Names starting with M
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Originally a shortened form of Germanic names beginning with man meaning "person, man" (Proto-Germanic *mannô).
The Galician form and a Portuguese variation of Manuel.
The female form of Manoel.
From Sanskrit मनोहर (manohara) meaning "charming, attractive, captivating", from मनस् (manas) "mind, spirit, heart" and हर (hara) "taking, seizing".
The modern form of Manoja.
Signifies "born of the mind", from Sanskrit मनस् (manas) "mind, intellect, spirit" and ज (ja) "born". This is another name for the Hindu god Kama.
A Spanish feminine diminutive of Manuel.
A Spanish diminutive of Manuel.
A French diminutive of Marie.
From Sanskrit मनस् (manas) "mind, intellect, spirit" and प्रीति (prīti) "pleasure, joy, love".
From an English surname originally referring to a person from the French city of Le Mans.
The Persian form of Mansur, as well as an alternative Arabic transliteration.
Signifies "victorious, supported" in Arabic, from نصر (naṣara) meaning "to help, to aid". Abu Jafar al-Mansur was an 8th-century Abbasid caliph who...
From Lithuanian mantus "intelligent, clever" or manta "property, wealth". Herkus Mantas was a 13th-century Prussian hero who fought the Teutonic...
From Lithuanian mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth" combined with the root vyd- "to see".
Signifies "thinking, wise" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief, this is a title of Swayambhuva, the progenitor of the human race, as well as several of his...
The Spanish and Portuguese variant of Emmanuel. In the spelling Μανουήλ (Manouel), it was also used in the Byzantine Empire, notably by two emperors....
Diminutive of Manuela.
Signifies "violet (flower)" in Albanian, referring to plants in the genus Viola.
A Russian diminutive of Maria.
Signifies "seen, considered, expected" in Arabic, from نظر (naẓara) meaning "to perceive, to see, to observe".
From Japanese 真 (ma) "real, genuine" or 舞 (mai) "dance" combined with 央 (o) "center", 緒 (o) "thread", or 桜 (o) "cherry blossom". Other kanji...
The Scottish Gaelic variant of Malcolm.
The modern Irish form of Máel Sechlainn.
Signifies "blessings" in Bemba.
Signifies "hardship, problems" in Tonga.
From the English word for the tree (genus Acer), from Old English mapul. It is the name of a girl in Robert Frost's poem Maple (1923) who wonders...
Signifies "great son", from the Celtic root *makwos "son" (Gaulish and Brythonic mapos) with the divine or augmentative suffix -on. This was the name...
From Nuu-chah-nulth Mukwina, possibly meaning "possessor of pebbles". A late 18th-century chief of the Mowachaht people bore this name.
Signifies "sea" in Spanish and Catalan. It comes from a devotional title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Mar "Our Lady of the Sea", the patron ...
The name of a Latvian mother goddess. Her name is possibly from Maria, identifying her with the Virgin Mary. In modern times, it is used as a...
Signifies "bitter" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is a name that Naomi calls herself after the death of her husband and sons (see Ruth 1:20).