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Mathema Shona
Meaning unknown.
Mathema Ndebele
The Mathema people mostly inhabit the Northern Matebeleland in Zimbabwe, however their clan names are linked and related of those other Nguni clans. These are as follows: ... [more]
Mathen Indian (Christian)
From the given name Mathen.
Matheny French (Anglicized)
Of French origin. According to Matheny family tradition, this surname comes from the name of a village in France named Mathenay. This may also have been a French Huguenot surname.
Matheos Indonesian
From the given name Matheos, a variant of Matthias. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.
Mather English
Means Mower or Reaper.
Mathew Indian (Christian)
Named based of off a Biblical character named St. Matthew. The way the name is pronounced as a first name in the native language is different. However, the last name "Mathew" is pronounced the same.
Mathias French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish
French, Dutch: from the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).... [more]
Mathíassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Mathías" in Icelandic.
Mathíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Mathías" in Icelandic.
Mathis German, German (Swiss), Flemish, Alsatian, English
Derived from the given name Matthias.
Mathiuet Romansh
Derived from the given name Mathiu in combination with a diminutive suffix.
Mathrafal Medieval Welsh
Named for Castle Mathrafal (Castell-Mathrafal) in Powys, Mid Wales. The House of Mathrafal ruled over Powys for much of the Mediaeval period. Notable members of the family included Owain Glyn Dŵr, who led a rebellion against English rule in 1400.
Mathson Scottish
Means "son of Matthew".
Mathur Indian
Indian surname meaning, 'of Mathura'
Mathys French
Derived from the given name Mathieu.
Matias Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech (Americanized)
Spanish (Matías), Portuguese, and Dutch: from the personal name (see Matthew).... [more]
Matibag Filipino, Tagalog
Means "cave in, fall, collapse" in Tagalog.
Matin Arabic, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Matin.
Matira Tagalog
Means "to remain, to endure" in Tagalog.
Matko Croatian
From the given name Matko.
Mätlik Estonian
Mätlik is an Estonian surname meaning "tufted".
Matlock English
From the name of a town in Derbyshire, England, meaning "moot oak, oak where meetings were held", derived from Old English mæðel "meeting, gathering, council" (see mahal) and ac "oak (tree)".
Matoba Japanese
From Japanese 的 (mato) meaning "target, mark" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".
Matonti English
My grandfathers last name from Italy . He grew up in Naples but the name is from a small country village by Tuscany named Matonti. That's all we know so far.
Matoš Croatian
Means "son of Mato".
Matošević Croatian
Means "son of Mato".
Matovic Montenegrin, Serbian
Patronymic last name - descendants of Mato. Originally from Kotor, Montenegro.
Matovski Macedonian
Means "son of Mato".
Matracia Sicilian
Family from Termini-Imerese, Sicily.
Matrix f Medieval Latin
After the Latin word Matrix meaning womb or source.
Matsen English
Variant of Matson, Mattsen, etc.
Matskevich Belarusian
From the given name Maciek, a variant of Maciej, which is the Polish variant of Matthias.
Matsoo Estonian
Matsoo is an Estonian surname possibly derived from the Danish/Germanic surname "Madsen" or "Matsen".
Matsouka Greek (Cypriot)
Means "Bat" from Latin maxuca.
Matsu Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Matsuba Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf".
Matsubayashi Japanese
Matsu means "Pine Tree" and Bayashi is a variant pronunciation of "Hayashi" meaning "Forest". This surname means "Pine Tree Forest". Matsubayashi-ryu is a kind of martial arts.
Matsudai Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 大 (dai) meaning "big, large, great".
Matsudaira Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, peace, calm".
Matsueda Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and eda means "twig, branch".
Matsugawa Japanese
Variant of Matsukawa, meaning "pine tree river".
Matsugi Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 継 (tsugi) meaning "inherit, acquire, succeed, continue".
Matsuhara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 松原 (see Matsubara.)
Matsuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Matsui Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Matsui Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Matsuike Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 生 (ike) meaning "living, life".
Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".
Matsukawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Matsukaze Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 風 (kaze) meaning "wind". A notable bearer of this surname is Japanese actor Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也).
Matsuki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Matsukura Japanese
Matsu means "pine tree" and kura means "storehouse".
Matsumae Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".
Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".
Matsunaga Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 永 (naga) meaning "eternity".
Matsuno Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Matsuo Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".
Matsupa Ukrainian (Anglicized, ?)
Ukrainian; although may also have found in other forms in other countries such as Galicia (Western Ukraine), Poland and Hungary; due to the changing borders and occupation of land at various points in history.
Matsushige Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds".
Matsushima Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Matsuto Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 藤 (to) meaning "wisteria".
Matsuura Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Matsuyuki Japanese
Matsu (松) means "pine" and yuki (雪) means "snow". ... [more]
Matsuzaki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Matsuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Matta Italian
From a feminine form of MATTO.
Matta Slovak
Derived from the personal name Matúš.
Mattana Italian
From Sardinian mattana "madness, annoyance".
Mattei Italian
Patronymic or plural form Matteo. The Mattei family was a powerful noble family in Rome during the Middle Ages.
