Submitted Surnames from Locations

Morimatsu Japanese
Mori means "forest" and matsu means "pine".

Morimiya Japanese
Mori means "forest" and miya means "temple, shrine".

Morimizu Japanese
Mori means "grove" and mizu means "water".

Morinaga Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal".

Morinaka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".

Moríñigo Leonese
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Moríñigo Spanish
Habitational surname from Moríñigo, Moríñigo is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León.

Morino Japanese
Mori means "forest" and no means "field, rice paddy, wilderness".

Morinoue Japanese

Morio Japanese
Mori means "forest" and o means "tail."

Morioka Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Morisaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and saka means "slope, hill".

Morisaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Morisane Japanese

Morisato Japanese
Mori means "forest" and sato means "village".

Morishige Japanese
Mori means "forest" and shige means "luxury".

Morishima Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest, grove" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Morisumi Japanese

Moritaka Japanese
Mori means "forest" and taka means "tall, high, expensive".

Moritake Japanese
Mori means "forest" and take needs "bamboo".

Moritani Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" or 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Morito Japanese

Moriuchi Japanese
森 (Mori) means "forest" and 内 (uchi) means "inside".

Moriwaki Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Moriwara Japanese
Variant of Morihara.

Moriya Japanese
From the Japanese 守 (mori) meaning "watchman, keeper, caretaker, guard, protect, defend" or 森 (mori) meaning "forest" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "house, dwelling" or 谷 (ya or tani) meaning "valley."

Morizaka Japanese
Variant of Morisaka.

Morizaki Japanese
Variant of Morisaki.

Morizane Japanese
Variant of Morisane.

Morizumi Japanese

Mørk Norwegian
From Old Norse mork "wood". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.

Morland English

Moroboshi Japanese
Variant of Morohoshi.

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’.

Morpurgo Judeo-Italian
Italian surname of Jewish origin, originally Marpurg, from the Austrian city Marburg an der Drau (today Maribor in Slovenia). The progenitor was Moises Jacob, father of Petachia, in Bad-Rackersburg, Austria... [more]

Morreale Italian
Habitational name from the town of Monreale in Sicily, derived from Italian monte regale meaning "royal mountain".

Morrie English
Probably a variant of Morris, or possibly of Murray 1.

Morrisey Irish
Variant of Morrissey.

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

Morskoy Russian
From the Russian word море (more), meaning "sea".

Mortlock English
Habitational name denoting someone from Mortlake, Surrey, or from Mortlach, Banff. Mortlake could mean either "Morta’s meadow", from the byname Morta and Old English lag "wet pasture, marshy field", or "salmon stream", from mort "young salmon" and lacu "stream, pool"... [more]

Mosbrucker German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge over a swamp, from Middle High German mos meaning "bog", "swamp" + brucke meaning "bridge".

Mosby English

Moscow English (American, Rare)
From the city of Moscow in Russia.

Moseby English

Mosel German
Habitational name from any of several places so named. topographic name from the Mosel river in western Germany a tributary of the Rhine that rises in the Vosges and flows through Lorraine and then a deep winding valley from Trier to Koblenz.

Mosele Italian, German (Austrian)
This surname is to be found in north-eastern Italy, more specifically in the Vicenza and Verona provinces. Families with this name are certain to be originally from the mountain town of Asiago, situated on a plateau north of Vicenza and now a well-known skiing resort... [more]

Moseley English
Variant of Mosley

Moskovsky Russian
Habitational name for someone from Moscow.

Moskva Russian
Derived from the Russian word Москва meaning "Moscow".

Moskvitin m Russian
Means "from Moscow", from Russian Москва (Moskva) "Moscow".

Moskwa Polish
Polish form of Moskva.

Moslavac Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Moslavina, a region in Croatia.

Mosley English
Habitational name from any of several places called Mos(e)ley in central, western, and northwestern England. The obvious derivation is from Old English mos "peat bog" and leah "woodland clearing", but the one in southern Birmingham (Museleie in Domesday Book) had as its first element Old English mus "mouse", while one in Staffordshire (Molesleie in Domesday Book) had the genitive case of the Old English byname Moll.

Mosna Italian

Mosquera Spanish, Catalan
Spanish topographic name for someone who lived in a place that was infested with flies or mosquitos from a derivative of mosca "fly" (from Latin musca)... [more]

Mossing Norwegian
Habitational name from a farm name in Trøndelag, probably named with mose meaning "moss" + vin meaning "meadow".

