Submitted Surnames with 5 Syllables

Abdollahzadeh Persian
Means "born of Abdollah" in Persian.

Abdolrezaei Persian
From the given name Abdolreza.

Abrahamowicz Polish
Variant of Abramowicz.

Abramovici Romanian, Moldovan
Romanian equivalent of Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian surname Abramovich, meaning son of Abraham

Abulafia Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic أبو العافية‎‎ (abū l-ʿāfiya) meaning "father of health" from أبو (abū) meaning "father" and عافية (ʿāfiya) meaning "health, well-being".

Aburagai Japanese
A variant of Aburatani.

Aburagaya Japanese
A variant of Aburatani.

Aburatani Japanese
Abura means "oil" and tani means "valley".

Adachibara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Adachihara Japanese
A means "leg, limb, step", dachi is a form of tachi meaning "stand", and hara means "plain". ... [more]

Adachiwara Japanese
Variant of Adachihara.

Adipietro Italian
From Italian adì Pietro meaning "to tell Peter" or "to appear before Peter", derived from adire "to go to, to tell, to appear before" and the given name Pietro, referring to an informant of or someone presenting cases before Saint Peter

Afrasiabi Persian
From the given name Afrasiab.

Agostinelli Italian
From the given name Agostino.

Ahishakiye Rwandan
AHISHAKIYE is a both male (most) and female name which means "Whenever God want" and is originally from Rwanda. It is a familiar name in the East African countries speaking Kinyarwanda and Kirundi such as Rwanda, Uganda, RDC, Burundi and Tanzania... [more]

Ahmadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Ahmad" in Persian. This surname is borne by former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-).

Aikuzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1 or Akuzawa 2).

Akamatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 赤真下 (see Akamakka).

Akatsutsumi Popular Culture
Combination of 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 堤 (tsutsumi) meaning "bank, embankment, dike," used on the character Momoko Akatsutsumi (赤堤 ももこ) in the anime 'Powerpuff Girls Z', the anime adaptation of the Cartoon Network series 'The Powerpuff Girls' (the character in question being equivalent to Blossom in the original cartoon).... [more]

Akhmetgaleyev m Tatar (Russified)

Akutagawa Japanese
Akuta (芥) means "mustard", kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Notable bearers of this surname are Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介), a Japanese writer and Ryuunosuke Akutagawa from Bungou Stray dogs who shares the same name.

Akutakawa Japanese

Alejandrino Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Alejandrino.

Aleksandrenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Oleksandrenko.

Aleksandrowicz Polish, Jewish
Means "son of Aleksander".

Alekseychikov m Russian (Rare)
Derived from a diminutive of Aleksey.

Alexandreina Romanian (Rare)

Alieksiajevič Belarusian
Means "son of Aliaksiej".

Al Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المهندي (see al-Mohannadi).

al-Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Originally indicated a person from the Al Muhannadi (أل مهند) or Al-Mahanda (المهاندة) tribe based primarily in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially in Qatar. The tribe itself is derived from the given name Muhannad.

Almukhametov m Bashkir

al-Muzaffari Arabic
From the given name Muzaffar.

Amanomiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨ノ宮 or 雨之宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amatayagul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakun Thai (Rare)
Means "government officer clan", from Thai อมาตย (amataya-) meaning "government official; public officer; bureaucrat" and กุล (kun), a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Ambrosishvili Georgian
Means "son of Ambrosi".

Amechazurra Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Ametxazurra.

Amenomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨宮 (Amenomiya) meaning "Amenomiya", a former area in the district of Hanishina in the former Japanese province of Shinano in parts of present-day Nagano in Japan or an area in the same location in the city of Chikuma in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.... [more]

Amigasaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 編笠屋 (Amigasaya) meaning "Amigasa Store", from 編笠 (amigasa) meaning "braided hats", referring to a store that sells braided hats.

Amunátegui Basque (Hispanicized, Rare)
Castilianized form of Amunategi.

Andriashvili Georgian
Means "son of Andria".

