This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the length is 3.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Lee m & f HmongIt was a Chinese last name that was given to the Hmong peoples a long time ago. It was the biggest Hmong family that left China.
Lek m & f ThaiMeans "small, little" in Thai. It is also commonly used as a nickname.
Lel m RomaniDerived from the Romani word
lel "to take; to receive".
Leó m Icelandic, HungarianIcelandic and Hungarian form of
Leo. A bearer is Daníel Leó Grétarsson, who is an Icelandic footballer and Leó Weiner who is a Hungarian composer.
Les m UkrainianVariant of
Oles. A notable bearer is Les Poderevianskyi, modern counter-culture writer and painter, who is famous for his absurdist and obscene dramas.
Lib m MormonThe name of various Book of Mormon characters.
Lie m ChineseLiè is Chinese for "ardent". Ardent means either enthusiastic or passionate, or burning or glowing.
Lin m & f BurmeseMeans "bright, clear" in Burmese.
Lir f & m HebrewPopular name in Israel, or a diminutive for names like
Liron ,
Liram ,
Liran and more names starting with "Lir"
Liu f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese character 柳 (
liǔ) meaning "willow tree".... [
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Lộc m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 祿
(lộc) meaning "blessing, prosperity, bud".
Loc m LiteratureLittle King Loc was a king of the gnomes in a French tale. Ref. Lang, Andrew. The Olive Fairy Book. 1907. "The Story of Little King Loc." & France, Anatole. "Abeille." 1883.
Lợi m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 利
(lợi) meaning "profit, benefit, advantage".
Lom m ChechenDerived from Nakh
luom meaning "lion".
Lum m English (American, Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Lum, that is most likely a variant of
Lamb, but can also be a topographical name for someone who lived near a pool.
Lun m & f LaoMeans "last, youngest" in Lao.
Lur f & m Basque Mythology, Basque (Modern)Means "earth" in Basque. In Basque mythology, Lur is one of the personifications of the soil, the cradle of life and the mother of the sun and the moon. She is closely related to the Basque mythological figure
Mari... [
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Lyn m WelshShort form of
Llywelyn, from its last syllable. A known bearer was the Welsh actor David Llewellyn "Lyn" Harding (1867-1952).
Maa m & f FinnishMeans "country, land, earth, ground, soil, suit" in Finnish.
Mah m & f ChineseCantonese, meaning "horse" name conferred by Ghengis Kahn on one of his victorious cavalry generals. Mahs in their 50's today represent the 28th generation from this original ancestor.... [
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Mah m Persian MythologyMeans "month" or "moon" in Old Persian. This was the name of the Zoroastrian deity of the moon.
Mai f & m Hebrew (Modern)Popular name in Israel (mostly for girls), it is came from the name of the month of May (the fifth).
Mal m Ukrainian, Medieval UkrainianDerived from contracted form adjective mal (мал), which means "little, small". It could have been as well used as a diminutive of a dithematic name, such as
Małomir... [
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Ma'n m ArabicMeans "benefit; obedience; relief" in Arabic.
Man m IndianMeaning "heart, feeling; mind" in Hindi.
Man m & f LaoMeans "steady, firm, long-lasting" in Lao.
Man m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 曼
(màn) meaning "long, handsome, beautiful, refined", 满
(mǎn) meaning "full", 漫
(màn) meaning "overflow, flood, free, unrestrained" or 蛮
(mán) meaning "savage, rough, rash", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Mar m JèrriaisJèrriais form of
Marc. The name coincides with Jèrriais
Mar "(month of) March".
Mậu m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 茂
(mậu) meaning "lush, thick, talented".
Maw f & m BurmeseMeans "proud, distinguished" in Burmese.
Mäx m GermanVariant of
Max suggesting an English pronunciation.
May f & m Hebrew (Modern)Popular name in Israel (mostly for girls), it is came from the name of the month of May (the fifth).... [
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Mei f & m IndonesianMeans "May (the month)" in Indonesian, typically given to children born in the month of May.
Mek f & m KhmerFrom the Sanskrit word मेघ (
megha) meaning "sky, cloud".
Mel m Soviet, RussianAcronym of the surnames of Маркс
(Marx), Энгельс
(Engels) and Ленин
(Lenin), which refer to Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)... [
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Mem f & m EnglishShort form of various names containing the element
-mem-.
Mîm m LiteratureMîm is the name of the last petty-dwarf in the
Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. His story is also told in
The Children of Húrin.
Mio m Swedish (Modern), LiteratureFrom the children's fantasy book 'Mio, min Mio' (1954) by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Mio is the name of the main character, a young boy who finds out that he is a prince in an otherworldly land... [
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Mîr m KurdishDerived from Kurdish
mîrza meaning "prince".
Mir m RussianFrom the Russian word
mir, "world, universe, peace".
Miv m & f HmongMeans "cat" in Hmong Daw.
Mok m & f LaoMeans "mist, haze, fog" in Lao.
Mo'o m & f HawaiianUnisex name meaning “supernatural water lizard" or "lineage; legend”.
