Browse Submitted Surnames

Juniel English (American), French (?)
Perhaps from French "Junior" or "juvenile".

Jusay Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
From Tagalog and Cebuano husay meaning "settled, orderly, arranged" or "settle, arrange, put in order".

Justus German, Dutch, Finnish
From the given name Justus.

Juuso Finnish
From the given name Juuso.

Kamino Japanese
formed with 紙 (Shi, Kami) meaning "Paper" and 野 (Ya, Sho, No) meaning "Field". Which means the surname could possible come out as “Field of Paper”

Knauer German (Silesian)
Nickname for a gnarled person, from Middle High German knur(e) 'knot', 'gnarl'. habitational name for someone from either of two places in Thuringia called Knau.

Kobara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Kobari Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 針 (hari) meaning "needle, pin".

Kobata Japanese
Variant of Kohata.

Kobata Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, little".

Kobela Hungarian
May come from the slavic word kobila, meaning mare.

Kobori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 堀 (hori) meaning "moat, ditch".

Kodama Japanese
From Japanese 児 or 兒 (ko) meaning "child, young" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kodama Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball".

Kofoed Polish

Kogami Japanese
Variant of Kokami.

Kogan Jewish (Russified)
Russified version of the common Jewish surname Cohen.

Kogane Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 黄金, 小金, 古金, 子金, 故金 or 小賀根 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small", 古 (ko, furu-, furu.i, -fu.rusu) meaning "old", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac", 故 (ko, furu.i, moto, yue) meaning "cause, circumstances, consequently, especially, happenstance, intentionally, reason, the late, therefore", 賀 (ga) meaning "congratulations, joy", 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "gold."... [more]

Kogawa Japanese
Variant of Kokawa.

Kogure Japanese
From Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree, wood" and 暮 (kure) meaning "end, close".

Kohata Japanese

Kohen Jewish, Hebrew, English
Hebrew form of Cohen.

Kohira Japanese
A variant of Kodaira.... [more]

Kohno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.

Koide Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 出 (ide or de) meaning "rising."

Koike Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 池 (ike) meaning "pond."

Koishi Japanese
Ko means "small" and ishi means "stone".

Koiso Japanese
Combination of the kanji 小 (ko; "small, little, short") and 磯 (iso; "seashore")

Koivu Finnish
Means "birch" in Finnish.

Koiwai Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" combined with 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "pit, mineshaft, well" or 祝 (iwai) meaning "blessing, celebrate, congratulations".

Kojima Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 児 (ko) meaning "young" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kōjiya Japanese
From Japanese 麹 (kōji) meaning a substance made from plant molds to make fermented products and 屋 (ya) meaning "seller; shop".

Kojiya Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 麹屋, 麹家, 麹谷, 糀屋, 糀谷, 糀矢, 粷谷, or 小路谷 (see Kojiya) or a variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kokan Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kokawa Japanese
Ko means "small" and kawa means "river".

Kokko Finnish
Means "eagle" in Finnish.

Kokubo Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" and 保 (ho) meaning "protect".

Kokubu Japanese
From Japanese 国 or 國 (koku) meaning "country, state" and 分 (bu) meaning "part, share, portion".

Kokuda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kolan Indian (Christian), Sinhalese
Variant of Colón used by Christians from India and in Sri Lanka.

Kolin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Kolya of the Russian given name Nikolay.

Kolos Hungarian
From the given name Kolos.

Komaba Japanese
From 駒 (koma) meaning "young horse, foal" and 場 (ba) meaning "place".

Komada Japanese
Ko could mean "small, little" or "old", ma could mean "real, genuine" and da comes from ta meaning "rice paddy, field".

Komar Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Belarusian (Russified)
Means "mosquito" in many Slavic langauges.

Komaru Japanese
From Japanese 小丸 (Komaru) meaning "Komaru", a former village in the former district of Mikumi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.

Komata Japanese

Komine Japanese
Ko mean "small" or "light" and mine means "peak".

