The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

LYALL   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Liulfr (which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf").

LYDIA   f   English, German, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Means "from Lydia" in Greek... [more]

LYLE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French l'isle "island".

LYN   f   English
Variant of LYNN

LYNDA   f   English
Variant of LINDA

LYNDI   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDY

LYNDON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "lime tree hill" in Old English... [more]

LYNDSAY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNDSEA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNDSEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNETTE   f   English
Form of LUNED first used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872)... [more]

LYNN   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Welsh llyn "lake"... [more]

LYNNA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of LYNN

LYNNE   f   English
Variant of LYNN

LYNNETTE   f   English
Variant of LYNETTE

LYNSAY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNSEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of LINDSAY

LYNTON   m   English (Rare)
Variant of LINTON

LYNWOOD   m   English
Variant of LINWOOD

LYRIC   f   English (Modern)
Means simply "lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek λυρικος (lyrikos).

LYSETTE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LISETTE

LYSSA   f   English
Short form of ALYSSA

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

MACEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MACY

MACIE   f   English
Variant of MACY

MACK   m   English
From a surname which was originally a shortened form of various Gaelic surnames beginning with Mac or Mc (from Gaelic mac meaning "son")... [more]

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]

MADALYN   f   English
Variant of MADELINE

MADDIE   f   English
Diminutive of MADELINE or MADISON

MADDISON   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MADISON

MADDOX   m   English (Modern)
From a Welsh surname meaning "son of MADOC"... [more]

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

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

MADISYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MADISON

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

MAGDALEN   f   English
Variant 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]

MAGGIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

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

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

MAHALIA   f   English
Variant of MAHALA

MAITLAND   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was from a Norman French place name possibly meaning "inhospitable".

MAJOR   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from the given name Mauger, an Old French form of the Germanic name Malger meaning "council spear"... [more]

MAKAYLA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MAKENNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MCKENNA

MAKENZIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MACKENZIE

MALACHI   m   Biblical, Hebrew, English
Means "my messenger" or "my angel" in Hebrew... [more]

MALAKAI   m   English (Modern)
Variant of MALACHI

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

MALCOLM   m   Scottish, English
From Scottish Mael Coluim which means "disciple of Saint COLUMBA"... [more]

MALCOM   m   English
Variant of MALCOLM

MALEAH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MALIA

MALINDA   f   English
Variant of MELINDA

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

MALONE   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Maoil Eoin meaning "descendent of a disciple of Saint JOHN".

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

MAMIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARY or MARGARET

MANDI   f   English
Diminutive of AMANDA

MANDY   f   English
Diminutive of AMANDA

MANLEY   m   English
From an English surname, originally a place name, meaning "common clearing" in Old English.

MANNY   m   English
Short form of EMMANUEL

MANSEL   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which originally referred to a person who came from the French city of Le Mans.

MANUEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, English, Late Greek (Latinized)
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL... [more]

MARALYN   f   English
Variant of MARILYN

MARCELYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARCELINE

MARCI   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

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

MARCIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARCIA

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

MAREE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARIE

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

MARGARETTA   f   English
Latinate form of MARGARET

MARGE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MARGERY   f   English
Medieval English form of MARGARET

MARGIE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET

MARGO   f   English
Variant of MARGOT

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]

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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.

MARISSA   f   English
Variant of MARISA

MARJE   f   English
Diminutive of MARJORIE

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

MARJORY   f   English
Variant of MARJORIE

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

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

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]

MARLIN   m   English
Variant of MERLIN

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]

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

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

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]

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

MARTIE   m   English
Diminutive of 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]

MARTY   m   English
Diminutive of MARTIN

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

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]

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

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

MASON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "stoneworker", from an Old French word of Germanic origin (akin to Old English macian "to make").

MASTERMAN   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who worked as a servant.

MAT   m   English
Short form of MATTHEW

MATHEW   m   English
Variant of MATTHEW

MATHILDA   f   English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
Variant 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]

MATT   m   English
Short form of MATTHEW

MATTHEW   m   English, Biblical
English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) meaning "gift of YAHWEH"... [more]

MATTIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of MATILDA or MATTHEW

MATTY   m   English
Diminutive of MATTHEW

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

MAUDE   f   English
Variant of MAUD

MAUDIE   f   English
Diminutive of MAUD

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

MAURICE   m   English, French
From the Roman name Mauritius, a derivative of MAURUS... [more]

MAURINE   f   English, Irish
Variant of MAUREEN

MAVERICK   m   English
Derived from the English word maverick meaning "independent"... [more]

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

MAX   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of MAXIMILIAN (or sometimes of MAXWELL in English).

MAXENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MAXINE

MAXIMILIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian
From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS... [more]

MAXIMILLIAN   m   English
Variant of MAXIMILIAN

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

MAXWELL   m   English
From a Scottish surname meaning "Mack's stream", from the name Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name MAGNUS, combined with Old English wella "stream"... [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 (2)   f   English
Variant of MAIA (1)... [more]

MAYBELLE   f   English
Variant of MABEL

MAYBELLINE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of MABEL

MAYME   f   English
Possibly a variant of MAMIE

MAYNARD   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name MEGINHARD.

MAYNERD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of MAYNARD

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

MAYSON   m   English (Rare)
Variant of MASON

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

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).

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

MEG   f   English
Medieval diminutive of MARGARET

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

MEGHAN   f   English
Variant of MEGAN

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

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]

MELICENT   f   English (Archaic)
Older form of MILLICENT

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]

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

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".

MELVA   f   English
Perhaps a feminine form of MELVIN

MELVILLE   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was originally from a French place name meaning "bad settlement"... [more]

MELVIN   m   English
From a Scottish surname which probably originated as a variant of MELVILLE.

MELVYN   m   English
Variant of MELVIN

MELYSSA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MELISSA

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]

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

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 (1)   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of MERRITT... [more]

MERIWETHER   m   English (Rare)
From a surname meaning "happy weather" in Middle English, originally belonging to a cheery person... [more]

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

MERLIN   m   Welsh Mythology, English
Form of the Welsh name Myrddin (meaning "sea fortress") used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century Arthurian tales... [more]

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

MERRICK   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was originally derived from a Norman given name, composed of the Germanic elements meri "fame" and ric "power".

MERRILL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name MURIEL.

MERRILYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARILYN

MERRITT   m   English
From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "boundary gate" in Old English.

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

MERTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.

MERV   m   English
Short form of MERVYN

MERVIN   m   Welsh, English
Variant of MERVYN

MERVYN   m   Welsh, English
From the Welsh name Merfyn, which possibly meant "marrow famous"... [more]

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