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This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Biblical Hebrew; and the gender is unisex.

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Matthews English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Matthewson English
Means "son of Matthew".

Matthiasen Danish
Means "son of Matthias".

Mattsson Swedish
Means "son of Matts".

May English
Derived from the given name Matthew.

Mayes English
Patronymic form of May.

McAdams Scottish, Irish
Means "son of Adam" in Gaelic.

McClain Scottish
Variant of McLain.

McDevitt Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Daibhéid meaning "son of Dáibhí".

McFarland Irish, Scottish
Variant of McFarlane.

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

McLain Scottish
Variant of McLean.

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

Meeuwes Dutch
Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwessen Dutch
Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwis Dutch
Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwissen Dutch
Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwsen Dutch
Derived from the Dutch given name Meeuw, which comes from Bartholomeus (see Bartholomew).

Mendel 1 Jewish
Derived from the given name Mendel.

Mendelsohn Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Mendelssohn Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Metz 2 German
Derived from Mätz, a diminutive of the given name Matthias.

Michael English, German
From the given name Michael.

Michaelis German
Derived from the given name Michael.

Michaels English
Derived from the given name Michael.

Michaelson English
Means "son of Michael".

Michalak Polish
Means "son of Michał".

Michaud French
Derived from the given name Michel.

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

Micheli Italian
From the given name Michele 1.

Michiels Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Michiel".

Miguel Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Miguel.

Mihai Romanian
From the given name Mihai.

Mihailović Serbian
Means "son of Mihailo".

Mihajlović Serbian
Means "son of Mihajlo".

Mihaljević Croatian
Means "son of Mihael".

Mikaelsson Swedish
Means "son of Mikael".

Mikkelsen Danish
Means "son of Mikkel".

Mitchell 1 English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Michael.

Mollown Irish
Variant of Malone.

Monday 3 Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Eoin. The last part of the surname was mistakenly taken as the Gaelic word for "Monday", Luain.

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

Moss 2 English
From the given name Moses.

Mousavi Persian
From the given name Mousa.

Nana Italian
From a diminutive of Giovanni.

Nani Italian
Variant of Nana.

Nanni Italian
Variant of Nana.

Nannini Italian
From Nanni, a diminutive of the given name Giovanni.

Nathans Jewish
Derived from the given name Nathan.

Nathanson Jewish
Means "son of Nathan".

Ó Maoil Eoin Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Malone.

Papaioannou Greek
Means "son of Ioannis the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Ioannis.

Salamon Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the given name Salamon or Salomon.

Salmon English, French
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Salomon French, German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Salomon or Salomo.

Sampson English
Derived from a medieval form of the given name Samson.

Sams English
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Samsa Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Sámuel.

Samson English, French
Derived from the given name Samson.

Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Samuels English
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Samuelson English
Means "son of Samuel".

Samuelsson Swedish
Means "son of Samuel".

Sansone Italian
Derived from the given name Sansone.

Santana Spanish, Portuguese
From any of the numerous places named after Saint Anna. A famous bearer is the Mexican-American musician Carlos Santana (1947-).

Santiago Spanish, Portuguese
From various Spanish and Portuguese places called Santiago.

Segal 1 Jewish
From the Hebrew phrase סגן לויה (seḡan Lewiya) meaning "assistant Levite".

Semenyuk Ukrainian
From the given name Semen.

Siegel 3 Jewish
Variant of Segal 1.

Siemon German
Variant of Simon.

Sienkiewicz Polish
Patronymic from the given name Sienko, an old diminutive of Szymon. This was the surname of the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916).

Simen English (Rare)
From the given name Simon 1.

Šimić Croatian
Means "son of Šime".

Simmon German
From the given name Simon 1.

Simmons English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Simms English
Derived from the medieval given name Sim, a short form of Simon 1.

Simões Portuguese
Means "son of Simão" in Portuguese.

Simón Spanish
From the given name Simón.

Simon English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Simoneit German
From the given name Simon 1.

Simonis Dutch, German
Means "son of Simon 1".

Simons English, German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Simonsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Simon 1".

Simonson English
Means "son of Simon 1".

Simonsson Swedish
Swedish form of Simonson.

Simpkin English
From a diminutive of the given name Simon 1.

Simpson English
Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.

Sims English
Variant of Simms.

Šimunović Croatian
Means "son of Šimun".

Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.

St John English
From a place named for Saint John.

Symonds English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Symons English
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.

Tobin English
From a diminutive of the given name Tobias.

Toloni Italian
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.

Tumicelli Italian
Possibly from a diminutive of the given name Bartolomeo.

Valjean Literature
Created by Victor Hugo for Jean Valjean, the hero of his novel Les Misérables (1862). The novel explains that his father, also named Jean, received the nickname Valjean or Vlajean from a contraction of French voilá Jean meaning "here's Jean".

Yakovenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Yakiv.

Yancy Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jansen.

Yount German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Jundt.

Zanetti Italian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Giovanni. A famous bearer is Argentinian soccer player Javier Zanetti (1973-).

Zunino Italian
Derived from the given name Giovanni.