Komiya Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 宮 (miya) means "shrine".

Komiya Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Komoku Japanese

Komori Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Kōmura Japanese
From Japanese 高 (kō) meaning "tall, high" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Komura Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small, Little" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Komura Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 高村 (see Kōmura).

Komuro Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) "small" and 室 (muro) "room."

Komuta Japanese
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 無 (mu) meaning "naught, nothing" or 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)", and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Konadu Akan
From the given name Konadu.

Konaka Japanese
小 (Ko) means "small" and 中 (naka) means "middle".

Konami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Kondo Japanese
Alternate transcription of Kondō.

Kondō Japanese
From Japanese 近 (kon) meaning "near, close" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The latter character could indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Kondou Japanese
From Japanese 近 (kon) meaning "near, close" and 藤 (dou) meaning "wisteria". The latter character could indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Konick Yiddish
Variation of Koenig.

Konkyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Konkyū).

Konkyū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 今給黎 (see Imakiire).

Konno Japanese
From Japanese 今 (kon) meaning "this, now" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konno Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kon) meaning "gold, money" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konno Japanese
From Japanese 紺 (kon) meaning "dark blue, navy blue" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Konoe Japanese
Means "royal guardian" in Japanese. The kanji that make up this name are 近 (kon, "near, close") and 衛 (e, "protection"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe (近衞 文麿; 1891–1945).

Kooij Dutch
From Dutch kooi meaning "cage", often referring to a pen or duck decoy (a plot of land with a pond set aside to lure in ducks). Occupational name for someone who raised or hunted ducks, or who made cages.

Koori Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 氷 (see Kōri).

Korsik Belarusian

Kosaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Kosaki Japanese
Ko means "small" and saki means "peninsula, cape, promontory".

Koseki Japanese
Ko means "small" and seki means "frontier pass".

Kosem Cham

Koška Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian кошка (koška) meaning "cat".

Kosora Japanese

Kostis Greek
From the given name Kostis.

Kosuga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小菅 or 小管 (see Kosuge).

Kosuge Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small; little; short" and 菅 (suge) meaning "sedge".... [more]

Kosugi Japanese
Ko means "small" and sugi means "cedar". ... [more]

Kosugi Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 杉 (sugi) meaning "cedar".

Kotabe Japanese

Kotaka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high".

Kotake Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo."

Kōtani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōjiya).

Kotani Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōtani).

Kotono Japanese

Kotyk Ukrainian
Means "kitten, little cat".

Kouno Japanese
Variant transcription of Kono.

Koura Japanese
Ko means "small" and ura means "bay, seacoast".

Kovacs Hungarian (Anglicized)
Variant of Kovács.

Kovtun Ukrainian, Russian
Means "plica, mophead" in Ukrainian, refering to someone with unkempt hair "Polish plait" .

Kowaka Japanese

Kowal Polish, Ukrainian (Germanized)
Blacksmith

Kowall Czech

Kowara Japanese
Variant of Kohara.

Koyama Japanese
From the Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain."

Koyano Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small", 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Koyasu Japanese
From the Japanese 子 (ko) "child" and 安 (yasu or an) "relax," "inexpensive," "low."

Kozaka Japanese
Variant of Kosaka.

Kozaki Japanese
Variant of Kosaki.

Kozue Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 梢, 小梢 or 梢江 with 梢 (shou, kusunoki, kozue) meaning "treetops, twig", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" and 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet."... [more]

Kozuka Japanese
From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Kozuki Japanese
It is written as 上 (Ko) meaning "above" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "month, moon".

Kpodo Western African

Kubara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuboki Japanese

Kubota Japanese
From the Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time ago" combined with 保 (ho) "protect, defend, guard" or 窪 (kubo) meaning "hollow" that is then combined with and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy."

Kucha Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 古知屋 (Kucha) meaning "Kucha", a former village in the former district of Kin in the former Ryūkyū Kingdom.

Kucher Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Kučera.

Kuchi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.

