Browse Submitted Surnames

Aaker Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Åker.

Abalyshev Russian (Rare, ?)

Abassova Azerbaijani (Rare)
Feminine form of Abbasov.

Abe German (Rare)
Variant of Abbe.

Ābele Latvian (Rare)
Means "apple tree" in Latvian.

Aberdeen English (Australian, Modern, Rare)

Aberline English (Australian, Rare, ?)
Possibly from a place name derived from Gaelic aber meaning "(river) mouth" and an uncertain second element.

Abgarowicz Polish (Rare)
Meaning "son of Abgar". The name originates from a wealthy Armenian merchant family (called Sołtan at the time) who settled in Kyiv in the 16th century... [more]

Abgarowiczowa f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
Historical married name of Abgarowicz.

Abgarowiczówna f Polish (Rare, Archaic)
Historical maiden name of Abgarowicz.

Abi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Abildgård Danish (Rare)
Variant of Abildgaard, meaning "apple garden".

Abke American (Rare)
Abke is an Americanized version of an unknown German surname.... [more]

Abo Japanese (Rare)
阿 A ("Nook") and Bo for "Protect".

Āboliņš Latvian (Rare)
Means "clover" in Latvian.

Ābols Latvian (Rare)
Means "apple" in Latvian.

Abouelkassem Arabic (Egyptian, Rare)
Rare Egyptian form of Abo al-Qassem. A notable bearer is Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (1990–), an Egyptian fencer.

Absolum English (Australian, Rare)
Variant of Absalom.

Abukumagawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武隈川 (Abukumagawa) meaning "Abukuma River", a river that flows through the prefectures of Fukushima and Miyagi in Japan.

Abura Japanese (Rare)
From 油 (abura) meaning "oil".

Aburai Japanese (Rare)
Abura means "oil" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Aburaya Japanese (Rare)
A variant of Aburatani. ... [more]

Abuya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿武屋 (Abuya) meaning "Abu Store", from 阿武 (Abu) meaning "Abu", a district in the prefecture of Yamaguchi in Japan.

Achikita Japanese (Rare)
遥 (Achi) means "distant, remote" and 北 (kita) means "north".

Achiku Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿竹 (see Atake).

Achmatowicz Polish (Rare)
Means "son of Achmat", from a Polish form of the given name Ahmad. This name is primarily used among Lipka Tatar Muslims in Poland.

Acogido Filipino (Rare)

Acy English (Rare)
Possibly from the given name Ace 1.

Adelsköld Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish adel "nobility, aristocracy" and sköld "shield".

Adelzhanov Kazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Adelzhan".

Adi Hebrew (Rare)
Means "jewel; ornament" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname.

Adītājs Latvian (Rare)
Means "the knitter" in Latvian.

Adlerz Swedish (Rare)
Possibly derived from the German surname Adler.

Adolay German (Rare)

Adolphson English, Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Adolph".

Aeneas English (Rare), Indigenous American (Anglicized, Rare)
From the given name Aeneas.

Aeroaiei Medieval Romanian (Italianized, Rare, Archaic)
Wallachia or Walachia (Romanian: Țara Românească pronounced ˈt͡sara romɨˈne̯askə, literally The Romanian Country; archaic: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рꙋмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania... [more]

Aften English (American, Rare)

Aga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 何 (see Nani).

Agata Japanese (Rare)
(Agata) written as 県, means "prefecture, county, countryside, subdivision, district".

Agatsuma Japanese (Rare)
From 上 (aga) meaning "upper, top, above" and 妻 (tsuma) meaning "wife, spouse".... [more]

Agbateyiniro Itsekiri (Rare)

Aggrey African (Rare)

Agrinya Nigerian (Rare)
Means "warrior" in the Nigerian language of Yala. It was an earned name.

Aha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿波 (see Awa 1 or Awa 2).

Ahama Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿 (a), a phonetic character and 浜 (hama) meaning "beach; seashore".

