| Surname | Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | Linguistic Origin | Meaning | |||||||
| 501 | Mamad | Spanish or Hebrew | 1. Derives from ‘mamado’ = breastfed, a nickname for swallowed up 2. Derives from maamad = status or position, for a person who had a high position | |||||||||
| 502 | Maman | Spanish or Hebrew | 1. Toponym of Meaman, in Ourense province, Spain 2. Deformation of Maimon | |||||||||
| 503 | Mamo | Hebrew | Diminutive form of Abraham among the 14th century Hungarian immigrants in Bulgaria | |||||||||
| 504 | Mandil | Arabic | Scarf or Merchant of textile; Surname found in 1383 in Maiorice, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1956, 16,2: 369-397) | |||||||||
| 505 | Manoah | Hebrew (Bible: Judges 13:2) | Quietness, peacefulness; Samson’s father name; See also Calmi | |||||||||
| 506 | Markov | Hebrew | Derives from ‘Mark’, an usual diminutive of Mordekhai and Bulgarian suffix ov | |||||||||
| 507 | Mash | Hebrew | Perhaps an abbreviation of Mashiah (see under that surname) | |||||||||
| 508 | Mashiah | Hebrew | Messiah; popular surname among the followers of Sabetai Tsevi, the false messiah | |||||||||
| 509 | Massa | See: Matsa | ||||||||||
| 510 | Matatia | Hebrew (Bible: Ezra 10:43) | God's gift; Name of a Babylonian immigrant or a Hasmonean | |||||||||
| 511 | Matrak | Arabic | Bed base; probably an occupation | |||||||||
| 512 | Matral | Turkish | Support | |||||||||
| 513 | Matsa | Massa | Italian | Toponym of Massa a city near La Spezia, Italy | ||||||||
| 514 | Matshi | Hebrew | Derives from Abramatshi, Yurkish diminutive of Abraham, (çi is the Turkish affective suffix) | |||||||||
| 515 | Mayer | Maer | Mairov | Hebrew (Talmud: Orvim 12) | Derives from given name Meir = enlightens; Name of a‘Tana’, teacher, one of the best pupils of Rab. Akiva. | |||||||
| 516 | Mayev | See: Demayo and Bulgarian suffix ev | ||||||||||
| 517 | Maymon | Hebrew | Successful; Name of haRambam’s father; Surname found in 1283 in Morella, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1964, 24,2: 288-321) | |||||||||
| 518 | Mayo (de) | Mayev | See: Demayo | |||||||||
| 519 | Mefano | Fanes | Fani | Fano | Italian and Hebrew | Toponym of Fano, Italy ; on the Adriatic Sea, South of Pesaro, preceded by me= from (Hebrew) | ||||||
| 520 | Mekish | Hebrew | Knocks; name of succeding Levi originating in the Talmud | |||||||||
| 521 | Melamed | Melamedov | Hebrew | Teacher in a religious school; Surname found in 1480 in Avila, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1963, 23,1: 36-53) | ||||||||
| 522 | Melamedov | See: Melamed and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 523 | Melika | Milika | Arabic | Derives from “malik’ = king. | ||||||||
| 524 | Menahem | Menahemov | Hebrew (Bible: II Kings 15:14) | Menahem= He comforts; Name of a Judea King | ||||||||
| 525 | Menahemov | See: Menahem and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 526 | Menashe | Hebrew (Bible: Gen.41:51) | Son of Yosef | |||||||||
| 527 | Menda | Spanish | Derives from the village name of Minda, Malaga province, Spain. | |||||||||
| 528 | Mentesh | Turkish | Translation of Mordekhai (According to Abraham Galante). See: :Mordekhai | |||||||||
| 529 | Meran | Aramaic | Derives from ‘maran’ = our master/rabbi, possibly the title of an ancestor | |||||||||
| 530 | Meranda | See: Miranda | ||||||||||
| 531 | Mercida | Spanish | Merecida= deserved, usually a feminine given name | |||||||||
| 532 | Merkado | Merkadov | Spanish | Sold; name given after a severe illness or after the death of one or several children in the same family.; Generally a given name | ||||||||
| 533 | Merkadov | See: Merkado and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 534 | Meseres | Italian | Derives from messere= sir, lord | |||||||||
| 535 | Meshulam | Shulam | Zulam | Hebrew (Bible: II Kings 22:3) | Chosen, perfect. | |||||||
| 536 | Mevorakh | Hebrew | Blessed; Name of a 10th century poet. | |||||||||
| 537 | Meyuhas | Hebrew | Of illustrious/distinguished lineage/family | |||||||||
| 538 | Mezamer | Hebrew | Singer | |||||||||
| 539 | Mezan | Mezanes | Mizan | Italian or Spanish | 1. Derives from ‘mezzano’ = middleman, broker 2. Derives from “Mezana”, Asturias province, Spain. | |||||||
| 540 | Mezanes | See: Mezan | ||||||||||
| 541 | Mikhael | Mikhaelov | Mikhailov | Mikhaeloglu | Hebrew (Bible: Lev.13:13) | Like God; Father of Asher tribe’s chief | ||||||
| 542 | Mikhaeloglu | See: Mikhael and Turkish suffix oglu | ||||||||||
| 543 | Mikhaelov | See: Mikhael and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 544 | Mikhailov | See: Mikhael and Bulgarian suffix ov. Mikhail is the way Mikhael is pronounced in Bulgarian and suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 545 | Milika | See: Melika | ||||||||||
| 546 | Miranda | Meranda | Spanish | Toponym of Niranda de Arga (Navarra province) or of Miranda de Ebro (Burgos province) or of Miranda del Castañar (Salamanca province); Also found as given name deriving from latin and meaning: worthy of admiration. | ||||||||
| 547 | Mitrani | Trani | Italian and Hebrew | Toponym of Trani a city in Italy, preceded by me = from in Hebrew | ||||||||
| 548 | Mizan | See: Mezan | ||||||||||
| 549 | Mizrahi | Hebrew | Oriental, from the East; Very probably a Romaniote family | |||||||||
| 550 | Modiano | Italian | Toponym of Modegliano, Italy; For the history and genealogy of this family visit: www.themodiano.gr |