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Mol DutchHabitational name for someone from Mol in the Antwerp province, Belgium.
Molchan Russian, UkrainianFrom the Russian word молчан meaning "silent" it was often used as a nickname for someone who was soft-spoken and as a given name following Baptism
Mole EnglishMole is (in some but not all cases) the English form of the German Möhl meaning mill.
Molena VenetianFrom Venetian
mołéna "crumb", perhaps a nickname based on the bearer's size.
Molin SwedishCombination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix
-in.
Molinaro ItalianOccupational name for a miller, derived from Italian
mulino meaning "mill".
Molinarolo ItalianProbably from a person's occupation, with
molino/
mulino meaning "mill" in Italian. The second part may come from
rullo, meaning "a roller" or "I roll."
Molla BengaliMeans "mullah (an Islamic religious scholar)" in Bengali, ultimately from from Persian ملا
(molla).
Mollet FrenchTopographic name for someone who lived in a muddy or boggy place from a diminutive of mol "marsh, bog".
Molotov RussianFrom Russian молот
(molot) meaning "hammer", indicating someone who worked with hammers.
Molyneux FrenchPossibly a habitational name from Moulineux, meaning "mill of the waters", or derives from the Old French name De Molines or De Moulins, meaning "mill". The surname has been linked to a large French family that settled in Lancashire from France.
Mom KhmerMeans "angle, corner" or "dear, beloved, darling" in Khmer.
Momoi JapaneseFrom Japanese 桃
(momo) meaning "peach" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Momonoe Japanese (Rare)Combination of 桃
(momo) meaning "peach" and 枝
(e), shortened from
eda meaning "branch, bough," sandwiched by the genitive particle の
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Momosaki JapaneseMomo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Momose JapaneseFrom Japanese 百
(momo) meaning "hundred" and 瀬
(se) meaning "rapids, current".
Momota Japanesemomota means "a hundred rice fields". the kanji used are 百(momo) meaning " hundred" and 田(ta) meaning "rice field".
Momozaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Monaco ItalianNickname for someone of monkish habits or appearance, or an occupational name for a servant employed at a monastery, from Italian
monaco "monk" (from Greek
monachos "monk", "solitary").
Monarch EnglishOrigin unidentified. Perhaps a translation of French Monarque, Monarc, a nickname for a high-handed or haughty person, from Old French monarque 'monarch'.
Monarrez SpanishHispanic (Mexico; Monárrez): Altered Form Of Basque Munárriz Itself A Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From Munarritz (Also Amunarritz In Castilian Munárriz) A Town In Navarre.
Moncayo AragoneseThis indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain massif.
Mönch GermanDerived from German
Mönch "monk" (ultimately via Middle High German
münch and Old High German
munih from Latin
monicus. Compare
Monk).
Moncrief ScottishScottish: habitational name from Moncreiff Hill near Perth, so called from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.
Moncrieffe ScottishClan Moncreiffe is a Scottish clan. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic
Monadh croibhe which means "Hill of the sacred bough". The plant badge of Clan Moncreiffe is the oak, this presumably comes from the sacred tree.... [
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Mond GermanEither from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with
munt "protection guardianship" making it a cognate of
Monday 1 or probably also a topographic or habitational name referring to a house with the sign of a moon from Middle High German
mane mone "moon".
Mondejar SpanishHabitational name from a place called Mondéjar in Guadalajara province.
Mondithoka Telugu (Modern)they are honest people and having helping nature. at history one person has bull cart some time it was went into dig then all people was trying and trying for lift the cart. but no use from those,after that people were shouting as a bigger like come on 'mondithoka' this word not surname of farmer his bull has short tail... [
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Mondragón SpanishFrom the name of a town in Basque County, Spain, which is derived from Latin
mons draconis meaning "dragon mountain".
Mondschein German, Jewishtopographic or habitational name referring to a house name meaning "moonshine" or a nickname for someone who was bald from the same word Middle High German
mōne mān(d)e "moon" and
schīn "shine".
Moneta ItalianPossibly originating from a nickname given to those who lived near a temple dedicated to
Juno Moneta. A famous bearer of this surname is Nobel Prize for Peace recipient Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918).
Moneta Italianfrom
moneta "money" probably applied as either a nickname for a rich man or as a metonymic occupational name for a moneyer or money lender.
Moneypenny EnglishProbably from a medieval nickname for a rich person or a miser. A fictional bearer is Miss Moneypenny, secretary to M (the head of MI6) in the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming and in the films based on them.
Monfils FrenchMonfils is a surname of French origin, meaning "my son."
Monger EnglishName for a retail trader or a stallholder in a market, Middle English
monger,
manger.
Mongush TuvanTheorised to be derived from Tuvan
moon meaning "cohesive, powerful" combined with
kush "force". It is also believed to have been Mongolified and Turkified during the reign of Chinggis Khan in the 13th century.