Ahane Japanese (Rare)
亜 (A) means "second, Asia", 波 (ha) means "wave", 根 (ne) means "source, root". ... [more]

Åhdal Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ådahl. There are no registered bearers of this name in Sweden, but people sometimes use a different spelling than the one recorded in the population registry.

Ahearna Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Either from an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Eachthighearna meaning "descendant of Eachthighearna", or else an anglicized form of Eachthighearna.

Ahlborn Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish al "alder" and -born, a Swedish surname suffix derived from German geboren "born".

Ahrenaldi English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly an Americanized version of Italian Arenaldi

Ahtisaari Finnish (Rare)
A notable bearer is Martti Ahtisaari (b. 1937), the tenth president of Finland (1994-2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work... [more]

Aikuzawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1 or Aikuzawa 2).

Aikyo Japanese (Rare)
愛 (Ai) means "love, affection", and 敬 (kyo) means "respect".... [more]

Aimasmäki Finnish (Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Aimley English (Rare)

Aino Japanese (Rare)
Means "of love" or "of the love" in japanese. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Minako Aino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime... [more]

Aisaka Japanese (Rare)
Ai means "Indigo (blueish)", and Saka means "Hill,Slope".In 2014 Aisaka was ranked #9,579 for most used surnames in Japan and had only 5 occurrences that year. It's more popular in the U.S. than in the country it originated from... [more]

Aishi Japanese (Anglicized, Rare)

Aitmukhambetov Kazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Aitmukhambet".

Aiyuk African American (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Aiyuk is not a common surname.Most Commonly known as the Surname of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers WR,Brandon Aiyuk.There is not much information of ethnicity or background to the name but we know at least a little.

Aizaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Aisaka.

Aizlewood English (Rare)
Believed to be a South Yorkshire variant of the popular Hazelwood, of which there are several villages in the region. Also known as a development of Olde English 'Ashlac' found in the Yorkshire village of Aislaby, which translates as The farm (bi) of Ashlac... [more]

Ajari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.

Ajiyari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Azeri.

Akaike Japanese (Rare)
丹 (Aka) means "red" and 池 (ike) means "pool, pond".

Akamakka Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red", referring to pinus densiflora, and 真下 (makka) meaning "(literally) down; below; beneath", referring to low lands.... [more]

Akamatsuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 赤真下 (see Akamakka).

Akamori Japanese (Rare)
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."... [more]

Akana Japanese (Rare)

Åker Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
From Swedish and Norwegian åker "plowed field".

Akinai Japanese (Rare)
Variant form of Akinashi.

Akinashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 秋なし (aki nashi) meaning "no autumn". This is due to the absence of 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" in 春夏冬 (haru-natsu-fuyu) meaning "spring, summer, winter".

Akiya Japanese (Rare)
A bearer of this surname is Tomoko Akiya (秋谷 智子, born May 14, 1976) is a Japanese voice actress. Her best-known role is voicing Hazuki Fujiwara in the Ojamajo Doremi series, and Suzume Mizuno in Zatch Bell.

Akiza African (Rare)

Akselsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "Son of Aksel".

Akusawa Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 愛久沢 or 愛久澤 (see Akuzawa 1) or 阿久沢, 阿久澤, 愛久沢, 愛久澤, 悪沢, or 悪澤 (see Akuzawa 2).

Akuzawa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 愛久沢 (Akuzawa) meaning "Akuzawa", a former large village in the former Japanese province of Kaga in parts of present-day Ishikawa, Japan.... [more]

Alaoen Filipino (Rare)

Al Delaimi Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of al-Dulaimi.

Aleghieri Medieval Italian (Tuscan, Rare, Archaic)
It has a hard to trace meaning, but the research shows that the meaning might be "clurgyman's family" or "son of professers." People know this last name for the poet Dante Aligheri who wrote the Dievine Comedy.

