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MA     Chinese
Means "horse" in Chinese.
MAAS     Dutch, Low German
From the given name MAAS.
MACANGUS     Scottish
Means "son of ANGUS".
MACAR     Turkish
Means "Hungarian" in Turkish.
MACASLAN     Scottish
Means "son of Absalon"... [more]
MACBAY     Scottish
Variant of MACBETH
MACBETH     Scottish
Derived from the Gaelic given name Mac Beatha, meaning "son of life", which denoted a man of religious devotion... [more]
MAC BRANAIN     Irish
Gaelic form of BRANNON
MACBRIDE     Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MAC GIOLLA BHRIGHDE.
MACCAILÍN     Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Cailín".
MACCALLION     Scottish
Anglicized form of MACCAILÍN.
MACCALLUM     Scottish
From Gaelic Mac Coluim meaning "son of COLUMBA".
MACCANCE     Scottish
Variant form of MACANGUS.
MACCARRICK     Irish
Means "son of Cúcharraige" in Irish... [more]
MACCARTHY     Irish
Means "son of Carthach" in Irish. The given name Carthach meant "loving".
MACCHRUIM     Scottish
Means "son of Crum", where Crum is a byname meaning "bent".
MAC CIONAODHA     Scottish
Gaelic form of MCKENNA
MAC CLÉIRICH     Irish
Means "son of the clerk".
MACCLELLAN     Irish, Scottish
Variant form of MACCLELLAND.
MACCLELLAND     Irish
From Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain meaning "son of the servant of FAOLÁN".
MACCLERY     Irish
Anglicized form of MAC CLÉIRICH
MAC CNÁIMHÍN     Irish
Means "son of Cnámh", Cnámh means "bone".
MAC COINNICH     Scottish
Gaelic form of MACKENZIE
MACCONNELL     Irish, Scottish
This name in Ireland is often of Scottish origin and can be derived from the native Gaelic MacDomhnaill, which translates as "son of DONNELL"... [more]
MACCOUGHLAN     Irish
Means "son of COGHLAN".
MACCRUM     Scottish
Anglicized form of MACCHRUIM.
MACCRUMB     Scottish
Variant form of MACCRUM.
MACDANIEL     Scottish
Variant of MACDONALD
MACDERMOTT     Irish
From Irish, meaning "son of DIARMAID"... [more]
MACDONALD     Scottish
Means "son of DONALD" in Scottish.
MACDOUGALL     Scottish
Means "son of DOUGAL" in Scottish.
MACEACHERN     Scottish
Anglicized form of MACEACHTHIGHEARNA.
MACEACHTHIGHEARNA     Scottish, Irish
Means "son of the horse lord".
MAC EANRAIG     Scottish
Gaelic form of MCKENDRICK
MACEK     Czech
Derived from the name Macek, a diminutive of MATEJ.
MACENTIRE     Scottish
Variant of MACINTYRE
MACEY     English
Variant of MASSEY
MACFARLAND     Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MAC PHARLAIN.
MAC FHIONNLAIGH     Scottish
Gaelic form of MCKINLEY
MACGHABHANN     Irish
Means "son of the smith" in Irish.
MAC GILL FHAOLAIN     Scottish, Irish
Means "son of the devotee of Saint Fillan".
MAC GIOLLA BHRIGHDE     Irish, Scottish
Means "son of the devotee of Saint Brigid".
MAC GIOLLA EOIN     Irish
Means "son of the servant of EOIN".
MACGOWAN     Irish
Anglicized form of MACGHABHANN.
MACGREGOR     Scottish
Means "son of GREGOR" in Scottish.
MACGRORY     Irish, Scottish
Means "son of RORY".
MACGUINNESS     Irish
Anglicized form of MAG AONGHUIS.
MACGUIRE     Irish
Variant of MAGUIRE
MACHADO     Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from machado "hatchet" and denoted a person who made or used hatchets.
MACHÁN     Czech
Derived from the given name Mach (a Czech diminutive of MICHAEL or MATĚJ).
MACÍAS     Spanish
Derived from the given name MATEO.
MACINTYRE     Scottish
Variant of MCINTYRE
MACIOMHAIR     Irish, Scottish
Means "son of IVOR".
MACIVER     Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of MACIOMHAIR.
