Surnames of Length 8

FUJIMOTO Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

FUJIWARA Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 原 (wara) meaning "field, plain".

FYODOROV Russian
Means "son of FYODOR".

GABRIELS English
Derived from the given name GABRIEL.

GAERTNER German
German form of GARDENER.

GARDENER English
Occupational surname for one who was a gardener, from Old French jardin meaning "garden" (of Frankish origin).

GARDINER English
Variant of GARDENER.

GÁRDONYI Hungarian
Originally denoted a person from Gárdony, a town near Budapest in Hungary.

GARFIELD English
Means "triangle field" in Old English. A famous bearer was American president James A. Garfield (1831-1881).

GAROFALO Italian
From a nickname, from a southern variant of the Italian word garofano meaning "carnation".

GAUTHIER French
Derived from the given name GAUTHIER.

GEIßLER German
Variant of GEISSLER.

GEISSLER German
Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.

GEISZLER German
Variant of GEISSLER.

GENADIEV Bulgarian
Means "son of GENADI".

GENOVESE Italian
Denoted a person from the Italian city of GENOA (Genova in Italian).

GEORGIEV Bulgarian
Means "son of GEORGI".

GEORGIOU Greek (Cypriot)
Means "son of GEORGIOS".

GERHARDT German
Derived from the given name GERHARD.

GHEORGHE Romanian
Derived from the given name GHEORGHE.

GIANNINO Italian
Derived from the given name GIANNINO.

GIORDANO Italian
Derived from the given name GIORDANO.

GISMONDI Italian
From the Germanic given name GISMUND.

GIUGOVAZ Italian
Italian form of the Croatian surname JUGOVAC.

GJORGIEV Macedonian
Means "son of GJORGJI".

GLÖCKNER German
Derived from Middle High German glocke "bell". It may have referred to a person who worked at or lived close to a bell tower.

GONZALES Spanish
Variant of GONZÁLEZ.

GONZÁLEZ Spanish
Means "son of GONZALO" in Spanish. This is among the most common surnames in Spain.

GOOSSENS Flemish
From the Germanic given name GOZZO.

GOSSELIN French
Derived from a diminutive of the French given name GOSSE.

GOTTLIEB German
Derived from the given name GOTTLIEB.

GRIFFITH Welsh
Derived from the given name GRUFFUDD.

GRIGOROV Bulgarian
Means "son of GRIGOR".

GRIMALDI Italian
From the given name GRIMALDO. It is the surname of the royal family of Monaco, which came from Genoa.

GRÜNBERG German, Jewish
From German grün "green" and Berg "mountain". This name indicated a person who lived on or near a forest-covered mountain.

GRÜNSPAN Jewish
Original form of GREENSPAN.

GUARNERI Italian
From the given name Guanero, an Italian cognate of WERNER.

GUERRERO Spanish
Means "warrior" in Spanish, an occupational name for a soldier. It is derived from Late Latin werra "war", of Germanic origin.

GUILLORY French
Derived from the Germanic given name WILLIRIC.

GUINNESS Irish
Variant of MCGUINNESS. The name is well known because of the Guinness brand of ale, established in 1759 by Arthur Guinness.

HADZHIEV Bulgarian
Means "son of the pilgrim" from Bulgarian хаджия (hadzhiya) meaning "pilgrim", ultimately derived from Arabic حَجّ (hajj).

HAGOPIAN Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հակոբյան (see HAKOBYAN).

HAKOBYAN Armenian
Means "son of HAKOB" in Armenian.

HALLORAN Irish
From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".

HAMASAKI Japanese
From Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

HAMILTON English, Scottish
From an English place name, derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". This was the name of a town in Leicestershire, England (which no longer exists).

HANNIGAN Irish
Variant of O'HANNAGAIN.

HANNIGEN Irish
Variant of O'HANNAGAIN.

HANRAETS Dutch
Variant of HAANRAADS.

HARDWICK English
From Old English heord "herd" and wíc "village, town".

HARGRAVE English
Derived from Old English har meaning "grey" and graf "grove".

HARRISON English
Means "son of HARRY".

HARTMANN German
From the German given name HARTMANN.

HASEGAWA Japanese
From the Japanese place name 長谷 (Hase, not a standard reading) combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

HATHAWAY English
Habitational name for someone who lived near a path across a heath, from Old English hæþ "heath" and weg "way".

HATHEWAY English
Variant of HATHAWAY.

HAVLÍČEK Czech
From a diminutive of the given name HAVEL.

HEIDRICH German
From the Germanic given name HEIDRICH.

HEIJMANS Dutch
Variant of HEIJMAN.

