Latvian Submitted Surnames

Latvian names are used in the country of Latvia in northern Europe.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Ābele Latvian (Rare)
Means "apple tree" in Latvian.

Abers Latvian
This name is from the fiords and was given to the people that lived there and mainly were fishermen. Now people that have the last name can be anyware in Latvia (or other country) but most likely had ancestors from the fiords.

Āboliņš Latvian (Rare)
Means "clover" in Latvian.

Ābols Latvian (Rare)
Means "apple" in Latvian.

Āboltiņš Latvian
Derived from the word āboliņš meaning "clover".

Adītājs Latvian (Rare)
Means "the knitter" in Latvian.

Aitiņš Latvian
Derived from the word aita, meaning “sheep”.

Aksjuta Latvian
Variant of Aksyuta.

Alksnis Latvian
Means "alder tree" in Latvian.

Alps Latvian (Rare)

Ambrozaityte Lithuanian, Latvian
this name comes from far far history of lithuanian people

Andrulewicz Lithuanian (Modern, Rare), Polish (Modern, Rare), Jewish (Modern, Rare), Latvian
Originally Andrulevičus or Andrulevičius, it means "ben-Adam" or "ben-ish" ("ben" being "son" in Hebrew; Adam meaning "man")... [more]

Antropovs Latvian

Apse Latvian
Derived from Latvian apse "aspen tree" (ultimately from Proto-Baltic *apse).

Apsītis Latvian
Derived from Latvian apse meaning "aspen tree".

Arājs Latvian
Means "the ploughman".

Auziņš Latvian
Derived from the word auzas meaning "oats".

Avots Latvian
Means "fount, spring" or "source".

Bajāri Latvian
Descendant of historic Russian title боярин.

Bajārs Latvian
Derived from the Slavic title boyar.

Bārda Latvian

Barkāne Latvian

Barons Latvian
Means "baron".

Bertāns Latvian

Biedriņš Latvian

Bojārs Latvian
Derived from the Slavic title boyar.

Bugajenkovs Latvian

Bukelis Latvian

Čaklais Latvian
Means "the diligent one".

Čakste Latvian
Means "shrike".

Cālītis Latvian
Derived from the word cālis meaning "chick".

Caune Latvian
Derived from the word cauna meaning "marten".

Celmiņš Latvian
Derived from the word celms meaning "stump".

Celms Latvian
Means "stump".

Ciganskis Latvian
Latvian form of Cygański.

Cīrulis Latvian
Means "lark".

Dambis Latvian
Means "dam".

Dārziņš Latvian
Derived from the word dārzs meaning "garden".

Dimants Latvian
Means "diamond".

Edgars Latvian
Latvian form of Edgar.

Esenvalds Latvian

Ezeriņš Latvian
Derived from the word ezers meaning "lake".

Gaida Latvian
From a personal name Gaida, based on the verb gaidīt meaning ‘to wait for’.

Gailis Latvian
Means "rooster".

Gailītis Latvian
Derived from the word gailis meaning "rooster".

Gobzems Latvian

Golovkins Latvian
Latvian form of Golovkin.

Graudiņš Latvian
Derived from the word grauds meaning "grain".

Grīva Latvian
Means "creek".

Gulbis Latvian
Means "swan".

Helmanis Latvian
This is a Latvian surname. ... [more]

Janīte Latvian

Jātnieks Latvian
Means "the rider".

Jaunzeme Latvian
Feminine form of Jaunzems, a Latvian occupational surname meaning "new farmer", composed of jauns meaning "new" and zeme meaning "land" (compare zemlja).

Jaunzemis Latvian
Means "Of the new land".

Jefimova Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian
Altered form of Yefimov.

Jumārs Latvian (Rare)
Derived from Livonian jumerški "round".

Juris Latvian
Latvian form if George.

Kaimiņš Latvian
Means "neighbour".

Kaktiņš Latvian
Derived from the word kakts meaning "nook, corner".

Kalejs Latvian
Occupational name for someone who works as a blacksmith.

Kalnieks Latvian
Derived from the word kalns meaning "mountain".

Kaminskis Latvian
Latvian form of Kamiński.

Karalis Latvian
Cognate of Karalius.

Kariņš Latvian

Ķemeris Latvian
Derived from the place name Ķemeri.

Kļaviņš Latvian
Derived from the word kļava meaning "maple".

Klikucs Latvian

Koenigsfest Latvian (Rare)

Kokorišs Latvian

Kononovs Latvian

Krankall Latvian

Krieviņš Latvian
Derived from the word krievs meaning "Russian".

Krievs Latvian
Means "Russian (person)".

Kroms Latvian

Kronbergs Latvian (Archaic)
Germanic,originally swedish

Krūms Latvian
Meaning "bush".

Lāce Latvian
Derived from Latvian lācis “bear”.

Lācis Latvian
Means "bear".

Laizāns Latvian
Derived from the place name Laizāni.

Lanka Lithuanian, Latvian
Probably a shortened form of Lithuanian Lankauskas.

Lapa Latvian
Meaning "leaf".

Lapiņš Latvian
Derived from lapa meaning "leaf".

Lasmanis Latvian

Lazdiņš Latvian
Derived from the word lazda meaning "hazel".

Levits Latvian

Lielups Latvian

Lipinskis Latvian
Latvian form of Lipiński.

Lugailo Latvian

Lūsēns Latvian
Derived from the word lūsis meaning "lynx".

Lūsis Latvian
Means "lynx".

Matvejs Latvian
From the given name Matvejs.

Mednis Latvian
Means "wood grouse".

Mētriņš Latvian
The name is a combination of "mētra", the Latvian word for mint and -iņš, a suffix commonly used for Latvian male surnames.

Miglinieks Latvian
Name comes from the village Miglinieki.

Milaša Latvian

Mucenieks Latvian
Means "cooper".

Mūrnieks Latvian
Means "mason".

Mūze Latvian

Osis Latvian
Meaning "ash tree".

Pastelle French, Latvian

Pilengis Latvian (Rare)
This was my mother's maiden name. She and the rest of my family were born in Latvia. I am the first American born. I do not know what Pilengis means.

Pīlēns Latvian
Means “duckling”.

Pinka Latvian

Plūme Latvian
Meaning "plum, plum tree".

Porziņģis Latvian
Unknown. A notable bearer of this surname is NBA player Kristaps Porziņģis.

Puķe Latvian
Derived from Latvian puķe "flower". Occupational surname for a person who sells flowers.

Putenis Latvian
Means "blizzard".

Rasvak Latvian
A officer in the Latvian Waffen SS

Reiniks Latvian

Rietums Latvian
Derived from the word rietumi meaning "west".

Romans Latvian

Rosickis Latvian

Rudzutaka Latvian (Rare)
Rudzutaka is compound from two words first rudzu meaning "rye" and second taka meaning "path". Rudzutaka is femenine form of surname, the masculine form of surname is Rudzutaks. Most famous person with this surname is Jānis Rudzutaks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jānis_Rudzutaks... [more]

Sala Latvian
From Latvian sala meaning "island".

Salinš Latvian
Topographic name for someone living on an island, from a derivative of Latvian sala meaning ‘island’.

Satten Latvian, Russian, Jewish
Americanized version of Sattenstein or Schattenstein

Schattenstein Latvian, Russian, Jewish
Notes from Daniel Satten (1896-1972) say that Mordechai Block (1797-) returned to Russia (Latvia) with the surname Schattenstein... [more]

Sējāns Latvian

Selesnick Russian, Latvian
Also spelled:... [more]

Seļivanovs Latvian