Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Saita Japanese

Saiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Saiyō).

Saiyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Sajakul Thai

Sakabe Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sakade Japanese

Sakagi Japanese
Variant of Sakaki.

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakai Japanese
From Japanese 酒 (saka) meaning "alcohol" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sakami Japanese
Salad means "slope, hill" and mi means "view".

Sakane Japanese
From the Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) "slope" or 酒 (saka or sake) "alcohol" and 根 (ne) "root."

Sakano Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sakashita Japanese
From Japanese 坂 (saka) meaning "slope" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Sakata Japanese
From Japanese 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sakato Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakatō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakagashira).

Sakatoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakatou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 坂頭 or 阪頭 (see Sakatō).

Sakawa Japanese

Sakei Japanese
Sake means "liquor" and I means "well, mineshaft".

Sakino Japanese
Saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Sakota Japanese
From Japanese 迫 (sako) meaning "mountainside valley" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Saksena Indian, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सक्सेना (see Saxena).

Sakuma Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Sakura Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 倉 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse".

Sakurai Japanese
From Japanese 桜, 櫻 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well." A notable bearer of this surname is Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井 孝宏), a Japanese voice-actor who is best known for voicing Izuru Kira from Bleach, Kiyomaro Takamine from Zatch Bell, and Ja'far from the Magi series.

Salama Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salamah Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salameh Arabic
Derived from Arabic سلامة (salama) meaning "safety, good health" or سلام (salam) meaning "peace".

Salander Swedish
Meaning uncertain. Possibly a variant of Selander or a combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -ander.

Salangsang Filipino, Pampangan
Means "(to) stack" in Kapampangan.

Salaŭjoŭ Belarusian
Patronymic surname derived from Belarusian салавей (salaviej) meaning "nightingale".

Saldaña Spanish
Habitual surname for a person from any of the locations in Spain named Saldaña. The name itself comes from the older name Gili-Zalan, which is of uncertain meaning.

Saldanha Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Saldaña.

Salehi Persian
Derived from the given name Saleh.

Salfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Salgado Galician, Portuguese
Nickname for a witty person, from Galician or Portuguese salgado meaning "salty" (figuratively "witty, sharp").

Salgueiro Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician cognate of Salguero.

Salguero Spanish
Means "willow tree" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin salix. It was either a topographic name for someone who lived near willow trees or a habitational name for someone from the city of Salguero in Burgos, Spain (also derived from this word).

Sallander Swedish
Variant of Salander.

Salomón Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Salomón.

Salonga Filipino, Tagalog
From the name of a chief of Polo (presently the city of Valenzuela in Manila) who was later baptised as Pedro Salonga.

Salvação Portuguese (European, Rare)
Portuguese cognate of Salvacion.

Salvacion Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish salvación meaning "salvation," referring to the saving of human beings from death and separation from God by Christ's death and resurrection.

Sameron English

Samonte Filipino, Tagalog
Most likely a topographic name derived from the Tagalog prefix sa- and Spanish monte meaning "mountain".

Samoylich Russian

Sámuel Hungarian
From the given name Sámuel.

Samune Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 実 (sane) meaning "fruit seed" and 宗 (mune) meaning "principle; aim; purpose; meaning; gist", referring to a land with many fruits or with rich fertility.... [more]

Samura Japanese
Sa means "support, assist" and mura "village, hamlet" or "town".

Sanabria Spanish
Spanish cognate of Seabra.

San Andrés Spanish
Means "Saint Andrew" in Spanish.

San Andres Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San Andrés.

San Diego Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name from any of various places named San Diego, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Didacus (San Diego).

Sandison Scottish
Possibly a Scottish variant of Sanderson.

Saneto Japanese
From 實 (sane, jitsu, mino.ru, mi.chiru, mi, mame, makoto) meaning "fruit, seed, ripen, fulfill, truth, sincerity" and 藤 (to, fuji) meaning "wisteria".

San Gabriel Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Gabriel" in Spanish.

Sangalang Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog sanggalang meaning "protection".

Sa-Ngapol Thai

Sangawa Japanese
Variant of Sankawa.

San Germán Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Means "Saint Germanus" in Spanish.

Sangkrachang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงกระจ่าง (see Saengkrachang).

Sangmanee Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).

