Browse Submitted Surnames

Ma'ayan מעין, מעיין Hebrew (Rare)
Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname

Machados Jewish
From the Hebrew name Adam, meaning "man" or "male."

Maikels English (American), Jewish
Variant of Michaels.

Maimon Jewish, Judeo-Arabic
From the given name Maimon or Maimun

Maimonides Jewish (Hellenized), Judeo-Arabic, History
Hellenized form of Ben Maimon. Moses ben Maimon was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher, commonly known as Maimonides.

Maisel Yiddish, German, French
Predominantly seems to be a matronymic surname from the Yiddish feminine name Mayzl. Although it is believed that it derived from the Hebrew name Meïser, which means “representative of God”... [more]

Maitlis Jewish
Means "son of Meytl", a Yiddish female personal name, literally "little Meyte", a Yiddish female personal name derived from Middle High German maget "maid".

Malachi מַלְאָכִי Hebrew
From the given name Malachi.

Maniski Jewish

Mankiewicz Polish, Jewish
From the given name Maniek, a diminutive of Marian 2 or sometimes Mariusz, or Mańka, a diminutive of Emanuel... [more]

Maor מָאוֹר Hebrew
From the given name Maor.

Marcus German, English, Dutch, Irish, Swedish, Danish, French, Jewish
From the given name Marcus. Variant of Marks.

Margulis מרגלית Hebrew
Margulis is a surname that is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגלית (Israeli Hebrew /maʁɡaˈlit/), meaning 'pearl,'

Matan מַתָן Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From the given name Matan which means "gift" or "to give" in Hebrew.

Meghnagi Jewish, Northern African
Sephardic Jewish, originating from the Libyan Jewish community. Most were from Tripoli, with a much smaller contingent from Benghazi.

Meiron מירון Hebrew
From the given name Miron 2.

Mendelson מענדעלסאָן Jewish
Variant of Mendelssohn.

Mendlsan מענדלסאן Yiddish
Yiddish form of Mendelssohn.

Merl Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merl, a pet form of Hebrew Miryam (see Mirkin).

Merson Jewish
Means "son of Meyer."

Michels English, Jewish
Variant of Michaels.

Mikhailovich Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Mikhail".

Mikhaylovskiy m Russian, Yiddish (Russified)
From the given name Mikhail.

Mikhelashvili מיכלשוילי Georgian, Jewish
Means "son of Mikheil" in Georgian.

Mimouni מימוני Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Mimoun.

Mirkin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Mirke, a pet form of the Biblical Hebrew name Miryam.

Mizrachi מזרחי Hebrew
Variant transcription of Mizrahi.

Mnuchin Jewish

Moises Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, Jewish
From the given name Moisés.

Mor מור Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Mor, means "myrrh" in Hebrew.

Moran מורן Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From the given name Moran.

Mordechai מָרְדְּכַי Hebrew
From the given name Mordechai.

Moshe משה Hebrew
From the given name Moshe.

Moskovitz Jewish, Polish

Moskowitz Jewish
Germanized form of a patronymic surname formed by adding the Slavic suffix "-ovic" meaning "son of" to a Yiddish transformation (Moshke) of the biblical Hebrew personal Moses ("Mosko" was a Polish pet form of the personal name Moses).

Mossberg Jewish
Combination of Moses and German berg "mountain, hill".

Nachum נחום Jewish
Derived from the given name Nachum.

Nahum נחום Jewish
From the given name Nahum.

Natan נתן Hebrew
From the given name Natan.

Nates English, Jewish
It's probably from the given name Nate, the origin is said to be Jewish*, but the ancestors immigrated to English speaking countries.

Nathan נתן Jewish, English, French, German, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Nathan.

Nathaniel נתנאל English (African), Jewish, English, Indian (Christian)
Derived from the given name Nathaniel.

Nazar Arabic, Muslim, Jewish, Iranian, Persian, Basque, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian (Americanized)
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Abdol, Ahamed, Ali, Behzad, Bijan, Davoud, Massoud, Muhammad, Naved, Nuri, Saeid, Sheikh.... [more]

Negro Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Jewish
From a medieval continuation of the Latin personal name Niger.

