Swiss
names are used in the country of Switzerland in central Europe.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Dieu French, WalloonFrom French
dieu "god" given as a nickname for someone who played Christ in medieval mysteries or for a presumptious or an overly religious person, or from a short for of the given name
Dieudonné.
Dieulafoy FrenchFrom Old French
Dieu la foy meaning "God the faith". Famous bearers were the married couple of French archeologists Marcel Dieulafoy (1844-1920) and Jane Dieulafoy (1951-1916). A medical condition of the stomach causing gastric bleeding called "Dieulafoy's lesion" was named after Dr... [
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Difano ItalianRare Italian surname that comes from the city of
Isola di Fano, Presaro e Urbino, Italy.
Digne FrenchFrom French
digne "dignified, worthy" perhaps a nickname for a hardworking person.
D'ignoti ItalianMeans "of the unknown", a descriptive term for foundlings of unknown parentage that evolved into a given name.
Dilabbio ItalianA surname historically used in southern Italy, possibly derived from the Italian "dell avvio" meaning "of the beginning."
Dillinger GermanDenoted a person from
Dillingen, a district in the region of Swabia in Bavaria, Germany. This name was borne by the infamous John Dillinger (1903-1934), an American gangster and bank robber during the Great Depression.
Di Maggio ItalianCame from a child who was born in the month of May. The surname Maggio is derived from the Italian word Maggio, which literally means the month of May.
Dimaio ItalianDerived either from the given name
Maia or from the Latin "Maies" meaning May
Di Matteo ItalianThe surname Di Matteo comes from the personal names Matteo, of Jewish origin and popularized by the evangelist "Mattia" which have the meaning of "Gift of God".
Dimer German (Portuguese-style)Brazilian adaptation of the German surname Diemer; altered for easier comprehension by the Portuguese-speaking population of Brazil.
Dimondstein GermanThis is a German name which translates into English as diamond stone. It most likely belongs to a miner who mined diamonds or perhaps a jeweler.
Dinjer German (Rare)Occupational surname that originated in the German dialect spoken in the Rhineland-Palatinate region. ... [
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Dinklage GermanOccupational name for a grain farmer or grain merchant, derived from an agent derivative of Middle High German
dinkel meaning "spelt" (a variety of wheat). It could also be derived from
Dinkelsbühl, a historic town in the state of Bavaria (formerly in central Franconia), or
Dinklage, a town in the Vechta district, in Lower Saxony, Germany... [
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Dio ItalianMeans God in Italian. It was born as a stage name by Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), an American Heavy Metal Musician.
Dioaiuti ItalianMeans "may god help you", from
dio "god" and
aiutare "to help, assist". Most often given to foundlings and orphans.
Dion FrenchMeaning uncertain. It may be a habitational name from any of various locations called Dion or Dionne, derived from the Gaulish element
divon- meaning "(sacred) spring" or Celtic
dēwos meaning "god, deity"... [
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Diotallevi ItalianMeans "god raise you", from Italian
dio "god, deity" and
allevi "to raise (children)". Often given to abandoned or orphaned children.
Di Pego Italianthe origin of di Pego is unknown, but translates to 'I caught', in Italian.... [
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Di Pietrantonio ItalianThe surname Di Pietrantonio literally means "son of Pietro" and indicates in a reinforcing way the descent from the progenitor named Pietro.
Dischinger GermanHabitational name for someone from Dischingen near Neresheim or Oberdischingen near Ehingen in Württemberg.
Disharoon French (Americanized)Americanized form of an unidentified French name, possibly de Charente. This name was established in MD by the end of the 17th century.
Dishman German (Americanized)Americanized form of North German Dischmann or Tischmann: occupational name for a joiner from Middle Low German disch 'table' + man 'man'.
Disraeli Italian, JewishOriginally denoted a person who came from Israel. This surname was borne by the British politician, statesman and novelist Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; he is also the only British prime minister to have been of Jewish origin.
