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Marquis English, FrenchFrom the title of nobility, which originally denoted an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. A march was originally denoted as a border region at a frontier. The word marquis was derived from Late Latin
marchensis, from Frankish *
marku "boundary, border"... [
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Marrero SpanishOccupational name for a stonecutter, derived from Spanish
marrear "to hit with a sledgehammer", ultimately from Latin
marra "hoe, hook, spade".
Marriage EnglishHabitational name from a lost place called Marhach, which was probably in or near Aythorpe Roding (Essex).
Marron SpanishDerived from the French word
marron meaning "chestnut", which now means "brown" in Spanish.
Marrufo Spanishnickname from marrufo a Portuguese word meaning literally 'lay brother' and figuratively 'cunning sly'
Marschall German, Englishoccupational name for a man in the service of a member of the nobility originally one who looked after the horses derived from Middle High German
marschalc from Latin
mariscalcus, ultimately from Old High German
marah "horse" and
scalc "servant"... [
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Marselli CatalanCatalan family that appears in the feudal list of 1355 with a Francis, lord of Chia.
Marsham Anglo-SaxonThis name originated from the Norfolk location of Marsham. The first family to use this name adopted it by living in that area.
Marsland EnglishProbably derived from some place named as being a boggy place, from Old English
mersc meaning "marsh" and
land meaning "land". Alternatively, it may be a variant of
Markland.
Marsman DutchDerived from Middle Dutch
marsch, mersch (Southern Dutch
meers), meaning "marsh". In some cases, however, it can also be a variant of
Meersman.
Marsteller GermanOccupational name for a stable boy in or for the supervisor of the stables on a noble estate, from Middle High German mar(c) 'noble horse' stall 'stable' + the agent suffix -er.
Marta Old Celtic (Latinized, Archaic)It is a small animal from the variety of mammals living in Spain and is prized for its skin has great finesse. Also known like Beech Marten (Stone Marten or White Breasted Marten).
Martello ItalianSouthern Italian: nickname for someone with a forceful personality, from Italian
martèllo ‘hammer’ (Late Latin
martellus), or a metonymic occupational name for someone who used a hammer in their work.
Martillo SpanishFrom the Spanish word "martillo" which means hammer. Occupational name for a user or maker of hammers.
Mártir Spanishfrom
mártir "martyr" probably a nickname for someone devoted to the religious cult of a Christian martyr or perhaps one who had played the part of a Christian martyr in a religious play.
Martirano ItalianLikely a habitational surname from a place in Catanzaro province in the Calabria region of Italy.
Martire Italianfrom
martire "martyr" probably a nickname for someone who had played the part of a Christian martyr in a religious play. However there was a Saint Martire and so the surname may be derived from a personal name.
Marton Englishhabitational name from any of several places so called
Marton principally in Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, and North Yorkshire named in Old English as "settlement by a lake" (from
mere or
mær "pool, lake" and
tun "settlement") or as "settlement by a boundary" (from
gemære "boundary" and
tun "settlement").
Marttinen FinnishDerived from the given name
Martti and the name suffix
-nen, which is sometimes patronymic. John Morton (1725-1777), Pennsylvania/American politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was descended from a Marttinen family whose name had been anglicized as
Morton.
Marugg RomanshDerived from the given name
Maurus, combined with the diminutive suffix
-ugg. Another theory, however, derives this name from Late Latin
maior domus "mayor of a palace" (compare
Meyer 1).
Marulanda Spanishtopographic or habitational name referring to a house named with maru 'Moor' + landa '(large) field prairie'.
Maruno JapaneseFrom Japanese 丸 or 圓
(maru) meaning "round, full" and 野
(no) meaning "field, plain, wilderness".
Maruri BasqueIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Maruya JapaneseFrom Japanese 丸 or 圓
(maru) meaning "round, full" and 谷
(ya) meaning "valley".
Marvel EnglishEither (i) from a medieval nickname (often ironic) for someone regarded as a prodigy; or (ii) "person from Merville", the name of two places in northern France ("smaller settlement" and "settlement belonging to a man with a Germanic name beginning with
Meri-, literally 'famous'")... [
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Marwood EnglishFrom the name of two places named
Marwood in England, or a nickname for a person who "casts an evil eye", derived from Norman French
malreward meaning "evil eye, glance".
Marx GermanFrom a short form of the given name
Markus. A famous bearer was Karl Marx (1818-1883), a German philosopher known for his work in socioeconomic theory.
Mary FrenchHabitational name from places in Saône-et-Loire, Seine-et-Marne, and Nièvre, named in Latin as Mariacum meaning "estate of Marius".
Marye EnglishDerived from Old French
marais "a marsh". It may have arisen as a surname from the place name (Le) Marais in Calvados, Normandy.
Marzon SpanishIs a portmanteau of the words mar, meaning sea, and corazon, meaning heart.
Marzouki Arabic (Maghrebi)From the given name
Marzouq (chiefly Tunisian and Moroccan). A notable bearer is Moncef Marzouki (1945-), who was the fourth President of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014.
Masai JapaneseFrom 正 (
masa) meaning "right, correct, proper, justice" and 井 (
i) meaning "well, pit, mineshaft".
Masaki JapaneseSurname of Japanese origin meaning "true blossoms" which comes from combing 真 (ma) meaning "true, genuine" with 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom".
Masalis Greek (Cypriot)Cypriot surname, often used in rural parts of Cyprus. Died out in Greece, there are no more living people with it anymore.
Masamizu JapaneseFrom Japanese 正 (
masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with 水 (
mizu) meaning "water".
