Behind the Name: Lithuanian Submitted Surnames

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

ALŠĖNIŠKIS Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the Belarusian village of Hal’šány, which was originally Lithuanian & named Alšėnai.

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

ANDJULIS Lithuanian

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"). The Andrulevičiuses were originally Sephardic kohanim whom immigrated to Lithuania, and then Poland, Latvia, and other countries.

BAGDONAS Lithuanian
Patronymic from the personal name Bagdon, Lithuanian form of Polish Bogdan.

BAKSHIS Lithuanian
Means fighter or boxer

BERNIUS German (Latinized), Lithuanian
German-Latinized form of Berner.... [more]

BUBAS Polish (Rare), Lithuanian

ČESIŪNAS Lithuanian

DEGUTIS Lithuanian
Occupational name for a person who sold tar; from the Lithuanian word degutas meaning "tar".

DEGUTYTĖ Lithuanian
Feminine form for an unmarried woman or widow of the surname Degutis.

GARBAUSKAS Lithuanian

GIEDRAITIS Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the town of Giedraičiai.

GUDAITIS Lithuanian
Ethnic name from gudas meaning "Belorussian".

JUKNA Lithuanian

KATAUSKAS Lithuanian

KAUNAS Lithuanian
From Kaunas, the name of a city in Lithuania, itself most likely derived from a given name.

KAZLAUSKAS Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of the Polish surname Kozlowski. Kazlauskas is the most popular surname in Lithuania.

KETURAKIS Lithuanian
four eyes

KOŚCIUSZKO Lithuanian
Variant of Kostiuk.

KRUNGOLCAS Lithuanian

KUBILIUS Lithuanian

KUTSUNIS Lithuanian

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

LEVIN Jewish, Lithuanian, Belarusian, German, Russian, French (Quebec, Anglicized), Various
As a Lithuanian Jewish and Belarusian Jewish name, it is a Slavicized form of Levy. As a German and German Jewish name, it is derived from the given name Levin. As a Jewish name, it can also be related to Loewe... [more]

MACHULAS Lithuanian

MARKŪNAS Lithuanian
patronymic from the personal name Markus, a pet form of Mark.

MATUŠEVAS Lithuanian

MEIZYS Lithuanian
It means barley or wheat farmer

MILKENT Lithuanian

MISKINIS Lithuanian
Topographic name from miškinis ‘forest’, ‘forest spirit’. This name is also established in Poland.

OGINSKIAI Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the village of Uogintai.

PETRUŠKEVIČIUS Lithuanian
Comes from the Lithuanian given name Petras.

PETRUŠKEVIČIŪTĖ Lithuanian
Feminine form of Petruškevičius. Used by an unmarried woman.

PISULA Polish, Lithuanian
Informal nickname for a scribe or clerk, from a derivative of Polish pisać ‘to write’.

RADVILA Lithuanian

RIMKUNAS Lithuanian

ROMEKA Lithuanian (Latinized)
From the Latin for "of Rome"

RULINSKAS Lithuanian (Latinized, Rare)
Meaning and origin still unknown.

SAKALAUSKAS Lithuanian
Ultimately derived from Sokol. Varient forms are Sakalauskienė (married woman or widow) and Sakalauskaitė (unmarried woman).

ŠAULIS Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys meaning "rifleman".

SHAULIS Lithuanian
Occupational name from Lithuanian šaulys ‘rifleman’.

SIMANAVIČIŪTĖ Lithuanian

SOULIS Lithuanian
Variant of Shaulis.

VIDAS Lithuanian
From a short form of the personal name Vidmantas.

VILKAS Lithuanian
Means "wolf" in Lithuanian.

VIŠNEVIŠKAS Lithuanian
This indicates familial origin within the Belarusian agrotown of Víšneva, which was originally Lithuanian & under the name of ''Višnevas''.

VITKAUSKAS Lithuanian
Lithuanian variant of the surname Witkowski.

VITKUS Lithuanian
From a pet form of the personal name Výtautas (a compound of vyti ‘to guide’ + tauta ‘the people’).

VOLITIS Lithuanian

WILANISKIS English, Lithuanian

ZABIELA Lithuanian

ZALNIERIUNAS Lithuanian

ŽILINSKAS Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zieliński.

ŽILINSKIENĖ Lithuanian
Feminine form of Žilinskas, name for a married woman or widow with the name.

ZUKAS Lithuanian
Shortened form of Žukaskaus.

ŽUKAUSKAS Lithuanian
Nickname from a Lithuanian derivative of Polish żuk meaning "beetle".

ZUPKOFSKA Lithuanian

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