Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Amanda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amani Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Amani.

Amano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plain".

Amao Japanese
Aka can mean "sweet" or "heaven" and o means "tail".

Amaral Portuguese
Unknown origin. It may come from the name of a country estate near Viseu, Portugal (quinta do Amaral) or from an old word meaning "place full of clary sages". This is also the name of a variety of red wine grape in northern Portugal whose name comes directly from the surname.

Amaro Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Amaro.

Amase Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".

Amata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field".

Amaya Japanese
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Ambiru Japanese
Form of Abiru but written 安蒜.

Ambrocio Spanish
From the given name Ambrocio.

Ambrogio Italian
From the given name Ambrogio.

Ambrosio Spanish, Italian (?), Portuguese (?)
From the given name Ambrosio

Ambudkar Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Variant of Ambedkar. A famous bearer of this name is American actor and rapper Utkarsh Ambudkar (1983-).

Ameche Italian (Anglicized)
Americanised form of Amici. A famous bearer was American actor, comedian and vaudevillian Don Ameche (1908-1993). After portraying the title character in the movie The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), his surname led Americans to use the word ameche as a juvenile slang for a telephone.

Amelia Italian
Variant of D'amelia.

Amel'kin m Russian

Amestoy Spanish, French, Basque
From Basque Ameztoia, a common place name in Basque Country meaning "oak forest".

Amezcua Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Amezkua.

Ameztoi Spanish (Rare), Basque (Rare)
Variant of Amestoy.

Ameztoy Spanish, Basque
Variant of Amestoy.

Amici Italian
From the given name Amico.

Amido Japanese
Variant reading of Amito.

Amini Persian, Arabic
From the given name Amin.

Amino Japanese
A could mean "second, asia, nook", mi could mean "view" and no means "field".

Aminpour Persian
Means "son of Amin".

Aminu African (?)

Amiri Persian, Arabic
From the given name Amir 1.

Amirian Persian
From the given name Amir 1.

Amirpour Persian
Means "son of Amir 1".

Amito Japanese
Means "doorway with an insect net" in Japanese.

Ammerman German
Variant of Ammermann

Amoozegar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار (see Amouzgar).

Amoozgar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار (see Amouzgar).

Amores Spanish
From a nickname for a philanderer meaning "loves" in Spanish, the plural of amor meaning "love".

Amouroux Occitan
Derived from Occitan amorós meaning "loving, amorous".

Amouzegar Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آموزگار‎ (see Amouzgar).

Amouzgar Persian
Means "teacher" in Persian.

Amparo Spanish (Philippines)
Means "protection, shelter, refuge" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Amparo, meaning "Our Lady of Refuge".

Ampiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Amsalem Judeo-Spanish
From an uncertain first element, perhaps the Tamazight prefix 'am denoting an agent, combined with Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace".

Amsallem Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Amsalem.

Amsterdam Dutch, Afrikaans, Russian
Location surname from the Netherlands capital city of Amsterdam meaning "dam of the Amstel".

Amuro Japanese
Written with the kanji meaning "relax, cheap, inexpensive, low, rested, peaceful" and "room".

Amuro Japanese
Possibly means "funeral home" in Japanese.

Anakin English (British, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Perhaps a medieval English diminutive of an unknown given name, possibly Ana or Andrew (compare Wilkin, Larkin, and Hopkin).

Anami Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿波 (see Awa 1 or Awa 2).

Anastas Russian, Bulgarian
From the given name Anastas.

Anbiru Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Andaluz Spanish
Means "from Andalusia" or "from Spain", derived from the region of Spain called Andalucía, once called Al-Ándalus (a classical Arab name for the Iberian Peninsula)... [more]

Anderegg English (American)

Andersén Swedish
Variant of Andersson.

Anderson Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Ghille Andrais meaning 'Son of the devotee of St. Andrew'. ... [more]

Anderssen Norwegian
Means "son of Anders".

Andonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Antonyan.

Andrade Portuguese, Galician, Jewish (?)
Denoted a person hailing from one of the many areas that bear this name in Portugal and Galicia, Spain, derived from Latin andreas meaning "manly, masculine".

Andrades Portuguese, Galician, Jewish (?)
Variant of Andrade.

Andrási Hungarian
It's an other form of the hungarian surename Andrassy. Man, warrior... a surname that derives from the personal name "Andreas", meaning manly, and was held by the first of Christ's disciples.

Andrássy Hungarian
man, warrior... a surname that derives from the personal name "Andreas", meaning manly, and was held by the first of Christ's disciples.

