Submitted Surnames with 2 Syllables

Mickley English
It comes the French name Michelet, which comes from the name Michael, as in the angel. ... [more]

Mida Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Midler English
Nickname for a person who causes trouble or meddles in the affairs of others, derived from Middle English medeler meaning "meddler, troublemaker, one who interferes". This name is borne by the American singer, actress and comedienne Bette Midler (1945-).

Mido Japanese

Midoh Japanese

Midou Japanese

Mier Spanish, English (American)
As a Spanish name relates to late summer and means "harvest" or "ripened".... [more]

Mihok Slovak
From Mihaly.

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

Miki Japanese
Miki means "three" and ki means "tree". ... [more]

Miki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Miklós Hungarian
From the given name Miklós.

Milán Spanish
Spanish form of Milan.

Milan Italian, French
Habitational name from the Italian city of Milan (see Milano).

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’.

Milbourne English
Variant form of Milburn.

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

Millerd English

Millin English (British, ?)
Originated as Miller or McMillan

Miłosz Polish
From the given name Miłosz.

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This surname is used as 岑, 峯, 峰, 嶺, 三根, 美根, 美祢, 美禰 or 見根 with 岑 (gin, shin, mine), an outdated character meaning "mountaintop, peak," 峯/峰 (hou, ne, mine) meaning "peak, summit," 嶺 (ryou, rei, mine) meaning with the same meaning as 峯/峰, 三 (san, zou, mi,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]

Minin m Russian

Mio Japanese
From 三 (mi, mitsu, ji) meaning "three" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail".

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

Mircea Romanian
From the given name Mircea.

Mirschel Yiddish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German variant of Herschel.

Mirza Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Mirza.

Miso Japanese (Rare)
Miso is made up of two symbols literally referring to "miso soup". Approximately less than 140 people in Japan possess this last name.

Mistry English
Influenced by the English word mystery meaning unknown.

Mita Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Mitag Croatian
From german Mittag, redacted during WWII.

Mito Japanese

Mitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mito.

Mitra Indian, Bengali
From the given name Mitra 1.

Mittal Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Possibly derived from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra) meaning "friend".

Miwa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 輪 (wa) meaning "wheel, ring, circle".

Miwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

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

Miya Japanese
From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Miyan Indian (Muslim), Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Urdu میاں or Bengali মিয়ান (see Mian).

Moberg Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and berg "mountain". A notable bearer was Swedish author and playwright Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973).

Mockler English, Irish
Might derived from Gaelic names Ó Mochlair or Mac Mochlair, where moch means "swift."

Modén Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius "descendant of". It could also be a variant of Modig.

Modig Swedish
Means "brave" in Swedish.

Modin Swedish
Variant of Modén.

Modrić Croatian
Derived from Croatian mȍdar meaning "blue", most likely used to refer to a person who wore blue clothes. It can also be a habitational name for someone from any of the various places called Modrić, Modrič, Modrići, Modrića, Modruš or Modřice in Croatia... [more]

Mogi Japanese
From 茂 (mo) meaning "lush" and 木 (gi) meaning "tree, wood".... [more]

Mogren Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and gren "branch".

Mohler German (Swiss)
Derived from the Low German word möhl, meaning "mill." Variant of Müller.

Mohlin Swedish
Variant of Molin.

Mohsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin.

Moïse French
From the given name Moïse.

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

Mokhtar Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

Moksri Isan

Molin Swedish
Combination of Swedish mo "sandy heath" and the common surname suffix -in.

Molzen Danish

Momii Japanese

Monceaux English (?)

Monden Japanese
Possibly from 門 (kado, mon) meaning "gate, doorway, entrance" and 田 (ta, den) meaning "rice paddy, field."

Moneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Monford English

Monir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Monir Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali
Derived from the given name Munir.

Moniz Portuguese
Means "son of Munho".