Sangmani Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai แสงมณี (see Saengmani).

San Jose Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of San José primarily used in the Philippines.

San José Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called San José, so named for a local church or shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph (San José).

San Martín Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places named San Martín, so named for a local shrine or church dedicated to Saint Martin (San Martín).

San Pascual Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Saint Pascal" in Spanish.

Sanroman Spanish
San Roman refers to a family line of Spanish and Italian origin. The term San Roman in Spanish or Castilian refers to ' St. Roman ' and the name is a habitual name from any of the persons from the local church or shrines of Saint Roman.

Santala Finnish
From Finnish santa meaning "(slightly wet) sand" and the place suffix -la.

Santorum Italian
Variant of Santoro. A notable bearer is former American Senator Rick Santorum (1958-present).

Sapien French

Saprykin m Russian

Sarada Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皿 (sara), an assigned character to 更 (sara) meaning "new; unused" and 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", referring to unused farmland.

Sarado Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Sarafian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Sarafyan.

Sarafyan Armenian
Means "son of the banker" from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf) meaning "banker, moneychanger, cashier".

Saragi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Saraiva Portuguese
It literally means "hail".

Sarandon English (American, Rare)

Sarasa Japanese (Rare)
Means "chintz" in Japanese.

Sarata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 皿田 (see Sarada).

Sarfati Judeo-Spanish
From Hebrew צרפתית (tsar'fatit) meaning "French". It was originally used to refer to the Biblical place name Tzarfat, which has come to be identified as modern-day France.

Sargsian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Սարգսյան (see Sargsyan).

Sarmiento Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines), American (Hispanic)
From Latin sarmentum meaning "vine shoot."

Sarōdo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐良土 (Sarōdo) meaning "Sarōdo", a former village in the district of Nasu in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke.

Sarodo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Sarohdo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Saroudo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐良土 (see Sarōdo).

Sarradet French (Cajun)
Used commonly by people native to Louisiana, United States, is also a variant of Sarrade.

Sarrazin French
Means "Saracen" in Old French, a name used to refer to Arab Muslims in the Middle Ages. It was probably used as a nickname for an unruly person, a person with a dark complexion, or for someone who had taken part in a Crusade.

Sartori Italian
Variant of Sarto, through Latin Sartorius.

Saruta Japanese
From Japanese 猿 (saru) meaning "monkey" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sasago Japanese

Sasai Japanese
From 笹 (sasa) meaning "bamboo grass" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit"

Sasako Japanese
Sasa means "bamboo grass" and no means "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Sasala Rukai

Sasame Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 左 (sa) meaning "left", -s-, used to represent epenthesis between 2 vowels or a possession marker, and 雨 (ame) meaning "rain; rainfall".

Sashenka Russian, Belarusian
Derived from the name Sashenka, a diminutive of Aleksey. It is also the Belarusian form of Sashenko, a last name which also derives from Sashenka.

Sasori Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 佐曽利 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help," 曽 (so, sou, zou, katsu, katsute, sunawachi) meaning "before, ever, formerly, never, once" and 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit."

Sassano Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 颯々 (sassa), sound- and script-changed from 颯爽 (sassō) meaning "gallant; jaunty" and 野 (no) meaning "field; plain", referring to a stately person who traveled to the fields.

Satake Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".

Satoki Japanese
Sato means "village, city" and ki means "wood, tree".

Satomi Japanese
Sato means "village" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".... [more]

Satoya Japanese
Sato means "village" and ya means "valley".

Satsuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五月女 (see Saotome).

Satsuma Japanese
From Japanese 薩摩 (Satsuma) meaning "Satsuma", a former Japanese province in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Saudji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Sauji).

Sauerbier German
From German sauer meaning "sour" and bier meaning "beer". It originally referred to a brewer of sour beer.

Sauji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" and 氏 (shi) meaning "family, clan". This may also be a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐氏 (see Saudji)... [more]

Saunier French

Savasti Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).

Savatdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).

Savchenko Ukrainian
Derived either from the given name Savvatiy or Saveliy.

Savelyev Russian
Means "son of Saveliy".

Savitskiy m Polish (Russified), Russian, Jewish
A form of Sawicki.

Savvides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Σαββίδης (see Savvidis) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Savvidis Greek
Means "son of Savvas".

