MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Norby
From Old Norse norðr (“north”) + býr (“farmstead”). The surname could also be a variant of some Scandinavian surnames, such as Nordby or Norrby.
Norsworthy
English habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Walkhampton, Devon, from the Old English personal name *Norþ, a byname from norþ (“north”), + -s- + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).
Cullinan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuilleannáin (“descendant of Cuilleannán”), a personal name deriving from a diminutive form of cuileann (“holly”).
Concannon
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conceannainn (“descendant of Conceannann”), a personal name composed of the elements cú (“hound”), ceann (“head”) and fionn (“fair, white”).
Ferland
From French Ferland. This surname is principally found among Quebecers and the French-Canadian diaspora.
Bienaime
Borrowed from French Bienaimé, from bien-aimé (“beloved”).
Colusa
Variant of Colusi, from Patwin Korusi, Ko'-roo.
Finan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnáin (“descendant of Fionnán”), a personal name which derives from the diminutive form of fionn (“fair, blond”).
Moroney
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolruanaidh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Ruanadh”).
Hadfield
From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + feld (“field”).
Tieu
Borrowed from Vietnamese Tiêu, from Chinese 蕭 /萧 (xiāo).
Matula
From Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, Polish Matula or Polish Matuła.
Ruane
Anglicized from Irish Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).
Vaquera
Borrowed from Spanish Vaquera, feminine form of Vaquero.
Kolodziej
Borrowed from Polish Kołodziej, from Polish kołodziej (“wheelwright”), from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.
Rogel
* from Spanish Rogel, a personal name equivalent to Roger
* Americanized from Slovene Rogelj, from Slovene rogelj (“horn point”)
* As a German surname, of uncertain etymology, possibly from the obsolete Middle High German rogel (“loose”).
Mazzone
Borrowed from Italian Mazzone, Italianization of the Sicilian surname Mazzuni, from mazzuni (“mason”).
humblehood
From Middle English *humblehod, humblehede, equivalent to humble + -hood.
Austerlitz
Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.
Kewaunee
Purportedly from an archaic Menominee term for "duck", "Kewāneh".
tiankeng
Borrowed from Mandarin 天坑 (tiānkēng).
lianghui
Borrowed from Mandarin 兩會／两会 (Liǎnghuì).
Hymettus
From Ancient Greek Ὑμηττός (Humēttós).
Venetocracy
Borrowed from Greek Βενετοκρατία (Venetokratía).
Dumbarton
From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Breatann (“fort of the Britons”).
Kring
* As a German surname, from obsolete Kring (“ring, circle”), now Kringel.
* Also as a German surname, named after Saint Quirinus of Rhineland.
* As a Swedish surname, from kring (“quick, lively”).
Eastham
From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).
Talmadge
Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Tollemache.
Hyun
Borrowed from Korean 현 (hyeon), from Chinese 玄 (xuán).
Hagstrom
Borrowed from Swedish Hagström, from hage (“pasture, enclosure”) + ström (“stream”).
Northington
Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Norrington, which shares the same etymology.
Klepper
* As an East German (Silesian) surname, dialectal variant of Klöpfer, Klopfer (“doorknocker”).
* Also as a German surname, from the verb klappern (“to chatter”).
* As a rare German surname, from the noun Klepper (“nag, old horse”).
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קלעפּן (klepn, “to stick”), for which see kleben.
Bhandari
Borrowed from Sanskrit भण्डारी (bhaṇḍārī).
Walthall
* As an English surname, from obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ).
* As a Scottish surname, variant of Waldie.
Krumm
From the German surname, from the adjective krumm (“crooked”).
Biros
Various origins:
* Borrowed from Greek Μπίρος (Bíros), a relationship surname from Albanian bir (“son”).
* Borrowed from Polish Biroś, perhaps related to the Slovak surname.
* Borrowed from Slovak Biroš or Bíroš, variants of Bíreš.
Threlkeld
The place name is from Old Norse þræll (“serf, slave”) + kelda (“spring, well”).
