MAANDIEstonian Maandi is an Estonian surname derived from "maandus" meaning "earth/ground".
MAARENDEstonian Maarend is an Estonian surname derived from either "maa rendileandja" meaning "landholder", or "maa rendilevõtja" meaning "land tenant".
MA'AYANHebrew (Rare) Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname
MABBETTEnglish From a pet-form of the medieval female personal name Mabbe, a shortened form of AMABEL (ultimately from Latin amābilis "lovable")... [more]
MABINIFilipino, Tagalog Means "modest, prudent, civil" in Tagalog. A notable bearer was APOLINARIO Mabini y Maranan (1864-1903), a Filipino revolutionary.
MẠCVietnamese Vietnamese form of MO from Sino-Vietnamese 幕 (mạc). This was the name of a Vietnamese dynasty that ruled over northern Vietnam between the 16th and 17th centuries.
MACAPAGALFilipino, Pampangan From Kapampangan makapagal meaning "tiring". A notable bearer is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (1947-), the fourteenth president of the Philippines.
MACARAEGFilipino, Tagalog Derived from Tagalog makaraig meaning "one who defeats, one who overcomes".
MACCAAScottish MacCaa has many clan associations; the most prominent being with the Stuarts of Bute, the Clan MacKay, the Clan MacFarlane, the Clan MacDonald and Clan Galloway. The name is a phonetic variation of MacKay, meaning 'son of Aoh (ie the champion)'... [more]
MAC CANANNIrish Means "son of CANÁN". Canán is a given name derived from the word cano "wolf cub".
MACCHIAItalian Topographic name from Italian macchia "thicket", "scrub" (from Latin macula) and Habitational name from any of various places named Macchia, as for example Macchia in Trapani province, Sicily.
MACCONALLScottish (Anglicized, Rare), Irish (Anglicized, Rare) Anglicized form of Scottish and Irish Gaelic Mac Conaill 'son of Conall', the personalized name composing of the elements con, which is an inflected form of cú 'wolf' + gal 'valor'. Giving the ultimate meaning due to variegated spellings of this specified name, is "Battle-Wolf of High Valor."
MACDUFFScottish Gaelic From the ancient Scottish Gaelic Mac duib meaning "son of the black/dark man." This name may have originated as a ethnic term about the native Scots used by Viking conquestors during the later half of the First Millenium... [more]
MACEEnglish, French English: from a medieval personal name, a survival of Old English MÆSSA, which came to be taken as a pet form of MATTHEW.... [more]
MACGILLISScottish The MacGillis surname is a very rare surname from Scotland. It means "Mac Giolla Iosa', and translates to "son of the servant of Jesus". The surname was first found in Perthshire in central Scotland.... [more]
MACGILLIVRAYScottish Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gillebhràth meaning "son of the servant of judgement".
MACGINTYIrish Patronymic surname from the original Irish Gaelic form 'mac an tsaoi' meaning "son of the scholar". Notable namesake is Irish rugby player ALANLEON "AJ" MacGinty.
MAC GIOLLA CHUDAIrish Meaning ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Chuda’, a personal name of unexplained origin. This was the name of a 7th-century abbot-bishop of Rathin in County Westmeath.... [more]
MAC GIOLLA IASACHTAIrish Means "son of the strange youth", from Irish Gaelic iasachta "loan" "foreign", hence denoting to a boy who transferred to another family for fosterage, a common custom in ancient Ireland.
MACGRATHIrish First found in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.... [more]
MACGYVERScottish Prominently used in the action TV series of the same name, and the title character of that show, Angus MacGyver.
MACHENEnglish Occupational name for a stonemason, Anglo-Norman French machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French masson (see MASON).
MACHISicilian Unexplained. It may be from the Albanian personal name Maqo. Derivation from a Greek name ending in -akis, which has been suggested, is implausible.
MACHIJapanese (Rare) 町 (machi) means 'town' or 'street'. Some occurrences in America could be shortened versions of longer names beginning with this element, not common in Japan.
