Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Aalderink Dutch
Habitational name from any of several farms, derived from the older form Alardink meaning "Alard’s place".

Aamara Arabic

Abadi Hebrew

Abadjian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբաջյան (see Abajyan).

Abagnale Italian
Either an occupational name for a shepherd or a person who lived near a sheepfold (derived from Italian abbagnale meaning "good shepherd, good sheepfold"), or a topographic name for someone who lived in a wet or swampy area (from abagnato meaning "drenched, soaked")... [more]

Abajian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբաջյան (see Abajyan).

Abajyan Armenian
From Turkish abacı referring to a maker or seller of woollen homespun cloth or garments, ultimately from aba meaning "coarse woollen cloth".

Abakar Western African
From the given name Abakar.

Ábalos Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the municipality of Ábalos in La Rioja, Spain, likely of Basque origin.

Abaño Filipino
Possibly derived from Spanish baño meaning "bath".

Abayon Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano abay meaning "parallel, analogue, juxtapose".

Abaza Arabic
From the name of the Abazin (or Abaza) people native to the Northwest Caucasus. This name was adopted by Abazins, Circassians, and Abkhaz who were expelled from the Caucasus in the 19th century.

Abazi Albanian
Derived from the given name Abaz.

Abbaspoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian عباس‌پور (see Abbaspour).

Abbaspour Persian
Means "son of Abbas" in Persian.

Abcede Filipino
A bearer of this name was Salvador Abcede, the leader of the anti-Japanese guerrilla group on Negros.

Abdalla Arabic
From the given name Abd Allah.

Abdallah Arabic
From the given name Abd Allah.

Abdelhak Arabic
From the given name Abd al-Haqq.

Abdeslam Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Abdeslam.

Abdilla Maltese
From a Maltese form of the given name Abd Allah.

Abdoulaye Western African
From the given name Abdoulaye.

Abdulbut Thai (Muslim)
Alternate transcription of Thai อับดุลบุตร (see Apdunbut).

Abdulla Arabic, Bengali, Filipino, Tausug, Dhivehi, Uyghur
From the given name Abd Allah.

Abebe Amharic, Ethiopian
Means "flower" in Amharic.

Abecassis Judeo-Spanish
From Hebrew אָב (áv) meaning "father" and Arabic قَصَّاص (qaṣṣāṣ) meaning "storyteller, narrator" (used as a title for community leaders and rabbis among North African Jews).

Abelian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբելյան (see Abelyan).

Abella Catalan, Galician
Means "bee" in Catalan and Galician, used as a nickname for a small, active person or an occupational name for a beekeeper.

Abelson English
Means "son of Abel."

Abelyan Armenian
Means "son of Abel".

Abensour Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Abensur.

Abensur Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Tzur".

Abergel Judeo-Spanish
Means "one-legged" or "one-footed" in Moroccan Arabic, from Arabic رجل (rijl) meaning "leg, foot".

Abgarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբգարյան (see Abgaryan).

Abgaryan Armenian
Means "son of Abgar" in Armenian.

Abiera Filipino
It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,140,397 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Abiera live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Malayo-Asia. This last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 6,047 people, or 1 in 16,742.

Abiko Japanese
From 安 (a) "peaceful, cheap, rested, low" or 我 (a) meaning "I, me, myself, selfish, oneself, ego" combined with 孫 (bi) meaning "grandchild", and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat"... [more]

Abiru Japanese
From Japanese 畔蒜 (Abiru) meaning "Abiru", a manor that was in the former district of Ahiru in the former Japanese province of Kazusa in parts of present-day Chiba, Japan.... [more]

Abitbol Judeo-Spanish
Means "father of drums" (figuratively referring to a drum maker) from Arabic أَبُو (abū) meaning "father" and طَبْل (ṭabl) meaning "drum".

Abiteboul Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Abitbol.

Abkarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբգարյան (see Abgaryan).

Abkaryan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Աբգարյան (see Abgaryan).

