Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

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

Novaya f Russian
Feminine form of Novyy.

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.

Nowara Japanese
Variant of Nohara.

Nowitzki Polish (Germanized)
Germanised form of Nowicki. In Poland, the surname is masculine, but in Germany it does not follow that rule.

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".

Obata Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".

Obata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小八田 (see Kobata).

Obenauf German
Surname used to refer to someone who lived 'up there' (on a mountain, hill, etc.).

Obermok Ukrainian
Obermok is most likely an anglicized form of the surname Oberemok.... [more]

Obispo Spanish
Means "bishop" in Spanish, ultimately from Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos).

Obregón Spanish
Spanish habitational name from Obregón in Santander province.

Ó Bróithe Irish
Uncorrupted form of Brophy.

Obuchi Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (o, "small") and 渕 (淵, fuchi, "abyss, edge"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi (小渕 恵三; 1937–2000).

Obukhov Russian
Occupational name for a lumberjack or a maker of axes, derived from Russian обух (obukh) meaning "butt" (referring to the thicker end of a tool or weapon like an axe).

Ocampo Spanish, Galician
From the Galician toponym O Campo meaning "the field", also used as a habitational name from a town of the same name in Lugo, Galicia.

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

Ocasio Spanish (Caribbean)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Spanish ocasión meaning "occasion" or ocaso meaning "dusk, sunset". This surname is primarily used in Puerto Rico.

Ocharán Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Otxaran.

Ochiya Japanese
A variant of Ochitani.

Ó Cróinín Irish
It literally means "little saffron-colored one’s descendant".

Octavien French
From the given name Octavien.

Octavio Spanish
From the given name Octavio.

Odaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Odano Japanese

Odate Japanese
O means "big, great" and date is a form of tate, which could mean "stand, rise".

Oderasak Yoruba (Rare)
It is Yoruba mispronunciation of the the name Oscar. It was a middle name that became a last name.

Odpowiedź Polish (Rare)
From polish "Odpowiedź" Literally meaning "Answer"

O'duffy Irish
The name O'Duffy originates from the gaelic surname "O Dubhthaigh". Dubh meaning "Black" in Gaeilge. They claim descent from the ancient Heremon kings of Ireland. They descend from "Cahir Mor", the King of Leinster in the second century... [more]

Odyakov m Russian

Ogai Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Ōgami Japanese
From Japanese 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "large, great", 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan-, kou-) meaning "god, deity", 上 (shan, shou, jou, a.gari, a.garu, a.geru, ue, -ue, uwa-, kami, nobo.su, nobo.seru, nobo.ri, nobo.ru, yo.su) meaning "above, up", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy" and 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty, beautiful".

Ogami Japanese
This surname is used as 拝, 小上, 小神, 尾上, 尾神, 男神 with 拝 (hai, oga.mu, oroga.mu) meaning "adore, pray to, worship," 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small," 尾 (bi, o) meaning "end, tail," 男 (dan, nan, o, otoko) meaning "male," 上 (shan, shou, jou, a.gari, a.garu, a.geru, ue, -ue, uwa-, kami, nobo.su, nobo.seru, nobo.ri, nobo.ru, yo.su) meaning "above, up" and 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan-, kou-) meaning "gods, mind, soul."

Ó Gaoithín Irish
It literally means "Gaoithín’s descendant".

Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "thread" and 方 (kata) meaning "person, way, method".

Ogata Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 形 (kata) meaning "shape, form".

Ogaya Japanese
Variant of Otani.

Ogino Japanese
From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Ogura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 倉 (kura) meaning "storehouse".

Oguri Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small, little" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Oguro Japanese
Variant of Okuro.

Ōgushi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 串 (kushi) meaning "skewer, spit".

Ogushi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大串 (see Ōgushi).

Ōhama Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Ōhara Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ohara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ōhashi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Ohashi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōhashi.

Ohayon Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Chayyim" from the Berber prefix ou- or au- meaning "son (of)" and the given name Chayyim.

Ohguro Japanese
Variant transcription of Oguro.

Ōhira Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful".

Ohira Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大平 (see Ōhira).

Ohjima Japanese
Variant transcription of Ojima.

Ohkubo Japanese
Variant transcription of Okubo.

Ohmori Japanese
Variant of Omori.

Ohmura Japanese
Variant transcription of Omura.

Ohori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 堀 (hori) "moat."

