Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Montale Italian
From Latin mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.

Montalvo Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".

Montaser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.

Montasser Arabic
From the given name Muntasir.

Montesquieu French
From French montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.

Montpelier English, French
English and French variant of Montpellier. This is the name of several places in the United States, for example the capital city of the state of Vermont, which was named after the French city of Montpellier.

Montpellier French
Means "woad mountain", derived from French mont (itself from Latin mōns) meaning "mountain" and pastel (Latin pastellus, pestellus) meaning "woad, dye", referring to someone who lived near a mountain that was covered with woad (a plant that produces a blue dye)... [more]

Moodysson Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "son of Moody". A notable bearer is Swedish director Lukas Moodysson (b. 1969).

Moonjely Indian

Moosavi Persian
Variant transcription of Mousavi.

Moradpour Persian
Means "son of Morad".

Moranville French
Habitational name from a commune in France named Moranville, probably derived from the personal name Morand and Old French ville "city, town, settlement".

Mordecai English
From the given name Mordecai

Morganstern German, Jewish
Variant of Morgenstern.

Moribe Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Morihei Japanese
This surname combines 森 (shin, mori) meaning "forest, woods" with 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace."... [more]

Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Morio Japanese
Mori means "forest" and o means "tail."

Moriya Japanese
From the Japanese 守 (mori or kami) "guard," "protect," "defend" or 森 (mori) "forest" and 屋 (ya) "dwelling" or 谷 (ya or tani) "valley."

Moriya Japanese
From Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling".

Moriya Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Mortenson English
Means "son of Morten".

Mortonson English
Means "Son of Morton".

Mosaddegh Persian
Nickname derived from Persian مصدق (mosaddeğ) meaning "approved, reliable, certified, attested, verified", ultimately from Arabic مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq). It was borne by the politician, author and lawyer Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882-1967), who was Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until his democratic government was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953.

Moskalchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Moskalenko using the patronymic suffix "-chuk" instead of "-enko".

Moskalov m Russian
Russian form of Moskalenko.

Moskvitin m Russian
Derived from Москва (Moskva), the Russian form of Moscow. Means "from Moscow".

Moteki Japanese
From the Japanese 茂 (mote) "overgrown," "to grow thick" and 木 (ki, moku or boku) "tree."

Motoki Japanese
Moto means "root, source, origin" and ki means "tree, wood".

Motome Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 求, 元目 or 求馬 with 求 (kyuu, gu, moto.meru) meaning "demand, request, require, want, wish for", 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 目 (boku, moku, ma, me, -me) meaning "care, class, experience, eye, favour, insight, look" and 馬 (ba, uma, uma-, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]

Motono Japanese
Moto means "source, origin, root" and no means "field, wilderness".

Mouchtaris Greek
Greek form of Mukhtar, from Arabic mukhtar (مختار) meaning "the chosen".

Moujtaba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujtaba).

Moujteba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujteba).

Mounayar Arabic

Mountstuart English
Possibly derived from the mountain in the Cascade Range, in the state of Washington, United States.

Moussaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Moustafa Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.

Moustapha Western African
From the given name Moustapha.

Mowbray English
Ultimately from the name of a place in Normandy meaning "mud hill" in Old French.

Mozzhukhin m Russian

Mroczkowski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Mroczkowa, Mroczków or Mroczkowice, all derived from Polish mroczek meaning "house bat".

Mubarak Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian)
From Arabic مُبَارَك (mubārak) meaning "lucky, blessed".

Múgica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Muxika.

Muhamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhamad.

Muhamed Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhammad.

Muhammado Arabic (Japanized, Rare)
Japanized form of Muhammad, written 無半麻土.

Muhammed Arabic
From the given name Muhammad.

Mujahid Arabic
From the given name Mujahid.

Mujtaba Arabic
From the given name Mujtaba.

Mukade Japanese (Rare)
Means "100 legs" or "centipede" in Japanese.

Mukai Japanese
From Japanese 向 (muka) meaning "facing, toward" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Mukherjee Bengali
Variant of Mukhopadhyay. A notable bearer was Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020), the 13th president of India.

Mulaneng Paiwan

Mulaney Irish
Variant of Moloney.

Mulholland Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchallann meaning "descendant of Maolchallann".

Mulroney French

Munagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Mundaca Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mundaka.

Munguía Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mungia.

Muntasser Arabic (Maghrebi)

Muradov m Azerbaijani, Avar, Lezgin, Chechen, Ingush
Means "son of Murad".

Murai Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Muraji Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".

Muraki Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and ki means "tree, wood".

Muraki Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Murako Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "village, hamlet" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."

Murao Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Murase Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Murata Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Murav'ya Russian
Means ant in Russian.

Murawski Polish
Name for someone from placed called Murawa or Murawy, both derived from Polish murawa meaning "lawn, green, sward".