Abkhazi Georgian
Means "Abkhaz person" in Georgian, referring to a member of the Abkhaz ethnic group inhabiting the Black Sea coast. This was the name of a Georgian family of princely status descended from the Shervashidze ruling family of Abkhazia.

Ablyazov m Uzbek

Abramčuk Belarusian
Derived from the given name Abram 1.

Abramczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Abraham.

Abramoff Russian (Anglicized), Jewish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Abramov.

Abramov Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Abram 1 or Abram 2".

Abrines Spanish

Abruzzo Italian
Name for a person originally from the region of Abruzzo in northern Italy.

Absalom English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Absalom.

Abura Japanese (Rare)
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil".

Abuya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武屋 (Abuya) meaning "Abu Store", from 阿武 (Abu) meaning "Abu", a district in the prefecture of Yamaguchi in Japan.

Achiku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿竹 (see Atake).

Achille French, Italian
From the given name Achille

Achiuwa Nigerian

Achmiedaŭ Belarusian
Belarusian form of Akhmedov.

Açıkgöz Turkish
Means "crafty, cunning, nimble" in Turkish.

Ackerley English
Old English surname which came from a place name which meant "Oak meadow." See Ackley.

Acosta Spanish
Surname (from location)... [more]

Adachi Japanese
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace" or 足 (a) meaning "leg, foot" and 達 (tachi), a plural marker, or 立 (tachi) meaning "stand".

Adamaŭ Belarusian
Means "son of Adam".

Adamčyk Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Adam.

Adamek Polish, Czech
Means "son of Adam." A famous bearer was Tomasz Adamek (1976-), one of Poland's most succesfull boxers.

Adamiak Polish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Adamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Adamyan.

Adamou Greek
Means "son of Adam".

Adamou Western African
From the given name Adamou.

Adamska f Polish
Feminine form of Adamski.

Adamski Polish
Patronymic from Adam suffixed with -ski based on habitational names.

Adamthwaite English
Habitational name for a person from a place in Ravenstonedale, derived from Middle English personal name Adam and Old Norse þveit "clearing, pasture"... [more]

Adamyan Armenian
Means "son of Adam".

Adison English
A variation of Addison.

Adlawan Filipino, Cebuano
Means "daytime" in Cebuano.

Adorján Hungarian
From the given name Adorján.

Adorno Italian
Southern Italian: from the personal name Adorno, meaning ‘adorned’.... [more]

Adriano Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
From the given name Adriano.

Adrien French
From the given name Adrien.

Aduriz Basque
Patronymic from the given name Adur, meaning "luck, fate" in Basque.

Adushkin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Adushka of various Russian given names.

Advani Indian, Sindhi
Means "descendant of Adu" in Sindhi, Adu probably being the name of a past ancestor.

Adzuchi Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Aeneas English (Rare), Indigenous American (Anglicized, Rare)
From the given name Aeneas.

Afonin m Russian
Means "son of Afon 2" or "son of Afonya".

Afonso Portuguese
Old (6th century derived) Iberian surname, associated with the first dynasty and King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques. The surname was used by all the subsequent illegitimate children of that dynastic line.

Afonso Portuguese, Galician
From the given name Afonso.

Afridi Pashto
From Pashto اپريدی (Apriday) of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a Pashtun tribe in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Agada Japanese
Variant of Agata.

Agami Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Agam, means "lake" in Hebrew.

Agarwal Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Agroha in the Indian state of Haryana.

Agassi Armenian, Persian, Italian
The surname Agassi most likely evolved from a nickname for someone resembling a mappie, perhaps jokingly referred to as chattering or nagging person. ... [more]

Agata Japanese (Rare)
(Agata) written as 県, means "prefecture, county, countryside, subdivision, district".

Agawa Japanese
阿 (A) means "nook, flatter, corner" and 川 (kawa) meaning "stream, river".... [more]

Agbaji English (American)

Agbulos Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to let go, to set free" in Ilocano.

Agdamag Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to ask for news" in Ilocano.

Ageeb Arabic
Means exotic or strange

Aggarwal Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अग्रवाल or Punjabi Gurmukhi ਅਗਰਵਾਲ (see Agarwal).