Jaco
Various etymologies:
* Portuguese Jacó
* Italian Jàco or Italian Jacò
* Czech or Slovak Jačo
Brownlow
From Old English brūn (“brown”) + hlāw (“mound, hill”).
Palmquist
Borrowed from Swedish Palmquist, from palm (“palm tree”) + kvist (“twig”).
Gratton
From Old English grēat (“great”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Louisbourg
Borrowed from French Louisbourg, named after Louis XIV of France.
Rimac
From Serbo-Croatian Rimac (“Римац”).
From Spanish Rímac, from Quechua rimaq.
Wootton
From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Wilmer
From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.
Randhawa
Borrowed from Punjabi ਰੰਧਾਵਾ (randhāvā).
Viray
Filipino surname, mostly from Kapampangan
From Pangasinan, and Tagalog, from a word for a type of boat.
Shum
Borrowed from Cantonese 岑 (sam4) or Cantonese 沈 (sam2), when the initial was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Sciortino
From Italian Sciortino, from Sicilian Sciurtinu, from Old Sicilian Xurtinu. Doublet of Sortino.
Fincham
From Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“homestead”).
Swoboda
From a Slavic language, e.g. Czech svoboda, Slovene svoboda, Polish swoboda, etc.
Fitzgibbon
From Anglo-Norman fitz Gibbon (“son of Gibbon”).
Guevarra
Borrowed from Spanish Guevarra, a variant of Guevara, from Basque Gebara.
Shetty
Borrowed from Kannada ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (śeṭṭi).
Houde
From the French surname of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hildi (“battle”) or *aud (“wealth”). Compare Wood, Houle, and Hood.
Zaldivar
Borrowed from Spanish Zaldívar (“Zaldibar”), from Basque Zaldibar.
Batty
From Batte, a Middle English pet-form of Bartholomew.
Sova
From Czech sova (“owl”), Slovak sova (“owl”), Serbo-Croatian sova (“owl”), Slovene sova (“owl”), or a respelling of Polish Sowa.
Kirkley
From Old Norse kirkja (“church”) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to church + -ley (“lea”).
Balke
* As a German surname, from Balken (“beam”). Also a spelling variant of Balk.
* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse balkr (“beam”), a doublet of the above.
Pettengill
Ethnic surname for someone from Portugal, from an altered form of Middle English Portyngale (“Portugal”).
Sutcliffe
Habitational surname, from Old English sūþ (“south”) + clif (“cliff”).
Cassano
From the Italian surname, from Cassiano, Casciano, from the Roman name Latin Cassianus, from Cassius.
Urquiza
Borrowed from Spanish Urquiza, itself of Basque origin.
Eastridge
Possibly an English habitational surname. However, given the fact that this surname is not found in the UK, it may alternatively be an Americanized form of German Estrich or Oesterreich.
Manz
* As an Alemannic German surname, pet form of the personal name Mangold.
* As a German surname (Bavaria, Austria), pet form of the personal name Manhart, Manhardt.
* As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Manc, a short form of Manislav, Manomir, from Proto-Slavic *mamiti (“to deceive, lure”).
Dahlquist
Borrowed from Swedish Dahlqvist, from dahl (“valley”) + kvist (“twig”).
Vandenheuvel
Borrowed from Dutch van den Heuvel (“of/from the hill”).
Nordquist
From Swedish Nordquist, spelling variant of Nordqvist, from nord + kvist, literally, “northern twig”.
Claycomb
Habitational surname from some minor place named with Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + cumb (“valley, combe”).
Stoneking
Translation of the German surname Steinkönig, composed of the elements Stein (“stone”) and König (“king”).
Stickley
Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English stiġel (“stile; sharp point”), sticol (“high, steep, stickle”) or from a personal name *Sticca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stile + -ley (“lea”).
Grimshaw
From Old Norse Grímr and Old English sċeaga (“shaw”), equivalent to Grim + -s- + shaw.
Veazey
Nickname for a cheerful person, from a reduced form of Old French envoisié (“playful, merry”).
Arboleda
From Spanish Arboleda. Mostly a surname of Colombians, Ecuadorians and Filipinos.