Aler English (Rare), German
From the alder tree, a tree found in the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. The much less common given name Aler is possibly derived from it.

Alexandra English (Rare)
Derived from the given name Alexandra

Alexandreina Romanian (Rare)

Alexzander Nigerian (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Alexander.

Alfstad Norwegian (Rare)
Possibly a combination of the given name Alf 1 and stad "city, town".

Alfvén Swedish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from Swedish älv "river".

Alif Malay (Arabized, Rare, Archaic)
"Good friends" "Close friend" "Best friend" "Companion" "Close companion" "Kind" "Meek" "Gentle" "Compassionated" "soft"

Alixander English (Rare)
Variant of Alexander.

Allane Scottish (Rare)
Variant of Allan

Almarinez Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Form of Almario and Almarez.

Almathrahi Arabic (Rare)
Origin unknown, but most likely an anglicized version of 'Almathami'.... [more]

Almatyev Kazakh (Rare)
Derived from Almaty, the name of a city in Kazakhstan.

Alpern Jewish (Rare)
Variant of Halpern.

Alps Latvian (Rare)

Alscheid German (Rare)

Alshihab Arabic (Rare)
Means "son of Shihab."

Amada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amagi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Amanda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿万田 (see Amata).

Amano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plain".

Amanomiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨ノ宮 or 雨之宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amararatne Sinhalese (Rare)
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Amari Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 甘 (ama) meaning "sweet" combined with 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit".

Amase Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids; current".

Amata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Ama, added Japanese 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field".

Amatayagul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of อมาตยกุล (see Amatayakun).

Amatayakun Thai (Rare)
Means "government officer clan", from Thai อมาตย (amataya-) meaning "government official; public officer; bureaucrat" and กุล (kun), a transcription of Pali kula meaning "clan".

Amatsubo Japanese (Rare)
Means "rainy atrium, rainy courtyards". From Japanese 雨 meaning "rain", and "坪" meaning "(inner)garden, atrium, courtyard". A famous bearer is Mitsumasa Amatsubo.

Ambu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).

Amenomiya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨宮 (Amenomiya) meaning "Amenomiya", a former area in the district of Hanishina in the former Japanese province of Shinano in parts of present-day Nagano in Japan or an area in the same location in the city of Chikuma in the prefecture of Nagano in Japan.... [more]

Amigasaya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 編笠屋 (Amigasaya) meaning "Amigasa Store", from 編笠 (amigasa) meaning "braided hats", referring to a store that sells braided hats.

Amimiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 雨宮 (see Amenomiya).

Amirmokri Persian (Rare)

Ammer German, English (Rare)
This surname may be derived from Middle High German amer which means "bunting (as in the bird)." As such, it is used as a nickname for someone with a fine voice or someone who is a flamboyant dresser.... [more]

Åmold Norwegian (Rare)

Amorita Indonesian (Rare)

Åmot Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Aamodt.

Ampiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Amunátegui Basque (Hispanicized, Rare)
Castilianized form of Amunategi.

Amundson English (American, Anglicized), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized from or rare Swedish variant of Amundsen.

Amusan Japanese (Rare)
The Amusan Clan (秋道一族, Amusan Ichizoku) is a prominent clan in Kanazawa. Since its disbandment, most of its known members reside in Neuilly-sur-Seine ,Britain and Washington D.C.

Anakin English (British, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Perhaps a medieval English diminutive of an unknown given name, possibly Ana or Andrew (compare Wilkin, Larkin, and Hopkin).

Anaseli African (Rare)

Anbu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Ambu).

Andella Neapolitan (Rare)

Andreasdotter f Swedish (Rare)
Means "daughter of Andreas", this surname is only used by females.

Andreason English, Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Andreassen and Andreasson as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Andreasson.

Andreen Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Andrén.

Andreson English (Rare)
Means “son of Andrew”.

Andrewsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Andrew."

