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MARA (1)   f   Biblical
Means "bitter" in Hebrew... [more]

MARA (2)   f   Hungarian
Hungarian variant of MÁRIA

MARAJHA   f   Esperanto
Means "made of the sea" in Esperanto.

MARAL   f   Armenian
Means "deer" in Armenian.

MARALYN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MARAM   f & m   Arabic
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

MARAMA   f   Pacific/Polynesian Mythology
Means "moon" in Maori... [more]

MARC   m   French, Catalan, Welsh
French, Catalan and Welsh form of MARK

MARCAS   m   Irish, Scottish
Irish and Scottish form of MARK

MARCEL   m   French, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Form of MARCELLUS

MARCELA   f   Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELI   m   Polish
Polish form of MARCELLUS

MARCELINA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELINE   f   French
French feminine form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELINHO   m   Portuguese
Diminutive of MARCELO

MARCELINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELL   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLE   f   French
French feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLETTE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of MARCELLUS

MARCELLIN   m   French
From the Roman family name Marcellinus, which was derived from MARCELLUS... [more]

MARCELLINE   f   French
French feminine form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELLINO   m   Italian
Italian form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELLO   m   Italian
Italian form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLUS   m   Ancient Roman, German
From the Roman family name Marcellus which was originally a diminutive of MARCUS... [more]

MARCELO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARCELLUS

MARCELYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARCELINE

MARCI   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MÁRCIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MARCIA

MARCIA   f   English, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman name Marcius, which was derived from MARCUS... [more]

MARCIAL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Martialis (see MARTIAL).

MARCIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARCIN   m   Polish
Polish form of MARTIN

MÁRCIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Marcius (see MARCIA).

MARCIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Marcius (see MARCIA).

MARCO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK... [more]

MARCOS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK

MARCUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Biblical (Variant)
Roman praenomen, or given name, which was probably derived from the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MARCY   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARDUK   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

MARE   f   Croatian
Diminutive of MARIJA

MARED   f   Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET

MAREDUDD   m   Welsh
Welsh form of MEREDITH

MAREE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARIE

MAREIKE   f   Frisian, German
Frisian and German diminutive of MARIA

MAREK   m   Polish, Czech, Slovak
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of MARK

MAREN   f   Danish
Danish form of MARINA

MARESOL   f   ?
Variant of MARISOL

MARET   f   Estonian
Estonian form of MARGARET

MARFA   f   Russian
Russian form of MARTHA

MARGAID   f   Manx
Manx form of MARGARET

MARGALIT   f   Jewish
Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites).

MARGALITA   f   Jewish
Variant of MARGALIT

MARGANITA   f   Jewish
From the name of a type of flowering plant common in Israel, called the scarlet pimpernel in English.

MARGARET   f   English
Derived from Latin Margarita, which was from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites) meaning "pearl", probably a borrowing from Sanskrit... [more]

MARGARÉTA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARGARET

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch
Cognate of MARGARET

MARGARETE   f   German
German form of MARGARET

MARGARETHA   f   Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of MARGARET

MARGARETHE   f   German, Danish
German and Danish form of MARGARET

MARGARETTA   f   English
Latinate form of MARGARET

MARGARID   f   Armenian
Armenian form of MARGARET

MARGARIDA   f   Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of MARGARET... [more]

MARGARITA   f   Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian
Latinate form of MARGARET... [more]

MARGAUX   f   French
Variant of MARGOT influenced by the name of the wine-producing French town... [more]

MARGE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MARGED   f   Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET

MARGERY   f   English
Medieval English form of MARGARET

MARGH   m   Cornish
Cornish form of MARK

MARGHERITA   f   Italian
Italian form of MARGARET... [more]

MARGIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MARGIT   f   Hungarian, Scandinavian
Hungarian and Scandinavian form of MARGARET

MARGITA   f   Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of MARGARET

MARGO   f   English
Variant of MARGOT

MARGOT   f   French
French short form of MARGARET

MARGRÉT   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of MARGARET

MARGRETHE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARGARET

MARGRIET   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MARGARET

MARGRIT   f   German
German variant form of MARGARET

MARGUERITE   f   French
French form of MARGARET

MARI   f   Welsh, Breton, Finnish, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Welsh, Breton, Estonian and Finnish form of MARY, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of MÁRIA... [more]

MÁRIA   f   Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of MARIA

MARÍA   f   Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of MARIA

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIABELLA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of MARIA and BELLA

MARIAH   f   English
Variant of MARIA... [more]

MARIAM   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of MARYAM

MARIAMNE   f   History
From Μαριαμη (Mariame), the form of MARY used by the historian Josephus when referring to the wife of King Herod.

