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MERRICKSON     English
Means "son of MAURICE".
MERRILL     English
Derived from the given name MURIEL.
MERRITT     English
From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".
MERTENS     Dutch, Flemish
From the given name MERTEN.
MESSANA     Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city Messina... [more]
MESSERLI     German
Occupational name for a cutler (a knife maker), from German Messer "knife".
MESSMANN     German
Occupational surname for one who made knives, from German messer "knife".
MESSNER     German
Occupational surname for a churchwarden.
MÉSZÁROS     Hungarian
Means "butcher" in Hungarian.
METAXAS     Greek
Derived from Greek metaxi "silk", and most likely referred to a silk merchant or another occupation that dealt with silk.
METHAROM     Thai
Refers to a place or institute of learning or where knowledge is provided.
METZ (1)     German
Occupational name for a cutler derived from Middle High German metze "knife".
METZ (2)     German
Derived from Mätz, a diminutive form of the given name MATTHIAS.
METZGER     German
Means "butcher" in German, given to people who practiced that profession.
MEYER (1)     German
From the Middle High German word mei(g)er which means "higher, superior" and was used for landholder's stewards or great farmers or leaseholders (nowadays a Meier is a dairy farmer)... [more]
MEYER (2)     Jewish
Variant of MAYER (2).
MEYRICK     Scottish
Variant of MERRICK
MHASALKAR     Indian
Derived from a village named Mhasla in Maharashtra, India... [more]
MIAZGA     Polish
Derived from Polish miazga "pulp".
MICHAEL     English
From the given name MICHAEL.
MICHAELS     English
Derived from the given name MICHAEL.
MICHAELSON     English
Means "son of MICHAEL".
MICHAUD     French
Derived from the given name MICHEL.
MICHEL (1)     French, German, Dutch, Basque, Polish
Derived from the given name MICHEL, MITXEL or MICHAŁ.
MICHEL (2)     Greek
Shortened form of MICHELAKIS, MICHELAKAKIS, or MICHELAKOS.
MICHELAKAKIS     Greek
Patronymic meaning "son of MICHAEL".
MICHELAKIS     Greek
Patronymic meaning "son of MICHAEL".
MICHELAKOS     Greek
Patronymic meaning "son of MICHAEL".
MICHELI     Italian
From the given name MICHELE.
MIDGLEY     English
From a village in England called Midgley... [more]
MIHAILOVIC     Serbian
Means "son of MIHAILO".
MIHAJLOVIC     Serbian
Means "son of MIHAJLO".
MIHAYLOV     Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of MIKHAIL".
MIHOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Miho", the given name Miho being a diminutive of MIKHAIL.
MIKAELSSON     Swedish
Means "son of MIKAEL".
MIKHAILOV     Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of MIHAYLOV.
MIKKELSEN     Danish
Means "son of MIKKEL".
MIKOLAJCZAK     Polish
From the Polish given name MIKOŁAJ.
MILANI     Italian
Variant of MILANO
MILANO     Italian
Name for someone who came from Milan, Italy. It means "middle plain".
MILBURN     English
Derived from a place name meaning "mill stream" in Old English.
MILES     English
From the given name Milo, perhaps from Slavic mil meaning "grace".
MILFORD     English
Originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.
MILIC     Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of MILA".
MILLER     English
Occupational surname referring to a person who owned or worked in a grain mill.
MILLHOUSE     English
Name for someone whose house was in a mill or who worked in a mill.
MILLIGAN     Irish, Scottish
From the Gaelic given name Maolagán, a derivative of maol meaning "bald" or "tonsured".
MILLS     English
Originally given to one who lived near a mill or who worked in a mill.
MILOJEVIĆ     Serbian
Variant of MILOŠEVIĆ.
MILOŠEVIĆ     Serbian
Means "son of MILOŠ".
MILOVANOVIĆ     Serbian
Means "son of Milovan", the given name Milovan being a variant of MILAN.
MILTON     English
Derived from an English place name meaning "mill town" in Old English... [more]
MINAMI     Japanese
Means "south" in Japanese... [more]
MINGO     Spanish
From the given name DOMINGO.
MINKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Minko", Minko being a Bulgarian diminutive of MIKHAIL.
