Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Tapio Finnish
From the given name Tapio.

Țăranu Romanian

Tarasov Russian
Means "son of Taras".

Tarigan Batak

Tarjányi Hungarian

Tarlykov m Russian, Kazakh (Russified, ?)
Possibly derived from Kazakh тарлық (tarlıq; russified: tarlyk) meaning "narrow", but probably not.

Tarnowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish city of Tarnów.

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

Tasaki Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Tasawa Japanese
Variant of Tazawa.

Tashima Japanese
Ta means "field, rice patty" and shima means "island".

Tashimo Japanese

Tashiro Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 代 (shiro) meaning "price, cost".

Tatami Japanese

Tatara Japanese
From 多 (ta) meaning "many", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji, combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good".

Tatebe Japanese
From 立 (tate) meaning "stand, set up, establish" and 部 (be) meaning "section, department, category".

Tateno Japanese
From Japanese 立 (tate) meaning "stand, rise" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tatsuda Japanese
From 竜 (tatsu) meaning "dragon" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tatsuki Japanese
Tatsu can mean "dragon" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tatsumi Japanese
This surname is used as the combinations shown above, as well as others that aren't on this entry.... [more]

Tatsuno Japanese
From Japanese 辰 (tatsu) meaning "dragon of the Chinese zodiac" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tatyanin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Tatyana.

Taue Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 上 (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".

Taura Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Tavárez Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish form of Tavares chiefly used in the Dominican Republic.

Tavernier English

Tavernier French
occupational name from Old French tavernier "innkeeper" (from Late Latin tabernarius from taberna "inn")... [more]

Tăvuța Romanian (Rare)

Tawada Japanese

Tawaji Arabic

Tawata Japanese
Variant of Tawada.

Tayama Japanese
From Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Taylorson English
Means "son of Taylor".

Tazawa Japanese
From the Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" or 多 (ta) meaning "various, many" combined with 澤 or 沢 (sawa) meaning "wetland, marsh, swamp."

Teagarden Low German
The surname Teagarden was first found in Bavaria, where the name Tiegarten was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. The name appeared in Solingen as Thegarden as early as 1374 and was recorded as Tegarden in 1488... [more]

Tedsungnoen Isan
From Thai สูงเนิน (Sung Noen) meaning "Sung Noen", a district in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Teitelbaum Jewish
From Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym) meaning "date palm".

Tejero Spanish
Occupational Spanish surname for a tiler, its origin may be in Saragossa, Spain. A famous bearer is Antonio Tejero, a Lieutenant Colonel who was responsible for the 23-F coup attempt.

Tejima Japanese
Variant of Teshima.

Tekiji Japanese
適(Teki) means suitable, and 時(toki,ji) means Time, together 適時 (tekiji) means timely, the surname was borne from Oku Tekiji, a character from an upcoming fanganronpa, Danganronpa Twin Fates

Telišman Croatian (Rare)
Unknown origin, probably from the word "talisman"

Templeman English

Templier French
French variant of Temple, given to someone who was a member of the Templar order.

Tennohja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennōja Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennoja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennouja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tenorio Spanish
Possibly a habitational name from a place called Tenorio in Pontevedra province, Spain.

Teplyakov m Russian
From Russian dialectual тепляк (teplyak), meaning "house, home, enclosure" (literally "warm space").

Terada Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "Buddhist temple" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Terai Japanese
Tera means "temple" and i means "well".

Teraji Japanese
Tera means "temple" and ji means "road".

Terao Japanese
Tera means "temple" and o means "tail".

Terao Japanese
From Japanese 寺 (tera) meaning "temple" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Tercero Spanish
Means "third" in Spanish (see Tercero).

Ternovtsov m Russian

Teshima Japanese
From Japanese 手 (te) meaning "hand" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Tetsuka Japanese
Te means "hand" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Tetsuki Japanese
Tetsu means "iron" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tewksbury English
Derived from Tewkesbury, a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is named with the Old English given name Teodec and burg meaning "fortification".

Teymouri Persian
From the given name Teymour.

Thammavong Lao
From Lao ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Thavornvong Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thavornvongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thavornvongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawonwong Thai (Rare)
From Thai ถาวร (thawon) meaning "permanent" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "family".

Thawornwong Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawornwongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawornwongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Theresa English, German
From the given name Theresa.

Thomasen Danish, Norwegian
Means "Son of Thomas".

