Browse Submitted Surnames

Maga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Magombo Swahili, African, Swazi (Rare)
Meaning unknown, possibly related from the fore name of the same name. It means "leaves" (verb) in Swahili.

Magyarodi Hungarian (Rare)

Magyarody French (Quebec), Hungarian (Anglicized, Rare)

Maher Irish (Rare)
The originally spelling was "O'Meachair" which means the 'kindly' or the 'generous'. The Maher family resided in the O'Carrol... [more]

Majima Japanese (Rare)
Ma means "Real,Genuine" (this is used most likely,anyway) and Jima means "Island".

Majstorović Serbo-Croatian (Rare)
Comes from word majstor meaning master.

Maka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true" and 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulation".

Makam Telugu (Rare)

Makice American (Modern, Rare)
Taken as a new common familyname by Kevin McGrew Isbister and Amy Elizabeth Clendening. They scrambled their initials (KMI and AEC), and came up with “Makice” as their family name.

Makiue Japanese (Rare)

Makka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Makkelie Dutch (Rare)

Makovoza Baltic (Latinized, Rare), German (Latinized, Rare), Russian (Rare)
There is no history of the name just a family name I on't know if some people have it as a first name too.

Malešev Serbian (Rare)
It is believed that the name derives from the name of a mountain.

Malin Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
From the Serbian word мали meaning "small".

Maloan Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
A rare variant of Malone, the anglicized version of Ó Maoil Eoin.

Malynovskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Malinovsky.

Mamri Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)

Man Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Mandžukić Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Famous bearer of this last name is Mario Mandžukić who is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Juventus and the Croatia national team.

Mankoku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 万国 (see Bankoku).

Mannay-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Derived from Tuvan маңнаар (mañnar) meaning "to run" combined with оол (ool) "son, boy".

Mannazzu Sardinian (Archaic), Sicilian (Rare, Archaic), Corsican (Modern, Rare), Italian (Rare)
It came from the Ancient Nuraghi people. the Nuraghi people inhabited southern Corsica and northern and central Sardinia.

Mannerheim Finland Swedish (Rare)
Swedification of the German surname Marhein. A famous bearer was Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951), a Finnish military leader, statesman and the 6th President of Finland... [more]

Mannion Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Ó Mainnín. Mainnín is derived from Irish manach "monk".

Manuschki Russian (Rare)
Means ''Guider, Discipline, Adventurer''

Manyasha African (Rare)

Maraspin Italian (Rare)

Marcuson English (Rare)
Means "Son of Marcus".

Marelius Swedish (Rare)

Margate English (Rare)

Margeaux French (Rare)

Mari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鞠 (mari) meaning a type of ancient football used by courtiers.

Marigot French (Rare), Catalan (Rare)

Marison English (Rare)
Means “son of Mary”.

Maritn English (Rare)
Variant of Martin.

Markovnikov Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Markov.

Martain German (Rare)
Possibly a Germanized form of Dutch Martijn.

Martney English (Rare)

Maru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).

Masaaji Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Masaami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Masamoto Japanese (Rare)
Masa means "proper, right" and moto meabs "source, root, origin".

Mashashane Ndebele (Rare), Pedi (Rare)

Masman Low German (Rare)
Mass

Masterton Scottish (Rare)
From English Masterton, an area in the city of Dunfermline in the council area of Fife in Scotland.

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

Mathena English (American, Rare, ?)

Matsubase Japanese (Rare)

Matteusson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Matteus" in Swedish.

Mattisen Norwegian (Rare)
Means son of Mattis

Maturanec Croatian (Rare)

Matuščak Serbian (Rare)

Mauritsen Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Maurits".

Maverick English (Rare)
Surname notably borne by Texas lawyer, politician and land baron Samuel Maverick (1803-1870) to whom the word maverick was coined.

Mawari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri).

Mayona Filipino (Rare)

Mcadory Northern Irish (Rare)
Rare Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Deoraidh ‘son of the stranger’.

Mccallie English (Rare)

McDavid Scottish (Rare)
Means 'Son of David'. A famous bearer of the surname is Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers.

Mcgaw Irish (Americanized, Rare)

McKerral Scottish (Rare)

Mcmanaman Irish (Rare)
Variant of Mcmanamon

Meanswel Popular Culture (Rare)
Variant of Meanswell.

Mecone Italian (Modern, Rare)
Giuseppe Meconi (Febuary 1860-April 21,1921) was born in San Massimo, Campbasso Province, Italy. Giuseppe arrived in Pennsylvania, United States in the late 1880s and married Elizabeth Magyar in 1885... [more]

Medison English (Rare)
Variant of Madison.

