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This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword pit.
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pit meaning
Akai Japanese
From Japanese (aka) meaning "red" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Caldwell English
From various English place names derived from Old English ceald "cold" and wille "spring, stream, well".
Cuyler Dutch
Variant of Kuijlaars or Koole.
Dickman English
From Old English dic "ditch" combined with man "person, man". It was originally a name for a ditch digger or someone who lived near a ditch.
Dupuis French
Means "from the well", from Old French puts, Latin puteus "well".
Dykstra Frisian
From Frisian dyk meaning "dike, ditch". The name was given to a person living near a dyke or embankment.
Foss English
Variant of Fosse.
Fosse English, French
Derived from Old French fosse "ditch".
Gruber Upper German
From German Grube meaning "pit", indicating a person who lived or worked in a pit or depression. This is the most common surname in Austria.
Imai Japanese
From Japanese (ima) meaning "now, present" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Inoue Japanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker (no), and (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".
Iwai Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Kuijlaars Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch cule "hole, pit".
Nakai Japanese
From Japanese (naka) meaning "middle" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Pitt English
Originally given to a person who lived near a pit or a hole, derived from Old English pytt "pit".
Pozzi Italian
From Italian pozzo meaning "well, pit", derived from Latin puteus.
Shirai Japanese
From Japanese (shira) meaning "white" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Waller 3 English
From Old English wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".
Walton English
From the name of any of several villages in England, derived from Old English wealh "foreigner, Celt", weald "forest", weall "wall", or wille "well, spring, water hole" combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Wells English
Derived from Middle English wille meaning "well, spring, water hole".