Ohsawa Japanese
Variant transcription of Osawa.

Ohshima Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshima.

Ohsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Osuka.

Ohtani Japanese
Variant transcription of Ootani.

Ohtsuka Japanese
Variant transcription of Otsuka.

O'hurley Irish
The name Hurley itslef come from the stick used in the game of Hurling, first played in Ireland. The name might have origanated due to a player of the game being dubbed hurley... [more]

Ohwada Japanese
Variant transcription of Owada.

Ohyagi Japanese
Variant transcription of Oyagi.

Ōishi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".

Oishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōishi.

Ōiwa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大岩 (see Ōiwa).

Ojima Japanese
Variant of Oshima.

Ojiri Japanese

Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Okada Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Okai Japanese
Oka means "mound, hill" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Okano Japanese
From Japanese 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okase Japanese
Oka means "hill, ridge" and se means "ripple".

Okata Japanese
Variant of Okada.

Ōkawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Okawa Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 川 or 河 (kawa) "river."

Okawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大川 (see Ōkawa).

Okaya Japanese
Variant of Okatani.

Okie Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and e means "inlet, river".

Okino Japanese
O could mean "big, great" and ki can mean "tree, wood", or it could be spelled as oki meaning "open sea", and no means "field, plain".

Okino Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Okise Japanese
Oki means "open sea" and se means "river".

Okita Japanese
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okiya Japanese
Variant of Okitani.

Okkotsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 乙骨 (Okkotsu), a variant reading and spelling of 乙事 (Okkoto), an area in the town of Fujimi in the district of Suwa in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.

Ōkōchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 河内 (kōchi) meaning "plain in a river basin".

Okochi Japanese
Variant transcription of Ookouchi.

Okochi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大河内 (see Ōkōchi).

Okota Japanese (Rare)
This name is used to combine 興 (kou, kyou, oko.ru, oko.su) meaning "interest, pleasure," or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 古 (ko, furu.i, furu-, -furu.su) meaning "old" and 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy."

Ōkubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect"... [more]

Okubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōkubo.

Okuda Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Okuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Okui Japanese
Oku means "interior, inside" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Ōkuma Japanese
Combination of the kanji 大 (ō, "big, great") or 逢 (ō, "meeting") and 熊 (kuma, "bear") or 隈 (kuma, "recess, corner, shade")

Okumuş Turkish
Means "educated, well-read" in Turkish.

Okuna Polish
Polish (also Okuła): nickname for a lame person, from okuleć ‘to stumble or founder’, Old Polish okułac.

Okunev m Russian
Possibly derived from Russian word "окон (okon)" meaning window.

Okuno Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Ōkura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 倉 (kura) or 蔵 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse".

Okura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大倉 or 大蔵 (see Ōkura).

Okuri Japanese
O means "big, great" and kuri means "chestnut".

Okuro Japanese
From 奥 (oku) meaning "interior, inner part, inside" combined with 梠 (ro, ryo, hisashi) meaning "companion, follower".

Okuse Japanese
Oku means "secluded, further out, inside, interior" and se means "river,inlet".

Okutsu Japanese
From Japanese 奥 (oku) meaning "inside" and 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour".

Okuya Japanese
Variant of Okutani.

Okwabi African (Anglicized, ?)
unknown

Ó Lachtnáin Irish
It literally means "Lachtnán’s descendant".

Olague Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Navarre, Spain, probably derived from Basque ola meaning "forge, factory, foundry" or "hut, cabin" and the suffix -gune "place, area".

Olano Basque
From the name of a hamlet in Álava, Basque Country, derived from ola "factory, forge, ironworks; hut cabin" and the diminutive suffix -no.

Oleshchuk Ukrainian
Probably from the given name Oleksandr or Oleksiy.

Olferyev Russian
Variant of Alferyev.

Ó Lionáin Irish
It literally means "Lonán’s descendant".

Oliva Italian, Spanish
Of uncertain origin: derived either from a nickname to those who picked, worked with or sold olives, or from the given name Oliva.

Ollivier French
From a variant of the given names Olivier and Oliver.

Olloqui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Olloki.

Olszański Polish
Name for someone from a place called Olszany or Olszanica, both derived from Polish olsza meaning "alder".

Olufson Danish
Variant of Olufsen

Olveira Galician
Galician cognate of Oliveira.

