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

Miller

Descendant of the noble leader

Descendant of the devotee of the Church

Monk

Monk

From Mondragón

Monk

From Monroy

A Portuguese place-name connection

Pointed hill

White mountain

White mountain

Mountain dwellers

Mountain dweller

Of the mountains

A mountain landscape or named settlement

"huntsman"

Lion mountain

Greater mountain

Black mountain

Huntsman

"mountains"

From Montgomery in Normandy

Of the mountains

From Montiel

"from Montoya"

Bold, brave

From Moyon

Descendant of the wealthy one

Dweller by a moor; in Ireland, "majestic"

Mulberry; from Mora

Hermit

From Morais

"mulberry trees"

Mulberry trees

Descendant of Mórán ("great")

From Morando, a medieval personal name

Dark-complexioned (diminutive)

Someone living in a house on the moor

"mulberry tree"

Dark, swarthy

Moorland

Little dark one

Dark-haired or dark-complexioned

Dark-haired (little Moro)

Heir of an entailed estate

Sea-born; sea circle

Sea navigator

Dark, little Moor

A descendant of Moritz, from Latin Mauritius

A moor and woodland clearing

Moor, dark-haired

Dark-haired

Someone from Monreale in Sicily

From Maurice, "dark"

Son of Morris, or son of the servant of Mary

Descendant of Muirgheas ("sea choice")

Dead sea (marsh)

Settlement on the moor

A nickname from mosca, "fly"

Boggy clearing

Bog dweller

Dweller by the moss

Muscovite

Clearing by a bog

Dweller by a bog, or from Moses

A familiar personal name or a Piedmontese locality

Someone who came from Mostyn (field fortress), in Wales

"mound"

A maker or seller of particoloured cloth

Mound, fortified hill

Mill

Place name

"from Moura"

From Mourão

From Montbray in Normandy

From Moya (Cuenca)

"frost"

Fly

A dweller in, or near, a swamp

A dweller in, or near, the little swamp

Moor, heath

Someone who came from Muirhead (end of the moor)

Descendant of the devotee of Cathach

Someone who lived, or worked, at the mill

Miller

Descendant of Maolagán

Miller, or descendant of Maolán

Descendant of Maolmiadhach (honourable)

Someone who sold things, a merchant

From Mungia

Son of Munio

Son of Muño

Traditionally "man from the Roe"

Mason, bricklayer

From Murawa / meadow

From Muireadhach ("mariner, lord")

"little wall"

Descendant of Murchadh, "sea warrior"

Descendant of Muireadhach, "sea-lord"

Descendant of the navigator

Someone who grew muscat grapes

Several separate naming traditions

Grove with mice

"he had to"

A musical occupation or a different southern regional meaning

A brave person, or a short form of Helmut

Marsh dweller; physician

A descendant of Miles (soldier)

From Meurig (Maurice)