Andreou Greek
Means "son of Andreas".

Andrieu French
Variant of Andrieux

Andrieux French
From the given name André.

Andriyiv Ukrainian
Means "son of Andriy".

Andronici Romanian

Andryushin Russian
Derived from a diminutive form Andryusha of the Russian given name Andrey.

Andryushyn Ukrainian
Derived from a diminutive form Andryusha of the Ukrainian name Andriy.

Andújar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Angela Italian
Derived from the given name Angelus (see Angel).

Angelos Greek
Reduced form of any of various Greek surnames derived from the forename Angelos (from #angelos ‘messenger’, ‘angel’), as for example Angelopoulos.

Anichkin m Russian
Possibly a form of Anikin.

Anielak English (American)

Aniko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Anilao Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog anilaw referring to a type of plant (genus Colona).

Aniston English
"Town of Agnes, Agnes town"... [more]

Annakin English (British, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Perhaps a medieval English diminutive of an unknown given name (compare Wilkin, Larkin, and Hopkin).

Anpilov m Russian

Anpiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ampiru.

Anshitsu Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Ànsruthair Scottish Gaelic
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous town.

Anthonsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "Son of Anthon".

Antilla Finnish, Finnish (Anglicized), English (American)
Variant and/or Anglicized form of Anttila

Antkowiak Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.

Antoniak Polish
Derived from the given name Antoni.

Antonian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Antonyan.

Antonsson Icelandic, Swedish
Means "son of Anton".

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

Antonyan Armenian
Means "son of Anton".

Antoshin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Antosha of the Russian given name Anton.

Anttila Finnish
Derived from the given name Antti

Anzai Japanese
From Japanese 安 (an) meaning "peace" and 西 (sai) meaning "west", 斎 (sai) meaning "purification, worship", or 済 (sai) meaning "settle, finish".

Anzalone Italian
The surname Anzalone was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia).

Aoba Japanese
青 (Ao) means "green, blue" and 葉 (ba) being a form of, ha meaning "leaf". This surname refers to a fresh leaf. ... [more]

Aochi Japanese
Ao means "green, blue" and chi means "ground".

Aoda Japanese
So means "green, blue" and da is a form of ta meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aoi Japanese
From Japanese 葵 "hollyhock, althea" or 碧 "blue". This name is a given name as well as a surname.

Aono Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Aota Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Aotsuki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".

Aozaki Japanese (Rare)
Ao means "blue,somewhat green" & zaki means "blossom". So, Nobutaka "Blue Blossom",is an artist who was born in Japan,but now lives in New York as an artist who has been featured in magazines.

Apdunbut Thai (Muslim)

Apdunlo Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Apdunlo.

Apelqvist Swedish
Variant of Appelkvist.

Apeltia English (Rare)
Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.

Apfelbaum German, Jewish
Means "apple tree" in German.

Apóstol Spanish (Rare)
Means "apostle" in Spanish.

Apostol Spanish (Philippines), Romanian
Means "apostle" in Romanian and is an unaccented form of Apóstol in Filipino.

Appelkvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish apel or äpple both meaning "apple" and kvist "branch, twig".

Appelquist Swedish
Variant of Appelkvist.

Apraskin m Russian

Apukhtin m Russian

Aquinas Italian
Aquinas indicates ancestral origins from the Italian county "Aquino." Aquino comes from the latin word "Aquinum" which itself probably comes from the latin word aqua. Aqua means water in English.

Arabe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Arabi Arabic, Persian
Means "Arab" in Arabic and Persian.

Arable Popular Culture
An occupational surname for people who are capable of being farmed productively. Also used in the novel Charlotte's Web (1952).

Arada Japanese
Variant of Arata.

Arafat Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Arafat.

Aragon Spanish, Catalan, French
A surname and an autonomous community of Spain.

Arahi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense", referring to rough land, and 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter".

Arai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" or 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 井 (i) meaning "well".

Araki Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Araki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蘭 (see Araragi).

Aránguiz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arangiz.

Arano Japanese
Ara means "rough" and no means "field, plain".

Arao Japanese
Ara means "wild" and o means "tail".

Arao Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Arapé South American

Arase Japanese
Ara means "wild" and se means "ripple".

Arashi Japanese
This surname is used as 嵐 (ran, arashi) meaning "storm, tempest."... [more]

Arashi Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).

Arata Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, sparse, wild" or 新 (ara) meaning "new, natural" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Arata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畭 (see Hari).

Araya Japanese
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough, wild" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Arbabi Persian
Derived from Persian ارباب (arbab) meaning "lord, master".

