Browse Submitted Surnames

Rajib Bengali
From the given name Rajib.

Rajneesh Indian, Hindi
From the given name Rajnish. Can also be taken directly from the title रजनीश (rajanish) meaning "lord of the night".

Rajneesh Indian

Rajput Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, Punjabi, Pakistani, Urdu
From Sanskrit राजपुत्र (rajaputra) meaning "prince" (literally "son of the king"), derived from राज (raja) meaning "king" combined with पुत्र (putra) meaning "child, son".

Raju Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil
Variant of Raj chiefly used in Southern India.

Rajul Indian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia
Variant of Raju.

Rally Indian

Ram Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil
Derived from the given name Ram 1.

Ramachandran Tamil, Malayalam
From the given name Ramachandra, a combination of Rama 1 and Chandra.

Ramadan Arabic, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Ramadan.

Ramadani Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Variant of Ramadan.

Ramadhan Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Persian, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Ramadan.

Ramakrishnan Indian, Tamil
From the given name Ramakrishna. A notable bearer is Tamil-American structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952-).

Ramamurthy Indian, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit राम (rāma) meaning "pleasing, pleasant, charming" or "dark, black" (see Rama 1) combined with मूर्ति (mūrti) meaning "idol, icon".

Raman Arabic (Japanized)
Japanese form of Rahman.

Ramanathan Indian, Tamil

Ramani Indian, Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil

Ramar Indian
From given name Ramar

Ramasamy Indian, Tamil
Variant of Ramaswamy.

Ramasamy Tamil
From the name of the Hindu god Rama 1 combined with Tamil சாமி (sami) meaning "chief, master, lord" (ultimately from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svamin)).

Ramaswami Tamil
Alternate transcription of Tamil ராமசாமி (see Ramasamy).

Ramaswamy Indian, Tamil

Ramaswamy Tamil
Alternate transcription of Tamil ராமசாமி (see Ramasamy).

Ramazan Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Variant of Ramadan.

Ramdan Persian, Urdu
Variant of Ramazani.

Ramdani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ramadan.

Ramden Arabic (Egyptian)

Ramesh Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Nepali
From the given name Ramesh.

Ramnarine Indian, Trinidadian Creole
From Sanskrit राम (rāma) meaning "pleasing, pleasant" combined with a form of the given name Narayana.

Rampersad Indian, Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian Creole
From Sanskrit राम (rāma) meaning "pleasing, pleasant, charming" combined with प्रसाद (prasāda) meaning "clearness, brightness, purity". It is primarily used by the Indian community in Trinidad and Tobago as well as Mauritius.

Rampersaud Indian, South American
Indo-Guyanese variant of Rampersad.

Ramsamy Indian (Gallicized), French (African)
Contracted form of Ramasamy, found on the island of Mauritius.

Ramsingh Indian (?)

Ramsinghani Sindhi

Ramzan Urdu
From the given name Ramzan.

Ramzi Arabic
From the given name Ramzi.

Ramzy Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Ramzi.

Rana Indian, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Nepali, Urdu
From the Sanskrit title राणा (rana) meaning "king".

Ranaut Indian

Randale Indian

Randhawa Pakistani, Indian, Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a Sikh and Jat tribe in Punjab.

Rangoon Indian

Ranj Indian
From the given name 'Ranj'

Ranjit Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
From the given name Ranjit.

Ranvada Indian

Raouf Arabic
From the given name Raouf.

Rasel Bengali
From the given name Rasul.

Rashad Arabic, Dhivehi
From the given name Rashad.

Rashed Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Rashid.

Rasheed Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Rashid.

Rashid Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Rashid.

Rashidi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Rashid.

Raslan Arabic (Egyptian)

Rasool Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Rasul.

Rassam Arabic
Means "artist, painter" in Arabic.

Rastogi Indian, Hindi
Possibly derived from Rohtas, the name of a district in Bihar, India, itself from the name of a Hindu deity.

Rasul Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Persian
From the given name Rasul.

Rathav Indian

Rathod Indian, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, Kannada, Telugu
Meaning uncertain.

Rathor Indian, Hindi, Urdu
Variant of Rathore.

Rathore Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Variant of Rathod.

Ratnasamy Tamil

Rau Indian
Variant of Rao 1.

Rauf Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Rauf.

Raut Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Odia, Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit राजपुत्र (rajaputra) meaning "prince".

Raval Gujarati
"Bramhin King"

Raval Indian, Gujarati
From Gujarati રાવ (rava) meaning "king", ultimately from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan).

