Browse Submitted Surnames

Mindanao Tagalog
From the name of the second largest island in the Philippines, which was derived from the name of the Maguindanao people (see Mindanao).

Minde German
Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Minden.

Minden German, English
Habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Westphalia (German) or Shropshire (English).

Minella Italian
Southern Italian, from a pet form of the female personal name Mina 1, a short form of Guglielmina, Giacomina, etc.

Minelli Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Minello, a pet form of the personal name Mino, which is a short form of a personal name formed with the hypocoristic suffix -mino, such as Adimino, Giacomino, Guglielmino, etc.

Miner English
English occupational name for someone who built mines, either for the excavation of coal and other minerals, or as a technique in the medieval art of siege warfare. The word represents an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French mine ‘mine’ (a word of Celtic origin, cognate with Gaelic mein ‘ore’, ‘mine’).

Minervini Italian
Either a variant of or son of Minervino.

Minervino Italian
a habitational name from either of two places, Minervino di Lecce or Minervino Murge, in the provinces of Lecce and Bari, which take their names from ancient temples dedicated to the Roman goddess Minerva.

Mínervudóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Minerva" in Icelandic. A famous bearer is Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir.

Mínervuson Icelandic
Means "son of Minerva" in Icelandic

Minghella English (British)
It derives from the Roman (Latin) "Dominicus", meaning "belonging to the lord god", from "dominus", lord or master. The name was given considerable impetus by the fame of the Spanish saint "Dominicus", who founded the Dominican order of monks, although it was already well established.

Ming-rujiralai Thai
From Thai มิ่ง (ming) meaning "something that is auspicious", รุจิรา (ruchira) of unknown meaning, and ลัย (lai) of unknown meaning.

Mingus Scottish
Variant of Menzies, which is traditionally pronounced ‘mingiz’.

Minh Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Ming, from Sino-Vietnamese 明 (minh).

Minhas Indian
Unknown meaning. Minhas is a clan in India and Pakistan, and offshoot of the Rajput clan.

Minion French
French form of Miner, an occupational name for a someone working in a mine.

Minium Italian (Modern, ?)
Minium is the name of a red pigment made from lead oxide as well as the name of the mineral itself, coming from Latin. It was named so because the mines it came from were close to the River Minius in Iberia... [more]

Minnieweather African American
Anglicised version of Mannweiler, a municipality in Germany.

Minojima Japanese
Variant of Minoshima.

Minor English, German, French
English: variant spelling of Miner.... [more]

Minteer Irish
An Irish variation of the Gaelic surname, Macateer, "Mac" meaning "son of the".

Minter English
Occupational name for someone involved in the production or distribution of coins, such as a moneyer or a clerk in a mint, derived from Old English mynet "coin".

Mio Italian
Variant of Mione.

Mioda Japanese
mioda means "water route field". the kanji used for this name are 澪(mio,rei) meaning " water route" and 田(ta) meaning "field". a bearer of this name is Ibuki Mioda from Danganronpa 2.

Miodownik Polish, Jewish
The literal translation is "honey cake", from the Polish word/root surname miod, meaning "honey." An occupational surname to those in the honey business, mainly beekeepers and bakers.... [more]

Miola Italian
Derived from the given name Meo, a short form of names such as Bartolomeo, Romeo, Tolomeo, or perhaps Mattheo.

Mione Italian
Possibly an augmented form of the given name Meo (compare Miola). Alternatively, it could derive from a short form of Ermione, or other Italian forms of Greek names such as Hermion, Endymion, Charmion, or Anthemion.

Miotke Polish (Germanized)
Germanized form of Polish Miotka, a nickname derived from miotac 'to throw or toss'.

Mirajkar Marathi
Means "one from Miraj" in Marathi. Miraj is a city located in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Mirəliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mirəli".

Mirəliyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mirəliyev.

Miramontes Spanish
Looker of mountains.

Mirčeska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mirčeski.

Mirčeski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mirče".

Mirčevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mirčevski.

Mirčevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mirče".

Mireles Spanish (Canarian)
Spanish cognate of Meireles.

Mirghani Northern African, Arabic
Sudanese name of unknown Arabic meaning.

Mirkin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Mirke, a pet form of the Biblical Hebrew name Miryam.

Mirković Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mirko".

Mironov Russian
Means "son of Miron 1".

Mironova Russian
Feminine form of Mironov.

Miroshnichenko Ukrainian
Means "son of the miller" in Ukrainian, from Ukrainian мірошник (miroshnyk) meaning "miller". A famous bearer of the name is Ukrainian chess grandmaster Evgenij Miroshnichenko (1978-).

Miroshnychenko Ukrainian
Variant of Miroshnichenko.

Mirotvorets Russian
Means "maker of peace" in Russian, from мир (mir) "peace" and творец (tvorets) "creator, maker". Probably given to someone who often mediated fights between villagers.

Mirschel Yiddish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German variant of Herschel.

Mirzaee Persian
Variant transcription of Mirzaei.

Mirzapour Persian
Means "son of Mirza".

Mirzəzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Mirzə".

