sweetkit's Personal Name List

Originally denoted a person from the town of Agramunt, Spain. It means "field hill" in Catalan.

From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 羽 (hane) meaning "feather".

Means "teacher" in Persian.

Means "son of Apostol".

From the name of a region in Spain, formerly a medieval kingdom. It is possibly derived from Basque asta "rock" and ur "water".

Means "son of Athanasios".

From the given name Azad.

Filipinized form of Bhagat Singh, a combination of Sanskrit भगत (bhagat) meaning "devotee, follower" combined with सिंह (siṃhá) meaning "lion". A notable bearer was Ramon Bagatsing (1916-2006), the 19th Mayor of Manila who was of Indian descent.

Derived from a place name, which was derived from Old English burh "fortification".

Occupational name for a person who raised or hunted birds.

From an English place name meaning "black wood".

Means "grey wolf" from Turkish boz meaning "grey" and kurt meaning "wolf".

From a place name derived from Old English brad "broad" and beonet "bent grass".

From the name of Bunnag, an 18th-century general of Persian heritage.

Probably a habitational name denoting someone originally from any of the multiple locations called Carbajal in León, Asturias, or Zamora in Spain. Alternatively, it may be of pre-Roman origin from the word carbalio meaning "oak", denoting someone who either lived near an oak tree or who was like an oak tree in some way.

This was the name of a family of Marranos (crypto-Jews) in Mexico at the end of the 16th-century through the beginning of the 17th-century, several of whom were executed for Judaizing.

Possibly from Old Spanish servanto meaning "servant" or ciervo meaning "stag". A famous bearer was the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616).

From Chinese 柴 (chái) meaning "firewood".

Occupational name for a gardener, derived from Persian چمن (chaman) meaning "lawn, meadow" and آرا (ara) meaning "arrange, decorate".

Derived from Russian черный (chernyy) meaning "black".

Derived from chvátat meaning "to hurry".

Means "son of Cornelius".

Means "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.

Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Derived from Persian داداش (dadash) meaning "brother".

Variant of Derryberry.

Means "bright, brilliant" in Persian.

Means "thistle" in German and Dutch, a topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of ground overgrown with thistles, or perhaps a nickname for a "prickly" person.

Means "son of Dragan".

From Spanish ejército meaning "army". A notable bearer was Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1937-), the 13th president of the Philippines.

Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn, thorn" and the abundance suffix -tza.

The surname Ellesmere was first found in Shropshire at Ellesmere, a market-town and parish, and the head of a union.

Means "clever, bright" in Hungarian.

Means "evangelist" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

From Persian فرزانه (farzâne) meaning "wise, learned".

Means "fig tree" in German.

From the given name Feliciano.

From French figuier meaning "fig tree" (ultimately from Latin ficus; a cognate of Figueroa), possibly indicating a person who lived near a fig tree or one who owned a plantation of fig trees.

From Greek φλώρος (floros) meaning "greenfinch", derived from classical Greek χλωρός (chloros) meaning "green".

Southern French surname derived from the given name Florius.

From Middle English, ultimately from Latin fortuna meaning "fortune, luck, chance". This was possibly a nickname for a gambler.

Derived from the Italian adjective frusciante meaning "rustling, swishing, whishing", which itself is derived from the Italian verb frusciare meaning "to rustle, to swish, to whish". The surname had probably started out as a nickname for someone who made a rustling or whishing sound whenever they walked, which was probably caused by the clothes that they were wearing (in that the clothes must have been made of a certain fabric that is prone to making some noise when touched in any way).

A known bearer of this surname is the American musician John Frusciante (b. 1970), who used to be the guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Derived from Polish gaj meaning "grove, thicket".

Means "son of Gela".

From Armenian ղասաբ (ghasab) meaning "butcher", of Arabic origin.

Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".

Derived from the given name Giordano.

From the Polish word góra meaning "mountain".

Anglicized form of Swiss German Krähenbühl, meaning "crow hill".

Derived from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and muot meaning "mind, spirit". It was a nickname for an optimistic person.

Derived from either archaic Polish gwozd meaning "forest" or gwóźdź meaning "nail".

From Japanese 萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Means "weaver" in Arabic.

Combination of Old Norse hestr "horse" and skeið "racecourse". This is the name of several paces in England.

From the given name Hossein.

From the given name Hossein combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".

From the given name Ignat.

Means "lynx" in Estonian.

From the name of the town of Ingersleben, Germany, which meant "Inge's village".

From Japanese 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".

Either from the given name Janvier or the French word janvier meaning "January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

Derived from Persian جزایر (jazâyir) meaning "islands", of Arabic origin.

Variant of Jewell.

Derived from Sanskrit अध्यापक (adhyapaka) meaning "teacher".

Means "good" in Hungarian.

Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Kashgar, located in the Xinjiang region of western China. The city's name is of Persian origin probably meaning "rock mountain".

Derived from Hebrew כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohen tzedek) meaning "priest of justice", indicating a descendant of Aaron.

Means "nice, kind" in Hungarian.

From the given name Khusraw.

Possibly derived from the Finnish dialectal word kinni meaning "animal skin, fur", borrowed from Swedish skinn.

From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

Means "blackbird" in Slovene.

Means "king" in Polish. The name referred to one who acted like a king or was connected in some way with a king's household.

Possibly from Polish kum "godfather, friend" or komięga "raft, barge".

Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations named Kwiatków, Kwiatkowo or Kwiatkowice, named from a diminutive of Polish kwiat meaning "flower".

Means "pigeon, dove" in Finnish.

From the name of the bird, a nickname for a singer or a cheerful person, or perhaps someone who caught and sold larks. Alternatively, could be a shortened form of the personal name Larkin.

