Submitted Surnames with 3 Syllables

Hiranwong Thai
From Thai หิรัญ (hiran) meaning "money, silver, gold" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty"

Hirao Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira 2) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Hiroi Japanese
From the Japanese 廣 or 広 (hiro) "wide" and 井 (i) "well."

Hiromi Japanese (Rare)
From the stem of adjective 広い/廣い (hiroi), meaning "spacious, vast, wide," combined with either 海 (mi), shortened from umi meaning "sea, ocean," or 見 (mi) meaning "looking, viewing."... [more]

Hirono Japanese
From Japanese 広 (hiro) meaning "wide, broad, spacious" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hirose Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Hirota Japanese
From Japanese 廣, 広 or 弘 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hiroto Japanese
From the given name Hiroto.

Hiruma Japanese
From the Japanese 蛭 (hiru) "leech" and 間 (ma) "pause."

Hiruta Japanese
From Japanese 蛭 (hiru) meaning "leech" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hirvonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish hirvi "elk, moose".

Hisada Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hisaka Japanese
Hi can mean "Japanese cypress" or "scarlet, dark red" and saka means "slope, hill".

Hisano Japanese
Hisa means "long time ago, everlasting" and no means "field, rice paddy".

Hishida Japanese
From 菱 (hishi, ryou) meaning "diamond (shape), water chestnut, caltrop, rhombus" and 田 (da) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hiszpański Polish
Meaning "Spanish", denoting a person of Spanish heritage.

Hitomi Japanese
Hito means "person" and mi means "see, viewpoint, mindset".

Hitora Japanese
From 人 (hito) means "person, human, individual" and 羅 (ra) means "thin silk fabric, net, gauze, Romania".

Hiwatig Tagalog
Means "hint, clue, sign" in Tagalog.

Hiyama Japanese
From the Japanese hi, meaning "red, scarlet", and mura, meaning "town, village".

Hiyama Japanese
From Japanese 檜, 桧 (hi) meaning "Japanese cypress" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Hjalmarsson Swedish
Means "son of Hjalmar".

Hjornevik Norwegian
Named after the town of Hjørnevik, Norway

Hliabovič Belarusian
Means "son of Hlieb".

Hodyna Polish

Hoemo Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of 保栄茂 (see Bin).

Hogaki Japanese
Variant of Hokaki.

Hokino Japanese
Hoki means "paulownia" and no means "field, plain".

Hokita Japanese
From 洞 (hoki) meaning "paulownia" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, plain, field".

Hokkanen Finnish
From the Karelian given name Hokka (a derivative of Russian Foka) combined with the Finnish surname suffix -nen.

Holappa Finnish
The name Holappa has its origin in a Russian word holop which means “slave” or “soul” (see “Dead Souls” by Nikolai Gogol).

Holkeri Finnish
Finnish surname, derived from Scandinavian given name Holger.

Hollandsworth English (British, Rare)
Possibly an alternative spelling of Hollingsworth. Likely named after the town of Holisurde(1000s AD)/Holinewurth(1200s)/Hollingworth(Present) The town's name means "holly enclosure"

Holonyak Rusyn

Holovko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian голова (holova), meaning "head". ... [more]

Homura Japanese
This surname is used as 保村, 甫村 or 穂村 with 保 (ho, hou, tamo.tsu) meaning "guarantee, keep, preserve, protect, support, sustain", 甫 (fu, ho, haji.mete, suke) meaning "for the first time, not until", 穂 (sui, ho) meaning "crest (of wave), ear, ear (of grain), head" and 村 (son, mura) meaning "town, village."... [more]

Honecker German
Erich Honecker was the leader of the GDR from 1971 to 1989.

Honegger Swiss
Arthur Honegger (10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer, and a member of Les Six, a group of composers associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. His most famous work is "Pacific 231".

Hoogendijk Dutch
Derived from Dutch hoog meaning "high, elevated" and dijk meaning "dike, ditch, levee", referring to someone who lived near a high dyke or embankment.

Hoogendyk Dutch
Variant of Hoogendijk.

Hoogerdijk Dutch
Variant of Hoogendijk meaning "higher dyke".

Hoogerdyk Dutch
Variant of Hoogerdijk.

Hoogeveen Dutch
From any of several places called Hoogeveen, derived from Dutch hoog "high, elevated" and veen "peat bog, marsh".

