English Surnames Starting with M

Son of Madoc (fortunate)

Peacemaker or mediator

Unlucky, ill-fated

Son of the valiant one

Open land by the River Maun

Dweller by a marsh

One who tends horses

Valley of Martin

Worker in stone

Magnus's spring or great stream

Strong and brave

Settlement with a mill

Dealer in textiles

Pleasant weather or happy mood

Middle settlement

One who grinds grain

Dweller by a mill

One who works at a mill

Big or great (from Michael)

Pointed hill from Normandy

From a place in Normandy

Dweller on a moor or marshland

Sea circle or sea chief

Clearing on a moor

Dark-skinned (from Maurice)

Dead sea (from Normandy)

Dweller by a peat bog