Monma Japanese
From Japanese 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door" and 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Monteith Scottish
From the name of the district of Menteith in south Perthshire, Scotland, derived from Gaelic monadh meaning "hill pasture" combined with the Scottish river name Teith. A famous bearer was the Canadian actor and musician Cory Monteith (1982-2013), who played Finn Hudson on the American television series Glee (2009-2015).

Montez American (Hispanic), Portuguese, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Montes.

Montford English
As a Shropshire name believed to mean "from a communal ford or water crossing" while the Norfolk origin is "from Munda's ford," Munda being an old English personal name meaning "protector, guardian," as seen in names such as Edmund.

Montiel Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Moody English, Irish
Either from Middle English modie "angry, haughty, impetuous", or Old English modig "brave, proud".

Moorhouse English (British)
This derives from the surname Morehouse, with Old English mōr meaning "marsh", "fen" + hūs meaning "house".... [more]

Moosa Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Morad Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Morad.

Morag Hebrew
Means "threshing sledge", "flail" in Hebrew. Morag is a hand-held threshing tool.

Moran Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From the given name Moran.

More Indian, Marathi
Derived from Marathi मोर (mor) meaning "peacock", ultimately from Sanskrit मयूर (mayura).

Morgans English, Irish
Variation of Morgan.

Móric Hungarian
From the given name Móric.

Morii Japanese
Mori means "forest" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Moritz French, German

Morshed Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Morshed.

Mosa Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Sindhi, Dhivehi
From the given name Musa.

Mosby English

Moseby English

Moshe Hebrew
From the given name Moshe.

Mota American
Surname of YouTuber and Dancing with the Stars competitor Bethany Mota.

Motley English
This surname may come from a nickname for someone wearing parti-coloured clothes (from Anglo-French motteley, which may come from Old English mot meaning "speck").

Moufflet French

Moulton English
Derived from various places with the same name, for example in the counties of Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk and North Yorkshire in England. It is either derived from the Old English given name Mūla, the Old Norse name Múli or Old English mūl meaning "mule" and tun meaning "enclosure, yard, town".

Mounir Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Munir.

Mourad Arabic
From the given name Murad.

Mousa Arabic
From the given name Musa.

Moussa Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Musa.

Mouter English

Mozart German
The surname was first recorded in the 14th century as Mozahrt, and later as Motzhardt in Germany. It is a compound word, the first part of which is Middle High German mos, also spelt mosz, and meaning “bog, marsh” in southern dialects (compare modern German Moos)... [more]

Muangkhot Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เมืองโคตร (see Mueangkhot).

Muangkot Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai เมืองโคตร (see Mueangkhot).

Muchtar Hebrew
Means "crowned" from Hebrew כֶּתֶר keter meaning "crown".

Mudgett English
Derived from a pet form of Mudge.

Mueangkhot Thai
From Thai เมือง (mueang) meaning "city, town" and โคตร (khot) meaning "ancestry, clan, family".

Mufleh Arabic
From the given name Mufleh.

Muha English (?)

Muha Czech
Form of Mucha, from Czech "Moucha," meaning housefly.

Muhi Tagalog
Means "hatred" in Tagalog.

Muhsen Arabic
From the given name Muhsin

Muhsin Arabic, Turkish
From the given name Muhsin

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".

Mukhin Russian
From Russian муха (mukha) meaning "fly".

Mukhtar Arabic
From the given name Mukhtar.

Mumford English (?)
No available.

Mumin Arabic
Derived from the given name Mumin.

Mumphery English
Variant spelling of Mumphrey.

Mumphrey English
Variant spelling of the surname Humphrey.

Muneer Arabic
From the given name Munir

Munhoz Portuguese
Portuguese form of Muñoz.

Munich German
From the lower German word for monk, most likely first used as a surname for a former member of a monastery.

Munir Arabic
From the given name Munir

Munshi Urdu, Bengali
Derived from Persian منشی (monshi) meaning "secretary, teacher, writer", ultimately of Arabic origin.

