TomotaniJapanese The surname can have different meanings depending on the kanji used
ToomEstonian Toom is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "Toomingas" ("bird cherry") or, from the shortened version of the masculine given name "Toomas".
ToomastEstonian Toomast is an Estonian surname meaning "Prunus pole/structure".
ToometEstonian Toomet is an Estonian surname, possibly derived from "toomingas" ("bird cherry") or, from a variant of the masculine given name "Toomas".
ToomikEstonian Toomik is an Estonian surname meaning "Prunus stand".
ToomingEstonian Tooming is an Estonian surname derived from "toomingas", meaning "bird cherry" (Prunus padus).
ToomingasEstonian Means "bird cherry (tree)" (species Prunus padus) in Estonian.
ToommägiEstonian Toommägi is an Estonian surname meaning "prunus (fruit bearing) mountain".
ToompaluEstonian Toompalu is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "Toomas" (a masculine given name) and "palu" (a sandy heath).
ToompuuEstonian Toompuu is an Estonian surname meaning "bird-cherry tree".
ToomreEstonian Toomre is an Estonian surname derived from "toompuu", meaning "Prunus".
ToomsaluEstonian Toomsalu is an Estonian surname meaning "bird-cherry grove".
TörnbladSwedish Combination of Swedish törne "thorn" and blad "leaf".
TõruEstonian Tõru is an Estonian surname meaning "acorn".
TraatEstonian Traat is an Estonian surname meaning "wire" or "strand".
TrachtenbergGerman, Jewish Could mean either mean "mountain of thoughts", from Yiddish trakhtn (טראַכטן) "to think" and berg "mountain" or "mountain of costumes", from German tracht "to wear, carry" and berg "mountain"... [more]
TreuGerman, Jewish From a nickname for a trustworthy person, from late Middle High German triuwe ‘loyal’. As a Jewish surname it is mainly ornamental.
VahesaarEstonian Vahesaar is an Estonian surname meaning "middle island".
VahesaluEstonian Vahesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "dividing/middle grove".
VähkEstonian Vähk is an Estonian surname meaning "crayfish".
VahtmaaEstonian Vahtmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "foam/lather land".
VahtraEstonian Vahtra is an Estonian surname meaning "maple" (Aceraceae).
VahtramäeEstonian Vahtramäe is an Estonian surname meaning "maple hill/mountain".
VaikEstonian Vaik is an Estonian surname meaning both "quiet/still ("vaikus") and "resin/pitch", "tar".
VaiklaEstonian Vaikla is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet area".
VäikmeriEstonian Väikmeri is an Estonian surname meaning "small sea".
VaiksaarEstonian Vaiksaar is an Estonian surname meaing "quiet/still ("vaikus") island ("saar")". May also come from "väike saar", meaning "little island".
VaiksooEstonian Vaiksoo is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still swamp".
VaikveeEstonian Vaikvee is an Estonian surname meaning "quiet/still water".
VainEstonian Vain is an Estonian surname meaning "village common", or "village green".
VainkülaEstonian Vainküla is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common village"
VainmäeEstonian Vainmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "(village) green/common hill/mountain".
ValgemäeEstonian Valgemäe is an Estonian surname meaning "white hill".
VallEstonian Vall is an Estonian surname meaning "wall" or "berm".
VallikiviEstonian Vallikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "wall stone".
VallinSwedish Derived from either Latin vallis "valley" or Swedish vall "wall, pasture, field of grass".
ValliveereEstonian Valliveere is an Estonian surname meaning "bank/embankment rolling".
VälloEstonian Vällo is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "väli" meaning "field" and "plain".
VanatoaEstonian Vanatoa is an Estonian surname meaning "old room".
VanaveskiEstonian Vanaveski is an Estonian surname meaning "old mill".
VanikEstonian Vanik is an Estonian surname meaning "wreath" and "garland".
VankerEstonian Vanker is an Estonian surname meaning "carriage".
VarblaneEstonian Varblane is an Estonian surname meaning "sparrow".
VärbuEstonian Värbu is an Estonian surname; a diminutive of "värb" meaning "sparrow".
VaresEstonian Vares is Estonian surname meaning "crow".
VärkEstonian Värk is an Estonian surname meaning both "celebration" and "hootenanny", as well as "thing", "stuff", or a "job".
VärvEstonian Värv is an Estonian surname meaning "color" and "paint".
VasilkovskiymRussian Derived from Russian василька (vasilka) meaning "cornflower"
VästrikEstonian Västrik is an Estonian surname meaning "wagtail (bird genus: Motacilla)".
WallgrenSwedish Composed of the Swedish elements vall "grassy bank, pasture" and gren "branch".
WallmanSwedish Combination of Swedish vall "pasture, field of grass" and man "man".
