All Submitted Surnames

Młodychowiak Polish
Habitational name for somebody who comes from the district of Młodych in Poland.

Mẫn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Min, from Sino-Vietnamese 閔 (mẫn).

Mnatsakanyan Armenian
Means "son of Mnatsakan".

Mnuchin Jewish

Mo Chinese
According to a study of Mu Ying's Name record, the surname came to be when descendants of the antediluvian ruler Zhuanxu abbreviated the name of his city, Moyangcheng (莫陽城; in modern-day Pingxiang County, Hebei) and took it as their surname... [more]

Moakes English

Moala Tongan, Samoan
Meaning uncertain.

Moan Irish
Reduced form of Mohan.

Moana Maori
From the given name Moana.

Moat Scottish
Habitational name from either of two places in Dumfriesshire called Moat, named from Middle English mote ‘moat’, ‘ditch’, originally referring to the whole system of fortifications. In some cases it may have been a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a moated dwelling.

Moats English
Variant of Moat.

Moavi Persian

Mobarak Arabic
From the given name Mubarak.

Moberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and berg "mountain". A notable bearer was Swedish author and playwright Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973).

Moberley English
English habitational name from Mobberley in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘clearing with a fortified site where assemblies are held’, from (ge)mot ‘meeting’, ‘assembly’ + burh ‘enclosure’, ‘fortification’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Möbius German
Patronymic surname derived from the given name Bartholomäus, the German form of Bartholomew.

Mobley English
English reduced form of Moberley.

Mobonggi Gorontalo

Möbus German
Variant of Möbius.

Moccasin Indigenous American

Moch German

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Mochalov m Russian
From Russian мочалка (mochalka), meaning "washcloth".

Mochan Scottish, English, Irish
From the given name Mochán.

Mocharskyy m Ukrainian

Mochi Indian

Mochi Italian

Mochia Western African

Mochida Japanese
From Japanese 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mochoruk Ukrainian

Mock English
english for the german surname maag

Mockford English
Mockford comes from "Mocca's ford", with Mocca being an Old English name of uncertain origin. An alternative theory is that it comes from "Motholfr's ford" from the Old Norse meaning "renown-wolf". Either way, Mockford was once a place in Sussex, near Rottingdean, and it is from there that most branches of the name originate.

Mockler English, Irish
Might derived from Gaelic names Ó Mochlair or Mac Mochlair, where moch means "swift."

Moclin Spanish
A town positioned outside of Granada and Toledo Spain, its current occupants number in the thousands. But, 700’s this town was positioned in a mist of sprawling Moorish control. And, for the next 800 years, it was the epic center of Europe’s culture and medicine... [more]

Mocsári Hungarian

Moctezuma Indigenous American, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
From the given name Moctezuma.

Modaffari Italian
Nickname from Arabic muzaffar "victorious".

Modafferi Italian
Variant of Modaffari.

Modanggu Gorontalo

Modderman Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch modder "mud", this name used to denote a dustman, a garbage man.

Mode Nigerian

Modén Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius "descendant of". It could also be a variant of Modig.

Modena Italian, Judeo-Italian
Italian and Jewish (from Italy) habitational name from the city of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.

Modernell Spanish (Latin American, Hispanicized, Modern)
Most common in Uruguay, probably of Lebanese origin, unknown meaning or etymology.

Moderow German

Modesto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Modesto

Modhwadia Indian (Rare)

Modi Indian
Modi was borne by Gujarati and Parsi people. There is a clan called Modi among the Oswal Banias.

Modig Swedish
Means "brave" in Swedish.

Modigliani Italian
Used by Sepharditic Jews, this surname comes from the Italian town of Modigliana, in Romagna. Famous bearers of this surname include painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) and Nobel Prize in Economics recipient Franco Modigliani (1918–2003).

Modin Swedish
Variant of Modén.

Modrić Croatian
Famous bearer of this surname is Croatian footballer Luka Modrić.