MACIEJEWSKIPolish habitational name for someone from any of various places called Maciejowa, Maciejów, or Maciejowice, all named with the personal name MACIEJ
MACIUPAPolish (Anglicized, ?) Ukrainian/Polish (Historically Galicia/Western Ukraine/Austro-Hungary); although it is often seen spelt this Anglicized way; due to the changing land-borders and occupation of land throughout history, it has been spelt with a slightly different transliteration pronunciation in Cyrillic (phonetic sound in Cyrillic is 'ts' as opposed to 'ch').
MACKINAWIrish First found in County Monaghan located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster, at Truagh where they were known as the Lords of Truagh.... [more]
MACKINTOSHScottish The Mackintosh can is a Scottish clan from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The chiefs of the clan are the Mackintoshes of Mackintosh. Another branch of the clan, the Mackintoshes of Mackintosh-Torcastle, are the chiefs of Clan Chattan, a historic confederation of clans.
MACMILLANScottish, English A Scottish family name. The origin of the name is said to derive from the origin of the Scottish Clan MacMillan. The progenitor of the Clan was said to be Airbertach, Hebridean prince of the old royal house of Moray... [more]
MACONFrench, German French: See MAÇON. An occupational name for a mason, French maçon. Habitational name from places so called in Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Aube, the Côte d’Or, Gers, and Deux-Sères... [more]
MACONOCHIEScottish The surname of Alexander Maconochie, a Scottish naval officer, geographer, and penal reformer.
MACORIGItalian An italian surname that in fact comes from slovene minority near Udine, it should be written Macoric'... [more]
MACPHERSONScottish Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Mac an Phearsain", the prefix "mac" denoting son of, plus "pearsan" parson, hence "son of the parson".... [more]
MACTAVISHScottish Scottish surname from the elements "Mac" ("son of") and "Tavish" (Scottish form of "Thomas").
MAC UIGHILÍNIrish, Scottish Means "son of HUGELIN". the surname was allegedly adopted by the de Mandevilles, a Cambro-Norman family that had conquered an area of north Antrim, a county in Northern Ireland... [more]
MACWHORTERScottish (Anglicized) Anglicized form the surname of the Gaelic 'Mac Chruiteir', meaning 'player of the crwth', a string instrument primarily used in Celtic music. A famous bearer of this surname is the American clergyman, Alexander MacWhorter.
MADALEstonian Madal is an Estonian surname meaning "low-lying" and "shoal".
MADALVEEEstonian Madalvee is an Estonian surname meaning "low-lying water".
MADDALONIItalian It should came from the toponym Maddaloni (Campany, South Italy) which name originates from the Arabic term "magdhal" meaning fortress, stronghold. The last name Maddaloni is typical of the area that includes the provinces of Naples, Caserta and Benevento.
MADEEstonian Patronymic surname taken either from the female name Magdaleena or the male name Matteus.
MADEIRASPortuguese Came from the Portuguese Madeira word "wood" or "timber". perhaps the portuguese version of the surname WOODS or someone who's from the Portuguese island Madeira
MADELEYEnglish English: habitational name from places so named in Shropshire and Staffordshire, named in Old English with the personal name MADA + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
MADERASpanish describing someone who lived or worked in a forest. the word Madera means "wood" in Spanish. Spanish meaning of surname WOOD
MADIGAIndian, Telugu Telugu occupational name for a leather worker, a job historically considered polluting and impure in India, where the surname belongs to Dalit, or "Untouchables" - members of the lowest caste.
MADRIGALSpanish "Madrigal" comes from from the Venetian madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (gen. matricis) "womb."
MÄEEstonian Mäe is an Estonian surname meaning "hill".
MAEBARAJapanese Maebara is an uncommon Japanese surname that has more than one meaning, depending on the characters used to write it. The first and most common spelling is with the characters for "Before" (前) and "Original" (原)... [more]
MÄEHANSEstonian Mäehans is an Estonian surname, a corruption meaning "mountain/hill city".