Hooshmandi Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian هوشمندای (see Houshmandi).

Hopkinson English
Means "son of Hopkin"

Horaczek Polish
From a diminutive of Horacy.

Horiba Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Horie Japanese
Hori means "moat, canal" and e means "inlet, river".

Horie Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Horii Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Horio Japanese
Hori means "ditch, canal, moat" and o means "tail".

Horio Japanese
From Japanese 堀 (hori) meaning "ditch, moat, canal" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Hornowski Polish
Habitational name from Hornowo, ultimately from Belarusian горны (horny) meaning "upper".

Hörschelmann German
This denotes familial origin in the former village of Hörschel (annexed to Eisenach in 1994).

Horvejkul Thai

Hosaka Japanese
From Japanese 保 (ho) meaning "protect" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope".

Hoshiba Japanese

Hoshina Japanese
It can be spelled with 星 (hoshi) meaning "star, mark, dot" and 奈 (na) meaning "name, noted, distinguished, reputation", or 保 (ho) meaning "protect", combined with 科 (shina, ka) meaning "department, technology".

Hosoda Japanese
From 細 (hoso) meaning "fine, thin, slender, narrow" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".

Hosoda Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hosoi Japanese

Hosoi Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Hosomi Japanese
Hoso means "thin, narrow, slender, fine" and no means "viewpoint, outlook".

Hosono Japanese

Hosono Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hosoo Japanese
From the Japanese 細 (hoso) "narrow" and 尾 (o) "tail."

Hosoya Japanese
Variant of Hosotani.

Hosoya Japanese
From Japanese 細 (hoso) meaning "thin, fine, slender" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Hosseinian Persian
From the given name Hossein.

Hosseinpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian حسینپور (see Hosseinpour).

Hosterman English

Hostermann English
Variation of Hosterman.

Hotei Japanese, Japanese Mythology
This surname literally means "cloth bag". It is spelled with 布 (ho, fu, furu) meaning "linen, cloth, rag, fabric" and 袋 (tei, dai, fukuru, bukuru) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".... [more]

Houshmandi Persian
From the given name Houshmand.

Hovsepian Armenian (Expatriate)
Variant transcription of Hovsepyan used by Armenians living outside Armenia.

Hovsepyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovsep".

Howardson English
Means "Son of Howard".

Hozier English

Hozumi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八朔 (see Hassaku).

Hranenko Ukrainian
Another form of Hrachenko.

Hristovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Hristovski.

Hristovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Hristo".

Hruszewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Podlachian village of Hruszew.

Hubertus German, Dutch
From the given name Hubertus.

Huckabee English
This surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first, woh, meaning "crooked"; the second, byge, meaning "river bend".... [more]

Huckeby English
Variant of Huckaby and Huckabee

Huguenot French
Meaning uncertain. It could be denoted as a French Protestant who held the Reformed tradition of Protestantism, possibly derived from Middle French eiguenot "Swiss confederate", from Swiss republican Besançon Hugues, or a diminutive form of Hugues, from the same person... [more]

Huidobro Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Los Altos.

Huitema Dutch
Possibly a patronymic form of Hoite, a pet form of names containing the element hugu "mind, thought, spirit", using the Frisian suffix -ma "man of".

Huizinga West Frisian, Dutch
Habitational name from Huizinge, a town in Groningen, Netherlands, possibly derived from Old Frisian hūs "house" and dinge "newly cultivated lands"... [more]

Humayun Urdu
From the given name Humayun.

Humberto Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Humberto.

Humperdinck German (?), Literature
From the German surname Humperdinck. As a surname it was born by the composer Engelbert Humperdinck. As a first name it was used for the villain Prince Humperdinck in William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride.

Huotari Finnish
From the Karelian vernacular form of Fyodor.

Iannucci Italian
From a pet form of the given name Ianni. A famous bearer of the name is the Scottish filmmaker and satirist Armando Iannucci (1963-).

Ibara Japanese
Variant of Ihara.

Ibarrolle Basque (Gallicized)
Parisianized form of Ibarrola.

Ibraheem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Ibrahim.

Ibrahem Kurdish, Arabic
From the given name Ibrahim.

İbrahim Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name İbrahim.

