Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

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.

Muneta Japanese

Munguía Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mungia.

Muntasser Arabic (Maghrebi)

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

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

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

Muratsu Japanese

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".

Muroya Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

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

Musiała Polish
Variant of Musiał.

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".

Myakshenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian м'якшення (m'yakshennya), meaning "mitigation".

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.

Nabata Japanese

Nabei Japanese
From 名 (na) meaning "status, reputation, name", 部 (be) meaning "part, section", 井 (i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".

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" in Persian.

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 3) meaning "long, chief" or 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, river, 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 "head, leader, chief, long" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot of a mountain, end".

Nagara Japanese

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

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal" or 長 (naga) meaning "long" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torent, ripple, 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".

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".

Nagornykh Russian
From Russian на горе (na gore), meaning "on the mountain".

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.

Naiya Japanese

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 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

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

Nakasa Japanese

Nakase Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, 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
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".

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

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

Namatsu Japanese

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

Namlıtürk Turkish
Means "famous Turk", derived from Turkish namlı meaning "famous, renowned".

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".

Nannenga Frisian, Dutch, German
Variant of Nanninga.

Nanninga Frisian, Dutch, German
Derived from the given name Nanne, a short form of Germanic names containing the element nand meaning "daring, brave, courage"... [more]

Nansai Japanese

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

Naseri Persian
From the given name Naser.

Naserpour Persian
Means "son of Naser" in Persian.

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 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 "jujube". Natsume was a large village in the former district of Sakai, but the surname could also be from the former name for the area of Ishishimbo.

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

Navalny m Ukrainian
More common transcription of Navalnyy, due to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Navalnyy m Ukrainian
Means "stormy, cloudy" in Ukrainian. Aleksey Navalnyy was a Russian political dissident of partially Ukrainian origin. He died on 16 February 2024. The more common transcription is Navalny.

Navidi Persian
From the given name Navid.

Navitski Belarusian
Belarusian cognate of Nowicki.

Navone Italian

Nawachi Japanese

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".

Nederhorst Dutch
From the name of the village of Nederhorst den Berg in North Holland, the Netherlands. It means "lower height, lower hill" in Dutch, derived from neder "lower" and horst "overgrown elevated place"... [more]

Negahban Persian
Means "watchman, guard, sentry, sentinel" in Persian.

Negishi Japanese
From Japanese 根 (ne) meaning "plant 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
Possibly from некрас (nekras) meaning "ugly".

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
From Russian немец (nemets), meaning "German".

Nemoto Japanese
From 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, source, foundation" and 本 (moto) meaning "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.

Neuteboom Dutch
Variant of Noteboom.

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".

Neznayko Ukrainian, Russian
Means "unknown", from Ukrainian and Russian не знай (ne znay), meaning "don't know".

Nicholas English
From the given name Nicholas.

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".

Niidome Japanese
From 新 (nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 留 (dome) meaning "fasten, halt, stop, detain".

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".

Nikandrov m Russian
Means "son of Nikandr".

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.

Nikolaus German
From the given name Nikolaus.

Nikulin m 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".

Nishina Japanese
From 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence, compassion" and 科 (shina) meaning "grade, examination, categorized classes".

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

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

Nishiya Japanese
Variant of Nishitani.

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."

Nobori Japanese

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.

Nogita Japanese
From 野 (no) meaning "field, plain" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

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

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
From 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 水 (mizu) meaning "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".

Nooteboom Dutch, Flemish
Variant of Noteboom.

Nootenboom Dutch, Flemish
Variant of Noteboom.

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).

Noteboom Dutch, Flemish
Means "nut tree", from Dutch noot "nut" and boom "tree".

Notenboom Dutch, Flemish
Variant of Noteboom.

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 m 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".