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.
Sutter German, EnglishEnglish and South German occupational name for a shoemaker or cobbler (rarely a tailor), from Middle English
suter,
souter, Middle High German
suter,
sutære (from Latin
sutor, an agent derivative of
suere ‘to sew’).
Swigert German (Americanized)Americanized form of German Schweigert or Zweigert, an occupational name for a gardener or tender of plants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwigen, meaning "to graft" or "to plant".
Swinehart English, GermanMeans "swine herder", from Middle High German
swīn "hog, swine" and
hertære "herder".
Swisher GermanAmericanized form of German Schweitzer meaning Swiss.
Tabbert German, FrisianFrom Middle Low German
tabbert, Middle Dutch
tabbaert ‘tabard’, a sleeveless overgarment worn by men in the Middle Ages, (ultimately from French
tabard, from Late Latin
tabardum)... [
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Taccola ItalianNickname of a diminutive from Italian meaning "jackdaw".
Tagliaferro ItalianFrom Italian
tagliare "to cut" and
ferro "iron", an occupational name for an ironworker, or a nickname for a strong or ferocious fighter, one who was adept at cutting through the cuirass of the enemy with his sword... [
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Taglialatela ItalianTaglialatela means "the person who cuts the cloth" and is typical in the Naples and Caserta areas of Italy.
Tagliamonte ItalianTagliamonte means "mountain cutter". From the Italian
tagliate (to cut) and
monte (mountain).
Taiber GermanGerman (also Täuber) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Taube ‘pigeon, dove’. The -er inflection denotes the male bird, but in most cases this is an occupational name for a pigeon breeder, from an agent noun derivative ending in -er(t).
Takahara ItalianTakahara means "Treasure" in Italian. It was created as a family name only two generations ago.
Talbert English, FrenchFrom a continental Germanic personal name composed of the elements
tal "valley" and
berth "bright".
Tallon English, Irish, Norman, FrenchEnglish and Irish (of Norman origin), and French from a Germanic personal name derived from
tal ‘destroy’, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element (compare
Talbot) or as an independent byname... [
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Talloran German (Modern, ?)It is unknown whether Talloran is a real surname or not. However, the surname means "brave" and is given to James Talloran, a fictional character working for the SCP Foundation. The SCP Foundation is a secret organization that studies the paranormal... [
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Talon English, FrenchDerived from Old French
talon "heel", denoting a person with a deformity or a swift person. It could also be a diminutive form of given names
Talbot and
Talleyrand.
Tannen German, JewishGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony or Baden named with German
Tannen ‘pine’, or from a short form of any of the many compound names formed with this element... [
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Tannenbaum Jewish, GermanGerman and Jewish (Ashkenazic) topographic name or Jewish ornamental name from German
Tannenbaum ‘fir tree’, ‘pine tree’.
Tanno RomanshOf debated origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from the given name
Donatus.
Tapon FrenchFrom the old French word
tapon, meaning "cork". Hence this surname was first given to corks makers.
Tapp English, GermanDerived from an Old English given name
Tæppa, of uncertain origin and meaning. In German, it is a nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton, derived from Middle Low German
tappe meaning "oaf".
Taranto ItalianHabitational name from the southern Italian city and provincial capital of this name (from Latin Tarentum from Greek Taras). Variant of
Tarantino and
Di Taranto.
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... [
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Tarruhn GermanOrigins are found in Neumark, Brandenburg, Prussia.
Tassi Italian, South AmericanCould be a patronymic form of the given name Tasso, indicate the bearer is from one of several municipalities called Tasso, or be a nickname from Italian
tasso meaning "badger (animal)" or "yew".
Tassoni ItalianProbably derived from Italian
tasso meaning "badger (animal)", though it can also mean "yew (tree)".
Tauber GermanOccupational name for a pigeon breeder, from German
Taube "pigeon, dove".
Tautou French, OccitanDerived from French
tatou meaning "armadillo". It may have originally been given to a person who resembled an armadillo in some way. A famous bearer is the French actress and model Audrey Tautou (1976-).
Tederich German, Swiss, ScandinavianThe origin and meaning of the surname Tederich is uncertain. It may be derived from the German word "Teder," which means tender or soft, or a variation of the surname Tiederich, which is a habitational name derived from Tiederen, a place name in Holstein.... [
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Tegaldo ItalianThis surname is the Piedmontese origin. The Tegaldo last name comes from the Latin Teca (= shell beans). Its meaning is
grower of vegetables (bean). Also it is known as
vegetable farming... [
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Tempesta ItalianOriginally a nickname for a person with a blustery temperament, from Italian
tempesta meaning "storm, tempest" (compare
Tempest).... [
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Temple English, FrenchOccupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses ("temples") maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum)... [
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Templin GermanGerman habitational name from a place so named in Brandenburg, of Slavic origin.
Terracciano ItalianDerived from Italian
terrazzano "inhabitant of a walled city or castle; fellow countryman, villager, peasant", ultimately derived from Latin
terra "land, earth, country".
