Two Word Last Name Generator

Surnames written as separate words, never hyphenated

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Generate two word last names, surnames written as separate words with no hyphen: Van der Merwe, De la Cruz, Di Stefano, St. Clair, El Khoury, Ó Briain and other particle, saint and prefix names from many naming traditions.

About two word last names

Some surnames are two or three words long before anyone marries into them. A particle, a saint or a prefix stands in front of the main word and the whole phrase is the family name: Van Buren, De la Cruz, Di Stefano, St. Clair, El Khoury, Ó Briain. This list holds 1,000 surnames of that kind and not one has a hyphen. They come from Dutch, Flemish and Afrikaans (van, van der, ten), German (von, zu), French and Breton (du, le), Italian (di, della, lo), Spanish and Filipino (de la, del, San), Portuguese (da, dos), Arabic and Hebrew (Abu, El, Ben), Irish and Welsh (Ó, Mac, ap), plus Bengali compounds such as Roy Chowdhury.

Using two last names with no hyphen is also an everyday custom. In Spain and most of Latin America a person carries the father's surname followed by the mother's, as in Morales Quintero, and Portuguese families often pass on two surnames as well. The list shows a few such pairs. Customs differ by country, so read the examples as styles, not rules.

Capitalization varies too. Every entry starts with a capital because it stands alone. After a first name the Dutch write Anna van Dijk, Belgians usually keep the capital (Van Damme), and many Filipino families write dela Cruz in two words.

How to choose two word last names

Match the particle to the character's background: van der and ten are Dutch, von and zu German, du and le French, della and lo Italian, dos and da Portuguese. A Van der Meer and a Von der Heide come from different places.
Decide once how the name is alphabetized in your project. Dutch lists file Van der Meer under M, while Belgian and American lists usually file it under V.
Say the surname aloud with the first name. A long one such as Janse van Rensburg or Ortiz de Zárate sits best after a short first name.
For a Spanish or Latin American character use a pair such as Herrera Pineda: the father's surname goes first and the mother's second, and in daily life many people shorten it to the first one.
Irish-language surnames change with the bearer: Ó and Mac for a man, Ní and Nic for a woman's own family name, Uí for a married name. Pick the form that fits the character.

Frequently asked questions

Can you have 2 last names with no hyphen?

Yes, and in many naming traditions it is the normal form. Spanish and Latin American names put the father's surname and the mother's surname side by side with a space, and surnames such as Van der Merwe, Del Vecchio or Abou Jaoude are a single family name written as several words. How two names are recorded on documents depends on the country, so customs vary.

Is a two word last name one name or two?

It depends on the kind. De la Cruz, St. Clair and Von der Heide are each one surname: the small words belong to it and it passes down whole. A pair such as Morales Quintero is two surnames, one from each parent, and the next generation usually passes on only the first of them.

Should van, de and von be capitalized?

There is no single correct form. In the Netherlands the particle is lower case after a first name and capitalized when the surname stands alone, in Belgium and the United States it is usually capitalized everywhere, and German von normally stays lower case in running text. The list capitalizes the first word of every entry because each name stands alone, so follow the family's or the country's habit in your own writing.

Which languages are in the list?

The 1,000 names come from Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans, German, Swiss, Swedish, Finnish, French, Breton, Channel Islands, Norman, Haitian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Arabic, Berber, Hebrew, Irish, Welsh, Sri Lankan and Bengali families. A few examples: Ten Brink, Af Klint, Le Goff, De Carteret, Lo Bianco, Dos Santos, Ben David, Ap Rhys and De Mel. Some are also written with a hyphen: Haitian Saint names, Hebrew Ben and Bar names and Arabic Al, El and Abu names appear both ways, and the list gives the open form.

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A: 89 names

Ab Ifan
Abdel Aziz
Abdel Ghani
Abdel Hadi
Abdel Jawad
Abdel Latif
Abdel Malek
Abdel Nour
Abdel Razek
Abdel Sater
Abi Akl
Abi Chaker
Abi Haidar
Abi Karam
Abi Nassif
Abi Rached
Abou Assi
Abou Chacra
Abou Jaoude
Abou Khater
Abou Mrad
Abou Rjeily
Abou Saab
Abu Eid
Abu Hijleh
Abu Jaber
Abu Khalil
Abu Laban
Abu Saleh
Abu Samra
Abu Shanab
Abu Sitta
Abu Sneineh
Abu Taleb
Abu Zeid
Acosta Benítez
Af Ekenstam
Af Forselles
Af Hällström
Af Klercker
Af Klint
Af Petersens
Af Sillén
Af Trolle

