Romanian Submitted Surnames

Romanian names are used in the countries of Romania and Moldova in eastern Europe.

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

Protopopescu Romanian
Derived from Romanian protopop meaning "archpriest", from Old Church Slavonic протопопъ (protopopŭ), from Koine Greek πρωτοπαπάς (prōtopapás). A famous bearer of this surname is Dragoș Protopopescu, a Romanian writer, poet, critic, philosopher, and far-right politician.

Puiu Romanian
Derived from the name Puiu.

Pușcaș Romanian
Cognate of Puskás.

Răceanu Romanian
Designates someone from Răciu, a commune in Mureş County, Romania.

Răducan Romanian
Means "son of Radu".

Răducanu Romanian
Variant of Răducan.

Radukan Romanian (Ukrainianized), Romanian (Russified)
Ukrainianised and Russified form of Răducan.

Rădulescu Romanian
Means "son of Radu".

Raftu Romanian
Raftu is a surname who was first use in Greece but now is only use in Romania, the name means ,,Bookshelf" in Romanian

Riță Romanian

Rîtan Romanian

Rocă Romanian
Romanian cognate of Roach.

Romana Catalan, French, Italian, Polish, English (Rare), German, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
From the feminine form of the Latin personal name Romanus, which originally meant "Roman".

Romanescu Romanian
Patronymic from the given name Roman.

Rosala Romanian

Roșu Romanian
Means “red” in Romanian.

Ruican Romanian

Sabo Serbian, Croatian, Romanian
Variant form of Szabó.

Salla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Romanian
Variant of Sala.

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Sapescu Сапеску Romanian

Secară Romanian
It means "rye" in Romanian.

Segărceanu Romanian
A topographical surname designating someone from Segarcea, a small town in Dolj County, Romania.

Serghei Romanian
From the given name Serghei.

Simion Romanian
From the given name Simion.

Simionescu Romanian
Means "son of Simion".

Sina Romanian

Skutnik Romanian
Derived from the historical term scutnic.... [more]

Sorian Romanian

Sorin Romanian
From the given name Sorin.

Soryn Romanian

Stanasila Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Ștefănescu Romanian
Means "son of Ștefan".

Stesco Romanian

Stoenescu Romanian

Stoian Romanian
Derived from Bulgarian Stoyan.

Suciu Romanian
Romanian form of Szűcs.

Suta Romanian
Means "left handed".

Szilagy Romanian

Ţaga Romanian
Țaga is a commune and village in Cluj County, Romania.

Tanacea Romanian (Rare)

Tanase Romanian

Tănăsescu Romanian
Patronymic surname meaning "the son of Tănăs".

Tanko Romanian (Americanized)
In Romania Tankó is most common in Harghita, Covasna, and Bacău counties. Tankó is also common in Hungary and Slovakia.

Țăranu Romanian

Tarc Ukrainian, Romanian

Tărniceriu Romanian
From tărnicer meaning "saddler".

Țăruș Romanian
From Romanian ţăruş meaning ''stake, picket''.

Tătărescu Romanian
Means "son of a Tatar" in Romanian.

Tăvuța Romanian (Rare)

Tecuceanu Romanian
A topographical Romanian surname meaning "from Tecuci". Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county of Romania.

Teodorescu Romanian
Means "son of Teodor".

Tessler Romanian, Russian
Russian, Christian. From The original name tescherak

Tifan Romanian

Tigan Romanian

Tilea Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Timmar Hungarian (?), Romanian (?)

Tohotan Romanian

Topor Romanian

Troie Romanian

Tudorache Romanian
From the given name Tudorache.

Tudorică Romanian
Derived from a Romanian diminutive of Tudor.

Tulpan Romanian
Romanian cognate of Hungarian Tulipán.

Tundra Romanian

Turcescu Romanian
means "son of Turk" in Romanian

Turcu Romanian
related to https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/turcescu/submitted

Urs Romanian
From Romanian urs meaning "bear".

Ursache Romanian

Ursaki Romanian (Anglicized), Moldovan (Anglicized)

Ursu Romanian
Means "bear" in Romanian.

Văcărescu Romanian
Patronymic derived from Romanian văcar meaning "cowherd".

Vagaon Romanian

Valentinescu Romanian
Means "son of Valentin".

Valery Romanian

Vântu Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Vargoczki Romanian

Vasaru Romanian

Veverita Romanian, Moldovan
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a squirrel.

Vidraru Romanian
Derived from Romanian vidră meaning "otter".

Viziru Romanian

Vladu Romanian
Derived from given name Vlad.

Vlaicu Romanian

Voinea Romanian
From the given name Voinea.

Volanschi Romanian
Romanian form of Wolanski.

Vrabie Romanian
From Romanian meaning "sparrow".

Vulpe Romanian
Means "fox" in Romanian.

Zaharia Romanian
From the given name Zaharia.

Zaharie Romanian

Zalas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zalla Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Sala.

Zallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Hungarian, Greek, Bulgarian
Variant of Salas.

Zamfir Romanian
From zamfir, a variant of the Slavonic word samfir or safir meaning "sapphire".

Zamfirescu Romanian
Means "son of Zamfir" in Romanian.

Zavattari Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian
A derivation of the Old French word 'savate'... [more]

Zidaru Romanian
From Romanian zidar meaning "bricklayer".

Zoana Romanian

Zob Romanian

Zugrăvescu Romanian
Patronymic surname of uncertain origin. It may be derived from the verb a zugrăvi meaning "to paint, to describe figuratively" and therefore mean "The descendant of he who describes/paints".

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