Surnames on the List of Olympic Medalists

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

Knight English
From Old English cniht meaning "knight", a tenant serving as a mounted soldier.

Knowles English
From Middle English knoll, Old English cnoll meaning "small hill, knoll". A famous bearer is American singer Beyoncé Knowles (1981-).

Knox Scottish
From the name of various places in Scotland and northern England, derived from Scottish Gaelic cnoc "round hill".

Knutsen Norwegian
Means "son of Knut".

Ko Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Min Nan romanization of Gao.

Kobayashi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 林 (hayashi) meaning "forest".

Koch German
German cognate of Cook.

Köhler German
Variant of Kohler.

Kohler German
From Middle High German koler meaning "charcoal burner" or "charcoal seller".

Koivisto Finnish
Means "birch forest" in Finnish, derived from koivu "birch tree".

Koizumi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 泉 (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain". A notable bearer of this name is Junichiro Koizumi (1942-), who was Prime Minister of Japan.

Kok Dutch
Dutch cognate of Cook.

Kokot Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian cognate of Kohut.

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

Koster Dutch
Means "churchwarden, sexton" in Dutch, an occupational name for a caretaker of a church.

Kovačić Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Patronymic derived from South Slavic kovač meaning "blacksmith".

Kovačič Slovene
Slovene form of Kovačić.

Kovács Hungarian
Hungarian form of Kovač.

Kovalenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian коваль (koval) meaning "blacksmith".

Kovalev m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Ковалёв (see Kovalyov).

Kowalczyk Polish
Patronymic derived from Polish kowal "blacksmith".

Kowalski m Polish
From Polish kowal meaning "blacksmith". This is the second most common surname in Poland.

Kozlov m Russian
Derived from Russian козёл (kozyol) meaning "male goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.

Kozlova f Russian
Feminine form of Kozlov.

Kozlová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Kozel.

Krämer German
Means "shopkeeper, merchant" in German, derived from Old High German kram meaning "tent, trading post".

Kramer Low German, Jewish
Low German and Jewish form of Krämer.

Kratochvilová f Czech
Feminine form of Kratochvil.

Kraus German
From Middle High German krus meaning "curly", originally a nickname for a person with curly hair.

Krause German
Variant of Kraus.

Krauss German
Variant of Kraus.

Krauß German
Variant of Kraus.

Kravchenko Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian кравець (kravets) meaning "tailor".

Kravchuk Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian кравець (kravets) meaning "tailor".

Kravets Ukrainian
Means "tailor" in Ukrainian.

Krebs German
Means "crab" in German, perhaps a nickname for a person with a crab-like walk.

Kristoffersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Kristoffer".

Kroon Dutch, Estonian
Means "crown" in Dutch and Estonian (from Latin corona).

Krüger 1 German
In northern Germany an occupational name for a tavern keeper, derived from Middle Low German kroch meaning "tavern".

Krüger 2 German
In southern Germany an occupational name for a potter, derived from Middle High German kruoc meaning "jug, pot".

Kruger German
Variant of Krüger 1 and Krüger 2.

Krūmiņš m Latvian
Derived from Latvian krūms meaning "bush, shrub".

Kruse German
Variant of Kraus.

Kuhn German
Derived from a diminutive of the German given name Konrad.

Kuiper Dutch
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Dutch.

Kumagai Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 谷 (gai) meaning "valley".

Kumar Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "boy, prince" in Sanskrit.

Kunz German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kunze German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kuroda Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuznetsov m Russian
Derived from Russian кузнец (kuznets) meaning "blacksmith".

Kuznetsova f Russian
Feminine form of Kuznetsov.

Kwan Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Guan.

Kyle Scottish
Derived from Scottish Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait", originally given to a person who lived by a strait.

Lacy English
Variant of Lacey.

Lagunov m Russian
Derived from Russian лагун (lagun) meaning "water barrel". It was used to denote the descendants of a person who made water barrels.

Lahtinen Finnish
From Finnish lahti meaning "bay, cove".

Laine Finnish, Estonian
Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.

Lamarre French
Variant of Lamar.

Lambert French
Derived from the given name Lambert.

Landon English
Variant of Langdon.

Lane 1 English
Originally designated one who lived by a lane, a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used of any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Lane 2 French
Derived from a French word meaning "wool", designating one who worked in the wool trade.

Lane 3 Irish
From Irish Ó Luain meaning "descendant of Luan", a given name meaning "warrior".

Lång Swedish
Swedish cognate of Long.

