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Lamborghini Italian
Probably from Germanic landa "land" and burg "fortress, castle".

Lamichhane Nepali
Means "long roof" from Nepali लामो (lāmo) meaning "long" and छाना (chānā) meaning "roof". It was traditionally used to refer to families that lived in houses with longer roofs.

Lanckoroński Polish
This denotes familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Lanckorona.

Langarica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Langarika.

Laosubinprasoet Thai
From Thai เล้า (lao) meaning "pen; coop", สุบิน (subin) meaning "dream", ประเสริฐ (prasoet) meaning "best; worthy".

Largaespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Combination of Spanish larga, the feminine form of the adjective largo meaning "long," and espada meaning "sword." It is mostly used in Nicaragua.

Larguespada Spanish (Latin American), Central American
Variant of Largaespada, used in Nicaragua.

Lascuráin Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Laskurain.

Latoszyński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish village of Latoszyn.

Lattanasack Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ລັດຕະນະສັກ (see Rattanasack).

Lattanavong Lao
Alternate transcription of Lao ລັດຕະນະວົງ (see Rattanavong).

Laxamana Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
Derived from Malay laksamana meaning "admiral, officer", ultimately from Sanskrit लक्ष्मण (lakshmana).

Lăzărescu Romanian
Means "son of Lazar".

Lebagenmuz Paiwan

Lehtiranta Finnish
From the word "Lehtirant" meaning "Leaflet".

Lehtomäki Finnish
Lehto means "grove" and Mäki means "hill" in Finnish. This type of surname (combination of two nature related words) is very common in Finland.

Leocadio Spanish
From the given name Leocadio.

Leonidov Russian
Means "son of Leonid."

Leopoldo Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Leopoldo.

Liberato Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Liberato

Lilienthal Jewish
Means "valley of lilies" in German, being this word derived from Lilie "lily" and Thal "valley".

Limanowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Lesser Polish town of Limanowa.

Limpatiyakorn Thai

Linkenhoker German (Austrian, ?), English (American)

Linsalato Italian (Rare)

Ljubojević Serbian
Means "son of Ljuboje".

Llapashtica Kosovar, Albanian, Serbian
Derived from the name of Kosovan villages named Llapashticë e Poshtme or Llapashticë e Epërme. It could also denote a person from Serbian villages called Donja Lapaštica or Gornja Lapaštica.

Łobaczewski Polish
This indicated familial origin within either Łobaczew Duży or Łobaczew Mały, 2 Polesian villages in Gmina Terespol.

Lodovico Italian
From the given name Lodovico.

Lomachenko Ukrainian, Russian
Derived from Ukrainian ломач (lomach) meaning "bonfire".

Łopaciński Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Łopacin.

Luciano Italian
It is derived from Latin Lucianus, patronymic of Lucius ("Light"). The French form is Lucien.

Ludovico Italian
From the given name Ludovico.

Luevisadpaibul Thai (Rare)
Variant transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).

Luevisesbaipul Thai (Sanskritized, Rare)
Sanskritized transcription of ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์ (see Luewisetphaibun).

Luewisetphaibun Thai (Rare)
From Thai ลือ (lue) meaning "to speak widely of", วิเศษ (wiset) meaning "excellent; splendid; amazing; superb; magnificent", and ไพบูลย์ (phaibun) meaning "prosperity; abundance".

Lukashenka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Lukashenko, the current Belarusian president's last name.

Lukashenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Luka".

Lukasiak Polish
The last name of Dance Moms star: Chloe Lukasiak.

Łukaszewicz Polish
Derived from the given name Łukasz.

Łukaszewski Polish
habitational name for someone from Łukaszew or Łukaszewo, so named from the personal name Łukasz

Lumbanbatu Batak
From Batak lumban meaning "village, hamlet" and batu meaning "stone".

Lumbantobing Batak
From Batak lumban meaning "village, hamlet" and tobing meaning "riverbank, edge".

Lynde Scottish Gaelic
Originated from the Strathclyde region of Scotland, meaning "waterfall," and located near the Castle of Lin.... [more]

Lytvynenko Ukrainian
It indicates being a descendant of someone who lived in the medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania but wasn't necessarily of the Lithuanian ethnicity.

Macabenta Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog makabenta meaning "to sell."

Macabuhay Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Derived from Tagalog makabuhay meaning "to live."

Mac An Airchinnigh Irish
It literally means "son of the hereditary steward of church lands".

Macapagal Filipino, Pampangan
From Kapampangan makapagal meaning "tiring". A notable bearer is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (1947-), the fourteenth president of the Philippines.

Mac A' Phearsain Scottish
Means "son of the parson" in Scottish Gaelic.

Macaraig Filipino, Tagalog
Variant of Macaraeg.