MISRA     Indian
Old Sanskrit name originally meaning "mixed, mainfold" but later associated with "honourable"... [more]
MITCHELL     English, Irish, Scottish
Derived from the given name MICHAEL.
MIYAMOTO     Japanese
Means "base of the shrine" in Japanese, from miya "shrine" and moto "base"... [more]
MIZUSHIMA     Japanese
From mizu meaning "water" and shima meaning "island".
MLAKAR     Croatian, Slovene
Derived from mlaka "pool"... [more]
MLEKUC     Slovene
Occupation surname indicating a person who during the summer looks after the cows in a hut and especially takes care of milk.
MLYNARIK     Czech
Means "a miller" in Czech.
MODUGNO     Italian
From the town Modugno, in Apulia, in southern Italy... [more]
MOFFETT     Scottish, Irish
From a place name in Scotland meaning "long field".
MOHAMMED     Arabic
From the given name MUHAMMAD.
MOHAN     Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Mocháin meaning "descendent of MOCHÁN".
MOHREN     Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of MOORE (2).
MOLES     Catalan, Spanish
Mainly Catalan, from a nickname that means "millstone".
MOLINA     Spanish
Means "mill" or "windmill" in Spanish.
MÖLLER     Low German
Low German form of MÜLLER.
MØLLER     Danish
Danish form of MÖLLER.
MOLLOWN     Irish
Variant of MALONE
MOLLOY     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó MAOLMHUAIDH or Ó MAOL AODHA.
MOLNÁR     Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "miller" in Hungarian.
MOLONEY     Irish
From Irish Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh "descendent of a church servant".
MONAGHAN     Irish
Variant of MONAHAN
MONAHAN     Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Manacháin meaning "descendent of Manacháin"... [more]
MONDADORI     Italian
Means "fleece selector" from the Old Italian emendatore... [more]
MONDAY (1)     English
Derived from the Old Norse given name Mundi which was a diminutive of names beginning with the element mundr meaning "protection".
MONDAY (2)     English
Denoted a person for whom this was a significant day, often the day they would pay their feudal service.
MONDAY (3)     Irish
Anglicized form of MAC GIOLLA EOIN... [more]
MONDO     Italian
From the given name EDMONDO.
MONDY     English
Variant of MONDAY (1) or MONDAY (2).
MONET     French
Derived from either of the given names HAMON or EDMOND... [more]
MONETTE     French
Variant of MONET
MONROE     Scottish
Designated a person who had originally lived near the mouth of the Roe River in Derry, Ireland.
MONTAGNA     Italian
Means "mountain" in Italian.
MONTAGNE     French
French cognate of MONTAGNA.
MONTANA     Italian
Variant of MONTAGNA
MONTANARI     Italian
Means "from the mountain" in Italian.
MONTE     Italian
Variant of MONTI
MONTERO     Spanish
Derived from Spanish monte "mountain".
MONTGOMERY     English, Scottish
From a place name in Calvados, France meaning "GUMARICH's mountain"... [more]
MONTI     Italian
Means "mountain, hill" in Italian.
MOON     Korean
Means "knowledge".
MOONEY     Irish
Variant of O'MOONEY.
MOORE (1)     English
From Middle English mor meaning "open land" or "bog".
MOORE (2)     English
Derived from the given name MAURUS.
MOORE (3)     English
Nickname for a person of dark complexion, from Old French more meaning "Moor".
MOOREN     Dutch
Dutch variant of MOORE (2).
MOORES     English
Variant of MOORE (1).
MOORS     English
Variant of MOORE (1).
MOOSHIAN     Armenian
Variant of MOUSHIAN
MORALES     Spanish
Derived from Spanish moral "mulberry tree".
MORALEZ     Spanish
Variant of MORALES
MORANDI     Italian
From the Italian medieval given name Morando.
MORAVEC     Czech
Originally indicated a person from Moravia.
MORAY     Scottish
Variant of MURRAY
MORCE     English
Variant of MORRISS
MOREAU     French
From an old given name Morellus, a derivative of MAURUS.
MORENO     Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.
MORETTI     Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the Italian given name MAURO.
MORGAN     Welsh
Derived from the given name MORGAN (1).