Meeboer Dutch (Rare)

Meguri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 巡 (Meguri), a clipping of 巡谷 (Meguriya) meaning "Meguriya", a division in the division of Nakada in the area of Aiga in the city of Sumoto in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.

Meguri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 廻 (meguri), from 廻り (meguri) meaning "transport route, regular visit". This is the name of a former village in the district of Aira in the former Japanese province of Ōsumi in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Mehendale Indian (Rare), Marathi (Rare)
An Indian Brahmin surname of unknown meaning from the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Meichin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 明珍 or 明珎 (see Myōchin).

Melanay Filipino (Latinized, Modern, Rare)
From Bicol region in the Philippines, the most population name in Naga City.

Melker Dutch, Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans
Derived from Dutch melker "milker (one who milks)". In some cases, however, it can also be derived from the given name Melchior.

Melleker Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Melker.

Melna English (Canadian, Rare)

Melnot English (Rare)

Mely French (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning.

Memra English (Rare)

Mendera Polish (Latinized, Rare), German

Menhenot Cornish (Rare, Archaic)
It is derived from the placename "Menheniot" in Cornwall.

Menonita Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From Spanish meaning "mennonite".

Merical American (Rare)
Altered form of French Marécal.

Merladet Spanish (Rare)

Merryman English (Rare)
Variant of Merriman.

Mersenne French (Rare)

Mezurashi Japanese (Rare)
Means "rare" in Japanese.

Mezvinsky Jewish (Rare)

Miché French, Dutch (Rare)

Midōmaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), a prefix added to emphasize beauty, 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, sphere", referring to a round land.

Midomaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Midoriya Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," used on the main character Izuku Midoriya (緑谷 出久) in 'My Hero Academia'.... [more]

Midoumaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".

Mikuš Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Croatian (Rare)
From the given name Mikuláš.

Milanay Filipino (Latinized, Rare, Archaic)
The Milanay is original surname from Bicol region in the Philippines, the most population name in Naga City.

Millford English (Rare)
Variant of Milford.

Mimana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.

Minaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
Means "port cape" in Japanese.

Misipeka Samoan (Rare)

Miso Japanese (Rare)
Miso is made up of two symbols literally referring to "miso soup". Approximately less than 140 people in Japan possess this last name.

Mitnaul Germanic (Rare)

Mitsugu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 貢, 三次, 三続 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 続 (kyou, kou, shoku, zou, tsugu.nai, tsudzu.ku, tsudzu.keru) meaning "continue, sequel, series", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Miyako Japanese (Rare)
Miyako means "capital" in vocabulary, but as a last name, it's written in the same characters as Kyoto.

Miyoi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nai.

Mizoroge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mizoroke.

Mizoroke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 深泥池 (Mizoro-ga-Ike) meaning "Mizoro Lake", a lake in Kyōto, Kyōto, Japan.

Mkerref Berber (Modern, Rare)
Mkerref originated from the 1950s in Tangier, Morocco. The surname is rare and its holders have riffian (amazigh) roots, known as the Temsamanis originally. ... [more]

Modhwadia Indian (Rare)

Moegi Japanese (Rare)

Mohammadpourkarkaragh Persian (Rare)
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian پور (pur) "son" and the name of the Persian village of Karkaraq.

Molitvenik Ukrainian (Ukrainianized, Rare)
The meaning is "prayer warrior" or "someone who prays"

Momonoe Japanese (Rare)
Combination of 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 枝 (e), shortened from eda meaning "branch, bough," sandwiched by the genitive particle の (no) which is not shown in this instance.... [more]

Momotari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mukade.

Monae Papuan (Rare)

Montaville French (Rare)
Variant of Monteville.

Moodysson Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Means "son of Moody". A notable bearer is Swedish director Lukas Moodysson (b. 1969).

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

Mordax German (Rare, ?)

Morikita Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]

Morimura Japanese (Rare)
From Kanji "森" (Mori) meaning "Forest" and "村" (Mura) meaning "Village".

Morriz American (Hispanic, Rare)
Another form of Morris

Moscow English (American, Rare)
From the city of Moscow in Russia.

Moseid Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
From Moseid Farm in southern Norway.

Moticoe Tswana (Rare)

Motokari Japanese (Rare)

Motome Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 求, 元目 or 求馬 with 求 (kyuu, gu, moto.meru) meaning "demand, request, require, want, wish for", 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 目 (boku, moku, ma, me, -me) meaning "care, class, experience, eye, favour, insight, look" and 馬 (ba, uma, uma-, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]

Movia Indonesian (Rare)

Mridhani Bengali (Rare, ?)

