Submitted Surnames from Locations

Wolfer German
Either from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal names Wolfher or Wolfhart composed of the elements wolf "wolf" and hari "army" or hard "hardy, brave"... [more]

Wolfisberg German (Swiss, ?)

Wolkowski Polish
Variant of Wilkowski.

Wollard English

Wolley English

Wolseley English

Wolverton English

Womholt Norwegian

Wommack English
Variant of Womack.

Wong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wang.

Woo Korean
Woo is a spelling variant of ‘Wu’ referring to an ancient state of ‘Wu’. It is located in the Jiangsu province.

Woodcox English
Variant of Woodcock.

Woodell English

Woodfall English
English surname used as a first name. The name means "dweller by a fold in the woods" - in this case, "fold" means "sheep-pen".... [more]

Woodfield English

Woodford English

Woodhaven English

Woodhull English
Meaning "wood hill".

Woodland English
A habitational name for a person who lives in or by a woodland.

Woodle English

Woodly English

Woodridge English

Woodrove English
Variant of Woodruff.

Woodrum English

Woodson English
From a location in Yorkshire, England earlier spelled Woodsome and meaning "from the houses in the wood" or possibly a patronymic meaning "descendant of a wood cutter or forester."

Woodwell English

Woolley English
A habitational name from any of various places so-called. Most, including those in Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, and West Yorkshire in England, are derived from the Old English wulf, meaning "wolf", and leah, meaning "wood" or "clearing"... [more]

Woolverton English

Woon Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Wen.

Woosencraft Welsh
though this surname has an exotic look & attracts legends, it has it's origins in the Lancashire place name Wolstencraft, from elements Wulfstan (personal name) + croft ("enclosure")

Wooten English
Habitational name from any of the extremely numerous places named with Old English wudu "wood" + tun "enclosure", "settlement",

Worcester English (British)

Work Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of St. Ola, Orkney.

Worley English
mostly found in Lancashire and Sussex. very old english surname. something to do with a hill near a stream.

Wormsley English

Wormwood Popular Culture, English
The surname is used in the novel Matilda (1988).

Worsley English
Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from either of the places called Worsley in Lancashire and in Worcestershire. The place in Lancashire was recorded as "Werkesleia" in 1196, and means Weorchaeth's wood or glade, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Weorchaeth", from weorc, work, fortification, and leah, a wood, or clearing in a wood... [more]

Worthington English
Habitational name from places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington; both may have originally been named in Old English as Wurðingtun "settlement (Old English tun) associated with Wurð", but it is also possible that the first element was Old English worðign, a derivative of worð ‘enclosure’.

Worton English
Variant of Whorton.

Wotton English

Wraye English
Variant of the habitational name Wray or Ray, from any of various minor places in northern England named Wray, Wrea, or Wreay, from Old Norse vrá ‘nook’, ‘corner’, ‘recess’.

Wrigley English

Wriothesley English (British)
Name is of unknown origin, deriving from older Wrotteslega, who were a family that held estates in Staffordshire in the late 1100s. Possibly a combination of wrot "snout" and leah "meadow, cleaning", suggesting it's origin as a pig farm.

Wrisley English

Wriston English

Wroughton English

Wryta Norman
Old Norse Men Normans Wryta brothers fought with William The Conqueror at Battle of Hastings onto King Henry VIII granting landed, gentry, coat of arms, baronetcy, and lord title to Sir John Wright 1 of Kelvedon Hall ESsex on 6/20/1509

Wrzesiński Polish
Name for someone from a place called Września, Wrzesina or Wrzesiny, all derived from Polish wrzos meaning "heather".

Wünsche German
Probably denoted a person from Wendland, a region in Germany on the borders of the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Wendling, a municipality in the Grieskirchen District, Upper Austria, Austria.

Wuori Finnish
"mountain"

Wurnig German
German origin from the place name am Virgen originally meaning a person from the town of Virgen in Tyrol. Construed as a family name in 1501.

Wurðingtun English
Habitational name from places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington; both may have originally been named in Old English as Wurðingtun "settlement (Old English tun) associated with Wurð", but it is also possible that the first element was Old English worðign, a derivative of worð ‘enclosure’.

Württemberg German
Württemberg is an historical German territory. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, it now forms the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg.

Wuttke German
Originally denoted a person from Wutike, a district near the town of Neuruppin in Brandenburg, Germany.

Wyckoff Dutch
name for someone living at the main farm in a district, from Dutch wijk ‘district’ + hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’.

Wyckoff East Frisian (Rare)
The North Germanic meaning is "settlement on a bay," as in the cognate Viking (Viking is derived from Old Norse vík "bay").

Wyclef English

Wyeth English
May come either from the Old English word "withig" meaning "willow" or from Guyat, a pet form of the Old French given name Guy. Probably unrelated to Wyatt.

Wyett English
Variant Wyatt.

Wykeham English
Variant of Wickham.

