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Morifuji Japanese
Mori means "forest" and fuji means "wisteria".
Morigi Italian
Possibly a variant of Morici, or perhaps derived from Lombardic morigiö "little mouse".
Moriguchi Japanese
From 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "entrance, mouth."
Morihara Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Morihei Japanese
This surname combines 森 (shin, mori) meaning "forest, woods" with 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace."... [more]
Morijima Japanese
A variant of Morishima.... [more]
Morikita Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]
Morikubo Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" and 保 (bo) meaning "protect".
Morimatsu Japanese
Mori means "forest" and matsu means "pine".
Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".
Morimizu Japanese
Mori means "grove" and mizu means "water".
Morimura Japanese (Rare)
From Kanji "森" (Mori) meaning "Forest" and "村" (Mura) meaning "Village".
Morinaga Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Morinaka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Moríñigo Leonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Moríñigo Spanish
Habitational surname from Moríñigo, Moríñigo is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León.
Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".
Morio Japanese
Mori means "forest" and o means "tail."
Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".
Morisaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Morisato Japanese
Mori means "forest" and sato means "village".
Morishige Japanese
Mori means "forest" and shige means "luxury".
Morishima Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, grove" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Moritake Japanese
Mori means "forest" and take needs "bamboo".
Moritani Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Moritzi Romansh
Derived from the given name Mauritius.
Moriuchi Japanese
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 内 (uchi) means "inside".
Moriwaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".
Moriya Japanese
From the Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker, guard, protect, defend" or 森 (mori) meaning "forest" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling" or 谷 (ya or tani) meaning "valley."
Mörk Swedish
Means "dark" in Swedish.
Mørk Danish
Means "dark" in Danish.
Mørk Norwegian
From Old Norse mork "wood". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
Morkovin Russian
From Russian морковь (morkov) meaning "carrot".
Morning English
From the word “Morning” meaning early or beginning of the day when the sun rises.
Morningstar English, Jewish
English transcription of Morgenstern.
Moro Italian, Spanish
Nickname from moro "moor" from Latin maurus "moor, north african" and Italian variant of Mauro.
Moros Spanish
Habitational name from Moros in Zaragoza province, so named from the plural of moro ‘Moor’, i.e. ‘the place where the Moors live’.
Moroux Louisiana Creole
From the surname Moroux.
Morphy English
A famous American chess player named Paul Morphy lived in the 19th century.
Morpurgo Judeo-Italian
Italian surname of Jewish origin, originally Marpurg, from the Austrian city Marburg an der Drau (today Maribor in Slovenia). The progenitor was Moises Jacob, father of Petachia, in Bad-Rackersburg, Austria... [more]
Morquecho Spanish
Castilianized Form Of Morketxo. Unexplained.
Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".
Morrell English
Anglicization of Morel, related to Morell.
Morrico Italian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Morico or Morricone.
Morricone Italian
Possibly derived from the medieval given name Moricius or Moricus, derived from Latin murex meaning "shellfish (kind used in making purple dye)" as well as "sharp stone, pointed rock".
Morrie English
Probably a variant of Morris, or possibly of Murray 1.
Morrissey Irish
Morrissey is an Irish name meaning "choice of the sea".
Morrow Irish (Anglicized), Scottish
Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Murchadha (see McMorrow).
Morshed Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Morshed.
Morshuis Dutch
Probably derived from Old Dutch mor "swamp, marsh, peat" and huis "house, home".
Morskoy Russian
From the Russian word море (more), meaning "sea".
Mort English
Perhaps from a Norman nickname based on Old French mort "dead", possibly referring to someone with a deathly pallor or otherwise sepulchral appearance.
Mortaz Persian
Mortaz is a family with Persian roots that means suffered or has suffered
Mortazavi Persian
From the given name Mortaza.
Mortenson English
Means "son of Morten".
Mortezaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مرتضایی (see Mortezaei).
Mortezaei Persian
From the given name Morteza.
Mortezaie Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مرتضایی (see Mortezaei).
