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MHAIRI   f   Scottish
Vocative form of MÀIRI

MIA   f   Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Scandinavian, Dutch and German diminutive of MARIA

MICA   f   Jewish
Short form of MICHAL (2)

MICAELA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of MICHAEL

MICAIAH   m & f   Biblical
Means "who is like YAHWEH?" in Hebrew... [more]

MICHAELA   f   German, Swedish, English, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHAL (2)   f   Biblical, Jewish
Possibly means "brook" in Hebrew... [more]

MICHALA   f   Czech
Czech variant of MICHAELA

MICHALINA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHAYLA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MICHAELA

MICHELA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHELANGELA   f   Italian
Feminine form of MICHELANGELO

MICHÈLE   f   French
French feminine form of MICHEL

MICHELINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of MICHELE

MICHELINE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of MICHEL

MICHELLE   f   French, English
French feminine form of MICHEL... [more]

MICHELYNE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of MICHELLE

MICHI   m & f   Japanese
Means "path" in Japanese.

MICHIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful", 智 (chi) "wisdom, intellect" and 子 (ko) "child".

MICKEY   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of MICHAEL... [more]

MIDGE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MADGE

MIDHA   f   Arabic
Means "praise, eulogy" in Arabic.

MIDORI   f   Japanese
Means "green" in Japanese.

MIECZYSŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of MIECZYSŁAW

MIEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MIELA   f   Esperanto
Means "honey-sweet" in Esperanto.

MIELIKKI   f   Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish mieli "mind, mood"... [more]

MIEP   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MIES   f & m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA or BARTHOLOMEUS

MIGNON   f   Literature
Means "cute, darling" in French... [more]

MIGUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of MIGUEL

MIHAELA   f   Romanian, Slovene
Romanian and Slovene feminine form of MICHAEL

MIIA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIA

MIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of VILHELMIINA

MIKAELA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MIKAYLA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MIKHAILA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MICHAELA, possibly influenced by the spelling of Mikhail.

MIKI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" and 紀 (ki) "chronicle".

MIKKI   f   English
Strictly feminine variant of MICKEY

MIKU   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" combined with 空 (ku) "sky" or 久 (ku) "long time"... [more]

MILA   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Short form of MILOSLAVA, LUDMILA or EMILIA... [more]

MILADA   f   Czech
Diminutive of Slavic names beginning with the element mil meaning "gracious".

MILAGROS   f   Spanish
Means "miracles" in Spanish... [more]

MILANA   f   Czech
Variant of MILENA

MILBURGA   f   History
Derived from the Old English elements milde "gentle" and burg "fortress"... [more]

MILDA   f   Lithuanian, Mythology
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of love.

MILDRED   f   English
From the Old English name Mildþryð meaning "gentle strength", derived from the elements milde "gentle" and þryð "strength"... [more]

MILÉNA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of MILENA

MILENA   f   Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Polish, Italian
Feminine form of MILAN

MILEY   f   English (Modern)
In the case of child actress and singer Miley Cyrus (1992-), it is a shortened form of the nickname Smiley, given to her by her father because she often smiled.

MILICA   f   Serbian, Slovene
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious"... [more]

MILKA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Variant of MILICA

MILLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.

MILLARAY   f   Native American
Means "golden flower" in Mapuche.

MILLICENT   f   English
From the Germanic name Amalaswinth, composed of the elements amal "work, labour" and swinþ "strength"... [more]

MILLIE   f   English
Diminutive of MILLICENT or CAMILLA

MILLY   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian diminutive of EMILIE

MILOSLAVA   f   Czech, Russian
Feminine form of MILOSLAV

MIMI   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of MARIA

MIMMI   f   Finnish
Diminutive of VILHELMIINA

MIN   f & m   Chinese
Means "clever, sharp" in Chinese.

MINA (1)   f   English, Italian
Short form of WILHELMINA and other names ending in mina... [more]

MINA (2)   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "fish" in Sanskrit... [more]

MINAKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful", 奈 (na), a phonetic character, and 子 (ko) "child".

