Submitted Surnames of Length 8

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the length is 8.
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Michálek Czech
Michálek is pet form of Michal.
Michelet French (Latinized), Belgian
Its name comes from the name Michael, the angel.
Michelle English (American)
Directly taken from the given name Michelle.
Michizoe Japanese
From the Japanese 道 (michi) "road," "way," "path" and 添 (zoe or soe) "addition," "add-on," "improvememnt."
Middaugh English
Variant of German Mittag meaning "midday, south".
Midnight Irish
Middle of the night, darkness, dark blue
Midōmaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), a prefix added to emphasize beauty, 堂 () meaning "temple, shrine, hall", and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, sphere", referring to a round land.
Midomaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).
Midorino Japanese
Midori means "green" and no means "field, plain".
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]
Mignogna Italian
In part a Southern Italian a habitational name from Mignogna, a minor place in Foggia province.
Mijangos Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Cuesta Urria.
Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".
Milanese Italian
One who came from Milan.
Milanesi Italian
It comes from the Italian city of Milan, in Lombardia (northern Italy), where it is most used
Milashin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Milasha of various Russian given names.
Milenkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Milenko".
Milhouse English
Variant spelling of Millhouse.
Miliband Jewish
This is the surname of British Labour Party politicians Ed and David Miliband, who are ethnically Jewish.
Milković Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic derived from the given name Milko, itself a diminutive of Slavic names containing the element milu meaning "gracious, dear".
Milkovič Slovak
Slovak form of Milković.
Millares Galician
Habitational name from any of various places named Millares in Galicia, from the plural of Galician millar meaning "millet field".
Millwood English, Anglo-Saxon
The name was originally given to a miller or the keeper of a mill. The surname Millwood is derived from the Old English word mylenweard.
Minakami Japanese
From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.
Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Minamino Japanese
From Japanese 南 (minami) meaning "south" and 野 (no) meaning "field".
Minamoto Japanese
From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.... [more]
Minasian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Minasyan.
Minasyan Armenian
Means "son of Minas".
Mineyama Japanese
Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".
Miraglia Italian
From the Old Sicilian military title miraglia di mari meaning "admiral".
Mirajkar Marathi
Means "one from Miraj" in Marathi. Miraj is a city located in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Miramond Medieval Occitan, Occitan, French
From Old Occitan mirar "look" and mond "world".
Mirghani Northern African, Arabic
Sudanese name of unknown Arabic meaning.
Mirković Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mirko".
Mironova Russian
Feminine form of Mironov.
Mirzadeh Persian
Means "prince" in Persian, derived from Arabic أمير (amir) meaning "prince, commander" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".
Misakian Armenian
An Armenian surname meaning "descendant of Misak." Misak is the Armenian form of the Ancient Hebrew name Meshach.
Mishkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Мишкин (see Mishkin).
Misirlou Greek
Misirlou (Μισιρλού), due to the suffix "ou", is the feminine form (in Greek) of Misirlis (Μισιρλής- a surname) which comes from the Turkish word Mısırlı, which is formed by combining Mısır ("Egypt" in Turkish, borrowed from Arabic مِصر‎ Miṣr) with the Turkish -lı suffix, literally meaning "Egyptian".
Miskinis Lithuanian
Topographic name from miškinis ‘forest’, ‘forest spirit’. This name is also established in Poland.
Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Miyaichi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "a shrine; a palace" and 一 (ichi) meaning "one".... [more]
Miyakuni Japanese
Miya means "Shrine, temple" and kuni "country".
Miyamizu Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water". A fictional bearer of this surname is Mitsuha Miyamizu (宮水 三葉) from the 2016 anime movie Your Name/Kimi no Na wa.
Miyamori Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple" and mori means "forest".
Miyasaka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".
Miyasaki Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 宮崎 (see Miyazaki).
Miyasato Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
Miyauchi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
Miyawaki Japanese
A famous bearier of this surname, Sakura Miyawaki from IZONE.
Miyawaki Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".
Miyazato Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
Miyazawa Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Mizoroge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mizoroke.
Mizoroke Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 深泥池 (Mizoro-ga-Ike) meaning "Mizoro Lake", a lake in Kyōto, Kyōto, Japan.
Mizrachi Hebrew
Variant transcription of Mizrahi.
Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".
Mizuhara Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Mizuhori Japanese
Mizu means "water"and hori means "moat, ditch, canal".
Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Mizumori Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mori means "forest, grove".
Mizumoto Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Mizumura Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mura means "village, hamlet".
Mizusaki Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Mizusawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Mizutama Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".
Mladenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Mladen".
Mlinarić Croatian
Means "son of a miller".
Moberley English
English habitational name from Mobberley in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘clearing with a fortified site where assemblies are held’, from (ge)mot ‘meeting’, ‘assembly’ + burh ‘enclosure’, ‘fortification’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Mockford English
Mockford comes from "Mocca's ford", with Mocca being an Old English name of uncertain origin. An alternative theory is that it comes from "Motholfr's ford" from the Old Norse meaning "renown-wolf". Either way, Mockford was once a place in Sussex, near Rottingdean, and it is from there that most branches of the name originate.
