Submitted Surnames from Given Names

Mcsimmeen Manx
"Little Simon's Son"

Mcsorley Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Somhairle, a patronymic form of Somhairle.

Mcspadden Irish

Mcswain Irish, Scottish
Anglicization of Mac Suibhne.

McSweeney Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Shuibhne

Mcswiggan Irish
Means "son of Swiggan".

Mcsymon Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic form of "Simpson"

Mctavish Scottish
On the Scottish west coast, the McTavish family was born among the ancient Dalriadan clans. Their name comes from the personal name Tammas, which is the Lowland Scottish form of Thomas. The Gaelic forms of the name are Mac Tamhais or Mac Thamhais, both of which mean son of Tammas.

McTiernan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Mac Thighearnáin.

McTominay Scottish
Variant of Mac Thomaidh.

Mctony American
Tony McTony!

Mctraynor Irish
Extended form of Trainor.

McVarnock Irish
Variant of MacGilvernock.

McVay Irish
A variant of McVeigh

McVeigh Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bheatha or Mac an Bheatha, themselves derived from Gaelic Mac Beatha meaning "son of life" (see MacBeth).

Mcvicar Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac á Bhiocair (Scottish) or Mac an Bhiocaire (Irish) "son of the vicar" from Latin vicarius.

McWalrick Irish
Variant of MacGoldrick

McWilliams Scottish, Irish
Means "son of William".

Meagher Irish

Means Irish
Sept of Menzies

Mebarki Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mebarek.

Mecone Italian (Modern, Rare)
Giuseppe Meconi (Febuary 1860-April 21,1921) was born in San Massimo, Campbasso Province, Italy. Giuseppe arrived in Pennsylvania, United States in the late 1880s and married Elizabeth Magyar in 1885... [more]

Medeuov m Kazakh
Means "son of Medeu".

Medeuova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Medeuov.

Medhat Arabic
Derived from the given name Midhat.

Medici Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Medico. Medici is the family name of one of Italy's most powerful families.

Mee Irish (Anglicized, Archaic)
Irish reduced form of Mcnamee or Meehan. Irish anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a byname meaning ‘honorable’.

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.

Megan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish-Gaelic Mag Annaidh

Megarry Irish, English
From the Irish 'Mag Fhearadhaigh', meaning "descendant of the fearless one"

Meghnagi Jewish, Northern African
Sephardic Jewish, originating from the Libyan Jewish community. Most were from Tripoli, with a much smaller contingent from Benghazi.

Megson Scottish
Means "son of Meg", a diminutive of Margaret.

Mehamedov Lezgin
Lezgin form of Magomedov.

Mehdaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mehdi.

Mehdi Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mehdi.

Mehdioui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mehdi.

Mehdipoor Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مهدی‌پور (see Mahdipour).

Mehdipour Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian مهدی‌پور (see Mahdipour).

Mehdiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mehdi".

Mehdiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mehdiyev.

Mehdizadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Mehdi".

Mehmedov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Mehmed".

Mehmedova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Mehmedov.

Mehmet Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Mehmet.

Mehmetaj Albanian
Means "descendant of Mehmet" in Albanian.

Mehmeti Albanian
From the given name Mehmet.

Mehmood Urdu
From the given name Mehmood.

Mehof English (American)
Variant of Mehoff.

Mehoff Bulgarian, English (American)
Variant transcription of Mehov.

Mehov Bulgarian
Variant of Mihov.

Mehović Bosnian, Montenegrin
Slavic version that might have developed from the Albanian surname Mehaj

Mehrabi Persian
From the given name Mehrab.

Mehrəliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mehrəli".

Mehrəliyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mehrəliyev.

Mehrani Persian
From the given name Mehran.

Mehtiyev Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mehti".

Mehtiyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mehtiyev.

Meiners Dutch

Meinhard German
From the given name Meinhard

Meinhart German
From the given name Meinhard

Mèinnearach Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Menzies.

Meiramov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Мейрамов (see Meyramov).

Meiramova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Мейрамова (see Meyramova).

Meiron Hebrew
From the given name Miron 2.

