Submitted Surnames Starting with M

Misaki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Misakian Armenian
An Armenian surname meaning "descendant of Misak." Misak is the Armenian form of the Ancient Hebrew name Meshach.

Misani Romansh

Mişär Tatar
Means "story" in Tatar.

Misato Japanese

Misawa Japanese
Mi could mean "three" or "beautiful", and sawa means "swamp, marsh, wetland".

Misawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Misayoshi Japanese

Mischel German
Diminutive of Misch.

Mischol Romansh
Derived from the given name Michael.

Mise Japanese

Misely Malagasy
From the given name Misely.

Miseroole French, South African

Mish Iranian

Misha Russian

Mishal Arabic
From the given name Mishal.

Mishani Hebrew

Mishima Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Mishkin Russian
Derived from the given name Mishka, a diminutive of Mikhail.

Mishkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Мишкин (see Mishkin).

Mishler German
Americanized spelling of Swiss German Mischler .

Mišić Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mišo". Also, mišić (мишић) can be translated as "muscle".

Misiewicz Polish
Patronymic from Miś.

Misipeka Samoan (Rare)

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".

Misita Serbian

Miskell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meisceall meaning "descendant of Meiscill", a personal name of unexplained etymology. It was sometimes Anglicized as Maxwell.

Miskinis Lithuanian
Topographic name from miškinis ‘forest’, ‘forest spirit’. This name is also established in Poland.

Miskovetz Russian (Americanized)

Mišković Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin
Means "son of Miško".

Misleh Arabic
Variation of Musleh. Means "peacemaker" or "social reformer" in Arabic.

Mišmaš Slovene

Misner American

Miso Japanese (Rare)
Miso is made up of two symbols literally referring to "miso soup". Approximately less than 140 people in Japan possess this last name.

Misora Japanese
Mi means "beautiful" and sora means "sky, heaven".

Misoya Southern African

Mišši Chuvash

Missi African

Missingham English
The name means "lost home", and it's from the Old English words "missan" and "ham".

Missirlian Armenian

Missoni Italian, Friulian
Of uncertain meaning.

Mist English

Misti Bengali

Mistone English (American)

Mistral French

Mistry English
Influenced by the English word mystery meaning unknown.

Misuari Filipino, Tausug
Meaning uncertain. A famous bearer is Nurallaji Pinang Misuari (1939-), better known as Nur Misuari, a Moro Filipino revolutionary.

Misumi Japanese
Mi means "three" and sumi can mean "dwelling, residence, abode" or "corner, nook".

Misun Belarusian

Mita Polish
From a pet form of the personal name Dymitr

Mita Japanese
Meaning ‘three rice paddies’, the name is more common in eastern Japan. It is also pronounced Santa or Sanda in western Japan.

Mita Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mitag Croatian
From german Mittag, redacted during WWII.

Mitaka Japanese
There is a city in Tokyo with this name. It is spelled using 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 鷹 (taka) meaning "falcon, eagle, hawk". As a surname, it could likely be spelled using 見 (mi) meaning "outlook, view, mindset" or 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" as well.

Mitakeumi Japanese

Mitama Japanese

Mitamura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Mitani Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Mitarai Japanese
From Japanese 御手洗 (mitarai) referring to purifying water at the entrance of a shrine.

Mitch English
From the given name Mitchell or Mitch.

Mitcham English
Habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey so named from Old English micel "big" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow" meaning either "the great homestead" or "the great meadow".

Mitchel English
Variant of Mitchell 1 or Mitchell 2.

Mitchells English (African)
Derived from the given name Mitchell or a variant of Mitchell 1. Mostly dominated in South Africa.

Mitchem English
Variant of Mitcham.

Mitchesen English

Mitcheson English

Mitchil English
Variant of Mitchell 1 or Mitchell 2.

Mitev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mite".

Miteva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitev.

Mitford English

Mitham English

Mithushan Sri Lankan

Mitić Serbian

Mitin Russian
Means "son of Mitya".

Mitkov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mitko".

Mitkova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitkov.

Mitku Albanian

Mitnaul Germanic (Rare)

Mitnick Ukrainian, Jewish
Occupational name from Ukrainian mytnyk, Polish mytnik, which means ‘toll collector’.

Mito Japanese

Mitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitoma Japanese

Mitomi Japanese

Mitomi Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".

Mitoraj Polish

Mitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitova Bulgarian

Mitra Indian, Bengali
From the given name Mitra 1.

