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Thomass French (Rare)

Thorkildsen Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Thorkild".

Thorr French (Rare)

Threston Medieval English (Rare)
The surname of Threston is English in origin, and, means "to twist"** and, can be traced as far back as the 11th century where the name is found in the "Domesday Book." The name Threston is a variation of the name of the town of Threxton, Norfolk, UK, and, there are several variations of the name Threxton including:... [more]

Throndsen Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Trondsen, meaning "son of Trond".

Thurman English (Rare)
Composed of the elements þórr (see Thor) and mundr "protection".

Tiffen English (British, Rare)
Tiffen is a diminutive of Tiffany which is in turn a diminutive of Theophania... [more]

Timberley American, English (Rare)
Means "timber clearing" in English. From the Middle English words tymber, meaning wood trees, and leah, meaning clearing. The name's origin be related to tree farming.... [more]

Timberly American, English (Rare)
Variant of Timberley

Timcke German (Rare)
Timcke originated in Germany and has existed since the origin of the Germanic language.

Timms Welsh (Rare)

Tingwall Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Tingvall.

Tininahan Filipino (Modern, Rare)

Tiranorr English (Rare)

To Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 塔 (see Tō).

Tō Japanese (Rare)
Contracted form of Tafu and written 塔.

Tobi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 登 (to) meaning "to climb; to rise" and 日 (bi), the joining form of 日 (hi) meaning "sun; day", referring to a port that is closest to sunrise.

Tobian English (Rare)

Toche French (Rare)

Toh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 塔 (see Tō).

Tohi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 登日 (see Tobi).

Tohkin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).

Toizumi Japanese (Americanized, Rare)
Samurai family surname

Tokiai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 伽藍 (see Garan).

Tokimori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 時 (toki) meaning "time; moment" (referring to the time of purification of oneself, rituals, and praying for the advent of God) and 森 (mori) meaning "forest; woods".

Tōkin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 (see Zukin).... [more]

Tokin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).

Tokinoue Japanese (Rare)
Toki means "time", no means "therefore, of", and ue means "above, top, upper".

Tokugawa Japanese (Rare)
The kanji in this surname : Toku ("Virtue") + Gawa ("River"). Ieyasu Tokugawa was the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Tolentino Spanish, Filipino, Portuguese, Italian (Rare), Judeo-Italian
Ultimately derived from the name of a town in the province of Macerata, Italy (see Tolentino). This was adopted as a Spanish given name in honour of the 14th-century Italian saint and mystic Nicholas of Tolentino... [more]

Tolivar Asturian (Modern, Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Tolliver. Apparently, this name may have originated in Candamo, Asturias, in the 18th (or earlier) century. The "var" last syllable may be related to "fer," and the meaning may be related to iron, e.g. iron miner, iron refiner, etc... [more]

Toljanić Croatian (Rare)

Tomiie Japanese (Rare)
Tomi means "wealth, abundance, fortune" and ie means "house, home, building, family, dwelling, residence, habitation".

Tongbang Korean (Rare)
Korean form of Dongfang from Sino-Korean 東方 (tongbang).

Tooke English (Rare)
This unusual English surname is of pre 7th century Old Scandinavian origin.

Topelius Finnish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Latinized form of the Finnish place name Toppila in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Zachris Topelius (1818-1898) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, journalist, and historian.

Torriente Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Cuban name likely meaning "river".

Torsdottir Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Torsdotter meaning "Tor's daughter". It may also be a Swedification of Icelandic Þórsdóttir... [more]

Torsen Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Tor".

Toshiyasu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 敏 (toshi) meaning "smart; clever" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".

Toso Japansee (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 十都 (see Totsu).... [more]

Tosō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 十都 (see Totsu).

Totsu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 十 (to) meaning "10" and 都 (tsu) meaning "all; everyone".

Totum Irish (Rare)
from the word "totem" meaning sign. Or from Irish 'titim' meaning 'fall'.

Tou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 塔 (see Tō).

Touilbini Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelaziz Touilbini (1978-), an Algerian boxer.