Ravi Indian
From the given name Ravi

Ravishankar Indian (Rare)

Ray Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia
Variant of Raj.

Rayan Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Rayyan.

Rayyan Arabic
Derived from the given name Rayyan.

Raza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ridha.

Razaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Razzaq.

Razi Pakistani

Razz Pakistani

Razzak Bengali
From the given name Razzaq.

Razzaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Razzaq.

Reda Arabic
From the given name Ridha.

Reddi Telugu
Alternate transcription of Telugu రెడ్డి (see Reddy).

Reddy Telugu
Means "village headman" in Telugu.

Reeko Indian

Regragui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning; predominantly found in Morocco.

Rehman Urdu
From the given name Rehman.

Reida Arabic (Maghrebi)

Reko Arabic (Egyptian)

Remtulla Indian, Arabic
Unknown meaning.

Reza Persian, Bengali
From the given name Reza.

Rezgui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِزْق (rizq) meaning "livelihood, subsistence, daily bread" (chiefly Tunisian).

Rezwan Bengali
From the given name Rezwan.

Rhoni Arabic (Maghrebi)

Riad Arabic
From the given name Riad.

Riahi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِيَاح (riyāḥ) meaning "winds, breezes", the plural of رِيح (rīḥ) meaning "wind".

Riaz Arabic
From the given name Riad.

Rifai Arabic
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Rifat Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Rifat.

Rili Arabic (Maghrebi)

Ritachani Indian

Ritachi Indian

Riyad Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Riad.

Riza Arabic
From the given name Ridha.

Rizvi Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Ridha.

Rizwan Urdu, Arabic
From the given name Ridwan.

Romany Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian cognate of Romani.

Romia Arabic (Egyptian)

Roshan Persian, Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati
From the given name Roshan.

Roshdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.

Rotti Indian

Rouf Bengali
From the given name Rauf.

Roy Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Bengali and Assamese form of Raj.

Roychoudhury Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali রায়চৌধুরী (see Roychowdhury).

Roychowdhury Bengali
Combination of Roy and Chowdhury.

Royel Bengali

Rozario Indian (Christian), Bengali
Form of Rosário used by Christians in India and Bangladesh.

Rushdi Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.

Rushdie Kashmiri (Rare)
Derived from Arabic رَشَدَ (rašada) meaning "to go the right way, to follow the right course" or "to be well guided" (related to the given names Rashad and Rashid)... [more]

Rushdy Arabic
From the given name Rushdi.

Ruzin Arabic, Jewish

Saabira Pakistani

Saadaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Sa'd" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

Saadiq Pakistani
Rare variant of Sadiq.

Saadoon Arabic

Saadoune Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "help", "luck" and "support".

Saba Arabic
From the given name Saba or Sabah.

Sabagh Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صباغ (see Sabbagh).

Sabah Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Turkish
From the given name Sabah.

Sabbagh Arabic
Means "dyer" in Arabic.

Sabe Manding, Indian

Saber Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Sabir Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Sabir.

Sabit Arabic
Derived from the given name Thabit.

Sable Indian

Sabnis Hindi

Sabri Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Sabry Arabic
Derived from the given name Sabri.

Sachan Indian, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit सचान (sácāna) meaning "kind, friendly".

Sachdev Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi
From Sanskrit सत्य (satya) meaning "true, virtuous, good" and देव (devá) meaning "deity, god".

Sachdeva Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Variant transcription of Sachdev.

Sad Arabic (Egyptian)

Sadah Arabic

Sadangi Indian
Sadhangi :- Who knows the six Angas(parts)... [more]

Saddam Arabic
Derived from the given name Saddam.

Sadek Arabic
From the given name Sadiq.

Sadeq Arabic
Gulf Arabic

Sadeq Arabic
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadi Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'di.

Sadik Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sadiq.

Sadiq Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sadiq.

Sadni Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sadozai Pashto, Balochi
Means "son of Sado" in Pashto. The Sadozai are a Pashtun sub-tribe of the Popalzai mainly inhabiting Pakistan as well as a Baloch tribe living by the Gulf of Oman in Iran... [more]

Sadpara Urdu
Originally denoted a person from Sadpara (also Satpara) which is the name of a village and lake near Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan. The place name Sadpara means "seven gates".

Sady Bengali

Saed Arabic, Somali, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Bengali, Punjabi, Dhivehi
From the given name Sa'id.

Saeed Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Said.

Saeedi Persian, Urdu
From the given name Saeed.

Safa Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu
From the given names Safaa or Safaa'.

