Submitted Surnames of Length 6

Mundle Jamaican Patois

Muneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Muneta Japanese

Munger English
Variant of Monger.

Mungia Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, possibly derived from the personal name Munio combined with the locative suffix -(t)egi.

Mungro English (American, ?)

Munhoz Portuguese
Portuguese form of Muñoz.

Munich German
From the lower German word for monk, most likely first used as a surname for a former member of a monastery.

Munisi Eastern African
Found in Tanzania.

Munsch Alsatian
Alsatian variant of Monge and Münch.

Munshi Urdu, Bengali
Derived from Persian منشی (monshi) meaning "secretary, teacher, writer", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Munson English

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

Murado Spanish

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".

Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."

Murase Japanese
rom Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

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

Murati Albanian
Derived from the given name Murat.

Murcia Spanish
Habitational name from the city Murcia.

Muriel Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Muriel

Murkey English (American)

Murley English

Muroya Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Murrah Scottish (Americanized)
Possibly an altered form of Murray 1.

Murren Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Murrin.

Murrey English, Scottish, Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish variant of Murray 1 or Murray 2.

Murrow Irish, Scottish
Variant of Morrow. A famous bearer of the surname was Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), US radio and television journalist.

Murtha Irish
Variant of Murtagh.

Murthy Indian
This surname means manifestation, image.

Murtov Georgian
Means "son of Murtaz".

Murvai Romanian
Probably they originate from Murva (Transilvania-Siklód http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikl%C3%B3d).

Murvin Scottish, English (American)
From the given name Murvin. Predominantly used in the USA.

Murwin English (American)
Variant of Murvin.

Mūsaev Kazakh

Musaev Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk
Means "son of Musa".

Musaji Gujarati, Indian (Muslim)
Derived from the Arabic name Musa and English Moses.

Musəvi Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Mousavi.

Muscal German

Muscat English
Variant of Muscott

Muscat Maltese
Maltese form of Muscato.

Muscat Arabic
Refers to the capital city of Oman named "Muscat".

Muscat German, Jewish
Variant of Muskat.

Musick Polish
This Polish and Czech surname was a name of two-fold origin. It was a name given to a peasant or vassal and was also a nickname from the Polish word 'musiec' meaning 'must'. It appears that the name derived from someone who had to take orders, perhaps from an overseer or lord of the manor.

Musila Rwandan

Muskal Jewish, Ukrainian, Polish

Muskat German, Jewish
Occupational name for a spice merchant from Middle High German muscāt meaning "nutmeg mace". As a Jewish name however it is mainly ornamental.

Muskel German

Muskow French (Archaic)
French Variant of Moscow.

Musleh Arabic
Derived from the given name Muslih.

Muslim Arabic
From the given name Muslim.

Mussey English
Nickname from Middle English mūs ‘mouse’ + ēage ‘eye’.

Mustin English
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of Muston or Musto.

Muston English
Habitational name from places so named, from Old English mus "mouse", or must, "muddy stream or place" combined with tun "enclosure, settlement". Another explanation could be that the first element is derived from an old Scandinavian personal name, Músi (of unknown meaning), combined with tun.

Mutema Southern African

Mutley English

Mutoni Eastern African

Mutter German
(also Mütter): occupational name for an official employed to measure grain, from Middle High German mutte, mütte 'bushel', 'grain measure' (Latin modius) + the agent suffix -er.

Muvaza Dungan
From the first part of the given name Muhammad and Chinese 娃子 (wázi), a dialectal term meaning "(small) child".

Muxika Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Coincides with, or possibly derives from, the Basque word muxika meaning "peach".

Muyama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Rokuyama.

Muziki Swahili
From Swahili meaning "music". Possibly an occupational name for a musician.

Muzyka Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Derived either from Belarusian музыка (muzyka) or Ukrainian музика (muzyka), both possibly derived from German Musiker meaning "musician".

Mwamba Bemba

Mychal Polish

Myelin Hebrew

Mylrae English (Rare)

Mylrea English, Manx
Cognate of Mulroy.

Mynsky Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Minsky.

Myotte English

Myrick English
Either means "dark", "work" or "ruler".

Myrlie English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Norwegian myr "bog, marsh, swamp" and li "slope, hillside, mountainside" (see hlíð).

Myrsky Finnish
Means "storm, tempest, gale".

Myrtle English

Myshko Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Mishka.

