Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is rare.
usage
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Kasuba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Kataba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one side; one-sided" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".
Kathriner German (Swiss, Rare)
From the given name Kathrin + er meaning "of, from."
Kawakame Japanese (Rare)
Kawa means "river" and kame means "turtoise, turtle".
Kawazu Japanese (Rare)
Kawa (川, 河) means "river", tsu (津) means "port". Tsu changes to zu/dzu because of rendaku
Kayano Japanese (Rare), Brazilian
Kaya means "yew tree",and No means "field,meadow,wilderness".People with this last name are Kayano Gonbei (a samurai),Ai Kayano(a voice actress of MANY characters /more than 30),and Shigeru Kayano(an Ainu politician who lived well up to 2006)... [more]
Kazaana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風穴 (kazaana) meaning "air hole", referring to a place with many air holes.
Kazari Japanese (Rare)
Means "decoration" in Japanese.
Kazeana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 風穴 (see Kazaana).
Kazetani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 風 (kaze) meaning "wind, style" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Kazoe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主計 (see Kazue).
Kazue Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主計 (kazue) meaning "(Ancient Japan) tax officer".... [more]
Kazueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 数枝 (see Kazue).
Kekkai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).
Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "klesha to nirvana".
Kekke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 結解 (kekke), a variant reading of 結解 (ketsuge) meaning "account settlement", referring to someone who would deal with settlement of accounts.
Kenworthy English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
his interesting surname of English origin is a locational name from a place so called in Cheshire, deriving from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name Cyna, a short from of the various compound names with the first element "cyne" meaning "Royal", or, Cena, a byname meaning "Keon", "Bold" or a short form of various compound personal names with this first element plus the Old English pre 7th Century "worthing" "enclosure"... [more]
Kenwyn Cornish (Rare)
This surname is derived from the name of a town and river in Cornwall, England (called Keynwynn in Cornish). It is said that the name is derived from Cornish keyn meaning "back, keel, ridge" and gwynn meaning "white, fair, blessed."
Kerbel English, German, Russian (Rare)
Means "chervil" in German, a parsley-related herb. The surname probably came into England via Germanic relations between the two languages, hence it being most common in German & English countries.
Kerin Irish (Latinized, Rare)
Irish variation of Kieran. ... [more]
Ketsuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).
Keyn Norwegian (Rare)
Derived from the Norwegian word for "strong pillar".
Khaibri Kashmiri (Rare)
Hindus who were sent to the Khyber region by the Afghans
Khemson Thai (Rare)
Means "pine needle" in Thai.
Khirlig-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "dirty boy" in Tuvan, from Tuvan хирлиг (khirlig) "dirty" and оол (ool) "son, boy".
Khrapko Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian (Rare)
Derived from East Slavic храп (khrap) meaning "snore".
Khuren-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "brown boy" in Tuvan, from Tuvan хүрең (khüreñ) meaning "brown" combined with оол (ool) "son, boy".
Kidate Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 木 (ki) meaning "tree" and 建 (date), the joining continuative form of 建てる (tateru) meaning "to build; to construct".
Kiire Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 喜入 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", a former village in the former district of Kiire in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, or it being a variant spelling of 給黎 (Kiire) meaning "Kiire", the name of the district which the village was located in.
Kiiri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 喜入 (see Kiire).
Kiku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).
Kikuhara Japanese (Rare)
Kiku (菊) means "chrysanthemum", hara (原) means "plain/field/meadow"
Kile Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of thirteen farmsteads named Kile from, ultimately derived from Old Norse kíll "wedge" and, by extension, "narrow bay inlet".
Kill German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Perhaps derived from Kilian.
Kill German (Rare)
A habitational name for someone from a place named Kill.
Kim Korean (Americanized, Rare)
Surname of North Korean leaders and also means rock
Kimi Japanese (Rare)
Abbreviated form of Kimigafukuro or Kimigabukuro and written 君.
Kimigabukuro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 君ケ袋 (see Kimigafukuro).