MACKAY     Scottish, Irish
Variant of MCKAY
MACKENNA     Scottish
Variant of MCKENNA
MACKENNY     Scottish
Variant of MCKENNA
MACKENZIE     Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Coinnich meaning "son of COINNEACH"... [more]
MACLEAN     Scottish
Variant of MCLAIN
MACLEOD     Scottish
Variant of MCLEOD
MACMATHAN     Irish
Variant of MCMAHON
MAC MATHGHAMHNA     Irish
Gaelic form of MCMAHON.
MAC NAOIMHÍN     Scottish, Irish
From the Irish Gaelic Mac Naomhán, meaning "son of NAOMHÁN".
MACNEIL     Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCNEIL
MACNEVIN     Irish
Anglicized form of MAC NAOIMHÍN.
MAC NIADH     Irish
Means "son of Niadh" in Irish... [more]
MAC NIALL     Irish
Variant of MCNEIL
MAÇON     French
French form of MASON.
MAC PHARLAIN     Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Parlan"... [more]
MACQUEEN     Irish, Scottish
Derived from MACSHUIBHNE.
MACRAE     Scottish
Variant of MCCRAE
MACSHUIBHNE     Irish
Means "son of the pleasant one" from the Gaelic word suibhne.
MACWILLIAM     Scottish
Means "descendent of WILLIAM".
MACY     English
Variant of MASSEY
MADDEN     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó MADAIDHÍN.
MADDISON     English
Variant of MADISON
MADDOX     Welsh
Derived from the given name MADOC.
MADIGAN     Irish
Variant of MADDEN
MADISON     English
Means "son of MAUD"... [more]
MADSEN     Danish
Means "son of MADS".
MAES     Flemish
Flemish form of MAAS.
MAESSEN     Dutch
Derived from the given name Maas, which is short for both THOMAS and Damasus... [more]
MAESTRI     Italian
Means "master" in Italian.
MAGALHÃES     Portuguese
Denotes a person hailing from one of the numerous minor places of this name in Portugal... [more]
MAG AONGHUIS     Irish
Means "son of AONGHUS".
MAGEE     Scottish, Irish
Variant of MCKAY
MAGNUSSON     Swedish
Literally means "son of MAGNUS".
MAGORIAN     Armenian
Means "son of Magor", an Armenian form of MARK.
MAGRO     Italian
From a nickname meaning "thin, lean" (Latin macer).
MAGUIRE     Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCGUIRE
MAGYAR     Hungarian
Means "Hungarian" in Hungarian.
MAH     Chinese
Alternate spelling of MA.
MAHONEY     Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Mathghamhna meaning "descendent of MATHGHAMHAIN".
MAIER     German, Jewish
Variant of MEYER (1).
MAJEWSKI     Polish
Derived from Polish maj "the month of May"... [more]
MAKI     Japanese
Means "black pine" in Japanese.
MAKSIMOV     Russian, Jewish, Bulgarian
Means "son of MAKSIM".
MALINOWSKI     Polish
Means "dweller by raspberries" from the Polish malina.
MALLON     Irish
Variant of MALONE
MALLORY     English
From Old French maloret, "the unfortunate" or "the unlucky", a term introduced to England by the Normans.
MALLOYE     Irish
Variant of MOLLOY
MALONE     Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Maoil Eoin which means "descendent of a disciple of Saint JOHN".
MALY     Polish, Czech
Means "small" in the Slavic languages.
MAN     Chinese
Means "language" in Cantonese.
MANCINI     Italian
Diminutive of MANCO.
MANCO     Italian
Means "left-handed" in Italian.
MANCUSO     Italian
Sicilian regional variant of MANCO
MANDEL     German, Jewish
Variant of MENDEL; also means "an almond" in German.
MANDELBAUM     German, Jewish
Means "an almond tree" in German.
MANFREDI     Italian
Derived from the given name MANFREDO.
MANFREDONIA     Italian
Means "from Manfredonia, Italy"... [more]
MANN     German, English
From a nickname meaning "man"... [more]
MANTOVANI     Italian
From the name of the city of Mantova in Lombardy.
MAOILSEACHLAINN     Irish
Means "devotee of Saint SECHNALL" in Irish Gaelic, from maol, meaning "follower" and the saint's name... [more]
MARADONA     Spanish
Locative name coming from the name of a place near Lugo in northern Spain... [more]
MARANGOZ     Turkish
Indicating a profession: "a joiner".
