Browse Submitted Surnames

Ma'ayan מעין, מעיין Hebrew (Rare)
Means "spring of water" or "fountain" in Hebrew, this is more common as a given name than a surname

Machados Jewish
From the Hebrew name Adam, meaning "man" or "male."

Mackiewicz Jewish

Mackiewitz Jewish

Maddow Jewish
A famous bearer of this surname is Rachel Anne Maddow (Born on April 1, 1973) whose Jewish ancestors came from Russia and Poland but according to today’s borders would be Ukraine and Lithuania. ... [more]

Mahamid Arabic, Jewish

Maikels English (American), Jewish
Variant of Michaels.

Maimon Jewish, Judeo-Arabic
From the given name Maimon or Maimun

Maimonides Jewish (Hellenized), Judeo-Arabic, History
Hellenized form of Ben Maimon. Moses ben Maimon was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher, commonly known as Maimonides.

Maisel Yiddish, German, French
Predominantly seems to be a matronymic surname from the Yiddish feminine name Mayzl. Although it is believed that it derived from the Hebrew name Meïser, which means “representative of God”... [more]

Maitlis Jewish
Means "son of Meytl", a Yiddish female personal name, literally "little Meyte", a Yiddish female personal name derived from Middle High German maget "maid".

Maj Polish, Jewish
Surname adopted with reference to the month of May, Polish maj. Surnames referring to months were sometimes adopted by Jewish converts to Christianity, with reference to the month in which they were baptized or in which the surname was registered.

Makower Jewish

Malach Hebrew, Jewish
From the Hebrew word מלאך (mal'akh) "messenger, angel". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Malachi מַלְאָכִי Hebrew
From the given name Malachi.

Malamed Hebrew
Variant of Melamed.

Malamud Jewish
Variant of Melamed.

Malka מלכה Hebrew
Means "queen" in Hebrew.

Malyar מליאר Ukrainian, Jewish (Ashkenazi, ?)
Means "painter" in Ukrainian.

Man English, Dutch, Yiddish
Variant of Mann.

Mandel Jewish

Mandelman Hebrew

Manheim German, Jewish
Habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany (formerly the residence of the electors Palatine) so named from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann ) annd Old High German heim "homestead"... [more]

Manishewitz Jewish

Maniski Jewish

Mankiewicz Polish, Jewish
From the given name Maniek, a diminutive of Marian 2 or sometimes Mariusz, or Mańka, a diminutive of Emanuel... [more]

Mannheim German, Jewish
Variant of Manheim. A habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany.

Mannheimer German, Jewish
variant of Mannheim and Manheimer with the German agent suffix -er.

Manny Hebrew

Manor מנור Hebrew
Means "loom" or "weaving" in Hebrew.

Mansberger German, Yiddish, Jewish
Unknown.

Maor מָאוֹר Hebrew
From the given name Maor.

Marcus German, English, Dutch, Irish, Swedish, Danish, French, Jewish
From the given name Marcus. Variant of Marks.

Margalit מרגלית Jewish
Means "pearl" in Hebrew.

Margolies Jewish
variant of Margolis

Margolin מרגולין Jewish
Derived from Hebrew מרגלית (margalit) meaning "pearl".

Margolis מרגוליס Jewish
Derived from Hebrew מרגלית (margalit) meaning "pearl".

Margulis מרגלית Hebrew
Margulis is a surname that is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגלית (Israeli Hebrew /maʁɡaˈlit/), meaning 'pearl,'

Maslov Russian, Jewish
Derived from Russian масло (maslo) meaning "butter", originally used as an occupational name for someone who worked as a dairyman or sold dairy products.

Matan מַתָן Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From the given name Matan which means "gift" or "to give" in Hebrew.

Matana מַתָנָה Hebrew
Literally means "gift" in Hebrew.

Matuk Jewish

Matzliach מצליח Hebrew
Means "successful" in Hebrew.

Mauer German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a wall, from Middle High German mure "wall".

Maya Hebrew
See Maya 3

Mayowski מאיובסקי m Polish, Jewish (Ashkenazi), German, Ukrainian
Habitational name for someone from any of various places called Maków, Makowa, or Makowo, all named with Slavic mak ‘poppy’. This surname is also found in Germany. Compare Makosky and Makowsky.... [more]

Maz Hebrew

Mazer Russian, Yiddish
Variant of Mazur.

Mazliach Hebrew
Variant of Matzliach

Mecklenburg German, Jewish
Regional name for someone from this province in northern Germany. Derived from Old Saxon mikil "big, great" and burg "castle".