Mossman English
This interesting name is a variant of the surname Moss which is either topographical for someone who lived by a peat bog, from the Old English pre 7th Century 'mos' or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example Mosedale in Cumbria or Moseley in West Yorkshire.

Most Polish, Jewish
Topographic name from Slavic most meaning "bridge", or a habitational name from any of several places named with this word.

Moszkowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place called Mosaki in Masovian Voivodeship.

Mota Spanish, Portuguese
Topographic name for someone who lived by a fortified stronghold.

Moteki Japanese
From the Japanese 茂 (mote) "overgrown," "to grow thick" and 木 (ki, moku or boku) "tree."

Motel French
Topographic name from a derivative of Old French motte ‘fortified stronghold’.

Motherwell Scottish
Means "person from Motherwell", North Lanarkshire ("Our Lady's well"). American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) was a known bearer.

Motobashi English
Variant of Motohashi.

Motohashi Japanese
From Japanese 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Motokari Japanese (Rare)

Motoki Japanese
Moto means "root, source, origin" and ki means "tree, wood".

Motokura Japanese
Moto means "origin" and kura means "storehouse".

Motomasa Japanese

Motomura Japanese
Moto means "origin, source" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Motono Japanese
Moto means "source, origin, root" and no means "field, wilderness".

Motoyoshi Japanese

Motozawa Japanese
From the Japanese 本 (moto) "base" or 元 (moto) "original" and 沢 or 澤 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Mott English
The surname Mott was first found in Essex, where the family held a family seat from very early times, having been granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. Moate (Irish: An Móta) is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland... [more]

Motte French, Walloon, Flemish, German
from old French motte "motte" a word of Gaulish origin denoting a man-made protective mound or moat surrounding a castle or other fortified strongholds; or a habitational name from any of the various places in France and in Belgium named with this word.... [more]

Motton English

Mou Chinese
From Chinese 牟 (móu) referring to the ancient state of Mou that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 BC).

Mount English
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains.

Mountain English
Topographic name from Old French montagne "mountain" (see Montagne).

Mountford English

Mountjoy English
Habitational surname for a person from Montjoie in La Manche, France, named with Old French mont "hill", "mountain" + joie "joy".

Mountstuart English
Possibly derived from the mountain in the Cascade Range, in the state of Washington, United States.

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

Mousall English
The surname Mousall was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Mowbray English
Ultimately from the name of a place in Normandy meaning "mud hill" in Old French.

Mower German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Maurer and Mauer.

Moxley English
From the name of a settlement in Staffordshire, England, probably derived from the Old English given name Mocc and hlaw "mound, small hill".

Moyano Spanish
Habitational name for someone from Moya, from an adjectival form of the place name.

Moynihan Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Muimhneacháin.

Mozer German
South German (Swabia): Variant Of Moser.

Mozley English
Variant of Mosley

Mridhani Persian
People from Mridhan, Gilan Province, North Iran, Iran

Mroczkowski Polish
Name for someone from any of various places called Mroczkowa, Mroczków or Mroczkowice, all derived from Polish mroczek meaning "house bat".

Mroziński Polish
Habitational name for someone from any of several places called Mrozy.

Mrozowski Polish
Habitational name for someone from Mrozowo in Bydgoszcz voivodeship, or from any of several places called Mrozy.

Mstishyn Ukrainian
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village.

Mudd English
Either (i) "person who lives in a muddy area"; (ii) from the medieval female personal name Mudd, a variant of Maud (variously Mahalt, Mauld, Malt, vernacular versions of Anglo-Norman Matilda); or (iii) from the Old English personal name Mōd or Mōda, a shortened form of various compound names beginning with mōd "courage".

Mudge English
A location surname for someone who lives or dwells near the swamps. A famous bearer of this surname is Angela Mudge, a champion fell runner and trail runner from Scotland.

Mudgett English
Derived from a pet form of Mudge.

Muehlhauser Old High German
The German surname Müehlhauser is derived from the Middle High German words "mülle" and "hûs" which respectively mean mill and house. It is roughly translated to mean "mill-house" and is believed to have evolved from an individual who was either the owner of a mill or lived in a house attached to a mill in earlier times.

