Submitted Surnames Matching Pattern *s

McCandless Scottish, Irish, Scots
Ulster Scots form of McCandlish. This surname is mostly common in Northern Ireland.

McClements Irish

McCombs Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Thomaidh.

Mccreless Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Riallghuis a variant of Mag Niallghuis

McCubbins Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giobúin meaning "son of Gilbert".

Mccullers Irish

McDaniels Scottish
Variant of McDaniel.

Mcdonalds English
Variant of McDonald.

Mcfergus Old Celtic, Medieval Scottish
Means "son of Fergus".

McGillis Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa ‘son of the servant of Jesus’. Compare Mcleish.

Mcgraves Irish
Irish Variant of Graves or a Variant of MacGraves.

Mcharris Scottish
Means "son of Harris."

Mcinnis Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Aonghuis meaning "son of Angus".

Mcmagnus Irish

Mcnicholas Irish
The McNicholas family stretches back through time to the Viking settlers who populated the rugged shores of Scotland in the Medieval era. The name McNicholas was derived from from the personal name, Nicholas... [more]

McPeters Scottish
Variant of McPheeters, itself an anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Pheadair, a patronymic derived from a Gaelic personal name meaning "servant of (Saint) Peter".

McWilliams Scottish, Irish
Means "son of William".

Meades English
The name Meades is a plural variation of the name Meade, Mead, Mede, etc., the spelling being rather arbitrary and phonetic in the middle ages (even among the very few scribes, clerics and high-born persons who were literate) and without due consideration of standarized form, hence the various spellings of the name today... [more]

Means Irish
Sept of Menzies

Meas Khmer
Means "gold" in Khmer.

Meas Khmer
Means "gold" in Khmer.

Meddows English

Mednis Latvian
Means "wood grouse".

Medonos mu Czech (?), Russian (?)

Meeks Scottish
In Scotland, the names were spelled according to sound so there are many variations of the spelling including Meek, Meeke, Meik, Meech, Mekie and other spellings. After hard times in Scotland, many Meeks' left for Australia Ireland, and North America.

Megas Greek
It means great in Greek.

Meggyes Hungarian
Means "cherry" in Hungarian.

Meiners Dutch

Meireles Portuguese
Habitational name for someone from a place called Meireles in Portugal, meaning unclear.

Meizys Lithuanian
It means barley or wheat farmer

Mekhlis Russian

Melas Greek
Possibly from the names of several characters in Greek mythology, including a son of Poseidon who the Nile River was originally named after.

Meléndes Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Meléndez.

Melis Sardinian
Derived from Sardinian mele or meli meaning "honey".

Melissenos Greek
Surname associated with the greek word melissa (μέλισσα), which means bee, perhaps a beekeeper.

Melquíades Spanish
From the given name Melquíades.

Melvis English (African)

Méndes South American

Mendès French
French form of Mendes.

Mendibles Spanish

Mendis Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Mendes.

Menéndes Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Menéndez.

Menendes Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Menéndez

Meneses Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish, Portuguese

Menezes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Meneses.

Menis Late Roman

Mentis Greek
From the ancient greek name Mentios.

Menzies Scottish
Variant of Menzie.

Meràs Occitan
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Languedocien commune.

Mercades Spanish (Latin American)

Mercedes Spanish (Caribbean)
Means "mercies," from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, María de las Mercedes, meaning "Mary of Mercies."

Merchants Indian

Merkouris Greek
Possibly a Greek cognate of Italian Mercurio, which is ultimately derived from Latin Mercurius.

Mermis Dutch
Altered form of Mevis, a shortened form of the given name Bartholomeus

Mesaroš Serbian
Serbian variant of Mészáros, meaning "butcher".

Mesías Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish, meaning Messiah.

Mess English

Messias Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Messias

Messinis Greek
Habitational name for someone who resides in Messene (present day Messina).

Metalos Greek

Metoikidis Greek

Mētriņš Latvian
The name is a combination of "mētra", the Latvian word for mint and -iņš, a suffix commonly used for Latvian male surnames.

Mets Estonian
Means "forest" in Estonian.

Meyerriecks French, German

Michaelides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Michailidis chiefly used in Cyprus.