MARCHAND     English, French
Occupational surname meaning "merchant", ultimately from Latin mercari "to trade".
MARCHEGIANO     Italian
From the name of an Italian region, the Marche region... [more]
MARCHESI     Italian
From the title marchese meaning "marquis".
MARCHETTI     Italian
From a diminutive of the given name MARCO.
MARCHIONI     Italian
From the given name MELCHIOR.
MARCONI     Italian
Derived from the given name MARCO.
MÅRDH     Swedish
Spelling variation of Mård meaning "pine marten"... [more]
MAREK     Czech, Polish, Hungarian
Derived from the given name MAREK.
MARI     Italian
Aphetic form of ALTIMARI.
MARÍA     Spanish
From the given the name MARÍA.
MARIA     Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name MARIA.
MARIANI     Italian
From the given name MARIANO.
MARIE     French
From the given name MARIE.
MARINO     Italian, Spanish
Derived from the given name MARINO.
MARINOS     Greek
Derived from the given name MARINOS
MARINOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of MARIN".
MARION     French
Derived from the given name MARION (1).
MARK     English
Derived from the given name MARK.
MARKEY     Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Marcaigh meaning "descendent of Marchach", a name meaning "horse rider".
MARKÓ     Hungarian
Derived from the given name MARKO.
MARKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of MARKO".
MARKOVIC     Russian, Jewish, Serbian
Means "son of MARKO".
MARKUSSON     Swedish
Means "son of MARKUS".
MARLEY     English
Denotes a person who hails from one of the various places in Britain called Marley... [more]
MARLOW     English
Originally a name for a person from Marlow (Buckinghamshire), England... [more]
MARMO     Italian
Means "marble" in Italian.
MARQUERING     Dutch, German
Derived from the given name Marquer, which was in turn derived from Marquard... [more]
MÁRQUEZ     Spanish
Means "son of MARCOS".
MARSDEN     English
Place name derived from Old English mearc "boundary" and denu "valley".
MARSHALL     English
Derived from Middle English mareschal "a marshal", ultimately derived from Germanic marah "horse" and scalc "servant"... [more]
MARSTON     English
Derived from Old English mersc "marsh", tun "enclosure".
MARSZALEK     Polish
Means "a marshal" in Polish.
MARTEL (1)     English, French
Derived from the given name Martel, a medieval diminutive of MARTIN.
MARTEL (2)     French, English
Nickname for a smith, derived from old French martel "hammer", ultimately from Latin martellus.
MARTELLI     Italian
Italian form of MARTEL (1) or MARTEL (2)
MARTÍ     Catalan
Derived from the given name Martí, the Catalan form of MARTIN.
MARTIN     English, French, German
Derived from the given name MARTIN.
MARTINEK     Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name MARTIN.
MARTINELLI     Italian
From a diminutive of the given name MARTINO.
MARTÍNEZ     Spanish
Means "son of MARTÍN" in Spanish.
MARTINEZ     Spanish
Variant of MARTÍNEZ
MARTINOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of MARTIN".
MARTINS     English
Derived from the given name MARTIN.
MARTINSON     English
Means "son of MARTIN".
MARTINSSON     Swedish
Means "son of MARTIN".
MÁRTON     Hungarian
Derived from the given name MÁRTON.
MARTZ     German
Derived from an archaic diminutive of MARTIN.
MARUSIC     Croatian
Metronymic surname meaning "son of little MARIJA".
MARUSKA     Czech
Derived from the given name MARIA.
MARVIN     Welsh
Derived from the given name MERVYN.
MAS (1)     Catalan
Means "farm" in Catalan.
MAS (2)     German, Dutch
Aphetic form of THOMAS.
MAŠEK     Czech
Derived from the given name Mašek which can be a diminutive of either TOMAS, or MATEJ.
MASELNIKA     Czech
Refers to one who churned or sold butter or buttermilk.
MASI     Italian
From the given name Maso a variant of TOMMASO.
MASIN     Italian
Venetian variant of MASI
MASLANKA     Polish
Derived from the Slavic maslo "butter"... [more]
MASON     English
Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, ultimately of Germanic origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").
MASSEY     English
Derived from Massy, the name of several towns in France... [more]
MASSON (1)     French, Scottish
Variant of MASON
MASSON (2)     French
Aphetic form Thomasson which is a diminutive form of THOMAS.