Netanyahu נתניהו Jewish
From the given name Netanyahu.

Nikolaishvili ניקולאישווילי Georgian, Jewish
Means "son of Nikoloz" in Georgian.

Nisim נסים Jewish
From the given name Nisim.

Nissim נסים Jewish
From the given name Nissim.

Noam Hebrew

Obadia עובדיה Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Obadiah.

Ofek אופק Hebrew
Means "horizon" in Hebrew, used both as a given name and a surname.

Ofer עפר, עופר Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Ofer, means "fawn" in Hebrew.

Ofir אוֹפִיר Hebrew (Modern)
Variant of Ophir.

Ohana אוחנה Judeo-Spanish
From a name meaning "son of Hanna" in Tamazight, either from the given name Hanna 1 or perhaps Tamazight ḥenna meaning "grandmother".

Ohayon אוחיון Judeo-Spanish, Jewish
Means "son of Chayyim" from the Berber prefix ou- or au- meaning "son (of)" and the given name Chayyim.

Oiknin אויקנין Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ouaknine.

Oiknine Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ouaknine.

Olmert אוֹלְמֶרְט, אָלמערט Jewish
Possibly from a Germanic given name of uncertain meaning. It could be derived from the Old High German elements ol meaning "ancestor" and mert, a diminutive of merida meaning "fame" or "bright"... [more]

Omer עומר Hebrew
Derived from the given name Omer.

Or אוֹר Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew and used as both first name and surname in Israel.

Oren אורן Jewish
From the given name Oren.

Ornelas אורנלס Jewish
Hebrew, Jewish, Judah...

Orpaz אורפז Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Orpaz, means "golden light" in Hebrew.

Osgood English, Jewish
Derived from the Medieval English given name Osgod the anglicized form of the Old Norse name Ásgautr... [more]

Ouaknin Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ouaknine.

Ouaknine Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Aknine", from a Tamazight form of the given name Jacob.

Ouanounou אואנונו Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Nounou" in Tamazight, from a diminutive of the given name Nisim.

Ouhayoun אוחיון Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Ohayon.

Ovadia עובדיה Jewish
From the given name Ovadia.

Oved עוֹבֵד Hebrew
From the given name Oved.

Oz עוֹז Hebrew
From the given name Oz 2.

Pacifico Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Jewish (Sephardic)
Means "peaceful" in Italian, taken from the Late Latin given name Pacificus. As a Jewish surname, it is a translation of Shelomo (see Solomon), derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace".

Paltrow Polish (Anglicized), Jewish
Anglicized form of Paltrowicz. A famous bearer is American actress Gwyneth Paltrow (1972-).

Paltrowicz פלטרוביץ, פּאַלטראָוויטש Polish, Jewish
Derived from Palter, a variant of the Yiddish given name Paltiel.

Paz פז Hebrew (Rare)
From the given name Paz 2, means "gold" in Hebrew. ... [more]

Pechtold German, Dutch, Jewish
From the Old German given name Pechtholt, which is composed of the elements pecht "rotation" and holdt "hero". As a Dutch-language surname, it is derived from the Middle Dutch given name Pechte combined with Old High German walt "power, authority"... [more]

Peretz פרץ Jewish
From the given name Perez.

Perl Jewish

Permana Hebrew
Permana is another form of Hebrew, namely Paramana (פרמנה) which means eternal.

Piers French, English, Jewish
From the medieval given name Piers

Pincas פנקס Jewish
Variant of Pincus.

Pinchasik Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.

Pinchenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.

Pincus פינקוס Jewish
From a variant of the given name Phinehas.

Pines Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinchas.

Pinhas פִּינְחָס Hebrew
From the given name Pinhas.

Pinkus פּינקוס Jewish
Derived from the given name Pinkus, which in turn comes from the Biblical Hebrew name Phinehas.

Porat Jewish, Hebrew
From the given name Poratha.