Thongprasom Thai

Thongsavanh Lao
From Lao ທອງ (thong) meaning "gold" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Thorbecke German
Possibly from an unknown place name meaning either "at the brook" or "Thor's stream" in German. A noteworthy bearer was the Dutch liberal statesman and prime minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-1872), whose family was of German origin; he is best known for almost single-handedly drafting the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, which turned the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, during the Revolutions of 1848.

Tiburcio Spanish
From the given name Tiburcio

Tiefenbrunn German
Possibly a combination of the german word “Tiefe” meaning depths, and germanic brun, meaning armor, protection

Tiensuu Finnish
Means "The road's mouth". Tien means "the road" and Suu means "mouth" in Finnish.

Tikhanchik Russian
Derived from тихо (tikho) meaning "quiet".

Tikhon'ko Russian
Means "quietly" in Russian.

Tikhonov Russian
Means "son of Tikhon".

Tillinghast English

Timmerman Dutch, Flemish
Means "carpenter" in Dutch, literally "timber man".

Timmermans Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic form of Timmerman.

Timonen Finnish
From the given name Timo 1.

Timothée French
From the given name Timothée.

Timothy English, Irish
From the given name Timothy.

Tiongson Filipino
From Hokkien 長孫 (tióng-sun) meaning "eldest grandson" or 仲孫 (tiōng-sun) meaning "second oldest grandchild, middle grandchild".

Tiongzon Filipino
Variant of Tiongson.

Tiranorr English (Rare)

Tishchenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Tyshchenko.

Tivadar Hungarian
From the given name Tivadar.

Tjaluvie Paiwan

Tobías Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Jewish
From the given name Tobías.

Tofiño Spanish
Surname of Vicente Tofiño (de San Miguel y Wanderiales), an 18th century Spanish navigator, cartographer, and cosmographer. The meaning of the name Tofiño is unknown.

Togami Japanese
From Japanese 十神 (togami) meaning "ten gods".

Togashi Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" and 樫 (kashi) meaning "oak".

Tognazzi Italian
From the given name Antonio. A famous bearer was Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi (1922–1990).

Toguri Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut".

Tokaji Japanese

Tokino Japanese
From 時 (toki) meaning "time, moment" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Tokiwa Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters "管" meaning "Organize", and "和" meaning "Normal", "Japanese". Other combinations possible.

Tokoro Japanese
As a surname it is often spelled as to meaning "field, wilderness" and koro means "spine, road".

Tokuda Japanese
From Japanese 徳 (toku) meaning "benevolence, virtue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tokui Japanese

Tokuma Japanese
From 徳 (toku) meaning "virtue" and 間 (ma) meaning "pause".

Toledo Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Toledo in Spain, derived from Latin Toletum of uncertain meaning.

Tolivar Asturian (Modern, Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Tolliver. Apparently, this name may have originated in Candamo, Asturias, in the 18th (or earlier) century. The "var" last syllable may be related to "fer," and the meaning may be related to iron, e.g. iron miner, iron refiner, etc... [more]

Tolkachev m Russian
Maybe derived from the Russian word "только (tol'ko)" meaning only.

Tolstenko Ukrainian
Derieved from Russian толстый (tolstyy) meaning "fat".

Tołwiński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Tołwin.

Tomasi Italian
From the given name Tomaso.

Tomaszek Polish
From the given name Tomasz.

Tomatsu Japanese
From the Japanese 戸 (to or do) "door," "shutter" and 松 (matsu) "pine tree."

Tomeo Italian
From a short form of the given name Bartolomeo.

Tomičić Croatian
Variant of Tomčić. Derived from Toma 2.

Tomida Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and da comes from ta meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Tomiie Japanese (Rare)
Tomi means "wealth, abundance, fortune" and ie means "house, home, building, family, dwelling, residence, habitation".

Tomino Japanese
Tomi means "wealth, abundance" and no means "field, plain".

Tomita Japanese
From Japanese 富 or 冨 (tomi) meaning "wealth, fortune" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Tommaso Italian
From the given name Tommaso.

Tomobe Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and be means "section, division".

Tomoki Japanese
From 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" and meaning 木 (ki) "tree, wood".

Tomono Japanese
From 伴 or 友 (tomo) meaning "companion, friend" meaning and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Tomooka Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and oka means "hill".

Tomose Japanese
Tomo means "friend" and se means "ripple, current".

Tomoya Japanese
Variant of Tomotani.

Tonkinson English
Means "son of Tonkin".

Torabi Persian
From the given name Torab.

Toribio Spanish
From the given name Toribio.

Torii Japanese
From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 居 (i) meaning "seat, abode".

Torino Japanese
Tori means "bird" and no means "field, rice paddy".