Andriuškevičius m Lithuanian

Angelopoulos Greek
From the personal name Angelos or a shortened form of the personal name Evangelos + the patronymic ending -poulos.

Antetokounmpo Western African, Yoruba (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Adetokunbo. This name is borne by the Greek-Nigerian basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994-), as well as his brothers Thanasis (1992-), Kostas (1997-) and Alex Antetokounmpo (2001-), also noted basketball players.

Antoniadis Greek
Means "son of Antonios".

Anufriyenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Onufriyenko.

Aparicio Spanish
Derived from the Latin word “aparitio” meaning “appearance” or “arrival”. It may also be a habitational name, indicating a person who lived near or at a place with the same name.

Apostolidis Greek
Means "son of Apostolos".

Arechederra Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Aretxederra.

Arisugawa Japanese
Notable bearers are members of the Arisugawa clan, such as Princess Arisugawa no Miya Oriko and her father Prince Arisugawa no Miya Orihito.

Arisukawa Japanese

Asaidori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅井取 (asaidori), assigned letters to Iwami dialect アサイドリ (asaidori) meaning "elaeagnus".

Ashitanihara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 芦谷原 (Ashitanihara), a variant reading of 芦谷原 (Ashitaniharu) meaning "Ashitaniharu", a division in the division of Shukukubota in the area of Makizono in the city of Kirishima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or it being a name of a group of several households in the same location, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Assaratanakul Thai
From Thai อัสสะ (atsa) meaning "horse", รัตนะ (ratana) meaning "precious gem; precious jewel", and กุล, a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Atakishiyev m Azerbaijani (Russified)
Russified form of Atakişiyev.

Atanasoska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Atanasoski.

Atanasoski m Macedonian
Means "son of Atanas".

Atanasovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Atanasovski.

Atanasovski Macedonian
Means "son of Atanas".

Avellaneda Spanish
It literally means "hazelnut grove", denoting someone who either lived near one or worked in one.

Avramopoulos Greek
Means "son of Avram".

Ayanokoji Japanese
A variant transcription of Ayanokouji meaning "design small road".

Ayanokouji Japanese
綾 (Aya) means "design", no is a possessive particle, 小 (kou) means "small, little", and 路 (ji) means "road."

Azukigawa Japanese
Variant of Azukikawa.

Azukikawa Japanese

Azusagawa Japanese (Rare)
Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.

Azusakawa Japanese

Baddhanabanij Thai (Sanskritized)
Sanskritized transcription of Phatthanaphanit.

Bagongahasa Filipino
From Tagalog bagong hasa meaning "something newly sharpened".

Bagrationi Georgian
Means "son of Bagrat" in Georgian. This was the name of a royal dynasty that ruled Georgia from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

Barbagelata Italian
Named after the hamlet of Barbagelata, located in the commune of Lorsica, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. The name possibly means "cold beard", as it derives from "barba" (beard) and "gelata" (female form of cold).

Bartholomäus German
From the given name Bartholomäus.

Bogoyavlensky Russian
Derived from Russian богоявление (bogoyavleniye) meaning "epiphany, theophany".

Božidarević Croatian
Means "son of Božidar".

Br Sinaga f Batak
Feminine form of Sinaga. The Br (short form of boru, pronounced BOH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese.

Br Siregar f Batak
Feminine form of Siregar. The Br (short form of boru, pronounced BOH-roo or BUH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese.

Br Tarigan f Batak
Feminine form of Tarigan. The Br (short form of beru, pronounced BOH-roo or BUH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese, specifically in the Karo tribe.

Brzeczyszczykiewicz Polish

Brzobohatý Czech
Means "soon to be rich" in Czech.

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

Calahatian Tagalog
From Tagalog kalahatian meaning "halfway, midway".

Camoranesi Italian
Originally indicated a person from Camerano, a small town near the city of Ancona in central Italy. A famous bearer of this name is the Argentine-born Italian former soccer player Mauro Camoranesi (1976-).

