All Submitted Surnames

Mader German

Madera Spanish
describing someone who lived or worked in a forest. the word Madera means "wood" in Spanish. Spanish meaning of surname Wood

Madera Polish, Slovak, Hungarian
Ethnic name from an old word for a Hungarian (see Magyar).

Madhubuti Swahili
A notable bearer is Haki R. Madhubuti, a writer.

Madhusanka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මධුෂංක (see Madushanka).

Madhushanka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala මධුෂංක (see Madushanka).

Madi Muslim
Variant of Mahdi.

Madia South African

Madiev m Kazakh
Means "son of Madi".

Madieva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Madiev.

Madiga Indian, Telugu
Telugu occupational name for a leather worker, a job historically considered polluting and impure in India, where the surname belongs to Dalit, or "Untouchables" - members of the lowest caste.

Madina Various
Meaning unknown.

Madisen English
Variant of Madison.

Madkins English
Metronymic from a pet form of the personal name Madde.

Madland English

Madlang-awa Tagalog
From Tagalog madlang awa meaning "mercy for the community".

Madlangbayan Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog madlang bayan meaning "the general public".

Madlangsakay Filipino (Modern, Rare, ?)
Meaning in Filipino "people on board"

Madonia Italian
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Madonia, or a regional name for someone from Madonie in Sicily.

Madonna Italian
From the person name Madonna, from donna meaning "lady", bestowed in honor of the Virgin Mary.

Madox English
Variant of Maddox.

Madraswala Indian (Parsi)
From Madras (presently Chennai), the name of the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Madren Cornish, Welsh
Variant of Madron.

Madriaga Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Madariaga primarily used in the Philippines.

Madrid Spanish (Latin American)

Madrid Spanish
habitational name from what is now Spain's principal city Madrid. Throughout the Middle Ages it was of only modest size and importance and did not become the capital of Spain until 156 Its name is of uncertain origin most probably a derivative of Late Latin matrix genitive matricis "riverbed" much changed by Arabic mediation (see Madrigal ). There are other smaller places of the same name in the provinces of Burgos and Cantabria and these may also be sources of the surname.

Madrigal Spanish
"Madrigal" comes from from the Venetian madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (gen. matricis) "womb."

Madrigale Spanish

Madrimov Uzbek

Madriz Spanish, Catalan
patronymic surname meaning "son of Madrileño"; given to a person that came from Madrid, Spain.

Madroñero Spanish
It literally means "strawberry farmer".

Madrueno Spanish

Madrus Estonian
Madrus is an Estonian surname meaning "sailor".

Madson English

Maduea Thai
Means "fig" in Thai.

Madureira Portuguese

Madusanka Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Madushanka.

Madushanka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit मधु (madhu) meaning "sweet, delicious, honey".

Madutlela Sepedi
Madutlela is a South African surname of the Pedi speaking people.

Madžar Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Mađar, Madžar, meaning "Hungarian".

Madzharov m Bulgarian
From Bulgarian маджар (madzhar) meaning "Hungarian", ultimately from Hungarian magyar.

Madzharova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Madzharov.

Madzhiev m Kalmyk (Russified)
Means "son of Mandzhi".

Mäe Estonian
Mäe is an Estonian surname meaning "hill".

Maebara Japanese
Maebara is an uncommon Japanese surname that has more than one meaning, depending on the characters used to write it. The first and most common spelling is with the characters for "Before" (前) and "Original" (原)... [more]

Maeder Swiss

Maegawa Japanese
A variant of Maekawa.... [more]

Mäehans Estonian
Mäehans is an Estonian surname, a corruption meaning "mountain/hill city".

Maehara Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Maehdon Welsh
Welsh, of undefined origin.

Mæhle Norwegian, Danish (Rare)
Denoted someone from a farm in Norway named Mele, ultimately derived from Old Norse melr meaning "dune, sandbank, gravel bank". Alternatively taken from the name of a farm named Male whose name was derived from Old Norse mǫl "pebbles, gravel".

Maejima Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward" and Jima means "Island". This is a variant of Maeshima.

Maejima Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Mäekalle Estonian
Mäekalle is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain slope".

Mäekivi Estonian
Mäekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain stone".

Mæle Norwegian

Mäeloog Estonian
Mäeloog is an Estonian surname meaning "hill windrow".

Maematsu Japanese
Mae means "forward, front" and matsu means "pine".

Mäemets Estonian
Mäemets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".

