Submitted Surnames from Other Sources

Given Name Occupation Location Nickname Ornamental Other

usage

source

Select filters then press SEARCH below

+Usage or language

Usage	clear
Language	clear

+Letters

Initial	clear
Start	clear
End	clear
Substring	clear
Pattern	clear help?
the letters in the pattern are compared to the letters in the name * is a wildcard that matches zero or more letters example: oo matches names which contain oo _ is a wildcard that matches exactly one letter example: __z matches names which have two letters and then z

+Meaning and keywords

Meaning	clear help?
	expand search to include grammatical forms
	expand search to include close synonyms
	expand search to include subclasses
separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign expand search to include grammatical forms: attempt to include grammatical forms of the meanings example: speak includes spoke expand search to include close synonyms: attempt to include synonyms of the meanings example: brave includes courageous expand search to include search narrower synonyms: attempt to include subclasses of the meanings example: reptile includes turtle
Description	clear help?
	ignore name meanings
the description is the meaning and history write-up for the name separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" matches names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus matches Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus ignore name meanings: keywords from the name meanings are ignored

-Source

Source

clear

+Gender

clear

+Length

clear

+Sound and syllables

Pronunciation	clear help?
	case sensitive
see the pronunciation key for a guide on how to write the sounds sounds can only be searched in names that have been assigned pronunciations * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters in the pronunciation example: lee matches names which end with the sound lee* _ is a wildcard that will match exactly one letter in the pronunciation example: __z matches names which have two letters and then a z (s) matches exactly one syllable in the pronunciation example: (s)(s)ra matches names which have two syllables and then the sound rah (c) matches a consonant (k) matches a consonant or consonant cluster (v) matches a vowel (p) matches a plosive or stop consonant (f) matches a fricative consonant (n) matches a nasal consonant case sensitive: check this if you wish distinguish between unstressed lowercase sounds and stressed uppercase sounds
Syllables	clear help?
syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations names without pronunciations are excluded from results

+Popularity

List	clear
Year	clear
Rank	clear

+Famous namesake

Category

clear

+Options

Sort	clear
Display	clear

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

Janjuš Serbian

Jankins English (American)
Variant of Jenkins.

Jánoš Czech

Janus Polish

Januzaj Kosovar

Jaouhari Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar) meaning "jewel, gem, essence" (chiefly Moroccan).

Japan African

Japiere African

Jaqypbek Kazakh

Jardel French
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from Old French jardel, a diminutive of jard (jardin in Modern French), meaning "garden".

Jardim Portuguese (Brazilian)

Jardon Mexican

Jared English
English: variant of Garrett .

Jareen Bengali

Jarin Bengali

Jarita Spanish (Latin American)

Jarra Spanish

Jarrus Popular Culture
Used by Kanan Jarrus from the American show "Star Wars Rebels".

Jarry French

Jaruševičius Lithuanian

Jarvid Swedish (Rare)

Jarvik Norwegian

Jary French
France-England-USA

Jaspe Spanish (Latin American)

Jasper English

Jassan Spanish (Mexican)

Jassman German

Jauffret French

Jauković Montenegrin, Serbian

Jaunzemis Latvian
Means "Of the new land".

Javan Portuguese

Javens English (British, Americanized, ?)

Javert Literature
The name of the policeman in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables." His name was taken from the word Javert, which means "to pursue relentlessly."... [more]

Javery French

Javidi Iranian

Jávor Hungarian
Means ''maple''.

Jaw English

Jawara Manding (Anglicized)

Jaws Welsh

Jayakodi Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයකොඩි (see Jayakody).

Jayakody Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" combined with Sinhala කොඩිය (kodiya) meaning "flag, banner" (ultimately from Tamil கொடி (koti)).

Jayamanna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයමාන්න (see Jayamanne).

Jayamanne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and मान (mana) meaning "respect, honour, pride".

Jayapalan Indian

Jayaram Indian

Jayarathne Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයරත්න (see Jayaratne).

Jayaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයරත්න (see Jayaratne).

Jayasekera Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසේකර (see Jayasekara).

Jayashankar Indian

Jayasinha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයසිංහ (see Jayasinghe).

Jayathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark (on the forehead), dot, ornament".

Jayathilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayathillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayatilaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayatilake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayatileke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayatillaka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayatillake Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayatilleka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayatilleke Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයතිලක (see Jayathilaka).

Jayawardana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).

Jayawardane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Jayawardena.

Jayawardena Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".

Jayawardene Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).

Jayawardhana Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).

Jayawardhane Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).

Jayawardhena Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවර්ධන (see Jayawardena).

Jayawickrema Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවික්‍රම (see Jayawickrama).

Jayawickreme Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ජයවික්‍රම (see Jayawickrama).

Jayel Mexican

Jazbec Slovene
Means ''badger'' in Slovenian.

Jaziri Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jazvin Bosnian

Jazzy French

Jderoiu Romanian
Derived from Romanian jder meaning "marten".

Jedou Western African
Found in Mauritania.

Jedrzejczyk Polish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Jędrzejczyk.

Jee Pakistani

Jeevakumar Indian

Jefcoat English
Means “Son of Geoffrey”.

Jeffer English

Jefferyson English (Rare)
Variant of Jefferson.

Jeg Indian

Jegen Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Jacob.

Jegou French

Jekal Korean
Diffrent romanization of Chegal.

Jelan Malaysian

Jelassi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Jlassi (chiefly Tunisian).

Jelić Croatian, Serbian

Jellema West Frisian, Frisian
Means “Son of Jelle”, the suffix -(s)ma indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Jendre German (Anglicized, Rare), Czech (Anglicized, Rare), Slovak (Anglicized, Rare), Danish (Anglicized, Rare)
Jendre is an anglicized version of many surnames throughout Europe that start with 'Jendre'.... [more]

Jenis Slovak

Jenlliek German

Jennefors Swedish (Rare)

Jennifer English

Jennin French (Rare)

Jentzen English (American)

Jeon Korean

Jepsen English
Variant of Jepson.

Jeptoo African, Kenyan

Jeray English

Jere French
Derived from the personal name Jerome, which is derived from the Greek name Hieronymos, meaning “sacred name.” Jerome was a saint who was known for translating the Bible into Latin.

Jernancy Filipino

Jerrain French (Rare)

Jerry Papuan

Jersey English

Jeryn Polish

Jesenković Croatian, Bosnian

Jesień Polish
Derived from Polish jesień "autumn".

Jesion Polish

Jesse English

Jessop English
Variant of Jessup.

Jeudi French (Caribbean), French
From the French for Thursday. Brought over from Europe to the Caribbean, where it is now mainly found in Haiti.

Jevđević Serbian

Jevtić Serbian

Jeyarajah Tamil

Jhala Indian, Gujarati
Gujarati clan name of unknown meaning.

Jhatoliya Rajasthani

Jhingan Hindi

Jialan Arabic

Jigane Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 侍金 (see Samuraigane).

Jilka German (Austrian)

Jill English (New Zealand)

Jim Nigerian

Jima Ethiopian

Jimbō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimbou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jimi Nepali

Jin Japanese
From Japanese 神 (jin) meaning "deity; god". This may have been used by shrine masters, people who came from shrines, or people who were granted by the emperor of Japan.

Jinbo Japanese
From 神 (jin, kami) meaning "god, deity, divine" combined with 保 (ho, tamotsu) meaning "protect".

Jinbo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinboh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinbou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 (see Jimbō).

Jinda Japanese

Jindal Indian, Punjabi, Hindi
Meaning uncertain.

Jingūji Japanese
formed with 神 (Shin, Jin, Kami, Kan, Kou) meaning "God" and 宮 (Kyuu, Guu, Ku, Kuu, Miya) meaning "Palace". and 司 (Shi, Ji) meaning "Director". Which means the surname could possible come out as “God’s Palace of the Director”

Jingushi Japanese

Jinjikhashvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.

Jinping Chinese

Jiráň Czech

Jiranorraphat Thai
From Thai จิระ (chira) meaning "long time, long space", นร (nora) meaning "man", and ภัทร (phatthra) meaning "good, prosperous".

Jiravechsoontornkul Thai

Jiravechsoontornkul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรเวชสุนทรกุล (see Chirawetsunthonkun).

