Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

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".

Vakulov m Russian

Valadez Asturian, Spanish, Mexican
Asturian-Leonese variant of Valdez.

Valdivia Spanish
Topographic or habitational name based on Spanish val, valle meaning "valley". A notable bearer was Pedro de Valdivia (died 1553), a Spanish conquistador who conquered Chile with a small expedition corps after he served under Francisco Pizarro in Peru... [more]

Valentim Portuguese
From the given name Valentim.

Valentín Spanish, Slovak
From the given name Valentín.

Valentique English (Rare), French
From the given name Valentique.

Valentyn Ukrainian
From the given name Valentyn.

Valera Spanish
Habitational name from either of two places in Spain named Valera.

Valezze Spanish
Variant of Valez

Valgañón Spanish
This indicates familial within the eponymous Riojan municipality.

Valkonen Finnish
From Finnish valkoinen meaning "white" and the suffix -nen.

Vallejo Spanish, Caribbean
Denoted someone who lived in a small valley.

Valodźka Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form Valodźka of the Belarusian given name Uladzimir.

Van Aanholt Dutch
Means "from Anholt", a small village in the northeast of the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands, itself meaning "hold, rest" in Dutch (a place where people could rest for the night). A famous bearer is the Dutch soccer player Patrick van Aanholt (1990-).

Van Berkel Dutch
Means "from Berkel", the name of several villages derived from berk "birch tree" and lo "forest clearing".

Van Bommel Dutch
Means "from Bommel", a city now called Zaltbommel, in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. A famous bearer is the former Dutch soccer player Mark van Bommel (1977-).

Van Boxtel Dutch
Means "from Boxtel" in Dutch, the name of a town in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from Middle Dutch buk "buck, roebuck, hart" and stelle "stable, safe residence".

Van Breugel Dutch, Flemish
Variant of Brueghel.

Van Bronckhorst Dutch
Means "from Bronckhorst", a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, itself derived from Dutch brink meaning "village green, edge, slope" and horst meaning "overgrown hillock" or "higher located brushwood"... [more]

Vancouver Dutch (Anglicized)
Variant of Van Coevorden, meaning "from the cow ford".

Van Den Bosch Dutch
Means "from De Bosch" or "from the woods", derived from Middle Dutch bosch "forest, wood".

Van Der Burg Dutch
A toponymic surname meaning "from the fortress, stronghold" in Dutch.

Van Der Kooi Dutch
Means "from the pen", derived from Dutch kooi "cage", given to someone who owned a duck decoy field for hunting, or who came from a place named after one.

Van der Kuip Dutch
Means 'from the Kuip', with kuip meaning 'fairing' in Dutch.

Van Der Laan Dutch
Means "from the lane" in Dutch.

Van Der Leij Dutch
Derived from Dutch lei meaning "slate" (effectively meaning "from the slate"), indicating that the original bearer of this name may have come from a place where slate was produced.

Vanderley English
Variant of Van Der Leij.

Van der Plas Dutch
Means "from the pool" in Dutch, derived from plas "pool, puddle, pond; body of stagnant water".

Vanderpool Dutch (Americanized)
Variant form of Van Der Poel.

Vander Woude Dutch, Frisian, West Frisian
Means "from the woods" or "from the forest".

Van Dongen Dutch
Means "from Dongen", a village in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from donk "sandy hill (in marshy area)".

Van Eersel Dutch
Variant of Van Iersel.

Van Egmond Dutch
Means "from Egmond" in Dutch, the name of a town and former municipality in North Holland. The toponym is possibly derived from heeg-munde (or hecmunda) meaning "enclosed fortress".

Van Halen Dutch
Habitational name for a person from the villages Hoog en Laaghalen in the Dutch province of Drenthe or Halen near Hasselt in Belgian Limburg. Famous bearers include Dutch-born American musicians Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) and his brother Alex Van Halen (1953-) of the rock band Van Halen... [more]

Vanhalen Dutch
Variant of Van Halen.

Van Helmond Dutch
Means "from Helmond" in Dutch, a municipality in Southern Netherlands, of unknown etymology. It could derived from the Dutch dialectal hel "low-lying" and Old Dutch munte "hill, place of refuge during flooding".