Mitrakis Greek

Mitre Panamá (?)

Mitrea Romanian
Romanian name, derived from the word mitra, meaning the hat of a high priest(mitropolit).

Mitreska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitreski.

Mitreski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitrev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitreva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrev.

Mitrevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrevski.

Mitrevski Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Mitros".

Mitrov Russian
Means "son of Mitro".

Mitrovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitrovski.

Mitrovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mitre".

Mitry Medieval French
Descendants of the noble owner of the region located outside of Paris France (Mitry)

Mitsakis Greek

Mitsin Bulgarian

Mitskevich Belarusian, Russian
Derived either from a diminutive form Micek of the Polish given name Mikołaj or from a diminutive form Mitska of Belarusian given names Dzmitry and Zmitser or less likely from other names that begin with mi... [more]

Mitsubori Japanese
Variant of Mitsuhori.

Mitsuda Japanese

Mitsue Japanese
This surname is used as 光永, 光江, 三枝, 満江, 三ツ江 or 三津江 with 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru, mitsu) meaning "light, ray", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 永 (ei, naga.i, e) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy", 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb" and 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port."... [more]

Mitsugai Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsugaya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsugi Japanese
This surname is used as 貢, 三木, 三ツ木, 三津木, 三樹, 三次, 参木, 満木, 見次, 身次 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 樹 (juu, ki) meaning "timber trees, wood", 参 (san, shin, mai-, mai.ru, majiwaru, mitsu) meaning "be defeated, be madly in love, coming, die, going, nonplussed, three, visit, visiting", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible", 身 (shin, mi) meaning "one's station in life, person, somebody", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Mitsugoku Japanese

Mitsugu Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 貢, 三次, 三続 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 続 (kyou, kou, shoku, zou, tsugu.nai, tsudzu.ku, tsudzu.keru) meaning "continue, sequel, series", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Mitsuhashi Japanese
From 三 (mitsu) meaning "three" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Mitsui Japanese
From the Japanese 三 (mi or san) and 井 (i) "well." The grammatical and phonetic add-on ツ (tsu) is not always included in this name's spelling.

Mitsujima Japanese
Variant of Mitsushima.

Mitsukawa Japanese

Mitsuki Japanese

Mitsukura Japanese

Mitsumata Japanese

Mitsumatsu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Mitsunaga Japanese

Mitsushima Japanese
Mitsu could mean "three" or "light" and shima means "island".

Mitsutani Japanese
From 満 (mitsu, mitsuru, michiru) meaning "full; satisfy" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".... [more]

Mitsuya Japanese
A variant of Mitsutani.

Mitsuyasu Japanese
Mitsu can mean "light" or "three" and yasu means "cheap, relax, peace".

Mitt Estonian
Mitt is an Estonian surname, a possible borrowing from Old German "mitte" ("middle" or "center"). Possibly, from the Estonian negative "mitte" meaning "no" or "not".

Mittag German
Means "midday, noon" in German, with an archaic meaning of "south". Habitational name given to someone who lived south of a main settlement.

Mittal Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Possibly derived from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra) meaning "friend".

Mittel German
Literally "middle", probably a topographic name from a farm occupying a middle position in a settlement. Compare Mitter.

Mittelmann German
From a byname from Middle High German mittelman "mediator, arbitrator".

Mitten English
English surname, meaning "from Mitten" various towns with the name or similar spelling. The towns were presumably named after the glove.

Mitter German
Topographic name for someone who lived on or owned a property that was in the middle between two or more others, especially if the others were both held by men with the same personal name (for example, Mitter Hans), from the strong form of Middle High German mitte "mid, middle".

Mittermaier German
Variant of Mittermeier.

Mittermeier German (Austrian)
Literal meaning "middle farmer" its thought to have been given to farmers living between two there farms in the mountains.

Mittleman Jewish
Variant of Mittelman.

Mitton English (Modern)

Mityashkin m Russian
Derived from the name Mitya, a diminutive of Mikhail.

Miwa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Miwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Mixon English
Means "Mick's son".... [more]

Miya Assamese, Bengali (Muslim)

Miya Japanese
The name could mean ‘three arrows’, ‘three valleys’ or ‘shrine’, the latter being the most common. Some occurrences in America are the result of shortening longer names.

Miya Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Miyabe Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."

Miyabo Japanese

Miyaboshi Japanese
Variant of Miyahoshi.