Lang German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Lange German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.

Langer German, Jewish
German cognate of Long.

Langlois French
Variant of Langlais.

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

Lara Spanish
From the name of a village in Burgos, Spain. It might be derived from Latin lar "household god, house, home".

Larsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Lars".

Larson Swedish (Anglicized), Danish (Anglicized), Norwegian (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Larsson or Larsen.

Larsson Swedish
Means "son of Lars".

Laukkanen Finnish
From a nickname for a person who took big steps, from Finnish laukka meaning "canter, gallop".

Lauridsen Danish
Means "son of Laurids".

Laurito Italian
From the name of the town of Laurito, near Salerno in the area of Naples.

Law English
Derived from Old English hlaw "hill".

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).

Lawson English
Means "son of Laurence 1".

Lázár Hungarian
From the given name Lázár.

Lazăr Romanian
From the given name Lazăr.

Lê Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Li 2, from Sino-Vietnamese 黎 (lê). This is the third most common surname in Vietnam.

Leary Irish
Variant of O'Leary.

Lebedev m Russian
From Russian лебедь (lebed) meaning "swan".

Lebedeva f Russian
Feminine form of Lebedev.

Leblanc French
Means "the white" in French, from blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.

Lee 1 English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a leah, Old English meaning "woodland, clearing".

Lee 2 Korean, Chinese
Korean form of Li 1, from Sino-Korean 李 (i). This is the second most common surname in South Korea. It is also a variant Chinese romanization of Li 1.

Lefèvre French
Occupational name meaning "blacksmith" in Old French, derived from Latin faber.

Legrand French
Means "the tall, the large" in French.

Lehmann German
From Middle High German lehenman meaning "vassal, liege man".

Lehtinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish lehti meaning "leaf".

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

Leighton English
Variant of Layton.

Leitner German
Referred to one who lived on a hillside, from Middle High German lite "slope".

Lejeune French
Means "the young" in French, from jeune "young".

Lengyel Hungarian
Means "Polish" in Hungarian.

Lenz German
From a nickname meaning "springtime" in German.

Léon French
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

León 1 Spanish
Referred to a person from the city of León in northern Spain, derived from Latin legio (genitive legionis) meaning "legion", so named because the Roman 7th Legion Gemina was stationed there.

León 2 Spanish
From the given name León.

Leon English
Variant of Lyon 1, Lyon 2 or Lyon 3.

Leonard English
Derived from the given name Leonard.

Leonardi Italian
From the given name Leonardo.

Leone Italian
Derived from the given name Leone 1.

Leroux French
Means "the red", from Old French ros "red". This was a nickname for a person with red hair.

Leroy French
Variant of Rey 1, using the definite article.

Leslie Scottish
From a Scottish clan name, earlier Lesselyn, derived from a place name in Aberdeenshire, itself probably from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly".

Leverenz German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Lewerenz.

Lewin English
Derived from the given name Leofwine.

Lewis 1 English
Derived from the given name Lewis. The author C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a bearer of this surname.

Lewis 2 Welsh
Anglicized form of Llywelyn.

Li 1 Chinese
From Chinese 李 (lǐ) meaning "plum, plum tree". This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Tang dynasty.

Li 2 Chinese
From Chinese 黎 (lí) meaning "black".

Liang Chinese
From Chinese 梁 (liáng) referring to the ancient state of Liang, which existed from the 8th to 7th centuries BC in what is now Shaanxi province.

Liao Chinese
From Chinese 廖 (liào) referring to the ancient state of Liao, which was located in present-day Henan province.

Lie Norwegian
From Norwegian li, Old Norse hlíð meaning "hillside, slope".

Lim Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan romanization of Lin.

Lin Chinese
From Chinese 林 (lín) meaning "forest".

Lincoln English
Originally indicated that the bearer was from the English city of Lincoln, called Lindum Colonia by the Romans, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". A famous bearer was Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president of the United States during the American Civil War.

Lind Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Old Norse lind meaning "linden tree".

Lindberg Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and berg meaning "mountain".

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

Lindner German
Variant of Linden.

Lindsay English, Scottish
From the region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English.

Lindström Swedish
Derived from Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".

Liu Chinese
From Chinese 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy". This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Han dynasty.

Ljunggren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Lloyd Welsh, English
Originally a nickname from the Welsh word llwyd meaning "grey".

Lo Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Luo.

Lobo Spanish, Portuguese
Originally a nickname meaning "wolf" in Spanish and Portuguese.

