Behind the Name: English Names

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
Short form of MADELINE

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

MAGDALENE f German, Danish, English, Biblical
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, Jewish, 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
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL, as well as the German, Romanian and English short form of EMANUEL... [more]

MARALYN f English
Variant of MARILYN

MARCELYN f English (Rare)
Variant of MARCELINE

MARCI f English
Diminutive of MARCIA

MARCIA f English, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman name Marcius, which was derived from MARCUS... [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 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, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
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
Originally a diminutive of MARIE... [more]

MARIE f French, Czech, German, English
French, Czech and German 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 variant 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, French
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
Means "mistress of the house" or "lady" in Aramaic... [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
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 Mauricius, 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
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 Mainard, composed of the elements magin "strength" and hard "brave, hardy".

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, Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
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]

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

MICAH m Biblical, English
Contracted form of MICAIAH... [more]

MICHAEL m English, German, Czech, Biblical
From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?"... [more]

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

MICHAYLA f English (Rare)
Variant of MICHAELA

MICHEAL m English
Variant of MICHAEL

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

MICHELYNE f English (Rare)
Diminutive of MICHELLE

MICK m English
Short form of MICHAEL

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

MICKY m English
Diminutive of MICHAEL

MIDGE f English (Rare)
Variant of MADGE

MIKAYLA f English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MIKE m English
Short form of MICHAEL

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

MIKKI f English
Strictly feminine variant of MICKEY

MILBURN m English
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "mill stream" in Old English.

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

MILES m English
From the Germanic name Milo, introduced by the Normans to England in the form Miles... [more]

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.

MILFORD m English
From an English surname which was originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.

MILLARD m English
From an occupational English surname which meant "guardian of the mill" in Old English.

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

MILO m English
Latinized form of MILES... [more]

MILTON m English
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "mill town" in Old English... [more]

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

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]

MINNIE f English
Diminutive of WILHELMINA

MINTA f English
Short form of ARAMINTA

MINTY f English
Diminutive of ARAMINTA

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]

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

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.

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