Surnames Starting with N: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins
51 family names beginning with N. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.
-
NagelGermany
Nail maker
-
NanceEngland
Valley
-
NapolitanoItaly
Neapolitan
-
NaranjoSpain
"orange tree"
-
NardiItaly
From Nardo, short for Leonardo or Bernardo
-
NascimentoPortugal
Birth, the Nativity
-
NashEngland
At the ash tree
-
NataleItaly
A name for a child born at Christmas
-
NaughtonIreland
Descendant of Neachtan (bright, pure)
-
NaumannGermany
"newcomer"
-
NavarroSpain
From Navarre
-
NaylorEngland
"nail maker"
-
NealEngland
From the personal name Niall
-
NeelyIreland
Son of the poet
-
NeffGermany
Nephew, kinsman
-
NegriItaly
Dark-haired, dark-complexioned
-
NelsonEngland
Son of Neil or Nell
-
NeriItaly
Short form of Ranieri; dark
-
NeumannGermany
Newcomer
-
NevesPortugal
"snows"
-
NevinIreland
Son of Cnáimhín ("little bone")
-
NewmanEngland
Newcomer
-
NewsomeEngland
At the new houses
-
NewtonEngland
From Newton, "new farmstead"
-
NichollsEngland
"son of Nicholas"
-
NicholsEngland
Son of Nichol (Nicholas)
-
NicolasFrance
Victory of the people
-
NicolettiItaly
From Nicoletto, a pet form of Nicola
-
NietoSpain
Grandson
-
NievesSpain
"snows"
-
NixonEngland
Son of Nick (Nicholas)
-
NoackGermany
"newcomer" (Sorbian)
-
NobleEngland
Noble, generous
-
NóbregaPortugal
From Nóbrega
-
NoëlFrance
Christmas
-
NogueiraPortugal
"walnut tree"
-
NolanIreland
Descendant of Nuallán, "famous"
-
NolteGermany
From the name Arnold
-
NormanEngland
Northman, Norseman
-
NorrisEngland
Northerner, or nurse
-
NortonEngland
From Norton, "north farmstead"
-
NorwoodEngland
North wood
-
NovaisPortugal
Newly cleared land
-
NowackiPoland
"newcomer"
-
NowakPoland
Newcomer
-
NowakowskiPoland
From Nowaki, the newcomers' place
-
NowickiPoland
From Nowice, new settlement
-
NugentIreland
Norman, from Nogent in France
-
NunesPortugal
"son of Nuno"
-
NúñezSpain
Son of Nuño
-
NuttallEngland
"nook of land with nut trees"
Browse by country of origin
- English650 surnames
- Irish211 surnames
- Scottish123 surnames
- Welsh42 surnames
- Italian329 surnames
- German347 surnames
- French114 surnames
- Spanish242 surnames
- Polish216 surnames
Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.
Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.