A, continued

Af Ursin
Af Wetterstedt
Ait Idir
Ait Lahcen
Ait Oufella
Al Amiri
Al Azzawi
Al Balushi
Al Busaidi
Al Dulaimi
Al Farsi
Al Habsi
Al Hajri
Al Janabi
Al Ketbi
Al Khafaji
Al Kindi
Al Mansoori
Al Marri
Al Maskari
Al Mazrouei
Al Musawi
Al Mutairi
Al Nuaimi
Al Otaibi
Al Qahtani
Al Rawi
Al Riyami
Al Rumaithi
Al Samarrai
Al Shehri
Al Tamimi
Al Zaabi
Al Zahrani
Al Zubaidi
Álvarez de Sotomayor
Alves dos Santos
Am Ende
Am Zehnhoff
Ap Gwilym
Ap Hywel
Ap Iorwerth
Ap Rhys
Ap Tomos
Aus der Au

B: 45 names

Bar Haim
Bar Ilan
Bar Lev
Bar Natan
Bar Nir
Bar On
Bar Or
Bar Shalom
Bar Tal
Bar Zohar
Ben Ali
Ben Ami
Ben Arfa
Ben Ari
Ben Artzi
Ben David
Ben Ezra
Ben Haim
Ben Hamida
Ben Hamo
Ben Jelloun
Ben Larbi
Ben Lulu
Ben Mabrouk
Ben Mansour
Ben Meir
Ben Moshe
Ben Nasr
Ben Nun
Ben Said
Ben Salem
Ben Sasson
Ben Shalom
Ben Shimon
Ben Shushan
Ben Simon
Ben Slimane
Ben Tov
Ben Yehuda
Ben Yosef
Ben Youssef
Ben Zaken
Ben Zvi
Bou Habib
Bueno de Camargo

C: 6 names

Cabrera Soto
Cardoso de Menezes
Castelo Branco
Castillo Rendón
Correia de Sá
Costa Pinto

D: 328 names

Da Câmara
Da Conceição
Da Costa
Da Cruz
Da Encarnação
Da Gama
Da Hora
Da Nóbrega
Da Penha
Da Piedade
Da Rosa
Da Silva
Da Silveira
Da Veiga
Dal Bello
Dal Ben
Dal Monte
Dal Pra
Dal Zotto
Dalla Bona
Dalla Pozza
Dalla Riva
Dalla Valle
Das Dores
Das Graças
Das Gupta
Das Neves
De Abrew
De Almeida
De Anda
De Andrés
De Arce
De Assis
De Backer
De Baets
De Barros
De Belen
De Bellis
De Benedetti
De Bhál
De Biase
De Blaquiere
De Blas
De Blasio
De Boer
De Borja
De Brito
De Broglie
De Brún
De Bruyn
De Buitléir
De Búrca
De Camargo
De Campos

D, continued

De Carlo
De Carteret
De Carvalho
De Castelnau
De Chambrun
De Chavez
De Clare
De Coster
De Courcy
De Courson
De Croos
De Decker
De Fazio
De Ferrières
De Fonseka
De Forest
De Garis
De Gasperi
De Godoy
De Graff
De Gramont
De Graw
De Greef
De Guzman
De Haan
De Haas
De Hart
De Havilland
De Heer
De hÍde
De Holanda
De Jonge
De Juan
De Kersauson
De Keyser
De Klein
De Klerk
De Kock
De Koning
De Kort
De la Barra
De la Barrera
De la Cerda
De la Chapelle
De la Concha
De la Cour
De la Cruz
De la Cuesta
De la Encina
De la Fontaine
De la Haye
De la Iglesia
De la Isla
De la Lama
De la Llave

D, continued

De la Madrid
De la Mora
De la Motte
De la Osa
De la Parra
De la Peña
De la Piedra
De la Plaza
De la Poer
De la Portilla
De la Serna
De la Tour
De la Trinidad
De la Vara
De la Vega
De la Villa
De la Viña
De la Warr
De Lange
De las Casas
De las Cuevas
De las Heras
De Laurentiis
De Leo
De Lesseps
De Lima
De Livera
De Londras
De Long
De los Mozos
De los Ríos
De los Santos
De Luca
De Lumen
De Macedo
De Mandeville
De Marigny
De Martino
De Mattia
De Mel
De Mendonça
De Meulenaere
De Mingo
De Miranda
De Montalembert
De Montfort
De Montmorency
De Moor
De Morgan
De Mouilpied
De Moura
De Mowbray
De Mulder
De Neve
De Nicola