Arauz
Borrowed from Spanish Arauz, from Basque Araotz.
Chatterjee
Anglicization of Bengali চাটুজ্জে (caṭujje).
Nealon
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nialláin (“descendant of Niallán”), a diminutive of the personal name Niall.
Mraz
Borrowed from Czech Mráz and Slovak Mráz or Slovene mraz, all meaning frost.
Rohn
From the German surname, from the obsolete noun Middle High German ron (“stump, block”). Also a medieval derivative of Ecclesiastical Latin Hieronymus (compare Jerome).
Blackmer
From Old English blæc (“black”) + mere (“pond, pool, lake”).
Worsley
From either Old English personal name *Weorc, in the genitive case *Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah. Also suggested is derivation from Proto-Brythonic *gwor- (“over-, above”) + celli (“grove”), with late Cumbric devoicing being evident in early forms.
Muns
Borrowed from Dutch Muns and from Catalan Muns, variant of Munts.
Conlan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conalláin (“descendant of Conallán”), a diminutive of the personal name Conall.
Westley
From Old English west + lēah (“westerly wood or clearing”); in Suffolk recorded as Westlea in 1086 (DB).
Kulik
Borrowed from Polish Kulik, Czech Kulik or Slovak Kulík, and related languages.
Licona
Borrowed from Spanish Licona, Castilianized form of Basque Likona.
Clower
Two possible origins:
* English occupational surname for a nailer, from an agent derivative of Old French clou (“nail”).
* Americanized spelling of German Klauer.
Haq
Islamic surname mostly in India, from Arabic حق (“to be true”). Compare Abdelhaq, Abdulhaqq, Haqq, Hak, Haque, Huq.
Bostrom
Borrowed from Swedish Boström, from bo (“home, dwelling”) + ström (“stream, current”).
Bodin
* As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin.
* As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”), compare Bodeen, Boden.
* As a German surname, related to sense 1 above, and also from the place Boddin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Petrov
Borrowed from Bulgarian Петров (Petrov) or Russian Петро́в (Petróv).
Renwick
From Old English hræfn (“raven”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling-place”).
Pusey
From Old English pisa (“pea”) + īeġ (“island”).
Tien
From Mandarin 田 (Tián).
From Mandarin 天 (Tiān).
Seager
From the Old English personal name Sǣgar, which is composed of the elements sǣ (“sea”) and gār (“spear”).
Longwell
Anglicized form of a Norman habitational surname, from a village in Normandy called Longueville-sur-Scie, from Medieval Latin longa villa (“long village”).
Rotter
* As a German surname, variant of Rother.
* Also as a German surname, from Middle High German rotte (“gang, team”) (see modern rotten (“to gang up”)).
* As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Germanized from Rotar, from dialectal rote (“clearing in the uplands”), itself from Old High German rût; see modern roden (“to clear land”).
* As an English surname, variant of Rutter.
Morant
* As a French surname, variant of Mayrant, itself possibly a variant of Mayrand, from Mayran in Aveyron (Occitan Mairanh), of uncertain origin, possibly Gallo-Roman/Medieval Latin Marianum or Marinus.
* As an English/Norman/French surname, from the Old French personal name Morant, from a Medieval Latin personal name such as Moderandus (“he who is able”) or from Maurandus, based on Maurus (“Moor”).
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French demeurant (“rest, staying”).
Crompton
Habitational surname from a settlement in Greater Manchester, from Old English crumbe (“river bend”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Cruickshank
From Scots Cruickshank, from cruick (“bent; lame”) + shank (“leg”).
Arispe
Borrowed from Spanish Arispe, from Basque Arizpe.
Nicolosi
Borrowed from Italian Nicolosi, Italianization of Sicilian Niculosi.
Wysong
An anglicisation of the German Weissang surname. Though a surface analysis might suggest the meaning "wise song", the German surname is actually an alteration—due to influence from German Sang (“song”)—of a derivative of Middle High German wīssage (“soothsayer”). The Middle High German word was inherited from Old High German wīzzago (“soothsayer, seer”), which in turn was inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”).
