All Submitted Surnames

Mustin English
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of Muston or Musto.

Mustkivi Estonian
Mustkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "black stone".

Mustmaa Estonian
Mustmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "black land".

Muston English
Habitational name from places so named, from Old English mus "mouse", or must, "muddy stream or place" combined with tun "enclosure, settlement". Another explanation could be that the first element is derived from an old Scandinavian personal name, Músi (of unknown meaning), combined with tun.

Mustons English (Archaic)
Variant of Muston.

Musumbu Central African

Muszynski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Muszyna in Nowy Sacz voivodeship and elsewhere, named with mucha "fly" (see Mucha).

Muta Japanese
From Japanese 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mütəllibov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mütəllib".

Mütəllibova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mütəllibov.

Mutambo Luba
It means "forest" in Songye and Tshiluba, but can also mean "supreme ruler" in Tshiluba.

Mutapčić Bosnian

Mutema Southern African

Muthmare Tamil

Muthusamy Tamil
Pearl god; Lord Murugan

Mutia Eastern African, Maasai
A Kenyan Maasai surname known mostly in the West as the name of a certain fictitious escarpment, which appears infrequently in old Tarzan Films.

Mutley English

Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.

Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutombo Kongo

Mutoni Eastern African

Mutou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutsu Japanese (Rare)
Similar to Mutsumi, Mutsu means "order".

Mutsumi Japanese (Rare)
Mutsumi means "order".... [more]

Mutsuya Japanese
Variant of Mutsutani.

Mutsuyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Mutsuyoshi Japanese

Mutter German
(also Mütter): occupational name for an official employed to measure grain, from Middle High German mutte, mütte 'bushel', 'grain measure' (Latin modius) + the agent suffix -er.

Muttersbach German (Rare)

Muttski Polish, Popular Culture, Literature
Not known, A Notable bearer is Ben Muttski from Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog comics

Mutuyimana Rwandan

Muuk Estonian
Muuk is an Estonian surname meaning "skeleton key".

Muul Estonian
Muul is an Estonian surname meaning both "mule" and "seawall".

Müür Estonian
Müür is an Estonian surname meaning "wall".

Müürikivi Estonian
Müürikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "wall stone".

Müüripeal Estonian
Müüripeal is an Estonian surname derived from the compounds "müür" (wall) and "peal" (atop, above); "above wall".

Müürisepp Estonian
Müürisepp is an Estonian surname meaning "brick mason" (literally: "wall smith").

Muvaza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Muxika Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Coincides with, or possibly derives from, the Basque word muxika meaning "peach".

Muxtarov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Muxtar".

Muxtarova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Muxtarov.

Muyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muyet Congo

Muzaferija Bosnian

Muzaffar Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Muzaffar.

Muzaffari Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic المظفري (see al-Muzaffari).

Müzəffərov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Müzəffər".

Müzəffərova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Müzəffərov.

Mūze Latvian

Muzhikov Russian
From Russian мужик (muzhik) referring to a peasant from the Tsarist era.

Muziki Swahili
From Swahili meaning "music". Possibly an occupational name for a musician.

Mužinić Croatian

Muzio Italian (Rare)
Northern Italian from a medieval personal name derived from the Latin personal name Mucius or Mutius.

Muzorewa Shona
Meaning unknown.

Muzurović Bosnian

Muzychenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian музика (muzyka), meaning "music". Denoted to someone who in some way made music.

Muzyka Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Belarusian музыка (muzyka) or Ukrainian музика (muzyka), both possibly derived from German Musiker meaning "musician".

Mvuezolo Central African

Mwalimu African

Mwamba Bemba

Mwaruwari Shona
Meaning unknown.

Mwepu African

Mweushi African
salute to a king or chief spokesman.literally means "your excellency" or "your majesty". and is usually followed by another name and not used alone.

Mwila Lozi

Myagmarsüren Mongolian

Myakishev m Russian

Myakshenko Ukrainian
From Ukrainian м'якшення (m'yakshennya), meaning "mitigation".

Myasnikovich Belarusian
Possibly means "son of Myasnik".

Myatt English
From the medieval personal name Myat, literally "little Mihel", an Anglo-Norman variant of Michael.

Mychal Polish

Mycroft English
From Old English ġemȳþ "mouth (of a river)" + croft meaning "enclosed field", originally denoting somebody who lives at the mouth of a river.... [more]

Myelin Hebrew

Myhre Norwegian
Derived from Norwegian myr "bog, swamp".

Myin Belgian

Mykhailenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Михайленко (see Mykhaylenko).

Mykhalchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykhaylo".

Mykhaylenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykhaylo".

Mykhaylychenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykhaylo".

Mykhaylyuta Ukrainian
From the given name Mykhaylo.

Mykhtyuk Ukrainian (Rare)

Mykkänen Finnish (Rare)
Finnish rare variant of Mäkinen.

Myklebust Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse Myklibólstaðr meaning "large farm". From mikill "large" and bólstaðr "farm".

Mykolaiv Ukrainian (Rare)
Means "son of Mykola."

Mykolaychuk Ukrainian
From the given name Mykolay.

Mykolayenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykola".

Mykolayets Ukrainian
Variant of Mykolayenko.

Mykytenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykyta".

Mykytyn Ukrainian
Means "son of Mykyta".

Mylar Scottish, Irish

Myler Scottish, Irish

Mylly Finnish

Myllymäki Finnish
Combination of Finnish mylly "mill" and mäki "hill, slope".

Mylrae English (Rare)

Mylrea English, Manx
Cognate of Mulroy.

Mynsky Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Minsky.

Myōchin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 明珍 (myōchin), the 2 characters used in 明らかに珍しい (akiraka ni mezurashii) meaning "evidently rare". This is from the event in the Heian Period, of an armorer who created an armor that was then praised by Emperor Konoe... [more]

Myochin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 明珍 or 明珎 (see Myōchin).

Myōi Japanese
Variant reading of Nai.

Myoi Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname is Myoi Mina from the Kpop girl group TWICE.

Myoi Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.

Myong Korean
Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Myose Japanese

Myotte English

Myoui Japanese

Myoui Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.

Myradov Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Мырадов (see Myradow).

Myradova Turkmen
Alternate transcription of Turkmen Мырадова (see Myradowa).

Myradow Turkmen
Means "son of Myrat".

Myradowa Turkmen
Feminine transcription of Turkmen Мырадов (see Myradow).

Myre Norwegian
Variant of Myhre.

Myrick English
Either means "dark", "work" or "ruler".

Myrlie English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Norwegian myr "bog, marsh, swamp" and li "slope, hillside, mountainside" (see hlíð).

Myronyuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Myron".

Myrotis Greek

Myrsky Finnish
Means "storm, tempest, gale".

Myrsten Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and sten "stone, rock".

Myrtezaj Albanian

Myrtle English

Myrtollari Albanian (Rare)

Myrvall Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish myr "bog, moor, wetland" and vall "pasture, field of grass".

Myrzabaev m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Myrzabay".

Myrzabaeva f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine form of Myrzabaev.

Myrzabekov m Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Myrzabek".

Myrzabekova f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Feminine form of Myrzabekov.

Myrzakhanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Myrzakhan".

Myrzakhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Myrzakhanov.

Myshenov Russian
The first part of the name, mysh actually means mouse!

Myshkin Russian
Myshkin is the possessive case of the diminutive of the word 'mouse'.

Mysho Polish, Russian
Russian and Polish forms of Michaux.

Myśliwiec m Polish
Derived from the Polish word myśliwy meaning "hunter."

Myśliwski m Polish
Derived from the Polish word myśliwy meaning "hunter." A famous bearer includes the Polish novelist Wiesław Myśliwski.

Myszka Polish
Means 'mouse' in Polish.

Mytych Polish (Anglicized, Modern)

Myung Korean
Korean form of Ming, from Sino-Korean 明 (myeong).

Na Korean
There is only one Chinese character for the Na surname. Some sources indicate that there are 46 different Na clans, but only two of them can be documented, and it is believed that these two sprang from a common founding ancestor... [more]

Na Hui
From the Arabic name Nasr.

Na Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Naakka Finnish
From Finnish meaning "jackdaw".

Naaktgeboren Dutch
Turns out that Naaktgeboren means nakedborn in Dutch. It's a surname used in the Netherlands.

Näär Estonian
Näär is an Estonian surname meaning "burnet-saxifrage (a plant: Pimpinella saxifraga)" and "jay".

Naarits Estonian
Naarits is an Estonian surname meaning "mink".

Nab Scottish, English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazi), Yiddish
Scottish: truncated form of Mcnay.... [more]

Nababan Batak

Nabaskoze Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.

Nabatame Japanese
From 生 meaning "to live, raw", 天 meaning "heaven, sky", and 目 meaning "eyes".

