Surnames Starting with M: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 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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MacaulayScotland
Son of Olaf
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MacBeanScotland
The son of Bean (life)
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MacDonaldScotland
Son of Domhnall (world ruler)
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MaceEngland
Little Matthew
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MacedaPortugal
An apple-orchard place name
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MacedoPortugal
"apple orchard"
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MaceyEngland
Someone who came from Macy
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MacFeeScotland
The son of Dubhshithe (the black man of peace)
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MacGillicuddyIreland
The son of the servant
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MacGillivrayScotland
The son of Gillebhrath (servant of judgment or doom)
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MachPoland
A familiar personal-name form in Polish tradition
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MachadoPortugal
"axe"
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MachalskiPoland
Of Machaly / Maciej
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MachoSpain
Several historical Spanish nickname possibilities
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MacíasSpain
From the name Matías
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MaciejewskiPoland
From Maciejewo (Maciej's place)
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MacielPortugal
Personal name Marcellus
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MackGermany
From the name Markward
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MackayScotland
Son of Aodh ("fire")
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MackenzieScotland
Son of Coinneach (Kenneth)
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MackintoshScotland
Son of the leader (toiseach)
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MacleanScotland
Son of the servant of John
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MacLennanScotland
The son of the servant of St. Finnian
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MacLeodScotland
Son of Leod
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MacomberScotland
The son of Tom, a pet form of Thomas (a twin)
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MacPhailScotland
The son of Paul (small)
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MacraeScotland
Son of grace
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MacSweeneyIreland
The son of Suibhne (good going)
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MacyEngland
Someone who came from Macy
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MaddenIreland
Descendant of Madudhán ("little dog")
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MaddoxWales
Son of Madog
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MadeiraPortugal
Wood, timber
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MadejPoland
Pet form of Matthew / Madej
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MaderEngland
Someone who dyes with, or sells, red dye stuff
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MaderaSpain
Wood, timber
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MadiganIreland
A grandson of little Madadh (dog)
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MadisonEngland
Son of Maddy (Matthew or Maud)
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MadridSpain
"from Madrid"
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MadrigalSpain
From Madrigal
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MadsenDenmark
Son of Mads (Matthew)
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MagalhãesPortugal
"from Magalhães"
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MaganaSpain
From Magaña
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MageeIreland
Son of Aodh (fire)
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MaggiItaly
"May", a May child
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MaggioreItaly
An elder son or a person of higher rank
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MagillIreland
The son of the foreigner
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MagnaniItaly
Locksmith, tinker
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MagriItaly
Thin
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MaguireIreland
Son of Odhar, "the dun-coloured"
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MahanIreland
Bear
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MaherIreland
Descendant of Meachar ("hospitable")
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MahlGermany
A mill, a mark, or a boundary stone
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MahlerGermany
A painter, or someone from a place called Mahlau
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MahonyIreland
Descendant of Mathghamhain ("bear")
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MaiaPortugal
From Maia
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MaierGermany
Steward, tenant farmer
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MaillardFrance
Mallet, hammer
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MainScotland
Several origins, including a strength-name
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MajPoland
May / Maciej
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MajchrzakPoland
Son of Melchior
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MajewskiPoland
From Majewo
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MajorEngland
Council spear
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MakepeaceEngland
Peacemaker
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MakowskiPoland
"poppy"
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MalakPoland
Smallness, a Slavic personal name, or Arabic angel
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MalaspinaItaly
Evil thorn
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MalatestaItaly
Bad head, stubborn
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MaldonadoSpain
"ungraceful"
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MalecPoland
Little one
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MaleckiPoland
From Malec / small
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MalheiroPortugal
Bad threshing floor / place-name
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MalherbeFrance
Bad grass, weed
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MalinowskiPoland
From Malinów, raspberry place
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MalkinEngland
A descendant of Malkin, a pet form of Mary (bitterness)
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MalkowskiPoland
Someone from Małkowo or a similar place
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MallardEngland
A nickname from the wild drake
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MalletFrance
Little hammer
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MallinEngland
A descendant of little Mall, a pet form of Mary (bitterness)
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MalloryEngland
Unfortunate
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MalloyIreland
Noble / devotee
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MaloneIreland
Descendant of a devotee of St John
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MaloneyIreland
Devotee of the Lord
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MalpicaPortugal
A Portuguese or Spanish place-name connection
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MalteseItaly
From Malta
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MancaItaly
Left-handed
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ManciniItaly
Left-handed
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MancusoItaly
Left-handed
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MandelGermany
A descendant of Manto, or a dealer in almonds
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ManfrediItaly
Man of peace
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MangaSpain
A fenced passage or another language-specific origin
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ManionIreland
A grandson of Mainnin or Maincin (little monk)
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ManleyEngland
Shared clearing
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MannEngland
Man, servant
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ManningEngland
Son of Manna
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MannionIreland
A grandson of Mainnin or Maincin (little monk)
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MansfieldEngland
Open land by the Mam hill
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MantovaniItaly
From Mantua
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ManuelSpain
God with us
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ManzGermany
A descendant of Manz, a pet form of Manto
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ManzanoSpain
"apple tree"
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ManzoItaly
"bullock"
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ManzoniItaly
Bullock keeper
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MapesWales
The son of Map (son)
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MappEngland
A descendant of Map (son)
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MappsEngland
A descendant of Map (son)
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MarPortugal
Sea in Iberian traditions, with independent German routes
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MarangoniItaly
Carpenter
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MaranoItaly
From Marano
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MarasPoland
Personal-name forms or a marshy landscape
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MarchandFrance
Merchant
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MarcheseItaly
Marquis
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MarchesiItaly
"marquis"
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MarchettiItaly
Of little Marco
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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.