Myszka Polish
Means 'mouse' in Polish.

Mytych Polish (Anglicized, Modern)

Naakka Finnish
From Finnish meaning "jackdaw".

Nabata Japanese

Nabeel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nabil.

Nabeta Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, pan, kettle", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy".

Nabeya Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 谷 (tani, ya, gaya, gai) meaning "valley".

Naboka Russian

Nabors English
Variant of Neighbor

Nachez Spanish (Mexican)
Means "son of Nacho".

Nachum Jewish
Derived from the given name Nachum.

Naciri Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nacir (see Nasir), predominantly used in Morocco.

Nackel German (Austrian)

Nacuqu Fijian

Naczyk Polish
From Naczyk, a diminutive of a given name beginning with Naczę such as Naczęsław or Naczęmir.

Nadeau French
Variant of Nadal, which can be a name or the meaning "Christmas".... [more]

Nadeem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadim.

Nadein Russian
Means "son of Nadei".

Naderi Persian
From the given name Nader.

Nadhya Indonesian

Nadita Pakistani

Nadori Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian city or province of Nador. A famous bearer is singer Rachid Nadori.

Naďová f Slovak, Czech
Feminine form of Naď.

Nae'ole Hawaiian

Naeole Hawaiian

Nagada Japanese

Nagami Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and mi means "view, perspective".

Nagano Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Nagara Japanese

Nagare Japanese
From 流 (nagare, nagaru, ryuu) meaning "flow, current, stream".

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga 3) meaning "perpetual, eternal" or 長 (naga) meaning "long" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torent, ripple, rapids, current".

Nagasu Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 洲 (su) meaning "continent".

Nagata Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nagato Japanese (Rare)
There might be different readings, but one is Naga meaning "chief" and to meaning "gate".... [more]

Nagawa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nagaya Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling".

Nagibe Japanese

Nagira Japanese

Nagler German
Form Middle High German nagel "nail".

Nagoli Southern African

Naguib Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Najib. Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984) was the first president of Egypt.

Nagumo Japanese

Naguro Japanese
Variant of Nakuro.

Nahkur Estonian
Nahkur is an Estonian surname meaning "tanner".

Naidoo South African, Indian (Expatriate)
Variant of Naidu used by South Africans of Indian descent.

Naifeh Arabic
From a personal name based on Arabic nāfi meaning‘beneficial’, ‘profitable’.This surname is commonly found in America than Arabic speaking countries.

Naiman Ukrainian, Jewish
Before Genghis Khan conquered the world, he conquered his neighbors, and his last great victory, in 1204, was over a tribe of Turkic Christians called the Naiman. (Some Naimans today are Christian but most are Jewish.)... [more]

Naimer German (Austrian)

Naitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Naitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Najada Arabic
Najd, location in KSA

Najafi Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Najaf in Iraq, derived from Arabic نجف (najafa) meaning "elevated place".

Najeeb Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Najib.

Nájera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.

Najima Japanese

Nakaba Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 中 or 仲 (see Naka).

Nakada Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nakaga Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 仲嘉 (see Naka).

Nakago Japanese

Nakaji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ji means "soil, ground".

Nakajo Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 条 (jo) meaning "article, strips" or 城 (jo) meaning "castle".

Nakaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ki means "tree, wood".

Nakama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ma can mean "pause" or "genuine, true real".

Nakami Japanese
Naka means "middle" and mi means "mindset, view, outlook".

Nakane Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 根 (ne) meaning "root, source, foundation".

Nakasa Japanese

Nakase Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" combined with 瀬 (se) meaning "torrent, ripple, current".

Nakata Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Nakawa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈河 (see Naka).

Nakaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakaya Japanese
From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relation, relationship" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".

Nakova Bulgarian

Nalick German (Rare), English (American, Rare)

Namaru Japanese

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a former large village in the former district of Aida in the former Japanese province of Mimasaka in parts of present-day Okayama, Japan.

Namazu Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鯰 (Namazu) meaning "Namazu", a division in the town of Kashima in the district of Kamimashiki in the prefecture of Kumamoto in Japan.

Namdar Persian
Means "famous, celebrated" in Persian.

Nameda Japanese

Namiki Japanese
From Japanese 並 (nami) meaning "row, line" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Namura Japanese

Nanaho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Nanahō).

Nanahō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.

Nanami Japanese
From Japanese 七海 (nanami) meaning "seven seas".