Michalentzakis Greek

Michalidis Greek
Means "Son of Michael".

Michalopoulos Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Michals English

Micheletos Greek
Derived from the given name Michail.

Michels German, Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic from the personal name Michel.

Michels English, Jewish
Variant of Michaels.

Mieles Italian, Spanish, French
Meaning "honey".

Mieras Catalan
Castilianized form of Mieres, a habitational name from Catalan and Asturian-Leonese Mieres, towns in Catalonia and Asturies.

Mieres South American

Miglinieks Latvian
Name comes from the village Miglinieki.

Mignus English (American)

Mijangos Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Cuesta Urria.

Mikalauskas Lithuanian
A Lithuanian surname. Lithuanian surnames have a base which would be Mikalausk for this name. If you are a male in the family your name would change to Mikalauskas. If you are female that is married your surname would be Mikalauskiene... [more]

Mikhailidis Greek

Mikhalopoulos Greek

Miklós Hungarian
From the given name Miklós.

Mikos Polish, Hungarian, Greek
From a derivative of a personal name equivalent to Nicholas: Polish Mikolaj, Slovenian Miklavž, or Hungarian Miklós.... [more]

Mikroulakis Greek

Mikuš Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Croatian (Rare)
From the given name Mikuláš.

Milanés Spanish
habitational name for someone from Milan in Italy (see Milano) from milanés an adjectival form of the place name. Variant of Milan.

Milhous English
Variant spelling of English Millhouse.

Miliaras Greek

Milios Greek

Miliotis Greek

Millares Galician
Habitational name from any of various places named Millares in Galicia, from the plural of Galician millar meaning "millet field".

Mims English (British)
Habitational name from Mimms (North and South Mimms) in Hertfordshire, most probably derived from an ancient British tribal name, Mimmas.

Mingus Scottish
Variant of Menzies, which is traditionally pronounced ‘mingiz’.

Minhas Indian
Unknown meaning. Minhas is a clan in India and Pakistan, and offshoot of the Rajput clan.

Mintzias Greek

Miqueletos Spanish
From the Spanish given name Miguel.

Miramontes Spanish
Looker of mountains.

Mireles Spanish (Canarian)
Spanish cognate of Meireles.

Mires Greek
good, honest

Mirotvorets Russian
Means "maker of peace" in Russian, from мир (mir) "peace" and творец (tvorets) "creator, maker". Probably given to someone who often mediated fights between villagers.

Miś Polish

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

Mišmaš Slovene

Misyats Ukrainian
Means "month, moon" in Ukrainian.

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

Mitrakis Greek

Mitropoulos Greek
Means "son of Mitros".

Mitsakis Greek

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

Moakes English

Moats English
Variant of Moat.

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

Möbus German
Variant of Möbius.

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.

Mõis Estonian
Mõis is an Estonian surname meaning "manor".

Moises Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, Jewish
From the given name Moisés.

Molinares Spanish
Derived from Spanish molina meaning "mill". Possibly an occupational name for a mill worker.

Molinas Spanish
Variant of Molina.

Moncibais Basque

Monfils French
Monfils is a surname of French origin, meaning "my son."

Monks English

Monomachos Greek
Meaning gladiator or 'the one that fights alone.' A surname of a Byzantine family from Nicomedia (Izmit).

Monsivais Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico; Monsiváis): Perhaps A Topographic Name Derived From Latin Mons Silvaticus ‘Wooded Mountain’ Or A Habitational Name From Monsivalls A Hill In Ribagorza In Huesca Province (Spain) Named From Latin Monte Ipsa Vallis ‘Mount Of The Valley’.

Montas Spanish (Caribbean)

Montesinos Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a mountain from a derivative of monte 'mountain' (from Latin mons gentive montis).

Moos Swiss

Moraes Portuguese
From the Portuguese form of Spanish Morales.

Moragues Catalan

Morais Portuguese, Central African

Morakis Greek

Moralis Greek
Meaning unknown, possibly a Greek form of the Spanish surname Morales.

Moranis English (Canadian)

Morells Greek
One meaning/explanation of the surname Morells is it's an Americanization of the Greek name surname Mariolis.

