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Mokh RussianDerived from Russian мох
(mokh) meaning "moss".
Mol DutchHabitational name for someone from Mol in the Antwerp province, Belgium.
Molchan Russian, UkrainianFrom 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
Mole EnglishMole is (in some but not all cases) the English form of the German Möhl meaning mill.
Molin SwedishCombination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix
-in.
Molinaro ItalianOccupational name for a miller, derived from Italian
mulino meaning "mill".
Molinarolo ItalianProbably 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."
Molla BengaliMeans "mullah (an Islamic religious scholar)" in Bengali, ultimately from from Persian ملا
(molla).
Molotov RussianFrom Russian молот
(molot) meaning "hammer", indicating someone who worked with hammers.
Molyneux FrenchPossibly 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.
Momoi JapaneseFrom Japanese 桃
(momo) meaning "peach" and 井
(i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Momonoe Japanese (Rare)Combination of 桃
(momo) meaning "peach" and 枝
(e), shortened from
eda meaning "branch, bough," sandwiched by the genitive particle の
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Momose JapaneseFrom Japanese 百
(momo) meaning "hundred" and 瀬
(se) meaning "rapids, current".
Momota Japanesemomota means "a hundred rice fields". the kanji used are 百(momo) meaning " hundred" and 田(ta) meaning "rice field".
Momozaki JapaneseFrom Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Monaco ItalianNickname 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").
Monarch EnglishOrigin unidentified. Perhaps a translation of French Monarque, Monarc, a nickname for a high-handed or haughty person, from Old French monarque 'monarch'.
Moncayo AragoneseThis indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain massif.
Mönch GermanDerived from German
Mönch "monk" (ultimately via Middle High German
münch and Old High German
munih from Latin
monicus. Compare
Monk).
Moncrief ScottishScottish: habitational name from Moncreiff Hill near Perth, so called from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.
Moncrieffe ScottishClan 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.... [
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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... [
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Mondragón SpanishFrom the name of a town in Basque County, Spain, which is derived from Latin
mons draconis meaning "dragon mountain".
Moneta ItalianPossibly 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).
Moneypenny EnglishProbably 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.
Monger EnglishName for a retail trader or a stallholder in a market, Middle English
monger,
manger.
Mongush TuvanTheorised 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.
Monnier FrenchIt means Miller, someone operating a mill; from "meunier" or "mounier" in Old French.
Monoma JapaneseFrom Japanese 物 (mono) meaning "object" and 間 (ma) meaning "gap" or 物間 (monoma) meaning "among things"
Montalbano ItalianHabitational name from Montalbano di Elicona in northeastern Sicily (earlier simply Montalbano), Montalbano Jonico (Matera province), or the district of Montalbano in Fasano, Brindisi.
Montale ItalianFrom Latin
mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.
Montaperto ItalianMy father tells me this name means "open mountain." It seems to have come from a small area around Agrigento in Sicily, Italy.
Montefiore Italian, JewishDerived from
Montefiore, which is the name of several places in Italy. For example, there is Castle Montefiore in the town of Recanati (province of Macerata), the municipality of Montefiore Conca (province of Rimini) and the municipality of Montefiore dell'Aso (province of Ascoli Piceno)... [
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Monteith ScottishFrom the name of the district of
Menteith in south Perthshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic
monadh meaning "hill pasture" combined with the Scottish river name
Teith. A famous bearer was the Canadian actor and musician Cory Monteith (1982-2013), who portrayed the character Finn Hudson on the American television series
Glee (2009-2015).
Montemayor SpanishHabitational name from any of several places called Montemayor, from monte meaning "mountain" + mayor meaning "main", "larger", "greater", in particular in the provinces of Cordova, Salamanca, and Valladolid.
Montenegro Spanish, PortugueseHabitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese
monte meaning "mountain, hill" and
negro meaning "black".
Monterd AragoneseIt indicates familial origin within either of 2 municipalities: Monterd d’Albarrazín or Monterd.
Montesano ItalianFrom Italian
monte meaning "mountain" and
sano meaning "healthy".
Montesquieu FrenchFrom French
montagne, meaning "mountain" and possibly also from
queue, meaning "line". Charles Montesquieu was a 17th-century French aristocrat, philosopher and politician.
Monteverde ItalianHabitational name from any of various places called Monteverde, for example in Avellino province, from monte meaning "mountain" + verde meaning "green".
Monteverdi ItalianDerived from Italian
monte meaning "mountain" and
verdi meaning "green"; literally means "green mountain".
Montevirgen Spanish (Philippines)From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary,
Nuestra Señora de Montevirgen, meaning "Our Lady of Mount Virgin," dedicated at the Convento de Montevirgen (Convent of Mount Virgin) in the municipality of Villalba de los Barros, located in Extremadura's Badajoz province in western Spain.
Montford EnglishAs a Shropshire name believed to mean "from a communal ford or water crossing" while the Norfolk origin is "from Munda's ford," Munda being an old English personal name meaning "protector, guardian," as seen in names such as
Edmund.