Prepon Jewish
This is the surname of American actress Laura Prepon (born March 7, 1980).

Priel פריאל, פרי-אל Hebrew
Means "the fruit of god"

Rachamiym רחמיים Hebrew
From the given name Rachamim.

Rafael רָפָאֵל Hebrew
From the given name Raphael, means "God heals" in Hebrew. The angel of healing.

Rafaeli רפאלי Hebrew
From the given name Rafael.

Raskin Jewish
Derived from the given name Raske which is a pet form of Rachel.

Ravid רביד Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Ravid, means "ornament, necklace" in Hebrew.

Raz רז Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Raz, means "secret" in Hebrew.

Refael רְפָאֵל Hebrew
Original variant pronounciation of the name Raphael. Another variant for this surname is Refaeli.

Refaeli רפאלי Hebrew
Variant of Rafaeli. The Israeli model and actress Bar Refaeli (1985-) is a famous bearer of this name.

Reinhard German, Jewish
From the given name Reinhard.

Reinhardt German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Reinhard.

Reisz Hungarian, German (Archaic), Jewish
Variant form of Reis, or else a patronymic from a pet form of one of the Germanic compound names formed with raginą "counsel, advice" as the first element.

Reshef רשף Hebrew
From the given name Resheph.

Reuben ראובן English, Jewish
From the given name Reuben.

Reubens ראובן Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Reuben. This surname was borne by American comedian and actor Paul Reubens (1952-2023; birth name Paul Rubenfeld), who created and played the comic fictional character Pee-wee Herman.

Rifkin Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish female given name Rifke from the Hebrew given name Rivka (see Rebecca), with the addition of the Slavic suffix -in.

Rifkind Jewish
Variant of Rifkin. The final element was changed due to the influence of the Yiddish noun kind "child" (German: "Kinder").

Rivlin רִיבְלִין Belarusian, Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Rivka. A famous bearer is Reuven Rivlin (1939-), the tenth President of Israel.

Rochman Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish given name Ruchel + suffix man "man".

Rockman German, Jewish
Possibly an altered spelling of Rochman.

Romanoff Russian (Americanized), Jewish
Americanised form of Romanov.

Rosen German, Jewish
Means "Roses" in German

Rossen Jewish

Rozman Jewish
Variant of Rosman. Slovenian (also Rožman): occupational name for a carter or a horse breeder or dealer, from Middle High German ros 'horse' + man 'man'. Compare German Rossmann.

Rua Jewish (Rare)
Israel, Spain

Rubin רובין Jewish
From the given name Reuben.

Rubinoff Jewish
Variant of Rubinov.

Rubinov Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Rubin" in Russian, though it could also be derived from Russian рубин (rubin) "ruby".

Ruesch German (Swiss), Jewish
Swiss/German variant of Rusch. Meaning "shaggy," "bristly," "unkempt," or "quick."

Salkind Yiddish
a last name originally derived from a medieval Yiddish given name

Salmona סלמונה Judeo-Spanish
From a variant of the given name Shelomoh.

Salomón סלומון Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Salomón.

Salutsky Jewish

Schaal שָׁאַל German, Dutch, French, Jewish
Either a nickname for a braggart or a market crier, (derived from Middle High German schal meaning "noise, bragging"), an occupational name for someone who made dishes for scales and vessels for drinking, (from Middle Low German and Dutch schale "dish"), a habitational name from Schaala in Thuringia or the Schaalsee lake near Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, or a topographic name for someone living on marshy land, (from Dutch schald "shallow")... [more]

Schaul German, Dutch, Jewish
Either from from Middle Low German schulle, Middle Dutch scholle, schulle, Middle High German schülle "plaice"; either a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a plaice... [more]

Scholem שלום Yiddish
From the given name Scholem.

Seligman German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Selig with the German suffix -man meaning "man" and it's originally a patronymic. The surname Seligman is originated in the Rhineland.

