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Lyutikov m RussianFrom Russian
лютик (lyutik), meaning "buttercup (flower)".
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
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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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MacFadyen Scottish, IrishVariant of
Mcfadden. Famous bearers include English actor Matthew Macfadyen (1974-) and Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen (1963-).
Macfhearghuis Irish, Scottish, Irish MythologyGaelic for "Son of
Fhearghuis" (also spelled "
Fearghas") and due to the complexities of pronunciation, has been spelled
MacFergus,
McKerras,
MacKersey,
MacErris,
MacFirries and anglicised as
Ferguson or
Fergusson and shortened in
Fergus,
Ferrar,
Ferrie,
Ferries,
Ferris,
Ferriss, corrupted into other forms like
Fergushill,
Fergie etc.
Mac Gafraidh IrishThe origin of the name is from the Gaelic "Mac Gafraidh" which translates as the "Son of
Godfrey", and it is presumed that the first name holders were followers of the 6th century, Saint Godfrey.
MacGillis ScottishThe MacGillis surname is a very rare surname from Scotland. It means "Mac Giolla Iosa", and translates to "son of the servant of Jesus". The surname was first found in Perthshire in central Scotland.... [
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MacGillivray ScottishAnglicisation of Scottish Gaelic
Mac Gillebhràth meaning "son of the servant of judgement".
Macginty IrishPatronymic surname from the original Irish Gaelic form 'mac an tsaoi' meaning "son of the scholar". Notable namesake is Irish rugby player
Alan Leon "AJ" MacGinty.
Mac Giolla Chuda IrishMeaning ‘son of the servant of (Saint)
Chuda’, a personal name of unexplained origin. This was the name of a 7th-century abbot-bishop of Rathin in County Westmeath.... [
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Mac Giolla Iasachta IrishMeans "son of the strange youth", from Irish Gaelic
iasachta "loan" "foreign", hence denoting to a boy who transferred to another family for fosterage, a common custom in ancient Ireland.
Mac Giolla Mhartain IrishThis name denotes a devotee of St. Martin. This saint founded the first monastery in France c. 360 and was made Bishop of Tours in 372. He is the patron saint of publicans and inn-keepers and is also a patron saint of France.
Macgrath IrishFirst found in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.... [
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Macgyver ScottishProminently used in the action TV series of the same name, and the title character of that show, Angus MacGyver.
Machen EnglishOccupational name for a stonemason, Anglo-Norman French
machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French
masson (see
Mason).
Machi SicilianUnexplained. It may be from the Albanian personal name Maqo. Derivation from a Greek name ending in -akis, which has been suggested, is implausible.
Machi Japanese (Rare)町 (machi) means 'town' or 'street'. Some occurrences in America could be shortened versions of longer names beginning with this element, not common in Japan.
Machida JapaneseFrom Japanese 町
(machi) meaning "town" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Machnicki PolishHabitational name for someone from Machnice in Wrocław voivodeship.
Machrach ScottishMeans "campestral" in Scottish Gaelic, possibly a name for someone who lived or worked in an open field.
Maciejewski PolishName for someone from any of various places called Maciejowa, Maciejów or Maciejowice, all derived from the given name
Maciej.
Macis ItalianFrom Sardinian
maccia "shrub, thick bush, brush", or possibly denoting someone from the village Simax.
Maciupa Polish (Anglicized, ?)Ukrainian/Polish (Historically Galicia/Western Ukraine/Austro-Hungary); although it is often seen spelt this Anglicized way; due to the changing land-borders and occupation of land throughout history, it has been spelt with a slightly different transliteration pronunciation in Cyrillic (phonetic sound in Cyrillic is 'ts' as opposed to 'ch').
Mackesy English (British)First found in England in West Sussex, originated in Normandy - from the Latin word "mercator" meaning "merchant".
Mackinaw IrishFirst found in County Monaghan located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster, at Truagh where they were known as the Lords of Truagh.... [
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