jfifles's Personal Name List

From the name of the Spanish town of Alburquerque, near the Portuguese border in the province of Badajoz. It is probably derived from Latin alba quercus meaning "white oak".

Refers to the Alhambra, a palace complex located in Granada, Spain. The name itself is derived from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء‎‎ (Al-Ḥamrā) meaning "the red one" or, ultimately, from Arabic أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar) "red".

From the personal name Angelos or a shortened form of the personal name Evangelos + the patronymic ending -poulos.

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.

This name is clearly derived from Sojourner Truth, a former African-American slave who was born as Isabella Bomefree (but at some point the surname was changed to the more German-looking Baumfree). Although Sojourner's original owners - James and Elizabeth Bomefree/Baumfree - were apparently of Dutch descent, it is questionable whether the surname is really of Dutch origin. The first part of the surname could indeed refer to a tree (from Dutch boom, German Baum - plural: bomen, Bäume) - but the second part of the surname is very atypical for a Dutch surname. Either this surname was somewhat tampered with by the ancestors of the Baumfree family (adding a self-invented part to the original surname), or the surname is actually of English origin. In the case of the latter, it might be derived from the medieval herb comfrey, which was used for aiding blood clotting and for expelling phlegm. Please also note the similarity of Bomefree/Baumfree with Pomfrey, the surname of the "Harry Potter" character Poppy Pomfrey.

From Old English meaning "happy, joyous, blithe".

From bomba "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.

Derives from bon, "good" in Old French.

Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Castiglione, derived from Italian castiglione meaning "castle, fortress".

From the name of English towns meaning "settlement belonging to Chad" in Old English.

Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá) meaning "glittering, shining" or "moon".

From Cuenca de Cheng, "Cheng's basin" in Spanish

From Middle English chirie, cherye "cherry", hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
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The surname Cherry was brought to England by a great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Cherry is derived from the Anglo Norman French word, 'cherise', which means cherry, and was probably used to indicate someone who lived by a cherry tree.

86,045 people have this surname, and is most prevalent in the United States.

Means "son of Christoffer".

Means "priest" from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen). It originally denoted one of the priestly tribe of Levi.

From Hokkien 許寰哥 (Khó͘ Hoân-ko), which was the nickname of Co Yu Hwan (許玉寰), a Chinese migrant who arrived in the Philippines in the 19th century. This is the name of a prominent political and business family in the Philippines.

Northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coltaráin.

Anglicization of Manx (Mac) Thórliótr "(son of) Þorliótr".

Means "the lion of Vienna" in Dutch.

From Frisian dyk meaning "dike, ditch". The name was given to a person living near a dyke or embankment.

The Tagalog word for "Pharaoh".

Means "son of Gerald" in Anglo-Norman French. It was brought to Ireland with William the Conqueror. A famous bearer was Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), an American jazz singer.

Rare variant of Gadsby. This name was used by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald for the central character in his novel The Great Gatsby (1925). In the book, James Gatz renames himself as Jay Gatsby at age 17 because he believes it sounds more sophisticated.

Nickname for a red-haired person, from Welsh coch "red".

From a nickname for a stern person, derived from Old High German grim "stern, severe, angry". Famous bearers include Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), known for compiling German folktales.

A Greek rendering of حاج‎ (ḥājj), denoting one who has successfully completed a pilgrimage. In a Christian context, the title designates a person who has visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land and was baptised in the Jordan River. While this surname stands alone, it is also a prefix of Greek family names.

From the given name Iskandar.

Probably a patronymic from James or any of various other personal names beginning with J-.

This Hawaiian surname means The Black Magic.

Ka meaning "The" ʻanāʻanā meaning "Black Magic"

Variant of Lyon 1.

Means "great king" or "great ruler" from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large, big" combined with राज (rāja) meaning "king, sovereign".

Scottish and northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic MacDhubhghaill (see McDowell).
Scottish and northern Irish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Chomhghaill (Scottish), Mac Giolla Comhghaill ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Comhghall’, a personal name, possibly an intensive of gall ‘stranger’, borne by an early Irish saint.
Irish, possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cumhaill ‘son of Cumhall’, a byname meaning ‘champion’. Fionn Mac Cumhaill is the name of a famous hero in traditional Irish literature.

The surname was first recorded in the 14th century as Mozahrt, and later as Motzhardt in Germany. It is a compound word, the first part of which is Middle High German mos, also spelt mosz, and meaning “bog, marsh” in southern dialects (compare modern German Moos). The second part is the common name-forming suffix -hart. It was used as a negative nickname for dirty or sloppy people.

This surname is derived from an occupation, "nail-smith", but may also mean "knife-smith".

Comes from Όθων meaning "Otto" in Greek.

From Cebuano pakyaw meaning "wholesale, to buy in bulk", ultimately from Hokkien 跋繳 (poa̍h-kiáu). A famous bearer is Filipino politician and former boxer Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao (1978-).

Variant of Pacquiao.

From Romanian popă "priest", from Old Church Slavic popŭ. This is the most common surname in Romania.

Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king".

Metronymic from the Yiddish female given name Rifke from the Hebrew given name Rivka (see Rebecca), with the addition of the Slavic suffix -in.

Nickname for a noisy and disruptive person, from Middle Dutch rommel "noise, disorder, disturbance". Alternatively, a variant of Rummel.

Means "rose wreath" in German.

From Middle High German rot "red" and schilt "shield", or Yiddish רויט (roit) and שילד (shild). The famous Rothschild family of bankers took their name from a house with a red shield on it.

Meaning "of Russian descent".

Occupational name or nickname for a singer, from Old English singan "to sing, to chant".

Means "St. John" in Portuguese.

From the Old Norse personal name Saxi meaning "knife, sword".

Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant spelling of Sachs.

Possibly from Japanese 仙台 (Sendai), the name of a city in Japan, combined with the given name Diego.

From the given name Setiawan.

Means "pretty, lovely" in Hebrew, from Aramaic.

Means "son of Þór" in Icelandic.

From a patronymic from Tollef, a variant of Torleiv, from Old Norse þorleifr (see Torleif).

Variant of Tollefsen.

Means "valley of the forest field" derived from Spanish val, a contraction of valle meaning "valley", combined with Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, woods" and 田 (ta) "paddy, field" (see Morita).

It derives from the Dutch surname Van der Leij/Ley. The surname arrived in Brazil by Kaspar Nieuwhoff Van Der Leij by 1630, a cavalry captain from the Dutch army.

Means "vineyard" in Russian (ultimately from German), referring to a person who worked at a vineyard or lived near one.

Means "wine stone" from German wein meaning "wine" and stein meaning "stone". It originally referred to the potassium bitartrate crystals produced from the process of fermenting grape juice.

Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory". It is sometimes used as a feminine name in Indonesia.

From Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber" and ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "man". This surname was a Greek translation of German surnames of the same meaning.