Browse Submitted Surnames

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

Mendeleyev Russian
Variant transcription of Mendeleev.

Mendygaliev Kazakh
Means "son of Mendygali".

Meng Chinese
From Chinese 孟 (mèng) meaning "eldest brother". It was also adopted by descendants of Meng Sun, a prince from the state of Lu that existed during the Zhou dynasty.

Mensah Western African, Akan
Means "third-born son" in Akan.

Merabet Arabic (Maghrebi)
Mainly found in Algeria.

Merabishvili Georgian
Means "son of Merab 2".

Mercado Spanish
Topographic name for someone living by a market or metonymic occupational name for a market trader, from Spanish mercado meaning "market".

Merkh German (Anglicized, ?)
Anglicized form of the name Märkh, a German name that existed in southern Germany with Arabic roots tied to the village of al-Märkh in Qatar; the name became Anglicized in the early 17th century. It is one of those surnames where anyone who possesses it is related to everyone else who possesses the name.

Merladet Spanish (Rare)

Mernissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly a variant of Marnissi. A famous bearer was Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist Fatima Mernissi (1940-2015).

Mesa Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain called Mesa meaning "table" or "mesa" in Spanish (referring to a flat area of land).

Mesbah Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from Arabic مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ) meaning "lamp, light, luminary".

Mesmer German
Occupational name for a maker of knives from Middle High German messer meaning "knife". A famous bearer was Franz Mesmer (1734-1815), a German doctor known for his theory of "animal magnetism", which was eventually incorporated into the field of hypnosis.

Messaoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mas'ud.

Messoud Western African
From the given name Mas'ud; used in Mauritania.

Metin Turkish
From the given name Metin.

Mevaza Dungan
Variant of Muvaza.

Meziane Berber, Northern African
From the given name Meziane (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

Meziani Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Variant of Meziane.

Micallef Maltese
Either from Micali, a variant of the Biblical name Michael, or from Maltese mħallef meaning "judge".

Michaelides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Michailidis chiefly used in Cyprus.

Michailidis Greek
From the given name Michail.

Michalopoulos Greek
Means "son of Michail".

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

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

Mifune Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 御 (mi) meaning "honourable" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".

Migan African

Mihajlovski Macedonian
Means "son of Mihail".

Mihara Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mikami Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Mikayılov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mikayıl".

Mikel English, Nigerian
From the given name Mikel.

Mikhaylov Russian
Variant transcription of Mikhailov.

Mikhelashvili Georgian, Jewish
Means "son of Mikheil" in Georgian.

Mikołajczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Mikołaj.

Milán Spanish
Spanish form of Milan.

Milan Italian, French
Habitational name from the Italian city of Milan (see Milano).

Milenkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Milenko".

Milianti Italian

Mimoun Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Mimoun.

Minaev Russian
Means "son of Mina".

Minasian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Minasyan.

Minassian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Minasyan.

Minasyan Armenian
Means "son of Minas".

Minato Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour".

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".

Minayev Russian
Alternate transcription of Minaev.

Minchev Bulgarian
Means "son of Mincho".

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mir Iranian

Mirghani Northern African, Arabic
Sudanese name of unknown Arabic meaning.

Mironov Russian
Means "son of Miron 1".

Mirza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mirza.

Mirzadeh Persian
Means "prince" in Persian, derived from Arabic أمير (amir) meaning "prince, commander" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mirzaee Persian
Variant transcription of Mirzaei.

Mirzaei Persian
From the given name Mirza.

Mirzamagomedov Lezgin (Russified)
Derived from the Persian title میرزا (mirzâ) meaning "prince" (see Mirza) combined with the given name Magomed.

Mirzəyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mirzə".

Mirzoda Tajik
Tajik form of Mirzadeh.

Mirzoev Tajik, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mirza".

Misaki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Mishima Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Misipeka Samoan (Rare)

Misita Serbian

Miskell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meisceall meaning "descendant of Meiscill", a personal name of unexplained etymology. It was sometimes Anglicized as Maxwell.

Mišši Chuvash

Misuari Filipino, Tausug
Meaning uncertain. A famous bearer is Nurallaji Pinang Misuari (1939-), better known as Nur Misuari, a Moro Filipino revolutionary.

Mitani Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Miwa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Miyama Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Miyano Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

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".

Mizrachi Hebrew
Variant transcription of Mizrahi.

Mizrahi Hebrew
From Hebrew מִזְרָחִי (mizrakhí) meaning "East, eastern".

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

Mkhitaryan Armenian
Means "son of Mkhitar".

Mkrtchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Mkrtchyan.

Mkrtchyan Armenian
Means "son of Mkrtich".

Mladenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Mladen".

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

Mohamed Arabic, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Muhammad.

Mohammadpour Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

Mohammadpourkarkaragh Persian (Rare)
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian پور (pur) "son" and the name of the Persian village of Karkaraq.

Mohammadzada Dari Persian
Dari form of Mohammadzadeh.

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

Mohammadzai Pashto
Means "son of Muhammad" in Pashto.

Mohammedi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mohammed (chiefly Algerian).

Mohanty Indian, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit महत् (mahát) meaning "great, large".

Mohiuddin Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Mohiuddin.

Mohsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin.

Mohsin Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Muhsin.

Moiseyev Russian
Means "son of Moisey".

Mok Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Mo.

Mokhtar Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

Mokhtari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mokhtar.

Mokrani Berber, Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Either from the given name Mokrane or derived from El Mokrani, a town in Algeria.

Molan English

Molesti Italian

Molinari Italian
Variant of Molinaro.

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

Molla Bengali
Means "mullah (an Islamic religious scholar)" in Bengali, ultimately from from Persian ملا (molla).

Molotov Russian
From Russian молот (molot) meaning "hammer", indicating someone who worked with hammers.

Momomiya Popular Culture
Surname of several characters from the anime series 'Tokyo Mew Mew'.

Momose Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Mondal Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Bengali and Assamese form of Mandal.

Mondragón Spanish
From the name of a town in Basque County, Spain, which is derived from Latin mons draconis meaning "dragon mountain".

Mondragon Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Mondragón chiefly used in America and the Philippines.

Mongush Tuvan
Theorised to be derived from Tuvan moon meaning "cohesive, powerful" combined with kush "force". It is also believed to have been Mongolified and Turkified during the reign of Chinggis Khan in the 13th century.

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".

Monteverdi Italian
Derived from Italian monte meaning "mountain" and verdi meaning "green"; literally means "green mountain".

Moosa Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Moosavi Persian
Variant transcription of Mousavi.

Moradi Persian
From the given name Morad.

Moradian Persian
From the given name Morad.

Morceli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مُرْسِل (mursil) meaning "sender, dispatcher" or "sent, transmitted" from أَرْسَلَ (ʾarsala) "to send, to dispatch".

Morganstern German, Jewish
Variant of Morgenstern.

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

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

Morisaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".

Mortazavi Persian
From the given name Mortaza.

Moscow English (American, Rare)
From the city of Moscow in Russia.

Mosharraf Bengali
Bengali form of Musharraf.

Moskva Russian
Derived from the Russian word Москва meaning "Moscow".

Mostafa Arabic, Bengali
Variant transcription of Mustafa.

Mostafavi Persian
From the given name Mostafa.

Mostefaï Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mostefa (chiefly Algerian).

Mostefaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Mustafa" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).

Mou Chinese
From Chinese 牟 (móu) referring to the ancient state of Mou that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 BC).

Moujahid Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid) meaning "one who is labouring, one who is in distress", also used to refer to a member of a liberation army in Muslim countries (chiefly Moroccan).

Mouloud Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

Mouloudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

Mounir Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Munir.

Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.

Moussa Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Moussaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Moustafa Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.

Mridhani Bengali (Rare, ?)

Mroczkowski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Mroczkowa, Mroczków or Mroczkowice, all derived from Polish mroczek meaning "house bat".

Mubarak Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian)
From Arabic مُبَارَك (mubārak) meaning "lucky, blessed".

Mufasa Indonesian (Rare)

Muhamadov Avar
Means "son of Muhamad".

Muhammed Arabic
From the given name Muhammad.

Muharemović Bosnian
Means "son of Muharem".

Mujić Bosnian
Means "son of Mujo".

Mujoo Indian (Rare)

Mukai Japanese
From Japanese 向 (muka) meaning "facing, toward" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Mukerjee Bengali
Variant transcription of Mukherjee.

Mukhametshin Tatar (Russified)
From the given name Mukhametsha.

Mukherjee Bengali
Variant of Mukhopadhyay. A notable bearer was Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020), the 13th president of India.

Mukhin Russian
From Russian муха (mukha) meaning "fly".

Mukhopadhyay Bengali
From Sanskrit मुख्य (mukhya) meaning "chief" and उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor, priest".

Muminović Bosnian
Means "son of Mumin".

Mumuza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Münch German
Variant of Mönch.

Munisi Eastern African
Found in Tanzania.

Munissi Eastern African
Variant of Munisi.