Muffett Scottish
A different form of Moffatt. 'Little Miss Muffett' is a traditional nursery rhyme: Little Miss Muffett / Sat on a tuffet, / Eating her curds and whey; / There came a big spider, / Who sat down beside her / And frightened Miss Muffet away. It has been speculated that 'Miss Muffett' is Patience Muffet, the daughter of the physician and entomologist Dr Thomas Muffet (1553-1604).

Mugford English

Múgica Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Muxika.

Mugishima Japanese
Mugi means "wheat" and shima means "island".

Mühlfeld German
Variant form of Muhlfeld.

Muir Scottish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a moor, from a Scots form of Middle English more moor, fen.

Muirhead Scottish
Derived from many places in southern Scotland with the same name, from northern Middle English muir meaning "moor" and heid meaning "head, end".

Mukai Japanese
From Japanese 向 (muka) meaning "facing, toward" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Mukaichi Japanese
From 向 (muka) meaning "towards", 井 (i) meaning "mineshaft, well, pit", and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, ground, land, destinations".... [more]

Mukawa Japanese

Mulberry English
Variant of Mowbray, possibly influenced by the name of the fruit.

Mulbery English
Variant of Mulberry.

Mulcaster English (Modern)
The surname Mulcaster was first found in Cumberland where they trace their lineage back to the place name Muncaster, home of Muncaster Castle, a privately owned castle overlooking the Esk river, near the west-coastal town of Ravenglass in Cumbria which dates back at least 800 years. 

Mull Scottish
Scottish, Irish, or English: Probably comes from the Scots language, as the Scots word for "headland" or comes from the geographical term, which is an Anglicization of the Gaelic Maol, a term for a rounded hill, summit, or mountain bare of trees... [more]

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

Mullinix French
A locational name "of de Moloneaux" probably from the noble family who trace their descent from William the Conqueror, from Molineaux-sur-Seine, near Rouen. The name came to England during the wake of the Norman Conquest... [more]

Mulroney French

Muncaster English (Rare)

Mundaca Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mundaka.

Mundaka Basque (Rare)
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. A popular theory is that it derives from Latin munda aqua "clean water", but there is no evidence to support this origin... [more]

Munden English
From the name of a parish in Hertfordshire, England.

Munekawa Japanese
From 宗 (mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 川 (kawa) means "stream, river".

Munesato Japanese

Mungia Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, possibly derived from the personal name Munio combined with the locative suffix -(t)egi.

Munguía Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mungia.

Muno Luxembourgish

Münster German, 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.

Muntaner Catalan

Mura Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet".

Murabashi Japanese
Variant of Murahashi.

Murabayashi Japanese
Variant of Murahayashi.

Murada Japanese

Muragawa Japanese
Variant of Murakawa.

Murahama Japanese
Mura means "hamlet, village" and hama means "seashore, veach".

Murahashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hashi means "bridge".

Murahayashi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Murai Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Muraiwa Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "town, hamlet" and iwa means "stone".

Muraji Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village" and 治 (ji, haru, osamu) meaning "clinical, administer, govern, rule".

Murakami Japanese
From the Japanese 村, 邑 or 邨 (mura) meaning "hamlet, town, village" combined with 上 (kami) meaning "upper, top, above" or 神 (kami) meaning "god" or 守 (kami) meaning "guard, protect, defend."

Murakata Japanese

Murakawa Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Muraki Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Murakita Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, town, hamlet" and 北 (kita) meaning "north".

Murako Japanese (Rare)
Mura means "village, hamlet" and ko means "child, sign of the rat".

Murakoshi Japanese

Muramatsu Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Muramori Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and mori means "forest".

Muramoto Japanese
Mura means "village" and moto means "origin".

Muranaka Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "village" combined with 中 (naka) meaning "inside, middle".

Murano Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" and no means "wilderness, plain, field."

Murao Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

Muraoka Japanese
From 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Murase Japanese
rom Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, ripple, current".

Murashima Japanese
Shima means "island" and mura means "hamlet, village".

Murata Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Muravez Hungarian
Most likely a corruption of the surname Moravec.

Murawski Polish
Name for someone from placed called Murawa or Murawy, both derived from Polish murawa meaning "lawn, green, sward".

Murayama Japanese
From Japanese 村 (mura) meaning "town, village" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Murayoshi Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet" or "town" and yoshi means "good luck".

Murcia Spanish
Habitational name from the city Murcia.

Murdmaa Estonian
Murdmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "off-road" (literally, "fraction(al) land").

Mureșan Romanian
Originally denoted a person from Mureș County in Romania.