Torio Japanese
Tori means "bird" and o means "tail".

Torisu Japanese

Torquato Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Torquato

Toscano Italian, Spanish
Originally indicated someone who came from the region of Tuscany in central Italy.

Toshima Japanese

Tostado Spanish
Means "toasted; tanned" or "brown, dark" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with dark skin, or who tanned easily.

Totaka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Totani Japanese
From 戸 (do) meaning "door", and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Totsuka Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Toubiana Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Tubiana.

Tovmasian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Թովմասյան (see Tovmasyan).

Tovmassian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Թովմասյան (see Tovmasyan).

Tovmasyan Armenian
Means "son of Tovmas".

Toyota Japanese
From Japanese 豊 (toyo) meaning "bountiful, luxuriant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tozaki Japanese
Variant of Tosaki.

Tozawa Japanese
From Japanese 戸 (to) meaning "door" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Tozuka Japanese
Variant of Totsuka.

Trabelsi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Habitational name for someone originally from the city of Tripoli in Libya from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus). The city's name ultimately comes from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis) meaning "three cities", from τρι- (tri-) meaning "three" and πόλις (pólis) meaning "city".

Trabelssi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Trabelsi.

Trachtenberg German, Jewish
Could mean either mean "mountain of thoughts", from Yiddish trakhtn (טראַכטן) "to think" and berg "mountain" or "mountain of costumes", from German tracht "to wear, carry" and berg "mountain"... [more]

Trajkoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Trajkoski.

Trajkoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Trajko".

Traoré Western African, Manding
Francization of Manding Tarawele, which is of uncertain etymology. It was originally used by 13th-century Malian warrior Tiramakhan and possibly means "going to call it".

Tremonti Italian
Pluralised form of Tremonte, a habitational name meaning "over the mountain".

Treviño Spanish
Habitational name from either of the places so named in the provinces of Burgos and Santander, possibly derived from Latin trifinium "place where three boundaries meet".

Trevisan Italian
From the city of Treviso, in Veneto.

Trezeguet French
Meaning uncertain, possibly an occupational name derived from Old French treize, treze meaning "thirteen" and guet (itself from Old French gué) meaning "look-out, watch, vigil"... [more]

Trierweiler German
Trierweiler is a German surname of Germanic and French roots, specifically associated with the town of Trier in Germany and its surrounding areas. The first part, "Trier," refers to the city of Trier, one of the oldest cities in Germany... [more]

Trinidad Filipino, Spanish
Means "trinity" in Spanish, referring to the Holy Trinity.

Tripoli Italian
Habitational name from Tripoli in Libya, a place name of Greek origin meaning "triple city", from the elements τρι- (tri-) "three, thrice" and πόλις (polis) "city".

Tristano Italian
From the given name Tristano.

Troedsson Swedish
Means "son of Troed".

Trofimov Russian
Means "son of Trofim".

Trubnikov m Russian
Possibly from труба (truba) meaning "pipe"

Truedsson Swedish
Means "son of Trued".

Trzonowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Trzonów.

Tsaoussis Greek (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
From the Greek meaning "peacock"

Tsarfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

Tsaritsyn Russian
From a former name of the Russian city of Volgograd that was used from 1589 to 1925. The name is from Царица (Tsaritsa), a small river and a tributary of the Volga, which was probably derived from Tatar сары су (sary su) meaning "yellow water".

Tsarnaev Chechen (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Chechen царна (tsarna) meaning "them, they" or from an unknown given name or nickname. This is the surname of brothers Tamerlan (1986-2013) and Dzhokhar (1993-) Tsarnaev, the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Tselikov m Russian

Tsikunib Circassian (Russified)
Derived from Adyghe цӏыкӏу (c̣əḳ°) meaning "little" and ныбэ (nəbă) meaning "stomach, belly".

Tsitovich Belarusian, Russian
Means "son of Tsit".

Tsubame Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 燕 (Tsubame) meaning "Tsubame", the name of a city in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.

Tsuboi Japanese
From Japanese 坪 (tsubo) referring to a traditional unit of length or 壺 or 壷 (tsubo) meaning "container, pot, jar" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine".

Tsuchida Japanese
From the Japanese 土 (tsuchi) "earth," "soil," 槌 (tsuchi) "mallet" or 津 (tsu) "harbour" and 知 (chi) "wisdom," "intellect" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy" or 多 (da or ta) "many."

Tsuchii Japanese
A variant reading of Doi.

Tsudzuki Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲 (see Naka).

