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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Zloczower Polish, Jewish
Denoted a person from Zolochiv (known as Złoczów in Polish), a small city in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine.

Zoch German
From a place in Germany named Zochau.

Zola Italian
Italian: habitational name from any of various minor places named with Zol(l)a, from a dialect term for a mound or bank of earth, as for example Zola Predosa (Bologna) or Zolla in Monrupino (Trieste)... [more]

Zoldan Italian
from the name place Zoldo. Zoldan indicates also the name of a little valley North from Venice.

Zolochivskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This indicates familial origin within the Ukrainian city of Zolochiv.

Zonneveld Dutch
Means "sun field" in Dutch, a habitation always name.

Zook German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of Zug.

Zou Chinese
From Chinese 邹 (zōu) referring to the ancient state of Zou, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Zoysa Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සොයිසා (see Soysa).

Zozaia Basque (Rare)
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, possibly derived from Basque zozo "blackbird, thrush (bird)".

Zozaya Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Zozaia.

Zrnić Serbian
Derivative of Serbian tribal name located in Ozrinići, Montenegro.

Zrobok Ukrainian
Zrobok is a Cossack name from the area near Brody in Ukraine. My ancestors came from the village of Bordulaki on the river Styr. Other Zroboks came from the village of Sokolivka. The name means; Someone who has worked to exhaustion.

Zuazo Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque zu(h)haitz "(wild) tree" and the collective suffix -zu.

Zubeldia Basque
Derived from Basque zumel "holm oak" and the locative suffix -di.

Zubelza Basque (Hispanicized)
Variant spelling of Subelza.

Zuber German, German (Swiss)
German: Metonymic occupational name for a cooper or tubmaker, from Middle High German zuber ‘(two-handled) tub’, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a tub. ... [more]

Zubiaga Basque
It literally means "from bridge".

Zubillaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Lantaron.

Zubiria Medieval Basque (Latinized, Archaic), Spanish (Latin American)
It means nearby bridge.

Zug German (Swiss)
Denotes somebody from either the Canton of Zug or town of Zug, two places which are both located in Switzerland.

Zuidema Dutch, West Frisian
Either derived from a toponym containing the element zuid "south, southern" (from Middle Dutch suid), or a patronymic form of a name beginning with the element swith "strong".

Zuijdveld Dutch
From zuid "south" and veld "field".

Zuill English, Scottish
From the town of Zuill, Scotland. The "Z" pronounced as "Y" comes from ancient yogh representing a variety of sounds. The name itself is of unknown origin.

Zuleta Spanish, Basque
Variant of Zulueta, which comes from the Basque topographic name 'zulo' meaning ‘hole hollow’ + the collective suffix '-eta' meaning "place or group of."

Zuloaga Basque
It literally means "place of holes".

Zumarraga Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Zumbano Italian
Variant of Zumpano.

Zumpano Italian
Comes from the town Zumpano in the province Cosenza in Calabria, Italy. The meaning is unknown but it possibly comes from a Greek-Calabrese surname.

Zúñiga Spanish
Spanish form of Zuñiga.

Zurbano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zurbao.

Zurbao Basque

Zürcher German
Habitational name for someone from the Swiss city of Zurich.

Zurich German (Swiss)
Habitational name from a city in Switzerland named Zürich.

Zurita Spanish
Habitational surname from either of two places called Zurita in Huesca and Cantabria named with a derivative of Basque zuri 'white'

Żurowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Żurowa.

Zurru Italian
From Sardinian "gush, spring (of water)".

Zuylen Dutch
Derived from the place name Zuilen.

Zwaan Dutch
Means "swan" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for a person who resembled a swan in some way, an occupational name for a swan keeper, or a patronymic derived from a given name containing the element swan... [more]

Zwingli Swiss
Possibly derived from a place name in Toggenburg, Switzerland. A notable bearer was Huldrych Zwingli (1484 – 1531), leader of the protestant reformation in Switzerland, who was born in Wildhaus, Toggenburg... [more]

Zylstra Dutch (Americanized), Frisian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Zijlstra.

Żywicki Polish
A habitational name that was given to someone from a place named ̣Zywy, or possibly from a nickname from the Polish word ̣'zywy', which means ‘live wire’.

Żywiecki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Żywiec.

Żyźniewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Żyźniewo.

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