Mirzazadeh Persian
Means "born of Mirza".

Mirzoda Tajik
Tajik form of Mirzadeh.

Misakian Armenian
An Armenian surname meaning "descendant of Misak." Misak is the Armenian form of the Ancient Hebrew name Meshach.

Mişär Tatar
A Mişär is a type of Tatar.

Mischel German
Diminutive of Misch.

Mishkin Russian
Derived from the given name Mishka, a diminutive of Mikhail.

Mishkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Мишкин (see Mishkin).

Mishler German
Americanized spelling of Swiss German Mischler .

Mišić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mišo". Also, mišić (мишић) can be translated as "muscle".

Misirlou Greek
Misirlou (Μισιρλού), due to the suffix "ou", is the feminine form (in Greek) of Misirlis (Μισιρλής- a surname) which comes from the Turkish word Mısırlı, which is formed by combining Mısır ("Egypt" in Turkish, borrowed from Arabic مِصر‎ Miṣr) with the Turkish -lı suffix, literally meaning "Egyptian".

Miskell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meisceall meaning "descendant of Meiscill", a personal name of unexplained etymology. It was sometimes Anglicized as Maxwell.

Mišković Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Miško".

Misleh Arabic
Variation of Musleh. Means "peacemaker" or "social reformer" in Arabic.

Miso Japanese (Rare)
Miso is made up of two symbols literally referring to "miso soup". Approximately less than 140 people in Japan possess this last name.

Missingham English
Variant of Massingham.

Missoni Italian, Friulian
Of uncertain meaning.

Mita Polish
From a pet form of the personal name Dymitr

Mitarai Japanese
From Japanese 御手洗 (mitarai) referring to purifying water at the entrance of a shrine.

Mitcham English
Habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey so named from Old English micel "big" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow" meaning either "the great homestead" or "the great meadow".

Mitchel English
Variant of Mitchell 1 or Mitchell 2.

Mitchells English (African)
Derived from the given name Mitchell or a variant of Mitchell 1. Mostly dominated in South Africa.

Mitchem English
Variant of Mitcham.

Mitchil English
Variant of Mitchell 1 or Mitchell 2.

Mitev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mite".

Miteva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitev.

Mitford English
From the name of a village in Northumberland, England, derived from either Old English midd "middle" or (ge)myþe "confluence, stream junction, river mouth" combined with ford "ford, river crossing".

Mitin Russian
Means "son of Mitya".

Mitkov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mitko".

Mitkova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitkov.

Mitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitrea Romanian
Romanian name, derived from the word mitra, meaning the hat of a high priest(mitropolit).

Mitreska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitreski.

Mitreski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitrev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitreva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrev.

Mitrevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrevski.

Mitrevski Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitrofanov m Russian
Means "son of Mitrofan".

Mitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Mitros".

Mitrov Russian
Means "son of Mitro".

Mitrovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrovski.

Mitrovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitry Medieval French
Descendants of the noble owner of the region located outside of Paris France (Mitry)

Mitskevich Belarusian, Russian
Derived either from a diminutive form Micek of the Polish given name Mikołaj or from a diminutive form Mitska of Belarusian given names Dzmitry and Zmitser or less likely from other names that begin with mi... [more]

Mitsubori Japanese
Variant of Mitsuhori.

Mitsugai Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsugaya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsugi Japanese
This surname is used as 貢, 三木, 三ツ木, 三津木, 三樹, 三次, 参木, 満木, 見次, 身次 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 樹 (juu, ki) meaning "timber trees, wood", 参 (san, shin, mai-, mai.ru, majiwaru, mitsu) meaning "be defeated, be madly in love, coming, die, going, nonplussed, three, visit, visiting", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible", 身 (shin, mi) meaning "one's station in life, person, somebody", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Mitsugu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 貢, 三次, 三続 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 続 (kyou, kou, shoku, zou, tsugu.nai, tsudzu.ku, tsudzu.keru) meaning "continue, sequel, series", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsuya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mittag German
Means "midday, noon" in German, with an archaic meaning of "south". Habitational name given to someone who lived south of a main settlement.

Mitter German
Topographic name for someone who lived on or owned a property that was in the middle between two or more others, especially if the others were both held by men with the same personal name (for example, Mitter Hans), from the strong form of Middle High German mitte "mid, middle".

Mittermaier German
Variant of Mittermeier.

Mittleman Jewish
Variant of Mittelman.

Mityashkin m Russian
Derived from the name Mitya, a diminutive of Mikhail.

Mityayev m Russian
Means "son of Mitya".

Miwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Miyaboshi Japanese
Variant of Miyahoshi.

Miyaichi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "a shrine; a palace" and 一 (ichi) meaning "one".... [more]

Miyakawa Japanese
Variant of Miyagawa.

Miyamizu Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water". A fictional bearer of this surname is Mitsuha Miyamizu (宮水 三葉) from the 2016 anime movie Your Name/Kimi no Na wa.

Miyan Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Urdu میاں or Bengali মিয়ান (see Mian).

Miyares Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Piloña.

Miyasaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 宮崎 (see Miyazaki).

