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

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, Biblical Latin
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 Amalasuintha, 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 (Rare)
Short form of ARAMINTA

MINTY   f   English (Rare)
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   Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
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.

MO   f & m   English
Short form of MAUREEN, MAURICE, MORRIS, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

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

MOE (1)   m   English
Short form of MAURICE or MORRIS, or sometimes of other names beginning with a similar sound.

MOLLIE   f   English
Variant of MOLLY

MOLLY   f   English
Diminutive of MARY... [more]

MONA (1)   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT... [more]

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]

MONICA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin... [more]

MONNA   f   English
Variant of MONA (1)

MONROE   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "the mouth of the Roe" in Gaelic... [more]

MONTAGUE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname meaning "pointed mountain" in French.

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

MONTE   m   English
Diminutive of MONTGOMERY

MONTGOMERY   m   English
From an English surname meaning "GUMARICH's mountain" in Norman French... [more]

MONTY   m   English
Variant of MONTE

MORA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MAURA (2)

MORDIKAI   m   English (Rare)
Variant of MORDECAI

MOREEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of MÓIRÍN... [more]

MORGAN (1)   m & f   Welsh, English, French
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 (1)

MORIAH   f   Biblical, English (Modern), Biblical Hebrew
Possibly means "seen by YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

MORLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "marsh clearing".

MORRIS   m   English
Usual medieval form of MAURICE

MORT   m   English
Short form of MORTON or MORTIMER

MORTIMER   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "still water" in Old French.

MORTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "moor town" in Old English.

MORTY   m   English
Diminutive of MORTON or MORTIMER

MOSES   m   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name מֹשֶׁה (Mosheh) which is most likely derived from Egyptian mes meaning "son", but could also possibly mean "deliver" in Hebrew... [more]

MOSS   m   English (Archaic), Hebrew
Medieval form of MOSES

MURIEL   f   English, French, Irish
Anglicized form of MUIRGEL or its Breton cognate... [more]

MURPHY   m & f   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Murchadha meaning "descendent of MURCHADH".

MURRAY   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the region in Scotland called Moray.

MYA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MAIA (1)

MYLES   m   English
Variant of MILES

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

MYRANDA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MIRANDA

MYRON   m   English, Ancient Greek
Means "myrrh" in Greek... [more]

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]

NADIA (1)   f   French, English, Italian
Variant of NADYA (1) used in the Western world... [more]

NAN   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1) and a short form of NANCY.

NANCY   f   English
Previously a medieval diminutive of ANNIS, though since the 18th century it has been a diminutive of ANNE (1)... [more]

NANETTE   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

NANNIE   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

NANNY   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

NAOMI (1)   f   English, Hebrew, Biblical
From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Na'omiy) meaning "pleasantness"... [more]

NAPIER   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "linen keeper" in Middle English, from Old French nappe "table cloth".

NARELLE   f   English (Australia and New Zealand)
Meaning unknown... [more]

NASH   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was derived from the Middle English phrase atten ash "at the ash tree"... [more]

NAT   m   English
Short form of NATHAN or NATHANIEL

NATALEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of NATALIE

NATALIE   f   French, English, German
From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini... [more]

NATASHA   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of NATALYA... [more]

NATE   m   English
Short form of NATHAN or NATHANIEL

NATHAN   m   English, French, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Means "giver" in Hebrew... [more]

NATHANIEL   m   English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of NATHANAEL... [more]

NATILLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of NATALIE

NATISHA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Variant of NATASHA, probably modeled on LATISHA.

NEAL   m   English
Variant of NEIL

NED   m   English
Diminutive of EDWARD or EDMUND... [more]

NEELY   m   English
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac an Fhilidh meaning "son of the poet" in Gaelic.

NEIL   m   Irish, Scottish, English
From the Gaelic name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly meaning "champion" or "cloud"... [more]

NELDA   f   English
Possibly an elaboration of NELL using the popular name suffix da.

NELL   f   English
Medieval diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1) or HELEN... [more]

NELLA   f   English
Elaborated form of NELL

NELLE   f   English
Variant of NELL

NELLIE   f   English
Diminutive of NELL

NELLY   f   English
Diminutive of NELL

NELSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of NEIL"... [more]

NENA   f   English
Variant of NINA (1)

NESSA (1)   f   English
Short form of VANESSA and other names ending in nessa.

NETTA   f   English
Short form of names ending in netta.

NETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of names ending in nette, such as ANNETTE and JEANETTE.

NEVA   f   English
Short form of GENEVA

NEVADA   f   English
From the name of the American state, which means "snow-capped" in Spanish.

NEVAEH   f   English (Modern)
The word heaven spelled backwards... [more]

NEVIL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of NEVILLE

NEVILLE   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Norman French.

NEWT   m   English
Short form of NEWTON

NEWTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Old English... [more]

NIC   m   English
Short form of NICHOLAS, or sometimes DOMINIC.

NICHOLA   f   English (British)
Feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICHOLAS   m   English, French
From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people"... [more]

NICHOLE   f   English
Variant of NICOLE

NICK   m   English, Dutch
Short form of NICHOLAS

NICKOLAS   m   English
Variant of NICHOLAS

NICKY   m & f   English
Diminutive of NICHOLAS or NICOLE

NICOLA (2)   f   English (British)
Latinate feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICOLE   f   French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of NICHOLAS, commonly used in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century.

NIDIA   f   English (Rare), Spanish
Variant of NYDIA

NIGEL   m   English
From Nigellus, a medieval Latinized form of NEIL... [more]

NIGELLA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of NIGEL

NIGELLUS   m   English (Archaic)
Latin form of NIGEL

NIKEISHA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the name prefix Ni and the name KEISHA.

NIKKI   f   English
Diminutive of NICOLE

NIKKOLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of NICOLE

NIKOLAS   m   English, Greek
Variant of NICHOLAS or NIKOLAOS

NIKOLE   f   English
Variant of NICOLE

NILES   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name NEIL.

NINA (1)   f   Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Polish, Slovene
Short form of names that end in nina, such as ANTONINA and GIANNINA... [more]

NITA (1)   f   English
Short form of ANITA and other names ending in nita.

NOAH (1)   m   English, Biblical
Derived from the Hebrew name נוֹחַ (Noach) meaning "rest, comfort"... [more]

NOBLE   m   English
From an English surname meaning "noble, notable"... [more]

NOEL   m   English
English form of NOËL

NOELENE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of NOEL

NOELLE   f   English
English form of NOËLLE

NOLA   f   English, Irish
Diminutive of MAGNOLIA, FINOLA or other names containing a similar sound.

NOLAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Nualláin meaning "descendent of Nuallán"... [more]

NOLENE   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of NOLA

NONA (2)   f   English
Derived from Latin nonus meaning "ninth"... [more]

NONIE   f   English
Diminutive of IONE or NORA

NORA   f   Irish, English, Scandinavian, German
Short form of HONORA or ELEANOR... [more]

NORAH   f   Irish, English
Variant of NORA

NORBERT   m   German, English, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements nord "north" and beraht "bright"... [more]

NOREEN   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of NORA

NORENE   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of NORA

NORM   m   English
Short form of NORMAN

NORMA   f   English, Italian
Created by Felice Romani for the main character in his opera 'Norma' (1831)... [more]

NORMAN   m   English
From an old Germanic byname meaning "northman", referring to a Viking... [more]

NORMAND   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name NORMAN.

NORMINA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of NORMA

NORRIS   m   English
From an English surname which meant "northerner" in Old French.

NORTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "north town" in Old English.

NORWOOD   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English.

NOVA   f   English
Derived from Latin novus meaning "new"... [more]

NOWELL   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the given name NOEL.

NYDIA   f   English (Rare), Spanish
Used by British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his novel 'The Last Days of Pompeii' (1834)... [more]

NYREE   f   English (Australia and New Zealand)
Anglicized form of NGAIRE... [more]

OCEAN   m & f   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water... [more]

OCTAVIA   f   English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of OCTAVIUS... [more]

ODELIA   f   English
Form of ODILIA

ODELL   m & f   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "woad hill" in Old English... [more]

ODETTA   f   English (Rare)
Latinate form of ODETTE

OGDEN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "oak valley" in Old English... [more]

OLI   m   English
Short form of OLIVER

OLIVE   f   English
From the English word for the type of tree, ultimately derived from Latin oliva.

OLIVER   m   English, German, Serbian
From Olivier, a Norman French form of a Germanic name such as ALFHER or an Old Norse name such as Áleifr (see OLAF)... [more]

OLIVIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]

OLLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of OLIVER, OLIVIA or OLIVE

OLYVIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of OLIVIA

ONEIDA   f   English
From the name of a Native American tribe, perhaps meaning "standing rock".