Aggrawal Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अग्रवाल (see Agarwal).

Aghaei Persian
From the Persian title آقا (âqâ) meaning "sir, lord, mister".

Aghdashloo Persian
Denoted a person who came from various places named Ağdaş and Agdash in Azerbaijan, or Aqdash and Aghdash in Iran. A famous bearer is Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952-), an Iranian-American actress.

Agincourt Medieval English
Surname Agincourt was first found in Lincolnshire where "Walter de Aincourt, who came from Aincourt, a lordship between Mantes and Magny Normandy, where the remains of the ancient family castle still exists... [more]

Aglipay Filipino, Ilocano
Means "to play with lipay seeds", referring to a type of thorny shrub or bush.

Agojo Tagalog
From Tagalog aguho referring to a type of flowering tree (scientific name Casuarina equisetifolia).

Agopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Agopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Agosto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Galician
From the given name Agosto.

Ágoston Hungarian
From the given name Ágoston.

Agpaoa Ilocano
From the archaic Ilocano word agpaoa meaning "to cook", used as an occupational name.

Agrawal Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi अग्रवाल (see Agarwal).

Agtarap Ilocano
Means "to sieve, to winnow" in Ilocano.

Agualo Chamorro
Chamoru for "pertaining to farming"

Aguiler Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Aguilar or Aguilera.

Aguni Japanese
From the Japanese 粟 (a or awa) "foxtail millet" and 國 or 国 (kuni, guni or koku) "country."

Agustin Spanish
From the given name Agustin.

Ahadi Persian
From the given name Ahad.

Ahama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿 (a), a phonetic character and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore".

Ahane Japanese (Rare)
亜 (A) means "second, Asia", 波 (ha) means "wave", 根 (ne) means "source, root". ... [more]

Ahara Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and hara means "field, plain".

Aharon Hebrew
Variant of Aharoni, from the given name Aaron.

Ahiru Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru) or 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Ahmadian Persian
From the given name Ahmad.

Ahmadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian احمدپور (see Ahmadpour).

Ahmadpour Persian
Means "son of Ahmad" in Persian.

Ahmedi Persian
Alternate transcription of Ahmadi.

Ahonen Finnish
A combination of Finnish aho "meadow" and the common surname suffix -nen.

Aibana Japanese
From Japanese 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo" combined with 花 (hana, bana, ka) meaning "flower".

Aibu Japanese

Aichi Japanese
From 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection, favorite" and 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, know".... [more]

Aida Japanese
Ai could mean "fit, suit, join", "indigo", or "together, mutual". Da is a form of ta meaning "rice paddy, wilderness, field".

Aida Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aida Japanese
From Japanese 会 (ai) meaning "meeting, gathering" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aido Japanese

Aidoh Japanese

Aidou Japanese

Aiki Japanese
From Japanese 相 (ai) meaning "together, mutually" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Aikyō Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 敬 (kyō) meaning "respect, honour, reverence". One known bearer is Hisashi Aikyō (1976-), a retired Japanese baseball player... [more]

Aikyou Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 愛敬 (see Aikyō).

Aisha Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Aisha.

Aissaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Isa 1.

Aita Japanese
Variant of Aida.

Aitana Spanish
From the name of a mountain in Valencia, Spain.

Aito Japanese

Aitoh Japanese

Aitou Japanese

Aizen Popular Culture
This Japanese surname is used as 藍染 with 藍 (ran, ai) meaning "indigo" and 染 (sen, shi.mi, shi.miru, -shi.meru, -ji.miru, so.maru, so.meru, -zo.me, -zome) meaning "colour, dye, paint, print, stain." Normally, this would be romanticised as Aizome.... [more]

Ajami Arabic, Persian
Variant of Ajam.

Ajanel Mayan
Means "carpenter" in Kaqchikel.

Ajari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.

Àjàyí Yoruba
From the given names Àjàyí.

Ajinça French (?)

Akada Japanese
Aka meant "red" and da comes from ta meaning "rice patty, field".

