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.
Iles English (British), FrenchEnglish (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.
Imberi German (Swiss)It comes from Stuttgart Germany from the late 1800s. Then the name moved to a small village outside of Odessa Ukraine, in my family at least.
Imbert FrenchFrom the medieval French personal name
Imbert, of Germanic origin and meaning literally "vast-bright".
Immer German, EnglishGerman: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [
more]
Immermann GermanHabitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony.
Imparati ItalianNickname for a knowledgeable person. From Italian
imparato meaning "learned".
Imperato ItalianFrom the personal name Imperato from the past participle of
imperare "to rule to command".
Imperiale ItalianDerived from Latin
imperialis meaning "imperial", either denoting someone of aristocratic lineage or a nickname for a haughty person.
Infante ItalianNickname for someone with a childlike disposition, from
infante "child" (Latin
infans, literally "one who cannot speak").
Inga Italian, SpanishPossibly from Sicilian
inga "ink", an occupational name for a scribe. Alternatively, it could derive from the Germanic given name
Inge.
Ingoglia ItalianMeans "belonging to the family of Goglia" in Italian, derived from the prefix
in- meaning "belonging to the family of" combined with the name
Goglia... [
more]
Inquieti Italian (Rare)Possibly derived from Italian
inquieto "restless, agitated; anxious, worried", perhaps given as a nickname or as a foundling name. This surname is no longer found in Italy.
Insalaco ItalianA surname in Sicily. Believed to come from the word Salaco an occupational name for a tanner in Arabic.
Invernizzi ItalianProbably denoted someone from Inverno e Monteleone, a municipality in Lombardy. Inverno itself is Italian for "winter".
Inzaghi ItalianProbably from the town of
Inzago, near Milan. This surname is most famously borne by brothers Filippo (1973–) and Simone Inzaghi (1976–).
Ippolito ItalianItalian: from the personal name Ippolito (classical Greek Hippolytos, composed of the elements hippos ‘horse’ + lyein ‘loose’, ‘release’). This was the name of various minor early Christian saints... [
more]
Itzstein GermanTopographic surname that originated from broad regions around the river Itz in Thuringia, Germany. The word "Stein" (German word for stone) historically was also used to describe castles on a hill or at a river, thus a possible meaning of the name is "castle at the river Itz".
Jacaruso ItalianAn Italian surname from a compound of Ia- (from the personal name
Ianni) and the southern Italian word
caruso, which means ‘lad’ or ‘boy’.
Jägermeisterssen GermanMeans son of the "Master-Hunter". Originally given to the son of the master-hunter in hunting camps.
Janett RomanshDerived from a short form of the given name
Johannes in combination with the diminutive suffix
-ett.
Janisse FrenchPossibly a respelling of French Janisset, from a pet form of Jan, a variant spelling of Jean, French equivalent of John.
Jardel FrenchOf debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from Old French
jardel, a diminutive of
jard (
jardin in Modern French), meaning "garden".
Jardin French, EnglishDerived from Old French
jardin meaning "enclosure, garden", hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a garden or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked as a gardener.
Jarsdel GermanAre you near extinct or possibly extend last name, referring to the opening part of a jar.
Jay English, FrenchNickname from Middle English, Old French
jay(e),
gai "jay (the bird)", probably referring to an idle chatterer or a showy person, although the jay was also noted for its thieving habits.
Jeanpetit FrenchMeans "little Jean" from Old French
petit "small" and the given name
Jean 1, originally a nickname for a small man called Jean (or applied ironically to a large man), or a distinguishing epithet for the younger of two men named Jean.... [
more]
Jere FrenchDerived from the personal name Jerome, which is derived from the Greek name Hieronymos, meaning “sacred name.” Jerome was a saint who was known for translating the Bible into Latin.
Jeschke GermanGermanized form of Czech and Slovakian
Ješko and Polish
Jeszka, pet forms of given names beginning with
Ja- or
Je- such as
Jan 1 or
Jarosław, as well as various cognates or similar-sounding names, such as
Ježek ("hedgehog").
Jeter French (Huguenot), GermanJeter is a French and German surname. It is the last name of former New York Yankees baseball player, Derek Jeter. It's also the last name of Carmelita Jeter, an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meter sprint.
Job English, French, German, HungarianEnglish, French, German, and Hungarian from the personal name
Iyov or
Job, borne by a Biblical character, the central figure in the Book of Job, who was tormented by God and yet refused to forswear Him... [
more]
Joliet FrenchFrom French
Jolie "pretty one" and the popular suffix
-et "little" meaning "pretty little one."
Joufflineau FrenchPossibly a nickname derived from French
joufflu meaning "chubby, full-cheeked".
Juin FrenchDerived from French
juin meaning "June", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.
Jules FrenchFrom a personal name (Latin
Julius). The name was borne in the Middle Ages in honor of various minor Christian saints.
Jungbluth GermanMeans "young blossom" in German, from German
jung "young" and blüte "blossom, flower", possibly denoting a person who blossomed early in their life.
Jünger German, JewishGerman (
Jünger) distinguishing name, from Middle High German
jünger ‘younger’, for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, usually a son who bore the same name as his father... [
more]
Jungwirth GermanDistinguishing name from Middle High German
jung "young" and
wirt "husband master of the house" for a son or son-in-law... [
more]
Jupin Frenchfrom a diminutive of Old French
jupe a term denoting a long woolen garment hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller (or a nickname for a wearer) of such garments. This word ultimately derives from Arabic.