Capangyarihan Tagalog
From Tagalog kapangyarihan meaning "power, authority, command".

Casabuena Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Means "Happy House" or "House of Happiness" in Spanish, with the Spanish word "Casa", which means "House" and Buena, meaning "Happy" or "Happiness".

Chaiariyakul Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ชัยอริยะกุล (see Chaiariyakun).

Chaiariyakun Thai
From Thai ชัย (chai) meaning "victory", อริยะ (ariya) meaning "excellent, honorable, noble" and กุล (kun) meaning "lineage, clan".

Chervenelekov Bulgarian
Means "son of Chervenelek".

Chikaraishi Japanese

Daniilidis Greek
Means "Son of Daniil".

Datinguinoo Tagalog
From Tagalog dating ginoo meaning "former nobility".

Dela Calzada Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of De La Calzada.

Della Francesca Italian
Means "son of Francesca". A famous bearer was Piero della Francesca (1415-1492), an Italian fresco painter.

De Los Ángeles Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Spanish (Philippines, Archaic)
Means "of the Angels" in Spanish.

Delos Angeles Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented form of De Los Ángeles.

Derevyanchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Derevyanko.

Derkaloussian Armenian (Western)

Diamantopoulos Greek
Means "son of Diamanto".

Di Benedetto Italian
From the given name Benedetto.

Dimalaluan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "insurpassable" from Tagalog di meaning "no, not" and laluan meaning "surpass, exceed".

Dimitriadis Greek
Means "son of Dimitris".

Dimitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Dimitrios".

Divinagracia Spanish (Philippines)
Means "Divine Grace" in Spanish.

Dominiković Croatian
Means "son of Dominik" in Croatian.

Do Nascimento Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Nascimento. This surname was borne by several Brazilian soccer players, including Pelé (1940-2022), Ramires (1987-) and Thiago Alcântara (1991-).

Dumalarathe Rukai

Ebrahimzadeh Persian
From the given name Ebrahim combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Echezarreta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Etxezarreta.

Eleftheriou Greek
Means "son of Eleftherios".

Errenteria Basque
Non-Castilianized form of the toponymic surname Rentería. Means "customs house, exchange" in Basque, itself in turn from Spanish rentaría.

Estanislao Spanish
From the given name Estanislao.

Fujinomiya Japanese
Fuji means "wisteria", no means "therefore, of", and miya means "shrine".

Fukuizumi Japanese
From the Japanese 福 (fuku) "fortune" and 泉 (izumi) "spring," "fountain."

Furuyashiki Japanese
Meaning "Old Grand House", with the Kanji Characters 古屋敷.

Gabrielescu Romanian
Means "son of Gabriel".

Galiakbarov m Bashkir (Russified)

Galifianakis Greek
Patronymic derived from Galifa, a small village near the former municipality of Episkopi in the regional unit of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece. The place name itself is possibly derived from Greek γαλίφης (galífis) meaning "flatterer", a cognate of Italian gaglioffo... [more]

Galijašević Bosnian
Means "galley worker" or "man from Gaul".... [more]

Garchitorena Spanish (Philippines)
From the Basque surname Gartxitorena meaning "the house of Garchot."

Gattonchieri Italian

Gerasimenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Herasymenko.

Gianniotis Greek
Variation of Giannopoulos

Giouroukakis Greek

Goikoetxea Basque
Means "upper house" in Basque.

Goycoechea Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Goikoetxea.

Grigoriadis Greek
Means "son of Grigorios".

Guadalajara Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational name from the province of Guadalajara in Castile, derived from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra) meaning "valley of stones" or "river of stones".

Hachadorian Armenian

Harasimowicz Polish
Derived from the given name Harasim.

Hatakeyama Japanese
From Japanese 畠 (hatake) meaning "field" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Hayashibara Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Hayashizaki Japanese
From Japanese 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest" and 﨑 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Herasymenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Herasym.

Hermenegildo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Hermenegildo.

Hermosisima Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish hermosísima meaning "most beautiful".

