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

LOGAN   m & f   Scottish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic.

LOIS (1)   f   English, Biblical
Possibly derived from Greek λωιων (loion) meaning "more desirable" or "better"... [more]

LOLA   f   Spanish, English
Diminutive of DOLORES

LOLICIA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of LOLA

LONDON   m & f   English (Modern)
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain... [more]

LORA   f   English, Italian
Variant of LAURA... [more]

LORAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LORAINNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LORRAINE

LORAYNE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE

LOREEN   f   English
Elaboration of LORA

LORELLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LAUREL

LOREN   m & f   English
Either a short form of LAURENCE (1) (masculine) or a variant of LAUREN (feminine).

LORENA (2)   f   English
Latinized form of LAUREN... [more]

LORENE   f   English
Elaboration of LORA

LORETTA   f   English, Italian
Either an elaboration of LORA or a variant of LAURETTA... [more]

LORI   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA or LORRAINE

LORIE   f   English
Variant of LORI

LORINDA   f   English
Diminutive of LORA

LORNA   f   English, Scottish
Created by the novelist R... [more]

LORRAINE   f   English
From the name of a region in France, originally meaning "kingdom of LOTHAR"... [more]

LORRI   f   English
Variant of LORI

LORRIE   f   English
Variant of LORI

LOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

LOTUS   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the lotus flower or the fruit which comes from the lotus tree... [more]

LOU   f & m   English, French
Short form of LOUISE or LOUIS

LOUELLA   f   English
Combination of LOU and the popular name suffix ella.

LOUISA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of LOUIS

LOUISE   f   French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of LOUIS

LOVE (2)   f   English
Simply from the English word love, derived from Old English lufu.

LUANA   f   English, Italian
Combination of LOU and ANA... [more]

LUANN   f   English
Combination of LOU and ANN

LUANNA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of LOU and ANNA

LUANNE   f   English
Combination of LOU and ANNE (1)

LUCETTA   f   English
Diminutive of LUCIA... [more]

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

LUCILE   f   French, English
Variant of LUCILLE

LUCILLE   f   French, English
French form of LUCILLA... [more]

LUCINDA   f   English, Portuguese
An elaboration of LUCIA created by Cervantes for his novel 'Don Quixote' (1605)... [more]

LUCY   f   English
English form of LUCIA, in use since the Middle Ages.

LUELLA   f   English
Variant of LOUELLA

LULA   f   English
Diminutive of LOUISE and names that begin with Lu.

LUVENIA   f   English
Possibly a form of LAVINIA... [more]

LUVINIA   f   English
Variant of LUVENIA

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

LYN   f   English
Variant of LYNN

LYNDA   f   English
Variant of LINDA

LYNDI   f   English (Rare)
Variant of LINDY

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

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 form of AMABEL... [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

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

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

MAKAYLA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MAKENNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MCKENNA

MAKENZIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of MACKENZIE

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

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]

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

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

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]

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

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]

MARLY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MARLEY

MARLYN   f & m   English
Feminine form or variant of MARLIN

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

MARQUITA   f   English (African American)
Feminine variant of MARQUIS

MARSHA   f   English
Variant of MARCIA

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Means "mistress of the house" or "lady" in Aramaic... [more]

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MARVA   f   English
Feminine form 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

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]

MATTIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of MATILDA or 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

MAURINE   f   English, Irish
Variant of MAUREEN

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

MAXENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of MAXINE

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 (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

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

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

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

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]

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