Submitted Surnames from Other Sources

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Fitzooth Folklore (?)
Fitzooth means "son of a nobleman". Robin Hood's real name was Robert Fitzooth.
Flamel French
Meaning unknown. Proposals include french flamme meaning "flame" or a description of origin, such as "Flemish", or the French term for the same word, Flamand.... [more]
Flamenco Spanish (Latin American)
From the name of the art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain.
Fleck English
Meaning unknown. It is used in the 2019 movie Joker as the real name of the titular character played by actor Joaquin Phoenix.
Fleisig German
"industrious"
Flenot American (South, ?)
I think this could be a French Indian name however, it may be misspelled, and I don't know the correct spelling.
Flesch German, German (Austrian)
Possibly from the Middle High German fleisch, itself from the Old High German word fleisk meaning "flesh, meat".
Fling Irish, English
Perhaps derived from Flynn.
Fliss Polish (Americanized), Polish (Germanized)
Americanized and Germanized form of Flis.
Flo Norwegian
Famous bearers include Norwegian footballers and relatives Tore Andre, Håvard, and Jostein Flo of the Norwegian national team that upset Brazil twice in both a friendly in 1997 and a 1998 World Cup group match.
Floarea Romanian
Means "flower" in Romanian.
Floerke German
Floerke Name Meaning German (Flörke): from a pet form of the personal names Florian or Florentinus, from Latin Florus (from florere ‘to bloom’).Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4... [more]
Flood Irish
There are some English Flood's, but the name mainly derives from the Irish O'Taicligh or Mac an Tuile and was Anglicized to Flood, Floyd, and Tully when the Gaelic language was outlawed in Ireland by the English.
Florence English
Either a patronymic or matronymic from Florence, or to denote someone from Florence, Italy.
Florentini Romansh
Corruption of Florin-Thöni.
Floyde English
Variant of Floyd.
Flute English
From the English word flute which is an instrument.
Flutterby English
An English name once used to describe a butterfly.
Fluture Romanian
From Romanian fluture, flutur "butterfly" (itself possibly a deverbative from flutura "flutter, float, flit").
Foley Irish
As a northern Irish surname it is derived from the Gaelic personal name Searrach, which was based on searrach "foal, colt" and anglicized as Foley because of its phonetic similarity to English foal.
Foligno Italian
Derived from the Latin word folium "leaf"
Fong Chinese
Taishanese version of Kuang
Fontañez Spanish
From the Latin fons meaning "fountain."
Forde English, Irish
Variant of Ford. This is a very common spelling in Ireland.
Fórmica Spanish
Spanish transcription of the Italian surname Formica (while the insect in Spanish is hormiga).
Forsman Swedish
Combination of Swedish fors "rapid" (geology) and man "man".
Forster English (Anglicized), German, Jewish, Slovak
English: occupational and topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a forest (see Forrest). ... [more]
Fouch English
not sure how i can up with this but i used it for my hp professor oc
Fouche French
"people army"
Foulkes English (Anglicized, ?)
English variant spelling of Foulks.
Fouquereau French (Quebec)
Jean Fouquereau was born on November 6, 1617, in Anjou, Isère, France, his father, Louis, was 23 and his mother, Catherine, was 20. He married Renee Bataille on December 31, 1639, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France... [more]
Fourie Afrikaans
Originates from French Huguenot settlers
Foxglove Literature
Used in Jill Murphy's books, The Worst Witch, as well as the television adaptations for the surname of Felicity Foxglove. It is a combination of "fox" and "glove".
Fraga Portuguese
Fraga, also derived from the Spanish variation of the word frescas meaning "strawberries", in the Portugal it translates to "from the cliffs or cliffside"
Fraley English (American)
Anglicized/Americanized version of the German surname "Frohlich", meaning "happy" or "cheerful".
France Czech
Variant of Franc.
Francese Italian
Ethnic name for a Frenchman.
Frankenhoff German (Americanized, ?)
