Submitted Surnames with 2 Syllables

Matar Various
Means "rain" in Hebrew and Arabic.

Mateen Arabic, Urdu
Derived from the given name Matin.

Mathew Indian (Christian)
Named based of off a Biblical character named St. Matthew. The way the name is pronounced as a first name in the native language is different. However, the last name "Mathew" is pronounced the same.

Matin Arabic, Bengali, Persian
Derived from the given name Matin.

Matsu Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Mattes German
Variant of Matthias

Matthau German
Derived from the given name Matthias. This name was borne by the American actor Walter Matthau (1920-2000).

Matthes German
From German given name Matthias.

Matthieu French
From the given name Matthieu.

Matthijs Dutch
From the given name Matthijs.

Mátyás Hungarian
From the given name Mátyás.

Mauri Italian, Catalan
From the given name Mauro.

Mauris English
This surname may be a variant of Maurice.

Mauro Italian
From the given name Mauro.

Mavros Greek
Means "black, dark" in Greek, originally used as a nickname for a person with a dark complexion.

Maxfield English
Habitational name from places so named in England.

Maxim Romanian
From the given name Maxim.

Maxson Popular Culture, English
Means son of Max. This is the surname of the hereditary leaders of the Brotherhood of Steel in the popular Fallout game. The first bearer of the name was Captain Roger Maxson, who founded the BOS, with the most recent bearer being Arthur Maxson, the current leader of the BOS in Fallout 4.

Maxton English
From a place name meaning "Maccus' settlement".

Mayhew English
Mayhew is an Old French variant of Matthew and means "gift of God."

Mayor English, Spanish, Catalan
English variant of Mayer 3 and Catalan variant of Major. Either a nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from mayor "older", from Latin maior (natus), literally "greater (by birth)"... [more]

McCleese Scottish, Irish, English
Variant of Mcleish.

Mccloud Scottish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of McLeod. The spelling was likely altered to associate it with the English word cloud. A notable fictional bearer was Fox McCloud, the main character in the StarFox video game series, including 1997's StarFox 64 for the Nintendo 64.

Mcmath Scottish, English
Means "son of Math".

Mcminn English (British), Scottish
Meaning "Son of" Minn"".

McMunn Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Mhunna meaning "son of the servant of Munn".

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).

Meanswell Popular Culture
Simply the English words "means well". This is the surname of the main protagonist of LazyTown, Stephanie Meanswell, as well as her uncle, Mayor Milford Meanswell.

Medcalf English (British)
Variant spelling of Metcalfe.

Medhat Arabic
Derived from the given name Midhat.

Meelarp Thai

Meester Dutch, Flemish, German
Occupational name for a teacher, lecturer or a master craftsman, or a nickname for someone who had a bossy demeanor, derived from Dutch meester meaning "master". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actress, singer and model Leighton Meester (1986-).

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

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

Mehmet Turkish, Uyghur
From the given name Mehmet.

Mehta Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi
Derived from Sanskrit महित (mahita) meaning "honoured, worshipped, esteemed".

Meinhard German
From the given name Meinhard

Meinhart German
From the given name Meinhard

Meiron Hebrew
From the given name Miron 2.

Melby Norwegian
Modern form of Meðalbýr meaning "middle farm", a combination of Old Norse meðal "middle" and býr "farm".

Meldau English

Melin Swedish
From any place name named with the element mel- "middle".

Melker Dutch, Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans
Derived from Dutch melker "milker (one who milks)". In some cases, however, it can also be derived from the given name Melchior.

Mel'nik Russian, Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Melnik.

Meltzer German
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a maltster, a brewer who used malt, from German Meltzer (an agent derivative of Middle High German malt ‘malt’, ‘germinated barley’), Yiddish meltser ‘maltster’... [more]

Melyn Welsh
Means "yellow" in Welsh.

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.

Mencke German
Variant of Menke

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

Menis Late Roman

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

Menon Malayalam
Means "accountant" in Malayalam, itself derived from the title മേലവൻ (melavan) meaning "overseer, boss, exalted one", from മേല (mel) meaning "top, above, high" and the third person pronoun അവൻ (avan) meaning "he".

Mensah Western African, Akan
Means "third-born son" in Akan.

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

Menzie Scottish
Menzie (originally spelled Menȝie) derives from the surname Menzies, which in turn derives from the Norman commune Mesnières (known as Maneria in the 1300s)... [more]

Menzies Scottish
Variant of Menzie.

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

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).

Méri Hungarian
Meaning as of yet unknown. It might possibly be a variant of Mérő (or vice versa).

Meri Estonian, Finnish
Means "sea" in both Estonian and Finnish.

Merill English

Merrix Welsh
Variant of Merricks.

Merton English
From a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.

Mervin Welsh, English
From the given name Mervin

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

Mesa Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain called Mesa meaning "table" or "mesa" in Spanish (referring to a flat area of land).

Meşe Turkish
Means "oak" in Turkish.

Mesmer German
Occupational name for a maker of knives from Middle High German messer meaning "knife". A famous bearer was Franz Mesmer (1734-1815), a German doctor known for his theory of "animal magnetism", which was eventually incorporated into the field of hypnosis.

Messi Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly from Italian messi meaning "messengers". Aamous bearer of this surname is Lionel Messi (born 1987-), an Argentinian footballer of Italian descent.

Messing German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German messinc meaning "brass", referring to a person who makes or repairs brass objects. A famous bearer is American actress Debra Messing (1968-).

Metla Russian
Derived from Russian метла (metla) meaning "broom, besom".

Metsä Finnish
Means “forest” in Finnish.

Meza Spanish
Older variant of Mesa.

Mézec Breton
Mézec derives from mezeg which means physician in Breton

Miah Bengali (Muslim)
Derived from a Bengali word meaning "gentleman".

Mian Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Sindhi
From an honorific title used on the Indian subcontinent meaning "lord, master, sir" or "prince", derived from Persian میان (miyan) meaning "middle, centre, between".

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

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

Millet French, Catalan
metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of millet or panic grass or a topographic name for someone who lived by a field of millet from French and Catalan millet (from Latin milietum a derivative of milium in Old French mil "millet").

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.

Mişär Tatar
Means "story" in Tatar.

Mishal Arabic
From the given name Mishal.

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.

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

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

Mouton French
Nickname from Old French mouton "sheep" used for a docile mild-mannered person for someone easily led or perhaps for a curly-haired man... [more]

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.

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

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.

Nako Japanese
From 名 (na) meaning "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" and 幸 (ko) meaning "happiness, blessing, fortune".

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.

Naser Arabic
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
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