MemonUrdu From the name of the Memon people who inhabit parts of India and Pakistan. The name itself is derived from Arabic مؤمن (mu'min) meaning "believer".
MenkeGerman Derived as a diminutive of several Germanic given names whose first element was derived from Germanic *magin- and *megin- "strength; force; power".
MenonMalayalam Means "accountant" in Malayalam, itself derived from the title മേലവൻ (melavan) meaning "overseer, boss, exalted one", from മേല (mel) meaning "top, above, high" and the third person pronoun അവൻ (avan) meaning "he".
MerkhGerman (Anglicized, ?) Anglicized form of the name Märkh, a German name that existed in southern Germany with Arabic roots tied to the village of al-Märkh in Qatar; the name became Anglicized in the early 17th century. It is one of those surnames where anyone who possesses it is related to everyone else who possesses the name.
MessiItalian Possibly an occupational name derived from Italian messo "messenger". Alternatively, it could derive from the Germanic Metzel, a pet form of given names such as Matz, Metze, or Matzo... [more]
MetelRussian Probably derives from Russian метель (metél’), which comes from Proto-Slavic *metělь. Метель (Metél’) means "snowstorm, blizzard" which probably indicates someone who lived in an extremely snowy area.
MijićCroatian The surname Mijić is one of those surnames that are very common in Croatia, but also in other countries. This surname sounds very simple and modest, but it has deep roots in history. It is interesting how surnames often arose from some nicknames or personal characteristics of the person who bore that surname... [more]
MikalEthiopian The Origin of Mikal comes from the Hebrew meaning... [more]
MinerEnglish 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’).
MiodaJapanese 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.
ModénSwedish 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.
MönchGerman Derived from German Mönch "monk" (ultimately via Middle High German münch and Old High German munih from Latin monicus. Compare Monk).
MoneyEnglish 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).
MonmaJapanese From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".
MontyFrench, English Topographic name for a mountain dweller, from Old French mont 'mountain' (Latin mons, montis).
MonzoItalian Possibly 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’.
MoreyIrish, English Anglicized 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).
MoscaRomansh Younger form of Muos-cha which was derived from Romansh muos-cha "fly (animal)".
MoselGerman 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.
MotelFrench Topographic name from a derivative of Old French motte ‘fortified stronghold’.
MotteFrench, 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]
MountEnglish Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains.
MouraPortuguese 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]
MoxonEnglish 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".
MoyesEnglish 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).
MoyleCornish, Welsh Cornish and Welsh: descriptive nickname meaning ‘bald’, from Cornish moyl, Welsh moel.
MudgeEnglish A location surname for someone who lives or dwells near the swamps. A famous bearer of this surname is Angela Mudge, a champion fell runner and trail runner from Scotland.
MudieEnglish Possibly from Old English 'modig', meaning "brave", or "reckless".
MumbyEnglish Habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire so named from the Old Norse personal name Mundi (see Monday ) + Old Norse bȳ 'farmstead village'.
MunchDanish, 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'.
MüschGerman Either a habitational name from a place named Müsch in Germany, or a topographic name meaning "bog", perhaps given to someone living near a bog.
MuschDutch, German From Middle Dutch mussche "house sparrow", a nickname for a quick person, or perhaps someone who was small and weak.
MussoItalian Nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the mouth.
MutiaEastern African, Maasai A Kenyan Maasai surname known mostly in the West as the name of a certain fictitious escarpment, which appears infrequently in old Tarzan Films.