Mureșan Romanian
Originally denoted a person from Mureș County in Romania.

Murillo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Murillo, so named from a diminutive of Spanish muro meaning "wall".

Murkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Murkowo.

Muroi Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Murtaza Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Murtada.

Musaev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Means "son of Musa".

Musayev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаев and Kazakh Мұсаев (see Musaev).

Muslimov Russian, Muslim
Means "son of Muslim".

Mustapha Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
From the given name Mustafa.

Mutombo Kongo

Mutsumi Japanese (Rare)
Mutsumi means "order".... [more]

Mutsuya Japanese
Variant of Mutsutani.

Muyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muzaffar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Muzaffar.

Muzhikov Russian
From Russian мужик (muzhik) referring to a peasant from the Tsarist era.

Muzyka Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Belarusian музыка (muzyka) or Ukrainian музика (muzyka), both possibly derived from German Musiker meaning "musician".

Mykytyn Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykyta".

Myoi Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname is Myoi Mina from the Kpop girl group TWICE.

Myśliwiec m Polish
Derived from the Polish word myśliwy meaning "hunter."

Myśliwski m Polish
Derived from the Polish word myśliwy meaning "hunter." A famous bearer includes the Polish novelist Wiesław Myśliwski.

Nabeta Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, pan, kettle", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy".

Nabeya Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 谷 (tani, ya, gaya, gai) meaning "valley".

Naderi Persian
From the given name Nader.

Naderpour Persian
Means "son of Nader".

Nadezhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надежда (nadezhda) meaning "hope".

Nadtochiy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian надточій (nadtochiy), meaning "extremely sharp, extremely accurate".

Nadyozhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надёжа (nadyozha) meaning "hope".

Naegi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 苗木 with 苗 (byou, myou, nae, nawa-) meaning "sapling, seedling, shoot" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Nagada Japanese

Nagae Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nagae Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nagai Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nagamatsu Japanese
This surname is used as 永松, 長松 or 永末 with 永 (ei, naga.i) meaning "eternity, lengthy, long," 長 (chou, osa, naga.i) meaning "leader, long," 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, end, posterity, powder, tip."

Nagano Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Nagao Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Nagara Japanese

Nagare Japanese
From 流 (nagare, nagaru, ryuu) meaning "flow, current, stream".

Nagase Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and se means "current, ripple".

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Nagasu Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 洲 (su) meaning "continent".

Nagata Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nagato Japanese (Rare)
There might be different readings, but one is Naga meaning "chief" and to meaning "gate".... [more]

Nagawa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nagaya Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling".

Nagiyev m Azerbaijani (Russified), Azerbaijani (Anglicized)
Both the Russified and Anglicised form of Nağıyev.

Nagórny Russian, Polish, Ukrainian
Place name for someone from multiple cites of Russia named Nagornoye and Nagorny, itself derived from the The prefix Nagorno- that derives from the Russian attributive adjective nagorny (нагорный), which means "highland".

Naguro Japanese
Variant of Nakuro.

Naiki Japanese
From 内 (nai) meaning "inside" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Naito Japanese
内 (Nai) means "inside" and 藤 (to) means "wisteria".

Naito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 内藤 (see Naitō).

Naitō Japanese
From Japanese 内 (nai) meaning "inside" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Naitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Naitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Najafi Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Najaf in Iraq, derived from Arabic نجف (najafa) meaning "elevated place".

Najafpour Persian
Means "son of Najaf".

Najarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Najaryan.

Najaryan Armenian
Means "son of the carpenter" from dialectal Armenian նաջար (naǰar) meaning "carpenter" (of Arabic origin).

Nájera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.

Nakaba Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 or 仲 (see Naka).

Nakada Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nakaga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲嘉 (see Naka).

Nakaji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ji means "soil, ground".

Nakajo Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 条 (jo) meaning "article, strips" or 城 (jo) meaning "castle".

Nakaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ki means "tree, wood".

Nakama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ma can mean "pause" or "genuine, true real".

Nakamatsu Japanese
This surname combines 中 (chuu, ata.ru, uchi, naka) meaning "centre, in(side), mean (not as in the way a person acts), middle" or 仲 (chuu, naka) meaning "go-between, relationship" with 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree." One bearer of this surname is inventor Yoshirō Nakamatsu (中松 義郎), also known as Dr... [more]

Nakami Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakao Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nakase Japanese
Naka means "middle" and se means "ripple, current".

Nakata Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nakawa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relation, relationship" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nalbandian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Nalbandyan.

Nalbandyan Armenian
Means "son of the farrier" from dialectal Armenian նալբանդ (nalband) meaning "farrier" (of Persian origin).

Nalyotov m Russian

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a former large village in the former district of Aida in the former Japanese province of Mimasaka in parts of present-day Okayama, Japan.

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a division in the town of Kashima in the district of Kamimashiki in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.