Distel German, Low German, DutchMeans "thistle" in German and Dutch, a topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of ground overgrown with thistles, or perhaps a nickname for a "prickly" person.
Distler GermanTopographic name for someone who lived in a place where thistles grew, from German
Distel "thistle" (see
Distel) and
-er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.
Dittmann GermanVariant of
Dittmar. In eastern Germany, this form has been used for Dittmar since the 15th century.
Di Vincenzo ItalianSome characteristic forenames: Italian Mario, Angelo, Guido, Nino, Remo, Tito, Aldo, Alfonso, Alfredo, Antonio, Benito, Carlo, Carmelo, Carmine, Dante, Eduardo, Elvira, Gustavo, Olympio, Rodolfo, Sergio.... [
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Dobberstein GermanMetonymic occupational name for a dice maker or a nickname for a dice player, from Middle High German topel ‘die’ + stein ‘stone’, ‘cube’.
Dock GermanAn occupational name for someone who worked with textiles, related to the German word
Tuch "cloth, piece of fabric".
Doepner GermanDerived from Middle Low German
top and
dop "pot". This is an occupational surname originally given to a potter.
Doerflinger GermanHabitational name for someone from any of several places in Bavaria named Dörfling.
Dolle German (?)“Dolle is a German word for a specific type of lock used on boats and also a small town in Germany”
Donadieu FrenchMeaning “given to God”, surname given to a child because they were given to a priest or monastery or either an orpan.
Donato ItalianFrom the medieval personal name
Donato (Latin
Donatus, past participle of
donare, frequentative of
dare "to give"). It was the name of a 4th-century Italian bishop martyred in c. 350 under Julian the Apostate, as well as various other early saints, and a 4th-century grammarian and commentator on Virgil, widely respected in the Middle Ages as a figure of great learning.
Donna ItalianProbably a matronymic, from the given name
Donna meaning "lady, mistress" in classical Italian and "woman" in modern Italian. May alternately derive from a place name.
Doré FrenchMeans "golden" in French, denoting someone with golden hair or someone who works with gold, ultimately derived from Latin
deauro "to gild, to cover with gold", a compound of
aurum "gold" combined with the prefix
de- "derived of, from"... [
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Dorn German, Jewish, FlemishMeans "thorn" in German. Given as a habitational name to someone who lived near thorn bushes, or as an ornamental name.
Dornfeld Germantopographic name for someone who lived by a field where thorn bushes grew from Middle High German Middle Low German
dorn "thorn" and
feld "open country".
Dorst German, DutchEither a topographic name for someone who lived on dry hard ground from
dörr "dry" or a habitational name from any of the places called
Dorst near Cologne or Helmstedt or Dorste in the Harz Mountains... [
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d'Orves FrenchDenoted someone from
Orve, a commune in the Doubs department in eastern France.
Dosch GermanTopographic name for someone living near bushes or brush, from Middle High German doste, toste ‘leafy branch’, or a habitational name from a house with a sign depicting a bush. Also an altered spelling of
Dasch.
Doster German, BelgianA German surname, which is from an agent derivative of the Middle High German words 'doste' and 'toste' (meaning ‘wild thyme’, ‘shrub’, ‘bouquet’). It is a topographic surname which was given to someone whose land abutted an uncultivated piece of land, or possibly an occupational name for someone who dealt herbs.... [
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Dötter GermanFrom a Germanic personal name formed with theud ‘people’, ‘race’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘strong’ or hari, heri ‘army’
Doucet FrenchNickname for a gentle minded person from French
doux "sweet" (from Latin
dulcis).
Douillard FrenchNickname for a softie, possibly derived from Old French
do(u)ille meaning "soft, tender".
Doux FrenchFrom French meaning "sweet". Probably a nickname for someone who's gentle and kind-hearted.
Dove German, DutchFrom a nickname for a deaf person, derived from Middle Low German
dof or Middle Dutch
doof, both meaning "deaf".