Morfas Greek

Morgans English, Irish
Variation of Morgan.

Moros Spanish
Habitational name from Moros in Zaragoza province, so named from the plural of moro ‘Moor’, i.e. ‘the place where the Moors live’.

Morshuis Dutch
Probably derived from Old Dutch mor "swamp, marsh, peat" and huis "house, home".

Mõttus Estonian
Mõttus is an Estonian name derived from "Mõtus", meaning "grouse".

Mouchtaridis Greek

Mouchtaris Greek
Greek form of Mukhtar, from Arabic mukhtar (مختار) meaning "the chosen".

Mouratis Greek
Possibly a patronymic from the Turkish given name Murat.

Mourouzis Greek
Belonged to an important Greek family of Pontic origin.

Mourtzakis Greek

Mourtzis Greek

Mousouros Greek

Moustakas Greek

Moustakopoulos Greek

Mowers Scottish, English
Variant of Mower.

Moyes English
From the medieval personal name Moise, a vernacular variant of Moses (the biblical name of the Hebrew prophet who led the Children of Israel out of captivity).

Muas Hmong
Original Hmong form of Moua.

Mucenieks Latvian
Means "cooper".

Muggins Scottish

Muis Dutch
From Dutch muis meaning "mouse". Could be a nickname denoting someone with mouse-like tendencies, or who caught mice, or a short form of the given name Bartholomeus.

Mullens Flemish
A name referring to someone who lived at or by a mill.

Mullis English
As either Mulles and Mullis, the surname first found in Parish Registers in Cornwall Co. by 1548 in Michaelstow. Manorial tenement rolls trace that particular family to 1483. Between 1337 and 1453 random tenants were recorded between Tintagel and Altarnun as Molys and Mollys... [more]

Muñecas Spanish
It literally means "dolls" or "wrists".

Murchants English

Mūrnieks Latvian
Means "mason".

Murs French

Mus Dutch
Dutch variant of Musch.

Mustons English (Archaic)
Variant of Muston.

Mykolayets Ukrainian
Variant of Mykolayenko.

Myrotis Greek

Naarits Estonian
Naarits is an Estonian surname meaning "mink".

Nabors English
Variant of Neighbor

Nagelmackers Belgian

Nalis Croatian (Rare)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer of this surname is Antun Nalis, aka Tonči Nalis, a post-World War 2 actor in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.

Nankervis Cornish, English (Australian)
From the name of a place in St Enoder parish in Cornwall, derived from Cornish nans "valley" and an uncertain second element, possibly *cerwys, an unattested plural of carow "stag".... [more]

Nantsios Greek (Rare)

Nápoles Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Napoli; habitational name from the Italian city of Naples, which is called Nápoles in Spanish and Portuguese.

Nars French

Nasers German
Habitational, derived from any of several places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.

Nastos Greek

Nates English, Jewish
It's probably from the given name Nate, the origin is said to be Jewish*, but the ancestors immigrated to English speaking countries.

Navas Spanish
Pural form of Spanish and Asturian-Leonese Nava (see also Naves).... [more]

Navascués Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Nabaskoze.

Navickevičius Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Nowicki with the addition of the -evičius suffix. See Navickas.

Nears English
French in origin, it is derived from the word "Noir," which is the equivalent of the English word "Black." It could have referred to a person with dark features, hair, or perhaps even one who was thought to engage in nafarious, or "dark," deeds.

Neaves English
Variant of Neeve

Nečas m Czech
Nečas roughly means "no time", composed of two words Ne ("no") and čas ("time").... [more]

Neefs Belgian

Neeskens Dutch
Nickname for a nosy person, from Dutch nees meaning "nose, snout". It could also be derived from a Dutch diminutive of the feminine given name Agnes... [more]

Neeves English
Variant of Neeve

Negros Spanish (Philippines)
From Spanish negro meaning "black". Named after an island in the Philippines.

Neighbors English
Variant of Neighbor.

Nekras Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)

Neks Estonian
Neks is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "nekrut" meaning "recruit" and "conscript".

Nelms English (American)
Topographic name for someone who lived near or amid a grove of elm trees, from misdivision of Middle English atten elmes ‘at the elms’

Nemilos Filipino (Rare, ?)