Morticelli Italian (Rare)
Means "died small" in Italian, from morto "dead; died" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Mortlock English
Habitational name denoting someone from Mortlake, Surrey, or from Mortlach, Banff. Mortlake could mean either "Morta’s meadow", from the byname Morta and Old English lag "wet pasture, marshy field", or "salmon stream", from mort "young salmon" and lacu "stream, pool"... [more]
Mortonson English
Means "Son of Morton".
Mosa Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Sindhi, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.
Mosaddegh Persian
Nickname derived from Persian مصدق (mosaddeğ) meaning "approved, reliable, certified, attested, verified", ultimately from Arabic مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq). It was borne by the politician, author and lawyer Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882-1967), who was Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until his democratic government was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1953.
Mosbrucker German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge over a swamp, from Middle High German mos meaning "bog", "swamp" + brucke meaning "bridge".
Mosca Romansh
Younger form of Muos-cha which was derived from Romansh muos-cha "fly (animal)".
Moscatelli Italian
The name Moscatelli has its origins in a type of grape called Moscatel. This grape has its origin in ancient Egypt or Greece, but it was in Italy that it became famous. Here the farmers that planted the grape became known as the Moscatelli.
Moscati Italian
Possibly a variant of Moscato.
Moscato Italian
Variant of the personal name Muscato, also Americanized spelling of Greek Moskatos, a metonymic occupational name for a grower of muscat grapes.
Moscow English (American, Rare)
From the city of Moscow in Russia.
Moseid Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
From Moseid Farm in southern Norway.
Mosel German
Habitational name from any of several places so named. topographic name from the Mosel river in western Germany a tributary of the Rhine that rises in the Vosges and flows through Lorraine and then a deep winding valley from Trier to Koblenz.
Mosele Italian
Probably related to German Moser, derived from moos "moss, bog". Alternatively, could be related to the toponyms Mosa or Mosella, which are of Celtic origin.
Mosharraf Bengali
Bengali form of Musharraf.
Moshe Hebrew
From the given name Moshe.
Mosher English
It is one of several variants of the name Mauger, also spelt Moger and Major, which itself comes from the Old French Maugier and Old German Malger, a compound name meaning "council-spear"... [more]
Moshkovich Russian
From Russian мошка (moshka), meaning "midge (fly)".
Moskal Ukrainian
A moskal (москаль) is a derogatory term for Russian person.
Moskalenko Ukrainian
Means "child of a moskal" in Ukrainian. A moskal originally denoted somebody who was an inhabitant of the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the 12th to the 15th centuries. However, nowadays it is used as a pejorative term for a Muscovite or, by extension, a Russian... [more]
Moskalov m Russian
Russian form of Moskalenko.
Moskovchenko Ukrainian
Means "child of the Moskovite", from Ukrainian Москва (Moskva) "Moscow".
Moskovsky Russian
Habitational name for someone from Moscow.
Moskow Jewish
Shortened form of Moskowitz.
Moskowitz Jewish
Germanized form of a patronymic surname formed by adding the Slavic suffix "-ovic" meaning "son of" to a Yiddish transformation (Moshke) of the biblical Hebrew personal Moses ("Mosko" was a Polish pet form of the personal name Moses).
Moskva Russian
Derived from the Russian word Москва meaning "Moscow".
Moskvitin m Russian
Means "from Moscow", from Russian Москва (Moskva) "Moscow".
Moskwa Polish
Polish form of Moskva.
Moslavac Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Moslavina, a region in Croatia.
Moslemi Persian
From the given name Moslem.
Moslemzadeh Persian
Means "born of Moslem" in Persian.
Mosley English
Habitational name from any of several places called Mos(e)ley in central, western, and northwestern England. The obvious derivation is from Old English mos "peat bog" and leah "woodland clearing", but the one in southern Birmingham (Museleie in Domesday Book) had as its first element Old English mus "mouse", while one in Staffordshire (Molesleie in Domesday Book) had the genitive case of the Old English byname Moll.
Mosqueda Spanish
Mosqueda comes from the Spanish word 'Mosca' meaning house fly.
