List of family name affixes

Prefixes

• A – "son of"
• Ab – "son of"
• Af –, Av "of"
• Ap – "son of"
• Abu – "father of"; also used in Hebrew prior to 1300 BC
• Aït – "of"
• Al – "the"
• Ālam – "world"
• Aust, Austre – "east", "estern"
• Bar – "son of"
• Bath, bat – "daughter of"
• Ben, bin, ibn – "son of"
• Bet – "house of"
• Bint – "daughter of"; Binti, Binte
• Da – "from", "of"; "from the"
• Das – "from the", "of the", preceding a feminine plural noun
• De – "of"; indicates region of origin, often a sign of nobility; in Spanish-speaking countries a married woman will sometimes append her name with "de XXXX" where "XXXX" is her husband's last name; "the"
• Degli – "of the", preceding a masculine plural noun starting with either sp, sc, ps, z, gn, or st.
• Dele, Del – Southern French, Filipino, and Occitan, equivalent of Du
• Della – "of the", preceding a feminine singular noun
• Der – "son/daughter of a priest"; "the", "of the"
• Di – "son of"
• Dos – "from the, of the", preceding a masculine plural noun
• Du – "of the", preceding a masculine singular noun
• E – "and", between surnames
• El – "the"
• Fetch, Vetch – "daughter of"
• Fitz – "son of", from Latin "filius" meaning "son"
• i – "and", always in lowercase, used to identify both surnames
• Kil, Gil – "son of", "servant of", "devotee of"
• La – "the", feminine singular
• Le – "the", masculine singular
• Lille – "small", "little"
• Lu – "Master"
• M'/Mac/Mc/Mck/Mhic/Mic – "son". Both Mac and Mc are sometimes written M^ac and M^c. In some names, Mc is pronounced Mac.
• Mala – "House of"
• Mellom, Myljom – "between"
• Na – ณ "at"
• Ned, Nedre – "low", "lower"
• Neder – "lower", "under"
• Nic, Ni – "daughter of", from Irish "iníon" meaning "daughter"
• Nin –
• Nord, Norr –, Nord, Nordre "north", "northern"
• Ny – "new"
• O/Ua/Ui' – "son of", "grandson of", "descendant of"
• Opp, Upp – "up"
• Öfver – "upper", "over"
• Ost, Öst, Öster, Øst, Øst, Østre – "east", "eastern"
• Över – "upper", "over"
• Øvste, Øvre, Øver – "upper"
• Öz – "pure"
• Pour – "son of"
• Putra – "son of"
• Putri – "daughter of"
• Setia – "loyal to"
• Stor – "large"
• Söder –, Sør, Sønder, Sør, Syd, Søndre, Syndre, Søre, "south", "southern"
• Ter – "at the"
• Ter – "son/daughter of a Priest"
• Tre – "farm of"
• Van – "of", "from"
• Väst, Väster – "west"
• Verch, Erch – "daughter of"
• Vest – Vest, Vestre "west", "western"
• Vesle, Vetle – "small", "little"
• von – "of", "from"; a sign of nobility.
• zu - "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu

  Suffixes

• -a, -ya Kurdish means "of"
• -à
• -ac
• -ach
• * -acz
• -aei for words that end in the long vowel A
• -ago
• -aitis "son of"
• * -aitė signifies an unmarried female
• ** -aty Americanized form
• -aj It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj. It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve’ . For ease of use, the in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in , then removing the would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda. Otherwise, removing the whole ending yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek. Since the names are found most commonly in Malsi e Madhe and Labëri, it is likely that this linguistic feature is very old. It must have been lost as a result of foreign influences brought into Albania by the invaders.
• -ak See -ák for its Slovak meaning.
• * -ák In Slovak, -ák means "pertaining to" or merely creates a noun, and its two other versions are -iak and -ak.
