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148 Funny Last Names Or Surnames From Across The World

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At times, we may stumble upon unusual last names. However, that doesn't mean they have a humorous story behind them. Funny last names could be funny because they could mean different things in different languages.

It is important to understand their meanings and roots and be respectful of any person's last name, irrespective of how it sounds or means, as it is held with regard by the person owning it. Our post lists some of the names with their meanings to bust the wrongs.

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1. Assman

Assman, Assmann, or Aßmann is a German surname derived from Erasmus, which means "beloved" and mann meaning man in German.

2. Aycock

It is an Anglo-Saxon name used for people who lived in Heycock in Berkshire.

3. Baal

Baal has originated from the Old French baud, meaning "joyful." It is also a common Indian and Arabic surname.

4. Bader

Bader is a German surname and an occupational name for an attendant or owner of a public bathhouse.

5. Ball

Ball or Balls is derived from the Middle English balle, which could mean someone who lives on or near a rounded hill.

6. Beaver

Beaver is an English surname that is derived from the Old French beu meaning "fair" or "lovely" and voir meaning "to see."

7. Bellagamba

Bellagamba is a beautiful Italian surname. It means "beautiful leg."

8. Berger

Berger is derived from the Old French word bergier, which means "shepherd."

9. Bich

Bich is a common Vietnamese surname that means blue-green or jade.

10. Bierhals

Bierhals is a surname of German origin. It means "beer throat" in German.

11. Bodycomb

Bodycomb is an English surname that originated from Bodiam county in West Sussex, the Bodenham villages in Hereford and Wiltshire, or Bodham in Norfolk. Boddam, Bodiam, Bodicam, Bodicum, and Bodycombe are different variations of this surname.

12. Bonefat

Bonefat is an unusual variation of the well-known French surname, Bonenfrant. It means good child.

13. Bonner

Bonner is an English, Scottish, and Irish surname derived from the Middle English nickname bonere meaning "gentle" or "handsome."

14. Boob

Boob is an Indian surname.

15. Borgnino

Borgnino sounds extremely distinguished. It is an Italian surname meaning "blind in one eye."

16. Bottom

Bottom is a surname from the Old English botm, which means "valley bottom" and specifies someone who lives in a broad valley.

17. Bottum

Bottum is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon names in Britain. It is the name of the families who lived in a broad valley or a hillside near Bootham near Yorkshire.

18. Bracegirdle

This is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origin and is the occupational name of "maker of breech-girdles" belts for holding up breeches in ancient times.

19. Brain

Brain is an English surname based on the family that lived in Brain in Normandy. The first Brain was found in Gloucestershire.

20. Broad

Broad is an ancient Anglo-Saxon name derived from the Old English brode, which means "stout person."

21. Broadhurst

It is the name of the families who lived in a place called Broadhurst in Sussex. It came from the Old English brad, which means "broad" and hyrst means "wooded hill."

22. Butts

Butt or Butts is an English surname derived from the French word but, which means "target."

23. Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos is a Spanish surname and means "a hundred fires."

24. Chew

Chew is a Chinese, Korean, Cantonese, and Hokkien surname.

25. Clutterbuck

Clutterbuck is an ancient surname that is found mainly in Gloucestershire. It was first recorded in the 16^th century.

26. Cobbledick

Cobbledick is an Anglo-Saxon name of the families that lived in Cobbledi in Lincolnshire.

27. Cock

Cock was a medieval nickname cok, which means "cock" or "rooster."

28. Cockburn

Cockburn were people who originated from Cockburn, a place in Berwickshire. It originated from the Old English words cocc, which means "rooster" and burna means "stream."

29. Cockett

Cockett has been derived from Middle English and is the occupational name for a baker. It could also have been derived from the Anglo-French cockette seal, which contained the seal of the King's Custom House.

30. Cok

Cok is one of the most common Chinese surnames. It means "the wall that surrounds a city."

31. Colon

Colon is a Spanish surname and is similar to the English surname Columbus.

32. Condom

It is the regional name for people who live in the French place called Condom. It could also be considered a variant of Condon.

33. Cornfoot

Cornfoot is an Anglo-Saxon name of the families that lived in Cornford in Durham.

34. Cox

Cox is a common English and Welsh surname. It is derived from cocke, which means "son of" or "servant of."

35. Cummings

Cummings or Cumming is an English, Scottish, and Irish surname of Norman origin. It means "bent" or "crooked."

36. Daft

Daft is derived from the Middle English daffle, which means "mild," "gentle," or "meek."

37. Daniels

Daniels is not a funny surname per se until your name is Jack. However, it means "God has judged."

38. Dankworth

Dankworth is the anglicized form of the German name Tancred, which means "a farmstead."

39. Dick

Dick is a variant of Richard, which means "brave ruler."

40. Dickinson

Dickinson means "son of Dickin." It is derived from Richard.

41. Dickson

Dickson is a traditionally Scottish surname, and it means "son of Dick."