Mosquera Spanish, Catalan
Spanish topographic name for someone who lived in a place that was infested with flies or mosquitos from a derivative of mosca "fly" (from Latin musca)... [more]
Mossberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mosse "bog" and berg "mountain".
Mossberg Jewish
Combination of Moses and German berg "mountain, hill".
Mossing Norwegian
Habitational name from a farm name in Trøndelag, probably named with mose meaning "moss" + vin meaning "meadow".
Mossman English
This interesting name is a variant of the surname Moss which is either topographical for someone who lived by a peat bog, from the Old English pre 7th Century 'mos' or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example Mosedale in Cumbria or Moseley in West Yorkshire.
Most German
Metonymic occupational name for a producer or seller of must, i.e. unfermented grape juice, from Middle High German most, ultimately derived from Latin mustum vinum meaning "young (i.e. fresh) wine"... [more]
Most Polish, Jewish
Topographic name from Slavic most meaning "bridge", or a habitational name from any of several places named with this word.
Mostafaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مصطفایی (see Mostafaei).
Mostafaei Persian
From the given name Mostafa.
Mostafaie Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مصطفایی (see Mostafaei).
Mostafavi Persian
From the given name Mostafa.
Mostefaï Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mostefa (chiefly Algerian).
Mostefaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Mustafa" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).
Mostofa Bengali
From the given name Mustafa.
Moszkowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Mosaki in Masovian Voivodeship.
Mota South American, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.
Moteki Japanese
From the Japanese 茂 (mote) "overgrown," "to grow thick" and 木 (ki, moku or boku) "tree."
Motel French
Topographic name from a derivative of Old French motte ‘fortified stronghold’.
Moth English
From a nickname derived from Middle English mothe meaning "moth". Known bearers include New Zealand photojournalist Margaret Moth (1951-2010), British artist Charlotte Moth (1978-), and British Roman Catholic bishop Richard Moth (1958-).
Mothersbaugh English
Anglicized form of Muttersbach.
Motherwell Scottish
Means "person from Motherwell", North Lanarkshire ("Our Lady's well"). American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) was a known bearer.
Motion Scottish
A Scottish name of uncertain origin. British poet Andrew Motion (1952-) is a known bearer.
Motley English
This surname may come from a nickname for someone wearing parti-coloured clothes (from Anglo-French motteley, which may come from Old English mot meaning "speck").
Motohashi Japanese
From Japanese 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Motoki Japanese
Moto means "root, source, origin" and ki means "tree, wood".
Motokura Japanese
Moto means "origin" and kura means "storehouse".
Motome Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 求, 元目 or 求馬 with 求 (kyuu, gu, moto.meru) meaning "demand, request, require, want, wish for", 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 目 (boku, moku, ma, me, -me) meaning "care, class, experience, eye, favour, insight, look" and 馬 (ba, uma, uma-, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]
Motomura Japanese
Moto means "origin, source" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Motono Japanese
From 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".
Motoyama Japanese
Combination of Kanji Characters 本 meaning "Book", and 山 meaning "Mountain".
Motozawa Japanese
From the Japanese 本 (moto) "base" or 元 (moto) "original" and 沢 or 澤 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."
Mott English
The surname Mott was first found in Essex, where the family held a family seat from very early times, having been granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. Moate (Irish: An Móta) is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland... [more]
Motte French, Walloon, Flemish, German
from old French motte "motte" a word of Gaulish origin denoting a man-made protective mound or moat surrounding a castle or other fortified strongholds; or a habitational name from any of the various places in France and in Belgium named with this word.... [more]
Mõttus Estonian
Mõttus is an Estonian name derived from "Mõtus", meaning "grouse".
Motz German
Meaning "dirty" or "grubby".
Mou Chinese
From Chinese 牟 (móu) referring to the ancient state of Mou that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 BC).
Moua Hmong
From the Hmong clan name Muas associated with Chinese 馬 (mǎ) meaning "horse" (see Ma).
Mouchtaris Greek
Greek form of Mukhtar, from Arabic mukhtar (مختار) meaning "the chosen".
