Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword prepare.
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Adiong Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao adiyong meaning "to prepare, to make ready".
Culpepper English
Means "person who collects, prepares and/or sells herbs and spices" (from Middle English cullen "to pick" + pepper).
Currier English
Occupational surname meaning "a worker who prepared leather".
Degamo Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano digamu meaning "cook, prepare a meal".
Hennayake Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit संनद्ध (sannaddha) meaning "armoured, ready, prepared" and नयक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Macaluso Italian
Possibly from Arabic مخلوص (maklus) "freed, liberated", indicating a freedman or slave who had been liberated, which may be related to Sicilian macaluscio, "cleaned and prepared cotton".
Paratore Italian
Derived from Italian paratore meaning "decorator, fuller", which refers to a craftsman who fulls coarse cloth. In other words: this surname is the Italian cognate of the English surname Fuller... [more]
Uptain English
Derived from Upton, but meaning "always prepared"