Nephus Greek
A Gods son who will become God

Neres Portuguese

Neroutsos Greek

Nesterovets Ukrainian
Variant of Nesterenko.

Nestongos Greek

Netjes Dutch
Possibly a matronymic from of a diminutive form of Annetje. Coincides with the Dutch word for "tidy, neat" or "decent, proper."

Nettles English

Neuhaus German, Jewish
Topographical name for someone who lived in a new house, Middle High German niuwe hus, modern German neu Haus, or a habitational name for someone from any of several places named Neuhaus ('new house') in various parts of Germany and Austria, also in Bohemia.

Neuts Flemish
Flemish Dutch, meaning "New Son" lore tells of a son of a foreign given this name after being born in Flanders with no known father

Nevels English, Scottish
Variant of Neville.

Nevels Dutch
Possibly a variant of Nevens. Coincides with Dutch nevel "fog".

Nevens Flemish
Derived from Middle Dutch neve "male cousin, nephew, grandson".

Neves Portuguese
Means "snows" in Portuguese, derived from either the Marian title Maria das Neves "Mary of the Snows", or from any of several locations named for the title.

Nevilis Venetian (Archaic)
An extinct surname. Likely derives from Italian "neve", meaning "snow". This surname was possibly given as a nickname to someone with light hair or fair skin. It could also be a cognate of the French surname Neuville.

Nevins English

Nevins Irish
Variant of Nevin 2.

Nicholas English
From the given name Nicholas.

Nicks English, German
Means "son of Nick".

Nicolaides Greek (Cypriot)
Alternate transcription of Greek Νικολαΐδης (see Nikolaidis) chiefly used in Cyprus.

Nicolás Spanish
From the given name Nicolás.

Nicolàs Catalan
From the given name Nicolàs.

Niegas Filipino

Niehaus German
North German: topographic name from Middle Low German nie ‘new’ + hus ‘house’; or a habitational name from a common North German and Westphalian farm name with the same meaning.

Nies German
German: from a reduced form of the personal name Dionys (see Dennis), which was stressed on the last syllable; this was a popular personal name as a result of the influence of the French Saint Denis... [more]

Nieuwenhuis Dutch
Means "new house" in Dutch. Indicated that the bearer lived in a new house or lived in a village of the same name

Nihls English (American)

Niidas Estonian
Niidas is an Estonian surname derived from "niide" meaning "hay harvest", "mowing" and "hay crop".

Niinemets Estonian
Niinemets is an Estonian surname meaning "linden forest".

Nijhuis Dutch
Topographic name meaning "new house".

Nikolas English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.

Nikolaus German
From the given name Nikolaus.

Nikolopoulos Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos".

Nills English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Mills

Ninness English (Australian)

Nobbs English
Derived from Hob, a Medieval English diminutive of Robert.

Nobs English (Rare)
Variant of Nobbs.

Nogales Spanish
Habitational name from either of two locations in Spain named Nogales, from the plural form of Spanish nogal meaning "walnut tree".

Nõges Estonian
Nõges is an Estonian surname meaning "nettle".

Nomikos Greek
A Greek surname which means "relating to law" (see first name Nomiki).

Nonis Sinhalese
Sinhala form of Nunes.

Nooks English

Noons French
From the Portuguese name Nunes.

Noormets Estonian
Noormets is an Estonian surname meaning "young forest".

Norales Central American

Norcross English
It indicates familial origin in Norcross near Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

Normous Obscure

Nostradamus History, French (Latinized)
Latinized form of de Nostredame. This surname was borne by the French physician and writer Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566), famous for his collection of prophecies Les Prophéties (1555) allegedly predicting the apocalypse and danger from the Arab world.

Notaras Greek
From the Latin word 'notarius'.

Nouvilas Spanish

Nouwens Dutch
Patronymic of a form of Noud, a Dutch diminutive of Arnold.

Novais Portuguese

Novickas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Nowicki. See Navickas.

Novikovas Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Novikov.

Noyes English (American)

Ntanias Greek

Ntislis Greek

Nugis Estonian
Nugis is an Estonian surname meaning "marten".

Nunes South African (Anglicized, Archaic, Expatriate)
An English South African Surname.