Monkey Popular CultureThis is the surname of a few characters in the manga One Piece written by mangaka Eiichiro Oda including the main character. The main character Monkey D. Luffy is the founding father and captain of the pirate Straw Hats who, as of this writing, seeks the treasure the One Piece and desires to be the Pirate King... [
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Monoma JapaneseFrom Japanese 物 (mono) meaning "object" and 間 (ma) meaning "gap" or 物間 (monoma) meaning "among things"
Monomachos GreekMeaning gladiator or 'the one that fights alone.' A surname of a Byzantine family from Nicomedia (Izmit).
Monopoli ItalianItalian: habitational name from a place called Monopoli in Bari province from Greek monē polis ‘single town’.
Monreal SpanishHabitational name from any of the places called Monreal for example in Cuenca Teruel and Zaragoza provinces.
Monsivais SpanishHispanic (Mexico; Monsiváis): Perhaps A Topographic Name Derived From Latin Mons Silvaticus ‘Wooded Mountain’ Or A Habitational Name From Monsivalls A Hill In Ribagorza In Huesca Province (Spain) Named From Latin Monte Ipsa Vallis ‘Mount Of The Valley’.
Mont French, Catalantopographic name for a mountain dweller from Catalan and Old French
mont "mountain" (from Latin
mons genitive
montis).
Montalban SpanishSpanish (Montalbán): habitational name from Montalbán de Córdoba from Latin montem albanum 'white mountain'.
Montalbano ItalianHabitational name from Montalbano di Elicona in northeastern Sicily (earlier simply Montalbano), Montalbano Jonico (Matera province), or the district of Montalbano in Fasano, Brindisi.
Montale ItalianFrom Latin
mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.
Montalto Italian, PortugueseHabitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province in Italy or from a place in Portugal called Montalto from
monte "hill" and
alto "high" (from Latin
altus).
Montaperto ItalianMy father tells me this name means "open mountain." It seems to have come from a small area around Agrigento in Sicily, Italy.
Monteagudo SpanishHabitational name from any of numerous places called Monteagudo (‘pointed mountain’) from monte ‘mountain’ + agudo ‘sharp pointed’ (from Latin acutus from acus ‘needle’) for example in the provinces of Murcia Teruel A Coruña and Navarre.
Montecalvo ItalianHabitational name from any of various places called Montecalvo ("bald mountain") especially Montecalvo Irpino in Avellino province, from the elements
monte "mountain" and
calvo "bald".
Montefiore Italian, JewishDerived from
Montefiore, which is the name of several places in Italy. For example, there is Castle Montefiore in the town of Recanati (province of Macerata), the municipality of Montefiore Conca (province of Rimini) and the municipality of Montefiore dell'Aso (province of Ascoli Piceno)... [
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Monteith ScottishFrom the name of the district of
Menteith in south Perthshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic
monadh meaning "hill pasture" combined with the Scottish river name
Teith. A famous bearer was the Canadian actor and musician Cory Monteith (1982-2013), who played Finn Hudson on the American television series
Glee (2009-2015).
Monteleone ItalianFrom various place names, meaning "mountain lion", or "mountain of the lion".
Montemayor SpanishHabitational name from any of several places called Montemayor, from monte meaning "mountain" + mayor meaning "main", "larger", "greater", in particular in the provinces of Cordova, Salamanca, and Valladolid.
Montenegro Spanish, PortugueseHabitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese
monte meaning "mountain, hill" and
negro meaning "black".
Monterd AragoneseIt indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Monterd d’Albarrazín or Monterd.
Monterrubio SpanishHabitational name from any of the places called Monterrubio ‘red mountain’.
Montesano ItalianFrom Italian
monte meaning "mountain" and
sano meaning "healthy".
Montesinos SpanishTopographic name for someone who lived on a mountain from a derivative of monte 'mountain' (from Latin mons gentive montis).
Montesquieu FrenchFrom French
montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from
queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.
Monteverde ItalianHabitational name from any of various places called Monteverde, for example in Avellino province, from monte meaning "mountain" + verde meaning "green".
Monteverdi ItalianDerived from Italian
monte meaning "mountain" and
verdi meaning "green"; literally means "green mountain".
Montevirgen Spanish (Philippines)From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary,
Nuestra Señora de Montevirgen, meaning "Our Lady of Mount Virgin," dedicated at the Convento de Montevirgen (Convent of Mount Virgin) in the municipality of Villalba de los Barros, located in Extremadura's Badajoz province in western Spain.
Montford EnglishAs a Shropshire name believed to mean "from a communal ford or water crossing" while the Norfolk origin is "from Munda's ford," Munda being an old English personal name meaning "protector, guardian," as seen in names such as
Edmund.