MARIÁN   m   Slovak, Czech, Hungarian
Slovak, Czech and Hungarian form of MARIANUS

MARIAN (1)   f   English
Variant of MARION (1)... [more]

MARIAN (2)   m   Polish, Czech, Romanian
Polish, Czech and Romanian form of MARIANUS... [more]

MARIANA (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech
Cognate of MARIANNA

MARIANA (2)   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARIANUS

MARIANELA   f   Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and ESTELA

MARIANGELA   f   Italian
Combination of MARIA and ANGELA

MARIANNA   f   Italian, English, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Combination of MARIA and ANNA... [more]

MARIANNE   f   French, English
Originally a diminutive of MARIE... [more]

MARIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARIANUS... [more]

MARIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name, which was itself derived from the Roman name MARIUS... [more]

MARIBEL   f   Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and ISABEL

MARICA   f   Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene
Diminutive of MÁRIA (Hungarian) or MARIJA (Croatian and Slovene).

MARICELA   f   Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and CELIA

MARICRUZ   f   Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and CRUZ

MARIE   f   French, Czech, German, English
French, Czech and German form of Maria (see MARY)... [more]

MARIEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MARIEL   f   English
Diminutive of MARY influenced by MURIEL... [more]

MARIELE   f   German
German diminutive of MARIA

MARIELLA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of MARIA

MARIELLE   f   French
French diminutive of MARIE

MARIETTA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of MARIA

MARIETTE   f   French
French diminutive of MARIA

MARIGOLD   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, which comes from a combination of MARY and the English word gold.

MARIJA   f   Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MARY

MARIJAN   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of MARIANUS

MARIJANA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of MARIANNA

MARIJKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARY

MARIJN   m & f   Dutch
Dutch masculine and feminine form of MARINUS

MARIJONA   f   Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of MARIANUS

MARIJSE   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MARISE

MARIJUS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of MARIUS

MARIKA   f   Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of MARY

MARIKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARY

MARIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) "real, true", 里 (ri) "village" and 子 (ko) "child".

MARILENA   f   Italian
Combination of MARIA and ELENA

MARILÈNE   f   French
Combination of MARIE and HÉLÈNE

MARILOU   f   French, English, Dutch
Combination of MARIA and LOUISE

MARILYN   f   English
Combination of MARY and lyn... [more]

MARILYNN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MARIN   m   French, Romanian
French, Romanian and Croatian form of MARINUS

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARINDA   f   English
Either a diminutive of MARY or a variant of MIRANDA

MARINE   f   French
French feminine form of MARINUS

MARINELLA   f   Italian
Diminutive of MARINA

MARINO   m   Italian
Italian form of MARINUS

MARINUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
From the Roman family name Marinus, which derives either from the name MARIUS or from the Latin word marinus "of the sea".

MÁRIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MARIUS

MARIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of MARIUS

MARION (1)   f   French, English
Medieval French diminutive of MARY... [more]

MARION (2)   m   English
From a French surname which was derived from MARION (1)... [more]

MARIOS   m   Greek
Greek form of MARIUS

MARIS   f   English (Rare)
Means "of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary stella maris, meaning "star of the sea".

MARISA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of MARIA and LUISA.

MARISE   f   French
French diminutive of MARIE

MARISELA   f   Spanish
Elaborated form of MARISA

MARISKA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of MÁRIA

MARISOL   f   Spanish
Combination of MARIA and SOL (1)

MARISSA   f   English
Variant of MARISA

MARIT   f   Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of MARGARET

MARITA (1)   f   German, Spanish, Dutch
Diminutive of MARIA

MARITA (2)   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARITTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARITZA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of MARIA

MARIUS   m   Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"... [more]

MARIUSZ   m   Polish
Polish form of MARIUS

MARIYA   f   Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of MARIA

MARJA   f   Dutch, Finnish
Dutch and Finnish form of MARIA... [more]

MARJAANA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

MARJAN (1)   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MARIANNA

MARJAN (2)   m   Slovene
Slovene form of MARIANUS

MARJANA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of MARIANNA

MARJANI   f   Eastern African
Means "coral" in Swahili.

MARJATTA   f   Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA

MARJE   f   English
Diminutive of MARJORIE

MARJETA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of MARGARET

MARJO   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARIA

MARJOLAINE   f   French
Means "marjoram" in French. Marjoram is a minty herb.

MARJOLEIN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MARJOLAINE

MARJOLIJN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MARJOLAINE

MARJORIE   f   English
Medieval variant of MARGERY, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram... [more]

MARJORY   f   English
Variant of MARJORIE

MARJUKKA   f   Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA

MARJUT   f   Finnish
Diminutive of MARJA

MÁRK   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARK

MARK   m   English, Russian, Biblical
English and Russian form of MARCUS... [more]

MARKEL   m   Basque
Basque form of Martialis (see MARTIAL).