MAEJIMAJapanese Mae means "Front, Forward" and Jima means "Island". This is a variant of Maeshima.
MÄEKALLEEstonian Mäekalle is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain slope".
MAEKAWAJapanese From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
MÄEKIVIEstonian Mäekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain stone".
MÄELOOGEstonian Mäeloog is an Estonian surname meaning "hill windrow".
MÄEMETSEstonian Mäemets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".
MAENOJapanese From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 野 (no) meaning "area, field, wilderness".
MÄEORGEstonian Mäeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill glen".
MÄEOTSEstonian Mäeots is an Estonian surname meaning "hill cusp/tip".
MÄEPEAEstonian Mäepea is an Estonian surname meaning "hill head" ("top of the hill").
MÄEPÕLDEstonian Mäepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain field".
MÄESALUEstonian Mäesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hill grove".
MAESHIMAJapanese Mae means "Front, Forward" and Shima means "Island".
MAFFIONEItalian Possibly a derivative of the given name MAFFEO. This surname is from the Puglia region of Barletta, southern Italy.
MAFFRETFrench beleived to originated in{ NICE, france} in the late 19th century, emmigration from france to london,{stepney}, where the surname was mistakenly added an extra letter "T" resulting in the surname MAFFRETT
MAGAÑASpanish This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
MAGGIOItalian From a nickname or personal name from the month of May, maggio, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a rather obscure goddess of fertility, whose name is derived from the same root as maius "larger" and maiestas "greatness"... [more]
MAGGIORIItalian Recorded in many spelling forms including the 'base' form of Maggi, and the diminutives and double diminutives Maggiore, MAGGIORI, DI MAGGIO, Maggorini, and many others, this is an Italian surname of Roman (Latin) origins... [more]
MAGGSEnglish Metronymic from the medieval personal name MAG.
MAGHERYIrish Name for a resident of the village of town of Maghery in Northern Ireland.
MAGHRIBIArabic (Maghrebi) Derived from Arabic المغرب (al-Maghrib) meaning "the west", also referring to the country of Morocco. It could be used to refer to a Moroccan person or (in English) someone from the Maghreb region of Northern Africa.
MAGINDARACebuano Magindara is a name of a demigoddess who turned into a mermaid, it is also the name of mythical creatures in the Philippines that are man-eating mermaids
MAGSAYSAYFilipino, Tagalog Means "relate, narrate, declare" in Tagalog. A notable bearer was Ramon Magsaysay (1907-1957), the seventh president of the Philippines.
MAGUADOKChamorro Chamorro action word for "to dig a hole (in the ground)".
MAHARANAIndian, Odia From a title meaning "king of kings" or "great king", derived from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large, big" combined with राणा (rana), a Rajput title meaning "king" (see RANA (2))... [more]
MAHATOIndian, Nepali, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, Odia From a secular title given to the head or chief of a village, possibly taken from Sanskrit महत् (mahát) meaning "great, large, big".
MAHERIrish (Rare) The originally spelling was "O'Meachair" which means the 'kindly' or the 'generous'. The Maher family resided in the O'Carrol... [more]
MAHLAPUUEstonian Mahlapuu is an Estonian surname derived from "mahlakas"; meaning "lush", "sappy" and "malapert" "tree/wood"; "lush tree".
MAHLOYEnglish (American) Mahloy is a misspelling of Malloy by Charles Malloy's (b. 1898, Scotland) elementary school teacher in the Ireland. The surname Malloy is derived from the pre 10th century Old Gaelic name O'Maolmhuidh, meaning the descendant of the Great Chief.
MAHREZArabic (Maghrebi) From Arabic مُحْرَز (maḥraz) meaning "accomplished, achieved, attained". A notable bearer is Riyad Mahrez (1991-), an Algerian footballer.