Mufasa Indonesian (Rare)

Muhammado Arabic (Japanized, Rare)
Japanized form of Muhammad, written 無半麻土.

Muharremaj Kosovar (Rare)

Mujoo Indian (Rare)

Mukade Japanese (Rare)
Means "100 legs" or "centipede" in Japanese.

Mukushina Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 無垢 (muku) meaning "spiritual purity; freedom from desire or aversion" and 品 (shina), a clipping of 九品 (kokonoshina) meaning "the 9 Stages in Life (in Buddhism)".

Mullery Irish (Rare)
From Irish Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire "descendant of Maolmhuire", a personal name meaning literally "servant of (the Virgin) Mary".

Munagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Muncaster English (Rare)

Munch Danish, French, Norwegian (Rare)
Either a variant of Münch or Munk, both meaning "monk". A notable bearer was Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), whose best known work is 'The Scream'.

Munenobu Japanese (Rare)
From the given name 宗信 or 宗延 (see Munenobu).

Munkdahl Swedish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from the name of the municipality and locality Munkedal in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. If that's the case, then the first element is Swedish munk "monk" and the second element is dal "valley"... [more]

Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".

Murako Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "village, hamlet" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Murataya Japanese (Rare, ?)

Muravyov-Amursky Russian (Rare)
Combination of surname Muravyov and Amursky. The famous bearer of this surname is Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.

Mury Spanish (Rare)

Mushold German (Rare)
Unknown

Mustafi Albanian, German (Rare)
Means "the chosen one"

Mutsu Japanese (Rare)
Similar to Mutsumi, Mutsu means "order".

Mutsumi Japanese (Rare)
Mutsumi means "order".... [more]

Mutsuyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muttersbach German (Rare)

Muyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muzio Italian (Rare)
Northern Italian from a medieval personal name derived from the Latin personal name Mucius or Mutius.

Mykkänen Finnish (Rare)
Finnish rare variant of Mäkinen.

Mykolaiv Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Mykola."

Mylrae English (Rare)

Myōchin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 明珍 (myōchin), the 2 characters used in 明らかに珍しい (akiraka ni mezurashii) meaning "evidently rare". This is from the event in the Heian Period, of an armorer who created an armor that was then praised by Emperor Konoe... [more]

Myochin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 明珍 or 明珎 (see Myōchin).

Myrsten Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and sten "stone, rock".

Myrtollari Albanian (Rare)

Myrvall Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and vall "pasture, field of grass".

Na Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Nada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Naegi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 苗木 with 苗 (byou, myou, nae, nawa-) meaning "sapling, seedling, shoot" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Nagagai Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagagaya Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagato Japanese (Rare)
There might be different readings, but one is Naga meaning "chief" and to meaning "gate".... [more]

Nakanotani Japanese (Rare)
Naka means "middle", no is a possessive particle, and tani means "valley".

Nale Marathi (Rare)

Nalick German (Rare), English (American, Rare)

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a former large village in the former district of Aida in the former Japanese province of Mimasaka in parts of present-day Okayama, Japan.

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a division in the town of Kashima in the district of Kamimashiki in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.

Namisato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 波里 (see Hari).

Namiyama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Namkoisse Central African, Eastern African (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Nan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Nan Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 欒 (nan/ran) meaning "orchid".

Nanaho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.

Nanahoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanashima Japanese (Rare)
Japanese surname meaning "seven island".

Nani Japanese (Rare)
Means "what" in Japanese.

Nansen Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Patronymic name derived from an unknown given name.

Nantsios Greek (Rare)

Naska Albanian (Rare)
Present in Albania before 1900'.

Natikar Indian (Rare), Hindi (Rare)

Natsumi Japanese (Rare)
This is occasionally,but rarely used as a last name. Natsu means "Summer",and Mi in this surname means "Look". So the literal meaning of this could be "Look at Summer",or "The Look of Summer"... [more]

Natt och Dag Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Means "night and day" in Swedish. This is the name of one of the oldest noble families in Sweden. The name is believed to be a reference to the family's coat of arms which consisted of a blue and a golden field, the blue symbolizing night and the gold symbolizing day.

Navickevičius Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Nowicki with the addition of the -evičius suffix. See Navickas.