MARKÉTA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of MARGARET

MARKETTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARKKU   m   Finnish
Finnish form of MARK

MARKO   m   Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Finnish, Basque
Cognate of MARK

MARKUS   m   German, Finnish
German and Finnish form of MARK

MARLA   f   English
Shortened variant of MARLENE

MARLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MARLEY

MARLEEN   f   Dutch, English
Dutch form and English variant of MARLENE

MARLEN   m   Russian
Blend of Marx and Lenin... [more]

MARLENA   f   English, Polish
Latinate form of MARLENE

MARLENE   f   German, English, French
Blend of MARIA and MAGDALENE... [more]

MARLEY   f   English (Modern)
From a surname which was taken from a place name meaning "pleasant wood" in Old English... [more]

MARLIN   m   English
Variant of MERLIN

MARLIS   f   German
Combination of MARIA and LIESE

MARLOES   f   Dutch
Combination of MARIA and LOES

MARLON   m   English
Possibly from Marcelon, a French diminutive of MARCEL... [more]

MARLOWE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "drained lake" in Old English.

MARLY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARLEY

MARLYN   f & m   English
Feminine form or variant of MARLIN

MARMADUKE   m   English (British, Rare)
Derived from the Old Irish name Mael Maedoc meaning "disciple of Saint Maedoc"... [more]

MARNA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of MARINA

MARNI   f   Jewish
Means "rejoice" in Hebrew.

MARNIE (1)   f   English
Variant of MARNA... [more]

MARNIE (2)   f   Jewish
Variant of MARNI

MARQUIS   m   English (African American)
From a noble title which was derived from the Old French word marchis "march, borderland", which originally referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm.

MARQUISE   m   English (African American, Modern)
Variant of MARQUIS... [more]

MARQUITA   f   English (African American)
Feminine variant of MARQUIS

MARS   m   Roman Mythology
Possibly related to Latin mas "male" (genitive maris)... [more]

MARSAILI   f   Scottish
Scottish form of both MARJORIE and MARCELLA

MARSHA   f   English
Variant of MARCIA

MARSHAL   m   English
Variant of MARSHALL

MARSHALL   m   English
From a surname which originally denoted a person who was a marshal... [more]

MÁRTA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARTHA

MÄRTA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of MARGARETA

MARTA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA

MARTE   f   Norwegian
Norwegian variant of MARTHA

MÅRTEN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTEN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Means "mistress of the house" or "lady" in Aramaic... [more]

MARTHE   f   French, German
French and German form of MARTHA

MARTÍ   m   Catalan
Catalan form of MARTIN

MARTIAL   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Martialis, which was derived from the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MARTIE   m   English
Diminutive of MARTIN

MARTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of MARTIN

MARTÍN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTIN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MARTINE   f   French
French feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTINHO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTINO   m   Italian
Italian form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTIRIO   f   Spanish
Means "martyrdom" in Spanish.

MARTITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of MARTA

MÁRTON   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARTHA

MARTTI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of MARTIN

MÁRTUSKA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of MÁRTA

MARTY   m   English
Diminutive of MARTIN

MARTYN   m   Welsh, Ukrainian
Welsh and Ukrainian form of MARTIN

MARTYNA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTZEL   m   Basque
Basque form of MARCELLUS

MARVA   f   English
Feminine form of MARVIN

MARVIN   m   English, German
Probably from an English surname which was derived from the given name MERVYN... [more]

MARVYN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of MARVIN

MARWA   f   Arabic
From the Arabic name of a fragrant plant... [more]

MARWIN   m   German
German variant of MARVIN

MARY   f   English, Biblical
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) and Μαρια (Maria) - the spellings are interchangeable - which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam)... [more]

MARYA   f   Russian
Russian form of MARY

MARYAM   f   Arabic
Arabic form of MARY

MARYANA   f   Russian
Russian form of MARIAMNE

MARYANN   f   English
Combination of MARY and ANN

MARYANNE   f   English
Combination of MARY and ANNE (1)

MARYBETH   f   English
Combination of MARY and BETH

MARYLA   f   Polish
Polish diminutive of MARIA

MARYLOU   f   English
Combination of MARY and LOU

MARYLU   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARYLOU

MARYLYN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MARYVONNE   f   English (Rare)
Combination MARY and YVONNE

MARZELL   m   German
German form of MARCELLUS

MARZENA   f   Polish
Polish diminutive of MARIA

MARZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of MARCIA

MARZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of Marcius (see MARCIA).

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