D, continued

De Niese
De Nijs
De Nil
De Nógla
De Noronha
De Pablo
De Paepe
De Palma
De Pascale
De Pasquale
De Paula
De Pauw
De Peralta
De Percy
De Pontbriand
De Prado
De Quiros
De Roeck
De Rohan
De Rosairo
De Rossi
De Run
De Saedeleer
De Sampayo
De Sanctis
De Santis
De Saram
De Sausmarez
De Schepper
De Schrijver
De Silva
De Siqueira
De Smet
De Sousa
De Soysa
De Ste Croix
De Stefano
De Swardt
De Tissera
De Torres
De Turckheim
De Varennes
De Vasconcelos
De Vere
De Veyra
De Vicente
De Villeneuve
De Vito
De Vlieger
De Vos
De Vries
De Waal
De Winter
De Wit

D, continued

De Zwart
Degli Abbati
Degli Innocenti
Dei Tos
Del Amo
Del Ángel
Del Barrio
Del Buono
Del Carpio
Del Cerro
Del Corso
Del Duca
Del Fierro
Del Frate
Del Gallego
Del Giudice
Del Moral
Del Negro
Del Olmo
Del Piero
Del Pilar
Del Pozo
Del Pozzo
Del Río
Del Rosario
Del Signore
Del Sorbo
Del Vecchio
Dela Calzada
Dela Cerna
Dela Costa
Dela Cruz
Dela Merced
Dela Victoria
Delas Alas
Delas Armas
Delgado Montoya
Della Croce
Della Giovanna
Della Pietra
Della Ragione
Della Sala
Della Valle
Della Volpe
Delle Cave
Delle Donne
Delle Monache
Delle Vedove
Dello Iacono
Dello Stritto
Delos Reyes
Den Besten
Den Boer
Den Dulk
Den Otter

D, continued

Den Uyl
Des Essarts
Des Jardins
Des Rosiers
Di Cesare
Di Domenico
Di Girolamo
Di Gregorio
Di Lallo
Di Leo
Di Maio
Di Martino
Di Pasquale
Di Pietro
Di Rienzo
Di Salvo
Di Stefano
Di Tommaso
Di Vincenzo
Di Vita
Díaz de Cerio
Díaz de Corcuera
Díaz de Durana
Díaz de Mera
Díez de Rivera
Do Carmo
Do Monte
Do Nascimento
Do Rego
Do Rosário
Do Sacramento
Do Vale
Dos Anjos
Dos Ramos
Dos Remédios
Dos Santos
Du Barry
Du Bellay
Du Bois
Du Bruyn
Du Buisson
Du Chesne
Du Feu
Du Fresne
Du Maurier
Du Plessis
Du Plessix
Du Plooy
Du Pré
Du Preez
Du Puy
Du Randt
Du Toit
Du Val
Dutta Chowdhury

E: 20 names

El Amin
El Attar
El Bakri
El Baz
El Erian
El Ghazi
El Gohary
El Haddad
El Haddadi
El Jazouli
El Khatib
El Khoury
El Mahdi
El Moussaoui
El Mufti
El Nahas
El Sawy
El Shazly
El Tawil
Espírito Santo

F: 3 names

Fernández de Bobadilla
Fernández de Pinedo
Fuentes Bermúdez

G: 14 names

García de Andoin
García de Blas
García de la Torre
García de Quevedo
García de Vicuña
García Fuentes
Ghosh Dastidar
Gomes da Rocha
Gómez de la Torre
Gómez de Liaño
González de Lara
González de Zárate
Guerrero Salinas
Guha Thakurta

H: 1 name

Herrera Pineda

I: 2 names

In 't Veld
In den Bosch

J: 4 names

Janse van Rensburg
Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen
Jansen van Vuuren
Jiménez de Parga

L: 117 names

La Barge
La Bauve
La Brecque
La Corte
La Coste
La Croix
La Farge
La Fauci
La Fave
La Ferrara
La Fleur
La Fond
La Force
La Forest
La Guardia
La Liberte
La Loggia
La Malfa
La Manna
La Mantia
La Marca
La Marche
La Monica
La Mothe
La Piana
La Pierre
La Pointe
La Porta
La Porte
La Rana
La Rocca
La Rocque
La Rosa
La Rose
La Scala
La Valle
Le Bihan
Le Blanc
Le Blancq
Le Bon
Le Bouder
Le Bourhis
Le Boutillier
Le Breton
Le Bris
Le Calvez
Le Cheminant
Le Chevalier
Le Clus
Le Cornu
Le Coz
Le Cras
Le Dantec
Le Dréau
Le Feuvre
Le Fèvre
Le Flem
Le Floch

