Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 簗 (yana) meaning "fish trap" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.

Yannotta American
Possibly a variant of Iannotta.

Yanshiji Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).

Yapıcı Turkish
Means "builder, maker, constructor" in Turkish.

Yapontsev m Russian
Denotes to a Japanese person.

Yarchevskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Jarczewski.

Yardeni Hebrew (Modern)
Means "of Jordan 2" in Hebrew.

Yardımcı Turkish
Means "helper, assistant, aide" in Turkish.

Yarusov Russian

Yasaki Japanese

Yasevich Belarusian
Possibly derived from ясна (yasna), meaning "clear" in Belarusian.

Yashima Japanese

Yashima Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yashina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Я́шин (see Yashin).

Yashnikov m Russian

Yasinkov m Russian

Yasue Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Yasui Japanese
Yasu (安) "Relaxed, Cheap" and I (井) "Well, Mineshaft ".

Yasui Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yasura Japanese
Yasu means "cheap, relax, peace" and ra means "good".

Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Yasuryo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasuryō).

Yasuryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura).

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

Yasuta Japanese

Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Yatano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plains".

Yatsenyuk Ukrainian
Another form of Yatsenko.

Yatsuda Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".

Yatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yauchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Yavari Persian
Derived from Persian یاور (yavar) meaning "assistant, supporter".

Yazaki Japanese
A variant of Yasaki.... [more]

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazıcı Turkish
Means "writer" or "clerk" in Turkish.

Yazukhin m Russian

Ybañez Spanish (Philippines)
Filipino form of Ibáñez.

Ybanez Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented variant of Ybañez.

Yefimov Russian
Means "son of Yefim".

Yeganeh Persian
Means "unique" in Persian.

Yehezkel Jewish
From the given name Yehezkel.

Yekhamov m Russian

Yesayan Armenian
Means "son of Yesay".

Yeşilgöz Turkish, Kurdish
Means "green eye" in Turkish and Kurdish. Dutch politician Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (1977-) bears this name.

Yesua Indonesian
From the given name Yesua, a variant of Yeshua. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Yevdakov m Russian

Yevtushik Russian, Jewish (?)

Yglesias Spanish
Variant of Iglesias.

Yıldırım Turkish
From the given name Yıldırım.

Ylagan Tagalog
Variant of Ilagan.

Ylanan Filipino
Ylan or Ilan in Tagalog means "some" or a "few" it may suggest a regional or direct variation.

Ylaya Cebuano
From Cebuano ilaya meaning "inland, highground, upland".

Yñiguez Spanish
Variant of Íñiguez.

Yoichi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 与市 with 与 (yo, ata.eru, azuka.ru, kumi.suru, tomoni) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" and 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town."... [more]

Yokobe Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Yokoi Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yokono Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Yokoo Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Yokose Japanese
Yoko means "beside next to" and se means "current, ripple".

Yokoya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yonaga Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".

Yonao Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 与 (yo) or 與 (yo), both meaning "to bestow, to participate, to provide, cause, gift, godsend" or referring to a given name with one of those characters and 猶 (nao) meaning "still".

Yoneda Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Yoneda Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yoneta Japanese

Yonetsu Japanese

Yonezu Japanese

Yonover English (British)
The surname Yonover was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.

Yorulmaz Turkish
Means "tireless, unfailing" in Turkish.

Yoruno Japanese
From Japanese 夜 (yoru) meaning "night" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yoshii Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yoshimi Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Yoshita Japanese

Yousafzai Pashto
Means "son of Yusuf" in Pashto. A notable bearer is Malala Yousafzai (1997-), a Pakistani education and human rights activist and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Yousefi Persian
From the given name Yousef.

Yousefpour Persian
Means "son of Yousef".

Youssefi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Youssef.

Yousufzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Yousafzai.

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yuchengco Filipino
From the surnames Yu, Cheng, and Ko.

Yukawa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yukhymchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yukhymenko.

Yukida Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yukino Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".

Yukishita Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and shita means "under".

Yuktanan Thai

Yumibe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yupanqui Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Yurchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Yuriy.

Yurovskiy m Russian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yurovsky. This was the last name of Yakov Yurovskiy, a notable Bolshevik. He led the execution of the Romanovs.

Yurovsky Russian, Jewish, Polish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from Yurovo, or anglicization of Polish cognate Jurowski.

Yushchenko Ukrainian

Yusufzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Yousafzai.

Yuuma Japanese
From the Japanese 遊 (yu) "recreation," "fun" and 馬 (uma, ma or ba) "horse."