Kimigafukuro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 君ケ袋 (Kimigafukuro) meaning "Kimigafukuro", a former large village in the district of Kami in the former Japanese province of Rikuzen in parts of present-day Miyagi, Japan and Iwate, Japan.
Kimpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kimpō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 金 (kin) meaning "gold, metal" and 宝 (), the joining form of 宝 () meaning "treasure", possibly referring to someone who manufactured precious metals.
Kimpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kinami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Kinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kinpō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kinpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 金宝 (see Kimpō).
Kirima Japanese (Rare)
Kiri (桐 or 霧) means "paulownia/foxglove tree" or "mist" respectively, ma (間), means "space".
Kirishima Japanese (Rare)
From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 切 (kiri) meaning "end, finish; bounds, limits" combined with 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island."
Kisaragi Japanese (Rare)
Old way to say February.
Kisaragi Japanese (Rare)
如月 (Kisaragi) can be translated as "February" and "second month of the lunar calendar" (obsolete term) and the kanji means (如月 = likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal | month; moon)... [more]
Kitanokouji Japanese (Rare)
Kitanokouji (北小路) comes from kita (北) means "North", Kouji (小路) means "Alley". This is one of the kuge surnames and this surname is very rare. No notable people or fictional characters bear this surname.
Kittirattanawiwat Thai (Rare)
From Thai กิตติ (kitti) meaning "fame; renown", รัตน (rattana) meaning "gem; jewel", and วิวัฒน์ (wiwat) of unknown meaning.
Kix English (Rare)
Location name from one of two rivers in West Yorkshire called Kex.
Kjellberg Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse kelda or Swedish källa both meaning "spring, source (of water)", and berg "mountain".
Knefac Slovak (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Uncommon surname from Burgenland, easternmost Austria.
Knös Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the name of a farm named Knorren or Knörren in Sweden whose name is unexplained but possibly taken from Swedish knusa "to crush, to crumble". Knös coincides with the Swedish word knös meaning "rich person", but the surname existed before the vocabulary word appeared in the Swedish language.
Ko Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see ).
Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).
Kobata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".
Koboldt German (Rare)
Derived from German Kobold (Middle High German kobolt) "kobold; hobgoblin; puck; imp".
Kochiya Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 古知屋 (see Kucha).
Kodzuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little" and 土 (dzuchi), the joining form of 土 (tsuchi) meaning "earth; soil; mud, ground".
Koell Upper German (Rare)
(Koell) named used when came1880s to 1905 in America changed to( Kohl)... [more]
Kogane Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 黄金, 小金, 古金, 子金, 故金 or 小賀根 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small", 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac", 故 (ko, furu.i, moto, yue) meaning "cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy", 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold."... [more]
Kōgi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鴻 () meaning "powerful, prosperous" and 戯 (gi) meaning "frolic".
Kogi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Kōgi.
Kohus Estonian (Rare)
I know it's Russian Ukraine means court duty requirement not just any court world of world courts in Estonian
Kōja Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅 () meaning "crimson; vivid red" and 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake; serpent".
Koja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紅蛇 (see Kōja).
Kōka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紅花 (kōka) meaning "red- or crimson-colored flower", referring to an occupation that involves flowers and rouge powder.
Kokonoe Japanese (Rare)
From 九重 (kokonoe) meaning "ninefold."... [more]
Kokuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).
Kolesar Czech (Modern, Rare), German (Modern, Rare), German (Austrian, Modern, Rare)
Means either 'wheelwright' or 'coleminer' depending on the region.
Kollodzieyski Polish (Rare)
Best known as the surname of a certain composer called Walter Kollo.
Komaeda Japanese (Rare)
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (ko) meaning "old" combined with Maeda.... [more]
Komatsuzaki Japanese (Rare)
Ko ("Small") + Matsu ("Pine Tree") + Zaki ("Peninsula, Cape"). This is a uncommon name, but it has kanji that 90% of Japanese family names have.