Andrulevičus Jewish (Russified, Modern, Rare), Jewish (Anglicized, Modern, Rare)
"Ben-Adam" or "ben-ish" ("ben" being "son" in Hebrew; Adam meaning "man"). The Andrulevičuses were originally Sephardic kohanim whom immigrated to Lithuania, and then Poland, Latvia, and other countries.

Andrulewicz Lithuanian (Modern, Rare), Polish (Modern, Rare), Jewish (Modern, Rare), Latvian
Originally Andrulevičus or Andrulevičius, it means "ben-Adam" or "ben-ish" ("ben" being "son" in Hebrew; Adam meaning "man")... [more]

Aniko Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 我如古 (see Ganeko).

Anjoul English (Australian, Rare, ?)

Annakin English (British, Rare)
Meaning unknown. Perhaps a medieval English diminutive of an unknown given name (compare Wilkin, Larkin, and Hopkin).

Annō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).

Ano Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿武 (see Anno 2).

Anpiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ampiru.

Anthonsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "Son of Anthon".

Anticristo Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Means "antichrist" in Spanish.

Antuna Italian (Rare)

Anundson Norwegian (Rare)
Means "son of Anund".

Anzan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

Aotsuki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) or 蒼 (ao) both meaning "blue" combined with 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".

Aozaki Japanese (Rare)
Ao means "blue,somewhat green" & zaki means "blossom". So, Nobutaka "Blue Blossom",is an artist who was born in Japan,but now lives in New York as an artist who has been featured in magazines.

Aozora Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky".

Apeltia English (Rare)
Comes from the word "appellation" referring to the Appellation Mountains.

Apóstol Spanish (Rare)
Means "apostle" in Spanish.

Apprecht German (Rare)
Derived from the given name Albrecht.

Aquiline English (Rare)

Aquina Dutch (Rare)

Ara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura) or a form of Yasura but written 荒.

Arabe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Arabeya Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "uncultivated, desolate", 部 (be) meaning "department, division; part", and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Arabiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense", referring to rough land, and 引 (biki), from 引き (biki), the joining continuative form of 引く (hiku) meaning "to pull".

Arabuka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒深 (see Arafuka).

Aradera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).

Arahi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 荒 (ara) meaning "rough; harsh; intense", referring to rough land, and 樋 (hi) meaning "gutter".

Araidaira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).

Araki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蘭 (see Araragi).

Araoka Japanese (Rare)
Ara (荒) means "rough", oka (岡) means "hill", therefore, Araoka means rough hill

Araoka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).

Arapović Croatian, Bosnian (Rare)
From “Arap” meaning “Arab” in Croatian, derived from Turkish Arap

Araraki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 蘭 (see Araragi).

Arashiro Japanese (Rare)
A Japanese surname. A bearer of this surname is Yukiya Arashiro (Born 1984-) He is a Japanese cyclist.

Arasli Turkish (Rare)

Arata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畭 (see Hari).

Are Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒 (see Ara).

Arehira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).

Arenaldi Italian (Rare)
Originally found in the Campania, Foggia area. Derived from the medieval name of Germanic origin Arenaldus or Arinaldus

Arguedas Spanish (Rare)

Arhusia Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Arhusius used in the 17th century.

Arinaldi Italian (Rare)
Variant of Arenaldi. Originally found in the Campania, Foggia area. Derived from the medieval name of Germanic origin Arenaldus or Arinaldus

Ärlig Swedish (Rare)
Means "honest" in Swedish.

Arliss English (Rare)

Arnemo Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)

Arneson English (American), Swedish (Rare)
Anglicized form of the Scandinavian names Arnesen and Arnesson, as well as a (rare) Swedish variant of Arnesson.