Modrić Croatian
Derived from Croatian mȍdar meaning "blue", most likely used to refer to a person who wore blue clothes. It can also be a habitational name for someone from any of the various places called Modrić, Modrič, Modrići, Modrića, Modruš or Modřice in Croatia... [more]

Modrone Italian

Modrušan Istriot

Modzelewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Modzel or Modzele, both derived from Polish modzel meaning "callus".

Moegi Japanese (Rare)

Moeller German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Möller.

Moes Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch moes "stew, mush, vegetables, food", either on its own as a nickname for a cook or vegetable farmer, or as a shortened form of a longer name, such as the toponym Moespot "vegetable pot".

Moes Dutch, Low German
Variant form of Maas.

Moessner German

Moffa Italian
From Italian muffa "mould, mildew, moss".

Moffat Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Am Magh Fada.

Moffatt Scottish
Means "person from Moffatt", Dumfries and Galloway ("long plain").

Mogami Japanese
From the town Mogami in Yamagata Prefecture. From mo (最; "most") and kami (上; "top").

Mogasen German
meaning unknown

Mogg English (British)

Moggi Romansh
Italianized form of Muoth.

Moghadam Persian
Means "first, preceding, head" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic مقدم (muqaddam).

Moghaddam Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مقدم (see Moghadam).

Mogi Japanese
From 茂 (mo) meaning "lush" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".... [more]

Mogilevsky Russian, Jewish (?)
Not available.

Mogilin m Russian
From Russian могила (mogila), meaning "grave".

Mogorosi Tswana

Mogren Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and gren "branch".

Mohač Croatian
Croatian form of Mohácsi.

Mohácsi Hungarian
Habitational name for someone from Mohács, a city in Hungary.

Mohajeri Persian
Derived from Persian مهاجر (mohajer) meaning "emigrant", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Mohamad Arabic
Derived from the given name Mohamad.

Mohamadou Western African
From the given name Mohamadou.

Mohamed Arabic, Dhivehi, Somali (Arabized)
From the given name Muhammad.

Mohammadian Persian
From the given name Mohammad.

Mohammadinejad Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

Mohammadpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian محمدپور (see Mohammadpour).

Mohammadpour Persian
Means "descendant of Mohammad" in Persian.

Mohammadpourkarkaragh Persian (Rare)
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian پور (pur) "son" and the name of the Persian village of Karkaraq.

Mohammadzada Dari Persian
Dari form of Mohammadzadeh.

Mohammadzadeh Persian
From the given name Mohammad combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Mohammadzai Pashto
Means "son of Muhammad" in Pashto.

Mohammedi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mohammed (chiefly Algerian).

Mohannadi Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المهندي (see al-Mohannadi).

Mohanty Indian, Odia
Derived from Sanskrit महत् (mahát) meaning "great, large".

Mohar Slovene

Mohedano Spanish

Mohi Gorontalo

Mohilary Bodo, Assamese
Associated with tax collections from the Mahallas.

Mohiuddin Bengali (Muslim), Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
From the given name Mohiuddin.

Mohler German (Swiss)
Derived from the Low German word möhl, meaning "mill." Variant of Müller.

Mohlin Swedish
Variant of Molin.

Mohorko Slovene
It comes from the latin given name ERMACORA. the Sain Bishop of Aquileia, near Venice.

Mohr German, German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from Latin maurus "Moorish, North African".

Mohrbacher German
Likely arose as a name for those living near Morbach, Germany

Mohrenschildt German
From the surname Mohren and scilt "shield"

Mohsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin.

Mohseni Persian
From the given name Mohsen.

Mohsenian Persian
From the given name Mohsen.

Mohsenpoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian محسنپور (see Mohsenpour).

Mohsenpour Persian
Means "son of Mohsen" in Persian.

Mohsenzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mohsen" in Persian.

Mohsin Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Muhsin.

Möhsünov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Möhsün".

Möhsünova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Möhsünov.

Mohylyov m Russian (Ukrainianized), Belarusian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian form of Mogilyov, which is derived directly from the city in Belarus.

Moilanen Finnish
Meaning uncertain, features the nen suffix commonly found in surnames of Savo-Karelian origin.

Moina Spanish (Latin American)

Moine French
Derived from French moine "monk" (compare Monk).