Konami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).
Konkyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyū).
Konkyū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Konkyuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyū).
Konkyuhrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūrei).
Konkyuhri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).
Konkyuhryoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).
Konkyūrei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Konkyurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūrei).
Konkyūri Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Konkyuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).
Konkyūryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).
Konkyuryo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).
Konkyuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyū).
Konkyuurei Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūrei).
Konkyuuri Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūri).
Konkyuuryou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyūryō).
Kon'yashima Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紺屋嶋 or 紺屋島 (see Koyajima).
Konyashima Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 紺屋嶋 or 紺屋島 (see Kon'yashima).
Koori Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 氷 (see Kōri).
Kore-eda Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the medieval given name Kore-Eda(是枝) means 'correct branch'. Hirokazu Kore-Eda is a famous movie director.
Kōri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 氷 (kōri) meaning "ice".
Kori Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 氷 (see Kōri).
Koshiba Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Shiba but written 小斯波, by adding Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little".
Koshkov Russian (Rare)
Possibly from Russian кошка (koshka) "cat".
Kōtani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōjiya).
Kotani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōtani).
Koyajima Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 紺屋島 (Koyajima) meaning "Koyajima", a division in the area of Gomajima in the city of Oyabe in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]
Kozamurai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 小侍 (Kozamurai) meaning "Kozamurai", a division in the area of Kitataku in the city of Taku in the prefecture of Saga in Japan.
Kozuchi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 小土 (see Kodzuchi).
Kozue Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 梢, 小梢 or 梢江 with 梢 (shou, kusunoki, kozue) meaning "treetops, twig", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" and 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet."... [more]
Kporaro Nigerian (Rare)
The name Kporaro translates into the English language as "PROGRESS" (literally Kpo which is "Go", Ra which is "OF" and Aro which is "FRONT" in which case the Ra implies "For" or "Of" thus Kporaro is literally "Go Of Front" or more properly "Move Forward")... [more]
Krajewski Polish (Rare)
Habitational name taken from places in Poland named with Polish kraj "border area".
Krasa Thai (Rare)
Means "heron, stork" in Thai.
Kreiter Low German (Rare)
meanings: "quarreler", "argumentative person", "legal counsel"... [more]
Kremic Bosnian (Rare)
Surname Kremić was used in early middle-ages, in Bosnia. It was used by royal and ordinary people. That surname is very rare today and it's almost extinct, but in the past it had very big influence.
Kromrey English (American, Rare)
Kromrey middle school.
Krukowsky Polish (Americanized, Rare)
Variant of Krukowski, used outside Poland.
Ku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).
Kucha Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 古知屋 (Kucha) meaning "Kucha", a former village in the former district of Kin in the former Ryūkyū Kingdom.
Kuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.
Kuchinoku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).
Kuchler German (Rare)
Often confused with Küchler a name for a cookie baker, Kuchler is a noble name for an old german family. Kuchler is origined in a city named Kuchl at the border of todays german bavaria... [more]
Kueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).
Kuhara Japanese (Rare)
Ku means "long time" and hara means "plain, field".
Kujira Japanese (Rare)
Kujira is an uncommon Japanese surname and first name that literally means "whale".
Kumaki Japanese (Rare)
The kanji in Anri Kumaki's name reads, Kuma ("Bear") + Ki ("Tree"). She is a singer and songwriter. There might be other combinations too, probably being , Ku ("Long Time") + Maki 1 ("Shepard").
Kumanomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).
Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that is/was somewhere in Ōita in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 () meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]
Kumanomidō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 熊野 (Kumano), a name of a shrine that was somewhere in the former Japanese province of Kii in parts of present-day Wakayama and Mie in Japan, 御 (o), a honorific indicator, and 堂 () meaning "temple, shrine, hall", referring to a hall in Kumano Shrine.... [more]
Kumanomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).
Kumanomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 or 熊埜御堂 (see Kumanomidō).
