Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

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
Means "Lachtnán’s descendant" in Irish.

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.

Olen Swedish
Swedish (Olén, Ölén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.

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".

Ooshiba Japanese
Variant transcription of Oshiba.

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
From Russian орешек (oreshek), meaning "nut".

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".

Ortaylı Crimean Tatar

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).

Outinen Finnish
Possibly derived from the given name Outi.

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.

Overmars Dutch
Means "over the marsh", derived from Middle Dutch over meaning "over, above" and marsch meaning "marsh". A famous bearer of this name is the former Dutch soccer player Marc Overmars (1973-).

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".

Özdemir Turkish
Means "pure iron" from Turkish öz meaning "pure" and demir meaning "iron".

Ozdoba Polish

Ōzeki Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 関 (seki) meaning "frontier, pass".

Ozeki Japanese
From Japanese 小 (o) meaning "big, great" and 関 (seki) meaning "frontier, pass".

Ozeki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 大関 (see Ōzeki).

Özkaya Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and kaya meaning "rock".

Ōzora Japanese
From Japanese 大 (ō) meaning "big, great" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Özyakup Turkish
From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence, self, pure" combined with the given name Yakup. This name is borne by the Turkish-Dutch soccer player Oğuzhan Özyakup (1992-).

Paakkanen Finnish
From the given name Paavali.

Paakkari Finnish
Derived from Swedish bagare "baker".

Pääsuke Estonian
Means "swallow (bird)" in Estonian.

Pabalat Tagalog (Filipinized, Archaic)
A Filipino surname meaning "cover, saddle" or "saddle maker". This surname was probably created when a Spanish surveyor conducts a census sometime in the 19th century in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippines... [more]

Paciello Italian
Italian surname for "Little peacemaker"; a diminutive for the Italian word "paciere", meaning Peacemaker.

Pacino Italian
Diminutive form of Pace. The American actor Al Pacino (1940-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Pagaspas Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog and Cebuano pagaspas meaning "rustling, fluttering", specifically referring to the movement and sound of leaves when being blown by strong wind.

Pagtakhan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "wonder, marvel at" in Tagalog.

Pahlavan Persian
Means "hero, strong man" in Persian.

Pahlavi Persian
Means "hero, champion, athletic, strong man", a variant of Pahlavan. It could also refer to a person who came from Parthia, a historical region situated in present-day Iran and Turkmenistan, derived from Persian پهلو (pahlaw) meaning "Parthian, person from Parthia"... [more]

Pakingan Tagalog
From Tagalog pakinggan meaning "to listen, to pay attention, to heed".

Palacol Filipino, Tagalog
Means "ax" in Tagalog.

Palacpac Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog palakpak meaning "appaluse."

Palare Thai (Muslim)

Palmarez Mexican

Palmieri Italian
Derived from Italian palmiere meaning "pilgrim".

Palola Finnish
Probably from Palo, the name of many Finnish villages or palo meaning "fire" and the suffix -la signifying a place.

Palosi Italian

Panahi Persian
From Persian پناه (panâh) meaning "shelter, refuge, protection".

Panchenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Panko".

Panchyshyn m Ukrainian, Russian (Ukrainianized, ?)

Pancorbo Spanish
From the name of a town in Burgos, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Suggestions as to its origin include Spanish puente curvo "curved bridge", or a legend about crows delivering bread to the town when it was besieged by Saracens, leading to it being called Pan-Cuervo "Bread-Crow".

Pancrazio Italian
From the given name Pancrazio.

Panesh Circassian (Russified)
From Adyghe пэ (pă) meaning "nose" and нэшъу (năŝ°) "blind".

Pankiewicz Polish
From the nickname Panek, a diminutive of Panas, itself a form of the given name Atanazy.

Pankratov Russian
Means "son of Pankratiy".

Pantaleon Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Pantaleón.

Pantolin Swedish (Rare)
Swedish military name

Panuwat Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ภาณุวัฒน์ (see Phanuwat).

Panyobhas Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ปัญโญภาส (see Panyophat).

Panyopas Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ปัญโญภาส (see Panyophat).

Panyophat Thai (Rare)
From Thai ปัญโญ (panyo), a form of ปัญญา (panya) meaning "wisdom; knowledge; intelligence" and

Paolo Italian
From the given name Paolo.