Mou m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 望 (mou) meaning "hope", 孟 (mou) meaning "eldest brother", 猛 (mou) meaning "ferociousness", 蒙 (mou) meaning "I, me" or 莽 (mou) meaning "thicket, underbrush". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Mūl m Anglo-SaxonIt's been postulated that it derives from the Latin
mulus meaning "mule", a word which is known to have entered the Old English vocabulary; presumably, it was a nickname that became habitual.... [
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Mya m & f BurmeseMeans "emerald" or "keen, sharp" in Burmese.
Myo m & f BurmeseMeans "family, kind, lineage" in Burmese.
Nab m Medieval EnglishMedieval diminutive of
Abel. It used to be a medieval custom to drop syllables before a first name therefore “mine Abel” led to “Nab”.
Nag m LiteratureAn antagonist from Rudyard Kipling's book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Coincides with the English word "nag" meaning "to irritate".
Nan f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 男
(nán) meaning "man, male, son", 南
(nán) meaning "south" or 楠
(nán) meaning "Chinese cedar", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Nan m & f BurmeseMeans "palace" or "gold thread, metal thread" in Burmese.
Neo m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (ne) meaning "love, affection", 音 (ne) meaning "sound", 寧 (ne) meaning "rather", 然 (ne), a suffix after nouns to express likeness or 峰 (ne) meaning "peak, ridge" combined with 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" or 央 (o) meaning "centre, middle"... [
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Ner m BiblicalMeans "lamp" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Ner is the father of
Abner and uncle of
Saul.
Nev m HebrewShort form of
Yaniv. A known bearer of this name is Yaniv "Nev" Schulman (b. 1984), an Israeli-American producer, actor and photographer.
Nex m & f EnglishLikely from Latin
nex, meaning “murder, slaughter, violent death”
Ngọ m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 午
(ngọ) referring to the seventh Earthly Branch (11 AM to 1 PM), which is itself associated with the horse of the Chinese zodiac.
Như f & m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 如
(như) meaning "like, as" or 茹
(như) meaning "roots, vegetables".
Nia f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 仁 (
ni) meaning "benevolence" combined with 愛 (
a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [
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Nil m BashkirFrom
Нил (Nil), the Bashkir name for the Nile River in Egypt.
Nix m Germanic MythologyThis is the name of masculine shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology, who apparently derive their name from Proto-Germanic
nikwus or
nikwis(i) "wash". See also
Nixe for the female counterpart(s).
Noi f & m Thai, LaoMeans "small, little" in Thai, also used as an alternate transcription of Lao
Noy. It is unisex in Thailand (more commonly used as a nickname) while it is feminine in Laos.
Non m & f ThaiMeans "pleasure, delight" in Thai.
Not m RomanshTruncated form of
Giunot and short form of
Notal. The name coincides with Romansh
not "night".
Nox m DutchPossibly a variant of
Knox or a masculine usage of the feminine name
Nox.
Noy m CornishCornish form of
Noah 1. The name coincides with Cornish
noy "nephew".
Nui m MaoriMeans "large, abundant, of high rank, important" in Maori.
Nun m ArabicPossibly means "great fish" in Arabic. The name of a biblical figure, the father of
Joshua.
Nyk m West Frisian (Rare)Modern spelling and form of
Nyck, as the
-ck- is originally a medieval way of spelling the consonant
-k-. Also compare the names
Nykele and
Nykle, which are very closely related.... [
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Oak m EnglishOld English
āc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
eik and German
Eiche.
Oba m & f Yoruba, Yoruba MythologyMeans "king, ruler" in Yoruba. It can refer to
Obaluaye, a spirit associated with infectious disease and healing.
Obe m FrisianA short form of names with the first element
wulf "wulf" or
od "wealth" and a second element starting in
b- (like
beraht or
brand).
Odu m & f YorubaA name from the Yoruba language of Nigeria, possibly meaning "womb" but more likely meaning "mystery", in particular to refer to the sacred mystery of God. ... [
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Ofu m IdomaMeans "power, strength" in Idoma.
Ōga m Japanese (Modern)This name is used as 桜雅 with 桜 (ou, you, sakura) meaning "cherry (blossom) tree" and 雅 (ga, miya.bi) meaning "elegant, gracious, graceful, refined."... [
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Ogo m MedievalA hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Og- or Oc-, a prototheme that developed from a reduced form of
Otger.
Ojo m African, YorubaThis name is given when a child is born with the umbilical cord around their neck.
Ojo m Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Hinduism, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali, Sinhalese, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, MarathiName - Ojo... [
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Oke m & f YorubaMeans "child born inside an unbroken membrane."
Oku m & f JapaneseThe name is spelled with the kanji oku(贈) and means gift, this name was Borne from the character Oku Tekiji from Danganronpa:Twin Fates
Ond m Medieval HungarianAccording to the 'Gesta Hungarorum' Ond is one of the seven Hungarian chieftains.
Oni f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 鬼 (oni) meaning “demon”.
Onn m MalayDerived from Arabic عون
('awn) meaning "help, support, aid". A notable bearer was Malaysian politician Onn
Jaafar (1895-1962).
Ori m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese オリ (Ori), meaning "to fold", "to crease"
Örn m Icelandic, SwedishFrom an Old Norse name and byname derived from
ǫrn meaning "eagle". It coincides with the modern Icelandic and Swedish noun
örn, also denoting the bird.
Oro m TahitianEtymology uncertain, Oro is the name of a war god who is the national god of Tahiti.