20 surnames on this site, with what each one means.
NashPlace · rank 579An English topographic or habitational surname from Middle English atten ash, “at the ash tree.”
NavaPlace · rank 901A Spanish, Catalan, and Asturian-Leonese habitational surname from places named Nava, from nava, “treeless plateau” or plain beside mountains.
NavarroPlace · rank 321A Spanish habitational surname for a person from Navarre, the region called Navarra.
NealParent’s name · rank 348A surname from Neal or Neil, with English Norman and Irish Gaelic personal-name traditions that are not identical.
NelsonParent’s name · rank 44Son of Nell/Nele (often a pet form of Elias) in English; also Americanized Nilsson / Nielsen.
NewmanNickname · rank 323An English descriptive surname for a newcomer or stranger in a community.
NewtonPlace · rank 452An English habitational surname from the common place name Newton, “new settlement” or “new farmstead.”
NgoPlace · rank 881Most often Vietnamese Ngô from Chinese 吳 (Wu), the ancient Jiangsu state; also other Chinese dialect forms of 吳, 伍, 敖, and related surnames.
NguyenParent’s name · rank 29Vietnamese hereditary surname from Sino-Vietnamese Nguyễn (chữ Hán 阮); character sense disputed.
NicholsParent’s name · rank 206Patronymic surname meaning “Nicholas’s,” from the personal name Nicholas with the English genitival ending -s.
NicholsonParent’s name · rank 592An English, Scottish, and northern surname meaning “son of Nicholas,” from Nicholas, Nichol, or Nicol plus the patronymic suffix.
NielsenParent’s name · rank 796A Danish, Norwegian, and North German patronymic meaning “son of Niels,” with Niels a local form of Nicholas.
NievesParent’s name · rank 947A Spanish surname from the Marian title María de las Nieves, “Mary of the Snows”; also a snow-white hair nickname or Castilianized Galician/Asturian Neves.
NixonParent’s name · rank 958An English, Scottish, and northern Irish patronymic meaning “son of Nik(ke),” a short form of Nicholas.
NobleNickname · rank 838An English, Scottish, French, and Spanish nickname or status name from Middle English/Old French/Spanish noble, “high-born” or “distinguished,” sometimes ironic.
NolanParent’s name · rank 770An Irish surname from Gaelic Ó Nualláin, “descendant of Nuallán,” a diminutive of nuall “famous, noble.”
NormanPlace · rank 514An ethnic or habitational surname for a northerner, a Scandinavian, or someone from Normandy.
NorrisNickname · rank 364A Norman-French/Middle English byname for a northerner, with a competing nurse or foster-parent route.
NortonPlace · rank 556An English habitational surname from places named Norton, “north settlement” or “north farm.”
NunezParent’s name · rank 228Spanish patronymic from Núñez, “son of Nuño”; the US spelling usually omits the ñ.