Kummerer Upper German (Germanized, Rare)
Kummerer means ""bringer of sorrow""
Kumon Japanese (Rare)
One notable bearer of this surname is Tōru Kumon (公文 公), the founder of Kumon Education.
Kunnathuparambil Malayalam (Rare)
Elamkunnapuzha-Kunnathuparambil Family has a rich history of around 200 years and traces its origins to a small village called Elamkunnapuzha in Ernakulam District. It was at that time one of our ancestors migrated from Elamkunnapuzha to a small village called Vennoor, near Mala in Thrissur District for his livelihood... [more]
Kunugiza Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 椚座 (Kunugiza) meaning "Kunugiza", a former division in the former village of Kusaka in the former district of Tsuna in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Kurikara Japanese (Rare)
Kuri means "chestnut" and kara means "larch."
Kurobiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Kuroko Japanese (Rare)
Kuro means "black" and ko means "child, sign of the rat". ... [more]
Kuromusha Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
Kuronire Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Kuronishi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).
Kurtsen Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Kurt".
Kurumi Japanese (Rare)
From 栗 (kurumi) meaning "chestnut".
Kuryakin Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Koryakin.
Kushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).
Kushida Japanese (Rare)
This surname is written multiple ways, Kushi meaning "Skewer" or "Comb" (these are different kanji),and da is "Rice Paddy".
Kushieda Japanese (Rare)
Kushi means "Comb" and Eda means "Branch, Twig".
Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛笥 (Kushige) meaning "Kushige", a former alley in the area of Kushige in the ward of Kamigyō in the city of Kyōto in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.... [more]
Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 下 (ge) meaning "bottom; low", possibly referring to a comb case.
Kushige Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 櫛下 (Kushige), from 櫛下門 (Kushigemon), the name of one of the groups of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan, as well as surrounding areas.
Kutsuku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).
Kuwajima Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima/jima (島) means "island". Shima changes to jima because of rendaku. It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwashima
Kuwashima Japanese (Rare)
Kuwa (桑) means "mulberry", shima (島) means "island". It is also possible to be spelled as Kuwajima
Kuzome Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久染 (see Hisazome).
Kyohoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).
Kyōnō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 皛 (kyō) of unknown meaning and 納 () meaning "to pay fees, to supply, to store, to complete, to restore".
Kyono Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 皛納 (see Kyōnō).
Kyōō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" and 応 (ō) meaning "to comply; to respond; to accord".
Kyoo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).
Kyouou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 京応 (see Kyōō).
Lagundzin Serbian (Rare)
Believe also spelling as Lagundzija
Lahiffe Irish (Rare)
From Irish Ó Laochdha meaning "descendant of the hero" or "descendant of the heroic", ultimately from laoch "warrior, hero".
Lakeland English (Rare)
Taken from the Place name Lakeland.... [more]
Larkey American (Modern, Rare, ?)
It is my grandmother's maiden name
Lars Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), German
Patronymic from the given name Lars.
Laxness Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the name of a farm in Mosfellsbær parish in southwest Iceland. A notable bearer was author and Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness (1902-1998).
Lemõns Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Lemons.
Lepsy Slavic (Rare), Turkish (Rare)
Possibly dating back to the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Europe, the original Turkic meaning is veiled in mystery, and possibly meant "one who comes from the edge of the lake." ... [more]
Leran Armesian (Dutchified, Rare)
The surname Leran originates in the small dutch island called Armesa. It was the name of the Armesian ruling house from 1504-1884.
Leva Bulgarian (Rare), Czech (Rare), French (Rare), Jewish (Rare)
From the Hebrew given name Lev, meaning Lion. It is also the name of the currency in Bulgaria, and a verb in French meaning to lever or to lift.
Leysico Filipino (Filipinized, Rare)
it comes from a family that lives in spain its meaning is to be free
Liddington English, Scottish (Rare)
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. "of Liddington", a parish in Rutland, near Uppingham; a parish in Wiltshire, near Swindon.
