Georgian Submitted Surnames

ABAKELIA Georgian
Georgian surname used by sculptor Tamar Abakelia and physician Ioseb Abakelia.

ABASHIDZE Georgian

ABAZASDZE Georgian

ABKHAZAVA Georgian
Derived from Georgian აფხაზი (apxazi) meaning "Abkhaz person". Alternatively, it may be of Adjarian origin (referring to the Adjara region of Georgia) from the Muslim name Abkhas or Abhas derived from Arabic أَب (ʾab) meaning "father" and خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ) "special, particular".

ABKHAZI Georgian
Means "Abkhaz person" in Georgian, referring to a member of the Abkhaz ethnic group inhabiting the Black Sea coast. This was the name of a Georgian family of princely status descended from the Shervashidze ruling family of Abkhazia.

ANDRONIKASHVILI Georgian
Derived from the Ancient Greek name Andronikos. This was the surname of an important family in Georgia that contributed to politics and military, before the seizure of the country by Russia.

ARSENISHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Arsen" in Georgian.

ASLANISHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Aslan" in Georgian.

BALANCHIVADZE Georgian

BERIA Georgian

DIASAMIDZE Georgian
Means "son of Diasami", from a Georgian given name of unknown meaning, perhaps meaning "master" or derived from Abkhaz дәаӡа (dwaʒa) meaning "uncultivated land, virgin soil" (thus used to refer to someone who plowed land)... [more]

DZHUGASHVILI Georgian (Russified)
Russified form of Jughashvili, primarily used by Georgians living in Russia.

GHARIBASHVILI Georgian

GRUZINSKY Russian, Georgian
From Russian, meaning "of Georgia".

GUGUSHVILI Georgian

GURGENIDZE Georgian
Means "son of Gurgen".

IAGORASHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Iagor".

IVANISHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Ivan".

JISHKARIANI Georgian

JUGHASHVILI Georgian
There are several theories to the meaning of this name. One suggests Ossetian origin meaning "son of the herder" from the Ossetian word дзуг (dzug) meaning "herd, flock, troop", while it may also be derived from Kabardian (Circassian) дзыгъуэ (ʒəġ°ă) meaning "mouse" or дзыгъуэшхуэ (ʒəġ°ăšx°ă) "rat"... [more]

KUBLASHVILI Georgian
Last name originates from Imereti region of Georgia .

LAVADA Georgian

MARGVELASHVILI Georgian
A bearer is Giorgi Margvelashvili, the current president of Georgia.

MEGRELISHVILI Georgian
Means "son of the Mingrelian", derived from Georgian მეგრელი (megreli) meaning "Mingrelian".

MERABISHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Merab (2)" in Georgian.

OMANIDZE Georgian

ORDZHONIKIDZE Georgian (Russified)
Russified form of Orjonikidze.

PETRIASHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Peter" in Georgian.

RAMAZASHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Ramaz".

REVAZISHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Revaz" in Georgian.

SHAVDATUASHVILI Georgian

TARIELASHVILI Georgian
Means "son of Darius" in Georgian.

ZHIZHIASHVILI Georgian

ZOSIMOVI Georgian (Rare)
Possibly from the given name Zosim.