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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Maconochie			son of Conochie or Duncan
Madison			son of Mathew or Matilda
Major			An officer next in rank above a captain
Malmesbury			the town of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England
Mannus			A god celebrated among the Germans as one of their founders
Mark			Marcus, a field
Marshman			One dwelling near a marsh
Mattison			son of Matthew
May			the fifth month in the year
McAndrew			son of Andrew
McArdle			son of the high-rock
McBain			son of Bain
McBride			son of Bride
McCabe			son of Cabe
McCallen			son or descendants of Callen or Colin
McCallister			son of Alister
McCamus			son of Camus
McCarthy			son of Carrthach
McCharraigin			son of the rock
McCleod			Mac, son, and Clode, from Claudius
McClis			Mac, son, and Clis, active, quick, ingenious
McCrackin			son of the rock
McCullough			son of Cullough
McDermot			son of Dermot
McDougall			son of Dougall
McFerson			son of Pherson
McGuire			son of Guaire or Godfrey
McIldoey			Mac, son, gille, a youth, and dhu, black
McInnis			son of Innis
McIntyre			son of Kintyre
McKelly			son of Kelly
McKinnon			McFingon, the son of Fingon
McKirnan			son of Kiernan
McLaughlin			son of Laughlin
McLaurin			son of Labhruinn, or Lawrence
McLean			MacGillean
McLeod			son, and Clode, from Claudius
McManus			son of Manus or Magnus, the great, or renowned
McMartin			son of Martin, or the warlike
McMaster			son of Master
McMullin			son of the miller
McMurrough			son of Murrough or Murrach
McNab			son of Nab
McNevin			son of Nevin
McNiel			son of Niel
McPherson			son of Pherson
McQuade			son of the Poet
McQuaire			Son of Guaire or Godfrey
McQuarie			Son of Guaire or Godfrey
McQueen			McOwen, the son of Owen
McWilliam			son of William
Meek			Mild of temper, soft, gentle
Meers			Shallow water, or lake
Meikle			A lump or mass, much, big
Meikleham			The large village; the great house
Menno			Beardless
Menzies			the parish of Monzie, in Perthshire, Scotland
Mercer			One who deals in silks and woolen goods
Meredith			Meredyth, or Ameredith
Millman			A man belonging to a mill
Mills			Living near a mill
Milne			A mill
Milner			A miller
Monger			merchant
Monson			son of Mon or Mun, Edmund
Montmorice			mount of Morris
Moran			A multitude
Morgan			Mor, the sea, and gan, born
Morrel			Having yellow hair
Morse			Morris
Mountain			A name of place
Mountjoy			Mont-joie as a heap of stones made by a French army, as a monument of victory
Moxon			son of Moggie or Margaret
Mungey			Mountjoy
Munn			Edmund
Murphy			Irish name O'Murchadha, which means descendant of sea warrior in Gaelic

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