Toukin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 頭巾 or 頭金 (see Tōkin).

Toulain French (Rare)

Toyoguchi Japanese (Rare)
Toyo means "abundant" and guchi means "mouth, opening". ... [more]

Trab Danish (Rare)

Trachang Thai (Rare)
Means "elephant seal" in Thai.

Trancy French (Rare)

Trapp English (Rare)

Tregory Cornish (Anglicized, Rare), English (Rare)
This obscure British surname is a variant form of Tregury, which is an anglicization of the rare Cornish surname Tregurtha.... [more]

Trenfield English (Rare)
Relatives from Gloucestershire

Trigg English (Rare)
Variant of Triggs

Trigga English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Triggs or Trigg.

Trinkets English (Rare)

Tristán Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
From the personal name Tristán.

Truelsen Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Truels" in Danish.

Tsaoussis Greek (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
From the Greek meaning "peacock"

Tsarnaev Chechen (Rare)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Chechen царна (tsarna) meaning "them, they" or from an unknown given name or nickname. This is the surname of brothers Tamerlan (1986-2013) and Dzhokhar (1993-) Tsarnaev, the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Tsudzumi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as either 鼓 or 都積 with 鼓 (ko, tsudzumi) meaning "beat, drum, muster, rouse", 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 積 (seki, tsu.mu, tsu.mori, tsu.moru, -dzu.mi) meaning "acreage, amass, contents, load, pile, up, stack, volume."... [more]

Tsudzuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is be used as 綴 (getsu, tei, techi, tetsu, sumi.yaka, tsudzuri, tsudzu.ru, to.jiru) meaning "bind (books), compose, spell, write."... [more]

Tsugaru Japanese (Rare)

Tsugaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 津軽 (Tsugaru) meaning "Tsugaru", a former district in parts of present-day Aomori, Japan, in the former Japanese province of Mutsu.

Tsugu Japanese (Rare)
Taugu means "sucession, inherit, continue".

Tsujiura Japanese (Rare)
Tsuji means "crossroad" and ura means "bay, coast". ... [more]

Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宰務 (see Saimu).

Tsukasa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塚 (tsuka) meaning "mound; hillock; tumulus" and 狭 (sa) meaning "narrow; small", referring to a cramped up area with a small hill.

Tsukida Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 舂田 (see Tsukita).

Tsukijishin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 築地新 (Tsukijishin) meaning "Tsukijishin", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Tsukita Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 舂 (tsuki), from 舂き (tsuki), the continuative form of 舂く (tsuku) meaning "to grind with a mortar" and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy field", referring to a rice paddy field where they would grind grain with mortars.

Tsukune Japanese (Rare)

Tsurubami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鶴喰 (Tsurubami) meaning "Tsurubami", an area in the city of Rokunohe in the district of Kamikita in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]

Tsurube Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Kinoshi.

Tsuruhami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鶴喰 (see Tsurubami).

Tsuryu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).

Tsuryū Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 釣 (tsu), from 釣り (tsuri) meaning "fishing; angling" and 流 (ryū) meaning "flow of water, style", referring to a fisher.... [more]

Tsuryuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).

Tsuryuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 釣流 or 鉤流 (see Tsuryū).

Tsuyumoto Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 露 (tsuyu) meaning "dew; dewdrop" and 本 (moto) meaning "base; root; origin".

Tunberg Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Thunberg.

Turion French (Rare)

Tvilling Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Means "twin" in Swedish and Danish.

Tweety Indian (Rare)

Twigley English (Rare)

Ubushiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 天宮城 (see Ugushiro).

Uemon Japanese (Rare)

Ugumori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鵜久森 (Ugumori) meaning "Ugumori", a division in the area of Miyakubo in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.... [more]

Ugushiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天宮城 (Ugushiro) meaning "Ugu Castle", a castle that was possibly somewhere in the present-day city of Fukuyama in the prefecture of Hiroshima in Japan.

Ukiyo Japanese (Rare)
From 浮世 (ukiyo) meaning "fleeting life, floating world​," referring to the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo period (1603-1868) Japan.... [more]

Ukumori Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鵜久森 (see Ugumori).

