SvanbergSwedish Combination of Swedish svan ”swan” and berg ”mountain”.
SvanströmSwedish Combination of Swedish svan "swan" and ström "stream".
SvedbergSwedish Combination of Swedish svedja "to burn off, to swidden" (referring to slash-and-burn agriculture (in Swedish: svedjebruk)) and berg "mountain". This name can be both locational (surname derived from a place named with Sved-... [more]
TeitelbaumJewish From Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym) meaning "date palm".
TeivasEstonian Teivas is an Estonian surname meaning "pole", "staff" and "stake".
TelgmaaEstonian Telgmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "axial land".
TellisaarEstonian Tellisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "brick island".
TelliskiviEstonian Telliskivi is an Estonian surname meaning "brick stone".
TenDutch this is part of an old Dutch naming practice of adding a location to a patronymic last name
TennosaarEstonian Tennosaar is an Estonian surname meaning "Tenno's (a masculine given name) island".
TerDutch It is an old Dutch word used in some last names that indicate location or place. It specifically translates as "to" "in" or "at"
TeraEstonian Tera is an Estonia surname that can mean "blade", "edge" and "grain".
ThalGerman, Jewish Topographic name for someone who lived in or near a valley, derived from Middle High German tal "valley". As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
ThorénSwedish Combination of the name Thor (possibly derived from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -én.
ThunbergSwedish Combination of Swedish tun (from Old Norse tún) "enclosure, courtyard, plot, fence" and berg "mountain".
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).
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".
VarawornThai From วร (Wara / Vara) derived from the Sanskrit वर (vara) which means "excellent, noble, best, chosen." and วรณ์ (Worn / Vorn) which is a Thai suffix that can derive from Sanskrit -वर्ण (varṇa) meaning color, class, category or appearance and in modern Thai surnames it is often used ornamentally or as an honorific flourish.
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... [more]
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".