L, continued

Le Franc
Le Fur
Le Gall
Le Gallo
Le Geyt
Le Goff
Le Grange
Le Gros
Le Guennec
Le Guillou
Le Jan
Le Jeune
Le Maistre
Le Mao
Le Marchant
Le Mesurier
Le Mével
Le Noir
Le Normand
Le Noury
Le Pape
Le Patourel
Le Prevost
Le Quéré
Le Roch
Le Rossignol
Le Roy
Le Saux
Le Seelleur
Le Stum
Le Tellier
Le Tissier
Le Tourneur
Le Vasseur
Le Vesconte
Leite de Castro
Li Calzi
Li Causi
Li Puma
Li Volsi
Lo Bianco
Lo Biondo
Lo Bue
Lo Castro
Lo Giudice
Lo Grasso
Lo Medico
Lo Nigro
Lo Porto
Lo Prete
Lo Russo
Lo Vecchio
Lo Verde
Lo Zito
López de Aberasturi
López de Letona
López de Munain
López de Sabando
López de Uralde

M: 20 names

Mac Aodha
Mac Cárthaigh
Mac Coitir
Mac Donncha
Mac Fhionnlaoich
Mac Giolla Chríost
Mac Mathúna
Mac Oscair
Mac Piarais
Mac Síomóin
Mac Stiofáin
Mac Thomáis
Martínez de Antoñana
Martínez de Aragón
Martínez de Pisón
Medina Cárdenas
Monteiro de Barros
Montes de Oca
Morales Quintero
Moreira da Cunha

N: 12 names

Ní Chonaill
Ní Chuilleanáin
Ní Dhálaigh
Ní Dhomhnaill
Ní Dhuibhne
Ní Fhlatharta
Ní Laoire
Nic Dhonncha
Nic Giolla Bhríde
Nic Pháidín
Núñez Arroyo
Núñez de Prado

O: 39 names

Ó Briain
Ó Broin
Ó Buachalla
Ó Canainn
Ó Conaill
Ó Conchúir
Ó Conghaile
Ó Cuilleanáin
Ó Direáin
Ó Dochartaigh
Ó Donnchadha
Ó Drisceoil
Ó Duinnín
Ó Dúshláine
Ó Fátharta
Ó Fiaich
Ó Flaithearta
Ó Floinn
Ó Gráda
Ó hAilpín
Ó hAnnracháin
Ó hEocha
Ó hÓgáin
Ó Loingsigh
Ó Maoláin
Ó Mórdha
Ó Muimhneacháin
Ó Muirí
Ó Riada
Ó Riain
Ó Síocháin
Ochoa de Eribe
Ochoa de Olza
Op de Beeck
Ortega Villalobos
Ortiz de Guinea
Ortiz de Pinedo
Ortiz de Urbina
Ortiz de Zárate

P: 10 names

Paes Barreto
Paes Leme
Pardo de Santayana
Pereira da Silva
Pérez de Arrilucea
Pérez de la Fuente
Pérez de Nanclares
Pérez de Tudela
Pinto Basto
Ponce de León

R: 9 names

Ribeiro do Vale
Rojas Valencia
Roy Chowdhury
Ruiz de Arcaute
Ruiz de Azúa
Ruiz de Castañeda
Ruiz de Elvira
Ruiz de Gauna
Ruiz de Velasco

S: 59 names

Sáenz de Heredia
Sáez de Ibarra
Saint Eloi
Saint Fleur
Saint Fleurant
Saint Fort
Saint Hilaire
Saint Jacques
Saint Jean
Saint Natus
Saint Pierre
Saint Preux
Saint Remy
Saint Surin
Saint Victor
Saint Vil
Sainz de la Maza
San Andrés
San Bartolomé
San Emeterio
San Esteban
San Felipe
San Jorge
San José
San Luis
San Martín
San Miguel
San Millán
San Pascual
San Sebastián
Sandoval Ochoa
Santa Ana
Santa Cruz
Santa Ines
Santa Olalla
Santa Romana
Santo Domingo
Santos Coy
Soares de Albuquerque
Souza Queiroz
St. Amant
St. Amour
St. Angelo
St. Antoine
St. Arnaud
St. Aubyn
St. Barbe
St. Clair
St. James
St. John
St. Jules
St. Lawrence
St. Leger
St. Michel
St. Romain
St. Vincent
St. Yves
Sta. Maria
Ste. Marie

