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MAAIKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MAARIA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARIA

MAARIKA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Diminutive of MAARIA (Finnish) or MAARJA (Estonian).

MAARIT   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MAARJA   f   Estonian
Estonian form of MARIA

MAARTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of MARTIN

MAATA   f   Maori
Maori form of MARTHA

MAAYAN   f   Hebrew
Means "spring of water" in Hebrew.

MABEL   f   English
Medieval feminine form of AMABILIS... [more]

MABELLA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of MABEL

MABELLE   f   English
Variant of MABEL... [more]

MABLE   f   English
Variant of MABEL

MABYN   f   Welsh
Means "youth" in Welsh... [more]

MACARENA   f   Spanish
From the name of a barrio (district) in Seville, which got it's name from a temple which may have been named for a person Macarius (see MACARIO)... [more]

MACARIA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of MACARIO

MACEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MACY

MACHTELD   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MATILDA

MACIE   f   English
Variant of MACY

MACKENZIE   f & m   English
From the Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, which means "son of COINNEACH"... [more]

MACY   f   English
From an English surname, originally a Norman French place name, which meant "domain belonging to Maccius"... [more]

MADAILÉIN   f   Irish
Irish form of MAGDALENE

MADALENA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MAGDALENA

MADALINA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of MAGDALENE

MADALYN   f   English
Variant of MADELINE

MADARA   f   Latvian
From the Latvian name for a type of flowering plant, known as cleavers or bedstraw in English.

MÄDCHEN   f   Various
Means "girl" in German. It is not used as a name in Germany itself.

MADDALENA   f   Italian
Italian form of MAGDALENE

MADDIE   f   English
Diminutive of MADELINE or MADISON

MADDISON   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MADISON

MADELAINE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MADELINE

MADELEINE   f   French, English
French form of MAGDALENE

MADELINA   f   English (Rare)
Latinate form of MADELINE

MADELINE   f   English, French
English form of MAGDALENE... [more]

MADELYN   f   English
Variant of MADELINE

MADGE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MADHAVI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Feminine form of MADHAVA... [more]

MADHU   f & m   Indian
From Sanskrit मधु (madhu) meaning "sweet, honey"... [more]

MADHUR   f & m   Indian
Means "sweet" in Sanskrit.

MADHURI   f   Indian
Means "sweetness" in Sanskrit.

MADISON   f & m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of MAUD"... [more]

MADISYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MADISON

MADLENKA   f   Czech
Czech diminutive of MAGDALENA

MADLYN   f   English
Variant of MADELINE

MADOLINE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MADELINE

MADONNA   f   English
From a title of the Virgin Mary meaning "my lady" in Italian... [more]

MADYSON   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MADISON

MAE   f   English
Variant of MAY... [more]

MAEGAN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MEGAN

MAEGHAN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MEGAN

MÆJA   f   Icelandic
Icelandic form of MAJA (2)

MAËLLE   f   French, Breton
Feminine form of MAËL

MAËLYS   f   French, Breton
Feminine form of MAËL

MAEVA   f   Pacific/Polynesian, French
Means "welcome" in Tahitian.

MAEVE   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating"... [more]

MAFALDA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of MATILDA

MAGALI   f   French
Possibly a Provençal form of MARGARET

MAGDA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MAGDALEN   f   English
Variant of MAGDALENE

MAGDALÉNA   f   Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Czech, Slovak and Hungarian form of MAGDALENE

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MAGDALENE   f   German, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
From a title which meant "of Magdala"... [more]

MAGDALINA   f   Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of MAGDALENE

MAGDALONE   f   Danish
Danish form of MAGDALENE

MAGDOLNA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MAGDALENE

MAGGIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MAGNHILD   f   Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse magn "mighty, strong" and hildr "battle"... [more]

MAGNOLIA   f   English
From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol.

MAHA   f   Arabic
Means "wild cow" in Arabic. The wild cow represents beauty.

MAHALA   f   English
Variant of MAHALAH or MAHALATH... [more]

MAHALATH   f   Biblical
Means "lyre" in Hebrew... [more]

MAHALIA   f   English
Variant of MAHALA

MAHAUT   f   French
Medieval French form of MATHILDE

MAHIN   f   Iranian
Means "related to the moon" in Persian.

MAHINE   f   Iranian
Variant of MAHIN

MAHLAH   f & m   Biblical
Possibly means "weak" or "sick" in Hebrew... [more]

MAHTAB   f   Iranian
Means "moonlight" in Persian.

MAHTHILDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of MATILDA

MAHVASH   f   Iranian
Possibly means "moon-like" in Persian.

MAI (1)   f   Vietnamese
Means "apricot blossom" in Vietnamese.

MAI (2)   f   Japanese
From Japanese "dance" or 麻衣 "linen robe"... [more]

MAIA (1)   f   Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

MAIA (2)   f   Roman Mythology
Means "great" in Latin... [more]

MAIA (3)   f   Basque
Basque form of MARY

MAIALEN   f   Basque
Basque form of MAGDALENE

MAIARA   f   Native American
Means "wise" in Tupi.