Mura Japanese
Mura means "village, hamlet".

Murad Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Murad.

Murkey English (American)

Murland Irish
Murland is an Irish surname, which according to MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland is MacMurghalain in Gaelic, ultimately deriving from words meaning "sea" and "valor".

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

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

Mushtaq Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Mushtaq.

Musleh Arabic
Derived from the given name Muslih.

Muslim Arabic
From the given name Muslim.

Mussard French
French cognate of Mussett.

Mussert Dutch
Dutch cognate of Mussett. This name was borne by the infamous Nazi politician Anton Mussert (1894-1946), the leader of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) during World War II.

Mussett English
Nickname for a foolish or dreamy person, derived from Middle English musard meaning "absent-minded, stupid", ultimately from Old French musart, musarde meaning "confused".

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

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

Mutlu Turkish
Means "happy, glad" in Turkish.

Mutoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutou Japanese
Variant transcription of Mutō.

Mutsu Japanese (Rare)
Similar to Mutsumi, Mutsu means "order".

Myōchin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 明珍 (myōchin), the 2 characters used in 明らかに珍しい (akiraka ni mezurashii) meaning "evidently rare". This is from the event in the Heian Period, of an armorer who created an armor that was then praised by Emperor Konoe... [more]

Myochin Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 明珍 or 明珎 (see Myōchin).

Myōi Japanese
Variant reading of Nai.

Myoi Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.

Myose Japanese

Myotte English

Myoui Japanese
Variant transcription of Myōi.

Myre Norwegian
Variant of Myhre.

Nabeel Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nabil.

Nabi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Nabi.

Nabil Arabic
From the given name Nabil.

Nabors English
Variant of Neighbor

Nacache Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Nakache.

Naccache Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Nakache.

Nachtmann German, Jewish
Derived from German nacht "night" and mann, referring to a night watchman. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Naczyk Polish
From Naczyk, a diminutive of a given name beginning with Naczę such as Naczęsław or Naczęmir.

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

Nadeem Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadim.

Nader Arabic
From the given name Nadir.

Nadim Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nadim.

Nadir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Nadir.

Naeem Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Na'im.

Naga Japanese, Okinawan
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 奈賀 or 名嘉 (see Naka).

Nagib Arabic
Derived from the given name Najib.

Nagoy Russian
Derived from Russian нагой (nagoy) meaning "nude, naked, bare".

Naguib Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Najib. Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984) was the first president of Egypt.

Nahir Hebrew

Nai Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, famous; reputation" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

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

Naim Arabic, Bengali
From the given name Na'im.

Najeeb Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Najib.

Naji Arabic, Persian
Derived from the given name Naaji.

Naka Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle; center". It is a reference to an event in the Northern and Southern Courts Period, of 3 sons of Takase who became heroes for the south. The emperor of Japan awarded each of the sons a new surname; Oku for the eldest son, Naka for the middle son, and Kuchi for the youngest son.... [more]

Naka Japanese
From Japanese 那珂 (Naka) meaning "Naka", a district in the former Japanese province of Hitachi in parts of present-day Ibaraki, Japan.

Nakache Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic نقاش (naqqash) meaning "engraver, inscriber, sculptor".

Nakkache Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Nakache.

Namba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nambu Japanese

Namdar Persian
Means "famous, celebrated" in Persian.

Namkoong Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 남궁 (see Namgung).

Namwong Thai
From Thai นาม (nam) meaning "name, title" and วงศ์ or วงษ์ (wong) meaning "lineage, family, dynasty".

Nanba Japanese
From 難 (nan, nam) meaning "difficulties, flame, shortage, poorly" and 波 (ba, nami) meaning "wave, surf".

Nani Japanese (Rare)
Means "what" in Japanese.

Nanjo Japanese
From 南 (nan, minami) meaning "south" and 城 (jo, shiro) meaning "castle". Other kanji are possible.

