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

Adkinson English
Variant of the surname Atkinson.

Antury Greek, Hebrew
Haifa, Israel.... [more]

Arnett English
Derived from Arnold, a pet name perhaps. Also could be from /arn/ "eagle" and /ett/, a diminutive.

Bakshis Lithuanian
Means fighter or boxer

Balfager Gothic, Medieval Portuguese
Name of a Visigoth noble family (around the 10th century) from the Iberian Peninsula (current northern Portugal), meaning "bold spear"; they descent from the Balti dynasty.

Birnie Scottish
Part of the clan MacInnes from the Scottish highlands. It was originally the name of a church (Burn-nigh) which became Birnie or Birney.

Bragado Portuguese, Spanish
This surname is a Spanish word which means "gritty", refering to a bull. ... [more]

Brinclhof German
Variant of Brinkerhoff.

Broglin English
Corruption of Brogden.

Budurov Russian
It is believed to mean "The Blessed One" or "Bless You" in Russian.

Carnahan Irish
From the Irish Cearnaghan, meaning "victorious"

Champin French
It is the french form of Chapman

Chastang French
Derived from Olde French castanh meaning "chestnut". Possibly a location or occupation name.

Cintron Spanish
Spanish form for the french "Citroen". Original from Puerto Rico.

Coppenhaver German
Americanized spelling, probably originally spelled Kopenhaver or Koppenhaver. Means "owner of a hill".

Driggers American
Corruption of the Spanish surname Rodriguez. Originated in 17th century Virginia as a former slave by that surname was integrated into free society.

El-qases Arabic
It means "the narrative (which refers to the title of a chapter of the Quran)".

El-shafei Arabic
It means "the intercessor (which refers to the Prophet of Islam, who will hopefully intercede on one's behalf before God on the day of judgement)".

Elverman German
The name Elverman means Eel fisherman.

El-zein Arabic
It means "the ornament".

Embry English, Scottish
ember, smoldering fire

Fafard French
Possibly derived from the french 'fard' meaning 'made-up' or 'make-up'. This is in a theatrical sense and does not imply lying. Very possibly a derivation form a theatrical occupation

Fanning Irish
The roots of the name are unclear. It seems the name is Native Irish Gaelic. It is thought to be derived from the Gaelic name Ó Fionnáin which means "fair".

Feuerhahn German
Feuerhahn comes from the Old High German words (fivr) meaning "fire" & (hano) meaning "cock".

Fitch Scottish
The name fitch is of anglo-saxon decent, it refers to a person of iron point inrefrence to a soldier or worrior it is derived from an english word (Fiche) which means iron point the name started in county suffolk

Ginebra Spanish
From the Spanish word ginebra, meaning "gin," possibly ultimately from the Latin iuniperus, meaning "juniper."

Gravenor Welsh
meaning, "great hunter"

Guevera Spanish
means "protector"

Gwyther Welsh
meaning, "victor" or "victory"

Hachimitsu Japanese
Means "honey"

Hatake Japanese
Means "Field" in Japanese

Haviv Jewish
Means 'Sweet' in Hebrew

Heinbokel German
(Hein) is a short form of the name Heinrich, (the German form of the name Henry) & Bokel is a place name in Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein & North Rhine-Westphalia.

Hirsekorn German
Hirsekorn - millet grain - seems to be of Jewish origin

Homberg German
The surname Hamberg could be derived from it.

Huaranga Incan
Possibly refers to the Inca administrative "unit of a thousand households"

Katopodis Greek
It cames only from the greek island lefkada, its by the word meaning is "Downfoot" nut actually it means The guy who run away

Keim German
Unknown.

Khansari Persian
Actual meaning is unknown; originated in the Iranian tribe the Kurds.

Koski Finnish
Means "rapids" in Finnish.

Kouumoto Japanese
Rainfall origin.

Krieg German
German word meaning "war"

Lackey Irish
Lackey was originally a name for a horse servant.

Ladouceur French
french canadian

Lalatovic Serbian
Possibly derived from the slavic word for "tulips", lale or from son of Lala (a nickname for Lazar)

La Liveres French
Means 'the books' in French

Ligne English
A variation of the names Ling, Lin and others.

Luk Mongolian
Green

Marroquin Spanish
Spanish or Portuguese

Mccain English
"Son of warrior"

Mc Elhinney Irish, Scottish
Dalriadan

Mcgillicuddy Irish
The surname McGillicuddy comes from the Irish Mac GiollaMochuda, meaning 'son of the devotee of St. Mochuda'. It's part of the O'Sullivan sect and comes from the West part of Ireland in county Kerry... [more]

Mesías Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish, meaning Messiah.

Misleh Arabic
Variation of Musleh. Means "peacemaker" or "social reformer" in Arabic.

Nemirow English
Is the English for the Russian/Ukrainian Surname Nemirov

O'milligan Irish
Form of Milligan.

O'prey Irish
From the Irish Gaelic Á Preith or Ó Preith meaning "of the cattle spoil".

Pico Spanish
meaning beak of a bird, or peak of a mountain in spanish... [more]

Plant English
An occupational surname for a gardener.

Popuchet French
Wise and classy

Pothier English
One of the Many spellings of Pottier

Prozesky Polish
process or court case... [more]

Rachman Ukrainian, Jewish
Rachman is an old Jewish name which means "Merciful" in Hebrew.... [more]

Rade Arabic
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Renehan Irish
Derived from Irish Gaelic, meaning "sharp- or star-pointed."

Reytblat Yiddish
Means "red leaf" in Yiddish. This is somewhat rare, chiefly used by Jews from Russia and Ukraine.

Rundlett French
this is a french word for little wine barrels.

Salmi Finnish
Means "a strait" in Finnish.

Sharleville French (?)
France?

Shwets Ukrainian
Variant of Shwetz

Silberman German, Jewish
Variant of Silber, with the addition of Middle High German man meaning "man" or Yiddish man meaning "man".

Šmigiæ Serbian
It is old Serbian surname.It's origins are probably from Kosovo.

Szmanda Polish
Polish pronunciation is "sh-MAHN-dah" and Hungarian pronunciation is "s-MAHN-dah".

Takamitsu Japanese
"Taka" is high or tall, "Mitsu" is light (as in sunlight, lightbulb). This is a rare family name in Japan. It was created by a family within that last century, but strangely enough a couple other families with no blood relation have showed up with that surname within the last 20 years in the Japanese phonebook.

Toler English
Variant of Toller.

Towers French
1. Variant of Tower, with later -s. ... [more]

Truan Spanish
Means "Knave" or "Joker"

Tsukino Japanese
Means ''of the moon'' in Japanese. A famous bearer of this surname would be Usagi Tsukino in the show Sailor Moon.

Valo Finnish
means "light" in finnish

Vanniyan Indian
It denotes those belonging to the Palli caste.

Von Whittenmeyer German
Germanian... [more]

Waghdhare Indian
A Marathi surname meaning "Tiger Catcher"

Wile Hungarian
no particular meaning. the word wile means to trick though.

Wrenn English
Derived from the surname Wren... [more]

Zielenbach German
Literally translates to "aiming brook"

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