Masato JapaneseFrom Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper", 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or 真 (masa) meaning "real, genuine, true" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation can also form this name... [
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Mascarenhas PortuguesePossibly from the place Mascarenhas in the city Mirandela. Originated by Estêvão Rodrigues, Lord of Mascarenhas.
Masch PolishPossibly a rough translation of marsh, given to people who lived near marshes.
Mascherano ItalianOccupational name for maker of masks, derived from Italian
mascherare meaning "to mask". The Argentine former soccer player Javier Mascherano (1984-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Mase JapaneseFrom Japanese 間
(ma) meaning "among, between" or 真
(ma) meaning "real, genuine" and 瀬
(se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".
Maserati ItalianMost notably the Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati, founded in Bologna, Italy all the way back in December 1914.
Masey English, Scottish, French, NormanEnglish and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places in northern France which get their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name
Maccius + the locative suffix
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Mashhadi PersianIndicated a person from the city of Mashhad in Iran, itself derived from Arabic مشهد
(mashhad) meaning "place of martyrdom".
Mashiba JapaneseFrom Japanese 真
(ma) meaning "real, genuine, true" and 柴
(shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood".
Mashima JapaneseFrom 真 or 眞 (
ma) meaning "real, genuine, true" and 島 or 嶋 (
shima) meaning "island".
Mashimo JapaneseFrom the Japanese 真 (
ma) "real" and 下 (
shimo or
shita) "down," "bottom."
Mashreque MuslimName for someone who came from the Mashreq region in the Middle East (modern Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq).
Masih Urdu, Indian (Christian), HindiFrom Urdu مسیح
(masih) or Hindi मसीह
(masih) referring to the Christian messiah (Jesus Christ), both ultimately from Arabic مسيح
(masih). This name is common among Pakistani and North Indian Christians.
Masihuddin ArabThe name Masih Uddin combines Masih, meaning “Messiah” (a title for Jesus Christ in Christian and Islamic traditions), and Uddin, meaning “of the faith” or “of the religion.” The name can be understood as “Messiah of the Faith”.
Masing EstonianMasing is an Estonian surname derived from "masin" meaning "machine"; ultimately of German origin.
Maslin EnglishDerived from the Middle English and Old French given names
Mazelin and
Mazelin, double diminutives of names containing the Germanic element
mahal "meeting, assembly; speech, court"... [
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Maslov Russian, JewishDerived from Russian масло
(maslo) meaning "butter", originally used as an occupational name for someone who worked as a dairyman or sold dairy products.
Masnick UkrainianI believe it is Ukranian. I have been told it was spelled a little different and could be of Russian Jewish origin
Masopust m CzechFrom a Czech nickname meaning "carnival", originally given to a festive person. A famous bearer was the Czech soccer player Josef Masopust (1931-2015).
Massa ItalianA habitational name from any of the various places named Massa (for example, Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma, both in the Metropolitan City of Naples, or Massa d’Albe in the Province of L'Aquila), which were all named from the medieval Latin word
massa, meaning ‘holding’ or ‘estate’.
Massara Italian, GreekEither a feminine form of
Massaro or from the equivalent occupational or status name in medieval Greek, (
massaras meaning ‘peasant’ or ‘share cropper’) which is from the word
massaria meaning ‘small farm’.
Massaro ItalianRegional or archaic form of Italian
massaio meaning "tenant farmer, share cropper".
Masse DutchDerived from Middle Dutch
masse "clog; cudgel", this name might have been a metonymic occupational name for someone who wielded a club. In some cases, however, it may also have been a patronymic of
Maas.
Masseter EnglishPerhaps means "brewery worker" (from Middle English
mash "fermentable mixture of hot water and grain" +
rudder "rudder-shaped stirrer").
Massingberd EnglishPerhaps from a medieval nickname for someone with an auburn or reddish beard (from Middle English
massing "brass" +
berd "beard").
Massingham EnglishFrom the name of either of two villages in Norfolk, England, meaning "Mæssa’s village", composed of the personal name
Mæssa and possessive suffix
ing combined with
ham "home, settlement".
Massip CatalanDerived from Latin
mancipium, meaning "(purchased) slave".
Mast DutchDerived from Middle Dutch
mast "(ship's) mast; pole", a nickname for a tall, lanky man. Alternatively, it can derive from the homonym
mast "pig fodder, animal fodder".
Mast German, DutchDerived from Middle High German and Middle Dutch
mast "mast (fodder made of acorns and beechnuts); the process of fattening livestock", an occupational name for a pig farmer or a swineherd. In some cases, however, the German name may also have been derived from Middle High German
mast, mastic "fat, stout".
Masten EnglishThis surname came from when a family lived in the settlements named
Marsden in Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Mastenbroek DutchOriginally indicated a person from the polder area of
Mastenbroek in the Dutch province of Overijssel, as well as a small village built around a church in the middle of that polder area. The place names derive from Middle Dutch
mast meaning "pole, mast" or "pig feed, fodder" combined with
broek meaning "marsh, wetland".
Masterton Scottish (Rare)From English
Masterton, an area in the city of Dunfermline in the council area of Fife in Scotland.
Mastin French, Flemish, Walloonoccupational name for a household servant or guard from Old French
mastin "watchdog, manservant" (from Latin
mansuetudinus "domestic"). The Old French word had the further sense of a bad-tempered dog and was used as an adjective in the sense of "bad cruel".
Mastrantonio ItalianFrom the Italian title
mastro meaning "master craftsman", combined with the given name
Antonio. A famous bearer is American actress and singer Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958-).
Mastromarino ItalianDerived from Italian
mastro meaning "master, skilled" and
marino meaning "mariner, sailor."
Mastrorilli ItalianDerived from Italian
mastro "master; expert craftsman" and a patronymic form of the given name
Iorio.