Nanke Japanese
From 南 (nan, minami) meaning "south" and 家 (ke, ie) meaning "home, house residence".

Napso Circassian (Russified)
Means "whole-eyed", derived from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning "eye" and псэу (psăw) "health, alive" or "whole, all, complete".

Naptsok Circassian
Circassian name derived from Adyghe напцэ (nāpcă) meaning “eyelash, eyebrow”.

Naqqache Arabic (Mashriqi)
Occupational name meaning "engraver, carver" in Arabic. It is usually found in Lebanon. A famous bearer was the Lebanese president and prime minister Alfred Naqqache (1888-1978), also called Alfred Naccache.

Nara Japanese
This surname is used as 楢, 奈良 or 那良 with 楢 (shuu, yuu, nara) meaning "oak", 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "Nara, what?", 那 (na, da, nani, nanzo, ikan) meaning "what?" and 良 (ryou, i.i, -i.i, yo.i, -yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]

Narak Thai
Means "cute, lovely, pretty" in Thai.

Narcisse French
From the given name Narcisse.

Naru Japanese
The meaning of the name Naru is ''become''

Nase Japanese

Naseeb Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Nasib.

Naseem Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Naseer Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Nasir.

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

Nash Circassian
Shapsug name derived from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning "eye" combined with щэ (š̍ă) meaning "milk" or "crooked, wry, bent".

Nashkho Circassian
Literally means “blue-eyed” from Adyghe нэ (nă) meaning “eye” combined with шхъуантӏэ (šχ°ānṭă) meaning “blue”.

Nasib Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasib.

Nasim Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Nasim.

Nasir Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Derived from the given name Nasir.

Nasri Arabic, Persian
Derived from Arabic نَصْر (naṣr) meaning “triumph, victory”.

Nassar Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناصر, نصير (see Nasser).

Nassau German, Dutch, Jewish
From the name of the town of Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (formerly the seat of an independent duchy in the 19th century), derived from Old High German naz meaning "damp, wet" and ouwa meaning "water meadow"... [more]

Nasser Arabic
From the given name Nasir.

Nassim Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasim.

Nassir Arabic
Derived from the given name Nasir.

Nasu Japanese
From 奈 (na) meaning "what" and 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, moment, necessary".

Nata Russian
From the given name Nata.

Natan Hebrew
From the given name Natan.

Nathan Jewish, English, French, German, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Nathan.

Natkho Circassian
Shapsug name possibly derived from Adyghe нат (nāt) meaning "Nart" (referring to a Caucasian saga) combined with хъо (χo) meaning "pig".

Naveed Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navid Persian, Arabic
From the given name Navid.

Navon Hebrew
Means "wise, intelligent" in Hebrew. A notable bearer of this surname was Israeli president Yitzhak Navon (1921-2015).

Navone Italian

Nawa Japanese

Nawa Japanese
From Japanese 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 和 (wa) meaning "harmony, peace".

Nawaz Urdu
From the given name Nawaz.

Naya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 納 (see Osame).

Naylor English

Nazaire French
From the given name Nazaire.

Nazem Arabic, Persian
From the given name Nazem.

Nazih Arabic
Derived from the given name Nazih.

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

Nazworth English

Nazzal Arabic
Means "fight, combat, battle" in Arabic.

Ndiaye Western African

N’diaye Western African

Ndreu Albanian
From the given name Ndreu.

Ndzengue Central African (?)
Unknown. One notable bearer of the surname is Fahd Richard Ndzengue Moubeti, a Gabonese professional footballer.

Neagu Romanian
From the given name Neagu.

Nedry English (American)
It was the most popular in the United States in 1897-1990.

Needham English
From a place name derived from Old English ned meaning "need, constraint" and ham meaning "home, estate, settlement".

Negley German (Swiss)
Altered spelling of Swiss German Nägele, Naegeli, or Nägeli, variants of Nagel.

