MiddlemoreEnglish Derived from an unidentified place in the West Midlands named with Old English middel "middle" and mor "moor", possibly the Middelmore which is recorded in the 13th and 15th centuries at Haughton in Morville (Shrops).
MidfordEnglish Habitational name for someone from Mitford in Northumberland.
MidōmaruJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 御 (mi-), a prefix added to emphasize beauty, 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, sphere", referring to a round land.
MikiJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
MikkelsaarEstonian Mikkelsaar is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Mikkel (Mihkel)" and "saar", meaning island; "Mikkel's island".
MikoshibaJapanese From 御 (mi) meaning "govern, protect, control, godly, imperial, royal", 子 (ko) meaning "child", and 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood".
MikumoJapanese Mi can mean "beautiful" or "three" and kumo means "cloud".
MillScottish, English Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mill, Middle English mille, milne (Old English myl(e)n, from Latin molina, a derivative of molere ‘to grind’)... [more]
MilleyEnglish Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place possibly in Lincolnshire.
MillingtonEnglish Parishes in Cheshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
MilludiBasque (Rare) Possibly a variant of the toponym Merelludi, of uncertain etymology. Could be related to a Basque word meaning "mill" or "millet" and the locative or collective suffix -di.
MimanaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.
MimsEnglish (British) Habitational name from Mimms (North and South Mimms) in Hertfordshire, most probably derived from an ancient British tribal name, Mimmas.
MimuraJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".
MinagroSicilian Minagro: A Sicilian surname, with Latin & Greek etymological origins. Min: from Latin minusculus/little or small — Agro: from both Latin agro/field & Greek αγρό agro/field
MinakamiJapanese From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.
MinakawaJapanese From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
MinamideJapanese From 南 (minami, nan) meaning "south" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".
MinaruJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).
MinatoJapanese From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour".
MinatoyaJapanese From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "dwelling, roof".
MinatozakiJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "harbor, port, assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".
MinayaSpanish From Minaya, the name of a town in Albacete province, Spain. According to the scholar Miguel Asín Palacios, the place name comes means "open and visible path" from Arabic. It has also been speculated that the place name has Basque origins, meaning "ore", "ore vein" or "asphodel pastures".
MindanaoTagalog From the name of the second largest island in the Philippines, which was derived from the name of the Maguindanao people (see Mindanao).
MindeGerman Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Minden.
MindenGerman, English Habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Westphalia (German) or Shropshire (English).
MinegishiJapanese From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".
MinegishiJapanese From Japanese 嶺 or 峰 (mine) meaning "peak, summit, ridge" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".
MinervinoItalian a habitational name from either of two places, Minervino di Lecce or Minervino Murge, in the provinces of Lecce and Bari, which take their names from ancient temples dedicated to the Roman goddess Minerva.
MinetaJapanese From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
MineyamaJapanese Mine means "peak" and yama means "mountain, hill".
MinghellaEnglish (British) It derives from the Roman (Latin) "Dominicus", meaning "belonging to the lord god", from "dominus", lord or master. The name was given considerable impetus by the fame of the Spanish saint "Dominicus", who founded the Dominican order of monks, although it was already well established.
MirabellaItalian, Sicilian Italian (Campania and Sicily): habitational name from Mirabella Eclano in Avellino or Mirabella Imbaccari in Catania, or from various places with the name Mirabello, all named from medieval Latin mira, "viewpoint", and bella, "beautiful"... [more]
MirajkarMarathi Means "one from Miraj" in Marathi. Miraj is a city located in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
MishimaJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
MisirlouGreek 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".
MiskinisLithuanian Topographic name from miškinis ‘forest’, ‘forest spirit’. This name is also established in Poland.
MisoraJapanese Mi means "beautiful" and sora means "sky, heaven".
MissinghamEnglish The name means "lost home", and it's from the Old English words "missan" and "ham".
MisumiJapanese Mi means "three" and sumi can mean "dwelling, residence, abode" or "corner, nook".
MitaJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
MitakaJapanese 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.
MitamuraJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy", and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
MitaniJapanese From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
MitchamEnglish 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".