Van Helsing Dutch (Rare)
Habitational name that can derive from any of several locations. It is most famously used by the fictional character Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, in which case it may be invented.

Van Hertrooij Dutch
Means "from Hertrooij", most likely a place name in the Netherlands. It could possibly derive from Middle Dutch hert meaning "deer" and rood meaning "red".

Van Hertrooy Dutch
Variant of Van Hertrooij.

Van Ierssel Dutch
Variant of Van Iersel. A famous bearer is the former Dutch soccer player Kees van Ierssel (1945-).

Van Keulen Dutch
Means "from Cologne" in Dutch, the name of a city in western Germany.

Van Kooten Dutch
Habitational name from any of several places called Koten or Kooten, derived from Middle Dutch cote "cottage, hut, barn".

Van Lieshout Dutch
Variant of Lieshout.

Van Maastricht Dutch
Means "from Maastricht", a city in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands, itself derived from the name of the Maas (Meuse) river combined with Dutch tricht meaning "ford, passage, crossing, ferry".

Van Mierlo Dutch
Means "from Mierlo", a village in the Netherlands. Likely derived from a compound of Old Dutch *mier "swamp" and lo "light forest".

Van Mourik Dutch
Variant of Van Maurik.

Vannavong Lao
From Lao ວັນນະ (vanna) meaning "color, caste" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Vannebo Norwegian
Taken from the farm Vanebu, spelled Vannebo in pre-1950 records. From the Norwegian words vann, meaning water, and bo, meaning to live or reside.

van Niekerk Afrikaans
Topographic name for any of the various locations named Nieuwerkerk in The Netherlands or Nieuwerkerken in Belgium. The name itself means "of the new church" from Dutch van meaning "of" combined with nieuw meaning "new" and kerk meaning "church".

Van Persie Dutch
Means "from Persia", most likely derived from the name of a house that traded in Persian goods. Alternatively, it might derive from Perche, a former province in France.

Van Poortvliet Dutch
Variant form of Poortvliet.

Van Ruisdael Dutch
Means "from Ruisdael", the name of a lost castle, also called Ruisschendaal, near the village of Blaricum in North Holland, the Netherlands. It means "noisy valley" in Dutch. This name was borne by members of the Van Ruisdael family of artists during the Dutch Golden Age, notably the landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael (c... [more]

Van Ruysdael Dutch
Variant of Van Ruisdael.

Van Schalkwijk Dutch
Means "from Schalkwijk", the name of either a small village in the province of Utrecht, or a large neighbourhood in the city of Haarlem in North Holland, the Netherlands. The place names are derived from Old Dutch scalc meaning "servant" and wic meaning "village, town, farmstead, settlement".

Van Schalkwyk Afrikaans
Afrikaans variant of Van Schalkwijk. A famous bearer is the South African politician Marthinus van Schalkwyk (1959-).

Van Tilburg Dutch
Means "from Tilburg" in Dutch, the name of a city in North Brabant, Netherlands, derived from Old Dutch tilli "newly cultivated land" and burg "fortress, fortified settlement, citadel".

Van 't Schip Dutch
Means "from the ship", derived from Middle Dutch schip literally meaning "ship". It is borne by the Dutch-Canadian former soccer player John van 't Schip (1963-).

Van Zweden Dutch
Means "from Sweden" in Dutch. Jaap van Zweden (1960-) is a Dutch conductor and violinist.

Varadkar Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Derived from the name of the village of Varad in the Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra, India. A famous bearer is the Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar (1979-).

Varaksa Belarusian

Varaste Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian وارسته (see Varasteh).

Varasteh Persian
Means "virtuous, pious, devout, humble" in Persian.

Varbanov m Bulgarian

Vardanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Vardanyan.

Varshavski Russian, Soviet, Jewish
Denotes someone from Warsaw (Warcisław's place), in Poland.

Vartanyan Armenian
Variant transcription of Vardanyan.

Vasershteyn Yiddish
It literally means "water stone".

Vasilov Bulgarian, Russian
Meaning "son of Vasil" in Russian and "from Bulgaria" in Bulgarian.

Vaŭkovič Belarusian
Patronymic surname derived from Belarusian воўк (voŭk) meaning "wolf".

Vavilov m Russian

Velichko Russian
Derived from Russian великий (velikiy), meaning "great, large".

