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MISAKI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" and 咲 (saki) "blossom".

MISHA   m   Russian
Russian diminutive of MIKHAIL

MISI   m   Hungarian
Diminutive of MIHÁLY

MIS'ID   m   Arabic
Variant of MUS'AD

MISKA   m   Hungarian
Diminutive of MIHÁLY

MISSIE   f   English
Diminutive of MELISSA

MISSY   f   English
Diminutive of MELISSA

MISTI   f   English
Variant of MISTY

MISTY   f   English
From the English word misty, ultimately derived from Old English... [more]

MITCH   m   English
Short form of MITCHELL

MITCHELL   m   English
From a surname, itself derived from the given name MICHAEL.

MITHRA   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from an Indo-Iranian root *mitra meaning "oath, alliance, friend"... [more]

MITHRAS   m   Mythology
Greek form of MITHRA

MITICA   m   Romanian
Diminutive of DUMITRU

MITJA   m   Slovene
Slovene form of MITYA

MITROFAN   m   Russian
Russian form of METROPHANES

MITSUKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 光 (mitsu) "light" and 子 (ko) "child".

MITUL   m   Indian
Derived from Sanskrit मित (mita) "measured".

MITXEL   m   Basque
Basque form of MICHAEL

MITYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of DMITRIY or MITROFAN

MITZI   f   German
German diminutive of MARIA

MIU   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" and 羽 (u) "feather".

MIYAKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful", 夜 (ya) "night" and 子 (ko) "child".

MIYU   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" or 実 (mi) "truth" combined with 優 (yu) "gentleness, superiority" or 結 (yu) "tie, bind".

MIZUKI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" and 月 (zuki) "moon"... [more]

MLADEN   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Derived from south Slavic mlad meaning "young".

MLADENKA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of MLADEN

MNASON   m   Biblical, Ancient Greek
Possibly means "reminding" in Greek... [more]

MNEME   f   Greek Mythology
Means "memory" in Greek... [more]

MNEMOSYNE   f   Greek Mythology
Means "remembrance" in Greek... [more]

MO   f & m   English
Short form of MAUREEN, MAURICE, MORRIS, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

MOA   f   Swedish
Possibly derived from Swedish moder meaning "mother"... [more]

MOAB   m   Biblical
Means "of his father" in Hebrew... [more]

MOANA   f & m   Maori
Means "wide expanse of water" or "sea" in Maori.

MODEST   m   Russian
Russian form of MODESTUS

MODESTA   f   Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MODESTUS

MODESTE   m   French
French form of MODESTUS

MODESTINE   m   French
French diminutive of MODESTUS

MODESTO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of MODESTUS

MODESTUS   m   Late Roman
Means "moderate, restrained" in Late Latin. This was the name of several saints.

MODESTY   f   English (Rare)
From the English word modesty, ultimately from Latin modestus "moderate", a derivative of modus "measure".

MODYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of MODEST

MOE (1)   m   English
Short form of MAURICE or MORRIS, or sometimes of other names beginning with a similar sound.

MOE (2)   f   Japanese
Means "bud, sprout" in Japanese.

MOEMA   f   Native American
Means "sweet" in Tupi.

MOGENS   m   Danish
Danish form of MAGNUS

MOHAMED   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUHAMMAD

MOHAMMAD   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUHAMMAD

MOHAMMED   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUHAMMAD

MOHAN   m   Indian
Modern transcription of MOHANA

MOHANA   m & f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "bewitching, infatuating, charming" in Sanskrit... [more]

MOHANDAS   m   Indian
Means "servant of Mohana" from the name of the Hindu god MOHANA combined with Sanskrit दास (dasa) "servant"... [more]

MOHINDER   m   Indian (Sikh)
Variant of MAHENDRA

MOHINI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "infatuating" in Sanskrit... [more]

MOIRA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MÁIRE

MOIRREY   f   Manx
Manx form of MARY

MOISÉS   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MOSES

MOISEY   m   Russian
Russian form of MOSES

MOISHE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MOSES

MOJCA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian diminutive of MARIJA

MOJGAN   f   Iranian
Means "eyelashes" in Persian.

MOJISOLA   f   Yoruba
Means "wake up to wealth" in Yoruba.

MOKOSH   f   Slavic Mythology
Derived from Slavic mok meaning "wet, moist"... [more]

MOLLIE   f   English
Variant of MOLLY

MOLLY   f   English
Diminutive of MARY... [more]

MOMCHIL   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian момче (momche) "boy".

MOMOKA   f   Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) "hundred" or 桃 (momo) "peach tree" combined with 花 (ka) "flower" or 香 (ka) "smell, perfume".

MOMOKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) "hundred" or 桃 (momo) "peach tree" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

MONA (1)   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT... [more]

MONA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of MONIKA

MONA (3)   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUNA

MONAT   f   Irish
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT

MONDAY   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the day of the week, which was derived from Old English mona "moon" and dæg "day"... [more]

MONET   f & m   Various
From a French surname which was derived from either HAMON or EDMOND... [more]

MONGKUT   m   Thai
Means "crown" in Thai.

