SaneyoshiJapanese This surname is a combination of 實 (sane) meaning or 実 (sane) meaning "fruit, seed, truth" and 好 (yoshi) meaning "to be fond of, to like", or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune".
SantiprabhobThai From Thai สันติ (santi) meaning "peace" and ประภพ (praphop), a transcription of Sanskrit प्रभव (prabhava) meaning "production; source; origin".
SarasibarBasque From sarats "willow" and ibar "valley". It's the name of a village in Navarre.
SaraumiJapanese (Rare) From 皿 (sara) meaning "dish, plate" and 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean".
SarıkayaTurkish From Turkish sarı meaning "yellow" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".
SarkeesianArmenian Variant of Sarkisian. Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture.
ScarduzioItalian From the Italian verb scardare, meaning to husk a hazelnut or chestnut. Possibly a metaphor for a sculptor who 'husked' a sculpture from stone.
SchonewilleDutch Perhaps a nickname for an attractive person, derived from Middle Dutch schône meaning "beautiful, clean, pure" and wille meaning "to want, to desire".
SchopenhauerGerman Derived from German schöpfen meaning "to scoop, ladle" and hauen meaning "to chop", referring to a maker of wooden and metal scoops and buckets. This name was borne by the German pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), the author of the 1818 book The World as Will and Representation among other works.
ScognamiglioItalian Literally "millet thresher", probably from the Neapolitan verb scugnà ("to thresh") and miglio ("millet"), denoting cereal threshers.
SekiguchiJapanese From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
SekiharaJapanese From 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
SekikawaJapanese From Japanese 関 (seki) meaning "frontier pass" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
SekizawaJapanese 關 translates to "connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning" and 澤 translates to "swamp" so it could be translated as "a connected swamp"
SekretarevmRussian Derived from the Russian word секретарь meaning "secretary."
ShevardnadzeGeorgian Means "son of the falcon", from Georgian შავარდენი (shavardeni) meaning "falcon, hawk". A famous bearer was Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014).
ShimekakeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 七 (shichi) from 楠木七郎 (Kusunoki Shichirō), 五 (go) from 和田五郎 (Wada Gorō), 三 (san) from 三百騎 (sambyakuki) meaning "300 horses" and 掛 (kake), phonetically assigned to write 駆ける (kakeru) meaning "to run"... [more]
ShimokataJapanese Shimo can mean "under, below" and kata can mean "shape" or "single".
ShimokawaJapanese From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
ShimomuraJapanese From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
ShimosawaJapanese Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
ShimotsukiJapanese (Rare, ?) 霜 (Shimo) means "hoar, frost" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, noon". This is the traditional Japanese word for "November". ... [more]
ShimoyamaJapanese From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower portion, end" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
ShiranitaJapanese From 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field".
ShirasakaJapanese From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 坂 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".
ShiromoriJapanese From Japanese 白 (shiro) combined with 森 (mori) meaning forest. Other kanji combinations are possible.
ShironitaJapanese (Rare) From 城 (shiro) meaning "fortress, castle" or 白 (shiro) meaning "white" and 仁 (ni) meaning "compassion, benevolence", that is then combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field"... [more]
SibeliusFinland Swedish Latinization of Swedish Sibbe, the name of an estate in Eastern Uusimaa, Finland. A notable bearer was Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
SobolewskimPolish Originally indicated a person from any of the Polish towns named Sobolew or Sobolewo, which derive from Polish soból "sable, marten".
SonoyamaJapanese From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "garden, park, orchard" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
SonozakiJapanese From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "garden" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula". A notable bearer of this surname is Mie Sonozaki, a Japanese voice-actress who is best known for being the Japanese dubbing voice of Hayley Atwell, Anne Hathaway, Kirsten Dunst, and Elisha Cuthbert.
SoramotoJapanese Sora means "sky, heaven" and "source, root, origin".
SorhapuruBasque (Rare) From the name of a village in south-west France Basque Country, possibly derived from sorho "field, cultivated land" and buru "head, top, summit; leader, chief".
SorimachiJapanese From Japanese 反 (sori) referring to a unit of areal measure (equivalent to about 991.7 metres squared) and 町 (machi) meaning "town, city".
SotoheboJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 外枦保 (Sotohebo), a clipping of 外枦保門 (Sotohebomon) meaning "Sotohebo 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, as well as surrounding areas.
SotomuraJapanese From 外 (soto) meaning "except, other, foreign, outside" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".
SouphanthavongLao From Lao ສຸ (sou) meaning "good, beautiful", ພັນທະ (phantha) meaning "connect, join, tie, obligation" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage family".
SouthammavongLao From Lao ສຸ (sou) meaning "good, beautiful", ທຳມະ (thamma) meaning "dharma, virtue, righteousness" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
SouvannavongLao From Lao ສຸ (sou) meaning "good, beautiful", ວັນນະ (vanna) meaning "color, caste" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
StekelenburgDutch Derived from Middle Dutch stekel meaning "prickle, stickle, spine, spike" and burg meaning "fortress". A famous bearer is the retired Dutch soccer goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (1982-).
SugaharaJapanese From 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 原 (hara) meaning "plain, field".
SuganumaJapanese From Japanese 菅 (suga) meaning "sedge" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
SugarbakerEnglish Occupational name for an owner of a sugar-house, a factory where raw sugar was made or refined, derived from Middle English sugre, suker meaning "sugar" and bakere meaning "baker".
SujatmikoChinese (Indonesian) Indonesianized form of Chinese surnames such as Li 1 (李) or Lin (林). Surnames like these were instituted during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia due to social and political pressure toward Chinese Indonesians.
SumeragiJapanese From Japanese 皇 (sumeragi), script-changed from 皇木 (sumeragi), from 皇 (sumera), a sound-changed clipping of 皇華山 (Kōkasan) meaning "Kōka Mountain", a mountain in the area of Kitahanazawa in the city of Higashiōmi in the prefecture of Shiga in Japan, and 木 (gi), the joining form of 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]
SumikuraJapanese Sumi means "pure" and kura means "storehouse, warehouse".
SumitomoJapanese From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "living" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".
SumiyoshiJapanese From Japanese 住 (sumi) meaning "dwelling, residence, abode" and 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck".
SunagawaJapanese From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
SunaharaJapanese From Japanese 砂 (suna) meaning "sand" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow, plain, field".
SunamotoJapanese Suna means "sand" and moto means "origin, source, root".
SuomalainenFinnish Means "Finn, person from Finland" in Finnish, From Finnish Suomi "Finland" and the suffix -lainen that combined with a place name, forms the noun for the inhabitant of a place.
SuwannaphumThai (Rare) From Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (Suwannaphum), from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (Suvárṇabhūmi) meaning "Suvarnabhumi", referring to various places throughout Southeast Asia as "golden land; land of gold".
SuwannaratThai From Thai สุวรรณ (suwan) meaning "gold" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
SuzumotoJapanese Suzu means "bell, chime" and moto means "base, source, root, origin".
SuzumuraJapanese From Japanese 錫 (suzu) meaning "copper, tin" or 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" combined with 村 (mura) meaning "village, town". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
TachikawaJapanese Tachi means "stand" and kawa means "river, stream".
TachikuraJapanese Tachi means "stand" and kura means "granary, storehouse, warehouse, have, possess".
TaczanowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages in Gmina Pleszew: Taczanów Pierwszy or Taczanów Drugi.
TadokoroJapanese Tadokoro literally means "farmland, country". It is spelled with 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and 所 (dokoro) meaning "place, institute, plant, station".
TagashiraJapanese From 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" combined with 頭 (hashira) meaning "head, brain".
TaghizadehPersian From the given name Taghi combibned with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
TagliamonteItalian Tagliamonte means "mountain cutter". From the Italian tagliate (to cut) and monte (mountain).
TakakuraJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".
TakakuwaJapanese From the Japanese 高 (taka) "high," "tall," "expensive" and 桑 (kuwa) "mulberry tree."
TakamachiJapanese A surname of Japanese origin. It means "high town". Notable bearers are Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Shiro and Miyuki Takamachi from Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever.
TakamaruJapanese This surname is used as 高丸 with 高 (kou, taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru) meaning "expensive, high, tall" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]
TakamatsuJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
TakamineJapanese Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".
TakamiyaJapanese From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".