HEIKKILÄ Finnish
From the given name HEIKKI with the suffix -lä indicating a place.

HEINRICH German
Derived from the given name HEINRICH.

HENDRIKS Dutch
Derived from the given name HENDRIK.

HENDRIKX Dutch
Derived from the given name HENDRIK.

HENNESSY Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAonghuis meaning "descendant of AONGHUS".

HENRYSON English
Means "son of HENRY". A bearer of this surname was the poet Robert Henryson (1425-1500).

HERBERTS English, Dutch
Variant of HERBERT.

HERRMANN German
From the given name HERMANN.

HERSCHEL German, Jewish
Diminutive form of HIRSCH (1) or HIRSCH (2). A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.

HINRICHS Low German
Derived from the given name HINRICH.

HIRSCHEL German, Jewish
Diminutive form of HIRSCH (1) or HIRSCH (2).

HISAKAWA Japanese
From Japanese 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

HLAVÁČEK Czech
Diminutive form of HLAVÁČ.

HOCHBERG German, Jewish
From place names meaning "high hill" in German.

HOEKSTRA Frisian
From Frisian hoek meaning "corner".

HOFFMANN German
From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".

HOFWEGEN Dutch
Variant of VAN HOFWEGEN.

HOLLANDS English
Variant of HOLLAND (1).

HOLMWOOD English
Variant of HOMEWOOD.

HOLZMANN German
Derived from Old High German holz "wood" and man "man", a name for someone who lived close to a wood or worked with wood.

HOMEWOOD English
From various place names derived from Old English ham meaning "home" and wudu meaning "wood".

HOROWITZ Jewish
From the German name of Hořovice, a town in the Czech Republic. Its name is derived from Czech hora "mountain".

HORSFALL English
From a minor place in Yorkshire derived from Old English hors "horse" and fall "clearing".

HUFFMANN German
Variant of HOFFMANN.

HUMPHREY English
Derived from the given name HUMPHREY.

HÜSEYNOV Azerbaijani
Means "son of HÜSEYN".

HUXTABLE English
Derived from the name of an English place meaning "hook post", from Old English hoc "hook" and stapol "post".

IGLESIAS Spanish
From Spanish iglesia meaning "church", from Latin ecclesia (of Greek origin).

IGNATIEV Russian
Means "son of IGNATIY".

INGESSON Swedish
Means "son of INGE".

IORDANOU Greek
From the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yarad) meaning "descend" or "flow down".

ISAACSON English
Means "son of ISAAC".

ISAKSSON Swedish
Means "son of ISAK".

ISHIKAWA Japanese
From Japanese 石 (ishi) meaning "stone" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

IVANOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of IVAN".

IVARSSON Swedish
Means "son of IVAR".

JACOBSEN Danish
Means "son of JACOB".

JACOBSON English
Means "son of JACOB".

JAKOBSEN Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of JAKOB".

JAMSHIDI Persian
From the given name JAMSHID.

JANDÁČEK Czech
From a diminutive of the given name JAN (1).

JANKOVIC Slovak
Means "son of JANKO".

JANKOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of JANKO".

JANKOVIČ Slovene
Means "son of JANKO".

JANOWSKI Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Janowo, Janów or Janowice, all derived from the given name JAN (1).

JANSINGH Dutch
Variant of JANSEN.

JANSSENS Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of JAN (1)".

JÄRVINEN Finnish
Derived from Finnish järvi meaning "lake". It is one of the most common surnames in Finland.

JEDLIČKA Czech
Derived from Czech jedle meaning "fir tree", perhaps given to a person who lived near a prominent one.

JEFFRIES English
Patronymic from the given name JEFFREY.

JEHLIČKA Czech
From Czech jehla meaning "needle", most likely borne by tailors in reference to their occupation.

JENNINGS English
From the given name Jenyn, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of JOHN.

JERNIGAN English
Possibly derived from the old Breton name Iarnogon meaning "iron famous".

JOHANSEN Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of JOHAN". This is the second most common Norwegian surname.

JOHNSSON Swedish
Means "son of JOHN".

JOHNSTON Scottish
From the name of a Scottish town, which meant "JOHN's town".

JOKUMSEN Danish
Means "son of JOKUM".

JONAITIS Lithuanian
From the given name JONAS (1).

JONASSON Swedish
Means "son of JONAS (2)".

JONCKERS Dutch
Patronymic form of JONKER.

JONKHEER Dutch
Variant of JONKER.

JOOSSENS Flemish
Means "son of JOOS".