Matten Flemish
Could derive from a short form of a given name such as Matthias or Mathilde, or be a toponym derived from either Middle High German mata "meadow" or French motte "clod, mound of earth".
Matteo Italian
From the given name Matteo.
Matteusen Norwegian
Means "son of Matteus" in Norwegian.
Matteussdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Matteus" in Icelandic.
Matteusson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Matteus" in Swedish.
Matthaiou Greek
Means "son of Matthaios".
Matthau German
Derived from the given name Matthias. This name was borne by the American actor Walter Matthau (1920-2000).
Matthäus German
From the given name Matthäus.
Matthes German
From German given name Matthias.
Matthew English, Scottish
Derived from the given name Matthew.
Matthias German, Dutch
From the personal name Matthias (see Matthew).
Matthíassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Matthías" in Icelandic.
Matthíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Matthías" in Icelandic.
Matthieu French
From the given name Matthieu.
Matthijs Dutch
From the given name Matthijs.
Matthiou Greek
Means "son of Matthias".
Mattíassdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Mattías" in Icelandic.
Mattíasson Icelandic
Means "son of Mattías" in Icelandic.
Mättik Estonian
Mättik is an Estonian surname derived from "mätas" meaning "sod". Could also derive from "mätlik" meaning "tufted", or the German surname "Mättig".
Mattila Finnish
Means "Matti's farm". A combination of Matti and the suffix -la "farm, place".
Mattingley English
From a place name meaning "Matta's clearing" in Old English.
Mattingly English (British)
This name dates all the way back to the 1200s and research shows that Mattingly families began immigrating to the United States in the 1600s and continued until the 1900s. However, the place name (Mattingley, England) dates back to the year 1086, but spelled as Matingelege... [more]
Mattioli Italian
From the given name Mattia.
Mattison English
Means son of "Matthew"
Mattli German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Matthias.
Mattocks English
An occupation name for a digger or pryer.
Mattox m Welsh (Rare, Archaic), English (Modern, Rare)
The name Mattox originated in England and is derived from the Welsh personal name Madoc, meaning fortunate. It traces its roots back to the Middle Ages when names began to be adopted to differentiate individuals... [more]
Mattsen English
Variant of Matson.
Mattson English
Anglicized form of Mattsson or a variant of Matson.
Matulac Filipino, Tagalog (Hispanicized)
Means "pushful" in Tagalog.
Matunec Croatian
Meaning - "mason" from Croatian màtūn, from Italian mattone meaning brick + agent noun -ec
Maturana Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Barrundia.
Maturin French
From the French male personal name Maturin, from Latin Mātūrīnus, a derivative of Mātūrus, literally "timely". It was borne by the Irish "Gothic" novelist Charles Maturin (1782-1824).
Matusiak Polish
Derived from "Son of Matus (Matthew)."
Matvejs Latvian
From the given name Matvejs.
Matviyenko Ukrainian
From the given name Matviy.
Mátyás Hungarian
From the given name Mátyás.
Matz German
From A Pet Form Of The Personal Names Matthäus Or Matthias (See Matthew).
Matzerath Polish
This was used in The Tin Drum, a 1959 novel originally published as Die Blechtrommel in Germany, written by Günter Grass. The main character was Oskar Matzerath.
Matzeu Italian
Variant of Mazzeo.
Matzliach Hebrew
Means "successful" in Hebrew.
Mâu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Mou, from Sino-Vietnamese 牟 (mâu).
Mau Khmer
From Chinese 毛 (máo) meaning "Mao", an ancient region in parts of present-day Henan, China, during the Zhou Dynasty.
Maude English
Habitational name derived from Anglo-Norman French mont hault meaning "high hill".
Maude English
From the female given name Maude.
Maudling English
From the medieval female personal name Maudeleyn, the English form of Greek Magdalene, the sobriquet in the New Testament of the woman Mary who was cured of evil spirits by Jesus... [more]
Mauer German
Variant of Maurer.
Mauer German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a wall, from Middle High German mure "wall".
Mauger French, Guernésiais, Jèrriais
From the given name Mauger, the Norman French form of Malger. It is a cognate of Major.
Maugeri Sicilian, Italian
From Sicilian maugeri "herdsman".
Maughan Irish, English
Anglicized from the original Irish Gaelic form Ò Mocháin meaning 'descendant of Mochain'. This name was one of the earliest known Irish surnames brought to England and remains a fairly common surname in the North East of the country.
Mauhay Tagalog
From Tagalog uhay meaning "blade of grain, spike".
Mauk Czech, Russian
The word Mauk is the Eastern European meaning for night. In the early ages a small group of people in the area now known to be in or around Russia and the czech republic founded this word and made it their name... [more]
Maul German, Danish
From Middle High German meaning "mouth, jaw". Possibly a nickname for someone with a deformed mouth or jaw.
Maulenov m Kazakh
Means "son of Maulen".
Maulenova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Maulenov.