Sawabe Japanese

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Sawabe Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".

Sawada Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sawai Japanese
Sawa means "marsh, swamp" and i means "mineshaft, pit, well."

Sawai Japanese
From Japanese 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Sawano Japanese
Sawa means "swamp, marsh" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Sawara Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 佐原 (see Sahara).

Sawatdi Thai
From Thai สวัสดี (sawatdi) meaning "welfare, prosperity, security, goodness, virtue, moral excellence".

Sawicki Polish
This indicates familial origin anywhere within a cluster of 3 Podlachian villages in Gmina Repki: Sawice-Dwór, Sawice-Wieś, or Sawice-Bronisze.

Saxena Indian, Hindi
Traditionally believed to be derived from Sanskrit सखिसेना (sakhisena) meaning "friend of the army", from सखा (sakha) meaning "friend, companion" and सेना (sena) meaning "army"... [more]

Sayaseng Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊ​ຍະ​ແສງ (see Xayaseng).

Saygılı Turkish
Means "respectful, reverential" in Turkish.

Saysana Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊຊະນະ (see Xaysana).

Saysongkham Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ໄຊສົງຄາມ (see Xaysongkham).

Sayto Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Saitō more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Saytou Japanese (Russified)
Alternate transcription of Saitou more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.

Scalia Italian
Habitational name derived from Scalea in the province of Cosenza, deriving ultimately from medieval Greek skaleia meaning "hoeing".

Scarcella Italian
From Italian "scarcella", a dessert enjoyed during Easter from the Italian region of Apulia, possibly referring to a baker who would make them.

Scheliga Polish
Variant and more Americanized spelling of Szeliga.

Schenkelberg German

Schermerhorn Dutch
From Schermerhorn, the name of a village in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands, derived from Dutch schermer meaning "fencer" and hoorn meaning "horn". It was borne by the Dutch politician Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn (1894-1977), a Prime Minister of the Netherlands.

Scheunemann German
It literally means someone who either lives near (or in, if poor &/or homeless) a barn or works within its general vicinity.

Schleithauer German

Schmadeka Low German
Low German variant of Schmied + the diminutive suffix -ke

Schmidtberger German
A distinguishing name for someone named Berger who worked as a blacksmith or a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Schmidtberg in Bavaria and Switzerland.

Schoenmaker Dutch
Means "shoemaker" in Dutch.

Schoenmakers Dutch
Variant of Schoenmaker.

Schutte Dutch, Low German, South African
Variant of (Schütte), an occupational name for an archer.

Schweinsteiger German
Occupational name for a pig farmer, an overseer of pigs or a nickname for someone who rode a pig, derived from Middle High German swīn meaning "hog, swine" and stīger meaning "foreman, mine inspector"... [more]

Scolari English (American)

Scorsese Italian
From a nickname that indicated a person who came from Scotland, derived from Italian scozzese literally meaning "Scotsman, Scottish". This spelling arose from a transcription error of the surname Scozzese... [more]

Scudamore Anglo-Norman
A locational surname that was first recorded in England in 1264. Derived from one of the ancient villages of Fifield Scudamore or Upton Scudamore, with Scudamore coming from the Old English scitemor, which means "one who lived at the moor."

Seabra Portuguese
Habitational name from the town of Puebla de Sanabria in northwestern Spain of uncertain meaning, possibly of Arabic, Celtic or Latin origin.

Sebastián Spanish
From the given name Sebastián.

Sebastian German, English
From the given name Sebastian.

Sebastian English, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Sebastian.

Sebeok Hungarian, Medieval Hungarian
From Sebők, a diminutive of Sebestyén.

Sebestyén Hungarian
From the given name Sebestyén.

Secară Romanian
It means "rye" in Romanian.

Segawa Japanese
Variant of Sekawa.

Seidenberg German, Jewish
Derived from several places with the same name. As an ornamental name, it is derived from German seide meaning "silk" and berg meaning "mountain".

Seismundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Variant of Segismundo.

Sejkora Czech, Slovak
Sejkora means titmouse in Czech.

Sekawa Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Sekine Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, foundation".