Ibričić Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Ibro" in Serbo-Croatian.... [more]

Ibuki Japanese
It is written as 伊 (I) meaning "that one" and 吹 (buki) meaning "blow into".... [more]

Icatlo Tagalog
From Tagalog ikatlo meaning "third".

Ichida Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "market" and 田 (da) "paddy, field".

Ichijo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 一条 (see Ichijō).

Ichijō Japanese
From Japanese 一条 (ichijō) meaning "line, streak", derived from 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 条 (jō), a counter for thin, long objects.

Ichiki Japanese
Ichi means "one" or "market" and ki means "wood, tree".

Ichiko Japanese
From Japanese 市 (ichi) "city" and 子 (ko) "child".... [more]

Ichino Japanese
Ichi can mean "market", or "one", and no means "wilderness, rice paddy, field". ... [more]

Ichioka Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill".

Idreius Celtic
“Like the ocean; Unpredictable.”... [more]

Idrissa Western African
From the given name Idrissa.

Idzutsu Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well" and 筒 (tsutsu) meaning "tube, hub of a wheel".

Ieda Japanese
From Japanese 家 (ie) meaning "house, home, family" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Iftikhar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Iftikhar.

Igari Japanese
Variant of Ikari.

Igari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari).

Igawa Japanese

Igawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ignácio Portuguese (Brazilian)
From the given name Ignácio.

Ignacio Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from the given name Ignacio.

Ignatius English
From the given name Ignatius

Iguchi Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) "well, mine shaft, pit" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Igumnov Russian
From Russian игумен (igumen) meaning "hegumen", referring to the head of an Eastern Orthodox monastery.

Igusa Japanese
Variant of Ikusa.

Ihara Japanese

Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Ihara Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Iigawa Japanese
Variant of Iikawa.

Iiguni Japanese
Variant of Iikuni.

Iijima Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iijma Japanese
Variant of Iishima.

Iikawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and kawa means "river, stream".

Iimori Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mori means "forest".

Iimoto Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and moto means "source, origin, root".

Iimura Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Iimuro Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and muro means "room".

Iisawa Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Iishima Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and shima means "island".

Iiyama Japanese
Ii means "cooked grains" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Iizawa Japanese
Variant of Iisawa.

Iizuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound, hillock".

Ijima Japanese
Variant of Ishima.

Ikado Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井門 (see Ido 2).

Ikari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 五十里 (Ikari) meaning "Ikari", a division in the town of Nyūzen in the district of Shimoniikawa in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan or an area in the city of Takaoka in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.

Ikawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Ikei Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Ikene Japanese
"Lake root."

Ikeno Japanese
Ike means "pool, pond" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Ikeru Japanese
From Japanese 蘓 (ikeru) meaning "revive, resurrect".

Ikuda Japanese
Variant of Ikuta.

Ikuta Japanese
From Japanese 生 (iku) meaning "living, life" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Ilacad Tagalog
From Tagalog ilakad meaning "to walk (someone or something)".

Ilagan Tagalog
Means "to evade, to dodge, to get out of the way (of something)" in Tagalog.

Illana Spanish (European)
Denoted someone who came from the province of Illana in Guadalajara, Spain.

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

Ilyushin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Ilyusha of the Russian given name Ilya.

Ilyushkin m Russian
Derived from the name Ilya.

Imada Japanese
From the Japanese 今 (ima) "now" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Imaki Japanese
This could be spelled with ima meaning "now, present" and ki meaning "tree, wood".

Imano Japanese
Ima means "now, present" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Imari Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 今利, 伊万里 or 伊萬里 with 今 (kon, kin, ima) meaning "now", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 万/萬 (ban, man, yorozu, ma) meaning "ten thousand/10,000" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village."... [more]

Imata Japanese
Ima means "now" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Imoku Japanese (Rare)

Imori Japanese
I could mean "this" or "mineshaft, pit, well".

Imoto Japanese
Means "well root" in Japanese.

Imtiaz Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Imtiyaz.

Imura Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Imuro Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and muro means "room".

Inácio Portuguese
From the given name Inácio.

Inaki Japanese (Rare)
Ina means "rice plant" and ki means "tree, wood".

Infante Spanish
From infante literally "child", but in Spain also a title borne by the eldest sons of noblemen before they inherited, and in particular by the son of the king of Castile; thus the surname probably originated either as a nickname for one of a lordly disposition or as an occupational name for a member of the household of an infante.

