Browse Submitted Surnames

Medica Central American

Medizza Italian

Medulla Italian

Meema Estonian
Meema is an Estonian surname derived from "mesi/mee" meaning "honey".

Meerasha Singapore

Mehdizadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Mehdi".

Mehra Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Either derived from Middle Persian mihr meaning "friendship, sun" or from a Punjabi word meaning "chief, master".

Mehrotra Indian, Hindi
Variant of Mehra.

Mehta Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi
Derived from Sanskrit महित (mahita) meaning "honoured, worshipped, esteemed".

Meira Portuguese

Mejia Spanish
Spanish (Mejía): probably from a religious byname (possibly under Jewish influence), from a vernacular form of Latin, Greek Messias ‘Messiah’, from Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘anointed’.

Mejia Galician
A very ancient surname, infrequent and widely spread across Spain, mostly in Madrid, Barcelona, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Cuenca, Sevilla and Toledo; and also in Pontevedra, Lugo, Guadalajara, Almería, Granada, Alicante and Málaga.... [more]

Meka Telugu
From Telugu మేక (meka) meaning "goat".

Mekala Indian, Telugu

Méla Spanish

Melgosa Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Castilian municipalities, Melgosa de Burgos or Melgosa de Villadiego. It could also indicate familial origin within the Manchego municipality La Melgosa.

Meliala Batak

Melissa English

Mella Italian

Melna English (Canadian, Rare)

Melua Georgian

Melysa Indonesian

Memra English (Rare)

Mena Spanish, South American

Mencia Spanish
Derived from the female personal name Mencía Mencia a cognate of the male name Matías.

Mendarozketa Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Zigoitia.

Mendarózqueta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mendarozketa.

Mendera Polish (Latinized, Rare), German

Mendieta Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and -eta "place of, abundance of".

Mendinueta Basque
From the name of a village in Itzagaondoa, Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque mendino "small mountain" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".

Mendiola Basque
From the name of a village in Álava, Basque Country, derived from mendi "mountain" combined with either ola "hut, cabin; foundry, factory" or -ola "place of".

Mendola Italian
topographic name for someone who lived by an almond tree or trees or a habitational name from any of the places called with the dialect term amendola mendula "almond almond tree" (see Amendola ). Compare Lamendola.

Mendonça Portuguese
Portuguese form of Mendoza.

Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.

Menga Polish

Menna Italian
Derives from the given name Mena 5.

Menonita Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
From Spanish meaning "mennonite".

Menya African

Mera Spanish

Meranda Filipino

Meraviglia Italian

Merciana Indonesian

Mérida Spanish
habitational name from the city of Mérida in Badajoz province... [more]

Meridia Spanish

Merimaa Estonian
Merimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "sea land".

Merina Spanish

Merta Indonesian, Balinese

Mertia Indian

Mesa Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain called Mesa meaning "table" or "mesa" in Spanish (referring to a flat area of land).

Meseta Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning "plateau" in Spanish. Primarily used mostly in Mexico.

Mesila Estonian
Mesila is an Estonian surname meaning "apiary" and "bee garden".

Mesina Italian
From Sardinian mesina "keg, small barrel", probably given as a nickname to someone with a round or fat build.

Mesquita Portuguese
Means "mosque" in Portuguese, used as a topographic name for someone who lived near a mosque.

Mestanza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Meta Albanian

Metelka Slovak

Metla Russian
Derived from Russian метла (metla) meaning "broom, besom".

Metsä Finnish
Means “forest” in Finnish.

Metsala Estonian
Metsala is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".

Metsamaa Estonian
Metsamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "forest land".

Metsla Estonian
Metsla is an Estonian surname meaning "forest area".

Metsola Finnish
From Finnish metso meaning "wood grouse, capercaillie" and the suffix -la indicating a place. Metsola is the realm of forests in Finnish mythology.

Mevaza Dungan
Variant of Muvaza.

Meza Spanish
Older variant of Mesa.

Mezquita Spanish
Spanish cognate of Mesquita.

Mezzadonna Italian
Means "half a woman" in Italian, from mezza "half" and donna "lady, woman".

Mezzasalma Italian
From Italian mezza "half" and salma, an archaic term for a small unit of land, indicating that the bearer was not very wealthy. Salma also coincides with an Italian word meaning "corpse".

Miadziolka Belarusian

Micca Italian

Michalka Czech (Americanized, ?), Slovak (Americanized, ?)
Of unknown origin and meaning... [more]

Michibata Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "way, road" and 端 (hata) meaning "edge".

Michida Japanese
Michi means "path, road" and da means field, rice paddy".

