Surnames Starting with M: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 5)

Son of Olaf

The son of Bean (life)

Son of Domhnall (world ruler)

Little Matthew

An apple-orchard place name

"apple orchard"

Someone who came from Macy

The son of Dubhshithe (the black man of peace)

The son of the servant

The son of Gillebhrath (servant of judgment or doom)

A familiar personal-name form in Polish tradition

"axe"

Of Machaly / Maciej

Several historical Spanish nickname possibilities

From the name Matías

From Maciejewo (Maciej's place)

Personal name Marcellus

From the name Markward

Son of Aodh ("fire")

Son of Coinneach (Kenneth)

Son of the leader (toiseach)

Son of the servant of John

The son of the servant of St. Finnian

Son of Leod

The son of Tom, a pet form of Thomas (a twin)

The son of Paul (small)

Son of grace

The son of Suibhne (good going)

Someone who came from Macy

Descendant of Madudhán ("little dog")

Son of Madog

Wood, timber

Pet form of Matthew / Madej

Someone who dyes with, or sells, red dye stuff

Wood, timber

A grandson of little Madadh (dog)

Son of Maddy (Matthew or Maud)

"from Madrid"

From Madrigal

Son of Mads (Matthew)

"from Magalhães"

From Magaña

Son of Aodh (fire)

"May", a May child

An elder son or a person of higher rank

The son of the foreigner

Locksmith, tinker

Thin

Son of Odhar, "the dun-coloured"

Bear

Descendant of Meachar ("hospitable")

A mill, a mark, or a boundary stone

A painter, or someone from a place called Mahlau

Descendant of Mathghamhain ("bear")

From Maia

Steward, tenant farmer

Mallet, hammer

Several origins, including a strength-name

May / Maciej

Son of Melchior

From Majewo

Council spear

Peacemaker

"poppy"

Smallness, a Slavic personal name, or Arabic angel

Evil thorn

Bad head, stubborn

"ungraceful"

Little one

From Malec / small

Bad threshing floor / place-name

Bad grass, weed

From Malinów, raspberry place

A descendant of Malkin, a pet form of Mary (bitterness)

Someone from Małkowo or a similar place

A nickname from the wild drake

Little hammer

A descendant of little Mall, a pet form of Mary (bitterness)

Unfortunate

Noble / devotee

Descendant of a devotee of St John

Devotee of the Lord

A Portuguese or Spanish place-name connection

From Malta

Left-handed

Left-handed

Left-handed

A descendant of Manto, or a dealer in almonds

Man of peace

A fenced passage or another language-specific origin

A grandson of Mainnin or Maincin (little monk)

Shared clearing

Man, servant

Son of Manna

A grandson of Mainnin or Maincin (little monk)

Open land by the Mam hill

From Mantua

God with us

A descendant of Manz, a pet form of Manto

"apple tree"

"bullock"

Bullock keeper

The son of Map (son)

A descendant of Map (son)

A descendant of Map (son)

Sea in Iberian traditions, with independent German routes

Carpenter

From Marano

Personal-name forms or a marshy landscape

Merchant

Marquis

"marquis"

Of little Marco