Montiel SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Montisci ItalianOriginated in Sardinia, Italy in the 17th century given to fishermen
Monty French, EnglishTopographic name for a mountain dweller, from Old French mont 'mountain' (Latin mons, montis).
Monvoisin FrenchMarried surname of a infamous 17th century fortune teller and poisoner, Catherine Monvoisin nee Deshayes, known as La Voisin. Executed for witchcraft in 1680 in the affair of the poisons. Her clients included the elite of Paris including a mistress of Louis XIV.
Monzo ItalianPossibly a variant of Monsu, which may be an occupational name for a cook, Calabrian munsu, or a nickname or title from Milanese monsu ‘sir’, ‘lord’, ‘gentleman’.
Monzon SpanishHabitational name from Monzón, a place in Uesca province, which is probably named from Latin montione ‘big mountain’.
Moody English, IrishEither from Middle English
modie "angry, haughty, impetuous", or Old English
modig "brave, proud".
Mook GermanThis surname means 'flying insect' from a German word that is mauke. (I think it is mauke, I am SO not sure.)
Mööl EstonianMööl is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "möll" meaning "tumult" and "turbulence".
Moorcock EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a moorcock (the male of the red grouse). It is borne by British author Michael Moorcock (1939-).
Moraczewski PolishThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 Greater Polish villages named Moraczewo.
Morad VariousEither means "down" (like "down the river" or "down the mountain") in Hebrew. And a variant of the names
Murad and
Mourad in Arabic.
Morag HebrewMeans "threshing sledge", "flail" in Hebrew. Morag is a hand-held threshing tool.
Moralee English, FrenchFirst found in Norfolk where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings.
Moran IrishThe surname Moran, originating in counties Mayo and Sligo of Connaught, is the shortened version of O'Moran, Anglicized form of the older O'Morain "grandson of the great one" with the Old Irish root mor 'great, big' (denoting stature and/or character).
Morant English, FrenchFrom the Old French personal name
Morant, perhaps from a nickname meaning "steadfast", or alternatively of Germanic origin and meaning literally "courage-raven". A known bearer was the British-born Australian soldier and poet Breaker Morant, original name Edwin Henry Murrant (?1864-1902).
Moratalla SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Murcian municipality.
Morceli Arabic (Maghrebi)Possibly from Arabic مُرْسِل
(mursil) meaning "sender, dispatcher" or "sent, transmitted" from أَرْسَلَ
(ʾarsala) "to send, to dispatch".
Mordaunt EnglishRecorded as Mordant, Mordaunt (English), Mordagne, Mordant (French) and apparently Mordanti in Italy, this is a surname of French origins. According to the famous Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley writing in the year 1880, the name was originally Norman, and was brought to England by a follower of Duke William of Normandy, when he conquered England in 1066... [
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Morden EnglishParish in Surrey; one mile from Mitcham. "Moor Hollow" in Old English.
Morehouse EnglishHabitational name from any of various places, for example Moorhouse in West Yorkshire, named from Old English mōr meaning "marsh", "fen" + hūs meaning "house".
Moreira Portuguese, GalicianHabitational name from any of the numerous places in Portugal and Galicia called Moreira, from
moreira meaning "mulberry tree".
Morells GreekOne meaning/explanation of the surname Morells is it's an Americanization of the Greek name surname
Mariolis.
Moreschi ItalianNickname for a dark-skinned person, derived from the Medieval Latin word
moro, actually from the Latin
Maurus, meaning, "dark-skinned".
Morey Irish, EnglishAnglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Ó Mórdha, and in English (of Norman origin), derived from the Old French given name
Mory, a short form of
Amaury (see
Emery).
Morgade Anglo-SaxonIt`s a derived from Anglo-Saxon Morgen Or Morgan. Its meaning is morning. It have a second meaning that is a variety or type of oil.
Moriai JapaneseFrom the Japanese 盛 (
mori) "assortment" or 森 (
mori) "forest" and 合 (
ai) "fit," "suit," "join."
Moriancumer Mormon (Archaic)In the Book of Ether, Jared's brother's name remains untold. Joseph Smith revealed that his name was Mahonri Moriancumer.
Moriguchi JapaneseFrom 森
(mori) meaning "forest" and 口
(kuchi) meaning "entrance," "mouth."
Morihei JapaneseThis surname combines 森 (shin, mori) meaning "forest, woods" with 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace."... [
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Morikita Japanese (Rare)森 (Mori) means "Forest" and 北 (Kita) means "North". Hiroshi Morikita is the president and foreign rights man of Morikita Publishing.
Moríñigo LeoneseIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Moriya JapaneseFrom the Japanese 守 (
mori or
kami) "guard," "protect," "defend" or 森 (
mori) "forest" and 屋 (
ya) "dwelling" or 谷 (
ya or
tani) "valley."
Mørk NorwegianFrom Old Norse
mork "wood". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.