English (American) Submitted Surnames

Ripp English (American), East Frisian, German
From Ripp, a Frisian pet name for Rippert.

Riser English (American, Modern)

Rittenhouse German (Americanized), English (American)
Americanized form of Rittinghaus.

Rivette French, English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Topographic name derived from a diminutive of Old French rive, meaning "(river) bank, shore"; see also Rivet.

Robare English (American)

Rodewald German, English (American)
From the Old German elements hruod "fame" and walt "power, authority".

Roush German (Americanized), English (American), English
Derived from Rausch.

Ruhl English (American)

Runner English (American)
Probably an altered spelling of German Ronner, annoccupational name for a runner or messenger, a lightly armed mounted soldier. Compare Renner. UK The surname Runner was first found in Lancashire. One of the first records of the family was found in the year 1246 when Alan de Runacres held estates in that shire... [more]

Ryerson English (American)
Americanized spelling of Swedish Reierson or of any of its cognates, for example Dutch Ryerse, Ryersen or Norwegian and Danish Reiersen.

Rylee English (American)
Variant of Riley 1.

Sagan English (American)

Salk English (American)
Likely the English form of Schalk, which means "dweller near a willow tree".

Sanborn English (American)
Variant of Sambourne.

Sandburg English (American, Rare)
Americanized from of Swedish Sandberg.

Sarandon English (American, Rare)

Saterfield English (American)

Sawdey English (American)
Variant of Sawdy.

Schosha English (American)

Schottland English (American)

Scolari English (American)

Scrafford English (American)

Scruggs English (American)
Variant of Scroggs.

Seagle English (American)
Americanized form of Jewish Segal 1 or German Siegel.

Selbee English (American)
Variant of Selby.

Seldin English (American)
Variant of Selden.

Sharon English (American)

Shasteen English (American, Modern)
A derivative Chastain.... [more]

Shebelbon English (American)

Sheldon English, English (American)
From an Old English place name meaning "valley with steep sides".

Sherry English (American)

Shevalier English (American), English (Canadian)
Anglicized form of the French surname Chevalier.

Shoat English (American)
Variant of Choate

Shoels English (American)
Variant of Scholes.

Sholar English (American)

Shoutz English (American)

Shuford English (American)
American form of German Schuffert (see Schuchardt).

Shuler German (Americanized), English (American)
Americanized form of Schuler.

Shumate French, English (American)
Americanized version of De La Chaumette.

Shurgot Polish, English (American)
Americanized spelling of Szurgot.

Shy English (American)
Americanization of Schei.

Sider English (American)
Americanization of Seider.

Sifford English (American, ?)

Silvers English, English (American)
Variant of Silver.

Sinema English (American)

Sjordsma Frisian (Anglicized), English (American, Rare)
Anglicized form of Sjoerdsma.

Slean English (American)

Slyver English (American), English (British), English (Canadian), Scottish
Variant of Silver.

Smithberger English (American)
Americanized form of German Schmidtberger or its variant Schmiedberger.

Smokey English (American)

Snearly English (American, Anglicized, Rare), German (Rare)
Ancestors immigrated from Baden-Württemberg, Germany prior to 1741.

Sneva English (American, Anglicized, Modern)

Sochan English (American)

Solace English (American)

Sondheim English (American, Rare), German (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Sontheimer.

Sophomore English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Could be a nickname for the 2nd son.

Soucie English (American)

Southernland English (American), Scottish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Sutherland.

Spaeth German, English (American)
Variant of Späth.

Spah German (?), English (American)
Spah (sometimes spelt Späh) is last name found most commonly in the US that is believed to be of German origin. Unsure of the meaning.

Spearow English (American)
Corruption of Sparrow.

Spinrad English (American)

Spoelstra English (American), Dutch

Stanwood English (American)
From Old English stan meaning "stone, rock" and weald meaning "forest, wooded area".

Starglitter English (American)

Steely English (American)
Americanized form of Swiss German Stühle, a variant of Stuhl .

Stephanie English (American)
Directly from the given name Stephanie.

Stiff English (American)
Used sometimes as a derogatory term, stiff means uptight. It is used in a surname in American culture as well as in the media, such as novels, movies or tv shows.

Stifflemire English (American)
Derived from Old English words "stiff" and "mere," which together could have referred to a stiff or rigid body of water, perhaps a lake or pond.

Stilitino English (American, Rare)

Stockholm Danish (Rare), English (American)
Danish variant of Stokholm. English usage could be a habitational name for someone from Stockholm, Sweden (see Stockholm), but this etymology does not apply to Scandinavian usage of the name.

Stockhome English (American, Rare)
Variant of Stockholm.

Stoley English (American), American

Storia English (American, Modern, ?)

Storie English (American)
Possibly a variant of Storey.

Strawberry English (American, Rare)
Possibly from the name of the fruit, or from any of the various places named Strawberry in the US.

Strawbridge English (American)
Someone who built bridges as a living.

Struggs English (American)

St Thomas English (American, Rare), French (Rare)
English and French cognate of Sto. Tomas.

Sudborough English (American)

Sudborough English (American)

Sufficool English (American)

Sutch English (American)
Variant of Such.

Sutch English (American)
Variant of Such.

Sutch English (American)
Variant of Such.

Sutch English (American)
Variant of Such.

Sutch English (American)
Variant of Such.