Arcangel Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish arcángel meaning "archangel."

Arceo Spanish
From the name of the town of Arceo in La Coruña, Galicia.

Archaki Polish, Ukrainian
Possibly means "lord" or "ruler" from Greek derivative archos.

Archambeau French
Variant of Archambault

Archambeault French
Variant of Archambault

Archambo French
Variant of Archambault

Archeambeau French
The name Archambeau is derived from the Latin personal name 'Arcambaldus'. In turn the name 'Arcambaldus', is derived from the Germanic word 'Ercan', which means precious in Germanic, and 'bald', meaning bold and daring.... [more]

Arcila Spanish (Latin American)
Means "clay" in Spanish. (compare Arcilla)

Arcilla Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish arcilla meaning "clay," derived via Latin from Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos), ultimately from ἀργός (argós) meaning "white."

Arcillas Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish arcillas, the plural of arcilla meaning "clay" (see Arcilla).

Arczyński Polish
Patronymic from a name beginning with Jaro- (meaning "strong; robust") such as Jarosław, Jaromir or Jarogniew, suffixed with -yński based on habitational surnames.

Ardehi Persian, Kurdish, Old Persian
House Ardehis of Zagors or Ardahvans (Persian: اردهیان) were one of the Persian Sassanid royal families, who occupied the Mounts of Zagros before the Islamic conquest of Persia in 650 CE. Ardahvans in Shahnameh and Persian mythology are mentioned to be the first settlers of Zagros mountains, and the constructors of Forts Of Zagros.

Ardito Italian
From the given name Ardito.

Arduino Italian
From the given name Arduino.

Areekul Thai
Variant transcription of Arikun.

Areekun Thai
Variant transcription of Arikun.

Arefi Persian
From the given name Aref.

Argaman Hebrew
Means "crimson" in Hebrew.

Argento Italian
Means "silver" in Italian, originally used as an occupational name for a silversmith or a nickname for a person with gray hair.

Argyros Greek
Means "silver" in Greek.

Arichi Japanese
Ari means "have, possess, exist" and chi means "ground, soil".

Arıcı Turkish
Means "beekeeper" in Turkish.

Ariel Hebrew
From the given name Ariel.

Ariga Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulation".

Arikul Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Arikun.

Arikun Thai
Possibly from Thai อารย (araya) meaning "superior, noble, civilized" and กุล (kun), a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Arino Japanese
Ari means "exist" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".

Ariosto Italian
From the Germanic given name Ariost, meaning "battle-ready". A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533).

Arise Japanese
Ari means "exist, have, possess" and se means "ripple".

Arisen English (Modern)
From a Dutch surname that means "son of Aris 2". In The Netherlands, this name is never used as a first name, since Dutch law strictly prohibits the use of surnames as first names... [more]

Aristide French (African), Haitian Creole
From the given name Aristide.

Arita Japanese
From Japanese 有 (ari) meaning "have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ariza Japanese
From 有 (ari) meaning "exist, possess, maintain, furthermore" and 座 (za) meaning "seat, sitting, platform, rank, constellation, counting words, guild, name, institution".

Arjmand Persian
Means "precious, valuable, honourable, esteemed" in Persian.

Arjwana Eastern African
Eastern African

Arkanov m Russian
This is a Russian surname. One meaning is "martyr".

Arkhipov Russian
Means "son of Arkhip".

Arlauckas English (American)

Arlegui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arlegi.

Arlington English
Location name that refers to a settlement associated with a personal name reduced to Arl- plus the Anglo-Saxon patronymic element -ing- then the element -ton denoting a "settlement"... [more]

Armada Spanish (Philippines), Spanish
Taken directly from the Spanish word meaning "navy, fleet."

Armenia Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Armenia or who had connections with Armenia. This surname is derived from the feminine form of Armenio, which is ultimately from Greek Αρμένιος (Armenios) meaning "Armenian"... [more]

Arneson English (American), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of the Scandinavian names Arnesen and Arnesson, as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Arnesson.

Arnesson Swedish
Means "son of Arne 1".

Arola Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, English (American)
From Latin areola, diminutive of area (area).

Arora Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
From the name of the ancient city of Aror in what is now the Sindh province, Pakistan. The city's name may have been derived from Hindi और (aur) meaning "more, also".

Arragon Spanish, Catalan, French
Variant of Aragon.

Arregui Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arregi.

Arróniz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Arroitz.

Arrowood English (American)

Arsalan Urdu, Persian
Derived from the given name Arsalan.