MÓNICA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of MONICA

MÒNICA   f   Catalan
Catalan form of MONICA

MÔNICA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MONICA

MONICA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin... [more]

MONIFA   f   Yoruba
Means "I am lucky" in Yoruba.

MÓNIKA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MONICA

MONIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MONICA

MONIQUE   f   French
French form of MONICA

MONNA   f   English
Variant of MONA (1)

MONROE   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "the mouth of the Roe" in Gaelic... [more]

MONSERRAT   f   Catalan
Variant of MONTSERRAT

MONTA   f   ?
Feminine form of MONTY

MONTAGUE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname meaning "pointed mountain" in French.

MONTANA   f & m   English (Modern)
From the name of the American state, which is derived from Latin montanus "mountainous".

MONTE   m   English
Diminutive of MONTGOMERY

MONTGOMERY   m   English
From an English surname meaning "Gomeric's mountain" in Norman French, Gomeric being a Germanic personal name meaning "man power"... [more]

MONTSE   f   Catalan
Short form of MONTSERRAT

MONTSERRAT   f   Catalan
From the name of a mountain near Barcelona, the site of a monastery founded in the 10th century... [more]

MONTY   m   English
Variant of MONTE

MÓR   f   Scottish, Irish
Means "great" in Gaelic... [more]

MORA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MAURA (2)

MORAG   f   Scottish
Diminutive of MÓR

MORANA   f   Slavic Mythology
Means "death" in Slavic... [more]

MORAY   m   Scottish
Scottish form of MURRAY

MORCANT   m   Welsh
Welsh form of MORGAN

MORDECAI   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "servant of MARDUK" in Persian... [more]

MORDECHAI   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of MORDECAI

MORDIKAI   m   English (Rare)
Variant of MORDECAI

MOREEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of Móirín, a diminutive of MÓR... [more]

MORGAINE   f   French
French feminine form of MORGAN

MORGAN   m & f   Welsh, English
From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle"... [more]

MORGANA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of MORGAN

MORGANE   f   French
French feminine form of MORGAN

MORGEN   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of MORGAN

MORIAH   f   Biblical, English (Modern)
Possibly means "seen by YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

MÓRIC   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MAURICE

MORIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 森 (mori) "forest" and 子 (ko) "child".

MORITZ   m   German
German form of MAURICE

MORLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "marsh clearing".

MORNA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MUIRNE

MORPHEUS   m   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek μορφη (morphe) meaning "shape", referring to the shapes seen in dreams... [more]

MORRIGAN   f   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish Mhór Rioghain meaning "great queen"... [more]

MÓRRÍGHAN   f   Irish Mythology
Variant of MORRIGAN

MORRIS   m   English
Usual medieval form of MAURICE

MORT   m   English
Short form of MORTON or MORTIMER

MORTA   f   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of MARTHA

MORTEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARTIN

MORTIMER   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "still water" in Old French.

MORTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "moor town" in Old English.

MORTY   m   English
Diminutive of MORTON or MORTIMER

MORVARID   f   Iranian
Means "pearl" in Persian.

MORVEN   f   Scottish
From a Scottish place name meaning "big gap"... [more]

MORWEN   f   Welsh
Variant of MORWENNA

MORWENNA   f   Welsh
Means "maiden" in Cornish (related to the Welsh word morwyn)... [more]

MOSE   m   German
German variant of MOSES

MOSES   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name מֹשֶׁה (Mosheh) which is most likely derived from Egyptian mes meaning "son", but could also possibly mean "deliver" in Hebrew... [more]

MOSHE   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of MOSES

MOSI   m   Eastern African
Means "first (child)" in Swahili.

MOSS   m   English (Archaic), Jewish
Medieval form of MOSES

MOSTAFA   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUSTAFA

MOSTYN   m   Welsh
From a Welsh place name which means "moss town" in Old English.

MOT   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "death" in Ugaritic... [more]

MOTEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

MOTKE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI

MOTYA   m & f   Russian
Diminutive of MATVEY or MATRONA

MOUNA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUNA

MOYNA   f   Irish, Scottish
Variant of MONA (1)

MOYRA   f   Irish, Scottish
Variant of MOIRA

MÓZES   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MOSES

MOZES   m   Dutch
Dutch form of MOSES

MŚCISŁAW   m   Polish
Polish form of MSTISLAV

MSTISLAV   m   Czech, Russian
Means "vengeance and glory" from the Slavic elements mshcha "vengeance" and slav "glory".

MU   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "admire" or "wood".

MUADHNAIT   f   Irish
Means "little noble one", derived from Irish muadh "noble, good" combined with a diminutive suffix.

MUBIN   m   Arabic
Means "clear, distinct" in Arabic.

MUBINA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of MUBIN

MUDIWA   f & m   Southern African
Means "beloved" in Shona.

MUFADDAL   m   Arabic
Means "preferred" in Arabic.

MÜGE   f   Turkish
Means "lily" in Turkish.