Maemondo Japanese

Maeno Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 野 (no) meaning "area, field, wilderness".

Mäeorg Estonian
Mäeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill glen".

Mäeots Estonian
Mäeots is an Estonian surname meaning "hill cusp/tip".

Mäepea Estonian
Mäepea is an Estonian surname meaning "hill head" ("top of the hill").

Mäepõld Estonian
Mäepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain field".

Mäesalu Estonian
Mäesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hill grove".

Maesawa Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Maesen Flemish
Variant of Maessen.

Maeshima Japanese
Mae means "front, forward" and shima means "island".

Maesi Caribbean

Maeß German

Maestre Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from old Spanish and Portuguese maestre meaning 'master', 'master craftsman', 'teacher'.

Maestro Italian
Variant of Maestri

Maeta Japanese
Variant of Maeda.

Mäetalu Estonian
Mäetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill farmstead".

Maevi Indonesian

Maevis German (Rare)

Maeyamada Japanese
Mae means "front, forward", yama means "mountain", and da is a variant of ta meaning "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Maezawa Japanese
Variant of Maesawa.

Maezono Japanese

Mafanela South African

Maferri Italian

Maffei Romansh, Italian (Swiss), Italian
Patronymic form of Maffeo.

Mafferri Italian
Variant of Maferri.

Maffessanti Italian
Meaning is overall unknown, but might come from Saint of Matthew. In Italian the name “Maffeo” is an Italian spelling of Matthew and “Santi” means saints, so combined it would be Maffessanti... [more]

Maffia Italian
Variant of Mattia.

Maffione Italian
Possibly a derivative of the given name Maffeo. This surname is from the Puglia region of Barletta, southern Italy.

Maffret French
beleived to originated in{ NICE, france} in the late 19th century, emmigration from france to london,{stepney}, where the surname was mistakenly added an extra letter "T" resulting in the surname MAFFRETT

Mafra Portuguese (Brazilian)

Mafune Japanese
From 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 船 or 舟 (fune) meaning "ship, boat".

Maga Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 真賀 (see Maka).

Magadia Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog mag-adya meaning "protect, help, deliver from danger".

Magaldi Italian, South American
Patronymic or plural form of the Old German personal name Magoald (from the elements megin, magan "strength, might, power" and wald "power"), or else a nickname from magaldo meaning "evil, wicked", which was derived from the personal name... [more]

Magaling Tagalog
Means "skilled, great, excellent" in Tagalog.

Magallanes Spanish
Spanish: Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From The Village Of Magaláns (Castilian Magalanes) In Pontevedra Province Galicia (Spain).

Magalona Hiligaynon, Filipino, Tagalog
Magalona is a Filipino surname, a derivation of both the Hiligaynon Magalona, which means ‘headline’, and Magalona, a diminutive of the Occitan Margalida.

Magaña Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.

Mag Annaidh Irish
Meaning "son of Annaidh"; the fullest and most correct form of the surname which is usually written Mac Anna or Mac Canna, which see... [more]

Magano Spanish, Portuguese

Magar Nepali
From the name of the Magar people of Nepal, meaning uncertain.

Magarang Filipino, Maranao
Means "bright, sharp" in Maranao.

Magari Japanese

Magasis Filipino

Magat Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
From a title used by petty chiefs in pre-colonial Philippines.

Magbanua Filipino, Cebuano
From Cebuano magbanwa meaning "townsperson", derived from Cebuano bánwa meaning "city, town".

Magbojos Filipino, Tagalog
Variant of Magbuhos.

Magboo Filipino, Tagalog
From Tagalog magbuo meaning "assemble, put together".

Magbuhat Tagalog
Means "to carry, to lift" in Tagalog.

Magbuhos Filipino, Tagalog
Means "douse, pour" in Tagalog.

Magcawas Tagalog
From Tagalog magkawas meaning "to liberate, to release, to deliver".

Mag Céadaigh Irish
It means "son of Céadach".

Magdalena Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Occitan, Italian, Sicilian, Romanian, Greek, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene
From the given name Magdalena.

Magdaleno Spanish
Masculine form of the Biblical name Magdalena.

Magdalita Tagalog
Means "to entreat, to beseech, to implore" in Tagalog.

Magdangal Tagalog
Means "to honour, to give praise" in Tagalog.

Magdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Majdi chiefly used in Egypt.

Mage French

Maged Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Majid.

Mag Eiteagáin Irish
It means "son of Eiteagán".

