Names Categorized "friendship"

Marvin is a masculine given name of English origin, derived either from the Welsh personal name Merfyn or the Old English name Mærwine. The Welsh element mer likely means "marrow" (in a figurative sense of "core" or "ess...

Marvyn is an English variant of the name Marvin. While Marvin itself has Welsh and Old English origins derived from Merfyn or Mærwine, the form Marvyn represents a minor spelling alteration. The most notable use of this...

Marwin is a masculine given name of German and Dutch origin, functioning as a variant of the English name Marvin. The root name Marvin itself has a dual etymology: it may derive from the Welsh name Merfyn, meaning "sea h...

Mehr is a modern Persian name and unisex given name, derived from the Avestan name Mithra. In Persian, the vocabulary word mehr means "friendship," "love," or "kindness," and it also designates the seventh month of the P...

Mehrab is a Persian male given name derived from the components mehr (مهر), meaning "sun" or "friendship, kindness," and āb (آب), meaning "water." The name thus evokes themes of warmth, light, and life-giving sustenance....

Mehran is a Persian given name and surname with deep roots in ancient Iranian religion. The name is most commonly derived from an Old Persian compound *Mithranah, which combines the name of the Zoroastrian god Mithra wit...

Mehrdad (Persian: مهرداد) is a common Persian masculine given name, widely used in Iran and other Persian-speaking regions. The name is a theophoric compound from the elements mehr, meaning 'sun' or 'friendship, kindness...

Etymology and MeaningMehri is a feminine given name of Persian origin, derived from the Persian word مهر (mehr), meaning "friendship, love, kindness." The name embodies warmth and affection, reflecting positive virtues v...

EtymologyMehrnaz is a Persian feminine name composed of two elements: مهر (mehr), meaning “sun” or “friendship,” and ناز (nāz), meaning “delight” or “comfort.” Thus, the name can be interpreted as “sun’s delight” or “com...

Menophilos is an Ancient Greek masculine name meaning "friend of the moon", derived from Greek mene meaning "moon" and philos meaning "friend". This compound name reflects a pattern common in Greek onomastics, where elem...

Mervin is a masculine given name predominantly used in English-speaking countries. It is a variant of either Mervyn or Marvin, which themselves are anglicized forms of the Old Welsh name Merfyn. Etymology and Origins The...

Meshulam is a modern Hebrew transcription of Meshullam. The name Meshullam derives from the Hebrew root שָׁלַם (shalam), meaning "to be complete, to be at peace," and thus carries the sense of "friend" or "ally." Etymolo...

Meshullam is a Hebrew biblical masculine name meaning "friend, ally", derived from the Hebrew root שָׁלַם (shalam), which conveys concepts of completeness and peace. This name appears multiple times in the Old Testament,...

Meshullemet is a Biblical Hebrew name, a variant form of Meshullemeth. It is one of a group of related names derived from the Hebrew root Meshullam, which means "friend" or "ally." The root itself comes from the Hebrew v...

Meshullemeth is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, appearing in the Old Testament as the name of the wife of King Manasseh of Judah. The name means "friend" or "ally" in Hebrew, deriving from the root shalam (שָׁלַם...

Mher is an Armenian masculine given name, derived from the Persian name Mihr, which ultimately comes from Mithra. The name traces its roots to the Avestan word 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mithra), meaning "oath, covenant, agreement," from an...

Mihr is the Armenian form of the Indo-Iranian divinity Mithra. In Armenian mythology, Mihr was the god of light and a son of the chief god Aramazd, analogous to the Zoroastrian Mithra as a solar deity and upholder of cov...

Mihra is a feminine Turkish given name derived from Persian مهر (mehr), meaning "friendship," "love," or "kindness." In Persian and related cultures, the concept of mehr carries deep emotional and spiritual connotations,...

Mihran is an Armenian masculine given name, the local form of the Persian name Mehran. Both ultimately derive from the Old Persian *Mithranah, which is built around the name of the Zoroastrian god Mithra. In modern Persi...