Kuchuk Russian, Ukrainian (?)

Kudahl Danish

Kudoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Kudo.

Kudou Japanese
From 久 (ku) "long time" and 遠 (tou/dou) "distant" OR from 工 (ku) "construction" and 藤 (dou) "wisteria."

Kueda Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kuhara Japanese (Rare)
Ku means "long time" and hara means "plain, field".

Kujou Japanese

Kukac Croatian (Rare)
Means "insect, worm" in Croatian.

Kukiç Albanian
Albanian form of Kukić.

Kukino Japanese
It could be from 柊 (ku, kuki) meaning "holly, ilex" combined with 野 (no) meaning "field, plain". The ki portion could also be spelled with 木 (ki, gi) meaning "tree, wood"... [more]

Kulak Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish
Means "fist". Was also used to describe Ukrainian farmers who went against the Soviet government in the early 30s.

Kulash Ukrainian, Russian (?)

Kulik Russian
Means sandpiper in Russian.

Kulju Finnish
Means "quagmire, morass" in Finnish

Kulpa Polish
Polish surnname derived from the Latin culpa meaning "guilt" or a nickname for an apologetic person who frequently used the phrase mea culpa meaning "it is my fault".

Kulya Ukrainian
Means "bullet" in Ukrainian. Denoted to a soldier.

Kulyk Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Kulik.

Kumada Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kumai Japanese
From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kumano Japanese
Kuma means "bear" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kumari Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, Sinhalese
Means "(young) girl, daughter, princess" in Sanskrit.

Kumon Japanese (Rare)
One notable bearer of this surname is Tōru Kumon (公文 公), the founder of Kumon Education.

Kunic Yiddish
Variation on Koenig.

Kunida Japanese
From Japanese 国 (kuni) meaning "a land, a large place" combined with 田 (da) meaning "paddy, field".

Kunii Japanese
From Japanese 国 or 國 (kuni) meaning "country, land" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Kuniki Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and ki means "tree, wood".

Kunio Japanese
Kuni means "country, large place" and o means "tail".

Kunnas Finnish
Means "hill, hillock" in Finnish.

Kurabe Japanese
From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Kurada Japanese

Kurai Japanese
Kura means "warehouse, storehouse" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Kurama Japanese
Kura can mean "own, possess, warehouse, storehouse" and ma can mean "horse".

Kurano Japanese
Kura means "storehouse, warehouse" no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kurida Japanese
From 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuriki Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut" and 城 (ki) meaning "castle".

Kurio Japanese
Kuri means "chestnut" and o means "tail".

Kurita Japanese
From Japanese 栗 (kuri) meaning "chesnut" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kurnaz Turkish
Means "sly, cunning" in Turkish.

Kuroba Japanese
From the Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume."

Kurobe Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Kuroi Japanese
Kuro means "black" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Kuroko Japanese (Rare)
Kuro means "black" and ko means "child, sign of the rat". ... [more]

Kurone Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 畔蒜 (see Abiru).

Kurono Japanese
Kuro means "black" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Kuroo Japanese
From 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Kurose Japanese
Kuro means "black" and se means "current, ripple".

Kurosu Japanese
From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary".

Kurşun Turkish
Means "lead (the element), bullet, projectile" in Turkish.

Kurumi Japanese (Rare)
From 栗 (kurumi) meaning "chestnut".

Kurup Malayalam
From a title traditionally bestowed upon weapon makers and masters of martial arts, of uncertain meaning.

Kurusu Japanese
Combination of 来 (kuru), meaning "come, next", and 栖 (su), meaning "nest, den".

Kusaka Japanese
From Japanese 日 (ku) meaning "sun, day" and 下 (saka) meaning "under, below".

Kusama Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Kusano Japanese
From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Kuşçu Turkish
Occupational name for a breeder, seller or trainer of birds, from Turkish kuş meaning "bird".

Kushi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久枝 (see Hisaeda).