Miyawaki Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname, Sakura Miyawaki from IZONE.

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

Miyoi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nai.

Mizaki Japanese
Variant of Misaki.

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizoroge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mizoroke.

Mizrachi Hebrew
Variant transcription of Mizrahi.

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.

Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

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".

Mizumoto Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

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

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

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

Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Mizusawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

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

Mizuta Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mizutama Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

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.

Mješicy Sorbian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Upper Sorbian municipality of Bukecy.

Mkerref Berber (Modern, Rare)
Mkerref originated from the 1950s in Tangier, Morocco. The surname is rare and its holders have riffian (amazigh) roots, known as the Temsamanis originally. ... [more]

Mkhitaryan Armenian
Means "son of Mkhitar".

Mkrtchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Mkrtchyan.

Mkrtchyan Armenian
Means "son of Mkrtich".

Mladenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Mladen".

Mladenova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mladenov.

Mlinarić Croatian
Means "son of a miller".

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".

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]

Moan Irish
Reduced form of Mohan.

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.

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

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

Mobley English
English reduced form of Moberley.

Möbus German
Variant of Möbius.

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.

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]

Modafferi Italian
Variant of Modaffari.

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.

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]

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

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.

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

Moggi Romansh
Italianized form of Muoth.

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

Mogilnyy m Russian
Russian form of Mohylnyy.

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

Mohač Croatian
Croatian form of Mohácsi.

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

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.

Mohammadzai Pashto
Means "son of Muhammad" in Pashto.

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

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.

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.

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
From the given name Moila, a Karelian diminutive of the Russian given name Samuil.

Moiseyev Russian
Means "son of Moisey".

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

Moisiu Albanian
Means "descendant of Moisi".

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.

Mokhtarpour Persian
Means "son of Mokhtar" in Persian.

Mokhtarzadeh Persian
Means "born of Mokhtar" in Persian.

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

Molaison Louisiana Creole
Transferred use of the surname Molaison.

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.

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

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

Molica Italian
Possibly a variant spelling of Mollica.

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]

Molinari Italian
Variant of Molinaro.

Molinas Spanish
Variant of Molina.

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.

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

Molnar Dutch
Variant of Molenaar.

Molnar Serbian, Croatian, Romanian
Variant of Molnár.

Molone Irish
Variant of Malone.

Molony Irish
Variant of Moloney.

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

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.

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".

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

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]

Momotari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mukade.

Monaco Italian
Means "monk" in Italian, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) "single, solitary" via Latin monachus. Could be a nickname for someone of monkish habits or appearance, a topographic name for someone living close to a monastery, or an occupational name for a servant employed at a monastery.

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'.

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.

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

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".

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

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.

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).

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).

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

Money English
Occupational name for someone who makes money or a nickname for a rich person, from Old French monoie. A famous bearer of the name was New Zealand-American psychologist John Money (1921-2006).

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."

Monge French
Southern French variant of Moine.

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

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.

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".

Moniz Portuguese
Means "son of Munho".

Monkey Popular Culture
This is the surname of a few characters in the manga One Piece written by mangaka Eiichiro Oda including the main character. The main character Monkey D. Luffy is the founding father and captain of the pirate Straw Hats who, as of this writing, seeks the treasure the One Piece and desires to be the Pirate King... [more]

Monkman English
Occupational name for a servant in a monastery, from Middle English monk "monk" and man "man", effectively a variant of Monk with an added suffix.

Monkton English
Variant of Monckton

Monomachos Greek
Meaning gladiator or 'the one that fights alone.' A surname of a Byzantine family from Nicomedia (Izmit).

Monreal Spanish
Habitational name from any of the places called Monreal for example in Cuenca Teruel and Zaragoza provinces.

Monsch German (Swiss), Romansh
Romansh form and Alemannic variant of Mönch.

Monsell English
Variant of Mansell.

Monsivais Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monsiváis): Perhaps A Topographic Name Derived From Latin Mons Silvaticus ‘Wooded Mountain’ Or A Habitational Name From Monsivalls A Hill In Ribagorza In Huesca Province (Spain) Named From Latin Monte Ipsa Vallis ‘Mount Of The Valley’.

Monstein Romansh
Derived from the place name Monstein, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

Mont French, Catalan, English
topographic name for a mountain dweller from Catalan and Old French mont "mountain" (from Latin mons genitive montis)... [more]

Montagné French
Variant of Montagne.

Montagnet French, Basque
Probably a diminutive of Montagne.

Montagu English
Variant of Montague.

Montaigne French
Variant of Montagne.

Montaigu French
French form of Montague.

Montalbano Italian
Habitational name from any of several places called Montalbano, including Montalbano di Elicona in northeastern Sicily (earlier simply Montalbano), Montalbano Jonico (Matera province), or the district of Montalbano in Fasano, Brindisi.

Montale Italian
From 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.

Montalto Italian, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province in Italy or from a place in Portugal called Montalto from monte "hill" and alto "high" (from Latin altus).

Montaperto Italian
From the name of a town in Agrigento, Sicily, perhaps meaning "open mountain" from monte "mountain" and aperto "open, unlocked".