Safdar Urdu
Derived from the given name Safdar.

Safeena Indian (Rare)

Safi Arabic
From the given name Safi.

Safi Pashto, Afghan, Pakistani
Meaning unknown. This is the name of branch of the Ghurghakhti Pashtun tribe in regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Safwan Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwan.

Safwat Arabic
Derived from the given name Safwat.

Sagar Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu
From the given name Sagar.

Sagat Marathi

Sagrika Gujarati
Sagarika patel

Sah Indian, Hindi
Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu).

Saha Indian, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Saham Indian

Sahar Arabic
From the given name Sahar

Sahara Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Sahra.

Saharaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic صحراوي (Ṣaḥrāwī) meaning "inhabitant of the desert" (from صحراء (Ṣaḥrā') "desert"), referring to the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara (see Sahraoui)... [more]

Sahib Arabic
It means "Owner." A notable bearer is the actor Alejandro Sahib.

Sahni Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Possibly from Sahni, the name of a village in Punjab.

Sahoo Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Sahu.

Sahota Indian, Punjabi
Derived from Punjabi ਸਹਿਆ (sahia) meaning "hare".

Sahota Indian (Sikh)
A sikh surname meaning ‘hare’, derived from the name of a Jat clan.

Sahra Arabic, Persian, Somali, Turkish (Rare)
Derived from Arabic meaning "desert".

Sahraoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "of the desert" or "of the Sahara" from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ) meaning "desert".

Sahu Indian, Odia, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit साधु (sadhu) meaning "merchant, money-lender, banker".

Said Arabic, Somali, Urdu
From the given name Sa'id.

Saïdi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Sa'id.

Saidi Arabic
From the given name Sa'id.

Saïed Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Sa'id, influenced by French orthography and chiefly used in Tunisia.

Saied Arabic
Derived from the given name Sa'id.

Saif Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Saif.

Saifi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Saifullah Arabic
From the given name Saifullah.

Saikia Indian, Assamese
From a military title used during the Ahom Kingdom that indicated an official who commanded 100 soldiers. The title itself is derived from Assamese শ (xo) meaning "hundred".

Saikrishna Indian

Sailo Mizo
Sailo means ‘Silo’ in Mizo.

Saini Indian
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name derived from the name of an Arora clan.

Sajid Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sajid.

Sajjad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sajjad.

Sakar Bengali
The surname Sakar is a variant of the more common surname, Sarkar, commonly found in India, particularly in West Bengal and Bangladesh which originates from the Persian word "sarkār," which translates to "chief, superintendent, or lord".

Saket Arabic (Maghrebi)
An Algerian title meaning "silent" or "quiet", and it is among the titles granted to the Algerians by the French occupation in 1882.

Sakib Bengali
From the given name Shakib.

Saksena Indian, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सक्सेना (see Saxena).

Salahuddin Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Salah al-Din.

Salam Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Salam.

Salama Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salamah Arabic
Derived from the given name Salama.

Salameh Arabic
Derived from Arabic سلامة (salama) meaning "safety, good health" or سلام (salam) meaning "peace".

Salauddin Bengali
From the given name Salauddin.

Saleem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Salim.

Salhi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Salih.

Salia Arabic

Salib Arabic (Egyptian), Coptic
Egyptian Christian derived from Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) meaning "cross, crucifix".

Saliba Arabic, Maltese
Means "crucifix, cross" in Arabic, a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Christianity... [more]

Salih Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Salih.

Salimi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Salim.

Sallam Arabic
Derived from the given name Salam.

Salma Indian

Salman Arabic, Urdu, Turkish
From the given name Salman.

Salmanual m Arabic
It is also called Protected or Peaceful. which is another form of the Arabic name 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯

Salsa Arabic

Sama Indian

Samad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Samad.

Samadi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Samad.

Samadzai Pashto
Means "son of Samad" in Pashto.

Samaha Arabic
Derived from Arabic سَمْح (samḥ) meaning "magnanimous, generous".

Samaiah Indian

Samanta Indian

Sameer Arabic, Dhivehi, Urdu
From the given name Samir 1.

Sameh Arabic
Derived from the given name Samih.

Samer Arabic
From the given name Samer.

Sami Arabic
Derived from the given name Sami 2.

Samih Arabic
From the given name Samih.

Samir Arabic
From the given name Samir 1.

Samiri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Samir 1. It also means "samaritan" in Arabic.

Samrajyam Indian
It means "a kingdom".

Samreen Arabic, Indian, Urdu
From the given name Samrin.

