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Mac an Bhaird Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Ward 2.

Mac an tSaoir Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of McIntyre.

Mac Aodhagáin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Keegan.

Mac Daibhéid Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McDevitt.

MacDhubhghaill Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacDougall.

Mac Domhnaill Irish
Irish form of MacDonald.

MacEalair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKellar.

MacEanruig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKendrick.

MacGriogair Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of MacGregor.

Machado Portuguese, Spanish
Denoted a person who made or used hatchets, derived from Spanish and Portuguese machado "hatchet", both from Latin marculus "little hammer".

Macías Spanish
Derived from the given name Mateo.

MacKenzie Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacCoinnich meaning "son of Coinneach". It originates from the Kintail area of Scotland on the northwest coast.

Mac Maghnuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McManus.

Mac Naoimhín Irish
Means "son of Naomhán" in Irish.

MacNeachdainn Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Mac Neachtain.

Mac Neachtain Irish
Means "son of Nechtan" in Irish.

MacPhàrlain Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McFarlane.

Maddison English
Variant of Madison.

Madeira Portuguese
Occupational name for a carpenter, from Portuguese madeira "wood".

Madison English
Means "son of Matthew" or "son of Maud". A famous bearer of this surname was the fourth American president James Madison (1751-1836).

Maeda Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Maestri Italian
Means "master" in Italian.

Magalhães Portuguese
Denoted a person hailing from one of the numerous minor places of this name in Portugal, possibly of Celtic origin. A notable bearer was the Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães (1480-1521), normally called Ferdinand Magellan in English.

Mag Aonghuis Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McGuinness.

Magellan History
Anglicized form of Magalhães, referring to the explorer.

Magnusson Swedish
Means "son of Magnus".

Mag Uidhir Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McGuire.

Majewska f Polish
Feminine form of Majewski.

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

Makarov m Russian
Means "son of Makar".

Mäkelä Finnish
Means "the place of the hill" in Finnish.

Mäkinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish mäki meaning "hill".

Maksimov m Russian
Means "son of Maksim".

Mallory English
From Old French maleüré meaning "unfortunate", a term introduced to England by the Normans.

Mancini Italian
Diminutive of Manco.

Manfredi Italian
Derived from the given name Manfredo.

Marchenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Marko.

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.

Marchetti Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Marco.

Marchioni Italian
Possibly from the given name Melchiorre or the compound name Marco Giovanni.

Marciniak Polish
Means "son of Marcin".

Marconi Italian
Derived from the given name Marco.

María Spanish
From the given the name María.

Maria Italian, Portuguese
From the given the name Maria.

Mariani Italian
From the given name Mariano.

Marini Italian
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marino Italian, Spanish
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marinos m Greek
Derived from the given name Marinos.

Markova f Bulgarian, Russian
Feminine form of Markov.

Marszałek Polish
Polish cognate of Marshall.

Martelli Italian
Italian form of Martel 2.

Martínek m Czech
Derived from the given name Martin.

Martinek m Czech
Derived from the given name Martin.

Martínez Spanish
Means "son of Martín" in Spanish.

Martinez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Martínez.

Martini Italian
Derived from the given name Martino.

Martino Italian
From the given name Martino.

Martinson English
Means "son of Martin".

Martinsson Swedish
Means "son of Martin".

Maślanka Polish
Polish cognate of Máselník.

Masterson English
Patronymic derived from Middle English maister meaning "master", via Old French from Latin magister.

Mateo Spanish
Derived from the given name Mateo.

Mateos Spanish
Derived from the given name Mateo.

Matsuda Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Matsushita Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Matveev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Матвеев (see Matveyev).

Matveyev m Russian
Means "son of Matvey".

McKenzie Scottish
Variant of MacKenzie.

McLaughlin Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacLachlainn meaning "son of Lachlann".

Medvedev m Russian
Derived from Russian медведь (medved) meaning "bear".

Megalos m Greek
Means "big, great" in Greek.

Meléndez Spanish
Variant of Menéndez.

Mendoza Spanish, Basque
From a Basque place name derived from mendi "mountain" and hotz "cold".

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

Mercado Spanish
Means "market" in Spanish, originally given to a person who lived near a market or worked in one.

Merino Spanish
From the title for a judge in medieval Spain, derived from Latin maior.

Messana Italian
Variant of Messina.

Messina Italian
From the name of the Sicilian city of Messina, founded by Greek colonists. The city was named after the Greek city Μεσσήνη (Messene).

Mészáros Hungarian
Means "butcher" in Hungarian.

Metaxa f Greek
Feminine form of Metaxas.

Metaxas m Greek
Derived from Greek μέταξα (metaxa) meaning "silk", referring to a silk merchant or another occupation dealing with silk.

Michael English, German
From the given name Michael.

Michaelson English
Means "son of Michael".

Michalak Polish
Means "son of Michał".

Michalska f Polish
Feminine form of Michalski.

Michalski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a village named Michale or Michały, both derived from the given name Michał.

Micheli Italian
From the given name Michele 1.

Mihaylov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Mihail".

Mikhailov m Russian
Means "son of Mikhail".

Mikhaylov m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Михайлов (see Mikhailov).

Mikkelsen Danish
Means "son of Mikkel".

Milani Italian
Variant of Milano.

Milano Italian
Originally indicated someone who came from Milan.

Minami Japanese
From Japanese 南 (minami) meaning "south".

Miranda Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of the numerous places in Spain and Portugal bearing this name, possibly derived from Latin mirandus "admirable, wonderful". A notable bearer was the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress Carmen Miranda (1909-1955).

Miura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Miyake Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 宅 (yake) meaning "house, home".

Miyashita Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".

Miyata Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mizuno Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Modugno Italian
From the town of Modugno, in Apulia in southern Italy. It is the surname of the Italian actor and singer Domenico Modugno (1928-1994).

Mohamed Arabic
Derived from the given name Muhammad.

Mohammad Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Mohammad.

Mohammed Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Muhammad.

Molina Spanish
Means "mill" in Spanish.

Montagna Italian
Means "mountain" in Italian, from Latin montanus, indicating a person who lived on or near a mountain.

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

Montaña Spanish
Spanish cognate of Montagna.

Montana Italian
Variant of Montagna.

Monteiro Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of Montero.

Montero Spanish
Means "hunter" in Spanish, an agent derivative of monte meaning "mountain, wilderness".

Montoya Spanish
From the name of a village in the province of Álava in Spain. It is possibly of Basque origin, or possibly from Latin mons "mountain, hill".

Morales Spanish
Derived from Spanish moral meaning "mulberry tree", of Latin origin.

Morandi Italian
From the medieval given name Morando, an Italian form of Morandus.

Moravec m Czech
Originally indicated a person from Moravia (Czech Morava).

Moreira Portuguese
Derived from Portuguese amoreira meaning "mulberry tree".

Moreno Spanish, Portuguese
From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese.

Moretti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Mauro.

Morison English
Variant of Morrison.

Morita Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Morozov m Russian
Derived from Russian мороз (moroz) meaning "frost".

Morrison English
Means "son of Morris".

Mortimer English
From the name of a town in Normandy meaning "dead water, still water" in Old French.

Mostafa Arabic
From the given name Mustafa.

Mousavi Persian
From the given name Mousa.

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

Munteanu Romanian
From Romanian muntean meaning "mountaineer, from the mountains", ultimately from Latin mons.

Mustafa Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish musta meaning "black".

Mylona f Greek
Feminine form of Mylonas.

Mylonas m Greek
Means "miller" in Greek, from μύλος (mylos) meaning "mill".

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