Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the gender is unisex; and the length is 8.
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Malfatto Italian
Means "badly made, shoddy; deformed" in Italian, possibly originating with the nickname Malefactus "ugly, injured". Cognate to French Malfait.
Malicdem Pangasinan
From Pangasinan malikdim of uncertain meaning.
Maligaya Filipino, Tagalog
Means "happy, pleasant" in Tagalog.
Malikzai Pashto
Means "son of Malik 1" in Pashto.
Malmberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish malm "ore" and berg "mountain".
Malmsten Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish malm meaning "ore" and sten (Old Norse steinn) meaning "stone".
Malsagov Ingush (Russified)
Russified form of the Ingush clan name Малсагнаькъан (Malsagnaqan) meaning "tribe of Malsag", from a given name derived from Ingush малх (malkh) meaning "sun, solar" and саг (sag) meaning "person, man".
Malsroos Estonian
Malsroos is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "malts" ("orach") "roos" ("rose").
Mambelli Italian
Possibly from Italian mano "hand" and bello "beautiful".
Məmmədli Azerbaijani
From the given name Məmməd and the Turkic suffix -li which forms adjectives from nouns.
Mamontov Russian
Derived from the Russian word mamont meaning “mammoth”
Mampuzha Malayalam, Indian (Christian)
Meaning: "Mango Tree River"; based on location in India.
Manahane Chamorro
Chamorro for "all morning/day"
Manalang Filipino, Tagalog, Pampangan
Derived from Tagalog talang referring to the fruit of the mabolo tree (genus Diospyros), probably used as a topographic name for a place where talang grew in abundance.
Manalili Filipino, Pampangan, Tagalog
Occupational name derived from Pampangan alili or Tagalog halili meaning "successor, substitute, replacement".
Mancinas Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Mancini or Mancino, common in Mexico.
Mandigma Tagalog
Means "to wage war" in Tagalog.
Mändmets Estonian
Mändmets is an Estonian surname meaning "pine forest".
Manfredo Italian
From the given name Manfredo.
Manfroni English (American)
Likely of Italian origin.
Mangahas Filipino, Tagalog
Means "take (by force), venture, dare" in Tagalog.
Mangefel Micronesian
Meaning unavailable.
Mangione Italian
From Italian mangiare meaning "to eat". Perhaps a nickname for someone who eats a lot.
Mangkhut Thai
Means "mangosteen" in Thai.
Mangloña Chamorro
Chamorro for "their breath"
Mangubat Filipino, Cebuano
Means "to battle, to wage war" in Cebuano.
Manguiat Tagalog
From Tagalog mangiat meaning "to seal, to compact".
Manhilot Cebuano, Filipino
Means "to massage", from Cebuano acting prefix man- with hilot, a traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage.
Manimtim Tagalog
Means "to endure, to forebear, to restrain oneself" in Tagalog.
Maningas Filipino, Tagalog
Means "fervent, earnest, fiery" in Tagalog.
Maniseng Lao
From Lao ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ແສງ (seng) meaning "light".
Manivanh Lao
From Lao ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ວັນ (vanh) meaning "sun, day".
Manivong Lao
From Lao ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ວົງ (vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Männamaa Estonian
Männamaa is an Estonian surname meaning "whorl/verticil land".
Mannazzu Sardinian, Sicilian, Italian
Probably derived from the given name Manno combined with the augmentative suffix -azzu.
Mannheim German, Jewish
Variant of Manheim. A habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany.
Männiste Estonian
Männiste is an Estonian surname relating to "pine".
Manousos Greek
Surname associated with the name Manouel in Crete. Another possible origin is a Hellenized version of the Venetian surname Manuzio.
Manrique Spanish
From the given name Manrique.
Mansilla Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from Mansilla a place in La Rioja province.
Mantalos Greek
From Greek μάνταλο (mantalo) "latch".
Mantchev Bulgarian (Russified)
"Alternate Transcription of the form Manchev"
Mantilla Spanish
Spanish: from mantilla ‘mantilla’, ‘scarf worn over the head and shoulders’, presumably an occupational name for a maker of mantillas or a descriptive name for someone who habitually wore such a garment.
Manukian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Manukyan.
Manukyan Armenian
Means "son of Manuk".
Manville French
A locational surname deriving from any of the various places in France called "Manneville or Magneville", named, from the Old Germanic personal name "Manno" or the Old French adjective "magne", great, with the word "ville", meaning a town or settlement.
Maouloud Western African
Derived from Arabic مولود‎‎ (mawlud) meaning "born, newborn", used to refer to the مولد (Mawlid) observance of the birth of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (chiefly Mauritanian).
Mapleton English
The surname Mapleton was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.
Maqsudov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Maqsud".
Maqueron French
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Picard maqueron "chin" (in which case this would have been a pejorative nickname for someone with a protruding chin) and a diminutive of Macquart.