Aromdee Thai (Rare)

Arouff Mauritian Creole (Rare)

Arrhenius Swedish (Rare)
The name of two separate family linages with no relation between each other. One family originates from Linköping, Östergötland and probably got its name from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρρην (árrhēn) "male" (taken from the last syllable of ancestor's last name, Kapfelman)... [more]

Arrisola Spanish (Rare)

Arslanović Bosnian (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)

Arthakornsiribo Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).

Arthakornsiripho Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of Thai อรรถกรศิริโพธิ์ (see Atthakonsiripho).

Artola Spanish (Hispanicized, Rare)

Aru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Aruzhanov Kazakh (Rare)

Arvinen Sindhi (Rare)

Asaarashi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning" and 嵐 (arashi) meaning "storm; tempest".

Asabu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 麻布 (see Azabu 1 or Azabu 2).

Asabushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 朝武士 (see Asamushi).

Asaidori Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅井取 (asaidori), assigned letters to Iwami dialect アサイドリ (asaidori) meaning "elaeagnus".

Asamen Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅面 (Asamen), a clipping of 浅面門 (Asamemmon) meaning "Asamen Gate", a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Asamushi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 浅虫 (Asamushi) meaning "Asamushi", an area in the city of Aomori in the prefecture of Aomori in Japan.... [more]

Asaomo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 浅面 or 淺面 (see Asamen).

Asato Japanese (Rare)
There are several readings for the name but 2 are Asa:"Morning",and To:"Door,Asa:"Safe" and To:"Village". There are multiple places in the Ryukyu's (where the name originates and mostly stays) that have that name;that could've been the influence... [more]

Ashdul Indian (Rare)

Ashitanihara Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 芦谷原 (Ashitanihara), a variant reading of 芦谷原 (Ashitaniharu) meaning "Ashitaniharu", a division in the division of Shukukubota in the area of Makizono in the city of Kirishima in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or it being a name of a group of several households in the same location, for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Ashiyahara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 芦谷原 (see Ashitanihara).

Ashlund English (Rare)

Aslaksen Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Means "son of Aslak".

Asplund Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Swedish asp "aspen" and lund "grove".

Assange English (Australian, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is Julian Paul Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.

Astartia English (Rare)

Astre French (Rare)

Asui Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 蛙 (a) meaning "frog" and 吹 (sui) meaning "puff"

Asylmuratov Kazakh (Rare)

Atachi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 接待 (see Settai).

Atake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿竹 (Atake) meaning "Atake", a division in the area of Tajiri in the city of Ise in the prefecture of Mie in Japan.

Atanasio Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the given name Atanasio.

Ataru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 (see Naka 2).

Atsugi Japanese (Rare)
Atsugi (厚木) means "thick tree", notable bearer of this surname is Nanami Atsugi (厚木 那奈美), a Japanese Voice actress. It is also a city name in Kanagawa perfecture.

Atthakonsiripho Thai (Rare)
From Thai อรรถ (attha), the bound form of อรรถ (at) of unknown meaning, กร (kon) meaning "hand, arm", and โพธิ์ (pho), a variant form of โพธิ (phothi) meaning "enlightened; enlightened intellect".

Atzler German (Rare)

Aubine French (Rare)
Derived from the medieval French feminine given name Aubine, which was the French form of Albina. But in other words, you could also say that Aubine was the feminine form of Aubin.

Aubinet French (Rare)
Derived from the medieval French masculine given name Aubinet, which was a diminutive (as the -et suffix indicates) of the given name Aubin.... [more]

Auchinleck Scottish (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac... [more]

Audulv Swedish (Rare)

Aufdemberge American (Rare)
The surname Aufdemberge originated in America, but in German it means "on the mountains".... [more]

Außendorf German (Rare)

Avenirov Russian (Rare)
Means "son of Avenir".

Avigdori Jewish (Rare)
Surname variation of Avigdor, used to distinguish from said first name Avigdor.

Avildsen English (American, Rare)

Avitov Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "my father is good", from Hebrew ’av meaning "father" and tov meaning "good".