Paragas Pangasinan, Ilocano
From Pangasinan or Ilocano ragas meaning "to cut, to trim (clothing)", probably used as an occupational name.

Pariseau French
Derived from a pet form of Paris.

Parligras Romanian

Parreira Portuguese
Means "grapevine" in Portuguese. It was used as a toponymic name for someone from any of various places called Parreira, a topographic name for someone who lived near many grapevines, or an occupational name for someone who worked on a grapevine plantation.

Parsaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پارسایی (see Parsaei).

Parsaei Persian
From the given name Parsa.

Parsaie Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پارسایی (see Parsaei).

Parsapoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian پارساپور (see Parsapour).

Parsapour Persian
Means "son of Parsa" in Persian.

Parvanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Parvan".

Parvizi Persian
From the given name Parviz.

Pasasauv Paiwan

Pasechnik Russian
Means "beekeeper" in Russian. Leonid Pasechnik is the leader of the LNR.

Pashayev Azerbaijani (Expatriate)
Simplified spelling of Paşayev.

Pashinyan Armenian
Means "son of Pasha".

Pasinski Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Paszyn in Nowy Sacz voivodeship; also a pet form of Paweł.

Pasquale Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Pasquali Italian
From the given name Pasquale.

Passepartout Literature
Derived from French passe-partout, which literally means "goes everywhere" but is actually an idiom for "skeleton key".... [more]

Passwater English (American)

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

Pastukhov Russian
Derived from Russian пастух (pastukh) meaning "shepherd".

Patiño Spanish, Galician
From a diminutive of Spanish or Galician pato meaning "duck", used as a nickname for a person who waddled.

Patnubay Filipino, Tagalog
Means "guide, companion" in Tagalog.

Patriksen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Patrik".

Pattinson English, Scottish
Derived from the name of an ancestor. 'The son of Patrick' (which see), from the nick. Pate and diminutive Patt-in; compare Colin, Robin.

Paulose Indian (Christian)
From the given name Paulose.

Paŭlovič Belarusian
Means "son of Paviel".

Paunero Spanish (Latin American)

Pavelka Czech
Derived from the given name Pavel. A famosu bearer is Jake Pavelka.

Pavese Italian
Means "one from Pavia". Pavia is an Italian town located in Lombardy, northern Italy. It can also derive from pavese, a kind of big, Medieval shield.... [more]

Pawlitski German (Rare)
Variant of Pawlitzki

Pazinski Polish
Variant of Pasinski.

Pechkunov m Russian

Pedreira Portuguese, Galician
Means "quarry, rocky place" in Portuguese and Galician, originally a habitational name from any of various places called Pedreira or A Pedreira.

Pehlivan Turkish
Means "wrestler, strongman" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian پهلوان (pahlavân).

Peijnenburg Dutch
Variant of Pijnenburg.

Peixoto Portuguese
Occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish, derived from Portuguese peixe meaning "fish".

Pelagio Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Pelagio.

Pelayo Spanish
From the given name Pelayo.

Pelevin Russian
Derived from dialectal Russian пелева (peleva) meaning "chaff, shuck". A notable bearer is Victor Pelevin, the Russian fiction writer.

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

Pendarvis English (American)
The American English spelling of the Cornish surname Pendarves. Ultimately, the surname is traced back to Pendarves Island, Cornwall.

Penderwick American
A family in a book series by Jeanne Birdsall.

Pendleton English
An Old English name meaning "overhanging settlement".

Pengelly Cornish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations in Cornwall named Pengelly, from Cornish penn meaning "head, top, end" and gelli or gilly meaning "copse, grove".

Penington English
Variant of Pennington

Peniston English
Denoted someone who came from the town of Penistone in South Yorkshire.

Pennello Spanish, Italian

Pennington English
Habitational surname denoting someone originally from any of the various locations in England named Pennington, derived from Old English penning meaning "penny" (used as a byname or from a tribute due on the land) and tun meaning "town".

Pennyworth English
From Old English pening, penig meaning "penny (the coin)" and worþ meaning "enclosure". A notable fictional bearer is Alfred Pennyworth, a DC Comics character notable for being the butler of the superhero Batman.

Pepito Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Pepito.

Perales Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations named Perales, from Spanish perales meaning "pear trees" (the plural of peral meaning "pear tree").

