Browse Submitted Surnames

Sawara Japanese (Rare)
Sawara (椹) is a type of cypress native to Japan

Sawaragi Japanese (Rare)
Sawaragi (椹木) literally means "Sawara tree".

Sawatdee Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of สวัสดี (see Sawatdi).

Saxen Finnish (Rare)

Sayward English (Rare)
English surname which was a variant of Seward.

Scannadinari Italian (Rare)
Taken from the Italian scanna meaning "slaying" and dinari meaning "money" in the plural form. Therefore, killer of money.

Scheele German, Dutch, Swedish (Rare)
From Middle Low German schele and Dutch scheel meaning "squinting, cross-eyed". A notable bearer was German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) who discovered oxygen and identified several other elements.

Scheving Icelandic, Danish (Rare)
From the name of the Danish town Skævinge whose name might be derived from Old Danish skap "something excavated".

Schmaltz German (Rare), German (Austrian, Rare)
Schmaltz is a German and Austrian surname. It was used as an occupational surname for chandlers.

Schough Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Swedish Skog or of German Schug.

Schreur Dutch (Dutchified, Rare)
Comes from two places; one from the German word stemming from "schrien", or "shout", and two from the Dutch word stemming from "schreuder", or "tailor".

Schumer Jewish, German (Rare)
Possibly taken from Middle Low German schumer meaning "good for nothing, vagabond". Notable bearers are American comedian Amy Schumer (b. 1981) and American politician Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer (b... [more]

Scion French (Rare)

Se Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬 (Se) meaning "Se", a division in the area of Ei in the city of Awaji in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.

Se Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".

Secura Russian (Rare)

Sei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 生 (see Ike 2).

Seismundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Variant of Segismundo.

Sejismundo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Variant of Segismundo.

Selvig Norwegian (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Selvik. Erik Selvig is a fictional character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He appears in several MCU movies between 2011 and 2022 where he is portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård... [more]

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current" and 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬村 (Semura), a clipping of 杭瀬村 (Kuinose-Mura) meaning "Semura Village", formerly in the city of Wakayama in the prefecture of Wakayama in Japan.

Semura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 瀬村 (Semura), a clipping of 瀬田蔵 (Setagura-Mura) meaning "Setagura Village", formerly in the city of Tottori in the prefecture of Tottori in Japan.

Senju Japanese (Rare)
Sen means "one thousand" and ju means "congratulations".

Senri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 千里 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (type of measurement), village."... [more]

Sesame French (Rare)

Settai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 摂待 (Settai) meaning "Settai", a former village in the former district of Hei in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan or a division in the same place, in the area of Tarō in the city of Miyako in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]

Settlage American (Rare)

Shama Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "者" meaning "Person", and "間" meaning "Between", "While". Other Kanji Character Combinations possible.

Shandy English (Rare)
Shandy appears as a rare surname, mostly found in English-speaking countries going back to the 1600s. This name may originate from the English dialect adjective meaning "boisterous" or "empty headed; half crazy", of which the earliest record dates to 1691, though any further explanation for its origins are unknown... [more]

Shanny English (Rare)

Shaye English (Rare)

Sherel English (Rare)

Shevchenkov Russian, Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant of Shevchenko.

Shibanami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紫波 (see Shiba).

Shichiho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

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

Shichihoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

Shichihou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

Shiha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Shikazu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 志和 (see Shiwa).

Shimbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Shimbu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Shimegake Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Shimekake.

Shimei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Shimekake.

Shimekake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 七 (shichi) from 楠木七郎 (Kusunoki Shichirō), 五 (go) from 和田五郎 (Wada Gorō), 三 (san) from 三百騎 (sambyakuki) meaning "300 horses" and 掛 (kake), phonetically assigned to write 駆ける (kakeru) meaning "to run"... [more]

Shimoenoo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下酔尾 (Shimoenoo) meaning "Shimoenoo", a former division in the area of Terushima in the city of Ichikikushikino 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.

Shimoji Okinawan (Rare)
Comes from the island in Okinawa, Japan, called Shimoji. The combination of Kanji characters are 下 meaning "down, below", and 地 meaning "place, territory".

Shimotsuki Japanese (Rare, ?)
霜 (Shimo) means "hoar, frost" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, noon". This is the traditional Japanese word for "November". ... [more]

Shimoyashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower, downstream" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "mansion", referring to a mansion in the lowlands.

Shimpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shimpō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 神 (shin) meaning "deity; god" and 宝 (pō), from 宝 (hō) meaning "treasure".

Shimpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 泰 (see Tai).

Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 針 (see Hari).