Yuzuki Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yzeiraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Yzeir" in Albanian.

Zabatsu Japanese

Zachrisson Swedish
Variant of Zakrisson.

Zafari Persian
From the given name Zafar.

Zahedi Persian
From the given name Zahid.

Zakarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Zakaryan.

Zakaryan Armenian
Means "son of Zakar".

Zakhaev Russian
Russian surname, likely a derivative of the given name Zakhey combined with the Russian suffix "-ev" ("of"), therefore meaning "of Zakhey."... [more]

Zakimi Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 座喜味 (see Jachimi).

Zakrisson Swedish
Means "son of Zakris" in Swedish.

Zakuro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 柘榴 (Zakuro) meaning "Zakuro", an area in the town of Seika in the district of Sōraku in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.

Zaldibar Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, derived from Basque zaldi "horse" and ibar "valley". Alternatively, the first element could instead be zaldu "wood, copse, forest".

Zaldívar Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Basque Zaldibar "horse valley".

Žaliūkas Lithuanian
From žaliūkas meaning "young, strong, healthy man", related to žalias meaning "green".

Žaliukas Lithuanian
Variant of Žaliūkas.

Zalsonov m Russian

Zamani Persian
From the given name Zaman.

Zamora Spanish
Habitational name from Zamora, a city in northwestern Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Berber azemur "wild olive tree".

Zamyatin m Russian

Zangiev Ossetian, Soviet, Russian, Popular Culture
The Russified Soviet and Modern Russian form of the Ossetian surname Зæнджиаты Zændžiaty. A famous user of it is wrestler Victor Zangiev, himself the inspiration for Zangief of Street Fighter fame.

Zanjani Persian
Indicated a person from the Iranian city of Zanjan.

Zanotti Italian
Comes from a pet form of Zani.

Zapanta Filipino, Tagalog, Hiligaynon
Of Hiligaynon origin and uncertain meaning.

Zapata Spanish
Occupational surname for a shoemaker, from Spanish zapato meaning "shoe". It can also be considered a habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain called Zapata.

Zarafshan Persian
Means "spreader of gold" in Persian, from زر (zar) meaning "gold" and افشان (afshan) meaning "spreader, scatterer".

Zarate Basque
From the name of a hamlet in Álava province, Spain, possibly derived from Basque zara "thicket".

Zárauz Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Zarautz.

Zarenok Belarusian, Russian, Jewish (?)

Zaripov m Russian

Zaslavskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Zasławski.

Zaslavsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone from the city of Iziaslav (or Zaslav) in Ukraine, derived from the given name Iziaslav.

Zatarain Basque
From any of several place names in Basque Country, Spain, probably derived from the toponymic suffix -ain and an uncertain first element possibly meaning "thicket, underbrush". Alternatively, could derive from an altered form of Basque talaia "watchtower, lookout, vantage point", which is ultimately from Arabic طليعة (ṭalīʕa) "forefront, vanguard".

Zavadskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russified form of Zawadski.

Zavarin m Russian

Zav'yalov m Russian

Zaznobin m Russian

Zdorenko Ukrainian
A form of Zdorovenko.

Zelaya Basque
From Basque Zelaia, a habitational or topographic name derived from zelai "field, meadow, prairie".

Żelazny Polish
Means "(made of) iron" in Polish, used as a nickname for a person with a strong personality.

Zelená f Czech, Slovak
Means "green" in Czech and Slovak.

Zelenchuk Ukrainian
Means "green", from Ukrainian "зелений (zelenyy)", possibly referring to somebody who worked with plants.... [more]

Zelenin Russian
Derived from Russian зелень (zelen) meaning "greens, vegetables, verdure".

Zelenov m Russian
From Russian зеленый (zelenyy), meaning "green".

Zelenska Ukrainian
Feminine form of Zelensky.

Zelens'kyy Ukrainian, Polish (Ukrainianized), Yiddish (Ukrainianized)
Variant transcription of Zelenskyy. Derived from a Slavic word meaning "green". Ukrainian form of Polish Zieliński.

Zelentsov m Russian
A variant of Zelenov.

Železnik Slovene
From the Slavic word "železo/zhelezo", meaning " iron", denoting to a person who worked with iron.

Zeleznik Slovak
Means "iron man".

Zelmerlöw Swedish (Rare)
Rare Swedish surname composed of the name of the family's ancestor Selma Löf. One bearer is Swedish artist Måns Zelmerlöw (b.1986) who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016.

Zemlyanko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Zemlyanov.