Velikiy m Russian
Means "great, large" in Russian.

Velikov m Russian
From Russian великий (velikiy), meaning "great".

Veloso Spanish
From the Brazilian Spanish word for fast.

Velychko Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Velichko.

Venable French

Venegas Spanish
From the hybridization of Ben, meaning "son" in Arabic or Jewish, and Ega(s), a medieval given name of Visigothic origin.

Venema Dutch, West Frisian
From Dutch veen "peat, bog, fen" and the Frisian suffix -ema.

Venezia Italian, Judeo-Italian
From the name of city of Venice or from the region of Venetia, both of which are called Venezia in Italian.

Ventrelli Italian
Meaning 'small belly' from the Italian ventre (belly) and the diminutive suffix elli, meaning small or little.

Veracruz Spanish
Originally denoted a person from Veracruz, Mexico, from Latin vera crux meaning "true cross".

Verbruggen Dutch, Flemish
Contracted form of Van Der Bruggen, meaning "from the bridge".

Verdiyev m Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani (Russified)

Vereshchuk Ukrainian

Vergara Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bergara.

Verhagen Dutch
Contracted form of van der Hagen, derived from haag "hedge, undergrowth".

Verhofstadt Dutch, Flemish
Means "from the farmstead" or "from the homestead" in Dutch. A notable bearer is the Flemish politician Guy Verhofstadt (1953-), a Prime Minister of Belgium.

Verneda Spanish, Catalan
As a Spanish and Catalan surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew.

Vernetti Italian, Piedmontese
From various places called Vernetti or Vernetto in Piedmont, Italy.

Verstappen Dutch
Contracted form of Van der Stappen "from the steps". Coincides with a Dutch word meaning "to misstep".

Veselov m Russian
Derived from Russian word "весело (veselo)" meaning fun.

Veshnyakov m Russian

Viana Portuguese (Brazilian)

Vicuña Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Bikuña.

Vidraru Romanian
Derived from Romanian vidră meaning "otter".

Viegas Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese variant of Venegas.

Vieites Galician
Means "son of Bieito".

Viengsavanh Lao
From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ສະຫວັນ (savanh) meaning "heaven".

Viengvilay Lao
From Lao ວຽງ (vieng) meaning "town, city" and ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful".

Vigneron French
Means "vintner" in French from vin "wine" (from Latin vinum).

Vihokratana Thai

Vikander Swedish
Swedish vik ”bay” combined with the common surname suffix -ander.

Viktorsson Swedish, Icelandic
Means "son of Viktor".

Vilavong Lao
From Lao ວິລະ (vila) meaning "hero, brave, courage" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Vilaysack Lao
From Lao ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful" and ສັກ (sack) meaning "rank, power, authority".

Vilaythong Lao
From Lao ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful" and ທອງ (thong) meaning "gold".

Vilayvanh Lao
From Lao ວິໄລ (vilay) meaning "splendid, beautiful" and ວັນ (vanh) meaning "sun, day".

Vilhelmsson Swedish
Means "son of Vilhelm".

Villadsen Danish
Villadsen means "son of Villads".

Villaflor Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villaflor in Castile-León, Spain.

Villaluz Spanish (Philippines)

Villamor Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality oF Villamor de los Escuderos in Castile-León, Spain.

Villarin Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Galician Villariño.

Villeda Spanish
Probably from french.

Villegas Spanish
Habitational name from the municipality of Villegas in Burgos province, Spain.

Vincente English, Italian
English variant of Vincent 1, otherwise from the given name Vincente

Vincenzi Italian
Patronymic form of Vincenzo.

Vincenzo Italian
From the given name Vincenzo

Vincetić Croatian
Derived from Vinko, Croatian form of Vincent.

Vinchenko Ukrainian
Means "from Vinnytsya".

Viniegra Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Riojan municipalities in the Comarca of Anguiano: Viniegra de Arriba or Viniegra de Abajo.

Vinnikov m Russian

Violet English, French
Derived from the given name Violet (English) or a variant of Violette (French).

Violets English, French
Variant of Violette or Violet.

Viravong Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ວິລະວົງ (see Vilavong).

Virchenko Ukrainian

Vislenev m Russian

Visschedijk Dutch
Means "fish by the dyke", from Dutch vis meaning "fish" and dijk meaning "dike, ditch, levee".