Moghadam Persian
Means "first, ahead, forward" in Persian, ultimately from Arabic مقدم (muqaddam).
Mohajeri Persian
Derived from Persian مهاجر (mohajer) meaning "emigrant", ultimately of Arabic origin.
Mohilary Bodo, Assamese
Associated with tax collections from the Mahallas.
Moilanen Finnish
Meaning uncertain, features the nen suffix commonly found in surnames of Savo-Karelian origin.
Mõisaäär Estonian
Mõisaäär is an Estonian surname meaning "manor edge/periphery".
Moiseyev Russian
Means "son of Moisey".
Molaison American
Unexplained meaning.
Molenaar Dutch
Derived from Dutch molenaar "miller".
Molinaro Italian
Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian mulino meaning "mill".
Molinero Spanish
An occupational surname from molinero (“miller”).
Mollison English, Scottish
Derived from the female given name Molly, wich is diminutive of Mary.
Molotova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Молотов (see Molotov).
Molyneux French
Possibly a habitational name from Moulineux, meaning "mill of the waters", or derives from the Old French name De Molines or De Moulins, meaning "mill". The surname has been linked to a large French family that settled in Lancashire from France.
Momomiya Popular Culture
Surname of several characters from the anime series 'Tokyo Mew Mew'.
Momosaki Japanese
Momo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
Momotari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Mukade.
Momozaki Japanese
From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Monarrez Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monárrez): Altered Form Of Basque Munárriz Itself A Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From Munarritz (Also Amunarritz In Castilian Munárriz) A Town In Navarre.
Monckton English
Possibly meaning "estate of monks"
Moncrief Scottish
Scottish: habitational name from Moncreiff Hill near Perth, so called from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.
Mondejar Spanish
Habitational name from a place called Mondéjar in Guadalajara province.
Monopoli Italian
Italian: habitational name from a place called Monopoli in Bari province from Greek monē polis ‘single town’.
Monstein Romansh
Derived from the place name Monstein, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Montaigu French
French form of Montague.
Montalto Italian, Portuguese
Habitational name from any of various places called Montalto or Montaldo especially Montalto Uffugo in Cosenza province in Italy or from a place in Portugal called Montalto from monte "hill" and alto "high" (from Latin altus).
Montalvo Portuguese Spanish Italian
Montalvo is a habitational Portuguese and Spanish surname that originated in the medieval period. It comes from the Spanish words monte, meaning "mount", and albo, meaning "white". The name was often given to families who lived near or on a white mountain or hill, and can be interpreted as "white mountain".
Monteith Scottish
From the name of the district of Menteith in south Perthshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic monadh meaning "hill pasture" combined with the Scottish river name Teith. A famous bearer was the Canadian actor and musician Cory Monteith (1982-2013), who played Finn Hudson on the American television series Glee (2009-2015).
Montford English
As a Shropshire name believed to mean "from a communal ford or water crossing" while the Norfolk origin is "from Munda's ford," Munda being an old English personal name meaning "protector, guardian," as seen in names such as Edmund.
Montigny French
habitational name from (Le) Montigny the name of several places in various parts of France (from a Gallo-Roman estate name Montiniacum formed either from a personal name or from a derivative of mons "mountain" and the locative suffix acum)... [more]
Montilla Spanish
Habitational name from Montilla a place in Córdoba province.
Montisci Italian
Originated in Sardinia, Italy in the 17th century given to fishermen
Moorcock English
From a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a moorcock (the male of the red grouse). It is borne by British author Michael Moorcock (1939-).
Moosajee Indian (Muslim)
From the Arabic given name Musa. A variant of Musaji.
Morabito Italian
Ultimately from Arabic مُرَابِط (murabit) "holy man, one who preaches in the street; soldier stationed in an outpost", from which comes Sicilian murabitu "moderate, sober" and murabbiu "teetotal".
Moradian Persian
From the given name Morad.
Mordaunt English
Recorded as Mordant, Mordaunt (English), Mordagne, Mordant (French) and apparently Mordanti in Italy, this is a surname of French origins. According to the famous Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley writing in the year 1880, the name was originally Norman, and was brought to England by a follower of Duke William of Normandy, when he conquered England in 1066... [more]
Mordecai English
From the given name Mordecai
Moredock English
From the fact that boats get moored at a dock.
Moreschi Italian
Nickname for a dark-skinned person, derived from the Medieval Latin word moro, actually from the Latin Maurus, meaning, "dark-skinned".
Morifuji Japanese
Mori means "forest" and fuji means "wisteria".
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]
Morikubo Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" and 保 (bo) meaning "protect".
Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".
Morimizu Japanese
Mori means "grove" and mizu means "water".
Morimura Japanese (Rare)
From Kanji "森" (Mori) meaning "Forest" and "村" (Mura) meaning "Village".
Morinaga Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".
Morinaka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Moríñigo Leonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Moríñigo Spanish
Habitational surname from Moríñigo, Moríñigo is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León.
Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".
Morisaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Morisato Japanese
Mori means "forest" and sato means "village".
Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".
Moritake Japanese
Mori means "forest" and take needs "bamboo".
Moritani Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Moritani Japanese
From Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Moriuchi Japanese
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 内 (uchi) means "inside".
Moriwaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".
Morkovin Russian
From Russian морковь (morkov) meaning "carrot".
Morpurgo Judeo-Italian
Italian surname of Jewish origin, originally Marpurg, from the Austrian city Marburg an der Drau (today Maribor in Slovenia). The progenitor was Moises Jacob, father of Petachia, in Bad-Rackersburg, Austria... [more]
Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".
Morshuis Dutch
'Mors' is 'swamp' in old Dutch and 'huis' is 'home', so the name is basically Swamphouse. It is thought that the person who registered the name when Napoleon ruled the Netherlands they lived in a swamp.
Moslavac Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Moslavina, a region in Croatia.
Mosqueda Spanish
Mosqueda comes from the Spanish word 'Mosca' meaning house fly.
Mosquera Spanish, Catalan
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]
Mossberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mosse "bog" and berg "mountain".
Mossberg Jewish
Combination of Moses and German berg "mountain, hill".
Mostefaï Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mostefa (chiefly Algerian).
Motokura Japanese
Moto means "origin" and kura means "storehouse".
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."
Moujahid Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid) meaning "one who is labouring, one who is in distress", also used to refer to a member of a liberation army in Muslim countries (chiefly Moroccan).
Mouloudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.
Mountain English
Topographic name from Old French montagne "mountain" (see Montagne).
Mountjoy English
Habitational surname for a person from Montjoie in La Manche, France, named with Old French mont "hill", "mountain" + joie "joy".
Mouratis Greek
Possibly a patronymic from the Turkish given name Murat.
Moustafa Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Mustafa.
Moustaki Greek
Moustaki is Derived from the Greek word for ‘moustache’, μουστάκι.
Moyongan Filipino, Bontoc
Means "bumble bee" in Bontok.
Mridhani Persian
People from Mridhan, Gilan Province, North Iran, Iran
Mstishyn Ukrainian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.
Muangkot Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เมืองโคตร (see Mueangkhot).
Mudaliar Tamil
"Mudaliar" is a combination of a Tamil word "Mudali" which means "First" and "yar" which is an honorific suffix. So the surname means "First People" or "Elite People" in Tamil.
Muhammed Arabic
From the given name Muhammad.
Mühlfeld German
Variant form of Muhlfeld.
Muirhead Scottish
Derived from many places in southern Scotland with the same name, from northern Middle English muir meaning "moor" and heid meaning "head, end".
Mukerjee Bengali
Variant transcription of Mukherjee.
Mulberry English
From the name of the fruit.
Mulkerin Irish
The Irish surname Mulkerin is an anglicied rendering of the Gaelic surname O'Maoilchiarain which means ,literally, "descendant of a follower of Saint Ciaran", the Irish saint who founded the great monastery at Clonmacnois... [more]
Mullinix French
A locational name "of de Moloneaux" probably from the noble family who trace their descent from William the Conqueror, from Molineaux-sur-Seine, near Rouen. The name came to England during the wake of the Norman Conquest... [more]
Mulvaney Irish
From Ó Maoilmheana meaning "descendant of Maoilmhaena."
Mumphery English
Variant spelling of Mumphrey.
Mumphrey English
Variant spelling of the surname Humphrey.
Munakata Japanese
From Japanese 宗 (mune) meaning "religion, doctrine, creed" and 像 (kata) meaning "figure, image, form".
Munekawa Japanese
宗 (Mune) means "Origin, Religion, Sect" and 川 (Kawa) means "Stream, River".
Munenobu Japanese (Rare)
From the given name 宗信 or 宗延 (see Munenobu).
Mungaray Apache, Spanish (Mexican)
Very rare Apache name give to the Apache still in Mexico. We are decents of victorio and the local spa is/ Mexicans gave us this name that we still carry today.
Munkdahl Swedish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from the name of the municipality and locality Munkedal in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. If that's the case, then the first element is Swedish munk "monk" and the second element is dal "valley"... [more]
Murahama Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and hama means "seashore, veach".
Murakami Japanese
From the Japanese 村, 邑 or 邨 (mura) "village" and 上 (kami, kan or ue) "upper," "above," 神 (kami, kan or shin) "god" or 守 (kami or mori) "guard," "protect," "defend."
Murakami Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 上 (kami) meaning "start, high place, top".
Murakawa Japanese
Mura means "village" and kawa means "river".
Murakita Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".
Muramori Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and mori means "forest".
Muramoto Japanese
Mura means "village" and moto means "origin".
Muranaka Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village" combined with 中 (naka) meaning "inside, middle".
Muratagi Japanese
From Japanese "村" (mura) meaning village, "田" (ta) rice field and "義" (gi) meaning righteousness
Muravyov Russian
Means 'son of Ant'.
Murawski Polish
Name for someone from placed called Murawa or Murawy, both derived from Polish murawa meaning "lawn, green, sward".
Murayama Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".