Nabb English (British), Scottish (Anglicized)
English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by a nab, Middle English nabbe ‘hillock, knoll’ (Old Norse nabbi ‘projecting peak, hill’), or a habitational name from any of the many minor places in northern and eastern England named with this word, for example Whalley Nab in Blackburn (Lancashire), Nab Scar in Rydal (Westmorland), and The Nab in Burgh Saint Margaret (Norfolk).... [more]

Nabe Japanese
Possibly from 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron".

Nabeel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nabil.

Naberezhnyy m Ukrainian
Means "on the coastline" in Ukrainian.

Nabeshima Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Nabeta Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, pan, kettle", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy".

Nabeya Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 谷 (tani, ya, gaya, gai) meaning "valley".

Nabi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Nabi.

Nabil Arabic
From the given name Nabil.

Nəbiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəbi".

Nabiyev Azerbaijani, Uzbek
Means "son of Nabi".

Nəbiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nəbiyev.

Nabizada Dari Persian
Dari form of Nabizadeh.

Naboka Russian

Nabors English
Variant of Neighbor

Nabrotzky German
Supposedly means "lived near water". Originated from Prussia.

Nabrotzky German (East Prussian)
The story I was told was:... [more]

Nacache Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Nakache.

Nəcəfov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nəcəf".

Nəcəfova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nəcəfov.

Naccache Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Nakache.

Nacci Italian

Nachez Spanish (Mexican)
Means "son of Nacho".

Nachosnyy m Ukrainian

Nacht German, Jewish
From middle German naht meaning "night".

Nachtigal German, Jewish
Variant of Nachtigall

Nachtigall German, Jewish
Nickname from Middle High German nachtegal "nightingale" from Old High German galan "to sing". Cognate to Nightingale.

Nachtmann German, Jewish
Derived from German nacht "night" and mann, referring to a night watchman. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Nachtrieb German
It possibly comes from the German name of a nachtrab, which is a "night bird like the owl". Another possible meaning is "night tribe".

Nachum Jewish
Derived from the given name Nachum.

Naçi Albanian

Naciri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nacir (see Nasir), predominantly used in Morocco.

Nackel German (Austrian)

Nacrour Arabic
The name of a family of Lebanese goldsmiths descended from the Ottoman Prince Hanna, the name itself refers to the actual sound the hammer makes as it hits the gold. This is the French spelling but the original Arabic spelling is äÞÑæÑ ; other spellings in the Latin alphabet include Nakrour and Nacrur.

Nacuqu Fijian

Naczk Polish
Pomeranian form of Naczek, a diminutive of a given name beginning with Naczę such as Naczęsław or Naczęmir.

Naczyk Polish
From Naczyk, a diminutive of a given name beginning with Naczę such as Naczęsław or Naczęmir.

Naď m Slovak, Czech
Slovak and Czech form of Nagy.

Nađ Serbian, Croatian
Serbian and Croatian variant of Nagy.

Nada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nadal Catalan, Occitan
From the personal name Nadal, from nadal "Christmas" (from Latin natalis "birthday"). Compare Noel.

Nadarević Bosnian

Nadeau French
Variant of Nadal, which can be a name or the meaning "Christmas".... [more]

Nadeem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadim.

Nadein Russian
Means "son of Nadei".

Nadel German, Jewish
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of needles, or in some cases for a tailor, from Middle High German nadel(e), German Nadel "needle".

Nader Arabic
From the given name Nadir.

Naderi Persian
From the given name Nader.

Naderian Persian
From the given name Nader.

Naderpour Persian
Means "son of Nader" in Persian.

Naderzadeh Persian
Means "born of Nader" in Persian.

Nadezhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надежда (nadezhda) meaning "hope".

Nadezhkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Надежкин (see Nadezhkin).

Nadhya Indonesian

Nadie African

Nadig German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from from Old High German (gi-)nadig "kind", this was a nickname for a kind and benevolent person.

Nadim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nadim.

Nadir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadir.

Nadirov Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "son of Nadir".

Nadita Pakistani

Nadolinskiy m Russian

Nadolny Polish, Jewish, Sorbian
Topographic name from Polish nadól, Sorbian nadol "downwards", denoting someone who lived lower down in a village on a slope, or on relatively low-lying ground.

Nadori Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian city or province of Nador. A famous bearer is singer Rachid Nadori.

Naďová f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Naď.

Nadtochiy m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian надточій (nadtochiy), meaning "extremely sharp, extremely accurate".

Nadyozhkin Russian
Derived from Russian надёжа (nadyozha) meaning "hope".

Nadyozhkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Надёжкин (see Nadyozhkin).

Naeem Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Na'im.

Naegele German
Variant of Nagel.