• -al denotes for village of origin
• -an
• -an
• -án
• -and
• -ange from Germanic -ing
• -ano feminine -ana "of or from "; from Latin -ānus, -āna
• -anu
• -appa Kodava people Coorgi ethnic minority
• -ár
• -ář
• -arz
• -au equivalent to Russian -ov
• -auskas/-iauskas
• -awan
• -ba "male"
• -berg "mountain"
• -by or bee of Danish origin
• -chi, -çı, -çi, cı, -ci attributed to a geographic location or performing a certain job
• -chian attributed to or performing a certain job
• -chek, -chik, -chyk, -chuk diminutive
• * -czek, -czyk, -czuk, -czak
• * -ček, -čík
• * -ćek, -cek
• -ckas Lithuanianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -cki
• -cki variant of -ski
• * -cka Feminine equivalent of -cki
• -ckis Latvianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -cki
• -cký
• * -cká Feminine equivalent of -cký
• -čki
• -cock, -cox "little"
• -datter "daughter "
• -din
• -dotter "daughter "
• -dóttir "daughter " of not a family name but part of the Icelandic last name where
• -dze "son of"
• -dzki variant of -ski, -cki
• -é
• -ê, -yê means "of"
• -eanu
• -eau, -eault diminutive suffix
• -ec,
• * -avec
• -ee
• -eff obsolete, copied from German transliteration of -ev
• -eiro
• -ek diminutive
• -ell
• -el
• -ema
• -ems
• -ėnas "son of"
• -enko, -enka/-anka "son of"
• * -chenko, -chenka/-chanka
• -ens
• -ent
• -enya
• -er
• -ero
• -ers
• -es "son of" in Portuguese
• -ese plural -esi "of or from "; from Latin -ēnsis
• -escu "son of"
• -ești possessive plural, also used in place names
• -et
• -ets
• -eu equivalent to Russian -ev
• -ev possessive
• * -eva Feminine equivalent of -ev
• -evski possessive
• * -evska Feminine equivalent of -evski
• -ez including Spanish-speaking countries "son of"; in Picard, old spelling for -et
• -ëz for feminine; a word refer to something smaller, either literally or figuratively as in a form of endearment
• -fia, -fi, -fy, -ffy "descendant of"
• -fleth, -felth, -fleet current, body of water
• -gil,
• -i in most surnames, plural
• -i "of", "from" indicates region of origin, sign of nobility. Like German Von.
• -i "descendant of", "attributed to" or, "from"
• -ia
• -ian, -yan, -jian, -gian, -ents, -ants, -unts, -uni "son/daughter of"
• -iak "descendant of". In Slovak, -iak is a version of -ák/-ak and means "pertaining to" or merely creates a noun.
• -ic, misspelling for Breton -ig, diminutive
• -ich , -ych "son of"
• * -icz "son of"
• * -ic "son of"
• ** -owic/-ewic
• ** -ovic
• ** -ojc/-ejc, -ojic/-ejic
• ** -yc
• -ić diminutive possessive, little son of
• * -begović diminutive possessive of a beg, i.e. chieftain's or chief's little son
• * -ici Romanian of Slavic origin
• -ič diminutive, "son of"
• -ičius Lithuanianized version of the Belarusian -ich and Polish -icz
• * -avičius/-evičius Lithuanianized version of the Belarusian -ovich/-evich and Polish -owicz/-ewicz
• -ičs Latvianized version of the Belarusian -ich and Polish -icz
• * -ovičs/-evičs Latvianized version of the Belarusian -ovich/-evich and Polish -owicz/-ewicz
• -ides, -idis, -idas, "son of"
• -ier
• -ik It merely creates a noun in Slovak where -ik is a version of -ík, can be endearment, diminutive, have other meanings.
• * -ík It merely creates a noun and can also be endearment, diminutive, have other meanings; its other Slovak version is -ik.
• -ik if it follows a tree name, has a meaning "grove"
• -ikh, -ykh
• -in possessive
• * -ina
• * -yn possessive
• -in diminutive
• -in suffix attached to old Germanic female surnames
• -ing, ink "descendant"
• -ino
• -ipa "son of"
• -ipha "girl of"
• -is
• * -ienė female version
• * -ytė unmarried female version
• -ishin, -yshyn possessive
• * -ishina, -yshyna
• -iu
• -ius "son of"
• -iv possessive Galician form, introduced in late 19th century by Austrian authorities. Like -ov or -ev.