Kusuda Japanese
From Japanese 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor tree" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kusuma Chinese (Indonesian)
Indonesianized form of various Chinese surnames such as Gu (古), Guo (郭), Qiu (邱, 丘) or Wu 1 (吳)... [more]

Kusumi Japanese

Kutty Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "child" in Malayalam and Tamil.

Kuwabe Japanese

Kuwako Japanese
Kuwa means "mulberry tree" and ko means "child, sign of the rat, first of the Chinese zodiac."

Kuwara Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Kuhara.

Kuwata Japanese
From Japanese 桑 (kuwa) meaning "mulberry" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Kuyeng Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Kuang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union (based on the Cantonese romanization of the name).

Kuzome Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 久染 (see Hisazome).

Laurin French, Slovene (Americanized)
From a diminutive or pet form of Laur. Also the Altered form of French Lorrain. Americanized form of Slovenian Lavrin: derivative of Lavre, a short form of the personal name Lavrencij, Latin Laurentius (see Lawrence).

Lauro Italian
From the given name Lauro

Loaiza Basque
Castilianized form of a Basque topographic name derived from lohi "mud, mire" and the suffix -tza denoting abundance.

Löcher German

Lokman Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Luqman.

Lomax English
Lomax is a territorial surname, derived from the hamlet of Lumhalghs, near Bury, Greater Manchester, and meaning "pool nook" or "recess". Notable persons with the surname Lomax include: Alan Lomax (1915–2002) American musicologist, son of John Avery Lomax... [more]

Lonie Irish
A variant of Looney meaning "warrior."

Lõoke Estonian
Means "lark" in Estonian.

Loomis English
Derived from Lomax (Lumhalghs), near Bury, Lancashire, which means "pool nook/recess."

Looney Irish
From the Irish name O'Luanaigh, "descendant of Luanach," a personal name meaning warrior.

Lopata Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Russian лопата (lopata) or Ukrainian лопата (lopata) both meaning "spade, shovel". This may have been a nickname for a digger or a truck farmer.

Lóránt Hungarian
From the given name Lóránt.

Losey English (American)
Possibly an Americanized form of a Dutch name.

Loshaw English
English name this is the last name of singer Avril Lavigne’s Mother Judith Rosanne Loshaw

Lotey Irish
The surname Lotey has Irish and Scottish origins from Ó Labhradha, and German origins from the ancient Germanic name Chloderich, which is made up of hlut meaning "famous" and rik meaning "powerful, rich".

Lotfi Persian, Arabic
From the given name Lotfi.

Lotfy Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Lutfi.

Loukas Greek
From the given name Loukas.

Loupe French (Americanized), French (Cajun)
Means “grimace sticking-out tongue” in Old French.

Lowrey English, Scottish
Variant of Lowry.

Lowrie English
Variant of Lowry. A famous bearer of the surname is baseball infielder Jed Lowrie.

Lozat French

Lubis Batak
From the name of an area around Lake Toba, itself from a Batak word meaning "strong".

Lucban Tagalog
From Tagalog lukban meaning "grapefruit, pomelo".

Luchik Belarusian, Russian

Łuczak Polish
Derived from the Polish word łuk meaning "bow."

Lugod Tagalog
Means "delight, pleasure, enjoyment" in Tagalog.

Lukáš Czech, Slovak
From the given name Lukáš.

Lukas Various
From the given name Lukas, mainly used in Scandinavian or Slavic languages.

Lukaš Sorbian
From the given name Lukaš.

Lukman Arabic
Derived from the given name Luqman.

Lukose Indian (Christian)
From the given name Lukose.

Lupin French
Lupin is a variant on the Latin word "lupus", meaning "wolf". Two important literary characters, Arsène Lupin, the famous French gentleman-burglar, and Professor Remus Lupin, from the world of Harry Potter, have this name... [more]

Luqman Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Luqman.

Luque Spanish
Habitational name from the city of Luque in Córdoba, Spain, derived from Latin lucus meaning "sacred grove, wood, forest".

