A Huge List Of Surnames

Moon

Word name

"moon"

This shimmery lunar name is rising in popularity as a middle name for both sexes, while as a given name, it's quietly but more popularly selected for girls, with 52 given the name in a recent year in…

Moor

Moor is a masculine name with Anglo-Saxon and geographical origins. Historically, it referred to a person who lived near or came from moorlands – open, uncultivated upland areas. The name also has…

Moore

English place-name

"the moors"

Moore is recommended as a rich and satisfying middle name choice, whether it relates to your own family history or not. Of the numerous outstanding Moore-surnamed namesakes, count sculptor Henry,…

Moray

Moray is a masculine name with Scottish geographical origins, named after Moray Firth or the historic province of Moray in northeastern Scotland. The name derives from Celtic elements meaning 'sea…

Morice

Morice is a masculine name representing a medieval French variant of Maurice. Derived from the Latin name Mauritius, meaning "Moorish" or "dark-skinned," it has Roman origins and was popularized…

Moris

Moris is a masculine name that serves as a variant spelling of Morris or Maurice. The name ultimately derives from Latin 'Mauritius,' meaning 'Moorish' or 'dark-skinned,' originally referring to…

Morley

English

"moor, meadow clearing"

Gently pleasant English family name long associated with 60-Minuteman Morley Safer.

Morris

English variation of Maurice

"dark-skinned"

Morris is as quiet and comfortable as a Morris chair, and has the same vintage feel. Once a Top 100 name in the early 1900s, Morris fell completely off the roster in 1995, probably due to lingering…

Mortimer

English

"dead sea"

Other kids might see a teasible connection to mortician or mortuary. Mortimer is an English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses; it was Walt Disney's original choice…

Mountain

Nature name

Mountain names such as Everest and Denali are being used more frequently, but Mountain itself was unknown until Hunger Games star Jena Malone used it as a middle name for her son Ode Mountain. And…

Muir

Scottish

"dweller near the moor"

A common family name in Scotland, occasionally used as a first.

Murray

Scottish

"settlement by the sea"

Murray, you may be surprised to discover, is a Scottish surname name --that of an ancient noble clan--with a sea-swept meaning, and just could be in the next wave of reevaluated grandpa names.…