Naya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

N’dri Western African (Rare)
The meaning behind N’Dri is “ Nearby the river “

Neeke Indonesian (Rare)

Neji Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 子師, combining 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac)" with 師 (shi, su, nara.u, moromoro) meaning "army, exemplar, expert, master, model, teacher, war."

Nekras Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)

Nelsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Nels".

Nemilos Filipino (Rare, ?)

Nerby English, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
From Old Norse neðri "lowest" and býr "farm".

Neuser German (Rare)
Person who had ancestors that lived in Germany near Dusseldorf in the town called Neuss.

Nevek Papuan (Rare)

Newcomb Irish (Rare)

Ngurakahayo Fuliru (Modern, Rare)
An ancenstor's Fuliru name, the meaning of the name is powerful, champion, done , finish, end.

Nichody English (Rare), Popular Culture

Nick American (Anglicized, Rare)

Nicolar American (Rare)

Nicolaro American (Rare)

Nihon Japanese (Rare)
Means "Japan" in Japanese, though originally from 日本 (nihon), a clipping of 日本晴れ (nihombare) meaning "no clouds in the sky". It is a reference to an event in the Edo Period, of a weather forecaster who was asked for the weather and answered 日本晴れ... [more]

Niidera Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 新 (nii-) meaning "temple" and 寺 (dera), the joining form of 寺 (tera) meaning "temple".

Nijibayashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 虹 (Niji) meaning "Rainbow" and 林 (Bayashi) meaning "Forest". A notable bearer of this surname was academic author Kei Nijibayashi.

Nijimura Japanese (Rare)

Nijine Japanese (Rare)
Niji means "rainbow" and ne means "root".

Nikaido Japanese (Rare, ?)
From japanese kanji 二 (ni) meaning "two", 階 (kai) meaning "floor, storey" combined with 堂 (dō) meaning "temple". The last name is a name of a clan of Japanese samurai that ruled the Iwase District of Mutsu Province during the Sengoku period during the Kamakura era... [more]

Nikolav Russian (Rare, ?)

Nioka African (Rare)

Nippon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Nirehara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.

Nishiomote Japanese (Rare), Okinawan (Rare)
Variant reading of Iriomote.

Nishiyasu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium". The fact that it is homographic as Japanese 西安 (Shīan) meaning "Xi'an", a city in Shaanxi, China, is coincidental.

No Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Nō).

Nō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Nobs English (Rare)
Variant of Nobbs.

Noelsaint French (Rare)

Noggy English (American, Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Hungarian Nagy.

Noh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Nō).

Nohda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Noka Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nonnin French (Rare)

Nordkvelle Norwegian (Rare)

Nōsawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nosawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōsawa).

Nosoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Japanese reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nusuku).

Nou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Nō).

Nouda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nōzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 沢 (zawa), the joining form of 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, marsh; wetlands", possibly referring to a place with wet grounds or a mountain stream.

Nozawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納沢 (see Nōzawa).

Nozoko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nukufuyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nukutō.

Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading or transcription of Nukutō.

Nukuto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 貫 (nuku) meaning "pierce; go through" and 渡 (to) meaning "go across, migrate".

Nukutō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 抽く (nuku) meaning "to pull out; to draw out" and 冬 (tō) meaning "winter".

Nurasylov Kazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Nurasyl".

Nushiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主代 (nushiro), a contraction of 主代 (nushishiro), from 主 (nushi), a variant reading of 主 (shu), a clipping of 主人 (shujin) meaning "master, owner, host" and 代 (shiro), a variant reading of 代 (dai), a clipping of 代理 (dairi) meaning "surrogation; proxy", referring to someone who would represent their master.

Nushishiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Nushiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Nusuku Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 野底 (Nusuku) meaning "Nosoko", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Nyaua Indonesian (Rare)
Originally descended from the Pamona tribe, Central Sulawesi which means stinging like a hornet.

Nygard English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Form of Nygård mostly used outside Scandinavia, as well as a (rare) Norwegian variant.

Nyýazow Turkmen (Rare)
Turkmen form of Niyazov.

O Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).

Ō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Oku.

Obata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小八田 (see Kobata).

Obinaga Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 帯 (obi) meaning "sash; belt" and 長 (naga), the root form of 長い (nagai) meaning "long; lengthy".... [more]

Obuch Medieval Polish (Rare)
Obuch is a surname found in Poland and specifically areas that were part of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom. It was the name of a long handled battle hammer and may have denoted someone handy with the weapon or who produced the weapon... [more]

Oderasak Yoruba (Rare)
It is Yoruba mispronunciation of the the name Oscar. It was a middle name that became a last name.

