A strong last name can help establish your child’s strengths and even promote future success. Surnames meaning wealth or rich, indicate not only money or material riches but a richness of spirit. But, these rich last names don’t give you a guarantee that your baby will be a billionaire.
A
Allen – Harmony
Anschutz – Who excelled in fighting with a bow
Avara – Youngest
Arison – Powerful
Actona – oak town
Arnold – eagle power
Arillaga – Lion of Gods of wells and springs
Argyros – silver
Abraham – father of many
Ackman – a man of Acknowledge
Auerbach – meadow brook
B
Buffett – stronghold
Beal – bee in a hill
Bloomberg – Flower village
Brin – Hill
Bezos – Kiss
Ballmer – a seller of spices and perfumes
Bren – sword
Butt – target
Broad – broad
Black – a dark-haired man
Bluhm – flower
Burkle – dweller at the hill of birch trees
Bass – short
Blogs – who do blog
Blank – beautiful
Boyd – yellow
Baron – Warrior
Breyer – a person who made and sold ale or beer
Bass – of humble origin
Braman – servant of the bower
Brown – the color of the hair
Burrell – reddish brown
Bacon – seller of cured pork
Benson – blessed
Bisciotti – lame
Bonderman – dwell man
Buck – male deer
Benioff – lucky person
C
Chambers – room
Cohen – priest
Cook – a seller of cooked meats
Chang – smooth
Cooperman – someone worked as merchant
Cherng – Succeed
Conway – holy river
Cuban – relating to Cuba or its people
Coulter – back land
Cline – small
Coleman – a burner of charcoal
Cook – a seller of cooked meats
D
Dell – a small valley
Dalio – Yahweh has drawn
Duffield – dove open country
Duncan – dark or dark-haired man
Devos – the fox
Dolan – black-haired
Dolby – the son of Dolbe
Drucken – printer
Daniello – God is my Judge
Dejoria – to be an irreplaceable jewel
Danger – Anger
Dorsey – dark
DeLuca – son of Luca
Desai – country master
Diller – To dill
Dinan – the daysman
Dorrance – Stranger
Dubin – Dweller near an oak tree
Duggan – grandson
Davis – beloved
E
Ellison – Son of Elias
Englander – land of the Angles
Einhorn – God horn is gracious
Erbey – heir
Emmerson – powerful
Ergen – Mountain dweller
F
Frost – someone with an icy
Filo – loving
Fisher – fisherman
Friedkin – child of peace
Fung – four-sided
Faulkner – the falconer
Farber – dyer
Feld – field
Frantz – a free man
G
Gates – road
Good – honor
Gnight – dark beauty
Geffen – vine
Green – green color
Griffin – strong lord
Gilbert – bright pledge
Gustavson – staff of the Geats
Gores – Triangular-shaped Land
Greene – green
Grendys – battle ruler
Gross – great
Getty – pike
Gottesman – the man of God
Gittinger – Silly One
Gray – welcome
Rich last names Starting with H
Hildebrand – battle sword
Hunt – hunter
Halle – dweller at the hall meadow
Holmes – an individual who lived on an island
Hoffman – farmstead man
Hendricks – home ruler
Hazy – light brown color
Huizenga – house in go
Hughes – son of fire
Hunt – one who worked as a hunter
Haslam – hazel tree
Hayne – Working outdoors
Hamm – water meadow in a river bend
Hope – aspirations
Hellin – torch
Heaven – Home Of The Gods
I
Ikhahan – the brotherhood of God is gracious
Ilitch – son of Strength Of God
Ingram – Dark haired Norse god of peace
Irsay – rainbow
J
Jobs – hated
Johnne – Jehovah has been gracious
Johnnie – the Lord is gracious
Johnny – Jehovah has given
Jonah – Dove
Johniah – Jehovah Moon has been gracious
Johnson – Yahweh has favored
John – God is gracious
Jones – Jehovah has favored.
