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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.

  • Nagel
    Germany

    Nail maker

  • Nance
    England

    Valley

  • Napolitano
    Italy

    Neapolitan

  • Naranjo
    Spain

    "orange tree"

  • Nardi
    Italy

    From Nardo, short for Leonardo or Bernardo

  • Nascimento
    Portugal

    Birth, the Nativity

  • Nash
    England

    At the ash tree

  • Natale
    Italy

    A name for a child born at Christmas

  • Naughton
    Ireland

    Descendant of Neachtan (bright, pure)

  • Naumann
    Germany

    "newcomer"

  • Navarro
    Spain

    From Navarre

  • Naylor
    England

    "nail maker"

  • Neal
    England

    From the personal name Niall

  • Neely
    Ireland

    Son of the poet

  • Neff
    Germany

    Nephew, kinsman

  • Negri
    Italy

    Dark-haired, dark-complexioned

  • Nelson
    England

    Son of Neil or Nell

  • Neri
    Italy

    Short form of Ranieri; dark

  • Neumann
    Germany

    Newcomer

  • Neves
    Portugal

    "snows"

  • Nevin
    Ireland

    Son of Cnáimhín ("little bone")

  • Newman
    England

    Newcomer

  • Newsome
    England

    At the new houses

  • Newton
    England

    From Newton, "new farmstead"

  • Nicholls
    England

    "son of Nicholas"

  • Nichols
    England

    Son of Nichol (Nicholas)

  • Nicolas
    France

    Victory of the people

  • Nicoletti
    Italy

    From Nicoletto, a pet form of Nicola

  • Nieto
    Spain

    Grandson

  • Nieves
    Spain

    "snows"

  • Nixon
    England

    Son of Nick (Nicholas)

  • Noack
    Germany

    "newcomer" (Sorbian)

  • Noble
    England

    Noble, generous

  • Nóbrega
    Portugal

    From Nóbrega

  • Noël
    France

    Christmas

  • Nogueira
    Portugal

    "walnut tree"

  • Nolan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Nuallán, "famous"

  • Nolte
    Germany

    From the name Arnold

  • Norman
    England

    Northman, Norseman

  • Norris
    England

    Northerner, or nurse

  • Norton
    England

    From Norton, "north farmstead"

  • Norwood
    England

    North wood

  • Novais
    Portugal

    Newly cleared land

  • Nowacki
    Poland

    "newcomer"

  • Nowak
    Poland

    Newcomer

  • Nowakowski
    Poland

    From Nowaki, the newcomers' place

  • Nowicki
    Poland

    From Nowice, new settlement

  • Nugent
    Ireland

    Norman, from Nogent in France

  • Nunes
    Portugal

    "son of Nuno"

  • Núñez
    Spain

    Son of Nuño

  • Nuttall
    England

    "nook of land with nut trees"

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.