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MAAK Estonian
Maak is an Estonian surname meaning "ore".
MAAN Arabic, Limburgish, Finnish
Of meaning unknown
MAARSCHALKERWEERD Dutch
Meaning "Keeper of the horses."
MAASIK Estonian
Maasik is an Estonian surname derived from "Maasikas", meaning "strawberry".
MA'AYAN Hebrew (Rare)
Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname
MABBETT English
From a pet-form of the medieval female personal name Mabbe, a shortened form of Amabel (ultimately from Latin amābilis "lovable"). See also Mapp
MABRY English, Irish
Variant spelling of Mayberry.
MẠC Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Mo.
MAC Scottish, Irish
Variant of Mack
MAC A 'GHOBHAINN Scottish Gaelic
The Scots Gaelic variation of Smith.
MACALIPAY Filipino, Hiligaynon
Means "to cause joy" in Hiligaynon.
MAC AN AIRCHINNIGH Irish
It literally means "son of the hereditary steward of church lands".
MAC AN FHILIDH Irish
Meaning, "son of the poet."
MACAPAGAL Filipino
Derived from Kapangpagan makapagal meaning "tiring".
MACARAEG Filipino
Of Filipino origin and unknown meaning.
MACARRO Spanish
From the verb Macar meaning 'to bruise'
MACARTHUR Scottish (Rare), Northern Irish
Scottish and northern Irish: see McArthur and Arthur.
MACAULEY Irish
1. A form of Mac Amhalghaidh, from the Gaelic prefix "mac" meaning son of, plus "Amhalghaidh" a form of the Old Irish personal name Auley.... [more]
MACCAA Scottish
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 CANANN Irish
Means "son of CANÁN". Canán is a given name derived from the word cano "wolf cub".
MAC CATHMHAOIL Irish
It literally means Cathmhaol’s son".
MAC CEARBHAILL Irish
Meaning, "son of Cearbhaill."
MACCHIA Italian
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.
MACCINI Italian
Patronymic from a diminutive of the given name MACCIO.
MAC COINGHEALLAIGH Irish
Meaning, ‘son (or descendant) of Coingheallach’, a personal name meaning ‘faithful to pledges’.
MAC CONGHAILE Irish
Meaning, "son of Conghal."
MAC CON MHAOIL Irish
Means "Son of the short haired warrior''.
MACDOOF English, Scottish
It is based off of a book character (or two given names into one).... [more]
MACDUFF Scottish 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]
MACE English, 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]
MAC EACHÁIN Irish
It literally means "Eachán’s son".
MACFAYLE Manx
Meaning, "son of Paul."
MACFHEARGHUIS Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Gaelic for "Son of Fhearghuis" (also spelled "Fearghas") and due to the complexities of pronunciation, has been spelled MacFergus,McKerras,MacKersey,MacErris,MacFirries and anglicised as Ferguson or Fergusson and shortened in Fergus, Ferrar,... [more]
MAC FHLANNCHAIDH Irish
Patronymic from the personal name FLANNCHADH, which is derived from flann "red".
MAC GAOITHÍN Scottish Gaelic
Meaning ‘son of Gaoithín’, a personal name derived from the diminutive of gaoth ‘clever’, ‘wise’.
MACGILLEDHEÒRADHA Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "pilgrim’s servant’s son".
MACGILLEFHINNEIN Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Finnan’s servant’s son".
MAC GILLE ÍOSA Scottish
Meaning ‘son of the servant of Jesus’. Compare McLeish. The usual spelling in Scotland is Gillies.
MACGILLEUIDHIR Scottish Gaelic
It literally mean’s "sallow lad’s son".
MACGILLIS Scottish
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]
MACGINTY Irish
Patronymic surname from the original Irish Gaelic form 'mac an tsaoi' meaning "son of the scholar". Notable namesake is Irish rugby player Alan Leon "AJ" MacGinty.
MAC GIOLLA CHUDA Irish
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 IASACHTA Irish
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.
MACGOBHAINN Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "smith’s son", thus making it a Scottish Gaelic form of Mac Gabhann.
MACGRATH Irish
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]
MACGYVER Scottish
Prominently used in the action TV series of the same name, and the title character of that show, Angus MacGyver.
MACHADOS Jewish
From the Hebrew name Adam, meaning "man" or "male."
MACHEN English
Occupational name for a stonemason, Anglo-Norman French machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French masson (see Mason).
MACHI Sicilian
Unexplained. It may be from the Albanian personal name Maqo. Derivation from a Greek name ending in -akis, which has been suggested, is implausible.
MACHI Japanese (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.