Ultimately of the same origin as the English word wiseacre, and cognate with German Weissager.
Lusby
From the Old Norse personal name Lutr + -s- + býr (“farmstead”).
Tulloch
From Scots, from a Scottish Gaelic word for "hillock" akin to Irish tulach, also found in the first element of French Toulon.
Holle
* As a north German surname, from the obsolete noun hol (“bog, cave”), related to the modern adjective hohl (“hollow”) (English hole).
* Also as a German surname (Hölle), variant of Hoelle, itself related to the noun Hölle (“hell”).
* As a Dutch surname, from an obsolete adjective related to hou (“favorable, loyal”).
Nettleton
From Old English netele (“nettle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Neece
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized from Mac Naois, see McNeese.
* As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Nies, Neese.
Esguerra
From Spanish, a modification of Esquerra, a typical Basque surname. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Haydon
From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).
Culhane
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathaláin (“descendant of Cathalán”), from the personal name Cathal + the diminutive suffix -án.
Moyle
Descriptive nickname, from Cornish mool and Welsh moel (“bald; tonsured”).
Akridge
Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + hryċġ (“ridge”). However, this surname is currently not found in England.
Ramachandran
Borrowed from Malayalam രാമചന്ദ്രൻ (rāmacandraṉ) and Tamil இராமச்சந்திரன் (irāmaccantiraṉ), both from Sanskrit रामचन्द्र (rāmacandra) (राम (rāma, “dark”) + चन्द्र (candra, “moon”)).
Aylward
From either of two Old English personal names, Æþelweard, which is from æþele (“noble”) + weard (“guard”), or Ælfweard, from ælf (“elf”) + weard (“guard”).
Klopp
From the German surname, from Middle Low German klopper (“clapper, hammer, bobbin”), from the medieval name Chlodobert, from Frankish for "famously bright," from Proto-Germanic derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-tó-s (“famous”) << *ḱlew- (“to hear”) + *bʰerHǵ- (“to be bright, shine”). Compare Proto-Germanic *hleumô (“hearing”) and *berhtaz (“shining, bright”).
Kothari
Borrowed from Hindi कोठारी (koṭhārī).
Lobb
English surname, from several placenames derived from the noun lob (“lump”). Also from the sense lob (“spider”), from Middle English loppe.
Piccirillo
Borrowed from Italian Piccirillo, itself from Neapolitan piccerillo (“small, little”).
Huse
North German surname, from Middle Low German hus (“house”), from Old Saxon hūs.
Ip
Borrowed from Cantonese 葉／叶 (jip⁶).
Snedeker
Altered form of either German Schnitker, Schnittker, or Dutch Snedker.
Tallant
Occupational surname for a tailor, from taillant (“cutting”), present participle of Old French tailler (“to cut”).
Gildea
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhé (“son of the servant of God”), from giolla (“boy, lad; attendant”) and Dia (“God”).
Blauvelt
Borrowed from Dutch Blauvelt, a name meaning "blue pastureland," from blauw + velt.
Zambrana
Borrowed from Spanish Zambrana, itself from Basque Zanbrana.
Harting
* The placename is from the Old English nickname *Heort (presumably related to heorte) + -ingas.
* The English surname is a variant of Hartin.
* As a north/Low German surname Härting, patronymic from Hart or Hardt.
Vidaurri
Borrowed from Spanish Vidaurri, itself of Basque origin.
Brault
French surname, variant of Braud. Also found in the Americanized forms Breaux, Brow, Broe, Bro. Compare Breault.
Geren
From the German surname, spelling variant of Gehren, from Gehr.
Selig
Borrowed from German Selig and Yiddish זעליג (Zelig).
Aispuro
Borrowed from Spanish Aispuro, from Basque Aizpuru.
Buitrago
Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Buitrago, the name of two towns in Spain.
Petroff
Derived from Bulgarian Петров (Petrov) or Russian Петро́в (Petróv).