House of the Franks (French)
Franzblau Jewish
Means "french blue" in German. One of the many names assigned to Jews during the rule of Emperor Joseph II, who required all Jews in the Hapsburg Empire to adopt surnames.
Frascatore Italian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly derived from (or related to) Italian frasca meaning "bough, branch", which might possibly indicate that the surname had first started out as a nickname for someone who worked as a woodcutter or as a forester... [more]
Fratzke German (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a Slavic origin and a derivation from Middle Low German vratz "glutton".
Freer French
Dutch spelling of Frere (brother); another variant spelling is Frear.
Friedman English (American), Jewish
Americanized form of Friedmann as well as a Jewish cognate of this name.
Friedmann German, German (Swiss), Jewish (Ashkenazi)
German and Swiss German from a derivative of Friedrich. ... [more]
Fritschun Romansh
Romanshized form of Frizzoni.
Frizzell English (Rare)
Either (i) from Friseal, the Scottish Gaelic form of Fraser; or (ii) from a medieval nickname applied to someone who dressed in a showy or gaudy style (from Old French frisel "decoration, ribbon").
Fröding Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly from a place name element derived from Swedish frodig meaning "lush, thriving, flourishing" or from the name of the Norse god Frö (see Freyr)... [more]
Frollo Literature
Meaning unknown. This was the surname of Claude Frollo, the antagonist of Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Fuglesang Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Means "bird song" in Norwegian (compare German Vogelsang).
Fujieda Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 枝 (eda) meaning "branch".
Fujihashi Japanese
Fuji means "Wisteria" and Hashi means "Bridge".
Fujishiro Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost, charge".
Fujiyasu Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
Fukashi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Oku 3.
Fuks Yiddish
It literally means "fox".
Fukuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Fukumoto Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Fukunaga Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".
Fukurai Japanese
From Japanese 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing" and 来 (rai) meaning "coming, arriving".
Fulcar Spanish (Latin American)
Most common in the Dominican Republic.
Fulga Romanian (Rare)
Means "snowflake" in Romanian.
Fumetsugawa Japanese (Rare)
From japanese kanji 不滅 (fumetsu) meaning "immortal, indestructible, undying" and 河 or 川 (gawa/kawa) both meaning "river".
Funaki Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Funamizu Japanese
From Japanese 船 (funa) meaning "ship, vessel" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Funk German
Derived from Middle High German vunke "spark". ... [more]
Furey Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Fiúra and Ó Fiodhabhra. Means "bushy eyebrows" derived from Irish fiodh "wood" and (f)abhra "eyebrow."
Furman Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann)... [more]
Furukane Japanese
Furu means "old" and kane means "gold, money, metal".
Furuyashiki Japanese
Meaning "Old Grand House", with the Kanji Characters 古屋敷.
Fuse Japanese
From Japanese 布 (fu) meaning "cloth" and 施 (se) meaning "give, bestow".
Fushiya Japanese
The surname "Fushiya" translates to "Prostrated Valley"
Fusi Italian
Italian: of uncertain origin; it could be Greek, compare modern Greek Soyses, or alternatively, Caracausi suggests, of Arabic or Hebrew origin.
Fynch English
Variant of Finch.
Fyres English (Rare)
Variant of Ayres or Ayers.... [more]
Ga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).
Gaa German
Bavarian dialect variant of Gau.
Gabathuler Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name Berchtold.
Gaber Jewish, German
In Jewish, from Haber, and in German from Gabrijel.
Gaber Slovene
"Hornbeam."
Gadgil Marathi
A Chitpavan Brahmin surname from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. Likely means "Holder of a Urn of water" during a Hindu ritual.
Gadžo Bosnian
It is assumed that Gadžo derives from the old-Indian gārhya ("domestic") and means farmer, villager, head of the house or husband.
Gaetz English (American)
Americanization of Gätz.
Gafafer Romansh
Derived from Romansh casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and Romansh faver "smith".
Gailis Latvian
Means "rooster".
Gailītis Latvian
Derived from the word gailis meaning "rooster".