Artavia Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Artabia.

Arterton English
Variant of Atherton. A famous bearer is the English actress Gemma Arterton (1986-).

Artigas Aragonese, Catalan, Spanish
Plural form of artiga, referring to land cleared for agriculture.... [more]

Arturo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Arturo.

Artursson Swedish
Means "Son of Artur".

Artyomov Russian
Means "son of Artyom”.

Asabu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麻布 (see Azabu 1 or Azabu 2).

Asada Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" or 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp, flax" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Asadi Persian
From the given name Asad.

Asadpour Persian
Means "son of Asad".

Asai Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Asaka Japanese
From the Japanese 淺 or 浅 (asa) "superficial" and 香 (ka) "odour," "smell,"　加 (ka) "increase," "step-up" or 賀 (ka) "congratulation."

Asaki Japanese
From Japanese 杏 (anzu, a) meaning "apricot" or 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".

Asamen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅面 (Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Asante Western African, Akan
From the ethnic name of the Ashanti, a sub-ethnic group of the Akan from southern Ghana. The name possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.

Asao Japanese
Asa can mean "morning", "shallow" or "hemp" and o means "tail".

Asari Japanese
From Japanese 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow" and 利 (ri) meaning "benefit, advantage".

Asato Japanese (Rare)
There are several readings for the name but 2 are Asa:"Morning",and To:"Door,Asa:"Safe" and To:"Village". There are multiple places in the Ryukyu's (where the name originates and mostly stays) that have that name;that could've been the influence... [more]

Asbury English
English location name with the elements as- meaning "east" or "ash tree" and -bury meaning "fortified settlement."

Aselton American
Asel being a variant of Asil meaning ""noble"" and ton meaning ""town"".

Asgharpour Persian
Means "son of Asghar".

Ashida Japanese
Combination of the kanji 芦 (ashi, "reed") and 田 (ta, "field").

Ashita Japanese
Variant of Ashida.

Ashiya Japanese

Asimov Russian
A notable bearer was author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) whose name was derived from Russian озимый хлеб (ozímyj khleb) "winter grain" combined with the patronymic suffix -ov. His family name was originally spelled Азимов (Azimov), but it got anglicized to Asimov with an S instead of Z when the family immigrated to the United States... [more]

Askeladd Folklore
The main character in Asbjornsen and Moe's Norwegian Folktales, Askeladd is usually the youngest and smallest of three brothers who is left to sit by the fire in the ashes, hence his name (similar to Cinderella)... [more]

Aslani Persian
From the given name Aslan.

Aslanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Aslanyan.

Aslanyan Armenian
Derived from Turkic arslan meaning "lion".

Asmonga African (?)

Asoi Japanese

Assagaf Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Assagaff Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Assarsson Swedish
Means "son of Assar".

Assegaf Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Assegaff Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Al Saqqaf primarily used in Indonesia.

Assouline Judeo-Spanish
From a place or tribal name derived from Tamazight aẓru meaning "stone, rock".

Assulin Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Assouline.

Astoni Italian
It is the surname of the Home and Away family, The Astoni family, consisting of 4 members, Ben, Maggie, Coco and Ziggy.

Asunción Spanish
Means "assumption" in Spanish, referring to the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The unaccented form, Asuncion, is much more common.

Asuncion Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of Asunción, primarily used in the Philippines.

Atachi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 接待 (see Settai).

Atake Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).

Atake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿竹 (Atake) meaning "Atake", a division in the area of Tajiri in the city of Ise in the prefecture of Mie in Japan.

Atamian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ադամյան (see Adamyan)

Atari Japanese
中 (Atari) means "middle". ... [more]

Atari Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka).

Ataru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka).

Atefi Persian
From the given name Atef.

Atıcı Turkish
Means "sharpshooter, marksman" or "braggart, loudmouth" in Turkish.

Atienza Spanish, Filipino
Habitational name from the municipality of Atienza in Guadalajara province, Spain.

Atiya Arabic
From the given name Atiya.

Atmaca Turkish
Means "hawk" in Turkish, referring specifically to the sparrow hawk (genus Accipiter).

Atrdae Iranian
Avestan originating surname meaning either "giving fire" or "creating fire".... [more]

Atsuda Japanese
From Japanese 渥 (atsu) meaning "moist" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Atsugi Japanese (Rare)
Atsugi (厚木) means "thick tree", notable bearer of this surname is Nanami Atsugi (厚木 那奈美), a Japanese Voice actress. It is also a city name in Kanagawa perfecture.

