MizutamaJapanese From Japanese 水 (mizu) meaning "water" combined with 玉 (tama) meaning "jewel, ball". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
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".
MohajeriPersian Derived from Persian مهاجر (mohajer) meaning "emigrant", ultimately of Arabic origin.
MolinaroItalian Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian mulino meaning "mill".
MomoharaJapanese From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain"
MomonoeJapanese (Rare) Combination of 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" and 枝 (e), shortened from eda meaning "branch, bough," sandwiched by the genitive particle の (no) which is not shown in this instance.... [more]
MomosakiJapanese Momo can mean "peach" or "hundred" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
MomozakiJapanese From Japanese 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 崎 (zaki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
MontenegroSpanish, Portuguese Habitational name for someone originally from any of the various locations in Spain and Portugal named Montenegro, from Spanish and Portuguese monte meaning "mountain, hill" and negro meaning "black".
MontevirgenSpanish (Philippines) From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Montevirgen, meaning "Our Lady of Mount Virgin," dedicated at the Convento de Montevirgen (Convent of Mount Virgin) in the municipality of Villalba de los Barros, located in Extremadura's Badajoz province in western Spain.
MontpelierEnglish, French English and French variant of Montpellier. This is the name of several places in the United States, for example the capital city of the state of Vermont, which was named after the French city of Montpellier.
MukaichiJapanese From 向 (muka) meaning "towards", 井 (i) meaning "mineshaft, well, pit", and 地 (chi) meaning "earth, ground, land, destinations".... [more]
MukhopadhyayBengali From Sanskrit मुख्य (mukhya) meaning "chief" and उपाध्याय (upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor, priest".
MukushinaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 無垢 (muku) meaning "spiritual purity; freedom from desire or aversion" and 品 (shina), a clipping of 九品 (kokonoshina) meaning "the 9 Stages in Life (in Buddhism)".
MulimbayanTagalog From Tagalog muling bayan meaning "recovered town".
MüllerleileGerman Derived from Middle High German mülnære, müller meaning "miller" (see Müller), and the German given names Lawlin, Lauwelin and Lawelin, medieval diminutives of Nikolaus.
MultatuliDutch From the Latin phrase multa tulī meaning "I have suffered much" or "I have borne much". This was the pen name of the Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), who wrote Max Havelaar, which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies, now called Indonesia... [more]
MunakataJapanese From Japanese 宗 (mune) meaning "religion, doctrine, creed" and 像 (kata) meaning "figure, image, form".
MunekawaJapanese From 宗 (mune) meaning "origin, religion, sect" and 川 (kawa) means "stream, river".
MurakamiJapanese 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."
NagakawaJapanese Naga means "long, chief" and kawa means "river, stream".
NagamatsuJapanese 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."
NagamoriJapanese Naga means "long, chief" and mori means "forest".
NaganawaJapanese From 長 (naga) meaning "long, chief", 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" and 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony".
NagataniJapanese Naga means "chief, long" and tani means "valley".
NagavekarIndian Of Indian origin, specifically from the Konkan region of Maharashtra. The name is derived from the words "nagav" which means cobra and "kar" meaning owner, thus Nagavekar means "owner of cobras" in English... [more]
NagayamaJapanese From Japanese 永 (nagai) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy" or 長 (nagai) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
NakagiriJapanese From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia".
NakahamaJapanese Naka means "middle" and hama means "beach, seashore".
NakaimaJapanese Naka means "middle" and ima means "now, present".
NakamatsuJapanese 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]
NakamineJapanese From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit".
NakamotoJapanese From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
NakamuroJapanese From 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 室 (muro) meaning "room, chamber".
NakanishiJapanese From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship, terms" and 西 (nishi) meaning "west".
NakaokaJapanese From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
NakaradaNorwegian From the Norwegian composer Alexander Nakarada, who is the founder of SerpentSound Studios. His main focus is to make it easier for all creative people around the globe to get good music for their work.
NakasakiJapanese Naka means "middle" and saki means "cape, peninsula, promontory".
NakasatoJapanese From Japanese 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship" and 里 (sato) meaning "village".
NakasoneJapanese Combination of the kanji 中 (naka, "middle"), 曽 (so, of uncertain meaning) and 根 (ne, "root"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘; 1918–2019).
NakataniJapanese From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
NakatsukaJapanese From Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".
NakauchiJapanese From the Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) meaning "relationship, relations" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside."
NakayamaJapanese From the Japanese 中 (naka) meaning "middle" or 仲 (naka) "relationship, relations" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
NascimentoPortuguese (Brazilian) Means "birth, nativity" in Portuguese, from Late Latin nascimentum, a derivative of Latin nasci "to be born". This was originally a religious byname. It was also an epithet of the Virgin Mary (Maria do Nascimento), and was used as a given name for children born on Christmas.
NasukawaJapanese From 那 (na) meaning "what", 須 (su) meaning "mandatory, necessary, moment", and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
NasutionBatak From Mandailing Nan Sakti On or Na Sakti On meaning "the magic one", itself from sakti meaning "mystical, magical" (ultimately of Sanskrit origin). This was a nickname of legendary Mandailing ruler Si Baroar Nan Sakti.
NavarreteSpanish From the town of Navarrete in La Rioja, Spain, meaning "the mountain pass of the Navarrans" or "dun mountain pass". It became particularly popular in the province of Jaen through the Castillian conquest of Baeza.
NinomiyaJapanese From Japanese 二 (ni) meaning "two", ノ (no), a possessive marker, and 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".
NireharaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 楡原 (Nirehara), an variant reading of 楡原 (Nirebara) meaning "Nirebara", a former large village in the district of Koshi in the former Japanese province of Echigo in parts of present-day Niigata, Japan or an area in the same place, in the city of Nagaoka in the prefecture of Niigata in Japan.
NishiyasuJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium". The fact that it is homographic as Japanese 西安 (Shīan) meaning "Xi'an", a city in Shaanxi, China, is coincidental.
NovoselićCroatian Derived from nov, meaning "new", and selo, meaning "village", so the possible meaning is "the one who's new to the village".... [more]
ObolenskyRussian Indicates familial origin within the village of Obolensk in the Kaluga Oblast, Russia. This was the name of a Russian aristocrat family of the Rurik Dynasty.
OchiaiJapanese From Japanese 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 合 (ai) meaning "fit, suit, join".
OchitaniJapanese From 落 (ochi) meaning "fall, leave behind, drop" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
OdoemeneNigerian Odoemene roots from Nigeria. It has branched onward to America, and multiple other countries. It literally means 'yellow reluctance' in Igbo.
OgiharaJapanese Ogi means "reed, rush" and hara means "field, plain".
OgiwaraJapanese From Japanese 荻 (ogi) meaning "reed, rush" and 原 (wara) meaning "field".
OgnissantiItalian Means "all saints" in Italian, either from the devotional name given to children born on All Saints’ Day, or from any of several locations named as such.
OikawaJapanese From Japanese 及 (oi) meaning "reach out, exert, cause" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
OikonomosGreek Means "housekeeper, steward" from the Greek word οἰκόνομος (oikonomos), derived from οἶκος (oikos) "house, household" and νόμος (nomos) "law, custom"... [more]