Miyada Japanese

Miyadera Japanese

Miyagi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 城 (gi) meaning "castle".

Miyagishima Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace", 城 (ki) meaning "castle" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Miyaguchi Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 口 (guchi or kuchi) "mouth," "opening."

Miyahara Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Miyahoshi Japanese
Miya means "shrine, temple, palace" and hoshi means "star".

Miyaichi Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "a shrine; a palace" and 一 (ichi) meaning "one".... [more]

Miyakawa Japanese
Variant of Miyagawa.

Miyaki Japanese
Miya means "shrine" and ki means "tree, wood ".

Miyako Japanese (Rare)
Miyako means "capital" in vocabulary, but as a last name, it's written in the same characters as Kyoto.

Miyakoshi Japanese

Miyakuni Japanese
Miya means "Shrine, temple" and kuni "country".

Miyama Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between". It can also be formed from 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 深 (mi) meaning "deep, profound" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

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".

Miyan Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Urdu میاں or Bengali মিয়ান (see Mian).

Miyanaga Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya), meaning "shinto shrine", and 永 (naga), meaning "eternity, long, lengthy".

Miyanagi Japanese

Miyanichi Japanese
Miya means "temple, palace, shrine" and nichi means "sun, day".

Miyano Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Miyao Japanese

Miyaoka Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 岡 (oka) meaning "ridge, hill".

Miyara Japanese
From the Japanese 宮 (miya) "{Shinto} shrine" and 良 (ra) "good."

Miyares Asturian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous parish of the municipality of Piloña.

Miyasaka Japanese

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".

Miyasawa Japanese

Miyashima Japanese
Miya means "shrine, palace temple" and shima means "island".

Miyashiro Japanese
"Shrine Castle".

Miyatera Japanese

Miyatō Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

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".

Miyazaka Japanese
Variant of Miyasaka.

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".

Miyazono Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "palace" and 園 (sono) meaning "garden, park".... [more]

Miyoi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nai.

Miyoshi Japanese
From Japanese 三 (Mi) meaning "Three" and 芳 (Yoshi) meaning "perfume; balmy; favorable; fragrant".

Miyoshi Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 好 (yoshi) meaning "fond, pleasing".

Mizaki Japanese
Variant of Misaki.

Mizawa Japanese
Variant of Misawa.

Mizen English

Mizintsev m Russian
Mikhail Mizintsev is a Russian military general known for committing atrocities in Syria and the city Mariupol, Ukraine.

Mizobuchi Japanese

Mizoe Japanese
From 溝 (mizo) meaning "gully, drain, ditch, trench, gap, gutter" and 江 (e) meaning "river, inlet, bay".

Mizoguchi Japanese
From Japanese 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch, drain, gutter" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

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.

Mizrahi Hebrew
From Hebrew מִזְרָחִי (mizrakhí) meaning "East, eastern".

Mizubara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuda Japanese
Variant of Mizuta.

Mizufuka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and fuka means "deep".

Mizugai Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizugawa Japanese
Variant of Mizukawa.

Mizugaya Japanese
Variant of Mizutani.

Mizuguchi Japanese
Variant of Mizukuchi.

Mizuguchi Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".

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".

Mizui Japanese
Mizu means "water" and i means "mineshaft, pit, hole".

Mizujima Japanese
Variant of Mizushima.

Mizukawa Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mizuki Japanese
Variant of Mitsuki.

Mizukuchi Japanese
Mizu means "water" and kuchi means "mouth, opening".

Mizumo Japanese
Mizu means "water" and mo means "cloud".

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".

Mizunokoji Popular Culture

Mizunoue Japanese

Mizuoka Japanese
Mizu means "water" and oka means "hill, ridge".

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".

Mizuse Japanese
Mizu means "water" and se means "ripple".

Mizuseki Japanese

Mizuta Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mizutama Japanese
From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Mizuwara Japanese
Variant of Mizuhara.

Mizuya Japanese
Variation of Mizutani.

Mizuyama Japanese
Mizu means "water" and yama means "hill, mountain".

Mizuzaki Japanese
Variant of Mizusaki.

Mizuzawa Japanese
Variant of Mizuzawa.

Mješicy Sorbian
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Upper Sorbian municipality of Bukecy.

Mkerref Berber (Modern, Rare)
Mkerref originated from the 1950s in Tangier, Morocco. The surname is rare and its holders have riffian (amazigh) roots, known as the Temsamanis originally. ... [more]

Mkhitaryan Armenian
Means "son of Mkhitar".