MINALI   f   Indian
Means "fish catcher" in Sanskrit.

MINDY   f   English
Diminutive of MELINDA

MINERVA   f   Roman Mythology, English
Possibly derived from Latin mens meaning "intellect", but more likely of Etruscan origin... [more]

MING   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "shining, bright, clear" or "engrave".

MINKE   m & f   Frisian, Dutch
Diminutive and feminine form of MEINE

MINNA   f   German, Finnish
German short form of WILHELMINA and a Finnish short form of VILHELMIINA.

MINNIE   f   English
Diminutive of WILHELMINA

MINOO   f   Iranian
Variant of MINU

MINTA   f   English
Short form of ARAMINTA

MINTTU   f   Finnish
Means "mint" in Finnish.

MINTY   f   English
Diminutive of ARAMINTA

MINU   f   Iranian
Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.

MIO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" combined with 桜 (ou) "cherry blossom" or 緒 (o) "thread".

MIRA (1)   f   Indian
Means "sea, ocean" in Sanskrit... [more]

MIRA (2)   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene
Short form of names beginning with the Slavic element mir "peace".

MIRABELLA   f   Italian
Latinate form of MIRABELLE

MIRABELLE   f   French (Rare), English (Rare)
Derived from Latin mirabilis "wonderful"... [more]

MIRACLE   f   English (Modern)
From the English word miracle for an extraordinary event, ultimately deriving from Latin miraculum "wonder, marvel".

MIRANDA   f   English
Derived from Latin mirandus meaning "admirable, wonderful"... [more]

MIREIA   f   Catalan, Spanish
Catalan form of Mireio (see MIREILLE).

MIREILLE   f   French
From the Provençal name Mireio, which was first used by the poet Frederic Mistral... [more]

MIREIO   f   Provençal
Original Provençal form of MIREILLE

MIRELA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of MIREILLE

MIRELE   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MIRIAM

MIRELLA   f   Italian
Italian form of MIREILLE

MIREMBE   f   Eastern African
Means "peace" in Luganda.

MIREN   f   Basque
Basque form of MARY

MIRIAM   f   Jewish, English, German, Biblical
Original Hebrew form of MARY... [more]

MIRINDA   f   Esperanto
Means "wonderful" in Esperanto.

MIRJA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

MIRJAM   f   Dutch, German, Finnish
Dutch, German and Finnish form of MIRIAM

MIRJAMI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

MIRJANA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of MIRIAM

MIRNA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic element mir meaning "peace".

MIROSLAVA   f   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Feminine form of MIROSLAV

MIROSŁAWA   f   Polish
Feminine form of MIROSŁAW

MIRTHE   f   Dutch
Variant of MYRTHE

MIRUNA   f   Romanian
Possibly derived from the Slavic element mir meaning "peace".

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

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]

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

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]

MLADENKA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of MLADEN

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]

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

MODESTA   f   Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MODESTUS

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

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

MOEMA   f   Native American
Means "sweet" in Tupi.

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

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

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]

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]

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)

MONSERRAT   f   Catalan
Variant of MONTSERRAT

MONTA   f   ?
Feminine form of MONTY

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

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]

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]

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]

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

MORNA   f   Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of MUIRNE

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

MÓRRÍGHAN   f   Irish Mythology
Variant of MORRIGAN

MORTA   f   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of MARTHA

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]

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

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.

MUBINA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of MUBIN

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

MÜGE   f   Turkish
Means "lily" in Turkish.

MUHSINA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of MUHSIN

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

MUIRNE   f   Irish
Means "beloved" in Irish Gaelic.

MUKTA   f   Indian
Means "liberated" 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.

MUNIRA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of MUNIR

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

MURDAG   f   Scottish
Feminine form of MURDO

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".

MURRON   f   Scottish
Scottish form of MUIREANN

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

MYKHAILA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian feminine form of MICHAEL

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

MYRANDA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MIRANDA

MYRIAM   f   French
French form of MIRIAM

MYRNA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of MUIRNE

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

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