Nánási Hungarian

Nangka Indonesian
Means "jackfruit" in Indonesian.

Nanjou Japanese
From Japanese 南 (nan) meaning "south" combined with 條 (jou) meaning "article", 条 (jou) with the same meaning as the previous, or 場 (jou) meaning "location".

Nanpei Micronesian

Nansai Japanese

Nansen Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Patronymic name derived from an unknown given name.

Napier Scottish, English
Scottish occupational name for a producer or seller of table linen or for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house from the Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier, an agent derivative of Old French nappe ‘table cloth’ (Latin mappa)... [more]

Napora Polish
Nickname for an interfering person, Polish napora, derivative of napierać meaning ‘to insist on somebody doing something’.

Napper English
1 English: occupational name for a naperer, the servant in charge of the linen in use in a great house, Middle English, Old French nap(p)ier. Compare Scottish Napier .... [more]

Naputi Chamorro
Chamorro name for "giving" (na') "pain" (puti).

Naquin French (Cajun)

Narain Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Fijian, Cook Islands Maori, Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian Creole
From the given name Narayan.

Narchi Brazilian

Naredo Spanish

Nareem Indian

Narida Japanese

Nariño Galician
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the parish of Niveiro, Val do Dubra.

Narita Japanese
From 成 (nari) meaning "become", and 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy".

Narita Japanese
From Japanese 成 (nari) meaning "become" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Narumi Japanese
Naru means "become". Mi means "veiw, outlook".

Narumi Japanese
From Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning "cry" and 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean".

Naruse Japanese
From Japanese 成 (naru) meaning "become" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Naseeb Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Nasib.

Naseem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Naseer Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nasir.

Naseri Persian
From the given name Naser.

Nasers German
Habitational, derived from any of several places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.

Nashua South African

Nasiri Persian
From the given name Nasir.

Naskar Indian, Bengali
Derived from Bengali লস্কর (loshkor) meaning "army, legion, soldier", ultimately of Persian origin.

Naslen m Arabic
Naslen is an Arabic male name. It came from India. this means "good", "really", "heart". A notable bearer is the Indian actor Naslen born in (2000)

Nasoko Fijian

Nassar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناصر, نصير (see Nasser).

Nassau German, Dutch, Jewish
From the name of the town of Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (formerly the seat of an independent duchy in the 19th century), derived from Old High German naz meaning "damp, wet" and ouwa meaning "water meadow"... [more]

Nasser Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nasser German
Someone from any of the places called Nassen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, and Bavaria.

Nassim Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Nassir Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nassor African

Nassry Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Nasri.

Nastos Greek

Nasuti Italian
From Italian nasuto "nosey, big-nosed".

Nategh Persian
Means "orator, speaker" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic ناطق (nāṭiq).

Nathan English
From the given name Nathan.

Nathan Jewish, English, French, German, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Nathan.

Nathar Arabic

Nathon English
Variant of Nathan.

Nation English
Most probably a variant of Nathan, altered by folk etymology under the influence of the English vocabulary word nation

Natkho Circassian
Shapsug name possibly derived from Adyghe нат (nāt) meaning "Nart" (referring to a Caucasian saga) combined with хъо (χo) meaning "pig".

Natori Japanese

Natori Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 取 (toru) meaning "take, fetch".

Natsch Romansh
Truncated form of Jenatsch.

Navabi Persian
From the given name Navab.

Navajo Navajo

Navara Czech

Naveed Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navida Galician
Galician and Asturian-Leonese: habitational name from either of two places named Navia, in Galicia and Asturies.

Navidi Persian
From the given name Navid.

Navier French

Navone Italian

Nawada Japanese

Nawata Japanese

Nayeem Bengali
From the given name Nayeem.

Naylor English
Occupational name for someone who made nails, from Middle English nayler "nail maker".

Nayoka Papuan

Nayudu Indian, Telugu
Alternate transcription of Telugu నాయుడు (see Naidu).

Nayyar Indian

Nazari Afghan, Iranian

Nazari Swahili

Nazeer Urdu
From the given name Nazir 1.

Nazemi Persian
From the given name Nazem.

Nazeri Persian
From Persian ناظر (nâzer) meaning "watcher, observer".

Nazzal Arabic
Means "fight, combat, battle" in Arabic.

