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.
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MayerGermany
Steward, tenant farmer
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MayfieldEngland
Mayweed field
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MayorgaSpain
From Mayorga (Valladolid)
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MazurPoland
Man from Mazovia
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MazurekPoland
Little Mazovian
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MazurkiewiczPoland
"son of Mazurek"
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MazzaItaly
Club, mace
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MazzeiItaly
From Mazzeo, a form of Matteo
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MazziniItaly
Little mace or Tommaso
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MazzolaItaly
Little club
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MazzoniItaly
"club", or from Matteo
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McAdamsIreland
Son of Adam
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McAdooIreland
The son of Cudabh (black hound)
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McAfeeScotland
Son of the dark one of peace
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McAllisterScotland
Son of Alasdair (Alexander)
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McAndrewIreland
The son of Andrew (manly)
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McAndrewsIreland
The son of Andrew (manly)
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McAvoyIreland
The son of the yellow-haired Jad
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McBrideIreland
Son of the devotee of Saint Brigid
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McCabeIreland
Son of Cába ("cape, hood")
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McCaffreyIreland
The son of Godfrey or of Eachmharcach
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McCaheyIreland
The son of the horseman or cavalryman
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McCannIreland
Son of Cana ("wolf cub")
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McCarronIreland
Son of Ciarán
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McCarthyIreland
Son of Cárthach, "loving"
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McCartneyScotland
Son of Artan
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McCauleyIreland
Son of Amhalghadh or Olaf
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McClellanScotland
Son of St Fillan's servant
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McClendonIreland
Mac Glendon / MacClinton
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McCloskeyIreland
The son of Bloscadh
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McCloudScotland
Son of Leod
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McClureScotland
Son of the sallow lad
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McCluskeyIreland
The son of Bloscadh
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McCluskyIreland
The son of Bloscadh
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McCollumScotland
Son of Colum, 'dove'
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McCorkleScotland
The son of Thorketill, a Norse personal name
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McCormackIreland
Son of Cormac
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McCoyIreland
Son of Aodh ("fire")
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McCrackenScotland
Son of Reachtain, 'law'
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McCraryScotland
Son of Ruaidhrí
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McCrayScotland
Son of Craith
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McCurdyScotland
Son of the mariner
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McCutcheonScotland
The son of Hutcheon, a pet form of Hugh
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McDermottIreland
Son of Diarmaid
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McDonaghIreland
Son of Donnchadh ("brown warrior")
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McDonaldScotland
Son of Domhnall ("world ruler")
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McDonnellIreland
Son of Domhnall ("world-mighty")
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McElligottIreland
The son of little Ulick
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McElroyIreland
Son of the red-haired lad
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McEvoyIreland
Son of Fíodhbhuidhe ("woodsman")
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McEwenScotland
The son of Eoghan
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McFaddenNorthern Ireland
Son of little Patrick
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McFarlandNorthern Ireland
Son of Parlan (Bartholomew)
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McGeeIreland
Son of Aodh ("fire")
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McGheeScotland
Son of Aodh
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McGillScotland
Son of the stranger
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McGovernIreland
Son of Samhradhán ("summer")
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McGowanIreland
Son of the smith
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McGrathIreland
Son of Craith
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McGregorScotland
Son of Gregor
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McGrewScotland
An Ulster-Scots form of a Gaelic patronymic
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McGuinnessIreland
Son of Aonghus
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McHughIreland
Son of Aodh ("fire")
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McIntoshScotland
Son of the leader
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McIntyreScotland
Son of the carpenter
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McKayScotland
Son of Aodh (fire)
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McKeeScotland
Son of Aodh
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McKennaIreland
Son of Cionaodh (Kenneth)
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McKenzieScotland
Son of Coinneach (comely)
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McKeownIreland
Son of Eoghan
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McKinleyScotland
Son of Finlay
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McKinneyNorthern Ireland & Scotland
Son of Cionaodh (Kenneth)
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McKinnonScotland
Son of Fhionnghuin
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McKnightScotland
Son of Neachtan
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McLachlanScotland
The son of Lachlan (warlike)
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McLaughlinIreland
Son of Lochlann (Scandinavian)
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McLeanScotland
Son of the servant of St John
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McLennanScotland
The son of the servant of St. Finnian
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McLeodScotland
Son of Leod
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McMahonIreland
Son of Mathúin ("bear")
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McManusIreland
Son of Mánus (Magnus)
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McMasterScotland
The son of the master, a cleric
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McMillanScotland
Son of the tonsured one
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McMullenIreland
Son of the tonsured one
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McMurrayIreland
The son of Muireadhach
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McNabbScotland
The son of the abbot
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McNairScotland
Son of the heir
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McNallyIreland
Son of the poor man
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McNamaraIreland
Son of Cú Mara ("hound of the sea")
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McNaughtonScotland
The son of Neachdain or Neachtan (the pure one)
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McNealScotland
Son of Niall
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McNeelyIreland
Son of the poet
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McNultyIreland
Son of the Ulsterman
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McNuttIreland
The son of Nuadha
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McPhailScotland
The son of Paul (small)
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McPheeScotland
The son of Dubhshithe (the black man of peace)
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McPhersonScotland
Son of the parson
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McQueenScotland
Son of Suibhne, 'pleasant'
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McRaeScotland
Son of grace
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McShaneIreland
The son of Eoin
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McSweeneyIreland
The son of Suibhne (good going)
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McSweenyIreland
The son of Suibhne (good going)
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McSwineyIreland
The son of Suibhne (good going)
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McVeyIreland
From Mac an Bheatha, son of life
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MeadEngland
Dweller by a meadow
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MeadowsEngland
Dweller by the meadows
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MeagherIreland
Descendant of Meachar (hospitable)
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MedeirosPortugal
From Medeiros
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MedellínSpain
From Medellín (Extremadura)
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MedinaSpain
City (Arabic madīna)
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MedleyEngland
From Madeley / middle island
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MedranoSpain
From Medrano
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MeehanIreland
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.