MORGENSTERN     German
German lexicon surname which means "morning star".
MORI     Japanese
Means "forest" in Japanese.
MORIARTY     Irish
From Irish Ó Muircheartaigh, meaning "expert navigator"... [more]
MORIN     French
Variant of MOORE (2) and MOORE (3).
MORISON     English
Variant of MORRISON
MORRA     Italian
Locative surname derived from Morra De Sanctis, a place near Naples, Italy.
MORRIS     English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Derived from the given name MAURICE.
MORRISH     English
Variant of MORRISS
MORRISON     English
Means "son of MORRIS".
MORRISS     English
Derived from the given name MORRIS.
MORSE     English
Variant of MORRISS
MORTENSEN     Danish
Means "son of MORTEN".
MOSCHELLA     Italian
Means "housefly" in Italian, perhaps originally as a nickname for an annoying person.
MOSCONI     Italian
From a nickname, a variant of mosca "fly".
MOSER     German
Name for someone who lived near a peat bog, from the Middle High German word mos.
MOSES     Jewish, English
Derived from the given name MOSES.
MOTOU     Japanese
Means "base, source, origin". It is used as an ending in many Japanese surnames.
MOTTA     Italian
From various names of places around Italy... [more]
MOTTERSHEAD     English
Derived from the name of a lost place in Cheshire, from the Old English byname Motere which meant "speaker" and Middle English heved meaning "headland".
MOUNCE     English
Possibly an Americanized form of the German given name Manz.
MOUSHIAN     Armenian
Name for someone who came from the Armenian town of Moush.
MOZDZIERZ     Polish
Means "mortar" in Polish... [more]
MUELLER     German
Variant of MÜLLER.
MUGGIA     Italian
Locative surname from the area of Trieste, the capital city of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region... [more]
MUHAMMAD     Arabic
Derived from the given name MUHAMMAD.
MUHLFELD     German
Means "mill field" German.
MULDER     Dutch
Dutch form of the English name MILLER.
MULLANE     Irish
Variant of MULLEN
MULLEN     Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Maoláin meaning "descendent of Maolán"... [more]
MÜLLER     German
German equivalent of MILLER... [more]
MULLIGAN     Irish
Variant of MILLIGAN
MULLINS (1)     French
Means "from the mill", an occupational name for a miller.
MULLINS (2)     Irish
From the Irish Ó Maolain meaning "descendent of Maolan", a given name meaning "bald".
MULLOY     Irish
Variant of MOLLOY
MULLUR     Indian
Denotes a person from the village of Mullur in Tamil Nadu, India.
MULRENNAN     Irish
From the Irish Maol Bhréanáin, meaning "devotee of Saint Brendan"... [more]
MULRYAN     Irish
Anglicized form of Ó MAOIL RIAIN
MUNRO     Scottish
Variant of MONROE
MUNROE     Scottish
Variant of MONROE
MUNSON     Swedish
Shortened form of MAGNUSSON.
MURARO     Italian
Occupational origin, indicating the profession of a "mason".
MURDOCH     Scottish
Scottish form of MURDOCK.
MURDOCK     Irish
Derived from the given name MURCHADH.
MURGATROYD     English
From a place name meaning "MARGARET's road".
MURGIA     Italian
From the Sardinian word for "brine" or "pickle".
MURPHY     Irish
From the Gaelic Ó Murchadha, which means "descendent of MURCHADH".
MURRAY     Scottish
Derived from the region in Scotland called Moray meaning "seaboard settlement"... [more]
MURTAS     Italian
From the Sardinian word murta meaning "myrtle"... [more]
MUSIL     Polish, Czech
Means "the one who had to", from the past participle of the verb must.
MUSTANEN     Finnish
Derived from the Finnish word for the colour "black", musto.
MUTTOONE     English
Refers to one who took care of sheep, a shepherd; dweller at the sign of the sheep.
MUYSKENS     Dutch
Means "little mouse" in Dutch.
MYERS     English
Patronymic form of MAYER (3).
MYLES     English
Variant of MILES
MYNATT     French
Referred to one who measured goods.
MYSKA     Czech
Means "a mouse" in Czech.


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