OPAL   f   English
From the English word opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October... [more]

OPALINE   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of OPAL

OPHELIA   f   English
Derived from Greek οφελος (ophelos) meaning "help"... [more]

ORA (1)   f & m   English
Perhaps based on Latin oro "to pray"... [more]

ORALEE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE

ORALIE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE

ORINDA   f   English (Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Spanish oro "gold"... [more]

ORMOND   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ruaidh meaning "descendent of Ruadh"... [more]

ORMONDE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of ORMOND

ORPHA   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Variant of ORPAH used in some translations of the Bible.

ORRELL   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ore hill" in Old English.

ORSON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally a nickname meaning "bear cub", from a diminutive of Norman French ors "bear", ultimately from Latin ursus... [more]

ORVAL   m   English
Variant of ORVILLE

ORVILLE   m   English
This name was invented by the 18th-century writer Fanny Burney, who perhaps intended it to mean "golden city" in French... [more]

OSBERT   m   English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorht "bright"... [more]

OSBORN   m   English
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear"... [more]

OSBORNE   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of OSBORN.

OSBOURNE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of OSBORN.

OSCAR   m   English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer lover", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "lover"... [more]

OSMOND   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements os "god" and mund "protector"... [more]

OSWALD   m   English, German, Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "rule"... [more]

OSWIN   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements os "god" and wine "friend"... [more]

OTIS   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval given name Ode, a cognate of OTTO... [more]

OTTO   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Later German form of AUDO... [more]

OTTOLINE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of OTTILIE... [more]

OWEN (1)   m   Welsh, English
Modern form of OWAIN

OZ (1)   m   English
Short form of OSWALD, OSBORN, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

OZZIE   m   English
Diminutive of OSWALD, OSBORN, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

OZZY   m   English
Variant of OZZIE

PACE   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the Middle English word pace meaning "peace".

PACEY   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the French place name Pacy, itself derived from Gaulish given name of unknown meaning.

PADEN   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish and Scottish surname which was derived from a diminutive of PÁDRAIG.

PAGE   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of PAIGE.

PAGET   f   English (Rare)
From a surname which meant "little page" (see PAIGE).

PAIGE   f   English
From an English surname meaning "servant, page" in Middle English... [more]

PAISLEY   f   English (Modern)
From a Scottish surname, originally from the name of a town, which may ultimately be derived from Latin basilica "church".

PALMER   m   English
From an English surname meaning "pilgrim"... [more]

PAM   f   English
Short form of PAMELA

PAMELA   f   English
This name was invented in the late 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney for use in his poem 'Arcadia'... [more]

PAMELIA   f   English
Elaborated form of PAMELA

PAMELLA   f   English
Variant of PAMELA

PAMILA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PAMELA

PANCRAS   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval English form of PANCRATIUS... [more]

PANDA   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the bamboo-eating mammal that lives in China.

PANSY   f   English
From the English word for a type of flower, ultimately deriving from Old French pensee "thought".

PARKER   m & f   English
From an English occupational surname which meant "keeper of the park".

PARNEL   f   English (Archaic)
Contracted form of PETRONEL... [more]

PARRIS   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris (see PARIS (2)).

PAT   m & f   English
Short form of PATRICK or PATRICIA... [more]

PATIENCE   f   English
From the English word patience, ultimately from Latin patientia, a derivative of pati "to suffer"... [more]

PATRICIA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Late Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]

PATRICK   m   Irish, English, French, German
From the Latin name Patricius, which meant "nobleman"... [more]

PATSY   f & m   Irish, English
Variant of PATTY, also used as a diminutive of PATRICK.

PATTI   f   English
Variant of PATTY

PATTIE   f   English
Variant of PATTY

PATTON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was either derived from a diminutive of PATRICK or else from Middle English pate "skull", originally a nickname for a bald man... [more]

PATTY   f   English
Originally a variant of Matty, a 17th-century diminutive of MARTHA... [more]

PAUL   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULEEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PAULINE

PAULENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of PAULINE

PAULETTA   f   English
Latinate feminine diminutive of PAUL

PAULIE   m   English
Diminutive of PAUL

PAULINA   f   Spanish, Polish, Swedish, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAXTON   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was derived from an English place name meaning "Pœcc's town"... [more]

PAYTON   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of PEYTON