Ndiaye Western African

N’diaye Western African

Ndicka Western African

Ndlovu Southern African, Ndebele, Zulu
Derived from Ndebele or Zulu indlovu meaning "elephant".

Ndrita Albanian

Ndungu African

Neagoe Romanian
Derived from the given name Neagoe.

Nealey Irish (Anglicized)

Neaves English
Variant of Neeve

Necker German
Denoted a person who lives near the Neckar River, a major tributary of the Rhine.

Nedden German (?)

Nedjai Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nedkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Nedko".

Nedley English

Needle English, Jewish (Americanized)
English: from Middle English nedle nadle ‘needle’ (Old English nǣdle) hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of needles or in some cases perhaps for a tailor. See also Nadler.... [more]

Neeley Irish
Reduced form of Mcneely.

Neeser German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Agnes.

Neeson Irish (Anglicized)
Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Naois "son of Naois", usually Anglicized as Mcneese. Surname made famous by the actor Liam Neeson.

Neeson Dutch (Americanized), German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Niesen.

Neeves English
Variant of Neeve

Negley German (Swiss)
Altered spelling of Swiss German Nägele, Naegeli, or Nägeli, variants of Nagel.

Negoro Japanese

Negron Spanish, Italian
This surname is a most likely variant of the word and name Negro.

Negros Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish negro meaning "black". Named after an island in the Philippines.

Neifer German

Neilan English

Neiufi Tongan

Nejjar Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجار (see Najjar) chiefly used in Morocco.

Nekras Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)

Nellor English

Nelsen Danish
Means "son of Nels".

Nelvin English (American)
Female named after her uncle who surname was Melvin. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1931.

Nemati Persian
From the given name Nemat.

Nemety Polish

Nemoto Japanese
From 根 (ne) meaning "plant root, source, foundation" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin".

Nemour Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)

Nephus Greek
A Gods son who will become God

Nequiz Nahuatl
Possibly derived from the Nahuatl word 'Nequiztli' meaning "desirable" which most likely stems from 'Nequi' or "to want/desire."

Nerdon English (American)

Nerger German (Silesian)
My family name, Nerger, is listed in the "Deutsches Namenlexicon" by Hans Bahlow. The meaning, given in the lexicon, is "ernahrer" or provider.

Nerman Swedish
Possibly a combination of Swedish nedre "lower, southern" and man "man".

Nerome Japanese

Nesher Hebrew (Modern)
Means "eagle" in Hebrew.

Neshko Ukrainian

Nesimi Albanian

Nessim Spanish, Jewish, Hebrew
Hebrew for 'miracles'. Name was originally Bar-Nisim; 'Children of the Miricle'

Nestle German
Variant of Nestler.

Nestor English
Transferred use of given name Nestor

Nestor Irish
Derived from the surname Mac Girr an Adhastair (sometimes shortened to Mac an Aghastair), meaning "Short man of the halter." The Mac Girr an Adhastair were associated with the local lords, the Ó Lochlainn family.

Netjes Dutch
Possibly a matronymic from of a diminutive form of Annetje. Coincides with the Dutch word for "tidy, neat" or "decent, proper."

Netley English
Locative name from Netley Marsh in Eling (Hants), which is recorded as Nateleg in 1248. The place name derives from Old English næt "wet" + lēah "open woodland".

Nettle English

Netzke German (Silesian)

Neuber German
Contracted form of Neubauer.

Neuger German, French (?)
Was popularized by the German community. Famous bearers include investors Win Neuger and Dan Neuger, author Christie Cozad Neuger.

Neuser German (Rare)
Person who had ancestors that lived in Germany near Dusseldorf in the town called Neuss.

Nevala Finnish
From Finnish word 'neva', which is a marsh type and '-la', a suffix used for places.

Nevels English, Scottish
Variant of Neville.

Nevels Dutch
Possibly a variant of Nevens. Coincides with Dutch nevel "fog".

Nevens Flemish
Derived from Middle Dutch neve "male cousin, nephew, grandson".

Nevera Filipino

Nevins English

Nevins Irish
Variant of Nevin 2.

Newark English
A habitational name taken on from a place name, such as Newark in Cambridgeshire or Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire.

Newham English
Habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Northumbria and North Yorkshire, so named from Old English neowe "new" and ham "homestead".

Newitt English
Possibly derived from Middle English newete "newt", or perhaps from the Dutch personal name Nout.