Mag Eochagáin Irish
It means "son of Eochagán".

Magers English

Magesis English

Mag Fhinn Irish

Mag Fhionnáin Irish
Means "descendant of Fionnán"

Maggie English

Maggio Italian
From a nickname or personal name from the month of May, maggio, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a rather obscure goddess of fertility, whose name is derived from the same root as maius "larger" and maiestas "greatness"... [more]

Maggioni Italian

Maggiori Italian
Recorded in many spelling forms including the 'base' form of Maggi, and the diminutives and double diminutives Maggiore, Maggiori, Di Maggio, Maggorini, and many others, this is an Italian surname of Roman (Latin) origins... [more]

Maggs English
Metronymic from the medieval personal name Mag.

Maghery Irish
Name for a resident of the village of town of Maghery in Northern Ireland.

Maghribi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic المغرب (al-Maghrib) meaning "the west", also referring to the country of Morocco. It could be used to refer to a Moroccan person or (in English) someone from the Maghreb region of Northern Africa.

Maghsoudi Persian
From the given name Maghsoud.

Magill English
scottish/irish

Magindara Cebuano
Magindara is a name of a demigoddess who turned into a mermaid, it is also the name of mythical creatures in the Philippines that are man-eating mermaids. It's a Central Bikol word for "mermaid".

Magis Belgian

Maglajlić Bosnian

Maglajlija Bosnian

Maglaque Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)

Maglaqui Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Variant of Maglaque.

Maglasang Filipino, Cebuano
Denotes a forest dweller or a person originally from a forest, derived from Cebuano lasang meaning "forest".

Magnan French

Magnaye Filipino

Magner Irish, Germanic
Irish from a pet form of the Scandinavian name Magnus, in Ireland borne by both Vikings and Normans.... [more]

Magnesi Italian
Derived from the word "magnesia," which is an ancient term for a region in present-day Greece that was known for its deposits of magnesium and other minerals. The surname may have been given to someone who originated from this region or was associated with it.

Magno Italian

Magnon Louisiana Creole

Magnum English
Possibly derived from the given name Magnus. It is borne by the fictional character Thomas Magnum, the protagonist on the American television series Magnum, P.I. (1980-1988).

Magnus Various
From the given name Magnus.

Magnusdóttir Icelandic
Patronymic, used exclusively by women. Means "daughter of Magnus".

Magnuson English
Means "Son of Magnus".

Magnussen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Magnus."

Magnússon Icelandic
Means "son of Magnús" in Icelandic.

Magoffin Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Macgobhainn.

Magombo Swahili, African, Swazi (Rare)
Meaning unknown, possibly related from the fore name of the same name. It means "leaves" (verb) in Swahili.

Magomedaliev m Dagestani
Means "son of Magomedali".

Magomedalieva f Dagestani
Feminine form of Magomedaliev.

Magomedsharipov Dagestani

Magondacan Filipino, Maranao
From Maranao magondakan meaning "artistic, graceful".

Magondu Kikuyu

Magowan Northern Irish
Origion person from Ballygowan Co Down Northern Ireland

Magpantay Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to align" in Tagalog.

Magparangalan Tagalog
Means "to show off with pride, to honour one another" in Tagalog.

Magpayo Filipino, Tagalog
Means "advise, give advice" in Tagalog.

Magpili Tagalog
Means "to choose" in Tagalog.

Magrassó Catalan

Magrath Irish
Variant of Mcgrath.

Magritte French (Belgian)

Magsarili Tagalog
Means "to live alone, to do alone" in Tagalog.

Magsayo Filipino, Cebuano

Magsaysay Filipino, Tagalog
Means "relate, narrate, declare" in Tagalog. A notable bearer was Ramon Magsaysay (1907-1957), the seventh president of the Philippines.

Magsino Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to look closely", derived from Tagalog sino meaning "who". It was probably used as an occupational name for an investigator.

Magsisi Tagalog
Means "to regret" in Tagalog.

Magsombol Tagalog
From Tagalog magsumbol meaning "to signal, to wave a flag".

Magsumbol Tagalog
Variant of Magsombol.

Magtalas Tagalog
Means "to sharpen" in Tagalog.

Magtanong Tagalog
Means "to ask a question" in Tagalog.

Magtibay Filipino, Tagalog
Means "to strengthen" in Tagalog.

Maguadok Chamorro
Chamorro action word for "to dig a hole (in the ground)".

