All Submitted Surnames

Murdvee Estonian
Murdvee is an Estonian surname meaning "break water".

Murea Romanian

Murel Estonian
Murel is an Estonian surname meaning "heart cherry".

Murer German (Swiss)
Cognate of Maurer.

Mureșan Romanian
Originally denoted a person from Mureș County in Romania.

Mureșanu Romanian
Variant of Mureșan.

Murfield English

Murganović Vlach
Means "son of Murgan".

Murgulescu Romanian

Murić Bosnian

Murieta Basque

Murillo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Murillo, so named from a diminutive of Spanish muro meaning "wall".

Mürk Estonian
Mürk is an Estonian surname meaning "poison" and "venom".

Murkerson English (American)
May be related to the surname Murchison

Murkey English (American)

Murkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Murkowo.

Murland Irish
Murland is an Irish surname, which according to MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland is MacMurghalain in Gaelic, ultimately deriving from words meaning "sea" and "valor".

Murley English

Murmu Indian, Santali

Mūrnieks Latvian
Means "mason".

Muro Japanese
Muro means "room".

Murodov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Murad".

Murofushi Japanese

Murohashi Japanese

Muroi Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Muroya Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Murphey Irish
Variant of Murphy

Murrah Scottish Gaelic
This Irish surname of MURRAH is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac MURCHADHA, from the personal name MURCHADHA, composed of the elements MUIR (sea) + CADH (warrior).

Murre Estonian
Murre is an Estonian surname meaning "dialect".

Murren Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Murrin.

Murrey English, Scottish, Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish variant of Murray.

Murrow Irish, Scottish
Variant of Morrow. A famous bearer of the surname was Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), US radio and television journalist.

Murs French

Mürsəlov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mürsəl".

Murshed Bengali
Derived from the given name Murshed.

Murtagh Irish
Anglicized form of Muirchertach or Muiredach.

Murtaugh Irish

Murtaza Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Murtada.

Murtazaliev Avar, Chechen
From a combination of the given names Murtaza and Ali 1.

Murtha Irish
Variant of Murtagh.

Murthy Indian
This surname means manifestation, image.

Murto Finnish

Murtov Georgian
Means "son of Murtaz".

Murturi Albanian

Muru Estonian
Muru is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn".

Murumaa Estonian
Murumaa is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn/sod land".

Murutalu Estonian
Mututalu is an Estonian surname meaning "lawn farm/farmstead".

Murvai Romanian
Probably they originate from Murva (Transilvania-Siklód http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikl%C3%B3d).

Mury Spanish (Rare)

Musa Albanian

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

Mūsaev Kazakh

Musaev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Means "son of Musa".

Musaeva Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаева and Kazakh Мұсаева (see Musaev).

Musah Western African

Musaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Musa" in Albanian.

Musaji Gujarati, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the Arabic name Musa.

Musakowski Polish

Musalam Arabic
Alternate transcription of Musallam.

Musallam Arabic
From the given name Musallam.

Musaraj Albanian

Musat Romanian

Musayev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаев and Kazakh Мұсаев (see Musaev).

Musayeva Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Feminine transcription of Kyrgyz/Chechen/Avar/Dargin/Lezgin/Kumyk Мусаева and Kazakh Мұсаева (see Musayev).

Musca Italian, Romanian

Muscal German

Muscarà Sicilian

Muscat English
Variant of Muscott

Müsch German
Either a habitational name from a place named Müsch in Germany, or a topographic name meaning "bog", perhaps given to someone living near a bog.

Musch Dutch, German
From a nickname meaning "house sparrow".

Musco Italian
From Sicilian muscu "moss".

Muscolino Italian

Muscott English
A surname for someone from Muscott.

Musemić Bosnian

Musgrave English

Musgrove English

Mushahary Indian, Bodo

Mushakoji Japanese
Variant transcription of Mushakouji.

Mushakouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".

Mushanokoji Japanese
Variant transcription of Mushanokouji.

Mushanokouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".

Musharraf Urdu, Bengali (Muslim)
Derived from Arabic مُشْرِف (mušrif) meaning "supervisor, overseer" or "honourable, dominant".

Mushinski Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Moshny, in Ukraine.