Meizys Lithuanian
It means barley or wheat farmer

Mejia Galician
A very ancient surname, infrequent and widely spread across Spain, mostly in Madrid, Barcelona, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Cuenca, Sevilla and Toledo; and also in Pontevedra, Lugo, Guadalajara, Almería, Granada, Alicante and Málaga.... [more]

Mekhlis Russian

Mekonnen Eastern African, Amharic
Variant spelling of Makonnen.

Melaku Ethiopian, Amharic
From the given name Melaku, meaning "the angel" in Amharic. It is possibly related to Arabic/Hebrew Malak and Turkish Melek 2, also meaning "angel".

Melanson French (Acadian)

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.

Melcher Romansh
Derived from the given name Melchior.

Melchior Dutch, German
Derived from the given name Melchior.

Melchiorre Italian
From the given name Melchiorre.

Melchor Spanish
Derived from the given name Melchor.

Meldau English

Meléndes Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Meléndez.

Melendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Meléndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Meli Romansh
Derived from the given name Bartholomäus.

Melikov Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Melik".

Melikyan Armenian
Means "son of Melik".

Melkersson Swedish
Means "son of Melker".

Melkonyan Armenian
Means "son of Melkon".

Mellum Norwegian

Melonponce French (?)

Melquíades Spanish
From the given name Melquíades.

Memetov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Memet".

Ménard French
From the Old German given name Meginhard, making it a cognate of Maynard. A notable bearer was André Ménard, Governor General in the French colonial empire.

Mencia Spanish
Derived from the female personal name Mencía Mencia a cognate of the male name Matías.

Mencke German
Variant of Menke

Mendeleyev Russian
Variant transcription of Mendeleev.

Mendelson Jewish
Variant of Mendelssohn.

Mendera Polish (Latinized, Rare), German

Mendès French
French form of Mendes.

Mendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Méndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Mendillo Italian

Mendis Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Mendes.

Mendlsan Yiddish
Yiddish form of Mendelssohn.

Menduri Romansh
Transferred use of the given name Menduri.

Mendury Romansh
Variant of Menduri.

Mendygaliev Kazakh
Means "son of Mendygali".

Menéndes Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Menéndez.

Menendes Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese cognate of Menéndez

Menendez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Menéndez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Meneses Spanish (Caribbean)
Meneses is my maternal grandfather's surname. He was born in Cuba in 1888 but his family came from Spain in the 1800's... [more]

Menga Polish

Menke German
Derived as a diminutive of several Germanic given names whose first element was derived from Germanic *magin- and *megin- "strength; force; power".

Menna Italian
Derives from the given name Mena 5.

Mennen Dutch
Derived from a given name such as Manno, or any name containing the element megin "power, strength".

Menotti Italian
From the medieval given name Menotto, a diminutive of Domenico via its short form Menico.

Mensink Dutch
Patronymic or habitational name meaning "of Menso", a diminutive of personal name derived from the element megin (see Mense, Menno).

Menzel German, English
Derived from a short form of MENZ, Clemens or Hermann.

Merabishvili Georgian
Means "son of Merab 2".

Merage Persian
Likely from Arabic Miraj, meaning ‘ascension’. A famous bearer of the surname is the co-founder of Hot Pockets, Paul Merage.

Merandino Italian

Mercadal Filipino

Merch English
A variant of the surname March

Mercure French (Quebec), Mauritian Creole, Haitian Creole
From the given name Mercure, making it a cognate of Mercurio. A known bearer was Canadian actress Monique Mercure (1930-2020).

Mercurio Italian
From the given name Mercurio.

Meredith Welsh
From the personal name Maredudd. In Welsh the stress is on the second syllable. The Old Welsh form is Morgetiud, of which the first element may mean "pomp, splendor" and the second is iudd "lord".

Merick Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Meuric.

Merkh German (Anglicized, ?)
Anglicized form of the name Märkh, a German name that existed in southern Germany with Arabic roots tied to the village of al-Märkh in Qatar; the name became Anglicized in the early 17th century. It is one of those surnames where anyone who possesses it is related to everyone else who possesses the name.