Wykes Anglo-Saxon
From the Old English wic, roughly meaning "farm." The plural form is a patronymic of which is "son of Wic."... [more]

Wylie Medieval English
It is of locational origin, and derives from the places called Willey in the counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Devonshire and Surrey.

Wyn Welsh, English
English: from the Old English personal name and byname Wine meaning ‘friend’, in part a short form of various compound names with this first element. Welsh: variant of Gwynn.

Wynn Welsh, English
The surname Wynn ,(also spelled Winn, and Gwynn), is derived from the Welsh element, Gwynn, which can loosely be translated as "white" or "fair". It features in the name of the North Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd, (meaning "white head" or "white land")... [more]

Wyoming English (American)
From the name of the US state.

Wysokiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Wysokin.

Wyszyński Polish
It indicates familial origin within any of several Podlachian villages named ''Wyszonki''.

Xavier English, French
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries.

Xi Chinese
From Chinese 习 (xí) referring to an ancient territory named Xi, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in the Qin state in what is now Shangxian County, Shaanxi province. A notable berarer is Xi Jinping (1953-), the current president of China.

Xia Chinese
From Chinese 夏 (xià) referring to the Xia dynasty, the first dynasty in Chinese history that is believed to have existed from 2070 to 1600 BC. According to legend, this name was adopted by the descendants of Yu the Great (who was also known as Xia Yu), a legendary king who supposedly founded the Xia dynasty.

Xian Chinese (Cantonese)
Variant of Xiang.

Xiang Chinese
From Chinese 向 (xiàng) referring to the ancient state of Xiang, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period in what is now the Shandong province.

Xiang Chinese
From Chinese 项 (xiàng) referring to the ancient state of Xiang, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Xing Chinese
From the name of an area called Xing, which existed during in the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of the ruling family of this area adopted Xing as their surname. Another account of the origin derives it from an area named Pingxing.

Xirivella Catalan (Valencian)
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Xue Chinese
From the area of Xue, in present-day Shandong province. During the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc) an official with the title ‘chief of carts’ was granted this area. Much later, in the state of Qi during the Warring States period (403–221 bc) the same area was granted to a prince... [more]

Yabe Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Yabsley English
It is believed to be a derived spelling of Abboldesi, a place now more commonly known as Abbotsley or Abbotsleigh. However, the original surname had nothing to do with "Abbots" in any spelling, and derives from to the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Eadbeald" meaning "Prosperity-bold".

Yabunaka Japanese

Yabusaki Japanese
From the Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 武 (bu) which was a traditional unit of measurement approximately equal to 90 centimeters, and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Yabuta Japanese

Yada Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy."

Yada Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta).

Yagi Japanese
This can be read as Yanagi meaning "willow".

Yagi Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yagihashi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Yagino Japanese
Variant of Yanagino.

Yaginuma Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Yagira Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".

Yagishita Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]

Yahagi Japanese

Yahaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).

Yahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yajima Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yakushigami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushiji Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.

Yakushijin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushikami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushinji Japanese
Variant of Yakushiji.

Yalçınkaya Turkish
Means "steep rock", derived from Turkish yalçın meaning "steep" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".

Yamaba Japanese

Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamaga Japanese

Yamagai Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".

Yamagaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaguri Japanese
Variant of Yamakuri.

Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamamba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).

Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and mori means "forest".

Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yamana Japanese

Yamanae Japanese

Yamanaka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Yamanba Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).

Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yamano Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Yamasato Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamashiro Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".

Yamata Japanese

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Yamawaki Japanese

Yamaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaya Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamazoe Japanese
Variant of Yamasoe.

Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".

Yan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Yang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Yan Chinese
From Chinese 阎 (yán) meaning "gate", also referring to a fief that existed in the ancient state of Jin in what is now Shanxi province.

Yanagawa Japanese
Variant of Yanakawa.

Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yanagi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Yanagibara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagida Japanese
Yanagi (柳) means "willow", ta/da (田) means "ricefield", ta changes to da because of rendaku. Mikio Yanagida (柳田幹雄) from Btooom! is a notable character bearing this surname.

Yanagida Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yanagihara Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."

Yanagino Japanese

Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yanagiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Yanagizawa Japanese
Variant of Yanagisawa.

Yanai Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 内 (nai or uchi) "inside."

Yanaibara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaihara Japanese

Yanaiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 簗 (yana) meaning "fish trap" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.

Yang Korean
Korean form of Liang, from Sino-Korean 梁 (yang).

Yano Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.

Yanshiji Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).

Yarbrough Anglo-Saxon
The ancient roots of the Yarbrough family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Yarbrough comes from when the family lived in either the parish or the hamlet called Yarborough in the county of Lincolnshire... [more]

Yarden Hebrew (Rare)
From the given name Yarden, which is named after the Jordan 2 River. ... [more]

Yardeni Hebrew (Modern)
Means "of Jordan 2" in Hebrew.

Yardley English
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Yardley, derived from Old English gierd meaning "branch, twig, pole, stick" and leah meaning "wood, clearing".

