Submitted Surnames Starting with M

MAAK Estonian
Maak is an Estonian surname meaning "ore".

MAAMÄGI Estonian
Maamägi is an Estonian surname meaning "land/rural mountain".

MAAN Arabic, Limburgish, Finnish
Of meaning unknown

MAAREND Estonian
Maarend is an Estonian surname derived from either "maa rendileandja" meaning "landholder", or "maa rendilevõtja" meaning "land tenant".

MAARSCHALKERWEERD Dutch
Meaning "Keeper of the horses."

MAASIK Estonian
Maasik is an Estonian surname derived from "Maasikas", meaning "strawberry".

MAAWAD Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Arabic (Rare, ?)

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’ BHÀIRD Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Mac an Bhaird.

MACADDEN Irish

MAC A 'GHOBHAINN Scottish Gaelic
The Scots Gaelic variation of Smith.

MACALIPAY Filipino, Hiligaynon
Means "to cause joy" in Hiligaynon.

MACALLISTER Irish
Variant of McAlister

MAC AN AIRCHINNIGH Irish
It literally means "son of the hereditary steward of church lands".

MAC AN FHILIDH Irish
Meaning, "son of the poet."

MACANTSAOI Macantsaoi
From Tyrone

MACAPAGAL Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Kapampangan 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.

MACASKILL English

MACATANGAY Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog makatangay meaning "one who takes away".

MACATLANG Filipino

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".

MACCAULEY Irish (Rare)
Variant of Macauley

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.

MACCHIARINI Italian
Variant of MACCHIA.

MACCHOINNICH Scottish

MACCINÁEDA Scottish

MACCINI Italian
Patronymic from a diminutive of the given name MACCIO.

MACCLINGAN Scottish, Scottish Gaelic
Means 'son of Clingan'.

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''.

MACCONUISCE Irish, Ancient Irish
Varient of o'hUisce... [more]

MAC CRÍODÁIN Irish

MACCRUIMEIN Scottish Gaelic

MACCUBBIN Scottish (Anglicized)
Variant of Mccubbin.

MAC DHUARCÁIN Irish
Irish form of Durkin.

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."

MAC FEARGHASA Irish
Irish form of Ferguson.

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]

MACFHIONGHAIN Scottish Gaelic

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.

MACHÁČ Slovak

MACHADOS Jewish
From the Hebrew name Adam, meaning "man" or "male."

MACHEL English

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.

MACHIAVELLI Italian

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.

MACHULAS Lithuanian

MACIEJEWSKI Polish
habitational name for someone from any of various places called Maciejowa, Maciejów, or Maciejowice, all named with the personal name Maciej

MACINNES Scottish

MACINNIS Scottish Gaelic
From Scottish Gaelic MacAonghais meaning "Son of Angus".

MACINTOSH Irish

MACISAAC Scottish, Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized)
From Gaelic MacÌosaig meaning "son of Ìosag". Ìosag is the Scottish form of Isaac.

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]

MAČKIĆ Serbian

MACKIN Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó MACÁIN, Ó MAICÍN or MAC MAICÍN.

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.

MACKLYNN English (Rare)
Variant of MACKLIN.

MACKWELL English

MACLABHRAINN Scottish Gaelic
Proper, non-Anglicized form of McLaren & thus a Scottish form of Larson.

MACLAREN Scottish

MACLLOYD Scottish, Welsh

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]

MACMORROW English
Variant of Mcmorrow.

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]

MACOSZEK Polish

MAC PÉICE Irish

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."

MACQUILL Scottish

MACRI Italian

MACRITCHIE Scottish Gaelic, Scottish
Patronymic surname of Scottish origin meaning « son of Ritchie », a diminutive of Richard.

MAC SEÁIN Irish
Irish form of Johnson.

MAC SÉAMAIS Irish
Irish form of Jamison.

MACSHANE Irish

MAC SUIBHNE Irish, Scottish
Meaning, "son of Suibhne" (a byname meaning "pleasant").

MACSYMON Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of "Simpson"

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".

MADAN Indian

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.

MADDALONE Italian

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.

MADRID Spanish (Latin American)

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."

MADRIGALE Spanish

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".

MAEß German

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.

MAGANO Spanish, Portuguese

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)
Egyptian transcription of Majid.

MAGGIE English

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

MAGLAJLIĆ Bosnian

MAGLAJLIJA Bosnian

MAGLASANG Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano lasang meaning "forest".

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".

MAGNUSSEN Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Magnus."

MAGOFFIN Scottish Gaelic (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of MacGobhainn.

MAGOMEDOV Avar (Russified), Lezgin (Russified), Lak (Russified), Dargin (Russified), Chechen (Russified), Ingush (Russified)
Means "son of Magomed".

MAGONDU Kikuyu

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)".

MAGYARODY Hungarian (Anglicized, Rare)

MAHABIR Trinidadian Creole, Indian
From Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, massive" combined with वीर (vīrá) meaning "heroic, powerful, strong".

MAHADEVAN Indian, Tamil

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 Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi
From the given name Mahi.

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.

MAHMOUDI Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mahmoud.

MAHMUTOVIĆ Bosnian

MAHNYIK Hungarian

MAHON Irish
A shortened form of Mahoney.

MAHONY Irish (Modern)
Variant of Mahoney.

MAHOOD English

MAHREZ Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is Riyad Mahrez (1991-), an Algerian footballer.

MAHTO Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Variant transcription of Mahato.

MAHURIN English

MAHURU Papuan

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)".

MAIETTA Italian

MAIN Scottish, English, French, Norman
Various origins explained include:... [more]

MAINAKY Indonesian

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.

MAINKA Polish

MAINOLFI Italian

MAIOR Portuguese, Romanian

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.

MAISONET French, Spanish (Caribbean)
Diminutive of MAISON.

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".

MAIURI Italian

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".

MAJI Indian

MAJIĆ Croatian, Serbian

MAJID Urdu

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".

MAJKAVELI Albanian

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".

MAKHLOUF Arabic
From the given name Makhlouf.

MAKHLOUFI Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Makhlouf.

MAKHMUTOV Bashkir, Tatar, Kazakh
Means "son of Makhmut".

MAKHNEV Russian

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".

MAKIĆ Serbian

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".

MAKSUMIĆ Bosnian

MÄKYNEN Finnish
Variant of Mäkinen.

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".

MALAJ Albanian

MALALA Malagasy, Central African

MALAMED Jewish
from the Yiddish for "a teacher of young children".

MALAN Afrikaans

MALANDON French

MALANOWSKI Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Malanowo or Malanów.