Ulvaeus Swedish (Rare)
Allegedly a latinization of Ulfsäter, a combination of Swedish ulv "wolf" and säter "mountain pasture". Björn Ulvaeus (b. 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, composer and former member of ABBA.

Ulvestad Norwegian (Rare)
Habitational name from any of five farmsteads, most in western Norway, named from Old Norse ulfr meaning ‘wolf’ + staðir, plural of staðr meaning ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.

Umajiri Japanese (Rare)
Uma means "horse" and jiri is a corruption of shiri meaning "behind, end, rear".

Umanodan Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬 (uma) meaning "horse", ノ (no), a possessive particle, and 段 (dan) meaning "step", referring to a place with horses and a stepped landscape.... [more]

Umon Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [more]

Un Korean (Rare)
Variant transcription of Korean Hangul 은 (see Eun).

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (Unagi) meaning "Unagi", a division in the area of Yamagawanarikawa in the city of Ibusuki in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan.

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鰻 (unagi) meaning "eel".

Unagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 宇 (u) meaning "eaves; roof; house; building" or "whole world; universe" and 梛 (nagi) meaning "nageia nagi".

Unaki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 宇那木 (see Unagi 2).

Uñalivia Spanish (Rare)
Has no specific meaning but it was a rare spanish name

Unami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 海南 (unami), a contraction of 海南 (unanami), from 海 (una-) meaning "of the sea; of the ocean" and 南 (nami) meaning "south".

Une Japanese (Rare, ?)

Ungerleider German (Rare)

Urahane Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and hane means "feather, plume".

Uramoto Japanese (Rare)
浦 (Ura) means "Seacoast,Bay" and 本 (Moto) means "Source, Origin, Root". Kentaro Uramoto is a notable bearer of this surname, he is a former Japanese football player.

Uraoka Japanese (Rare)
Ura means "bay, seacoast" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Uratsuji Japanese (Rare)
Uratsuji means "Inlet/rivermouth crossroad"

Urbana Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian (Rare), Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Urban.

Urseth Norwegian (Rare, ?), English (?)

Urushihara Japanese (Rare)
漆 (Urushi) means "lacquer/lacker, varnish" and 原 (hara) means "plain, field".

Urushimakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 漆 (urushi) meaning "toxicodendron vernicifluum", 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.

Urushimatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 漆眞下 (see Urushimakka).

Us Slovene (Rare)
Us is a Slovene Surname which in itself is a shortened version of the House Name Ušič,Meaning Son of Us. The surname may be linked the the slovene word Oves, which translates to "Oats", and may have been an occupational surname referring to someone who farmed Oats and or grains.

Usanza Italian (Rare)
"custom, customary" Italian

Utilis Croatian (Rare, ?)

Uzumaki Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 渦 (ka, uzu) meaning "eddy, vortex, whirlpool" or 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" with 巻 (kan, ken, maki, ma.ki, ma.ku) meaning "book, coil, part, roll up, scroll, tie, volume, wind up."... [more]

Vabec French (Rare), Italian, Spanish

Vachel French (Rare)

Vader German (Rare)
From Middle Low German vader meaning ‘father’, ‘senior’; in the Middle Ages this was used a term of address for someone who was senior in rank or age.

Vaišutis m Lithuanian (Rare)
Diminutive of Vaišys.

Vaisutis Lithuanian (Rare, Expatriate)
Simplified form of Vaišutis.

Valančiūnas Lithuanian (Rare)
Derived from the place name Valančiūnai.... [more]

Valeriano Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Italian (Rare)
From the given name Valeriano.

Vandal English (Rare)
A English word meaning "someone who willfully destroys or defaces property",and a member of ancient Germanic tribes.

Van Der Bilt Dutch (Rare)
Topographic name for someone living by a low hill, from Middle Low German bulte "mound", "low hill"

Van Der Sluijs Dutch (Rare)

Vandervoort German (Rare, ?)

Van Krieken Dutch (Rare)
Means "cherry" in Dutch.