Natarajan
Borrowed from Tamil நடராஜன் (naṭarājaṉ).
Kinnear
Scottish habitational surname from Kinneir, in Fife, apparently from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“headland”) + iar (“west”).
Darnall
From Old English dierne (“secret, hidden”) + healh (“nook, angle, recess”).
Holdsworth
From the Old English personal name Halda + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
Bajwa
Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਾਜਵਾ (bājvā).
Gujju
Borrowed from Gujarati ગુજ્જૂ (gujjū).
kedlock
From Middle English ketlok, from Old English cedelc (“mercury (herb)”).
Ya-Sin
From Arabic يَاسِين (yāsīn), see there for more.
rise from the dead
A translation of the Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι ἐκ νεκρῶν (anístēmi ek nekrôn), from ἀνίστημι (anístēmi) and νεκρός (nekrós, “dead person; dead”). Used in the King James Bible, for instance.
Badghis
Borrowed from Persian بادغیس (bâdġis), from Middle Persian [script needed] (Wādgēs, “a mount”), from Old Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌-𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (vāⁱti-gaēsa, “a mount”)).
Children of Israel
Calque of Hebrew בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
Bamyan
From Persian بامیان (bâm(i)yân), from بامیه (bâmiye, “okra”).
nureongi
Borrowed from Korean 누렁이 (nureong'i).
mother heroine
Calque of Russian мать-героиня (matʹ-geroinja).
Riwon
From Korean 리원(利原) (riwon), from either McCune-Reischauer Riwŏn or Revised Romanization Riwon.
Iwon
From Korean 이원(利原) (iwon), from either McCune-Reischauer Iwŏn or Revised Romanization Iwon.
Double Ninth Festival
A calque of Chinese 重九 (Chóngjiǔ).
noto-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos) "south".
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton) "back (part of body)".
Astadiggaja
From Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”) + दिक् (dik, “direction”) + गज (gaja, “elephant”).
Anoka
Borrowed from Dakota anoka, meaning "on/from both sides," referring to its location on both banks of the Rum River.
piseog
Borrowed from Irish piseog. Doublet of box, pyx, and pyxis.
pontianak
Borrowed from Malay puntianak.
From Indonesian Pontianak, named for the pontianaks which were popularly thought to have once inhabited the site.
Maguindanao
From Spanish Maguindánao, from Maguindanao Magindanaw, from a blend of maginged (“resident”) + danaw (“lake”). Compare Ilocano danaw, Cebuano danaw, Maguindanao lanaw, Maranao ranaw, Malay danau, English Lanao, English Maranao, English Iranun. Generally translated to "people of the flood" or "people of the lake".
Atikaya
From Sanskrit अतिकाय (atikāya, “gigantic”); ultimately from अति (ati, “extraordinary in size”) + काय (kāya, “body”).
Pontiac
Most places are named after Pontiac, a war chief, whose name is a borrowing of Ottawa Bwandiag.
Malwai
Borrowed from Punjabi ਮਲਵਈ (malvaī). Equivalent to Malwa + -i.
Banjara
Borrowed from Hindi बंजारा (bañjārā).
Dyrrhachium
From Latin Dyrrhachium. Doublet of Durrës and Durazzo.
zubrowka
Borrowed from Polish żubrówka (“bison grass”), from żubr (“European bison”) + ówka.
Walch
Inherited from Middle English Walch, Walich, variant of Walsch, from Old English wælisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.
Statham
Habitational surname from a place in Cheshire, from Old English staþum, dative plural of stæþ (“landing stage”).
Linscott
Habitational surname from two minor places in Devon, from the Old English personal name Leofwine + -s- + cot (“cottage, shelter”).
Schaal
* As a German surname, from Schaala in Thüringen, from Old High German scalaha (“dirty water”) (compare Schale (“peel”), or Schlamm (“mud”)). Also from Schaalsee, a lake near Ratzeburg, itself probably related to the noun meaning "bowl."
* As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Schale (“dish”).
* Also as a Dutch surname Van der Schaal, from the obsolete adjective schald (“shallow”), see shallow.
