krisjanisliepins's Personal Name List

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Means "son of Troels".

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 Thor".

Originally denoted a person from Tennfjord, Norway.

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

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

Means "son of Simonas".

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 佐藤 (see Satō).

Derived from the given name Samuel.

Derived from Old Norse ruð meaning "cleared land".

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

From the given name Richard.

Patronymic derived from the given name Rade.

Norwegian form of Östberg.

Derived from the given name Osborn.

From the given name Okorie.

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

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".

Derived from the given name Makonnen.

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

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

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

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

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

Hungarian form of Kovač.

Patronymic derived from South Slavic kovač meaning "blacksmith".

Variant of Kovács.

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

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

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

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

Alternate transcription of Khoury.

Alternate transcription of Armenian Գեւորգյան (see Gevorgyan).

Lithuanian form of Kowalski.

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

Derived from the given name Karim.

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

From Croatian jug meaning "south".

From Sanskrit ज्योतिश (jyotisha) meaning "astronomer".

Means "son of Johannes".

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 조 (see Cho).

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).

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

Croatian form of Herzog.

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

Means "protected" in Sanskrit.

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

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 김 (see Kim).

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.

Meaning unknown, related to the Charan caste of Gujarat.

Denoted a person who was from Fukui prefecture in Japan.

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.

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

Variant of Faulkner.

Means "son of Espen".

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).

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

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

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

Means "blacksmith" in Turkish.

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

Means "servant, devotee" in Sanskrit.

From Armenian դարբին (darbin) meaning "blacksmith".

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 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.

Cantonese romanization of Cheng 1.

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

Hokkien romanization of Xie.

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.

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

Means "son of Chavdar".

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

French cognate of Carpenter, derived from Old French charpentier.

Variant of Černý.

Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

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".

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.

Means "son of Carl".

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

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

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Бъчваров (see Bachvarov).

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".

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

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Бояджиев (see Boyadzhiev).

From Welsh ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".

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

Means "son of Borislav".

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

Means "son of Bogdan".

Anglicized form of Blanchet or Blanchette.

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

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

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

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Benedikt.

French and English form of Belmonte.

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

Derived from Bartoš, a diminutive of Bartoloměj or Bartolomej.

From a given name that was a diminutive of Bartoloměj.

French cognate of Barr.

Variant of Bandyopadhyay.

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

Variant of Becker, mostly found in northern Germany.

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

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

Means "son of Apostol".

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

Means "happiness, bliss" in Sanskrit.

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

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

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

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

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

Variant of Ackerman.

Means "son of Agnar".

Means "eagle" in German.

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

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