Michikawa Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "path, road" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Michimata Japanese
From 道 (michi) meaning "way, road" and 又 (mata) meaning "also, again, and, as well".

Michita Japanese
Variant of Michida.

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Mida Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Midoriya Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," used on the main character Izuku Midoriya (緑谷 出久) in 'My Hero Academia'.... [more]

Mieda Japanese

Miedema West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from West Frisian miede "meadow, hayfield" and the suffix -ma "one of the men of".

Mieza Spanish

Miga Polish
Nickname from a derivative migac ‘to twinkle or wink’.

Migita Japanese
From 右 (migi) meaning "conservative, right, respect, counsel, aid, assist," and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice patty".

Mignogna Italian
In part a Southern Italian a habitational name from Mignogna, a minor place in Foggia province.

Mihăilă Romanian
From the given name Mihai.

Mihara Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mijima Japanese
Variant of Mishima.

Mika Polish
A shortened form of the Polish version of Michaelson, which became a family name earlier on.

Mika Hungarian, Polish
Comes from a pet form of a central and eastern European personal name equivalent to Nicholas

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikayla English

Mikoshiba Japanese
From 御 (mi) meaning "govern, protect, control, godly, imperial, royal", 子 (ko) meaning "child", and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".

Mikulandra Croatian

Miladinova Bulgarian

Milaša Latvian

Milina Croatian, Serbian
passed down from generations

Milingiana Italian
Probably from milinciana "eggplant, aubergine", likely given to foundlings.

Miliša Croatian

Millea English

Milrinda English

Mimana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.

Mimura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Minagawa Japanese
Variant of Minakawa.

Minagofña Chamorro
Chamorro for "all their happiness"

Minakata Japanese

Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamishima Japanese

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minatoya Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "dwelling, roof".

Minaya Spanish
From Minaya, the name of a town in Albacete province, Spain. According to the scholar Miguel Asín Palacios, the place name comes means "open and visible path" from Arabic. It has also been speculated that the place name has Basque origins, meaning "ore", "ore vein" or "asphodel pastures".

Minda Romanian
From the Meglenite language.

Minea Romanian
Meaning unknown.

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

Minerva Italian
From the female given name Minerva.

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".

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.

Minoda Japanese

Minojima Japanese
Variant of Minoshima.

Minoshima Japanese
Mi means "beauty", no is a possessive particle, and shima means "island".

Minota Japanese

Minowa Japanese
From Japanese 箕 (mi) meaning "winnow", an unwritten possessive marker の (no) and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

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.

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

Miota Japanese

Mirabella Italian, Sicilian
Italian (Campania and Sicily): habitational name from Mirabella Eclano in Avellino or Mirabella Imbaccari in Catania, or from various places with the name Mirabello, all named from medieval Latin mira, "viewpoint", and bella, "beautiful"... [more]

Miraglia Italian
From the Old Sicilian military title miraglia di mari meaning "admiral".

Mirandola Italian

Mircea Romanian
From the given name Mircea.

Mirena Spanish (Latin American)

Mironova Russian
Feminine form of Mironov.

Mirza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mirza.

Mirzəzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Mirzə".

Mirzoda Tajik
Tajik form of Mirzadeh.

Misaka Japanese (Modern)
This name is from Japanese anime A Certain Scientific Railgun's protagonist.

Misawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Misha Russian

Mishima Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Mishina Japanese
From 三(mi) meaning "three" and 科 (shina) meaning "categorized classes, grade, examination".

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

Misipeka Samoan (Rare)

Misita Serbian

Misora Japanese
Mi means "beautiful" and sora means "sky, heaven".

Misoya Southern African

Mita Polish
From a pet form of the personal name Dymitr

Mita Japanese
Meaning ‘three rice paddies’, the name is more common in eastern Japan. It is also pronounced Santa or Sanda in western Japan.

Mita Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mitaka Japanese
There is a city in Tokyo with this name. It is spelled using 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 鷹 (taka) meaning "falcon, eagle, hawk". As a surname, it could likely be spelled using 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset" or 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" as well.

Mitama Japanese

Mitamura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Mitoma Japanese

Mitova Bulgarian

Mitra Indian, Bengali
From the given name Mitra 1.

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

Mitsuda Japanese

Mitsugaya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsukawa Japanese

Mitsukura Japanese

Mitsumata Japanese

Mitsunaga Japanese

Mitsushima Japanese
Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".

Mitsuya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Miwa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

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

Miya Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)

Miya Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Miyada Japanese

Miyadera Japanese

Miyagishima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Miyakawa Japanese
Variant of Miyagawa.