42. Dikshit

Dikshit (sometimes spelled Dixit) is an Indian surname that means "provider of knowledge" in Sanskrit.

43. Dork

Dork is derived from the Germanic Tederich, which means "powerful people."

44. Duck

Duck is a common English surname and a variant of the German name Duyck.

45. Everhard

Everhard is an English surname derived from Eberhard.

46. Faartz

Faartz conjures openness, prudence, and decisiveness.

47. Fagot

It is a surname; however, its meaning is unknown.

48. Fanny

Fanny is an Anglo-Saxon name for a family that lives near a marsh or swamp. It originated from the Old English fenn, which means "fen" or "wetlands."

49. Fokker

It means "breeder" in Dutch.

50. Fuk

Fuk is the Cantonese translation of a Chinese surname meaning "to lean over" or "to fall."

51. Fumagalli

Fumagalli is an Italian surname that means "blow smoke at chickens."

52. Gay

Gay is an English and French surname derived from the Middle English and Old French gai, a nickname for a cheerful person.

53. Gaywood

Gaywood is an English surname given to families who live in Gaywood in Norfolk.

54. Glydenbollocks

This classy-sounding surname means "golden balls."

55. Goff

Goff is a Welsh surname derived from a nickname for a red-haired person. It is common in East Anglia.

56. Gopnik

Gopnik is a surname of Russian origin. It means "drunken hooligan."

57. Gorey

Gorey is a surname derived from the anglicized version of the Gaelic Mac Gafraidh, which means "son of Gafradh."

58. Gotobed

It might have originated in England that meant people who had a bed, a rare occurrence in the 12^th century.

59. Greedy

Greedy is derived from the Old Irish surname "MacRiada" more commonly known as "Grady" or "Gready." It is another word for "horseman."

60. Grossweiner

Grossweiner is a common English surname but can be found in the Americas as well.

61. Hardick

Hardick is a habitational name for families residing in Hardwick in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

62. Hardman

Hardman is an Anglo-Saxon name that means "person with a tough character." It could also mean a person who is stubborn and completes their tasks.

63. Hardmeat

This surname is derived from "Hardmead," which is a Parish in Buckingham.

64. Hardy

Hardy is a common English and French surname that means "bold."

65. Hickinbottom

Hickinbottom is the name of the families who hail from Hugg's land in East Cheshire.

66. Ho

Ho is a Chinese and Korean surname.

67. Hooker

Hooker means "a person who lived near a river bend or corner of a natural feature" from the Old English hoc meaning "angle" or "hook."

68. Horsedick

Horsedick is an English surname and means "brave horse rider."

69. Hyman

Hyman is an ancient English surname derived from the Old English hegham meaning "enclosed dwelling."

70. Kieksyte

Kieksyte is a Dutch surname that means "compassion."

71. Kock

Kock means to cook in several languages, predominantly Dutch and German. It is derived from the Latin coquu,s which means "art of cooking."

72. Kok

Kok is a Dutch surname and means "cook" in Dutch.

73. Kuntz

Kuntz is a German surname that means "bold."

74. Large

It is derived from Middle English and French and means "generous."

75. Licker

Licker is a North German surname and a nickname for a gourmand. It is derived from the Middle Low German licken, which means "to lick."

76. Light

Light is a Middle English nickname for a happy and cheerful person.

77. Longbottom

Longbottom is the name of a person who lives in a long valley.

78. Loser

Loser is a surname from Saxony and is derived from the Old English Loesar or Lesar, which comes from Lazarus.

79. Looney

Looney is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Luanaigh or "descendant of Luanach."

80. Luckinbill

Luckinbill or Luckenbill is derived from the German word Luginbuhl, which means "to watch" or "lie in wait" (luogen) and "hillock" (buhel).

81. Mahboobeh

Mahboobeh is a surname of Arabic origin and means "beloved."

82. Maldonado

Maldonado is a common Spanish surname that means "ill-favored."

83. Mangina

Mangina is an Italian surname that means "wine maker" or "wine drinker."

84. Medick

Medick is an English name derived from a nickname for a physician.

85. Morehead

Morehead is an ancient English surname used by families who lived in Lanark.

86. Normous

Normous is of Swedish origin and means "trustworthy" and "loyal."

87. Nutter

Nutter has originated from the Old English notere, which means "clerk" or nothard, which means "person who breeds oxen."

88. Onions

Onions was popular in France and Ireland in the 13^th century and was used to identify onion growers or sellers.

89. Or

Or is a phonetic translation of Chinese and means "light."

90. Panda

It is an Indian surname common among priests of Odisha, India.

91. Pappalardo

This is an Italian surname that means "eats lard."

92. Payne

It is derived from Latin paganus, which means "heathen" or "pagan."

93. Peanisbreath

It is a rare American and Australian surname.

94. Pelagatti

Pelagatti is an Italian surname that means "skins cats."

95. Pentti

Pentti is the Finnish form of Benedict.

96. Perv

This is an American surname, and it has nothing to do with the personality of the owner.