MacFadyen Scottish, Irish
Variant of Mcfadden. Famous bearers include English actor Matthew Macfadyen (1974-) and Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen (1963-).

Mac Fearghasa Irish
Irish form of Ferguson.

Macgilledheòradha Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "pilgrim’s servant’s son".

Macgillefhinnein Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Finnán’s servant’s son".

Macgilleuidhir Scottish Gaelic
It literally mean’s "sallow lad’s son".

Mac Giolla Chuda Irish
Meaning ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Chuda’, a personal name of unexplained origin. This was the name of a 7th-century abbot-bishop of Rathin in County Westmeath.... [more]

Maciejewski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Maciejowa, Maciejów or Maciejowice, all derived from the given name Maciej.

Macmuircheartaich Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Muircheartach’s son".

Madlangbayan Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog madlang bayan meaning "the general public".

Madroñero Spanish
It literally means "strawberry farmer".

Maebara Japanese
Maebara is an uncommon Japanese surname that has more than one meaning, depending on the characters used to write it. The first and most common spelling is with the characters for "Before" (前) and "Original" (原)... [more]

Maegawa Japanese
A variant of Maekawa.... [more]

Maehara Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Maejima Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Maematsu Japanese
Mae means "forward, front" and matsu means "pine".

Maesawa Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Maeshima Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and shima means "island".

Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Maezawa Japanese
Variant of Maesawa.

Maffessanti Italian
Meaning is overall unknown, but might come from Saint of Matthew. In Italian the name “Maffeo” is an Italian spelling of Matthew and “Santi” means saints, so combined it would be Maffessanti... [more]

Magbanua Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano magbanwa meaning "townsperson", derived from Cebuano bánwa meaning "city, town".

Magdalena Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan, Italian, Sicilian, Romanian, Greek, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene
From the given name Magdalena.

Mahamadou Western African
From the given name Mahamadou.

Maharaja Batak

Mahdizadeh Persian
From the given name Mahdi combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mahitsaraphakdi Dambro, Thai

Mahmoudinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mahmoud" in Persian.

Mahmoudzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mahmoud".

Majidzadeh Persian
Means "born of Majid".

Makélélé Central African, Lingala (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Makelele. A notable bearer is the French former soccer player Claude Makélélé (1973-).

Makihara Japanese
From Japanese 槙 (maki) meaning "evergreen tree" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Makijima Japanese
Variant of Makishima.

Makimura Japanese
Maki can mean (牧) "shepherd" and mura can be spelled like this (村) meaning "hamlet, village".

Makioka Japanese
Maki means "shepherd" and oka means "hill, mound".

Maksimowicz Polish
Means "son of Maksim".

Maksymowicz Polish
Means "son of Maksym".

Malabanan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "resist, fight against" in Tagalog.

Malaluan Filipino, Tagalog
Means "surpass, exceed" in Tagalog.

Malashenko Ukrainian
Patronymic derived from a Ukrainian form of Hebrew Malachi.

Malenkova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Маленков (see Malenkov).

Maliwanag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "bright, clear" in Tagalog.

Maloloy-on Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano maluloy-on meaning "kind, merciful, compassionate".

Mamukelashvili English (American)

Manahane Chamorro
Chamorro for "all morning/day"

Manalili Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
Occupational name derived from Pampangan alili or Tagalog halili meaning "successor, substitute, replacement".

Mandrapilias Greek
This surname is found in Sparta, Greece.... [more]

Mangudadatu Filipino, Maguindanao
From Maguindanao manguda meaning "young" and the Philippine title datu meaning "chief, leader".

Manojlović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Manojlo".

Manouchehri Persian
From the given name Manuchehr.

Maraschino Italian

Marcelino Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Marcelino

Marcellino Italian
From the given name Marcellino

Margaritis Greek
From given name Margaritis.

Marinescu Romanian
Means "son of Marin".

Marinetti Italian
Variant of Marino. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), considered to be the founder of Futurism.

Markopoulos Greek
Means "son of Markos".

Markovnikov Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Markov.

Marmolejo Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Martignetti Italian
Patronymic derived from Martignetto, itself a pet form of Martino.

Martirosyan Armenian
Means "son of Martiros".

Maruyama Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Masamoto Japanese (Rare)
Masa means "proper, right" and moto meabs "source, root, origin".

Masaoka Japanese
Masa means "right, proper" and oka means "hill, mound".

Mascherano Italian
Occupational name for maker of masks, derived from Italian mascherare meaning "to mask". The Argentine former soccer player Javier Mascherano (1984-) is a famous bearer of this name.

Masumoto Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Masuyama Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Matarazzo Italian
From Sicilian matarazzu meaning "mattress".

Matsubari Japanese

Matsubase Japanese (Rare)

Matsudaira Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, calm".

Matsueda Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and eda means "twig, branch".