Moineau French
From French meaning "sparrow".

Moinho Portuguese
From Portuguese meaning "mill".

Moipo Eastern African

Moir Scottish

Mõis Estonian
Mõis is an Estonian surname meaning "manor".

Mõisa Estonian
Mõisa is an Estonian surname meaning "manor".

Mõisaäär Estonian
Mõisaäär is an Estonian surname meaning "manor edge/periphery".

Moïse French
From the given name Moïse.

Moises Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, Jewish
From the given name Moisés.

Moiseyev Russian
Means "son of Moisey".

Moiseyeva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Моисеев (see Moiseyev).

Moissi Albanian, Italian

Moisuc Romanian
Meaning unknown.

Moitoza English (American)

Moj Czech

Mojtabaei Persian
From the given name Mojtaba.

Mojtabai Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مجتبایی (see Mojtabaei).

Mojumdar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali মজুমদার (see Majumdar).

Mojumder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali মজুমদার (see Majumdar),

Mok Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Mo.

Mokey Belarusian

Mokh Russian
Derived from Russian мох (mokh) meaning "moss".

Mokhnatkin m Russian
From Russian мохнатка (mokhnatka), meaning "furry (thing)".

Mokhovikov Russian

Mokhtar Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

Mokhtari Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mokhtar.

Mokhtarpour Persian
Means "son of Mokhtar" in Persian.

Mokhtarzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mokhtar" in Persian.

Mokin Russian

Moko Central African

Mokoena Southern African, Sotho, Tswana
Derived from Sotho or Tswana kwena meaning "crocodile".

Mokonin Russian, Arabic (Mashriqi)

Mokrani Berber, Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Either from the given name Mokrane or derived from El Mokrani, a town in Algeria.

Mokrenko Ukrainian

Mokri Persian
This is a Persian surname.... [more]

Mokryk Ukrainian
From Ukrainian мокрий (mokryy), meaning "wet".

Moksri Isan

Mokuno Japanese

Mokutan Japanese
English Meaning(s) for 木炭... [more]

Mol Dutch
Means "mole (animal)" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for someone with poor eyesight or who was known for digging, an occupational name for a mole catcher, or a habitational name for someone from Mol in the Antwerp province, Belgium.

Molaison Louisiana Creole
Transferred use of the surname Molaison.

Molaison American
Unexplained meaning.

Molak Polish

Molan English

Molchan Russian, Ukrainian
From the Russian word молчан meaning "silent" it was often used as a nickname for someone who was soft-spoken and as a given name following Baptism

Molchanov m Russian
From Russian молчание (molchaniye), meaning "silence".

Moldabekov m Kazakh
Means "son of Moldabek".

Moldabekova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Moldabekov.

Moldagaliev m Kazakh
Means "son of Moldagali".

Moldagalieva f Kazakh
Feminine form of Moldagaliev.

Mölder Estonian
Mölder is an Estonian surname meaning "miller".

Moldovsky Russian
One who came from Moldova.

Mole English
Mole is (in some but not all cases) the English form of the German Möhl meaning mill.

Molen Dutch
From Dutch meaning "mill".

Molena Venetian
From Venetian mołéna "crumb", perhaps a nickname based on the bearer's size.

Molenaar Dutch
Derived from Dutch molenaar "miller".

Moleski Polish
A variation of Molski, originated from the many places in Poland called "Mole".

Molesti Italian

Molette French

Moley English

Molí Catalan
From Catalan meaning "mill".

Molica Italian
Possibly a variant spelling of Mollica.

Molie Romanian

Molière French, Haitian Creole
habitational name from La Molière the name of several places in various parts of France.

Molin Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix -in.

Molin French, Occitan, Venetian
France: From medieval French meaning "mill".... [more]

Molinares Spanish
Derived from Spanish molina meaning "mill". Possibly an occupational name for a mill worker.

Molinari Italian
Variant of Molinaro.

Molinaro Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian mulino meaning "mill".

Molinarolo Italian
Probably from a person's occupation, with molino/mulino meaning "mill" in Italian. The second part may come from rullo, meaning "a roller" or "I roll."