Namdari Persian
Derived from Persian نامدار (namdar) meaning "famous, celebrated".

Namiki Japanese
Nami means "wave" and ki means "tree, wood".

Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Nanaho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.

Nanahoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanami Japanese
From Japanese 七海 (nanami) meaning "seven seas".

Nanthavong Lao
From Lao ນັນທະ (nantha) meaning "pleasure, delight" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Na-Ranong Thai, Dambro

Narboni Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the city of Narbonne in Occitania, France.

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

Narendra Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati
From the given name Narendra.

Narita Japanese
From Japanese 成 (nari) meaning "become" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Narumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning "cry" and 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Naruse Japanese
From Japanese 成 (naru) meaning "become" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Naryshkin Russian
Russian surname of unclear, possibly Crimean Tatar origin. One of the most famous bearers is Natalya Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia and mother of Tsar Peter I of Russia.

Nasenkov m Russian

na Songkhla Thai
From Thai สงขลา (Songkhla) meaning "Singora", a former Thai sultanate in present-day Songkhla, Songkhla, Songkhla, Thailand.

Nasrallah Arabic
From the given name Nasrullah.

Năstase Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Anastasie.

Natalio Spanish
From the given name Natalio.

Natikar Indian (Rare), Hindi (Rare)

Natok Circassian
Derived from Adyghe натӏэ (nāṭă) meaning "forehead" combined with къу (q°) meaning "man, male".

Natori Japanese

Natori Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 取 (toru) meaning "take, fetch".

Natsuki Japanese
Natsu means "summer" and ki means "tree, wood".

Natsume Japanese
From Japanese 棗 (natsume), meaning "jujube". Fictional bearers of this surname are Maya and Aya Natsume from the seinen manga series Tenjō Tenge.

Natsume Japanese
From Japanese 夏 (Natsu) meaning "summer" and 目 (me) meaning "eye". A famous bearer of this name was Japanese writer Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916).

Natsume Japanese
From Japanese 棗 (Natsume) meaning "Natsume", a former large village in the former district of Sakai in the former Japanese province of Echizen in parts of present-day Fukui in Japan or it being a former name for the area of Ishishimbo in the city of Fukui in the prefecture of Fukui in Japan.

Natt och Dag Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Means "night and day" in Swedish. This is the name of one of the oldest noble families in Sweden. The name is believed to be a reference to the family's coat of arms which consisted of a blue and a golden field, the blue symbolizing night and the gold symbolizing day.

Nausėda Lithuanian

Naval'nyy m Russian
Aleksey Navalnyy was a Russian political dissident. He died in February 2024. ... [more]

Navitski Belarusian
Belarusian cognate of Nowicki.

Navone Italian

Nawada Japanese

Nayoshi Okinawan (Japanized)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 名嘉 (see Naka).

Nazareth Hebrew
From the Hebrew for "To guard."

Nazarov Russian
Means "son of Nazar".

Nazemi Persian
From the given name Nazem.

Nazeri Persian
From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".

Negahban Persian
Means "watchman, guard, sentry, sentinel" in Persian. A famous bearer is the Iranian-American actor Navid Negahban (1968-).

Negishi Japanese
From Japanese 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank".

Negratti English (American)

Nehru Indian, Hindi
From Sanskrit नहर (nahar, nehar) meaning "canal". This name was borne by Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), the first Prime Minister of India. His earliest recorded ancestor Raj Kaul adopted the name when, upon moving from Kashmir to Delhi, he was granted a jagir (feudal land grant) with a house situated on the banks of a canal... [more]

Nekrasov m Russian

Nekrylov m Russian

Nemanič Slovene (Modern, Archaic)
Derived from the Serbian surname Nemanja, as related to the Medieval Nemanjič Dynasty, just as the given name Nemanja is.

Nemetsev m Russian
Means "from Germany".

Nemoto Japanese
Ne means "root" and moto means "root, source, origin".

Neshchadim Russian
Derived from Russian нещадный (neshchadny) meaning "merciless".

Netherland English
Indicates origin from The Netherlands.

Netterville Irish
Of Anglo-Norman origin, probably a habitational name from an unidentified place in France.

Nettuno Italian
From the given name Nettuno.

Newcomer English (American)
Nickname for a person who was new to a town or location, from Old English niwe meaning "new" and cumen meaning "to come".

Neyama Japanese
Ne means "root" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Nickowicz Polish
Patronymic of the personal name Nicholas.

Nicolás Spanish
From the given name Nicolás.

Nicolàs Catalan
From the given name Nicolàs.

Nicolau Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
From the given name Nicolau.

Niidera Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 新 (nii-) meaning "temple" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Niigaki Japanese
Variant of Niikaki.

Niihara Japanese
Nii means "new" and hara means "plain, field".