Mag Uiginn Irish
Original Gaelic form of Kiggins means "son of the Viking" Uiginn meaning "Viking". (See Higgins).

Magyarodi Hungarian (Rare)

Magyarody French (Quebec), Hungarian (Anglicized, Rare)

Mahabir Indian, Trinidadian Creole
From Sanskrit महत् (mahát) meaning "great, large, big" combined with वीर (vīrá) meaning "man, hero, husband".

Mahadevan Indian, Tamil

Mahajan Indian, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali
Means "great (number of) people" or "tradesman, merchant" from Sanskrit महा (maha) meaning "great" combined with जन (jána) meaning "person, people".

Mahalah African
zambian (tumbuka) name meaning intelligent. "mwana wa mahalah" means intelligent child

Mahamadou Western African
From the given name Mahamadou.

Mahamat Western African, Thai (Muslim)
From the given name Mahamat.

Mahammadov Lak
Lak form of Magomedov.

Mahan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Mahon.

Mahapatra Indian, Odia
From the Sanskrit महत् (mahat) "great, large, big" possibly combined with पात्र (pātra) "drinking-vessel, goblet, bowl, cup".

Maharaj Indian, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Trinidadian Creole
Means "great king" or "great ruler" from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large, big" combined with राज (rāja) meaning "king, sovereign".

Maharaja Batak

Maharana Indian, Odia
Derived from the Sanskrit title महाराणा (maharana) meaning "king of kings", from महा (maha) meaning "great" and राणा (rana) meaning "king".

Maharjan Nepali
Meaning uncertain.

Maharjan Nepali
Either from Sanskrit महाजन (mahajana) meaning "great, distinguished, eminent" or महा (maha) meaning "great" combined with अर्जन (arjana) meaning "acquisition, earning".

Məhərrəmli Azerbaijani
From the given name Məhərrəm.

Məhərrəmov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Məhərrəm".

Məhərrəmova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Məhərrəmov.

Mahato Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, Odia, Nepali
From a title given to the head of a village or a well-to-do peasant, possibly derived from Sanskrit महत् (mahat) meaning "great, large, big".

Mahavong Lao
From Lao ມະຫາ (maha) meaning "great, grand, excellent" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".

Mahawong Thai
From Thai มหา (maha) meaning "great, grand" and วงศ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family".

Mahboub Arabic
From the given name Mahboub.

Mahbub Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Mahbub.

Mahda Ukrainian

Mahdavi Persian
From the given name Mahdi.

Mahdi Arabic, Persian
From the given name Mahdi.

Mahdipoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مهدی‌پور (see Mahdipour).

Mahdipour Persian
Means "son of Mahdi".

Mahdizadeh Persian
From the given name Mahdi combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mahelona Hawaiian

Mahendra Indian

Maher Irish (Rare)
The originally spelling was "O'Meachair" which means the 'kindly' or the 'generous'. The Maher family resided in the O'Carrol... [more]

Maher Croatian
Colloquial term for "master".

Maher Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian)

Maher Arabic
From the given name Mahir.

Mahesh Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
From the given name Mahesh.

Mahfoud Arabic
Derived from the given name Mahfuz.

Mahfouz Arabic
From the given name Mahfuz.

Mahfuz Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Mahfuz.

Mahgoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Mahjoub.

Mahi Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi
From the given name Mahi.

Mahi'ai Hawaiian
From the elements "mahi" (farm) and "'ai" (food).

Mahilom Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Mahilum.

Mahilum Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano mahilom meaning "quiet, still, silent".

Mahinay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "gently" or "slowly" in Cebuano.

Mahitsaraphakdi Dambro, Thai

Mahjoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Mahjoub.

Mahlangu Southern African, Ndebele, Zulu
Derived from Ndebele hlangula meaning "assist, help, remove (from danger)" or Zulu isihlangu meaning "shield".

Mahlapuu Estonian
Mahlapuu is an Estonian surname derived from "mahlakas"; meaning "lush", "sappy" and "malapert" "tree/wood"; "lush tree".

Mahler German
Variant of Maler, a German occupational surname meaning "painter", particularly a stained glass painter.... [more]

Mahloy English (American)
Mahloy is a misspelling of Malloy by Charles Malloy's (b. 1898, Scotland) elementary school teacher in the Ireland. The surname Malloy is derived from the pre 10th century Old Gaelic name O'Maolmhuidh, meaning the descendant of the Great Chief.

Mahmood Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mahmud.