Visschedyk Dutch
Variant of Visschedijk.

Vivanco Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the Castilian locality of Vivanco de Mena.

Viziru Romanian

Vodopals Latvian

Vogelzang Dutch
Dutch cognate of Vogelsang.

Vojković Croatian
Means "son of Vojko".

Volchenkov m Russian

Volina Russian

Volksmärchen German
A German surname meaning "folk tale".

Volodin m Russian
Means "son of Volodya".

Vongbandith Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ບັນດິດ (bandith) meaning "learned, philosopher, sage".

Vongdala Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ວົງດາລາ (see Vongdara).

Vongdara Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ດາລາ (dara) meaning "star".

Vongkhamchanh Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family", ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ຈັນ (chanh) meaning "moon".

Vongkhamkeo Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family", ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold" and ແກ້ວ (keo) meaning "gem, jewel".

Vongmany Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel".

Vongpanya Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ປັນຍາ (panya) meaning "wisdom, intelligence, reason".

Vongpaseuth Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ປະ​ເສີດ (paseuth) meaning "excellent, magnificent".

Vongphachanh Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ພະຈັນ (phachanh) meaning "moon".

Vongphakdy Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ພັກດີ (phakdy) meaning "loyalty, devotion".

Vongphasouk Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ພະສຸກ (phasouk) meaning "Venus, Friday".

Vongpraseuth Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ວົງປະ​ເສີດ (see Vongpaseuth).

Vongsamphanh Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ສຳພັນ (samphanh) meaning "tie, bond, relationship".

Vongsavath Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ສະຫວາດ (savath) meaning "sincere, open, beautiful".

Vongsombath Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ສົມບັດ (sombath) meaning "wealth, riches, fortune".

Vongsouthi Lao
From Lao ວົງ (wong) meaning "lineage, family" and ສຸທິ (suthi) meaning "wise man, sage, scholar".

Vongsouvanh Lao
From Lao ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family" and ສຸວັນ (souvanh) meaning "gold".

Voronkov m Russian
Derived from the Russian word voron, meaning "raven". Possibly refers to a dark haired, or harsh voiced individual.

Vorovskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Worowski.

Vovchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Vovk.

Voyennykh Russian
Means "military" or "relating to the military" in Russian.

Vrhovnik Slovene
From vrh meaning "top, peak, summit".

Vtornikov m Russian
A form of Vtorak.

Vukotić Serbian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Vukota".

Vulović Serbian
Vulović is the last name of Roki Vulović, a Serbian nationalist singer who lives in Bosnia.

Vysotskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Derived from высота (vysota) meaning height, or a Russian form of Wysocki.

Vyvyan English
From the name Vyvyan.

Wachowiak Polish

Wachowska m Polish
Feminie form of Wachowski

Wachowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from the village of Wachów

Wacławski Polish
Name for someone from a place named Wacławice or Wacławów, both derived from the given name Wacław.

Wagatsuma Japanese
Waga mean "young" and tsuma means "wife".

Waggoner German
German name; variant of Wagner

Wajoli African
Swahili Word mjoli. Swahili Plural wajoli. English Word fellow servant.

Wakada Japanese

Wakai Japanese
Waka can mean "young" and i can mean "well, mineshaft, pit".

Wakaki Japanese
若 (Waka) means "young" and 木 (ki) means "wood, tree".... [more]

Wakao Japanese
Waka means "young" and o means "tail".

Wakasa Japanese
Comes from an old province in Japan.

Wakata Japanese
From the Japanese 若 (waka) "young" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Wakaya Japanese
Variant of Wakatani.

Wakazu Japanese
Variant of Wakatsu.

Wakebe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 別部 (see Beppu).

Wakida Japanese
Waki means "side" and da means "rice paddy, field".

Wakita Japanese
From Japanese 脇 (waki) meaning "side" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Wakuni Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和国 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften" and 国 (koku, kuni) meaning "country."... [more]

Wakuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和久利, 和久理, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]

Wałęsa Polish
From old Polish wałęsa, meaning "vagabond"

Wallington American
From the surname of two girls from Rebel Starzz.

Walshingham English
From the Anglo-Saxon words ham, meaning "house".

Wannebo Norwegian
An alternative spelling of the Norwegian surname Vannebo.

