z.z.z's Personal Name List

Alscher
Usage: German
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "son of Adalheidis".
Anderson
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-dər-sən(American English) AN-də-sən(British English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "son of Andrew".
Arentz
Usage: Dutch
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Arends.
Arriola
Usage: Spanish, Basque
Pronounced: a-RYO-la(Spanish)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From Basque place names, themselves derived from Basque arri "stone" and -ola "place of, house".
Avagyan
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ավագյան(Armenian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "son of Avag".
Blanchet
Usage: French
Pronounced: BLAHN-SHEH
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From a diminutive of the name Blanc.
Bloodworth
Usage: English
Originally indicated someone from the town of Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, which was derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe") combined with worð "enclosure".
Chastain
Usage: French
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.
Cortés
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kor-TEHS
Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.
De León
Usage: Spanish
Referred to someone from the Leon region of Spain.
Dewberry
Usage: English
Dumitrescu
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: doo-meet-REHS-koo
Means "son of Dumitru".
Fairchild
Usage: English
Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.
Förstner
Usage: German
Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest (see Forst).
Freud
Usage: German, Jewish
Pronounced: FROIT(German) FROID(English)
Means "joy" in German, a nickname for a cheerful person. A famous bearer was the psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
Grover
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRO-vər(American English) GRO-və(British English)
From Old English graf meaning "grove of trees". A famous bearer was the American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).
Inada
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 稲田(Japanese Kanji) いなだ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EE-NA-DA
From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ingram
Usage: English
Pronounced: ING-grəm
Derived from the given name Ingram.
Iordanou
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ιορδάνου(Greek)
From the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yaraḏ) meaning "descend" or "flow down".
Itō
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 伊藤(Japanese Kanji) いとう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EE-TO
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.
Jundt
Usage: German
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Judith.
Keller
Usage: German
Pronounced: KEH-lu
Means "cellar" in German, an occupational name for one in charge of the food and drink.
Langley 2
Usage: French (Anglicized)
Pronounced: LANG-lee(English)
Americanized spelling of Langlais.
Leblanc
Usage: French
Pronounced: LU-BLAHN
Means "the white" in French, from blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.
Marín
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ma-REEN
Derived from the given name Marino.
Marlowe
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-lo(American English) MAH-lo(British English)
Variant of Marlow.
Meindl
Usage: German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Meino.
Mercer
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-sər(American English) MU-sə(British English)
Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".
Moles
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: MAW-ləs
From Catalan mola meaning "millstone".
Monette
Usage: French
Variant of Monet.
Mori
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 森(Japanese Kanji) もり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MO-REE
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest".
Mullen
Usage: Irish
From the Irish Ó Maoláin meaning "descendant of Maolán". The given name Maolán meant "devotee, servant, tonsured one".
Newman
Usage: English
Pronounced: NOO-mən, NYOO-mən
English cognate of Neumann.
Nhek
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ញឹក(Khmer)
Pronounced: NYIK
Means "close, together, often, frequently" in Khmer. It may also be from a short form of Chinese 涅槃 (nièpán) meaning "nirvana".
Norwood
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAWR-wuwd(American English) NAW-wuwd(British English)
Originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English.
Rey 1
Usage: English, Spanish, French, Catalan
Pronounced: RAY(Spanish, Catalan)
Means "king" in Old French, Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin rex (genitive regis), perhaps originally denoting someone who acted like a king.
Rojas
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: RO-khas
Variant of Rojo.
Rojo
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: RO-kho
Means "red" in Spanish, referring to the colour of the hair or complexion.
Schmidt
Usage: German
Pronounced: SHMIT
Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.
Sierra
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: SYEH-ra
Originally indicated a dweller on a hill range or ridge, from Spanish sierra "mountain range", derived from Latin serra "saw".
Snyders
Usage: English
Pronounced: SNIE-dərz(American English) SNIE-dəz(British English)
Variant of Snyder.
Ventura
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
Pronounced: vehn-TOO-ra(Italian) behn-TOO-ra(Spanish) vehn-TOO-ru(Portuguese) bən-TOO-rə(Catalan)
From the given name Bonaventura.
Warren 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWR-ən
Denoted a person who lived near a warren, from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).
Wolfe
Usage: English
Pronounced: WUWLF
Variant of Wolf.
Yuen
Usage: Chinese (Cantonese)
Other Scripts: 阮(Chinese)
Pronounced: YUYN
Cantonese romanization of Ruan.
Zima
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian
Other Scripts: Зима(Russian)
Pronounced: ZI-ma(Czech) ZEE-ma(Slovak) ZHEE-ma(Polish) zyi-MA(Russian)
From an Old Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.
Zimová
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Zima.
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