Mahmoudian Persian
From the given name Mahmoud.

Mahmoudinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mahmoud" in Persian.

Mahmoudzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mahmoud".

Mahmudov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mahmud".

Mahmudova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mahmudov.

Mahmuti Albanian
Derived from the given name Mahmut.

Mahmutović Bosnian
Means "son of Mahmut".

Mahnken English (American)

Mahnyik Hungarian

Mahomes American
With Gaelic origins, Mahomes is a surname that is derived from the word “mathghamhan”, which means “bear”. A famous individual with the name is NFL Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.

Mahon Irish
A shortened form of Mahoney.

Mahone Irish

Mahony Irish, English, Scottish
Variant of Mahoney.

Mahood Irish

Mahrez Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic مُحْرَز (maḥraz) meaning "accomplished, achieved, attained". A notable bearer is Riyad Mahrez (1991-), an Algerian footballer.

Mahtmuja Albanian

Mahto Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Variant transcription of Mahato.

Mahu Moluccan

Mahulauw Moluccan

Mahum Pakistani

Mahurin English

Mahuru Papuan

Mahusay Filipino, Cebuano
Means "orderly" in Cebuano.

Mahya Indonesian

Mai Chinese
From Chinese 麦 (mài) meaning "wheat, barley, oats". It was adopted as a family name by the descendants of Maiqiu, a figure from the Spring and Autumn Period, or Mai Tiezheng, a Sui dynasty military general.

Mai German
Derived from German der Mai meaning "May", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.

Maia Portuguese
Habitational name from any of several places named Maia, especially one in Porto.

Maia Basque
From the name of a village in Navarre, Spain, called Amaiur in Basque, derived from amai "end, boundary, limit" (compare the given name Amaia).

Maià Catalan
Habitational name from Maià de Montcal, a village in Girona, or any of several other places named with Maià, which is of pre-Roman origin.

Maibaum German, French

Maibuca Tuvaluan

Maidana Spanish
Likely derived from from Arabic ميدانا (maydanan) meaning "field".

Maide Estonian
Maide is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "maidel" meaning "gudgeon (a type of freshwater fish)".

Maides English
Maides is an almost extinct surname which has decreased significantly in popularity since the 19th century, though has always been relatively uncommon. The surname is today most popular in Leicestershire but the family bearing the surname from that area seem to have originated from the south of Warwickshire... [more]

Maidment English
Occupational name for a servant of maidens (such as nuns), from Middle English maiden (ultimately from Old English mægden) meaning "young girl, virgin, maiden" and man ending with an excrescent -t.

Maidre Estonian
Maidre is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "maidel" meaning "gudgeon" (a type of fish)".

Maietta Italian

Maïga African

Maikels English (American), Jewish
Variant of Michaels.

Maillard French, French (Swiss)

Maimeri Italian
Surname of italian painter and entrepreneur Giovanni (Gianni) Maimeri.

Maimets Estonian
Maimets is an Estonian surname meaning "May forest".

Maimon Jewish, Judeo-Arabic
From the given name Maimon or Maimun

Maimonides Jewish (Hellenized), Judeo-Arabic, History
Hellenized form of Ben Maimon. Moses ben Maimon was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher, commonly known as Maimonides.

Main Scottish, English, French, Norman
Various origins explained include:... [more]

Mainaky Indonesian

Mainarte Portuguese

Maine French
French topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling’, ‘residence’, ‘abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named.

Maine Scottish, English
Scottish and English variant spelling of Main.

Mainé Catalan
Variant of Mainer.

Mainer English
Variant of Mayner.

Mainka Polish

Mainolfi Italian

Mains English (?)

Mainu Western African

Mainwaring English (British)

Maiocchi Italian

Maione Italian

Maioni Italian
Variant of Maione.

Maior Portuguese, Romanian

Maiorana Italian
From Sicilian maiurana, "marjoram (herb)".

Maiorova Medieval Russian

Mair Scottish
A steward, bailiff, or warden.

Mair Welsh
From the given name Mair

Maire French (Swiss)
French Swiss surname ... [more]

Mairena Spanish
From place name Mairena.

Maisel Yiddish, German, French
Predominantly seems to be a matronymic surname from the Yiddish feminine name Mayzl. Although it is believed that it derived from the Hebrew name Meïser, which means “representative of God”... [more]

Maison French, Walloon
Derived from Old French maison "residence", this name used to be given to someone who lived by an important house.