List of family name affixes

Arabic • Abu – (Arabic) "father of"; • Al – (Arabic) "Family of" or "House of" (in conjunction with name of ancestor) • Bet – (Arabic from "Beyt") "house of" • Bint – (Arabic) "daughter of"; Binti, Binte (Malaysian version) • El – (Arabic see Al) • Ibn – (Arabic) "son of" Armenian • Ter – (Eastern Armenian) "son/daughter of a Priest" • Der – (Western Armenian) "son/daughter of a priest"; (German) "the" (masculine nominative), "of the" (feminine genitive) Berber • Ayt/At/Ag/Id u- – (Berber) "of" • At/n Ath – (Berber) "(son[s]) of" • U - (Berber) "son of"/"descendent of" • Ult - (Berber) "daughter of" Dutch • de – (Dutch) "the" • ''' 's' – (Dutch) "of the"; contraction of des, genitive case of the definite article de''. Example: 's Gravesande. • ''' 't' – (Dutch) "the"; contraction of the neuter definite article het''. • ter – (Dutch) "at the" • van – (Dutch) "of", "from" • van de, van den, van der, '''van 't''' – (Dutch) "of the", "from the" French "of", "of the", "from"; often a sign of nobility or old bourgeois family, but also just a geographical term of the name originated of a location : • d' • de • de La • des • du German • von – (German) "of", "from"; often a sign of nobility, but also just a geographical term if the name originated from a location. • zu - (German) "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu, meaning the noble family still owns the place of naming Hebrew • Bath, bat – (Hebrew) "daughter of" • Ben, bin, ibn – (Arabic and Hebrew) "son of" Both Mac and Mc are sometimes written Mac and Mc (with superscript ac or c). Mc is pronounced Mac in some names. • Ni, Nic – (Irish) "daughter of", from Irish "iníon" meaning "daughter" • O', Ó, Ua – (Irish) "son of", "grandson of", "descendant of" • Uí – genitive case of Ua (Irish) "daughter of", "granddaughter of", "(female) descendant of" Italian • Del – (Italian, Spanish) "of the", preceding a masculine singular noun • Degli – (Italian) "of the", preceding a masculine plural noun starting with either sp, sc, ps, z, gn, or st. • Della – (Italian) "of the", preceding a feminine singular noun • Di – (Italian) "of" Romanian • A – (Romanian) "son of" Welsh • Ab – (Welsh, Cornish, Breton) "son of" • Ap – (Welsh) "son of" • Verch, Erch – (Welsh) "daughter of" Other • Af – (Danish, Swedish), Av (Norwegian) "of" • Ālam/Olam – Persian — "world" • Bar – (Aramaic) "son of" • Chaudhary - (Punjabi) A title of honour from the Punjab used by several Punjabi tribes, often represented by the prefix "Ch". • Da – (Italian) "from", "of"; (Portuguese) "from the" (before a feminine singular noun) • Das – (Portuguese) "from the", "of the", preceding a feminine plural noun • De – (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino) "of"; indicates region of origin, often a sign of nobility; in Spanish-speaking countries a married woman will sometimes append her name with "de XXXX" where "XXXX" is her husband's last name; (Dutch) "the" • Dele – Southern French, Filipino, and Occitan, equivalent of Du • Dos – (Portuguese) "from the, of the", preceding a masculine plural noun • Du – (French) "of the", preceding a masculine singular noun • E – (Portuguese) "and", between surnames (Maria Eduarda de Canto e Mello) • Fitz – (Irish, from Norman French) "son of", from Latin "" meaning "son" (mistakenly thought to mean illegitimate son, because of its use for certain illegitimate sons of English kings) • i – (Catalan) "and", always in lowercase, used to identify both surnames (e.g. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet) • ka – (Zulu) "(son/daughter) of", always in lower case and preceding the name of the father. • Kil, Gil, Mal, Mul – (English, Irish, Scottish) "son of", "servant of", "devotee of", originating from the Irish "Mac Giolla", typically followed by a Saint's name (e.g. Mac Giolla Bhríde). • La – (Italian, French, Spanish) "the", feminine singular • Le – (Northern French) "the", masculine singular • '''M'/Mac/Mc/Mck/Mhic/Mic' – (Irish, Scottish, and Manx Gaelic) "son". Both Mac and Mc are sometimes written Mac and Mc (with superscript ac or c). In some names, Mc is pronounced Mac''. • Mala – (Kurdish) "House of" • Na – ณ (Thai) "at" • Ngā – (Te Reo Māori) "the (plural)" • Nic, Ní – (Irish, Scottish) "daughter of", from Irish "iníon" meaning "daughter" • Nin – (Serbian) • O/Ó/Ua/Uí – (Irish, Scottish, and Manx Gaelic) "son of", "grandson of", "descendant of" • Öz – (Turkish) "pure" • Pour – (Persian) "son of" • Te – (Te Reo Māori) "the (singular)" • Tre – (Cornish) "settlement/ homestead farm of" ==Suffixes ==