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Lyashenko UkrainianFrom Ukrainian
лях (lyakh), a derogatory word meaning "Pole, Polish person".
Lyé FrenchA habitational name from places named Lié located in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.
Lykoudis GreekLykoudis (Greek: Λυκούδης) is a Greek surname, derived from the Greek word for wolf (Greek: λύκος, lykos). It may also have been used for individuals from the village of Lykoudi in Greece.
Lykov RussianDerived from Russian лыко
(lyko) meaning "bast". The founder of the surname may have been a shoemaker or a ropemaker.
Lyle EnglishDerived from Norman French
l'isle "island".
Lyman EnglishTopographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see
Layman).
Lyman GermanAmericanized form of German
Leimann, Americanized form of
Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.
Lynde Scottish GaelicOriginated from the Strathclyde region of Scotland, meaning "waterfall," and located near the Castle of Lin.... [
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Lyngstad NorwegianAnni-Frid Lyngstad (b. 1945) is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.
Lyovochkin m RussianDerived from a diminutive of the name
Lyov or from the word лёв (lyov), meaning lion in Russian.
Lyskin Belarusian, Russian, UkrainianDerived either from Belarusian лысы
(lysy) or Russian лысый
(lysy) or Ukrainian лисий
(lysyi) all meaning "bald, bald-headed, hairless".
Lystad NorwegianFrom the name of several farms in Norway. One family got their name from a farm in Ullensaker municipality in Akershus county. Another family got it name from a farm called
Ljøstad in Hedmark county.
Lysych UkrainianFrom either Ukrainian
лиса (lysa) "fox" or
лисий (lysyy) "bald".
Lyubavin m RussianFrom Russian
любавить (lyubavit'), meaning "to love (someone)".
Lyubimov m RussianFrom Russian
любимый (lyubimyy), meaning "favourite, beloved, dear".
Ma KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 馬 meaning “horse”, or 麻 meaning “hemp, flax, jute”.
Maag GermanComes from the Middle High German “mage”, meaning “relative” or “kinsman”.
Maalouf ArabicDerived from the Arabic word "mayuuf" (معيوف), meaning "exempted" or "protected".
Maamägi EstonianMaamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "land/rural mountain".
Maandi EstonianMaandi is an Estonian surname derived from "maandus" meaning "earth/ground".
Maarend EstonianMaarend is an Estonian surname derived from either "maa rendileandja" meaning "landholder", or "maa rendilevõtja" meaning "land tenant".
Maasik EstonianMaasik is an Estonian surname derived from "maasikas", meaning "strawberry".
Ma'ayan Hebrew (Rare)Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname
Mabbett EnglishFrom a pet-form of the medieval female personal name
Mabbe, a shortened form of
Amabel (ultimately from Latin
amābilis "lovable")... [
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Mabini TagalogMeans "modest, prudent, civil" in Tagalog. A notable bearer was Filipino revolutionary
Apolinario Mabini (1864-1903).
Macadangdang Filipino, Cebuano, IlocanoDerived from Cebuano
dangdang "to broil, to grill" or Tagalog
dangdang "heating, toasting, or drying through exposure to fire or glowing coals", possibly an occupational name for someone who dries things by the fire.
Macalinao Tagalog, CebuanoFrom Tagalog
makalinaw meaning "to clarify, to make apparent" or Cebuano
makalinaw meaning "to make calm, to make peaceful".
Macalinga TagalogFrom Tagalog
makalinga meaning "to be supported, to be cared for".
Macalino PampanganFrom Pampangan
makalino meaning "to make clear, to make transparent".
Macaluso ItalianPossibly from Arabic
مخلوص (
maklus) "freed, liberated", indicating a freedman or slave who had been liberated, which may be related to Sicilian
macaluscio, "cleaned and prepared cotton".
Mac An Chrosáin IrishPatronymic surname which means “son of the satirist” and derives from
crosán, which means “satirist.”
Macapagal PampanganFrom Kapampangan
makapagal meaning "tiring, exhausting". A notable bearer is Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947-), who served as the 14th president of the Philippines.
Macatulad TagalogFrom Tagalog
makatulad meaning "to be able to imitate, to be able to copy".
Maccaa ScottishMacCaa has many clan associations; the most prominent being with the Stuarts of Bute, the Clan MacKay, the Clan MacFarlane, the Clan MacDonald and Clan Galloway. The name is a phonetic variation of MacKay, meaning 'son of Aoh (ie the champion)'... [
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Maccarone Italianfrom
maccaroni "macaroni" (or in northern Italy "gnocco") perhaps applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of pasta or in the North as a nickname for a silly or foolish person.
Macchia ItalianTopographic name from Italian
macchia "thicket, scrub, brush" (from Latin
macula "spot, fleck, stain") as well as a habitational name from any of various places named
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Macchiarini ItalianPossibly a variant of
Macchia, or else derived from the related
macchiare "to stain, mark, blot" combined with a plural form of the diminutive suffix
-ino.
Macchione ItalianOriginally from the south of italy (Calabria or Sicily), from an augmentative of Macchia (stain), in some cases, a habitational name from various places so named in Campania and Puglia.
MacConall Scottish (Anglicized, Rare), Irish (Anglicized, Rare)Anglicized form of Scottish and Irish Gaelic Mac Conaill 'son of Conall', the personalized name composing of the elements con, which is an inflected form of cú 'wolf' + gal 'valor'. Giving the ultimate meaning due to variegated spellings of this specified name, is "Battle-Wolf of High Valor."
Mac Con Charraige IrishMeans "son of the hound of the rock" in Irish, from Irish
cú "hound" and
carraig "rock".
Mac Con Chathrach IrishMeans "son of the hound of the fortress" in Irish, from Irish
cú "hound" and
cathair "castle, fortress".
Mac Dhíomasaigh IrishIt originally appeared in Irish-Gaelic as
Mac Dhíomasaigh, from the word
diomasach, which means "proud."
MacDowell Scottish, IrishVariant of
McDowell. A famous bearer is American actress Andie MacDowell (1958-). Another was the American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908).
Macduff Scottish GaelicFrom the ancient Scottish Gaelic
Mac duib meaning "son of the black/dark man." This name may have originated as a ethnic term about the native Scots used by Viking conquestors during the later half of the First Millenium... [
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