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Surnames Starting with M: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 5)

562 family names beginning with M. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Mayer
    Germany

    Steward, tenant farmer

  • Mayfield
    England

    Mayweed field

  • Mayorga
    Spain

    From Mayorga (Valladolid)

  • Mazur
    Poland

    Man from Mazovia

  • Mazurek
    Poland

    Little Mazovian

  • Mazurkiewicz
    Poland

    "son of Mazurek"

  • Mazza
    Italy

    Club, mace

  • Mazzei
    Italy

    From Mazzeo, a form of Matteo

  • Mazzini
    Italy

    Little mace or Tommaso

  • Mazzola
    Italy

    Little club

  • Mazzoni
    Italy

    "club", or from Matteo

  • McAdams
    Ireland

    Son of Adam

  • McAdoo
    Ireland

    The son of Cudabh (black hound)

  • McAfee
    Scotland

    Son of the dark one of peace

  • McAllister
    Scotland

    Son of Alasdair (Alexander)

  • McAndrew
    Ireland

    The son of Andrew (manly)

  • McAndrews
    Ireland

    The son of Andrew (manly)

  • McAvoy
    Ireland

    The son of the yellow-haired Jad

  • McBride
    Ireland

    Son of the devotee of Saint Brigid

  • McCabe
    Ireland

    Son of Cába ("cape, hood")

  • McCaffrey
    Ireland

    The son of Godfrey or of Eachmharcach

  • McCahey
    Ireland

    The son of the horseman or cavalryman

  • McCann
    Ireland

    Son of Cana ("wolf cub")

  • McCarron
    Ireland

    Son of Ciarán

  • McCarthy
    Ireland

    Son of Cárthach, "loving"

  • McCartney
    Scotland

    Son of Artan

  • McCauley
    Ireland

    Son of Amhalghadh or Olaf

  • McClellan
    Scotland

    Son of St Fillan's servant

  • McClendon
    Ireland

    Mac Glendon / MacClinton

  • McCloskey
    Ireland

    The son of Bloscadh

  • McCloud
    Scotland

    Son of Leod

  • McClure
    Scotland

    Son of the sallow lad

  • McCluskey
    Ireland

    The son of Bloscadh

  • McClusky
    Ireland

    The son of Bloscadh

  • McCollum
    Scotland

    Son of Colum, 'dove'

  • McCorkle
    Scotland

    The son of Thorketill, a Norse personal name

  • McCormack
    Ireland

    Son of Cormac

  • McCoy
    Ireland

    Son of Aodh ("fire")

  • McCracken
    Scotland

    Son of Reachtain, 'law'

  • McCrary
    Scotland

    Son of Ruaidhrí

  • McCray
    Scotland

    Son of Craith

  • McCurdy
    Scotland

    Son of the mariner

  • McCutcheon
    Scotland

    The son of Hutcheon, a pet form of Hugh

  • McDermott
    Ireland

    Son of Diarmaid

  • McDonagh
    Ireland

    Son of Donnchadh ("brown warrior")

  • McDonald
    Scotland

    Son of Domhnall ("world ruler")

  • McDonnell
    Ireland

    Son of Domhnall ("world-mighty")

  • McElligott
    Ireland

    The son of little Ulick

  • McElroy
    Ireland

    Son of the red-haired lad

  • McEvoy
    Ireland

    Son of Fíodhbhuidhe ("woodsman")

  • McEwen
    Scotland

    The son of Eoghan

  • McFadden
    Northern Ireland

    Son of little Patrick

  • McFarland
    Northern Ireland

    Son of Parlan (Bartholomew)

  • McGee
    Ireland

    Son of Aodh ("fire")

  • McGhee
    Scotland

    Son of Aodh

  • McGill
    Scotland

    Son of the stranger

  • McGovern
    Ireland

    Son of Samhradhán ("summer")

  • McGowan
    Ireland

    Son of the smith

  • McGrath
    Ireland

    Son of Craith

  • McGregor
    Scotland

    Son of Gregor

  • McGrew
    Scotland

    An Ulster-Scots form of a Gaelic patronymic

  • McGuinness
    Ireland

    Son of Aonghus

  • McHugh
    Ireland

    Son of Aodh ("fire")

  • McIntosh
    Scotland

    Son of the leader

  • McIntyre
    Scotland

    Son of the carpenter

  • McKay
    Scotland

    Son of Aodh (fire)

  • McKee
    Scotland

    Son of Aodh

  • McKenna
    Ireland

    Son of Cionaodh (Kenneth)

  • McKenzie
    Scotland

    Son of Coinneach (comely)

  • McKeown
    Ireland

    Son of Eoghan

  • McKinley
    Scotland

    Son of Finlay

  • McKinney
    Northern Ireland & Scotland

    Son of Cionaodh (Kenneth)

  • McKinnon
    Scotland

    Son of Fhionnghuin

  • McKnight
    Scotland

    Son of Neachtan

  • McLachlan
    Scotland

    The son of Lachlan (warlike)

  • McLaughlin
    Ireland

    Son of Lochlann (Scandinavian)

  • McLean
    Scotland

    Son of the servant of St John

  • McLennan
    Scotland

    The son of the servant of St. Finnian

  • McLeod
    Scotland

    Son of Leod

  • McMahon
    Ireland

    Son of Mathúin ("bear")

  • McManus
    Ireland

    Son of Mánus (Magnus)

  • McMaster
    Scotland

    The son of the master, a cleric

  • McMillan
    Scotland

    Son of the tonsured one

  • McMullen
    Ireland

    Son of the tonsured one

  • McMurray
    Ireland

    The son of Muireadhach

  • McNabb
    Scotland

    The son of the abbot

  • McNair
    Scotland

    Son of the heir

  • McNally
    Ireland

    Son of the poor man

  • McNamara
    Ireland

    Son of Cú Mara ("hound of the sea")

  • McNaughton
    Scotland

    The son of Neachdain or Neachtan (the pure one)

  • McNeal
    Scotland

    Son of Niall

  • McNeely
    Ireland

    Son of the poet

  • McNulty
    Ireland

    Son of the Ulsterman

  • McNutt
    Ireland

    The son of Nuadha

  • McPhail
    Scotland

    The son of Paul (small)

  • McPhee
    Scotland

    The son of Dubhshithe (the black man of peace)

  • McPherson
    Scotland

    Son of the parson

  • McQueen
    Scotland

    Son of Suibhne, 'pleasant'

  • McRae
    Scotland

    Son of grace

  • McShane
    Ireland

    The son of Eoin

  • McSweeney
    Ireland

    The son of Suibhne (good going)

  • McSweeny
    Ireland

    The son of Suibhne (good going)

  • McSwiney
    Ireland

    The son of Suibhne (good going)

  • McVey
    Ireland

    From Mac an Bheatha, son of life

  • Mead
    England

    Dweller by a meadow

  • Meadows
    England

    Dweller by the meadows

  • Meagher
    Ireland

    Descendant of Meachar (hospitable)

  • Medeiros
    Portugal

    From Medeiros

  • Medellín
    Spain

    From Medellín (Extremadura)

  • Medina
    Spain

    City (Arabic madīna)

  • Medley
    England

    From Madeley / middle island

  • Medrano
    Spain

    From Medrano

  • Meehan
    Ireland

    Little honoured one

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.