Latin Surnames
Explore 518 Latin surnames with meanings and origins.
Laevinus
Left-handed or smooth
Lanatus
Woolly or soft
Lapidarius
Stonecutter
Largus
Generous or abundant
Latinus
Of Latium
Latus
Wide or broad
Laurentius
From Laurentum; laurel-crowned
Legatus
Ambassador or envoy
Lentulus
Slow or gentle
Leo
Lion
Lepidus
Pleasant or charming
Liber
Free one
Liberator
Liberator or freer
Licinius
Bent upward
Lictor
Official attendant
Lignarius
Carpenter or woodworker
Lilium
Lily
Linus
Flax (from linum)
Litorius
Of the shore
Livius
Bluish or envious (from livere)
Longinus
Very tall
Longus
Tall or long
Lucidus
Bright or clear
Lucius
Light (from lux)
Lucretius
Gain or profit
Lupus
Wolf
Macer
Thin or lean
Magister
Master or teacher
Magnificus
Magnificent one
Magnus
Great or large
Major
Greater or larger
Maluginensis
From Malugo area
Malus
Bad or unfortunate
Mamercus
Of Mars or warlike
Manlius
Morning or early
Marcellus
Little hammer (diminutive of Marcus)
Marcius
Of Mars
Marcus
Dedicated to Mars
Maritimus
Of the sea or coast
Martialis
Of Mars or warlike
Martinus
Of Mars; warlike
Maternus
Of the mother
Mathematicus
Mathematician
Matutinus
Of the morning
Maurus
Dark-skinned; Moorish
Maximus
Greatest
Medicus
Doctor or healer