Dozier FrenchMeaning "lives near willow trees" or possibly someone who made goods, such as baskets, from willow wood.
Dragon French, EnglishNickname or occupational name for someone who carried a standard in battle or else in a pageant or procession, from Middle English, Old French
dragon "snake, monster" (Latin
draco, genitive
draconis, from Greek
drakōn, ultimately from
derkesthai "to flash")... [
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Dragonetti ItalianDiminutive of
Drago or
Dragone meaning "dragon". Can also derive from a toponym, which may have been named after a person with the given name
Dragonetti, or perhaps for the sulphur springs in the area.
Drangmeister GermanOccupational name for a healer or someone who made medicinal drinks, from Middle Low German
drank "beverage, potion" and
meistar "master" (from Latin
magister).
Draxler GermanDerived from the Middle High German "Drehseler," meaning "turner," and was most likely initially borne by a turner or lathe worker.
Dreik FrenchDerived from the Old Norse given name Draki or the Old English given name Draca both meaning "dragon".
Dreiling GermanFrom Middle High German
drīling, meaning “third (part),” possibly denoting a service or tax obligation and hence a status name or a triplet.
Dreiling GermanHabitational name from Drelingen near Uelzen, Lower Saxony.
Drescher Yiddish, GermanGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a thresher, German Drescher, Yiddish dresher, agent derivatives of Middle High German dreschen, Yiddish dresh(e)n 'to thresh'.... [
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Drewitt English, FrenchEnglish (Wiltshire Berkshire and Surrey): of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Druet a diminutive of Drue Dreu (from ancient Germanic Drogo); see Drew Alternatively the name may be from a diminutive of Old French dru ‘lover’
Drexel German, JewishIt originates from the pre 7th century word 'dreseler' meaning 'to turn', a verb which in medieval times had a wide range of meanings.
Dreyfuss German, JewishMeans "three feet" in German. This surname originates from the German city of Trier. The Latin name for the city was "Treveris," whose pronunciation eventually developed into Dreyfuss. The spelling variants tend to correspond to the country the family was living in at the time the spelling was standardized: the use of one "s" tends to be more common among people of French origin, while the use of two tends to be found among those of German descent
Drost Dutch, German, DanishMeans "reeve, steward; sheriff, bailiff" in German and Dutch, a title for the administrative head of a court or district.
Drouillard FrenchProbably a derogatory nickname, from a derivative of the regional term
drouiller "to defecate", which also has various figurative senses.
Drucker German, Dutch, JewishOccupational name for an operator of a printing press, derived from German
drucken "to print".
Drury English, French, IrishOriginally a Norman French nickname, derived from
druerie "love, friendship" (itself a derivative of
dru "lover, favourite, friend" - originally an adjective, apparently from a Gaulish word meaning "strong, vigourous, lively", but influenced by the sense of the Old High German element
trut,
drut "dear, beloved").... [
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Drux GermanVariant of
Trux, which itself is a contracted form of
Truxes and derived from the German word
Truchsess, ultimately from Middle High German
truhsaeze and Old High German
truhtsazzo (from
truht "band; cohort; regiment" and
saza "seat; chair").... [
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Du Aimé FrenchThe Duaime surname comes from an Old French word "hamel," which meant "homestead." It was likely first used as a name to describe someone who lived at a farm on the outskirts of a main town, or for someone that lived in a small village.
Dual RomanshDerived from the preposition
de "of" and Romansh
ual "brook, creek".
Dubach German (Swiss)A surname describing a person from the town of Tübach in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Dubec FrenchGeographical
du bec "from the stream".
Bec (from Germanic
baki) is a regional term in Normandy for a stream.
Dubosque FrenchDuBosque means 'of the forest' in french and was a surname given typically to someone from a rural treed area.
Dubreuil FrenchTopographic name derived from Old French
breuil meaning "marshy woodland" (also derived from Late Latin
brogilum, of Gaulish origin). In French the term later came to mean "enclosed woodland" and then "cleared woodland", and both these senses may also be reflected in the surname.