MACHIA Italian
Variant of Italian Macchia.
MACHIDA Japanese (Rare)
Machi (町) means "Town" and da (田) means "Rice Patty".
MACHNICKI Polish
Habitational name for someone from Machnice in Wrocław voivodeship.
MACHRACH Scottish
Means "campestral" in Scottish Gaelic, possibly a name for someone who lived or worked in an open field.
MACIEJEWSKI Polish
habitational name for someone from any of various places called Maciejowa, Maciejów, or Maciejowice, all named with the personal name Maciej
MACINNIS Scottish Gaelic
From Scottish Gaelic MacAonghais meaning "Son of Angus".
MACIUPA Polish (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').
MACK Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, French
Scottish (Berwickshire) and Irish: from the Old Norse personal name Makkr, a form of Magnus (Old Irish Maccus). Shortened form of any of the many Scottish and Irish names beginning M(a)c-.... [more]
MACKEY Irish, Scottish, Scottish Gaelic, Finnish (Anglicized)
As an Irish name with stress on the first syllable, it is an anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Macdha ‘descendant of Macdha.’... [more]
MACKIN Dutch
Pet form of MACCO.
MACKINAW Irish
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]
MACKLIN English, Scottish
Meaning unknown, but it might be related to MACLEAN.
MACLABHRAINN Scottish Gaelic
Proper, non-Anglicized form of McLaren & thus a Scottish form of Larson.
MACLYSAGHT Irish
Anglicized from MAC GIOLLA IASACHTA. Edward MacLysaght was one of the foremost genealogists of twentieth century Ireland.
MAC MAICÍN Irish
Means "son of MAICÍN".
MAC MAOLÁIN Irish
Proper, non-Anglicized form of McMillan.
MACMICHAEL English
Variant of McMichael.
MACMILLAN Scottish, 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]
MACMUIRCHEARTAICH Scottish Gaelic
It literally means "Muircheartach’s son".
MAC NAUGHT Ancient Celtic
The origin is celtic / irish and the meaning is "Son of nobody"
MACNELLY Northern Irish, Scottish
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: variant of McNeely.
MACNICOL Scottish
A Scottish surname meaning "Son of the conquering people"
MACON French, 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]
MACONOCHIE Scottish
The surname of Alexander Maconochie, a Scottish naval officer, geographer, and penal reformer.
MACORIG Italian
An italian surname that in fact comes from slovene minority near Udine, it should be written Macoric'... [more]
MAC PHAAYL Manx
Meaning, "son of Paayl (Paul)."
MAC PHÁIDÍN Irish
Patronymic of (a Gaelic diminutive of) Patrick.
MAC PHÀIL Scottish
Meaning, "son of Pàil (Paul)."
MACPHERSON Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Mac an Phearsain", the prefix "mac" denoting son of, plus "pearsan" parson, hence "son of the parson".... [more]
MAC PHÓIL Irish
Meaning, "son of Póil (Paul)."
MACQUAYLE Manx
Meaning, "son of Paul."
MAC SEÁIN Irish
Irish form of Johnson.
MAC SÉAMAIS Irish
Irish form of Jamison.
MAC SUIBHNE Irish, Scottish
Meaning, "son of Suibhne" (a byname meaning "pleasant").
MACTAGGART Irish, Scottish
Variant of McTaggart.
MACTAVISH Scottish
Scottish surname from the elements "Mac" ("son of") and "Tavish" (Scottish form of "Thomas").
MADAL Estonian
Madal is an Estonian surname meaning "low-lying" and "shoal".
MADALVEE Estonian
Madalvee is an Estonian surname meaning "low-lying water".
MADANAT Arabic
Mainly found in Jordan.
MADANPOTRA Indian (Rare), Sindhi (Rare), Punjabi (Rare)
Surname of the Arora caste of the Punjab and Sindh.
MAĐAR Croatian
Derived from Mađar, Madžar, meaning "Hungarian".
MADBOULI Arabic (Egyptian)
Variant transcription of Madbouly.
MADBOULY Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian surname of unknown meaning.
MADDOCKS Welsh
Variant of Maddox.
MADDUX Welsh
Variant of Maddox.
MADE Estonian
Patronymic surname taken either from the female name Magdaleena or the male name Matteus.
MADEIRAS Portuguese
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
MADEJ Polish
Either from a short form of the given name Amadej or Amadeusz or derived from a variant of the name Matej.
MADELEY English
English: habitational name from places so named in Shropshire and Staffordshire, named in Old English with the personal name Mada + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
MADERA Spanish
describing someone who lived or worked in a forest. the word Madera means "wood" in Spanish. Spanish meaning of surname Wood
MADERA Polish, Slovak, Hungarian
Ethnic name from an old word for a Hungarian (see Magyar).
