This is a list of submitted names in which the description contains the keyword surname.
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Youvillem & fFrench (Quebec, Rare, Archaic) Transferred use of the surname Youville. This name was given in honor of Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771), the first Canadian-born person to be canonized.
Yucif & mChinese (Rare) This name is used as 宇慈 (feminine) and/or 于此 (masculine) with 宇 (yǔ) meaning "house; building, structure, eaves," 慈 (cí) meaning "kind, charitable, benevolent," 于 (yú) meaning "in, on, at, go to, surname" and 此 (cǐ) meaning "this, these, in this case, then."
YukimuramJapanese This name is used as 幸村 with 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness" and 村 (son, mura) meaning "town, village."... [more]
YulemEnglish Transferred use of the surname Yule, given for someone who was born on Christmas Day or had some other connection with this time of year, from Middle English yule ‘Christmastide’ (Old English geol, reinforced by the cognate Old Norse term jól).
YvensonmHaitian Creole Transferred use of the surname Yvenson. A famous bearer of this name is Yvenson Bernard (1984-) a former professional Canadian football running back.
ZájafHungarian Origin and meaning unknown. Possibly related to the Albanian and Hungarian surname Zaja.
ZamorafAmerican (Modern) Meaning unknown, possibly from the Spanish surname Zamora (itself from the name of a Spanish city), perhaps used because of its similarity to Amora... [more]
ZangiefmPopular Culture, Russian (Anglicized) Anglicized spelling of the Russified form of the Ossetian surname Зæнджиаты (Zændžiaty). It is derived from the Persian word zangi meaning "dark-skinned" or a "Negro"... [more]
ZarcomSpanish (Rare) This first name is predominantly found in South America, although it is not very common there: one is much more likely to encounter the name as a surname there instead. Because of that, it is possible that the bearers' parents were inspired to give their sons the surname as a first name, just like it is done in English-speaking countries these days... [more]
Zealm & fEnglish Found in occasional use as a given name from 17th century onwards, Zeal is part virtue name and part a transfer of the English surname.... [more]
ZenouskafObscure Invented by Paul Mowatt and Marina Ogilvy, the daughter of Princess Alexandra of Kent, for their daughter born 1990, allegedly inspired by the American novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974; see also Zen) and Eno, the surname of English musician Brian Eno (1948-)... [more]
ZeppelinmPopular Culture, English Transferred use of the surname Zeppelin; from the surname of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), a German aeronautical pioneer, designer and manufacturer of airships... [more]
Zhizhim & fChinese Possibly deriving from the Chinese elements 治 zhì, meaning "to rule, to govern", and 郅 zhì, meaning either the surname Zhi, or "extremely, very". Other character combinations are also possible.
ZorlumTurkish Means "powerful" in Turkish. Transferred from the surname.
ZusemPopular Culture Transferred use of the surname Zuse, borne by engineer Konrad Zuse, inventor of the first programmable computer, though it may also be a variant of Zeus... [more]
ZwinglimVarious Transferred use of the surname Zwingli as a given name, used in honor of the pastor Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531), a leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland.
ZyprianmMedieval German, German (Rare) Medieval German form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian), which is still in use today, albeit barely so. The name is more common as a patronymic surname.... [more]
Zyxm & fEnglish (Rare) Possibly a variant of the surname Zick, meaning "descendant of Sigo", or a diminutive of Isaac. It may also simply from the last three letters of the English alphabet (compare Abcde).