Negru Romanian
Nickname or ethnic name from negru "black" (Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.

Nehru Indian, Hindi
From Sanskrit नहर (nahar, nehar) meaning "canal". This name was borne by Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), the first Prime Minister of India. His earliest recorded ancestor Raj Kaul adopted the name when, upon moving from Kashmir to Delhi, he was granted a jagir (feudal land grant) with a house situated on the banks of a canal... [more]

Neighbor English
From the Middle English word neighbor, derived from neghebour, which in turn comes from the Old English words neah, meaning "near", and gebur, meaning "a dweller". This may have been used as a nickname for someone who was a 'good neighbor', more likely it evolved from the term of address for someone living nearby.

Neisser German
German demonym of the town of Neisse (nowadays Nysa, in Poland), itself from the name of the river Neisse (Nysa) which runs through the city.

Nejad Persian
Means "lineage, race" in Persian (an archaic word), typically used as a suffix for compound surnames.

Neji Japanese (Rare)
This surname is used as 子師, combining 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac)" with 師 (shi, su, nara.u, moromoro) meaning "army, exemplar, expert, master, model, teacher, war."

Nejjar Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجار (see Najjar) chiefly used in Morocco.

Nelsen Danish
Means "son of Nels".

Nelsson Swedish (Rare)
Means "son of Nels".

Nemchik Russian (?), Dutch (?)
Possibly a variant form of Niemczyk.

Nepal Nepali
Name for someone from the village of Nepa in western-central Nepal.

Nerby English, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
From Old Norse neðri "lowest" and býr "farm".

Nerman Swedish
Possibly a combination of Swedish nedre "lower, southern" and man "man".

Nesher Hebrew (Modern)
Means "eagle" in Hebrew.

Nestor Irish
Derived from the surname Mac Girr an Adhastair (sometimes shortened to Mac an Aghastair), meaning "Short man of the halter." The Mac Girr an Adhastair were associated with the local lords, the Ó Lochlainn family.

Netley English
Locative name from Netley Marsh in Eling (Hants), which is recorded as Nateleg in 1248. The place name derives from Old English næt "wet" + lēah "open woodland".

Neubert German
Derived from the German word “neu,” meaning “new,” and the word “Bert,” which is a shortened form of the Germanic given name “Berthold,” meaning “bright ruler.” So, it means “new bright ruler”.

Neuger German, French (?)
Was popularized by the German community. Famous bearers include investors Win Neuger and Dan Neuger, author Christie Cozad Neuger.

Neuser German (Rare)
Person who had ancestors that lived in Germany near Dusseldorf in the town called Neuss.

Newby English
Means "person from Newby", Newby being a combination of the Middle English elements newe "new" and by "farm, settlement" (ultimately from Old Norse býr "farm"). British travel writer Eric Newby (1919-2006) bore this surname.

Newey English
Topographic name for someone who lived at a "new enclosure", from Middle English newe "new" and haga "enclousire".

Nibe Japanese
Variant transcription or reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Ní Bhriain f Irish
Feminine form of Ó Briain.

Nichter German, Yiddish
Possibly means "negator, negate" from Middle High German nicht meaning "not", or "sober", from Middle High German nüchter. Perhaps it originally denoted a person who was a philosopher, judge, or bartender.

Nieddo Italian, Sardinian, Corsican
Variant of Nieddu.

Niemiec Polish
Means "German" in Polish.

Nietzsche German, German (Silesian)
Derived from a Silesian diminutive of the given name Nikolaus. A notable bearer was Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), a German philosopher.

Nihon Japanese (Rare)
Means "Japan" in Japanese, though originally from 日本 (nihon), a clipping of 日本晴れ (nihombare) meaning "no clouds in the sky". It is a reference to an event in the Edo Period, of a weather forecaster who was asked for the weather and answered 日本晴れ... [more]

Niibe Japanese
From Japanese 新 (nii) meaning "new" and 部 (be) meaning "department, division; part".