Lutsan Ukrainian
Probably a variant of Lutsenko.

Luzano Filipino
Filipino form of Lozano.

Magnus Various
From the given name Magnus.

Mauri Italian, Catalan
From the given name Mauro.

Mauro Italian
From the given name Mauro.

Moakes English

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

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.

Modig Swedish
Means "brave" in Swedish.

Modin Swedish
Variant of Modén.

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]

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

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

Mohale Southern African
A Sesotho given and surname using the prefix: "mo-", a common noun class prefix in Bantu languages, typically denoting a person or agent, and "-hale" which together translates to "hero" or "brave one".

Mohlin Swedish
Variant of Molin.

Mohsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin.

Moises Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, Jewish
From the given name Moisés.

Moksri Isan

Mokuno Japanese

Molin Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix -in.

Mollen Dutch
Means "mill" inboth Dutch and German from the German "mühle" and the Dutch "molen". Originally an occupational surname for someone who worked at or lived near a mill.

Molzen Danish

Momii Japanese

Momoda Japanese

Momoi Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Momose Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

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

Moneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

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).

Monir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Monir Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali
Derived from the given name Munir.

Moniz Portuguese
Means "son of Munho".

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

Monoka Japanese

Montez American (Hispanic), Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Montes.

Moody English, Irish
Either from Middle English modie "angry, haughty, impetuous", or Old English modig "brave, proud".

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

Morad Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Morad.

Moraes Portuguese
Variant of Morais.

Morag Hebrew
Means "threshing sledge", "flail" in Hebrew. Morag is a hand-held threshing tool.

Moran Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From the given name Moran.

Moriai Japanese
From the Japanese 盛 (mori) "assortment" or 森 (mori) "forest" and 合 (ai) "fit," "suit," "join."

Moribe Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".

Móric Hungarian
From the given name Móric.

Morii Japanese

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

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

Moritz French, German

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."

Mosby English

Moseby English

Moshe Hebrew
From the given name Moshe.

Moteki Japanese
From the Japanese 茂 (mote) "overgrown," "to grow thick" and 木 (ki, moku or boku) "tree."

Motley English
This surname may come from a nickname for someone wearing parti-coloured clothes (from Anglo-French motteley, which may come from Old English mot meaning "speck").

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

Motome Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 求, 元目 or 求馬 with 求 (kyuu, gu, moto.meru) meaning "demand, request, require, want, wish for", 元 (gan, gen, moto) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 目 (boku, moku, ma, me, -me) meaning "care, class, experience, eye, favour, insight, look" and 馬 (ba, uma, uma-, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]

Motono Japanese
From 本 (moto) or 元 (moto) both meaning "base, root, origin" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Motyka Polish, Ukrainian
Means "hoe" in Polish and Ukrainian.

Mourad Arabic
From the given name Murad.

Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.

Moussa Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Mouter English

Mouton French
Nickname from Old French mouton "sheep" used for a docile mild-mannered person for someone easily led or perhaps for a curly-haired man... [more]

Mower English
Occupational name for someone who cut hay or grass.

Mozart German
The surname was first recorded in the 14th century as Mozahrt, and later as Motzhardt in Germany. It is a compound word, the first part of which is Middle High German mos, also spelt mosz, and meaning “bog, marsh” in southern dialects (compare modern German Moos)... [more]

Mufleh Arabic
From the given name Mufleh.

Múgica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Muxika.

Muhsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin

Muhsin Arabic, Turkish
From the given name Muhsin

Mujkić Bosnian
Means "son of Mujo".

Mukade Japanese (Rare)
Means "100 legs" or "centipede" in Japanese.

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

Mukha Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Means "fly" in several languages.

Mumin Arabic
Derived from the given name Mumin.

Munagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 鰻 (see Unagi).

Muneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Muneta Japanese

Munhoz Portuguese
Portuguese form of Muñoz.

Munir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Murad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Murad.

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

Murai Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

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

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

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