MADIGA Indian, 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.
MADINA Various
Meaning unknown.
MADKINS English
Metronymic from a pet form of the personal name MADDE.
MADLANGSAKAY Filipino (Modern, Rare, ?)
Meaning in Filipino "people on board"
MADONIA Italian
Habitational name from any of numerous places named Madonia, or a regional name for someone from Madonie in Sicily.
MADONNA Italian
From the person name Madonna, from donna meaning "lady", bestowed in honor of the Virgin Mary.
MADRASWALA Indian (Parsi)
From Madras (presently Chennai), the name of the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
MADREN English
Probably a habitational name from Madron in Cornwall. Alternatively, possibly from Madryn in Gwynedd, Wales.
MADRIGAL Spanish
"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."
MADRIZ Spanish, Catalan
patronymic surname meaning "son of Madrileño"; given to a person that came from Madrid, Spain.
MADROÑERO Spanish
It literally means "strawberry farmer".
MADRUS Estonian
Madrus is an Estonian surname meaning "sailor".
MADUSHANKA Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu) meaning “honey, sweet” combined with शङ्का (śaṅkā) meaning “doubt, uncertainty”.
MADŽAR Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Mađar, Madžar, meaning "Hungarian".
MÄE Estonian
Mäe is an Estonian surname meaning "hill".
MAEBARA Japanese
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]
MAEJIMA Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward" and Jima means "Island". This is a variant of Maeshima.
MÄEKALLE Estonian
Mäekalle is an Estonian surname meaning "hill/mountain slope".
MAEKAWA Japanese
From Japanese 前 (mae) meaning "front, forward" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
MÄELOOG Estonian
Mäeloog is an Estonian surname meaning "hill windrow".
MÄEMETS Estonian
Mäemets is an Estonian surname meaning "hill forest".
MÄEORG Estonian
Mäeorg is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill glen".
MÄEOTS Estonian
Mäeots is an Estonian surname meaning "hill cusp/tip".
MÄEPEA Estonian
Mäepea is an Estonian surname meaning "hill head" ("top of the hill").
MÄESALU Estonian
Mäesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "hill grove".
MAESHIMA Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward" and Shima means "Island".
MAESTRE Portuguese, Spanish
Occupational name from old Spanish and Portuguese maestre meaning 'master', 'master craftsman', 'teacher'.
MÄETALU Estonian
Mäetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "mountain/hill farmstead".
MAEYAMADA Japanese
Mae means "Front, Forward", Yama means "Mountain", and Da means "Feild, Rice Patty. The source is in the notes.
MAFFIA Italian
Variant of Mattia.
MAFFIONE Italian (Australian)
Maffione surname is from the Puglia region of Barletta, southern Italy.
MAFFRET French
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
MAGAÑA Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Castilian municipality.
MAGBANUA Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog
Derived from Cebuano bánwa meaning "city, town" or "homeland".
MAGDY Arabic (Egyptian)
From Arabic مَجَّدَ (majjada) meaning "to praise, to glorify".
MAGED Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Maged.
MAGGIO Italian
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]
MAGGIORI Italian
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]
MAGGS English
Metronymic from the medieval personal name Mag.
MAGHERY Irish
Name for a resident of the village of town of Maghery in Northern Ireland.
MAGHRIBI Arabic (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.
MÄGI Estonian
Estonian surname from the word mägi meaning "hill".
MAGILL English
scottish/irish
MAGINDARA Cebuano
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
MAGNER Irish
Irish: from a pet form of the Scandinavian name Magnus, in Ireland borne by both Vikings and Normans.
MAGNUSDÓTTIR Icelandic
Patronymic, used exclusively by women. Means "daughter of Magnus".
MAGOWAN Ulster/Scots
Origion person from Ballygowan Co Down Northern Ireland
MAGSAYSAY Filipino, Tagalog
Means "relate, tell, narrate" in Tagalog.... [more]
MAGUADOK Chamorro
Chamorro action word for "to dig a hole (in the ground)".
MAHABIR Trinidadian Creole, Indian
From Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, massive" combined with वीर (vīrá) meaning "heroic, powerful, strong".
MAHAJAN Indian, Marathi, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati
Means "great people", from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large, big" combined with जन (jána) "people, subjects".
MAHALAH African
zambian (tumbuka) name meaning intelligent. "mwana wa mahalah" means intelligent child
MAHAPATRA Indian, Odia
From the Sanskrit महत् (mahat) "great, large, big" possibly combined with पात्र (pātra) "drinking-vessel, goblet, bowl, cup".