KAMIŃSKI Polish
From Polish kamień meaning "stone", a name for a stonecutter or for one who lived at a place with this name.

KARLSSON Swedish
Means "son of KARL".

KÁRPÁTHY Hungarian
Variant of KÁRPÁTI.

KASABIAN Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ղասաբյան (see GHASABYAN).

KASPRZAK Polish
Means "son of KACPER".

KATSAROS Greek
Means "curly" in Greek, referring to a person with curly hair.

KAUFMANN German, Jewish
Means "trader, merchant" in German.

KAVALIOŬ Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Belarusian Кавалёў (see KAVALYOW).

KAVALYOW Belarusian
Patronymic from Belarusian каваль (kaval') meaning "blacksmith".

KAVANAGH Irish
Derived from the Irish Gaelic name Caomhánach, which means "a student of saint CAOMHÁN". It was the name used by a 12th-century king of Leinster, Domhnall Caomhánach, the eldest son of the historic Irish king Diarmait Mac Murchada.

KAWAKAMI Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

KAWASAKI Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

KEIGHLEY English
Derived from an English place name meaning "clearing belonging to Cyhha". The Old English given name Cyhha is of unknown meaning.

KENDRICK (1) English
From the Old English given names CYNERIC or CENRIC.

KENDRICK (2) Welsh
Derived from the given name CYNWRIG.

KENDRICK (3) Scottish
Variant of MCKENDRICK.

KILLOUGH Irish
Indicated a person who was from Killough (County Down, Northern Ireland) or Killough (Wicklow, Ireland). The place name Killough means "church on the lake", derived from the Irish cill "church" and locha "lake".

KIMBERLY English
Variant of KIMBERLEY.

KINGSLEY English
From a place name meaning "king's clearing" in Old English.

KINGSTON English
From a place name meaning "king's town" in Old English.

KINNAIRD Scottish
From the name of a place in Scotland, in Gaelic An Ceann Ard, meaning "high headland". In the 12th century a Norman nobleman received a charter of land here from King William the Lion (King of Scots), and was thereafter known by this name.

KIRCHNER German
Derived from Middle High German kirchenaere meaning "sexton".

KITAGAWA Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

KITCHENS English
Variant of KITCHEN.

KJELDSEN Danish
Means "son of KJELD".

KLOSSNER German
Derived from German Klausner, Middle High German klosenære meaning "hermit".

KNEŽEVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).

KNUTSSON Swedish
Means "son of KNUT".

KOKKINOS Greek
From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

KORHONEN Finnish
Possibly from archaic Finnish korho meaning "deaf, hard of hearing". This is the most common surname in Finland.

KOSKINEN Finnish
Derived from Finnish koski meaning "rapids". This is the second most common surname in Finland.

KOSMATKA Polish
Derived from Polish kosmaty meaning "shaggy, hairy".

KOSZORÚS Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian koszorú meaning "garland, wreath, girdle", a name for someone who made garlands.

KOVACHEV Bulgarian
Patronymic derived from Bulgarian ковач (kovach) meaning "blacksmith".

KOVALYOV Russian
Patronymic from Russian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".

KOWALSKI Polish
From Polish kowal meaning "blacksmith".

KUIJPERS Dutch
Variant of KUIPER.

KULKARNI Indian, Marathi
Means "village clerk, revenue collector" in Marathi.

KUNDAKÇI Turkish
From Turkish kundak meaning "stock, wooden part of a rifle".

KUROSAWA Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh". A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.

KURZMANN German
Means "short man" in German.

KYNASTON English
Originally derived from a place name meaning "CYNEFRITH's town" in Old English.

LABRIOLA Italian
Originally indicated a person from the town of Abriola in southern Italy.

LACHANCE French
Means "chance, luck" in French, a nickname for a lucky person.

LAFRENTZ German
Derived from the given name LORENZ.

LAGOUNOV Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Лагунов (see LAGUNOV).

LAMBERTI Italian
Derived from the given name LAMBERTO.

LANDOLFI Italian
From the given name Landolfo, Italian form of the Germanic name LANDULF.

LANGLAIS French
Means "the Englishman" in French.

LANGLOIS French
Variant of LANGLAIS.

LAPOINTE French
Means "the point (of a lance)" in French, possibly a nickname for a soldier.

LAWRENCE English
Derived from the given name LAURENCE (1). Famous bearers include revolutionary T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) and author D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930).

LECLERCQ French
Variant of LECLERC.

LEFEBVRE French
Variant of LEFÈVRE.

LEGGIÈRI Italian
Means "light, thin" in Sicilian.

LEHTINEN Finnish
Derived from Finnish lehti meaning "leaf".