Merl Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merl, a pet form of Hebrew Miryam (see Mirkin).

Merlin English, French, German
From the given name Merlin as well as referred to the blackbird, that is named merle in French and merlo in Italian and Spanish... [more]

Merlino Italian
Either from the given name Merlino the Italian form of Merlin, a diminutive of Merlo, or for someone who came from Merlino in the Milano province.

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

Merridew English
A different form of Meredith (from the Welsh personal name Meredydd, perhaps literally "lord of splendour"). It occurs in Wilkie Collins' 'The Moonstone' (1868) belonging to Mrs Merridew, widowed sister to Sir John Verinder.

Merriman English, Irish
1. English: nickname, an elaborated form of Merry.... [more]

Merrix Welsh
Variant of Merricks.

Merson Jewish
Means "son of Meyer."

Mert Turkish

Mert Turkish
From the given name Mert.

Mervin Welsh, English
From the given name Mervin

Mervyn English
(i) from the medieval personal name Merewine, literally "fame-friend"; (ii) from the Old English personal names Mǣrwynn, literally "famous joy", and Merefinn, from Old Norse Mora-Finnr; (iii) from the Welsh personal name Merfyn, literally probably "marrow-eminent"

Merzouk Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Marzuq.

Mescal Irish (Anglicized)
From Irish Ó Meiscill meaning "descendant of Meisceall", a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness”).

Mesrobian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Մեսրոպյան (see Mesropyan).

Mesrobyan Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Մեսրոպյան (see Mesropyan).

Mesropian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Մեսրոպյան (see Mesropyan).

Mesropyan Armenian
Means "son of Mesrop".

Messaoudi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mas'ud.

Messiaen Dutch, French, Belgian
Derived from Messiaen, the (archaic) Dutch form of the latinate first name Messianus, which itself is ultimately derived from the Roman praenomen Messus.

Messias Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from the given name Messias

Messoud Western African
From the given name Mas'ud; used in Mauritania.

Mesutoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Mesut".

Mete Turkish
From the given name Mete.

Metin Turkish
From the given name Metin.

Metodiev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Metodi".

Metodiev f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Metodiev.

Metodieva f Macedonian
Feminine form of Metodiev.

Metoyer French (Cajun)

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

Metsäniemi Finnish
Finnish surname derived from metsä meaning forest and niemi meaning peninsula.

Mette German
Matronymic surname derived from the given name Mette, a Low German short form of Mechthild.

Metz German
From a short form of the female personal name Mechthild.

Meusburger German (Austrian)
The history of this last name is that it means "Mountain Dweller." Being as part of the Austrian surnames, it's a widely used one in it's home country. A few brothers had gone to various countries, as of now there is Meusburgers in Columbia, as well as the United States and throughout Europe... [more]

Mevaza Dungan
Variant of Muvaza.

Mewborn English
Rare English name. The only place I have found it in the phone directory (other than several small towns in eastern North Carolina) is in Northumberland, UK. The word mew has to do with stables, and of course born is an English word.

Meyramov m Kazakh
Means "son of Meiram".

Meyramova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Meyramov.

Mibb Most likely German
Is an Americanized for of GIbb, or Gibbs. Could be derived from the name Gilbert.

Micaelsson Swedish
Means "son of Micael".

Micallef Maltese
Either from Micali, a variant of the Biblical name Michael, or from Maltese mħallef meaning "judge".

Micelli Italian
Beacon, torch, light

Micevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Micevski.

Micevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mice".

Mich Polish, English
From Michaj or Michał in Polish usage. From Michael in English.

Michaël Dutch, French
From the given name Michaël.

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

Michaelsen Danish
Means "son of Michael".

Michaelsson Swedish
Means "son of Michael".

Michail Greek
A common last name in Greece. Probably from the Archangel Michael who appeared to the Virgin Mary with a lily.

Michailidis Greek
From the given name Michail.

Michalidis Greek
Means "Son of Michael".

Michalk Sorbian
a last name of Sorbian origin, literally means "little Michael", spelling has been anglicized.