Atsuki Japanese

Atsumi Japanese

Attali Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Attal.

Attenborough English
Habitational name for a person from the village of Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England, derived from the Old English given name Adda and burh meaning "fortified place". A famous bearer of this name was the English actor and filmmaker Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)... [more]

Attia Arabic
From the given name Atiya.

Attias French

Attieh Arabic (Mashriqi)
From Arabic عطية (atiyah) meaning "gift".

Attilio Italian
From the given name Attilio.

Aufdemberge American (Rare)
The surname Aufdemberge originated in America, but in German it means "on the mountains".... [more]

Augusto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Augusto

Augustus English
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase".

Augustyn Polish
From the given name Augustyn.

Aukerman Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch Ackerman.

Aukio Finnish
"square", "plaza", "clearing", or "concourse"

Aurélio Portuguese
From the given name Aurélio

Aurelio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Aurelio

Aurora Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese
Means "dawn" in Latin (see the given name Aurora).

Austria Spanish (Philippines)
From the name of the European country, either as an ethnic name or a reference to the Austrian Habsburg dynasty, which ruled Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Avdija Hebrew

Avivi Hebrew
Means "springlike" or "of the spring" in Hebrew. (see Aviv)

Avrorin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian given name Avrora.

Awai Japanese
Awa means "millet" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Awano Japanese
Awa means "millet" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Awara Japanese
A variant of Ahara.

Awaya Japanese
From Japanese 粟 (Awa) meaning "Mllet" and 谷 (Tani) meaning "valley".

Ayano Japanese
綾 (Aya) means "design" and 野 (no) means "field".... [more]

Ayayi French, African (?)

Aydemir Turkish
From the given name Aydemir.

Ayoubi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Ayyub.

Azabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 麻布 (Azabu), a clipping of 元麻布 (Motoazabu) meaning "Motoazabu", an area in the ward of Minato in the city of Tokyo in Japan.

Azabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 麻布 (Azabu) meaning "Azabu", a division in the area of Nakauri in the city of Shinshiro in the prefecture of Aichi in Japan.

Azadi Persian
From the given name Azad.

Azadpour Persian
Means "son of Azad".

Azami Persian
From the given name Azam.

Azami Japanese
From Japanese 薊 (azami) meaning "thistle".

Azari Persian
Means "Azeri, Azerbaijani" in Persian.

Azcona Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Azkona.

Azeri Japanese (Rare)
Means "acharya" in Japanese.

Azeri Azerbaijani
Means Azeri (shortening of Azerbaidzhani) in Azerbaidzhani.

Azhel'skiy m Russian (Rare), Belarusian (Rare), Jewish (Rare)

Azimi Persian
From the given name Azim.

Azizpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian عزیزپور (see Azizpour).

Azoulai Judeo-Spanish
Alternate transcription of Azoulay.

Azoulay Judeo-Spanish
Meaning uncertain. It may be derived from French azur or Spanish azul both meaning "blue" (of Persian origin), from Tamazight izîl meaning "good, pure, sublime", or from an acronym of the Biblical passage אִשָּׁ֨ה זֹנָ֤ה וַחֲלָלָה֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔חוּ (’iš-šāh zō-nāh wa-ḥă-lā-lāh lō yiq-qā-ḥū) meaning "They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane".

Azuchi Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Azuma Japanese
From Japanese 東 (azuma) meaning "east".

Azuma Japanese

Azuma Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

Azuma Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿萬 (see Ama).

Babaian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Babayan.

Babasa Filipino, Tagalog
Means "will read" in Tagalog.

Babayan Armenian
Derived from Turkish baba meaning "father".

Babaylan Visayan
From "babaylan" which were pre-Hispanic priestesses or mediums. The root word of which is "babaye" which is Cebuano for woman.

Babraitis Lithuanian
From babras, a variant of bebras meaning "beaver".

Babrauskas Lithuanian
Ultimately from the Balto-Slavic element *bébrus meaning "beaver". It is possibly an adaptation of Polish Bobrowski, or a related Slavic surname.

Bacani Filipino, Pampangan, Pangasinan
Meaning uncertain.

Bacharach German, Jewish
Derived from Bacharach, a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. This surname was borne by the American composer and pianist Burt Bacharach (1928-2023).

Bachelor English
Variant of Batchelor.

Bachhuber German (Rare)
German cognate of Brookhouse.

Bacolod Filipino, Hiligaynon, Cebuano
Derived from Hiligaynon bakolod meaning "hill, mound, rise". This is also the name of a city in the Negros Occidental province in the Philippines.