Swiss Submitted Surnames

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Zangara Italian
Southern Italian: from a feminine form of Zangaro ( see Zangari ).

Zani Italian
Comes from the personal name Z(u)an(n)i, a northeastern (Venetian) form of Gianni (from Giovanni, Italian equivalent of John). Zani or Zanni is a comic figure in the Commedia del’Arte, and the surname may be a nickname derived from this use, which is also the origin of the English word zany.

Zanini Italian
The surname Zanini or Zanin was given to the descendants of Giovanni (John). It originates from the diminutive of the Venetian variant of Zani, being Zanino.

Zanni Italian
From the first name Gianni, which derives from Giovanni, which is the Italian version of John, which means "the grace/mercy of the Lord." ... [more]

Zanolari Romansh
Variant of Zanoli.

Zanoli Romansh, Italian (Swiss)
Variant of Giovanoli.

Zanotti Italian
Comes from a pet form of Zani.

Zanto German
Unknown origin and history.

Zanugg Romansh
Derived from a diminutive form of the given name Gian.

Zanussi Friulian, Italian
Zanussi is best known as the surname of an influential Italian inventor from Brugnera in Friulia. The name likely comes from zanuso meaning ‘sedge’ in Italian.

Zappone Italian
Possibly from an augmentative form of Zappa.

Zarn Romansh
Derived from the given name Balthazar.

Zarta German

Zasche German

Zaun German
From a topographical name from Middle High German zun "fence, hedge" the German cognitive to Anglo-Saxon tun.

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

Zay French
Frenchified form of German See.

Zazzara Italian
Ancient and very noble Lazio family, with residence in the city of Viterbo, known as Zazzara or Zazzera, of clear and ancestral virtue, which has spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy.

Zazzarino Italian

Zbären German (Swiss)
Zbären means "Bear hunter".

Zecca Italian

Zechmann German

Zedda Italian
Possibly from Sardinian zedda "cellar" or cedda "herd of animals", indicating someone who was an innkeeper or shepherd.

Zehner German
(chiefly Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland, and Württemberg): occupational name for an official responsible for collecting, on behalf of the lord of the manor, tithes of agricultural produce owed as rent.... [more]

Zehren German (Swiss)
From a prepositional phrase from Middle High German ze hērren, an occupational name for someone was in service of a lord.

Zeiler German

Zeilinger German
Habitational name for someone from Zeiling in Bavaria.

Zeimet German, Luxembourgish
Western German and Luxembourgeois: probably a variant spelling of Zeimert, a variant of Zeumer, an occupational name for a harness maker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zoum ‘bridle’.

Zeitler German

Zeitner German

Zeitz German

Zeitz German
From a town called Zeitz in Germany. Might be Germanized from Zajec.

Zella German

Zelle German, Dutch
Topographic name from Middle High German zelle "(hermit's) cell", or a habitational name from various places called Zelle or Celle.

Zeller German, Dutch, Jewish
Originally denoted someone from Celle, Germany or someone living near a hermit's cell from German zelle "cell". It is also occupational for someone employed at a zelle, for example a small workshop.

Zelli Italian

Zellmer German
Variant of Selmer.

Zellner German, Jewish
Variant of ZÖLLNER.

Zello Italian

Zelmer German
Variant of Zellmer.

Zender Romansh
Romansh form of Zehnder.

Zendralli Romansh

Zenker German
means light

Zenner Upper German
South German: unflattering nickname for a surly, snarling person, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zannen 'to growl or howl' or 'to bare one's teeth'.

Zentz German
Variant of Zenz.

Zerbo Italian
Probably, comes from the Greek word "zerbos", meaning 'left-handed' and 'treacherous'

Zerfas German
Derived from a Low German and Upper German form of the personal name Servatius.

Zerillo Italian
From the Italian first name Zero

Ziani Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Habitual surname denoting someone from Ziano, a locality in Italy. Unrelated to the Maghrebi surname of the same spelling.

Zicari Italian, Sicilian
Southern Italian and Sicilian from an unattested Arabic personal name Zikri or Zikari.

Ziccardi Italian

Zichelli Italian

Zickafoose German
Variant of Ziegenfuss.

Zickefoose German
Variant of Ziegenfuss.

Zickuhr German
Zickuhr is a German surname that means "zigzag." Although, some person believe that Zickuhr means "cuckoo clock."

Ziegenfus German
Variant of Ziegenfuss.

Ziegenfuss German
Meaning "goat foot".