Michalopoulos Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Michals English

Miché French, Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the given name Michel.

Michelet French (Latinized), Belgian
Its name comes from the name Michael, the angel.

Micheletos Greek
Derived from the given name Michail.

Michelle English (American)
Directly taken from the given name Michelle.

Michelli Italian
Variant of Micheli

Michelotti Italian

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

Michels English, Jewish
Variant of Michaels.

Michelson French
This surname means son of Michelle.

Michie Scottish

Michishige Japanese
From Japanese 道 (michi) meaning "road" and 重 (shige) meaning "greater degree"

Michon French
Originally a diminutive of the given name Michel.

Mickelson English (American, Anglicized)
Anglicization of the Danish-Norwegian surname Mikkelsen, which means "son of Mikkel," a variant of the personal name Michael.

Mickievič Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Mitskevich.

Mickiewicz Polish
Polish form of Mitskevich. A notable bearer is Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), the Polish poet of Belarusian origin.

Mickley French
It originated when an immigrant family named Michelet came to New York from Northern France. Because they had a foreign surname, they made up the names Mickley and Michelin. The originator was Jean Jacques Michelet (John Jacob Mickley), a private in the Revolutionary War... [more]

Micucci Italian
Patronymic or plural form of a pet form of the personal name Mico, a short form of Michele 1.

Midiam Spanish

Mielke German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Milogost and other Slavic given names beginning with the element mil-.

Miettinen Finnish
From the given name Klemetti.

Mifflin English
An English West Country variant of the original Welsh-Breton personal name Merlin.

Migaleddu Italian
From the given name Michele 1.

Miguelañez Spanish
Derived from the given name Miguel.

Mihăilă Romanian
From the given name Mihai.

Mihajlovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mihajlovski.

Mihajlovski Macedonian
Means "son of Mihail".

Mihkli Estonian
Mihkli is an Estonian surname, derived from the masculine given name "Mihkel" (a cogante of "Michael").

Mihocik Slovak

Mijatović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Mijat".

Mijović Montenegrin
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mijo".

Mik mu Czech, Polish, Sorbian
Pet form of the given names Mikławš, Mikołaj, Mikuláš, and other variants of Nicholas.

Mika Polish
A shortened form of the Polish version of Michaelson, which became a family name earlier on.

Mika Hungarian, Polish
Comes from a pet form of a central and eastern European personal name equivalent to Nicholas

Mikaelsen Danish, Greenlandic
Means "son of Mikael".

Mikail Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Mikail.

Mikal Ethiopian
The Origin of Mikal comes from the Hebrew meaning... [more]

Mikayılov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mikayıl".

Mikayılova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mikayılov.

Mike Hungarian
Fro, a pet form of the personal name Miklós, Hungarian form of Nicholas, or possibly from a short form of Mihály, Hungarian form of Michael.

Mikel English, Nigerian
From the given name Mikel.

Mikell Scottish
A variant of McCall. Some suggest it is a variant of Mikel.

Mikha'il Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Mikha'il.

Mikhail Russian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
From the given name Mikhail.

Mikhailenko Russian
Russian transcription of Ukrainian Михайленко (see Mykhaylenko).

Mikhaylenko Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Михайленко (see Mikhailenko).

Mikhaylichenko Ukrainian (Russified)
From the given name Mikhayl.

Mikhaylovskiy m Russian, Yiddish (Russified)
From the given name Mikhail.

Mikhelashvili Georgian, Jewish
Means "son of Mikheil" in Georgian.

Mikhin Russian
Means "son of Mikha".

Mikin Russian
Means "son of Mika".

Mikk Estonian
Mikk is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name); a shortened form of the masculine given name Mihkel (a variant of Michael).

Mikkel Estonian
Mikkel is an Estonian surname (and masculine given name); an Estonian variant of "Michael".

Mikkelborg Norwegian
Norwegian variant of the originally German surname Mecklenburg, which came to Norway during the hanseatic era.

Mikkelson Danish
Variant of Mikkelsen.