Odilia Spanish (Anglicized, Rare, Archaic)

Odo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小土 (see Kodzuchi).

Odpowiedź Polish (Rare)
From polish "Odpowiedź" Literally meaning "Answer"

Oelgray German (Rare)

Officer English (Canadian), English (American, Rare)
Occupational name for the holder of any office, from Anglo-Norman French officer (an agent derivative of Old French office ‘duty’, ‘service’, Latin officium ‘service’, ‘task’).

Ōga Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 淡河, 王賀 or 相賀 with 淡 (tan, awa.i) meaning "faint, fleeting, pale, thin," 河 (ka, kawa) meaning "river," 王 (ou, -nou) meaning "king, magnate, rule," 相 (shou, sou, ai-, ou) meaning "aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together" and 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy."... [more]

Ogno Sardinian (Americanized, Rare)

Oh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 奥 (see Ō).

Ohman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).

Öjebo Swedish (Rare)

Ojiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 尾 (o) meaning "tail" and 白 (jiro) meaning "white"

Ojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Okkotsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 乙骨 (Okkotsu), a variant reading and spelling of 乙事 (Okkoto), an area in the town of Fujimi in the district of Suwa in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.

Okota Japanese (Rare)
This name is used to combine 興 (kou, kyou, oko.ru, oko.su) meaning "interest, pleasure," or 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" with 古 (ko, furu.i, furu-, -furu.su) meaning "old" and 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy."

Okuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Okukawa Japanese (Rare)
Oku means "interior,secluded,further out" and kawa means "river". Minako Okukawa is a fictional character from Yuri!!! On Ice and it's also the name of a company.

Olafsen Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Olaf".

Olafson English, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Olafsen.

Olorosisimo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Derived from Spanish olorosísimo meaning "most fragrant".

O'Maher Irish (Rare)
This name comes from the Irish surname 'Meachair' which means hospitality. ... [more]

Ōman Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Daiman).

Oman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).

O'Marr Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
This surname originated from the name 'Maher'. The O' means 'grandson of'. ... [more]

Omul African (Rare)

Onotora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 男虎 (onotora) meaning "male tiger", from 男 (o) meaning "male; man", の (no), an unwritten possessive particle, and 虎 (tora) meaning "panthera tigris", referring to someone with qualities of a male tiger.... [more]

Onyilogwu Nigerian (Rare), Igbo (Rare)
Possibly means "he who is invulnerable to dark magic" in Igbo.

Ooman Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 大万 (see Ōman).

Ootono Japanese (Rare)
Oo means "big, great, large, huge" and tono is an outdated honorific that literally means "lord".

Oregon English (American, Rare)
From the state of Oregon. Meaning “River of the west”

Oreli Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Orelias Nigerian (Latinized, Modern, Rare), Italian (Tuscan), Venetian
Means "golden", when coupled with a first name becomes "the golden". Varied from Orelia, "golden".... [more]

Orime Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Orimen.

Orimen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 折 (ori) meaning "occasion; time" or "fold" and 免 (men) meaning "dismissal".

Ornell English (American, Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Osada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (osaragi), from さらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from さらき (saraki), from 更木 (saraki) meaning "new wood; unused wood", referring to a statue of Buddha that was created using fresh wood.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), a variant reading of 大仏 (Daibutsu), a clipping of 大仏ケ谷 (Daibutsugayatsu), a former name for the area of Hase in the city of Kamakura in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (Osaragi), sound- and script-changed from 若木 (Osanagi), a clipping of 若木山 (Osanagiyama) meaning "Osanagi Mountain", a mountain in the city of Higashine in the prefecture of Yamagata in Japan.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (daibutsu) meaning "great statue of Buddha" with an assigned reading of おさらぎ (saragi), sound-changed from Old Japanese おぽさらぎ (oposaragi), from オポ (opo) meaning "great; large" and サラギ (saragi) meaning "newcomer", referring to the large number of visitors to a great statue of Buddha.

Osaragi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 大仏 (osaragi), from Old Japanese オホソレキ (ohosoreki), from オホ (oho) meaning "great; large", ソレ (sore) meaning "slash-and-burn cultivation" , and キ (ki) meaning "place", referring to a place in the mountains that had been slash-and-burn cultivated.

Oscarson English, Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Oscar".

O'Sheeran Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of either Ó Sírín or Ó Síoráin meaning "descendant of Sírín" and "descendant of Síoráin" respectively. Sírín and Síoráin are variants of the same name, both are derived from a diminutive of síor meaning "long-lasting".

Ossowicki Polish (Rare)