Mkrtchian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Mkrtchyan.

Mkrtchyan Armenian
Means "son of Mkrtich".

Mladenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Mladen".

Mladenova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mladenov.

Mladić Serbian, Croatian
Derived from mlad/a (млад/а), meaning "young".

Mlima Swahili
From Swahili meaning "mountain".

Mlinarić Croatian
Means "son of a miller".

Młodychowiak Polish
Habitational name for somebody who comes from the district of Młodych in Poland.

Mẫn Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Min, from Sino-Vietnamese 閔 (mẫn).

Mnuchin Jewish

Mo Chinese
According to a study of Mu Ying's Name record, the surname came to be when descendants of the antediluvian ruler Zhuanxu abbreviated the name of his city, Moyangcheng (莫陽城; in modern-day Pingxiang County, Hebei) and took it as their surname... [more]

Moakes English

Moala Tongan, Samoan
Meaning uncertain.

Moan Irish
Reduced form of Mohan.

Moana Maori
From the given name Moana.

Moat Scottish
Habitational name from either of two places in Dumfriesshire called Moat, named from Middle English mote ‘moat’, ‘ditch’, originally referring to the whole system of fortifications. In some cases it may have been a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a moated dwelling.

Moats English
Variant of Moat.

Mobarak Arabic
From the given name Mubarak.

Moberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and berg "mountain". A notable bearer was Swedish author and playwright Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973).

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’.

Möbius German
Patronymic surname derived from the given name Bartholomäus, the German form of Bartholomew.

Mobley English
English reduced form of Moberley.

Möbus German
Variant of Möbius.

Moccasin Indigenous American

Moch German

Mocha Spanish (Latin American)

Mochan Scottish, English, Irish
From the given name Mochán.

Mochi Indian

Mochi Italian

Mochia Western African

Mochida Japanese
From Japanese 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mochoruk Ukrainian

Mock English
english for the german surname maag

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.

Mockler English, Irish
Might derived from Gaelic names Ó Mochlair or Mac Mochlair, where moch means "swift."

Moclin Spanish
A town positioned outside of Granada and Toledo Spain, its current occupants number in the thousands. But, 700’s this town was positioned in a mist of sprawling Moorish control. And, for the next 800 years, it was the epic center of Europe’s culture and medicine... [more]

Moctezuma Indigenous American, Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
From the given name Moctezuma.

Modaffari Italian
Nickname from Arabic muzaffar "victorious".

Modafferi Italian
Variant of Modaffari.

Modderman Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch modder "mud", this name used to denote a dustman, a garbage man.

Mode Nigerian

Modén Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius "descendant of". It could also be a variant of Modig.

Modena Italian, Judeo-Italian
Italian and Jewish (from Italy) habitational name from the city of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.

Modernell Spanish (Latin American, Hispanicized, Modern)
Most common in Uruguay, probably of Lebanese origin, unknown meaning or etymology.

Moderow German

Modesto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Modesto

Modhwadia Indian (Rare)

Modi Indian
Modi was borne by Gujarati and Parsi people. There is a clan called Modi among the Oswal Banias.

Modig Swedish
Means "brave" in Swedish.

Modigliani Italian
Used by Sepharditic Jews, this surname comes from the Italian town of Modigliana, in Romagna. Famous bearers of this surname include painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) and Nobel Prize in Economics recipient Franco Modigliani (1918–2003).

Modin Swedish
Variant of Modén.

Modrić Croatian
Famous bearer of this surname is Croatian footballer Luka Modrić.

Modrić Croatian
Derived from Croatian mȍdar meaning "blue", most likely used to refer to a person who wore blue clothes. It can also be a habitational name for someone from any of the various places called Modrić, Modrič, Modrići, Modrića, Modruš or Modřice in Croatia... [more]

Modrone Italian

Modrušan Istriot

Modzelewski Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Modzel or Modzele, both derived from Polish modzel meaning "callus".

Moegi Japanese (Rare)

Moeller German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Möller.

Moes Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch moes "stew, mush, vegetables, food", either on its own as a nickname for a cook or vegetable farmer, or as a shortened form of a longer name, such as the toponym Moespot "vegetable pot".

Moes Dutch, Low German
Variant form of Maas.

Moessner German

Moffa Italian
From Italian muffa "mould, mildew, moss".