WanderlustEnglish (American) Wanderlust derived from Artemis G.J. Wanderlust (birth name: Joseph E Yoder) in the year 2021, as an ornamental surname representing both:... [more]
WanhataloFinnish From the Finnish "vanha talo." With the "vanha" meaning old or aged and "talo" being a place of living mostly a house. The most common translation is "old house".
WarizayaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 割 (wari), from 割り (wari) meaning "breakage into separate pieces" and 鞘 (zaya), the joining form of 鞘 (saya) meaning "sheath", referring to a broken sheath.
WeinGerman, Yiddish, Hungarian Means "grape, vine, wine" in German and Yiddish (װײַנ). According to Nelly Weiss, Wein-style family names originated from signboards (house sign, house shield) in Jewish communities. Wein may also be related the German verb weinen meaning "to cry"... [more]
WeiningerGerman (Swiss), Jewish Denoted a person from Weiningen, a municipality in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is also a Jewish ornamental name derived from German wein meaning "wine" and the suffix -inger.
WeintraubGerman, Jewish from Middle High German wintrub "grape" derived from wein "wine" and traub "grape" hence either a metonymic occupational name for a vintner or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a sign depicting a bunch of grapes.
WeisfeldGerman, Jewish topographic name from a field name composed of Middle High German wiz "white" and feld "open country". Cognate of Whitfield.
WennerströmSwedish Combination of the place name element wenner, which is probably derived from the name of Lake Vänern, and Swedish ström "stream".
WestergrenSwedish Combination of Swedish väster "western" and gren "branch".
WestlingSwedish Combination of Swedish väst "west" and the common surname suffix -ling. A notable bearer is Prince Daniel (b. 1973), husband of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
WidegrenSwedish Combination of Swedish vide "willow" and gren "branch".
WidmanSwedish Meaning uncertain. Perhaps a combination of Old Swedish viþr "wood, forest" or vid "wide" and man "man". It is also possible, though less likely, that it is a re-spelling of Vikman, where the first element is Swedish vik "bay".
WikströmSwedish Composed of the elements vik "bay" and ström "stream"
WilczekPolish Diminutive form of Wilk, which means "wolf" in Polish.
WindSwedish (Rare) From Swedish vind "wind". It's either ornamental or a habitational name derived from a place named with this element.
WolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffGerman (Rare) The truncated form of the surname Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvorangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolfhunderttausendjahresvorandieerscheinenvonderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgenachtmittungsteinundsiebeniridiumelektrischmotorsgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchennachbarschaftdersternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneuerassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvorandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum... [more]
WoodbineEnglish (Rare) From the English word "woodbine" that means "honeysuckle(plant)"in English.It seems uncommon in the English-speak culture for a surname.Also some American place names,too.
WretmanSwedish Combination of Swedish vret "remote small field situated some distance away from a bigger field" and man "man".
YaJapanese From Japanese ya meaning "night". Note that other kanji interpretations and meanings could be possible.
YezhovmRussian Derived from Russian word "ёж (yozh)" meaning hedgehog. Yezhov was the last name of Nikolay Yezhov, the leader of the Soviet NKVD from 1936-38 who is known for Yezhovshchina.
YoshiizumiJapanese formed with 吉 (Yoshi, Kichi, Kitsu) meaning "good luck; joy; congratulations" and 泉 (Izumi, Sen) meaning "spring; fountain". So the meaning could be interpreted as “Fountain of Good Luck” or “Lucky Fountain”
ZacharJewish, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Belarusian Derived from the Hebrew word זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember". As a surname it can also derive from the given name Zakhar (Zechariah) that shares this etymology.
ZubčićCroatian Possibly derived from zubić, meaning "small tooth".
ZuckerJewish Occupational name for a confectioner or a nickname for someone with a sweet tooth, from German zucker or Yiddish צוקער (tsuker) both meaning "sugar". It is also used as an ornamental name.
ZuckerbergJewish Means "sugar mountain" from German zucker meaning "sugar" and Old High German berg meaning "mountain".
ZuckermanGerman, Yiddish As a German surname, it is an occupational name for a merchant who sold sugar or nickname for a sweet tooth.... [more]
ZukinJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 頭巾 (zukin) meaning "headscarf, hood, handkerchief".
ZurJewish Ornamental name derived from Hebrew צור (tsur) meaning "rock".
ZurerYiddish Possibly a variant of Zur or Tzur. Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer (1969-) bears this name.
ZvezdochkaRussian, Belarusian Means "little star" or "small star", from Russian "звезда (zvezda)" meaning "star" with the suffix "-очка (-ochka)" meaning "little, small, young". It can also be translated as "starlet". It is a surname in Russia that is also common in Belarus... [more]