MAHARAJ South African, Indian, Trinidadian Creole, Fijian
Means "great king, great ruler", from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large, big" combined with राज (rāja) meaning "king, sovereign". It is also found among Indian communities abroad.
MAHARANA Indian, 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]
MAHATO Indian, 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".
MAHER Irish (Rare)
The originally spelling was "O'Meachair" which means the 'kindly' or the 'generous'. The Maher family resided in the O'Carrol... [more]
MAHI'AI Hawaiian
From the elements "mahi" (farm) and "'ai" (food).
MAHINAY Filipino, Cebuano, Tagalog
Means "gently" or "slowly" in Cebuano.
MAHLAPUU Estonian
Mahlapuu is an Estonian surname derived from "mahlakas"; meaning "lush", "sappy" and "malapert" "tree/wood"; "lush tree".
MAHLOY English (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.
MAHMOOD Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali (Muslim), Arabic
Variant transcription of Mahmud.
MAHMOUD Arabic
From the given name Mahmoud.
MAHON Irish
A shortened form of Mahoney.
MAHREZ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is Riyad Mahrez (1991-), an Algerian footballer.
MAHTO Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Variant transcription of Mahato.
MAI Chinese
Chinese surname meaning "wheat,barley".
MAIA Portuguese
Habitational name from any of several places named Maia, especially one in Porto.
MAIÀ Catalan
Habitational name from Maià de Montcal, a village in Girona, or any of several other places named with Maià, which is of pre-Roman origin.
MAIDRE Estonian
Maidre is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "maidel" meaning "gudgeon" (a type of fish)".
MAIN Scottish, English, French, Norman
Various origins explained include:... [more]
MAINE French
French topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling’, ‘residence’, ‘abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named.
MAINE Scottish, English
Scottish and English variant spelling of Main.
MAINÉ Catalan
Variant of Mainer.
MAIR Scottish
A steward, bailiff, or warden.
MAIRENA Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 3 Andalusian localities: Mairena, Municipality of Nevada, Mairena del Alcor, or Mairena del Aljarafe.
MAISON French
Means "house" in French.
MAISON English
Variant spelling of MASON.
MAITLAND English, Scottish
Possibly from Mautalant, the name of a place in Pontorson, France meaning "inhospitable" or "bad temper" in Norman French (ultimately from Late Latin malum "bad" and talentum "inclination, disposition"), which was so named because of its unproductive soil; or perhaps it was originally a nickname for an ungracious individual, derived from the same source.
MAITLIS Jewish
Means "son of Meytl", a Yiddish female personal name, literally "little Meyte", a Yiddish female personal name derived from Middle High German maget "maid".
MAIZLES Polish
A polish-jewish name with german origins.... [more]
MAJ Polish, Jewish
Surname adopted with reference to the month of May, Polish maj. Surnames referring to months were sometimes adopted by Jewish converts to Christianity, with reference to the month in which they were baptized or in which the surname was registered.
MAJANGE Shona
Meaning unknown.
MAJEED Arabic
"noble", "glorious"
MAJERLE Slovene
Slovene surname Majerle, a variant of the Polish, Czech, and Slovak Majer, which was a status name for "steward, bailiff, tenant farmer, or village headman", from the German Meyer.
MAJHI Indian, Odia, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese
Possibly from the Bengali মাঝি (mājhi) meaning "boatman, oarsman, waterman".
MAJIDOV Dagestani, Uzbek, Tajik
Means "son of Majid".
MAJIMA Japanese (Rare)
Ma means "Real,Genuine" (this is used most likely,anyway) and Jima means "Island".
MAJSTOROVIĆ Serbo-Croatian (Rare)
Comes from word majstor meaning master.
MAJUMDAR Bengali (Muslim)
Means “record keeper, archivist” in Bengali.
MAK Chinese (Cantonese)
Transliterated from the Chinese surname Mai meaning "wheat, barley". A bearer of this surname is Dennis Mak. He is a singer from Hong Kong and was a former member of the Cantopop group Boy'z.
MAKAROV Russian
Means "son of MAKAR."
MAKEPEACE English
From a medieval nickname for a skilled conciliator. It was borne by English cricketer Harry Makepeace (1881-1952).
MAKHACHEV Avar, Lak
Means "son of Makhach".
MAKHLOUFI Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Makhlouf.
MAKHOV Circassian (Russified)
Russified form of a Circassian surname derived from Kabardian махуэ (māx°ă) meaning "day".