Mureșanu Romanian
Variant of Mureșan.

Murfield English

Murillo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of various locations called Murillo, so named from a diminutive of Spanish muro meaning "wall".

Murkowski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Murkowo.

Murley English

Muro Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room, chamber, apartment, cellar, greenouse".

Murofushi Japanese

Murohashi Japanese

Muroi Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Muroya Japanese
From Japanese 室 (muro) meaning "room" and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop".

Murrah Scottish (Americanized)
Possibly an altered form of Murray 1.

Murs French

Murvai Romanian
Probably they originate from Murva (Transilvania-Siklód http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikl%C3%B3d).

Muscat English
Variant of Muscott

Muscat Arabic
Refers to the capital city of Oman named "Muscat".

Müsch German
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.

Musco Italian
From Sicilian muscu "moss".

Muscott English
A surname for someone from Muscott.

Musgrave English

Musgrove English

Mushakoji Japanese
Variant transcription of Mushakouji.

Mushakouji Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military", 者 (sha) meaning "person", 小 (kou) meaning "small" and 路 (ji) meaning "street".

Mushanokoji Japanese
Variant transcription of Mushanokouji.

Mushanokouji Japanese
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".

Mushinski Jewish
Habitational name for someone from Moshny, in Ukraine.

Mustin English
Origin uncertain, possibly a variant of Muston or Musto.

Muston English
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.

Mustons English (Archaic)
Variant of Muston.

Muszynski Polish
Habitational name for someone from places called Muszyna in Nowy Sacz voivodeship and elsewhere, named with mucha "fly" (see Mucha).

Muta Japanese
From Japanese 牟 (mu) meaning "pupil (of the eye)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mutambo Luba
It means "forest" in Songye and Tshiluba, but can also mean "supreme ruler" in Tshiluba.

Mutia Eastern 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.

Mutley English

Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutsuya Japanese
Variant of Mutsutani.

Müür Estonian
Müür is an Estonian surname meaning "wall".

Muxika Basque
From the name of a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Coincides with, or possibly derives from, the Basque word muxika meaning "peach".

Mycroft English
From Old English ġemȳþ "mouth (of a river)" + croft meaning "enclosed field", originally denoting somebody who lives at the mouth of a river.... [more]

Myhre Norwegian
Derived from Norwegian myr "bog, swamp".

Mykkänen Finnish (Rare)
Finnish rare variant of Mäkinen.

Myklebust Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse Myklibólstaðr meaning "large farm". From mikill "large" and bólstaðr "farm".

Myllymäki Finnish
Combination of Finnish mylly "mill" and mäki "hill, slope".

Mynsky Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Minsky.

Myose Japanese

Myre Norwegian
Variant of Myhre.

Myrlie English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Norwegian myr "bog, marsh, swamp" and li "slope, hillside, mountainside" (see hlíð).

Mytych Polish (Anglicized, Modern)

Nabaskoze Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Navarrese municipality.

Nabatame Japanese
From 生 meaning "to live, raw", 天 meaning "heaven, sky", and 目 meaning "eyes".

Nabe Japanese
Possibly from 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron".

Nabeshima Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Nabeta Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, pan, kettle", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field, rice paddy".

Nabeya Japanese
From 鍋 (nabe) meaning "pot, kettle, cauldron" and 谷 (tani, ya, gaya, gai) meaning "valley".

Nada Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Nadolny Polish, Jewish, Sorbian
Topographic name from Polish nadól, Sorbian nadol "downwards", denoting someone who lived lower down in a village on a slope, or on relatively low-lying ground.

Nadori Moroccan
Habitational name from the Rifian city or province of Nador. A famous bearer is singer Rachid Nadori.

Naegi Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 苗木 with 苗 (byou, myou, nae, nawa-) meaning "sapling, seedling, shoot" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [more]

Naga Japanese

Nagabara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

Nagada Japanese

Nagae Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga 3) meaning "long, chief" or 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, river, inlet".

Nagagai Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagagawa Japanese
Variant of Nagakawa.

Nagagaya Japanese (Rare)
A form of Nagatani.

Nagahama Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Nagahara Japanese

Nagai Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Nagaito Japanese

Nagajima Japanese
Variant of Nagashima.

Nagakawa Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and kawa means "river, stream".

Nagamatsu Japanese
This surname is used as 永松, 長松 or 永末 with 永 (ei, naga.i) meaning "eternity, lengthy, long," 長 (chou, osa, naga.i) meaning "leader, long," 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, end, posterity, powder, tip."

