Surname Generator

Classic English last names — occupational, place-based and patronymic.

The American melting pot — English roots plus Hispanic, Asian and African heritage names.

Japanese family names — most describe a place: rice fields, mountains, rivers.

Korean family names — a tiny set of one-syllable clan names covers most of the country.

Chinese family names — the legendary 'Hundred Surnames', a few of which dominate.

Italian last names — nicknames, trades, and lots of regional variety.

Spanish surnames — patronymic '-ez' names, place names, and double surnames.

French last names — first names turned surnames, plus trades and places.

German last names — trades dominate: Müller, Schmidt, Schneider.

Irish surnames — the 'O' and 'Mac' clan names: O'Brien, McCarthy, Murphy.

Scottish surnames — Highland clan names (Mac-) and Lowland trade names.

Russian surnames — patronymic names ending in -ov, -ev and -in.

Indian last names — community, region, occupation and given-name patronymics.

Brazilian surnames — Portuguese roots plus Italian, German and Indigenous names.

Portuguese surnames — patronymic '-es' names plus places and devotionals.

Mexican surnames — Spanish patronymics, Catholic devotionals, and Nahuatl names.

Polish surnames — the '-ski/-ska' adjectival names, plus trades and nicknames.

Dutch surnames — lots of 'van', 'van der' and 'de' prefixes.

Swedish surnames — '-son' patronymics and pretty 'nature' names.

Norwegian surnames — '-sen' patronymics and farm names.

Danish surnames — the '-sen' names: Nielsen, Jensen, Hansen.

Greek surnames — patronymic endings (-poulos, -idis, -akis) by region.

Turkish surnames — all coined after the 1934 Surname Law, so they're meaningful words.

Arabic surnames — tribe, occupation, place, or 'ibn/bin' patronymics.

Hebrew & Jewish surnames — priestly lines, Hebraised names, and Sephardi/Ashkenazi roots.

Vietnamese surnames — a short list led overwhelmingly by Nguyễn.

Thai surnames — long, unique, invented words (no two unrelated families share one).

Filipino surnames — mostly Spanish, thanks to an 1849 colonial decree.

Nigerian surnames — Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa names with vivid meanings.

Evocative last names for fantasy worlds — Ashbourne, Frostmantle, Aerendril.

Race-flavoured last names for D&D characters — human, dwarf, elf, halfling, tiefling.

Future-flavoured last names — clipped, hard-edged, sometimes hyphenated or numbered.

Believable last names for fiction — drawn from real-world surnames across many origins.

Every generated surname comes with its real origin and meaning.

A truly mixed bag of real last names from every origin on the site.