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

Löfgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish löv (Old Norse lauf) meaning "leaf" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Logan Scottish
From a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow", derived from Gaelic lag "hollow, pit".

Lombardo Italian
Variant of Lombardi.

Lončar Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Means "potter", from Serbo-Croatian lonac, Slovene lonec meaning "pot".

London English
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain.

Long English
Originally a nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall.

Longo Italian
Italian cognate of Long.

Lopes Portuguese
Means "son of Lopo" in Portuguese.

López Spanish
Means "son of Lope" in Spanish.

Lopez Spanish
Unaccented variant of López.

Lorenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Louis French
From the given name Louis.

Lovász Hungarian
Means "groom, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian.

Love English
From the Old English given name Lufu meaning "love".

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

Lowe 1 Jewish
Americanized form of Löwe.

Lowe 2 English
Variant of Law.

Lowry English, Scottish
From a diminutive of the given name Laurence 1.

Lozano Spanish
Means "healthy, exuberant, lively" in Spanish, originally used as a nickname for an elegant or haughty person.

Lu 1 Chinese
From Chinese 吕 (lǚ) meaning "musical note" and also referring to the former state of Lu, which was situated in what is now Henan province.

Lu 2 Chinese
From Chinese 卢 (lú) meaning "rice bowl, black", also referring to an ancient minor territory in what is now Shandong province.

Lucas English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch
Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas (1944-), the creator of the Star Wars movies.

Lundberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and berg meaning "mountain".

Lunde Norwegian
Variant of Lund.

Lundgren Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".

Lundquist Swedish
Variant of Lundqvist.

Lundqvist Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Luo Chinese
From Chinese 罗 (luó) referring to the minor state of Luo, which existed from the 11th to 7th centuries BC in what is now Hubei province.

Luther German
From the old given name Leuthar. It was notably borne by the religious reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546).

Lynch Irish
From Irish Ó Loingsigh meaning "descendant of Loingseach", a given name meaning "mariner".

Lyons English
Variant of Lyon 1.

Lysenko Ukrainian
From a nickname, either from Ukrainian лис (lys) meaning "fox" or лисий (lysy) meaning "bald".

Ma Chinese
From Chinese 马 (mǎ) meaning "horse".

Maas Dutch, Low German
From the given name Maas.

MacDonald Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill meaning "son of Donald". It originates from the Highland clan Donald.

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.

MacIntosh Scottish
Variant of McIntosh.

Mack 1 Scottish, Irish
Shortened form of various Irish and Scottish surnames beginning with Mac or Mc (from Irish mac meaning "son").

Mack 2 Scottish, English
From the given name Mack 2.

MacKay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

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

MacLeod Scottish
Variant of McLeod.

Madden Irish
Anglicized form of Ó Madaidhín.

Madison English
Means "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".

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.

Magee Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

Magnusson Swedish
Means "son of Magnus".

Maguire Irish
Variant of McGuire.

Mahmoud Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mahmud.

Maier 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Maier 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

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".

Makarova f Russian
Feminine form of Makarov.

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

Maksimov m Russian
Means "son of Maksim".

Malinowski m Polish
From Polish malina meaning "raspberry", originally indicating a person who lived near a raspberry patch.

Malone Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoil Eoin meaning "descendant of a disciple of Saint John".

Məmmədov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Məmməd".

Mammadov m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Məmmədov.

Mancuso Sicilian
Sicilian variant of Manco.

Mandić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Manda".

Mann German, English
From a nickname meaning "man". This may have originally been given in order to distinguish the bearer from a younger person with the same name.

Manning 1 English
Patronymic form of Mann.

Manning 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mainnín meaning "descendant of Mainchín".

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

Mariani Italian
From the given name Mariano.

Marie French
From the given name Marie.

Marín Spanish
Derived from the given name Marino.

Marin Romanian, French
From the given name Marin.

Marinova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Marinov.

Marion French
Derived from the given name Marion 1.

Markov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Marko or Mark".

Marković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Marko".

Marquardt German
From Old High German marka "border, boundary" and wart "protector". This was an occupational name for a border guard.

Marques Portuguese
Means "son of Marcos".

Marsh English
Originally denoted one who lived near a marsh or bog, derived from Old English mersc "marsh".

Marshall English
Derived from Middle English mareschal "marshal", from Latin mariscalcus, ultimately from Germanic roots akin to Old High German marah "horse" and scalc "servant". It originally referred to someone who took care of horses.