Akagi Japanese
Means "red tree" in Japanese. From the Japanese words 赤 (red) and 木 (tree).

Akaki Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ki means "tree, wood".

Akama Japanese
Possibly from 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 間 (ma) meaning "between, interval, space, pause".

Akana Japanese (Rare)

Akane Japanese
Aka means "red, crimson, vermilion" and ne means "root".

Akano Japanese
(Aka) 赤 means "red, crimson, vermilion" and (no) 野 means "wilderness, plain, field".

Akao Japanese
Aka means "red" and o means "tail".

Akase Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Akashi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (aka) meaning "bright" and 石 (shi) meaning "stone".

Akata Japanese
Variant of Akada.

Akatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Akatsuki Japanese
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, moon". This surname is a reference to what the moon looks like during a lunar eclipse.... [more]

Akau Hawaiian

Akawa Japanese
A means "second, Asia" and kawa means "river, stream".

Akbulut Turkish
Means "white cloud" in Turkish.

Akdemir Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and demir meaning "iron".

Akdoğan Turkish
Means "gyrfalcon" in Turkish.

Akechi Japanese
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect".

Akemi Japanese
Ake means "bright" and mi means "mindset, view".... [more]

Åkerhielm Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker "field" and hjälm "helmet".

Åkerlund Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish åker meaning "field" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".

Åkerström Swedish
Combination of Swedish åker "field" and ström "stream".

Akhmatov Chechen, Tatar, Russian
Means "son of Akhmat".

Akhmedov Azerbaijani (Russified), Bashkir, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Turkmen (Russified), Ukrainian, Uzbek (Russified)
Means "son of Akhmed".

Akhmetov Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Akhmet".

Akiba Japanese
From the Japanese 秋 (aki) "autumn" and 葉 (ha or ba) "leaf."

Akibara Japanese
This surname combines 昭 (shou, aki) meaning "shining, bright", 秋 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn" or 穐 with the same sounds and meaning with 原 (gen, hara) meaning "field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness."

Akida Japanese
Variant of Akita.

Akimov Russian
Means "son of Akim".

Akinai Japanese (Rare)
Variant form of Akinashi.

Akine Japanese
Aki means "autumn" and ne means "root".

Akinfeev Russian
Means "son of Akinfiy".

Akino Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" or 乃 (no) meaning "from".

Akobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Akobyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Akognon English (American)

Akopian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Akopyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see Hakobyan).

Akpınar Turkish
From Turkish ak meaning "white" and pınar meaning "spring, fountain".

Aksakal Turkish
Means "elder, senior" in Turkish.

Aksamit Polish
Means "velvet" in Polish.

Akselsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "Son of Aksel".

Akui Japanese
A means "nook", ku means "long time ago, lasting" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".... [more]

Akuta Japanese

Akutsu Japanese
From Japanese 阿 (a) meaning "ridge, eaves, corner", 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour".

Akyıldız Turkish
Means "white star" in Turkish.

Alabi Nigerian, Arabic (?)

Alaca Turkish
Means "freckle, fleck" or "multi-coloured, piebald" in Turkish.

al-Ahmar Arabic
From the given name Ahmar.

Alamgir Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Alamgir.

Alan Crom Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.

Alanís Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Alaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ali 1. This is the name of the current ruling royal family of Morocco, which was founded in 1631.

Alarcón Spanish
Alarcón was a fort owned by the arabs in the Iberian Peninsula (Alarcón literally meaning 'the fort' in arabic), and the spaniards had the goal of owning it during the spanish reconquista. After 9 months of siege, Fernán Martínez de Ceballos climbed the walls of the fort using only two daggers and opened the gates from the inside allowing the castillan army to come in and conquer Alarcón... [more]

Alavez Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Alaves primarily used in Mexico.

Alavi Persian
From the given name Ali 1.

Albakri Arabic, Malaysian
Alternate transcription of Albakri also used in Malaysia.