Higashimoto Japanese
Higashi means "east" and moto means "base, source, origin, root".

Higashiosaka Japanese
Higashi means "east", o means "great, large", and saka means "hill, slope".

Higashiuchi Japanese
Higashi means "east" and uchi means "inside".

Higashiyama Japanese
Higashi means "east" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Hirabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 平 (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Hiraizumi Japanese
Hira means "peace, even, level" and izumi means "spring, fountain".

Hirowatari Japanese
Hiro means "wide, broad, spacious" and watari means "ferry, cross, import, deliver".

Hokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Hoki means "cave, grotto, den", no means "of, therefore", and ue means "upper, top, above". ... [more]

Holoborodko Ukrainian

Iadarola Italian

Iakovidis Greek
Means "son of Iakovos".

Iannitello Italian
Could mean “Land of Gracious God”, from Ianni, stemming from Ioannes meaning “Yahweh is Gracious” and Tello, meaning “Land”.

Ichibagase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibakase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番ヶ瀬 or 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibangase Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 一番ヶ瀬 (Ichibangase), a clipping of 一番ヶ瀬上 (Ichibangasekami) or 一番ヶ瀬下 (Ichibangaseshimo), both divisions in the division of Haramaki in the area of Sefuri in the city of Kanzaki in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.... [more]

Ichibangassen Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichibankase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichimakase Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 一番合戦 (see Ichibangase).

Ichinomiya Japanese
This surname is used as 一宮, 一の宮, 一ノ宮, 一之宮 or 市之宮 with 一 (ichi, itsu, hito, hito.tsu) meaning "one," 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" or 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess."... [more]

Ichinoshime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 一住連 (Ichinoshime), from 一住連門 (Ichinoshimemon) 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.

Ikarigawa Japanese
Variant of Ikarikawa.

Iliopoulos Greek
Means "son of Ilias".

Illustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Ilustrisimo. This spelling variation possibly came about from the influence of American surnames during the American occupation of the Philippines... [more]

Ilustrisimo Spanish (Philippines)
Derived from Spanish ilustrísimo meaning "most illustrious".

Imagirei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imaizumi Japanese
From Japanese 今 (ima) meaning "now, present" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Imakyuhrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).

Imakyūrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Imakyurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).

Imakyuurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakyūrei).

Imaruoka Japanese
I means "that one, Italy", maru means "round, circle", and oka means "hill, ridge".

Iparraguirre Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Iparragirre.

Irarrazabal Basque
Possibly derived from Basque ira "fern" or ilharre "heather" and zabal "wide, broad; open".

Irarrázaval Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Irarrazabal.

Iriomote Okinawan (Rare), Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西表 (Iriomote) meaning "Iriomote", an island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan.

Ishiodori Japanese

Ishiwatari Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and watari means "ferry".

İskenderoğlu Turkish
Means "son of İskender".

Ivanishvili Georgian
Means "son of Ivane".

Iwaizumi Japanese (Rare)
Iwa (岩) means "rock, boulder", izumi (泉) means "spring, water source", it is also a town in Iwate prefecture. Hajime Iwaizumi (岩泉 一) from Haikyuu!! manga and anime is a notable bearer of this surname.

Iwashimizu Japanese
From 岩 (iwa) meaning "rock, cliff", 清 (shi) meaning "pure, purify, exorcise, clean", and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Izumigawa Japanese
Variant of Izumikawa.

Izumikawa Japanese
Izumi means "fountain" and means "river".

Jahangirzadeh Persian
Means "born of Jahangir".

Jiranorraphat Thai
From Thai จิระ (chira) meaning "long time, long space", นร (nora) meaning "man", and ภัทร (phatthra) meaning "good, prosperous".

Joséantonio Spanish
From the given name José Antonio.

Kadenokohji Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 勘解由小路 (see Kadenokōji).