Radley
From Old English rēad (“red”) + lēah (“wood, woodland clearing”).
Kabir
Borrowed from Arabic كَبِير (kabīr, “big, large, great”). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.
Laforest
French surname, from Old French la (“the”) + forest (“forest”). Also from several places in France called Laforest or La Forest, of the same meaning.
Suleiman
Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān). Doublet of Solomon.
Netherton
"The lower settlement", from Old English niþera (“lower”) + tūn (“settlement”).
Heenan
Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉanáin (“descendant of Éanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of éan (“bird”).
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEidhneáin (“descendant of Eidhneán”), a byname from eidhneán (“ivy, ivy branch”).
Hanning
* As a Dutch and north/Low German surname, from a personal name Hanno, Hannen, itself from a short form of Johannes.
* As a German surname, variant of Hannig.
* As a Scottish and northern English surname, from several places called Haining, from Middle English haining (“enclosure”).
Anello
From the Italian surname, from a variant of Agnello, Aniello; also from the noun anello (“curl, ring”).
Pangilinan
Filipino surname, mostly fron Kapampangan or Tagalog. One of the surnames in the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos. Compare Chamorro Pangelinan.
Ying
From Borrowed from Chinese, mainly Chinese 應 /应 and Chinese 郢 (Yǐng).
Harward
Inherited from Middle English Herward, Herreward, from Old English Hereweard, a compound of here (“army”) + weard (“guard”). Doublet of Harvard and Hereward.
Lafever
French surname, Americanized from Lefèvre. Compare Lafevers.
Dutta
Borrowed from Assamese দত্ত (dotto) and Bengali দত্ত (dotto), from Sanskrit दत्त (datta, “given, granted”).
Hepworth
Probably from the Old English personal name *Heppa + worþ (“enclosure”).
Pillai
Borrowed from Tamil பிள்ளை (piḷḷai).
Luby
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Lúbaigh, from lúbach (“cunning”).
* As a Polish surname, from the adjective luby (“beloved, dear”).
Haan
* As a Dutch and German surname, from haan and Hahn respectively, both meaning "rooster."
* Also as a Dutch and German surname, from several places named Haan, such as Haan in Westphalia. See Hagen.
Kail
* As a German surname, from a derivative of the adjective geil (“wilful, happy”).
* Also as a German surname, Americanized from Köhl, see also Kohl, Kehl, Cail.
* As an English surname, variant of Call.
Gaudreau
From French Gaudreau, from a diminutive form of Gautier, originating as a patronymic surname.
Munk
* As a German (Münk), Scandinavian/North Germanic (mainly Danish), and Dutch surname, all from the noun Mönch (“monk”). Compare Munck.
* Also as a German surname, short form of the medieval name Dominicus. See Dominick.
* Also as a German surname, from the place Münk in Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. The placename is attested as early as 1583 (Middle High German Monnike) and itself could be related to the word for monk.
* As an English surname, variant of Monk.
* As a Jewish surname, from M(o)unka, the Czech pet form of Solomon.
Grigoryan
From Armenian Գրիգորյան (Grigoryan).
Rybak
Borrowed from Polish Rybak, Czech Rybák, Ukrainian Рибак (Rybak), Belarusian and Russian Рыбак (Rybak).
Mayen
* As a German surname from the placename (see below).
* As a Hispanic/Spanish name (Mayén, common in Andalusia), possibly from Andalusian Arabic معين (“spring, well, source of water”).
Piceno
From Italian Piceno, from Latin Picenum, an ancient region of Italy, from pīcus (“woodpecker”), the name of the local tribe's sacred animal.
Wishart
Scottish surname derived from Anglo-Norman Wischard, from the Old French personal name Guiscard. Compare Modern French Guiscard.
Inzunza
Borrowed from Spanish Inzunza, from Basque Intzuntza.
Greenlaw
From Old English grēne (“green”) + hlǣw (“mountain, mound, hill”).
Cerezo
From Spanish Cerezo, from cerezo. The surname mostly occurs among Spaniards and Filipinos.