Surnames Starting with M: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 2)

Son of Eoghan

Son of Cionaodh (Kenneth)

Son of Neachtan

Son of Lochlann (Scandinavian)

Son of the servant of St John

Son of Mathúin ("bear")

Son of Mánus (Magnus)

Son of the tonsured one

Son of the poor man

Son of Cú Mara ("hound of the sea")

Son of the Ulsterman

Son of the parson

Dweller by the meadows

City (Arabic madīna)

Steward, estate manager

Honey (beekeeper)

"bare hill"

Melon, a nickname or grower's name

Middle settlement

Strong and hardy

Son of Mendo / Menendo

Merchant, mercer

From Muriel

Boundary gate

From Messina

Butcher

Miller

Steward or tenant farmer

Son of Michał (Michael)

From Michał's place

"Who is like God?" (Hebrew)

Middle settlement

From Milan

From the personal name Milo

Grain miller

Dweller by the mills

From Michael, "who is like God?"

Dark-complexioned; dweller by the moor

Mill

Miller

Miller

Descendant of the noble leader

Descendant of the devotee of the Church

Monk

Mountain dwellers

Huntsman

From Montgomery in Normandy

Of the mountains

Bold, brave

Descendant of the wealthy one

Dweller by a moor; in Ireland, "majestic"

Mulberry; from Mora

Mulberry trees

Descendant of Mórán ("great")

Dark-complexioned (diminutive)

Dark, swarthy

Little dark one

Dark-haired or dark-complexioned

Dark-haired (little Moro)

Sea-born; sea circle

Dark, little Moor

Moor, dark-haired

From Maurice, "dark"

Son of Morris, or son of the servant of Mary

Descendant of Muirgheas ("sea choice")

Settlement on the moor

Bog dweller

Dweller by a bog, or from Moses

Mound, fortified hill

Mill

From Moya (Cuenca)

Descendant of the devotee of Cathach

Miller

Descendant of Maolagán

Miller, or descendant of Maolán

Descendant of Maolmiadhach (honourable)

Son of Muño

Traditionally "man from the Roe"

From Muireadhach ("mariner, lord")

Descendant of Murchadh, "sea warrior"

Descendant of Muireadhach, "sea-lord"

Descendant of the navigator

Marsh dweller; physician