T: 16 names

Tavares de Lima
Te Brake
Te Riele
Ten Bosch
Ten Brink
Ten Broeck
Ten Cate
Ten Eyck
Ten Hag
Ten Have
Ten Hove
Ter Borg
Ter Braak
Ter Haar
Ter Horst
Ter Steege

U: 3 names

Uí Cheallaigh
Uí Chonaill
Uit de Weerd

V: 197 names

Van 't Land
Van 't Veer
Van 't Wout
Van Aalst
Van Acker
Van Amstel
Van Arsdale
Van Auken
Van Ausdal
Van Beek
Van Benschoten
Van Biljon
Van Bommel
Van Breda
Van Buren
Van Camp
Van Cauwenberghe
Van Cleve
Van Coller
Van Dam
Van Damme
Van de Graaf
Van de Kamp
Van De Perre
Van de Pol
Van de Sande
Van De Walle
Van de Water
Van de Wiel
Van den Berg
Van den Bogaard
Van den Boom
Van den Bosch
Van Den Bossche
Van den Brink
Van Den Broeck
Van Den Driessche
Van den Elzen
Van den Ende
Van den Heever
Van den Hurk
Van den Nieuwenhuizen
Van Der Auwera
Van der Colff
Van der Graaf
Van der Heijden
Van der Hoek
Van der Hoven
Van der Hulst

V, continued

Van der Laan
Van der Linde
Van der Lith
Van der Lugt
Van der Meer
Van der Merwe
Van der Molen
Van der Ploeg
Van der Schaaf
Van der Schyff
Van der Spuy
Van Der Stappen
Van der Stelt
Van der Straaten
Van der Togt
Van der Tuin
Van der Vaart
Van der Wal
Van der Walt
Van der Werf
Van der Wiel
Van der Woude
Van der Zee
Van Dijk
Van Dongen
Van Dorn
Van Dort
Van Duijn
Van Dusen
Van Egmond
Van Es
Van Eyck
Van Fleet
Van Gaal
Van Ginkel
Van Goethem
Van Gorder
Van Gorp
Van Graan
Van Greunen
Van Ham
Van Heugten
Van Hout
Van Hove
Van Huyssteen
Van Iersel
Van Ingen
Van Kampen
Van Keuren

V, continued

Van Kirk
Van Kooten
Van Lancker
Van Langenberg
Van Liew
Van Lill
Van Maanen
Van Meurs
Van Mierlo
Van Mol
Van Natta
Van Niekerk
Van Norman
Van Ommen
Van Onselen
Van Pelt
Van Poppel
Van Praet
Van Putten
Van Raalte
Van Riper
Van Rompaey
Van Rooij
Van Schijndel
Van Schoonhoven
Van Schoor
Van Scoy
Van Sickle
Van Slyke
Van Steenkiste
Van Straten
Van Tine
Van Tonder
Van Twest
Van Veen
Van Velzen
Van Voorhis
Van Wagoner
Van Wely
Van Wert
Van Wieringen
Van Wijk
Van Wyngaardt
Van Zanten
Van Zile
Van Zuilen
Van Zyl
Vázquez de Prada
Vom Berg

V, continued

Vom Bruch
Vom Scheidt
Vom Stein
Von Alvensleben
Von Arx
Von Berg
Von Bergen
Von Bismarck
Von Boehn
Von Bonsdorff
Von Burg
Von Clausewitz
Von dem Bussche
Von dem Knesebeck
Von der Decken
Von der Heide
Von der Heydt
Von der Leyen
Von der Osten
Von der Recke
Von Döbeln
Von Dohnányi
Von Gersdorff
Von Hagen
Von Holtzendorff
Von Humboldt
Von Julin
Von Kleist
Von Koch
Von Maltzahn
Von Moltke
Von Münchhausen
Von Niederhäusern
Von Oertzen
Von Platen
Von Puttkamer
Von Rochow
Von Scholten
Von Schwerin
Von Stauffenberg
Von Sydow
Von Thadden
Von Trapp
Von Tresckow
Von Troil
Von Willebrand
Von Winterfeldt
Von Wright
Von Wyl
Von Zeppelin

Z: 6 names

Zu Dohna
Zu Guttenberg
Zu Rantzau
Zum Felde
Zur Gilgen
Zur Mühlen

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All 1,000 two word last names

A: 89 names

B: 45 names

C: 6 names

D: 328 names

E: 20 names

F: 3 names

G: 14 names

H: 1 name

I: 2 names

J: 4 names

L: 117 names

M: 20 names

N: 12 names

O: 39 names

P: 10 names

R: 9 names

S: 59 names

T: 16 names

U: 3 names

V: 197 names

Z: 6 names