LEHTONEN Finnish
Derived from Finnish lehto meaning "grove, small forest".

LEIFSSON Icelandic, Swedish
Means "son of LEIF".

LEIGHTON English
Variant of LAYTON.

LEVERENZ German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of LEWERENZ.

LÉVESQUE French
Derived from French évêque, a cognate of BISHOP.

LEWERENZ German
From a northern German form of the given name LORENZ.

LINDBECK Swedish
From Swedish lind "linden tree" and bäck "stream".

LINDBERG Swedish
From Swedish lind "linden tree" and berg "mountain".

LINDGREN Swedish
From Swedish lind "linden tree" and gren "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).

LINDHOLM Swedish
From Swedish lind "linden tree" and holme "small island".

LINVILLE English
From an unknown place name.

LJUNGMAN Swedish
From Swedish ljung "heather" and man "man".

LLYWELYN Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name LLYWELYN.

LOCKWOOD English
From an English place name meaning "enclosed wood".

LOMBARDI Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from the Lombardy region of northern Italy, which was named for the Lombards, a Germanic tribe who invaded in the 6th century.

LORENZEN Danish, Low German
Means "son of LORENS".

LUCASSEN Dutch
Means "son of LUCAS".

LUNDBERG Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund "grove" and berg "mountain".

LUNDGREN Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund "grove" and gren "branch".

LUZZATTO Italian
From an Italian form of Lusatia, a region of eastern Germany.

MAC AN ABA Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of MCNAB.

MACANGUS Scottish
Means "son of ANGUS" in Gaelic.

MAC AODHA Scottish, Irish
Means "son of AODH" in Gaelic.

MACASLAN Scottish
Means "son of ABSALOM" in Gaelic.

MACAULAY Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCCAULEY.

MACAULEY Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCCAULEY.

MACBRIDE Irish
Anglicized form of MAC GIOLLA BHRIGHDE.

MACCANCE Scottish
Variant form of MACANGUS.

MACCLERY Irish
Anglicized form of MAC CLÉIRICH.

MACCRUMB Scottish
Variant form of MACCRUM.

MACGOWAN Irish
Anglicized form of MAC GHABHANN.

MACGRORY Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCCRORY.

MACGUIRE Irish
Variant of MCGUIRE.

MACKENNA Scottish
Variant of MCKENNA.

MACKENNY Scottish
Variant of MCKENNA.

MAC LEÒID Scottish
Gaelic form of MCLEOD.

MAC NÉILL Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of MCNEIL.

MACNEVIN Irish
Anglicized form of MAC NAOIMHÍN.

MAC NIADH Irish
Means "son of Niadh" in Irish. The given name Niadh means "champion".

MAC NIALL Irish
Variant of MCNEIL.

MACQUEEN Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MACSHUIBHNE.

MADDISON English
Variant of MADISON.

MAGORIAN Irish
Possibly a variant of MCGOWAN or MCGOVERN.

MAG RAITH Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of MCRAE.

MAJEWSKI Polish
Derived from Polish maj meaning "May". It may have been given in reference to the month the bearer was baptized.

MAKSIMOV Russian
Means "son of MAKSIM".

MƏMMƏDOV Azerbaijani
Means "son of MƏMMƏD".

MANFREDI Italian
Derived from the given name MANFREDO.

MARADONA Spanish
From the name of a place near Lugo in northern Spain. A notable bearer is the former Argentinian soccer star Diego Maradona (1960-).

MARANGOZ Turkish
Occupational name meaning "joiner, carpenter" in Turkish.

MARCHAND English, French
Occupational name meaning "merchant", ultimately from Latin mercari "to trade".

MARCHESI Italian
From the Italian title marchese meaning "marquis". It was probably a nickname for a person who behaved like a marquis or worked in the household of a marquis.

MARKOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of MARKO".

MARSHALL English
Derived from Middle English mareschal "marshal", ultimately from Germanic marah "horse" and scalc "servant". It originally referred to someone who took care of horses.

MARTELLI Italian
Italian form of MARTEL (2).

MARTÍNEK Czech
Derived from the given name MARTIN.

MARTINEK Czech
Variant of MARTÍNEK.

MARTÍNEZ Spanish
Means "son of MARTÍN" in Spanish.

MARTINEZ Spanish
Variant of MARTÍNEZ.

MARTINOV Bulgarian
Means "son of MARTIN".

MÁSELNÍK Czech
Referred to one who churned or sold butter or buttermilk, derived from Czech máslo "butter".

MAŚLANKA Polish
Polish cognate of MÁSELNÍK.