Nagami Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and mi means "view, perspective".

Nagamizu Japanese

Nagamori Japanese
Naga means "long, chief" and mori means "forest".

Nagano Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Naganuma Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".

Nagao Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "head, leader, chief, long" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot of a mountain, end".

Nagaoka Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Nagara Japanese

Nagare Japanese
From 流 (nagare, nagaru, ryuu) meaning "flow, current, stream".

Nagasaka Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 坂 or 阪 (saka) meaning "slope".

Nagasaku Japanese

Nagasato Japanese

Nagase Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and se means "current, ripple".

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Nagase Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Nagashima Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Nagasu Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 洲 (su) meaning "continent".

Nagata Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" or 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nagatani Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and tani means "valley".

Nagato Japanese (Rare)
There might be different readings, but one is Naga meaning "chief" and to meaning "gate".... [more]

Nagatomi Japanese
From Japanese 永 (naga) meaning "eternity" or 長 (naga) meaning "superior", combined with 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth" or 冨 (tomi) with the same meaning.

Nagawara Japanese
Variant of Nagahara.

Nagaya Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "long" and 屋 (ya) meaning "roof, dwelling".

Nagazaki Japanese
Variant of Nagasaki.

Nagazato Japanese
Variant of Nagasato.

Nagazawa Japanese
Variant of Nagasawa.

Nagórny Russian, Polish, Ukrainian
Place name for someone from multiple cites of Russia named Nagornoye and Nagorny, itself derived from the The prefix Nagorno- that derives from the Russian attributive adjective nagorny (нагорный), which means "highland".

Nagornykh Russian
From Russian на горе (na gore), meaning "on the mountain".

Nagumo Japanese

Naguro Japanese
Variant of Nakuro.

Naiki Japanese
From 内 (nai) meaning "inside" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Nailsea English
From a town called Nailsea in North Somerset, England. Derived from Old English elements nægel meaning "nail," and sæ meaning "sea."

Nainggolan Batak
From the name of a village located on the island of Samosir in Lake Toba (itself on the island of Sumatra).

Nairn Scottish
Means "person from Nairn", Highland region ("(place at the mouth of the river) Nairn", a Celtic river-name perhaps meaning "penetrating one").

Naitana Italian, Sardinian
Probably from the name of a disappeared village, itself derived from Latin navita "sailor, navigator".

Naito Japanese
内 (Nai) means "inside" and 藤 (to) means "wisteria".

Naito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 内藤 (see Naitō).

Naitō Japanese
From Japanese 内 (nai) meaning "inside" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

Naitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Naitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Naito.

Najada Arabic
Najd, location in KSA

Najafi Persian
Indicated a person from the city of Najaf in Iraq, derived from Arabic نجف (najafa) meaning "elevated place".

Najar Spanish
Spanish: Most Probably A Habitational Name From Najar Alicante. Alternatively It May Be An Occupational Name For A Carpenter Of Arabic Origin

Nájera Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.

Najima Japanese

Nakada Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Nakafuji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and fuji means "wisteria".

Nakagai Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakagame Japanese
仲 (Naka) means "relation" and game is a variation of 亀 (kame), which means "turtle, tortoise".

Nakagata Japanese
Variant of Nakakata.

Nakagawara Japanese

Nakagaya Japanese
Variant of Nakatani.

Nakagiri Japanese
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia".

Nakago Japanese

Nakahama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Nakahata Japanese

Nakahayashi Japanese
Naka means "middle" and hayashi means "forest, grove".

Nakai Punjabi
This surname originates from the Punjab. It is a sub-cast of Sandhu Jats and are descendants of Nakai Misl, a principality of the Sikh Empire from 1748 to 1810.

Nakaima Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ima means "now, present".

Nakaji Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ji means "soil, ground".

Nakajo Japanese
From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 条 (jo) meaning "article, strips" or 城 (jo) meaning "castle".

Nakaki Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ki means "tree, wood".

Nakama Japanese
Naka means "middle" and ma can mean "pause" or "genuine, true real".

Nakamatsu Japanese
This surname combines 中 (chuu, ata.ru, uchi, naka) meaning "centre, in(side), mean (not as in the way a person acts), middle" or 仲 (chuu, naka) meaning "go-between, relationship" with 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree." One bearer of this surname is inventor Yoshirō Nakamatsu (中松 義郎), also known as Dr... [more]