Cosmicdaze's Personal Name List

Yamamoto
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 山本(Japanese Kanji) やまもと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YA-MA-MO-TO
From Japanese (yama) meaning "mountain" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Yamada
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 山田(Japanese Kanji) やまだ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YA-MA-DA
From Japanese (yama) meaning "mountain" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Van Leeuwenhoek
Usage: Dutch
Variant of Leeuwenhoek. A famous bearer of this surname is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a pioneer in the field of microscopy.
Van Laar
Usage: Dutch
Derived from Dutch laar (plural laren), which means "open spot in the forest". These areas were used to graze cattle for example.
Van Agteren
Usage: Dutch
Means "from behind", probably referring to a place behind something, such as a building or a place at the end of the road.
Lichtenberg
Usage: Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.
Kalbfleisch
Usage: German
Occupational name for a butcher who dealt in veal, from German kalb meaning "calf" and fleisch meaning "meat".
Holt
Usage: English, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: HOLT(English)
From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".
Brinkerhoff
Usage: German
From a German place name meaning "farm near a slope".
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