MARI   f   Welsh, Breton, Estonian, 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, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
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.

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

MARIANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Ancient Roman
Roman feminine form of MARIANUS... [more]

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, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Originally a French diminutive of MARIE... [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, Scandinavian
French and Czech 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 MARIE

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

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

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

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

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, 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

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

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   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of MARGARET

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

MARITA (2)   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Scandinavian form of MARGARET

MARITTA   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of MARIA

MARITZA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of MARIA

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 MARIANNE

MARJANA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene form of MARIANA

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

MARKÉTA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of MARGARET

MARKETTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARLA   f   English
Shortened form of MARLENE

MARLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MARLEY

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

MARLENA   f   English, Polish
Latinate form of MARLENE

MARLÈNE   f   French
French form of MARLENE

MARLENE   f   German, English
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]

MARLIS   f   German
Combination of MARIA and LIESE

MARLOES   f   Dutch
Combination of MARIA and LOES

MARLY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARLEY

MARLYN   f & m   English
Feminine form or variant of MARLIN

MARNA   f   Danish
Danish short form of MARINA

MARNI   f   Hebrew
Means "rejoice" in Hebrew.

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

MARNIE (2)   f   Hebrew
Variant of MARNI

MARQUITA   f   English (African American)
Feminine variant of MARQUIS

MARSAILI   f   Scottish
Scottish form of both MARJORIE and MARCELLA

MARSHA   f   English
Variant of MARCIA

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

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Aramaic מרתא (marta') meaning "lady, mistress"... [more]

MARTHE   f   French, German
French and German form of MARTHA

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).

MARTIRIO   f   Spanish
Means "martyrdom" in Spanish.

MARTITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of MARTA

MARTTA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MARTHA

MÁRTUSKA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of MÁRTA

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

MARVA   f   English
Feminine form of MARVIN

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

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 variant form of MARIA

MARYAM   f   Arabic
Arabic form of MARY

MARYANA   f   Russian
Russian variant of MARIANNA

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

MARZENA   f   Polish
Polish diminutive of MARIA

MARZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of MARCIA

MASAMI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 成 (masa) "become" and 美 (mi) "beautiful".

MASEGO   f   Southern African
Means "blessings" in Tswana.

MASHA   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of MARIYA

MASOZI   m & f   Southern African
Means "tears" in Tumbuka.

MASUYO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 益 (masu) "benefit" and 世 (yo) "world".

MATEJA (1)   f   Slovene
Feminine form of MATEJ

MATHILDA   f   English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
Variant of MATILDA

MATHILDE   f   French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Cognate of MATILDA

MATILD   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MATILDA

MATILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak
From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle"... [more]

MATILDE   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MATILDA

MATLEENA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MAGDALENE

MATRONA   f   Russian
Means "lady" in Late Latin. This was the name of three early saints.

MATRYONA   f   Russian
Variant of MATRONA

MATTIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of MATILDA or MATTHEW

MATYLDA   f   Czech, Polish
Czech and Polish form of MATILDA

MAUD   f   English, Dutch
Usual medieval form of MATILDA... [more]

MAUDE   f   English
Variant of MAUD

MAUDIE   f   English
Diminutive of MAUD

MAURA (1)   f   Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MAURUS

MAURA (2)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of MÁIRE... [more]

MAUREEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of MÁIRÍN

MAURENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MAUREEN

MAURINE   f   English, Irish
Variant of MAUREEN

MAVE   f   Irish
Variant of MAEVE

MAVIS   f   English
From the name of the type of bird, also called the song thrush, ultimately derived from Old French... [more]

MAVOURNEEN   f   Irish
Derived from the Irish phrase mo múirnín meaning "my darling".

MAXENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MAXINE

MÁXIMA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of MAXIMUS

MAXIMA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MAXIMUS

MAXIMILIANA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MAXIMILIANUS

MAXIMILIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of MAXIMILIAN

MAXINE   f   English
Feminine form of MAX... [more]

MAY   f   English
Derived from the name of the month of May, which derives from Maia, the name of a Roman goddess... [more]

MAYA (1)   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "illusion" in Sanskrit... [more]

MAYA (2)   f   English
Variant of MAIA (1)... [more]

MAYA (3)   f   Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew מַיִם (mayim) "water".