Kadenokōji Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 勘解由小路 (Kadenokōji) meaning "Kadeno Alley" or its other name 勘解由小路 (Kageyukōji) meaning "Kageyu Alley", a former alley in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]

Kadenokoji Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 勘解由小路 (see Kadenokōji).

Kadenokouji Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 勘解由小路 (see Kadenokōji).

Kalashnikova f Russian
Feminine form of Kalashnikov.

Kaligayahan Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)
Means "happiness" in Tagalog.

Kamalanchali Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamalaphirom Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamalaswin Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kamukakmun Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakakhukun Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakanchali Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakapinda Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanakapradisth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanatiqueli Cherokee
This surname is derived from the Old French surname Cantrell, meaning "small bell" or "treble".

Kanatiquelli Cherokee
This surname is derived from the Old French surname Cantrell, meaning "small bell" or "treble". The first known bearer is a part-Cherokee author.

Kanedakara Japanese
Combination Kanji Character "金" meaning "Gold", with "宝" meaning "Treasure".

Kanisthachinda Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthanakha Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthapayakhr Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasangkat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasawatd Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kanisthasunthon Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapangyarihan Tagalog
Variant of Capangyarihan.

Kapilakanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Kapincharanonth Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Karakatsanis Greek
Variant of Sarakatsanis.

Kashiwabara Japanese
Variant of Kashiwahara.

Kashiwabara Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Kashiwaeda Japanese
柏 (Kashiwa) means "Japanese emperor oak" and 枝 (eda) means "bough, twig, branch".

Kashiwahara Japanese
Kashiwa means "oak" and hara means "field, plain".

Kashiwazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柏 (kashiwa) meaning "oak" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Kawahigashi Japanese
From 河 or 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 東 (higashi) meaning "east".

Kawarazaki Japanese
Variant of Kawarasaki.

Kazamatsuri Japanese
From Japanese 風祭 (Kazamatsuri) meaning "Kazamatsuri", an area in the city of Odawara in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.

Kiribayashi Japanese
From 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "woods, grove".

Kitabatake Japanese
From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 畠 (batakat) meaning "field".

Kitabayashi Japanese
From the Japanese 北 (kita) "North" and 林 (bayashi or hayashi) "forest," "woods."

Kitabayashi Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kitumaini Central African, Swahili
Means "little hope" in Swahili, a diminutive of tumaini meaning simply "hope". It is mostly found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kobashigawa Japanese
Variant of Kobashikawa.

Kogălniceanu Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Koigakubo Japanese
Koi means "love", ga is a language particle, ku means "long time ago, lasting" and bo means "guarantee, protect".

Koitabashi Japanese

Kojadinović Serbian
Derived from the forename Kojadin.

Kolesnikova f Russian
Feminine form of Kolesnikov.

Kolokotronis Greek
Notable bearer of this name is ... [more]

Komatsubara Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Komatsusaki Japanese

Komissarova Russian
Exact origin is unknown but is likely to mean something along the lines of "commissioner" from its Russian translation. The masculine version is "Komissarov" and is used for males. Komissarov

Kornkosiakat Thai
It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.

Korobeynikov m Russian
Means "son of a peddler" from коробейник (korobeynik) meaning "peddler"

Koroibanuve Fijian

Kozamurai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小侍 (Kozamurai) meaning "Kozamurai", a division in the area of Kitataku in the city of Taku in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.

Kulrattanarak Thai

Kumanomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that is/was somewhere in Ōita in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]

Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that was somewhere in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama and Mie in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]

Kumanomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumanomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Kumigashira Japanese
From 組 (kumi) meaning "group, set," and 頭 (kashira) meaning "head".

Kurabayashi Japanese
Variant of Kurahayashi.

Kurahayashi Japanese
Kura means "storehouse" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Kurebayashi Japanese
From 紅 (kure) meaning "crimson, vivid red" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest, woods, grove".

Kuribayashi Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Kurihayashi Japanese

Kuroyanagi Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".

Kusayanagi Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusayanagi) meaning "grass" or 日 (kusayanagi) meaning "sun, day". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kvedaravičius m Lithuanian
Means "son of Kvedaras". Mantas Kvedaravičius was a Lithuanian journalist who was killed by the Russian forces in Mariupol.