MATARACI Turkish
Occupational name for a person who made water bottles or flasks, from Turkish matara "flask".

MATHESON Scottish
Means "son of MATTHEW".

MATOUŠEK Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name MATOUŠ.

MATSUOKA Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

MATTHEWS English
Derived from the given name MATTHEW.

MATTSSON Swedish
Means "son of MATTS".

MCARTHUR Scottish
Means "son of ARTHUR" in Gaelic.

MCCALLUM Scottish
Variant form of MACANGUS.

MCCARTHY Irish
Means "son of CÁRTHACH" in Irish.

MCCAULEY Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh meaning "son of Amhalghadh". The given name Amhalghadh is of uncertain meaning.

MCCLEARY Irish
Anglicized form of MAC CLÉIRICH.

MCCREERY Irish, Scottish
Variant of MCCRORY.

MCDANIEL Scottish
Variant of MACDONALD.

MCDEVITT Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Mac Daibhéid meaning "son of DÁIBHÍ".

MCDONALD Scottish
Variant of MACDONALD.

MCGINNIS Irish
Variant of MCGUINNESS.

MCGOVERN Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Shamhradháin meaning "son of Samhradháin", a given name meaning "summer".

MCGREGOR Scottish
Variant of MACGREGOR.

MCINTYRE Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Mac an tSaoir meaning "son of the carpenter".

MCKELLAR Scottish
From Gaelic Mac Ealair meaning "son of EALAIR".

MCKENZIE Scottish
Variant of MACKENZIE.

MCKINLEY Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh meaning "son of FIONNLAGH". This name was borne by the American president William McKinley (1843-1901), who was assassinated.

MCKINNEY Scottish
Variant of MCKENNA.

MCNAMARA Irish
From Irish Mac Conmara meaning "son of Conmara". The given name Conmara is composed of cú "hound" and muir "sea".

MCSHEEHY Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Síthigh, meaning "son of SÍTHEACH".

MEDEIROS Portuguese
From various Portuguese place names that were derived from Portuguese medeiro meaning "haystack", ultimately from Latin meta meaning "cone, pyramid".

MEEUWSEN Dutch
Derived from the Dutch given name Meeuw, which comes from Bartholomeus (see BARTHOLOMEW).

MEISSNER German
Originally denoted a person from the German town of Meissen, which is probably of Slavic origin.

MELÉNDEZ Spanish
Variant of MENÉNDEZ.

MELSBACH German
From the name of a German town, possibly meaning "mill stream".

MELVILLE Scottish
From the place name Malleville meaning "bad town" in Norman French.

MENÉNDEZ Spanish
Means "son of Menendo" in Spanish, the given name Menendo being a medieval Spanish form of HERMENEGILDO.

MERCHANT English
Variant of MARCHAND.

MERRICKS Welsh
Variant of MERRICK.

MESSERLI German (Swiss)
Swiss diminutive form of MESSER.

MESSMANN German
Variant of MESSER.

MÉSZÁROS Hungarian
Means "butcher" in Hungarian.

METHAROM Thai
Possibly refers to a place or institute of learning or where knowledge is provided.

MICHAELS English
Derived from the given name MICHAEL.

MICHIELS Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of MICHIEL".

MIHAYLOV Bulgarian
Means "son of MIHAIL".

MILLIGAN Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Maolagáin meaning "descendant of Maolagán", a given name derived from maol meaning "bald" or "tonsured".

MILLWARD English
Means "guardian of the mill" in Old English.

MITCHELL (1) English, Scottish
Derived from the given name MICHAEL.

MITCHELL (2) English
Originally a nickname for a large person, from Old English micel "big".

MIYAMOTO Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". A notable bearer is video game pioneer Shigeru Miyamoto (1952-).

MIYAZAKI Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

MIZUTANI Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

MLYNÁRIK Czech
Variant of MLYNÁŘ.

MOHAMMED Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name MUHAMMAD.

MONAGHAN Irish
Variant of MONAHAN.

MONTAGNA Italian
Means "mountain" in Italian, indicating a person who lived on or near one.

MONTAGNE French
French cognate of MONTAGNA.

MONTAGUE English
From a Norman place name meaning "sharp mountain" in Old French.

MOOSHIAN Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Մուշյան (see MUSHYAN).

MORIARTY Irish
From Irish Ó Muircheartach meaning "descendant of MUIRCHERTACH". This was the surname given by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to a master criminal in the Sherlock Holmes series.

MORIKAWA Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

MORIMOTO Japanese
From Japanes 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

MORIYAMA Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

MORRISON English
Means "son of MORRIS".

MUHAMMAD Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name MUHAMMAD.