MAYBELLE   f   English
Variant of MABEL

MAYBELLINE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of MABEL

MAYIM   f  
Means "water" in Hebrew. This is the name of a Jewish folk dance.

MAYME   f   English
Possibly a variant of MAMIE

MAYRA   f   Spanish (Latin American), English (Hispanic)
Hispanic variant of MYRA

MAYTAL   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of MEITAL

MAYTE   f   Spanish
Variant of MAITE (1)

MAYU   f   Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) "true" or 満 (ma) "full" combined with 優 (yu) "gentleness, superiority" or 夕 (yu) "evening".

MBALI   f   Southern African
Means "flower" in Zulu.

MCHUMBA   f   Eastern African
Means "sweetheart" in Swahili.

MCKAYLA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MCKENNA   f   English (Modern)
From the Gaelic surname Mac Cionnaith, which means "son of CIONAODH".

MCKENZIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MACKENZIE

MÉABH   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of MEDB

MEADE   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which indicated one who lived on a meadow (from Middle English mede) or one who sold or made mead (an alcoholic drink made from fermented honey; from Old English meodu).

MEADHBH   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Variant of MEDB

MEADOW   f   English (Modern)
From the English word meadow, ultimately from Old English mædwe.

MEAGAN   f   English
Variant of MEGAN

MEAGHAN   f   English
Variant of MEGAN

MEAVE   f   Irish
Variant of MAEVE

MECHTELD   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MATILDA

MECHTHILD   f   German
German variant of MATHILDE

MECHTILDE   f   German
German variant of MATHILDE

MEDB   f   Irish Mythology
Original Irish form of MAEVE

MEDEA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Μηδεια (Medeia), possibly meaning either "to ponder" or "cunning"... [more]

MEDIA   f   ?
Variant of MEDEA

MEDUSA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Μεδουσα (Medousa), which was derived from μεδομαι (medomai) meaning "to plan, to contrive"... [more]

MEENA   f   Indian
Variant transcription of MINA (2)

MEERA   f   Indian
Variant transcription of MIRA (1)

MEG   f   English
Medieval diminutive of MARGARET

MEGA   f   Indonesian
Means "cloud" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit.

MEGAERA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Μεγαιρα (Megaira) which was derived from μεγαιρω (megairo) "to grudge"... [more]

MEGAN   f   Welsh, English
Welsh diminutive of MARGARET... [more]

MEGHAN   f   English
Variant of MEGAN

MEGUMI   f   Japanese
Means "blessing" in Japanese... [more]

MEHALIA   f  
Variant of MAHALIA

MEHETABEL   f   Biblical
Means "God makes happy" in Hebrew... [more]

MEHITABEL   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of MEHETABEL

MEI (1)   f   Chinese
From Chinese 美 "beautiful" or 梅 "plum".

MEI (2)   f   Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (me) "bud, sprout" combined with 依 (i) "reliant", 生 (i) "life" or 衣 (i) "clothing, garment".

MEIKE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MEINIR   f   Welsh
Means "slender and tall" from Welsh main "slender" and hir "tall, long".

MEINTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine form of MEINE

MEINWEN   f   Welsh
Means "slender and white" from Welsh main "slender" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

MEIRA   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of MEIR

MEIRIONA   f   Welsh
Feminine form of MEIRION

MEIRIT   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of MEIR

MEITAL   f   Hebrew
Means "dew drop" in Hebrew.

MEL   m & f   English
Short form of MELVIN, MELANIE, MELISSA, and other names beginning with Mel.

MELAINA   f   Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of MELANIE... [more]

MELÁNIA   f   Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of MELANIE

MELANIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman
Italian, Spanish an Polish form of MELANIE

MÉLANIE   f   French
French form of MELANIE

MELÁNIE   f   Czech
Czech form of MELANIE

MELANIE   f   English, German, Dutch
From the French form of the Latin name Melania, derived from Greek μελαινα (melaina) meaning "black, dark"... [more]

MELANTHA   f   English (Rare)
Probably a combination of Mel (from names such as MELANIE or MELISSA) with the suffix antha (from Greek ανθος (anthos) "flower")... [more]

MELANY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MELANIE

MELBA   f   English
From the surname of the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba (1861-1931)... [more]

MELE   f   Hawaiian
Means "song" in Hawaiian... [more]

MELEK (2)   f   Turkish
Means "angel" in Turkish (ultimately of Arabic origin).