MASTERS     English, Scottish
Means "son of the master" from the Middle English maister.
MASTERSON     English
Means "son of the master" (a reference to a cleric).
MATA     Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
Means "dweller by a plantation of trees" from the Old Spanish mata.
MATARACI     Turkish
From the name of a profession: a person who makes water-bottles or flasks.
MATEEV     Bulgarian
Means "son of MATEJ".
MATEJKA     Czech
Derived from the given name MATEJ.
MATEU     Catalan
Derived from the Catalan form of MATTHEW.
MATEUS     Portuguese
From the given name MATEUS.
MATEVOSIAN     Armenian
Means "son of MATTHEW".
MATHERS     English
Occupational surname meaning "mower" in Old English.
MATHESON     Scottish
Means "son of MATTHEW".
MATHEWS     English
Variant of MATTHEWS
MATHEWSON     English
Variant of MATTHEWSON
MATHIASEN     Danish
Means "son of MATHIAS".
MATHIESON     Scottish
Variant of MATHESON
MATHIEU     French
Derived from the given name MATHIEU.
MATIC     Croatian
Means "son of MATIJA".
MATOS     Portuguese, Jewish
Means "dweller by a plantation of trees" from the Old Spanish mata... [more]
MATOUŠEK     Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name MATOUŠ.
MATSUMOTO     Japanese
Derived from one of many place names called Matsumoto in Japan... [more]
MATSUOKA     Japanese
Means "a hill covered in pines", from Japanese matsu "pine" and oka "a hill".
MATSUSHITA     Japanese
Means "below the pine", from matsu "pine" and shita "lower, below".
MATTHEWS     English
Derived from the given name MATTHEW.
MATTHEWSON     English
Means "son of MATTHEW".
MATTHIASEN     Danish
Means "son of MATTHIAS".
MATTSSON     Swedish
Means "son of Matts".
MATVEEV     Russian
Means "son of MATVEY".
MAURELL     Italian, Spanish
Means "little MAURO".
MAURER     German
Occupational name meaning "wall builder" in German.
MAUS     German
From a nickname meaning "mouse" from the word mûs (Middle High German, Old High German).
MAXWELL     Scottish
From a place name meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name MAGNUS, combined with Old English wella "stream"... [more]
MAY     English
Derived from the given name MATTHEW.
MAYER (1)     German
Variant of MEYER (1).
MAYER (2)     Jewish
From Hebrew meir which means "enlightened".
MAYER (3)     English
Occupational name for a mayor, from Middle English mair.
MAYES     English
Patronymic form of MAY.
MAYNARD     English
Derived from the Germanic given name MEGINHARD.
MAZZA     Italian
From nicknames meaning "maul" or "mallet" in Italian.
MCADAMS     Irish, Scottish
Means "son of ADAM"... [more]
MCALISTER     Scottish
Meaning "son of ALISTAIR".
MCARTHUR     Scottish
Means "descendent of ARTHUR".
MCCABE     Irish
Means "son of Cába", where Cába is a given name that meant "cape".
MCCAIG     Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thaidhg, meaning "son of TADHG".
MCCORMICK     Irish
Means "son of CORMAC".
MCCRACKEN     Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Reachtain, Ulster variant of Mac Neachtain meaning "descendent of Neachdan".
MCCRAE     Irish, Scottish
From the Gaelic Mag Raith meaning "descendent of Rath", a given name meaning "prosperity" or "grace".
MCCUNE     Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eoghain, meaning "son of EOGHAN" in Gaelic.
MCDERMOTT     Irish
Variant of MACDERMOTT
MCDONALD     Scottish
Variant of MACDONALD
MCELLIGOTT     Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Mac Uileagóid, which was derved from a diminutive of WILLIAM.
MCGEE     Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Aodha, meaning "son of AODH".
MCGILL     Scottish, Irish
Means "descendent of the foreigner" in Gaelic.
MCGINNIS     Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of MAG AONGHUIS.
MCGUIRE     Irish, Scottish
From the Irish Mag Uidhir meaning "son of Odhar", a given name meaning "pale-coloured".
MCINTYRE     Scottish
From Scottish Mac an tSaoir, meaning "son of the carpenter".
MCKAY     Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha meaning "son of AODH".
MCKELLAR     Scottish
Means "son of HILARY" in Scottish.
MCKENDRICK     Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eanraig meaning "son of HENRY".