Vanlow English (Rare)
Possibly an Anglicized form of Van Look.

Van Rees Dutch (Rare)

Varona Spanish (Rare)

Varsonofyev Russian (Rare)
Means "son of Varsonofy"; rarely used as a surname.

Vasky Slovak (Rare)

Vaulin Russian (Rare)

Veers German (Rare)
German variant of Weers.

Verdun French, English (British, Rare), Spanish, Catalan
From the various locations in France called Verdun with the Gaulish elements ver vern "alder" and dun "hill fortress" and Verdú in Catalonia, English variant of Verdon

Verkhoturov Russian (Modern, Rare)
Arrived from Verkhoturye (city in the Urals, on the river Tura)

Vermont French (Rare)
Derived from french, meaning "green mountain" (Vert, "green"; mont, "mountain").

Versailles French (Rare)
From the location of Versailles Yvelines near Paris.

Veryard Medieval Spanish (Rare)
Rumour has it that the surname De-Veryard represented a Spanish occupation, but unclear what that might be - have never been able to establish the origin.

Viciedo Spanish (Rare)

Vidacovich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare), Croatian (Anglicized, Rare)
Anglicized form of Vidaković.

Viegas Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese variant of Venegas.

Vig Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vik.

Vikingsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Viking" in Swedish.

Vilhelmsen Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Vilhelm".

Vimmerstedt Swedish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Wimmerstedt.

Vinzelts Ghanaian (Rare)

Viscera Italian (Rare)

Vivis English (Rare)
Found in the 1891, 1901 & 1911 British census, other Ancestry.co.uk records & FreeBMD. Could derive from Vivas from Spanish Catalan

Vladimirsky Russian (Rare)
The habitational surname from Vladimir oblast in western Russia.

Voeman Mapuche (Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare), Yoruba (Modern)
Similar to Roman

Vonboykovitch Jewish (Americanized, Modern, Rare)
It’s a Ukrainian Jewish American surname meaning “Bold”

Vong Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Wang 3.

Wahiwala Indian (Rare, ?)

Wahlberg German, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Composed of German wal "field, meadow" or Swedish vall "grassy bank" and berg "mountain, hill".

Wäite Luxembourgish (Germanized, Rare)
The name originates from Luxembourg and the surrounding Germanic regions most notably the Rhenish Palatinate from around the 1800s. The word wäite is Luxembourgish for wide and also broad, the word wäit which is an alternative spelling of the Surname Wäite is Luxembourgish for far or distant.... [more]

Wakebe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 別部 (see Beppu).

Wakuni Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和国 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften" and 国 (koku, kuni) meaning "country."... [more]

Wakuri Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 和久利, 和久理, 和久里 or 和栗 with 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften", 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" and 栗 (ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku) meaning "chestnut."... [more]

Walf American (Rare)

Walkup English (American, Rare)

Wanne Various (Rare)

Wara Finnish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Vaara, mostly used outside of Finland.

Warabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", a former village in the former district of Namegata in the former Japanese province of Hitachi in parts of present-day Ibaraki, Japan.

Warabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", an area in the city of Yotsukaido in the prefecture of Chiba in Japan.

Warabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", a division in the area of Tsunogaraori in the town of Hashikami in the district of Sannohe in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.

Warabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蕨 (Warabi) meaning "Warabi", the former name of the area of Mitani in the city of Wajima in the prefecture of Ishikawa in Japan.

Warisaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 割鞘 (see Warizaya).

Warizaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 割 (wari), from 割り (wari) meaning "breakage into separate pieces" and 鞘 (zaya), the joining form of 鞘 (saya) meaning "sheath", referring to a broken sheath.

Wastesson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Waste".

Watabohshi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).

Watabōshi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 綿帽子 (watabōshi) meaning "bridal hood".

Wataboshi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).

Wataboushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 綿帽子 (see Watabōshi).

Watari Japanese (Rare)
Watari means "ferry, import, deliver". Watari is also a first name and a place name.... [more]

Watariyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watariyō).