Mushket Russian, Ukrainian
Means "musket, matchlock" from Russian "mušket" - maybe a nickname of some bandit.

Mushkolaj Albanian

Mushohwe Shona
Meaning unknown.

Mushold German (Rare)
Unknown

Mushtaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mushtaq.

Music English
Anglicized form of Mušič and Musić.

Musić Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
Patronymic from the personal name Musa, a pet form of the Biblical name Mojsije.

Musick Polish
This Polish and Czech surname was a name of two-fold origin. It was a name given to a peasant or vassal and was also a nickname from the Polish word 'musiec' meaning 'must'. It appears that the name derived from someone who had to take orders, perhaps from an overseer or lord of the manor.

Mušicki Serbian

Musin Tatar, Bashkir, Russian, Kazakh
From the given name Musa.

Musk English
Perhaps a variant of Dutch Musch.

Muskal Jewish, Ukrainian, Polish

Muskel German

Muskoka English (Canadian)

Muskow French (Archaic)
French Variant of Moscow.

Musleh Arabic
Derived from the given name Muslih.

Muslim Arabic, Indonesian, Pakistani, Indian (Muslim)
From the Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama) "to surrender, expose" (from the same root of the word Islam). The term denotes a follower of Islam.

Muslimov Azerbaijani, Dagestani

Muslimov Russian, Muslim
Means "son of Muslim".

Muslimović Bosnian

Musmacher German

Mušović Bosnian

Mussey English
Nickname from Middle English mūs ‘mouse’ + ēage ‘eye’.

Mussi Italian

Mussley English

Musso Italian
Nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the mouth.

Mussorgsky Russian

Must Estonian
Estonian surname meaning "black".

Mustafa Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustafaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Mustafa" in Albanian.

Mustafayev Azerbaijani
Means “son of Mustafa”.

Mustafayeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mustafayev.

Mustafi Albanian, German (Rare)
Means "the chosen one"

Mustafić Bosnian
Means "son of Mustafa".

Mustafin Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustafina Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek, Bashkir
Feminine form of Mustafin.

Mustaine English
meaning unknown. though we all no singer/guitarist for the metal band megadeth. Dave Mustaine!

Mustajbegović Bosnian

Mustanen Finnish
It derives from the Finnish word for the colour "black", musta.

Mustapha Arabic, Filipino, Maguindanao, Maranao
From the given name Mustafa.

Mustedanagić Bosnian

Mustin English
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of Muston or Musto.

Mustkivi Estonian
Mustkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "black stone".

Mustmaa Estonian
Mustmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "black land".

Muston English
Habitational name from places so named, from Old English mus "mouse", or must, "muddy stream or place" combined with tun "enclosure, settlement". Another explanation could be that the first element is derived from an old Scandinavian personal name, Músi (of unknown meaning), combined with tun.

Mustons English (Archaic)
Variant of Muston.

Musumbu Central African

Muszynski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Muszyna in Nowy Sacz voivodeship and elsewhere, named with mucha "fly" (see Mucha).

Muta Japanese
From Japanese 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mütəllibov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mütəllib".

Mutapčić Bosnian

Mutema Southern African

Muthmare Tamil

Muthusamy Tamil
Pearl god; Lord Murugan

Mutia Eastern African, Maasai
A Kenyan Maasai surname known mostly in the West as the name of a certain fictitious escarpment, which appears infrequently in old Tarzan Films.

Mutley English

Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.

Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Muto.

Mutombo Kongo

Mutoni Eastern African

Mutou Japanese
Variant transcription of Muto.

Mutsu Japanese (Rare)
Similar to Mutsumi, Mutsu means "order".

Mutsumi Japanese (Rare)
Mutsumi means "order".... [more]

Mutsuya Japanese
Variant of Mutsutani.

Mutsuyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Mutsuyoshi Japanese

Mutter German
(also Mütter): occupational name for an official employed to measure grain, from Middle High German mutte, mütte 'bushel', 'grain measure' (Latin modius) + the agent suffix -er.

Muttersbach German (Rare)

Muttski Polish, Popular Culture, Literature
Not known, A Notable bearer is Ben Muttski from Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog comics

Muuk Estonian
Muuk is an Estonian surname meaning "skeleton key".

Muul Estonian
Muul is an Estonian surname meaning both "mule" and "seawall".