MCKENNA     Scottish
Derived from Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning "son of CIONAODH" in Scottish Gaelic.
MCKENZIE     Scottish
Variant of MACKENZIE
MCKINLEY     Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh meaning "son of FIONNLAGH".
MCKOWEN     Irish
Derived from either Mac Eoghain, meaning "son of EOGHAN", or from Mac Eoin, meaning "son of JOHN".
MCLAIN     Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic Mac Gille Eáin meaning "son of the servant of JOHN".
MCLEAN     Scottish, Irish
Variant of MCLAIN
MCLEOD     Scottish
From the Gaelic Mac Leòid meaning "son of Leod", a given name derived from Old Norse ljótr "ugly".
MCMAHON     Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna meaning "son of MATHGHAMHAIN".
MCMANUS     Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maghnuis which means "son of MANUS"... [more]
MCNAB     Scottish, Irish
Anglicization of the Gaelic Mac an Aba, literally "the son of the abbot"... [more]
MCNABB     Scottish, Irish
Variant of MCNAB
MCNAMARA     Irish
Means "son of Conmara" in Irish... [more]
MCNEIL     Scottish, Irish
Means "son of NEIL" in Gaelic.
MCNEILL     Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCNEIL
MCNIADH     Irish
Variant of MAC NIADH.
MCNIALL     Irish
Variant of MCNEIL
MCNIEL     Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCNEIL
MCPHEE     Scottish
Variant of DUFFY (2).
MCREYNOLDS     Scottish, Irish
Meaning "son of REYNOLD".
MEADOWS     English
Referred to one who lived in a meadow.
MEANEY     Irish
Variant of MOONEY
MEDEIROS     Portuguese
From a place name derived from the Latin word meda meaning "stack".
MEDINA     Spanish
From the name of a Spanish city, whose name is derived from the Arabic word for "city".
MEDVED     Slovak
Means "bear" in Slovak.
MEEUWE     Dutch
Variant of MEEUWSEN
MEEUWES     Dutch
Variant of MEEUWSEN
MEEUWESSEN     Dutch
Variant of MEEUWSEN
MEEUWESZEN     Dutch
Variant of MEEUWSEN
MEEUWIS     Dutch
Variant of MEEUWSEN
MEEUWISSEN     Dutch
Variant of MEEUWSEN
MEEUWSEN     Dutch
Derived from the Dutch given name Meeuw, which comes from Bartholomeus (see BARTHOLOMEW).
MEGALOS     Greek
From megalos meaning "great" in Greek.
MEGGYESFALVI     Hungarian
Derives from Meggyesfalva, a village, literally meaning "cherry village" from the elements meggy "cherry" and falu "village".
MEIER     German, Jewish
Variant of MEYER (1).
MEIN     German
Derived from the given name MEINO.
MEINDL     German
Diminutive form of MEIN.
MEINHARDT     German
Derived from the given name MEINHARD.
MEIR     Jewish
Variant of MAYER (2).
MEISNER     German, Dutch
Variant of MEISSNER
MEISSNER     German
Means "a person from Meissen, Germany".
MELENDEZ     Spanish
Variant of MENENDEZ
MELO     Portuguese
Portuguese form of MERLO.
MELSBACH     German
German for "miller by the brook".
MELVILLE     Scottish
From the place name Malleville meaning "bad town" in Norman French.
MELVIN     Scottish
Variant of MELVILLE
MENCHER     Polish, Jewish
Occupational surname for a miller or flour dealer (derived from Polish maczarz).
MENDEL     Jewish, German
Derived from the given name MENDEL.
MENDELSOHN     Jewish, German
Means "son of MENDEL".
MENDELSSOHN     Jewish, German
Means "son of MENDEL".
MENDES     Portuguese
Form of MÉNDEZ.
MÉNDEZ     Spanish
Variant of MENENDEZ
MENENDEZ     Spanish
Means "son of Menendo" in Spanish... [more]
MERCER     English
Occupational name for a trader, from Old French mercier.
MERCHANT     English
Variant of MARCHAND
MERCIER     French
Means "trader" in French.
MERCKX     Flemish, Dutch
From the given name MARK.
MERLE     French
French form of MERLO.
MERLO     Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula... [more]
MERRICK     English
Derived from the given name MAURICE.
MERRICKS     English
Variant of MERRICK


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