• -j "old"
• -ka diminutive
• -kan, -ken
• -ke, In surnames of Slavic origin. Like Ukrainian -ko
• -kin, -kins, -ken "little"
• -kin "little"
• -kodiminutive
• -ko - diminutive, “child”, “descendant”
• -ko "son" ĸъо
• -kus
• -kvist, -qvist "twig"
• -kyzy "daughter of"
• -kyzy "daughter of"
• -le, -lein "small"
• -li, -lı, -lu, -lü "from"
• -li
• -lin in Germanic names "small"
• -litz
• -man
• -mand owning or showing
• -maz "does not"
• -men, -man flipping suffix, "person", "male person", have other meanings
• -ment from Germanic “man”
• -nė, -te /female/
• -nen diminutive, "from"
• -nik attributed to occupation
• -nova, -novas "new"
• -novo "new"
• -ný adjective
• -ny adjective
• -nezhad, -nejad, -nejhad "descendant of"
• -nyi
• -off obsolete, copied from French transliteration of -ov, based on Muscovite pronunciation
• -oğlu "son of"
• -ok
• -ois, -oy, -ais, -ay from Germanic -isk and Vulgar Latin -ese
• -on, former subject case in masculine names
• -onak
• -onis "son of"
• -os like Latin -us from Latin -us
• * -opoulos, -opulos
• -osz, -oš
• -ot "little"
• -ou, various origins
• -ou "daughter of"
• -ou equivalent to Russian -ov
• -ouf, French spelling of North African names
• -oui, French spelling of North African names, English spelling -wi
• -ous
• -ov possessive
• * -ova Feminine equivalent of -ov
• -ová suffix attached to most Czech and Slovak female surnames
• -ovo
• -ovski possessive
• * -ovska Feminine equivalent of -ovski
• -ow
• -pour, -poor "son of"
• -putra "son"
• -putri "daughter"
• -quin, from Dutch -kin "little"
• -s " of". Sometimes less recognizable, like in "Hendrickx"
• -sen or -zen "son "
• * -ssen "son "
• * -ssens or -sens "grandson/granddaughter of". Literally " of the son of"
• -shvili "child"
• -skas Lithuanianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -ski
• -ski, "originating from", "estate of"
• * -ska Feminine equivalent of -ski
• -skiy/-tskiy, -skyi/-tskyi
• * -ivskiy, -ivskyi
• -skoy/-tskoy
• -sky/-tsky
• * -skaya/-tskaya Feminine equivalent of -sky/-tsky
• * -ivsky
• -ský "originating from", "lord of"
• * -ská Feminine equivalent of -ský
• -skis Latvianized version of the Polish and Belarusian -ski
• -sma "son of"
• -son "son " last name, where
• * -sson "son "
• -son, diminutive
• -stad "town"
• -stein "stone"
• -strom, -strøm, -ström from 'current', probably an arbitrarily adopted ornamental name but possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a river.
• -tæ "belong to"
• -tabar "descendant of"
• -tzki, -tzky – phonetic Germanized spelling of original Polish -cki
• -uk diminutive
• -ulea "son of"
• -ulis
• -uly "son of"
• -ūnas "son of"
• -uulu "son of"
• -vich "son of"
• * -vych
• * -wicz, -wic
• * -vić
• * -vič, -vic
• * -vici
• * -vics
• * -vitz, -witz, -witch, -witsch
• -vičius Lithuanianized version of the Belarusian -vich and Polish -wicz
• * -vičiutė signifies an unmarried female
• -vičs Latvianized version of the Belarusian -vich and Polish –wicz
• -wala denotes the occupation or place of origin
• -wan denotes a male name
• -wati denotes a female name
• -wi "from"
• -y Means descendant of.
• -y
• -ycz
• -yk
• -ynas "son of"
• -ys representing i. the archaic plural form, or ii. a diminutive form. Variant forms not limited to -yss, -is, -es. Pronunciation is as modern plural suffix -s; i.e. Sandys = sands; Foulis = fowls.
• -ysz
• -za "born of"
• -zadeh, -zada, -zai "son of", "descendant of"
• -zadegan plural form of zadeh