Sekino Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Sekiya Japanese
From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Selander Swedish
Combination of Swedish sel "stretch of calm water in a river or stream" and the common surname suffix -ander (originally from Greek aner "man"). The first element, sel, is also a common place name element in Northern Sweden and it's possible that this name is both ornamental and locational in origin.

Seleznev m Russian

Selimi Albanian
Derived from the given name Selim.

Selmanaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Selman" in Albanian.

Selmani Albanian
Derived from the given name Selman.

Semenchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Semenenko.

Semenyuk Ukrainian
Variant of Semenenko using a diminutive form.

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬村 (Semura), a clipping of 杭瀬村 (Kuinose-Mura) meaning "Semura Village", formerly in the city of Wakayama in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan.

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬村 (Semura), a clipping of 瀬田蔵 (Setagura-Mura) meaning "Setagura Village", formerly in the city of Tottori in the prefecture of Tottori in Japan.

Semyonov m Russian
Means "son of Semyon".

Senami Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and nami means "wave".

Sendulla Medieval French
the name was originally from a town in the champagne valley that does not exist any more because of World War I the town's name is forgotten and all we have about it is the name sendulla a young girl whom live there as a child

Sengmany Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".

Sengsavang Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ສະຫວ່າງ (savang) meaning "light, bright, dawn".

Sengsavanh Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Sengsouvanh Lao
From Lao ແສງ (seng) meaning "light" and ສຸວັນ (souvanh) meaning "gold".

Senuma Japanese
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Senzaki Japanese
From Japanese 先 (sen) meaning "before, previous" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Sequeira Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese variant and Spanish form of Siqueira.

Séraphin French, French (Caribbean)
From the given name Séraphin.

Sereno Italian
1 Italian: from the personal name Sereno (from Latin serenus, serena ‘clear’, ‘calm’).... [more]

Serfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Sesaki Japanese
Se means "ripple, current" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Setsushi Japanese
From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" and 死 (shi) meaning "death". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Settai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 摂待 (Settai) meaning "Settai", a former village in the former district of Hei in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan or a division in the same place, in the area of Tarō in the city of Miyako in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]

Severance American

Severo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Severo

Severson Norwegian (Americanized)
Alternate spelling of Syverson, son of Syver

Sevilla Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Seville (or Sevilla) in Andalusia, Spain. The city's name is probably derived from Phoenician šplh meaning "valley, plain" through Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة‎ (ʾišbīliya).

Seweryn Polish
From the given name Seweryn.

Sezaki Japanese
Variant of Sesaki.

Shahabi Persian
From the given name Shahab.

Shahbazi Persian
From the given name Shahbaz.

Shahbazpour Persian
Means "son of Shahbaz".

Shahidi Persian
From the given name Shahid.

Shahnazi Persian
From the given name Shahnaz.

Shakerchi Turkish
Of Turkish origin, the most widely reported origin and meaning is “Sugarman” in English. The name Shakerchi is a nickname or a surname that has been adopted by individuals with Turkish heritage... [more]

Shakshuki Arabic (Maghrebi)
Most likely from Libyan Arabic شَكْشُوكَةٌ (šakšawka) meaning “a mixture”, referring to a type of North African dish made of vegetables and fried eggs.

Shalygin m Russian

Shamanov Russian
From Russian шаман (shaman) meaning "shaman".

Shanahan Irish
Anglicised form of Ó Seanachain.

Sharifpour Persian
Means "son of Sharif".

Sharoykin m Russian

Sharqawi Arabic (Egyptian)
Means "easterner, one from the east", derived from Arabic شرق (sharq) meaning "east, Orient".

Shehata Arabic
Derived from Arabic شحات (shahhat) meaning "beggar".

Shestakov m Russian
Derives from Russian word шесть (shest') meaning six.

Shibata Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shibuki Japanese
Shibu means "astringent, rough" and ki means "tree, wood".

Shichiho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

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

Shichihoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

Shichihou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

Shigawa Japanese
Variant of Shikawa.

Shigeta Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shikanai Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".

Shikazu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 志和 (see Shiwa).

Shikhanov m Russian

Shikimi Japanese

Shimadzu Japanese
Variant transcription of Shimazu.

Shimai Japanese
Shima means "island" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shimano Japanese
Shima means "island" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shimatsu Japanese

Shimazu Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 津 (zu) meaning "harbor".