Olyphant English, Scottish
Variant of Oliphant. A famous bearer is American actor Timothy Olyphant (1968-).

Ōmae Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward".

Omae Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大前 (see Ōmae).

Omaru Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小丸 (see Komaru).

Omelchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Omelyan".

Omidi Persian
From the given name Omid.

Omine Japanese
O means "big, great, large" and mine means "peak".

Ōmori Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Omori Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 森 (mori) "forest," "woods."

Omori Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大森 (see Ōmori).

Ōmoto Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Omoto Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大本 (see Ōmoto).

Omoya Japanese
Variant of Omotani.

Ōmura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Omura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大村 (see Ōmura).

Onaga Japanese
O means "big, great" and naga means "long, cheif".

Onbekend Dutch
Means "unknown, anonymous" in Dutch, given to individuals who don’t have a family name (often for cultural reasons).

Ondricek Czech
From Ondr, meaning brave or courageous

Ōnishi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Onishi.

Onishi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Onitsuka Japanese

Onofre Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Onofre.

Onofrio Italian
From the given name Onofrio.

Onogi Japanese
O means "large, big", no means "field", and gi is a form of ki meaning "tree, wood".

Onoki Japanese
O means "large, big", no means "field", and ki means"tree, wood".

Onose Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Onota Japanese
Variant of Onoda.

Ōnuki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 貫 (nuki) meaning "pierce, penetrate, brace".

Onuki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大貫 #(see Ōnuki).

Ōnuma Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Onuma Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大沼 (see Ōnuma).

Onysko Ukrainian

Oojima Japanese
Variant of Ooshima.

Ōoka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Ookouchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big", 河 (kou) meaning "river" and 内 (chi) meaning "inside".

Oosterhuis Dutch
Means "eastern house" in Dutch.

Ootani Japanese
From Japanese 大 (oo) meaning "big" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Ootono Japanese (Rare)
Oo means "big, great, large, huge" and tono is an outdated honorific that literally means "lord".

Oracion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish oración meaning "sentence, prayer".

Oraliz Spanish

Orazio Italian
From the given name Orazio.

Orbison English
From a village in Lincolnshire, England originally called Orby and later Orreby that is derived from a Scandinavian personal name Orri- and the Scandinavian place element -by which means "a farmstead or small settlement."

Ordóñez Spanish
Means "son of Ordoño".

Orduña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urduña.

Oreshkin m Russian

Oreste Italian
From the given name Oreste

Orfanov Russian
Derived from Greek ὀρφανός (orphanos) meaning "orphan".

Orgeron French (Cajun)
From the Norman French family name Orger, which is a abbreviated form of the ancient Norman name Orglander.

Orime Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Orimen.

Orimen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "occasion; time" or "fold" and 免 (men) meaning "dismissal".

Orisu Japanese

Orito Japanese

Orlandi Italian
Variant of Orlando.

Orłowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Orłów, Orłowo or Orły, all derived from Polish orzeł meaning "eagle".

Ortone Italian
Italian form of Horton.

Ortonio Italian, Spanish
Variant of Ortone. Italian and Spanish form of Hortonius.

Orueta Basque
From the name of a district in the town of Gautegiz-Arteaga, Spain, derived from Basque oru "ground, place, building site" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".

Oryschak Ukrainian
Refers to someone from the village of Oryshkivsti in Ternopil Oblast in present-day Western Ukraine.

Osada Japanese
From Japanese 長 (osa) meaning "chief, head, leader" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Osada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 逢 (o) meaning "meeting, encounter" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Ōsaka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Osaka Japanese
O means "Big" and Saka means "Hill, Slope".

Osaki Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 崎, 埼, 﨑 or 岬 (saki) "peninsula," "cape" or 嵜 (saki) "steep," "promontory."

Osako Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, large" combined with 迫 (sako) meaning "imperative".... [more]

Osama Arabic
Derived from the given name Usama.

Osame Japanese
From Japanese 納 (osame), a variant spelling of 納め (osame) meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".... [more]

Osamu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Osato Japanese
O means "big" and sato means "hamlet, village, town".

Ōsawa Japanese
Alternate transcription of Osawa.

Osawa Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Ó Searcaigh Irish

Ōshima Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Oshima Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōshima.

Ōshita Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Oshita Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大下 (see Ōshita).