MÄKI Finnish
Finnish surname from the word mäki meaning "hill".
MAKICE American (Modern, Rare)
Taken as a new common familyname by Kevin McGrew Isbister and Amy Elizabeth Clendening. They scrambled their initials (KMI and AEC), and came up with “Makice” as their family name.
MAKIMURA Japanese
According to Hi!Penal!, this is written in three different ways (different kanji for "maki"), this kanji (牧) meaning "Shepard" and Mura (村) meaning "Village" is an example.
MAKINO Japanese
Makino means "Shepard Feild".
MAKITA Japanese
I'm not sure how the surname is usually written, but 真 (Ma) means "Genuine, Real, Sincere" and 北 (Kita) means "North". On the other hand, 牧 (Maki) means "Shepard, Tend cattle" and 田 (Ta) means "Rice Field, Rice Paddy"... [more]
MAKÓ Hungarian
Derived from a pet form of the name Makár, which in turn is from the Greek given name Makarios. Could also be from the name Mátyás, the Hungarian form of Matthias.
MAKOVOZA Baltic (Latinized, Rare), German (Latinized, Rare), Russian (Rare)
There is no history of the name just a family name I on't know if some people have it as a first name too.
MAKOWSKI Jewish, Polish, Ukrainian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Maków, Makowa, or Makowo, all named from mak "poppy (seeds)".
MAKRIYANNIS Greek
Notable bearer of this name is General Yannis Makriyannis (1797-1864), was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author.
MAKSATOV Kazakh
From the given name Maksat.
MAKSIMOVIĆ Serbian
Means "son of Maksim".
MAŁACHOWSKI Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Małachowo, Małachów, or Małachowice.
MALAEB Arabic
Lebanese Druze name possibly derived from Arabic مَلْعَب (malʿab) meaning "scene, theatre, sport".
MALAMED Jewish
from the Yiddish for "a teacher of young children".
MALANOWSKI Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Malanowo or Malanów.
MALASENCO Ukrainian
This surname is a moderately common Ukrainian name and was formed from the Hebrew name MALACHI. After 988 A.D., every Slav, having been baptized, would undergo a ceremony, conducted by a priest, to receive a Christian name... [more]
MALASHENKO Ukrainian
This surname is a moderately common Ukrainian name and was formed from the Hebrew name MALACHI. After 988 A.D., every Slav, having been baptized, would undergo a ceremony, conducted by a priest, to receive a Christian name... [more]
MALCZEWSKI Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Malczewo in Poznań voivodeship, or Malczew in Radom voivodeship.
MALDONADO Spanish, Portuguese
From mal donado meaning "badly endowed" (literally, "badly given"). Also used for people originating from the Spanish village of Maldonado.
MALE English
Nickname for a virile man, from Middle English male meaning "masculine".
MALECKI Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Malki in the voivodeships of Ostroleka and Torun.
MALECUIT French
Means "doughy," "soggy," or "undercooked" in French.
MALEFEIJT Dutch
A variant spelling of Malefeyt. This is also actually an archaic spelling (as the sound written as -eijt will be always be written as -eit or -ijt in modern times), but it has (barely) managed to survive into modern times... [more]
MALEFEYT Dutch (Archaic)
Archaic Dutch surname that is now no longer in use (not in this exact spelling, that is): the spelling reflects the surname's origin from older times (as -eyt is an exclusively archaic spelling that has not survived into modern times like its counterparts -eit and -ijt did)... [more]
MALEFIJT Dutch
Modern form of Malefeyt, which is also the most common form of the surname. In The Netherlands, there were 24 bearers of the surname in 2007.
MALEK Indian (Muslim), Gujarati, Persian, Bengali (Muslim), Arabic
Variant of Malik. A notable bearer is Rami Malek (1981-), an Egyptian-American actor.
MALFAIT French
Derived from French mal fait, which literally means "poorly done, badly done". In the context of the surname, it refers to the first bearer being "malformed" or "deformed" (as it was in the eyes of people from older times), which means that he either was physically disabled or able-bodied but with a physical trait that deviated from the norm.
MALFEYT Dutch, Flemish
Generally a Dutch form (or "dutchization", if you will) of Malfait, with the spelling reflecting the surname's origin from older times (as -eyt is an exclusively archaic spelling that has not survived into modern times like its counterparts -eit and -ijt did)... [more]
MALFOY French
Malfoy is a French name roughly translating to "bad faith"
MALICK Indian, Bengali, Pakistani, Western African
From the Arabic ملك (malik) meaning "king, sovereign, monarch" (see Malik (1)), used by Indian Hindus and Muslims.