Molinas Spanish
Variant of Molina.

Molinero Spanish
An occupational surname from molinero (“miller”).

Molino Italian, Spanish
From Spanish and Italian meaning "mill".

Molitvenik Ukrainian (Ukrainianized, Rare)
The meaning is "prayer warrior" or "someone who prays"

Molkentin German

Molla Bengali
Means "mullah (an Islamic religious scholar)" in Bengali, ultimately from from Persian ملا (molla).

Mollaei Persian

Mølle Danish
From Danish meaning "mill".

Mollet French
Topographic name for someone who lived in a muddy or boggy place from a diminutive of mol "marsh, bog".

Molley Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Mulley.

Mollica Italian
Means "crumb, breadcrumb; soft inner part of bread" in Italian, a nickname for a physically small or unintelligent person, or perhaps someone considered kind and soft-hearted.

Mollina Portuguese (Brazilian)

Mollison English, Scottish
Derived from the female given name Molly, wich is diminutive of Mary.

Molly Dutch (Surinamese)
Possibly derived from an occupational name for a millwright, from Middle Dutch molen "mill".

Molly African

Molnar Dutch
Variant of Molenaar.

Molnar Serbian, Croatian, Romanian
Variant of Molnár.

Molone Irish
Variant of Malone.

Molony Irish
Variant of Moloney.

Molotov Russian
From Russian молот (molot) meaning "hammer", indicating someone who worked with hammers.

Molotova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Молотов (see Molotov).

Molska Polish

Molten English
Variant of Moulton.

Molyneux French
Possibly a habitational name from Moulineux, meaning "mill of the waters", or derives from the Old French name De Molines or De Moulins, meaning "mill". The surname has been linked to a large French family that settled in Lancashire from France.

Molzen Danish

Mom Khmer

Mom Khmer
Means "angle, corner" or "dear, beloved, darling" in Khmer.

Mombeshora Shona
Meaning unknown.

Momchilov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Momchil".

Momchilova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Momchilov.

Momčilov m Serbian, Macedonian
Means "son of Momčilo".

Momčilova f Serbian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Momčilov.

Momčilović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Momčilo".

Momii Japanese

Mo'minov Uzbek
Means "son of Mo'min".

Momiyama Japanese
From 樅 (momi) meaning "fir tree" or 籾 (momi) "unhulled rice", combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Momma German

Momme Danish

Momo Japanese

Momoa Hawaiian

Momoda Japanese

Momohara Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain"

Momoi Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Momoki Japanese

Momomiya Popular Culture
Surname of several characters from the anime series 'Tokyo Mew Mew'.

Momonoe Japanese (Rare)
Combination of 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 枝 (e), shortened from eda meaning "branch, bough," sandwiched by the genitive particle の (no) which is not shown in this instance.... [more]

Momosaki Japanese
Momo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Momose Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Momota Japanese
momota means "a hundred rice fields". the kanji used are 百(momo) meaning " hundred" and 田(ta) meaning "rice field".

Momotari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mukade.

Momotyuk Ukrainian

Momozaki Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Momozawa Japanese

Mompou m French

Mon Spanish

Mon Japanese
Mon means "Gate".

Monacelli Italian

Monaco Italian
Nickname for someone of monkish habits or appearance, or an occupational name for a servant employed at a monastery, from Italian monaco "monk" (from Greek monachos "monk", "solitary").

Monae Papuan (Rare)

Monarch English
Origin unidentified. Perhaps a translation of French Monarque, Monarc, a nickname for a high-handed or haughty person, from Old French monarque 'monarch'.

Monaro Portuguese

Monarrez Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monárrez): Altered Form Of Basque Munárriz Itself A Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From Munarritz (Also Amunarritz In Castilian Munárriz) A Town In Navarre.

Monasterio Spanish
Means "monastery" in Spanish, denoting a person who lives or works in a monastery.

Moncada Spanish
A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.

Moncayo Aragonese
This indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain massif.

Monceaux English (?)