Kachel GermanOccupational name for a potter, from Middle High German
kachel "pot", "earthenware vessel".
Kad German1 German: habitational name for someone from a place called Kade near Magdeburg, Kaaden (German name of Kadeň in North Bohemia), or Kaden in Westerwald.... [
more]
Kaden GermanHabitational name for someone from Kaaden in North Bohemia, or any of several other places called Kaden.
Kaeser German, German (Swiss)Occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant from an agent derivative of Middle High German
kæse "cheese". Variant of
Käser.
Kahn GermanDerived from German
Kahn "small boat" as well as a Germanized form of the Jewish surname
Cohen.
Kahr GermanShort form of the medieval personal name Makarius.
Kalander GermanStatus name for the chairman or a member fraternity that held meetings on the first of each month, from Latin
ad calendas.
Kalk German, DutchOccupational name for a lime burner from Middle High German
kalc and Middle Dutch
calk "lime" (both a loanword from Latin
calx).
Kalkbrenner GermanOccupational name for a lime burner from Middle High German
kalc "chalk lime" and
brenner "burner".
Kalkreuth GermanDerived from German
kalk meaning "lime," and
reut meaning "cleared land". Most likely an occupational name for a lime burner.
Kallmeyer Germanfrom a Germanized form of Slavic
kal "marshland bog" or from Middle High German Middle Low German
kalc "lime" and Middle High German
meier "tenant farmer" (see
Meyer 1) hence a distinguishing nickname for a farmer whose farm lay on marshy land or near a lime pit.
Kalp German, JewishFrom Middle High German kalp ‘calf’, German Kalb, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who reared calves.
Kalt German, German (Swiss)From Middle High German
kalt "cold" probably applied as a nickname for someone who felt the cold or for someone with an unfriendly disposition.
Kaltenbach Germanhabitational name from any of various places with names meaning "(at the) cold stream" from Old High German
kalt "cold" and
bah "stream brook".
Kalthoff GermanGerman (Westphalian): habitational name from a place named as 'the cold farm', from Middle High German
kalt "cold" +
hof "farmstead", "manor farm’, "court".
Kaltmann GermanFrom a nickname for a cool, unfriendly person from middle high German
kalt "cold" and
mann "man".
Kamm German, EstonianMeans "comb" in German, an occupational name for a wool comber or fuller, or perhaps a maker of combs. In some cases it might have been used in the sense of "ridge of mountains, hills", making it a topographic name... [
more]
Kämmerer Germanfrom Middle High German
kamerære "chamberlain" (from
kamere "chamber") a status name for the treasurer of a court monastery a great household or a city and in Switzerland for the manager of a church property a so-called Widem... [
more]
Kämpf German, JewishFrom middle high German
kampf, German
kamf "fight, struggle" an occupational name for a champion a professional fighter (see Kemp ) or a nickname for someone with a pugnacious temperament.
Kandt GermanProbably from Middle High German kant meaning "jug" (from Latin olla cannata meaning "pot with one spout") and hence an occupational name for a maker or seller of jugs.
Kaplan German, Czech, JewishMeans "chaplain, curate" in German and Czech, ultimately from Latin
cappellanus. It is also sometimes used as a Jewish name, from a translation of Hebrew כֹּהֵן
(kohen) meaning "priest" (see
Cohen).
Karlsberg GermanMeans "Carl's Mountain" in German language, it is also used in other Germanic languages
Kartmann GermanDerived from German
karte meaning "card". Possibly an occupational name for someone who makes, sells or trades cards. In an alternative representation, it could be a nickname for someone who gambles.
Käsemann GermanOccupational name for someone who makes or sells cheese.
Käser German, German (Swiss)occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant (see
Kaeser ). topographic name for someone who lived by a summer dairy in the Alps from a Tyrolean dialect word derived from Ladin
casura... [
more]
Kassel Germanhabitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish
castella cassela "fortification" a military term from Late Latin
castellum "fortified position fort" or a topographic name from the same word.
Kasselmann GermanCombination of the German place name
Kassel (or
Cassel) and German
Mann "man".
Kastl GermanFrom a pet form of the saint's name Castulus, itself a diminutive of the Latin adjective castus 'chaste'.
Kau GermanFrom Middle High German
gehau "(mountain) clearing" hence a topographic name for a mountain dweller or possibly an occupational name for a logger.
Kau GermanTopographic name for someone who lived by a mineshaft, from Middle High German
kouw(e) "mining hut".
Kauk Germanprobably a variant of
Kauke from Middle Low German
koke "cake" (dialect
kauke) hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker or confectioner or a nickname for a cake lover.
Kauke GermanVariant of
Kauk from Middle high German
kauke "cake" hence a metonymic occupational name for a baker or confectioner or a nickname for a cake lover.
Kaus GermanFrom a regional (Hessian) variant of the habitational name Kues, from a place on the Mosel river, probably so named from Late Latin
covis "field barn", "rack" and earlier recorded as Couese, Cobesa.
Kausch GermanPet name derived from the Old High German personal name Gozwin, of uncertain origin.
Kaut GermanNetonymic occupational name for a flax grower or dealer, from Middle High German
kute, from
Kaut(e) "male dove", hence a metonymic occupational name for the owner or keeper of a dovecote.