Terracina ItalianFrom the name of a city in Lazio, Italy, called
Tarracina in Latin.
Terrien FrenchTopographic name from an adjectival derivative of
terre "land", denoting someone who lived and worked on the land, i.e. a peasant. It is Americanized frequently as Landers, and occasionally as Farmer.
Tesauro Italianmetonymic occupational name for a treasurer or person in charge of financial administration from Old Italian
tesauro "treasure treasury" (from Latin
thesaurus "hoard"). It may also be from the personal name Tesauro with the same origin.
Tesoro Spanish, Italianfrom
tesoro "treasure" (from Latin
thesaurus "hoard") applied as a metonymic occupational name for a treasurer. In some cases this may be a habitational name from El Tesoro in southern Spain... [
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Tessier FrenchOccupational Name For A Weaver, From Old French Tissier (From Late Latin Texarius, A Derivative Of Texere ‘To Weave’). It Is Also Found In England As A Surname Of Huguenot Origin. Compare
Tacey.
Thal German, JewishTopographic name for someone who lived in or near a valley, derived from Middle High German
tal "valley". As a Jewish name, it is ornamental.
Thiel GermanDerived from Old High German
thiot "people".
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... [
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Thoma German, German (Swiss)German and Swiss German: variant of Thomas. Greek: genitive patronymic from Thomas. Genitive patronymics are particularly associated with Cyprus.
Thorbecke GermanPossibly from an unknown place name meaning either "at the brook" or "
Thor's stream" in German. A noteworthy bearer was the Dutch liberal statesman and prime minister Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798-1872), whose family was of German origin; he is best known for almost single-handedly drafting the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, which turned the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, during the Revolutions of 1848.
Tiefenbrunn GermanPossibly a combination of the german word “Tiefe” meaning depths, and germanic
brun, meaning armor, protection
Tietjen GermanPrimarily found in northern Germany. "Tiet" is a variant of "Dieter" and "Dietrich", and the "-jen" suffix is a diminutive ending.
Timcke German (Rare)Timcke originated in Germany and has existed since the origin of the Germanic language.
Timm German, Dutch, EnglishEnglish: probably from an otherwise unrecorded Old English personal name, cognate with the attested Continental Germanic form
Timmo. This is of uncertain origin, perhaps a short form of
Dietmar... [
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Tinklenberg GermanProbably of German origin, a habitational name from Tecklenburg in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Tisch Jewish, GermanMetonymic occupational name for a joiner, from German "Tisch", Yiddish "tish" meaning
table.
Tischbein German, LiteratureMeans "table leg" in German, from German
tisch "table" and
bein "leg". This was the surname of a German family of master artists from Hesse which spanned three generations. This is also the surname of the main character of the 1929 novel
Emil and the Detectives by
Erich Kästner,
Emil Tischbein.
Tizzoni ItalianFrom Italian
tizzone "embers, live coal; firebrand", probably a nickname for a troublemaker or revolutionary.
Tocqueville FrenchFrom the names of various French communes in Normandy meaning "
Tóki's town". As a title it was borne by the French political philosopher, aristocrat and historian Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, Count of Tocqueville (1805-1859), the author of
Democracy in America.
Todde ItalianFrom a modification of Latin
tollere "to lift, to raise; to destroy". Alternately, may derive from the medieval Sardinian name Totolle.
Tombaugh Germantopographic name from to dem bach ‘at the creek’, perhaps a hybrid form as Bach is standard German, bek(e) being the Low German form. habitational name from places in Hesse, Baden, and Bavaria called Dombach (earlier Tunbach, from tun, tan ‘mud’).
Tomei ItalianPatronymic form of
Tomeo. Famous bearers include American actresses Marisa Tomei (1964-) and Concetta Tomei (1945-).
Tonje Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Icelandic, Slovak, Croatian, Nepali, EstonianFrom given name Tonje
Tonnelier FrenchMeans "cooper" in French, from Middle French
tonnel "barrel".
Toplitz GermanGerman: habitational name from Teplice in northern Bohemia.
Topp GermanGerman: from Low German topp 'point', 'tree top', hence a topographic name; or alternatively a metonymic occupational name or nickname from the same word in the sense 'braid'.
Torino ItalianHabitational name from the capital city of Piedmont, Italy, called
Turin in English.
Torn GermanDerived from Old High German
dorn / torn "thorn". As a surname, it was usually given to someone who lived near a thorn hedge.
Tornatore ItalianDerived from Italian
tornatore meaning "turner", which refers to a craftsman who turns and shapes various materials (such as wood and metal) on a lathe. In other words: this surname is the Italian cognate of the English surname
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Toro Spanish, ItalianEither a habitational name from Toro in Zamora province. Compare De Toro . Or a nickname for a lusty person or for someone who owned a bull or a metonymic occupational name for a tender of bulls or possibly for a bull fighter from
toro "bull" (from Latin
taurus).