Mönch German
Derived from German Mönch "monk" (ultimately via Middle High German münch and Old High German munih from Latin monicus. Compare Monk).

Moncibais Basque

Monckton English
Possibly meaning "estate of monks"

Moncrief Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from Moncreiff Hill near Perth, so called from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.

Moncrieff Scottish
Variant of Moncrief.

Moncrieffe Scottish
Clan Moncreiffe is a Scottish clan. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Monadh croibhe which means "Hill of the sacred bough". The plant badge of Clan Moncreiffe is the oak, this presumably comes from the sacred tree.... [more]

Moncton English
Variant of Monckton

Mond German
Either from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with munt "protection guardianship" making it a cognate of Monday 1 or probably also a topographic or habitational name referring to a house with the sign of a moon from Middle High German mane mone "moon".

Mondai Papuan

Mondal Indian, Bengali, Assamese
Bengali and Assamese form of Mandal.

Mondale English

Mondejar Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Mondéjar in Guadalajara province.

Monden Japanese
Possibly from 門 (kado, mon) meaning "gate, doorway, entrance" and 田 (ta, den) meaning "rice paddy, field."

Mondithoka Telugu (Modern)
they are honest people and having helping nature. at history one person has bull cart some time it was went into dig then all people was trying and trying for lift the cart. but no use from those,after that people were shouting as a bigger like come on 'mondithoka' this word not surname of farmer his bull has short tail... [more]

Mondol Bengali
Bengali variant of Mandal.

Mondoloni Corsican

Mondra Polish

Mondragón Spanish
From the name of a town in Basque County, Spain, which is derived from Latin mons draconis meaning "dragon mountain".

Mondragon Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Mondragón chiefly used in America and the Philippines.

Mondriaan Dutch
Meaning uncertain. It is a variant of the surname Mondriaal, which could possibly be a Dutch cognate of Monreal, meaning "royal mountain". This was the real surname of the Dutch-American painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944).

Mondrian Dutch
Variant of Mondriaan. A notable bearer was the Dutch-American abstract painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan Jr. (He changed his name in 1912, dropping the extra a from his surname).

Mondschein German, Jewish
topographic or habitational name referring to a house name meaning "moonshine" or a nickname for someone who was bald from the same word Middle High German māno "moon" and schinen "shine"... [more]

Mone Western African

Moneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Moneta Italian
Possibly originating from a nickname given to those who lived near a temple dedicated to Juno Moneta. A famous bearer of this surname is Nobel Prize for Peace recipient Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918).

Moneta Italian
from moneta "money" probably applied as either a nickname for a rich man or as a metonymic occupational name for a moneyer or money lender.

Monett French (Americanized)
Americanized form of Monet or Monette.

Money English

Moneymaker English (American)
Translated form of German Geldmacher or Geldschläger, occupational names for a coiner.

Moneypenny English
Probably from a medieval nickname for a rich person or a miser. A fictional bearer is Miss Moneypenny, secretary to M (the head of MI6) in the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming and in the films based on them.

Monfared Persian
Means "solitary, single" in Persian (of Arabic origin).

Monfils French
Monfils is a surname of French origin, meaning "my son."

Monford English

Monge Spanish

Monge French
Southern French variant of Moine.

Monge French
Truncated form of Demonge, a regional variant of the given name Dominique (compare Dimanche).

Monger English
Occupational name for a retail trader or a stallholder in a market, derived Old English mangere "trader, merchant, dealer".

Mongush Tuvan
Theorised to be derived from Tuvan moon meaning "cohesive, powerful" combined with kush "force". It is also believed to have been Mongolified and Turkified during the reign of Chinggis Khan in the 13th century.

Monheiser German

Monier French, English, French (Huguenot)
French variant of Monnier and occupational name for a moneyer from Middle English monier "moneyer" (Old French monier) or for a miller from Old French monier "miller".

Monigatti Romansh

Moniqa Indonesian

Monique French
A notable bearer is Kylie Monique, a singer.

Monir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Monir Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali
Derived from the given name Munir.

Monisha Bengali

Monix English

Moniz Portuguese
From the medieval Portuguese first name Muhno.... [more]