Nunnallys English (American)
A common surname in America, belonging to 4058 individuals. Nunnally is most common among White (63.36%) and Black/African American (30.93%) individuals.

Nurchis Italian
Denoting someone from Nure or Nurra in Sardinia, which were possibly derived from the pre-Roman root words nur meaning "fire" or "stones, heap" and the suffix -ke meaning "earth" or "dwelling".

Nuss German
from Middle High German nuz ‘nut’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a gatherer and seller of nuts, or a nickname for a man thought to resemble a nut in some way

Nyhuis Dutch
Variant of Nijhuis

Nys Belgian
common surname in belgium and wisonsin

Oakes English, Irish
English: Topographic name, a plural variant of Oak.... [more]

Oaks English
English variant spelling of Oakes and Americanized form of Jewish Ochs.

Oates English
Patronymic from the Middle English personal name Ode (see Ott).

Oatis English
Altered spelling of Otis, itself a variant of Oates.

Oats English
Variation of Oates.

Obbens Dutch (Rare)

Oberhaus English

Obesus American
Means "obese" in Latin.

Oblitas Spanish

Ocampos Spanish
Variant of Ocampo.

Ochs German, Jewish
Means "ox" in German, derived from Middle High German ohse, possibly denoting a strong person or someone who worked with oxen. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Odgers English

Oelkers German, Dutch
Derived from a pet form of Ulrich.

Oeltjenbruns German
Combination of Oeltjen and Bruns.

Offerhaus Dutch
From Offenhaus, the name of two municipalities, one in Germany and one in Austria.

Ogles Northern Irish (?), Scottish (?), English (?)
Variant of Ogle.

Ohakas Estonian
Ohakas is an Estonian surname meaning "thistle".

O'haris Literature

Ohms German
Variant of Ohme

Õiemets Estonian
Õiemets is an Estonian surname meaning "floral/flower forest".

Oikonomos Greek
Means "housekeeper, steward" from the Greek word οἰκόνομος (oikonomos), derived from οἶκος (oikos) "house, household" and νόμος (nomos) "law, custom"... [more]

Oinas Estonian, Finnish
Oinas is an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning "ram (Ovis Aries)" in both languages. The surname is somewhat rare in Finland.

Õis Estonian
Õis is an Estonian surname meaning "flower" and "blossom".

Õismets Estonian
Õismets is an Estonian surname meaning "flower/blossom forest".

Okas Estonian
Okas is an Estonian name meaning "thorn".

Okmees Estonian
Okmees is an Estonian surname meaning "branch/twig man".

Oks Estonian
Oks is an Estonian surname meaning "branch" or "bough".

Okumuş Turkish
Means "educated, well-read" in Turkish.

Olds English
English: patronymic from Old .

Õlekõrs Estonian
Õlekõrs is an Estonian surname meaning "straw".

Olivares Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places named Olivares, from the plural of Spanish olivar meaning "olive grove". Compare Portuguese and Galician Oliveira.

Olivas Catalan
Variant spelling of Olives, habitational name from Olives in Girona province, or a topographic name from the plural of Oliva.

Oliveras Catalan
Catalan: variant spelling of the topographic name Oliveres, from the plural of olivera ‘olive tree’, or a habitational name from Las Oliveras in Murcia province.

Olivers English

Olivius Danish

Ollervides Spanish

Ollis English
Unexplained surname found in records of Bristol and Bath.

Olumets Estonian
Olumets is an Estonian surname meaning "existing forest".

Õmblus Estonian
Õmblus is an Estonian surname meaning "seam" and "stitching".

Omnes Basque
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from a word meaning “everyone” or “all”

Oms German
Some characteristic forenames: German Matthias, Otto.... [more]

Onasis Greek
From Turkish oynas which means "Lover".

Onassis Greek (Modern)

Õnnis Estonian
Õnnis is an Estonian surname meaning "blessed".

Onnis Italian
From the toponym Fonni.

Ooms Dutch
Patronymic form of Oom, derived from Dutch oom meaning "uncle". Alternatively, could be from the given name Omaar.

Oosterhuis Dutch
Means "eastern house" in Dutch.