krisjanisliepins's Personal Name List

Georgian surname used by sculptor Tamar Abakelia and physician Ioseb Abakelia.

English cognate of Abate.

Denoted a person from the town of Adenau in Germany. The name of the town is of uncertain etymology.

Means "eagle" in German.

Means "son of Agnar".

Variant of Ackerman.

Means "the Persian" in Arabic, derived from Arabic فارس (Fāris) meaning "Persia".

Alternate transcription of Tajik/Kyrgyz/Chechen Алиев, Kazakh Әлиев or Avar ГӀалиев (see Aliyev).

Name for a person dwelled in or by an old house, from German alt "old" and haus "house".

From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Means "son of Amund". This name was borne by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928).

Means "happiness, bliss" in Sanskrit.

Means "son of Anders". A noteworthy bearer was the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).

Means "son of Apostol".

From the given name Arnaud.

From Norwegian å meaning "river, stream" and the archaic word rud meaning "cleared land".

Derived from Bulgarian бъчвар (bachvar) meaning "cooper, barrel maker".

Variant of Becker, mostly found in northern Germany.

From the name of the village of Bandoghat combined with upadhaya "instructor, priest".

Variant of Bandyopadhyay.

French cognate of Barr.

From a given name that was a diminutive of Bartoloměj.

Derived from Bartoš, a diminutive of Bartoloměj or Bartolomej.

From French place names derived from beau "beautiful" and mont "mountain".

French and English form of Belmonte.

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Benedikt.

From Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse berg meaning "mountain".

Means "son of the monk", from Georgian ბერი (beri) meaning "monk".

From a Bengali title composed of the Sanskrit words भट्ट (bhaṭṭa) meaning "scholar, lord" and आचार्य (ācārya) meaning "teacher".

Anglicized form of Blanchet or Blanchette.

Means "son of Bogdan".

Derived from Russian богомол (bogomol) meaning "pious one, devotionalist".

French form of Bonner.

Means "son of Borislav".

Derived from Hungarian bor "wine". Originally it could have indicated someone who made or sold wine.

From Welsh ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Бояджиев (see Boyadzhiev).

Derived from Bulgarian бояджия (boyadzhiya) meaning "dyer".

From Irish Ó Baoighill meaning "descendant of Baoigheall". The meaning of the given name Baoigheall is uncertain, but it is thought to be connected to Irish geall meaning "pledge".

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Бъчваров (see Bachvarov).

From the name of various towns in England, typically derived from Old English burna "stream, spring" and ham "home, settlement".

From the name of a town in Catalonia, of uncertain meaning.

Means "son of Carl".

From the given name Cearbhall. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

A name of various possible origins. As a Norman French name Cave can mean "bald" from cauf or it can mean "worker in a wine cellar" or "one who dwelt in or near a cave". As an English name Cave refers to a Yorkshire river whose fast current inspired the name meaning "swift".

Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

Variant of Černý.

French cognate of Carpenter, derived from Old French charpentier.

From a title meaning "holder of four", from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur) meaning "four" and धुरीय (dhurīya) meaning "bearing a burden".

Means "son of Chavdar".

Russian form of Chayka. A famous bearer was the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Chaykovsky (1840-1893), with the surname commonly Romanized as Tchaikovsky.

From Chinese 陈 (chén) meaning "exhibit, display, old, ancient" and also referring to the former state of Chen, which existed in what is now Henan province from the 11th to 5th centuries BC.

Hokkien romanization of Xie.

Derived from Bulgarian челик (chelik) meaning "steel" (of Turkish origin).

Cantonese romanization of Cheng 1.

From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) who is mostly remembered for children's stories such as Matilda and Henry Sugar.

Derived from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was the English chemist and physicist John Dalton (1766-1844).

From Armenian դարբին (darbin) meaning "blacksmith".

Means "servant, devotee" in Sanskrit.

Means "iron" in Turkish, originally referring to an ironworker.

Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.

Nickname for a lazy person, derived from the past participle of the Czech verb doležat "to lie down".

Means "son of Donald". A notable bearer is the online personality Jimmy Donaldson (1998-), who goes by the alias MrBeast.

Patronymic from any of the Slavic given names starting with Drag (see Drago).

Occupational name derived from Czech dvůr "manor", indicating a person who worked at such a place. This name was borne by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904).

Means "son of Espen".

Variant of Faulkner.

Occupational name meaning "keeper of falcons", from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

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.

Denoted a person who was from Fukui prefecture in Japan.

