Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

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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.

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".

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 the Biscayan and Gipuzkoan dialects of Basque; topographic surname meaning someone who lived or lives near a Shrub tree.

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.

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".

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]

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)
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 Zurbao.

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. The meaning of the last name is unknown.

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.

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