MitfordEnglish From the name of a village in Northumberland, England, derived from either Old English midd "middle" or (ge)myþe "confluence, stream junction, river mouth" combined with ford "ford, river crossing".
MitsuhashiJapanese From 三 (mitsu) meaning "three" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
MitsuiJapanese 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.
MitsuishiJapanese From 三 (mitsu) meaning "three" or 光 (mitsu) meaning "light, radiance" and 石 (ishi) meaning "stone".
MittagGerman Means "midday, noon" in German, with an archaic meaning of "south". Habitational name given to someone who lived south of a main settlement.
MittelGerman Literally "middle", probably a topographic name from a farm occupying a middle position in a settlement. Compare Mitter.
MittenEnglish English surname, meaning "from Mitten" various towns with the name or similar spelling. The towns were presumably named after the glove.
MitterGerman 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".
MittermeierGerman (Austrian) Literal meaning "middle farmer" its thought to have been given to farmers living between two there farms in the mountains.
MiyakuniJapanese Miya means "Shrine, temple" and kuni "country".
MiyamaJapanese 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".
MiyamachiJapanese From 宮 (miya) meaning "palace, shrine" and 町 (machi) meaning "town".
MiyamoriJapanese Miya means "shrine, temple" and mori means "forest".
MłodychowiakPolish Habitational name for somebody who comes from the district of Młodych in Poland.
MoatScottish 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.
MoberleyEnglish 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’.
MochidaJapanese From Japanese 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
MoclinSpanish 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]
ModenaItalian, Judeo-Italian Italian and Jewish (from Italy) habitational name from the city of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.
ModiglianiItalian 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).
ModzelewskiPolish Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Modzel or Modzele, both derived from Polish modzel meaning "callus".
MoesDutch 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".
MolDutch Means "mole (animal)" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for someone with poor eyesight or who was known for digging, an occupational name for a mole catcher, or a habitational name for someone from Mol in the Antwerp province, Belgium.
MolyneuxFrench Possibly a habitational name from Moulineux, meaning "mill of the waters", or derives from the Old French name De Molines or De Moulins, meaning "mill". The surname has been linked to a large French family that settled in Lancashire from France.
MonacoItalian Means "monk" in Italian, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) "single, solitary" via Latin monachus. Could be a nickname for someone of monkish habits or appearance, a topographic name for someone living close to a monastery, or an occupational name for a servant employed at a monastery.
MonarrezSpanish Hispanic (Mexico; Monárrez): Altered Form Of Basque Munárriz Itself A Castilianized Form Of A Habitational Name From Munarritz (Also Amunarritz In Castilian Munárriz) A Town In Navarre.
MonasterioSpanish Means "monastery" in Spanish, denoting a person who lives or works in a monastery.
MoncadaSpanish A habitational surname, from Catalan Montcada, ultimately from monte "mountain" and an older variant of Catalonia.
MoncayoAragonese This indicates familial origin near the eponymous mountain massif.
MoncriefScottish Scottish: habitational name from Moncreiff Hill near Perth, so called from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.
MoncrieffeScottish Clan Moncreiffe is a Scottish clan. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Monadh croibhe which means "Hill of the sacred bough". The plant badge of Clan Moncreiffe is the oak, this presumably comes from the sacred tree.... [more]
MondriaanDutch Meaning uncertain. It is a variant of the surname Mondriaal, which could possibly be a Dutch cognate of Monreal, meaning "royal mountain". This was the real surname of the Dutch-American painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944).
MondrianDutch Variant of Mondriaan. A notable bearer was the Dutch-American abstract painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan Jr. (He changed his name in 1912, dropping the extra a from his surname).
MondscheinGerman, Jewish topographic or habitational name referring to a house name meaning "moonshine" or a nickname for someone who was bald from the same word Middle High German māno "moon" and schinen "shine"... [more]
MonetaItalian Possibly originating from a nickname given to those who lived near a temple dedicated to Juno Moneta. A famous bearer of this surname is Nobel Prize for Peace recipient Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833–1918).
MonsivaisSpanish 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’.
MonsteinRomansh Derived from the place name Monstein, a village in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.