Awa Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 阿波 (Awa), a clipping of 上阿波 (Kamiawa) or 下阿波 (Shimoawa), both areas in the city of Iga in the prefecture of Mie in Japan.

Axel English (Rare), German, Dutch, Danish (Rare)
From the given name Axel.

Axelman Swedish (Rare)
From the Scandinavian given name Axel and man "man".

Aybar Basque (Hispanicized, Rare)
Aybar Name Meaning. Spanish (of Basque origin): habitational name, in most cases probably from Aibar in Navarre, but in some cases perhaps a variant of Eibar, the name of a place in Gipuzkoa. The place names are from Basque ai 'side', 'slope' + ibar 'flood plain', 'valley'.

Azabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 麻布 (Azabu), a clipping of 元麻布 (Motoazabu) meaning "Motoazabu", an area in the ward of Minato in the city of Tokyo in Japan.

Azabu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 麻布 (Azabu) meaning "Azabu", a division in the area of Nakauri in the city of Shinshiro in the prefecture of Aichi in Japan.

Azebiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Azenira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Azeri Japanese (Rare)
Means "acharya" in Japanese.

Azuaje-fidalgo Portuguese (Rare), Spanish, Italian
Fidalgo from Galician and Portuguese filho de algo — equivalent to "nobleman", but sometimes literally translated into English as "son of somebody" or "son of some (important family)"—is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility... [more]

Azuma Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 阿萬 (see Ama).

Azumagaito Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東垣外 (see Higashigaito).

Azumagakito Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東垣外 (see Higashigaito).

Azumayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 東屋敷 (see Higashiyashiki).

Azusagawa Japanese (Rare)
Azusa (梓) means "catalpa", gawa/kawa (川) means "river", kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku. Sakuta Azusagawa (梓川 咲太) and his sister Kaede (梓川 花楓) from Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai are notable fictional characters who bear this surname.

Babazoe Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 馬場添 (Babazoe) meaning "Babazoe", a name of a group of several households for the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Babbs English (Rare)
A matronymic of Barbara.

Bachhuber German (Rare)
German cognate of Brookhouse.

Baclan Celtic (Rare)
Form of the surname Backlund

Badan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 馬之段 (see Umanodan).

Bagci Turkish (Rare)
Bagci translated into English means vigneron, a vigneron is a person who cultivates grapes for winemaking. Originated in the 1920s in Turkey after the Balkan wars

Bagongahasa Filipino (Rare), Tagalog
Refers to "something newly sharpened". It comes from the words bagong meaning "new" and hasa meaning "sharp". This surname is mostly found in the town of Paete, Laguna, and is often the subject of ridicule because it contains the word gahasa, meaning "rape"... [more]

Bahus Norwegian (Rare)

Baing Chinese (Min Bei, Rare)
Min Bei form of Bing 2.

Bakytbekov Kyrgyz (Rare)
Means "son of Bakytbek" in Kyrgyz.

Baldock English (Rare)
Means "person from Baldock", Hertfordshire ("Baghdad": in the Middle Ages the lords of the manor were the Knights Templar, whose headquarters were in Jerusalem, and they named the town Baldac, the Old French name for Baghdad).

Baldt German (Rare)
Variant of Boldt.

Bali Punjabi (Rare)

Baloni Italian (Rare)

Ban Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 播 (see Hari).

Bangsong Korean (Rare)
from the Korean word bangsong, meaning "broadcasting"

Bankoku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 万国 meaning "all nations; the whole world; universal". The fact that it is homophonous as Japanese バンコク (Bankoku) meaning "Bangkok", the city in Thailand, is coincidental.

Banzl Czech (Modern, Rare, ?)

Barad Biblical Hebrew (Rare)
It's the Hebrew name of one the biblical plagues in the Hebrew bible that God cast on Egypt. It means Hail as in the Ice storm.