Matsugawa Japanese
Variant of Matsukawa, meaning "pine tree river".

Matsuhashi Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 橋 (hashi) means "bridge".

Matsuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".

Matsukawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Matsukaze Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind". A notable bearer of this surname is Japanese actor Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也).

Matsukura Japanese
Matsu means "pine tree" and kura means "storehouse".

Matsumae Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".

Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".

Matsunaga Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".

Matsunawa Japanese

Matsushima Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Matsuura Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Matsuwara Japanese
Variant of Matsuhara.

Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Matsuyuki Japanese
Matsu (松) means "pine" and yuki (雪) means "snow". ... [more]

Matsuzaka Japanese
Variant of Matsusaka.

Matsuzaki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Matsuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Matsuzawa Japanese
Variant of Matsusawa.

Maurício Portuguese
From the given name Maurício.

Mauritzson Swedish
Means "son of Mauritz".

Maverickson English
Means "son of Maverick".

Mavrokordatos Greek
Means "black Kodratos".

Mavromichalis Greek
Means "black Michalis (Michael)" in Greek. In Mani, it is said to derive from an orphan named Μιχάλης (Michalis). Because of the dark clothing worn during times of mourning, orphans were often called μαύρος (mavros) meaning "black".

Mawatari Japanese
From the Japanese 馬 (ma, uma or ba) "horse" and 渡 (watari or wata) "ferry" or ferryboat."

Maximiliano Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Maximiliano

Maximovich Russian
Means "son of Maxim".

McAnulty Northern Irish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Meaning "son of the Ulidian", from the Irish surname Mac an Ultaigh, from mac, meaning son, and Ultach, denoting someone from the Irish province of Ulster.

McCorkindale Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thorcadail meaning "son of Þórketill".

McElmurray Irish, Scottish
Variant of McElmurry.

McFadyen Scottish, Irish
Variant spelling of MacFadyen.

McGonagall Celtic
Variant of McGonigle. ... [more]

Mchedlishvili Georgian
Means "son of the blacksmith" from Georgian მჭედელი (mchedeli) meaning "smith, blacksmith".

Mehendale Indian (Rare), Marathi (Rare)
An Indian Brahmin surname of unknown meaning from the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Mehrabani Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Mehraban, located in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran.

Memoracion Spanish (Philippines)

Mendeleev Russian
Meaning uncertain. A famous bearer was Dimitri Mendeleev (1834-1907), a Russian chemist who developed an early model of the periodic table.

Mendicino Italian (Swiss)
Meaning "Baggar" in Italian.

Menghrajani Sinhalese

Merabishvili Georgian
Means "son of Merab 2".

Merryweather English
Variant of Meriwether.

Mertesacker German
Means "Merten's field" in German, derived from the given name Merten and Middle High German acker meaning "field". A famous bearer is the retired German soccer player Per Mertesacker (1984-).

Mezurashi Japanese (Rare)
Means "rare" in Japanese.

Mezurashi Japanese
Means "rare; strange" in Japanese.

Michailidis Greek
From the given name Michail.

Michalczewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Michalczew.

Michalopoulos Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Michałowski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Michałowice, derived from the given name Michał.

Micheletos Greek
Derived from the given name Michail.

Michikiyo Japanese
Michi means "path, road" and kiyo means "pure, clean".... [more]

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Michizoe Japanese
From the Japanese 道 (michi) "road," "way," "path" and 添 (zoe or soe) "addition," "add-on," "improvememnt."

Midōmaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), a prefix added to emphasize beauty, 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, sphere", referring to a round land.

Midomaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Midorino Japanese
Midori means "green" and no means "field, plain".

Midoriya Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," used on the main character Izuku Midoriya (緑谷 出久) in 'My Hero Academia'.... [more]

Midoumaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Miguelañez Spanish
Derived from the given name Miguel.

Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".

Mikołajczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Mikołaj.

Minagawa Japanese
Variant of Minakawa.

Minakami Japanese
From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.

Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minamide Japanese

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minamoto Japanese
From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.... [more]

Minatosaki Japanese
Variant reading of Minatozaki.

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
Means "port cape" in Japanese.

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 or 峰 (mine) meaning "peak, summit, ridge" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Ming-rujiralai Thai
From Thai มิ่ง (ming) meaning "something that is auspicious", รุจิรา (ruchira) of unknown meaning, and ลัย (lai) of unknown meaning.

Minojima Japanese
Variant of Minoshima.

Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".

Miqueletos Spanish
From the Spanish given name Miguel.

Mirzazadeh Persian
Means "born of Mirza".

Mitamura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Mitarai Japanese
From Japanese 御手洗 (mitarai) referring to purifying water at the entrance of a shrine.

Mitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Mitros".

Mitsubori Japanese
Variant of Mitsuhori.