Niinistö Finnish
Combination of Finnish niini "bast fibre" and the suffix -stö.

Niizeki Japanese
Variant of Niiseki.

Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".

Nijino Japanese
Made up of the kanji 虹, meaning "rainbow", and 乃 ,meaning "of"。... [more]

Nijio Japanese
Niji means "rainbow" and o means "tail".

Nikashin Russian
Derived from a diminutive form Nikasha of various Russian given names.

Nikitov Russian
Means "son of Nikita 1".

Nikittsev Russian
Derived from a diminutive of the Russian given name Nikita 1.

Nikolas English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.

Nikulin Russian
From the given name Nikolay.

Nilsiam Thai
From Thai นิล (nin) meaning "very deep black" and สยาม (Sayam) meaning "Siam".

Nimura Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nioka Japanese
From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nishibe Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nishii Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nishino Japanese
Nishi ("West") + No ("Feild").

Nishino Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Nishio Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nishiya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

Niskanen Finnish
Either from a place named with Finnish niska "neck", or from a nickname for a headstrong person.

Niziński m Polish
Might be derived from a Polish village called Niziny. It comes from Polish nizina, meaning "plain, lowland."

Nobara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Nobira Japanese
From the Japanese 野 (no) "field," "area" and 平 (hira) "peace."

Nogales Spanish
Habitational name from either of two locations in Spain named Nogales, from the plural form of Spanish nogal meaning "walnut tree".

Nogami Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Nogawa Japanese
Variant of Nokawa.

Nohara Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Nojima Japanese
A variant of Noshima.... [more]

Nojima Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nojiri Japanese
No means "rice paddy, field" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Nokawa Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "plain, field" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream."

Nomizu Japanese
No means "field, wilderness" and mizu means "water".

Nomori Japanese (?)
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Nomoto Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin".

Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Nonaka Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

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

Norida Japanese

Norita Japanese

Normanno Italian
Italian cognitive of Norman.

Norouzi Persian
From Persian نوروز (nowruz) referring to the Iranian New Year, which is celebrated on the spring equinox.

Norouzian Persian
From the given name Norouz.

Nōsawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nosawa Japanese
No means "field, plain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Nosawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).

Noseworthy English
Variant of Norsworthy.

Noshima Japanese
No means "field, rice paddy, wilderness" and shima means "island".

Nosoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nusuku).

Notomi Japanese

Novello Italian
From the nickname and personal name Novello, from Italian meaning 'new, young'. A famous bearer of this name is Welsh actor and musician Ivor Novello (1893-1951).

Novichok Russian (Rare)
Means newcomer in Russian. It is also the name of a Soviet and Russian nerve agent.

Novickas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nowicki. See Navickas.

Novikaŭ Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian новік (novik) meaning "neophyte, novice, newbie".

Novitsky Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Nowicki.

Novosel Croatian
Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".

Nowara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Noyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 野 meaning "Field", and 山 meaning "Mountain".

Nozaki Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Nozawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nozoe Japanese
Possibly from 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 末 (soe) meaning "end, tip, conclusion, final".

Nozoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading or transcription of Nukutō.

Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 貫 (nuku) meaning "pierce; go through" and 渡 (to) meaning "go across, migrate".

Nukutō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 抽く (nuku) meaning "to pull out; to draw out" and 冬 (tō) meaning "winter".

Numata Japanese
From Japanese 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nunemaker German (Anglicized)
Anglicised spelling of Nonnenmacher.

Nunnally English (American)
Delivered from Nunnallys

Nunnallys English (American)
A common surname in America, belonging to 4058 individuals. Nunnally is most common among White (63.36%) and Black/African American (30.93%) individuals.

Nureki Japanese
From 濡 (nu, nure) meaning "wet" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Nureyev Russian, Tatar, Bashkir
Alternate transcription of Russian Нуреев and Tatar/Bashkir Нуриев (see Nuriev).

Nuriev Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Nur".

Nushiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主代 (nushiro), a contraction of 主代 (nushishiro), from 主 (nushi), a variant reading of 主 (shu), a clipping of 主人 (shujin) meaning "master, owner, host" and 代 (shiro), a variant reading of 代 (dai), a clipping of 代理 (dairi) meaning "surrogation; proxy", referring to someone who would represent their master.

Nushiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Nussrallah Arabic
Nasrallah (Arabic: نصرالله‎) is a male Arabic given name, meaning "Victory of God", and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah and Al-Nasrallah... [more]

Nusuku Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 野底 (Nusuku) meaning "Nosoko", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Nylander Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" (possibly a habitational name from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er).

Obama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Obara Japanese
It's written like : 小 (O meaning small) and Bara meaning "Plain". Masakazu Obara's last name is pronounced like this. He is an anime director, he worked on Accel World.

Obashi Japanese
Variant of Ohashi.

Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 畑 (hata) meaning "field".