MELESINA   f  
Perhaps a form of MILLICENT

MELETE   f   Greek Mythology
Means "practice, exercise" in Greek... [more]

MELIA   f   Greek Mythology
Means "ash tree" in Greek, a derivative of μελι (meli) "honey"... [more]

MELICENT   f   English (Archaic)
Older form of MILLICENT

MELIKA   f   Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of MELISSA

MELINA   f   English
Combination of Mel (from names such as MELANIE or MELISSA) and the popular name suffix ina.

MELINDA   f   English
Combination of Mel (from names such as MELANIE or MELISSA) with the popular name suffix inda... [more]

MELIORA   f   Various
Derived from Latin melior meaning "better".

MELISA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of MELISSA

MÉLISANDE   f   French
French form of MILLICENT used by Maurice Maeterlinck in his play 'Pelléas et Mélisande' (1893)... [more]

MELISENDE   f   Medieval French
Old French form of MILLICENT

MÉLISSA   f   French
French form of MELISSA

MELISSA   f   English, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "bee" in Greek... [more]

MELITA   f   Various
From Melita, the Latin name of the island country of Malta.

MELITTA   f   Ancient Greek, German
Ancient Attic Greek variant of MELISSA

MELLE   f   ?
Breton form of MARY

MELLONY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MELANIE

MELODY   f   English
From the English word melody, which is derived (via Old French and Late Latin) from Greek μελος (melos) "song" combined with αειδω (aeido) "to sing".

MELPOMENE   f   Greek Mythology
Means "choir" in Greek... [more]

MELUSINE   f   Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

MELVA   f   English
Perhaps a feminine form of MELVIN

MELYSSA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MELISSA

MENUHA   f   Hebrew
Means "tranquility" in Hebrew.

MERAB   f   Biblical
Means "abundant" in Hebrew... [more]

MERAUD   f   Cornish
Meaning unknown, perhaps based on Cornish mor "sea".

MERAV   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of MERAB

MERCÈ   f   Catalan
Catalan form of MERCEDES

MERCEDES   f   Spanish
Means "mercy" in Spanish... [more]

MERCHE   f   Spanish
Diminutive of MERCEDES

MERCIA   f   English (Rare)
Latinate form of MERCY... [more]

MERCY   f   English
From the English word mercy, ultimately from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares"... [more]

MERE   f   Maori
Maori form of MARY

MEREDITH   m & f   Welsh, English
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord"... [more]

MERERID   f   Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET

MERETE   f   Danish
Danish form of MARGARET

MERI   f   Finnish
Means "the sea" in Finnish.

MERIDETH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MEREDITH

MERIDITH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MEREDITH

MERIEL   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MURIEL

MERILYN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MERIT (2)   f   Swedish
Variant of MARIT

MERITA   f   Esperanto
Means "meritorious" in Esperanto.

MERITXELL   f   Catalan
From the name of a village in Andorra where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary... [more]

MERJA   f   Finnish
Possibly from the name of an ancient Finnish tribe.

MERLA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of MERLE

MERLE   f & m   English
Variant of MERRILL or MURIEL... [more]

MERLETTA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of MERLE

MERLYN   m & f   English
Variant of MERLIN, sometimes used as a feminine form... [more]

MERRILYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARILYN

MERRY (1)   f   English
From the English word merry, ultimately from Old English myrge... [more]

MERRYN   f   Cornish
Meaning unknown. This was the name of an early Cornish (male) saint.

MERYEM   f   Turkish
Turkish form of Miriam (see MARY).

MERYL   f   English
Variant of MURIEL, perhaps influenced by the spelling of the name CHERYL... [more]

META   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of MARGARET

METHOATASKE   f   Native American
Means "turtle laying its eggs" in Shawnee.

METTE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of MARGARET