Watariyō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Watayo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 済陽 or 濟陽 (see Watayō).

Watayō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 濟陽 (Watayō), a variant reading of Japanese 濟陽 (Saiyō), from Chinese 濟陽 (Jìyáng) meaning "Jiyang", a town in the county of Xiayi in the city of Shangqiu in the province of Henan in China.... [more]

Waterford English (Rare)
From a place name derived from the Old Norse words veðra, 'ram' (Swedish vädur, 'ram', See Wetherby) and fjord, 'fjord'.

Watkiss English (Rare)
Variant of Watkins.

Wazowski Popular Culture (Rare)
A form of the surname Lebowski

Webbe English (Rare)
Variant of "Webb", meaning weaver.

Wei Chinese (Rare)

Welby English (British, Rare)
Lincolnshire family name

Welland English (British, Rare)
From the name of the place, derived from Old English wig - war and landa - territory, land.

Wellston English (Rare)

Wentz German (Rare)
Originally a pet form of the given names Werner and Wenceslaw. Meaning "guard" or "army".

Wernik Polish (Rare)
A diminutive surname created from the initial sound of a personal name, place or thing and diminutive ik suffix added to create a surname. The ik suffix may be commemorative also, meaning a significant event has occured regarding the person or family... [more]

Westbay English (Rare)
It means "west bay".

Wettstein German (Rare)
North German: variant of Wetzstein, from Middle Low German wetsten "whetstone".

Whitside English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Whiteside.

Whretham English (Rare)

Wi Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 魏 (Wi) meaning "Wei", a former Chinese state.

Wi Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 韋 (wi) meaning "tanned leather".

Wi Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 偉 (wi) meaning "to be extraordinary".

Wi Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 衛 (wi) meaning "to block; to protect; to prevent", possibly referring to occupations related to defense.

Wickstrand Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Wikstrand, a surname composed of Swedish vik "bay" and strand "beach".

Wiflin English (Rare)
Possibly derived from the elements wefa and land.

Wig Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Vik.

Wikén Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish vik "bay" and the common surname suffix -én.

Wind Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish vind "wind". It's either ornamental or a habitational name derived from a place named with this element.

Winnick English (Rare)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Winwick, for example in Northamptonshire or Cambridgeshire, both of which are named from the Old English personal name Wina + wic 'outlying dairy farm or settlement'.

Wiseau English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown, believed to be derived from French oiseau, meaning bird. As a surname, it is born by American Director Tommy Wiseau.

Wislenko Polish (Rare)

Witek Polish, English (Rare)
From the personal name Wit, a short form of Witold, a derivative of Lithuanian Vytautas, a compound of vyti 'to guide' + tauta 'the people'... [more]

Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff German (Rare)

Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswesenchafew German (Rare)
Full name Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevorralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenbanderersteerdeemmeshedrraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelshegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevanverstandigmenshlichkeittkonntevortpflanzenundsicherfreunanlebenslamdlichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintlligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum... [more]

Wolffe American (Hispanic, Rare)

Wolfstone American (Rare)

Wolsleger English (Rare)

Wolstenholme English (British, Rare)
A famous bearer is Chris Wolstenholme, bassist and sometimes vocalist of British alternative rock band Muse.

Woodbine English (Rare)
From the English word "woodbine" that means "honeysuckle(plant)"in English.It seems uncommon in the English-speak culture for a surname.Also some American place names,too.

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

Wrabek English (Americanized, Rare)

Wurdemann German (Rare)
This is a German surname, also spelled WÜRDEMANN (original) and often rendered as WUERDEMANN in English. It come from the German "würde", "dignity" or "honor" and "mann", meaning "man" or "person".... [more]

Wyckoff East Frisian (Rare)
The North Germanic meaning is "settlement on a bay," as in the cognate Viking (Viking is derived from Old Norse vík "bay").

Xal Iranian (Rare)

Xavierson English (Rare)
Means “son of Xavier”.

Xianyu Chinese (Rare)

Yabugame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 籔亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabukame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 藪亀 or 薮亀 (see Yabuki).