Müür Estonian
Müür is an Estonian surname meaning "wall".

Müürikivi Estonian
Müürikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "wall stone".

Müüripeal Estonian
Müüripeal is an Estonian surname derived from the compounds "müür" (wall) and "peal" (atop, above); "above wall".

Müürisepp Estonian
Müürisepp is an Estonian surname meaning "brick mason" (literally: "wall smith").

Muvaza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Muxika Basque
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Muxtarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Muxtar".

Muyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muyet Congo

Muzaferija Bosnian

Muzaffar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Muzaffar.

Muzaffari Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المظفري (see al-Muzaffari).

Mūze Latvian

Muzhikov Russian
From Russian мужик (muzhik) referring to a peasant from the Tsarist era.

Muzio Italian (Rare)
Northern Italian from a medieval personal name derived from the Latin personal name Mucius or Mutius.

Muzorewa Shona
Meaning unknown.

Muzurović Bosnian

Muzyka Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Belarusian музыка (muzyka) or Ukrainian музика (muzyka), both possibly derived from German Musiker meaning "musician".

Mvuezolo Central African

Mwalimu African

Mwamba Bemba

Mwaruwari Shona
Meaning unknown.

Mwepu African

Mweushi African
salute to a king or chief spokesman.literally means "your excellency" or "your majesty". and is usually followed by another name and not used alone.

Mwila Lozi

My Vietnamese

Myagmarsüren Mongolian

Myasnikovich Belarusian
Possibly means "son of Myasnik".

Myatt English
From the medieval personal name Myat, literally "little Mihel", an Anglo-Norman variant of Michael.

Mychal Polish

Mycroft English
From Old English ġemȳþ "mouth (of a river)" + croft meaning "enclosed field", originally denoting somebody who lives at the mouth of a river.... [more]

Myelin Hebrew

Myhre Norwegian
Derived from Norwegian myr "bog, swamp".

Myin Belgian

Mykhailenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Михайленко (see Mykhaylenko).

Mykhaylenko Ukrainian
Means "Son of Mykhailo.

Mykhaylychenko Ukrainian

Mykkänen Finnish (Rare)
Finnish rare variant of Mäkinen.

Myklebust Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse Myklibólstaðr meaning "large farm". From mikill "large" and bólstaðr "farm".

Mykolaiv Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Mykola."

Mykytyn Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykyta".

Mylar Scottish, Irish

Myler Scottish, Irish

Myllymäki Finnish
Combination of Finnish mylly "mill" and mäki "hill, slope".

Mylonas Greek

Mylrae English (Rare)

Mylrea English, Manx
Cognate of Mulroy.

Mynsky Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Minsky.

Myōchin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 明珍 (myōchin), the 2 characters used in 明らかに珍しい (akiraka ni mezurashii) meaning "evidently rare". This is from the event in the Heian Period, of an armorer who created an armor that was then praised by Emperor Konoe... [more]

Myochin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 明珍 or 明珎 (see Myōchin).

Myōi Japanese
Variant reading of Nai.

Myoi Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname is Myoi Mina from the Kpop girl group TWICE.

Myoi Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.

Myong Korean
Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Myose Japanese

Myotte English

Myoui Japanese

Myoui Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.

Myradov Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Мырадов (see Myradow).

Myradova Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Мырадова (see Myradowa).

Myradow Turkmen
Means "son of Myrat".

Myradowa Turkmen
Feminine transcription of Turkmen Мырадов (see Myradow).

Myre Norwegian
Variant of Myhre.

Myrick English
Either means "dark", "work" or "ruler".

Myrlie English

Myrotis Greek

Myrsky Finnish
Means "storm, tempest, gale".

Myrsten Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and sten "stone, rock".

Myrtezaj Albanian

Myrtle English

Myrtollari Albanian (Rare)

Myrvall Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and vall "pasture, field of grass".

Myshenov Russian
The first part of the name, mysh actually means mouse!

Myshkin Russian
Myshkin is the possessive case of the diminutive of the word 'mouse'.

Mysho Polish, Russian
Russian and Polish forms of Michaux.

Myszka Polish
Means 'mouse' in Polish.

Mytych Polish (Anglicized, Modern)

Myung Korean
Korean form of Ming, from Sino-Korean 明 (myeong).