Murad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Murad.

Murai Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Muramatsu Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Muranaka Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village" combined with 中 (naka) meaning "inside, middle".

Murata Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muratov Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Murat".

Murawski Polish
Name for someone from placed called Murawa or Murawy, both derived from Polish murawa meaning "lawn, green, sward".

Murayama Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Mureșan Romanian
Originally denoted a person from Mureș County in Romania.

Mureșanu Romanian
Variant of Mureșan.

Murillo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Murillo, so named from a diminutive of Spanish muro meaning "wall".

Murodov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Murad".

Murtazaliev Avar, Chechen
From a combination of the given names Murtaza and Ali 1.

Musaev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Means "son of Musa".

Musalam Arabic
Alternate transcription of Musallam.

Musallam Arabic
From the given name Musallam.

Mushahary Indian, Bodo

Musharraf Urdu, Bengali (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic مُشْرِف (mušrif) meaning "supervisor, overseer" or "honourable, dominant".

Musin Tatar, Bashkir, Russian, Kazakh
From the given name Musa.

Muskal Jewish, Ukrainian, Polish

Muslim Arabic, Indonesian, Pakistani, Indian (Muslim)
From the Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama) "to surrender, expose" (from the same root of the word Islam). The term denotes a follower of Islam.

Mustafa Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustafayev Azerbaijani
Means “son of Mustafa”.

Mustafić Bosnian
Means "son of Mustafa".

Mustafin Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustafina Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek, Bashkir
Feminine form of Mustafin.

Mütəllibov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mütəllib".

Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.

Muvaza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Muxtarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Muxtar".

Muzhikov Russian
From Russian мужик (muzhik) referring to a peasant from the Tsarist era.

Myasnikovich Belarusian
Possibly means "son of Myasnik".

Mykolaiv Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Mykola."

Myung Korean
Korean form of Ming, from Sino-Korean 明 (myeong).

Nabil Arabic
From the given name Nabil.

Nəbiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəbi".

Nabiyev Azerbaijani, Uzbek
Means "son of Nabi".

Nabizada Dari Persian
Dari form of Nabizadeh.

Naciri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nacir (see Nasir), predominantly used in Morocco.

Nadeem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadim.

Nader Arabic
From the given name Nadir.

Nadezhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надежда (nadezhda) meaning "hope".

Nadir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadir.

Naeem Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Na'im.

Nagai Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nagano Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Nagaoka Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nagata Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nagayama Japanese
From Japanese 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy" or 長 (nagai) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Naguib Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Najib. Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984) was the first president of Egypt.

Nagy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Naaji chiefly used in Egypt.

Nahasapeemapetilon Popular Culture
Borne by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a fictional character from the television series 'The Simpsons' (1989-). According to the show's sources, the character is meant to be of Bengali Indian origin.

Nahum Jewish
From the given name Nahum.

Naidangiin Mongolian
Patronymic form of Naidan using the suffix -гийн (-giin).

Naidoo South African, Indian (Expatriate)
Variant of Naidu used by South Africans of Indian descent.

Naik Indian, Odia, Marathi, Konkani, Telugu
Variant of Nayak.

Nair Indian, Malayalam
From Nair, the name of a group of Hindu castes concentrated in the Indian state of Kerala. The origin of the word itself is somewhat disputed. Some believe it is derived from nayaka, an honorific meaning "leader of the people", while another theory suggests that is is derived from the Sanskrit नाग (nāgá) "snake, serpent" (a reference to the practice of snake worship)... [more]

Najarian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Najaryan.

Najaryan Armenian
Means "son of the carpenter" from dialectal Armenian նաջար (naǰar) meaning "carpenter" (of Arabic origin).

Najeeb Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Najib.

Nakada Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nakamine Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Nakamoto Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Nakanishi Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship, terms" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Nakao Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nakata Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nalbandian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Nalbandyan.

Nalbandyan Armenian
Means "son of the farrier" from dialectal Armenian նալբանդ (nalband) meaning "farrier" (of Persian origin).

Namkoong Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 남궁 (see Namgung).

Nanda Indian, Odia, Hindi, Punjabi
From the given name Nanda.

Nanpei Micronesian

Napso Circassian (Russified)
Means "whole-eyed", derived from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning "eye" and псэу (psăw) "health, alive" or "whole, all, complete".

Naptsok Circassian
Circassian name derived from Adyghe напцэ (nāpcă) meaning “eyelash, eyebrow”.

Narak Thai
Means "cute, lovely, pretty" in Thai.

Narayan Indian, Nepali, Fijian, Hindi
From the given name Narayan.