Perceval English, Norman
Derived from either the Old French given name Perceval, or from one of two places called Perceval in the department of Calvados in Normandy, France... [more]

Percival English, Norman
Variant of Perceval, derived from the given name Percival.

Perello Catalan (Balearic), Catalan
Perello is a Catalan surname linked to regions like Catalonia and the Balearic Islands in Spain, often associated with "pear tree" or specific locations named Perello.

Perera Sinhalese, Catalan
Sinhalese form of Pereira as well as a Catalan cognate.

Perovski m Russian, Macedonian
Habitational name derived from the toponym Перово (Perovo).

Perrina Italian

Perrone Italian
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Antonio, Pasquale, Vito, Domenic, Cosmo, Gaetano, Pellegrino, Rocco, Sal, Aldo.... [more]

Peruzzi Italian
From the given name Piero.

Pervushin m Russian
Possibly derived from первый (pervyy) meaning first.

Pesälä Finnish
From Finnish pesä meaning “nest” and the suffix -lä signifying a place.

Pescador Spanish
Means "fisherman, fisher" in Spanish.

Peshlakai Navajo
Derived from the Navajo words béésh "metal" and łigaii "white" meaning “silver”.

Pessoa Portuguese
From Portuguese pessoa meaning "person."

Petherick English
From the given name Petrock.

Petitjean French
Nickname for a small or little man, or ironically a large or tall man, derived from Old French petit meaning "small, little" combined with the given name Jean 1... [more]

Petito Italian, Judeo-Italian
Nickname for a small person, derived from a dialectal word ultimately from French petit meaning "small, little".

Petkevich Russian
Russian form of Piatkievič.

Petrelli Italian
From the given name Pietro.

Petreska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Petreski.

Petreski m Macedonian
Means "son of Petre".

Petridis Greek
Means "son of Petros".

Petrone Italian
Derived from the given name Pietro.

Petrosian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Petrosyan.

Petrucci Italian
From the given name Pietro.

Petryniec Ukrainian
From the given name Peter.

Pettifer English
Nickname for a good infantryman, an old soldier who had lost a foot, or a person who was never tired of walking, derived from Old French pedefer, pied de fer meaning "iron foot".

Pettyfer English
Variant spelling of Pettifer. The British actor and model Alex Pettyfer (1990-) is a famous bearer of this surname.

Pettyjohn French (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Petitjean.

Peverley English
Possibly a variant of Beverley.

Peverly English
Possibly a variant of Beverley.

Peymani Persian
From the given name Peyman.

Pezyarev m Russian

Phanouvong Lao
From Lao ພານຸ (phanou) meaning "light, sun" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Phanthavong Lao
From Lao ພັນທະ (phantha) meaning "connect, join, tie" or "obligation" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Phanuwat Thai (Rare)
From Thai ภาณุ (phanu) meaning "light, Sun" and วัฒน์ (wat), from วัฒน (watthana-) meaning "prosperity, beauty".

Phetdara Lao
From Lao ເພັດ (phet) meaning "diamond" and ດາຣາ (dara) meaning "star".

Philibert French
Derived from the name Philibert.

Philippart Belgian
In the Medieval period, of Ancient Greek origin, derives from philippos, a compound made of philein meaning "to love", and hippos, a horse, hence "lover of horses".

Philippou Greek
Alternate transcription of Filippou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Phimmasone Lao
From Lao ພິມ (phim) meaning "law, custom, form" and ສອນ (sone) meaning "arrow, weapon".

Phommachack Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ຈັກ (chack) meaning "disk, circle, wheel".

Phommachanh Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma combined with ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".

Phommasone Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ສອນ (sone) meaning "arrow, weapon".

Phommavong Lao
From Lao ພົມມະ (phomma) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Phomphakdy Lao
From Lao ພົມ (phom) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ພັກດີ (phakdy) meaning "loyalty, devotion".

Phomvihane Lao
From Lao ພົມ (phom) referring to the Hindu god Brahma and ວິຫານ (vihane) meaning "temple, sanctuary". A notable bearer was Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), the second president of Laos.

Phonesavanh Lao
From Lao ພອນ (phone) meaning "blessing" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Phonevilay Lao
From Lao ພອນ (phone) meaning "blessing" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".