Ingledew English (Rare)

Ingleston English (British)
Ingleston is an exceptionally rare surname and seems to be posessed by a single family who much grew larger in the 19th century. ... [more]

Ingoglia Italian
Means "belonging to the family of Goglia" in Italian, derived from the prefix in- meaning "belonging to the family of" combined with the name Goglia... [more]

Iniesta Spanish
Habitational name from places called Iniesta in the province of Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The Spanish soccer player Andrés Iniesta (1984-) is a well-known bearer of this surname.

Íñigo Spanish
From the given name Íñigo.

Inoki Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ki means "tree, wood".

Inoko Japanese
Ino means "boar" and ko means "child, first of the Chinese zodiac: the rat".

Inose Japanese
From Japanese 猪 (ino) meaning "wild boar" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Inouye Japanese
Variant transcription of Inoue.

Inthachith Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ຈິດ (chit) meaning "heart, soul, mind".

Inthasone Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ສອນ (sone) meaning "teach, grow, mature".

Inthavong Lao
From Lao ອິນທະ (intha) referring to the Hindu god Indra and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family". This is the most common surname in Laos.

Inui Japanese
Inu means "dog" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Inui Japanese
From Japanese 乾 (inui) meaning "northwest".

In'yaku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 印鑰 (in'yaku) meaning "seal of head government office and keys to various buildings", referring to someone who would make seals or keys for such purposes.

Inyaku Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 印鑰 (see In'yaku).

Inzaghi Italian
Probably from the town of Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).

Inzunza Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Intzuntza.

Ioniță Romanian
From a diminutive of the given name Ion 1.

Iori Japanese
This surname is used as 庵, 井居, 井折, 井織, 伊折 or 伊織 with 庵 (an, iori, io) meaning "hermitage, retreat", 井 (sei, shou, i) meaning "well, well crib, town, community", 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one", 居 (kyo, ko, i.ru, -i, o.ru) meaning "reside, to be, exist, live with", 折 (setsu, o.ru, ori, o.ri, -o.ri, o.reru) meaning "fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit" and 織 (o.ri) meaning "fabric, weave."... [more]

Irani Persian
Means "Iranian" in Persian. It is also commonly used within a Zoroastrian community in India with the same name.

Irie Japanese
Iri means "entry, input" and e means "inlet, river".

Irie Japanese
From Japanese 入江 (irie) meaning "inlet, cove, creek".

Iriskić Bosnian

Isaba Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Izaba.

Isabel Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, English
From the given name Isabel.

Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.

Isacco Italian
From the given name Isacco.

Isaev Chechen, Lezgin, Dargin, Avar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Isa 1".

Isago Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (isago) meaning "sand".

Isaiah English
From the given name Isaiah

Isamu Japanese
Isamu means courageous warrior

Isato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isawa Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Isaykin m Russian

Iseno Japanese

Ishchenko Ukrainian

Ishibe Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Ishido Japanese
From the Japanese 石 (ishi) "stone" and 堂 (do) "hall."

Ishiki Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and ki means "tree, wood".

Ishima Japanese
I means "well, pit, mineshaft" and shims means "island", or it could be spelled with ishi meaning "rock, stone" and ma meaning "pause".

Ishizu Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 津 (zu) meaning "ferry".

Ishmael English
From the given name Ishmael

Ishtiaq Urdu
From the given name Ishtiaq.

Ishutin m Russian

Isidor German, Russian
From the given name Isidor.

Isidro Spanish
From the given name Isidro.

Iskandar Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

Iskander Arabic
From the given name Iskandar.

Ismaeel Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Isma'il.

Ismael Arabic, Filipino, Tausug
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismail Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Isma'il.

Ismaili Arabic, Albanian, Persian
From the given name Ismail.

Isobe Japanese
From the Japanese 磯 (iso) "beach" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Isoko Japanese
Iso means "beach, seashore" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Isono Japanese
From Japanese 磯 (iso) meaning "seashore, beach" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Isori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 五十里 (see Ikari 2).

Isose Japanese
Iso means "sand" and se means "ripple".

Isoya Japanese
Variant of Isotani.

Israel Jewish
From the given name Israel.

Issaka Western African
From the given name Issaka.

Issoufou Western African
From the given name Issoufou.

Istratov m Russian

Itada Japanese
Ita means "board" and da means "field, rice paddy".

Itami Japanese
Ita means "board" and mi means "view, outlook".