Meghnagi Jewish, Northern African
Sephardic Jewish, originating from the Libyan Jewish community. Most were from Tripoli, with a much smaller contingent from Benghazi.

Meiron מירון Hebrew
From the given name Miron 2.

Melamed Hebrew
It means "teacher".

Meller German (Americanized), Danish (Americanized), Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish (Germanized), English
Some characteristic forenames: German Uwe, Alois, Armin, Bernd, Dieter, Erwin, Hartmann, Manfred, Nikolaus, Ute. Jewish Arie, Baruch, Emanuel, Gershon, Moisey, Moshe.... [more]

Mendelson מענדעלסאָן Jewish
Variant of Mendelssohn.

Mendlsan מענדלסאן Yiddish
Yiddish form of Mendelssohn.

Merl Jewish
Jewish (Ashkenazic) metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Merl, a pet form of Hebrew Miryam (see Mirkin).

Merson Jewish
Means "son of Meyer."

Messing מתעסק, מעסינג 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-).

Mezvinsky Jewish (Rare)

Michels English, Jewish
Variant of Michaels.

Mickiewitz Jewish

Mikhailovich Russian, Jewish
Means "son of Mikhail".

Mikhaylovskiy m Russian, Yiddish (Russified)
From the given name Mikhail.

Mikhelashvili מיכלשוילי Georgian, Jewish
Means "son of Mikheil" in Georgian.

Milad Jewish

Milchik Yiddish
From the Yiddish milch, meaning “milk”derived from Old High German. Refers to food containing and/or prepared with dairy products in Ashkenazi Judaism.... [more]

Milfelder Jewish

Milgrom Hebrew

Miliband Jewish
This is the surname of British Labour Party politicians Ed and David Miliband, who are ethnically Jewish.

Milstein Yiddish

Mimouni מימוני Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
From the given name Mimoun.

Mindlin Jewish

Miodownik Polish, Jewish
The literal translation is "honey cake", from the Polish word/root surname miod, meaning "honey." An occupational surname to those in the honey business, mainly beekeepers and bakers.... [more]

Mirkin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Mirke, a pet form of the Biblical Hebrew name Miryam.

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

Mirskiy m Russian, Yiddish (Russified)
Derived from Russian мир (mir), meaning "world" or "peace".

Mishani משעני‎ Hebrew

Mitnick Ukrainian, Jewish
Occupational name from Ukrainian mytnyk, Polish mytnik, which means ‘toll collector’.

Mittleman Jewish
Variant of Mittelman.

Mizrachi מזרחי Hebrew
Variant transcription of Mizrahi.

Mizrahi מזרחי Hebrew
From Hebrew מִזְרָחִי (mizrakhí) meaning "East, eastern".

Mnuchin Jewish

Modena Italian, Judeo-Italian
Italian and Jewish (from Italy) habitational name from the city of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.

Mogilevsky Russian, Jewish (?)
Not available.

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

Mondschein German, 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]

Monoson Jewish

Montefiore Italian, Jewish
Derived from Montefiore, which is the name of several places in Italy. For example, there is Castle Montefiore in the town of Recanati (province of Macerata), the municipality of Montefiore Conca (province of Rimini) and the municipality of Montefiore dell'Aso (province of Ascoli Piceno)... [more]

Mor מור Hebrew (Modern)
From the given name Mor, means "myrrh" in Hebrew.

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

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

Mordechai מָרְדְּכַי Hebrew
From the given name Mordechai.

Morganstern German, Jewish
Variant of Morgenstern.

Morningstar English, Jewish
English transcription of Morgenstern.

Morpurgo מורפורגו‎ 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]

Moscovici Romanian, Moldovan, Jewish
Romanian form of Moskowitz.

Moshe משה Hebrew
From the given name Moshe.

Moskovitz Jewish, Polish

Moskow Jewish
Shortened form of Moskowitz.

Moskowitz Jewish
Germanized form of a patronymic surname formed by adding the Slavic suffix "-ovic" meaning "son of" to a Yiddish transformation (Moshke) of the biblical Hebrew personal Moses ("Mosko" was a Polish pet form of the personal name Moses).

Mossberg Jewish
Combination of Moses and German berg "mountain, hill".

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

Mouchnino Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Almosnino.

Muchnik Russian, Jewish
Jewish name, from the Russian, meaning "flour merchant".

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

Muscat מוסקט German, Jewish
Variant of Muskat.

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

Muskal Jewish, Ukrainian, Polish

Muskat מוסקט German, Jewish
Occupational name for a spice merchant from Middle High German muscāt meaning "nutmeg mace". As a Jewish name however it is mainly ornamental.

Myelin Hebrew