle Dutch (Americanized), American
Americanized form of Dutch van Winkel.

Van Zandt Dutch, Belgian
Habitational name for someone from any of the places called Zandt, in Gelderland, Friesland, South Holland, and Zeeland; or Zande in Belgium.

Van Zo Post Dutch
Dutch form of Post.

Van Zyl Afrikaans

Varadkar Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Derived from the name of the village of Varad in the Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra, India. A famous bearer is the Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar (1979-).

Vargiu Italian
From the name of a former settlement. Possibly from Latin varius, "many colours, variegated".

Varnell English
Variant of Farnell. This form originated in southwestern England, where the change from F to V arose from the voicing of F that was characteristic of this area in Middle English.

Varner German
Habitational name for someone from Farn near Oberkirch, or Fahrnau near Schopfheim.

Varney English
From the French place name Vernay, derived from Gaulish verno- "alder" and the locative suffix -acum. A fictional bearer is the vampire Sir Francis Varney, the title character of the mid-19th-century gothic horror story Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood.

Vaschereau French

Vasilov Bulgarian, Russian
Meaning "son of Vasil" in Russian and "from Bulgaria" in Bulgarian.

Vatanabe Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Watanabe more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Vaux French
French, English, and Scottish habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Vaux, from the Old French plural of val ‘valley’.

Vea Spanish, Galician
Habitational name, principally from Vea in Soria province, but in some cases from any of four places with the same name in Pontevedra province, Galicia.

Vea Norwegian
Habitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from the plural of Old Norse viðr meaning "wood", "tree".

Vee Norwegian
Habitational name from farmsteads named Ve, for example in Hordaland and Sogn, from Old Norse vé "sacred place".

Veermets Estonian
Veermets is an Estonian surname meaning "border forest".

Veesaar Estonian
Veesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "water island".

Veetamm Estonian
Veetamm is an Estonian surname meaning "water oak".

Veiga Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Vega.

Velankar Marathi

Vélaz Spanish
Variant of Vélez 2.

Velaz Spanish, Spanish (Anglicized, ?)
Variant of Vélaz.

Vélez Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places in Andalusia called Vélez.

Velêz Portuguese
Possibly a habitational name from Vellés in Salamanca.

Velez Portuguese
Variant of Velêz.

Velíšek Czech
Czech form of Velliscig.

Velten Norwegian
Norwegian habitational name from any of several farmsteads, mainly in Hedmark, named with velte ‘log pile’.

Venables English
Derives from Latin venabulum "long hunting spear".

Vencelli Italian

Vendrell Catalan
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Venema Dutch
Linked to 'veen' or bog. Of the bog.

Venezia Italian, Judeo-Italian
Habitational name from the city of Venice or from the region of Venetia, both of which are called Venezia in Italian.

Veneziano Italian
habitational name from veneziano "Venetian". Variant of Venezia

Vengerov Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian and Russian surname derived from the word венгр (vengr) meaning "Hungarian".

Venn Welsh
at the "fen" or "bog"

Venosa Italian
Derived from a town named "Venosa".

Venta Italian

Vera Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera from Spanish meaning "shore, bank".

Veracruz Spanish
Originally denoted a person from Veracruz, Mexico, from Latin vera crux meaning "true cross".

Verastegui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Berastegi.

Verbeek Dutch
Contracted form of Van der Beek.

Verbruggen Dutch
Verbruggen... [more]

Verdejo Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places so called.

Verdier French, Norman, English
Occupational name for a forester. Derived from Old French verdier (from Late Latin viridarius, a derivative of viridis "green"). Also an occupational name for someone working in a garden or orchard, or a topographic name for someone living near one... [more]

Verdon French
Habitational name from a place so named, for example in Dordogne, Gironde, and Marne.

Verdun French, English (British, Rare), Spanish, Catalan
From the various locations in France called Verdun with the Gaulish elements ver vern "alder" and dun "hill fortress" and Verdú in Catalonia, English variant of Verdon

Verea Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Vereb Hungarian

Verebi Hungarian

Vergara Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bergara.

Verge English (Canadian)

Verhagen Dutch

Verhoeff Dutch

Verkhoturov Russian (Modern, Rare)
Arrived from Verkhoturye (city in the Urals, on the river Tura)

Verkuilen Dutch, Belgian
Reduced form of van der Kuylen, a topographic name for someone who lived by a pit or hole, or a habitational name for someone from Kuil in East Flanders or Kuilen in Limburg.

Verlaine French, French (Belgian)
Habitational name for someone from Verlaine in the province of Liège, Belgium. Paul Verlaine was a noted bearer.