Miyama Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Miyanaga Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya), meaning "shinto shrine", and 永 (naga), meaning "eternity, long, lengthy".

Miyaoka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Miyara Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 良 (ra) "good."

Miyasaka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope, hill".

Miyasawa Japanese

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

Miyatera Japanese

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

Miyazawa Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizubara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuda Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

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

Mizugawa Japanese
Variant of Mizukawa.

Mizugaya Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

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

Mizujima Japanese
Variant of Mizushima.

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

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".

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

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".

Mizuzawa Japanese
Variant of Mizuzawa.

Mlima Swahili
From Swahili meaning "mountain".

Moala Tongan, Samoan
Meaning uncertain.

Moana Maori
From the given name Moana.

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Mochia Western African

Mochida Japanese
From Japanese 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Moctezuma Indigenous American, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
From the given name Moctezuma.

Modena Italian, Judeo-Italian
Italian and Jewish (from Italy) habitational name from the city of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.

Modhwadia Indian (Rare)

Moffa Italian
From Italian muffa "mould, mildew, moss".

Mohammadzada Dari Persian
Dari form of Mohammadzadeh.

Moina Spanish (Latin American)

Mõisa Estonian
Mõisa is an Estonian surname meaning "manor".

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

Moitoza English (American)

Mokoena Southern African, Sotho, Tswana
Derived from Sotho or Tswana kwena meaning "crocodile".

Molena Venetian
From Venetian mołéna "crumb", perhaps a nickname based on the bearer's size.

Molica Italian
Possibly a variant spelling of Mollica.

Molla Bengali
Means "mullah (an Islamic religious scholar)" in Bengali, ultimately from from Persian ملا (molla).

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.

Mollina Portuguese (Brazilian)

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

Molska Polish

Mombeshora Shona
Meaning unknown.

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

Momma German

Momoa Hawaiian

Momoda Japanese

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

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

Momota Japanese
momota means "a hundred rice fields". the kanji used are 百(momo) meaning " hundred" and 田(ta) meaning "rice field".

Momozawa Japanese

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

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]

Mondra Polish

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).

Moneta Italian
from moneta "money" probably applied as either a nickname for a rich man or as a metonymic occupational name for a moneyer or money lender.

Moniqa Indonesian

Monisha Bengali

Monma Japanese
From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Monoarfa Gorontalo

Monoka Japanese

Monoma Japanese
From Japanese 物 (mono) meaning "object" and 間 (ma) meaning "gap" or 物間 (monoma) meaning "among things"

Montalta Romansh

Montcada Catalan

Monte De Oca Spanish
Variant of Montes De Oca.

Montera English

Monterosa Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish monte meaning "mountain", and rosa meaning "pink, rose".

Montes De Oca Spanish
Spanish surname meaning "mounts of goose".

Montezuma Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the word monte meaning "hill". Most frequently used in Panama.

Montilla Spanish
Habitational name from Montilla a place in Córdoba province.

Moosa Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Mopangga Gorontalo

Morača Serbian
Morača is a historical region in Montenegro.

Moratalla Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Murcian municipality.

Morena Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From Italian moro or Spanish & Portuguese moreno meaning "dark-skinned".

Morera Spanish, Catalan
Means "mulberry" in Spanish and Catalan, denoting a person who lived near a mulberry tree.

Moreta South American

Moriba Manding
Etymology Unknown.

Moribara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

Morida Japanese

Morigaya Japanese
Variant of Moritani.

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

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

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

Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".

Morimura Japanese (Rare)
From Kanji "森" (Mori) meaning "Forest" and "村" (Mura) meaning "Village".

Morina Albanian

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".

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".

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".

Moriwara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

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."

Morizaka Japanese
Variant of Morisaka.

Morsella Italian

Mosa Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Sindhi, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Mosca Romansh
Younger form of Muos-cha which was derived from Romansh muos-cha "fly (animal)".

Moscha Greek

Moshnyaha Ukrainian

Moskva Russian
Derived from the Russian word Москва meaning "Moscow".

Moskwa Polish
Polish form of Moskva.

Mosna Italian

Mosqueda Spanish
Mosqueda comes from the Spanish word 'Mosca' meaning house fly.

Mosquera Spanish, Catalan, Spanish (Latin American)
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]

Mostofa Bengali
From the given name Mustafa.

Mota South American, Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.

Motokariya Japanese

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

Motomasa Japanese

Motomura Japanese
Moto means "origin, source" and mura means "village, hamlet".

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."

Moua Hmong
From the Hmong clan name Muas associated with Chinese 馬 (mǎ) meaning "horse" (see Ma).