Shinami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Shinazugawa Japanese (Rare)
Means "immortal river; never dying river; river with no deaths" in Japanese.

Shinbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Shimbe).

Shindera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).

Shinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shinpō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shinpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shio Japanese (Rare)
Shio means "Salt". It's one of the rarest Japanese surnames that databases have compiled.

Shipley English (Rare)
English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Shippo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shippō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 七宝 (Shippō) meaning "Shippō", a former village in the district of Toyota in the former Japanese province of Aki in parts of present-day Hiroshima, Japan.

Shippoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shippou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shirino Japanese (Rare)
Shiri can mean "rear, behind" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shirlan English (Rare)

Shirogane Japanese (Rare)
Shirogane typically spelt "白銀" ... [more]

Shishimine Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 獅 (shishi), script-changed from 猪 (shishi) meaning "sus scrofa" and 峯 (mine) meaning "peak; summit".... [more]

Shitayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 下屋敷 (see Shimoyashiki).

Shkrebnev Russian (Rare)

Sho Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu) or a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu).

Shōami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 正阿弥 (shōami), a sect of kettle brim making, hat brim making, or weapon-end guard making.

Shoami Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

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

Shoaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Shoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shohmi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

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

Shojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Shōjiya).

Shomi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shouami Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shouaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Shoumi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shouyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Shoyu.

Shoyu Japanese (Rare)
Shoyu is made up of two kanji that literally means "soy sauce".

Shōzō Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 宗 (shuu, sou, mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 像 (zou) meaning "figure, image, picture, portrait, statue."... [more]

Shu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).

Shū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

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

Shuel Jewish (Anglicized, Modern, Rare), Latvian (Anglicized, Modern, Rare), Russian (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
People with this surname usually have jewish ancestry.

Shults Jewish (Anglicized, Rare)
The name Shults comes from one of those ancient dukedoms, territories and states that would eventually form a part of present day Germany. At its birth in the Middle Ages, it was used to indicate someone who worked as a town-mayor derived from the medieval name "Schultheis" which has the same meaning.... [more]

Shushanyan Armenian (Rare)
Means "son of Shushan".

Shuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).

Shyamalan Indian (Rare), Malayalam (Rare)
Derived from the given name Shyamal or Shyama. This is the surname of Manoj "M... [more]

Sickler English (Rare)
Came from one who used a sickle to farm fields

Siet Indonesian (Rare)

Silfwergård Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish silver "silver" and gård "farm, estate, yard".

Silhouette French (Rare)
Famous bearers include Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician. He was a French Ancien Régime Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV.

Silkwood Scottish (Rare)

Silverthorne English (Rare)
Silverthorne, Silverthorn comes from the Old English seolfor "silver" and þorn "thorn bush" and means the family that lived by the "silver or white thorn tree".

Simić Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Means "son of Simo".

Simmeron English (Modern, Rare)

Šimonek m Czech (Rare)
Derived from the given name Šimon.

Simou Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Means "son of Simos (or Simon)".

Sincadu South African (Rare)
Mzimkhulu, Bhaca

Singsanong Thai (Rare, ?)
Famous bearer is Jazz Singsanong.

Sirian English (Rare)

Sisnett English (Rare)
Found in Barbados.

Sivertsen Norwegian, Danish, Dutch (Rare)
Means "son of Sivert".... [more]

Sjordsma Frisian (Anglicized), English (American, Rare)
Anglicized form of Sjoerdsma.

Skarsgård Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a habitational name derived from Skärlöv, a village located on the island of Öland, Kalmar County, Sweden. The name of the village is said to mean "Skare's farm" (Skares gård in Swedish)... [more]

Skelton English, German, Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from places in Cumbria and Yorkshire, England, originally named with the same elements as Shelton, but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence.

Sklueff Russian (Latinized, Rare, ?)
Means bird of prey. From Russia. Was changed by the government from Cellieic letters to Latin letters. Unknown if it was change in Russia or Harbin, Chun where they escaped Bolshevism.

Skoubye Danish (Americanized, Rare)
from the Danish Skovby (also pronounced SKO-bee), meaning "city by a forest" or "forest town"

Skye English (Anglicized, Rare)
Originates from the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

Slanius Lithuanian (Rare)

Sloman American (Rare)

Smed Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Scandinavian cognate of Smith.

Smithe English (Rare)
Rare spelling of Smith.

Snearly English (American, Anglicized, Rare), German (Rare)
Ancestors immigrated from Baden-Württemberg, Germany prior to 1741.

Sneeze English (Rare)

So Japanese (Rare)
A notable bearer is So Yoshiyori (1818-1890), a fuedal lord of the So clan.

Sobaharaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕎原屋 (Sobaharaya) meaning "Sobahara Store", from 蕎原 (Sobahara) meaning "Sobahara", an area in the city of Kaidzuka in the prefecture of Ōsaka in Japan.

Sobranie Macedonian (Rare)
Sobranie means "Parliament" in Macedonian.

Sobremisana Filipino (Rare)

Soderbergh English (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Söderberg.

Soechting German (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)

Solar Spanish (Rare), Catalan, Aragonese, Asturian
Spanish, Catalan, Aragonese, and Asturian-Leonese: topographic name from Latin solarius ‘ancestral home’ (a derivative of solum ‘ground’, ‘floor’), perhaps denoting someone who lived near or at the house of an important family.

Solemark Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Swedish sol "sun" and mark "ground, earth".

Söllei Hungarian (Rare)

Somerlee English (Rare)
Variant of Summerlee.

Somerville Scottish, Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Scottish (of Norman origin) habitational name, probably from Graveron Sémerville in Nord, named with the Germanic personal name Sigimar (see Siemer) + Old French ville ‘settlement’... [more]

Somwan Thai (Rare)

Sondermajer German (Rare)
Rare German surname from Bukovina.

Sondheim English (American, Rare), German (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Sontheimer.

Sonoike Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "orchard; plantation" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond".... [more]

Sonotani Japanese (Rare)
Sono means "garden" and tani means "valley".

Sonoya Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Sonotani.

Sophomore English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Could be a nickname for the 2nd son.

Sorhapuru Basque (Rare)
From south west France Basque Country. Name of a small village

Soria Spanish (Rare)
The Spanish last name, Soria, comes from a city in Spain called Soria

Sorime Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 反り (sori), the continuative form of 反る (soru) meaning "to curve" and 目 (me) meaning "visual feature", referring to a curved landscape of a field.

Sosona Ukrainian (Rare)

Sotohebo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 外枦保 (Sotohebo), a clipping of 外枦保門 (Sotohebomon) meaning "Sotohebo Gate", 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, as well as surrounding areas.

Sototo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).

Sototō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Hokaatari).

Sototoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).

Sototou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 外当 or 外當 (see Sototō).

Souma Japanese (Rare)
Sou (相) means "appearance, nature", ma (馬) means "horse". Souma is also a city name in Fukishima prefecture. Mitsuko Souma (相馬光子) from Battle Royale bears this surname

Souness Scottish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from the place name Soonhouse in the town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area (which is of uncertain meaning), or from the place names Sun-hlaw or Sunilaw near the town of Coldstream, also in the Scottish Borders in Scotland, meaning "south hill" or "sunny hill" in Old English... [more]

Sovine Dutch (Rare, Archaic)
Sovain

Spaight English (Rare)

Spinster American (Rare)
A presumably extinct English occupational name, derived from the occupation of spinning.

Spurrell English (British, Rare), English (British)
Most likely from a place called Spirewell in southern Devon.

Spurrill English (British, Rare)
Most likely from a place called Spirewell in southern Devon.

Stahling German (Rare)
Denoted a person who worked with steel. Derived from the name "Stähling", which was derived from "Stalin."

Stanich Croatian (Anglicized, Rare), Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Stanić.

Starbatty German (Rare)

Starbaty German (Rare)

Starczewski Polish (Rare)
It indicates origin in either a place named Starczewo or Starczewice.

Starz American (Rare)

Stayton English (British, Modern, Rare)

Steelworker English (Rare)
Modern version of Smith, meaning "someone who works with steel". Comes from the occupation Steel Worker .

Sternke Low German (Rare, ?)
From the German word or surname Stern meaning "star" and the Low German diminutive "-ke". The exact origins of this surname are unknown.

Steva English (Rare)

Stigward Swedish (Rare)

Stilitino English (American, Rare)

Stindl German (Rare)

Stinkel Hebrew (Germanized, Rare)

Stinky English (Rare)

Stockholm Danish (Rare), English (American)
Danish variant of Stokholm. English usage could be a habitational name for someone from Stockholm, Sweden (see Stockholm), but this etymology does not apply to Scandinavian usage of the name.

Stockhome English (American, Rare)
Variant of Stockholm.

Stofflet Alsatian (Rare)
Derived from the given name Stoffel in combination with the diminutive suffix -et.

Stokholm Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Norwegian skyta "to shoot" (indicating a protruding piece of land like a cape or headland) and holme "islet".

Strawberry English (American, Rare)
Possibly from the name of the fruit, or from any of the various places named Strawberry in the US.

St Thomas English (American, Rare), French (Rare)
English and French cognate of Sto. Tomas.