Zemlyanov m Russian
Derived from word "земля (zemlya)" meaning "earth, land, soil".... [more]

Zemlyanskiy m Russian, Yiddish (Russified)

Zemmosa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 善 (zen) meaning "virtue, goodness", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant", and 砂 (sa) meaning "sand", referring to a place with lots of sand.

Zemmosha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zemmouri Berber
Variant of Zemmour.

Zemosa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenmosa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosa).

Zenmosha Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 善茂砂 (see Zemmosha).

Zerdali Turkish
Means "wild apricot."

Zetterberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and berg "mountain, hill".

Zettergren Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and gren "branch".

Zetterlund Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and lund "grove".

Zetterström Swedish
Combination of Swedish säter "outlying meadow" and ström "stream".

Zgłobicki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Zgłobice.

Zhatvinskiy m Russian, Jewish

Zhemukhov Circassian (Russified)
Russified form of Jaimoukha.

Zhitnikov m Russian
Derived from житник (zhitnik), which denotes to a grain worker.

Zhovtenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian жовтий (zhovtyy), meaning "yellow".

Zhukovskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Żukowski.

Zhukushev m Kazakh (Russified)

Zhunisov Kazakh
Means "son of Zhunis".

Zhuravlyov m Russian

Zhytaryuk Ukrainian
Means "child of the grain farmer". Derived from Ukrainian "житар (zhytar)", meaning "grain farmer" and the last name suffix -юк (-yuk).

Ziadeh Arabic
Means surplus, extra in Arabic

Zidaru Romanian
From Romanian zidar meaning "bricklayer".

Zielonka Polish, Jewish
Derived from the Polish word for "green"

Zimbalist Jewish
Occupational name for a cymbalist or a dulcimer player, particularly the cimbalom, derived from Yiddish tsimbl meaning "dulcimer, cimbalom, cymbal". The American actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918-2014) was a famous bearer of this surname.

Zitouni Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive".

Zobuchi Japanese

Zoccola Italian (?)

Żółkiewski Polish, Yiddish (Polonized)
Possibly from Polish żołnierz, meaning "soldier".

Zolotoy Russian
Means "gold" in Russian.

Zolotykh Russian
Derived from Russian золотой (zolotoy) meaning "golden".

Zonneveld Dutch
Means "sun field" in Dutch, a habitation always name.

Zorinsky Polish

Zozaya Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Zozaia.

Zsigmondy Hungarian
Derived from the given name Zsigmond. The Austrian-born chemist Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865-1929), together with German physicist Henry Siedentopf, invented the ultramicroscope... [more]

Zucchino Italian
Derived from zucchino meaning "zucchini, courgette" (Cucurbita pepo). It is also related to those surnames derived from zucca meaning "pumpkin" and to those derived from zuccone meaning "dumb, stubborn".

Zuccoli Italian
Derived from the Italian word zucca meaning "pumpkin", originally referred to someone who used to grow or trade pumpkins.

Zuckerberg Jewish
Means "sugar mountain" from German zucker meaning "sugar" and Old High German berg meaning "mountain".

Zulfikar Arabic
From the given name Zulfiqar.

Zulfiqar Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Zulfiqar.

Zumpano Italian
Comes from the town Zumpano in the province Cosenza in Calabria, Italy. The meaning is unknown but it possibly comes from a Greek-Calabrese surname.

Zurbano Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Basque Zurbao, a toponym of uncertain etymology. Possibly related to zur "wood, timber" or zurbeltz "holm oak, kermes oak".

Zurita Spanish, Aragonese
An Aragonese surname derived from the Stock Bird, a species of bird.

Żurowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Żurowa.

Zurzolo Italian
The last name of actor, Lorenzo Zurzolo, who is Niccolo in Baby and Theodore Nott in Harry Potter.

Zuzenkov m Russian

Zvezdochka Russian, Belarusian
Means "little star" or "small star", from Russian "звезда (zvezda)" meaning "star" with the suffix "-очка (-ochka)" meaning "little, small, young". It can also be translated as "starlet". It is a surname in Russia that is also common in Belarus... [more]

Zwierzchowski m Polish
Derived from Polish zwierz, meaning "beast, animal."

Žydovič Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian жыд (žyd) meaning "Jew, Hebrew".

Zyuganov m Russian
Gennadiy Zyuganov is the leader of the Russian communist party.

Żywiecki Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Żywiec.

Żyźniewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Żyźniewo.

Zyzykin Russian
Meaning uncertain.