From a nickname for a person who took big steps, from Finnish laukka meaning "canter, gallop".

Means "fox" in Polish, a nickname for a sly person.

Means "son of the lion", from Georgian ლომი (lomi) meaning "lion".

From various places in Spain meaning "moon".

Means "happiness" in Danish.

From a diminutive of the given name Martti.

Derived from Latin mancipium, meaning "(purchased) slave".

Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of Mowbray. Possibly it is derived from an English place name.

Anglicized form of Mac Shealbhaigh "son of Sealbhach", a byname meaning "fortunate, lucky, prosperous" or "possessive". Sometimes confused with the unrelated surname McEvoy.

French form of Miner, an occupational name for a someone working in a mine.

From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Referred to someone who lived near a pool, derived from South Slavic mlaka meaning "pool, puddle".

From a nickname derived from Middle English mothe meaning "moth". Known bearers include New Zealand photojournalist Margaret Moth (1951-2010), British artist Charlotte Moth (1978-), and British Roman Catholic bishop Richard Moth (1958-).

From the given name Mauld, a medieval form of Matilda.

From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".

Derived from the given name Neagoe.

Nickname for someone with a good voice from Middle English nightegale "nightingale" (Old English nihtegale, ultimately from niht "night" and galan "to sing").

From the given name Nur.

Means "white mouse" in Thai.

Means "wild olive" in Spanish, originally indicating one who lived near such a tree.

From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Romanian opri meaning "stop".

Originally indicated a person from one of the two towns named Orellana in Badajoz, Spain. Their names are probably derived from Latin Aureliana meaning "of Aurelius".

Probably from Latin Aureliana. This is the name of towns in Badajoz, Spain.

From Polish ostrów meaning "river island".

From Japanese 大 (o) meaning "big, great" and 坪 (tsubo), a traditional unit of measurement equivalent to approximately 3.306 square metres.

Derived from the Old English given name Uhtric.

Originally indicated a person from Padmore in England, derived from Old English padde "toad" and mor "moor, marsh".

From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".

Means "deer" in Finnish.

Means "Friday" in Polish, derived from the word piąty meaning "fifth".

Derived from Romansh planta "tree; plant".

Means "humble" in Czech and Slovak.

From Albanian prift meaning "priest".

Probably a variant of Percival.

Means "jaw" in Spanish, a nickname for someone with a large jaw.

Originally denoted a person from the town of Quiroga in Galicia, Spain.

Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".

Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".

From Rauenilde or Ravenild, medieval English forms of the Old Norse given name Hrafnhildr.

From the given name Rexhep.

Means "thrush" in Hungarian.

Means "rose mountain" in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.

Means "son of Rubin" in Russian, though it could also be derived from Russian рубин (rubin) "ruby".

Means "fish" in Polish and Czech, an occupational name for a fisher.

Means "wise, learned" in Italian.

Means "son of Sargis" in Armenian.

Denoted a person from a town by this name in Buckinghamshire, England. It is derived from that of a river combined with Old English broc "stream".

From the given name Shahbaz.

Means "Sudanese (referring to a person from Sudan)", derived from Arabic سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy).

From a diminutive of Polish sowa meaning "owl".

Derived from Polish staw meaning "pond".

Means "blond, fair haired" in Hungarian.

Means "oak" in Estonian. This is among the most common surnames in Estonia.

A surname found in Lancashire in north west England, taken from the name of a minor place in the parish of Lancaster which meant "meadow overgrown with thistles" from Middle English thistle and thwaite "meadow" (cf. Thwaites).

Possibly from a nickname meaning "addict, opium user" in Turkish.

Means "wood grouse" in Swedish.

Derived from Ukrainian ткач (tkach) meaning "weaver".

Means "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

Derived from Finnish toivo meaning "hope".

From the Navajo suffix -tsʼósí meaning "slender, slim", originally a short form of a longer name such as kiitsʼósí "slender boy", hashkétsʼósí "slender warrior", cháalatsʼósí "slim Charlie", dághaatsʼósí "the one with a slender mustache", dinétsʼósí "slender man", or hastiintsʼósí "slender man".

From Navajo ayóí meaning "very" and áníldííl meaning "husky, large".

Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe meaning "unrest".

From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Means "from Amstel", a Dutch river that means "water area".

Means "shore, bank" in Spanish. This was a name for a person who lived near such a feature, or who came from any of the various locations in Spain named Vera or La Vera.

From the village of Vivar, later renamed Vivar del Cid, nowadays part of Quintanilla Vivar located near Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043–1099) known as 'El Cid Campeador' was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. El Cid became Spain's celebrated national hero and the protagonist of the most significant medieval Spanish epic poem, 'El Cantar de Mio Cid'.

Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.

Derived from the given name Vukašin.

Means "gift" in Arabic, derived from the word وَهَبَ (wahaba) meaning "to grant, to gift".

From a nickname for a carefree person, derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

From Chinese 万 (wàn) referring to a city that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.

Nickname for someone with white or light-coloured hair, from Old English hwit "white" and heafod "head".

Derived from Polish wiatr "wind", a nickname for a quick person.

From Thai วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty" and ใหญ่ (yai) meaning "big, large, great".

Derived from Polish wrona meaning "crow".

Derived from the given name Wine.

Means "son of Xanthos".

From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".

Notable bearers of this surname include the Australian politician Les Yewdale (1928-1999) and the Canadian painter M. A. Yewdale (1908-2000).

From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Castilianized form of Basque Zaldibar "horse valley".

Means "spreader of gold" in Persian, from زر (zar) meaning "gold" and افشان (afshan) meaning "spreader, scatterer".

From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue".

Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".