Meaning unknown, related to the Charan caste of Gujarat.

Occupational name derived either from Old French jauge "measure" (a name for an assayer) or gage "pledge, payment" (a name for a moneylender). Both words were ultimately of Frankish origin.

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 김 (see Kim).

Originally indicated a person from Górka, the name of various towns in Poland, ultimately from Polish góra "mountain".

Means "protected" in Sanskrit.

From Old Norse hagi or Old Dutch hago meaning "enclosure, pasture".

Croatian form of Herzog.

From Croatian and Slovene Hrvat meaning "Croat, person from Croatia".

Derived from Middle English Janaways, the name for someone from the city of Genoa, Italy. A notable fictional bearer is Kathryn Janeway, the captain of starship USS Voyager on the TV-series 'Star Trek: Voyager' (1995-2001).

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 조 (see Cho).

Means "son of Johannes".

From Sanskrit ज्योतिश (jyotiśa) meaning "astronomer".

From Croatian jug meaning "south".

From Polish kamień meaning "stone", a name for a stonecutter or for one who lived at a place with this name.

Derived from the given name Karim.

Means "dark" in Greek. Feminine form is Karra.

Lithuanian form of Kowalski.

Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan).

Alternate transcription of Khoury.

Means "priest" in Arabic, ultimately from Latin curia meaning "court". It is mostly used by Arabic-speaking Christians.

Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).

From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Means "blacksmith", a derivative of Slavic kovati meaning "to forge".

Variant of Kovács.

Patronymic derived from South Slavic kovač meaning "blacksmith".

Hungarian form of Kovač.

Derived from Russian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".

From Polish kowal meaning "blacksmith". This is the second most common surname in Poland.

Derived from Russian крупа (krupa) meaning "grain".

Means "potter", from Serbo-Croatian lonac, Slovene lonec meaning "pot".

Indicated a person who lived near a grove of trees, from Old Norse lundr meaning "grove". There are towns in Sweden named Lund.

Derived from the given name Makonnen.

From the given name Melaku, meaning "the angel" in Amharic. It is possibly related to Arabic/Hebrew Malak and Turkish Melek 2, also meaning "angel".

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 문 (see Moon 1).

From the given name Okorie.

Derived from the given name Osborn.

Norwegian form of Östberg.

Patronymic derived from the given name Rade.

From the given name Richard.

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

Derived from Old Norse ruð meaning "cleared land".

Derived from the given name Samuel.

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐藤 (see Satō).

Means "son of Simonas".

From a place name, derived from Norwegian skjegg "beard" and stad "town, place".

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

Originally denoted a person from Tennfjord, Norway.

Means "son of Thor".

Means "person from Trevithick", the name of various places in Cornwall ("farmstead" with a range of personal names). It was borne by British engineer Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), developer of the steam engine.

Means "son of Troels".

Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.

Patronymic from Serbo-Croatian Vlah meaning "Romanian, Wallachian".

From German Wein meaning "wine", an occupational name for a wine seller or producer.

Means "grape, vine, wine" in German and Yiddish (װײַנ). According to Nelly Weiss, Wein-style family names originated from signboards (house sign, house shield) in Jewish communities. Wein may also be related the German verb weinen meaning "to cry". Wein can also be a metonymic occupational name for a wine merchant or producer or perhaps for a tavern keeper. It can also derive from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound given names beginning with the element wini meaning "friend" such as Winifrid or Winimar.

Derived from German weingärtner meaning "wine maker, vintner", which itself is derived from German weingarten meaning "vineyard". The latter is a composite word consisting of German wein "wine" combined with German garten "garden". A known bearer of this surname was Felix Weingartner (1863-1942), an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.

Topographic name for someone who lived in a wine-producing area from Middle High German win "wine" and land "land" or a habitational name from a place so named.

From Chinese 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing".

Occupational last name, meaning "wine maker," using a derivation of the element Wein (meaning "wine") and likely another derivation from -macher (meaning "maker"). It's possible as well that it is derived from Weimann.

From Sino-Korean 尹 (yun) meaning "govern, oversee".

From Chinese 曾 (zēng) referring to the former state of Zeng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.

From Chinese 赵 (zhào), which refers to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province. According to legend, King Mu rewarded his chariot driver Zaofu with the city, at which time Zaofu adopted this surname. The later historic state of Zhao, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC, was named after this city.

This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Song dynasty.

From Polish zieleń meaning "green". It was possibly a nickname for a person who dressed in green clothing.