Swagger English (American)
Probably a nickname for someone who's confident but aggressive and arrogant.

Swank English (American, Modern)

Swartwood English (American, Anglicized)
Variant of Swarthout, a Dutch locational name for a dweller in or near a black wood.

Swartzlander English (American)
Americanized form of German Schwarzländer, a habitational name for someone from an area of Bavaria known as Schwarzland ‘the black land’, from Middle High German swarz ‘black’ + land ‘land’.

Swiss English (American)
Americanized form of German Schweitz.

Symere English (American, Rare)
Name of unknown origin, typically used in the United States. It is best known as the real first name of American rapper Lil Uzi Vert.

Tacey English, English (American)
(East Midlands): From A Pet Form Of The Middle English Personal Name Eustace. Compare Stacey, Stace... [more]

Talley English (American)
Americanized form of Tallig.

Tazz English (American)

Teegon English (American)

Temples English (American)

Tennor English (American)
Possibly an altered spelling of Tanner or Tenner.

Tesdal English (American)

Thamrongsombutsakul English (American)
Panat Thamrongsombutsakul is an animator at Walt Disney Studios, known for his work on Ralph Breaks the Internet, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Megamind, among other animated films.

Thern English (American, Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Thorston English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tichenor English (American)

Tickles English (American)

Tidmore English (American)

Tilley English (American)
Variant of TILLY.

Tilton English (American)
The surname Tilton is an English habitational name that originated in Tilton, Leicestershire. It comes from the Old English words tūn, which means "farmstead settlement", and the Old English personal name Tila or Tilla, and means "fertile estate".

Tippetts English (American)
Tippetts Recorded as Tipp, Tippe, diminutives Tippell, Tippets, Tipping, patronymics Tippett, Tipples, Tippins, and possibly others, this is a medieval English surname. ... [more]

Tolliver Italian, English (American)
Americanized version of Taliaferro

Toppin English (American)

Torgoff English (American)

Tross English (American)
This is a surname used by a person in furry culture for his fursona, Arden Tross.

Troutman English (American)
Americanized form of German "Trautmann". The German adjective "traut" means “dear” or "beloved", and it derives from the same root as "trauen": to trust. Worldwide, there are now more Troutmans than Trautmanns.... [more]

Truscott English (American), English

Truttman English (American)
Variant of Truttmann.

Tuttle English, English (American), Irish
Derived from the Old Norse given name Þorkell, derived from the elements þórr (see Thor) and ketill "cauldron". The name evolved into Thurkill and Thirkill in England and came into use as a given name in the Middle Ages... [more]

Umbarger English (American)

Unser English (American)

Urbington English (American)

Vampyr English (American)
A gothic surname.

Van Der Woodsen English (American)
The last name of Serena van der Woodsen, from Gossip Girl. She is played by Blake Lively.

van Luven English (American)
Americanization of van Leuven.

Vassell English (American)

Veron English (American)
Anglicized form of Véron and Verón.

Virginia English (American)

Virtuoso English (American), Spanish, Italian
This Italian surname could possibly be connected to those whose ancestors were involved in playing a musical instrument or somehow connected to the musical instrument industry.

Vroman English (American)

Vromann English (American)
Variant of Vroman.

Wackerman English (American), German
From the Americanized spelling of German Wackermann, a variant of Wacker, with the addition of Middle High German man, meaning ‘man’.

Walin English (American)
Americanized form of the Swedish surname Wallin.

Walkup English (American, Rare)

Walwrich English (American)

Wanderlust English (American)
Wanderlust derived from Artemis G.J. Wanderlust (birth name: Joseph E Yoder) in the year 2021, as an ornamental surname representing both:... [more]

Wattles English (American)

Whitacre English (American)
Variant of Whitaker. A notable bearer is Eric Whitacre (1970-), an American composer.

Whitesell English (American)
Americanization of Weitzel.

Wiatt English (American)
Americanized variant of Wyatt.

Wichorek Polish (Anglicized), English (American)
Americanized form of Wieczorek. Alternatively, it may be a variant of Wicherek.

Wideman English (American)
Americanized from of German Widemann or Weidmann.

Wilbers English (American)
from the given name Wilbur

Willson English (American)
Variant of Wilson.

Winegardner English (American)
Anglicized form of the German occupational surname Weingartner. A known bearer of this surname is the American writer Mark Winegardner (b. 1961).

Winslett English (American)

Winterford English (American)

Wiseau English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown, believed to be derived from French oiseau, meaning bird. As a surname, it is born by American Director Tommy Wiseau.

Wittenburg South African, German, English (American)

Wohlers English (American)

Woodley English (American)
"From the wooded meadow". The actress Shailene Woodley's last surname

Woolworth English (American)

Worchester English (American)
Variant of Worcester.

Wyoming English (American)
From the name of the US state.

Yarasavych English (American, Rare)

Yarger English (American)
Americanized form of German Järger or Jerger

Yerges English (American)

Yeska English (American)

Yoakum English (American)
Americanized version of Jochim

Younce English (American)

Youngling English (American)
Variant of Young.

Zeagler English (American)
Americanized spelling of German Ziegler.

Zillier English (American, Rare)

Zimmon English (American)
Variant of Zinon

Zolton English (American)

Zoranski English (American)

Zueena English (American, Modern)
Means "Black Feathers" and it originated with The Analuka Family of America.