Moujahid Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid) meaning "one who is labouring, one who is in distress", also used to refer to a member of a liberation army in Muslim countries (chiefly Moroccan).
Moujtaba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujtaba).
Moujteba Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic المجتبى (see el-Moujteba).
Moul Khmer
Variant transcription of Mul.
Mouldenhauer German
Has a Northern German origin, and means “bowl maker” or “carver of bowls”.
Moulder English
Derived from the Middle English word molder which means "to shape or mold something." It could refer to a person who shaped or molded dough or other ingredients into loaves of bread or other baked goods... [more]
Mouloud Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.
Mouloudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.
Moulton English
Derived from various places with the same name, for example in the counties of Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk and North Yorkshire in England. It is either derived from the Old English given name Mūla, the Old Norse name Múli or Old English mūl meaning "mule" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".
Mount English
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains.
Mountain English
Topographic name from Old French montagne "mountain" (see Montagne).
Mountbatten English, German (Anglicized)
Partial calque of Battenberg. This is the name of a British family that originated as a branch of the Battenberg family, a notable bearer of which was British statesman Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979).
Mountjoy English
Habitational surname for a person from Montjoie in La Manche, France, named with Old French mont "hill", "mountain" + joie "joy".
Mountstuart English
Possibly derived from the mountain in the Cascade Range, in the state of Washington, United States.
Moura Portuguese
Derived from the Portuguese word "Mouro", which refers to an individual from the Moor people. This is the feminine form of the word, often used in legends of enchanted moor women, which very common in Portugal... [more]
Mourad Arabic
From the given name Murad.
Mouratis Greek
Possibly a patronymic from the Turkish given name Murat.
Mourouzis Greek
Belonged to an important Greek family of Pontic origin.
Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.
Mousall English
The surname Mousall was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Mousazadeh Persian
Means "born of Mousa" in Persian.
Mousel German (Austrian, Anglicized), English
Anglicisation of the German Mäusl, from the German word maus - "mouse" combined with a diminutive suffix, literally meaning "little mouse"... [more]
Moussaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.
Moussi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Musa.
Moustafa Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.
Moustaki Greek
Moustaki is Derived from the Greek word for ‘moustache’, μουστάκι.
Moustapha Western African
From the given name Moustapha.
Mouton French
Nickname from Old French mouton "sheep" used for a docile mild-mannered person for someone easily led or perhaps for a curly-haired man... [more]
Movchan Ukrainian
Means "silent one".
Mowat Scottish
From medieval female given name, Mohaut, a variant of Maud.
Mowbray English
Ultimately from the name of a place in Normandy meaning "mud hill" in Old French.
Möwer German (Rare)
Possibly derived from Middle High German moven "to torment, trouble, burden".
Mower English
Occupational name for someone who cut hay or grass.
Mower German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Maurer and Mauer.
Moxley English
From the name of a settlement in Staffordshire, England, probably derived from the Old English given name Mocc and hlaw "mound, small hill".
Moxon English
Means "son of Magge", a pet-form of Margaret, a female personal name which came into English via French from Late Latin Margarita, literally "pearl".
Moyano Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Moya, from an adjectival form of the place name.
Moyes English
From the medieval personal name Moise, a vernacular variant of Moses (the biblical name of the Hebrew prophet who led the Children of Israel out of captivity).
Moyle Cornish, Welsh
Cornish and Welsh: descriptive nickname meaning ‘bald’, from Cornish moyl, Welsh moel.
Moyo Shona
Meaning unknown.
Moyongan Filipino, Bontoc
Means "bumble bee" in Bontok.
Mozafarikhosravi Persian (Rare)
A surname that combines the two names Mozaffar and Khosrau.
Mozaffari Persian
From the given name Mozaffar.
Mozart German
The surname was first recorded in the 14th century as Mozahrt, and later as Motzhardt in Germany. It is a compound word, the first part of which is Middle High German mos, also spelt mosz, and meaning “bog, marsh” in southern dialects (compare modern German Moos)... [more]
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