Maquibar Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Makibar, possibly derived from Basque mako "arch, hook; curved, crooked" or "club, cane, staff" and ibar "valley, riverbank"... [more]
Marangit Filipino, Maranao
Means "cruel, irritable, mean" in Maranao.
Marcelin French, Haitian Creole
From the given name Marcelin.
Marcello Italian
From the given name Marcello
Marchant French, English, Spanish
Variant of Marchand, from French marchand meaning "merchant, mercantile". Though it is of French origin, it was transferred into the Spanish-speaking world, especially Chile, by French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
Marchena Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 4 Andalusian localities or 1 Murcian locality.
Marchese Italian
From the title of rank marchése "marquis" (in Italy the rank immediately below that of duke), probably applied as a nickname for someone who behaved like a marquis, or an occupational name for a servant in the household of a marquis... [more]
Marchion Romansh
Derived from the given name Martin.
Marciano Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the given name Marciano
Marcioni Italian
Means "son of Marcio".
Marcucci Italian
From the diminutive form of the given name Marco.
Maréchal French, Walloon
French cognate of Marshall and variant of Marchal.
Margalit Jewish
Means "pearl" in Hebrew.
Margolin Jewish
Derived from Hebrew מרגלית (margalit) meaning "pearl".
Margolis Jewish
Derived from Hebrew מרגלית (margalit) meaning "pearl".
Margulis Hebrew
Margulis is a surname that is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגלית (Israeli Hebrew /maʁɡaˈlit/), meaning 'pearl,'
Marinaro Italian
Occupational name for a sailor from marinaro (from Late Latin marinus derived from mare "sea").
Mariotto Italian
From the given name Mariotto.
Mariquit Tagalog
From Tagalog marikit meaning "beautiful, pretty".
Marjamäe Estonian
Marjamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "berry hill/mountain."
Markgraf German, Dutch
status name from Middle High German marcgrāve "margrave" (which is a title derived from marc "boundary" and grāve "royal judge")... [more]
Markland English
From Old English mearc meaning "boundary" and lanu meaning "lane", it is a habitational name from a place in the town of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It can also be a topographic name for someone who lived by a stretch of border or boundary land, or a status name for someone who held land with an annual value of one mark.
Marklund Swedish
Combination of Swedish mark "ground, field" and lund "grove".
Markoras Greek
The Greek version of the Italian surname Marcoran.
Marksman English
An occupational surname indicating a person who was a hunter, especially a skilled one.
Markūnas Lithuanian
patronymic from the personal name Markus, a pet form of Mark.
Marnissi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown.
Marongiu Italian
From Sardinian marongiu "to hoe, hoeing", from marra "hoe, digging tool".
Marotzke German
Germanized form of Polish Marocki, itself derived from the personal given name Marcin, the Polish form of Martin.
Marouani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marwan.
Marquant Picard
Picard form of Marchand.
Marriage English
Habitational name from a lost place called Marhach, which was probably in or near Aythorpe Roding (Essex).
Marriott English, French
Derived from Mary.
Marselli Catalan
Catalan family that appears in the feudal list of 1355 with a Francis, lord of Chia.
Marsland English
Probably derived from some place named as being a boggy place, from Old English mersc meaning "marsh" and land meaning "land". Alternatively, it may be a variant of Markland.
Martelle English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese
English and German: from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Martin or Marta.... [more]
Martello Italian
Southern Italian: nickname for someone with a forceful personality, from Italian martèllo ‘hammer’ (Late Latin martellus), or a metonymic occupational name for someone who used a hammer in their work.
Martillo Spanish
From the Spanish word "martillo" which means hammer. Occupational name for a user or maker of hammers.
Martinaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Martin" in Albanian.
Martinas Romanian
Derived from the given name Martin.
Martines Portuguese
Means "Son of Martin." Portuguese form of Martínez.
Martinet French
From a diminutive of the given name Martin.
Martinho Portuguese
From the given name Martinho
Martinić Croatian
Means "son of Martin".
Martinis Greek, Italian
Greek form of Martini. Also used in Italy.
Martinos Greek
Derived from the given name Martinos which is Martin in English.
Marusych Ukrainian
Means "child of Marusya".
Maruyama Japanese
From Japanese 丸 or 圓 (maru) meaning "round, full" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
Marziale Italian, Corsican
From the given name Marziale
Marzouki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marzouq (chiefly Tunisian and Moroccan). A notable bearer is Moncef Marzouki (1945-), who was the fourth President of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014.
Masamizu Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Masamoto Japanese (Rare)
Masa means "proper, right" and moto meabs "source, root, origin".
Mascioni Romansh
Derived from the given name Thomas.
Maserati Italian
Most notably the Italian luxury car manufacturer Maserati, founded in Bologna, Italy all the way back in December 1914.