Dubuisson FrenchA topographic name for someone who lived in an area of scrub land or by a prominent clump of bushes, derived from Old French
buisson meaning "small tree, bush, scrub".
Duca Italianfrom the title of rank
duca "duke" (from Latin
dux genitive
ducis "leader") an occupational name for someone who lived or worked in the household of a duke or a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces like a duke... [
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Ducas FrenchHabitational name, with fused preposition and definite article
du meaning “from the,” for someone from any of various minor places called with
cas, an Old Occitan variant of Old French
chas meaning “house.”
Ducasse FrenchFrench: topographic name for someone who lived by an oak tree, from Old French casse ‘oak (tree)’ (Late Latin cassanos, a word of Celtic origin), with the fused preposition and article du ‘from the’... [
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Duce ItalianMeans "captain, leader" in Italian, derived from Latin
dux, making it a cognate of English
Duke.
Duchemin FrenchEither a topographic name with fused preposition and definite article
du "from the" for someone who lived beside a path from
chemin "path way" (from Late Latin
caminus a word of Gaulish origin); or a habitational name for someone from Le Chemin the name of several places in various parts of France.
Duchêne FrenchMeans "from the oak (tree)" in French, used to denote a person who lived near an oak tree or an oak forest.
Duclos Frenchdu 'from the' from Old French clos 'enclosure' (see Clos ) or a habitational name for someone from Le Clos the name of several places in various parts of France so it means "from the enclosure"
Duerre GermanTopographic name for a person who lived on a dry, barren land, derived from Old German
durri and German
dürre meaning "barren, infertile". It could also be a variant of
Dürr.
Duesler Upper GermanAndrew & brother Jacob were the Progenitors of Duesler, Duessler, Dueßler from 1752 Germany to America. ... [
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Dufau FrenchThe name DUFAU come from two French words DU which means « of the » and FAU which is old French for a beech tree. Surnames in France were given later so the person with this name meant he/she had a beech tree in his property... [
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Dufault FrenchAlternate spelling of Dufau, meaning "of the beech tree."
Dufresne FrenchTopographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree from Old French
fraisne fresne "ash" from Latin
fraxinus "ash".
Duhamel FrenchTopographic name for someone who lived in a hamlet, from Old French hamel, a diminutive of ham "homestead", with fused preposition and definite article du.
Duhon FrenchAltered form of French Duon, possibly a habitational name from Duon-Grande a place in Lozère. The surname
Duon is very rare in France.
Duhon FrenchGascon variant of Dufon or Dufond, which is a topographic name from
fond meaning “bottom,” with fused preposition and definite article
du meaning “from the.” The surname
Duhon is very rare in France.
Dulcamara Italiangiven to my great great grandfather who was left on the doorstep of a church in Chiavari Italy. The priest took inspiration from names of plants in the garden. This one came from the plant in English would mean 'bitter sweet nightshade'
Dulin FrenchThe surname Dulin is most common in France and is an occupational name meaning "from flax". Pronounced "du LIN" in English; however, in French it is pronounced "du LON". Anglicized in some cases as Duling, Dowling, or Dulong (a more common French surname brought to England, Ireland and Scotland from French Normans and later Huguenots).
Dumars FrenchHabitational name, with fused preposition and definite article
du meaning “from the,” denoting someone from any of several places called Mars. This surname is very rare in France. Alternatively, it could be an altered form of some similar French surname, possibly
Demars.
Dupain FrenchMeans "of the bread" in French, probably used as an occupational name for a baker.
Dupin FrenchMeans "of the pine tree" in French, referring to a person who lived near a pine tree or was from any of various locations named Le Pin.
Duplain Frenchtopographic name from Old French
plain an adjective meaning "flat" and a noun meaning "plain" with fused preposition and definite article
du "from the".