Baralov Russian (Rare)

Barbareshvili Georgian (Rare)
Possibly means "son of Barabare"

Barbareshvili Georgian (Rare)
Means "son of Barbare".

Barbrow English (American, Rare)

Bar Deah Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "one who has opinion" from Hebrew Bar, "son" and de'ah, "opinion".

Bareilles French (Rare)

Barnabi American (Rare)
Possibly from a variant of the given name Barnaby.

Bart English (American, Modern, Rare)

Barthevian Armenian (Anglicized, Rare)

Baskir Turkish (Rare), South American (Rare)
Used by Jewish families that were running away from anti-semites. It's meaning is 'printer' or 'pressures are...'

Bastardes Catalan (Rare)

Bastián Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
From the given name Bastián.

Bastille French (Rare)

Baton French (Rare)

Baudric French (Rare)
Derived from the medieval French given name Baudric, which was a variant form of Baldéric, the French form of Baldric.

Bay Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Likely a reduced form of German Bayer.

Baz-ool Tuvan (Rare)
Means "another boy" from Tuvan база (baza) meaning "also, too, another" combined with оол (ool) "son, boy".

Bazzell Romansh (Rare)

Bearcub English (American, Rare)
Surname meaning a bear cub.

Beaudreau French (Rare)

Beaufay French (Rare)
In most cases, this surname is a locational surname that most likely took its name from the village of Beaufay, which is nowadays located in the Sarthe department of France. The village was called Bello Faeto, Bellofaido and Belfaidus during the Early Middle Ages, ultimately deriving its name from Latin bellus fagus (or bellum fagetum) meaning "beautiful beech tree(s)" or "beautiful beech woodland"... [more]

Beaufoy French (Anglicized, Rare), English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Beaufay. Known bearers of this surname include the English astronomer and physicist Mark Beaufoy (1764-1827) and the British screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (b... [more]

Beauséjour French (Rare)
Literally means "beautiful sojourn", derived from French beau "beautiful, nice, fine" and French séjour "sojourn, short stay". As such, this surname is most likely a locational surname, in that it originally referred to a scenic place to sojourn in... [more]

Beber Slovene (Rare), Croatian (Rare)

Bechmann German (Rare)
Surname denoting someone who worked with pitch, from Middle High German bech / pech "pitch" and man, a suffix which can mean "man" or simply be used as a name suffix.

Beckstrand Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bäckstrand.

Bedwani Arabic (Egyptian, Rare)
Possibly derived from the English word bedouin, that comes from the Arabic badawī, which means "desert dweller". ... [more]

Behmen Bosnian, Croatian (Rare)

Beldy Hungarian (Rare, ?)

Béliveau French (Rare), French (Quebec)
Derived from Old French besliver meaning "to stagger along", originally a nickname referring to a drunkard. It could also denote a person who lived in a beautiful, lovely valley, derived from French beau "beautiful" or Old French beu, bel "fair, lovely", combined with val meaning "valley"... [more]

Belladonna English (Rare), Popular Culture
Named after an extremely poisonous plant (Atropa belladonna; also known as the deadly nightshade). One fictional bearer of this surname is Blake Belladonna, a main character from the popular web series RWBY.

Bellringer English (British, Rare)
Occupational name for a person who rung bells (usually a church bell).

Belskie Russian (Rare), American

Ben Chinese (Hakka, Rare)
Hakka form of Bing 2.

Benefiel French (Modern, Rare)
Meaning: Bean field

Benihana Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紅粉 (see Kōka).

Benzan Italian (Rare)

Bergholtz Swedish, German (Rare)
Possibly a variant of German Bergholz which is either a derivative of Berchtold or from a topographic name meaning "birch wood"... [more]

Bergren English, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Berggren.

Bermingham English (Modern, Rare)
Bermingham is the Gaelicised version of 'De Birmingham' and is descended from the family of Warwickshire, England. The Irish version of the name MacFeorais/MacPheorais is derived from Pierce de Bermingham.