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Macey English
Variant of Massey.

Maçon French
French cognate of Mason.

Macy English
Variant of Massey.

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

Marie French
From the given name Marie.

Marin Romanian, French
From the given name Marin.

Marion French
Derived from the given name Marion 1.

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 Late Latin martellus.

Martin English, French, German, Swedish
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Massey English
Derived from Massy, the name of several towns in France. The name of the town is perhaps derived from a personal name that was Latinized as Maccius.

Masson 1 French, Scottish
Variant of Mason.

Masson 2 French
From a short form of the given name Thomasson, itself a diminutive of Thomas.

Mathieu French
Derived from the given name Mathieu.

Maurice French
From the given name Maurice.

Maurin French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

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

Melvin Scottish
Variant of Melville.

Ménard French
From the Germanic given name Meginhard.

Mercier French
French form of Mercer.

Merle French
French form of Merlo.

Meunier French
Means "miller" in French.

Michaud French
Derived from the given name Michel.

Michel French, German, Dutch, Basque
Derived from the given name Michel, Michiel or Mitxel.

Monet French
Derived from either of the given names Hamon or Edmond. A famous bearer was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).

Monette French
Variant of Monet.

Montagne French
French cognate of Montagna.

Montgomery English, Scottish
From a place name in Calvados, France meaning "Gumarich's mountain". A notable bearer was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II.

Morand French
French form of Morandi.

Moreau French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Morel French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Morin French
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Maurus.

Moulin French
Means "mill" in French.

Mullins 1 English
Derived from Norman French molin "mill".