Albalat Catalan
Means "white winged" from medieval Catalan alb ("white") and alat ("winged"), originally from Latin albalatus ("of white wings") and used by the Visigoths before the Umayyad conquest of Hispania to name the cotton thistle because of its whitish spiny-winged stems.

Albanese Italian
Southern Italian : ethnic name from albanese ‘(an) Albanian’, applied to someone from Albania or from one of the Albanian settlements in Abruzzo, Apulia, Campania, and Sicily.

Albarez English, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Alvarez.

Albéniz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Albeiz.

Alberti Italian
From the given name Alberto.

Albino Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Albino

Albinsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "Son of Albin".

Alborz Persian
From the given name Alborz.

Alcaraz Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Aldaia Basque, Spanish
From the name of a municipality in Valencia, Spain, probably derived from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a) meaning "the village" (compare Aldea).

Aldama Spanish

Aldea Spanish
Topographic name meaning "village, hamlet" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic الضيعة‎ (ad-day'a).

Alderson English (Modern)
Patronymic from the Middle English forename Alder, derived from two Old English names, Ealdhere ‘ancient army’ and Æðelhere ‘noble army’... [more]

Alecu Romanian
Means "son of Alexandru" in Romanian.

Aleena Ancient Greek
This name was inspired by the greek name "Alina" and is used in places like Turkiye

Aleixo Portuguese
From the given name Aleixo.

Alejo Spanish
From the given name Alejo.

Alekou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Alekos".

Alen'kiy m Russian (Rare)
Means "scarlet" in Russian.

Aleong Trinidadian Creole, Caribbean, Chinese
The surname Aleong is likely of Chinese origin, commonly found in Trinidad and Tobago and other parts of the Caribbean. It may be derived from the Chinese surnames Liang (梁), meaning "bridge" or "beam," or Long (龙), meaning "dragon," both of which carry symbolic cultural significance.

Alessio Italian
From the given name Alessio.

Alexis German, French, English, Greek
From the given name Alexis.

al-Fayadh Arabic
Means "the generous, the charitable, the bountiful" in Arabic, derived from Arabic فَيَّاض (fayyāḍ) meaning "to overflow".

Alfeev Russian
Derived from the Russian monastic name Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros) meaning "free".

Alfeo Italian
From the given name Alfeo.

Alferyev Russian
Derived from the Russian monastic name Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros) meaning "free".

Alfonsi Italian
From the given name Alfonso.

Alfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Alfredo.

Alfredo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Alfredo.

Alfyorov Russian
Derived from the Russian monastic name Yelevfery, derived from Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros) meaning "free".

Algotsson Swedish
Means "son of Algot".

al-Habash Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حبش (see Habash).

Al-Haddad Arabic
Variant of Haddad with the definite article ال (al).

Alhambra Spanish
Refers to the Alhambra, a palace complex located in Granada, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء‎‎ (Al-Ḥamrā) meaning "the red one" or, ultimately, from Arabic أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar) "red".

Al Harbi Arabic
Originally indicated a person from the Harb tribe derived from Arabic حَرْبيّ (ḥarbiyy) meaning "military, war, army".

Alibèrt Occitan
From the given name Alibèrt, an Occitan form of Albert.

Alıcı Turkish
Means "customer" in Turkish.

Alipoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian علیپور (see Alipour).

Aliston English
Variant of Allerston, a habitational surname derived from a place so named in North Yorkshire.

Al Khatib Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الخطيب (see Al-khatib).

Al-khatib Arabic
Variant of Khatib.

Alkhatib Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic الخطيب (see Al-khatib).

Allala Basque, Spanish
Variant spelling of Ayala, in at least one case altered to avoid confusion with an unrelated person of the same name, and apparently to distance the bearer from prejudice against hispanics.

Allaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Alaoui.

Allely Irish
From Irish Mac Ailghile meaning "descendant of Ailghil".

Allende Basque, Spanish
Means "beyond, yonder; on the other side" in Spanish, though it possibly derives from Basque aihen "vine, shoot" or ale "grain" combined with the collective suffix -di, meaning "pasture, cereal field".