Tsudzumi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as either 鼓 or 都積 with 鼓 (ko, tsudzumi) meaning "beat, drum, muster, rouse", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 積 (seki, tsu.mu, tsu.mori, tsu.moru, -dzu.mi) meaning "acreage, amass, contents, load, pile, up, stack, volume."... [more]

Tsudzuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is be used as 綴 (getsu, tei, techi, tetsu, sumi.yaka, tsudzuri, tsudzu.ru, to.jiru) meaning "bind (books), compose, spell, write."... [more]

Tsugaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbor" and 軽 (garu) meaning "light".... [more]

Tsugue Japanese
Tsu means "harbor, seaport", gu comes from ku meaning "longevity, long time ago", and e means "family, house, residence".

Tsuguno Japanese
Tsugu means "inherit, sucession" and no means "field, wilderness".

Tsujita Japanese
From the Japanese 辻 (tsuji) "{road} crossing" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy."

Tsukada Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsukamoto Japanese
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock" or 柄 (tsuka) meaning "design, pattern" or "handle, hilt" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宰務 (see Saimu).

Tsukasa Japanese
From Japanese 司 (tsukasa) meaning "official; director; manager".... [more]

Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound; hillock; tumulus" and 狭 (sa) meaning "narrow; small", referring to a cramped up area with a small hill.

Tsukata Japanese

Tsukida Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 舂田 (see Tsukita).

Tsukimi Japanese
From 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month" and 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset". ... [more]

Tsukita Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 舂 (tsuki), from 舂き (tsuki), the continuative form of 舂く (tsuku) meaning "to grind with a mortar" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field where they would grind grain with mortars.

Tsukune Japanese (Rare)
Possibly from 築 (tsuku) meaning "construction, building" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, basis, foundation".

Tsumiki Japanese
Tsu could mean "harbor, seaport", mi could mean "sign of the snake, ego, I, myself" and ki means "tree, wood".

Tsumura Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Tsunami Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "port, harbour" and 波 (nami) meaning "wave".

Tsunemi Japanese
Tsune can mean "constant" or "always" and mi means "see, outlook, viewpoint" .

Tsunoi Japanese
From the Japanese 角 (tsuno) "horn" and 井 (i) "well."

Tsurube Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kinoshi.

Tsuruga Japanese
From Japanese 敦 (tsuru) meaning "kindness, honesty" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Tsuruki Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) "crane (bird)" and 木 (ki) "tree, wood".

Tsuruta Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Tsutsumi Japanese
From the Japanese 堤 (tsutsumi) "river, embankment, riverbank."

Tsuyuki Japanese
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dewdrop" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Tsuzuki Japanese
From the Japanese 都 (tsu) "metropolis," "capital" and 築 (zuki) "since construction."

Tsuzuki Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 仲 (see Tsudzuki).

Tsuzumi Japanese

Tsytovich Belarusian, Russian
Variant of Tsitovich.

Tuason Filipino
Variant of Tuazon.

Tuazon Filipino
From Hokkien 大孫 (tōa-sun) meaning "eldest grandson".

Tubiana Judeo-Spanish
From a variant of the given name Tobiah.

Tuckerton English
Derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment", and tun "enclosure, yard".

Tufano Italian

Tumacder Filipino, Ilocano
Derived from Ilocano tumakder meaning "to stand, to rise up".

Tumulak Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to push, to shove" in Tagalog, derived from Tagalog tulak "push, shove".

Turgaev Russian, Kazakh

Türkoğlu Turkish
Means "son of a Turk" in Turkish.

Turturro Italian, Sicilian
Metonymic occupational name for a groom (a person employed to take care of horses), derived from Sicilian turturo, (ultimately from Italian tortoro) meaning "straw, hay, plait used for strapping horses"... [more]

Tuscano Spanish (Philippines)
Habitational name for a person from the province of Tuscany in Italy.

Tütüncü Turkish
Occupational name for a grower or seller of tobacco, from Turkish tütün meaning "tobacco".

Tuulinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish tuuli meaning "wind".

Twardowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within any of 3 Greater Polish villages: 2 named Twardowo or 1 named Twardów.

Tyshchenko Ukrainian

Tzarfati Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sarfati.

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

Uchida Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Uchide Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Uchima Japanese
From Japanese 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Uchino Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Uchio Japanese
From 内 (uchi) meaning "inside" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot of the mountain, end".

Uchita Japanese

Ud'yarov m Russian

Ueki Japanese
From Japanese 植 (ue) meaning "plant" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Ueshita Japanese
Ue means "upper, top, above" and shita means "below, under".

Ueta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueda.