Itano Japanese
Ita means "board" and no means "field, plain".

Itaya Japanese
From Japanese 板 (ita) meaning "plank, board" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Itobin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 糸鬢 (itobin) meaning a type of hairstyle.

Itsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Itsutsu Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Iváñez Spanish
Variant of Ibáñez.

Ivanian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Իվանյան (see Ivanyan).

Ivanić Croatian
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.

Ivankić Croatian (Rare)
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.

Ivankin m Russian
Derived from the given name Ivan.

Ivanyan Armenian
Means "son of Ivan".

Ivashkin Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form IVASHKA of the Russian given name Ivan.

Ivaškin Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Ivashkin.

Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".

Ivorie Japanese Mythology

Iwabe Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Iwae Japanese
Iwa means "stone, rock" and e means "bay, creek, inlet".

Iwaki Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle, fortress".

Iwama Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Iwami Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Iwano Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and no means "wilderness, plain, rice paddy, field".

Iwański Polish
Name for someone from a place called Iwanie (now Iwonie), derived from the given name Iwan.

Iwao Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and o means "tail".

Iwasa Japanese
Iwa means "stone" and sa could mean "support".

Iwasa Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Iwase Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Iwashita Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Iwaya Japanese
From Japanese 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and 屋 (ya) meaning "house".

Iyama Japanese
I means "well, pit, minehaft" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Izadi Persian
Derived from Persian ایزد (izad) meaning "god, angel".

Izawa Japanese
Variant of Isawa.

Izawa Japanese
From Japanese 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Izokov m Russian
Derived from изок (izok), the Russian term for June used before the Christianisation of the Rus'.

Īzuka Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, rice" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Izumo Japanese
This surname combines 出 (shutsu, sui, i.dasu, i.deru, da.su, -da.su, -de, de.ru) meaning "come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo, zumo) meaning "cloud" or 茂 (mo, shige.ru) meaning "be luxuriant, grow thick, overgrown."... [more]

Izutsu Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 井筒 (see Idzutsu).

Jabagat Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Habagat.

Jabari Arabic
From the given name Jabbar.

Jabbari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Jabari.

Jaberi Persian
From the given name Jaber.

Jachimi Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 座喜味 (Jachimi) meaning "Jachimi", a former area in the former district of Yuntanja in the former Ryūkyū kingdom of Chūzan in parts of present-day Okinawa, Japan, or it being the Okinawan form of Japanese 座喜味 (Zakimi) meaning "Zakimi", an area in the same place, in the village of Yomitan in the district of Nakagami in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Jacinto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Jacinto.

Jackowski m Polish
Habitational surname for someone from a village called Jacków, derived from a diminutive of Jacenty.

Jacobi Jewish, Dutch, German, French
Latinized patronymic form of Jacob.

Jacobo Spanish
From the given name Jacobo.

Jacobsson Swedish
Means "son of Jacob".

Jafarian Persian
From the given name Jafar.

Jafarpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian جعفرپور (see Jafarpour).

Jafarpour Persian
Means "son of Jafar" in Persian.

Jagiełło Polish
Originally from Old Lithuanian jotis and gaili, meaning "strong rider". This was the last name of the Polish King Władysław Jagiełło, who, along with his wife, started the Jagiellonian dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Jahana Okinawan
Possibly from Japanese 謝 (ja) meaning "apologise, thanks" and 花 (hana) meaning "flower".

Jahani Persian
From the given name Jahan.

Jaimoukha Circassian
Means "cow herd, cowman", from Kabardian жэм (žăm) meaning "cow" and хъу (χ°) "male, man". It traditionally indicated someone who was wealthy because they possessed a large herd of bovine.

Jaketsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蛇穴 (see Jaana).

Jakupi Albanian
From the given name Jakup.

Jambalos Tagalog
From Tagalog hambalos meaning "to whip, to whack".

Jamoukha Circassian
Variant transcription of Jaimoukha.

Janačkin Belarusian
Derived from a diminutive form of the Belarusian given name Jan 1.

Jančanka Belarusian
Derived from the Belarusian given name Jan 1.

Jandusay Tagalog
From Tagalog handusay meaning "to prostrate, to lie face down".

Janovič Belarusian
Means "son of Jan 1".

Jaradat Arabic
Means "locusts, grasshoppers" in Arabic.

Jasperson English
Means "Son of Jasper".