Samy Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Sami 2.

Sanagala Indian, Telugu

Sandeep Malayalam

Sandeep Malayalam

Sandhu Indian, Punjabi
From Sindhu, the Sanskrit name for the Indus River.

Sangliana Mizo
Sangliana has an unknown meaning.

Sangma Garo
The clan name of a folklore writer from Northeast India.

Sani Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Sani 1.

Sanjay Hindi

Sankaranarayanan Hindi

Santra Indian

Sanyal Bengali
Habitational name from the village of Senlal (or Sen Lal) in present-day Bangladesh.

Saoud Arabic
From the given name Saoud.

Sapru Kashmiri (Modern)
Sapru people were a nomadic clan originally from Iran that moved across Asia and settled in Kashmir.

Saqib Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Saqib.

Sarai Indian, Punjabi

Sarakar Indian, Odia
Odia variant of Sarkar.

Sarangapani Hindi
From the sanskrit words Sarangan "bow of Vishnu" and pani "hand".

Sardar Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu
From a title meaning "chief, leader", derived from Persian سر (sar) meaning "head, authority" and the suffix دار (dar) meaning "possessor".

Sarder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali সরদার (see Sardar).

Sareen Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Alternate transcription of Hindi सरीन or Punjabi Gurmukhi ਸਰੀਨ (see Sarin).

Sarfraz Urdu
Derived from the given name Sarfraz.

Sarii Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sarin Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Meaning uncertain.

Sarkar Indian, Bengali, Assamese
From the Persian title سرکار (sarkar) meaning "lord, supervisor, overseer".

Sarker Bengali
Alternate transcription of Sarkar.

Sarkis Arabic, Armenian (Expatriate)
From the given name Sarkis.

Sarma Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Alternate transcription of Assamese শৰ্মা, Bengali শর্মা, Hindi/Nepali शर्मा, Telugu శర్మ or Kannada ಶರ್ಮಾ (see Sharma).

Saroj Indian

Sarsour Arabic
Means "cockroach" or "roach" in Arabic.

Sarwar Urdu, Bengali
From the Persian title سرور (sarvar) meaning "lord, master".

Sassi Arabic (Maghrebi)

Sassy Arabic (Egyptian)

Sastri Kannada, Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Sastry Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Sathi Indian, Odia, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Thai
Alternate transcription of Sethi.

Sattar Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Sattar.

Sav Indian

Savra Indian

Sawant Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta) meaning "universal, complete, entire".

Sawhney Indian, Punjabi
Variant of Sahni.

Saxena Indian, Hindi
Traditionally believed to be derived from Sanskrit सखिसेना (sakhisena) meaning "friend of the army", from सखा (sakha) meaning "friend, companion" and सेना (sena) meaning "army"... [more]

Sayal Punjabi

Sayed Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Sayyid.

Sayegh Arabic
Means "goldsmith" in Arabic.

Saykhman m Indian (Sikh)
a disciple of the mind. from the two words (sikh/man)

Saykhman Punjabi
This name is a boy's name. used as surname name. mostly used as boys name of Sikh or Hindu religion. originated from Punjabi. (sikh) means "learner" and (maan) means "mind". "Learner's Mind"

Sayyed Indian (Muslim)
Indian form of Sayyid.

Sayyid Arabic
From an honorific title meaning "master, lord" in Arabic, used as a surname by descendants of the prophet Muhammad.

Sbeit Arabic

Seb Hindi
From सेब (seb) meaning "apple".

Sebastian English, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Sebastian.

Seddik Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend".

Seddiki Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi cognate of Siddiqui (chiefly Algerian).

Sedjati Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Seedat Indian (Muslim)
“Lord” in Hindustani. Comes from "Sidi". May be Egyptian, Arabic or Persian in origin.

Seelan Indian, Tamil

Seghal Indian

Seif Arabic, Persian
From the given name Saif.

Sekhar Indian, Telugu, Bengali

Selim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Salim.

Selvakumar Tamil

Sen Bengali
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sena) meaning "army, armament".

Senapati Odia, Bengali, Assamese
Means "commander" in Sanskrit, from सेना (sena) meaning "army" and पति (pati) meaning "lord".

Sengupta Bengali, Indian
Derived from Sanskrit सेना (sénā) meaning "army, armament" combined with Gupta.

Sennia Arabic (Maghrebi)

Senthilkumar Tamil
Tamil - ... [more]

Serhan Arabic
From the given name Sirhan.

Serker Bengali
Variant of Sarkar.