Semenduev סמנדואב‎ Judeo-Tat
From the given name Semendu or Simandu, which was possibly derived from Persian سیاه (siyah) meaning "black" and مرد (mard) meaning "man" or Hebrew סימן טוב (siman tov) meaning "good sign, good mark".

Semendueva f Judeo-Tat
Feminine form of Semenduev.

Sender סענדער, סנדר Yiddish
From the given name Sender, a Yiddish diminutive of Alexander or Aleksandr.

Shai שַׁי Hebrew (Modern)
From the unisex given name Shai.

Shaked Hebrew
Means Almond in Hebrew

Shakhar Hebrew (Modern)
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.

Shalev שלו Jewish
From the given name Shalev.

Shamailov Russian, Hebrew, Georgian, Jewish
Georgian Variant of Shmuel.

Shamoun שאמון Arabic, Assyrian, Jewish
Derived from the given name شامون (Shamʿūn), itself an Arabic form of Simon 1, used mainly among Christians and Jews... [more]

Sharon שרון Hebrew
From an Old Testament place name, in Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (Sharon), which means "plain", referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel.

Shavit שביט‎ Jewish
From the given name Shavit.

Shekelstein Jewish

Shimmel שימל Yiddish
From the given name Shimmel, a Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.

Shlomov Jewish, Russian
Means "son of Shlomo".

Shmailov שמיילוב Hebrew, Georgian, Russian, Jewish
A variant of Shmuel.

Simkin Jewish
Means "son of Simke", Simke being a diminutive of the Yiddish feminine name Sime (from Hebrew Simcha, literally "joy").

Slavyanskiy m Russian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Slavyan.

Solomón סולומון Jewish, Spanish
From the given name Solomón.

Solomonenko Ukrainian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Solomonov סולומונוב mu Russian, Belarusian, Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew name. Means "son of Solomon".

Sontag German, Jewish
"sunday;" usually given to a person who was born on a sunday.

Sorenson Jewish
Means "son of the son of Sore", a Yiddish female personal name (from Hebrew Sara, literally "princess"), with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in and German Sohn "son".

Spelling English, Irish, Jewish
Occupational name for a scholar, speaker or a story teller, derived from Middle English spellan meaning "to tell or relate". It could also be a variant of Irish Spillane or Jewish Spellman... [more]

Spiellman Jewish

Sundheimer Jewish

Susan English, Dutch, Jewish (Sephardic)
As an English (London) and Dutch surname, it comes from the feminine personal name Susanna, from Hebrew שושן (shushan) meaning "lily, lily of the valley".... [more]

Susman Jewish

Süsskind זיסקינד Yiddish
Derived from a Medieval Yiddish given name, it is a variant of a German variant Ziskind

Tabor English, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Jewish
English: metonymic occupational name for a drummer, from Middle English, Old French tabo(u)r ‘drum’.... [more]

Tal טל Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Tal, means "dew" in Hebrew.

Tamir תמיר‎ Jewish
From the given name Tamir.

Tavoukdijan Jewish

Tobías טוביאס Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Jewish
From the given name Tobías.

Tomer תּוֹמֶר Hebrew
From the given name Tomer.

Tomkiewicz טומקביץ׳, טאָמקעוויטש Polish, German, Jewish, Yiddish
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Katarzyna, Maciej, Zygmunt... [more]

Topaz טופז Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Topaz, which is a kind of a precious stone.

Toubiana טוביאנה Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Tubiana.

Tubiana טוביאנה Judeo-Spanish
From a variant of the given name Tobiah.

Turkieh Ancient Hebrew, Arabic, Jewish
A Lebanese jewish surname that is often used among Lebanese jews in Israel.

Tzvi צבי Hebrew
From the given name Tzvi, means "gazelle, roebuck" in Hebrew.

Tzviel צביאל Hebrew (Modern)
Means "gazelle of god" in Hebrew, from the given name Tzvi combined with el which means "God".

Uhr German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Ulrich. In Jewish, it is a metonymic occupational name for a watch or clock maker, derived from German uhr meaning "watch, clock".