Niimi Japanese
Nii means "new" and mi means "see, outlook, viewpoint".

Nikbakht Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and بخت (bakht) meaning "fortune, happiness".

Niknam Persian
From Persian نیک (nik) meaning "good" and نام (nam) meaning "name".

Nikolas English, Greek
From the given name Nikolas.

Nikpour Persian
From Persian نیک‌ (nik) meaning "good" and پور (pour) meaning "son, descendant".

Nimitz German
Derived from Russian немчин (nemchin) meaning "German", of Slavic origin. This surname was borne by Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966), a fleet admiral of the United States Navy during World War II.

Nippon Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.

Nishat Arabic, Bengali
Derived from the given name Nishat.

Nishi Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west".

Nishii Japanese
Nishi means "west" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Niska Finnish, Sami
From Finnish niska "neck" (in this case referring to an isthmus).

Nitoh Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.

Nitou Japanese
Variant transcription of Nito.

Niva Sami, Finnish
From Finnish niva "small rapid in a river", ultimately derived from Northern Sami njavvi "small river, small rapid".

Niwa Japanese
Means "garden" in Japanese.

Niwa Japanese
From Japanese 丹 (ni) meaning "cinnabar, red" and 羽 (wa) meaning "feather, plume, wing".

Nizam Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Nizam.

Nkomo Xhosa (Modern, Archaic), Zulu (Modern, Archaic)
Southern African, Nguni Nomadic meaning "Dairy/Milk Cow or Southern African long-horn Cow".

Nobel Swedish
Habitational name from Östra Nöbbelöv in Scania, Southern Sweden. The name was originally spelled Nobelius but was later shortened to Nobel. A famous bearer was Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), a Swedish engineer, chemist, and inventor.

Noblett English
Variant of Noble

Noblitt English
Variant of Noblett

Nocton Irish (Americanized)
Americanized form of the patronymic form of Naughton, further related to Ó Neachtain, meaning "(descendant) of Nechtan" and coming from the Uí Néill clan of Ireland... [more]

Nōda Japanese
Variant of Osame but adding Japanese 田 (da), the joining form of 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, cultivated field", possibly referring to a place with rice paddies or cultivated fields.

Noda Japanese
Combination of the kanji 野 (no, "area, field, hidden part of a structure; wild, rustic") and 田 (ta, "rice paddy, field"). A famous bearer of this surname is Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦; b. 1957).

Noda Japanese
Variant reading or transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Noe Medieval English, Korean
A patronymic form of the biblical male given name Noah from the Hebrew word "noach" meaning long-lived. Possible origins could be ... [more]

Nohda Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 納田 (see Nōda).

Noji Japanese
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 地 (ji) meaning "earth, land, dirt".

Noka Okinawan (Japanized, Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 野底 (see Nosoko).

Nolte German
From a short form of various medieval given names derived from Germanic given names ending with -n and wald meaning "rule", for example Arnold and Reinwald... [more]

Nomi Japanese
From the Japanese possessive particle 乃 (no) and 美 (mi) "beauty."

Noonan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nuanáin (from Irish Gaelic Ó hIonmhaineáin) meaning "descendant of Ionmhaineán", a diminutive of the given name Ionmhain "beloved, dear". ... [more]

Norbert German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak
From the given name Norbert.

Nordahl Norwegian, Swedish
The surname derives from a place name in Sunnmøre, Norway. Meaning from Old Norse norðr ''north'' and dalr ''dale'', ''valley''. In Sweden, this name is mostly ornamental, rather than habitaional.

Nordén Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" and the common surname suffix -én.

Norek Polish, Czech
Derived from nora, meaning "burrow."

Norell Swedish
Combination of Swedish nord "north" or nor "small strait" and the common surname suffix -ell.