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Miyasawa Japanese

Miyashima Japanese
Miya means "shrine, palace temple" and shima means "island".

Miyashiro Japanese
"Shrine Castle".

Miyatera Japanese

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

Miyuki Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "honorific prefix indicating respect, your, godly, imperial, royal, imperial, to govern, control, protect" and 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness, good luck, fortune".

Mizaki Japanese
Variant of Misaki.

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizobuchi Japanese

Mizoe Japanese
From 溝 (mizo) meaning "gully, drain, ditch, trench, gap, gutter" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet, bay".

Mizokami Japanese
From 溝 (mizo) meaning "gully, drain, ditch, trench, gap, gutter" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Mizubara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuda Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".

Mizugai Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizugawa Japanese
Variant of Mizukawa.

Mizugaya Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

Mizuhara Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mizuhori Japanese
Mizu means "water"and hori means "moat, ditch, canal".

Mizui Japanese
Mizu means "water" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Mizujima Japanese
Variant of Mizushima.

Mizuki Japanese
Variant of Mitsuki.

Mizukuchi Japanese
Mizu means "water" and kuchi means "mouth, opening".

Mizumo Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mo means "cloud".

Mizumori Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mori means "forest, grove".

Mizumura Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Mizunaka Japanese
From 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Mizunokoji Popular Culture

Mizunoue Japanese

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

Mizuse Japanese
Mizu means "water" and se means "ripple".

Mizuseki Japanese

Mizuto Japanese

Mizuwara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuya Japanese
Variation of Mizutani.

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Mizuzaki Japanese
Variant of Mizusaki.

Mizuzawa Japanese
Variant of Mizuzawa.

Moccasin Indigenous American

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

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

Mokuno Japanese

Molette French

Momii Japanese

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

Momo Japanese

Momoda Japanese

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

Momoki Japanese

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

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".

Momozawa Japanese

Mon Japanese
Mon means "Gate".

Monacelli Italian

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

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

Mono Japanese

Monroy Spanish
A habitational surname meaning "red mountain".

Montaigne French
Variant of Montagne.

Montaville French (Rare)
Variant of Monteville.

Montblanc French

Montclair French

Monteville French

Montville French
"Mountain town".

Moorehead English

Morano Italian

Moratti Italian

Moreaux French

Moreland English

Moreton English

Morganstein German

Moribara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

Morida Japanese

Morie Japanese

Morifuji Japanese
Mori means "forest" and fuji means "wisteria".

Morigai Japanese
Variant of Moritani.

Morigaya Japanese
Variant of Moritani.

Morihara Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Morii Japanese

Morijima Japanese
A variant of Morishima.... [more]

Morikita Japanese (Rare)
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 北 (kita) means "north".... [more]

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".

Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Morinoue Japanese

Morio Japanese
Mori means "forest" and o means "tail."

Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".

Morisane Japanese

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".

Morisumi Japanese

Moritai Japanese

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".

Morito Japanese

Moriuchi Japanese
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 内 (uchi) means "inside".

Moriwara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

Morizaka Japanese
Variant of Morisaka.

Morizaki Japanese
Variant of Morisaki.

Morizane Japanese
Variant of Morisane.

Morizumi Japanese

Morland English

Morneau French

Moroboshi Japanese
Variant of Morohoshi.

Morohoshi Japanese

Morokuzu Japanese

Morozumi Japanese
Variant of Morosumi.

Morril English

Morrill English

Mosby English

Moseby English

Motegi Japanese

Motobashi English
Variant of Motohashi.

Motohashi Japanese
From Japanese 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Motokari Japanese (Rare)

Motokariya Japanese

Motoki Japanese
Moto means "root, source, origin" and ki means "tree, wood".

Motokura Japanese
Moto means "origin" and kura means "storehouse".

Motomasa Japanese

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".

Motoyoshi Japanese

Motti Italian

Motto Italian

Motton English

Muang Chinese

Mucci Italian

Mugford English

Mügge German

Mugishima Japanese
Mugi means "wheat" and shima means "island".

Muguruma Japanese

Mukai Japanese
From Japanese 向 (muka) meaning "facing, toward" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Mukaichi Japanese
From 向 (muka) meaning "towards", 井 (i) meaning "mineshaft, well, pit", and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, ground, land, destinations".... [more]

Mukawa Japanese

Mulbery English
Variant of Mulberry.

Mulford English

Munch Danish, French, Norwegian (Rare)
Either a variant of Münch or Munk, both meaning "monk". A notable bearer was Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), whose best known work is 'The Scream'.