Urbansky אורבאַנסקי, אורבנסקי Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Jewish
In Czech and Slovak usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place called Urbanice. In Polish usage, it is a habitational name for someone from a place named with the personal name Urban.

Vaknin וקנין Judeo-Spanish
Hebrew transcription of Ouaknine.

Vanunu ואנונו Judeo-Spanish
Hebrew transcription of Ouanounou.

Vardi ורדי Hebrew
From the given names Vered or Varda which means "rose" in Hebrew.

Wasser German, Jewish
Topographic name from Middle High German wazzer "water".

Wein German, Yiddish, Hungarian
Means "grape, vine, wine" in German and Yiddish (װײַנ). According to Nelly Weiss, Wein-style family names originated from signboards (house sign, house shield) in Jewish communities. Wein may also be related the German verb weinen meaning "to cry"... [more]

Wetzel Jewish

Willstatter German, Jewish

Witz German, Jewish
From the medieval personal name Witzo, a short form of any of several Germanic compound names beginning with wig ‘battle’... [more]

Wolowitz Jewish
This is the surname of the character Howard in the American television show "The Big Bang Theory".

Yagoda Jewish (Russified)
Russified form of Iyeguda. It also means "berry" in Russian. This was the surname of Genrikh Yagoda, the head of the NKVD (1934-1936).

Yakobashvili יעקובשווילי Georgian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Iakobashvili chiefly used by Georgian Jews.

Yam Hebrew
From the given name Yam.

Yaniv יָנִיב Hebrew
From the given name Yaniv.

Yankelovich Yiddish (Rare)
Means "son of Yankel".

Yefet יפת Hebrew
From the given name Yefet (see Japheth).

Yehezkel יחזקאל Jewish
From the given name Yehezkel.

Yekutieli יקותיאלי Hebrew
From the given name Yekutiel.

Yoffe יופה Hebrew, Jewish
Eastern Ashkenazic variant of Jaffe.

Yohanan יוחנן Assyrian, Indian (Christian), Malayalam, Jewish
From the given name Yohanan, used by Malayalam-speaking Saint Thomas Christians and Cochin Jews.

Yonah Jewish
Hebrew for "dove" יונה

Yosef יוסף Jewish
From the given name Yosef.

Yosopov יוסופוב Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupov.

Yosopova יוסופובה Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Chechen, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupova.

Yuhanna Judeo-Arabic (?)
Yuhanna or John is one of the apostles of Christ, the prophet of Christians and the religion of Christianity, who believe that he ascended to heaven.

Yussupov יוסופוב Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupov.

Yussupova יוסופובה Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Chechen, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupova.

Zachar Jewish, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Belarusian
Derived from the Hebrew word זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember". As a surname it can also derive from the given name Zakhar (Zechariah) that shares this etymology.

Zachariáš זכריש, זאַטשאַריאַס Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Jewish
From the given name Zachariáš.

Zacharias זכריה, זאַטשאַריאַס German, Greek, English, Jewish, Assyrian, Indian (Christian), Malayalam
From the given name Zacharias.

Zalman זלמן Yiddish
From the given name Zalman, a Yiddish diminutive of Solomon.

Ze'ev זאב Hebrew
Means "wolf" in Hebrew.

Zeevi זאבי Hebrew
From the Hebrew given name Zev, meaning "wolf."

Zeff Jewish
From the given name Zev.

Zeldes זעלדעס Yiddish
An eastern Ashkenazic matronymic surname derived from the Yiddish female personal name Zelde (from the Middle High German word sælde meaning either 'fortunate', 'blessed', or 'happiness'.)

Zeldin Jewish
Means "son of Zelde", a Yiddish female personal name based on Middle High German sælde "fortunate, blessed".

Zérah זרח Judeo-Spanish
French variant of Zerah.

Zerah זרח Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Zerah.

Zerline Jewish

Zilberbrand Jewish

Ziv זיו Hebrew
From the given name Ziv.

Zohar זהר, זוהר Hebrew
Derived from the the given name Zohar meaning "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.