MulvaneyIrish From Ó Maoilmheana meaning "descendant of Maoilmhaena."
MulveyIrish Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh "descendant of Maoilmhiadhach", a personal name meaning "honorable chief".
MulvihillIrish Anglicized from Gaelic Ó Maoil Mhichíl meaning "descendant of Maoilmhichil", Maoilmhichil being a personal name meaning "devotee of (Saint) Michael", referring to the archangel.
MunchDanish, French, Norwegian (Rare) Either a variant of Münch or Munk, both meaning "monk". A notable bearer was Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), whose best known work is 'The Scream'.
MunkdahlSwedish (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]
MunnScottish, English Variant form of McMunn. In English, it is a nickname or an occupational name for a person who worked for monks, derived from Anglo-Norman French moun meaning "monk" (see Monk).
MunsterGerman, Dutch habitational name from any of the places called Münster (in Germany) or Munster derived from Latin monasterium "monastery" or a topographic name for someone living near a monastery.
MüntEstonian Münt is an Estonian surname meaning "coin".
MurajiJapanese Mura means "village, hamlet" and ji can mean "road" or "ground"
MurakamiJapanese 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."
MurakamiJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 上 (kami) meaning "start, high place, top".
Murav'yov AmurskyRussian (Rare) Combination of surname Murav'yov and Amursky. The famous bearer of this surname is Nikolay Myravy'ov Amursky, who played a major role in the expansion of the Russian Empire into the Amur River basin and to the shores of the Sea of Japan.
MurawskiPolish Name for someone from placed called Murawa or Murawy, both derived from Polish murawa meaning "lawn, green, sward".
MurayamaJapanese From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
MurdickScottish Most likely a derivative of Murdock, or Murdoch. Historical documentation, as late as the mid-1800's refer to my ancestors as Murdock, but can also reference the surname of Murdick - even, on occasion, in the same document... [more]
MurdmaaEstonian Murdmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "off-road" (literally, "fraction(al) land").
MurdveeEstonian Murdvee is an Estonian surname meaning "break water".
MurkowskiPolish This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Murkowo.
MurlandIrish Murland is an Irish surname, which according to MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland is MacMurghalain in Gaelic, ultimately deriving from words meaning "sea" and "valor".
MurrahScottish Gaelic This Irish surname of MURRAH is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac MURCHADHA, from the personal name MURCHADHA, composed of the elements MUIR (sea) + CADH (warrior).
MurreEstonian Murre is an Estonian surname meaning "dialect".
MüschGerman Either a habitational name from a place named Müsch in Germany, or a topographic name meaning "bog", perhaps given to someone living near a bog.
MushanokoujiJapanese From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", an unwritten possessive marker の (no), 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".
MusharrafUrdu, Bengali (Muslim) Derived from Arabic مُشْرِف (mušrif) meaning "supervisor, overseer" or "honourable, dominant".
MushinskiJewish Habitational name for someone from Moshny, in Ukraine.
MushketRussian, Ukrainian Means "musket, matchlock" from Russian "mušket" - maybe a nickname of some bandit.
MusickPolish This Polish and Czech surname was a name of two-fold origin. It was a name given to a peasant or vassal and was also a nickname from the Polish word 'musiec' meaning 'must'. It appears that the name derived from someone who had to take orders, perhaps from an overseer or lord of the manor.
MuslimArabic, Indonesian, Pakistani, Indian (Muslim) From the Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama) "to surrender, expose" (from the same root of the word Islam). The term denotes a follower of Islam.
MustkiviEstonian Mustkivi is an Estonian surname meaning "black stone".
MustmaaEstonian Mustmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "black land".
MustonEnglish Habitational name from places so named, from Old English mus "mouse", or must, "muddy stream or place" combined with tun "enclosure, settlement". Another explanation could be that the first element is derived from an old Scandinavian personal name, Músi (of unknown meaning), combined with tun.
MutiaEastern African, Maasai A Kenyan Maasai surname known mostly in the West as the name of a certain fictitious escarpment, which appears infrequently in old Tarzan Films.
MutterGerman (also Mütter): occupational name for an official employed to measure grain, from Middle High German mutte, mütte 'bushel', 'grain measure' (Latin modius) + the agent suffix -er.
MuzykaBelarusian, Russian, Ukrainian Derived either from Belarusian музыка (muzyka) or Ukrainian музика (muzyka), both possibly derived from German Musiker meaning "musician".
MweushiAfrican salute to a king or chief spokesman.literally means "your excellency" or "your majesty". and is usually followed by another name and not used alone.
MycroftEnglish From Old English ġemȳþ "mouth (of a river)" + croft meaning "enclosed field", originally denoting somebody who lives at the mouth of a river.... [more]