Narayanan Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
From the given name Narayanan. A famous bearer was Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1921–2005), the 10th President of India.

Nash Circassian
Shapsug name derived from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning "eye" combined with щэ (š̍ă) meaning "milk" or "crooked, wry, bent".

Nashkho Circassian
Literally means “blue-eyed” from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning “eye” combined with шхъуантӏэ (šχ°ānṭă) meaning “blue”.

Nasim Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Nasim.

Nasri Arabic, Persian
Derived from Arabic نَصْر (naṣr) meaning “triumph, victory”.

Nasser Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nassiri Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nasir.

Nassry Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Nasri.

Nasution Batak
From Mandailing Nan Sakti On or Na Sakti On meaning "the magic one", itself from sakti meaning "mystical, magical" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin). This was a nickname of legendary Mandailing ruler Si Baroar Nan Sakti.

Nath Indian, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi
From Sanskrit नाथ (natha) meaning "lord, owner, protector".

Natkho Circassian
Shapsug name possibly derived from Adyghe нат (nāt) meaning "Nart" (referring to a Caucasian saga) combined with хъо (χo) meaning "pig".

Natok Circassian
Derived from Adyghe натӏэ (nāṭă) meaning "forehead" combined with къу (q°) meaning "man, male".

Naumenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Naum.

Nauryzbaev Kazakh
Means "son of Nauryzbay".

Navitski Belarusian
Belarusian cognate of Nowicki.

Nawaz Urdu
From the given name Nawaz.

Nayak Indian, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Konkani, Nepali
From a title derived from Sanskrit नायक (nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".

Nazarbayev Kazakh
Means "son of Nazarbay". Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-) served as the president of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019.

Nazarenko Ukrainian
From the given name Nazar.

Nazarov Russian
Means "son of Nazar".

Nazarova Russian
Feminine form of Nazarov.

Nazeri Persian
From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".

Neagu Romanian
From the given name Neagu.

Needham English
From a place name derived from Old English ned meaning "need, constraint" and ham meaning "home, estate, settlement".

Neo Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Liang chiefly used in Singapore.

Neofytou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Neophytou.

Neophytou Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of Neophytos".

Nepal Nepali
Name for someone from the village of Nepa in western-central Nepal.

Nesterenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Nestor.

Netanyahu Jewish
From the given name Netanyahu.

Newcomer English (American)
Nickname for a person who was new to a town or location, from Old English niwe meaning "new" and cumen meaning "to come".

Ngai Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wei.

Ngai Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ni.

Ni Chinese
From Chinese 倪 (ní) referring to the ancient territory of Ni, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the Shandong province.

Niang Western African, Wolof
Refers to a member of the Deme, a Wolof clan whose symbol is the donkey.

Niazai Pashto
Most likely from Persian نیاز (niyaz) meaning "need, necessity, desire, wish" (see Niaz or Niyaz) combined with Pashto زوی (zoy) meaning "son (of)"... [more]

Nibo Circassian
Of unknown meaning.

Nicolae Romanian
From the given name Nicolae.

Nicolaou Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Nikolaou chiefly used in Cyprus.

Nicolay German, French, Romansh
From the given name Nicolay, a form of Nicholas through Russian Nikolay... [more]

Nicoletti Italian
From the given name Nicola 1.

Nigmatullin Tatar, Bashkir
From the given name Nigmatullah.

Nikitin Russian
From the given name Nikita 1.

Nikolaou Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos".

Nikolas English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.

Nikolav Russian (Rare, ?)

Nikolayev Russian
Variant transcription of Nikolaev.

Nikolozishvili Georgian
Means "son of Nikoloz".

Nimr Arabic
Means "leopard" or "tiger" in Arabic.

Nishida Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nishiguchi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Nishimiya Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Nishio Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nistor Romanian
From the given name Nistor.

Niyazov Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Derived from Persian نیاز (niyâz) meaning "desire, wish, gift".

Niyozov Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek variant of Niyazov.

No Korean
Korean form of Lu, from Sino-Korean 盧 (no).

Nogales Spanish
Habitational name from either of two locations in Spain named Nogales, from the plural form of Spanish nogal meaning "walnut tree".

Nogami Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Noh Korean
Alternate transcription of No.

Nokhaev Kalmyk
Derived from Kalmyk ноха (nokha) meaning "dog".

Nomura Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Noor Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Bengali, Persian
Variant transcription of Nur.

Noori Persian, Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Noor 1.

Noorzai Pashto
Means "son of light", from Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light, illumination" combined with Pashto زوی (zoy) meaning "son (of)".