Mikker Estonian
Mikker is an Estonian family name possibly related to Mihkel

Miklós Hungarian
From the given name Miklós.

Mikó Hungarian
From a pet form of the personal names Miklós (Hungarian form of Nicholas) or Mihály (Hungarian form of Michael).

Mikołajczyk Polish
Derived from the given name Mikołaj.

Mikolandric Croatian

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

Mikryukov Russian
From a diminutive of the given name Nikolay.

Mikulencak Czech
There are many versions Mikulenka, Mikulas, Mikul,

Mikulić Croatian
Means ''son of Mikula''.

Mikulin Russian
Means "son of Mikula".

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

Milan Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian
From the given name Milan, a derivative of names such as Bohumil and Miloslav, containing the Slavic elements mil or milu meaning ‘grace, favor, dear’.

Milanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Milan".

Milanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Milanov.

Milanović Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Milan".

Milanovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Milanovski.

Milanovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Milan".

Milashin Russian
Derived from a diminutive Milasha of various Russian given names.

Milchev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Milcho".

Milcheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Milchev.

Miledo English

Milenin Russian
Matronymic surname derived from the Russian name Milena.

Milenkov Bulgarian
Means "son of Milenko".

Milenković Serbian
Means "son of Milenko".

Milenkovska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Milenkovski.

Milenkovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Milenko".

Miletić Croatian, Serbian
Means ''son of Mile''.

Milev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Mile".

Mileva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Milev.

Milevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Milevski.

Milevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mile".

Miley Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicised form of Ó Maol Aodha, though Ó Máille and Ó Maolmhuaidh can also be possibilities... [more]

Milič Slovene
Variant of Milić.

Miliddi Italian
Possibly a Sardinian nickname for Camillo.

Milina Croatian, Serbian
passed down from generations

Milinković Serbian
Means "son of Milinko"

Milios Greek

Milisavljević Serbian
Means "son of Milisav".

Miljanović Serbian
Means "son of Miljan".

Miljković Serbian, Croatian
Variant of Milković.

Milkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Milko".

Milkova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Milkov.

Milković Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic derived from the given name Milko, itself a diminutive of Slavic names containing the element milu meaning "gracious, dear".

Milkovič Slovak
Slovak form of Milković.

Milkovich Serbian (Anglicized), Croatian (Anglicized), Slovak (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Serbo-Croatian Milković or Slovak Milkovič.

Milloy Irish

Milo English
Derived from the given name Milo.

Miloševska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Miloševski.

Miloševski m Macedonian
Means "son of Miloš".

Milostan English (American)

Miłosz Polish
From the given name Miłosz.

Milrinda English

Milutinović Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Milutin".

Mimieux French
Unknown.

Mimoun Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Mimoun.

Mimouni Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Mimoun.

Minaev Russian
Means "son of Mina".

Minasian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Minasyan.

Minasian English (American)

Minassian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Minasyan.

Minasyan Armenian
Means "son of Minas".

Minayev Russian
Alternate transcription of Minaev.

Minchev Bulgarian
Means "son of Mincho".

Mincheva f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Minchev.

Mindalano Filipino, Maranao
From the name of Mindalano' sa Tonong, a character in the Darangen epic.

Mine Japanese
This surname is used as 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根, 美根, 美祢, 美禰 or 見根 with 岑 (gin, shin, mine), an outdated character meaning "mountaintop, peak," 峯/峰 (hou, ne, mine) meaning "peak, summit," 嶺 (ryou, rei, mine) meaning with the same meaning as 峯/峰, 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three," 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beauty/iful," 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible," 根 (kon, ne, -ne) meaning "head (pimple), radical, root" and 祢/禰 (dei, nai, ne) meaning "ancestral shrine."... [more]

Minella Italian
Southern Italian, from a pet form of the female personal name Mina 1, a short form of Guglielmina, Giacomina, etc.

Minelli Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Minello, a pet form of the personal name Mino, which is a short form of a personal name formed with the hypocoristic suffix -mino, such as Adimino, Giacomino, Guglielmino, etc.

Minerva Italian
From the female given name Minerva.