Mashhadi Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Mashhad in Iran, itself derived from Arabic مشهد (mashhad) meaning "place of martyrdom".
Massacre African American
This surname comes from the English word massacre.
Masseter English
Perhaps means "brewery worker" (from Middle English mash "fermentable mixture of hot water and grain" + rudder "rudder-shaped stirrer").
Massidda Italian
From Sardinian massidda "jaw, jawbone".
Masumizu Japanese
From 升 (masu) meaning "measuring box, ascend, rise" or 増 (masu) meaning "increase" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".
Masumoto Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Masuyama Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."
Masvidal Spanish
surname formed by the union of the word, mas, meaning a house from rural zones that is appart from the village and is surrounded by farming land and forests; and another word relating to the owner of the mas.
Matamala Catalan
Town of the Capcir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France.
Matarese Italian
habitational name for someone from Matera (see Matera ) from materräisë a local adjectival form of the placename (in standard Italian materano).
Matellon Friulian
Possibly from Late Latin matta meaning "reed mat".
Mathiuet Romansh
Derived from the given name Mathiu in combination with a diminutive suffix.
Matovski Macedonian
Means "son of Mato".
Matracia Sicilian
Family from Termini-Imerese, Sicily.
Matsouka Greek (Cypriot)
Means "Bat" from Latin maxuca.
Matsudai Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 大 (dai) meaning "big, large, great".
Matsueda Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and eda means "twig, branch".
Matsuike Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 生 (ike) meaning "living, life".
Matsumae Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".
Matsuura Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".
Matthäus German
From the given name Matthäus.
Matthias German, Dutch
From the personal name Matthias (see Matthew).
Matthieu French
From the given name Matthieu.
Matthijs Dutch
From the given name Matthijs.
Matthiou Greek
Means "son of Matthias".
Mattioli Italian
From the given name Mattia.
Mattison English
Means son of "Matthew"
Mattocks English
An occupation name for a digger or pryer.
Maturana Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Barrundia.
Matusiak Polish
Derived from "Son of Matus (Matthew)."
Maudling English
From the medieval female personal name Maudeleyn, the English form of Greek Magdalene, the sobriquet in the New Testament of the woman Mary who was cured of evil spirits by Jesus... [more]
Maurício Portuguese
From the given name Maurício.
Mauricio Spanish
From the given name Mauricio
Maurizio Italian
From the given name Maurizio
Maurović Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mauro".
Mautasch Czech
SUDOMERICE, TABOR DISTRICT, BOHEMIA 1880
Maverick English (Rare)
Surname notably borne by Texas lawyer, politician and land baron Samuel Maverick (1803-1870) to whom the word maverick was coined.
Mavridis Greek
Means "son of Mavros.
Mawatari Japanese
From the Japanese 馬 (ma, uma or ba) "horse" and 渡 (watari or wata) "ferry" or ferryboat."
Mawdsley English
Derived from Mawdesley in Lancashire, England; meaning "Maud's clearing," from the given name Maud and leah (woodland, clearing).
Maxfield English
Habitational name from places so named in England.
Maximoff Russian
Variant transcription of Maksimov.
Maximova Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Максимова (see Maksimova).
Mayberry English, Irish
Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of Mowbray. Alternatively, it could be derived from an unidentified English place name containing the Old English element burg "fortress, citadel" and an uncertain first element.
Mayfield English
From the surname but also a given name that reminds some of Springtime
Mayfleet English
Used in The City of Ember as the main character's (Lina Mayfleet) last name.
Mayonaka Japanese
Means "Midnight" in Japanese
Maysonet Provençal
Deriving from the Old French word machun, which meant 'stone cutter.' Inferring the original bearer of the name worked in stone or mason.
Mayuzumi Japanese
From 黛 (mayuzumi) meaning "eyebrow pencil".
Mazumdar Bengali, Indian, Assamese
Bengali alternate transcription of Majumdar as well as the Assamese form.
Mazzocco Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Brazilian
The surname Mazzocco is believed to have its roots in Italy, specifically from regions such as Lombardy and Veneto. It may have been a nickname for someone who was strong or powerful. The name is derived from the Italian word and last name Mazza.
M'Beirick Western African
Most likely a variant of M'Bareck.
Mcalpine Irish, Scottish
differing meanings include, "fair", "rolling hills"
Mcandrew Scots, Irish
Irish or Scots surname meaning "son of Andrew".
McAnulla Northern Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Con Uladh
McAnulty Northern Irish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Meaning "son of the Ulidian", from the Irish surname Mac an Ultaigh, from mac, meaning son, and Ultach, denoting someone from the Irish province of Ulster.
McAreavy Irish
A variant of Gilroy. Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Ruaidh
McAtavey Irish
Anglicized form of Mac An Tsámhaigh