Liekki Finnish (Rare)
Means 'flame' in Finnish.
Liljeman Swedish (Rare)
From the Swedish lilja meaning "lily" and the suffix man meaning "man."
Lindbergh Swedish (Rare), English (Rare)
Rare variant spelling of Lindberg. A famous bearer was American aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) who was the first person to fly non-stop from America to mainland Europe in 1927.
Linderman English (Rare)
From the given name Lynn, combined with the surname mann.
Liné French (Rare)
From Old French liné meaning "made of linen". This name was an occupational name for someone who weaved linen or was a linen merchant.
Linnaeus Swedish (Rare)
Latinized form of Lind. A famous bearer was Swedish botanist Carl Linneaus (b. 1707 - d. 1778). His father adopted the name Linnaeus after a big lime tree (lind in Swedish) that grew on the family homestead in Vittaryd parish, Småland.
Lobsang German (Rare, Archaic)
German name meaning "sung praise"
Löfholm Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish elements löv "leaf" and holme "islet".
Löfvén Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish löv "leaf" and the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius "descendant of". Stefan Löfven (b. 1957) is a Swedish politician and the prime minister of Sweden since 2014.
Lokhvitskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This indicates familial origin within the city of Lokhvytsia in Ukraine.
Lopoy Filipino (Rare)
In the modern day around 300 people have this surname, and it is most commonly used in the Philippines.
Lorsan English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Early American variant of Swedish Larson.
Løvdahl Norwegian (Rare)
From the name of any of the numerous homes or places named Old Norse lauf "leaf foliage" and dalr "valley".
Loven Norwegian (Rare), American (Rare)
From a farm (later renamed to Låvi) in Aurland municipality in Sogn og Fjordane fylke.... [more]
Lucian English (British, Rare)
Derived from the given name Lucian
Ludzker Jewish (Rare)
coming from the town of Lutzk in Poland
Luevisadpaibul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).
Luevisesbaipul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).
Luewisetphaibun Thai (Rare)
From Thai ลือ (lue) meaning "to speak widely of", วิเศษ (wiset) meaning "excellent; splendid; amazing; superb; magnificent", and ไพบูลย์ (phaibun) meaning "prosperity; abundance".
Lugn Swedish (Rare)
Means "calm" in Swedish.
Lunavelasco Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Un-hyphenated combination of the last names, Luna, and Velasco forming its’ own name. Luna meaning “the moon” in Latin as well as multiple languages. Velasco meaning “crow” or “raven”.
Lykaios Greek (Rare)
Derived from the Greek word "Lykos" meaning wolf.
Lynderman English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Linderman
Lyselia Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Lyselius used in the 18th century.
Ma'ayan Hebrew (Rare)
Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname
Macarthur Scottish (Rare), Northern Irish
Scottish and northern Irish: see McArthur and Arthur.
MacConall Scottish (Anglicized, Rare), Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Scottish and Irish Gaelic Mac Conaill 'son of Conall', the personalized name composing of the elements con, which is an inflected form of cú 'wolf' + gal 'valor'. Giving the ultimate meaning due to variegated spellings of this specified name, is "Battle-Wolf of High Valor."
Machi Japanese (Rare)
町 (machi) means 'town' or 'street'. Some occurrences in America could be shortened versions of longer names beginning with this element, not common in Japan.
Machuca American (Hispanic, Hispanicized, Modern, Rare)
in Spanish and Portuguese Machuca means "to squash" or "to crush." it is a Hispanic surname
Madanpotra Indian (Rare), Sindhi (Rare), Punjabi (Rare)
Surname of the Arora caste of the Punjab and Sindh.
Madlangsakay Filipino (Modern, Rare, ?)
Meaning in Filipino "people on board"
Mæhle Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Denoted someone from a farm in Norway named Mele, ultimately derived from Old Norse melr meaning "dune, sandbank, gravel bank". Alternatively taken from the name of a farm named Male whose name was derived from Old Norse mǫl "pebbles, gravel".