Mirian is the Georgian form of Mehran, which ultimately derives from the Old Persian name *Mithranah, originating from the Zoroastrian god Mithra. The name Mithra itself comes from Avestan mithra meaning "oath, covenant,...

Mithra is the Avestan name of an ancient Iranian deity (yazata) whose name derives from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mithra) meaning "oath, covenant, agreement", itself from an Indo-Iranian root *mitra meaning "that which binds." In Z...

Mithranah is an unattested Old Persian form of Mehran, a name derived from a reconstructed proto-form *Mithranah. This reconstructed Old Persian name is rooted in the name of the Zoroastrian god Mithra, who played a cent...

Mithras is the Greek form of Mithra, the central figure of the Roman mystery religion known as Mithraism. The name ultimately derives from the Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mithra) meaning "oath, covenant, agreement", from an Indo-Iran...

Mitra 2 is a modern Persian feminine name, serving as a variant of Mithra, the ancient Zoroastrian mythology deity. While the true Modern Persian form of Mithra is Mehr, the variant Mitra has gained popularity as a disti...

Mitra is a given name of Sanskrit origin, predominantly used in Hindu and Hindi contexts. In ancient Sanskrit, the word mitra (मित्र) denotes "friend" or "ally," and it is a cognate of the Avestan Mithra, ultimately deri...

Mitul is a unisex given name of Indian origin, commonly used in Gujarati and Hindi-speaking communities. It is derived from the Sanskrit word mita (मित), meaning "measured" or "limited." The name reflects a sense of mode...

Nadeem is a masculine given name of Arabic origin, derived from the root word nadima meaning “to drink together.” In Arabic and Urdu contexts, transmber> is often written as نديم (Arabic) or ندیم (Urdu). The name shares...

Nadim (also spelled Nadeem) is an Arabic masculine given name meaning "drinking companion" or "close friend". It derives from the Arabic root nadima (ندم), which connotes drinking together or being a loyal companion at s...

Nagi is an alternate transcription of the Arabic male name نجيّ (see Naji). The name derives from the Arabic root najā, meaning "to save, to entrust, to confide in." As a form of Naji, Nagi carries the meaning of "intima...

Naji (Arabic: ناجي, also transliterated as Nagy in Egyptian Arabic) is an Arabic masculine given name derived from the verb najā (نجا), meaning "to save," "to entrust," or "to confide in." The name carries the primary me...

Najia is a feminine given name, primarily used in Arabic-speaking communities. It is an alternate transcription of the Arabic name Najiyya, which is itself the feminine form of Naji. The root of the name lies in the Arab...

Najiyya is the feminine form of Naji, an Arabic name meaning "intimate friend." Naji itself derives from the Arabic root (najā), which conveys ideas of saving, entrusting, and confiding. This root also gives rise to the...

Nedim is the Turkish and Bosnian form of Nadim, an Arabic masculine given name. The name originates from the Arabic root nadima (ندم), meaning “to drink together,” and carries the primary meaning “drinking companion” or...

Nuan is a Chinese feminine given name, originating from characters such as 暖 (nuǎn), meaning "warm, genial." The name may also be written with other characters sharing a similar pronunciation, each carrying its own nuan...

Ortwin is an Old German masculine given name derived from the elements ort ("point of a weapon") and wini ("friend"), thus meaning "pointed friend" or "sword-friend". The name belongs to the Germanic onomastic tradition...

Oscar is a masculine given name used across many European languages, including Danish, Dutch, English, French, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Swedish. Its origin is debated, but it likely means "deer friend,"...

Oswin is an English masculine given name derived from the Old English elements os meaning "god" and wine meaning "friend", thus translating to "God's friend" or "divine friend". The name belonged to Saint Oswin, a 7th-ce...

Oswine is an Old English masculine given name, derived from the elements ōs ("god") and wine ("friend"). It is the original form of the later English name Oswin. The name's Germanic root goes back to Proto-Germanic Ansuw...

Ruf is a Russian feminine given name, representing a direct adoption of the biblical name Ruth. While the English and many European forms retain the original spelling, the Russian version simplifies it to Ruf, reflecting...