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Yoshi Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortune".

Yoshidome Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune, auspicious" combined with 留 (tome) meaning "detain, stop, remain, to stay still".

Yoshimi Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance, view".

Yoshimitsu Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mitsu means "light".

Yoshimoto Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Yoshitake Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial".

Yoshitomi Japanese
From 吉 (yoshi, kichi, kitsu) meaning "good luck, fortunate" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".

Yoshiyasu Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".

Yoshizako Japanese

Yosozumi Japanese
Variant of Yososumi.

Youk Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.

Younce English (American)

Youngblood English
Americanisation of the German surname Jungbluth.

Younger English, American
English (mainly Borders) from Middle English yonger ‘younger’, hence a distinguishing name for, for example, the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker)... [more]

Youngson English
Means "son of Young".

Yovel Hebrew
Means "jubilee" or "anniversary" in Hebrew, usually refers to a 50 years anniversary.

Ypi Albanian

Yris Spanish (Mexican)

Yubi Japanese

Yubuza Dungan
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name.

Yuce French

Yuchengco Filipino
From the surnames Yu, Cheng, and Ko.

Yucupicio Cahita (Castilianized)
Castilianized form of Yukkupicio.

Yuehua English

Yuk Korean
From Sino-Korean 陸 (yuk/ryuk) meaning "dry land; land".

Yukida Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yukimiya Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukiyama Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

Yukiyasu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "luck" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Yukizome Japanese
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".

Yukkupicio Cahita
It literally means "drizzle".

Yüksel Turkish
Means "increase, rise, ascend" in Turkish.

Yuktanan Thai

Yulandi Indonesian

Yulo Filipino

Yumehara Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumeno Japanese
yumeno means "dream field" the kanji used for this name are 夢 (yume) meaning " dream" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

Yumi Japanese
Yu means "cause, reason, logic" and mi means "beauty". ... [more]

Yumul Filipino, Pampangan

Yunyun Nigerian

Yurovsky Russian, Jewish, Polish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from Yurovo, or anglicization of Polish cognate Jurowski.

Yusa Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Yuyan Nanai

Zaad Dutch
Originating from Dutch, meaning "seed", and in my opinion, ties well with Harald. Harald Zaad.

Zabu French (African)

Zach German
German and Czech from the personal name Zach a short form of Zacharias or in Czech Zachariáš... [more]

Zachos Greek
A shortened version of Zacharias.

Zack English

Zackowski Polish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Zakowski

Zadjelović Croatian (Rare)

Zadneprovskienė Lithuanian

Zadniprovskyi Ukrainian

Zadran Pashto
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe inhabiting Afghanistan and Waziristan (Pakistan).

Zadro Croatian

Zændžiaty Ossetian
From the Persian word zangi meaning "Dark Skinned". Zangiev and Zangief are variants.

Zaewa Russian
meaning unknown. female form of ZAEW

Zafirov Bulgarian

Žagars Latvian
Means "stick".

Žager Slovene, Croatian

Zagrebelsky Italian (Rare)

Zagreda Albanian

Zahaf Arabic (Maghrebi)

Zahavi Hebrew, Jewish
From Hebrew זהב (zahav) meaning "gold", commonly used as a replacement for Ashkenazi surnames containing the element gold, such as Goldman, Goldstein or Goldberg.

Zahra Maltese

Zahrani Arabic
From the Arabic زهراني (zahran) meaning "flowering, blossoming"; ultimately from زَهْرَة (zahra) meaning "flower, blossom" (see Zahrah)... [more]

Zai Japanese

Žaibus Lithuanian

Zaičikas Lithuanian

Zaicikas Lithuanian
Could mean "rabbit"

Zaiger German

Zaimi Albanian

Zajmi Albanian

Zakareishvili Georgian
Meaning unknown.

Zaķis Latvian
Means "hare".

Zakovorot Russian

Zala Romansh

Žalec Slovene

Zalick English
Comes from the Greek surname Tsalikis.

Zam Bhutanese

Zambazis Greek

Zámbó Hungarian

Zambo Central African

Zamfir Romanian
From zamfir, a variant of the Slavonic word samfir or safir meaning "sapphire".

Żammit Maltese
Maltese form of the Sicilian name Zammito.

Zammit Berber, Northern African
Tunisian Berber name of unknown meaning.

Zamoa Maltese

Zamonte Filipino (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Samonte.

Zander German

Zane English
Meaning unknown. It could be a Americanization of the German surname Zahn. Zane 1 is also used as a given name.

Zanel Spanish (Latin American)

Zanella Italian

Zanelli Italian

Zanfardino Italian

Zangara Italian
Southern Italian: from a feminine form of Zangaro ( see Zangari ).

Zangiev Ossetian, Soviet, Russian, Popular Culture
The Russified Soviet and Modern Russian form of the Ossetian surname Зæнджиаты Zændžiaty. A famous user of it is wrestler Victor Zangiev, himself the inspiration for Zangief of Street Fighter fame.

Zango Fula, Western African

Zanick Brazilian

Zano African

Zanos Greek

Zanto German
Unknown origin and history.

