Name List: Surnames

Middle Eastern & Adjacent
187African/ Egyptian
30Americas
13British Isles
71East Asian
54Germanic / Nordic
72Latin / Romance
48Northern Eurasia
44Pretty Names
31Surnames
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Name M/F Remark Rating
Ziegenhorn Upper German (Archaic). Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain.
Wray From Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook"
Wildblood From a medieval nickname for a rakish or hot-headed person.
Van Kann Means "from Kanne", a town in the province of Limburg in Belgium. The meaning of the town's name is unknown.
Vance Old English, dweller by a fen
Sutton f / m English. From the traditionally English surname meaning "south town".
Stoneking The name originates in Cornwall,
Sovin Derived from Russian сова (sova) meaning "owl". This may have been a nickname for a night person. This is a Russian noble surname.
Siddall Siddal. From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English sid "wide" and halh "nook, recess".
Sheng From Chinese meaning "flourishing, prosperous", also referring to the ancient state of Sheng which existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shandong province.
Seth Means "merchant, banker" in Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, chief, most excellent".
Sebeok From Sebők, a diminutive of Sebestyén.
Sanada From Japanese locational name meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sallow Medieval for willow tree
Salamanca Originally indicated a person from Salamanca, a city in western Spain.
Romagna Latin Romania meaning "land of the Romans".
Ribeiro Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank".
Quek Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo. From Chinese meaning "outer city
Poirier French, pear tree
Picot Norman French
Ouyang From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)".
Orozco Comes from the Bilbao province in the Basque region of Spain.
Oliveira Means "olive tree" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin oliva. It indicated a person who lived near or worked with olive trees.
Okorie From the given name Okoriee. Means "born on Orie" in Igbo, Orie being one of the days of the Igbo week.
Motta From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill".
Morgenstern Morning star in German.
Moreno From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.
Miyamoto From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Minett From the medieval Minna. Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love.
Mekonnen Ethiopian surname (from given name), meaning 'aristocrat'.
Mejía Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah".
Medvedev From Russian медведь (medved') meaning "bear".
Mead Lived by a meadow, from Middle English
Malloch Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIain Mhalaich "son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows", which was the family name of the MacGregors of Balhaldie.
Mahdavi From the given name Mahdi.
Magnusson Means "son of MAGNUS".
Maeda
Maddrell The Isle of Man had the highest population of Maddrell families.
Lorén A variant of the Spanish personal name Llorente.
Lockwood From an English place name meaning "enclosure forest".
Linwood Originally derived from a place name meaning "stream forest" in Old English.
Lawrence Derived from the given name LAURENCE.
Lang German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of LONG.
Lamb A nickname for a gentle or malleable person or an occupational name for someone who raised or cared for young sheep. Can take the form Lum.
Kos Means "blackbird".
Knorr From a nickname for a gnarly person, derived from Middle High/Low German knorre "knot, protruberance".
Kirwan From Gaelic Ó Ciardhubháin meaning "descendant of Ciardhubhán", a given name composed of the elements ciar "dark" and dubh "black" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Khoo
Kelly 2 From a Scottish place name derived from coille "grove".
Kaur Means "princess", ultimately from Sanskrit (kumari) meaning "girl".
Karaca Means "roe deer" in Turkish.
Isherwood It's a habitational name thought to come from the name of an unidentified place originating in Lancashire.
Isham The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.
Ikeda From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
Hunter Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.
Hunnacott From Old English hunig "honey" or the given name Huna combined with cot "cottage". This is the name of a small town in Devon, England.
Hsu 1 Alternate transcription of Chinese Xu, referring to the minor state of Xu, which existed to the 4th century BC in what is now Henan province.
Holt From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".
Helal Derived from the given name Hilal. Means "crescent moon" in Arabic, also referring to the new moon on the Islamic calendar.
Hawk Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner, derived from Old English heafoc "hawk".
Hatt The oldest English surname on record was from East Anglia. An Anglo-Saxon family with the surname Hatt are mentioned in a Norman transcript, and is identified as a pretty regular name in the county.
Harrington From Old English word meaning "hare town"
Haj Refers to a person who has participated in the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that Muslims must undertake at least once in their lifetimes.
Gwynne Means "white" or "blessed"
Gott Derived from the Old German given name Goda, derived from the element guot meaning "good" or got meaning "god".
Fox From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person.
Fern
Fay 1 Derived from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus
Farid From the given name Farid, means "unique, precious" in Arabic,
Farahani Indicated a person from the county of Farahan in Markazi province, Iran.
Emad Derived from the given name Imad, means "support, pillar" in Arabic
Eklund From Swedish. Composed of the elements ek "oak" and lund "grove".
Einarsson Swedish surname, means "son of Einar".
Duxbury Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, recorded in the early 13th century as D(e)ukesbiri.
Daddario Variant of D'Addario. From the given name Addario.
Croft From Old English croft meaning "enclosed field".
Cissé The French-influenced variant of Gambian surname of Mandinka origin, Cissé is used in Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast and regions of western Africa where French is spoken as a first or second language.
Chávez Variant of Chaves, from the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman clan name Flavius.
Chastain From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair.
Ceretti This surname may denote the original bearer having lived around Turkey Oaks in Tuscany, Italy.
Carrasco Topographic name derived from Spanish carrasca meaning "holm oak".
Bray From a place name derived from Cornish bre "hill".
Blackwood From an English place name meaning "black wood".
Björnsson From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn, meaning son of Bjorn- "bear".
Bellini From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".
Backus Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker, from Old English bæchus literally "bake house".
Bačić Croatian.
Babington Habitational name for someone from Babington in Somerset.
Atwood From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood".
Arora From the name of the ancient city of Aror in what is now the Sindh province, Pakistan.
Anaya From the names of a few Spanish towns, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "stagnant water" or "path".
Almánzar Derived from Arabic المنظر (al manẓar) meaning "the view" or "the lookout".