Joseph – he will add
Jacobs – to be behind
Janard – God is gracious One that commands
Jaharis – One who has youth
Johnstone – John’s town
Jacobs – holder of the heel
Jamail – Charming
James – supplanter
Justice – righteous
K
Khan – chief
Koch – art of cookery
Knight – common soldier
Kinder – Hans of the children
Kaiser – Emperor
Kennedy – helmeted chief
Korenke – maiden of Arthur’s brother
Kohler – charcoal burner
Kravis – contact combats
Kovner – gentile
Kerkorian – Church privileged birth
Kraft – courageous
Keinath – room with a fireplace
Kellogg – to kill
Kirk – Dwells at the church
Kalanick – most beautiful Lord
Kao – A sign of something
Kapoor – camphor
Kelley – Warrior
Knaster – to protect
Karsh – Attraction
Rich Last Names start with L
Lauder – a trench
Lauren – sweet of honor
Lefrak – Joy of free one
Lerner – student
Lucas – light-giving
Laurie – a symbol of victory
Lauder – ditch
Lindemann – Dweller at, or near the linden tree
Love – Full Of Love
Lampert – bright
Leprino – Queen
Lewis – famous battle
Langone – long
Loeb – lion
Leipold – people-bold
Louis – Famous warrior
Leone – lion
Lee – dweller by the wood or clearing
Lozy – gift
Lefkofsky – white sky
Liebmann – beloved man
M
Mars – God of war,
Moore – marsh
Marquart – a guardian of border area
Musk – man
Murdoch – sea battler
Moskovitz – son of an imperial beard
Meijer – who bailiff
Menard – brave
Malone – a servant
Morris – swarthy
MacMillan – son of the tonsure
Meyer – Mayor
Marcus – the God Mars
Murdock – sea warrior
Mathilde – Mighty in battle
Milken – a descendant of fair-skinned Handmaiden
Moritz – dark-skinned
Mandel – almond
Metropoulos – measure chick
Mansueto – quiet
Marks – God of war
Macombs – valley son
McLane – son in a lane
McCaw – son of a giant
Michelson – son of Who is like God
McNair – son of the heir
Moroun – a Maronite saint
N
Newhouse – new home
Nelson – son of neil
Nicholas – victory of the people
Nordstrom – north river
O
Och – ox
Oleni – relic
Omidyar – fortunate
Okeden – oak and valley
P
Peterffy – The rock
Perenchio – rock Dew
Pritzker – bad-tempered
Peterson – son of Peter
Peter – stone
Page – young servant
Perelman – one who buys and sells pearls
Paulson – son of Paul
Pritz – irritable
Perot – little Peter
Perlmutter – someone who worked with pearls
Pritzkerl – bad-tempered lover
Pritzkern – bad-tempered seed
Pritzkor – irritable lookout
Perez – son of Pero
Parker – park keeper
Plank – light
Pera – outcome
Peery – pear tree
Preston – the priest’s village
Parsons – the servant of a parish priest
Peltz – fur
Petersonberg – fortified town rock
Patterson – son of a nobleman
Rich last names Start with R
Roberts – bright renown
Rizzuto – someone with curly hair
Robertson – son of bright
Redstone – the preponderance of red soil
Rennert – counsel
Ross – the horse
Rowling – the son of Ralph
Ralph – red wolf
Rales – groan
Resnick – ritual slaughterer
Reyah – strength
Reyes – king
Roski – swift one
Rich – wealthy
Rockefeller – open hill country
Rubenstein – ruby stone
Row – redhead
Rollins – renowned land
Rubin – a son
Rowan – little red-haired one
Ruffin – Red-Haired
Ryan – illustrious
Rah – Sun
Robbins – a son of Robin
Robin – Famed one
Ragon – advice
Ricketts – brave and strong
S
Soros – a designated successor
Simons – protection through victory
Schwab – Swabian
Sun – offspring
Sombrato – to shadow
Stephens – garland
Sutton – southern settlement
Shoen – beautiful
Speyer – spear
Schusterman – a cobbler
Shaw – small wood
Schmieding – Slim smith
Smith – to smite
Skoll – good health
Saban – soap maker
Stryker – tester
Spielberg – lookout point of a mountain
Stern – star
Snyder – tailor
Stevens – wreath
Steyn – Stone
Shion – the sound of the tide
Schwarzman – black man
Schmidt – metalworker
Scott – Gaelic speaker
Sterling – pure
Shaul – The asked-for a child
Schulze – a town-mayor
Stine – stone
Siebe – sieve maker
Simon – hearing
Spangler – a craftsman
Samueli – God has heard
Sarofim – first creative son
Schultz – due to command
Shriram – Lord Rama
Singer – who sing songs
Secunda – second
T
Tepper – wine or beer merchant
Tu – Bright
Trump – trumpet
Taubman – deaf man
Turner – who turens things
Taylor – one who alters garments
V
Viola – violet
Verona – truth
W
Walton – a wood town
Williams – desire protection
Washington – From the intelligent one’s farm
Warren – keeper of a game preserve
Woodman – forester
Wynn – Fair
Wrigley – wood
Wang – King
Williams – son of William
Winfrey – free, joyful stone
Warner – guard
Wadhwani – Melody
Weiner – wine
Wynn – Blessed
White – white color
Whitman – fair man
Wanek – greater glory
Walter – ruler of the army
Walen – power
Y
Yarbrough – earthworks
Yang – ocean
Z
Zucker – sugar
Zuckerman – sugar man
Ziff – a beard
Ziffno – no beard
Zell – Wise and peaceful
Zuckerberg – sugar mountain
It doesn’t hurt to have a rich-sounding previous name to be the top of that resume. If you’re like most of the parents on their search for a perfect girl or boy last name, you may be hoping to incorporate special meaning, honor a family or culture, or find rich last names that stands on its own.
Premina Parker, is a parenting advisor. She is the author, most recently, parenting blog called Genbabycarrier.com. Her work has helped Time win two National Magazine Awards.