Martell English
Variant of Martel 1 or Martel 2.

Martelli Italian
Italian form of Martel 2.

Mårtensson Swedish
Means "son of Mårten".

Martín Spanish
Derived from the given name Martín.

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

Martínez Spanish
Means "son of Martín" in Spanish.

Martinez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Martínez.

Martino Italian
From the given name Martino.

Martinsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Martin".

Márton Hungarian
Derived from the given name Márton.

Marvin English
Derived from the Welsh given name Merfyn or the Old English name Mærwine.

Mason English
Occupational name for a stoneworker or layer of bricks, from Old French masson, of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").

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.

Matei Romanian
Derived from the given name Matei.

Matheson Scottish
Means "son of Matthew".

Mathews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Mathewson English
Means "son of Matthew".

Mathieu French
Derived from the given name Mathieu.

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

Matsumoto Japanese
From one of the many places with this name in Japan, derived from Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

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

Matthews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Mattsson Swedish
Means "son of Matts".

Maurer German
Occupational name meaning "wall builder" in German.

May English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Mayer 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Mayer 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Mayer 3 English
Occupational name for a mayor, from Middle English mair, derived via Old French from Latin maior.

Mayer 4 English
Variant of Myer.

McArthur Scottish
Means "son of Arthur" in Gaelic.

McCabe Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Cába", where Cába is a byname meaning "cape, cloak" (from Latin cappa).

McClain Scottish
Variant of McLain.

McClelland Irish, Scottish
From Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhaoláin meaning "son of the servant of Faolán".

McConnell Scottish, Irish
Derived from Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill (see MacDonald).

McCormick Irish, Scottish
From Gaelic Mac Cormaic meaning "son of Cormac".

McCracken Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Reachtain, Ulster Irish variant of Mac Neachtain.

McCrory Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí meaning "son of Ruaidhrí".

McCulloch Scottish
Scottish form of McCullough.

McDaniel Scottish
Variant of MacDonald.

McDermott Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada meaning "son of Diarmaid". The McDermotts were nobility in the Kingdom of Connaught, a province in Ireland.

McDonald Scottish
Variant of MacDonald.

McFarlane Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhàrlain or Irish Gaelic Mac Pharlain meaning "son of Parthalán".

McGee Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

McGill Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill meaning "son of the foreigner", derived from gall "foreigner".

McGinnis Irish
Variant of McGuinness.

McGough Irish
Variant of Gough 2.

McGowan Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Ghabhann.

McGregor Scottish
Variant of MacGregor.

McGuire Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mag Uidhir meaning "son of Odhar", a given name meaning "pale-coloured".

McIntosh Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisich meaning "son of the chief".

McKay Scottish
Anglicized form of MacAoidh.

McKee Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.

McKeever Irish
Variant of McIver.

McKenzie Scottish
Variant of MacKenzie.

McKinney Irish, Scottish
Variant of McKenna.

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

McLean Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGillEathain or MacGillEain meaning "son of the servant of Eòin".

McLeod Scottish
From Gaelic MacLeòid meaning "son of Leod", a given name derived from Old Norse ljótr "ugly".

McMahon Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mathghamhna meaning "son of Mathgamain".

McMillan Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacMhaoilein meaning "son of Maolan", itself meaning "devotee, servant, tonsured one".

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

McNaughton Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Neachtain.

McNeal Scottish
Variant of McNeil.

McNeil Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacNèill meaning "son of Niall".

McRae Scottish
From Gaelic Mag Raith meaning "son of Rath", a given name meaning "prosperity" or "grace".

Meadows English
Referred to one who lived in a meadow, from Old English mædwe.

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

Medina Spanish
Means "(Arab) city" in Spanish, derived from Arabic مدينة (madīna).

Medvedeva f Russian
Feminine form of Medvedev.

Mehmedović Bosnian
Means "son of Mehmed".

Meier 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Meier 2 Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Meijer Dutch
Dutch form of Meyer 1.

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

Mejía Spanish
Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah", from Latin Messias, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashiyaḥ) meaning "anointed".

Melnik Russian, Belarusian
Means "miller" in Russian and Belarusian.

Ménard French
From the Germanic given name Meginhard.

Méndez Spanish
Variant of Menéndez.

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

Mercier French
French form of Mercer.

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

Merlo Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Merrill 1 English
Derived from the given name Muriel.

Merrill 2 English
From the name of various places in England, derived from Old English myrige "pleasant" and hyll "hill".

Merritt English
From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".

Mészáros Hungarian
Means "butcher" in Hungarian.