Allgeier German
The harried officials at Ellis Island began to assign surnames based upon the pronunciation of the name by the immigrant, rather than attempting to ferret out the actual spelling. ... [more]

Allister Scottish
The name Allister is derived from the given name Alexander, which in turn was originally derived from the Greek name, which means defender of men. In the late 11th century, Queen Margaret introduced the name, which she had heard in the Hungarian Court where she was raised, into Scotland by naming one of her sons Alexander... [more]

Almada Portuguese
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous city.

Almanza Spanish
Originally indicated a person from Almanza, a city in northern Spain. The city's name itself is derived from Arabic المنزل (al-manzil) meaning "the house".

Almánzar Spanish (Caribbean)
Derived from Arabic المنظر (al manẓar) meaning "the view" or "the lookout". This surname is primarily used in the Dominican Republic.

Almarez Spanish (Philippines)
Means "son of Almario."

Almario Spanish (Philippines)

Almarza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 localities: the Castilian municipality of Almarza, Comarca of El Valle or the Riojan municipality of Almarza de Cameros.

Almási Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Almás, derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple".

Almasi Persian
Derived from Persian الماس (almas) meaning "diamond".

Al Masri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المصري (see Al-masri).

Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.

Al-masri Arabic
Means "the Egyptian" from Arabic مصر (Misr) referring to Egypt.

Almasri Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المصري (see Al-masri).

Almásy Hungarian
Variant of Almási.

Almazán Spanish
Habitational name demoting someone originally from the municipality of Almazán in Castile and León, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic المكان المحصن (al-makān al-ḥiṣn) meaning "the fortified place" or "the stronghold".

Almazan Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Almazán primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Al Najjar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic النجار (see Al-najjar).

Al-najjar Arabic
Variant of Najjar.

Al-najjar Arabic
Variant of Najjar.

Alnajjar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic النجار (see Al-najjar).

Alomar Catalan
From the given name Alomar, used especially in the Balearic Islands, itself derived from the Old German name Aldemar. This is borne by the Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Alomar (1968-).

Alomgir Bengali
From the given name Alamgir.

Alonto Filipino, Maranao
Means "extraordinary" in Maranao.

Alpízar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous locality in the Andalusian province of Huelva.

Alptekin Turkish, Uyghur
From Turkish alp meaning "brave, hero" and the Old Turkish title tegin meaning "prince".

Alsaggaf Arabic
Alternate transcription of Al Saqqaf.

Alsagoff Arabic
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Southeast Asia. This is the name of a prominent Arab family in Singapore.

Al Saleh Arabic
Means "the virtuous" from Arabic صالح (salih).

Al Saqqaf Arabic
Means "the roofer" from Arabic سقف (saqf) meaning "ceiling, roof".

Al-Saqqaf Arabic
Alternate transcription of Al Saqqaf.

Al-shair Arabic
Means "the poet" in Arabic, derived from شاعر (sha'ir) meaning "poet, bard".

Alshihab Arabic (Mashriqi, Rare)
Means "son of Shihab." It is Saudi Arabian.

Al-tayyib Arabic
Means "the pleasant one" from Arabic طيب (tayyib).

Altıntaş Turkish
From Turkish altın meaning "gold" and taş meaning "stone".

Altmaier German
Variant of Altmeyer.

Altmayer German
Variant of Altmeyer.

Altmyer English (American)
Variant of Altmeyer.

Aluma Nigerian

Álvares Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Álvarez.

Álvaro Spanish
Either derived from the given name Alvaro or a variant of Alvarez.

Alverson English
Variant of Swedish Halvarsson or Alvarsson

Alyonin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Alyona.

Alyoshin m Russian
Derived from the name Alyosha.

Amachi Japanese
This surname is used as 天知, 天地, 天池, 天内, 雨知 or 雨地 with 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky", 雨 (u, ama-, ame, -same) meaning "rain", 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom", 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 池 (chi, ike) meaning "cistern, pond, pool, reservoir" and 内 (dai, nai, uchi, chi) meaning "among, between, home, house, inside, within."... [more]