Vermont French (Rare)
Derived from french, meaning "green mountain" (Vert, "green"; mont, "mountain").

Verne French, English
As a French surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew. While the English version can mean someone who lived where ferns grew, Verne can also mean a seller of ferns which in medieval times were used in bedding, as floor coverings and as animal feed.

Verneda Spanish, Catalan
As a Spanish and Catalan surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew.

Vernetti Italian, Piedmontese
From various places called Vernetti or Vernetto in Piedmont, Italy.

Vernier French
Surname for a person who lived near an alder tree. Also a variant of Garnier 1 and Varnier and the eastern French form of Warner.

Verrall English
An uncommon Anglo-Saxon surname.

Verran Cornish
Perhaps means "person from Treverran", Cornwall (from Cornish tre "farmstead" with an unknown second element), or "person from Veryan", Cornwall ("church of St Symphorian").

Versailles French (Rare)
From the location of Versailles Yvelines near Paris.

Versaw French (Americanized), French (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Versailles.

Vértiz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bertiz.

Verwey Dutch, Afrikaans, South African
Contracted form of van der Weij meaning "from the meadow".

Veskioja Estonian
Veskioja is an Estonian surname meaning "(water) mill creek".

Vice English
May come from "devise", an Old French word that means "dweller at the boundary". It may also derive a number of place names in England, or be a variant of Vise.

Vicuña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bikuña.

Vidaurreta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bidaurreta.

Videgain Spanish
Videgain is a surname. It is of Basque origin language with the form Bidegain. Videgain is considered a Spanish surname because the letter V does not exist in the Basque alphabet. It extended through the Iberian peninsula following the Reconquista, where different forms of the name developed and houses were founded with the differentiation of Videgáin, Bidegain, Videgaín... [more]

Vienne French
From the location of Vienne in France.

Vienneau French
Denoted a person from Vienne, a commune in the Isère department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France, or perhaps derived from the given name Vivien 1.

Vieu French
From a place called Vieu in Ain from Latin vicus "village". French cognitive of Vico.

Vigna Italian
Meaning "vineyard", referring to someone who lived near one.

Vignola Italian
habitational name from any of various minor places so named from vignola "small vineyard".

Vignone Italian

Viigipuu Estonian
Viigipuu is an Estonian surname meaning "ficus tree".

Viirelaid Estonian
Viirelaid is an Estonian surname meaning "tern islet".

Viirmaa Estonian
Viirmaa is an Estonian surname derived from "viir" meaning both "sea swallow" and "varved" (annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock) and "maa" ("land").

Vila Celtic
It means village or small town. In the Gaelic languaje is pentref or bentref.

Vilaamil Spanish
Habitational name from Villamil a place in Asturias.

Vilallonga Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Valencian municipality.

Viljamaa Estonian
Viljamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "fruit-bearing land".

Viljevac Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Viljevo, Croatia.

Vilkas Lithuanian
Means "wolf" in Lithuanian.

Villacorta Spanish

Villafañe Spanish
Derived from the village of Villafañe in Leon, Spain. His hierarch, perhaps, is the Burgos hidalgo Alvar Fañez.

Villaflor Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villaflor in Castile-León, Spain.

Villafuerte Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villafuerte de Esgueva in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.

Villagonzalo Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational for a person from the municipality of Villagonzalo in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.

Villagran Spanish
From a lost village called Villa Grande, meaning 'large farmstead or settlement'.

Villagrande Spanish
Variant of Villagran.

Villahermosa Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name for any of the places in Spain with this name, such as Villahermosa del Campo, Villahermosa, and Villahermosa del Río.

Villalpando Spanish
It first came from a Spanish village town.

Villaluz Spanish (Philippines)

Villalvazo Spanish
Hispanic (Mainly Mexico): Derivative Of Spanish Villalba Or Villalva .

Villamar Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From Any Of The Three Places Called Villamar In Lugo (Galicia) Oviedo (Asturias) Or Burgos (Castilia).

Villamayor Spanish
Habitational name for any of the numerous places in Spain with this name.

Villamil Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Serantes in the municipality of Tapia.

Villamizar Spanish
Habitational name from Villamizar in León.

Villamor Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality oF Villamor de los Escuderos in Castile-León, Spain.

Villani Italian
Derives from Latin villa "village, farm, settlement", related to Italian villano "peasant" or "rude, bad-mannered".

Villanova Italian, Spanish
Habitational name from any of numerous places so called from Latin villa nova "new settlement" (see Villa) from the elements villa "town" and nova "new"... [more]

Villaquirán Spanish
It indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Villaquirán de los Infantes or Villaquirán de la Puebla.