Ziegenhagen German
Derived from Middle High German zige "goat" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture". Could be an occupational name for someone who kept goats, or be derived from any of several places with the name.

Ziegenhorn Upper German (Archaic)
Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain.

Zielenbach German
Literally translates to "aiming brook"

Zielsdorf German
Habitational name from an unidentified place, perhaps Ziersdorf in Lower Austria.

Ziemer German

Zier German

Zigler German
Variant of Ziegler.

Zilio Italian
From the given name Egidio, via the dialectic nicknames Gilio or Gilius (compare Giles).

Zillmann German

Zimbaldi Italian

Zimmer German
Means "room" in German.

Zingaro Italian
Means "gypsy" in Italian.

Zinger German
The surname Zinger was first found in Saxony, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. ... In Old German the name meant "lively" and "spritely," or more literally, "a biting, sharp taste."

Zink German
German:... [more]

Zinn German
From the German for word for tin "tin." The name indicated someone who worked with the metal. A famous bearer is Johann Gottfried Zinn, a German botanist. Carl Linnaeus named the flower Zinnia in his honor.

Zinni Italian
Variant of Zini.

Zinnman German
Occupational name for a pewter smith.

Zipzer Polish (Rare), German (Rare), Jewish (Rare)

Zisler Romansh

Zito Italian

Zoccola Italian (?)

Zoch German
From a place in Germany named Zochau.

Zoch German
Derived from Middle High German zoche meaning "cudgel, club".

Zoelly German (Swiss)

Zola Italian
Italian: habitational name from any of various minor places named with Zol(l)a, from a dialect term for a mound or bank of earth, as for example Zola Predosa (Bologna) or Zolla in Monrupino (Trieste)... [more]

Zoldan Italian
from the name place Zoldo. Zoldan indicates also the name of a little valley North from Venice.

Zolla Italian

Zoller German, Jewish
Occupational name for a customs officer, Middle High German zoller.

Zolli Italian

Zollo Italian

Zonder Romansh
Variant of Sonder.

Zopf German
Nickname for someone who wore his hair in a pigtail or plait, Middle High German zopf, zoph, or from a field name from same word in the sense ‘tail’, ‘end’, ‘narrow point’.

Zoppi Italian
Nickname from zoppo "lame, unsteady".

Zorn German
From Middle High German zorn "wrath, anger". A notable bearer was Swedish painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920) whose father was German.

Zortea Romansh

Zossi Italian

Zottola Italian

Zuan Romansh
Derived from the given name Zuan.

Zuber German, German (Swiss)
German: Metonymic occupational name for a cooper or tubmaker, from Middle High German zuber ‘(two-handled) tub’, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a tub. ... [more]

Zubiani Italian
It comes from the given name Eusebio.

Zucchino Italian
Derived from zucchino meaning "zucchini, courgette" (Cucurbita pepo). It is also related to those surnames derived from zucca meaning "pumpkin" and to those derived from zuccone meaning "dumb, stubborn".

Zuccoli Italian
Derived from the Italian word zucca meaning "pumpkin", originally referred to someone who used to grow or trade pumpkins.

Zuckerman German, Yiddish

Zuliani Italian
Derived from Zuliano, the Venetian form of Giuliano.

Zumbano Italian
Variant of Zumpano.

Zumpano Italian
Comes from the town Zumpano in the province Cosenza in Calabria, Italy. The meaning is unknown but it possibly comes from a Greek-Calabrese surname.

Zumwalt German
German spelling Zum-Wald (to the forest) older german

Zürcher German
Habitational name for someone from the Swiss city of Zurich.

Zurich German (Swiss)
Habitational name from a city in Switzerland named Zürich.

Zurri Italian

Zurru Italian
From Sardinian "gush, spring (of water)".

Zurzolo Italian
The last name of actor, Lorenzo Zurzolo, who is Niccolo in Baby and Theodore Nott in Harry Potter.

Zutter German, Belgian, German (Swiss)
Variant of Sutter.

Zweinstra German
Zweinstra is a German, relatively unknown surname which is also sometimes used in Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.

Zwicker German

Zwilling German, Jewish
Means "a twin", as in a twin brother or twin sister. Often given to those who were twins.

Zwingli Swiss
Possibly derived from a place name in Toggenburg, Switzerland. A notable bearer was Huldrych Zwingli (1484 – 1531), leader of the protestant reformation in Switzerland, who was born in Wildhaus, Toggenburg... [more]

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