Surnames Starting with M: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 4 of 5)

Gentle, humble

Steward, estate manager

Strong and hardy

"from Meireles"

From Meissen

"master craftsman"

"from Mejía" or Messiah

Honey

Son of Melendo

Honey (beekeeper)

"bare hill"

From Melo

Melon, a nickname or grower's name

Middle settlement

From Malleville in Normandy

From Malleville, Normandy

From Mena

Strong and hardy

"son of Mendo"

Son of Mendo / Menendo

Cold mountain

Descendant of Menendo

From Meneses

From Meneses

From the name Hermann

From Mesnières in Normandy

Market

Trader

Merchant, mercer

From Maredudd, great lord

"district steward"

From the name Markward

Merlin falcon

A nickname from merlo, "blackbird"

From Muriel

A cheerful or pleasant person

Boundary gate

A gay, blithe or agreeable person

A gay, blithe or agreeable person

A gay, blithe or agreeable person

A South German familiar form of Martin

A descendant of Mertin or Martinus

A descendant of Mertz

A descendant of Mertz

Plateau

"mosque"

Someone who carried communications

Knife maker

From Messina

Someone who carried communications

Fattened calf

Meat calf

From Metz, or from Mechthild

Butcher

Miller

Steward or tenant farmer

Flat-topped hill

From Micheli, a southern form of Michele

Son of Michał (Michael)

"son of Michał"

From Michał's place

Little Michel

"Who is like God?" (Hebrew)

Big clearing

Someone from Middendorf, middle village

Middle settlement

Son of the miller

A Slavic-influenced pet form of a personal name

A descendant of Mika, a short personal name

Son of Mikołaj, Nicholas

From Mikołajewo

A nickname for a small person

A form of Nicholas

From Milan

Someone from Milan

Someone from Milazzo in Sicily

From the personal name Milo

From Milewo

Someone who came from Malham (stony place) in Yorkshire

Independent German and Polish surname explanations

A Slavic personal-name or affectionate nickname

Mill keeper

Grain miller

Millet grain

Dweller by the mills

Miller

Middle farm or mill farm

From Mimms

Little Mino

A descendant of Minnich, a contracted form of Dominicus (Sunday child)

Miner, or younger

A worker who made coins

Mountain farm

A descendant of Magino

A descendant of Magino

"lookout place"

Of Mirel / Mireles

From Michael, "who is like God?"

The son of Mick

Possibly a personal-name or place-name form

Miller's

A place name connected with a millstone

Clearing by a meeting place

Mock / Mok

From Modica

From the larch woods

Miller

Long plain

A descendant of Mogg, a pet form of Margaret (pearl)

Dark-complexioned; dweller by the moor

Of Mojica

Mill

Miller