MUHAMED   m   Bosnian
Bosnian form of MUHAMMAD

MUHAMMAD   m   Arabic
Means "praiseworthy", derived from Arabic حمد (hamid) "to praise"... [more]

MUHAMMED   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUHAMMAD

MUHAMMET   m   Turkish
Turkish form of MUHAMMAD

MUHSIN   m   Arabic
Means "beneficent" in Arabic.

MUHSINA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of MUHSIN

MUIR   m   Scottish
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "moor, fen"... [more]

MUIREADHACH   m   Irish, Scottish
Possibly means "mariner" or "lord" in Gaelic.

MUIREALL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MUIRGHEAL

MUIREANN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and fionn "fair, white"... [more]

MUIRENN   f   Irish
Variant of MUIRGEN

MUIRGEN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "born of the sea" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

MUIRGHEAL   f   Irish
Means "bright sea", derived from Gaelic muir "sea" and geal "bright".

MUIRÍN   f   Irish
Variant of MUIRGEN

MUIRIS   m   Irish
Irish form of MAURICE

MUIRNE   f   Irish
Means "beloved" in Irish Gaelic.

MUJO   m   Bosnian
Bosnian diminutive of MUSTAFA

MUKESH   m   Indian
Modern transcription of MUKESHA

MUKESHA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "ruler of Muka" in Sanskrit... [more]

MUKHTAR   m   Arabic
Means "chosen" in Arabic.

MUKTA   f   Indian
Means "liberated" in Sanskrit.

MUKUL   m   Indian
Means "bud, blossom" in Sanskrit.

MUMINA   f   Arabic
Means "believer" in Arabic.

MUNA   f   Arabic
Means "wishes, desires", from the plural of Arabic منية (munyah).

MUNASHE   m & f   Southern African
Means "with God" in Shona.

MUNGO   m   Scottish
Possibly derived from Welsh mwyn "gentle, kind"... [more]

MUNIR   m   Arabic
Means "bright, shining" in Arabic.

MUNIRA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of MUNIR

MUNRO   m   Scottish
Variant of MONROE

MUNROE   m   Scottish
Variant of MONROE

MUNYA   f   Arabic
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

MURAD   m   Arabic
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

MURALI   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "flute" in Sanskrit... [more]

MURAT   m   Turkish
Turkish form of MURAD

MURCHADH   m   Scottish, Irish
Means "sea warrior" in Gaelic.

MURDAG   f   Scottish
Feminine form of MURDO

MURDO   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of MURCHADH

MURDOCH   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of MURCHADH

MURIEL   f   English, French, Irish
Anglicized form of MUIRGHEAL or its Breton cognate... [more]

MURPHY   m & f   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Murchadha meaning "descendent of MURCHADH".

MURRAY   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the region in Scotland called Moray.

MURRON   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MUIREANN

MURROUGH   m   Irish
Anglicized form of MURCHADH

MURTADA   m   Arabic
Means "chosen" in Arabic.

MURTAGH   m   Irish
Irish form of Muireadhach (see MURCHADH).

MURTAZA   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of MURTADA

MUSA   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of MOSES

MUS'AD   m   Arabic
Means "lucky" in Arabic.

MUSCOWEQUAN   m   Native American
Means "hard quill" in Cree. This was the name of a 19th-century Cree chief.

MUSTAFA   m   Arabic
Means "the chosen one" in Arabic, an epithet of Muhammad... [more]

MUSTAPHA   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of MUSTAFA

MU'TAMID   m   Arabic
Means "relying on, leaning on" in Arabic... [more]

MU'TASIM   m   Arabic
Means "faithful to God" in Arabic.

MWANAJUMA   f   Eastern African
Means "born on Friday" in Swahili.

MWENYE   m   Eastern African
Means "owner, lord" in Swahili.

MY   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of MARIA

MYA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MAIA (1)

MYF   f   Welsh
Short form of MYFANWY

MYFANWY   f   Welsh
Means "my woman" from the Welsh prefix my "my" combined with banw "woman".

MYGHAL   m   Cornish
Cornish form of MICHAEL

MYKHAILA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian feminine form of MICHAEL

MYKHAILO   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of MICHAEL

MYKHAYLO   m   Ukrainian
Variant transcription of MYKHAILO

MYKOLA   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of NICHOLAS

MYKOLAS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of MICHAEL

MYKYTA   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of the Greek name Aniketos (see ANICETUS).

MYLES   m   English
Variant of MILES

MYRA   f   English
Created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville... [more]

MYRANDA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MIRANDA

MYRDDIN   m   Welsh Mythology
Original Welsh form of MERLIN

MYRIAM   f   French
French form of MIRIAM

MYRNA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of MUIRNE

MYRON   m   English, Ancient Greek
Means "myrrh" in Greek... [more]

MYRRINE   f   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek μυρον (myron) meaning "myrrh".

MYRTHE   f   Dutch
Means "myrtle" in Dutch.

MYRTIE   f   English
Diminutive of MYRTLE

MYRTLE   f   English
Simply from the English word myrtle for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek μυρτος (myrtos)... [more]

MYSIE   f   Scottish
Variant of MAISIE

MYUNG   m   Korean
Means "bright, clear" from Sino-Korean .

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