Submitted Surnames from Given Names

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

Melikyan Armenian
Means "son of Melik".

Melillo Italian
Means "small apple, crab apple" in Neapolitan, either a topographic name, an occupational name for a grower or seller of apples, or perhaps a nickname for someone with a sour disposition. Alternatively, it could be from the Latin given name Mellilus, related to the endearment mellilla "little honey", or be a diminutive form of Meli.

Melkersson Swedish
Means "son of Melker".

Melkonyan Armenian
Means "son of Melkon".

Mellum Norwegian

Melody English
Variant of Merridew, or perhaps occasionally derived from the rare Middle English feminine given name Melodia.

Melody Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoiléidigh.

Melonponce French (?)

Melquíades Spanish
From the given name Melquíades.

Memetov Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Memet".

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), Spanish, Portuguese

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.

Meysami Persian
From the given name Meysam.

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.

Michalidis Greek
Means "Son of Michael".

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

Michálková f Czech
Feminine form of Michálek.

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.

Mickell English (American)
Variant of Michael.

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.

Mihail Medieval Romanian

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".

Mijić Croatian
The surname Mijić is one of those surnames that are very common in Croatia, but also in other countries. This surname sounds very simple and modest, but it has deep roots in history. It is interesting how surnames often arose from some nicknames or personal characteristics of the person who bore that surname... [more]

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 Mi̇kayıl".

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 Czech
From the given name Mikuláš.

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).

Mikhalych Russian
Variant of Mikhaylovich.

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

Mikhaylichenko Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Mykhaylychenko.

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.

Mimoune Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of 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.

Minervini Italian
Either a variant of or son of Minervino.

Mínervudóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Minerva" in Icelandic. A famous bearer is Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir.

Mínervuson Icelandic
Means "son of Minerva" in Icelandic

Minichiello Italian
Campania,

Minsch Romansh
Derived from the given name Dumeni.

Miola Italian
italian

Miqueletos Spanish
From the Spanish given name Miguel.

Mirabueno Filipino

Miracle English

Miraj Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Miraj.

Mirako Japanese

Mirəliyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mirəli".

Mirəliyeva f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Mirəliyev.

Miramontes Spanish
Looker of mountains.

Mircea Romanian
From the given name Mircea.

Mirčeska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mirčeski.

Mirčeski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mirče".

Mirčevska f Macedonian
Feminine form of Mirčevski.

Mirčevski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mirče".

Mirkin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Mirke, a pet form of the Biblical Hebrew name Miryam.

Mirković Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of Mirko".

Miron Romanian
From the given name Miron 1.

Mironov Russian
Means "son of Miron 1".

Mironova Russian
Feminine form of Mironov.

Mirza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mirza.

Mirzaee Persian
Variant transcription of Mirzaei.

Mirzaei Persian
From the given name Mirza.

Mirzamagomedov Lezgin (Russified)
Derived from the Persian title میرزا (mirzâ) meaning "prince" (see Mirza) combined with the given name Magomed.

Mirzapour Persian
Means "son of Mirza".

Mirzəzadə Azerbaijani
Means "born of Mirzə".

Mirzazadeh Persian
Means "born of Mirza".

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

Mischol Romansh
Derived from the given name Michael.

Misely Malagasy
From the given name Misely.

Mishal Arabic
From the given name Mishal.

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

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

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

Misiewicz Polish
Patronymic from Miś.

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

Miskovetz Russian (Americanized)

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

Missirlian Armenian

Mita Polish
From a pet form of the personal name Dymitr

Mitag Croatian
From german Mittag, redacted during WWII.

Mitch English
From the given name Mitchell or Mitch.

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

Mitchesen English

Miterev m Russian
Possibly related to Dmitriy.

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

Miteva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitev.

Mitin Russian
Means "son of Mitya".

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

Mitkova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Mitkov.

Mitoraj Polish

Mitra Indian, Bengali
From the given name Mitra 1.

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".

Mitsakis Greek

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]

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

Mityayev m Russian
Means "son of Mitya".

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