16 Common Surnames With Awesome Secret Meanings

    A rose by any other name would be booooring.

    1. Park — Korean for "radiant"

    2. Turner — "Fast, one who is able to 'turn a hare'"

    3. Ortiz — "Fortunate, lucky," from the Latin name "Fortunio"

    4. Martin — derived from Mars, god of fertility and war

    5. Singh — Sanskrit for "lion"

    6. Lewis — from Old German for "Famous Warrior"

    7. García — from Basque adjective meaning "young"

    8. Allen — Scottish for "Fair, handsome"

    9. Murphy — Anglicized form of Irish for "Sea warrior"

    10. Kim — from the Chinese character for "gold"

    11. Stark — German for "strong"

    12. Kelly — Irish for "Descended from Strife"

    13. López — derived from the Latin for "wolf"

    14. Campbell — from Scottish Gaelic for "Crooked mouth"

    15. Williams — From Old German "Wilhelm," "Desire Helmet"

    16. Smith — "One who works in metal"