Na Korean
There is only one Chinese character for the Na surname. Some sources indicate that there are 46 different Na clans, but only two of them can be documented, and it is believed that these two sprang from a common founding ancestor... [more]

Na Hui
From the Arabic name Nasr.

Na Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Näär Estonian
Näär is an Estonian surname meaning "burnet-saxifrage (a plant: Pimpinella saxifraga)" and "jay".

Naarits Estonian
Naarits is an Estonian surname meaning "mink".

Nababan Batak

Nabaskoze Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.

Nabatame Japanese
From 生 meaning "to live, raw", 天 meaning "heaven, sky", and 目 meaning "eyes".

Nabe Japanese

Nabeel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nabil.

Nabi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Nabi.

Nabil Arabic
From the given name Nabil.

Nəbiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəbi".

Nabiyev Azerbaijani, Uzbek
Means "son of Nabi".

Nabizada Dari Persian
Dari form of Nabizadeh.

Nabors English
Variant of Neighbor

Nabrotzky German
Supposedly means "lived near water". Originated from Prussia.

Nabrotzky German (East Prussian)
The story I was told was:... [more]

Nəcəfov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəcəf".

Nacci Italian

Nacht German, Jewish
From middle German naht meaning "night".

Nachtigal German, Jewish
Variant of Nachtigall

Nachtigall German, Jewish
Nickname from Middle High German nachtegal "nightingale" from Old High German galan "to sing". Cognate to Nightingale.

Nachtrieb German
It possibly comes from the German name of a nachtrab, which is a "night bird like the owl". Another possible meaning is "night tribe".

Nachum Jewish
Derived from the given name Nachum.

Naçi Albanian

Naciri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nacir (see Nasir), predominantly used in Morocco.

Nackel German (Austrian)

Nacrour Arabic
The name of a family of Lebanese goldsmiths descended from the Ottoman Prince Hanna, the name itself refers to the actual sound the hammer makes as it hits the gold. This is the French spelling but the original Arabic spelling is äÞÑæÑ ; other spellings in the Latin alphabet include Nakrour and Nacrur.

Nacuqu Fijian

Nađ Serbian, Croatian
Serbian and Croatian variant of Nagy.

Nada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nadal Catalan, Occitan
From the personal name Nadal, from nadal "Christmas" (from Latin natalis "birthday"). Compare Noel.

Nadarević Bosnian

Nadeau French
Variant of Nadal, which can be a name or the meaning "Christmas".... [more]

Nadeem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadim.

Nadein Russian
Means "son of Nadei".

Nadel German, Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of needles, or in some cases for a tailor, from Middle High German nadel(e), German Nadel "needle".

Nader Arabic
From the given name Nadir.

Naderi Persian
From the given name Nader.

Nadezhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надежда (nadezhda) meaning "hope".

Nadezhkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Надежкин (see Nadezhkin).

Nadhya Indonesian

Nadie African

Nadig German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from from Old High German (gi-)nadig "kind", this was a nickname for a kind and benevolent person.

Nadim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nadim.

Nadir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadir.

Nadirov Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "son of Nadir".

Nadita Pakistani

Nadolny Polish, Jewish, Sorbian
Topographic name from Polish nadól, Sorbian nadol "downwards", denoting someone who lived lower down in a village on a slope, or on relatively low-lying ground.

Nadori Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian city or province of Nador. A famous bearer is singer Rachid Nadori.

Nadyozhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надёжа (nadyozha) meaning "hope".

Nadyozhkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Надёжкин (see Nadyozhkin).

Naeem Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Na'im.

Naegele German
Variant of Nagel.

Naegi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 苗木 with 苗 (byou, myou, nae, nawa-) meaning "sapling, seedling, shoot" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Nael Estonian
Nael is an Estonian surname meaning "nail".

Naeli Iranian

Nae'ole Hawaiian

Naeole Hawaiian

Naeshiro Japanese
The meaning of Naeshiro/苗代 equals to "Seedling Substitute"

Naga Japanese

Naga Japanese, Okinawan
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈賀 or 名嘉 (see Naka 2).

Nagabara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

Nagada Japanese

Nagadome Japanese

Nagae Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Nagae Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".