Osmeña Filipino (Hispanicized), Cebuano (Hispanicized)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a Spanish form of the Arabic name Uthman. A notable bearer was Sergio Osmeña (1878-1961), the fourth president of the Philippines.

Osnovin m Russian
Derived from Russian word основной, meaning "main."

Osorio Spanish
From the given name Osorio.

Osowski m Polish
Habititional surname for someone from a village called Osowa, derived from Polish osowy meaning "aspen" (the type of tree).

Ostanin Russian
From any of several diminutives of the given name Evstafiy or Evstakhiy.

Österman Swedish
Variant of Östman.

Ōsuga Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge".

Osuga Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大菅 (see Ōsuga).

Osuga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Osuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 (see Kosuge).

Ōsugi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Osugi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大杉 (see Ōsugi).

Osumi Japanese
From 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 隅 (sumi) meaning "corner, nook".

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

Ōtaka Japanese
This surname combines 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii) meaning "big, large" with 高 (kou, taka, taka.i, taka.maru, taka.meru, -daka) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk, eagle, falcon", 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 嵩 (shuu, suu, kasa, kasa.mu, taka.i) meaning "be aggravated, grow bulky, grow worse, swell" or 貴 (ki, tatto.i, tatto.bu, touto.i, touto.bu, taka) meaning "esteem, honour, precious, prize, value."... [more]

Otaka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大高 (see Ōtaka).

Ōtake Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Otake Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大竹 (see Ōtake).

Ōtaki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 滝 or 瀧 (taki) meaning "waterfall".

Ōtani Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Ōtomo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Otomo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大友 (see Ōtomo).

Ōtsubo Japanese
From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.

Otsubo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Ōtsubo.

Ōtsuka Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Otsuka Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大塚 (see Ōtsuka).

Ōtsuki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 槻 (tsuki) referring to a type of zelkova tree (scientific name Zelkova serrata).

Otsuki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大槻 (see Ōtsuki).

Ottavio Italian
From the given name Ottavio.

Ottone Italian
From the given name Ottone.

Ouattara Western African, Manding
From the name of the Wattara or Watara clan of the Dyula people, believed to be derived from a word meaning "prince".

Ōuchi Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Ouchi Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大内 (see Ōuchi).

Oudehand Dutch
Variant of Ouwehand.

Oudeland Dutch
Habitational name from places called Oudeland in the Netherlands, or perhaps the village of Oudelande in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Their names mean "old land" in Dutch.

Ouderland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Oudomsouk Lao
From Lao ອຸດົມ (oudom) meaning "abundant, plentiful" or "superior, supreme, excellent" and ສຸກ (souk) meaning "happiness, pleasure, joy".

Oumarou Western African
From the given name Oumarou.

Õunapuu Estonian
Means "apple tree" in Estonian.

Ōura Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Oura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 大浦 (see Ōura).

Ouwehand Dutch
Means "old hand" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a fisherman, associated with the phrase "old hands at sea". Another theory holds that it comes from a misdivision of the surname Oudeland... [more]

Ouweland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Ovchinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Ovechkin Russian
Patronymic derived from Russian овечка (ovechka) meaning "lamb". A famous bearer is the Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin (1985-).

Overath German
From the name of the town of Overath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A famous bearer is the German former soccer player Wolfgang Overath (1943-).

Overbeck Low German, Dutch (Americanized)
German cognate of Overbeeke, as well as its Americanized form.

Overpelt Dutch
From the name of a town in Limburg, Belgium, meaning "above the pelt" (see Van Pelt).

Ōwaki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Owaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大脇 (see Ōwaki).

Owara Japanese
Variant of Ohara.

Owari Japanese
From Japanese 終 (owa) meaning “last, to finish” and 里 (ri) meaning “village, the home of one’s parents, hometown”. The latter character is also an archaic Japanese unit of area.

Oyama Japanese
From the Japanese 大 (o) "big" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Oyarzún Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Oiartzun.

Oyuela Spanish, Western African
The surname Oyuela is likely of Spanish or African (specifically, West African) origin, with roots in both linguistic and cultural traditions.... [more]

Ozaka Japanese
"Big, great slope". Variant of Osaka.

Ozaki Japanese
A variant of Osaki. O means "Big" and Zaki means "Peninsula, Cape, Promontory".

Ozaki Japanese
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Ozato Japanese
Variant of Osato.

Ozawa Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "small" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Özçelik Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and çelik meaning "steel".