Villard Galician, Portuguese
A Galician and Portuguese surname in the north of Iberian Peninsula. It's a last name belonging to ancient Celtic tribes.

Villareal Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Villarreal primarily used in the Philippines and Columbia.

Villarosa Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted a person who came from the town of Villarosa in the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.

Villarreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Villarreal (or Villareal), derived from Spanish villa meaning "farm, town, settlement" and real meaning "royal".

Villarrubia Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Villarrubia (Córdoba) Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real) or Villarrubia de Santiago (Toledo) so named from villa '(outlying) farmstead (dependent) settlement' (see Villa ) + rubia 'light red'.

Villarruel Spanish
Cognate of Villa with the second element of unexplained etymology. Compare Villarroel.

Villasante Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Montija.

Villasenor Spanish
Habitational name, apparently a Castilianized spelling of Galician Vilseñor, from any of three places in Lugo province named Vilaseñor.

Villatoro Spanish
Presumably a name given to someone from Villatoro, Spain

Villavicencio Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villavicencio de los Caballeros in Castile and León, Spain.

Ville French

Villegas Spanish
Habitational name from the municipality of Villegas in Burgos province, Spain.

Villele French

Villepigue French

Villier French

Villoslada Spanish
From the village of Villoslada in Spain.

Vilnius Lithuanian
From the capital of Lithuania.

Vimmerstedt Swedish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Wimmerstedt.

Vinberg Swedish

Vingaard Danish
Means "vineyard" in Danish.

Viniegra Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Riojan municipalities in the Comarca of Anguiano: Viniegra de Arriba or Viniegra de Abajo.

Vining English (British)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Fyning in Rogate in Sussex.

Vint English, Scottish
Either an English habitational name from places so named, or a Scottish variant of Wint.

Vinuesa Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Vinzelts Ghanaian (Rare)

Violet English, French
Derived from the given name Violet (English) or a variant of Violette (French).

Violets English, French
Variant of Violette or Violet.

Violette French
Perhaps a topographic name from a diminutive of viol "path", itself a derivative of vie "way". It is more likely, however, that this name is from the secondary surname Laviolette "the violet (flower)", which was common among soldiers in French Canada.

Viramontes Spanish
Viramontes is composed of the elements "mira" and "montes," two Spanish words with the combined meaning of "place with a view of the mountains."

Virginia English (American)

Virolainen Finnish
From the Finnish word, meaning "an Estonian".

Viru Estonian
Viru is an Estonian surname derived from Virumaa, a former county in Estonian now comprised of Ida-Viru and Lääne-Viru Counties.

Viscarrat Basque (Latinized, Modern)
It means back of the mounts or loin of the mountain.

Vise English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary, Old French devise.

Višneviškas Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the Belarusian agrotown of Víšneva, which was originally Lithuanian & under the name of ''Višnevas''.

Višnjevac Serbian

Vitebsky Belarusian
Refers to a region named "Vitebsk" in Belarus.

Vītols Latvian
Meaning "willow".

Vivanco Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the Castilian locality of Vivanco de Mena.

Vivar Spanish, History
From the village of Vivar, later renamed Vivar del Cid, nowadays part of Quintanilla Vivar located near Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.... [more]

Vivier French
Derived from Latin vivarium, ultimately from Latin vivus "alive". This name is locational relating to living near a fish pond.

Vizcarrondo Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bizkarrondo.

Vladimirsky Russian (Rare)
The habitational surname from Vladimir oblast in western Russia.

Vladowsky Jewish (Americanized)
Variant of Wlodawski.

Vogelsang German
Means "bird song" in German. From the German words vogel (bird) and sang (song).

Volanschi Romanian
Romanian form of Wolanski.

Volkonsky Russian
This indicates familial origin within the vicinity of the Volkona river south of Moscow. This was the name of a Russian family of nobility.

Volkovsky Russian
Habitational name for someone who lives in a multiplicity named Volikovski. Derived from волк (volk) meaning "wolf" in Russian.

Von Achterberg German
Variant of Achterberg.

Von Allmen German (Swiss)
Means "of Allmen."

Von Arx German (Swiss)
Means "from Arx."

Von Crastenburg German

Von Der Lehr German
"from the Lehr" Meadow or Clearing

Vong Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Wang 3.

Von Hammersmark Popular Culture, German (?)
Means "from Hammersmark" in German. Bridget von Hammersmark is a fictional character in Quentin Tarantino's film 'Inglourious Basterds' from 2009.

Von Sydow Swedish, German
von Sydow is a German and Swedish noble family from Pomerania, an area in modern day Poland and Germany. Some members of the family immigrated to Sweden in 1724. The name literary means "from Sydow"... [more]

Vooglaid Estonian
Vooglaid is an Estonian surname meaning "billowing islet".