MAIGHREAD   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MARGARET

MAIJA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARY

MAIKE   f   Frisian, German
Frisian diminutive of MARIA

MAIKEN   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of MARIA

MAILE   f   Hawaiian
From the name of a type of vine that grows in Hawaii and is used in making leis.

MAIR   f   Welsh
Welsh form of MARY

MÁIRE   f   Irish
Irish form of MARY

MAIRÉAD   f   Irish
Irish form of MARGARET

MAIREAD   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MARGARET

MAIRENN   f   Irish
Variant of MÁIRÍN

MÀIRI   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MARY

MÁIRÍN   f   Irish
Irish diminutive of MARY

MAIRWEN   f   Welsh
Combination of MAIR and Welsh gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed".

MAISIE   f   Scottish
Diminutive of MAIREAD

MAITE (1)   f   Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and TERESA

MAITE (2)   f   Basque
Means "lovable" in Basque.

MAJA (1)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of MAIA (1)

MAJA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of MARIA

MAJKEN   f   Danish, Swedish
Variant of MAIKEN

MAKAYLA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MAKEDA   f   History
Possibly means "greatness" in Ethiopic... [more]

MAKENA   f & m   Eastern African
Means "happy one" in Kikuyu.

MAKENNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MCKENNA

MAKENZIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MACKENZIE

MAKOTO   m & f   Japanese
Means "sincerity" in Japanese.

MALA   f   Indian
Means "necklace" in Sanskrit.

MALAI   f   Thai
Means "garland of flowers" in Thai.

MALAIKA   f   Arabic
Means "angels" from the plural of Arabic ملك (malak).

MALAK   f & m   Arabic
Means "angel" in Arabic.

MALANDRA   f   English (Rare)
Invented name, a prefixed form of ANDRA.

MALATI   f   Indian
Means "jasmine" in Sanskrit.

MALEAH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MALIA

MALENA   f   Swedish, Spanish
Swedish and Spanish short form of MAGDALENA

MALENE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish short form of MAGDALENE

MAŁGORZATA   f   Polish
Polish form of MARGARET

MALIA   f   Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of MARY

MALIE   f   Hawaiian
Means "calm" in Hawaiian.

MALIKA   f   Arabic
Means "queen" in Arabic.

MALIN   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of MAGDALENE

MALINA (1)   f   Scottish
Feminine form of MALCOLM

MALINA (2)   f   Polish
Means "raspberry" in Polish.

MALINDA   f   English
Variant of MELINDA

MALKA   f   Hebrew
Means "queen" in Hebrew.

MALLAIDH   f   Irish
Irish form of MOLLY

MALLE   f   Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of MARY

MALLORY   f   English (Modern)
From an English surname which meant "unfortunate" in Norman French... [more]

MALLT   f   Welsh
Welsh form of MAUD

MALVINA   f   Scottish, English
Created by the poet James MacPherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossian poems... [more]

MALWINA   f   Polish
Polish form of MALVINA

MAMI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) "real, true" or 麻 (ma) "flax" combined with 美 (mi) "beautiful".

MAMIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARY or MARGARET

MANAMI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (mana) "love, affection" combined with 美 (mi) "beautiful" or 海 (mi) "sea, ocean".

MANDEEP   m & f   Indian (Sikh)
Means "lamp of the mind" in Sanskrit.

MANDI   f   English
Diminutive of AMANDA

MANDY   f   English
Diminutive of AMANDA

MANISHA   f   Indian
Means "thought, wisdom" in Sanskrit.

MANJU   f   Indian
Means "lovely, beautiful" in Sanskrit.

MANJULA   f   Indian
Means "lovely, beautiful" in Sanskrit.

MANJUSHA   f   Indian
Means "small box, small chest" in Sanskrit.

MANOELA   f   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of MANOEL

MANOLA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine diminutive of MANUEL

MANON   f   French, Dutch
French diminutive of MARIE

MANUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German
Feminine form of MANUEL

MANUELITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of MANUELA

MANYA   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of MARIA

MANYARA   f   Southern African
Means "you have been humbled" in Shona.

MAO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) "real, true" or 舞 (ma) "dance" combined with 央 (o) "center", 緒 (o) "thread" or 桜 (ou) "cherry blossom".

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]

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

MARCELINA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of MARCELLINUS

MARCELINE   f   French
French feminine form of MARCELLINUS

MARCELLA   f   Italian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLE   f   French
French feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLETTE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of MARCELLUS

MARCELLINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARCELLINUS

MARCELLINE   f   French
French feminine form of MARCELLINUS

MARCELYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARCELINE

MARCI   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MÁRCIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of MARCIA

MARCIA   f   English, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARCIUS... [more]

MARCIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARCY   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARE   f   Croatian
Diminutive of MARIJA

MARED   f   Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET

MAREE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARIE

MAREIKE   f   Frisian, German
Frisian and German diminutive of MARIA

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

MARGALITA   f   Hebrew
Variant of MARGALIT

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

MARGAREETA   f   Finnish
Finnish variant form of MARGARET

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

MARGARÉTA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARGARET

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish
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, Late Roman
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

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

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