Munchausen German

Münchhausen German

Munekawa Japanese
From 宗 (mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 川 (kawa) means "stream, river".

Munesato Japanese

Muneta Japanese

Munno Italian
An assimilated form of Mundo.

Muño Spanish

Muno Luxembourgish

Mura Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village".

Murabashi Japanese
Variant of Murahashi.

Murabayashi Japanese
Variant of Murahayashi.

Murada Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muragawa Japanese
Variant of Murakawa.

Murahama Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and hama means "seashore, veach".

Murahashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hashi means "bridge".

Murahayashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".

Muraji Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".

Murakata Japanese

Murakawa Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Muraki Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Murakita Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, town, hamlet" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Murako Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "village, hamlet" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Murakoshi Japanese

Muramatsu Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Muramori Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and mori means "forest".

Muramoto Japanese
Mura means "village" and moto means "origin".

Muranaka Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village" combined with 中 (naka) meaning "inside, middle".

Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."

Murao Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Muraoka Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Murasawa Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Murashima Japanese
Shima means "island" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Muratsu Japanese

Murayoshi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" or "town" and yoshi means "good luck".

Murfield English

Murley English

Muro Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room, chamber, apartment, cellar, greenouse".

Murofushi Japanese

Murohashi Japanese

Musgrave English

Musgrove English

Mussi Italian

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

Muthmare Tamil

Mutley English

Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

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.

Mutsuyoshi Japanese

Mylar Scottish, Irish

Myler Scottish, Irish

Myose Japanese

Nabata Japanese

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

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

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".

Nacci Italian

Nae'ole Hawaiian

Naeole Hawaiian

Naga Japanese

Nagabara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

Nagada Japanese

Nagadome Japanese

Nagagai Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagagawa Japanese
Variant of Nagakawa.

Nagagaya Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagahara Japanese

Nagaike English

Nagaito Japanese

Nagajima Japanese
Variant of Nagashima.

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

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".

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

Nagara Japanese

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

Nagasaku Japanese

Nagasato Japanese

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

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]

Nagatoshi Japanese

Nagawara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

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

Nagira Japanese

Nagumo Japanese

Naguro Japanese
Variant of Nakuro.

Naiki Japanese
From 内 (nai) meaning "inside" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Naito Japanese
内 (Nai) means "inside" and 藤 (to) means "wisteria".

Naitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Naitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Naiya Japanese

Najima Japanese

Nakafuji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and fuji means "wisteria".

Nakagai Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakagame Japanese
仲 (Naka) means "relation" and game is a variation of 亀 (kame), which means "turtle, tortoise".

Nakagami Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Nakagata Japanese
Variant of Nakakata.

Nakagawara Japanese

Nakagaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakagiri Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia".

Nakago Japanese

Nakahama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Nakahata Japanese

Nakahayashi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Nakaima Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ima means "now, present".

Nakaji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ji means "soil, ground".

Nakajo Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 条 (jo) meaning "article, strips" or 城 (jo) meaning "castle".

Nakaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ki means "tree, wood".

Nakama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ma can mean "pause" or "genuine, true real".

Nakami Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".

Nakamine Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".

Nakamori Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mori means "forest".

Nakamuro Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 室 (muro) meaning "room, chamber".

Nakanishi Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship, terms" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Nakaniwa Japanese

Nakanotani Japanese (Rare)
Naka means "middle", no is a possessive particle, and tani means "valley".

Nakao Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Nakasa Japanese

Nakasaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".

Nakasato Japanese

Nakasawa Japanese

Nakase Japanese
Naka means "middle" and se means "ripple, current".

Nakatsu Japanese

Nakatsutsumi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and tsutsumi means "enbankment, river, bank, dike".

Nakaura Japanese
Naka means "Middle" and Ura means "Gulf, Bay, Inlet, Beach, Seacoast, Creek."

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakayoshi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and yoshi means "good luck".

Nakazawa Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "wetland, swamp, marsh".

Nakazone Japanese
Variant of Nakasone.

Nako Japanese
From 名 (na) meaning "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" and 幸 (ko) meaning "happiness, blessing, fortune".

Naley English

Namaru Japanese

Namatsu Japanese

Namba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nambara Japanese

Nambu Japanese

Nameda Japanese

Namigata Japanese
Variant of Namikata.

Namigawa Japanese
Variant of Namikawa.

Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Namura Japanese

Nanahoshi Japanese
Nana means "seven" and hoshi means "stars".

Nanatsuki Japanese
七 (Nana) means "Seven" and 月 (Tsuki) means "Moon, Month".

Nanba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nanbu Japanese

Nangaku Japanese