Voorhees Dutch
Habitational name from a place in Drenthe called Voorhees.

Voorhies Dutch
Variant of Voorhees.

Vorotyntsev Russian
Derived from place names Воротынск (Vorotynsk), Воротынцево (Vorotyntsevo) or Воротынец (Vorotynets).

Vorst Dutch, Low German
topographic name for someone who lived in a vorst "forest" or habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Vorst or Voorst... [more]

Vorwald German
Topographic name for someone who lived "in front of (Middle High German vor) a forest (Middle High German walt)".

Vosnakis Greek
From the Greek word "Vosnia" which means Bosnia

Voulgaropoulos Greek
Means "descendant of a Bulgarian" in Greek.

Vreeland Dutch
Habitational name for a person from a place bearing the same name in the province of Utrecht, which is itself derived from the Middle Dutch word vrede, meaning "legal protection against armed violence".

Vreeswijk Dutch
Possibly a habitational name from a former village and municipality in the province Utrecht, Netherlands. A notable bearer was Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter and poet Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937-1987).

Vrhovec Serbian, Croatian

Vrioni Albanian
From the place name Vrion.

Vue Hmong
From the clan name Vwj associated with the Chinese character 吳 (wú) (see Wu 1).

Vuolo Italian
Southern variant of Volo, likely after the place name Bolo from Sicily.

Vwj Hmong
Original Hmong form of Vue.

Vytebskyi Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Vitebsky.

Waage Norwegian
Variant of Våge.

Wacławski Polish
Name for someone from a place named Wacławice or Wacławów, both derived from the given name Wacław.

Wadden English

Waddington English
Habitational name from any of various places called Waddington. One near Clitheroe in Lancashire and another in Lincolnshire (Wadintune in Domesday Book) were originally named in Old English as the "settlement" (Old English tūn) associated with Wada.

Wadia Indian (Parsi)
Parsi surname possibly derived from Wadia, the name of a village in Gujarat.

Wadleigh English

Wadley English
From a place in England named with Old English wad "woad" or the given name Wada combined with Old English leah "woodland clearing".

Wadlow English
Habitational name from a lost place, Wadlow in Toddington.

Wadsworth English
Location name from Yorkshire meaning "Wæddi's enclosure or settlement" with Wæddi being an old English personal name of unknown meaning plus the location element -worth. Notable bearer is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) for whom the middle name was his mother's maiden name.

Wagahara Japanese
Waga is possibly from waka meaning "young" and hara means "plain, field".

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.

Wahlberg German, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Composed of German wal "field, meadow" or Swedish vall "grassy bank" and berg "mountain, hill".

Wajima Japanese
A variant of Washima.... [more]

Wakabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Wakada Japanese

Wakagai Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakagaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakai Japanese
Waka can mean "young" and i can mean "well, mineshaft, pit".

Wakaizumi Japanese
Waka means "young" and izumi means "fountain, springs".

Wakaki Japanese
若 (Waka) means "young" and 木 (ki) means "wood, tree".... [more]

Wakamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Wakamiya Japanese
Waka means "young" and miya means "shrine, palace, temple".

Wakao Japanese
Waka means "young" and o means "tail".

Wakasa Japanese
Comes from an old province in Japan.

Wakasugi Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Wakata Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Wakatani Japanese
Waka means "young" and tani means "valley".

Wakatsu Japanese

Wakatsuchi Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil."

Wakaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakayama Japanese
From Japanese 若 (waka) meaning "young" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakazu Japanese
Variant of Wakatsu.

Wakazuki Japanese
Variant of Wakatsuki.

Wakebe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 別部 (see Beppu).

Wakeham English, Cornish
A locational surname for someone who lived in one of three places called Wakeham in various parts of England, including Cornwall and/or Devon.

Wakeley English
Habitational name from Wakeley in Hertfordshire, named from the Old English byname Waca, meaning ‘watchful’ (see Wake) + Old English leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Waki Japanese
Wa means "harmony" and ki means "tree, wood".

Wakida Japanese
Waki means "side" and da means "rice paddy, field".

Wakita Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "side" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Wakiyama Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, the other way" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Wakuzu Japanese

Walbrzychiak Polish
Means a person who is from the city of Walbrzych in Poland.

Walcott English
habitational name from any of several places called Walcott Walcot or Walcote for example in Lincolnshire Leicestershire Norfolk Oxfordshire and Wiltshire all named in Old English wealh "foreigner Briton serf" (genitive plural wala) and cot "cottage hut shelter" (plural cotu) meaning "the cottage where the (Welsh-speaking) Britons lived".