Mitsuhashi Japanese
Mitsu means "three" and hashi means "bridge".

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsumatsu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Mitsushima Japanese
Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".

Mitsuyasu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and yasu means "cheap, relax, peace".

Miyaboshi Japanese
Variant of Miyahoshi.

Miyagishima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Miyaguchi Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 口 (guchi or kuchi) "mouth," "opening."

Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Miyahoshi Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple, palace" and hoshi means "star".

Miyaichi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "a shrine; a palace" and 一 (ichi) meaning "one".... [more]

Miyakawa Japanese
Variant of Miyagawa.

Miyamizu Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water". A fictional bearer of this surname is Mitsuha Miyamizu (宮水 三葉) from the 2016 anime movie Your Name/Kimi no Na wa.

Miyamori Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple" and mori means "forest".

Miyanichi Japanese
Miya means "temple, palace, shrine" and nichi means "sun, day".

Miyaoka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Miyasaka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Miyasaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 宮崎 (see Miyazaki).

Miyasato Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".

Miyashima Japanese
Miya means "shrine, palace temple" and shima means "island".

Miyauchi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Miyawaki Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname, Sakura Miyawaki from IZONE.

Miyawaki Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

Miyazato Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".

Miyazawa Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mizoroge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mizoroke.

Mizoroke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 深泥池 (Mizoro-ga-Ike) meaning "Mizoro Lake", a lake in Kyōto, Kyōto, Japan.

Mizubara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".

Mizugai Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizugawa Japanese
Variant of Mizukawa.

Mizugaya Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizuguchi Japanese
Variant of Mizukuchi.

Mizuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mizuhara Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mizuhori Japanese
Mizu means "water"and hori means "moat, ditch, canal".

Mizujima Japanese
Variant of Mizushima.

Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mizukuchi Japanese
Mizu means "water" and kuchi means "mouth, opening".

Mizumori Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mori means "forest, grove".

Mizumoto Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Mizumura Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Mizunokoji Popular Culture

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Mizusawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizutama Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Mizuwara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Mizuzaki Japanese
Variant of Mizusaki.

Mizuzawa Japanese
Variant of Mizuzawa.

Mkhitaryan Armenian
Means "son of Mkhitar".

Moctezuma Indigenous American, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
From the given name Moctezuma.

Modigliani Italian
Used by Sepharditic Jews, this surname comes from the Italian town of Modigliana, in Romagna. Famous bearers of this surname include painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) and Nobel Prize in Economics recipient Franco Modigliani (1918–2003).

Modzelewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Modzel or Modzele, both derived from Polish modzel meaning "callus".

Mohajeri Persian
Derived from Persian مهاجر (mohajer) meaning "emigrant", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Mohamadou Western African
From the given name Mohamadou.

Mohammadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

Mohammadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian محمدپور (see Mohammadpour).

Mohammadzadeh Persian
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المهندي (see al-Mohannadi).

Mohsenzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mohsen".

Moiseyev Russian
Means "son of Moisey".

Mokhtarzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mokhtar".

Molinari Italian
Variant of Molinaro.

Molinaro Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian mulino meaning "mill".

Molinarolo Italian
Probably from a person's occupation, with molino/mulino meaning "mill" in Italian. The second part may come from rullo, meaning "a roller" or "I roll."

Momonoe Japanese (Rare)
Combination of 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 枝 (e), shortened from eda meaning "branch, bough," sandwiched by the genitive particle の (no) which is not shown in this instance.... [more]

Momosaki Japanese
Momo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Momotari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mukade.

Momozaki Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Montehermoso Spanish (Philippines)
Denoted someone from the municipality of Montehermoso in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

Montenegro Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".

Montevirgen Spanish (Philippines)
From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Montevirgen, meaning "Our Lady of Mount Virgin," dedicated at the Convento de Montevirgen (Convent of Mount Virgin) in the municipality of Villalba de los Barros, located in Extremadura's Badajoz province in western Spain.

Montpelier English, French
English and French variant of Montpellier. This is the name of several places in the United States, for example the capital city of the state of Vermont, which was named after the French city of Montpellier.

Moraczewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages named Moraczewo.

Moradzadeh Persian
Means "born of Morad".

Moratalla Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Murcian municipality.

Moriai Japanese
From the Japanese 盛 (mori) "assortment" or 森 (mori) "forest" and 合 (ai) "fit," "suit," "join."

Morifuji Japanese
Mori means "forest" and fuji means "wisteria".

Morigai Japanese
Variant of Moritani.

Morigaya Japanese
Variant of Moritani.

Morihara Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Morijima Japanese
A variant of Morishima.... [more]

Morikita Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]

Morimatsu Japanese
Mori means "forest" and matsu means "pine".

Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".

Morimizu Japanese
Mori means "grove" and mizu means "water".

Morinaga Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Morinaka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".