Browse Submitted Surnames

Abeygunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" combined with गुण (guna) meaning "quality, property, attribute" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Abeysekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya) meaning "fearless" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Akamine Japanese
From Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "mountain peak, mountain ridge".

Amarasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal, undying" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Aomine Japanese
Written 青嶺 (青 ao, meaning "blue") (嶺 mine, meaning "peak"). It is the surname of a character in the anime/manga Kuroko no Basket.

Chandrasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Dhanasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit धन (dhana) meaning "wealth, riches, prize" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Dheerasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit धीर (dhira) meaning "steady, firm, courageous" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Gunasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit गुण (guna) meaning "talent, virtue, quality, merit" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Hovda Norwegian
Habitational name from the many farmsteads in Norway named Hovda. Derived from Old Norse hófði "rounded peak", itself derived from Old Norse hofuð "head".

Illangasekara Sinhalese
From Sinhala ලංකා (lanka) referring to Sri Lanka combined with Sanskrit शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Ishimine Japanese
Ishi means "stone" and mine means "peak".

Jayasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Karunasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit करुणा (karuna) meaning "compassion, mercy" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".

Kulasekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit कुल (kula) meaning "family" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Mine Japanese
This surname is used as 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根, 美根, 美祢, 美禰 or 見根 with 岑 (gin, shin, mine), an outdated character meaning "mountaintop, peak," 峯/峰 (hou, ne, mine) meaning "peak, summit," 嶺 (ryou, rei, mine) meaning with the same meaning as 峯/峰, 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three," 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty/iful," 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible," 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 祢/禰 (dei, nai, ne) meaning "ancestral shrine."... [more]

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 or 峰 (mine) meaning "peak, summit, ridge" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Mineo Japanese
Mine means "peak" and i means "tail".

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Nakamine Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Norimine Japanese
Possibly from 儀 (nori) meaning "rites, ceremonies" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Omine Japanese
O means "big, great, large" and mine means "peak".

Pickup English
The name is derived from when the family resided in Pickup or Pickup Bank in Lancashire. This place-name was originally derived from the Old English word Pic-copp which referred to those individuals who "lived on a hill with a sharp peak."

Puigdemont Catalan
Means "top of the hill" or "peak of the mountain". It is derived from Catalan puig meaning "hill, peak" combined with either damunt meaning "on top, above", or munt (a diminutive of muntanya) meaning "mountain", using the preposition d'... [more]

Rajasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Ryumine Japanese
竜/龍 (Ryu) means "Dragon, Imperial" and 嶺,峰,峯 (Mine) means "Peak, Summit, Mountaintop".

Samarasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit समर (samara) meaning "conflict, struggle" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Shishimine Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 獅 (shishi), script-changed from 猪 (shishi) meaning "sus scrofa" and 峯 (mine) meaning "peak; summit".... [more]

Sumanasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit सुमन (sumana) meaning "good-minded, benevolent" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Takamine Japanese
Tákats means "high, expensive" and mine means "peak".

Tepe Turkish
Means "hill, top, peak" in Turkish.

Weerasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit वीर (vira) meaning "hero, man, brave" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Wickramasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace" or "valour" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Wijayasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Wijesekara Sinhalese
From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Wimalasekara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit विमल (vimala) meaning "clean, pure, spotless" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, top".

Yonamine Japanese
From the Japanese 與 or 与(yo) "together with," 那 (na) "what" and 嶺 (mine) "peak," "summit."