Yabuki Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 吹 (buki), from 吹き (buki), the joining continuative form of 吹く (fuku) meaning "to blow". It can also derive from 藪 (yabu) meaning "thicket; grove; copse" and 亀 (ki) meaning "tortoise, turtle"... [more]

Yacomes Greek (Americanized, Rare, ?), Obscure

Yahaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).

Yahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yajin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night; evening" and 陣 (jin) meaning "battle formation; camp"

Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]

Yakushigami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yakushikami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).

Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]

Yamaha Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).

Yamahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).

Yamaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).

Yamamba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).

Yamanba Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).

Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.

Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".

Yankelovich Yiddish (Rare)
Means "son of Yankel".

Yaoyorozu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 百 (o) meaning "one hundred", and 万 (yorozu) meaning "ten thousand"

Yarasavych English (American, Rare)

Yarden Hebrew (Rare)
From the given name Yarden, which is named after the Jordan 2 River. ... [more]

Yarimizo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鑓 (yari) meaning "sword" and 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch; drain".

Yarrow English (British, Modern, Rare)

Yasohachi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八十八 (yasohachi), the characters broken down from a single character 米 (kome) meaning "rice".

Yasuhiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Yasura Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 安良 (Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (Yasu) means "Cheap, Low, Inexpensive, Rested, Peaceful, Relax".良 (Ra) means "Good, Excellent", and 岡 (Oka) means "Ridge, Hill". A notable bearer is Akio Yasuraoka, he was a composer in his earlier days.

Yasuryo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasuryō).

Yasuryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura).

Yasusan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Yata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Yatano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plains".

Yayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yeien Malaysian (Rare, ?)

Yelich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Yelich is an Anglicized spelling of the last name Jelić.

Yerka English (Rare)

Yíng Chinese (Rare)
From the name of the royal house of the Qin Dynasty from the ancient Chinese state also known as Qin.

Ylvisåker Norwegian (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Famous bearers of this name are the Norwegian comedy duo "Ylvis" consisting of brothers Vegard (b. 1979) and Bård Ylvisåker (b. 1982).

Yoami Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Yoichi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 与市 with 与 (yo, ata.eru, azuka.ru, kumi.suru, tomoni) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" and 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town."... [more]

Yoichien Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".

Yoichimae Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) means "provide, give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "town, market, city" and 前 (mae) "front, forward".

Yokotani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".

Yomohiro Japanese (Rare)
This is a very rare surname with the kanji of all four directions: (東西北南) "east, west, north, south", in that order. Yomo literally means "four directions" and hiro means "extension".

Yonao Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 与 (yo) or 與 (yo), both meaning "to bestow, to participate, to provide, cause, gift, godsend" or referring to a given name with one of those characters and 猶 (nao) meaning "still".

Yontararak Thai (Rare)
From Thai ยนตร (yontra) meaning "mechanical device; motor; engine" and รักษ์ (rak) meaning "to cure, to take care of".

Yore English (Rare)
Not available.

Yube Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Yuhnomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yukida Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

Yumbe Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 弓 (yun), a contraction of 弓 (yumi) meaning "bow, archery" and 部 (be) meaning "division", possibly referring to a fighter who specialized in archery.

Yumibe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yunbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yūnomidō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yunomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yurdanidze Kazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Yurdan".

Yuunomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yuyamido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yuyamidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Zaboo Indian (Rare)

Zachariáš Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Jewish
From the given name Zachariáš.

Zadjelović Croatian (Rare)

Zagrebelsky Italian (Rare)

Zahornacky South Slavic (Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Zahornacky is the americanized version of name Zahornitski, meaning “The people from over the mountain”. The name has roots in Czechoslovakian and Polish decent.

Zaizen Japanese (Rare)

Zakuro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 柘榴 (Zakuro) meaning "Zakuro", an area in the town of Seika in the district of Sōraku in the prefecture of Kyōto in Japan.

Zamonte Filipino (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Samonte.

Zathen English (Rare)

Zbirak Ukrainian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Derived from the Polish 'zbierac' meaning to collect or gather