Laosubinprasoet Thai
From Thai เล้า (lao) meaning "pen; coop", สุบิน (subin) meaning "dream", ประเสริฐ (prasoet) meaning "best; worthy".

Largaespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Combination of Spanish larga, the feminine form of the adjective largo meaning "long," and espada meaning "sword." It is mostly used in Nicaragua.

Limpatiyakorn Thai

Luevisadpaibul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).

Luevisesbaipul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).

Luewisetphaibun Thai (Rare)
From Thai ลือ (lue) meaning "to speak widely of", วิเศษ (wiset) meaning "excellent; splendid; amazing; superb; magnificent", and ไพบูลย์ (phaibun) meaning "prosperity; abundance".

Mababangloob Tagalog
From Tagalog mababang-loob meaning "humble".

Mac An Airchinnigh Irish
It literally means "son of the hereditary steward of church lands".

Macgillefhinnein Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Finnán’s servant’s son".

Macgilleuidhir Scottish Gaelic
It literally mean’s "sallow lad’s son".

Macmuircheartaich Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Muircheartach’s son".

Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Magparangalan Tagalog
Means "to show off with pride, to honour one another" in Tagalog.

Mahitsaraphakdi Dambro, Thai

Mahmoudinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mahmoud" in Persian.

Managniello Italian
The name likely comes from the Italian word mangano, meaning "mangle" or "machine for pressing," referring to tools used in fabric and textile production, which were common in medieval Italy. The suffix "-ello" is a diminutive, which could imply that the name originally referred to a person who worked with or operated one of these machines, such as a cloth presser or laundry worker... [more]

Mandrapilias Greek
This surname is found in Sparta, Greece.... [more]

Mangudadatu Filipino, Maguindanao
From Maguindanao manguda meaning "young" and the Philippine title datu meaning "chief, leader".

Masopustová f Czech
Feminine form of Masopust.

Matsudaira Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, peace, calm".

Mavrokordatos Greek
Means "black Kodratos".

Mavromichalis Greek
Means "black Michalis (Michael)" in Greek. In Mani, it is said to derive from an orphan named Μιχάλης (Michalis). Because of the dark clothing worn during times of mourning, orphans were often called μαύρος (mavros) meaning "black".

Maximiliano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Maximiliano

Mendinueta Basque
From the name of a village in Itzagaondoa, Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque mendino "small mountain" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".

Merabishvili Georgian
Means "son of Merab 2".

Michalopoulos Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikhaylichenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Mykhaylychenko.

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minatosaki Japanese
Variant reading of Minatozaki.

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "harbor, port, assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".

Ming-rujiralai Thai
From Thai มิ่ง (ming) meaning "something that is auspicious", รุจิรา (ruchira) of unknown meaning, and ลัย (lai) of unknown meaning.

Miroshnichenko Ukrainian
Means "son of the miller" in Ukrainian, from Ukrainian мірошник (miroshnyk) meaning "miller". A famous bearer of the name is Ukrainian chess grandmaster Evgenij Miroshnichenko (1978-).

Miyadokoro Japanese (Rare)
From 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine" and 所 (tokoro) meaning "spot, place, location".

Miyagishima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Mizunokoji Popular Culture

Mnatsakanyan Armenian
Means "son of Mnatsakan".

Mohammadzadeh Persian
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Molinarolo Italian
Probably from a person's occupation, with molino/mulino meaning "mill" in Italian. The second part may come from rullo, meaning "a roller" or "I roll."

Montehermoso Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone from the municipality of Montehermoso in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

Morikita Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]

Motokariya Japanese

Murabayashi Japanese
Variant of Murahayashi.

Murahayashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Mushanokoji Japanese
Variant transcription of Mushanokouji.

Mushanokouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".

Nakahayashi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Nakanotani Japanese (Rare)
Naka means "middle", no is a possessive particle, and tani means "valley".