Mauleon Spanish (Archaic)
All I know is that there is a place in spain "Basque Country" that their town, apartments, holtes are named Mauleon. The language spoken is Basque a form of "Spanish and French"
Maurel Occitan
Occitan cognate of Morel.
Mauri Italian, Catalan
From the given name Mauro.
Maurício Portuguese
From the given name Maurício.
Mauricio Spanish
From the given name Mauricio
Mauriello Italian
Derived from the given name Mauro.
Mauris English
This surname may be a variant of Maurice.
Mauritzson Swedish
Means "son of Mauritz".
Maurizio Italian
From the given name Maurizio
Mauro Italian
From the given name Mauro.
Maurović Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mauro".
Maury French, Occitan, English
As a French name, it derives from a short form of the given name Amaury (see Emery)... [more]
Mauser German
Occupational name for a mouse catcher.
Maust German
Possibly an altered form Mast.
Mautasch Czech
SUDOMERICE, TABOR DISTRICT, BOHEMIA 1880
Mautz German
Meaning "to gripe", or "to complain" in Swabian German.
Mauvais French
Means "unfortunate" in French derived from Latin malus "bad" and fatum "fate".
Maverick English (Rare)
Surname notably borne by Texas lawyer, politician and land baron Samuel Maverick (1803-1870) to whom the word maverick was coined.
Mavridis Greek
Means "son of Mavros.
Mavris Greek
From the Greek word mavros (black).
Mavrogiannis Greek
Literally means "black Giannis", derived from Greek μαύρος (mavros) "black, Moorish" and Giannis.
Mavromichalis Greek
Means "black Michalis (Michael)" in Greek. In Mani, it is said to derive from an orphan named Μιχάλης (Michalis). Because of the dark clothing worn during times of mourning, orphans were often called μαύρος (mavros) meaning "black".
Mavropanos Greek
Literally means "black cloth", derived from Greek μαύρος (mavros) "black, Moorish" and πανί (pani) "cloth".
Mavros English (American)
Means "Black" in Greek.
Mavros Greek
Means "black, dark" in Greek, originally used as a nickname for a person with a dark complexion.
Mawar Indonesian
Means "rose" in Indonesian.
Mawari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri).
Mawatari Japanese
From the Japanese 馬 (ma, uma or ba) "horse" and 渡 (watari or wata) "ferry" or ferryboat."
Mawdsley English
Derived from Mawdesley in Lancashire, England; meaning "Maud's clearing," from the given name Maud and leah (woodland, clearing).
Mawer English
Variant of Mower.
Mawere Shona
Meaning unknown.
Mawson English, Scottish, Manx
Can be either a matronymic form of Maude, or a patronymic form of Maw, a pet form of Maheu (see Matthew).
Maxamed Somali
Somali form of Muhammad.
Maxfield English
Habitational name from places so named in England.
Maxia Italian
Possibly from the dialectical term maxia "magic", or masia "farm, country house".
Maxilom Visayan
An archaic Hispanicization of "mahilom", "quiet."
Maxim Romanian
From the given name Maxim.
Maxime French
From the French given name Maxime.
Maximiano Portuguese
Derived from the given name Maximiano.
Maximin French
From the given name Maxime.
Maximoff Russian
Variant transcription of Maksimov.
Maximov Russian
Alternate transcription of Maksimov.
Maximova Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Максимова (see Maksimova).
Maximovich Russian
Means "son of Maxim".
Maxon English
Variants of Mackson or Maxson.
Maxson Popular Culture, English
Means son of Max. This is the surname of the hereditary leaders of the Brotherhood of Steel in the popular Fallout game. The first bearer of the name was Captain Roger Maxson, who founded the BOS, with the most recent bearer being Arthur Maxson, the current leader of the BOS in Fallout 4.
Maxton English
From a place name meaning "Maccus' settlement".
May Irish
Anglicized form of Irish-Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh.
May Russian (?)
Means "May (month)".
Maya Basque (Hispanicized), Portuguese (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Portuguese Maia or of Basque Maia.
Mayakovskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified, ?)
Possibly derived from Russian маяк (mayak), meaning "beacon, lighthouse".
Mayberry English, Irish
Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of Mowbray. Alternatively, it could be derived from an unidentified English place name containing the Old English element burg "fortress, citadel" and an uncertain first element.
Maybree English
Variant of Mabry.
Maydankin m Russian
From Russian майдан (maydan), meaning "ground".
Maydanov m Russian
From dialectal Russian майдан (maydan), meaning "ground".
Maye English
English variant spelling of May.
Mayerhofer German (Austrian)
Denoted a person from the municipality of Mayrhof in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Mayevskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified, ?)
Possibly from Russian май (may), meaning "May (month)".
Mayfair English
Locational surname based off Mayfair, a district in the City of Westminster in London, England.
Mayfield English
From the surname but also a given name that reminds some of Springtime
Mayfleet English
Used in The City of Ember as the main character's (Lina Mayfleet) last name.
Mayhew English
Anglicized form of a Norman French variant of the given name Matthew.
Mayne Scottish, English
Variant spelling of Main.
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