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

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

  • Mireles
    Spain

    Of Mirel / Mireles

  • Mitchell
    England

    From Michael, "who is like God?"

  • Mlynarski
    Poland

    Miller's

  • Mobley
    England

    Clearing by a meeting place

  • Mock
    England

    Mock / Mok

  • Modica
    Italy

    From Modica

  • Modrzewski
    Poland

    From the larch woods

  • Moeller
    Germany

    Miller

  • Moffat
    Scotland

    Long plain

  • Mohr
    Germany

    Dark-complexioned; dweller by the moor

  • Molina
    Spain

    Mill

  • Molinari
    Italy

    Miller

  • Möller
    Germany

    Miller

  • Molloy
    Ireland

    Descendant of the noble leader

  • Moloney
    Ireland

    Descendant of the devotee of the Church

  • Monaco
    Italy

    Monk

  • Monahan
    Ireland

    Monk

  • Mondragon
    Spain

    From Mondragón

  • Monk
    England

    Monk

  • Monroy
    Spain

    From Monroy

  • Montalbano
    Italy

    White mountain

  • Montalvo
    Spain

    White mountain

  • Montanari
    Italy

    Mountain dwellers

  • Montanaro
    Italy

    Mountain dweller

  • Montano
    Spain

    Of the mountains

  • Monteiro
    Portugal

    "huntsman"

  • Monteleone
    Italy

    Lion mountain

  • Montero
    Spain

    Huntsman

  • Montes
    Spain

    "mountains"

  • Montgomery
    Scotland

    From Montgomery in Normandy

  • Monti
    Italy

    Of the mountains

  • Montoya
    Spain

    "from Montoya"

  • Moody
    England

    Bold, brave

  • Mooney
    Ireland

    Descendant of the wealthy one

  • Moore
    England & Ireland

    Dweller by a moor; in Ireland, "majestic"

  • Mora
    Spain

    Mulberry; from Mora

  • Morabito
    Italy

    Hermit

  • Moraes
    Portugal

    From Morais

  • Morais
    Portugal

    "mulberry trees"

  • Morales
    Spain

    Mulberry trees

  • Moran
    Ireland

    Descendant of Mórán ("great")

  • Morandi
    Italy

    From Morando, a medieval personal name

  • Moreau
    France

    Dark-complexioned (diminutive)

  • Moreira
    Portugal

    "mulberry tree"

  • Morel
    France

    Dark, swarthy

  • Moreland
    England

    Moorland

  • Morelli
    Italy

    Little dark one

  • Moreno
    Spain

    Dark-haired or dark-complexioned

  • Moretti
    Italy

    Dark-haired (little Moro)

  • Morgado
    Portugal

    Heir of an entailed estate

  • Morgan
    Wales

    Sea-born; sea circle

  • Moriarty
    Ireland

    Sea navigator

  • Morin
    France

    Dark, little Moor

  • Moro
    Italy

    Moor, dark-haired

  • Moroni
    Italy

    Dark-haired

  • Morris
    Wales

    From Maurice, "dark"

  • Morrison
    Scotland

    Son of Morris, or son of the servant of Mary

  • Morrissey
    Ireland

    Descendant of Muirgheas ("sea choice")

  • Mortimer
    England

    Dead sea (marsh)

  • Morton
    England

    Settlement on the moor

  • Mosca
    Italy

    A nickname from mosca, "fly"

  • Moseley
    England

    Boggy clearing

  • Moser
    Germany

    Bog dweller

  • Mosher
    England

    Dweller by the moss

  • Mosley
    England

    Clearing by a bog

  • Moss
    England

    Dweller by a bog, or from Moses

  • Mota
    Portugal

    "mound"

  • Motta
    Italy

    Mound, fortified hill

  • Moulin
    France

    Mill

  • Moulton
    England

    Place name

  • Moura
    Portugal

    "from Moura"

  • Mourao
    Portugal

    From Mourão

  • Mowbray
    England

    From Montbray in Normandy

  • Moya
    Spain

    From Moya (Cuenca)

  • Mróz
    Poland

    "frost"

  • Mucha
    Poland

    Fly

  • Muir
    Scotland

    Moor, heath

  • Mulcahy
    Ireland

    Descendant of the devotee of Cathach

  • Müller
    Germany

    Miller

  • Mulligan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Maolagán

  • Mullins
    Ireland

    Miller, or descendant of Maolán

  • Mulvey
    Ireland

    Descendant of Maolmiadhach (honourable)

  • Muniz
    Spain

    Son of Munio

  • Muñoz
    Spain

    Son of Muño

  • Munro
    Scotland

    Traditionally "man from the Roe"

  • Muratore
    Italy

    Mason, bricklayer

  • Murawski
    Poland

    From Murawa / meadow

  • Murdoch
    Scotland

    From Muireadhach ("mariner, lord")

  • Murillo
    Spain

    "little wall"

  • Murphy
    Ireland

    Descendant of Murchadh, "sea warrior"

  • Murray
    Ireland

    Descendant of Muireadhach, "sea-lord"

  • Murtagh
    Ireland

    Descendant of the navigator

  • Musgrave
    England

    Grove with mice

  • Musiał
    Poland

    "he had to"

  • Myers
    England

    Marsh dweller; physician

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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.