Yarmolenko Ukrainian
Regional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.

Yaroshevitz Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish form of Yarrow.

Yarwood English
habitational name from Yarwood Heath in Rostherne Cheshire earlier Yarwode. The placename derives from Old English earn "eagle" or gear "yair enclosure for catching fish" and wudu "wood".

Yasaka Japanese

Yasaki Japanese

Yashima Japanese

Yashima Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yasue Japanese

Yasue Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Yasuhara Japanese

Yasuhiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Yasui Japanese
Yasu (安) "Relaxed, Cheap" and I (井) "Well, Mineshaft ".

Yasui Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yasumatsu Japanese
Yasu means "relax, peaceful, cheap, inexpensive" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Yasuryo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasuryō).

Yasuryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura).

Yasusan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Yasuta Japanese

Yasutomi Japanese
Yasu means "relax, cheap, peace" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".

Yasuyama Japanese
安 (Yasu) means "peaceful, rested, relax, cheap, low" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Yata Japanese

Yata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Yatabe Japanese

Yatano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plains".

Yatsuda Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsue Japanese

Yatsui Japanese

Yatsujima Japanese

Yatsumura Japanese

Yatsushima Japanese

Yatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Qiu.

Yauchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Yaxley English
Meant "person from Yaxley", Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ("glade where cuckoos are heard").

Yayla Turkish
Means "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.

Yazaka Japanese

Yazaki Japanese
A variant of Yasaki.... [more]

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazdi Persian
Indicated a family or person from the city of Yazd in Iran

Ybiricu Basque (Latinized, Modern)
It means ford the river (cross or pass the river).

Yeardley English
Means "enclosed meadow" in Old English, from Old English g(e)ard (“fence, enclosure”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).

Yearley English

Yearwood English

Yeats English
Scottish and northern English variant spelling of Yates.

Yelverton English

Yeo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".

Yepes Spanish
Habitational name from Yepes in the province of Toledo (named as Hippo or Hipona in or before Roman times).

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yewdale English
Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".... [more]

Yglesias Spanish
Variant of Iglesias.

Yick Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yi.

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 殷 (yīn) referring to the ancient city of Yin, which existed in what is now Henan province and served as the capital of the Shang dynasty (which reigned from 1600 to 1045 BC and was also called Yin).

Ying Chinese
From Chinese 应 (yīng) referring to the ancient state of Ying, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Yoda Japanese

Yoichien Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".

Yoichimae Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) means "provide, give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "town, market, city" and 前 (mae) "front, forward".

Yokobe Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yokobori Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning “beside, next to” and 掘 (hori) meaning “ditch, moat, canal”.

Yokodaira Japanese
Variant of Yokotaira.

Yokodera Japanese
Variant of Yokotera.

Yokogai Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokogaya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokohama Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Yokohira Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Yokohori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hori means "moat, canal".

Yokoi Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yokokawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yokomizo Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "beside" and 溝 (mizo) means "groove, trench, gutter, gully, drain, ditch, gap". A notable bearer is Seishi Yokomizo, a Japanese novelist in the Showa Period.

Yokomori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and mori means "forest".

Yokono Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Yokoo Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Yokosawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yokose Japanese
Yoko means "beside next to" and se means "current, ripple".

Yokoshima Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yokotake Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Yokouchi Japanese

Yokoya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokoyama Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yokozawa Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yonamine Japanese
From the Japanese 與 or 与(yo) "together with," 那 (na) "what" and 嶺 (mine) "peak," "summit."

Yoneda Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Yoneda Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yonegawa Japanese
Variant of Yonekawa.

Yonekawa Japanese
Yone means "rice" and kawa means "river, stream".

Yonekawa Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yonekura Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

Yonematsu Japanese

Yonemoto Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and moto means "origin, root, source, base".

Yonemura Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and mura means "village".

Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoneta Japanese

Yonetomi Japanese

Yonetsu Japanese

Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yonezawa Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Yonezu Japanese

Yong Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Yang.

Yonoichi Japanese

Yook Korean

Yorba Catalan (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Jorba.

Yorita Japanese
From Japanese 依 (yori) meaning "reliant" or 寄 (yori) meaning "bring near", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field".

Yorke English
Variant of York.

Yorker English

Yorkey English
Variant spelling of York.

Yorkman English
Variant form of York.

Yorks English
Variant of York.

Yorkshire English
From Yorkshire "the county of York". The place-name is recorded as Eoforwicscire in 1065 and derives from the city name York and Old English scir "district region".

Yorkston English

Yoshibara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshihama Japanese
From the Japanese 吉 (yoshi) "good luck" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach."

Yoshihara Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yoshii Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yoshikuni Japanese

Yoshimori Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mori means "forest".

Yoshimura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Yoshinoue Japanese

Yoshinuma Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and numa means "marsh, swamp".... [more]

Yoshisawa Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Yoshita Japanese

Yoshitake Japanese
Yoshi means "lucky, fortunate, good" and take means "bamboo".