Wapelhorst Low German
"Wapel" (pronounced VA-pel) is a river in Northern Germany. "Horst" means 'eagle's nest' in modern German but also means 'man of the forest' in Old German.

Warabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (warabi) meaning "Japanese bracken fern". There are multiple places in Japan with this name.

Warburton English
From the village and civil parish of Warburton in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire), England, derived from the Old English feminine given name Werburg (itself derived from wǣr meaning "pledge" and burh "fortress") and Old English tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Warfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Warfalli).

Wastesson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Waste".

Watabe Japanese
From Japanese 渡 (wata) meaning "cross, ferry" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Watari Japanese (Rare)
Watari means "ferry, import, deliver". Watari is also a first name and a place name.... [more]

Watase Japanese
Wata means "boat, ferry" and se means "ripple".

Watayo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 済陽 or 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Watayō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 濟陽 (Watayō), a variant reading of Japanese 濟陽 (Saiyō), from Chinese 濟陽 (Jìyáng) meaning "Jiyang", a town in the county of Xiayi in the city of Shangqiu in the province of Henan in China.... [more]

Waterford English (Rare)
From a place name derived from the Old Norse words veðra, 'ram' (Swedish vädur, 'ram', See Wetherby) and fjord, 'fjord'.

Watkoski Polish

Watthana Thai
From Thai วัฒนา (watthana), a variant form of วัฒน (watthan) meaning "culture".

Wawrzyniak Polish
from the personal name Wawrzyniec

Weisselberg Jewish, German

Weixelbraun German (Austrian)
Variant of Weichselbraun.

Wenceslao Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Wenceslao.

Wendelin German
From the given name Wendelin.

Wender German

Wennerström Swedish
Combination of the place name element wenner, which is probably derived from the name of Lake Vänern, and Swedish ström "stream".

Werfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Werfalli).

Westendorf German
A habitational surname that means 'West Village' in German.

Westenra Literature
The name is originated from a term meaning 'Lights from the West'. The name could be given to someone who is born in the west. This was the surname of a character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker.

Westerly English
The name is originated from a term meaning 'winds from the West'. The name could be given to someone who is born in the west.

Westerman English
Topographical surname for someone who lived west of a settlement or someone who had moved to the west, from Old English westerne meaning "western" and mann meaning "man, person".

Wetherell English
Habitational name from Wetheral (Cumberland)

Wicherek Polish, English
Means "a light, gentle breeze", or figuratively, "an unruly strand of hair". It is a diminutive of the Polish word wicher, "strong wind".

Wichorek Polish (Anglicized), English (American)
Americanized form of Wieczorek. Alternatively, it may be a variant of Wicherek.

Widegren Swedish
Combination of Swedish vide "willow" and gren "branch".

Wiebenga Frisian, Dutch
From the given name Wiebe, the suffix -enga indicating that it is of Frisian origin.

Wiersma West Frisian
Can be a patronymic form of the given name Wier, a contracted form of Wieger (see also Wiro), or a toponymic surname from West Frisian wier "artificial hill, dwelling mound", a cognate of English weir and Dutch wierde.

Wierzbicka Polish
Feminine form of Wierzbicki.

Wierzbicki m Polish
From Polish villages derived from wierzba, meaning "willow".

Wieslander Swedish
Combination of an unexplained first element and the common surname suffix -lander.

Wijbenga Frisian, Dutch
Variant of Wiebenga.

Wijnaldum Frisian, Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
From Wijnaldum, the name of a village within the city of Harlingen in northwest Friesland in the Netherlands, derived from the given name Winald combined with Old Frisian hēm meaning "home, settlement"... [more]

Wilbraham English
Denoted a person hailing from Wilbraham in Cambridgeshire, England. The place name itself means "Wilburg's homestead or estate" in Old English, Wilburg or Wilburga allegedly referring to a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon princess who was given the lands later called Wilbraham by her father, King Penda of Mercia.

Wilewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Wilewo.

Wilhelmsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Wilhelm".

Wilhelmsson Swedish
Means "son of Wilhelm".

Willingham English
Habitational name from a place named Willingham, notably one in Cambridgeshire and one in Suffolk. The first is recorded in Domesday Book as Wivelingham "homestead (Old English hām) of the people of a man called Wifel".