Naegi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 苗木 with 苗 (byou, myou, nae, nawa-) meaning "sapling, seedling, shoot" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Nael Estonian
Nael is an Estonian surname meaning "nail".

Naeli Iranian

Nae'ole Hawaiian

Naeole Hawaiian

Naeshiro Japanese
The meaning of Naeshiro/苗代 equals to "Seedling Substitute"

Naga Japanese

Naga Japanese, Okinawan
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈賀 or 名嘉 (see Naka).

Nagabara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

Nagada Japanese

Nagadome Japanese

Nagae Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga 3) meaning "long, chief" or 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, river, inlet".

Nagagai Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagagawa Japanese
Variant of Nagakawa.

Nagagaya Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagahama Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Nagahara Japanese

Nagai Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nagaike English

Nagaito Japanese

Nagajima Japanese
Variant of Nagashima.

Nagakawa Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and kawa means "river, stream".

Nagamatsu Japanese
This surname is used as 永松, 長松 or 永末 with 永 (ei, naga.i) meaning "eternity, lengthy, long," 長 (chou, osa, naga.i) meaning "leader, long," 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, end, posterity, powder, tip."

Nagami Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and mi means "view, perspective".

Nagamizu Japanese

Nagamori Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and mori means "forest".

Naganawa Japanese
From 長 (naga) meaning "long, chief", 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony".

Nagano Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Naganuma Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Nagao Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "head, leader, chief, long" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot of a mountain, end".

Nagaoka Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nagara Japanese

Nagaraj Hindi, Indian
Variant of Nagarajan.

Nagarajan Indian
From "Naga" meaning cobra and "Raja" meaning king.

Nagare Japanese
From 流 (nagare, nagaru, ryuu) meaning "flow, current, stream".

Nagasaka Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Nagasaku Japanese

Nagasato Japanese

Nagase Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and se means "current, ripple".

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Nagashima Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nagasu Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 洲 (su) meaning "continent".

Nagata Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nagatani Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and tani means "valley".

Nagato Japanese (Rare)
There might be different readings, but one is Naga meaning "chief" and to meaning "gate".... [more]

Nagatomi Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" or 長 (naga) meaning "superior", combined with 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth" or 冨 (tomi) with the same meaning.

Nagatomo Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long, eternity" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Nagatoshi Japanese

Nagatsuka Japanese

Nagavekar Indian
Of Indian origin, specifically from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The name is derived from the words "nagav" which means cobra and "kar" meaning owner, thus Nagavekar means "owner of cobras" in English... [more]

Nagawa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nagawara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

Nagaya Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling".

Nagayama Japanese
From Japanese 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy" or 長 (nagai) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Nagazaki Japanese
Variant of Nagasaki.

Nagazato Japanese
Variant of Nagasato.

Nagazawa Japanese
Variant of Nagasawa.

Nagda Gujarati

Nagelmackers Belgian

Nagelschmidt German
Means "nail smith" in German

Nagib Arabic
Derived from the given name Najib.

Nagibe Japanese

Nagira Japanese

Nağıyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Nağı".

Nagiyev m Azerbaijani (Expatriate)
Simplified form of Nağıyev used in langauges that do not have Azeri special characters.

Nağıyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Nağıyev.

Nagler German
Form Middle High German nagel "nail".

Naglowa Polish

Nagoli Southern African

Nagórny Russian, Polish, Ukrainian
Place name for someone from multiple cites of Russia named Nagornoye and Nagorny, itself derived from the The prefix Nagorno- that derives from the Russian attributive adjective nagorny (нагорный), which means "highland".

Nagornykh Russian
From Russian на горе (na gore), meaning "on the mountain".

Nagovitsin m Russian

Nagoy Russian
Derived from Russian нагой (nagoy) meaning "nude, naked, bare".

Naguib Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Najib. Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984) was the first president of Egypt.

Nagumo Japanese

Naguro Japanese
Variant of Nakuro.

Nagy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Naaji chiefly used in Egypt.

Nahar Arabic
Means “river” or “canal”. It is likely that individuals with this last name come from a family with a history or connection to water or irrigation systems.

Nahar Bengali, Indian, Punjabi
Derived from Arabic نهار (nahar) meaning "day".

Nahasapeemapetilon Popular Culture
Borne by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a fictional character from the television series 'The Simpsons' (1989-). According to the show's sources, the character is meant to be of Bengali Indian origin.

Nahir Hebrew

Nahksep Estonian
A surname drived from an occupational name meaning, "leatherworker".

Nahkur Estonian
Nahkur is an Estonian surname meaning "tanner".

Nahornyuk Ukrainian
A Ukrainian form of Nagornykh.

Nahulae Batak