Shimoda Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shimoji Okinawan (Rare)
Comes from the island in Okinawa, Japan, called Shimoji. The combination of Kanji characters are 下 meaning "down, below", and 地 meaning "place, territory".

Shimono Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "under, below" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]

Shimota Japanese

Shimotsuki Japanese (Rare, ?)
霜 (Shimo) means "hoar, frost" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, noon". This is the traditional Japanese word for "November". ... [more]

Shimura Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Shinami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Shindera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).

Shingawa Japanese
Variant of Shinkawa.

Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".

Shinketsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神結 (see Kamiyui).

Shinkura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".

Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Shinobu Japanese
Shinobu is a Japanese name meaning "recall" or "endurance."

Shinomi Japanese
From 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 見 (mi) meaning "view, outlook".

Shinota Japanese
Variant of Shinoda.

Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Shinsawa Japanese

Shinseki Japanese
Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".

Shintaku Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 宅 (taku) meaning "house, home".

Shintani Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Shinzawa Japanese
Variant of Shinsawa.

Shioda Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shioe Japanese
From 潮 (shio) meaning "salt" and 江 (e) meaning "inlet, river".

Shiono Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Shirado Japanese

Shiradoh Japanese

Shiradou Japanese

Shirai Japanese
Means "Purple Thunder". From Japanese 紫 (shi) meaning "purple" and 雷 (rai) meaning "thunder". Notable bearers are joshi wrestlers Mio Shirai and Io Shirai.

Shirano Japanese
Shira means "white" and no means "field, plain".

Shirino Japanese (Rare)
Shiri can mean "rear, behind" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiroda Japanese

Shiroi Japanese
Shrio means "white" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shirono Japanese
Shiro means "white" and no means "field, wilderness".

Shirota Japanese

Shiryayev m Russian

Shishido Japanese
From Japanese 宍 (shishi) meaning "meat, flesh" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Shitao Japanese
From 下 (shita) meaning "lower, downstream, under" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Shitara Japanese
From Japanese 設 (shita) meaning "establish" and 楽 (ra) meaning "comfort".

Shōami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 正阿弥 (shōami), a sect of kettle brim making, hat brim making, or weapon-end guard making.

Shoami Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shōaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shoaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Shoemaker English

Shojaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian شجاعی (see Shojaei).

Shojaei Persian
Derived from Persian شجاع (shoja) meaning "brave, courageous".

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

Shojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Shōjiya).

Shouami Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shouaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Showalter German

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

Shul'zhenko Ukrainian
Possibly a form of Shul'ha.

Shumakov m Russian
Derived from Russian word "шум (shum)" meaning noise.

Siasat Tagalog
From Tagalog siyasat meaning "investigation, inquiry, inspection".

Sibounheuang Lao
From Lao ສີ (si) meaning "majesty, glory, splendour" or "color", ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ເຮືອງ (heuang) meaning "bright, clear, beautiful".

Sibounhom Lao
From Lao ສີ (si) meaning "majesty, glory, splendour" or "color", ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ຫອມ (hom) meaning "fragrant, aromatic".

Sibunruang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).

Sibunrueang Thai
From Thai ศรี (si) meaning "glory, honour, fame" combined with บุญ (bun) meaning "merit" and เรือง (rueang) meaning "bright, glowing, brilliant".

Sibunrueng Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).

Sidorov Russian
Means "son of Sidor".

Sievänen Finnish
From Finnish sievä meaning “pretty, cute” and the suffix -nen.

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

Sihawong Thai
From Thai สีหะ (siha) meaning "lion" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".

Sikandar Persian, Urdu, Pashto
From the given name Sikandar.

Sikumbang Minangkabau
Allegedly from the phrase si kumbang meaning "black tiger", probably derived from Minangkabau kumbang which can mean "beetle" or "tiger, leopard". The name may have been used to refer to Tamil settlers from southern India who had darker skin and practised a tiger-like form of martial arts... [more]

Sillanpää Finnish
Means "bridgehead" in Finnish, an area around the end of a bridge. Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888-1964) was a Finnish author and the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Silvano Italian, Galician
From the given name Silvano

Silvergrass English
From English "Silver" and "Grass". Probably given from the plant called "Silvergrass", a Miscanthus type growing in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Islands, or a field shining with the sun.