Ueto Japanese
From 上 (ue) meaning "top, upper, above" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".

Ugalde Basque
Habitational name meaning "waterside, by the river" or "flood, deluge" in Basque, derived from ur "water" and -alde "side, near".

Ugarte Basque
Means "island" in Basque, ultimately derived from ur "water" and -arte "between".

Uğurlu Turkish
Means "lucky, successful" in Turkish.

Uharte Basque
Variant of Ugarte.

Ukai Japanese
From Japanese 鵜 (u) meaning "cormorant (a type of bird)" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".

Ukiyo Japanese (Rare)
From 浮世 (ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world​," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [more]

Ulisse Italian
From the given name Ulisse.

Ulitko Russian

Ulvaeus Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.

Ulyanov m Russian
Means "son of Ulyan". A notable bearer was Vladimir Ulyanov (1870-1924), a Russian revolutionary better known as Vladimir Lenin.

Umabe Japanese
From Japanese 馬部 (umabe), a shortened word for 馬飼部 (umakaibe) meaning "horse feeding department".

Umali Filipino, Tagalog
Meaning uncertain.

Umanets Russian
From the Russian term уманец (umanets), meaning "smart person".

Umarov Uzbek, Kazakh, Chechen, Avar, Kumyk, Dargin, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Umar".

Umeda Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Umeno Japanese
Ume means "plum" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Umetsu Japanese

Umezu Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbour".

Umpiérrez Spanish
Means "son of Umpierro" in Spanish. The medieval given name Umpierro is of uncertain meaning.

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (Unagi) meaning "Unagi", a division in the area of Yamagawanarikawa in the city of Ibusuki in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (unagi) meaning "eel".

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".

Unaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).

Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".

Ungvári Hungarian
Originally denoted a person from the city of Uzhhorod in Ukraine (formerly part of Hungary), meaning "castle on the River Uzh". In Hungarian it is called Ungvár.

Untalan Pangasinan, Tagalog

Unuma Japanese

Únzaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzaga.

Unzueta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Untzueta.

Upadhyay Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher".

Urai Japanese
Ura means "seacoast, bay" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Urata Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Urbana Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian (Rare), Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Urban.

Urbano Italian, Spanish
From the given name Urbano.

Urcikán m Slovak

Urkiaga Basque
From the name of the northernmost hill and mountain pass in Navarre, derived from Basque urki "birch tree" and -aga "place of, group of".

Urquiaga Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urkiaga.

Urrea Aragonese (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Urreya.

Urreya Aragonese
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Urreya de Gayén or Urreya de Xalón.

Urrutia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque urruti "distant, far away".

Ursúa Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Urtsua.

Usami Japanese
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "house, eaves, roof", 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".

Usanza Italian
Means, "custom, tradition, habit" in Italian.

Useche Basque
Habitational name from Basque Usaetxe, composed of uso "dove, pigeon" and etxe "house, home, building".

Ushakov m Russian
Derives from Russian word "уша (usha)" meaning ear.

Ushio Japanese
From 牛 (ushi) meaning "cow, bull, ox" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Usuda Japanese

Usui Japanese
From Japanese 臼 (usu) meaning "millstone, mortar" or 碓 (usu) meaning "pestle" combined with 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Usuki Japanese

Utada Japanese

Utsugi Japanese
Utsugi can be written in 15 ways, them being: 宇ツ木, 宇次, 宇津城, 宇津木, 宇都城, 宇都木, 卯都木, 卯木, 空木, 槍, 打木, 梼木, 楊盧木, 擣木, 棯. The 宇津木 and 打木 are also place names while 空木 is also a female given name... [more]

Uvalle Spanish (Latin American)

Uyanık Turkish
Means "awake, watchful, vigilant" in Turkish.

Uyeta Japanese
Variant transcription of Ueta.

Uzaki Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese, 宇 (u) meaning "world, universe, space" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A fictional bearer of this surname is Hana Uzaki (宇崎 花) from Uzaki~chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい！).

Uzeta Basque

Vaandrager Dutch
Means "flag-bearer, ensign" in Dutch, from vaan "banner, vane, flag" and drager "carrier, bearer".

Václavík Czech, Slovak
Václavík is nickname for Slavic name Václav.

Vaddhana Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai วัฒนา (see Watthana).

Vaišutis m Lithuanian (Rare)
Diminutive of Vaišys.

Vakhayev Chechen
Alternate transcription of Chechen Вахаев (see Vakhaev).

Vakili Persian
Derived from Persian وکیل (vakil) meaning "lawyer, attorney".