Zanussi Friulian, Italian
Zanussi is best known as the surname of an influential Italian inventor from Brugnera in Friulia. The name likely comes from zanuso meaning ‘sedge’ in Italian.

Zanza African

Zaouche Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name of unknown meaning.

Zapał Polish

Zapanta Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon
Of Hiligaynon origin and uncertain meaning.

Zapato Spanish
Means "shoe" in Spanish.

Zarafshan Persian
Means "spreader of gold" in Persian, from زر (zar) meaning "gold" and افشان (afshan) meaning "spreader, scatterer".

Zarb Maltese

Zardes African American (?)

Zarene African

Zari Pakistani

Zari Albanian

Zaribay Central African

Zaric Serbian (Anglicized)

Zarta South American
Chiefly used in Colombia.

Zarta German

Zarubica Montenegrin, Serbian

Zarubina Russian
Famous bearer: Olga Zarubina (Ольга Зарубина), Soviet/Russian singer. ... [more]

Zasche German

Zaslavski Russian, Jewish
Variant transcription of Zaslavsky. A notable music producer ZEDD's real name is Anton Zaslavski.

Zathen English (Rare)

Zatz Jewish
Abbreviation of the Hebrew phrase Zera TSadikim "seed of the righteous", assumed in a spirit of pious respect for one’s ancestors.

Zavalia Spanish (Latin American, Americanized)

Zavarzina Russian
Feminine form of Zavarzin.

Zavodny Czech

Zavrazhin Russian

Zayasu Japanese
From Japanese 座 (Za) meaning "squat; seat; cushion; gathering; sit" and 安 (Yasu) meaning "relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful".

Zaydman Jewish
Russian variant of Seidman.

Zaytoun Arabic (Egyptian)

Zaza Arabic (Egyptian)

Zazai Pashto
Meaning uncertain.

Zazi Assyrian

Zazzarino Italian

Žbanić Bosnian

Zbirak Ukrainian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Derived from the Polish 'zbierac' meaning to collect or gather

Zbornak American
Zbornak is a surname. A famous bearer is Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur) from “The Golden Girls”.

Zdeblick American

Zdunich Polish
Polish name of unknown meaning or origin. A notable bearer of this name is American actor/singer/artist/songwriter Terrance Zdunich.

Zeah Iranian

Zealley English

Zec Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Slovene
Means ''rabbit''.

Zecca Italian

Zečević Serbian
Derived from zec, meaning ''rabbit''.

Zechmann German

Zechouritis Greek

Zed Arabic

Zedewarfft Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)

Zefi Albanian

Zeghlache Berber, Northern African
Kabyle surname of unknown meaning.

Zegras Greek

Zeimer English (Australian)

Zeitlin Yiddish, Hebrew

Zeitoun Arabic
Derived from the Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive", a cognate of the Maghrebi Zitouni. It could also be linked to the famous El-Zeitoun district in Cairo, Egypt.

Zeka Albanian

Zekausky Lithuanian

Zela Albanian

Zelenin Russian
Derived from Russian зелень (zelen) meaning "greens, vegetables, verdure".

Zelenović Serbian
Derived from Serbian зелен (zelen) "green".

Zelgowski Polish
Originally, surname Zelegowski was misheard as Zelgowski when Polish immigrants were first coming to the United States through Ellis Island... [more]

Zeljković Bosnian

Zella German

Zelli Italian

Zeltiņš Latvian
Derived from the word zelts meaning "gold".

Žemaitaitis Lithuanian
From Lithuanian Žemaitija or Samogitian Žemaitėjė, an region in Lithuania.

Žemeckis Lithuanian

Zemer Hebrew

Zemmamouche Berber (Rare), Northern African (Rare)

Zenda Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 全 meaning "everything" and 田 meaning "rice paddy field".

Zerdali Turkish
Means "wild apricot."

Zerdev Bulgarian

Zerhouni Arabic (Maghrebi), Northern African, Berber
Possibly refers to the Zerhoun mountain in Morocco. The family name originates from the city of Nedroma in Tlemcen, Algeria.

Zerka English (Rare)

Zervas Greek
Meaning unknown. The surname is borne by American rapper, singer and composer Arizona Zervas.

Zeze Japanese

Žeželj Croatian

Zgheib Arabic
Lebanese surname of unknown meaning.

Zhan Chinese

Zhao Hui

Zhaparov Kyrgyz, Kazakh

Zharkov Russian
Possibly derived from Russian жаркий (zharkiy) "hot".

Zhegrova Albanian

Zheng Hui
From the Arabic name Shams.

Zhizhiashvili Georgian

Zhuge Chinese
One of the rare Chinese double character surnames. It is ranked 314th in the Hundred Family Surnames. The first character 諸 can be read as "all, these, various" and the second character 葛 as meaning "vine, vines"... [more]

Zhugli Albanian
Meaning unknown.

Zhukovsky Russian
Same spelling as Zhukov

Zhulati Albanian
Meaning unknown

Žiak Slovak
Žiak means "school boy" in Slovak

Ziavras Greek

Ziberi Albanian

Zichelli Italian