Studer German (Americanized, Rare), Russian, German
Often found in Switzerland and germany and in a more rare case Russia in north america it's a little more on the rare side

Sture Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse stura "to be contrary". This was the surname of two important families in the 15th and 16th century Sweden. Members of these families served as regents of Sweden during this time... [more]

Suba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Subanajouy American (Modern, Rare)

Subject English (Canadian, Rare)

Subranni Abruzzo (Italianized, Rare)

Sue Chinese (Rare)

Sueadao Thai (Rare)
Means "leopard" in Thai.

Suegawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Suekawa.

Suenson Danish (Rare)
Variant of Svendsen.

Sugar German (Rare)
Sugar is the surname of talented storyteller, writer, and composer Rebecca Rae Sugar (creator of animated series Steven Universe).

Suha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Sukacz Polish (Rare)
father surname.

Summerlee English (Rare)
This surname is originated from Old English sumer meaning "summer" and leah meaning "clearing, meadow."

Sunadori Japanese (Rare)
漁 (Sunadori) means "fishing".

Sunami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Suō Japanese (Rare)
Derived from place name Suō.... [more]

Sur German (Rare)
Variant of Sauer.

Sur Korean (Rare)
A variant of Sŏ (see So).

Susiluoto Finnish (Rare)
Combination of Finnish susi "wolf" and luoto "islet".

Suvarnabhumi Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (see Suwannaphum).

Suwa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Suwannaphum Thai (Rare)
From Thai สุวรรณภูมิ (Suwannaphum), from Sanskrit सुवर्णभूमि (Suvárṇabhūmi) meaning "Suvarnabhumi", referring to various places throughout Southeast Asia as "golden land; land of gold".

Suzumiya Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "chime, bell" and miya means "shrine".

Suzutani Japanese (Rare)
Suzu means "bell, chime" and tani means "valley".

Suzuya Japanese (Rare)
This is the more commonly heard variation of Suzutani.

Svahnström Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Svanström.

Swinamer English (Rare)

Swithun English (Rare)

Symere English (American, Rare)
Name of unknown origin, typically used in the United States. It is best known as the real first name of American rapper Lil Uzi Vert.

Symgaliev Kazakh (Rare)

Szendeffy Hungarian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Hungarian szende meaning ''meek''.

Tabako Japanese (Rare)

Tabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 多比 (Tabi) meaning "Tabi", an area in the city of Numazu in the prefecture of Shizuoka in Japan.

Tackleberry Popular Culture, American (Rare)
This is a surname most notably used by Officer Eugene Tackleberry (played by the lovably hilarious David Graf) in the classic Police Academy movies of the 1980s-90s. Officer Tackleberry is a markedly boyish police officer who has a passionate adoration for guns and adventure... [more]

Tadayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters 多 meaning "many" and 田 meaning "rice field", and 屋 and 敷, 屋敷 meaning "great house".

Taechaubol Thai (Rare)
Possibly of Chinese origin.

Tafu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 多布 (Tafu) meaning "Tafu", a former township in the former district of Kōge in the former Japanese province of Buzen in parts of present-day Ōita, Japan and Fukuoka, Japan.

Tagawa Japanese (Rare)
Tagawa means "ricefield river"

Tagumpay Filipino (Rare), Tagalog
Means "success, victory" in Tagalog.

Tahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tabi, but written 多斐 and pronounced differently.

Tai Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 泰 (tai) meaning "peaceful".

Taina'an Chamorro (Modern, Rare)
Chamorro for "No name or reference".

Takahide Japanese (Rare)
Taka means "eagle" such as in surname "Takasu" but more commonly means "tall,high" instead. Hide means "fine,excellence". This must be one of the very few Japanese surnames that has "Hide" in it. It is mostly just a first name element... [more]

Takashio Japanese (Rare)

Takehara Japanese (Rare)
Take means "Bamboo" while Hara means "Plain". This surname means " Plain of the Bamboo". Takehara is also a city in Hiroshima and a railway station.

Taki Japanese (Rare)
Tami means "Waterfall". This is occasionally a first name too,as a matter of a fact,neither of them are common.

Takiya Japanese (Rare)
Taki (滝) means "waterfall", ya (谷) means "valley". One notable fictional character who bears this surname is Genji Takiya (滝谷 源治) from Crows Zero, this surname is very rare.

Tal Brough Hebrew (Rare)

Talinov Russian (Rare, ?)

Tallentire English (Rare)
From a small village in Cumbria, England, meaning 'head of the land' in Cumbric.