Wilwerding Prussian

Winstanley English
From the name of a place in Lancashire, England, which means "Wynnstan's field" from the Old English masculine given name Wynnstan and leah meaning "woodland, clearing"... [more]

Winterbourn English
A variant spelling of the surname Winterbourne, means "winter stream", a stream or river that is dry through the summer months.

Winterbourne English (British)
Probably meaning "winter stream". A large village in Gloucestershire, From the Thomas Hardy novel "The Woodlanders".

Winterson English
Patronymic form of Winter.

Witteveen Dutch
From Dutch witte "white" and veen "peat bog, marsh", derived from any of several place names.

Wittgenstein German, Jewish
Denoted one who came from the Wittgenstein castle in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, derived from Old High German witt meaning "white" and stein meaning "stone"... [more]

Władysław Polish
four polish kings names

Włoszczowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Lesser Polish localities: the town of Włoszczowa or the village of Włoszczowice.

Wójcicki Polish
Habitational name for a person originally from a place called Wójcice.

Wojtyła Polish
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Wojciech. It was the surname of Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), the pope John Paul II.

Wollschleger German
Variant of Wollschläger.

Wolstenholme English (British, Rare)
A famous bearer is Chris Wolstenholme, bassist and sometimes vocalist of British alternative rock band Muse.

Wongphakdi Thai
From Thai วง (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ภักดี (phakdi) meaning "devotion, loyalty".

Wongsawan Thai

Wongsawat Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and สวัสดิ์ (sawat) meaning "happiness".

Wongsuwan Thai
From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold".

Wosame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Wozniak Polish (Expatriate)
Unaccented form of Woźniak primarily used outside of Poland.

Wriothesley English (British)
Name is of unknown origin, deriving from older Wrotteslega, who were a family that held estates in Staffordshire in the late 1100s. Possibly a combination of wrot "snout" and leah "meadow, cleaning", suggesting it's origin as a pig farm.

Wrubleski Polish (Americanized, Rare)
Rare variant spelling of Wrobleski.... [more]

Wrzesiński Polish
Name for someone from a place called Września, Wrzesina or Wrzesiny, all derived from Polish wrzos meaning "heather".

Wysocki m Polish
Possibly from Polish wysokość, meaning "height".

Wyspiański m Polish
Derived from the Polish word wyspa meaning "island."

Wyszyński Polish
It indicates familial origin within any of several Podlachian villages named ''Wyszonki''.

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

Xavier Portuguese, French, English
Derived from the given name Xavier.

Xaysana Lao
Means "victory" in Lao.

Xaysongkham Lao
From Lao ໄຊ (sai) meaning "victory" and ສົງຄາມ (songkham) meaning "war, battle".

Ximenes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Jiménez.

Yablokov Russian
From Russian яблоко (yabloko) meaning "apple", used as a nickname for a ruddy person or a gardener who received a plentiful harvest.

Yabuki Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 吹 (buki), from 吹き (buki), the joining continuative form of 吹く (fuku) meaning "to blow". It can also derive from 藪 (yabu) meaning "thicket; grove; copse" and 亀 (ki) meaning "tortoise, turtle"... [more]

Yabuno Japanese
From 薮 (yabu) meaning "thicket, bush, underbrush, grove", combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness"..

Yacapin Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog yakapin meaning "to hug, to embrace".

Yacouba Western African
From the given name Yacouba.

Yagami Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 神 (kami) meaning "god".

Yagino Japanese
Variant of Yanagino.

Yagira Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".

Yagishita Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Yagmarov m Russian

Yagoda Jewish (Russified)
Russified form of Iyeguda. It also means "berry" in Russian. This was the surname of Genrikh Yagoda, the head of the NKVD (1934-1936).

Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, opening, entrance".

Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]

Yahagi Japanese

Yahaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).

Yahata Japanese
From 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 幡 (hata) meaning "banner, flag".

Yahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yahaya Western African, Comorian
From the given name Yahaya.

Yahiaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yahyaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.

Yaida Japanese

Yajima Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]

Yakeno Japanese
From 焼 (yake) meaning "grill, burn" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plan".

Yakhontov m Russian

Yakovets' Russian, Ukrainian (?)
Derived from given name Yakov.

Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]

Yalonglong Paiwan

Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamaga Japanese

Yamahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".