Jirayangyurn Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรยั่งยืน (see Chirayangyuen).

Jirayungyern Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรยั่งยืน (see Chirayangyuen).

Jirayungyurn Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai จิรยั่งยืน (see Chirayangyuen).

Jiro Japanese
From Japanese 耳 (ji) meaning "ear" and 郎 (ro, rou, rō) meaning "son, male"

Jirohman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jirōman Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 次郎 (jirō) meaning "2nd son" and 万 (man), a character clipping of 万屋 (yorozuya) meaning "general store", referring to a general store that was run by a 2nd son.... [more]

Jiroman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jirouman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 次郎万 or 次郎萬 (see Jirōman).

Jix Thai

Jkitou Arabic (Maghrebi)

Jlassi Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
From the name of an Tamazight (Berber) tribal confederation in Tunisia; the name could be from Arabic إِخْلَاص (ʾiḵlāṣ) meaning "sincerity, devotion, loyalty" or of unknown Berber meaning.

Joa Estonian
Joa is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jõe" meaning "watrer/fluvial" or "joana" meaning "torrents/cascades".

Jodiet German
Unknown

Joei Japanese

Joemankhan Dutch (Surinamese)

Jõeots Estonian
Jõeots is an Estonian surname meaning "fluvial (water) end".

Joffé Spanish (Latin American)

Jogesh Indian

Johal Indian (Sikh)
Unknown

Joham German (Austrian)

Johannknecht German
John The Servant

Johel French

Johengen German

Johin French

Johnsonson English (Rare)

Johnstone Scottish
Variant of Johnston.

Jois Indian

Jokić Serbian, Croatian

Jõks Estonian
Jõks is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "jooks" meaning "run", "course", "scamper" and "traveling".

Joldescu Romanian (Rare)

Joldušić Bosnian (Rare)

Joli French

Jolivet South American

Joll Estonian
Joll is an Estonian surname meaning "dinghy (boat)".

Jollie English
Variant of Jolly.

Jolón Spanish

Jolson English

Jomana Northern African

Jonah Western African

Jõõger Estonian
Jõõger is an Estonian surname, possibly a corruption of "jääger" meaning "hunter" and "trapper".

Jooni Indian

Joost Estonian
Joost is an Estonian surname, derived from the masculine given name "Joost"; ultimately from St. Judoc.

Jophrey African

Joplin English
Possibly derived from a Middle English diminutive of Geoffrey, a nickname from Middle English joppe "fool", or from the Biblical name Job... [more]

Jõulu Estonian
Jõulu is an Estonian surname meaning "Christmas" (Estonian: "Jõulud").

Joumana Northern African

Jovet French

Jovi Indonesian

Jovičić Serbian
Means "son of Jovan".

Joy English
Either derived directly from the word, indicating a nickname for a joyous person, or a variant of Joyce.

Jozi Hlubi (?), African
A Hlubi word referring to a sword or spear mkonto,mkhonto,lerumo

Juanet South American

Juang Chinese

Juangroongruangkit Thai
From surname Juang, Thai รุ่งเรือง (rungrueang) meaning "flourishing; prosperous; thriving", and กิจ (kit) meaning "duty; work"

Juhasov Slovak
Hungarian (Juhász): occupational name for a shepherd from juh 'sheep' + the occupational suffix -ász.

Juhe Estonian
Juhe is an Estonian surname meaning "cord" and "wire".

Juillet French
Means "July" in French.

Julip English
Variant of Julep.

Jumārs Latvian (Rare)
Derived from Livonian jumerški "round".

Jumawan Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano hawan meaning "bare, clear".

Jūmonji Japanese
Means "cross, crisscross" in Japanese, a compound of 十 (jū) meaning "ten", 文 (mon) meaning "writing", and 字 (ji) meaning "character, handwriting."

Jump English
Perhaps from the English word jump. A notable namesake was American scientist Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941).

June English

Junel Swedish (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Junell.

Junelius Finland Swedish (Archaic, ?)
Variant of Junnelius, a latinized form of the Finnish surname Junna.

Jungmann German
Means "young man" from German Jung and Mann.

Jungmayr German

Junior Eastern African

Jurevičius Lithuanian

Apply this search to the main name collection