Tamaoi Japanese (Rare)

Tamara Japanese (Rare)

Tamatsuki Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 玉槻 with 玉 (gyoku, tama, tama-, -dama) meaning "ball, jewel" and 槻 (ki, tsuki) meaning "Zelkova tree."

Tameishi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為 (tame) meaning "advantage; benefit" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone", referring to useful stone.... [more]

Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former area in the city of Bungotakada in the prefecture of Ōita in Japan.... [more]

Tamenari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 為成 (Tamenari) meaning "Tamenari", a former division in the area of Fuchū in the city of Toyama in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]

Tamiya Japanese (Rare)
Tamiya means "rice field palace". See also Miyata

Tamon Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 多門, 多聞 or 田門 with 多 (ta, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much", 田 (den, ta) meaning "rice field/paddy", 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate" and 聞 (bun, mon, ki.ku, ki.koeru) meaning "ask, hear, listen."... [more]

Tan English (Australian, Rare)
Possibly from the English Word "Tan", or from the Given Name Tan.

Tanabata Japanese (Rare)
This surname refers to the Japanese Star Festival on July 7th.

Tanacea Romanian (Rare)

Tanibara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Tanibuki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 谷吹 (see Yabuki).

Taniwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Tanihara.

Tanji Japanese (Rare)
Rare in Japan, the name is written with characters meaning ‘red’ and ‘govern’. The actual meaning is unclear.

Tanose Japanese (Rare)

Taron German (Rare)
The standardized variant of Tarruhn which has origins in the Neumark region of Brandenburg, Prussia dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. The Taron family was one of many German families who left the Neumark region and moved eastward into present-day Poland and Ukraine... [more]

Tarragon French (Rare)

Tatlow English (British, Rare)
I heard it was from a small village in England called Tallow.

Tatsuzono Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Ryūzono.

Taufer German (Rare, Archaic)
Taufer is a german surname. The meaning of Taufer is "to dip".... [more]

Tăvuța Romanian (Rare)

Tayar Kurdish (Arabized, Rare)
Flying, pilot. This name originated from Arabic.

Taynen English (Rare)

Tecelão Portuguese (Rare)
Means "weaver."

Tector English (Rare)

Teixeria Portuguese, English (Rare)
Variant of Teixeira, more commonly used in the United States likely by American-Portuguese citizens

Telišman Croatian (Rare)
Unknown origin, probably from the word "talisman"

Tenayuca Indigenous American, Mexican (Rare), Comanche (?)
Of uncertain origin. A known bearer was Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999), an American labor leader of Comanche descent.

Tenkubashi Japanese (Rare)
Written with kanji meaning "Heaven Sky Bridge". This surname is possessed by two characters in popular culture, Aika Tenkubashi from Shomin Sample, and Tomoka Tenkubashi from the Idolm@sters: Million Live videogame.

Tennohja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennohjidani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjidani).

Tennohjitani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjitani).

Tennohjiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennōja Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennoja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennōji Japanese (Rare)
Composed of Japanese ten 天 meaning "heaven," ō (which becomes nō due to renjō) 王 meaning "king," and ji 寺 meaning "temple" or "Buddhist temple."

Tennōjidani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennojidani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjidani).

Tennōjitani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennojitani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjitani).

Tennōjiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天王寺谷 (Tennōjiya), script-changed from 天王寺屋 (Tennōjiya) meaning "Tennōji Store", a store that was in the ward of Tennōji in the city of Ōsaka in the prefecture of Ōsaka in Japan.

Tennojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Tennouja Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōja).

Tennoujidani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjidani).

Tennoujitani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjitani).

Tennoujiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 天王寺谷 (see Tennōjiya).

Ter-saakov Russian (Rare)

Testina Italian (Rare)

Teutloff German (Rare)

Thalassis Greek (Rare)

Thavornvong Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thavornvongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thavornvongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawonwong Thai (Rare)
From Thai ถาวร (thawon) meaning "permanent" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "family".

Thawornwong Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawornwongs Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Thawornwongsa Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai ถาวรวงศ์ (see Thawonwong).

Themptander Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the name of Tämta parish in Västergötland, Sweden.

Theologou Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Means "son of Theologos".

Theriault French (Rare)
Possibly from the Greek "therion" which means a beast of a nondescript nature.

Thern English (American, Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Thesander Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Thirring Upper German (Rare)
The name Thirring has many different forms/variant spellings. These include Thiering, Thiring, Thuring,Thuringer, Turinger, Duringer, Diringer, Diring and During. One of the reasons for all the variant spellings is that the church scribes in Hungary originally all recorded the name differently... [more]

Thirtyacre German (Americanized, Rare)
English form of the German Drezigacker.