97. Peter

Peter is a perfectly innocent-sounding surname that is a slang word for penis.

98. Pigg

Pigg is an English name that derived from the Middle English pigge, meaning "young hog." It is the occupational metonymic for a swineherd.

99. Player

Player is derived from the Middle English pleyen meaning "to play."

100. Poo

Poo is an English translation of a Chinese surname and means "flower."

101. Poop

Poop is a popular Taiwanese surname.

102. Poore

This surname has come from a nickname that means "power and pauper."

103. Pound

Pound is a common English surname derived from the Middle English pund (later pound) meaning an enclosure for animals. Pounds, Pounder, Pund, Pond, and Ponds are variations.

104. Pusey

Pusey is a locational surname for the families who lived in Pusey in Oxfordshire (previously Wiltshire) and is derived from the Old English peose meaning "island."

105. Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom is the name of families who hail from a place called Ramsbottom in Lancashire. It is derived from the Old English ramm, which means "wild garlic" and bothm, which means "valley bottom."

106. Rape

Rape is derived from the Irish O Reabaigh. It is a variant of the Irish reap or the German rappe.

107. Raper

Raper is a variant of Roper, which means "person who makes ropes."

108. Recker

Recker or Reckker is a German and Dutch surname and is a variant of Richard or the Dutch name Rijker.

109. Register

Register is derived from the Middle English and Old French register meaning "register." It might perhaps be a metonymic occupational name for a scribe.

110. Rhammar

It is a common surname, especially in Morocco.

111. Rollo-Koster

It is a common Dutch and German surname.

112. Ruff

Ruff is an English name for a person who lives on or near rough uncultivated land.

113. Rump

Rump is an Estonian surname. It means "dugout" or "punt."

114. Saap

Saap is a German surname formed from sabbe. It could also be derived from the Middle English sap meaning "spruce tree."

115. Sackrider

Sackrider is the American spelling of the German sackreuter, which is a nickname for "plunderer."

116. Saltaformaggio

It is an Italian surname that means "jump the cheese."

117. Schmuck

Schmuck is a surname of German origin. It means "jewelry" or "cleanliness."

118. Seeman

Seeman or Seaman is an Anglo-Saxon origin name that means "sailor."

119. Seisdedos

Seisdedos is a Spanish surname that means "a person with six fingers."

120. Sexwale

Sexwale is pronounced Sekgwale and is a Limponian surname.

121. Sharts

Sharts is an African surname and is possibly derived from the German schertz.

122. Shufflebottom

Shufflebottom first originated in Lancashire and has a variety of spellings such as Shovellbottom and Shoebottom. It describes families who have lands in a valley.

123. Shytles

It is derived from the Dutch occupational name for a bargemaster.

124. Silly

It is derived from the Old English saelig, which means "a person who is cheerful and happy."

125. Smalley

Smalley is derived from the Old English smæl meaning "narrow" and leah meaning "wood" or "clearing."

126. Smelly

This surname originated in Scotland for people with a nice smile or a happy personality.

127. Sporn

Sporn is a German surname derived from Middle High German sporn meaning "to spur."

128. Squatpump

Squatpump is an American surname.

129. Stroker

The Stroker family lived in Pembrokeshire. Their name is derived from Stock in Normandy.

130. Suparman

Suparman is an Arabic surname that is quite popular in Indonesia.

131. Supersad

It is an American surname.

132. Swett

Swett is a variant of svet that means "world."

133. Tickle

Tickle is an English surname that is given to families from Tickhill in South Yorkshire.

134. Tingle

Tingle is the occupational name for a person who makes nails or pins.

135. Titball

This is an American surname and is found mostly in Pennsylvania.

136. Titsworth

Titsworth is an ancient English surname for the people who lived in or near Tetsworth in Oxfordshire.

137. Twocock

Twocock is a common English surname.

138. Viejobueno

Viejobueno is a distinguished Spanish surname that means "nice old man."

139. Villalobos

Villalobos is a Spanish surname that means "wolf town."

140. Wang

Wang is a common Chinese surname.

141. Wanket

Wanket is an American surname.

142. Wankum

Wankum is a German surname that means "imagination."

143. Weed

Weed is a nickname for an irritable or irascible person from the Old English wed meaning "fury" or "rage."

144. Weiner

Weiner is a German occupational name for a cartwright. It is a variant of Wagner.

145. Willy

Willy, Willie, or Willey is an English surname that is a derivative of William meaning "desire" and "helmet."

146. Wiwi

Wiwi is a Nordic name and a variation of Vivi.

147. Woolfson

Woolfson means "son of a wolf."

148. You

You is the English translation of a Chinese surname.

Listening to some of these funny last names may have left you wondering whether they exist. However, though these surnames may sound funny to people from one part of the world, they could have some significance in other parts of the world. Hence, we aim to help you understand their meanings and the languages they are derived from. Also, the stories and origins of these surnames are pretty fascinating. So scroll through the list once more and shortlist any that catch your fancy!