Montiel SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Montigny Frenchhabitational name from (Le) Montigny the name of several places in various parts of France (from a Gallo-Roman estate name Montiniacum formed either from a personal name or from a derivative of
mons "mountain" and the locative suffix
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Montilla SpanishHabitational name from Montilla a place in Córdoba province.
Montisci ItalianOriginated in Sardinia, Italy in the 17th century given to fishermen
Montone Italiannickname from
montone "ram" (from Medieval Latin
multo genitive
multonis). Or a habitational name from any of numerous places called Montone ("big mountain").
Montoro Spanish, ItalianA Spanish habitational name from any of the places called Montoro in particular those in Córdoba or Teruel provinces. Italian habitational name from any of the places called Montoro in particular Montoro Inferiore and Montoro Superiore in Avellino province.
Montpelier English, FrenchEnglish and French variant of
Montpellier. This is the name of several places in the United States, for example the capital city of the state of Vermont, which was named after the French city of
Montpellier.
Montpellier FrenchMeans "woad mountain", derived from French
mont (itself from Latin
mōns) meaning "mountain" and
pastel (Latin
pastellus,
pestellus) meaning "woad, dye", referring to someone who lived near a mountain that was covered with woad (a plant that produces a blue dye)... [
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Monty French, EnglishTopographic name for a mountain dweller, from Old French mont 'mountain' (Latin mons, montis).
Monvoisin FrenchMarried surname of a infamous 17th century fortune teller and poisoner, Catherine Monvoisin nee Deshayes, known as La Voisin. Executed for witchcraft in 1680 in the affair of the poisons. Her clients included the elite of Paris including a mistress of Louis XIV.
Monzo ItalianPossibly a variant of Monsu, which may be an occupational name for a cook, Calabrian munsu, or a nickname or title from Milanese monsu ‘sir’, ‘lord’, ‘gentleman’.
Monzon SpanishHabitational name from Monzón, a place in Uesca province, which is probably named from Latin montione ‘big mountain’.
Moody English, IrishEither from Middle English
modie "angry, haughty, impetuous", or Old English
modig "brave, proud".
Mook GermanThis surname means 'flying insect' from a German word that is mauke. (I think it is mauke, I am SO not sure.)
Mööl EstonianMööl is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "möll" meaning "tumult" and "turbulence".
Moorcock EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a moorcock (the male of the red grouse). It is borne by British author Michael Moorcock (1939-).
Morabito ItalianUltimately from Arabic
مُرَابِط (
murabit) "holy man, one who preaches in the street; soldier stationed in an outpost", from which comes Sicilian
murabitu "moderate, sober" and
murabbiu "teetotal".
Moraczewski PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages named Moraczewo.
Morag HebrewMeans "threshing sledge", "flail" in Hebrew. Morag is a hand-held threshing tool.
Moralee English, FrenchFirst found in Norfolk where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings.
Moran IrishThe surname Moran, originating in counties Mayo and Sligo of Connaught, is the shortened version of O'Moran, Anglicized form of the older O'Morain "grandson of the great one" with the Old Irish root mor 'great, big' (denoting stature and/or character).
Morand French, French (Swiss)from the medieval Latin personal name Maurandus Morandus derived from Maurus "Mauritanian Moor" and the suffix -andus (following the pattern of names formed from a verbal noun such as Amandus) or shortened from Moderandus which appears to be Latin for "he who is (able) to be guided"... [
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Morant English, FrenchFrom the Old French personal name
Morant, perhaps from a nickname meaning "steadfast", or alternatively of Germanic origin and meaning literally "courage-raven". A known bearer was the British-born Australian soldier and poet Breaker Morant, original name Edwin Henry Murrant (?1864-1902).
Moranville FrenchHabitational name from Moranville, probably derived from the personal name
Morand + Old French word
ville "settlement".
Moratalla SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Murcian municipality.
Morceli Arabic (Maghrebi)Possibly from Arabic مُرْسِل
(mursil) meaning "sender, dispatcher" or "sent, transmitted" from أَرْسَلَ
(ʾarsala) "to send, to dispatch".
Mordaunt EnglishRecorded as Mordant, Mordaunt (English), Mordagne, Mordant (French) and apparently Mordanti in Italy, this is a surname of French origins. According to the famous Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley writing in the year 1880, the name was originally Norman, and was brought to England by a follower of Duke William of Normandy, when he conquered England in 1066... [
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Morden EnglishParish in Surrey; one mile from Mitcham. "Moor Hollow" in Old English.
More English, ScottishVariant of
Moore 3. A famous bearer was the English lawyer, humanist, and martyr Saint Thomas More (1478-1535).
More Frenchnickname for a dark-skinned man from Old French
more "Moor" (from Latin
Maurus). French cognitive of
Moore 3.